Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 9, 1912, Page 1

" » el g at N * are both manoeuvring: to throw the o 4 VOL. LIV.—NO. 245 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1912 Indications That All of the Balkan States Will Fol- low the Example of Montenegro T0.PREVENT INTERVENTION BY THE POWERS ' Montenegro's Action Believed to Have Been Taken With Full mnummsefimnmw.floay—wn Londom, Oct. s.—:_wme 0 a:—- : Balkan states except Montenegro had | .1p to & late hour tonight declared war against Turkey, everything points to ; such action within a few days, and m‘n perhaps within a few hours. It is be- | Heved here that Bulgaria and Turkey ml!.otflnm:.t.ym:l‘ they eoples the realization of re- the administration of Euro- gd‘nty of the sultan or the territorial 5 | Integrity of the Ottoman empire. The onus of the first hostile act on the f powers reserve to themselves liberty &?:,..M that ,xonune:‘r&-, &e‘d&n- .g -‘chti.:: fr«z am:.nu.ctlvo ulterior study ‘was made cog~ | orms. 4 : u‘“fi b,r other Balkan states T “Third—That, /if, nevertheless, war forestall in v the powers. |breaks out The latter, however, continui (and the Giete ' eftortn o, avert war. . 8mall Clashes Ocourring, memm -ut:a e, they will permit at the end of the conflict no | modification of the territorial status quo in European Turkey. The powers Bmall_clashes are . -gocurring | will make collectively to the subli on the froptier in an ef- | porte Tepresentations’ similar — £o. the fort ‘”‘?‘u.“' ’:mdld a Turkish army | ghove declaration.” until tI n be The first in the 1s ulhl{"t will attempt Bulgaria and Servia May Declare War i Today. Montenegro’s Patience Exhausted. In declining to concur in the views of the two powers, the Méntenegrin government declared that its patience wasl exbausted. For over two monthe it had been protesting in vain to Tur- key and ‘resort-te arms was the logical to a report from Vienna sequence. Even if Montenegro stood tonight, and Servia are ex- |2k zlfie;'e:ln;dded she was unable to ’“M_ "’ declare war tomorrow. An explanation of the —— HAS LOST PATIENCE. - Montenegro Fl'n_‘lc_on Protesting %o " Turkey For Two Months. glven by an officlal who understands situation thoroughly. Am alllance, ”'g 'll?fl:hfl. doei: ng: ‘exist, For , Montenegro is n ied with But Bulgaria, L ™, ty with Servia, concluded nd . geheral. t!:’ v(;ith Mont;:mo l.mlt‘: tthlrd (o, Balkas 15 expected by. of- as the link mng' I sagbiuer the an states, and it is Bulgaria that 'rwh; plays the leading role, units the in_coalition will fol- ! A COUNCIL OF WAR. + low suit as S AT B armies in There is only | Turks Hold Late Session After Receiv- from the Turkish '.l'urko;y. .Greece, ho :ver.‘ decline "‘m “With accep! ‘for. starting the {Nichol flame of battle, - 3 e 3 r)u that Weary of Ottoman Promises: ‘ he & zation of King b & W to inform today government ceases all relations witk _ Montenegro was ‘then picked for the | [Né Ottoman empire, leaving it to the task.. She had a long standing quar- | 2T™S ‘°§£"° F to secure rel with Turkey over. the boundary | (°coBDI! rights and the quession and Turkey’s refusal to grant rights W‘m was seized ugmi',u Jus- mmlmm-rmm " “I am leaving :m‘ diptomat ' 10+ | royal vl:l.nmenthn" hn‘pua- ¢ 40 "aruf:motwm. e at “PLAMENATZ.” of this council Vizierate. - The ate into the night. . General Garibaldi Voluntesrs. Athens, Oct. $.—General Rissiott Garibaldi, who fought for Greece against ‘key in 1897, has again of- of certain- powers urgent people to feel t the bat- only ‘sure means of exacting what they felt to be justice.” Bulgarian Sentiment for' War. ' {fered his services to t government. ‘I s n{ doubted here that cooler 3 heads in have been against the war from the start, but popular GOVEHNQRR;J;::?:«O mgp;:s : L R EVELT. excitement is at. such a high pitch that that country will practically be flven to war to satisfy public opin- | Reiterates That Steel Trust is Behind In the failure of intervention, every il Thaught, fibre of energy will be exerted by the great powers to prevent the war flam from engulfing Europe, It is real: that all depends on the eventual ate titude of Austria, which, nccorzrnz to late advices, has already mobilized four army corps—in Croatia, Bosnia, Herze- govina and southern Hungary—and #tands ready to occupy the Sanjak of Novipazar, should this coveted strate- gle territory be menaced by the Sery- lans and Montenegrins. No Complications Between Russia and Austria. Despite Russian sympathy for Blav brethren of the Bllkfl]yll. wh:::: political welfare Russia has fostered, no complications are anticipated be- twsenflmllllin and Austria. onfirmation of the forces im; King Ferdinad to go to war up:‘:l‘.::g {:1 a letter just received at Paris by a rother of a Bulgarian captain now at the front. The officer wrote; Bulgarian Captain's Letter. “This week brings decisive evens Either the powers must eflectlvetl’y‘ guarantee the cessation of the century old practice of persecuting and mas- sacring Christians, or we make war, But, if the Bulgarian government per- mits itself to be disarmed by the pow- ers, it will be the signal of a revolu- tlon. Every Bulgarian ardently de- gires war. O mothers, daughters, sweethearts, have seen us off to the front, stoically, heroically, and without E;‘:ar. t'l';:ey simply sald: ‘Good-bye! watch over you and SRl L v help you to A Slaughter Expected. In conclusion the writer of the letter expresses the opinion that they would soon be before the walls of Adrian- oplt%.‘ and added: “Without doubt it will be another terrible Mukden. But if 100,000 of us fall at Adrianople, 300,000 will remain to march on Constantinople.” The real story of how the Balkan powers forestalled and outwitted Eu- ropean Intervention is also told in the official advices from Cettinje. The Austrian and Russian representatives presented the note in the name of the powers, warning the Balkan states against war at 11 o'clock in the morn- ing, but two and a half hours earlier the Montenegrin government had handed his passports to the Ottoman charge. Thus the Montenegrin cabi- net was in a position to say that the representations of the powers came too late, a rupture of diplomatic rela- tions baving already occurred. The mote was as follows: Note From the Powers. “The governments of Russia and Austria declare to the Balkan states: “First—That tHe powers energeti- oaily' reprove any -measurs suscepils Kansas City, Mo, Oct. $.—Governor Woogaa’w Wilson in his speeches at Topel Kasj} today and here tonight, replis to nel Roosevelt's request that the democratic nominee prove or retract the declaration that the United States Steel corporation is behind the 't'xl::xl;‘is‘ party programme for regulating T'he governor reiterated that the steel corporation was “behind the third party programme in thought,” and added that he knew nothing of any financial support. “I understand from the newspapers,” said Governor Wilson in his Topeka speech, “that Mr. Roosevelt was dis- tressed by my suggestion -that the United States Steel corporation was back of his plan for controlling the trusts . “He interpreted my remark to mean that they were supporting him with their money. I was not thinking about money. I do not know whether they are supporting him with their money or not; it does not make any difference. What I meant was- they are supporting him with their thought and thelr thought is not our thought, I meant, and I say again, that the kind of control which he proposes is the kind of control that the United States Steel corporation wants. ‘I am perfectly willing to admit that they think it is best for the country. My point is that this is a method con- ceived from the point of view of the very men who are to be controlled and that that is just the wrong point of view from which to conceive it.” The governor charged that the Roosevelt programme was “not pro- gressive at all in its fundamentals” and remarked that Elbert H. Gary, head of the steel corporation, and George W. Perkins, a director, sug- gested the plan of governmental con- trol of trusts. “And if Mr. Roosevelt,” said the gov- | ernor, “is willing to have Mr. Perkins suggest how the corporations ought to be regulated, why will he not be will- ing to take suggestions from the same quarter as to the detail of the regula- tion? Mark you, I am not discussing individuals. I know Mr. George Per- kins, I have no quarrel with anything except his judgment. He does not look at these things the way men who do not wish to accustom their minds to monopoly do. “We have an inside to our govern ment and an outside. Mr. Roosevelt wants to patent the inside. He says it is a good enough inside for him, provided he can use it. I do not mean use it for his own aggrandizement, but provided he can use it for the people of the United States, for I am not aspersing Mr. Roosevelts' motives, “I have nothing to dv with them, They are postponed until day,” A » P *{\N .~ FOR GENERAL WAR RGAINST TURKEY| Cabled Paragranis \fiply Married Frank ead. London, Oct. 8.—Frank C. Bostock, the Lkell known animal trainer and menagerie proprietor, died today. Aerial Postal Service. Berlin, Oct. 8.—The establishment of a Danish-German aerial postal ser- vice is under discussion between rep- resentatives of Denmiark and Germany and the Zeppelin Airship company. Trial of Delba Begins. | Rome, Oct, 8.—The trial of Antonio Delba on the charge of attempting to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel on March 14 began today before the as- size court here. The presiding judge appointed Enrico Ferri, the socialist leader, to act as the prisoner’'s counsel. MADE THE CROSSOVER AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. Railread Men Testify Regarding Wreck of Springfield Express. {ble of causing a rupture of the peace.| New York, Oct. 8—Fifty miles an “Second—That, on_Article | hour while making a crossover fx'om| lone track to another was the speed l Balkan union | mu 1 Montenegrin charge | snl:;, handed the w' = of his gov- atlon to it Montenegro has ex- She WAr. . ., iy R out., avail all cabl This oduhl n‘nllr have b«'fi,do z numerous m.iflnwg s T A R i 5 nf sen ] ‘was_certain .to. ~a casus_belll to’ fre. i fhelotto Judgment | wouse, ford railroad train which was wrecked Men for Jury BECKER IS INSISTENT UPON THIS Three Chosen at Night Session—Trial May Get Under Way Today—Becker Overrules His Lawyer. : | ELEVEN NOW IN BOX‘ New York, Oct. 8.—Bieven jurors had been chosen to try former Police Lieut. Charles Becker for the murder of Herman Rosenthal when Justice Goft late tonight adjourned examina- tion of talesmen until tomorrow. Eight jurors were in the box at the close of the afternoon session,and Jus- | will take in hand in the interest of the I traveled by the New Haven and Hart- | tice Goff ordered a night session in | hope that the jury could be completed at Westport, Conn., last Thursday, ac- i and sworn before midnight. Dozens of , it being understood that ! cording to testimony brought out at'a reforms shall not affect the sov- | federal inquiry begun today into the cause of the disaster. No train can safely take a crossover at such speed, witnesses testified. Thirty miles an hour is the maximum at which a train should run at such a time,jone witriess declared, while oth- ers placed the customary speed at 15 miles maximum. E .H. McHenry, a vice president of the New Haven road, testified that no train could make a crossover at 50 miles an hour, and that the accident was due to a violation of orders. The hearing was before Interstate Com- merce Commissioner Charles F. Mc- Chord, with whom sat Richard T. Hig- gins, chairman of the public utilities commission of Connecticut, and B C. Elwell, chief engineer of the Connecti- cut commission. Philip J. Doherty examined witnesses for the govern- ment, and Edward G. Buckland, a vice president of the New Haven road, was counssl for the company. Michael Coyle, for five years tele- graph operator in charge of the sig- nals and switches at Westport, festi- fied in his opinion the train was going 50 miles an hour. No train could cross at faster than 30 miles, he said. Bart- ley Gordom, a traction boss, sald the train was comin~ at 556 or 60 miles when he saw it. Several tower oper- ators tu}ified as government witness- es that ‘they had never seen a trair take a crossover at more than 15 miles an hour. ¢ Charles D. Moore, an engineer, ex- greaaed opinion that the wreck majy ave been caused by children throwing stones into the cab from an overhead bridge, injuring- Clark, the engineer, killed in the wreck. Moore exhibited tyo scars he had received in this man- nér, Henry Horn, another vice president of the New Haven road, testified that short crossovers had not/been length- ened because, he said, “if a man goes over a route at 60 miles when he should go at 15 he would do it any- where, and it would be of no avail to lengthen the crossovers.” alayif “Then you see-no hope Tor impidve- me&t?" % “None,” said the ~ witness. “There will have to be a profounder respect for orders. If a man won't obey or- ders, he won't.” - The investigation will be continued tomorrow. ONLY THREE DYNAMITERS, €SAYS LAWYER HARDING. Counsel for Defendants in Conspiracy Case Outlines His Defense. ! Indianapolis, Oct. 8.—What the de- fense will be in the trial of 45 men accused by the government of com- plicity in the “dynamite comspiracy” .was outlined before the jury today by ‘William N. Harding, attorney for the defendants. Mr., Harding sald that at outse: it would be shown that the utive board of the International jation/ of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers never appropriated a dollar to be used .or dvnamiting. He asked the jury to suspend judgment until after the witnesses had testified. If anyone connected with the union diverted the funds for any illegal pur- pose, the guilty persons, he said, it would be shown, were not among the present defendants. “When you have heard all of the testimony,” said Mr. Harding, “we think you will have concluded that about three men were engaged in the ‘nefarious work 4of dynamiting, and that those three men already have pleaded guilty.” . Reférring to letters written by Frank M. Ryan, president of the Iron Workers’. union, to various business agents, which the government quoted as showing that “jobs” was the term used to designate explosions a®ainst employers of non-union labor, Mr. Harding sald it would be shown that “jobs” meant only new’ work which offered opportunity for union men to get employment. He added that it would be upon the very letters which the government quoted in the indict- ments that the defemse expected to rest its case. The district attorney had just com- pleted an address to the jury of 23 hours, covering five days. In conclud- ing, he described the arrests of J. B. McNamara and Ortie E: McManigal at Detroit, saying that while in the hands of detectives McNamara had of- fered first $5,000 and then $30,000 if they would free him. . “McNamara sald it was no use to arrest him, for behind him he had the Iron Workers' union, and behind the union the American Federation of La- bor.” sald 'Mr. Miller. “He said he would raise $50,000 and employ Clar- ence S. Darrow to defend him. But McManigal confessed and McNamara dld not get off.” A FATAL ARGUMENT OVER WORLD'S SERIES | File Flew While Being Used to Dem- onstrate Batting Methods. New .York, Oct. 8.—An impromptu demonstration of baseball technique growing out of a good-natured argu- ment over the world's series, led to a pitiful tragedy in a downtown work- shop late today. ,To illustrate the bat- ting methods of a favorite player. Frank Groshaus, an 18 year old metal ! worker, picked up a 2 1-2-foot flle with a wooden handle, for a bat and had George Brown, 17 years old, a fellow employe, pitch to him with a bit of | metal. Groshaus missed the first “ball” pitched and the flle, insecurely fasten- ed, flew from the handle and hurtled through the air directly at Brown, the sharp peint plercing his left side. The young pitcher dropped and an ambu- lance surgeon who was called found him beyond-aid. He died twe heurs later in a hespital, Groshaus was ar- | rested on a homicide charge, | An Epldemioc of Diphtheria has bre en sut in Webster and Dudley. Mass., and physicians ere baffled as te the 40 cuses having develeped in we daya talesmen were excused for holding opinions on the case. Three were ac- cepted by both sides, however, fol- lowing .the evening recess. The twelfth juror, it is expected, will be chosen early tomorrow. All of Jurors Are Married. The jurors <hosen tonight were: Clarence T. Cooley, a mechanical en- gineer; Paul T. Kammerer, a real es- tate dealer, and John E. Dillon, man- ager. The jury as it stood at the end of the afternoon s(gsion was characteriz- ed as “perfect” jy Becker and his at- torney, John F. Mclntyre. The jurors were all prosperous looking business men, square jawed, blue eyed, with two exceptions, and of intellectual appear- ance, Tn age they range from 35 to 45, and all are married men with children, a point which Becker, who is married, insists upon #s a necessary qualifica- tion. They consisted of Hareld B. Skinner, an electrical salesman, chos- en yesterday as foreman: Robert C. Pursell, a - manufacturing chemist; John B. Hardy, a retined merchant; Edward C. Soule, an auditor; William F. Wood, a woolen merchant: Dow J. ker, a lumber merchant; Charles J. Peatt, commissary agent for a rall- road, and Leslie A, Ware, a wholesale baler. Becker Overrules His Counsel. Mr, McIntyre used fourteen peremp- tory challenges today on talesmen who in his opinion did not measure up to his qualifications or to whom Becker himself objected. On several occa- sions the accused police officer over- ruled his counsel’s choice, and no juror was accepted until Becker had given his approval. “ There were only eight peremptory challenges on the part of the state. Each side is allowed thirty. Requests of Becker's counsel to examine tales- men to determine whether they “would be influenced by newspaper at- tacks on the police department” or whether “they would contict on the uncorroberated testimony of accem- plices” were promptly denied by the Justice, LOSS OF AMERICAN LIVES " DUE TO REBEL TREACHERY. State. Department Receives List of Killed and Wounded at Leon. ‘Washingfon, Oct. 8.—Details of the' surrender last Sunday of the town of Leon by Nicaraguan revolutienists to American marines sailers and the loss of three American Myes through the treachery of drunken els were recelved at the state department today from - Minister Weitzel at Managua. The deaths Sunday brought the total of Americans killed by the rebels to seven, the loss of four at Barranca Hill on the road to Leon having been pre- ! viously reported. In his advices fto Minister Weitzel, Rear Admiral South- erland said he expected peace in the republic within a month., The men killed at were: Roy G. Morgan, turret captain on the Col- orado, son of Mrs. M. 8. Olsen, Los Angeles, Cal.; George R. Burgess, ordi- nary seaman, Colorado, son of Ora Burgess, Stillwater, Minn.; Marine Private John Bartels, brother of Annie Puttecomer, Melrose Park, Cook Coun- ty, Hl."~Although three were reported wounded, the name 6f only one, Pri- vate Frank Kittsmiller, could be found in the records here. Private Kittsmil- | ler, whose wounds are dangerous, 1s the son of Mrs, Marguerite Kittsmiller, Lewiston, Idaho. Those reported wounded, but whose | names do mnot appear in the recotds,: were: Lamper, ordinary seaman, Col orado, and Dalder, trumpeter, Marine | Company D. “T%e zredit for this successful ter-| mination of a most critical condition,” said Admira] Southerland in his report, 43 principally due to the firmness, good judgment, -ability and tact of| Lieut. Colonel “Long during the month’ he has had charge of the situation at that place.” S FORTY-THREE BODIES RECOVERED AT TAMPICO. Most of Them Burned and Torn Be- yond Recognition. Tampico, Mex., Oct. 8.—Forty-three bodies of the victims of the great pow- der explosion of last night have been recovered and buried. Most of them were burned and torn bevend recosni- tion. Estimates now place the dead at 100, while the injured "will total an- other 100. When the 10,000 pounds of powder in the burning storehouse let loose last might it was realized that the loss of life was considerable, but pot until a search today of the roofs of houses still standing and the ruins | of those destroved and the waters of the river, on whose banks the ware- house stood, was the magnitude of the disaster reveaied. OBITUARY. James J. Tew. (Specia] to. The Bulletin.) | Willimantie, Oct. 9.—James J. Tew died Wednesday morning shortly be-| fore 1 o'clock at St. Joseph's hospltal, where he had been undergoing treat- ment about a week. Mr. Tew was vflrs" well known in this city, being a former first selectman, and previous to that a blacksmith here for 25 vears. He had | lived here practically his whole life. | He had been in poor health for about a year. His death is a source of re-| gret to a wide circle of friends. He leaves a wife, a son and a daughter, all of this city. Plainville lcehouses Burned. Plainville, Conn., Oct. 8.—Two large icehouses, owned by ths Cooke Stons| and Ice cerporatien, sliuated in White | Oak park, were burned to the ground| early tonight. The Joss will | 008, | partly cevered by imsurance. ral hundred tons of ice meited, While the arigin of the fire is nec definitely knewn, it is thought the fire sturted fram spopianscus combusiion Condensed Telegrams The Mexican Deputies have decided to double their own pay, brimging it up to 6,000 pesos (approximately $8,000 a year), The Charred Bodies of 22 victims of the explosion in a warehouse at Tam- pico, Mexico, have been recovered from the ruins. Clarence L. Childs, known familiar- ly by baseball fans as “Cupid” Childs, is dying of Bright's disease at his home in Baltimore. : _Burglars Blew Open the Safe of the Norton, Mass.,, postoffice early vester- day and escaped with about $1,000 in postage and money. The Argentine Government has re- duced the duty on raw sugar to five centavos gold per kilo, and on refined sugar to seven centavos per kilo, The Entire Business Section of Find- lay Lake, Pa., was wiped out by a fire and all food supplies are being sold from tents. The damage is estimated at $40,000. Tony S:ud.lari,“ Mecha Bruce-Brown, who was week while t last ing out the Vanderbilt cup race course, died yesterday from his injuries. Mount Holycke College, pioneer among the American institutions “for the higher education of women, bégan yesterday the celebration of it{ 76th anniversary. Farmers *Throughout Kansas whose horses escaped the recent plague are freely offering what animals they can spare to their less fortunate neighbors free of charge, Enrique Maza, a Cuban newspaper man who recently assaulted Hugh S. Gibson, the American charge d'affaires, at Havana, was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment. ..J. Irving Davis, who was indicted by the grand jury in Providence, R. L, charged with embezzlement from the Ancient Order of - Workmen, pleaded guilty to all of the ten counts. Frederick Tudor, prominent in Bos- ton business and social circles, filed a petition in-bankruptey vesterday. His liabilities are $110,971, and according to the schedule he has no assets. The Mayor and Councilmen of Al- meria, Spain, presented to' Captain Rostron of the. steamship Carpathia a piece of silver plate in recognition of the rescue of the Titanic survivors. Joseph Stevenson, the American avi- ator, was fatally injured in the pres- ence of 25,000 spectators at a state fair in Birmingham, Ala. when he fell from his machine about 50 feet in the air. The United States Court Ormd at New Haven yesterday with ] Martin of Vermont on the bench. The session was adjourned from last montr sowing to thie illness of Judge Platt, Former State Senator A. F. Thomp- sen of Phoenixville, Pa., wha was in- jured recently by a premature explo- sion of a stick of dynamite, is now sightless, as his eyeballs had to. moved, The Copper Miners on Stril at Bingham, Utah, are willing to with- draw their demang that the operators recognize the‘,union and will return to work if the lincrease in wages of 50 cents a day is granted. The Fishermen Who Went to New York from Rockaway on the Long Is- land railroad with a bag full of crabs had their hands full when the crabs escaped and ran through the cars, Ev- ery woman in the train was hysterical and on seats. § Mrs. Frank Bradbury of Middleboro, Mass, was probably fatally injure and her six months old daughter was killed yesterday when the mother, with the baby in her arms, ran in front of a trolley car to save an older child, Fred, aged four. Lee Christmas, commandant of Puerto Cortez, Honduras, declared yes- terday that the intervention of the United States in the Nicaraguan revo- lution had averted what otherwise might have proved the bloodiest gen- eral revolt in the history of Central America. DELAY IN I. W. W. CASE, Reasons for Not P ing Motions te Bail Prisoners Unexplained.- Salem, Mass, Oct. 8—DMotions for the release on bail of Joseph J, Ettor, Arturo Giovannitti and Joseph Caruso, Industrial Workers qf the World, were still expected when the superior court nvened today. Attorneys for the de- endants, whose trial on charges of be- ing responsible for the death of ‘a Lawrence mill worker, Anna Lopizzo, was temporarily halted last week, had told the court of their intention to present such motions, and Judge Jo- seph F. Quinn set yesterday for the arguments. For some unexplained rea- son the matter dld not get beyond the judge's lobby yesterday, the attorneys spending the day in conference. STRAUS ACCUSES TAMMANY. Says It ls Resuponsible for Present Police Conditions. Binghamton, N. Y, Oct. 8.—Oscar 8. Straus, progressive candidate for governor, addressed a large and en- thsulastic meeting at the Stone opera house at noon today. He Tammany hall with being responsible for present police conditions in New York and the Rosenthal tragedy. He declared that with the election of a progressive state tisket existence of such conditions would become impos- sible in this state. . Nominations by Progressives. New Haven, Oct. 8—Senatorial nom- inations made tonight by the pro- gressive party were as follows: Eighth district, A. L. Williams; Ninth district, F. L. Leighton; Tenth district, E. J. Manilon; Eleventh distriet, C. B. Judge. Levi T. Snow and L. J. Hoard- ley were nominated for representatives from this city. It was decided to place a candidate for judge of probate in | the field, and the nomination for this office will be made later. Train Held Up and Robbed. Fert Bmith, Ark., Oct. 8.—Rock Is- land passenge: train No. 41 westbound, was held up and the express and mail cars rebbed tonight, near Howe, Okla., accerding to a despatch from the sta- tien agent of the road at"Haileyville, Okla, Bafes in the express car were dynamited. The ameunt of booty has net been learned. Paseengers were net melested, Barn Fire Causes $4,000 Loss, Branford, Conn., Oct. 8.—Fire tenight destreyed the large barn en South Main street owned by Charies H. Wil- d, entailing a less of about 8$¢,000, tly covered by.insurance. Three hor were gotten out safely. It is theught that defective slectric light wiriug lsay huaye taused the blage, U — PRICE -TWO CENTS e e —— Challenges 1o 2 Joint Debate RORABACK MAKES A PROPOSI- TION TO DEMOCRATS. b HILL AND UNDERWOOD Republican Chairman Would Have Two Congressmen Discuss Tariff ih Connecticut—Will Share Expense. | 'Haford, Conn., Oct. 8—J. Henry { Roraback, chairman of the republican state central committee, today sent the following letter to George Forster, chairman of the democratic state cen- tral commitiee: Text of the Letter. 3 “My Dear Mr. Forster: 1 I t Congressman -Oscar W. Und d 18 coming to this state to speak on Oct, 14, 15 and 16. No doubt he proposes while in Connecticut to Mu; the one topic which is uppermost in all our minds at the present time, is the tariff, Mr. Underwood being & recog- nized expert on that subject from the democratic side. 1 therefore suggest to you that while he is gpeaking in the state on the above named dates it would be fair and square to the voters of Connecticut who are seeking hand information upon this on that we arrange a series of t de- bates between Congressman der- wood and Congressman E. J. Hill Will Defray Half of Expenses.. “I"am prepared on behalf of Com- greseman Hill to say that he is ready to make such an arrangement, end.on behalf of the republican state cemtral committee I offer to defray one-half of the necessary expenses for advertis- ing, halls, ete. ¥ ¥ wish to assume the ri nsil misleading the voters in this campaign and if we can arrange for the ques- tlon to be publicly discussdli before the voters by two men of the m&:fl standing of Congressman Und d and Congressfnan Hill we can safely leave the verdict with their audiences. “Trusting that this may appesl fa- vorably to you, and soliciting your early replwr™[ remain, “Yours very truly, “J. H. RORABACK,” “Chairman.” - Chairman Foster Not Seen. New Haven, Oct. 8—Chairman George Foster of the Democratic State ge:tkm comm‘l:the: l-tti z: his home in ockvllle toni an headquarters at the BM% : could not be learned whether or not he had received the letter from Chair~ man Roraback of the mittee in-regard to an offe wood and Hill. ’ debate between L it ~BUT TWO SIDES TO P4 Roosevelt Quotes Wilson as Saying Old Parties Are Substantially Same. Detroit, Mich, Oct. 3.—“There are three tickets in the field, but only tw. gides to the present " sald Colonel: Roosevelt here toi when he opened his tour of ‘the middle west b speaking to & large crowd In armory, C“lYoul :ln‘asdn‘t lta.ke"m m:md" n!lt ‘olone] oosevelt, “for that the republican and mm% parties occupy substantjally the same ground. I quote you from the solemmu public utterance of the one of the parties. Govermor in a message to the legislat: sey on Jan. 9 said he { :nd enc!ou;agod‘ t:uue %tfi - orms of the republican democrat- ic parties were substantially the same Mr. Wilson's suppo! Colonel Roosevelt continued, took with him when he u:lld that "::k and democral parties - tially the same position ndm would refer them to Governor Wilson. “I'm lntersflted,” Colonel | relt said, “in the'statements of Mr. r and other democratic leaders that es Taft has grown in str ¢ the leaders of both the oflfifl - sire is to beat the progressives, they are willing to coalesce 'to accom. plish this purpose. ¢ 2 “There are three tickets this y but only two sides. If you' belleve speclal privilege, dead lssues an boss, vote for the old parties. If you believe in facing the new issues, that economic injustice must be wiped out, then vote the progressive tickes.” Colonel Roosevelt went to Flint and Saginaw from here. . SCHOOLCHILDREN LINE UP TO VIEW THE PRESIDENT Taft Finds Many Vorm.nt‘V'lflQ- Decorated in His Hopor. | Montpelier, Vt, Oct. 8-—After & rum of more than 130 miles in the fuce of a keen October wind President Taft motored into the capital of Vermont tonight two hours late. The Presi: dential party started from Manchester early today, lunched at Woodstock and dined today in Montpelier. During the day the president made speeches in many little towns in the Green mountains, but in all of them he kept far away from politics and dwelt largely upon the health giving qualities of the mountains. There were few villages that the president passed through on the day's journey that were not decorated for the occasion and many were the little red schoolhouses in the hills whose pu- pils were lined up and waliting for & ‘| glimpse of the chief executive as he wiirled by. At Woodstock Senater Dillingham of Vermont joined the party and added another car to the string. The President and Mrs. Taft, Miss Mabel Boardmaan ,their guest, and Major T. L. Rhoades, the president's ade and paysician were guests to- night at a local hotel, of Governor- Yelect Fletcher and at his invitation the president enlarged his proj | and” shook hands with a long line of Vermonters. TO EASING CONSCIENCE, $30. “Sinner Saved by Grace” Charged for Vaccinations Not Performed. Chicago, Oct. 8—Thirty dollars has been received by the Chicago control- ler in a letter signed “A Sinner Saved by Grace.” The writer explained that, while doing vaccination work for the city health department, he occasional- ly sent in a few names that he should not. He said his consclence bothered him, and, for that reason, he was re- turning the money. { A Well Developed Case of yellow fever was (aken from the British gteamer Chaucer when the vessel ar- rived at the quarantine station at the mouth of the Mississivpl river yester- Gy Leave Verdict to Audldgu. “T am sure that neit gunfl' ¥ ty of CAMPAIGN. . <