Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 25, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LII—NO. 229 NORWICH, CONN, MO SEPTEMBER 25, . 1911 C¢RICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and»fi;s Total Girculation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population HORRIBLE GRADE CROSSING TRAGEDY| Cabled Train Running Mile- a-Minute Crashes Into Hayrack Load of Merry-Makers THIRTEEN KILLED, Party was Returning From bration at Farm Near THREE ARE DYING Wedding Anniversa.fy Cele- Neenah, Wis.—Some Bodies Mutilated Beyond Recognition—Nine of Party of 31 Escaped Injury—Train was Late and Making Time Sept. ~—Thirteen ons are dead, t e others are dy- d five are seriously hurt as the of a fast train on the Chicago | Northwastern railroad running in- » a hayrack on which a party of 31 makers were returning from a ng anniversary celebration to- ‘Track Obscured by Billboard. A big billboard beside the railway tracks obscured the view from the lo- comotiva as well as from the wagon. Tust and fog were contributory causes t ne tragedy. Nine members of the escaped without a scratch. No- on the train suffered except from severe jar. Occurred Early in Morning. ion occurred at 3.40 a. m,, mercial street crossing here northbound, whirled e wagonload of singing and py unfortunates who were return- from the Peter Hanson farm, where had gone attend the celebra- of a wedding anniversary. List of the Dead. ut two, who were Chicago men, s of masha. The dead: Chicago, Neenab, Wis,, part Al re rcsiden Drill, Jot Jam Chesloc Gustav Finn. Mabe] ¥inn John Hart Steven Lisek. Dominick Omniechinski. Mabel Renz. John Schedick T nedick. oseph Sienyo. 2 Sisgardt le Suchowski. List of the Injured. he injured p Mo P Benjamin Dumbrowski. Chicago. Antoine Kurmoski. Myron Olson Anna Sodalski John Suchodolski Amanda Syring. Herman Syring. Identification Was Difficult. Armiess, lezless and headless corpses covered the right of way as the train, nine coaches in length, was brought to accident. Several bodies were so bad- iy mutilated that identification was possible only by fragments of cloth- ing. Six bodies were discovered on the engine pilot and two other bodies were hurled through a flagman’s shan- ty with such force as to overturn the structure. e One Body Thrown 50 Feet. One of these was Miss Finn, who was projected_through one of the side- walls of the house and was breathing when removed. She died a few hours later. Another of the victims was thrown high-over a barn 50 feet from the tracks. Baby Escapes Uninjured. Amang the occupants of the hayrack who escaped were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brizinski and their two vear old child, They were seated in the front half of the rack and the mother was holding tiie child in her lap. About half way back in the wagon sat Mary Schwartz: bauer. The latter was hurled about 50 feet and rendered unconscious. When found by rescuers the Brinziski's child was in her arms, having escaped un- scathed. The parents of the child were only slightly injured. > i Driver Escaped Unharmed. | Peter Hanson, driver and owner of | the horses attached to. the ill-fated | rig. managed to cling to the reins and was the only person aboard who was not temporarily stunned by the col- Jision. He says he did not observe the on-rushing train until his team had reacned the track. He whipped up the horses, but managed to get the wagon only half way across. Train Was Behind Time. The train is said to have been nearly a half hour behind schedule and was running approximately 60 miles an hour. Coroner’s Jury Impanelled. A coroner's jury was impanelled but agjournment was taken fo give the district attorney and others opportuni- ty to interview wilnesses. P R SR SN 0 Rl S s L e LAURIER WILL REMAIN TO LEAD OPPOSITION Canadian Premier Says He Would Be a Deserter if He Retired Now. 241 will remain in leader the opposition e. .1 should be a deserter if 1 ran away now,” said Laurier to a group of Wilfrid said he retire and no doubt so after some time, but not b} He will undoubtedly go 1 the next sssion as leader of the opposition, and he may" coptinue 1 a good many sessions. Though ears old his health is good. ime minister stated that his ent would resign as soon as ) enable Earl Grey to leave - 1 the new nistry in pos- e Duke of Con- general AND NOW HE WASHES DISHES. an to Win Back Wife Makes Her 2oss of Home. " City, Mo, 24.—"To Sept ncern: I, S. A. Dicl gree to all and eve 1 ein mentioned. 1 agree to w C. Dickason, to do as s 1= inclined to do, give ¥ m money, promise not to be i sw her to come and go just H as when she was single, won't con n her for deing anything, will Te kind to her and give her all my carnings, and if I violate this agree- ment in any way I agree to allow her 10 obtain a aration. I further yauke her heir to all my property and life insurance, and if I depgsit a money in bank it is to be so deposite that it can't be drawn out without the #ignatures of hoth of us. This agre ment. made this March 22, 1911, made in consideration of her living With me as my wife again.” Tove was the lure which made Dick- @son depose himsclf as boss of the Dickason t going agreement, written by Mrs. Dic ason, before she would consent to re turn to him. He donned the apron ané went into the kitchen after the ®®conciliation sehold and sign the fore- ™MANTS DICTIONARY COUNTED. Chicage Teacher Stirs Class Almest to Mutiny by Order. Chicago, Sept. 22.—A Chicago high Echool teacher has stirred up a wide protest by demanding that fifty pupils in his English class report to him on JMonday how many words there are in the latest adition of the most un- abridged dictionary. The pupils tried to ascertain the knowledge from books of statistics. librarians and university professer., but failed. At an indignation meeting it was decided that the only way to answer the question was to count the words, and this they decided to re- fuse to do. Prof. D. P. Parham, who asked the question, admits he does not know the exact number himself, but said several uthorities zave it at about four hun- @red thousand. ‘ United States Catching Up. Newport, R. I, Sept. 24.—After lag- rin; after other great maval powers n torpedo cquipment for many the United Stales navy isefast ove Bavling the leading Furopean powers #n this ressect, according to figures obtained at the naval torpedo station tod: A prominent official here said that American warships now -have more than half the necessary number of torpedoes, whereas a few years ago the number was greatly below this. Newfoundland Is Now Likely to open independent négotiations with the United Stales for a reciprocity agree- DISTINGUISHED MEN SPEND SUNDAY IN THE®TOMBS, Clergyman and Ex-United States Treasurer Among Those Arrested. cw York, Sept. 24.-—-Jared Flagg, ex-United States Treasurer Daniel N. Morgan, the Rev. James T. Scheck and five other of Flagg's alleged associates, |who were arrested vesterday on the charge of using the mails to defraud investors, were obliged to spend their Sunday in the Tombs today, in default [of the heavy bail, daggregating $65,000, under which they were held. | From his cell today, Flagg gave out a statement in which, although he ad- mitted that the profits of his concern averaged over 50 per cent. a year, ev- ery dollar of it was made honestly in legitimate stock exchange transac- tions. | It is expected that the prisoners will he released on hail tomorrow. They | will be arraizned on Wednesday | A sort of curtain raiser to yester- | day’s raid_occurred last month, when |the Consolidated Stock Exchange or- |dered its members to discontinue | handling Flage's business in the ground | that nis contracth with customers was lin violation of the exchange's rule | against syndicate and pool accounts. Flagg declared, was a part of a conspiracy to ruin his business. COL. MACDONALD ON THE MEND. Inaications Are Encouraging, the Only Danger Being a Relapse. | | | | New Haven, Conn., Se —Colonel Theodore H. MacDonald, former insur- | arce commissioner, who has been ill. now convalescent and the attending physicians have every hope of his com- plete recovery. He has had typhoid | fever with pneumonic and heart com- | plications and for some days his con- dition was extremely critical, with hardly a ray of encouragement for im- Provement. Today Highway Commis- sioned MacDonald called upon the pa- tient, carrying him 2 bunch of rare hlias, and from a few minutes' talk t was evident that the colonel was | thinking of political and other outside | affairs. Evervthing points to steady mprovement, though because of the nature of the fever it may be some {ime vet before the danger line of re- lapse is pa | Report That New Haven Road Will | Place Inspectors in Freight Houses. _Hartford, Sept. 24—The New York, ;New Haven and Hartford Railroad company has found it necessary to appoint a permanent inspctor of the company’s freight warehouses in this duty at all other large centers #-<ight shipments and transfers. claimed that a recent investigation of the freight business of the company has disclosed tHe fact that a large pe: centage of the shippers have been giv- ing estimated weights on bills of lad- ing that have been found to be short weights, and that in this manner the company has - suffered an enormoys loss. One special agent who has been investigating the matter has gone so far as to say that honest bills of lad- ing may yield revenue enough to meet the whol> dividend on the company’s stock. of Crossed Ocean to Marry. aw York, Sept. 24.—To escape the red tape that must be untangled be- fore a divorced person could remarry in Germany, Count Victor Felix Fu- gene Voss and a young woman who was recently Mrs, Henry Reidermann of Berlin, landed at New York yester- day and were married at the city hall by an alderman. Divorce papers filed by the bride showed that on July 19 she had obtained a divorce in Berlin. sty i The National Funeral Directors’ as- sociation, in session at Atlantic City, elected officers a stop 800 feet from the scene of the | city, and inspectors are to be put on | It is ! | 1 Paragraphs Panama, Sept. 24.—General Alfaro, former president of Iicuador, with his family arrived here vesterday. They will probably make their home in this -eity Bremen, Sept. 24.—The North Ger- man Lloyd line is placing orders for the construction of four double-serew steamers to be used in the Argentine service. London, Sept. 24.—Lord Strathcona, high commissioner for Canada, sailed for home by way of New York. It is expected that his successor will be appointed soon after his arrival in Canada. Peking. Sept. 24.—Foreigners have not been attacked in the disturbed provirce of Sze-Chuen. The leaders of the agitation against the Chinese government’s policy of building rail- roads with foreign capital evidently have instructed their followers not to molest foreigners, Paris, Sept. 2 In a published in- terview the Turkish charge at Paris says that he had no knowledge that negotiations have been opened by Italy on the subject of Tripoli. He did not see how such negotiations would be possible. Tripoli could neither be tak- en from Turkey by force nor bought. Solingen, Prussia, Sept. 24.—Theo- dore Dichi, representing the United States treasury department, arrived here yesterday to investigate the cut- lery frauds which were revealed, it is ‘alleged, shen large shipments of cutlery from this district were seized by the customs officers of New York last June. Tokio, Sept. 24—The papers print extended eulogies of the late Dr. James Curtis Hepburn, who was the first instructor in Japan in medicine of the modern school. Hepburn hall at Meiji Gakuin, the leading Pres- byterian school in Tokio, was destroy- ed by fire at the hour of Mr. Hep- burn’s death, MANUFACTURERS OF ARMS FOR PROTECTION OF GAME. Several Identified With Game Protect- ive and Propagation Society. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 2 incorporation of the Protective and Propagation society, with its principal office in New York city, will be filed with Secretary of State Lazansky tomorrow. The cam- paign will be national in character and work for the protection and propaga- tion of game throughout the country, The movement has the endorsement of former President Roosevelt and a num- ber of other prominent sportsmen. The association has selected the Yol- lowing officers: President, John B. Burnham, former deputy forest, fish and game commissioner: counsel, Wil- liam S. Haskell of New York cityf secretary, George M. Fayles of Troy. The association will have an advis- ory board of thirty committees, includ- Articles of ing committees on membership, organ- | ization, game protection, game propa- gation, state and federal laws, forestry and fish culture. President Burnha min explaining the purposes of the new organization made this statement: “The_incorporation of the American Game Protective and Propagation as- sociation marks a new era in game protection from the standpoint of the sportsmen. The game laws of the dif- ferent states are compley and contra- dictory, favoring one lofality at the expense of another, and in many sec- tions they are cery poorly enforced or not enforced at al There is no uni- formily between the laws of different states where game conditions are sim- ilar, and there is no general effective protection of migratory game birds over a large parc of the country. No one knows this better than the manufacturers of arms and ammuni- tion, and with an e¥e to the future they have contributed the funds for launching a national game protective association, and for erfiowing it for the next five vears. The companies repre- sented are the Winchester Repeating ‘Arms company, the Remington Arms company and Union Metalic Cartridge company. the J. Stevens Arms and Tool company. the Marlin Fire Arms company, the E. I. Dupont De Nemours Powder company, the American Pow- der Mills, the United States Cartridge , the Peters Cartridge com- pany, the United T.ead company and the Western Cartridge company. Oth- er manufacturers ill be invited to join in the movement. DENIED BY MOTHER, “KIMMEL” VANISHES Center of $25,000 Insurance Mystery Quits Niles in Motor Car. es, Mich, Sept. 24.—Niles will see no more of “Kimmel,” the released convict who is the center of a $25,000 insurance miystery, for several dav Following the stirring scenes Frida: between “Kimmel” and Mrs. Estella immel. when the former declared that he would never go back to the home of the woman he still persists is his mother, it was decided by the man’s friends thai the best thing that could be done would be to take him away for a rest. He left here in the automobile of Harry L. Fox. It is thought the party will visit relatives of George Kimmel in Berrien count This week he will be taken to Chicago to a specialist by Mr. Fox, who wishes to learn the true condition of “Kim- mel’ mind. That “Kimmel” was sincere in his announcement that he would not visit Mrs. Kimmel again was proved yes- terday when she asked him to come to her home in the afternoon and visit her in the presence of relatives. “Kim- mel refused absolutely to go near the house. “She knows where she can find me,” he said. “Harry Fox has been good encugh to keep open house for any one that wants to come and see me. Mother has the same privilege of vis- iting me_here.’ Mre. Kimmel stated that her state of mind in regard to the case had not changed since Friday, when she de- clared “Kimmel” has given her abso- lutely no sign he was her som, but that she would notepsolutely say that he was an_impostor. Her statement thet she had had the first good night's rest in a week seems to indicate to the people here that she had made up her mind that “Kimmel” was not her son. Collector Goldsborough Resigns. Baldwin, Kan, Sept. -President Taft today received and accepted the resignation of P. 1. Goldsborough, col- lector of internal revenue at Baltimor Mr. Goldeborough is a republican can- didate for governor of Maryland, and resigned because of his candidacy for that office. Catlettsburg, Ky, Sept. 24.—Arthur Hirsch, superintendent of the Indepen- dent Steel Company of America, at Kenova, W. Va., filed a voluntary peti- tion in bankruptcy in the United- States district court here yvesterda; His liabilities were placed at $223,00 His assets were not given. American Game | Flight Stoppad By Barhed Wire AVIATOR RODGERS’ BIPLANE WRECKED AGAIN, 1S | MADE 89 MILES ON SUNDAY Is Now 422 Miles from His Starting Point—Machine So Badly Damaged He Won,t Be-Able to Fly Today. _Jamestown, N. Y., Sept. 24.—A double line of barbed wire fence along a country lane temporarily halted Avi- ator Calbraith P. Rodgers’ coast-to- coast flight at Red House, 25 miles east of here and 422 miles from his starting point, today Covered 89 Miles Yesterday. Rodgers had covered $9 miles during the day and was starting on a short jump of 25 miles to Jamestown, where he expected to spend the night," when e encountered the fences which made a wreck of his biplane. Weather and Engine Bothered Him. Both weather conditions and engine troubles handicapped him in today’s flights. A stiff breeze was blowing when he left Hornell at 10.26 a. m., and just before landing at the Olean fair grounds at midday one of the auxiliary planes was blown off. The dnmage was not serious and the avi- ator again took the air at 1.45 p. m., with Jamestown as his objective. Decided to Alight. East of Red House the trouble with the spark plug which bothered him vesterday again developed and he de- cided to alight. ~After tuning up he took his seat for a fresh start. The uneven surface of the ground and a peculiar slant of the wind prevented his clearing the barbed wire fence. His Biplane Damaged. The_ biplane tore through the first line of wire and became enmeshed in the broken strands of the second fence. Both propeller blades were shattered and one wing was torn to ribbons. Rodgers escaped without a scratch. Probably No Flight Today. It is unlikely that repairs can be made in time for a flight tomorrow. TRINITY’'S FOOTBALL SQUAD AT GUILFORD. Three Candidates for the Only Open- ing on Team. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Conn., Sept. 22.—The foot- ball squad of Trinity college, number- ing all but one of those who remain from the highly successful organi tion of last year, and several ex- tremely promising new men, has been in Guilford, Conn,, for the past week getting into shape for a strenuous schedule. The position of quarterback, left open by the departure of “Hobe” Cook, is ‘the bone of contention for three men who are all good. Smith, a newcomer who hails from St. Alban's school in 1llinois, is as likely a candi- date as any, and with Collett is taking good care of the spirals which come from the boots of Captain Howell and Ahern, both seasoned veterans. Ahern is back on the job at left end and Howell bhas been shifted to the other from his former position at tackle. Lawlor is again playing a guard. Hud- son, who held the position of tackle a vear ago, has been unable to attend the camp and will probably be shifted to full on his arrival in Hartford the middle of next week. The schedule for the coming season is an ambitious one and includes Wor- cester Te: mirerst, Colgate, Wes- levan, N. Y. U., Massachusetts State, Haverford and Brown. Amherst and Brown take the places of Norwich university and the army. The Y. M. C. A. organized_a year ago, has issued a freshman Bible, a customary publication in most insti- tutions but an innovation at Trinit; The book, compiled by Whitehead, '13. is well edited and satisfies a long felt need. The recently published report of President Luther shows that the mem- bers of the faculty have, in addition to their work at college, been extreme- Iy active in other branches, literary work and lecturing being the favorite departures. English and mathematics were the most populi courses as hown by the elections, which is rather tural, as all men in th eentering class are requived to take a course in each. The fall term opens with a chapel service on the evening of the 28th From present prospects the freshman class w be larger than any in the history of the college. CAN'T CALL HIS COMPANY HELL Justice Rudd Denies Application of New Yorker for Writ. Albany. Sept. Arguments on the application of Jonah Goldstein of New York for a writ of mandamus to com- pel Edward Lazansky, secretary of state, to incorporate a company under the name of “Hell” were heard ves terda; by Supreme Court Justice Rudd, who denied the application. The applicant took the ground that if the papers were made out in reg- ular form the secretary of state must receive them under the law. Mr. La ansky tended it would be contra: to public policy to permit the use of such a name, OBITUARY. Gen. Samuel C. Lawrence. Medford, Mass, Sept. 24.—Gen. Samuel C. Lawrence, formerly a di- rector of various large corporations, licutenant grand commander of the supreme council, Scottish Rite, in Ma- sonrv, and commander of the Fifth Massachusetts infantry in_the - civil war, died tonight after an illness ex- tending over severdl months. He was 79 years old and a native of Med- ford, where members of his family for 170 vears engaged in the manufacture of rum, which became known in every | quarter of the werld. Some years ago | Gener: tillery ness enera! Lawrence nad a prominent part in the reorgamzation of the Atch- ison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad and was long one of the execulive directors of the Boston & Maine. 1 Lawrence dismantled the dis plant and closed out the busi- He owned what is considered to be |y one of the most extensive Masonic li- braries in the world. His death leaves but two survivors of the 57 men who in 1867 were instrumental in bringing about a union of the Scottish Rite Ma- sonic bodies. A German exporter estimates the tctal production of books throughout the world at 128,530 new works a year. e Big Profits of DUE TO THE MONOPOLISTIC AD- VANTAGES IT OBTAINED. REVENUES IN FEW HANDS Capitalization in Excess of Actual In- vestment—Second Part of Report of Commissicner of Corporations Smith Washingten, Sept. 24—The intricate financial side of the American Tobacco company, familiarly known as the To- bacco frust, and now in process of dissolution by order of the supreme court of the, United States because it was a_combination in restraint of trade in vioiation of the Sherman anti-trust law, was set forth in a report of the commissioner of corporations, Herbert Knox Smith, which was sent to the president and made public today. Second Part of Report. Tt was the second part of a report on the tobacco industry and deals with the earnings, capitalization and investment of the great tobacco com- bination. The capitalization of this monopolis- tic power was much greater than the aetual investment, and by clever ar- rangement the bulk of the earnings were in the hands of a very small group of individuals. Enormous Profits Due to Monopoly. The enormous profits resulting from the inflation of the securities and the dividends paid thereon, the report 1des, rested in their ultimate an- is, upon monopolistic advantages in the tobacco industry aly obtained through concentration of control. TEN NEW TYPHOID CASES AT TORRINGTON Parish House of Trinity Church Being Utilized as Hospital. Torrington, Conn., Sept. 24—Ten new cases of typhold had been reported up to tonight, bringing the total number of patients s a result of the epidemic here up to 210. No additional fatali- ties have occurred, and the death list thus far stands at five. Equipped with accommodations for 50 patients, the temporary hospital in the Trinity church parish house was opened today and the work of trans- ferring the sick to it begun. Up to evening about 25 patients had been received. While the provision made thus far is for 50, the physicians in charge think that the floor space is sufficiently large to allew the putting in of cots for an additiopal 25 or 50 patients shculd necessity require it. Every precaution that can be taken to prevent a further spread of the mal- ady is being taken, but it is expected that additional cases will be reported as a result of secondary infection. It is explained in this connection that in the early period of the epidemic in many cases when a person fell ill of typhoid the proper precautions to pre- vent its communication to others were not taken, THE BIBLE THE WGRLDS MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOK. Governor Baldwin’s Message to a Mid- dletown Sunday Schooel. Middletown, Conn., Sept. 24—"No other_book has had anything like the influence on the world that the Bible has had,” said Governor Baldwin in a letter read at a rally of the First Baptist Sunday school here today, “and in my opinion.” he added, “no other ever will” The letter was written to the school at the request of one of the officers and was read in_ connec- tion with the presentation of Bibles to the members of the school who were tcday graduated from the primary de- partment. 'The governor's letter fol- low he Bible deserves its name. ‘Bible’ s simply the English form of a Gree word, much the same in sound_ and spelling. which means ‘book.” It is ‘the Book.' o other book has had anything like its influence en the world opinion, no other ever E. BALDWIN.” were reports from “SIMEON features Other delegates who a week ago visited Sun- day schools of other denominations at Hartford, New Britain and Bristol. FUNERAL OFfiHEAVIEST NEW ENGLAND WOMAN Doors Cut Away to Permit Holding 1 of Services in House. Wakefield, Mass., Sept. 24.—TUnusual arrangements were necessiry at the funeral today of Mrs. Lena M. Rich- ards, who died Friday, as a result of her great weight. Mrs. Richards is be- lieved to have been the heaviest wo- man in New England. In order to permit of services froin the house, the doors at the Richards home had to be cut away. A special casket was con- structed to hold the body, which weighed 510 pounds. The casket was 36 inches wide, 26 inches deep, and 6 feet 4 inches long. It required the services of ten men to lower the body into the grave. PASTOR}ETIRES BECAUSE OF FAILING EYESIGHT Rev. E. A. Johnson Refused to Marry Colonel Astor for $1,000. Newport, R. I. Sept. 24.—Rev. Ed- ward Jolnson, pastor”of the First Baptist church of this city, one of the Rhode Island clergymen who refused han offer of $1,000 to officiate at the wedding of hn Jacob Astor and Miss Madeline T. Force, conducted his last service as 4 regular pastor tonight Rev. Mr. Johnson retires from the min- istry on account of failing eyesight to enter commercial life in Philadel- phia. Steamship Arrivals. At New York: Sept. 2 from Glasgow Prinz helm, from Bremen; Neckar, from Bremen. & . Columbia, from WL At Moville: councilmen refused to confirm Mayor Ella Wilson's appointments, although she presented the names of nearly e ery reputable en of the town, a petition asking the ousting of the four councilmen has been filed in the Kan- Sas supreme court by Attornev Cien- eral Dawsop Tobacco Trust Condensed Telegrams M. Aquascita, Alias Palmarini, a banker, “was arrested by the Paris police, accuscd of forgery and the theft Of $400,000. Mary McCarty, Believed to- be tie oldest person in Massachuseits, died at West Stockbridge, Mass., Saturday, aged 112 years. Obadiah Gardner of Rockland, Me., was named Saturday United States senator to succeed the late Senator Frye of Maine. The Waters of New England claim- ed 328 victims by accidental drown- ings during the summer season which ended Saturday. Granville Fortescue of the Pan-Am- erican union will visit South America and study the general conditions in the countries there, ’ By the Will of the Late Former U. S. Senator Thomas H. Carter of Mon- tana, the bulk of his estate was left } to Mrs. Carter for i Ger. Tasker H. Bliss Criticises the maneuver camps of the army, assert- ing that they are not aggomplishing their primary purpose. __Ervin H. Thorp of Vermont, super- intendent of the division of. salaries and allowances of the postoffice de- partment, has resigned. A Score of Students Were Hurt in | the annual rush between the freshman | and sophomore classes of Purdue uni- versity at Lafayette, Ind. Charles M, Schwab, president of the Bethlchem Steel corporation, at Ber- lin, said he was unable to account for the break in steel prices. - _ The Time-Honored Mule, always an important factor in the wars of the past, will probably soon surrender to the modern motor truck The Chinese Government Will re- ceive a refund of $72,474 on the Boxer indemnity under decision of the a comptroller of the treasury Nearly 2,000,000 Pounds of Tea, val- ued at $500,000, has been refused en- try at tha San Francisco custom house because it is alleged to contain color- ing. 5 Ciarence Darrow Will Demand of Judge Bordwell today a two weeks’ de- lay in starting the trial of the Mc- Namara brothers, scheduled for Octo- ber 11, Jechn Norris of the American News- paper Publishers’ ociation, states that the defeat in Canada of reciproc- ity has expanded the free zone for pulp { and paper. Raymond M. Raymond, crapking an aeroplane at the Kinloch aviation field at St.. ILouis, Mo, died Saturday. . His skull was fractured {When the propeller hit him. Injured in Approximately a Million and a Half bags of sugar, more than half the av- erage Louisiana erop, was sold last week to the American Sugar Refining company by Louisiana planters. A White Clay Pipe bearing the date 1692, and the inscription “Salem, Mass., was found six feet deep In tI ground at Kansas City, by James Cain, while he was digging a sewer. Uncertainty as to Probable Changes in the woolen tariff schedule is assign- ed as the reason for the closing up of the business at the Rochdale, Mass., woolen mills. Champ Clark Declares That What he said about reciprocity did not have half so much to do with defeating it in Canada as did the corruption funds sent from this country and Great Britain. William St. Rock, a Pawtucket, R.| I.. motorman, is held criminally re- sponsible for the death of George Sol- omon, who was knoked from his coal | team when St. Rock’s car ran into it on Sept. 7. - Fire Swept Through Two Floors of the old Tiffany building, TUnion quare, New York, Saturday, causing about $100,000 damage, injuring tw firemen and endangering the lives of | several others. New York City’s Claim that it has the right to carry petroleum as freight on the free mypnicipal ferry operating between New York and Brooklyn, may be passed upon by the supreme court of the United States. Lieutenants Attwood and Shephard, English army officers who were ar- rested at Emsden, Prussia, on Wed- Y charged with espionage, were released, following an inquiry in which they were exonerated. Streator Motor Company of Til, has filed netice in the United States distriet court that it is bankrupt, and asks permission to sub- mit,its assets to the court for distribu- tion' among its creditors. £ The Argentine Battleship Moreno, | planned to be one of the most formid- able dreadnaughts in the world, was Jaunched Saturday afternoon from the rd of the New York Shipbuilding at Camden, \N. J. Prof. George Carner, who probably knows more about all kinds of apes than any other man, returned from Africa Saturday with a young gorilla said o be the second ever brought to this country, and a chimpanzee. Investigation of the Work of nation- al bank examiners in New England will be instituted today by Comptrol- ler of the Treasury Murray and Steph- en L. Newnham, chief of the reports division of the comptreller’s office. Tom Rorie, eryman, and L. L Reed, carpenter, died; T. O. Thomas of Kingston, Okla., and an unidentified vouth wounded are the net results ot a shooting affray in a crowded circus tent at Madill, Okla., early Saturday, Prof. William S. Eichelberger, in chargze of the nautical almanac office of the navy, has been named as the United, States delegate to the inter- national conference of directors of nautical almanacs, which will seon meet in P The Central Trades and Labor union Si. Louis has passed a resolution prohibiting any union musicians from playing in any of the entertainments given to President Taft at St. Louis, if the Boy Scouts took part in the enter- taining in any w of State Prison Sentences were given 3 idge Curtis in the superior court at Hartford to three men tried last week for “white slave trafficking.” The men were Frank Devine, said to be a saloonist jn Brooklyn, N. Y.: Tony Calandrilla of New York and Nicholas Dessando of Hartford b Drunkenness In Universities CONSIDERED BY TAFT IN SPEECH AT BAKER UNIVERSITY, DRINKING IS FROWNED UPON Higher Standing of Morality Today Than When He Attended Yale—Fac- tions in Kansas City Bury Hatchet. Baldwin Station, Kansas, Sept. 24.— The warring republican factions of Kansas buried the hatchet today and walked side by side to pay honer to President Taft. Governor Stubbs, who is generally considered as belonging to the “insurgent” faction, welcomed Mr, Taft with the hope that the state, without regard to party or faction. would give the most royal reception ever given to a president of the United States. Lions and Lambs Together. Republican State Chairman Dolley, who holds office in the state under Governor Stubbs, and Republican Na- tional Committeeman Mulvane, united in telling Mr. Taft that the Kansas delegation to the next republican ma- tional convention would be solidly for him, and United States Senators Cur- tis and Bristow, the one a regular, the other a leader of the progressives, rode side by side in the tonneau of the same automebile over the Kansas countryside and sat on the same plat- form to honor the chief executive. Taft Attends Church Twice. Aside from the political tinge thet the presence of the leaders of both factions in the state gave the day, there was little to distinguish it from others that the president expects to spend as quietly as possible on the long trip. Mr. Taft attended church twice; spoke to the students of the state ‘university at Lawrence and to the students of Baker university near here and reviewed the Indian students at Haskell institute near Lawrence. Begins Busy Week Today. Tomorrow the president will begin @ hard, busy trip through the state. The first day will end in Kansas City tomorrow night, where he will ad- dress the national conservation con- ference. On Tuesday he will attend the semi-centennial celebration of the admission of Kansas to the union, at the state fair at Hutchinsen. Drunkenness in Univer: To the students at Lawrence, the president spoke of the good the Y. M. €. A, has done in the world as he has seen it, and digressed sufficiently to resent publicly the allegations as to the drunkenness and dissipation in American universities recently made by Mr. Crane of Chicago. Attacks on Harvard Students. “I do mot know,” said the presi- dent, “whether you have observed the attack made upon young men at Har- vard by some gentleman who felt it necessary to send a detective into that community to find out how wicked the boys were. No Sympathy With Such Investigation have not any particular sympathy with that kind of investigation. Wick- edness that has to be unearthed with a spade ordinarily ought to be kept under the clod that the spade raises. I know something about those univer- sities. I know its sister university, Yale. Resents Scandal Making and Muck Raking. “The truth is, universities don’t dif- fer much, I know what Yale was in my day, and I know it might have been better. I contributed something to the detectives’ knowledge in those days, possibly, but today there is a higher standing of morality. Dissi- pation and drinking are frowned upo; by the people of the college. That what shows what a college is, the reputation of the young men and young women who are in_it, and I re- sent scandal making and muck rak- ing.” At Inauguration Ceremonies. In Baldwin station Mr. Taft attend- ed ceremonies at the inauguration of Dr. W. N. Mason as president of Baker university in the First Methodist Episcopal church and tenight he lis- tened to a song service in the same church. NEW HAVEN MOULDER KILLED BY TROLLEY Found with Fractured Skull Between Darien and Noroton. mford, Conn., Sept. 24.—Bernard Smith, a_molder, of New Haven, died at the Stamford hospital tonight of injuries received on the post road be- tween Darien and Noroton this after- noo. His skull was fractured. It at first supposed that he had been struck by an automobile, and the Da- rien authorities sent word to New Ha- ven to have a testing car said to have passed over the post road this aft ernoon held by the New Haven police for inquir A further examination, however. showed the authorities that the man had probably been struck by a trolley car on the Norwalk line. His ga: ments were not muddy and the only injury he suffered was the fracture at the base of the skull. Identification was made by relatives. It was said by them that Smith had been away from home for several weeks and his where- abouts were not known to his family. It was learned, however, that he had been ‘in New York and was walking back to New Haven when he was hurt. He was about 30 years old and leaves a wife and three children. Among other relatives is a brother, who is a Catholic priest stationed at ‘Waterbury. TO BUY GRAIN BY WEIGHT. Northwestern Ohio Dealers Discard Bushel Standard. Lima, Ohio, Sept. 24,.—Grain will ba purchased by weight rather than by the bushel by the dealers of this part of Ohio after January 1, 1912, The Northwestern Ohio.Grain Dealers’ as- sowiation has decided to take the ac- tion. Twe hundred dealers of Ohio, In na and Michigan altended fhe meeting. The Wnited States and-En, latid alone of the tweity-féur princi- pal commereial countries adhere to the bushel standard in grain transactions, it was said by the speakers, Because of an abnormally large amount of moisture in the corn in this region of the state, it wgs said that the cereal will not be marketable this year Lefore November 1. | ship of the was u T -d! 5 The Jean Bart, a New French war- chaas,