Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 22, 1911, Page 1

PRICE __TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population ATWODD GETS LOST IN THE GLOUDS] Cabied P Effort to Reach Auburn By Crosé—Country * Flight Causes Him to Become Belated COMPELLED TO LAND BY DARKNESS Belle Island, Five Miles West of Syracuse, His Landing Place—Only 40 Miles Added to His Record Yester~ day—Will Attempt to Fly to Albany Today, Dls- regarding all Scheduled Landing Places. racuse, N. Y. August 21.—Lost with his seroplane in trying to fl irom Lyons, N, Y. to Auburn, 25 miles distant, Harry N. Atwood, the aviator, | wandered about in the air for almost an hour late this afternoon and be- came so belated in his schedule in his | flight from St. Louis to New York | that he was compelied by darkness to land in an unexpected spot five miles west of Syracuse. j Started on Cross-Country Fly. ihe delay caused a serious setback in the attempt which the aviator is making to break the world’s record in | cross-country aeroplane flying. At- wood ascended at Lyons with a pur- ypose of flying in an air line 98 miles” Utica before nighti Just after he ed he decided to detour from the | se_which he had heen following ng the tracks of the New York Cen- al railroad and cut across country to give the crowds at Auburn an op- | portunity of seeing him. He lost his bearings, however, and not wishing to alight, kept circling around in the air | in the hope of distinguishing Auburn irom a stance. Over villages and tarmhouses he wandered without avail, Fears as to His Fate. Meantime great uneasiness was felt as to his fate by who w thousands ef people s and on houstops yracuse and Utica. were sent over th L but word came back that after leaving Lyons he had ven- tured off his course to the scuthward ited in pa i i | and nothing later had been seen of him. Landed at Auburn at 5.20. It was 4.24 p. m. When Atwood left Lyons. At 520 p. m. he suddenly ap- peared over Aubum and landed there. Fearful of again being lost, since he was away from his regular course, At- wood did not venture away from Au- burn until 645 p. m., when he ascend- «d, uncertain as to his destination for da Then began another exciting =scarch for him extending all the way from Auburn to Utica. Al telegraph wires were burdened with tite query: “Where's Atwood?” 10,000 People Waiting at Utica. Ten thousand people at Utica await- h! approach there until sundown. P also was kept anxious, until word came that he had landed | at Belle Island, five miles west safely of Syracuse. Added Only 40 Miles to His Record. Atwood said that in today’s wander- ings he had flown at least 75 miles but he could elaim for his record only the forty miles between Lyons and B ! Belle Island. His total flying time was one hour and 28 minutes. Lost in the Sky. “It was the most exciting experi- ence in the air I ever had,” said Af- wood. “After ascending at Lyons L |looked at the map and concluded I could find my way to Auburn, whers 1 knew a lot of people would be dis- appointed if they did not see the aero- plane. 1 had gone ten miles, perhaps, when away from the railroad tracks 1 was completely at a loss to know where Auburn was. There was not a sign or a road or anything to indi- cate the direction. I kept on going, sometimes rising to a_high altitude In a hove of seeing the town from afar. The more I went, the more con- fused 1 became. 1 was a lost sailor {of the sk wandering among the clouds. Gasoline Began to Get Low. “Soon my gasoline began to run low and T knew if I landed out there L might be miles from a new supply. 1 dropped low toward some farmhouses, thinking I might get in talking dis- tance of some one and ask them the direction, but no farmers appeared and I had to rise again to keep frim hit- ting some barns, Saw the Penitentiary. “Finally T shot off in a tangent | southward and in a short time, to my sreat jov, 1 beheld what I took to be the buildings of Auburn penitentiary. A few minutes later 1 landed there. The reason 1 didn't get a start from Auburn sooner was that there were such’crowds there, without sufficient police protection, that I had to fight the people back. 1 thought they would destroy the aeroplane. 1 got into the air again as soon as possible, deter- mined to make Utica by flying over Syracuse without stopping. Just west of Syracuse darkness overtook me and 1 had to land. Bound for Albany Today. “Tomorrow T will disregard all scheduled landing places and will at- tempt to fly as far as Albany, miles, by way of Syracuse and Utica.” Yesterday’s Record. Summary of the eighth day of At- wood's St. Louis-New York flight: Left Lyons, N. Y. at 4.24 p. m. Landed at Auburn 5.20 p, m. Left Auburn 6.45 p. m. Landed at Belle Island, five miles | west of Syracuse, at 7.17 p, m. Distance traveled on eighth day, mile Actual flying time one hour 28 min- utes. Distance from St. Total minutes. 40 Louis, 970 miles. flying time, 21 hours and 26 DISORDER AT CONVENTION { OF ORDER OF MOOSE. Election of Officers Precipitates Near- Riot—One Man Faints. 1 Detroit, Mich, Aug. 21.—In a scene | of wild confusion. bordering upon a | riot, during which one man fainted | and was finally brought to a close by the extinguishing of all the lights in | the convention hall, the Los Angeles | elegation to the national convention | of the Loyal Order of Moose today cessfully disrupted the session, and by, doing so prevented the nomination of L offic ¥he Los Angeles delegation demand- ed that the constitution be amended to allyw the nomination and election of officers to be made at the closing | measions, to enable the delegates to | become better acquainted with the | candidates. An effort to securs the ¢ mendment may be mad. laier in the week, The excitement lasted fully an| Jour. The Los Angeles delegation, an extremeiy large one. determined, it is claimed, to delay_the nominations in the interests of William A. Alderson of Los Angeles, their candidate for su- preme vice dictator. During the pan- demontuin James E. Lannon, dictator of the Philadelphia lodge and twice @ndidate for supreme dictator, climb- upon his seat and nominated him- gelf for the office. ANOTHER ARREST FOR THE NEGRO BURNING Detectives Overhear Man Telling of His Part in the Affair. Coatesville, Pa., Augist 21.—A man eiving the name of Herbert Smith and his addrcss as Lancaster, Pa., but later changing it to Philadelphia, was arrested here late today and held for murder in ecnnection with the lynch- ing of Zack Walker in this borough August 13, The informatien zzainst Smith was furnisned by detectives who are here investigating the burning of Walker, They sta‘ed that they overheard Smith telling of the part he took in the Iynching. The police officials believe that ‘the name Smith is asrumed. BRAKEMEN JUMP_FROM RUNAWAY FREIGHT CAR. fTwe East Hartford Men Seversly Cut and Bruised. Bristol, Conn., Aug. 21.—Two brake- men, P, J. Durkin and B. W. Hutton, both of East Hartford, were Severely cut and bruised late today by jumping from a runaway freight car as it en- tered the railroad vards here, ‘The car started from Terryville, where it got away from tie crew which was switch- ing,.and ran down grade five miles to the yards here. The operator.at Ter- ryville notifi=d the towerman here and when the car reached here it was first switched onto a siding and then onto @ derailing track which Janded the car n a lot. where it turned over and over Defore stopping. ‘Night Landing by Aeroplane. ¢ ‘Washington, August 21.—The first might landing ever made in an aero- plane at the army aviation field at College Park, Md, was. ac plished mlg by ueulenlmr De Milling and 8,000 VETERANS AT THE GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT Defenders of Old Glory Are Pouring Into Rnchls(er, N. Y. Rochester, N. Y., August 21.—Eight thousand yeteran it was estimated, attended the forty-fifth annual en- campment of the Grand Army of the republic and had registered up to ten lock tonight. From ail over the United States the veterans have come | and are coming by every train. The greatest tarong, however, will not be evident until Wednesday, the day of the great parade, perhaps the last that will be held at a national encampment of the G. A, R. The work of the encampment may he said to have been begun. The na- tioral encampment headquarters of the G. A. R. and of the W. R. C. were opened today at the Hotel Seneca, and the first meeting of the executiv conmittee of the national council of administration of the G. A. R. was called to order at ten o'clock. Other headquarters were opened .during the day and sessions of various auxiliary or affiliated organizations were held. The principal social function of the day’ was the reception tonight to vis- iting comrades and guests by the C. J. Powers post. The various bodies will meet to- morrow and tomorrow night the first session of the G. A, R. will be held in Convention hall. This will be open to the public and will be semi-official in character, The addresses of welcome will be by Governor Dix, in behalf of the state; Mayor Edgerton, on behalf of the city, and Department Comman- der George B, Loud, in behalf of the department, Commander in Calef John E. Gilman will deliver an address, and there will be greetings from sev- eral of the auxiliary bodies. STRANGER WANTED TO WED A THOMPSONVILLE GIRL Held at Police Station Until His San- ity Can Be Determined. Thompsonville, Conn., August 21.— Late this afterndbn an automobile drove up in front of a cafe here owned by Patrick Burke, and a young man about 30 vears old got out and went into the place and asked for Mr. Burke, When Burke announced himself the man said that he had come to marry his daughter May. Burke aid not know him and he went to the home of the vice presi- dent of the Hartford Carpet com- pany, where he said he could get cre- dentials. On his return Burke's 1 year-old daughter said that she never saw the man and as he was unable to pay the driver of the automobile $8 for its lse he was placed under ar- rest. The man was well dressed and gave his name as Tony Frank and said “his_home was in Hartford. When searched at the police station all that was found in the pockets of his clothing was a cake of soap. He will be examined in the morning as to his sanity. Defense of Arbitration Treaties. ‘Washington, Ausust 21.—The treat- jes of arbitration with Great Britain and France wera defended in minority reports filed in the senate in ewecu- tive sessior: today by Senators Cul- lorh, Ro6t and Burton, of the senate committee on foreign relations. 163 | Paragraphs Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 21.—The American scout. cruisers Salem and Chesters fired a national ‘salute at § o'clock this morning in honor of the new government of President Cincin- natus Leconte, which was_recognized by the United States last Friday. Paris, Aug. 21— Although the nego- tiations between France and Germary looking to a settlement of the Moroc- can dispute have been suspended for the present, the attitude of the French foreign office is that a settlement will be arranged ultimately if inexhaustible ‘| patience and moderation on the part ¢f France can bring it about. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 21.—The Bank of Brazil has foreclosed its mortgage on the Lloyd Brazila'ro (Brazilian Steamship company). This action, it is stated today! was mude necessary by the depreciation of the shares of the steamer company, which hzlud obligations totalling $6,000,000 gold. HARTFORD BOY’S PLEA NOT ACCEPTED BY COURT. Young Geidel Must Stand Trial First Degree Murder. for New York, Aug. 21.—Refusing to 2c- cept a plea of guilty of murder in tha second degree preferred in the midst of the first day’s trial of young Paul Geidel of Hartford for the alleged mur- der of aged Willlam H. Jackson, a Wall strect broker, on July 26, the state continued the prosecution with the ev- ident desire to secure first degree con- viction. “No,” District Attorney Whitman said emphatically, “we cannot accept ithe plea under any circumstances.” The offer was made by James A. Gray jof the defendant's counsel just after the third juror had-been selected. The_trial continued with the selec- tion of three more jurors, and with the box half filled adjournment was taken this evening until tomorrow. The six Jjurors are all local business men and were among 28 talesmen 2xamined to- day out of a panel of 150. During the proceedings the accusel former bellboy of the Hotel Iroquois, where the broker was found dead from a beating and strangulation, sat rest- lessly in the crowded courtroom. On the night of his arrest, confronted with fingerprints on a chloroform bottle, he is alleged to have confessed the mur- der to the police. He showad no bravado in court to- day. He scarcely looked his age—17 vears—and his eyes were red with weeping much of the time as he sat in a chair and with elbows on his coun- sel's table. He was most 2motiona’ when his widowed mother, Mrs. Annie Geidel, of Hartford, Conn., came to him. 'He threw his arms about her and kissed her repeatedly. Judge Crain allowed her to sit with counsel and adyised them. Tnterest.was aroused during the se- lection of jurors when it was learned that William H. Force, father of Made- eine Force, who is engaged to ba mar- ried to Ci John Jacob Astor, had been summoned as atalesman. - Mr. Force was reported to be on board Colonel Astor’s yacht with his daugh- ter and Colonel Astor, and the court consented to excuse him. | | | JURORS PETITION FOR PARDON OF HAINS Believe He Had Great Provocation and Has Been Punished Enough. New York, August 21.—The jurors who_convicted Capt. Peter C. Hains, Y. S. A, of the murder of William E. Annis on the float of the Bayside Yacht club on Long Island three years ago this month, have sent a petition to Governor Dix, asking the pardon of Hains, it was learned today. Hains is now serving a sentence of from cight to sixteen years in Sing Sing prison. His case was recalled only last week when a suit instituted by him for di- vorce, based on the alleged relations of Annis, was heard i the Brooklyn ' court. l The petition for pardon recalls the fact that the jury at the time of the trial recommended clemency by the court, realizing that the provocations of Hains was great and that they now believe he has been punished enough. Aaron Bearman, a Brookiyn resi- dent, who was a member of the jury, drew up the petition and obtained the accompaniment of signatures for the other jurymen, he says, “who express the greatest sympathy with the' cap- tain and his aged parents.” PRESIDENT TO LEAVE WASHINGTON TONIGHT. Plans Mapped Out Will Keep Him Away Until Nov. 1. Washington, Aug. 21.—Within five hours after the adjournment of com- gress at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, President Taft will bid goodbye to Washington and depart for Rochester, N. Y., and Beverly, with plans already outlined that will keep him away from the capital until Nov. 1. The presi- dent will go from Washington to Rochester, where on Wednesday he will address the national encampment of the G. A. R. He axpects to leave Rochester Wednesday night for Bever 1y, arriving - there early Thursday morning. He will spend at least three weeks along the north shore and will then start on the long western trip that will take him to San Francisco and Seattle. FIRE BREAKS OUT ON CONEY ISLAND BOAT. Several Hundred Passengers Aboard, but Nobody Injured. New York, Aug. 21.—Fire broke out on the Coney Island pleasure boat John Sylvester, with several hundred pas- sengers aboard, while passing out of New York bay this afternoon. The blazs started from an unknown cause in the engine room. fle the crew was at work fighting it with hand ex- tinguishers, the vessel was steered {o a dock at Fort Hamilton as a precau- tion in the event that the blaze got bayond control. Two other pleasure boats stood alongside the John Sylves- ter in readiness to lend aid, but the vessel's own crew succeeded in putting out the fire before any great damage was dons or serious alarm spread among the passengers. No one was urt. Steamship Arrivals. At Cherbourg: August 21, Amerika, from New York. At Trieste: August 20, Carpathia, from New York. At Bremen: Aug. 21, Barbarossa, from New York. Drowned at South Manchester. South Manchester, Conn.,. Aug. 2 Alexander Gabby, 14 years old, was drowned in Union pond here today while bathing. The body has been re- covered Congress Wil Adjourn Today WILL PASS INTO HISTORY AT THREE O’CLOCK. J _COURTESY TO PRESIDENT Session Continued a Day to Enable Taft to Get Cofton Bill Veto Before Bodies—Mann Conducts a F ibuster ‘Washington, Aug. 21.—The session of congress will' pass into his- tory at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The democratic caucus of the house at 2 meeting tonight agreed'to the reso- lusion which passed the semate pre- scribing that hour as the date of final adjournment. This action, carried out through a resolution passed by ‘the house at a session tonight, put into effect an understanding reached in the afternoon betwzen party leaders in both houses. - Resolution Passes Unanimously. The resolution carried unanimously in the house. It directed the appoint- ment of three members of the house to join with three democratic. members of the senate to notify the president that congress was ready to adjourn. ‘The committee appointed on the part of the house consisted of Representa- tives Underwood of Alabama, demo- cratic leader of the house, Dixon of Indiana, a democratic member of the ways and means committee, and Maun of Illinois. republican leader of the house. The senate will nama its com- mittee tomorrow. Veto Goes Over to Next Session. President Taft's veto is ready io place before both houses of congress whaen they convene at noon tomorrow. Immediately upon its receipt democrat- jc Leader Underwood will move its reference to the ways and means com- mittee, 0f which he is chairman. and there it will lic undisturbed until the regular session of congress convenes in December. Courtesy Shown President. Congress easily could have adjourned tonight, but the adjournment under- standing was designed especially to ac- cord to the president the courtesy of an opportunity to present his veto of the cotton bill before the curtain was rung down on-a session replete with tariff revision activities. Nothing Doing in Senate. Tha senate without any business he- fore it maried time on the house. Twice it took recesses during the af- tarnoon with a view to having the sea- ate in session so that as soon as the house passed the cotton bill Vice Pre: ident Sherman might sign it and speed it on to-the White House: The presiding officers of the two houses can sign bills only when their re- spective housas are in session. House Democrats Hold Caucus. In the interim between 6.15 p. m. and 8 o'clock, when the house was n recess, the* democratic representatives meat to carry out a promise of Leader Underwood that the matter of adjourn- ment would be submitted to caucus. As the result of the caucus action the senate resolution for adjournment was put through and the house then pro- ceeded on miscallaneous legisiation to clear the calendar of its flotsam and jetsam. Meantime the presidents’ veto had been prepared and would have Deen sant to congress at 8 o'clock to- night if both houses had remained in session, but the senate at 6.36 p. m. adjourned until tomorrow. Mann Leads a Filibuster. At the night session after the dispo- sition_of matters on the unanimous calendar, Minority Leadsr Mann for more than an hour conducted a single- handed filibuster against an effort of Representative Wilson of Pennsylvania to suspend the Tules and consider a resolution providing for the investiza- | tion of the Taylor system of scientific shop management which is being intro- duced“into government works. M. Mann finally permitted the resolution to pass after slight amendment. It Four Jurors to Be Challenged SPECIAL VENIRE SUMMONED FOR BEATTIE TRIAL. TEN FARMERS ON PANEL Rapid Progress Made on Opening Day —Father of Prisoner at His Side— Miss Binford Not im Courtroom. ext'm.l Chestlfiela Courthouse, Va., Aug. 21. —Quick action marked the opening to- day of the trial of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr, on the charge of murdering his fe while with her on a motor ride one month ago. Twelve jurors were selected before court adjourned, but four of these will be challengad by the defense, and four others will be chosen from a special venire of 30 men sum- moned to appear in court Wednesday, to which day the court adjourned. Baattie, when arraigned, pleaded “not guilty.” Ten of Jurors Are Farmers. The jurors, all but two of them, are farmers from the county. The two ex.. ceptions are a quarryman and a con- tractor. The names of the jurors are: No. 1, N. W. Farley, quarryman, 37 vears old; No. 2, R. H. Covington, 33 years old; No. 8, John D. Daniel, 43 | vears old: No. 4, E. L. Wilson, 33 vears old: . 5, A. L. Fetterolf, con- tractor, 34 vears old: 0. 6, Irving M. Bass, Jr.. 30 years ol LN years nld No. s, W. L. Bur- ‘»ear; e \:o‘lz M. C. Robinson, 44 years old. fi Beattie Pleads Not Guilty. Beattie pleadad not guilty in a clear, ever voice. All motions of the defense for postponement were denied and mo- tions to quash the indictment over- ruled, so that when the morning ses sion was adjourned the preliminaries had been disposed of and seven of the prospective jurors were in the box. An Additional Venire. The afternoon session moved mor slowly. A second venire of 20 men was exhausted after tedious question- ing, but five more jurors, subject to the four peremptory challenges of the d>fense, were added to the seven se- lected previously. Judge Walter A. Watson then adjourned court, giving the sheriff until Wednesday to assem- ble the nddifiong] venire. Crowd Around Courthouse. There wers perhaps a thousand per- sons around the old courthouse durinz the day's proceedings, but few of th were from Richmond. The majority of the onlookers came from Chesterfield Courthouse and vicinity, and perhaps two hundred of these—all men—were able to crowd into the historic eourt- room. Miss Binford Not in Court. Beulah Binford, the pretty 17 vear old “girl in the case.” did not appear at the courthouse. She is held in jail at Richmond as a material witness, but it was not deemed necessary ‘0 bring her here today. Paul Beattie. the prisoner's cousin and one of the commonwealth’s chief witnesses, also was left in his cell at Richmond. Beattie's Father With Him. Mrs. Claudia Powell, sister of the Binford girl, appeared in the after- noon and attracted much attentjon. She said she had come because she was interested. Henry Clay Beattia, Sr. sat beside his son all day and followed the proceedings closely. Few words passed between him and the prisoner, who showed little or no nervousness when the indictment was read, though he fretted a bit during the afternoon. At times young Beattie whisperea suggestions to his lawyvers, H. M. Smith, Jr., and Hill Carter, and fre- quently he scanned with interest the newspaper “extras” giving the detaiis of the proceedings. Sheriff Gill took Beattie back to the Richmond jail to- night. authorizes the speaker to appoint a committee of thre= to conduct the in- quiry. CONDITIONS QUIETING DOWN AT LONDON. Truce in Effect on All Railway Lines With One Exception. —The_strife in the the United King- London, Aus. industrial worid of dom gradually is abating. With 2 truce in offect on all the railway lines except the London and Northeastern, the board of trade was occupied all of today in an endeavor to reach an amic- able” arrangement between the em- ployes of this line and the manage: and also in trying to settle the stri of the short sea traders. It was a nounced tonight that botH these cong troversies are now in line for early adjustment. Newsboys' Riot at Dublin. Dublin, Aug. 21.—Riots growing out of the strilke of newshovs were renewed tonight. The contents of several news- paper wagons were burned and thera was some stone throwing. The police, as on Sunday night. again werc com palled to make baton charges. Th evening's newspapers could not be pur- chased on the streets of the city. The offices of the newspapers are being strongly guarded POPE PIUS PUTS IN TIME AT HIS DESK. Expresses a Desire to Begin Holding Private Audiences Ag: 1 Rome, Aug. 21.—A return of the op- pressive heat wave today prevented Pops Pius from taking an intended outing in the vatican gardens, Despite the rise in temperature, however, his | holiness heard mass and conversed at length with Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal secratary of state, and after- words worked longer at his desk than at_any time since he has been ill. Pope Pius today expressed a desica that he be permitted to commence again the holding of private audiences, as there are some persons who h: been walting to see him since the b ginning of his illness. Americans at Esperanto Congress. Antwerp, August 21.—Sixty Ameri- can ‘delegates were present when the International Wsperanto congress opened its seventh annual ¢onvention today. I'ifteen nations were officially represented. Suicide at New Haven. New Haven, ~August 21.—A man whose identity is unknown, commit- ted suicide tonight by jumping into the harbor from drawbridge at Belle dock - 3 NEW HAVEN PALLADIUM TO GO OUT OF EXISTENCE. Publishers of Journal and Courier Ac- quire the Plant. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 21.—The purchase by the Carrington Publishing company, owners of the New Haven Journal and Courier, of the property and good will of the New Haven Pal- ladium was approved by Judge Gager of the superior court this afternoon, who accepted the recommendation of Howard Emerson, the temporary re- ceiver. existence at once. It was founded in 1828 and was one of the well known papers in Counecticut, and even in the broacer New England lield. The state had older papers, but for half a cen- tury none was better known than the Palladium. At different times it had editors and writers upon its staff who stood high in the journalistic field Many were writers of power and in- fluence in the state. The Journal-Courier in completing the purchase of the property takes over the good will which was the in- crement of four score years of contin- uous publication. ENGINEERS OF NEW HAVEN ROAD HAVE GRIEVANCE. Grand Chief of Brotherhood at New Haven to Investigate. * New Haven, Conn., Aug .21.—War- ren S. Stone of Cleveland, grand chief of.the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, was here today and met the grievance committee of the engineers of the New Haven system. It is un- derstood that a number of egineers have recently been discharged, and their grievances have come before the mittee. . Mr. Horn, assistant to President Mellen, has been informed of the visit of Mr. Stone. There is a probability that the case of the engi- neers, who number 39, will be carried to the road's officers. ENTIRE VENIRE DISCHARGED IN LABOR SLUGGER CASES. State's Attorneys Claxm ‘Men Summon- ed Are Unfit for Jury Servic Chicago, Aug. 2L.—After a week had been spent in obtaining eight jurors to try Waller Stevens and Joseph Kane, alleged labor sluggers, churged gwith assault with intent to kill, Jndge Hon- ore today dismissed the jurors from service, and discharged a venire of 65 at the request of the state, and con- tinued the trial.until the September term of court. The state’s attorneys gave as an excuse for this unusual re- quest-thar the men ‘summoned for jury service m unsatisfactory ‘The Palladium will pass out of | | perished and many were Condensed Te]egrams The Nltmnal Monetary Commission will close its work on March 31 next. A One-Pounder Gun, designed o riddle aercplanes, will be tried out b the navy depflrtment Anthony C. V- , member of the New York laundry firm of Gardher & Vail, died at Plainfield, aged 64, Alva Garnett, the Young La Crosse, ‘Wis.,, man whose death sleep has puz- zled” physicians, died jescerday. It is the Navy Department’s purpose to abandon all work at the Pensacola nwyyard, but not to dismantle it. Ensign R. S. Young, Jr, who disan peared from the destroyer Perkins, ha been declared mentally irresponsible. Postoffice Inspectors Raided the Office of J. C. Carrigan & Co. of New York, charging use of the mail:; to defraud. A Branch of the United States lif savings corps has been formed at Oal Bluffs with a membership of thirty. Senator La Follette Presented a res- clution fa®oring government ownershin of the railways, docks and terminals of Alaska. The Management of the Nine Day! international aviation meet at Chica- go estimate that 3,000,000 witnessed flights. Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Danby, Vt., was be- &un \esterdd) in the form of Old| Home week. Col. W. S. Rogers, 62, former ¢ state fire marshal and at one time of the state G. A. R., in Cleveland. 1% head The Fifty Year Oid French fishing schooner Jeune Andre was wreckea Sunday on the St. Pierre coast. Her | crew of 16 men were saved. Duliriess in the Cotton Industry had an added effect in Pawtucket, R. L, Yyesterday, when the plant of the J. & P. Coats, Ltd., closed for two weeks., Edwin D. Meade of Boston, secretary of the World's Peace foundation. in an interview in Berlin declared Germany was making strides in favor of inter- national peace. Crazed by His Long Suffering from asthma, Adoniram W. Raymond, 62, shot and killed elf on the lawn in front of his home at Middleboro, Mass., yesterday. Millions of Pounds of Butter, poul- try and fish and thousands of cases of eggs have been found in cold s in New York state, and the new will be actively enforced. William H. Webber, aged 49, jump- ed from the second story windowy of the Saco house, at Saco, Me,, yvs{m" day, and died thrce heurs. later from internal injurfes received. More Than a Score of Large Lumber Mills in the Gulf Coast timber territory of Texas and Louisiana closed down in Tesponse to the order of the Southern Lumber Operators’ association. The New Hampshire Public Service commission has approved the petition of the Boston and Maine railroad for authority to purchase the Worcester, Nashua and Rochester railroad. In a Futile Attempt to Rescue Henry Rother, 25 yvears old, who fell o board and was drowned, the steamer Favorite, with 300 passengers on ‘board, ran aground in Niagara river. Burrowing Through a Two Foot brick wall, two prisoners, John Spin- gel of North Tonawanda and John Mo- ran of Lockport escaped from the agara county jail at Lockport, N. Y. The Election Campaign in Canada is at its height and on all sides it is now recognized that reciprocity is the paramount issue. More than 100,000 conventions have bfen held the last wek. Charges of Political Activity and general unfitness for office were made Yesterday against Fred Grenier, the postmaster of Buffalo, N. Y. the house committee on po: penditures. The Opel Sewing Machine and bicy- cle works at R elheim, Germany were destroyed by fire. Two persms | ed. njur loss is estimated at between $1.000,00) and $1,250,000. An Investigation Into Causes lea ing to the panic of 1907 and the bene- fits secured from it for any persons or corporations_was asked senate resolution offered vesterday by Sena- tor Owen of Oklahoma. The Norfolk and Western Railway has notified United tates Distric: Judge Keller of West Virginia that it s prepared to confess judgment case of 27 counts for violation of the safety appHnnz‘e law. Sent to the Senate yesterday the nominations of James T. Dubois of Hailstead, Pa.. to be min- ister of Colombia and Thomas P. Mof- fat of New York to he sonsul general at Singapore, Straits Settlements. The President An Explading Soda Tank partly wrecked a confectionery store in Court strect, Boston, vesterday,causing prob- ably fatal Injuries to George Orphun- ides, an employe, and painfully injur- ing an unknown woman and a baby. How Best to Combat the Increasing tendency of housewives to bake their bread, is one of the principal topics on the programme of the annual con- vention of the Natjonal Association of Master Bakers at Kansas City, Mo. The Trial of Eric S. Swanson, the chauffeur chavged with manslaughter for causing the death of Mrs. Jennie R. Matterson on August 8, was held in the second district court at Wakefield, 3 yesterday. He was found not Dr. F. L. McLeod, former pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Wil- mington, Del., and later pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Saranac, N. Y, died en route to Colorado Springs, Col., from his ranch near Silt, Colorado. A Meteor, Which Appeared to be as large as four planets, including Venus and Mars, exploded and dropped iuto the * Atlantic ocean on the night of August 17, according to Chief Officer Valdemir Wuhldorff of the steamer Texas. i Employes of 'the Columbian Manu- facturing company’s mills at Green- ville, N. H., returned to work yester- day, after being out of work the past two weeks. Durng tie shutdown ten- ants employed at the mul were not charged rent 3 died at his home | in al Says Wiley is Over-Sensitive SECRETARY WILSON TESTIFIES AT INVESTIGATION, THE CORN-SYRUP INCIDENT Declares Action “of Secretaries Was Taken Out of. Deference to Presi- den’s Wishes—Wiley Radical. Washington, Aug. slonal investigation into the attempt to oust _r, H. W. Wiley from his po- ition as head of the bureau of chem- 21.—The congre: istry in the department of agriculture was closed today with the testimony of Secretary Wilson, . Says Dr. Wiley Was Over-Sensitive. Many times in his testimony Se e ary Wilson condemned Dr. Wiley | demeanor, charging that he was ove r sensitive because his findings on pure | food and drugs w. not accepted as | final, but were sometimes referred to |the ‘ooard of which Ira Remsen is | chairman. As he was leaving the | stand, Secretary Wilson declared that | he would prefer to resign his job to going’ through another “hureau’ row.’ | The witness ‘was not_cross-examined by counsel for Dr. Wiley because of the relative positions of the two prin- cipals Wilson Became Suspicious. | Secretary Wilson said he became | suspicious” of the employment of Dr. | H. H. Rusby of New York, the drug | expert, and storm center of the in- vestigation, when he was shown & let- ter purporting to have been written | by Dr. Kalzer of the bureau of chem- | istry, telling Dr. Rusby that it would be all the same whether he worlead one day or many. The employment had been approved by the secretary, but he said that he did not examine into the details of the contract, leav- | ing that to Dr. Wiley. Alleged Double Dealing. vestig: that Dr. R had a m drug importers for opinions regarding samples of drugs they were considering import ing, and then passed the drugs later as the representative of the govern ment. He said an inspector had ported he had discovered one such al- leged instance. Coco Cola Expert Got $1,000. In testifying abont the employment of experts, he sald that in the coco cola case Dr. Wiley had agreed to give an expert $1,000 for appearing in the maiter, and later the expert wanted “I paid the expenses because we had agreed to do so, and I issued an order that thereafter Dr. Wiley might seleet the exper but Solicitor MeCabe was to fix the te of compensation,” sald the secretary The Corn Syrup Case. . The witness said Dr Wiley seem- ingly 1ts to put me in a hole about the corn syrup e: It was in this case that Dr. Wiley mittee about the thr had told the com- cabinet officers charged with supervisory duties over pure food and drug questions, ehang- {ing the decision of the pure food and | Irugs board relative to a substance be- ing “glucose” or “corn syrup” after the decision had gone to print. Conference at White House. “Dr. Wiley has forgotten a confer- ence he attended on that subject,” satd Secretary Wilson. “He attended, and so did I It was hell at the White House during the administration of President Roosevelt. There was an exceedingly discussion. Ve 3 ident had an opinion about a person who thought that the substance was not syrup.” int Decision Made to Pleass Roosevelt. He told how the three secretaries de- cided that 3 thstance ecould be named whereupon Rep- resentative suggested that they did it cut of xp"ufl to the dent’s ek well for those under a man to ten to him or leave the service* re- plied the secretary Wiley’'s Recommendations Radical. cretary denounced as 4- recommendation of Dr. Wiley that food containing alum be pro ed until the referes board has passed on the subject. In support of refusal { to do so, Sec on referred to President Taft, saving the question that manufacturers of bleached flonur should be permitted to continue their manufacture until the courts had passed on an appeal Would Ruin Persons in Business. “If we took such action as Dr. Wi- {lev recommended on articles whare | there was no question of delsterious {effect on health, we wounld ruin the persons engaged in the business befors { the Remsen hoard passed on the aqu tion, d the se Never Opposed Wiley Testifying. i rring to attempt to get Dr. Wiley to test bout the effect of benzoate of soda in_the ¥amous Tndi- ina, case. when the Remsen board was requested by the secretary to testifs the witness said it seemed to him diculous. “Dr Wiley knows T never opposed his_ going anywhere,” said the wit- ness. “Why get me to order him teo testify, when he could zo himself.” “But haven”"t you just said you wenld regard such act as insubordination?” the secretary was asked. “Of anvone below a chief of a bu- reau; not a chief.” Corroboration of Wilson’s Testimony. John Ball Osborne, chief of the bu- reau of trade relations of the state department, was called to substantiate Secretary Wilson's statement that Dr. Wiley had attended a conference at the state department with the French ambassador, in which it was agreed not to enforce the federal law regard- ing sulphate dioxide in imported fruit juices until the Remsen board had passed on_the subject. Mr. Osborne said) Dr. Wiley was'there as the rep- resentative of the department of agri- culture. “I did not know he was there im any such capacity,” said Secretary Wilson. “Why did he gu then? T do not know. I gues becanse he was a friend of the French wmbassa- dor.” Second Regiment Range Day. New Haven, Coun’, Aung. 21.—The Second regiment range day will be on September 16th at the East Haven range. The state shoot for the trophy will be atL the tange on September 21 and 22. Colonel Geddes today stated that his resignation has been u-cd and will be accepted ant about the first of Noyember. 'nnm shoot will mark2his final Im- a regimental commands”