Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 15, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV—NO. 197 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1912 J PRICE TWO CENTS IN STRONG POSITION FOR DEFENSE Long Steep Ridges Around Newtown Give Defending “Blues” Many Natural Advantages . TWO ARMIES SIT FACING ON PARALLEL LINES Red Army May Be Lured Among the Hills and Smashed by Blue Artillery—Gen. Smith Has His Invading Force Ready For a Quick Move—His Artillery Wednesday Drove Blues From Their Trenches at Walnut Tree Hill. b . Maneuver Headquarters, Stratford, ~‘onn., Aug. 14.—The position of the t suggests the imminence of & general engage- ent. On parallel lines running due e £ a | Blasses to watch it. Red and Blue armies tonl d by north and south, and #epar few miles of broken country, the two forces rest on their arms, their pick- ots in touch but not aggressive. These lines run through the towns of Mon- Red front be- m the Housa- yoe and Huntington, th ing about four miles fr tonic river at Shelton Barrier Ahead of Red Army. New York city, the away the formidal now lfes thelfr prog the last few days t ply to outflank detached desperate fighting by Pected to give up the defensive plan mi contour of the country. Country Adapted to Defence. The long steep ridges in Bethlehem ¥ , one of them crowned by Stormfleld. the summer home of suggests that s will continue on and Newto the late Mark T Gen. Albert L. M the defensive, hoping to draw the Reds into some of the many valleys and then annihilate him with his field | guns. The,country is finely adapted cavalry force of more than 2,000 is a mobile to protect the Blue | flank on the south, while the guns | placed on many of the elevations will 10 defepse. Colonel Parker’s power by which support magnificently General Mil three brigades of infantry. Artillbry Brought Up. , The edsy progress by which the in- vuding Reds have crossed southern New England and the Housatonic, which latter many thought would pro- | ide an excellent natural barriers, will now give way to hard fighting and slow progress. 1f it is delay that the Blues want they can get it by en- trenching on the hills. General Hines of the New Jersey brigade did this but the Red artillery, which n brought up at the right time after a hard march, was posted by General Pew, the opposing brigade commander, on another hill and so dominateq the trenchss that the en my's infagiry was able fo secure posi- tions tha® would have led to enfilading on both flanks. Marched in Dogday Discomfort: The result secured by the engage- ment was that Ge: the Second New rk from a some- what disagreeable position af. the south, while General Smith has brought his provisional brigade under Colonel Cowles into a position where 1t will help drive home an attack on any part of the Blue line. Gen. Fred- erick A. Smith, commanding the Reds, has almost completely conce: trated his forces, much of the march- ing today being in almost overpower- ing heat and dogday discomfort. His lines which yesterday were extended from Great Ring Hill in the corner of Newtown and upon lands adjacent to the summer home of President Hadley of Yale university, to Orange across the Housatonic river in a southerly directio and an air line dis some twenty-five miles, have been contracted and made adaptable to quick evolutions. Its front is perhaps eight miles. Instruction Period About Over. The last day of the period is at hand when two veteran soldiers, Brig.-Gen. A, and 8. A, will be in command nominally of the visions. Brigadier General Bliss, Frederick 4 Brig.-Gen. Smith, U, Ibert L. Mill 5 two U. A., the maneuver commander, will, in fact, make their moves, and then the first period is ended. To- morrow’s general engagement is ex- pected to be come miles west of Step- Dey. Then will come two days of bat- tle in which Generals Smith and Mills will display thelr own skill and strat- unhampered and General Bliss will S the actual role of chief umpire. Air Scout Out of Business. The war game today included an engagement in Huntington, and the marches of outlying units towards concentration. There was no aerlal soouting by the aviation cory temant Foulois, who had staried out, met with a slight mishap over Bots ford, damaging somewhat his machine by a quick drop. The repairs were later made at the camp here. Artillery Wiped Out the Blues. In the engagement,around Walnut Tree hill the artillery played a part and a most important part, too, for the first time In these maneuvers. Rum- bling into position on top of a high nill_within good range of the Blue soldiers who had entrenched the hill, immune from the rifie fire of the Red {nfantry, the New Jersey artillery, by an arrival almost as timely as that of the Second Maine at Berkshire yes- terday, worried the Blues and theo retically wiped out a large part of them. Blues on the Defensive. The engagement was slowly brought on. It was lively at times. General Hines, the New Jersey commander of the Blue force, elected to take a de- fensive position, as he was outnum- bered. He had no artillery to help out. whis was far in the rear. General Pew, with the Red force, ascertained the probable strength of his opponent and finding out where it was, drove in his attack after cautiously locat- ing the tremches. onel Parker's cavulry prevented & wide flanking movement and su the artiller; was or dered up a hil, Into Position on the Gallop. The - long ‘green slope of the rise was soon stréaked with lines of dust o+ the batteries, with horses on the gallop, took position. The interest to fhe spectators on the highways in the preperations of the Red infantry at the trenches & they saw Lieu- get within striking distance of Reds must sweep e barrier which their pathway. Heretofore | s has been easy, and in ey have had sim- units of the dafenders and then move on with triv- dal losses. Now, after three days of he several brig- ades which have been seeking to con- centrate, the Blues can hardly be ex- dvantages of a feasible by the forcement. Mills extricated nce of several times in the head, abdomen while in charge of the Car- | tonight ag from thei tleship ch for one such vessel. UnMke the four preceding caucuses there was an ab- sence of bitterness of feeling and by a | | rising vote of 95 to 11 the resolution of reces expecte of thin smoke, and heard the resona- nance of the discharge. The artillery had been behind the trees a long dis- tance from the hill. A cloud of yel- low dust preceded ft. The umpires turned In their saddles with fleld Surprised the Trench Defenders. The boom of the cannon took the trench defenders by = surprise. The roar of the guns was enough to assure General Pew that the hillside would s00n be deserted, and he began send- ing his Second Massachusetts, which had been held In reserve to help out his right wing. This made the Red formation across country from left to right consist of the Second, Ninth, Sixth and Fifth regiments of Massachusetts and the formation of the Blues from right to left, Fourth and First New Jersey, with the Fifth coming up as a rein- Both Flanks Turned. Driven out of the trenches by the artillery fire the Blues were then open to attack by the Infantry, who poured up from the base of the hill by the | hundreds, the firing being the heavi- | est and steadiest of any exchanged during the war. The right wing of the Blues was quickly turned and after- ward the left wing. Held Reds in Cavalry Fight. Meanwhile there was'‘a lively caval- ry fight about three miles south of the main fight. General Pew had sent two troops of cavalry south of Huntington to ward off any attempt of the Blue cavalry at Bridgeport from rushing to t ald of the Blues at Walnut Tree N and to also attempt to reinforce he Red left wing it successful. The Blue cavalry and the Red cavalry came together and in a sharp fight here the Blues heid the Reds back but made no further progress north, Heat Hard on Horses and Men. The extreme heat was the hardest yet on horses and men and scores of infantrymen weére to be seen stretched out along the roadsides with water- soaked handkerchiefs over their heads to give relief from threatened sun- strokes. Many of the horses were in poor shape after the fight, and a run- away added to the general excitement when one horse threw a trooper and rushed over the roads into Huntington Green, where the gragging saddle flew against a passing team and was rip- ped from the animal's back. New Jorsey Men Deserted. Newark, N. J, Aug, 14.—Four alleg- ed deserters from the Fifth Regiment, N. G. N, \J, now “fighting” in the mimic war in Conneoticut. were roun- ded up here tonight by the police and held pending action b ythe national guard authorities. The men are Wal- ter G. Gledsing, Y. Carper Meyer, Au- gust Schilders and George Pantz, all of this city. The four young men found the war game was not so pleas- ant as they had anticipated and after being nearly starved, they claimed, they started back home. CONSUL AT CARTAGENA FOUND SHOT TO DEATH Foul Play Suspected—William B. Mac.- Master’s Bedy Riddled with Bullets. Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 14—Foul play is suspected by Americans here to have been connected with the death of William B. MacMaster, the Ameri- can vice and deputy consul at Carta- ena, whose body, riddled with gun- | Bhot, was found a few miles outside | that city last Monday. The vice consul, according to ad- vices received here, had started on a | hunting trip the day before, and when | he did not return, a searching party was organized. An examination of the body showed that death had been caused by the gunshot wounds. The authorities of Cartagena, which | is a Colombian seaport on the Carib- | bean and the capital of the depart- ment of Boltvar, are investigating the case. | The tragedy recalls the attempt made against the life of Mr. MaoMas- | | ter two vears ago, when he abbed ace and tacked by two Colombians and tagena consulate. ONE BATTLESHIP. Democrats in Caucus Recede From Total Opposition to Navy Programme. Washinston, Aug. M.—After a fight extending over many weeks, demo- crats of the house of rapresentatives | ed in cancus to recede | “no battleship” programme in this session and to permit the bat- mpions to vote in the house fon was put through. It is that the semate will agree to the one battleship plan, ending the deadlock over the naval bill. There were present in the secret meeting 126 members, representing all | pinions on the subject of appropria- tion for naval expansion, and of these twenty refrained from voting. While the solid support of the fajority will not be given to the battleship pro- gramme, the leaders are confident that they will have far more than the nec- essary strength when aligned with the republican “friends of the navy.” CONNECTICUT FOR TAFT In Early Forecast by Nationak Repub- lican Chairman—34 States for His Party. Chicago, Aug, 14.—Charles D. Hilles, chalrman of the republican national committee, tonight fssued a statement claiming 34 states, with o total elector al vote of ef; conceding ten states, with an elec- toral vote of 114, to the democratic party, and listing four states, with an electoral_vote of 84, counts_Connectleut fof Taft, Chafr- e way to admiration|man Hilles concedes 2o StAte to the guns beich forth curls | progressives. : v 4, fqr the republican tick- doubtful. He The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Cabled Paragraphs Wilhelmshoehe, Germany, Aug. 14. —Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia university, who is touring Furope in the interests of the Carne- gie endowment for international peace, of Emperor William at was the guest luncheon tod: Peace Between China and Tibet. Simla, India, Aug. 14.—Peace negoti- ations which' have been proceeding between China and Tibet at Lsaha for some time have reached a point where a settlement may be expected at any moment The Tibetans, Who are vassals of China, revolted at the outbreak of the Chinese revolution and severe fighting ensued between them and the Chinese garrions. cases the Chinese troops were over- whelmed, but the Chinese garrison at Lhasa fought for many months against continued assaults before being finally compelled to surrender owing to star- SENATE AGREES TO ABOLISH PENSION AGENCIES. Will Mean Saving About $250,000 in Administration Expenses, Washington, 14—The senate lelded to the demands of the house for the abolition of the pen- slons agencles throughout the United States and passed the $150,000,000 pen- sion appropriation bill with a provi- sion for the abolishment of the agen- cles January 31, 1913. The action of the conferee was the culmination of a dlsput held up the payment of over $9,000,~ 000 of pension payments, 1 veterans on August 4 and has thrown the financial operations of the pension bureau into chaos. The house wili probably accept the senate pros slon pending the abolition of the pen- slon agencles throughout the country. The house proposed that these agen- December 31 of the . This_was the only pro- vision of the bill in dispute, and its was expected to end deadlock between the house and sen- senate provision, the pay- pensions would, after t be made directly from bureau at Washington. ent the bureau has nothing to do v he actual payment to veterans, the checks golng out date named, pension agents. hange would abolish 18 $4,000 retirement or ington of seve: result in the the removal to Wa distrietclerk: in administration of the pensfon laws would follow, PROPOSES WAR CRY FOR THE PROGRESSIVES. Representative Stanley Makes Bitter Attack on Roosevelt and Perkins. ‘Washington, Aug. 14—The person- and political relations of Colonel Theodore Rooseveit and George e Perkins, formerly of J. P. Morgan and company were bitterly attacked on the floor of the house today hy Repre- sentative A. O. Stanley of Kentucky, who s chairman of the steel trust in- vestigation committee. supporting his bill to make the reports of the commissioner of avallable for congress, Representative Stanley chalged that protected the Harvester trust government prosecution, a ed Perkins as the kowitz, Allan Robinson, In a speech corporations “go-between’ s” and the government. Representative S of the former Morgan asso-1 were extremely bitter. ee Coal and Iron company by | corporation, and charged that Perkins had heen | able to secure from Herbert Knox Smith, former commigsioner of corpo- rations ,information hich was denied The new progressive party came in for an extended discussion at the hands of Stanley. “I hear that this new party of pro- | gressive capitalism,” sing hymns between the tirades Roosevelt and the platitudes of Per- kins and_that Perkins is to be choir 1 would suggest paraphrase the war cry of the Mussul- d adopt with slight modifica- | address. tlon, as the battle hymn of the ‘faith- | the chant of | speakers until they had fi the Turkish genesis Mammon is Allah! Mammon and 7d | near mine, with regard to a crime | th ‘There i no God but Morgan is his prophef ARMY APPROPRIATIONS | have in the histo BILL CARRIES $34,000,000, | the history of the nation. The Kill- | ing of Herman Rosenthal wAs Passed by Senate at a Lats Session |3 Last Night was more than that. In the ‘Washington, Aug. 14.—The senate at a late session tonight passed the army appropriation bill carrying $94,000,000, a bill replacing that originally | which was vetoed by Pres! The new bill did not carry of the original, legislated out General Leona which would 'd Wood, chief of staff An unsuceessful attempt was mad ator Bacon, just before the sen- | assed the bill, to limit the appro- | priations so that not a doliar could be | used to support the army if sent into president | is the challenze to the civilized nation ression, without when congress was in the consent of congress. WILSON IN PENNSYLVANIA. Heard of Fusion Betweon Keystons | Party and Regular Democrats. Sea Girt, N. | Woodrow Wilson today surveyed the political battlegroung in Pennsj in which state his campaign for the presidency will be opened. The nominee talkd with' William H. Berry, former treasurer of Pennsylva- nia and two years ago the nominee of the Keystone party there for gov- The governor was rested in the possibility of sion between the Keystone party and the regular democra “It seemed to be Mr. Berry's idea” said the governor tonight, “that a fu- sion in the state ticket was possible. | It seemed to be his idea also that the Roosevelt movement, by splitting the republican party, would aid the dem- ocratic ticket.” —— SCHEPPS WILL RETURN. Now Willing to Come East With the New York Officers. Hot Springs, Ark., Aug. 14 mind tonight, S Schepps, urrested here last Saturday njght sod held as a material witness the Rosenthal murder nounced his willingness to return New York with Assistant District torney Rubin advised him to accept as conclusive the telegraphed description of Rubin and Detective Stewart. Bernard Sandler, Schepp's attorney probably will arrive late tonight or tomorrow. Rubin is expected to start for New York with Schepps tomorrow. Names Vigilance Committee NEW YORK MASS MEETING TAK- ES UP POLICE INVESTIGATION. OVATION FOR WHITMAN His Speech Received With Rousing Enthusiasm—Committes to Back Up Officials in Doing Whole Duty. New York, Aug. 14—The resolute determination of the citizens of New York to rid their police force of its system of graft and blackmail was given forcible expression tonight at & mase meeting held at the historic hall of Cooper Union, when they appointed a vigilance committée of prominent men and women to see that thegpub- lic officers mow engaged In exposing ‘the treasonable alliance of the police with organized crime” o their full duty. Thousands Blocked the Streets. The mass meeting was attended by a crowd that overflowed the hall. With 4,000 people within the auditor- fum and hundreds standing up, thou- sands more blocked the streets and clamored for admittance. It was one of the largest “town meetings” held in the city for years and there wa§ no mistaking the earn- estness which’ pervaded the gathering. The atmosphere of levity often pres- ent at public mass meetings was whol- ly absent, and each speaker was heard with respectful attention, interrupted only by dignified applause. Sweeping Resolution. The resolution appointing the vig- tlance committee, which was given the power to increase its number to thirty and to solicit funds and en- gage counsel, called “upon the police department to put forth additional ef- forts looking to the arrest of all those implicated in the Rosenthal murder; upon the district attorney to bend. ev- v energy of his office, as he has been doing, to the apprehension and con- victfon of those gullty of this crime, upon the aldermanic investigating committee to make a thorough, non- partisan and unsparing examination of blackmail and graft, and to propose remedies by which these causes may be removed; and upon the citizens and officials having information on these conditions to lay it befors the district attorney or the aldermanic committee in the full confidence that they will be protected against terror- ism and oppression of every sort.” On the Committee. The members of the committes were Eugene H. Outerbridge, Jacob H. Schiff, Eugene A. Philbin, Henry Mus- S. Tomlin, Raymong V. Ingersoll, Mrs. Charles H. Israels and George B, Agnew. The speakers included District At- torney Whitman, Dr. Lyman Abbott, Rabbi Samuel Schull, Alderman Hen: ry H, Curran, chairman of the alder- manic police investigating committee; Emory R. Buckner, ~ounsel, for the committee; Henry Dek .= and Mrs. Charles *H. Israels, who is a prominent soclal worker. Rousing Cheers for Whitman. District Attorney Whitman received a tremendous ovation when he arose to_speak. It lasted more than ten minutes ans | the efforts of Charles P. Holland, chairman of the meeting, to stop the demonstration, were without avail, until the district attorney started to speak. Many of the women in the audience stood on thelr seats and waved handkerchiefs and parasols. One lusty-lunged man kept repeating: “You're the man to get the grafters, | Judge!” and when Mr. Whitman final- Iy began his speech he was frequently interrupted hy cries of approval which had not been given to the other Challenge to Civilization. “I want to say this,” said Mr. Whit- | | man, “with regard to the matt: I know is near vour hearts as it is has shocked this city and shocked this nation, perhaps as few crimes of the city or i of courge, an awfu murd ight of all the circumstances connected with it, it was a challenge to our very civ- ilization itself. Made Leisurely Escape. is not a dquestion of who er or who may be d is not a question of men who may or may not have been accomplices. It is a question of wheth- er it is possible for four hired mur- derers to commit an atrocious cri in the heart of this cit urely aw Unfortunately, these are the conditions. As I said before, thera ict attorney it of the twentieth century—to the city | of New York, and I appreciate tonight, | | ladies and gentlemen, that you have | | @ccepted that challenge as 1 knew you would. Public Accepts the Challenge. “And the public of the city and the police department of the city and the istrict attorney’s office of the' county and the courts of New York are goir to unite on this proposition to demon- strate to the people of theworld that the man does not live, whoever he may | be, who in this, the city of New York, can with impnity set at de majesty, the dignity, the of the law. WANTS FUR SEAL AGREEMENT CARRIED OUT. ance the vereignty President Asks Appropriation of $400,- 000 to Be Paid Japan and Great| Britain, Washington, Aug. 14.— President Taft today sent to congress & special message urging it to appropriate $400,000, half to be paid to Great Britain’ and half to Japan, to carry out the agreement under the fur seal conventlon ratified by the senate last December. He suggested that con- gTess outline a policy to be pursued by the United States with reference to | fur seal Lerds in its jurisdiction, and sdvised against a policy of prohibit- ing seal killing on land while it was alo prohibited at sea. The president suggested that an investigation be | made to determine {f land killing would {n any way decrease materially the fur seal herds. New Haven—Next Saturday, Aug. 17, the big field day of the Heptasophs of this city will take place at Swiht's Momauguin- st Baldwin | ed their | which | | cide by drowning in Hanover Pond ecker or a few | and get leis- | Darrow Pleads His Own Cause NO NOTE OF SUPPLIGATION FROM THE LABOR CHAMPION, —_— 4 DENUNCIATION FOR ALL| Who He Charged Had Plotted Against Him—A Cruel Band of Cutthroats— Prosecuted for Labor's Sake. Los Angeles, Cal, Awg. 14—Clar- ence S. Darrow, recognized as one of the foremost champions of organized labor ang defender in the courts of its leaders and principles, today pleaded his own case In his trial for alleged jury bribing. At the outset he informed the jury that he would not appeal to thelr sym- pathies and there was no note of sup- Plication in his opening remarks. In- stead he denounced those who had, he rald, plotted to destroy him. No man or organization involved in Ms prose- cution escaped denunclation. Left No One Out. Assistant District Attorney W. J. Ford, who sat near him, was made the object of many invectives; District At- torney Fredericks and Detectives W, J. Burns were termed the tools of the Eteel trust; the National Ereciors’ as- suclation, which he designated as the arch-conspirator against him, because of his labors for the workingman, was bitterly assalled as an enemy of soci- ety. Collectively all were caled “as cruel & band of cutthroats as ever pursued a man since the world was born.” Darrow declared he was not being prosecuted for bribery, but because he ll'mb(.:”lefl in the battle for organized abor. ASTOR HEIR ARRIVES. $3,000,000 Baby is a Boy Whose Name | #isters of Maysviile, K: Will Be John Jacob Astor. New York, Aug. 14—Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor, survivor of the Titanic disaster, In which her husband, the late Colonel John Jacob Astor, lost his lite last April, gave birth to & son at 815 o'clock this morning. .The new Condensed Telegrams g b A Policeman in Hamburg, Germany, s ':mun; trial for grating a saus. The Postoffice Safe at North Col- lins, N. Y, was robbed of $1,600 in money and’ stamps. In Wall Street $1,000 Was Wagered that Taft would not be N-mclod..’oddl ‘were three to ome. Joseph E. Widener is suffering from appendicitis at Newport, and will un- dergo an operation. The Bubomic Plague Situation in Porto Rico is under control. No new cases are developing. A 8lag Bank Fell in the Iron Works at Dortmund, Germany. REight bodies have been recovered. Governor Harmon of Ohio Declared he will go on the stump on September 1 in support of Wilson, Maulai Hafid, ex-sultan of Moracco, will receive $7,000 a year from France to keep out of politics. A Yankee Circus In Saskatoon, Sask. ‘was forced to take down all American flags and fiy only the Union Jack. Francis Cooper Lawrence of Bay Shore, L, I, left an estate of $1,774,808. He dted in Franc two months ago. b Frank Majune, who is wanted in At- lentic City for bribery and election frauds, we sarrested in Seattls, Wash. A Telogragh Company Will Employ messenger girle in tteburgh, as they ur® supposed to be more conscien~ tious, Approximately 55000 Freight Cars have been assembled In the northwest- ern wheat terrftory for the first ship- ment of crops. Four Chicago Theaters Will Discard orahestras because of the demand of the Chicago Federation of Musicians that 11 men be employed. Lily and Louise Schatgman, twin ‘were strick- en insane at the same time. Their combined weight is 700 pounds. Of Five Prisoners Who Climbed the wall of the Ohlo penitentiary at Co- Inmbus, one was shot, another cap- tnred, and the others escaped. e o ciock this morning. The DeW| Pay for QGevernmant Employes on Aotor after T tathar The baby pe. | Lebor day, provided in a bill of Rep- comes a direct heir to $3,000,000 of ‘the Astor fortune. News of the arrival of jhe Astor ba- by was made known in ‘& bulletin is- sued by Dr. Edwin B. Cragin, the at- tending physician. The bulletin reads: “Mrs. Astor hes a son, born at &15 o'clock. His name is Johm Jacob As- tor. Mother and son are In good con- dition.” The fact that ite father proved him- resentative Redfleld of New York, was favorably reported to the house. The Second-Death Reported at Bos- ton as reulting from the heat of the last three days was that of Frank Janis, who was found dead in bed. Frank Dostal, the Florlst Mayor of Avenue B,"New York, received a pack- e of roses from Summli, J, In which was a lively four-fo>t dlack self a hero-in the Titardc disaster BY | snaie stepping aside to let women and chil- dren take places in lifeboats and that Miss Effen T. Milton, tha candidate the wife from whom he then parted | favored by John D. Rockefeller, was was his bride of but a few months, |elected school trustee for three years coupled with the large fortune which was provided for a posthumous child, have lent unusual interest to the ar- rival of the youngest Astor. The new Astor baby will be one of the few children ever born with a for- tune as Jarge as $3,000,000 in ¥s own right. Colonel Astor had provided that whether the child was a boy or girl it should receive the same eum, and even If the stork brought more than one child, Colonel Asor's will also at Tarrytoprn, N. Y., without opposi- tion. Rich Gold Finds in the Hoag min- fng district in Modoc county, Cal, were reported and a government ex- pert was ordersd to make an ‘mves- tigation. P John Maruszewski of Cheektowaga, Tirfe county, died in the electrie chair at Auburn prison Wednesday morn- covered that contingency, as it read as|ing. The electrocution was without follows: “I bequeath such number of sep- erate sums of $3,000,000 each as shall be equal to the number of my childfen who shall survive me, other than my | son, Vincent Astor, and my daughter, Ava Murdel Astor. The latter children are by Colonel Astor's first wife, Mra. Ava Willing Astor. TWO TRIED SUICIDE. One Successful, But the Other Failed In Meriden. Meriden, Conn,, Aug. 14—Josephine Tartter of this city committed sul- this evening. The young woman, who was 26 years old, had been despon- dent for some time on account of ill health and had threatened to end her life on several occasions. This even- she informed her mother before leav- ing home that it would be the last 2 would see of her. The body was found about 15 feet.fom the boat- house float at the pond in five feet of water. The girl had evidently jump- ed from one.of the boats tied to the float. The body was recovered four o7 | hours afterward. Rosenthal was, or who may be | or who may not be police commission- | James Burnett, a blacksmith, at- tempted suicide today by cutting his throat in St. Laurent’s church. He told_the sexton that he was going to confession. The sexton, suspecting something was wrong, called the po- lice, who found Burnett lving in a pool of blood. Beside him lay a bunch of keys, one of which had been used to gash his throat. He is at the hos- pital and will recover. PARDON TO LINEHAN. On Account of His Destitute Family and His Own Services to Boston. Boston, Aug. 14—By a unanimous vote the executive council today par- doned State Senmator Frank J. Line- han of this city. Iinehan was con- victed of defrauding the city of Bos- ton in a sale-of lumber and was sen- tenced to serve a term of two vears in_the house of correction. The council announced that the par- don was granted for the following rea- condition of his family, con- ldren in ting efulnes: s services to the ty of Suffolk since his confine- ment, obably having saved the community eight or nine thousand dollars.” Bridgeport Woman Charged With Ar- son. Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 14—Mrs. Fannie Dio of 752 Iranistan avenue incident. United States District Judge Holt ordered that 20 cams of ovium seized in recent raids in New York's China- town and elsewhere and worth about $10,000 be burned. The Battleship Nebraska, which was stightly damaged last week by striking an unchartered rock off Point Judith, arrived Wednesday at the Charles- town navy vard from Rockport. Chester Yates, one of the Grang that robbed the aged baike, Aaron Bancroft, of securities wor:h $85,000, wos found guilty of burgiary In the first degree as a second offender. Six Delegates, Each Bearing many proxies, made up the annual populist convention in St. Louis. S. W. Will- iams of Vincennes, Ind., was chosen temporary and permanent chairman. Heavy Rain Storms and showery nditions. which have prevailed in this conditions, which have prevailed In New Brunswick for a month, have se- riously damaged bridges, highways and crops. Cy Young, the Veteran Pitcher, ar- rived in Cleveland to sell an oil well toe John D. Rockefeller. He declared John D. was ing about 150 in the of! league and that he could handle v. Admiral Abraham Vanhoy president of the board of in- spection of shore stations, has been placed upon the retired list on ac- count of age. Admiral Zane is & na- tive of Pennsylvania. Forged Army Paymaster's Checks from a book of 100 blanks stolen from an Alaskan army post are appearing on the Pacic coast. About $22,000 worth of bogus documents are sup- posed to have been floated. Aroused by the Barking of their pet dog Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Arbib of New York awoke just in time to es- cape death in a fire that destroyed their summer residence near Porter's Corners, N. Y. The loss is $50,000, Secretary on Issued an Order to take effect August 15, releasing from the quarantine malintained on | zecount of the disease known as sca- bies’ in cattle, 51,654 square miles of Kansas and Teas. Mackay Edgar's Hydnoaeroplane, Maple Leaf, the challenger for the in- ternational cup, has been shipped to America via Southampton, according to a cabled announcement. The Maple Leaf developed a speed of 50 miles an was arrested here tonight, charged | hour in .the trials at Cowes, with arson. It is alleged that she ig- pited her home in this city August 3 last. Thirteenth Connecticut Reunion. New Haven, Conn, Aug. 14—Wil- lam F. Norman of New Haven was elected president of the Thirteenth Connecticut Volunteers' assoclation at its annual reunion and banquet at Savin Rock. Other officers chosen | were: Vice Presidents: Frank Wells Brewsters, N, Y.; Dr. George Clary, New Britain; Willam H. Gladden, New Britai secretary-treasurer, A Company in Buffalo has been or- ganized with a capital of $6,000,000 to manufacture, refine and sell olls and thelr by-products, including oils made from cereals, vegetables, nuts, copra, mustard, castor beaus, corn, flax, cot- touseed, rapeseed and (he manufacture of oll cake, ground seed and oill meal, Bishop Blair of the Faikland Islands, | the largest diocese in the world, em- ) bracing the major portlon of the con- tinent of South America, has sue- cerfled in_getting -only $30,750 of the Wallace King, Sheiton; chaplain _and | $500,000 he attempted to ralse for surgeon, Dr. George Clary, New Brit- ain. There were about 107 in attend- ance missionary work. He announces he will resign unless an adequate re- sponse appears before September next, ™ torney without delay. His present territory in South Dakota, Nebraska, | | 486.75, total income $32,456,11 Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population UNDERWOOD SWINGS THELASH AGAIN Forces Imrfiediate Action Tariff Bill Over to Pass Steel and Iron President’s Veto MINORITY LEADER MANN PROTESTED IN VAIN Margin of Two Votes Over the Needed Two-Thirds—Former Speaker Cannon Furious at Defection of Republican Members— Reads Them Out of the Party—Majority Leader Attacks President Taft’s Motives in Veto. ‘Washington, Aug. 14.—Répeating its action of yesterday when it passed the wool tarif bill over President Waft's veto, the house today Te-passed the vetoed steel and iron tariff bill, within two hours after it had been returned trom the White house with the presi- dent's veto message. The vote was 178 to 83, a margin of only two votes over the two-thirds necessary to over- ride the president. Senate Voted Down Cotton Substitute The senate, almost simultaneously, was engaged in passing the democratic cotton tarift bill sent them a week ago by the house. Senator LaFollette's substitute, which represented the views of the tarff board, was voted down, 45 to 19. An amendment was attached, re- pealing all but the pulp and paper tion of the Canadlan reciprocity Two Before the Senate Now. The re-passed steel bill was im- mediately to the senate and reposed tonight with the wool biil among the papers technically on the desk of the president of the sena Both meas- W ures will be called up Friday by Sen- ator Simmons, and an attempt will be made to re-pass them: but the demo- cratic leaders have little hope that they can obtaln the necessary (wo- thirds vote as did the house, Sixteen Republican Insurgents. Insurgent forces in both the and senate contributed to the s of the democratic tariff progran In the house, the sixteen insurgen who voteq with the democrats yes day, again joined them in overriding the president’s veto while nine insur- gents In the senate joined in the pa sage of the democratic cotton bill Democratic Leader Underwood de- manded immediate action on the steel bill as soon as the pre message was received. chorus of protests from the repub! side, Minority Leader Mann d that omly bills on the calendar could be vensidered. Mr, Underweod retorted (hat n de- mand for immediate consideratisn was a constitutional prevision and eould not be denied. Parliamentary Pojnt Decided. The oconstitutional lawyers of the house fell upon one another and & lengthy legal debate ensued. Finally Speaker Clark ruleg t the matter wag ome of constitutional privilege and sustained Mr. Underwood. Mr. Mann promptly appealed from the ruling and demanded a roll eall. The chair's po« sition was sustained, 241 to 10, and the re-passage of the steel bill followed. Bitter Against Pro,r.llwu, The defection of the républican pro« gressives in the house angered formes Speaker Cannon. In fhe course of an attack on the proposal to repeat the wool bill veto perf he spoke of the defection of yeste v in bitter term: y may call themselves rapubil< cans,” he thundered, his clenched fists uprased, “but I am not one of themk” “Thank God!" retortéd one of t surgents among laughter and applaule from the democratic side. Attacked Taft's Metives. - Majority Leader Underwood made & spirited attack on the motives LB: prompted President Taft to_veto steel bill which, ho sald, had besn passed by a republican senate with but two slight amendments. FHe re= ferred to the president's explanation that changes had been made in the schedule as it was presented to him last yoar and that congress had vouchsafed no explanation for thoss changes. Sugar Confere agres. As an added chapter to the tariff programme on_the floor, Mr. Under- wood, just before adjournment, an- nounced to the house the faflute of the house conferees to reach any agreement with (hs senate om the pugar tariff revision measurs. The house voted to send the bill back to conference with instructions that the house conferees refuse Lo agres to the senate amendments, The debete on the cotton bill in the genate was short. The amendment of « fered by Benator LaFollette was iden~ tieal with the bill presented in the house by Representative Hill of Con= nectieut, which then received the sup« port of the maority of the republicans, Benmtor Lakolletta declared it repre- sented an aotusl redu wo per eent, lower on the average (han the demoeratio bl Hls subsiiiute re- ceived only 14 votes, howsver, and the progressives then joined the deme~ crats In passing the house bill. m BECKER DENIES THAT HE EVER HAD $58,000. But Whitman Finds Another $3500 Deposit and Has More Banks to Hear From. New York, Aug. 14.—Although Po- lice Lieutenant Becker, charged with instigating the murder of _Herman Rosenthal, denied to his counsel to- day that he had ever possessed the sum of $58,845 credited to his name or that of his wife in various New York bands, District Attorney Whit- man today obtained from the officials of the Chelsea Exchange bank records showing that the police officer had de- posited $3,500 in that institution dur ing_April, bringing the recorded total of Becker deposits up to $62,345 The securing of this record was an- other result of the aid which has been promised by powerful banking inter- ests in the district attorney's efforts to expose blackmail in the police force, the bankers having promised to fur- nish him with the amounts of depos- its of any high police official whom he_suspects of collecting graft Theprogecutor heard also today of still another deposit of $3,600, which was recently withdrawn by Becker's wife. Four more banks are to be heard from. Mr. Whitman had originally intend- ed to subpoena the officials of these banks as witnesses, out this Is no longer necessary, as it is understood that the officials have acquiesced in the request made to them by the lead- ing members of the clearing house to aid the district attorney in ever way. Rosenthal's alleged slayers will 1 brought to trail by the district plan is to try them separately and to begin the first trial in September SURPLUS $300,000. Showing For the Year to July 1st by N. Y, N. H. & H. R, R. Co New Haven, Conn, Aug. 14 The New York, New Haven and Hariford Railroad Company tonight gave out this statement: .The income account of the New York New Haven and Hartford raliroad ex- cept for the New York, Ontario and ‘Western and Boston and Maine, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912 will show approximately the follow- ing results: Total operating revenue $90,641 905.13, total operating expense $59 407,682.47, net operating revenue §3 234,272.66, net revenue from outside operations $1,383,449,31, total net 32,617, 7. Taxes $4,940,094.53, operating income 68,627.44, other income $4,787,- ductions from income ' $19,540,610.88, net income $12,915,503.31, dividends gz,sguss.oo. surplus for year $305.- ‘This statement of the New Haven road carries out the plan which hes been under consideration for some time—that of giving prominence to the report of the system as & whole. (n- der this plan the complete earnings of the system are now stated for the COMPROMISE ON PANAMA CANAL BILL. American Owned Ships in Fersign Washington, Aug. 14 An agreement on the Panama Canal aMministration bill was reached by the comference committee of the house and sanate to- day by which free passage is denied American owned ships engaged in for- letgn trade, foreign shipbuilding ma terials are admitted free of tariff to the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission i given power to break tyf any combination of com- peting rail and water lines which finds are not for “the publie gond.” Two of the six members of the com- ference committee, Senator Brandages and Representative Frary C. Stevens of Minnesota, declined to sign the re= port, FRIEL ALLEN GIVEN 18 YEARS IN PENITENTIARY One of the Mountain Outlaws Pleaded Guilty to Second Degree Murder, Wytheville, Va., Aug. 14—Friel Al= len, one of the mountaln outlaws charged with complicity in the Hills~ ville courthouse murders last March, pleaded gullty to murder In the second degree todny and was sentenced to 1§ years in the penitentiary. Two othame have been convicted of first degres murder and two more members of the gang are about to be tried. STEAMER IN ICE FIELD TWENTY-FOUR HOURS Saw Twenty Bergs Off East Coast of Newfoundland. New York, Ang. 14 “wenty or WeNe icebergs were seen a few days off the east coast of Newfs the Norwegian steamer Raven, which arrived today from that island, with a cargo of wood pulp. The Raven was in the ice fleld fer twenty-four hours. ANANIAS CLUB AGAIN, Roosevelt Revives the Organitatien Aftsr a Lapse. Oyster Bay, Y. Avg. ¥—The testimony of ex-Governor B P Odell of New York today befors the senate committee which is | ing campaign funds was « tonight by Colonel Roosevelt. X “I am not interested in M hearsay statements” Mr. exclaimed. He then declared that v man who attempted to refute ? statements which he had made in re= for the 1904 campalgn br self as dishonest and untruthful, ¢ Trolley Wage Arbitration. New Haven, Aug. 14—The final feremce of the arbitrators of the first time, except as they uppear in secondary shape In the last printed re- port of the company. The stutement includes practically ell the subsidiary Parts of the system, with the exception of the New York, Outario end West ern an dthe Boston and Maiue Weoman Smoked One Pipe 25 Years. Charlerol, Pa., Aug. 14.—Mrs. Su- sanna Blatchford, aged 97, dled Tues- day at Vesta, this county, She leaves 14 children and 157 grandchildren. She was an inveterate smoker, und for the last 25 years had used the same pipe. troliey wage dispute will be held Saturday morning at ten o'clock. o The arbitrato Judge Willlam of the aupefior oo o 1 Attorney B J‘mm:uo::'}hm N ng. er Suturdey’s conference, : be forthcoming, St ply to the allegation that he pi quested E. H. Harriman to é 18