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VOL. LIV.—NOD. 170 The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Doub le That of Any Other Pa?_e‘r, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the Cit” STILL ANOTHER REAR END COLLISION Thirtoen Killed on C. B. & 0. R. R. When Fast Mail | Plows Through Pullmans of Overland Express BLOCKS SET AGAINST BOTH OF THE TRAINS Woman in Charge of Tower Says Th'at Three Trains Passed the Signals in Violation of Rules—Story That Mail Train Had Been Given Signal of Clear Track While Express Was Standing on Track—Traffic Manager Sustains Woman Chicago, July 14—Thirteen persons were killed and fifteen to twenty were fnjured In a wreek on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad at Western Springs, a suburb of Chicago, At six thirty this morning. Coming through a fog with sup- osedly a clear track ahead, Train No. ‘. a fast mail, ran at full speed into a rear of train No. 2, known as the Ov- erlang express, from Denver, which was standing still on the track, tele- Jcbping two of the Overland Pullman 2are B yok Thrown Against Both Trains. lLaliroad officials refused to fix the lame until after the wreck had been vestigated throughly. Mra. F. A. who was in charga of the tow- ar from which the block signals were “Jontrolled, said she was certain the lock was thrown against both ‘Yains. She collapsed after the acci- t and still is in a highly nervous The Dead. The dead: Francis A. Barclay, 20 Years old, Billings, Mont. George Brownson, 55 years old, Jalesbury, IIL, engineer train No. §. A. E Bunch, 30 years old, Chicago, porter on Pullman car on train Mrs. B G. Pohlmann, San ¥ ancisco. M. E. Stern, 40 years old, Chicago. G. W. Tudor, 40 years ol\, Lacey, wa Miss Lilllan Kelly, aged 2, Boise, 0. Two unidentified women. Two unidentified giria One unidentified boy. The Injured. Among the injured weres: H. O, e, Galesburg, Ills. fireman on malil left hand and right foot injured. 14 Oak street, Mra. Bessis P. Dudley, wife of W. L. Dudley, compound of right - Jehm W. Flach, cinnati, right moerated. scalp vwmnd- - hurt; several ribs broken. Rev. . H. Scholz, St. Francis hospl- tal, Columbus, O, back injured and scalp wormda Engine Plows Through Coach. All of the dead except Brownson were taken from the rear coach of the Denver train. The engine of No. 8 plowed through this car, halving it and crushing out the lives of helplesas passengers, many of whom were still in their bertha On inte the second coach the en- gine then sped. Half way through that car, it veered to the left, derail- B o PR S S S S S D B AT MU SR AR S LORIMER EXPELLED FROM U. 8. SENATE. Senator Brandegee Against Resolu- tion—MoLean Abgent. Washington, July 14—By a vote of §5 to 28 the United Btates senate yes- terday unseatsd Will'vn Lorimer, the junior semator from |linols, and de- clared his title to hig jat invalid. The end of the long fight | oust the sena- tor came after six & rs of protracted debate, in which Sena.or Lorimer him- self had occupied the floor for three wessfons, making an impassioned de- lense of his election. The final vote was upon the resoiu- “on offered by Luke Lea, senator from tnnessee, declaring the Lorimer elec- tion by the Illinois legislature in 1909 invalid. The adoption of the Lea resolution tarried with it the Benate's verdict that eorrupt metheds and practices were empioyed in the election of Wil- liam Lorimer, making his election in- valhid. Benator Brandeges voted to sustaln Lerimer and Senator Mclean was ab- eent but not paired, BACK TO WORK, Macertain as to Whether Lorimer WiTl EC-MM Fditi* Washington, July 14— “Witliam Ler- imer i8 going back te Chicage and ge- ing to work.” That was the brief announcement made today in behalf of the man whom the senate yesterday stripped of his seat and title as junior senator from Illinois. = ‘Whether he will re-enter polities and seek n vindication at the hands of the Illinois electorate, Mr, Lordmer has not decided. Some of his former colleagues in the senate have suggested that he seek a return to the seat in the of representatives, which he left “when the Illinois legislature in 1909 sent him to the senate. But that, his friends say, is at least two years away, as would any effort to be returned to the senate. As Mr. Lorimer would have to go before the people of IHinois in a primary, it is now too late to take part in this year's contest. Mr. Lorimer was out automobiing to- day, recovering the physical strength which was well nigh exhausted by his impaissioned speech. In the closing hours of his official life. His clerks and secretaries spent the day clearing up personal effects. FREIGHT HANDLER DROWNED AT NEW LONDON. P 3 Fell from Chelsea Dock—Supposed His Head Struck a Timber, New London, Cona., July 14. Stephen Kalka, a New London freight handler, fell from the Chelsea dock Sunday nifit while helping load a steamer and was drowned. Kaika could swim. but it is thought his head struck a timber in fajling, which stun- ned him. He was 30 years old and Cabled Paragraphs Italy Anxious to End War. Parls, July 14.—The Italian govern- ment recently informed the powers In an_unofficlal way that it was ready and anxious to bring the Turco-Italian war to an end, according to informa- tlen from an authoritative source. Preparing for Opening of Canal. Berlin, July 14—The German minis- try of marine is having new charts of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea prepared so that they shall be available before the opening of the Panama canal. World's Record at 1,200 Yards." London, July 14.—Corporal Mortimer, a Canadian marksman, yesterday scored a world’s record at the 1,200 yards range in the King’s Norton match rifle shoot at Bisley, making 78 points out of a possible 75 with his 15 shots, J A Gentle Hint to Spain. Lisbon. Portugal, July 14.—Accord- ing to the Pertuguese newspaper Palz, Spain_has recefved a collective note from England and France pointing out the principle of International law which obliges Spain to respect the re- public of Portugal and to enforce neu- trality of the fromtier. TEXTILE STRIKE AT NEW BEDFORpP TODAY. Loomfixers and Industrial Workers Vote to Join Weavers. New Bedford, Mass., July 14.—Mem- bers of the loomfixers’ union and of the Industrial Workers of the World, which inclades representatives of many crafts, voted today to go out on strike tomorrow in sympathy with those ing the sleeper. The engine was en- tirely stripped when it stopped. Fire, starting from the gas lights in the sleepers, then broke out.™ Many victims, pinicned down by heavy tim- bers and iron, pleaded for death. Mem- bers of the fire departments of West- ern Springs and L. Grange were on the scene a few minutes after the wreck occurred and put out the fire. Dead Robbed by Ghouls. Ghouls are believed to have rob- bed the dead before they reached the morgue in La Grange. More than a dozen large diamond sets are missing from jewelry and though most of the dead appeared to have been persons in comfortable circumstances, a dime ‘was the largest sum found on any of the bodies. weavers who fail to report for work in Coroner Hoffman ordered all of the {the cloth mills. The twisters have bodies embalmed immediately in |also voted to join the strike, and the the early afterncon and empanalled a jury to investigate the wreck. In a little room above a business house in La Grange Mrs. Wilcox hid Lerself from visitors throughout the greater part of the day. Three Trains Passed Signals. Finally she said: “After thinking the whole affair over, I haye decided that 1 was not in any way to blame for the accident. 1 know that the blocks were set against the train. It was not that I erred. Three trains passed the signals in violatign of all rules, though it may have been that the engineers did not see the boards. “First 1 heard No. 4, a train in no way connected with the wreck, pass. Then in a few minutes, No. 2 came by. I thought something was wrong and I began to tri\to think of something to do to stop the trains from running the board. But before I could get my ‘wits together No. 8 had sped by. The crash followed.” Another Version of the Case. Another story of how the wreck oc- curred differed from that of Mrs Wil- cox. It was that No 2 having been blocked by assignal had sent a brake- Ean’m set torpedoes to warn No. 8. No. 8§ was comm’ down grade when the crash came. 'Perspns responsible for the ‘story of the torpedoes.said that No. § had been given a signal that the track was clear and that the crew had either fafled to hear the tor- pedoes or had believed they had a clear track. carders and spinners are but awaiting sanction of their national badies bofore taking a final vote on the question. The strike of the weavers, who are protesting against the posting of no- tices anmouncing a new system ef grading the cloth in place of the pres- ent fining system, will be directed against the Acushnet, Booth, Bristol, Dartmouth, Gosnold, Grinnell, Hatha- way, Piercs Manufacturing company, Pierce Brothers, Ltd, Potomska and ‘Wamsutta mills, which employ in the aggregate nearly 13,000 operatives. p FINNISH CHOIR ARm IRE OF RUSSIAN ROYALTY. Revolutionary Hymn Causes Duke and Duchess to Leave Box. Btockholm, Sweden, July 14—The singing of the Finn choir at the choral festival last evening led to ost sen- sational incident. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia, who were seated in the royal box, rose and left in protest when the Finns began singing a revolutionary hymn which exhorted Finland to rise in her might and throw off the yoks of the con- queror. The song began: yet color red.” “::mt;l an:.n mnc- also left A relief train from Aurora gather- e gran: e and grand ed up all the avaflable physicizns be- | duchess. tweea that city and the scems of the wreck. Another relief train was sent from Caicago. Traffic Manager Corrdborates Mrs. Wilcox. A statement issued by P. 8. Faustis, passenger traffic manager of the Chi- cago, Burlington and Quincy raflroad, tonight substantiated Mrs Wilcox’s assertion that she was not to hlame and also corroborated the story that torpedoes were set by the brakeman of No. . The statement does not fix the blame for the coilision. FAST TRAIN GOES OVER EMBANKMENT. Minneapolis Man Killed and Several Passengers Injured. CLOUDBURST DROWNS FOUR IN ILLINOIS. Two Miles of Streets Destroyed, Six Buildings Wrecked. St. Lomis, July 14—Four persors were drowned at Alton, I, by a cloudburst which destroyed two miles of streets, wrecked six buildings and the gas plant of the Alton Gas and HKlectrie company, with total property loss of $250,000. The dead Mrs. Francis Maguire, 45 years oid Goldie Maguire, 3 years old. i Mrs, Hester Moss, 46 years old. Archie Boyce, 29 years old. Wesley Moore. a boarder at the Ma- guire home, rescued his mother and two children of Mrs. Maguire by lift- ing them to the roof. That more lives were not lost was @ne to Willlam Doty, who ran through the streets ahead of the.water, break- ing windows with his bare hands and awakening sleeping fumilies in time to permit them to reach safety. Many NATTOW eScapes were reported, $65 COSTS WOMAN HER LIFE Rushes Into Burning Houss to Get Money and is Killed by Flames, Fishkill Landing, N. Y.. July 14— Mrs, Andrew Refily, aged 35 vears, was burned to death at her home near here yesterday, The woman, who was alone at the time, fled frém the flames and then remembered she had left $65 in the house,/ She went back for the money and, being overcome, was burn- ed to a crisp, Mrs, Reilly came here thres weeks g0 from New York with her husband, Who is a blacksmith on the New York Central raiiroad. Floating Body Found. Middietown, Conn, July 14.—The body of an unidentified man was found floating in Little river this merning, The body is that of a man abeut 25 vears old and weighs 160 pounds, From the clothes it is supposed that the man was a laborer, The medical examiner thinks the body had been in the water for about four days. Fell to Doath from Balcony. New York, July 14—Robert habdit of taking door, on ths upper West Side, where relatives live, thus saving descending and olimbing the stairs, hrought him to his death today. In stepping from oms to another Hughes slipped, fell courtyard and was instantly Hughes was a Cunard line emplo; the Killed While Telephoning. Oewego, N. Y., July 14—F. Burton Lewis, engineer of the city water station, was instantly killed when he picked up a telephone recetver during an electrical storm here last night. The telephone wires had become crossed with the high tension power wires dur- ing the storm, causing a fatal shock to Lewis. Two others were struck by lightning, but only slightly hurt. Barns Struck st Plainfield. Conp., July 14.—Another severe electrical storm, the second within a week, swept over this vicinity this afternoon, The rainfall was heavy and many roads were washed out Lightning strucikc thres barns and splintered trees to pleces. The telephone lce was badly crippled, 60 telophones belnyg put out of com- mission. Killed in Auto Accident. New York, July 14—Richard D, Mas- ters, who was Injured late last night in an automobile accident at Rock- away Beach, in which “Knockout Brown, the pugtist, and several other men were slightly burt, died today. ‘Masters’ spine was fractured and he m suffered from concussion of the ain, Heat Kills Three at Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pa., July 14—Thres dead from heat, thres drowned In the rivers seeking reliet, ‘two killed bi’ lightning and two dead by committing suicide whils temporarily unbalanced by the warm weather is the record of this ety teday, A larfe number of prostrations were reported, Battleships at New Londen, New Londen, Conn., July 14. The United States battleships Ohie, Missouri and Mississippi arrived &t New Londen Sunday night from New- port, The ships will remain a week, when they will be followed by the Florida, Michigan, Utah und Delaware. Aviater Falls 100 Feet, Bxpesition Park, Pa., July 14.—DBrup- ping 100 feet when his engine stopped Tunping in o high gule, Barl Standt, a well konwn Brle, Pu., aviator, was per- haps fatally fnjured here late teday. He is suffering from concussien of the brain, twe brokem ribs, contusivns of the body and, it is believed, Mmternal injuries. Good Fortune Kills Him, Meadville, Penn., July 14—W, W, Baxter, who recefved word that he had fallen heir to §250,000 through the death of a relative at Syracuse, N. Y., dropped dead on the streets here yes- | Cloudburst Causes $1,000,000 Loss, terfity. Denver, Col., July 14.—More than a million doflars damage and ewe hfe known to have been lost, is the resuit of a cloudburst here fonight. Cerry creek, which extends aleng the nerth- west, west and south boundaries of Denver, overflowed, and approximately four square miles s under watey, “Kit” Garson’s Grandson Weds. Trinidad, Col., July 14-—C. Carson of La Junia, zrm%mn of “Ki Cusfg farous picneer and scout, was marrie heré yesterday to Miss A.zu Gallag- her, of Bddyville, lowa. NORWIEH, CONN., . MONDAY, JULY 15, 1912 e PRICE TW‘:(‘. 4 South African AMERICANS THIRD AND FOURTH AT S8TOCKHOLM. BEATS FORMER RECORD McGrath Bettérs Flanagan's Mark in Hammer Throw—United States Now Has a Lead of 41 Points. Stockholm, July 14.—South Africa, which heretofore played rather a mod- est part in this Olympic drama, came to the center of the stage at the mo- ment of its culmination today, win- ning the marathon race, the most im- portant number of the Olympic pro- gramme. This might have beén honor enough for a small nation, but South Africa also won second place by a se- cure lead, which was piling up the glory. American Finishes Third. The winner of the classical mara- thon was K. K. McArthur, a tall Transvaal policeman, who has never yet been headed in a similar event. His compatriot, C. W. Gitshaw, came second into the stadium, several hun- dred yards behind and third to appear ‘was the American, Gasten Strobino, of the Bouth Paterson A. C., who put up a braver fight than most of the nners, for his fest were skinned and bl:iedlng and he was suffering great pain. The times as announced were: Me- Arthur, 2 hours, 36 minutes; Gitshaw, 2 hours, 37 minutes, 52 seconds; Stro- bino, 2 hours, 38 minutes, 42 2-5 sec- onds. Two Americans Fail to Finish. The Americans certainly gave a death blow to the theory that the athletes of the United States are bet- ter in oontests which require quick- ness and agility than in tests of en- durance. While 30,000 spectators who were grilled ‘on the stadium — seats, strained their eyes toward the arch- way from under which the runners emerged they saw the American shield on the breasts of six of the first ten men who entered. The names on this roll of honor are Strobino, Andrew Sockalexis, Oldtown; John J. Gallagh- er, Yale University; Joseph Erxleben, Missouri A. C.; Richdrd F. Piggott, North Dorchester A. A, and Joseph Forshaw, Missour! A, C. The Amer- fcan team numbered twelve and ten finished. The last of these was Thomas H. Lilley, North Dorchester A. C., who finished eighteenth. Two Americans fell by the wayside—M. J. Ryan of the Irish American A. C,, who made a good run for nineteen miles, and then suc- oumbed to the heat, and John J. Reyn- olds of the same club, who fell out earlier. Good Showing by Caradians. Sweden furnished er dozen to the Tace and if their strength had been equal - to their ambition they would have had a different tale to tell. They started at a great pace, the cheers of their . countrymen inspiring them to exert themseives to the limit. During the first few miles they put forth all their powers and had nothing left to draw on when the final test came. had no reason to be ashamed for two of her representatives, J. Duffy and W, H. Forsythe, finished fifth and sixteenth respectively, Canada’s great hope, Corkey, ran with Ryan for sev- eral miles and they gave it up to- gether. McArthur Exhausted at Finish. Kolehmainen, the Finn, another fa- vorite, was outclassed. He took the lead at the beginning, but Gitshaw caught him at five miles and ran at His heels with McArthur and Lord of Great Britain for ten miles more; then robbed him of the leadership. Two miles and a half from the goal MecArthur went to the front and held the lead to the end. He had complet- ed the circuit of the arena before Git- shaw was observed running under the archway and he fell to the sround ex- hausted. The spectators ci 4 him lustily and as he lay pantiog Crown Prince Gustave Adolph shook him by the hand and patted him on the back. A small party of South African enthu- slasts had an enormous laurel wreath ready in anticipation of victory, of which they were confident from the first. They lifted the two green jer- seyed athletes on their shoulders and siung the laurel over McArthur, carry- ing {hg pair across the fleld. Half an hour later after champagne had been opened In the dressing room the African delegation again brought in the victors, carrying them around the track, the band playing franti- cally. \ Strobine Strong at Finish, Strobino was fifteenth at the turn- ing around Sollentuna church, which the runners rounded to retrace their tracks, Two Americans were ahead of him at that time and he ran seven miles with Tewanina; then joined Kolehmainen until the Finn dropped far back. He finished up with the two leaders and seemed to be in much bet- ter ghape than either of them, for he stopped to shake hands with a few friends and then walked briskly from the track. Bookalexis Finished Fourth. 1t seemed a long wait after Strobino finished before another runmer appear- ed at the entrance. Then a second American appeared, It was the In- dian, Sockalexis, Fifty yards behind him came the Canadian, Duffy, who strove hard to overcome the lead of the American, But the Indian crossed the line twenty yards in front. Both were in fine condition. Heat Handicapg Americans. “T went out to wirlor die,” said Me- rthur after the race, “I am proud win for Africa and for myself.” McArthur 1s anything but a Hayes- Dorando-Tewanina type of runner. He is 29 years of age, six feet tall and weighs 174 pounds. His career suf- fered from bad luck. He went to Greece for a marathon which was post- poned em account of pelitical troubles, and afterward went to England to take part In ohe which was postponed on aceount of the death of King Hdward. The American centestanis hardly came up lo the expectations of Hayes, whe tas had them under his care. He attribules this largely 1o the exireme heat. Mest of lhe American meara- thous have been suh In winter or spring, and many ef the men teduy were compelicd 10 slow up at times to take refreshiunents. American Wins Hammer Threw. This marathen was net really a marathon ,accerding te the view of those who have seen the real thing. When the start and finish are at the same place amd the runners double | around the same road, coming and go- ing half the tenslon and excitement of waiting for the first man, which made 6 -Lendoa -marathen dramal an McCombs Slated Wins Marathor: for Bfiairman WILSON WANTS HIM TO CON- DUCT HIS CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE The Far West to Be Without Repre- sentation On It—Wants a Heavy Contributor on Finance Committee. Bea Girt, N. J., July 14.—Indications at Sea Girt tonight, gathered from the party leaders with whom Governor ‘Wilson has been in constant consulta- tion recently, are that William F.'Mec- Combs of New York is his choice for chairman of the democratic national committee; William G. McAdoo of New Jersey, builder of the Hudson Tunneis, or Senator James A. O'Gor- man of New York for vice-chairman, and Joseph H. Davies, national com- mitteeman fronr Wisconsin, for secre- tary. Recommendations to National mittee. These views and the following have been gleaned from a canvass of the governor's closets political friends. As to the contents of the message which Robert 8. Hudspeth, Governor Wilson's spokesman in the national committee at Chicago, for Its action tomorrow, Governor Wilson has divulged no word. Nevertheless there is a uninimity of opinion among the nominee's close friends that the messags will contain in addition to the foregoing, other sug- gestions in substance as follows: That the national campaign head- quarters be fixed at New oYrk, with a branch at Chicago and another at a western city, unnamed in the message. Proposed Member of Finance Com- mittee. That there will be no specific sug- gestion concerning the identity of the treasurer of the committee or the finance committee, except that Henry Morgenthau, a wealthy real estate op- erator of New orkY, be given a place on the committee. Mr. Morgenthau contributed largely to the Wilson cam- paign fund for the ante-nomination ght and the governor's friends believe that he will be given a prominent place on the finance committee if the gover- nor’s suggestion is followed. That the campaign committee con- sist of men who have stood by the governor in his fight for the nomina- tion and will include Robert S. Hud- speth, national committeeman from New Jers probably as chairman; Josephus Daniels, national committee- man from North Carolina; Josqph E. Davies, national committeeman® from Wisconsin; Senator O'Gorman of New York and Gore of Oklahoma; Repre- sentative A. Mitchell Palmer of Penn- sylvania; Wiilarq Saulsbury, national committeeman from Delaware; Wil- liam G. McAdoo and Willlam F. Mc- Combs. West Will Have no Representative. Thers are thres Texans upon one of whom the governor’s friends assert representation on the campalgn com- mittee may fall. They are Represen- tatives Burleson and Henry and Judge aCto Sells, Thers is also a possibility, they say, that Senator Obadiah Gard- ner of Maine may be given a place on the committee, It is understood that there is not a man in the list from a far western state, This, the governor's advisors say, is due te the faot that the nom- inee wishes his campaign committee to be as close to the national head- quarters as possible, so that a full meeting of members could be obtained if needed with the least possible delay consistent with fair—territorial repre- sentation. Campaign Committse to Deoide Vital Matters. It is a part of the governor's plans, in the opinion of his friends, that the campaign committee decide all vital matters concerned with the campaign and that the national chairman be guided in everything he may do by a majority vote of the campaign com- mittee, in which he would, of course, have a vote. Mr. McCombs, they say, would thus be placed in a position where he could not act alone, but only on the advice of seasoned political leaders who have stood by the gover- nor in his fight' for the nomination. Governor Wilson’s friends assert that his plans regarding Mr. McCombs are that he act as director in chief of the campaign on the advice of the cam- paign committes and that he make his headquarters in New York, It is also the governor's plan, ac- cording to his counsellors, to request each national committeeman to direet, under McCombs, the campaign in his own state. Com- most tragical—4s lost. Bpectators and runners agree that they find it less in- spiring, for it bacomes merely a long distance road race, During the running of the marathon other events wers heing held In the stadium, M, J. McGrath, New York City, unattached, won the final In the hammer throw, with 5¢ metres, 74 cen.. timetres (179 feet, 7 1-10 inches), which beat the former Olympic record made by the Ameriean, John Flanagan, at the London Olympic by mere than nine feet, but was about the same dis- tance short of the world's record held by MeGrath, The new Olympie record MeGrath established on his first throw, The Canadian, D. Gillis, was second with & throw of 158 feet, 9 1-10 inches, | while the Ameriean, C. C. Childs, was third with 158 feet, The American, Simon P. Gillis, New York A, C,, col- lided with the bammer and was put out of the game. He was berne away on a stretcher by Boy Sceuts. Canadian Wins Swimming Event. The chief swimming event of the day was the final in the 400 metres, free style, which the Canadian, George Hodgson, won with another world's record to his credit—i minutes, 24 2-§ seoonds, The Britisher, Hattleld ished in 1 econds behind him, with Hardwi Australiu, third, The American runners easily won theiy heat wilh the Germans in the 1,600 iuetres relay race. They will moet the British and Fresch teams teworrow in the final, Seven events have been eoncluded 1a {he Decathlon, in which there are sev- eral American entries, United States Leading by 41 Peints. The scere in all the events as an- nounced tenight is as follows: United States, 120 den, 79: Bngland, 38; Germany, 31; Finland, France, 21; South Africa, 16; Denmark, 13; ltaly, 13, Canada. 11; Norwaw, 18, Australia, 9; Hungary, §; Belgium, 7; Greece, 4; Russia, 3; Austria, 8; Hoiland 8, _".;])ulafion Condensed Telegrams A Fuse Exploded on a crowded street car in Memphis, Tenn.,, and & negress was killed. Leonard R. Warner, dean of Chica- go's llvestock trade, died there at the age of 95 years. Mrs. May Cossitt Dodge of New York, who died on June 25, 1911, left an estate valued at $2,600,000. Lincoln Steffens, magazine writer, is expected to take the stand this morn- ing in the Darrow bpribery trial. The House Passed a Bill allowing a pension of $50 month to Mrs. Cor- nelia Bragg, widow of General Brags. A Chicage Man Who Stols 30 cents from a workman’s overalls was sen- tenced to serve a day for each cent he took:- Edward W. Potter, Author of Across the Rockies With the Soakums and other books, is dead at a hospital in New York. Seventy-five Women between the ages of 30 and 61 took the civil ser- vice examination for policewomen in Seattle, Wash. Aviator Prevost,lying for the James Gordon Bennett cup, made a record of 99 miles an hour at Rheims in an elim- ination contest. Grand Rapids, Mich., Was Hit early Saturday by a cyclone that injured 40 or more persons and did thousands of dollars' worth of damage. One Woman Was Killed and many persons were injured In a’ cyclone which passed through the suburbs of Kenosha,” Wis.,, Saturday. The Progressive Party, Inc, has been recorded in Albany. It is organ- ized to spread free trade principles throughout New York state. Every Street Car in Louisville, Ky, stopped for five minutes at noon dur- ing funeral services of James B. Speed, the Louisville multimi ire. Womens' Heroism and Self Sacrifice during the Civil war probably will be immortalized by the erection in Wash ington of a home for the American Red Cross. J. G, P. Stokes was nominated for mayor of Stamford by the soclalist party, and his wife, Rose astor Stokes, was nominated for the school committee. Whether the Convention of the third party which Is to meet in Chicago A 5 will be held in the Auditorium t ter or in the Coliseum be decided early this week. College Students Who in other years helped harvest bumper grain crops in the west are now secking the places of strikers on board trans- Atlantic steamships. - The New York Chamber of com- merce wiil have to pay 312,000 for a shave to its front to comply with the order to remove all obstructions be- yond the building line. ’ President Taft Indicated that he would not make any extensive cam- paign trip this fall, when he declined an invitation to attend the Minnesota state fair in September. Vice President Sherman, who has been suffering from an attack of in- digestion for the past two weeks, Is improving, and is expected to resume full activities earl his week, The Drainage Canal at Fvanston, 11, is being drasgzed by the police for the body of Clarence Passmore, 17 vears old, who was drowned while trying to rescue a crippled sparrow. More Than 50,000 Barrels of Lime and a great quantity of coal were de- stroyed in a fire in the storags sheds of the Rockland and Rockport Lime company In Williamsburg, N, Y. The loss 1s §70,000. The Expedition Organized by two London women to search for buried treasure on Cocos Island, Porto Rico, will have a rival. The new expadition hopes to reach the island before the women. Decision to Open Impeachment pro- ceedings to remove Mayor Le i ? Indianapolis from office for orcing laws [prohibiting resorts been made by the Indianapolis Church federation. The Senate Voted Saturday, 40 to 24, to make the Panama ‘canal bill unfin- ished business. This substantially re- fuses Great Britain's request that the bill be held up pending diplomatic ne- gotiations. The Rescue Ship Carpathia is in port in New York again with Captain, the cat mascot, which was presented to Captain Rostron. The kitten is now a cat and holds all records for mouse assassination on board the ship, Postmaster Thomas B. Lowerre of Flushing, N. Y., will henceforth con- fiscate all general delivery letters ad- dressed to young girls of the village and turn them over to their parenis or some male member of the family. Governor Dix Pardoned Orrin 8. Lawrence of Malone, N. Y, former treagurer of Franklin county, who was convicted in 1911 for the embezzlement of county funds. Aided by his father, Lawrence has restored the money, A Philadelphia Newsb: papers better, shouted: velt dead! Next president assassinat- ed!” He was fined $7.50. The judge declared " that the way to kill Teddy was to smother him to death in No- vember with votes. to sell his xtra! Roose- As a Result of Seven Months' work of John A. Gade, president of tha American = Scandinavian soclety, ar- rangements have been completed for an exhibition of Scandinavian art in New York and other American cities during the coming winter. Judge William 8. Case of the supe- rlor court was Saturday named as the third member of the arbitration board which s to decide the wage dispute between the Connectijeut company and its conductors and motormen on the New Haven division The Largest Three Months' husiness In the history of the postal service is shown by the latest financial statement of Auditor Kram of the postoffice de partment. Revenues for (he quarier ending with Mercl reached $64,28%,- $64.45, an increass Af $2,396,301.11 over the sume period last year, Senator Bailey of Texae In & fare- well address to a scora of his leagues at a private dinner that if conditions in the Un continged to change as much in the next 30 vears as they had in the last 30 the eountryv would face # condition parallel to that of the French revolu- tion. col~ redicted Stateg A Reduction of Express Rates PRESCRIBED BY INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION INVESTIGATION HELD Shippers Now Pay as Much For B0 Pounds as For 100 Pounds—Waeight and Distance to be Considered. Washington, July 14.—8weeping re- ductions in express rates, averaging In general approximately 16 per cent. drastic reforms in regulations and practices, and comprehensive changes in the methods of operation are pre scribed in a report made public today by the interstate commerce commis- sion of its investigation imto the bus!- ness of the thirteen great express companies of the United States. Express Business a Family Affair. Dealing with the identity of interest between the various companles, the report findg that while these compa- nies are separate legal emtities, “it Is of interest to regard this fact that by stock ownership and otherwise they are so interlaced, intertwined and In- terlocked that it is with difficulty we can trace any one of the greater com- panies as either wholly independent in fts management or the agency of a single railroad system. So that while these companies operate and compete with h ether for traf fic, the express business may be said to be almost a family affair. An in teresting genealogical tree, im fact, might be drawn showimg a common ancestry in all of the Ierger compa- nies. And while many mAmes may be used to designate these companies, it is within the fact to say that aside from the operations of the minor and distinetiv railroad express compa- nies, the express businsss of the United States is managed by not more than three groups of interests.” Greatest Reduction on Small Packages Commissioner Lane is of opinion that the conclusions reached consti- tute a long step towards the solution of that gravest problem of the Ameri- can householder, the high cost of 1iv ing. The greatest reduction of rates pro- posed is on small packages—that 1s, on parcels which weigh less than 12 pounds. Rates on packages of more than 12 pounds were found to be more reasonable than those on smaller par- cels. Briofly stated, the new rates may be sald to be based upon a minimum charge of 21 cents for a one pound package. This charge Increases in ratio to the increase of weight and distance, at rates varying from three- tenths of & cent a pound to about 13 Twelve cents a pound, nd for the greatest for a parcel to be hin the United States, aska. tance possl ried wholk exclusive of Present Rates Inequitable. Packages weighing two pounds. for instance, may be shipped 1,000 miles— New York city to Chicago—for 24 cents; and 2,000 miles—New York city to Denver—for 31 cents, the present rates belng respectively for each 85 cents. A three pound package will cost 27 cents for 1,000 miles and 27 cents for 2,000 miles, the existing rates being respectively each 45 cents. A ten pound package may be transported 1,000 miles for 42 cents and 2,000 milea for cents, as against the existing rates of 76 cents and $1.25 respective- ly. The cost of transporting a 25- pound package 1,000 miles will be 7 cents, against the present rate of $1.10, and for 2,000 miles $1.84, against the present rate of §2.25 The charges of the express compa- nles now in many Instances are the same for 50 pounds as for 100 pounds between the same points, and in some instances they are as much for 20 pounds ug for 100 pounds. Under smch a system the householder is compelled to pay as much for a 10 pound package as a dealer would pay for a 25 pound package. and three or four times as h as the er would pay for 10 s ineluded in a 100 pound ship- pot ment. r Lane expresses ths the system proposed will practicable the opening of direct of trade between the f belje make avenu that hat the v household. He likewise ls of opinion “hat whil= th tion of the rates on the ligh 1 parcels will avecaga between 20 and 30 per cent., the express companies them selves will be the heneficiaries of a largely increased business in the handling of small parcels. Rates Become Effective in Fall. While there has been an almost uni- form reduction in charges upon par- cels welghing 50 pounds or less, the rates on packages weighing mora than 50 pounds have not heen materially reduced. Ir some Instances the com mission’s proposed rate basis shows a slight in>reasa of the charges on heavy packages. This indicates the belief of the commission that the rates of the express companies per 100 pounds are not, on the whole, serfously excessive. By the terms of the comunission’ order the ~hanges in the regulations, methods and practices of the express companies; the reclassification of ex- press matter; the changes In the bill- ing of packages, and other adminis- trative reforms are required to be put into effect practically immediately. The rates proposed, however, will not be- come effective before some time next autumn. The commission has fixed Oct. 9 as the date for the beginning of a hearing of the representatives of ex- press companies and shippers as to why the rates prescribed by the com- missfon should not go Into effect Killed While Walking Tracks. West Haven, Conn, July 14.—John Pasco, a laborer on Elm street, was struck by the Néw York express near the West Haven bridge tonight and almost instantly killed. Pasco was walking the tracks and apparently did not hear the train coming In time to step from the tracks In safety. liis skull was crushed and he died while being carrfed into the railroad tlon. lle was about 60 years old single, sta The Jury In the Case of Clande Al. len, one of the members of the Allen gnng, charged with the assagsination of court officers at Hillsville, Va., Sat urday rnrnr(ed that an agreement was impoesible. The jury was discharged and another venire was ordered som- moned for a new trial, 84000 Fire at Bridgepert. wrifgeport, Conn., July this evening did about $4,000 to 8 barn at Park a0, - partly eoversd by