Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 22, 1911, Page 1

Mlflclifl mmm B mflPI.INE Cabled Paragraphs |Gy Shot French Minister of War Killed and Three Others Injured by Air Monster DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF MACHINE Prime Minister and Son Among the Victims—Arms of Minister of War Sheared Off by Rapidly Revolving Propeller—Premier Suffers Broken Leg and Nose— Machine a Wreck But Aviator Escapes Injury. Paris, May 21.—France today paid another and terrible tol! in her mag- nificent endeavor to attain supremacy in the art of aviation. A monoplaie, the driver of which had lost control, plunged into a group of members of the cabinet who had gathered witness the start of a race from to Madrid, killed the minister of war and injured the prime minister, his son and & well known sportsman. The De: Henri Maurice Bertsaux, minister of war. of The Injured. Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis, premior and minister of interior. Antoine Monis, son of the premier. Hienri Deutsch De La Meurhte, the elderiy patron of aeronautics, auto- mobiling and other sports. Many Other Narrow Csczpes. A large number of other persons of note Lad narrow es-apes from harm. The accident occure=d on the aviation fleld at Issy Les Motineux and was witnessed by handred thousand persons. M. Trs was piloting the monoplane. With him in the car was M. Bogpler, a passenger. Neither was injured. The machine was wrecked. Berteaux Horribly Mangled. Minister of War Berteaux was horri- i mangled. The swiftly revolving propeiler & earod off his lett arm.which was found ten feet away from the spot where he wi ruck; the back of his heud was crushed ip, his throat was gashed and the whele of his left side was cut and lacerated. Monis Buried Beneath Wreckage. Premier Mon!s was burned beneath the wreckage of the monoplane. He was taken out as quickly as possible and examined by military surgeons, whe found that he had sustained com- pound fractures of two bones in the right lag that his nose was broken, his fics badly cortused and that the were bruises on the breast and abdo. men o Not Seriously Hurt. M. Deutseh and M. Monis swers not eerious'ly hart. Among those who barely escaped heing struck was M. Lepine, the prefect of pelice. Party Arrived at 6 A. M. Promier Monis and Minister Ber- tsaux and their party arrived at the aviation fleld about 6 c'clock this morning, shortly after Roland Garros, M. Beaumont and M. Gibert had start- ed in the race which was headed in the jirection of Angouleme, capital of the @evartment of Charents. Admitted on Field by Soldiers. The sreat erowd of spectators bo & the flyinz fleld was being held €id by a large force of soldiers, who, wever, permitted the ministerial par- ¥ and some fifty other persons of dis- tinetion to walk across the field to a poiat where they could get a better 4Wn the course and see the air- as they rose from the starting and fIv in thair direction. Veerine Starts Off by Capsizing. While great assemblage cheered the ministers saw Pierre Veer- who had besn picked hy many as bable winner of the race, mount from the ground and head down acrodrome. But suddeniy his ma- chine capsized and he fell, but emerged unhurt from the debris. Aviater Train, ne caused the disastcr, taken his position at e. levers in hand, with :r beside him. Wind Blowing Thirty Miles an Hour. The breeze had been steadily fresh- eninz and the meteorological observer in the chief Eiffcl tower tslephoned that his gavec showed a velocity of eight metres a sacond, or close to thir- ty miles an hour. The members of tha a ine th. M. Boua aviation committee were Giscussing the adverse conditions as Train left the ground. Ascendins swittly, he cideled The great field, =wooped around to' the starting Ine. and then flew down the courae at a forty mlas an hour gat. course at a forty miles an hour gait. The machine rocked as he did so in the gusty wind Momslane Driven Toward Earth. At this moment it was obseyved hy e commandant of the troops that the irowds were! breaking tha line forma- tion en one side of the field and he despatched a troop of cuirassiers io get them back in order. The cavalry- men galloped across tha field, braaking into deuble lines as they went. Here Train's monoplane dived toward the srth under the impulse of an air flu and it appeared as though the av with the horsemen. The pilot's attention seem- #4 momentarily to have been diverted from his courss and he made a quick tun to the left toward where the party of officizla were standinz. Then he low- comtrol of the eraft altogather and 1t Aashed violently into the ministerial Fronn Berteaux Knocked Ten Feet. The impact knocked M. Perteaux ten fee: awn®. where he ]av In a pool of b atr were about to collide blood, badly torn. Under the wreck- age lay Premjer Monfs. his son and M. Drutsch rain _and M. Rounisr emerged from the remains of the ma- ehine uninjured. A scene of frightful confusion foilowed the fall of the mo- noplane. From all parts of the av tlon field arose eries of alarm and dia- may and tens of thousands of parsons #roke through the lines and rushed taward the scene of the accident. First Aid to the Injured. The cavalry, however, hy repeated ehurges manag d te clear the field and the injured men were given first ald 1o the injured by the field surgeons. From the firat it was seen that M. Berteaux was fatally hu=t and that M. Monis was seriously injured. After the min- fsters Hied been cared for the surgeons dressed the wounds of those who had feceived minor bruises. A No Time to Escape. “ Thers are various versions as to the - of the ident, but everyone @eems (o agree that It occurred with swch terrible swiftness that thera was Mo tims for M. Pertranx, M. Moenis and « 1 escupe. M. Hersand, @ former Premler Dupuy, whose newsnaper, the Petit Parisien, arranged the rack, sadd: Saw Borteaux Lying in Pool of Blood. . n-ne-u, was just asking £ who tic E finer and I | the monoplane plunging and careening toward us. ‘Look out™” I cried, and the next instant the wing: of the aeroplane grazed my side. Looking around, I saw the minister of war lying in a pooi of blood ten feet away, his arm sev- ered from his body as though by a surgeon’s krife. ‘The minister's head was horribly crushed znd blocd was flowing from a cut in his throat. Monis Motionless, Face Downward. “Premier Monis lay motionless, face downward. I thought him dead. M. Dentsch, his face ghastly pale, was trying to rise to his fee Son Saved Father's Life. M. Monis, Jr., said that he thought he saved his father's life by pushing iim violently to the ground the mo- ment he say the machine tearing through the Jir. The ministerial puriy was hidden from the pilot's view by a detachment of cuirassiers. In avoiding ese, Train crashed down upon the group iilte a bolt frem the sky. ‘The Race Suspended. Immediately after the disaster M. Dupuy gave out word that the race bs suspended. M. Lepine issued a form<: order to that effect, saying it would be impossible to continue because a large part of the aviation fi2ld was already covered By vast crowds. Late this ai- ternoon, however, the aero club de- cided that the six airmen who had not started today should be given an op- portunity to do so tomorrow. Berteaux’s Body Escorted by Mil M. Berteaux's body was placed closed eutomoblle and escorted from the field by a squadron of dragoons witn swords at salute. Tens of thou- sands in that part of the field through which the automobile passed stond un- covered. General Maunoury, military governor of Paris, sent his aide to teil Madame Berteaux that her husband had been injured. Breaking the News to the Widow. Then a hurried consultation was held a8 to how the news of the death should be broker. Paul Doumar, the former president of the chamber of deputies and the oldest and most Intimate friend of the family, was requasted to communicate the truth to the dead minister's wife. M. Doumar said af- terwards that Mme, Berteaux showed Admirable -conrage. - The hody of the late minister of war lies at the min- istry yin the same room from which reconlly his pradesessor, General Brun, was buried. “It is Nothing,” Said Monis. Premicr Monis, while heing taken from the field in an ambulence, re- pented over and over again in a low voice: “Tt is nothing: it is nothing.” and when he had somewhat regained a clearer consciousness said that his injuries must not int:rfere with the race. He did not know that Berteaux was dead. Mme. Monis Preparing for Children's Party. Doctors st the fracture without the aid of anaesthetics and as far as it was humanly possible the premier was made comfortable. Mme. Monis had planned to give a children’s party at her house today. The rocms were full of flowers and the premier's wife was arranging these whaa the ambulance arrived. President Calls at Both Homes. President Fallieres called on both Mmes. Berteaux and Monis, and the king and quéen of Denmark, who were leaving Paris in the forenoon, sent their mirister of the household fo ex- press their grief. The American am- ‘bassador and the other foreign repre- sentatives left cards of condolence and sympathy. A Temporary Minister of Wai M. Fallleres summoned his cabinat and M. Cruppi, minister of foreign af- fairs, was de ted to fulfill the du- ties of ministék of war pending further developirents and temporarily to act as head of the cabinet. Various reports were circulated to the effect that Pre- mier Monis might resign and the min- istry be reerganized. President Fal- lieres deeided that it would be better for the king of Servia to postpone his intended visit and sent a special mis- sion to Basle headed by M. Coullard- Doscos, the French minister at Bel- grade, to inform King Peter officially. The Lesson of the Tragedy. The general opinion is held that the lesson to be learned from the catastro- phe is that the rule prohibiting spec- tators on the aviation field is one that should not ke violated even by mem- bers of the government. Had Ambition to Be President. Henri Maurice Berteaux was one cf the most prominent men in France en- anged in poditical life. He had held the portfolio of minister of war onca befere, but though ha reiinquished this he had devotéd himself to army affairs. He accepted that office again in tie Monis cabinet,which was formed March 2 of this year. He acauired a fortune in finance and it was no. secret that he cherished the ambition of becoming a candidate for the presidency in 1913. His death is especially untimely for Franes, for with M. Cruppi he was di- recting the present delicate Moroccan question, which is still far from settie- ment. Monoplane Pilot Heartbroken. M. Train/ the pilgt of the monoplane which taused suci® havoc today. and his passenger, Bounier, were examined by the state attorney, who is investi- zating the cause of the accident. Train was heartbroken that a national ca- lamity was due to his efforts to avoid injury to the troops which were cross- ing the fleld to hold the crowd in check. In, explanation of his manoeu- vres, he at his idea when he started wi ‘magke two or thres turns around {! ds to ‘assure himseif that his was in worising order before beglnring fhe ‘scheduled fight Tried to Save the Séwdiers. Tmmediafz) was in the air it was apparen’ that his, motor was not pullh iy, so he prepared to land to te it after turning nt the end of the field. “At that mioment,” said the man, “1 saw a troep of cuiras. slers nlloglnt across the track. I trisd to turn sharply back on myself aad landad well away from the soldiers, but my motor slowed down more and more, making it impossible for me to accom. lish the eircle. I then decidgd that | six deaths from smallpox are r Amoy, Chind. May 2L. Forty: deaths from the bubonic pmn and g:fln‘ the two weeks ended on Fri ¥ Stockholmi, May 21.—A new treaty of commerce between Swedan and Japan aad a tariff convention were signed here yesterday, based on the most favored nation treatment. Paris, May 21—In government cir- cles the most favorable opinions are entertained in regard to the proposed Franco-American ' arvitration treaty, the text of which will shortly be re- ceived at the Quai @'Orsay by mail. St. Potersburg, May 21—The douma has "authorized = the' expenditure of $150,009,000 for a reorganization of the fleet. The programme includes four Dreadnoughts and six submarines for the Elack sea and four Dreadnoughts for the Baltic, in addition to four bat- tleships which will be launched in July. % London, May 21.—It is understood that the Prince of Wales' university career will not be ef a perfunctory character. 1t is practically settled that his royal highness will live, as did King Edward, at both Oxford and Cam- bridge, but in any case his residence will be such as to enable him to pur- sue his studies thoroughly. PHILADELPHIA ARTISTS TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES One Was in Poor Health, the Other Suffered from the Heat. Philadelphia, May $1.—Two well- known artists ended their lives by shooting, in this city, within the past 24 hours. Robert Clyde Swayze, a cartoonist, whose work appeared in the news- papers of San Francisco, New Yorlk, Philadelphia and other cities, killed himself last night at the home of his brother. He had been in poor health for the past four vears Frank X. Chamberlain, aged 34, a magazine illustrator, shot himself throvgh the head in his home in West Philadelphia, tonight. His wife apd three of his sisters were in an adjoin- ing room. When they reached him he was dead. They believe that he was rendered in: of the past GLASTONBURY TO HAVE POSTALS SAVINGS BANK Postmaster General Hitchcock to in- crease Number by 150 a Week. Washington, 7day 21.—Postmaster Genaral Hitche/ck, ‘mpressed by the reports of the, fuccessful operation of tha postal say ngs syster, 1as decided to designate .ereafter for a consider- able time, or 4 hundred additional pos- tal depositovies each week, instead of fifty, as announted & month ago. Announcement was made today of the designation of fifty additional de- positories, 22 of them to be located in States west of the Mississippi river. postoffices selected as depositories, which will open for postal savings on June 16, include Glastonbury, Conn. HAND BLOWN OFF, EYESIGHT DESTROYED. Six Year Old Boy Badly Injured by Dynamite Cartridge. Sufficld, Conn., May 21.—Six year old ‘Walter Tabaski was seriously if not fatally injured today when a dynamite cartridge which he found and the fuss of which he lighted exploded. A part of one hand was blown off, the eve- sight of ene eve destroved and internal injuries inflicted Opposed to Arbitration Treaty. (Speclal to The Bulletin.) Washington, May 19.—Senator Me- Lean presented in the senate vesterday petitions from th> Connscticut state officers of the A. O. H. opposing the ratification of the proposed arbitration treaty with Great Britain. Also the Fairfield eounty board of directors of the A. O. H. have zent petitions op- posing the same proposition. Also the petition of the Fairfield East consocia- tion of the Congregational churches in the proposed favor treaty. of arbitratton Steamship Arriv At Liverpool: May 21, Celtic, from New York. the cavairy and land on the other side, and I turned the plane upward. Risked Life of the Passenger. “At this juncture a group of persons previously “hidden by the -cuirassiers scattered in all directions. I tried the imrossible and risked the lifz of my passenger to prolong the flight over them. 1 had almost succeeded when ths machine gave a lurch and collapsed heavily. 1 jumped out, as did Bounier also, convincad that I had avoided all accident. It was only when I was on my feet that I saw the terrible catas- trophe. A Careful, Skilful Pilot. Train, who is not prominent in avia. tion circles, is a small constructor, who made a_machine for his personal use with which he flew to Mourmelon recently. He lad already received an order io construct fifteen machines for the ministries of war and colonies. His monorplane keld a lif!lnf surface of twenty square metres. - Its length was oleven matres and was spread eight. He was iooked upon as a careful, skjl- ful and experienced pilot and was weil thought of by the military aviators at Chalons. Premier Monis Will Recover. The latest statement issued by the attending physicians tonight indicates that in all probability Premier Monis will ricover. Professor Lannelongue and Drs. Tussier and Crouzon issusd a bulletin to the effect that the 2b- dominal pains had diminishad and that the general condition of the patient continued to be excellent. Had Income of $100,000 a Y. Henri Maurice Berteaux, minister of war in the Monis cabinet, was born in 1852 and had long held a prominent place in political and financial France. Privately he was an official _stock broker, since the government sanctions or licernses such dealers in securities. He was reported to be waalthy, his annial fncome being placed at $100,000 a year. Took Keen Interest in Aviation. Almost from its inception M. Ber- e exhibited a keen interest in avia- :fid as ecarly as 1905 he made an “in_the Le Baudy military bai- "Much of tke credit for the French army’s pre-eminence in aviation was glyen to Berteaux. % Body Lying in Sta » body of M. Berteaux was plac:d I ‘coffin tonight and is now lying in state. I has bden viewed by the members of the family, the ministers and intimate friends. ~The funeral, whieh it is_expected will take place Friday, will be conducted with tull na- tional honors. M. Cruppi, minister of wer ad interim, has issued a general order that the army shall observe gl lynchmg Bee ‘| from that al GANG RIDDLES NEGROES’ BODIES | HORRIBLE = AFFLICTION WITH BULLETS. HELD AS MURDER susrsc’rs Blacks Delivered from Jail to Lynche on Strength of a Bogus Telegram— A Boy in Charge of the Jail. Lake City, Fla., May 21.—Six negroes were Iynched here early this morning, after a party of more than a dozen men, masqueradingas officers, had ap- peared at the county jail and obtained possession ‘of the men by presenting a bogus telegram to the 16-eyar-old son of the sheriff, ordering the release -of the blacks to the alleged posse. Were Held on Suspicion of Murder. The negroes were being held here for safe keeping on the charge of murdering B. B. Smith, a sawmill men of Wadesborough, Leon county, and wounding another man named Regis- ter on May 12. Lynchers Came in Autos. 3 The men, who bad come from Talla- hassee to Lake City in automobiles, took the negroes about a mile outside of Lake City. They compelled the ne- groes to stand abreast, and about ten men fired with rifies and pistols until every one of the six had been riddled with ballets. Shot Beyond Recognition. The firing lasted about half an hour, and a few straggling citizens at day- break found the negroes shot up be- vond recognition, just after the auto- mobiles left the scene of the lynching. Jail Left in Charge of Boy. The plans of the lynchers were most. daring, though but for a curious com- bination of circumstances they would never have been successful. The sher- iff of Colombls couniy was out of the city and left the jail in charge of the boy, Who, aroused in,the early hours of the morning, allowed the six negroes to be taken from the jail Wwithomt knowing - the sinister purpose of the mob. Telegram Purported to Be from Sheriff. The telesrem which the leader of the mob showed the boy, was supposedly from the sheriff of Leon county, and stated that the sheriff had received in- timations that a mob was being formed in Tallahassee to take the nesroes from the Lake City jail. / The message oOr- dered that the men be carried further south to frusrate the suspected mob. The telegram appeared authentic, be- cause the six negroes had been moved frequenaly. Lake City Residents Innocent. Residents of Lake City knew noth-’ ing of the Iynching until a volley of distant shots was heard. A few citi- zens went in the direction of the firing and found the bodies, but the lynchers had disappeared. Strong Feeling Caused by Murder. “The crime - for which the negroes were held caused strong feeling in Leon: county, because the men shot ‘wera prominent, and a general race war was hinted at at the preliminary hearing given the prisoners. It was proven that the nesroes had establish- hd a_veritable arsenal and were pre- pared for trouble. Had Been in Three Jails. ‘The negroes were first taken to Tal- lahassee, then to Live Oak for safe keeping, and then taken to Lake City six «: ys ago. 17-YEAR LOCUSTS SUDDENLY APPEAR in Virginia With Wings and Red Claws. Richmond, Va., May 21.—Seventeen- year locusts have suddenly appeared in thousands in Chesterfield county, exactly as the United States depari- ment of agriculture predicted some months ago. They are not doing any great har: Nobody knows where they came from, but the negroes say they bore their way up from the lower regions. A complete letter “W” is on each wing of the big insects, and they have tiny red claws. Old Virginia folklore has. it that this locust is a harbinger of war. Arrive Initialed BROOKLYN MAGISTRATE ENDS HIS LIFE WITH GAS. Obtain Reappointment. New York, May 21.—James E. Tighe, former assemblyman and for the past twenty-three years a p.lice magistrate in Brooklyn, was found dead today in his home wiih one end of a rubber tube in kis mouth, the other end of which was attached to an open gas jet. Wor- ry over his failure of reappointment recently as a magistrate is said by his friends to havs preyed upon his mind. Mr. Tighe wes to_have begun liis duties as counsel to Deputy State Ex- cise Commissioner James S. Regan io- morrow, having been appointed to this berth when Mayor Gaynor failed to lz'es-ap'point him as magistrat> on April How t> Save Ten Miliions. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, May 19.—Chairman Padgeit of the house committee on naval aftairs has discovered a way in which the demccrats can more than make up the expected loss of ten mil- lion. dollars in revenus caused by the passage of the frce list bill and t contemplated revision the woo! schedule. His proposition is that only one Dattleship be asithorized per an- num_herzafter. He s understood to have gained the consent of other house leaders to his_proposi:-on. It is estin:atéd by 1aval experts that the modern battleship, when fully armed and equipped, costs at least eleven milllon, and, basing their esti- mates on the cost of keeping the Con- necticut in. commission, one million dollars per vear can be saved in the annual ‘expense of upkeep. This is an entirely different plan urged by ex-President Roosevelt, who favorel the two battle- ship per annum. programme, and that of Representative Hobson, who would favor three or even four new Dread- noughts each year. Steamer Burns at Her Wharf, Neyburgh, N. Y. May 21.—The steamer Homer Ramsdell of the Cen- tral Hudson line. was destroyed by fire while lying at her wharf here tonikht. The blaze started in the boiler room and in & few minutes the craft was a mass of flames. The blazing stzamer was pushed out from her dock. where she lighted up-the river for miles. In an hour she had burned to the water'’s edge. Two of the crew jumped over- board, and one. a deckhand named Mi- chael Boyle, wag drowned |Five Daughters Burn to Death UTICA, KANSAS, FAMILY, 3 YOUNGEST CHILD IS SAVED| "™ Carried Out by Father—The Others| Roasted in Bed—Mother Filled Lamp cm;\ting for the Panama canal remains with Gasoline by Mistake. Utica, Kansas, May 21.—Five daugh- ters of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Roach’ of this place, ranging in ages from 7 to 16 vears, were burned to death late last night in a fire which started in the Roach restaurant. Filled Lamp With Gasoline. The parents were badly burned. The mother of the young girls mistakenly filled a lamp with gesoline. Prepara- tory to ascending a stairway, leading to the second floor room, where her daughters were asleep, she applied a match to the lamp, Lamp Explodes, Starting Fire An explosion followed, and the fire communicated to a two-galion can of gasoline, sending a burst of flames up the narrow stairway. Woman's Dress Caught Fire. The woman's dress caught fire, but the flames were extinguished by her hushand, who had been asicep in.an adjoining room. He rushed up the burning stairs and caught his younz- est daughter, five vears of age, in his arms. Calling to the other girls to follow him and leap into his arms, he ran to a rear window and jumped to the ground, with the little grl in his arms. Father Calls to Girls to Jump. He stcod with upraised arms to catch the others as thev jumped, but for some reason they failed to follow him, and a few minutes later, when another window was broken into, the bedrcom in which the girls were sieep- ing was a mass of flames. All Found Dead in Bed. Half an hour later the bodies of the five girls were recovered. Ali had died where they lay, The dead are: Bessie, aged 16 vears; Leah, aged 14 years; Ruth, aged 12 yvears; Hazel, aged 9 vears; Fern, aged 7 years. To Be Buried in One Grave. The girls will be buried tosecther grave tomorrow. PREPARING FCR ARRIVAL OF THE TAFT FAMILY. Alterations and Improvements Made in Summer Home at Baverly. Beverly, Mass., May 21.—Major Ar- chibald W. Butt, President Taft's mil tary aide, and E. ‘W. Smithers, the chief telegrapher of the Whitz House staff, made a brief visit of inspection todas fo Parrametta, which is to be the summer White House this vear. The major appeared to be pleased with the alterations which have been made in the cottage, and when the location of the executive offices is decided upon and the wire arrangements are com- pleted cverything will be ready for the reczption of the president and his fam- ily. probably about the first of July. While it is not definitely decided, is thought that the executive nfllre‘ will be in the Mason building on Cabot street, wher> they were two vears ago. For Major Butt's own occupancy the Woodbury cottage, which he had last yvear, was re-engaged. While it ‘s nearer tke former summer home of tha president on Woodbury Point, it 18 still conveniently near Parrametta and the major likes the cool location with its pleasant view. Mre. R. D. Evans, widow of the laf owner of the president’s summer quar- ters for the last two years, has pro- sented Mr. Taft with the desk and chair which he used in the Evans cot- tage. WOMAN'S LIFE SAVED BY HER HAIR PUFF Hurled from Trolley She Escaped with Scalp Wound. New York May 21—After using sev- en stitches in sewing up a wound on Mrs. Margaret Watts' head, Dr. Alfred C. Pedrick of Passaic, N. J., declared that the large cluster of puffs she wore saved her life when she was hurled from a trolley ear to the asphalt pave- ment. Mrs. Watts was on the rear plat- form, about to alight, and was thrown off when the car swung sharply on a bend. Picked up stunned, she was hurried to the physician’s office. She seemed more interested in saving her puffs than in the extent or her injur- ies, requesting Dr. Pedrick to be par- ticularly careful, as she had purchased vesterday and prized them WORRIED OVER HER FIANCEE'S ILLNESS. Body of Nashua Young Woman Found in Merrimack River. Nashue, N. H., May 21.—Uncertain- ty as to the fate of Miss Blanche S. Willoughby, a talentsd young woman, prominent in the social affairs of the city, whose coat, hat and gloves were found on the banks of the Merrimack river last Monday, ended today with the finding of her body floating in the stream. Miss Willoughby is said to have brooded over the illness of ‘her flancee, Capt. Harrison D. Swain, U. S. M. C., retired, of Nashua, who had made preparations to go west for his healtk, and also over the fear that she her- s21f had cortracted tuberculosis. Meriden Man Drops Dead. Meriden, Conn., May 21.—Joseph N. E. Lamoureux, a machinist at the Con- necticut Telerhone and Elsctric com- pazy. dropped dead Saturday afternooa in the rear of No. 528 Coiony street. He was 40 years old and apparently ‘n the best of health. He came to this city from New Haven a little over a vear ago, and is survived by a widow parents, four brothers and a sister. Intercolegiate Balloon Race. North Adams, Mass. May 21.—The firs: intarcollegiate balloon race in tha history of aeronautics will be held at North Adams on Saturday, June 3d. Three colleges, University of Pennsyl- vania and Williams and Dartmouth, have already forwarded their entries, while several others are expected to compete. New Clerk at New Haven Jail. New Haven, Conn.,, May 21.—Sherift Huzo announced today the appoint- ment of George W. Neal of this city as clerk at the jail in place of Charles J. Donahue, who has been appointed a keeper. Donahue succeeds Simon Hugo, who recently resigned. OF 'A[Los Angeles to Rome % I ' | rou | titled to have all his shipment moved Ghili is to Have 'rwo Bmluhm- of 26,000 tons. Governor Foss Has Vetoed the Bos- ton firemen’s pension bill. Dr. J. B, Choate Is S peeding from 0 treat a pa- tient. A Heavy Curtailment in Cotton Cloth production is 2gain in progress in Fall Alice Adams Chapicr, order of the Eastern Star, has been instituted at Moodus. ‘ Only One-Fourth of the Job of ex- to be done. The Coney Island Season opened on- Saturday. There wers 100,000 person- at the resort. Most of tie Canudian Steamers on the Pacific coast arz being converted into oil burners, No Fireworks Wili Be Sold at Brat- tleboro, Vi, for the celebration of the Fourta of July. One Mar Was Killed and two in- jured when an auto turned turtle in Cutters Hall, Mass. ~ President Taft Signed a Proclamation establishing the Harney national for- est, in South Dakota. The Syracuse Rapid Transit com- pany has increased the wages of 900 employes one cent an hour. The Reichsthe Commt Adopted the government bill providing a con- stitution for Alsace-Lorraine. Two Men Were Killed and Five hurt by an auto plunging into a ditch in Westchester county, N. Y. The President Is Opposes to amend- ments to the reciprocity asreement, no matter who is their sponsor. Renewed Attacks Were Made in the house on ths statenood bill by both the democrats and republicans. Burton G. Bryan, treasurer of the Colonial Trust company of Water- bury, died of an operation for calculi. The House Ways and Means com- miltee will meet daily until a tenta- tive draft of the wool bill is prepared. Judge Michael Donnelly of the cir- cuit court, at Toledo, ., was placed on trial charged with embezzlement An Official of the Seamen’s Union at Glasgow savs the date for 2 general strike has been fixed, but is kept se- cret. Three Million Gallons of Beer have bear. consumed by Chicagoans during ve heat of the last few The Explosion of a String of Bombs threw an Italian tenement on Fast Eleventh street, New York, into a panic. 7 The House Committee on Naval affairs will favorably report the bill ¢stablishing the council of national de- ‘ense. Monroe Adler, Aged 15, of Yonker: ata some cheap ice cream on Friday, and on Saturday died of ptomaine poisoning. Dr. John Sherman of Chattanooga, Tenn., was sentenced to ten years in prison for the murder of his brothers in-law, Thomas B. Norman. The First State Ball of the reign ot King George was given at Bucking- ham palace, London, in honor of the German emperor and empress. The Dust at a Basebali Game whi\1 he attended a week ago caused the death of Frederic Porter Vinton, a widely krnown artist, at his home’ in Boston. The Primate of Spain Has Sent a protest to the parliamentary commit- tee having in charge the association bill for the regulation of religious so- cieties. General Reves, Former Mexican minister of war, arrived at Havana from Europe and will remain in Cuba, pending developments m the Mexican situation. _In Spite of Influential Opposition to his appcintment, Domiclo Da Gama was confined 2s Braziman ambassador Representatlves of Revolutionists Fomfilly Declare Peaee MET AT CU'STO‘M‘HOUSE IN JU2 Agreement Provides for the Juarez, Mexico, May 21.—Officially designated representatives of the Mex- ican government and the revolution- ists at 10 c’clock tonight signed a peace agreement at the customs house hers, intended to end the hostilitiets that’ have been waged in Mexico the last six months. Records Government Concessions. Though it covers only the principal points negotiated thus far, the agree- ment practically records the conces- sions by the government of those de- mands which started on November 20 the armed revolution in Mexico. Tele- grams announcing theé signing of the agreement were despatched through- out Mexico to revolutionary and fed- eral leaders alike. Constitutional Restrictions, Constitutional restrictions prevented the inclusion in the agreement of the fact that the rebels will be permitted to suggest at various state legislatures the names of the provisional governors, ard likewise e gt ehat stx oF (e eight members of the new cabinet have been chosen by the revolutionists, but the agreement accords President Diaz and Vice President Corral will resign and that the government will center its attention on the desired refarms. Signed on Customs House Steps. The actual signinz of the agreement took place under most extraordinary efrcumstances tonight on the steps of the customs house. Wien the peace commissicners arrived they found the door of the customs house locked and no cne there to let them in. Newspapermen Held Matches. Accordingly, they gathered on the steps of the building and while news- papermen held matches fountain pens were produced and the document was signed. Crowd Shouted “Viva La Paz” Four automobiles turned their searchlights on the scene and when the signatures were affixed the com- missioners of obth sides embraced joy- fully, while a small crowd that had collected shouted “Viva La Paz” Madero One of Representatives. Judge Carbajal represented the fed- era] government and Dr. Vasquez Go- mez, Francisco I Madero and Seénor Suater acted far the revolutionists. Dragged by Rope Around His Neck. Laredo, Texas, May 21.—Dr. J. W. Lim, a Chinese banker, was dragged around the pilaza at Torreon, Mexico, by a rope attached to his neck, until his body was a mass of broken bones, according to reports reaching here to- ALLEGED SHOPLIFTERS TRACED TO MERIDEN. Two Women Arrested for Wholesale Thefts at New Haven. New Haven, Conn., May 21.—A visit was paid today to fhe homes of Mrs, Rose Liskosii on View street and Jirs. Mary Brozie on Pine street, Meriden, today, and loot taken from department stores to the value of $1.000 foumd. The two women were arrested in a local de- partment stors Saturday and had in their possession two boxes filled wich goods taken from lo-al stores and checks for three grips which they had left at a drug store and Avhich were also filled with stolen goods. The value of the articles taken Saturday was estimated ar $200. In securing the goods the women carried boxes with the corners cut off and over which paper had been pastzd with one end loose. Questioning by the police at the station brought out the facc, that tne women had gotten their 1dea of the boxes from one which they had seen a Meriden woman male. to the United States at a secret ses- sion of the Brazilian senate. Thie Interstate Commerce commis- sion decided that in the absence of ing instructions a shipper is en- by the cheapest available route. Motions to Ouash the Perjury in- dictments against George B. Cox, i banker and republican political leader, made by his attorneys two weeks ago, were granted by Judge Willlam T, Dickson. The Wells Fargo Express Company has arranged to take over the businsss of the Pacific Exgress company, which operates over the Missouri Pacific and its affiliated lines. John F. Donovan, aged 38 Years, a sheet metal worker of Hartford em- ploved at the Pope Manufacturing company, was burned about the lower parc of both legs while smoking in bed at his room, Mrs. Dominick Galluzo and her 7- vear-old son, who were taken to th Bridgeport hospital on May 12, suf- fevinz from the nearly alwavs fatal spotted fever, have recovered. In the 25-Mile Walking Match for tha Coronation cup at Herne Hill England, S. C. Schofield of the Black- heath Hurriers won in the world's rec. ora time of 3 hours, 37 minutes, 6 4- seconds. The Striks Talk Has Caused the d: ruption of the National Civil Service Tmprovement association of the busi- ness men of the United States, recentiy formed to help sovernment clerks get higher salaries. After a Fierce Battie with a gizantic hawlk, during which her waist was torn to ribbons and her hair and eves bad- Iy damaged by the talons of the bird, Mrs. Peter Balone of Lyons Plains, Conn., shot the hawk with a shotgun. An Ultimatum Has Been Served on the senate by the democratic leaders pf the house that there must he a vota the senate at this session on Cana- an reciprocity, on the formers' free < bill and on the revised wool tariff. Crazed by the ' Excessive Humidity that prevailed at Baltimore vesterday, James Lucash, 55 vears oid, climbed o the top of a coal pier at Curtis bay and, o ing the chuie, slid fifty feet into the Patapsco river and The loot found In the Meriden homeas ranged from cut glass to wearing ap- parel of ill kinds. Cu‘ glass to the value of $300 was left with the Meri- den police, it being belleved that it had bean stolen from Meriden stores. The goods broveht back from Meriden flled an _automobile. The women are held under $1,000 bonds for appearance in court in the merning. A SUMMER WHITE HOUSE ON LAKE MINNETONKA. Bill to Provide a Summer Home for Presidents’ Families There. Washington, May 21.—The proposi- tion to estabiish a summer White House on Lake Minnetonka, Minn., near Minneapolis, was received with favor by President Taft. Representa- tive Nye of Minnesota told Mr. Taft he would introduce in congress a bill appropriating money for a summer homa there. The president said thal while this summers plans had beern made, he would be glad to occupy a Minnesota summer White House next year, if congress and the people of that jstate should provide such a piaca. CHARITY ICE CREAM SPURNED. Wemen Clerks in Census Bureau Able tp Buy Their Own. Washington, May 21—Characterizing the act as an insult and slur upon their station in life, 1,200 women clerks in the eensus bureau rose in their wrath and refused to partake of 50 gallons of ice cream sent to them by the women's welfare department of the National Civic Federation. The many freezers stood about in the corners of the several departments and although many evcs looked long- ingly toward the cool delicacy it was untouched. What the clerks meant to do, ac- cording to_ the statemenis made by many of them, was to show the wo- men of the federation that they were perfectly able to take care of them- selves and were above accepting char- ity. Bridgeport Clubs Raided. | day. Resignation of Diaz and _ Corral and for an Effort to Bring About the Desired Reforms—The Naming of Governors and Composi~ tion of Cabinet Not Mentioned in Agreement. This was done by the rebeis, i§ is said. Three Days’ Battle at Torreon. From the same source of informas tion details of a three days Dattie Torreon between revolutionists federals were received. The battle said to have occurred May 13, 14 15, resulting in a victory, One of Wealthiest Chinamen. Dr. Lim was one of the weaithiest Chinese in north Mexico and was &% the head of a banking institution eem+ trolled by Chinese ecapitalists. A~l dragging him around the plaza untsf life was almost extinct it is reported the rebels shot him a number of times, He died in a few minutes. Hotel Proprietor Hanged by Rebefs. Another report is that one of the Sternau brothers, hotel propristers &8 Torreon, was hanged by rebeis a number of Speniards had fired the revolutionists from doors windows in the hotel, This cannot be Engineer’s verified. Escape om Horse. Locometive The reports of ths Torreon incidests were brought from the town by am American _locomotive engineer, who escaped on a horse and afterward found a hand-car, on which he reach~ ed Jarah, Coahuiia, and by a conduc~ tor, who managed to get away, and proceeded to San Luis Potosi, aftes four days’ travel. Repomts from Two Sources. Friends of the raiiroad men arrtved in Laredo today and said they heard the reports from two sources and they tallied in every detail. Wire and raiiroad communication with Torreom has been cut off for more than twe weeks. 200 Federal Soldiers Killed. The railroad men leaving Torreor said that at least two hundred federad soldiers were killed during the battle, but they did not attempt to estimate the rebel losses, It is reported that 17 Chineso were killed. Chinese Fired on Foragers. It appeared that the wrath of the revolutionists was kindled sqatnet the Chinese because the latter fired upon them when the rebels approached largs ai b truck gardens where thic Chinese wers at work, Statements that the Chinese hotel, the railroad station and other bulldings were burned are Amerioan of Fn,u‘: So far as known, no American was injured, though it is save that a man named McCarty died from fright. VERDICT AGAINST STONE ALLOWED TO STAND, Susan E. Chapin Will Get $500 for Kiss Without Permission. Providence, May 21—According 4 an opinion handed down by Chief Jus~ tice Dunois of the supreme coust, tha verdict of $500 awarded to Susan K. Chapin in her suit against Madiros M. Stone stands. The piaintift sued in an action for assault, claiming that Stene kissed her without her permission ad used considerabis force in doing 4. Excaptions were taken and the case went to the supremo court. The ex< ceptions wers denied The defendant again went to tho supreme court with a petition for 12ave to fils & motion for a new trial in the superior court and also with a direct petition with the highest tribunal for 4 new trial. The grounds for the petitions wers that the defendant did not have s full, fair and impartial trial and thet he had discovered new and materfal evie dence, fully set forth in afidavits, i) o doee BAD BOY STONED HIS SIS‘YEI" BEAU Beau Slapped ch, Boyn Mother Gof Pistol and Is Now Dead, Knoxville, Tenn., May #1.—A seven+ year-old boy throwing stomes at Pred Newton, a_young man cailing on s sister, resulted in Newton willing ‘-. Bettle Baldwin, mother of the boy, to- day,at Harriman, Tenp. N onstrated with the boy for fi stones and finally siapped him. The boy told his mother and when Newtow appeared at the house after taking ® walk with Miss Baldwin, Mrs. Bald+ win met him at the door with a pistef in her hand, it is sald. Newton drew his revolver_and fired three shots, killing Mrs,_ Baldwin instantly, thoush the girl tried to ipterfere, Newton was released on bond. CUCUMBERS AND ICE CREAM PROVED FATAL. Eleven Year Old Girl Taken Il and Died from Ptomains Poisoning. New York, May 21.—Minnie H; 11 years old, died at her homs, No, 2% Torest avenue, Ridgewood, Queens bor« ough, from ptomaine poisoning. The girl ate cucumbers and then & quantity of ice cream. She was taken ill soon afterward, and Dr. W. 8. Mat- thews, who was called, diagnosed the case as one of ptomaine polsoning. Five Drowned in the Mississippi. Arkansas City, Ark., May 21.—it Bes came known today that the suddem capsizing of a small bateau near the. Mississippi_river landing at Arkansas City caused the drowning of five per= sons, all of one family, 1ate on - dav. The dead: Parma Wilson, Irma. ‘Wilson, Mrs, Annie Wilson, Edna Wils son and Viola Wilson, all of Butaw, Miss. Bantamweight Accepts Terms. Boston, May 21 Boston, claimant of ‘bantamweight ol mmpdm.lh’ -. cepted_terms ofsthe Standard club of Canton, O., to box Jfl‘lw bane of Cleveland twelve rounds Memorial day. Kilbane hase Briggeport, Conn.. May 21—Ralds were madg on three clubs Where liguor was heing sold today and the three propriziors and thirty-four frequenters placed under arrest.” Tha former were relsased under $200 bonds each and the latter under $26 bonds for trial to- ‘weigh not more (han 122 pounds i o'clock on the evening of the 1l contest. Large cargoes of sugar n;fl"s;mf‘lxnlnb of Marc bags o 2 ‘ %