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Bt BECKER ‘ive Up/Bifort to Get eral Writ 18.-—While Martin Bourke Cockran, ‘b Becker, had not ffday on their next move, ‘will seek’a John Doe of a writ in the Fed- “harges of an alleged . obtaining evidence of lem conference, held of Appeals to be the itire case, are expected ong other lines of in- ould & John Doe in- | before a magistrate, a nated official. attorney may tness before the tatements reported de to him relative to the evidence ice. There was that this particu- ‘attorney might ] ‘@ him about” an ning the affidavit understood to up the idea of t court. It'is sald they case would have al courts. A would throw the M ‘the admission developments of the pe eon-idpred fa- Ready. /the publicity, cam- igbflq sentiment or n”fi may be, in favor started today or to- " course will be taken M\Gflufl\or ‘Whit- it to com- ‘to life im- rht J&nm of Sing ‘Becker’s close imprisonment in the ‘yesterday the con- completed ‘a long rating the story of and fall in the Policé other details which he was not at liberty o detalls are sup- t three or four usband ‘Sunday cor- g his statement for and getting it ready .© Mrs. Becker is to have given the state- Cockran during a con- [ h her husband's lawyers Cockran may go to momhug for a final m client before iv- s friends are said lating a petition n ition of his " imprisonment. I8 ed to q«;vernot ‘Whit- or in person if she nal appeal to him. ed the = following formar Deputy Police ¥. H. Bugher, now in ' from West, and have n 18 to be sent to the alf “of Lieutenant I would like to be vou know I was ' officer . for over I belleve him to be n To Judge. ‘Marshall, ex-Assistant and counsel for said yesterday that jbber’s alleged confes- had nothing to do ¢ of Rosenthal to Judge of the Court of Ap- . A reply was receiv- shall at his office which ‘make public before sub- Mr. Manton and Mr. refused to give it out submitted to them. It however, that Judge d that he did not see of Appeals or him- any further action in ned yesterday that Mr. | red as one of counsel in ase of Willlam Kemmler. rst man to be executed | corpus from the Unit- rict . Court on the e method of killing a ly was eruel and in- refused to grant NGS TONIGHT. { Haven and Hartford railroad, NEAR SHUGHEZ (Continued from First Page.) four times in the course of the even- ing and the might. The attacks broke down under our fire with heavy losses | in front of our lines. “The situation in the eastern and’ southeastern theaters of the war re- mains unchanged. French Oficlal Report. Paris, July 13, 2:35 p. m.—The fol- lowing official communica.tion regard- ing the progress of the war was: issued today: #In front of our positions at ‘The Labyrinth’ a German attack was at- tempted last night under the protec- tion of a violent curtain of fire. ' The assailants were decimated and com- | pletely thrown back upon their lines. “There was a combat with hand | grenades and cannonading in the For- est of Apremont, in the region of Regnieville and in the Forest of Le Pretre. \ X German Attack Repulsed. “In the Vosges an attempted attack by the Germans directed at a bridge head occupied by us on the east bank of the Fecht river at Sondernach was repulsed.- 3 “An aerial squadron of thirty-five aeroplanes ascended this morning in spite of a wind blowing forty miles an hour and 'hombarded, the railroad sta- tion strategically ' established by the | Germans at Vigneulles-Les-Hatton- thalet. This station'served the region of the Calonne trenches and that of the Forest of ' Apremont. Very im- portant stores of every kind and par- ticularly ammunition, were concen- trated there. Our aviators dropped upon these objectives .171 bombs of ninety kilograms each. The bom- bardment started several fires. All our machines returned, although they had been violently cammonaded.” Allies Advance 200 Yards. Paris, July 18, 4:56 a. m.—The Athens correspondent of L’Informa- tion informs his paper he has received from Mytilene news to the effect that after another serious battle on - the Gallipoli Peninsula the allies’ right- wing has ‘advanced 200 yards and that the bombardment, of the interior Dardanelles forts continues. EDISON'S ACTION PLEASES DANIELS (Continued from First Page.) department of the Naval Academy re- ceive practical instruction at the ex- periment station. 7 The station maintains a lubricant testing laboratory, a corrosion lab- oratory for testing the strength and endurance of metals, and a metallo- graphic laboratory. = The metallogra- phist applies his microscope and cam- era to broken propeller shafts, engine connecting rods, gun tubes, boiler rivets and similar dpparatus in order to determine the cause of the frac- tures. He examines specimens of new metal in course of manufacture in order to determine whether the mill is conducting the manufacturing process B0 as to give metal of the required qualities. R. NORRIS WILLIAMS TO PLAY MURRAY Interest Centers in Tennis Match To- day at Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, July 13.—R. Norris ‘Williams 2nd, of Harvard University, nationdl singles champion and R, L. Murray of Stanford University, rated a8 the fourth best player in the United States, were to meet in today's play of the Panama-Pacific tennis tourna- ment. They have met twice before in nntlona.l tournu.ments and Williams' won both matches. Interest: today centered in their contest. Dean ‘Mathey of Princeton Univer- sity was to play John Strachan of San Trancisco and G. M. Church of Prince- 1on, intercollegiate champion, was to be opposed by« Clarence Griffin of San Francisco, in singles matches. A close ‘match in doubles was ex- peécted to be that of G. M. Church and Dean Mathey of Princeton against Clarence Griffin and Dr. Sam Hardy of San Francisco. MAY AMEND BILL AGAINST DIRECTORS Judge De Corsey Permits Further Action by Minority Stockholders of New Haven Road. Boston, July 13.—Permission to amend the Dbill in the suit of minority stockholders of the New York, New who seek to recover $102,000,000 alleged to have been wasted by present. and former directors, was granted ' by Judge De Corsey, in the ‘supreme court today. Eighteen days were al- lowed in which to take action. The full bench of the court ruled against the suit last weex, but Judge De Corsey held that the decision did wd’ of public works - will ting this evenipg and will ;s on the following mat- Booth street from a > north of Orange street “laying walks on mua from Arch to ; ‘sprinkling Shuttle not discuss the individual liability of the directors but rested rather on the “failure of the plaintiffs vo give the di- | yectors reasonable time m which to act for the M:oekholderz before taking action. The suit nyme- as defendants, Wil lam Rockefsller, 8. Mellen om Arch street to and many other yrogmm men who have served on ths road’s airectorate, LOC&I: CONCERNS lnmm Onmneree Oommisewn Rnle- Against Car Spotting Charges. i Local manufacturers are much elated over the recent decision of the Interstate Commerce. commission con- cerning the propriety of the increases and the lawfulness of the rates to the car spotting charges. The investigation began on April 17 and was attended by a representa- tive of one of the large local ' con- cerns who ‘stated the company’s atti- tude toward the proposed °spotting which the railroad company proposed 1o charge the company at the rate of $2 for a car standing on a private irack. It has been the custom in thg past that so such charge was asked. The commission investigated fully all details pertaining to the charge and ordered that, the carriers respon- dent therein and designated in the teriffs under investigation, and they are hereby notified and required to cancel, on or before July 15, 1915, the rates, charges and practices, and regu- lations stated in the scheaules speci- filed in said orders of suspension, The new ruling effects forty-four of the local concerns and is of material benefit to the factory owners. WARNING THAT WILL NOT BE NEGLECTED Loss of Souchez Cemetery by French Though Regrettable Does Not Effect Principal Defenses. Paris, July 18, 5:10 a. m.—The loss of the Souchez cemetery and adjacent trenches by the French, which.was in- dicated in the French ‘official state- ment of yesterday, .while regrettahle does not affect the principal defenses in this region, according. to -French military . writers. It is ‘a.larning, \however, says Col. Rousset in the Pe- tit Parisien that wlll not be‘neglect- ed. 3 The Germanl vislhly are redoubline their efforts to capture . the. French Fortress of Verdun. After the failure of their plans .in the forest of Ar- gonne they are trying by congentric attacks in' the Woevre district to ob- tain the most accessible parts of the citadel by attempting to establis! batteries with the idea of renchius the city. The outer works, however, in the opinion of the French mili- tary officials are solidly guarded and are equipped with all means for re- ply. NEW RULE REGARDING FEDERAL BUILDINGS Post Offices to be Built Hereafter in Accordance to Needs and Im- | portance of Places. ‘Washington, July 18.—The treasury department hereafter will construct post offices and other federal build- ings in accordance with the needs and importance of places where they are located instead of spending all that congress appropriates. It long has been a criticism that -‘unimportant places often got expensive federal buildings out of proportion ,to their needs. In some instances expensive post offices have been built in towns where the postal receipts were not suf- ficient to sustain them. Post offices, Assistant Secretary Newton anounced today, will be con- sidered in four classes: Those having receipts of more than $800,000 a year; those having between $60,000 and $800,000; those having from $15,000 to $60,00, and those below $165,000: By following the same plan on ac- quiring sites, the department, on 136 pur=st spert $500,000 less than congress authorized. HOLD MURDER HEARING. Three Men Charged With Tragedy in Yowa, Forty-seven Years Ago. Bedford, Towa, July 13—Crowds gathered here today from half a dozen counties for the preliminary hearing of Bates Huntsman, Samiuel Scrivner, John and Henry Damewood. charged with the murder of a Miss- ouri cattleman and his son, near Siam, Towa, 47 years ago Among the witnesses here was Sam- uel Anderson whose plans for a civil suit against the defendants for a division of $90,000 treasure said to have been buried near Siam on ‘a farm led to an investigation by the state attorney gemeral’'s office and the arrest of the four men - Tha money was said to have been taken from the cattleman by a gang of counterfeiters who murdered him. Mrs. Maria Collins Porter, of Quit- man, Mo., who as a girl witness:d scenes. following: the alleged murders also was here to’ testify. TO TRAIN' AVIATORS. St. Louis, July 13.—Following @ conference with Major J. J. Dickinson, fleld secretary of .the Navy League of the United States ‘Aviation Reserve corps, announced ‘today that an avia- tion station and armory to .train young men in aviation would be es- tablished here. This afternoon at a public reception in Major Dickinson’s honor a plan will be announced for the organization of the Navy League of Missouri. ‘ $17,674,214 TRADE BALANCE, Washington, July 13.—A. favorable trade balance of $17,674,214 is indi- cated by the department of commerce statement on impprts and' exports for the wesl-. ending July 10. Despite the fact that the week contained but five busircss days the tradc balance ex- ceede! ‘that for the same. week in June Ly more than $3,000,000. OFFICIALS PRAISED FOR EFFICIENCY Appreciation Sent T l/ Secretary A. H. Andrews, today, mailed to the members of the board of public safety a letter of apprecia- tion for the excellent services ren- dered by the members of the police force, detailed to duty at the fire- works celebration at ‘Walnut Hil! park, last Tuesday evening. The letter states that the fact that mno accident accurred bears evidenve of the capable manner in' which the crowd was handled by the police and also that the officers had the largest crawd.and greatest number of autos to handle that ever assembled at the park_at one time. Another letter was mailed to park board thanking them for courtesies extended, and also praising Super- intendent Wainwright, for the effi- cient assistance rendered in prepara- tions for ihe affair. Captain Prior of the Civic bureau, has handed in the following list of members for his team which meets the Mercantile Bureau team at the annua) outing at Lake Compounce Wednesday afternoon July 21 as fol- lows: Captain, E. H. Prior, W, &, Mangan, F. C. Monier, jr, Dr. C. F. Egan, M. D. Saxe, F. S. Troup, Dr. G. W. Dunn and Johnstone Vance. Captain Loomis’s City Officials tean is as follows: R. M. Dame, 1b; Dr. Bray, cf.; M, D. Saxe, 3b; Dr. Dunn, 2b; W. F. Mangan, ss.; Dave Elson, p:; G. W. Klett, rf; E. McCarthy, ¢; Loomis, 1f. Captain Loomis has for- tified himself with a number of re. serves as follows: P. O’Mara, Toin Storey, Tom Smith and Art Ruther- ford. Secretary Andrews is in receipt of an invitation from the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, inviting the representative of the chamber and four delegates to attend the summer buginess, meeting and outings at Momauguin on July 29.° 1t is likely that President Christ will represent the local Chamber at the meeting. of Safety and Park Letter ‘ARRAS BOMBARDED SINCE JUNE 27 upl Projectiles Of All Cali- zguut French Town—Part Of Cathedral Destroyed. . Paris, July 13, 2:45 p. m.—Since Jung 27, the Germans have bombard- ed systematically various parts of Arras ‘with projectiles of all calibres, says an official communication given out today by the French war office department. On' June 27, the bombardment was extremely violent and was executed by six inch, eight inch and seventeen inch guns between the hours of 8 a. m,, and 2 p. m;, and between 6 p. m. | and 7:30 p. m. The fire was directed particularly at the citadel and neigh- bering streets. On July 3, towards 6:30 o’clock in the evening, a further bombardment took place, in which incendiary shells were used and they started a most violent fire. “On July fifth, at 4:30 p. m.,” the statement continued, “the enemy re- commenced its bombardment of the city, concentrating ‘its fire upon the environs of the capital, more. espe- cially upon St. Vaast, the ancient Bishops’ palace which had been transformed into a museum. Incen- diary shells set the building on fire, and the usé of fuse shells from three inch and four inch guns prevented our arganizing to combat the fire, which soon assumed great proportions and completely destroyed the palace. During. the night there was an in- termittent bombardment. “On. July 6, about 7 a. m., shells fell on the Cathedral, the roof of which: took fire and despite the ef- forts of our troops was entirely con- sumed, as were the Cathedral or- gans. ‘“The departmental archives, which had been deposited in the palace of Saint . Vaast, had been placed in the cellar. of the palace before the bom- bardment and were saved. The sacred ornaments and part of the fur- nishings in the cathedral were re- moved.” CONNECTICUT ELK FOR GRAND TYLER Election of Officers on Program at Opening Session of Grand Lodge At ' Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cal, July 13.—Elec- tion of officers and the transaction of routine business were on the pro- gram today at the opening session of the 'grand lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. The only contest which has developed is for the office of grand trustee to succeed James R. Nicholson of Springfield, Magss. Edward Masters of Charleroi, Pa., is the leading candidate. It was virtyally conceded today that the, following ' officers would be chogen: Grand exalted ruler, James R. Nicholson, Springfield, Mass.; grand leading knight, W. P. Schad, Mil- waukee; grand loyal knight, William L. Owen, pestmaster at Saginaw, Mich.; grand lecturing knight, E. R. Ingersoll, Seattle; grand tyler, Thomas E. Donohue, New ;London, Conn.; grand inner guard, Charles Black, Oklahoma City; grand secre- tary, Fred C. Robinson, Dubuque, Iowa; grand treasurer, Charles A, ‘White of Chieago, Officers of Andre lodge, 1. O, O, P, ‘will be installed by District Deputy ‘Chaflea Gullberg tomorrow evening. (HILL’S POLITICAL ~ AGENT ON STAND Donovan’s Gounsgl Questions Him as to Contributions Stamford, July 13.—The examina- tion of Arthur C. Wheeler, political} agent for E. J. Hill was continued to- day when the hearing of the action brought by former Congressman Jer- emiah Donovan contesting the elec. tion of Hill to congress from the fourth Connecticut district was re- Sumed here. Wheeler was questioned closely by Homer S. Cummings, counsel for Mr, Donovan as to contributions and the amounts sent to the various town committees in the district. An exam. ination of reports of town committees of the district brought out apparent discrepancies, the contributions be- ing smaller than| Wheeler's report showed. Wheeler in addition to be- ing Hill's political agent was also a member of the fourth congressional district committee. Asked For Cancelled Checks, Wheeler was asked for the can- celled checks of the town committees. He said that Milton Fessenden of counsel f6r Mr. Hill had taem. Mr. Fessenden promised to produce them this afternoon. Questions were asked by Mr. Cum- mings which were introduced to sup- port his declaration that the commit- tee and other republican workers la- bored for Hill instead of for the whole republican ticket in the district This was warmly denied by Wheeler, who said that they had been direct- ed to work for the success of the Mr. Cummings asked if there was |’ a demiand that a republican be elected to congress from the:fourth district motre than any dther district. “Personally I don’t think so,” plied Wheeler. Campaigning More Efficient. Asked if the method of campaign- ing differed from that in other years, Wheeler said he thought it was more efficient. “It remains to be seen,” remarked Mr. Cummings, “whether or not you did not take a distinct step back- wards so far as the law is concerned. Pease’s Policy Different. From the reports of town commit- tees was read the name of “Simeon re~ YOUR VACATION COMPLETE No Matter How, When, or Where You Spend it THE LONGING TO KNOW WHAT 1S GOING ON- AT HOME SPOILS MANY A STAY AT THE SHORE OR THE MOUNTAINS Lack of knowiedge some- times entails actual loss THE HERALD CARRIES. MORENEW BRITAINNEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPER It is _your “correspondant at the f ront” The world’s news is included over the A. P. Wirg Pease, candidate for high sheriff, who, it was shown contributed to each town committee personally. This is was explained was to show that his policy was different from that of Hill. In the reading of the reports it was brought out that Charles A. Mallory of Danbury, Fred E. Pitt and Ira E. Pitt of New Jersey, who are inter- ested in a textile company at Bridge- port, and J. J Asche of Norwalk had been employed as collectors. It was stated that they gave their services out of friendship to Mr. Hill Interrupted By Recess. Wheeler was on the stand when re- cess was taken. He was expected to continue his testimony during the afternoon. City Items Our Shoe Sale will continue Week. Besse-Leland Co.—advt. Master Jack Taner entertained a few of his little friends at his home on Ellis street yesterday afternoon, the occasion being his first birthday Music and games Wwere enjoyed. Those winning the prizes were Mar- guerite King, Helen Woods and Rose King. The little host was the re- cipient of many pretty gifts, among them being a handsome loving cup from his little neighbors. A colla- tion was served. New Shoes added to our $1 Shoe Sale every day. Besse-Leland Co.— advt. this A special meeting of Ferdinand council, K. of C., will be held tonight at 8 o’clock in the club rooms to take action on the death of Health Com- missione:r T. E. Buras. An automobile milk delivery own- ed by a farmer named Dean of Ber- lin skidded this morning at the cor- ner of Glen and Ellis street this morn- of milk were spilled about the street. A companion with the driver was hurled from the seat but escaped in- Jury. NO BOMBS ABOARD STEAMER NAPIER Captain of British Ship Wires He Found no Explosives on Vessel— No Word from Howth Head. New Orleans, La., July 13.—Fears for the safety of the British steamer Baron Napier, on which an unidenti- fled letter writer in a local newspaper intimated bombs had been placed be- fore she sailed from here, were re- lieved yesterday by a wireless dis- patch from the vessel’s captain. Cap- tain Goudy said he had searched the vessel and had found no explosives. No word had been received from the British- Howth Head, which was included in the letter writer's bomb- warning. 7The Howth :Head had no wireless apparatus to receive the mes- sage dispatched Sunday night from the radio towers at Arlington, Va., advising search of the ship for bombs, but it was believed that she might have been hailed by some coastwise vessel which picked up the warn- ing. The Howth Head sailed July 9 for Dublin and Belfast, by way of Nor- folk. ing with the result that several quarts I It Wil Cost You Fifteen Cents a Week of Giving Us and the Trouble Your Address HOW ABOUT IT? Personals \ re- Miss Madeline Bardeck has turned from a trip to Utica, N. Y. W. J. Nelson is spending his vaca- tion in Putnam. Dr. and Mrs. Clifford Vivian are spending their vacation at Pine Or- chard. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Frawley of Smalley street are spending the month of July in Saginaw, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKay have returned from their honeymoon. Sam St. Thomas and James Lyons have returned from an auto trip to Canada. Dr. Mendel Volkenheim has as his guest his sister, Miss Rose Volken- heim of New Haven. Miss Ruth Schulman of Brooklyn, N. Y., who has been visiting with her aunt, Mrs. B. Kolodney of Broad street, has returned to her home. Letter Carrier Fred Johnson is still off duty with a sprained ankle. Police Officers Moore and Lyon will attend the state policemen’s -conven- tion at Danbury Thursday. Letter Carriers Wagner and Owens and Clerks Miles and Jackson of the post office will leave next Monday on their annual vacation. Miss Margaret Sheehan of the money ordeér department of the post office will commence her annual va- cation Werlneodny, July 21, Miss Florence Poner of Hampton, Conn., is visiting her brother, F. W. Parter, of West Main street. Misé Lillian Fritz and Miss Alice Hine have gone to Rhinebeck, N. Y. for their vacation. Gerald M. Coholan of the Stanley Works sales force is spending his va- cation at his home on High street. Miss Rose Solomon of 425 Hartford avenue is sojourning at Far Rock- away, N. Y. The ‘lisses Margaret and Alice Har- mon of South Burritt street’ are en tertaining Miss Marie Scully of Hart- fordy Mise Laura Morency of Main street is visiting in Springfield, Inl} Miss May Dinneen of North Adams, Mass., who is training at the Troy Hospital, Troy, N. Y, 'is visiting at the home of Police Officer Clnxl— Carthy on Stanley street. GRANTS DEMANDS OF GARMENT WORKI | New York Ftem Rotnstnies 300 1 makers At Advance of §2 a Week, 50,000 Women May, Strike. New Yark, July 13%—The £ chlnla in the strike of 10 000 makers vhlch. Wfldlu to the leaders fmay involve thousands other garment workers in affillated ganizations, came today when one i the large firms acceded tp the uni demands -nd reinstated 300 strii at an advance of $2 a week. strikers announced also, that other employers had expressed & ingness to arbitrate, Possibllity of a strike of more th; 50,000 women members of the dies’ Garment Workers Associatl also loomed up. A delegation fro the organization had an appointm to confer late today with the mayor council of conciliation to consider tI women’s demands for sanitary wo shops and restoration of the old wa, scale. Leaders of the Amalgamated Clot] ing Workers of America asserted day that unless an adjustment of pants makers’ strike was reached t 10,000 men- already out would be Joi ed within forty eight hours by 000 coat makers, vest makers, cu and children’s garment workers. 4 ACCEPTS RESIGNATION. Washington, July 13.—On the ory that the safety of the counts may rest upon the adequate develo ment of its commercial gun and a; munition factories, Secretary Ga; announced today he had decided onel Odus C. Horney and Major liam A. Phillips, of the grmy ord ance bureau, who have been off: posts with companies holding munitions contracts from B belligerents. Events Tonight High closs phote plays, at theater, i Foxt Vaudeville ‘and moving pie Keeney's theater, Board of public works theets ln o hall, at'8 oulock! . W. L Morgan lodgel K. of P, m in Vega hall. R A | accept the resignatioh of Lieut. Cofl