Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, Conn.)
June 8, 1909

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1909 "55 NORWICH, CONN TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1909. VOL. LI. NO. 135. PRICE TWO CENTS. GLADIATORS ON FLOOR OF SENATE frequently on Their Feet, Many Sharp Conflicts Between Them MESSRS. ALDRICH AND BEVERIDGE.

Chamber a MentarArena Over the Cotton Schedule Two Votes Reached,One on Window Hollands, the Other on Process of Mercerization Some of the Re publicans Charged with Being Democrats. "Washington, juns f. The senate hmer was tran stormed today Into mental arena, and Senator Aldrich, leading tha conservatives, and Sena tor Beveridge. heading the "progres sives," were the chief gladiators. Both of these senators vers frequently on tho4r feet, and there wera many sharp conflicts between them. Senator Aldrioh's Hopes Dashed. The session having; begun with a vote on the recommendation of his committee for a duty of three cents a square yard and twenty per cent, ad valorem on the fabric known as window hollands. Senator Aldrich was apparently somewhat encouraged over the prospect of making decided headway with the cotton schedule. His hopes, however, were doomed to early disappointment, for-only a few mo ments afterwards Mr. Beveridge took the floor, and before he finished had opened such a gap that the Rhode Is land senator himself could not resist the opportunity to enter It. Mr. Bev eridge having said that he was In clined to support the recommenda tions of the finance commission, the admission led the chairman of the committee to say that he had not shown such inclination by his vote. The Indiana senator retorted, as serting his right to follow .his con science, rather than the leadership of any Individual. Rhode Islander Never Favored Pro hibitive Policy. From that time forward the two1 senators were engaged in Joint de hate much of the time during the day. Mr. Aldrich contended that while pro hibitive tariffs were justified he had never favored a prohibitive policy. He predicted that in time the south would become the greatest manufacturer of the finer grades of cotton goods. An swering this assertion; Senator Bacon declared tJwtt if even such should prove to be the case, he would not favor an increase in the- customs du ties. He believed that natural condi tions In Georgia or the other southern states would pro the best protection for the manufacturers. The Seoond Vote. About the middle of the afternoon the senate reached its second vote, which was on a proposal by Senator Dolliver to strike out the committee's provision fixing a duty of one per cent, a square yard for the process of mer cerization. The amendment was lost PORTO RICAN BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE Without Amendment Provisions of the Bill Adjourned to Thursday. Washington, June 7. The house of representatives today passed the por- to Rlcan bill without amendment. The bill provides that whenever the legis lalure shall fail to make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year,' those of the current year shall considered as in lorce ana etiect. It also provides that hereafter all reports of an official character shall be made direct to an executive de partment of the government of the United States to be designated by the Sesident and such department is au orlsed to take, jurisdiction of all Matters pertaining to the island pos cession. The house adjourned until Thursday. EXPELLED FROM HAYTI. Dominican Revolutionists Not A! lowtd to Have Refuge There. Cape Haytlan, June T. The Domini can revolutionists, who last week were driven over the frontier to Haptian territory, have been expelled by the Haytlan government, and will leave here On June 14 for St. Thomas, Speaking of his experiences today. General Camacho, the leader of the party, said: "I was able In two days to get together 240 men. la several encounters we were successful against the government forces, hut as soon as the men learned that the movement was in favor of Vasquea they had thought they were fighting for Jimi- r.ee I was betrayed, and wehad to flee." ADANA MASSACRE ARRESTS. 445 Moslems and 117 Others Held For Outbreaks of Last April. Constantinople, June 7. An official telegram, received here today from Adana, Asiatic Turkey, says that 445 Moslems and 117 non-Moslems have been arrested there In connection with the rioting and massacres of April. Mutual Life Insurance Co. Officers Re elected. New York, June 7. At the annual election for the board of trustees of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New york, held today, William H. Porter, president of the Chemical National bank, was elected to succeed Charles D. Dickey, resigned. The other trus tees whose terms were expiring were re-elected for terms of two years. Member of Lamb's Club Attempts Suicide. Mlddletown, N. Y., June 7. Clement Hopkins, formerly stage manager for Blanche Walsh and a member of the Lamb's club of New York. attempted suicide tonight at his country horns jn Montgomery, N. Y., while temporari ly deranged. He stabbed himself in the breast, penetrating his lung. The wound will probably prove fatal. Hop kins had been ill for several weeks. Tragedy In Department Store. Springfield. Mo., June 7. Suspecting his wife had made an appointment with Robert Sellers, a young business man, Walter W. EdUington today fol lowed her to a department store, and when -he found the couple talking to gether, fired twotrutlets into Sellers' head. Sellers probably will die. Ed dington surrendered. The shooting caused a panic In the store. New fork. Cotton Exchange Officers.' New Y,ork, June 7. George Brennerk was re-elected president, Arthur R. March vice president, and James F. Maury treasurer t the annual election1 ef the New York cotton exchange to- .....J.-..- I by the unusually close vote of 82 to 28. The narrowing of the margin was due, however to tlie absence of sena tors rather than to the conversion of the "progressives" to the Aldrich standard. Attitude "of Some Republicans Chal lenged. It was after this vote that Senator Aldrich found occasion to again chal lenge the attitude of some of the re publican senators who are contending for lower duties. He charged them with playing the "part of "brigadiers" for the democrato, and, speaking of Senator Beveridge, declared that he had associated with the democrats so long that he was adopting their ideas. He characterized Mr. Beveridge as the leader of the opposition. Both Senators Beveridge and Cum mins replied. The former said that he was simply standing on the republi can platform and the latter said, that he had been so often charged with being a democrat that the charge did not worry him. Senator Bailey found cause for congratulation In the situa tion because, as he said, he believed it would inure to the advantage of the democrats. Position of Secretary MacVeagh. At tacked. During the day Senator Smith of Michigan found occasion to attack the position of Secretary MacVeagh as the mouthpiece of the administration on tig-tariff situation. He intimated thatheSijd not consider the second member of- the president's cabinet a reliable leader on this subject, be cause of his former democratic pro clivities, v Progressive Republicans Gain Conces sion. Later In the day the progressive re publicans gained a concession from the finance committee in the removal of rubber goods from the cotton sched ule, which will preclude the Imposition of a duty on such goods because of the cotton In them. Dingley Rates Restored on Hosiery. The cotton schedule was completed at tonight's session of the senate, which lasted until 10.08 o'clock. The Dingley rates were restored on hosiery making a reduction of about twenty cents a dozen pairs from the rates in the house bill. The woolen schedule will be taken up tomorrow. BRIG. GEN. FUNSTON IN PISTOL FIGHT WITH BURGLAR. Old Soldier In Bed Saw Man Step from Closet. Leavenworth, Kas., June 7. Briga dier General Frederick Funston, com mandant ,of the army service, schools at Fort Leavenworth, engaged In a. re volver fight with a. supposed burglar In his quarters at the post early today. The man escaped and General Funston was unharmed. General FUnston had gone to bed late. He lay awake in bed for an hour. Then a closet door opened and a man stepped forth. The general saw him and reached under his pillow for a revolver. s The intruder saw the motion and fired. The bullet pierced the mattress near the "eneral, who leaped to his feet. He turned on the lights and fired three shots as the man fled. "I believe he was ft burglar," said General Funston, "waiting until I was asleep to rifle my pockets." VEILLETTE NOT A SUICIDE. Medical Examiner H. S. Fuller of Hartford Changes His Mind. Meriden, Conn., June 7. The offi cial statement made, by Medical Ex aminer H. S. Fuller of Hartford that Henry F. Veilette of this city commit ted suicide at the home of his fiancee In Hartford Saturday, is retracted in a statement secured from Mr. Fuller by Veilette's father this evening. Mr. Veilette, Rev. A. Van Oppen and many other local people who knew the young man, were of the belter that there was a reasonable doubt that his death was a self-inflicted one, so Mr., Veilette went to Hartford and Dr. Fuller changed his mind and was Inclined to believe that the young man died of blooa poisoning. The statement he signed which is now held bv the father of the deceased and reads as follows: "Hartford, Conn., June 7, 1909. "To Whom It May Concern: "This is to certify that I have no possible proof that Henry Veilette came to his death by suicide or that he had any such intent. "H. S. FULLER. "Medical Examiner." TORPEDO BOAT AGROUND. The Winstow Fast In the Mud of Morehead City Harbor. Morehead City, N. C, June 7. While on her way to sea from Beaufort, where she was towed when disabled yesterday, the torpedo fcoat Winslow. with the Massachusetts tiaval reserves aboard, ran aground In the harbor here today. The little boat is stuck so fast that all efforts to get her off have so far proved unsuccessful. Widely Known Insurance Manager Dead. Boston, June 7. Charles W. Kellogg. eastern manager of the Firemen's Fund Insurance company of San Francisco, and widely known through out the insurance world of the coun try, is dead: at his home In Brook line. Previous to his connection with the San Francisco company, Mr. Kel logg was Identifle4 with several other large Insurance companies In Phila delphia and Hartford. He was seven ty years old and leaves four sons. Gould Diverce Case Delayed. New York. June 7. The suit for a separation brought by Katherine Clemmons Ooulil against her husband, Howard Gould, was cslled for trial in the supreme court today, but a hear ing thereon was postponed until Wed nesday. Capital Steck Increased. Boston, June 7. The capital stock of the Shannon Mining eompanv was Increased from $3,0!0.ooO to $3.jo.OOO today by a rote of the stockholders. Cabled Paragraphs. Paris, June 7. Charles Frohman an nounces that he has secured Rostand's "Chanticter" for America. Berlin, June 7. A Soionikl despatch to the Frankfurter Zeltung says that a tight lasting eleven hours has occurred on the Bulgo-Turklsh frontier between Bulgarian and Turkish frontier guards. The casualties are not known. Madrid, June 7. Henry C. Ide," the new American minister to Spain in succession to William M. Collier, ar rived here today by automobile from Paris. The date for the presentation of his credentials has not vet been fixed. i London. June 7. E. H. Harrlman ar rived here today from -New York on his way to Paris. He said he had had a good trip across the Atlantic, ex cepting for a few days of seasickness, and that he was In better health than a year ago. Honolulu, June 7. It Is rumored that the striking Japanese on the Ewa, Wailue and Kahukuku sugar planta tions voted yesterday to return to work today at the old scale. At the Ewa plantation 90 out of 1,500'strikers voted to continue the strike, the others fa voring surrender. London. June 7. The May statement of the board of trade shows an in crease of $2,963,500 in Imports and a decrease of $7,705,500 In exports. The principal increase in imports was In cotton, and the exports decrease was in manufactured goods. Zurich, June 7. An automobile In which Mr. and Mrs. Bager of New York and two others were traveling over the road from Schwameudingen to Zurich fell over an embankment today and was completely -demolished. "Mrs. Bager suffered Injuries to the spine and a fractured clavicle and was re moved to a hospital. The others es caped with slight injuries. BOOM TIMES COMING IN IRON AND STEEL PLANTS. Will Be Here injts Fullness by Octo ber First. Pittsburg, June 7. From a canvas made today of the principal iron and steel manufacturers it is apparent that a wave of prosperity equal to any experienced in this country, is about to take place. The recent stagnation In the iron arid steel business is described as the "little Industrial rest." From a major ity of the interviews secured here to day the fear is expressed that wants in the iron and steel business will re turn with such a rush as to eauee con gestion. The steel and plate .department of the National Tube company's works at Wheeling, W. Va will begin op erations tomorrow morning, double turn, giving employment to 4.500 men who have been idle since November, 1907. Announcement was made today of the following orders: 165.000 tons steel rails, 2,000 freight cars. 500 steel pas senger cars and 180 locomotives. It is also said that before long something may be done to restore the price of steel products. According to steel manufacturers of Pittsburg, boom times will be here In their fullness by October J. BERMUDA PILOT BOAT -WATCHING FOR THE RACERS. Leader of Motor Boats Should Arrive at Noon Today, the First of the Yachts at Sunset. Hamilton. Bermuda, June 7. The storm of yesterday passed off this morning and the weather is now fair, with a light breeze and a moderate swell. The pilot boat Giiard will take up her position at daybreak tomorrow, two miles off St. David's Head, as the mark boat at the finish line for the sailing yactts and motor boats which left Gravesend bay Saturday afternoon and are far along on the journey to Bermuda. Two representatives of the yachting committee will take the time of the finish from St. David light house. r The -motor boats will be inspected at either Hamilton or St. George's, ac cording to the port they elect to enter. The prospects are favorable for the arrival of the leader of the motor boats by noon tomorrow and the leader of the yachts by. sunset BROOKLYN NAVY YARD RESTAURANT DEDICATED Before an Audience of 2,000 Workmen and Their Families. New York, June 7. The restaurant given the government employes of the Brooklyn navy yard by the New York and New Jersey section of the Na tional Civic Federation, of which Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of J. P. Mor gan, is chairman, was dedicated to night before an audience of 2,000 workingmen and their families and a sprinkling of other guests. Capt,, J. B. Murdock, the new com mandant' of the navy yard, and Rear Admiral C. F. Goodrich, retired, the former commandant, testified to the appreciation of the government. Miss Morgan and John Mitchell, the labor leader, who is also vice president of the Civic Federation, urged the men to make the most of the restaurant, as its success would encourage similar ventures in other government estab lishments. ARRIVED AT ROME To Participate in Golden Jubilee of the American College. Rome, June 7. Monsignor Falcmio, the apostolic delegate at Washington; Monsignor Farley, archbishop of New York; Bishop McDonnell of Brooklyn, x.ishop Hoban of Scranton, Bishop M. J. Burke of St. Joseph, Bishop Keiley of Savannah, and -the Rt. Rev. O. B. Carrigan, auxiliary bishop of Balti more, together with more than fifty alumni, including other prominent American prelates, Have arrived to participate m the festivities in connec tion with the golden jubilee of the American college at Rome. Tomorrow solemn pontlficlal mass for the deceased founders, benefactors and alumni of the college will be cele brated by Archbishop Farley. Bishop Burke will preach the sermon. United Confederate Veterans' Reunion. Memphis, June 7 WitlT tire stars and bars and the Star Spangled Ban ner flapping in the soft breeze, and with the streets filled with thousands of visitors, the United Confederate Veterans' reunion began today.. The real business of the reunion will be gin tomorrow.'- Hebron. Edgar J. Doollttle. ex- mayor of Meriden. Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry A. Doolfttle of Newark, N. J., and mjss jane n.. jjoouttle of Wallingford, were in town one dav thin week at Porter's hotel, all with the exception of Mrs. Doolittle, being children of the Rev. 'Edgar Doollttle. who was the pastor of the Congregational church here years ago. Bnch gave $5, to the Hebron public library. Called Upon to Quit Ministry AND TO YIELD UP HIS ORDINA TION PAPERS. PROFESSOR FOSTER DENOUNCED As an "Undesirable Member of Baptist Denomination" His Book, "The Function of Religion," Criticised. Chicago, June 7. Prof; George IS. Foster of the University of Chicae-o, whose writings, denounced by some "as a bitter indictment of the Chirstian re ligion before the bar of skepticism," have harrowed the clergy of Chicago, was Called upon today at a meeting of Baptist preachers of Chicago fry Rev. Johnstone Myers, pastor of Immanuel Baptist church, to withdraw from the Baptist ministry and to yield up his ordination papers. The fire of criticism was directed chiefly at Professor Fos ter's, recent book, "The Function of Religion." Case, Postponed a Week. This motion, was put before several 250th ANNIVERSAR Y CELEBRA TION of the Founding of Norwich, July 5th and 6th hundred preachers and laymen, gath ered at the conference of the Baptist executive council, and only the objec tion of one mag, Prof. A. .K. Parker, who, like Professor Foster, is an in structor at the University of Chicago, prevented the eviction of the author of "The Function of Religion." Pro fessor Parker prevented action by call ing attention to a constitutional pro vision preventing action without a week's deliberation. The case accord ingly was postponed until .June 14. "I want to say now that I'll be here next Monday to present the same mo tion," said Dr. Myers. Effort to Eject Him. from Councils. It wan after Professor Foster had been characterized as "an undesirable Baptist" apd as a teacher .who would dethrone the church and defy evolu- tion that the effort to eject htm from the councils of the denomination was made. After fhe meeting Professor Parker said that whatever action might be taken by the preachers would not affect Professor Foster's relations with the University of Chicago. "This conference- has nothing to do with the "university," he said. "Two thirds of the university's trustees are Baptist laymen, but they could not vote to expel a member of the faculty with out moral grounds." MOLL1E RIDGE STRIPPED, TARRED AND FEATHERED, "r; i 1 1 Then Thrown fnto Pike Run Man With Her Stripped and Flogged Had Been Warned to Leave Town. Pittsburg, Pa., Jpne 7. Having been forcibly taken from a house in West Pike township near here early today by fifteen men. Mollie Ridge was stripped of clothing, covered with tar and feathers and thrown Into Pike Run, while H. O. Wright, found in the home of the woman, was also stripped, beaten and thrown into the same stream. Today Wright and the woman ap peared before Justice of the Peace Mc Kean at California, Pa., and made in formation against J. F. Charles and Clifford Wright, brothers of the male victim, and Playford Wright, a cousin. The charge is aggravated assault and battery and malicious mischief. War rants were Issued, but late tonight no arrests had 'been made. It is said the woman had been warned to leave the neighborhood a number of times and when she refused the drastic action of today resulted. Pittsburg, June 7. At midnight five persons were arrested in connection with the tarring and feathering of Mollie Ridge and beating of H. O. Wright. All were held in $3,000 bail for a hearing tomorrow before Justice McKean. SHRINERS AT LOUISVILLE. Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting Grand i Pageant Tonight. Louisville, Ky., June 7 Many Shrin ers arrived today for the 35th annual meeting of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Thousands of persons in some way affiliated with the) order arrived from all parts of the country and filled the streets and hotels with music and shouts. A portion of but one patrol, Syria of Cincinnati, is not yet on the scene, and will arrive in the morning in prep aration, for the grand pageant of Jo morrow night. Today the nobles acquainted thera selves with one another and exchang ed compliments on the beauty of their badges and equipment. An excursion up the Ohio river, drills by the boys and girls of the Masonic widows and orphans' home and other entertain ments filled out the day. New Orleans and Toledo seem alone in the field for the 1910 convention, while Rochester with an Invitation for 1911 has antedated all competitors. Narragansett Pier anti-Gambling Ele ment Win in Close Election. Narragansett Pier, R. I., June 7. The anti-gambling element in this town won a close election here today, electing its entire ticket. It is ex pected that sweeping action against the gambling in this town will be forthcoming soon. Telephone Operator Scalped by Elec tric Fan Blades. New York, June 7. Mary McNama ra, a telephone optazor in the Jersey City offices of Swift Co., the pack ers, caught her pompadour today In the whirling blades of an electric fan, and was almost completely scalped. American Federation of Labor Vice President Dead. Deliver, June 7. Max Morris, 45 years old, fourth vice president of the American Federation of Labor, ts deai at St. Joseph's hospital. He was a member or the lower house of the Col orado legislature for three terms. Aute Coast to Coast Race. St. Louis, Mo., June 7. The two Ford automobiles, the Shawmut and the Aome, which are entered in the coast to coast race, left tonight for Kansas City. The Fords snd Shaw mut departed at 9.80 o'clock snd (h Acme at 10 05 p. m. The Italia' is due at 11 s. m. 1,000 Persons Are Homeless ONE HUNDRED DWELLING HOUSES DESTROYED. $300,000 FIRE AT PRESQUE ISLE Wind- Carried Blazing Embers Quarter .of Mile Railroad Station, Church and Masonic Hall in Ruins. Presque Isle, Me., June 7. Fire swept one-quarter of this village to night, burning one hundred dwelling houses, ten potato storehousesthe Ca nadian Pacific railway- station, the Congregational church and Masonic hall. The aggregate, loss is estimated at $300,000. The residences burned in cluded some of the best in the vil lage, although the greater number were of the poorer sort. Upwards of a thousand people are homeless. High Wind Prevailed. A high wind which prevailed all day is responsible largely for the fire. It carried blazing embers a distance of a quarter of a mile in many cases and new fires started after the -first was well under way. Several Persons Hurt. Several persons' were reported in jured In various ways during the fire, but there were no fatalities. Miss Ethel Scott was hurt in an automo bile collision while assisting the fire sufferers. She was thrown from her machine and badly cut and bruised. Area of Half Square Mile Burned. The burned section covers an area of half a square mile, including North ain street, Allen street. Third street, Blake street and South street to Main street. Insurance $150,000. The financial loss may exceed $300, 000, but that figure is regarded as a reasonable estimate. The insurance jrtll not exceed $150,000. KENTUCKY FEUD LEADER .SHOT FROM AMBUSH Former Sheriff Callahan Not Expected to Live Through the Night. Jackson, Ky., June 7. Reports re ceived today from Crocketsville, the home of former Sheriff Callahan, are to the effect that the feud leader, who was shot from ambush early today,, cannot survive until morning. Later developments regarding the shooting are that at least two assas sins and probably more were engaged the. conspiracy to wipe out the Cal- lanan party. At the same time the elder Callahan was fired on, another party attacked his son, Wilson Calla han, who had gone to a barn about daylight. The son was returning to the house when a bullet fired by the unseen en emy ploughed its war through his hair and carried his hat twenty feet away. Stooping behind a 'paling, he made a successful run for the house, while palings behind and in front of him-were splintered by bullets. The assassins were shooting from ambush 1n the woods two hundred yards awav. He was unable to go to his father and the wife of the former sheriff went to her wounded husband's assistance. SAN ANTONIO POLICEMAN DISARMED IN FIGHT With a Party at Railroad Station pfficer Later Resigned. San Antonio, Tex., June 7. S. W. Bennett, an attorney and brother-in-law of B. F. Yoakum, president of the Rock Island and Frisco raiiroad lines; S. Rush, a lawyer, and Charles S. Creeson, assistant United States dis trict attorney, were held Justified today when arraigned in police court in dis arming Eugene Wahrmund, a- police man, at a railroad station last night, according to statements made in court today. Bennett and a party of friends had accompanied to the station Miss Bessie Yoakum, who was going to join her father in New York. Mr. Bennett was ordered to move his automobile anji his inability to do so resulted in an altercation with the noliceman. Tn the melee, it Is said, the officer's club was Drought Into play. He was finally disarmed. Policeman Wahrmund re signed today. DETROIT BROKER A SUICIDE.' Worried Over His Account With Failed Firm of Ennis Stonpani. Detroit. June 7. After the suicide to day in his home here of Adams M. Holden, of the brokerae-e house of Fred S. Osborne company, F. S. Osborne, its active. head, told the Associated Press this evening that the firm would suspend temporarily. "I cannot tell how I stand. I am going to suspend temporarily," Mr. Osborne declared. He declined to say anything further. Involved Indirectly in both the sui cide of Mr. Holden, who came here a number of years ago from Frankfort (111.), and the decision of Mr. Osborne to suspend, is the failure last April in New York of Ennis Stoppani. large brokerage house, whose affairs are now In process 'of liquidation there. F. S. Osborne company carried a large account with Ennis stoppani, and Mr. Osborne says that the failure of what firm shook up the local bouse con siderably. Mr. Holden Is said by members of his family to have worried about this account and to have been despondent. His suicide today, however, was total ly unexpected. Early this morning, he talked over the telephone with Mr. Os borne and agreed to meet him at the office at 8.30 o'clock. Shortly after wards Mr. Holden, fully dressed, went to his room, and shot himself through the mouth. Mr. Osborne declares that there was nothing in their telephone conversation to upset Mr. Holden and that he gave no indication then, of acute despondency. Ablaze With Forest Fires. Toronto, June 7. A special from St. John, N. B., says the central portion of the province Is fairly ablaze with forest fires. Many thousands of acres of valuable timber lauds have been swept clean. Nothing but heavy rains can avert wide destruction1. $75,000 Fire in Plow Faotory. Louisville. Ky.. June 7. Fire too,y damaged the hardware house of B. F.'-Avery Sons' plow factorv $75. 000. The operation- of the plant will tot be interfered' with, ondensed Telegrams Admiral Uri Visited Niagara Falls as the guest of Wallace Nesbit. Australia Has Formally Offered to present a Dreadnought to England. The New York State German-American Hlliance opened its convention at Buffalo. Nine More Cases of Cholera were re ported in St. Petersburg and a Berious epidemic is feared. Papers Are Being Issued in Curacao permitting Dutch steamers to enter Venezuelan ports. Walter Wellman Expects to Leave Spitsbergen in his balloon for the North Pole on Aug. L. The Council of the Empire in Russia has restored the appropriation for the navy which was rejected by the douma. The Countess of Aberdeen arrived from England and made two public Ap peals at New York for aldi in the fight against tuberculosis. Police of the West One Hundredth street station. New York, arrested a record number of hoodlums in the Broadway subway trains. A Number of Deacons Took Orders and ten were raised to priesthood by Bishop Greer in the Cathedral of St John the Divine. New York. The Peruvian Government has can celled the exequatur of the Swedish consul general, at whose house Insur gents took refuge on May 29. Mrs. John Glaesser of St. Louis turned on the gas and killed herself and two children when her husband was arrested on a charge of embezzling' $275. Mail Advices from Syria sa- that great destitution continues, refugees fearing to leave the towns, owing to the alleged treachery of the Turkish troops. MAYOR M'CLELLAN QUESTIONS YOUNG DUFFY. 'Mugged" Brooklyn Boy Who Got Po lice Commissioner Bingham Into Trouble. New York. June 7. George 13. Duffy, the Brooklyn youth over, whose arrest and photographing for the rogues" gal lery Justice Gaynor and Police Com missioner Bingham are at odds, was questioned by Mayor McClellan tnday in an effort to establish whether or not any justification exists for pre serving in the police records the boy's likeness, pedigree, measurements and antecedents. The pastor of the church attended by Duffy, his father and mother, his employers, both "past and present, and a number of neighbors who have known him all his life, testified in "-"ort of the claim advanced by Justice Gaynor that the boy was a victim of police persecution and thut nothing in his character or conduct warranted the espionage to which he was being sub jected by the police nor the retention of his photograph in the rogues' gal lery. He was represented as an honest boy, efficient in his work, steady in his religious observances and with an en viable record as. a life saver. The mayor was told that-Duffy refused a mBrtat ofired hiir by the earner ie hen fund commission for saving two per sons from drowning. At the conclusion of the Inquiry, MIrabeau L. Tpwns, counsel for Duffy and for Justice Gaynor. announced that an action for libel would be brought against the police commissioner. Mayor MeClellnn reserved decision. ANNUAL MEETING MOTHER CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy Not Able to Attend Officers Elected. Boston. June 7. The board of di rectors of the Mother church of Chris tian Science late today elected Wil liam P. McKenzie as president .Ste phen A. Chase of Fall River, treas urer, and John V. Dittemore of New York clerk, the latter succeeding Wil liam B. Johnson, who resigned. The following letter was received from Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, ad dressed to the board of directors: "Beloved Students: I thank you for your kind invitation to be present at the annual meeting of the Mother church on June 7, 1909. I will attend the meeting, but not in propria per sona. Watch and pray that God di rects your meetings and your lives, and your leader will then be sure that they are blessed In their results. "Lovingly yours, "MARY BAKER EDDY." EMBEZZLEMENT ALLEGED. Bookkeeper at Merchants National Bank, New Haven, Arrested. New Haven, Conn., June 7. Freder ick H. Brigham of West Haven, a bookkeeper the Merchants Nation al bank on State street, was arrested tonight, charged with the alleged em bezzlement of $.),000. The oHioials of the bank, in, going over the books, dis covered several discrepancies and sent an officer to Brigham's home in West Haven and he was brought to the bank. On his being unable to satis factorily explain the entries in his books he was placed under arrest and is being held under $10,000 bonds. The officials of the bank refuse to make a positive statement, but It is under stood that the shortage will amount to at least $40,000. Brigham Is forty-seven years old, married and has been in the employ of the bank for 18 years. Eleven Bodies Recovered from Lake Ponchartrain. Mandeville. La., June 7. I'p to 7 o'clock tonight eleven bodies had been recovered from Lake Ponchartrain at the scene of yesterday's disastrous collapse of a small pier n which scores of excursionists had crowded to board the steamer Margaret to re turn to New Orleans. As far as can be ascertained no oth er persons are missing. Efforts to Obtain Freedom for Mrs. Helen Boyle. Pittsburg. June 7. It Is said here oonlght that William F. McDermott of Chicago, brother of Mrs. Helen Boyle, now serving twenty-five years In the penitentiary for complicity In the ab duction of Willie Whitia of Sharon, Pa., will arrive here tomorrow to de cide on what course is the best to adopt in the eft'urt to obtain fl'eeduin for his sister. B. and O. Strike Violence. Pittsburg, June 7. For the first time since the inauguration of the Baltimore and Ohio machinists' strike violence wa experienced at .Newcastle, Pa., to day. Two men who arrived at that place toda.y from New York were be lieved to be strike breakers and were set' upon by strike sympathizers. Both men were taken to a hospital. Middletown. Thomas F. Drennan, son of Mr. ,and Mrs. John Drennsn, was ordained to the priesthood at the American college in Roma Saturday. FATAL FIRST RIDE IN ELEVATOR Miss Lena Schoonmaker, 19 Years Old, Horri bly Crushed in Flatiron Building ONE OF PARTY OF Ten Girls, Chaperoned bjra Daughter of Judge Alton B. Parker had Been Brought Down the Hudson to Sep the Sights of the Metropolis Elevator Boy Held in $5,000 Bail for Inquest. New York. June 7. -On her first visit to New York and her first ride In an elevator. Miss Lena Schoonmaker, 19 years old, one of a party of sightseers cbaperoriert by Mrs. Charles M. Hall, a daughter of Judge Alton B. Parker, was horribly crushed to death today, when her head was caught beneath the floor of the elevator and the sixth floor of the Flatiron building. Ten Girls on Sightseeing Trip. Mrs. Hall had taken a fancy to the girl, who was In her employ at King ston ,S. Y., and "brought her down the Hudson today with nine other girls, to see the city. Mr. Hall, who Is rector of Holy Cross Episcopal church la Kingston, met them here. Fell in Faint Near Car Door. Four of the girls with Mrs. Hall went shopping and visit d a shoe store on the eighth floor of the Flatiron building. When they started to descend in the, elevator lena gave a nervous BALLOON INDIANA BREAKS AMERICAN ENDURANCE RECORD. That Is if She Is Not Disqualified for Touching Earth. Indianapolis. June 7. If the balloon Indiana did not disqualify itself by touching earth, it broke the American endurance record which has stood for a year at 44 hours. Starting In the national distance race of the Aero Club of America from Indianapolis, Satur day noon, two reports have been re ceived from the Indiana. The first one was that It touched the earth in Ten nessee, took on water and proceeded south. If this be true, the balloon is disqualified under the rules of the In ternational Aeronautic Federation. A second despatch, signed by the pilot, Carl Fisher, and the aide, G. L. Hum baugh says that they dropped down near enough to earth to let down a line and draw up a bucket of water, thereafter rising for further travel. Under the latter conditions the Indl1 ana is not disqualified and has broken the endurance record. It Is not possible, nccording to avail able information, that the Indiana broke the distance record of S52 miles, for it had not room enough. The last of the six balloons entered In the distance race from which a def inite landing report was received Is the St. Louis III., which dropped st Kelso. Tenn.. having covered about 3 40 miles. A. H. Lambert was the pilot and H. h HoneywHI aide. The other balloons' landed a follows, the Approx imate distances being given: The New York. A. Holland Forbes, pilot, landed at Corinth. Miss., covering 375 -miles in 36 hours and 10 minutes. The University City, of St. Louis, traveled "40 miles, landing at Blaches, Tenn.; time, 25 hours 24 minutes. The Hoosier, Captain Baldwin pilot, travleded 240 miles, landing at Green brier. Tenn. The Clevelnnd landefl at Columbus, Ind.. 40 miles; 2 hours 65 minutes. TWELVE DANBURY HAT SHOPS OPEN ON THE OPEN SHOP PLAN. Conferences Being Held Relative to Ten Others. Danbury, Cann.. June 7. The con ference bet wen the national officers, the executive board of the United Hatters and Rev. Fathers Kennedy and Meserve, relative to a local settlement of the hatters' strike, was still In ses sion at a late hour tonglht. Twelve of the twentv-two shops, will open to morrow on the open shop plan, and It is with reference t6 the other ten that the present conference is being heldu These ten have agreed to open their factories on the open shop plan for ninety days, an attempt to be made in the interim to settle all trouble with their employes bv arbitration. If the conference accepts the ninety days' plan it will be placed before the local unions, who will then vote a to whether they will return to work or not. PATRICK'S COUNSEL MUST TELL. Jerome Says Lawyer Under Life Sen tence Has No Other Chsnoe. New York. June 7. District Attorney Jerome said todav that no governor would ever free Albert T. Patrick, the lawyer who Is serving a life sentence for the murder of William Marrh Kice. unless Patrick permits his counsel at the time of his arrest to tell what Patrick told him about the case. Patrick's counsel was Magistrate Frederick House and he refused to state what Patrick told him at the time, on the ground that the communi cation was privileged. The district attorney'- comment to dav was made In view of the statement of'j. T. Milliken. Patrick's brother-in-law, that he could continue the fight to liberate Patrick from Sing Sing. EX -SECRETARY BACON Accepts the Ambassadorship to France s Declined at First Paris. June 7. Private advices re ceived here from Washington say that Robert Eacon, ex-secretary of state, has accepted the ambassadorship to France and that he will succeed Henry White at the end of the year. Accord ing to these advices, Mr. Bacon, when he was first offered the post, declined to accept It, preferring that Mr. White should be retained as ambassador, but, finding that President Taft had re solved In any event to replace Am bassador White, he finally agreed to accept the position. RABIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. V- Outbreak of the Disease Reported in Many Sections. Harrlsburg, Pa.. June 7. Not lu yurs have tlere been so many caves of rabies as fiave been reported to the state livestock smfttary buarrf. Twenty-five boroughs, and townships are under quarantine as a result of thee reports. They are In all sections of the state. Steamship Arrivals. At Glasgow June S. Caledonia., from New York. At Liverpool; June 7. Arabic, from Nsw York. NEW YORK VISITORS little scream and fell forward In m faint, with her bead near the door of the car. The other girls, who hct been chaffing her for her fears, bene forward In solicitude, and the npenuor, who had seen a signal light burning on the sixth floor for a stop, s li- dropped silently and swiftly down, thew over the controlling lever. Th car stopied with s suv-ag bounce nml started up again. As It did so the hea.t of the prostrate girl rolled over tlm edge of the car. and before It could tvi brought to a stop the protruding ledg of the sixth flour caught and crnhe$ her skull, broke her neck snd crushed, In her chest. She died Instantly. Elevator Boy Arrested. The elevator boy lowered the car to the ground floor, where a policeman ws called and he was placed under arrj. on a technlcl chnrge of homicide. Ar raigned before the coroner, he was hell in, $5,000 ball for the Inqueet. ATLANTA BOY VICTIM OF MIMIC HANGING. Almost Dead as Result of Attempt to Re-enact Moving Picture Execution, Atlanta. Gs,, June 7. As the result of an attempt on the pert of youthful playmates to re-enact a. hanging scene witnessed in a moving picture show, Gerard Williams. 6 years old, lies St the point of death. Gerard snd his brother, two years older, were playing In their grandmother's yard with one of their little neighbors when the at tempt to carry out the hanrlng scrne was made. Gerard, being the smallest, was selected as the subject, and about his slender neck a leather strap wns fastened. Climbing on top of a coal house, the strep was mnde fust to a lhnb of a nearby tree and Gerard wns "let down." The playmates bcami frightened and ran toward the house, where they Informed their grandmother of whnt they had done. When taken down the little boy was blue In the face, every muscle was rigid and he was unconscious. After four physicians had worked with him for two hours the little fellow regained consciousness and It was announced that" he hud an even chance for recov ery. CLERK STOLE $35,000. Baltimore City Money Taken from th Ragister-f Office. Raltimore. Md., June T.-William F. Inwns. a former clerk In the city reg ister's office, was today placed on trial in the criminal court here on three Indictments, charging larceny of cltr moneys. There are altogether thlrty llve indictments pending agalnt Downs accusing him of having stolen $.15,000. The total aliened defalcation wns $67,090. Downs, who Is 23 years of age anit married, was a $900 clerk In the regis ter's fcffloe. He was ktiown as a lib eral spender, the owner of a race hnrn and the financial backer of several pugilists. One of his duties at the register's office whs to deposit the cltv funds received there at various banks, and It Is alleged that he ahtracted money during a period of many months. BOO HURT IN CRACOW. Powder Explosion Caussd by Lightning Wreoktd Forty Houses. London. June 7. A despatch re ceived here from Cracow, In Austrian Poland, says that five hundred person were wounded by the explosion of an army powder magazine there Satur day night. Three soldiers were killed, forty houses were wrecked and hun dreds of other houses damaged, and many of the wounded are seriously hurt. The marnzlne, which was situated near the railroad station, was struck by lightning and exploded. Several thousand pounds of powder "went off and 1..100 projectile ware acattered among a big crowd of ---ople who ha4 assembled at the station awaiting a train. The local hospitals are crowded with the wounded. 8LAIN ON WAY TO COURT. Going to Be Tried for Murder, is Shot Dead In Corridor. Louis, June 7. Frederick Mohrle, who killed Ssmue) Youns In North St. Louis several weeks ago, was shss sinated In the corridor of the criminal court building today by William Kane, a former deupty under Toung. The shooting occurred ss Mohrle was being taken to court to stand trial for the death of Young and Is the culmi nation of a bitter political feud. Mohrle had asserted shortly after the Young shooting that the "gang" had threatened to "get him," hut fol lowing the directions of the "gang" ho refused to reveal the hlentlt- of tho men who had threatened him. saying he could take care of himself. YALE STUDENTS FINED. Participated in a Disturbance on a Trolley Car. New Haven, June 7. Four young; men who participated In a disturbance on a trolley car In West Haven early yesterday were fined $5 and $10 each, with coats, Jn the town court there to day. Thejr pleaded guilty under ficti tious names and no evidence was put in. It was said afterwards that two of the defendants were a.-adernic sopho mores at Yale and the other two worn ex-students who came up from New York for Saturdxy'a gume. .Neither the defeniuintt nor the trolleymeri ho were concerned shoMed any vlgns of hard usan. Nearly a Million and a Half in Be quests. Warwick, R. I., June 7. Public In stitutions and KpWcopul church uii li gations will receive $:3.0i0 snd Indi viduals will get $1.(115,300 under the will of Mrs. Henry G. Ku.aell of Prov idence. R.. I., which was filed for pro bate here toikiy. Upward of twenty Institution, all located in Prnvlilanc will benefit. Half ..f Mrs. Rusnell's valuable library goes to Erowa univer sity.