Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 30, 1910, Page 1

WOL. LIL.—NO. 233 And Strong Enough Even Race With TRYING TO.PICK A CANDIDATE Tdmmany Leader Controls tions of Fitness Must Ultimately be‘Submitted to Him-~The Support of Hearst is Necessary—What will Murphy Do is the One Question—First Session Of | seven Members of B. M. Scheftels & New York Democratic State Convention. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 20.—The first session of the democratic convention today was a brief intermission in the serious business that has brought to- gether here the delegates of the 61 coutnies in New York state. This bus- iness was the selection of a candidate for the head of the ticket, and it prom- jsed to keep the leaders out of bed nearly all night. Adjourned to This Afternoon. The convention came to order at 4.07 p. m., perfected a temporary or- ganization, listened to a bitter ar- raignment by the temporary chairman, Alton B. Parker, of the republican ad- ministration in general and the politi- cal ascendancy of Theodore Roosevelt saratoga, in particular, and then ned to await the judgment of > leaders. Tomorrow at one o'clock the convention will meet again, in the liope of agreeing on a candidate se- lected in the meantime. Murphy Controls the Situation. Directly or indirectly, all questions of availability and fitness come. ulti- mately before the triumvirate of which <‘harles ¥. Murphy, leader of Tamma- ny hall is the dominating personality: Daniel Coholan, the mouthpiece,” and J. Sergeant C'ram, theh[dviser in chief. Ut is the admission Jof Norman E. Mack, chairman of the national dem- ocratic committee, that Murphy con- trols the situation. Out of four hun- dr and fifty delegates he controls, ith Kings county, led by John H. MeCooe Brooklyn, and FErie, led by William Fitzpatrick of Buffalo, more than 200. Up-state leaders rec- ognized tonight the hopelessness of ef- jecting any coalition strong enough to oppose him with any show of suc- Murphy Faces a Problem. The problem that Mr. Murphy faces is one that needs all his caution, ex- perience and judgment, He must find a candidate who will be strong enough to run_at least an even race with Ienry L. Stimson backed by Theodore Roosevelt; who will command the sup- port of democrats of air shades of opinion; and one who can win over the support of William Randolph Hearst. Leaders Want More Time. The fact that the convention was adjourned wntil one o'clock tomerrow tnstead of the usua} hour, moom, shows the position of the leaders. They want more time. T enemy has deployed and they know now exactly what strength they must confront. March of Tammany Braves. Important meetings that may last until long after midnight are in prog- ress by the committee on resolutions und the committee on permanent or- ganization. There was a parade in which Charles . Murphy and the oth- er Tammany braves ma ed at -the d of the camp foilowe All these ngs took time and when the c rences began again late tonight ecemed more than possible that the elate would not be written until to- MOrrow Puzzled and Tired Candidates. The candidates themselves are puz- zled and tired. They ask the news- paper men eagess for the latest in- formation and merely reiterate formal catimates of strength. Representative William Sulzer sayssthat he is losing no strength, Representative James S. ens is stil] sure that he cannot His managers said tonight that d enter the convention to- morrow with the delegates to elect him ely pledged. Edwarg M. Shep- ard said that everything he had heard tod: continued to encourage him. Shep.rd Hardly Dares to Open Head- quarters. Mr. Shepard’'s friends are urging him to open headquarters. Hitherto his candidacy has been wholly a matter of privaie representation. He repled that he had asked John H. McCooey { BrooKlyn what ought to be done t word had net yet been forth- It might be thought, he ex- . that to open headquarters at this Jate date would be tantamount to & confession of failing strength and wear the appearance of hasty action. His candidacy told a friend from the counsel of the late Senator Patrick H. McCarren, and been carried forward by McCar- succeszor, McCooey. All Eyes on Murphy. But_ laying aside all specifation, the #ftuation in short comes back to this ren's —what will Murphy do? was generally believed that he would try his best to make good his promise of conciliating’ up-state senti- nient, but that if he found it imposs ble to consolidate that sentiment, would resort to his own preference, Effort to Interfere With Murphy's Domination. An effort to interfere with Murphy's he duomination of the sitnation occurred to night, when rrepresentatives of Shepard, Seizer, Havens and Osborne held a brief meeting. The first conclu- sion the confenence ithere should be no discussion of can- didates except in a negative way. The meeting sent word to the Tammany leaders protesting against the selection of any of the New York candidates he is suppssad to favor, not on the ground that their Tammany backing was ob- Jectionable, but that none of them Wwas strong enongh to win. Ome of Murphy's liéutenants said later that Mr. Murphy told everyone of the up-state leaders he talked with that if the up-staie interests ' could agree on a candidate he woulg gladly accept him. The answers he received convineced him that it was hopeless to 100k Tor any up-state agreement of this | kind. The only possiible inference from this was that Murphy found himself fo to name the candidate, himself: the sifpation resolved D already laid down: "Tam- ould select the cmalf most e » to the New York organiza- vlon nrdess it concluded that it not afford o dispense with the suppor rst. In the latter event ow of the two or three men favored by Mr. Hearst would he chosen, Night Parade Through Business Streats ‘FThe Tammany organizatian got 2 hgnd tonight and paraded throughk tis ‘Thus its€lf “into the sprang originally, he | ted | HE MUST BE A MURPHY MAN| Cebled Parsgraphs | to Run at Least Henry L. Stimson tl&: Situation and all Ques- business streets. Mr. Murphy marched in the nt rank with a broad smile on his face, and his two lieutenants, Daniel Coholan and J. Sergeant Cram, on the side, and more than a thousand shouting delegates marching behind. ‘Whether or not the demonstration was |intended as a celebration of the com- | plete manner in which the New York | delegation dominated the situation ap- 1 parently it was so accepted by the del- egates who favored up-state candi- dates. Decide to Oppose Tammany Hall. New York Sept. 29.—At a meeting of the organizing and executive com- mittee of the democratic unions of Manhattan and the Bronx tonight, it was decided to oppose Tammany Hall at the coming elections, in the nomina- tion and election of candidates for con- gress and the legislature. Ernest Harvier, one of the leaders of the union, said that the union would fuse with any anti-Tammany party which brought forward candidates to its liking. If there is no party to op- pose Tammany, the union itself will select candidates for congrehs and the state legislature. USE OF ARMY UNIFORM BY PERSONS NOT IN SERVICE. General Funston Left Kansas City Ho- tel Because the Beliboys Looked Like U. 8. Army Captainl. ‘Washington, SPpt 29.—Army officers in Washington applaud General Fun-* ston’s action in Kansas City yesterday in withdrawing his patronage from a hotel where the bellboys were clad in uniforms which the general thought were those of a captain in the United States army. It is a matter of regret to the war department that it has not been pos- sible to obtain legislation which will prevent the use of the army uniforms by persons not in the service. Several attempts have been ‘made in that di- rection, but an obstacle always has been, found in the fact that the gov- ernment ite=lf sells large quantities of discarded army ciothing and congress was disposed to uphold the right of t purchasers to wear: it if they saw fit Sometimes where the uniform is abused it has been-possible to apply a remedy by a chargs of false pretenses. Thus it happenad that a performer in a local vaudeville theater gave a skit involving a fancy drill by a number of youths clad in the army uniform. There was no way to stop that, but when the department found that the man was falsely advertising himself as | a United States army officer it served | €harp notice upon him té cease under penalty of prosecution. NO DECISION AT MIDNIGHT. Situation the Same as at Noon, Says Murphy. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 2.—The final | conference to decide what candidates: | names shall be laid before the demo- | cratic state conventiqn tomorrow be- | gan at midnight in “the rooms of Charfes F. Murphy, leader of Tam- many Hall. The two hours before this Mr. Murphy had spent in Tammany | headquarters at the Whitcomb house, “taking evidence.” One after the-oth- re he received the candidates still in | the field, or their representatives, and Theard their claims, when he left the Whitcom and went to his rooms at the Hotel Seneca. he was accompanied by Daniel J. Colohan, J. Sargent Cram | and National Committeman Norman E. | Mack. The word went around that this quartette, with the possible hter, addition of other leaders, would con- | tinue the discussion of candidates and ¢ reach a decision if it toek them all night. The Tammany delezntlons have or- dered their specish trains to carry them back to New York at 8 o'clock Satur- day morning, which disposes of a ru- | mor that the convention might be | stretched to three days. Before the doors of his quarters clos- ed Dbehind him, the Tammany leader =aid: ‘ “The situation is as T stated it to vou at noon. Thére has been no con- centration on any candidate or any two or three candidate: All at Sea at 2.30 This Morning. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 30—2.30 a. m. —John B. Stanchfield came from the | conference of the democratic leaders| called to decide upon the gupernatorial ticket shortly dfter 2 o'clock this morning and said: “I can pledge you my word that ab- solutely nothing was settied.” Justice Morgan J. O'Brien was the next man out of the conference. He said: 3 ““Ther2 was a general discussion of candidates. No less than a dozen or { fourteen names were mentioned, but | the conference selected no one and de- cided to meet again at 11 o'clock to- day, when they hope to agree upon a | list of candidates beforc the conven- | tion convenes.” Chairman Dix made practically same statement. the Will of Widow of Ira Sankey Filed i for Probate. New York. Sept. 29.—8he will of Frances V. Sankey. widow of Ira D. Sankey, the famous evarf-elist, was filed for probate yesterday, disposing of an estate valued at about $70,000. Tt expressly provides that none of the property shall go to her sons, John E. and Ira A. Sankey, stating that they hav®ealready received more than | their share of their father’s estate, | The grandchildren, Grace and Ira A. | Sankey, Jr are remembered, and I several trien nd charitabie fnstitu- will I tions )n-qutsu i 1 tord Farm Sanstori New Tfaven, C‘onn., Sept. | annoinced that J. \\Awelol v had given a sum ? for 2 children’'s pavilion the Gaylord farm sanatorium in | Wallingford. Todav's gift brings the i.u(fl of MF, WMéeler’s gifts to the rarm ty over $30,06 ~ Yiment, | (X) before a greater number of name Muethausen, Germany, Sept. 29— Aviator Flochman, who was inj when his biplane collapsed at a height of 150 feet, diel today without having recovered consciousness. Domodossola, Italy, Sept. 29.—The funeral of George Chavez, the South American aviator, who was fatally in- jured after having accomplished the unprecedented feat of flwing from Switzerland over the Alps to Italy, was held today. London, Sept. 2¢ —Sir Thomas Vesey Strong today was elected lord mayor of London without opposition. Sir Thomas is a pronounced temperance advocate and enjoys the distinction of being the first teetotaller’ chosen as chief magistrate of the metropolis. SENSATIONAL RAID AGAINST NEW YORK CURB BROKERS. Co. Held-in Heavy Bail—Used Mails to. Defraud. New York, Sept. 29.—After one of the most s=nsatlonal raids ever engi neered by the local federal duthormel directed today against the firm of B. H. Scheftels & Co., curb brokers, in Broad street. seven members of tha company, including B..H. Schdftels, its president, were held in heavy bail this evening by United States Cnmm:séuon- er Shields for hearing on Oect. 5 on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Search for Simon Herzig. Tonight search.is heing made by the | police and by government inspectors for George Graham Rice, whose real namz is said to he Simon Herzig. the originator of race track bet tipping system, who is declared {p be the real head of the concern. A Warrants Out for Branch Offices. At the time of the raid heré an- noungement was made from Washing- ton that warrants had been issued for the managers of the company’s branch offices in Boston, Providence, Philadel- phia, Detroit, Chicage and Milwaukee. According te agents of the department of justice, the Scheftels company has been 2ngaged in promoting the sale of mining securities of doubiful value in all parts of the country. Estimaies of the firm's dealings are placed as high as $5,000,000. Names of the Arraigned. The seven men arraigned her2 are: B. H. Scheftels, Charles F. Belser retary of the company, George T. livan, Clarence McCormack. John laney, William T. grave and Charles B. Stone. Warrants for sixteen men had heen issued, bot the others, in- cluding Rice and Charles S. Herzig, who is said to be his brother, eluded the raiders. Rice had been in his of- fices earlier in the day, but left before the officers swooped down on the place. Surety Company Gave Bail. A surety company gave bail in $15,- 000 for Scheftzls; $3,500 for Seagraves; $3,000 for Stone, and $2,500 for Dela- ney. Belser, McCormack and Sullivan were committed to the Tombs, as bondsmen were not forthcoming. The hearing was set for Oct. 5, but it is expected that the faderal grand jury will have taken action hefore that time. Mining Specialties Its Busine: The firm of B. H. Scheftels & Co. was ‘organized about two vears ago and conducted a large business, mainly by extensive advertising. Mining spe- cialties were its chief offering to in- vestors. A weekly newspaper was published to reach clients and a corps of thirty-five stenographers is said to have been requirad to attend to its cor- respondence, After the arrest today two patrol wagon loads of papers, books and memorandum were seized by the inspectors for examination. PEARLS OF FINEST TYPE SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCED By Secret Method Japan—Story Told by Dean of Columbia University —One of the Pearls Shown. New York, Sept. 20.—The existing of a secret method of inaking pearls which, if disclosed, would make them plentiful and cheap, was told today > | Profegsor Bashford, dean of Coluli to the American Fis] bia university, eries society in session here, “In a little harbor about fiftv miles south of Tokio, Japan there has been produced successfully by a secret pro- cess pearls that are of the finest type. said Professor Bashford. “When I was at the universit;” of Japan the emperor | of Japan himself opened three ovsters and took therefrom this new pear! I now exhibit, so there is no doubt ahout the genuine success of this new exper- PBut the secret has heen with- i held, even from the emperor, other- wise the whole of the pearl industry would be revolutionized. Dr. N. Mich- ikawa, a graduate of the university of Tokio, discovered the process and ‘lelt his secret to his father-in-law, | Mikamoto, one of the pearl raisers of Japan. most famous I surmi that the pearl is formed by introducing sciem‘{ cally a plece of mother of pearl into the shell, around which the pearl is formed, tnkinw the place of the worm which nature uses to ferm the core of the naturally grown pearl.” PROPER METHOD OF VOTING THE NEW AUSTRALIAN BALLOT Opinion Received from Attorney Gen- eral John H. Light. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 2 of State Rogers received this after~ noon from Attorney General John H. Light the following opinion concern- ing the new Australian system of voting: “Dear Sir: In reply quiries as to the proyer voting the new Australian would say: “The voter must put a cross mark (X) within the circle above the name of the party at the head of his tic = If he desires to vote a straight ticket, . —Secretary to your in- methods of ballot, he will not make any other marks up- | on it whatever: but if he desires to split his ticket by voting for one or more names upon the other ticket, he will make a cross mark (X) in the voting- space on the left and before the name of the candidate on the other ticket for whom he desires to cast his ballot. But in case two or more per- sons are to be elected to fill the same office, and any elector desires to spiit his ticket, he will place a cross mark (X) in the voting space on the left, and before the names of such candi- dates for whom he desires to cast such hallot. such marks to be in addi- tion {o the mark required to be piaced within the cle al ihe head of his party Licket. - “Buat an elector must Keep in mind that he is not (0 place a ©€ross mark for any office than the mumber a upon his own ticket for (hat ular office, oiher mark than the cross mark (X) will render bis ballot void. In my gpinion, this is the only proper or Jégal method of voting such pallot. 4 “Respectfully submiticd, “Je H. T { Goodrich on | progressives at the China In Danger MUTTERINGS OF DISCONTENT ABOUT TO CULMINATE. OUTBREAK AT ANY TIME Would Not Vdur,-priu the Officials. at Washingto -Armyg and Navy Pre- pared for an Emdfgency. ‘Washington, Sept. 29.—China is de- clared to be on the verge of another upheaval, similar to the Boxer upris- ing, and the-lives of foreigners are in' jeopardy. Advices received here re-/ cently from government officials in China -express the belief that an out- break at any time ‘would not surprise them. The state department has in- structed officials to maintain a close watch on. the internal conditions. General Feeling of Unrest. All through, the summer there have been mutterings of discontent in some of,_ the Chinese provinces during the rice famine, dynastic difficulties and dissatisfaction over acts of the Pe- king government as to foreign invest- ments in China. (Good harvests mitigated to some ex- lent the gravity of the situation, but] there is still a general feeling of un- rest, according to personal letters re- ceived here from men on duty in that quarter. - Boxer Troubles Recalled. The army and navy are prepared for any emergency, but their readiness is solely a .precautionary measure, it is said and should not be taken as an indication of immediate danger. Authentic advices from those charg- ed with keeping in touch with the con- ditions indicate that the only thing ng to parallel today's situation h that preceding the Boxer troubles, which drew into China the American forces as well as those of other na- tions, is the matter of organization, and that it only needs a leader to ef- fect that. Every vessel in the Asiatic fleet, as well as the military forces at Manila, is prepared for alinost instant action in the event trouble breaks out. ILLINOIS CEN-‘I:RAL ROAD CAR REPAIR FRAUDS Secrets of Alleged Combine Laid Bare by a Confessed Go-Between. Chicazo, Sept. 28—A. C. Goodrich, a confessed go-between, and Henr Ostermann, formerly president of the Ostermann Manufactaring company, vied with each other before Municipal Judge Bruggemeyer today in stripping bare the secrets of the allege® combi- nation which is charged with swindling the 1llinois Centra! Railroad company Ly car repair frauds: Witness for the Prosecution. Goodrich, ~ like = Ostermann, W placed on the witness stand as a w t- ness for the prosecution. He descrih- ed methods which he said Illinois Cen- tral officers used to conceal their iden- tity as stockholders in the Ostermann repair concern - In testifying yesterday Ostermann said tbat certain payments to the railroad officers were made by checks to Goodrich. When placed on the stand today, Goodrich began his testimony at this point. “The ecks were made out in name,” §aid Goodrich. “Frank B. Har rimann (one of the three defendants in the present case) had asked me some time previou T would agree to let him have checks made out in my mame and accept certain payments from him. I agreed. 1 did not know what sources the checks came from, but I received a number of them. T know, however, that they were issued by this company, of which T have been reading in the newspapers. I in- dorsed them and placed them to ny private account in the Fort Dearbmn National bank.” The name of Ira C. Rawn, late pre= ident of the Monon railroad and for merly .vice president of the Iilin Central railroad, was again brought in the proceedings when Goodrich testi- fied that on December 18, 1909 he wrote a check for $10,000 to Ira 7. Rawn_ This check was -cashed by Rawn on December 21. The $]6.0%0 check, he said, was in return for two $5,000 checks, which were sent ta December 13 and were Niles. signed by WILL OUTLINE PLAN OF NEW YORK CAMPAIGN Roosevelt Well Pleased at Result of | Saratoga Work. Oyster Bay, ) Roosevelt returned from Saratoga wi republican old . 29.—Theodore this evening the scalp of the euard of New York state added to hig big collection trophies. When he reached Troy, N. Y., last Monday on his way to Sara- toga he told the crowd which met him at the station that he had returned from Africa with a lot of trophies and that when he came back from Sara- toga he would have some more. The colonel made good Bis word by return- ing to his home town the*generally ec- cepted leader of the republican party in the state and immensely proud of his new trophy, to win which he was compelled to make one of the hardest fights of his life. He expressed him- self as well pleased with the results of the convention, hbut had no other comment to make or anything related to politics. Now; in view of the victory of the convention, colonel believes the party has an ex- cllent chance of winning the election and he is to take off his coat and pitch in. With Lloyd C. G om, chairman of the New York county republican committee: Cornelius V. Coliins, state sunerintendent of nrisons; Rej tive Parson Congressman Cocks of Nassau county and others of his close advisers. he will outline at oncé a plan of campaign as the first step. esenta- NEWARK RIOTERS SENTENCED. Changed Their Pleas from Not Guilty to Guilty. Newark, O., Sept. "B.—Three pris- oners held as the result of the lynch- ing of Carl Etherington last July, ap- peared in court and asked permission to change their plea from not guilty to guiliy. This was allowed and they Were s 'S Tinel Huehler, aged tired wusines man, for rioting, $200 fine and thirty days in jail; for as- sanlt and . batiery, $20 fine and ten days in ja Charles Baker, aged 24 colored, for rioting, $200 fine and thirty days in Jail. lImrle Clay, for rioting, $300 fine and thirty days in jail. the | The Waterway Ltnguo of New Jer- sey, to' promote inland mmrwpys, ‘was incorporated at Trefiton. Mrs. ‘Martha Davis, only survivlng sister of John Brown, the abolitionist, died at Traverse City, Mich. Schools of Mon;:;n Fish off Beau- fort, N. C., are reported to stretch out to sea as far as the eye can reach. The Civil Service Commission warn- ed all governmant employes against ind ulgmg in political activity of any \kind. President Taft's House Party will be prolonged several days, owing fo the amount of business remaining to be finished. William Gaynor, Said to Be a Nephew of YMayor Gaynor, was accidentally el -ocuted by an electric wire at Galveston, Tex. A Bomb Thrown from a New York housatop fell at the, feet of Agnatni Rini, a friend of Petrosino, the late Italian detective. L. F. Loree, Former President of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, has been elected a director of the Nfew York, On- tario and Western. Marshal Hermes Fonseca, president- elect of Brazil, began his homeward trip from Cherbourg, France, on the stezamer Sao Paulo. The Wisconsin Republican Platform convention adopted a radically pro- gressive pronunciamento, ignoring the national administration. Walter E. McCormack Resigned as attorney and examiner for the inter- state commerce commission because his salary was inadequate. The Ital n Government is said to be sending abroad emigrants from the cholera infected districts on vessals whose destination is concealed. The First National Conference of Catholic charities ended at the Cath- olic university. The congress will meet again in September, 1911, in Washing- ton. Henry C. Osterman Testified that Ira G. Rawn, former president of the Illi- nois Central railroad, heid stock in the Osterman (Car) Manufacturing com- pany. Engineer O’Rourke of New York re- turned from Havana for a conference with President Taft and Attorney Gen- eral Wickersham about raising the Maine. P Justice Garegan of the Supreme Court of New York ruled favorably on the contention of the heirs of the late George Crocker that $1,500.000 be- queathad to Columbia university should %0 to the heirs. Loring C. Christie of New York, a lawyver, who assisted Special United. States Attorney Henry I. Stimson in the sugar customs frauds prosecutions, has been appointedl an attorney in the department of justice. i The Coroner’s Jury Investigating the lynehing of the two [talians, Angelo Albano and " Castange Ficarroit, at Tampa. Fla., on the night of Sept. 19. returned a verdict that tlie men came to their d=aths ate the hands of un- l\no\\'n parties. National Forests Have Had elimi- | nated from .within their borders as | chiefiy valuable for agricultural pur- {pnses 2,600.285 acrés. of dand and 1.501.522 acres have been added to their boundaries as being more valuable for forcsiry purposes. The 25th Annual Convention of the Brotherbood of St Andrew in the United States was d to order at Nashville yesterday by President: Ed- ward H. Bonsall of Philadelphia. Com- | mittees and officars of the convention were elected with Premdent Bonsall as Lhaxrman. DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW COUNTERFEIT $10 BILL Chief Wilkie| Sends Warning—Fine Piece of Workmanship. ‘Washington, Sept. 29.—One of the best counterfeit 310 bills of recent Yyears has been discovered by the se- cret service. The note is such a fine piece of workmanship that Chief Wil- kie, in a warning sent broadcast to- day. asserts the bill will give the pub- lic great deal of trouble, particularly cof the Pacific coast. The bill is a counterfeit national bank note of Pasadena, Cal. It is com- posed of two pieces of paper, a front and a back stuck together, with the silk fibres between, . ¥t has the por- ‘trait of President. McKinley, and one Ot the marks which will identify it to the publiciis a bad break in the back- .gmund under McKinley's left shoul- der. The face of the note is a little lighter than the genuine. The etching and rough work on the bapk are badly done. It:is of the se- ries of 1908, bearing _the check letter “¥.” Chief Wilkie advises that notes of that issue be carefully examined Lefore acceptance. GOVERNOR’S DAY AT THE BERLIN FAIR. Races Furnished Unlooked for Excite- ‘ment—Mixup Near the Pole. Berlin, Sapt. IS Although this was jgenlor‘! day at the fair, the races in L3 afternoon furnished unlooked for citement. During the fourth heat of the 2.22 trot or pace Emily DeFor- { est threw her driver from his seat and circled the half mile track twice be- fore she could be caught, incidentally winning the heat. Her driver was un- !injured. In the fifth heat of the same re Don Sicilian, Mary Patchen and Emily DeForest were in a mixup near the pole, in which the horses were slightly seratched. Certainly, the fourth horse in the race, finished the heat alone, winning .the race. Emily De- | I"'orest was given second place, and Mary Patchen third. The best time was made by Certainly, 2.18 1-4. In the 2.16 trot or pace, purse $300, the track record of'2.14 1-4 was equal - ed by the winner, Forest Prince, own- ed by T. E. Donovan of Shelton. Exhihition races were gi\‘efly four running horses. Suicide of Backward Schoolboy. Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 22.—Brood- ing over his backwardness in school is believed to have been the cause of the suicide of Lyman G. Smith, Jr, fifteen years old, son of* the master of the Boston High Schoel. of Com- merce, in (his city today. The hoy was 1issed yesterday afierncon from his home on Broadway and a seaich resulted in the finding of his body today haunging from 8 beam in a closet in the attic. Stumuhip Arrivals. L Af Havre: = Sept. 28, La Lorraine, h‘om New York, At Fiume bepvt. 28, Pannonla, from New York. At Southampton: Sept. 29, Adriatlc, from New York. At Gibraltar: Sept. 29, mmbur:. D e Mdfiuld “Governor Weeks ANNOUNCEMENT = WAS LATE YESTERDAY. MADE RICHARD T. HIGGINS Of Winsted, Democrat, Succeeds An- drew F. Gates as Member of the State R.’Innd Commission. Hartford, Conn,,) Sept. 29.—Late to- day Gov. Frank B. Wecks announced the appointment of Richard T. Higgins of Winsted as a member of the state railroad commission to succeed Andrew F. Gates of Hartford, who recently we- slgned the office to resume the practice of law. First Democratic Member Since 1905. By the appoiniment of Mr. Higgins the commission is given a democntlc member for thea first time since the ex-/ piration of the term of the late Wash- ington Wilcox of Chester in 1905. .On being notified by the governor of his appointment, Mr. Higgins stated that he would accept the commissionership. The other mambers of the commission are William O. Seymour of Ridgefield and Edgar Doolittle of Meriden, the latter having been appointed by Gov- ernor Weeks to succeed the late Oras- mus R. Fyler Ef Torrington. Thé sal- ary of the office is $3,000 a year. New €ommissioner is Litchfield County Lawyer. Commissioner Higgins is prominent in- state politics and is a member of the Litchfield county bar. Rorn in ‘Washington, this state, on Sept. 24, 1865, he graduated from St. Francis’ college, Broo n, N. Y. returning to Woodbury, \where he studied law in the office of Huntington & Warner. He located in Winsted in 1898 His first office was that of justice of the peace and he was later for a vear prosecut- ing attorney of the Winchester town court. He is a prosecuting officer of the Connecticut Humane society gnd has been coroncr for Litchfield county since 1902, and is also corporation counsel for the town of Winchester. He is a prominent member of the Catholic church and of its societies. During the lamst legislature he was a membear of the judiciary committee and the commiitee on house rules and was the democratic leader of the house. Mineola Field Altitude Record Broken. Mineola, 1. I.. Sept. 29.—Tod Schrai- Dbér broke the altitude record for the Mineola field during a cross-country flight tonight. It is estimated that the greater part of the time he was up at least 1,500 feet.. The nlght lasted thir- ty minutes. Grahame-White, the Engflish aviator, make five short flights in Harmon's biplane, and on three trips he took up a passenger. RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATS NOMINATE STATE TICKET — For Governor, Lewis A. Waterman of Providence, RN dates for the five state offices and for representatives from the two con- Sept. 29.—Candi- grdssional districts were nominated by the democrats of Rhode Island.to-~ day in the state and congressional election conventions and a platform assailing the tariff, Cannonism and the retention of Secretary Ballinger in the cabinet, was adopted. The ticket is as follow Governor—Lewis A. Waterman of Providence. Lieutenant Governor—Dr. Clarke of Newport. Secretary of State—Alberie Archam- bault of Warwick. Attorney General—John I. Devlin of Providence. General Treasurer—Tristam D. Bab- Philip B. cock of Westerly. Representamo from First District® George F. O'Shaughnessy of -Provi- dence. Representative from Second District —Thomas I, Cooney of Cranston. The convention also pledged the democratic candidates for the senecral assembly to support Judge Arthur L. Brown of the district courts a suc- cessor to United States bena\nr Nel- son W. Aldrich. Lewis A. Waterman, chosen as the party’s standard bearer in the state, is a well known member of the Rhode Island bar and a former state repre- sentative. He is a graduate of™Brown university. INDICTMENTS AGAINS¥ INGERSOLL CONTINUED Former Treasurer of Maine Bank teo ~ Weak to Stand Trial. Owing to the sical condition of Rich- mond H. Ingersoll. the former treas- urer of the York County bank at Bid- deford, the indictinentq against him on four counts of embedziement of the bank’s funds were today continued un- il the January term of the supreme/ Court. Physicians who had examined him testified that he could not with- stand the strain of a trial for more than ong day without b king down. Since the ailleged discovery on August 12 of shortages in his accounts said to amount to $350,000, Ingersoll. who it 73 years old, has been confined to his home by illness. HE RECEIVED $1,000 AFTER VOTING FOR LORIMER Testimony of Representative H. J. C. Beckmeyer at Chicago Inquiry. Chicago, Sept. 29.—Representative H. J. C. Beckemeyer on the witness stand today before the Lorimer in- vestigating committee of the .United States senate, testified that he received $1,000 after he had voted for Lorimer vor United States senater and that the money was paid to him because of his vote. Beckemeyer was the third legistator in this hearing to declare that he received money for his vote in the senatorial election, Representative White and State Senator Holtslaw be- ing the others. Counsel for Senator Lorimer brought out in cross exami- nation that Beckemeyer’s vote for Sen- ator Lorimer was not induced by the promise of any paywment. chwuu- Criticism of Work of Gov- ernment Employes. 7 L.os Angeles, Cal, Sept. 29 -The committee on Alaskan legislation v ported to the American mining cen- gress today vigorous criticism of the work of L. F. Glavis and ofher gov- ernment employes engaged in inyes gating claims in Alaska. Among oth- er things, it was charged that Giav! and Jones were not within five hun- dred: miles of ‘the Alaskan land they reported upon. . ——— e Rev. Dr. Wayland Molt of w Mass,