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VOL. LXXXI. NO. 15.
NEW YORK. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1913. v m. mm phmM9 a.oh0oo.
TWO CENTS.
prICe
MORE HEALED
AT L0URDES
Three Women and Two Boys
Said to Have Been
Healed There, i
avo r t a 4 nrn an astTof! 1? i PPonronoe, the poor ohi fellow ia to bo
UJ ' sofl UIVIF Jll 1 Ti taken out on the mountain and planted
m Juat where the Prince and hla parly will
paaa and when Allien I. return to Ku
.... rm a r . I ,'"p" h wl" able to tell of hie Amcri-
Otlien Throw Away Crutches ;., bear hum with cm. ottr.
After Visiting Famous
Shrine.
CARDINAL 1PHOLDS THEM
Irish Prelnte Sn.vs Girl Wan
Really Healed on
Friday.
Speruil Cable lessefcA tn Tna 111.
Lot Rons. St pit 14. Several new cures
are sulil to have occurred here to-day at
UM flume of the' Virgin Mary on the
fiftieth mm I versa ty of the beginning of
the conatruction of the ahrine. The
. rowdj of seekers after the performance
of miracles were thrilled with excitement.
Mine, rtourneay. aged It, a French pll
ai in, who has been completely crippled
Willi rheumatism for four years and who
crawled along on crutches with the great
ret difficulty, waa returning from an early
morning visit to the ahrine when she sud
denly felt power returning to her here
tofore useless leg. The woman threw
away her crutrhea and walked easily and
painlessly She now demonstrate her
restored activity by constantly rlsln-
hen seated and walking rapidly In order
to aaaure herself that the cure is a per
manent one.
A Belgian girl named Jeanne Hodet,
years old. who haa been deaf und dumb
and Buffering from St. Vltua dance for
three year as the reault of acarlet fever,
vlaited tha ahrine on Saturday. While
dressing herself to-day the girl atartled
her mother by exclaiming : "I have lost
my ahoe !"
The mother became greatly excited and
hurried with the child to the medical
bureau, where ahe exhibited her to the
doctors. The latter compared the official
records of the caao with the present state
of the child, who waa the least excited
peraon in the roots BM Who pronounced
several woifits for the physicians. She
showed none of the former twitching of
St Vltua dance and could hear normally
in her left ear, but the right one la still
somewhat defective.
or Also. Reports Cars.
Thomas Downey, aged 13, of Belfast,
Ireland, who accompanied the 2.300 lriali
pilgrims, was In an advanced state of
tubercular diaeaae of the hip with a dis
charging sinus and could barely hobble
with crutches, He surprised hla attend
ant on Saturday evening by aaying he
felt much stronger and after again vti
itlng the ahrine to-day suddenly deolsren
that he did not need his crutches and
proceeded to walk without them.
The boy waa taken to the medical
bureau, where the audden Improvement
waa recorded. He waa then carried to
I"' .hnBI..2!,he.rK C "IOPP'n- rrri
he de lighted tha onlookers bv walking'
he delighted the onlookers by walking
unaided through tha gardens.
Michael Downey, also of Belfast, who
was dependant on crutches for wanting,
suddenly discarded thorn yesterday and
la reported to bo la a normal condition
to-day.
Agnes Macgulre, another Irish pilgrim,
who .suffered from a chronic tubercular
knee, is also reported to be very much Im
proved by her visits to ths grotto, and
two little Irish boys who wers para
lysed and who worshipped st the shrine
declare that they feel greatly Improved.
Irish t.lrl's "t ore" Peraaaoeat.
Orace Maloney of Klllaloe. Ireland, whs
was suffering from a tubercular swelling
of the knee, which prevented her from
walking, but who threw her crutches
away on September 12 after visiting the
shrine, contlnuea to be sound snd well.
This girl, who Is II years old, hss Joined
nil the processions of pilgrims since shs
was "cured" and always walks without
the aid of crutches and without limping.
Cardinal Logue, the Primate of Ireland,
who la with the Irish pilgrims, hss au
thorised the following statement In regard
to this girl:
"Mlia Maloney h cure Is certain. I saw
her myself after the doctors examined
her. We are now only waiting for a cer
ullcate from her doctor in Ireland be
fore formally declaring this cure. Two
other cures have been reported, and al
though they have not received confirma
tion by the medical committee there Is un
doubtedly a great Improvement in the
condition of both patients."
Virgin Appeared In 1H5M.
It waa tn the year Ilia that the rumor
spread through the religious circles of
Kiance that the Virgin hsd appeared to
a young girl of Lourdes. Bernadette Sou- i
biPOUS, the twelve-year-old daughter of aj
poor miller, whohad suffered all her life'
fiom nervoua dlseuaes. The child, who
lUld neither write one ,..! I..M h-.
parents that with two friends ahe had'
gone one day to the grotto Juat outslds of j
the village to get aome kindling wood. !
suddenly, she said, she saw s strange the 1,010 foot mark, but had to quit be
liKht at the bottom of the grotto, and in,fore reaching tho llnlsh line near the
bushftlS northernmost pler of ft, iH.ghw.y bridge.
white.
The two companions of the girl saw'lng the dlstsnce of spproxlmately 1,200
nothing, nor did any one else who ac
companied the girl to the grotto after
ward. Bernadette told her parents that
the Virgin spoke to her In the dialect of
the district
The child, according to stories told In
I.ourdea, was then commanded to go and
drink of a spring near by. Thta she did
ana waa immediately cured. Hundreds of : Wstrous, Bessie wsiser and little Anna
others came to the spring and drank, ' be! Hudson, 4 years old, who swam part
some ecn carried the water away In ' 0f the way.
vul y..r.umuuii: th. foTnd,?:
were laid for a magnificent church, j
BEAK WATTING FOR ALBERT I.
Wilt Be Plared la front of Prlncr of
urn, asm wimm,
Coi.t. Wyo, Hept. .4. The Prince of
Monaco, wlio arrives tn Cody on Monday
With tlin Intention of going bear hunt Inn
with Buffalo Bill, will certainly have an
opportunity of killing at leant one hem.
If the etoi Irs In circulation In ('oily ure
baaed on fact.
Uut In an abandoned rabln on the
miiuntaiiialde there la aiilil to l. an old.
j decrepit, hmken down hear which la being
raved for the Prince. The hear haa been
In captivity fur years. According to the
report. If a wild bnar doea not make hi
in accordance with Prince Albert
wlabee. the luxuries of clvlllxatlon are to
b- left hchlnd during the trip Into the
Wyoming wllda. The rotor of Monaco will
subsist on beans, hacon. corn meal and
potatoea. Thta plain fare will Iw aerved
mm.
on tin platee with wood huddled Iron
a and forks.
TANGO MUST 00. SATS PRELATE.
trrhblshop Qalalrv of blraaro He.
Silas War oa Dsaet.
Ciii. auo. Sept. 14 .-- Archbishop ijnigley.
head of the Itoman Catholic dioceae of
Chicago, haa declared in letters Just sent
to the pastors of parishes In hla Juris
diction thnt the "tango" must go.
The Rev. K. F. Iloban. secretary to
Arehi.i..,.. ani.w m.iM ii... i..n.r in
the priests.
Iiean Walter T. Sumner of the Kplsco-
pal Cathedral of S8. I'eter and Haul haa
also taken measures to stump out the
new dance.
SAY MEXICAN REBELS
HOLD 100 AMERICANS
Refugees on Way to Y. S. From
TotTfon Said to Have
Reen 'atnrMl.
Spl Cable Tltipatr fa Tar Si s.
Mrsico Citt, Sept. 14 A rsflOrl re
ceived here to-night states that 100 Amer-
Jcsn refugees from Torreon. who Vara
neeing Mexico following rreeioooi " -1
son's recent warning, have fallen Into the
hand of rebels near Balltllo.
The authorities at Saltlllo refuse to
send a force to their rescue, fearing, they
say, that the rebels might commit atroc
ities on the refugees which might other
wise be avoided.
The report comes from an official source
at Maltlllo. but ha. not been confirmed.
The American Bmbassy haa been advised, J
and has called on the Mexican Foreign I
Gfflce to Investigate the matter and do
whatever i possible to relieve the Ainei-
leans should the report prove true
However, the embassy received to
night another message from the consul
V " " " .
1 e i uprrn tiuoi immii mis " ' "'R .....
story of the detention of the one hundred , paj)pJ- team work for tha trial and trv-'
Americana, who. It waa aald. are known to tletermlne whether or not the nrti
have passed Farraa lutfely on Hepteinber ' cles of Impeachment ought to he amended
11 and ahould now be out of the danger In order to cover recently discovered evi
sone. It is not known whether the dence
refugees went to Renin, entraining there i
for Monterey, or if thev went direct to I
.Saltlllo.
Senor Federico tlamboa. Minister of.
Foreign Affairs, haa had no advlcea Cur-
ther than the communication from Hi !
emoaaay. ne esprrsneu rrgrei, bui
' added that It was no more than might ;
expected a. the result of the "neu-
I
trallty policy" of the United States. I
which had hampered the administration
In proceeding with a strong hand against
rebels snd bsndlts.
MRS. REECKMAH WINS SWIM.
She Defeats Mra. Vt hllrhoase lo
Hare at 'Newport.
NswpoaT. Hept. 14. A swimming race
between Mrs. It. Livingston Heeckinan
and Mrs. Norman de It. VYhltnhouae from
llasard's Beach tu lialley'a Beach was
one or me mosi imrri-eiiiiB amanm i"-
day for the members of the late staying J
colony. I
The swimmers were followed by two!
small boats. The race was won by Mrs.
Beeckman, who had a margin of about
fifty varda over her rival. 1
Mrs. Joseph Harrlman awam the last
half of the distance with the racers. Mra.
Beeckman'a time was within a few sec
onds of an hour.
WOMEN BRAVE COLD POTOMAC.
Klght Take Part la gwlaamlag Race
la Washington.
Washington, Sept. 14. Klght young
women snd one tiny miss aged 4 took
part in a rare this morning in the brosd
and decidedly cool waters of the Po
tomac Parkway basin. The thermometer
at the' bathing - pavilion registered 52
degrees when the swimmers started.
The Potomac basin Is nearly three
thousand feet across and the girls wora
snug wraps covering their swimming
suits.
The party waa chaperoned by Dr. and
Mrs. W. B. Hudson and arrived at tho
pavilion shortly before H o'clock. Divest
ing themselves of their cloaks the shiver
ing girls grouped themselves on the big
float. Promptly at I o'clock Dr. Hudson
erleO "UO ! ana 111 mry piuilgeu.
Msbel Jones, champion woman
swimmer of the District of Columbia, Isd
tbe race at the beginning. She also led at
Mlaa Anita Torrey won the race, cover-
feet, In II minutes. Twelve seconds later
Mrs. W. B. Hudson Anlihed and Mlaa
Kathryn Drain was third, her time being
II minutes 11 seconds. Miss Louise Car
son was fourth In 11 minutes 40 seconds.
Other parttcapanta wers Marlon May.
Miss B. B. Pootley, Kthel Atkinson, Ada
ym nm , ' ..
sow wore, wan we panf.
(If If T DD liniII'lTDT. " I
1 Lb Du ftuyun luU) i
GOV. SULZER SAYS
U.,l.., . tii. t
Brfflkd IrMf Silence to An-
noniire Hi Confideiice
in a Fair Trial.
HE APPEARS
I NRl KKIiKI)
Hit FriemlN Kit kins; tli Kceordj
nf Fvet'V Senator for
Blemishes.
Albany. Sept. 14. flow
s long silence to-night M
Sul. r broke
S.I Hi
"I am going to he acquitted.
'I will have a fair trial.
"I have auld seme hard things about
some of the Senators, and they have
said some hard things about me; but
this la a trial, not a political fight. They
urn both judges and jurors, and 1 believe
most of them aie large enough and
honest enough to rise above any peraonal
feeling thev may entertain toward me
; mumm , ..... sfaaut ik.ni
and do me Justice, and that is all I
want.''
These are announced aa the final worda
of ilov. Bulger before his trial opens be-
I fore the high court of Imp. uchrneut on
1 Thursday.
The Governor - derided to mske this
: statement after a lonr talk with hla chief
! counsel, H-Ciuly Harriott, and the State
' men! waa given out by Judge Iferrirk
, late to-night.
I The Governor apent a quiet day at the
BxeOUtlVe .Mansion aside from his usual
automobile ride and Ids conference with
Judge llerrick.
lie continues to present to the public a
calm exterior. His self-satisfied attitude
is the admiration of his friends and the
wonder of his enemies
While his close friends say they do not
think he will be convicted because a two
thlrttg vote In the court of Impeachment
cannot be obtained against him. it re.
malneil for Gov. Suiter ulone to announce
to-night that he expects an acquittal at
the hands of the high court of impeach
ment. To the end of preventing .1 two-thirds
Impeachment vote it Is Known .n.it Gov
Bgtatr., ,rW,in throughout tha Stat for'
aotM weeks past have been combln,; tb.
i public and private records of e.ich Hyna- I
I tor. Democrat and Republican alike, with I
a view lojioiding over his head any un
I savory records found.
DISAGREE ON SULZER FIGHT.
nMM of
to I mpea.htne.ii rkaraes.
'I here was no Sunday respite yesterday
for Altou II Parker, ex-Seuiitor lalgar T.
Bracket! mid the oilier uyers for the
Sul.er prosecution or for turon .1. la-vy,
I'halrrnan of the impeuclimeiit manager-
troin hi o'clock until t, with a abort rwess
I for luiieheon, they had their heads together
in the inn naoaea' ftffl.., nt -ai WmIi ut.ui
Senator lira, kelt saal at the end of llie
OOOfSfsncs "Wo haVO sptml most of Hie
. r
I day going over the law in the case We
I also disi ussisl the assignment of counsel'
,,, , ..." K ....
mMM HBnst the Oovornor.
ut nothing won flua'ly dacMod and prob.
amy tnere will he no decision until we meet ,
again at tban on ihursdny, the dnv the
trial begin,
-. ... .. i
" 10 whether or not the impost hmeut
sriicien annum ne ameudeii or supplemented
mere is a oinerence 04 opinion, mat quoa. ,lf biology and chemistry in the Wsshlng.
lion is up o the Assembly, which meets on ,,, . p., Hlgh School. He was director
Wednesday night. .f ,,, ln st.h(m, ., ms , ,,,
The usually ojieerful Aaron I.. IjSVy . q
seemed somewhat voted at the end of 1he' .J.',... .,
...... . .... . . i In Ith Mr. Morris was a director In the
ony oe. ause un iswyers nail Iio! ncisieu 1
lilHrei.uest for an opinion as to the adv.sa-
bUity f making public the testimot.v of i '
..i.... i i .... i.i
....a... ....... ,ei. .o,Hiej i , . I
dor Kresel of tbe impeachment counsel. I
This testimony s said to have Included let
tars wherein Go", Suler lllsrl threats in
forbidding candidates for State appoint
ments from appearing before Hie PfOWloy
committee. Mr Levy thought that the
public ought to know about it. Apparently
Mr. Krosei look the opposite view. Alter
most of the lawyers had departed Mr. Levy
asked Mt hresel what then judgment was
' I forgot to ask them,'' Slid Mr hresel
Wouldn't Tell Xante of lawyer.
Mr. Levy relirel to the private oftlci
ahere he holds forth aa chairman of the
impeachment managers. There he said.
"Our counsel are acting only in an ad
visory capacity anyway. I'm going to
lay Ibis matter before ihe managers and
if I hey say the testimony should be made
public it will he."
Interviewers tried to gel Mr. Levy lo
reveal Ihe name of the lawyer and ex -office
holder who he said un Saturday suggested
to him thai (lov. Sulxcr would resign if ihe
impeachment proceedings w ere called off .
"I can't do it unless he releases nic from
a pledge of conlldeni e, " the Assembly nan
replied.
"Why not cull him up and ask for a re
lease?" some one asked.
"Oh. he must have seen this morning s j
papers," Mr. Levy said, "and if he wanted
nia identity uiacioacn BS wouia do ll him- ;
seir. As lie lias not none so there s homing
more I can say. "
"Waa he aenl lo you by (lov. Hulzer?"
"1 wouldn't say thai, though I have my
own opinion."
Mr. Levy was reminded of the denial of
D-Cady Derrick, the coventor's chief
counsel, that Mr. Sul.er bad offered to re
sign. Thlnga llerrlek Doesn't Know.
' llerrick. " said Mr. Levy, knows a lot
that Hulrer knows, but Hulzer knowa a lot healthy man, through a remarkable eurgl
that Herrick doesn't know." I cal operation.
JSJTU'ZSlS tJl i..;;. .i7 V;m kV!
he either waa tailing a falsehood or had been I
imposed upon, but he didn't doubt that It 1
had been sent. ;
Mr. Urackott ssid isst night thst he didn't '
believe any offer to resign came from Gov.
Sulxer.
"The Oovornor,- ho remarked, "is not of
tho resigning kind."
Mr. Bracket! admitted that the impeach
ment counsel rogsrd ss very Important the
evidence that has been obtained secretly
by Mr. Kresel ami others In the hpiniou
of soma of Ibo lawyers, all of it can he pre-
CeNltnusd on ffovsnto Pagt.
TRAIN HOLDUP BLOCKED.
former Reveals Plot a-d
armed
flnard Root. Bnndlta.
.Iackson, Tenn.. Hept. 14. An attempt
to hold up the Mobile and Ohio north-
bound train which paaaed through here
' shortly after II o'clock Inat night waa
, ,. tmf of shots from an
, m ined guard of fifteen men who had
j been existing (Tie holdup.
The bnndlta, who had climbed aboard
the engine at a point ten miles from
here. Jumped when the firing began and
I ana pod into the woods, firing back aa
they ran. No one waa wounded so far
; ns known. The posse left the train and
I began a aearch of the surrounding coun-
.' .. .1 .. . .
try lifter the robbers.
A farmer who Uvea near the scene of
""' ho'dup and who was taken Into the
confidence or the bnndlta weakened when '
the time came to pull oft the robbery, !
! came to Jackaon and gave the Informs- I
I t lun that prevented It.
SEVEN GIRLS CROSS SEA TO WED.
Trip llaaa ameronla's Gaasjplank
to Waiting Araas.
Mhm smos mom snalans mum .mm
on the Anchor l.lne pier' to met the
I steamship Cnineroiila yesterday morning
and aeven excited In IOcs-to-he waited on
the deck Impatiently for the vessel to
dock. The I'ameronla brought the seven
lassies fsMfii Glasgow to wed the seven
young Americans.
William B Kennedy came here from
U" Angeles, f?al., to meet Janet Kinloch,
and John (iallagher made thr trip from
; ".niKcgnn. nr. io greet nose Auams.
i F.velyn It Reed of Newcastle-on-Tyne
j 1 '"'" ,l ' A- Mllllgiin of New Tor,
Minna Thompson Is to marry John tSrnnl
I ' Rrookalde. Mass; Violet Munro" will
1 becoms the bride of George Fl-!t of
. Brooklyn ; Nellie McDonald will wed
Thomaa Robertaon of Brooklyn. Rachel
ilunter waa met hy Robert Hunter of
Kllsabetb, X. J.
j The Cameronla carried a record list of
,'aaaeiigers. She was ao crowded that
III second cabin paaaengers were obliged
to travel third claaa. There were 1(1
cabin pasaengera and 671 third class.
EDWARD LYMAN MORRIS
DIES OF ASPHYXIATION
, ... ,
Curator at Brooklyn Mtlieam
Killitl by Wind Rlowinjr
(tut Han in His Room.
Kdward Lyman Morris, curator of
natural aclences at the Brooklyn Museum
alnce 1904, waa found dead yesterday
morning from gas aaphyxlntlon at hla
horn.. 4?s Mast Twelfth street, in the
PlStbttSh section of Brooklyn. Mr. Morris
lei , ills w ill low oo.-m urniif inning ni , . . . , -
..-io, , , . . , "", ...lone-half years excepting November lu.
ll l Welle, en lO.M .lie will,, in.-, uui il.e
light which he had left burning low.
... . -
ermittliig the :;ns to escape
, , ,, ...
Mr. Morris ami bis wife enterta ned a
I arty of Mends on Saturday night.
Pha
night. .Mrs Morris then went to h.d
with her threi ri.rohl son on nn upper
floor and Mr. Morris went o his own
room.
At 7 o'cioi k yesterday mornlnsj Mrs.
Mot ri- llimod I he hinthtioil's mum tn
" . ".I
iwaKe in ami i iuiiu mm i i ne
raravuie proeinct poiioe were caiieo ami
isatislied themselves that the curator's
death was accidental
Ml Morris was horn II Matison Itaas
Ion October 2a. lM7n. Ha was gi aduat.-d
I mm Amnsrsi in issi and received thl
degree of master of ails from that colled
i In IUHfi. He was an Instructor in biology
at Amherst In IMO and till and during
the following two years was an Instructor
. . . . . J
AtrWttltum and In I Iff
'"' " mombor of tu- United states!
h'ish I'onimlssion He had i-.,. adltni nf
- " - - --
seVersI publications devoted to botany.
I He filled tile liosltio.i of acting I
curator of the Brooklyn museum at varl-1
ous times.
Ml Morris leaves one child
MALE VISITORS PERMISSIBLE.
s..preme court nt l.elpale t pbolda
telreaa an lost Landlord.
Special t able Deipatrb to Taa 8cs.
BaghiN. s. pi. 14. The Hupremi Court
at Lainalfl has decided that a woman has
in indisputable right to receive male vis-!
Itors In her own aoarlmenta.
The case arose from the action of an'
actress In receiving men visitors In a !
rented nnartment The landlord lri,l lo
restrain her from doing this, hut the
court decided that the prohibition of viaita
by men would be illegal and a restriction
of personal liberty. It must be left to
one's own conscience to decide how fur
the reception of visitors in a flat offends
against morality, said the court, and the
landlord is not entitled to Interfere gal
long as the peace and repute of the build- .
I .. w ....... l I ,
I ..is a..- uui unn irn in a nauiaoi iiiiiiiuer.
It waa not the privilege of the land-
ior(l , concen, himBHif with t)M viaita
'of m,n to ,he r0oms of the actress.
in
the opinion of the court.
INSANE CONVICT CURcD.
Operation Transforms Id... SI,,.
er Into n Normal Man.
Trknton, N. J.. Sept. 14. -Janos
Sxikely. a convict in the New Jeraey State
prison here, haa been transformed from a
vicious. Insane convict on the point nr
, , V , . . . ' ' .
death. Into a normal. Industrious and
The Prison waa sent to prlaon from I
Vi!1" ' ""7 ' U'W "' ,nlrty y,r" '
f'"' """" 8 f'llow """garlan After
he had been here aome time Bilkely be-
'""" violently inssne. his health failed .
him and he waa believed to be dying. 1
As s last resort an operation was per- i
formed on his skull. A piece of bone
pressing on the brain was removed. Now i
the once vicious prisoner Is normal, sane
and la rapidly recovering hla health.
Ssikely will apply to the Board of
Pardons at Ita nest meeting.
Dr.Slegerfa ANtiOMTIiltA BITTUM worM'l
lamoui tosle. delicious iavoriag . all dsnerto.
FOOD PRICES JUMP
WITH EVERY YEAR
Federal Inquiry Shown Start
ling Advances From
1890 to 1913.
SI WAR ONLY DEC LINKS
Hisrli (out of Living Complaint
Sustained liy Reeords From
Forty Cities.
i
W..gHiKnTON, Hept. 14. The Unite!
States llureau of Labor Statistics has la-
1 sued a bulletin showing retail prices or
the principal articles of food In each of
forty Important industrial cities thropgh-
! out the ('tilted States. It shows actual '
Prices rot- Slay ami June, mia, ant gtny
' and .Time, IH12, and also summarises
1 retail prices for the period from 19011 to
June, i!ns.
Advances are shown throughout the
thirteen year period. Some of the ad
vances are striking, and the bulletin
bears out the complaint against the high
coat of living.
Comnarlna retail nrlcea on June IS.
1111, with the prices on the same date1
. . .
Ill HG2, eleven of the fifteen articles for
which quotations are given advanced and
four declined In price.
Bacon advanced lfi.I per cent. ; ainoked
ham, 14.1 per cent.; potti chops, 13.4 per
cent.; hens, 11. 1 per cent..' egga, 11.7 per
cent. ; round ateak, 10.1 per cet
loin steak, ft.X per cent. lard?
slr
per . cent : rib roast, 6.S per cent.; butter.
j per cent., and milk. 4. i per cent roiawes
I declined II. I per cent.; sugar, la- per
j cent. ; wheat flour. 7.7 per cent . und corn
, meal. 3.9 per cent
arly Ererj Article tanaert.
Comparing retail prices on June It,
ISIS, with average prices for the period
1SU to 100 every article for which
prices are carried advanced except
sugar.
I Bacon advanced 128 5 per cent. ; pork
i hops. Ill per cent.; round ateak, 102.1
'per cent.; smoked hams, 84 per cent.;
u., pr earn.; siriom st.ik. ti.i
nrr cent. : rib roast. 76 per cent. ; laru.
I.C per cent. ; corn meal, 57. S per cent. ;
potatoes, 44.4 per cent ; butter, 41.1 per
ii.4
cant. : egsa. 40.1 per cent : milk
per cent., and flour. 21.1 per cent.
Sugar
declined I per cent.
When the price of each of the fifteen
articles of food la weighed according to
the average consumption in worklngmen's
families retail prices were at a higher
i level on June II. 11. than at any other
time during the last twenty-three and
. ... . ,. . . . , I,
MM. wnon wo -TO. woo wseur
; iteiail prices of food on June m, tsis,
v'
'were H!i I per cent, above the average
.
1 price for llie ten year perioo o m
above the price on
lu'"' "' '"' ' I veterinarian. Slie. says Asq tilth v.as
j the price on June 16. till, walked every step of tin way from N' w
ooioarlsoo of Prices. Xurk '" Botton. She noticed Jn Sep-
, temhsr thai the animal was out of con-
Comparisons are submitted with thejdltlon, and a veterinarian pronoun ed
' ... i ... .... Im II 1 1 :t on teadttlV food1 Mm -..M - ,,. . .
. " . ....
.,t , ,. :,M n. aone.i eo on iimi uu 01
.- w r
x leading cities, new una. i - miaoe. -
phla, Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland ana
Washington. The agents of the Depart-
mint t.a.k pries at from four to six
; ,tor
Oh of ths ctt'.es named ami
frequently the pi ice iii one city varied , elevation of temperature, and must have
as much as was the variance between thel)t.t. UIiH,t W,rll bought lu New folk
different cities The llxutes limited are or duped."
given In cents arid show the highest and
lowest ptice on each article tiHiutu ln
each of the cities:
sirloin Weak Baltimore, II to
Huston. 3:1 to tu Clovolnnd, II to it :
New Yoik. 24 to 2S : Philadelphia. 81 to-
nt w i i.... si ... '
10 ! Washington. UU Vt.
Mound gteak Baltimore, io to it
tan. :'n to II: Clevilund. 10 to - I
Bos-
.New:
.
York, - to 2 ; Philadelphia. to
VV . -liinutoii. 22 to 2a.
Hih Roast Bnlttinort
II to II . Boston,
22 lo 25: Cleveland, II to 22; Now York.
II to 20; Philadelphia, 20 to 2T, ; Wash
ington. If to 25
Chuck Roast Baltimore. 14 to IT; Bos
ton II to is; clovolnnd, II t Hi nw
V irk 14 to 20; Philadelphia. II to 20;
Washington. IS to 28.
Pork Chops Baltimore, IS to 20; Boa
tuu. 22 to II; Cleveland, 20 to 22; New
York. 10 to 24. Philadelphia. Is to 22;
Washington, 2" lo ii.
Bacon- Baltimore, 22 to 2: Boston.
22 lo 30; Oil velaml. 2i IO M . loih.
-- 10 Hi Philadelphia, II to II
InKton. 2ii to 2S.
Iard -Baltimore, 1 4 Lj lo II I
Wash-
Hostun.
1 to 17 ; Cleveland, 15 to 1 1 ; New York,
H P 17: Philadelphia. 15 to IX; Wush-
Ingtotk 14 to 15.
Kgga- Baltimore. 24 to 2s ; Boston, III
t UT ; Cleveland. 26 to 2 ; New York, lit)
to 42: Philadelphia, 26 to 10; Washing.
ion, 24 to 25.
PIOUS -Baltimore, T4 lo SO ; Huston
..- ... An . -i. .,i,..i r.r. i,, un v..w v.,ri
" .......
TI to K0 : Philadelphia, 80 ; Washington,
" ,u0
Butter Baltimore, 34 to 42 : Boston,
to 3T ; Cleveland. S4 lo 3S New York, j
33 to 3T ; Philadelphia, 36 lo 40; Wash- '
lllgton, 37 to 11.
DOCTOR HAKES EDISON REST.
inventor la Belter, but Can't U. to l
Ills Laboratory This Week.
. ... . ST .1 Sieol 14 ne tnhh 1
.. a ..t ,, ... i... -
Hammond Bradahaw of Orunge has or- 1
dered Thomas A. Kdlaon. the Inventor, i
to take a much needed rest of at least
a week at hla home In l.lewelly Park.
Mr. ,,..on. wh(, fr year, haa claimed
that he waa able to get along with less
r, ,han almost any other mortal, doea
, ..u,. the ordera of hla physician
kindly, but has been persuaded by hli
fatmtly to obey
Mr. Kdlson developed a cold, which
later became complicated with Indigestion
after he retumed from a motor trip
through New England.
"Mr. . Edison has been working too
bard and he must have rest," said Dr.
Bradahaw. "If he does aa I ten him ho
will be back at work when tho time comes
aa sound as ever and better able to do a
hard day's work."
French Korelan Minister on Speak
.'pedal Cable Detpmtrh to Tna Sis.
Pabih, Sept. 14. M. Stephen Plrhon.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, left Paris
to-day for a week's visit among the
electora of the Jura deportment. The
Foreign Minister la not accompanied by
i acrobats and Jugglers, Ida only companions
lelng a fox terrier.
VANDERHILT L08E8 $1,000 BET.
Hares Jack Stafford to Lead
Wild
oar Around Fair Arena.
Nbw Rkdford, Mass., 8ept. 14 Jack
Stafford, a Fall River cotton broker and
borae fancier, won a 31.000 bet from
Reginald C. Vanderbllt by lending his
prlxe wild boar around the horse ahow
arena lit the southern New ICngland
cattle fair at Liincoln I 'ark yesterday.
Mr. Vanderbllt Jollied Mr. Stafford
about hie "prlxe pic" und finally said:
'I'll bet you a thousand you haven't
nerve enough to lead him around the
arena for the crowd to see."
"You're on," shouted Stafford. "Get
.our check hook out "
Stafford had the boar brought to the
, greaa door and taking a good grip on
! the halter he led the brine around the
ur, mi. while lu.iinti spectator! applauded.
JAMES DUNN AND. SON HURT.
4 blef Inspector of Water llurroa In I
t Mlnmohlle I rani.. '
I Chief Inspector .(a :; s Dur.fi of the
''' 01 Water, Gas ami UleOtrkMtj
1 l.i.. M. I..I... If I, I, ..1 ... .1...
" " ' " " "' ' "
faille detlartolellt. I c serioul itijtireii
: at " o'otoeh this morning when the atrto-
1 mobil" in which th. v were Mdlng clashed
1 into the curbing mar the I'elhain brldgi
j at Pelham Parkway, The Bronx.
I Charles Severs of mi Rasl Tremonl
avenue. The Bronx, who was also riding
in the ..r was ,ns,.,.,y killed
Tile injiilid men were taken Un
,
conscious to the Ford ham Hoapltsl.
I ALFONSO'S HEIR A J0KESTER
J Tells t'oloarl of llealMirnt e tlnly
. Korlilds lllm to poop,
I Spfial Cable DttpmlcH to Ts Scs.
; MadbIO, Sept. 14. Infante Alfonso, the
ix-y ear-old heir of the King, who holds
j a OommlBSton as Lieutenant in the King s
own Infantry regiment, sent a telegram
to the Colonel un the occasion nf the
departure of the regiment for .Morocco
in which he wished the c-orps good luck
snd etpressliiK regret that his extreme
youtn prevented him fiom serving with
j ,r" eolors
("VOTERS" HAD A DOPED HORSE.
Aaqalth, l ard by Saffran-lata In Bos
ton Hike, la Shot.
umtuauh .v c . . . t. . -
.iciu. j imobtowoi 01 any i
act of abuse toward the horse Asqulth.
WtnOh drew the stiffrng.st hikers' hurdy-
gurdy from New York to Boston, has been
made by Miss BtlMbeth Freeman. The
uon-oe was snot at v ininrop on Monday
ta
order of the Massachusetts Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Miss Freeman said that wIpmi she
brusbt the hore In New York ba was
prcnotwtod sound In winu and limb by a
""V ; " i"eroper,
, V . , i . nil'. . IKI, .11. II'
Av..r,t ...... ..c. . .... ..
sa y s
, HllInil WaB of ,.xIe.
was
I driven from New ok to MasjacliuscWi
j t violation of the law, and suffei I from
"side hone of lioth forefeet, ulcerated
I ,.ft hlml log, bad cough, somewhat Windy
i 13 BOMBS OF 15 ARE HITS.
,.,,,,. t,rcii. Wins Mlohelln Prtso
j
,,,r niore.
wmwrw.sr,oTsaiix,
ranis, sept. It. me competition for
l'KIS. Sept. 14. Ths
'" "win uirowing
ins Micneim prise for bomb throwing
from aeroplanes was concluded to-day.
Lieut Varcln won the 16,000 prise, mak
ing thirteen hits out of a possible Itfteon.
This showed m marked advance In pro
ficiency over the competition of last year.
.1... vi . .1, .1 1 1...
wiidi the lust prigs was won by
American officer,
at.
WEES EX-HUSBAND'S SLAYER.
Colorado Woman Accepts Mau
Whom a paper's Jnrt Hgonovntod.
iund Junction, Col., Sept. it. Mrs
Joe QUIT was mn tried here last evening
lo Kred Wade. ho hilled her ex-hllshaiid
three weeks ago nt Vernal. I'lah.
i nurr was an ox-oonvict. whlla . was
ill prison Ills Hife got a divorce flUrr
returned to Vernal to find Wide Courting He told the polite during an early
Mrs, ilurr. lie warned them both to moriilnij visit to the lot yesterday that h-
stop, but no attention was paid to him, ,laJ K"1 the stones for wolghtlng tin body
Mrs. Curr attended a theatre with Wade thll place.
three weeks ago. As they came out llurr ' Smne boys wvre playing about Ihe lot
flred and wounded Wade In the oriii. I"MI' ths tent, Schmidt asked them to
Wade whirled around and fired live bullets
it.lo the cx-convlct, who died the next day
Wade was exonerated by the Coroner'a
Jury.
PRESIDENT SKIPS CHURCH.
"
Motors In Hills and Kspecta to stnrt
Mouth To-day.
WiNPSon. Vt, Sept. 14. President WW"
son did nol go to church to-day. Mra.
Wilson and her daughters went to the old
awtltB Congregational Church, where thejUn,!"''' " u -own ,h very
President went on hla flrat Sunday at
Hnrlgkondsn.
Tl,lu 11 ........... . ,1... II...I1... . .
i .1 iTi. . - nieoi mwwanso
In the hills for two hours. He expects
to return to Washington to-morrow.
VIM PflTKfYN CfYFPTW ftUiVTn
cievelnnd " " t asms Me...
' ' M"
WMBl Mlalnkea.
Ct.avKi.AND, Sept. 14 An ordinance to Prank Canaan., Klchard MvKvtm.i and
compel manufacturers to mske all ' Thomas 11..; an, decided to look up an
poisonous pills and tablets In the ahape ' apartment house at l Bradhu, -t ave
of a coffin will be Introduced In the Uleve- ! sue.
land Council by Councilman M. K. Bleder
An unprecedented number of accidental
poisonings, mainly from bichloride of mer
cury taken for headache tablets, urouacd
the Councilman to seek a remedy.
Druggists and manufacturers will meet
Mr. Bleder to-morrow to confer ou de
tails oC ths bill.
PRIEST ADMITS
GIRL'S MURDER
Hani Schmidt Killed Anna
AiMimliYr and Cut
Up Her Body.
PUT PIECES IX BIVEB
Loved Victim, a Servant in
House of His Former
Tastor.
SLEW HER IN HIRED FLAT
Catholic Cbareh Autlioritica
Ml e A -or
I II III K M lllllKlt Is
an
Insane Impostor.
Hau Ichmiat, an assistant priest or !'.
Joseph's Catholic Churota at 40i West
tilth Me t. was arrested early yester
day and Confessed that h had murdered
and then dismembered the body of a girl,
parts of whose body have be n found In
the North River dt;ri:iB th past few days.
The murdered girl, whose name was
Ann. Aumuller, was servant In the
pastoral reside f the Rev. P..
!! r , , .,
itratm, rector of St Bonifaces I thumb ,m
i , .
- " i n i -ic. 1'iitn
"tteet and s. cond avenue, where ihmldt
from December, 1110, uriii; JIay. I!il2, waa
a curate.
Schmidt's only explanation of the cause
of the murder yesterday was that lis
"lov
ed Anna."
Catholla Church mthoritie cf the
York York diocese, headed bv Mgrs.
htOOtley and LaVOlle. who are vicjiiK-
Ren.-ral of the diocese, held a conference
I yesterday after receiving reports of an
I Interview with Schmidt In Hie Tombs by
the Rsv, Father BVSrS to barn Whether
or not Schmidt really is a priest of tliu
i .athollo fhurch.
Schmidt made
Str.lelM. .,.,; ,.. I.-...1. ..
, Rvers about iing "ordained priest
r.i. muaaooui of Hungary, who told mi ic
.kill Anna as a sacrifice of blood.' and
J made many more wild statements that is
, OttM to the belief that ho is Insane.
Think Mini Impostor.
There arc reasons to believe, according
to the church authorities, that Schmidt
Is an impostor. I'or some years, lion
. ever, ne has perfori I the duties of l
curate at two , lunch.,., in v...e v.. i.
Trenton am! at Si. Louis, and acm I,
tu his own story he was u priest In C;-
I manj befor mint to America (rout
' Havaria In lao;.
I Schmidt, according to Assistant District
Attorney Deacon Murphy and police in
spector Faurot, confessed that ha entered
II four room flat on the third floor 1
the apartment house which he had rented
for the Aumuller girl ill II Bradhursl
avenue, two adors north ol West 143th
Btrepl and a short block ..it of Blghlll
avenue, at midnighl on Septembei . and
1 ut her throat while she slept
He tasted the lit 1 then, be say.-
Ulan he was SUN the Kill was dead ho
dragged her body to the buthr 1 of Ihl
apartment and there dismembered it.
Then he wrapped the parts of tit. boo,
up 111 either live or si pi ices, ha dossu
remember which, and when daylight came
he took the packages aboard Port Use
' r,-rrybt ," rtwr,n wvernl trips ami
dropped the iMckuges overboard.
, Thesa trips, so he told the police in hla
, conleshion. took up tin better part of tha
day following the murder and ti 1
.... ....
rowartl UUSk ol the second da,
Willie
trying lu wash away signs of ins crime
from the Rat, he came .moss a part or
tho mattress which was so soaked with
blood thai Ik could nol obliterate tbi
stains.
Homed ktal I loth.
Whereupon ohinldl told the police and
others yesterday he took the stained cloth
of the mattress at nightfall to a vacant lot
in M4tn street between Seventh gnd
Blglrth a Venn,
iii a "gospel tent" on too lot a retlffjoos
revlvaij was going on when Bahmldl went
there Willi a bundle under ids arm. Ml
iboul ths lot are stones like thosi which
S, hmi.lt used lo .. . lathi
the Hi e ...
parcels containing the head, upper loiso.
lower torso, ll gi and arms of tin
girl he
had muni. ;ed.
"'B ' gnthi r llreWi
id The boj i, glad
to nave a bonfire started, helped him.
And they stood ground whlli im burned
the bloody Ia i'. loth. .
Steps taken by Inspector Paurol and
his detectives resulted In the ar pal ol
Schmidt when ths inspector on Saturday
afternoon Just before dusk decided that
Inasmuch as Francis D. Pay, who had
"Identified" ths tow parti at tha dlsmem
So . "f '""l d '" '"' N",u'
n.eer as ms aisier, only lo admit later
that he was mistaken. It was time 1 1 take
few hopeful elms sun remaining In New
York.
Pine DotOOtlvo WorL.
V bit of detective work that Coroner
rslnbsri yoitorday ipoki ot a "lomo-
thing that puis the best work Sc ulaud
I Yard or l'tttis to shame" then was
; bioukht about.
j InipOCtOr l'nurot. hOOOnpgnlOt) by De
tectives J. J. O'Neill, John O'Conuall
At this address had been delivered tao
of twelve pillow cases of a psrttetila:
patient corresponding to the pillow case
matrtlala alsmt the sevvred parts of ths
murdered girl found In thl rlvor. Ten
of the pillow cases allssd) had been ac
counted tot
When OoOrgl S4chi of ftl hlighth avi-