Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 1, 1914, Page 1

+ Historic Meights Overlooking St. Lawrence Black With Spectators as Funeral Ship Moved - Up the River : NOT ENOUGH COFFINS AVAILABLE FOR BODIES| Freight Shed on Pier Contain Three Large Tables Filled With Bodies of Victims of Friday’ Storstad, Which Rammed Empress Has Arrived at Mon- treal—Captain Anderson Declines to Make Statement, But It Has Became Known He Was Off Duty at the Time of Collision—Collier Had Been Ordersd Astern Before She Struck the Big Liner—300 People Saved by Crew of the Storstad. Quebec. May 31 -Amid scenes of mourning, this city today received the bodies of 188 victims of the Empress of dreland disaster. In the presence of a solemn throng; Bluejackets carried the coffins contain- ing the dead ashore from the govern- gent steamer Lady Grey, which had Brought them from Rimouski and laid them row by row in the black draped funeral shed on the pier. There, amid pathetic scenes many of the ¥ictims were speedily recognized and glaimed by relatives. before others, difficult of recognition, are identified. Besides the 188 bodies which the Lady Grey had on board and escorted by H. M. S. Essex, she steamed slow- 1y into port today, eighteen have been identified and cared for at Rimouski by families of the dead. Searth of the Wwaters near Father Point, where the ‘Empress of Ireland sank early Friday morning when rammed by the Danish collier Storstad, has revealed few fmore of the victims and it seems prob- @ble that the bodies of hundreds of the more than 900 persons whose lives rere lost when the liner went down imprisoned within the shattes Buli of the big steamer. resting on the fom minety feet below the surface the St. Lawrence river. Investigation into the respon- Sibility for the disaster begun yester- Bay before a coromer's jury at Rimou- was adjourned for a week after Henry G. Kendall and the lef engincer of the Empress of Ire- | had given théir testimony placing blame for the collision on the Stor- and declaring that the sinking | #f the liner was hastefied by the seem- iy deliberate withdrawal of the col- ‘s prow from the hole it had made the Empress side. ‘The Storstad today completed the ige from Sy@ner during which she It the blow which sank ‘the liner, docked at Montreal, where she ill land her of coal. Captain nderson, how: remained mute on subject of the disaster, referring uiries to the charterers of his the Dominien Coal Company. e only statements of possible signifi- that came from here were made sailors who declared the collier's gogines had been ordered reversed be- th crash and that 357 persons Were saved by the Storstad’s crew. =:l been charged at the inquest that collier lay a mile and a half away from the scene of the disaster and that few people were rscued by her boats. “The Canadian Government steamer Eady Grey brought from Rimouski to- @ay 188 bodies recovered from the %k of the Empress of Ireland. le historic heights overlooking the Bt. Lawrence were biack wit hspecta- Sors as the funeral ship moved slow- up the river and was moored at new Embankment wall in the iwawer. The coffins were carried and the mournful work of iden- ion began without delay. The Lady Grey was escorted Majests’s ehip Essex and fifty sail- from the warship, with bared carried the coffins down the ganevlank and laid them in rows on § long tables stretched under the eflt shed on the pier. The build- ‘was draped with black. A crowd that contzined many of the survivors and relatives and friends of the dead gatbered at the doors and waited in silence for Pass down the gisics hetween the rows of bodies. The three tables, cach 100 feet long, ®ocn held coffins of every deseription. Assembled on one weré twenty little white caskets that held the bodies of children. Although the Lady Grey had taken to Rtimouski all the cofins that could be gathered in the short time at the disposal of the government and Steamship officers, they were mot enouch. Pesides the children's caskets there were sighty-eight containing the bodies of adulis. The other victim: ‘were brought here in rought pine box- s hastily nailed together for the o casior There was no sadder sight in the building than the table ‘where rested these improvised coffins; for many of them neld the bodies of mothers and €hild-cn iocked in the last emabrace dust as ther had sunk to their death off Father Point early Friday morn- ing, 1t v His Identitying the Dead. The work of denti‘ving the dead be= 8an 25 soun ae the hodies were landed " nued throughout the after- Ui late tonicht. One pt the { important of the 70 odd identi- lan: was made of the budy of Sir FHenry Seto: rT, the big game hunt- @r. dany harrowing scenes were wit- _messed in. the mmporary morgue as Doy of Aler Tans g Lindsay of Halifas was aiso 5 % e Lindsay is a lrother of Charles indan. FA'IBDPL Conn. WERE CRUSHED IN _of Damage lun‘dn-a Arom b Ireland— 1t may be days | permission 10 enter and | | crumpled in and twisted around at an |acute angle to port and a gap show- !ing on the port side a foot above the ’wn!er line in mute evidence, of the tragedy in whioh She has figured, the | Norwegian colller Storstad limped into the harbor this afternoon. A few min- ]ule! later a warrant of arrest, taken jout by the Canadian Pacific rallway, | was nailed to her mainmast by order |of W. Simpson Walker, K. C., regis- | trar of the Quebec admiraity. | “By what authority do you come | on board my vessel and place it under arrest?” asked Captain Anderson, com- mander of the collier. “By authority of the British em- | pire,” curtly replied the deputy sher- |iff, who was commissioned to execute the warrant and who forthwith pro- ceeded to affix the warrant in the cus- tomary place. No sooner was the vessel moored than the work of unloading her cargo of some 7,500 tons of coal started and were it not for the battered condition {of her bows it would be difficult to imagine that the collier had but a few hours previously taken part in one of the worst marine disasters in | the history of Camadian navigation. The officers and men, however hore traces of the harrowing experiences through which they had just passed. ‘When questioned.on the subject of the disaster they were ‘averse to enter-. ing into conversation, Captain Anderson immediately the collier docked, went io conference with Captain Ove Lange, American chief of the Maritime Steamship com- {pany of Norway and John J. Griffin, attorney for the company, both of whom had come on from New York to get the report of the captain and sail- ors first hand and to look into the situation. Statement Based on Officers’ Reports. Captain Anderson declined at first to discuss the disaster, declaring that he would make a statement later in the evening. Subsequently a state- ment based on Captain Anderson's re- port as well as the reports of other officers to Messrs. Lange and Grifin was given out. According to the captain and officers contrary to what has been stated by the captain of the Empress of Ireland, the Storstad did not back away after the collision. On the contrary, she steamed ahead in an effort to_keep her bow In the hole which shé™had dug into the side of the Empress. The Empress, however, according to the Storstad’s officers, headed away and bent the Storstad’s bow over at an acute angle to port. After that the Empress was hidden from the View of the Storstad and despite the fact that the blowing she could not_locate the Em- press until the cries of the victims 1 the water were heard. The captain jabsolutely denied that he was a mile or s0 away from the Empress after his vessel struck the liner. The Storstad hag not moved. It was the Empress which had changed position, he . clared, According to the report made by the captain to the owners, immediately {the collision occurred, he heard Cap- {tain Kendall shout, calling on him not | to pull away, 3, “I won't,” ‘shouted the Storstad't {captain, as loud as he could. After | that the Empress disappeared from the | Storstad’s view. The statement is as follows: | “The fact that the Storstad has only today reached port has made it im- possible heretofore to give an authen- tic statement on her behalf. All con- nected with the Storstad deplore most | deeply the terrible accident which has resulied in the loss of so many val- uable lives. It is mot with any de- sire to condemn others, but simply be- cause it is felt that the public is en- | titled to know the facts, that the fol- owing statement Is put forward: “The vessels sighted each other when {far apart. The Empress of Ireland | was seen off the port bow of the Stor- stad. The Empress of Ireland's green’ | or starboard Hght was visible to those | on the Storstad. Under these circum- | stances ihe rules of navigation gave | the Storstad the right of way. | “The heading of the Empress was then changed in such a manner as to put the vessels in a position to pass i safely. Shortly after a fog enveloped first the Empress and then the Stor- | stad. g | “Fog signals were exchanged, ihe Storstad’s engines were at once slowed and then stopped. Her heading re- ! mained unaltered, Whistles from the Bmpress were heard on the Storstad port bow and were answered. The Empress of Ireland was then seen | through the fog, close at hand on the port bow of the Storstad. She was | showing her green light and was mak- ! ing_considerable z | “ephe engines of the Storstad were i at once reversed at full speed and her | headway was nearly checked when the vessels came together. l “Collier Did Not Back Away. “It has been sald that the Storstad should nat have backed out of the hole made by the collision. She did not do 80. As the vessels came together the Storstad's engines were ordered ahead for the pose of holding her bow “ainat the side of the Empress and thus Evynt‘ng the entrance of, water %z@fw how- i 3 5 Storstad kept her whistle | “in late. such a way as to twist the Storstad's bow out of the hole and to bend the bow itself over to port. Unable to Locate Doomed Vessel. “The Empress at once disappeared in the fog. The Storstad sounded her whistle repeatedly,in an effort to locate the Empress of Ireland, but could ob- tain ho indication of her whereabouts until cries were heard. The Storstad was_then manoeuvred as close to the Bmpress as was safe in view of the danger of injury to the persons who ‘were already in the water. Storstad Was in Danger of Sinking. “The Storstad at once lowered every one of her boats and sent them to save the passengers and crew of the Bm- Ppress, though she herself was in seri- ous danger of sinking. When two boats from the Empress reached the Storstad the Storstad’s men also manned these boats and went in them to the rescue. Her own boats made several trips, and in all about 350 persons were taken on Dboard and everything that the ship's stores contained was used for their comfort and clovhes of those on the Storstad were placed at the disposal of the rescued and every assistance s rendered. “The statements which have appear- ed in the press indicating that there was the slightest delay on the part of the Storstad in rendering prompt and efficient aid do a cruel jnjustice to the captain, who did not hesitate to send out every boat he had, in spite of the esperate condition of his own ship. “The ownérs of the Storstad ask of the public that in all fairness to both vessels and their commanders, judg- ment as to where the blame for the terrible disaster rests be suspended un- til an impartial tribunal has heard the evidence of both sides.” The seizure of tho Storstad was at the instance of the Canadian Pacific Railway company, whose claim against the owners of the Collier, the Maritime Steamship company of Norway, is for two million dollars’ loss. There may be a further claim by the Canadian Pa- cific railway for loss of cargo. COLLIER STORSTADT NOW AT MONTREAL. pany to Make Statement Concerning Officials of the Dominion Coal Com- the Disaster. Montreal, May 31—The collier Stor- stadt which rammed the liner Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence near Father Point Friday morning reached here this afternoon under her own steam. Contrary to the stories which have been received of her condition, she was very little injured. Her stem was bent back far over a dozen feet high above the water line and she stood up straight. She has about 11,000 tons of coal in board. 2 Only a few officlals were allowed to board her. As soon es the vessel tied up, a writ issued by the Canadian Railway claiming $2,000000 in the Que- bec Admiralty court was served on Captain Anderson and the Storstad was placed under detention, Captain Anderson said he could make no statement as the officials of the Dominion Coal Company, the chart- grers of the boat had arraiized to Jo that. It was declared by seamen who Were. persuaded to tell something of the collision although they had been warned by the officials not to talk to newspapermen, that Captain Ander- son was off duty at the time of the accident, that the ship had been order- ered astern before it struck the Em- press = glancing blow, and that 350 people were saved by the crew of the Storstad. IRVINGS PLAYED b PARTS TO THE END. Actor Calm as He Failed to Save Frantic Wife, and They Found Death Together. 2 Quebec, May3l—Laurence Irving's death was as dramatic as his life work. F. E. Abbott, of Toronto, was the last man to see the famous actor alive. He played his part as if the sinking of the Empress were a third- act climax, according to Mr. Abbott. “I met him first in the passagew: ¥ he said, “and he asked calml; the boat going down?” I said it look- ed ‘like it. ‘Dearie,” Irving then said to his wife, “hurry, there is no time to_lose.” “Mrs, Irving began to cry, and as the actor reached for a lifebelt the boat suddenly lurched, and he was thrown against the door of his cabin. His face was bruised, and Mrs. Irving be- came frantic. “Keep cool” he warned her, but she persisted in holding her arms around him. He forced a lifebelt over her and pushed her out of the door, lifted her and carried her upstairs. 1 asked if I could help, and Irving sald: “Look after yourself, old man, but God bless Yyou, all the same.’ Mr. Abbott said he left the two Dll);_ehr,‘s'nnd’ dived overboard. He cauy a plece of timber and lm;ked around. e rving by this time was on deck. He kissed his wife as the liner plung- | ed beneath the St. Lawrence. Clasp- | ed in each othe'rs arms is the picture | Mr.dAbbott retains of them in his | mind. < & | INDEPENDENT WORKMEN i ENDORSE SUFFRAGE. | Protest Against Women of Leisure Who Are Obstructing Movement. Hartford, Conn.,, May 31.—At today's | session of 'the national convention of | the Independent Workmen's circle of | America, held in a local theatre, reso- | Jutions were passed espousing the cause of woman suffrage and denounc- ing the anti-suffragists. Speaking of | the “antis” the resolutions say: i “We enter a solemn protest against | the active opposition of those women | of leisure who persist in seifishly ob- structing the efforts of working women to obtain citizenship, thereby making the struggle for the piotection of the working people’s home immeasurably more difficuit.” The convention held a banquet to- night. The closing session will be held tomorrow Hartford Printer Drowned. ! Hartford, Copa., May 2i—Selden L. | Wishtman, 20 years old, a printer, was drowned in the Connecticut ricer today sixty feet from shore. He was selzed with cramps and shouted for help. W. H, Miller of Buffalo, N. Y., & protessional —swimmer, swam from, the oposite side of the fiver to assistancse, arTived < too The bedy | Ironsides. May $1.—The urg left here ’”N"“m"hfiwwl the protection of German ‘while unsettled conditions Haytl and the Dominiean republic. - Eleven Killed in English Mine. May 31.—Eleven coal miners were kifled-and s number of others in- jured by an explosion of gas in the Silkstone colliery. at Wharnolifte. The accident haappened between shifts or the casualties would probably ~have been much more numerous. Anarchist Expelled from Spa Cadis, May 31—The police arrested an anarchist named Bago Goemez, Who was expelled from Argentina as an agi- tator. The Spanish police was advised when he left for Spain. His bassage ‘was searched on his arrival, and letters were found showing that he had been in active correspondence with the Mexican revolutionists, ROOSEVELT CRITICIZES WILSON ADMINISTRATION. Says Attitude Toward - Trusts M Caused Pinch of Poverty to Be Felt in Many Households. New York, May 31.—Before sailing for Europe 'Saturday, to attend the we of Tis son Kermit, Colonel Roosevelt dictatéd a statement in which he declared the Wilson admini: tration’s attitade on the tariff and the trusts had placed business in jeopardy and caused “the pinch of poverty to be felt in many a household.” He also attacked Willlam Barng and Charles F. Murphy, and declared that they, thelr under bosses and the system on which they thrive must go. "The people of this state, he said, had grown bitterly indignant at the see- saw rule of the Barnes and Murphy machines in the state government, and in no state were the evils of bipartisan boss rule more concretely illustrated than in New York. . Speaking of the state as run by the Barnes and Murphy machines, the col- onel said the government was primari- ly administered with a view to the po- litical advantage and the personal en- richment of certain political leaders. .. The colanel declared it was time to clean house in New York, and ended his statement with what many regard as a promise to indorse District Atto ney Whitman for governor if he Is nominated by the republicans, or any other anti-Barnes republican. It is believed that Colonel Roosevelt will come out formally for District At- torney Whitman shortly after his re- turn from Europe. He is due back June 24, NEW HAVEN FIREMAN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY. Accused of Stealing Diamond Earrings at a Fire Last Friday. New Haven, Conn., Mux 31.—Wliliam E. Buckingham, a hoseman connected with Engine compeny 14 of the city fire department, was arrested today, charged with stealing diamond ear- rings valued at $200 during a fire at the home of Isaac Koch at 217 Canner street last Friday. Buckingham at first stoutly protested his innocence. A detective went to his home, however, and is said to have told his wife that he had confessed, whereupon Mrs. Buckingham showed the detective ‘where the diamonds were concealed. It is also charged that he stole $6 in cash. Chief Fancher started to strip Buck- ingham of his buttons at headquarters, but the fireman interrupted and re- moved. the remainder of his buttons himself. He is out in bonds of $1,000. The polls will be open in all di triots tldi{ from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m. for the city election. TO PROCEED WITH EXAMINATION OF MORGAN’S BOOKS. Accountants Will Resume Work New York Today. in ‘Washington, the interstate commerce commission appointed to go over the books of J. P. Morgan & company relating to af- fairs of the New Huven railroad re- turned to New York tonight to resume their tasks. They had spent the week end holiday here. Examiner McAdams failed to meet ‘William Rockefeller, the aged financler, in Greenwich, Conn., Saturday, but it was stated that they had an engaxe- ment to meet tomorrow. ams will attempt to determine whether Mr. Rockefeller could stand the strain of an exdamimation during’the New Ha- | = ven Investigation which will be resum- ed next Wednesday. OBITUARY. James Estcourt Sawyer. New York, May 31.—James Estcourt Sawyer, a retired brigadler general of the United States army, who died at Hudson Falls, N. Y., on Friday, came of a Jong line of fNighting ancestors. FHis great-great-granfather was with Abercrombie at Ticonderoga in 175! his great-grandfather was a major at | Bunker Hill and a lieutenant colonel at Saratoga; his father was with McDon- ough on Lake Champlain and on “Old and_several uncles and a brother were also in the service. He was born in the District of _Columbia. on _July 3, 1845, was a midshipman in the navy in 1865-66, became a lieuten- ant in the army in 1867, and was in active service until July 3, 1910, when e was retired with the rank of brig- adier general. May 31—Eaminers of | Mr. McAd- | ed her fate. | s wite on the river. BY COLLECTOR AT VERA CRUZ FOR VIOLATION OF RULES MESS BOY IS LIBERATED Had Strayed Within Mexican Lines and Was Arrested and Imprisoned as & 8py—Was Gathering Fruit and Vegetables for Table of Officers of Battieship Florida. Vera Cruz, May 31—The Hamburg- America nsteamer Ypiranga was still at her dock today, the coilector of cus- toms, Capt. Herman O, Stickney, hav- ing refused to accept the bend for the Ypiranga aiid the Buvaria of the same line, which was proffered by Karl Hey- nen, the general agent of the company in Mexico, becuuse It yas drawn on Sunday. The bond was executed and Consul Canada’s seal affixed, however, and the Ypiranga probably will sail for Havana tomorrow. It was said that an examination of the fines levied by Collector Stick- ney on the two vessels for landing urms and ammunition at Puerto Mexi- co shows that they amount o more than one miilion pesos, covering nu- merous Infractions of the Mexicen reg- ulations. ‘When the company agent, the cap- tain of the Ypiranga and ' Collector Stickney's represeatative reached the American consulate to bave the bond sealed, Consul Canada said that once, in his youth, he had been victimized in a/Sunday horse trade, and the court refused him damages because it was a Sunday trade. Lieutenant Eiliott, representing the collector, appreciating the point of the consul’s story, hastily left the consulate and when the Germans arrived at the customs ‘house Collector Stickney ex- pressed regret that he was not certain that the Mexican regulations made documents executed on Sunday valid an dpreferred to wait until Monday to accept the bond. Consul Canada was expecting today the arrival from the capital of the Fili pino mess boy of the battleship Flor ida, having received @ personal mes. sage from President Huerta assuring him that the boy had been released. The Filipino wandered across the lines several weeks ago in search of fruit arkl flowers for the tabies of Rear Ad- miral Fletcher and Captain Rush. He was arrested by Mexican pickets, stripped of his clothing and sent to the Santiago. prison in Mexico city. ‘Writin gin his native language to an- other mess boy and smuggling the let- ter out, the Filipinésaaid he had feared to tell the Mexicans that he was em- ployed on an American battleship and told them instead that he was living in Vera Cruz and made a business of selling fruit and flowers to the ships in the harbor. Consul Canada promptly telegraphed to President Huerta, giving his word that the boy was not a spy and de- scribing his true employment. After a ninterval of ten days or more, he received Huerta's reply and Instructed the Brazillan minister to supply the boy with money, clothing and a pass- port, and send him on. A’ Gernman rancher named Stahl ‘who had been marooned 68 miles out- side the American line arrived here to- day with his wife and two children. Friends-of Stahl had applied to the ‘American consul to send a boat down the coast to get him. This the consul refused to do, but wrote to the German consul at Jalapa, who obtained a pass- port, and started Stahl and his family for Vera Cruz by the Mexican railway. YOUNG WOMAN DROWNED WOULDN'T TAKE “DARE” Jumped from Yacht Into Dory, Which Was Swamped in Hudson River. New York, May 31.—As the result of refusing to take a “dare” Mrs. David Crawford, twenty-four years old, of 715 East 237th street, a bride of less than five months, was drown- ed in the Hudson river Saturday, and | George Baldwin, a friend,almost shar- Baldwin was revived after Dr. Robert Denniston, of Dobbs Fer- Ty, had worked over him for more than hour. 5 Mr. Crawford, who Is an estimator for the American Bridge company, and were members of a merry party of several young couples who hired Cuptatn Julius Stewarts steam yacht Irene to spend Decoratlory day On the way up Mra. Crawford took a number of snapshots of the excursionists. X the Irene was approaching Ards- ley-on-Hudson, Mrs. Crawford, who was sittingin the stern with Baldwin and three others, caught sight of the little dory training behind the yacht and sald tbat if she could only get into it should could obtain e picture of_the whole party and the boat With its bow lifted out of the water by the tow line, the dory looked any- thing but mafe. In fun Mrs. Crawford was “dared” to reach it. no one dream- ing she would make the attempt. The voung woman, laughingly —asserting she would never take a “dare” like that leaned over the rail, pulled the | boat to the side, and the next moment He was in command of the first mili | had dropped over the side into it. tary guard at the fomb of Grant on Riverside Drive; was quartermaster at Key West and at Camp Wyckoff in the Spanish war; special disbursing The yacht was steaming along at about twelve miles an hour. As the dory drew its tow line taut the little craft rolled dangerously and Mrs. officer to the Philippine commission 1n | Crawford found she could not take the 1898-99, and a quartermaster in Min- danao and Jolo in 1902 Steamers Reported by Wireless. Cape Race, May 31—Steamer perator, Hamburg for New signallea 1,596 miles at 1 p. m. Dock 12.30 p. m. Wednesday. ‘ Sable Island, N. . May 31—Steam- er Grosser Kufurst, ‘Bremen for New York, signalled 760 miles east of San- | dy Hook at 10.45 a. m. Dock 4 p. m. Tuesday. Steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, Rotter- dam for New York, signalled 730 miles miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock at § a. m. Tuesday. Steamer Taormina, Genoa for New Kork, signalled 630 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock at § a. M. Tuesday et Bather Drowned at New Haven. New Haven, Comn., May 31.—ago Marl, 21 years old, was drowned today While bathing in the Quinnipisc river. ¢ could only swim a little and be- came frightened when he was carried out beyond his depth by the curreat. A companion who could mot swim ran & e ; | steamer Republic p: Im- | swamped the dory York, | and Mrs. Crawfor photograph, because she could not let Eo of the sides of the boat. her Baldwin dropped into the boat, Hardly wae Baldwin seated than the sed and her wash throwing Baldwin into the river. Both could swim, and for a moment there Wwas not apparent danger. Then some | one ran to Captain Stewart to tell him to stop the yacht. Crawford was standing beside Stew- art. He ran to the stern and men in the party had to hold him to pre- vent him from leaping into the river. Already George HIll, Mrs. Crawford’s Drother, had dived in and was swim- ming to her assistance. Before Hill could reach her Mrs. Crawford had sunk. In her terror she grabbed Rakiwin around the neok. pulling both of them under. Hill dived and. brought up Baldwin. He div again and again, bnt conld not A his sister. : Serious Charge = Against -Hartford % hysician, Hartford, Conn,, May $1—Dr. George E. Sleeper, a well known physician. was arrested tonight, charged with performing an illegal aperation. on n woman in local hospital. He was To help | Tampice has besn declared an open Ovwer 100,000 cheered the veterans in New York. Americans are flocking to Londen in great numbers. Spaniards in Manila henered the United States’ dead. President Wilsen addressed the G. A. R. men at Arlington. General Villa is driving priests and nuns from Mexico. The Prince of Wales lost $25,000 ir’ an airship venture! 3 Water for Vera Cruz is being pump- ed form the Jamapa river. - Iquites Indians are on the warpath along the Amazen river. A noted traction expert of Paris Is to reconstruct English lines. Orchids sold as high as $7,500.at the horticultural show in London. A Paris physician has discoversd a means of mal child birth painles: Michael Griffin was burned to death in an apartment house fire in New York. = Three men and & woman were badly. hurt by a Fargo express auto in New York. ? Josejh Devlin is looming up as a radknf leader in the British Parli ment. The Anti-Saloon League of New York s to make an active campaign this fall. Father Ozonne of Paris, priest, is to make a tour United States. a noted of the Mahogany furniture and _antiques valued at $35000 were burned at Hackensack N. J. Dr. H. H. Janeway says that radium supplements hut cannot replace the knife in cancer treatment. Passengers aboard the gave a “birthday surprise party” sea for the captain, R. J. Blair. Almirante at Rear Admiral Fletcher ated to become commander of the first divi- sion of the Atlantic fleet July 1. A special radio and cable despatch from the Vaterland describes the fine progress she is making toward Cher- boursg. Memorial cross to Mrs. William As- tor presented to Trinity Church by her daughter, Mrs. Orme Wilson, was ded- icated. A special cable despatch from Lon- don describes the newspaper war now on there between Lord Northcliffe and Lord Burnham. L. Lawrence Weber has been elect- ed president of the Popular Plays and Players, Inc., a new company which is to promote feature films. Admiral Sigsbee is to present an American fiag to the winner of the American history competition to be held In New York tomorrow. The town of Bedford has five chiefs of police, because the town board sees no chance of bringing about harmony in the force with only one. A priest on a runaway horse at Chatham N. J., escaped injury by grasping a limb of a tree and lifting himself from the saddle. Brigadier General Edwards praised the bravery of officers and men in searching Hawatian mountains to as- certain the fate of a missing private. Presided over by Joseph Brooks, the theetrical managers of New York met at the Hotel Astor Saturday and or- ganized themselves into a defence un- fon. Two graduates of New York Uni- versity in the class of 1864 who be- lieved each other dead will meet for the first time at commencement exer- cises. City offic saw more than 1,700 animals pass in Fifth avenue in the annual! workhorse parade, conducted by the New York ‘Woman's League for Animals. Hugo E. Von Kliest had his right arm blown off at New York in his celebration of Memorial Day e is in the Homeopathic Hospital at Yonk | ers,.and probably will die the doctors sa. The severest earthquake since that of June 1912, when the sieeping vol- cano Katmai broke its bonds, wa | at Fairbanks, Alaska, accompani a rumbling of the earth. The was the fifth in forty-eight hours Jamaica’s oldest resident disd yes- terday when “Mammy Pleasant” a ne- &ro woman who had been a slave, fell & victim to pneumonia.. Mrs. Pleasant Corse, who lived at 41 Phraner avenue., Jamaica, was born in North Carolina. She came North after the Civil War. A strange case of a woman who, after a certain age showed masculine treits is engaging the attention of French sclentists. I my of Bclences this week the woman in question was presented to the As- sembly by Professor Tuffler, her dis- coverer. Among the passengers sailing on the Vaterland were Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ligitt, starting on a honeymoon to be of three months’ duration in Europe. Mr. Liggitt, a Boston millionaire, be- | the 2 7 at Bellevue, Mason was the bride’ ceremony. husband of Vielet Colby N. J. Mrs. Jack attendant at the came Steamship Arrivals. Philadelphia, May 31 —Steamer Hav- erford, Liverpool. New York, May 31.—Steamers Car- manla, Livernool; Carolina, Havre; apoli, Messina. Southampton, May Amerika, New York. Dover, Muy 31—Steamer New York. 2 Naples, Bostom. Glasgow ~“May | perian, Montreal { I tverpool. Ata 1t Montreal. 5 Z | New York. June 1—Steamer Cam- | pania, Glasgow The polls will be- trief 9 21—Steamer Lapland May 31— Steamer Cretle, S1—Steamer Hes- 0—Steamer Lanuren- and persons in society | Refore the Acade- | UNITED STATES FAVORS REBEL’ PARTICIPATIO If Terms of Protocol is to Outline Settlement of General Por Washington, May 31—While Mexi- can mediation at Niagara Falls await- od word from the Washington and Hu- | erta governments as to proposed terms of settlement of the present in- ternational differences and _composi- tion of the international differences and composition of the internal Mex- fcan situation. prominent agents of | the constitutionalist movement 1in Mexico conferred here today with Luls Cabrera as the cemter of interest. Officials of the Washington ad- ministration, tho in communica- tion during’ the with American representatives at the conference, de- clined to discuss their attitude as to reception of representatives of Car- ranza in ¢he mediation negotiations but it was again declared that this government still was firmiy of the mind that no protocol, ‘which would outline terms of settiement of _the general political affairs of Mexico, should be signed until agents of Gen- eral Carranza had been given an op- portunity to participate in the delib- erations. r President Wilson and Secretary Bryan held a brief conference later in the day, and, it is understood, commu- nicutions bearing on the late develop- ments at Niagara Falls were for- warded to Commissioners Lamar and Lehmann. Like all other communi- caticns of this character they were i held strictly in confidence. The belief in official circles bere tonight, how- ever, was that the publications of the Carfanza note to the South| American mediators and the. answer of the mediators thereto might be de- keed for some davs, pending fupther efforts on the part of this gover to bring influence to bear which would assure some sort of represen- tation at Niagara Falls of the consti- tutionalist government. + ‘When Luis Cabrers, whom General s’n.rvpc, cached Washington. be was rea ¥ met by Rafael Zubaran, minister of the interior in the Carranza cabinet, and Jose Vasconcelos, a second emis- sary of the northern Mexican leader. The three were together throughout the day and also were in touch with their legal advisers (hrough whom they maintain communication with the Washington government. Though the constitutionalist agents refused to discuss their deliberations, it became known that they were chiefly con- cerned with the Niagara Falls media- tion _conte: .~ Cabrera and Vas- concelos, It was reiterated tomight, bably would go to Niagara Falls as legates for the comstitutionalists should the mediating envoys _deter- mine to broaden the scope of the con-{ ference by admitting agents of Gen- Tt was stated tonight that no as- swer had come to the Carranza note, dispatched Thursday, in which | the mediators were rmed that the conflict in Mexico ht not to be dealt with In the absence of represen- tatives of the constitutionalist cause, My. Zuburan was unable even to say | whether a response would be made or | whether the mediators would invite | the constitutionalists to take part in the deliberations. Should the invita- tion be extended it is understood that the comstitutionalist representatives would ask time to visit General Car- ransa for | Qtions before ap- pearing at NI 3 While officially uninformed about what is going on behind the doors of the conference hall at the Falls or the names of those Mexicans who are be- | ing considered at proposed provisional | sovernment, the threes constotutional- | ist leaders were plainly Interested in Felix Dias, the presidential candidate | whose representatives have twice ap- | peared at Niagara Falls and Vasquez | Gomez( a prominent Mexican who has an adherent of Madero but who has not allied himself with the present ocoustitutionalist movement with Car- ranza Gomes left Mexico after the ascension of Huerta to power and has since Hved In the United States | though remaining in constant touch with his friends in the Mexican cap- ital. CONSTITUTIONALISTS' REQUEST MAY BE IGNORED Mediators’ Action Will Depend Upon Decision of Washington Authorities. Niagara Falls, Ont. ,May 31—Upon the Washington government depends whether the mediators will receive representatives of the Mexican consti- tutionalists. The South American en- voys, it Became known tonight, h. virtually resolved to go ahead with their plane for a two-party agreement between the United States and the Huerta government, and for the tima oelng, ignore the question of consii- tutionalists representation. The only thing that might disturh such a course would be a direct intimation from the United States that it Will withhold ap- proval of the plans already outlined for a new provisional government un- less disposition is promptly made of | the subject of comstitutionalist parti- cipation. The Mexican delegates have | had no conversations with the medi- ators on this point. Each side here is_waiting for the other to make the first move. The Huerta delegates expect to recelve to- morrow General Huerta's approval of the essentials of the peace planm, to- gother with his opinion on some of names suggested for a new gov- lent. The American delegates re- cefved much fnformation along this iine today from Washington, but no in- tmation as to how fur they should press the subject of constitutional There is to be a con- tomorrow - at which the attitude of both the medi- ators and the: American delegates toward constitutionalist participation 'mt more clearly ba defined. Should i American delegates consenit to go ) with their eariter work - plan, the. mediators Lo Ask for Time to Visit General Carranza for Scene of the Canadian Peace Meeting, ; Car: communication, ' ange in their nmuf} chi constltutionalists may result from Insistenco on fhie part of the ican delegates that be signed until the the controversy is given express its v hi K Col. Leomard A Lovering, Whose Bravery Won Promeotion After Court . Martial, Expirea, ' Claremont, N. H., May 31.—Colonsl