Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 21, 1909, Page 1

1 - EXCITING ESCAPE Steamer Belonged to Peoria and La Salle Packet Company and was on Trip Up lllinois River, with Twenty-five Passengers and a Crew of Fifteen—Steamer Beached in Four Feet of Water—Heroic Engineer. Peoria, Ill, Aug. 20.—The steamer Fred Swain, Capt. Verne Swain, of the Peoria and La Salle Packet com- pany, with twenty-five passengers and fifteen sailors aboard, burned down to the water today after the flaming craft had been piloted into four feet of wa- ter and the occupants had escaped to the bank of the Illinois river, up which the steamer was bound when it caught fire. Joseph Casrider, the en- gineer, was burned about the face and body, and Charles Reicheberger of Peoria suffered a broken arm. Property Loss $25,000. ‘The loss is $35,000. Several of the _passengers lost their belongings. Passengers in Panic. The escape from the burning vessel of the passengers, most of whom were weomen and children. was exciting and at one time panic reigned. Fears were partly calmed as the burning steamer drew near shore and scores of row- Boats were seen hurriedly putting out to the rescu Gangplank Caught Fire. The gangplank was lowered to the water's edge when the steamer had been beached and the rowboats took off a number of passengers and sail- ors. After two boats had loaded and started for shore the gangplank caught fire and fell away from the steamer, letting fifteen persons, including sev- s Flames Discovered in a Stateroom by One of b the Cabin Girls FROM THE VESSEL eral women and cmidren, fall into the water. Lives Saved by Twe Worcester Men. Thomas Powers of Peoria and E. A Caron of Worcester, Mass.,, who wt on the plank when it fell, each saved the lives of two children, half carry- ing and half swimming with the youngsters on their backs and shoul- ders to old tree stumps to await the arrival of rescuers. The others who were thrown into the water by the collapse of the gang pank were taken in boats to safety. Those still aboard the steamer man- aged to let out a new gangway. Fire Broke Out in_ Stateroom. The fire was,discovered in a state- room by a cabin girl. ‘Al efforts to subdue the flames proved fruitiess, and Captain Swain ordered Pilot Mar- tin Huston to beach the boat and in- structed his crew to deal out life pre- servers. Heroic Engineer Casride: Engineer Casrider after attending to the boilers to guard against an explo- sion, went to the pumps, remaining there until the flames licked his face. Severely burned and almost blind, he turned to escape, only to find that a rowboat which had been left for him had caught fire. He got into the boat, however, and, beating the flames from him and rowing hard, reached shore. He was taken to a hospital. TROTTER LOU DILLON HOME. Her Owner Arrives from Europe with Accounts of His Trip. New York, Aug. 20—C. K. Billings @nd E. E. Smathers arrived here to day on the Mauretania. Mr. Billings was enthusiastic over the showing made by his horses on the other side. “They were sent to the other side as you will remember,” he said, “about four months ago, and I followed some time later. Those that were brought back are now at my stables near Fort George, having arrived here on the Bluecher a few days ago, Lou Dillon is among them. Delight, who steps along in about 2.10, did not make the Journey he nor did Fleming Boy, Who traveled in 2.07 §-4. Delight 1 ‘the German government ing Boy I turned ovet to Rus- s {‘ spent most of my time abroad in Germany, Russia and Austria. These rv-.r_tnu have imperial studs, and it was at the request of the govern- ments that I weént abroad in order to ‘¢tve exhibitions with my horses. The | w.h of racing between their trot- and ours, however, I8 pretty much out of the question. Their marks stand on an average about eight seconds behind those of our horses. Delight and Flemish Boy were turned over to their new owners In order that they may be used for cross-breeding with the European animal NEW COLLIER I8 ALL RIGHT. Naval Trial Board Speaks Well of the Government t Mars. Newport, News, Va., Aug. 20.—With the naval trial board and W. A. Wood, superintendent of the constructing company, on the ship, the United States naval collier Ma®s, the latest product of the Maryland ‘Steel com- pany. Sparrows Point, Md, arrived in ampton Roads last’ night from her official speed and endurance tests off the Virginia coast. The senior officer of the naval board announced that the trial of the colller was highly satis- faetory. No figures of the &peed, coal consumption, and other detalls of the trial were given out. FIRE IN AMERICAN EMBASSY. But Put Out Before the Firemen of Paris, Aug. 20.—Fire broke out this afternoon at the Amerfcan embassy, in the Avenue Kipber, but the flames were extinguished before the arrival of the firemen. The only loss was some burned curtains. Ambassador White was at his resi- dence at the time, but Second Secre- tary Bailly-Blanchard and Third Sec- retary Pierrepont, with the embassy clerks, carried water in pails, and the excitement was soon over. The flames started among some loose papers in oreroom. ¥t St OYSTER SET A FAILURE In Nartagansett Bay and Long Island Sound Same Conditions Prev: Providence, R. I, Aug. 20.—The oys- ter set in Narraj st this year is failure, which i$ rendered more Serious by the same conditions pre- valling in Long Tsland sound, which is usually depended upon for a large part .‘ce seed oysters. ery year millions of oysters are “planted.” Last year there was a phe. memenal sect, but it takes the young oyster from three to five years -to mature. ENGINEER KILLED IN !;IS CAB. Death Not Discovered Till Train Had Gone Half a Mil Moundsville, W. Va., Aug. 20.—When supning through the vards_here early today, J. R. Barg, engineer of a Bal- timore and Ohlo passenger train from Bajtimgre to Pittshiirg, was killed by a telegtaph pole that protruded from a_fiat car, striking him and tearing off the top of his head. The train ran for half a mile hefore the fireman dis- PERSISTENT SUFFRAGETTES Dislodged from Roof of St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow. Glasgow, Aug. 20.—Three rain- joaked and benumber but still valiant suffragettes were this afternoon dis: lodged from the roof of St. Andrew’ hall, where the Earl of Crewe, secre- tary of state for the colonies, was booked to speak tonight. Strict or- ders had been issued to exclude all women from the hall, so the suffra- gettes decided to break into the build- ing through the trapdoor on the roof. | In the middle’ of the night the three women secured a ladder and climbed to the roof, where they hid behind a cihmney waiting to put their plan in- | to operation. When they were dis- covered they ‘were nearly perishing from wet and cold, but they declined to come down and much difficulty was experienced in_removing them from their perilous position. ; STORMS ALARM PITTSBURG. - Two of Them, Lasting Half an Hour Each, Block Traffic. Pittsburg, Aug. 20.—Wind, rain, hail and tning threw this city ahd the neighborhood into a state of alarm to- day. Windows were broken, cellars were flooded and several persons were injured by frightened horses. Wire communication suffered and traffic was blocked. There were two storms, each lasting half gn hour. One woman died of fright, a panic occurred in a street car .which was struck by lightning and a house roof was ripped off while the inhabftants lay in bed during the violent electrical storm today. g Telephone and telegraph lines were for the greater part '}nc.p.cxmea. Bridget Conley fell dead'after a par- ticularly loud peal of thunder. The loss caused by the storm will exceed half a million dollars. TO BE RETIRED NEXT WEEK. Rear Admiral Swinburne Began His Naval Career in 1862. Washington, ' Aug. 20.—It was an- nounced at the navy department today that Rear Admiral William T. Swin- burne, recently detached from com- mand of the Pacific fleet and now on duty at the naval war college at New- port, R. L, will be transferred to the retired list next Tuesday on account of age. He is from Rhode Island and began his naval career in September, 1862. He has held his present rank since July, 1906. During his forty-three years of active service he has been at sea more than tyenty-six years, a longer period than any of contemporaries. FROM NEW YORK TO BOSTON. Long Hike of Two Guardsmen t> Try /Out New Knapsack. Hartford, Aug. 20.—Two soldiers from the Twelfth New York infantry passed through this city about noon today on their way from New York to Boston. They left New York Monday morning and their reason for “hiking” to the Hub city is to test out a new kind of knapsack which they are wearing and which was gotten up by one of the officers of the Twelfth regiment. Tt is claimed that it is far more comfortable than the old style, and the soldiers re- port that thus far they have found such to be the case. THAW IN MATTEAWAN. | Privileges Recommended by Court Are Denied, Albany, Aug. 20—Harry Kendall Thaw yesterday began the grind of life incarceration for the Killing of Stan- ford White. He has taken up the usu- al course of other pallents at the Mat- teawan nsane asylum and has been denied all the special privileges recom- mended by the court. The asvlum authorities hold that the rules shall apply to all priscners alike, no matter what courts may suggest or lawyers plead. Spec govered the accident. “Killed San Jose, Cal, Aug. 20—Henry La Franc and his wife were killed and thelr three yezr old daughter was seri- ously injured yesterduy, wheu an anu- tomobile in which they were riding was struck By an Interurbgn car. Mrs. @ Franc was o niece of Delphin M. dmax, the attorne, \ “Killed by Embankment Cavs Alexandria, Va., Aug. 20.—H. gell Wise, nineteen vears old, and James Dean, twenty-one years old, e buried alive yesterday through tent caving _in hours to Russian Revolutionists Rob Train. Kislovodsk, Russia, Aug. 20—A band of fifteen revoiutionists have perpe- trated a successful train robbery near here, as a result of which they are $15,000 richer. They boarded « mail train bound for Rostov-on-the-Don as passengers. At a given signal they assembled, held up the train and rob- bed the rallroad cashier. Enormous Damage by Forest Fires. ‘Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 20.—The gov- ernment report on forest fires in Can- ada during -the lasi year shows that the damage to timber was $25,500,000 nd that twenty-one lives were lost. ;’my millién fest of timber- were burned in British Columbla urst August two ereigns, distance run here today W %nelll’ ‘Whitney’s Blue 'l colt third. . P, It Thirteen horses o Berlin, A 20.—The foreign office has netified o American embassy thal will send the cruisers Dres- den :3 and the schoolships Hertha and Vi Luise to repre- sent the government at the Hudson- Fulton celebration. » Berlin, Aug. 20.—Over the signatures of Emperor Willam and all the state ministers, the Official Gazette today publishes an enactment authorizing an outlay of 224,914,000 marks (about $56,000,000) for the extension of the Prussian state railroads and the con- struction of proposed secondary lines. Paris, Aug. 20.—Jean Gaston Dar- boux, permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences and mmeber of the institute, will represent ce of- sicially at the Hudson-Fulton celebra- tion to be held at New York. He will sail with the French squadron, which will be commanded by Admiral Jules L. Lepord. FLYING AEROPLANES MAKE STRIKING SPECTACLE. Last Practice Day at Rheims—Ease and Facility of the Wright Machine Successfully Demonstrated. Rheims, Aug. 20.—Aeroplanes flying in straight lines or making wide turns or wheeling abrutly, traveling slow or fast, and low and high, was the strik- ing ‘spectacle offered 15,000 persons on the field of Betheny today. Two slight accidents occurred. M. Dumanest, driving an Antoinette machine, came to the ground sideways and broke one of the runners of his aeroplane, and M. Goffroy, in an Esnault-Pelterie monoplane with bright red tails, had accomplished a fiight of a kilometer when the machine struck a hedge, de- molishing its propeller. It will require two days to repair this later injury. This was the second last practice day before the commencement of the prize flights of aviation week, and many of the aviators took advantage of the beautiful weather to try out their craft. Glenn H. Curtiss, the on- ly American who is to compete in the races commencing Sunday, was. given an ovation after a successful practice flight of seven minutes. Although the motor of his machine was a bit erratic the biplane ed straight on its, course and without swaying: 3 Mr. Curtiss was greatly pleased with the performance and declared that he‘ now was ready for the races and had no intentiox of further risking demol- | ishing the machine in useless prelimi- | nary flights. Hubert Latham also was applauded for a spectacular flight of ten minutes and the crowd broke into cheering as M. Bleriot, driving a small forty-horse- power monoplane, made a series of manoeuvres during which he demon- strgted his masterful hand at aviation. Sommer, who _recently; though unofficially, beat Wilbur Wright's rec- ord for duration of flight, speeded across . the platcau during the after- ;I:.n and ‘"h(h.b‘ l?hll(hl in the hlh”i M by Spectators that he had descended, but-arter a lapse of time he suddenly reappeared. When he landed he announced that he had made a voyage to the village of Vinny and return. During the evening there was some wind, but Count de Lambert and M. Lefebre, both piolting Wright biplanes, | | braved the breeze and simuitaneously made evolutions which demonstrated the ease and facility with which ma- chines of the Wright model may be sailed. The aviators are chuckling tomight over an offer received by Augustus | Post, secretary of the Aero ‘Club of | America, from a Frenchman weighing 250 pounds, who says he will give $100 to each and every aeroplanist who will take him with them in their flights. MURDERER' CONFESSED. Georgia Farmhand Killed Wealthy and Refined Young Woman. Douglas, Ga. Aug. 20.—Declaring that he had rather see her dead than to sce her married to another, Wil- liam McLeod, a farmhand, today con- fessed to Sheriff Ricketson that he murdered Miss Mattie Graham, a wealthy and refined young woman, whose body was yesterday discovered | in a swamp near her home at Hokes- boro, Coffee county. McLeod declared he left his work and went to the house before dinner and asked for Miss Graham. Being informed that she had gone to her field for a melon, he followed and “ound her. Both started back towards the house side by side. Coming to a branch path near the house, he let her precede him. When at her back he caught her by the left arm and cut one side of her throat. She turned and looked him in the face and exclaimed: “Lord have merey!” Then he finished cutting her throat and cut her side as she fell. He stamped her in the face, washed the blood from his knife, face and overalls, and when dry went to the house and ate dinner. While he loved her, he said he had never told his love. GEORGIA NEGRO LYNCHED. Henry Taylor Strung up to Tree— Body Filled Bullets. Fitzgerald, Ga., Aug. 20.—Henry Taylor, a mnegro ex-cohivct, charged with assaulting Mrs. Josh M. Vickers Tuesday, and then murdering her an@ her infant, was taken from the sheriff of Wilcox county, between Lumpkins Ferry and McRea, and -lynched today, according to reports reaching here to- night. The crime of the negro was a most brutal one, Mrs. Vickers and her eight months old baby were left at their home at Lumpkins Ferry Tuesday aft- ernoon, and that night when the hus- band and father returned from his work both his wife and baby were missing. A search revealed the fact that they were not at the home of a neighbor. Search for them was imme- diately commenced. Thursday after- noon the bodies were found in a small pond near the Vickers home. The woman had been assaulted and then choked to death, while the baby's skull had been crushed. After being strung up to a tree, Tay- lor was filled with bullets. L PRETTY BRUNETTE ARRESTED. Charged With Making Handbook on STORM'S PATH TWO | 3 BY 8IX WIDE. LOSS WILL BE HEAVY = Also Practically Ruined. Kent, Conn., Aug. 20.—A heavy elec- ly ruining the corn-and tobacco crops. The storm cut a path two miles anqg six miles wide through Kent an space, and of résults which weary. Following is a the past week: crop is almost complete, it being ready to cut. The loss, as near as it can be estimated, will reach $20,000. . Thempsonville Also Suffers. Thompsonville, Conn., Aug. ‘20.—A hail storm of about twenty minutes duration passed over. the W Melrose sections of the town: late to- day, seriously. damaging if not ruining between seventy-five and one hundrea acres of tobacco.. While the loss can- not be accurdtely estimated, it will probably be about $25,000. SHOT HIS COMMON-LAW WIFE IN OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE She Had Run Away with Another Man —Trailed by Her Husband. Wilkes-Barr: Pa., Aug. 20.—George Marion, aged 52 years, of Allanta, Ga., shot and killed iiis common-law ' wife in the office of the chief of police in this city tonight. Marion and the de- ceased, who was formerly Miss Fran- ces Lee of Zion City, IIL, had, it is alleged, been living together as hus- band and wife for seven years. The murdered during the winter was a the- atrical advance agent and a Pullman car. conductor-during the summer. Several weeks ago, it is claimed, the woman ran away with another man, taking her child with her. Ma- rion traced them to this city, and through the chief of police he arrang- ed to meet his wife at police head- quarters tonight. When they met at police headquar- ters he kissed her and both appeared happy. Turning to Chief of Police Long, Marion asked the latter to step from’ the office a few moments while he spoke to his wife in_private. The chief, thinking he was accomplishing § kind ‘act by bringing man and wife to- gether, readily -consented. As soon as he left the room, Mariom asked his wife if she would return with him. She refused, whereupon he pulled a revolver and hot her dead. Marion was sent to jail. B AGAINST NEW HAVEN ROAD. Coroner Finds It Was Contributorily Responsible for Death of Man and Wife at Stony Creek. New Haven, Aug. 20.—That failure on the part of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad company to provide reasonable, precautionary and, preventive measures at-the Stony Cregk depot was cdntributory to the deaths of William J. Walker and his wife, Ellen T. Walker, who were kill- ed on the evening of July 31 last, by being struck by an express train as they were about to take a train for their home at Leetes Island, is held by Deputy Coroner Philip Pond in his finding on the deaths, announced fo- day. After going at length into the cir- cumstances surrounding the killing, and describing how the man and his wife had been crossing the tracks to get to the rear of the accommodation train when the express bore down upon them, the deputy coroner con- cluded: “I find that said deaths were caused by injuries received by being struck by the locomotive of said express train in_the manner aforesaid, and that sald deaths were contributed to by neglect upon the part of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road Co. to provide reasonable, pro- tective, precautionary and preventive measures at said place.” TEXTILE WORKERS To Ask for Restoration of Wages to Take Effect Sept. 15. New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 20.—At a meeting of the New Bedford textile council held tonight, it was voted to the Saratoga Races. ‘Washington, Aug. 20. Lyons, a pretty brunette, who gave her age to the police as 30, was arrested here today, charged with making a handbook on the Saratoga races. The police seized a lot of paraphernali: Mrs, Julia A. instruct the secretary to write 0 cot- ton manufacturérs, usking that a res- toration of wages paid the operatives in this city previous to March, 1908, be made, the restoration to take effect September 13. 18 1908 the wages of the 20,000 op- eratives here were reduced ten per To Connecticut Growers in Towns of | Alleged Attempt to Fire Pressed Steel Kent and Thompsonville—Corn Crop | Car Co. Plant — Constabulary and trical storm, accompanied by hail, | tempt to set fire to the plant of the swept over this place today, practical- | Pressed Steel Car company ‘at McKees Ke’m Hollow. The loss to the tobacco | over a hundres Bultin Ads. Prompt ngiries-Make Sals The Bulletin is always glad to get evidence of the value of its pleases advertisers. Mr. Wilcox of Westerly, under date of August 19th, change of adv.—please atténd to same. many inquiries from my adv. in your paper and made one sale.” " Such testimony is net uncommon. People having good property for salé will find that it will pay them to advertise in The Bulletin if they want to turn it into cash. Sitti does not dispose ‘of it, first telling readers about it who are able to buy it, and are rushing for just such a piece of property does. Send for a rate card of The Bulletin's give it a trial as a salesman that talks all the time and never gets The Bulletin is_left at the door of subscribers daily for 12 cents a week. There could be no better time to subscribe than now. ysummary of the matter printed in The Bulletin Bulletin Telegraph Loen: Gener L Saturday. August 14 104 159 906 1169 Honday. August 16 96 122 205 423 Tuesday, August 17 101 139 247 487 Wednesday August 18 105 118 196 419 Thursday ~ August 19 97 87 2R 396 Friday. August 20 86 116 179 381 Toia, - - - - 589 741 1945 3275 rallop and | DISPERSED BY DETAIL OF STATE TROOPERS. DISORDER AT MC'KEES ROCKS Deputies Busy—Ominous Quiet. X / - Pittsburg, Aug. 20.—An alleged at- Rocks early today, followed by much disorder when the striking employes of the car company fired several shot sat 4 new men who were iam A 1909; I enclose T will say that 1 have had up with valuable property advertising space and being taken into the works about noon, kept the state constabulary and deputy sheriffs on the alert for twelve hotrs today. New cars shipped away today indicate that the company is success- ful in operating the works at least on a m;!l scale with the imported work- Late today an ambulance carried & workman from '-thé ‘plant by the Schoenville entrance and a rumor was in circulation that the man was in- jured in the plant and died en route to the hospital. Neither the hospital authorities or the company officials would deny the rumor. Troopers Arraigned. Charged with aggravated assault and battery, Troopcrs Wolf and Davis of the state constabulary were arraigned for hearing before an alderman today. The case was dismissed on account of conflicting _testimony. The informa- tions on which the troopers were ar- rested were made by a striker as the result of the alleged beating on the night of Aug. 7. when troopers were called to the strike zone to quell a dis- turbance. Women Sympathizers Excited. The women strike pathizers be- came excited during the afternoon and Amazons numbering about 500 gather- ed at the gate of the car plant and threw heavy paving stones over the stockade. A detail of state troopers dispersed them. The women later gathered near the car company’s restaurant and resumed their stone throwing. Inside of the restaurant at the time were many clerks and office employes of the plani. Suddenly the windows were shattered and_ stones began flying about the heads of the men in the place. Again the mounted troopers rode into the crowd of foreign women and plied their riot clubs lustily. Strike Breakers Want to Quit Stockade Late today a brick with a note at- tached was found outside of the car plant stockade. The note read in part: “We want to get out of here. Can't you help us?" The note was turned over to the sheriff, who will investigate jts source, Early today bundles of fagots soaked in oil were found lighted near the paint house of the car plant. The al- leged’ incendiary attempt to burn the plant will be the subject of a rigid in- vestigation by deputy sheriffs. Ominous Quiet at Night. Tonight at 8 o'clock conditions in and about the car plant were ominous- ly quiet. FORGED $50,000 CHECK. Stenographer Arrested—Part of Money Recovered. New York, Aug. 20.—Charged with forging the signature of Heinrich Schniewind, Jr., president of the Sus- quehanna Silk ‘mills, to a check for $5,000, Heinrich C. Wolff, a stenogra- pher and secretary to Mr. Schniewind. was arrested today. The poiice say they recovered $4.481 of the proceeds of the check from Wolff and that he said he had just sent $500 to his par- ents in Mexico City. Wolff is.about 25 vears old and lives in Richfield Park, N. J. It is charged that he abstracted a blank check from President Schniewind’s office yesterday and, making it call for $5,000, cashed it at the National Park bank. Shortly afterwards the bank officers notified Mr. Schneiwind. In the meantime Wolff had disappeared, but was soon found by detectives. - Terrible Railway Disaster Near San- tiago, Chili. Santiago, Chili, Aug. 20.—A terrible railway disastey occurred today when two trains came into collision thirty miles north of Santiugo. Many per- sons were Kkilled or injured. Both trains were completely destroyed. The monetary loss will reach $130,000. 120 Days in Jail for Carrying Revolver. New Haven, Aug. 20.—Found gullty of carrying cealed weapons. Ed- ward D. Moran was today sentenced used in making bets with “customers, Mrs. Lyons was released on $1,000 bail and_ will be ‘tried next month . Wil T.vons. her hushand., was also ed under & similar charge, tre pofice alleging that he-co-operated ;fl‘h his wife-in fostering-and promot- cent., the Rhoce Island cotton mill ownrs, who employ 25,000, follogsing with a similar cut. Frayne's Decision in 20th Round. San Frencisce, . 420.- the gion- over in the, city court to 120 days in jail and ten days on a charge of breach of the peace. It was alleged he ex- hibited a ‘ravelver in the face of A. John LW with whom he had quars g e "1‘.’...“‘{2‘.‘;.’.' was o him with & club | || republican majority. bill “African fon | without mfindgeh_t. Two Persons Were B Rorses attuched to a_fre away at Manchester, N. H. Eugene H. Outerbridge was elected chairman of the committee of eleven mnamed by the New York One Hundred. The Mayor of Tokio offered twenty thousand cherry trees to President Tatt for the new park on the Fotomac. The State of Arkassas fied suits against sixty-five insurance compgnies operating in the state, asking pendlties of $65,000,00. ,n\in when engine ran Seven Men and a Girl were injured by the fall of a temporary bridge at the approach to the new Manhattin bridge on the Brocklyr side of the river. Greece Made a Moderate Reply to the last Turkish note regarding Crete, leaving the question of the istand's future in the hands of the protecting powers, nal Proceedings by District Attorney Clarke of Kings are b expected as a result of testimony about forgeries of indorsements to sewers bureau pay checks, Arrests in Cri The New Tariff Law requires ship- ment_of goods from the Philippines to the United States to be made direct, and in this fict Washingtun sees a boom for Manila as a port. The Imperial Conference at London agreed on a plan of defence which organizes for mutual aid all forces in the colonies and mother country, the over sea dominions retaining their au- tonomy. According to Testimony before the New York lagislative committee at Madison by J. A. Frear. secretary of state, the Wisconsin primary system has curtailed the power of the political boss, without materially ¢hanging the MISS VIRGINIA PAUL AND W. BROOK LESSIG DROWNED He a Philadelphi Lawyer, She a Leader of Younger Set of Philadel- phia Society—Were Swimming New Jersey Surf. Wildwood, N. J., Aug. 20.~In a fu- tile effort to save the life of W. Brook Lessig,-a well known Philadelphia lawyer, with whom she was syimming in the surf at Wildwood Crest lake toda Miss Virginia Paul, one of the léaders in the younger set of Phil- adelphia society, was also drowned in the swift ocean current. Miss Paul was a_ stepdaughter of Clarence Jeffries, a Pennsylvania rail- road official, and resided at Swarth- more, Pa. She was about 21 years old. She and Mr. Lessig were guests At the cottage of Morton Z. Paul at Wildwood Crest. They entered the surf this aftérnoon at a point below the regular bathing grounds and after the life guards had gone off duty, Both were expert swimmers and were Soon beyond the breakers. After they had swimming for some time imem- befs of the y on the beach noticed Lessig throw up his hands as though in trouble. < At first they did not ap- preciate his danger but soon moticed Miss Paul swimming toward him. She also waved toward'the shore and ap- peared to be calling f# help. The current seemed to be dragging both swimmers further and further from the shore. Realizing at last the struz- gle which was going on before them, those on the beach ran to the life sav- ing station and notifled the crew. A boat was hastily launched and an ef- fort was made to reach the strusgling bathers. Lessig had disappeared from view in spite of Miss Paul's efforts to reach him. Miss Paul continued her unequal battle with the surf, but be- fore the life boat reached her she too had been swallowed up by the huge waves. Neither body has been recov- ered. SOLVING THE MURDER. Light Thrown on the Death of Chinese Woman in New York. New York, Aug. 20.—When Bow Kum, the Chinese woman murdered in Pell street here on Suni/ v last, mar- ried Chin Ling in San rrancieco and fled with him to Ch she signed her death warrant, according to Chin Ling’s story, whic poiice say, is bore out by investigations leading them to arrest today two Chinamen, one of whom had been named by Chin Ling as having thres-=ned his life and that of his Chinese bride. The Chinamen arrested today were Chu Wal, a laundryman, and Lou Tong, both living in Pell street here. The police made the arrests on Chin Ling's story that Lou Tong was the Chinese girl's admirer in San Fran- cigco, but that he had probably aban- doned her, and then Chin Ling had found her and married her; that Lou Tong afterwards demanded the girl, and that, to escape him, the two con- tinued their flight to New York, where the persistent Lou Tong soon appearcd and, according to Chin_ Ling, threaten- ed that if Chin Ling did not give up his bride both Ling and the girl would be murdered. “The On Leon Tong will kill you,” was the threat made. according to Chin Ling's story. The police declare their belief that the mystery of the murder will soon be cleared up. TO PRESERVE BRITISH EMPIRE, Conference on Naval and Military De- fence Ends Its Labors. London, Aug. 2 he delegates to the eonference on the naval and mill- tary defence of the empire concluded their Tabors at a plenary session held at the foreign office today, and the results of the conference must now be submitted for ratification to the colonial governments. 3 The broad principle agreed upon is that all the forces of the empire, hoth naval and military, shall be so organ- ized as to be in a position to render efficient service in an emergeney i any part of the empire, fully con- serving at the same time the local au- tonomy of the oversea dominions. WORK FOR THOUSANDS. Columbus Pfant of Carnegie Company to Start Up. Columbus, (., Aug. 20.—Orders hay¢ béen issued by the Carnegie Steel come pany to place its plant st Colmmbus | operation as soon as_possible. This probably will not be before Sept. 10 The Columbus plant has been idle for abeut two vears, but ing the last two' months has been undergoing re. pairs. Seversl thousand nwn will be glven employment Full Time at Westinghouse Works. Pittsburg, Aug. 20.—The entire force of the Westinghouse Electric _and Manufacturing company at East Pitts- ‘burg has been placed upon: full time, “thousand empioyes- are - af- ¥ ¢ vaders Did Commander of Defenders Contends that the In- Not Win - _UMPIRES TO DECIDE QUESTION. Red Reciments Already on Way Home, the Blue Forces to Lreak Camp this Morning—"eaceful Towns, which but a Few Hours Aco were Racked by the Tread of { ontending 4rmies, Now Ereathe Easier. Hanover, Mass., Aug. 20.—wnether the Red army effected the capture of Boston' in the war game remains to be decided by the umpires in charge | of the manocuyres. n. Tasker H. | Bliss contends that his army had the | theoretical advantage when the hostil ities were suspended yesterday. Ac- | cording to his view, he had the road to Boston open and a force far su- perior to that of the defending army at Hanover Four Corners, when the fighting ceased. He considered that after having reached Hanover Four | Corners ahead of the main body of the | Blue army of defence, he had virtually Bained the key to the capture of the city. Pew Claims Victory. On-the other hand, Gen. Wililam A. Pew says his men gained a The fire that was opposed Lo the in- vaders at Hanover Four Corners | would have caused a terrible slaugh- | ter in geal war, he declares. Red Regiments Homebound. Joston, Aug. 20—With the regiments | of the Red army on the way to their | homes and those of the Blue prepared | to break camp early tomorrow, the | scene of the late war game in south- castern Massachusetts is fast return- ing to its normal appearance, and the inhabitants of Middleboro. Bryantville and other fields of mimic battle are resuming their usual manner of life undisturbed by the presence of sol- diery or the sound of gun The to fifst of the Red army eave the scene of theoretical carnage were the New York regiments, the Fourteenth, the Twenty-second and the crack Sev- enth. These went by train to Fall River, re they embarked on the Sound mers Puritan and Pilgrim, and the freighter Boston, with their baggage, this afternoon. Connecticut Men on Transports. In Boston harbor tonight, the Unit- ed States army wansports Sumner, McClellan, Meade and Kilpatrick were tied up at the docks of the New York, New Haven & Hartford raiiroad, awalting the arrival from the seat of war of the Connecticut and District of Columbia soldiers. The Connecticut regiments were expected to go aboard the transports and leave for New Hu- ven late tonight or early tomorrow, but the District of Columbia troops had accepted an_invitation to pass a day at the camp of the First corps, ca- dets, in Hingham, and it waé uncertain just when they would leave for home. Umpires Sail for New oYrk. The steamer New Hampshire of the New Bedford-New York line carried arge number of umpires and - other regular army offiters when it left New Bedford for New York tonight. These officers have for the most part been attached to the headquarters of Maior General Leonard Wood, the chief um- pire of the war game, at the White farm, in North Rochester. Fighting Tenth Cavalry Start Over- land for Fort Ethan Allen. A start was also made during the day by the colored cavalrymen of the Tenth regiment, U. S. A., who figured 80 prominently in the war manoeutres as scouts at the head of the army of the Red. They left overland for their post at Fort Ethan Allen and tonight went into camp at Braintree. Strenuous Days and Nights Are Over. In order to fill out the required tour of duty of one week, the Massachu- setts troops, under Brigadier General William A. Pew, which constituted the defending army of the Blue, remained in camp near Hanover, all day, most of the soldiers devoting the day to rest, which was much needed, after their strenuous days and nights of march- ing and countermarching. Orders will be given probably to break the Blue camp tomorrow morning. NORTHERN MEXICO IN N POLITICAL UNREST. Trouble Feared Aithough Authorities Have Situation Well in Hand. Mexico City,, Aug. 20.~A _special @espatch from Monterey to the Mexico Daily Record says: “Not @ weapon of any kind could be bought today. -Half the men of the town are carrying concealed weapons. Lodges of clandestine Masons, who recognize General Reyes as chief, are preparing a -demonstration at Alameda. Trouble is feared. ' Mexico City, Aug. 20.—Special news despatches from various parts of northern Mexico agree that the situa- tion_throughout that region is one of much political unrest. General Trevi- no, newly appointed commander of the third military zone, is acting with vigor and decision, and during the last two days troops have been moved quietly and swiftly to places where they will be most needed in case of serious disturbances. The government has well in hand. The trouble centers about the per- sonality of Genéral Bernardo Rey: governor of Nuevo Leon and formerly the situation minister of war. The Reylst party, with branches in every state, has named Reyes as a candidate for the ¢ presidency in opposition to Ramon Corral, incumbent, who has been nom- inated by the administration party. One of the most dangerous elements of the situation according to the Rec- ord despatch is the alleged called meeting of all the clandestine lodges of Masons threughout the Monterey re- glon. It §s asserted that these fraud- ulent Masons have pledged themsely President 33d degree Ma- son_and stand in the estimation of Scottish Rite Masons in the United States. The special despatches say that no general order has gone forth stopping the sale of firearms in Mon- terey, but none is to be hand at any price, because the pawnshops and the stores-.where weapons are kept have sold out their entire stocks. GREAT PEACH CROP. Shipments from Western New York Begin on Monday—Over 2000 Car- load: Rochester, N, Y.. Aug. day begins the shi ern New York's rec 20.—On Mon- of the west- king peach ave been «wrop. Growers and notified that all eading to the peach belt will fur special trains to move the crop. als will carry fruit direct to New York and to the New England market, via Al- bany and Springfield. The crop al- ady picked today is estimated as be- ing from 2,000 to 2,500 cars PRESIDENT TO VISIT MEXICO. dor to Accepts Invitation from Amb; Meet President Diaz. Beverly, Mass, Aug. 20.—President Taft roday accepted an invitation to visit Mexican territory on Oct. 16 next, when he will exchange visits . with President Diaz of Mexico at El Paso nd Ciudad Juarez. Senor Don Fran- 0 Leon De La Barra, the Mexican ambassador, personally conveyed a message from President Diaz to Presi- dent Taft today. Incidentally the ambassador briefly discussed with the Ameriean chief magistrate the situation in Central America. The ambassador declured at the con- clusion of his interview that there was little of political significance in his visit. Later, however, he sent « series of long _c: rams in cipher to the City-.of M. “ President Taft Ix looking forward with keen delight to his meeting with President Dig. Rifle Teams at Camp Perry. Camp Perry, Ohlom Aug. 20.—The forty-nine service and national guard rifie teams who are assembled on the Ohlo. rzmge for the seventh annual competition for the national trophy spent the first of the two days of pre- liminary firing on the 200 vard range at slow and rapid fire and on the 800 yard targets slow fire. The wind was hizgh and the variable light dimmed the iong range targets. On the whole the itistactory BIRMINGHAM IS TIRED OF BEING MADE THE GOAT. Would Welcome Investigation of Hiw Connection With the $50,000 Loan. New York, Aug. 20.—Sterling Birm« ingham, the dismissed loan clerk of the Windsor Trust company, Sia’ today through his counsel that hé was “tired of being made the goat.” An investi- gation was what he would most wel; come; it would give him the chaace to show that throughout his connection with the loan of §50,000 to 51, M. Joyce, a broker for F. Augustus Heinze, he acted under orders from his superiors. The grand jury is anxious to deter- mine this point, because it was on the amdavit of President Young that Birmingham was arraigned today in police court, charged with a misde- meanor in accepting $250 as a fee for his services in pushing the loan through. His bail was set at $500, which he found no difficuity In furnish- ldnr. for further examination next Tues- ay. . Three other men who are now under indictment appeared before Judge Mul- queen today, Charles Katz, president of the Eastern Brewing company; A, D. S, Adams of Boston, and W. L. Clark, time Indicted for forgery and served a sentence at Elmira, were produced to- day before the grand jury, ‘which may now proceed against him as a second offender. Adams’ bail was set at $13,- 000, more than he could find, and the Boston broker is therefore soending the night at the Tombs. Katz had to fur- nish $25,000 and Clark's bail of $12,000 was continued. On request of coung pleading in all three cases was post- poned until next Tuesday. The present attitude of the district attorney’s office is that nothing erimi- nal has been proved against the trust company or its officers. Admitting that the trust company knew the prin- cipals to the loan were to remain strangers, the district attorney holds that there is no evidence thus far to show that the officers connived at the disappearance of the collateral, which subsequently turned up for sale on the curb. \$100,000 NEW. STOCK. Aetna Indenmity Stockholders Vote te Incre: Capital. Hartford, ,\ux.A IF—AI a special | stockholders' meeting of the Aetna Tn- demnity company, held this afternoon: at the home office, 36 Pearl street, it was voted to increase the capital stock by the Issuance of $100.000 new stock, which will give the company a capital of $250,000 and surplus and reserves for tAe protection of policy- holders of very nearly a million dolars. All the stockholders are entitled to their pro rata share of the increase stock at the issue price, 110. Any stock not taken by’ shareholders is already underwritten. BACKED BY ROCKEFELLER. al Conditions in the Orient. Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 20.—Dr. Ernest DeWitt Burton, member of the commission sent out by the Uni- versity of Chicago to investigate edu- cational conditions in the Orlent, is just complieting a trip around the world, and is here before proceeding east, The Investigation which occasioned Dr. Burton's visit in China is a part of a movement backed by John Rockefeller to undertake an extensh educational enterprise in the Orient. The scheme, if carrled out, will re- quire the expenditure of several mil- lion dollars, HIT BY A PITCHED BALL. “Skull Fractured— on Serious. Bridgeport, Aug. —Hit by a pitch. ed ball whilé he Was at the hat“in the fifth inning, August Meerback. aged 17 years, lies at the hospital with a tured skull and concussiom of brain. His_condition is serlous, p bei; g gt Attt Bridgeport Boy i Cendi a note broker. In Clark's case, the.: records of the court of general ses- sions, which show that he was at one