Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 17, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LII—NO. 170 “NORWICH, MONDAY, JULY 1 7, CURTIS INCAPACITATED OR ASLEEP Division Superintendent’s Reported ’I‘heory of the Bridgeport Railroad Horror TESTIMONY AT CORONER’S INQUEST Train Dispatcher Testifies ThatrEngineer's Are Expect- ed to Make Schedule Time, But They Are Repri- . manded For Goin'g Too Fast as Well as Too Slow— Towerman Unable to Avert the Accident. Bridgeport, Conn., July 16.—Interest in the wreck of the Federal express at Bridgeport Tuesday morning will be renewed at the opening of the coroner’s inquest tomorrow morning after an ad- journment over Sunday. More Witnesses to Be Heard. Several witnesses have been he: g0 far, and many more will be exam ined before the hearing is brought to a close. Engineer Either Incapacitated or Asleep. A remark that has caused much thought was dropped in the corridor ot the building where the hearings are held by Division Superintendent Wood- ward, who in conversation with the agents of the interstate service com- mission is alleged to hive said that Engineer Curtis must have been either incapacitated or asleep. Signals Were Set Correctly. Among the witnesses already exam- ined is Clarence W. Hemingway, the towerman almost opposite which the wreck occurred. He stated that he re- ceived a message from Fairfield at 3.18 10 set the switches so that the train would take the crossover from track No, to No. 4, and set the signals d then looked out and saw that the signals were set correctly. Saw Train Coming at Fast Rate. A minute or two later he saw the train approaching at a fast rate of speed. Asked how he cpuld tell that it was running at a high’ speed by look- sng at it in front, he said by the ex- haust from the cylinder boxes. Lacked Time to Throw Levers Back. “My first impulse,” he said, “was to throw the switch back. knowing that at the speed the train was coming that something would happen. There were five levers to throw. Two of them I could have thrown ig time, hut two of the other three would have required strength, I feared that the train wouid crash into the tower and ran to the door and jumped to the ground.” Air Brakes Were Not On. William H. Boyle of New York, rear keman of the wrecked train, told how the crews changed and of the naw crew taking the train at Harlem river. He told what he knew of the wreck and stated that he was riding on the rear platform and was suve that the air brakes were not on. | Curtis Told About Dropping Car. Drakeman S. G. Garrett, a train des- patcher, of New Haven, said that en- gineers were not notified when they were to stop except by signal. Orders had been given, he said, to drop the car of the United States fish commis- sion at Bridgeport and that Engineer Curtis ##d been told of this at Stamford. The reason the engineers are not told is because, he fused with the signals. No Bonus for Making Up Time. ‘When asked if it was customary for enginesrs to make up time, he said that they were supposed to run ac- cording to schedule, and that they were reprimanded for going too fast as well as for going too slow. There was no_bonus, he said, for making up time. By funning too fast, he said, the schadule made up by the train despatchers was thrown out. Accident Happened at 3.31.30. He said the accident happened at 3.33.30 and fixed the time by the fact that 3.31 was indicated at the New Haven office and that the wires went down before .32. Archibald Ogen, Jr., a messenger on the car of the United States fish com- mission, said he was sitting on a tank in the car and that the side door was jopen, that he saw the tower flash b: shock, and the next he knew he anded on the grass, having been thrown through the door. The air akes, he said, were not on. COOL WAVE DUE ’ HERE THIS WEEK. Weather Bureau Says It is to Be Un- seasonably Cold, Washington, July 16.—Following the hot wave that recently brought death and suffering to the whole countr; this week's weather promises to fur nish surprises in the other direction, with thz result that unusual low sum- mer temperatures probably will pre- vail. abnormaly high birometric pressure over the interior of Canada and Alaska and relative low pressur2 on the A: lantic ocean the conditions that willj The weather bureau sees in an|. NEARLY $9,000,000 SENT ABROAD FROM THREE CITIES Postal Savings Banks May Keep Much of That Money at Home. Washington, July 16. — Postmaster ‘Genera] . Hitchcock today designated the main postoffices in the city of New York, Chicago, Boston and St. Louis 2s postal savings depositories. They will begin to receive deposits on Aug. 1. Having installed successfully more han a thousand postal savings banks jin second class postoffices, Mr. Hitch- cock_decided to extend it to some of the first class offices immediately. The four cities were named because of their usher in a cool wave. . This pressuré distribution is strong- dicative of temperatures below th sonal average, the coming week” was the weather bureau report, “in practically all parts of the country from the Rocky mountains to the At- lantic coast. West of the Rocky moun - tains temperatures will average nzar or above the normal, with generally fair great population and commercial prom- inence and bacause in each omne is lo- cated a United States sub-treasury, which will facilitate the heavy bank- ng business that is likely to result from the postal savings transactions. As in the smaller cities, the system’ probably will be particularly popular with the foreign-born residents, many of whom now send their surplus sav- ings to their home countries. From weather, except that occasional shovr- ers are probable in the southern pl# teau and southern Rocky mountain ve- glons. The week will open with gen- fair weather east of the Rokcky mountains, except that showers are probable Monday in the middle Atlan? tic and New Ensland states and -dur- ing the next several days in the south Atlantic ard gulf states. An area of linsettled weather and snowers will ‘de- velop over the middle west dbout Thursday and thence spread eastward to the Atlantic ates by the latter part of the week” LUMBER SCHOONER CUT IN TWO BY STEAMER p: iy Captain and Mate of Latter Thrown Overboaryl, but Rescued. Boston, July 16—In a thick fog which obseured all shipping around the lower end of the Cape today, the Met- ropolitan line steamship Herman Win- ter on her way from New JYork to Roston, crashed into the lumber-laden two-masted schoonsr Nevis half a mile mouth_of Poll Rip light shiortly be- forenoon. The forece of the: impact =@ Captain Hineg and First Mate Harold M. McKenzie of the schooner overboard into the sea. They were rescued by their own crew, who low- ered a boat and had the captain and mate back on board by the time the steamer was ready to stand by. It was found that although the gchooner was cut clean tareugh her side below the water line, Ier cargo of lumber would keep her afloat, and it was decided that the steamer should take her in town. The men of the Nevis remained on board. Wpon ar- rival here the schooner was beached on the East Boston flats, and’ the Her- man Winter, uninjured, proceeded to her dock. The Nevis was bound from Parrsboro, N, 8., for Greenwich, Conn. MUST MARRY TO GET FORTUNE FATHER LEFT Montague, Now at Age of 40, May Con- clude to Renounce Bachelorhood. Mattoon, TIL., July15—Charlie Mon- tague, Who by the terms of the will of his father, Joel T. Montague, will inherit a quarter of a million dollars if he marries and has a family by the time he is fifty years old, has re- eeived more than a hundred proposals of marriage from voung women, who say they offer good reputation and character, but no money, to the pro- posed union. “Forty years 1 have liyed without a wife,” Mr. Montague id, “but some of these proposals are so touching I may reconsider my de- termination to comtest the will.” New Kind of Flying Machine. Bridgeport, Conn., July 16.—Experi- ments today by the inventor of a new kind of flying machine demonstrated that the machine would- work. It is called a Helocopter and the framework the machine being s e New York city alone last year the money oxders sent abroad by foreign- born residents aggregated $9.800,000. The foreign-born population of New York is in excess of 1.500,000, in Chi- cago 700,000, Boston 200,000, and in St Louis 150,000. Money orders were sent abroad last year to the amount of $5,- 500,000 from Chicago, $2,300,000 from Boston, and $1,000,000 from St. Louis. WIFZ SEES HUSBAND AND CHILDREN DROWN Crowd Restrained Her from Leaping Into River After Them. St. Louis, Mo., July 16.—Frank Du- ciervelle, 41 years old, was drowned today with his scn and - daughter, Thomas and Mary, three and eleven years old, respectively, while a crowd on the Mississippi river bank restrain- ed the wife and mother, who tried to leap in after the strugsling trio. While the parents ate luncheon on the river bank, the children were al- lowed to sit in a skiff. 'The boy stood up in the boat and overturned it. The, father dived in where the children sank and reappeared on the surface for an_instant with a child in either arm. Thus handicapped, he was un- able to swim and all were drowned. KILLED BY LIGHTQIING ON THE GOLF LINKS. Caddy and Companion of Knocked Down by Bolt, Victim Washington, July 16.—Before the eyves of scores of society women and men well known in official lif, and al- most within a stone’s throw of the Chevy Chase club, J. B. Johnson of New York, recently appointed solicitor of the navy department, was struck by lightning today and instantly kille Johnson had been playing golf with a companion and was in the open when the boit struck. His companion and the caddy, a dozen yards away, knocked down, but weare uninjured. Johnson's body was badly burned. Surgeon General Stokes of the navy, who was at the club, declared that death was probably instantaneous. Bridgeport Shooting Results Fatally. Bridgeport, Conn. July 16.—Henry Capito, who was shot Thursday night by Emil Di Martino, because the for- mer objected to the latter's attentions to Capito’s wife, died in a local hos- pital tonight from the two wounds re- ceived. Mrs. Capito, who was shot four times, will recover. Di Martino is being held without bail. Death at Wedding. Middletown, July 16.—While attend- ing a Polish wedding here Ludwig Zuk. a 19 vear old veuth, fell down a flight of stairs and breke his neck. He died shortly afterwards. He had been in the country about three yvears and said, they might gat the orders con- | Cabled Paragraphs Amoy, China, July’ 16.—During the past two weeks there were reported here 25 deaths from the bubonig plague, eight from smallpog and three from cholera. ¥ London, July 16.—The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, who was tak- en suddenly ill at the Sandown-park race meeting, as a result of the ex- cessive heat, died Saturday. London, July 16.—Official announce- ment has been made that Field Mar- shal Lord Kitchener has been appoint- ed British agent to Egypt. He succeeds Sir Eldon Gorst, who died on July 12. Milan, July 16.—Fire today partially burned Forsea castle at Sant AMigelo Lodigiano. The tower, which was built in 1391, and the armory still stand, but the archives, containing important documents, were destroyed. Berlin, July 16.—The business men’s delegation from Boston arrived here yesterday and will remain until Wed- nesday. They will be entertained by the municipality, the board of trade, the American chamber of commerce and other societies and individuals. Cananea, Sonora, July 16.—The local garrison of 250 men, after a midnight conference, waited upon the federal authorities here and demanded their bac kpay. They were pacified by the promise that their demands would be forwarded to higher authorities at Hermosillo. Liverpool, July 16.—A number of the steamship companies involved in the recent shippingStriket have decided to advance the passenger rates to_ the United States and Canada by from $1.25 to $2.50 in order to offset the in- crease in wages which they were obliged to grant the strikers. FRIENDS OF DR. WILEY RALLY TO HIS SUPPORT £ il Congressman Cox Wants All Data in the Case to Show Who's After Him. ‘Washington, July 16.—Expressing the belief that persistent efforts to have Dr. Harvey W. Wiley removed from offices have been ntde by “pow. erful special interests, whose welfare in life attaches more to the dollar than te the health, happiness and prosperity of the people,” Representa- tive Cox of Indiana, democrat, intro- duced yesterday a resolution calling for further information. His measure contemplated a broader investigation of the Wiley. case than was contem- plated when the house committee on expenditures in the department of ag- ricuture decided to investigate the charges made against Dr. Wiley in connection with the department per- sonnel board’s recommendation for his Temoval. Mr. Cox said he wanted to find out what interests were after Dr. Wiley. His resolution, he said, was in no way antagonistic to the work of the ex- penditures eommittee which will meet next week. He said Dr. Wiley had “fearjessly performed his duty in_the er:forcement of the pure food and drug Jaw to the benefit of the many mil- lions of people throughout the coun- try” His resolution calls both the at- torney general and tI secretary of agriculture to “furnish the house of Tepresentatives witr all letters, rec- ords, telegrams, protests and objec- tions, now on file in their offices, pro- testing against the appointment of Dr. Wiley as chief of the bureau of chem- istry or protesting against his reten- tion in office with all letters and data of every kind protesting against his rulings and decisions in the admin- istration of said law.” CHOLERA SITUATION WORRIES- NEW' YORK. Fifteen Cases of Scourge Swinburne Island. New York, July 16.—Although the cholera situation at quarantine is at present regarded by Dr. Alvah P. Do- ty, health officer of the port of New York, as being well in hand, Dr. Doty did not conceal tonight his apprehen- sion that New York is “in the very midst of a threatened invasion of cholera.” Further, Dr. Doty declared, “the quarantine department of every port in this_country is facing a very seri- ous and onerous task during the com- ing summer,” and added that it was not improbable that many vessels ar- riving from Italy within the mext few weeks will bring one or more cases of the disease. Today's official report of the situa- tion shows that there are fifteen cases of the scourge at Swinburne Is- land hospital and four cases symp- tomatic of the disease. ‘Within the past 24 hours one more victim has died. The steamer Perugia is stil] detained and the medical staff is preparing to make bacteriological examinations in the case of each of the 248 persons from the steamer Moitke who are now under observa- tion. Now at JOHN W. GATES SHOWS SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT. Now Being Concentrated Upon Patient’s Heart. Paris, July 16. slight improve- ment was noted this morning in the condition of John W. Gates, and it was maintained throughout the day and tonight the condition of Mr. Gates according to the attending physicians, was distinctly batter. The congestion of the kidneys had diminished cnnsijA erably and the attention of the phy: cians is now being directed the heart. It has not been necessary. ex- cept~on occasion, to resort to heart stimulants, as ths organ itself has re- acted in a satisfactory mannmer. A heart specialist will make a thorough examination tomorrow. Attention to FATAL JUMP FROM A MOVING TROLLEY. Frank Hoffman Dies of His Injur in a Meriden Hospital. Meriden, Conn., July 16.—Frank Hoffman, aged 21, jumped. from an outbound trolley car tonight when it was going at high Speed and fell un- der the trucks of a trailer. His left foot was nearly severed at the ankle and the left leg was torn to shreds and his back was broken. He was tak- en to the Meriden hospital, where he died an hour later. Medical Examin- er Bradstreet in his report of the case termed it an accidental one. One of Taft’s Crew Drowns. . ‘Washington, July 16.—Arthur Parks, 22 vears old, 3 seaman on the United States steamship Mayflower, President Taft’s yacht, was drowned in the Po- tomac river today. In company with two fellow seamen, Parks was out in the Ma: wer’'s sailboat when the craft capsized. His companions wm[ | on, the first institution will probably Miners Killed "By 'Explosionl TWENTY-ONE PERISH IN A MINE AT SYKESVILLE, PA. AFTERDAMP CAUSED DEATHS Explosion Was Slight and Did Little Damage to Mine—Some of the Vic- tims Lotked in Each Other’s Arms. . Dubois, Pa., July 16.—Twenty-one miners were ikilled in an explosion in the shaft of the Cascade Coal and ‘oke company’s mine at Sykesville, ine miles from here, last night. Tne /explosion occurred at 9.30 p. m., but it was after midnight before the exten: of the disaster wak known. - Afterdamp Causes Fatalities. _All but three of the victims are for- eigners. The explosion was slight, as evidenced by the small damage done in the mine. The deadly afterdamp responsible for most of the loss of life, Locked in Each Other’s Arms. Threz sets of brothers and a father and son a®e numbered among the dead, George Abod, John Heek and Nic Pavelick and his 15 year old son w found locked in each other’s arms, as though they embraced each other in their dying moments. None of the bodies ~were mutilated and but few showed any burns. Elgven Had Their Dinner Pails. Eleven of the men in one portion < the mine had apparently made ready to escape, for they grasped their dir- ner pails’in their lifcless hands, and they /fell, apparently, while running for the opening. Slow Work in Reaching Accident. The first intimation of an accident at the surface was when the safety door on the fan blew open and the machin- ery began to run wild. It was sur- mised there was trouble below, but it was almost midnight when rescuers could enter the mine. It took some time to get to the scene of the acci- dent, a mile and a half from the open- ing, because the rescuers were obliged ‘3 carry oxygen with them. Féur Bodies Were Buried by Cave-in. All but four of the bodies were brought to the foot of the shaft early today; the othefs were buried beneath a cave-in in a heading and were not recovered until late this afternoon. The state constabulary from Punxsutawa- ney were called to police the vicinity of the shaft, and when the bodles wero brought out there was little distrass or excitement. Cause of Explosion Not Known. Neither mine officials nor mine in- spectors are able to assign a cause for the explosion, and as there are no su vivors ths cause may never be known. 1t is a general belief that some of the | men drilled into a pocket of gas, though the shaft is known as a non- gaseous one, and Fire Boss John Brown reports he was through the head'ng where the 2xplosion occurred but an hour before and found no trace of gas. Rescue Car Not Needed. When the rescue car of the bureau of mines arrived hera the services were not needed, as all the men were dead and the air in the mine had been cleared. TRUST BOOSTED PRICE OF ICE 100 PER CENT. Testimony to That Effect Before New York District Attorney. New York. July 16.—Mayor Gaynor's crusade against the so-called ice trust assumed dramatic features today when independent ice dealers swarmed to a public meeting to recite their alleged grievances. The police department and the district attorney’s office, both of which have been investigating. the af- fairs of the Knickerbocker and Amer- ican Icé companies, were representzd and a stenographer took down ever pertinent statement. When the speaking was over the dealers stepped into an adjoining room and made oath to the truth of their statements. Some of the dealers complained that the Knickerbocker company had re- fused to sell to them during the recent hot spall and at the same time had retailed ice to their customers. Others declared that the price had been boost- ed 100 per cent. or more. Joseph Sheridan, the chairman, declarsd that many so-called independent wholesale dealers were not independent at all. Still others claimed that while they had to pay $5 a_ton for ice to the wholesaler, the wholesale dealer had sold their customers direct at $2 a ton. At the close of the meeting Assistant District Aftorney DeFord announced that the state would enforce the Con- nelly anti-trust law if sufficient evi- dence of the existence of a monopoly were obtained. The dealers’ depositions were given to detectives who are con- tinuing the police investigation. KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES ENCAMPED AT CLfiLAND Supreme Tent tc Consider Procpect of Establishing Sanitarium, . Cleveland, Ohio, July 16.—In falling rd\1, Camp’ Cleveland of the national encampment of the uniform rank of the Knights of the Maccabees was for- mally opened here in Edgewater park this afternoon, with about 1,500 uni- formed knights present, representing 43 divisions and eleven States. The encampment is being held in conjunction with the quadrennial re- view of the supreme tent, the national legislative body of the Knights of the Maccabees. The supreme tent wiH be- gin its sessions next Tuesday. An imporiant matter to come before the supreme tent is the plan for three big homes and sanitarfums for mem- bers of the order. If favorably acted be located at or near Cleveland and built at a cost of from $300,000 to $500,000. 2 Refuse to Adopt Socialism. Toledo, July 16.—A resolution intro- duced into the ninsteenth annual con- vention of the International Long- shoremen’s association, now meeting in Teledo, calling for the adoption of the principles of the socialist party by or- ganized labor, Was defeated by a vote of more than four to on : July Fourth Wound Kills Boy. Tansing, Mich, July 16.—Bert Per- kins, eight vears old, died yesterday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Peérkins, in Williamstown, rom tetanus, the result of being ‘wounded in the hand with a blank cariridge on the Fourth of July. The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, an‘d' Its Total Circulation is the Largest imConnecticut m : R Balloonist Lands in Sea LIFE SAVED BY PLANK .ON WHICH HE FLOATED. SWIMMING EXHAUSTED HIM Floated Ashore in an Unconscious Condition—Started from New York, to Make Trip to Philadelphia. Asbury Park, N. J., July 16.—Within ten feet of highwater mark on the beach near Deal, A. J. Roberts!an aeronaut, who started in his dirigible balloon from New York yesterday for Philadelphia, was found in an uncon- scious condition early today. Dropped Into Ocean. Roberts had been forced to pull the rip cord of his gas bag when the gas- oline gave ocut and he found that he was being carried out to sea during the night. Hg dropped into the ocean half a mile from shore and swam to the beach, he said. The dirigible was swept offshore by the wind. Intended Trial Trip Only. Roberts was carried to Allenhurs) and given stimulants and finally be- came able to tell his story. He said that when he ascended he intended making only a trial trip, but finding the wind favorable he decided to try to reach Philadelphia. Before he had gone very far, however, he encoun- tered contrary winds and made a land- ing about 12 or 15 miles from' New York, he thought. Squall Carried Him to Sea. Adjusting his engine, he-made an- other ascension, and after long inter- vals saw lights along shore and heard the sound of the surf. He *tried o make a landing bul the dirigible was hit by a squail from the northwest and he was_ driven out over the sea. To add to his troubles, a fog came up and soon caused the gas in the big bag to cool. 2 s Got Within 300 Yards of Shore. The airship dropped gradually until the car trailed in the water, but Rob- erts threw out Ballast and the dirigi- ble ascended again. Roberts said that he worked his way in until he was apout 300 yards from the shore, but then discovered that his gasoline was given out. Forceg to Pull Rip Cord. Fearing that he would be driven out to sea in a helpless condition, he pulled the rip cord. He climbed to the out- side of the basket, hung on until the dirigible was apbout 50 feet from the water and then dropped into the sea. Found a Plank. Reberts thought he was then about half a mile from shore. While swim- ming around, trying to get his bearings he found a plank. But he gradually became exhausted. The aeronaut de- clared that he had But the slightest recollection of striking the beach and it is supposed he was unconscious ‘when he floated ashore. He was well enough this afternoon to return to New York. TWO ITALIANS RUN AMUCK AT ALBANY. Kill One Man ajd Wound Two Per- sons Without Provocation. Albany, N. Y., July 16.—An uniden- tified man was shot and instantly kill- ed, a woman Was shot through the neck, and the proprrietof a saloon was stabbed twice in theearm by two Italians today, who rushed through crowded streets, wildly firing revolv- ers and swinging knives, in_a fren- zied dash to escape from what they said was 2 gang of fellow country- men ‘Who tried to kill them. Two brothers are under arrest, charged with the crime—Antonio Ole- aya, for murder, and Linfia Oleava as and accessory—and Mary Fusco and Angelo Latosca are held as witnesses. Following a quarrel with two girls in a house on Dalliust street, Antonio, the authoritie$ assert, shot one of them through the neck. Hg drew an- other revolver, and with one in each ‘hand, followed by his brother, who was waving a pair of knives, rushed from the place, stabbing the propri- etor, Latosca, on the way out. Through five crowded blocks the men_ran, their progress being marked by the bark of Antonio’s revolvers. As they went up South Lansing street an unknown man blocked the sidewalk. He was shot and fell lifeless.~ OFFICER KILLED BY ESCAPED CONVICT Convict Also Meets Death in Conflict with Bluecoat. Minneapolis, Minn., July 16.—Jerry McCarthy, a convict, who scaled the walls_of the Minnesota penitentiary last March, was shot four times and killed early today by Patrolman Ol- linger, who died later of four bullet wounds inflicted by McCarthy. « Ollinger saw_McCarthy zo to the rear entrance of a drug store. He went in the front door himself and rushed to the rear, where a desperate encoun- ter took place, littls of which is known except from the rapid succes- sion of revolver shots which the store proprietor heard and the fatally wounded man he found when hé rush- ed out. FELL FIFTY FEET DOWN AIR SHAFT. Capt, Wiiliam "W. Woodhull Meets Death in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, July 16.—Capt. William W. Woodhull, a retired pay director of the United States navy, who had seen service in all parts of the world, fell fifty feet down an air shaft in an apartment house in West Philadelphia today and was instantly killed. It is supposed he was seized with vertizo while leaning out the shaft. Auto Injuri Proved Fatal. Concord, H., July 16.—Albert E. Davies, who was injured in the auto- mobile accident in which Dr. Ralph E. Gallinger, son of Senator Gallingar, was killed last Wednesday night, died today at the Margaret Pillsbury hos- pital in this city. He was 51 years gf age. Chicago Gets Y. P. C. U. Convention Portland, Me., July 16.—The execu- tive board of the National Young Peo- ple's_Christian Union convention of the Universalist church, which came to a close this evening, decided to hold the next convention in Chicago, thus ending a_ sharp contest between Condensed Telegrams } \ Practically All of the Forest Fires in Maine are extinguished. The National Fetes in France were atiended by minor royalist disorders. Prof. Hermann Senator, famous for his medical researches, died in Berlin. Governor Sslisbury of Guam wants a postal savings bank for the island. President Taft Has Accepted honor- alrybmembemhip in the New York Aero club. A Parcsl of Real Estafe in down- ;o\vu Chicago sold Il:( $25,000 a front oot The Venezuelan Government Denies a report that Castro has landed at Maracaibo. The American Red Cross Has Offered Canada $1,000 for the relief of the for- est fire sufferers. There Will Be No Further Consider- ation of pension legislation at this Session of congress. The Canadian Northern Railway has awarded a contract for 550 miles of railway to cost $15,000,000. A Record Breaking Year in Postal receipts is shown by th2 report of Postmaster Mansfield of Boston. Lieut. Frank M. Kennedy, Tenth infantry, has been ordered to College park for insiruction in aviaton. The Five Plants of the Joslin Manu. facturing company in Olneyville, R. 1., closed Saturday for three weeks. The Boston and Albany Officials re- port Saturday’s travel in both east and | west as the Leavi ¢ “Johnny Spani d to be the meanest criminal in New York, was sent to prison for from seven to ten years. The Alice and Millville. Mills of the Woonsocket Rubber ccmpany closed on Saturday for a month because of lack of orders. _President Taft Accepted the invita- tion to attend the banquet of the New York State Bankers' association in New York city January 20. The Gunboat Petrel has been-~or- dered to Hayti because a serious rev olutionary movement is jeopardizing extensive American interests. At the Request of Mayor Gaynor, twenty detectives are visiting ice- houses along the Hudson to report on the ice supply for New York. The Mills of the National India Rub- ber company at Bristol, R. I, empl ing about 2,000 operatives, closed Sat- urday for an indefinite period. While Harnessing a Horse in the Rhcdes stable at Lynn, Arthur Raynes, a stable employe, was kicked by the horse and almost instantly killed. Maine’s Fire Loss in Buildings and contents will be larger in 1911 than ever before since the office of insur- ancs commissioner was established in 1868. 2 Japan, It is Now Generally Believed, will surely be the next great nation to undertake the negotiation of a general arbitration treaty with the United States. Present Scarcity of Elevator Room in Chicago has not been equalled in many years, and it is possible that barges may be necessary for the stor- aga of grain. . Julia Cali and Her Two Daughters, Angelina and Anna, aged 16 and 1 were found dead on the floor of their bedroom in Brooklyn Saturday, suf- focated by gas. The Scnate Passed a Resolution putting union veterans in its employ upon a civil service status, to be re- tained permanently so long as their services are satisfactory., Thomas Schweig, One of the Most Widely Known detectives of the Chica g0 police force, was mysteriously shot and killed Saturday at North Paulina and West Ohic streets, Chicago. A Fatal Electric Shock Passed through the body of Walter Anderso: a loung lineman from Lowell, Mass. when hs slipped and fell across two primary wires at Nantasket, Mass. Crawling Under a Loaded Coal Car in an attempt to cross the railroad tracks at Mansfizld, Mass., Mrs. Ellen Martin, aged 62, was instantly killed when the car was started in motion. Charles Heinsey of Ngwton, N. J., has taken out insurance dn his thumb- nail. Heinsey is a_grainer, and finds his thumbnail much more serviceabls than any painter’s tool he cambuy. The First Native Case of Asiatic Cholera to develop in the present epi- demic ended Saturday with the death of Patrick Bushing, night watchman at the Swinburne Island quarantine sta- tion. The State Board of Health has quar- antined the Fanny Allen hospital at Winooski, V., one of the largest Cath- olic_hospitals in the country, hecau of an epidemic of smallpox that has broken out. Michael Mooney, Said to Be One of the two survivérs of the craw which manned the Monitor when it fought the confederate steamer Merrimac, is dead at the National Soldiers’ home at Sawtelle, Cal. / e Ceptain Fabroni of the Carabineers centinued his testimony in the Camor- rists’_trial at Viterbo, Italy, and de- clared that the home of Maria Sten- dar 1o, the woman prisoner, was a ren- dezvous of criminals. The Youna Man Reported Lost in the mountains of Switzerland, whose name was given in cable despatches as Homer Tidman of Boston, is believed by friznds and relatives to be Homer g}‘hnan, 1% years old, of .Arlington, ass. The People of Shanghai Have Added $10,000 to a similar amount appropri- ated by the American National Red Cross for a study of the rivers of China to prevent disastrous floods which peri- odically destroy érops and produce in- describable famine conditions. Mrs. Margaret Klock Armour, widow of Simon B. Armour, the packer, has filed suit for $142,000 against Miss Har- riet Byington to cover peculations al- leged to have been made by Miss By- ington while serving as companion and housekeeper to Mrs Armour. Steamship Arrivals. “ phia, from New 3 P;opbfi;ion to the City’s Population Mimic Warfare In the Sound / CONNECTICUT WEBFEET IN THE ATTACKING PARTY. TO MAKE ATTACK THIS WEEK Battle to Be Fought Near Gadiner's Bay to Determine the Possibility of Attacking Fleet Reaching New York. New York, July 16.—With the em- barkation of - approximately 3,008 landsmen tars, comprising the navai militia of nine statzs and the District of Columi and the departure of & fleet of 17 battleships and auxiliaries to a point 200 miles off Sandy Hook preparations for an interesting naval attack on the city of New York, by way of Long Island Sound, New York's “back door,” are complete tonight. The Defending Force. The defending force, consisting of & flotilla of 20 torpedo boats and ‘11 modern submarines, is in readiness (o repulse the invaders. The battie wil be fought in the vicinity of Gardiner's Bay, at the eastern extremity of Loog Island, and while the exact hour of t first attack is a closely guarded secret, it will be during the petiod of midnight July 18 to midnight July To Try Out a Contention. It has been the contention of many naval experts of this and ether coum- tries that it is possiblz for a powerfal fleet to reach New York by way of the eagtern end of Long Isfand, and the “battle of Gardiner's Bay” will be watched with great interest on this account. These will be day and night attacks and conditions of actual naval warfara will be closely simulated. Connecticut's Webfeet Participate. militiamen pafticipating in vres are from New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, South Caroiina, Pennsylvania and ths District of Columbia. Most of the mi- litiamen embarked vesterday and today as members of the attacking force. which will be known as the Biue fleet, and which will be in command of Rear Admiral Osterhaus, the new command. er in chief of the Atlantic fleet . The Attacking Battleships. The fleet consists of the following: The battleship Connecticut fiugship of Admiral Osterhaus, and the battleships Delawars, Michigan, Louisiana, Kan- sas, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Idaho, Vermont, Mississippi, Nebraska, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohfo, Maine and Missouri. Added to these 17 battleships- are the scout cruisers Salem and Chester, fhe Celtic, supphy ship, the Cuigoa, the Lebanon, the Panther, the Patapsco, the Paxutest, the hospital ship Solace and the com- verted yacht Yankton. The Defending Fleet. The Red fleet of defensz is_under command of Commander E. E. Eberle, The land defenses will not participate. The fleet consists of the cruiser Dixie, flagship of Commander Eberle, the cruiser Castine and the mew torpedo and submarine craft. The exercises will last two days and two nights, giv- ing ample opportunity for the develop- ment of attack and defense from every standpoint. Keen Competition Among States. After the manoeuvres the naval re- serve will participate in the usual drills, including the abandon ship drill, the collision drill, the fire drill, the manoeuvre board drill and the gum drill. There is keen competition among the nen of the different states as to efficiency in these drills, and new rec- ords seem likely to be made. CONGRESS TO ADJOURN SOON AFTER AUGUST 7 Arizona-New Mexico Statehood Vete Will Finish li ork. Washington, July 16.—All legisla- tive paths now lead to adjournment of congress quickiy after the vote on the Arizona-New Mexico statehood bill is taken in the senate on the legisla- tive day of August 7. The senate will be ready then, in all probability, de~ spite the general tariff revision threat of Senator Cummius of Towa and other insurgents, and the house will not in- terpose any fresh legislation to dis- turb the senate’s programme for wind- ing up the extra session. six days remain before the final s reached uvon the Canadian reciprocity bill in the senate. Its pas- sage by a two-thirds vote of the sen- ate is confidently predicted by senate leaders who have seen many import- ant amendments voted down in the last few days by majcrifies larger than they had ventured to nope for. A number of important speeches in support of the bill are expected, with a view to making clear the position of the democrats and republicans who have refused to entertain any amend- ment to the bill and who have sup- ported President Taft's desire for early ratification of the agreement as it stands. Senators Stone of Missou; Shively of Indiana and other demo- crats will advocate the bill this week, while Senaiors Bailey of Texas and LaFollette of Wisconsin will oppose it. BLAMED FOR FIRE WHICH WIPED OUT A VILLAGE. Clyde F. McKenney and Henry Smith Arrested for Intoxication. East Waterboro, Me., July 15.—Tha selectmen 8f Waterboro are to hold an investigation Monday of the fire which destroyved a large part of the village of South Waterboro on Wed- nesday. Today Clyde F. McKenney, in whose stable the fire started, was arrested by Sheriff Charles O. Em- ery on the charge of, intoxication, and Henry Smith was taken into custody on the same charge. Both men wems taken to Alfred jail and will be ar- raigned Monday. Classic Won on Time Allowance. Marblehead, Mass, July 16.—The power boat Classie, representing the Motor Boat club of America, won the race from Huntington, L. I, to Mar- blehead early today on her time al- lowance. Her elapsed time was 23.71, and her corrected time 21.43. Frank Heen's Kitsix was second and 1 Thistle of the Yonkers Yachi club f At Southampton: July 16, Philadel- ished third. The Inevitable, fiying al- so the colors of the Yonkers club, did not finish. Representative Murray of Massa. chusetts read.in _the house a resolution passed by the Massachusetts legisia- :;u protesting n.:b:’lm any distinc- n_being made by. ments in the recos: