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Secretary , personally instructed the
bishops and other Catholic leaders
throughout Spain to prevent demonstra
tions and disorders, desiring to show
that the Holy See is anxious to main-
Uin peaceful relations in the affairs of
the peninsula.
Another reason for the conciliatory at
titude of the Vatican is found in the
fact that the organizers of the pro
posed demonstrations are for the most
part Carlists. and that any movement
might eventually take on a revolution
ary and anti-dynastic character, which,
the Vatican is determined shall be ab
solutely excluded from the present ques
tion.
A semi-official communication Issued
by the Vatican to-day says that the re
lations with Portugal are normal. A
new Portuguese ambassador to the Holy
See has not been appointed, it is ex
plained, because of the recent change
In the Cabinet at Lisbon.
Paris, Aug. S.— The San Sebastian cor
respondent of the "Echo de Paris" says
there is a feeling in government circles
that negotiations with the Vatican will
Dow take a new and favorable turn.
SOVEREIGN'S MIND STRONG
Spanish Ambassador Denies Rumor
Published in France.
Paris, Aug. 7.— The Spanish Ambassador
to France, Sef.or Perez-Caballero. says
that the report printed in the "Croix" here
that King Alfonso is showing signs of
mental weakness is a malicious invention
pf the clerical press.
The Marquis de O.ieda. who has arrived
In Paris, after being recalled by the Span
ish government from his post as ambas
sador to the Vatican, Bald to-day that the
Marquis de Gonzales. councillor of the
Spanish Embassy at the Vatican, who is
r.ow in charge of the embassy, has orders
to attend the Pope's anniversary on Tues
day.
TWENTY MEN DEPORTED
Strike Breakers Refuse to Take
Oath to King George.
Winnipeg. Aug. 7. — Twenty strike
breakers for the Canadian Northern
car shops who refused to take the oath
of allegiance to Kins George were de
ported to St. Paul to-day.
BONILLA NEARING CEIBA
Force Under General Diaz Re
pulsedA Landing Made.
New Orleans, Aug. 7.— A force of four
hundred men under General Lee Christ
mas, KB American follower of General
Bonilla in Spanish Honduras, repulsed
two hundred of the government troops,
tinder General Diaz on Tuesday, at
Pedro Pentads, seven miles from Ceiba,
according to passengers on the steamer
Orleanian, arriving here to-day from
Ceiba.
fl c er.ga.gerr.ent was brief, and only a
IV BbCB were- reported killed and
wounded. The only revolutionist killed
vas the nihlttit son of Colonel IfoßCado.
BM of the leaders of the movement.
Fr.-.t-rj of the government forces were
killed.
General Christmas, who has served in
several Central American wars, occu
pied a strong position at Pedro Pentada
a week ago. and, it is said, at once sent
a message of defiance to Diaz. It is re
ported that a number of Diaz's follow
ers, after the march against General
Christmas had begun, refused to go on
•when they learned that they were out
numbered, but they were made prison
ers by their lea "ler.
When the Orleanian left Ceiba last
"Wednesday it was reported that General
7 ■ ..la had landed with his army at
Bertulia, a small port, twenty miles east
of Ceiba, had taken possession of the
town and ■"•a? preparing 10 begin a
inarch on the city.
DR. CRIPPEN HEARS MASS
Armed Guards Beside Him— Miss
Leneve Keeps Room.
Quebec, Aug. 7. — With an armed guard
on each side of him. Dr. Crippen attended
per - to-day at the Catholic chape] of the
provincial jail. Miss Leneve declined to
Join the Protestant prisoners at the service
conducted by the Church of England chap
hafti and spent the day reading In the
comfortable room which she is allowed to
occupy, apart forrs the other women prison
ers.
Crippen. his jailer said, listened devoutly
to the mass and aerrncr. by Monsignor Tetu,
but the extreme precaution adopted to guard
him showed that the authorities still fear
fee may do himself harm.
The day was fine. Crippen spent a large
part of it gazing through the narrow win
dows of his cell over the broad meadows on
the Plains of Abraham, watching the boys
p!ay.
Although the prison rules prescribe that
til inmates shall attend Sunday sen-ices
unless they arc ill. Miss Leneve made such
a. strong protest that the Jailer decided to
permit her to remain in solitude. The girl
chows a dread of encountering the stares
end the comments of other jail inmates,
B:.c the privilege granted her to-day Is in
eccord with the lenient treatment which she
bas received since her arrest
INSPECTOR DEW AT BUFFALO.
BufTalo, tic 7. — Inspector Dew, of
Scotland Yard, was in Buffalo for a few
hours early to-day. He came up from
Niagara Falls hi an automobile with two
Knglish acquaintances. The party made
the return trip earl] this morning, and it
vas reported by telephone that the in
spector was still at a hotel on the Cana
dian side of the river to-night. He de
clined to discuss th* Crlppen case or to
*•: when be. expected to return to Quebec.
A PLEA FOR QUEENSTOWN
Leading Irishmen Coming — Mr.
Roosevelt Promises Aid.
Queenstown, Aug. 7.— An All-in .-.rid dep
utation. Including •. • Lord Mayors of Dub
lin and Belfast, and prominent represen
tatives of commerce, will sail for New
Y'irk on the steamer Oceanic- on Sc-ptc-moer
£2, to confer -with Frank H. Hitchcock,
the American Postmaster Genera;, on the
Question of inducing tho larger Cunard
rT<?am*-rs to resume calling at .stow!).
Captain Anthony J. Donelan. member of
th« House of Commons tot Cork, has re
ceived a communication from Theodore
Roosevelt, which the ex-President says
thai .i; accordance with bis promise to
Messrs. Redmond and Dillon, in London, he
is moving SB this matter and that he I.' pea
finally to ■.;-• ■it with Mr. Redmond OH
the latt*T"s arrival in the United States
In September.
London. Aug. 7.— The Cunard Company,
which yesterday announced that it had
c«-<.i<ie<3 to revert to Queenstown us a port
<>f call on feEfctbound journeys for all steam
ers with the exception of the Lusitania
Tin the Mauretania. explains that as the
I,uMtania end Mioretanla ere obliged to
compete for Continental iraJHc with the
fast baaaaam of the North German LJoydj
f.,.. is no alternative except to emit
£ueenstown go the eastward voyag*.
10 PUSH GORE INQUIRY
Congressional Investigation in
McMurray's Town To-day.
EXPECT MORE DISCLOSURES
Officials Believe That Indians
Will Benefit from the Light
Shed on Their Affairs.
McAlester, Okla., Aug. 7. — That a new
era of wholesome legislation by Congress
has dawned for the Indians as a result of
the Congressional investigation into the
McMurray contracts is the belief among
Senators, Representatives and other gov
ernment officials assembled here-
The committee appointed by the House
of Representatives and headed by Repre
sentative Charles 11. Burke, of South Da
kota, to inquire into the charges of Sen
ator Thomas P. Gore, that he had been
offered a $25,000 or $50,000 bribe to help
put the McMurray deal through Congress,
arrived here to-day from Muskogee. and
to-morrow will continue its hearings.
Mi loaf IT is the home town of J. W.
McMurray. the attorney who with others
holds the contracts. It is expected that
more light will be thrown on Senator
Gore's assertion that the sale is contem
plated for $30,000,000 to a New York syn
dicate of 450,000 acres of coal and asphalt
land now owned by the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indians, from whom JlcMur
ray secured contracts that would allow
him 10 per cent attorney's fees, or $3,000.
000. Also, more evidence is believed to
be forthcoming concerning "Jake" L.
Hamon. who is charged by Senator Gore
with having offered the bribe to secure
the approval of the contracts by Con
gress.
Expect More Disclosures.
The testimony given by Representative C.
E. Creager. of Oklahoma, that Hamon
called him to a hotel in Washington and
there "suggested" he might obtain an in
terest in the contracts If opposition were
removed, together with the Gore charges,
is- not believed to be. the end of the dis
closures.
Mr. Creasefa testimony was regarded as
supptemi ataxy to that of the Gore charges.
Hamon. who entered a denial of all the
charges made by Mr. Creager, Senator
Gore, D. F. Gore, the Senator's brother,
and J. L. Thompson, the Senator's secre
tary, has been an Interested auditor at all
the session?. Congressman Bird McGuire.,
of Oklahoma, and Senator Charles Curtis,
of Kansas, each named by Mr. Gore as
having been the men mentioned by Hamon
as being "interested" in the land deal, have
Senator Curtis denied having any relation
with Hamon. Mr. McGuire. who testified
concerning meeting Hamon in Washington,
and who. in response to questioning, de
nied he had ever been "improperly ap
proached" in relation jo the McMurray
contracts, told the committee he was ready
to reappear at any time.
The Dame of Vioe-Presldent Sherman,
who, according to Senator Gore, was men
tioned by Hamon ns the man "higher up,"
has been eliminated from the investigation,
bo far a? Senator Gore la concerned. The
Senator said he had no object in mention
sherman's name other than tc re
all that Hair on had said to him.
Since ftfcMurray also ha? been charged
or. the stand witJi having offered a $25,000
bribe to a Choctaw delegate to Washington
bo wi; sition to old contracts that
were substantially disapproved by President
Etoosevelt in L9OB. it is believed McMurray
■■ ill be called to testify. What are known
as the MrMurray contracts consist of about
ten tnousar.d documents secured individually
with the Indians.
The story told on the stand by Green Mc-
Cnrtain, chief of the eighteen thousand
Choctaws. and a venerable fighter of pio
neer days, made a deep impression. Mc-
Cartaln relat-d how his tribe year after
year had waited for the government to sell
their lands, and how at last the Indians,
ing discouraged, had become the prey
of attorneys, whose promises were more
glowing than those of the government.
It cost his tribe in the last ten years, Mc-
Curtain related, (300,000 in attorney's fees,
beside? a share In the (750.000 fee paid to
the McMurray firm several years ago in the
citizenship cases involving the Choctaws
and <"■-•:!' kasaws.
Congressman J. H. Stephens, of Texas, a
member of ■; c present investigating com
mittee, in a speech in Congress referred to
the |750,000 fee as "a scandal." and assert
ed that attorneys should have been made
to pay back the money.
"It is evident that the whole Indian sit
■ ■ oeeda to be rone over by the gov
ernment." said an official to-day. "The
Indians are the wards of the government;
yet they have become the prey of attor
i-v.r instance, one attorney received
j- ■..., a year for representing one tribe, and
ddee in New York.
"In instance? only where the interests of
the government and tho.^e of the Indians
conflict should attorneys be employed. As
far as the sale of the land is concerned,
the government itself, by treaty, has agreed
to di pose cf The land and give the pro
ceed- to the Indians. The- evidence that
has developed certainly will enlighten Con
gress on what ought to be done "
EX-GOVERNOR' FOLK HURT
Chauffeur Ditches Automobile to
Save It from Turning Turtle.
[By T«*>?rarh to The Tribune.]
Muscatme, lowa. Aug. 7. — Ex-Governor
j -\y. Folk was injured in an automobile
smash-up near Muscatine this afternoon.
when to save the machine from turning
turtle the driver took a ditch and bit a
telegraph pole.
Mr Folk and three companions were
hurled out of the machine, and the- ex-Gov
ernor sustained bad bruises on his right
arm and left leg- His right wrist also
rained when he struck the bank.
Finding it Impossible to get him to Mus-
I y rail from Galesburg. 111., in time
to 01] the ("hautauQua engagement here,
an automobile waa sent for him. Seven
miles below Muscatine. while rounding a
Sharp curve, the machine lost its balance
and Started to turn over. The driver
, B ditch and then hit a telc
'ri:<' machine was wrecked,
iffering pain. Governor Folk
■ crowd of five thousand per
• bia ;jf ternoon.
FOLK WARNS HIS PARTY
Ez-Governor of Missouri Says Demo
crats in West Are Joining Insurgents.
Kansas City, Mo., AII 7.— Demo* rats
who are joining hands with insurants are
i-ndrmgorinp tm ir own organizations, ex-
Goveraor Folk ot Missouri told his auditors
at a dinner of the Young Men's Democratic
Club here last night.
"I have iwn in most of the A\ astern
states in the lust few weeks,'.' said Mr.
Folk, "and found everywhere numbers ot
Democrats were Joining the Insurgents In
the Republican party. Righi her.? la the
ii:tng*-r to t .■- Democratic organization, and
the sooner this tact is recognized the bet
:. r. This movement toward the Insurgent
tlt-mtnt is not confined to one i ate. but in
Oregon. California and Washington I heard
• lie same story."
GUGGENHEIM FOR DIRECT VOTE.
Denver. Aug. 7.— ln ■ letter to Dr. Hubert
Work, chairman of the Republican State
Centra! Committee, ma te public here, Unit
ed Statt-s Senator Guggenheim states that
he do<>s not know whether he will be a
candidate for re-election, but says that In
the event he does decide to run he will
insist upon an Indorsement from the people
••Whether this shall be through a direel
s<rirnary or by indorseßMOt by county and
legislative conventions I do not presume
to advire," the letter reads.
UTEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, BfOSTDAT, ArGI'ST 8. 1910
MORE TALK FROM CORBEH
Declares That Qualey Suggested
Buying of Bonds to Mrs. Bull.
TOO SLOW, SAYS SHE SAID
Will Make Effort to Put Mag
nesia-Asbestos Company on
Dividend Paying Basis.
Following the exclusive interview given
by him to The Tribune for yesterday's
paper. Harvey W. t'orbett. who is code-
Eendant with John A. Qualey again;: Mrs.
William T. Bull'? charges that P6.000 was
taken from hor by improper methods for
Hrveatment in duaiey's MagneFia-Apbe>tos
Oampany. added some further points of in
terest to his story last night.
"I would like to add a little." he said,
"to what I told The Tribune lost night
about Mr?. Bull's investment in the stock
of the Magnesia-AsbeFtos company. When
Mrs. Bull Brat consulted Mr. yualey it was
about her business affairs in general. She
told him that she was having trouble with
her coexecutor of her husband's estate,
George W. Young, and she wanted Mr.
Qualey's advice on how to invest about
$50,000 she had.
"Mr. Qualey did not at once seek her
money for the magnesia company. He told
her that the bond market was in good con
dition and advised her to put her money in
bonds. Mrs. Bull didn't want to do that
because the returns would not be large
enough or quick enough. It was only after
that that Mr. Qualey advised her to invest
in the magnesia company."
"Did you ever go to Newport yourself ,tc
see Mrs. Bull, Mr. Corbett?"
Never Been in Newport.
'It so happens." Mr. Corbett replied,
"that I have never been in Newport in my
life. I have Dassed through Rhode Island
and I was in Providence once, but I have
never been in Newport."
"How was it, Mr. Corbett, that you were
in prison so long before being bailed out?
Why weren't your friends a little quicker
about coming to your aid?"
"My friends came to me at once," he
said. "They wanted to bail me out just
as soon as they knew that J was in prison.
But I said to them that I could not go free
unless Mr. Qualey did also. I told my wife
and I told my friends that if Qualey were
guilty I was, too. And I said that if I
were guilty, if I had been bamboozling peo
ple out of their money, I was right where
I belonged, behind the bars, and I wanted
to stay there."
"When this affair is over what do you in
tend to do about the Magnesia-Asbestos
Company?"
"Why." Mr. Corbett said, "I am going
right along with the company. I've got
to do it. The only way that I can prove
that I am right and that this company is
an honest one is to make it a success. And
that is what I am going to do."
"There have been some charges made
that Alan A. Ryan is in a conspiracy with
Mrs. Bull to get control of the company.
What do you think about that?"
'I don't think those charges should have
been made," Mr. Corbett said. "Mr. Ryan
was asked to look into our company by an
attorney, and he made a trip over to the
Newark plant. I never understood that he
was asked by Mrs. Bull to do so, or that
he did it for Mr?. Bull. After his visit to
the plant he wanted some more information
from Mr. Qualey. and it was just a chance
that Qualey was telephoning to Mr. Ryan
when he was arrested. But lam sure Mr.
Ryan had nothing to do with the arrest,
and I have never thought there was any
conspiracy."
Mrs. Bull Witness Again To-day.
Mrs. Bull will again be a witness before
Magistrate Krotel, in the Harlem police
court, at 3 o'clock to-day in the hearing of
the charges against Qualey and Corbett.
She is still subject to Mr. Melntyre's cross
examination. After her testimony is in It
is understood that the prosecution will put
Leo Kresper and several other witnesses on
the stand to show how they were induced
to buy stock in the Magnesia- Asbestos Com
pany. Witnesses will also be brought for
ward, it is understood, to testify as to the
value of the Newark plant.
The prosecution feels sure that Qualey
and Corbett will be held for the grand jury.
The District Attorneys office has already
made its plans for the grand jury hearing,
and this is expected to take pltice this
week. Mrs. Bull has had a long conference
with Assistant District Attorneys Rice and
Perkins, and several other witnesses have
been examined in the District Attorney's
office.
CANVASSINGJFOR_HOTCHKISS
Superintendent's Friends Active
in Governorship Race.
Friends of Superintendent Hotchkis? of
the Insurance Department have started
an informal canvass of the state in the
hope of persuading the leaders that he
would be the strongest possible candidate
that the Republicans could name for Gov
ernor this fall. They are saying that he
is the man above all others that Governor
Hughes would like to see to succed him,
and that this fact would do more than any
thing else to arouse the interest of the
Hughes Republicans, many of whom are
more or less disgruntled at the way in
which some of the leaders opposed the
Governor last winter.
Although Superintendent Hotchkiss has
not formally announced himself as a can
didate for the nomination, his friends say
that he would be willing to undertake the
leadership of the party this fall if he could
feel that the leaders were back of him. If
the canvass now being made indicates
that any considerable number of the leaders
look with favor on Mr. Hotchkiss, it is un
derstood that his candidacy will be for
mally announced within a short time.
The fact that Superintendent Hotchkiss
bad luncheon in the city this week with Col
lector L.oe.b and Naval Officer Ktacke led to
the report that President Taft looked with
favor on the suggestion that the superin
tendent be the Republican nominee for Gov
ernor in New York State this fall. Fol
lowing this luncheon. Collector Loeb went
on an automobile trip up state, meeting
Lou F. Payne and other leaders, and it
was reported that the Collector's mission
was to learn the feeling toward Superin
tendent Hotchkiss, as well as others who
have been mentioned as possible nonHnees
for the governorship.
Theodore Roosevelt's interest In Mr.
Hotchkiss is held to be shown by the fact
thai ! ■ talked arita Controller Prendergast
I him when the Controller saw the
:.t "The < I ttlook" offices -< - eral
weeks ago. The Controller expressed him
self forcibly as being of the Opinion that
Superintendent Hotchkisa would make a
I <•:-.•■• !:• 1.! candidate.
work that Superintendent Hotchkisa
,i!d In revealing Legislative lobbying in the
I o] the Ore Insurance companies In
the Investigation of last winter will be
prominently broughi befora the public when
his revelations are taken up by the Merritt
Investigating committee, in Bantam her.
Many of the leaders are of the opinion that
tills would be of r.-nsM. nihi< assistance to
G iperintendent Hotchkisa v ■ candidate for
Governor
HAYES'S BIRTHPLACE DESTROYED.
i By Telegraph tO '.'».'■ Tribune.]
Cleveland, Aug. The birthplace of
Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth Presi
dent of the United States, was destroyed
by fire to-day. The building was a two
story brick and was one hundred years
old. it was owned by W. C. Dtven, a
candy manufacturer. The fire was caused
by a defective flue, „ •—-•-' "V-^*'
SIX REPORTED^ KILLED
Eight Others Injured in an Ex
plosion in a Glucose Plant.
Granite City, 111.. Aug. 7.— Six persons
are reported killed and light hurt in an
explosion which wrecked and set fire to
the Granite City Glucose plant of the
Corn Products Refining Company at 6
o'clock this afternoon. The plant 6 still
burning.
UNHURT, THOUGH UNDER CAR
Long Island Brakeman Found
Safety in Lying Still.
Bruised ant 1 battered, Theodore B.
Eendal. a brakeman on the Long Island
Railroad, went home to his family in
Jamaica yesterday afternoon, singing
songs of thanksgiving. A short time be
fore he had been run over by a pas
senger train in the railroad yards, Long
Island City, but escaped serious injury.
Kendal takes the record for his feat.
He was one of a drill crew who were
shifting empty passenger trains, and
was stationed on a car in the centre of
the train. While putting on a brake
something slipped and he was thrown
head first from the platform, falling be
tween the bumpers. He struck on his
hands, and in some way straightened
out face downward between the tracks.
Although confused by the fall, he knew
his only course was to lie perfectly still.
He had time enough to mentally thank
his good fortune that the locomotive was
hauling instead of shunting the train,
and that it had gone on ahead. Then he
wondered if any of the low running gear
of the new cars would catch him.
When the last car rattled over his
head trainhands ran to where he was
lying. He wanted to walk, but his com
rades would not let him, as they thought
he might have been injured badly. Sur
geon Meischner, of St. John's Hospital,
examined him, but beyond small cuts
and bruises Kendal was unhurt, so he
took the remainder of the day off and
went home.
TAFTS ATTEND CHURCH
Three Cabinet Officers Will Visit
President This Week.
Beverly, Mass., Aug. 7.— President and
Mrs. Taft attended services this morn
ing at the First Parish Unitarian
Church, and afterward entertained at
luncheon Judge John W. Warrington, of
Cincinnati. In the late afternoon they
had a long automobile ride.
Cabinet conferences will be the order
of the coming week. Secretary of State
Knox is visiting at the home of Henry
<\ Frick, at Pride's Crossing, three miles
north of here, and will see the Presi
dent to-morrow. Postmaster General
Hitchcock is due in Beverly on Tuesday,
and Secretary of the Treasury Mac-
Veagh may also be here that day.
Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. MacVeagh are
both members of the board of trustees
of the postal savings banks. It is ex
pected that the first of these banks will
be instituted by October !.">.
MONTT THINKS TAFT FINE
President of Chili Says He Is
Splendidly Fitted to Rule.
President Montt of Chili and his party
reached New York last night aftor a pleas
ant visit to Boston and to Beveryl The
Chief Executive of Chili was feeling well
last night, despite the arduous journey.
"President Montt was very much im
pressed with Mr. Taft," said Sefior Alberto
Yoacham, the Chilian Charge d'Affaires.
"He had never met him before, for when
President Montt was here twenty years
or so ago Mr. Taft was then still in the
West and not quite the national figure that
he is to-day.
"One thing that pleased President Montt
very much," he continued, "was that he
had the privilege of being received really
in President Taffs home. A reception at
The White House would, of course, have
been a state affair, but at Beverly it was
so much more informal that it was just
like a simple luncheon anywhere. Every
thing on the trip was splendidly managed,
thanks largely to Captain Butt and Chand
ler Hale, the Third Assistant Secretary of
State, who is with us, and President Montt
said he enjoyed the trip on the Mayflower
immensely.
'At the luncheon he engaged in conver
sation with Mr. Taft, who seemed in unusu
ally good spirits. President Montt paid
afterward that he thought the President
of the United States was a man splendidly
fitted to occupy his great office. Governor
Draper also produced a fine impression."
President Montt attended mass in Boston
yesterday and took the train for this city
about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, arriving
here about 7 p. m. He will spend to-day
leisurely, and perhaps may leave the Plaza
this morning for a trip through the busi
ness district and possibly a journey sky
ward to the top of one of the tall buildings.
He sails to-morrow morning for Europe on
board the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
PINE CAMP THRONGED
Roosevelt Expected To-morrow
— Airship May Fly To-day.
Pine Camp, X. V., Aug. T. — General Grant
has as yet received .no reply from Mr.
Roosevelt relative to the proposed visit of
the former President here on Tuesday, when
the principal manoeuvres of the first period.
Involving all the militia and regulars in
camp, are to be held.
This was visitors' day, and thousands
from the surrounding country loiterer
through the camp all day long. There Were
no manoeuvres, and the men were allowed
to do as they pleased. Despite the fact
that the troops have Just been paid off,
there is practically no desertion in the
camp, and General Grant is well pleased.
On account of the unfavorable weather of
the last few days, difficulty has been en
countered in preparing the signal corps
aeroplane for its trial flight. The machine
is being rapidly assembled, however, and
with favorable weather there will likely be
a trial ili^iit to-morrow afternoon. If the
flight proves successful tl^ aeroplane will
probably be us«-.j In the combined manoeu
vre „r; Tuesday.
SUNDAY SERVICE ON YACHT
Miss Helen Smiths Viking- Used
for Purpose at Stamford.
[Dy Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Stamford. Conn., Aug. 7.— Miss Helen
Smith, daughter of the lute James D. Smith,
opened her yacht Viking to score* of Invited
guests for a religious service this morning,
under the direction of the Rev. Dr. C. J.
Ryder, corresponding secretary of the
American Missionary Association. The big
deck of the Viking was crowded with wor
shippers, among whom were Commodore It
H. GllleSDle or the Stamford yacht Club,
Commodore Houck and a large party of vis
iting New Rochelle Yacht Club member*.
Miss Smith presided at the little church
organ which la a part of the Viking's out-
Hi
The service lacked nothing of the regulai
services being held In various parts of th«
city In churches. Dr. Ryder, who is chap
lain of the Stamford Yacht Club, offered
Invocation, read the Scriptures and preached
a sermon There was sinking by Mrs. it. 11.
dill pie, jr., a soprano soloist, and by Ed
ward Barrow, a tenor. Th.i entire party
joined In singing some of the hymns. Di
Ryder's sermon was on "How Jesus Used
the Sabbath."
"First." said tho clergyman, "He wast to
chuioh. und then He vveut to tho seashore."
WATERS END FOUR LIVES
Bodies of Lake Hopatcong Vic
tims Recovered and Identified.
MANY RESCUES EFFECTED
Attempt to Win Bet Nearly
Costs Life of Experienced
Swimmer.
Four persons were drowned in N;-w York
waters yesterday, two while in batning and
two when boats in waisn they wer« passen
gers overturned. The bodies of tvo of the
victims have not yet been recovered. Other
perSOM during the day had narrov escape?
from drowning-
William A. Krebs, forty-three siasM old.
of No. 780 Elton avenue. The Brrnx, went
for a swim in the Hudson from hfe launch,
which he had tied up to the"Spuyt*n Duyvil
bridge, yesterday afternoon. He had goru;
about fifty feet from the craft whm friends
whokn he had taken for a sa.il saw him
throw up his hands and sink. George King,
one of the party, went Into the wUer after
X ebs, but before he reached hhp he was
drowned. The body was recovered two
hours later. The dead man's wife and chil
dren were on shore waiting for ilm when
news reached them that lie had drowned.
Abraham Baruel, sixteen years old, of
No. 543 Ea?t !3th street, was bathing in
Silver Lap Lake, near St. George, Staten
Island, with two companions yesierday af
ternoon, when he was taken witk cramps.
Before help could reach him he drowned-
His body was not found.
While playing with a brother in a row
boat in Alley Creek, Bayside, Long Island,
yesterday afternoon, Charles Wanser, ten
years old, of Bayside, lost his balance and
fell into the water. He was downed be
fore his brother could get assistance.
Lost Life Saving Woman.
Charles T. Schanz, forty-one years old.
of Poughkeepsie. N. V., was assisting two
women friends into a dingy which had
pulled alongside a launch in which they
had sailed from Hoboken, in the Hudson
off Yonkers, yesterday.
He got the first woman in all right, nut
as he was helping the second one in the
added weight caused the little boat to sink.
The three were thrown into the water.
William Hitt, of Hoboken, the husband of
one of the women, and John Borath, also
of Hoboken. Jumped into the water and
managed to save them- Another member
of the party, who remained in the launch,
threw a lifebelt to Schanz, but he was too
exhausted to reach it and he went under.
His body was not recovered.
A number of friends bet Charles Ro
martuk twenty-six years old, a shirtwaist
maker of No. 322 East 101 st street, recently
that he could not swim from the dock at
96th street across Hell Gate to Mill Rock
and back again. Romartuk took the bet,
and his Mends made a pool of $20. He set
out on his swim yesterday afternoon. He
got to Mill Rock, which is about opposite
96th street, and started back again. Sud
denly his friends and a throng of people
watching him from Riverside Park, at 92d
street, noticed that he was in trouble.
David Durr. a member of the United
States Volunteer Lifesaving Corps, set out
in a rowboat. and after a hard pull reached
Romartuk. who was ready to give up.
Durr was himself exhausted, and he had
to wait until another oarsman reached him
before he and the swimmer could be taken
back to the Manhattan shore.
Two Bodies Recovered.
The bodies of two persons who were
drowned during the carnival on Lake Ho
patcong, New Jersey, Saturday night, which
were recovered early yesterday morning.
have been identinefid as those of Miss
Mina Muhe, of New York City, and A. M.
Comegyß, of Wilmington, Del. Both had
been guests at the Mountain View House.
They were thrown into the water when one
of the hotel launches was struck by the
sasolene ferry launch Zuck, commanded
by Captain George W. Hulmes. Four oth
ers in the boat were rescued.
One of th--> attendants going the rounds
of the -bathing houses connected witn COT
ley'S pavilion in Rockaway Park, near
Rockaway Beach, last night discovered a
vounc woman, clad in her bathing suit,
unconscious in one of the houses. He
-ailed Dr. Verlowe, from St. Josephs Hos
pital and the surgeon took the woman to
that institution, still insensible. It is be
lieved that she was taken with a chiu
after leaving the ocean, and suffered so
much from "the shock that she lost con
scioupne^s In a handbag found in the
bathing house was a letter addressed to
Mrs Hannah M. Kane. No. 149 West ?,th
street Manhattan, and from a friend
living at No. 117 West 111 th street.
SEYDEL KILLED DEMARON
Coroner Says There Was No
Provocation for the Shooting.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Poughkeepsie, N. V.. Aug. 7.— Coroner
Alexander C. Hasbrouck, of Highland,
announced to-night his verdict in his in
quest into the death of Clemente Dema
ron, the Italian hotel proprietor, who was
6hot and killed by Louis Victor Seydel,
of New York, at West Park on Sun
day, July 24. The Coroner finds that
"Clemente Demaron was killed by a bul
let from a pistol in the hands of Louis
Victor Seydel."
Coroner Hasbrouck files no memoran
dum with his verdict, but in an inter
view he stated that in his opinion the
deed was inexcusable. He had stated
all along that he believed there was no
provocation for the deed, and he still
holds to this belief.
Mrs. Seydel. when on the witness
stand last Friday, stated that she heard
the Italian quarrelling with her husband
and that two other Italians came on the
premises, as If to surround Mr. Seydel.
It was then that Mr. Seydel came into
the house and got his revolver, his wife
helping him to hunt for It. Seydel then
returned to the yard and shot Demaron.
He claims he did it in self-defence.
INDORSEMENT OF BENNET
Jacob H. Schiff Said to Favor Naming
Congressman for Governor.
A special message was received from
Jacob H. Schiff at the headquarters of the
William S. Bennet Republican Club. No.
30 Church street. Saturday night, in which
Mr. Schiff tells tbe officers of the club that
be indorses Mr. Bennet as a candidate for
the governorship nomination of the Repub
lican party.
T.iis indorsement of Congressman Bennet
by Mr. Benin* is regarded as ■ good omen
by the officers and members <«f the Ben
nei Club.
A mass meeting to advance Mr. Bonnet's
candidacy will be held during the first
week of September in Cooper Union. A
committee of fifty has been named to take
charge of the meeting and Nathaniel J.
Feldman has been chosen its secretary.
Henry Green, president of the club, said
last night that the chairman of the com
mittee would be a man well known in New
York.
TO GIVE TEXAS PROHIBITION
Governor Campbell Calls a Special Ses
sion of the Legislature.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Galveston, Aug. 7.— The. blocking •■' the
liquor bill In the Texas Senate has prompt
,-.i Governor Campbell to call in December
a special session of the £M Legislature, to
give Texas prohibition. He says the peo
ple are clamoring for i; and he wilt nlvo
it to them before O. B. Colquitt, "wet"
Democrat^ nominee for Governor, quali
ties.
The apodal session would include the
newly elected legislators; who* nomina
tion at tlu; primaries on July - ■ is *quivu
lent to their election at the formal *l«e-
Lion in November The new Legislature,
in both Senate and House, is more than
two-thirds Prohibition.
CALLS ELLIS UNBALANCED
Nephew in Threatened $2,000
000 Suit Calls Plan Absurd.
RICH BANKER'S SON TALKS
Proposed Action Against J. W.
Ellis by Brother Not Taken
Seriously.
Charles B. Ellis, for twenty-seven years
a resident of Ireland, has returned to his
native land. He has announced the rea
son of his coming to be the bringing of an
action for $2.0C->.OOO against his only brother,
John W. Ellis, retired, millionaire banker,
and the tetter's son. Ralph N. Ellis, for
mer master of the foxhounds of the Mead
ow Brook Club.
Tho ground for the threatened action,
according to Ellis, Is that his brother and
nephew forced him into exile and kept him
in Ireland all these years because he in
terfered with his brother's financial plans.
In a public notice published In one of the
newspapers of the city. Charles B. Ellis
advertises for -a lawyer or syndicate to
conduct a suit for J2,000,0w by Charles B.
Ellis (seventy-nine) against his only broth
er. John W. Eili.s (ninety-five.i, of No. 22 |
West 57th street and elsewhere, and Ralph
N Ellis (flfty-five\ of the same address, i
in that they caused him to be kidnapped
on January 1, ISB3. and forced him against
his will to take passage on the steamer
Wyoming by the then Superintendent of
Detectives Byrnes, and was landed at
Queenstown and left to starve.
"Charles B. Ellis, at the end of twenty
seven years and eight months, returns in
full vigor of mind and body to avenge his
inhuman deportation. Mr. Ellis fought for
his country in the great war, when his
relative remained at home in Inglorious
ease to amass wealth and revel in luxury, j
which the patriotism of such men as his
> brother rendered possible. (syndicate to
bear all costs, and take fees for services
out of one-half returns."
Once Inmate of Asylum.
In explanation, Charles B. Ellis said he
had been lockedup in an asylum through a
conspiracy between his wife and his brother.
He got out after nine months.
At that time, he says, he was a civil en
gineer and had property in Kar.sas. Later
he came to New York and sot employment
as a civil engineer on tho Union Pacific, but
his brother prevented his going to work.
Then, he says, he exposed some financial
deals! and his brother caused his arrest and
Inspector Byrnes gave him the choice of
going to jai! or going to Ireland for the
rest of his life. "I defied Byrnes." he soya.
"The next day I was put aboard the Wy
oming, Byrnes going down with me. I was
guarded all the way across, and toM that I
would receive a remittance of £1 a montb.
for my support."
In support of his claim that h^ has been
ill treated by his brother and nephew, he
produces a letter, dated February, 1910,
in which Ralph X. Ellis asks him to correct
a deed made in March, 1998, conveying to
Ralph Ellis the property In Kansas. The
letter says with regard to the transfer el
the property: "Thos<=, you will remember,
you did tn consideration of certain things
done then and previously thereto."
John W. -GUis. referred to by his brother.
was born in Vermont Comity, Ohio. His
family came to America :n the seventeenth
century from Sandwich. England, and set
tled at Sandwich, Mass. He began busi
ness in the wholesale drygooda t-
Cincinnatl. and in 1563 organized the First
National Bank of Cincinnati. In I^9 he
came to New York as manager of the
Wtnslow, I>anier & Co. bank. In 183 and
ISSO he reorganized the Northern Pacific
Railroad after it had failed. He formed a
syndicate which took MMQfcMG of its bonds
and finished the road through to the Pacirlc
Coast. He retired from business in IStt
General Grant invited Mr. Ellis to become
Secretary of the Treasury, but the banker
declined the office.
Suit Absurd, Says Son.
John W. Ellis could not be seen yester
day, but his son, Ralph N. Ellis, was at
his home, in Wheatley Hills. Long Island.
When asked about the claim made upon his
father and himself, he said it was too
ridiculous to be dignified by a denial.
"The man is a half-brother of my father."
he said. "Ke is a very brilliant man in
some respects, but he has been, and I dare
say he is again, insane. His story proves
itself absurd on the face of it. A civil engi
neer cannot be thrown into an insane asy
lum and kept there nine months in this coun
try. Neither can he be exiled against his
will. My father did pay him a pension for
some yeor& That part of the story i.s true
It is also true that he threatened my
father. His letters are still in existence. I
believe he was arrested at the time and
left the country, but it b ridiculous to say
that my father caused him to be kidnapped.
He perfected some inventions wh : !e he was
abroad, and he lived on the proceeds, as I
understand it.
"When I wrote him to perfect the deed
by which he had released his Kansas
property to me. I did not ask him to give
me anything, as he had already received
full consideration for the property. The
publicity is very unpleasant for us. but
the very fact that he has to advertise to
try to find a lawyer to take the suit shows
that there is no ground for such action.
Otherwise he would, ere this, have found
a lawyer who would have brought suit.
I do not core to discuss the matter at any
length, for I believe the unfortunate man
is not mentally responsible."
Mr. Ellis said neither he nor his father
had had any knowledge of the presence In
this country of Charles B. Ellis. Tbe
guardian of the.r city houaa, however,
said that a man answering the description
of the claimant had called two or three
times.
See the Man-Birds Fly!
Attend the Great Aviation Meet
at Asbury Park, Aug. iGth to 20th, Inc.
Th* world^ most famous aviators ar* umW tent i«i.»t to c«n.i«t^
Brookin..Coffyn. La Chappie. John-tone, l O iu T *n d others
Take Your Choice Via New Jersey Central
/nfanaIIEAILBOUIB ~ -..!:,. vestlbuled train with Pullman buffet
cars (hard coal, no «:no!ce)-or one of the .swift au.l comfort
able Sandy Hook Bout© steamers: "Anbury Park,"
"Monniouth." "Sandy Hook"
For Asbury Park and North Jersey Coast Resort*
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BATHING SOU REFORM 1
Police Begin to Bar One-Piece
Garb at Coney Island.
SEVEN SWIMMERS ARRESTED
All Men, the Crusade So Far
Not Seeming" to Include the
"Eternal Feminine.'
" When you pack your bathin? suit, jni'tai
two piece*, tor If you appear hi a on,.
piece suit you are more likely to lar>d in
the police station than fr.'- surf at Coney
Island. Then, again, don't tuck the top
piece in the lower pi*-ce. for that ij against
the beach rules of etiquette as interprets
by Police 'Captain GaJvln down at ti«
leisure tele.
It will be obvious that these Httte nut
ter* of form are meant exclusively for the
macsuline element. No complaints so far
have been lodged against the appearance
of the gill Ml feminine." ""' in or ont
of the water. It -^ou'.d certainly 6e a
shame to make the arr*st in that casi, as
on of Captain Gaivin's beach squad put it
yesterday.
To avoi<l trouble". Captain Galvin aad
Magistrate Voorhees. who holds- court Bflaj
Surf avenue, both approve this a.d:nonlUca
to unsuspecting slrls cf ■*■■'> ages:
"Don't start for Coney Island with aa
escort until you are sure he haa a two
piece bathing: suit. if he can't afford ta
buy one. or rent one. make him one.
Otherwise he miv be arrested and yo>j
may have to hurry home alone, to get
tail."
Seven "one-piece suits" fell into the tc!U
of the police prior to falling in the wat«r
yesterday. Five of them had "lady
friends" with them when apprehended, an)
they got bail and went home- early. Oat
wayward boy was led dripping into th«j po
lice station all alone. He telephoned ta
Brooklyn for his father, and had jU3t about
time to rub down and get dressed in tha
improvised rear room bathhouse at •-*
station when his parent arrived. Fataer
and son both promised the captain to be on
hand in court this morning. That •*»ra<(4
to please the boy. for It meant another trip
to Coney Island, and on a week day. too. |
An Actor "Come to This."
The seventh culprit was an actor, one of
the team of Dahm Brothers, acrobats. H«
told pathetically how he had once played
at Hammerstein's. and "now come to this."
His summer residence, was at the Ocean
Parkway Hotel, Coney Island, he said, and
he thought some of the "bunch over there 1 *
would bail him out. He had nothing but
the one-piece suit with him at the station.
Later his Sunday clothes were brought ■-,
him from 11 bathhouse and he put then:
on to make a proper appearar.c* before his
bondsman. Mr. Dahm was still languish
in? in prison at a late hour last night
The names which the bathers arrested
yesterday gave to the police were as tol
lows: Moe Bellman, eighteen years old, af
No. 1723 St. Mark's avenue. Brooklyn: Mor
ris Mandlowitb, twenty-five, of No. 116 Mgj
Kibbon street, Brooklyn: Lawrence Sagona.
seventeen, of No. 17 East awJi street. Man
hattan; Hugh Dahm. twenty-five, of Oceaa
Parkway, Coney Island; Russell Mackey,
twenty-one, of No. 104 Division avenue,
Brooklyn: Paul Stevens, twenty-one-, of No.
7 Roberger Place. Coney Island, and Ernest
Kinscher. seventeen, Of No. 335 Hit. street.
Brooklyn.
Captain Galvin had a squad of twenty
two uniformed men patrolling the Coney
Island beach yesterday looking for objec
tionables. They were earnest looking
bluecoats, with an eye to the sea and *
ready ear for what the wild waves rrAght
say. "Come on in. the water's fine," came
a voice from the edge of. the rising tid»
as Sheridan, of the beach brigade, started
to pursue a fleeing one-piec© suit. Thtn
the voice and the "decollette" sank hi th»
breakers simultaneously. Sheridan fal
tered on the edge of the ocean and al
lowed he would hang around until th»
swimmer swam ashore.
"Objectionables" Elude Police.
But Coney Island bathers are a loss
winded species and remain in the water
for hours at a time. For that reason
Sheridan's objectionable got away, and
undoubtedly many more like him, who
scattered off shore like so many pushcart
venders at the approach of the police.
The thousands on the teach seemed to en
joy the shore-to-sea conversation between
the officers and the bathers. An arrest
■was the occasion of a great demonstration
pro and con.
Most of the arrests yesterday were made
in Seaside Park, at the fast of West 5t5
street, where eight men were arrested oa
Saturday, the day on which the anti-one
piece-suit crusade began. Two or three
of the offenders were gathered in from ■
front of the bathing- pavilions near lbs
Bowery. Warned by the arrests on Sat
urday, many bathing house proprietor*
yesterday instructed their employes to
watch out for the questionable suits and
not allow them near the water. Mas!
would-be bathers in -he prohibited l-.abili
meats were approached by the bath house
men. it was said, and had either to rest
proper apparel or forego a bath.
The eight men arrested Saturday wen
arraigned before Magistrate Voorhtaj ia
the Coney Island court yesterday. At first
they all pleaded not guilty to the technical
charge of disorderly conduct made against
them. Then the magistrate reprimanded
the prisoners severely and said he intend*!
to hold them for trial in Special Sessions
in every case where the evidence war
ranted it. Three of the defendants hur
riedly changed their pleas to guilty M*
were fined $5 each. The others were re
manded on bail for a further examination
before the magistrate oa Wednesday.
■
OKLAHOMA REJECTS NEGROES.
Guthrie. Okla.. Aug. 7.— Complete returns
of Tuesday's primary election from sixty
three out of seventy-six counties givs tJ»
"grandfather clause" (negro disfranchise
mem amendment) a majority or I';**
which snows Its adoption by about 20.0W-