Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 14, 1911, Page 1

l—NO. 1 4, 1911 FOREST FIRES NOW UNDER CONTROL Known Dead in Northern Ontario Will Total| 100, in Michigan Seven COMPARES IT TO DANTE’S “INFERNO” Survivor of Ph;ladelphia Mine Describes His Experience —Woodlands in Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island Burned Over—Summer Residences at York Beach Threatened—$1,500,000 Lumber Loss. . Torento. Ont., July 13.—Reports to- night from northern Ontario points v to the effect that the forest fires hich for several days have swept _ver a section of country extendirg 300 iniles northward from Nortn bay anc covering a wide section east and west have either been extinzuished or are under control. No Further Loss of Life Expected. N further extemsive damage or loss of life is expected. The towps of Cocherane, South Porcupine and Fuitsville have been obliterated. The fire swept clean the townships of Langmuir, KEldorado, Shaw, Deldro, Ogdens McArthur and Cripple Creek distriet, Known Dead Number 100. The known dead total 100, the ma- jority of whom lost their lives at South Porcupine, There are believed to have been many other fatalities. The num- ber is problematical and estimates based upon unverified reports run as high as 400. Relief Train Leaves for Porcupin 4 relief train_Ieft North Bay this afterncon for Porcupine with -sup- plies. Plenty of funds have been sub- scribed in this cily for immediate help. 10,000 Miles Burned Over. R fugees from the burned area say that it covers 10,000 square - miles, comprising a district that housed 20.000 people. Frem eyery quarter have come fugitiv who ‘escaped the flames, many of them badly burned in their efforts to save effects in their flight. It is evident that it will be some days and pe-haps weeks before iny accurate idea of the total number of dead is available. Many d of Exhaustion. Many of tne panic-stricken people fled to the ‘nterior of the woodlands. They have not been heard from since. Others who possibly survived the storm of fire are believed to have died from exhaustion. The supplies go- ing fcrwasd cannot possibly be got- ten to them across the charred acres. Some survivors are coming in with their clothing forn and their limbs cut in their mad rush through the woods. Some told of stumbling over Lodies of thcse who had run before them and died on the day. Hard Task for Searching Parties. Searching parties have a difficult task before them. Hundreds on the countryside have volunteered to search but there is no semblance of relief organization yet. RACE WITH FLAMES. Survivor Says Scene Was Than Dante’s Inferne. Worse Porcupine, Ont,, July 13.—One of the most vivid stories by a survivor of the conflagration which swept away the Philadelphia mine settlement was that of P. Ashmore, manager of the mine, who lies terribly burned in an impromptu hespital, Chased by Sheets of Flame. Dante,” said Mr. Ashmere, “never imagined anything so.horrible as the scene ai the Philadelphia mine. The wind drove the conflagration towards us in hurricane sheets of flame. Most of our men began.to run through the woods, but I garted for the pend with C. E. Adams, our cook. It was a ter- rible race amidst flames, Carried Dead Man on Shoulders. “Adams’ heart gave out and then 1 had to carry him. In the pond we were safe, but I had to keep Adams on my shoulders. Soon he died. For over half an hour I had to stand with the dead man on my shoulders before the flames had passed and I was able to xeach land again. I left Adams’ pody by the side of tne pond and ‘be- zan my long walk to South Porcupine. It was the most terrible trip imagfna- ble. Charred Bodies AIl Around. “harred bedies lay all around me as I walked. Blinded by smoke I groped along: time after time stum- bling over a corpse, and by bemding down recognized the body of some friend of mine. Finally 1 reached what remained of Seuth Porcupine and fell exhausted. WORST OVER IN MICHIGAN. Flrss Continue, but Unless Wind Preshens, Perll is Over. Petroit, Mich., July 13.—Reperts re- ceived tonight from both the Lake Huren shors and the Michigam central districts of northern Michigam indicate that for the present, unless the winds freshen, the greatest peril of the forest fires is' over. In the district betwesn Alpena and Chebovagan fires icontinue, but no further loss of life has been repor Millersburg, Tower and Onaway are safe. People Have Sufficient Food. The zituation at Osceda and Au Sa- ble is relieved. Scarcely [#00 peopl: remain at the sites of the stricken towns. and all are being heused in military tents and have a plentiful supply of food for the present. The demand for relief is at tike Tawases, where at least 500 refugels are quar- tered. B6ad Now Number Five at Au Sable. The finding of the body of Frank Claremon, 35 years old, at Au Sable today raised the number of knoyn dead there to five. Seven Deaths in Btate. Geer, el who was fatally ®urned at Vamderbilt, died today, making a tetal of /seven known deaths in this state due de forest fires. ' Residential Section Saved. The residential section: of Waters, ‘which last night was apparently doom- ed, was saved. The Stephens Lumber company's loss at Waters is about half a millien dollars. Lumber: Losses Will Reach $1,560,000. Lumber losses in ©O#sego, Montmo- rency, Crawford, Oscoda and Che; boygan counties will total more than $1,500,000. Vassern, Ville, a small town in Otsego county, five miles from here, has been almost completely wiped out by a forest fire. The fire, which is the worst in the history cf the county, has mede desti- tute sixty families who have saved only théir lives, leaving al®their pos- sessions to be devoured by the flames. IN RHODE ISLAND. diria ot e Stretch Five Miles Long Burned Over on Banks of Pawtuxet. Hope, R. L. Juiy 13.—A forest fire in young growth on the banks of the Pawtuxet river has swept over a ter- ritory from three-quarters of a mile wide and five miles long between the river and the highway leading from Scituate to Cranston. No buildings had been burned up to a late hour though several farmhouses were in danger. FIRES STILL RAGING. Wooded Section of Maine and New Hampshire “Suffer. Fires in the heav Boston, July 13. .ily wooded sections of Maine and New Hampshire were still burning stead- ily tonignt, adding to the loss already sustained, which amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the vil- lages which were in the path of the flames last night and early today are Delieved to be out of danger. 500 Men" Fighting Flames. In spite of the efforts of fire war- dens, assisted by crews of half a thou- sand men, the flames tonight were still causing havoc in the Moosehead Lake timber district in Maine, and in the vicinity of Concord, N. H., while there were lesser fires in York and Cumberland counties in Maine. SAILORS FIGHT FIRE. Ferest Fire at York, Me, Endangers Several Summer Residences. York, Me., July 13.—Firemen sent from Portsmouth and Dover, N. H., and 100 sailors from the battleships Texas and Montana at Portsmouth battled for several hours today with | a forest fire sweepi through the magnificent virgin growth which has been for years the pride of the York Cliff Improvement association and summer visitors here, A faverable turn of the wind which sent the flames back over the path they had traveled savel the summer cottages of C. D. Kennev of Cincinnati, O., and Mrs, L. H. Hall of Baltimore, Md., and the stables of the Passaconaway inn, which were threatened. About 500 acres of timber land was burned over, FOREST FIRE ON MT. MORIAH. One of White Mountain Range is Be- ing Swept by Flames. Gorham, N. H.,, Ju fire which has been sweeping the sides of Mount Moriah, a peak of the ‘White mountain range, since last Fri- day, continued to devastate hundreds of acres of valuable timber land to- day. More than a hundred men were fighting the flames today, with but small result,/as the woods are so dense that it is almost 5 ditches wide enough to stor the ad- vance of the fire. Until late last night the territory burned over was mostly woodland of little value, but today the fire spread to the base of the moun- tain, which is covered by a heavy growth of hard timber. v 13.—The forest TWENTY THOUSAND ELKS ON PARADE. “Boston Aviators” One of the Hits of the Big Procession. J., July 13.—Twen- ty thousand Elks marched through the principal streets of this city to- day in annual review. Atlantic avenue, the main thoroughfare of the resort, over which the big parade counter- marched, was densely packed by am enthusiastic crowd that was kept in- terested from the moment Chief Mar- shal James R. Nicholson of Bostom came into view with his staff until the rear end of the line marched past. There were Elks in the conventional dress suits and Elks in the most fan- tastic uniforms. All of them got an enthusiastic hand from.the throngs. New York wore dark coats and light trousers. with straw hats. Chicage men had white suits, long frock coats, high white hats and canes, Cincinnati wore red golf suiis trimmed with green. Baltimore Klks were in_the navy officers’ summer uniform. Bos- fon Elks wore cream colored clothes and were led by men in black walking coats and white trousers. A novelty in this section took the crowd, men dress- ed as flving machines, “The Boston Aviators.” One of the finest floats in line was that of Newport, R. I., lodge, the same warship Newport that took a $500 prize yesterday. Atlantic City, HIS WIFE INTENGS TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR Husband Makes Unique Defence in Wife’s Action for Divorce. 7 Lacrosse, Wis, July 13.—That his wife has ref te keep’ house in Lacrosse, saying that she did net de- sire to remain his wife longer because ‘wemen will Lave the bailot in Wiscon- sin soon and that she then intends to run for governor, is the husbkand's counter charge made to suit of-divorce Begun here by Mrs. Prisca W. Olson. Mrs. Olsen, however, whe was for- merly a school teacher, charges non- support and cruel treatment. Steamship Arrivals. At Genoa: July 12, Hamiurg, from New York via Algiers and Naples. At Madeira: July 12, Saxonia, from New, York for Genoa and Naples. At Naples: July 12, Tomase Di Sa- ia, from Philadelphia and New Cabled Paragraphs Carnarvon, Wales, July 13.—In the old and well preserved castle of Car- narvon the young Prince of Wales was nigh office. | London, July 13.—Anthony C. Don- ! nelly, the nationalist whip, who was ; unseated by the courts, was teday elected unopposad for the east division of Wicklow, Ireland, in succession to John Muldoon, nationalist, who retired to make a vacancy for Donnelly. Saragossa, Spain, July 13.—THe gen- eral workingmen’s strike recéntly pro- claimed here is assuming a _serious character. Yesterday the civil guard charged and fired upon a mob, killing five persons and wounding many oth- ers. ~ Twelve thousand workmen ara out. invested today with the insignia of his{ Paris, July 13—The civil marriage of Mme., Emma Eames and “Emilio de Gogorza was followed today by a re- ligious ceremony at the Catholic church of St Pierre-de-Chaillot. This ser- vice also was private, only the required legal witnesses being present. The ceremony today took place in the ves- try. It is understood that De Gogorza was divorcad from his first wife and that the marriage was annulled at Rome, a dispensation being received from Rome permitting of his marriage with Mme. Eames, who is not of the Catholic faith. London, July 13.—The house of lords today concluded the report stage of the veto bill and fixed July 20 as the date for the third reading. It now lseemn certain that the bill will go tu the commons with the considerable changes made by Lord Lansdowne and Lord Cromer unmodified. It is as- sumed that Pramier Asquith will then move the rejection of the amendments en bloc and will state what the gov- ernment intends to do with respect lo seeing the creation of new peers io overcome the opposition in case the lords reject the bill. ATWOOD CIRCLES THE - WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Daring Aviator Does Several Sensa- ! tional Stunts at Capitol. ‘Washington. July 13—Harry N. Atwood, the Boston aviator, usw over the city in his aeroplane today, played aerial pranks with the Washington monument, circled tall buildings, had fun with an army of automobiles, bi- cycles. pedestrians and police by pre- tending to land -at various points in Potomac park, and finally, after a se- ries of swesping circles near the cap- itol, soared in the gathering dusk to the'army aviation field at College Park, Md., whence he had come. Today's trip’ will be followed by another io- morrow, when Atwood will land near the White House to receive the medal of the Washington Aerial society. Atwood's most spectacular effort fol- lowed his circling of the monument. After wheeling thrice around the big shaft, he sped away in the direction of the Virginia hills. Turning sharply, the aviator drove his aeroplane direci- ly at the top of the monument, as though he intended to knock off the aluminum tip, and when almost direct- 1y over the apex he shut off his motor and came sliding down. The crowd and police. who had been decoyed to the riverbank, made a rush back toward the monument. but At- wood laughingly turned on his engine again _and swept back directly over their heads. After a number of com- plicated evolutions he turned the nose of his plane toward the Maryland field. The weather was perfect for the flight and a great crowd witnessed the demonstration, which lasted nearly an hour. Z SUED FOR BREACH OF MARRIAGE PROMISE. Kelly Wants $10,000 from Wiiliam Skelley. Hartford, July 13—William Skelley, clerk in an Asylum stret clothing store, was arrested yesterday at the instiga- tion of Miss Sadie L. Kelley of this city, who claims that he has refused to keep his promise to marry here. She asks for damages of $10,000 and, as no property owned by Skelley could be found to attach, his body was taken. | Miss Kelley says that Skelley’s first | promise to marry her was made on December 25, 1909, and that he subse- quently asked her in April of this year to marry him. Each time she prom- ised that she would marry him. She alleges that since the promises were made a reasonable time has elapsed for Skelley to marry her, and although she has often asked him to marry her | he has refused to do so. The writ in the suit is made re-| turnable to the superior court on the| first Tuescay of September. Skelley | is 21 years of age and it was said that Miss Kelley is 32 years old. RIOTOUS OPENING OF CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. Persons Killed - and Several Woeunded at Peru Capital. Miss Sadi Two Lima, Peru, July 13—The opening of the preliminary sessions of the | chamber of deputies prompted a dem- | onstration in which two persons wers | killed and several wounded. The government failed to send guard to keep order, but several secret police acted in the place of the tro When the deputies were leaving tne chamber the trouble arose. Thera were cheers for the government and ! cries of “Death to the congress Hundreds of revolver shots were fired, which resuited in the killing of two and the wounding of several spactators. None of the deputies was injured. stone crushed the hat of Dr. Quesada, president of the chamber. C. G, Pearse Elected President. San Francisco, July 13—C. G. Pearse of Milwaukee today was elected president of the National Educational association, and Mrs. Ella Flage Young of Chicago first vice president. Th convention adopted the report of the newinaticg committtee, the only change made being the substitution of the name of Mrs. Catherine D. Blake of New York for D. W. Springer of Detroit for treasurer. St. Paul was chosen as the next place of meeting. Thirteen Deaths from Heat. New York, July 13.—Although enly ordinary summer temperatures were reported today, thirteen deaths from the effects of the heat had been ro- ported up to midnight—an aftermaih of the protracted hot spell. There were few new cases of prostration. The thermometer was well down in the 70's tonight and.suffering was, reduced to a minimum. Following Closely Upon the Criminal action against the retail lumber deal- ers’ associatiens of the west and the civil anti-trust action against the re- tailers of the east, the govarnment now has determined upon a thoreugh in- quiry into the methods 6f manufac- turing afid wholesaling lumber. > 0f Abduction VERDICT AGAINST FOUNDER OF “ABSOLUTE LIFE” CULT. JURY OUT LITTLE OVER HOUR Alse Finds Him Guilty "of Contribut- ing to Juvenile Delinquency—Pen- alty Is from One to Ten Years. b8 ¥ Chicago, July 13.—Evelyn Arthur See, founder of th> Absolute Life cult, tonight was found guilty of the ao- duction of Mildred Bridges, a 17 year old disciple of the cult. Penalty One to Ten Years. The jury was out a little over an hour. The statute fixes thé penalty at one to ten years in the penitentiars. Contributing to Juvenile Delinguency. The jury also rendered a verdict of guilty of ‘contributing to juvenil de- linquency, which had been incorporated in the abduction charge. Appeal for Re-trial. Counsel for See offered the claim that the return of two verdicts made necessary @ new trial and made an immediate appeal for a re-trial of the case. See’s Flat Raided in January. See's flat, the home of Absoiute Life, named in the cult publications as tie “house of the lord,” was entered by the police in January. See was ar- rested and two girls. Mona Rees, aged 21, and Mildred Bridges, aged 17, wno had been living in the apartment, w. taken into custody. Mothers of Girls Questioned. Mrs. Felicia Rees and Mrs. Lucille Bridges, mothers of the girls, and fol- lowers of See, were also closely ques- tioned. Girl's Father Aided Police. The police investigation resulted 'n charges of abduction against See. Stesen Bridges, a wealthy jeweler, fa- ther of Mildred, whose wife admitted she had contributed $1,000, $500 and many smaller monthly sums to Sce's support, aided the police in gaining evidence. Began Action for Divorce. He also began action for divorce and suit for alienation of affections against See. See in apparent fear of public sentiment did pot seek bail and remained in jail unt® his trial began. While in jail he continued writing an. preaching his doctrine of a perfect race to be established through the new bc- lief. Mrs. See Obtains Letters. While See was in jail Mrs. See, who left her husband two vears before. wrtH the aid of a professional safe opener. went to Bee’s flat, searched his safe and obtained many lefters from her Hhsband to Mona and Mildred, as well as others from the cult leader to the two mothers. Possible “White Slave” Prosecution. Thes= were taken in charge by fed- eral officers with a view to possibie prosecution under the white slave a They were lent to the state for use during the trial. See Declined to Take Stand. See refused to take the stand in his defense, the chief witnesses being th 2irls and their mothers, all apostles 0. See. The girls repudiated an alese confession, said to have been made to the police. that the See flat had been used for immoral purposes, and took refuge in the language of Absolute ife, which to most of thosz in the court room proved unintelligible. DETECTIVES TOOK 20 OR 25 LETTERS Apartment House Proprietor Testifies in Stokes Case. New York, July 13.—The Stokes cas was kept in the public eve today by the trial of th= four city detectives on charges arising out of the disap- pearance of rine lstters from the col- lection taken from: the apartments of | Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad aft- er they were arrested for shooting the wealthy hotel man. The men or- dered to appear before First Deput Police Commissicnier McKay today ar Lieutenant Sullivan and Detectiv Walsh, Devery and Flynn. A representative of the district at- torney’s office has been asked to at- the hearing so that the evidence investigation is being hurried S0 that the evidence may be laid be- fore the grand jury, which will de- cide whether or mnot the two girls shail be indicted on a charge of as- eault. When the case of Lieutenant Sul- livan, the first of the four detectives, was called late this afternoon, John Bloom, proprietor of the apartment house where the voung women re ed, tostified that the package cof letters tied with pick ribbon was removed from the trunk on the evening of the shooting by Detectives Flynn and Devery. The {wo men fool from the package twenty or twenty-five letters, Bloom declared, and handed them to Lieutenant Sullivan. Capt. John Rus- sell of the police department said that he had ordered Lieuterant Sullivan to bring relevant letters to police nead- Guarters but that there was none from Stokes in the lot given him by Suili- van. The case was adjourned until tomorrow morning. TO TAKE PLACE OF THE MABISON SQUARE GARDEN A New Arena to Be Built Over New York Central Tracks. w York, Jaly 13.—The demolition of Madison Square garden which is to be replaced by an office building, will not deprive New York for long of a great indoors amusement hall and arena, according to the plans of an exposition company which was incor- porated today. A new arena will be built, it was announced, over the New York Central railroad tracks abgve the Grand Central station, between® West Forty-seventa and Forty-eighth streets, to cost between $2,000,000 and $3,000,600, and to provide a suitable place for holding stock and poultry shows, athletic contests, bicycle races and political conventions. The arena will be 285 by 122 feet, according to present plans, anG will be completed in January. Aviator Falls on Spectators. ‘Amsterdam, July 13—The Belgiao aviater Oliestagers, while giving an ex hibition flight at Leeuwarden toda. fell among the spectators, severzly in Jjuring four of them Word From Taft ILLINOIS GOVERNOR TESTIFIES IN LORIMER CASE. WAS OPPOSED TO LORIMER Fought Against His Election to the Last—Flatly Contradicted the Testi- mony of Edward H. Hines. ‘Washington, July 13. — Governor Charles S. Deneen of Illinois today fur- nish>d a field day in the Lorimer elec- tion investigation. by the senate spe- cial committee. He decla®d that he did mot assist in the election of Sen- ator Lorimer, as some of the senator’s friends claimed, but fought against it to the last. Contradicts Hines’ Story. He flatly contradiced the version which Edward Hines, a Chicago lum- ber nmian, wao is charged with having asked for a Lorimer election fund con- tribution, gave of the famous telephone conversation between the two-on_the day Senator Lorimer was elected, May 26, 19 Tells of His Talk With Hines. Governor Deneen testified today that Mr. Hines asked him if he received a report from the president in reference to Lorimer. He said Mr. Taft had sent a message to support Lorimer. Claimed Taft Sent the Message. “I asked him,” continued Governor Deneen, “if hé had the message and he answered ‘No.’ He said the president had sent it and thatzhe had intended to come to Sprinsfield himself, but had missed the train by five minutes, Sent It Through Aldrich. ‘T asked him if the president sent that message, for I thought it strange for the president to tell me that. He said: ‘Why, he sent it through Senator Aldrich—of course he would not send it to vou directly—who would commu-. nicate to you.through George Reynolds of the Continental bank’ -¥said’ Ves Well.” Received No Word from Aldrich. “Did_vou receive a communication from Senator Aldrich or Mr. Rey- nolds?" asked Attorney J. J. Healy, who was conducting the examination for the committee. “No, sir. < Did Not Say He Would Assist Lorimer. “Did you tell Mr. ‘Hines that you would assist Mr. Lorimer?” asked Mr. Healy. “I did not.” “Did you tell him Lorimer?” “T did not.” Deneen Talked With Taft. Governor Deneen said he had talked with President Taft lated about the in- cident, but he declined to-give the conversation unless the president was to be called as a witness. vou would see INVESTIGATION OF GRAND JURY LEAK. Three Men Who Were Indicted Had Been Tipped Oc. Chicago. July 13.—Members of the United States grand jury which today returned indictments charging three internal revenue collectors with ra- ceiving bribes and 21 officers and em- ploves of butterine manufactories with conspiracy to defraud the governm are facing complications and possibiy prosecution as the result of an investi- gation of a grand jury “leak.” The three internal ravenu# collectors indicted are said to have received ad- vance information of their indictments. James Dahl, a member of the grand jury, who had been sezn making a list of the indictments, and Henry Coyne, a revenue officer, said to have warned ! the indicted men ‘that their names were on the true bills, were questioned by Judge Landis Dahl declared he had made the list for his own convenience, and Coyne denied that Dahl had given him the list. Bail for the indicted men was set at $10,000 each, and ten of them came into court and furnished bond. TO STOP INTERRUPTIONS OF SENATORS’ SPEECHES. Senator Bacon Offers an Amendment to Senate Rules. Washington, July 13.—Claiming that the senate has ceased to be a debating body. and that its debates had become like the “jowlings of a party of unor- ganized men on the streef corners,” Senator Bacon of Georgia introduced an amendment to the senate rules to- day. The new rule would prevent a senator from interrupting another ex- cept to ask a bona fide question or correct a statement. Under any other citcumstances a senator who interrupt- ed a speaker could be made to resume his seat. BISHOP NILAN HAS A NARROW ESCAPE. Auto in Which He Was Riding Collided With Telegraph Pole. Berlin, Conn., July 13.—Bishop John J. Nilan of the Catholic diocese of Hartford narrowly escaped Serious in- jury here tonight when the automobife in which he was riding skidded and ran into a telegraph pole. The car is and was driven by Willinm of Hartford, and in it were ilan_and fwo of the priests connected with the bishop's househol 1. The occupants escaped with a shating up. THE SINKING OF THE MAINE. Spanish Paper Calls Upon This Coun- try to Acquit Spain of Blame. Madrid, July 13.—La Correspondencia de Espana, commenting on the devel opments in the work of raising the battleship -Maine, declares that, in th: light of recent revelations, it is the duty of the United States publicly o prociaim Spanish innocence in the .matter of the explosion that sank the battleship. OBITUARY. > Timothy E. Ryan. ‘Waukesha, Wis., July 12.—Timothy E. Ryan, national democratic commit- teeman of Wisconsin, died this after- noon of heart failure, while attending a' bysiness meeting of a corporatien in which he mas interested. He was 52 years old and leaves a widow and four. children. He was well known The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Auy Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connectiout in * - city eclerk Three Thousand Stray Dogs were killed during the year in Boston, ® The Forest Fire Situation in Canter- bury, N. H,, is alarming. N President Taft Will Present a Gold medal to Aviator Atwood today. The Impe: voted to mee 1912, al Council of Shriners in Los Angelss, Cal, in Sir Eldon Gorat, Consul General of dGrenl Britain to Egypt, died in Lon- on. Germany Will Fortify the Island of l?ellgnland and make it a naval sta- tion. -~ Plans for a 100-Story Buildi feet high, drawn. g, 1,200 in New York, have been . Eva Booth, Commander of the Salva- tion Army, is ill from prostration from the heat. Judge E. C. O’Rear Was Nominated for governor by the republicans uf Kentucky. Twelve Hundred Doukhobors at Brilliant. -British Columbia, are resist- ing the census takers. Minister to Venezuela Garrett has reported that no trace could be found in that country of Castro. The Funeral of Henry Shaw, the first man to make a' balanced lacomotive, was held at Boston yesterday. The Jewels of the Late Lily Price, Duchess of Marlborough, brought $165.700 at auction iy London. Thomas McNulty Was Defeated for re-election as grand trustee at the Elks" convention in Atlantic City. A Gift of Property Estimated to be worth between $150,000 and $200.000 was made to the American universit The Soldiers’ Memorial Monument .. Highgate, Vt., presanted by Capt. Hen ry B. Meis of Baltimore, was dedi- cated. Five Maderists Were Killed and ten or morz others wounded in a fight with soldiers of the Saragoza battalion at Puebla. King George’s Decision for tho American claimants in the _ Alsop claims was gra ing to state depart- ment officials. A Bold Attempt Was Made to Can- ture St. George castle, a fortress in Lisbon, Portugal. The garrison has been reinforced. Six Hundred Members of the Ger- man-American Teachers' association plan to attend the convention to be held in Germany, / Witnesses Testified Before the House committee that trusts still have advan- tages in the matter of freight rates over small shippers. William E. Stillings. Lawyer and prominent Tammany Hall politician, shot and killed himself yasterday at his home in New Yor Hard Cider and Beer, According to the Barre police, plaved a_prominent part in the death at Barre, Vt.. of John McAuley, a quarryman. Italian Residents of Waterbury have petitioned the governor general of Canada not to impose the death pen- alty on Mrs. Napolitano. Fifty-five Deaths and More Than 100 prostrations is the appalling result of the past four successive davs of hot weather in Rhode Island. The Ipswich, Mass., Police Are Inve: tigating the cause of death of Charles Buzzell, whose body was found at the bottom of the Ipswich river. A Man Borrowed $150 from a New York loan shark two vears ago. He has paid back $200 and still owes over $90. The case has been investigated. The District Attorney and the Police vesterday began investigations of the Knickerbocker Ice company.which does by far the largest ice business in New York. Mrs. Pearl Hopkins, the New Haven woman who kilied her husband Tues- day, is 2 nervous wreck. She is suffer: ing from an advanced stage of tuber- culosis. Work on the Haddock and the Cach- alot, two new submarine bats for the United States nav has just begun at ths Fore River shipbuilding yards at Quincy. ¥ -~ King George and Queen Mary con- cluded their visit to Ireland and sailed for England. Orangemen made a dem- onstration just before the monarchs’ departure. A Number of Republican Senators wil fight the reapportionment bill be- cause of the opportunities it offe.s Tammany for a r2apportionment New York. A Gradual Change for the Worse in the condition of Col. Albert Clarke of Boston, secretary of the Home Market club, was reperted by his phvsician yesterday. Former President Theodore Roosevelt will not attend the annual encampment eof the Grand Army of the Republic, which is to be held at Rochester, N. Y next month. That the Veterans of the Civil War are now passing fast away is evidencad by the fact that during the fiscal year 3,523 died in New England eut of a to- tal decrease in the roll of 4,748. An lcehouse Owned by the Central Vermont railway was destroyed and the Franklin county creamery was damaged by fire at St. Albans, Vt., yes- terday, causing a loss of $25,000. The Two Weeks’ Race Meeting scheduled to begin at Hawthornz track, Chicago, today. was called off yester- day. The attitude of the autlipriiies, who refused to permit betting in any form, is responsible. While at Werk Among a Labyrinth of wires on the top of a telegraph pole at Pittsfield, Mass., Joseph P. Higgins, a young lineman from New York city, accidentally touched a live wire aad was instantly electrocuted. That the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad intends to build new freighthouses on the boundary line be- tween Woonsocket, R. I, and Black- stone, Mass.. thereby blocking the pro- posed entrance of the Grand Trunk railroad, is'evidenced by plans just filed in the office of the Woonsocket 'See is Guilty - |Deneen Bot No |Condensed Telegrams|Body Glaimed - By Barre Man HUSBAND OF WRECK VICTIM 1DENTIFIES MRS. MORLEY, FINAL SEARCH OF THE DEBRIS Belongings of Passengers Being Gath- ered Up—Wreck to Be Investigated by Interstate Commission. _Bridgeport, July 12.—With the ar- rival this afiernoon of S. F. Morley of Barre, Vt. who identified the body of ‘Mrs, 'Steila G. Morley as that of his wife, the idetinfication and homes of the fourtcen killed in the wreck of the Federal express nere Tuesday morning were completed. A Final Search of the Debris. Work of clearing the wreckage s being carried on tonight, and a fual search of the debris being made for the personal belongings of those in the wreck. Mrs. Walcott’'s Handbag Found. This afternoon & handbag belon ing to Mrs. Helena Walcott, wife of C. D. Walcott, secretary of the Smith- sonian institite, Washington, was found. It contained among otier things two checks, a sum of money, her eyeglasses and a silver purse, Sev- eral of the bodies were taken from the morgue late today and sent to thefr homes. Many of Injured Leave Hospitals. Many of the injured in the hospitals were discharged today and it is stet- ed that more will be able to leave to- morrow. Federal Inquiry Into the Wreck. Washington, July 13.—The inter- state commerce commission will inves- tigate the recent wreck of the Federal expres sat Bridgeport. Conn Three Inspectors at Bridgeport. Three inspectors have been sent te the scene and will make report of the wreck and its cau Bennett Was an Oid Soldier. Pawtucket! R. L-July 12—Syivester Bennett, whose body was recovered from the debris of the wrecked $¥ed- eral express at Bridgeport vesterday, was a Pawtucket man, who had been an inmate of the Soldiers’ home at Washington since May, il Intended to Surprise Daughter. He was on his way to this city te surprise his daughter here by a visit when he wae killed, His son-in-law, Patrolman Otto Bontems, left for Bridgeport today to take charge of the body. DR. WILEY’S RESIGNATION OFFICIALLY RECOMMENDE! Pure Food Expert Accused of Evasien of a Law. Washington, July 13.—Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure food expert and chicf of the bureau of chemistry of the de partment of agriculture, and one of t most widely known officials in the zo ernment service, has been condemn by a committee on personnel of the department of agriculture, with a ree ommendation to President Taft th.t he be “permitted to resign.” Attorney General Wickersham, in an opinion on the case submitted to the president, recommends approval of the committes’s action. It is charged against Dr. Wiley that he permitted an arrangement to he made with Dr. H. H. Rusby, a recoz- nized phermacognosist of Columbia university, New York, for eompensi- tion in excess of that allowed by law. It is claimed that the arrangement was to put Dr. Rusby on the payroll of the department at $1,600 a year as an em ploye of the bureau of chemistry, agreement being made with him he should be called upon to perform only such service as this would compensate for at the rat- of 320 per day for laboratory investigations and 350 per day for attendance in court Attorney General Wickersham held that the law permitted the payment of only $9 a day. this sum later being in- creaszd to $11 a da OVER TEN BARRELS OF FLIES COLLECTED. Worcester Lad Who Captured 95 Quarts Claims World's Championship. Worcester. Mass., July 12.—Over ten ‘barrels of flies were gathered by the 232 contestants in an anti-fly crusade which began on June and came to an end tonight. The winner, who gets a prize of $100. turned in 95 quarts or a total of 1,219,000 flies captured in traps of his own constriction, claims the worid's championship. e ie Earl C. Bousquet, 12 years old. The entirs collection of flies will be placed on ex- hibition in Clark universits AMATEUR AVIATOR KILLED AT CHICAGO. Biplane Drops and He is Crushed Be- neath His Engine. _ Chicago, july 13.—D. A. Kramer, am amateur aviator, fell 50 feet with his biplan: today while taking tests for pilots license and was killed. His ene gin€ fell on his back, crushing him. Kramer had gone one and a half of ths five kilometres required by the test. Then in making a left-hand turn he banked his machine too steeply and it turned over and dived to earth. BOASTED OF SELLING DYNAMITE TO M'NAMARA, Bock Gets Six Months, While Police Look Up His Record. Philadelphia, July 13.—The boasy that he had sold dynamite to John J, McNamara, who is in prison in Lo Angeles, Cal., on a charge of blowing up a newspaper plant, resulted serious- 1y heret oday to Charles Bock of New York, who was sent to jail for sim months by a magistrate. Bock wasg sent to prison as a vagrant and the po- lice will leok up his record. Ensign Young Still Missirg. New Yeork, July 13.—No trace was found today of Ensign Robert S Young of the destroyer Perkins, who disappeared Tuesday night on the eve of an inquiry inte his conduct in over- staying his leave. The navy yard au- thorities are reluctant to ‘believe that he has carried out his threat of sui- side. $50,000 Gymnasium fof Pemfret. . Fomiret, Conn, July 3—Werk commenced at once on &