Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 10, 1909, Page 1

el of Dismisal L3 Island Many Years Ago SET ASHORE AS HOPELESS LANDLUBBER The President in a Happy, Reminiscent Mood as He Ta'ks with Interviewers—Played Golf, but was Not Up to His Standard—Declines Invitation to Attend Session of Irrigation Congress. Beverly, Mass, Aug. 9.—President Maft sat on the veranda of his summer cottage afternoon over- looking Salem bay and the open wa- ters of the ocean lying beyond the rocks of Marblehead, -The little dan- cing waves broke and sparkled in the brilliant sunlight and off the Marble- head shore scores of small yachts had spread thelr white sails tor the breege. It is Marblehead race weck and in wddition to the dalily regattas the bay s/ dotted with tiny little Sonder class yachts that are in pre) ¢ rn?'n for the| _race: for he German emperor's cup. It we inviting day on the water and Mr. was asked /if he were in- terested in yachting. = The question ! brought-a reminiscent smile and he de- an enthusiast B3 had lom misret e & very i :' wmfitlm years ago o Experience as a Sailor. The president said he was spending # summer along the Long Island shore and oné day at Shelter Island was as a member of a yacht's crew. ‘The president said he was given the duty of hauling in and letting out the main sail. “The sheet, you mean, Mr. Presi- dent,” suggested one of the inter- wviewers. Mr. Taft replied that he supposed that was it. Anyway, after “hauling her m and letting her out” several tim the president said the “sheet line” ‘got tangled while the yacht was “turning around” or “coming about,” the sail got to flapping, the rope cut his hand and finally slipped through ehe block, the boom swung violently wround, the rigging gave way, and the uture president of the United States .was put ashore as a hopeless land- iubber. The president llkes the sea, but wants the firm decks of a big liner beneath him. He declared today that Charfey Taft, his younger son, with his little north shore salling dory, ‘would attend to the aquatic part r. the summer for the entire family. 4~ though the naval yacht Sylph is ’ in the bay at the president’s di’ Jsai not intend to make ar . tdeul use of it. .. 3 gk is On the Golf Links. Mr. Taft played golf today on the {inks of the Essex County éuh near anchester. entirely strange, too, so It was ‘wonder that at the end of a ted foursome the f magistrate, ‘with Johu Hays Hammond as & partner, was three or four down to Gen. Adelbert Ames of Massachusetts and W. J. Boardnani of Washinston. The president was not sure himself at the end of the game whether the vVictory had been won by three’ or four holes. But he and Mr. Hammond declared a vendetta this afternoon and on Wednesday morning they will go after General Ames and Mr. Bogrd- man again over the same links. To- morrow morning- the president and Jir. Hammond, are going to play a match round af Myopia. The president mnot determined this_afternoon. whichi. of the two_links ‘he lk>1 the best—Myopia or Essex. He will confine himself probably throughout his stay fto these' two courses. The Essex course, in the president’s opinion, is not so long. or so_difficult as the Myopia links. Predident Taft has left entirely in the hands of Secretary of State Knox the formation of the far eastern burcau of the state department, recently au- thorized by congress. Mr. Knox will cast about for a suitable head to this important branch’ of the service and the president will approve his choice. Secretary Meyer to Visit Beverly Next Week, Secretary of the Navy Meyer will visit Beverly some time next week. He is now in Canada. Mr. Meyer may take up with the president several but any recommendations based upon the report of the Sperry board or touching the reorganization of the de- partment unquestionably will be left for the late fall when the president returns to Washington. Secretary Carrenter today replied to many requests for additional stops on the "president’s long southern and western trip to the effect that the ttenerary is closed and that no addi- tional invitations can possibly be considered. Unable to Attend Irrigation Congress. Beverly, Mass., Aug. 9.—The presi- dent today sent the following message to the Irrigation congress at Spokane: Beverly, Mass, Aug. 9, 1909, Geargd E. Barstow, President, 17th Naticnal __ lrrigation Congress, Spokane, Wash. 1 greatly regret that I am not abic to be present to hear the discussion and get the benefit of your delibera- tions. T have the ‘deepest sympathy with the general object of the nation- al irrigation congress and you can eount on my earnest vor to fur- ther tha cause of re-lamation by irri- gation I every pari of the country within the jutisdiction of the federal government. “WILLIAM H. TAFT.” STATEMENT BY THAW il ouching Upon Points Made Alienists for State. ‘White Plains, N. Y., Aug. 9.—Harry XK. Thaw, resting in the jail here aft- or the long ordeal of his sanity hear- {og; and awaiting Justice Mills' prom- decision on Thursday, today gave out a statement regarding some of the points touched upon by the alien- Ists for the state during the proceed- ings. The “Lomgfellow” were mainly dwelt upon in the statement, Thaw tending that these letters of his to old friend and lawyer, though carelessly written, were far from be- ing lacking In sense and intelligence. 'w declared that Dr. Flint could by have ‘ound no delusions in them, for #t had been plainly shown that they eontained none. remarks, “Mr. Jerome,” Thaw pparently wanted no light e letters, for he asked none enists or me for any expla- AEROPLANE BEATS AUTO. Bixteenth 8uccessful Flight of the Curtigs Airship. Mineola, L. I, Aug. 9.—His sixteenth flight with the Curtiss aer- was_made today by C. Foster flying close to the ground. Mr. Williard essayed to make a cir- ¢le about @ mile and a half in cir- eumference, but not able to com- plete the circle, o the elevation ‘of unexpected ground, trees or corn- He made five long curved flights, rever, 8t high speed. In one flight had an interesting race with an au- /Going. at the rate of forty wmiles an hour, the motor cut straight meross the circle, while Mr. Williard in the aeroplane followed the arc of the circle. The aeroplane reached the landing place first. * DEMENTED SEA CAPTAIN Flourished Axe and Chased Mate About the Deck. Portland, Me., Aug. 9.—Suddenly be- coming demented, Capt! Walter Small, owner and master of the schooner Nettie A. Dobbin, was so violent yes- terday, according to the crew, that they were obliged to lock him in the hold. The schooner, which is bound _“from Boston to Miilbridge, put into this port today and the mate sent for the police, who found Captain Small in the hold. He had disrobed himself and scatered his clothing from stem to stern. The mate said that before the captain was overpowered he flour- gshed an axe and chased the mate and one sailor about the deck. Small was under the Impression that the crew stealing his vessel; Horseplay Ends in Free Fight. New York. Aug. 9.—A Sunday sky- Jark that siipped easily from horse- play into bad temper and then into a free for all fight on a Long Island street car, ended last night with the of Frank Seffentte, who was in- y killed by a wild pullet and the “of four others of the party, all ians. Seffenette was fighting with an officer in plain clothes when he was . _The policeman had his arm e “to bring down a blackjack DIED OF INJURIES. Roderick P. Curtis, Who Was in Au- tomobile Collision at Westerly. Southport, Conn, Aug. 9.—Roderick P. Curtis, president of the Curtis & Curtis company, who was injured in an automobile collision in Westerly, R. L, a few weeks ago, died at his wifen a ‘bullet, probably intended for ‘him, the man at whose *head he alming to strike. 's Death. umored that ut, is d :;’«v,,&,f residence here at six o'clock this eve- ning. The death of Mr. Curtis is a direct result of injuries received in the col- lision, in which the car, in_ which were Mr. Curtis, Prof. W. K. Shepard of Yale university and friend, W. Smith, a lawyer of Bridgeport, was struck by a Berliet testing car from Providence. At that time the in- juries did not appear to be serious, but afterwards a blood clot on the brain developed and Mr, Curtis be- came slowly paralyzed. Some of the most prominent physicians in the country ‘were called, but operations failed to relieve him. Mr. Curtis was 49 years old and was born in New York city. With Wil- liam Forbes he founded the Curtis & Curtis company in 1869. He was prom- inent in golf circles, being president - of the Connecticut league of golf clubs and was also prominent in the’ Sons of the American Revolution. He survived by a widow and three chil- dren, one of them, Edward Livingstone Wells Curti whe graduated from Yale last June. The funeral services will be heldyin Christ church here on Thursday. L AR RUSH FOR COEUR D'ALENE LAND 105,000 Applications Have Been Made —Drawings Will Take Three Days. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 9.—Several thousand persons today eagerly await- ed the hour of 10, when the drawing for the Coeur d'Aleme land began. Each of the 105,000 persons applying for Coeur d’Alene land has one chance in 333; in the nearly 100,000 applica- tions for Spokane land, one in 400, and in the 87,000 for Flathead land, one in fifteen. X Notwithstanding the large number of strangers in Coeur d’Alene Sunday, today passed quietly. All saloons were closed. Tt is expected that the drawing for the Coeur d'Alene lands will take the greater part of today, Tuesday and Wednesday the drawing for the Flat- head lands will be done Thursday and Friday, and that for the Spokane reservation will begin mext Monday. Three young girls, Helen Hamiiton of Coeur d'Alene, Christiana Dolan of Missoula and Harriet Post of Spokane, will draw the envelopes, which wili then be opened by Judge Witten and the names will' be announced. Fatal Fight Between Husband and Wife. - Chicago, Aug. 9.—After locking their two children in a bedroom and fasten- Ing all the doors of their home, An- tonlo Spirezirrl and his wife, ' Ann, went Ipto the darkened parior today and tried to kill each other. The wo- man was shot twice and stabbed twice with @ stiletto and died before the police arrived. The husband was shot twice and inay ‘also dle. . Rifle Teams Arriving at Camp Perry. Camp Perry, O~Aug. 9.—The annual rifie and revolver competition of the Ohio National guard and the shxth an- nual matches of the Ohio State.Rifle assoclation’ opened on the rifle range here today, .to continue until Aug. 19, when the dspartment of war takes charge for the national matches. The United States infantry team, which took many in the matches-last fi"‘ arrived today from Fort Sheridan, - fi-om Yacht’s Crew at 'fid’eer matters affecting the navy department| P won X'I: challenge which today. His Con- Casino but did fender S oo J 9.—It is declared here that the French governmen: will ree- ommend that the powers take up nego- tiations with for a definite s of Crete and thereto, Pering, Aug. 9.—Ruesia has filed a p{otelt with the Chinese foreign board cbjectirg to the collection of customs at Algun on the Amut river on the ground that it constitutes a violaion of the treaties of Aigun and St. Peters- burg. The British steamer Pathan, Captain Chaplin, from Yokohama, ete, for New York (before reported in collision near-| Port Said with the Japanese steamer Hakata Maru) js found to have had her rudder head steering gear broken. London, Aug. 9.—The July statement of the board of trade shows increases of $17.237.500 in imports~and 38,908,500 in exports. The principal increases in imports were grdin, flour raw materials, while the increases! in ex- ports were manufactured goods. CAPTURED AFTER THREE YEARS. New Haven Police Get Negro Wanted for Murder Committed in Covington, Va, in 1906. ; New Haven, Conn., Aug. 9.—Albert Carter, a negro, who, the police believe, answers the description of & man wanted. in Virginia for the murder of Thomas M, Rinehart of Covington, Va., in 1906, was arrested on the street here today. Fe has a scar on his right cheek, two gold teeth and a gold cap on another, is five feet ten inches in height and of a dark brown color, Wher. he was taken to the police station hc asked what he was wanted for, and when told “for the murder of Thomas Rinehart” showed considerable agita- tion, it is said. He said he knew the murdered man and had heard of his being killed, but denied that he had hal anything to do with the death. The police are holding him without bail until word is received from the Vir- ginia police, who have been notified. Covington, Va., Aug. 9.—The killing of Thomas M. Rinehart by Al Carter, alias Al Raner, occurred at Alberton, Md., in April, 1906. Rinehart was a son of W. A. Rinehart of Covington, Va. and a_member of fhe firm of Rinehart, Dennis & company, Wash- ington, D: C., railroad contractors. Carter was employed by Rinehart in tunnel work at Alberton. Carter per- sistently refused to work and was told to leave by Rinehart. Carter told Rine- hart he ‘would leave immediately, but instead concealed bimself in the brush and waylaid Rinehart, firing several shots. Rinehart died in Baltimore sev- eral hours later. Carter escaped. but detectives have been on the lookqut for him for the past three yéars, One thousand and fifty dollars is offered. for his arrest. G. A R. ENCAMPMENT. St. Louis ané Atlantic City Contesting for 1910 Session. Salt Lake City,”Ufah, Aug. 9:—Thé first day of the forty-third natioral encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic found 30,000 veterans and visitors quartered in Salt Lake City, with the prospect of an increase to 50,000 by Wednesday. Of the fourteen past commanders in chief now living, five are in_attend- ance: They are Generals S. Burdette of Washington, Eli Torrance of Min- neapolis, John R. King of Baltimore, Corporal James Tanner of Washin ton Gen. Charles G. Burton of Nev. da, Mo, A reception in honor of Commander in’ Chief Nevius and staff was given by the Woman's Relief corps tonight. About 3,000 guests were present. Campfires were addressed tonight by Commander in Chief Nevius, Mrs. Mary E. Gilman, national president of the Woman's Relief corps, and others. The political side of the encampment was made prominent through the opening of headquarters of the' rival claimants for honors. The fight be- tween St. Louis and Atlantic City for the encampment of 1910 is to be warmly contested. - For commander in chief, Governor Van Sant of Minnesofa and W. L. Ketcham of Indiana continue to be the active candidates. Every state of the confederacy has a delegation present. Georgia has furnished the largest delegation from the south. There are about fifty negro veterans at the en- campment. . Members of the Massachusetts del- egation, 124 strong, boast that their special 'train outran a tornado near Kearney, Neb. REPAIRING WAR-VESSELS, Great Activity at the PRhiladelphia Navy Yard. Phfladelphia, Aug. 9.—The Philadel- phia navy yard, according to indica- tions, will -experience considerable ac- tivity from now on, and a number of workmen, who recently were laid oft for lack of work, following the outfitting of several of the battleships of the Atlantic fleet, will be re-em- ployed. Following the plan of the navy de- partment to repair all war vessels at their ~ home ' stations, the battieship Kentucky sailed from the local navy yard yesterday for Norfolk. It is understood that the navy department will expend $500,000 in refittin gthe ship there. PROHIBITION IN ALABAMA. Governor Signs Bill in Presence of W. C.T. U bers. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 9.—Governor Comer at 6.30 o'clock this _afternoon signed the Carmichael prohibition bill in the presence of Mrs. J. B. Mell, pres- ident of the Alabama division, Woman's Christian Temperance union; and other women. Under this act it is unlawful to sell or to store any liquids containing more :I’Iln one-half of one per cent. alco- o Locker clubs are illegal and the pos- sessiom of a United States internal revenue license shall be considered prima facie evidence of gufit. POS N CONVENTION. * Fifty-fifth Annual Session Opsned at 8t. Joseph, Mo. St. Joseph, Mo, Aug. 9.—The fift Aifth conventior of the International Typograpbical union convened here at 10 o'clock- today, with President James M. Lynch and all the internatienal officers 'present. An address ef welcome was deliv- ered by Mayor A. P. Clayton. Pres| dent Lynch responded. bout 1,400 delegates and visitors Hlaborete here. ing the week has ‘been by the local union and cif K. Vanderbilt's |- Vi) KING GUSTAV DROVE THROUGH CITY WITHOUT ESCORT. Streets Prasent Livelier Aspect Than Any Time Sifice Strike Began—Iidle Workmen Dissatisfied With Leaders, Stockholm, Aug. Stockholm today presented a livelier aspect than on any day since the gen- eral strike began. -~ Many carts and street cars were. plylng their trade through the street of the capitul de- spite the! threats of the strikers that they would stop all traffic. L King Gustave drove through the eity today, passing ‘hefore the - strikers® headquarters. He was without an es- cort. The gas and eléctric plants are work- ing without interruption and tonight it seems doubtful whether the employes of the raflroads will join the move- ment. Rumers of a Collapse. Rumors are dgain in circulation con- cerning & pi le collapse of the strike, the we en being dissatisfied ‘with the speeches and the methods employed by their leaders in carrying it on.. In many cases the men are re- fusing to obey the orders to go out. In any case the. strike fund is not strong_ enough to support the move- ment longer ‘than a fortnight without causing great distress. Printers Strike. The compositors struck this evening, but the walkout of the printers will not become general, as some of the pro- vineial unions are refusing to break their comtracts with employers. As a result ofithe refusal of the news ven- dors to distribute the editions of jour. nals not having socfalistic tendencies, the only newspaper which will appear in this city tomorrow will be._the organ of the trades unions, The Answer. Twenty strikers were arrested today at Vesteras for l!telnpllnf to compel lgrl‘clult\nul “laborers fo leave their work. | HEAT WAVE IN.NEW YORK. biar i Official Thermometer Registered the Highest Thus Far This Summer. New York, Aug. 9.—The official ther- mometer of the local weather bureau, which looks with condescension upon sweltering humanity from an elevation 150 feet above the street, registered 93 degrees at 3 o'clock this afternoon, the hoitest day of the summer and within three “degrees of the hottest August dav ever recorded here by the depart- ment. Ine the succeeding hour the mercury fell four degrees and at sun- set a_refreshing breeze sprang up, but parks, recreation piers, city docks and open spots are orowded tonight with sleepers, watched over by the police, and toe temperature was still hovering above 80. - -~ o oo s Flundreds of thousaits $ought Coney Island and the-beaches for relief, but by an irony of nature it was,9 degrees at Coney Island when it was 93 in New York. - The moist, heavy air lay life- less like a blankst. Prostrations werc continually * beizx reported from the city hospitals and five persons—four of them infs=s and one an old man— died from mae heat at the seashore. Re- lief for tzmorrow is promised by the weathe oureau. BOI.UTIO; OF DETROIT MYSTERY Suspicion Points to Former Sweet- hedrt as Murderer of Mrs. Galahn. Detroit, Mich, Aug. 8.—After twen- ty-four hours of diligent work the au- thorities are no nearer a splution of the - mystery surrounding tNe murder of Mrs. Martha Galahn, e body was found in a clump of bushes Hamtrack yesterday then they were the hour following the discovery of the body. Suspicion todax pointed to a girl- hood sweetheart of Mrs. Galahn, and with whom rumor connects her name. This man the officers at once set out to find, but they have been unsuccess ful in their search. The missing man is married, and today his wife, while- admitting ‘that she had accused him of improper relations with Mrs. Ga- lahn and that there had been quarrels over the subject, said that it' was she who apprised her husband .that he was wanted by the police and advised him ot kéep away. She stoutly main- tains that her husband had no con- ‘ne:!iun with the murder of Mrs. Ga- ahn. MRS. CASTLE GETS BONDS. Brother of Woman Who Shot Man at Waldorf-Astoria Comes to Her Aid. New York, Aug. 9.—Mrs. Mary Scott ‘Castle, the erstwhile actress from Cal fornia, who deated William B. Craigh's fountain pen and slightly wounded the lawyer ‘when she fired @ .22 calibre revolver at ‘him in the Waldort-Astoria, was released from the Jefferson Market prison tonight under $3.000 bail after six days of imprisonment. After scur- rying about.all day Wwith little success, Mrs: Castle's brother, Capt. Henry Harrison Scott, U, 8. A, who came up from the south to aid her, finally obtained a bondsman Jate this after- noon. He is David Manus, a Sixth avenue “tailor, who gave property in Brooklyn as security. When first arraigned in court tdday | mvmu IN A CEMETERY. Mrs. Castle's case was adjourned until tomorrow, but at the request of coun- sel this was changed to Thursday when badl was given. INSANE WOMAN DEPORTED. Complexities of Imigration Require- ments Unbalanced Her Mind. Ogdensburg, N. Y., Aug. §.—Driven insane by the complexities of immigra- tior: requironomts, Mrs. Ana Kuljaj left here tonight in charge of ment inspector from New York, whence she will be deported to her -home in Austria. Twe months agc the woman and her fitteen-year-old daughter were passed at New York and permitted to buy tickets for Ladysmith, B. C. where they were to joln the husband: and father, but ta Prescott, Ont,, they wera turned back by Canadian officers on the ground that they had not sufficies funds. Unable to make. herself unde; stood the mother lost her reason and has ‘since been confined to the state hospital here. The Canadian suthorities now agree to admit the daughter he will be. sent to join her father. Opening of Esperanto Congress. Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 9.—The sec- ond American Esperanto congress was formally opened here. today. The first formal reception to the visl dele- -gatés was held this afternoon. expressing interest in the moveme; | wers. h-\cm Wellesiey an other colloges. 17 YEAR OLD GIRL CRININALLY ASSAULTED, BEATEN TO DEATH: Evident That Victim Had Made Des- perate Struggle to Save Her Honor , @ngd Life—Police Working on Clue. _Rochester, N. Y. . Aug. 9.—That Anna Schumacher, the 17 year old ,8irl whose body was found this morn- ing crudely buried in ‘Holy. Sepulcher cemetery, ‘was choked and beaten to death afier being criminally assault- ed, is the conclusion based on the au- topsy held this afternoon by Coromer Henry Kleinedie) but many of the circumstances of the crime, even to the exact place where it was commit- ted, can still be only guessed at. The strange actions of a man di covered at the scene of the murder by an employe of the cemetery late this afternoon directed suspicion toward him, and for a time gave promise that an arrest would be made, but the man made his escape, and his identity is not known. % Police in Possession of Clue. » For a time suspicion was directed toward an employe of St. Bérnard's seminary, which is near the cemetery, but later’it was learned that this man had been ill at his home for several days. The - police declared tonight that they had come into possession of a new clue, which indicated that’the gullty person is still in this city. The broken spade which is relied on to give some indication of the murderer, was found near the lonely spot where the victim's body was hid- dep. The shovel was taken from a shed at St. Bernard’s seminary, and its use gives plausibility to the be- liet that the murderer was not un- familiar with the locality. Having secured the spade, he must have drag- ged the body into the shrubbery and with such care as was possible in the darkness, dug a shalow grave, into which he later placed the corpse, cov ering it with eart hand leaves. This work must have consumed considera- ble time. Body in Pitiable Condi The autopsy emphasiz tality of the crime. The body was in a pitiable condition—head, face, chest, arms and hands, were covered with bruises and scratches, the bone that supports the tongue, the hyold, was fractured in the choking, and the hair was full of dirt and leaves, indicat- ing that the body was dragged some distance, probably by the feet. Part of the clothing had been removed. It would ‘seem that the girl, who was of vigorous physique, made a desperate struggle to save her honor and her life. "On account of the condition of the body it will be burled tomorrow. . "The inquest into :na death will be- n tomorrow morning, .- > Tn ‘the meentime She ety county thorities % to apprehend the murderer. young woman left home Satur-. day morning to place flowers in the. family cemetery, which is that of the Catbolic -church, and when #he did not return at night her family was greatly alarmed, as her absence was quite unusual. A search was instituted, which was kept up nearly all of Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night, until the finding of the body today by two po- lice officers. * Their search led them about a hundred feet outside of the cemetery limits and they were attract- ed to the grave by the freshly dis- turbed earth and a piece of white cloth protruding from it. The spot where the body was found was well chosen for concealment. It is back of an old ice house and is surrounded by wild undergrowth and trees. The murderer probably believ- ed that the crime would not be dis- covered for some time, if at all. INVESTIGATING SALE OF STOCK. Supposed to Be Locked in Vaults at Windsor Trust Co., New York. New York, Aug. 9.—John A. Young, president of the Windsor Trust com- apny of this city. Sterling Birming- ham, head of the institution's loan de- partment, and Charles Katz, president of a Brooklyn brewery, were called to the district attorney’s office in the course of an investigatiop started to- day at the request of an attorney rep- resening F. Augustus Heinze to ascer- tain how 20,000 shares of Davis-Daly and Ohlo Copper company stock ap- peared on the curb market recently, when it was supposed to be lockel securely in the bank’s vault where it was placed by a broker acting for Heinze as| security for a loan of $50,- 000. The stock is valued at $100,000. + Counsel maintains that the trust company was acting merely as an agent in placinz the lean and was therefore not responsible for the stock, while Heinze's lawyer asks for an in- vestization on the ground that it con- stitutes larceny to hypothecate the stock deposited for a loan when it was knowirgly provided that the col- lateral should be retained simply as security. Ang it was with this under- standing that the stock was deposited, he_savs. Heinze. whe thousht that his stock | was held by the bank, was dismaved recently to find it at the merey of bears on the curb. He came into the possession of the originals as placed with the trust company and a_representative of his immediately called at the bank and endeavored to discharge the loan witit interest, only to be informed that the stock was not _there. The .case ot been cleared up today, although it came out that the $50.000 was furnished by Mr. Katz and an associate for whom the bank acted .as agent, recefving a_bonus of $1,000, .t is sald. The 5|!tr||:t attor- ney's office has not decided whether any criminal action can be taken. WELLMAN INFLATING BALLOON. Preparing for Dash to North Pole in Airship. Tromsoe, Norway, Aug. 9.—Advices received here'from Spitzbergen, where the Walter Wellman polar expedition is being prepared for a dash to ihe north pole, say . tnae the repairs to the airship shed, which was badly damgged by a storm last June, have been completed, and thdt & gas ap- paratus has been installed. Mr. Well- man commenced the infation of the balloon July 31. New Charter for Missouri Pacific. To) Aug. 9.—The Missour! Paci company today obtain- ed a new from the state char- ter. board ing _a $77.400.000 in- crease of al. The addition” is a re-issue of eapital stock of com- panies which are ,g.bec emonfnu' with the BN - % " The United the quality of the ."fim of 25 teet and ‘:::'lglnhed- John G, . & Contractor, died suddenly at Harrisburg, Pa. aged 65 | e S The Highest Tem, summer was recorded ‘out Pennsylvania. W. E. Russell, a Mining Promoter, was arrested at Lima on a warrant from Cleveland, O. 7 The United States Surgeons are con- stantly at work trying to keep plague rats out of the country, New York's Unemployed Army is rapidly diminishing, according to the labor department report. . e ture. of ; the. unday tlr,om- John C. Diehl, 41 Years Olé, was found dead in Chicago. It is believed that he committed sulcide. James Ahern, Accused of of his wife, committed_suicl cell at Hunters Point, N. Y. Speaker Cannon, by his committes prointments, made impossible the Gassage of a postal savings bank law. Peter Jackson Was O On at perated Punxsutawney, Pa., to recover his false teeth, which- he accidentally swallowed. R. E. Dunnington, the insanc man who was barricaded in his home near ‘Augusta, Ga., is PDVI hiding in the ‘woods. Murder in his Six Wild Boars, a present from the king of Italy to Lloyd C. Griscom, ar- rived on the Italian liner Duca di Abruzzi. Under Hurry Orders, the Union Pa- cific temporary freight and passenger stations at Seattle will be compieted in ten days. Thomas K. Moffet, a salesman for the R. B. MacLea company, of 81 Worth street, shot himself while in a New York hotel. oEw The George body College for teachers will be erected in close prox- imity to Vanderbilt's university at Nashville, Tenn. tary to the British postoffice, has cepted the presidency of the Natlonal bank of Turkey. The Dedication of a Status of Victor Hugo by Rodin in Paris on Sept. 28 is to be made the occasion of a week's literary celebration. Ella Gingles, the Chicago Lacemaker, whose charges of white slavery caused a sensational trial recently, has been deported to Ireland. The Seventh Annual Congention of the Federation of American” Motorcy- clists 4s to be held in Indianapolis on | Thursday, Friday and Saturday. At a Meeting in Atlanta, Ga,, of Sca- board Air Railway stockholders rep-: resenting 575.000 shares the company’y plans were ratified:o..; ¥ Bishop Canevin Declaimed " Against the white slave traffic at a mass meet- . ing of the delegates to the convention of the Federation of Catholic societies in Pittsburg. - EFFICENCY TESTS More Sweeping in Treasury Than in Other Dnttm.ntm Washington, Aug. %—The wave of efficiency tests, which started under Secretary Nagel In the department of commerce and labor, has strack the treasury department, where it is to be even more sweeping than in other de- partments. Before leaving the city for -his sum- mer home in Dublin, N. H.. Secretary MacVeagh appointed three assistant secretaries as a committee to carry out the tests. Cards have been sent to every em- ployee and to ever§ chief of division. Each chief will make a 1eport con- cerning his employes and each em- ploye will make a report concerning himself or herself. The cards cover a host of subjects, , including the quantity and quality/of work per- formed by each employe and the character of appointment under which each one labors. It is believed the test will result in the introduction of labor saving economics and that some prac- tical theory of promotions may be worked out. Many appointees of the treasury de- partment obtained their places through political influence and in their behalf promotions have freqUently been urged, greatly to the annoyance of the officials. When an instance of that kind comes to the notice of the secretary of the treasury now, the chief of the employes' division will receive a letter as follows: “Please say to John Doe that 1 am confident he Is not re: le for the large number of perse ng the department in the in his pro- motion, because he is doubtless famil jar with the executive order on th: subject, of which I enclose a copy. The order in question by former President Roc forbids employves to usc outside Influ- ence to gain advancement GREECE REPLIES TO TURKEY. Declares Shs Has No Ambitions Re- garding Island of Crete. Athens, Aug. 9.—The Greek govern- ment today handed to the Turkish minister a formal reply to the porte's note which asked Greece to exprdss her digaproval of the annexation agits tion in Crete and fermally to declare that she had ro ambitions regarding the island. “Fhe reply reaffirms Greece's inten- | tion to maintain an attitude of neutral. | ity with regard to Crete, but declares | it” would be uliravires ' (bavond her! lawful capacity or powers) for Greece | to mak: in announcement respecting the future of Crete, which matter roste entirely with the protecting powers. In officiai circles It Is considered that the situation has materially im- | proved. Anniversary of Coronation of Pope Pius. Rome, Aug, 9.—The sixth anniver- sary of the ceromation of Pope Pins was celebrated with great pomp fo- day. High mass was celebrated in the Sistine chapel with Cardinal = Merry del Val, the paper secretary of state, pontificating. A large nummber of the cardinals. wicmbers of the diplomatic corps and the aristocracy and several of the pope’s relatives were present. This afterncon a grand ' concert in honor of the occasion was given at the vatican. 3 Name. ' Annapolis, Au; ding of the record of la "Shen the | board of inquiry investigating the death of Lieut. James N. Sutton, U. 8. M. C, on the government reser- vation liere about two years ago, con- ducted the proceedings of that day in secret, and the cross examination of Mrs. Sutton, the mother of the dead officer, ‘occupied practically all of go- day’s meeting of the board. No sooner had Mrs. Sutton taken the stand - to testify this. morning than Major - Leonard, judge advocate, de- manded that the letters of Mrs.’ Sut- ton, read at the closed session on last Saturday! be read in public, along with the record of the whole meet-" “We have -been accused of holding a star chamber session,” declared the judge advocate, “and, besides, there are sundry other members who are entitled to know why their sons are accused of crime.” A hot. wrangle ensued. Dawyer Da- vis, counsel for Mrs. Sutton, did not ofter' any open objection to the read- ing of the letters, but he argued against the necessity of making them kuown, inasmuch as they tual bearing on the evidence in the investigation. The public reading at this time would be merely catering to a_prurient curiosity® he contended. The letters were four in number, and they were written to H. M. Swartz, & clerk in the marine corps paymaster's office in Wasbington, D. C. by Mrs. Sutton. Eventually they be read. Declares Adams and Utley Hated Her Son. Referring in one _of hegletters to the ill-fated automobile rid®, Mrs. Sutton declared that if “Jimmie” had been himself -he never would have asked Adams, Utley and Osterman to ride with him. Adams and Utley bated him, she said. Mention is also made_of Lieutenants Potts, Sumner and Shearer, who were in another au- tomobile on’the night of the traged She speaks of a money _transaction between her son and Shearer and several | timés during her correspon- dence with Swartz expresses a strong distike for him . in uncomplimentary t the court decided that ‘On October 1,” she wrote, “Jimmie borrowed $211 from the bank. On Oc- ber 3 he gave Shearer a check for 180 and 1 wrote Shearer and -asked him what it was for. He sald he had just cashed, it for Jimmie. 1 didn't be- iieve him and wrote and told him what 1 thought of such men who would lead a man in a helpless . condiiton to be taken out and beaten to death.” On subsequent occasions when she had written Shearer his replies were curt, she_says. Scolded Son for Being Too Generous. Mrs. Sutton s: she used to scold her son for being so generous and his answer was: “Mamma, my greatest happiness is when I am making oth- ers happy.” On May 4 Mrs. Sutton promised to send Swartz ‘a copy of the first in- quest testimony and a copy of what evidence she had later obtained. She recites her dificulties in obtainin anything definite about “Jimmie' death. “Do you mean to say if we prove what we know these men cannot be punished, simply because they belong to the navy? These men know. why they are so secret about the affair, but we are not sleeping, and I think the United States will be compelled to sit_up and take notice of what kind of men run the navy and shield a pgck of low brute Shearer then comes in for further “Just get a copy of the . . Journal for October 19 and see the expression on Potts' face,” she s to and adds: “As to Adams, Utley and Osterman, their faces will be enough to condict them. You will see that Jimmie is the small- est in this class, and yet it took three ig men to do him to death. Shearer like an ex-convict. Willing turns in the picture a little from Jim- mle, showing they were not on good terms.” On the cross examination Mr. Bir- ney insisted that Mrs. Sutton explain Why she made these deprecatory re- marks. She retorted that she could express an opinion about Potts’ face without intending to mean that every- one criticised _was implicated in her son’s death. She further insisted that the contents of her letters to Swariz had been arrived at through reading the testimony and,oa sense of deduc- tion and that she-still held to her orig- inal belief. Had Premonition. he tove between Jimmie and my- self,” continued the mother in this letter to Swartz, “was the greatest that could exist between two persons. If Jimmie met with an accident, I felt it at once. Well, the night those beasts were laying their plans for Jimmie an awful (ear came dver me and my two daughters. We could not talk and edph kept away from one another for fehr of betraying our feelings. The next day Mr. Sutton came in and asked me if 1 couid stand some aw- ful news. He told me that Jimmie was reportéd to have killed himself. Says Son Appeared to Her on Day After Death. “If Jimmie had not spoken to me ihen,” the writer exclaims, “I would have died, but Jimmie came up to me and sald: 3 ‘Mother, dear, don't you believe it; T never Killed myself. Ad- ams killed me; they beat me to death and then Adifms shot me to hide the crime.’ “fle told me: how th him, how he walk ley grabbed him t the wutoraeblle; how they held him and Osterman beat him agout, his forehead being broken, his® teeth knocked out and the lump under his Jaw, and how when he Iyihg oa the ground some one kicked him in the side and smashed his watch. He begged me not to die, but to live and Dis pame. ell, after three weeks I proved that some things he told me were true and after repeatedly demanding the evidence after foyr months 1 got it, ¢ Jaid a trap 1 into A4t; how pull him out of : Steamship Arrivals, - At Glasgow: Aug. 8, Californt: from New York. At Liverpool: New York. 2 Aug. 8, Celtic, from | frem me, not even death. Adams, T t- and witpin the last month I have prov- ed’ everything he told me. othing could separate Jimy e lev Potts and Osterman will mever ers Read at Saturday Soo - Naval Board are Made Public had no ac- | county | 2 ret Session of SON COMMITTED SUICIDE Bpnl_fln Son’s Associates as Wild Eeasts, and Declares Murder was Plotted—Says He Appeared to Her the * Day After His Death and Asked Her to Clear His know a moment's rest on earth. Why should_they 7" Mr. Birney demanded to know up- on what evidence Mrs. Sutton based the foregoing accusations. She replied that the testimony to her mind provea it, together with certain letters that she had in her possession. Criticised Removal of Officers. She asked Swartz to make a con- fidante of no one unless he was sure to whom he spoke, saying that she did not want anyone to suspect any- thing until she was ready. She crit- icised the fact that the officers fol- lowing the tragedy had been despatch-" ed to different posey. “I cannot understand why everyone cannot _see they are trying to hide the real crime and protect those men. If we cannot get justice through the courts, every newspaper in the United States shall vjew these facts as we have ithem ad then _see what the opinion of the world will be.” The fourth letter was dated May 16. In it Mrs. Sutton told of having re- chauffeur, and said” that she would incloge’ a copy of that letter to Swartz. Thinks Adams Started the Fight. “You can see from that,” she said, “that Adams sat on the front seat. I suppose he thought by stopping the car it would start a fight and when he found it would not he started at Jimmie, anyway. 1 firmly believe it was Jimmie who called ‘Sentry’ when he saw Owens leaving and realized what those wild beasts were up to; and I suppose the blow in the foré- head was what silenced him “Speaking of hazing at the epd- emy he used to say, 'You are per- fectly safe out on the grounds, for it anyone jumps you, all you have to do is to eall a sentry. That is why I believe it was Jimmie who called when he_saw what they were up to. She enclosed a copy of the lptter which Owens had written which was in line with the testimony Owens gave o upon the stand. LINCOLN PENNLEB “ALL GONE” Nof Posted at Treasury Depart- —~Newsboys Reaping Harvest by Their Sal ‘Washington, Avg. 9.—The supply the new Lincoln pennles bearin, three initials of the designe# has exhausted 80 far -as distribution at the treasury department is concerned. The word that they were “all gone” was issued shortly ' before the treasury buflding was closed today. o the | Tmmediately the bulis of the juvenile curb market outside ran up the price. From three for a nickel the fgure jumped to two for a nickel, a mickel apléce, four for a quarter and a dime aplece. Some asked as much as 25 cents each and refused to take less. Since Secretary MacVeagh decided on last Thursday that V. D. Brenner, the designer of the new penny, had given too much prominence to his initials and ordered that the coinage should cease until the die could be re- cut, the newsboys have swarmed about the building, securing as many pennies as they could get. They had a lively trade outside and every day saw more and #more young brokers engaged the business Nearly a hundred messengers and newsboys were in line when the last V. D,B, was paid out today, many of them who had either sold short and |had to have pennies to cover thelr sales or with the thought of buying s, low as possible befare the brokers of the curb learned that the pennies had all been paid out, took their places among the buyers and began bidding on_everything offered. It aid not take long for those who. had stocks on hand to appreciate that something had happened. When the curb. brokers saw 50 many small human fry among their customers they guesss and the market became firm. When they learned that the pennies were all gone the prices went up by leaps and bounds and some refused to sell at any price, - DEER DAMAGE FARMS, Massachusetts May Have to Shotgun Policy. Boston, Aug. 9.—Damages by deer of orchards and farms in Massachugetts are becoming so heavy that the deer money, $4,500, appropriated by the leg- islature to pay the claims of damages caused by the animals, promises to soon become exhausted and the sewte may have to adopt the shotgun poliey, which allows farmers to sheot with & shotgun deer caught destroying crops. On one farm alone In Worcester coufi ty deer ruined 500 peach trees, several rods of string beans and almost 3,000 cabbage plants. In 1908 the legislature appropriated $3,000 for deer money, but this was overdrawn in claims by $1,500, so that the 1909 legislature raised the amount to $4,500. The deer In this state have multiplied to such an extent that they are mow ovérrunning farms in every except those in the extreme zoutheast Adopt / tion of Convention of American Fed Catholic Soci Pittsburg, Aug. 9.—An orchestra concert in Hotel Schenley tonight marked the close of a busy day for the delegates attending the convention of the American Federation of Cath- olic Socleties which - convened here | yesterday. ' The business sessions were- held today In the Carnegle mu- sie ball, the Hrst session to perfect the organization for the future meet- ings of the convention, and the sec- ond to hear reports und addresses of the officers. The ladies attending the convention with the delegates are be- ing entertalned by luncheons, tours about the oty and concerts. Many letters of greetings were received uufn minent Catholics In all parts be an Laborers Hurt. Newburg, N. ¥. Aug. 9.—Fourteen Itallan laborers were hurt today when a freight train backed into a number of hoarding cars which lay on a switch of thé West Shore railroad neas Con- ners. Two-of the boarding cars mh 54 Dk when'the collion 30cazred. cefved a letter from young Owens, the . ed that the source of supply had failed” L, &