Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 12, 1911, Page 1

’ VoL. Lil—No. 218 The Bulletin's Giroulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Pape FOUR HELD FOR MIDDLETOWN WRECK Two Employes of New Haven Road Among Those Under Arrest ANOTHER IS A DISCHARGED EMPLOYE Railroad Detectives Claim That Spiles Were ~ulled Out and a Fishplate Unbolted For Revenge and Loot— Allege That Wrench and Claw Bar Were Stolen From Railroad Toolhouse at Portland to do the Job. Middletown, Conn,, Sept. 11-On war- rants issued by Coroner Davis, An- tonio Diorrio, Antonio Spefano, of 15 Jifller street:” Giacomo Lisi, of Liberty sireet. and Alfredo Pecchini, of Bridge re were arrested late today and being held fer the coroners in- «auest Wednesdey on the ground that ahey were responsible for the wreck- ing of an express train on the Valley sion of the New York, New Ha- n & Hartford four miles beiow here the night of August 27, causing the of Abram P. Brown of Hartford injuries to sixty other passengers. | Two Employed by the Road. Diorrio and Spefano are in the em- pioy of the road. The former was ar- rested at the local railroad station the latter at his home . Lisi was sted as he left his place of em- in ment in Berlin_and Pecchini iritain’ at the Corbin Works. | were taken to the local police | »n and are held without bail to| before Coponer Davis at the sing of his inguest Wednesday. ers on the train wno claimed that the road was trying to shift responsibility. Anonymous Letter Received. On the death of Abram P. Brown, Coroner Davis began an investigation and held an inquest, open to the pub- lic, which was continued until Wed- nesday of this week to allow of the ap- pearance of the conductor of the train, who was severely injured . Since the opening day of the inquest the coron- er has been in receipt of an anony- mous letter from a passenger who | asked him how about a gang that was workilg_on the track Sunday after- . The matter will probably be taken up Wednesda Wrench and Claw Bar in Bushe: A few days after the wreck rail- road detectives found a wrench and- claw bar hidden in the bushes near the scene of the accident and tonight they claim that they are the onmes takne from the tool house in Portland. It is also stated there is other evidence against the four men which will not Detective’s Theory of Wreck. | According to the railroad detectives | toal house of the rallroad company | Portiand. which is across the Con- | t t river from here, ‘was broken | © and two wrenches and a claw bar | en. the Saturday night pre- | «adi the wreck the detectives allege | four men secured the tools reted them, hiring a boat for rpose, and that the next anda; he night of the wreck, en again hired the same rowed to the scene of the while Pecchini staved in st and kept watch the other ok out the spikes from the in- | one of the rails and unbolted | te and propped up one end of | ! so that instead of going over | wheels of the cngine would | it and be derailed, Employe Wanted Revenge. As a motive for the crime the de- tectives allege that Lisi, who was formerly employed by the road as a tier, had been discharged and iat he looked for revenge and a chance to Ioot the passengers, Diorti, at present emploved by the road, is | leged to have also desired revenge some fangied grievance. That there Was no attempt made to rob the pas- the detectives claim, is due to t only two of the cars the embankment and that 100 ‘many uninjured pas- | ers around after the accident. The have thue far refused to make ment in reference to the mat- Fopmer he 1 lowr, were en ter, Wreck Occurred in Isolated Spot. The place where the wreck occurred ts an isolated section and an ideal ace for the crime alleged. There e no houses in the mnear vicinity 1 the track rune along a steep em- nkment leading down to. the river, banks of which are lined with making it easy for a boat to oncealed from the view of those acks. An investization of the the might of the wreck dis- the spikes from an inside pulled out and-a_fish- Superintendent Wood- pronounced it the abo immediately t Jf irain wreckers but his opinion = scouted by many of the passeng- be disclosed until the hearing Wednes- day. Arrests Made Hastily. The prisoners will be taken to the county -jail_ at Haddam _tomorrow morning and kept there until Wednes- day. The arrests, it has been learned, were made before the detectives had planned to have thém made, due to the fact that Diorrio was planning to go to Italy tomorrow. Positive of Their Men. ‘When asked if they were reasonably sure that they had secured the right were positive and that they had had the four men under surveillance since the day after the wreck. They also stated that the wrench and clawbar were found by a girl the day follow- ing the wreck, hid in the rocks near the scene, and that the girl, Amelia Frazier, brought them to this city, nd they did not know of the fact un- til_ Thursday foliowing the accident. Have Admiesion from One of Them. ‘When asked it gny of the men had made a confession the officers refused to state, but one of them did say that one of the accused had stated that one of the wrenghes was too small and that it had been thrown away. This officer also stated that he had had a man stationed behind a door in the local raflroad station when two of the men were seated nearby and that this man had written down the conversa- tion of the two men, but what it was he would not divulge. The Theft of the Toels. The stealing of the tools was elab- orated upon by the officers stating that the tools were stolen Saturday nizht and were secreted on the Portland shore, One of the men had gone to Portland and hired the boat and rowed it back here where the other three were picked up. On Sunday night Pechini is alleged to have gone to Portland, hired the boat, rowed to the place where the tools were secreted, secured them, and then rowed over to the Middletown shore a mile below the city, where his three companions, who bhad gone to the spot, one at a time, were waiting for him. From there they went down to the scene of the ac- cident and removed the spikes and un- bolted the fishplate. CRIMINAL CAREER HAS FOLLOWED A SUNSTROKE Lawyer and Army Officer Convicted of a Ten-Cent Theft. New Yor: Sept. 11.—“F am a dis- race to myself. my country ‘and my 4 Willilam B. Ford today, rrainged Lefore a magistrate n his piea of guilty to a of two five-cent I am not re- for ses charee ity sponsible. -1 am the victim of some force 1 canpot resistt. 1 used to be a decent man Ford was sraduated several years ago from the University of Tennessee and later idmitted to the bar, He was counsel for the Fort Worth & Denver railroad for twelve years. He #erved as a ileutenant in the Spanish- American war, was wounded in each of three engagements the Philip- pines, and, following a sunstroke, was honorably hareed. Ford's descent dated from that time. He returned to America and worked for a time as a laborer in San Franciseo. Then he re-enlisted 4n the army under the name of Allen Lefort. He secured a commiesion as Yentenant and while stationed at Fort Schuvler stole $2,500 from a.mess of which he was commissars. He was sentenced at a courtmartial’ to five) ears in Leavenworth prison, but was Qeclared insane and trarsferred to an A nephew then took him out where he was kept un- der_surveillance. He eluded his watchers and came {o New York. His arraingment today followed a charge of stealing two tick- ets while emploved as a_ticket chop- r in the Manhattan subway. He was fined $300 and sentenced to a vear's imprisonment Farmer's Wife Murdered. Essex, Ont., Sept. 10.—Mrs, George Reid, wife of a prosperous farmer, was found dead in bed at her home at disc Majdstone township today. The head and face were terribly crushed, and axe was found nearpy. The hus- s missing. Died from Fall Against Stump. | New Pritain, Conn., Sept. 10.—Gas- Tnter, 30 years old. stumbled as _was crossing the railroad tracks Laet night and . fell against a furing his skull. which Aeath today. He was 30 years cld_and single. 3 Gold Output Ereaks Record. - London, Sept. 10.—The output of the Transvaal goid mines in the month of August broke all records. The total DIEGLE MAKES ANOTHER PROMISE OF CONFESSION. Grafter Expects to Have Three Year Sentence Reduced. Columbus, O., Sept. 11.—With a three years' sentence hanging over his head for complicity in legislative bribery, Rodney J. Diegle today made another promise of confession. He has again told the state’s attorney that he will make a written statement of all he knows concerning legislative corrup- tion. He hak been given until next Monday to fulfill his last promise. Diegle Jeft Columbus last night to prepare his_statement. Only County Prosecutor Turner and Attorney Gen- eral Hogan know Lis whereabouts. They have decided to keep this a se- cret. But Diegle is being closély watch- cd by state detectives.” From this until nexi Monday he will not be out of their sight a single moment That Dicgle has broken awa: his attorneys was indicated by the fact hoday_none of- them knew where he was. It was admitted that if his state- ment is satisfactory: to the state’s at- torney, clemency will be urged in Die- gle’s case, COL. ASTOR AND BRIDE AT HIS SUMMER HOME Automobile Meets Yacht and Trans- ports the Happy Couple. Ohio Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sept. 11.—Col. John Jacob Astor and his bride arrived at Astor's Dutéhess county summer home at Rhinebeck at six o'clock to- night. They came up on the Astor vacht Noma, which cast anchor off Ferncliffe, and Mrs. Astor-at the private land- ing and they went at once to his man- sion. No visitors were received to- night, but it was learned that Colonel and Mrs. Astor intend to spend a week at least at Ferncliffe. ‘ Pastor Lambert a Former Weaver. Fall River, Mass, Sept. 11.—Rev. Joseph ‘Lambert, the ongregationa. minister who united Cofonel John Ja- cob Astor and Miss Madeline Force, was formerly a weaver in the Wam- panoag cotton mills here. He has two brothers and asister in the Flint Vil- lage district. Rev. Mr. Lambert was a worker in the’ Christian church, a small _sect, before his. conversion to Congregationalism. | ¥ B Horses Burn in/Stable Fire. Hartford; Conn., Sept. 10.—In a fire tonight ;in the stables of -the George W. Dewey Express company on Wells Stréet,- which for. a time threatened gold _m| 2r. four horses were burned loss is estimated at men the detectives stated that they ! An automobile met Colonel | - Cabled Paragraphs Lisbon, _Sept. 11.—A cyclone toady ravaged Flores Island, the most west- erly of the Azores. Great damage to crops was done. The population of Flores Island is about 9,000.. The country is mountainous, but fertile. St. Petersburg, Sept. 11.—A despatch from Peking says that forty men were illei and many wounded in_defense of the viceroy’s yamen at Chensfu, which was attacked today by a mob. Revolutionists are said to be taking a prominent part in the disorders.” Chiasso, Switzerland, Sept. 11— Massafra,the town in the Italian prov- inceof Leoce, where, according to offi- icial advices,” mobs burned the cholera hospital and carried the cholera strick- en patients through the, streets, today declared under martial law. Liverpool, Sept. 11.—The Cunard line steamer Lusifania, which arrived here Saturday moirning from New York, had everything on board in shipshape condition this morning, and was prepared to start on her third trip the Atlantic within a fort- across night. | London, Sept. 11.—Hubert, one of {the aviators of the aerial postal ser- {vice inaugurated by the British post- office last Saturday, met with a bad accident this ning. Only mail bags which the flying postman was carrying from Hendon to Windsor Castle saved him from an almost cer- tain death. MOUNT ETNA'S ERUPTION GROWS MORE INTENSE. s Shocks Growing in Violence and Panic Prevails Among People. Catania. Sicily, Sept. 11.—The erup- tion of Mount Etna has become more intense. The showers of ashes and cinders are heavier than they were vesterday, and the rumbling of earth shocks at short intervlls is heard for miles around. The shocks are growing in violence and panic prevails. The fear of the people is augmented by the great heat and the suffocating atmo- sphere. - All the country roundabout is covered with ashes and seems under an immense funeral pall. It is reported that three new craters have opened, but so far it has been impossible to ascertain whether they are emitting lava because of their- high situation and tha thick smoke that lies over them. The people of the villages on the slopes of Mount Etna have abandoned their homes. Some of the houses have been damaged by the earthquakes and hundreds of men, women and children who are without shelter go about from place to place carrying pictures of the saints, crying and imploring merey. At Glarre, 16 mil2s from 'Catania, the patients were carried out of the hospital by nurses who feared that the building would collapse. . A new fissure has opened above Linguaglossa, which lies at the foot of Mount Eina, and brilliant flashes il- luminata the thick column of smoke. Lava is now descending and threat- ens the villages, Tt has reached to the edge of the woods. Tt is estimated that in all 14 new fissures have opened and they are emitting smoke, ashes and lava. Even the streets of Catania are covered with ashes. YOUTH PREVENTS THE % WRECK OF A TRAIN. Grateful Passengers Take Up a Colles- tion to Reward Him. i St. Paul, Minn, Sept. 11.—Eugene Labby, 17 vears old, saved train No. 2 on the Chicago and Northwestern rail- way, fom Omoha, from running into a washout near Mendota, Minn., today. The danger point was behind @ sharp curve in the track and the lad ran for some distance before he reached a place where he could stop the train and prevent a possible loss of life. The train was an hour late and running at high speed to make up time. In appreciation of Labby’s efforts the s passengers on the dining car took up a I callection, drew up a set of resolutions and forwarded a check to the boy. OBITUARY. Rev. Dr. Freeman Pratt Tower. Everett, Mass., Sept. 11.—Rev. Dr. Freeman “Pratt Tower, former presi- dent of Montana Wesleyan college, of Helena, Mont., died suddenly of a par- alytic stroke today at the home of a nephew here. Dr. Tower was educat- ed at Weslyean university, Middle- town, Conn. For a time he was pre- siding elder of the Los Angeles, Cal, conference, and was later connected with Willamette university in Salem, Oregon. Since his retirement from Montana Wesleyan college he had held storates in Waterbury, Meriden and Norwalk, Conn., and Cleveland, Ohio. He regjred on account of old age in Maria R. Hemiup. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 11.—Maria R. Hemiup, a’ promincni suffragist and author of “The Law of Heat” and “Our ‘World,” died in Geneva this morning, aged 79. She claimed to ve the dis- coverer of- the theiry which led to the manufacture of ice. James Russell ‘Soley. Naw York, Sept. 11.—Jaames Russell Soley, formerly assistant secretary of the navy, a member of the New York bar, and well known as an tuthod, died today at Roosevelt hospital from,| pneumonia. He was taken ill August 22 last. He was 61 years old. Congressman J. P. Latta. Rochester, ‘Minn, Sept. 11.—Con- gressman J. P. Latta of Nebraska died tonight at St. Mary’s hospital. MISS BYINGTON MAKES A GENERAL DENIAL Accused of Abstracting Bonds from Mr. Armour’s Safety Deposit Box. | Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 11.—A gener- lal denial of the allegations made by {Mrs. Simeon B, Armour, widow of the wealthy packer, in her suit against Miss Harriette Byington to recover $142,000 in bonds, was filed in the cir- cuit’ court here foday by Miss Bying- ton’s attorney. Miss Byington was charged by Mrs. Armour with extract- ing the bonds from a safety deposit Not to Leave lis NOT C was] {sold by a reputable dealer who was y ‘The New Haven PRESIDENT MELLEN DENIES RE- PORT OF RETIREMENT. ONTEMPLATING IT As Long as Health and Strength Per- mit Him to Remain—Vague State- ment Given Out by Press Bureau. Boston, Sept. 11—Further denlal was made tonight by President Charles S. Mellen of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad that he intends soon to retire. The denial was made in a telegram which_President Mellen sent from Bretton Woods, N. H., which point he has reached in the [ course of his tour of inspection of the railroad properties”in northern New England, The Query. to Mellen. It was directed to the Associated Press in_answer to a telegram re- garding the meaning of the following official statement. given out today by the - rajlroad’s _press « department in New Haven: # E “The newspapers ask if it is true, or if there is any.foundation for the story that President Mellen is to re- tire from the presidency. Mr. Melle is to retire from the presidency buf the date hds not yet been fixed.” Mellen’s - Reply. To' the telegram of inquiry concern- ing this statement, President Mellen Teplied tonight: “The' statement seems to be quite complete and’ there is no warrant for any ‘misunderstanding of the same.” Not Contemplating. Retiring. Boston, Sept.. 11.—In the telegram from Bretton Woods, N. H., sent to the Associated Press in this eity tonight, President Mellen said: “I am not contemplating retiring from the New. Haven road so long as my health and strength and my asso- ciates in -the board of directors per- mit me to remain.” Ne Boston Directors Reached. None of the Boston directors of the New Haven road could be reached to- night” for comment on’'the matter. Mellen on Tour of . Inspection. President Mellen, ‘With some of the directors of the Boston & Maine and the New. York, New Haven & Hart- ford railréads, of both of which Mr. Mellen is -president, started from Portsmouth,” N.' H., last Saturday for a two weeks'. inspection of New Eng- land. A large part of the summer Mr. Mellen has spent at his summer home in Stockbridge, Mass., and it is said that his health recently has been ex- celient. ANNAPOLIS MIDDIES FORBIDDEN TO FLIRT. Nayal Academy Student Makes Eyes at ‘the Wrong Girl. Antapolis, Md., Sept. 11L.—Capt. John H. Gibbons, -uperintendent of the naval academy, does mot approve of flirting. He has so told the middies and through the head of ;the depart. ment_of discipline has warned the voung gallants that roguish glances and_tentative ogling must stop—at least inside the naval academy limits. Back of the anti-fiirting order re- cently issued in a verbal way to the whole membership of the fourth class is & sad, sad mistake, wherein a young middy found to his sorrow that the preity miss he was ogling had too much_self-respect to tolerate his im- pertinence. As she walked down “Lover's Lane” the young woman was the recipient of advances from a youth - whom she thought too bold, ~ After effectually squelching the youth the miss entered tha home of her father, who is an of- ficer attached to the academy, and laid her case before him. Fortunately for the offending middy, the girl has been unable to identify him, so the reprimand was deliverad to the 'whole class after mess and the young fellows were warned to here- after refrain from all bold glances or “g00-g00 eves” under pain of dire de- partmental displeasure. OVER 60 POISONED BY COLD STORAGE CHICKENS. Were Guests at a Wedding Feast in_Chicago. Chicago, Sept. 11—Sixty or more men, women and children were report- ed recovering toray from ptomaine poisoning after eating cold storage chickens at a wedding feast. Health Commissioner Young, in making the tory public, said the chickens were Vietims unaware of their condition, and for that reason there would be no prose cution. Governors Gather at Spring Lake. Spring Lake, N. J, Sept. 11.—The vanguard of 35 governors who ar2 ex- pected to participate during the week in the third annual governors’' confer- ence réached the convention hall here late this afternoon. Fifteen state ex- ecutives with their wives..and in sev- eral instances their private secretaries, sat down together at dinmer, while other chiefs of state swelled the num- ber during the night, The convention will be called fo order at half past 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Midshipmen Dropped for Prank. ‘Washington, “Sept. 11—The escd- pade of the two voung midshipmen, Gaston L. Holmes of Mississippi and Charles L. Clifford of Massachusetts, in quitting the naval academy practice squadron at Bergen, Norway, has cost the young men . their places in the navy, for after a careful consideration of all the facts, the acting secretary of the havy has decided that they shail be dropped from the service. box while she: was in Mrs. Armour's employ as a confidante and compan- ion, Eight Men Held Up in Bank. Cokeville, Wyo., Sept. 11,—The Coke~ ville National bank was entered by two masked men this. afternoon and eight men who were in the bank at the time were lined up along the wall and searched. The robbers secured dbout $1,500 in money, locked the of- ficers of the bank in' the vault and escaped. = P e A Beattie Moving Pictures Stopped, Jacksonville, Fla. Sept. 11—After reading protests from 5,000 women, Mayor Jordan today stopped the ex- hibition of the Beattie murder trial pictures at-& loca" i Strike' Over Union Button: Pottsville, Pa., Sept. 11.—Because 15 of the 1,000 men emploved at the No. 10 colliery, of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company at Coaldale, this county, refused to wear union buttons on their caps while at work, all of the other men went on strike today. «Prohibitios ‘Gets Drunk. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 11—J. C. Russell,” prohibitientst ~ candidate for mayor [of Minneapolis in 1902, was fined in the municipal court today on a charge of drunkenness. ¢ - o s Barton Has' Comfortable Day. Oxford, Masg., Sept. 11.—No change ‘was noted in,Miss Clara Barton’s con- 1t was said that she Flying Across The Continent ROBERT G.FOWLER MAKES START FROM SAN FRANCISCO. Tor MAKE TRIP IN 26 DAYS Covers 126 Miles Without Accident on First Day—Pretty Young Woman Favors Him With a Kiss. San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 11.—With the steady trade winds of the Pacific at his back, .Robert G. Fowler, the first aviator to attempt a transcon- tinental flight, sped today up the fer- tile Sacramento valley and landed at 6.36 o'clock tonight at the foot of the white ramparts of the Sierras, the conquest of whose summits he must achieve. Covered 126 Mile: ‘With only a’ brief halt at Sacra- mento for oil and gasoline, he drove his biplane high over the rolling foot- hills and landed without an untoward incident at Auburn, Cal, 126 miles from the starting point. Sent Off With Cheers. Fowler rose from the stadium in| Golden Gate park at 1.37 p. m. Sweep- ing rst in broad winging flight over the surf of the Pacific his air craft quickly swung eastward and sped off toward the snow: line of the Sierras. With the cheers of thousands billo g up to him, he sped over the city and the warships at anchor in the bay, following the trail first worn by the’ Argomauts of '49. At Rate of 45 Miles an Hour. Over Berkeley, Suisun and Elmita he flew with the same steadiness that marked his start. The watches that checked his progress showed that he was making a steady 45 miles an hour, As he swept high over the dome of the state capitbl at Sacramento, cheering thousands in Agricultural park direct- ed him to his landing place. After a darihg spiral, he settled easily to the ground, pulled the cotton from his ears and shouted: “Well, I'm. here, boys., What time 18 it?” He was told it was 3.37 o'clock. He had covered the ninetv miles of the first leg of the journey in exactly two hours. “It ‘was a great trip,” he said. “I had not the slightest engine trouble and the ‘feel’ of the air was perfect.” Started for Auburn. He snriounced -that he would con- tinue ‘to Auburn_tonight and his me- chanacians who had followed him in a special trainfi, fought their way through the miob- about the machine and prepared for the' continuation. of the journey. At 5.55 p. m. he rose in the air and was.off to the east- ward, ¢ 2 The Biplane Christened. ¢ A crowd of distinguished persons gathered at the stadium in San Fran- cisco's big_park ‘to bid Fowler “bon voyage.” Representatives of -the ar- my and navy greeted him and after a trial flight his biplane was chris- tened in water from the Pacific ocean by James Rolph, Jr.,a director of the Panama-Pacific _exposition. A Kiss for Good Luck. His mother's kiss was not the only one implanted on his lips before he started on' his hazardous journey. As he passed close to the ropes that held back the crowd from his machine, a pretty young woman threw her arms about the aviator's neck and kissed him fervently, Before he could break away other women had pinned a “Votes for women” badge on the breast of his leather coat. Fowler finally es- caped, and blushing furiously took ref- | uge among his mechanicians. He con- tinued to wear- the badge, however. To Make Trip in 26 Days. Fowler expects to make the trans- continental trip in 26 days. .He will leave Auburn early tomoOrTow, Cross the mountain ~range through the treacherous gusts of the Truckee pass, and land for the night at Reno. Arrives at Auburn. Auburn, Cal, Sept. _1l—Aviator Fowler landed herebat 6.36 o'clock and will stop for the night. NAPHTHALENE TO DRIVE ANTS FROM KITCHEN. Carbon Disulphide in Holes Wi Lawns and Garden of Them. New Haven, Conn, Sept. special bulletin_ was _issued by Connecticut Agricultural Station here today in reference to the destruction of ants. To get rid of the pest in lawns and gardens, it says: “With a crowbar make holes 18 inches deep in | the nests. If a section of a lawn i3 infested, holes should be made about | two feet apart over the area. In each hole pour about two fluid ounces of| carbon disulphide, and stop up the| opening. The fumes will penetrate the holes and kil the ants. Fire should | not be used near this liquid, which is | inflammable.” » To kill the ants in kitchen, cellar or pantry, it says: “Place naphthalene in the runways or around the edges of shelves and corners of rooms where the ants usually enter and trayel. They are scon driven awyay.” Charged With First Degree Murder. | Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 11.—Robert | F. Curtis, who shot Henry C. Gumbel | in a downtown hotel Saturday, inflict-" ing wounds from which Mr. Gumbel | died yesterday, was charged with first | degree murder and held without bond at his arraignment today. -Shortly be- fore shooting Mr. Gumbel, Curtiss had filed a suit for divorce against his| wife, naming Gumbel in the suit. Norwalk Favers Bridge and Park. Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 11.—By a vote of 2,147 to 100 for the bridge and of 2,002 to 205 for the park, the electors today_accepted the Norwaik bridge and park bill which passed the general as- sembly and became a law without the governor's signature. The bill gives the town $50,000 and the right to con- demn certain land for park purposes. Vote to Continue Strik Cleveland, O., Sept. 11.—The returns of the referendum vote on the guestion of whether to continue the strike of five thousand ~garment workers here were announced today. The vole ap- proximately was ten to one for a con- tinuance Giant Hail at Lacrosse, Wis. Lacrosse, Wis., Sept. 11.—Hail, some of it measuring' 71-3 inches in_cir- cumference, - fell here today. Crops yet unharvestedc suffered seriously Many windows were broken in stores % s 7 | terday | death was an accident. Ibroken back and with only a few | started on a long journey back to his i birthplace in Southern Ialy to die. {Tenn,, in an attempt to and. Ifis Total &u}atmn 1s the Largest in Gon/neetl MAINE VOTERS REPEAL AMENC Prohibition Voted Out of State’s Cons by Very Narrow Margin BIGHTEEN TOWNS ARE STILL MISSING Condensed Telggranié All Crops Combined Wers Below the average conditions on Sept. 1. Sl The German Cruiser Bremen arrived at Philadelphia for a 15-day visit. J. H. Williams Killed Himself on board the Clyde liner Iroguois while at sea. < All Grades of Refined Sugar were advanced five cents a hundred pounds Yesterday. 7 The Russian Volunteer Flest Steamer Transit ran on the rocks Off Nighne, Kamschatka. The War Department Has Planned a programme of night target practice by the coast artillery. Dr. John Grant Lyman Was Arrested in San Francisco on a charge of using the mails to defraud. The ~Exhibition of Moving Pictures of the Beattie murder trial will not be permitted in New York. ¥ Four Men Were Killed and two oth; ers seriously injured in a dynamite explosion near Chicago. A. W. Green of New York, in an ad- dress in Kansas City, declared that corporations are here to stay.. Great Britain, Germany, Austria and Spain have agreed to simultaneously recognize the republic of Portugal. Automobile Racing is to be Revived | at Atlanta, Ga., this fall, in connection with arrival of the Glidden tourists. l General Porfirio Diaz, former presi- | dent of Mexico, arrived at Baden Ba- den, Germany, vesterday to take the cure. { The American Woolen Company has declared the regular quarterly "divi- dend of 13-4 per cent. on the pre- ferred stocl The Government Will Send th® scout cruiser Chester to Tripoli to brotect American members of an expedition trom tribesmen. e Bishop Schrembs Has Named Octo- ber 4 as the date for his installation as Roman-aCtholic bishop -of the dio- cese of Toledo. Lieut. Don Hispani Martinez of the Uruguayan army has arrived to begin a study of the military institutions of the 'United States. The Keel of Uncle Sam's latest apd greatest dreadnaught, the battleship New York, was laia vesterday at the New York navy vard. The Papers in the Case of the Na- tional City company and the National City bank of New York were sent back to Washington by President Taft. Francis Andrew March, LL. D, L. H. D., professor emeritus of comparative philology and EnglisH literature at La- fayette college, Easton, Pa., is dead. Rev. I. Newton Phelps, rector for the past six years of All Saints’ Epis- copal church in Meriden, Conn. has tendered his resignation to the church. Poor Health Believed td have caused Edward Petero to commit sui- cide by hanging in a ‘barn at the Westield, Mass, saniforium yester- lay. Another” Step the Settlement of the Illinois Central graft cases was taken when the suit against John M. Taylor, former storekeeper of the road, was dismissed. The Hamburg-American Line Steam- or Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, New York for Hamburg, was in collision with the German steamer Hordiksval near Cuxhaven, Germany. Sister S. Emily Copeley, one of the Enfield Shakers, and for the past 31 vears a trustee of the North Shaker family, is dead at the Shaker settle- ment near Thompsonville, Conn. R. G. Hutch first vice presi- dent of the Chicago Railways com- pany, anpnounced his resignaton to hecome Vice president of the National Bank of Commerce of New York, A Grandmother of TWwo Children at the age of 29 and three at 30 vears is the record of Mrs. E.“W. Bender of At- lanta, Ga.' It is claimed Mrs. Bender is l'}ée youngest grandmother in the world. The Texas State Agricultural depart- ment, announcad that 643 correspond- ents showed the Texas cotton crop con- dition to be about 67 per cent. normal on Sept. 5, against the last government report of 68 per cent. " After an All Night Search the body of Nathan Gove, a Plainfield, Va. farmer, was found beneath a cherry tree in' a pasture near his home yes- ¥t is believed that Gove's Dr. O. R. Spigler, who Saturday night shot Mrs. Lillian McCulloch in his office at Terre Haute, Ind., surren- dered to the officials yesterday and his: case was sent to the circuit court. He was released under $3,000 bond. After Suffering Six Years with a weeks of life Rosch: < before him, Andrew 7 of Pittsburg, Mass., yesterday The Navy ' Department is Satisfied that the body of the man who commi!- ted suicide at Paulo Beach, Fla., sev- eral weeks ago, is that of the missing Captain Arthu¥ J. Matthews of the Marine corps, Who disappeared Febru- ary 3d last. When Wi m Fisher Opened Fire on a wedding party near Springfield, prevent the wedding_of his niece to Benjamir Manlo of Schohoh, Ky. voung. Manlo returned the fire, killing the objecting. uncle instantly. A _Wob iAttacked a Cholera Hospital in Sioia del Colle, Switzerland, ~and, fearing the authorities intended to put the sick persons to death, carried the infected people-out of the hospital and through the streets. Troops were re- quired to restore order. . A Resolution Condemning the recent marrjage of Colonel John Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine Force, ard the Rev. Joseph Lambert for performinge the ceremony, was tabled for one week by~ the Chicago Congregational Min- isterg’ association yesterday. The World's Record for Propgsals of: marriage—received, not given—proba- ill be conceded to. Colonel Ed- “Fpuffs of the perpetual cigarette, Henry Portland, Me., Sept. 11.—With unoffi- _cial returns at hand from 503: of the 521 cities, towns and plautations in the state, late tonight, the repeal of the constitutional prohibitory amend- ment was indicated by a madjority of 886 votes. The 18 towné yet to be heard from have a normal vote of less than four hundred. Exact Result in Doubt. Eighteen small towns had not ‘been reportd, and the vote of these, togeth- er with errors incident to the collec- tion of returns by telephone, still left the exact result in some .doubt. One hundred and twenty thousand voters visited the polls and cast ‘their bal- lots on the question. Cities Went “Wet.” H As had been predicted, the cities were the .chief strongholds of the re- peal faction, but the majority of 12,- 000 in the total city .vote was barely sufficient, according to the = latest available returns, to offset the vote of the rural communities. No Excitement at Polls. A Little excitement marked the voting. Although the pclls in some of the cit- ies were crowded during much of the time that they were open, it was an orderly crowd. Prohibitory State Since 1857. Since 1857 Maine has had a statute prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors, and since 1884 prohibition has been a part, of the state constitution. In that year, 1834, the question of placing prohitition in the constitution ‘was put before the people, and prohi- bition won by a majority of 45,988, carrying every county in the state. Unofficial and Incomplete Returns Place Majority at Less Than 900 in Total Vote of 120,000—Maine Will Continue to be a Dry State Until Statute of 1857 'v Repealed—Only One City Declared For Prohibition. | £ 5 Only One City vor Prohibition]. In today's election Aroostook coun ty, in the northeastern section of. state, was the chiet source of comforg o e temperance people, S largo majority against. repeal, while - Calais, on the New Brunswick border, ‘was the only one of the twenty um? of the state to go for prohibition. = Sequel ‘to Democratic Victorys After the prohibitjonists had sue- ceeded in 1884 in safeguarding the statute law by having it made a part of the constitution, the attacks of the anti-prohibitionists ceased for a time, only to be renewed in later years. Tho' democratic party last year made ths (uestion of re-submission of the con= - stitutional amendment to the people = plank of tis platform. The democrats cwept the state in the election by the legislature, aided by some repub- lican votes, voted to put the matter of constitutional prohibition up to the Dpeople. Still a “Dry” Stats. The apparent decision of the voters on ‘the face of the rethrns tonight to take prohibition out of the comstitu- tion does not mean that liquor cam lawfully be sold. The legislature must act before the present statutory law: adopted 1n 1857 can be repealed, and - the question must again go before the people. Special Session of Legislature. Whether Governor Frederlck W, Plaisted will call a special session of the legislature for the purpohe is mot definitely known, but among promi- nent democrats it is reported that the governor will take such @ step. SAd NO STRIKE ON THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. International Association of Machinists Withholds Its Sanction. Chicago, Sept. 11.—The strike threat- ened by the snopmen of the Illinois Central railroad was averted today. The labor struggle’ was threatened ‘be. cause of refusal of the railroad to recognize the system federation of me- BIG SUGAR FAMINE THREATENS COUNTRY. Stocks in the Refineries Small and the Crops Short. y: ‘Washington, Sept. 11.—The. sugar- experts of the department of agricul- ture, after carefully canvassing.the sit- uation, have reached the conclusion' that the United States is facing the most serious sugar famine in years. chanical ' employes. A - reorganization of the federation will be undertaken, when the demand probably will be re- newed. Of chief influence in preventing the strike was the positive refusal of the executive board of the International Association of Machinists, in session today at Davenport, Ia, to authorize the strike, on the ground that the sys- tem federation had not conducted its negotiations properly with the Illinois Central. Furthermore, it was pointed cut that a striks would imperil the working agreements now existing be- tween the railroad and several of the international unions. ELEVEN YEAR OLD BOY ADMITS SAFE ROBBING Arrested Yestorday While Opening Safe in a Millinery Store. Chicago, Sept. 11.—Max Mossbaum, an 11 year .old schoolboy, confessed to_the police tonight that he had been robbing safes for a vear and explained how he could open them by working the combination and listening to the falling tumblers. The lad was arrest- ed early today while kneeling before a safe he had just opened in a whole- sale millinery establishment. He ad- mitted he ‘had robbed the same safe a dozen times during the year. AGED HARTFORD MAN ASPHYXIATED IN BED. Believed That Cock of Gas Stove Was Accidentally Turned On. Hartford, Conn., Sapt. 10.—Levi C. Grant, 70 years old ,was found .dead in bed today at his home on Benton street from gas asphyxiation. Grant was alone in the house during the day and it is thought that before going to bed he accidentally hit the gas stove and turned on one of the cocks. He was found by his daughter-in-law. Beattie Sings With Ja Richmond, Va., 'Sept. Guards. 11.—Between Clay Beattic, who has been sentenced to d'e in the electric chair on Novem- ber 24, was last night the gayest of a gay trio of singers at tie Chester- field county jail Hearing twe of his Euards singing in the courthouse yard a short distance away. he called through the bars: “Come over here, boys, and let me join in with you Beattie's clear tenor voice rose high above the voices of his companions. Steamer Suicide Was Boston Man. Charleston, S. C., Sept, 11.—The man who killed himseif on the Clyde line steamer Iroquois Saturday was W. H. Jordan of Boston, not J. H. Williams, Jordan sold his tailoring busincss and bought a farm recently near Brownsi ville, Fla,, according to a telegram to- day 'from Plymouth, Mass. The rea- son for the suicide is not known, Jor- a _daughter, Alice Smith in Plymouth, Mass. Steamship Arrivals. At Christiansand: Sept. 10, Oscar IL. from New York. At Plymouth: Sept. 11, President Grant, from New York. X At Glasgow: Sept. 10, California,from New York. % At Cherbourg: Sept. 11, Kaiser Wil- helm 1L, from New York. Fatal Fall from Freight Car. Hariford, Conn., Sept. 10.—John T. Flint, 14 years old, of Walnut street, tell from a freight car while stealing a ride late today and was killed. His right arm and leg were cut off. = Detroit Bars Binford Piotures. = . R. Green, son of Hetty Green. thé . world’s richest woman, for it was learned yesterday that within the last few months he has received 6,242 such Detroit. Sept. 11.—Mayor. Thompson tonight issued an order forbidding the reproduction in Detroit of moving: tures of the Beattie murder or or the pictures whick Beulah B ety 3 ‘The price of sugar has been going up steadily for months, and has ad- vanced 1 1-4 cents a pound in the last fow weeks. Tt is now said that the fall crop will not bring about a drop in the price, and may be responsible for a continuation of the advance. The refineries Hhave practically n stock on hand; there has been almost no trading in anything but seconds on the New York market for waeks; the refiners find it impossible to obtain any more of the big European surplus they counted on, and the fall crop in this country thréatens to Show & seri- ous dimunition from the yvield of pre- vious years. S The government experts take their dark view of the outlook after golng over the field reports from the sugar- growing districts of the United States, reports on the present condition of the‘ market and estimates on tha amount of sugar now held in stock by the various refineries. t WOMAN AUTOIST GOES 5 EVER AN EMBANKMENT. Miss Woerishoffer Sustains Injuries s Which Ca Her Death. Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 11.—Losing: control of her automobile, Miss Cavola. Woerishoffer of Now York city, special state investigator of labor conditions, was plunged over a steep embankment near Cannonsville today and recefved injuries that caused her death, She Was touring the staté with a woman companion on an_investigation trip. Her: companion was__unhurt. Miss Woegishoffer was 26 vears of age. STAMFORD DEMOCRATS - MAY NOT HAVE TICKET. “Day Too Late to Comply With the Law. Stratford, Conn., Sept. 1L.—For the first time in many years, perhaps for the first time, it looks as though Thers might not be a democratic ticket in the field at the coming town election. The law requires that caucuses shall be held three weeks before election. - Tonight was the last night and tha democratic caucus is slated to be held | tomorrow night—one day late. The re- publicans held their caucus tonight. Caucuses Are On ¥ CHILDREN SLEEP ON STEPS OF A SCHOOL. Precautions Taken Because of Great. Demand for Accommodations. Los Angeles, ;n}-. Sept. lié—‘A llm}%’i dred boys and girls wrapped in blan- kets apent the night in the rotunda.and on the steps of the polytechnic high the school today. Prospective school and registered on the opening of . students feared thers would not be accommeda- tions for all applicants. P 3 brousht supper and blankets to the Will Bar Binford Pictures, Springfield, Sapt. 11.—Mayor Lai said last night that films: jllu the life of Beulah Binford, “the.w in-the case” of wife murder for wi Henry Clay Beattie has just been found guilty, will not be shown here in - Springtieid. " The Alms have been pro-. duced, but according to the : edict ‘they caunot be exhibited. here. None of the managers of local 3 pleture houses seem inclined. to them, anyway, so there probabi; not be any controversy om tha Ject, * % O ~ 3 Hailstorm in Minnesata. Minneapolis, ' Minn,, ot 1 heavy rain, which d to late -crops, brought: pic- | ¢