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r f?-&qto.'3F& :5v ?3W'J?,!:T? 3PWV-trv THE WASHINGTON HERALD WBATHEB FORECAST. Fair to-tlay and to-morrow with rising temperature. . LARGEST MORNING CIRCULATION. NO. 1707. WASHINGTON, D. C, PBIDAY, JUNE 9, 1911. ONE CENT. "3&V' s FREE LIST BILL; I5TS TREATY Taft Denounces Attempt to Down .Reciprocity Pact. MARKET SHOWS GEO WTH Cotton Oil Exports Advance Un der Low Duty. Votea Will Be Lost to Pet Metmure by Tacking on Farmer Free List. Canadian Imports Have Brlsht Future Under Agreement Truck Farmers May Sell Produce Trade Will Increase Rapidly. New York, June 8. President Taft enjoyed himself to-night as the guest of honor at the Hotel Astor of the Produce Exchange and the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Association. He told the cotton men he be lieved reciprocity with Canada would be good business for them; that it would help them rather than injure them, just as it would bene fit rather than injure the farmers of the country. The President explained also that the fanners' free list should not be tacked as an amendment to the Canadian reciprocity bill, for the reason that it had no relevancy, and because it would drive away from the reciprocity bill enough votes to defeat the proposed agreement with Canada. EXPORT!) UCKEAMS. It has been the good fortune of our government within the last few years to enlarge the market for cotton seed oil, and the Canadian import duty upon cotton seed oil," he said, "wnich was ,20 per cent before the passage of rue Payne tariff bill, is reduced, under the rraxlmum and minimum clause, to ITU per cent. "In the negoUation of the reciprocity treaty, however, we secured the admis sion of cotton seed oil Into Canada with out dutj. The growth of the trade Is a3 follows In 1W3 the value of the cotton seed oil introducted into Canada from the United States was $213,000. in 1306, $310,000. in 1907, $376,000. in 1903, $332,000; in 1S09, $329,000. in 1310, $829,000. and in 1911, $1,047,000, each jear ending March 1. "Under the treatv vegetables and fruits of all kinds enter Canada free. One of the greatest branches of the farming industry in the South is truck farming. With the introduction of these free into Canada, you will secure other customers with a valuable trade. "That treaty as a whole will Increase rapidly a trade that now exceeds $300,000, 300 into figures double that sum. "The treaty has opponents, however, vigorous, active, -and vociferous; and the arguments against It, and the means taken to defeat it are not always of a ilrect character Free List Is Unjust. "The House of Representatives, soon after it passed the bill embodying the reciprocity agreement, passed a bill known as the farmers" free list. In my Judgment it was both unfortunate and unjust that this bill should have been adopted by some on the theory that it was a sop to the farmers to make up for the injustice and injury done them in the Canadian reciprocity bill, for there is no injustice done to the farmers in the Canadian reciprocity agreement. "I am anxious to secure the aid of you gentlemen interested largely in South ern Industries to assure your Senators that they will not loss standing because they refuse to burden that agreement in uch a way as certainly to defeat it. "The situation in the Senate Is one that can be described as calling for the blll the whole bill, and nothing but the bill." ARSENIC TRACES HOLD TWO COHENS Man and Woman Held With out Bail for Hearing. Special to The Washington Herald. Baltlmors, Md, June 8. Thirty bottles and other receptacles will go under ex amination to-morrow for traces of arsenic which, according to the detectives and Coroner Riley, has been found In the stomachs of Morris Cohen and Sarah Cohen, who died within three weeks of each other. Morris Cohen, husband of Sarah Cohen, who died on May 2S, and Ida Brook Cohen, wife of Morris Cohen, who died on May 11, were each committed to Jail vlthout ball by Justice Grannan to-dfay 'or a furtner hearing on June 15. Railroad Train Kills- Three. Durand, Mich., June 8. Three persons were killed .and two Injured when they were Btruck by a train whlla welkins; upon the tracks of the GVand Trunk Railroad two miles west of here to-day, $1.23 to Baltimore and Hettira Saturdays and Sundays via, Pennsyly&si Railroad. Tickets good to return until Sunday night. All regular trains exccM the "Ccagrewlonal Limited" -, Progressive Senators Decline To Aid La Follette's Boom Not Willing to Be Used as a Means to Exploit Per sonal Ambitions. Republican insurgency, so far as Its opposition to President Toft's renomlna tion is concerned, is on the rocks. Five, and probably six. Senators -whose names have been subscribed to the so-called progressiva Republican roll, hive prac tically served notice that they cannot follow the political fortunes of the Hon. Robert M. La Follette, of Wisconsin. mins and Kenyon, of Iowa; Senators Dixon, of Montana; Senator Brown, of Nebraska; Senator Borah, of Idaho, and probably Senator Crawford, of South Da kota. These Senators have for some time been restless under the manifest disposition of Senators Eourne and La Follette to exploit them for the purpose of promoting the La Follette Presidential boom. STOKES' DOCTORS DEMAND SILENCE Millionaire Must Best .Before Trial of Girls. - CONDITION IS VEB.Y SEEI0US Ten Days. Named by Physicians as Period to "Wait llotb. "Women Claim Credit for Shooting Ethel Conrad Gained Notoriety In At tack on Charles Sillier. Special to The Waahlniton Herald, New York. June 8. Millionaire W. E. D. Stokes, proprietor of the Ansonla Hotel, who iles in Roosevelt Hospital with bullet wounds inflicted by two comely thow girls, Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham, to tho latter's apart ment, late Wednesday afternoon, is still in a serious condition. To his bride of four months and his attorney the attending physicians to night announced it would be ten days at the earliest before Mr. Stokes will be able to personally appear against the voung women. Developments In the affair, which in many respects rivals tho Thaw case In dramatic Interest, came thick and fast to-day. The girls, arraigned In the West Side Court and held without bail on a charge of attempted murder, vied with each other in claiming the credit of shoot ing the notel man. t developed that "both-of the irtrls have had Interesting careers. Lillian Graham has figured in more or less sen sational affairs on two'continents, while t-tnel conrad achieved considerable no toriety last September through an at tempt wnich she made to shoot Charles Miller, a well-known and wealthy young man or .fjatisourg, N. l. In connection With the attempted shooting of young Miller, it came out that Miss Conrad was at one time quite intimate with James Farlav. the noted strike-breaker. In fact, a short time after the attempted shooting in Platts burg. Miss Conrad tried to have pub lished in a New York newspaper an expose of her alleged deception by Far ley. Studied In Convent. Ethel Conrad began life in a modest home on West Sixteenth street this city. Her parents were in moderate circum stances. Her education was confined to a few years In a convent Then she employed as a model for the Crown Company, an embroidery es tablishment in West Twenty-sixth street. After failing to make a success of a millinery establishment started with her mother in Brooklyn last year, she em barked upon the stage, joining Mrs. Les lie Carter in "The Two Women." At this time she became estranged from her mother, now Mrs. Charles NageL The career of Lillian Graham has beeu traced on two continents. She. first attracted attention as a California so ciety belle, as a Broadway stage beauty, and an alurihg music student in Paris. She has figured In more than one In ternational love affair and numbered among her admirers was Senator George fc. Nixon, oi Nevada. Three legal actions will probably result from the affair. Miss Graham said to day she intends suing Stokes, through Martin W. Littleton, whom she said she has retained for that purpose, for de famation of character. The two girls are held at present on a charge of at tempted murder. The three Japanese servants who were held as material witnesses of the events I Immediately following the shooting, and who were accused by Stokes of- having struck him, threaten to sue the hotel proprietor for false arrest and Imprison ment. Stokes, through his attorney, still clings to his original explanation of the incident He maintains that he was lured to the apartment occupied by the "girls at 223 j ' S The Sunday Edition of The Washington Herald Will beilleawith. interesting features. Are Men as Vain as Women? Read what Washington storekeepers say on the subject. . The Washington Crab Feast a local insti tution. All About "Abe Martin" in Real Life. - " And the Woman's Section, Boys1 and, Girls9 Magazine Section, Sporting Section, and-jOomie Supplement. - - A COMPLETE SUNDAY PAPE? - MWJSJMM MiWWij They admit that they are admires of Senator La Follette and that they-are committed to what have become known as "progressive policies",'' but apparenUy they object to being regarded as politi cal chattels of the Senator from Wln consln. While they are progressive Re publicans, they are Republicans, and unwilling to take any action that will bring about the defeat of the Republican party in the next campaign. Senator La Follette understands now that he will not have the support of these men ill the Republican national convention in the promotion of bis own candidacy against President Taft. The split in the insurgent ranks, in the opinion of Washington political observ ers, is the beginning of the end of the opposition to Mr. Toft's renomination. West Eightieth street on the promise of being given a package of letters he Is said to have written Lillian Graham. He also reiterates tho charge that a de mand for $23,000 was made of him at the point of a revolver, and that upon his re fusal to be "blackmailed" the girls opened fire. Cause Is Mystery. Ethel's statement differs so materially from that of the millionaire as to leave the entire affair still shrouded In mystery. She makes it appear that Stokes had been pursuing her with unwelcome at tentions, but she backs up Miss Graham in declaring he camo to their apartment to recover letters he had written Miss Graham, and upon which she threatened to bring a breach of promise action against him. "When Mr. Stokes came to the house he did not ask for Lillian." Miss Conrad said. "He asked for me. He did not want to see Miss Graham. He had been pursuing me with his attentions for some time and I was tired of it " "He told me I was too good looking to bother about third-rate places on the stage. "I did not like Mr. Stokes. I thought he was a horrid old man, and I could not bear him. "When he came to the house he ex pected to find me alone, and when he saw Miss Graham became enraged and cursed her. He had told bad stories about her that reflected on her charac ter, and Miss Graham was determined that he should retract them. "She was ready for him, and when he began abusing her, she took out a re volver. She had made this preparation by loading tho revolver with only three shells, leaving tv.o of the chambers blank. She did this so that she could fire two 'silent' shot at him. "As soon as Mr. Stokes began storm ing at Lillian she pointed to a pad on our table. She told him: Tou must sit down and sign a statement retracting all you have said about me and my family.' Stokes laughed brutally. Lil lian, becoming excited, threatened him again with the revolver. He looked down the barrel unwlnklnghr,.and sud denly rusnea at ner ana seizea nor oy the throat "Lillian partly wriggled out of his grip and began shooting. I seized the revolver I had bought Just a few days ago, took careful aim, and fired at Mr. Stokes' leg. "I am sure that I hit him. I did not aim to kill him. but I did want to In capacitate him." Represntatlve Martin W. Littleton, of New York, last night telegraphed to William Ralney, his secretary. Instruct' lng him to refuse to accept any retainer en Mr. Littleton's behalf In the case of Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad. These Instructions wre sent by Mr. Littleton m response to telegrams from friends of the young women, asking him to defend them for their shooting or W. E. D. Stokes. Mr. Littleton said that It would be Im possible for him to take the case, as he had too many things demanding his at tention !n Washington. VALUABLE DIAMOND PIN LOST ON TRAIN B. H. Larrick Certain Was Not Robbed. He Bernard. H. Larrick, a clerk at Tyree's pharmacy. Fifteenth and H streets north east yesterday reported to the police the loss of a diamond bar pin set with nine diamonds and eight sapphires while rid ing on a train Detween Washington and Baltimore last Tuesday afternoo.1. The pin Is valued at $300. He left Washington at 12.10 o'clo'k over the Pennsylvania Railroad and had been in tho train but a few minutes when ne removed his soft collar, taking the tin and placing It In his pocket When he stepped into a cab outside the station at Baltimore he missed the pin. He ran back to the station, but when he got there the train had pulled out Mr. Larrick said last night that he probably put the pin In the seat Instead of putting it In his pocket andsaid le was certain he was not robbed. STUDENTS CHEER G, I GRADUATES 15 TEUCUSES Alumni Plan Greatest Re uuion Next January. GASTON HALL IS PACKED Distinguished Men Present at Commencement Exercises. Unielllnir of Monniucnt to Rev. Jobn Carroll Combined -nlth Founder' Day Exercises Will Be Notable Event Andrew J. Ship man and Dr. Bailey Kelly Ash ford Honored for Tlielr Services. Closing a year of unprecedented success. fifteen graduates of Georgetown College received di plomas in Gaston Hall last night, amid the ringing "Hoyas!" of the student body. Preceding the nine ty-fourth commencement exercises, plans were formulated at the an nual banquet of the alumni asso ciation for the greatest reunion to be held in the history of the institu tion, on the occasion of the un veiling of the monument to the memory of Rev. John Carroll. S. J., founder of the college, combined with the Founder's Day exercises and the reunion of the Philademic Society, in January, 1912. PACKED WITH GUESTS. Gaston Hall was packed with parents and friends of the graduates, while seat ed upon the stage with the graduates and the faculty were a number of dls Unguished guests and alumni, among them Andrew J. Shlpman, of New York, upon whom was conferred the degree of doctor of laws, and Dr. Bailey Kelly Ashford, who was honored with the de gree of doctor of science, in recognition of, their services to the country and to their alma mater. Among those seated on the stage were Rev. John F. Quirk, S. J., vice president of the university, who acted in the ab sence of President Hlmmll; Rev. John Creeden, S. J., dean of the university; Rev. John D. Whitney, S. J., former president of Georgetown; Mgr. Shahan, of Catholic University; former Senator Car ter, of Montana; George E. Hamilton, president of the alumni association; Dr. George ui. Kobcr, dean of the Medical School; Dr. William Cogan, dean of the Dental School: Dr Bailey Kelly Ashford, Dr. Andrew J. Shlpman, Charles J. Foote, Joseph Walsh, and other prominent alumni. Mr. Shlpman, in his address to the graduates, warned the young men to cling to the motto of Georgetown: 'Two blend ed Into one," and uphold the proud rec ord of the Institution, among whoso alumni are numbered some of the most prominent men in official life to-day. He impressed upon the graduates that the educational blending of two Into one, as the curriculum of the institution left Its Imprint upon each one of them, of fered them opportunities to rise above the mass of men and reach out Into the open, to the honors that awaited those who took advantage of the training they re ceived at Georgetown. Tiro Orations Given. Prior to the conferring of the degrees, Frederick GIbbs, '11, made an oration on "The true liberty of nations," and Leo F.. Jollat '11, "The true wealth of nations." The valedictory address was given by Charles Angulo, 'YL Father Creeden read the names of the graduates, while Father Quirk presented the diplomas. The graduates: Bachelors of art Charles Angulo, New York; Henry Hagerty Brown, New York; Edward Vivian Carter. Montana; Edward Patrick Donovan, District of Columbia: Arthur Michael Feenan, Massachusetts; William Eugene Fitzeerald. New York; Albert Georeo Flume. New York; Fred erick Gibbs, Tennessee; Arnulf Anthony Gloetzner, District of Colombia; Edward Charles Healy, Virginia; Leo Francis Jollat Ohio: James Madlgan Pierce, Maine: John Merlin Power. Montana; Charles Joseph Rellly, West Virginia; Herbert Francis Wright District of Co lumbia. In conferring the honorary degrees upon Mr. Shlpman and Dr. Ashford, Rev. Father Creeden, S. X, paid a glowing tribute to their services, which had thelr effect upon the welfare of the country and humanity. Each was greeted with a "hoya," by the students. Medals Arc Awarded. "Following the awarding of diplomas Rev. Father creeaen announced me awards of medals and prizes, as follows: Senior gold medal for rational phllos- sophy, Charles Anguio; prize, UTeaencK Gibbs. Hamilton phllodemlo medal, Edward V. Carter, '11. ,. .,,,. Christian doctrine gum meuai, -tierucri F. Wright it . . , ', . Dixon elocution meaai, tawaro tieaiy. Merrick debating medal, John F. Cros by, '12. Father aiurpny iutru ui mumi tlon of three odes of Horace, Le Moyne pranani, -jit tv,m va- Ttrt il orris nisiur -..... ,r. ,,.., dron, '13. Mallory meaai. uoaaiu o. v.eecy, w, 1L , . , w . The Dahlgren meaai. .innies xw. tiyncn, i r-jujh nrlse of 125, given by Alex ander X Rorke, '04. Francis Burke. 12. Preceding the commencement exercises M0 alumni and friends attended the an- .,ti hsnauet of the Society of Alumni &f Geowcetown University. .President Hamilton "was appointed chairman of-he cemmKtc to maro arrangemeBis tor h founder's day reunion ''Mr. Hamil ton announced that J6.96 for thfc erection J of. nomunMCt to jmt. .rauwc larree was already raised, and that but $1,000 additional remained to be subscribed. Hlmrael Sends Greetings. An address was made by Father Quirk, who announced that President HImmel was Improving In health and sent his greetings to the college. Addresses were also made by Edward V. Carter, '11, of Montana, for the graduates, and by J. Louis Louve. '01. A rising toast was drunk to the two guests, Mr. Shlpman and Dr. Ashford. At the conclusion of the busiress meeting which followed the banquet the members of the senior class were admitted as members. Upon the motion of Mr. O'Donoghue, all tho ofll cers and the executive committee were re-elected. They are: (targe K. Hamilton, District of Colombia, presi dent. William F. jick!ll. Dlitrict of Columbia, first tire president ; Dr. Samtitl S. Adams. District of Columbia. Keeond ttce pmidrnt, Charles A. De conrcr. Max-achtwettn, third Tice prt-ident; Itobttt J. Collier Jrw York, fourth tico ytfUmt ; J. Percy Kcatlnu. Ferns Ivaaia. tlflh tice ircfident; Henry It. Uorrr Dilrict of Columbia wcretary; Charles Harper aMi, District of Columbia, treasurer. Exccutire cxmmlttfc Iter. Joseph Himmel, 3. J. (ex o'llno), dcorire K. Hamilton (ei officio). Henr It. (Umr (ex officio) Chatles Harjer Walsh (ex ott'do). Itaymnnd A. UrfrJrell. District of Columbia; Jo-cpli I. Wcller. l)itrict of Columbia: Charlea J. Murphy. District of Columbia; Dr. Itoy D. Adams. District of Columbia, Dr. C. P. Neil. District of Columbia. Clarence FiMratrlck. Boston, Mass.; (Jrafton McUill. Sew York; William V. McGrath. lliiladelphia. Pa,: C, Moran Barry, Norfolk. Va. LIVING CHAIN RESCUES SOLDIER FROM NIAGARA Niagara, Falls, N. Y., Juno 8. A living chain to-day saved Ro land Poggett, a private from the army post at Fort Niagara, from being swept over Niagara Falls when he rolled into the water above the cataract while asleep on the bank A policeman and several civil ians formed a chain and dragged him to safety as tho current was sweeping him outward. MILLIONAIRE SHOT BY FRENCH MAID Capitalist May Die lrom Re volver Bullet Wound. Special to Tho Washington nerald- San Francisco, June 8. Frederick Kohl, millionaire clubman and one of the best known capitalists of San Francisco, was shot and fatally injured at 3 o'clock this afternoon by Adele Verge, a French maid, formerly employed by Mrs. KohL Tho shooting occurred In the corridor of the Grant Building, Seventh and Mar ket streets, and was witnessed by a score of persons. Kohl, who had stepped out of an ele vator, stopped at the cigar stand and was in the act of lighting a cigar when the woman walked hurriedly to him. As Kohl turned she pressed a revolver against his body and fired. The bullet entered Just above the heart Before the woman could, fire another shot, bvstandcrs grappled with her and wrested the revolver fronTher. Kohl was taken to a hospital In an unconscious condition. Later he revived, but no hope Is held ojt for his recovery. When confronted with his assailant Kohl said: "That is the woman who shot me. She is crazy and I forgive her.'' M1S3 Verge, when asked why she had shot Kohl, broke down and said she did not knox'. She is in a hysterical con dition and is being closely guarded to rrcvent self-destructloc. ror several months Miss Verge had been involved in a lawsuit with the Kohls. Mr. and Mrs. Kohl had the woman charged with Insanity, and were sued by lier for alleged unpaid wages and for false imprisonment The suit against Kohl which was -filed by Miss Verge was one alleging slander and malicious prosecution. Kohl was made a Joint defendant with Frank A. Miller, owner of the Glerwood Hotel, In Riverside. Miss Verge asked of each de fendant $30,000 damaers and the trial was held, with a Jury, In Judge Ges ford's court last Tuesday. On the show ing made by the defense the case was nonsuited. Miss Verge's contention was that while acting us maid In the Glenwood Hotel she was arrested on the complaint of Mrs. Richardson, manager of the hotel, who said Aliss Verge's actions were so peculiar that she frightened the guests of the houses Miss Verge said she was dragged into custody by three deputy sheriffs, who kept her In Jail for four days and then released her. LETTER REVEALS "BLACK HWPLOT Second Threat Eeceived by Wealthy Merchant. Special to Tho Washington Herald. WHIIamsport, Md., June 8 The arrest of William H. Guessford here by Sheriff T. K. Barber, charged with sending threatening letters to Mrs. James T. Briscoe, of Hagcrstown, demanding $10, 000, to be placed In the woods along the road near town, under threat of death and destruction of property, has brought to light a Uu-eatenlng letter received by tranK t. uoaaara, a weaitny mercnant of this place, somatlmo ago. The letter demanded that Mr. Goddard place $500 under a flat stone In the Stake farm In a hollow near the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, threatening his life and property if he failed to comply with the demand. Goddard reported the matter to the pest-offlce authorities, and a government detective came here to Investigate, but no clews were discovered. Guessford was held m $5,000 bond for his appearance on Saturday. SEES. dJEVELAIJD BETUBtfS. Widow of Former President to Live on Farm. New York, June 8. Mrs. Grover Cleveland arrived on the White Star liner Adriatic to-day with her sons. Richard and Francis, and her daughter. Rose. She Is bringing Richard, the eld est, back from BChool In Lausanne, Switzerland. She said she was trolne to Princeton. and then, with her family, she intended spending the summer on a largo farm at Tamworth, N. H., which her husband. the late President, bought Just before he died. $1 Harper's Ferry, CaarleHefTB. tm& WmCBefiier mm Mm. anaMf jnmc 11. Bltbaee A- Ohio R. R. gftnisl train IttYea UafcNt StUo 8 s. at.: VOLCANOS POUR HOT LAVA UPON STRICKEN CITIES Towns on Mountains' Sides Are Destroyed by Earthquake and Downpour of Tons of Ashes and Molten Rock. VIOLENT SHAKES DESTROY ACAPULCO List of Dead Growing as Reports Come from Devas tated Portions Telegraph Communication Has Been Entirely Cut Off. Mexico City, June 8. A new and terrific earthquake shock oc curred in the southern and western sections of Mexico shortly after 5 o'clock this evening. It was of five minutes' duration, and was dis tinctly felt here. All communication with Acapulco is now cut off, and that city is reported destroyed. Tehuantepec and Coatzacoalcos are also reported destroyed. Mounts Colima and Popocatapetl are in frightful eruption. The cathedral in Colima City is destroyed, together with many homes and business properties. The city is practically io, ruins. Toaxaco, in Guerrero, is a wreck, and Tonila, state of Colima, one mass of flames. The' death list, placed earlier is yet to be received from the shaken from end to end. GARDEN SI.NKS. The famous floating gardens of the Montezuma. located on an island on Lake Xochlmllco, are no more. Garders, homes. Inhabitants, and Island, all are sunken beneath the surface of the lake. How many vicUms were claimed by the earthquake here no one can say, but comparatively few. If any, of the natives are believed to hae escaped The Inhabitants of this island were di rect descendants of the Aztecs and of pure, unmixed blood, xney raisea uhu sold nearly all the flowers and vegeta bles for tha markets Of Mexico City- ..ow they and their homes and their products are no more. In a church at Guadalajara, state of Hidalgo, was a statue of the patron saint of Mexico. At the first tremor priests carried this statue Into the streets, and the town escaped with little or no injury, although exactly in the middle of the earthquake belt. Now thousands of per sons are worshiping at this shrine. By a singular coincidence a somewhat similar incident Is noted at Guadalajara. STRICKEN WHILE WATCHING A CAME Heart Disease Causes James J. Gagliaii's Death. While witnessing the ball game at the American League Park yesterday after noon James J. Gaghan, who was em ployed as a watchman at the park, was attacked by heart disease. Capt. Doyle, of the Eighth precinct, saw him fall and telephoned for the patrol wagon. Gaghan was taken to the Freedmen's Hospital. When the patrol wagon arrived there Gaghan was dead. Gaghan was formerly a fireman, up to June 30, 1910. being attached to No. 10 Engine Company. He was retired last June on account of heart trouble. Funeral arrangements has not been completed, but It Is probable they will be held Monday morning from the home, 618 Fourteenth street northeast. Services also will be held at the Church of the Holy Comforter. Interment will be In Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Gaghan Is survived by his wife and two daughters BANK CLOSES DOORS. Liabilities May Exceed Assets by $1,875,000. Special to The Washington Herald. London. June 8. BIrbeck's Bank, a well known financial Institution, suspended operations to-day with liabilities said to exceed the assets by $1,873,000. A director of the bank attributed the failure to the depreciation of the gilt edges, otherwise to the reckless finance of Lloyd-George. He believes that the bank will be able to pp - i y- ings on the pound stc. ' There was a run on time ago, when oyer vwnu wjm drawn. Little of that was returned"and the bank has since been crippled. FIFTY-SEVEN MURDERS IS CRIMINAL'S RECORD St. Petersburg, June 8. A crim inal, arrested at Tsarltsyn, charged with the murder of an army officer and his wife, at Se bastopol, confessed to the police that he has made his living for years by murder, and that be has killed at least flfty-seyen persons. Among his victims, he said, was the celebrated Dr FoVotC, of Ka zan, -whose assistant apd a wom an are now serving sentences for1 the crime. y to-day at 1,456, is growisigT'a'nd word Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which was a city of 125,000 Inhabitants, capital of tho state of Jalisco. In the cathedral there is Burillo's famous painting. "The As-i sumption," valued at $73,000. The walls of the cathedral show two great Assures, each six Inches wide, extending complete ly around the painting, but leaving It without Injury. In front of the painting Is an image of "Our Lady of Guadaloupe." to whose irotecUon the Inhabitants ascribe Its safety. To-night incense is ris ing from hundreds of , censors at the shrine One hundred and fifty persons were injured in Guadalajara, but no one was killed. The list of casualties is pouring Into Mexico City. At Tacuba T are dead and 19 injured: Tacabaja, 3 dead, the number of Injured being unknown; San Angle, 3 dead and 7 Injured; at Zeacoptazolco, J dead, injured not known; Talapam. ? dead and 24 injured from falling walls; Plnon, 2 dead and 3 injured. Nearly all of these places are in tha vicinity of the capital. The port at Manzanlllo, state of Colima, that cost $l4.mo("ii tn hiiii - v,.ji.. damaged. Twenty-two persons were klll- ea. Acapuico aiso suiiered greatly, but as yet there are no details. POLICE SEARCH 'S Confession of Murder Doubt ed by Authorities. SEEK MISSING. AGENT Special to The Washington Herald. Norfolk, Va., June S. The search tor more bodies In the garden surrounding the one-story shack formerly occupied by Mrs. Minnie Murdock, two miles from Masons Creek, where the battered re mains of Harry O. Davis, or Harry Harding, were dug up last Monday, is being pushed igorousiy, but so far with out result. Three men with picks were at work to-day, and to-morrow a plow will be run over the entire garden. The search may then be extended to adjoining property. The police are convinced that other bodies are to be found, among them that of James McGlnnis, a teal estate agent who disappeared from his home two year ago. Mrs. Bell Ryno. who. It is claimed. In duced Mrs. Murdock to make a confes sion, asked the woman to-day if she knew McGlnnis. Mrs. Murdock flushed and declared she did not. Mrs. Ryno says she saw tho man with Mrs. Mur dock. Mrs. Murdock's statement that Harding was killed by Charles Merkle, who Is In JalL accused of complicity in the crime, is not believed by the authorities. Neither !o" they believe that he was killed Jast jaturday or Jast Wednesday, as stated on' two different occasions by Mrs. Mur dock. Harding, the police declare, was killed earlier than either of these two days, as he had been missing " since Tuesday of last week' FALL KILLS FLYER. Marra Crushed Beneath Wreck of 'His Aeroplane. Special to The Wuhington Herald. Home, June 8. Aviator Marra. was killed to-day- at the aerodrome when de fective machinery caused his aeroplane to fall from a height of 40Q feet. The machine was smashed and Marra was crushed to death In the wreckage. $3.8 Ut Lry, Va. s4 Ketyra, Smt, Jaa 11. BaHlaiere 8W RaMruaA. Special train leaves Union Katies (:1a y? si