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Mr fir it lit ti If It's News ami True, It's Here. Weather To-day ; -Fair. PRICE TWO CENTS. VOL. LXIIL, NO. 199. NEW HAVEN, CONN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1908. FIGHTING BOB DEFENDS JAPS Oreatest Little Fighters in World, He Says,- and Should Not be Press. ; ed Too Far. PLEADS FOR BIG NAVY Retiring Admiral Declare Tliejre No Danger of War I'nlcsa , I'nltcd Slates Forera it Ppon .Tn pan. Lake Mohonk, N. Y.. Aug. 15,-Far from grim warships and the sea, where he spent nearly half a century In the service of his country. Rear Admiral Kobley ti. Evans, of the United States navy, today, In this unlet mountain hotel, reached the age limit. S2, and passed from the ranks of the country's active a fighters. Ida whs the long est service, but two years short of half a century, of any man who reached the office of rir admiral in the t'nltd Rates navy. In reply to the query of a friend who asked the admiral how he felt on his 2ml birthday. "Fighting Rob" replied In his characteristic style; "Fit as a fiddle. I am 62 years young today, and I expect to reach a hundred. There would never he any war be tween the two countries, the admiral said, utiles the United States forced It upon Japan. He said the Japanese are a sensitive people and the greatest Mile flRlitera In the world, and It Is not n wise policy to annoy them too murh. The admiral strongly asserted that the United States Is In duty hound to maintain a large navy. "We should have 24 battleships In koth tlfe Pacific and. the Atlantic r conns," he said. "Sixteen of these should be In commission In each ocean fill the time, with eight held In re aerva" The admiral expressed If as his opinion that such a fleet of battle ship would not only guarantee a state of peace but would have Ines timable value In promoting our trade Interests In all quarters of the globe. The formal celebration of honor of Rear Admiral Robley p. Evans took, place In the evening In the large par lor of the mountain hotel, The room was gaily decorated with American flags; hut the feature which attracted tho attention of everybody was a battle-scarred flag that the admiral car ried on th Iowa, during the battle Tilth the Spanish fleet at. Santiago. After the audience sung "America" Dr.- Andrew S. Draper of New York made the 'address of presentation of the loving cup, which was a gift to Admiral Evans from the guests of the hotel. CHARLIE COOK THROWN Local Driver Has Narrow Escape at . t oonsocket Knees. Woonsooket. R. I., Aug.' IS. The August meeting at Woonsocket park opened to-day with good racing. Alice Alack took the 2:11" paceafter six hard heat. Northern Spy. the favor ite, fell flat after the first two heats. Jn the fifth heat Fleming and 0. H. Cook were thrown and run over hut neither waa badly hurt. Summaries: 2: SO trot, purse $300 Atlas Boy won throe straight heats and race; KUa Orla aeeond and Judge 'Dare third. Time. 2:24 1-4, 2:2 1-4, 2:27, Wood B, Ora Todd, Leila Morse, J. C. h., and Delia Wilkes also started. 2:23 pace, purse $300--Mary Wax won three straight heats and race; C. H. H., second, and Bert. Nuthuret, third. Time, 2:20 1-2, 2:20 1-2 2:20 Awake Boy Charlie King. Knlas Knoss, Deceiver, Warren F and Mayo also started. 2:18 pace, purse $300 Alice Mack won third, fourth and sixth heats and race. Time, 2:17 1-4, 2:18, 2:24 Northern Spy, second, won first and 'second heats. Time 2:18 1-2, 2:16 1-4. Lady Baxter, third, won fifth. Time, 2:21 1-2. Ella Willis, Ray Via Mack Silver Bar and Atd Patrick alao started. News waa received In this city last night by private dispatches of the ac cident to "Charlie" Cook, who Is the well known local driver. ' He was driving Clayton Rcdtleld's "C. II. R." at the time and although badly shak en up and bruised he will be aihle to continue his work, PAPKE A WHIRLWIND DnMly Outclasses "Sailor" Burke- Ketchell Delivers Knockout, New York, Aug. 18. -"Billy" Papke, the Illinois boxer, maintained his repu tation of a whirlwind fighter by getting tho better of "Sailor" Burke of this city In a faist. and very roughvslx-round bout at the National Athletic club here tonight. No decision was given by Hefereo Charley Vhlte, hut. the west ern fighter outclassed his opponent al most at every stage of the game. Papke rushed things at the opening and Burke showed a willingness to mix it up but was floored with a right-hand punch on the Jaw. When he got up he received a hard Jolt on the stomach and an overhand punch on the head. Burke early evinced a readiness to clinch and this attitude he maintained throughout the rest of the battle. The police arrested the principals in ' g minor bout but could not gain ad mission during 'the star event. lct'lioll Delivers Knockout, Pan Francisco, Aug. 1. Stanley Ketiiirl knocked Joe Thomas out to - niht In the second round. COULDN'T USE BAND STAND fler. Stanley .1. Clark Addresses So cialists on t'recn. The meeting of the socialist with the drlrs by Rev. Stanley J. (Murk, the Texaa ortor, was hold op the green last, night wm of the Bennett fountnlti. Director Foley having 1illne1 to let the rarly lino the. hand stand, giving as a reason th At the. decorators (or tho A. O. H. were working upon It. Wil liam Applegate, the nomine fur lieu tenant governor on the orlallnt ticket, called Mention to the fart that the bund stand n unoccupied. In his speech Mr. Clark Mid tliHt there are throe ways to call the people attention to their condition; one byedu catlon, another by agitation, and third by at.matlon. All of these have boon tiled. The only thing, ho ald, that will pre vent tho occupancy of the proildonttal chair by Kugene V. nebs. Is the Ignor ance nT the American worklngnian. MANY REGISTER IN EIGHTH. 7,- nor cent, of New Men Come In onlft1' sections of the state have called and .lournal-Courlcr Coupon. Reports of registration In the Eighth ward show that over 160 were enrolled List Friday. This enrollment Is very heavy for the ward, even In a presiden tial yar. It Is Interesting to note thit seveniy-flve per cent, of the registra tions came In on Journal-Courier cou pons. CAYALRY REUNION First Connecticut Horsemen in Civil War to Gather at Rock To-day. COMPANY WITH CUSTER Resolutions to be Presented on Heath ' of Brigadier Jeneral Wakes Ice of Company. The annual reunion of the Flrft Cav alry association of th Connecticut Vol unteers will be held today at Savin Rook. About 100 of the veterans of thla .the only cavalry company that the statu sent to the Civil war, are ex pected to answer to the roll call at Maple Palace at 11 o'clock. After theifnr him? Mv own Interest Is for the roll rail the party will adjourn to Wll- cox's reitaurant where the shore din nor wlll.be enjoyed. After the dinner will come the business session of the day at which there will be the reading of rports and the Election of officers. A feature, of the business' session will be the resolutions which are to he adopted In memory of the Ute Briga dier fjeneral Erastus Blakesle who en tered the war with the company as a. second lieutenant and rose to the hiph rank which he held at the time of his death during the year just past. The committee em,..yed In the task of drawing up the resolutions consisted of Attorney CliHrles F. Bollman of this city, Captain James Wheeler of Bridge port and W.llllam C. layman of Wllll mantlc. At the business session there will a'so he an address by Past Depart ment Commander Appell of the State G. A. R. The members of th cavalry company will wear Custer ties symbolic of the fact that the company was under Cus ter during the war. The committee In charge of this affair consists of Wes ton Terrls, president: George Kt rat ton, vice-president; Giles Cook and Charles F. Bollman, George S. Smith Is sec retary of the company. AMERICAN CHESSMAN WINS Dr. Iinsker Takes Klrst of Series for World Championship, Duesseldorf, Aug, 18. Dr. 'Emanuel Danker, of New York, the world's chess champion, was the victor In the first gnme of the chess match of eight gsmon up between hlin and Dr. Tarrasch of Nuremhurg for the championship of the world. Dr. Laeker won on the fifty fifth move. Tho game between the two masters was begun yesterday, and adjourned at the thirty-second move, after four hours play, I.asker at that time having a king's pawn advantage. To-day Tar rasch missed an opportunity of making the game a. draw In consequence of ex changing his remaining bishop for Tus ker's knight. Then Dasker carried out a tine rook maneuver, using as advan tage his pawn superiority on the king's side, and securing a. passed pawn with whleh he captured Tarrasch's rook and won. The second game will be played to-morrow. EMPRESS BREAKS DOWN rteeurrencp of Hysterics and Mental Depression Causes Anxiety, St. Petersburg, Aug. IS The health of the empress again Is arous ing anxiety at the Russian court. She appeared to be gTestly benefited hy the cruise In the Finnish archipel ago, hut, Since her return, there has been a recurrence of hysteria and general weakness, preventing the em press from walking and sometimes even from standing. It is said also that she is mentally depressed, "The empress was unable to attend the dinner and reception given In honor of Empress Francis Joseph's birthday by F.mperor Nicholas to night at the Imperial pavilion at Krasnoye Selo, where the guard man oeuvres are being held. AMOK VISITS PHESIDE'VT. Oyster Ray, N. v., Aug. IS. President p.oosevelt's daughter .Alice, wife of Congressman Nicholas Tuigworth. of Ohio, reached Oyster Bay this afternoon l to make a short visit to the president I and Mrs. Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. j she w as accompanied by her., brother, Archibald. SPIRIT THAT MAY DEFEAT MR. LILLEY Letters from Various Sections of the State Showing That Voters Will Not Stand for Him. NEW HAVEN MAN WARNS Same Lesson May be Ithrn Here as When Mnrtln Was Fieoicil Hartford Cnuraitt'a In-coii'-lMency. The Journal-Courier Is receiving al most ee,ry day letters commending Its attitude In the flght for the governor ship. Aside from the letters men from forls to secure for the state a (It gov ernor, Some of the letter are printed below and give; a fair Idea of the spirit abroad: A Warning. Editor of The jnurnalJCourler: Warning Tho Fyler-l'llman combin ation want to use care In forcing on the convention voters the ticket as published In the Courier of this morn Ing. There will be a great surprise In store fe-r the "machine" for they can not "deliver the goods" If 'he demo crats have a respectable nominee. We would repeat our lesson of New Haven when- Mayor Martin .received his election. We want Woodruff and I.ake for our ticket. New Haven, August 15. IMS. "REALVF.ST." Palmer Letter U Klglit. Ivoryton. Conn.. Aug. 11, 1M5. The Carrlnctort Publishing Co. t received copy ijf your paper con taining the letter of Cieorge s. Palmer. The letter Is all right. I do not take a very active part In politics hut am much Interested tn see Mr. I.llley de feated as candidate for governor He, Lllley, was here n town oyer nlcht last week and T hear was promised by our town chairman republican commit tee the delegates from here. Hy the way I see fiy the papers that Govornor Woodruff will consent to run again. He Is all right and besides a stronger janrl better candidate than Lllley. Cannot th convention be stnmnedcd I success of tho republican Tarty nnd clean politics. Yours truly, !KO. H. fOMPTnr'K. Not in be Wolnted To. Kdltor oi' The Jiurnal-rVinrler: I think your object Is to stir up af fairs In the state, and 1 ulll sav that (Continiwd on Second Page ) NO REPORT IN YET Italian . Held In Sheehnn Cnse Taken to .Tall Yesterday. Although "Deputy Coroner Pond did not finish his ino.ue In th case of the death of Ceorge Pheehan, the young man murdered in Parties avenue Saturday night, and so the two ital hins held have not yet been charged with any crime, they were taken to the county Jail yesterday .and held without hall and it Is very prohahle that the decision In the cape will h reached sometime today. The coroner had no new facts which he felt cuild he given out last night. A large num ber more witnesses were heard yester day, Including many Italians of the vicinity who" know the two arrested men and some of whom arc relatives. An effort Is being made to determine upon a stronger motive for the crime than has been yet announced. It Is a very prevalent opinion that the Ital ians irfay have Intended an assault up on iMiss T'WlA and that the shnotlnj was the result of the attempt to get her escort out of the way. This Is con sidered a stronger and much more likely motive than that of the melons, hut It Is not known what hearing, the statements made to the coroner will have In relation to the real motl,ve of the act. Carfaro and Campncnoll may not come hefore the police court, but will probably be taken before the grand Jury for Indictment on a bench war rant. Over In Fair Haven, Fast, citizens are complaining over the fact of In sufficient protection and claim that the brutal murder of .Saturday nlRht Is one of the best of arguments for consoli dation with the city. : STATE BUTCHERS TO MEET Hold Their First. Convention In Har monle Hall To-morrow. The state butchers will hold a. meet ing tomorrow afternoon at, 2:311 o'clock In Harmonic hall to talk oyer matters of Interest to (he trade. The meeting win tie i tie nrsi or its uind to be hlfl and practically all the leading market men of the state will attend. Cieorge F. Kellogg will be chairman of the meeting and the addresses will be: "The Issues of rmr Trade," Fred erick . Orr; "Resistance to Further Encroachment," W. J. n'Keefe; "The Tariff In Relation to Our Industry," William Hornldge. Following the addresses there wilt be an onen discussion and after thai I the butchers will organize. MPTOX YACHT Ftlli Tf i W Chicago. Aug. IS. The Uptr.ii cup contestants failed to cover the course within the time limit of three hours to day, and tho third and mini ra"e nf the series was declared off with the leading yacht, the Spray of the Chica go Yacht club, six minutes from the finish line, The Cleveland would have won second plae had tho race been completed, morro'v. The race will b sailed to- NEWS SUMMARY. I.ICM'.n 41.. Handicaps fur Trolling Derby Fighting Bob lefomls Japan , 1 KkliHorilinniy Shouting 1 American I'liesnnmn Wins I Three. Firemen Kll'ed 1 Caslro Hulk AuhIii 1 'Impress Breaks down 1 I'a iko n Whirlwind , , , . . . I l.ocn I H.tnks Protest I Hrllous to Aid Roosevelt Hunt 8 Financial News and Quotations 10 i fc-TATH. News from All Parts of Connecticut. 8 New Hrllaln fur Lllley 1 MTV. For Improving I.qeal Harbor ., 1 Heady for A, ), fl. Parade 1 Will Remit Fees 1 Spirit Thai May Defeat Lllley 1 Cavalry Hcnnlon Tn-riay 1 Lake Here To-morrow , I Couldn't t'se BmiiiI SlHi.d. ......... . 1 No Report In Murder Case.,,,,,,,,, 1 St Hrse'i Church Picnic 8 Miller Hill! 1'iiconiiclous , ? ftl'OltTX Cnnes T and 0. Locals Beaten by Orators. Hartford Again Leads. Ponies Lose to New Britain. Paperweights Rest Merlden. Wagner's Pirates Ixse to Roston, Cubs Downed by Quakers. Yanks Lose to Tigers. Nlinbu Wins at F.mplre City, Eel Breaks World's Record. A. O. H. Kvenls To-day. HANDICAPS IN TROTTING DERBY Sweet Marie, Sonoma Girl and Highball Heaviest Penalized in $50,000 American v Race. 73 HORSES NOW ENTERED Great Mile and n 'Juarter Tlnee to be rinn at ncaflvllle on August. 21 Winner Take $30,000. P.oston. Aug. IS Handlcappera Budd pohle, tho great relnsman from Cali fornia, J, Z. Zimmerman of IJma, fihlo, and (iorge Hicks of Boston, de voted the entire dav and evening to the task of penalising the 73 trotters entered In the J;;,n.fl00 American Trot ting perby to he derided at Readvllle on Tuesday, August 25, and the result of their work was announce,) tonight. The race is for one mile and a quar ter, one dash, though In ease of too big a flM of starters the track re serves the privilege of having prelim inary trials, the six leading horses In each to contest In the final, for the big purse, of which ?,o,000 goes to the win ner. In handicapping the horses records did not necessarily govern, as trotters known not to be up to their records were treated accordingly. Horses with out records were not necessarily placed on the scratch mark. At, the 1 14 mile mark were placed those considered up to racing a mile tn 2: IS. and no horse was handicapped to bo slower than that time. At an interval of fifty feet Is set the different marks back from the 1 ;-4 mile post. In the estimate nf the handlcnppers each fifty feet repre sents one second of time In placing the faster trotters In the rear of the slow er ones. Highball,. Sonoma Girl nnd Sweet 'Mario were given the bljtgest penalty (Continued on Third Page.) ENGLISH MINE DISASTER. Uttle Hope for Seventy Mien Fn- tombed by Explosion, Wlgan, England, Aug. IS. An ex plosion occurred today In the Maypole coal mine belonging to Messrs. Pearson nnd Knowles. The headgear and ven tilating apparatus of the mine was de stroyed and about. 70 of the miners are entombed. It Is feared that many have been killed. Only the smallest hope Is entertained of saving the entombed miners. Tem porary repairs to the machinery en abled reecne parties to descend Into the adjacent workings, only to find their way blocked by wreckage and gases. Three dead miners were found and one terribly mutilated, but still alive. Four of the miners escaped alive. A number of the rescuers were over come by the fumes and brought to the surface In an unconscious condi tion. . WOMAN CLIMBER LOST Failure to Hour from Miss Teck In Andes. Causes Grave Anxiety. Lima, Peru, Aug. 18. lAtarm la felt, here for the safety of Mies Annie 8. Peck, of Providence, R. ,, the noted mountain climber, who on Friday af ternoon signalled her arrival at an al titude of 25,000 feet on Mt, Huascaran, ju,P summit of which In covered with perpetual snow. Since that time no w ord has been had from Miss Peck or the two Alpine climbers who accom panied her. Miss Peck's feat In reaching an altitude higher than that attained hy any other man or woman in the world was learned here with flstonlshmorii and admiration, and her return from the mountain was eager ly looked, forward to. Her failure tu return, or communicate In any way, since Friday soon caused grave anxi ety and various expeditions were or ganized anil have started to her assist ance. HI", RST lKAI.l'ERS RENT'S. p.chcnectady. N. V.. Aug. 1S. At a meeting held here to-nlght. by the central body of the' Independence league of Schenectady county, the ticket of Hlsgen and Graves was re pudiated, and tt strong resolution adopted endorsing Bryan and Kern, urging all Independence leaguers to work and vote for them, FOR IMPROVING LOCAL HARBOR Important . Hearing Before , Government Engineering Board Called for Next Friday. WHAT. MAJOR TAYLOR SAYS SpeuUa of Result of Slurry Htnl nrromnicmlntlniia Made to the Powers at Wash ington, of A matter of great Importance to those interested In the commercial wel fare of New Haven will be up fpr dis cussion In this city In Chamber of Commerce hall, 763 Chapel street, next Friday, when a hearing will be con ducted by the government hoard of en gineers for rivers Hnd ' harbors, the hearing being the direct result of a provision In the river and harbor act of March 2. 1907, pertaining to the survey of New Haven harbor. The result of the survey Is an Interesting one and Its findings and recommenda tions have been submitted to the powers that be. In Washington. The board of engineers meets bore for tho purpose of becoming acrpialnt ed with local conditions and proposed Improvements here and to determine whether such Improvements will ade quately meet the needs of commerce nnd navigation. The board desires to hear all those Interested In the Im provement of New Havn harbor and will consider their views, either orally or In writing. It Is hoped and presum ed that a large number of citizens will turn out and express their opinions In re. re.ice to the future development of the l"ol hirhor. Major Harry Taylor of the corps of engineers was s"en last night and of the conditions here he had the follow ing comment to tnakei "The river and harbor act of March 2. contained an item authorizing a preliminary examination and survey of New Haven harbor with a view to determining whether a greater depth Is needed. The duty of making this pre liminary examination and subsequent survey the report on the preliminary examination being favorable was as signed to me. When I submitted my re port of the preliminary examination I stated that further Improvement of the harbor by deepening the main channel to a depth of 25 feet was advisable, this recommendation being based on a number of letter which I had received from parties Interested In the Improve ment of the harbor and other Informa tion which t had obtained." Major Taylor said tnat the survey which was made after the report of (Continued on Second Page.) EXTRAORDINARY SHOOTING Cnpfaln 'Casey Scores 07 Out of Pos slble 100 shorn at 1,000 Yards. Camp Perry, 0., Aug. IS What Is said to have been the most extrgor dlnary long range rifle shooting ever seen In America was accomplished to day by Captain K. K. V, Casey of the First Delaware, In the Leech and Wimbledon cup matches, both of which he won by record breaking scores. In the Leech match for the cup presented by Csptaln Leech of the Irish team which visited New York In 1S74, n match at 700. (too and l.OOn yards, Caey scored 104 out of a possible 10R, In the Wimbledon 1.000 yard match this afternoon he scored P7, beating the match recodr of 91 made by Cap tain Richard of Ohio In 1903. In the lieech match Private Mlner vlnl of the Fourth New Jersey was second and Captain R. W. Wise of Massachusetts third at. R8. TOLSTOI TO ESPERANTISTS Count PeniW greeting In Congress of International Mogulsis. 'Dresden, Aug. IS A greeting from Count, I,eo Tolstoi was read today to tho members of the fourth Internation al congress of Ksperantlsts, who are now In session In this city. , Of the 175 new societies reported to the congress ten are In the United States and rive In the Philippine Isl ands. The total of F,sperantlnts' socle ties In the United States Is fll. The Japanese delegates declared to day that, extraordinary progress had been made with Esperanto In Japan, where Count Ilayashl, former foreign minister, had accepted tho honorary presidency of the locat . association. Twenty-four members nf the Dresden police force learned the Esperanto, lan guage In order to be of assistance to the delegates to the congress. CAUCUS AT MERIDEN Woodruff and Iake Men Will Prob ably he Chosen To-nlght. , The caucus for the election of del egates from Merlden to tho republican state convention will be held this evening and it Is believed that. Con gressman Lllley will not have a dele gate. The active leaders are for Woodruff and Lake. Major William H. Lyon, who Is a personal friend of (rovernor Woodruff, will probably head the delegation. NEW BRITAI20R LILLEY Pledged Men Chosen hy 2 to 1 Vote for Wnterlniry Man. New Britain. Aug. IS, At the repub lican caucus held here to-nlglit. the fol low lllg delegates pledged to T.lllev we'-e elected by a vote of 504 to 2RS ; K. N. Humphrey, J. W. Alen, A. E. Wallen. G. W. Trout, A, L. Andrus and K. F. Por ter. The congressional delegates eleete.l were W. T. Hartman. .T. rowers, Mavor C. M. Landers. A. N. Abbe and A. Lar son, It Is understood thev will support Major Dwlght of Hartford, LOCAL BANKSPROTEST Appear Hrfore New York Tn Unnril Flegardliid One Per t ent. Utile. New York. Aug. IS. Counsel for twonty-Hlx Connecticut hanks, one Hhode Island bank, one New Hamp shire bank and eight foreign Insur ance, companion appeared to-day he- fore the tax hoard at the hearing giv en to receive protests against paylns flat rate of 1 per cent, on all local slocks hold by them, regardless of what their iinoi might, he. The hear ing was only a formal one under a re cent, decision of the court of appeals In the case of the Bridgeport Savings bank, where It was held that unless an opportunity .waa given Cora formal protest tho n.-w."mcnt might be set a.slde. The tota.1 amount of stock which the corporations wish taken out or their assessment lists Is about J2.600,. 0(10, representing a tax of $25,000. It Is not believed that the 1ax hoard will grant, a reduction. LAKE HERE TO-MORROW Will ho Guest of Bridgeport HuM- nesa Men at Ktivln Hock Lieutenant Governor F.verett J. Lake will he the chief guest of the Bridge-! port Riislness Men's association at its annual banquet at Pavln Rock to-nior- i row. lis is also a memner or tn Hart ford Kuslness Men's association, and the state organization. The dinner will he held at the Colonnade, and will be served at 2M o'clock. WILL . REMIT FEES Judge Studley Promulgates New Ruling for Those Entering Army. AFFECTS MINORS ONLY Swede's Case) Yesterday Attracted Attention of .Iiidgo to Difficulty of Paying Fee- In the ease of Axel Peterson, a Swede who yesterday made application In the probate court for the appointment of a guardian In order that he might com ply with the government enllstlnR rules for young men under twenty-one who wish to enter the Ihiited" Statss military service, Judge Studley pro mulgated a new rule which may he quite welcome to a number of young men who wish to enter the service. The government laws require that If a young man who has no parents living here wishes to enter IJie army pervl -e and Is under twenty-one years of age he must have a probate court In the district In which he lives appoint a guardian for him who may give his assent to his entering the service, The fees for this appointment amount to about JO and thU Is generally quite a sum of money to the young man who has decided upon the army life. In the case of Peterson, the young man did not have the ready money but he signified his willingness to assign his first month's wages to the court to pay the fee so anxious was he to enter the service. The new rule which the Judge decreed and which will hold good In all such cases In the probate court of New Haven district henceforth is that In the case of a young man under these circumstances seeking a guardian appointed so that he may enter the military service the court will waive all fees and the required legal action will cost the petitioner nothing. Peter son was the first man to profit by this ruling. THREE FIREMEN KILLED Two Honrs of Burning Building Fall on Men In Cellar. London, Ont., Aug. IS. Three fire men were killed and a fourth was dan gerously hurt tonight when the floors of a burning building fell upon them. The dead are: Fire Chief Lawrence Clark, Foreman JlcQualn, Fireman J. Cnckhnrn, The fire broke out in the basement of Westman's hardware store. The fire men were In the cellar trying to get at the source of the flames when the first and second floors of the building crashed through on them. Tho fire de veloped to be burning worse on the top floor. Cockhurn, who Is a sergeant of the Peyenlh rertlment, was In the cellar with the chief when he met his end. The cellar had much water In it and If the men were not Instantly killed they were drowned. Their bodies have not been recovered. Fireman Ferguson, who waa hurt Irt another part of the crash, was taken to a hospital, The loss will be $5(1,000. CASTRO BALKS AGAIN Refuses to Permit Bra7,ll to Handle French Diplomatic. Affairs. Caracas, Aug. 17, via Wlllemstad, Aug. 1S. A sensation has been caus' ed In diplomatic circles by the refus al of President Castro to permit the Brazilian minister to lake charge of French Interests In Venezuela, although Dr. .lose Paul, the Venezuelan minister of foreign affairs had originally agreed to this arrangement. As a consequence of I lies attitude of President Castro, the foreign minister has Indited a second note. In which he states that the gov ernment now refuses to accede to this arrangement, because nf the dispute b-. tween Venezuela, and France hears a close relation to Venezuela's dispute with the United States, and the propos ed arrangement, would, therefore, en danger the eontlniiam-e of friendly re lations with Brazil. President Castro left, to-day for a trip to Bnrriulslmsto, embarking on the gun boat Kestaurador for Tucai-as. The president Invited the British minister to accompany him, which Is believed to be significant, In view of the present crisis. READY FOR START OF GREAT PARADE L Over Five Thousand Men,. 35 Bands and 11 Drum Corps to March With the J A. 0. H. ' UNDER WAY AT It O'CLOCK Great Athletic Carnival at Savin Rock This Afternoon Band Concert on the Green in the Evening Prograni. To-day's Important errata ta .. the A. . If. Plate rnnveatloa are ' as follows i . ' ' II a. in Parade, starting at the green, and coin over a line of ' ninrrh printed below, . 2i!10 p. m. Athletic earnlral oa . the ball around at ftarla Hock. ft p. m. A. O, II. drill learn com- ' pellllnn In Mimlt! Hall. . ft p. m. Illunilnnllnn and band concert uri (he areen. Although the state convention, of the Ancient Order of Hlbarnlana will' not open formally until tb-morroW the events of to-day wl!"- be.aa Import" J ant from some standpoints' as any that occur during the convention. Th monster parade Which' starta thla ' morning at 11 -o'clock Will undouht-i edly he one ofjhe largest ever wit nessed In this city and will driwan. Immense crowd to the, center of tha town and along the line of march. Display of Colors. . ;'? ' The national colors of Ireland 'en twined In the folda of the, -Star Spnngied Banner are everywhere 1 prominently displayed about tha pity and the decorations rank well wlthf any display here In years. In the pa rade, in which B.000 men will'; be la line, will be found thirty-five banda and eleven drum .corps. . The line of march as officially announced . last night will be as follow:. . i ' Mne of March. - ., Formation- will take place' on tlva green. Promptly at 11 'o'clock tha parade will leave the south' gata of the green proceeding up Chapel strae't to York, to Broadway, to Howa, tt Howard avenue; to Oongreta avenue, to Church street, passing In review f. the city officials at city ha.ll! (thenca to Grove street, to Hlllhouaa avenu'r,"' to Trumbull, to State, to Franklin, td Grand avenue, to Elm street," to tha northeast corner of the green, to pass In final review before the chief mar? shal and his staff, after, which It will " be dismissed. . ' 1 Ladles' auxiliary No'.' 12, of;Jhe JL 1 O. It., wlllihe the largest auxiliary in line, and It Is expected that the 700 members of the body will take part in the parade, They will, have two float, ' one representing' art historical ' acena . and the other carrying twe'nty-feAlP young ladles dressed In military' coa tumes of gree and white. ."'.Th4'f olloW Ing officers of the auxiliary tvMl rlda In carriages: President, Mrs. ' John 1 3. Carroll; vice president, ' Miss' Mary Curtln, auxiliary No. Ill,; will aW have a gorgeously decorated float ;ln the parade. The entire fifth dlvlalon will be composed of ladles. , - Decorators Busy an noes. . ' All during the night gangs of mea employed by the decorators were busy dressing the trolley polea along! Meadow, Church and Chapel street's.! During the night also an , "Arch of Welcome" was erected' at" the depot.. (Continued on-Third Page.)' WEATHER RECORD. Washington, Aug. 1 S.' Forecast fofl Wednesday and Thursday: -! For Kaslern . New 'Vork:. Fair. Wednesday, possibly showers at. night or Thursday In north portions; , fair Inc south, light winds, mostly west.-: , , For New Knglnnd: Fair Wednesday,1 warmer In northwest portion: possibly showers at night or Thursday In' north portion, fair In soiithwllght to freslll winds, mostly west. ", . Observations at 1'nlted States westh" or bureau stations, taken at 8 p.-m. ye terday, seventy-rlfth meridian time. ' . . . - Wind. , . ' ! Tern, Dir. Vol. Pre, Weath.' Albany NW ' 00 Clear Atlanta 7 ' W . 8 T. Cloudy Bismarck.... 73 N W 18:. 00 . Clear ' Roston 7t NW 8 '10 Clear Ruffalo OS SW 12 00 Clear Cincinnati..,. S3 N 4 00 Clear. , Cleveland..... 70 N 4' on. Clear Denver 70 W 4 T. Rain ; Detroit 72 ' NW . . 01) 'Clear ' Hartford 70 NW 4- 00' Clear Hatteras 7 SV. 14 06 Pain .Jacksonville.. S2 SR 8 01 Clear Nantucket..'.. 70 ' NW '8 00 vCIar" N. Orleans., i . So SR 4 10' Clear , New York.... 70 NW . 8 no "Clear Norfolk 80 SB 6 " 00 Cloud Omaha 7 SB- 4 T. Cloudy Pittsburg 74 NB 8 00 Clear Portland. Me.. M 'NW- 8. 10 Clear ' Providence,.. US W ; 4 00 Clear st. Louis ; s ' N 4" oo pt.cidy St. Paul 7 NW 10: 00 Cloudy Washington.. 78 SF, i 00 Clear LOCH. WKATHER RKPOHT. New Haven, August J 8, 1908. A.M. P.M. Temperature ".i 71 Wind direction .... NW N Wind velocity ,10 B Precipitation M 0 Weather Pt. C'ldy Clear Minimum temperature. 70 Maximum temperature.' 82 Minimum last. year.... 05 "Maximum last year. ., , ?4 '' L. M. TARR, Loral Forecaster, T. S. Weather Bureau. MtMVTl'MR A IMA 'VAC. I S , MS; B:4 4:5T High Water.,