Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 20, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NO. 122 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Nor RICHESON IS RESIGNED TO HIS FATE Says He Has Made Peace With God and Wants to Meet Death as Quickly as Possible. ST 4y MAY BE EXECUTED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING Yesterday Showed a Strong Inclination to Talk With His Spiritual Adviser, Reciting the 23d Psalm and Repeating Other Scriptural Passages—Verse in Revelations a Great Source of Comfort to Him, He Neclared. Boston, May 19.—“I have made my peace with God; I am resigned to my fate. 1 wish now to go to my death as soon as possible; the quicker the| better These words spoken by Clarence Richeson, former Baptist minister | ind the confe of Avis Lin-| nell, to &piritual mental Johnson, his expressed the | of the condemned | Rev. ady condition today of the governor and will probably name as the three other witne atives of the press or. Surgeons and medical societies, eager to gain some new knowledge from the -mortem examination of the un- 1 subject, have applied for the rain and spinal cord of the victim of the death chair, but these will all be refused. 23d Psalm Pleases Him Most. e v Richeson was deeply pleased when man whose tenure of lie is NoW meas- | 1,14 oday that his father had prom- ured only by hours. tsed his body shouldf lle beside that Very Anxious to Talk. | I'here is much reason to belicve that! bhe will go to his death in the electric| chair shortly after midnight Monday night a cot in his deafh cell, | Richeson and earnestly with Rev. Johnson and with the prison chaplain, Rev. H. W. Stebbi “1 do not want to sleep. fittle time to live and so mu to that I must talk, talk!” he sai Reviewed Incidents of His Boyhood. | Part of the conversation was of| meditative and religious nature, and; part was reminiscent. The prisoner re Viewed many incidents of his boyhood | in Virginia: his college days at Liber- Mo., furnished further, topics, as did | also his experience at the Newton Theological institution and fn his valis 18 postorates. W '-Yu-n the hour of execution arrives Rev, H. 8. Johngon, as his spiritual ad- viger, will precede him in the short walk from the death cell to the electric | chair. Three physicians, the prison doctor, the medical examiner of the | county and the surgeon general of the| commonwealth, will attend as the le- | gal witnesses. The prison chaplain, as linin, an officer of the prison and a friend of | 5 the condemned man; is entitled to at-| tend. Probably Three Press Representatives. Begides the there may be three witnesses d¢ ‘ignated by the warden. An appeal having been made to Gov- of his mether in the Richeson Mountain, in Amh house, Va. During the early part of the day Mr. Johnson and Richeson i a Jong and earnest talk on religious matters. The minister asked the former minister what passa f the Bible pleased him most, and Richeson recited U 3d family lot on t Court- alm, Found Comfort in Rev. xxii. 17. “After reciting the Psalm,” sald Mr. Johnson, “Richeson gave a mos tiful exposition of it, applying the truths of it to his own experiences and his own life. Otk portions of the Scripture that he repeated were the entire 91st Psalm, the 27th Psalm and the $6th Psaln But the greatest comfort the con- demned man found in the Bible, ac cording to Mr. Johnson, was the 17th verse of the 22d chapter of Revela- tion: “And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever wili, let him| take the water of life freely.” This sage he repeated to himself again pa and the text. Calm and Resigned. After visiting Richeson today, Dr. oseph I McLaughlin, the prison phy- sician, sald that he found the co demned man in a satisfa tion. ~He is calm and resigned, and resting eas’ said the doctor. Dr. MacLaughlin would not express an »pinion regarding the likelihood of a = of the attack of hysteria P )y press associations for | recurrence the | < hys :::‘r‘:senlminyn\ at the execution, the|with which Richeson was seized on warden decided 1o accede to the wishes Friday night. WHALE LASSOED IN BABY GOT BULLET LONG ISLAND SOUND. A|ME?—AT MOTHER. ormer Cowpuncher Does Clever Stunt | Off Rockaway Beach. ay 19.—A whale twenty hing about two tons y Beach, near statlon, today New York, ) feet long and W was lassoed off Rockaw the Arvene life saving by Johin Ehrfhart, a young man who was visiting the life savers. It was a new record in the annals of whaling along the Long Island coast. | Bruce Smith, a 14 years old lad, sighted the monster early in the day evidently trying to Tree itself from a depression in the sand, having crossed @ small bar in pursult of a school of fish. The life savers were called from breakfast by the lad’s shouts, but before they could launch a boat young hrhart, who sald he used to punch cattle in the west, had improvised a Jariat of some coarse rope and With a neat cast had dropped the noose over the catacean's thrashing tail. The knot was drawn tight, and notwithstanding the whale's struggles the rope held him captive after it had been firmly tied driven pile. As the tide ebbed asped its life away for want wd all afternoon it lay as of curiosity to beach strol- Young Smith, as discoverer, will probably reap a small fortune from the sale of the blubber and whalebone. .| Another Bloody Crime to Credit of “Jack the Shooter.” Little Rock, Ark., May 19 Coulter, victim of an attempted sault, is alfve tonight because her nine months’ old baby, Iying on her brea Mrs. . received in its body the bullets fired at her by her baflled assailant. The baby died instantl, he city has been terrorized lately by a series of attempted assaults on women. These atta are committed, it 1s believed, by sterious person whe the police call “Jack th hooter.” This afternoon Mayor Taylor issued a proclamation on the cilizens of Little themselves and to aid“the police capturing or killing the prowler, Early this morning the man entered the Coulter residence three blocks from center of the business district and acked Mrs. Coulter, who had her baby in her arms. > made outcry and the intruder fired at her twice. Both bullets struck the child, but the mother was unh The murderer fled. terward the same m, m S| Charles calling Rock to arm in BE. HEROIC RESCUE OF A MAN AT NIAGARA FALLS Twenty Year Old Armenian Saves Life of Henry J. Smith, Niagara Falls, N, Y., May 1 -One | t daring rescues in the hls- \iagara Falls was effected t0- a4 twenty vear old Armenian, v d::'an Kevorkian of this city. He wad- ed out waist deep into the rapids a short distance from the Cataract and pulled to shore with a pike pole the uncenscious form of Henry/J. Smith, 80 years old and a resident of Buf- falo. : Kevorkian was aseisted by David @ordon, and Park Constable Thomas Harrington, who formed a human chain anchoring the Armenian to the shore and enabling him to resist the current which was especially strong today on account of the high wate Smith was walking along the n: row path skirting the river about 300 fast above tha falls when he missed his footing and fell into the turbulent stream. He soon hecame exhausted in his efforta to reach shore and was floating with his head under water when caught by Kevorkian with his | pike pole less than 100 feet algve the | entered the residenc | ki a half block m the main ness street. He ed Mrs. ¥ and at two policemen who wer tracted by he s. The policemen emptied ir s at flecing { form, but he ) Recently the supposedl] same man assaulted one and wounded two other | women. | RELEASE OF BRITISH STEAMER ORDERED. Had Been Granted Permission to Car- ry Munitions by President Taft. New Orleans, May 19.—The steamer San Tona, whict Jast night by the United s cutter Davy because of the presenc aboard of a shipment of arms and am.- munition for Campeche, Mexico, was released today on telegraphic in- struetions from Washington Excepted by President Taft, been applied for at Washington and granted in accordance with the Ameri- can government’s policy of showing this courtesy to the recognized govern- ment of Mexico. Customs and depart- brink. Smith was taken to police | ment of justice officials New O headquarters and ®oon restored to | leans, through some e consciousness, apparently none the | not notified of the authority given the worse for his hazardous experience. BRANFORD INSURANCE AGENT IS MISSING. Nothing Sesn of Him Since Starting for New Haven Friday, Branford, Conn.,, May 19.—Joseph J. Gainty, local agent for the Metropoli- tan Life Insurance company, has been miasing from his home here since last Friday morning. He left here on a trol- ley car for New Haven, where he was to have turned over his weekly ocollec- tlons us ususl. Nothing has been seon of him since, He has a wife andflve small chil- dren, the younges! being five weeks old. Montreal, May 19.—Fire destro; efl the steamer lona in Lake Ontario, 1 miles north of Oswego, N, Y, Capt, Lake Ontario Steamer Burns. Paul Hymond, with a crew of 12 men, in sacaped lifeboat to Tendsrson steamship. The seizure, under ti cumstances, officials here say, W tified pending explanations. Junfp Causes Double Drowning, Middleport, N. Y., May 19.—Roy Sea man, 19 years old and ¥. Fondue, 3 years old, were drowned in the I canal here this evening. Foidue leaped from the canal bank into a punt which Seaman was rowing, causing it to overturn., Being unable to swim he caught Seaman about the neck ani dragged him to the bottom. 30,000 at Novelist's Funeral. Stockholm, Sweden, May 19.3Thirt thotisand persons today attended the funeral of Auguste Strindbers, the novellst and dramatist, who died op May 14, Two Trolleymen Murdered. | Jaeksonville, Fla,. May 19.—The bod- 1es of Motorman R, F. Sparkman and Conductor T, ®, Smith were found ly ing on Talleyrand avenue, nbout Harbor, After burning te they| water's edge, the lona, which was aden with coal, sank, The less is | given as §29,099, yards from their car, early (aday. Heth men hat heen shot threugh the head Near Sparkman's bodv wae the mo centrol. beau--| again, occgsionally elaborating on | ry condi- | Washington, May 19.—The San Tona was released because the arms and ammunition aboard had been excepted by President t from the operation | of the neutrality proclamation Per- mission to carry the munitions had NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, MAY 20, 1912 > wich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Pro’ Cabled Paragraphs London, May 19.—Miss Eva Booth, commander of the Salvation Army in America, left yesterday for New York. Barrow-in-Furness, England, May 19. —The new Japanese battle ; cruiser | Kongo was launched here yésterday from Vickers yard in the presence of the Japanese ambassador and many of the foreign naval attaches, Rome, May 19.—The Turkish troops who surrendered to the ltalians in the Island of Rhodés number 2,300, includ- ing 28 officers. According to newspa- per despatches the Italian troops seiz- ed 4,000 rifles and four batteries of artilles Cherbourg, May 19.—A wireless message has been received from the steamer Kronprinzessin Cecile, an- nouncing she will arrive at this port late, The steamer has been consid- erably delayed by stopping to pick up survivors of a wrecked ship, the name of which is not yet known. RUCTIONS RAISED AT A | POLISH CATHOLIC CHURCH Disturbance Results From $28,000 Shortage of Former Pastor, Stamford Conn., May 1%—The pollce were called to quell a disturbance at the Pollsh Roman Catholic church of the Holy Name at the morning ser- vice tod: Five women, one with a babe in arms, were arrested. Later they were released on bail for ap- | pearance in city court tomorrow morn- ing. The disturbance 1s said arisen over previous trouble former priest some investments funds. It is said | shortage of the former | notes, but w: little value. | Some of those who held notes de- | manded that Rev. J. S. Raniszwski, the present pastor pay the indebted- ness. This demand caused a split in the congregation. During the excite- | ment the collgetion plates were upset | and the money scattered. With the | arrival of the police the trouble came | to an end and services were resumed. to have when a entangled in with the church that there was a $28,000, which to cover, priest gave promissory ich are sald to be of but RUN DOWN BY MOTORCYCLE WHILE PLAYING BASEBALL | of His Injuries. \ Bridgeport, Conn., May 19.—While cha a baseball into the street at the corner of State and Norman today James Tully, aged 41, struck by a motoroycle ridden by | Clarence Rennison, of this city and so Ladly injured that he died at a local hospital. ully sther was playing boys in a vacant lot. was knocked into the street and young Tully went after it. Rennison s riding down the street at a meod- rate speed, but had no chance to op or turn, as the boy darted sud- The ball | denly in front of him, according to | testimony of bystanc | Renr stopped his machine and | rendered all ass > possible to the | injured lad. He went to police head- | auarters and surrendered. He was | held in $2,0000 bail, pending the coro- ner’s finding. | HORRIBLY MANGLED IN Thirteen Killed, 45 Injured in a Col- lision in France. Parls, May 19.—Two of those Injured in the railway collision Jast night near the Gare du Nord died today, bringing the total number of victims up to 13 killed and 45 injured. The collision occurred on the North- ern rallw. Marcadet Ridge. A | southern trai om Pontoise and a train from Montsoult came together. The accident, which now appears to have 16 to a defective switch, wag un * horrible. Among the vic- ty. The groom’s vered before th £ an hour, who h tims was a wedding p head was completely eyes of his bride | self had both legs fractured. of the survivors relates that ctricating himself he went to the ance of a_woman, but she was so v mutilated that she could not be remcved from the wreckage, after ¢ is OHIO PRIMARIES Both Republican and Democratic Bal- lots Large and Complicated. in coming in to the county boards of election. Drowned With Child He Tried to | Save. | Bast Vassalboro, M May - 19.— | Rupert 1 fe 3 oid, and | Carl D, Warren, 25, e drownel to- | gether in Webber pond toda War- | ren._had jumped overboard from Jen from ihe hoat. He went down | with the child's frenzied clutch upon him, the boy’s father, Charles E. Tobey. King's Body Lying in State. Copenhagen, May he coffin containing the body of the late King Frederick V1 has been placed on a high Christianborg chapel and here 1t wiil [ 24 On the floor and about the walls ve heen anged hundreds Wreaths sent in by every class in the ‘ community. Perkins Comes Into Controversy. New York, May 19.—Publication of all correspondence relating to the pros- ocution of the International Harvester | compan was suggested today by rge W. Perking, the New York financier, who upon his return to New York today fssued a reply to the state- ment glven out at the White House lust Friday night hy Charles D. Ifilles, | Becretary Lo the president. Reilroad Guilty of Rebating. Grand Raplds, Mich, May 19,—A | Jury the Unficd Btates distrief court yesterday found the Grand \ Rapids und Indiana Rafiway Com- pany guilty of rebating to leeal lumb- or deales The maximum fine is | $280,000 and the minjmum is $14,000, | Bentence was deferred. Less than. 0 Buropeang v reside within the Persian emping | Eleven Year Old Bridgeport Lad Dies | baseball with | | | RAILROAD ACCIDENT. | a| sailboat to rescue the child which had | In the boat, ynable to swim, was | of gold and white in | in state until the funeral on May | Chemical Auto - Ran Into Truck WATERBURY FIREMAN SUSTAINS FATAL INJURIES. Two Other Auto Turned Out to Avoid Sprinkler Fire-Fighters Injured— —Speed May Now Be Limited. Waterbury, Conn, May 19 fireman was killed and two oth in- jured, ome seriously, this evening at 6.04 o'clock, when, In answering an alarm, the chemical automobile col- lided with the Scoville house truck at One the corner of Kast Main and Spring streets. Pasquale Croce, aged 28 years, received a fractured shoulder blade. had three ribs broken and died at 11.20. John Kamack, aged 23 years, has a fractured hip, internal injuries and is also suffering from a scalp wound. James MecAuliffe, the third vietim of the accident, was badly bruised. Turned Out to Avoid Sprinkler. The fire apparatus was speeding to a blaze at 1350 Bast Main street, the chemical going out Hast Main sireet, and the Scovill truck coming into Fast | Main from Spring streel The trolley car sprinkler was just at point when the apparatus came along ,and, in avoiding the sprinkler, the chemica; ;rashed info the truck and turned tur- woodwork of the chemical was smash- ed, but the motor apparatus was not damaged, Speed May Be Reduced. The injured men were taken to St. Mary’s hospital, where at 11.20 Croc succumbed. Kamac will probably recover, An investigation will be made of the accident by the board of safet once, and steps will be taken to in all probability, the s fire apparatus in the center of the city A strange feature of the accident that the alarm was rung in from box 13, END OF GANGPLANK DROPPED INTO WATER. Sixty Persons Go Down With It and Two Are Drowned. S son tle, Wash.,, May 19.—Two per- are known to have been drowned and forty or more injured today wh a the adjus! pasenger able end of angplank at Coleman dock dropped, precipitating sixty p sengers into the water as they were preparing to board the steamer Flyer for Tacema. The dead are Mrs, G. V. Larned of Seattle and Carl Bruderk, one year old, son of Mr. and Mrs, C. Bruder| ttle. tempo; A defective cog broke under the weight of the crowding passengers, and the inch drop was sufficient to strip the cogs and let th nk fall into the water. > end of the | SHORTCAKE AND PEANUTS CAUSE FATAL INDIGESTION er Few Hours llinest. Deputy Jaller Michael 1, Connor, dep- uty jaller at the Hariford Cou Juil for the past tweaty years, died this morning at St. rancis Hosp after an illness of oniy a few I acute-indigestion. Beifore ret ours nuts and this morning strawberry shortcake, after he was taken to his death occurred, 1le the hospitsl, . is survived by a widow and a dausbter, Steamship Arrivals. Cape Race, May 19.—Steamer | conia, Liverpool for Boston, in w communication with the Marconi s tion here when 760 miles south at 9.40 &, m. La- le > Island, N. S., May 19.—Steam- er Parisian, Glassow for Boston, in | wireless communication with the M . m. Monday. Cocking Mains at East Haven. New Haven, Conn., May 19.—-Sever- al cocking mains took place nsar the ast Ilaven line, veen midnight Saturday and today . on wh 3 known as the South Lnd lacal® police were noti road. The but as they had no jurisdiction, Iast Haven authoritics ate in- vestigating. It Is said thirty | birds took part In the iz | $1,000,000 Fire at Houston. | Houston, Texas, May 19.—F in Houston iness ,district starting seven 2 loss approximate this morning, o0zl surrounding Military Prisoner Killed by Guard. Atlanta, Ga y 19—Waiter H. Frady, a prisoner at Fort McPherson, was shot and killed by a guard yes- terday while attempting to escape from the reservation. Fred B. Jonmes, another prisoner, working with escaped. Actor Robbed of Jewelry. Hartford, Conn., 19 —Donald BMan, taking the part in “The Siren” at a local theaier, report- ed to the police tonight the Joss of in a local hotel, Wus in a trunk, He says th Wilbur Wright H Fighting Chance. Dayton, O., May 15,—Wilbur Wright, the aeroplane constructor, has a “fght- ing ehanee” te reé@oVer from typhold fever, according to D, H, Cenklin, Earthquakes in Mexico, B Guadalajern, Mex May 19.—Two slight earthquakes occurrad herm yos- LIVED BUT FIVE HOURS| tle. Croce was pinned down by the | running board and Kama was thrown clear of the machine. The g is | Dputy Jailer Michael Connor Dies Aft- | qut in sufficient numbers to give him a $3,000 worth of jewelry from his room | | bolt the convention. | history | for | cont station here when 8065 miles north- ——— | east at . m. i Columbus, 0., May 19.—All the pr Cape Race, N. F., May 19.—Stsamer | idential candidates now in Ohio re Rotterdam, Rotterdam for New York ed today after their strenuous work |in wireles® communication with the | leading up to the primary electi Marconi station here when 650 miles | Tuesday and the campaign -nana | east Sandy Hook 9 a. m. Doclk 8 a. m. began a final effort to instru® the | Tuesday. voters how properly to mark their ba Steamer Olympic, Southampton for | lots. Both ‘republican and democratic | New York, in wirele hunication | ballots are large and complicated. The | with the Marcent ) | socialists have a complete mnational |} 898 s / Hook 1.05 a. m. | | and state ticket in the field. The pri- | Dock § & = mary will open at 5.30 a. m. and cl asconset May 19 at 530 p. m. but on account of the | gine: e ity Now { complicated nature of the hallot it is | U Siuts Tihck ¢ | expecteq that the returns will be slow | B s ! i 1 i Roosevelt Aims ToRule Or Ruin TAFT DISCUSSES\ HIS IMPLIED THREAT TO BOLT. A HISTORIC PARALLEL | Louis X1V, Once Said, “The State, | Am It"—Has Forfeited His Right to B% Candidate in Convention, 19-~In a most denunciation of sevelt tonight, ed that the “cer- Cincinnati, 0., M bitter and scathing Celonel Theodore R President Taft declar: tainty of the celonel's defeat for the republican national nomination must be a source of profound congratulation to all patrigtic citizens,” that he would w k the republican party if not ¢hosen by the repubjican national con- vention, and that Mr. Rooseveit is like Louis XIV of France, who-said: “The state—I am it.” The attack was in the ferm of a stat nt. The President’'s Statement. In his statement the president said in parf 2 “On Thursday last 1 gave a state- ment to the press in which I said that with 520 Taft delegates then elected to the convention, and with the immedi- spect of the election of enough ceed the necessary 540, the suc s of the cause of constitutional gov- ernment seemed assured. Danger to the Country. “Mr. Roosevelt's speech at Clevelagd shows him in such a light that the certainty of his defeat for the repub- licaan nomination must be a source of profound congratulation te all patriotic itizens who can now see the utter to ce | wreck that he would have made of the party if nominated, and the great dan- ger to which the country would have been exposed, had there been any chance of his election to a third term. Threat to Bolt the Convention. “Mr. Roosevelt says that he is the republican par and that if the re- | publican national committee in passing on the credentials of delegates shall hold to be unfounded his many flimsy contests he will decline to abide by the judgment of tho: having authority. The inference from this is that he will If his edict is to be heeded, then the holding of any con- vention at all is perfunctory and su- perfluous. “The State—I Am It.” “The arrogance of his statement that he is the republican party and that failure to comply with his views and wishes puts those doing so in the atti- tude of bolters, finds mo parallel in save in the famous words of Louis XIV: ‘The s —I1 am it." “It is on a par with his declaration that I typify and embody the progres sive sentiment of the age.’ A Case of Rule or Ruin. “With rly traceable premedita- he projected contests without the ason therefor in many cases after the regular conventions weeks | had been held, merely to make a ba campaign of bluff and bluster. Now he threatens that unless this campaign thus carried on is to be rec- a ognized as successful, and unless hon- | estly elected delegates shall be thrown majority, he will break from the party and try to ruin that which he cannot rule, Forfeits Claim as Republican Candi- date. “I appeal to all republicans to say whether a man who assumes this atti- tude does not s claim to any right to become a candidate in a re- lican convention? Honored with the nomination to the presidency by that party, and with the most sacred obligations resting upon him to be loyal to its organization, to respect the rules governing its national conven- tion, and to recognize the authority of | the committees duly appointed under its traditional policy, he flouts in ad- vance the decision of all these and an- nounces that unless he is to be nomi- nated the interest of the party and the interest of its. members are to be sac- rificed and only his selfish ambition is to be consulted. It cannot be that republicans will ountenance such a breach of party v, stch treason to the party's constituted government and such defiance to the will of its ma- Jority . ROOSEVELT RETORTS Gives His Version of Mining Bureau| and Browns: Cleveland, O., May 19.—“I am en tirely satisfled with the 1 week,’ said C el Roosevelt in a statement today. “I believe the people of Ohio e sound and will place Ohio besides ennsylvania and Illinois in this line- P up of the people against the _powers that prey.” Colonel Roosevelt's statement was issued at Mentor, a suburb of Cley nd, where he ames R. interior. spent the day QGarfield, ex-secretary of the In it he criticized President saying that the presi- clalmed credit for the mining Colonel Roosevelt asserted bureau was established by field with the assistance of a sion of engineers. Taft sharply, dent is President Taft disbanded it the dictation of Messrs. Cannon Tawney, he did the country fe commission and arious other commissions ielding as- usual to the bosses and heedless of the damage he ! did to the people. Colonel Rooseveit then took. u¥ the BroRnAtHIc et He nsseried that Mr, Taft urged the ! | political effect of the order dismissal of the negro troops involved but after the departure of President Roosevelt there . arose “a storm of protest against the erder by the professional politicians,” Mr, Taft, he centinued, “promptly | began to wobble and to show urgent | need that somebedy supply the strength and firmness of purpose which he lacked. He explained to me on various occasions that his request was due to his apprehension as to the Confederate Seal Sold Richmond, Va, May 19.—~The original seal of the Confederate States of America has been purchased by three Richmond men from Rear Admiral Thorgas O, Selfridge, U. 8. N, retired, to whom It_was glven tn 1872' by Col- onel John T. Plckett, The purchasers that they will present the relie to some Confederate institution in Richmond. \ In {rying to carve his fortune many terdey, Only sllght damege resulted. n man uses poor lools. with | pha Hunton, Jr., Willam H, White | and Themas J, Bryan—-have announced | Condenseu Telegrams The King of Italy Has Offered to make Andrew Carnegie a count. The Russian Police Are Searching for Maxim.Gorky, the Russian nov- elist, Andrew Carnegie Was Elected to a life membership in the Japan Society of New York. Mrs. Silvey Baker, a Negress, 118 vears old and a former slave, died at Goodnight, Okla. A Weman’s Suffrage Plank wae adopted in the national socialist con- vention at Indianapolis William Cohen of Kilbourne, IlI, received $25 as a bounty for killing a wolf and her nine cubs, New Potatoes Sold for $3.60 a Bushel in St. Mary’s, Pa, the highest p; ever paid in that section. The Scout Cruiser Birmingham will make a study of the ice fields in the path of the transatlantic line Fire Saturday Destroyed the Marion block in the public square at Marion, Ind, causing damage estimated at $150,000. Henry C. Frick Denies he is the pur- chaser of Rembrandt's “The Merc j for $250,000. The paintir been sold. Rev. Dr. W. S. Rainsford Is Going to Africa &o search for a black rhi- neceros for the American Museum of Natural History, Wireless Teiephone Messages wore transmitted a distance of more than 160 miles from Monte Mario, Italy, 0 Magdalena island, The Yukon Valley Is a Roaring fur nace for 200 miles hetween Big Sa mon and Stuart City. erywhere | forest fires are raging. Vincent Magnin, a .of New York, died m an absces the right lung caused by a nail lowed several years ago, six vear old boy of William Fleet, an Aged and Wealthy farmer of Riverhead, L. I, was fined and sent to jail for 90 ‘days for lsuring pgtatoes. Five Students Were Burned to Death Saturday when fire destroyed the main building of the Creek and Indian college, at Dol y, Okla. The Salvation Army Owns Real es- tate i the United States valued at 76 and mortgaged for $2,191 3 in New York stat Hereafter -Married Students at the ity of Chicago will have quar- provided for themsely 1 their es in a big dormitory m:- versity direction. Univers fer unde J. P.Morgan Announces the Receipt of additional contributions amountic 1o $883 for the Titanic Memorial light- house the new Seamen’s inst making the total $4,595. | S Governor Foss of | presented the name of ushnell to his executive a medical examiner. I Massachusetts Dr. Homer council as . Bushnell has been dead three years. Roosevelt, Taft and Clark are swamped in Louisiana, while Wilson high and dry hese are not the lential candidates; they are merely names of tow: The .Cornerstone of St. .Stanslaw’s Polish R. C. church, at New Haven, was laid yesterday a pressive ceremonis John Nilan, bi ternoon with im- by the Right Rev. hop of Hartford. The Political Situation in Cuba has been further complicated by the dis- missal of about )0 government er ployes in Havana. These men are be- ileved to be adherents of the opposi- tion political par! The Anthracite Mine Worker's con- vention Saturday afternoon r: d the agreement, to 64, entered into by a sub-committee of the miners and operators, and the miners will go back to work after an idleness of 0 | weelk: At a Mass Meeting of Union ma- chinists and b it was voted | by four childr Seminole | |in § . | my older brother shall own or dispose to call for a g thro out Canada of unions, in sym- pathy for inisis and hboiler- makers of the Grand Trunk Pacifle railway. Despondent Becaues of Ill Heaith, Mrs, Alda. Robertson of New Britain | committe: her home, No, 1871 1 by drinking | | carbolic acid. s old, and beslde rvive PRICE TWO CENTS Ao O “Finest Woman In the World” VON ARMENTHAL SUICIDED BE. OCAUSE HE LOST HER, Were to Have Been Married in June— Held Swestheart's Photo in Hand When He Fired the Fatal Shet. Chicago, May 19.—Henry 8pruck von Armenthal, membfli “5 the GQI;’-‘ man nobility and large land owner Oregon, Washington and ldaho, shot and killed himself today. Hotel at taches who found the body in hil room discovered a revolver in one hand and a photegraph of Mre, Fran- ces Rosenblatt, niece of the late Nel- son Merris, millionaire packer, In the other, Lost Finest Woman in Waorld. Von Armenthal left a note im which he said his despondency was due to drink and the fact that he had, lost “the finest woman in the world, because of his drinking. He also di- rected that his lawyer in Seattle and older brother, Phillip Spruck, ron Somns von Armenthal of Hes- sen-Darmstadt, Germany, should dis- se of his large estate. Romance Started at Los Angeles. The romance terminated by Von Ar- menthal’s death is said to have or- iginated at a Los Angeles hotel two rs ago. Attorney Walter D. Jones Chicago, identiled Mrs. Rosea- blatt's picture and told the police cf Von Armenthal's love for her. Drink The Cause of It All | A note left by the suicide contained | the words: 1 have templated destroking myself with- in the last two years and drink is the cause of it all. In a mo- Ianl of despondency 1 take my own life. 1 love the finest woman in the world a man could ever wish for, vet, | while I know she loves me dearly, £he left me in disgust several days ago. The facts are that I am myself dis- gusted with myself—therefore the end. veral times aon- Will Provides For Poor Boy. “I send my latest will to my lawyers cattle today directing them that of all my personal property in the states of Washington, Oregon and ldaho for his own personal benefit with the exception of some property | which I have especially mentioned to { be made over to a poor working boy of this city who has dorie me within the last few days a greal service. No Funeral Ceremonies. “My lawyer at Seattle whom 1 shall wire at the last moment shall attend to all proper matters, Further I waat my body held at an undertaking es- tablishment for at least four days until his arrival and he may select a burying place. No ceremonies; strict- | Iy private.” Burned To Death While Aslesp Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 19.— Charles Stockton, 21 years old, was burned to death, his wife probably fatally burned and their three year old child nearly asphyxiated in & fire that destroyed their home today. Stockton was found dead In bed and his wife and child were takem out of & v window by firemen. Wedding Set For June. Rosenblatt lived for a num- Mrs. ber of years in New York, where her late husband, B, Rosenblatt was a wealthy manufacturer. Attorney Jones said that Von Armenthal and M Rosenblatt became ongaged shortly after their first meeting ia Los Angeles. “Chaproned by relatives,” said Mr, Jones. Mrs. Rosenbiatt traveled through various parts of the west with Von Armenthal. The wedding date w sot for June and Von Armenthal had arranged to present Mrs. Rosen- blatt with $50,000 as a wedding gift. Then came trouble because Von Ar- menthal’s drinking and the match was broken. Attempt to Effect Reconciliation. “Later there was a partial recon- ciliation and Von Armenthal accom- { panied Mrs. Rosenblatt on & trip te Atlanta, Ga., to visit her son there, | This was the last trip he made with her, however. He returned from At- lanta about three weeks ago and from that time until his death drank heavily. It was reported that he and | Mrs. Rosenblatt had broken again “Von Armenthal and Mrs. Rosen- blatt met at my residence last Tues- day night and' my wife and I attempt- Henry A, Wise, ['nited States attor- | ed to effect & reconciliation, but | ney 1 Saturday a fight to break | without result, Von Armenthal then | the so-calied coffee trust, and bring | told Mrs, Rosenblatt that he would | the price of coffee down from the arti- | kill himsel£.” | ficial figures established by the half-| Although she is believed to be im | dozen men who control the coffee sup- | ply of the world, ] Mrs. Ava Willing Aster, first wife of Col. John Jacob Astor fore de- | parting for Burope with her daughter | Muriel. Saturday, made it knowi that | she intended to return late York, to make her home here | son, Vincent Astor. Brig-Gen. Paul A. Oliver | home at lL.aurel Run, nea | Barre, Pa., Saturday as the |an accide He was seized | dizzy spell on the porch and fell over line o 1 n Members of the New Haven bas eam passer were siranded on same - tween Lighthouse Point d Savin Rock fc rs yesterda ernoon on of the 1 tide. whboals wi ¥ essed into ser- In Obedisnce to the Mandate of the . Snpe Saturday dismissed ctmen ainst Abrabam | Ruef, former political hoss of San Francisco, now serving fourteen years In Ban Quentin, Cal, penitentiary for complicity in the corruption in mu- nicipal affairs, iy Pricking of Pimple Proves Fatal. Derby, Conn, May 19.-—-\rs, Frank Bpeh, wife the " proprietor of the | Manston house, died today ut a /local 1 frow g | hospita ng, caused by pricking \pie m b | with a pin e W years | bestdes her husband 18" wurvived three children, Melville, L Baton Roeuge, 1.a., May 19.—The town ! of Melville, threaiénéd since the pres- ent flood hegan, was inundated today when the leves on the west bank of the Atehafalava river, 15 miles north, broke at § o'clock this He sus- | 1| near Willow Beaoh, Judge | | Chicago Mrs. Rosenbiattscould not be found by newspaper men tonight AMATEUR’S PARACHUTE FAILED TO COME OPEN Twenty Year Old James Bare Killed | By Fall of 1,000 Feet. | Nahant, Masé., May 19.—James Barr, S1Jdr, a Lynn novice, was killed today | in attempting a parachute drop from a balloon at a height of 1,000 feet. He was unable to make the hute open although”’ he clawed frantically t the tangled cloth and strings dur | his rapid descent. Young Barr landed on his neck in shalloy water He audTn-unv - . Two thousand psrsons witnessed the accldent, among them two sisters of the young man. Hurr was 20 years Auto Turns Tueli Stony Creek, Conn., May Al | automobile driven by Senator Amen { Dickerman of New Haven, in which were Mrs, Dickerman and their Aaughter, Miss Eva Dickerman, got beyond _control while going down Snake Hill, between this town and Best Haven, this afternoon and turn ed turtle, The occupants were thrown out, but fortunately escaped serio.fs injury. Titanic Waifs A-Sea Again. New York, May 18.—Mme, Navratil, accompanied by her two children, Mi- chel and Edmond, who were resoued fram the Titanic after it hid sunk with thelr father on board, sulled yesterday for Nlce on the Oceanf: Two Mere Crossing Watertown, N, Y., May 19.—H. A, Johnson, a farmer living near Car- thage, was killed, and .his wife was probably fatally fnjurad when a New York Central train struck their ecar. riage &l u crossing usar Black rver yesterday, h DRINK IS CAUSE OF IT