Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1910, Page 1

Generally fair and continued warm tonight and Friday, with WEATHER. light variable winds. \ No. 18,167. — Be Evening Star. WASHINGTON, D. ©, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1910—TWENTY PAGES. Age . ee In Washington about every one who reads at all reads The Star. Largest circulation—daily and | Sunday. CONTAINING ON PAGE 19 CLO: NEW _ YORK sTOcK UOTATIONS, ONE CENT. CHARLTON CAUGHT, ADMITS THAT HE KILLED HIS WIFE Arrested as He Stepped From German Liner at Pier in Hoboken. QUARRELED AT VILLA, HIT HER WITH MALLET Stuffed Body in Trunk and Dumped It in Lake Como. DENIED HE WAS CHARLTON After Identification by Victim’s Brother Breaks Down and Makes Complete Confession—Sus- tains Theory of the Italian Police. NEW YORK, June Porter Charlton, husband of Mrs. Mary Scott Castte Charl- ton, whose body was found stuffed in a trunk, which was taken from Lake Como, Italy. recently, was arrested as he step- Bed from the steamship Princess Irene in Hoboken today. Charlton at first de-| nied his identity, buf after being given the “third degree” he admitted that he was the husband of Mrs. Charlton. Chariton made a signed statement to the Hoboken police. The police later announced that the statement signed by Chariton was a confession that he had slain his wife. Had a Violent Quarrel. Chariton said in his confession that he and his wife had been having supper together at the villa on Lake Como, and that they had engaged in a violent quar- rel. Chariton said his wife, who was one of the best women in the world, but had an ungovernable temper, called him some vile names, and that finally when he could not stand her abuse any longer, he attacked her with a wooden mallet. The young man said that he struck her Over the head three times, knocking her unconscious, and killed her as far as} he knew. Chariton told the police that he then stuck the body of his wife in a trunk and carried it down to the lake, where he threw the trunk in the water. Chariton arrived on the steamer Prin- zess Irene, which came in today from Genoa and Naples. : Watching Another Steamer. The police were watching the arrival of the steamer Deutschland this after- noon, as it had been reported that Charl- ton sailed on that steamer, Some off- cers, however, were sent to watch the| docking of the Prinzess Irene. Three of them took positions on the pier where they could watch everybody leaving the vessel. The officers had a description of Charl- ton, and when they saw a man resem- bling him leave the ship they pounced on him and placed him under arrest. He protested vigorously, and seemed inclined to offer forcible resistance, but the hand- cuffs were speedily applied to him, and he subsided. Identified by Capt. Scott. Capt. Scott. the brother of Mrs. Chari- ton, who had come to Hoboken today to aid the Hoboken police in identifying the suspect from the Deutschland, was sum- moned to the pier when Chariton was ar- rested. Capt. Scott took one glance at the prisoner and said the man was Charl- ton. In the meantime the patrol wagon had been summoned from the station house and the prisoner with the three ‘detectives and Capt. Scott was hurried to headquar- ters, where Chief Hayes put him through the “third degree. Body Found in Lake. The body of Mrs. Mary Scott Castle Chariton was found packed in a trunk which was taken from Lake Como, near the village of Moltrasic, by fisher- men June 10. The woman, with her husband. Porter Chariton, had oceu- Pled a villa on the lake front leased by them sume time befo: At the ume the woman's body was recovered Porter Charlton could not be found. The Italian police have insisted that Porter Chariton was alive. and hi directed their energies to locating the young man. Believed in Double Tragedy. American Consul Caughy, on the other hand, held to the theory that a double murder had been committed, and it was through his representations that the Ital- ian authorities engaged divers to make a eh of the lake bottom near where the trunk had been submerged. This | work was but recently abandoned. Meantime the detectives followed up their own theory, and their most recent conclusion was ‘that Chariton was a passenger upon some steamer which had sailed from Genoa or other Italian port tor New York. The only arrest made in Italy in con- nection with the case was the detention of Constantine Ispolatoff. a Russian, who had made the acquaintance of the Ameri- can and his wife. He was examined re- peatedly, but satisfied the police that he had not figured in the tragedy, and wa: released. Father Leaves the City. Judge Paul Chariton, law officer of the bureau of insular. affairs of the War De- partment, as soon as he heard that 4 man said to be his son, Porter Charlton, had been arrested, left his office in the War Department and departed from the city, presumably for Hoboken. Tries to Shoot Police Chief. While Cheriton, the Como wife slayer, arrested here, was being sweated under the “third degree,” he beeame infur- fated, and drawing a revolver, tried to j the Emergency Hospital. | Wiegand, who resides next door. IN DANGER AT FIRE Two Men Narrowly Escape Death at a Minor Blaze. ARE OVERCOME BY SMOKE Caught in Small Room, With Only Exit a Trap Door. COULD NOT CLIMB LADDER Martin Wiegand and Thomas Kra- mer Unconscious When Rescued. Both Will Recover. Two persons narrowly escaped death in a slight blaze at the wood-working plant of Martin Wiegand, 451 Maryland avenue southwest, early this morning. Mr. Wiegand and Thomas Kramer, the latter a fireman at the plant, were overcome by smoke, but were rescued. Mr. Wiegand revived about half an hour after being removed from the place, while Kramer did not recover from the effects of the gases and smoke until several hours after he had reached About 5 o'clock this morning a watch- man named Collins detected the odor of smoke in the building while he was mak- ing his rounds. He made an investiga- tion and discovered the shavings room filled with smoke and a slight blaze be- neath the shavings. He awakened Mr. Accom- panied by his son, Edward Wiegand, the| Proprietor, partly dressed, went to the mill. About that time Kramer, who was going to work, also arrived. Entered From the Roof. When Mr. Wiegand saw the blaze in the shavings room he secured a hose and at- tempted to extinguish it. A faucet con- necting water pipes about the side walls of the room was also turned on and wi ter was thrown into the room. Kramer suggested to Mr. Wiegand that he would go upon tne roof and enter the room through the trap door above, the only opening to the room except a shute to the furnace, where the shavings are burned, Kramer and the elder Mr. Wiegand As there was a large went to the roof. amount of smoke in the place Mr. Wie- gand advised Kramer not to enter the room, but the went down. Mr. Wiegand followed him. The two men proceeded to jam the! shavings down into the chute. After a short time Kramer began to feel the ef- fects of the smoke and started up the ladder to the roof. as he reached the second round he was overcome and. fell into Mr. Wiegand's arms. Mr. Wiegand then held his face against the wall, down which the water was running, in ‘an ef- fort to revive him, but during this time the proprietor himself was overcome and fell to the floor of the place. Young Wiegand, who was downstaits holding the hose and throwing water into the place, became alarmed at his father’s ‘and Kramer's absence, and went to the roof with George Watts, the engineer, and Collins, the watchman. The men w Wiegand and Kramer lying face downward on the shavings. A rope was procured and placed about Mr. Wie- gand, who was hauled to the roof. Kra- mer was quickly rescued. Damage Was Not Large. In the meantime a telephone message was sent to No. 4 engine company, which arrived, in charge of Capt. Brown, and within a short time extinguished the blaze without much damage. Dr.. Millard Thompson, 484 Maryland avenue, was called and climbed to the roof of the mill, where he attended the two men. Mr. Wiegand responded siow- ly to the medical attention, but Kramer did not get any better, and Dr. Thomp- son advised that he be removed to the hospital. It was stated at the hospital later in the day that Kramer was get- ting along nicely. Mr. Wiegand says he cannot account He said that after the fire r ago, which destroyed the rected a brick building, and that the shavings room, where the other fire and that of today started, had been constructed of concrete, with but a small trap door in the roof and a small open- ing in the bottom, to allow the shavings to enter the furnace, where they are burned. BOAT A SHEET OF FIRE GASOLINE TANK EXPLODES ON STEAM YACHT. One Man Fatally and Another Badly Burned—Fifteen Passengers Have Narrow Escape. CHICAGO, IIL, June 23.—One man was probably fatally burned, another suffered severe injuries, and fifteen passengers, several of them women, narrowly escaped with their lves in an explosion and fire on board the steam yacht Columbia as the boat reached the docks near the Columbia. Yacht Club, at the foot of Randolph street, last night. The fifty-foot boat was swept by a sheet of flame following the explosion of the gasoline tank. Howard O'Bear, the engineer, and Sam Bernstein, the pilot, were drenched with burning oll. O’Bear leaped into the lake and narrowly e: caped drowning before. he was rescued. Passengers also were sprinkled with burning fluld, and the clothing of several took “fire. In the attempt to escape one woman fainted and several were badly bruised. The explosion took place just as the boat touched the landing on @ return trip from Lincoln Park. The sudden re- versing of the engine as the prow touch- ed the landing caused the gasoline to spurt out from the tank. It caught fire and in a second there was an explosion. TWO RAILWAYS BLOCKED. Bridge on Pennsylvania Road Cross- ing Over Reading Tracks Falls. READING, Pa., June 28.—The collapse of a bridge on the Schuylkill Valiey division of the Pennsylvania railroad early today has completely blocked traffic on that division of the road, and on the Philadelphia and Reading rail- way, at Auburn, near Pottaville. Tele- graphic communication along the line of the Reading road is also interrupted. No one was hurt. A Pennsylvania freight train of six- teen cars wi going over the bri which spans the Reading tracks, when a freight car or its struck the side shoot Chief: of Police Hayes. He was quickly disarmed, and _ @ few minutes later confessed the crime. $ of the bridge. The structure collapsed and carried down with {t seven cars, completely blocking the ing’s tracks. CAPITAL'S PEOPLE COUNT UP 331,069 Increase Since 1900 Census of 52,351 Individuals, or 18.8 Per Cent. GAIN WAS. 21 PER CENT IN PRECEDING DECADE Advance Figures of Enumeration Subject to Small Correction. BUSINESS SECTION SHRINKS Fewer Dwellers in Downtown Neighborhoods—Development of Northern Section—Anacos- tia Growing Settlement. Comparison of Census, + 331,069 + 278,718 - 230,392 years, 52,351, ten years, The city of Washington ts con- aldered for census purposes to be ive with the District of The population of the District of Columbia is 331,069. In the last decade, according to the returns of the thirteenth cen- sus, made public this afternoon, this is an increase of 52,351 over the population of the District in 1g00, which was then 278,718. The population in 1890 was 230,- 392. The increase from 1900 to 1910, therefore, was 18.8 per cent, as compared with the increase of 48,326, or 21 per cent, for the pre- ceding decade. The city of Washington is con- sidered for census purposes to be co-extensive with the District of Columbia. Subject to Correction. The announcement of the result of the District census was made after the completion of schedules by enumerators and special agents and verification in the supervisors’ office and in the census bureau. The complete tabulation of all the data collected will consume much additional timé. ‘The final detailed re- sults for the District, therefore, cannot be announced at this time. It was said at the census bureau today that with the data at present available it is impossible to make a critical study of the populatton of Washington and a comparison with the reports of the last census. It is known, however, that in ad- dition to the general increase in all parts of the city there has been a notable shifting of population to outlying sec- tions of the District. This is not confined to any one direc- tion, but the northern sections show the greatest development. Material gains are also shown in the Anacostia section and in the section east of the Soldiers’ Home. ‘The greatest loss is shown in the down- town portion of.the city, between 7th and 15th streets and between Pennsylvania avenue and K street northwest. This loss 1s, of course, due to the conversion of residential property into business blocks and: the consequent forcing of residents elsewhere. William 8. Broughton, who recently completed his work as supervisor of census for the District of Columbia, was in charge of the actual work of taking thé census of Washington. He was asked to give a brief history of his work. , Method of Census Taking. “In preparing for the 1910 enumera- tion,” Mr. Broughton said, “the District of Columbia was divided into 245 enu- meration districts, each small enough to guarantee a complete canvass within the enumeration period, yet large enough to provide adequate compensation for the person undertaking the work. The size and location of these districts were based upon the results of the census of 1900, the police count of 1009 and general in- formation. . “The appointments of the enumerators were made as the result of a practical test, to which all who filed the neces- sary application papers were admitted. This test consisted in the filling out of a sample schedule from printed infor- mation in narrative form regarding a number of typical families. “Altogether 574 men and 181 women, a total of: 755 persons. were authorized to take the test, and, with the exception of a small number, who had had previous census experience, and so were excused from examination, only those who quall- fied through this test were appointed as enumerators. “The force as finally constituted con- sted of 214 white men, thirty-one white women, forty-two colored men and three colored women—a total of 90. In addl- tion to the enumerators, six inspectors were appointed for the intimate d:rection of the enumerators’ work. “Shortly before the census taking be- gan meetings of enumeratcrs were held in the supervisors’ foftice tor final in- structions and directions. Two Weeks in Counting Noses. “The enumeration began April 15 and continued two weeks, and the work of practically every enumerator was com- pleted well. within the twelve days al- lowed by the census act. A few days before April 15 the enumerators dis- tributed advance population schedules throughout their districts. These were subseauently collected and the data transferred from them to .the regular schedules. “Great care was exercised to make the canvass as thorough as possible. Each enumerator was furnished wtih a map of his district. He was required to visit dwellings in a. certain regular order, keeping a record of every possible house number and reporting to the supervisor all houses or apartments found vacant or indefinitely closed and the names of all THE DISTRICT’S DUTY. HE KILLS HIMSELF TO EVADE CAPTURE. City Hall Wrecked, Boy Slain, Man- ager Wounded—Notes ard Gold: Seized by Desperado. T FRIEDBERG, Hesse, June 23.—A des- perate attempt at robbery here late this afternoon resulted in two dedths and several wounded. A bomb was exploded at about 4 o'clock in the city hall. The roof, doors and windows were shattered and the stair- cases destroyed. Officials still at their desks marvelous- ly escaped. They made their way out of the building by means of ladders. In the meantime a black-masked rob- ber entered the adjoining branch of the Imperial Bank and attacked the man- ager, who resisted. The robber then drew a revolver and shot the manager in the neck. He seized a quantity of bank notes and some gold and fled. Having gained the street, he mounted a bicycle and dashed off in the direction of Nauheim. A great crowd, attracted by the explosion, pursued the desperado, who repeaedly fired. One boy was killed. wounded. The police jumped in an automobile and sped after the man, finally over- taking him. Finding that he could not escape, the robber sprang off his bicycle and fired his last shot into his temple, falling dead on the street. He was recognized as a chauffeur named Barkenstein, who was suspected some time ago of placing a bomb in front of a prominent banker's house in Frank- fort. Two others were DECISION IS POSTRONED. International Congress Shelves Ques- tion of Court of Arbitration. LONDON, June 23.—The International Congress of Chambers of Commerce to- day shelved until the next meeting the resolution recommending the establish- ment of a permanent court of arbitral justice, as proposed to the powers by Mr. Knox, American Secretary of State. The resolution was introduced yester- day by Frank D. Lalanne of Phila- delphia, on behalf of the National Board of Trade, of which he is the president. Its discussion today developed a con- siderable divergence of feeling, with the result that it was finally referred to a permanent committee on resolu- tions for presentation at the congres: to be held in Boston in 1912. ~~ INDICTMENT OF TRUST Orders Another Grand Jury to Probe Alleged Combine of Beef Packers. CHICAGO, June 23.—Judge Landis in the United States district court here to- day sustained the demurrers of the so- called “‘beef ‘trust’ to the indictment charging a combination in restraint of trade. A new grand jury was crdered to renew the investigation of the packing companies. The indictment drawn on evidence se- cured by agents of the federal govern- ment ran against the National Packing ‘Company and its ten subsidiary compa- nies, charging violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Rejoicing Short-Lived. Smiles, handclasps and congratulations were exchanged with much glee when Judge Landis announced that the indict- ment would not stand, but the demon- stration came to a sudden and almost breathless end when the court added: “Call a special grand jury venire of seventy-five men for July 14.” This body will be ordered to hear testi- mony with a view to finding valid indict- ments against the packing companies. The indictment quashed today failed to show,’ in the view of Judge Landis, that any offense had been committed within the last three years. Cannot Accept Conclusion. At did not show that during this statu- tory period the defendants had been en- gaged in interstate commerce. ‘The general averment that the packing | companies engaged in a combination in | restraint of trade the court declared to be a mere conclusion. Judge Landis said: “The court is not clothed with au- thority to supply entirely by inference the complete omission of so fundamental ‘an element of the offense.” KAISER ARRIVES AT KIEL. Comes on Yacht Hohenzollern to Witness the Regatta. KIEL, Germany, June 23.—Emperor William arrived here today from Altona on board the imperial yacht Hohenzoll- ern to witness the annual yachting regatta. Mr. Hill, the American- ambassador to Germany; Mrs. Hill and Miss Hill are expected tomorrow. = The Sunday Star One feature—its tion, which is.a part sons absent at the time of the visit and for whom the required «information could not be secured. “Subsequently the District was gone over again by a special agent, who visited every house or apartment reported as va- cant or closed. If @ house reported va- cant was found to be occupied, the enu- meration was made if it had been omitted elsewhere; the usual occupants of houses closed, but not vacant,. Were communicat- ed with and their enumeration made, and all- persons. reported -as absent were looked up and the data secured. : “At the close of the enumeration, courtesy of the Washington to ap- (Conti |ied on Second Page.) 4 culation. than any of its Washington contemporaries —and there is a reason. To find the: reason it is only necessary to read The Sunday Star. sue—is so vastly superior to anything of the kind contained in any of its competitors as to alone account for its predominant cir- Jacques Futrelle, who wrote the “Think-.. ing Machine” stories, begins a four-part se- rial—“The Strange Adventures of Mr. John Smith in Paris”—next Sunday. has a larger circulation Sunday Magazine sec- of EACH Sunday’s is- ge - BANK THIEF USES BOMB/JUDGE LANDIS QUASHES |MIDDIES IN ENGLAND —_— ARRIVE AT PLYMOUTH ON PRACTICE CRUISE. Annapolis Graduates to Be Given a Dinner by Lord Mayor ~~ of London. PLYMOUTH, England, June 23.—The American battleships Indiana, Massachu- setts and Iowa, with. 300 midshipmen from’ the ‘United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., arrived here at 9 o'clock this morning. The young sailors. are having their summer practice cruise. The squadron is commanded by Rear Admiral Clark. The squadron sailed from Hampton roads June 9. Instead of following the usual routine of a practice cruise along the New Eng- land -coast, the vessels steamed for Ply- mouth, the end of the first leg of the ten-thousand-mile trip. The young men were given a taste of Tough Weather during what was for most of them their first transatlantic voyage. One midshipman on the flagship lowa suffered from an enteric fever, and though he was practically convalescent upon his arrival here, was removed to the naval hospital at Stonehouse in.order that he might fully recuperate. The local authorities are planning a round of entertainment for the visitors. The midshipmen will be given a dinner by the lord mayor of London. (ROB AND LL TRADERS TROOPS IN PURSUIT OF MORO OUTLAWS. Take Refuge in Interior of Island "After Chase by Dutch Gunboat. SEATTLE, Wash., June 23.—Mindanao Moros have murdered Dutch traders. on an island off northern Borneo under con- ditions which may develop into an. out- break so serious that a demonstration by troops from the military station at Camp Jolo may ‘be required, according to @ report brought by the steamship Tam- ba Maru yesterday. When the Tamba sailed reports had reached Hongkong that a party of eight Moros from the’ Tawi-Tawi group of is- lands, being driven by storms to an is- land of fhe Celebes group, had murdered | three traders and made away with 40,000 pesos’ worth of loot. A Dutch gunvoat gave pursuit and found the murderers on Manusmanca, an island of the Philippines. Notice was g.ven by the officers in command of a company of Philippine scouts at Benga, and an attempt was made to capture une outlaws. On tne arrival of the troops the Moros withdrew to the center of the island. ‘The commander at Jolo immedi- ately dispatched two companies of the 3d Infantry to afd the constabulary. STATUE TO PASTEUR. ‘o Be Placed in Mexico City During Centennial Celebration. MEXICO CITY, June 22.—Frenchmen the world over, and particularly those in Mexico, who have raised funds for the erection of a monument to the French scientist, Louis Pasteur, who gave to hu- manity the Pasteur treatment for hydro- phobia, will doubtless be pleased to learn that the city government 1s planning to donate a site as near as possible in the center- of the city for the statue. The public parks, the Zocalo and the Alameda, and Mexi mous boulevard, the Paseo de la Reforma, have been suggested. ; Either location would be an enviable one. . The sum of 25,000 pesos ($12,500 gold) has already been subscribed toward the monument, and the French colony de- clares it can raise much more, if neces- sary. It is thought that the sum now in hand will be sufficient. The model for the monument will arrive in Mexico within a short time, and every effort will be made to have the statue it- self completed in time for the centennial in September. e | DETERMINED TO STOP WAR MAY EMPLOY FORCE United States Is Likely to In-| tervene in Nicaragua. PATIENCE IS EXHAUSTED Drastic Action of Some Kind Ex- pected After Congress Adjourns. Secretary Knox Said to Have Con- cluded That Armed Occupation Is Only Solution. { —_———_ Drastic measures for the settlement of the imbroglio in Nicaragua may be taken by the State Department soon after the adjournment of Congress. What par- ticular form they will take is a matter of speculation at this time. No surprise will be manifested, however, if it shou'd be decided that armed intervention, in- cluding military occupation by the United States, is the only possible method of ending strife between the hostile politi- | cal factions and establishing conditions of peace and order that would permit the regular election of a constitutional president. : Secretary Knox is known to be very | much disappointed at the failure of his repeated efforts to have the Madriz and Estrada forces arrange an armistice and agree on some reasonable basis for a settlement of their existing differences. Each of the leaders has expressed his willingness to cease hostilities pending an election of a constitutional president, but each insists on conditions which are repugnant to’ the other. It was suggest- ed that the peace court at Cartago be asked to mediate between the two fac- tions, and also that a general election be held for president of the republic, elim- inating. both Madriz and Estrada as candidates. Nearly all the plans sug- gested for mediation involved action by /the United States government. They were generally rejected by the Madriz faction on the alleged ground that the Washington administration was biased in favor of the cause of Estrada. Patience About Exhausted. It has been reported (but the report lacks confirmation) that Madris is willing to submit his case to the arbitration of MANY CAUSES FOR HGH LIVING COST Trusts and Cold Storage Among Them, Says Report of Senate Committee. DEMOCRATS DISAGREE ; WITH REPUBLICANS Authorized After Long Argument to Prepare Minority Report. SAYS WORK WAS RESTRICTED Failure of Senate to Appropriate $65,000 Asked For Claimed to Have Handicapped Committee, Republicans and democrats do not agree @s to the causes for the great increase in the cost of living between 1900 and 1910. . The majority report of the special Sen- ate committee which has? investigated these questions was submitted to the Senate today by Eenator Lodge, chuir- man of the committee. A meeting was held prior to the presentation of the re- Port, and the minority members of the committee protested against the character of the findings. After a long argument the minority Was authorized to employ an expert to 0 over the report of the majority and Prepare the minority views for sub- mission to the Senate. The report made by Senator Lodge was an exhaustive one, compiled from testimony given by forty-one witnesses, reports received from consuls and from foreign governments. It contains a large number of tables giving the range of prices over the last decade The majority charges that its. work was restricted by rpaton of the refuse} of the Senate to appropriate the $65,000 asked for by the’ committee, which would have been used to employ agents in the field. Mexico, Germany or Great Britain, or, in fact, to any government cther than the United States. The alleged objection to mediation by the United States was due to its large interests in Nicaragua, At the same time it is because of those very. interests that Knox 1s disposed to insist on an termina- tion of lawlessness in that country, and has about reached the toat force is about the only of bring- ing the combatants to “senses. Secretary Knox has become impatient ‘at the prolongation of. the struggie and probably will soon initiate a movement tor the restoration of order in Nicaragua ‘and the re-establishment of a stable gov- |- ernment on a constitutional basis. It seems to be conceded that a fair election is. impossible. under existing conditions, and tne suggestion is’ made that some friendly power, such as the United States, Brazil or Mexico, take temporary charge of the affairs of that country and organ- ize the government on a proper legal footing. Insurgents Gain Ground. Gen, Mena and his command of 1,500 men occupied San Vincente, a few miles from Acoyapa, yesterday, according to cable dispatches received this morning by Dr. Castrillo, representative in Washing- ton of the .Estrada provisional govern- ment of Nicaragua. Gen. Mena was then advancing on Acoyapa. Only a few miles of compara- tively level country and the Tipitapa river now separate the insurgent army from the city of Grenada, where the peo- ple and those of the territory thereabouts are in sympathy with the revolutionists. This brings the insurgent army ww p.e- cisely the same point where it received a crushing defeat from the Madriz troops early in March and was driven back to Bluefields, where the revolutionary furces were reorganized. Madriz Men Scattered. BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, June 22— The three provisional columns under command of Gens. Mons, Carton and Macis have arrived before Acoyapa. They met with feeble resistance, the scattered Madriz troops fleeing into the interior. The Madriz garrison at Acoyapa num- bered about 300. men, while Gen. Mena had 1,300 men under his command.- it is expected that he will ‘make an attack upon the town immediately. With this section of the country under his control, Gen. Mena will have access to Lake Nicafagua and can establish easy communication with his friends in Granada and other towns. The advance from now on should be made without difficulty, as the people are believed to be friendly, and sup- plies are to be obtained in abundance. ‘The situation along the coast is un- changed. The Venus has not yet re- turned from her expedition along the coast, which resulted in the capture of several towns. ‘These made no resist- ance to the Madriz steamer, and are not considered any great loss to the pro- visional government, except Cape Gra- clas, which has small revenue from cus- toms. TO BLOCK PROSECUTION. Reported Attempt to Remove the Chief Witness From Jurisdiction. NEW YORK, June 2%.—Charged with having offered Charles M. Hill, a Denver hotel manager, $300 to leave the city and thus block the prosecution of men al- leged to have held him up and robbed him on Broadway, two men who gave their names am Joseph Cohen and Wil- liam C. Tucker were arrested today and held for examination. Hiss was held up last Saturday near Long Acre square and robbed of a small amount of money and valuable papers. The pollee arrested men whose names were given as Thomas Tomeo and Harry Jacobs. Hill alleges that he was ap- proached and offered $500 if he would drop the prosecution and leave the city at once, $100 to be paid him when he boarded’ Hudson. river ferryboat -and $400 when he reached the New Jersey shore. The offer, according to Hill, was made at a meeting held midnight, and the arrests followed shortly. Some of the Many Causes. . The majority of the committee found that of the many causes contributing to the advance in prices the following were most marked: Increased cost of production of ‘farm Prodpets, by reason of higher lanfi val- ues and higher wages. Incteasél-“Wéiiehd for farm products and food. Shifting of population from food-pre- ducing jo food-consuming occupations and localities. Immigration to food-consuming locali- es. Reduced fertility of land resulting in lower average production or in increased expenditures for fertilisation. Increased banking facilities in agricul- tural localities, which enabled farmers to hold their crops and market them to the best advantage. It was found that this not only steadied —_— but had a tendency to increase m. Reduced supply convenient to trans- portation faculties: of such: commoaities as timber. ‘Trusts and Cold Storage. Cold storage plants, which result in Preventing extreme fluctuations of prices of certain commodities with the seasons, but by enabling the wholesalers to buy and sell at the best possible advantage tend to advance prices. Increased cost of distribution. Industrial combination. Organizations of producers or of dealers. Advertising. Increased money supply. Overcapitaiization. Higher standard of living. ‘The foregoing nnaings were gathered by measuring the prices of 257 commodities included in the price index number ef the bureau of labor. These commodities were grouped and the advance noted for the different groups during the period from 190) to 1909, inclusive. The gen- eral wholeselé price level in the United States advanced during that period 14.5, Advances by Groups. The groups show advances as follows: Farm products, 39.8; food, efc., 19.7; lum- ber and building materials, 19.6 miscel- Janeous commodities, 14.7; cloths and clothing, 120; fuel and lighting, 69; housefurnishing goods, 5.3; metals and implements, 3.6. A decline was shown for drugs and chemicals amounting to 2.9 per cent. It is shown that the greatest advances have taken place in the products of the soll. The committee criticised the use of forests by saying that there had been @ large consumption without any particu- lar attempt to replace the timber. The report states that in view of the fact thet the increases have been so much greater in products coming either directly or in- directly from the farms than in any other line excepting producte of the forests, the conclusion must be reached that the most important cause of the Present advance is to be found in a study of farm conditions. ~ Concerning the aa- vance in the cost of food, the report vay Why Beef is Higher. “The supply of government avaiiadle land for genera! farming has been ma- terially reduced, and the ranges are being rapidly cut up into homes for settlers, The cost of producing live stock has ma- terfally Increased with the disappearance of the range, which necessitates produe- ing cattle on tame pasture and high- priced lands.” A study of the tables concerning whole- sale prices of farm and food ucts in- dicates that the advance in the United States in ten years had been more rapid than in Great Britain, Germany and many ‘other European countries, but that had simply approached more nearly the world level of prices. A comparison of meat prices in the United and the United States shows that bacon in 1900 was 73. cent — in the United Kingdom in the United States, and that in 1000 it was 31.5 per cent higher in the United Kingdom than in the United States About the same ratio existed in ing beef, mutton, wheat and i | Death of Charles 8. Wake. CHICAGO, Il, June 23.—Charles Stan- island Wake, connected with the Field Museum of Natural History, died yester- day at his residence here. Mr. Wake, who was a member of many scientific so- cleties, was known es an authority on Gsthropology. He was the author of Rumerous Works on the subject. Mr. ‘Wake was born.in England in 1835. “s dl