Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 30, 1911, Page 1

yoL. LIIL—NO. 234 ; NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1911 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation s the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion tothe City's Population ° ITALIANS SINK TURKISH DESTROYER First Naval Battle of Tripolitan War Fought in Harbor of Prevosa GREAT DAMAGE BY ITALIANS’ SHELLS Italian Forces Occupy Tripoli and Benghazi Without Formidable Resistance—United States Urged to In- tervene by Former Ambassador—Turkish Cabinet Resigns— Great Britain Worried Over Situation. Leondon, Sept. 20.—Events in the} Italian dispute occurred today with extraordinary rapidity, and a ite of war now exits between the | nations, and hostilities have be- | Turk Refused to Surrender. . No sooner had the time limit fixed in | t uitimatum expired than, ignoring | Turkey's conciliatory request for a pe- The | in Italy were The Turkish of delay, Italy declared war. rkish representatives 1ded passports. heir commander at Tripoli was asked to| surrender the town, but refused, and | Ttalian forces immediately occu- | Tripoli and Benghaz Italians Seize Wi Apparently the Turks o but this is only an assump- or immediately on landing the slians evidently seized the telegraph rom the heur of their. landing cssage of any kind ham been re- ved from Tripoli, amd despatches that place remain unanswered. Probably Only a Protest. ‘ered no re- sistance, It should be noted, however, that a | Constantineple despatch announcing Yialian oceupation of Tripoli makes no ntion of resistance, and a mere pro- by the gevernor would be in line 1 Turkey's anneunced. policy. Turkish Cabinet Resigns. The Turkish cabinet, which had been for some time insecure, resigned as a war was declared. and a new was formed under Said Pasha. | er able war minister, Mah yud fket Pasha, however, is re tained in the new cabinet. Italian Blockade at Tripoli. i I'urkes continues her efforts to ob- tein intervention the powers. Tn the meantime Italy is aggressive. Ital- ifan battleships are reported to have poeared off Si rna and ‘Salonika. An alian cruiser landed troops at Pre- ~esa. after dest a Turkish tor- lo boat dest i the Italian as blockaded the whole Tripoli- | i | | | tan coast An Ultimatum to Greece. | Thera are uncenfirmed reports that | TTurkey intends to send an ultimatum ' = to abanden her claims or Crete and = massing troops on the Thessalian frontier. Turkish Destroyer Sunk. { lonika, European Turkey Sept. 30 1).—An Italian cruiser has de- Turkish destroyer in . the | Prevosa, in Epirus, and troops. The Turkish authori- ing a hattalion of troops APPEAL TO UNITED STATES. Former Ambassador to Turkey Asks Government to intervene. Washington, Sept. 9. The declara- of war by Ialy agalnst Turkey ‘th practically mo notice caused a + sensation tn official ‘Washing- The state department had felt onablv cenfldent that the other gnatories to the Berlin treaty, which xad the status of Turkey, would be le to bring pressure to bear upon v to divert her from her purpose ‘o setze Tripoll. The only conclusion that could ba drawn frem the events of the past 24 heurs was that what }as happened is ouly a natural se- auence of the Franco-German-Morocco negotiations and that it has been un- dersgood tacitly all along that Ttaly wowld me given a free hand to deal with Tripeil in return for refraining #rom intervention in the Moroccan dis- giite, though her interasts in the coun- trv of the Moors are quite as impor- tant as those of any of tha nations of northern Eurepe United States Has No Interest There. indications are that the United Etates will keep clsar of the present struggle for demination in Africa. if that is possiple. It iz distinctly as- merted at the stated department that this country hae absolutely no polltieal Anterest in that part of the world. It {s added, however, that in view of the tghTy advanced position the United tes has taken In advocacy of the cetul seitlement »f international §iosoren. This gavarnment can ook only with regrét upon this resort to var. 5 Appeal for Intervention. Late tedar the state dapartment re. »ived an appeal from Oscar Straus, formerly American ambassador to Tur- Yer. to intervems between Ifaly and Turkey. Mr. Strauy application was tased upon Article il of The Hague Lonventiom, of which both Italv and Turkey were signatories. Extreme Caution Necessary. No efficial statement could be ob- 1sined from the state department as 18 what #spesition would be made of Mr. Btraus’ = stion. Fxtreme cautiem must characterize any attempt at medlation, for heretofore in case of threatened hostilities the state de- rartment has awaited some intimation from ene or hoth principals to the dis- pute + its zood effices would be weicome. The onjv ewcemtion to this pracedent was in the instance of Peru and Ecuador, when this country suc- cessfully intervened to prevent war. Twe Naval Vessels There. The naval rebresentation of the T'nited States in African waters during the present trouble will he limited to r (Chester and the gun- The (hester wae to to Cirene. sn - the to pretect the Ameri- party. but it is thought wi the navy department that the scientisis will be obliged to sus- pend operations. nnless the Ttaliansecan make 1 1anfing Iu force at Cyrene. In any oase, the Chester will probably be 1aft fres i look after the protectian of any American interests in Tripoli. and her commander will act with American Consul Wood. The Scerpion at Malta. The Seorpion has heen the station hip at Copstantineple. but she will main at M; or vicinity for the it to assist the Chester in sale- Pave procecd-d coast of Tripe'i can archaclogica! | off the coast of Epirus. CONNECTICUT ITALIANS If Their Country Needs Them, MInY‘ Wil New Haven, Sept. 20.—There are a Join the Army. | g00od many tens of thousands of Ital- ian men living in Connecticut who served with the colors, and it was the cpinion here today that if the mother country needed their assistance a great many would return and join the army. Consul Riccio was away from home this afterncon and in the ab- sence of any one of authority,repre- senting the Italian government it was Lot known whether an appeal would be made to Italians in the state. Italy’s Rights in Tripoli. London, Sept. 29.—The Economist in an article entitled “The Partition of North Africa” say “Undoubtedly Italy has as much ght to establish a protectorate over Tripoli as France had over Tunis. We dare say that Italy's conimercial in- terests in Tripoli and the Italian col- | ony in that somewhat barren country sre at least equal to the original in- terests that served France as a pre- text in Tuynis or Morocco. Italy stands to lose heavily in any case.” FIRST NAVAL BATTLE. Italian Squadron Badly Damages Two Turkish Vessels. Paris, Sept. 29.—The Matin's Athens correspondent says that the telegraph officials at Vonitza, Ggeece, have wired to the government that a naval battle occurred off Prevosa,at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.. Warships belonging to ‘the | Italian Ionian squadron encountered a flotilla of Turkish destrovers cruising The italians | promptly attacked the flotilla and two | Turkish ships were badly damaged by shells. - They h: ave gone ashore in the Gulf of Arta. ' : = DOZEN LEAVE WORCESTER. Albanians Start for New York and Will Join Italiah Army. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 29.—A dozen Albanians .who have been living in Worcester for nearly two vears, left o join thé Italien army and fight gainst their foes, the Turks, accord- ing to their own statement. The Al- banians have left for New York to sail on the steamer Philadelphia for Greece, whence they expect to go to Tripoli. It is said that if the war should be a protracted one, many Italians and Turks in this country subject to army orders would be called to their native lands. Sanford D, Biucknam (Bucknam Pasha), vice admiral of the Turkish navy, has arrived in Worcester. He is a native of Nova Scotia, but has lived in Maine, Michigan and this state. His wife was Miss Rose Thayer of San Francisco. ENGLAND WORRIED. Damage to Her Interests and Pre Are -Apprehended. 2 London, Sept. 20.—It is in Great Britain more than in any other Euro- pean country outside of the combatants that the war between Italy and Tur- key causes apprehension. Damage to England's interests and prestige is a factor in the anxiety. The danger is how far the Turks wiil exercise self- restraint and limit their retaliation to 1taly, how far racial and religious feel- ing may excite them to political activ- Much of the darkest clouds tonight seem to be in the direction of Greece. Great fear prevails lest Turkish pride and the necessity of the Young Turks' government gaining popularity may in- cite the government to show that it also can play the game of aggression and demand that Greece give up her claims en Crete, British officials are morée concerned over the possibilities of treuble in the Palkans and Greece than with the ac- tual eonflict over Tripoli. The theory gains ground. here that Italy's stroke is the last act on the programme agreed upon by the powers in the triple entente, that it was arranged when Austrid took over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that Ttaly only awaited an_opportupne moment to car- Ty it into execution. = Austria’s acquisition of the two provinces. German's forward move- ment in Morocco and Ttaly's compen- siting campaign near by are inter- preted by unfriendly observers as too logieal to be considered mere indepern- dent acts. FEngland’'s hands are tied officially in the present strained rela- tions in Europe. The government can- not afford to incur the enmity of either Pelligerent by taking side with the other. Yet her neutralitv means a ioss of influence with Turkev which she has been struggling to retain since the beginning of the Young Turk re- gime. CAPTAIN HAINS CANNOT RETURN TO THE ARMY. Only Act of Congress Can Place Him On the Payroll. Washington. Sept. 29. the United States army are closed against Captain Peter C. Hains. Jr.. no matier what action Governdr Dix mav take upon his application for pardon for the killing of William E. The president agcepted Hain nation, te take éffect Jan. e was confined in Sing Sing peniten- and 1t is said at the war depa ment that only an set of cohgress conld resto m to the army roll, Wealthy Shoplifter Goes Free. New York. Sept. 29.—Mrs. Frances Walker, wife of Edward C. Walker, the wealthy paper manufacturer of Holyoke, Mass., whe was arrested in a department stere on Wednesday on a charge of shoplifting, was discharged teday by Magistrate Corrigan in the Jefferson Market pelice court. The complaint was withdrawn by the store. The doors of | i t jarticles taken from the interior of the | ANOTHER FATAL CASE OF | | “DIDN'T KNOW-IT-WAS-LOADED Cabled_Paragraphs |Taft Speaks in Southampton, Sept. 29.—Thomas A. Edison and Mrs. Edison were among the passengers of the steamer Amerika that sailed for New York today. Tokio, Sept. —Lindsay Russell, founder of the Japanese Society of v York, and Editor Hamilton Holt be received by the emperor to- morrow, when they will be honored with decorations. London, Sept. 29.—Friends of Win. throp Ames, forrherly manageing di rector of the New theater in Nev York, today received announcements of his marriage in London yesterday to Miss Luci, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Fuller. Toulon, France, Sept. doctor who e: ped ship Liberte s blown up today re- ceived an envelope containing $5.210 which he lost at the time of the disas- ter. The money was found among lost —The ship's when the battle- vessel. FAILED TO PROVE THA;— HE IS GEORGE KIMMEL. Claimant Could Not Remember Inci- dents That Occurred. Niles, Mich., Sept. 29.—Three hours of talking today by the man claiming to be George mmel, resulted in the failure of the “man of mystery” to convince either Mrs. Estella Kimmel, mother of the real Kimmel, and her daughter, Mrs. Edna Bonslett, that he is the son and broth Both women, believing that they cannot be convinced that the man is| Kimmel, left late today for Chicago. They appear confident that the real George A. Kimmel is dead. At today’s talk incidents which the women said Kimmel would remember could not be recalled by the man. Happenings which he said Mrs. Kim- mel, at least, should recall, never curred in the early life of her son, far as she knew, Mrs. Kimmel said. “Kimmel” has not said whether he | will make a further effort to prove, his claims. o] Youth of 18 Shoots and Kills a Girl of 16 at Lincoln. | Lincoln, Mass., Sept. dare shoot me, Charles. vear old Marion Stevens Falls, when Charies Wetherbee, at whose home she was visiting today, pulled down his father’s hunting rifle drom its rack. The boy, with a laugh, pointed the rifle at her and pulled the trigger. a bullet through her head. i The authorities, after an investiga- tion, decided to take no action against Wetherbee, who is 18 vears old, being satisfied that he helieved the rifle was not loaded. “You don't | said sixteen of Millers | MISS MADELINE RUSSE SURRENDERS HERSELF Much Wanted Telephone Girl Closeted | with Authorities. New York, Sept. 29.—Miss Madeline Russe, the telephone girl for the Jared | Flagg Investment concern, who has | Dbeen playing hide and seek with the-| federal officers ever since Flagg and | his alleged associates were arrested a | weelk ago, surrendered to the authori- | ties toda She was examined more | than three hours by Assistant District | Attorney Thompson, after which she | was permitted to go to her home in White Plains, N. Y. with the under- standing that she would return when | wanted. The warrant for her arrest, | however, was not cancelled. ‘What ‘information she gave the au- | thorities was not reveale | INVALID WOMAN FALLS FROM THIRD STORY WINDOW. | Relatives Decline to State Whether It | Was Cage of Suicide. New York, Sept. ss Cora Barnes, stepdaughter of William H. Bliss, a well known New"York lawyer, formerly United States district attor- at St. Louls and vice president of the St. Paul and Duluth railroad, was instantly killed today by falling from a third-story window of her residence. Eer relatives refused to comment on the police report that she committed sulcide. M Barnes, returned from to celebrate her home. who was an invalid, the Berkshires today th birthday at A MANILA BAY HERO BECOMES NATURALIZED. Arthur M. Whitton, Who Cut Cables, . Was an Australian. Sept Yorfolk, V: .—Arthur M, itton. one of the sailors who cut the Spanish cables in Banila bay during the Spanish-American war to enable secret entrance by Admiral Dewey's fleet, was one of 35 aliens who secured full naturalization papers in the United States district court here to- day. Whitton, who has been a master in the naval collier service since his service at Manila in 1898, was_an Australian. He now lives at Nor- | folk. OBITUARY. [ ——" Col. Noah A. Plympton. Boston, Sept. 29.—A prominent flz- ure in the excitement attending the gubernatorial campaigns of General | Benjamin F. Butler in this state, | passed away today in the death of | Colonel Noah A. Plympton at his| home at Wellesley Hills. Colonel | Plympton, who was one of the best known insurance men in the _city, | managed the Butler campaigns of 1882 | and 1883, Gold to Finance the War. New York, Sept. 29.—Gold bars to the value of $1,500,000 were taken to- day from the United States assay office for shipment abroad by Lazard Freres, a French banking house. The character of the transaction was not disclosed, but it is réported to have me bearing upon the state of war existing between Italy and Turkey. Silliman Lecturer at Yale. New Haven. Conn., Seépt. 28, — An- nounceimnent was made tonight that rhe Sitliman lectt at Yale this year would be by Prof. Max Verworn of the T niversity of Bonn. The lectures will @ 1 Oct. 9, and the general subject be “The Physiology of Irritubil- | Steamship Arrivals, Havre: Sept. 29, La lLorraine, New York. Liverpool: Sept. 29, Baltie, from York. Rotterdam: New York. Trieste: Sept. 25, Columbia, from | Sept. 29, Ryndam. The girl dropped dead, with | a Large Tent§ for Ten Years AGAIN EXPLAINS HIS VETOES OF | MERIDEN BANK TREASURER AD- TARIFF BILLS. :v MITS HIS GUILT. ENDS HIS :I'flUR OF I0WA tHE LOST IN MINING STOCKS Declares That Present Wool Schedule | Covered: Defalcations by Failing to Is Indefensibly High and Fromiaecj} Enter Deposits in Cash Book—Very to Recommend Reduction. Prominent in Politics and Religion. | Meriden, Conn., Sept, 29.—George M. TLucas, teller of the First National ! bank and treasurer of the City Sav- ings bank, who admitted to the bank officials today that he had em\)p_zzlerl between $£13,000 and $14,000 covering a period of ten years, is held in the matron’s room at police headquarters tonight, pending the session of police court Saturday morning. Visited by Brother-in-Law. Ottuma, Iowa, Sept. 29.President | Taft ended his two days' tour of Jowa here tonight as he began it—with a speech on the tariff. To an audience | which filled a large tent and gave | him the closest attention he has had, | the president, in a conversational tone | and i an informal manner, stated anew the position he took with ref- erence to the tariff bills he vetoed. Was Frequently Cheered. Mr. Taft made no bid for applause; | Lucas was arrested at moon today no attempt at oratory. He took the | and ufterward rkf_llsed to see. any- audience into his confidence and stat- | one. In the evening he telegraphed The Most Important News The most important hews in a paper to the regular subscriber is the commercial news, because that is most profitable, since it al- ways discloses the period of low prices and special occasions when bargains are to be bbtained. The buyer of a newspaper who fails to keep posted upon the markets loses the opportunity to make the paper an agent of economy that will save him in the course of the vear three or four times its cost. There is no investment of money that should return larger dividerds than that invested in the home paper. To fail to peruse the aavertising columns is to know little of goods or prices. The flimflammer and the cheat always like the peonleswho neglect knowledge of this kind, because it makes easy Victims for them. It is the posted shopper who has respect paid him from behind the counter, and who knows when to buy to get the zoods most reasonable, and who saves money on his purchases right along. To use a paper only to learn local gossip and current news is the wasting of more than half its value. It is because a majority of readers know how to get the best from a newspaper there is in it, that the advertisers find the use of space at regular rates good bus- inese, If you do not take The Bulletin, now is the time to subscribe. The Bulletin will be left at your door for 12 cents a week. Following is a summary of the matter printed during the past week: Bulletin Telegraph Local Genera/ Tolal Saturday. Sept. 23 104 237 890 1231 Monday. Sept. 25 106 155 214 475 Tuesday. Sept. 26 1i4 170 274 558 Wednesday. Sept. 27 113 55 236 504 Thursday. Sept. 28 107 147 217 471 Friday, Sept. 29 126 152 219 497 Tota, - - - - 670 1016 2050 3736 for his brothy who later station, Wife and Son on Vacation. Lucas' wife and ‘son are still in No- va Scotia on a vacation and he is trying to kdep the knowledge of his trouble from them. He is cool and coliected despite the grave charge against him. Ugly rumors were cir- culated about the city today that Lu- cas had taken three or four times as much as the official statements had named, the sum of $10,000, but it was iearned tonight that he had confessed 1o appropriating $13,000 and $14,000. i To Prevent Run on Bank. | To prevent a run on the bank, Nor- ris 8, Lippitt of Norwich, the state bank examiner, made the statement that after a careful and thorough ex- amination of the bommis and securities of the City Savings bank he finds them all there and absolutely correct. Pres- ident C. 1. Rockwell has warned de- positors through the press not to be alarmed. The fact that depositors wili lose three montis’ interest if they withdraw their money now will act as a deterrent, it is believed. ed his case with scarcely a pause. The crowd was not a demonstrative one. Tt cheered the president when he be- n and again when he finished. There | was occasional applause in between, the most spontaneous and prolonged sceurring when Mr. Taft &xclajmed: “l Am no Free Trader.” “I am no free trader: I am a pro- tectionist, pledged to the policy of a e tariff based on ‘the differ- ence in the cost of production in this country and the cost of production abroad.” Denounced Present Wool Schedule. The presignt was again applauded when he said that he was zoing to recommend reductions in the woolen and cotton schedules fust as soon as the tariff board reported on these schedules December. He de- nounced the present wool schedule as indefensibly high, but seid that the woolen bill which he vetoeg was drawn without regard to the effect it would have on the industry in this country; was drawn without adequate informa- | tion and was largely the work of a single senator. Mr. Taft said he felt the cbuntry could well afford to wa two or three months longer and .get a Dill hased on scientific data and com- plete information. Free-List Bill and Reciprocity. The farmers' free-list bill, Mr. Taft said, was intended as a compensation to the farmer for whatever damage he in-law, Rebert Walker, ted Lucas at the police | How He Was Discovered. | Lucas covered up his defalcations, it | deposits in his personal cash book, though always keeping the accounts straight in the depositors’ books and the bank ledger. During Lucas’ re- might suffer from Canadian reciproc- | cént vacation, a Southington man ity, He asserted that reciprocity would ; "amed McKenzie, who had entered an not have hurt the farmer, anyway, | unt of nearly $1,000 a few weeks but its defeat in Canada wiped out | 3R0. entered the bank and made an- other deposit. The clerk who received the deposit had access to Mr. Lucas’ cash book on account of his absence ind noticed that the former deposit had not been credited. Speculated in Mining Stock. the last reason for so slipshod a meas- ure. Rendering Account of Stewardship. The talk on the tariff was preceded | by a brief explanation of the trip He | s How, (takine. - My STAl: gald he Gy iieen oficlals vecalied: Luicas on not believe that a president eof the | phyreqar. and Friday meaing 1o thn United States had any right to maks | p,egence 'of ‘the directors he made s partisan speeolies or to attack anyone. | fiean breast of everythin He said 1id he was taking advantage of | 1 = = PP e ,adva 0Ll he had used the bank’s mones for e e S aafet in touch with | speculation in mining stock, During of the acts of his administration, to | i (HITLY years as a trusted emplove to render an account of his stewardship. .| “Judge Me by What | Have Dene.” | “I want you te judge me by what 1| of the bank he held the respect and esteem of the community. Tonight his many friends are deeply grieved over the turn his career has taken. He en- tered the bank as an office boy and had worked up to his present posi- tion. Resigns as Candidate for School Com- have done,” he concluded, “to take in- ! to consideration the eircumstances that surrounded me and the responsi- bilities that rested upon me, and to act as you deem best. I am content mittee. to abide by your decision. Lucas’ resignaticn 2s a candidate e for re-election on the town school A LOWELL LAWYER GUILTY OF PERJURY. Ex-Mayor Testified Falsely Against Keeper of Jail. committec was secured from him to- night by Senator W, F. Parker and Representative Daniel’ J. Donovan of | the republican party. The fear that | many voters would scratch Lucas’ name on the ballot and thereby make their ballots illegal moved the town committee to force Lucas to resign. The election is held Monday and the republican party leade wisely spec- Son of Cambridge, Mass.,, Sept. 29.—Guilty jury was the verdict returned of per: - ckson Palmer, a Lowell at- £ ¢ d_ son of former Mayor | ed that if new ballots were not Charles D. Palmer of that city, by a | printed with a new candidate’s name jury in the Middlesex County superior | thereon, several hundred republican criminal court here late today. Sen- | hallots might have t be:thrown out tence was suspended until N | on account of being defaced in the and -.;‘xju ;el !‘:n’ the u.-lr.»mlam an- { manner mentioned. 1 NOUNCE hat he would file exveptions. i "The charge against Paimer rosuied TawpFunds AlliStralaby from his testimony during the recent J. D. Eggleston, former member | investigation of the grand jury into| boird of apportionment and the conduct of Middlesex County offi- | and, a5 wan tEikediof = for. 11 avor, has been made 4 candidate for i | cials, He s alleged to have testified - falsely regarding the actions of mem- town school committee in Lucas’ hers of the family of the keeper of the mination is equivalent to eleciion. Lucas was treasurer of the town school committee and a member of the sub-commitiee on finance dur- | ing his two years’ term. According to reports the funds are all siraight. He snowfall here in September in fifteen | was active in reiigious circles and was wears was recorded today. Snow fell | superintendent of a Methodist Sunday intermittently for three” hours. “Vachool. 3 = Dy Lowell jail Snowfall at Hanover, N. H. Tanover, N. H., Sept. 20.—Tho first has been discovered, by failing to enter | Had Embezzied . |Condensed Telegrams George E. Reick Resigned as private secretary to Postmaster General Hitch- cock, The Rev. William Patrick, principal of Manitoba Presbyterian college, died in Scotland. Burlington, la, Was Visited with a cloudburst Thursday night which swamped the Harvard College Will Have the largest registration this year that it as had in many sessions. The University of Pennsylvania opened its college year yesterday with a record breaking attendance. The Reports by National Banks to the comptroller show large gains in loans and discounts since June 7. A Comparative Test of the White- head and Davis torpedoes js to be made at Pig Island, Chesapeake bay. Acting Secretary Curtis said there { has been a noticéeable decrease in smuggling on the part of home-com- ing tourists. “Artificial Light Causes Tubercule- sis,” declared E. L. Elliott in an ad- dress at the convention of the Tillumi- nating Engineering societ The Yarn Mills of Green & Danieis, at Pawtucket. R. I, which were closed last week because of a slack market, will resume operations Oct. 3. A Radical Reorganization in the Har- riman system was announced, a presi- | dent being selected for each of the five roads included in the system. The Lower Adirondacks Were Cov- |erad with a light fall of snow early vesterday morning, the first of the sea- | son and the earliest in many vears. 1 | An Organization of Heads of fam- i ilies, retail dealers and farmers haa | been formed in New York for the pur- | pose of reducing the high cost of liv- ing. 4 Edward Wise, the Baseball Player, is about to be pardoned. Wise was sentenced to be electrocuted in New York in 1899 for the killing of a caab- man, The Directors of the Southern Rail- way yesterday declared a dividend of one per cent. on the preferred stock for no specified period, but presumably for the half year. A Son of Charles Dickens and a god- son of Alfred Tennyson in the person of Alfred Tennyson Dickens arrived in Eoston yesterday from Liverpool. He is to deiiver lectures. The International Harvester company of Chicago has taken steps to conform to the Sherman law. and it is an- nounced that the present selling agen- j ex will be abolished. The Swatowing of a Draught of arsenic solution in mistake for spring water resulted in the death of Dr. F. E. Treeman, a veterinary surgeon, at his home at Bangor, Me. An Airship Capable of Speeding from one mile an hour to 100 miles a minute was promised to Postmaster General Hitcheock in a letter received from H. P. Booge of Topeka, Kas. Advices to R. G. Dun & Company at leading cities throughout the United States testify to greater activity in zeneral business, with the dry goods irade showing especial improvement. A Federal Court in Kansas City ha. issued an order restraining the Mi souri state board of railway commis- sioners from putting into effect the new schedwle of rates on iron and steel. Governor Fose of Massachusetts has ongratulated Lieutenant Governor Frothingham on the latter's victory on Tuesday, but Mr. Frothingham in reply says that he cannot return the com- pliment. Serious Differences of Opinion as to the cause of the explosion on the bai- tleship Liberte exist betwen M. Del- casse, the Krench minister of marine, and Vice Admiral Celline, commander of the fleet. & Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Camp were found dead from gas asphyXiation in their home in Waterbury rday af- ternoon. The wife had dled in bed, while Mr. Camp had expired while try- g to shut off a gas jet in the kitchen. An Inspection of the Providence waterfront and the sites for the pro- posed freight and passenger terminals of the Southern New England railway was made yesterday by a party of Grand Trunk officials. The Advisability of Doubling the rates on second class mail matter in accordance with the suggestions of the pestofiice department was urged yes- terday by representatives of the de- partment before the commission ap- pointed by the president. Pressure Brought by the Eastern Railroads upon the western trunk lines has induced the latter to withdraw the propoged Oct. 1 reduction in freight rates on flour from Minneapolis to. St. Faul and Minnesota {ransfers to eas ern destination. Eight Year Old Vincenzo Sabello, who was found in Brooklyn last week after he had been kidnapped and held nearly two months for a ransom of £10,000, identified at police headquar- ters a2s his captor Pietro Pallossolo. whom the detectives arrested on the Bast Stde. New York A $500000 ADDITION TO | SOUTH STATION IN BOSTON Three Stories to Be Added to Section Having Only Two Stories. Boston, Sept. 22.—Plans for an ad- dition to the South terminal station in this city, used jointly by the New York, New Haven & Hartford, and Boston & Albany railroads, calling for an expenditure of $500,000, were an- nounced today. The addition will be {in the form of three stories, topping that part of the station now having j only two stories and will provide 250 | additional offices, Mucle of this additional space has made necessary by the removal this cliy of a large part of the to clerical force of the Boston & Albany railroad previously emploved in Yor New Ancients Start for Bermuda. Boston, Sept. 29.—The Ancient and Honerable Artillery company gorge- ously uniformed and headed by a band { marched from the Faneuil hall armory to the South Station this afternoon on its way to Bermuda. the destination of this year's annual fall trip. The An- cients go to Bermuda by way of Fall Rivér to New Yory 4 ¥, Strike Order Promulgated SHOPMEN ON HARRIMAN LINES TO QUIT TODAY, WORK STOPS AT 10 0°CLOCK Union Officials Expect 90 Per Gent. of Men Will Obey Order—Railroad Offi- cials Rely on Number of Idle Men. ! { Chicago, Sept. 20. The long threatened strike of shop- men on the Harriman lines, including the Illinois Central will become 2 real- ity at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, | unless the men. who have twice voted 1o strike, refuse to obey the order sent out today by the presidents of the five unions _directly involved. Expect 90 Per Cent. to Quit. |, The union presidents say the men have not weakened in their intention to force the railroads to recognize their newly established federation of shop employves by means of a strike and that more than ninety per cent. of the men will quit work. The fight they say is likely to prove long drawn out The railroads, say. the workers, do not want to strike, and that a great major- jity will refuse to leave their work when the hour is reached. Enough Idle Men to Run Shops. The railroads are in good shape to stand a strike according to local of- ficials. A retrenchment order recently issued reduced the number of em- ploves nearly 25 per cent. and there is & sufficient number of idle men in all crafts to permit the roads to keep their shops running even if all of the men 2o out. 2 Idle Men Will Refuse to Work. This was denied today by President Kline of the Blacksmiths’ union. He said the men the railroads are count- ing on to fill the places of strikers are men who were laid off recently, and, being union men, they would refuse to work during a Strike. A Telephone Consultation. The strike order came after con- suitations over the long distance tele- ‘phone between Presidents Kline of the blacksmiths here, Rvan of the carmen and Franklin of the boiler makers at Kansas City and O'Connell of the ma- chinists at Davenport. President O’Sullivan of the sheet metal workers, who already had agreed to the time, left today for Pittsburg, Pa. He will conduct the fight from there. Tihe Strike Order. sosn as the day and hour had decided upen the following mes- sage was sent to the officers of all the Tocal unions affected: “All efforts have failed. Mr. Krutt- schnitt refuses. All crafts strike Sat- urday, Sept. 30, at 10 a. m. Letter of instructions follows. Let every man do his duty. The Shops Affected. As been The chief shops which will af- fected are in the following cities: Kansas City, Omaha, Neb. North Platt, Neb.: Cheyenne, Wyo.; Ogden, Utah; Salt Lake C ty, Pocatello, Idaho; Portland, Ore.; Seattle, San Francisco, Sacramento, Bakersfleld, Cal, Los An- geles, Tas Vegas, Tucson. Ariz. El San Antonio, Tex., Hous- New Orleans, Beaumont, La., Water Valley, L. Miss., East St Clinton, TII., Denver, San 1., Chicago, Centralia, Luis Obispo, Cal. Won't Affect Train Schedules. The strike will not affect _train schedules, according to C. H. Mark ham, president of the Illinois Centra who' said today applicants for every po: be opened with the stri ¥ Clerks’ Strike Spreading. The clerks’ strike, which aiready has handicapped freight shipments on the Tllinois Central and the Yazoo ° and Mississippi in the south, spread today to the freight handlers in New Orleans—100 of whom walked out. Three strikers and sympathizers were arrested for alleged violation of the federal injunction. The Georgia and Florida road’s firemen are out because of refusal by the railroad to grant a wage increase. On the Missouri, Ka sas and Texas rafroad union men that more than 2,000 men are out. Preparing to House Strike Breakers. Omaha, Neb., Sept. “29.—The an- nouncement is made that the Union Pacific officials have been quietly pre- paring for a strike of the shopmen. An 0ld building formerly used by thc Shops of the company has been equip- ped with cots and other furniture for the use of a large number of men, and it is said forces of strike breakers al- ready gathered at eastern ecities will he brought here at once to fill the places of those who obey the strik order. that there were ten tion that will DYNAMITE ON TRACK. An Investigation ~Started by United States Marshal. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 28.—An i~ nois Central trackwalker found a hox of dvnamita caps today unger a locss i a spur track near here. As Illinois Central ‘clerks and shopmen are restrained by federal au- thority from interfering with employes or traffic on the road, an investiga- tion as undertaken by the United States marshal, but he refused to make any assertfon as to responsibil- ity. \ JOY IN CUBA OVER THE HIGH PRICE OF SUGAR. Planters Happy Over Prospect of Very Large Crop This Yeai Havana, Sept. 20.—With the present kigh prices ef raw sugar and the prespect for's very large crop, Cuban planters are rejoicing. The island is Now stripped bare of last year's crop, stocks being estimated at 5,000 tons or 1 . compared with abeut 45,000 tons at this time last year and 22,000 tons two years ago. At present preparations re everywhere golng on actively begin grinding the new crop early December. Boston Concern Assign: Boston, Sept. 29.—The Atweod- Mit- chell company, trunk, bag and horse lothing manufacturers, 18 Kingston siree(, fhis city, made an assignment today to Herbert K. Hallett of New- ton and Levi O. Atwood ef Middleboro. S. R. Mitchell is president and B, Bd- win Atwood treasurer of the corpora- tien. No financial statement has been issued. . Balloons -r::;t airships, the ‘at- ;ra'n ~ scneral of Connectiout hag de-