Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 3, 1913, Page 1

WARNS EWGINEERS AGAINST STRIKE Governor Foss Notifies Brotherhood That He Will Call , Special Session of Legislature TO PROHIBET A STRIKE IN MASSACHUSETTS State Has Full Control Over Intra-State Traffic, He Contends, and Such Control Extends to Employes as Well as Com- panies—-Declares That Their Position Against Rules Createdtin Interest of Public Safety is Indefensible. e hould a strike of j come my duty to take such measures engineers anc firemen on the New |as are withia my power to protect the York, New Hawen and Hartford rail- | people of this commonwealth. To that road be ordered, Governor Ioss will | end, if the strike is called, I shall ask ask for a speciial session of the Massa- | the council te join me in summoning husetts leg'stature to enact laws to | a special ssion of the legislature for pronibit all es of railroad em- | the purpose of enacting laws which, ploves within the commonwealth. | after providirg effective remedles for That is a ceclaration contained in a | all grievances of employes, shall ab- solutely prohibit strikes of railroad operatives employed within the com- monwealth. For such action the laws of other countries supply us the governor sent tonight " the Brotherhood of Loco- nd the Brotherhood iremen and Enginemen letter which to officers c motive En of Locomotiv at New Haver, Conn. The letter says | precedents and public sentiment in this #n part: commonwealth will surely demand the Text of the Foss Letter. enactment of similar legislation. I am informed that the Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers and the of Locomotive Firemen | i State Controls Intrastate Traffic. Brotherhood Chis commonwealth, of course, has and Enginemen are now voting upon | no control over companiés or their the proposal to tnaugurate a strike | operatives engaged in business of a upon the New York, New Haven and | purely interstate character; but over Hartford railroad, and that this strike, | intrastate it has full control, which f authorized, willjoccur at such time | necessarily exiends, if need he. to the may be deiermined by a committee { employves as well as to the companies. f which you are members, { In regard to interstate business, the This is of grave concern to the peo- | legislature can appropriately meme- ple of Massachusetts. A strike upon | rialize congre and urge upon that the New Haven system means the | body, which fortunately now is in s stopping of the wheels of industry. 10ss | sion, the cnuctment of legisla- of employmert to hundreds ot thou- | tion as may be needed for the pre- sands of laborers, interference with | vention of strikes affecting interstate the regular supply of food and fuel, | commerce, and a consequeni high death rate XDty Oied to Pulilic. among invalids and infants, As gov- ernor of the commonsvealih I am bound to take such action as I can 1o prevent such a public calamity, Question Vitally Aé#fects People, “In conclusion, 1 wish to express the hepe that you will h carefully the | fact that the members of your opgan- aged in a publie calling “T am informed that the principal o dessihan Mot question at isspe beiween your organ- IR UM Se Y HOR izations and the New Hasen railroad e is whether the promnotion of Pmplovpsz and the assignment of duties shall be; governed soiely by the rule of seniovity ; it 56 or whether fizess as well as leugth of | e e service shall be taken inte comsidera- | u_wn the serfority issue you will in- Hon Yomr cresmizations aze meported | Vite the coademnation of every fair- to take the posifien M the rule of | Minded man in New Engiand and the seniority shotiid gesern, while, the rail- | Dation road desimes that fit!l.l shflnfllbe taken inte consideration as well as’length of sarvice. “Without }-oking at fhe amatter from | sometim inconvenience preeipitate a strike is MEN FAVOR STRIKE. the standpoint eitder of the mfikmd‘ Balloting. ar its employes, I dastre ¢ rTemind you that this is jome WhiCh | New Haven, Conn., Oct. 2.-——Officials of the Brotherhood of Loecomotive In- and.!nca:toltafl‘fiem]i}n gimeers said tonight that they had not n-mamcmm ard e setenment of 35| xet neceived Governor Foss letier, and el e fim,“‘;o,a"af&mu ®; | therefore doeclined to_ discuss it As- sistant Grand Chiefl T. L. Griffing ar- rived here late tonighf, and tomorrow will coumt the strike badots that have { been talrem on the New Haven system during the pasi few days. Tt wassaid unofficially that the men will vote to strike by ar overwhelming majority. This does not necessarily mean that the men will strike, said Chairman F. S, Evans, it means that the men favor striking: if their cemtentions cannei be eaimed in any other way. Both Mr. Griffing and Mr. Evans were emphatic in declaring that there is no damger of an immediate strike. If the men vote to sirike, the nexi step will be to arrange for furtber comferences with the railroad officials in another endeavor to satisfactorily adjust the differences, The railroad management pointed | out some time ago that there could be ! no need for further conferences “where the gmestion of safety alone was the issue. the labor force, make if impassible for the raflecad. matmtain discipline, and impair the ty of ttie railroad fo serve the public. An Indefensible Position. “Yhe real izsne is ncit bBetwmeen the milroad amd s empiloyes, but between cormmonwealth, whedher flle Tives of the people shall be placed n 4 by the mainte- namce of the senjority vale, and wiheth- er, m order to enforwe this rule, our mast submit 10 the evils inci- devdt to a ralroad srfke. “Under these circnmstances it is my dunty to say to you if Jyom imaugurate a strike upon thes jsswe you will place yomr i am indefensibie | position, amd will xRy against \-mn_ the peopis o Massachusetts and the sther New Ergland sfates. WS Sumroon /egisiature. “U this strike & dodlared it will be- MRS. EATON TO BE TRIED OCTOBER 13 || District Attorney Declares He is Sat- isfied with His Case. Hingham, Mass teriows death of Res Giles Faton at his weven momnths age FEDERAL ARMY 14D © r mmimi Joseph home in Assinippi was the subject of repeh Peyotes lodkiy, amd ithe comsti- forres aesembling ai thal | further ingniry here today. paint made the most of the delay in o checl; ibe northwand ad- Testifying af a resumption of the n. quest which was held in secref, elght H vamee of tie roment. troope. Sel- | witnesses were heand, most of them ng aside 1he 'y pumsted in - | neighbors of the Bator It is upon ons campaigns of enlieting ondy - | the imqEest evidence that the gevern- can=, foreign soldiens of foriume, $f | ment is o bring (o trial in the superior they ave ecmipped with a rifle and a | court on Oct, 14, Mrs. Jennie M, Eafon, Heposition to (Aght. are Bemng wel- | the admiral's widow. who ix charged somed inte the! rebel ramis. A lamge | with the munder of her husband by administering poison, Ay the conclusion of the day‘s pro- ceedingx, the inquest was again ad- journed fndefinitely, bst Distrief Al torney Alberd 8, Barker announced {hat it wowuld be re-comvened to hear fur. ther testimony bhefore Mrs, Fafon is \umusm o trial My, Barker deciared thal the govern. reported en mmy 10 join the comstitn- | m at Pioyoles, “ M mmfld that the rebeis ha\e” the! town o Monclova 10 the | of Peyed o6, | Dther thin ifse sxcitement attending | he . of a filibustering o®. | Dedigion ot aftempted o seize | Pigdroz Nagnas from the United Rates | ment js satisfied with iis case as de- e of rlm houndary. ne disorder ac- ! veigped 1o daie. He scouted reports ourved here The invaders wers | thaf the presecution might he forced driven back by guards commissioned 1o quash the indietment against Mrs, 9y the committee of safety, 3 the nevu- | Bagen and Jei her g0 withoui trial, rnl oy govprement organived yosters | “Mry, Haten will ebsolutely be broughi 32 known. Bo far as ascerisined |19 trial op Octeber 14" he said em- na one wap iniured. No efioris are | phatically, made te arpest (hese implicated Bride (Cut on Wedding Might, TOO MANMY SUITORS FOR BUTCHER'S HAND, Decs Not Dars Let His Custemers Know He is to Wed, Milwankee, Wis, Oet. 2 —Declaring fthat his business weuld be rained jif the news of his marriage were mads n riy af Agawam, whieh a8 aute nu bride and greom ' former to Aon | pu hlu‘f one of 12& nvphfir‘and::‘;lm;m, riage ligense ai County idewle’s igjmwi, unmans'i}mm todey acked InAi Bis name be | withheld frem publication, “1 awn 8 b icher shop and am esin- meney,” he sald. "“There are mpre Biaa 360 mawmd ysuflg ladies living n;ie’h y Becayse every- w.h.m-s?f@ w;..u J.iai I w w. ,awg that | have meney the FAad ing methers send fheir girls 4 FOH R W én with a view to get- i thcy e Fied «m woiild gel mad ang heyesit Rd | e Wi ?ifl g 18 fliu wal: - { amm gping fo W Al %’iw The sibcUmMStaREes Giesic Widile auveed to) Suppress AR B, Wounded Breer Found in Weeds. Rointy ix @ p?é«u Brigtel, Bpan, Hst. & f)??uly Hame league Wa:ien Schubert and Fhief of Police Belden, upga peseiving a complaint, Wenl iq a A2kse wopds in the eastera part pf the towa tonight and there found a fuh grown puck deer, woun team, i o . |ud,-a\\; on{ed. Ths animu' bad been shot in the the from the opera- | forelez, the Tone beinz b#diy splinter- Fhe sepaior pass ed. “The animal bad appareatly heen ed a rcun‘:\udh afterpoon and h wounded several daxs and it was co don chow marked impreve- | deemed necessary to shool it The car- menl” said Mrs, Lodge tonight, cass wag brought back hers. Unofficial Repert of the Result of the, the | i i —The mys- | i { | | i { 1 | speais. Atiorney Hulet M. Wells, socialist | candidate for mayor at the last elec- 1 it was tmpossible for him to remem- i only Cabled Paragraphs Mikado's Ships to Remain. Tokio, Japan, Oct. 2.—The Japanese wa.rships at yresent in Chinese waters off Nanking are to remain there, ac- cording to n semi-officiul announce- ment made here today. Steamship Pool Busted. Bremen, Germany, Oct. 2—The de- nunciation of the North Atlantic pas- senger pool by the Hamburg-American and the North German Lloyd lines in- cludes also all agreements, regulating their quotas of cabin passengers. King Gustave Takes to His Bed. 2. Stockholm,’ Sweden, Oct. 2.—King Gustave of Sweden is suffering from the after effects of an operation in Paris for appendicitis performed in 1910, and he has been obliged to take to his bed at Skabersjoe castle, in the province of Scania, to undergo special treatment. SOCIALISTS JAILED BY THE WHOLESALE. Other Judges Partially Undo the Work of Judge Humphries. Seattle, Superior Judge John il. Humphries today sent twelve men uand six women to the county jail for contempt of court in defying him in his decisions against socialists. Later a consultation of other judges of the superior court was held and Thorwald Siegfried, an attor- ney who previous had complained to the bar asscciation of Judge Humph- ries’ excessive use of the t of in- Jjunction, writ of habeas Slegfied appl to Judge Everett Smith for the release of Glenn Hoover, attorney for lhv Free Speech Defense W was requested to apply for a corpus for the prisoners. d league and fermer assistant attorney- general of Washingfon, and G. M. | Hodgson, one of the signers of “Reso- lutions: of Protest” ainst Judge | Humphries’ anti-street s king in- Junction ind they were leased on their own recogmizance. Each had a short time before been sentenced to pay $109 iine for contempt, while in addition Hoover had been “forever | disbarred” by Judge Humphries, and Hodgson was sent to jail for six months. Judge Smith said he would release | all the prisoners who sought freedom | on writs of habeas corpus. Judsze Humphries was very angry when he heard of he consultation of his fellow judges and the release of the prison- ers. He dencunced the other judges and declarad the right of habes pus did not zpply in contempt cases The scene in judse Humphries’ court | late today we:s remarkable, The court room was jammed to suffocation and | the crowd interrupted and applauded | frequently, 1fost of the prisoners were | arraigned and expressed anew their contempt for the judge and defied him. Glenn Hoover, atforney for the prison- | ers, was fined, disbarred and ordered | removed to j+i1 as soon as he began te tion, was disbarred and fined without being permitted to speak. Mrs. Humphries, secreiary of a so- was dismissed with a all fine, the judge saying he did not sh to humiliate a member of his own | oteh clan ;. M Willizua MceNally stoed up cialist local, st a baby in ner arms. The he did not wish to send a bdb to Jail, “Never mind.” the woman said bit- terly, “the taby is as guilty as am.” - | She was fined $190 and sent to jail with the baby and a little boy. The woman’s husband, a2 Spanish War vef- eran, was also fined $160 and sent to jail. Six women and twe children are in the county jail tomight Judse Humphries expecis to take up the remainder of the cases tomorrow. HUSBAND OF FIVE TRIED FOR BIGAMY Horse Doaler Seeks to Escape by Legal Technicality. Kansas City, Kas., Oct 2 —Details of a marriage tangle so puzziing that even the defendani, A. O. Jacobs, ersi- while husband of five “wives” threw up his hamds whea asked for details, were brought out at today’s session of the t of Jucobs, charged in the district court with bigamy. is a horse dealer. Four of the are living. The charge was brought Mary Paul Jacobs of this city, who said Jacobs aiready was united to Mrs. Cora Andrews Jacobs of Kansas Mo., when he rried her. Umder a Konsas law prohibiting re-marriage within six months afier divoree, Ja- cobs contended both these marriages were filegal since he contracted them wiihin six months after his divorce from Mrs. Merle Maber Jacops in Fort Seott, Kas.,, and therefore that he was no bigamist, In return, the state sought to prove that the diverce had no effect upon | the case, inasmich as Lhe marriage in | Fort Scott was itself illezgal. having been contracted a meonth before Ja- cobs was divoreed by a preceding wife. Mrs. Katie D. La Master Jacobs of Joneshoro. Ark. a blind woman, J¢ was at this point that the horse dealer threw up his hands and asserted by Murs. ber “aj] the red tape” surrounding his marriage, PRESIDENT MAY HAVE TARIFF BILL TONIGHT Senate Passes Conference Report with Cotton Futures Tax Left Out. ‘Washington, Oct, 2,—The demoecratic tariff revision bill probably will be in the hands of Prestdent Wilson for | his signature by tomorrow nizghi, The senate at the end of a listiess debate passed the conference repor! with the cotton futures tax eliminated at 836 | o’clock tomight by a vete of 38 to 17, four more than the necessary quorum of the senate, i Senators LaFollette, republican, and | Poindexter, progressive, voted for the | eonference report as they did for the il on its passage and Benators Rans- deil and '?‘hmnmn democrats, voted against it ag they dia against the bill. Otherwise it was a striet party vote. Steamers Reportad by Wireless, Ligard, Oet. 2.—8iecamer S¢, Laeuis, New York for Plymeuth, Cherbours and Seuthampten, sigrailed 352 miles wast at 9 a. m. Due Plymeuih 6 a, m, Friday, _Qugensiown, Oet. 2. -Steamer Csd- Fip, Newy York for Gueenstown and rpeol, signallgd 200 miles wese at mmn Pite Quechstown | a. m. Pri- day, Suble leland, Ost, 2. —=Sieamer Vie @um for New Y s east pf Sandy i [ g, . Saturduy, Pape Race, O&t, 1, ~Stcaser Swnlurm- Hiasgow for New Yorlk, signalled 1865 miles past pf Sandy ook ac 9.38 4. m. Doek nesn Suaday, Steamship Arrivals. At Henoa: Sept. 28, Caiabwia, fm New York. Af “Friest Sepl, 38, inzlen. from Near Vork At Leoadon: @et, I, luieaias, frem Mentreal, Musiha Wasia. | Pavis, oui of tewm ele Gourt Adjourns UtflL Monday SULZER'S DEFENCE WILL THEN BE BEGUN GOVERNOR TO TESTIFY —_—r Over-rules Objections of Some of His Attorneys, Asserting That His Tes- timony is Indispensable to Defence. Albany, N, Y. Oct. 2-2Only a brief session of the Impeachment trial Governor Sulzer was held today then an adjournment until Mondz ternoon was granted, by Pres Judge Cullen. This w done in order that the attorne) for the governor might have time to perfect their ]IIAI]S of for opening the e. Judge D. Cady rick, chief of the counsel for the said he and his assoclates doubtless would be ready to proceed Monday. P Lawyer Hinman Breaks Down. The illness of Senator Harvey D. Hinman, who plans to open the case for the defense, is causing his asso- ciates much worry. He is able to be about the city, but ‘he is in a highly nervous condition. He has been un- able to sleep. This is due mainly to the fact that he has been working through the regular court sessions and then spending a greater t of each night at the executive mansion, golng over details of the case with the gov- ernor. The governor is a tireless night worker and as he has been able to sleep until noon every day, the strain has not told on him as it has on Hin- man, Sulzer Determined to Testify. Of he plans of the defense little is known except that Hinman will ont- line the defense if he i3 able and that Louis A. Sarecky gov- ernor's campaign tify there is no dc been at any time within the I days, Sgme members of his counsel | opposed his taking the stand. but he used all his suasive powers and finally breught them to = his view of the situation—that his story would be | indispensable to his defense A leng conference was held hetween the gov- ernor and S attorneys tonight at the “People’s House.” Effort to Strike Out Evidence. . Efforts of Attorneys H k.\uslr-n G. Fox today te have testimeny stricken from the record brought the statement from the court that this metien weuld have to be re- newed when all the evidence was In, “I shall hold,” Judge Cullen 1, “that all motions investigating the probative force of competent evidence must be lef of the case.” Welcomed Recess. until the final submission All This ruling caosed Mr. Fox to re- frain from ma motion to' str t articles 3, and 8 anned. The motion will later in the however. articles deal with all of the governor's alleged impeachabie acts except those investigating financial trar A motion to sirike out the “money ar- ticles” already is before the cousa, It too, will be decided when ail the t timony is in. Members of the court and the at torneys were not averse to the reces untll Monday and most of cept. those actively engaged with defense, hur ml homf‘ muizm. SECRETARY JONES 1S RELEASED ON BAIL. Surety Company Furnishes Bond for Alleged Dynamiter. Indianapoiis. Ind., Oct. : Jones, secretary-treasurer of the in- ternational Association of B and Structural Iron Workers, who was ar- rested here today by Deputy United States Marshal Merrill Wilson on ge of conspiring o transport e plosives unlawfully, was released $10,000 bond late this afternoon I hearing was set for October 13" before United Stat Commissioner Howard S. Young. He declined to make a state- ment. Jones’ bond was signed by a surety company and for a time the govern- ment objected to surety bond, later it was accepted. The charge against same as the ¢ on his fellow unionists were convicted in the federal court here last December and sentenced to the federal prison at Teavenworth for ns ranging from one to seven vears The appeals are set to come up this month. and today's developmenis are considered of great imporiance by the Tnited States « rici attorney’'s offfce in that many missing I'nks are supplind by Davis’ ron(ess!on Jones which 28 of the DAViS AT FALL RIVER. Drew a Magazme Revolver When Piaced Under Arrest. Fall River, Mass., Oct who confessed in today to dynamite ouirages., was ar rested here on June 15, 1898, for assault upon Chief Patrick Donahoe of Som erset, just across the river from this city. Domnahoe was trying to arvest Davis, who was known as O’Donnell. as a suspicious character after a George E ow had expioded under the Xew Haven and Hartford railroad | bridge, cansipg minor damage. A short time before this expiosion the new coupnty highway bridge over Trenton river between Fall River Somerset was damaged by dynamite. When Chfef Donahoa tried to get O'Donnell Into custody on a street car the man drew a magazine revoiver and was subdued only after a hard | fight, On a charge of assault he was sen- tenced to three years in the house of correction at New Bedford, After serving all but four months of this senten he was paroled and went fo New York, BANKS WANT FEES FOR OUT OF TOWN CHECKS Object to Provision of Currency Bill Abolisking Them. Washington, Oat. Representatives of smal] banking inietesis in (B mid- die wesi and south appeared befors the senale banking and currency commif tee loday 1o ertéicice the administra tion eurrsney bill, Genemmlly the small banliers endorgsd ithe purposes of he bill ag frasned, but in sSeveral cases amendmenis of Tmporiance, proposing ehanges th:u would offer advaniagos to smaller banks, were suggested. FThe prineipa shypeqen veieed went L%‘ev oyigien of the bill whieh $au eprive the Bankers af ihe eharges Aew made fer (Re esliection of 6. These eafleetions, epresenied consid- the bankers said, evaple mrefit and sheuid net be taken from the bamks. but York Sien VOL. LV—10. 236 NORWICH. CONN., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1913 . PRICE TWO CENTS N—— R A 3 Condensed Telegrams 1' Joseph Ulrich of Pittsburgh, was fined $256 for winking at Mary Moran of that city. Edward R. N. Harriman, son of the late E. H. Harriman, has entered Yalo as a freshman. Retail Prices of All Grades of coal were advanced 25 cents a ton by dealers in Boston vPalerdu.v William Palmer, 63 years old, of Chicago, was forced by his father, aged 86, to sign the pledge. A Chickep Bone which lodged in his throat last December caused the death of Solomon Papier of Trenton this week. Agriculture Will be Added to the courses taught in the public night schools at Chicago, which will open Monday. Applications for Patents durinz the past year totalled 67.896, the largest on record except for were 69,236. 1912 when there Foreign Universities will have a prominent part in the opening exer- cises _of Princetons’ graduate college on Oct. 22. Dean Henry Prentiss Forbes of the Theological school of St. Lawrence uni- versity died at his home in Canton, N. Y., yesterday. upon for appendicitis was reported to be making a satisfactory rec Y. Mrs. Emma Bernier, 55, committed suicide terday by hanging in the at- tic at home at Pittsfield, Mass. Despondency was the cau Emmanuel Rubin and Nathan Levy, owners of factories in New York cit were fined having the door of their factory locked during working | hours. The ral yesterday gave an opinion (o the comperoller that the state should not pay the premiums on bonds of county officials not hand- ling state money. Thousands of Dollars Worth of rare l'and vdluable coins have been stolen from the residence of Waldo Newcom- er, president of the National Kxchange bank at Baltimore After Travchng From New York to Lincolr b. Statan Colseink, a Rus- ant that ticket rned yesterday was marked Lin- Herman Berlin, a Milwaukee was d in _an effort to 8 large While tugging with the fish, Berlin stood erect in the boat which was overturned. Despite Strikes, Bad Weather and | two double holidays, tonnage of ore | shipped from the head of the lakes this year will exceed the record break- | ing 1 set in John Schildneck Absf’ondlng Cashier | ! of the export department of the Wash- 8 »y Milling company in New 1Y bas been cuptured in Uruguay “ afte 32 chase of over month, 1 { school c¢h d)\u will be ad- bzy uniformed firemen on | >r 9, which been designated | as “fire prevention day” Solicitor Folk of epart- | Westbound Train N ade. }Un and i Gerai | messeng and { passenger: | George F. Chandler of Rocky Hili,! the A Hearty Cooperation with the pub t proposed lic service commission in its investigation of various expenditures | by the New York, New | Hartford railroad, w s 3 | President Howard Elliott, in a letter | to Governor ¥ Pr at the Wt northwestern | Minnesota, route t American { held next Marie Lioyd, English Music inger, and Bernard Dillon, an lish jockey, who arrived in New on the steamship Olvmpic Mr. Mrs. B. Dillon, were ordered deport- ed yesterday. The singer admitted | that she and Dillon were not legally | married. Escteben E. Fierre of Laredo, an American citizen. who was arrcsted | toward the end of September at Saltil- lo and impressed Into the Mexican army, will not have to serve, the order for him to enter the rank been reseinded upon repres betng made by the (Inited States, State Treasurer Deal of Missourt, yesterday trapsinttted 563 checks (o confodemte pensioners in Missourd, this baing the first insiallment undsc the act of the last general assenbly providing Tor these pensions and ap- propriating $30,000 for that purposs for ihe bleanial pm{nd of 1513 und 1914, Disagreemsent Onler the Divisien of the fameus Alsep claim against the government of Chils, which was set- fled in 1911 wiih King Geerge of Eng- land as arbiter, and an award te the claimanis of $98.886, resulied vesier- day in fhe fitng of a suil in the dis- trict ceurt at Washington by adminis- traters of several estates imterestsd, | reaches its me 1y the pre K. sent | ! through Senator Oliver to the te de- ,‘ pariment against Thaw’s deportation from Canada on September appointed by EoVernor. on Wworkmen's compensation act cor { sion, ha taken an office at H ford, ' {hired a stenographer and will make | that city his official headquarters | William J. Young and Wife of Bran- | don, Manitoba, vesterday appealed to the police of search fo itwo men wt ont of $5,000 which d wife | had bet on a ‘sure horse race. | ; DOOMED TO SPEND 138 Panama Canal is Undamaged WITHSTANDS THE TEST OF AN EARTHQUAKE LS GOETHAL’S STATEMENT “Personal Inspection of Locks Made by Lieutenant-Colonel Sibert — Los Santos Province Damaged $100800. —“Absolutely no by last night's part of the canal.”” This signed statement was issued this evening by Col. George W, Goethals, chairman and chief engineer, isthmian cana! commission. The canal officials are greatly pleased tonight over the fact that within the space of one week the Gatun locks have been called upon to respond to two supreme tests, and in each case proved equal to the demar ‘1. Personal Tour of the Locks. Panama, Oct. damage was done earthquake to any On s last it was demonstrated beyond question that the lock operat- ing mechanism works perfectly and that can be locked through at will, the earthquake test was not lngun»d on, stil, in one sense, the event came opportunely, inasmuch ag it has showed to the world that it will take more than the ordinary earth- quake to cause irreparable damage to the lock structures and dams. Lieutenant Colonel Sibert went over the gréat part of the Gatun locks in person today ard satisfied himself that there had been no damage. Col- onel Goethals was ear assured that the canal works had suffered no injury and be noon 6n the isthmus practi- cally everyone knew of the fact. One Decath from Fright. The president of Panama, Dr. Bells- sario Porras, personally inspected the canal works this afternoon and learned with great rclief that the quake had left the canai unharmed. ed up to late tonight parts of the isthmus in- disturbance was pure- racter, with the great- Los Santos province, Reports rec from different. the dicate that y a lo city, A late d of San Santos therc at $25,000 and in the ertire province at $100.000. Twenty-six tremors were counted in Los Santos city. No lives were report- ed iost, with (Jhe exception of one death from fright. Famous Flat Stood 175 Years. The history of earthquakes in Pana- ma during the last 200 years shows that dist in the neighboring republic of Rica are rarely per- ceptible in part of the isthmus and 'k in this locality does not end to Costa Rica. Furthe movement generally imum intensity in the s Santos, provinee of Canal e rts have always pinned great faith to the fact that no guake ! has ever occuired strong enough to shake down *l:e famous flat arch which stood in Panama for 175 years. MYSTERY ENVIRONS THE STABBING CASE I | Doubts as 'to How Miss Singleton's Wood Pulp Manufactured in Sweden | Injuries Were Inflicted, from wood grown in Russia in not en- | £ ! S ' ot . el , oy - titled " to free nto the United | New York, O -Mystery per States decision by ‘ plexed investigato’ onight of Herman Gatant the | Oc millionaire law student at Hamlin ; { Co nd Miss Lucille g : Singleton, da I a Texas mine An Attempt to “Wreck the plant of | 9% Although Oelrichs was_held the Potter e gistr court today for a | Coudersport : next on the charge A heavy ch: ybed the in the breast ploded ~under the t setting were in wtomobile @ | chines | few ni 120, the ion exi | B 2 to whether her | Jumping Throu Barann i in this a or from the window on the floor of the | Points Lioken Swindendia Maine General he - H. H, | through ‘lv"‘», ch she wa “»"1”,',‘;3 n ,“-;'1:1‘ Boody, oid fever d | young Oelrichs’ car crashec 0 a tree. 30, fell sidewalk The 1s fur cated to- ed yeste by ate hs' law- eff the ridiculc stabbed bsolutely client Miss Miss < did not appear ress the comnplai tonight to be still in t nded her at automobile accident in far ital ated the despatc e 0 the effect that BILL TO CREATE A “FATHER'S DAY *| First Sunday in June Proposed With Rose as Emblem. Washington, Oct, 2.—Represenfativa Moore of Pennsylvania, the father of eight children, today introduced in ths resolution designating the une as Father’'s day, thlfim. Mr. Moora at Charlotte olution was enns make 1 holidasy MORE HOURS IN MINE r Separated from Fres- 15 Feet of Coal, Entombed Mi dem by Centralia, P: freedom by fi coal, Thomas Lost , the miner who has been entombed in the Continental colliery of the Lehizgh Valley Coal‘com- pany since last Friday morning, must spend at least 18 hours more in his dis- mal cell, 100 feet helow the Surface. He was told this tonight by rescuers who are working desperately to nene- trate the wall of coal surrounding him. Foss to Run as Independent. Boston, Oci, 2--Nomtnation papers for Govérnor Fosy as an independent candidate for governor were taken out today by termer Mayor James M. W Hall of Cambridge, Mr, Hall siwia that Governor Fos§ had nol authorized (i ofrcalgiion of the papers, bul added that he had been in communicatlon with the governor on the subject. Ponlty‘v.nll to Cut Mrs. Pankhurst. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oof, 3—No recog- nition ef any sart, ecordla] or other- wige, awaits Mrs., Bmmeline Pank- hurst frem Pennsvivania suffragists upen har visit to this cormtry, wag the dietum veiesd at the bc;.&nmu of the Tgual Franshise tHan here teday,