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VOL. LV.—NO. 291 A BATTLE IN OIL FIELDS DISTRICT Federals Sustain Heavy Losses in a 24 Hour En- gagement 40 Miles Below -Victoria THE FIGHTING SAID TO Three Thousand Men Reported HAVE BEEN RESUMED to Have Been Engaged—Elab- orate Preparations at Chihuahua For Villa’s Arrival— Reported Attack on Zacatecas—Huerta Again Trying to Raise Money in Europe—Hardships of the Refugees. Brownsville, Texas, Dec. 4—A 24] hours’ battle near Tula, 40 miles balow Vietoria Tamaulipas, in the region of important Mexican oil fields, resulted in a federal loss of 220, according to a constitutiogaiist report received at Matamoras late today from General Aguilar, commander in chief in that district. The constitutionaiis joss was not stated. late advices from Vie- toria said the fighting had been re- sumer. 3,000 Men Engagea. The battle started TuesGay night. General Carrerea Torres commaunded the constitutionalists, wiho numbered | 2,000, and Generals Rabago and Arza- | mendi led the federal forces of about 1,000 men. CHIHUAHUA IN GALA ARRAY. Civil Governor Prepares fo~ Reception of General Villa Villa Ahumda, Mexico, Dec. &~ Fifty-five hundred rebels, forming the leus of the army with which Gen- s Villa says he will marc to overthrow the H 1ip, were to enier C: huahua City, the state ecapital, to- night It is in this city that Villa, aow in supreme commgnd of the military forces of the revolution, said he would | gather about him ten thousard men 0 gtart south by way of Torrecn and Facatecas to Mexico City. The report that Zacateas, with 30,000 population sud the pital of a rich mining dis . | trict, already was being attacked indi- | cated that the rebels to the south were | in great numbers. Scattered bands of | rebels! ranging each from a few hun- | fired to several thousand, are to be - pressed into the main army, according 1o Villa’s plan to have at least 20.000 men when he reaches the high plateau leading to the capital of the republic. The rebel advices were that Federico Moye, the civil governor of Chihuahua, had made elaborate preparations the reception of Villa, having put In #ala state the palace where Villa will now command, and that Villa wouid | probably occupy a home vacated by one of the millionaire Terrazas famiiy Before leaving Chihuahua, General Mercado at the request of the Uniied States consul, Marian Letcher, and other consuls, left 200 soldiers for po- lice duty, the promise being that the rebels on emtering the city would not molest these men. The federal police took fright at the rebel approach and fled. The consuls then prevailed upon citizens to do the policing. - TO RAISE MONEY, Huerta Despatches Minister of Finance * to Europe. Mexico City, Dec. 4.—FHoping that he | will be able to do what others have failed to do, President Huerta is send- ing to Europe his minister of fin Adolfo de la Lama, on a money ing mission. The minister lef Cruz tonight and will proce there to Paris, k- | r Vera | from | a It developed today that the plan ufl the foreign colonies for defense in- volves an effort to have marines of na- | tions other than the United Stafes| brought here to join the local organ- | jzation which is being formed. The | plan was discussed by the diplomats today, bul the American vhur;{e[ @affaires, Nelson O’Shanghnessy, was | not at the meeting. It is repor that | in case an atiack en the capital be- | comes imminent an effort will be made to induce Gen. Huerto and his forces to move outside the city. FIVE DAYS ON DESERT. Refugees From Chihuahua City Have a Trying Experience. Marfa, Texas, Dec. 4—Five days on a desert without any more food or water than they could carry with them the refugees from Chihuahua City evacuated by the federals were today within a few miles of Ojinaga, on the border opposite Presidio, Texas. United tates customs and immigration in- spectors left Marfar to meet the refu- gees in the expectation that they would cross the border and also to meet any contingency that might arise in event that any of the Mexi federal army officers should seek safety in this coun- try At the head of the fleeing army of- ficers is General Salvador Mercado, Huerta's military commander in Northern Mexico, who evacuated Chihuahua after his troops threatened mutiny because they received no pay. Two thousand federal troeps, with members of some of the ri fam- ilies in Mexico, are in the ravan. T'nable to procure vehicles and given i only .a short time to gather such of their portable possessions as they could, the civilians started on foot to follow the deserting army. The route to the border is more than 130 miles of desert, without towns, railroads or wagon trails. CONDITIONS IMPROVED. Rebel Leaders Now Pay More Heed to United States Protests. shington, officials here faction evi Dec. re 4—Administration viewing with satis- of the growing sense of responsibility on the part of the rebel leaders in Northern Mexico for the protection of life and property within the territory in their possession. The state department’'s request for the release of Americans heid for ransom or arrested on suspicion are now re- ceiving prompt attention at the hands of the constitutionalist generals, and it 1s apparent that these officers in turn are gradually exerting more pow- er and imposing greater restraints over their subordinates. It is believed that the constitutional- ists themselves are divided on the question of seeking formal recognition of their government in its present con- dition might encourage a movement for the separation of the northern states from the remainder of the country. British Officer to Teach Rebels. Hermosillo, Mexico, Dec. 4—Captain F. Thord Gray, formerly of the British army, arrived here today and was ap- pointed by the constitutionalists artil- lery and cavalry instructor. It was pointed out that this would not be a deviation from the insurgent policy of not accepting foreigners in the army, as Captain Gray’s work would be con- fined to teaching, Cruiser Ordered to Mexico. Bremerton, Wash, Dec. 4.—Orders were received at the Puget Sound navy vard today to place the cruiser Ralelgh, attached to the Pacific reserve fleet, in full commission temorrow for service on the west coast of Mexico. Gunboat Sails for Mexico. San Francisco, Cal, Dec, 4.—The gunboat Yorktov sailed from this port late todav for Guaymss, on the west coast of Mexico, MOVING PICTURES AS PART OF DEFENSE President Winslow Explains U. S. Ma- chinery Ceo.s Course. Poeton. Mass, Dec. {—Moving pic- turex will he exhibited next Tuesday tn the federal court as part of the de- | patents and six other companies were fense of the United Shoe Machinery compan in the dissolution suit | brought by government. The pic- | tures wi yow nachines of the com- ! pany in eoperation 4n various stages | of shoe manufacturing. | Reasons for the purchase of thel numerous concerhs acquired by the | 1'nited company were given hy Sidney | W, Winelow, president of the company, | in testimony tod. | The early purchases were made, he ! said, chiefly to put an end to litiga- | tion arising out of infringements ur|[ acquired for the purpose of turning | them Inte agencies of the United, Other companics were hought, he | eaid, for the purpese of axtending the mcope of the business, the purchases adding machinery that the United had not manufactured up to that time, | These maechines had te do mosty with the finishing of the shoe afier it had hean lasted and stitehad, Other pur chases took in companies that fur- nished findings and supplies such as needles, evelats, cement and taeks. Still other eompanies were acquired, he said, to securc patents and reyal- | ties on patenis which the United com- pany required te give it a free field in developing its ewn machines along | improved linss, Te wipe out some old obligations of the Goodyear company which was one of the three companies which joined to form the United, {wo concerns were | bought out, Further companiss had to he pur- ehased to secure the services of cer- tain experts, During its first three are the United company spent $378,000 in puying up litigants, Mr. Winslow tes- tified. None of the machines seguired were eompeting machines, he said, and ne attempl was made to drive competitors out. Hartford Drug Store Robbed.’ Hartiord, Conn., Dee. 4.-—The pelice are searching for iWe young pen and a middie pged man whe, it is believed, ransacked the safe at Cellander’'s drug store today neon and seenred $150 in | cash. The men entered the stere at| the neen heur, when' business was | quiet, and the voung men asked to use | the telephone, which was in the rear of | the building, while the other twe en- | ibs ; ! | Where she fell senseless. | lega HYPODERMIC NEEDLE USED IN A THEATRE. Youna Bride Evident Victim of White Slaver’s Trick. New York, Dec. 4.—A hypodermic needie, believed to contain a powerful opiate, was thrust into the arm of Mrs. Marjorie H. Graff, a bride of a week, while she sat in a2 box in a New-~ ark theatre today. Sne became faint and made her way to a women’s room, Recovering, | she communicated fo the police her suspicion that a young man, a stran- ger, who was seated behind her in the box, had plunged the needle into her hand. The yolice arrested a young South American, Armund Megaro, for- merly a student in the New Jersey col- of pharmacy, Newark. Megaro protested his innocence, He was held on a technical charge of assault. No gec«l]e was found on him or in the 0X. Experiences almost identical to that of Mrs. Graff have heen reported to the police of New York, Brooklyn, Newark and other cities recently. De- tectives Investigating these cases have worked on a theory, that white slavers have taken this means of making women thefr vietims., In several in- stances the persons attacked wers taken eharge of by individuals pretend- ing to be relatives, according to police accounts of the disappearance of sev- | eral women. MAKES ACCUSATION AGAINST GOVERNOR. Hobbs Says He Was Offered Immunity to Testify Falsely. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 4—State Sen- lator G. A. Hobbs, who with Lisuten- ant Governor Theodore Bilbo, is under bond Lo appear for trial on charges that they recelved and solicited money to further, in the next legislature, a bili to ereate & new deila county, tonight issued a sworn statement in which he declared that Governor Karl Brewer had sffered him immunity on condition that he testify falsely against Bilho, Geovernor Brewer in g message to Unit- ed States Benator Vardaman tonight said there was no truth in Hobbs' stakement, Taft at Housing Conference, Cineinnati, Dee, 4—Foermer President Wiilliam H. Taft arrived in his native eity late teday te atiend the meetings of the National Heusing asseociation, at which he will make an address tomer- row. He was accompanied by Rebert W. DeForest of New York, president of the association, whe will speak to- morrow. Both men were present ai the penfersnge e R A SOOI et 2o U s L P e O O —— cqbled Paragraphs Yagoro Miura Sails for New York. Havre, France, Sept, 4.—Yagoro Miura, the newly appointed counselor of the Japanese embassy at Washing- ton, and his wife, left for New York today on board the trans-Atlantic liner France. To Keep Arms Out of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland, Dec, 4—The impor- tation of arms into Ireland s about to-be forbidden, according to the news- papers here, which declire that the issue of & proclamation to that effect may be expected in a day or two. Dinner to American Consul-General London, Dec 4—The members of the American Luncheon Club, a new or- ganization consisting largely of busi- nessmen, gave a dinner tonight in honor of the American counsul-general John L. Griffiths. Mrs. Pankhurst Arrested. Plymouth, England, Dec. 4.—Con- trary to expectation there was no dis- turbance when Mrs, Emmeline Pank- hurst, the militant suffragette leader was arrested' on board the steamship Majestic on her arrival from New York today. Another Earthquake in Peru. Lima, Peru, Dec. 4.—Another very serious earthquake occurred today in the vicinity of Chalhuanca, capital of the province of Aymareas, in the de- partment of Apurimac, southern Peru. No details of today’'s disturbance have been received. Wild Storm on Norwegian Coast. Christiania, Norway, Dec, 4—Great damage has been done by the violent storms which have been raging on the Norwegian coast for the past fortnight. Several ships have been lost and all fishing craft have been compelled to seek refuge at the various ports. Five of the ‘crew of the liner Bergensfjord were drowned while trying to reach shore in.a boat at Bergen. THIS NATION SHOULD ¢ STAND BY ITS WORD Former Ambassador Choate Arraigns Panama Canal Act, Washington, Dee. 4.—The Society for the Judiclal Settlement of International Disputes opened its fourth annual con- ference tonight with Joseph H. Choate, former ambassador to Great Britain, presiding. The aim of the society, the establishment of a judicial tribunal which would perform for the civilized nations of the world a similar ssrvice to that which is given by the ordinary eourts to individuals and of encourag- ing recourse to such a tribunal after its establishment, formed the theme of addresses at the opening session. Mr. Choate in his address declared that other nations could not be ex- pected to enter into negotiations or arrangements for judicial settlement of disputes unless they could be assured that the United States would stand by its word. His address was an arraign- ment of the Panama canal act. He said the treaty spoke for itself and was violated by the clause of the canal act ting free tolls to American ‘vesse] : BOY LOSES ARM BY A CHEMICAL EXPLOSION. Re-charging B—.md-- of His Wireless Piant. Was Newton, N. J., Dec. 4—Fifteen year old Geraid Gray, a high school student, was blown 20 feet by an explosion he caused in his father's office today by mixing two chemicals. An arm was torn off and a leg mangied and he may not recover. The detonation wrecked the building and was heard all over town. The boy is a son of Dr. Whitfieid Gray, a member of the state board of veterinarians. He has been experi- menting with electricity and chemicals for some time, and recently establish- ed a wireless teleeraph service between Newton and Swartswood Lake, six mfles away, charging townspeople for the use of this service. Today he was re-charging the batieries when the ex- plosion oceurred. GLYNN COMPLETES COMPENSATION ACT New York Measure Provides for Four Forms of Compensation. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 4—The draft of the Glynn workingmen’s compensation bill, which goes to the legislature, with an emergency message on Mon- day~night, was completed tonight. The bill, upon which Governor Glynn said the labor interests, the employers’ as- sociation and the casualty companies were practically agreed, sets up four forms of workmen's compensation— self insurance, mutual insurance, in- surance through casualty companies and insurance administered through a state fund. An important provision of the meas- ure creates a state industrial compen- sation committee of five members to be appointed by the governor. GEORGIA MARBLE FOR LINCOLN MEMORIAL, Congressmen from That State Oppose Colorado Stone. Washington, Dec. 4.—Attorney Gen- eral McReynolds has decided that the secretary of war is required by law to review the action of the Lincoln me- morial commission, headed by former President Taft, in awarding the con- | tract tfor the suerstructure of the me- morial to be erected here to the George | A, Fuller company of New York and; Chicago, for $1,800,000. The point was raised by the gla marble used for the memorial in- stead of the more expensive Colorado stone, favored by Mr. Taft and accept- ed by the commission. “Tear Up Constitution,” Says Carrie. Washington, Dec. 4.—Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cait, in an address at to- night’s session of the National Woman Buffrage assoclation, declared that the women demanded a constitutional amendment enfranchising the women without unnecessary delay. “If the constitution stands In our way” she said, “let’'s tear,t up and make a new one.” Death for 8ix Conspirators. Taihoko, IFormosa, Dec. 5—S8ix of the conspirators recently arrested and con- victed of plotting the overthrow of Japansse rule in Formosa, were today sentenced to death. One hundred and twenty-three were sentenced to terme of imprisonment varying from four to 28 years. The others arrested in con- nection with the plot, numbering 140, weére set at liberty. German Carpenter Runs Amuck. Bacamento, Cal, Dec. 4—One man was lkilled and two policemen and three children were wounded here late teday when John Burrocks, a German carpenter, armed with a rifle and a re- volver, took possession of a cafe and saleon in the business distriet and, aft- er shooting a bartender, defled the po-l lge, Georgia congressional | delegation, which sought to have Geor- | NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1913 = Three Heard a Woman Scream TESTIMONY AT MURDER TRIAL OF DR. CRAIG. CASE OF STATE WEAK Defense Expects to Have It Dismissed Without Offering Any Evidence— Another Failure to Identify Craig. Shelbyville, Ind.,, Dec. 4—The state continued to present testimony today to support its theory of murder and to fasten the crame on Dr. William B. Craig, who is on trial here charged with killing Dr. Helene Knabe. So confident was the defense that nothing could be brought out to con- ncet the accused veterinary with the death of Dr. Knabe thut the announce- ment was made late today that a mo- tion to dismiss the case would be made to the court the moment the prosecution rested. Indications were that this would occur some time to- morrow. Description Fails to Fit Craig. Three witnesses swore this after- noon that they heard the shrill scream of a woman in the vicinity of Dr. Knabe's apartment some time after midnight on the night she met her death. Joseph Carr, one of these wit- nesses, who was passing the apartment building at the time, said, that a few moments later he encountered a man walking briskly out of the alley in the rear of the structure. The man was hoiding a handkerchief over his nose, the witness said. His deseription of the man did not fit Dr. Craig any better than that given yesterday by a witness who said he met a man coming out of the area- way on the other side of the house about an hour earlier in the evening. Mr. Carr said the man he saw was about five feet, nine inches, in height and weighed about 180 pounds. Dr. Craig mansures sgix feet, one, and welghs more than 200 pounds Two Others Heard Screams. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Vail Powsell, who occupied the third floor flat di- rectly above Dr. Knabe, testified she heard screams between twelve and one o’clock in the night. She said the cries seemed to come from a point about a block to the south. Jefferson Haynes, a negro janitor, whe slept in a basement room directly under Dr. Knabe’s bedroom declared he was awakened by the noise made by seme- thing falling in the room above him. This sound was followed by a scream, he said, and then he heard light foot- steps above. As he was dressing about 5.30 o'clock he saig he again heard footsteps in the room above. Wonian Says Craig Was Attentive to Her. Tn an effort to establish a motive for the alleged murder, the prosecution introduced as its witness, Miss Katherine Fleming of Avon, Ind., who admitted that Dr. Craig had been at- tentive to her for the past three years. Miss Fleming denied, however, that any engagement existed between them, although she said the subject of mar- riage had been discussed. Judge Blair blocked an attempt by the prosecution to get Doctor Knabe’s bloodstained kimono befpre the jury through the testimony of a chem- ist who had examined the garment. Alonzo M. Ragsdale, an undertaker, ‘was indicted jointly with Dr. Craig be- cause the kimono was found in his ‘possession and the state must first show some connection between Craig and Ragsdale before the kimomo would be competent evi- dence. Important Witnesses to be Heard. Two of the state’s most important Wwitnesses are yet to be heard. They are Miss Katherine McPherson, the office girl who discovered the doctor’'s dead body, and Augusta Knabe, the doctor’s cousin, who was the first per- son summoned to the apartment after the discovery. RATS AND MATCHES CAUSE OF THE FIRE State Inspectors Make Report on Bos. ton Holocaust. Boston, Dec. 4.—A rats and matches is blamed for the Arcadia hotel fire as a result of in- Yestigations by state officials today. Walter 1. Wedger, state chemist, to- gether with Inspectors James J. Grady and Frank P, Hardiman of the state police found in a closet where the fire apparently started, two rats which had been burned to death, one still hold- ing a piece of burned paper between its fteeth. The officials agreed that the rats probably chewed on matches thrown into the closet h sweepings and thus started the hla: combination of Jowels Worth $100,000 Seized. New York, Dec. 4—Jewels and wear- ing apparel valued at $100,000, the property of Mr. and Mrs. W. Allan Dunlap, who arrived here on the steamer Olympic November 12, have been seized by custom inspectors, it ‘was announced this afternoon, the rejection of Mr. Dunlap’'s claim for exemption of duties on the ground that he was a non-resident. Captain Gilmore Discharged, Hartford, Conn., Dec. 4—Adjutant | General George M. Cole of the Con- necticut National Guard announces that the resigmation of Captain Luther ; M. Gilmore of Baftery A. Field artil- | lery, 18 accepted, and he is honorabiy of the state. K of C. $500,000 Fund Raised. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 4—A fund of $500,000 which tRe Knights of Colum- bus of this country have been collect- ing for more than two years for the Catholic university at Washington has been completed, according to informa- tion obtained here tonight from mem- bers and officers of the order. Wants Decree Made Absolute. New York, Dec. 4—Mrs. Abigail Han- cock Bishop, who séveral months ago obtained an interlocutory decree of di- vorce from James Cunningham Bishop, a New York banker, today applied in the supreme court for an order malk- ing the decree absolute, Snowstorm in New Mexico. Albuguerque, N. M. Dec. 4—Snow ranging in depth from 4 to 18 inches covers the northern half of the state and eastern countles, while heavy rains and an added drop in tempera- ture prevall in the central and south- ern portions, ’ 20,000 Welsh Miners Idle. London, Dec. 4.—Nearly 20,000 miners {in South Wales are jdle through the spread of the Great Western rallway strike. : after | discharged from the military service | Condensed Telegrams 8t Louis h; started a crusade against un-uuurylb-xarhl. Kaiser Wilhelm has ordered all army officers to wear mustaches. The Library of Congress now con- tains 2,128,25? books and pampbhlets. Col. Goethals declined the appoint- ment as city manager of Dayton, Ohio. President Wilson’s Cold was a lit- tle better yesterday but he remained abed. A “ Rear Admiral John Henry Upshur, U. S. N., retired, today will celebrate his ninetieth birthday. Dr. Richard C. Greenleaf of Lenox, Mass., died Wednesday night at Law- rence, L. I, of heart failure. General Porfirio Diaz has been trans- ferred from the retired to the active list by the Mexican War department. Refugees to the Number of 531, most of whom were wealthy Mexicans ar- rived at Laredo Texas yesterday from Monterey. Col. Henry Barthman, of the New York State militla, reprimanded for race discrimination, has applied for retirement. Professor Tamassia, of the Univer- sity of Padau, Italy, advocates the system of identification by _photo- graphing the veins of the hands. Cleveland Abbe, who invented the weather maps that are daily dis- tributed throughout the country, cele- brated yesterday his 75th birthday. Officers and Warehouses of the Hicks' company, wholesale grocers at Bhreveport, La., was burned yester- day with a loss estimated at $150,000. A Brass Pin, with 45 letters engraved upon the head of it, will be exhibited during Christmas week at one of the big department stores In New York. w m A. Prendergast, comptroller of New York city, vesterday formally announced his withdrawal from the progressive party which he helped to found. Francis Bowes Sayre and his brids, formerly Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, are to be the recipients of much so- cial attention during their visit to London. An ltalian Woman, Mrs. Selumena Gomboda, aged 33, fell headfirst into a wooed-box on the veranda of her home at Torrington yesterday and suf- focated. Pupils in the Public Schools have joined Chicago Woman Club members in the egg beoycott, by which it is hoped to reduce the price of eggs to 32 cents a dozen. 8ix Buildings were burned to the ground at Tiverton, R. I, yesterday, with an estimated loss of $50,000. The fire broke out in the residence of George Budlong. Ninety-Twe Pclice Chiefs of West Virginia, in conference, pledged them- selves to a strict enforcement of the state prohibition laws, which become effective next June. F. D. Coburn, Secretary of the Kan- sas State Board of Agriculture, says the fall sown wheat in Kansas ag- gregated 8,580,000 acres the largest in the state’s history. Chalrman Burnett, of the House Im- migration committee yesterday rein- troduced the Immigration bill which former President Taft vetoed. It em- bodies a literacy test. Hiram Fox, who was one of the old- est engineers on the New Haven road at the time of his retirement five years ago, died at his home at New Haven yesterday in his Tist year. Jean Milton ,Head Chef at the Ritz- Carlton hotel, New York, was yester- day fined $3,000 for violating the im- migration law by bringing three as- sistants here, under contract, from France. A Tin Pan Filled with live coals, used to heat a sleeping room caused the death yesterday of Michael Fer- reiro, a laborer at Framingham, Mass. Ferreiro was suffocated by the fumes from the coal. An Attempt to Imitate their care- takers operation of an oil heating stove cost the lves of nine monkeys and resulted in the destruction of the shelter house of Riverside park, In- dianapolis yesterday. The Women's Ciub of Stamford is making arrangements to set up a Christmas tree on the Central park adound which, during the festival week some 4,000 to 5.000 school chil- dren will gather to sing carols. George T. Naylor, a Johnaton, R. T, milk dealer, who failed to appear in court last Tuesday to answer it~ the charge of selling milk containing for- maldehyde, committeq suicide at his home yesterday by shooting himself in the head. Placing of a Boycott on eggs in every home in Kansas City was the announced purpose of a mass meet- ing of practically all the woman's organizations in the city, called yes- terday by the Kansas City House- wives’ league. One Half of the Entire Estate of | William . Russell of Melrose, one of the leading flgures In the famous | ldentity fight which has dragged | through the Massachusetts courts for | four years, goes to ‘Fresno Dan" whose claim to be the son of the late { Daniel Russell have bee the family. An Additional Saving on the pur- chase of material for the new battle- ship Pennsylvania was announced by Secretary Daniels yesterday in con- nection with the award of contract for shafts which has been placed with an independent Baltimore company. The bid was but little over half of that of the lowest submitted by three great steel companies. $50,000 for Phillips-Exeter. Boston, Dec. 4—Fifty thousand dol- lars has been pledged by an anony- mous alumnus toward founding a pro- fessorship in Phillips-Exeter academy in memory of the late principal, Har- lan Page Amen, and $100,000 addition- al is to be raised for the benefit of the facuilty. -This announcement was made tonight at the annual meeting of the New England association of the academy alumni. Corbin Addresses Tax Officia Boston, Dec. 4—Tax officials from all the New FEngland states were to- night at the open! session at the atate house of the third annual con- ference of the state tax officials of New Fngland. Need of uniformity in taxX laws was discussed by William H. Corbin of Hartford, Conn. president of the confersnce. n accepted by | the purchase of the four stern tube; ’ PRICE TWO CENTS Looting Begins in Flooded City MILITIA NOW GUARDS PROPERTY AT WACO, TEXAS DEAD NOW NUMBER 24 Property Damage in Lone Star State Estimated at Between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000—Streams Subsiding. * Dallas, Texas, Dec. 4—The Texas flood center shifted southward tonight toward the gulf, centering from Hearne to Richmond, where the flood crest of Brazos river continued to do great damage and caused some loss of life. At the same time the general flood situation improved when rains began to cease after three days contlnuous downpour over most of the state and the creeks in north and west Texas began to fall slowly. Before relief came the floods had overspread five large basins from the head waters of the Sabine, in northeast Texas, to the San Antonio river in the southwest. Death List Reaches 24, The total number of dead.as the result of the floods stood early tonight at 24. Fstimate of property damage ranged between one and two million dollars with Waco and San Antonio the heaviest sufferers among the ofties, The San Antonlo loss was a quarter of a milllon and Waco’'s damage was ex- Ppected to be as great, As the water receded, plifering be- gan In Waco and militia was put on duty in Bast Waco this afternoom to guard property in deserted houses and &tores. Waco this afternoon also re- %Tted its first faialities when J. W. y and C. M. Danlel fell from a rail- road bridge into the Brazos and were given up for drowned, Seven Negroes Drowned. From Hearne, where seven negross were drowned today in the unexpeetd were drowned today in the unexpected that houses, horses, mules and cattiep floated down the river. Beveral hundred Mexicans and ne- groes fled from Valley Junction te Hearne, when the water began floating away bales of cotton at the junection. The Brazos \levee, 27 miles in length near Bryan, was reported holding well, with the water in that section. At Richmond warnings were sent out for every one to get out of the Brazsos lowlands immediately. San Marcos, near San Antonio, was caught in a serious flood which lasted only a few hours when Purgatory creek and the Ban Marcos river suddenly went out of their banks early today. Consld- erable cotton floated away at San Mar- cos. At Belton a ferrvboat was being built today for use near the center of the city, Many Cattle Drowned, Many cattle were reported to have been drowned in the Colorado river near Wharton. Austin, Waeco, Cameron and several small towns have had no train ser- vice for two days. Near Terrell today a mile of track in the Babine river bottoms on the midland Hue was “an- chored” to trees by means of chains. At Vernon, on the Oklahoma line, several of the Frisco rallway bridges over the Red and Pease rivers went out. The number of drowned at varifous points so far as reported tonight was as follows: Belton 5, Brownwood 1, Dallas 8, Grand Prairie 1, High Bank 2, Aus- tin 8, Hearne 7. Waco 2. DR. SHAW RE-ELECTED S FOR AN EIGHTH TERM Greenwich Woman a Vice President of Suffrage Assocoiation. ‘Washington, Dec, 4—Dr. Anna How- ard Shaw, of New York, president of the National American Woman Suf- frage association, was reelected for the eighth consecutive term at the an- nual balloting for officers at today’s session of the association. Dr. Shaw was opposed by Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren, Ohio. Other officers elected were: Pirst vice president, Miss Jane Ad- dams, Chicago; second vice president. Mrs. Desha Breckenridge, Lexington, y.; third vice president, Mrs. Caroline Ruutz-Rees, Greenwich, Conn.; record- ing secretary, Mrs, Susan Fitzgerald, Boston; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Mary Ware Dennett, Boston; treasurer, Mrs, Katherine Dexter McCBrmick, Boston; first auditor, Harriet Burton Taidlaw, New Yorlk and second auditor Louis Koven Bowen, Chicago. OBITUARY. Russell B. Noble. New Milford, Conn,, Dec. 4—Russell B. Noble, town clerk of this town for the last forty-nine years, died at his home tonight after a brief illness. aged He was born In Newton in 1836 but had lived Ppractically all his life here. He was engaged in the clothing business for many years. In 1864 he was elected town clerk, a position which he has held continuously ever since. He was almost always endors- ed by both parties. Mr. Noble was a descendant of the old Noble family which settled in New Milford in 170 He was a brother to Bank Commigsioner Charles Noble who died a short time ago. Hon. George W. 8. Lyttellon. London, Dec, The Hon. George Willlam Spencer Lyttellon, who wams private secretary to Mr. Gladstons In 1892-94, died this morning. Mr. Lyttei- lon was born in 1847 Peace Treaty Preliminaries. ‘Washington, Dec. 4—Secretary Bry- an today completed the preliminaries with the ministers from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic for peace trea- ties between those nations and the United Stages. Portugal and the Neth- erlands are giving favorable consid- eration to the proposals made by Sec- retary Bryan several months ago, and the early consummation of similar treaties with those countries is ex- pected. More Gas For Desperado Lopez. Bingham, Utah, Dec. 4—More poison- ous ses were generated today and tonight in the Utah-Apex mine, where Ralph Lopez the Mexican desperado, took refuge an week ago, than at any time since Monday, when the smudg- Ing operations began. The sherifis announced that the smudges would be extinguished tomorrow, Suicidal Attempt Successful. Thom&lonvme. Conn.,, Dec. 4.— George M, Joldstone, aged 19, who shot himself in the abdomen with suicidal intent on Tuesday, died tonight at the emergency hospital, where he had been removed. He was emploved as a stock clerk at a local concern and it s be~ lieved he was despondent because he could not keep up with his work,