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J 1 1 .,' V.., - S NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, JULY : 8, !1910 VOL- LII.NO. 161 PRICE JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT Heads of Connecticut to Enforce Prohibiting Ordinances, VIEWS OF GOV. Poliev of thi State is Aaainst Exhibitions Known Priz2 Fights Moving Pictures of the Fight are Much More Objectionable and Should be Prevented Sug gestion to Proper Authorities and a Personal Request Hartford. Conn, July 7. That the , roiicy of the stats -was against the displaying of moving- pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight was expressed by Governor Frank B. Weeks in a statement issued ty him tonight. The gb-' ins of -the pictures the governor says is against public morals and he vrgw the heads of cities and boroughs o enforce ordinances -which will pro hibit their being shown. Statement by Governor Weeks. The statement follows: The pork-y of the state of Connecticut- is against exhibitions known as prize fights. The statutes of the state provide a maximum penalty of rive years' imprisonment for any person who is principal or second in a prize fight and a fine and imprisonment for tny person who is present at and gives countenance to a prize fight. It is well known that moving pictures of the recent fight between Johnson and Jeff ries are intended to be publicly ex hibited as a source of profit and unless prevented will be so exhibited in this state. A Demoralizing Exhibition. ""If it is against public morals and decency to have prize fights in our state, in my opinion the public exhibi tion in the state of moving pictures of a prise fight would be much more ob pctionabie than the fight itself, be--ause it would reach and demoralize a much larger class of individuals. In cluding children; and the exhibition -oncerning this particular fight would Te attended with other features which t-iouJd be prevented. Suggestion to Prosecuting Officers. ' "It is illogical to prohibit prize rights as against public morals and not prohibit the exhibition of moving pictures of a prize fight. " I urgently suggest to the proper au thorities of the cities and boroughs in the state that ordinances which will prevent such exhibitions be enforced, mod I myself request prosecuting offi cers throughout the state to take all measures provided by law to prevent vuch demoralizing and dangerous ei lJiostions." NO SUGGESTION OF REMOVING CHIEF CROKER. Mir Gaynor to Personally Look Into the Committee's Findings. Xr York. July 7. Mayor Gaynor announced today that he will look per sonally Into the findings of the comniit tee that has been investigating the conduct of Edward F. Croker, chief of the New York fire department, in a recent fire in which two firemen lost their lives. The report of a majority oT the committee is said to be hostile to the chief, but the mayor wiil rule on the evidence in the report and not ni the findings of the committee members. Chief Croker. himself a ffitmt'f of the committee, will file a zn:?!ortty report. The chief has enemies in the depart ment but he has also strong backing -ttb. the chamber of commerce, the New Tork board of fire underwriters ari the Manufacturers' association. The mayor said tonight that Chief CVjcr ijt re, h inrpiitipfltinn hv his criticism of the work men under i kjm baJ done and that the inquiry had been Instituted to find out if those hares were tree. "There has been no suggestion of removing Mr. Croker." continued the nijror. "Commissioner Waldo ban made no suggestion of charges against cim. He is regarded as a mood fire iran, but there has got to be an ad ministrative head of the fire depart ment, and only one and there will be a-s long as I am mayor." CONDITIONS IN NICARAGUA. : Rendition of the Weyler Reconcentra- tion System in Cuba. Washington. July-7. A-repetition of the Weyler reconcentration system in Cuba that caused wide-spread criti cism Just before the opening of the war with Spain, ha been inaugurated fcrt M..:arsja hy the government au thorities, according to advices to the tate department today. Probably 5,000 epie Sn the vicinity of the city of tSranada are directed to concentrate m Granada, under an order issued by Sebastian ?!ina. the political chief snd commandment of the forces of the irrtment of Granada. Nicaragua. Th-s order as translated, was pub lisher tn El Commercio. a Managua lewspper. and transmitted to the state department here. MRS. ELLA FLAGG YOUNG Elected President of the National Edu cation Association. rotrn. July 7. Women teachers showed their knowlerhre of politics to day by pushing Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of the public schools ef Chicago, through to a triumphant e'e-tJon as president of the National Education association. Her male opponent. Zachariah Xene rhon Snyder, president of the state norma! school of Colorado, who was the selection of the nominating com mittee, representing all the states, was d -f eated by a vote of S17 to 712 in the general convention. The next session -will be in San Francisco. Eight Year Old Bridgeport Boy In stantly Killed by Auto. Bridgeport. Conn., July 7. Albert -.. eight years old. living at the WjM nJ. irus instantly killed tonight tin he tij-tl bukward off the d-a'k into the riwd in front of an automobile v, hi.-h -struck him frai-uir-ftnit'hia li!iH. Jo-nti CJuiiiD. the driver i.f the machine, which is owned by II. e. Van Ivux-n. of 3" .East 55th. street, w Yerk -city. was placed under ar-r.-st to be released later under $5,000 , fjir his appearance in court tomorrow morning. The n!y occupant of the car Eric Dsh-gren. of 8i; Madison avenue. New York, to r. horn Mr. Van uea bad loaned the car duriDg his se2 abroad. PICTURES Cities and Boroughs Urged FRANK B. WEEKS as Boston Epworth League Adopts a Pro- test. Boston, July 7. A protest against the moving pictures of the Johnson Jeffries prize fight was made in the form of a resolution adopted at a. meeting of the board of -control of the Epworth League of , the,- Methodist church, held in this city', today.- The resolution says: . . ; "The board of control, of the Ep worth League of Methodist Episcopal churches, rpersenting "20,000 leagues and 3.000,000 members, emphotically protest against the public exhibition of pictures reproducing the ..recent brutal prize 5gtit m Nevada, and calls upon public officials everywhere to forbid the production of moving pictures of, that or any ether exhibition or a char acter tending to destroy the morals of the American people." Mayor of Minneapolis Takes Action. Minneapolis, Minn., July 7. Mayor Haj-nes today ordered Acting Chief of Police Ilealey to see that none of the Jeffries-Johnson fight ipictures was put on public exhibition here. Mass Meeting of St. Jo. Citizens. St. Joseph, 'Mo., July 7. It was an nounced today that a. mass meeting of citizens would be called by the local federation of churches in a movement to prohibit the exhibation here of the Johnson-Jeffries i.ght pictures. Strong Resolutions Adopted. Norfolk. July 7. The Tidewater Virginia Interdenominational Ministe rial Union in a called session here to day adopted strong resolutions calling upon the authorities in Norfolk, Ports mouth. Newport News, Hampton, Phoebus and other places to suppress the Johnson-Jeffries prize fight pic tures, on the ground that they would debauch the young, ' excite race pas sions and enmities and lead to riot. Petition to Premier of Australia. Melbourne, Australia, July 7. The clergymen of New South Wales have sent a petition to Andrew Fisher, the premier of Australia, asking him to prevent the introduction into the com monwealth of the Johnson Jeffries fight pictures. A similar movement is afoot in New Zealand. IN CONTEMPT OF COURT," DANIEL SULLY FINED. Once "Cotton King" Ordered to Pay $3,800 and $40 Costs. White Plains, N. T., July 7. Daniel Sully, long known as the "cotton king," was declared in contempt of court to day by Justice Mills of the state su preme court and ordered to pay a fine of S3.80O and $40 costs. The case grew out of Sully's failure several years ago, when William Har mon Black, a judgment creditor, ob tained a court order restraining Sully from paying out any money until the suit of Black 'had been settled. Black contended that Sully had committed contempt in paying $4,600 to his (Sully's) wife after the order had been issued. Sully said the payment repre sented his salary of $400 a month for little leas than a. year. TWO SNUFFBOXES $40,000. Five Others Bring $70,000 at the Schroder Sale in London. London, July 7. The second day's sale of the splendid collection of por celain and other art objects which belonged to the late Baron Schroder was held yesterkJay at Christie's. Five snuffboxes, all superb examples of eighteenth century work, brought over $70,000. Two others brought $20, 000 each. One of these latter was a snuffbox of the Louis XV. period, oval in -shape, the cover, sides and -base set with six miniatures painted on gouache .(water body color) with Boucher subjects of nymphs bathing and sporting with dolphins, by Charlier. The borders of the box are of gold chased1 with nar row bands of formal leafage. . , . The other was a Louis XVI. oval gold snuffbox with somewhat similar ornamentation. ' SUGAR GROWING IN LIBERIA. Cane from 20 to 30 Feet in Length Freqeunetly Seen. Washington. July 7. Charge d'Af faires George W. Ellis at Monrovia has reported to the department of com merce and labor that Liberia presents an alluring prospect for the sugar growing industry. Sugar cane flour ishes along the rivers of Liberia and on the banks are thousands of acres that could be utilized for growing the crops. i ane from twenty to thirty feet m length frequently is seen in the country. Capital is needed to provide suitable machinery for preparing the soil andifor bitrdduction of modern methods of culture. MONEY FOR THE KING. George V. to Have $65,000 Year More Than King Edward Had. London. July 7. The select com mittee of parliament to consider the civil list for King .George V. recom mends a provision of $3,170,000 vearly for the maintenance of the royal fam ily. This is an increase of $65,000 over the allowance made during the last reign. H. G. Bedwell Ruled Off the Latonia Race Course. Latonia, Ty, July 7. II. G. BedwelL owner, of one of the largest racing s-tabies in the west, .with his entire racing stable of horses, and his agent. i nomas II. .YJct rt-ary. were ruled off tiie latonia course today. The actioir by Judgv-s Prii-e and illon followed the investigation Into the condition of the horse Xadzu. whk-h was excused friuu the sixth race on July 4. At, that time Xadzu was apparently under Hie influence of stimulants and this ' was so noticeable that-the horse was or dered excused and did not start. Drouth in Oklahoma Broken. Ardmore. Okla.. July 7. Heavy rains in southern Oklahoma early to day broke the drouth that has pre- ailed for several weeks. Cabled Paragraphs, Dreux. France, July '7. The Duke d'Alencon was buried today in Orleans in the chapel beside his wife, who was burned to death in the charity bazaar lire in 1897. Paris, July 7. W. K. Vanderbilfs Messidor III, won the Prix du Man cinet for 3 year olds, $1,000, distance 9 1-2 .furlongs, at Maisons Lafitte to day. His Gibelin won the Prix Presto II. for 2 year olds, $1,000, distance five furlongs. Frankfort, July 7. The directorate of the passenger airship company" has decided that the Zeppelin VI., now at Kriedrichshafen, be transferred to Baden Baden, to carry out the pro gramme for passenger trips during the summer. A substitute for the destroy ed Deutschland will be constructed as quickly as possible. Madrid, July 7. Commercial bodies have joined in a petition to the govern ment in favor of limiting the growth of monastic orders. They assert that the orders are monopolizing many branches of industry and commerce. The republican organiations have pledged themselves to support the gov ernment's religious programme. Rome. July 7. The Tribuna publish es a report that the Duke of the Abruzzi, who is now director general of the arsenal at Venice, recently mo tored from Venice to Toblach. Aus tria, where he met many Americans, including, it is believed. Miss loathe rine Elkins. This has revived gossip concerning the engagement of the duke and Miss Elkins. HEARING OF PETITION - to dissolve injunction Sum of $30,000 Is Involved in the Wilk inson Will, Two-thirds of Which Claimed Here. Before Judge Shumway in the su perior court room on Thursday there was a hearing on the petition of Don ate G. and Robert W. Perkins for the dissolution of an injunction in the case of Mary E. Perkins vs. John F. Car penter of Putnam, administrator of the estate of Smith Wilkinson. Miss Perkins is of New London, but. for merly lived here. Mr. Wilkinson was her grandfather and also grandfather of the petitioners, who are half-brothers of Miss -Perkins. By Mr. Wilkinson's will his estate was left in trust to his wife and daughters and at their death to go to their heirs. He left three daughters, one of whom was the - first wife of Eomund Perkins, father of the two petitioners, and she was Miss Perkins' mother. Her own brothers were Fran cis W. and Edmund Perkins, Jr. . As all Mr. Wilkinson's daughters are dead, the trust terminated, and Rob ert W. Perkins took out administratinn on the estate of his half-brother in New York, where It is claimed he lived and a bon of $30,000 was furnished. Miss Perkins, however, claimed her brother's place of abode was here. Ac cording to Connecticut law only full blood relatives inherit estates, while in New York' half-blood ranks equal with full-blood. The petitioners claim the estate should be probated in New York, and Miss Perkins claims it should be6 here. The injunction re strains the administrator from turning over1 any- of the estate to D. G. and R. W. Perkins.. There is $30,000 for is tribution, which, according to Miss Perkins, should go to her. while the petitioners claim it should be divided between the three of them. Attorney Perkins represented th petitioners and Attorney Beers appeared for Miss Per kins. Judge Shumway reserved decision. W. B. YOUNG, JR., SECRETARY OF ELKS. Delegate Stevens Going to National Convention Saturday. Norwich lodge. No. 430, B.- P. O. E., met in regular course on. Thursday evening in Pythian hall. Exalted Rul er Frank G. Aubrey presiding. The) attendance was large for a, warm sum mer evening. William B. Young. Jr., was elected secretary to fill the umex- uired term of Secretary Timothy J. tsunivan, who has gone west. On Saturday morning Past Exalted Ruler William R. Stevens, who is the lodge's delegate to the 46th annual reunion and grand lodge meeting in Detroit, leaves here to join the party arranged by Hartford lodge to attend the reunion from July 11th to 17th. He is to be accompanied by John M. Lee of the Porteous & Mitchell company, who will travel with t!h-e party, al though he is not an Elk. Mr. Lee will visit the P. & M. store at Grand Rap ids, Mich., while Mr. Stevens is at tending the convention. The Hartford lodge will have a spe cial train,. carrying a party of 100. They reach Niagara Falls on Sunday and lay over there Sunday night. They reach Detroit on Monday and will be quartered atthe Wayne hotel. On the following Friday, after the convention has adjourned, the Hartford special leaves on the return trip to Kingston, Ontario. At Kingston they leave the train for a trip down -the 'St. Law rence and through the Thousand Is lands to Montreal. Here the train will be awaiting them, and they will leave Montreal Sunday evening, reaching Hartford again on Monday, July 18. Fred E. Friswell and Arthur B. Simpson are also to take the Thousand Islands - trip in connection with the Elks'-convention. Death from Double Pneumonia. The remains of Thomas P. Murphy arrived here on Thursday morning from Batavia, N. Y., where he was re moved from the train after his death while on his way home to this citv. It was learned that his death was caused by acute double pneumonia. Mr.. Murphy held a fine position in the central office of the Western Union in Chicago. He was a skillful operator and was most favorably known in this his home city. He had in years past conducted brokerls offices besides being Western Union operator and an em ploye of the Associated Press. His many friends, deeply regret his death and the cutting short of a most prom ising career. Will Not Interfere With Pictures. ' On Thursday Mayor Thayer stated that he would not interfere with the moving pictures of the Johnson-Jeffries fight saying, until the exhibition of moving pictures is shown to be un lawful I shall not interfere officially with the business. There is already too much interference with legitimate business and -we are devoting too much time and money investigating'' anil 'governing.-' - ,- ' i. City. Engineer. . . Ai a rt.eeting of the board of sewer commissioner - off Wednesday- organ ization was effected by the-oice. of Henry GeJirat'h a.? rrialrmttn. - and tjeorge E. Pitcher, who has 'been chos en as the city engineer, as clerk.' Whita Palace Raided. A house in New London on Ocean avenue known as the White Palace and kept by a Mrs. Wilcox was raided about midnight on Thursday evening bv the New oLndon police. . Several women ana twp men were arrested. Flying Records Broken in France AVIATOR IN f.AIR MORE THAN TWO HOURS AND A HALF. COVERS 158 MILES Machine of American Aviator Wreck ed Russian Aero-planist Also Meats With-Accident Altitude 4,540 Feet. Betheny -Plain, Rheims, July 7. M. Olieslagers today , 'broke the duration record at the aviation meet now in progress', here. He . remained in the air for two hours and 39 minutes, 39 seconds, and covered a. distance of 158.35 miles. -12 Miles 'in 13 Minutes. During the speed contest Leon Mo rane, the French aviator, covered 20 kilometiea 12.42 miles) in 13 minutes and 42 seconds. - Hubert Latham and M. Labouchere in the distance contest circled the field round after round to gether. '. ' , . During one of the flights Weymann, an 'American ". aviator,- felL. He was uninjured.but his' machine was wreck ed. - M. Petrowski of Russia also met with an accident, being precipitated to the ground by the rush of air from the motor of M. -Kinef . of Belgium, who passed within lo feet of the Russian s machine. - . Latham Beats Paulhan's Height Rao ' ord. In the preliminary contest for height Hubert Latham reached an altitude of 1,384 metres (4,540 feet), beating Paul ban's record -of, 1,296 metres (4,250 feet). HARD DAY IN GETTYSBURG INSTRUCTION CAMP. Maryland and Virginia Militia and Regulars in. Sham Battles. Gettysburg,. Pa., July 7. This was the hardest day of' the week for the regulars antf .the Maryland and Vir ginia .national guardsmen in the Unit ed States camp of instruction, both be ing out almost all day in sham battles-and field exercises. Tomorrow the regulars and the na tional guardsmen will be combined Vir the .first ,time this week for the final manouevre.. of the first period of the camp of instruction. The forces will be distributed over the manoeuvring field and the reds and blues will fight over the large, .territory all day. The night manoeuvring, which had been planned for tonight, had to be abandoned on account of the great damage that would have resulted to grain fields now ready for harvest. DIDN'T WANT. TO DIE ... WITH HER DEBTS UNPAID. Five Dollar Bill of .Goods Contrasted 46 Year's- Aga Settled Yesterday. Elizabeth, N. J.,. July 7. Forty-six years . ago Mre. Carrie L. Searles bought a $5 bill of goods from Black Brothers of "Mansfield, Ohio, where she then lived;, two days e.go she sent -them the money, and today she received a receipt in acknowledgment of full pay ment . .' i . "I could have.' eent this money some time ago,", wrote Mrs. Searles, "but I felt that I should1 also send: the in terest. My son has since died and now I find. that I am only able to pay the principal. I hope some time to pay the interest. I am -now 76 years of age and realize that I have not much longer-to live, but I don't want to die with my debts unpaid." Nothing- was- said in the receipt re ceived today atiout the interest. CANADIAN COMES .TO NEW JERSEY TO SHOOT HIS WIFE Also Puts Four Bullets in Man Found With. Her. Trenton, N. J., . July 7. Artetides Cournoyer , of St. . De Sorel, Canada, shot his wife and Charles Horn of Montreal,, in this city this afternoon. Horn is expected to die and the woman is ili a serious condition. Courruyyer came to Trenton from Canada, in .search of his wife who left him some months ago. He found her today in the company of Horn. He sought" a reconciliation with his wife but she -refused to return to him and then- in a frensyTtle hot her, then turning, the revolver, on Horn, riddling hie body with four bullets. Cournoyer is unaer arrest. OPENING OF .PORT ARTHUR. Eastern . Part -of-Harbor Where Docks Are Will Ba Closed to Trade. Victoria B. 'C. July 7. In connec tion with the recent-opening of Port Arthur, the news : has reached here that the eastern part of the harbor, where "te largest fortress and the docks are situated, will remain closed for commercial purposes, only the western part of the harbor- being opened. It is proposed to cut a new entrance through - Tiger's Tail ' promontory. DIED. FROM INJURIES. W., E.' Gendron. of Worcester, Nephew ef Dr. Shahan and Mrs. W. H. Murphy. : ' William E.- Gendron, son of Dr. and Mrs.. Ji. E. Gendron, .No. 19 Trumbull street, Worcester, died at the city hos pital, Worcester,- Thursday morning at 12.35, as-a result-of internal injuries received in an automobile accident in that city .Tuesday night. Gentiiron. with Representative Hugh H. 0'Roorke,was. riding in an auto mobile .driven by -William R. Smith, when it collided with Edwin R. Rider's car on- Shrewsbury street late Tuesday night. ' : All: were shaken about fey the ira past of the collision, but after all had picked- themselves up, each reported no serious injuries, although Gendron complained of a pain-In his side. He was driven home, arid later his condi tion ' became worse. His father. Dr. Joseph E. Gendron,1 examined him, and decided1 that- his -was a case for the hospital, so at 2.30 Wednesday morri iiig tlv injured man was taken to the city-hospital. - ; Mr. vSendron was a nephew of Dr. D. J. Slmhan and Mrs. William II. Murphy- of Williams street. He Is a Siand-ion of Mrs. D. P. Shahan of Bal tic, lie was- in this city quite often and atteii'tf-d the last charity ball. He wasa fa vorite. among all who knew h i in. " - - . '.". Handsome. Dahlias. Despite the dry . spell. Policeman John -. Irish is . showing some beautiful dahlia blossoms, a large vasefull grac ing the desk in- the-police station on Thursday. They -attracted, much at tention and, comment and show-that ha iuJly-understands - their culture Lost Oontro OF HIS CROWDED CAR DOWN GRADE. ON BAD ACCIDENT AT WATERBURY Extra Car Returning from Baseball : Park Crashed Into a Regular Catch -er of Waterbury Team Injured. -Waterbury, Conn.. Julv 7. While re turning from the baseball park late this afternoon an extra trolley car craonea into a regular car on Eas Main street. More than a dozen people were injured, three being taken to- a noepnai. The Injured. ' J. A. Faurnier, motorman, knee : in jured, gash on cheek, bruises. Taken to St. Mary's hospital; Frank Mona- gnan. motorman, knee injured; P. J. Doran, internal injuries: E. J. Char ron, Amesbury, Mass., right - leg in jured, bruised: Frederick Grandmaiaon. Nashau, N. H.. fractured rib, internal Injuries; Dr. A. J. Grandmalson, ankle injured; Dr. A. F. McDonald, knee in jured; William Delanev. aa-ed 9. Niu gatuck, cuts -and bruises on face and legs; Mrs. Milton Stearns. badlv shaken up; Simon McDonald, catcher or tne wateroury. state league team oones in right hand broken, other in juries; Harry Martin, both knees in jured, cut over right eye: Martin Pet erson, forehead cut: George Gabriel cuts on shoulders, chest and knees; George Finn, left side and arm in jured; James Finnegan, cuts over right eye ana ngnt arm; John J. Donahue, nosa Droken, left knee cut. Loaded Car Badly Wracked. . The accident was caused by the motorman on the crowded car losing control or nis car on a down grade. The other car was empty at the time, Many of the passengers were injured by flying glass and the loaded car was badly wrecked. WESTERN UNION CUTS OUT . STOCKBROKERS' WIRES In Tan Citiea of New York State and Pennsylvania. New York, July 7. Without expla nation and without warning the West ern Union Telegraph company discon tinued Its service today to brokers in ten cities of this state and Pennsyl vania. Tne cities affected are Pitts burg and Johnstown. Pa.. Svracusa. ltnaca, Rome, UTtica, Gioversville. Au burn, Watertown and; Cortland of this state. Executive officers of the company took the -stand today that under ad vice of counsel they could not discuss the company.'s policy. - - Officers of the New York stock ex change ' denied that the cut in service was. in any way instigated by them or that they pad any knowledge of it. Officers of the Concolidated atock ex change., the ""little, board" couM . not be found tonight. There were many subterranean rumors that the company was acting -on the advice of some one in Washington supposed to be very close to the attitude of the attorney general's office, but these could not be confirmed. Hitherto the Western tUnion has al ways taken the stand that as a com mon carrier it had 'no right to refuse any business as offered, provided .such business was couched - in decent lan guage. In fact, the company argued earnestly that any attempt by it to investigate ' the private ffairs of Its customers would be inquisitorial and intolerable. RECEIVERS APPOINTED OF BOSTON HERALD COMPANY On Petition of the International Paper Company. Boston, July 7. On petition of the International Paper company. Judge Colt in the United States circuit court late today appointed John Norria of New York, an official of the American Newspaper Publishers association, and Charles F. Weed, an attorney of this city, receiver of the Boston Herald company. Including a bond issue of $1,700,000, the indebtedness is. about $2,200,000.. The court' authorized the receivers to insue $54,000 is certificates to enable the business to be continued. For many years the - Boston Herald was one of the best known newspapers in the country. It was established in 1846 toy E. C. ; Bailey as an evening paper. Twenty years later Mr. Bailey purchased the Morning Times, edited bv John H. Holmes, and the two were published morning and evening as the Boston Herald. Mr. Bailey died and Mr. Holmes retired from the Herald several years ago, after it moved from Newspaper Row into a modern build ing on Tremont street. At the present time the company publishes morning, evening and Sunday editions. MILLIONAIRE HOBO HELD. Jamaa E. How Wouldn't Premiss to Be Good and Bail is Fixed at $500. Philadelphia, July 7. Declining the offer of a police magistrate to free him if he would promise to discon tinue his attempts to speak in pubiic, James Eads How, known as the "Mil lionaire Hobo" was held under $500 bail, today, to keep the peace. How had been attending a conven tion of the unemployed and was about to address an open air meeting in Franklin Square, last night, when ar rested. The meeting had been pro hibited by the police. How declared he intended telling the crowd that no meeting was to be hsld when he wan seized by the police and charged with breach of the peace. - Annual Race for tha James Gordon Bennett Cup. Newport, R- I.. JulyT. Sloop Istale na, owned by -George M. Pyncheon, won the annual race for the James Gordon- Bennett cup-held today under the auspices of the New York club. There was no schooner race this year and only three sloops competed. Cornelius Vanderbilfs sloop Aurora was second- with the Winsome, owned by II. F. Lippitt. third. After the race Winsome -m-r-J a. protest, claiming a foul on the .part of ltalena at the start. Charles Fairchild DaacL - Newport,"" R. .1., July 7. Charles Fairchild of Boston and Nw York, a prominent retired banker, died at his rUimmec home in this city today. . Mr. Kairt-hild was 72 years of age and is survived by a widow and six children. ''So. they've quarreled already?" "Yes: he wanted his people for their first Sunday dinner, at heme, and she wanted hers, and both refused to ar titn.6a." Detroit., Free Frees. : Condensed Telegrams Police ef Harlem. N. Y exchanged 30 shots In a running fight .with safe- crackers." Miss Dot Millar, of San Antonio. Tex., was killed by an auto jumping off Sir Charlea Hardinge, recently ap pointed viceroy of India, was elevated to tne peerage. The Submarine Torpedo boat Salmon sailed for Bermuda, a voyage of 650 miles, for a long-distance test run. The German Army Aeroplane made a successrui cross-country nignt Irom Muehlenberg to Doeberitz and back again. The Brazilian Ministry of agriculture will send to this country a well-known specialist In cotton-,growing to study methods used in the southern states. President Taft has received an- au tograph letter from the president of Panama, saying that the conditions following the election are satisfactory, Latest Fgures Available at the treas ury show that the total amount paid on account- of the corporation tax' is $21,714,806. i, Several of tha Central and South American republics are organizing a combine to protest against the Ameri can policy toward the other American republic. Increase ef Wages from 25 to 35 per cent., snorter noun, better classifica tion, promotion for merit and service have been awarded the Grand Trunk Pacific railway telegraphers by the board of conciliation appointed two months ago. A Dead Man Was the Only occupant of a moving automobile for a short time today. While riding alone, D, Winslow Hawkes. a member of the Portland school committee and one of the best known educator in Maine, died of heart trouble. Secretary of tha Treasury Mae. Veagh- has left Washington for the summer. He first goes to Phoenixvule, Penn.. where he is to speak at the old home week celebration. After that. he expeota to visit his brother, Wayne MacVeagh, at Bryn Mawr, and then go to Dublin, N. 11., his summer home. . The General Feeling of ooDosition in islam to the relinquishment of. extra territorial jurisdiction has been . in etrumental in delaying the .completion or a treaty between that country and the United States. The treaty was de- signed1 to cover a number of subjects. including the extradition of persons charged with crime. Angered Baeause Mrs. Arsana Lopez. would not aillow him to marry . her daughter, Natilda. Manuel Monteiro shot both women in the head yesterday while they ware on their way to their work In a mill at New Bedford. Mrs Lopez will die, but the daughter will survive. Monteiro fled, but was cap tured in Taunton. All concerned are Portuguese. Tha Piece de Resistanca in the' diet of fighting eul! in Mexico is the Eng- ieh walnut. Consul General Arnold Shanklin has reported to this govern ment that many, Spanish ships come to Mexican ports bringing loads of Eng lish walnuts, which are sent to ranches and used exclusively for feeding fine fighting bulls. The largest buyer is the Mexico City Bull Ring association which keeps 40 -to 50 bulls. FIFTY THOUSAND WORKERS' WALK OUT ON CALL. Garmant and Cloak Makers of New York Demand More Pay. New York, ' July 7. Fifty thousand garment and cloak makers, 'of whom 8,000 are women, walked out this aft ernoon at the call of the International Ladies Garment Workers' union.Which demands an eight hour day, an in crease in wages and a guarantee that contractors shall stand behind sub contractors for wage payments. The fight thus far is purely local, but offi cers of the union said tonight that if the employers attempt .to sublet tiheir work in other cities, notably Chicago, Philadelphia and Cleveland, -the union would call a strike there also. ' ' The 1.100 factories here employ 100.000 hands, of which approximately half are organized. The strikers hope to draw many of the non-union work- era out by a sympathetic appeal. 'We have plenty of money, between $70,000 and $100,000," said Vice Presi dent Polakoff of ' the union tonight. and the members in other cities will elo us. We have received--a great many offers of settlement already, and these will be considered by tne settle ment committee tomorrow." On the other hand, the executive committee of the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' association, which has 000 members in this and other cities. said that no decision had been reach ed by the committee, but that it wa certain that no member of the asso ciation would meet the demands of the union. The strikers were wholly well be haved today and took their first day off very like children on a holiday. - A circular issued by the union reads In part as follows: - . "Pick no arguments and enter Into no discussion either with your employ ers or other employes. Give no oppor tunity for interested parties to make disturbances which may ' lead to a breach of the raw and to arrests. Showr the world you know both your duties and your rights and are law-abiding citizens. - ' - JAPAN'S NAVAL MEN JEALOUS. Too Much Favor Shown to Army May Causa Cabinet Crisis. Victoria, July 7. A Japanese cabi net crisis is reported to be Imminent, owing to the attitude of the naval authorities, who have formulated a plan for naval expansion on which In formal negotiations are being carried on between Admiral Yamamoto and Marshal Yamagata. Meanwhile army authorities are clamoring for increases in that branch, and a cabinet split is said to be impending -because of more favorable consideration given tlje army men. Admiral Yamamoto is said to be forcing the issue. ' i Septuagenarian's 28th Child. , Franklin, Pa.. July 7. A son was born yesterday to Air. and Mrs. George Hedgloii. living near h-re. The father is 75 years old and Hi la is. liln 2Mh child. The mother la Mr. . IJ-.tgl..rr second vife I Steamship Arrivals. ' At Gibraltar: July 4. tkrfanla. fro'm New York. At Boulogne: July 6, Rotterdam, from ' New-York. At Havre: July 7, I.a Savoie, from New York. New Haven Circuit Bicycle Races. New Haven. Conn.. July 7. At the circuit bicycle races here tonight Frank Kramer won the ten mile open bv a few Inches from Hehir rin 2;.07 -. , . , -, v BEVERIDGE COMES A'.rriY SMILING He Departs from Sagamore Hill In a Most Con tented Frame of Mind HAS A PROMISE That Ke will Deliver a Campaign Speech in the Indiana Man's Fight for Reelection to the Senate The Col onel Cautiously Feeling His Way in His Attitude To ward Insurgents and the ' Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 7. Albert J. Beveridge, United States senator from Indiana and one of the most promi nent and consistent of the "progres sive" republicans, came down from Sagamore Hill this afternoon with a promise from Theodore Roosevelt to deliver -a campaign speech 'in his fight for re-election to ' the senate. Mr. Beveridge departed content and smil ing but he left it for the colonel to make announcement of the proposed campaign speech- In the senator's be half. And this Is what Mr. Roosevelt said: Promise in Behalf of Beveridge. "Mr. Foulke and Mr. Swift came to Sagamore Hill last night and spent the night here. They came to request me to go to Indiana and speak in be half of Senator Beveridge and I prom ised them that I would." He added that he had agreed today to maks only one speech for the sena tor, and so far ae is now known he will make only one. The time and place for this speech have not been fixed. Considered an Important Incident. . Those who have followed the politi MAYOR GAYNOR 8HAKES UP DETECTIVES. Haad of Homisids Bureau Deposed Twenty Unsolved Murders. New York, . July 7. Arthur Carey, police captain and head of the homi cide bureau of the police department. was ordered by Commissioner Baker today, to report at the lower Fulton street station house, Brooklyn, at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, for duty. Twenty unsolved murders are said to have been the cause of this transfer. and the change is reported to have been the idee, of Mayor Gaynor, sec onded bv John H. Russell, inspector. and bead of the detective bureau. . The killing of tdie two servants of a Harlem physician and the murder of Moses Sachs recently are said to have been two cases that attracted the at tention of the mayor particularly, be cause nothing was accomplished to ward catching the slayers. It -is not known who will succeed Captain Carey as chief of the homicide bureau and the commissioner will not talk about it- -r , . ' . The appearance at headquarters yes terday and today of fifty boyish look ing patrolmen gave rise to the report that there was to be an Important hakeup lit the detective bureau. It was learned that these young men were to be withdrawn from patrol du ty and tried aa detectives, working from the central office, and if they showed any ability they would be re talnerf and aavancea. In discussing rioll.- department af fair recently the mayor aaid that If some of the younger men of tne ie- Dartrr.ent were put on detective amy there would be less likelihood of their identity becoming- so readily known. He said men of slighter build and with out such "big feet were needed. TWO NEW YORK WOMEN FELL FROM HIGH WINDOWS Police Investigating Two Mysterious Deaths and an Acoident. New York, July 7. Two women met death by sheer drops from tenement housep In New York today; a third was fatally injured m a similar manner. In the Bronx, Mrs. Sophie William a comely woman of 33, was found dead In the. court yard in the rur of her home. She had either fallen or was pushed! from a window four stories above. The police are investigating. On the lower East Side, an unidenti fied young woman- was found lying in a tement airahaft, her neck broken. -Whether she fell or was hurled from a, window has not yet been determined. Mrs. Lena Welnert, 24 years old, was probably fatally injured by fall ing from a window on the fourth floor of the apartmepi nouse in west ivao street. That she was not killed out right ' was due to the fact that she struck a clothesline. YALE ALUMNI FUND. Tha Total Amount for tha Yaar is $150,105, New Haven. Conn., July 7. Tha Yale alumni fund collected during the year 1009-10 up to June 30. 1810, is reported as $94,595 given to principal; $36,717 given to Income and $13,792 re ceived as interest on principal. In cluding $5,000 pledged by ths class of 1870, but not actually paid in the total amount of the alumni fund for he v'ear Is $150,105, ss compared with $83,604 .as returned by the last report of the university treasurer for the previous year. The total amount of the alumni fund to date as principal Is $454,248. Of tha classes contributing during the last year 1885 are the lead era with $52,000 as gifts. The amount given last year far exceeds that of any previous twelve months. President Signs Orders Withdrawing , Coal Lands. Beverly, Mass.. July 7. -Continuing his policy of practical conservation. President Taft late tonight aigned or ders withdrawing 35,073,164 acres of coal lands from the public domain In the states of North and South Dakota, Washington, T'tah. Colorado and the territory of Arizona. Killed by a Falling Brick, New- Haven. Conn.. July 7. IT A. HiiiKht of 121 Harriet itti-ft-t. emplwv eu on construction work at tlif Win chester Arms company plant. Has kill ed .late today by bavin- his xkult frac tured by a brick ivhU-h was dislodged and fo-Il from tlw top of .a f-hinniev which was b-ing torn down. Itailit was ! years old and married. ' '' Death of Dr. William J. Rolfe. "'Vlne.vfc.rd Haven, Mass., July 7. Dr. William J. Rolfe of Cambridge, Shakespearean scholar and author. dle,l today at rh home of his son, Charlea J. Relfs, in .TinbuTy. Deth was due to 'age.- He was 65 year eld. FROM ROOSEVELT Administration. cal conferences at OyKler Bay einco Thnodors Roosevelt- return Bhare th belief that he has cautiously been feel ing his way in hl attitude toward the administratinn and the insurgent, but today's Incidents nro eoiiHldered thu most Important yet developed. Sena tor Beveridge Is rrmking bin fight for re-election uh an Insurgent, llu Is op posed by John.W. Kern, who ran with Bryan in the last cnmpnlgn. Beveridge Against Taft on tha Tariff. In his fight the senator is planing hlmnelf squarely ogalnHt Prrtnldn Taft in so far as tho tariff law figures. The law which the president ha de- fended as tho best tariff measure ever, is denounced without equivocation bjf the senator; and the damn republican state convention which endorm-d Hove ridge for another term virtually re pudiated the law. In the senate Heve. ridge fought the bill to the last and then voted against it. It Is pointed out. however, that wttl' this exception President Taft and th senator from Imliflna have been pull ing together so far as administration policies are concerned. RUMORED OFFER OF ZELAYA TO WITHDRAW THE VENUt On Certain Conditions Rumor Reach, as the State Department. Wtashlngton, July 7. From th state department tho report was given out today of rumors rHohing it that cx-President Zolayn had offered to have the Venus withdrawn from Nlc araguan waters on certain conditions. This would be the first ndnvlon from Kelaya, If the rumora proved true, that he had any control over the armed, vessel, which has been plying on the eastern coast oC Nicaragua, although previous reports to the department connect! his name with the purchase and outfitting of the Venus and other bouts for servico in tha Interests of the Madriz forces in Nlcarguan waters. The conditions which the rumor said Zelaya had imposed were that protec tion be given to his personal estatn in Nicaragua, which Is reported to bn very large, and that he 'be recompensed $50,000, the first payment made on the Emery claims, owned toy Americans, and adjnstes In agreement between the United Stales and Nicaragua Just be fore the uprising In the Central Airier-' lean country. To whom the offer had been made from Zelaya or from whence the ru mora came were not disclosed. It wai said that the same report had been obtained from two sources. The Venus, with several effective mounted guns, has -been cruising aJong the eastern coast of Nicaragua, re ducing several towns to the subjection of Madriz anvil otherwise asslmlng the cause of the Madriz government, which was formerly ruled by Zebiya. The' ship sailed from New Orleans, but it has been a matter of dlsfute aa to where she mounted her guns. ALIENS AT NEW YORK PAY EXTORTIONATE FEES, Teatimony Before tho Speoial Commit tee of Congraas. New York, July 7. That, extortion ate fees were demanded of woukl-be citizeno by so-called lawyers, and: even toy organizations supp one illy formed to nsist alients in becoming citizens of the United States was the purport of testimony givsn today be fore the congressional committee. headed by Represnntatlve William B. Bennet. appointed to Investigate the conditions urrouiidlng the iatience ef naturalization pupera In this city, by ths federral state courts. One of th witnosnee canei toimy was L. BelkowHa, secretary of the nat urallzatlon aid luague. "There Is extortion practiced upon the aliens," ho declared, by lawyers, or thoee who call themselves lawyrri, And I know of cne where orga.ntwi tions have extorted money from; wouild-be citlxens. One. instanes t know of Is that of a mart who wanted to take out citizenship papers. lTn wa told by the organization to whlcti, he applied that It would cot him $1S for making out the paper and $4 for extra services, making $19 all told. RETIRED U. S. ARMY SURGEON. Appointed Medical Director of the Hot Springe Reservation. Washington, July 7. Major Harry M. Hallock, a retired surgeon of the United States army today wa appoint ed by Secretary of the Interior Bellin ger medical director or tne Hot Springs, Arte., reservation. This posi tion has Just been created by Mr. Rail llnger, in accordance with the recom mendation of Chief Clerk Ticker, who Investigated conditions at Hot SprlnRS. Dr. Hallock will have charge of Hi government hath house and will super vise from the standpoint of hygiene and sanitation th bath aoiifies operat ed by leasees, both on and off the res ervation. He will alno conduct rHnlcs for bath house operators and attend ant. ' BLEACHED FLOUR WA8 IMPURE Jury Brings Verdict In Favor of the. Government. Kansas City. July 7. The lury 1n the bleached- flour case yesterday aft ernoon returned a verdict that the flour selz'-d was adulterated and tnls-braiuU-J. The government charged that cer tain flour aliipped by the Lexington Mill ami Elevator company of l.-x- lugton. Seu., to H. O. Terry, a grocer at CatHtle, Mo.. Into been tr-nt-d by tin Alaop proct-its of bleaching, whl'li. ili KoverniiiHiit declared aiiulterateil lhe flour In violation of the pure food alul ae anil that the shipment tvn iuIh- blHUded. ' Franc May Have Railway 8trike.' Paris. July 7. A guneral railway vlrlke 'hern is threatened. The men who demand an Increase In wajree and other amelioration, have already vot ed to strike in principle, penlleg the result of ntsottatlona with tha com paniaa. - ' - ' . v. :