New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1914, Page 4

WEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1014." ANERICAN PLANTER WRITES ABOUT MEXICO e is Very Much Dispased With - Government’s Policy. A graphic description of the experi- ence of the Gould brothers in Mexico directly after the taking of' Vera Cruz by the American marines is shown in the following extracts of a letter just received by a resident of New Britain, and may be of some in- | terest to the Herald readers, as not alorie 'showing the indignities suffered (By Americans at the time of the land- ing of the troops at Vera Cruz, but also showing the feelings of Americans in | Mekico over the ‘watchful waiting” Policy of the United States govern- ment June 26, 1914, Mr. New Britain, Conn. My Gear Sir:—You perhaps will be surprised .to get a letter from me, no doubt, thinking that I have long ago served as bait for the “Zopolotes” (Buzzards) or been cut into small pleces by some of our Mexican friends s a penalty for being a “disgraciado Americano en Mexico.” But such !s mot the. case, as I am very much alive #8 well as my_ two brothers, having arrived in’ Vera Cruz May 6, 1914, sixteen “days after the exploding of the bomb shell in Vera Cruz (without motice) ‘by our highly educated, high moraled, grape juice, admin- Istration, who have by their actions, or, ‘better speaking, by their lack of ction, endangered the lives and driven out of Mexico approximately forty thousand Americans, and allow- g the destruction of their properties, lwhich a safe estimate would put at fore than one billion ‘dollars, and the onderful Grape Juice Willlam tells B8 nothing can be done about it, that ‘e had no business down here, and he figures it out we came to Mexico th intention of making some money, hich.is all wrong, and that we ought have stayed at home. A Slide Backward. | Mexico took a terrible slide back- iWard when she started this revolu- n, but any one who knew Mexico d not consider her only half clv- lzed, and in comparison to the eng htenment of the United States has t backslided any more than the nited States did when she elected r. Wilson and “Grandpa” Billy to all the ship of state. I would sug- that they retire the emblem of American eagle and supplant it th the “Dove of Peace,” but chain breast one ‘leg, for although a very ful bird, this damned, hypocritical nistration is likely to so torment poor bird until it turns into a B of prey. It might seem to one ! farting to read this letter that I was iclined to drift into politics, but such "not the case, and was not the in- ention when I started this letter, so perhaps I best say what I started to ay, and then if T still have paper left I might tell you an experience or two ind’ throw a bouquet at the most pe- llar administration the United Btates has seen in years, an adminis- tion in whose veins runs watered grape juice instead of good red blood; administration which is the ridi- ule of other foreign nations; an ad- ministration that allows its citizens to pe run around Mexico like so many attle, allows them to be.kiHed, their roperty to be destroyed or confiscat- d, their wives and daughters dragged iround the streefs of towns, insulted ind even raped; consuls taken prison- s, the Stars and Stripes pulled down nd trampled under foot, the records nd secret code book stolen, apd still othing is done about it; I tell you e, its hell and repeat, to be a h ed American in Mexico today. nd see and hear thesé yellow, lying. fhieving whelps point their finger at as Americans and at the United es as a whole, saying “thal we re all cowards and we are afraid to o on finishing the job that was start- d when Vera Cruz was taken by the imericans'’; but it seems that I have ain run off the track and am not lelling you the object of this letter. #¢ * but, as Bryan says he does ot want any more refugees from exico unless they can prove that 5y have friends in the States who an and will support them, so that ey will not become public charges. f they must starve, better let them arve down here and save the trans- | ortation. * * * Watchful Waiting Policy. You have my permission to ask a lewv questions, but be careful about sking questions that I cannot an- lwer, as 1 am daily being asked very imple questions about o present uation of “watchful waiting” which ought to be able to answer, but t, so naturally I am getting a littie hy and ‘delicate on ‘“‘unanswerables.” Things Looked Bad. 1f I remember rightly, in the early t of this letter, I started to tell oy abput when we left the plantation, , when I was rudely interrupted a fit of political temper, but that s this morning, since thén I have out to lunch, “rastled” with a féce of boiled fish, with a tomato uce, flavored with garlic, as well as plece of Chinese roast beef, “con es mo savor,”” Which has given me ficient indigestion so I - will not able.to take a ‘“siesta,” and ought be .in a sufficiently bad temper o able to do justice in recounting experiences and Yget away.” Mr. ecle secretary of our company was siting. the. plantation from Chicage the time.and had to take pot luck ith the rest of us coming out. Along lbout April 20 we heard rumblings herever we put our ears to the ound, but concluded it was only Mr. filson turning one of *hose high hot air performance to humbug the great American people, the same per- formance he has been giving the people for twenty years, when he started out from Lincoln, Neb. on the populist ticket with hayseed in his hair, to “con” the people and make the money come his way, and he has done it every since, "All for the dear people.” ? ? ?—Excuse me, once more I digress or transgress, 1 don't know which, 3 About that tlmé’a special messen- ger came’up from Ault on “La Es- meralda,” saying things looked bad and we best come down and go out Wwith them as they were ready to go any minute. We had had so many notices of this kind that we concluded it was just another scare, and as we were grinding we concluded to stay, So wrote Ault thanking him for his trouble but we were going to stay. Next day we got a letter from Hill of “Estancia’” that matters looked a little better, but that we best come on down as it might be necessary tc move quickly, but we again concluded to stay, Untrue Story of Battle, That night we got another special messenger from Ault saying they would leave on the morning train, and we had best come then or as soon after as possible for things looked bad, but still we concluded to stick it out. We had arranged with Consul Canada and other friends in Vera Cruz to wire us in case matters looked bad, and could not understand in case conditions were so bad, why they did not wire. At ten o'clock the 22nd another special messenger pulled in with a telegram from Canada say- ing to come at once, without a min- ute’s delay, and dated the morning of the 21st. When we asked the Mozo where he had been he simply said he had lost his way, and been two days on the road. This last letter rather put a hunch into the situation, ana after a council of war we concluded it was our move, and a quick move at that, so we called Don Mancho, put matters into his hands as well as was possible in so short a time, packed our books and trunks, and at 2 p. m. were on our way down the river. We arrived at Plaza Vicente about nightfall, where we orly stopped a few minutes, but could not help but notice a decided coolness in our re- ception there. We arrived 2t Perez at 2:30 a. m. and after waking up one of the Spaniards to let us into the hotel, learned that passenger service had been suspended on the ratlroad, and that Americans were not looked upon with much favor. Next morn- ing upon going down to the station we noted a good deal of excitement, and very soon a number began tc collect at the station and endeavored to pick a quarrel with ys, but I told them we had not time“for arguments and were not looking for a quarrel with anyone. At the statlon we saw the most wild-eyed reports. The Amer- icans had landed at Veri: Cruz and after a hard fight had been repulsed, and driven back to their ships, leaving 4,000 dead Americans behind and 2,000 Mexicans and Spaniards had been killed in the battle. On account of the bad markmanship of the Americans they had sunk the Spanish man of war, Carlos V, and all other nations were so mad about it that alt warships had turned against the Americans and a terrible naval buttle was on. Zapata had joined Huerta, and at that moment was in Vera Cruz killing Americans. Villa had als> forgotten his troubles With Huertu, and had taken Brownsville, Texas, ano was well on his way to annex Texas again to Mexico. All this was official business, mind you, and was supposed, and (1 guess did come from the Mex- ican government. So you can imagine perhaps the feeling that it was stirs ring up. Things warmed up so thau we were advised to go to the ho‘el and stay, as there was likely to be a demonstration. We had hardly goi- ten there when the owner showed up, and virtually ordered us out of the house, as our presence was hure- ing his business. This we refused to do until we had some means of go- ing, and when he saw we were fir| on that point he concluded the best way to get rid of us, was to give us a little help on the quiet. Fortunate’ we had held our canoe and for the small sum of $110 we were able t> get two men to go to Tlacotalpam with us. Under ordinary conditions $256 would have been good pay, s» you see these yellow whelps are nov slow in improving a strained condi- tion. Trip in Canoe. We had the report circulated that we could not get out and were go- ing back to the plantation and in this way were able to get our baggage out of the station in the afternoon, load it in the canoe and started up the river about night fall. We were supposed to go by horse next morn- ing. The canoe went up, passed the first bend in the river where it stayed until after dark. At eight o'clock it dropped down river; we got aboard in the dark and started on our long trip down the river. It is useless to tire you with the account of our trip down the river, with little to eat in a small boat for four of us to sleep in, so we took turns. The mosquitoes by night and the hot sun in the day time made it very distressing. I failed to say that Ault and his crowd of five had left, going down the river the day before. Some distance above Tlacotalpam we met the canoe men of Ault com- ing back., who told us that Ault and his crowd had been run out of Tlac- otalpam and we had better stop at “La Candelaria” to see how the land lay before we went down. We fol- lowed their advice ana stopped at “La Candelaria” which belongs to Mr. Everest, an American. There we found: Aultsand his crowd and learned of their experiences of being run out of Tlacotalpam and were likely to be attacked there that night. Our party was now nine men, pretty well armed, dirty, their beards grown out s0 that they looked a pretty hard crowd. We had not been there one hour before Tlacotalpam knew of our | arrival, and that we, too, were armed, so under the excuse of friendship the oraled ideas over in his head, or Yoodlers” giving ‘‘Grapejuice . his cue that it was histime to valk out to make a speech; another Alcalde (Mayor) came up to look us over. He remarked that we looked as though about three of us could “clean up” his police force, and we replied that if it came to a show- down we would surely do our best and that he had better not make any mistake or false move. 1 think upon his return to town his report was not favorable, for we were not attacked, but the gunboat, l’ruKr(‘ss{\.} was in the river and refused to let us out. We finally got permission to go from Tlacotalpam and then Alvarado refused to let us go; then Alvarado agreed to let us out, and the Progresso would not let us out. Finally, after eleven days and nights of this, four of us always on du day and night while the other five | slept on a cement floor among the most vicious swarms of mosquitoes and chiquistas that it was ever my misfortune to meet the Progresso also | agreed to let us slip past at 3 o'clock in the morning. 1 suppose this was in order to save their honor. We left in a little fishing smack with one mast and a little chug, chug en- gine, and after a little rough weather getting over the bar at Alvarado we arrived at Vera Cruz May 6, fifteen days after leaving San Gabriel (plan- tation). We brought out mother, 75 years old, Mr. Steele took her out with him on the steamer, Esperanza, to New Orleans and from there by rail to| Chicago, where he sent her on her! way to New Jersey. Safe At Last. Now that we are safe sometimes laugh over our exper- lences, but I assure you that at the time there was no fun about it, and we are very glad to be here with whole skins. We have heard sev- eral times from the plantation and aside from taking a few more than; 100 men which cost ug about $3,500, no damage was done. The author- itles at Plaza Vicenie have helped Don Mancho keep order, and' have taken an inventory of the property in the name of the Alcalde and ap- pointed, or put Don Mancho in charge, posting notices to that effect. He has had a lot of trouble, but so. far has been able to hold things together and I hope he may be able to hold them down, for, with ‘‘watchful waiting” it is hard to tell when, if ever, we can get back, as I have been notified that they .will shoot me on sight, but some day I hope to be able to return and do a little shoot- ing myself, and T hope that it will not be all with my mouth, as is the case with these people. This long drawn out wail which, no doubt, has tired you out long ago, 18 only one of the forty thousand wails that have gone up from abused and outraged Americans in Mexico. Most of these people have worked anywhere from ten years to a life- time to accumulate perhaps a little or a great deal of property, as the case may be; anyway it has been their life work and most of those, like myself, have been here so long, that it would be next to impossible to leave here and break into a new game in the States with any degree of suc- cess. Were these conditions brought about by any natural cause, or any fault or shortcomings of ourselves we would not make such a howl, but to have it brought about by a meddle- some old schoolmarm, and the cause being his personal spite against Huerta, and to have him carry it along under his hypocritical cloak of high morals, is what makes me bolil, and now after precipitating the trug- edy by landing troops in Vera Cruz, why don’t he let them go along to Mexico City as every one of them want to do and not hold them here champ- ing their bits, while he keeps up that farce of mediation which no sane man who knows Mexico and Mexicans but knew was foolishness from the start, and was only a ruse of Huerta to gain more time, and in every move that he has made he has demonstrated that he has outgeneraled Wilson, making him the laughing stock of the world. It is not often that I go off on a tangent of this kind, but it seems to me that I cannot find a stopping place, and I have not made a start at telling you of the ruin that has overtaken Americans in Mexico hy this utterly foolish policy pursued by Wilson -and Bryan. Yours truly, _ GEORGE 8. GOULD, Vera Cruz. Mr. Everest's with us, and here we SMALL DAMAGE REPORTED. Lightning Strikes Bridgeport Court House and New Haven Road Tower. Bridgeport, July 7.—A series ot thunder storms lasting nearly all night brought a deluge of rain, gales and blinding lightning that struck in several places here with a total of comparatively small damage. One bolt hit the roof of the county court house on Golden Hiil street, tearing a great hole near the front of the building but doing little harm to the interior except by the water that later came through the hole. 1l Another bolt hit one of the 200 feet towers supporting the feed wires of the New Haven road over the draw- bridge and for a second or two caused a pyrotechnic display of an unusual sort. The steel of the tower carried the electricity to the ground, hows ever, without damage to the struc- ture. MEDICAL MEN MEE St. John, N. B, July 7.—Distin- guished practitioners from the United States and Great Britain were among those in attendance at the opening of the 47th annual meeting of the Can- adian Medical association today. This is the first time in 20 years that the association has met in this city. The first general session will be held to- night, when President McLaren will deliver his annual address. FOURTH VICTIM CLATMED, Johnstown, Pa., July 7.—Mrs, James Topley, the fourth victim of | the automobile accident on the Lin. coln highway near Stoyestown last Sunday, died in the hospital here to- day. John J. Hildinger, whose wife succumbed to her injuries yesterday, was reported in a dying condition in the same hospital. City lItems Protect your health, —advt. The rainfall at Shuttle Meadow last night amounted to .82 inches. Joseph Bardeck is seriously St. Francis' hospital, Hartford. Fred Hollfelder is spending a few days in New York city and vieinity. Mere new shoes in our $1.00 shos sale. Besse-Leland Co.—advt. The following have gone to Short Beach for a week's stay: Miss A. Gramitt, C. Puppel, E, DeJune, Surko, K. Neubauer and O. Becker. John E. Wood and wife and daugh- ter Gladys, and Edgar M. Wood and wife are spending the week in Mt. Vernon and New York city with their cdaughter, Mrs. A. J. Long. Mrs. Thomas O'Dell and family, John O’Keefe, Bert Lorch, Mr. and iMrs. Edward Barker, Miss May Walsh, Grace Walsh, Barbara Blair, Etta Gilbert, Helen Fulton and Helen Bloom are stopping at the Maxine cottage, Myrtle Beach. Miss Myrtle Brayne will spend the next two weeks at the home of her porents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Erayne of New London. Miss Julia Poppel left today to spend the month of July in Loraine, Ohio. The Lady Marjorie, C. H. Morris owner, won the second prize of class No. 2 in a race from Middletown to eenport, L. I, in a yacht race, July 4th. The Women's Foreign Missionary society of the English Lutheran church wil] meet with Mrs. Charles Heck, 90 Wallace street, tomorrow af- ternoon at 0. Frank L. O'Brien of 1106 Stanley street has gone to St. Francis’ hos- pital, Hartford, to be operated on for throat trouble. The Misses Jessalyn Garvey, of Asbury Park, motoring to the White mountains, are the guests of their aunt, Miss Rose Smith, of Tremont street. Miss Agnes Buckley, of New York, is also visiting Miss Smith. Elizabeth Skelly and Joseph Rus- sell, of Waterbury, have sold a tract of land on Allen street to John J. Higgins. Miss Anna Lynch, of Waterbury, Is the guest of Miss Anna Sparmer of Stanley street. The Horace Booth estate, through the trustees, Willlam L. Hatch and Morris C, Webster, have sold two 10ts of land on Geld street to Antony Puczytowski. More new shoes in our $1.00 shoe sale. Besse-Leland Co.—advt. The office of the water commission~ ers will be open every Wednesday evening during July when water rents may be paid. The Dixie Minstrels will rehearse this evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Walter Campbell, corner of Stan- ley and Dwight streets, to prepare for the police convention tomorrow. Mrs. Mary T. Crean: of 515 street is entertaining Mr. and Lawrence J. Crean and their son, Schenectady, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. John Conway of East street have gone to Rockaway Beach for a vacation. Court Beethoven, F. of A., stall officers this evening. Washington L. Morgan lodge, K. ot P., will meet tonight in Vega hall and install officers. Mrs. George P. Rockwell of Grove Hill will go to East Northfield Mon- day for a seven weeks' stay. Clan Douglas, O. 8, C., will hola a meeting tonight in O. U. A. M. hall. H. L. Wells and his family wil spend the month of August at Sebeck Lake, Me. The German school opened this morning in the Grammar school building for its summer term under the instruction of Mrs. Joseph Baum- gartner. ‘W. Courtney Timbrell has returnea from Block Island where he has been spending his vacation. The Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in St. Mary's school hall. Leading Star lodge, S, of B, hold a business meeting tonight Electric hall. Thusnelda lodge, O. D. H. 8, in. stalled officers this afternoon ana celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. Camp No. Woodmen of the World, will meet in Bardeck's hal tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. A meeting of th> outing committee of the common counci' has been called for this evealnz by Aldermaen M. T. Kerwin, the chair Charles W. Holmes h, Building Inspector A. N. Rutherford for permission to erect a six-tense ment block on Sexton sti=ar, a: a cost of $6,100. R. W. O’Gorman has applied for permission to erect a barn at 44 Olive street at a cost of $150. Protect .your health. —advt. . Conrad Cianci, the contractor, has started tearing down the building on Broad street which Building Inspec~ tor A. N. Rutherford found extending eleven inches over the sidewalk line, The building inspector has orderea the cornice removed from a building at 90 Broad street as {t extends over the sidewalk. More new shoes in our $1.00 shoe sale. Besse-Leland Co.—advt. Leon Greos has been given the pool room license which was recently taken away from John Tsimonis. of 417 Main street. Starve the fly. ill at and Emma who ' are Main Mrs. ot will in« wil at Starve the fly. BOYS TO GO TO CAMP. Boys' Secretary E. W. Yergin of the Y. M. C. A, returned from Camp Con- gamond this afternoon. He will go back tomorrow and take with him four more boys: Harold Latham, Conrad Hoaglund, Royal Clough and Wiliam Johnson. These four will be the last to go to the camp and wil} stay about a week. [ PRIESTS. AND SISTERS | CONQUER BIG BLAZE Nuas Scorched a5 They Fight Flames and Save School. New York, July 7.—While blazing embers rocketed from half a dozen flaming buildings across the street last right, Mother Superior Mary Per- petua, of the Convent of the Domini- can Order of St. Joseph, on Liberty avenue, Fast New York, and priests and brothers of St. Michael's church, on Jerome street, fought side by side with buckets and hose lines to save the convent and the parochial school. They were successtul at the cost of scorched garments and blistered hends and faces. Embroidery Plant Wrecked. The entire plant of the embroidery firm of I. & M. Druckerman, at Liver- ty avenue and Warwick street, includ- ing a factory employing 150 hands, a raint shop and stable was wrecked. Two houses on Liberty avenue also were damaged. Four alarms were sent in, but at times it looked as though the blaze would baffle the firemen, directed by Deputy Chief Willlam Gutterson. As the flames gained headway they towered above the steeple .of St. Mi- chael's. Many parishioners who were on their way to the parochial scHool, where there was to have been an en- tertainment last night, and others who lived close by believed that the church was ablaze and joined the throng already on the way to the fire. A number of devout members of the congregation knelt in the street pray- ing for the safety of the sacred edi- fice. Priests Seek to Check Fire. From the rectory came Father Ful. gentius, Father Nicholas, Father Hi acinth and Father Francis, wi Brothers Claude, John, Lawrence, Mi- ckael and Modestius. They were joined by George Schwenszer, the jan- itor, and Edward K. Ott, an under- taker. The church was nearly a block from the fire. Much nearer the blaze was the convent, a frame building, and nearer still, the parochial school four stories high and new. Stuck to Post. The first thought of the clerical brigade was for the nuns. They hastened to the convent to make provision for the inmates’ safety. Under the direction of the mother superior they found thirty nuns, including Sisters Mary Floreptine, Mary Roseta and Frazia, gather- ing buckets and connecting lines of hose. It was vain to argue with them. The school was in danger, perhaps the convent; they would do their part. Four lines of hose were connected to taps. Three were carried to the Toof of the school and another to the roof of the convent. Those not needed at the hose lines formed bucket lines. Flames Catch Robes. THe heat from the blaze, a few score feet away, séftened the putty in the window frames and blistered the praint. Faces were scorching and sparks and embers flew about, fre- quently burning the robes of the band of fire fighters. They stuck to their posts, however, Not an ember alighted on the roof of either building that was not ex- tinguished immediately. Tt was more than two hours be- fore the blaze retreated enough so that the volunteers could work in re- laye, and long after that a few were still on watch, Police Rescue Horses, Down jn the street the reserves from half a dozen precincts held the crowd in check. The Bergen street trolley line which pasgses through Lib- crty avenue was held up for hours. The' buildings, swept by flames, were empty except for the watchman and thirty-six horses. The police did not find the watchman, but were told that he was safe. Detective Frank Doherty and Detec- tive Bernard Tully, with Patrolman James McDonald, ef the Liberty wvenue police station, wrapped their ccats about their heads and groped through the smoke into the stable wiich adjoined the blazing paint shep, They led out thirty the thirty-six horses. Two firemen were cut by falling glass and had to quit the fight. Elec- tric wires were down and strewed the ground in all directions. The damage was estimated at about $100,000. The cause of the fire was not ascertained. The fire was blazing strong when the first engine” started their water and .the four alarms fol- lowed each other in quick succession. Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy will make an investigation. of DS LONG RACE. Revenuo Cutter Captain Arrives ut Bedside of Wife in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, July 7.—Captain P. H. Uberroth, of the revenue cutter service, ended a five thousand mile race from Unalaska today when he arrived at the bedside of his wife in this ecity. Mrs. Uberroth was stricken several weeks ago and a ser- fous operation became necessary. Her hushand, who was in command of the revenue cutter McCulloch in Alaskan waters, was notified and left on his long journey fourteen days ago. His son, Lieutenant . E. P. Uberroth, who was on the battleship Vermont at Vera Cruz. also was sum- moned and arrived home Saturday night. Mrs. Uberroth's was unchanged. dergo the operation band and son arrived. condition today She refused to un- until her hus- FEDERAL JUDGE. Washington, July 7.—W. H. Seward Thompson was nominated by Presi- dent Wilson today to be federal judee for the western district of Pennsyl- vanla, with headquaters at Pittsburg. ~To,,,-g Keeney's theater, motion pictures, vaudeville Fox's theater, motion pictures. Meeting of the finance committee of the common couneil. Meeting of the works. board of public Meeting of the outing committee of the common council. Leading Star lodge, Shepherds of Bethlehem, meets in Electric hall. Meeting’of .New Britain lodge, N, E, 0. P. 3 Washington L. Morgan lodge, K. of P., meets in Vega hall. Installation of officers Beethoven, F. of A of Court Clan Douglas, O. 8. C., meets in O. U. A. M. hall. Meeting of Catholic Women's Be- nevolent Legion in St. Mary's School hall, P2 Meeting- of Viking Athletic club. e New Britain ! canum, meets Meeting of Chureh. (Royal Ar- street. ‘elub at 53 cil, K. of Hammondsport, N. Y. July 7.— Glenn H. Curtiss put the transatiantic fiying boat America through her paces yesterday in a flight over Lake Keuka. A load of 1,800 pounds was carried, and the distance covered was about a mile, Lieutenant Porte, of- ficial pllot of the craft, then went for a practice spin down the lake, but did not take the machine into the air, To the spectators it looked as if Curtiss could fly the machine and that Porte couldn’'t get her up. The at- mosphere was somewhat foggy, until Porte explained that he had not in- terrded to do more than try the plan- ing qualities of the boat. Two new submerged planes which were put on the machine Sunday do not appear to be giving great satis- faction, although Curtiss said he was sure that they would solve the prob- lem of taking a heavy load off the water. The planes are supposed to ride up an invisible incline of water until the surface is reached, thus allowing the machine to slide into the air easily. ‘While the machine comes to the top of the water nicely, it seems to drop back just as it is about to take the air, and at the same time the tail appears to drag badly. Curtiss said last night that he would place a small planing surface under the tail before trying the machine again. Patience is the watchword of both Porte and Curtiss these da One device after another has been tried and discarded, and little improvement in the planing surfaces of the machine is apparent. The best results so far have been obtained when Curtiss stuck & couple of light pontoons under the America and flew with the full load- required for the flight over the ocean, MITCHEL NOT AVERSE TO MOOSE ALLIANCE New York Mayor Belioves Democrat Would Make Good Showing on Colonel Roosevelt's Ticket. New York, July 7.—~Mayor Mitchel declared yesterday that he did not want to get into state polities, but acknowledged he had taken part in a conference where the possibility of getting an independent democrat into the field as a candidate for governor was discussed, Although many people cannot see how a Wilson democrat could run on a progressive ticket this fall, the mayor sald he did not think it would be an impossibility. He added, how- ever, that he did not mean to give any intimation that such a thing would actually take place, “Are you opposed to any alliance between the independent democraty and the progressives?” thé mayor was asked. “No, 1 can't say that 1 am.” ou'd want an independent demo- crat to head the ticket?” “Well, of course, 1 would prefer one, We want a good, clean, honest. man above everything else.” “Wouldn't an alliance between the independent democrats and Colonel Roosevelt embarrass President Wil- son, who probably will be running for the presidency against the colonel in 19162 “I don’t see how it would. 1 don't believe in attacking President Wilson because 1 believe in him, but I don't see how that necessarily would have any bearing on the political situation in this state.” $100,000 FIRE IN INDIANA, Fort Wayne, Ind., July 7.—Fire late last night destroyed the build- ing occupied by the Henry Pfeiffer & Sons Inc., hardware dealers, caus- ing & loss of $100,000, of which $70,- 000 was on stock. DOUBIS NEW HER Karolyi Says Archduke May B¢ Toy of G:iman Empsror, New York, July 7.--Whether new Archduke of Austro-Hungary, the young Charles Irancis Joseph, will be under German influencs, and at the shme time dominated by a eourt clique at Vienna, is the aues- tion uppermost in the mind of Count Michael Karolyi, leader ‘of the Infe- pendent party in the Hungarian pave lament. “He is young and inexperienced ™ said Count Karolyl at the St. Rexfly last night, after his return from As- bany, where he was the guest of (o - ernor Glynn at a luncheon. “No one knows what he will do, bu: it s feared he will be a toy ir the hands of the German Emperor, al least for a while, " Chattel of Germany, “Austria has long been the chattel of Germany, which wizhes a militars fly strong Austro-Hungary and at the * same time an economically wemk Austro-Hungary. Vienna's foreign policy is made in the Wilhelnstrasse, in Berlin, "lt‘ll true that Franz WAS & man of somewhat T, often Influenced more by than by - the strong henas about him and changing hia day to day, but he was® his views and willing te estions. Whether Charles Joseph, too, is receptive i yet OWn, and even If he is it in also unknown whether he will by snm-. :'ll-“my indeperident to use hie own the. s Ferdinana vacillating Count’s Party at Albany. “I wonder whether, for instance, he will continue to sauction tne bullding of a fleet of dreadnoughts for a nation that has no colonies to protect; whether he will be willing to continue to increase a fleot that 1a really a German fleet beneath an Austrian flag.” The count, with the deputation of six prominent Hungarians who are with him campaigning to seek wup- port against the domination of Au tria, went to Albany yesterday in company with Justice Victor J. Dow- ling, State Senator John <. Saxe, Brigadier General George 1. Dyer and Alexander Konta, who was in charge of the party. Governor Provided Escort, The governor sent his mil'tary ate tache to escort them about the piub- lic bulldings, and later entertained them at what Mr. Konta soid wi one of the most beautiful iuncheon he had ever attended. Count olyl presented the greetings of Hungarfan people to the go New York, and Governor Glynn made a short speech, Much enthusiasm greets hin, every- where, said Count Karolyl last night, - although he is really only at the be- ginning of his campaign. “Hungarians realize that Austria s a sinking boat, and they do not derire to go down with a ship for whien (h'edy have no affection whatever.” he said. DEPUTY WILSON DEAD, Deceascd Was One of Bost Knows Detectives in New England, Thompsonvilie, July 7.—~Deputy Sheriff George L. Wilson, sixty-four, one of the best known police detec- tives in New England, died at his home, 131. High street, yesterday, ofs, diabetes and other complications, af- ter an {linéss dating back a number of years. More than a dozen years ago Deputy Wilson first complained of his health going back on him, ana at various times during that long pe- riod he had been confined to his bed, but hie rugged constitution always enabled him to rally from the At- tacks, and he wa¢ able to resume his duties. In fact, it can almost be said that Deputy Wilson died in harness, as only & féw days Ago he went to War house Point on an errandun his of- clal capacity and on his return he was forced to ge to bed, where he had been confined until his death. BURGLARS BOUND OVER. ———— Biristol Youths Given Liberty Under Bonds Furnisbed by Parents. Bristol, Conn., Roloff, Robert and C lads who were arrested charged with burglary, today were held for the su- perfor court, but each was given his ilberty under bonds furnished by their parents. Among other things taken from Jonathan Peck's house, tWO years ago, were “shin plasters” in a collection of old moneys. The boys did not know what the scrip was and tore it up. As the victim of the assault, Charles Pigher, is still in the Hartford hospi. tal, the hearing on the charge of epult with intemt to kill brought against Charles Dickau, was continued another week, Mischer's recovery is rxp‘-ledA FORMER COMMISSIONER DEAD, New York, July 7.—John A. Shields, for many years United States com- missjoner in this district, died today at Hichfeid Springs, N. Y., where he had been {ll for some time Mr. Shields was more than S0 years old and had beéen in the federal service for more than fifty years. SQUADRON AT GIBRALTAR. Gibraltar, July —Te American squadron consisting of the battleships Missouri, Illinois and Idaho, with the naval cadets from the Academy at Annapolis on board, arrived here to- days from Italy on their wayy to Eng- land. The warships were ordered tn put in here and awsit orders, which were expected to arrive toni’