Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 11, 1910, Page 1

LIL—NO. 242 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1910 NOMINEE GOODWIN AT MERIDEN Republicans of that City Opened the Fall “ Campaign Last Evening OPPONENT’S ATTITUDE CRITICISED Mr. Goodwin“Spoke of the Employers Liability Law, the Cén'upt Practices Act, the Public Utilities Bill, the Removal of the $5,000 Limit of Damages in Case of Death of an Employe, and Said No Republican of Connecticut Need Be Ashamed of His Platform. Meriden, Conn., Oct. 10.—The falli especially by the attacks of the chiefl campaign for this city of the republi- | counsel of the New Haven road, who can party.was openzd here tonight with | for legal acumen has no peer in the state. If out of these conditions a'good the address of the evening given by 2 <'harles A. Goodwin, the party nominee | bill cannot come, how can we expect it for governor. Ameng the other speak- | from the faitering utterance of the ers were former ( gressman Watson | democratic. candidate for governor? of Indiana and Col. A. N. Shapard of NS Tinasto-. Judiciat Rosorviss Poriland, the republican nominee £or| .;p. o yeon eriticized because I coUETEsEI (hel necTRR Slnting stated that the business men’s bill Regards Judge Baldwin ar a Foremost | would receive ‘my unqualified support’ Citizen. @nd my remarks have been comparad > i 4. | to the judicial reserve contained in In opening his rem Mr. Good-| jygge Baldwin's letter on the same win said that as he was going to crit- icize the attitude of his opponent he wanted to plac> himself on record as among those who regard Judge Bald- in as one of our foremost citizens, “as one of those who greatly prize his in- ternational reputation, his high place a scholar and a lawyer, and the jasting pwblic service he . has per- srmad for Connecticut during the past eighteen ye Constructive Legislation Needed. subject. Let time for jud last opportuni me tell you this is no 1 resarve,. This is the v that Cdnnecticut will have for many years to get a public utilities bill, and she may take ad- vantage of that bill only if she knows what she wants and is prepared to fight for it to the last ditch. Employers’ Liability. “The subject of employers’ liabi! I much profer to describe as worl men’s compensation, for there would Continuing, Mr. Goodwin said in|pe no employers’ liability unless there {was a right in the workmer to com- udge Baldwin in his able speech |pensation other than the daily wage. New Haven the other night pre- | The corporation employver has no in- senied for th> consideration' of the |terast in the welfare of its employes oters four issi three of which are | other than in the character of the work ed the republican platform, | they furnish. It is a blot on our civ- and the fourth he presents apparently | ilization that this condition has so The legislature of {long existed, but 1 contend it is the ving as always a republican | result of the neglect of no party, for T placed on the statute books |it is due to that same grim opposition a pt practices act which was | which every man who has business amended and strengthened by suc- |with the lagislature must feel and gi I know that the | which is absolutely non-partisan in its v was originally drafted by men as A law which will meet the able and patriotic 1 know that if the present act rupt practi sions can be any we have, and visions of thes . prevent cor- at these provi- = clear from my ywn experiences in the city of Hart- ford, TIf Judge Baldwin has somz new and effective provisions to add to.this law, let him come forward with them, but Jet him not say that there is not a working act upon the statute books nt the present time. Connecticut is looking this winter for constructive legislation, not general statements. Public Service Corporations. “There is no question in my mind that the people in Connecticut demand adequate supervision of the publie ser- vica ecorporations along ' the general laid down in the states of New k and Massachueetts. Judge Bald- win in an Interview and in his speech need must be founded on the principle that in employments where the persor al relation does not exist an injury t a workman in the course of his duty is part of the cost of productionsand should be horne not by him but by the community. Mayor Fisher's excellent address before the Hartford Central Labor union some weeks ago upon this subjact lays down principles in close accord with 'my views. The Republican Platform. “The last issue raised in this cam- paign is the removal of the limit of damages .in case of Judge Baldwin in his speech do know whether to raise the limit or re- move it, and apparently takes no defi- nita stand other than a change should be made. Whether he would advecate changing it to $6,000. 310,000 or $20.- 000, T do not know. T only know this: resses doubt as to whether the|That the popuiar outery . has been road should be inciluded as one of | against the setting of a limit, and as the agencies\to be supervised. Gentle- | I interpret the republican mlatform the intention is that the limit shall be removed and the cuestion of damages left to a jury. men. the opposition is abeolutely unit- it runs under no false gods; it makes no mistakes: it has no enthusi- it knows exactly what it wants his. then, is the republican plat- wd it s grim and relentless in pur- | form, as it ie my platform and yours suing what it Wants. The bill pre- | —a most progressive and most sincere sonted b the State PBusiness Men's | effort on the part of a great party to sociation is the result of experience | meet the wishes of a state. A repub- nad through two sessions and by |lican need not b2 ashamed of his plat e commission. 1t was drawn by the [form, and T do not believe a republi me attorne +ho represented the |can need be ashamed of his ticket this Men's association ba- T have pledged to you my every | yepr. ive committee last vear | effort have heen tested of some of the ablsst in the state, and to lead this party to victory and of our piatforn lto Connecticut fire made to you and made lawyers EX-PRESIDENT CASTRO FOURTH TERM IN SING SING FOR THE “LITERARY BURGLAR.” AND HIS WIFE ARE WAITING For Everts to Bring About His Res- toration to Power. George Wright Sentenced Yesterday to Twenty-one Years. Oct. 10, —In small up- New York, Oct. 10.—George Wright, ; e inn at Teneriffe, | Who earned the name of “the literary President | burglar” through the not he left in o o s the homes of his vietim was sen- ports reaching b tenced today to twenty-one vears in ties ti | Sig Sing by Judge Mulgiieen in gen- sions. He has served three where | s terms for similar offense: SN aa { and was last arrested three weeks indicate that he is| after he had been released from pr in other direc-| on. { ition ( { rom the re ding mone orts { __In nearly every house he robbed of the lurtior agitation| Wright left a note 3 T iels i followk the recent| Owners for the quality of the .iations and. subsequent | and jewelry he had taken, or abusing hetwe Venezuela and| them when the plated ware he discov r bearing on | ered was not worth taking away. For - Bot igation | three weeks he kept the Bronx and rizhts, the fi 5| Westchester village in a ferment b= not vet heen affixed. The state depart- | fore he was captured by a policeman e has no o 1 ndvices indica n;:( after a pistol duel. mminence of a revolutionary o : | = 2t and the Venez istor, | . 2 T el it taol Irish Envoys to America Entertained he had no word « any at Boston Dinner. &u -h} Oct. 10.—The H H | to redzem to the utmost the promises | tjee - Cabled Paragraphs Ste. Ttienne, Department of the Loire, "France, Oci. 10.—A Catholic procession at St. Paul-en-Jarret was attacked today by a group of atheists who assaulted the priests and tore their banners. The police/intervened and several arrests were made. St. Petebsburg, Oct. 10.—Jacob Dic inson, the American secretary of war and his party, arrived here today. They were accompanied from Moscow by William Spencer, third seeretary, and Major Stepheh Slocum, militas attache “of the ' American embussy here, Oldgham, England, Oct. 10.—The cot- ton mill$ of Lancashire erations today. Georze employe, whose discharge caused the strike at the Fern mill and resulted in the lockout of 120.000 operatives, wa given work in another factory. In one week the lockout cost the workers half a_ million dollars in wages and de- pleted the union funds by $200,000. ALi. THE JESUIT PROPERTY REVERTS TO THE STATE Portuguese Provisional Government Fixed in Its Determination to Drive Out the Religious Orders. Lisbon, Oct. 10.—The provisional government is fixed in .its determina- tion to drive the monks and nuns out of the country. 7The minister of the interior, Antonio Almeida, will per- sonaily conduct the examination in the case of all foreigners connected with the religions orders. A (ecree was published in cial gazetle today, expelling the Jes- uits and the foreign mempers of rthe orders. In the case of the Portuguese monks and nuns, however, these may return to their families if they r nounce their orders, otherwise they must quit the country. The most in- the offi- teresting event today bearing on the edict of expulsion w: the release from custod: Netto, former patria . whose arrest. the minister of justice explained, was with the object of protecting him from pos sible outrage. Under the degree of expulsion all the Jesuits’ property reverts to the state. of the other religious will be sealed and ¢ later im accordance with tions are estabifshed be- posed of whatever T tween the state and church. The Jesuits have enoromus nron- erty in land. besides gzold and silver church ornaments, vestments, chalices studded with precious stones uable cellars of old wine. ported that the Irish Domin: and \al- it and nuns possessing a chur convent here will be exempte masses were celebrated in Lisbon on Sunflay in any church except t of the Dominican fathers, over which the British flags floats. CONFERENCE AT BEVERLY BETWEEN TAFT AND ROOT Visit Caused Much Speculation—Re- ports and Rumors. A five hours’ Beverly, Ma: conference hetween President Taft and Senator Elihu Root of New York caused much speculation in Beverly today. ‘Senator Root arrived shor before noon and left again for New York at five He w d not diseuss his vis the president in any way. It was reported that President 7T had summoned Senator Root to summer capital o talk pver prospe: tive supreme ‘court appointment: among other things. This report lec to a revival of the runpr that Sena- tor Root might himself hecome a mern ber of that high tribunal. tor declared after his conference with ft the president that like all good he was deeply interested in the su- preme court, t he would not say | that his talk with the president had any relation to himself. He is 65 vears it was re- ported in E following the appointinent and mation of Jus- Lurton last winter, that t The sena- zens | Everything o ls Wiped Out { LARGE TRACTS OF FORESTS NOW LEVEL AS A PR I1E. MINNESOTA FOREST FIRES Later Reports Increase the Horrors of the Situation—Rescue of the Help- | less Now the Great [Concern. Warroad. Minn., Oct. 10.-—Latest orts of the forest fires in the Rainy River region in Minnesota mcrease the horrors of the situation, if not the number of lives lost. Estimates of the number of persons killed range from 75 to 400 tonight. Several conserva- tive men of business and authority place the deaths ai more than 100. But the greater concern for the present is ¢ the rescue of the hzipless and the re- lief of thousands of homeiess men, women and children. i Human Beings and Wild Animals Flee Side by Side. Stories of wild animals /fi(\l‘in# for safet; ide by sid> with human beings. their natural hostility and fear of man overcome by terror, came in_today, showing the stress of the situatiom. Settlers Burned to Death. Tales also came of mothers burned death with thzir babies on their s and men calcined while en- deavoring te shie’ the; children. “It's hell down there, id Engineer Smith of the Duluth _express today when a reporter swung into the cab after thef train passed the fire zome. His train took many refugees from the | { scene of the conflagration to Winnipes. “If the fire keevs on_the way it is go- ill be nfighty littie left of tion of fthat part of Minne- sota,” he added. Everything Swept Away: “The fames have quieted down a lit- tle, but it only needs a nuff of wind and they will “t up aga bad as ever. There i not come near one of the railr in the timber is i around Beaudette and Spoone there were large tracis | of bush, is no rairie. verything is wi > wind | at such a that the | | | 1 for all it | went fire but All had no chance to burn anythi what was directiy front’ of .it. tree along the! t way tion as biowing. Even the | earth around the tree trunks is on fire. There has been forests in that part of tha country for such a long time that the earth is peaty. | Real Picture of the Inferno. “From the engine it Jooked .as though every timber mill in the coun- | try had been burned except that of | tho Shevlin Mattiu coémpany, which is | safe. All of the lumber in the yards, | however, swas burned. - We { through part of the burned territo in truni from the direc- the charred the night. and the ta d flames from the smouldering mass of logs looked | like a real pict of the infe through the clouds of simoke which reeled "across the path of PROTESANT EPISCOPAL ~ CHURCH TRIENNIAL. the engine™ Many Important Questions Discussed | at Monday's Meetings. | Cincinnati, Oct, 10.—Resolutions and | amendments calling for changing the | { namef of the church; reorganization of | | | the board of missions; a geners hauling of the methods of exa theological stion of reyv: d were 3 t meetings of | nial conyention of the Pr { estant Episcopal church. Condensed Telegrams Cholera is Still Raging in Russia and Ural The Finnish Diet Was Dissolved and new elections in January ordered. The Battleship. North Dakota has completed its endurance trials and met all requirements. Louis Allen, a Brooklyn Civil Engi- neer, was lost in the Adirondacks and almost perished. The American Federation of Labor a2fends the boycott in briefs filed with the supreme court. Rocco Pinto, a Musician, of New York, v committed to Bellevue hospital. Music turned his brain, A Revolution is Reported to have broken ot at Scutari and to be spread- ing throughout Albania. The Tniennial International Confer- ence on the study of cancer_chncluded a five days’ conference in Berlin. Professor Gossio, the Indian bac- teriologist, is convinced that cholera germs are transmitied to fish. There Was a Revolt in San Carlos prison, Maracaibo, the warden being killed and all the prisoners escaping. The Bans of the Marriage of Prince Victor Navoleon and Princess Clemen- tine of Belgium were published in Brussels. The Gunboat Princeton Has Been Ordered 1o Honduras to protect Amer- ican interests, a revolution being threatened. - President Taft Has Appointed a sp2- cial mission to the Ottoman empire to return expressions of friendship from the sultan. John L. Wagner, a Farmer, living ntville, Pa., obtained a divorce wife last Monday and is to wed a neighbor. A Macnificent Farewell"Banquet was given in Pekin, China, to Americans presenting the commercial interests . San Francisco. T o s Keeping Himself political conditions in New through Otto T. Bannard, now a President Taft | Pogted on Yori guest at Beverly, Mass. The General United Evangelical Con- ference, session in Canton, O., se- lected Barrington, quadrennial 1., for cenference. the next Professor Woods of the Johns Hop- kins is one of the American delegates to the celebration of the centenary of the University of Berlin. The Engagement Was Announced of AManuelita Gomez, daughter of Presi- dent Gomez, and Morales Coello, com- mander of the Cuban army. Thomas Williams, Atlantic. City J Turnkey, was severely injured in a bat- tle with a negro prisoner. The latter driad to obtain possession of the kevs. After Waiting Thirty-Two Years, | James Cummings of Custer, Mich.,, re- ed a gold medal from the treasury dep: ment for saving lives from a wreek on the lakes. Medical Director John C. Wise, senier officer=of-the medical ¢orps of. the navy,.and a Marylander, has been placed on the: retira L having reached the age limit. _ Wall Street is Showing Its Opposi- tion to Rooscvelt hy making {ake odds against St » republican candi- date for governor v York. The upstate campaign wilt begin this week. FORMAL OPENING OF THE TRIENNIAL COUNCIL | Of Congregational Churches and Co- operating Societies in Boston. Boston, Oct. 19, "housands of Con- gregationalists from all ‘tions of the retiring moderator of t o S I e . px After the house of deputies had fin- ited States, together with mission- detnt h?;; »_y‘;.‘:»wa into 'aALd‘qu r::‘ ¢ | ished disc: among the | aries of the denomination from all ‘(,ginge;:g’tlf ;;‘ “h “;:::;‘l‘am‘: ot | Jews. in which Rev. Will ! parts of the pagan world, met in Tre- e sepule o i York made a speech. the|mcni temple tonight for the formal e T ops took up the subject | opening of the triennial national Sitod bare v Tt Grehe ee. This stated that | council of Con, regational churches e piodl Justios Thsacs ave been converted to the |and the co-operating sociaties of the A bt porotied InD: fajth may continue tbe rites, | denomination. Only a_comparatively sidl aft probz ceremonies of their fore- | small portion of the 7.000 delegates not go to that state- for anothe s historical and racial tradi-|and visitors attending the council ‘Anht.l;‘-‘fi' tinm St ns, provided they do it as a matter | were able to gain admission to the Rt ML Dot ey dkismx-: 3 " morality or for sanitary reasons. opening meeting. G e S | but not a; form of religio | -Thomas C. McMillan, clerk of the to play in the campaigns of this vear T z s S L e B fo piae | COL. ROOSEVELT IN ARKANSAS-i"" thern district of Ilinois and the e WOULD WILLINGLY RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY If He Thought He Could Carry a Sin- gle Southern State. O« Atlanta. Ga., if T thought I southern state. for the presidenc Theodore Roosev mant Satur was learned { Mayor Maddox and members of the recention com- mittee which escorted him through At- lanta’s streets. “I regard it as unfortunate.” said Col. Fred Paxon. president of the At- lanta chamber of commerce, tonigh that the matter reached -the news papeps, as Colonel Roosevelt was the { guest of the city, and 1 regarded h statament. made in his ususl enthusi- | Boston, Irish envoys —_——— to Amegica, John K. Redmond. Jo- | BUICIDE OF ROBERT E. LINDSAY | seph Niiin and Daniel Boyle, mem- | hers of ‘parliament, wore entertained | Once Ghief Engineer in Charge ofim dinner at the change club as » e Baridl o guests of the Atlantic conference of Aname Gansl Wor | Jocal organizations of business men Robert !late today. Governor Draper, Tien- ¥ imaer in {hG|temant Governor Lenis A. Frothine- - e govern. | Bam. Mayvor John F. Fitzgerald, for- ment. committe e today by | Mer Goveror John D. Long. and other : Rt it = 1o | Prominent citizens were present and b It - according to| 1 1e as Aid_the Irish envoys. M-, | and Mrs. Redmond left later for N. He w 5 hief enginerr at one time “hargs of much work in Panama, re- ‘ £ much work th PAnama. Xe- | o i5% tomorrow, T ol their way he wa sent to Manila Two ears | Mass iiecting . Thuketa aeo he left the government employ and was heard from in China and Japan. On his return he opened an office in Collector Loeb Returns from Montana this o His widow and child are Hunting Trip. said to live in Washington, D. C'. New York, Oct. 10.—Willium Loeb, Jr., collector of the port, returned to his desk in the custom house todav, after a month’s huting trip in south- western Montana. Mr. Loeb =aid he din not know Roosevelt had been Writ of Foreign Attachment Against Ambaseador Quashed. Pitteburg, Oct. 10.—A writ of foreign York, and Messrs.. Deviin and Boyle | astic manner, as confidential. THREE-ALARM FIRE IN BOSTON -THIS MORNING | Quick Work Kept the Loss Down to $25,000. Boston. Oct. 11.—ileavy loss was { threatened during a three-alarm fire attachment against John (. A. Leish- | chosen temporary ™ chairman of the man, American ambassador at Rome, | Saratoga convention until a cowbo: was quashed in the common passed with a copy of a western pa today by Jud per two days later. The next day he | e Writ was broug rode twenty miles to find out who the n, a lawyer of republicans had nominated for gov- »cluimed something oveér | ernor. 22000 11 services in adjusting “ m i et ten t when he o - b . . < pidery - uchier bechme “{ho|Infantile Paralysis a Quarantinable ~ Diseasze. Countess De Gontaut Egron - Waszhingtlon, Oct. W.—Infautile par- 4 2 alysis Is & quarantinabie disease and Farmer Instantly Killed in Ruraway. |4l cases should be isolated, in the 1. Conn, Oct. 10.—FHenry | opinion of the ruei 2ers of the advis- ¥enn living in the north- | ory board of the hyglenic laboratory ¥ ‘Thomaston, was instantiy | of the public health and marine hos- killed this alternoon by his horse run- | pital service which conferred’ today ning away and throwing him ont of [ with Surgeon General Walter Wyman. the wacon. The horse ran into 1m-+ The hoard listened to reporis on the gatan and upon investizgation Mr. Fenn | progress made n fighting tuberculosis, wag discoversd with hie skull fractur--| pellagra, infantile paraly and choi- od, lying in the road near his home, era. ' | | Engraving that started on the top floor of a five- story buil Summer street, shortly aft ht, in the Hub 3 plant. _ The flames spread to the Wagner Cloth- ing company below and the adjoining Gabn building. Quick work held the principal dam- age confined to the engraving 1any. The total loss was $25 RUMOR CURRENT IN PARIS That 18 City ofiLisbon Was Envel- oped in Smoke. . Oc¢t. 10.—The rumor v late tonizhat that fr broken out in . the city was enveloped in smoke No confirmation of 1his has been re- ceivad 5 Travelers' Indemnity Co. Vote to In- crease Capital Stock. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 10 —Al 4 mee ing of the directors of the Travelers Indemnity company today it was vot- ed to increase the capital stock of the | according to the veport of appra S | company from $500,600 te $1.000000. i which was filed todav. Of this amount ; The new stock will be offered to the | $213.750 is real estate. The share of | stockholders at $150 2 shara. The | the widow, Mrs. Mary Nevins Blaine matter will e brought before the next meeting of the riackholders for fication. made that state- | today, | | - l New | | rati-- H | [ Reunion oF NewtlaniiSoutt Enmhin: sized at His Reception. ! | Mot Springs, “Ark. Oct. 10.—Theo- | | dore Roosevelt placed himself on Tec- | { ord today as opposed to the view les i pressed by President Taft of ona | i of the work_of conserving ani i the natural resource: f country. Colonel ~Roosevelt said that the federal government should do ! 11 it could legitimately to assist in the | reclamation of the great sw {of the M alley s i | In a spe nal conserva- | | tion congress St Paul, on Septen | ber 6. Mr. Taft said he believed the | k should be done by the states and deprecated the idea that the Al government should do it. As soon as (olonel Roosevelt react Hot Springs today Governor Do- and several other men who are | interested in_obtaining help from the | government in the reclama ject asked him to touch on the [ subject in his addiess to the Arkansas ' tate fair. Colonel Roosevelt promi to do s xteen hundred school ¢ dren, dressed in red. white and blue | i tion s and arranged so as tn represent the flag, sang “Americ; and “Dixie.” Confederate veterans in gray uni forms were seated in front of the chi dren. - On the other side were Grand Army veterans in blue. A yvoung wom- | an over the Confederate veterans.: A young won an in gr: did_the same for the Grand Army men, and then both young wom- en threw roses unon Colonel Roosevelt. Someone released four white doves, which symbolized the peace which no: exists between the blue and the gray. [ Drew 90,0€0,000 Gallons of Water and Found Body of Boy. New York, Oct. 10.—After drawn off 90 milion gallor in the Croton agyueduct m. High bridge having of water near the tation-in the upper part today found the Pa) v oold the agueduct outiet while = with some N COMpInions on Dr. Bull Left an Estate Valued &t | $339,147. | York, Oct. 10.—Dr. William T. ! Bull, the noted surgeon, who died in 1909, left an estate valued at $ Bull_in-the life os > Ir, » estimated at 06, and that of William A Ban, son, at §68,264. | | Following a i addresses of | both | ticket nounced today. the national the meeting. brief devotional service. welcome were made by Goy. Eben S. Draper, Mavor John F. Fitzgerald and Rev: Dr. A. Z. Con- rad, pastor of the Park Street church. The retiring moderator responded to the greetings and the meeting closed with prayer and benediction. The ten days' series of meetings and conferences is the greatest in the his- tory of the Congregational church, in importance and in the num- ber of delesates. The centennial an- niversary of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, which is observed this week, is con- idered an important factor in attract- ing so large a number of delegates. council, presided over NEW YORK/DEMOCRATS. Speaking Campaign for State Ticket Opens October 17 at Buffalo. New York, Oct.,10.—The speaking campaign for the democratic siate will open at Buffalo on Mon- October 17. Winfield A. Hup- he new state chairman. an- night, puch, cinde Alton B. Parker, whe was the temporary éhairman of the Rochester | convention, Theve is talk of having Senmator Gore of Oklahoma follow in the wake of Colonel Roosevelt. The notification of the candidates on the state ticket will be held on Wednesday. Mr. Dix will adhere to his determination of making no ex- tensive stumping trip. Steamship Arrivals. At Gldsgow: Oct. 10, California, from New York. At Trieste: Oct. 9, Ultonia, from New York. At Christiansand: Oct. 9, United States, from At Naples: Venezia, from New York. t Bremen: Oct. 9. Friedrich der Grosse. from New York. At Cherbourg: Oct. 10, Kaiser Wil- belm "I, from New York. At Dover: Oct. 10, Vaderland, from York. London: New York. New At Oct. 10, Minuewaska, from - Cholera in Italy. Rome, Oct. 10.—The official report on the cholera for the past twenty-four hours, shows a total of 23 new cases, of which eight occurred in the prot. ince of (‘aserta. thirteen .in . the prov- inee of Naples, one in Rome. and one in the Provinece of Salermo. In the same period seven deaths occurred. $10,000 in Cash - For Aviators FOR THE FASTEST FLIGHT During the Coming International Avi- ation Tournament, from Belmont Park Around the Statue of Liberty. New York, Oct. 10.—Thomas T Ryan, the financier, has offered a $10.- 000 cash prize for the: fastest flight from Belmont patk around the Statue of Liberty during the international av-. iation tournament, October 22 to 30. He announced the prize tonight/in a cablegram to his son. Allam~A. Ryan, who is acting as the business director of the tournament. It will be the great- est cash prize to be competed. for dur- ing the tournament. The Distance. If the flight is made in a direct line and over South Brooklyn the distance to the statue and return would- be about 33 miles. Should a course be taken from Belmont park to the har- bor and then over the water from that angle to the statue, the distance and reurn would b bout 65 miles. ELY’S ENGINES WORKED BADLY. Chicage to New York Flier Forced to 1 Again Descend. Indiana Harbor, Ind., Oct. 10.—FKu- gene Elyv, aviator, alighted in a field two miles south of Indiana Harbor late today, after having covered nine- teen miles of his proposed Chicago to New York flight. = ., Ely announced that he would not at- tempt to resume his flight untfl te- morrow. He walked into. town and telephoned for assistance. He said that i his engines were working badly and that the aeroplane was damaged Im malking the descent. . ITe started ves- terday from Chicago at 4.11 o’clock. CANAAN FARMER FOUND DYING IN ROAD Peclared That He Had Beek Run Over by Automobile. Canaan, Conn., Oct. 10.—Louis Holmes, a farmer at the Briggs farm, whe was found lving in the road today severely cut in the abdomen, died at the Briggs-home tonight. To a physi- cian who was summoned when he was first discovered, he said that he had been run over by an automobile, but lapsed into. unconsciousness. before he cdould give any of the details. There is a possibility, however, that he was run over by a team which he himself was dri ng. When last seen he was riding on a load of shingles. the wag- on and horses being’ found shortly aft- er the discovery of Holmes standing beside the road a half a mile away. A bundle of shipgles and keg of horseshoes were fpund in the<road not far from where Hohmes lay and it is thought that h ght have fallen from the load un he ‘wheels of the Wagon. An inve; ation is being made by the coroner. He was 55 years old and leaves a widow and two ehil- dren. L s SOLD AUM AT 26 BROADWAY. That Was in 1786—Old. Directery Fomund by Los Angeles Man. J.os Angeles, Cal., Oct. 10.—James Bowles of this c¢ity has unearthed some cugious old books from a lot which he” has had stored away for ars. Among them is. a copy of' the first New York directory. issued.in 1786. It contains the names of all the resi- dents of New York city at that time, numbering 24,000. A review of the events of the nreceding Ffear also ‘is copraitied in it. A small sdvertise- ment tells of the “éxcellent rum’ -sold at 26 Rroadway, now the home of the Standard company. Only 3 were in New York at that side by side are the names Burr and Alexander Ham- time and of Aaron ilton. The speakers will in- | WATERBURY DEMOCRATS Unable to Settle on Two Repr ou‘ tives for the Legislature. . — i Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 10.—The democratic town convention wrestled vainly tonight for two hours with the problem of nominating two representa - tives for the lagislature and then a Jjourned until Friday night, the origin slate having been broken by the with- drawal of John Gaillagher. The slate, which was thought to have a certainty of nomination, was William T. Thoms and John Gallagher and, the . unex- pected decision of Gallagher to retire from the contest left the delegates up in the air. John W. McDonald and Thomas F. Devine were alse aspirants and the delegates could not settle om which should have the second place. CARUSO WéUNDED IN KNEE. Received Accidental Sword Thurst While Singing in Opera. Berlin, Oct. 10.—Durirg the last act of Carmen last night, Enrico Caruso received an, accidental thrust-of a sword in hi§ knee. The wound iz not considered serious. Bay State Democrats Still Loeking for Man to Head Ticket. Boston, @©ct. 10.—Four hours of de- liberation by the committee 'of four ap- pointed oy the democratic. state con- vention to name candidates for gover- [ nor and lieutenant governor of Massa: chusetts ended tonight in a deadlock over a vote to name Congrsssman Fu- zene N. Foss of Boston or former As- sistapt Secratary of the Treasury Charles S. Hamlin, also of Boston, for the nomination for the. head of the ticket. The committee adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. ve Deaths Due to Vanderbilt Cup Races. New York, Oct. 10.—Harry Hagedon, a mechanician employed by the Re- nault Freres Automobile company, who was .struck by the Marmon car Joe Dawson «was driving during the Vanderbilt cup races, died this eve- ning. Hagedon wax gelting alony fafrly well under medical treatment until last Friday. when lockjaw devel oped His death makes the . nrnh cansed by 1he race. -Son of Chicago Millionaire Sentenced to Sing Sing. - ‘ New York, ‘Oct. 10.-—Harold Decker, 20 years old, sald to he the son of < L‘Ne&g millionaire, was sentenced to Sin, ng today for from two and a “half'vears to five‘vears. He' was charg - ed with haviog . abducted ..!;‘Vlgw'fl": Richter. a yveung Brooklyn. eirl whop he took to Rachester, N, Ty Srom