Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 14, 1910, Page 1

VOL. LIL—NO. 245 & Ve : RAIDED BY FEDE RAL AUTHORI and Other Sections will be Interested REDEEMABLE INVESTMENT COMPANY Of Boston Charged with Use of Mails in a Scheme to De- - fraud—The Manager, the Company Books and Sev- eral Thousands in Cash Taken by Raiders—Officers Hunting for Rev. Norman Plass, Company’s President nEs‘-‘ Thousands of Investors in New England ‘Cabled Paragraphs Courrieres, France, Oct. 13—The coal mines dismissed 1500 employes today because of the inability coal during the railway strike Sheringham, England, Oct. 13.—The British coasting steamship Heathfield sank off Blakeney at noon today. Two sailors arrived here in a ship's boat. and reported that sixteen others were missing. Cuxhaven, Germany, Oct. 13.—The fishing steamship Senator Holthufen ran into and sank the Swedish bark Diana today. Seven of the Diana’s crew .were ‘drowned. The survivors were brought here by the steamship. London, Oct. 13.—The England and continental bankers are standing pat on their original demand that Ameri- can_cotton bills of iading be guaran- teed by American banks. There have been no developments recently in the controversy so far as this side is con- cerned. 13.—American Ambas- sador Reid gave a reception at Dor- chester housa today for the American Tondon, Oct. Boston, Oce. 13.—Federal authorities | to those of the stockholders, who are | deiegates to the conference organized visited tlie extensive offices of the Re- | scattered throughout the country and A | number several thousand. \ble Investment company at 8 Tevonshire street today and_ came | way with Manager Charles H. Brooks, | books of the company and several | sand dollars in cash, all taken un- | , warrant_charging the company | with th 1o defraud. Officers Hunting for Rev. Plass, the President. Norman | Plass, the who had sement as_an nan the alleg- individual of etary of the Interior Richard A Hallin: the late Associate Justice David J. Brewer of the United States | ne court, Senator Charles Curtis | <an. and several local Congre- al ministers. Rev. Mr. Plass was v seven years president of Washburn college at Topeka, Kan. zat England Investors Intsrested. raid on the elaborately furnish- s of the company on the sixth the Devonshire street building nteress to thousands of | ew Fagland and other | g with a mass of ac- | and circulars, the federal | away several bags said to | coin, while six employes | 10w were summoned before | = Commissioner Hoyes and | nal recognizance in $100 | s witnesses. | Capital Stock $10,000,000. | edeemable Tnvestment company wan nized thres years ago as | olding company, with a capital of £10,000.000. Cireulars found in the cf- that the company promotes | «nly those properties of which it is the | owner or of which it has control, and | that the stock is not listed as the com- pany’s redemption fund furnishes a market for the stock on demhnd at a yrice in no case less than the price yaid the company together with at least | & per cent. for the time it has been | 18 The ecirer also say that the | Jls the Santo Domingo | ining company, which said to own | . per ceut. of the mines of Jalisso, San Domingo, and a ranch of 79.000 ne in the same state; the Norman‘ Plass Lumber company, which claims | own 6.000.000 feet of timber in| Tritish Columbia: the Boston and Can- da. Wheat Land eompany. having 20.- | 00 acres of land in Canada, and. the | Okenogan Development c¢ompany of | Washington i Fullest Investigation Welcomed. * | John P. Feeney, counsel for the com- pany, said tonight that the officers wel- Comed the fullest investigation and ex- nination of the books, and were con- fident that the outsome would be fav- orable not only to their interests, but | Secretary Ballin, Plass. Rev. Mr. Plass, the president of the is a graduate of Williams use of the mails in a scheme | college and the-Yale Divinity school. Detroit, company He has Mich. ; Cincinnati, held pastorates at Lincoln, Neb.; Medina, Ohio, and Barrington. Ohio: The literature of the company con- tained endorsements of Mr. Plass from many prominent people, including Sec- retary Ballinger, whose letter reads as | follows: “I hav many character and integrity a h degree of energs anything lie undertales. of confidence and respect and has hi experience in the west in the inverti- gation of timber lands. I am sure ths e would not knowingly represent a matter untruthfully or unfairly in bus- iness connection. (Signed) “RICHARD A. BALLINGER, Secretary of the Interior.” Manager Brooks in Trouble Before. ears as a gentleman of hi He posse and ability in He is worthy AMr. Brooks was born in Council Bluffs | 39 vears ago. According to the federal officials Brooks was arrested in St. Louis six vears ago, tried and convict- ed in connection with the land ‘rauds of the Realty Investment company of St. months Louis and sentenced to eighteen the government in the trial of United States Senator Burton. Officers of the Raided Company. The officers of the Redaemable In- vestment company are as follows: President, Norman Plass, Boston: vice president, J. Austin Pharaoh, Worces- ter; George A. Blauvelt of New York, and Willlam F. Bryan of New Yerk; secratary, George B. Graff of Boston; treasurer, J. I. Traphagen of Boston. The directors include the above, with Charles 1. Brooks of Boston (man- ager), Harry W. Davis of Wilmington, Del, W. 1. Hathaway of New Bedford, and Addison H. Hazeltine of Montclair, N.J Brooks Released on Bail. Manager Charles T1. Brooks was ar- raigned late today before United States Commissioner Hayeg and later released on giving $3,000 bail. He was ordered to appear for a hear- ing on October 20. PANAMA CANAL BUILDING | SHOWS STEADY PROGRESS. | Monthly Report of Chief Engineer Goethals to the Committee. Washington, Oct. 13.—Steady prog- yess in the construction of the Panama ¢nal is shown by the monthly report of Chief Eng Goethals to the isth- | misn canal ¢ sion. The total e for the month of September 2,687,088 cubit yards, against 2 Augus ing days in Se; in August, while tie rainfall sptember was 1 inches, against 11.61 inches in the pre- ous month. The average daily out- t in September w cubic vards cubic yards of dams during Sep- | 4 cubic vards Inj previous year. COMMEN‘DED BY ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. Ordinary Seaman Lewis Thompson of " Battleship South Carolina. | Earl | Washington, ( 12 —Lewis Thompeon, an ordinary seaman aboar the battleship South Carolina, has been commended by Assistant Secre- avy Winthrop for devo- i practice Iship fleet, Thompson's lit- e recent baattle ger door ba smashed Ly th lie ammunition car upon his hand during the sec- ng of ene of the biz guns. hatanding thie accident, Thomp- oaded the gun for the third time, vaing the Injured hand during the en- | tire operation, Thompaon is only though he has heen arly eight vears, ewport, R. I. 24 vears old, al- in ‘the navy for He is a native of aking Tour Mapped Out for Alton B. Parker. | Oct. The democrat mapping out o York, e committee is campaign speaking tour for Alton B Parker tnat for length and variety will nearly equai the two weeks' trip to be bexun next Monday by Henry L. | Etimson, the republican governor. Mr. Huppuch committee has recaeived €8 republicans endorsing cratic candidate for said that the letters from the demo- state ticket. i $25,000 Bequest to Middlebury College Middlebury, Vt, Oct. 13.—A bequest of $25,6000 to Middlebury college was announced todar. The gift is provided in tha will of (he lute Kzra J. Warner of Chicugo, M., a member of | the class of 1351 and the donor of the Warner scicncs Lalf. The beguest is o be invesied s & permanent endow- | ment fund for the care and mwainte- | nance of the | Jolence hall at Wolpert's Roost. Y oot David B. Hill Roost, his country ! hut his condition | ag serious. The that Mr. Hill's con- are ot horne out facts. hie friends say o has ! u gend health for the past three Senater Hily Aibany, N | Taft h SECRETARY BALLINGER IN TRAIN COLLISION. Seversly Shaken Up and His Arm Bruised. Ciueinnati, 0., Oct. 13.—Richard Ballinger, secretary of the interior, was one of eleven passengers injurad to- night by a o trains on the e outskirts of Cincinnat! imore and Ohib Southwest- ern rail Secretary Ballinger's injuries cov ted of a severs shaking up and o slightly bruised arm. ‘The two trains met head-on at Six- | tieth street and Mount Hope road. Both trains were proceeding at mod- erate speed, and to this fact is dua the escape 1gers from a more serious injury or death. Of the injured none will die, and everal were able to go home. cretary Ballinger, who was Te- turning to Washingion from Okiahoma where he attended the congress of in dians, went 1o a hotel. where he rasted for some time. e left later for Wash- 1gton over the (hesapeake and Ohio road. President Leaves Beveriy Next Men- day Afternoon For Washington. Beverly, Masa. Oct. —President der for the rema { his stay in B s S Norton left Beverly ome in Chicago, where he goes to register in order to be able to vote at the November elections. The president will leave Beverly Mon afternoon for New York, where he will remain until Wednes- day night. He goes then to Washing- ton, arriving in the capital Thursday morning. Wholesale Roundup of Negro Loafers. | Savannah, Oct. 13.—Negro loafers and vagrants were rounded up in all parts of Savannah by the police today with the result that more than one hundred are in the police station to- night. The purpose of the roundup is to force the idle negroes to work for | themselves or to help put the Grand Prize automobile course in condition for the race next month. Those con- victed will be sent to the gang tomor- row and made to work on the county roads, particularly those which com- pose the race course, Agpointed Ancillary Receivers. Boston. Oct. 13.—George B. Draper and M. H. Marcus were appointed an- eillary receivers of the clothing firm of Meyer & MceSimon by the United States district court_tod half a dozen other cities, mostly in the west and osuth. The liabilities are $750,000 and assets $500,000. Cattle Lost in Lakeville Fire. Lakeville, Oct. 13.-—Twenty-one head of cattle perished in the burning last night of & barn on the farin of Ralph Denito in this town. The vause of the fire iz 10t Known, bit it’is suppossd 10 have beén of incendiary origin. The | loss is estimated as being in the neigh- borhood of $2,860. 63 Cents Brings $1,630 at a Sale. Oct. and thirty the price paid yesterday for 63 one- cent pieces. The coins were of the iesne of 1794 and were a part of a col- Jection. The prices per coin ranged from 350 to $101. dollars was ger Endorsed President R. . | T, n 1397 he was state superintendent ers tonight were hunting for Rev. | of the Rhode Island Anti-Saloon league president of the |ang later agent of the Congregational National Home Missionary society. He hecame president of Washburn college. Topeka, in 1902,and resigned two years known Mr. Norman Plass for 1| ‘Marked similarity characteri: in_jail, but was pardoned by | President Roosevelt on the ground that he had furnished valuable evidence for ion of two passenger | e no further engagements | The firm | has stores in New York, Boston and | 13.--Cne thousand | by the Royal Institute of British A chitects for a consideration of the question of town planning. Nearly 400 guests were received. !PROPOSE—D FRETGHT RATE ADVANCE ON EASTERN ROADS. Presidents of Two Great Systems Give Views and Reasons. ‘Washingthon, Oct. 13.—The presi- dents of two great American railway systems today contributed their views of and reasons for the proposed ad- | vance in freight rates by the roads in | eastern trunk line territor: vestigation into the proposed tariffs being conducted by the interstate com- merce commission. The witnesses were President Wil iard of the Baltimore and Ohio and { President Brown of the | Central Iines. New Both of the officials presented, from their viewpoint, res | sons in justification of the advances | freight rates. statements of both President V ard and President Brown. Neither he responsibility for the proposed in- ease in rates wholly upon the a vances in wages made hy the railroads in recent inonths, althou‘\ both as- serted that the very largé increase in | the wage Scale was an important fac- vance. President Brown said, substantially, {that the great improyvement and bei- terment of railroad properties, in o | der that the officials might furnish to {the people adequate facilities for the transportation of their commerce,could be accomplished only by an increase of the freight income of the various lines, :: He pointed out that under present conditions it was impossible to obtain the large sums of money necessary ts make the proposed improvements, and he apprehended that that condition would continue until tha railroads wers { able to secure what he and other rail- | road officials regarded as an adequate return upon the investments made in the lines. The hearing. which the comsmission had expected would be concluded to- day, will be_continued tomorrow and fiad not been excused from the witness stand when adjournment - was ' taken this evening. QUIET DAY IN PROTESANT EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. | s L $ sy House of Bishops Constructing New Canon Relative to Suffragan Bishops. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 13.—In so far { as definite action on matters before the [two houses was concerned, the Protest- {ant Episcopal convention’ today exp rienced the quitest day it has had thus far. The house of bishops spent most | of the day constructing the new canon | relative to suffragan bishops. This {canon will be adopted as soon as con- structed. After that it is probable | several suffragan, bishops will be elect- | ed before the convention adjourns. | The principal subject before the hous of deputies was changing the name of | the church from the Protestant Ep Church of the United Sta ica to the Episcopal Church of the | United States of Amer No aotion resumec | The house of deputies took action | on the world’s conference of churches of the Christian fa It appointed a | committee of seven clergymen and sev- jen lavmen to meet with a en bishops to report ion regarding the advisiability of hold- a world’s convefition. | GARDNER WANTED AS WITNESS | o sia | Bf New York Legislative Graft Probing | Committee—Arrested in Scranton. | Scranton. Pa, Oct. 1 Gardner of Naw York, former state €enator from Brooklfn, was arrested here tonight by detectives from New York. Gardner is wanted as a witness ;‘h the legislative comm ¢ ing the legislative grafting 'Yr)rlf:, to tell what he knows alleged bribing of members of the lex- slature in the attempt made to defeat anti-race track gambling . —Frank J. in | the Hugh | BIL_in 1908, | New York, Oct. 13.—The crime with { which Gardner is charged is alleged { to have ocourred on a train between | Albany and New York. | T ie charged that he approached ex- State Senator Otto G. Foeller and of- fered to pay him $25.000 if be would vote againsi the anti-race track bill. Annual Report of Yal Mission in Changsha, China. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 13.—The an- nual report of tI Yale Mission in Changsha, China, shows thdt here were | 57 students enrolled, representing eight | of the ho: during_the yea: beds. Rev. W. J. dean during the com- absence of Dean | provinces. The capac pital was doubled there now being | Hall will act a: ing year, in the Brownell Gage. Severs Trqpical Storm Sweeps Island of Cuba. { Key West, Fla, Oct. 13.—A severe | tropical storm today swept the prov- | inces of Santa Clara, Matanz: vana and Pinar del , Cyba, accord- ing to wireless advices ri 1 here tonight. Tha telephone ser¥ice in Ha vana was badiy, crippled. Heavy ra accompanied the high wind. Population Statistics. ‘Washington, Oct. statistics were wade public tonlght i census bureau for the follaw a8: Montgomery, Ala. 3§ 188, 4 increase of 7,780, or 23.7 per cent, over 3,348 | tn 1800, of in | Austiu, Tex, 26,30, an in 7.602, or 342 per cenl, over 1990, Rlgomington Degrees Were Conferred b versity of Berlin upon a Aum American educators 7 ship the at the in- | perhaps. on Saturday. President Brown | Ha- | 13.— Populution | e | York | little burned. i the | first floor of the building, and Who oc- { cupied laced | ards an | 1 | | | i i | i | | i | | | tor in the consideration of the rate ad- | fifteen minutes not to jump. | Trip to Be Made on Cruiser North THRILLING RESCUE OF TWO MEN BY FIREMEN. SEVEN LIVES LOST gs Hall Building Destroyed— Search of the Ruins Resulted in the Finding of Five Bodies. Montreal, Oct. 13.—Seven lives are believed to have ben lost in a fire which | destroyed the King’s hall building on St. Catherine street, West, early to- day. Five bodies have ‘ben found. The Dead. F. WHittal, night watchman, wife an# two-smali children. ‘Charles Threshi of Boston, manager of a billiard parlor. Missing. Harry Richards and an unknown ne- gro, employes of the building. Search of the Ruins. After a thrilling rescue of Edgar Coates and John Jones by the firemen, soon after the blaze was discovered, it was supposed that all the occupants had escaped, and it was not until this afternoon that relatives of Whittal, who with his wife and family lived on the ffith floor, reported that nothing had beeen seen of them, that careful search of ‘the ruins was begun. The body of Whittal with his children in his ‘arms, their heads covered with a blanket, were found a few yardsa way from that of his wife. *All perished from suffocation, the bodies being but Mass., On the third floor was found the body of Threshi, who came to Montreal from Boston a month ago to take the man- | agement of the billiard parlors gn the room on the third floor. Rich- the negro are still missing. Two Men Rescued from Roof. Coates and Jones sought safety on the roof, from which they were rescued by the firemen after a crowd on the street below had encouraged them for Loss Placed at $150,000. The total loss on building and con=- tents is placed at $150,000. PRESIDENT TAFT SAILS FOR THE ISTHMUS NOV. 10 Carolina from Charleston. Beverl Mass., Oct. 13.—President Taft will sail for the isthmus of Pan- ama on November 10 from Charles- ton, S. (. He will make the trip on the armored cruiser North -Carolina, and will be_convoyed_ by a sister ship, the Montana. These are the same yes- seis nsed by Mr. Taft.in his Panama trip just before his inavsuration.yThe president will be’gone about .tweive days, The North Carolina and Mon- tana are 22-knot hoats and can make the journey in each direction in four ds This will_give Mr. Taft about four days on the isthmus. The president had practicaily given up all idea of visiting the canal this vear until Col. George W. Goethal hief engincer of the canal, spent tw hours with him this afternoon. At the end of that time Mr. Taft had been 1vinced that the problems confront- ing the officials at Panama require his ence on the isthmus. Although his I be a fiving one, the presi- t expects to be able to secure first hand information on a number of mat- ters which he will call upon congress | to deal with at its session. Mr. Taft will be back in Washington nearly w0 weelks prior to the opening of the session. Some of the problems to be dealt with in the immediate future are as follows: The extent and fortifications: the character of the fixing of tolls for the passage of vessels through the canal; a proposed increase in wages; the future management of the Panama railroad; the forin of permanent gov- ernment for the canal zone and the regulation of the sale of coal at the terminus point. The government may go into the business of selling coal self in order to prevent the possibi of extortion or a monopoly. The date for opening the Panama nal has been set for January 11 President Taft and Colonel Goe- als believe that it will be completed and open long before that time. TWENTY-SECOND BODY Found in Debris Adjoining Los Ange- : fes Times Ruins. T.os Angeles. Cal. Oct. 13.—Buried beneath tons of debris a man’s hody was found vesterday on the secon floor of tha Baumbarot Printing Co. plant. adjoining the wrecked Times building. The body has not been iden- tified. This makes twenty-two known dead in The Times disaster. Sacramento, Cal,- Oct. 13.—George Wallace. Wwho was arrested in connec- tion wifh the dymamiting of the Los Angeles Times building. was ordered released by Chief of Police Ahren last night. The chief stated that it had been found that Wallace knew noth- ing of the affair. Posted His Seat on Stock Exchange for Transfer. broker um to the time of tl death, posted his seat toda for transfer to Henry B. Coomhe, head of the brokerage firm of H. B. Coombe | & Co. Mr: Connor is one of of the old time brokers of the On the death of Ja broker for Russell e 1@st | treet. | Gould he became | age. Instructed to Vote for McLean for ! Senator. Torrington, Conn.. Oct. 13.—The re publicans tonight nominated John X Brooks and John E. Griswold for rep- resentatives and & ! fmousiy passed the nominees were in- | structéd to vote for former Governor McLean for United States senator. The caucus was one of the largest in vears, | — i New York, Oct. 1 places in the international balloon race for the Gordon Bennett trophy, te be held at St Louls on October 17, held today at the rooms of the Club of Alerics. France drew the fir place in’ the order of starting, Ame ica the second, Switzerland the (hird and Germany the fourth. | Elected Supreme Ch Scranton. Pa., Oct. 13.—Today's ses s of the “supreme e | Knizhts of the Golden Bagle elected | arrett & Smith- of Wilmington, Del, | supreme chiel today. “ S Fof | King Arthur, held in the pari f o, "nfir@uu,’fluu OFFICERS FOUND A VANLOAD OF “SUSPICIOUS GOODS.” - 5TH AVENUE ESTABLISHMENT Of the Four Duveen Brothers, Dealers in Antiques and Rare Art Objects, Seized by Federal Officers. New York, Oct. 13.—The entire Fifth avenue ostablishment of the four Du- veen Erothers, known the world over as dealers in rare art objects and an- tiques, was seized by federal officers late today, and Benjamin J. Duveen. the only member of the firm now in the city, was placed under arresi, charged 'with conspiracy to defraud thé government out of customs dues. Bail Fixed at $50,000 and Given. Henry A. Wise, United States dis ct attorney, in asking for extraord narily heavy bail wheh the prisoner was arraigned, said that the frauds would reach more than $1,000.000 and that four brothers and an uncle who make up-the irm were implicated. Bail was fixed at $50,000, which was promptly given, and Duveen was re- leased. Entire Establishment Seized. Special agents of the devartment of justice, armed with warrants. condu. ed the raid on the establishment, placing Benjamin J. Duveen under rest a search for undervalued articles was begun and more than a van load | 1t | “suspicious” zoods was found. was then decided to place the entire establishment under seizure and l:ave the customs inspectors in charge to- night. Duveen surrendered the keys of the safe and desk and was taken to the federal building. He explained that he was the oniy member of the importing firm at present in New York and asked permission to send a wireless message to his brother, Henry J. Du veen, aboard the Cunarder Lusitania, which is due to doeK late tonight. The request was granted. Most Important Customs Case Thus Far. prisoner was taken be- fore United States Commissioner Shields. District Attorney ‘Wise, In asking for heavy bail/explained that the case was the most important one the government has thus far had: to deal “with in importation frauds. In Dhis opinion $100.000 would be the proper amount of bail. He assured the commissioner that he was in posses- sion of evidenee concerning huge reve nue frauds which were systematically carried on by the four brothers and ani- other man mentioned in the complaint. The commissionar decided, however, to set the bail at $50.000 and’a’ temporary When_ the bond “with 'real’ estate #s’ surety " was| given by counsel for the firm. The Complaint. The comvlaint Tecites that ghe de- fendants conspired to defraud tha United States. out of .customs_duties upon merchandise imported and. te be imported by means of false-and fraud- ulent invoices, afidavits, entries and other practices. 2 Specifically th> complaint refers to three vases which the six defendants are alleged on Feb. 10, 1908, to have fraudulently entered at this port. Defrauded the Government for Years. Mr. Wise said tonight that informa- tion was recently placed in his hands tending to show that the Duveens had for years been defrauding the govern- ment out of customs duties on works of art and antique furniture imported from abroad by means of false consular Invoices, The records at the custom house were hurriedly overhauled and the records seemed to substantiate the charges. i Collactor Losb was communicat with and he detailed Bdwin W. Woodward, acting deputy surveyor of the port, and two customs inspectors to assist in the investigation, which was conducted with the greatest sc- crecy. Mr. Wise declined to give the nama | He added | of his informant tonight. that the consular invoice gave the value of the three yasos as $1,107 while their real value was $28.000. Establishments in New York, London, | Paris. The firm of Duveen Brothers composed of Henry J.. Joel J., Louis J Benjamin J. and Jjoseph J. Duveen. They have establishments not only in New York but in London and Paris. Last night the Duveens wer2 re- ported to have paid half a million dol- lats for a Franz Hals and at the re- | cent sale of the Yerkes art collection the same firm paid $120.000 for Tur- | ! ner’s “Roc fs and Biue Lights.” While waiting for ths bail bond to be made out Benjamin Duveen said that he knew nof portation of the been undervaived. Arrested at Quarantine. Henry J. Duvean. the uncle. was arrested on the Cunard liner Lusi tania when the vessel reached Quaran- tine late tonfght. He was taken off on a ravenue cutter and hurried to the federal building for arraignment. Bail was fixpd at $75.000 and given by a security company. ses alleged to have KNIGHTS OF KING ARTHUR. Total Members About 2,000 Soston, Oct. 13.—Frnest Thompson Seton was one of the speakers today at the opening session of the Tnter- national Parliament of the Knights of h house church. = He Episcopal al of the organization as a means for making_boys into the right kind of men. The other speakers included R. Thurlow, Berkeley Divinity school, Middletown, Conn. The order was founded in 1893 by W. B. Forbush of Detroit. Its mem- bers are bors from 14 to 18 years of age, but there are sub-order= -ounger bovs and a council of Avilon for giris. There are in all 2,000 castles and the total membership is about 5. 000. g National League of Postmasters Eiect [lincis, secretary “Victory in the Air,” Says Roosevelt. Richmond, Ind, Uct. 1. —When the Roosevelt spectal train rolied into Tn- diana today from inois, Theodore Roosgevelt phinged into the campaign send Alhert 1. BeTeridge back the United States senate. He cam- palgned his way acress the state. and tonight he said that thers was “vice tory in the air. : ! | remained at their posts today, tiere- ng about the im- | terest and hearty approv- | g -~ Jacob M. Dic n Secretary of war, St. Petersburg for aird his party left is. g Manuel and Quoen Mother Amelie will become the guests of the Duke of Orleans at Wood Norton. The Treasury Department Removed the customs Guties on donations from Canada for the forest fire sufferers. T. P. O’Cornor 't Winnipeg, Mln.r for the Pacific coast, where hé will speak before returning to New York. Emperor: William Gave a Farewell audience to f.ieutenant Commander L. P. Belknap, retiring naval attache at the American embass: A Brigadier General Murray, chief of the Coast artillery, in his report urged an increased detail of artillery troops to man the coast defenses. Arguments Were Benun before the supreme court as to the validity of the two-cent passenger rate and-the max- imum freight rate laws of Missouri. Senor Roque Salnz Pena and Dr. Victorine de 12 Plaza were inaugurgted. as president and vice president, re. spectively, of the Argentine republi The Revenue Cutter Tacoma brought to the federal jail in Valdez, Alaska, thirty-eight Japanese prisoners, cap- tured while violating sealing regula- tions. Caruso Struck His Head against an jron bar while bowing in a Munich theater and was so severely hurt-that his doct he must quit singing for a time, | Governor Clark Returned te Juneau, Alaska. after a tour of that territory and stated there is enough coal in that -ountry to supply the Pacific coast for | 6,000 years. General Valladares, covernor of { Amalpa, Honduras, who made thre against Americans, agreed to Presid Davilla's request to rvetire from his post and come to the capital. I | i Lieut. Edison E. Scranton, U. S. N.. former senifor officer of the battieshi Indiana. w reduced ten nymbers and publicly reprimanded for culpable in- gfitvicu«)‘ in the performance of his uty. FEDERATION OF LABOR CONVENTION AT DANBURY List to Be Prepared of 'Candidates Who Are Thought to Be Unfavorable to Organizes ‘Labor. Danbury, Conn., Oct. 1 session of the Fede: executive hoard w pare a bill to be pre —At today’s tion of Labor, the nstructed to pre- sented to the com- ing general a Iy, which will be along the lines of (he workingmen's compensation act passed last vear by the New York general assemp! The board was also instrucied to prepare a list of t idates on the several state tick: who age thought to be unfavorable interests of or- ganized labor and especially” those who in tire’ past have voted against labor bills. These lists are to he seat to the local labor unions in the stato. A res- olution was” also passéd gotting the second Monday in September as the time. of the annubl meetings. A resolutiony wak adopted to the ef- fect that the federation shouid work in conjunction with the bartenders’ union in all legisiation that the latter may present to the general assembly. The executive hoard was instructed to send letters fo the boards. of educa- tion or the principals of trade schools asking that the school honrs be re- Guced. the stand beingz taken that the present school day of nine hours:was too long and did _harm (o the children, OF PARIS STRIKERS. Arrest of Some of the Most Prominent Leaders. [ fFarts, Oct. 13._The arrest of some of the most prominent strike leaders | and the failure of the larze majority of | the emploves the, tern railraod, { the Paris. Lyons and Mediierranean | anad the -Orleans roads to respond | to the strike order have had the effect { of dampening the sporits of the strik- ers, who now number about 100,000 { men, and of encouraging the govern | ment to continue its repressive meas ures with a firm hand. {. Many of those who have been ecallel | to the colors have responded, but as | vet they have not been ordered to ser- " vice on the r: 5. The subway em- i ploves, who 'ast night voted to strike, erious_situation. the sirike declar- ns is partially ef- the city of Pa including sections of the boulevards, | without electric light, and ‘many elec- | tric cars are stranded for lack of pow- by averting a ve onight, however ed by the electrici fective. About fer. 2 Owing to the energy of the premicr { and the minister of public works, it | been possible to maintain communica- | tion with the points from which food j supplies are brought into this city, and these communications Wil be kept open at any cost. Paris. therefore, is no longer in any danger of starvation. ESCAPED WITH $2,000. Robbers, Traveling in an Auto, Blew hurglar-proof safe in Mull- | er Sons’ private bank at Truxton, at 15 o'clock this morning and escaped | with $2,000. They used nitroglycerine. | After the bank was robbed similari j of $2,000 two _years ago.-a “hurglar | proof” vault was installed. but it was apparently as easy to crack ag .the other. Following the explosion this morn- ing three men wers Seen running to where their automobile was waiting. } Oren “Burglar-proof” Safe. i Cortland, N. Y., Oct. 13.—Three men ‘“i\h an_ automebile blew open the supposedly Fall River Cotton Broker Hung Him- i self. | Fal Riy lass, Oct. 13.—-After locking himself in a room in a hotél in t eity tod: Thomas P. Brady, a prominent Fail' River cotton broker, | hanged himself with 2 rope attached to !the_door hinge. He had been in ill | health for some thue past. He.was 48 ! s old and u miember of the firm of Hurley, & Co. He leaves a ! widow 'and two children, . Electric Car Broke Axle, Nine Persons Injured at Waterbury. E Waler by o et ~Nine persons were injured here lonight, | when n electvic car broke an axle and | jumped the track on: Baldwin styeet. | Five women were the most serlbusly | hurt, sustaining broken rivs, pruises | and uervous shock. Al the injured | are Wateribury Officers. ougs, Tenn. Oct. 12.—The | D League of Posimasiers today clectal he following officers:. H. K Hoag. .naw York, president; A. Archie. Wiscon=i, yive president; C. €. Voun, ) 600" Ball Pool Match Ended. { Albany, N. .Y..:Oc —Jerome R. Krogh of Rochister. champion of the | world, defeated (harles W. Weston in {a 600 ball pool mateh which. was con- { cluded tonight after thres nights pl iinz. The scare was 600, to bik" LIABILITIES $1,275549.85, WITH As- . SETS OF $585,341.23. THOS. H. WATKINS, NEW YORK One. of the Best-Known Operators in the- United States—Too Heavy In- - vestments in Coal Lands. - New York, Oct. 13—Thomas.H, Wat- kins, a coal operator, of No. 17 Bat- tery place, filed a voluntary petition in ‘bankruptcy in the United States citcuit court today. He placed his lia- bilities at $1,275,549.85, with asseta at; §585,341.23. The assets included stocks and “negotiable bonds worth $516,86%, and_life insurance policies ‘amounting to $66,096. ] The Largest Creditor. . The largest creditor is given as Elizabeth L. Watkins of Scranton, Pa., Whose. secured claim -is for- $271,242. Among out of town claimants in the secured class is the Phoenix Mutual Thsurance ' company, Hartford, Conn.,’ $3,396. Of the unsecured creditors, the larg- est claim is that of W. L. Stow & Co., of. this city for $131,837. 3 ‘Heavy Investments in Coal Lands. Mr. Watkins said this afternoon that he was forced to file the petition ow- ing to his heavy investments in coal- land properties. Ie said he had $1,- 500,000 invested in the Pennsylvania Coal & Coke company, of which he was the receiver, having been appoint- ed about two years ago, and as such has been trying to reorganize tre com- pany, but without success. He also had heavy investments in other com- panies and concerns. Recently several of his loans had been culled in and he said there was nothing left for him to do but to go into bankrupt Member of Anthracite Coal Strike “ Commissi | Philadelphia, Oct. 13.—Mr. Watkins i one of the best-known coal opera- tors in the United States. More than a dozen years ago he was a part own- er of one of the big independent an- thracite coal companies near Seranton, Pa. In 1898 when the firm of Simpson & Watkins, with others, threatened to | build an independent railroad harbor because -of -alleged untair freight rates charged by the anthracite coal roads, the big coal carriers stepped in and purchased the entire holdings of Stmp- son. & Watkins in antharcite coal lands. The independent road was never built. President Roosevelt in 1902 appoint- ed Mr. Watkins one of the members of the anthracite coal strike.commis- sion that made the award. under which the anthracite mines are still working. JOHN PURROY MITCHEL . DID NOT MINCE' WORDS: Tart Statement in Reply ta Letter Sent by Mayor Gaynor to Police Commis- ioner Baker. g ew Yora, Oct. 13.—“The way to eliminate gambling in New York is not to write lotters to Sister Mary, little dog -Spot and James Creelman, but to investigate and take action.” This was John Purroy Mitchel's tart statement tonight in ‘reply to a letter sent by Mayor Gaynor to Police Com- misgioner Baker in which the mavor deplores ‘the anti-vice crusade recently undertaken by Mitchel as president of the Board of aldermen and acting may- or during Mr. Gaynor's convalescence. A list of alleged disreputable resorts sent by Mitchel to Police Commissioner Baker has come to the mayor's atten- tion-and he brands the list in his letter of today as similar to a list made un in_a wholly untrustworthy newspaper office for scandal and sensation and teo inaccurate to be made the basis ef official action. ‘Mr. Mitchel, when shown the may or's letter, did not mince words in ex- plaining _his position. He sent two lists to Commissioner Baker, he said, one containing addresses which had been verified as undesirable, the other with addresses made in c omplaints which were submitted for verification. “It_is a lie,” he added, “that any ad- dresses I sent to the commissioner were not based on complaints sent me through the mails. Tt is a lie that any list of addresses forwarded by me te the sommissiover was made up in any | newspaper office.” BURGLAR AND CROOK | TIM SHEEDY CAPTURED i rying to Enter a R idence—Escaped from Hartford Jail Two Months Ago. Troy, N. Y. Oct. 13.—Tim Sheedy, the burglar and crook, who has spent half his life in prison and who escaped two months ago from the Hartford, Conn., jail with a 35 year sentence hanging over hs head, was captured in this city tonight while effecting an en- trance into the residence of a wealthy family. Two patrolmen while passing the home of John L. Russell on First street heard a suspicious noise in an area be- tween the Russell house and the resi- dence adjoining. They found & man croucling beneath a window. They arrested him after a hard fight, in which he attempted to shoot the police- men. At the police station the police | discovered his identity. Sheedy ad- { mitted his identity and was locked up. |'A revolver and a jimmy were found on him. | "'Shiecdy. it seems, has been in this { vicinity for several days. His home is {in Watervliet, opposite this city. The | police, however, had no inkling of hix | presence’ here. The autharities at | Hartford will be informed of his cap- | ture at _once. The Russell family is one weaithist in Troy.- After being placed in his cell, Sheady attempted to commit suicide by strang- ling himself with a shoestring. _He was found® unconscious on the floor about 2 o'clock this morning and was resuscitated with difficuity. FERRER DAY PASSED QUIETLY. 'No “Demonstration Reperted in © Part of Spain. Madrid, Oct. 18—An officiul note was ued ronight, anuounging 1t from Bl parts of Spmin- cat-) od that there had beejl no demioust 100 of AUy WCCOUNL. 1o COlINAMOL (he. death ot Ferrer, and no disorder= of the Any Steamship Arrvivals. At Naples: Oct. 13, Ducea Dagll Ah- ruesl, from New York. At Liverpool: Oct. 13, Cymrle, frem Boston. i