Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 13, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LIN—NO. 219 The Bulletin's Circulation ‘in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, h : LEGISLATURE REDISTRICTS THESTATE| Cebied Pargrapts Second Congressidhal District Now Includes Four Eastern Counties CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE ABOLISHED Telegram From Congressman Higgins Urging Action In- fluences Republican Senators—Republicans Seek to Redeem Party Pledges—Gratuities of $300 Voted to Fourteen Reporters—To Adjourn Thursday. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 12.—The state been redistrict:d. The senate thi tornoon by u vote of 18 to 5 followed action of the house and passed the apportionment bill as applied to the gressional districts, making five districts and abolishing hereafter ths office of congressman at large. Eastern Connecticut One District. The senate accepted the minority re- t of the committee which is known « the Stovens plan and which retain- the counties as districts except that eral towns in New Haven placed in the Litchfield district, nich is the new Fifth district. The king feature of the bill passed is New Haven county will hereafter Third district and not the Seg= counties. which are listrict, being known as Fairfield county remafns gistrict reh Urged by Conaressman Higains. The acti the senate came as a mid wiig to the foet that 1 been freely made that the republican senators n favor of inda & he passage of a bill ill came from unex- for Senator Ham- and read a telegram from Higgins, who sald that »uld be done, and also that Congressman rod this course irrespective st in the matter. that this men placed pledzes above auy surprise redistricting Judson Pays Tribute to Hill. The bill was called up this after= n by Senator Judson, who said a rested on the dominant party te - t this legislation went through eive the ma- Id pass shoestring has been made whereby. Hunt nd Stratford had been tacked shfield county. There was for tais cc stretehing to It helonged on the hillside. 1 not coneeive of any werry prder to keep E. J. Hill in it w a queer argument to whole state must stop in Mr. Hill thers. ‘It has ated, he said, that Mr. efficient congressman ut of Connecticut. Fair- will keep him there. Party Pladaes Mean Something. Shail we pass this apportiSnment or not™" the senator asked. “Didn’t gentlemen who attended the re- sbliean state con platform read ud it >ntion hear the And didn’t you What did the party pledges rean? we as republicans hava fail- - in some of our edges: happily not we e redeemed ourselvas in some th like the public utilities but have failed to give workingmen through an lity act. But by and ublicans have done well our promi Against Congressman at Large. The constitution never anticipated a ngressman at large. All our con- £ressmen are in faver of this legisla “on. 1 am glad they are, and 1 urge my republican assoctates to be tru to their party pledges. It is not good party policy to be confronted on the democrati run next campaign with the ct at we have been un- faithful. make for better gov- grnment to tinue the repubHean in power ike Fifth Wheel to a Coach. Senator Fenn was for redistricting and read from the democratic plat- form man at large was like the Afth wheel He said the office of congress 0 & comch. It was useless practicail: Then Senator Hagnmond read his tale- ®ram from Congressman Higgins. lloran said that at least he five congressmen next time will be democrate and the re- publicans could not prevent it ill Passed as Amended. The motion to table made by Senator Frisble was defeated. Mr. Platt though it unwise 1o delay action. On the vote to indefinitely postpone the vote stond § for and 17 against. On #cceptance of the amondment 5 con- currence with the house the vote 18 to 5. The bill was then passed as amended and reconsideration was re- fused. Governor Baldwin i= expacted to sign it. Those voting for the bill were Senators Hooker, Spellacy, Fenn Jeop. Halloran, Marlewe. Dickerman, rker, lawlor, McNeil, Paddock, back, Judson, Denovan. Hammeond, um. Brinsmade and Leonard. inst: Railev. Marsden, Woodruff, bia and Wright. $300 Voted 14 Newspapermen. The senate passed # resolutian to y John Gleason. T. I. Mullane -~ A. Sheehan $380 each for, special porvices. Thew are newspaperinen at- tending the house session. This made 14 newspapermen to whom a grant was Soted by the body during the day, a total of 34,200, Connecticut Power C. Resolution Passed. n the house the resolution concarn- ng the Connecticut Power company was passed and as this cleared the way to dispose of the amendment to the charter of that company,which amend- ment creat=d long and acrimonious de- Bate, the senate passed the amendment in concurrence with the house by a wote of 18 to 6. Employers’ Liability Bill Called Up. The emplosers liability bill recently it in was called up. Senator Judson ought that us this il was the same 8s that which the senate had passed as o gart of the compensation ot witl modification of the assumed risk sec- tlon he did not think . there would be abjection to sending it to the house. Senator Spellacy called attention’ to the fact that three labor unfons had petitioned the senate to “siand pat.” Adjournment Likely Thursday. l Very little husiness now remains on ealendars of either house:and the opinion is held that adjournment will be possible on Thursday. | The New Congressional Districts. | The new congressional districts of the state are as follows: District 1—Hartford county. District 2—New London, Windham, Tolland and Middlesex counties. District 3—Towns of Cheshira, Meri- | den. Wallingford, Bethany, Hamden, | North Haven. North Branford, Guil- | ford, Madison, Woodbridge, Orange, | Milford, New Haven, East Haven and Branford in New Haven county. speking of the redistricting of the state as to congressmen, Governor Baldwin stated tonight-that he was pleased that | the bill had passed. He said: | ~“I'am glad that the senate concurred | with the house. ‘The bill that has | passed- gives us five districts protty nearly equal in population. T think it | has been. discreditable to the'state that | it has not been so divided vears ago. | Electing a congressman-at-larke is on? |Iv a temporary makeshift, and it was full time to divide the State into as | many districts as we have congress- | men. Now I hope the committee will not delay- their reports any further in reference to senatorial districts.” Congressman Tilsen Also Glad. New Haven, Conn., Sept, 12.—Con- ressman-at-Large John Q. Tilson said hat swhile not familiar with the par- ticulars of the Stevens plan of re- districting, that he had alWways been in favor of an eouitable redistricting of the state, and that he was glad the { plan passed- the state legislature. MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF A SCHOQL TEACHER. A - Whole: Manitoba Town’s Populace | Up in Arms Over the Tragedy. Crystal” City, " Man, ' Sept. 12.—A shocting murder took place last night at Riverdale schoolhouse, school teacher mamed Aliss Blake wa slain. When she did not put in-an ap. | to- the abodt. (of the woman's- dress, pools of ‘lood and tufts of human hair, but the body was powhere in sight. The residents are p in arms regarding the aftair and a vigorous search is being made to find the murderer. ANOTHER GARY OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH BRIBERY. Former Commissioner of Public Werks Accused of Soliciting.' Ind., Sept.’ 12.—A warrant charging John J. Nihoff, former com- missioner of public works of this city, with soliciting a bribe of $10,000 was placed 'in the hands of Deputy Sheriff Morris today for service. The charges are made by T. B. Dean, who last week caused the arrest of Mayor Knotts and five aldermen, on charges of bribery in connection with granting a heating franchise, #choolhouse to see if she was FISHERMEN. FOR RECIPROCITY. Nova Scotians Going Home by Special Train to Vote. Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 12.—Many of the Nova Scotian and New Brunswick fishermen, who make up a large part of the Gloucester fleet, are on themr way home today Dby special train (o vote in the elections next week. Nine out of ten of the fishermen, although generally comservative, will vote with Laurier for reciprocity. .I.ORAI;J’S SODAS COST MORE. High Price of Sugar Blamed by the Drug-Stors Patrons. Lorain, O., Sept. 12.—The high price of sugar is blamed for an increase in the price of drig store drinks, which became effective today. Ice cream b=odas, which formerly cost five cents, are ten fiow, and other drinks also cost more. Reunion Connecticut Volunteers. Middletown, Conn., Sept. 12.—The tweniy-fourth regiment. Connecticut volunteers. held their annual reuninn here today and about 40 members at- tended. The election of officers re- sulted as follow President, M. H. Watrous, Norwich; secreta and treasurer, Arthur L. Post, Walling- ford. The selection for the reunion next year was left to the the officers. Lightning Stops a Town's Factories. Rochester, N. Y., Sept, 12.—A spe- clal from Lockport says ‘the factories nesas at miinight by an electric storm, which blew out tthe transformers' in all the mills and injured more.than a score of men. A barn near the town was struck and destroyed. Not Blamed for Wife’s Death. New York, Sept. 12.—Without leav- ing their seatsfi a ccromer's jury this afternoon exonerated Edward F. Hart of any connection with the death of his wife, the former actress, Annie Hart, who was found shot at her hoem in this city last Thursday. Twelve Rounds to a Draw. Sept. 12 —Tommy Murphy of New York and Pal Moore of .Phii- adelphia fought twelve rounds- to a draw at the Armory Athletie associa- tion tonight. Seventy-five Skilled Men will be em- ployed in an industry new to Lowell, Muss, as g result of the success of the Lowell board of trade in persuad- ing“the Avery (hemical company of 0ston to establish lactic acid works in Lowell District 4 irfleld county. Spri 2 2) = District 5—Litchfield ~ county. with | SPHDE ke N. J. Sept. 12—Gov. Southbury, =Middlebury, ~Waterbury.|Gov, Emmett O'Neal —of Alabama | Wolcott, Oxford, Naugatuck, Prospect. | mor, Pq "s\ioras over the initiative | Eeacon F..""_ Se: Lty § Ansonia and | ang referendum on the floor of the Derby of New Maven county. conference of governors’ convantion ! Governor is Pleased. hall this afternoon. Governor Wilson, | Xew: Haven, Conn, Sept. 12—In| as champion of the measures, replied when ~ a | pearance at her home, somebody Wwent On the ground were portions | in that villige wers put out of busi- | 320250 Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 12.—The ré- public of Portugal was formally rec- ognized vesterday by Great . Britain, Spain, Germany, Italy and Austria. Bouy, France, Sept. 12.—Helene Du- trieu made a new mark in the com- petition for the women's cup today by flying 136.62 miles. The women's cup is offered for the longest continuous flight made by a woman aviator in the present year. % Dresden, Saxony, Sept. 12—The Saxon army maneuvers assumed & realistic chapacter today when eleven Uhlank, lost their lives in the waters of the Elbe. The cavalry scouts were drowned while attempting to swim the river near Pirna. R Tokio, Sept. 12.—The minister of ed- ucation, M. Haseba, carrving. out the new government's palicy- of interior development, announced today that two new imperial universities accom- modating @ total of one thousand stu- dents, would be qpened. Bilbao, Spain, Sept. 12.—There was a clash between the strikers and the civil uards last night, when the lat- ter fired into the crowd and wounded eight persons, two of them fatally, it is thought, All trades unions have pro- claimed a’ general strike here. ALABAMA GOVERNOR WENT QUT TO COOL OFF. Got Warmed Up in a Debate With New Jersey Executive. iy designated them as “an insidious popular vagary,” and the southern ex. scutive was on his feet in a moment with an impassioned defense of his po- sition. Governor O'Neal .spoke vehemently for ten minutes, bowed, and without a work walked to the piazza fronting the ocean, and, with his back to the con- vention hail, stood for two minutes or mora in contemplation of the view. “What's the use of my going back in there>” he asked a reporter who sought him while thus engaged. “I have al- ready spoken twice and I am limited to two speeches on any one topic. Be- sides, T am warm from exertion and want to cool off. He did not re-enter the convention hall for 15 minutes, and until discus- sion on the topic was drawing -to a close. “T dp not think Governor Wilson was fair: 1 think he was most unifair,” he said before he'resumed his seat in the hall. When the c nference ended. ‘how- | ever, Governor Wilson srasped Gover- nor O'Neal by the hand and remraked that he did not wish to be misunder- stood. Govarnor O'Neal Jater said that ‘he had stepped to the piazza to meet Mrs. O'Neal, whom he had heard was theve, s NEW HAVEN CHINAMAN > IN FOR DRUNKENNESS. Sing Ling the Only One to Be Arrested - on That Charge. New Haven, Scpt. 12.—Over indu- gence in the fiowing bowl is mot usual- 1y considered one of the failings of the natives of ths Flowery Kingdom. Con- sequently Patrolman Tom landy cre- ated something of a furore when be entered police headquarters last night about 9.30 o'clock, dragging ~along an alieged inebriated Chinaman, in the person of Sing Ling, a laundryman, who resides at 137 Meadow street. Ling proved that he came by his first name rightly by keeping things lively in the Jockup practically all the night, chanting some of his native songs. It was stated at police headquarters last night that Ling was tha first Chinaman ever brought in there on a charge of drunkenness. CIVIL WAR VETERANS PRAY FOR MISS BARTON. Message of Sympathy Sent by Com- mander of New York State. New York, Sept. 12.—As command- er of the G. A. R. of New York state, General George B. Loud today sent the following communication to Miss Clara Barton, founder nf the American Red Cross, ‘who is yery ill at Oxford, Mass.:, “Frob the hearts of 40,000 civil war veterans in the great Empire State goes up a prayer to the sreat white throne for the recovery of the woman— yoursalfi—whose sublimest work for suffering humanity has never been par. alalled anywhere in the civilized worl Steamship Arrivals. At Cherbourg: Sept. 11, President Grant, from New York. At Naples: Giovanni, from Kew: York. At london: Sept. 12, Minneapolis, {from New York. At Algiers: Sept. 7. Alice. from New ntwerp ew York. At Bremen: Sept. 12, Kaiser Wilbelm IL, from New York. At Copenhagen: Sept. 12, Oscar TL, from New Yorlk. Sept 12, Vaderland, $200,000 Fire at Cincinnat to Governor O'Neal, who had previous- | EONESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1911 = T Clever Bunco Man Arrested CHICAGO POLICE CAPTURE. - A MUCH WANTED CROOK. HAS REAPED OVER A MILLION Games in This Country and Europe— Scotland Yard Detectives After Him. Chicago, Sept. 12.—S. A. Potter, who is said to have' garnered more than $1,300,000 from the unwary of two con- tinents during the last few vears by means of gold brick swindles and con- fidence games, was locked in jail here tonight. Sought for 'a Year. - He was arrested today by O. F, Dewoody, division superintendent of the department of justice, after being sought for a vear by United States, secret service men and the police of almost every city in the country.” Scotland Yard Wants Him. English detectives of Scotland Yard are also said to have sought Potter and his companions, who were tredit- cd with having extracted- numerous dollars from too credulous Londoners. Also Known as George W. Post. Potter, who was also known as George W. Post, was wanted here on an indictment for swindling, returned. in the {United States court in July, 1910, Potter and a companion, Ed- ward Starkloff, also are wanted in Philadelphia, “Where they forfeited a $23,000 bond in the United States court t year ago. = $1 jail Demanded. In view of this forfeiture and the report that the confidence men - of whom Potter is said to be the head, continually keep a large amount of protection monmey within reach, Chief DeWoody will make every effort to keep his prisoner under lock and key until he is brought to trial. A cash bond, of $50,000 offered by Potter was refused by federal officials, who de- clared nothing less than $150,000 cash bond would ‘gain him his temporary freedom o Searching for His Pal. Starkloff, who is said to have oper- ated with Potter under a score of names, is in the city, according to Dewoody, and all of the secret service men and police here are searching for him. oy Had Long *“Sucker At Potter's home, a great quantity of evidence was found, including what the secret service men termed a “‘suck- er list” of former and prosepctive vie- tims. The list is said to contain a greater number of names of residents of cities than of rural inhabitants. ARRESTED IN ITALY FOR Former Meriden Italian Accused of Killing a Countryman. Meriden, Conn., Sept 12.—Word has heen received here of the arrest in Taly of Gienbettista Arena, formerly of /Meriden and later of Springfield, on'the charge of murder. It is alleged that Arena killed Antonio Scaramuz- zino at Springfield last July. The information of the arrest came through a local attorney who has been re- tained by the defénse to take deposi- tiens of witnesses and forward them to Calabria, Italy, ‘where the accused will be tried. PASTOR RESIGNS BECAUSE HE FEELS HE IS OVERPAID Accepts Call te a Church Where Sal- ary Will Be $200 Less. Cape Girardeau, Mo., Sept. 1 gzene F, Abbott of the First Presbyter- ian church here, resigned today, giv- ing as one reason that his salary of $2,000 per year was exceSsive consider- ing the amount appropriated in char- itable and other church work. He has accepted a call to a church at Fuiton, Mo,,”where his salary will be $1,800 per year. BUTTZR PRICE MADE 26 CENTS. Quotations Committee of Elgin Board of Trade Voted Down on Test. Elgin, 1., Sept. 12—The quotations committee of the Elgin Board of Trade yesterday reported the butter market firm at 26 1-2 cents, but Thomas Gal- lagher of Chicago objected. A vote of the board failed to sus- tain the quotations committee, and { then upon motion the price was fixed at 26 cents. The output is 827,700 pounds. i OBITUARY, Hanry C. Stanley. Philadelphia, Sept. 12.—Henry C. Stanlev, formerly a well known min- | strel and at one time manager of the | Boston Sympheny crchestra, died at | his home here today, aged 4§ vcars. John Souther. Sept. 12—John Souther. probably the oldest man in the coun- Eoston,” “incinnati, Ohio, Sept. 1 Fire early this morning totally destroved the Cin- | cinnati Veneer company and several | lumber vards adjoining, and is threat- | |ening a number of tenement houses. | i";fi: loss so far is estimated at $200.- 1 000, More Fatal Toadstools. Wooster. ‘0., Sept. 12.—Mrs. Edward Miller of Canaan is dead and her hus- band is nmear death from eating toad- stools which ther mistook for mush- rooms. Physicians despair of being able to save Miller's lifel i i ¢ | State Settles Deer Damage. State Fish and Game Commission- ers Frank O. Davis of Pomfret and E. Hart Geer of Hadlyme visited Sims- bury the other day to assess damages done by deer at the orchard of A, Vincent Osmun. Over 400 trees werd ruined and damages were ssed at This is the largest claim ever sewided in that town. Beyond, Saying That He never again would be a candidate for the pre: dency of the United States, William Jennings Brvan declined to comment on politics when he visited St. John, N. B, yesterday. The property of the English crown has been marked with the broad arrow from times So early that no one can now iell when it was first used for this purpose ax what was its meaning. j2irl back to the Hartford orphan asy- Alleged to Have Operated Confidence | MURDER IN SPRINGFIELD | | vd the longest balloon flight ever made | accompanied. Worried Over | His Notoriety WRIGHT ENDS LIFE IN A SOUTH MANCHESTER HOTEL. { RAN .AWAY WITH YOUNG GIRL | His Purpose Was to Rescue Her from Harsh Treatment, but Was Alleged to Have Eloped—The Girl Safe. i \ > | South Manchester, Conn., Sept. 12. When the proprietor of a local hotel | Was unable to secure an answer from | Thomas Wright, who registered at the hotel last night, late today, he looked | in through the’ keyliole of the door, and saw Wright lying dcross the bed. A ladder was secured and an entrance to the room gained through a window. Had Been Dead Several ‘Hours. ‘Wright first came into prominénce the first of the week when complaint was made, to the Hartford police by Richard Robertson of Simsbury, whom he worked as a farmhand, that he ‘had run off with Elizabeth Cham- bers, 14 years old, who was employed. in the Ropertson household. Had Been Lost Track Of: As was found out later, Wright went to Hartford and hired an auto- mobile, went to Simsbury and secured the gir] and then was driven back to Hartford, where he left the automobile and took a trolley. car. ¥rom that time until today the police were unaware of his whereabouts. Took Girl to Her Sisters. 1t was discovered today that Wright'{ took the girl from Hartford to Man- | chester, where he left her with a sis- ter, while he went to the home of friends. - The Chambers girl is an or- phan and was taken from a home in Warehouse Point by Robertson: Girl Was Unkindly Treated. Wright, ‘according to the story told | on his arrival in Manchester, took the | girl away from the Robertson house because he alleged she was unkindly treated and an examination by authorities of the girl today disclosed black -and blue marks and bruises on ficials would mot send her back. Worried Over Notoriety. ‘Wright, it is understood, worried over the prominence given the matter, and the fact that he was aileged to have eloped with the girl and is sup- posed to have become despondent and. Wishing to‘end it all, took his life, He was 30 years old and single. WEDDING GIFTS STILL POUR IN ON GERAGHTYS. Bride is Advised to Go to Her Home and Make Up. Providence, Sept. 12.—Gifts without cards to identify the donors have he~ recejved during the week by Mrs. Jack Geraghty at her new Newport h-—n They include a pair of diamong ear- rings set with pearls, pieces of silver- ware and pleces of oriental carpets. That reconciliation is near ~+ hand is generally acknowledged and believed now more than ever because of tha remarks made by Mrs. Geraghty with- in the past two days. She repeatedly said she would not Teturn here to visic her people unless her husband was invited. ~ A long standing friend of the French family has advised Mrs. Geraghty to_walk into her home and throw Her arms around her mother's neck. Geraghty is selling automobile sup plies in the summer colony. He is in partnership with H. E. Pender in a garage and - automobile supnly .busi ness. Since Geraghty’s return from Springfield the business has_doubled, and most of it is coming from the summer colony. Property of Mrs. Ger- aghty which was at her mother's home has been delivered to Mrs. Geraghty within the past few days. AERONAUT BENUMBED \ BY COLD AND RAIN Longest ht in New England. Balloon FI Auburn, Me.. Sept. 12—Half be- numbed by a swift flight through rain, hail, and cold air currents, and unable | to make the outlet valve or rip cord of his balloon work properly, H. Perc Shearman climped up through 'the ropes, slashed the silken bag with a nife, and fell back unconscious into the basket. The balloon dropped swift- Iy to the ground, and tonight, Shear- man, resting comforwoly at a_local ‘hospital, was able to tell something of his_experiences. 1t was on a farm on the outskirts of this city that Sherman, who is pres- ident of the Williams College Aero- nautical society, this afternoon end- an aeronaut un- The ~distance from Pittsfield, Mass., where he ascended early in the morning, to this, city, is approximately two hundred miles. ITALY AND TURKEY iIN MOOD FOR CLASH. in New England by Italy Considering the Military Occupa- tion of Tripoli. try who has been engaged in iron manufacturing, died at his home in Newton tonight, aged 97 vears. Says She Was Whipped With Strap. Suffield, Sept. 12. — Miss Hattie Pocket. Who was sent from the Hart- ford orphar asyvlum six vears ago | the home of Howard Button in Mapie- | ton avenue, made complaint 1o the se- | lxctmen of the town last week of ihe way she was being treated, showing Proof on her body where she had been, whipped with a strap. Yesterday Dep- | uty Sheriff. George Woodruff took the | lum. She is 16 years old. Ex-Mayor Martin Renominated. New Haven. - Conn., Sept. 13.—The primaries of the democratic party were fought out here vesterday and up to 2 o'clock this morning” the counting had not been completed,; two wards heing among the missing, but the returns were sufficient to show. that former Mayor. James B. Murtin bad déféated his opponent.” Captain Edgar A. Dowe, by over a thousand. Judge Berdwall, before whom John J, and James J. McNamara will be irled October 11, - on indictments charging them with dynamiting and murder in connection with the blow- ing up of the Los Angeles Times plant has ruled that Jehn J. McNa-'| mara_must be -tried in Los Angeles{ and not at Indianapoli» - |thing was ready for an eventual expe. Rome, Sept. 12.—Premier Giolitti had a long conference today with the min- ister of wary General Spingardi and the minister-of marine, Admira) Catto- lica, rezarding the Tripoli question. The prime minisier. it i undersiood. | th the Turkish government recogn under protectorate the:only the military oceupation ome form of | ecourse must | of the | { tne clared that every- be Turkish province. Both -the minist minister of marine d dition of troops backed by the Italian navy. President Mellen at Swanton, Vt. Swanton, Vt, Sept. 12.—The special train which'is bearing President C. S. Alellen anid other officials of the Hos- ‘tong Maihe and New Haven railroid on a tour of inspection through New Eagland; arcived here late tnday. The officials are expected (o investigate the needs her of a proposed branch | ers ana the | her body which she said had been in- | flicted by heér employers, and the of- | Condensed Telegrams A Cyclone Ravaged Flores Island, the most westerly of the Azores. . U. S. S.enator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio is confined to ni home - by serious illness, - ¥ Nearly two hundred delegates are attending the convention ef the N tional Gas associatio ¢ Mr. R. Leduc Was Chosen as con- rvative candidate to oppose Sir, Wil- fred Laurier in Quebec Bast. - / F. C. Whil ey, president of the Farm- Citizens’ bank in Lancaster, O.. is dead. He was 79 years old. Clarence V. Huetter Was Drowned in the Detroit river while trying to save his fiancee, Miss Anna Baitz The Directors of the United Fruit company have declared the regular quarterly dividend of two-per cent. After a Shutdown of Two Weeks, the Monadndck cotton mills at Clare mont, N. H., were reopened vester- day. The Sale of the Pittsburgh Post by the receiver ordered by the courts to be held yesterday, was adjourned for one week. Nearly.25,000 Persons engaged in the for | New BEngland textile industiy have re- sumed work, after various periods of idleness. “The suspension of Van 8. Chaick and company, members of the New York stock exchange, was announced yes- terday. Nathan Straus Submitted to the in- ternational congress for the protection of infants a report on progress made in America. | Speaker Champ Clark of the nouse of representatives arrived in Louisi- anz, Mo. and was given an ovation by the population. Advances on Freight Rates on sin- gle packages and small lots were sus- pended hy the interstate commerce commissioners. Rev. Dr. H, G. Furbay resigned his superintendency of the Anti-saloon league of Montana. Antonio Fantasia, of Bristol, Conn., aged 31 years, died vesterday as a sult of having eaten toadstools in mis- j take for mushrooms. {leans says the ministry is a paying Proposition. In-27 years he has receiv- ed $50,000 in wedding fees. The Federai Prison Parole Board will meet at Leavenworth penitentiary on Sept. 15 to hear the application for pa- Tole made by John R. Walsh. Twenty-eight of the 46 Rice Mills in Louisiana have heén merged ihto the Louisiana Rice Milling company With a capitalization of $9,500,000. Struck by an Automobile operated by Edward G. Heath in Chelsea yes- terday, Felix Czesnowicz, a fourteen- year-old boy, was instantly. killed. ment in the navy vards and arsenals against the installation of scientific management is giving the officials much coneern. The Rev. William P. Merrill, for 16 years pastor of the Sixth Presbyterjan church, Vincennes avenue, Chicago, was released to the Brick Presbyterian church of New Yoris. Rev. Dr. S. G. Youngert, of the facul- ty of Augustana seminary, Rock Is- land, J1L. has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Swedish Evangeli- cal church of Hartford, The National Board of censorship of moving pictures has notified the po- lice of all the larger cities of the coun- try that they had condemned the films posed for by Beulah Binford. The_international union of Bakery and Confectignery workers will fight the alleged “bread trust” which re- fuses to recognize the union, by go- ing into the baking business itself. The anomaly of a reduction in flour prices while the wheat market is ris- ing is now Defore the northwest. Flour is now quoted at $4.50 per barrel, the cheapest opening price for four years. An ‘Inquiry Into the Rules and regu- lations for the transportation of ex- plosives and other inflammable and dangerous articles; will be held by the interstate commerce commission Octo- ber 3. In Order to Prevent a Repetition of the Manchester wreck, the Lehigh Vailey railroad has inaugurdted a sys- tem of interesting trackmen in tht art of discovering broken or defective rails. The Weekly Payrolls of city laborers and school "teachers of Lawrence, Mass. amounting to $16,001.17, were paid by the city treasurer out of mon- ey collected for taxes during the past | week. Counterfeit- Half-Dollar Coins, al- Jeged to have been manufactured in Charlestown state prison, sent Mira Johnson, colored, at Boston, to the fed- eral prison at Atlanta vesterday for a. year and day Purely strategical reasons have in- duced-the Japanese government to de- ide upon the abandonment of a ma- val station at Port, Arthur in Man- churia, representing an investment of many millions of doliars. The Cases of Seven Cadets of 'the | West Point Military Academy, con- vicled by eourt-martial for breach of | diseipline in bringing intoxicants into | camp during the summer encampnient, are now before Secrefufy of War | Stimson. . Dead jn a cornfield, at Essex, Ont., ! near the scene of his alleged crime ,the body of Georze Reeb, was discovered vesterday. ' Reeb was charged with Killing his wife with an axe Sunday evening on his farm, in a it of rage, and he escaped to the bush. The testimony of a deaf and duml boy will he the principal evidence in- troduced by the state in the triul al Somerset, Ky, of Fount MHelton and Jawmes Biis, charged witly the murder Jast Jnly of Magistrate A. J. Beally and fine from Maquam bay to Alburg and the completion of a connection (o Swanton over the Central Vermont road. Some Action in Regard to the mar- riage of Col. Johfi Jacob Astor by Re Joseph Lamber.. a Congregation minister of Prévidence, is expected when the Congreaational ministers ‘meat at Providence next Monday.~ constuble W. F. [Teath @i Burnside, Ky A flood of molasses swept down sev- eral New Orleans streets leading from a storage warehouse when a tank.eon- taining about a million gallons of the Louisina product burst with a tre- mendous Teport. A sticky morass 13 inches deep covered Market street for Bearly & mia 3 B and Tts Total Girculation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's' Population MAJORITY WIPED 0| pastorate in New York to accept the ! Rev. A. Gordon Bakewell of New Or- { The Agitation Among the Labor ele- | !ea THE REPEAL i Confident—A Recount Portland, Me., Sept. 13.—Revised re- turns on the question of the repeal of the constitutional prohibition at 1 o'clock this morning reduced the ma- jority against repeal to 295 The total cota stood: For repeal . 60,216 Against repeal .... 60,511 Repeal Majority Wiped Out. Revision of original returns by com- parison with .official figures furnished by city and town clerks wiped out the majority for repeal. Numerous Discfepancies. One of the first discrepancies discov- ered was in the vote of the town of Sanford. Figures sent out frem there last night gave a substantial majority of repeal. Today the result was re- versed. Made Change of 400 Vote: Similar conditions prevailed as re- gards the vote of the town of Wells. \ Revised Official Returns in Maine Give Pro- hibition a Lead of 295 MANY DISCREPANCIES DISCOVERED, Towns Which Originally Reported a Majority fw Rét peal, Voted the Other Way—Errors in First Figures Attributed to the Telephone—Neither Side Vcr; Likely to be Held. v nearly 400 votes. ¥ Mistakes Over Tolephone. - _In most cases, however, the reduc= tion of the Tepeal plurality, which ‘On the face of early returns appeared to be about 700, was due to a change of & few votes in the smaller towns, = In most of these the discrepancies arn traceable to telephonic misunderstand- ing, the vote i many of the smaller towns having been collected by cor= | respondents in that manner. | Neither Side Very Confident. Neither side had put out any very: strong claims to the election during the | day, and the possibility of a change as official figures came in was not a grest. | surprise.” The prohibition workers re= fused to give up even when the ma- jority against them appeared large, and 2ot dav:prosressed and he s me were slowly swinging in_their their_hopefulness increased. A fecount is likely to be called for, STREAMS OF HOT LAVA S SWEEP THROUGH FIELDS. | Peasants Are Flesing from the District About Mount Etna. The crest Cantania, Sicily, Sept. 12, ing spectacle. Heavq smoke lies over 1it, with frequent brilliant flashes, an the bombardment, which is continuou: along a line nearly two miles in extent, is like the firing of heacy artillery. A torrent of burning lava, estimated at 2,000 feet wide and four feet deep, is pouring down the slope. Everything in its way has been arried before it. { Groves of trees have been uprotted and set on fire, and the lava stream is sweeping trough the fiells, sending out | for miles around hot resinous waves of | smoke. | "Phe peasants have left their homes, | carrying with them the aged, the sick and the children, and whatever meagre belongings they were able to get to- gether. Whole regions covered with hard- ened lava from past eruptions have been torn up by the frequent earth | shocks. Many of these have been ot great violence and the peasants fear. a reptition of the Messina disaster. PRESIDENT TRUESDALE DECLINES TO ARBITRATE. ning Employe Not a- Matter for Outsiders. Scranton, Pa.. Sept. 12.—President W. H. Truesdale of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western railroad has turn- ed down the proposition af the track- men that the matter of reinstating Foreman M. J. Foley be arbitrated by the New York labor commissioners or a board of arbitration to be selected by the company and trackmen. Mr. Truesdale’s letter contains the following: { “The management of this company icannot, in justice to its best interests, submit to any outside parties, or board, questions involving its right to discl- pline its employes for such wilful disregard of orders. nor the policy it shall adopt or pursue in dealing with questions of this character.” President Truesdale has been given until 3 o'elock tomorrow afternoon to agree to arhitration or “take the consa- quences,” which the trackmen’s com- miitee says means a strike on the en- tire system from Buffalo to New York and on the Syracuse and Uticd di- visions. TAFT DECLINES THE MULE RIDE Sends Word to Missouri That He Pre- fers an Automobile. Sedalia, Mo, Sept. 12.—President Taft ‘will_not ride about town in a carriage drawn by eight mules when he visits Sedalia on September 30. The ‘reception committee which had planned this feature has received a hint from Beverly that the president preferred to ride in a motor car. It promptly changed the plans, although one member of the committee remark- There never was a motor that could compare with a span of Missouri mules. - Connecticut Men Show Up Well. Philadelphia, Sept. 12.—National suardsmen from Connecticut won hon- ors in the annual contests of the Pennsylvania State Rifle association today on the government rifle range at Essington. George W. Chesltey of Connecticut won the jndividual off- hand match with a score of 44. Capt. John W. Hessian of Connecticut, wha won the individual skirmish match, was second today in hoth the short and long range matches. Disastrous Blaze at Antwern. Antwerp, Sept. 12.—A great fire broke out here tonizht and five vast woodyards ware olazing furiously at midnight. The glare was visible as far as Brussels. All the firem-- of " district wera called out, but were pow- erless to check the flames. The fire is believed to be the most extensive that has occurred here in year: Posse Searches for Scoundrel. Toledo, O., Sept. 12.—A of citizens, headed by Mayor Crozier and Murshal Smith of Elmore, are search- ing through Ottawa county tonight for h6 alleged assallant of the 7 year old daughter of Jonah Bunce of Rimore, “The crime was committed during the afternoon. The littie girl is in a ter- rible condiflon as the result of her ex- perience, ¢ Eight Firms Burned Out. ew York. Sept. 13.—Eight firms, of Mount Btna now presents a terrify- AVIATOR FOWLER HAS BAD FALL AT ALTA. Machine Smashed and Trip Will Be Delayed About Two Days. Alta, Cal,, Sept. 12—Bob Fowler, en route from San Francisco to New | York, met with the first mishap of his | ploneer cross-country aerial {here at 10.30 o'clock this morning, when in trying to make a landing, ne- cessitated by a refractory engine and steering gear, his biplane collided with two trees, hurling it to the ground. He was sligthly injured, but both planes of the craft and its two propellers wera broken, and Fowler will be delayed for at least two days before he can re- sume his journey eastward. Before leaving Auburn today, Fowler when a wire ~.the magneta circult alten it THeSHre was repatred, But it is belleved this defect caused the later trouble. Leaving Auburn at 9.37 o'clock, Fow- ler rose to a height of about 400 feet, and followed the route of the Southern Pacific tracks through the rolling ap- proaches to the foothtll district. For almost forty ~miles he sailed along without a mishap, easily distancing the special train and autoobiles that had started from Auburn at the same time, As he came Into view in this section, however, it was apparent that some- thing was wrong, for when a half mile from here his course suddenly deviated sharply and without slackening speed his machine dashed full into the two trees Fowler was hurled against the motor and through the debris of the rudder to the ground. BOSTON AND MAINE SHOWS A DEFICIT. Partly Due to Raise of Trainmen's Wages, According to Mellen. Boston, Sept. 12.—A deficit of $1.- 602,983 for the vear ended June 30 last, as compared with a surplus of $788,360 for the fiscal year of 1910, is shown in the annual report of the' Boston and Maine Railroad company, made nublle today. There was an increase of $1,457,909 in_gross earnings and of $140,728 in other incoms, but the operating ex- penses increased $3.812,379 and the charges '$82,600, leaving a surplus af- ter charges of only $355,988, while =~ dividends amountad to $1,953,971. and had to be paid chiefly out of the sur- plus net earnings of previous years. President Charles S. Mellen says In his annual report that the deficit and the consequent reduction of the divi- dend on the. common stock to & 4 --r cent. basls was caused by “conce sions in wages made to labor employed by the road, and by the Turther fact that the road has been overated for several years with such strict economy that there remained but little if any margin for further savings unless by such serious curtailment of service as would have brought upon the manage- ment severe public criticism.” Aero Club Meet at Bridgeport. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept, 12.—A. Hol- land Forbes, president of the Aers club' of Connecticut, announced to. night that the first meet of the organ- ization would be held here on the 28th and 29th. Cross country flight in which members of the association will be passengers will be held morning and afternoon. It was also stated that the next annual meeting would be held in Waterbury, October 12. Stamford Democrats’ Tardy Caucus. Southington, Conn.,, Sept. 12.—¥The democrats held their caucus here to- night one day later than required by law. The matter of the right of the caucus nominees to run will probably be put up to the attorney general. The present government is democratic and « if the ticket of that party is not legal there will be a complete change in the complexion of the officials. N Wife Too Much in Polif Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 12.—Because , his wife was a suftragette and was active in_politics in Denver when he lived in that city, Thomas P. Zimmer- man was given.a divorce from her to- day. He charged that Mrs. Zimmer- man ‘neglected her home and spent im politics money that he earned as ® stone cutter, < Young Avistor Killed. Paris, Sept, 12.—Lieutenant Chotard, a pupil of the military aviation school, Wag killed today while making a filght at Villa Coublay. Chotard was making” his second frip slone when o gust 10 capsized his machine. He fell from a beight of 300 teet, Ty Cobb Injures Knes, chiefly cloak and® spit manufacturing Cleveland, O. Sept. These changed the apparent result by had his first troublewith his’ engine, . i and kindred concerns, sustained prac- sprinting_for a flay ball tically lotal losses, the whole estimated at aboyt $100,000, from fire carly this Detroit-Cleveland game, Ty ‘and injured his fi