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————e T VOL. | LV=aNOs. 272 TWO ACCUSED OF COUNTERF Arrest of Dentist and His Housekeeper Follows Search of Father Schmidt’s Apartment DETECTIVES FIND PI:ATE IN SCHMIDT'S ROOM Accused Priest Declared to be Warden—Relatives Also Assert That He Has Been Abnormal Since 20 Years Old—Schmidt Declares the Dangerously Insane by Prison Lord or His Patron Saint Told Him to Kill the Girl e e e New York, Sept. 15.—Inspector Fau- yot, whoe on Sunday morning last ar- rasted Father Hans Schmidt, who lat- er confessed to Faving murdered Anna Aumuller and cut up her body and cast jece by piece inte the Hudson river, early this morning arrived at police headquarters having in custody Dr. E. Muret, a dentist, of :(1 St. Nicholas avenue, and his housekeeper, Bertha Zeck. Charged With Counterfeiting. Dr. Muret is being held on a tech- nical charge of counterfeiting and the woman as a material witness. It is al- leged that under the name of George Miller, Muret hired an apartment on the top flooor of 316 West 134th street, and that in this apartment ‘were found plates and presses and portions of pur- tially destroyed proofs of $20 gold cer- tificates. The decetiyms allege that they alse found in Father Schmidt's room at St. Joseph’s rectory a plate from which counterfeits had been struck. Home Near the Church. Dr. Muret was arrested at his home, which is in the vicinity of 135th street and near St. Joseph’'s o¢hurch. The tist seemed uncoacerned when he taken into custody. Dr. Muret is $1 years old. He was born in Chicago, but went to Europe as a boy and studied in the public schools of Berlin. Hé graduated from a dental college there in 1902, and came to New York in the latter year. Schmidt and Muret Intimate. he police say that Father Scheidt often seen in the apartments on 1 street with Dr. Muret. The agent of the flat is also said to have ident- fied Muret as having been in the apartment with Father Schmidt, Declared Dangerously Insane, Fluns Schmidt. the priest who con- that he killed Anna Aumuller » butcher knife “as a sacrifite to nsummated in blood,” s in the tion ward of the Tombs prison . under the watchful eye of Dr. ire, the prison physician. War- Falion of the Tombs declares the is insane-—one of the most dan- men ever confined in the prison gerous and in this view he was upheld by Deputy Commissioner of Corrections Wright. Suspended in Germany. From far off Mains, Germany, there came today to Monsignor Joseph M vicar general of the arch- f New York, a cablegram from crotary of the bishop, which caid hmidt had been declared insane there and suspended by the bishop. The message said: “Schmidt born at riest of diocese of Mainz, from Mainz because of attempted frauds; arrested by police, declared insane by court and discharged. Sus- pended by bishop for acts and for pre- senting falsified document regarding studies he pretended to have made. Then left the diocese.” Lord Told Him to Do It. ell today Schmidt told and crime and how Aschffenburg. Ran away retold tory of h after t woman was dead he cut up the body with a knife and saw and sank it, portion by portion, in the wa- of the Hudson river from the stern of a ferryboatl. “The Lord told me or “St. Wlizabeth, my patron, demanded the sacrifice,” were the only reasons he gave for his deed, and he invariably added: God in his own time will clear it ip. God and Abraham know why I killed her.” Government to Fight Insanity Plea. ters to Alphonse Koelble, Schmidt’s attor- ney indicated today that insanity would be the defense at Schmidt’s trial, On the other hand, however, the dis- trict attorney’s assistants are prepar- ing for a quick trial of Schmidt. They jeciare that Schmidt is a criminal and an insane man in the s of the y aay vhat his excuses for his not law action framed along lines ol eligious mania, but that previous to t acquaintances never had h mental characteristics ™ Portions of Body Identified. Tae 1ions of the body of Anna Aumauller In the Hobeken morgue were pesitively identified today by Anna Tirt formerly bad served as a Zomestic with the dead girl. She also identified clothing and trinkets taken to police headquariers from the apart ment where ihe murder was commit- tad as having belonged (o the Aumuller who woman Drank Hid Vietim's Blood. Rehmidt said to Rav. Father Evers, the jail priest: “1 was commanded by my patron saint, St. Hlizabeth of Hun. , to offer a macrifice. Like the sac- gar i of Abraham jt must be one of blo St. Elizabeth told me that in arder to consummato the sacrifice T must drink some of ihe bloed of the offering. So J killed Anna Aumuller, and after 7 had done so drank some of the blood in order to consummate the sacrfice.” Schmid¥’s Trunk Searched. Inspector Faurot spent the bastter part of early tonight with a corps of sen in translating a number of letters 2nd documents found _in Schmidt's trunk. One document was a copy of the affidavit lodged in the Munich court against Schmidt nearly four yearas ago, charging him with forgery and attempted fraud. He was acquit- ted of this charge, however, following testimony of alienists to the effect that Schmidt was “not responsible.” Pieces of Bone Found. An important witpess hag beon dis- covered, Inspector Faurot said tonlght. in a contractor who saw Schmidy carry the madttress to the vacant lot where it was burned. A search of the lot resnited in the finding of a piece of boue, about three inches long and bleddstainesd, thought to be from the head of w human being, BANISHED FROM TRENTON, hop McFaul Drove Schmidt from His Diocese. Trenten, N, J., Sept, —The Right Rev, James 4. McFaul, bishop of the diacese of "Prenton, teday made public A letter writien by pim ie Hans Schmias in 1910, while the latier was - sqrving in St. Francis’ church in this city during the illness of the Rev. Dr. g&hner. In his letter Bishop McFaul “You are hereby notified that you must leave this diocese immediately. It is evident to me that you are want- ing in common sense, and therefore I do not desire to have anything more to do with you.” Bishop McFaul said Schmidt was banished from his charge in this city because he disobeyed thé rules of the church in performing a marriage cere- mony without a proper dispensation, and also because of complaints made by parishioners of St. Francis’ church concerning his conduct. Hans Schmidt was not connected with the Trenton diocese, but came here from New York to serve temporarily. INSANITY IN FAMILY. Schmidt’s Relatives aSy He Became Abnormal at Age of 20. Aschaffenburg, Germany, Sept. 15.— That Hans Schmidt, the priest who has confessed the murder of Anna Au- muller in New York, intended to re- turn to his home in Bavaria at an early date is indicated in a post card which his parents received from him a day or two ago. Schmidt. wrote that he rejoiced to think that he would see them and Aschaffenburg soon again. Both of Schmidt’'s parents and other relatives living here consider him ab- normal mentally and declare that there were numerous cases of insanity in the family. According to the records he was born in 1881 and was ordained in 1904, He showed no signs of ab- normality, so far as can be learned, before his twentieth year, and then his character appeared fto undergo a strange transformation. He became unsociable and was unable to agree with his superiors. He occupied a number of curacies during the three years following 1904, but remained only a few momths in each place. Schmidt, it is stated, took holy or- ders against his own wishes and only to satisfy the desires of his mother. MEXICO CELEBRATES. Independence I—):y_Ushwed In With Cheers and Fireworks. Mexico Cigy, Sept. 16.—“Viva la in- depencia! Viva Mexico!” was the cry which ushered in last night the cele- bration of the 103rd anniversary of Mexico's independence. Sharp on the stroke of 11 o'clock, in the presence of thousands who packed the big square in front of the national palace, President Huerta appeared on the balcony and grasped the cord at- tached to the big liberty bell suspended atove and shouted the magic words. Instantly the crowd burst into a roar of vivas for the independence of the nation.’ . A pelting rain which fell in the early hours of the evening ceased suddenly and when the hour arived a brilliant moon rose. Rockets began to soar from every quarter of the city and for hours the air was filled with bursting fireworks. Mountain Climbers Missing. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 15.—Four experienced Swiss countain climbers, including Mlle Bunzli, of Pontresina, have been missing since Friday on Piz Palu, a summit of the upper ¥Engadine, near Pontresina. As con- tinuous snow storms have prevailed since, there is little hope of finding them alive. Two rescue parties of guides, which started from different parts, ‘'were driven back by the fierce whirlwinds of snow. Digs Five Pound Potato. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 15—IL. G. Lucas of the real estate firm of Lucas & Knight of Alma, Ga., brought to the Constitution officc on Wednesday what he claims to be the higgest potato ever dug in Georgia so early in the sea- son. It tips the scales at only slightly under five pounds. measures nine inch- Inches in es from, tip to tip and Is circumference. Junk Dealers Charged With Theft. New Haven, Conn, Sept. 15-—Eight local junk dealers were arrested late today upen bench warrants issued by Judge Gager of the superior court, charging them with theft of metal from the New York, New Haven and Hartford' railroad. Tt is alleged that they stole more than $1,000 worth of brass journals from cars, SRRy Two Men Scalded to Death. Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 15.—Two men were scalded to death and hundreds were imperiled when a steam recelver exploded in the big plant of the Waclark Wire company at Bayway W. A. Clark Wire company at Bayway today. The two victims, both oilers, were a few feet away from the re- ceiver at the time, Compensation Only for Widow. | Boston, Sept. 15.—Only the widow is lentitled to compensation under the | workmen’s compensation act for the death of the husband and father, ac- cording to a decigion handed down by the full bench of the state supreme court today. By this ruling, children, except where their only parent is re- moved are not to receive compensa- tion. Weman Chemist Killed. Now York, Bept. 15—While experi- menting for a process to take the piace of rubber, Mrs, Kva Gottschalk, wife of Dr, Louls Gottschalk, a German chem- ist, and herself & holder of several | selentifie degrees, was killed In a ter- yifis expiosion of a stesl cylinder today in the labofatory at (heir home in Hewarren, N, J, Burned to Death at Taunton, Tauten, Mass., Sept, 15—One man was burned teo death, five ethers had narrew eseapes and twelve valuable horses were lost in a fire whieh des- troyved the livery stable of Fred H. Galloway here tenight, eausing a loss of $25,600. Thedead man is thought te be William Smith aged 35, The cause of tha fire W ngt kinowr QR Cabled Paragraphs — Death of American Missionary. Tolkio, Sept. 15—Dr. Daniel Crosby Greene, an American missionary, died here today at the ags of 70. born at Roxbury, Boston. ‘Prof. Vambery Dead. Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 15.—Pro- fessor Arminius Vambery, one of the best known travelers and Orientalists of the nineteenth century died here to- day in his eighty-second year. Death of Peter Coats. Glasgow, Sept. 15—Peter Coats, son of the late Sir Peter Coats, founder of the Scottish Thread firm died here today. He was a director of J. & P, Coats, Ltd. Collapse of Tenement House. Coburg, Germany, Sept. 15.—Eight bersons were killed, the bodies of seven others were believed to be buried in the ruins, and six more were in- jured by the collapse of a tenement house caused by a gas explosion here during last night. DOCKS 1,000 FEET LONG IN TERMINAL PLAN. —_— New London ‘Harbor Commission Ex- pected to Advertise for Bids Soon. New London, Sept. 16.—, A meeting of the New London har- bor commission will be held at the capitol in Hartford Thursday of this week for the purpose of taking final action on the report of the sub com- mittee. It is stated that undoubtedly at this meeting the sub-committee will be authorized to advertise for bids for the construction of ths ocean termin- al at that port and to proceed with the work upon the awardnng of the con- tract. The report of the sub-commites in- cludes the plans and specifications for the pier, which have been prepared,and the agreement between the commis- sion and the New London Northern and Central Vermont railways relative to the location of the pler and adjoin- ing property in Hast New London ad- Jacent to the .Long dock. - The plans, specifications and agree-/| ment as to the location have also been approved by the. sub-committee and will be presented to the full commis- sion, together with a vote to outhor- ize their acceptance and the com- mencement of active work on con- struction. At the previous meeting of the commission it was the opinion of some of the members that alli on the board should be given an opportunity to inspect the details of the project and that for this purpose duplicates should be provided for the benefit of each member. This was done and all have mow had the chance to study the plans at their leisure. While the sub-committee does not care to make the plans public until a vote has actually been taken by the commission, it is understood in a general way that the proposed pier will be 1,000 feet in length by 200 in width and will contain all the build- ings essential to a trans-Atlantic ter- minal, including freight sheds, immi- grant station and offize buildings. The pier will not run into the river at right angles to the shore, it is re- ported,.but will project out at a com- parative slight angle from the water- front, virtually paraliel to the Long deck, Much delay has been caused by technicalities in the agreement eb- tw the commission and the New London Northern Railroad Co. and its lesses, the Central Vermont railway. Nineteen years ago a lease was exe- cuted by the New Leondon Northern Railroad Co. to the Central Vermont Railway Co. of its property for a pe- riod of 99 years. The lease of course now has 80 vears to run. In order to reach a satisfactory agreement to secure the consent of both companies to” the varous details of the proposi- tion. Numerous changes were neces- sary in the general layout of tracks, entrances, etc, and much time was necessarily consumed before a con- crete proposition could be evolved. The commission now has an agree- ment from the two railroad compan- jes authorizing a lease for 80 years, with the right to purchase at a stip- ulated sum at the expiration of that time. CHARGES OF “GAG LAW” MADE WITH FREQUENCY. Republican Amendments to Currency Bill Voted Down. ‘Washington, Sept. 15.—With the leg- islative machinery working smoothly, the administration currency bill rolled steadily toward completion today un- der detailed consideration in the house. A chorus of democratis “noes” quickly disposed of the -numerous efforts of republicans and progressives to alter the provisions of the measure as agreed on by the democratic caucus. Not a single material amendment was voted imto the bill, At the close of the day nearly half | of the bhill had been read. At this rate, house leaders thought they might be able to finish some time Wednes- day. The debate bristled with charges of “gag law” and “caucus rule” from the minority, with occasional aympathetic replies from the democratic side, but when the votes were needed the line held firm behind Chalrman Glass of the banking and currency committee. DRIVEN TO LAND BY ICE PACKS, McMillan Expedition Forced to Seek Winter Quarters. St. Johns, N. F. Sept. 15.—Heavy ice packs forced Donald McMillan’'s Crocker Land exploration party to land at Etah harbor, from which efforts will be made to reach winter quarters at Cape Sabine. This report was brought here today by the steamer Frik., Cap- tain Kehoe, which had the party on board. To help him sledge his supplies to Cape Sabine, McMillan has a num- ber of Esquimaux and dogs picked up at Cape York. The McMillan expedition sailed from Boston July 4 to explore the unknown Crocker Land in the Arctic under the auspices of the American Geographical soclety and the Museum of Natural History of New Yerk. AMERICANS TO PAY A ; COMPLIMENT TO MEXICO. United States Warships to Fire Inde- pendence Day Salutes. Vera Crus, Mexico, Sept, 15.—The United States batlleship Seuth Care- lina, sailed from here tenight for Chesapeuko bay, The Michigan is due to afrive tomorrow, Noither Havey Lind ner Censul Cunada has beea advised by the state depariment of the extension of the cengular power to lhe protection of the nationals of the pewers, As a cempliment to Mexieo, Rear Admiral IPMleteher, in eommand of the United BStates warships, planned te join with the Mexican gunbeats in a salute of 31 guns at 11 o’cleck tenight apd again at midnight in homor of Mexico’s Independence day, in Jupan girls coul sisamabips He was ) Root’s Nephew 'AS - CUT TO PIECES BY MEX- ICAN BANDITS BRYAN MAKES INQUIRY Calls for Information from Consuls at Tepic and® Chihuahua—Refugees from Torreon Believed to be Safe. Washington, Sept. 15.—State depart- men}, officials were resting secure to- night in the belief that the celebration of the anmiversary of Mexican inde- pendence, though it might be marked by interesting developments, would not jeodardize the safety of Amer- icans fn Mexico. They are confident that in the capital, where the federal authorities are in control, there is no possibility of an anti-American dem- onstration that would involve risk of personal injury, while in the outlying states the officials are under the strict. est injunction from General Huerta to extend full protection te Americans. Brigand Bands Alone Dangerous. In the country dominated by the con. stitutionalists at the various local leaders are treating Americans cour- teously, and, on the whole, the only element of danger is believed to lie with the irresponsible brigand bands that are particularly active in the southern section. Root’s Nephew Reported Shot. Secretary Bryan said late today he was confident of the safety of the little band of American refugees which has been slowly and painfully making its wuy from Torreon to Saltillo. How- ever, he has sent the customary in- structions to American consular offi- cers to interest themselves in behalf of this party, and messages also have gone to the American consuls at Chi- hujhua and Tepic inquiring as to the truth of the report that Morris P. Root, a nephew'of Senater Root, had been shot at the latter place. In this case ™Mr. Bryan is acting entirelyv upon newspaper reports on the affair. American Exodus Continues. The embarkation of American refu- gees on the west coast of Mexico con- tinues and the American consular of- ficer at [os Mochis reported that six American adults, eight children and one German were leaving the district for the United States on the cruiser Yorktown today. Root Killed by Bandits. San Francisco, Sept. 15—Word of the murder of Morris P. Root, Ameri- can superintendent of the Il Tigre mines at Tepic, Mex., was brought here vesterday by the steamer Peru, which had nearly 100 refugees abeard. Root was intercepted by a few bandits as he was on his way to join employves of the company who were preparing to defend the mine property. Ie was dis- armed and cut to pieces. Root was 50 years old and bhad been in Mexico about 16 years. SIR OLIVER LODGE ON CONTROL OF SEX. Believes Scientists Might Get En- lightenment from Plant Life. Birmingham, Eng.,, Sept. 15. —The secret of the determination of sex ossibly may be found in plant life, glr Oliver Lodge told the British as- sociation at its meeting this affer- noon. Referring to the fact that some plants produce both male and female fiowers, he said this must be the re- sult of some profound change In the at the junction in the stems where differently sexed flowers branch away from each other. He continued: “I do not know what this is, and the micro- scope tells me nothing, Perhaps If physiologists could find out what hap- pens in that little plant joint they might get a clew to the reason why some human beings are born boys and others girls.” 900 NEW HAVEN WOMEN ARE ANXIOUS TO VOTE Have Made Application, but Are De- olared Ineligible. New Haven, Conn, Sept. the last day for the révi city voting lists and it was found that nearly 900 women had asked to be put on the lists, in order to vote on the much mooted teachers’ tenure in office bill next months. Corporation Counsel Kleiner has already ruled that wo- men will be Ineligible to vote on this subject and it is taken that the women mean to make a test case of it and carry the fight to the courts. 500 Dublin Builders Strike. Dublin, Sept. 15—The Ilabor =itua- tion has assumed a more serious phase and the city is affected to a greater extent by the strike than any in its history. Teoday 5,000 builders went out after refusing to sign a declaration proposed by the employers thal they would not join with or support the transport workers’ union which started the original strike, | Aviater Killed at District Fair, Galesburg, Ill, Sept. 16.—Max Lille, an aviator, was killed today at the Galesburg district fair. His biplane was overturned by a gust of wind when several hundred feet in the air and the aviator was hurled to the ground with the machine after him. He died within a few minutes after the spectators reached him. Several thou- sand persons witnessed the accldent. A New Aviation Record. Paris, Sept. 15.—A remarkable flight, establishing a new cross country rec- ord, was made today by the French aviator, Ernest Guillaux. With a pas- senger he covered 118 miles from his home at Avigny-sur-Braye to Paris in fifty “minutes. This was at the rate of nearly 142 miles an hour. Recess in New York Politics. New York, Sept. 15—A halt In po- litical activities in New York city’s municipal campalgn, through respect for the late Mayor Gaynor, was called today by John Purroy Mitchel, fusion candidate for mayor. Kdward McCall, his Tammany oppongnt, agrees with Mr. Mitchel and the political lull will last until after the mayor’s funeral. Fourteen Killed by Explosion. Colburg, Germany, Sept, 15-—Four- teon pergons are dead as the result of the collapse of a tenement house last night ‘whieh was eatsed by an explo- sion of gas. One entire family, man and wife and three children, were killed. $150,000 Fire at New Rochelle. New Rochells, N, Y., Sept. 15.—Fire tonight destreved six of the jfinest store buildings on the main stveet of the city ‘and several frame dwelling houses, The loss iy estimated at $150,- 000, partially covered by insurance . Reported Shot| Condensed Teiegrams fever have hree cases of been reported in Oregon. Five persons were drowned and $100,- 000 done in a cloudburst which swept Goldfield, Nev. B The Chilian Government has re- Qquested bids on 110 locomotives, 847 cars and 8 automobiles. Secretary Lane of the Interior de- partment, is cousidering a voyage to Honolulu before he returns to his work. Frank L. Hough, sporting editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, died at his home yesterday after an long illness. John G. Bancher, a real estate broker, of Yonkers, N. Y., dropped dead while disputing a baseball decision with an umipire. The ashes of Mrs. Mary Flacke, a New York woman, were sent by parcel post from Sacramento, Cal, to Jersey City, N. J. \ Samuel. Winterton, 54 years old, of Red Bank, N. J., has completed 51 con- secutive years of perfect attendance at Sunday School. Seven Scotch lassies, brides-to-be, arived on the steamship Cameronia at New York and were welcomed by their intended husbands. s Nature’s bounty in the yield of late peaches in orchards about New Haven, is so generous that wind fallen fruit is being fed to the hogs and cattle. President Wilson yesterday nomi- nated William Hayne Leavell, of Car- rollton, Miss., for minister to Guate- mala. He is a retired clergyman. Frederick L. Colwell of Yonkers, re- garded as a star witness against Gov- ernor Sulzer at his forthcoming trial on impeachment charges, has dis- appeared. James T. Smith, an angler of New York city, landed a 35-pound lobster near Scotland Lightship. Its body is 16 inches round and its left claw is 19 inches long. An ordinance to compel manufactur- ‘ers to make all poisonous pills and tablets in the shape of a coffin will be introduced in the Cleveland Council by Councilman H. E. Binder. Charged with murdering his wife's father, mother and 16 year old brother yesterday, Edward Baxter, 36 years old, a telephone lineman, is being sought by the police of Memphis, T Nino Lloyd, 19 years old, asserted that she jilted Charles W. Lee, a wealthy orange grower of Miami, Fla., because he tried to “boss” her as soon as he got the marriage license. President Wilson arrived in New Haven from Cornish, N. H., on his re- turn trip to the capitol at 9:15 o’clock last night. His car “Federal” was at- tached to the Federal Express. A bill in equity seeking to dissolve an alleged combination of ice dealers in and about Lynn, was filed in the Massachusetts supreme court yester- day by Attorney General J. M. Swift, Congressman C. H. Burke, of 8. D., republican whip of the House of Representatives has decided on account of poor health to retire from public life at the close of his present term. Albert F. Sherwood was nominated last night for mayor in the Waterbury republican primaries. Mr. Sherwood has been endorsed by the citizens lea- gue and most of the local progressives. Elias Michael, president of one of the largest wholesale and retail drygoods firms in St. Louls, died at his home there yesterday. Death was due to the rupture of an artery while playing golf. Mrs. James Sweeney of Wilmington, Del,, testified that her husband made her sit on a hot stove for two minutes because she advised him to go to bed so that he would feel better in the morning. The New Orleans Times-Democrat and the Picayune, two of the few news- papers 1 nthe United States whose subscription price is $12 a year, yes- terday announced reductions to $7.50 & year, Mayor Frank J. Rice, was last night pominated by the New Haven republi- cans to head their ticket in the coming mayoralty election. He is now serving his second term as the city’s chief exe- cutive. 4 Court will be called to order every Sunday morning at 6 o’clock, Munici- pal Judge John A. Mahoney of Chi- cago announced yesterday. This is in- spired by the filthy conditlions in the cell rooms. Fred J. Derry, a box manufacturer and a prominent ciftizen of Danvers, was arrested yesterday on a indictment charging him with setting fire to his box factory on Hobart street on November 22, 1911, Mrs. Marie Chester and her thres children arrived at Chicago from New York, walking the distance in 43 days. If they succeed in completing the wallk to Minneapolis in 65 days a $4’000 home will be built for them by several busi- ness men. Damage estimated at many thous- ands of dollars has been caused at Mobile, Ala., by a terific downpour of rain which began Saturday morning, the total precipitation for the 48 hours ending at 7 o'clock yesterday morning being slightly in excess of eleven inches. Charles Seevers, a retired merchant of New York city, was killed and James Dunn, chief insppctor of the department of water, Tas and elec~ tricity and Dunn’s son, John D. Dunn, were seriously injured when their automobile overturned near Pelham parkway yesterday. After lying in state since Saturday afternoon in the rooms of the Associa- tion bearing his name, the body of Timothy D. Sullivan “Big Tim,” was taken yesterday to St. Patrick’s cathe- dral. There a funeral service was con- ducted, after which the body was in- terred in Calvary cemetery, Brooklyn. A request from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen that the New York, New Haven and Hartford company be compelled to furnish more adequate protection from high tension electric wires to its employes within the elec- tric zone was & subject of investiga- tion yesterday by the Public Service Commission of New York and the Connecticut Commission. British Indians Threaten Strike., Londen, Sept, 16.—British Indlans in South Africa, who number 140,000, threaten a passive strike, aecarding to & Johannesburg despaich to the Dalily Mail, for the vredress of grievaneces, They declare they are discriminated against by the immigration and loeal laws which they prepose te break, 1If arrests follow, it is asserted, the In- dians will cease worl, Under Wing of United States MARSHAL NOW ONE OF THAW’'S CUSTODIANS u. s. LEGAL BATTLE TODAY Jerome to Oppose in Federal Court Continuance of Writ of Habeas Cor~ pus—Coaticook Constable Arrested. _Colebrook, N. H., Sept. 15.—The ju- dicial branch of the United States gov- ernment assumed joint guardianship with the state of New Hampshire of Harry Kendall Thaw tonight. By vir- tue of a writ of habeas corpus issued at Concord on Saturday last, United States Marshal E, P, Nute became one of the Matteawan fugitive's cus- todians and tomorrow morning he will be taken to Littleton, N, H, and pro~ duced before Judge Edgar Eldrich in the United States district court. Jerome to Oppose Continuance. The writ was obtained by Thaw's lawyers as a weapon against William Travers Jerome, in cass Jerome should try forcibly to get Thaw across the New York border. Before the federal court tomorrow they will seek to have (Continued on Page Eight.) G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT FORMALLY OPENED. Veterans Spend Da} in Visiting His= toric Battlefields, Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept, 15.—The formal opening today of the Grand Army of the Republic 47th annual en- campment was occupied chiefly with sightseeing tours to the historic bat- tlefields in this vicinity. A drizzling rain did not deter thousands of vete; ans from making pilgrimages to Look out mountain, Chickamauga park and Missionary ridge. Today was official- g; designated as “Lookout Mountain v Interest of the veterans already is being manifested in the election of a commander in chief to succeed Gen- eral Alfred B, Beers. Among the names prominently mentioned are Pri- vate Orlando Somers of Kokomo, Ind., Colonel Clair E. Adams of Buperior, Neb., former Representative Washing- ton Gardner of Kalamazoo, Mich., and General J. N. Harrison of the depart- ment of Kansas. The first general business session of the national encampment will be called to order Thursday morning, and the election of officers is Ilikely to take place soon thereafter. EMERY MAKES DENIAL OF MULHALL CHARGES. Defense of Manufacturers Before the Lobby Investigators Completed. ‘Washington, Sept, 15.—The defense of the National Assoclation of Manu- facturers to the charges of a checkered and improper pclitical career in Wash- ington and elsewhere, made by ite for- mer “lobbyist,” Martin M. Mulhall. was concluded tonight by James A. Emery chief agent of the assoclation, in t capitol. For nearly three hours HEm- ery addressed the house lobby commit- tee. He made a detalled denial of Mulhall's charges that the association packed congressional committees, that it campaigned at great expense to elect its favored congressional friend and that i{ spent several hundr thousand dollars in “lobby work” through Mulhall himself. Emery pointed to the testimony of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, before the committee to show that the manu- facturers merely opposed the ideas of labor-favoring legislation which Mr, Gompers and the unions campaigned so vigorously to get from congress, 8,000 TONS OF COAL BURN IN NEW HAVEN New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Sustains Loss of $10,000, New Haven, Conn.,, Sept. 15.—Eight thousand tons of coal owned by the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford Railroad company are on fire in a huge coal pocket at the Cedar Hill yards. Although many thousand gal- lons of water have been poured into the pocket, the blaze was still emolder.. ing after midnight. The engineer- of & passing train saw jhe fire and “tooted” his whistle. All the engines in the yard commenced tooting their whistles also and with the dense clouds of smoke climbing the heavens, many thought there had been another wreck or some disaster. The city department responded to an alarm and stretched lengths of hose many feet before being of assistance. The loss will be about $10,000, While this fire was in progress e factory of Dann Brothers at No. 80 Franklin street, caulfht fire in some unknown way and 50,000 damage wes done before the blaze was put out LEAPS 200 FEET INTO THE NIAGARA RIVER Jokin Hawkins Commits Sulcide from Lower Steel Arch Bridge. Niagara Falls, N, Y, Sept. 15—A man believed by the police to be John Hawkins, 68 years old, of Erile, Ps., committed suicide by jumping hto the Niagara river from the lower steel arch bridge this afternoon. The bridzs spans the river just above the start of the whirlpool rapids and is 200 feet above the surface of the water. The suicide was the first from the lower arch bridge is three years. Haw- kins was pulled from the bridge's rafl- ing on Saturday night, but he .con- vinced his captors then that he was not bent on suicide. Progressives Pick a Tickst, New Haven, Conn., Sepi. 15—The New Haven progressive party, after a convention that lasted into the early hours of morning, voted to Rlace a ticket in the field at the coming city election. The ticket is composed of men who have already been nominated by either the republican or democratic parties. The nominations follow: Mayor, Frank J. Rice (republican controller, Arthur D. Mullen (demo- crat); city clerk, A. O. Pallman (re- publican); treasurer, Henry Fresinus democrat); tax collector, Willlam H. ackett (democrat). $10,000 Bequest to Yale. ‘Washington, Sept. 15—The will of the late Justice Henry Billings Brown, retired associate justice of the su- preme court of the United States, was flied for probate hers today. The bulk of the estate, about $75,000, is left to the widow; 310,000 goes to Yale uni- versity, a eollectlon of paintings to the Detreit Museum of Art, and a num| of rare books to the United Savernment 3 g b