Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 2, 1913, Page 1

The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other T NORWICH, CUN&., SlTUfiDiY; AUGUST 2, 1913 ) £ g . Paper, and lis Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the GAVE SERVANTS AUTOMOBILE RIDES Suspect in Narragansett Pier Robberies Believed to Have Obtained Information in This Way SEEN WITH THREE SERVANTS IN PROVIDENCE Incident That Attracted Attention on Night of Hanan Rob- bery —Detectives Seeking Evidence Against a Supposed “Fence”—Summer Residence of Prof. Brander Math- ews Entered But Extent of the Loss is Not Known Narragansett Pler, R. I, Aug 1.—Private detectives are {onight watching for evidence in a suburd of Providence. This home s the long Bought “Temce™ for the gang of thieves ‘who obiaimed more than a quarter of A mililon dellars’ _worth of jewelry here during the twenty-four hours endiag at last Saturday midnight, - the on The occupant of the house canmot the police to the theors of one of four detective agencies engaged the robberies, Detectives Chasz Vague Claws. Another detective agency is watch- Ing 2 house in Somth Boston, believing 1t 10 bo either the headguarters of the stealtng damd or ths home Mrs. J. Haman, who lowt $150,000 worth of jewels has placed case in the hands of a firm of d ces at Providence. New York detectives are e ae Semeley of Mre, Charies G ) “harles estimated a0 be worth $125~ or. detectives are still in towm, but a great number who have Been Nere were semt today (0 New York, Bostom and other polats to which more or less vague clews led. Took Servants on Autd Rides. The_detectives watching the house mear Providence are said to have a specalative commission from both the Hanans and Rumseys. According to their manager, the suspect made a specialty of taking servants on auto- mobile rides during which he seized the opportunity to odtain information of the habits of ths familles in which his guests were employed. It is claimed that the touring car which was seen near the Rumsey cot- tage Saturday night corresponds with i the machine owned by the suspect and | that the latler occupied by three ser- vants and the owner was driven through the streets of Providence on the night of the Hanan robbery at so high a speed as to attract attention. The man who is being watched is said to be suspected not only of maintain- a “fence” but also of being the ding mind of the rebberies. Prof. Mathews' Home Entered. The police discovered today that “Shingle Nook” on Central street, the summer residence of PreZ Brander Mathews of Celumbia university, was entered recently by burglars. Prof. Mathews is in Europe and the cot- tage is unoccupied. The amount of the loss by the burglary is unknown. JEWEL THIEF CAUGHT. Boston Police Overhaul Him at Fash- jonable Hotel Touraine. Boston, Aug. 1—Keen for jewelry thieves as a result of the robberies at Narragansett Pler, the police today arrested a guest at the Hotel Touraine g the attempted larceny of gems valued at $5%0. Tho prisomer, who registered at “Hon. H. B Barnet, London* was found to have left a west end lodging Thouse earlier in the day. The police think that his name is Arthur J. David and have cabled Lopdon for certain information belleving that the arrest is an important one. Rarnet had selected two stickpins and two rings, set with diamonds, at a jewelry store, and asked that they | be sent to the hotel for approval. The clerk to whom the stomes wWere en= trusted became suspicious and notifled the police and an officer accompanied him to the hotel. Barnet met them in the lobby and then on the pretense of summoning his parents, turned away. A moment later he dashed out of the hotel and into the arms of an- other policeman. DOCTOR COLLAPSES ON WITNESS STAND. Testified Regarding Death of Fourteen Year Old Girl. Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 1.—While in the midst of the most startling evidence yet produced for the state in the trial of Leo M. Frank for the alleged mur- der of Mary Phagan the 11 year old factory girl, Dr. H. F. Harris, secre- tary of the state board of health, col- lapsed late today. He recovered some- what in a few minutes, but was unable 1o resume his testimgay. Dr. Harris testified that the girl must have been killed in less than an hour after she ate her luncheon on the day before her body was discovered in the basement of the pencil factory. He sald that his esamination of the con- tents of the girl's stomach showed that the food she had eaten had not been more than partially digested. This, the state contended, proved that the girl never left the factory af- ter calling for her pay on the after- noonm of April 26. Dr. Harris said he found unmistakable evidences of vio- lent treatment shortly before the siri's death. He declared her death was due to_stransulatiqn. Shortly after this testimony the wit- | mess collapsed. At the opening of the afternocon session Judge L. S. Roan reversed his previous rulings which excluded testimony tending to show whether others connected with the fac- tory, besides Frank were nervous and excited after the discovery of the crime. MANUFACTURERS IGNORE QUESTIONS ON TARIFF Only 60 Replies Received from 2500 Sets of Questions Sent Out. Washington, Aug. T.—Most of the manufacturers of the country have izmored the lists of questions sent them by the senate finance committee in regard to their industries and _the probuble effect on them in the dem- cratic tariff revision. Senator La- Follette told the senate today that only #ix-six rteplies had been received to the 2500 sets of questions mailed by the committee to manufacturers who bad protested against proposed rates of duties and suggested that the man- ufacturers must be confident of not being hurt by the new tariff or else were not altogether frank. The Wisconsin senator, originator of the idea of sending out the ques- tions with the hope of throwing light on tariff revision, had his own list malled along with that of the com- mittee. He declared today that the few replies that had been recelved florded little information, particu- arly concerning the comparative cost of production in the United States and in competing countries, FROM GREAT LAKES TO GULF OF MEXICO Water Route for Freight and Passen- gers to Be Opened. Chicago, Aug. 1.—The first regular waterway service between the great lakes and the Gulf of Mexico will be inaugurated before Sept. 1 according ANTI-SUFFRAGIST PETITION FILED. Congressman Donovan Acts for Fair- field County Women. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, August 1.—Representa- tive Jeremiah Donovam, today filed in the house a monster petition from Bridgeport in opposition to woman suffrage. It reads as follows: The undersigned residents of Fair- field County, urge you to put the weight of your influence against any amendment to the United States Con- stitution extending the franchise. W feel strongly that the question of wom- ans’ suffrage is not a_matter for fed- eral legisiation, but should be left to the individual states to decide. Less than four per cent. of the women of Connecticut have asked for the ballot. The responsibilities of government should not be forced upon the large majority who do not desire it. We rely upon you to do your utmost to prevent the passing of a motion which is opposed to the best .judgment of 50 large a portion of the people.” The petition was addressed to Con- gressman Donovan and was over four feet long. It was signed by Mrs. A. H. Terry, Mrs. J. G. Ludlum, Mrs. M. Beach, Mrs. E. B. Hinks, Mrs. Car- oline Smith Ayers, Mrs. D. Frances Wheeler, and many others. Mr. Donovan has written to the sign- ers of the petition and assured them that he is in accord with their views and that he will do his best to carry out their wishes. FEAR OF DYNAMITE PLOT HAS SUBSIDED | Armed Guards in Copper Mine District Are Withdrawn. Calumet, Mich., Aug. 1.—Armed guards tonight were withdrawn from patrolling the Portage Lake bridge, connecting Houghton and Hancock, the fear of the authorities that there was a dynamite plot on foof, in con- nection with the strike of copper min- ers having subsided somewhat. It had been asserted by the officers in charge of the strike pairol that an attempt was on fool to sack the ex- plosive vaults of the mining com- panies and a corps of soldiers was placed on the bridge to scrutinize all persons who passed, Today when eight men arrested at Red Jacket were arraigned in a Hough- ton justice court no evidence was pre- sented and their preliminary hearing was set for August 11. Joseph Mihe- lich, from whom a capped stick .of dynamite was taken was held under $3,000 bonds and the bail of the others was fixed at one-third that amount. None of them furnished the, security. INVASION OF STATE BY THE BROWNTAIL MOTHS. State Entomologist Secures Numerous Specimens of Them. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 1—Swarms 1 Hobbyist Cabled Paragraphs Russia Cuts The Panama Exposition St. Petersburg, August, 1—The Russian government foday decided not to participate officially in the San Franecisco- expesition. Street Car Service at Panama. Panama, Aug. 1—A street car serv- ice was inaugurated here today for the second time in the history of Panama. The first line was operated during the 90s, when Panama was the first city in South America to have a sireet car service. The new com- pany is American owned. Russia Makes Denial. St. Petersbury, Aus. 1—Denial was given today to sensational reports spread abroad that the Russian gov- ernment had decided to take warlike steps against Turkey. It was stated that Russia was determined to avoid isolated action and that the present trend of events was rather in favor of a rapproachment with Austria. Venezuelan President Made Dictator Caracas, Venezuela, -August 1—In consequence of the outbreak of the revolution in Venezuela and the in- vasion of the country by forces under the leadership of former president Cipriano Castro, the federal council has constitutionally authorized Presi- dent Vicente Gomez to assume dicta- torial powers until the movement is crushed. Pope -Receives American Pilgrims. Rome, August 1—A body of thirty American Pilgrims, headed by Mer. J. H. Tihen, bishop of Lincoln, Neb., to- day visited Cardinal Diomede Falconio former apostolic delegate to the Uni- ted States. The Pilgrims were afterward re- ceived by the Pope‘and presented their Peter's pence and the Pope imparted the apostolic benediction. Germany and Panama Exposition Berlin, August 1—It was officially denied at the offices of the minister of the interior today that the German government had decided mot to par- ticipate in the Panama Exposition at San Francisco in 1915. It was declared that action on the matter had been de- ferred for probably another month but it was admitted that the chances of accepting the invitation were unfav- arable. HOUSE COMMITTEE TO GRILL MULHALL NOW. Investigation May Produce More Bit- terness Than Senate’s., Washington, Aug, 1—The senate olhy committee today completed the exaiination of Martin M. Mulhall, ex- for the Natiopal Association jof Man, facturexs amd (the grilling of at injividual = will be /trapsferred ly next week to the house end of the capitol. Chairman Garrett of the House committee announced tonight that the examination of Mulhall by his committee woujd begin Tuesday or Wednesday. The House investigation, it is be- Meved, Will produce more bitterness even than has characterized the sen- ate investization, which has been de- voted largely to the routine reading of letters in which reference was made to Mulhall’s alleged relations with members of congress. The senate committee released Mulhall today aft- er only a brief exahination by attor- neys for the National Aseociatlon of Manufacturers, and with but little cross-examination from the commit- tee, Chairman Garrett and his associates on the house side propose to begin with a searching examination of the witness. The letters will be identi- fied "In bulk,” as they were presented to the senate committee: and Mulhall wili then be put upon & direct examin- ation as to his allezed legislative matters and elections. “We will first take up the charges affecting members of the present house,” said Chairman Garrett, “then his references to members of former congresses and to employes of con- gress; and finally his alleged connec- tion with matters of legislation.” WON'T PARTIGIPATE IN PANAMA. EXPOSITION Eight Nations Have Declined—Four- teen to be Heard From. Washington, Aug. 1—Replies from 35 of the 49 nations to whom invita- tions were dispatched to part in the Panama-Pacific have been received at the partment. Twengy-seven and eight declined outright. Among the 14 governments yet undecided are several of the great powers of the world. A curious feature of the list is the recorded acceptance of-Cana- da, although Great Britain has de- clined. The countries which have ac the invitation are: Avgentina, I ja. Brazil, Canada, Chije, China, C epted ta Rica, Cube, Denmark, Dominican Re- public, Ecuador. France, Hayti, Hon duras, Japan, Liberia, Mexi Neth- erlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Salvador, Sweden and Uruguay. The following have declined: Bul- garia, Bgypt, Great Britain, Morocco, | Russia, Servia, Siamend Turkey. The countries that have not acted upon the invitation finally are: Abyssinia, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Montengro, Paraguay, Persia. Roumania, Spain, Switzerland and Venezvela. WILLIMANTIC CANDIDATE PASSES THE EXAMINATION Twenty-two Applicants Now Eligible to Practice as Physicians. New Haven, Aug. 1.—Announcement was made today that 22 persons had successfully passed the examinations to become practicing physicians in this state, as follows: A. P. Wright, Hartford: J. H. Hance, Lakewood, N. J.; F. J. Lynch, Hartford: J. F. O’'Brien, Hartford; R. H. Ryder, Waterbury; of small browntail moths came down upon this city and Water- bury last night. State Ento- | mologist, W. E. Britton of the Connec- | to the plans announced today, of a “hicago transportation company. The proposed service will be for both pas- sengers and freight. The plans of the company provide for transporting freight and passen- gers from Chicago to La Salle, Ilis,, by barges, routed through the drainage canal and the IHlinols and Michigan canal. At La Salle a transfer will be made from barges to steamers, which will continue down the Illincls and Mississippi‘river to New Orleans. Bombardment of Wu-Sung Forts Shanghia, Aug. 1—Admiral Teeng, commander of the government fleet, formally the consular and cue- toms officials that it was his intention to bombard the Wu-Sung forts to- night. All the northern reinforcements have arrived at the arsenal and two thousand loyal troops from Hangkow bave arrived at Shanghal. ticut Experiment Station here got | specimens today and he identified the | visitor as the spruce moth which is | common In eastern Canada and north- | ern New York state. Large swarms | are often carried long distances by the wind. the visitant to this state, The moth is very destructive to spruce trees and balsam fir but as there are few (rees of those varieties hereabouts the moths are hardly Hkely to bring harm, The moth lays eggs on spruces but if 1aid on other trees they do not live, Occaslonally the caterpillar of the moth 18 found upon spruce used for garden ornamentation, Last year the experiment station at Orono, Me., Is- sued a bulletin on the moth and this moth at Philadelphia was Jarge that the moths wettling on a rail- road track stopped a train. ‘This is probably the case with | Md.; L. H. Frost, Willimantic: M. J. Hor- tz, Bridgeport: Degman, South. ington; D. J. Knowlton, Greenwic J. H. Greene, Waterbury; R. I. Downs, Riverhead, I.. L; R. F. Lawless, ford;: H. A. Conte, New Haven: E. L. Rochfort ew Haven: J. S. Sagrino, Hartford: F. Herz, New Haven; J. C. Barker, New Haven; R, T Alpert, Haven; J. E. Kenny, Baltimore, 1. P, Greely, Simsbury; W, H. O’Erfen, New Haven and W. M. Kraus, New York. New Steamship Arrival Antwerp, July §1—Arrived: Steamer faniton, Philadelphia. Bremen, July 31—Arrived: Steamer XKoln, Baltimore, Trieste, July 81—Arrived: Steamer Tyrolla, Montreal, Liverpool, July 81-—Arrived: Steamer it | Tunistan, Montreal, mentloned a newspaper story to the ef- | feet’that last summer a visitation of | S( Queenstown, August 1—Arrjved; camer Celtie, New York for Liver. 80 | pool, New York, Aug l—Arrlved, steam er Baltic, Liverpool, activities in | To Discuss the New Haven Case THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL COM- ING TO BOSTON. WILL - MEET ASSISTANT May Determine Whether or Not to Defer Proceedings Against the Road Byrne to Head the Steamship Lines. Boston, Aug. 1.—There were further developments of interest in connection with the reorgamization of the New York, New Haven and Hartford r: road today. It was learned that torney General in the city tomorrow and it is expec ed that he will confer with Assistant Attorney General Jesse C. Adkins and T. W. Gregory. a special agent of tne department of justice, who have been At- McReynolds would be Pennsylvania Has a Deluge RAINFALL CAUSES A LOSS OF $100,000 HEAVY RAILROAD WASHOUTS Miles of Track Swept Away—Freight Train Buried and Many Bridges by Mauntain-slide—Ng Lives Lost: Stroudsburg, Pa., Aug. 1—Strouds- and Delawate Water Gap were {ternoon the center of a storm said to be unprecedented in this E of this section. Seven and one- | half inches of rain fell between 12.30 and 3 o'clock, doing damage estimated at more than $100,000. No lives have { been reported lost. Manunka Chunk, Pen Argyle, Portland and Bangor were among ihe other towns to suffer se- one cent a word or one dollar. It nouncements what they do not —in fact sofme of them repel trade. while but ifi the end it fails. The atmosphere of the salesroom. they will prove to be successful cheapest. Following is a summary of the ing the past week: mines whether advertising is cheap or not; expert in looking through advertisements readily recognizes the quic and the dead. for they are always in evidence, and the dead fail as advertisers because it is impossible for them to put into business an- which lack life are never cheap because they do not attract CHEAP ADVERTISING While most people think they know cheap advertising they do not. The cheapest advertising for any business man is that which gives the largest return in proportion to cost whether the price for space was is not the first but the final resuits. cost which deter- An possess themselves., Advertisements business for that Trick cheapest advertising -pays advertisement a is which combines honor and honesty in the description and prices of goods and which represents the true condition Vorite advertisements and thes; of goods and the real ° advertisements this way and are al Vs in For _advertising rates procure a card from The Bulletin office, which gives the price of space in small or large quantiti news printed in The Bulletin dur- Bulletin Telegraph Local General Tota/ 1§ Saturday, July 26.. 131 156 960 1247 Monday, July 28.. 168 137 273 578 Tuesday, July 29.. 134 154 267 555, Wedresday, July 30.. 139 115 218 472 i} Thursday, July 315, 428 126 279 533 Friday, AYP'. des 131 122 237 490 Totals ... o <834 810 2234 3875 here for several days studying New England railroad situation. May Act on Elfiott’s Request. It is thought probable that while Mr. McReynolds 15 here, something definite will be determined regarding the i quest of President-elect Hpward liott of the New Haven thal any pro- posed proceedings against the com- pany under the Sherman act, be de- ferred until opportunity has been af- steamship mainta the railroad company. Th service, it wag stated, is t reorganized nd the dep: ministered as independently road as possible, the plan being to have t operated like the Boston ind Maine | railroad, a subsidiary of the New Ha- ven. | Reorganization Well ince it was annc ced recently that Viee President Byrnes would leave the New Haven road there has been much speculation as to what he would do. It was id that the fact that the. position would permit him to live |in " Boeston influenced him to becoma | the head of the steamship lines. Tt is also stated that the reorganiz: | tion of the marine department of lines now Under Way. CONEY ISLAND WAITERS WORE BATHING SUITS. Storm Floods Hotels and Guests on the Tables. New York, in many Aug. 1—The worst storm years at Coney Island flood- sort late tod: Rivers ran in Surf avenue, the water rising over the curb line and rowboats were used as a means of escape by some of the thousands marooned in hotels along the thoroughfare where they had fled for shelter when the sterm broke. In one hotel rathskeller where the fioor was under two feet of water some of the guests remained and sat on _the tables while waiters got into bathing suits and served them. A fishing schooner with forty persons on board which put off from Sheepshead bay | had not returned at a Jate hour to- | night and because of the heavy sea that was running some anxiety was felt concerning her. It was thought probable however, that she had put into a near haven. SMOKING FORBIDDEN ON NEW YORK CARS. Open Cars Only Ones Exempt Under Order Just Promulgated. 1—Smoking on all ew York except the cars used in summer was by the Public Service Commission. “The order also prohibits smoking or carrying lighted cigars, clgareites or plpes on station platforms, stairways, walting rooms and car barns of all traction lines in New York city. For some time pest an antl-smoking crusade has been weged by certain societies and indi- viduals, Attempted Blackmail of Lord. London, Aug. 1-—A German cierk named Cromeroton was arrested here today charged with attempting to blackmafl Lord Rethschlld, 1t is al- leged that Cremerskoten (hreatened to murder Lord Rothechild unless he gave him §180,000. New York, types of ¢ old style open prolibited today forded the new management to S out a policy in harmony with the Iaw. Byrnes to Head Steamship Lines. It was also stated today by clo: friends of Timotby E. Byrnes, former vice president of the New Haven that Mr, Byrnes would be the head of the | > | other place | New Haven is well under way ang | will be carried out substantially as | | recommended by the Interstate Com- merce Commission. Sit | verely. Hotels at the Delaware Water { Gap, many of them crowded with sum- mer visitors, were badly damaged. Railroads Heavy Losers. Ther railroads were the los Miles of track were out on the Delaware, Lackawanna and | Wes the Pennsylvania the 'k, Susquehanna and Western. At Manunka Chunk the tracks of the Pennsylvania were carried away for a distance of 200 feet and a gully more than 50 feet deep was cut through the |roadbed. Seven bridges were washed laway on the Bangor and Portland branch of the Lackawanna railroad, ° | All trains on the Pennsylvania railroad | were annulled north of Belyidere and it is not expected that service can be resumed before tomorrow afternoon. The hotels at Portland, this city and e crowded tonight with pa engers from the trains which are stalled. Lackawanna Tunnel Caved In. Wire communication with Manunka Chunk, where the storm is believed to have been the worst, aralyzed, and |a report that the Lac nna. tunnel there had caved in could not be c firmed. Along the Delaware river [ that vicinity several hundred camping | parties were washed out and their | tents blown down. A Mountain Slide. t the point of the gap, n: re Water Gap, thousands of ton: ar Dela- of FORMER MAID HELD IN SHOOTING CASE. Said to Have Threatened Woman Who Discharged Her. | Man., Aug. l—Attracted { the cries of a child which had | awakened and found her mother miss- ghbors today found the body »f Mrs, David Fine tein, prominent lo- house with a serious bullet wound in the head. Two persons are being held by the police for an investigation, | Carrie Duggan and Tony Egan. According to the police, the Duggan girl, who formerly was a maid in the Finestein home, was dismissed recent- |1y and was heard to threaten Mrs. | Finestein. Mr. Finestein was in Ke- {nora, Ont, on business when shooting occurred. | MRS. HARRY THAW FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION Chief Creditors Are Woman’s Tailor- ing Concern and Silversmiths. | voluntary petition In bankruptey in the federal district court here this af- ternoon. Her liabilitles she schedules as §S sts as $250, Tepre- | sented household furniture. Her chiet she states, are a wo- man's tailoring establishment to whom she owes $2,864 for gowns, and a firm of silversmiths who recently oblaln- ed a judgment of §2,569 agaiusi her. Whsels to Stop in Brady's Memory, New Y. 19.—~The body of Anthony N, -, finunciers who dled in London on July arrived hera today, It was taken from the liner at quarantine mnd transferred by tug- bort to shors, where It was placed on # speelal train for Albany, The body will be buried in that ety tomorrow, In Mr Brady's memery every wheel on the ‘lines of (he Hroeklyn Rapid Transit company will be stopped for one minute mt # o'clock (omorrow morning, Cincinnati voted in favor of a new charter., S i A 25 cents a ton advance on*aoal took effect in Boston yesterday. More than 16,000 persons are affected by a strike in 64 textile factories in Spain. About 2,500" pounds of hog casings were seized in Chicago under the pure food law by Federal authorities. Helen Cummings, 17 yvears old, at- tempted suicide in Yonkers, by drink- ing hair dye. She will probably re- cover. The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance restricting carbaret shows and prohibiting dancing in restau- rants. The Liverpool, N. Y.; postoffice was robbed for the sixth time in six years. The invaders escaped with $600 in stamps. Herbert Feidmier netted a live duck, while crabbing at-Sayville, L. I The duck had submerged itself to avoid the surface rush. Twelve children at play have been burned to death in Brooklyn this sum- mer while wearing fringed Indian and cowboy suits. ..The first of the Long Island crop of cherry tomatoes arrived at New York from the estate of W. J. Baker at Freeport, L. 1. Investigation of the hard coal trust proposed in a resolution yester- by Representative Murray, of achusetts. Traffic through the American and n dollars is left to Milliken Univer: 11, by Mrs. Anns B. Milliken, widow of James Milliken, founder of the institution. Nearly a mill A referendum by post card is being heid in Wilmette, IIl, to decide whether the Northwestern Hlevated Railroad may construct in that village. The steamer Erik, with the Donald B. MacMillan Arctic expedition on board, sailed from John's, N. F,, for Crocker Land yesterday. A bolt of lightning yesterday after- noon set fire to the home of Adolph Schinman in King Road, Bristol, Conn, and it was burned with contents. Four thousand employes of the Met- ropolitan Street Raiiway of Kansas . Mo., will rec2ive a 5 per cent. in- ;se in wages taking effect yester- jd The present model of rifle used by the United States army should have a life of usefulness of at least ten years in the opinion of the ordinance offi- cers. A creditor’s petition in bankruptey was filed in the United States district court at Providence vesterday, against the Consumers Rubber Co., of Bristol, BT Lawrence J. Goodale, the oldest practicing lawyer in Northern New York, died at Watertown, N. Y., yes- terday at the -age of ninety-eight ve William Vincent Astor will pay the ate of New York a tax of $2,7411,833 upon his inheritance of $88,959,599 from | the estate of his father, the late John | Jacob Astor. The historic old eilm trees in the Wkite House grounds, which were tlown over in Wednesday's storm will not be reset. Instead younger trees will be planted. Mrs. Fannie Castagram of Hartford, is in St. Francis hospital with two serious wounds in the thigh, inflicted |she declares by a fork in the hands {of her husband. | William R. Clough, first vice-presi- dent and a member of the executive committee, is to be the successor of | Howard Elliott as head of the North- ern Pacific railway. | Samuel B. Hann, national bank ex- niner for the Baltimore and Wash- | ington district, has resigned. He will {become connected with the Fidelity Trust Co. of Baltimore | the .mountainside slid away, carrying | with it vards of a concrete embank- ment which supported the roadway and | ving the Lackawanna tracks and of freight train that was pass- ing under 30 feet of earth. all y 4 e | ALY lplue f another sportionofedhie | Lo e 00 e orvet00i000 to: her it the | The District of Columbia commis- sioners sent to Congr a recommen- | @ation that inebriates and drug users, upon being convicted, be sent to a | Federal hospital and forced to work. | s fime o Wayor Severson «f | Highwood, Tlls. was destroyed by fire vesterday. It is believed to have been due to incendiarl incited by ihe mayor's recent opposition to “hlird | pig” in the village Mary, 7-year old daughter of Anton Erickson of the township of Bristow, died yesterday from the effects rattlesnake bite. The child was attacked by the reptile while she was | picking blackberries. amounting to $645,000 Public gifts | were contained in the will of Mrs. |Jane F. Brown, of Providence Mrs. Brown, widow of Joseph R. Brown, left an estate valued at $1,200,000. The mere shortage of ice is not just- ification of an increase in the price | charged at retail acgording to Attor- ney General James M. Swift, of Massachusetts, who vesterday issusd a report of his investigation of the ice situation. Condensed Teiecrams : WIISOH': FI’UW"S “On House Plan OPPOSED TO AGITATION MEXICAN MATTER. OF BY THE AMBASSADOR Opposed to His Appearance Befors the Committees on Foreign Relations— _Latter Not Like]y to Go Baock. Washington, Aug. 1.—Developments in the Mexican situation today were confined to efforts on the part of the administration to prevent unnecessary agitation over the situation, So far as the United States is in- formed, Toth the federals and consti- tutionalit 5 are complying with the desire of the American government for the protection of foreigners and their property, and there is a hopeful feel- ing manifest in official circles that efferts of influential Mexicans to bring about peace may be successful. President Opposed to Haste. In the meantime President Wilson and his advisers are opposed to any attempt to force American government into any hasty declaration of policy. Secretary Bryan promptly denied to- day a story that European govern- ments are pressing the United States to action. On the authority of the president himself, it is known that the only documents from foreign powers to the United States on the subject in recent months were those transmit- ted when the. diplomatic representa- tives in Mexico City recently gave a description of conditions in the re- publie to their home governments with the request that the information be conveyed to the United States. The president has told the inquirers with- in the last 24 hours that in no case ‘was there any suggestion or intimation of action desired, but merely a recital of conditions. Mexican Discussion Deplored. To prevent any aggravation of the situation which in the view of officlals here is slowly adjusting itself, the ad- ministration, it became known, does not look favorably on the proposal to have Ambessador Henry Lane Wilson appear before the house committee on foreign affairs. Administration offi- cials did not think it compatible with the public interest to have Ambassa- dor Wilson appear before the senate committee on foreigm relations, not because they hesitated in any way to submit the reports he had made, but because the feeling is growing among them that he is a factor in objectionable discussion in Mexico. The ambassador is known to hold views at variance with those of the president and Secretary Bryan and it is said on good authority that information is in possession of the state department contradicting in many essentials the reports of Ambassador Wilson. Wilson Not Likely to Go Back. For this reason it is believed that when Chairman Flood of the house committee on foreign affairs consults the president or Secretary Bryan about summoning the ambassador before the committee he will be informed that while no objection exists to the idea of allowing the house committee the same information which the ambassa- dor gave the senate committee, the administration is strongly desirous not to agitate the situation any further, especially in view of the fact that Mr. ‘Wilson is not likely to go back to Mexico as the American ambassador. News was scant in Mexican circles about the progress of the peace sug- gestions that are passing to and fro between some of the leaders of the two factions in Mexico. MEXICANS TAKE ACTION, Discuss Situation and Name'a Com- mittee of Intervention. Mexico City, Aug. 1.—The members of the chamber of deputies belonging to what is known as the reform group, who favor some plan for getting the government and the rebels together with a view to settling the trouble in the republic, discussed the situation to- day and named a committee of inter- vention which will endeavor to_ place the suggestions of the deputies before President Huerta. The committee in- cludes Luis Manuel Rojas, second vice president of the chamber of deputies, who last April sent formal charges to Secretary of State Bryan at Washing- ton alleging that the American am- bassador to Mexico, Henry Lane Wil- son, was morally résponsible for the deaths of President Madero and Vice President Suarez. A persistent rumor here is to the ef- fect that as a basis for peace forces are at work to induce President Huerta to resign in favor of a man acceptable to both sides and who later will call an election. The rumor is without con- firmation. Another rumor in eirculation is that Gen. Felix Diaz, special ambassador to Japan to thank the Japanese govesn- ment for its participation in the Mexi- can centenntal in 1910, has been re- called. General Diaz is now as Los Angeles, Cal. WILSON IN NEW YORK. Ambassador to Mexico Awaits Order of President. New York, Aug. 1—Henry Lane Wilson, ambassador to Mexico is hers awaiting for a summons from officlal Washington before returning to the national capital. He was undecided tonight how long he would remain in New York but announced his intention of remaining in the country and with- George H. Mann of Woodville, a prominent merchant of that town, and a former well known Boston & Maine conductor, committed suicide at the New Hampshire State Hospital, Thursday evening by strangling him- self with a napkin. Joseph Shetler, a barber at' Bliom- ington, I, will file c’aim for the $200, 000 estate of William Henry Lee, the publisher who dled a2t Chicago recently leaving no will and supposedly without heirs. Shetier announced Friday that ke was a half brother of Lee, Ynaro Haffaslla, six years old, was taken into custedy by = the Chicago police yesterday and confessed that he shot and mortally wounded James Paullllo, five years cld. The boy said he shot the vietim because the latter struck him on the head with a stone a week ago. The charge of manslaughter lrnlt Charies J. Doherty, engineer the second mection of the Springfield ex- press on the New Haven road, which ran Into the firat mectlon at Stamford o dune canusing the death of six v wan dismissed in the Stamford ©court yesterday, in call of the president, Secretary Bryan and the Senate and House com- mittees on foreign relations. “The president told me to take a vacation and I am trying to do so, but I am having a hard time doing it,” Mr. ‘Wilson said, commenting on the in- definiteness of his plans during the time the administration is considering the Mexican situation. Lower Express Rates Ordered. San Franeisco, Aug. 1.—The state rallroad commission of CaMfornia or- dered reductions today in the express rates of Wells Furgo and Company amounttng to a cut of $750,000 from present. annual revenues. Bvery rate of the company in this state s abol- ished by the order, which is effective Oct. 14 and over three million new rates devised by the commission on & ten mile gone basis are ordered ef- foctlve at that time. Stole Money Raised For Father. Trenton Aug. 1—Charged with steal- llla 3100 raised by friends to buy his fal cork legs, John F. Schroeder, son of Charles Schroeder, formerly & fireman was arrested today. Y Im o5 any -