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Sip "All the News That's Fit to Print" THE i VnMttud Sunday tatf Mnd prebafcl ehswars Sunday .535 PBICB $TVB CENTS. VOL. NO. 19,216, KET7 YORK, BUND AT, EfEFTEMBtR 1IQ 80 PAGES, In- 8rm tortt5l2, '7, 4 TAFT NAMES BOARD FOR STOCK INQUIRY Hadly and Four Others to Recommend Laws to Control Issues of Securities. FREDERICK STRAUSS ON IT president Stsrts for St.

Paul, Where Ha la to Dtllvar Hla Spaach on Conservation. Sptrial Tin Yark Ttott. BE VERIFY. bPt The commission authorised try Congrats to make "an Investigation of the question of control of stock and bond lssuss by concerns engaged In inter-State com-mel-ce was announced to-day Just President Taft motored away from Beverly to Boaton to board tha train lor 0t. Paul- Its memberahlp bay bean tha subject of savaral conferences at tha EusmaT capital with Praaldant Arthur Haaiey of Tale, who ts to bo Chairman, Tha other four membera will be Frederte N.

Judson of St. Louis, Frederick strsuss af Nw Tork. Waltar L. Fiaher of Ch. cage, and Prof.

B. II- Meyer, who oecu- ptat tha Chair of Political Economy in tha University of Wisconsin at Madison. Tha President made an unusual effort to obtain commission of competent men and ha believes he pas' tueceedtd. Tha commlasion will thus be eompoaed of two members of collage Faeultiea. two lawyers, and one banker, Mr.

Btrauaa, who la also a a economist and a member of tha firm of J. W. Saligman Co. Both President Hadley end Prof. Mayer have written extensively on economic and railroad subjects.

Prof. Meyer Is Chairman of the Wisconsin Railway Com. mission and Is familiar with tha locg stress's Jn that State for the regulation of railroad eerviee. He ha a been In the employ of the Inter-State Commerce Com WlsaJon at Washington In charge of such valuation of railroad properties aa the commission has undertaken, and has also been a special agent of the Census Bu. resu recently, to furnish statistics on railway valuation.

Both Of the lawyer members of tha commission are well-known men. Mr. Judson. a. graduate of Yale, haa written books on law taxation and Inter-State commerce.

and 0. Judaon Harmon were special attorneys for the Federal Government some years ago in invest! gating rebates by the Atchison, Tope a ft Bant Railroad and tha Colorado Fual and Iron Company. Paul Morton, who at that time waa Secretary of the Unvr. had been Vic President of the Atchison, and tte two lawyers, declaring that "guilt is persosal." demanded prone. euUen of lih-for giving the; rebat.

President Jtoosevelf declined to throw Iaul the wolves and decided not to aster upon personal prosecutions tn such eases. The work of Messrs. Harmon and Judaon then cunt to a sudden end. Mr. Fisher is an expert in trsctlon mat.

tars- He represented Chicago in the set tlment of the traction disputes a few yeara ago, and successfully brought about the arrangement by which severe! street allway companies exchanged their securities for a new issue, so that the roads could be consolidated and the profits ot operation be sharsd with the city. He is a Vies President of the National Con. servatlon Commission. The President will take up with bis Cabinet at Washington late thla month tha directions to the commission for the sroseeutiojx of Its investigation. He is very much Interested tn the commission sad expects it to tnake recommendations that the next Congress can embody into law to regulate the issue of stocks and bonds by railroads engaged In inter-State commerce.

The President Is giving considerable theusht to the choice of two new members of the Inter-State Commerce Com--mlaslon. He Intends to name one of the present commission of seven to a place en the Commerce Court. It la supposed that fca win be Commissioner James S. Harlan of Chicago, a aon of Associate 1 Jostles Harlan of the Supreme Court Thea it Is his present Intention not to reappoint Commissioner Francis M. Cock-rsU of Missouri.

Mr. Cockrell waa appointed by President Roosevelt after the Missouri landslide of 1MM. which terrel-cated Mr. Cockrell'e long service In the United States Senate. He Is now advanced tn years and la not to desire another term.

TAFT OFF FOR ST. PAUL. Confers with Gov. Hughes on Train on Court Appointments. PWNOFIELX.

g.pt 3-Preal-tt Taft passed through this city this evening on hia way to, St. Paul, where kt ia to deliver hia apeech on conserva-on Monday. He will hurry to that tty as fast aa trams csn carry him, and after making hla addreas before the Con. etvailon Congress will board a train on Vonflay evening and arrive la Beverly on 'edeeday morning. He win barely miss Cel.

KoeeveH while In the West, for the -latter reach St. Paul on Monday night make a speech the neat day. 'resident: Taft left Beverly at thla In one of his automobils and ad a quick run to Boaton. here to took ja regular Chicago trajn at The train had hardly pulled out ton to-day before he waa the ek of a series of political conferences. tpresentatlve Wauhburn of Massachusetts waa hla gueat from Beaton to Mntor Murray Crane.

moat intimate potltlcal adviser, beard-trs'n here to ride to Plttafleld. cn is tha nearest stop to the Senator's D.non. Gov; Hughes of New wis also with -the party and will to Albany. Crane had not aeen the Freel. tor some weeka.

and consequently report to make on political 4ltlcmi general. Gov. Hughes a WelCOm HPTWrtKi.lt. tnr 'fence on forthcoming appointments to Ceatiaa em Pae EwwsltUsw Kwoxvlll, rvT1- L.12 eouiVra Fv. Office.

304 wU1 Stve Information reduced EX-MAYOR McCLELUN HOME. Horrified by Attempt en dyer's Life Won't Discus Consign Payment. Ex-Mayor George B. McClelUu gad his rtf returned yesterday on the American liner New Tork. Most of "ale holiday alnco holding office sag been spent la Italy.

I am out of politics." said the ex Mayor with a smile when asked for an Interview. "Will again seek office? In regard to that wtu have to refer you to something that waa said by one of my predecessors seven years ago. When he was asked a similar question Ms answer was: 'X am going to my country place to remain there until my party eaua So far aa know he may be remaining there yet. for understand the call for him was never sounded." Speaking Of the shooting of Mayor Gay. nor Mr.

McClellan expressed his horror that such a thing could have occurred. No man in publio office is safe from cranks." he said. In this case the man was evidently a crank. It 1 not necessary for a pubtlo official to arouse the Ire of the publio for his Ufe to bo at tempted Some roan with a fool idea likely to shoot at any time." On Tuesday Mr. McClellan will tags up the practice of law at 19 i Street He wtu be associated with Eu gene Lamb Richards- He went to hla home tn Princeton.

At the pier to meet him were former Tax Commissioner Hugh Hastings. Thomas Hassett. former sec rotary to the Fire Commissioner, and Lieut. William ICanntU. who was his offlee guard In? the Mayor's office- He declined to Ulk about the contro versy ever the now famous Cohaien warrant SAVE FAMILY FROM A REEF.

Yachtemen Reacue the Larsons After Their Launch Stranded. final Til Stvt Vara Ttmtt. NEW ROCHELLB. N. Sept.

A woman's cries for help in the direction of Green Flats startled the residents of the waterside of Davenport Neck, on tna Sound, at '0 o'clock last night. Several persons attempted to launch rowboats to go to the rescue, but the sea was running high and they put back to shore. A tele phone message was sent to the ew no chelle Yacht Club, on Harrleon Island. In Echo Bay. about a mile from Green Flats, which ia a reef of rocks showing above water at low tide and covered at high tide.

Commodore M. TV. Houck. E. T.

Lounds-bery. and F. Bennett put out in the dub launch. They discovered James Larson, his wife, and three children cf Franklin Avenue. New Rocbelle, huddled together on the reef, with a launch tipped over beside them.

The yachtemen took the fam Uy to the clubhouse, where they reoelved dry clothing, food, and stimulants. The woman and children were exhausted from exposure and cold. Mr. Larson said he td takvn Ms family for a trip on Long Island Sound and the gasoline had given fmt ss ran covered at--Ufe xae isunrq stopped there and he thought they could drift to Davenport Neck. but.4h falling tide left the launch on' the reet and they ware forced to step Into the water when It tipped- The water waa about up to their: knees.

While Mr. Larson endeavored to push the heavy launch off the rocks hia wife called for help. It waa after midnight before they reached the yacht club. HOBBLESKIRTCARGO ARRIVES Customs Officers Must Appraise the Frsak French Finery. The French liner Provence, in last night from Havre, had among her saloon pas-senrera about twenty-five dressmakers and milliners of thla city, who have been In Pane studying the new faahlona in woman's dresses and hats and ally purchasing a large assortment of these French creations to show to their New York customers.

Dozens of big trunks contained theae wonderful creations, but few of the trunks were opened on the piers last night, the cwnera of the finery willingly conaenting that they be taken to the Appraiser's Storea to be appraised before me outy is It was said that the new fashions Is- ciude all the newest styles of the much. cartooned and discussed hobble skirt No attempt was made by the customs officers to fix any value on the garments last night. It Is known, however, that the total will far into the thousands. and it will probably be the middle of the week before the erpralaement la con eluded and the dressea and hata re. lessee 'DOC'MOENSUEDFOR DIVORCE He Ones Figured In a Celebrated Case In Massachusetts Courts.

Following Jhe announcement yesterday id newarx. mat a ault for divorce had been filed In Trenton agalnat Levi Moen or eenevuie Avenue. Newark bv Mrs. Lltltae Mav Moan fn. desertion.

It became known thst Moen waa none other than "Doc" Moen, or Doe Wilton, who figured conspicupus-ly In the Moen-Wilaon ease, which was for thirty years in the Massachusetts courts and waa only brought to an end by the death of Philip Moen. the mill, lonaire wire manufacturer of Worcester. about nine years ago. The divorce action brought by Mrs. Moen recalls the Interest that was attached to the case at the time Moen sued for the fortune left by the "millionaire barbed wire king." Mrs.

LIUlaa Jlay Moen the second wife of Don" Moen whom she married la Texae. She hag not been living with her husband since, January. 1904 alleging that at that time Moen left her. and has not contributed to her support alnee. Moen denied that he deserted' his wife, and says that he mar contest the suit He declared that she moved to New Tork from Newark about four years ago.

with his son and daughter. He waa takoa ill and went to the St Jamea Hospital, ta Newark. Hughes Caok In Albany. ALBANY. Sept S-Oov.

Hughaa aad Mrs. Hughes returned to-night from a vacation in the Adirondack The Governor apent two weeks at the Tahawua Club, in Ecaex County, forty miles from a railroad station. Yatrk te Attaata. Os, Jt Itetwrw, gaA.ro. Via Southern Ry.

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ZH rifta c. Mth FLIES 8,471 FEET UP, THEN GLIDES DOWN Motor Falls French rVjonoptanUt Morana VVhsn Ha Breaks HU Own World'a Haight Racord LANDS DAZED, BUT UNHURT Blelovuecl Arrives, at Bordeaux, completing Hia Crosa-Coun. try Flight from Paris. Special Caste te THa Nw Toax Tinas. DSAUVJLLE.

France, Sept. 3 Leon Moreno, the French' aviator, made a remarkable' flight la hie monoplane to. day. reaching a height of 8.471 toot and llpalng hia own world'a record, of 7.054 feet In accomplishing this he narrowly escaped one of the worst dis asters that has yet happened la connec tion with aviation. When Morane was oyer a mile and a half above sea level hla motor refused to act.

and nearly three-quarters of the descent was almost a direct fall. Mo reno saye he felt dizzy and nauseated. and It would seem that for a minute or two he failed to make any effort to govern hla machine, so that It would plan down to earth Instead of falling. He admits that he believed he was lost but by a supreme exercise of will he roused himself, and by moving hla levers gave a 'slant to. the direction of the aeroplane.

The sensation he experienced while rushing through space at a speed that Is absolutely incalculable was. he de clares, wholly Indescribable. The aeroplane had passed to, a point in the sky where It was Invisible to the human eyes below, it reappearod In the blue senlth with stsrtllng suddennese. seem, tag to ahoot earthward like an arrow. The thousands of spectators knew at once that sqrnethlng was wrong.

In spellbound anguish they watched the slight, dark object falling as the skylark falls after It has finished Its heavenward song, only with more marvelous swlftnea. None in that instant of horror thought that there was any possible chance of escape for the aviator Then as the Ifne of descent changed from the perpendicular to a borlsontaJ curve the vaat crowd of people uttered one treat gasp and Immediately- appeared to go crazy with Joy. Hundreds of women aloud. J. When the crnwd reached him Morane was found niseis.

not WCtn the aeit' Of undamaged nonoplsqi, holding a barometer In his hand. "Walter Brooklns hoMe the American aJtitudo record of 6.175 feet COMPLETES 86S-MIUE FLIGHT. Bielovueei Arrlvee at Bordeaux Aeroplane from Paris. ty BORDEAUX. Sept Blelovuecl sr.

rived at noon from Angouleme, completing the final stage of his biplane flight from Paris to Bordeaux. He made the trip with but four atops. The aviator circled above, the ateeple of 8t Andre's Cathedral, triumphantly waving the French tricolor, and graceful, ly alighted amid thunders of applause from a great crowd that had gathered to witness the successful finish. Blelovucel's time from Parle to Bor. deaux waa hours 5 minutes and 54 sec.

onds of actual flying, and the route covered la estimated at about 33B miles. On the last leg he maintained an hourly a peed average of 64 relies. The aviator encountered strong and baffling head winda In the Dordogne Valley. Threw times he was beaten back, and he waa forced to arise to an altitude ot 3,000 feet before he could cross the Dordogne River. M.

Blelovuecl started out from Paria 8ept. I. He reached Orleans. TS miles from the capital, that evening. The next day.

Sept 3. he flew to Poitiers, about 90 miles as the crow flies. In the forenoon, and In the afternoon the same day covered the distance of G4 miles from Poitiers to Angouleme. SAND BREAKS GAS COMPANY. Shaky Foundation Leads to Call for a Receiver.

5etie te Km TiW. NEWTON. Sept. l-Because the foundation or the sheltering the plant of the Newton Gas and Electric Company wss built on sand, the company is about to go into the handa of a receiver. Word haa reached here that Vice Chanteller Walker, In Trenton, 'haj granted a rule to show eaua why a receiver ahall not 'be appointed.

The rule la said to be returnable on 13. The application la made by Lewie 8. luff. President of the company, and eon-eUtutee aa acknowledgment by the Board of Di recto re that they are unable to cope with ths dlfftcultiea that beset the en-terprtse. The company must move its plant te a mere stable base If It la not to be utterly mined, and the means whereby to do so are not available now.

It haa sought to obtain the necessary $40.. 000 from the bondholders, but has tailed to do so. On account of the Insecure base en which the plant la built the engines-have gone out of plumb and are running tn Imminent danger of serious damsge. If not total breakdown. Tne liabilities of the company consist of Its outstanding bonda of I143.000.

with 53.630 Interest due on Aug. Vv Its as sets are placed at 154.000. a large pro portion of the bondholders had expressed willingness to waive tnttreat claims aad subecrlptloaa had bee received for $:4.000 of the necessary Not having the unanimous consent of the bondholders, however, the Directors de- elded to apply for the reeelvershlp. ggft.TA ATXAWTA AD HETTO. Seat, la-14-17.

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of Kew Tort's BlsewA Bor eusk. le. A. a Spotwaksa's rum Ota It Be Was at Jenw. BRITISH SHIP BURNS; 16 SAYED, 20 LOST Devonian Steaming for Boston with Survivors of tha West Point Picked Up at Sea.

VAIN FIGHT WITH FLAMES Crew Took to Two Boats Ne Tract of One Containing Captain and Nineteen Men. BOSTON, Sept 8 Sixteen survivors of the thirty-six men who comprised the crew of the' British steamer Weat Point, which took fire and (Sundered when four days out from Glasgow, bound fur Charleston. 8. C. are aboard the Ley land Line ateamer Devonian, which is to-night steaming toward Boaton.

The other twenty men. who were In the Captain's boat, are believed to have been toat at sea. all efforts to fmd their boat having been futile. The Devonian, according to a dispatch from St John's. N.

received to-night, picked up the mea at 9:30 on Thursday morning while In latitude 47:20 north, They were In a terrible condition froin hunger and exposure. The sixteen men saved were In the mate's, boat According to the' story whioh Capt Trant 'gleaned from the rescued men. the Weat point left Glasgow on Aug. 18. Four days later the ship took fire, aad artev battling with the flames for nearly a week the crew were obliged to abandon the vessel on Aug.

Zb. W) mile off Cape Race, In latitude 43.30 north, longitude 4410 west. The men emberked tn two boats, the Captain end nineteen men taking one and the mate and, ftfteea others the other. Not longf afterward tha Want Point sank. Then followed three days of terrible auN fering.

For a time the two boata aucceeded In keeping together, but en Wednesday atight thev became separated, and at dawa the men in the male a boat found themselves alone. When the steamer was abandoned tha men took what food and water they could, but all were on wxtramely abort ration. Just ss they were beginning te- give up hope a faint pillar of smoke loomed up on the horlson. and an hour later the hull of a big ateamer could be dimly seen. For a time it looked as though the big ship was going to pass, when she suddenly put about and shortly afterward seat out a boat and too the shipwrecked mariners aboard.

A search waa tnatlruted In vain for the second boat and the Devonian waa obllaed to proceed to Boston with only sixteen survivors. Meanwhile wireless message bad been sent out from the Devonian In every direction, oaa containing the newa of the dtaeater being relayed te ahore and the ethers asking nearby steamers to watch for the miaeng- boa. DIED IN BRYANT PARK. A Man Believed to beC S. Hayward of the Bronx Fatla Dead.

A man believed by the police to hare been C.x 8. father of rr. Vincent Hayward ef 901 Oak Tree Place, the Bronx, died suddenly In Bryant Park. Forty-second Street and Sixth Avenue, laet nUrht of heart disease. He appeared about 50 years eld.

Ia a pocket waa found a card bearing the name C. 8. and a printed Une which read. Ia care of MeCabe 215 Pearl 8treet" An envelope containing aews-ninrr cllsninra of the suicide of Thomas Husse. connected with the brokerage ftrrn ot Sergeant at tna Hotel xfrea-lln.

on July 34, waa a Is found. The police think that Hussey was a friend. Dr. Vincent Hay ward name wss, found la a small memorandum book. CUSTOMS MEN HOLD THE STAYRA JEWELS Effects of Countess Who Dlad Abroad Sent to Publio Storea When Duty Waa Not Paid.

LAWSUIT MAY FOLLOW Mr, Tllley Noted Hla Posaeaalon of tha Jewels on His Declaration, hut Holds They Are Entitled to Free Entry. The personal effects of the late Countess Stavra, including a costly collection of Jewelry, are now In the hands ot the Custom authorities, and there la In prospect a legal fight to determine whether the Government can collect duty upon them or whether they are exempt aa the belongings of aa American cltlgen who died abroad. This becama known yesterday whsa it was announced at the Custom House that W. O. Park, for twenty-two years a Custom Inspector at this port had been suspended la.

connection Uwlth, tha case. The goods were brought inte the country by Frank Tllley. a brother of the Counteee. who is now at tha Park Avenue Hotel. The appraisal already mae ahews that tha goods are worth more than $10,000.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tiller of Portland. arrived some days ago on the Cu-nard aner Mauritania. It was known by the Custom officials here that Mr.

Tllley wag bringing home the belongings of hla Sister, the Countess, who died in Parte on Feb. 23., He made no attempt at evasion, and In a note upon his declaration said that the goods were in his pos session. The Countess was well known in this city ana In the West She wa formerly Mabel Florence Tllton. wife ot Charles TUton, a wealthy resident of New Tork, Before hex marriage she was a noted beauty In Olympia, Wash. After the aeatn of her first husband she married qount Stavra.

a Greek. He died ten years ago and until her aeath she lived most of. the time, abroad, principally in Paris, As soon aa ehe died, her possessions cam into the hands of Mr. Tlhey. They con alst of clothing, furs, and many pieces of cosily jewelry.

i pon bs arrival fx. Tllley would fix no value upon the Jewels, aasertlns that they were entltlad to free entry under eecuon of the law whioh allowa in. duty free, the. effects of Americans dvlna- abroad. The Government officials thought oiaerwiae.

and ordered the goods sent to the Public Stores. The Inspector who examined the Tlliev baggaga waa W. G. Park of Brooklyn. ie examination was thorough.

Mr. Til- ley an aie wire went to the Park Avenue Hotel, and 1 charged; days axtor vtet arrival Park called anon them No charge that bribe, waa solicited or obtained made, Park, la simply suspended to ataad trial on a charge of hav ing visited the home or lodging house of an Incoming passenger whose baggage he had examined upon the pier. Hla vial earn to the ears of those at work upon the case and as a result he wg ordered suspended. It wa for a like offense that Inspector Nemo was dismissed some months ago. Following his luspenglun ho committed suicide.

The question of law involved is an In teresting one, and it was decided to re fuse free entry upon the advice of Mark P. Andre w. head, of the legal department ef the Custom House. The case la in the hands of C. C.

Wall, the Special Treasury Agent who detected Mrs. I. Reynolds Adrlance In an alleged attempt to smug. gle in a $6,000 pearl nevklace concealed in her hat Mr. Wall was In Paris at the time of the death of the Countess.

The Government contends that not only wu the Countess the widow of an alien, but that she had not been tn this country for six yearn She was therefore not a citi zen, and as her effects were not for per sonal use they are subject to duty. The contrary contention is eet' up by Mr. Tllley. I cannot understand why the effects of the Countess should be held," Mr. Til-ley said last night I made no attempt to bring them in secretly, and I declared all our personal effects.

The other things were declared and brought la under seal. This la absolutely all I care to say about the affair at this time." When the Countess died it was reported to the authorities that her effects, were worth Sl.O0O.0OO. and from that day until the arrival oi the Mauretanla a watch was kept both here and abroad to prevent them being brought in without the know! edge of the Custom authorities JAIL. FOR WOMEN SMUGGLERS. Collector Said to Plan Hareher Meas ures Toward Them.

It waa said yesterday that Collector Loeb la considering a new policy in deali iny with women who attempt to' amuggle dutiable gowns and other articles, which will result hi sending the most flagrant of the weaea offenders to jail when the evidence hereafter justifies suea a severe measure. A sentence la JU la believed Li) ye the only punishment which may ite othei wonuia from attempts to Ik. tj Tha louecio nae oeea eniui ing with women who have violated the Uw, an far as- he could la not insisting upon a prison sentence, but the frequency ot attempted smuggling and actual smuggling recently oa the part of many women transatlantic travelers haa about exhausted official patience In the Collector's offtt sad the Treasury Department. It was said. WIDOWER ONLY THREE HOURS Ollvt' A.

Ruli Gets Lleenee After Funeral and Marrlea Housekeeper. 5ana Tt Fork Tmmu. NW HAVEN. Sept 3.Four hours after the funeral of Ws third wife Oliver A. Pudd of Nlantlc waa married aggln.

He Stopped on the way home from the cemetery at the office of the Town Clerk and took out a wedding 11-censn. He thea sought out the Congregational clergyman, who married htm to Mrs. Jennie Johnson, who had been hla housekeeper for nearly a year. 8he la 00 years old and Rudd ta VL His third wife had been ta the State in. sane asylum for nearly two years, dying on Wednesday.

Rudd owns a large fsrm. The town Is aroused over his act la marrying so sooa after his wife's death. ROOSEVELT FLOUTS BARNES. lew 8 Ha at Hie Defense) of tha Supram Court and. Virtue.

5il is TU Km Far. 7W 4 BIOVX FALLS, a. Bl Bent LCoL Iteeaevelt took aaotfeae crack at wmiasa Barnes, tbkt morning whan bis attention wgg cafiad to tna atatement leaned, by Mr. 8araa In New Tork yeateday evening. "It perfectly delicious- said, ta see Barnes ruahlna te tha defense oi the Supreme Court and of virtue, TAFT FREES CONVICT, eaaaaBwawaBwaamwaewaaa Commutes Terra ot Post Office Rob ber Who Hsa Tuberculosis.

WASHINGTON. Sept eWPreeldent Taft has commuted to expire immediately the, seatenoe, or Thorn a Cote, now In Jail at Portland. Me tor robbing tha Poet Office at Semis, Me. Cote's sentence) would have expired on Feb. 8, Hill.

Us haa tuberculosis. MRS. ROCKEFELLER'S WORRY. Illness Said to be Qua to Alleged Kid. napping Plot Against Husband.

CLEVELAND. Okie. Sept. -Mra. John V.

Rockefeller" Ulneee la ag gravated by aervousoeaa due to stories circulated last Fall telling of a plot to kidnap him is the belief of John P. Rock efeller. Mra. Rockefeller, who cehtreoted a cold several days ago, la said to be In a seri ous condition at the Rockefeller Summer. home, Forest Hill.

A recurrence of the malady which aent her to Augusta, for the Winter last Fall la feared. Mra. Rockefeller haa not left tha For est Hill grougds this Summer, and. la se (earful of en accident befalling her that She, does not us a big French limousine, especially bought for her, In her drtvea in the Forest Hill park, She usee a phaeton, but hag not been out in thaof late. WANT LANDMARK SAVED.

Cornwall County Women Seek to Pre serve the Historlo Ring House. Special Tht Srm York Timu. MIDDLETOWN. N. Sept ladles of Cornwall, Orange County, have formed village Improvement societies, and are making efforts to raise fund to prevent the destruction of the oldest land, mark la the county.

The landmark la known as the Ring House, and was built la 1T90; the heavy beams are as solid a when first erected, and the nous In good condition. For many years the- old house waa oo. oupied by Nathaniel Sands, the noted. Friends' preacher. During the Revolutionary war It waa the headquarters at various time of many of Gen.

Washing- ton's officer, LOCUSTS DUE IN 191 1. New-Jersey Fruit Growers Warned to be Prepared: for ths Past. Warning has been sent out through Mew Jersey by the State entomologist, John B. Smith, that caution should be exercised in pruning trees thla Fall, as the seventeen-year locust Is due to put In an appearance early next May. and consequently the trees will need all the vitality they can get The locusts mage incisions In the tender branches to provide places for laying eggs, and the branches die as a result of the cuts, which do not heal.

This I a great strain on the vitality of trees, which may be overoome In a measure by keep. Ing down pruning, giving the erborle additional vitality. Mr. Smith also haa soundel a warning against too much venturing ia the setting out ot new trees because of the locust. He says further that there Is no way to prevent the attack on the branches and twigs.

DOG CAUSES AUTOTRASH. 200-Pound St. Bernard Cauaea Cyril Crimmins's Car to Hit Another. SHeial Tht Stw York Tiw. STAMFORD.

Sept. 3. A St Bernard dog. weighing over 2uQ pounds, brought Cyril Criaunins, the son of John D. Crlmmlns of New York, to grief here last piRht and caused a police lnvestlga, tion.

Ycung Crlmmlns was driving to his father's Summer home at Collander's Point The St. Bernard was having a quiet -snoose In the middle of East Main Street alongside the etreet car traxke. Mr. Crlmmlns had only the aide lights-of hi lighted. Consequently he waa almost upon the dog before he saw It The animal hastily rose and Jumped toward the sidewalk.

Tnen It Jumped back In the path of the automobile. Meantime Mr. Crlmmins was trying to dodge the dor. He didn't succeed, and after hitting the animal and killing it hia car ewerved Inte the automobile of Mr. Sherwood of Southport and theu rammed a telegraph pole.

Both automobiles were damaged, the Crlmmlns car the worse, but noae of the occupants waa hurt THINKS ROAPSTRUM LOCATED But Kenyon's Information Is Declared Erroneous at Imperial Hotel. Spciat Tk York Ttmtt. WASHINGTON. Sept. The uneasU ness felt on account ef the unknown whereabouts ef Victor N.

Roadstrum. a special agvnt of the Department of Justice, for whom th police were asked to snake a search, was dispelled to-day, whea be was located at tha Imperial Hotel, in New York, by W. 0. Ksoyon. his chief, who telephoned there.

Anxiety over the eafety ef the special agent was aroused ny Mrs. Jamea T. McLean, a distant relative, with whftm.h boarded. He left for New Tork at It o'clock Thursday and when he did not arrive at the Imperial Hotel either Thursday night or Friday Mra MtLeaa aatlfled th polio. She.

feared hi had suffered an attack pf acute Indigestion and wns Ul somewhere. Officials of tha Department ef Justice, said te-day that they had felt aa ennecro ever the whereabouts af Mr. Roadstrum, aa the very nature ef his business might necessitate hie making gUle tripe. However. Chief Kenyon learned to-day that Roadstrum was in New York- Roadstrum.

who Is 31 years old. 1 em. ployed In investigating vlolationa of the astl-trust la-. It was said at the Imperial Hotel last night that Roadstrum was hot registered there and that the report to that effect wa due some mistake. tabes Day aad Cetuinea Bey sseelat TteTt-a esc JJaastoa IV.

gr- aaaarica Busses. i-Ads. BANDITS KILL TWO; ESCAPE TO 55,000 'i twm Superintendent- of. Brick Works Held Up Near Hudson While Bringing; Payroll Money, SCO AT WORK NEAR BY Qui QJd Not Hear Shots Fired by Half Dozer Maeked Merw-PoJIca and Posse Searching for Robbers. Sfdal i 7aaAa Ymk Tmu.

HUDSQNv jfj. Aapi, out ef the woods which border the prlvata read leading Inta tna. Atlas Brick Cons paaya works, two miles south of Had- so masked highwaymen to-day shot and mortally. weundd Denton Fewler, Sd, killed Oootge Reared la. tha aegre driver of the buggy la which Fewlee waa rtdiac, and eaoaped with aatobel containing Intended for paying off tha era-.

ploye th wwrke. Fowler died bjl tna Hudson Hospital tw bourn, later. Th highwayman, ot whom th ra warn apparently ve or six. are tlU at largn te-alght, with tke entire polio foro of Hudson and Haverstraw and peaeex of rnore than a hundred seajrc tying tha woedg and watohing tha railfead stations vifider the dlreotion of Chief of Police Laa aad Deputy Sheriff Jeffords of Hudsoje, Th only description of th rebaetw they bey a Is the furnished by Fowler to Coroner Rogers a big antviBortega. Statement Fowler, who waa years old, wa Su perlntendeat of the brick plant waa the eon of Everett President ot the People's Bank of Haverstrgw.

Be waa graduated from Tale last June. and. his father, who 1 an officer ed th AUs. Brlek Company, had him appolpted Super- iBtendeat Every three weeks young Fowler- went to Newburg and draw about frota the First National Bank to pay tha man wath. After going to Hudaon by train ha was met by Ragsdale wHh a buggy end driven two and a half mile to the works.

The Lower Road, over which the frs half of the journey wa mad, trer versed by many vehicles and automobile, but tha private road, on which the robbery occurred and which 1 about a eugr- ter a mile long. 1 used oX once or twioe a day by an occasional supply cart or visiting official. All these facta were well known sraong the people ot the and th hold-up was evt dsntty, thoroughly planned. The buggy mat Fowler to-day, aa ueuaL at tha Hudson station. Fowler and Rags daie drove ever th Lower Road, and into tha private road.

Fowler had placed, tha eatoael containing' the 15.000 underneath the seat, gad Rggadaie was driving; Just as th buggy had sursoat4 a sanajj hill and was ebov to be drtveaj down the other s'd ta the works half dogen masked, men leaped out of the bush, Some of them seised the horse's bead and others laveled revolver and shot, guns at ta occupant of tha buggy. Fowler and Ragsdaia each had. a revolver in. hla pocket, but neither, according te Fowler's dying statement, was able to draw his weapon. Fowler raised hla hands, he told tha Coroner.

The negro driver, however, hoping the men were only blufflpf and would not shoot' brought his whip eVews -en th horse's back- Before th here could shake of fthe men who held th krldle a highwayman who wa armed with shotgun fir4 load of buckshot through his seek, kyijng him Instantly- The firing of this shot Judging from Fowler's statement caused the ether rob- ber to open fire, although Fowler Still held his hands submissively ever bis head. Tny fired hH dosen times, according to Few ter. A shot from a revolver passed through Fewlews abdottaen and he tell Into the road. Thaith robbers reached under the seat oi the buggy and took out tne satchel. Is doing this, they suahed aside Ragsdaje' body.

ai4 it foil Into th road- The robbers thn. disappeared. Although the shooting took place within two hundred yards of the brick plant where 200 laborers wee working, ao one apparently heard the firing, and th first that any one knw about It wag when the horse ran down the hit! with the empty buggy into the brick yard. TCnt. loye ef th company, running back up ho hill, found Ragsdal and FowUrlylnS aide by aide la to 'o4- Fewir wa atUI conscious and wss raneved I hospital, where he died.

According ta Police Sergt Cruise of tha Hudson police the shooting wa not don by prefeaaioaal blghweytnea. but by dis- charged employe ot the works, The fact that Rag sdajg waskirisd wit a shotgun makes us that the hlgW waymea belong lo the neighborhood? -said 8ergt. Crulae to-night. We ihavg sent out 100 men with Chief ot Foilee Lane. Some ef tgase have snrrouAdei P4rt of ths woods between Huisea 4 Greanpolnt Others tramping throut the tntjr.flv-snile stretch of wood between Hudaon aad Rensselaer.

When we reached the place where the shooting took Place, we found a number of blood ataina. m'tA nuuB kivct enu me A(tfi3r ana Beutham trolley line. A party of men with shotgun would be eoaspicuoua en. trolleye or train and do not think the highwayman eaeaped la that way. believe they are still tn the wood north of Hudson, and that wa wul get then by i-morrow night" 46 COTTON MILLS CLOSE.

18,000 Operatives Out and Spindles Idle Till Ispt. 1. FALL RrVFR. Maaa. Sept aFrtr- six cotton mills owned by eighteen cor-poratlons shut down te-day until Sept- 12.

throwing put JS.0r operatives. Several others will be Idle until next Wednesday, The renewed curtailment, her win keep J.5O0.00O spindles Idle ne-jt week and shut off 178.000 piece ef print cloth. The following corporations ceased work In Fall River: Fall River Iron Works, (seven mills.) -Anacona. Border City, Chee, Flint, Qraa-Its, Laurel Lake. Mechanics, King Ftvltp.

-NnrraganaetV Foes sect. Richard Bordn. Seaeennet Staff drd Weaving' Department, Tecumseh, TToy, Wgmpanoag, ad Mer chant No. a The Lancaster Gingham Mills ef Clinton to-day closed until Sept 12. Two thpu-j sand employee are affected, and until the same data the 1.400 employes ef the-Lyman Cotton Mills of Uolyoke will be Idle, th entire plant having closed last night 1 I 1 II I II H.

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