Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 21, 1910, Page 1

Denies Emphatically that He Went to New Haven to Seek Aid from President Taft in the Empire ‘State Fight— Roosevelt Men to Go to Saratoga Without a Slate— Feeling that Up-State Man Should be Chosen if it is Possible to Agree Upon One. N York, Sept. 20.—Theodore Rooseveit denied today .that he had gone to New Haven, Conn., vesterday to seek the'help of President Taft in the New York state fight and that the president had refused his request. Emphatic Denial. It was pointed out to Colonel Roose- velt that the impression had been giv- en that it was he who sought an in- terview with the president for the pur- pose of abtaining the latter’s aid, and that Mr. Taft had let him know he would add nothing to what he had done in support of the ' Roosevelt-Hughes element In its fight for direct nomina- tions. Colonel Roosevelt denied this emphatically, and said that Lloyd C. Griscom, president of the New York county republican committee, had ar- ranged the interview between the pres- ident and himself. Mr. Griscom con- fimed Colonel Roeseveit in this. Col- onel Roosevelt gave out this statement regarding the interview: The Colonel’s Statement. “Without any suggestion from me, Mr. Griscom asked me’if I would be willing to meet the president, and I #aid that of course I would. He at first mentioned New York as the place of maesting, but wired me at Syracuse on Saturday that it would be New Haven, and thither T went, accordingly. “] sought no help from the president and made no request of the president, directly or indirectly, and had no re- quest to make. Our interview was most cordial and pleasant, and without any question or request from me the president stated to me that he hoped we would win at Saratoga, and that he had se informed Mr. Griscom, his re- marks being in substance those at- tributed to him in the despatches from the eorrespondents from the presiden- tial train, PORTER CHARLTON TO BE ARRAIGNED TODAY For Mls Preliminary Hearing in Ex- tradition Proceedings. New York, Sept. 20.—The mental ®ondition of Porter Charlton, the self- confessed slayer of his wife, Mary Saott Castle Chariton. at Lake Como, Ttaly, promises to be the big issue pre- sented when Charlton is arraigned in Jersey City tomorrow for his prelimi- nary hearing in extradiiton proceed- ings. "It is ‘known that R. Floyd Clarke, attorney for Charlton’s rela- tives, will attempt to show he is in- sane as a bar to extradition, It is expected that Dr. Allan McLane Ham- ilton, Dr. W. J. Arlitz and Dr. Will- iam Ficher, who have had Charlton under observation, will be called to tes- tify that he is unbalanced. Emil Fuchs, the attorney engaged Capt. Henry M. Scott, Mrs. Charl- ton’s brother, to assist in the fight for the prisoner’s extradiion, announced today that he will oppose any attempt to head off extradition by interpesing an inhanity plea. He said: “The New Jersey court has only to deal with twe questions—was a crime committed and is there reason to believe that Charlton committed the crime. On these two questions we can offer un- disputabie proof. SWINDLER AN EX-DIPLOMAT, Cardpy, Accu: diin—;rlnkfort, Was Once in Washington. Berlin, Sept. 'he Mexican who with an Ame! named Becker is charged with having swindled a jewel- er out of $35,000 worth of jewelry about a week ago, has been identified as Civ ilo Cardpy, who was formerly an at- tache of the ' Mexican *Jegation at Washington. He was dismissed from the legation- for embezzlement, it de- velops, and he then went to Paris and becanie a waiter in a cafe. < Then he made the acqaintance of Emil Becker of Chicago, or San Fran- cimce. as now stated. The jeweler whom they swindled was Koch of Frankfort. The pair had previously committed & burglary, with the proceeds of which they went to Munich, where they were errested. EASY TO RAISE THE MAINE. Says So, After gs at Havana. New York., Sept. 20.—There should be little difficulty in raising the wreck- ed battleshin Maine. according to John ¥. O'Rourke, who arrived here today from Havana. He went to Cuba to take soundings Around the Maine. “l am enthusiastic over the pros- pects of raising the wreck,” he said. The soundings and horings show that after sinking caissons around the hulk of the battleshin there ‘would be little trouble in raising her.” Mr. O'Rourke brought plans and drawings of the position and condition of the battleship. John F. O'Rourl Making Soun TO BAR ORIENTAL TIDE. Asiatic Exclusion League Immigration Officials. Criticises San Francisco,_ Sept. The, Asiatic FExclusion league in : port embody- ing all communications with the state department at he loeal immigration bureau « that steps be taken to eheck the influx or orientals. The sec- retary will endeavor to aseertain the Views of all political’ candidates upon excusion. 7. Ste; AL Llasgow: from New York. At Plymouth: feom New York. J At Genea: Sept. 15, Duca d'Aosta, from New York. . At Trieste: Sept, 1 Sept. 18‘. Madonna. 19, Rept. Furnessia, Sept. 20, Deutschland Martha Wash- Temes 4 helr der Grosse. fr At meg Has Engélgéd a .:Cott.-ig'e “'as His Head- quarters-in the Convention City EX-PRESIDENT MAKES A STATEMENT P e s ¥ 3 arrived here today and for two days will be’ the guest,of Empero -ancis’| Joseph at Schoenbruna. . Paris, Sept. 20.—Father Olliver, who delivered a sensational sermon at the funeral of the.victims of the charity huz’nr fire of May, 1897, died today. el oy Lisbon, Sept. 20.—The police today dis¢overed a bomb factory and arrest- ed ten persons. . One of these subse- quently confessed to the, existence of a political plot. Vienna, Sept. 20.—Josef Kainz, the German. actor, “died today. He was born in 1858, and made his first ap- pearance on the stage when he was sixt Yyears old. He had toured the lu{er cities of America’ 4 VICTORY CLAIMED FOR _ SHERMAN OVER ROOSEVELT For Temporary Chairman of New York State Republi; Convention. Albany, N. Y., ®pt. 20.—A clear ma- jority of 55 votes for the selection of Vice President Sherman as temporary -chairmen of the New York state re- publican convention over Colonel Roosevelt was claimed tonight by Wil- liam Barnes, Jr., as a result of the up- spate primaries today. ‘Mr.: Barnes tonight gave out this statement: | - “The Tesult of thday’'s primaries ends the contest over the temporary chair- manship of the republican state con- vention, and gives Vice President Sherman a vlear majority of 55 votes over both the Roosevelt-Griscom-Gre- nier faction and the doubtful delegates. Mr. Roosevelt was defeated in the state committee by a vote of 20 to 15, and then Mr. Sherman was unanimously chosen as the temporary presiding of- ficer of.the state convention. To ques- tion that determination on the floor of the convention is equivalent to bolting a nomination. This is known “as po- litical welching, and had Mr. Roose- velt Yefeated Mr. Sherman in the state committee that would have been the end of the controversy. Mr. Roosevelt has not-acted.as Mr. Sherman would .have done in questioning the unan- imous action of the committee. They are qual before the party. Mr.-Roose- velt has no .l;"pqrior rights as a man to any other man.” Replying to.Colonel Roosevelt's de- nial that he had gone to New Haven, ‘Conn., to seek President Taft's help, Mr. Barnes said: “The fact that Mr. Roosevelt went to New Haven covers the situation. His speeches in‘the west would not indi- cate that hé would go to" President Taft for anything but help.” JURY BROUGHT IN A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY. Was Out for an Hour and Ten Minutes “Our meeting was enjovable in every way, and I was glad I went.” s Griscom Adds a Word. Just before Colonel Roosevelt started back from his editorial office to Oyster Bay by automobile late this afternoon Mr. Griscom appeared. He talked for some time with the colonel, and then issued this statement: “I suggested to Mr. Roosevelt that he meet gnd talk with the president. Mr. Roosevelt said that he would be delighted to do so. There was no men- tion made by either of us of any pur- pose in the meeting. “The president volunteered to me that he ‘was glad to reiterate his views expressed in his letter- to me of Au- gust 20, regarding the situation of the republican party in New York, and stated to me substantially what has appeared.in the newspapers as tele- graphed from the presidential train. The meeting was most cordial in every respect.” No Candidate Agreed Upon. Colonel Roosevelt has established headquarters at Saratoga. He said to- day that C. V. Collins, state superin- tendent of prisons, who he has an- nounced will be his right hand man, has engaged the first floor of a cot- tage. The colonel will leave New York For Saratoga Monday. It was learned that the fight of .the Roosevelt forces at Saratoga is to be an open one, and that no candidate has been agreed upon for governor or any other office. It is expected the Roose- velt men will ‘go to Saratoga without a slate and that there will be no indica- tion which one of the dozen or more men who have been mentioned prom- inently for the gubernatorial nomina- tion will receive their support. There is known to exist, however, a feeling f l Washington yesterday |- on Robbery Case — Heorse Thieves Next. In. the criminal. superior court on Tuesday the arguments werz made in the case of state vs. Mikolay Demore- sky of East Lyme, charged with rob- bery. The case went to the jury at 3.30 -o'clock. They considered it until 4.49, when they re; d through Forc- man Arthur Keaples that they had fo! | him -not guilty. o ¥ ) ‘case to ‘b6 tdken up, it is that an upstate man should be chosen if it is possible to agree upon one. NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION Vivian M. Lewis Nominated for Gov- erner:on First Baliot. ety Trenton, ‘N: J., Sept. 20.—Vivian M. Lewis was nominated for governor on’ the first ballot at teday’s republican state convention. - There was no time since last night when Mr: Lewis’ nom- ination was not an assured fact, not- withstanding for a while there were rumors that he would refuse to be a candidate because of a conflict over the platform. A Mr. Lewis received nearly 700 votes as against about 300 votes that were cast for the three other aspirants for the nomination. The platform heartily endorsed the ;{ln'xxi_ngtmuon of President William . Taft. ‘two men_charged with horse stealing, Mesgrs. Epstein and Nezdles, in which case Lewis Weiner is also concerned. It is stated one of them may turn state’s evidence. BROADWAY CHURCH ? CONGREGATION Given Reception by Rev. and Mrs. E. 8. Worcester at New Parsonage. A reception on Tuesday evening for members of the congregation of Broadway Congregational church was given by the pastor, Rev. Edward S. ‘Worcester, and Mrs. Worcester, about 100 attending between the hours of 8 and 10, at the new parsonage, No. 122 Union street. Rev. and Mrs. Worces- ter received alone. Assisting in the Green- AVIATORS AWAIT CHANCE FOR FLIGHT OVER ALPS Weather Continues Unfavorable, with Snow and High Wind. dining room were Miss Lucy man, Miss Katharine A. Freeman, Mrs, Harvey M. Briggs and Miss Mabel S. Clark. . Fall flowers were used in the decorations. with artistic effect. FUNERALS. Brig, Switzerland, Sept.20.—Today's weather was unfavorable for flying and the cross-Alps aviation competi- tion was again delayed. ' Snow fell in the mountains during the night, and this morning a strong wind was blowing through the Sim- plon pass and rain fell. The American, Weymann, and George Chavez, the Peruvian, who were forced to give up after a strug- gle with adverse air currents yester- day, remain on the field prepared to set out for Ttaly at the first favorable op- portunity. Berry C. Fields. At 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon the funeral cf Berrv C. Fields was held from his late home, No. 35 1-2 Lincoln avenue, and was largely attended. Rel- atives were present from New Haven, Hartford, Forest Glen, N. Y., and Paw- tucket. There were beautiful floral iributes around the casket. Rev. R. R. Ball, D. D., of New Haven, and Rev. William H. Eley, pastor of the Mec- Kinley avenuz A. M. E. Zion church, conducted the service, and the bearers were John Williams of Hartford, Peter SENT PLAN OF MARCH TO SEA. . Death of Operator Who Telegraphed Sherman’s Message to Lincoln. Chicago, Sept. 20.—J. D. Voltz, a | M. Harris, John Harris and Thomas member of the Civil War Telegraphers’ | Spivery. Burial was in Yantic ceme- corps, died in Elgin, Ill, yesterday. | tery. where thers was a.committal service at the grave. Undertaker Gager wae in charge of the arrangements. OBITUARY. Mrs. Mary E. Tiffany. The death of Mrs. Mary E. Tiffany occurred at the Sheltering Arms at 9.30 o'clock Tuesday morning after an iliness of four weeks of dropsy. Mrs. Tiffany was born in Ledyard and her maiden name was Mary E. Stanton. Mrs. Tiffany was married twice. Her first husband was James Warren Mc- Clellan and her second husband Allen Tiffany. Mr. Tiffany survives, as does From Rome, Ga., he sent the message to President Lincoln., outlining Gen. Sherman’s plan of his march to the sea. T.ast fall hé was retired on a pension by the Chicago and North- western railway after twenty-fi years as stationmaster at South Elgin. OBITUARY. Dr, John P. Phillips. New Haven, Conn.. Sept. 20.—Dr. John P. Phillips, who served with the venth New York volunteors during the civil war, for w he was awarded a medal by < New York state, died at his home Lere | ta poognter, Mrs. J. O. D. Clark of late last night at the age-of 77 vears. | “Mrg Tiftany had been ‘at the Shel- The funeral will & pace LOMOLXOW | tering Arms about three weeks. Her #1*h irterment at Amsterdam, N. V age was about 75 years. Dr_Eni'lips camé of good old Knick- L e erbocker stock, his ancestors coming Four New Members Initiated. frora Holland and settling near Am- steriam. He was graduated from Co- lumbia esl'lege and also fcom its med- ical ‘school. His practi> here ex- tended. over a long period of rears. a democrat he took an active jart in polities,. was the author of several books and was. actively associated with the late Aléxander Troup of this city for reform in the monetary sys- tem. [ St. Mary's T. A. and B. society held its semi-monthly meeting on Tuesday evening at the T. A. B. building, Presi- dent Leawis A. Andrews in the chair, and four new members were initiated. The committee in'charge of the annual Father Mathew ?nnh-ersary on Oct. 10 reported plans for a social on that evening, including a programme of vo- cal and instrumantal numbers, with il < . ;l{lr:(}lng, gnd also an address by Rev. " Villiam Cavanaug! White Mountain Express Crashed Into| ™ 4, ther-event which the society will Switching Enging make much of is its fiftieth anniver- Concord, N. H., Sept. 20.—Five pas- | sary, which occurs on Jan. 25 1911, and sengers were slightly. hurt and two lo- | for which a committee is to be ap- comotives were hadly damaged when | Dointed at the next meeting. the White IMountain express, running over the Boston and. Maine tracks from Bretton Woods, N. H. for ‘ Boston, crashed into a switching engine at the extreme north end of the station here this afternoon. Tlie tracks were block- ed for some timeé, An investigation into thd cause of the accident will be begun mmediately. Art Students’ Association. The following were the 6fficers elect- ed on Monday evening at theé annual meeting of the Art Students’ associa- tion, held with Miss Mary Aiken of Washipgton «street President, Miss Alice ogswell: . vice president, Mrs. Irank A. Roath; secretary and tieas- urer, Miss Lucy Greeaman. Reportg of work accomplished were interestingly madé by ‘Mrs. Alfred N. H., Vaughn,” Miss Mary Wattles and “Miss Aiken. " Light refreshments .were. served in a social hour which followed the business . 1 Seven sof the Jufers Were “Johnson.” ‘Chicago,~Sept. ' 20.—The surname “Johnson as ‘in the ascendancy vesterday in a ¢dse in the municipal courf~ Seven of the dozen jurors were “Johnsen,” and it was learned that the n;:iden mtmaksfl'—lhefiwile of one of the attorneys: ‘the defence was also/] Fanciers believe chicken ‘are subject to infantile pa- P and. ‘nnderstpod,” will be that against the | 20.—Emperor William | . VISITING VET! ERY ' WELCOMED To ciTY. v 6A 'ANS FORMALLY — R, ENCAMPMENT Campaign fdr_Ne;«,, Commander in Chief—Allied éorgnnizatinns Elect er %mp? 4 Officers—Lee Statue at Washington. : . S N, J., Sept. 20.-This day for the thou- sands of veterans, of the Grand Army of.the Republic, now in its forty-fourth anpual. encainpment here. . Ideal Sep- tember ‘weather prevailed.” The b crowd already here was greatly swell, today by arsivin; indications will be on years. Given Freedom of City. delegations and the are that the encampmant e of the best for many Tonight the visiting veterans were formally welconied ‘to the ecity at a monster ma3eti; on the million dollar pier. Governer Fort welcomed the vet- erans on behalf of the state of New Jersey and freedom of Mayor Stoy gave them the the city. Commander in Chief _S. R. Van _ Sant of Minnesota made . the principal response and was followed by the presidents of the na- tional.orgenizations meeting :with the G. A. RZ here. Next The campaign for the next mander in Each of the > Cam’m-nd-r in Chief. com- chief continues in earnest. two candidates in the field, Commander J.' E. Gilman of Boston and John McElroy of Washington, D. C., have a host' of friends who are un- ceasingly el vorite. In the matter lectionzering for their fa- Y of the next place of meeting the question of railroad rates may entirely enter in the contest. Movement for Increasing Pensions. Practically all the allied organiza- tions of the day, seme One thing was: the def G.. A. R. held meetings to- of them electing officers. noticed at these meetings finite shapz the movement for increasing tife pensions of veterans is taking. 'The Lee Statue at Washhington. -The National.Association of Naval Veterans_believes it has a solution of eral Robert ‘Washington. convention the -matter of:placing a statue of Gen- E. Lee in the capitol at . _The ' association at its .adopted resolutions in which it did not oppose the placing of Lee's statue in the capijtol, provided it appeared in and not sho ficer: civil ‘attire and as a citizen wing a Confedrate uniform. Naval Veterans Elect Officers. The naval veterans elected these_ of‘, Commodore, William. G. Me? Ewan, Philadelpbia; fleet commander, 8..C. Van Tassal, Yonkers, N. Y.; fleet lHeutenant, John H. Norman, ven, Conn.: Brooklyn; Haskins, ‘New Ha- Fred E. judge advocate, ‘bistorian, fleet ‘Cyrus Sear, Baltimore: fleet boatswalin, ‘William Jones, New Haven, Conn. The : 40,000 Sons. of Vs mational encanipment of . the rans. . Sons of ' Veteraris met this afternoon. Reports show:that.-the organization has almembership of about forty thousand. It is expec ted that Fred Bolton will be: elected commander. Pretty -Fight On in Woman's Relief Corps. There is also a pretty fight for na- tional president of the Woman's Relief corps. The Harris, Emporia, Kan.; candidates are Miss B. C. Lois M. Knau Cleveland; Ida-S. McBridge, Indianap- olis, Oregon. Hen and Cora M. Davis of White of Indiana, Pa., was re- | elected president of the National As- sociation of Union Prisoners of War. BOLD BADGER GAME WORKED ON NEW YORK LAWYER. Lured Into a House and Forced to Sign Papers. New" Térk. Sept. 20.—Florence Burns Wildrick, w ho as Florence Burns was tried ten years ago for the murder of ‘Walter Brooks in the Glen Island hotel and was fri eed through the disagree- ment of the-judy, was arrested today on a ‘charge of being a participant in what was characterized by Magistratz Steinert as “one of the boldest badger games” ever attempted in the city. Ed- ward H. Brooks,.a real estate sales- man. -also was drrested and held in $3,000 bail on a similar charge. Charles W. Hurlburt, a lawy made the complaint. He charged that he was lured to a house in West Twenty-fifth street and there accosted by Brooks and anether man, who accused him of a’crime agal him,. under papers adm inst ‘the woman. and forced threats of death, to sign itting his guilt and turning over his acedunt in a bank to the men. He was held prisoner all night, he said, and- then takén for a long automobile ride, during-which he managszd to es- cape. BRYAN BOLTS THE HEAD Because of on --OF ‘HIS STATE TICKET Position Taken by Nominee Liquor Question. Lincoln, Neb., ‘Sept. 20.—In a state- ment in crusade which he feels wage against the’ liquor which he declarss that the impelled to interests of the state and nation overshadows a personal twenty vea and political friendship of rs, William J. Bryan this svening announced he had bolted the head of the Nebraska and democratic state ticket in would mnot support James C. Dahlman for governor. ~ Mr. Bryan says he regrets that he compelled to take the stand he does his first departure from political rsgu- larity—but do so becau: says he feels it his duty to se of ‘the position taken by the democratic nominee-~on the liquor question. dicate that candidate of amother party, The statement does not in- Mr, Bryan will support thz but an- nounces that he is a pronounced advo- cate of county option and the early sa- loon closing law, both of which, he insists.”are menaced by Mr. Dahlman’s candidacy. Fugitive from Justice Taken Back to Fall River, Mass., Sept. 20. the Mattson, vesterday, ¢ of Hoboken, claim the p en into. cust Cholera ‘ahlilo’m_e, Se olera an R B e liis brother- New Jersey. Fustave Augitive arrested hgre harged with the murder of in-law, ¥rederick Johnsou, , N,°J., was taken back to the New -Jersey city today by officers who arrived here this forenoen to risoner. Mattson was tak- ody_ yesterdayvyupon the ar- rival of the. steamer . Priscilla from in_ltaly Disappearing. t. 20.—Only ona death from ~four pew cases have been > infeeted district during ir+ hours. trloyr | naval ports.. -j Joiners was -opened. at Des Moines, Ia., Union, i T. Marshail; 4, well known ath- committed = sufeide in New Or- Secretary ‘of the Navy will leave on ln'exten.dzd tour of Tn’vemgatiqn of A Fraud Order Has Boen lssued against the Continental Watch .com- pany at Pittsburg. - = % Five Persons Were Injured, two fa- tally, during a panic following a tene- ment fire in New York. , Traffic Between ; nAntonio and the Clty of Mexico hasibeen abandoned on account of the washout. Political Leaders Implicated in a plot to kill the president of Argentina have been arrested in Buenos Ayres. The New York County Grand Jury has . cleared the . decks = for action against the New York gamblers. Two, a Man and'a Girl, are dead as a result of an automebile smashup out- side of Easton, Pa., Mcnday night. The War Depatment has awarded a contract for the erection of a Con- federate monument at Peint Lookout. " James R. Keene, who was stricken at a hotel in Lexington, Ky., ‘two weeks ago with pneumonia,left for New York. .George M. Hull of Salina, Kan., re- “ceived a Jetter from Beverly announc- ing his gppointment as postmaster in his home town. President Gomez has signed a decree awarding the concession to establish a territorial bank in China to the Ban- co Espanol de Habana. Clarence E. Landrau, a former naval officer, who resigned, then enlisted in the army and deserted, has been plac- ed in an insane asyvlum. By Appointing ‘Additional Peers, King Manuel of Portugal strengthened sity for the dissolution of parliament. President Taft Sent a Congratulatory cablegrom to the Chilian executive on the occasion of the celebration of: the centenary of the countyy's independ- ence. The Board of Control of savings banks will recommend the establish- | ment of one bank in each of the states and territories selected for the experi- ment. S | Thinking that Burglars were about to rob her home for the third time, Mrs. Mary. Young of White ' Plains shot and injured Patrick Norton ,a neighbor. A New Unoccupied Apartment Block, six dwellings, three of them occupied and all situated in the fashionable res- idence district of Winnipeg, Man., were burned; loss $150,000. With a Speech of Senator Albert B.| Cummins, the first busiriess session of the international convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and at the Coliseum. The Fifteenth Annual Convention of the trust company section of.the Am- erican Bankers' association will be held in T.os Angeles, Cal., on October 5. H. P. McIntosh of Cleveland, Ohia, is president of the section. Prince Tsai Hsun, uncle of the em- peror of China and head of the imperi- al Chinese navy, who arrived at San Francisco on the steamship ria, was taken ill with bronchi a slight congestion of the lungs. ‘Ambassador and Mrs. David Jayne Hil gave a dinner at Berlin in honor of the new secretary- of state for for-. eign affairs,Baron von Kiderlen Watch- ter, and Count von Bernstorc, the Ger- man ambassador to the United States. LORIMER’'S ELECTION INQUIRY. No Definite Plan of Procedure Reached by Senate Committee. Chicago, Sept. 2 No definite plan of procedure was reachad today by the senate committee which is here to .in- vestigate charges touching the idity of the election of Senator William Lorimer of Illinois. In the absenca of the two members, Senator J. B. Frazier of Tennessee and M. G. Bulkeley of Connecticut., it was decided not to attempt to lay any plans for the work of the committee. Tele- grams were sent to the absent mem- bers urging them to come to Chicago without delay. The conference then adjourned until tomorrow afternoon. Ten Year Old Boy Killed in Peculiar Accident. the government and avoided a neces- usirial School - &irl Injured ACCIDENT OR ATTEMPTED SUI- CIDE ‘AT MIDDLETOWN. NAME OF GIRL WITHHELD . . She Either Fell from or Jumped from leird-‘snry Window—Was Confined in “Strong” Room. 3 Middletown, Conn., Sept. 20.-—~An 18 vears old girl. whose home is in New Haven, an inmate of the industrial school for girls, in this city, either fsll from or attempted suicide late today | by jumping from a third-story window of one of the buildings of the insti- tution, sustaining internal injuries ‘that may prove fatal. Crawled Through Narrow Window, Clad Only in Night Gown. Superintendent Fairbanks of the in- stitution. refused to disclose: the name of the girl, blt said her home wal in New Haven and that she had .been brought to the institution Monday. . She. had been, he said, an inmate ‘of the place.previously, but had been al- lowed to return home, but that at the request of her parents she was bmught back. On her return Mr. Fairbanks said she had been placed in a “strong” room on ‘he third floor of one of the buildings., While confined in the room the girl, clad only in a night gown crawled through a narrow window and either tumbled or jumped to the roof of a porch below and from there fell to the grounds. Picked Up Unconscious. ‘When picked up the girl ‘was uncon- scious, and it is feared that the inter- nal injuries sustained will be fatal. The girl's mother and father, it is understood, arrived here tonight, ac- companied by a trained nurse. SOBRIETY IN THE ASCENDENCY. STATISTICS FROM LONDON. Decrease of Drunkenness in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Washington, Sept. 20.—Sobristy is in the ascendency in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and licensed pub- lic houses are decreasing in number, according to statistics communicated to this government by Consul General John L. Griffiths of London. The de- crsage of drunkenness is attributed primarily to two causes, the increase in the price of whiskey and the organ- ization of social clubs where persons may drink without frequenting licensed premises. In England and Wales in 1908 con- victions for drunkenness aggregated 187,803, while in 1909 the’' total was 169,518, a decrease of nearly one-tenth, The decrease in Scotland, outsida of the towns, for 1909, as compared with 1908, was. 19._per cent. In Scottish . towns the decrease in drunkenness amounted to 27 per cent., while in Ire- land the' percentage of decrease from 1908 -was 8 per cent. A greater.de- crease was shown in the number of convictions of women than of men. Coincident with -these figures, sta- tistics show a falling off in the number of licenses in England and Wales in 1909 of 1,470. The total number of licenses in force Jan. 1, 1910, was 92,- 575. SHORTER WORK DAY FOR LABORING MEN Advocated by President Samuel Gom- pers in New York Address. w York, Sept. 20.—A shorter work day for laboring men, thus giving them time to travel from their homes to their work and back again, was advo- catad today by Samuel Gompers, presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, as the surest remedy .for the congestion of population in large cen- ters. Mr. Gompers was speaking be- fore the New York ci congastion commission on immigration and labor. Better transportation facilities, ‘in- creased wages and restriction of immi- gration, he added, would assist in solv- ing the problem. Mr. Gompers said the idea of sending immigrants to agri- cultural districts would prove of little beneflt in relieving congestion. NORTH CAROLINA NEGRO IN DANGER OF LYNCHING. Lewis, Who Shot Chief of Police Stallings,” Captured. ‘Wilmington, N. €. Sept. 20.—Nor- man Lewis, the negro bootlegger, who on Sunday shot and fatally wounded Chief of Police Stallings, of : Spring Hope, was captured today at-Hender- Kittery, Me., Sapt. 20.—Caught on his bicyele between an automobile driven by George H. Hatchard of Hull, Mass, and a mail car on the Atlantic Shore Line street railway, as they met in a head-on collision at Locke Cove late today, Richard Burnham,’a ten year old ‘boy. wae instantly killed. Mr. Hatchard and his wife and son were C., and officers have gonz to identify and transfer him to some place for safe keeping. A report from Henderson is that he has confessed and declared his wife, who is in jail here, firad the fatal shot. Chief of Police Stallings is still in a precarious condition in a Richmond hospital. Violence is feared. The negro will he badly shaken up and their machine wrecked. Mr. Hatchard was detained by the police, charged with responsibil- ity for the bey's death. The accident happened on a “blind” curvé. Young Burnham was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Burnham of this town. Free Tuition on the Use and Care of Automobiles. Gloucester, Mass,, Sept. 20.—The Gloucester high school will be the first institution of its kind in the country, it is believed. to teach the use and care of automobiles to young men free of charge, as a result of the aceept- ance by the school's board tonight of a recent offer of John Hays Hammond, the millionaire mining engineer. Trotting at Rockville Fair. Rockville, Conn., Sept. 20.—The fifty- eighth, nanual fair of the Rockville Fair association opened ‘here today with the usual exhibits and horse races. The 2.27 trot or 2.30 pace was won by Abe Dillon. owned by. E. Frazier of Hartford. Tha purse was $200 gnd the best time 2.23 1-4. The 3.00 trot or pace, purse $100, was won by Little Helen, owned by J. W. Brodbine, Bos- | ton, and the best time was 2.24 1-4, Mother and Three Children Murdered West Chester, Pa., Sept. 20.—The wife and three children of John Zoos jof Eyers, in this county, were found i murdered in thelr hon The murderer is not known thought (o be cash in the b Took Poison at a Turkish Bath. Chicag0, Sept. ~29.—Frank = Reiger, formerly a wealthy clothing merchant of New York, took poison at a Turk- ish bath here today. and 'is said to be in a critical condition. He is said to have four married daughters.in New York. other- er is said to be the wife 6f a Dr. ( n of Boston. taken back to Spring Hope if the offi- cer should die. ¥ on Circle Planned, $60,000 in Prizes. & Boulogne Sur Mer, France, Sept. 20. —The international conferénce of French, English and Belgian ‘na,fior_ml aerial leagues has decided to organize a grand aviatfon circle in the principal cities of the three countries in Augus 1911. Prizes will be awarded amount- ing to $60,000 or more. A feature of the scheme will be the holding of short meetings at various places through which those taking part in the circuit will pass. Child Strangled to Death, Lodged in His Throat. Southington, Conn., Sept. 20.—John, a two vear old son of Archie Seotton, of this place, died in a New Britain hospital today from stranguldtion. The child swallowed a button which lodged in his throat, and though an eperation was performed his life could not be saved. Grand Av Button Death of the “Father of Coney Island.” New York, Sept. 20.—Word was re- ceived here tonight of the death this morning in Casel, Germany, of Charles Feltman, known as the “father of Con- ey Island.” When Coney was simply a athing place, Feltman lald ‘the foun- ation for the attractive pleasure re- sort_into, which it has since déveloped: His fight always was to keep *the amusements clean and wholasome, - For Pacific Torpedo-Station. Seattle, Wash,, Sept. 20.—The' United States government has purchased six- ty-acres of land at Kevport, on Liberty bay, Kiteap county, as the site of a torpedo station on the p%;t‘d the -one at Néwport, R. 1. The fifteen mites; from the Puget navy yard. 5