Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 17, 1909, Page 1

195. "IN WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS| Swimmer Makes Gallant Fight for Life when Caught in the Great Sweep 18 YEAR OLD BOY OF NIAGABA FALLS Perished in Rapids which Took the Life of Capain Webb, the Great English Sw ed Boy in His Battle mmer—Score of Persons Watch- Against the Giant Waves— Body Now Visible in Whirlpool. Nlagarh Falls, N. Y., Aug. 16.—Au- gust Sporer, an 18 year old boy of this city, went to his death this afternoon in the whirlpool rapids after a gallant battle with the giant waves between the lower bridges and the pool. Caught in the Great Sweep. With' three companions Sporer went for a swim in the river at the old Maid of the Mist landing. He struck out at once for: the middle of the stream and then turned 'toward the bridges. His companions called to him to turn back, for the current is very swift at that point, but he kept on down stream and was caught in the great sweep, the first break from the smoother waters to_the rapids. Grim Fight for Life, The boy battled for a time against the curremt, but to no avail. Then, evidently realizing that he was beyond human help and was to be carried throwgh the rapids which took the life of Captain Webb, the great English swimmer, and which have resisted ev- ery unaided human effort at passage, he deliberately turned down stream and began a grim fight for life. Watched by Score of Persons. Not in all the history of the river has such a brave battle been witnessed. Sporer went into the rapids swimming strongly and held his own until he struck the giant wave which curls up opposite the ol8 battery elevator. Then he went under and for a second was lost to the view of the- score of people who stood on the lower arch bridge. Again and again he disappeared, only to reappear each time fighting desper- ately against the terriblecurrent, but when within 300 yards of the whirlpool his strength gave out, he sank and was lost to view. Body Now Seen in Whirlpool. Even then he had swum perhaps 100 yards farther than Captain Webb. The body can now be seen in the whiripool, where rivermen are waiting for it to Dbe brought in shore far enough to be caught. NEW YORK PROMOTER SHOOTS HIMSELF IN HEAD. Commits Suicide at“Home of His S ter in Becket, Mass. Becket, Mass., Aug. 16.—David H. Bidwell, about 65 years old, a New York ,promoter, committed suicide at 840 this afternoon by shooting him- ®elf in the head at the home of his sister, Miss Lizzie Bidwell of Main reet. The cause of the act is not own here. Mr. Bidwell came to ket this morning from Pittsficld, where his wife and daughter, Mrs. a Brown, have been stopping at the Wendell home. He appeared to be Dis usual good spirits, but his sister sajd that he had been acting queerly. “He went out into the dooryard and placed a revolver to his lefi temple, the bullet causing almost instant déath. He was born in this town and spent ‘his’ early life here. Besides his and daughter he leaves a nephew, 16.—David H. Bid- 'man Square ho- t, in this city, me for the past - He was a well Gits of Pope Manufacturing Company 8tock to Cohasset Church and Two -Colleges. - ‘Dedham, Mass., Aug. 16.—Many pub- 1ic. institutions are remembered in the will of Col. Albert A. Pope, the bi- gek and automobile manufacturer of ‘ohasset and Boston, which was filed for p here today. Stock of the Pope acturing company valued at $8,000 is left to the trustees of the Pope Memorial church at North Co- hasset, to be used for church pur- and running expenses. Among he institutions receiving blocks of the same stock valued at $1,000 each are Berea college, Kentucky, and Lincoln Memorial university, =~ Cumberland, DYNAMITE IN THE BRONX. Unsuceessful Attempt to Dynamite Bridge Over New York, New Haven + & Hartford Railroad. New York, Aug. 16.—An attempt to dynamite one of the street bridges over the New York, New Haven & Hartford railrgad tracks, which are depressed in a cut through a portion of the borough of the Bronx, failed early today because sufficient explo- sive was not used. A stick of dyna- mite placed within ome of the bases of the bridge made a terrifying ex- plosion, but merely bent some of the steel framework.. A disgruntled workman, formerly employed by the comstruction company, is believed to have made the attempt to destroy the bridge. A WISE SQUIRREL Induced a Washington Policeman to Turn on Water for the Drinks. Washington, Aug. 16.—Were it not for the fact that nature faking in and around the White house is supposed 1o have received a death blow several years ago, the experience yesterday of one of the bluecoat guardians of the executive mansion might be disbeliev- ed by the over credulous. One of the squirrels which long before the pres- ent administration began played about among the big trees and over the fine lawn in front of the White use, according to the aforementioned péliceman, kept running up to him yesterday and then scampering away. As he refused peanuts, the officer could not make out what he wanted. Finally, the officer noticed that every time the squirrel ran away from him the little fellow would make a jump for a water spigot In the grass and ump up at it, as if trying to turn the dle. This gave the officer his cue. ‘With Sherlock Holmes’ instinct, he turned on the water, which was,exact- l:d ‘what the poar dumb creature want- JAPANESE CRUISER COMING. ‘o Take Part in Naval Pageant at 8an Francisco. Tokio, Aug. 16.—It was announced today that the armored cruiser Id- suma will sail on September 15 for Ban Francisco, to take part In the na- val pageant during the celébration of the anniversary of Portala’s discov- ery of the CGolden Gate, which will be held October 19-23. The vessel is nn- der command of Captain Takesyma, and has on board &8 ome of its minor officers Prince Shimadzu, The date of arrival at San Fran- eisco Is set for Ociober 14. After the celebration the crulser will visft Pa- effic coast port: Lake Como Suddenly Disappears. La Cross, Wig. Aug. 16.—Lake Co- maq, 2t Hokah, Mian, a suburb of La W‘%ITB!QUEST.. k a SAILED 11,000 MILES - UNDER JURY RIGGING, Wonderful Feat of Norwegian Bark. Java to New iork. New York, Aug. 16—The Norwegian bark Gartha, which sailed up to. her orage today without the ance of a tug, accomplished a wonder- tul feat of seamanship. The big sai ing vessel, 140 days out from Java, had sailed 11,000 miles under a jury rigging, made up at sea under the most hazardous conditions. % On April 11, in the Bay of Bengal, a squall struck the ship, carrying away her topmasts and sending them over the side, where they threatened to pound a hole in the vessel's hull. It was not until May 3§ that the crew managed to get the jury rigging in shape. The vessel, while rounding the Cape of Good Hope, gn June 10, ran inte another hurricanétwhich carried away a large t of her jury riggi and some of original masts spite all this, move Jury masts werc rigged up and the ship eame into port { unaided. g ~ CHARGED MOB WITH BAYONETS Riot at a Church - Pol cnic Caused by h Sharpshooters. Chicago, Aug. 16.—Twenty persons were: injured last night, when a com- pany of Polish sharpshooters, twenty strong, charged a .crowd of men, wo- men and children with bayonets at a church picnic. The trouble started when the captain of the company hit a boy with a sword because -the youngster did not get out of the way quickly enough to suit the officer, who was drilling his company by electric light. This enraged the crowd. The sharp- shooters were surrounded, and the mother of the boy attacked the cap- tain with a stick, who ordered his company to charge the crowd with bayonets. The crowd, greatly out- The riots became’ general, and the captain of the company was one of the first to retreat. A riot call brought the police, and they arrested ‘five of the sharpshcot-, ers, all of whom were bruised. None was seriously injured. SAID TO FAVOR MORMONS. Discrimination Charged Against Rail- roads in Utah. Washington, Aug. 16.—Discrimina- tion in passenger rates agaiust Ogden, Utah, in favor of Salt Lake City, is charged by the Weber club and the Intermountain Fair association of Og- den against the Oregon Short line and other railroads doing business, in the Rocky Mountain territory. Complaint of the atleged discrimina- tion was made today to the interstate commerce commission, the specific al- legation being that, while a one-fare rate for the round trip was made by the defengant lines from various points to ' Salt Lake City to persons desiring to attend Mormon meetings, a similar rate was refused people who desired to attend the state fair at Ogden. FIFTEEN SKELETONS. Dug Up in Washington—Tragedy of Early American Days. Washington, Aug. 16.—Fifteen skele- tons, lying together in such a position as to indicate hasty burial, and three English copper coins, bearing the date of 1729, found with the skeletons dur- ing the excavation for the United States Medical school hospital. near the banks of the Potomac, bring to light, it is believed, some Indian or piratical tragedy of.early American days. TO RECOVER HARPER DIAMONDS Were Stolen from Widow of Presi dent of University of Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 16.—Recoyery of valu- able diamonds stolen a year ago from Mrs. Harper, widow of Willam R. Harper, president of the university of Chicago, was promised today by de- fectives, who pin their faith on a con- fession made by Leonard Martin, a railroad porter, arrested, charged with another theft.” ©One of the Harper diamonds, vaiued at $1,000, has been recovered in a pawn shop. Death of Richard H. Stearns. Poland, Me., Aug. 16.-—Richard H. Stearns of Boston, head of the dry gouds firm of R. H, Stearns & Ci died at Poland Springs today, after & brief illness. Death was due to age, Mr. Stearns being in his 85th year. At his bedside were his wife and his two sons, R. [1. Stearns, Jr., and Fred- erick R. Stearns. Italian Cruiser at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Aug. 16.—The Italian cruiser Etruria arrived here today from Baltimore for a visit of about Crgsse, disappeared during the night ten days, after whicn it will proceed to Providence and New York. The and when the residents of tie village arose this morning they saw ,only the '- ,meu“ il g local Italfan residents have planned a series of entertainments for the offi- cers and erew. assist- | numbering the soldiers, fought back. | Rome, Aug. 16.—A large automobile carrying five lle w-': wrecked in Rome®today by running down an em- Ellllakdmint. All the passengers were led. _London, Aug. 16.—The British steam- ship Wayfarer, Captain_Wood, from Liverpool Aug. 15 for New Orleans, returned to dock today at Liverpool, the tow rope having touled her propel- er. . Madrid, Aug. 16.—Fighting between the Rif 'tribesmen and the Spanish forces at Melilla was resumed today. 1t is not known yet how general the engagement is, though the despatches say that General Marina is taking the offensive. Constantinople, ~ Aug. 16.—Abdul Hamid, the former sultan of Turkey, who i§ now in confinement in Salon- ica, suffered recently from a slight abscéss of the throat, which made it difficult for him to swallow. He re- fused to submit to an operation, and the trouble eventually remedied itself. This illness gave rise to reports that Abdul Hamid's life was despaired of. CLEVELAND GAS WRECKED BUILDING. hosss - It Up. ond Warehouse Blown Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 16—Seven men and three women, two of whom may die, were injured today, when an ex- plosion of natural gas wrecked the four-story building occupied by the Wirick Moving and Storage company. The debris caught fire and was prac- tically consumed. The roof of the building was lifted high in the air. On the north side the falling wall crashed in upon T. M. McCleary’s saloon, causing consider- able damage. The south wall almost demolished J. C. Meclntyre's meat shop. Immediately folowing the ex- plosion, seven buildings in the neigh- borhood were afire and a conflagration threatened in the district, but quick work on _the part of the firemen saved them. Most of those injured were employed in the storage building. The explosion occurred in the base- ment. Four team drivers in the rear of the building were caught in the falling debris ~ As the flames raged near them they were reseued with difficuity by the firemen. Miss Bea- trice Evans, bookkeeper, was badly burned and cut. Pedestrians were slightly injured by falling bricks, and two or three others were slightly injured by a runaway horse. frightened by the explosion. Frank Wilirck, manager of the storage i | NEW YORK MAGISTRATE'S SYMPATHIES AROUSED | Prisoner Told Story of Stealing Meat for His Consymptive Wit New York, Aug. 16—Wi'lam L. Bancher, a man of 45, who said that he had seen better days and had been driven to desperation by the need of his dying wife for nourishing food, which he had been unable to provide for her, was arrested today, charged § stealing a_guantity of beef. He had possession when arrested. “For several days” said Ba “T have been unable to obtain My wife is a _consumptive and sio 1 dying and 1 had no way to get | nourishing food ‘she necdel. So 1 g | together some toois, shop near my hovse where I used | trade when T 1ad money-and sqr by the rear door. I was on my *w home with the meat when 1 was ar- rested.” The maw's story went 10 the meat w in Breen's sympathies and he det office probation case, in fo investigate- the to vide Mrs, with_anything « might need at the magistrate’s e: pense, Meanwhile he held Bancher in | $1,500 bail for further examination FAMILY STARVING TO dEATH. ‘Deserted by Father and Home Strip- ten years old, all ill from lack of food, | passed last night in the care of the police and ioday will be taken to the Juvenile home, Mrs. Kitzgerald was deserted by her husband on June 1 weeks the family has had nothi live on except what was contributed by neizhbors or obtained by pawning articles frem the home, which already had been nearly stripped of its fur- nishings and sold to obtain food. TAKAHIRA TO RETURN NO MORE, His Successor is Yazuya Ucl Ambassador to Austria. la, Now Seattle, Wash., Aug. 16.—That Baron Takahira, Japanese ambassador to the United States, will return no more to this country, but will be made mini f -foreign affairs by his government, was stated today by well informed Jap anese, who named as his successo Yazuya Ughida, now ambassador to Austria. Baron Takahira sails for Japan to- morrow on the steamer Tango. farewell dinner, exclusively Jupanese, given in a Buddhist temple, the am- bassador told his countrymen that they were themselves in large measure re- sponsible for the ill feeling against them in the United States. A TIPTON BANK REOPENS. First National Had Closed Doors on Disappearance of Assistant Cashier. Tipton, Ind, Aug. 16.—The First National bank of this city, which clos- ed its doors July 26, aftef the dis- appearance of the assistant cashier, Noah Marker, was reopened for busi- ness today. There was no excite- ment. A number of deposits were made and several small amounts were withdrawn. Great bundles of banknotes aggre- gating $250,000 were piled up on the counters behind the desks. Bank of- ficers expressed the opinion that as much money would be deposited today as would be drawn ont. LOST IN ADIRONDACKS. Party ‘of Three from Auburn Discov- ered After Wandering All Night. Utica, N. Y., Aug. 16.—Lillian Titus, D. Sands Titis and Zaydell Beards- ley of Auburn, who were lost in the wood near Fourth lake, Fulton chain, in the Adirondacks, yesterday after- noon, were found this morning, after they had spent the night in wander- ing. They had become separated in the night. Mr. Titus and his sister were found in a be: patch two iles from Nicks lake afid Mr. Beard: fey was found on the Nicks laks trail house, was badly burned. Tiremen | were overcome by smoke. The total loss probably ~ will approximate $100,000. with breaking into a meat shop and: a dress suit case full of beef in his| excited Magistrate | For the last few | to ! ster | At a| MADE THREE SHORT TRIPS IN HIS AEROPLANE. CURTISS INJURED GLENN H. In an Abrupt Landing, but His Con- dition s Not Serious—Hurdicane and Hail Sweep the Aeredrome. Rheims, Aug. 16.—Glenn H. Curtiss, the American aviator, will take part in the “aviation weea’ contests, made two successful trips In. his aer- oplane mnear here "today, each of a few minutes’ duration. But at the end of his third flight, which lasted four minutes, Curtiss made an al land- ing and his machine was sli ly dam- aged. Undismayed, Curtiss at once set about repairing his flier. f Shocked and Bruised. He declared that the machine need- ed only a little tuning up ot be in per- fect shape, and he is elated with its easy operation. Mr. Curtiss is suffer- ing frem shock and bruises, though his condition is not serious. Hurricane, Hail and Rain. A hurricane, accompanied by hail and torrents of rain swept over the aerodrome tonight, unroofing a num- ber of sheds and drenching M. de la Grange, who was making a short flight. SUTTON COURT OF INQUIRY, FINDING REACHED AND SIGNED Court's Report En Route to Washing- ton in Charge of Major Leonard. Annapolis, Md., Aug. 16.—The Sut- ton court of inguiry closed today aft- | er two secret sessions, during which the testimony relative to the death October 13, 1907, of Lieut. James N. Sutton, Jr, U. . M. C., was gone over thoroughly, The finding was reached and signed tonight. What thef are, the members of the court refused to say, as they will be reviewed by the navi® department at ‘Washington be- fore being made public. The findings were signed by the members of the court and by Judge Advocate Leon- ard, who returned to Annapolis_from ‘Washington for that purpose. Major Leonard, guarded by a sergeant of marines, then left Annapolis, carrying the court’s report with him for deliv- ery to the navy department. t ROBBED OF MONEY AND GEMS. Head of Private Pittsburg Detective Agency Comglains to Chicago Pa- lice. Chicago, Aug. 16.—Thomas D. Stew- art of Pittsburg, the head of a pri- vate detective ageney in that city. to night reported fo the police the loss | of money and jewelry worth $500. Mr. Stewart came to Chicago Satur- i«day night“with a man who had in- duced him to come to Chicago on a lue to a Petinsylvania bridge dyna- miter for whom a $5.000 reward was { offered. ~ The detective and his in- | formant took the same room at the | Motel. Stewart told the police. and in the ‘morninz thé’ man was gone, to- gether with the jewelry and money. THROWN FROM CAR INTO CREEK Automobiliste Have Lucky Escape from Death Outside Atlantic City. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 16.—In a blinding rain storm a large automp- bile carrying five men from this city to Philadelpliia, skidded on a bridge panning a creek on the boulevard just outside herc early today, siriking the raillng of | with_terrific force, threw the men in- to the water fiftéen feet below. All were painfully injured, but they es caped death from drowning by m- | ming and wading ashore. The auto- All the injured w zht 1o the City hospital, and all but Rankin, aft- er having their injuries dressed, were able to leave the imstitution. E GREAT HEAT IN THE WEST. | Seven Deaths Reported in Omaha— 96 Degrees Reported at St. Joseph. ©Omaha, Neb., Aug. 16.—Seven deaths were caused in Omaha yesterday by the heat. The maximum' temperature of 96 degrees was reached at 2 p. m. St. Joseph, Mo.. Aug. 16.—Although Sunday was the hottest day in St. Joseph in ei years, the record was broken today when the mercury reg- istered 96 at ten o'clock, one degree iabo\'e yesterday’s record at the same hour. St. Louis, Aug. 16.—Two men died from the heat today and nins addition- al deaths which oceurred oh Satur- day and on Sunday became known today. The government thermometer | registered 90 degrees at twelve o'clock. GREEK FLAG NOT LOWERED. Powers Will Again Be Forced to Lan Troops at Crete. s } ks Canea, Tsland of Cfete, Aug. 16— The provisional administrative com- mittee to which the administration of the island was entrasted when the Cretean cabinet resigned Sunday, took the oath of allegiance to the king and kingdom of Greece. : The action of the provisional ad- ministrative committee in Crete in swearing allegiance to Greece appar- ently indicates-that it is not their in- tention to meet the demands of the protecting powers -and haul down the Greek flag ‘and that therefore the powers will again be forced to land troops 10, Insure the autonomy of the island. ORVILLE WRIGHT IN LONDON. ng in Ger- London, Aug. 16.-—-Orville Wright, who atrived here today from New , will leave for Germany to- morrow. He will do nothing In the flying line here, as, although his aero- planes are complete, the motors for them have mot yet been. deljvered. So far as Mr. Wright knows, the only flying he will do in Europe will be in Germany. He may possibly re- turn to England on his wav home. He has received no communication from the Prigish war office and no arrangements’ have been ide for a meeting between him and British offi- ““?m"t has been _reported in some qua \ X HDNDAY COLDEST AUGUST DAY WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS. ji.u INCHES IN MANHATTAN Temperature Sank to 56—More Rain by Millions of Tons Than in Any August Day Yet Noted. New York, Aug. 1. millions of tons fell on Manhattan Island during the past twenty-four hours than in any August day yet re- corded by the weather bureau. ‘The fliflll.l precipitation was 4.15 inches, almost two inches more than g all the ‘other days of August thus And it was cold—colder than any | day this summer.” The temperature sank to 56, than which only two_colder August days—51*in 1885 and 55 two years ago—are known. Until today the heaviest August rainfall was 3.93 inches in 1888. Octo- ber, 1901, has the record for all months with 9.40 inches on_one:day. Yuma, Arizona, Flooded by R: Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 16.—Great damage was done here today by a heavy rain- storm. For three hours water fell in torrents, covering the streets a foot deep. Streets and alleys in the lower portion of the town were raging streams, A dozen houses crumbled ang families were compelled to move out. Railroad tracks on both sides of the town wer2 washed cut. ~Mere rain by el BANNER YEAR PREDICTED FOR AMERICAN RAILROADS ed Is That There May Be’a Scarcity of Cars. Washington, Aug. 16.—A heavier business than ever has been known I An a single year is looked for ‘by Chairman' Knapp of the interstate commerce commission for American railroads during the = present fiscal vear. The serious situation anticipated not only by Judge Knapp but by other of- ficials of the commission and" by the operating railroad men generally, is that there may be a shortage of cars. The crop prospects are considered so bright that the likelihood is that the railroads and other tramsportation companies may be taxed beyond their capacity to handie the freight that will be offercd to. them. Already, according to figures sub- mitted to the interstate commerce | commission the railroads in consider- able number have recovered from the low business pressure of a year and a half ago, and now are handling al- most as much traffic as they handled in the rush months of 1907, which was {he banner year in American railroa ing. gn the view of Chairman Knapp, the carriers aze now in better position to carry the freight offered ' than they were in 1907 a¥dehe said today that it would not’surprise him if thot vear's record were broken this year. “The rallroads learned a gzood. les- son in 1907, said_Chairman Knapp. “Then they were abeolutely unable to handle promptly the traffic that was offered to them. Since that time they have added materiaily to their eauip- ment, have improved their roadbeds. and in every frespect have increased | their facilities. 1 do not doubt that | this vear will be a red letter period {for them and for the country.” | Generaily it is expocted, however, | that a shortage of cars will result this { fall from the increasing business of {the carriers and some embarrassment - shippers may be looked for as a iby s “| No Further Trouble at the Pressed Steel Car Cos Plant at Pittsburg. miablieWan wreck gt endimg qventle | Sl Al ERE L S side -of the bridge. The occupants of urg, Aug. 16.—No additional ned to Buy. Food. the car were: Tdward Reskiy Priler | imported workingmen were taken ir Chicago, Aug. 15.—-Fohn Fitzgerald, | delphiu. badly crushed leg: James F.|to the plant of the Pressed Steel Car eighteen months old, died vesterday | Marston, Philudelphia, fractured arm; | company this forenoon. Altbough the | from starvation, and his mother, Mrs, | James Boston, left leg bruis- | Strikers are doing picket duty and Mary Fitzzeraid, is ill from the same | €d: F. . Martin, Washington, head/duestioning strangers in the vicinity of b A bovid mice binteea . Dayton, New'| the works, mno trouble has occurred Threc other children, from four to| York, right leg cut since yesterday, when shots were tired at_incoming workingmen. The idle workmen held a meeting at the Indian Mound this morning, while the commissury department distribut- ers. Effords of socialists to monopolize the mecting were unsuccessful and members of a sociaiistic laber organ- ization were ordered .to leave. About 200 strike breakers who ar- rived herc today from the east, were taken into the plant without molesta- tion this afterncon. Before their ar- rival the authorities ordered the pick- Pennsylvania railroad. TAKES PLACE OF 5-CENT PIECE. New Lincoln Cent Used in Telephcne Pay Station Boxes. to the exceeding di telephone compani ver the place of a five-cent/ piece when mak- ing a call. Already many Lincoln pennies have bene found in its pay station boxes by the docal telephone company. Wood Team Driver Killed by Light- ning. Olean, N. Y. Aug. 16.—During, a heavy electrical storm today, John Schmidt of Windfall, near here, while driving on a load of wood, was in- stantly killed by lightning. His cou in, also named John Schmidt, -who was on the load with him, was not injured. Hartford ‘Man on Postal Laws Com- mittee. Chambersburg, Pa., Aug. 1§.— A, Nev- in Pomeroy of this pla president of the National Editorial association, to- in making his appointments placed Henry B. Hale of Hartford, Conn., on the committee on postal laws. Department Store Manager a Suicide. Pottsville, Pg., Aug. 16.—The body of James H. Steelé, manager of a Potts- ville department store, was found to- day in a closet in the stock room of the store with a bullet wound in the head. Ill health is thought to have led hit to end his life. Steamship Arrivals. Af Glasgow: Aug. 15, Columbia, trn:: New YWL“ o " iy _London: ug. 16, Minnewasi from New York. cd bread to thé families of the strik- | S { milcaga falls below ets from the property of the plant and | Washington, Aug. 16.—It has been | discovered that the new Lincein ¢ is five times as valuable, in one spect, at least, s the old Indian- head cent. ng a trifle larger and! heavier than the old.one-cent the nek coin. it ha | among 135 patients in a he L 4 { and- business | played golf in a drizzle duting the late | North shore with Mre. | now sta Prof. Te More, sister of Mrs . wers with the | { president and Captain Butt at the| i loncheon tendered by Mr. and ‘h':l.‘ Hammond. On the occasion of his forenoon it to Des Moines, Tow September 2 President Taft will review a of some 5000 troops of the regular army and afterwa~d will. make aj specch from the reviewing stand. A military tours nt will be in prog- ress at Des N at the time of the | | Joke Played on Merrymaker Termi- SEEEIA | ch ":fi .l'n‘ bles A New York Fire Ca I; Ida T a Panic Lucinda Davis, a Louisville, Ky., negress, died from eating watermelons. Rain Ended the Serious Drouth that has affected regions in Pennsylvania. Miss Helen Klingman Was Killed in an automobile accident at Piere, 8. D. Baron Takahira, the Japanese am- :Mndnr, is in Seattle on his way ome. Morschauser Declared Evelyn Thaw cannot collect any money from Hatry K. Thaw. Former President Eliot tried to cor- rect the impression made by his “new religion.” A Philade’ hia M. became ill and now poisoned it. { Ate Cake and thinks his wife An Official Stated that the reciproci- ty treaties increased the United States export trade. The Commercial National Bank of Chicago predicts an unusually big crop of small grains. Almost Simultaneously a birth and a death occurred on a tourist car on the Burlington route, A New York Taxicab Struck a Girl, serfously injuring her, but did not stop to render assistance. The Old First Methodist Church at Long Branch, N. J., celebrated its onef{ hundredth anniversary. A Man Carrying a Four Year Old Girl was arrested in Philadelphia, charged with kidnapping. Sheriff Faegin, With a Captured No- ro, outwitted a_posse and prevented a ynching at De Soto, Ga. A Great Western Freight ran into an automobile at Ortonville, Minn,, fatally injuring three of the occupants. The Austrian Steamer Atlanta, from Baltimore for Venice, is aground in the harbor of Malamocco, near Venice. The Silver Service from South Da kota to the battleship of that name has never been presented to. the ves sel. the New Haven Conference for The prevention of infant mortality the doctors will consider tha value of .a baby. Cardinal Gibbens, assisted by other noted prelates, dedicated the Catbedral of St. Mary Magdalene at Salt Lake City, Utah. There Are 38 Entries for the aviation competition next week at Rheims, France, including aeronauts from the United States. Present Conditions Indicate that the drouth in_the corn growing sections of Kansas, Missouri and central and southern Tiinois will be broken. William Graulich of Lansing, Mich., shot and killed his wife and then swallowed_ a quantity of carbolic acid, aying soon afterward. ~Both were 19 years ‘of age. La Marguise de Fontenoy in yester- days’ Amerjcan tells of the French re- iations of Germany's new chancellor and notes that men of color are barred from the galleries of the house of com- mons on account of the murder by an Indian revolutionist of Sir Curzon Wyllie. DRIZZLY DAY AT BEVERLY, GOLF, AUTO RIDES AND FUN } President Taft, Free from Business Cares, Passed Delightful Day Mon- day. Beverly, Mhss., Aug. 16.—With no matters of public business to inter- fere, President Taft gave himself over entirely to vacation joys today. He forenoon, lunched with John Hays Hammond at the latters villa and took a long automobile ride up the The pres- ident is daily extending his late aft- ernoon moter trips. The roads and scenery are enticing and the journeys are selected from road maps of the North shore and Cape Ann count One of the president’s trips jast we showed a total distance covered of 93 miles. There is seldom a day that thg General Wickersham,. Sec- MacVeagh of the treasury and Secretary Meyer of the navy, are due in Beverly later in the week to talk over govermnent imatters with the president. Meantime M:. Taft will devote himself entirely to play. Today the president and John Hays Hammond _dcfeated Gen.. Adelbert Ames and W. J. Boardman, their old- me_of golf on Their score | of matches | rubber” will time rivals, the Essex was 01 in a four courty links and the be plaved an president’s visit TRAGEDY AT PICNIC. nated Fatally. 16. Chicago, Aug. Hecavse Thom- as Harve, years old. amused him- self by walking repeatedly around a tree under which his friend. ¥ Jenson, and a_girl were seated. was stitick by Jenson with such force that his head hit the tree and his skull was fractured. his death ensu- ing immediately. The tragedy oc- curred at a picnic and was witnessed by hundreds of merrymakers. Harvey had come unon his friend and the i who had sought a secluded spot, and had congluded that it would be a g joke to annoy. them. He had twelve circuits when Jenson 'he infuriated. Resulting in the Capture ofa Number of Scouts of “Casualties” A TS e Moy RED AND BLUE ARMIES FACE TO FACE and a Score First Real Cl v ash is Looked for Today—Theoretical Fleel ‘of Eattieships and Smaller Craft to Assist Invading. Army by Series of ight Attacks on Boston Harbor - vefences—rorts Reinforced by 720 Men. Boston, Aug. 16.—The, Lela of the war game now being plaved in south- eastern Massachusetts became consid- erably_enlarged tonight, when it was announced that a theofetical fleet of battleships and smaller war craft was on jts way to assist the invading army of the Red by a series of night attacks en the Lioston harbor detenses. _Reinforcements for Boston Forts. The harbor forts today. received re- Lnxorcements When tlie transport Sum- er brought six companies of coast artillery from "New York, a total of 720 wien. The newcomers were dis- triluted among Forts Heath, Canks, Andrews, Watren and Strong, and to- night each of these strongholds was fully manned to resist an_attack by the fleet of the enemy. The “flect” will ‘consist of transports, tugs and mine planters, numbering’ 14" in all and edch. desighated ecither as a battle- ship, cruiser or torpedo boat. They will ‘carry six poundér guns and small | arms instead of the big guns of the real warships and the fire of the guns of the fort~ will be entirely sub-cali ber. This sea war game will be um- pired by Colonel Cronkite, who is in general charge of the naval man- oeuvres, and by Major A, M. Hunter of Governor's island, N. V. Land Forces Drawing Close Together. While preparations were proceeding for this attack on the Boston water front, the two big armies in the south. . the Red, comman by G ¥ % and the Dlue, under the mand of General Pew of the Mas- sachusetts volunteer militia, drew close together during the day and to- night_the opposing camps were sep- 1 com- arated by a few miles only. There were. varfous skirmishes during the day between outposts, a number of captures of scouts w effected, and there were a score of minor theoreti- cal casualties, but no genecral en- sagenwnt was fought The first ceal clash is looked for tomorrow. A Sort of Neutral Ground. General Dliss, in command of the invaders, advanced his front about seven miles, so that his headquarters tonight are at Rock Station, about four miles southeast of Middleborp. The mixed patrol of cavalrymen from Squadron A of New York and the Es- sex troop from New Jersey and a de= tachment of District of Columbia bi- cycle scouts, representing the invad- ers, and a portion of theqBighth Mas- | sachusetts infantry on butpost duty for the defense. This resuited in the Killing™ of tey cavalrymen and six infantrymen, according to the um= pire. It was merely a skirmish, and at its close the two scouting narties fél back to their supporting bodies. Red Cavalrymen Shortsighte Just to the north of this point sim Blue scouts were captured by a cav= alry advance, a mixed patrol made up of “members of several commands, Without knowing it, this mixed patrol was within a very short distance of a strong force of Blue infantry, which was marching toward Middleboro. It was said by one of the umpires tonight had the Red cavalrymen been sufficiently alert, they could have lo- cated this body of Blue infantry, could have sent an orderly back to the main cavalry body, about a mile in the rear, and a strong force would have been hurried around by way of the green to cut off the Blues, a very import- ant capture. Blue Scouting Party Escaped. About noon a cavalry troon ' was halted at a roadside, eating luncheom, when a Blue automoblle scouting par- ty came into view. The Red force tried to stop it, but the machine whiz~ zed by, while an officer on the rum- ble behind opened fire, pumping shot after shot at the cavalrymen, who did not attempt to reply. The incident was related as an amusing feature to- night. Under real war conditions the automobile and the men in it would doubtless have been put out of action by the guns of the cavalrymen. Forty Privates Captured. Before they were ordered to fall back to the rear the scouts of Captain Tyan -of the mixed cayalry captured about forty privates of the Blue scouting parties and oytposts. Theso prisoners, however, were later recap- tured by the Blues and two Red scouts with them. e Blue outposts follow- ed up the retreating cavalry patrols éxact disposition of his troops/was not given out but quite a strong’ forc: is believed to be concentrated near Mid- dleboro. The liae of tie defending army Is a long .ue, extending fromi Taunton on the extreme right to @ point south of Kingston and east of the .Gregt Cedag swamp. Jn Middles boro, W is “about¥atithe center of the front of both armies, the men of the Reéd and the Blue fraternized very sociably: tonight, that being a sort of neutral ground. TEN CAVALRYMEN AND 51X INFANTRYMEN “KILLED” And ‘This was but a Skirmish—Mon- day's Manoeuvres in War Game. Mass. Aug. 15.—For the first time since the beginning of the war game between the army of the Red and the admy of the Blue, the two Torces were tonight in very close touch with each other, only a few miles separating the main bodies while the outposts along the two lines were almost in contact. A general engage ment seems not improbable tomor- row. Red Army in Strategic Position. The situation follows a day which proved eventful a® deciding on which side of the group of lakes north of New Bedford, General Tasker H. Bliss, Rock Station, commanding the Red a would make his advance. While he sent the Tenth _cavalry and the Fou New York infantry toward Station on the extreme movement was only a feint and real advance was along the easterg end ‘of the line. Tonight the head- quarters of the commander-in-coief are not far from Rock Station, which is about four miles southeast of Mid- dlehora, ané is a most strategic posi- tion as a glance at road maps will show. In this position General Bliss is s0 situated that he still may have a chance to move his army quickly around Assawontsetl lLake, past Watch Hill and then swing his fufl stréngth against Gemeral William A. Pew's Blue force on the latter's right wing, or he might even attempt to Obser= nk turn the right in upen itself. vers, however, were inclined to ti tonight that such a move would he fess politic than a qui = around to the left of the Blue a to force a path for the invader tween Middieboro and Plimpton it would mean an attempt to tum the lefk wing and/would afford the advantage {of more territory for manoeuvring, airly zood main and cross plen roads and what feally an ex- ceading eration iwould give the Red army an opportunity to work around to the it it found itsélf in a dapgerous position. 14th New Yerk on Leong of the Red army dur- s over a distance of s for the-main body. the troops had 4 than that, not«’ York re e. ing _the about althot much 1 the Fourteenth N h some of ent, 8o’ closely that they caught two Red troopers and a Blue prisoner. BIG “BATTLE"” TODAY. Middleboro and Vicinity May Be the Scene—A Day of Waiting for the Army of the Blue. s, e Middleboro; ‘Mass.,, Aug. 16.—That the militia and regular members of th two armies which are ranging in th mimic warfare in Plymouth and Brist: counties are equally as ready for frolia as for fight was shown here tonight. Ranks of the Two Armies Fraternize in Middleboro Streets. Although the battle line of the army of the Blue extends from Taunton on the right through Middleboro as the center is still further stretched out the district south of Kingston and e of Great Cedar swampy soldiers of the Red persuasion were the terri- tory tonight for amusement under tha daily neutral period -agréement. The streets of this town were thronged by the soldler boys, those of the Red- banded campaign hats mingling with their opponents, the defenders. In some of the more remote places the men were left to their own devices for pastime, and there the friendly spirit was best manifested. Occupied in amusing themselves, the rank of the two armies were not both- ered with the problems of attack and defense as were the commanding offi cers, In the Blue army General Pew surveved his bulwarks of defense with complacency. Ostensibly satisfied with maintaining his ground, General Pew has yet thrown out a strong advance force, and In one instance, at Star Mill, in this town, today pushed for- ward and successfully repelled the at- tack of the Reds. General Pew’s scouts have kept him tully informed of the Reds’ movemen: and his obfect, while still confined het defense, has simply heen to deploy his forces so that the troops under General Bliss may be effectually check- mated. The positions now occupled by the Blues are believed to be the strongest possible in thedefense of Boston. Ready to Move Instantly Against the Invaders, The basis of this sturdy but still mobile array of defense lies in the di position of the first squadron of cavalry at the right, ready to move instantly to stem any advance of the invaders: in the formation of a military wall eastward from Taunton to Middleboro by the Second and Sixth infantry, and with the fifth, Eighth and Ninth rogi- ments of infantry occupying the trict south of Kingston.and eas Great Cedar swamp. Today was a day of waiting for the army of the Blue. General Pew await ed some positive sign which might fn- dicate definitely the intentions of Gen- eral Bliss, but beyond a generality of possibilities for tomorrow nothing was jearned. On the defensive, General Pew sent out his extreme posts to herrass the Red outposts and it is b lieved they succeeded. which went with the Tenth cavalry to the west side of the lakes. Some of the men of the Fourteenth covered about fifteen miles during the day, which added to a ten mile march terday made them a tired lot of in- fantrymen tonight. As’'a result of ‘the forward ment, most of the force of G Bliss is concentrated nd Rock and Middiehoro, eh was ¢ this afternoon. Just be of the period af one | Bliss drew buck the w York and (he Tenth ry tho ¥ . the move- -loek Wour. aval- coer ener tecuth Big Battle Expeoted. ] It is possible that Middleboro and ita vicinity walll be the scene of a big bat= tle tomorrow, Suit for $100,000 Followed Kicking of & Cat Through Window Screen. W New *York, Aug. 16—Ernest imeltie, New York manager for 4 glove 100,000 b T cause, it Is charged, h through \a W low e his small daughter, nily Jon his cook, bes tked the eat or hed of ihe Sunday n mpment e inain body and hurriedly war thony. aro n hcy are Ahe P fhe morning co York, which in Gituted the - advance Canadian Pacific Str to Work. Fort William, Ont., Aug. 1é. striking nadian Pacific freight handlers went buck to w today, Their differences will be I minister of labor for settlem o . Drew First Cheice in Spokane Reser- vation. Spokane, Madh. Aug. 16— Allen fiewtnné ged_twenty ;‘fluu;. ot Hsitny, ont.. drew No. 1 in the Spokane rea- ervation today. now is the res and Is sepa- from the maiu guard-of the left v #uard of the Re rated by some dista body. Scouts Cl In the forwurd mov of the two armies had several encounters fh the vicinity of Middle« bore- in the half-hour precading the close_of the day’s manoeuyres,. Thera was confliat baiw an” < that the dat seratch: say s her eyes filled wiih a small pacticles of casty iron wire as the cat salled skyward and she estls mates the damage to her sight and hep legsencd chaunces of matrimony &t $100,00 Mmary Prisoner Sawed His Liberty. New York, Aug. 16 —Private Arth D. Gibson, ‘prisoner at Fort Tolf 8. L. awéd “His way to liberty the nose of a guard this afternoon and €scaped. The military authorities no: ified_the police. Glbson 1s 20 Way to panufacturing firm, has been sued for, o %