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Francisco Carbajal Was ACCEPTED—VOTE 121 TO 17 Then Appointed President and Took Oath of Office at Joint Sessiop of Deputies and Senators CRIES OF “VIVA HUERTA 1" GREET RESIGNATION President Carbajal Proceeded to National Palace Under Escort of Presidential Guard—Greeted With Tumultuous Cheering—In Letter of Resignation Huerta Refers to the “Qutrage of the American Navy at Vera Cruz "and to the “Petty Tampico Incident”—Huerta and Blanquet Leave Mexico City, Presumably for Puerto Mexico. Mexico City, July 15.—General Vi toriano Huerta resigned from the pro visional presidency of the Mexican re- public this evening, and his resigna- tion was accepted by the senate and chamber of deputies by a vote of 121 to 17. Francisco Carbajal was then ap- pointed president and took the oath of office in the joint session of deputies and senators. Huerta’s resignation was submitted through the department of foreign re- lations. It was in the house and was greeted with cries of “Viva Huerta!” It was then referred to the joint com- mittees of Gobernacion. After briel consideration the committee reported, accepting the resigastion in the fol- lowing terms: “Article 1—We accept the resigna- tion presented by General Vli}q-xunu Tuerta as president of the Mexican United States. “Article 2—We call Licentiate Fran- cisco Carbajal, minister of fo: re- lations, to assume the presid A A ballot was taken and the joint seg- #Ton approved the report. . President Carbajal proceeded to the national palace under an’ escort of presidential guards, and along the way was greeted with"tumultuous cheering, Text of Huerta's Resignation. | The text of General Huerta's resig- nation follows: “Deputies and Senators: Public ne- cessity, admitted by the chamber of deputies, by the sénate and the su- preme court, called me to the supreme magistracy of the republic. Later,when in this same 1 had the Honor of ad- dressing you in compliance - with the constitutional precept, I promised at all costs to bring about peace. Outrage of American Fleet. “Seventeen months have passed, and in that brief perfod of time I hav formed an army with which to carry out that solemn promise. You all know the immense difficulties which my gov- ernment has encountered owing to a | scarcity of funds, as well as to the manifest and decided protection whicn a great power of this continent has afforded to the rebels—so much so that when the revolution had been broken up, seeing that its chief leaders Wwere and’continue to be divided, the power in question sought a pretext to intervene directly in the conflict, and the result of this was the outrage com- mitted at Vera Cruz by the Americgn fleet. Petty Tampico Incident. “Success was bad, as you know, in adjusting_honorably through our dele- ates at Niagafa Falls the petty Tam- pico incident, but the revolution con- tinued, with the support of whom we all_know. Yet, after the highly patriotic work there ‘e still some who say that CHANGING THE SPARS OF YACHT VANITIE Figured That New Rigging Will In- crease Speed Several Seconds a Mile. R. L, July 1 The cup vanitie is to undergo changes rs that will lighten her top bamper over 160 pounds and increase her speed sev ] seconds a mile. An aluminum gaff and club will be slung on the Cochran sloop immediately af- ter the race tomorrow if the contest with the two other cup yachts, Reso- iuie and Dflance, is finished early enough in the afternoon. Thees two metal spars were rushed here by fast express tonight from Boston. Weighing 700 pounds less than the gaff and club now carried by Vanitie, these two aluminum spars are expe. ed by Capt. Harry Haff to increase the yacht's stability in heavy winds. The gaf is feet long, 10 inches thick and made of rolled aluminum plate three. sixteenths of an inch thick. The club is i5 feet long and six inches in diam- eter. Alexander Smith-Cochran, owner of Vanitie, hae been waiting expectant- Iy for these two metal spars for sev- eral days. In tomorrow's contest Vanitie will also try out a new hollow Washington white pine gaff which was slung late this afternoon. This new wooden spar ‘weighs 600 pounds, which is 247 pounds lighter than the one that the Cochran craft has been using in her Newport races. ~ Deflance and Vanitie remained at their moorings all day, and, Resolute kept them company until late this af- ternoon, when she went out for a 20- minute spin up Narragansett bay. For the next three days the yacats "lll race under the ipices of the Newport Yacht Racing association and the regatta committee, with C. F. L. binson as rman, will be aboa.d the steam yacht Alberta. The race tomorrow will be over a 30-mile wind- ward and leeward course, and the in- dications tonight were for a lighi Ssoutherly breeze all day. Yachtsmen have about given up hope for heavy &filh week in which to test the ort, i i Sl Roosevelt in New York. New York, July 15.—Celonel veit came to New York today for weekl: Zisit to progresMive national headquarters. A number of state pro- gressive. leaders again met the col- fl and pressed him to recensider e determination not te run for gev-- :{:wr of New York. The colénel had eved by our delegates at Niagara | I, come what may, seek my personal interest and not that of the republic. And as I need to rebut this allegation with facts, I tender my formal resig- nation of the presidency of the repub- 1 Labored in Good Faith. | “The national congress must know | that the republic through its govern- | ment has labored in entire good faith {and with the fullest energy, having succeeded in doing away with the par- ty which in the United States calls itself democratic, and having shown how the right should be defended. Dealt Death Blows to Unjust Power. “To be more explicit, I will say that | the action of the government of the | repubiic during its short life has dealt i death blows to an unjust power. Later on stronger workers will come, using implements that undoubtedly wil end that power, which has done so much harm and committed so many outrages on this continent. “In_conclusion, I will say that I abandon, the presidency of the repub- lic, carrying with me the highest sum yof human wealth, for I declare that I have arraigned at the bar of universal conscience the honor of a Puritan, whom 1, as a gentleman, challenge to wrest from me that possession. “May God bless you and me. Galleries of, Chamber Packed The galleries of the chamber of dep- uties were packed before the beginning of the session this afternoon. Intense. excitement characterized the gathering and at the close of the reading Huerta's resignation the deputies and spectators broke into loud and com- tinued applause. After acceptance of Huerta's resignation, a commission ‘was appointed by the president of the chamber to escort Senor Carbajal to the floor of the house. Very shortly | Senor Carbajal appeared in front of the chamber, passing through files of soi- diers. He entered and as he walked to | the platform the deputies stood. Speai- er Mercado then administered the oath. Huerta and Blanquet Leave City. Mexico City, July 15.—General Huer-" ta and General Blanquet left this ciiy tonight. They boarded a train on the Mexican railway a few miles beyond ‘the city. It is thought they are going %o Puerto Mexico. WASHINGTON WELCOMES NEWS OF HUERTA'S RESIGNATION Step in Quick Solution of Mexican Problem. | Washington, July 15.—News of Gen- eral Huerta’s resignation as provisional president of Mexico was hailed by of- j ficial Washington tonight as the first (Continued on Page Eight) TAKING TESTIMONY IN WAKEFIELD TRIAL Four Witnesses Put on by State Be- fore Adjournment. New Haven, Conn., July 15.—Taking of testimony in the re-trial of Mrs. Bessie J.. Wakefield for the murder of her husband, William O. Wakefield, was begun in the superior court here today. The jury, only four members of which-had been chosen when court aojourned last night, was completed late today and four witnesses were put on by the state before adjournment. The first witness was Harry Clark of Middlebury, who was followed on the stand by his wife. Both told of a telephone conversation which James Plew had had with someone a few days before the body of Wakefleld was found in the Cheshire woods. They were not allowed to say any- ithing as to the nature of the con- | versation, nor with whom it was held. Plew was accused with Mrs. Wakefleld of the crime, was adjudged guilty in the first degree and was executed last March. Mys. Wakefield also was eon- victed of first degree murder, was to have been executed on the same as Plew, but she appealed to the su- preme court and was granted a new trial, A Joseph L. Wheeler of Cheshire told of incidents connected with the findt of the body and Wiiliam M. Shepard- son_of Middlebury, a former employe of Wakefield, testified that so far as he had observed Wakefield was of a peaceful disposition. The latter witness was apparently | troubled with loss of memory for fre- | auently to questions of the state’s at- torney he replied: “I don't remember. The state’s attorney attempted to refresh the memory of the witness by reading from notes of the previous trial, but counsel for the accused ob- Jected, and the court declined to per- mit the state’s attorney to put the questions. xty Protestant Denominations Have Sagamore, Beach, Mass., July 15— More than sixty Protestant demomin- ations in ‘America have now adopted Christian Hndeavor work for = their young people it was announced at the annual business session of the United Societies of Christian En- deavor, Encouraging - reports were submitt by eleven fleld secretaries from &eflt states, showi that mbers ha s or- the 938 voters had AWAITING OUTCOME OF MEETING OF NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS. Attorney General McReynolds Wil Then Determine What Course ta Pursue. . ; Washington, . July 15.—Attorney General McReynolds is waiting only for the outcome of the meeting of the directors of the New Haven railroad tomorrow afternoon in New York in finally determining the course which the government is to pursue in un- tangling the New Haven. The pur- pose of this meeting, as understood here, is to lay before the directors the legislation recently enacted by Massa- chusetts affecting the sale of Boston and Maine Railroad stock now held indirectly by the New Haven road. The executive committee of the road has expressed unwillingness to at- tempt to dispose of tte Boston and Maine in view of this legislation which gives Massachusetts an option to pur- chase this stock at any time. If the directors agree with the executive committee there is little doubt that a suit will be filed late this week in the United States district court at New York to have the New Haven dis- solved under the Sherman anti-trust act. If they accept the Massachusetts legislation a suit will be averted and the department will withhold its hand while the railroad carries out its agreement for a dissolytion of the court. - Administration officials would like to see the New Haven directors ac- cept the Massachusetts legislation and prevent an anti-trust suit. One of the arguments advanced in the negotiations with the New Haven has been thta business all through New England will be seriously affected by an anti-trust suit and the embar- rassment it might bring to the New Haven road and other imstitutions in- terested in it securities. Department officials undertook the negotiations for a peaceful settlement | with a view to preventing such em-| barrassments and were willing to seek this method of dissolution provided the New Haven system is broken up. Attorney General McRevnilds is said to feel now that the department has done everything possible looking to | a settlement out of court and he is| understoo dto be prepared to file a| suit immediately if the New Haven| directors fail to respond torommow. It was said today that his position had been made clear to the directors and it would not surprise officials if | a failure of the directorate to accept | the Massachusetts plan would lead to an officlal announcement from the de- artment of its position all through Phe negotiations. Tt also seemed almost certain to- night that if the department decides to prosecute criminally any officials; f the New Haven who were in pow- er when the alleged combination in restraint of trade was built up, the cases will be laid before a federal grand jury soon after tomorrow's meeting if the directors act adversely. | The department's brief in the civi case has heen ready for a long time and information to support the request for indictments has been in official hands for weeks. Mr. McReynolds returned to Wash- | ington today after a short abscence In | New York. He had a long talk with T. W. Gregory, the assistant in chrge of the New Haven case. Mr. Gregory talked today with George W. Ander- son of the Massachusetts public serv- jce commission and explained some of the point In the government's case. Sl R R RAILROAD STRIKE SEEMS NEAR IN THE WEST. Men Prepare to Present Ultimatum to Committee of Managers. Chicago, July 15.—Official written notice to the managers’ committee of the western railroads that the 55,000 enginemen on those roads would not arbitrate their wage differences with their empioyers was prepared today by union ofticials. The position of the men was outlined | verbally to the managers’ comdnittee yesterday when the result of the strike Vote showing that enarly all of the en- gineers and firemen favored a strike was made public. The written notice was prepared in response to a request from the managers' committee. A formal reply to the message from the werkmen was expected late today or_tomorrow. The managers’ committee contended that the request of the employes Zor increased pay and more liberal over- time allowances would add $333,000,200 to the railroad payrolls. Several members of the engineers' committee predicted today that a gen- eral strike would be called unless the managers modified their attitude. W, S. Stone, grand chief of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers, and W. Carter, president of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Firemen and En- ginemen, head the employes' commit- teo, and the managers’ committee is! headed by A. W. Trenholm, general manager of the Chicago, St. Paul, Min- neapolis and Omaha railroad. RAILROADS POURING GRAIN INTO CHICAGO. New Record For 8ingle Day—1,153 Cars, Carrying 1,250,000 Bushels. Chicago, July 15.—Twenty rallroads f the south and middle west poured a continued stream of grain into Chi- cago today setting a new record for a single day’'s wheat receipts here. - A total of 1,153 cars, representing 1,250,000 bushels, were received. Ap- proximately 31,000,000 will be paid the farmers for the days shipment. The enormous receipts exerted no influence on the market however, a decided increase in price being rec- orded instead of the decline which might have been exported to follow the new record. Tbe inference by | compasses have been adjusted, " Martin Vogel Married in Londén. London, July 15.—The marriage of Martin \'on‘lx. ymutn.nt United States treasurer in New York, and Mrs. Al- bert Lewishon of New York took place today in the registry office of the Covent Garden district. German Steamship Abandoned. Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 15.— The German” steamship Mendoza was today abandoned as a total wreck. She “vent ashore July 11 in a fog off Mo. gotes Point, on the Argentine coas! The passengers and crew, numbering 257, were all saved. No Trust Tobacco for Bavarian Army. Munich, Germany, July 15.—The Ba- varian war ministry today ordered all branches of the Bavarian army, in cluding the officers’ mess and the men’ canteens, to purchase their cigarettes only from firms independent of the to- bacco trust. The trust cigarettes al- ready had been barred from Bavarian raliway stations. Militants Use Horsewhip: London, July 15.—Two militant suf- fragettes today made a violent attack on the Right Hon. Thomas MeKinnon Wood, ;secretary of state for Scotland, as he was leaving his residence. The women were armed with heavy horse- Whips with which they struck Mr. Wood several times across the tshoul- ders. Both were arrested. NEW TESTIMONY ‘ FOR BALLOU INQUEST. A Carpenter Who is Expected to Sup- port Contention of Mrs. Angle That Ballou Fell Down Stairs. Stamford, Conn., July 15.—Unexps edly to the local authorities and to the state attorney, Coroner John J. Phelan of Bridgeport came to this city today in connection with the investigation oi the death of Waldo R. Ballou. His visit was at the request of Judge H. Stanley Finch of counsel for Mrs. Helen M. Angle, who is held without bail pending the outcome of the in- quiry, and with Judge Finch the cor- oner.made an examination of Mrs. An- gles’ apartments, where Ballou visited the night of his death, and of other rooms in that bullding. Judge Finch, it was learned, had asked the coroner to make the examination in order that he might be in a better position to understand the evidence which it 1s expected will be given by Patrick Rabbitt, a carpenter who lives in ihe building where Mrs. Angle's rooms are, when the inquest is resumed next Mon- day. At the beginning of the inquiry Rab- bitt, questioned by the police, stated he had heard a noise on the night of Ballou’s death—as if a bed had broken down. He did not Investigate. Judge Finch, it is learned, has secured an affidavit from Rabbitt which goes into a lengthy description of the sound he heard that night. Rabbitt’s story, it is expected, will be the only evidence which the defense will submit to the coroner next Monday and will be of- fered to ‘support theirkeontention that Ballou came to his death by a fall down stairs. Judge Finch was asked if Mrs. Angle would testify. He said: “That matter entirely in - the hands of Judge 2 *. Downs. My ad- vice would be not to permit her to take the stand.” Judge Downs is out of town. The police do not attach great im- portance to the new evidence. .They { hold that the marks on Ballou’s hat and on his forehead were made by a blow and could not have resulted from a fall down stairs. While the coroner would not express an opinion as to the value of the new evidence, he said he would have a physical test made. This would con- st of a movement on the stairway such ds the defense claims would produce a noise similar to that made by a per- son falling, and the coroner will de- termine at what points in the building the noise could be heard. This test, it is expected, will be made during the present week SHAMROCK IS READY FOR OCEAN VOYAGE. Will Sail July 18—To Be Convoyed by Steam Yacht Erin. Gosport, England, July 15.—Every- thing is ready for the departure on July 18 for the United States of Shamrock IV, Sir Thomas Lipton’s challenger for the American cup. Her her ketch rig fitted and the steam yacht Erin, also belonging to Sir Thomas, is waiting to convoy her across the At- lantic. “Shamrock IV has done all that has been asked of her,” is_the final word of Charles E. Nichelson, the designer. | He admits however, that the trial boat was in no way satisfactory, as the type of opponent which would enable yachtsmen to accurately gauge Sham- rock IV” chances of lifting the Amer- ica’s cup. Underwriters at Lloyds are not so optimistic as Mr. Nicholson, roughly, 3 to 1 against the challenger. In other words they are issuing policies at a premium of 35 per cent. to pay the total loss, if Shamrock 1V should prove successful. A similar risk in connection with the aeroplane fight across the Atlantic during the pres- ent year is being covered at 8 per cent. The crew of the Shamrock IV, numbering more than thirty men, is to be divided during the vovage across, half of the sailors luxuriating on board the Erin as far as the Azores and then relieving their ship mates for the remainder of the journey. TORPEDO BOAT RODGERS ABLE TO LEAVE PORT. Will Be Used in Mimic War Attack on Portiand, Me., Friday, Portland, Maine, July 15.—The tor- pedo boat Rorgers, which had a plate loosened when fouled by the passen- ger steamer Governor Dingley In Portland harbor yesterday, was able to leave port today -after temporary repairs and continue her part in the war manoeuvres off the coast . The Rodgers in company with the torpedo boat Dupont and the destroyer Mac- Donough ran up the coast to Bath but will return later to assist in the “de- fense” of Portland in a mimic attack planned for Friday. Naval militia- some grain dealers was that the one railroads, fearing a possible strike of engineers and firemen, were séeking to move as much as possible of the crop before the labor situation reach- ed a crisis. Virginia to Vote en Prohibition. Richmond, Va. July I5—Governor ‘Stuart yesterday Issued an order for an election on September 22 on the question - of” state-wide prohibition. This action fellowed receipt of a cer- tificate from the acting secretary of commenwealth showing that men from Massachusetts, Rhode Is- land and Commecticut art participatin in _the war game. 2 New Orleans, July 15.—The sinking of a fleet of .81 coal barges at Lob- del), La. is the most serious ° done by almost unprecedented rain- falls yesterday and Monday tnrough out a large part of Louisiana, accord- ing to reports reaching here last night. The fleet and cargo was valued at $150,000. The heaviest rainfall reported was at’ Pert Al Feds Wipe Out a Villa Garrison 48 EITHER KILLED IN BATTLE OR EXECUTED. AT A BORDER TOWN Constitutionalists Met Attack with Steady Fire, but Were Overpowered by Vastly Superior Force, Bl Paso, July 15.—The forty-eight members of the constitutionalist gar- rison at Palomas were either killed in battle or executed by federal filibust- ers who attacked the border town eariy today. No man escaped to the Ameri- can side. This was reported here to Mexican federal officials and by United States army and United States customs agents at Columbus, N. M., seven miles from the scene of (he hting. Shortly after daybreak, 450 en swooped on the little garrison of Villa troops. The constitutionalists responu- ed with a steady fire, but were over- powered by overwhelming odds. - It was reported to Arturo Elias, Huerta consul here, that nineteen of the Viila garrison were executed. The filibust- ers captured the entire armament and supplies of the post. The attack on the border town was taken here as an Indication of renewed The estate of the late Frederick Townsend Mertin in the United King- dom was valued at $24,000. 3 Samuel Hughes, port captain of the comml.lllcne:l’ of navigation, died in Philadelphia, aged 54 years. The National Association of Build- ing Owners and Managers opened its annual convention at Duluth. Fire swept the plant of the National Bedding Co. and four dwellings at Cleveland, causing a loss of $30,000. An automobile in which Governor Glynn was riding in Albany had a nar- row escape from collision with a wag- on, Henrich Oeirich, a German aviator, created a new altitude record by as- cending 25,000 feet in a biplane at Leipsic. - The American battleships Missouri and Illinois, with mi ipmen from the naval academy aboard, arrived at Londo The customs receipts for the fiscal year at the port of Boston dropped $8,859,465 below last year's total of 40. S The Duke of Connaught, governor general of arrived at St Johns, Newfoundland, on beard the cruiser Essex. . Mrs. Lucille F, Haines, of Camden, J., totally blind for ten vears, re- gained her full sight during an elec- trical storm, Martin Cook, 30 years old, of Buf- actlvity of the federal irregular troops in Chihuahua state, which heretofore have confined their activities to the interfor. There were many rumors falo, was attacked by thieves and fa- tally stabbed. Two rings were cut from his fingers, Tell Her Story SENT PETITION REQUESTING PERMISSION TO TESTIFY PHYSICIAN DISAPPROVES Offers to Waive Immunity if Permit. ..ted.to Appear—Wanted to Tell Story to Newspaper. Men. 5 Mineola, N. Y., July 16—When the €rand jury investigating the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey in Preeport on June 30 and the alleged complicity of Mrs, Florence Conklin Carman, com- pleted the work mapped out for it today, only three more witnesses re- mained to be heard. These will a pear upon the resumption of the pro- ceedings tomorrow morning. District Attorney Smith said he believed “the igquisitors would dispose of the case mmediately and that action of some kind might be expected by noon or soon thereafter. Whether Mrs, Carman herself wiil be brought from the Nasdau county Jail to tell her story to the jurors is a problem which oniy the grand jurors themselves can solve. Their final de- cision is expected to be made tomor- Tow morning. Requests Privilege of Testifying. District Attorney Smith stated posi- tively that he would refuse the physi- clan’s wife permission to testify, even though she should sign a waiver of here about fllibustering expeditions to be set on foot in anticipation of a counter-revolution after the fall of the Huerta central government, The troops which took Palomas were | dommanded by General Roque G—omu.l one of the revelutionists who fought with General Pasecual Orozco in the revolution against Francisco Madero. GOVERNOR'S DAY AT STATE CAMP. Today Beth Regiments Will Leave Camp For a Day in the Field. ‘amp Ground, Niantic, Conn., July 15—This was Governor’ sday at the state camp and Governor Baldwin, ac- companied by his staff and executive secretary, Kenneth Wynne came to the state reservation this afternoon to review the troops in camp, spent the night with them under canvass and tomorrow witness their work in the fleld. The chief executive was met at the station by a mlilitary detach- ment and accompanied to camp where he was recelved with the governor's salute of elpven guns. Both regi- ‘ments, the First and Second, were out of camp when the governor arrived, doing fleld duty. They returned about 4 o'clock and shortly after that hour, all the infantrymen, mounted scouts and hospital corps passed in review hefore the governor. Later the of- ficers of the First infantry were pre- sented to the governor by Colonel John F. Hickey and the officers of the Second infantry were presented by Colonel McCabe. Among the day's visitors were Colonel Geddes and Colonel L. F. Bur- pee, both former commanders of the Second regiment. Tomorrow morning both regiments will drill on the parade ground for an hour and a half and about 8.30 will leave camp for a day in the fleld. They will carry one day’s rations and will cook their noon meal them- selves. The practice will be on or closea to Indian woods. During the morning, it is Governor Baldwin will leave camp with his staff and go to Indian woods to see the mil- ita at work He is -expected to leave for home some time during to- morrow afternoon. Captain Daniel Lanouett of Willing- ford, Company K. Second infantry, was named officer of the da Lieu- tenant Kavanaugh, Company C, Sec- ond infantry supernumerary officer of the day. REDUCING WEIGHT TO BE POLICEWOMAN. Chicago Woman Took Off 25 Pounds in Five Days—Five Days to Take Off 20 More. Chicago, July 15.—Determined to be a policewoman, one candidate for the civil service test reduced her weight 25 pounds in five days, it was made known today from the examiners headquarters. The outside weight al- lowed is 180 pounds. The candidat>y reduced from 225 pounds to 200 pounda in the flve days between July 9 and 14. She did it by sucking ice and lemon peel instead of eating and by taking vigorous exercises, she told the civil service commissioners. “Give me five days more,” she plead- ed when told that the extra 20 pounds she carried would bar her still, despite her remarkable feat of reduction. The chance was granted her and her daily weight reports will be checked. “I don’t eat or drink except a little water to keep my throat from parch- ing,” she explained. “For dinner last night 1 had a piece of ice the size of a wainut, Maif a slice of lemon peel and a swallow of water.” Two hundred and twenty candidates for employment as policewomen ars tak the physical examinations be- fore the civil service commission. NEW HAVEN STOCK SOLD AT 49 3-4 5 AU SRR ~ s i - Offerings Came in 100 and 200 Share Lots, New York, July 15.—Urgent selling of New Haven shares, which declined to a new low record on the stock ex- change at 49 3-4 at midday, “was at- tended by a considerable unsettiement elsewhere in the stock market. Of- ferings of New Haven came mostly in 100 and 200 share lots, suggesting that the liquidation came mainly from small investors who had become disheart- ened as a result of the report of the Interstate Commerce Commission con- cerning the former management of the property. Commission houses with New Eng- land connections, where New Haven sheres were for years rated as a sound investment, were among,the principal sellers today, but the movement, ac- cording to rufnor, was materially as- sisted by bear selling from Boston. Steamers Reported. by Wireless. Slasconset, Mass., Ji 15.—Steamer Argentina, leste, for New York, 193 miles east of Sandy Hook at 10 a m. Dock about 8 a u'l; }‘h‘, o # ul team- ! for New York, The Rev, Walter Peterson, pastor of the Presbyterian church at White Ha- ven, Pa. was drowned while fishing In the Lehigh river. Captain Templin ked"” with other - plucked ' both | w Dbefore |hous€u of congress. The English tennis team defeated France in the second round of the pre- liminary matches for the Davis inter- national tennis trophy. A Peking dispatch says China has informeq the filve power group that the proposed loan will be $40,000,000 instead of $100,000,000. “The con n of the Duke of Aosta, cousin of the King of Italy, who has ‘been suffering from typhoid fever, has taken a turn for the worse, The torpedo boat Reg rious steamer land, Me. was se- damaged In collision with the Governor Dingley off Port- No one was injured, Senator Smith of Michigan, intro- duced a resolution to investigate the part played by American financral in- terests in the Mexican revolution. As “longevity” rewards a Washing- ton street car company will distribute bonuses of $28,000 to employes who have worked from 2 to 10 years. A large rattlesnake caused much ex- citement in the Broad Street station of the Pennsylvania railroad in Phil- delphia. The snflkfi was captured. Rural mail carriers from all parts of the state gathered at St. Albans, Vt, for the opening of the Vermont Rural Letter Carriers’ Association. Dennis Boyle, of Bayonne, N. J., was sentenced by Judge Mahon to get mar- ried within 30 days. After taking the pledge for one year he was discharged. Tonawanda creek was recommended by State Engineer John A. Bensel as the western terminal of the new barge canal and accepted by the Canal board at Albany. Jacob Guldi, a hotel proprietor of Huntington, L. I.. convicted of selling liqguor to Charles Harner after being prohibited in writing by the latters wife, was fined $100. Henry P. Keith, independent demo- cratic leader of Nassau county, was appointed collector of -internal rev- | enue for the first New York district | at a‘salary of $4,500. A new daily newspaper, owned, man- aged and circulateq by women, will make its appearance in San Fran- cisco in a few days. Mary Fairbrother will be managing editor. Eugene Lamb Richards, New York state superintendent of banks, has ap- pointed Edward S. Brogan as private secretary at a salary of $3,500 a year. Mr. Brogan is a lawyer. The armored cruiser Brooklyn, which took a prominent part in the Spanish- American war, left the Philadelphia Navy Yard for Boston, where she will become a receiving ship, A near pani¢ w caused among several hundred women _and girls aboard the ferrvboat Philadelphia when it collided with a raliroad freighter in the North riiver. Favorable action on a bill to regulate {and control the diversion of water for | power purposes from Niagara Falls | was recommended to the House today | by the forelgn affair® committee. Thousands of pieces of scrap iron was the memorial that John Rush left when he died at his home near Junc- tion City, Kan. He had a plle 40 feet high and covering an acre on his farm. Edward Smith, of Cincinnati, -rd mer fire’department lieutenant, retired because of a broken neck received in a fire, saved two persons from drown- ing when their skiff overturned in the Ohio river, Two women were burned to death and three other persons were seriously injured in a fire which destroyed a frame boarding house at Dallas, Texas, The dead are Mary E. McCauley and Mrs. Dora Roberts. Attorney General Carmody appoint- ed Johmson D. McMahan of Roms deputy attorney general at a salary of $4,000 to succeed August Merrill who resigned upon appointment as corporation counsel of Utica. In one borough of Greater New York alone—Manhattan— 540 absolute di- vorces were granted during the six months ending June 30, against 372 during the same period last year. These figures were made public todsy by the county cler Reocognition of the bolo, usually as- with fierce Philippine cam- peacable immunity. Then her attorney, George M. Levy, and her husband visited her in the jail and had her sign a petition addresseq to the grand jury in which she reguested the privilege of a - ing before that body and abandoned all rights which she might have of claiming protection from prosecution in return for testifying. The members of the grand jury ar- gued among themselves for more than an hour late today over the petition. They then took an adjournment. Some, it was reported, favored hearing what Mrs, Carman might have to say, while others sided with the distriot attor- ney that it would not only be unwis to listen to her, but would be comn- trary to a decision of the appellate di- vision of the supreme court handed down thirteen years ago, which stated, in effect, that a person charged with murder cannot offer evidence before a grand jury. : Wanted to Tell Story to Newspaper Men. Although Mrs. Carman was anxious to tell hgr story to newspaper men late toda¥, District Attorney Smith would not permit her to do so, The witnesses who appeared today were Henry De Beau Gaston Bolsso- nault, who sold Mrs. Carman the tele- phonic device she had installed in her husband’s office; H. Burnell, who made the installation; Hazel Combs, a patient of Dr. Carman; Anna Kahn, her friend; Nellie Gherkin, Dr. R. D. Grimmer, Dr. Howard Phipps, Coroner Norton, Frank J. Farrell and Archis Wallace, deputy sheriff. Of these, Farrell was by far the most important witness, Saw Tall Woman in Long Cloak. Farrell's story, as he told it to Dis« trict Attorney Smith, was that on the night of June 20, being out of a job and hungry, he started for the back door of the Carman home to ask for food. He was rounding one of the corners of the house, his story goes, when he saw a tall woman dress- ed in either a long cloak or a kimono come from the back door, go directly to a window in which he now knows to be the dootor’s office and break the glass. Farrell said he didn't know whether the woman had a revolver or not. If she did, he did not see it Farrell's story continues that he heard a shot and quickly hurried off, for he had no desire to be around any place, he said, where bullets were li- able to be flying. ‘When he read about the murder in the newspapers, Farrell was quqted as saying, he went to the district at- torney. He wasn't sure that it was at Dr. Carman’s house that he had seen the woman and heard the shot until he was shown the place. His story furnishes corroboration for Celia Coleman, a negro mald in the Carman residence, whose amplified story told yesterday was to the effect that her mistress, dressed in a kimono, rushed through the kitchen directly after the shot was fired, After he testified Farrell was lock- ed up in the same jail with Mrs. Car- man, where he has been held for more than a week as a material witness, Bardes’ Testimony Eliminated. Of the other witnesses, the only one who did not testify at the inquest was Nellle Gherkin, with whom Elwood T. Bardes, whose story was responsible for the arrest of Mrs. Carman, board- ed. Her story dealt with the account which Bardes had given her of seeing a tall woman in a dark dress and a white shirtwalst hurry away from a window in Dr. Carman’s office directly after he heard the report of & revol- | ver. Now that the district attorney claims he has established that Mra Carman was dressed in a kimono | when, he alleges, the shot was fired, Bardes’ testimony will be eliminated. One of the witnesses tomorrow will be Dr. Runcle, who was called to the Carman house directly after the mur- der by Dr. Carman. Who the others would be could not be ascertained from the district attorney’s office tonight, TENTH ATTEMPT TO SWIM ENGLISH CHANNEL English Amateur Long Distance Swim- mer Reaches Middle Swimming Strongly, / BT e et Wolffe, the amateur long dis- tance swimmer, formation’ here that Wolffe was then swimming strongly, U. 8. Sailor Kills Sweetheart. San Francisco, July 15.—Decoying iu-m.um Walitce,