Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 6, 1911, Page 1

VOL. Lilt.—NO. 213 BEATTIE'S TRIAL NEARING THE END Evidence in Case Closed Yesterday and Ar- guments to Be Made Tomorrow A POINTED QUESTION TO PRISONER Beattie Ask=d to Explain How Gun Which Was Bought by His Cousin, Came Into Hands of a Highwayman —Beulah Binford Not Called as Witness—May be Released From Jail Today—Government Rebuttal. urthouse, Va,, Sept. 5. brevity both the esterfield —With unexpected common weaith and the defénse in the trixl of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., indict- ed for the murder of his wife, closed the evidence in the case Iy after 6 o'clock tonight Court Adjourned Until Tomorrow. cution wanted to know how it happen- ed that a gun, admittedly purchased by & cousin of Henry C. Beattie, Jr, and corroborated by witness for the defense s having been purchased on the Saturday before the murder, came to be in the hands of the very high- wavman who killed Mrs. Beattie on the Midlothian turnpike four days lat- Judge Watson stretched his' arms er. o adiourn until Thursdsy morh- | The prisoner answered simply that fomorrow o be devoted to argu-|he knew nothing of the purchase of T T +e {0 any gun, and did not see the weapon instructions o be given the jury| till it was raised by the lone highway- sre the arsument proper is begun|Man. The prosecution here rested the e 1y cross-examination, and thereupon be- . gan the introduction of witnesses to . Beulsh Binford Neét Called. discredit testimony of the accused. The hen court adjourned tonight Beu- | attack, it was evident, was conducted Binford. the so-called girl in the| by (he prosecution on the theory tha‘ se.allezed by the prosecution to have | if one or two important points in the the motive for the murder by | story of the prisoner could be discred- his young wife, still was in vithiot having uttered a single rd of mony. Scarcely an hour ¥ the cleven days of testi- mony r name was not on the tnesses or counsel for either Eice Feared She Would Favor Beatti Admittedly fearing that she would ulously avoid injuring the case r former companion, at any cost, statements and interviews ga- fortified the prosecution with d as all necessary in monwealth did not Claim Ske Was the Motive. & it she was the tive for rime,” Prosecut: senturk said tonizht, “without ring her testimomy. Our witnesses the admissions of the prisoner self have told th jury enough.” May Be Released Today. A figure, Paul Beattie, cousin fession of 4 shotgun for 1e hemicide, t case for th like: was kept in jail, and the Binford girl are ) Le released tomerrow. Judge plained bis attitude toward ontiriued imprisonment by saying he cour: reom yesterday that un- © gir] was to he put on the =« =tand he wished “to turn her h Case Closed Suddenly. sing of the case was sudden, E Hjll Carter of the defenes first announced 13 a few witnesses for the bhut it the commonwealth st its case they would agreement was ae- Watson arranged to both sides in Rich- omorrow in a conference con- instructions to he given jury. r will be kept in confine- e jail at Chesterfield and the il remain in that hamlet. ie's Testimon, Attacked. ng today 1l connected line, the pros- ter completing its _short ation of the prisoner, tal ttered in the evidence. e to an- its mith _and e to r ke 1 and Judge ounsel for ) evidence was of the c secution skimmed o ertain points in uilt up previously, but was the direct attack the prisoner. A Staggering Question. question of importance cution put to the dccused examination early to- doy was ne on which the com- monwealtlt has been basing practically i1« whole case agdinst him. The pros ny « the case would be established. The Cousins Seen Together. The commonwealth introduced sev- eral witnesses to prove that the two cousins, Henry aud Paul, were togeth- er on Thursday night, as Wweil as on Saturday night preceding the murder, which contention was denied by the prisoner on the stand. Tt was on Thursday night that Paul declared his cousin_first asked him to buy a shot- gun. Not only were witnesses brought to the stand who testified that Paul was called _on_the telephone by his cousin Henry that night and requested to meet him at a certain street corner, but witnesses who said they saw the pair on that corner, as well as in 2 barroom later, corroborated the story of Paul Beattie as to his movements | on the Thursday night in question. | Attack on Neblitt’s Testimony. | Witness were adso introduced with | the purpose of discrediting the testi- | mony of E. H. Neblitt, who declared he | saw Paul with a shotgun on the bridge, i where Neblitt worked, a day after Paul | s story alleges that Paul trans- | ferred the fatal gun to Henry. Two | men said they were on the bridge whil: Neblitt was there and they declared that Paul had no shotgun. Says Man Was Not Kestleberg. The commonwealth attempted’ to cast_some doubt, too, on the evidence of Charles H. Kestleberg, who said it was he who was motoring on Midlo- thian turnpike on the night of the murder and who stopped his méchine while a woman stood on the running | board. Roland lLassitter, one of the | group of boys who saw the car with the woman on the running board and a man crouched before the hood, declar- ed he knew Kastleberg as well as the make of his car, and that neither the man nor the car were the same. Corroboration of Paul Beatti Though various phases of. the case were entered into, the prosecution in effect really comcentrated its attention ited, tie, not only as to the purchase of the gun, but as to his presence on the ve- randa of the prisoner's home on_the night following the murder, when Paul claims Henry confessed to him that he committed the crime. Witnesses were brought forward to contirovert the story of the accused on the stand yes- terday that while Paul was on the ve- randa that night they were not alone, and that the many people were pres- ent for any private conversation. Victim's Brother Testifies. The principal witness in refuting | this was Henry B. Owen, a brother of the dead woman, who {festified that Paul and Henry not only jere alone in one portion of the veranda, but that h> later cbserved them alone within the room. WINNER HARD PRESSED BY CONNECTICUT MARKSMAN @. W. Chesley Gives Lisutedant Cald- well a Run for His Money. ea Girt, N. J., Sept. 5—Ohio marks- mien showed to advanimge In the Spen- cer match, an individual competition, Which was one of the features in day's round of the 21st annual Girt shooting tourmament. Lieut.- the won Colonel Winter of that st mateh, while seven other Buckeve ex- perts and G, W. Chesley and J. W. Hessian of Connecticut were among the prize winners. The cavalry match was won by the team representing the field and staff of the Third New Jer- ser Infantry. while first place in the Hayes match went to rseutenant Cald- of the First District of Columbia | ntry. Caldwell was hard pressed by G. W. Chesley of Connecticut. Both men made possibles, and continued shooting. Caldwell won ehen he made his 18th bullseve, while (hesiey made 5. Among the fifteen prize winners in the Haves match was H..J. Guss- man of Connecticut with a score of 4 An incident of the day was the re- cording of 53 successive hullseves at £00 veards by Captain Clopton, U. S A, in practice. SEEKS DIVORCE AFTER €0 YEARS OF MARRIAGE Woman of 84 Claims Husband Woen't Provide for Her. Findlay. Ohio, Sept. 5.—Mrs. Delilah Cook, 84, today sued for divorce from the man who has been her husband for sixty vears, Stephen Cook. 84, a farmer, living near here. She claims that he no longer will provide for her. The Cooks have spent their entire married 1ife on the s—ail farm, it be- Ing purchased and cleared just prior to their wedding. Three Years for Shooting. Rockville, ~Conn.. Sepl. 5.—Judge Ralph Wheeler in (ke criminal side of e superior court_ here today sen- LT Auvgustinoe Nuzzo to less than three or more than four and a half years in prison for assault with jntent to kill and earryinz concealed Seapohs. Nusso Sl /a-feliow . tal- ROUTE OF PRESIDENT'S TRIP MAPPED OUT | Will Pass Through 24 States and Travel 13,000 Miles. i Bevarly, Mass., Sept. 5.—The route along which President Taft will thread his way for 13,600 miles was definitely mapped today in the executive office: and the pencilled line runs through 2. states, while over one hundred cities ar> red dotted, showing pauses for speeches on tariff, reciprocity, arbi- tration, conservation and Alaska. The president’s trip will start from the South station in Boston on Sep- | tember 15 and finish at Washington jon November 1 in time to hear the verdict in some of the states in tte 1 election. six days later. 1 In five states he makes no sto | The longest jump on the trip is { miles from Los Angeles to Sait Lake City, while the president will seldom. £o more than twenty or thirty miles without stopping to say a word either at some local hall or from the rear platform of his car. It is therefore expected that several million persons will hear the presi- dent’s voice or at least catch a glimpie of the presidential smile. | pS. URGES EMPLOYING BOYS IN THE POSTAL SERVICE. Maher of New Haven Tells How Gov- ernment Could Sa Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 5.—The United States government can save from $1,- 000,000 to $5/000,000 yearly by placing boys in the postal service above the age of 15 years,” was the statement made by Postmaster Maher of New Haven, Conn. at the annual conven- tion of the National Association ot Supervisors of Postoffice Employes, which convened here yesterday. Mr. Maher, assistant superintendent of Is ‘at New Haven, declared that voung men botween thé ages of 15 and I8 years would prove efficient as clerks or “carriers in the service. He they could be paid at the rate of $500 a year. Hartford.—Miss Ella May Thornton, assistant in the state library of Geor- { ia, visited the Connecticut state Ii- brary last week, She is making a tour which all the state libra- on corrobating the story of Paul Beat-, Cabled Paragraphs Paris, Sept. 5.—Leopold Flameng, a noted French engraver, is dead. London, Sept. 5.—At 10 o'clock to- night _the attending surgeon reported that James R. Keene continued to im- prove. His condition gives entire sat- isfaction. Gibraltar, Sept, 5.—The United States gunboat Ranger arrived here today from Queenstown. She is bound for the United States by way of the Azores and Bermuda Belgrade, Servia, Sept. 5. which is now raging in Turkey, has crossed the Turkish frontier. Twelve cases of the disease were reported to- day at the Servian town of Rashka. Cholera. Kiel, Sept. 5.—The great German naval ‘fleet was reviewed by Emperor William in the harber here this morn- ing, thousands of spectators being given the opportunity of observing the progress made by the navy. Georgetown, British Guiana, Sept. 5. —The Rev. O. E. Davis, superintendent of the British Guiana mission of the Seventh Day Adventist denomination, the headquarters of which are at Washington, D. C.,, has been murdered in_ the interior ‘while proselytizing among the natives. Christiania, Sept, 5.—Kin~ Haakon and Queen Maud took part today in the celebration of the centennial of the founding of the University of Chris- tiania. They were preseni this even- ing at a fete given in the national theater, as were also 150 representa- tives of foreign universities, including a score of American professors. BISHOP NILAN RAPS NEW FEMININE STYLES. Says Women Shape Their Garments to Resemble Man’s Attire. Hartford, Sept. 5.—Bishop John . Nilan had some up-to-date remarks to make concerning women's dress in the course of his sermon at St. Joseph's cathedral Sunday. He sald that we hear a great dal about women's rights, which are really women's wrongs. Woman was created to be man’s help- mate and to supplement what he lack- ed. She was to be kind and patient under long suffering. Continuing, he spoke in substance as follows ow the master of fashion seems e preparing her to take her place along with man by shaping her gar- ments so that they more and more closely resemble man’s attire, with the result that she disfigures her beauty and deforms her natu Gone is the old-time womanly expression of sweet- ness and modesty, and in its place we have the swagger and the stare. You should educate your children and mold the little girls’ characters so that they will lgok as sweet and innocent as possible, and the man with the evil d then will not dare to utter his evil thoughts in their presence. ““There js. one way in which T wish the women would try to imitate the men. When a man is at his work he occasionally rolls back his sleeves and bares his breast. But when that man goes into the presence of his superior or of women he puts on his coat, fastens his collar and is fully dressed. With women it Is just the opposite. and she seems to feel most dressed when her arms and neck and shoul- ders are uncovered. _Aside from the phase of immodesty, T tell vou this is ot proper.” THE EXACT CENTER ' OF OUR POPULATION Indiana Professor “Places it Below Window of Furniture Factory. Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 5.—Going the government one better, the center of population of the United States has not only been placed in Bloomington, but has been so exactly located by Prof, W. A. Cogshall of the Univer- sity ‘of Indiana, that it now rests be- neath one of the windows of a furni- ture factory in the northwest section of Bloomington, Having taken up its abode here after years at Columbus, Ind., the-population center is expected to Temain one of the “assets” of Bloomington for some time. to MR. HELL WANTS HIS NAME CHANGED TO HILL Does Not Believe Present Name Would Look Good on Sign. New York, Sept. 5—0. H. Hell ap- plied to County Judge Grant in Brook- Iyn today for an order changing his name to Otto Hiil, for business rea- sons. “I am about to open a confectionery store,” said Mr. Hell. “and I want my name in big electric letters over the door. I don’'t think it would look very well.” . “The court agrees with you, Mr. Hell,” said Judge Grant. “Bring the papers in and I'll approve them.” RETURNED FROM FRANCE. Principal Edward Fitzgerald and Otis T. Bradley Home in Derby After an Unusually Fine Trip. Edward Fitzgerald, principal of the Derbq high school, and acting super- intendent of the Derby schools, and Otis T. Bradley returned from Europe, where they had been spending the sum- mer vacation, on Wednesday on the steamship Oceanic. The greater part of the time was spent in France, where they traveled a great deal and saw much of the coutry. Mr. Bradley be- cause of his size attracted a good deal of attention. The ¥Frenchmen as a rule being small men, appreciate-a big man when they see one, and when - they found out that Mr. Bradlex had just turned his 16th year and weighed 240 pounds, they were amazed. Most of them wers given an opportunity to guess his age, put him down as 20 years at least. Bradley did not like the attention he atiracted, being of a modest temperament as well as de- meanor, but he soon found that he could not travel without Going it and so philosophically made the best of the situations as they arose—Ansonia Sentinel. MISS CARRINGTO NREISGNS. Senior Librarian in P the State. Miss Louise M. Carrington, senior librarian in point of service in the state, resigned Friday as head of the t of Service in Beardsley -library at Winsted. Miss Carrington has been conneeted with the library for 37 years and two months. She has filled every office of the, Connecticut Library assoeciation excepting that-of president. Miss Car- rington was the second secretary of the state association, succeeding Miss Hewins at Hartford, and only recently resigned from the office of treasurer. In the early ages of the Christian era the fathers of the church futilely. -Pmujflw‘!‘?“l'“"!'" 5 IR T SN e BRr o ! Child Ran in Front of Auto EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL KILLED AT NARRAGANSETT PIER WHILE CROSSING A STREET Machine Driven by ex-Secretary of Navy Newberry, Who is Guest at Watch Hill—Latter Surrenders. Narragansett Pier, R. I, Sept. 5.— An automobile driven by Truman H. Newberry of Detroit, Mich, former secretary of the navy, struck and kill- e deight year old Helen Ellis of Mil- ton, Mass., tonight. Child Was Crossing Street. The child started to cross the street and had nearly reached the other side when her mother called to her to warn her of the approach of an automobile. The child turned and stepped back right into the pathway of the machine and was instantly killed. Newberry Surrenders Himself. Mr. Newberry immediately gave him- self to the police and was placed un- der arrest on a charge of manslaugh- ter. He was later released under $5,000 honds which were furnished by John C. Jovee of Narragansett. Summering at Watch Hill. Mr. Newberry is spending the sum- mer at Watch Hill and was on his wa; there at the time of the accident. Says It Was Unavoidable. Former. Secretary Newberry was badly broken up over the accident and had lttle to say. “I don’t want to talk about it.” he told newspapermen who sought to _question him. It was unavoidable. 1 was going about 12 miles an hour and the child ran in front of the machine too late for me to stop it. That's all there is to say about it.” Newberry Held Blameless. Witnesses of the accident generally hold Mr. Newberry blameless. The little girl was about to step up on to the sidewalk and would easily have reached it had she not turned. Then it was too late for Mr. Newberry {o stop his machine, though he appeared to have it under perfect control. Will Appear in Court Monday. Mr. Newberry will appear in the district court at Wakefleld Monday morning to answer to the charge against him. Tonight he is at b summer home at Watch Hill, denying himself to all visitors, Girl’s Mother Prostrated. The death of the little girl has pros- trated her mother, who Twitnessed the accident. Mrs..G. F. Bush, a member of the Ellis family party, and several other ladies, also saw the child killed as they sat upon the hotel veranda. DR. BRADFORD KILLED BY TRAIN AT MOOSUP Struck by Engine on Providence-Wil- limantic Line and Was Picked Up Dead. Moosup, Sept. 5.—Dr. Samuel Brad- ford, D.V.S., of Brooklyn, aged 76, was dnstantly killed at the Glen Falls crossing near_here by the passenger train due in Moosup from Providence at 1018 this morning. Dr. Bradford was driving in a closed carriage and probably” did not head the automatic bell which was placed at the cross- ing, or the while of the engine. The Jocomotive- crushed the carriage and: hurled Dr. Bradford out. The ribs on hhis left side were crushed in and he was hurst about the head. The horse escaped without a scratch, clearing itself and running three miles before it ‘was captured. Dr. Bradford was on his way back from Sterling when the aczident occurred. He was a state veterinarian and was known all over Windham county as an. inspector of cattle. Dr. W. W, Adams of Moosup, medical - examiner. viewed the body and permitted its removal to an un- dertaking room in Moosup. Dr. Bradford had lived practically all his life in Brooklyn, .He leaves a wife and one child. SECRETARY BIDWELL SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS. Former Hartford Man Has Been Miss- ing Since Last June. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 5—Following a mesting of the Kentucky racing com- mission here tpday, Chairman Milton Young_made the announcement that W. E. Bidwell, former secretary of the commission, is short $1,203 in his ac- counts, Bidwell came to Lexington from Hartford, Conn. He disappea in June and no trace of him has since been found. His friends believe he is dead. MILKMAN DROWNED iN A POND OF BUTTERMILK. Tank Burst and Driver Was Submerg- ed in Escaping Fluid. Gilmore, Neb., Sept. 5.—Thomas Tier, & milkman, was drowned near here to- day in 1,000 gallons of buttermilk. Tler was driving a tank containing th= but- ‘tcl’mflk to this city when the wagon dropped into a. depression in the road and overturned. The tank burt and the milk filled the depression. Iler was caught beneath the tank. 11l Health Causes Resignation. New York, Sept. 5.—Jaames E. Sulli~ van, chairman of the New York state athletic commission, 'has tendered his resignation frem the commission. Mr. Sullivan was injured in a train wreck near Fort Wayne, Ind., recently, and in his telegram of resignation to Gov- ! ernor Dix he gives ill health as a rea- | son for leaving the commssion. Ex-Shah's Forées Routed. Teheran, Sept. 5.—The forces of the ex-shah, Mohammed Ali Mirza, suf- fered a crushing defeat today at Imamzadeh-Jafar. Arsch Ed Dowleh, one of the leaders of the rebels, was wounded and taken prisoner. The ex- shah lost 400 men wounded and taken prisoners and 80 killed. Seligman-Wadsworth Wedding. London, Sept. 6.—G. W. Seligman, son of the late Joseph Seligman, of New York, and Alice, widow of the late R. C. W. Wadaworth and daughter of James Benedict, of New York, were married today at St. Mury Abbotts church- at Kensington. Steamer Arrivals. D JKaiser Wilhels der Grosse, from New York. e Alew York: . Sept. 6, Ameflcml ood, Famine And Rebellions CHINESE EMPIRE HAS A COMBI- NATION OF EVILS. THOUSANDS HAVE DROWNED District 700 Miles in Length Inundated —Cotton and Rice Crops Destroyed and Five Uprisings Reported. Peking, Sept. 5—The great flood which is devastating a part of the Chinese empire extends from Ichang in the province of Hupeh to Shang- hai on the coast, a distance of about seven hundred miles. The banks of the Yangtse Kiang has been obliter- ated, except in _the highlands and around the walled cities and towns. Thousands Are Drowned. So far the loss of life can only be estimated, but it is believed that thou- sands of persons have been drowned. Farmhouses znd brush huts have been submerged throughout the entire dis- trict or are floating down the river. The 10ss to foreign property is exten- sive, Cotton and Rice Crops Destroyed. Shanghai trade has been scriously affected and the cotton and rice crops in the Yangtse Kiang valley have been completely destroyed. The consequent famine will doubtless bs more severe even than that of last year. Famine in Manchuria. The Liao river in Manchuria is also flooded. Many have been drowned and a serious famine in that section is certain. Five Rebellious Outbreaks. The Chinese government has other important matters confronting it at the present time. Rebellions have aris- en in not less than five different quar- ters. Reporis received here say_that in the province of Kansu the Moham- ‘medans, 20,000 strong, are threaten- ing Siningfu. The Canton authori- ties are worried by terrorists, whom they are endeavoring to ferret out. Appeal to Russia for Protection. Reports have also been received that Chinese troops in Tibet have been defeated with a loss of 600 men and have retired into Lhasa. In the fourth place, the Mongolian princes and re- ligious heads are uniting against the Chinese development and colonization schemes are reported to have appealed to Russia for protection. Qutbreak Against Railway Projects. The people of the province of Sze- chuan have risen against the railway projects, chiefly the Szechuan-Hankow project. ‘At present the troops are maintaining order but. the situation hinges on_their remaining loyal. The success of the Szechuanites would practically mean the end of railroad development throughout the country. The government, however, has inform- ed the legations that it is confident of holding the upper hand. “GOD KNOWS MY SIN,” JOHNSON’S MESSAGE. Official of Missouri Methodist Confer- ence Mysteriously Disappears. Zolumbia, Mo., Sept. 5.—Members of the Missouri Methodist conference de- parted for their homes today, stunned and saddened by the sudden disappear- ance of the Rev. H. H. Johnson of Clarence, Mo., secretary of the board of church extension and one of the leading Methodist ministers in Mis- souri. Dr. Johnson left here Saturday, and. later a message was received from him in Mexico, Mo. The minister resigned from_the Dboard, from the conference and from the ministry. He ended his fessage with the sentence: “God knows my sin.” Dr. Johmson built a fine church in Clarence, where he fus 2 family. Mrs. Johnson Prostrated. Clarence, Mo, Sept. 5.—Further than to say that she believed her husbend to be in Towa now, and that she would make no statement until she heard from him, Mrs. H. H. Johnson, wife of the Southern Methodist minister whose resignation from all offices con- neoted with the church was made known in Columbia, Mo., today, would not comment on the case. Mrs, John- son is prostrated. NEW YORK CHURCH GETS $72,000 FROM MRS. EDDY Court Modifies Injunctjon Enabling Payment of That Sum. Concord, N. H., Sept. 5.—The liti- gation over the estate of the late Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church, advanced another stage in the superlor court here today. Chief Justice Robert M. Wallace, who some time ago granted an injunction restraining the execu- tor of the Eddy estate, Henry M. Bak- er of Bow. from Temoving any proper- ty of the estate from this state, to- day modified_the injunction so as to permit of the payment of $72,000 to the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, of New York. Mrs. Bddy's will pro- vided for the payment to this church of a sum, not to exceed $175,000, suf- ficient to pay off its indebtedness. The payment of this bequest was assented to by counsel in the wlil litigation. $2,000 NECKLACE LOST ON A BOSTON TROLLEY. Police Looking for Man Who Sat Be- side Miss Schelling. Boston, Sept. 5.—The los sof a $2,000 garnet necklace by Miss Julia_Schell- ing, member of a prominent Spokane, Wash,, family was reported to the Boston police today. Miss Schelling, Who left for her home this afternoon, said that the necklace, which consisted of 150 garnet stones, disappeared while she was on a trolley car in this city yesterday. It is understood the police are looking for a young .woman who sat next to Miss Schelling on the car, Corporation Certificates. Corporation papers as follows have been filed with the state secretary Connecticut Sash & Door Co, of New Haven: to start with $25,000 capital: incorporated by Edward S. Minor, S. Edwin Wentworth and Walter . French. New England Furniture Co., of New Haven: organized with $2,000 capital Edward Alderman, president and se retary; Benjamin Svirsky, treasurer. The Copaline Manufacturing Co., of New Haven; to start with $1,000 cor] ted by Rothschild, “Rol 2 Condensed Telegrams N\ -.The Anglo-American Conference on simplified spelling is on in London. United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey will not be a candidate for re- election. Dr. Theodore G. Herzog, a scientist, formerly of Baltimore, died at St. Louis. France’s Great Flost was reviewed by President Falleries in the roadstead at Toulon. Three More Bodies of the seven men who lost their lives in Maumee b: mear Toledo, O., Were recovered. T The Annual Meetin Union Congress has castle, England. of the Trades egun in New- Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel took luncheon with President Taft at Beverly vesterday. Since the Beginning of the present year the total number of deaths from cholera in Italy has passed the 30,000 mark. | David Rockefeller Smith, a cousin of | John D. Rockefeller, died at his home | at Warrensburg, Mo., yesterday, aged 81 years, Rev. C. M. Surdam, a well known | Merhodist minister of, New York, drop- ped dead in a railway station in Flem- ingville, N, Y. The Gérman Foreign Minister gave a farewell luncheon in Berlin in honor of the retiring American ambassador, Dr. David J. Hill Toadstools Were the Immediate Cause of the wiping out of the entire family of Michael Loprete of New Rochelle, N. Y., vesterday. Alexander McLeod of Winnipeg, Can- ada, fell from an aeroplane at a prac- tice field at West Pullman, near Chi- cago, and broke his neck. The United States Navy will adopt the 16 inch gun if foreign competition warants it. At present this eountry is the only one to use the 14 inch gun. William Brigan of Worcester, Mass., is in a serious condition in a Philadel- phia hospital, as the result of three days’ confinement in a refrigefator car. Louis Disbrow, driving a Pope-Hart- ford, made a new world's record at Old Orchard Beach, Me., yesterday after- noon, going 25 miles in 15 minutes 25 seconds. The Annual Convention of the Polish Knights of Alliance of America opened in Detroit with the greatest attend- ance of delegates the order has ever had at a convention. The Comptroller of the Treasury vesterday issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks of the United States at the close of Dusiness on Friday, Sept. 1, 1911, United States Senator Lorimer of Tllinols had a narrow escape from death Monday, when an aeroplane driven by August Kuzick knogked off his hat at High Lake, near West Chi- cago. Ticket Soalpers Selling Seats for the ~Gotch-Hackenschmidt wrestling bout reaped one of the largest har- vests ever recorded for a similar event in Chicago, according to the venaers themselves. The Action of President Taft on the Arizona statehood bill, eliminating the Tecall of the judiciary, was denounced as an attempt at the bribery of the people by Senator Clapp of Minnesota at a banquet. Recent Advances in the Freight rates on rice and ice products from Houston, Tex., to New York and At- lantic seaboard ports, generally, were | attacked yesterday before.the inter- state commerce commission. o Railroad Men Say the Erie and Pitts- burg express would not have been wrecked Monday night at Dock Junc- tion, Pa., if Engineer Jones had been a minute later. His friends claim he was dead before the accident. Standing Over the Graves of his wife and daughter in Forest Hills ceme- tery,~Boston, Christian Rauch of 420 Laurel street, Manchester, N. H., end- ed his life yesterday by Sending a re- volver bullet through his right temple. Despondent Because He Could not find employment caused Rudolph Pick- ard, formerly a foreman in a woolen mill in Harmons, Me., to commit sui- side by hanging himself to a bedpost in 2 lodging house at Lynn, Mass, yester- ay. According to Unofficial information, the dreadnought Delaware fired her big guns at the repair ship Panther, mis- taking her for the old battleship San Marcos, in the long-range firing tests in the Chesapeake bay several days ago, When Five Year Old Reuben Mar- shall v/as knocked down and run over by a junk wagon vesterday at Lynn, Mass., the driver did not stop to find out how badly the child was hurt, but rapidly drove on. The boy died an hour Ilater. A a Result of Recurhence or scurvy, a malady which he contracted while confined as a prisoner of war in Libby prison, in 1861-62, Samuel A. Cooper, a former senator and state representative; is dead at his home at Colebrook, Conn. - g John" H. Cusack of Brooklyn, who.| was John Sullivan’s batker when the former champion was defeated at New Orleans in 1892 by = James J. Corbett, died yesterday at his home in Brooklyn. He lost $68,000 on Sulli- van in that fight. Paul Geldel, the Bellboy from Hart- | ford who slew William Jackson, the | New York broker, was sentenced ves- terday by Judge Crain in general ses- Victim Was in New Haven Place With Poolroom Proprietor—Italian Fo! Cafe With Italian and L ew Haven, Sept. 5.—Angry becaus: she left him for another man with whom she had an_ appointment, An- drea Tanganelli of Milldale tonight shot and almost instanthy killed Mrs. Norma Clark, who lived with her al leged husband, Fred Clark, a bartender at a local hotel, on Dixwell avenue. Murderer Arrested. Tanganelli was arrested and is held without bonds while William F. Rog- | ers of Hamden is held under $500 bonds as a material witness. Met ltalian at Cafe. Mrs. Clark had an appointment with Rogers for tonight and went to a local cafe on George street early in the eve- ning, where she met Tanganelli. When Rogers appeared later in the evening she left the Milldale man and went out with Rogers. Deserts Italian for Rogers, This angered the Italian and he is alleged to have stated to another wo- man who was in the place that he would kill Mrs. Clark. When Rogers and Mrs. Clark 'left the place they were soon followed by Tanganelli, who passed them and then waited for them to pass and then trailed them again, - Tanganelli Buys Revolver. Rogers and the woman stopped in several places during the early eve- ning while Tanganelli stopped follow- ing them long enough to purchase a 32-calibre revolver. Shortly before the shooting the couple met Mrs, Clark’s husband and the three walked Crown street to Orange, Where, ing that Tanganelll was still follo the two sterped back to speak to hi but he followed Mrs, Clark across street *and fired three times at B none of the bullets striking her, Fourth Shot Killed Woman. A fourth shot was fired when Wi in’ two feet of her struck Mys. in the back inflicting a fatal wo Clark grabbed the Itallan and the assistance of passing autom ists and persons attracted by the pounded him severely, He was laf placed in custody. 5 Died on Way to Hospital. Mrs. Clark was taken to & hol in a passing automobile and being taken into the institution. ers and Clark both ran away from scene, but the former returned. gave himself up. Clark has not been found, Victim Is 25 Years Old. Mrs. Clark was 25 years old amd has lived with Clark for some. Tanganelli'is about 49 years old. Rog- | ers runs a pool room on Dixwell ave- nue. Woman Belongs in Altoona. The police late tonight stated that Mrs. Norma Clark’s right name was Mrs, C. P. Davis and that her home was in Altoona, Pa. where it is al. leged her husband is suing her for a divorce. She came here last winter. GRAHAME-WHITE TRAVELS OVER MILE A MINUTE. Ovington Has Already Won Over $11,- 000 at Harvard-Boston Aero Meet. Boston, Sept. 5.—With a squaiy 20- mile wind blowing, Claude Grahame- White, the English aviator, swept 15 1-2 miles out to Boston Light and re- turn at a speed of more than a mile a minute and won the event at the Har- vard-Boston aero meet today. His offlcial time in his Nieuport monoplane was 14 minutes, 9 4-5 seconds. Tom Sopwith, the British rival of Grahame- White, in a Bleriot monoplane was secondfign 15 minutes, 10 1-5 seconds, while ®arle L. Ovington, who yester- day won the 160-mile Tri-State flight, was third in his Bleriot. His time was 16 minutes, 15 2-5 seconds. One of the most interested specta- tors on the field today was Charlie Taft, the president’s son, who renewed his ~ acquaintance with Grahame- White, whom he met last year, and was introduced to the other aviators. The first event of the afternoon, the figrue eight speed contest of six laps, went to Lieut. T. D. Milling, U. S. Al His time was 11 minutes, 55 2-5 sec- onds.; Sopwith was second, his time being a minute slower. Sopwith took figst place in the bomb dropping event. opwith won the speed contest for biplanes of 4 1-2 miles in 7 minutes, 13 4-5 seconds. Up to_tonight a Boston boy has cap- tured the bulk of the prize money, Earle L. Ovington having received $11.532 The standing of the other aviators follows: Lieutenant Milling, _$5,452; Tom Sopwith, $4,510; Lincoln’ Beachey, $23,630; Claude Grahame-White, $3,060; Arthur_Stone, $1,000: Howard _Gill, ; George W. Beatty, $472; Harry . Atwood, $188; Eugene Ely, $150. LANGFORD DISAPPOINTS, Beats Jeannette, But Fails to Land the Expected Knockout. Madison Square Garden, New York, Sept. 5.—Sam Langford won his ten- round bout with Joe Jeannette in the Madison Square Garden tonight, but every minute of the thirty in which blows were exchanged the Boston man knew he had a stiff problem to solve. Jeannette fought gamely and cleverly. The Hoboken negro was at no time afraid of the Boston terror and fre- quently sent back better than he got. It was a gruelling mill from start to finish, and while it was fast and clev the bout was somewhat of a disappointment to the followers of pugilism. Langford was looked to for a knockout in seven rounds, but the fact that Jeannette pulled throush for the limit sent Langford’s stock as a likely opponent for Johnson away down. A crowd that filled the garden wit- nessed the bout, but the overcrowding of a week ago was avoided. The con- fusion outside the garden which char- acterized the Wells-Brown contest was likewise missing tonight. WOMAN GIVES LIFE FOR CHILD. Chauffeur of Motor Car Which Strikes Her Charged With Manslaughter. Newton, Mass., Sept. 5.—Attempting to save an unknown child from death beneath the wheels of an --nroaching motor car, Mrs. Mary Downey, 45 years, was run over and killed by the machine in Newton Lower Falls last night. The chauffeur, Francis J. Lowery, was arrested and charged with man- slaughter. Poison Fumes Kill Chemist. slons court, New York, to serve not less than twenty years nor more than life in state prison. A Change for the Better Occurred vesterday in many cities, towns and villages of New England, when textile mills cmploying an aggregate of 55,000 persons resuined operations after a shutdown varying from eight days to two weeks or more. 3 Ninth Victim of Toadstool Feast. New York, Sept. 5.—A ninth vietim of the feas{ of poisonous fungi was found this afternoon. Ile is Domi- nick Albonse, a son of the man whe died last night. He was taken to n hospital, suffering from _convulsions and is in & critical condition. The three_surviving women arapSHil_in precarfous condition, Five victims have di Al ¥ New York, Sept. 5.—Bernard Goenen- wich, a young Russian who had dis- covered a new process of staining glass, and expected to make millions out of it, died tonight from poisonous fumes inhaled while compounding the preparation. His secret died with him. He had not even eéntrusted It to his wife, who with seven chiltean survives him. Found $2,000 in Ash Barrel. New York, Sept. 5—Michael Scud- no, driver of an ash cart in Bayonne, N. J., today found a bag containing $3,000 in cash in a barrel which he emptied. Tie remembered where he Iad got the baz and took it back. e says he was rewarded with a gift of 75 cents. - TSRS, | o AT | About - 4,400 sta HAS RECEIVED OVER 100 2 PROPOSALS OF MA!IIKW Bosten Maiden Who Objects to, Parental Matchmaking Finds Response. ‘Boston, Sept. 5.—Miss Lena Leavitt, a West End girl, has received more than 100 proposals of marriage, all to her proclaiming her~zight to ¢ 5 for herself when it came time to se- lect a life partnmer. ‘What she did was simply to s publicly that she did not believe the custom still in vogue among orthodox Hebrews of allowing the par= ents, with the aid of a schatchen, matéhmaker, to arrange ail the def of a marriage pact without consulting the ones to be married. % From the proposals Miss Leavitt has selected ome, that of a young man from Watertown, and they will be married in the winter. A BIG DEMONSTRATION AS REBUKE TO BREWERS, Temperance People Will Have Parade When Booze Makers Convene. * Chicago, Sept. 5.—A monster tem: perance parade through Chicago' downtown streets, to be led by General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A, retired, is being planned by the church organ- izations, according to William Burgess, secretary of the Illinois Vigilance @s- sociation, when the national conven- tion of brewers is in session here next month. “We want to hold the parade as a rebuke to the brewers,” said Mr. Burgess. “We expect to have 20,000 persons in line.” LABOR DAY TRAVEL BROKE ALL RECORDS N. Y, N. H. & H. R. R. Reports Heav+ iest Traffic Its History. New_ York, Sept. 5—Officials of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad snid that the Labor day traf- fic was the heaviest their roads ever experienced, Starting from last Fri- day afternoon more than 400,000 per- sons went away and returned to the Grand Central station. From midnight last night up to noon today 80,000 passengers were handled from incoming trains. This s 25000 in_excess of the o Tuesday traffic and all told about 15,« 000 pieces of baggage were handled. DIXIE WINS ANOTHER. American Motor Boat Now Has Seven Victories to Her Credi Huntington, L. I, Sept. 5.—Superior speed and construction, and perhapm an accident, gave to America today the custody for another year of the Harms= worth _trophy for the world’s motems boat championship. The Dixie IV, the speediest boat of the American’ de- fending craft, carried off the honorsy But if it had not been for an accident to the Duke of Westminster's Pioj the Englishman might have saved day for the challengers. At least it would have been a hotter contest. The Pioneer was overtaking the Dixie in the early stages of the races when her engines came to a halt, an she never made up the lost groun The Dixie's victory was the- seventh . America has scored in the int : al matches for the t5ophy. The: time was 53.47. Great Grandsen of a President.. Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 5.—The. of a man killed here by a train Sun: day night was identified today as that of Martin Van Buren of this city, a great grandson of President Van Buren. Relatives had su: him of showlng signs of incipient sanity. T. H. MacDonald No Better. New Tlaven. Conn, Sept. condition 00f former inslrance missioner Theodore H. MacDonald, w is il here at his home with fever, was given tonight as about the w«fi’ same, which is eonsidered esrious, not critical, oS R " .. Bad Fall from a Tres: Bristol, Conn,, Sept. 5.—Edws Fitzpatrick, & well kno ;mmnhln. fell