Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 20, 1910, Page 1

[ A LIL—NO. 250 EQUILIBRATOR CAUSE OF FAILURE | Cebled The Floating Tail Made It Tmpossible to WELLM Steer or Make Headway N PARTY'’S EXCITING STORY Rescued Sky Travellers Landed in New York Last Eve- ning None the Worse for Their Thrilling Experience, With the Exception of Wellman, Who Had His Arm in a Sling—Copies of the Wireless Messages Which Passed Between the Airship America. New York and his fiv here thi “T'rent, Oct. 19.—Walter Wellman companions were landed ternoon by .the steamship which pleked them up at sea they had abandoned ,their dirigi- ble balloon America and failed in the first attempt ever made to cross the Atlantic through the air. A bruised right hand which Wellman carried in a =ling was the only physical injury that resultzd from their long voyage of ap- proximately 900 miles and a rescue the ke of which Is unknown to all his- tory. Ready to Renew the Attempt. one of the aeronauts expressed re- the loss of tha America. They that it had served its purpo d taught its lesson. All stand ready 1o renew the attempt as soon as Well- man and his engineers find a way to conquer the difficulties that brought their first trip to its thrilling end on Tuesday morning 400 miles southeast Sandy Hook. Weliman Blam the Equilibrator. ding on the deck of the Trent, same suit of khaki he wore and his crew" launched the last Saturday at Atlantic liman made this statement: n the he w ¢ the equilibrator. Now we find ouldn't get along with it. Our plans for the future are indefinite until we find something that will do what - thought the equilibrator would do.” Ihe “equilibrator,” to which Well- nan attributes the failure of his voy- age, was the series of tanks containing masoline which floated in the water attached to the airship by a long rope. Its purpose in addition to storing gas- oline and serving as a wireless eround,” was to keep the balloon steady, compensating for the expan- | sion and contraction of gas due to th changes in temperature, which wou have made the America rise or sink erratically. The America’s experience proved that thie floating tail, jerking at the delicately polsed airship, made it impossible to steer or, make head- way in the desired direction and se- verely weakened the structure. Te find another means of compensating for this unavoldable change in the volume of gas is the problem to which Wellman and his engineer, Melvin Van- iman, will now devote their attention. The direct cause of abandoning the America was the exhaustion upply of gasoline, which had to be thrown out to save'the ship, until when the crew abandpned the= balloon only enough was left to last about twenty- four hours. Weliman's Crew All Well. This is Wellman's d hurt in he afloat his hand our Hfeboat we were trying to rea I tried to grasp a ropa the steamer. In some got twisted about my nd before 1 cowld get loose it ore off my little finger and bad- uised the rest of tha hand.” The comparetive unimportance e injury, however, was demonstrated the fact that as Wellman said this e held a cigar in his bandaged hand nd was not obliged to let the member t in a sling sther members of the Americ d they felt as well as eve yoked it. They are: Melvin Van- n, engineer; J. Murr: mons, naviga FO s oper- d Albert L. John Au- ir sailors. There was also the gray kitten, rich was so pampered by the women 1sscngers aboard the Steamer that sides bulged wiih feeding. She ad mad: the air vovage as a name- s but on board . the liner was mptiv christened “Trent.” She left ne steamer on Mr. Vaniman's shoul- Vaniman's ¢ > has ompanions said that f preparing to leave a the chief engineer ma there was enough air in the ent of the lifeboat where the to make her comfort- Relatives Met the Rescued at Quaran- tine. A thick gray curtain of fog hung over New York bay this morning and ecaused a postponement of the last scene Ft drama in which Wellman, v 1is crew were the chief figures. - rent was f to anchor off Sand ok and there she remaimed vntf in the afternoon before the fox Hfted enough to make it safe for her to o up the harbor. Meanwhile a part of those r rest and dearest to the chipwrecked acronauts had taken » tug and gone as far as the quaran- tine station to meet them Tn thi rarty were Mre. Wellman, Mre. Va man, Mre. Leroy Chamberiain, Weil- | man’s married gaughter, and his thres unmarried daughters and Mrs. Sarah Toud, mother of Mrs. Vaniman and of thert L. Loud. They had a long wait it 415 that Wellman desc panfonway “eck of the tug. With tears in har aves Mrs. Wellman #t quarantine. and wae not until nded the com- from the steamer to the embraced her husband and k on both cheeks. The aged Mrs. Loud #t00d weeping with one arm around the neck of her son and the other about her son-in-law, while Mrs. Vaniman, #lso in tears of joy, hung on her hus- band’s othar arm. Cheers for the Wellman Crew and Res- cuers. The Trent anchored off Quarantine, awaiting inspection of the health of- ficers, when t elline with onuls’ nd the el g son & S fgents for the Ro, Mail Steam Puac et Line wwners of the Trent, dde’ Wellman was standing close Le rall with the members of his bestde him When the passen gere crowded about him caught sight | of the woben aboard the Dalzelline they et up a cheer, first for Welliman | and then for Mrs Wellman, then for Wellman's children. Then somebody proposed three cheers for the cat,which ¥lewed events enely from Vaniman's shoulder After (he Wallman party had hoard- sd the tug, Wellman stood with his arme ahont his wife and one of hi thought we could not get along | of the| of | ed him | the Royal Mail Liner and |tug in cheers for the Trent and her | captain_ Charles E. Down. “Help! Help!” the Amerioca's Message. | It was the Morse lamp, winking message through the darkness that ju: | preceded the dawn of Tuesday morn- | ing, and not the wireless, that first at- |tracted the attention of those aboard the Trent to the distressed airship. | Stanley Angel, an ordinary seaman of 18 years, and George Sangster, an able seaman, had the early morning watch. | Angel saw ahead of him, high up cw | the northeast, a faint light. | At first,” said the boy. in narrat- ing his experience tonight, “I thought {1t was the morning star. Then I saw two faint red lights beside the white | one, and mext made out a dark blur | against the sky. The white light kept. {awinking, and then I knew that it was a signal and reported it to G. J. Fitz- gerald, the fourth officer, in charge of the watch.” | Fitzgerald notified W. B. Lanison, | the chief ofs By this time the out. |line of the airship had been made out | against the moonlit sky, and Lanison | callea_Captain Down out of his berth. | “H-E-L-P! H-E-L-P!” was the | message the white electric lamp on the America was signalling to the steamer. As-Albert Leach, the signalman on the | Trent, expresed it “she kept making ‘help.”” “When I came on deck,” said Captain Down, “the airship was plainly visible. | In the light of the full moon she look- | ed enormous, hanging low in the north- east and close at hand. In reply to our signals she told me her name and that she was in distress, and asked us to stand by.” 1 Copies of the Wireless Messages. Then the wireless was called into | use, and between Louis M. ‘/insbers, | operator on the Trent, and Jo /k Irwin, the operator in the lifeboat suspended | below the gas chamber of the Agier- |ica, passed a series of messages that i will stand in history as the first wire- | 1ess communication between a ship at | sea and a-ship i the air. Here are the messages copied from Ginsberg’'s rec- ord on the Trent: Trent—Do_you want our assistance? | America—Yes; come at once. In dis- tress. We are drifting. Not under control. Trent—What do you want us to do? America—Come ahead full speed. | but keep astern, as we have a heavy tail. | " Trent—0. K. Am standing by wire- less in case of trouble. America—You will pick us up at daylizht. You will be better able to | see us then. | _ America—Come in close and put bow of vour ship under us. as we will drop a line. But do not stop your ship, as | you will capsize us. America—Who are you and where |are you bound for? First | Trent—Stegmship Trent, for New | York. America—Have one of your boats ready to launch as we will probably | capsize when we launch our boat. | Tren—0. K. Boat manned. | Tren—Are we gaining on you? | America—Yes. We are getting ready | to launch. Tren—Should we stop for you? America—Don't stop. We will drop 2 sea anchor and try to check our ship, America—We have a motor going above us. Can't hear your signals now. Will say when I can. We are pumping air into airship ready to bring her down level. Trent—We are going full spead, waiting for vour orders. America—We are going to launch boat. Stand by to pick us up. This ended-the exchange of wireless messages. Captain Down of the Trent Describes the Rescue. “At this time,” said Captain Down of the Trent were in speaking dis- | tance of the America. She was only twelye feet above our_ forestays and moving about twelve knots an hour. We kept beneath her with great diffi- enlty, for she swung to and fro in the alr Currents, and sometimes we were forced to go full speed astern so as not to lose her. "hen the crew of the airship began trailing wire ropes. Lanison, our chel | office grabbed one and held on unti! | the skin was rubbed off his hands and { he was lifted from his feet and near!y dragged overboard. After half an hour we decided that tlis method of rescue was hopeless and much too risk; So Wellman asked me to keep close while | he and his crew let down their life- boat and trusted to us to pick them up. We got tWo hoats ready and sta- | tioned men_along the sides with lifa {buoys. I signalled ‘Al ready,” and Wellman lowered his airship until the lifeboat suspended underneath was within six feet of the water. The trail- er, composed of tanks of gasoline and weighing thirty hundredweight, the great danger, and after the boat was launched this struck her and stove | a hole in the side about six inches in | diameter, but above the water line. When Wellman dropped his lifeboat it struck the sea broadside but quickly righted itself. T went full speed ahead and had considerable difficulty in pick- ing up the boat. Mr. Wellman injured his hand in trying to catch one of our ropes. “The last 1 saw of the airship she was fifteen or twenty miles away, with ong end in the water. IHer valves had { been opened and she undoubtedly gged down by her heavy Ty lHian and I crew came aboard after paths, dry clothes and a goud breakfast, appeared none the worse for their exp nee. Wellman 1old me that when<he abandohed the America e had enongh gasoline to keey going about 24 hours.” Before he landed Wellman said: “The America was in as perfect con- dition when we left her as when we | started from’ Atlantic City.” This refers, generally the engine: Cabin Passengers Aroused to Witness speaking, to | the Rescue. The Trent carried 151 first cahin ! passengers. moet of whom had been was ‘Paragraphs Evesham, England, Oct. 19.—The Portuguese royal party arrived here tonight and proczeded by automobile to Wood Norton. The ex-king appeared 1l and weary. Paris, Oct. 19.—The official estimate of the oat crop of France for 1910 i 111,652,100 hectolitres, against 111, 100 hectolitres in 1909. The barley ha vest is placed at 15,693,080 hectolitres, against 16,261,200 a year ago. A hel tolitre is equivalent to two bushels 3.35 pecks. Pisa, Oct. 19.—The dowager queen Maria Pia of Portugal arrived at Gom- bo today on the- battleship Rezina Elena, which sailed from Gibraitar Sunday afternoon, She was met by the king and accompanied his majes! to the royal hunting lodge at San Ros sore, where the royal family is resid- ing. Paris, Oct. 19.—The Petit Perisien today says that Spain is on the verge of a rupture with Morocco over the payment of the indemnity of 130,000,000 pesetas (approximataly $26,000,000), which Spain exacted after the success- ful campaign against the Riff tribes- men in the summer of 1909, and con- templates sending 40,000 soldiers across to the Riff coast to occupy Tetuan. Rome, Oect. 19.—Official geports on the cholera situation indicate an in- ¢rease in the spread of the disease. During the past twenty-four hours thirty-seven new cases developed. Three of these occurrad in the province of Bari, nineteen in the province of Casenta, of which fourteen are among the insane patients, thirteen in the province of Naples, onz in the province of Salerno and one in the city of Rome. Seventeen deaths occurred during the same period, eight of them in the province of Naples. “PIGS IS PIGS” REFERRED TO IN U. S. SUPREME COURT In Defense of Carmack Amendment to Hepburn Rate Law. ‘Washington, Oct. 19.—“Pigs is pigs,” 2 humorous story that convulsed this nation some years ago. was referred to today in. the supreme court of the United States by the government as an “authority” for its argument in de- fznse of the constitutionality of the so- called Carm nendment to the Hepburn rate _This amendment maies initial car- riers of interstate ¢ommerce liable for damage to or I freight through transportation, ne 01 on its own line, but upon the line: connecting carriers. 1t als6 prohibits contracts releasisg the initial carrier from this liability. The story of the delay of transporta- tion of guinea pigs until at last it re- quired the attention of all the officials of the road to care for the descendants of the original consignment was cited to illustrata the public need for legisla- tion making it easier for the shipper to recover for the loss of his property or damages inflicted upon it. The argument for the government was.made by William S. Kenyon, as- sistant to the attorney general. Judg: Joseph A. Lamar of Augusta, Ga., at- tacked the law as counsel for the At- lantic Coast Line Railroad company. C. S. MELLEN PRESIDENT Of Maine Central, Washington County and Somerset Railroads. Portland, Me., Oct. 19.—After the annual meztings of the stockholders of | the Maine Central, Washington County and Somerset railreads had been held here today, the directors of each road elected Charles S. Mellen, president of the New York, New Hayen and Hart- ford and Boston und Maine railroad as president. In each case lucius Tut- tle, who resigned as president of tha Maine railroads a month ago, when he retired from the Roston and Maine presidency, was elected chafrman of | tha hoard of directors, a new office. Tha Maine Central stockholders voted to ratify the action of the directors in purchasing the Sebasticook and Moose- head railroad. e When the airship was sighted the stewards went from cabin to cabin, rousing the sleepers, and when Well- man and his crew came aboard they were greeied by a throng of eager, curious men and women, many of them clad in nightclothes over which ov coats and kimonos had been has 1 thrown, Engineer Vaniman Almost Exhausted. Last night the passengers assem- bled in the main saloon and heard a brief talk by Wellman, who could not express too much praige for the cour- age and lovalty of his crew. His five ompanions spoke just as enthusia: tically of their commander. They de- clared that they were willing to go with him again whencver he equipped another expedition. Engineer Vanni- man was the only member of the crew | that seemed exhausted by the strain {of the long flight and the r ue. | While the othe: sed for foof, Van- iman wanted nothing but a cabin and |a berth, but after a short sleep he seemed completely recovered. I'm not at all sorry the airship got 1y i | away,” said Vaniman tonight. “It was in such shape from wear and tear that it was useless. If it had got loose on land it might have done some dam- age.” Sky Voyagers Had But Two Regular Meals. According to Jack Irwin, the wi e~ | | less operator, the America’s crew I d | but two regular meals after they left i Atlantic City. These con d of ham | and cggs cooked over gasoline. T rest of the time each man picked up a_handful of food when opportunit j offered. Jrwin figures that the Amer { ica sailed about 870 miles from Atlantic City to a point off Nantucket miles, from Nantucket northeast about 140 | miles, untii the storm caught her and | her southeast to the point of a distance of miles. This t account for the devious turns [ | does | and driftings back and forth caused by the variable winds when the tug- ging of the equilbrator made it im- possible for the their course. Nobody Felt Any Fear. , “All through the trip.” said Irwi “wers were happy as little gods. No- body felt any fear at any time. When we quit it was because we were run- ning out of gasoline.” Party Stopping at Waldorf-Astoria. navigators to keep The Wellman party landed { the tug Dajzelline at this eve ning. The party went to the Waldors | Astoria_where Wellman will spend the next few days. He sald (hat he was not sure what he would do next. The erowd that gathered al the dock neces sitated u force of police reserves to | make way for the aeronauts to reach their carriages. Only the Lifeboat Saved. The thirty-foot cedar lifeboat, which W with its contents is all that remains of the costly equipment with which the America, set sail from _ Atlantic City, was taken aboard the Trent and put ashore here when the steamer docked this cvening. The little hale in'her starboard bow is the only evi- | the pole hast daughters, and Joined those aboard the making & .l’enun trip to Bermuda. ' dence of her rough experience. Six Balloons Still In The Race TEN STARTED FROM ST. LOUIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. INTERNATIONAL CONTEST Airships Believed to Be Racing Over Ontario, Though Nothing Definite Was Learned up to Late Yesterday. St. Louis, Mo, Oct. 19.—Six of the ten balloons which started in the in- ternational contest late Monday to- night ars believed to be racing over the southwestern part of Ontario, al- though no definite news was received from them today. Isle de France Lands in Forest. The Tsle_de France, Alfred Leblanc pilot and Walter de Mumm aide, de- nded near -Pogamasing, Ont.,.in a rest at 4 a. m. today. The French aerostate had traveled 725 miles north- east from St. Louis and had remained in the air 34 hours and 36 minutes. The Isle de France was the fourth. bailoon to alight. the others being the Condor, the St. Louis No. 4, and the Million Club,which landed at Two Riv- ers, Hillman, Mich., and Racine, Wis., respactively. X Leblanc was not spoken after he passed north of Chicago_ yesterday morning until he landed. He finished second in 1907 in the race for the James Gordon Bennett cup. At Poga- masing he was within 148 miles of thas American record of $73.4 miles, set by John Wise in 1839. and within 468 miles of the svorld’s record of 1,193 miles, males in 1200 by Comte Henrie de la Vaux. Flying Over Lake Huron. Four other racers werz reported to- night to be flving over Lake Huron and Georgian bay, from 600 to 700 miles northeast of St. Louis. FORCED TO SWIM A LAKE, AERONAUTS BADLY INJURED. German Balloon Descends With Ter- rific Force in Toronto. St. Louis, Oct. 19.—The balloon Har- burg II of Germany, the fourth to de- part in the international balloon race from St. Louis Monday afternoon, de- scended with terrific force from a height of 18,000 f at 9 p. m. Tues- day in Lake Nipissing, Toronto, Cana- da, 850 miles from St. Louls, according to a message received tonight. The left arm of William F. Assman, aide, of St. Louis, was broken, his right hand seversly sprained and an artery in _his wrist cut. Lieut. Leopold Vogt, pilot of the Harburg, and Assman were forced to swim the lake with the bailloon, land- ing upon Sea Gull Island, where A: man, despite his injuries, tied . the aerostate to a trae and remained on the island along with Lieutenant Vogg all Tuesday night, bleeding profusely from his wounds. The balloonists were res- cued - early today Dby Cherokee Indian hunters and,sent t6 a hospital at Pow- assau, on _the Grand Trunk railroad, twenty miles from where they landed. CONSCIENCE STRIKEN MAN FORWARDS SIX CENTS IN STAMPS To Postmaster General in Reparation | of Short Postage. Washington, Oct. 19.—The treasury came into more than its own today through the act of a conscience strick- en citizen of Muncy, Pa., who sent to the postmaster general six cents in stamps in reparation of short postage on two documents transmitted through the mai The stamps, which were enclosed in a letter signed “Debtor.” will be placed in the miscellaneous fund of the postoffice department, and in due course turned into the treasury of the United States. Tt is presumed that the recipient of the documents long ago paid the shortage, but there is no way for the government to pass the money along. With this evidence of scruplulous honesty on the part of the public. the department expects quickly to realizs its ambition of placing the postal ser- vice on a paying basis. Two Linemen Electrocuted at Canton, Mass. Canton, Mass., Oct. 19—Joseph Lang- try of Boston lost his life while try- ing to rescue his companion, Adelbert Daly of Arlingtom, from a tangle of live wires which eaused Daly’s death, in this town today: Both men were telephone linemen. While working at the top of a fort-pole poie, Daly be- came entangled in the wires. Lang- try, seeing his predicament, but the moment he touched Daly he received so powerful a shock that he dropped to the ground breaking his meck. Daly is believed | to have been killed by the first shock. Judge Parker Attacks Roosevelt and Stimson. Binghamton, Y., Oct. 19.—Judge Alton B. Parker ddressing a_party mass meeting here tonight said that “olonel Roosevelt in searching for a trust bu for a candidate could not find onec. but found a man who in the perfo; nce of his official duts had collectzd a vast sum of mones from the sugar trust and convicted er | several of its emploves of crime. He then attacked the record of Hen- ry L. Stimson, the republican nominee for gevernor, in that prosecution. Death of Colonel Callahan, Second Regiment, C. N. G. ew Haven, Conn., Oct. 19.—Colonel Timothy ¥. Callahan, colonel of the Second regiment of the Connecticut National guard, died at his home here today. He sorved with the regiment for several years and was its com- mander from 1899 to 1900, when he re- signed. . He was 61 vears old and leaves a widow and six children. SUPREME COURT ADJOURNED WITHOUT DATE. Extra Half Hour Required to Fi the Arguments in Litchfield County Case. When the supreme of Connecticut came nesday morning for the October session (1 heard 1he closing arguments in_the case of Fur iong, adm., ves. the New Haven road. Tn_the last case (o he heard, that of 1lie New sell and othe! of errovs a court here on Judges Roraback and Wheeler were disqualified as they had heard part of the case in the lower court, and Judges Case and Burpee took their places. The arguments in the case werc made by Attorneys Williams. .Judson and Hyde,’.and . they. were not completed until 430 o'cleck at which time court was adjourned without date. climbed | sh | continuance of Haven road vs. Helen A. Rus- | Hurricane Has I’as_sgg to Sea CONDITIONS PREVAIL. NORMAL AGAIN SLIGHT PROPERTY DAMAGE Mayor of Key West Telegraphs That All Sensational Reports Should Be Discredited—No Relief Is Needed. Charleston, S. €.; Oct. 19.—The local United wireless station reports picking | up a message tonight from Tampa, Fla., to the effect that normal condi- tions again prevail and that damage to property from the storm was slight. Telephone and fire alarm wires are in- order tonight. No loss of life is re- ported. The Situation at Key West. New York, Oct. 19—Mayor Fogarty of Key West, Fla., today forwarded the following telegram to the Assoclated Press by way of Havana “Key West was visited by hurricane Monday. Damage slight. We ar: thankful for relief given by public last vear, and thankful we need no relief now. All sensational reports should De discredited. Erratic Conduct of the Storm, Savannah, Ga., Oot. 19.—Unless the storm is playing “possum.” indications early tonight wera that the storm had passed to sea. It has been almost dead calm all the afternoon, due, ac- cording to the weather bureau, to the fact that this region was in the center of the cyclone. No serious damage was done and no .one was hurt or killed. The conduct of the storm has been so erratic, however, that shipping in- terests are staying in port until posi- tive information about the disturbance has been reczived. The City of Memphis, Boston to Savannah, has been hove to thirty miles off Tybee since last night. Near the Memphis there is a five-masted | schooner, name unknown, which has been in distress all day. The Memphis was unable to give assistance. The tug McCauley will go to the rescue tonight if the sea outside will permit. Reports say considerable damage was done to sea island cotton and to small pine trees which had been boxed for turpentine. STAGING FALLS AT WATERBURY, ONE MAN KILLED, THREE HURT Men Fell Forty Feet, Being Buried Un- der Brick and Timber. ‘. Waterbury, . Conn., Oct. 19.—Rocco Guereria of Waterbury was instantly killed and three other workmdn were seriousiy, one probably fatally, injured here late this afternoon as the result of the falling of a staging on which they were working in the power house of the Connecticut -company, which is ‘being erected by the Fred T. Ley cora- pany of Springfield, Mass. - The men fell forty feet,-and. were buried under falling brick and timpers. The injured are: { Timothy Sullivan of Union City,.a mason, fracture of the jaw, fracture of the collarbone and right shoulder dis- located, condition serious; John Bra- doa of Waterbury, compound fracture of the right thigh and scalp wounds, not expected to live; Joseph Tetra of Waterbury, broken ankle, broken wri jand internal injuries, condition ser: ous. No cause is known for the a dent. FALSE REPORTS REGARDING SURRENDER OF POLICIES Insurance Company Bookkeepers Had Been Stealing for Years. |, New York, Oct. 19.—An investiga tion started by the district attorney’s office at the instance of the North British_and Mercantile Insurance Co., resulted this afternoon in the arrest of two of the concern’s bookkeepers on a charge of larceny. The prisoners are John W. Walker and Charles M. Bradford, both middle-aged men. Ac- cording to detectives, who made the arrests, peculations have been going on for vears and the company has lost approximately $13,000. False reports in regard to the surrender of policies are alleged to have been the basis of operations. TRICK ELEPHANT QUEEN CRUSHED KEEPER TO DEATH. New Empioye Tried to Shackle Her in Wirter Quarters. New York, Oct. 19.—Queen, a trick elephant, 12 years old, becames enraged at an unaccustomed keeper, Robert Shields, who tried to shackle hor in bher winter quarters in Jersey City to- day, and crushed him to death. She seized him around the waist with her trunk, slammed him against the wall, threw him to the floor and then tram- pled on his face. kneeled on his body and finally gored him. The body was unrecognizable when recovered. The animal was perfectly tractable to her trainer a few minutes after the killing. Dr. Woodrow Wilson’s Resignation in Hands of Princeton Board of Trus- tees. New York, Oct. 19.—The resignation of Dr. Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton _university, is now in the hands of the secretary of the board of trustees, The Times will say tomor- row, and it is understood that it will be presented to the trustees at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning, and it will be accepted. Dr. Wilson is now run- ning for governor of New Jersey on the democratic ticket and it has been understood for some time that he would resign. LSRRI e Clothes Caught Fire from Burning Leaves. New Haven, Conn. Oct. 18.—Mary Adams, a four year oid child, living at 65 Chambers street, was so badly burn- ed when her clothing caught fire from burning leaves late today that she died in the New Haven hospital tonight. | New Lexington Track Record. | Louisville, ¥ Oct.. 19.—The Vie Lorch two mile cup race resulied in the | | blishing of « new track record, ! idia leading throughout, and wmak- | the distance in %.29 2- The old = was 2.301-2, i 1 S e | World's Pool Championship Match. | Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 19.—At the con- {clusion of the second block of the Go0- | ‘]iDhAl world's championship pool maich | here tonight, Jerome Keogh, the cham- Condensed Telegrams The United States Gunboat Wilming- ton arrived at Amoy, China. The Members of the . Turkish Cahinet bhave composed their differences. American Secretary of War Dickin- son arrived in Paris from Berlin. Three Hundred Students of Denver urliversiiyiwention o #trjiie for o hol: iday. : b Daniel Rankin, operator of the larg- est farm in the world, died at St. Jo- seph, Mo. The National Railway Men’s Union issued a long manifesto calling off the railroad strike. Unprecedentedly Large Crowds are hearing William J. Bryan in his tour through Indiana. The Census Bureau Announced that the pgpulation of the state of Massa- chusetts is 3,366,418 Siste Josephine Held a Mdd Dog at bay while the pupils escaped from a parochial school in Chicago. Clarence and Joseph Swigert, busi- ness men of Bellefontaine, O., had their faces cut into shreds during a race Tiot. ..The Steamer. Valeria, from Re.al, Russia,. foundered in the Baltic. The entire crew is believed to have per- ished. < William Stephen Whitmor inven- tor of the papier-mache matrix process | of stereotyping, died at his home, aged 68 years. Secretary of State Knox is to get an increase in salary if congress adopts the estimates in the legislative, exec- utive and judicial bill. Sheriff Madden Admits that he did not serve a warrant on John F. Dietz, of Cameron Dam, Wis, who held a posse at bay, because he feared Dietz Waliter F. Brown, chairman of the republican state central committee of Ohio, declares Harding, the republi- can gubernatorial candidate, will ca the state. The Comptroller of the Currency appointed Philip Tillingh: who has been receiver of ten ional banks, receiver of the First National bank of Billings, Mont, Postmaster General Hitchcock an- nounced that the postal deficit for the fiscal vear ended June 30 last amounted to $5.881,482, compared with $17,479,770 for the preceding year. The Census Bureau, in its annual report on the papermaking. industfy, shows that 4,000,000 cords of wood were used in _the manufacture of wood pulp in the United States in 1909. Attorney General Wickersham ac- cepted the resignation of , Henry L. Stimson, republican candidate for gov- ernor of New York, as special agsist- ant prosecutor of frauds in New York. Brigadier General Maus, command- ing the department of the Columbia, recommends legisiation for the elimi- nation of inefficient army ofiicers, in his annual report to the war depart- ment. Waterpower Site and Coal Land withdrawals by the president, amouat- ing to 384,384 acres, were annou by the secretary of the inter lands are situated in California, rado, 1daho and Wyoming. EXISTING STATUS UNCHANGED UNTIL FEB. 17, 1911. Formal Orders Regarding the Long and Short Haul Provision. Washington, Oct. 19.—In a formal order issued late {oday the interstate commerce commission announced its intention to administer strictly section 4 (the long and short haul provision) of tha recently amended inter commerce act. The order was the out- growth of a hearing held by the com- mission two weeks ago on the matter of the application of interstate carriers generaliy for relief under tha long and short haul provision. By the terms of the order there w be no change in the existing status or in the present rights of carriers unti. Feb. 17, 1911. They may file with the commission such changes in rates and tarifis as ordinarily would be filed in the course of their business under the present rate basis or adjustments. This accords to the transportation campanies the right even to file higher rates of fares to intermediate points and through rates or fares higher than the combinations of the intermediate rates or fares, provided that in so do- ing the discrimination against inter- mediate points is not made sreater than that in existence on Aug. 17, 1910. 4 The commission announces that, through this permission, it does not necessarily approve any rates o that may be filed, all of them bzing held subject to complaint, investigation and, if necessary, to correction if they be_found in con with the law. It is ordered “that the commission reaffirm its previously expressed view that a through rate or fare that is higher than the comhination of the in- termediate rates or fares is prima facie unreasonable and will insist upon the application of that principle at the earliest possible date in every instance except possible extreme and very un- usual cases.” This is understood by the commis- sion to mean that onlv in extraordinary conditione will it exarcise its authority conferred by congress to permit, in its discretion, technical violations of the long and shert haul provision. RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICANS Unanimously Renominate Gov. Pothier and All the Present State Officers, Providence. R. . Oct. 19.—The re- publicans of Rhode Island today unani- mously renominated Governor Pothier of Woonsocket and all tha other pres ent state officers. Congressman Shef- field of Newport was likewise given a renomination by the First district re- publicans without opposition. The state convention lasted hard two hours and was entirely harmo ous. In the platform unanimously adopted the administrations of Pres dent Taft and Governor Pothier we praised, the Payne-Aldrich tariff -bill upheld, and regret was expr at the prospective rel i€ of Senator Aldrich, who wa scommn-nded for his integrity, aoility and loyally (o the re publican party Ex-Gov. Utter Nominated for Congress Providence, Oct. 19.—Former. Gover nor Utter, publishey of rhe Westerly Sun, was nominated for congress on the first lot ihe republican con- vention of the Second district today to, icceed Adin Capron, who wasg not a candidate for re-elec Actor Georae H. Maxwell Dead. pion, led the challenger, Benny Allen, by the score of 403 to 3i2. Steamship Arrivals. At Naples. Oct. Stlanta, from New York. Oct. 1! York. Beriin, from New Oshkosh, Wis. Oct. 10— George W, Maxwell, an actor, died here today of creeping paralyeia. Wandered About New York Streets HAD BANKBOOK SHOWING DE- POSITS OF OVER $5000. SON OF WASHINGTON LAWYER - \ Picked Up Near Campus—Wore Columbia College Dress Coat Over Heavy Sweater—Taken to Bellevue. New York, Oct. 19.—Samuel J. Ran- dall Lancaster, 22 years old, son of Charles C. Lancaster, a prominent at- torney of Washington, D. C., was found wandering aimlessly near the Colum- bia campus this aftevnoon in this strik ing attire: Dress coat over a heav sweater, siriped trousers, canvas shoes. A policeman took him to Belle- vue, where he is held for observation in the psychopathic ward. Banks Wouldnt Cash His Check Be- cause of His Appearance. According to the story told by the vouth,” whose declaration as to his identity was borne out by papers he had, he arrived in New York from Philadelphia this morning, and, hav- ing no money, tried to get a check cashed. z He had with him a banicoook, show- ing a balance of more than $5,000 in a_ Philadelphia bank. but, because of his appearance, he said, the cashiers and paying tellers at institutions he visited told him he was crazy and or- dered him to get out. Then he wan- dered up to Columbia for a visit. PRESIDENT TAFT'S NEW YORK VISIT ENDED. Last Day in the City Given Over to Political Conferences. New York, Oct. 19.—President Taft brought his New York 1 to a close tonight and is due back at the White House in Washington early tomorrow morning. His last day in this city was given over to political conferences, the situations in New York state and Ohio sharing almost equally in the interest displayed. by the president as to pres- ent day conditions and election day prospects. To many close observers probably the most significant feature of the president’s stay here is the fact that during the last two days Colonel Roosevelt has not been at Oyster Ba —only thirty-three miles from New York—and so far as known no com- munication whatever passed between him and Mr. Taft. It was reported yesterday that there might be a meet- ing between the two old friends. This wae based on the stdtement attributed to the colonel some time ago that he would be g to call on the president in N2w York when an opportunity of- fered. Since that time. however, the New Haven meeting intervened. SUICIDE OF THE ASSASSIN OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA Luigi Luccheni, Italian Anarchist, Hanged Himself in Prison Cell. Geneva, Oct. 19.—Luigi Luccheni, who assgssinated the empress of Aus tria in 1893, committed suicide this evening in his cell in the prison known as L’Eveche. Two days ago. Luccheni went vio- lently insane and after smashing erything in his cell was put in a strait- jacket, When his violence passed hw was given cell liberty. This afternoon he was found hanging to the window bars by his waist belt which he had twisted around his neck. On September 10, 1888, Elizabeth, empress of Austria and queen of Hun- gary, was assassinated at Geneva by the Italian anarchist, Luigi Luccheni, who stabbed her with a small stilietto. SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SUED FOR $1,000 DAMAGES. Alleged Severe Punishment of Fourteen Year Old Pupil. Bast Hartford, Conn., Oct. 19.—Pa- pers in a suit for $1,000 damages wera served on Principal A. W. Holman of the Meadow grammar school late todav in behalf of Raymond Pennabaum. & 14 year old pupil of the school The papers in suit allege that Pennabaum was so severely punished by Principal Holman on' Sept. 27 that he has been unable to attend school since. Among the injuries the boy is claimed to hava sustained is one to the back caused by being thrown violently against a desk. The suit is returnable before the common pleas court. HURRICANE WARNING Extended on Coast Northward te Southern New England. New York, Oct. 18—The following was received by the local weather bu- reau from Washington tonight: “Hurricane warning extended on the coast northward to and including San- Hook. Present indications are for iangerous development over the mid- dle Atlantic coast and southern New England. Dangerous northwest gales indicated.” Frank McMahon Pleaded Not Guilty— Placed Under $1,000 Bonds. Middlefield, Conn., Oct. 19.—Pleading not guilty to having hound Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Miller and robbed thaiv home here last January, Frank Me- Mahon was placed under $1.000 bonds by Judge Pearne of Middletown, sitting as a justice here today. McMahon was taken to Middletown tonight and will be taken to Haddam jail in the morn- ing to wait a hearing on Monday. Mc- Mahon, who disappeared after the rob- bery, was found last night hiding in & cistern in the cellar of the home of his aunt in the Staddle Hill district of Middletown. Senator Shively of Indiana Laid Up With Sore Foot. Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 19.—Senator B. i, Shively, who is here attending a mesting of the trustees of Indigna uni- versity, is in bed at a hotel, suffering from a sore left foot, the result of in- fection from a corn. The senator has been ordered fo _caneel Lis campaign speaking dates anid return to his home in South B:nd, (o renmin in gulet for a week ar least. ’ sl PEOR IR LR # Five New Episcopal Bishops and Gre Missionary Bishop Selected. Cincinnati, Oct. 19.—The house of bishops of the triennial convention of the Protestant Episcopal church today selected five new bishops and one mis- sionary bishop, but annaunced that the names of those s woukd s ;;mhgublfic;ng"m; ‘rapant.is sent to e ‘house leputies tomorrow for