Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 16, 1909, Page 1

President Tat'l; Sends Latmr to Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor TO SUPERVISORS AND ENUMERATORS Notice Served that They Must Keep Clear of Anything that Savors_of Politics, ; The Penalty is Immediate Dismissal from the Service —134 Additional Supervisors Announced Sunday. Beverly, Mass., Aug. 15.—In a letter addressed today to Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor President Taft served notice that any’ man engaged in the taking of the thir- teenth census of the United States who engages in poiitics in any way will ‘be immediately dismissed from the ser- vice. Outside of casting their votes the president believes that census super- visors and enumerators should keep clear of anything that savors of poli~ national, state or local, The presldent orders that the secre- tary of commerce and labor and the director of the census embody in the regulations governing the taking of the census the rulgs forcibly laid down in his letter. Bound to Take the Census Out of Politics. Mr. Taft says that in appointing census supetvisors it has been found necessary to select men recommended by senators and congressmen in their districts. He says he réalizes that this method of selection might easily be Fruned to political purposes and it to take the census out of politics so ar as the actual work is concerned that he has explicitly expressed his fesires as to the regulations. No Active Partisan Must- Be Named. President Taft has told the repre- ntatives and senators who have urged rarious men for census places that he would insist that no active paftisan ahould be named and that no attempt should be made to build up a political achine in any state or district hrough the distribution of the census Patronage. 's Letter. The president’s letter in full follows: Beverly, Mass.,, Aug. 14, 1909. My Dear Mr. Secretary: The taking of the census involves the appointment of some 300 supervisors, who in turn are to appoiit many times that nim- ber of enumerators. The supervisors are given colmplete discretion in the selection of enumerators respectively to act under them. The succeas of the census will depend upon the efficiency and strict attention to duty of the su- pervisors and upen the intelligence of the ilmn and their faithful ap- m m,msmm in hand. is a supervisor for W district. It has _BODY IN A BLANKET UNDER SMALL PILE OF DIRT. Unknown Man With Stab Wound Through Right Breast. Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 15.—What ap- pears to be a case of murder was dis- closéd today when a small pile of earth was removed from a bundle wrapped “blanket beside a road in Stearnes- ville. Inside the blanket was the body of a man, apparently a laborer and a for- eigner, with a stab wound through the right breast, and several other cuts. He appeared to be about 25 years old. There was no money and no article ad- mitting of identification in the clothing, ‘The medical examiner said the body was probably placed there last night. CUBAN MINISTER AT BEVERLY. Sunday Conference with the President —Cuban Situation Discussed. Beverly, Mass.,, Aug. 15.—President Taft talked over the Cuban situation for an hour this afternoon with Car- los Gafcia Velez the island’s minister to Washington. Mr. Velez sought the appointment’ with.the president nearly a week ago and it was arranged for today. From 3 until 4-o'clock the di- plomat and the president sat in earn- est conversation on the veranda of the Taft cottage at Beverly cove. Mr. Velez declared after the interview he had found President Taft deeply in- terested in Cuba and thoroughly ac- quainted with the ideals and ambitions of the people. MYSTIC PEACE MEETING. Forty-third Annugl Convention Open- ed Yesterday—Today's Programme. Mystic, Conn., Aug. 1§—The forty- third annual convention of the Uni- versal Peace union opened in Peace temple here today. Services were feld both morning and evening in the al churches here at which ad- ses were made by speakers who are to take part in the convention proceedings. At tomorrow’'s meeting the delegates and speakers will be formally welcom- ed; committees appointed and an ad- dre: given by Palmer G. Whipple, president of the Connecticut branch. . President Listens to “The Uses of Ad- versity. Beverly, Aug. 15.—The president and Captain Butt, his aide, attended the Unitarian church this morning and listened to a sermon by the Rev. S. A. Eliot of Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Eliot is a son of President (emeritus) Bliot of Harvard and is president of the American Unitarian , assoclation. National, State or Local— been fo'%ld to be the quickest and best means selecting suitable supervisors to consult the congressmen and sena- tors as to competent candidates from their respective districts and states. Paris, iu 15.—At Duu e today William K. Vanderbilt's thaume won the Prix St. Arnoul. Cape Town, Aug: 15.—An official in- | vestigation throws doubt on the story published yesterday that the bodies reported off the Fish and Bashee riv- ers were from the wreck of the miss- ing British steamer W: .Other vessels from this section reported hav- ing passed fldating pieces of whale, followed by flocks of birds. Pskov, Russia, Aug. 15.—At Tababsk the villagers stormed the barracks, where a number of chol cases were under treatment, and attempted to lynch the doctors and nurses. They succeeded in carrying off five of the cholera patients, whom they returned to their homes. Detachments of po- lice had to be sent to restore order. $ < Moscow, Aug. 15.—An unsuccessful attempt was made here by two men to rob the Princess Shahovskoy, one of the richest women of Moscow. The robbers succeeded in getting inta the apartments of the princess, but were put to flight by®the servants. The police captured one of them after Imp-mM Indun “Dutroy.d"—-flu- tilmn Postponed Because “Emmy’-“ VESSEL ALMQST GUTTED FROM . FUNNELS FORWARD. CUNARD LINER LUCANIA Badly Damaged by Fire—Flames Orig- inated in Saloon Kitchen—Thou- Transports -are Delayed. ' N Bouton. Mass., A 15.—A hrldse- destroying expedmoh to hamper the movements of the army of the Red and the capture of a private of the invad- ing army, were most warlike fea- tures today in the work of the army of the Blue in camp near Bridgewater, defending Boston from an attack from the south by the Red army in the sands Attracted to the Scene. Liverpool, Aug. 15.—The Cunard li- ner Lucania lies submer; tonight at the Huskisson dock, seriously damag- ed, having been almost gutted from her funnels forward by the fire which ‘broke out on board the liner at 7 o'clock Saturday evening. The flames are supposed to have originated in the saloon kitchen. . This system can easily be perverted to political purposes if the supervisors are not forbidden to use it as an in- strument for influencing local and gen- eral elections and primaries in the in- terest of particular candidates or par- ties. It is not an unreasonable re- quirement that anyone who accepts an appointment.as supervisor of enumer- ator shall, during the term of his em- ployment and service, avoid an active part in politics. 1 therefore order that in the prepara- tion of regulations for the taking of the census you and the director of the census embody therein a provision that any supervisor or enumerator who uses his influence wjith his subordinates or colieagues to assist any party, or any candidate in a primary or general elec- tion, or who takeg any part other than merely casting his vote, in politics, na- tional, state or local, either by service upon a political committee, by public addresses, by the solicitation of votes or otherwise, shall be at once dismissed from the service. I wish to make this regulation as broad as possible and wish it enforced without exception. It is of the highest importance that the census should be taken /by men having only the single purpose of reaching a just and right result and that the large amount of money to be expended in the employ- ment of so vast a machine as the cen- sus shall not be made to serve the po- litical purposes of anyone. Very sincerely yours, (Signed) WILLIAM H. TAFT. Hon. Charles Nagel, Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Some Appointments Held Up Tempo- rarily. One hundred and thirty-four addi- tional supervisors of the, census were announced today. President Taft was busy until late last sight signing the commissions of the successful candi- dates. Altogether 184 of the 330 su- pervisors now have been commission- ed and Mr. Taft's task is a little more than half completed. Practically all of the appointments have been agreed upon, but some are being held up tem- porarlly. on account of protests. EUROPE'S TRACKLESS TROLLEY CARS. Consular Report on Their Successful Operation in Several Cities Abroad. ‘Washington, Aug. 15.—Trackless trolley cars for suburban and inter- urban traffic are being operated, seem- ingly_successfully, in Austria, North- ern Italy and in the valley of the Rhing, says Consul Hamms at Hull, England, 'in forwarding to the state department a report made to the city touncil of Leeds, England. The coun- cil, through two of its members, re- cently investigated three of “the sys- | tems on the continent.” The vehicles used differ Jittle from the single deck motor omnibus, except that they add a a means of collecting current like that used for overhead cables on ordinary electric street cars, ANXIOUS TO RAISE LEGATION. Spain and Argentina Both Desire to Embass| t Washington. ‘Washington, Aug. 15.—A diplomatic race between Spain and the Argen- tine republic is arousing considerable interest. in official circles here. Both countries now are represented in ‘Washington by ministers; both are anxious to raise their rapresentallves here to the rank of ambassador, and both have taken tentative steps look- ing to the consummation of this desire. Senor Portela, minister from Argen- tina, is preparing to take up the mat- ter with Secretary Knox, while Spain has authorized its new minister here, the Marquis de Villalobar, to make arrangements for the promotion if he | finds the plan agreeable to the ad- ministration. SHOT HIS NEGRO WIFE. Ohio Man Found She Had Black Blood After Eight Years. Columbus, O., Aug. l5—Dl.!co‘erm[‘ after eight years of married life, that hig wife was a colored woman, Ai- fréd Haberman, a white man, after a visit to Washington, returned to their home here Saturday, and shot her twice, and then, turning the revolver on himself, inflicted a wound that will prove fatal. .Mrs. Haberman is still living, but the doctors say she cannot recover. She was a beautiful woman and had no apparent traces of negro blood. The coun]7 have a seven year old son CHANGES AT THE CAPITOL. Repairs and Improvements to Be Made Before Congr Returns. ' The subject of the sermén was “The Uses of Adversi A great crowd gathered outside the church and ap- plauded the president as le left the edifice and entered the wnmng auto- mobile. Ansonia Officer Trying to Locate Sender of Extortion Letter. Ansonia, Conn., Aug. 15.—Following the receipt yvesterday by Michael Bodui of a letter demanding $500, an unsuccessful attempt was made today to apprehend its author. The letter Instructed Eodui to Dl'fi: the money near a cane under the Thy-Ansonia bridge. Policemen were placed nedr the bridge and Eodui sent to the place with the money, but not finding the cane left without leaving it. A further attempt will be made to locate the sender of the letter. Auto Accidents -t P-w(uclul. Pawtucket, , Aug,-15.—Tt be- Heved today that of the tm.lr pel seriously, injurea. in the two auts bile accidents in’'this city yes I.y three will recover. John L. Fagan of Central Fails, who was hurled out of an automobile when the mackine col- lided with the “of the Cross Rlver nllm dxee Is a ‘place as “the only Sunday evening ‘Washington, Aug. . 15.—Summer housecleaning is now in progress at the capitol, and a number of repairs and improvements will be made before the legiglators return from their vaca- tion. Chief among the changes will be the installation of new elevators in the wing of the semate, and the enlarge- ment of the senate restaurant. On the house side, the seating arrangement in the hall of represgntatives will be changed. Elliott ods, superintend- ent :r the bulldlng. has 150 men at wor The Only Sunday Evening Paper in Now York. four-page tge sports and the- nfl 1 ew York for the this eveping, bidding for a- per In New York.!™ It is The Even‘l’ng first time the company 442 Pearl-street. ipaper prints full scores of Sunday baseball games and other fresh sporting and theatrical matter. e Steam: At SBouthampton bt ml whla from New et Chronicl bears at the head of ity d% |I§namu pragvile - 4. wounding him. The other committed suicide when he saw that he could not escape. He was identified as a student in the university of Moscow. BADE DEFIANCE TO SUNDAY REFORHERS Practically Every Bar and Cafe at At- lantic City was Open Sunday. Atlantic City, N. J.,-Aug. 16. —Saloon keepers and proprleton of amusement places hére bad definance today to the reformers and members of the Lord Day Alliance, who are trying to e force the Sunday cloalnfi laws in this resort. Although fifty liquor dealers -are under bonds following their arrest last week, practically every bar and cafe in the resort was open as usual. Extra forces of bartenders were em- played to serve what is claimed to be the greatest crowd of visitors ever gathered here. The baseball game at Inlet park was played despite the objections of the refcrmers. City police in unifprou were at the game to prevent any at- tempt at a raid or the breaking up of the game, which was down as a trump card of the Alliance. Ministers of the Alliance from their pulpits preached scorching sermons condemning both the licuor dealers and their politizal backers for their definaance of the laws. The police contended themselves with visiting the saloons and warning the managers not to sell to intoxicated persons who might furnish material for reform criticism. Amusement men on the board walk were also warned not to operate any noisy amusemonts rvhloh are under the ban of the iocal aws. FIELD MEETING OF COUNTY POMONA GRANGE. Big Gathering at Richards’ Grove— Programme Finely Carried Out. ‘With an excellent programme of ad- dresses and music New London County, Pomona . grange held - a - gesdion at Richards’ grove Saturday which was in the ‘nature of a field meeting.,' The meeting was attended by between 300 and 400 patrons, coming from all over the county. The morning pas spent in partici- ‘pating in athletic events and games of many kinds, the feature of which was a ball game. At 12 o’clock dinner was served. The exercises in the afternoon be- gan at 1 o'clock with a_whistling solo entitled My Resary by Miss Marion A. Clyde of Mystic grange. William H. Barron, manager Connecticut Patrons’ exchange, addressed the meeting on the subject Co-operation for Connecticut. Possibilities of Agriculture in Conne ticut was the subject of Worthy Si Master L. H. Healey. The next l’enture was a vocal solo, When the Ebb Tide Flows, by Frank W. Rogers of Kono- moc grange. The address ¢f the afternoon was delivered by Worthy National Master N. J. Bachelder, whose address was Why United States People Do Not Have a Parcels Post. Worthy Nation- al Chaplain O. S. Wood and Worthy State Lecturer J. H. Putnam also de- liveredaddresses. The programme and meeting was brought io a close with a whistling selection by Miss Marion A. Clyde. - A AR E s iy DIED IN PARENT'S ARMS AT NEW HAVEN STATION Child Suffering with Pmumom- was Brought, Here to See a Doctor and was Being Taken Home. On Saturday afternoon at the New Haven station in this eity occurred the death of Christina Goncolves, the 19 months old daughter jof Mr. and Mrs. John Goneolves of Allyn Point. Thé child had been sick but a short time and on Saturday was brought to this city by the parents to see a doc- tor. hey visited Dr. Tingley's office and hd prescribed for the baby and after domg some trading the parents started for home. In a store the child had a poor spell and at the station had another in which it died, death resulting from double pneumonia. The child was in the father’s arms when it died and he was carrying it about the station lifeless when Policeman Henderson advised him fo take the body to an undertaker’s which he did, going to the rooms of M. V. Murphy. The parents were waiting for the train to Allyns Point at 4.40 o'click. DEVELOPING A COLONV AT GARDNER LAKE Camp Knickerboeker, M. W. A, of New Rochelle, N. Y., Has Purchased 141 Acres—Cottages Will Be Erected and Streets Lai Out Gardner Lake hzu always been a de- lightful spot and the beauty of that section is being appreciated more and more every year as a summer camping place. Several camps have been lo- c-ted there this year consisting of C. A. boys from New York and ) Vlclue; looking over many locations for a summer camp Gardner Lake has been considered the bhest place offered rfor the purposes desired and 141 acres have been purchased near th Elijah Lathrop place by Camp Knickerbocker, Mcdern Woodmen of America, of New Rochelle, N. Y. A survey of the land has beén made and blue prints secured of the desired laying out of the land for a summer camp for the members of the Woodmen camp. One or two bungalows ~have heen erected and others will follow in short order so that by next season a flourishing sum- auér colony will be under way. They Will clear the beach, build a dock and jut 2 lanunch and other boats on the nd according to present plans, 'here will be much of the timber on thesland cut off to cegr it_and the Jarge farmhouse will used for the headquarters there. The 1location is an /ideal one and wlfil’thll lnt.rehl:ed Intzr;lt in the at- tractive lake there should be an effort for better poration w there, mimic war game. 1o Strenuous Sunday as Anticipated. The original plans for a strenuous Sunday which had been laid by Gov. Eben S. Draper and Brig. Gen. William A. Pew were of no avail, because of the postponemernt of _hostilities last night, owing to the delay in arrival of one of the enemy’s transports. Every rexlmenhl headquarters, however, to- night received marching orders and the indications pointed to a general ad- vanco before morning of the Blue army. e lighter side of “war” was pictured the camp near Bridgewater today wmz the initiation of the recruits and the entertainment of thousands of vis- itors.. There were several band con- certs and religious services at each regimental headquarters, How the Bridges Were Destroyed. ‘The .first real move of the army of the Blue in the game was taken early in the day, when two battalions of in- fantry under Major Graves of the Eighth regiment was sent to destroy all the important bridges along the Assonet, Taunton and Minnetuxet riv- ers that might be made use of by the Red army. The detachment started out at 6,0'clock this morning and returned at 3 o 'k this afternoon, tired and dusty, ‘but- réborting their work well done., The Red army when it advances will be thrown on its own resources in crossing the several streams that lie between it and Boston. Accompanied by several of the referees in the war game, the detachment of the Blue army upon coming.to a bridge would place under it packages supposed to contain enough dynamite to destroy the struc- ture. A giant firecracker was then ex- ploded and a large placard was posted on the bridge announcing that it had been destroyed. First Glimpse of the Invaders. Major Graves' m aught the first glimpse of the invaders at the Berke- ley bridge on the west side of ,the Taunton river. The men of the Blue had just “destroyed” -the structure when a detachment of Red cavalry ap- pea on the opposite ‘bank .of the hete was no clash between the , however, and it is believed that {hc cavalty was mergly one.of the enemy’s scouting detachments sent out to “feel’ the position of the Blue army. Capture of Scout Excited Entire Camp Considerdble excitement was caused in the Blue camp tonight when one of the outposts’ brought in a scout of the Red army. ’l‘he refused to tell his name but admitted he belonged to Company H of the Seventh New York regiment. * As he was the first prisoner to be taken by either side there was much interest displayed in him when he was conducted through the camp. His capture was effected by Major Percy Atherton, judge advocate gen- eral of the second brigade, whg was doing provost duty in his automobile. Blue Army Half Frozen. The Blue arm-- was glad to thaw out in the hot sun today:after a cold night. A chill east wind made the night one of discomfort to the militiamen unused for the most part to camping in the open, but.a warm bright day restored the ggod spirits of all. Camp Inspection. An inspection of the camp was today- by the governor’s council] in- cluding Councillors Barry, Glidden, Jones and Brighton and the committee on mijlitary affairs of the local legisla- ture. They were the guests of Gover- nor Draper and General Pew at brigade headquarters at luncheon and left in the afternoon for Boston. CLASH EXPECTED TODAY. Connecticut and New York Troops in Center of “Invading” Line. Boston, Aug. 15.—A theoretical clash at arms between the Red and Blue is confidently looked for tomorrow morn- ing by observers of the mimic war game which began officially at 8 a. m. today. It may be only a preliminary skirmish, but in the camp of both ar- mies there was a feeling tonight that daylight would see hostilities actually begun. . A tired and dusty army of “invaders” from New York, New Jersey, the Dis- trict of Columbia and Connecticut, with the “Fighting Tenth” regiment of col- ored troops of ' the regular Uxfted States cavalry, slept on their arms to- night in the vicinity of Long pond and Little Quitticas after a march of ever seven miles from their last night's camp at New Bedford on their way to engage the army of the Blue for the possession of Boston. The roads were in bad condition and the troops were glad to seck a rest tonight before moving on again in the early morning. There were many stragglers on the | line of march, but with the exception of a few men left behind to guard some of the ‘camp equipment and some cavalry scouting parties all the men were safely tented tonigh The Seventh and Fourteenth regi- ments of the New York National guard and the Connecticut troops went out on the country road op the main line from this city to Boston and marched to East Freetown to the south of Long pond, a distance of about seven miles, ade The District of Columbia troops had a roundabout route which took them a distance of about ten and a half miles and they were greatly fatigued. A survey of the “invaders” tonight showed that the Washington troops un- der command of Brigadfér General Harries, which Jast night were near General Bliss’ headguarters, had swung around to the extreme right wing and are now the farthest in advance of their brigade. They are at the Norton farm, on the smnhent shore of Long pond, a mile west of Major General TLeonard Wood's headquarters at North Rochester. The Connecticut and New York brigades aré at the center of the lirfe. The Connécticut brigade, under com- mand of Colonel Geddes, is on the right of the main highway out of New Bed- ford, at the junction of the East Free- town ‘road. ~Across the street is the headquarters of Colonel Appleton, in command of the New York brigade, and with him is all.of the field artil- lerv c‘:pt one battery which is with z hln(mn M.u y moved’ his for he has Vessel's Fire Brigade Powerless. The fire brigade of the vessel, with two powerful motor engines, turned out immediately at the first ala md found the first- saloon burning fi y from end to end. Despite all their ef- forts the flames gradually worked for- ward until they reached the steerage, ‘copsuming every particle of the wood- work there, and then played havoc with the forehold. At this time the heat was tremen- dous and the flames shooting high from the vessel attracted thousands of persons to the side of the river, wll;;re they remained t.hmu:houl the i Flooded the Ship to Save Hfir. At three o'clock this morning it was decided to flood the vessel by admit- ting water into her from the doek. Soon she heeled over and her funnels came in contact with the cranes on the dock and were badly damaged. A half-dozen firemen who were on the gangway at this time were thrown into the water, but all were rescued. ‘A fleet of tugs was then brought into requisition and pulled the liner up- right and held her until she settled firmly on the mud bottom. It was ten o'clock this morning be- fore the fire was under control and noon before the fire brigade was able to relinquish its tasie. The second- class quarters and the whole after- part of’ the boat, including the engine room, escaped injury from the flames and ,comparatively little damage was done to the exterior of the vessel. Her upper part is considerably above wa- ter. The first saloon skylights were destroyed and the decks forward are badly buckled. Some of the plates of the hull were warped by the heat. The repairs to the vessel will take consid- erable time. Liverpool, Aug. 15.—Divers who ex- amined the Lucania today found that her machinery had not been damaged and that her hull was still sound. The heat twisted the plates on the prome- nade deck into fantastic shapes. Late tonight the Lucania was re- floatéd with the aid of ‘salvage tu and powerful puifips. -She will be dr; docked and towed to Glasgow for re- pairs; According to some reports the fire first broke out in the starboard saloon galley, but was quickly extinguished by the ship’s officers. A half hour later there was anothér outbreak in the port kitchen and while the fire brigade was dealing with this a flerce blaze sud- denly burst out in the steerage and forepeak. FOR GALLANTRY UNDER FIRE. Five Officers and Two Enlisted Men Receive Medals from War Depart- ment. Washington, Aug. 15—For gallant conduct while under fire of the enemy in the Philippines or in Cuba, five officers and two enlisted men were awarded medals of honor by the war department. ) Those thus honored were Major James Church and Major Paul F. Straub, medical corps; Lieut. George C. Shaw and Lieut. Charles G. Beck- man, 27th infantry; Lieut. Charles E. Kilbourne, signal corps, and Peter H. Quinn and Seth 1. Wel “BON VOYAGE” CROWD ANNOYED. Customs Men Examine All Handbags and Satchels. New York, Aug. 15.—A score of men and women who went to the American line pier to see the St. Paul sail Sat- urday were stopped by watchmen and held until a customs inspector could examine their handbags. Protests were made, one man saying that he had come to see his sister de- part and could not understand how he was open to suspicion of having smug- gled goods for a departing ship. An order by Collector Loeb that satchels and handbags of pier visitors should be examined was issued about ten days ago. 60 MILE AN HOUR WIND. Severe Storm Strikes Detroit — Great Damage Throughout City. Detroit, Mich., Au, In a storm which broke over this city tonight one man was struck by lightning and kill- ed, another ‘shocked and a young man and ‘woman who were canoeing on the river whert the squall struck are be- lieved to have been drowned. . T. Gristow of Cleveland was Rtrun.l\ by lightning and killed. Charles Arnold, who was with Gristow, was Jbadly shocked. The wind dt(ained a velocity of sixty miles an ho Dam- age done throughout the cit ls ‘ great, but cannot now be estimated. TURNED ON TH‘E GAS. ed Herself and al Chicago Woman Kil| Three Boy Chicago, Aug. 15. Irs. Marie.Hand- zel turned on the gas in the bath room today and committed suicide and slew her' three boy habies. She had first carefully bathed and dressed her three children, one four years old and twins two years old. The smell of gas awak- ened her husband, who broke open the door of the bath room and found the four de: bodies, Mrs. Handzel had been ill for some time. She left four other children. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. SUED. Norfolk - Concern Wants $1,000,000 Damages for Injury to Business. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 15.—Notice of a suit for $1,000,000 has been filed in the United States ecircuit court bv the Ware-Kramer Ttobacco company of Norfolk against the American Tobacco company. It Is charged that the erican Tobacco company used iliegal methods to injure the business of (he Independent company. Three Year Old Derby Boy Drowned. Derby, Conh., Aug. 15.—While play- ing near the nu today, John. the ‘threc vear old son of Steven Konak, into the water and was drowned. ‘.,.n—\.\ Waterspouts Caused Damag nm gnd- ‘of Long Island. * i A Hom ogeneous army of forty-six divisions Imperial British is Mmm in the scheme adopted DY ence in London. President Vllltu in 01:. Mopugt to the Bolivian ngress urged that the boundary dispute b‘ settled by means of diplomacy. -y It Was Announced at Washington that Dr. Yen Wei-Ching, second sec- retary of the Chinese legation, had been recalled by his government. Turkey Submitted Another Note to Greece, insisting on a formal declara- tion that #fhe latter country enter- tained no ambition regarding Crlete. It Was Said in Washington that the naval authorities might = decide to adopt a type of 30,000-ton battleship, with a battery of twelve 14-inch guns. Jame: L. Anthony, Stock Broker, and Miss Marie Louise Gainor were married secretly at Atlantic Highlands nd will announce the fact on August + The Controversy hetween the Chi- cago street railways and théir em- ployes was settled at a meeting of the street railway officials and officials of the union. The Sub-Committee on Defence ap- pointed by tWe imperial conference in London refused to uphold Admiral Lord Charles Beresford's charges of inefficiency against the admiralty. King Edward's Aid Is to Be Invoked to overcome Queen Margherita's op- position to the marriage of the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins, according to Americans in the king’s set in London. Minister Wu Was Recalled Because he was not in Washington at.the time of the Mukden railway crisie, al- though absent because he was in Peru, to which country he is also minister, on official business. Arguments Wore- Finished at the Sutton hearing in Annapolls, Henry M. Davis, attorney for the Suttons, in- timating that Lieutenant Adams had guilty knowledge of the Oregon lieu- tenant’'s death; the findings of the court will be made public at Wash- ington. Saying That They Would Not Be “bluffed” officials of the Amalgamat- ed Association of Sheet and Tin Plate Workers asserted in Pittsburg that they would continue their fight against the American Sheet and Tin Plate company, despite the damage suit for $200,000 brought by the company against’ 56 alleged strike leaders. GREEK FLAG STILL WAVES OVER ISLAND OF CRETE. Foreign Battleships Gathering — Force May Be U od to Low.r Flng Canea, Tsland of ¢ Crete, Augyls.—A band of armed peasants emnrm’( anea late last night and occupied the fortress determined to prevent the carrying out of the powers' order for the hiuling down of the Greek flag. Italian" Battleshins Sail for Crete. Rome, Aug. 15.-~The ITtalian cruisers Francesco Ferruccio, Varese, Gluséppe Garibaldi and Giovanni Bausan salled {oday for Crete and will be followed ate tonight by the battieships Regina l"illt’ni, Napoli and Vittorio Emmanuele nL French Ships Ready. Toulon, Aug. —The armored ‘Erulser Jules Ferry has been ordered to coal in readiness to sail for Crete. It is stated that similar orders also have been given to the commanders of the battleships Jaureguiberry, Bou- vet and Suffren. British Warship on the Scei Canea, Island of Crete, Aug. 15. British battleship Swiftsure arrived to- day in Suda bay, in the western por- tion of the island. The Cretean gov- ernment has resigned and the adminis- tration of the island has been entrust- ed to/ provisional committees. These commiittees have had the armed peas- ants expelled from the fortress which they occupied Saturday night, Intend- ing to resist the order of the powers that the Greek flag be lowered, The committees, however, have not had tfie flag hauled down. Demonstrations Against Greeks. Constantinople, Aug. 1 'he Turk- ish fleet remains at Smyrna, the gov- ernment on the advice of the powers having postponed sending it to Crete. The anti-Greek boycott and demon- strations against Greeks continue to spread. Advised Not to Defy the Powers. Athens, Aug. 15.—The entire press in Greece advises the Creteans to low- er the Greek flag over the fortress at Canea and not show defiance to. the protecting powers. EARTHSHOCK Lives Lost in Kioto and Osaka Dis- tricts—Trains Stopped. IN JAPAN. ek Friday after- in the districts of Lake Biwa, noon Kioto and Osaka. Many buildings collapsed and sev- eral deaths have been reported. All trains in the earthquake region have ‘been stopped. A slight shock was also felt in To- i 0. Tokio, Aug. 15.—Reports receivhd today concerning the ‘earthquake in central Japan Saturday afternoon show there were a number of fatalities and that great damage was done to prop- erty. The dead at present are report- ed to he 30, though it is feared that the faialities will be greatly increased when the outlying districts are heard from. The number of persons injured is 82. Thus far 362 buildings, includ- ing many temples, are reported to have been destroyed and more than one thousand others badly damaged. The shock occurred at 3.30 o'clo in the afternoon and affected a wide area in the Shiga and Gifn prefectures. The town of Ozaka, in Gifu, suffered terribly. The banks of the Hida river there =~ broke and the surrounding country was inundated. The people of the district fled to high ground and remained in the open all night.. In- termittent shocks were felt through- out Saturday night and early this morning. The mountain TIbuki, a short dis- ‘tance west of Gifu, emitted smoke in the - earlier stages of the earthquake .and then collapsed with a thunderous roar. The formation of the mountain was completely changed. Slight - damage -was lone at Nagoya, to the southward of Gifu, and nelgh- boring villages. Lost off “Ca: e Sabl, Al ing was reported today. when six of the crew were landed today by the Gloucester fishing schooner Lillian. who picked up the men ¥riday morn- ing after they had heen adrift at sea in an n bo- wi t food or, drink A severe earthquake |, % And %lrmgled SE| IA'I‘-IONAI. MURDER OF ELSIE SIGEL RECALLED. BEAUTIFUL CHINESE WOMAN New York’s Chinatown Furnishes An- other Mysterious Crime—Victim the Wife of an Americanized Chinamap. New York, Aug. 15.—Chinatown was in a turmoil again early today on the discovery of the murder of the most beautiful of the few Chinese -women in New York, Bow Kim, 21 years old, who came here from San Francisco about a year ago with an American- ized Chinaman, Chin Len, 31 years " Mott Street Greatly Excited. It was about two o'clock this morn- ing just as the usual, Saturday night reveiry was quieti down that Chin “Len dashed out of a tenement house at 17 Mott street, crying: “My woman been murdered!” -~ The street, filled with loitering Chinamen and parties of American “sightseers,” all of whom quickly recalled the.sen- sational murder of Elsle Sigel, the missionary girl, was thrown into great excitement. Body Found in Bedroom. Policemen and a detective hurried into the house under Len's directions, through dark hallways, to a rear room on the second floor. The door was locked, and the officers were about to break it in swhen Len pushed them aside and unlocked it' himself. In a bedroom lay the murdered woman on the floor, stabbed in half a dosen places. Her slender neck was ringed with bloody finger marks, indicating a struggle with her assallant, and be- side her on the floor lay a crusted hunting knife. It was evident that the woman had been dead for two, or, three hou Three Chinamen and Six American Women Arrested. " On the stairs were found traces of blood .and on a door leading to the store of Yuen Chin & Co. on ‘the ground floor. Three Chinamen there were arrested, though they denied any knowledge of the murder. can women, who declared themselves to be the wives of Chinamen, were al- 80 found in the house and arrested,’ but none would admit any knowledge of Bow Kim's death. “Maybe See Sing Kill Her. In the murdered - woman's room were found many business letters in Chinese, but none that gave a clue. At 22 Mott street, however, where Len spent much of his time, and where the couple lived previously, was found - a trunk which Len admitted was his wife's property. In it were four hunt- ing knives, a stilletto, a revolver and two boxes of jewelry. Len declared he had no idea who killed his wife unjess “maybe See Sing: kill her.: See Sing say she owe him money and be try to get it” i Sing, too, was once in love with Bow Kim, he said. As to Bing's ‘whereabouts, he knew nothing. : Husband Held as Witness. Len's account of himself the policé admitted with reservations. He spent’ the early evening with his wife In their rooms, he said, until about o'clock, when he went out to pay & visit at No. 22 Mott street. Return- ing at two o'clock, in the found the body on the In touching it he solled his hands with blood with which he smeared the door and stairway as he hurried to the street. No formal charge has been pre- ferred against Len, but he is held in $5,000 bail as a “material witness.” CHINA’S DISPUTES WITH JAPAN. Manchurian Railway Question Prac- tically Settled. Peking, Aug. 15.—The Chinese gov- ernment in a formal communication to-Japan, has agreed to negotiate at Mukden the various points in the An-. tung-Mukden railroad controversy not, already settled. The position taken by Japan in this matter is accepted in principle by China. Baron Ijuin, the Japanese minister to China, is of the opinion that the trouble is at an cgd, 8o far as the legation is concern- ed. The Chinese government views the present situation in the Chien-tao di trict, between Korea and Manchuria, with considerable uneasiness, and for several da past this matter has eclipsed the various Manchurian aues- tions in interest. Officials here say. that justice in Chien-tao, where Jap- anese are concerned in its administra- tion, is impossible, citing as an exam- ple, among other things, the faet that Japan refuses to punish certain of her gendaymes who recently killed an un- armed Chinese police officer in Chien- tao. Further trouble at any moment in this district Is consequently feared. AMERICA'S WORK IN EAST. Consul General Wilder Says United Sta Is Justified by Results. Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 15.—That the United States justified in her oriental policy by results in the Phil- ippines; that she is the only coloniz- ing country in.the world that has de- veloped the individual; that “the Washington government preserved the integrity of China after the Boxer troubles; and that the Chinese leaders of the future are belng educated in America, were some of the conclu-* sions of Amos P. Wilder, American consul general at Hong Kong, in a lecture here. yesterday. He pronouhced the edict of 1905, which. introduced a new educational’ curriculum, the most important thing that has ever happened to China. Tha " oriental people, he declare, show not the smallest sign of decadence, and. are the most industrious people in the world. Mr. Wilder approved the work of- American missionaries, who, he said carry with them Christian civilization, the only means of developing any- peoplé to the highest standard. Ambassador Reid Coming Home. London, Aug. 15.—Whitelaw Reild, the. American ambassador at Lordon, lef: Liverpool yesterday on the steamship- Mauretania for New York. The nego- tiations regarding the Hankow-Sze- Chuen railroad loan, which prevented his sailing with the members of his’ family, have not yet been concluded, but for the present they have been. transférred (o Peking, and Mr. Reld's abgence rrom London is therefore pos- -~ sible. Fle will return to his post on o 1 Free Entry for Am -: Cattle, Washington, Aug. 15.—Cattle from ' the United States hereafter will bey allowed importation into the Ar-nuna Republic. The state d ‘m‘“‘ k- n'-n.:d ““..n r-nu na has ued & - against such entry. Bix Ameri- ®