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< N, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1913 ~ PRICE_TWO CENTS _ MRS. SULZER DID THE SPEGULATING Unconfirmed Story That She Assumes All Blame ~ For Wall Street Transactions SHE USED SOME OF THE CAMPAIGN MONEY Household Needed Money, Mrs. Sulzer Thought—Governor Knew Nothing of Her Wall Street Accounts Until Short- ly Before Frawley Investigation Began—He Would Not Permit Her to Make Public Statement Then—Legisla- ture In Session Until Early This Morning Atbany, N. Y., Aug. 13.—The lower house of the New York legislature met tonight tq vote on 'Majority Leader Levy’s resolution to impeach Governor Sulzer on charges of wilful and corrupt conduct in office and high crimes and misdemeanors. The democratic organization claimed more than enough votes to adopt the resolution. Governor Sulzer’s friends made no claims: The first roll call in- dicated the correctness of the orsan- ization’s claim. Eighty-five democrats, nine more than the necessary majority, answered to their names. Another reached the chamber after roll call Less than half a dozen of these were expected to vote against the measure. Governor’s Friends Plinned Fight. Republican and progressive leaders, the governor's erstwhile political foes and now his sole champions, save for & corporal’s gnard of independent dem- ocrats, planned a sawage fight on the resolution. Indications at midmight were that the session would last all night. On the eve of the governor’s probable im- peachment the story was spread broadcast throughout the capital that Mre. Sulzer had assumed all blame for the revelations brought out by the Frawley investizating committee con- cerning the governors transactions in Wan streeot. Mrs. Sulzer Assumes Blame. Mrs, Sulger's statement was made, according to this story, to Senator Palmer of Milton. She is quoted as having told him this afternoon: “I am wholly to blame for this whole af- fai Although the story was the property of the city tonight, apparently no one could be found who would be quoted as confirming it. Governor Sulzer re- ferred all inquirers to Semator Pal- Senator ‘democrat | and volunteered to make a public statement detailing them. This the governor. emphaticaily refused to per- mit. When the testimony concernnig’ the Wall street transactions was brought out by the committee in New York, Mrs. Sulzer again insisted, ac- cording to the story, that she tell all and save her husband. Advised to Remain Silent. On the advice of Judge James Gay Gordon of Philadelphia, who was Gov- ernor Sulzer's attorney in the Mignon Hopkins breach of promise case, and Attorney Louis Marshall, Mrs., Sulzer, it is said, was persuaded to remain silent. Judge Gordonm, it was learned today, has been a guest at the e: tive mansion for several days, advis: both the governor and Mrs. Sulzer. Motion to Defer. Mrs. Sulzer's alleged statement was made the subject of a motion by Mi- nority Leader Hinman shortly before 2 o'clock, that fprther consideration of the impeachment proceedings be de- ferred till Wednesday. The motion was declared defeated by an aye and nay vote, and was followed by a roll call on a motion to reconsider the Vote by which the original motion was lost. Lacks Three Votes to Impeach. The roll call on Hinman's resolution to reconsider, first test tonight of the strength of the democratic organiza- tion, resulted in its defeat by a vote of 73 to 49. This indicated that the organization lacked three votes of a majority, which is necessary to impeach. No Vote Till Early This Morning. Indications were at 2 o'clock this morning that the assembly would not reach a vote on the Sulzer impeach- ment resolution for an hour or more. Crowds Stormed the Capitol. A throng eclipsing any that has stormed the capitol in the memory of Cabied Paragraphs - Attacks Upon Non-Strikers. Genoa, Italy, Aug. 12.—Savage scenes were enacted here today In the course of an attack on the headq of the non-strikers by the strikers who compose the majority of the laborers in this city. Strike Almost General at Pisa. Pisa, Italy, Aug. 12.—This is the only city in Italy where the strike has be- come almost general. Several con- flicts occurred today between the strik- ers and the police and both sides sus- tained many casualties. Succor Reached Camel Corps Surviv- ors, £ Aden, Arabia, Aug. 12.—Succor was brought on August 10 to the small remnant of the camel corps of Brit- ish native troops which hag lost many officers and men killed or wounded in a battle in the British Samaliland, protectorate with followers of the Mad Mullah, One Chinese Governor Stilt*Rebellious. Peking, Aug. 12—While the restor- ation of order by the government troops is reported from most of the centers of the recent Chinese rebellion, the governor of the province of Kiang- Si is trying to organize fresh opposi- tion to the government of Yuan Shi Kal. He declines scornfully to fol- low the example of Suang Sing and Dr. Sun Yat Sen, now in Japan, who are described by the government as “pitiful cowards.” DISCOVERED CONNECTICUT IS ON THE MAP. Walsh’s Appointment Hhas Broken the Ice in Federal Appointments. (Special to The Bulletin.) ‘Washington, Aug. 12.—The members of the congressional delegation now Dpresent express their pleasure in the pointment of Walsh, as it was pleasure revenue collector for the district of Connecticut. As one member said, it was not so much pleasure at the ap- pointment of Welsh as it was pleasure at the breaking of the ice in the mat- ter of federal appoinments for Con- necticut, this being the first oné made outside of the postal service. The hope is expressed that as the president has at last discovered that Connecticut is on the map he will con- sider the appoinment of a district judge, and several other officers that the delegation has recommended. 1 DEMOCRATIC SOMERSAULTING. Senator Mclean so Styles Mr. Under- wood’s Reply to McLean’s Charges. (Special to The Bulletin.) ‘Washington, Aug. 12.—When Senator McLean's attention was called to the answer of Leader Underwood to the charge made my him that Mr. Under- wood had not kept the promise made to the Connecticut people before the mer; Palmer declined either to | the oldest attendant poured through | election, he gave out the following confirm or flaflg‘“ to interyiewers. He | its stone doorways. Two hours before | statement: 1s reported as having told the story to time set for calling the‘assembly{ —“In Mr. Underwood's reply to my a select coterie of the governor's sup- According to other friends in whom Mrs. Sulzer has confided, she has de- clared she used some of the governor's campaign contributions because she felt that the household “was in need of money.” Statement Expected. It is reported that Mrs. Sulzer is preparing a detailed statement for publication tomorrow. In this state- ment she is said te have itemized all her transactions in- Wall street in which any ef the governor's campaign funds were involved. Unknbwn to Governor. Governor Sulzer, it is said, knew pothing about his wife’'s dealings on the stock exchange until shortly be- revelations, his friends say, he refused to believe them, ridiculed them as a hoax and branded them as an at- tempt to secure his resignation. Later, when it was seen that the Frawley committee was in earnest in its investigation, Mrs. Sulzer, it is de- clared, told the governor of her actions to order the first-comers had taken their stand outside the railing in the assembly chamber. Hundreds were standing at 7.80 o'clock. At 8 o'clock the great doors to the assembly cham- ber were closed in the face of a grumbling crowd in the corridors. The galleries were packed as seldom be- fore. Hundreds of women were among the crowd. The opening hour found men and ‘women standing eight deep in the cor- ridor leading to the assembly chamber. The' capitol orderlies, vnable to handle the crowd, were hastily reinforced by a detachment of uniformed men from police headquarters. Newspaper men secured access to the chamber by a roundabout way through the burned portion of the building. The first roll call indicated that the organization had the votes to carry out its programme to impeach the gov- ernor before adjournment. One hundred and twenty-two mem- bers answered to their names, as fol- lows: Democrats, 85. Republicans, 35. Progressives, 2. CONDEMNS EUGENIC LAWS PROPOSED HERE Doctor at London Congress Thinks We Are Going Too Fast. London, Aug. 12 —“Heredity” was the subject of a paper read at the tional medical congress yester- by Prof. Wiltiam Bateson, who was lecturer at Yale university 1907 and former professor of bi- ogy at Cambridge university. He ought too much blame for the in- of lunacy had been attributed the excessive strain of the modern ruggle for life and to the use of ohol and drugs. No doubt, he ar- , there was some justification for Is assumption, but those acquainted ith genetic physiology knew that the cause of the spread of lunacy lay the preservation of definite strains their Great Pritain’s new ental deficiency bill was a begin ng of reform on the lines of heredity, said the lecturer, butgadded: “] should be sorry to see adopted the violent methods put to use in some parts of the United States. It is one thing to the reproduction of hopeless defectives, but another to or- wholesale ganize tampering with the structure of the, population, such as will follow if any marriage not re- ffld&l by s as eugenlc is iable to prohibition. Nothing yet ascentained genetic scienceg jus- tifieg such a course, and we may well wonder bow genius and the arts will fare in a2 community copstructed ac- cording to the ideas of such legisla- tors as, we are told, propose this meas- ure in Pes ivania and New Jersey.” MYSTERY IN SHOOTING IN BALTIMORE FAMILY Julian Edmund Shot Sister-in-Law, Then Himssif. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 12.—After shooting his sister-in-law, Miss Elean~ or Cole, 33 years old, daughter of the chief assessor of the appeal tax court, today, Julian Edmund, 37 years old, sent a hullet Into his own body, Both are reported to be in adyingcondi- The police have been unable to get ; any other tham meagre statements members of the family, and these to the effect that the tragedy was far as the S’huofinf of oopcerned, They claim seen what had been urned the weapon on Rush to Buy State Bonds. B¢, Paul, Minn, Aug, 12,—Hundreds of dollars worth of the $100,000 state educational bonds were paid to the public “over the counter” at the eap- itol yesterday. Although the sale did “AFFINITY” EARLE IN TROUBLE AGAIN His Third Wife Has Begun Divorce Proceedings. London, Aug. 12—Dora of the l3ugh- ing brown eyes, third wife and un- numbered affinity of Ferdinand Pin- ney Earle, New York poet, artist and record Wwooer, is about to seek her freedom. She said she actually has suit in New York for an ab- solute Aivorce, basing her action on evidence she says she has obtained of his bebavior on the Continent since she parted from him in March. Mrs, Barle declined to anticipate by publication the specific evidence she is reserving for the court. even the name of the co-respondent being with- held. No papers in a divorce action were made public Sunday here or in the county clerk’s office in_Goshen, nge county. The Farle family is rich, having inherited the estate of Gen. Ferdinand Rarle, which included | the Hotel Normandie in New York. MOB HANGS NEGRO AND . FILLS BODY WITH BULLETS Laurens, S. C.. Lynchers Overpower Sheriff and Break Into Jail. Laurens, S. C.. Aug. 12.—Protesting his innocence to the last Richard Puck- ett, a young nesro charged with at- tacking a youns white woman of the | community, was taken from the jail here early today and lynched. His swinging body afterward was perforated with bullets from the re- volyers of more than 2000 men who composed the mob. The sheriff de- clared Puckett had confessed his crime. The negro, just before he was lynched, protested his innocence. The mob over-. powered the sheriff and his deputies, breaking down the jail door and tear- ing to pieces a steel cage in which Puckett was confined. CORN CROP BURNING UP. Rain Everywhere Except in the Great Middle West, Where It Is Greatly Needed. Washington, Aug, 12.~A general rain that brought a materfal drop in temperature iz sweeping over practi- cally the entire country today east of the Rocky mountains, ex: the great middls west where 1t most needed, . In the region Iincluding Texas, Ok. lahorm , Missouri, Nebraska, nOtithth Tilinele add part oF ASRRBSAr, where thers have besn no rains for seyeral weelts, the corn erop is prae- tisally burning up and weather bureau officials see no immediate prospect for relief, = Along corn belt, is the Atlantle coast and not begin until 10 o'clock 52 persons | throughout the great lake region thers were in at 7,30, of whom 24 wers | has been a drop of 37 degrees since charge, made in the senate, that he had broken and repudiated his promise made in Connecticut, he does not deny the accuracy of my quotations from his speech in Waterbury, but tries to avold their convincing force by Insist- ing that his bill complies with his promises, and undertakes to show that in one instance the difference in the cost of production in this country and abroad is equalled by the tarlff rate in his bill. What I said was that Mr Underwood promised in Waterbury to revise the tariff upon the cost of pro- dpction theory, and I quoted his own language to prove it. I also quoted his subsequent report to prove that he and the finance committee of the senate had emphatically rejected the cost of production theory in the pending re- vislon. If therefore the rate upon a single article made in Connecticut heppers to equal the cost of produc- tion here and abroad, it will be a pure matter of accident, provided Mr. Un- derwood”s theory ~of tariff revision since his election has been adhered to, and there is no question about that. “This democratic somersaulting on the tariff question has become such a confirmed habit that the gentlemen re- sponsible for it, when caught standing on their heads, insist that the order of nature has been reversed and that heads were made to stand on. I think they will find themselves mistaken.” JAPAN LOSES NAVAL SECRET. Offers Reward of $1,000 for Recovery of Torpedo Lost Off Irish Coast. London, Aug. —Japan is afraid that one of her most important naval secrets will fall into the hands of a rival power through the loss of a tor- pedo from the new battleship Kongo on her trial trip receatly off the Irish coast. The Japanese government has offer- ed a reward of $1,000 for the recovery of the torpedo. This is five times the amount usually offered by the British government in similar circumstances. The explanation, according to the Pall Mall Gazette, is that the torpedos of the Kongo are unique in construction and that they embody important se- crets of construction. This newspaper says tie torpedo has a much longer range and is more dead- ly than the newest style of British tor- pedo. It is said to be propelled by en- gines worked by heated air generated { by a spirit the composition of which is the discovery of Japanese scientists and unknown to the outside world, SWIN‘DLE WOMAN OF $82,000. Mrs. Barnum of Rochester, Aged 85, . Victim of Fake Stock Tranaction. Chicago, Aug. 12.—Mrs. Sarah Bar- num, 85 years old. of Rochester, N. Y., was swindled out of $82,000 by two Chicago women and a man, $32,000 of it while visiting here. The persons named in the warrants issued by Judge Goodnow are Frances. Waldo, Kalla Walo and Henry Russel. The aged woman was the victim of fake stocks, bonds and mortgage transactions. She is penniless as a result of the swindle. - She is almost prostrated in a Michigan summer cottage. The spe- cific amount mentioned in the war- rants is $18,000. This, according to tha sheriff, wae the last portior. of the $82,000 obtained by the swindlers. NO GAMBLING AT SARATOGA. Not One Law Violation at Race Mest- ing, Sulzer is Told, + Albany, Aug, 12—Distriet Attorney L B, McKelvey of Saraloga county has informed Governor Sulzer that not a single violation of {he anti-gambling law had some to his aitentlion since the racing season opencd at Saratoga. He says a close watch by 20 deputies’ of his own and “the Pinkertons” de- tailed by the Racing assoclation itself, ‘hesides the watchers for the various reform organizations, has failed to dis- cover one instance of gambling. 1 | Tobacco Trust Has Increased HAS NOT BEEN DISSOLVED BY SUPREME COURT DECREE ( FOUR CONTROL TRADE Monopoly, Now is Greater Than Ever Before, Declares Senator Hitchcock— Tohacco Schedule Approved ‘Washington, Aug. 12.—That the to- bacco trust, instead of being dissolved by the decree of the supreme court of the United States, -has increasea- its monopolistic control of tobacco manu- factures was asserted in the senate today by Senator Hitchcock of Ne- praska in discussing the tobacco sched- ule of the tariff bill. Announcing that he intended later to.press his amendment to the tariff bill, which would place a graduated income tax on tobacco production, Senator Hitchcock, who bolted the democratic party caucus on the tariff, sald he intended also to discuss the propriety of that caucus in restraining its members from supporting his amendment. Control of Tobacco Trade. “I wish to call attention,” the sena- tor said, “to_the restraint and monop- oly exercised by a few great manufac- turing concerns over the tobacco pro- duction of this country. I propose to show that four great concerns, divided by the decree of the supreme court, now owned by the same stockholders, and operating in close accord. exercise a greater monopoly in tobacco trade than ever before.” Reading from statistics furnished by the secretary of the treasury, he de- clared that these four concerns manu- factured last year 71 3-5 per cent. of all tobacco manufactured in the United States; that three of them manufac- tured 90 per cemt. of all the small cigars, and three 85 3-4 per cent. of all the cigarettes. Common People Want Curbed. “If the common people are in ear- nest, and I believe they are,” he added, “they want this monopoly curbed, If the United States is in earnest, it ought not to permit any rule of a party caucus to restrain a senator from vot- ing for a measure that will put a stop to this deflance of a judicial decree, and restore a condition of competition in the world in tobacco manufactures.” The tobacco schedule was approved by the senate without amendment, the metal schedule was completed with the exception of some paragraphs which the finance committee had pass- ed for further consideration, and the sugar schedule was passed over be- cause of the illness of Senator Rans- dell of Louisiana. Debate on Agricultural Schedule. Then debate was begun on the agri cultural schedule, one of the sections most vigorously assailed by the sena- tors of the minority. Senator Gronna of North Dakota opened this discussion and proposed in lieu of free listing cattle a rate of $1.50 a head on cattle less than a year old, $3 a head on cattle valued at not more than $14, and 20 per cent. ad valorem on_cattle valued at more than $14. Senator Lane of Oregon sald the principal reason for free listing cattle was that there were not sufficient cat- tle in this country to supply the do- mestic demand. Free List for Cattle. The committee amendment for the free listing cattle was sustained, 38 to 31, Senator Thornton of Louisiana voting with the republicans against the amendment. This was the first time a democrat had voted against the party amendments. All the progressive republicans voted against free cattle. Monopoly BANQUET ENDS BETHLEHEM’S OLD HOME WEEK. Hundreds Returned to Scenes of Their Nativity. Bethlehem, Conn., Aug. 12.—Bethle- hem’s old home week, which called hundreds of her children back to the scenes of their nativity was brought to a close today with a_ banquet to which some six hundred persons sat down and at which speeches of a reminiscent and congratulatory nature were delivered by several of the guests. The celebration began Sunday with appropriate religious and commemora.- tive services in the churches and con- tinued through yesterday, which was designated on the programme as vis- itors day. MUST HAVE COURT ORDER IN SCHRANK CASE To Enable Would-Be Assassin to De- fend Foreclosure Suit. Oshkosh, Wis,, Aug. 12.—Dr. Adin Sherman, superintendent of the North- ern Hospital for the Insane, said to- day that John Schrank, who attempted to assassinate Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee, will not be removed from the hospital except upon order of the municipal court, from which he was committed. Schrank is involved in bankruptcy procéedings in New York city and a foreclosure has been started on a flat which is mortgaged. The question was whether Schrank would be permitted to return to New York to protect his property interests. DIAZ WILL GO BY TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY Government Orders Compel Him to Change Plans. Vancouver, B. S., Aug. 12.—Felix Diaz will not sail tomorrow by the Empress of Russia for Japan. Instead he will, with his party, tour Quebec, London; Paris, Berlin,” Vienna and St. Petersburg and reach Japan by the trans-Siberian railway. As an explanation, the Mexican spe- cial envoy says:that owing to tele- phic instructions from Mexico City e has been forced to change his plans. He will leave for Quebec tomorrow evening, INDIAN FOR TREASURY: Appointment of Gabe E. Parker- as Reg- ister is Confirmed ‘Washington Aug, 12. —Tho senate in executive session Monday afternoon confirmed the momination of Gabe E. Parker of Oklahoma, an Indian, to be register of the treasury, Mr, Parker ‘was neminated by the president after demecratic oppesition compelled him to withdraw the nomination of an Ok- | lahoma negro for that office Diggs Bought The Tickets TéSTlMONY OF Mmiss WARRING- TON IN CALIFORNIA COURT / PROMISED MARRIAGE Men Told Girls They Were to be Pros- ecuted—Left After Much Persuasion Sacramento San Francisco, Aug. 12.—A court- room crowded from the railings to the doors sat in hushed expectancy today ‘while Marsha Warrington picked her way slowly to the witness stand. It was the cimax of the case which the government . is presenting against Maury 1. Diggs, former state architect, who is accused under the Mann act of transporting the girl for immoral pur- poses to Reno, 'Nevada, from Sacra- mento, Cal, where he left his wife and babies. Court adjonurned with the story at the point where the party of four, con- sisting of Diggs, F. Drew Caminetti, Marsha Warrington and Lola Norris stepped off the train at Reno. Defense’s Objection Overruled. Counsel for the defense objected to the introduction of the tickets as evi- dense, on the gound that the witness could not identify them as the tickets that had been given. “The objection is - overruled,” the court said. “The witness has testified that the defendant bought the tickets and later gave them to the conductor of the train. That's as near as you can trace them. No closer identifica- tion could be made, unless some one had been present at the purchase of the tickets for the purpose of keeping their numbers, Let this matter go to the jury.” Girls Not Under Duress in Reno. Tomorrow Miss Warrington will conclude her testimony and after she has been cross-examined Lola Norris will follow her. All evidence tending to show that the girls went to Reno willingly and were under no duress while there, Judge Van Fleet holds, {is immaterial and irrelevant. Whether their behavior showed them care-free and happy or dejected is a matter as to_which the court is indifferent. Marsha Warrington is a _strikingly pretty blonde of 20. As she walked slowly up the aisle of the cpurt room today it watynecessary for her almost to brush Diggs’ shoulder. He did not raise his head and she did not flinch. During the hour and twenty minutes she was on the stand, Diggs never took his gaze from her face. Not once did she allow her gaze to meet his and she was soon mistress of herself and the situation. Marsha Warrington’s Testimony. Miss Warrington said in beginning her testimony that she was 20 vears old and lived with her father and step- mother. Her mother had died when she was five years old. “T have known Maury I Diggs since last September, and we were very close friends,” she continued. “Two weeks before we left for Reno, while Drew Caminetti, Miss Norris and I were rid- ing with Diggs in his machine, he tq}d me that there was a scandal about to be published about the four of us and that we would have to leave town. I was surprised, but he sald we would have to go. Diggs Promissd Marriage. “Did you know that Diggs and Cam- inettl were married at that time?” “Yes, and Miss Norris knew it too. Diggs told me his relations with his wife were unpleasant; that he was unhappy, and wanted to leave town. He sald he would get a divorce and marry me. Baid Prosecution Wag Coming. “On Saturday, March 8, Diggs re- turned from San Francisco from a business trip. He called Lola, Cami- netti and me to a cafe, told us his father was coming up from Berkeley the following Monday to put Caminetti in jail and have us prosecuted. FHe said that he had cleared up his bus- iness and that we would have to leave right away. We protested but after three or four hours consented to go. “The next day we met again and the men finally decided on Reno, after considering Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. We tried to back out. We said we would just as soon stay and take chances on the scandal. They told us we couldn’t back out. Missed One Train. “Caminetti didn’t come with the money in time and we missed the first train. Later we met him at the cafe and at midnight went to the station again. When we got there Diggs told us to wait where we were and he went over and bought four tickets. “We got into a Pullman car and Diggs engaged a drawing room. He paid the Pullman' conductor. I saw him give the railroad conductor the tickets for our trip to Reno.” PITTSBURGH MASTER BUILDERS DECLARE FOR LOCKOUT Is Answer to Workmen Who Joined Laborers in Strike. Pittsburgh, Aug. 12.—An acute sit- uation in the building trades devel- oped hera late today when a strike of laborers tied up work on three large business buildings. They were joined by other workmen and early in the evening the demands of the men were met by the announcement that at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning the master builders would lock out alfl union men and suspend operations on structures valued at $67,000,000. The laborers demand 28 1-8 cents an hour, 3 1-8 cents more than has ever been paid for the same work in Pittsburgh. The demand was refused and the holsting engineers joined them in sympathy early in the afternoon. Before nightfall many other branches of the building trades were affected. If the lockout is declared an army of skilled workmen variously estimated from 30,000 to 40,000 will be thrown out of work. Steamship Arrivals. At Antwerp: Aug. 12, Vaderland, from New York. At London Aug. 11, Minnetonka, from New York; 12th, Andania, from Montreal. At Naples: Aug. 7, Martha Washing- ton, from New York r Patras, etc. At Genoa: Aug. 8, Aucona, from New York; Menzoda, from New York. Fishguard, Aug. 12—Arrived, steam- er Campania, New York. National Bank Call Issued. Washington, Aug, 12—The comp- troller of the currency today issued a call fer the statement of National banks’ condition of the United States it the close of business Saturday, Aug. Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Condensed Teiegrams 'yuriuy notified the Powers she would evacuate Adrianople. g killed 18 cows on Harry farm at Greenvllle, N. Y. Business is resumed by the fire in- surance companies in Missouri today. Jules von Payer left Havre, France, on an expedition to Franz Josef Land. Thieves entered the mu pal ferry house in New York city and escaped with- $189. An investigation has begun into-the Mississippi state instutions, principally the prisons. The Sherwood Forest Hotel at Green| Lake, Wis., was destroyed by fire at a loss of $20,000. The American. Cocoanut Butter Co.s plant at Chicago was destroyed by fire. Loss, $150,000. Two men were slightly injured when a passenger train was deralled near Whitman, Mass. Three tenement buildings in Canal Street, Jersey City, were destroyed by fire. Loss, $30,000. Agnes Marck, 12 years old, of Chica- g0, was seriously burned .by the acid from the interior of a golf ball. The ham sandwich, long the friend of the man with a nickle, has soared to the ten-cent class at Alton, Mo. Eight above freezing point was reg- istered at Canton, N. Y., Several points above 100 were registered in Kansas. A Revclver that refused to go off on schedule cost the life of 17-year- old Leo La Mathe of Burlington, Vt. James Gadwell, an aeronaut, fell 100 feet from his ballon at Lake Contrary, near St. Joseph, Mo., and was unhu A pig, with an elephant’s trunk in place of its nose, was born on the farm of W. T. Hodson, at Manchester, Okla. Q. P. Davis, was burned to death at Troy, Ala., when a tire burst on his automobile causing it to overturn and catch fire. George Snyder, an aviator, is in a serious condition in a New York hos- pital after accidentally taking strych- nine tablets. James Coombs, an engineer, was electrocuted at Norfolk, Neb.,, when he fell on a live wire while sleeping in a power house. Judge Rosalsky of New York de- cided that the Board of Education had the power to enforce vaccinnation in public schools. Frank Crowley, a farmer of Law- renceville, Pa., saved a horse from bleeding to death by applying a spid- er's web to the wound. Col. F. S. Cody, who was killed at Aldershot, Aug. 7, in an aeroplané ac- cident, was buried in that ci with full military honors. Five persons were injured when a Broadway trolley ran into a Ralph Av- enue car at the Brooklyn tower of the ‘Willlamsburg Bridge. W. G. McAdoo, Jr., son of the Secre- tary of the Treasury, and Jessie Hoyt, left New York on a horsebck trip to Fort Apache, Arizona. Lightning struck and instantly killed 40 hogs which had sought shelter un- der a tree on Robert Neiklejohn’s farm near Fond du Lac, Wis. Joseph Kupperman, 23 years old, was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment for stealing baby carriages during the last three years in New York city. Jacob Fredgood, a raincoat manufac- turer of New York clty, was fined $50 for having the doors of his factory locked while employes were working. The fishing sloop Helen, with 30 on board, was blown ashore in a storm off Romer Shoals, L. I. The occupants were forced to remain aboard all night. Miss Elizabeth Miskell, 25 years old, of Philadelphia, attempted suicide fol- lowing a spell of despondency believed to have been caused by a thunder storm. Clyde Mclachlin, an ice dealer of New York city, was fined $100 for short weight in seling ice. This is_the first conviction of an ice dealer for short weight. The Babies” Welfare Association’s report shows that 100 fewer babies died in New York during the first six months of 1913 than in the same period last year. Harold S. Warner, a real estate brok- er of Buffalo, and his father-in-law, Charles Calkins, were killed when their automobile was struck by a Nickel Plate passenger train. The New York state peace flag, sym- bolic of a rainbow, is on exhibition in the New York City Hall. It was made for presentation at the Hague Peace Temple dedication, Aug. 29. Residents in the Fountain River district of Colorado have been notified to move to higher ground, as the water in the river' has reached the danger peint after recent cloudbursts. A petition asking the removal of three of five commissioners and charg- ing incompetency and-failure to per- form their duties, was filed with the City Clerk of Long Branch, N. J. Delia Hanson, 29, of Hartford taken to a Bridgeport hospital to be immedi- ately operated upon for acute appendi- citis, became delirious from alcoholism and resisted the assembled surgeons. Orville Wright has finished the con- struction of a hydroaeroplane which he claims will exceed the speed of an ex- press train. He expects to use it to transport mails over Inaccessible in- land waterways. A large force of special officers have been put in service on the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Norfolk & Western Railroads, in West Virginia, in an ef- fort to capture the thieves who stole $100,000 in merchandise. Lightning struck Thomas Neving, of Conshohocken, Pa., while he was bath. ing and melted a silver wire which was holding his‘knee cap in place following an injury sometime ago. The opera- tion will be repeated. Representatives of the workmen em- plcved in the shops of the Delaware & Hudson railroad company are in con- ference with company officlals In an effort to secure an eight-hour working day and an increase in wages of from three to s:7 cents an hour % Successor To Senator Johnston REPRESENTATIVE HENRY D. CLAYTON GIVEN APPOINTMENT, BY ALABAMA GOVERNOR Doubt About Latter’s Right to Fill the Vacancy—Without Express Authority from State Legislature Montgomery, Ala., Aug, 12.—Gover- nor O’'Neal this afternoon appointed Representative Henry D. Clayton to succeed the late Senator Joseph ¥. Johnston in the United States senate, Surprise in Washington. ‘Washington, Aug. 12.—Surprise was expressed by democratic leaders of the senate tonight when they learned that Governor O’'Neal had disregarded their advicerand had appointed Representa- tive Henry D. Clayton to succeed the. late Senator Johnston without express ?uthori(y from the Alabama legisla- ure. “It is my opinion that Mr. Clayton will not be seated,” sald Senator Over- man, acting chairman of the judiclary committee, “The members of the judiciary com- mittee and a majority of the lawyers of the senate were of the opinion that the seventeenth amendment to the constitution does not give the gover- nor authority to appoint a senator ex- gept under expressed directions from the legislature. Democrats Worried Over Tai “Democratic leaders, having lost a vote through the death of Senator Johnston, now are further worried by the continued absence, on account of serious illness, of Senator Culberson of Texas. They have endeavored vain- Iy to get some information as to.the probability of Senator Culberson’s re- turn in time to vote for the tariff bill, No word, it is said, can be communi- cated to' the senator, who 1s under- going treatment in Connecticut. Vote on FOR EXTENSION OF ARMY AVIATION SERVICE Officers Made Plea Before House Mil« itary Committee. ‘Washington, Aug. 12.—Acting Sec- retary of War Breckenridge, Brigadier General Scriven and Lieutenant Mili- ing, Arnold and Foulois, army avi- ators, pleaded for extension of the army aviation service today before the house military committee, Mr. Breck- enridge said it was not stretching vision to predict that powerful dfri- gibleg carrying tons of explosiyes to drop In vulnerable spots, would play an important part in battle. Tre sald ‘war aeroplanes were most efficient for scouting purposes. General Scriven declared that the United States was behind all other world powers in mil- itary aviation. STRUCK HEADFIRST, FALLING FROM WAGON. Irene Adams, Summer Visiter, Killed at North Guilford. X Guilford, Conn., Aug. 12—Miss Irens Adams, 23 years old, of New York, a summer visitor at North Guilford, was killed there this afternoon, when a farm wagon in which she was riding with several others in the woods over- turned, throwing the occupants out. Miss Adams struck head first on = stone and her skull was fractured. She was picked up unconscious and died without regaining consciousness. She had come here a few days ago with her father, a member of the New York police force, for a vcation. The body will be shipped to New York tomorrow. GOVERNMENT’S LOW WAGES TO POWER HOUSE MEN M Stationary Engineers’ Convention Hears They Are the Lowest Paid. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 12.—President Timothy Healey, of New York, told the eleventh biennial convention of the International Brotherhood of Station- ary Engineers here today that the poorest paid power house employes in the country were in the government buildings scattered throughout the United States, and they had not re- ceived a wage increase in twenty years. Firemen, ollers, water tendeérs and others, he declared, received an aver- age of $65 a month, the lowest wage paid to men who perform that ser- vice, JAIL FOR SEVENTEEN MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES in Party That Would Storm Asquith’s House. Were London, Aug. 12.—Seventeen mili< tant suffragettes or sympathizers with the movement were sentenced in police court yesterday to terms of imprison- ment varying from a week to two months or bound over to keep the peace, as a sequel to Sunday’s attempt to storm Premier Asquith’s official res- idence in Downing street. Sylvia Pankhurst, the leader of the storming party, was not among the prisoners,- as she had been taken dfi- rect to Holloway jail to serve another portion of her previous sentence. CAMP CHAIR IN BOAT 4 WAS INSECURE SEAT. Andrew Litle was Tipped Out and ' Drowned at Easthampton. Basthampton, Conn., Aug. 12—An- drew Little, a well known tobacco grower of Glastonbury, was drowned from his boat this afternoon while fishing on Pocotopaug. Seated iIn a camp chair in his boat he was being towed around the lake by a power boat, when he lost his balance and went overboard. The body has not been recovered although the lake was dragged until dark. Mr. Little was 40 years old and unmarried. Resignation of John D. Stone. ‘Washington, Aug. 12—President Wil- son has accepted the resignation of John D. Sloan, supervisor of steam vessels in the Bostan district, to take effot today, Mr. Sloan had tend- ered his resignation to becoma effective Beptember 30. His successof has not ben chosen.” Cut Up Camel Cerps, Aden, Arabia, Aug. 13.—It is report- ed here that a British camel corps con- sisting of Indian natives has been ocut up in a fight in Somaliland, Thres bhundred troops have been sent from Dere to the scene of the trouble,