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arv—, ~r———y—— T T ——_ S eyt e VOL. LIV.—NO. 194 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1912 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population Condensed Telegrams “Reds” Take SCHEPPS CAUGHT IN HOT SPRINGS Arrest of Alleged Go-Between Gives New Impetus In Rosenthal Murder Case PRISONER IS UNDECIDED ABOUT CONFESSING Says He is the Keynote to Situation in New York and Must Be Treated Right—District Attorney Scores Beat on New York Police—Schepps Paid Off the Assassins, It is Claimed—Was Given $1,000 to Give the Murderers. Hot Springs, Ark, Aug. 11—"I am ready to go back to New York with- out any requisition or without fight- ing the case,” said Sam Schepps, ar- rested here early Sunday morning for alleged complicity in the murder of Herman Rosenthal in New York, “but 1 want to know that everything 1s all right. R “I am the keynote to the situation in New York and if they want me to treat the district attorney's office right they will have to treat me right. Schepps said today that he has not decided whether he will Jjoin with Rose, Valion and Webber in a con- fession. The alleged go-between ad- ded that he would make up his mind on that question while on the way east. Through District Attorney’s Office. Schepps is held in Hot Springs un- der uncertain circumstances as to when he shall be delivered. Hlis arrest last night came about through confiden- tiel information from the office of the district attorney in New York and it was supposed that Detective Russo of the New York district attorney’s office would be here for him today. Russo has not appeared. The police department of New York has made inquiry about Schepps and has suggested that if press reports of his arrest here are true, agents will be sent to take him back to New York. Y Schepps Afraid of Police. That Schepps regards his position as perilous is certain. He seems to prefer to falling into the hands of the detectives of the district attorney's office rather than those of the New York police department. Important Link in Evidence. New York, Aug. 11.—The arrest of Sam Schepps in Hot Springs has given a new impetus to the Rosenthal case. It is oomsidered the most important development since the confessions of Jack Rose and “Brigie” Wabber led to the indictment of Police Lieutenant Backer as the alleged instigator of tha murder. Schepps has been wanted badly by the district attorney to complete the evidence he had of the assassination plot. New York Police Nonplussed. One of the most interesting fea- tures in connection with the arrest is that the police authorities here appear to have had no hand in the capture. Late tonight, nearly 24 hours atter | the arrest of Schepps, Deputy Police | Commissioner Dougherty had received no official notification of it. “I cant understand it."~ Mr. Dougherty said | tonight. “On July 27 I wrote a let- ter to the chief of police of Hol Springs asking him to be on the look- out for Schepps. I had no particular tip that Schepps was in Hot Springs, but I was aware of the fugitive's phys- fcal condition and deduced that he might go there. I can’t understand why the New York police have not been notified if Schepps has really been arrested. I telegraphed the Hot Springs police this afternoon for in- formation and for the circumstances under which the arrest was made, but I have received no reply.” The explanation as indicated in the newspaper despatches appears to be that the arrest was made by privale detectives. Mr. Dougherty admitted, however, that if Schepps was really in cus- tody, it was a most important centri- bution to the case. Rode in the Murder Car. Schepps, it is charged, was in the conspiracy to murder Rosenthal, rode In the gray automobile in which the slayers were carried to and from the scene of the shooting, and paid off the gangsters after the assassination. ‘While Schepps had been missing from his home here since July 16, the day of the murder, it is said that he was in the city unmtil July 18. He was the go-between, it is alleged, for Police Lieutenant Becker and “Bald Jack’ Rose when the latter was in hiding in Harris Poliok's house on Riverside Drive. When Rose surrendered him- self, Schepps dropped out of sight and no trace was found of him until he was caught in Hot Springs. Itude said that Schepps was fur- nished with $1,000 for the purpose of paying oft the assassins. MADE NOTABLE GIFTS ON HIS BIRTHDAY Julies Rosenwald Gave Away $687,500 for Charity and Education. Chicago, Aug. 11.—Julius Rosenwald of Chicago made birthday gifts today amounting to $687,500. He was fifty years oid this morning. Charity and education received the entire sum. Mr. Rosenwald, who is a leading merchant, divided the total in eight parts, each of which went to a separate body. Hzlf a million dollars was split evenly between the Univer- sity of Chicago and the Associated Jewish Charities here. Among those and other contributions, one was $50, 000 to endow a country club “which will furnish a comfortable resort for recreation at week ends and in sum- mer and winter for those who employ their time in philanthropic and social work.” FIRED LAST SHOT INTO THE ALBEMARLE Liswtenant Newman Was a Civil War Hero—Dies at Age of 78. Kingston, N. Y., Aug. 11— Lieut. Commander William B. Newman, U. 8. retired, is dead at Woodlawn valley, Ulster county, aged 73 years. lieutenant Newman was one of the two men who In April, 1864, remained on board the federal steamer South- | fleld after it had been rammed by the Confederate ram Albemarle and suc- ceeded in firging a cannon shot into the confederate boat just before the Southfield sank. QAVE UP STRUGGLE AGAINST ILL LUCK Mshael Brunsko and His Daughter Turned on the Gas. New York, Aug. 11.—Michael Bruns- ko, 43 years old. a laborer, and his 12 year old daughter Mary were found dead today from asphyxiation in their heme, a single room, bare with the exception of a broken chair and an old mattress on the sixth floor of an Rast | Bide tenement house. A note pinn on the wall indicated they had com- mitted suicide, after a long run of ill luck. LEAD YOUNG DEMOCRATS. Dudley Field Malone Selected to Have Charge of Wilson League. New York, Aug. 11.—Dudley Field Malone, assistant corporation counsel, has practically been selected to have charge of the Young Men's Wilson league throughout the country, it was learned at democratic headquarters to- day. Governor Wilson has been look- ing around for some time for a young man to lead the voung democrats. Ma- lone is a son-in-law of Senator O'Gor- man of New York and ras already galned a reputation for campaigning. IMITATED MOVING PICTURE. Four Year Old Boy Shot His Baby Brother Dead. Asburn, N. Y, Aug. 11— Imitating what he sald he had o moving pict- ures, four year old Leo Avery, son of Mertou Avery, plcked up a revolver he found lylug ou & mantie plece In his home today and fired a bullet into the Dbratn of his two year old brother Floyd killing him instantly, Shea butter is used the natives in northern Nigeria other parts of West Africa as an illuminating oll, for eooking, and as a medicine in the form of an unguent for rheumatism and other allments of the body, For e natives prize it very BULGARIANS CLAMOR FOR . WAR AGAINST TURKEY Massacre Has by Mohammedans Aroused the Nation. Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 11.—The ex- citement of the Bulgarian people over the massacre of 140 Bulgarians by Mussulmans at Kotschana, fifty miles to the southwest of Ushup, on August 2, continues without abatement. The Bulgarian press is clamoring for war against Turkey., The inhab- itants of southern Bulgaria are ex- tremely belligerent. They are holding meetings of protest against the massa- cre ,anq’ demonstrations against Tur- key are being organized in all parts of the country. FELL OVERBOARD WHILE PUTTING ON HIS COAT. Sixty Year Qld Man Drowned in Lake . at Waterbury. Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 11.—William Simonis, aged 60 years, was drowned in Bellevue lake, in the north end of this city, this afternoon. He stood up in a rowboat to take off his coat and fell overboard into twelve feet of wa- ter. Unable to swim, and having lost an oar when Simonis fel overboard, his companion, John Watch, was unable to do anything to savehim. The body was recovered. A daughter and two sons, one of whom is George Simonis of Brooklyn, N. Y., survive BOAT UPSET WITH PARTY OF THREE ABOARD. Thomas Concannon Drowned at Oro- noque, This State. Oronogque, Conn,, Aug. 11.—Thomas Concannon, aged 21, of 99 Sherman avenue, New Haven, was drowned in the Housatonic river this He was éamping with a number of friends near here. This afternoon, in company with Harry Carney and Jo- seph Shelnitz, he went out on the river in a rowb The boat upset, and Concannon, being unable to swim, was drowned. The body was recovered and taken to Stratford tonight, and will be sent to New Haven tomorrow, BOY WAS GUARDING HIS BROTHER'S CLOTHES. Two Men Had Been Drowned in the Hudson, it Was Found. New York, Aug. 11.—The sight of a 3 year old boy sitting on the bank of the Hudson river, weeping over men’'s clothes which he seemed to me guard- ing, led to the discovery this after- noon that two men had been drowned while ewimming. The bodies were lat- | er recovered. The victims were Wil- liam Lobohitz and his nephew, Harry Lorrelley. It was the latter's baby Dbrother that was guarding the clothes. KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE. Carmine Nuzzo Struck at Southport —Driver Held For Manslaughter. Southport, Conn,, Aug. 11—Carmine Nuzzo, aged 19, years, was struck and killed here today, while playing ball in the roadway, by an automobile driven by Willlam Miller, a chauffeur for Archibald Wheeler of Bridgeport, Nuz- 20’8 head was crushed, his neck broken an done leg fractured, Miller was ar- rested and arranged before Justice of the Peace Wukemun on charges of reckless driving and mansluughter, and was held for the. supsrior court In bonds of §1,600, Miller elaimed he was running net more than fifteen miles an hour, He was going to Gar- den City, L. L, for Mr, Wheeler, The bond was furnished by Samuel Wheel- i Tt e e er, of Bridgeport, a brother of the car's owner, afternoon. | Gabled Paragraphs Hawaiian Seamen’s Strike Ends. Honolulu, Aug. 11.—The strike of the masters and mates of the Interisland Steamship company, which has been in progress here for several weeks, was settled today. Demands of the officers have been granted in full, except that of increase in pay. The strikers de- manded an increase of 20 per cent The compromise agreement grants them 15 per cent. American Teachers at Berlin. Berlin, Aug. 11.—A large party of German-American teachers who have been visiting the citles of Germany under the auspices of the German-Am- erican Teachers’ association arrived in Berlin Saturday, and will remain here until August 15. The municipal coun- cil and other bodies will give recep- tions in their honor. Churchill Attacks Law. London, Aug. 11—Winsten Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiraity, in a long letter issued tonight for pub- lication In tomorrow morning's news- papers, makes a passionate attack up- on A, Bonar Law, denouncing in the strongest language the opposition leader’s incitement of Ulster to resist home rule. Two Ocean Liners Collide. Amsterdam, Netherlands, Aug. 11— The North German Lloyd steamship Frankfort, bound to Canada from Bre- men with 1,200 ants on board, collided with the erman steamer Barmen from Rotterdam for Bremen, while off the Hook of Holland light- ship and is now proceeding to the Hook under tow. Wireless despatches recelved at Scheveningen tonight from the North German Lioyd liner say that all her passengers are on board and that the vessel is in no danger, PUT HIS OPPONENTS ON THE DEFENSIVE. Colonel Rooesevelt’s Plan—Make Pos- ve Fight For Progressive Plat- form. Oyster Bay, Y ug. 11—“At last I can sleep o'nights” said Colonel Roosevelt laughingly when he w. told today that the plan for haviffg William J. Bryan follow his trail about hte country and reply to his speeches had been abandoned, as was announc- ed in New York yesterday. The colonel said he was greatly amused at the decision of his democratic op- ponents that the progressive ticket Wwas not a menance to them and that it would not be worth whilg to have Mr., Bryan spend his time ‘in this way. “Isn’t that perfectly lovely?” he ex- claimed. Not Assailing Opponents. It is Solone] Rooseveit's purpose to make a positive fight fo rthe pro- gressive platform and ticket rather ocratic candidates. In the opening Bpeeches of his campaign he plans to lay chief emphasis upon what the pro- gressive party proposes to do, rather than to assail his opponents. By mak- ing positive rather than negative ar- guments, Colonel Roosevelt hopes to place the other candidates on the de- fensive. He expressed all confidence in‘ the progressive platform drawn largely fro mhis speech in Chicago, which he regards as the greatest ef- fort of his life. Many thousand cop- les of the speech are being printed in pamphlet form for distribution throughout the country to spread broadcast the cardinal points of the progressive faith. Pleased About Ohio. Colonel Roosevelt was greatly pleas- ed at the turn taken in Ohio yester- day when Walted F. Brown an dthe other members of the republican state central committee resigned to put a progressive ticket into the field. “It is very gratifying to me” he said. “It means a straight out fight like New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Massachusetts. WILL SPEND $1,000000 TO RENOVATE OLYMPIC. White Star Liner Must Have an Inner Shell. Belfast, Aug. 11—During the com- Ing winter the White Star line steam- | ship Olympic will undergo a renova- tion costing ckse to $1,000,000. The principal alteration will be the pro- visioon of side bunkers, which prac- tically means an inner or second shell. The decision of the White Star line to renovate the Olymplc is in accord- ance with a recommendation contain- British board of trade inquiry into the Titanic disaster that sea going ships, in addition to their watertight trans- verse bulkheads, De provided with a line, or with a~longitudinal wvertical watertight bulkhead on each side of the vessel, or both. THOMPSONVILLE IMMIGRANTS. | Department Decides Perplexing Case of Turkish Family. Washington, Aug. 11.—The secretary of commerce and labor has rendered a decision in the case of the immigrants who arrived July 23 on the S. S. Phil- adelphia, intending to go to friends in Thompsonville, Conn. The family consisted of Avodis Al- almasian, his wife, and one child of his | own, an orphan brother, and another aged ter years,-belonging to a friend, that was entrusted to him to bring to her brother who lives in Thompson- ville. Through oral advice abroad, they claimed this child as their own when they landed, and when her broth.- er arrived he also did not at first tell the truth, but said that this child's parents were dead, but his wife, who was later called as a witness, told the truth and said that the child was a sister of her husband and that both fathér and mother were living in Tur- key. At first it was thought all con- cerned would be deported, but on ap- peal to the department it was decided that the man, his wife and own child and brother should be allowed to land, but the other child should be returned to her parents in Turkey. Several affidavits were filed with the department from citizens of Thompsonville testifying to the good character of the brother and his abil- Ity to take care of his sister, The authorities in New York re- ferred the matter to the Commissioner General of the Immigration Bureau, and the case went from there to the secretary of commerce and labor, where it was decided that Avedia Akalmazian, his wife, thelr {infant child and an orphan brother should be ullowed to land, but the child Aznlv Chakmakjian should be returned to hor parents, Bhe will be put on board a steamer at New York. A more apprepriate emblem for the Roosevelt party would be the goat, He persists in butting in—~Milwaukee Sentinel ed in the judgment pronounced by the | than against the republican and dem- | in Ohio, as in a number of other states | idowble skin, carried above the water | Believes in Local Option GOV. WILSON TAKES A HAND IN MAINE POLITICS. N LIQUOR QUESTION Should Not Be Issue Between Political Parties—Is Moral and Social Ques- tion for Communities. Sear Girt, N. J, Aug. 11.—Governor Woodrow Wilson indirectly took a hand today in the political situation in Maine where the gubernatorial elec- tions in September are expected to re- veal the trend of strength of the three presidential nominees in that state. Replies to Letters. In response to numerous letters from democratic leaders in Maine asking Qovernor Wilson for his attitude on the liquor question, which is a promi- nent issue in the gubernatorial cam- paign, Governor Wilson has declared in favor of local option and against having the question made an issue be- tween political parties. The governor's views originally were communicate: to Rev. Thomas B. Shannon of New- ark, N. J., as bearing on the issue in New Jersey, but Governor Wilson is now sending throughout Maine a copy of the same letter which says: “I am in favor of local option. I am a thorough believer in local sel gvernment and believes that every self-governing community which con- stitutes a social unit should have the right to control the matter of the reg- ulation or of the withholding of li- cense. Have Brought Utter Confusion. “But the questions Involved are so- cial and*moral and are not susceptible of being made parts of a party pro- gramme. Whenever they have been made the subject matter of party con- tests, they have cut the lines of party organization and party action athwart to the utter confusion of political ac- tion in every other field. “They have thrown every other question, however, important, into the background and have made construc- tive party actien impossible for long years together. So far as I am myself concerned, therefore, I can never con- sent to have the question of local op- tion made an issue between political parties in that state. My judgment is T do mnot very clear in this matter, believe that party programmes of the highest consequence to the political life of the state and of the nation ought to be thrust on one side and hopelessly embarrassed for long pe- riods together by making a political issue of a great question which is es- sentially non-political, non-partisan, moral and social in its nature. ’ AT THE RATE OF $1,750 EACH MINUTE. $35,000 Raised at Old Orchard for Missionary Purposes. Old Orchard, Maine, Aug. 11— Thirty-five thousand dollars was rais- ed in 20 minutes for missionary pur- poses by Rev. A. B. Simpson of New York at the annual missionary collec- tlon service of the Christian and Mis- sionary Alliance here today. WILL FLY TODAY, Army Aviators Hope to Fly Over This State from Marblehead. Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 11.—Unfa- vorable weather conditions today ne- cessitated a postponement of the flight which Lieutenants Kirtland and Ar- nold of the United States army plan- ned to make in a new war aeroplane from Marblehead to Bridgeport, Conn. It the auguries are propitious the flight will be started about 5 a. m. The two officers who have been in charge of the tests and trials of the new machine secured permission to fly it to Bridgeport, to participate in the war game now in progress. HIT ON PELLAGRA REMEDY. Scientists Find, Treatment for Hook- worm Affects the Other Disease. Barboursville, Ky. Aug. 11.—That the treatment now being given to hook worm patients benefits those afflicted with the dreaded pellagra, was an- nounced today by the state board of health and the scientists of the Rocke- feller foundation fund, who are con- ducting experiments here. The hookworm epidemic, which has affected twenty thousdnd persons in this state, s believed to be under control, and the physicians think they have finally made an inroad on pella- gra that will eventually stamp out the disease. SUBWAY HIGHWAYMAN. With a Sandbag Knooked Out Ticket Agent and Gets $65. New York, Aug. 11.—A masked high- wayman hidden in the subway at Dyckman street, to the north of the city, knocked the ticket agent sense- less with a sandbag today, robbed him of $65, and by frightening off other employes with revolver shots escaped. The victim, Frederick Kissar, had car- ried his night's receipts in four can- vas bags through the subway to de- liver to the collection train, and was climbing the stairs to reach the train when the robber stepped from bebind a post and felled him. Kissan was later revived. I Funeral of President Leconte. Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 11.—The body of the late president of Haiti, Gen, Cincinnatus Leconte, who was burned to death in the fire which, fol- lowing an explosion of ammunition, destroyed the national palace on Thursday last, was buried today with national honors. Bwam San Francisco Bay. Ban Francisco, Aug. 11.—Miss Nellie Rchmidt, 20 years old, the holder of the Pacific cost champlonship for women in the one-mil swim, swam across San Francisco bay, 5 1-2 miles, in three hours and six minutes today, Bhes ls the first woman and the third person to accomplish the feat, Democratic 8tate Convention. New Iavem, Uenn., Aug 11.—The offieinl call for the demoeratic stats eonventien te be held in the foet guard armery, Hartford, September 11 and 12, has been isued by State Chairman Charies W. Comsteck of | of this ¢ Nerwich and Edwin 8, Thepas of this city, eeeretary, Opened Fissures A Mile“Long TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF EARTH- QUAKES NEAR DARDANELLES DEATH LIST AT 1,000 Two Towns in Ruins—From 5,000 to 6,000 Injured—Hot Water and Sul- phurous Vapors Spurted Out. Constantinople, Aug. 11.—The inter- ruption of telegraphic communication makes it very difficult to obtain ac- curate details of the disastrous seismic disturbance which occurred August 9 on both sides of the Dardanelles. No accurate figures of the number of victims can yet be tabulated, though some estimates place the death list at 1,000 and the number of in- Jured from 5,000 ® 6,000. In the town of Shar-Koy, which was completely destroyed, sixty of the in- habitants were killed and 150 injured. Shar-Koy is situated on the Sea of Marmora, 27 miles nertheast of Galll- opoli, which also is in ruins. Fires Follow Quakes. Fires caused by the upsetting of lamps used in illuminating ikons are reported from many cities, "and a large number of buildings, as a result, were destroyed. Fissures dpened to a length of about a mile along the river at Lule Butgas, forty miles southeast of Adrianople, and from these apertures hot water, sand, foam and sulphurous vapors were emitted. Hospitals Crowded. Everywhere in the stricken zone there is terrible want and distress. Ap- peals for docters and help are con- stantly being received at the capital, and the government is doing its utmost to satisfy them. The hespitals here are crowded with injured persons. Volcanic Island Reported Forming. Constantinople, Aug. 11.—Three re- ewed earth shocks were felt here to- ay. It is reported that a voleanic is- land is forming in the sea of Mar- mora, ENGINEER SAYS BRAKES REFUSED TO WORK Rear End Freight Wreck Near Berlin —Four Cars and Caboese Off Track. Berlin, Conn,, Aug. 11.—A rear end freight wreck near C. P, Merwin's brickyard this afternoon, tied up traf- fic on the New Haven road for three hours, deraileq a caboose and four cars, but no one was injured. HEngi- neer John Rowe of Hartford, who had charge of a freight train of tHirty cars bound for Hartford, says he saw the other freight, made up of 25 cars, ahead of him, but when he put on the brakes they refused to work. Rowe and his fireman jumped, when they saw a collision was unavoidable, and escaped injury. LOST TWO-THIRDS OF RESERVOIR CONTENTS Two Million Gallons of Water Went to Waste at New Britain. New Britain, Conn.,, Aug. 11.—Two million gallons of water went to waste this afternoon by a break in the high pressure service dam of the city res- ervoir on the Hunter road, two miles from this city. The dam has a ca- pacity of 3,000,000 gallons. It is not yet definitely known what caused the break. The break is twelve feet wide and it will cause a considerable finan- cial outlay to repair the damage. JAPANESE PLEASED. Appreciate Action of United States in | Having Representative at Mikado's Funeral. Tokio, Aug. 11.—The announcement for the coming of Secretary of State Knox from Washington to attend the funeral of Emperor Mutsuhito on Sep- tember 12, is received by all the lead- ing Japanese newspapers with expres- sions of sincere appreciation. Articles in today’s journals voice a note of friendliness in connection with Mr. Knox's projected visit. NEBRASKA LITTLE HURT. Battleship Ran on Shoal on Even Keel —Ils at Rockport. Rockport, Mass,, Aug. 11.—The bat- tleship Nebraska arrived here today after having heen damaged shghtly Thursday by running on an unchart- ed shoal near Point Judith. The Ne- braska will go to Boston Wednesday to”dry dock for a thorough examina- tion. The battleship went on the shoal on even keel and scraped over several rocks. One plate on the bottom of the ship was started a few inches and a compartment was leaking slightly aft- er the accident, but an examination by divers disclosed that the damage was slight. The Nebraska proceeded to Rockport after receiving orders from the navy department. CHICKEN THIEF RECORD. Henry Richardson Robbed Coops of 1,000 in Three Months, Rome, Ga., Aug. 11.—One thousand chickens stolen In three months is the record of Henry Richardson ,a negro, He told the police today that his income earned in this way in that time had averaged $100 a month. The negro, who has made a full confession, sald that ha would often steal as many as 50 chickens in a night. He dressed them in the day time, then sold them at just enough reduction under the market price to have no difficulty in disposing of them. “SO LONG, FELLOWS.” Last Words of New Haven Polander, Before Committing Suicide. New Haven, Conn, Aug. 11.—"So long, fellows,” sald John Ambrulie, aged 26, to two companions who were returning home from & Polish wedding early this morning, end a moment la- ter he leaped from the Ferry strest bridge Into the Quinniplac river and was drowned. The body has not yet been recovered. Viscountess de Sibour Dead. Narragansett, R, [, Aug. 11.—Vis- countess de Sibour died at her sum- mer home here tonight after an iIl- ness of several months, aged 78 years, Bhe was a npative of Belfast, Mains, During April, Ma June of this year, 1?5.341 'hnm(n":z arrived in ‘anada. A A Foundry at Chicopee F=I|-. Mass., ::"?aw%utrnyed by fire with a loss of The New German Dreadnaught cruiser Goshen made 32 knots an hour in her trial off Danzig. Shady Glen House, near Catskill, N. Y., was destroyed by fire. The guests were attending a fete nearby. J. A. Howells, 2 brother of Willlam Dean Howellg the novelist, died at Auburndale, Fla. He was 79 years old. Thomas Wheeler, 50 Years Old, a farmer of Sugar Town, near Ellicott- vlllle. N. Y, was gored to death by a bull. William H. Force, father of Mrs, John Jacob Astor, denies that Mrs, As((:lr will contest the will of her hus- band. The Charges Against William File the patroiman who was in the Metro- pole when Rosenthal was shot, were dismissed. Mayor Lunn of Schenectady, N. Y. was selected by the socialists of the Thirtieth congress district as candidate for congress. Smithsonian Institution Scientists announce the discovery of a new ani- mal, the “skink” a cross between a lizard and a snake. . Some 200 Shoemakers in Lynn, Mass., struck when their demands for a nine-hour day and a flat wage scale of $16.50 was refused. While Feeding a Lioness in her cage at Point de Chene, Canada, Charles J. Carroll, an American, was seriousiy bitten and soon died. Chairman Geory Askwith of the industrial commission of the British board of trade, will visit Canada and the United States to study labor. The Calcasie Lumber Company has surrendered its charter to the state and reincorporated under the laws of A\@_sxme. The income tax is held rbspon- sible. Lieutenant Riley of the New York police department made an affidavit that he had not charged before the grand jury that the city was wide open. The Louisville & Nashville railroad notified the Western Union Telegrdph company to remove all wires and poles along the road's rightof way by No- vember 1. According to Unofficial Estimates of the department of agriculture, more than $8,000,000 damage was done by the army worm to crops in the south last month. Appropriation of $20,000 for sup- port of American refugees from Mex- ico, now in Arizona, was authorized under a resolution by Senator Smith of that. state. A New Type of Air Brake is to be installed on New York street cars. The brake has a graded controller, which varies th the weight of the passengers carried. Five Persons Were Injured when two men blew up a store in Greens- burg, Pa., and damaged the property more than $10,000. The state police are searching for the men. The Health Authoritiss of St. Peters- burg admit that cholera ex city. They had refused to because it would force them the trouble to stamp it out. s in the admit it to take President Taft Sent to the Senate the nomination of James M. Morton, Jr., to be United States district judge In Massachusetts to succeed F. Dodge, promoted to the circuit bench. So Great Has Been the Demand for seats at the bribery trial of Clarence S. Darrow af Los Angeles, that when final argumeht will be made, ad- mittance probably will be arranged by card. An_Appropriation of $35,000 to for- mer Senator Lorimer to cover part of his expenses in the two fights to re- tain his seat will be raised by the sen- ate committee on privileges and elec- tions. James J. Gallagher, who &hot Mayvor | Gaynor of New York city on the deck of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse two | yvears ago, is said to be dying in the state hospital at Trentom, N. J, of paresis. One of a Gang of Burglars that cracked the postoffice safe at Howe, Ind, was killed by the door of the safe when the explosion occurred. The others escaped with a large amount | of plunder. Women Are to Vote in the New York state primaries of the progres- sive party and are to be sent as dele- | gates to the state convention. State Chairman Hotchkiss so instructs coun- ty chairmen. Wood Pulp Print Paper and paper board manufactured from woods of British Columbia will be admitted to the Uniteq States free of duty under the one operative clause of the Cana- dian reciprocity act. Prosecuting Attorney Sheppard has in his possession the confession of three of the 18 Detroit city officials now under arrest in connection with the recent developments in the alder- | manic graft scandal. The Tenth Anniversary of the coro- nation of Pope Plus X. was celebrated in Rome, falsifying the superstition based on e presentiment that he would not complete ten years in the chair of St. Peter, By a Compromise Between the sen- ate and the house, Annie R. Schley, widow of Rear Admiral Schley, will get a pension of $100 a month. ‘The house- wanted the figure fixed at $75 and the senate at.$150. » The Centenary Celebration of the Krupp Iron works at Essen, Germany, has been abandoned . because Kaiser Wilhelm cannot' attend. The emperor is visiting the injured survivors of the mine disaster at Gerthe, Father Alexander Doyls, a prisst of national reputation, Is dead at Ban Francisco of heart disease, From 1594 to 1904 he was secretary and general manager of the Catholic Total Absti- nence union of America, During the Ramazan, the annual Mes- hammedan feast of 30 days, inhabit. ants of Constantineple will be allowed out of doors until 2 a. m, instead of only midnight as at present owing to the disturbed political situation, | loading from First Prisoners IN CONTACT WITH “BLUES” LEFT WING AT WOODMONT “RED” ARMY IN PLACE Actual Hostilities in Mimic War Be- gin Today—Crowds of Visitors— Gov. Dix and Gov. Foss Present. Manoeuvers Headquarters, Btratford Conn., Aug. 11—The “Blue” army which is defending New York city found the left wing of the invading “Red” army during last night through outpost contact at Woodmont, in Mil- ford. There was evidence that both armies are in force thereabouts, the “Blues” having been pushed forward to Indian River. Thirty miles morth cavalry patrols of both sides crossed the Housatonic without seeing each other, using Zoar bridge which is still open. Nelther side has seized the bridge. The patrols were militiamen Wwho had gotten too far in advance of their support. Many of these patrols had not been found at dark and were probably lost' in the woods. In the outpost contact at Woodmont prison- ers were captured on each side. At no other point on the fifty mile fromt was the advance in actual touch. Marched to Tyler City. After thee“Reds” had landed their force at New Haven last night Gener- al Dyer marched his brigade, made up of the Seventh, Twelfth, Sixty-ninth and Seventy-first infantry, to Tyler City in Orange. The artillery which had also landed at that city went in a more northerly direction. General Eddy, who commands the Second Ni York brigade, marched the Fourteenth, Twenty-third and Forty-seventh reg- iments over the bridges of the Houss~ tonic river at Stratford and disappear- ed in the darkness. Pickets Take Prisoners. It was evident that both sides im- mediately sent out their pickets under Brigadier General Bliss’ first fleld or- der, requiring utmost vigilance after six p. m. In the storm the 69th New York's pickets westward found the 14th New York and captured seven “Blues” while the latter's pickets seat two “Reds” to the rear, Placing “Red” Army. The first and second brigade of Mas- sachusetts, with Governor Fol command, came down by train were landed southeast of Derby, into camp near there where the afe concentrating a large force. First Vermont infantry detrained Hawleyville late yes at d march- ed to camp where it was brigaded with the Fifth United States infantry. The New Jersey brigade of three regiments reinforced the “Blues” and is &ome- where in the h fighting area. ¢ western part of the he Second Maine in- fantry joined Colonel Cowles' provi- sional brigade at Oxford, where the First and Second Connecticut pitched their tents yesterday. Practically all the “Red” army is now in position for preparations for actual hostili- ties beginning tomorrow were pushed forward with great haste. Finding Lost Units. Units which got lost last night in the storm and darkness were found and directed to their rendesvous, stragglers were picked up and sent to their commands, commissary officers and those of the quartermaster's de partment were rushing about at & mile a minute clip, directing supply trains, and seeing that equipment was reach- ing its proper plac: Bverywhere the non-combatant por- tion of the community was out to see the sights. Patriotism was every- where shown by banners and flags. Automobiles were counted by the thousands and the many camps, large and small, were thronged all day. With Minimum Baggage. At Derby the admirers of the Massa- chusetts regiments, especially the Ninth infantry were, 8o numerous as to hamper their movements. Profiting by experfence the Massachusetts forc- es came in with baggage trains al- most down to the minimum capacity. The Vermonters also were stripped for business. At the headquarters camp here the crowd was immense, It came from all over the state, Citi- zens were admitted after the morning flights of the aviators and shooed off late in the afternoon so the machines could be sent aloft again. Out in the various camps activities was con- stant. The orders provided for ex- tended order drill for infantry, and exclusively mounted work behind the outposts. In nearly al Ithe infantry regiments the chaplain held morning gervice and preached the short oc- casional sermon. Shifts to Fool the Enemy. Many of the lesser commands weps made to change their base, eapecially on the “Blue” side, where artillery, cavalry and engineer detachments were quickly shifted in order to make valueless any information the “Reds” might have. The large camps were not changed as there was so much de- tail to be looked after connected with the formation of brigades. The “Reds” made few shifts in their larg- er units. Hard on the Horses. Detraining and maintaining lines of communication are proving hard en horse flesh. While the 47th was un- the cars at Stratford one horse was kicked by another and injured. Major General O'Ryan, com- mander of the New York traops, who was observing the work, ordered his aide, Lieutenant Kincald, to kil the animal. Two mules werp Igst in an- other regiment and the New York am- bulance corps had a horse drop in its tracks. Another dead horse was seen near Washington bridge in Milford. Minor injuries were frequent among (Continued on Page Eight.) GIANT REDWOOD ENDANGERED, Laborers Building Fence for Protso- tion of Tree, are Cutting Roots. Yosemite, Cal, Aug. 11.—The efforts of the government to protect the Griz- zly Glant redwood of the Mariposa Brove, are sald to threaten its destruc- tion. Laborers are now engaged In erecting a fence around the 8,000-year- old tree, and, in sinking post holes, are clm(nl through some of the main roots. This, it g feared, will injure, and perhaps ultimately destroy the tree, Yosemite valley residents and tour- ists have asked the secretary of the interfor to order the work stopped. become aulte “iouchinky He setms me qu . seems willing to “let George do It“—Phila- delphia Inquirer