Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 13, 1912, Page 1

» ) » "PRICE TWO CENTS Wfl‘———\——'—r’————f—fi—?—f_——.—_m The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population - et e e e T e e —— ————————— " LEFT WING FEINT WAS SUCCESSFUL “Reds” Ijra.w"‘hlue" Army Toward Milford While Cay- | . alry Crosses the Housatonic at Shelton ' —_— INVADERS HOLD MENACING POSITION et Make General Advance Along Front of 30 Miles — Gen. Smith Hopes to Push Troops Through to Hudson Val- ley Before “Blue” Defenders Can Concentrate to Op- pose Him—Gen. Mills Stubbornly Holding the Weo’t Banks of the Housatonit Maneuvers Headquarters, Stratford, Conn, Aug. 13—That it has. success- fully felt out the forces of the de- fen Blue army and deferred them sufficlently to concentrate its own forces at a point from whieh New York can be taken by sweeping down the Hudson valley, was the great ad- wvantage secured by the hostile “Red” army in today's maneuvers. By mak- ing a spectacular move towards Mil- ford with its left wing, as though to take the bridges over the lower Hous- atonlc river a} Naugatuck Junction, Brigadier General Frederick A. Smith with his Red army succeeded in draw- ing the Blues to that point, while his cavalry forced a passage to the west bank, for the first time, by way of the bridge at Shelton, fifteen miles above. Opening Direct Avenue to Reservoir. This passage of the river was part ©of a general advance by General Smith along his entire front of thirty miles. In massing the brigades of his left wing at Orange, General Smith has indicated a plan to throw quickly thousands of soldiers over the river at Bhelton before Brigadier General, Al- bert L. Mills can reconcentrate to op- ose him. A direct avenue to the on reservoir and the back door of New York city along which the Red army probably anticlpates less resist- mnce than by following the Sound shore, may be secured. “Picture New York with its water supply cut off” was the way the war problem was put in an official state- ment from the headquarters of the ticut maneuvers last night n twenty-four hours the enemy has become a greater menace than at any time since its mvasion of New England began. Cavalry Entangled. army in force is marching witile it has drawn General cavalry brigade around into from which withdrawal over two bridges. The stubbornly holds its position on £ ° the west bank of the Housatonic while ’ ) ’ I | | ) 14 ) } is sending his brigade of infantry down from the ‘west of Sheiton in order to dis- a further advance. Center and Left of Unknown Strength Further north at Zoar bridge in Sey- mour and at Bennett's bridge above, the Red patrols have iappeared and Col. 8. C. Cowles’ brigade, made up of the First and Second Comnecticut and the Second Maine, have been mov- ing these goals. Already the Blue army is moving along its front fo order to meet the enemy. Its strength at the center and left wings, against which General Smith is throw- ing the greatest weight, is not yet | Fight on the Milford Turnpike. Today’s interesting fight on the Mil- ford turnpike was part of General Bmith's plan to keep the Blue army busy while he perfected his plans for = quick dash through nills of northern Connecticut, which would place him behind the metropolis, and from which point he could straddle its ‘watershed and present terms for sub- mission. An official account of today's ma- neuvers was by Brigadier Gen. Tasker H. the chief umpire, as follows: Plan to Seize the Bridges. “The pian decided upon by the Red lcommander, General Smith, for the day had in view an attempt to repair the bridges at Derby and Shelton, and send his cavalry across at that point, while, at the same time, sending his left brigade, near Tyler's station, southwest, to drive the Blue forces out of Milford, seizing the bridges acrose the Housatonic river at Nauga- tuck Junction. Advance Guard with Mounted Scouts “The Blue commander, General Mills, directeq his. right brigade just north- east of Milford to resist any advance of the enemy until relieved by the pro- visional cavairy brigade which was ordered to move east from its bivouac north of Bridgeport. The First N. G, N. Y., Red, moved out from Tyler's station about 8 a. m., and started southwest along the Milford- New Haven state The Seventh regiment, N, G, N, Y. formed the sdvance guard with its mounted scouts advance of the point. At the cross- about three miles northeast of , the Blue outposts were en- conntered, but those outposts with- drewsand the Red brigade continued its advance towards Milford, Mean- while the Second brigade, N. G, N, Y., Bhie, was retiring toward Milford without opposing the Red advance, Blue Rearguard Checked Reds. “When the rear forces (one battal- fon) of the Blue troops had arrived within about a mfle and a balf of Milford, General Eddy directsq it to take up a position across the Milford- New Haven state road and resist any advance of the enemy, He turned ons regiment off {o join the other two to the north of the Milford-New Haven gtate road about a mile and a half northeast of, Milford, “The advence body of the Seventh regiment, N, G. N, Y., Red, soon en- countsred the Blus rear guard and e lively fight ensued, The Blues main- tained ftl position by reason of the fact that the lead troops of the Beventh regiment e adyance only through a narrow defile, Cutting Off Blues’' Retreat, T n hody of the first brigade, N, G.:::'!le, :;g. was 'lurnflzhrlutfin t moyed north from - ;:::fle\v ddgyen glate roud in order 1o youch p position from which il esuld wdvgnee from the Blue left fank aml cut them off from (heip line of refrveat thropgh Nangatuck Junelion, Mean- while the provisipnsl eavalry brigude, passed - th Miiford nheut m, and moved nerth of the Mil- ford-New Haven gtate road. The golumn pf cavalry soon -mulx the leading elements of the Red command, General Dyer had halted hie main 4t a eress raad sbout miles With Reinforcements. seventh regiment N. G. N was fighting on the Milford ven state road to the south and in the wooded country to the north. “General Dywer fin: ordered the Gabled Paragraphs Broke British Altitude Record. Salisbury, England, Aug. 12.—At the army aviation camp on Salisbury plain today, G. De Havllland, carrylng Maj. F. H. Sykes as a passenger in his bi- plane broke the British altitude rec- ord by ascending to a height of 9,500 feet. Wants No Protestant Mission. Tondon, Aug. 12.—The Peruvian government will not permit a Protest- ant mission to go to Putumayo to in- vestigate the alleged atrocities re- ported by Sir Roger Casement, on be- half of the British government, to have been perpetrated on the Indians in the Peruvian rubber gathering dis- trict. FIGHT NOT OVER ON PANAMA TOLLS Opponents of Free Passage to Ameri- can Ships Will Put Up Vigorous Struggle. Washington, Aug. 12—A. determined fight is to be made in the conference on the Panama canal bill against the granting of free passage in the canal to American foreign-bound ships. The conference committee held its first meeting today and' continued discus- sion of the measures at a night ses- Twelfth and Sixty- regiments | sion. forward toward the junction of the Senator Brandegee, who opposed five roads between Orange and Mil- | free toll provisions in the senate, Is ford. 5 Cavalry in Ticklish Position. “Colonel Parker commanding the Blue cavalry brigade pushed his com- mand forward to this vicinity in time to meet the advance of the leading el- ements of the Red brigade and a live- ly fight ensued. At one time the Blue cavalry: appeared to be in danger of being cut off, a battalion of the Seven- ty-First infantry, N, G. N. Y., Red, ap- pearing in its rear. Fortunately this battalion was not aware of the disad- vantage in which it had the Blue cav- alry and when it finally started its ad- vance command to prevent being cut off from his line of ‘retreat. At this time, the twelve troops of cavalry were fighting about double their num- ber of Red infentry and the Blue infantry had taken a positiog so far to the rear that it could not support the cavalry. Reds Withdraw nto Orange. “General Dyer then received a mes- sage from General Smith, his division- al commander at Orange, to withdraw his brigade fro mthe fight and join the troops at Orange. This movement ‘was made desiravle by reason of the fact that the Red troops had develop- ed a larger forco of blues in the vi- cinity ,of Milford than was expeect- ed, and the Red cavalry having suc- ceeded in crossi: the Housttenic river at Shelton, thus obviated the necessity of making a hard fight in order to secure the bridges at Nauga- tuck Junetion. “The Blue infantry brigade (Second brigade, N. G. N. Y.), then took up its march to the rear and was covered by the Blue cavalry in this withdrawal.” MEXICAN REBELS SLAUGHTER SOLDIERS AND PASSENGERS Ambush Train 110 Miles from Mexico City—Fiendish Atrocities Practiced. Mexico City, Aug. 12—Thirty-six soldiers and more than twenty pas- sengers were slaughtered by Zapatis- tas in a canyon near Ticuman, 110 miles southeast of Mexico City, yes- terday, when a passenger train south- bound from this city was attacked from ambush, y meagre details had reached this city tonight. So far as known, only a part of the train crew esgaped. The first news of the assault was sent to Mexico City by Conductor Ma- rin and Collector Dominguez, who, al- though wounded, had managed to make thelr way to Yautepec, twelve miles away. They were forced to steal through the lines and did not arrive at the telegraph station until this aft- ernoon. After a murderous rifle fire had oeased, the rebels swarmed down the hillside and set fire to the three cars composing the traln. A few of the wounded had crawled out on to the right of way, thus escaping the fate of those unable to leave the ocars which were burned. According to re- ports, the leaders of the rebels made absolutely no effort to restrain his men from acts of brutality greater than any that has so far marked the campaign of the south. The wounded pleading for their lives were struck down without pity and even looting was heid in abeyance until the slaugh- ter was complete. Not satisfieq with robbing their vie- tims in ano rdinary mannmer, the fin- gers of men and women were chopped off with machetes that rings they wore might be more quickly obtained. Or- naments were torn from ears of wo- men and their bodies were otherwise mutilated. The fighting lasted about one hour. A dramatic incident marked its close. Bvery soldier of Lieutenant Reynoza’'s commang was down, when Reynoza, who had escaped seriods infury, j ed from the car and ran straig ward the advancing rebels, firing with his pistol. He fell wounded bui con- tinued his fire until his body was rid- dled with bullets. According to the trainmen, not mora than ten or eleven of the thirty-two passengers escaped. DISCUSSED BUDGET SYSTEM WITH CANDIDATE WILSON. | ernor a Will g Listener. Sea Girt, N. J, Aug. 12.—Governor ‘Woodrow Wilson expressed himseif to- | night In favor of a more comprehen- sive scheme to and finances of the United States gov- ernment, With Representative Shirley of Kentucky, the governor talked over | possibility of | an hour teday on the adopting the budget system of financ- ing the federal government. “Bvery congress ' appropriates a thousand million dollars, but we never know what the appropriations-amount to until congress has adjourned,” satd Mr, Bherley, after leaving the govern- or's cottage. "I found Governor Wil- son & sympathetic listened to the plan I have in mind, We are less scientific in the United States than any other government in dealing with our an- nual budget.” -, It was learned tonight that Chalir- man McCombs had suffered a slight The ! physiea] collwpse under the burden of campaign W in which heh as been engaged for nearly a year, Vice Chalr- mun MeAdoo tosk his plice ut head- quarters during mueh of the day, It 18 said thut the cheirman’s physician has recommended thutn Mr, McCombs should fake a weel’s rest. Whether the aetive young manager will follow the doeter’s orders was not announc- Governar Aldrich of Nebraska, one af the original seven little~ Roosevelt governeors, admits that Wilsen will win, handle the business | tlan anarchist.” understood to stand with Representa- tives’ Adamson and Stevens of the house conference in opposition to which they consider a violation of treaty rights, and too great a conces- sion to foreign-bound shipping. It is belieyed, from the preliminary con- ferences on the measure that the free toll provision for American coastwise shipping will be retained. Slow Progress on Bourne Amendment Littlé progress was made in the first session of the conferees toward an agreement on the Bourne amendment to divorce railroads from control of competing steamship lines, and the Reed amendment, prohibiting trust- controlled ships from usin gthe Pan- ama canal. Both houses have endorsed the plan to prohibit raflroad-owned ships from using the canal; but the Bourne and Reed amendments are new ‘matter so far as the house is con- cerned. Nothing Heard from . Britain. The British government according to advices from the state department to- day, has made no further represemta- tions to the United States regarding the proposition to allow American ves- sels to use the canal free of tolls, since the note of Charge Inness, July 8 last. It is now awaliting, it is said, the en- aetment of the legislation into law and the adoption of regulations to put it into effect in order to have a suffi- cient basis for a more formal protest against what it regards as a clear breach of an existing treaty. BOMBARDED MANAGUA IN VIOLATION OF ARMISTICE. For Flags of Foreign Countries. Managua, Nicaragua, Aug, 12—The combined rebel forces under the com- mands of General Luis Mena, the secretary of war recently deposed by President Diaz, and General Zeledon, one time secretary in the cabinet of former president Zelaya, began a bombardment of the Nicaraguan cap- ital at six o'clock on Sunday morning. Women and Children Wounded. For several hours the attacking were out of range and the shells fell short of the city. At noon, however, the rebel pleces were advanced and shrapnel shells burst frquently over the city proper. When the bombard- ment became general the government troops replied to the attack with the guns on Loma Hill, the fortress de- fending the city, and the firing con- | tinued heavily al Ithe afternoon. Drove Rebels Back. At five o'clock the rebels made a fierce onslaught on the penitentiary, but after a sharp engagement they were driyen back. Three hours later the attacking force moved around to the eastern side of the capital directed their fire on the government troops defending that portion of the city, but were again repelled. Americans Protested. olation of the armistice arranged by the opposing armies on Saturday and despite the protests made by the American minister, George T. Weit- zel, as dean of the diplomatic corps, and by Captain Warren J. Terhune, | commander of the United States gun- | boat Annapolis, now stationed off Cor- into, from which vessel a detachment of bluejackets and marines was dis- patched to this city to protect the lives and property of Americans. ! The pational flags of the members of the diplomatic corps and the foreign | consuls, as well as those of foreign | residents, are flying over their respec- | tive dwellings and business houses. DARROW ARGUMENTS OPENED. Ford Placed Blame for Blowing up of Times Building Upon Him. | Prosecutor Los Angeles, (al, Aug. 12.—Alter- nately denouncing Clarence S. Dar- row as a corrupter of men and land- ing his ‘brilliancy of mind, Assistant District Attorney W. J. Ford made the opening argument in the Darrow bribery trial today. The denunciation exterded to oth- er connected with the defense of the Chicago lawyer to Job Harriman, whom Ford called an accomplice in the alleged bribery of jurors, to Lin- | coln Steffens, designated as a “Chris- witnesses of less Importance. Time after time Ford assailed Darrow pef- sonally, either because of his philoe sopbic teachings or his conduct of the | McNamara defence, The climax of the prosecutors de- nunication was reached in his charge that Darrow, by his teachings, was responsible for the blowing up of the ‘Times building ang its attendant fa- tatalities. J, B, McNamara, he said, had been deluged by the doctrines ad- vocated by Darrow. 5 BOBBY TAFT'S BEAR CUB. Old Bear That Gnawed Rope for the Infant Bruin Solved a Problem, Benton, Mont, Ang, 12,—The prob- lem of what to do with the cub bear rrcsuuzd Robert Taft, gon of the pres- dent, by e Blackfoot obief on his ar- rival Iy Glaclor \Natlonal park, has been solved, An old bear, hearing the wails of the cub, made her way last night info the Taft camp on Hed Hugle mountain and gnuwed fhrough the rope (hat ether- ed the eub te a tres, Then she re. treated up the mountainside, Guides | staried in ?urfinlt, bul yeung Taff sheuted: “Ii's probably her cub, and there is no reom in the White houss for & bear anyway. Let her go.” Nicaraauan,_Rebels Have No. Respeckl and | The bombardment was begun in vi- | and t oother defence | Rifled Wisconsin Senator’s Mail LA FOLLETTE MAKES CHARGES AGAINST POST OFFICE OFFICIALS “CHARGE RIDICULOUS” HETE S Answer by First Assistant Postmaster Has Letters to Show, as Proof, He Says. General—Accuser ‘Washington, Aug. 12.—The senate today after five hours' work on the postoffice appropriation bill, reached an egreement to vote on the measure at_four o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Discussion of the bill was enlivened late in the day when Senator LaFvl- lette, speaking on a house provision granting to employes of the postal ser- vice the right to organlze, deliberately charged offictals of the postoffice de- partment with rifling his mail in an attempt to delve into an investigation {m was making into the posital serv- ce. The Wisconsin senator declared that his mail had been “subjected to an espionage almost Russian in char- acter,” and he showed to the senators a bundle of letters which he said had been tampered with. Not By Department Officials. “Absurd” and ‘ridiculous” are ad- jectives applied to Senator LaFollette's chargea by officials of the postoffice department. It is declared positively that if the senator’s mail has been ri- fled the crime was committed by some- body not comnected with “the depart- ment. Dr. Charles P. Grandfield, first as- sistant, and, in the temporary absence of Mr. Hitchcock, acting postmaster general, said: “We never have heard until now that Senator LaFollette’s mail has beew tampered with. 1 think the senator is quite mistaken When he charges that officials of the postoffice department ri- fled his mail in an attempt to learn the result of an investigation he is making, or for any other purpose. As to the senator's statement that his mall was subjected ‘to an espionage almost Russian in characte: the charge is absurd, and no one in the postoffice department has the slight- est interest in the Teplies of the clerks to the senator’s inquiries. All mail ad- dressed to members: of congress in ‘Washington passes out of the hands of the postoffice department when it reaches the senate and house post- offices.” Speaks for Discharged Men. Senator LaFollette, after making his charges, said that men were removed from the railway mail service “for no other réason than that they joined or- ganizations designed to,improve labor #onditions in iha sor: He cited [eeveral instance., i ding the case of George W. Nicholas, who, after 22 years of service in the department was suspended shortly after b became a candidate for office in the Railway Mail Clerks’ Protective association. The senator discussed the gag rules promulgated by President Roosevelt and President Ta® forbidding post- office employes from carrying their grievances to members of congress. Parcels Post Zones. During the day three important pro- visions of the postoffice bill were act- ed upon. The Bourne-Bristow plan for a parcels post system with a sys- tem of graduateq charges based on eight zones of distance dividing the country was placed in the bill as a | substitute for the house parcels post provision which outiined a flat charge of 12 cents a pound throughout the country. A provision in the house bill mak- ing available federal funds to assist the states in good roads construction was voted down, and an amendment framed by the senate committee pro- viding for a commission of three sen- ators and three representatives to study the question* was adopted. Touching on Newspapers. Another amendment written into the bill would compel newspapers us- ing the mails to file with the postmas- | ter general the names of owners, pub- | lishers, editors, stockhalders and hold- | ers of bonds and mortgages. WORTH $220,00 TO HAVE AN APFETITE. | “Diamond Jim” Brady's Thank Offer- | ing to Hospital. Baltimore, Aug. 12.—In gratitude for having restored his appetite. “Dia- mond Jim” Brady has given $220,00 to Johns Hopkins hospital here, it was ilearned tonight. After suffering for nearly six months from, stomach trouble, during which he could not indulge in the luxury of dry toast, Mr. Brady was able to sit down to his first big meal last Thurs- day night. The menu which was served was as follows: Canteloupe, cherrystone clams, chicken gumbo (strained), sea bass, wine, broiled sqnab, turkey, string beans, salad, demitasse, cigars, cham- pagne. STRUCK ICEBERG. Steamer Corsican Was at Slow Spesd —Very Little Damage. Montreal, Aug. 12.—The Allan line steamer Corsican, which sailed from Montreal last Tuesday with 200 S- sengers bound for Liverpool. struck | foundland late this afternoon, but ap- parently sustained no serious dam- | age. here today read as follows: “Corsican struck an iceberg this afternoon at 4 o'clock while going very slow. Stem injured above water line. Ship is making no water. Will pro- ceed on voyage.” / There were reports here early in the evening that the steamers Laka Cham- plain and the Scandinavian were pro- ceeding to the assistance of the Corsi- can, but this was declared at the Al- lan line offices to be incorrect. It was #aid that the Corsican was not In need of assistance, Tha Corsican 18 one of the newest and largest of the Allan lins steamers, It wan buflt at Glasgow five years ago and iz of 11,419 tons’ register, “Punk” Norton Held In Maine, Augusta, Me, Aug, 12— Punk” Nor- ton, pllas “Willle GIllis,” under arrest here charged with the murder of Put- rick Laey, alias “Wilimantle Stim,” of Wllimantia, Cenn, August §, was ordered held for the Sepiember term of the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in the munielpal court this afternson, No defence wag intro- duced. % an iceberg east of Belle Isle near New- | Catlin Loses Seat in Congress GILL, DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT, TAKES HIS PLACE. " BY VOTE OF 121 TO 71 Charged That $10,200 Was Spent to Elect Missouri Man—Violation of State Laws—General Denial. * Washington, Aug. 12.—Reprsenta- tive Theron E. Catlin of Missouri, re- publican, was unseated tonight as a member of the house of representa- tives, and his democratic opponent, who contested the election, Patrick F. Gill, was seated amid wild enthusiasm from the demoeratic side. The vote to unseat Catlin, who was charged with violation of the Missour! law govern- ing campaign expenses, was 121 to 71. Gill was seated by a vote of 104 to 79, with 23 voting “present.” Removed Books and Papers. Mr. Catlin, just before the first roll cell, left the seat he had occupied in the cemter of the republican side of the house and went to his desk in the rear. He lifted the desk lid and, using an adjolning chair as a repository, re- moved all of his books and papers. Like a schoolboy who had been dis- missed from the school room, he left the chamber with lagging steps, stop- ping only to grasp the ou hed hands of sympathtic friends. e- Juarters of an hour later his success- ful rical stood before the speaker's desk and took the oath of office. The case, throughout the seven hours of debate, was bitterly fought. Repre- sentative Anderson of Minnesota, re- publcan, who conducted the argu- ment in behalf of Mr. Catlin, e a spirited defense, He was aidl by Representatives Switzer of Ohio, Olm- stead of Pennsylvania, Cooper of Wis- consin, McCall of Massachusetts, Bar- tholdt of Missouri and others. Chair- man Hamill of the elections commit- tee No. 2, with Representatives Korbly of Indiana, Linthicum of Maryland and Hamtin of Missouri, bore the brunt of the prosecution. $662 the Limit in Expenses. The charge against Mr. Catlin was that he and hi sfamily had spent $10,- 300 to elect him to congress, when the Missouri law prohibited an expendl- ture by candidates of more than $662. Other charges of fraud were made, -of all of which M® Catlin denied kmowl- edge. He also denied he knew at the time of any expenditures made by his father and brother. b TWO SLICK STRANGERS s GOT ITALIAN'S $100 Offered to Hold It For Him—Are Hold- ing 1t Yet. Meriden, Conn., Aug. 12.—Bucci Cu- lio, an Ttalian of Berlin, drew §$100 from a New Britain bank this after- noon, and upon encountering two strangers of his own nationality who were desirous of coming to Meriden, volunteered to show them the city, In the course of the afternoon Buccl displayed his wealth in front of a local fruit store. The strangers at once volunteered the information that it was unsafe for him to be carrying such a sum around and suggested they hold it for him. Bucel handed the money over and the strangers disap- peared. The police are looking for them. Y e PYTHIANS DROP AGE LIMIT THREE YEARS Voted by Supreme Lodge, Subject to Ruling on Legality. Denver, Col., Aug. 12.—The supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias, today ap- proved a plan to change the age limit from 21 to 18 years if the legal de- partment decldres it constitutional. The proposition to appropriate $6,000 the late Maj. Gen. James R. Carnahan of Indiana, who for 19 years was head of the uniform rank, was defeated. The Hawaiian lodges were given rep- resentation in the supreme lodge. GIRL OF ELEVEN YEARS IS A MOTHER Youngest in lowa Medical Records— Baby Weighed 8 1-2 Pounds. | Iowa City, Ia, Aug. 12.—The young- !est mother recérded in Iowa medical history is an 1l1-year-old girl from near Davenport, who gave birth to a healthy 8 1-2 pound child at the Uni- versi hospital today. The hospital authorities did not make public the gir's name. LANDED AT DUXBURY. Army Aviators on Way to War Game Will Resume Flight Today. Duxbury, Mas Aug. 12.—At 12.2¢ the big new army biplane, built by the Burgess company and Curtiss for the war department, left Marblehead with the two army lieutenants, Kirt- land and Arnold, on their way to Con- necticut for the war game. The biplane landed at Duxbury at 130 p. m. and after a few minutes’ delay the flight was resumed. The aviators intended to pass over Cape | Cod canal at a height of about three | thousand feet. From Duxbury the | machine headed toward the canal en- trance. The wireless message with which After flving a short distance the av- Captain Cook of the Corsican reported | iators landed opposite the summer the accident to the Allan line offices | home formarly occupied by Fanny Davenport, the actress to fix their en- gine. It was decided to remain in Duxbury over night, and,/if conditions are favorable, to resume their flight tomorrow morning. 83 Courses to This Dinner. New York, Aug. 13.—Three hundred members of the Ong Leong Tong So- clety gathered tonight in their head- their god, Kong Quong, to celebrate at a dinner the five thousandth vear of his relgn. None but members of the soclety were admitted, but on the strest below n crowd listened to the weird music produced by the Chinese orchestrn. which played on the balcony, The dinner wus in two sections, con- sisting of §8 courses, Progressive Cigarettss, New York, Aug, 12, —The latest thing in the way of political advertisements 18 the campaign cigarettes, Members of the progressive party In the'18th ps- sembly distrist of Hreskiyn are dis. tributing eigavettes bearing the INie. ness of the Oyster Bay stasesman and the imscriptian "Let the people ruie,” toward the erection of a monument to | quarters in Mott street, in honor of: Condensed Telegrams The French Liner France was delay- ed in sailing from Havre because of a lle'ver. storm in the English chan- nel. W. T. Osborne of Newburgh, N. Y., celebrated h# 100th birthday by rais- ing an American flag at Washington's headquarters. » Edward F. Croker, former fire chiei of New York, was chosen chief of the Long Beach, N, Y., volunteer fire de- partment. Four Men Who Went Down in the Frontier lead mine at Benton, Wis. to bale out water were drowned whea overcome by foul air. Barnett Missky, Owner of a small grocery store in Passaic, N. J., was blown to atoms by the explosion of a |8oda tank which he was charging. An Old Covered Bridge at South Reading, Ohio, collapsed and five men and three teams were thrown into the water, Two men were killed, Governors Wilson and Dix have ac- cepted invitations to speak at the Rich- mond County (N. Y.) fair, which opens at Dongan Hills Aug. 28. Eugene W. Chafin was notified in the Methodist church in Waukesha, ‘Wis., of his nomination as presidentiai candidate of the prohibition party. A Wager That He could swim across the Hudson river from Yonkers to Al- pine, N. J, cost Peter Walla his life. He had gone only a fey rods when he sank. Governor Johnson will open his eastern campaign with a speech to the delegates to the New York Progres- sive State convention on September 5 at Syracuse. Patrick Hains, Aged 42, met almost instant death at New Haven when he was caught in the belting of a large flywheel at a stome crushing plant at Pine Rock. John Bowman, a 13-Year-Old boy of Caldwell, N.*J., found in a sparrow’s nevt in the attic of his home part of a.$10 bill; in another nest he found the remainder. The Official Canvas in Kansas shows that Governor Stubbs securea 100 of the 105 legisiative districts in the primaries. This makes his elcction to the Senate sure. Japan has Appropriated $1,000,000 to erect buildings at the Panama-Pa- cific exposition. At the close of the falr the buildings will be presented to the United States. The Will of E, 8. Wilson of Han- over Township, N. J, provides $200 a year for his son for a vacatlon that muet be taken unaccompanied by his wife or any relative. A Rare Operation Performed on the eyes of six-year-old Vera Evray at the Wills Eye hospital in Philadelphia is expected to give the child, blind from birth, perfect evesight. The French Bark Marie, ravaged with scurvy, arrived at San Francisco after a trip of 189 days from Rotter- dam. This is the first scurvy ship to that port in many years. Premier Poincaire of France was the guest of the Czar at Peterhof palace. Russian officialdom is hopeful of dip- lomatic and financial advantages as the result of the visjt. Twelve Latin-American countries have notified the United States gov- ernment of thelr intention to sign the international opium convention drawn up at The Hague last January. All Efforts of the Steamer Horicon to pull the Sagamore, the second lar- gest of the Lake George steamers from the Hague sand bar upon which it grounded Saturday night, have been in vain. An Emissary of the Young Turks left Salonica for Constantinople with an ultimatum to the government. It is belfeved they will demand that all ad- herents of the Military league be dis- missed. John Laws, Aged 90, was yesterday elected for the 31st time as register of deeds in Orange county, N. C. He has never been defeated. Several days ago a wife of 20 presented him with their second infant. The Hydroplane in Which Andre Beaumont is trying to fly from Paris to London turned turtle at Boulogne. He was thrown into the sea, but es- caped by diving under the machine and then resting on a wing. Five Persons Were Killed and sev- eral injured near Seattle when a trin broke through a bridge half a mfle west of Keechelus. Engineers and firemen of both engines were killed. No passengers were injured. With “! Dare You to Shoot” still on his lips, Frank Lycher, aged of Au- rora, Ind., was shot six times by his wife at Petersburg. Ky., where he went to beg her to return to him. He Is In a serfous conditton in a Ctncinnati hos- pital, President Taft, While Motoring in ‘Washington, came to the rescue of two young women whose auto was hanging over a precipice. The president lifted out the ladies and then had his chauf - feur pull back the car with ald of his own, Cardinal Gibbons Has Been Appealed to by Alfred Mitchell Innes, charge d’'affairs of the British embassy, to start a movement in this country for sending Roman Catholic missionaries into the Putumayo rubber district of Peru. Announcement Has Been made hy George Dole Wadley, president of the Southern States Cotton corporation, that he will leave for Germany Wed- nesday to close a deal looking to th: financing of the entire cotton crop up to $300,000,000. A 12-Year-Old girl won the three- mile race for amateur girl swimmers, in the Seine at Paris in 61 minutes, with a 26-minute handicap over tha scratch swimmers. Six of the 11 starters finished. Mvs. Mary Hurley Killed Her six year old stepson with an axe and then ended her life by slashing her throat with a razor at their home in Pitts- burg. Willlam Hurley, the husband, who was in a fleld, witnessed the kil- ing of his son and arrived at the house in time to prevent his wire from completely decapltating the boy, Got Beyond Her Depth. Jaffrey, N. H, Aug, 12.—Miss Vera Hazen, 18, of Berlin, Cenn, was drowned while Dbathing in Gilmers pend tedny, She could net swim and got bevond ‘her depth, Miss Hasen WAE .guding the summer here with D, E, Bradley, also of Berlin, Conn, Witness But Not Accomplice SAM SCHEPPS TO BE HELD FOP WHAT, HE CAN TELL, BLANKET INDICTMENT . To Be Asked for Conrhg‘ 8ix or Sev- en—New Facts About Escker's Stream of Money. New York, Aug. 12.—Sam Scheppe, “paymaster of the murder crew” that killed Herman Rosenthal, 1s to be held on his arrival here from Hot Springs, Ark., where he was arrested Saturday. as a material witness and not as one of the accomplices, it was stated by District Attorney Whitman tonight. This form of immunity is conditional however, upon Schepps’ willingness t, corroborate the stories ‘of Jack Rose and “Bridgie” Webber, charging that Police Lieutenant Charles Becker was the instigator of the murder. Knew What Was Going On. Mr. Whitman does not believe that Schepps took any part in carrying out the murder plot, but he does think that he had knowledge of what was golng on and 'would be able to add links to the chain of evidence agains: Becker that would help materially to- ward the police officer’s convictiol The fugitive is expected In New York on Thursday in the custody of Assisfant District Attorney Rubin and Detectives Stewart and Thomas, whom the district attorney sent to Hot Springs today to bring him back. Mr. Whitman telegraphed to Mayor Patit of Hot Springs today that these rep- resentatives were coming and requcst- ed that Schepps, who fears the New York police, be turned over to no eth- er authority. Becker's Safe Deposit Vault. Meanwhile the district attorney, who returned from his week-end at Man- chester, Vt, today, has unesrthed more interesting facts about Police Lieutenant Becker, whose attitude con- tinues to be one of silence and defl- ance. The latest revelation is the fact that Becker has since last De smber rented a safe deposit vault for the deposit of securities. The prosecutor has at present mo legal right to order the vault opened, but he regarded the facts of its exist- ence of such importance in connec- tion with the allegations that Beck- er had grown rich out of gamblng graft, that for several days he has had detectives on guard to see that the contents of the vanlt ara not with- drawn. Anyone attempting to apen the bax will ba haled befors the pros ecutor as a witness and asked to plain the reason for wishing to do Lieutenant's Wife Withdraws Money. Becker's wife has within tha last ten days, the district attorney has learned, withdrawn $3,000 out of tha $25,000 to her hushands’ credit in va- rlous New York banks. Asking Blanket Indictment. The public prosecutor will tomorrow ask from the grand jury a blanket in dictment against six and possibly seven men. They will include Becker. Willlam Shapiro, owner of the “as- sassination car,” and the cars’ alleged crew, “Gyp the Blood” and his threo thug companions. Before the indic ments are drawn, however, he expect to have before the jury as witnesses the west side prison trlo, Ross, Wab- ber and Vallon; Richard G. Barter, the notary who witnessed the famous Ro- sentha 1 affidavit which Rose gsays Becker forced from him as the price of police protection from arrest; Sam Panl, the east side gangster and al leged proprietor of disorderly houses: Max Hochstetn, proprietor of a noto rtous hotel; and Martin Fngel, a pro- fessjonal bondsman and Tenderfoin character, The last named trio are to be questioned about police black- mail upon dieorderly houses and Beckers alleged profits from this form of graft, Aldermanic Investigation. Emory R. Buckner, formerly a west ern lawyer, and now assistant proses cutor under Mr. Whitman, was today appointed counsel of the aldermanis committee which plans to conduct sweeping tnvestigation of police graft Mr. Buckner, who is 33 years old, was the cholce of the anti-Tammany mem- bers of the committee and will resign his position as assistant district at torney on September 1. Sohepps Keeping Silent. Hot Springs, Ark, Aug. 12.—“D» not beleve all that you read in the newspapers about me. I have prob ably talked too much, but I have no one-half of what has been print {ed,” sald Sam Schepps, held here for complicity in the murder of Herman Rosenthal, tonight. The prisoner re calved a telegram today from Mg law ver in New York urging him to main tain sflence. This message apparent ly has had its effect and he bas had little to say. In Terror of Police. Scheppse is in mortal fear of agents of the New York polica department and is mervous when in the presence of strangers. After his arrest Satur day he was held incommunicado untfl Sunday and then only a few persons were allowed to see him. Today visit tng newspaper men found themselves trying to interview him in the pres ence and under the influence of those whom he regards not only as hls guards but as saviours from possible foes. When an Associated Press rapresen- tative was admitted to the rooms at the hotel where he Is detalned and asked if he was Schepps, the prison- er replied: “T wish to God I was any- one or anything else.’ ' Representatives of the New Yark police department failed to arrive were tonight to attempt to take in custo% Bam Schepps. The next train 1s due tomorrow morning. A SHERIFF HALTED THIS HONEYMOON TRIP. Alleged Russian Count Was Arrested Shortly After the Wedding. Chicago, Aug. 13.—Arrested on charge of fallure to pay for a (ype writer which he had purchused, todus inturrupted the boneymwon of Johu Drasskovitch Oroff, who clalms (o be & Russian Count. Orioff married Miss a Mery Spartow in the afternoon. A sherift overlook the bridal party aft- er it left the church ad served the warrant, The bride, whose matri- manial venture has been a matter of Rusafan consulate questioned Orloff's claims to nel . husband to the station, where hs