BA TtlWDAT, OCTOBKB 7, 1811.
Rain to-day, with brisk shifting winds;
fair and cool to-morrow.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
VOL LXXIX.-M 37.
NEW YORK. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1911. '" " ""
KEENE TO HANDOVER $900,000; """ "S2!2?
T I Hull Fastens Teeth In Singer's Hand and
Ufa.
BOOTH TARKINGTONS AT ODDS
ROCKING POOL
is REACHED
SETTLEMENT
FINALLY,
p,pr. sld lo Have Hern 4Knril. MH
dnr ttorney Says HI Mere Tenta
tive Agreement. It HI (subject to p
prnvsl by Some of Those Interested.
An offer of uorapfsmiaa by Jatnaa n.
Keen'' IB the milts hrnnsht against
him by th trustees in bankruptcy of
the three Stock Rsohaage firms that
fulled Bi tbe result of the collapse of tho
Bock: rig Peal unit Iron pool on January
it, itiOi has bean accepted by the trus
tee! and It was said yesterday .that the
nettlervnt of the three suits. aggregating
t,.V.'""' only awaits the npprovnl of
other mernbara of the pool who did not
(nil. Tb0 OOttiprOtnlae figure is said to
bt aooo 00O, and this sum is to be divided
MUltably among the plaintiffs in tho
three suit.
As ootl ns the assets have ell been
reived the trustees will (He a petition
, r,.;r! asking permission to discontinue
o,P lull under the ooinpromtea agreed
-pen
While
.lames R heene 1ms tigurerl
Itriely In 'he Rett lament of the suit
through his counsel, Solomon Ranford
and Ji hn B. Stanehtield. it is said th it the
MdO.OOOdoea not all come from him. The
, k Exchange firm of Topper A Stern
rarh. broken for Mr. Keene in the pool
management, who testilied that they
sold th" stock ths' broke the pool with
out the snowieoge nl MV- wn' '""
inner an agreement by which they could
,iipnsr of his stock whenever they saw
(It, hive taken an active part in the sot
'emeiit through their counsel, F.dwnrd
S. Batch of Parker. Hatch A Sheehan.
The three suits involved in the settle
merit were brought by the trustees in
bankruptcy for Lathrop, Hnskins A Co.,
,1. M Kiske it Co. and Roberts. Hall A
frise 1 he two former were members
of the pool and the latter firm went down
through the failure, of the pool members
;o take up the stock bought for them by
Hugh Criss. n member of the firm, who
was the Hocking specialist on tho floor
nf the exchange.
The counsel and the trustees in the
various cases werennt agreed last night in
their statements an to the status of the
stlemetit of the suit. It wnsaaid by one
lawyer that the papers have all been
Mined and that it is no secret that the
urnkers who failed are to get most of the
1000,000 out of the 11 ,5.OOo for which
they have been suing. He said that the
manner in which the IDOn.nnn to be split
is of such a complicated nature that it can
not he explained easily to the lay reader.
Another party to the suit said that while
rertain papers had been signed it might
:ndo a large amount of hard work on the
riart of those interested in the suits to say
that there has Ireon an actual settlement.
He sai l that all were anxious to settle
because die denial of Mr. Keene that
he was responsible for the losses of the
three firm through the collapse of the
pool was .,f such a nature that the trial
of the suit would bo long contested and
would lie fought at every' point.
"While the trustees mny get together
and decide that the offer of settlement
s reasonable they must go to their hone
'claries to get actual permission to act,"
said this lawyer. "At least twenty-five
persons must be consulted. At present
i here is only a conditional settlement."
The persons Inuring in the negotiations
leading up to the settlement in behalf
'if the plaintiffs, were Henry D. Hotchkiss.
'mtee of l.nthrop, Haukins A Co.. who
'r'uglit the first suit against Mi. Keene
through hi- counsel. Abram I. F.lkus
and William S. McGuire. and the firm of
Hays. Kersh field A Wolf, representing
I M Hske A Co., and Roberts. Hall A
OUs The latter's suit was brought
a;a:nst all the members or th- pool
and against Mr. Keene jiersonally. Mr.
Kcane't brokers. Popper A Stcrnbaoh,
were made party defendants to all the
suits.
The cases were all on the Supreme
oourt calendar for trial in Novemlsu-.
and it i said that one of the reasonR why
a eompromise was offered in irehalf of
Mr Keene was that the state of hi health
would not penult him to become involved
ti nu h trials at present .
The complaints in all the suit" were
tased upon the testimony of Mr. Keene
and lus broker. F.dward Popper, in the
bankruptcy proceedings, in the course
of Which Mr. Keene denied that he had
-old out the pool and said t hat all his deni
als hud been for the pool and not for him
t"lf He enabled his telephone operator
Ud his bookkeeper to clean up some
monY the day before the collapse, but
Inflated that he made no profits person
ally lie said the collapse was due to
'lie gr I of the members of the pool in
Maying in the market too long to make
1 'K profits when they could have closed
nit w .-1, reasonable profits. Mr. Pop
lr admitted that his firm sold Mr. Keene
poolito ; the morning of the collapse and
th da) before and said that Mr. Keene
had given permission to sell any of his
stock when the firm thought it necessary
when I began trading with the llrm.
Hi" itnplainta accordingly alleged
ttla' Mi Keene and his brokers were in
ft cons iraoy to depress the market and
rtlin Mi- plaintiffs financially in order to
tnaks Urge profits for themselves, and
thftl while they represented that they
did li"' know either I he persons who
old the rtock or the reasons for the sale
'i" were themselves engaged in selling
'he Htnok in his answer Mr. Keene
denied thai he sold any stock or that he
' responsible for the collapse of the
pool, while the defendant brokora put in
general denial.
the Hooking pool, which vy managed
1 v Mi Keene, had raised the pi Ice of Hock
"'6 1 1 al and Iron stock in a vonr from
M to M, the prion on the day of the col
lapse At one time it touched III1. The
Henri Barron, the tenor lately brought
to America by Henry W Savage for the I
role of ,oAnsrm in "Tile (lirl of the (lolden j
West." was badly chewed by a bulldog
yesterday at the rooming lions ' where j
he in staying. ft( West IMth a' root. The
calves of his legs were torn and when he 1
tried to rid himself of the dog his right
hand was bitten The dog watt taken to I
the West ir,;d street station house and
looked up in a cell
M. bar ion and his wife went for a walk
in the morning to exorcise Madame's
Pomeranian. The Pomeranian was not
leashed. Neither was a big brllidle bull
belonging to Mrs William Keintierg.
another roomer in the same house. The
bulldog does not like Pomeranians. He
was about the premises when the Barrons
and 1'itl returned from their walk, and he
laid in wait for Kih. who skirmished along
some diaUinoe behind hla mistress.
Rqueaka and growls arrested M. Barron
as he followed his wife indoors, and he
turned to see the bulldog beginning to
eat Kill up.
M Barron ran to the rescue and aimed
a kick. The bull, dropping; the Pomera
nian, received t he singer's leg in his jaws.
M Barron tore him loose by the collar
before the dog got a grip to his liking, but
monsieur's hand suffered in the extrica
tion. The dog, released, promptly
fastened to the
At THOU AXtt HIS WIFE AG PEE
TO SEP A HATE.
Story That Their Parting Is Ascribed to
Professional .lealensy Is silly, Rays Mr.
Tarklngton-Friends Nay His Wan
derlust is the Real Cause of Trouble.
For oeveral days there has been a story
alHiut town that Booth Tarkington the
novelist and playwright, and Mrs Tark
ington had agreed to disagree, and the
bit of gossip was confirmed yesterday
afternoon in a telegram from Indianapolis,
home of the Tarkingtons, to the effect
that friends of Mrs Tarklngton say that
she had told them that she and Mr. Tark
ington had separated for good. Mrs
Tarkington did not give out the story
for publication, hut. close friends of Mi
ami Mrs Tarkington said yesterday
that the reports of trouble between the
couple are true
Mf. Tarkington, who returned to New
York rc-ently after spending a summer
abroad, motored yesterday morning to
Princeton from the Princeton Club in
(Iramercy Square, where he has been
living Leal night over the telephone
nher leg, ibrmging his I a StrH reporter talked rn him at Prince-
victim to the flagstones Mine. Barron ton and read to him a despatch which
HECTOH'S HI.OOO SAVES WOMAN,
Transfusion Made When He Was Tailed
to Noothe Her Dylna Hour.
Nabhta. N. H .Oct. 8.- Summoned at
midnight to the bedside of a dying
parishioner and thero informed that an
immediate transfusion of blood from the
veins of another might possibly save her
life the Rev. William Porter Nlles. eon of
Bishop Miles of Now Hampshire and
rector of I he Church of the flood Shepherd,
offered himself to the surgeons as a sub
ject for tho operation.
The transfusion was made and ss n
result hopes for the patient's recovery
are entertained
The rector declined an anesthetic. The
prttient is Mrs Ben F.mcry Burns, wife of
a young lawyer. She was taken ill in
August while nt Yorknotch. where Mr.
Burns was seeking health.
When the transfusion was made st her
homes week ago Mrs. Burns was suffering
from hemorrhages superinduced by ty
phoid fever. Local physicians say It is
the first time where transfusion of blood
was resorted to in a case of this nature
in this city and probahly the first time in
the State.
DAM BREAKS; TOWN WIPEDOUT
TIMELY WARNING AVERTS SEHI
OI S UiSS OE LIFE.
MONA EISA" XEVEIt
STOLES.
the
' husband yelled lustily for help, and every 1 rap as follows:
one within rushed out armed with cane. Booth Tarkington, the author and pla
or coal shovel The dog took a lot of I wrlch. and his w ife have separated 1
vtrs
huvf
beating before he was forced to let go,
when a policeman collared him. He will
be kept in the cell at the station house
until the Board of Health takes hiaa over
for observation.
Dr, Myers of Wa-hington Heights
Hospital cauterised M Barron's wounds,
which were painful but not serious in
themeolvee The tenor went to tied in
his room, and a physioian was called
He was advised to take the Pasteur treat
ment and he will lie indoors for a few
da ye,
M Barron arrived recently from Italy,
where he has been for two years, to join
the Savage product ion . of the Puccini
opera
FOR A REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY,
Prellmuiar) Meeting to rrange an anti
Tammany Fusion If Possible.
A beginning of what mav lead to a
broad fusion movement, should the
I Court of Appeals upset thol.evy election
law, was started last nighr when there
j was a conference at the Manhattan
I Hotel of anti-Tammany men whopledged
themselves to combine for the defeat of
the local Democratic machine at the
coming election. The ostensible purpose
of the conference was "to devise ways and
means to continue the fight against the
proposed charter," but the outcome of
ihe meeting was wider than a fight on
the charter. It resolved itself into an
effort to try to wrest the control of the
Assembly from the Democrats at the
coming election
Among the leaders who attended the
conference last night were Samuel
Krii'iiiir nresidont of the Republican
SCt has hceu announced here hy
Tarklngton to her friends They
heen en the verge of sepsrstion before hut
the final hreak came this ummer when
Mr. Tarklngton went to Europe and his
wife to the Atlantic coast Mrs Tarklng
ton is also a talented writer, and professional
jealousy is said to be one cause of the
trouble.
Mr Tarkington seemed to be listening
attentively to the reading of the message,
but when the last sentence was reached he
laughed.
"I shouldn't like to discuss the matter
at all," Mr. Tarkingion said. "If. how
ever, you will kindly aay that the pro
fessional jealousy' part of tho despatch
is absurd I shall appreciate it. That
makes me laugh I speak not only for
myself but I believe I may speak for Mrs.
Tarkington when I say that 'professional
jealousy' letween Mrs. Tarkington and
me is so absurd that even to take the
trouble to deny it seems silly to me. I'd
rather not talk further on the subject
just now."
A despatch from Indianapolis lster last
night said that nllhough the statement
does not come from Mrs. Tarkington that
she and Mr. Tarkington were about to
I separate she has told some of her friends
that they will not live together again.
Mrs. Tarkington has taken a house in
another part of the city, where she will
live henceforth with her child.
In the pas; summer tho old Tarkington
homosteud at Pennsylvania end F.leventh
streets Indianapolis, has been redecorated
and many improvements weromade While
tho alterations were going on it was
understood by friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Tarkington that the remodelled house was
nix To SYRACUSE team.
Tells Them on the Train Down Thai He
Hopes The'll njst Yale.
Oov Dig boarded the train at Albany
yesterday on which were the members of
the Syracuse football team, substitutes
and admirers The Syracusans were on
their way to meet Yale at New Haven
to-day When New York was half an
hour's ride awav the Governor came info
the Syracuse car and greeted Capt Fogg,
who heads the team
"I've a warm spot in my heart for
Syracuse." said the Oovernor. "and if t
hear to-morrow that Yale has won I
shall le greatly disappointed Your
trip is an invasion of Connecticut by New
York State and I trust that you will re
member this and win "
The Governor said he had especial In
terest in Syracuse since he signed a bill
last summer for appropriations Tor a
State school of forestry at the univer
sity He was told that a hundred students
had already registered for the new school
and seemed greatly pleased
TWO KILLED AT
TELEPHOXF.
Power
eountv committee; W. .J. Sehieffelln
chairman of the Citizens I'nirm; F.ugene
Outerbridge, representing the chamber
of Commerce; Allan Robinson of the
Allied Real Kslate Interests. Charles
H. Strong of the City Club. Otto T.
Bannard and Russell Beaediol of the
Brooklyn League
At (fee close of the conference i: was
said thai I he greateria- t of the discussion
had been devoted to condemning the
pri ipoeeo enarxernna rormmg .i commmee i f.rA
to work iiirainst the reelection ol all the
! to be the future home of the novelist and
his wife Many of Mrs. Tarktngton's
personal belongings were moved to this
house and still are there.
Although a few close friends of the
couple in Indianapolis and Sew York
have known for several weeks that the
Tarkingtons soon were to separata the
announcement yesterday at Indianapolis
and later in New York that separation
. proceedings were under way caused BUr
I prise. For several weeks, however, mem-
of the Tarkingion and Fletcher
fojnilies (Mrs Tarkington is a daughter
Assemblymen who voted for it. but at tho of ,hp .t gtoUghton I. Fletcher, presi
Rime time it was admitted that the sense j dell, nf ,hp -ejttoher National Rink of
f the meeting was that the most effective
means of preventing the charter being j
passed next year would be to restore the ,
ontrol of tin- Assembly to the Republican
party. I o this end a sub-committee was
appointed to plan a campaign.
too FRIENDLY TO UNCLE SAM.
Panama Charge Against Minister Porrss
lie's I'olng to right troymrna.
ttptea Coals Ditptuth to ths. sck.
Panama, Oct The local press pub
lishes the charges against Dr Porraa,
who has been recalled as Minister to the
United States li is alleged that Dr.
I'orras offered the United) Stutes Charco
Aeu I Bay, but that the offer was declined.
Further, it is suid, Dr. Porraa drafted a
memorandum wherein it was set forth
that should ho be elected President of
Panama he would appoint Americana
as chier of police and chief of the office
of statistics, create a geodetic depart
ment under American direction and es
tablish American colonies throughout the
count ry .
The entire Cabinet except the Minister
of Foreign Relations voted for the re
moval of Dr. Porraa. T he minority fa
vored suspension.
Washington, Oct fl Dr Belisario
Porraa, Minister from Panama, has ad-
Uted the officers of the State Department
of his recall by President Arosemena of
Panama Dr. Porraa will remain m this
city for about a month or six weeks be
fore returning to Panamu. where he will
probably enter the campaign against the
reelection of President. Aroseniena. Dr
Porraa will probably be the Presidential
candidate of the Liberal party. Tho
elections will take place next July.
SNOW IN THE
ADIRONDACKS.
In
The Kin Ire orlli l ountry Blanketed
White The Mercury Ntantts st 4t,
Sahanac Lake, Oct. B. The heaviest
full of snow in a decade at this time of
year is occurring to-night throughout
the northern Adirondacks. Nearly live
inches had fallen at 9 o'clock, and tho pre
cipitation was still rapid. A heavy rain
turned to snow about I o'clook. and to-
nigh I the entil e north country is blanketed
linn "f Uthrop, Haskins A Co we the wh,to' At T,1l,l'er Mk"' Cle;ir
Prin ipal lii m in the pool and was the floor
101 ...,er uf the pool trecause the Hook
ing property was held largely by persons
intei nsted in the firm.
ilr Keens was examined a dozen times
111 tn bankruptcy proceedings, and his
testimony wag not yet concluded when ha
u""L '" Europe a year ago this summer
o" has been ill there ever since. Counsel
1,1 11 use agreed that bfOaVUM of the
tlAU of his health he should bo relieved
of further questioning if be found it necs
v lo gr, abroad. Mr Keenewas com
Ptlled recently to undergo an operation
U lindon, from which he is recovering.
Paul Smith i and LOOD Lake tho same con
ditions as here prevail. Points on tho
Cbataaugay Railroad report heavy snow
since 3 o'clock.
The mercury stands at 4'.' degrees, and
in the valleys half of the precipitation has
melted On tho rangos. however, the
snow covered trees give the appearance
of midwinter. Woodsmen fear that this
is the beginning of real winter, basing
their opinions on the getieral coldness of
the last two weeks. Scarcely a night has
passed but that water in pails or puddles
has frozen, sometimes to tbe thickness of
an inch.
tltdianapolia), have known that the writtrr
and his wife probably had separated for
good when Mr Tarkington went tc
Europe early last summer
According to Indianapolis gossip the
disagreement between Mrs and Mr.
Tarklngton is due principally to Mr.
Tarkington's wanderlust. Mrs Tarking
ton. her friends say. likes a quiet life In
a permanent home and does not fancy
the night life of Paris. London. Vienna
and NewYork. which appeal to the novel
ist. When Mr Tarkington wrote plays in
collaboration with Harry Leon Wilson
usually the two men did their work, at
least the finishing touches of their plays,
at the Hotel Algonquin in West Forty
fourth street. For weeks after the play
had been finished Mr. Tarkington re
mained hore with Mr. Wilson overlooking
rehearsals. When his plays were not
rehearsed here they were put on in Chi
cago. All of this cuuscd him to be awuy
from Indianapolis months at a stretch.
And once the play had been launched
successfully the author would hie him
self to York Harbor. Me , or to Kuropo
"to let off steam." as he put it. Mra.
Tarkington liked Indianapolis Iretter and
stayed ut home.
II any settlement has been reached
between Mr. and Mrs Tarkington as to
the custody of their little daughter the
arrangement has not been made public,
It was stated authoritatively, however,
that there are no property interests at
stake. When Mr. Fletcher, father of
Mrs. Tarkington, died about a year and
a hall ago he left about ll.OOO.noo to each
of his lour children. Mrs. Tarkington
has her share of the legacy in hej- own '
name.
Mr. Tarkingion is said to have earned
something in the neighborhood of 11.
(MKI.OOO by his writings since he was gradu
ated from Princeton in 1893. Ho was
married to Miss Laurel Louisa Fletcher
on June is, iguy, rnnceion gave air.
Tarkington an A. M. In 1889. He was
elected to the Indiana Legislature in 1803
and at one lime seriously was mentioned
for the office of Mayor of Indianapolis,
but would not run.
In addition to his enormously suc
cessful "The Man From Home Mr.
Tarkington wrote "Your Humble (Ser
vant" in Collaboration with Harry
Leon Wilson, and in earlier days
he dramatized "Monsieur Beaucaire,"
which was played by Richard Mansfield
and lately lias been revived. Also he is
the author Of nine novels, Ihnjiest known
of which perhaps is "The Gentleman From
Indiana " He is a member of the National
Institute of Arts and Letters. Ihe Lamlw.
the Players, the Princeton (Tub of
New York, the Ivy at Princeton and the
University and Columbia clubs of Indianapolis.
Telephone Wires Crossed With
Wires In Klrctrlcal Storm.
Clktklanp, Ohio, Oct a. Joseph Slo
vecek. So years old. nnd Joseph Shipka.
38 years old, met instant death within
two minutes of each other to-night when
the wires nf a telephone in the liquor
store of S. Klinger became crossed with
power wires in a storm which swept
the city.
Sloveoek died after rescuing Klinger
and his bartender. Louis Sadlock. who
ran to the rescue of Shipka. and were
themselves caught by the current. Klin
ger and Sadlock wore painfully burned,
but wen" released by Sloveoek in time
to oscapo fatal in.iurie.
Shipka was caught in the storm whiTe
going home and stepped into the Klinger
establishment to telephone that he would
be delayed for dinner
He took down the receiver and re
ceived a shock. Klinger ran to Shipka's
side and (fcrasped him about the waist.
He received a shock and was unable
to release himself. He called for heln
and Sadlix-k, in the barroom adjoining,
ran to help him. He too became on-
meshed, the two struggling vainlv to
release themselvee.
Sloveoek. who was in the barroom.
seized a broom by the handle and knocked
the telephone from the wall, freeing the
three men
Shipka was dead and the two others
were suffering seerely from shock and
bums
Fearing that the live wires left dangling
would st the building a lire Blovoook
carefully wound the debris about the
brush end of the broom, holding Ihe
whole BgatQBl the wall
Shortly after he had completed Ihis
precaution something distracted his
attention and the broom slipped slightly
Before he could save himself Ihe tangled
wires and wrecked instrument slipped
down tho smooth broom handle and
wound about his hand.
There was a dazzling flash and Sloveoek
fell dead.
IHt. ELIOT TO CIRCLE OLORE.
President Knirrltus or Harvard Plans an
I light Monlh Trip.
Camhripck.. Mass . Oct, 0 President
Bmeritua Charles w Kliot of Harvard
is planning a trip around the world, to
start on November T and occupy ap
proximately eight months The greater
part of his time will be spent in Japan.
China anil India He will sail from New
York on November 7 on the Kronprinz.
Wllheltn for Cherbourg, thence he will
go lo Ceylon, where he is scheduled to ar
rive December .1 From there lie will
make a side trip into the interior w India
occupying about eight weeks. On his
return to Ceylon he will go directly to
Singapore, stepping off at Rangoon
and Penang, At Singapore he w ill branch
off to Java Thence he will continue to
Hongkong, from where he will make
another side trip to the Philippines before
he starts for Shanghai From the Chinese
ports he will travel up the Yangtse River
to Hankow and thence to Pekin and
Tientsin. On returning to Shanghai he
win sail for Japan, where he will arrive
late In April and make a prolonged stay
From Japan ho will cross the Paciflo to
San Francisco, stopping at tho Hawaiian
Islands He is scheduled to arrive in
San Francisco on July I. 1812. and will
go directly to his summer home at North
east Harbor.
HOLDS M XAMARA EVIDENCE,
Indiana Cnurl neftises to Allow Kxhlhlts
lo Br Taken to California.
Indian pom., Oct, Judge Joseph
T. Markov of the Criminal Court this
afternoon denied Ihe petition of the State
of California asking that it be permitted
to transfer to California the evidence
held bv Marion county in the MoNnmara
dynamiting cases
In denying the petition Judge Markey
pointed out that it was absolutely neces
sary that the desired evidence remain
in Marion eountv arid cited the Indiana
statutes, which provide that it is Ihe duty
of a court to protect anl preserve )ho evi
dence held by the court. He said he did
not doubt the good faith of California, but
said if the evidence was sent to Califor
nia there was good reason to believe that
kt would be difficult to get it back.
t
Black Blver Falls, a Town of Two Then
sand People. Turned Into a Istke
Cenerete Face of Dam Htands While
WaterTears Away Abutting Hillsides.
Lacbossf. Wis., Oct. The town of
Blsck River F'alls has been wiped out of
existence hy the rush down tho Black
River Valley of the waters of ljko Arbu
tus, the artificial lake created by the
JVXi.ooO water power dam nt Hatfield,
five miles above laok" River Fslls.
Two are known to be dead nnd rumors
are reaching here hourly of other cas
ualties. One report ssys that forty are
dead. Confirmation of this report is im
possible, but while thero may have boon
many fatalities, tho number ran hardly
be so large, for it was known at daylight
that the Hatfield dam was In danger,
and the people of Ihe valley were warned.
The Hatfield dam. a concrete structure
100 feet thick at the bottom. 50 feet thick
at the top and 30 feet high, still stands.
Lake Arbutus, above tho dam. has
torn away the granite sides of the valley
in which the dam is built, and the dam is
an Island between two rushing torrents.
The Delia Dsm. five miles above. Hatfield,
is Intact, but there also the rrs-k of the
hills has proved more vulnerable than
the reonforced concrete, and there also
the concrete dam stands an island with
a river on each side, tearing at the hills.
Black River Falls, a city of 2.0no, has
heen practically destroyed. Thirty busi
ness blocks, including the biggest in the
town, a three story structure, the Hotel
Freeman, have been washed away. The
flood tore great holes in the sides of the
valley. A witness of the flood says he
saw a building ion feet from the water
disappear into the flood with all the bank
on which it stood.
Only the warning early in the day saved
Black River Falls from a repetition of the
Austin disaster. The telephone opera
tors of the two companies stood at their
switchboards until the buildings In which
they were working were three feet deep
in water. Then the girls wore carried to
high land, just before the wall of water
reached them.
News of the disaster is lreing sent the
thirty miles from Black River Falls to
this city by a telephone lineman perched
on top of a telephone pole. He is giving
bulletins to the telephone company here.
His post is now standing in ten feet of
water, but he is In little danger. Tor the
rush of the flood has passed and the place
which was a city is now a lake.
A dozen smaller towns between Black
River Falls and here are either in the flood
or are momentarily expecting the walls
of water to reach them.
It is from these places that the reports
hsve come of forty dead This figure
must be accepted with the greatest reser
vation. Farmers whose homes were in
the valley were in soores of 'cases not
warned, but there is no way to check
this list of possible deaths
The Black River runs through a terri
tory' largely given to farming, but also
very swampy in spots, and while the esti
mates here to-night place the possible
financial loss st lin.ooo.ono this figure,
like the death loss, is doubtless beyond
the mark
Rlaok River Falls and the Black River
Valley are not alone the sufferers. Five
counties in western Wisconsin are In
undated, Residents of nearly 100 small
towns, villagesnndcitieshave Ireen forced
to flee from their homes.
Manv of the scenes of desolation fol
lowing the breaking of the Austin dam
are being reenaoted in Lacrosse. Jackson,
Kauclaire. Clark and Marathon counties.
All of the valleys have become filled
wirli debris while the fate of manv of
the settlers in the less settled regions is a
source of fear.
Beginning on Friday morning the first
(Torts to strengthen the earthen levees
around the Dell dam, on the Black River.
were liegun A force of M0 men was
put to work building Up the embankments,
but as the flood became greater and the
press ol the water grew Heavier Hie men
were allowed to abandon their futile tusk
al midnight, and by daybreak this morn
ing the new made embankments had
l-en worn away and large inroads made
upou the eurthen sides of the dam.
Wor l of the loosening of the embank
ments of this dam had been sent ahead
to the larger and more costly dam at.
Hatfield, where preparations to receive
the flood were hastily -made. All night
long Supt. Triis of the power company
rode horseback up and down the valleys
that were not too deeply tilled with water,
warning the farmers.
At 10 o'clock this morning the east side
of the Hatfield dam was washed out and
later the west side went down. All hope
for some of the smaller towns which
hug the river bank was given up at that
time
The flood struck Black River Falls
a few hours later. The water did not
come in a wave but in a succession of
waves. Houses were undermined and
washed into the stream The railroad
bridge finally gave way and with a crash.
"Black River Falls is doomed. The town
will be wi(ed off the map," was the com
ment of W. W. Holcomh, manager of the
Standard OirJCompuny here, who returned
to-night. "When I left at A o'clock this
afternoon the place was under wster.
I saw a big stone building on a hill I0O
feet from the water crumble like an egg
shell and disappear. Then a knoll 8il feet
long was undermined and then the poor
house, four stories high, went with it."
Of Hatfield, the village st the dam,
there is not a house or s hut left standing
The power plant itself Is intact.
Nhe'll Noon He Hack in the Uiture
Paris Cef c Hear Iturrr Mtory.
Sprcinl Cnhtr VttptitcH lo Tan Scs.
Paws, Oct. n Now Paris hears that j
the "Mona Lisa" is to come back some- i
what disfigured, and that after all she
really never was stolen. The bile that
is going Ihe rounds of the cafes and boule
vards Is that all of this time "La Joconde" ,
has been smiling away in the studio of a
photographer.
Permission to photograph the picture
was granted and tho photogniphe
representative went to the Louvre to
MASTERS OF TRIPOLI PORTS
ITALIAN SAILORS LAND UNDER
OVNS OF THE FLEET.
Homan People Pause in Cheering While
the Popr Hlesse Regiment Htartlng
for Africa Courage of the Nona In
Tripoli flopltal Brave Turks gunk.
ft serfs! CeMl nrtpatehn lo Tm Srs.
Romk. Oct. a, - The Italians are now
get I the masters of the situation on the coasts
the painting. Ho was by no means as of Tripoli and Cyrenaicu. Landing par
clearheadcd as ho should have been, and! ties covered bv the iriins of the fleet.
,h ' hold th- ports pending tho arrival of tho
army of oooupiiion, whoso doparturo
while removing the picture f
frame he damaged it.
Kvnrvho.lv in the nhotnoranhlc sfmlio ,,nM' ' ,r oceup.iiotl
was so badly frightened thai the atory of j 11 being hastened. There has been no
the theft was concoct ed in order to give , attack upon theTurks, who have retreated
a picture restorer time to make the paint- to the interior.
ing presentable again hefore it was re
turned.
It is said that, the restorer h's almost
completed his job and thai s ion "La
Joconde" will be smiling again In the
Louvre
The aarly return of the picture is pre
dicted bv ihe inner circles of the manage
ment of the Louvre,
CA I' r. PARK r. it OS Tin 1 1.
It ins be in officially announoed that
1 the Government will no! delay news of
military engagements or operatlona.
News from private, sourest la declared
to be untrustworthy. This announce
: ment is in'.repieied ae meaning that
operations have been suspended until
'the occupation has been aooorcplished,
and ns being Intended in the meantime
to oheok conjeo! ires i: newappar.
The Pope blessed do Eighty-second
Regiment to-diy a i It pa wed tne Vatican
on its way to tiic railwiy station Crowds
cheered the soldier.? is they marched
On Charscs (ironing Out or the Oroantk
Ins of Battlrthlp Nehrssks.
Wasiunoton. Get. . Cgpt, James P.
Parker. U. S. N . commanding officer of:
the battleship Nebraska, is being court- I
martialled on charges growing out of the , through the streets.
grounding of that vessel Inst August I ,, th" coltimi rei- '.i1 t'v virility of
while entering the harbor of Province- ,,, Vatioa -l e high window opoiei and a
lown, ,,in!n. ,,o rninei tins ne"ii in
command of tho Nebraska only a few
months and before that was cnpfaln of
white dud
lifted Ti
the Norfolk yard Tho court is in session
at Boston.
The grounding was investigated by a
court of Inquiry whose report was sent
to the Navy Department by Rear Admiral
Hugo Oaterhaua, commander in chief
of the Atlantic fleet, who was directed
to tako whatever action he regarded as
necessary. He ordered the court-martial
HFRIEH OVtl HORDES IS.
New Canadian Cabinet Membership to Br
Announced on Monday.
Ottawa, Oct. a Ijurier wont out and
Borden came in this afternoon The
Iurier Cabinet held its last meeting at
noon and at half past 1 quit the quarters
which it had occupied for the last fifteen
years Sir Wilfrid drove out to the Gov
ernment House at 4 o'clock and handed
his resignation as Prime Minister to Karl
Grey, who asked him whom he advised
htm to call to form the new Government.
Sir Wilfrid then gave his last advice to
the Governor -General to the effect that
R. L. Borden was tho man
Mr. Borden was summoned imme
diately He went to the Government
House and received the customary in
vitation He accepted and told the Governor-General
that he would inform him
in a day or two of his selections of Min
isters The new Prime Minister has not com
pleted his Cabinet, but George aVrley,
chief Conservative whip,' said this after
noon that rtie Cabinet would lie announced
on Monday
KILLED HY TAISTED MOSEY.
Bank Officer Poisoned by Scratching Pim
ple liter Handling Moiled Hills.
Boston. Oct 6. Poison got by handling
money caused tho death in Wnltham to
day of George H. Farnham. treasurer of
the Waltham Cooperative Bank.
Some time ago Mr. F'aVnham, while
counting money in the bank, scratched
I pimple behind his ear. He thought
no more of the incident until the pimple
gave him pain and developed into an
abscess Eventually the poison impreg
nated his blood and culminated in Rright's
disease
The history of the case was traced by
the doctors attending to tho act of the
treasurer in touching the pimple with
fingers poll lUiotl bv soiled pttsr money.
CHRISTIAN SCJENCE HOME
Which Is Maid Noi lo He Approved From
Host on.
Supreme Court Justice Pendleton ap
proved yeaterday articles of incorpora
tion of the First Christian Science Home
Association of the State of Now York.
which is to provide suitable, homelike
accommodations for men nnsi women
desirous of receiving the precepts of the
Inte Ma'v Baker F.ddy. Tho home will
exclude no one on the ground of poverty,
birth or prejudice.
The directors are Lysbeth L. Campbell,
Regunn.F. Rothschild. F.merson P. Jen
nings and Susan F. Jennings. Philip J.
Major nnd Marguerite Markle. It is said
that tho proposed home does not have
the approval of the heads of the Christian
Science Church in Boston.
WARRANT FOR II Hi II OFFICIAL.
and cn
HARVARD UNION BARS LIQVOR.
Administrative Board of Big Club Puis
Ban on Brer Nights.
CAMnpinos, Mass . Oct. . Liquor has
been barred from the Harvard Union.
No more beer nights, punches or banquets
with drinks may be held there. This new
regulation of the administrative board
of the Union has just gone into effect and
came ns a surprise lo the organizations
having headquarters in the Union building
The Harvard Union is Ihe big club tif
the university and is the one to which
every man in the college may belong if
he wants. There i noMr In the Union
and HqtKirs are not served in its restau
rant, but many organizations have had
punches and beer nights there.
Philadelphia Safety IHreclor
Contractor! Accused.
Philadelphia, Oct, e. warrants for
Director of Public Safety Henry Clay,
John R Wiggins, a contractor; Carl B
Zilen.iger. an architect in the Depart
ment of Public Safety, and W. H Wills,
who is associated with the Wiggins firm
as treasurer, were sworn out to-day by
Logan M BullitA before Magistrate Bar
rett The information in the affidavits is
based on the testimony heard hefore the
Catlin commission two weeks ago
T he charge is that Clay was in collusion
with Wiggins to obtain an excessive price
from the city for the erection of bath and
tire houses and police stations It was
testified that after the plans and specifica
tions had bean prepared and other bid
ders had submitted estimates Wiggins
had an opportunity to raise his bid
Charles S Wesley of counsel for John
R Wiggins and W H Wills accepted
service for his clients The warrants are
returnable on Monday neat, As soon as
ho heard of the warrants Director Clay
hurrledto Ihe office of his counsel, former
District Attorney George S Graham
The particular contracts Upon which
attacks were made called for improve
ments ami alterations to the truck house
at Sixteenth and Catharine streets and
Ihe erection of a public bath house at.
Montrose and Darlen streets 'In the
latter job, it was alleged, an inferior and
softer grade of stono was used, which re
duced the cost of material U less than
fin nisi, whereas tho contract price was
moie than tto.nim.
figure w is seen, with hand up-
was alienee for a moment
as th" crowds reillwd whnt wis tn'tin
place, nnd tlcm tho cheering was re
newed. When t!v regiment had passed the Pope
retired from th" window.
! The Pope is pleased c-t the courage dfc
played by the Apostolic Prefect and the
I eM,nktn hi ii m in tho hoo-ibul io Trinoli
who were th" only Italians remaining in
tho town during th" cnurs" of the bom
bardment. The Pope says that their
courage and patriotism are exemplary,
nnd has sent them a wireless blessing
through the navy.
Admiral Aubrey has sent a message to
Rome saying that sailors from the battle
ship Vittorlo F.manuole have landed at
Harsatebruk. east of Derna. without re
sistance. The Italians have thus occu
pied a toint in t 'yrenaion as well as In Tri
poli. Kighteen transports are now ready at
Naples to ssil for Africa. The Duke of the
Abruzzi has returned to Taranto, where
he met an enthusiastic welcome
Prime Minister Giolitti arrived at
Turin this morning He was received
fervenxly He left later in the dny for
Racconigi, where he had n long confer
emf with the King
An official statement was made to-day
to the effect that the Italians have occu
pied the town of Tripoli.
Hear Admiral Boreadolmo has been
appointed Governor of Tripoli. Further
detachments of saiiors with guns and mi
trailleuses were landed to-day and tbe
military occupation completed without
incident .
Tho (ierman Consul-General informed
Vice-Admiral F'aravelli that no foreigners
had heen injured during the bombardment.
Neither had any damnge lieen done to
their residences
An official statement issued this after
noon says " ire was treacherously opened
from San Giovanni di Medun. on Ihe Al
banian coast, upon an Italian vessel flying
th, w hite flag. The Italian destroyer Arlig
lieri. which wns patrolling in the vicinity,
refilled, firing in order to protect the
Italian vessel. The destroyer was slightly
damaged and her commander was
wounded in the foot. The damage to the
enemy is unknown
A wireless message from some portion
of the Red Sea says the ft ilian warship
Aretuaa attacked and seriously damaged
the fortifications of llodeida. ono of the
leading seaports of Turkish Arabia.
She also sunk a Turkish gunboat. A score
of the crew of Ihe latter were killed
Many others plunged into the sea and
were rescued by boats from the Arettisn.
i uosta, Oct. n. The cruiser San Marco,
which has arrived here, reports that
during the bombardment of Tripoli eight
Turkish torpedo boats nttemped "with
incredible audacity'' to attack the Italian
battleships. The battleships tired two
shells nnd sank two of the lorpedo boats.
Then tho others fled.
Tho Italians had not a single man killed
or w ounded in the homhardmentand none
of the warships was damaged.
In spite of other reports It is now said
Hint only three Turks were killed and that
twenty wounded were found by the
Italians when they went ashore at. Tripoli.
Milan. Oct. s. -The warships under
the command of Admiral Dirovel bom
barded Bengazi and Derna with little
resistance. The squadron, is now an
chored near the Bay of Bomba, south of
'Tote, after searching in vain for the
Turkish fleet.
Romk, Oct. 7 (via Chiassol, The porta
of Bangtail Derna, Tirza, Bomba and
Tombruk have been bomliarded by Italian
warships and bluejackets have been
lnnded. They took possession of the forte
and hoisted the Italian flag.
The Turks offered strong resistance
at Bengali, but the Italians suffered
no loss.
Public feeling in Italy is stirred on
iccount of the shelling of the torpedo
boat Artigliere, which was juit rolling the
coast to prevent smuggling of arms int.
Albania. Two suspicious craft hove in
sight and an officer in a boat with a white
flag left tho Artigliere to inspect Ihe
vessels. No contraband of war was found.
As the officer was returning to the
torpedo boat the Turkish artillery fired
upon his boat from behind the hills of
Dnmlnaga, San Giovanni. Two shells
struck the ArtigliOre above the water
line. She immediately returned tho Are,
which did not cease until the Italians
were safe on board. Commander Bis
caretti was struck in the left foot by a
bullet.
The Government declares that the at
tack was unwarranted On the other
hand! the action of Biscaretti is severely
criticised in Opposition circles The im
pression is that the Turks only fired arter
great provocation resulting from Bis
carettt's ambition to emulate the exploit.