Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 24, 1909, Page 1

Prospects of Settling the Few maining Question&jwf o8 /] REPORT PROBABLE TUESDAY TARIFF BILL . 'Heroic Measures in Operation Yesterday to Carry Out|Eeter ~ Gives the Most Trouble—Iron Question Regarded as x " ' Settled—Lobbyists in Chamber Corridors in Confusion | President Taft’s -Programme—Question. of Hides|qimost Chalons, France, July 23.—Henry | —A or e I lish aeroplanist, to- & % city . to Sui) o oa e ashington, July 23—While ~no ~ Strict Executive Sessiont Today. | N8, Gity. fo Cuippes at an f agreement was reached by the tariff | Soon it was developed that the con- conferees today on coal, lumber, hides, | ferces would have.to confer with as- oil, iron ore, the cotton schedule, or Tsociates not on the conferemce commit - wood pulp and print paper, it was |tee, and therefore an adjournment was said tonight by the conferees after |tdken until 10 o'clock tomorrow. The adjournment for the dav, that the |strict executive sessions in prospects of settling these final ques- | toddy will be resumed toMOrTOW. tions tomorrow were excellent. After adjournment Séhators Lodge For a timegtoday it appeared thatland Crane and Representative McCall ' these so-called “national issues” might | of Massachusetts had a long consulta- e disposed of by the conferees before | tion with Sepator Aldrich. It is mot . the day’s session. Howev- :’;e ;ggnoujomgem was taken at 6 | reached; but it would surprise very few ' p..m., until tomorrow mornjng, it was people outside of the conference cham- Jearned that the matters under dis- | ber if an agreement. is reached fomor- cussion were still at issue, Jow substantially reducing the duties i on hides and all leather goods. o May Compiets Wofk Hedeg; Iron Question Considered Settled. Should the conference com{flete !F_s Many senators thought little ‘objec- work ‘tomorrow, it would be impossi- | tion would be made to placing iron ore ble to report it before Tuesday, as the on the free list and this question gen- house, which-agreed to the conference | arally was regarded as settled. o e e it before the | Lobbyists Anxious to Learn Something. day til Tues- The news that the conferees had ex- 53?" e g cluded the clerks of ths ct_)l?mitlee .:;u Heroic measurds were put into op- | were trying to reach decisions on the eration today in an effort to compose |important items in dispute was n?tlm: differences exifting between the sen- | in reaching the hordes of lobbyists in ate and house on.the tariff bill and |the corridor leading to the chamber. carry out President Taft's programme Fro;n I!hn _fifment eviml‘:le:lofv{;: ¥ - | confusion. e represen! {:,rqfi.r eductlon’ of duties on raw ma- | S jo) interests used without su .. | every sort of artful dodge in their None But Actual Conferees Admit- | jety to learn something of the nat ted to Chamber. of the proceedings. Several times All except the actual conferees were | Yoices of the conferees sounded through excluded from the chamber andsit was the walls at a high pitch that indicated agreed that discussions leading up to anything but harmony, and this added a settlement of any of the subjects to the excitement. If' there wlu m familiarly termed “national issues” friction it was smoothed over before should be regarded as confidential. All ] known what understanding, if any, was| conference was adjourned. All of the of the conferees said tonight that the chamber feelings entertained for one another ‘were more pleasant tiian they had been for many days. ‘When Arthur B. Shelton, clerk of the finance committee, and Willlam XK. Payne, clerk of the house ways and means committee, were excused from the conference, it was understood that votes’ would be taken on all of the subjects in dispute before adjourn- ment for the day. Question of Hides a Hard Problem. As the question of hides is giving the committee more trouble than any other of the schedules that have claim- ed. the attention- of the president, it was discussed first. The discussion had not proceeded far before it was developed that the differences between the two houses are almost ‘frreconcil- able, Unless boots and shoes and other leather goods should 'be greatly re- duced, If hides Were to go on the free" list. members came out of the smiling. No Report Before Tuesday. There was some disappointment when it was learned that the house had ad- journed until Tuesday, as that action makes it impossible for the conferees to make a report before Tuesday. Rep- resentative Dwight of New York, the house “whip,” will. be held responsible if there is any delay. The anti-free raw material “insur- gents” of the house met today. There were only 27 members present, and although several speeches were made, no resolutions of protest were’ adopted. [ It was announced today that the in- creased rates of internal revenue tax on tobacco, which were adopted by the sepate at the instance of Senator Bev- | erlige, will be accepted. . % The onferees today accepted a senate amendment imposing a duty of 45 per ¢ent. ad valorem on structural steel punched for use. } .LVNN TRUNK MYSTERY, NEW EVIDENCE DISCOVERED, Police Believe Monjian's Death Was Accidental. Lynn, Mass., July 23~—The Lynn RE-INVESTIGATION OF ‘LIEUT. SUTTON'S DEATH Navy Practically Rests Its/Case—Mi ing Witness Not Yet Located. Annapolis, Md.,, July 23.—The navy practically rested in police, upon the discovery of new ev- its case today idence ‘today, "were comvinced that |the re-investigation of the death of Mines K. Monjian, whose body was |Lieut. James N. Sutton; who was ad- found yesterday in a trunk in the room (judged a suicide by the naval board of of his friend, Vahan Halbandian, met |inquiry just after Sutton’s death two his death by the accidental discharge cars ago. After a short session to- of an automatic revolver. Chief Thom- , Commander John Hood, U. S. N. as M. Burckes said that he believed | president of the court of inquiry, ad. that the two men were examining the |journed the hearing until Monday weapon, which Halbandian had pur- | With the exception of Lieut. 'Harold chased to take back to Armenia with | H. Utley and Surgeon F. C. Cook, re- him, when it suddenly exploded. The |cently attached to the battleship North chief's theory js that Halbandian, ter- | Carolina, and now on the way to this rifled at the accident, feared that the | country. from Europe, nearly all the police would fix the crime on him, |remaining witnesses are considered to and that after putting the body in the|be witnesses for the interested parties trunk he fled from the ‘city. Two |outfide of the service. Armenians today told the police that Most of today's session was ocecu- on Sunday evening last, while they |pied with the testimony of the two were sitting on the piazza of a coffee | chauffeurs,William Gwens and Edward house opposite the Emerson ' house, | Griffith., Owens testified hec drove where Halbandien roomed, they heard | Sutton and a party of young officers Monjian and +Halbandian in conver- |from Carvel hall hotel to the marine sation, through Halbandian's open win- | camp on the night of the shooting agid dow. Fifteen minutes later there was | witnessed an altercation and inter- a pistol shot and they saw Halban- |rupted fist fight between Sutton and dian come to the window. “Oh. God, | Lieutenant Adams as he left his pas- what have I done!” he eriéd several |sengers near the parade grounds, ad- times; wringing his hands. Shortly aft- erward ‘he disappeared. ry effort was being made today to ' Halbandian. MISSING TREASURER A SUICIDE. Blew Out His Brains in New York " Central Station Lavatory. INew York, July 23.—Theodore Greenwald, the missing treasurer of the New Lebanon school district, and formerly manager of the Greenwich, Conn,, office of the Bernheimer and Schwartz Brewing company, blew out his brains today i the lavatopy of the New_ York Central station in the s Bronx. e had been missing for a week. At the election for school district Greenwald was de- feated, but he refused to allow the tboolm to be .-‘I&n‘! ‘before they “u,i:re urned over s ‘successor. en they were zed he - disappeared. owed that there was a gflm with embezzling $2,500, ortage and a warrant, No money was found on Greenwald's body today. Papers in his pockets led to identification. He was about fifty years old and unmarried. RENOUNCES THE THRONE. Prince Miguel Prefers American Bride to Right of Portuguese Scepter. Lisbon, “July 28.~Prince Miguel of ‘Braganza, eldest sqn of Duke Michael, the , pretender ' ti the - Portuguese throne, today renounced forever his rights to the throne of Portugal in order to marry Miss Anita Stewart, daughter of Mrs. James Henry, Smith of New York. ent to Miss prince’s engage J;fl Was announ on July 8, £ ¥ Steamship Arrivals. : . At Naples, July 22¢ @érpathia, from 5 AL Havr .r!‘n‘ny 23: Ta Tourdine, n;*l'!», 237 Themistocles, N 3 : LAt Trieste, July 20z . New York via Naples: irmed by the Senate hington, July 28.—The 'nomina- Yof Charles R. Crane of Illinois, to minister to. senate C REREEEE jacent to the camp. He was told to “beat it,” he said, camie, back to town and did net learn of the shooting until the next morning. Griffith, who had driven: Lieutenant ,Poms and another officer to camp just ahead of Owens, denied he met the\Sutton party on the way back. He stopped because he saw Owens car standing _still and " 9| thought it had broken down. _His testimony in other ‘details corroborat- ed that of Owens. Lieutenant Roelker, who is suppose to have been hit with a bullet from Sutton's revolver during the quarrel- ing, has not yet been located, although his’ testimony is considered most im- portant. The list of witnesses remain- ing to be examined consist of Lieuten- ant Utley, Surgeon Cook, Lieutenant Temple N. Potts, Jr., Prof. Gilbert P. Coleman of the naval academy, Frank Fagg, Esq., of Washington, D. C., Pri- vate Charles Kennedy, Mrs. Sutton, and her daughter. ' SPANISH WAR VETERANS. ‘Annual Encampment at New Haven— Invitation from Willimantic Camp. New Haven, July 23.—The annual encampment of the Spanish War Vet erans of the state opened in Foot Guard hall here tonight with forty-one dele- gates present. The reports of the offi- cers were read and accepted. On the appointment of the nominating com- mittee the members were. instructed to nominate a lawyer for judge advocate, a physician for” surgeon and a minister’ for chaplain. It was voted to have a committee of three appointed to revise the by-laws to conform to the chahges that are expected to be made at the annual encampment. An invitation from the Willimantic camp to hold the next .meeting was received and will be voted upon to- morrow, when officers will be elected. Wrung to -Death ‘Laundry Mangle. « New York, July 28.—Max Ozzine was rally wrung to death in the man- gle of a.Hoboken: laundry this after- . Tis hand caught between two ense hollers and he was crushed flattened like 4 moist garment be- any fore aid Yedched him. was 55 years York clty). B 6ld’ and lived in Ne ! Brigands Sentenced to Death. i Tiflis, July 23.—8ix brigands were sentenced to death today. K ing convicted - of m&l 4 chant for the sake The distance, which is about forty miles, covered in 1 hour 5 min- utes and 30 seconds. ) LEGISLATION HAS NO EFFECT Speaking of the Passage or Non-Pas- . sage of the Public Utilities. sion Law or the Employers’ Law—General Asssmbly Notes, Y (Special to The Bullétin.) Hartford, July 23. possible . effect the pext =i ¢ paign :hu °&.°§m or flmfll of an employers’ liability law |- assage or a public utilities commission law by this general assembly may have as the | basis for action now. necessity; or the lack of it, for legislation along any line has little or nothing to do with politics and when :‘,connm« reports a bill just because bf the pos- sible - political effect of not doing So or the senate passes a bill just be-- cause it fears that if it doesn't the mext senate will be democratic in com- jon, the gentlemen concerned have d about as far from any proper s or principles in the matter as well could. ight is right and wrong wrong, unJ hether or not a man remains in office r advances to another or a party re< ‘mains in power has nothing to do with it, 80 that the senate would have done T better not to reconsider its action turning down the employers’ liabil- ity bill passed by the house and have simply stood on the ground that the ®ill in question is a mere makeshift which will do no one any real may do harm and which the member of the special commission which reported it could not bring him- self to approve of. The people of Con- necticut will far sooner honor & man or a body of men who does or do what there is to do in a straightforward, frank manner than if the policy is to shift the helm to meet every variance of pre-surt or trim the sails to favor every passing breeze. That word tfim 2 Salthls gaime line, It is & ahazae’ fBak n-this same line, it is & | the judiciary-committes didn’t find suf- ficient cot e to stand by its guns reporting -the repeal of chapter 3916, the electticity law: h has be on the books fi or some, time, sev weeks ago and give the single lgbbyist. who -has works mysterious’ a: fashion to understand that if he minded his own business and let the committee alone the day when the legislature awakes to his real posi~ tion in relation to it and makes it plain to him that he is persona non grata ‘would be farther off. Men new to leg- islative halls may readily exaggerate 4o themselves the importance of an individual, and do every session, but by this time in the session there's lit- tle excuse for it. Much i being said about the repub- lican party’s responsibility to the peo- ple of Connecticut, especfally as to passing some sort of public utilities commission measure, and most of it is pure poppycock. The republican party has not agreed to give t:: state either that or an employers’ liability law. is true that the lamented Governor Lilley di¢ make these two matters star, renmres of his personal campaig last fall and important planks in his personal platform; it is .true that he '@did this on the advice of personal friends, some of whom are in high places in the party; it Is not true that this elected him or played any material rart in his election or that the repub- lican party stands before the people of Connecticut with any pledges to re- deem on that account. Plain talk?, Possibly, ves. But everyone who has had experience with the practicalities of politics knows that it is not what a candidate says that brings him the majority of votes in these days; it is what his friends do. So that element in the situation re- garding these two important bills may beflellm:l.l:edfi Ing‘h'l think will be— and ought to be. e republican part; has nothing to fear from any eftor{ to take-advantgge of any situation whatever on the part of the opposition party, which put in, ite tform last fall a demand for legislation along the Aines of.the New York state public ser- vice commission law, for in the words of my genial good friend, Mayor Dunn of Willimantic, “they wasn't 'sincere ‘when they done it,” and they won't be next time. The guhllc utilities question should be decidéd simply on its merits, and is likely to be. The result of that would be that no bill at all would pass, and I think that's apt to happen. e Bar- num bill has its good points, but leaves much to be desired; one could be hap- py and well off with much less than is contained in the Whiton bill—and safer. The first represents about all the senate, which hardly cares 1o stand for anything, will stand for; the other what the most radical members of the houze hope to get. ‘Amendments are apt to fly thick and fast in the house, or else there’ll be none and each house will stand its own ground and very far apart, too far to be brought together at this stage of the game. Meantime the two houses are getting rid of more or less business, though the lajest competent opinion®s that adjourgment will hardly come much before the first of September, and do- ing seme good work and neglecting to do other good work. It was a fine piece of work for the house to turn down that outrageous New Haven proposition for life tenure for Fred ‘Whitaker and Comptroller- Rowe and it wasn't quite as fine for the senate to do up the repeal of the $5,000 limit on death damages. Rejecting prop- osition for a state official to enforce the automobile laws was a thing, not because there is likely to be efficient enforcement of the laws under present arrangements, but because a nasty sit- uation ' between gentlemen who must remain friends was just under the sur- face, and this was the best way to .avoid it. ‘The house did a splendid thing when it passed the act for the prevention of procreation of defectives . and - place: Connecticut at the front among’'the states, where it usually- is, 11~ find. And another when it turned down the state barber commission, -though local health officers are very. far from an ideal ageney for the enforcement tions on barber ON NEXT ‘STATE CAMPAIGN; | f It is pot a very | praiseworthy. thing to have in mind the | good and lawyer| | 80 mugh harm in: 50| The Bulletin job office and will be ber. Those who. subscribe. will be offered. Send in your name. ‘well to send for rate card. road employea are still isolated, and Will be ‘held un- til the danger of contracting the dis- ease hds been - All of them were in perfect health tonight. Beriin, July '23.—The baggage of Mr. ‘Whinfield was seized today and taken to the Fredrichstrasse baggage depot to be disinfected. Body Shipped to America. ‘Wooster, Ohio, July 23.—According to private reports received today, Mrs. Eflrore‘oumby ‘Whinfield, a bride of last February, is en route home from Burope with. the bodies of her hus- band, Roger Whinfleld of Fon Du Lac, Wis., and her father, Edward M. Quin- by, a Wooster mililionaire, who died within two weeks. Graduate of Yale '95. St. Louis, July 23.—Roger Whinfield, according to relatives, made his win- ter home in’ Daytona, Fla., of late years. He was graduated in 1895 from Yale university with highest honors. DR. HUNTIYGTON SINKING, | DEATH HOURLY EXPECTED. Sick Man's That He Might See His Daughter Gratified. Nahant, Mass.,, July 23.—Rev. Dr. ‘William R. Huntington, rector of Grace Episcopal church, New York city, who is ill here at the residence of his son- in-law, Royal Robbins, was still alive tonight, but his ion was S0 grave that the attending physician, Dr. Win- slow,. expressed the belief that he would not live more than twenty-four hours. * Dr. Huntington’s wish that he might see 'hig daughter, Miss Margaret, was grante late this - afternoon. The young W had returned by the steamer Lusitania from Liverpool affer she had recélyed a wireless mes- sage while on her way across the At- lantic, ‘eastbound, informing her of her father’'s -iliness, reached Nahant at 4 oclock this afternoon. She was ac- companiéd by _ hér brother-in-law, Royal Robbins, who had met her at the pier in New York, and taken directly to . the Robbins - residence near Forty Steps beach. Although weakened greatly by dis- ease, Dr. Huntington has retained en- tireconsciousness and he greeted his daughter affectionately. Up to that time he had appeared to be sinking rapidly ang it was feared that the -nd wis very near, but the presence of his daughter had a stimulating effect upon the sufferer. Dr. Winslow said this evening that it was quite probable that the patient might survive the night, but he held out no further hope. MARRIAGE: CEREMONY AT NEW YORK POLO GROUNDS Sioux Chief Deep Sky to Wed Miss Adels Rowland. New York, July 23.—Deep Sky, a Sioux chief, ambled up to the marriage license bureau here today and obtain- ed the necessary legal documents to marry le Rowland, a pretty New York girl, 21 years old. Deep Sky hails from South Dakota. This is the first. license ever ‘issued at the New York bureau to a white woman and a full-blood Indian. re p ‘Sky is now exhibiting his horsemanship and giving warwhoops at a wild west shiow' now exhibiting in Neéw York. FHe and his fair sweet- heart will be mdrriéd on Tuesday next at. the Polo gtou during a benefit 1 rites ¥ be nds q{! crippled childrep. . The Indian ites - observed first and then an aldéfman will bind the knot in the conventional legal way. n House Dead. wealth parlia. at ?o'clock»thls derick Holder, of representa- a fit. The d. . Sir OF A HIGH ORDER With 28,000 population it does seem as if The Bulletin's Jubilee | Book of the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the town should be in sufficient demand to warrant an edftion of 1000 copies. It is to be. . the most attractive book about Norwich ever yet printed, and it will cqnwn besides the 350 pages of letter press work abowut 50 pages of the . best illustrations procurable from the great num The Bulletin will have a hundred or more ncw photographs to select views from and will select only the best. The work is to be done in graphic art. It is expe:ted that the book will be ready early in Decem “ The Bulletin presents an inviting field for adyertisers who will do The Bulletin IS a fifst-class niews as well as local paper, and is left at the door for 12 cents a week. Subgcribe now. Following is @ summary of the matter printed the past week: | been offered 4 Brun and Admiral Boue De La Payrere Jgprmn. o O R }Pn.rlmr l‘ ‘Escapeti on a Freight Train. Y AR Ry New London, July 24—Harry Bolin, 18, a e United States’ cruiser pia, was stabbed and w led by Samuel € t in a saloon ht. Belin was taken to the hospital, where it is thought that the ‘wounds whic* are in the neck will on Freight Train. Stabber The stabbing affray took place in a r of views taken, an excellent example of the typo- sure to get the book for the price ? m Telegraph Local neu‘ra. N ey Solrday, July 17 87 157 812 1056 Moaday, July 19 100 = 126 231 457 Tuesday, July 20 123 123 212 458 Wednesday. July 21 116 121 189 426 Thursday, July 22 99 111 - 220 430 Friday, July 23 95 130 215 440 -- - - 620 768 1879 3267 on Bradley street, at 7 o'clock. had an altercation with the ne- :;r prupflnt‘\;‘r, ;:}lfich e;:ded by Pel- g e lor, the kuife o etral the left lung. . ey At one o’clock this. morning = Bolin wfi,nllye at Memorial hospital. 15911 escaped om a freight. CALLED TO THE DOOR, STABBED IN THE ABDOMEN. Bridgeport Italian in Serious Condition —Two Brothers Arrested. Danbury, Conn,, July 23.—Stabbed in the abdomen by DomMnick Lombardd of Bridgeport, Pasquale Meta lies at his home on Barnum court with but small chances of recovery. Meta in company with several of his friends was sitting in a room of his home when there came a knock at the door and a request to . see him. On opening the door and stepping out a man sprang upon . him and stabbed him in the abdomen and then turned and ran, actompanied by a companion,who wr probably the one who summoned -Mefa to the door. The men in the house pursued’the two men, who escaped for the time be- ing in the darkness. Meta after being stabbed made his way down the street until he wasg taken in charge by an of- ficer, who took him to the poiice sta- tion, where his wound was dréssed, and later taken to his home, where his condition is precarious. Late tonight two men were arrested in the railroad yards who gave their names as Dominick and Frank Lom- bardi and Bridgeport as their home. Dominick was identified as the one who stabbed Meta and his brother as the one. who knocked at the door. Both men are held under the charge of as- sault with intent to kill. CLOUDBURST STRUCK COLORADO PICNIC PARTY Two Persons Dead and Two Seriously Injured in Two-Mile Canyon. Boulder, Col, July 23.—Two are dead and two seriously injured as the result of a coludburst that deluged ;I'D:o-mle canyon, north of Boulder, ay. " 4 B Verne Carlisle, 13 years olg, of Boulder, and Arthur Dickerman [ Greeley. When the rain began to fall, the pie- nic party sought shelter under a huge boulder.” Presently a torrent two feet in. depth swept down the canyon. Six e able to gain shelter, but in aid- ng their companions up the precipi- tous ‘sides_.of jthe ravine, Dickerman and Carlislewere swept down with the torrent. ¢ P B L - NEW FRENCH MINISTRY. Briand Announces His Select President Falfieres. Paris; July 23.—<After; a day of con- ferénces, Aristide Briand succeeded in forming a new, FrenchH ministry agl officially announcéd the success of his endeavors to President lieres at 10 o'clock tonight. The n cabinet is as follows: ¢ Premier and ministergof the interior and of public worship—M. Briand. Minister of justice—M. Barthou. Minister for forelgn = affairs—M. Pichon. Minister of finance—Georges Coch- ery. " Minister of education—M. Doumerg. Minister of public works, posts argl telegraphs—M. Millerand. Minister of commerce—Jean Dupuy. Minister of agriculture M. Ruan. Minister of the colonies—M. Trouil. ot. . Minister of labor—M. Viviani ‘The portfolios of war and navy will be filled in the motning. These have respectively to General to and both are expected to accept. Cruisers Leave Gibraltar for Hampton United 23.—The ina, New Gfbraltar to- physician who said he coul y hy hypnotic suggestion, President Taft's Telegram -to " the| Chinese regent {n.n'n toméfnflm sharing in the Hankow - raiiway - made a sensation in Peking. - The Public Servi nied lhl" 'RBNIV:I‘. ‘Whi made all his Third avenue forms unaided by the commigsi A Boom for ex-Corpordtion 10‘nud Ellison for m;yh(:; g:c :{:v b:l"k B‘;:' one. o rs being = mcnt Coler of Brooklyn. 7 __Advices Received in Washington said that Peru and Bolivia had o t review the boundary award 1y hapded down by President Alcorta of ntina.and that strong hopes of a peaceful solution were entertained. bt e s ddb SPANISH CHASSEURS MUTINY, DON'T WANT TO GO TO MOROCCO, Demonstrations Against the War Con- tinue in Madrid. * Furlong, in’ Brookiyn. mm:- a ym‘x‘tht flulngmm a | cure the Hendaye, France, July 23.—Majl ad- vices received here from Mad t night say that the demonstratio against the war continued Wednesd: and Thursday. When King Alfonso visited the barracks to say farewell to the soldiers bound for Morocco the troops and their wives made violent manifestations. Three companies chasseurs mutinied, but . finally were surrounded and deprived of their cartridges. During the rioting at the Hlway station the commandes-shouted “Down with the war!” and tried to wreck the cars, Troaps were ordered up to aid the police in restoring order. Women and children were trampled under foot and many injured. Adviees add that all meetings called to protest’ against the war are being suppressed and that the newspapers have been forbidden to publish false despatches from the front under D:- alty of confiscation. Public |excite- ment is increasing. HOUSE IN AN UPROAR. — / Colorado Member Charged with Hav- ing the Record Falsified. Washington, July 23.—The hou: was thrown into an uproar today wh Mr. Macon, Arkansas, reverting to his col loqux last Monday with Mr. Rucker, | Col , charged that the Colorado miember. bad insertéd in the Congres- sional Record certain refefendes to- him which had not been: uttered. Not only-had this been dong, he said, but that insult had been added to jury by placing in brackets at tiie enc of the remarks “great applause.” He wanted it all stricken out, especially the* “great applause.” This was or- dered done, after Mr. Rucker had ex- plained that he actually made the statement on the floor and insisted there was applause. The speaker. de- clared the motion to strike out carried, although he failed to take the negative vote, The session was further enlivened when Mr. Randell, Texas, wanted the speaker to ‘appoint a judiciary com- mittee to consider bills hibiting members of congress and court offi- cers from accepting gifts or ‘employ- ment from corporations, trusts, or persons interested in Jegislation. At 1.05 p. m. the house adjourned until Tuesday noon. GHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS Meet at fl-g-ni-;n Beach for Ten Days’ Institute. : Sagamore Beach, Mass., July 23; Leaders and members of Christian En. deavor societies from all parts of the country gathered here’ tonight/ for the opening session '0f the third" annual Christian Endeavor Institute and as- sembly. The institute will continue for ten days and every phase of the so- ciety’s work will be considered. Rev. J. Spencer Voorhees is president of the institute. Among the speakers: will be Rev. Dr, Francis E. Clark of Boston, founder of the Christian Endeavor and president of the national soclety, Wil- ilam S. Shaw of Boston, national sec- retary, and Rev. John P. Jones of In- dians. At the opening session this evening President Voorhees presided and ad- dresses were given by George E. Copes land and Rev. Arthur E. Gorden, LEON LING NOT IN ENGLAND. Clue Given by Amnnn: Run Down by Scotland Yard Men. London, July The man whom an American visitor saw outside a sewelpy shop here on July 15 and iden- tified” as Leon Ling, the Chinaman suspected of the murder of Elsie Sigel in New York on June 9. has been traced by Scotland Yard detectives and found to be a Japanese associated with an Anglo-Japanese financial firm. The detectives made a thorough search of London and the provincial towns and from the descrintion furnished by the American’ located the Japanese, who was soon able to satisfy the police that he was not even a Chinaman. Tha Scotland Yard officials are satisfied that. Leon Ling # not in England. Boston 'l;l‘flll'y Cars All to Be Green in Color. ' Boston, July 23.—The thirty-eight hundred trolley cars owned and op- erated in this eity by the Baston Ele- vated Rallway company are fo be painted green, with white trimmings. Previous to this time the cars have been distinguished by nine different colbrs, the custom having been hnfied down from the old days of the horse cars. Direct Descendant of John Hanceck: Dies at Derby. : July 23.—James Han- Mr. Hancock was a nephew of Gep. W 8. Hancock and a direct descendant of John Hancock, one of the sixuérs of ‘the Declaratien of Indépendence, He leaves @ wife and several children, 3 Pdesidents Taft and Diaz to Meet. México City,, Mexico, July 23 Bl Imparcial today publishes what seems to be an officially Inspired aritcle”in which it declares that-President .Taft and President Diaz will meet ntnde;: tember ;‘t' San Antonio 1 E ag ‘previously p! . % cheeked i of| er married agal York, July 23.—Two round< little' Chinese maids, their al- eyes very, very wide, their ‘bangs b flat across thelr L :he ¥ hn.lfi,’ln.‘; scarlet six, hanging precisel down the middle of their backs, stood 'murely before Justice Wyatt in chil- 's court y and swore to a story which legt liftle sympathy in those whé heard” them for the two elderly Celes- tial mereh:niu‘ who hr-por::'d their, ‘el n"” missing to the police on last W :':dly night. i Held Here as Slaves. : For both little girls, who can maké themselves understood in English, swore thatt. they have no parents Mn: in America, and_.that they hace bee: mld here against their will as house 1d siaves, harshly treated and forc- ed to “work Iong hours. They 'wers accompanied by an agent of the Chil- dren’s soclety, who had found them on the dgl following their disappearance from Chinatown at an Bast Side parish house with Miss Mary £. Bani, theif Sunday school teacher, whom they had recently accompanied on a week's out- ing’ to the country. To the superin- tendent of the society the two made & sSworn statement in part fol which was read in court today: Statement by Moy Yum Toy. “My name is Moy Yum Toy. By Chinese’ reckoning I am fiftean, b: American fourteen. My father dld wheh 1 was very young, and my moth- d left me along with my grandmother, who was very poor, apd T was sold to the. wife of Moy Zoo Chal, and she brought me over here Ameérica’ about -two years ago, and have been with her ever since. “T have had to work very hard in the house, making buttons and button loops from early morning until late at night. When I take a rest T am scolded and beaten. Whenever my mistress’ boy called me to do certain things, and when I was nit able to do it fast enough the boy would beat me. “I do not want to say anything that i= not true agalnst them; they fed mé well. But my mistress once told me: ‘If I killed you they could only arrest Story—S8old for $500. Chin Fing Toy's narrative wag sims tlar. She was sold in China for $1 she said. brought fo this country and sold again for $500 gold and has. bee; with her present master ever i some nine months, making buttons. bn_%on ‘loops for the store. ome . niornings,” her . stal reads, “I had to get up at.7 o'clock sometimes work right on until 2 o'clock in ‘the w:lng. 1 was not allowed to &n out. “It T don’t work all the time T gét beaten, I had to do all the washing— isheets and al. The only uumwz ever received was by Miss Banta, whi taught me for an hour or so every Monday. “I would rather die than go back Mott street.” Rigid Investigation to Follow. Neither she nor her companion wil have to. Pending full investigation their tale they will be held’ by t Children's society. s Both little girls are about the sams Chin Fing Toy slightly the elde; tory has aroused talk of anoth evstigation of Chinatown, has hardly settled down after the chads which followed the murder of Elslé Sigel. An officer of the Children’s sds clety said the federal government would be asked to look inta what ape peéers to be actual slave traffic. § Police Watching Chinese Merchants. Two well known Chinese merchants who posed as parents of the ehldr&! are under police surveillance. Thi youth of the complainants, howev: and the many contradictions which 1 police find In investigating a Chin mystery take a tinge off the seeming! serious aspect of the affair until the whole matter has been siftpd. : HURRICANE AT GALV“TO&. i Bodies of Captain Bettison and Wi§ " Wife Found in §gweed. ouston, Tex., July 23.—~The bodi of Captain R. L. Bettison and his wi scantily clad and girded with life m-z servers, ;m :" - ‘t'od- by m:-h Jboys a lorgan' oint. e were lhhed and clasped together the targled seaweed. Captain Bett and his wife were among-the tan Sfmuitaneously comes the news thi¢ Ernest A, Booth, one of the party én the pler, was rescued alive near Mo~ gan's Point today. He had been float - ing on driftwood for nearly forty-eigh hours. { The Abérnathy family, living nedd High Island, has been accounted fof, no additional death has been re. ported from_the country about thé Mata Gorda peninsula. ) RUSSIAN WORKMEN IN RUINS Collapse of Six-Story House in Courds of Construction. ] St. Petersburg, July 23.—A six-s house in the course of construction Rasyesshay street fell this motning. burying a large number of workmen the ruins. Three dead bodies were rée covered and fourteen others are defis nitely known to be still buried under the debris. Altogether twenty-thrés men are still unaccounted for. of, the injured have been sent to h itals, Several bodies are in pl sight of the workers, but the work recovering them, which s under rsonal charge of Prefect of Poll chefisky, is being conducted wil great diiculty owing to the danger turther collapses. i Grenfell-MacClanahan Engagement Announced. X London, ’e:l! 23~The engagement Wwas announ here today of Dr. Wils fred Thomason Grenfell, the wells known Labrador medieal missionary, to Miss Anna MacClanahan of Laf Forest, Tl . | ' Exenerated by Coroner's Jury. New York, July 23.—John Clark, & young- ¢lerk, who playfully leveled & revoly t his cousin's peachbaskl bhat not long ago, and, not knowl thit the weavon loaded,- sent bullet crashing through her head, wak . by & coroner’s jury today. fore expiring, the wictim, Mrs. Mary :man, assured her hus t shooting was entirely testified AT R e