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. THE WEATHER FORECAST. Local rains to-day or to-night and probably to-morrow ; warmer to-day. Detailed weether report! will be found on page 13. tin. VOL. LXXXI. NO. 17. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1913. Cepyrf nht, 1111, Ay Ae Sun Printing and PublisMng association. PRICE TWO GENTS. HUERTA BLAMES ALL ON WILSON Message Nay Mexico Has No Trouble With Amer ican People. HIS ADMIRERS CHEER Watttlgtoi Stand on Rec ognition Quest ion Assailed. PROMISES FAIR ELECTION But Ho Doc- Not Say Whether He Will Eliminate Himself. fipfial fahle Ttrnpatch to Tun Six. Mexico Citt. 8cpt. 1. Mexico city is at festival pitch to-night. Orderly but hilarious the capital Is celebrating- the an niversary of Mexican Independence. CI reM crowds throne the streets and shout for the republic. Huerta and his Government. No less Is the celebration tinctured with praise for the provisional President, who save a message to Con gress to-night and In It put the blame for the strained relations between his country and the United State squarely on the shoulders of Wood row Wilson and his Administration. What was probably the biggest crowd In the history of the republic attended the ceremonies late last night, which marked the beginning of the Independence Pay celebration. There were plenty of fireworks and many bands. Oood order prevailed and few arrests were made. Many Americans, Including women and chil.li en. mixed in the crowd nnd were not molested. Oen Huerta was cheered, but not uproariously. Ten thousand lasople participated In the military parade this morning. The streets were lavishly decorated Congress opened at 6 o'clock this eve ning. According to custom, the streets were lined with soldiers through which President Huerlu and the Congressmen were to pass. The Congressional edifice and the surrounding streets were thronged With an orderly crowd. Kveiy one paid close attention to what President Huerta said and the readlnit was Interrupted several times by ap plattao, Tiie applause was especially pro longed when t lie sccretarv read the para graph touching on the international rela tions of Mexico. I 'resilient Huerta refer red to the tense ness of the diplomatic relations between his Government and the United States, hut "luckily not with the people of that country ." He expressed the hope that the negotiations with the American Govern ment will speedily result In a solution of the differences which have arisen between the two countries. Gen. Huerta. as if to contrast theai tltude of the l'nited States with tlrSt of others toward the Government of Mexico, names tweny-six Other nations which have recognized the present Government of Mexico, the list Including most of Jhe Kuropean Powers. The provisional President promises on behalf of the Government to hold the na tional elections for the Presidency, set for October L'6, on schedule time and adds that arrangements for the holding of these elections are already in progress. In his reference to the status of the relations bet wen the United States and Mexico President Huerta Insists that there is no crisis between the people of the United States and the people of Mex ico and that whatever tension may exist la between his Government and that of President Wilson, who seems to be de termined not to recognise blm, thus pre venting the pacification of the slater re public which Is its neighbor. Promises to Restore Peace. Oen. Huerta carefully avoided any refer ence to tho request that he retire from the Government or that he be eliminated as a candidate for President, although he deafly says that he will promptly restore peace and bring about the unrestricted election of alPresldent and a Vice-President. The provisional President blames the strained diplomatic relations between Mex ico and the United States for the delay In the pacification of the country, but adds that he sincerely hopes the crisis will be ended soon and that the two countries will once more be united in bonds of 1 1 lendshlp. Huerta Intimates that after September 2 the American battleships will no longer be welcome In Mexican waters. Permis sion for United States warships to stay for a period of six months was granted bv the Mexican Congress on April 21 last and Huerta Intimates that such permission will not be renewed. The Federal army numbers 100,000 men, Huerta says, loyal to tho Government and ready at a moments notice to defend tho nation. The Government revenues are larger than at any other time since the days of Porflrlo Diss, while the expenditures are no greater than those under the Madero regime, asserts President Huerta. He says tha financial standing of the Government Is excellent. . Those who had expected that President Huerta would explain In his message the latest notes exchanged between the United Statea and Mexico, as did Presi dent Wilson In hie message to the Ameri can Congress were greatly disappointed, as the provtalonal Executive made no reference to these diplomatic exchanges other than to say that this subject waa too delicate to bo discussed at the present Oen. Huerta's message waa greeted with long cheering by the Deputies and Senators, who had assembled In joint la the coamoer m rvm, oo r hire BUFFALO HOTEL ON FIBS. Gaests la Breesel Carried Oat la Great Haste. Buffalo, Sept. 17. Fire which started In the plant of the Dlrnberger Popcorn Company, 115 Seneca street, shortly after midnight this morning spread to the Broesel Hotel, next door, and within a few minutes the third, fourth and fifth floors of the hotel were ablate. No fatalities were recorded. Two men were Injured. The hotel corridors filled with smoke and flames and policemen and employees of the house rushed through the hallways to arouse the guests. Poors were battered down and frightened men. women and children were herded down the stairways and elevator to the lobby. Within fifteen minutes after the alarm the lop floors of the hotel were a mass of flames and It was with difficulty thst guests not aroused when the first cry of Are waa raised were carried to safety. When the firemen arrived ladders were run up and many frightened women were : carried down them to the street. Others ! were led down Are escapes. Many w orn 'it became hysterical from fright and the I hotel lobby waa filled with half clad. I shrieking women and children. Several physicians wers pressed into service. MEXICANS ACCUSED OF SENDING BOMB TO OTIS Los Angeles Newspaper Owner Escapes by Refusing to Open Dynamite Box. ' Ixs Anocues, Sept. It. An attempt on the life of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, pro prietor of the Los Angeles Time$, was made to-day when an Infernal machine sent through the mails was received at the rtls home. The General became suspicious and summoned the police, who after an Investigation put the blaine on Mexican residents here. They found that the box was packed tightly with dynamite SB per cent, glycerine and two fulminate cartridges. A strip of sandpaper and a score of matches were glued to the cover. The box was arranged so that the caps would have exploded when the box was opened In the usual way. . The explosive was taken to the river bed and set off. it tore a hole In the gravel fifteen feet deep and twenty feet wide. Mexican residents here celebrated to day Mexican Independence day,, and some of the police officials believe thst the bomb had been sent by some person violently opposed to Gen. Otls's newspaper policy with regard to the Huerta Administration In Mexico. "It was merely another attempt," said Gen.. Otis, "by dynamite miscreants to ac complish what they failed to do three years ago to destroy life through - a cowardly, stealthy and deadly iirocess. The Inspiration of the attempt Is plainly attributable to malice caused am! em phasised ly the former failure." The first Infernal machine sent (0 Gn. Otis was found as his home a few hours after his nee-spa per plant had been destroyed by the McNamara conspirators. The second attempt on his life was at tributed by the General to agencies friendly to those whose conspiracy ended In the destruction of the Times Building and the killing of twenty-one men three years ago. PILOT WHO ELOPED AT 85 DIES. Urerge W. llorton Took 1 .1,0 nit Vee erle Throaa-h Hell Gate. Whitf Plains, Kept. HI. .ord reached here to-day that Oeorge W. llorton, s years old, who eloped and was married In Canada a year ago. died Sunday in Chardon. Ohio. Horton was a pilot through Hell Gate for nearly sixty years. A commission was appointed here to in quire Into his sanity a few weeks ago. Mrs. Joseph K. Dickie of South Broad way, his daughter. Instituted the peti tion to have her father declared Incom petent and unfit to control his prop erty. Mrs. Dickie alleged in her af fidavit that her father went to PitTnes vllle, Ohio, In August. 1(12, nnd eloped with Mrs. Alice Muxzey McCaalln of that place. They were married in Windsor. Canada. Horton piloted Ovef 1 a, OHO vessels through Hell Gate without damage to any of them. He left about I la, una. GORMAN LOSES TO SMITH. Maryland Organisation .lee Uovvu Fx-Sr.ator's Plaaks. Hai.timokr, Sept. 16. Differences be tween l'nited Stabs Senator John Walter Smith and ex-State Senator Arthur P. Gorman, leader of the 'Democratic or ganisation! developed In the platform committee of the State convention to day. Senator Smith lost and then won. The proposition on which they differed was the incorporation in the platform of a plank committing the parly to the Initia tive and referendum. .Gorman favored the plan. Bmltn opposed It. State Senator Blair l.ee. candidate for United States Senator, did not exert his Influence either for or against it, though he was supposed to be opposed to It. On the first test vote In committee the vote waa: For the Initiative and refer endum, 14; against, 13. Subsequently Ernest Hoffman of Washington county moved a reconsideration. The second vote stood 17 to 10 against Initiative and referendum. Mr. Gorman, in committee, presented a plank for votes for women, but the com mittee turned It down by a vote of 21 to (. MANUFACTURERS OPPOSE FAIR. faaal to F.xhlbli at Krlseo. SseHai rablt Duputek to Ths Si s. Beaux, Sept. If. The Central Union of Herman Manufacturers, embracing 56,000 i firms, held a conference at Lolpslc to-day, I at which a resolution was adopted declar ; Ing that ths great majority of the German manufacturers are absolutely opposed to ! participating In the Panama-Pacific Expo sition. The manufacturers thanked the Herman i Government for Its attitude, adding that apart from the extraordinary cost to the exhibitors the restrictions placed by the . United States upon foreign products I seemed to make It Impossible for Uermuit Industry to obtain any advantages by I participating la tbe San Francisco fair. BALLOON DRAGS BOY IN FATAL FLIGHT Cuiiffht, by Rope While Watch injr Ascension of Aero naut at Fair. CROWD WATCHES TRAGEDY Airinsn Daiiirling in Parachute I liable to Aid Child Slid ing to Death. Woodstock, Conn., Sept. I. Every year Just before the summer cottagers from Hartford and Boston go back home the little town of Woodstock in Windham county holds Its annual fair. To-day was the first day of this year's three dsy cele bration. And the star event scheduled was a balloon ascension. Among the scores of country folks who edged their way into the fair grounds and found places In the lines of carriages and automobiles to watch the big balloon waa a small hoy. George Bernler. With his older brother he had trudged six miles from Mechanlrsvllle. where a wood many French Canadians live, carry ing his lunch In a paper bag. just to see the balloon go up. The hlg bag was stationed In the centre Of the racetrack, and after the best of the local horses had shown his pace and the prize pumpkin had been blue ribboned "I'rof." Fowler started the fire under his balloon. When the big silk bag was pretty well filled and looked like a wab bling beehive Fowler called for volunteers to hold the guy ropes and keep the balloon down until he was ready to stai f his "world renowned triple parachute ascen sion." The Bernler boy was the first to respond to the call and held grimly onto the rope while ha watched, big eyed, the balloon ist pile inflammables on the tire and muke more gas for the trip. Lifts Boj Skyward. When everything wag ready Prof. Fowler stripped off his overalls ami stood in the afternoon sunshine in nil the glory of black spangled tights. The boy never took his eyes off. He chinned onto the trapese of the last parachute anil turned to the crowd. "Let go nnd stand back." The Bernler boy. oblivious to every thing but his hero, held light to the guy rope he had in his hand. t'p went the balloon while the end of the guy rope whipped around and caught the boy's ankle, forming a half hitch. Ilia hundred pounds or so only made the balloon careen a trifle as it sped skyward. Five thousand men and women stand ing about the racetrack held their breath for a mlifute nnd then there rose a simul taneous about as the boy, head down ward, dangled From the guy rope at the edge of the balloon and well above Fowler on his last parachute. Fowler, hanging there, was as help less to aid the boy as any of the spectators below As the balloon went up the lioy In some way wriggled Ills hands to the rope and began to straighten himself. He grasped the rope, and while the crowd shouted and clapped lighted himself and was hanging upright. But the half hitch loosened itself The boy hung by his hands alone. hi Id Drops to Death. There was hardly a breath of air and the balloon went up straight. The shout ing crowd hushed Itself, for the I toy had Is'gun to slip downward. Fowler shouted something to tin boy, the spectators could not hear what it wns. Fowler later ex plained that he tried to get the lioy to noose tin- rope around his body. Three hundred feet up and the boy was still slipping, now nearly t the end of the guy rope. A hundred feet more and his tired and torn hands slid over the end of the rope. Spinning in the air for what seemed a century to the on lookers, be dropped to the ground. Into a vacant space about the middle of the racetrack. A thousand men crushed Into the race track to where the hoy's limp body lay. He hud been killed Instantly. A doctor who examined his body said that the boy was dead before he reached the ground. officers of the fair carried the body to one of the exhibition pavilions and tried to find the brother to learn where the youngster lived and who his parents were. Hut the other boy, frightened In the hys terical, screaming crowd, had run away and wandered buck only after compara tive pogOO was secured. Fowler, the balloonist, made his flight and, although nobody watched him. descended by the three parachute method ut quite a distance from the fair grounds. He said later that If the boy could have held on he had Intended to stay with the balloon and not detach the parachutes until the hot air In the gas baa was cooled and the contrivance had dropped to the ground. SIX HURT Hf AUTO ACCIDENT. far Hits Curb la Dodalng Kick va il on on Jcrosae Aveaae. William King, a chauffeur of 2(5 West 153d street, and his wife. Tlllle, -nre In Lebanon Hospital In a serious condition 'following an automobile accident last night when the machine King was driving struck the curb at Hifith street and Jerome avenue aud turned over. King's three-year-old daughter Bdlth and three other girls who were passengers In ths car were hurt. The other girls. Orace Colwell, 7 years old. and Clara and Adele Hunt, 7 and IS years old, had been asked to Join King and his family In a little Jaunt. The street near where the accident happened has been torn up and King waa obliged to swerve ttla automobile quickly to one side to escape ths excavation. In doing this hs headed directly for a trolley poet and another quick turn was needed. This brought the automobile up to the rurb and It overturned Pasaen gers from a nearby street car and men from a primaries polling booth In the vicinity helped extricate King and the others. It la feared that King's akull Is f ractjureg. ' OOtJBT CHAMBEXLA1H KILLED. Shot Dead by flermaa Painter Dar- I Rig gaarrel. sptriil rablt Dstselc fe Thk Bit. Rerun. Sept. li, Prof,. Helnrtch Mssss. a well known painter, shot and killed Court Chamberlain Von Westernhagen, a Captain of the army reserve, during a quarrel last night. . ! A court of honor had been called to decide whether a duel was necessary : between the two men who hsd a dispute ' some time ago. The men had' finished giving their testimony before the court of honor In regard to their quarrel when Von Westernhagen became enraged over some remarks by the artist and struck the latter In the face. The artist drew a revolver and shot the Chamberlain dead. ACQUIT DIOOS OP PERJURY. Jary Lenient With oavletea Mats and His Lawyer. San Francisco, Sept. lit. After being out two and a half hours the Jury in the case of Maury Diggs and Charles B. Harris, accused of subornation of perjury, came in with a verdict of not guilty for both defendants: This verdict was probably due to the fact that there was sympathy with Dlggs. who already has la-en convicted under tbe Mann law, and also to the terror of Harris, which was extreme. Tbe lawyer evidently saw a long prison term before him and wns badly frightened In court. The Judge made a liberal charge. The evidence was strong against the two men, who attempted through a Sacramento woman friend of Marsha Warrington to Induce her to lie for them on the witness stand. Mr. Devlin, their counsel, ad mitted that he expected a conviction. BIG TIM'S $2,000,000 GOES TO RELATIVES Ki'tiieAtlied Entire Estate to Two Sisters and Two Brothers. Timothy D, Sullivan's will waa filed for probate in the Surrogate's court yesterday afternoon after It had been read In the morning in the office of William H. Lltiaon. counsel for the committee of Congressman Sullivan's estate, to the legatees and later made public. The will, which was executed October . 1007, leaves the entire estate, "reaj. per sonal and mixed, of every kind, asnie, nature and description, to his sisters, .Mrs. Margaret Ann Hn key and Mrs. Mary Anu Sommers, and his brothers, Patrick H. Sullivan and Law reiue Mulligan. The will provided that if either of the sisters or the brothers were dead the share should go to their children Mta. Hammers Is dead atitl under this clause her share of. the will goes to her three children. Congressman Sullivan made tiie follow ing reference to his wife. Mrs. Helen Fitz gerald Sullivan, who died a year ato yes terday. "In making no provision in this my will for my beloved wife. Helen Sullivan, I am mindful of the fact that such dower right as my said wife may he entitled to in the real estate which I may leave will be amply sufficient u provide for her for the re mainder of her life.'' ax -Corporation counsel RUleon estimates Congressman Sullivan's estate at la.uOo.OOO. or which ti.nuu.biio is the value of his real e-aata. chief of which is his part owner ship of the Dewey and Lot ham theatres. Lawrence Mulligan. Patrick II. Sullivan and Mrs. Iln kev will each gel about t.O0.OOQ and the four children ot Mr- Soinniors will divid this sum Congressman Sullivan and Ins wife bad no children, hut Miss tida Sullivan, a young woman now on the vaudeville stage, has claimed to be the daughter of Hlg Tim and she ma) file u contest uf ,,,,, will, al tbotlgh she as never legally adopted Tha w ill named Patrick H. Sullivan and Ijivrcine Mulligan as executors and it was w iinewsed by the late Timothy l, Sul livan, known as "Little Tim,'' and the lat ter's law partner, Henry .1 tloldsmlth. fjeorgi Klaus, partner of Hig Tim in the theatrical Arm or Sullivan A Kraua, made an altlduvit a lew months ago ihn! when he induced Sullivan to go into the Dewey Theatre venture In Ism Sullivan had no business interest except a saloon nnd had to I air row the ;,,(ssj he put into fhe enter prise. The Dewey Theatre property is worth ttum.oon Mr. Kllison said that Con gressman Sullivan used hut littlb capital in oilier real estate ventures. AVIATOR FLIES 9,993 MILES. Last Year's Record In French Con test was ,asa. ,eial I'nhlt Onuur), to The Srv I'akis, Sept. 18. Aviator Foumy, who is a competitor In the annual distance com petition and who slatted flying on August 25, Stopped to-day. He has covered H.H93 miles in that period. traveller, who was the record man in last year's competition, liew 4,623 miles. RICH. RUT NEED CASH. Heirs of Kidney Union's Kslate lea piMrrlshed hy Technicalities. That legal technicalities have caused Mrs. Alice Louisa Ripley, widow of Harry Dillon Klpley, and her five-year -old son. Harry, to be in want of funds, although they are entitled to the income of a 1500. 000 trust fund established by Sidney Dillon, grandfather of Harry Dillon Rip ley, was the statement made to Surrogate Fowler yusterduy by counsel for Mrs. Klpley and her son. The need of Immediate relief for Mra Ripley and her son. was presented to tin Surrogate on an accounting by the Bank ers Trust Company as trustee of the 1600,000 fund. Under the terms of Sid ney Dillon's will counsel for Mrs. Ripley contends that the truet ended with the death of the beneficiary, but the trustee wants the' Surrogate to deslde whether the money la payable to the executors under Harry Dillon Ripley's wilt or to hla son, who eventually gats the trust fund. Samuel H. Clark, counsel for Mra. Rip ley, said that she and her son are prac tically Without other nieana than the In come fVom the 1500.000 fund, and that she has had to borrow money to main tain herself and son. Tho water waa cut out of her home this summer because she couldn't pay the bill, it was said. After counsel for the trust company an nounced that It would pay the' money as soon as it got Judicial authorisation Surrogate Fowler aald he would decide the eaao promptly. REPEATERS IN GUN FIGHT ON BROADWAY Sirocco Gangster and Hudson Dusters" Battle in Autos. . CROWD OX STREET FLEES i Hired Thugs Terrorize Lincoln Square Proofs of Frauds in the Car. It wss a regular old time primary day tin James J. Hagan's district, which is the Fifteenth Assembly and lies on the West Side, with Lincoln Square as Its centre. Oeorge r. Form Is contesting Hagan's right to be celled Tammany leader of the district and ss s result automobiles loaded with roughnecks sped about from polling place In polling place, overawing election Inspectors, voting the names of registered voters and frequently getting Into clashes with each, other, the police and residents who wanted to vote for themselves. There were two shsrp battles in which guns were brought Into play and bullets fired hy opposing repeaters, regardless of j the cltltena on the streets, j One of the fights, In which two nutomn jhilefuls of toughs fired thirty shots st I each other, made Lincoln Square the bat -, in Held Just when that portion of Brond , way held its biggest crowd. Just who the gangsters are does not appear definitely, but the police believe that there was the .lack Sirocco gang on one side, up from Chinatown to poll good I votes for Jimmy Hagau, snd on the other side were the Hudson Dusters and the I Oopher gangs, West Side thugs, all of 'them They favored Form in their voting. The big battle occurred Just as the Lift' coin Square Theatre wna sending hun dreds of patrons out Into the street ami the square was Jammed with hoategoers and strollers. lean In Big Aalo. A hlg automobile with eight young men j pulbd up on the south corner of llroad- way and Sixty-sixth street. On Columbus avenue, across the square, in a room on the third floor of a building where a poolroom formerly flourished, the Jack Sirocco men had their hendpnnr ters. It is thought that the automobile contained Hudson Dusters or Gophers, bent on "cleaning out" the Sirocco head quarters. The machine had stopped for a couple of minutes. and none of ihe men had left It. when down Broadway canre another car. also a touring car. filled with men of the same tough type as wci in the first ear. Th" second ear was going fast. as it got within ten feel of Ihe stand ing car the men In the tonneau stood uj and aimed revolvers at the men In the first car. Then half a dozen revolvers cracked sharply, and the men In Up standing car. their attention thus brought to affairs, dropped to the bottom of the tonneau. The second car whizzed by, the men firing continuously. Those who had dropped In the first car had their re volvers out before the second car had travelled far. and tip returned the fire. Those leaving the theatre ducked back Into the lobby . people leaving the sub way on the north cor ner ran back , women strolling up the street ran Into a saloon on the corner, and two men hav ing their shoes ohlned. In chairs outslrt" the sal, kim ran away as fast as they could, with an unfinished polish and un paid bootblacks l.eeve Aalo and F.srape. The second car kept south and at the coiner of fflxty-flfth street slowed up a moment Four or five of the men In it Jumped out and disappeared west. The first car backed up to Sixty-sixth street When the firing wns over, turned west and disappeared. The police have Its number as 21492 N V. The car with that number belongs to the Lowe Motor Supply Company. 1727 llrnadway Policeman James Neary, at Columbus avenue and Sixty-fifth street, heard the , snots and saw the automobiles. He ran , across to Broadway, but couldn't stop j the second car, which headed souttti j He commandeered the first taxlcab that came along and followed. He drew his revolver and shouted his instructions to j stop. At Sixty-first street his chauffeur pocketed the other automobile against the I curb and It bad to stop, j There were four men in it. Neary Itook them all to Ihe West Sixty-eighth street station house Thousands of par. j soiih followed. The prisoners said they were Isaac j Sohel, 32 years, a chauffeur . of 1 Willett street ; Frank Martin. 32 years, a printer, ! of 8 Kenmare . street ; Frank Hart, 10 , years, a driver, of 150 William street, and Vlto Marschetta, 21 years, a driver. of 215 West Tenth street. . Tucked under the carpet of the tonneau the polios found a .38 calibre revolver, I fully loaded and still hot, presumably from i shooting. It hud evidently been reloaded for future adventures. Hepeaters Slip. Foaad. Under the same carpet was a alill more important find. There were six bundles of slips which. It Is believed, contained Information for the repeaters ss to the men's natpos they were to vote. Each slip In each bundle waa neatly typewritten. The addresses were all In the Third Assembly district where Christie Sullivan la leader, and the pack ages were separated Into divisions for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Election districts of the Third I Assembly. There were eighty-five slips for the First Election district, fifty-three for the Second, thirty-eight for tha Third, thirty ; one for tho Fourth, ninety -six far tha ' Fifth, thirty-one for the Sixth, a total ! of SI4 slips, on which. It Is presumed, the repeaters had, or were going to, voted Illegally. The four prisoners were held for a vlo I latlon of the Sullivan antl-wennnn law. ; and the police blotter also charges them with "riding In en automobile and shoot- CeaiiiiHcd on Snontl Pngr. . William Thaw Makes Trip Pra Watch Hill la 4w Mlaatea. iNaweosT, sept. Ifi. William Thaw, ac companled by S. McOordon In the former'; Curtlss flying boat, arrived here this morn lug via the nlr route from Watch Hill. They covered the distance In about forty minutes. The aviators followed the I beaches until Point Judith waa reached, ; then swung to the eastward, cutting across Toblntown Point. ! An altitude of about 1,000 feet was maintained until NewKrt was reached, incn ,n "utl dropped Into the water I and proceeded to the landing place as a hydroplane. MORE WHITE HOUSE BEDROOMS. I I President I ..pert. Impr.veme.ts la Hla Home. 1 Washington, Sept. II. President Wil son displayed Interest In the Improvements Isiing made In his domestic establishment st the White House to-day. Soon after ; his return from Cornish this morning he made a tour of Inspection to And out what i progress had been made on the "extraor ' dlnary Improvements," for which Con gress has appropriated IK.000. i The President found that the work of r novating the big East Room practically was completed. The white nnd gold dec. orations have la-en renewed and the giant crystal chandeliers brightened. The ! hall of the first story has been renovated j also. The Improvements tn which the presl (seal and his family are most acutely In- i tereated are In the "attic" of the White I House, where five bedrooms for guests of j the family are being Installed. The Misses I Wilson have found themselves unable to entertain as many lions, guests as they ' wished. This Is the third consecutive Adnitn t Istratloii In which It has been necessary to Increase the numlrer of guest rooms at ' 1 the White House. WOULD TAX OEN. GRANT ESTATE. state t nmptrollrr 4'n. tests Snrro- srate'a Kxcmptapn Derlslo. state Comptroller ohmar nied notice of appeal In the Surrogate's office yesterday from the decision of the Surrogate exempt ing from tux the 1100.000 estate of Oen. Fied. rick I lent Grant on the ground that although oen. Oram was living at the Hotel Savoy at the time of his death, he had changed his legal residence to Wash ington, D, and had arranged to pur chase a house there. The Surrogate based his decision on a ruling of the Couit of Appeals in the case of Gen. Wlnflrld Scott Hancock that an army Offloer was transient guest of a hotel at the army post to which he was assigned to duty. The state Comptroller contends that Gen. Grant was an actual resident nt the State of New York when he died. BRYAN TAKES TO ROAD AGAIN. O0ES TO NEWPORT BT AIR. Has t. ase viral I O xl - I by 1.315 against 34 for Goi ge Fcrm. a anas f,,;(,.H l(f tha Progressives or trou This Week. hie in the Sixth Assembly district, con. Wash i nctux , sept. it. Secretary ofl trolled by Samuel s. Koenlg, president or j Stale Bryan resumed bis lecturing on the '1'"' Republican count) Committee, prove. 1 I Chautauqua Circuit to-day after two days "' '"' nothing mine than tricks of in, i of an uninterrupted stay in Washington. I nerves, All was peace. BarlJ In the He left this afternoon for Stnuntnn, Vs.. afternoon's voting a crew of guerrilla! was President Wilson's birth place, where he sighted, but they did nobod) any hairn. w ill speak to-night. , The Progressive! had no complaint Us He will take a train for Washington Wage last night of Republican trickery . at - o'clock to-morrow morning and will j '" Koenlg! district i be back at bin office at the beginning of The Tammany vote showed a marked j the business day. increase In some of the Harlem districts This Week the Secretary lias several despite the fact that there was no Oppoil- i speaking engagements in Virginia Stai nton, Va . Sept. 1 1, The hlg i t bautauqua tent was packed to-night When William Jennings Bryan. Secretary of State, delivered an address. Mr. Hi van ; was greeted at the station by many old 1 time admirers After the speaking a re. ! caption took place at the residence of , K. S. Turk. JEWEL MESSAGE BY PIGEON. j Carrier Files From Vessel to fta.re. Valuables llelna ton ml. PmiADaiPHM, Sept, l. When she I discovered that she had lef Valuable t Jewelry in a bag at the Hellevue-Strat- ior,i noici aim. iauiei ii. i-ergusori. on the British steamer Clenesk OUtSldo the Delaware rapes. liberated a enrrier pigeon, which returned to the home cote j on the Ferguson farm. Fail view, at Men- ilenhull. Pa . witit a message telling of ! the loss The hold was communicated , with and the Jewelry was obtained and put in the office safe. Mi. and Mrs, Ferguson started for New i 'anile. Now Brunswick, and left one bag ; to be stored In the baggage room of the ; hotel until their return. Through a mls- take the Jewel box waa placed In the bag. ; The pigeon that carried the message was ! being taken with others by Mr. Ferguson to friends in New Brunswick. "BILLION JURY" AIDS WIDOW. ' Harbarerrr'e Twelve Hlra Me. lve! Wosnaa $10,000 Verdict. j What Sheriff ilarburger calls his "bill- i i Ion dollar'' Jury, because the members of law panel are all well to do, gave a verdict for $10,000 yesterday to Mrs. afary McDowell, widow of James Mc- I Dowell, who was run over and killed by an Ice wagon on July 17. t Mrs. McDowell sued Ttmoth) I Sul livan, head of the company owning the Ice wagon, for 126,000, and when the de fendant failed to defend the case It was sent to the Sheriff's Jury, which decided that 110,000 was about the value of tha life of a worklngmau. Ten bankers and brokers, a machlnery l manufacturer and the president of a tele : graph messenger company billion dollar'' Jury. WESTERN MINERS STRIKE. Colored., I lab a.d New Mexico Coal Mea failed Oat. TmiNioAD, Col., Sept. is. Ten thousand coal miners will walk out of the mines In southern Colorado next Monday evening. The etrlke order waa issued at & :30 o'clock to-night. Tho State convention of the L'nited Mine Workers has been In session hero since Monday morning. About i 50 delegates are in attendance. The resolution to cull a strike was In troduced thta morning, following the per sistent refusal of the operators to confer with union leaders. The main issue of tbe siriKe, wnmi waa aevuiea upon mis eve- ning. Ik union recognition. The order to strike applies to district No. 15, com pi'lalng Colorado, New Mexico ami Utah, No IpaSllllMlil OBllll tMiOMIilk till I I lls lu ituuukct and wucj drinks. Ami 1 SMALL VOTE IN DULL PRIMARIES Cotinittje Slates Go Throtigh and Few Ijoarioi-s Deposed. MASKED CHANGES A Ik I Oliblf Wins Annual Fitfht for Control of tho Heventeenth. KOKNlG'fl DISTRICT Ql'IKT Proffvpssivos Fetr of Attnpfc hy (iiiPi'HIIiis Proven iron nrl less. ; Prlmar) elections, held yeeterdaj In fld boroughs, produced nothing but tig. its. No , Republican or Democratic leaden lost their districts No candidates for important Offices were superseded. CotltmltwO desig nations la-id good everywhere, Just at though the committees had nominated in the first place. In other word., the new ; method of selecting candidates produced, 1 no effective change oyer the old method- t all at the probable cost of something inotd - than II a vote to the dtv. Th- worst tight Was In the Flftientlt Assembly dlsirh;. where Oei Tammany rgi Form leadership was contesting the ' of James J. Hagau. In the Twenty-eighth Assembly district, Charles Largy. the Republican leader, got into a mw with LoTOngO CI Of ft, wln wanted his friends to write Ids nagM as a candidate for the Board of Alder men. Largy was arrested and was taken to the Harlem court, charged with dis orderly conduct He "as discharged. There were incidental tights In olh.r parts of town from Cafnargle to T'v Bronx, but the effect on the voters waM nil tinker Wins Oat. The perennial contest in the Seventeenth Assembly district, Republican, between Abraham Oruber and Wills B. Davis, resulted as usual in a victory for GrUl ., ins vote was about l.oeo to -' tm i ... . . James .1. Ilagan. In the Fifteenth leino. cratlc, where the gun fighting occurred. lion to tiie leaders. This Is how- the leaders stood In the itliiee parties according to the returns at midnight : Democratic leaders tlanhattaa nnd 'Ike Bronx. A i Leader l lianiel K Koni Thomas P, Foley, i John t' ritsgerskl i .loim p Ahearn. Charles W. Culkm Devd Lasarus. Frank .1 ioodw in I C II Sullivan vS Peter .1 poollni M William ballon in S l.,il(enkraii7 li Thos. J IfeManui. li t'haiies r Murphy, J-t John K t'urr . II Ml. Iiarl J Crtlisj .luiiies J Itueau I'.Uward F Iloyle li Itnswrll n. Williams llM Mart fruntt li John V t'oisj. A. II la-adrr II Jnme J Hue 10 Wni N shannon -I John II OI'oiiiu-IL .-. Win II Situiott .1 Tho. f atcAvef !1 Jnlm .1 Diet!. j.'s j. r Primkiji set Jan. J Krawle.v 27 lien L, DonneHsn v Nicholas .1 Have, -i Thomas K Rush :i"N wailaos eraser .:-S Peri l v-al K. N'atile. SI Wm J Wrislit 33N Marini Hiirks. ..s Kdward O Brien K Michael J. Garvin .n Stephen A Nugent, . KllsK-ortli J H-.,ly llcnuhllon l eader.. i leader Win llosr Jos laivelisoil J.., nc- K March. Alesaniler Wolt. JOs T. Hai krlt Samuel a, Kocnu hi hi on 1 1 1 V Koa l.nm- JacohMcn Michael II lllnke r I.. Mar-hall tieu. w wsjunakar William llenkel. Paul Horchurd John s Shea Lloyd P linker Charles H I.rxow Abraham Gruber, Jos K Nejedlv V II. I.c.i, hi '-' Aielaiii.er tiroush -i Wm 0, llcoht . : Moses M M.-Kee Ambrose o N'eal. m t'olliii II Wooriwara. i Mori is Iievy a Kredk. 0 Tanner Hsml Kniiewiich -T Jos. wf speiuei si t'liu. ii Largy SI William Chilver. M frank K Bowers 11 John J Lyon, lug Wni II T.-o Rye! ;.x John J Ktiswii H Alfred li Slnionds lit Krnest W Hradburr. Thos, W Wlilltle Prourraeltr Leaders. d i-cfei, r lot. A rmrknt Ur Nathan Katnoff. W M Chadbourue. Abraham limley Path. T Oanavaa Max llelnuler John J I'luuketi l.n Will tsnll Jos J. Otennon In- A i t ! ii aesats, Wm J Moriin Henry M. Tod F l Pauahliii Timothy Mealy. Wm ilrsui Brown. Kraneis J l.anlrv liems P. Carey. Wm A Fernnson. A. n Lea.ler 11 Robert I' li is. :i Abr L. karate -I J W. Batdorl -' Fredk. Usbii ll l Joseph V.. Sav see a Jeremiah Kelrher A (i McKeever i Jacob R biff i Schuyler M Masai 21 Abraham Jordan SS MsnUM M Isaacs SI John C lloetlllia . .a Jacob J lamest J-.'H lrviuu M t'rsne :.' X Jos L .oeul Wm Hostsls 14 Jacob hongul, 33 Jseob K Vrerlsmt. Leaders I. Richmond. Th! following lender In Richmond borough i eta in their places for another made tip t h. i vour : Republican, I rge II. Nichols; j Democrat, Joseph J, o'tlrady: Progres . ; slve. Coroner William K. Jackson. The dispute over tbe Republican nom ination for Mayor was almost entirely eliminated by the death of Mayor Oaynor. in a few districts Republican Insurgents against John Purroy Mltchel. whom tho Republican city committee designated as the party candidate for Mayor, wroto In the name of William R. Wlllcox, ex-ohs1-man of the Public Service Commission The effort to nominate Mr Wlllcnx was concentrated in Brooklyn, where Judinn fl. Wall, a member of the Uaynni com mittee, tried to Induce the Republicans to place, his uatue ou the bullota In oppo sition to Mr. Mltrbel. Mi. Wlllcox had tint countenanced tin plan nnd his vote I was very Ugh l Mclf.adr loses Place. inly leader in 011) district wl- The lOII Ills pi le. to ntdjilgnt. according 1 tin- N tui us IIP W!s J A. MiWuaae,