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VOL. LIL—NO. 247/ TOBER 17, 1910 o THE LAST WORD FROM WELLMAN Wireless “All’s Well” Received at 12.45 O’clock Sunday Afternoon PARTY EAST OF NANTUCKET ISLAND Approximately 300 Miles from Atlantic City, the Starting Point of the Giant Dirigible America, Its Objective Point Being Somewhere Along the Coast of England, Ircland or France—Fifty Days’ Fuel, 30 Days’ Food. Atlantic ( an an fou e s t nsporta Airship » ha First Wir Seotla wodbye to friends ashore the transatlantic the airship Ameri day morning. Their tever point along the gland, Ireland or Krance veer them to. Their ize the laurels of first the world’s bullders of s, and to accomplish onsider the greatest feat tion in this or any other a Solerdid Structure. ndid structure, of the old airship in which to fiy to the seen used, but the ship 1t ged and nds supplied by the | the London Daily ago wrd- intended gned progres pers concerned. eless from the Fliers. | received here at | from the coas ted that to convey to the pad snoken late in sixty miles south-south- | nd Jghtship. The Amer- n making apparently fifteen hour and was a quarter of a the “ALL'S WEL WIRELESS Sig Dirigible >f Nartucket. <tarting | T ock this - steamsbip. Irwin, the ess operator, flashed 1 amo that all was well L. GOODBYE,” AT 1245 P. M. SUNDAY | America Was Then East | Oct, 16, ket fsland. etts, and n from Ati Walter Wellman's ica_signeiled a wireless ind & goodbye at 5 fternoon and swung. through the fog. This | st of the day’s wire- | ons which was received | 1. Ginman, the Marconi i been the alert | fr the | oint Shars Lookeut. | > T is morning with the giant diri- | Ithough the wireless | raft is comparatively necessarily limited ntennae, the n was tsed 1o hear its call, “M. 8. C. w and strongly followad by “W, ' ode signature of the airship. igine from Fog Shuts Wellman Party o Last Fai at Exact Feinz inabl the fog. the A ree. howe teamship Ii ontrary has sumption is fifty days fi Visione abeard of crossing th the Br 1 he in Should Pass C assumed that «h Tales. liners fitied with or zome of tight the strength of th ely all ghtho by Off View of Airship. ich had enshrouded hung ov T the view. The nevertheiess began a terrogations and learned Trwin. the Am p- oon's motors had the dirigi theast and mak- an hour with tha ei's exeitement was idle the wherens ordinarily t would have raver- Could Hear Nantuck- r the t's Breakers. clectric voice of the n filled in at times what - were denied, and inte rators here exchanged late associate. who ) received in this sti- €. Q. D" from the p Republic. At 10. the dirigible hecame nd it was m i e the Americn would of the station. Irwin, in \t be thouzht he conld 1 of the breakers, but the shut the craft from she was probably pas shoals surroumding the int Signal “G. B. " time on the signals from steadily weaker. until | a message was fashed 1k if eversthing aboard “aintly the. reply ainter still the two letters Position Unknown. e to take o merica’s p through the day, sinee she sot sail. Ior or, has been along the »s.'and as 1o word to the heen received, the hat Mr. Wellman wi ol and thirty davs' pr 1, is adhering to his plan e Atlantle and landing ¢ Tt is tikelv that no «s word from the airshin ed here but n dozen or wireless wero ations i ape Race at 7 Wednesday Evening. Siasconset, Mass,, Oct. 16.—~When last beard from diring the day—12.45 p. m. —the Aumerica had been in the afr just 18 minutes fess than 20 howrs, and Bay- g oo proximately 200 miles, TNSC Gave averaged in o prokress 1 tseen ten ard cleven miles an At ihis rate the craft will not pass Sable | 1 45 uiles distant from Nau tu Gniil 4 o'clock Tuseday mAu Vg, aid Cape Ruce 330 miles furinier, W7 wlick Wednesday evening, | Boosted by Brisk Westerly Winds. | Hrisk westerls lay Nanticket P piebabl; operated winds aided the pass- 4 with engines idle while the wireless must bave | slorage batteries. counts for the brief- |lowead, ity ., Oct. 16.—Walter | ness of Irwin's messages, for he doubt- 1 Melyin Vaniman, with a | less was hoarding his limited supply of men, inclinding an - energy for an emergency. With the wiralian and two Ameri- | motors in operation a dynamo can be pressed into service, but the sparking silent. r | interferes with the receiving, and bet- 5 | te results are obtained when they are No Atmospheric Disturbances. Boston, Oct. 16.—"The oui | so favorable, but we are the flight” w tlook is not keeping up one of the messages sent by Walter Wellman from the diri- gible balloon America, and picked up by wireless today. sent while the America’s oj in communication with. the Siasconstt | station. It followed anoth: which as picked up read: “Have shut | down motor and am heas northesst, making 25 kno without engine. Saving jui, less: dynamos not workin; no observation obtainable. Boston, Oct. 16.—These The message was perator was er message ding east- ts an hour | ce for wire- ; thick fog; messages were a portion of wireless communica- Marconl wireless | tions addressed to the New York Times and the London Daily Telegraph, under whose auspices Wellman is remarkable flight. making his The lack of any reference in today's message: ances lasi to any atmosphe night is taken ric disturb- to_indicats |that the America was not affected by | the severe electrical storm which pass- ed over New England. EVERY EFFORT BEING MADE TO GET INTO COMMUNICATION With the Am ica—Exact Position of the Dirigible Unknown. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. successful attempt was ma: obta ica when the last message wireless operator here. Tt Miller was unable to make sage which he understood bore news that the Amarica, i northwest wind whieh did rially impede her progress, | morth with the intention of on | FECtly into the transatlantic steamship track. Stations Asked to_Get Lat Possible. Bvery effort is being m into wireless mouth and Cape Race, al have wireless stations. and from the'big dirigible. Evary effort is iasconset, according to “Bol communication | Cape Cod, Rockport, Cape Canso, Yar- Saving Stations Notified to Keep | - 16.—An un- de today to the exact position of the Amer- was sent to Miller, supposed | the balloon was at least three hundred Some- | miles off the coast of the United States. out a mes- the n a gentle not mate- had turned driving di- er News if ade to get with 1 of which have been sconset | Asked to_get later news if - possible being. made to get into communication with transatlantic liners carrying wireless in the hope of M | keeping track of the balloon. ge to Wellman. The following message was filed to- night and ordered sent to every shore wirzless station and steamsh! to be within the zone of thi “Walter Wellman, aboard America: God speed your pi likely e America: the airship roject. Suc- cees means your enrolling as a second Columbus. Do everything kezp your friends in Atlanti situation and progress. Mrs, the families of the most hopeful. (Sizned) “JOSEPH W. Wh'le every effort was m this message reach Wellma known received The fact that the big d traveied about 200 miles four hours is taken to mean possible to ic City and | vour family informed of both your daily Mrs. Wellman, Vaniman and other members of America’s crew SALUS.” ade to have n, it is not here whether the flashes were aboard the America. irigible has in twenty- that Vani- man is saving his gasoline and engines for a final dash through that may come up any storm Conditions for Passage Most Favorable. Washington, bureau announce tonight weather has cleared in the morth At-| lan the winds westerls ed and or three days, with moderate ing to northwest winds having ct. 16—The weather that the shifted to These winds have dimirfsh- re now moderate. Fair weath- will continue for the next two or west shift- along the north Atlantic steamer route, that it is the halloon A: The conditions for supposed pursue. merica will the passaze are most fovorable with the exception of a tendency of the wind north or west, since the eo northeasterly direction. to shift to urse is in a FRENCH DIRIGIBLE JOUNNEVB‘ FROM COMPEIGNE TO LONDON. One Hundred and Ninety. in Six Hours. Tondon, was added to the history of Oct. 16.—Another -five Mile: chapter aviation to- day, when the French dirigible balloon Clement-Bavard made the voyage.from | au press trains and boats. re- ing seven hours by the fastest ex- Compeigne is | 45 miles northeast of Paris and about 195 miles by air route to London. This fs also the first occasion on which n dirigible balloon has crossed the English cahnnel. Thes, over-water route occupied 45 minutes. The Clement-Bayard, wit six, left Compeigns 15 morning, and reached a stop at about 1.15 o’clock ernoon. The atmospheric h a crew ot o'clock this Condon withont in the aft- conditions were perfect, and the big airship trav- eled with a slight breeze behind. The behavior of the dirigible was excellent and the 440 horse power engines work- ed well. A most uneventful voyage it was, with nothing to interrupt the smooth swinging motion of the ball loon, which leach hour averaged close to 33 miles. An altitude varving from 300 to 700 feot was maintained and all alogg the flight over the land the areonautd, were by thousands of gathered The r: in_ various places Iroad from Folkestone was fol and the Clement-Bayard flew | right through the heart of London, cir- spectator: tling St. Paul's heautifully on the way. The halloon made a safe and easy land- ing in Wormwood Scrubs. Damage Results. Oct. 16.~The orning prinis ow Yo Times this ing messag: [rom Wallman | Equilibrator Jerks on Airship, but No New York the follow - Berlin, Oct. 16.—Dr. Richard Koch, formerly president of the Reichsbank, .died yesterday, He became president of the Relchsbank in 1890. He retired in 1908, bein, Rudolph 008, Deing succeeded by p] London, Oct. 16.—Miss Claire Ere- wen, daughter of Moreton Frewen, the economist and author, and Wilfred Sheridan, son of Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan, were married at St. Margaret's, Westminster, yesterday. Cormeilles en Parisis, France, Oct. 18.—Two hundrad strikers held up three “trains, including the expresses from Paris’and Dieppe, here Saturday, | i | | public servant. | o'clock. it was announced today. | Michael Compeigns to London in the remark- | able time of six hours, a journey } were both re-elected. | county chaplain came up. the conven- | Miss Ros, dragge@ off and assaulted the crews insulted the passengers and uncoupled and damaged the cars. - London, Oct. 16.—Américan ship- building companies are not, likely to bid for the construction of the two battleships proposed for the Chilian navy, .as despite representations by American and German interests the Chilians have mot altered the original specifications, syhich favor British builders in that ‘they call for certain equipment of British - manufacture. The Dids will be opened on Oct. 30. U. 8. SENATOR DOLLIVER DEAD. ‘Returns to ' the which he wrest the Newsboys” of Pittsburs, ., MONDA! Gained Title King of Newsboys TWENTY-THOUSAND-MILE TRIP ENDED YESTERDAY. HARRY BLANCHE OF NEW X0RK * Loaded with Newsboys’ Badges After a Trip Through U. S. and Canada. Metropolis New York,_ Oct. 16—"New York looks good to me,” declared Harry Blanche, a 19-year-old newsboy, arrived in{the city after a twenty- thousand-mile trip through the United States and calg, in the making of today, as he the title of “King of m “Noodles” Fagan Itwas with the inten- tion_of winning the title from “Noo- dles” that Blanche started out in June, comfortably seated on the softest por- Succumbs eov;:-l:m;-"d Heart After | tion of the platform of a “blind mail” a eek’s ness. car. Des Moines, Ta., Oct. 16—United States Senator Jonathan Prentiss Dol- liver died at his residence at Fort Dodge about 8 o'clock Saturday night of dilatation of the heart. . He had been confined to his bed for a week. Sold Lemonade at B ight. His first objective point was Reno, where he sold newspapers and lemon- ade at the ringside durin; Johnson fight. the Jeffries- Afterwafds he visited Beverly, Mass, Oct. 16.—President | Pacific coast cities and then journeyed Taft today sent the following tele- |to Denver. Turning south "he went gram: north through Texas and on to New “Mrs. J. P. Dolliver, Fort Dodge, Ta.: | Orleans. = From Louisiana he went “Mrs. Taft and I extend to vou our heartfelt sympathy in your great sor- row. The senate has lost one of its ablest +debaters and most brilliant statesmen. “The country has lost a faithful “WILLIAM H. TAFT.” Fort Dodge Ta. Oct. 16.—Funeral services for Senator Jonathan P. Dol- liver will be held on Thursday at 2 The suddenness of Mr. Dolliver's death ye: terday from heart disease while a ph cian was listening to the irregular beats of the organ with a stethescope took everyone so much by surprise that some of the funeral arrangements are only tentative. INCENDIARY FIRE AT HADDAM. Failed to Have Any Effect on Republi- can Caucus in Session. Haddam, Conn, Oct. 16.—While the | | republican’ caucus was at its here last night word was brought in that the barn of William Gillette, one of the candidates for the representa- tive nomination, was on firs. The alarm failed to have an effect on the meeting, which went on undisturbed, nominating Gillette, a Bulkeley man, by seven votes over his opponent, George Parker. Rev. William C. Knowles was nominated for second representative, defeating Ira Bailey Dy one vote.” When the caucus ad- journed the voters went to the scene of the fire and found that the barn, with / its eontents, which inciuded a horse valued at $300, had been de- stroyed. The total loss amounted to about $1,500. The fire is said to have been of incendiary origin. i Insurance for Spectators at Interna- tional Aviation Meet. New York, Oct. 16.—Through Lloyrs, Tondon, the management of the inter- national aviation meet which will open at Belmont park next Saturday has arranged for $500,000 insurance against the possibility of spectators being in- jured. ~This is the first time in this historg of aviation in this country that such insurance has been taken out. It covers spectators alone and does not relate to aviators or their mechani- cians, Auto Went Over Embankment. Middletown, Conn., Oct. 16.—While driving his automobile over the Crom- well road today, William Corell of this | ; city ran too close to the edge of the road and the car went off down an ambankment, turning over and pinning On Charge of arrest. | court at Abington tomorrow charge of being responsible for Casa- nona’s death. north to Winnipeg and then again south to Jacksonville, Fla. Leaving Florida, Blanche visited St. Louis. and _then took a zigzag course back to New York. Always Traveled on Passengers Trains In every piace he visited Blanche always obtained a newsboy's badge. The boy says he traveled always on passenger trains because the freights were to slow. MURDERED MAN’S WIDOW AND A MAN ARRESTED mg Responsible Frank Casamgna’s Death. Hull, Mass,, Oct. 16 After a search of the house occupied by Frank Casa- nona, who disappeared from home a fortnight ago, and brought to light to- day a quantity of telephone wire simi- ar to that which was used to bind a €| quilt about the body of the unidentified height | man which was pi ed up on the shore | Friday morning, Chief of Police Frank Reynolds today placed the man's wife and a board They , Franlk. Marcelli, under will be arraigned in on the In addition to the wire, an axe and a small cart, both of which bore stains which the ‘police think resemble blood, were found. nolds asked Mrs. Casanona and. Mar- celli to view the body, whi¢h lay at a morgue settling the question of whether or miot This morning Chief Rey in Hingham, with a view to t was the body. of Casanona. Both failed to_identify it. PITTSBURG DEMONSTRATION AGAINST BLASPHEMY 30,000 Members of the Holy Name So- ciety in Parade. 1 Pittsburg, Oct. nder the ban- ners of the Holy Name society, and to the music of a thousand masculine voices without a band, marched through the city’s streets to- day as a demonstration of the society’s campaign against blasphemy. Regis Canevin and members of the Roman Catholic cler- zy near St. Paul's cathedral. ers came from ern Pennsylvania. 30,000 men Bishop other "prominent revi wed the parade from a stand The march- very section of west- In front of the cathedral a gather- ng, it is estimated, of 50,000, knelt on 'the lawn and in the streets when at the conclusion of the parade Bishop ry i ¢ Henry Mi &| Canevin, assisted by several priests, e I!Clml’)(lln’?a;"u;(:(}r)‘l\"'sa\lz:ufl;.u“eh)ladminis_terl’d the sacrament in the caped injury but Arthur, a six vear|OPen air. It made the most impres- old boy, whose jaw was broken. The |5iVe religious demonstration ever seen machine was bddly smashed. in Pittsburg. 82 Died from His . Injuries. 80 MILES AN HOUR HURRICANE. sbmdmeport, Conn. Oct. 16—Allen| Fears That the Cayman lsiands Have as he was driving through here Sat- urday by a trolley car, receiving a fractured skull, died at alocal hospital today. e was 89 vears old and leaves two sons. | Elected Commodore of Cornell Navy. Ithaca. N. Y., Oct. 16.—Philip L. Day of Brisbane, Awstralia, has been elact- ed commodore of the Cornell navy. | 1 Been Devastated. Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 16.—Fears are entertained here that Cayman Isl- ands have been devastated storm which has passed over the West Indies during the last forty-eight hours. The steamer Prinz which_arrived ports that for twenty-four hours after by _the Eitel z Friedrich, heré this morning, re- eaving Havana the wind blew at the Day rowed No. 6 in the 'varsity 'boat | rate of eighty miles an hour. Tha last spring in Poughkeepsie. He is a|storm came from.the northeast and senior. must have swevt over the Caymans, — which have suffered greatly from pre- COUNTY CONVENTION OF THE A. 0. H. James C. Sullivan Re-elected County President—New Treasurer Elected. | At the annual county convention of | the Ancient Order of Hibernians, held in New London on Sunday afternoon and attended by representatives from all the divisions, the following officers were re-ecelted: County president, James C. Sullivan, New London; vice president, James J. Finnegan, Nor- wich; recording secretary. C. H. Ger- arhy, Stonington; financial secrétary, Terence Hanlon, Taftville: treasurer, | i J. Dwyer, Norwich. president and vice president Dennis J. Mc ran of Norwich. who has been county treasurer for the past year, declined re-election. When the question of a The on decided to recommend to Bishop an the appointment of Rev. William | y, A. Keefe of Voluntown. Ladies’ Auxiliary. Ther annual county convention of the Ladies’ auxiliar; s held at the same time and the following officers Virginia of divorce fi the actor, grounds of desertion and non-support. The suit was not contested. vious hurricanes. FIRST WARNING FROM STRIKERS. Bomb Exploded This Morning at Res- idence of Paris Newspaper Director. Paris, Oct, 17.—There was a terrific explosion of & bomb at 1.30 o'clock this (Monday) morning outside the resi- dence of Director Massard of the na- tionalist newspaper Patrie, in the Bou- levard Pereire, next door to the home of Sarah Bernhardt, the actress. There was considerable material damage but no casualties resulted. to M, Ma door was a paper hav- ng written upon it: rst warning from the strikers.” E. H. SOTHERN DIVORGED. Harned, the Actress, Gets Decree at Reno. Reno, Nev., ned Sothern, 16.—Virginia, Har- received a_decree n Edward H. Sothern, here yesterday on the re-elected: County president, Mrs.| FRENCH AVIATOR KILLS GIRL. Annie T. Henley, New London: vice oy president, Mrs. Julia Brock, Norwich; | Steered Machine Into Crowd—One recording secretary, Miss Charlotte Dead, Several Hurt. Holloway, w London; treasurer; o ot Fallon, 01 gton. The Norwich divisions were repre- sented as follows: Division No. 1, President Michael J. Dwyer, Viee President P. T. Murphy, Fnancial Sec- retary D. J. O'Neill, Peter Sullivan and Michael Barnett: Division No. Pres- ident Krank J. Murtha, Vice President “. ). Brennan, Recording Secrctary John’ Reddy, Financial Secretary Johi McVelgh: Ladies anxiliary, Pres it i dent Mrs. Mary Sliney, Vice President Swanton, others. Miss Neliie Colling Miss Katharine Sliney s, and ld)onrrl the America, 11 a. “The equilibrator is jerking on the airship as it leaps from wave to wave, hut 1o damage has beeu done. i WELLAMAN." Saloon Keeper Found Dead With in Steuthiers today through arrestéd Saturday shooting of John Caswell, is accused by the police of this second shooting, as Burke was apparefitly bullet aimed at Caswell astr; Limoges, France, Oct. 16.—M. Baillod, a monoplanist, in attempting a flight here Saturday, steered his machine nto a crowd, Killing a girl and injuring several other persons. Bul- let Wound in Breast. Youngstown, 0. Oct. 16.—James Burke, 44 years old, was found dead a yard adjoining . his saloon i with & bullet wouud his breast. Charles Brown. evening for the struck by a which went v, Caswell also will probably die. he dispute which jed to the shoot- nezrew out “of the recent sheet mill workers’ stiike Securely fixed | 7% Walter A. Hurtz HUNTED MAN FORCED TO AP- PLY FOH:VDOD AND SHELTER. -KILLED ' STANLEY KETCHEL World’s Middleweight Cham urday, on a Ranch Says He Shot Ketchel in Defense. n, Sat- in Missouri— Springfield, Mo., Oct. 16.—Walter ‘A. Hurtz, who shot and killed Stanley XKetchel, world’s middieweight cham- pion, yesterday, on ' the Dickerson ranch, forty miles east of here, was captured today.-at the home of Thomas Haggard, one mile from Niangua, Mo. Hurtz was taken to the Webster coun- ty jail at Marshfield, where he is be- ing closely guarded. Pleaded Self-Defonse. After being placed in his cell the{ prisoner made. a statement in which he said he shot KetchelXn self-defense. He says he ordered the prizefighter to throw up his hands and fired when he did not obey him. Fugitive Overcome with Hunger. Late last nisht, overcome with hun- ger and fatigue from fleeing through the rough Ozark country, Hurtz reach- ed the home of Thomas Haggard, where he applied for a place to sleep and something to eat. He was given food and a bed. At that time Haggard had not heard of the shooting, but a short time later he learned of the af- fair. He also received a description of the slayer and for several hours, while Hurtz was sléeping, he stood guard with a shotgun. Turned Over to Autho: Shortly after four o'clock this morn- ing Haggard got the services of three neighbors and they awakened Hurtz at the point of a gun. They forced him to roll up his sleeves and finding a tattoo mark there, accused him of having Killed Ketchel. - The man then admitted the shooting. He was then turned over to the officers and taken to Marshfield. Prisoner Describes the Killing. Hurtz, in describing the killing, as- serts Ketchel made insulting remarks to Goldie Smith, a cook employea at the farm. He says words passed be- tween Ketch and him and he ordered the prizefighter to throw up his hands. When the champion refused to do this, he said, he was so frightened, know- ing Ketchel carried a revolver, that he fired, and without hardly realizing what he had done. fled. Goldie Smith, the woman in the case, has been'taken to the Wooster county jall, and will be held, pending an inquest which will be held tomor- row. Fuperal Services at Elks’ Club. Tuneral services over the body of the fighter were held at the EIks elub here today axd _tomorrew .the corpse will be taker to Grand Rapids, Mich,, the home of ‘hel’s parent: The body will ‘be’acéompanied by R. P. Dickerson, with whom Ketchel was visiting at the time he decided to buy a ranch in this county. Slayer a Deserter from the Army. " The officers here assert that Ketch-. el's slayer admitted tonight that his real name is Walter Dipley, that his home is at Webb' City, Mo., and that he is a deserter from the United States na To avoid detection, he roamed over the country, working as a barber, until he met Goldfe Smith at Bluff, Christian county, Mo, a month ago. The two secured work on the Dicker- son ranch. MAYOR OF SOUTH NORWALK, LEEMAN M. BRUNDAGE, DEAD. Had Been Il Three Weeks Typhoid Fover. With South Norwalk, Conmn., Oct. 16.— | Leemon M. Brundage, mayor of this | city, died at his home here today from typhoid fever after a three weeks' ill- ness. Mayor Brundage cam2 here from Bridgeport fifteen vears ago and entered the employ of the Vanderhoef Straw Hat company, where he remain- | ed until two years ago, when he found. ed the Mutual Straw Hat company, of which he was treasurer and secretary at the time of his death. He was al- ways prominent fn democratic politics and two years ago was elected a mem- ber of the common council. A year | ago he was elected mayor and a few days ago received the nomination for a | second term. e was & member of the | Elks, the Catholic society and a Mason. | | He Wwas 44 years old and leaves a | | widow. £ | = “CLASSY” MARINE AT WORK. Helps Clean Grounds at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Philadelphia, Oect. 16.—Eppes Win- throp Sargent, who enlisted in the| United States marine corps on Thurs- day at Chicago, where he created a sensation by appearing at the recruit- ing station in a taxicab with a gold- headed cane in hand and a bull pup on a chain, began active service Sat- | jurday at the Philadelphia navy vard. Tales of his wealth and social posi- tion wired here from Chicago spread throughout the yard, and wherever he appearsd e was the center of attrac- tio Sargent was routed out of.bed along with the other marines and was sent out on police detail, which comsists of | cleaning the grounds. He made noj | complaint. i One of the marines asked him if he knew the gama= of football. A little, not much” said Sargent. ‘T played | on the 'varsity eleven at Harvard, you | know, but that was a while ago. | Sargent refused today to discuss his| family connection ol 1 Toledo Police Looking for Woman Who Knocked Neighbor Down Stairs. Toledo. O., Oct. * 16—Following a { auarrel in the tenement in which they lived, Mrs, Sarah Roth, 45, is dead, and her alleged assailant, Mrs. Bar- | bara Marhib, is missing. The two women quarreled over some neighbor- hood matter and Mrs. Marhib Js al- leged to have struck Mrs. Roth with a pole, knocking her down stairs. As a result of the fall she died some hours | later. Mrs. Marhib fled and the police | have been unable to find her. Wealthy Coal Operator Killed in Auto Accident. Cleveland, O. Oet. 16.—Charles W. Baine, & wealthy coal operator, was | killed and two other occupants of his | automobile wege hurt todsy when the| mechine dropped into a diich om & country road near Willoughby. $400,000 Fire at Alabaster, Mich. Alabaster, Mich., Oct. 16.—The mam- moth mills, docks and warehouses of 1 the Tnited Stafes Gypsum company burned io the ground today at an ti- mated loss of more than $400,000. ondensed Telegra } ‘Chicago Baniling Houses Forméd/an ‘emergency currency association: X W. A. Peabody, formerly vies dent.gnd general manager of the Fal timoré & Ohio Southwestern, died in Cincinnati. presi- Three Discharged Employes are said to be responsible for the raid on the offices of the Redeemable Investment company in Boston. The Recent Hustiing of three French merchants ‘to Eilis island has . been prnounced a “justidable mistake.” by the department of commerce and .ln- bor. 3 Vice President Sherman Will the stump for the republican ticket nominated b the that turned him down for chairman. take state convention temporary The Ballot Law Commissioners of Massachusetts_decidedy that the name of Clifford Loring, democratic.nominee for lieutenant governor, coald mot go on the ballot. John H. Hockman. aged 31 ex-pro- bate judge of Deflance. 0., -died sud- denly in his bathroom, apparently be- whil, ing electrocuted turning on an electric light. The Body of Luigi Restelli, ihe for- mer granite. manufacturer, who shot six_persons, two fatally, last summer at Quincy, Mass, was found in an abandoned quarry. o There Will Be an Evén Baiance,.or possibly a surplus, of ordinary receipts and expenditures of October, instead of a deficit of nearly $2,000,000, as was the case a year ago. Miss Eugenie Adams, who advertised for a husband at a price of '$200, was married to Harvey O. Brown, and then left for Germany to claim some money under her father's will. Three Actions Will Be Brought against the Duveen brothers in_the al- leged undervaluation of art iMporta- tions. They declare the action of the federal officials is an outra In a Collision Between a Freight train and a work train on the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad, at Sum- mit, Ind., six members of a construc- tlon gang were killed and a number of others injured. President Brown of the New York Central was cross examined at the raté hearing before the _interstate commerce commission. The railroads are willing to rest their case on' the testimony of Brown, Willard, of the B..& O. and McCrea of the Pennsyl- vania. FIGURING OUT A BIG LEAD FOR BULKELEY. An Estimate from Hartford—Senator Credited With 171 Votes Hartford, Oct. 16.—A gentleman who is véry prominent in republican politics in Hartford and in the state, and who is in close touch with political affairs of ‘all. the towns in Connecticut, has furnished the Hartford Times-with the figures of the standing Of Senator Morgan _ G. Bulkeley and ‘ex-Goy: George P. McLean in thé contest for the republican nomination for - senator to Friday night. The figures-are. Senator: Bulkeley ..... Governor McLedn . 8 Doubtful o et Son 5 Representatives to be nominaied,. 97 118 293 The above figures represent th: en- tire membershiv of the senate and the 1 house at the next session of the geney assembly—35 semators and 258 cludirg three additional this year) rep- resentatives. Tt will be seen from the figures that Senator Bulkeley has a lead of 35 over Governor McLean, with five in doubt. Of the 97 members of the general assembly to be nominated the = gentleman says that Semator Bulkeley will have 58 and G McLep If the gentleman’s esil- mate ., corract the standing of the two candidates will be when all the nomi- nations are mad Senator Bulkel Governor McLe Doubtful ........... The standinz by counti ing to the gentleman’s estimate, as fol- lows W B = B 5 e g S ® SN = : 3 : B > 2 & Hartford ..... 13 PR New Haven . 8 - a3 New London - — i 720 Fairfield ........ 15 9 — 9| ‘Windham 2 1 9 Litchfield 1 3 Ariddlese 1 Tolland 5 The above figures do not include the senators nominated up to date. PORTUGUESE ROYAL FAMILY START FOR ENGLAND. Left Gibraltar on British Royal Yacht Vieotoria and Albert. Gibraltar, Oct. 16. the Portuguese roval family left Gib- raltar today. King Manuel the queen mother, Aemlie, and the Duke of Opor- to embarkea on the Britishroyal yacht Vitcoria and Albert, while the queen | dowager, Maria Pia, went aboard the Ttalian ship Regina Ilena. The depart- ure of the roval exiles was marked by the thunder of salutes and the playing of the Portuguese national anthem. The Victoria and Albert suiled for Portsmonth at 5 o'clock in the after- noon. She was preceded by gina Elena. which got away,two hours earligr. The latter procesded for Spe. zia, from whence the queen dowager | will go to join the king and guecn of Ttaly at the royal shooting box-near Pisa. -y Three Men of Engine Crews Killed. North, Fay, Ont., Oct. 16.—Ina head- on collision between_ the Tmperial lim-, ited, wostbound. and a stock train in Geneva, six miles west of Cartier. on the Canadian Pacific railroad, yester- day, three men of the engine crews were killed. The passengers récei a severe shaking up, but mnohe w: seriously injured. Rioting in Capital of Nicaragus. /| New Orleans, Oct. 16.— Nowa reached here late lust might from Mandgua, Nicaragua that disorder had brokenm opt anew in the pital and that fre- quent riofing was ocourring. = Aveard- ing to these advices the situation had become very critical. Steamship Arrivals. At braltar: Oct. 16, Berlin, New Yarik. ~ At Southampion: Oct. 16, New York, from New York. % from The mewmbers of [ - | | the Re- | | Hon Beverly, Muss. Oct. 10.—Prosident Taft’s summer vacation officially end- ed taday. Tomorrow morning he starts back to Washington by way of *New York. Three thousand childreri from the Beverly schools will be lined up on either side of Lothrop street as the president’s automobile starts in to Bos- ton at 11 o'clock, and they will wave hifm a good-bye with little American flags. > Mrs. Taft, her sister, Mrs. Thomas K. Laughlin, Jr.. of Pittsburg, and Miss Helen Tart ‘will go with the president as far as New York. 'hey will stop over there for a week or more of shop- ping. Will Be in Washington Thursday. President Taft will be back in Wash- ington Thursday morning to remain until November 7,when he goes to Cin- cinnati to votg on the Sth. He will sail for Panama on November 10 from Charleston, S. C. Gained Weight During Last Month. Mr. Taft has thoroughly enjoyed fis summer on the north shore. He has taken on some weight during the last month, but does not seem to mind it. Today at the Unitarian church the president was called upon to make a few remarks. What he said was en- tirely \informal, but he took occasion fo indicate that he intended to remain a summer resident of the north shore 50 long as he is president. 5000 Miles by Auto During Summer. The president’s recreation during the summer has consisted principally of golf and motoring. He hasmissed but few days from the Mytopia links, and every afternoon has found him com- fortably seated in the tonneau of one of the White House cars and off for a long spin over_ the smooth roads of Essex county. Some of the president’s automebile trips have extended over two days, and altogther it is estimated that he has traveled over five thousand miles in machines during the summer. Nov. 8th and Sails for Panama on the 10th—. . .Short Farewell Speech in Unitarian Church. Outing Thorougly Enjoyed at the Nation ‘Summer Capital in New England BIDS GOOD-BYE TO BEVERLY TODA Duti bring to an end a long season England. The secret service that hauled it over hill through blinding dust and fly! without a skip. It was a well up their belongings today to 1o something like indoor life winter. Taft said: into the regular course this express the gratitude we feel with you during this beautiful season in a church so full of the last 250 yvears. illustrates in its_ histor: liberalism in religion and the ment of the orthodox tenets tarianism.” Dr. Benjamin R. Bulkeley, past church, and .concluded: are within any ‘practicable shippers under this roof. I thank you sincerely.” S _— BOSTON PULPITS FILLED BY VISITING PREACHERS churches._ in many of which the puipits were filled Dby visitihg preachers, largely constituted today’s programme for the triennial meeting of the Na- tional Councll of - Congregational Churches and its - affiliated bodies. Principal among these = services was that held this afternoon -in the Old South church, where President Will- iam Douglas McKenzic of the Hart- ford theological seminary delivered the arnual sermon at the communion ser- vice of the American board of com- missioners for foreign missions. The services were the last to be held by the board in connection with their ob- servance during the past week of the centennial of the founding of their body. Attendants at the national coancil meetings shared the service. ‘Bp the evening the National Broth- erhood of Congregationalists held a symposium on “Christian Leadership for America’s Problems. Charles Stelzle of New York, super- intendent of the Presbyterian depart- ment ‘of church and labor, discussed the sub-topic, “The Christian Church and Industrial Progress.” LOST BY ONE VOTE IN HOUSE OF DEPUTIES The Qu ion of Changing Name of the Episcopal Church. Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 1 vote,’ the aquéstion of changing the name of the Bpiscopal church was lost_in_the house of deputies of the general convention today. The vote by dipceses follow: By a single Divided. 10 8 Clericals .... ..... ‘Lay ... . 42 As there were 63 dioceses represent- 24 ed_in the convention, it required the afirmative vote of 32 of them to make the chdnge. The clergy gave the re- quired majority, but the lay deputies were one vote short of enough, so the resolution was lost by non-concurrence of orders, A shmilar fate by exactly the same margin-of one vote-defeated the pro- posal &t the generai convention three vears ago. AUTO SKIDDED AND CAPSIZED. J._J. Réardon, Proprietor of Holyoke Holyoks, Mass., Oct. 16. along a_ slippery road into a df ‘West Holyoke early today, mobile owned and driven by James J. 16.—Skidding iteh in an auto- Reardon capsized, killing Mr. Rea don. Of the other occuvan of the car Miss McCarthy of this cf su fered an arm fracture, while A. E. Cay- | ér-and a Miss McDonald, both of Springficld, escapad with' slight in- juries. Mr. Reardon wus a widower, i1 1 to red. vears old, proprietor of a hotel here. party was coming from Springfield Holyoke when the accident occur- Five Persons Killed and Seventeen Injured in Train Collision. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 16.—Five persons were killed and 17 injured, one fa- tally, when two trains on the Charles- ton & Western Carolina dashed to- gether at full speed this evening near McCormick, S. . All of the.dead and seven of the injured were members of the train” crew. It is stated that the operator at MeCormick failed to deliver “meet orders for the south- bound train. Cholera in Italy Increasing. Rome, Oct According 1o the official bulletin. »i new cases of chol- era have developed in the past tiven ty-four others, in Roma. one in thie prov . four in the pr ince of . seventeen in thé pro ince of Caserta_and one in the pro ince of Salerno. Ten deaths accurred Suring the same period. one in Bari, in Salernv and ten in Caserts. s 225 3 COVERED ABOUT 250 MILES | WITH A PASSENGER Biplane Trip fro to Brussels. Paris, Oct. 16.—Henry the Dutch aviator, holder. Remarkabie a passenger, in_biplanes today from Paris sels. They started with an of an hour and a half in an club, and the $5,000 offered return. ‘Wynmalen, after reaching glan_ capital, this evening in St. Quentin. gneux decided to stop for the Brussels and will start for Pa miles as the crow flies, and tances between Brussels a Quentin_approximately 80 mil daring Hollgnder, therefore, On the trip to Brussels botl replenish their gasoline. along to inquire the way. er was ideal and the trip was incident. Wynmalen covered tance to Brussels 38 minutes. Legagneux. with stuff, made it in five hours. ROOSEVELT'S THROAT Urged to Cancel Some of His ments to Speak. Oyster Bay, N. Y. Oct. of "Colonel Roosevelt’s throa Many of the republican leader state have suggested that Roosevelt cancel his engagem. speak in Massachusetts, nounced. Henry L. Stimson. nee for governor of New the only visitor to Sagamore day. He went over the state situation with Colonel left for New York late today Roosevelt told h dent that his voice would not ther Mr. Roosevelt nor Mr. would discuss their Gloucester Found Entangled in Rope Dr Prominent Gloucester, Mass. ed in a rope hanging from body of Aaron Brown, who ana was drowned. JFor 25 ye: Cloud, was known widely in circles. Cut His Throat and Then Ju Front of Train. Stratford, - Conn, Oct. Saturday night, Howard B. Middletown cut his throat witl or and then jumped in Tront of and was fnstantly killed. lie should bave taken his life, York_Jockey Shot by C Convict on Parols, Hanford, Cal, Oct. Clayton of New York, a N day by Richard Ward; a 'c parole from San Quentl The shooting follawed shot and_probably. fatally wo of Secret Service Men Over.' Mr. Taft's departure tomorrow will eight secret service men who have been assigned to the summer capital. Thelr vigilance has never relaxed, although sentry duty at the cottage and thou- gands of miles of motor riding infels owing the president over half of New ways trailed and always seemed to be tied to its leader by some invisible rope J and dale, wind-blown little company that packed Mr. Taft's Speech at Church. In his speech at the church today Mr. “I should be most reluctant to break if it did not give me the opportunity on behalf of Mrs. Taft and myself ‘to ing had the privilege of worshipping with such a wealth of usefulness in 1t is a chureh that the growth of who came here to make the beginnings of New England into our faith of Uni- The president then paid a tribute to “I hope we—I mean my family and myself—are going to be able next sum- mer to be here, or, as they say in the west, ‘hereabouts’ and _certainly -if we and you will treat us as well next sum- her and as hospitably as you have this, we shall be numbered among the wor- Wynmalen, world’s altitude record, and M. Lega- gneux, the French aviator, each with dc a remarkable trip to win the $30,000 offersd by the Auto municipality of Paris for a successful flight with passenger to Brussels and left almost immediately on the return trip and arrived safely tomorrow morning. The distance be~ tween the two points is about 170 and St about 250 miles with a passenger. ors made a landing in St. Quentin to Wynmalen' made a second landing a little farther The weath- in five hours and AGAIN TROUBLESOME/ 16.—There was no improvement in the condition New Ham- shire and Jowa, because of his throat. It is not believed. however, that Col- onel Roosevelt will make any change in the plans which he has already an-, republican nomi- York, was Roosevelt and that he was confi- before the end of the campaign. conference. Yachtsma Oct. 16.—Entangl- of the vacht Irene and Wallace, the many years prominent as a yachtsman, was found today by his friend, Law- rence Powers owner of the yacht. s supposed that Mr. Brown, who was 60 years old, lost his balance in at- tempting to board or leave his friend’s yacht, became entangled in the rope Brown was commodore of the Cape ‘Ann Yacht club, and his sloop. Black 16.—While walking near the railroad station here Lane was 40 yeurs old, and no reason is Known why 5 for the the task required days and nights of car al- ing mud tanned, €0 back morning . at hav- summer ‘history, develop- of those or of the distanca of the to Brus- interval attempt’ by the the Bel- Laga- night in ris_early the dis: les. The covered h aviat- without the dis-~ only one t today. rs in the Colonel ents to. Hill to- political Calonel fail_him Nei- Stimson' rowned. the bow was for It ars Mr. yachting Lane of th a raz- £ 8 train, fi alifornia 16—Thomas ey, was

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