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VOL NO 76 PRICE TWO CEMiaB THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES BUFFALO THURSDAY JULY 12 1923 IB THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES Britain Risks Open Break With France in Demanding Ruhr Occupation Come to Ena CHARGES CREHAN GOT $15 WEEKEtl THE TO OPEN UP ON DOPE Declares His Willingness to Tell Jury All He Knows About Traffic in Dope OF II OF DIES ASKS JOINT ACTION IN FIXING REPARATIONS Pacification of Europe Main Object Baldwin and Ciirzon Tell Commons i and Lords Loudly Cheered 90 Pwtud Pmr LONDON July 12 Great Britain through Premier Baldwin in commons and Marquis Curzon in lords today demanded that occupation of the Ruhr come to an end and that the Allies unite in fixing a fair amount for reparations and asking Germany to pay it This was the gist of the long-awaited statement of British policy towards the reparations problem Stanley Baldwin was cheered to the echo as he pleaded for allied co-operation as well as an end of the Ruhr venture A break with franca la considered Threatened With Death if He Failed to Marry Girl He Also Asserts Police Make Arrest Expires at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Where He Went for Operation Friend of Roosevelt Scholar Naturalist His Helen Say Collected by Most of Others Called in Person One police otptain and seven detectives wen accused of a6 cepting gnft in Mayor police graft lnveetigatioR this morning by Helen who admitted that she hajl bean the proprietor of a disorderly house at 82 Oak street -t The officers named are Police Captain John Crehan Dee tectives Martin Murphy Michael Driscoll Patrick Hoar Tine' othy Meeghan Frank Dempsey Fred Morgenstern and Louis Scheu She related in detail her alleged dealings with Detect! vs-William (Stormy) Jordan She paid him $60 a week aha aid and waa guaranteed protection Each of the other officers she said received $10 a week except Captain Crehan who she said was paid $15 a week" She admitted however that she made no payments direct to Captain Crehan They were made through hie fixer aha aid whom she described aa a bartender in an East Eagle street saloon All of the other detectives except Morgenstern and Scheu" were paid direct she said They called at her house demanded their payments received them and departed Xa tha eouraa of bar testimony thtf woman declared tha old tendrrloln Piece tall all ha knows of local vice end narcotic conditions Hie place was closed recently by Mayor Schwab Today Bsm Hun'd said "III gtva Mr Schwab a run to find out why my place woe closed while other similar places are being allowed to run wide open I will tell ail I know about conditions In the tenderloin" Others subpoenaed expressed like sentiments Others awaiting their turn to appear before the Jury were Lieutenant Austin Roche former head of the police narcotlo squad: Simon Calltnan former member of tha squad now serving a mounted patrolman Champ Sheldon and Harrison Steele who charged Detective Jordan with accepting bribes Harry Flammlnger Robert Porter William Orsen Bella Lawrence AU principal! In tha narcotic scandal which preclpltatsd ths federal grand Jury Investigation of narcotic traffio here this morning reported to the federal district attorney'! of flee prepared to appear before the grand Jury Detective William Jordan police officer accused of accepting bribes In exchange for protecting the dope peddle re was the only main figure in tha coat absent As those summoned stood outside the grand Jury room smiting their turn to appear they expressed willingness to tell all they knew of conditions In Buffalo's tenderloin Federal authorities are Investigating an attempt to bribe witnesses Bern the Painter who on several occasions was quoted as having denied that Jordan accepted graft In hla place declared his willingness to Leading Lawyer Dies 3 I "V- Charles Norton a leading Buffalo lawyer and former chancellor of the University of Buffalo disd last night In the Johns Hopkins hospital Baltimore where he had gone to have a major operation performed Mr Norton left Buffalo three weeks ago for Baltimore Hs had bean active and was dally In his office un til he left for Baltimore with Canon Walden Meyer of Washington formerly of Buffalo Word of his telegraphed by the Rav Mayor a former Buffalo man was a does friend of Mr Norton and accompanied him to Baltimore Charles Phelps Norton was nationally known as a lawyer and art educator Ha was born In Buffalo May IS 1SSI the son of Charles Davis Norton for many years collector of tha port and Mary Jeanette Phelps Norton He rsralvad la early education at Mr Brig p's school for boys a prominent Institution of old Buffalo From there hs went to Harvard university and antarad with tha class of 1M0 He was classmate and a life long friend of Pspaldent Roosevelt's Hs graduates with his class and began the practice of law in Buffalo In ISIS In HIT Mr Norton hscssis la terse led ta the SMsUse of a sekoei of lew in Buffs' wfesie aspiraats for aAebelae te Me tor silslit obtain drersas This interest to the entaalsatiaa br hisa at tba ko dasertaant e( the Ualrsraltr ef Buffalo to the saasa soar Ckaaeellsr Neitoa heme laetursr lastrnator aad erafaaeer ef el set eatery hs eeatraats piaetice aad MDa aad notas for II 7 tare durias which fsvertwsnt -Ike nnirerUr Srnw steadily is liansrlesee a see elerted vise cbantoller In 1S0I SM rteealler ef the entire neiventtr le 10 Mb see aha a eiaaiber ef the uni-totally eseedl He went a snat deal ef How store ISO In building us lha eoltaea si arte ead edmere bsUsrlng that ths uat-toieltr growth depended usee tbs rrraUou and fnwM at a ml Sen shirk should eou-Uaue ths education obtained is the hlsh sad pnpanlsiT schools nl the rlly Be sas eu resided last year by Chaneellor Samuel Paul Csese and has dess derolod Ms ties exdudnly to Ms wtvsls practise FALLON PLEADS NOT GUILTY OF BRIBERY NEW YORK July Wllltam Fallon a criminal lawyer of thta city who wee charged with brIMng a Juror In indictments returned July I by a federal gernd Jury pleaded not guilty before Federal Judge Flts-henry today and woe released on $1000 ball He woe accused of having bribed Charles Hendlge a Juror who also was Indicted for conspiracy to defeat Justice Fallon woe given until July II to change plea or demur It wsi learned he bad appeared Iwth counsel for a conference with Judge Fltshenry and John Joyce chief of tha criminal division of the United States attorney's office lost Tuesday Ha 1)14 not make any statement at' the time leaving everything to his counsel Bennie Carle and Zygmunt Ltaen-akl both It yaara old of Forks were released on ball thta morning pending the invutlgatlon Into the charges made by Frank Janlak IS years old II Horner street Chuktowags that ha was kidnaped and held prisoner In a house on Seventh strut n-Niagara street for fifteen hours while the two men tried by throats to make him agree to marry Anna BUsnekl now In tha maternity ward of the Columbus hospital Two others named by Janlak era sought by deputy sheriffs According to tha story told by Janlak ha was forced Into an automobile by the two men when he answered bis doorbell shortly after 11 o'clock on June II He was blindfolded ha claims and driven to a house In the Italian colony on Seventh street nur Niagara where he wae held prisoner tor more than II hours Hie abductors then placed him In on automobile and took him to the bedside of the girl where he was shown a new born baba The two men threatened him with death tolling him that only tha day before they had killed two men and disposed of thalr bodies by pouring oil over them and setting them afire To show that they were real bad men he says they pulled open their shirts and showed Janlak their chests which were covered with ragged scan which they received while doing battle with others whom they had killed After facing the mother and her new-born babe Janlak waa hustled Into the waiting car and driven to the curb beside police hudquartors-L' Janlak says they were waiting for Polloswoman Gunn and that although upwards of bluecoata passed the car none of tha officers van glanced at tha alleged kidnapers Their reason for wanting Mrs Gunn In tha ear was a myitery Janlak uys Finally ha uys Mrs Gunn and another woman got In ths car with him and they went to South Division street Janlak says hs didn't scrum for help because the alleged abductors kept a gun pressed against hta aide Arriving at South Division strut Mrs Gunn and her companion loft tho car and Janlak says he slipped out with them keeping the two women between him and the car Thus ha escaped he uld The men in the automobile followed along for some distance but ha kept tha escort between himself and trouble and finally eluded them Hta nut atop wu to heva the two men arrested for kidnaping and arraigned before Justice of the Puce Rosan in Chuktowags last Tuesday night They were discharged because ths alleged crime wu committed In Buffalo They were immediately re-arrested by deputy sheriffs on a warrant sworn out by Janlak hi City court El Cbarlei Horton Bookkeeper of Tower Estate Accused of Raising Checks for Several Years PAPERMAKERS UNI1E TD He was a Irwins of tbs PsMIe library Weises ban gsttlsmsst hsuaa and many srofmntaMl aad pMlaothrapta Off animations tostndtog tha Bar aassrlalina Ha balanced to the Batura chib He was tether ot ear tral keel warts InrlwOtic a traallas as Mila and nntra Inrtedrd to ths Homa Book mas Wblrt was peMlahsd to IMS Mr Barton was a familiar Ilmira in Buftila an pacta Uy aloac Palawan atones and to Palawan part wtwra ha could bo nm welkins' almost araty afternoon whan ths weather sarmlllad Ha took Stoat taler-aal to the eutef-doan as an amateur aat- Mr Morton's brother tba lata Porter Mat too was a prominent Buffalo attonwy and for many yaara waa tawrar for lha International railway af which ha waa at 117 Clinton etraet Mid ta bo run by Celia Freedman Thera were five girls there eha teetlfleA who gave their entire earnings to tba Ibwedman woman Bha In return gara them what drugs they require according to the witness The O'Neil woman guvs a brief'' ketch of her life saying aha coma -hers taro years ago Bhe wu mar- rled to ths proprietor of the Maple loaf Inn at Eagle and Oak street! which has bun closed by a federal 1 order This place she declared wu 1 operating Tueeday night Tha mayor ordered Chief Burfelnd to Investigate and see that tha cafe was dosed end kept closed The witness sold -he bad been in New York but bed coma to Buffalo upon hearing that" "things were wide open" Other wltnenra called ware openly hostile ta Assistant Corporation Counsel Weetphal One of them 8am Fleldi sitae "Little Fish" now a prisoner in the penitentiary said ha never heard of any dope being sold In Buffala Given a list of fort ynames of eJ- leged denizens of tha tenderloin and roputed dope peddlen he uld he had never hunt of them Mayor Schwab beams angry memory ta poor la It?" sold tha mayor "I gueaa you don't want 1 to remember" Joseph Dewee a white man jure old who sold hta homo wu at 3 Clinton etraet uld he waa eerv-tag timer I nthe penitentiary on a'- charge of picking pockets Ha re- luctantly told of conditions la the underworld Dope could be purchased here he uld but with no more use than could be obtained in Cleveland De--1: trolt or any other large city He hod S-been In moat of them and had found no trouble In obtaining drugs "How much do you umT" ha wu -uked ounce a week and It coat mo be replied Donald former member of tha police narcotic squad hu bun i served with a court order leaned by Justice Norton directing him to ap-'i pur before the mayer but It wu thought unlikely that he could obey It a ho hoe been subpoenaed before the federal grand Jury this morning Ths federal subpoena taku prs- cfdenco over the mayor's subpoena a However Bavlnl will appMr Ho did not appear before the federal Jury this morning and thta afternoon was-Instructed by Federal Attorney Cook to appear before Mayor Schwab Had tha federal attorney ea select- ed he could have token Bavlnl be- fora tho federal grand Jury and and hta testimony then would have beea protected by the Jury secrecy rule Anyone attempting to fores him to' divulge grand Jury testimony would be liable to bo adjuddged In contempt' of court "If the mayor gives ms authority -to follow all tho leads and call all the witnesses that I want to wa will be busy for several months" ox-! plained Assistant Corporation Coun- Ml Weetphal "Bavlnl wu on my original list of wltnemsg whom I proposed to call and whu tha NEWI published an Interview whlck Ite reporters bad obtained from him I decided to have him teetlfy Instead of a tow days later" Dewee ta a newcomer in tho kivi veetigatlon even Mr Weetphal not- 'r being sura of the nature of hta tMtt- mouy Ha wu aubposBaad ae tho result of a Up and ta supposed to have very voluble Information whicta be will revMl Tha other era expected to throw additional light on the allegations made by Champ Sheldon and Harrison StsMta who launched tne chnrgeg of graft gainst Jordan district was quiet "That's your doings" ehe uld baking her finger at Mayor Schwab "They had to tighten up when yon began to' sneak around there nights" Bhe matte no mention of having heard that disorderly house proprietors were told to clou by Chief Bur-fetnd Persistent graft on the part of police officers she sold drove her out of business "1 could not make enough money to take care of all of them" the woman testified The woman said aha purchased the house at IS Oak strut oa May 1 from Lillian White Bha wu not uked tho price night Johnnie Baker a friend of Lillian's brought Bill Jordan around to am said the woman told me that I would have to pay to stay out of a crash We talked it all over and decided that hs should receive a week He told me how-that I would have to take ears of tha precinct man separately "He came around two nights later and I paid him the first $00 He uld everything was flu "Then Detectives Driscoll Murphy Hoar and Meegsn esme to see ms and I arranged to pay them each IIS a week They took the money from me a man who ta a bartender In an Eagle street saloon coma around Ha convinced me that he wu the captain' fixer I paid him 110 or $11 a week "You did not pay any money direct to Captain Crehan?" uked Mr Vtst-phal tha woman replied' "How do you know ha received It "Well so long ah I paid there wu no Jem" she uld wu not very good with me My expenses were high and the police graft wu awful "In tha week of May IS Detective Jordan came to tha house tor hta weekly payment I uld 1 awe short and uked him to take $31 tn part payment He told me there wu nothing doing and said he must get the money "Tell us what he uld?" asked Mr Weetphal "He uld you get the money or HI rrash you I'll back tho wagon up and take you and your "I had to call Lillian While In then and ask her to take a partnership in the house ae I could not afford to run alone She came in with her and finally I sold out my ehare to bar" It wae while the women wu relating the story of her tnbecatlon with Detective Jordan that the names of the other policemen were brought out "You have Mid a lot about Mid Mayor Schwab "Did yon dMl with any other policemen 7" yes lots of them" she replied "Tell tne who they ere" the mayor demanded The women hesitated "Come on" urged the mayor "Don't bo afraid uet ten me everything" I have to" the woman Mid turning to Assistant Corporation Counsel Weetphal Mr Weetphal ln-trueted her to tell everything Then he blurted the name of Captain Crehan and the detectives In the eouraa of her toetlmony the O'Nall woman Mid It wu common goMlp in the Mlehlgan-VIne area that tho police were taking graft from dope peddlen and disorderly houses Bhe was flrtg tearful about going Into tha district eh raid but friends oMured her that by paying for protection everything would bo II right Bhe described the conditions In averted If the French government returns a favorable answer essential fsctnra of settlement of Europe's Ills1 Baldwin told a crowded house -are: payment of reparations "Second settlement of Inter-allied Atsbts "Third security of Europe" Italy the prime minister said la nndrsstood to be In asraement with Britain on these points Referring to the last Oerman reparations offer Baldwin sold that whether the lata enemy's offer was adequate or not It should not be ignored but should be examined to discover If there were any possibility of progress 1 41 "Our proposals have no other aim than pacification of Europe and recovery of an exhausted worM" Baldwin declared while the commons cheered A British reply to the latest German note ha said la to be forwarded forthwith It will be first submitted to the allies however In the hope of securing Joint action This will be the chance for France and to renew the bonds of the entente Unity of action co-operation by the allies Is a vital necessity Bald-' win declared Germany he asld Is rapidly reaching economic chaos which may well be succeeded by social and in-' duatriat ruin In the maanwhilsgen- erat apprehension exists as to food shortage conditions which ere caus ing serious alarm to Great Britain Great Britain la as determined as any of the allies to make Germany ify reparations to the fullest extent of which she in capable Baldwin said while the commons cheered and allied ambassadors In the gallery restrained with difficulty from applauding At the moment when Baldwin was addressing commons Marquis Cur-son was making a similar statement In the house of lords -But If we ask Germany to pay In excess of her capacity" Baldwin continued -we shall not succeed In accomplishing our purpose -I am firmly convinced that a measure resulting In the ruin of Germany will be fatal to Great Britain to tha allies and to all the world "The allies sre obtaining less separations now than before the Iluhr venture began -And such reparations as we have received have been exacted at the mice of growing dislocation of the -I German economic system and prob-t ably tha entire collapse thereof -Recovery of tha world Is endangered and peace Is at stake" hs declared as a result of France and Belgium's invasion of the Ruhr and the consequent unsettled state of things In Europe iEI WHO TOD LOUDLY Belgian Considered Actions 6 of Berlin Representative as Provocation By Me iaefWd Prut BRUSSELS July 13 John Perrin tha American who was with ex-Lleu-I tenant Metdenant when the latter assaulted Herr Roedfger the German charge d'affaires here on Monday described the scene to the correi pondent today Metdenant' anger Perrin said was aroused when the Belgian noticed A a face behind a blind In tha lega-tlon during tha course of a demonstration Sunday evening Perrin had an appointment with Metdenant Monday night and tha American said be suggested that they walk around to ths legation building to see if anything had happened Inasmuch as 1 he had heard It had been placarded with an Inscription' denouncing ths German charge as a hostage Perrin and Metdenant on tha legation street were passed by a couple who according to Perrin were speaking rather loudly In German Metdenant considering thlaaaapro' vacation hurried after tha pair Overtaking them Metdenant Perrin asserted knocked the Oerman down aaylnv -that man needs punishment" The Oerman called for help Ha explained to tha crowd that gathered Wat was Rerr Xoardtger ths Charge d'affaires but tha cltlxana aceorass to Perrin sheered no sympathy whan they real lead that it eras a German who had been struck Witnesses asserted that the Ain erlcan took no part in the attack Perrin said neither he nor Metdenant realised that Herr Roedigar was a diplomat and declared that nothing would have happened If the charge bad not spoken In Oerman CLASHES MARK STRIKE OF PHONE OPERATORS BPRINGFII3LD Mesa July orU Rioters to the number of 1040 battled with the pence before the' telephone building last night Twe girl pickets and twe men were arrested charged with breash of the 1C NURSES RESCUE Characterizes It as Similar to Stories by Employes of League Who Are Seeking William Anderson state superintendent of the Antl-Boloon league who is In Buffalo today conferring with Oeorge A Fowler- district superintendent emphasised tha statement he mode at the beginning of tha new Investigation of his handling of the league's affairs that "then could bo no new evidence against him unices It were manufactured" Ferdinand Peoora assistant district attorney of New York county le seeking Anderson's Indictment by a grand Jury on charges of extortion forgery and grand larceny The testimony given before the grand Jury In New York yesterday by William Potter of McAllen Texas reported to corroborate stories told by previous witnesses Mr Anderson swept to one elds with the gesture with which he dismissed the stories told by employee of the league who are seeking revenge" Aeked about the "Indelible political stamp'' which ha says has been placed upon the proceedings by the New York county district attorney's office Mr Anderson sold that he had nothing further to any on that subject today and rafused to make any but a general charge unembclllehed with details Mr Anderson denies a report made about two weeks ago that ha woe suffering from a nervous breakdown eed by worry over tha proceedings before the grand Jury in New York "Do I look like a nutn who has any nervous trouble or who has been slckr' he asked No evidence! of lllneaa ore displayed by Mr Anderson at present He gave out thq fallowing formal statement at the Antl-Haloon league diet riot offices this morning: "I arrived on New York state territory this morning fit for any kind of a fight that la forced on me and shall be at my office on and after tomorrow when needed 'As respects the district attorney's public announcement of offer of an opportunity for mo to appear bebme tha grand jury on condition of waiving immunity I wlll-uy only that my counsel will taka cars of tha legal and official phases of tha district attorney's activity while I shall confine myself to the political and propaganda activities of his office I should have said nothing whatsoever for publication about thta matter until the grand jury had acted If the district attorney had not rushed out with a braes band at a time when it had beeq published and hs apparently supposed that I was unable to answer and too far away In any event "Lat proceedings running Into tha spring degenerated Into trial by grand Jury through the newspapers Thta new proceeding Is apparently being conducted upon the earns basis 'It is not necessary tor me to charge that there le politics behind this new proceeding because lha district attorney's office has Itself placed on Indelible political stamp upon tha proceedings And before we get through with it that part of the pub-lie which docent already understand will have a pretty definite Mss of tha character of the Influences that sre thus utilising a desire tor revenge on the part of discharged former employee of the league' STREET CAR HITS AUTO TWO SLIGHTLY INJURED Mrs Mae Pierce West Ferry street end her daughter Bessie even years eld were shaken up and bruised when an auto in which they were riding driven by Frank Hearing III Jersey street was struck by a street ear in Abbott road near Bolton place Frank Battle four year old IN Pratt street suffered a fractured tag when ha ran Into the fender of an ante driven by Louie Doebert 77 London street In front of hta home PHILADELPHIA July Burch for William A Roulter bookkeeper tor the estate of the late Charlemagne Tower former ambassador to Germany charged with embezzlement of the estate's funds was continued today Roulter dluppured on June II He ta charged specifically wjth emheszllng approximately I IS 004 A statement by Julius A Bailey one of the trustees of the original Tower citato said the actual amount would not be known until auditors who are going over the hooka make their re port next week Bailey uld that Rocslter did not have access to the eecurltlu comprising tne principal of the Tower utale but hta alleged Peculations were from the current expanse funds Occasionally thess funds Bailey stated ran as high ae 170000 Ths principal of the estate amounting to several million dollars was Intact he added This fortune was left by the late ambassador's father for the use of hie son during hta life time Maurice Haul counsel for the estate uld that Roulter hod charge only of payments from the petty cosh account! uld Haul "was to raise cheeks Roulter apparently had bean carrying on hta peculations for aovoral yjars" Roulter waa not bonded Hta salary until last spring wae 1M month from the estate and In addition ho was paid by the late ambas-udor for acting ae Me private secretary Upon tha death of Mr Tower hta ulary as hookkkeeper for the utata was advanced to 11000 yur to compenute him for the loss of hta position as secretary TEACHER WINS 7-YEAR REINSTATEMENT FIGHT NEW TURK July 13-Mtaa Una Zlpfsl today won a seven-year fight tor reinstatement as a school teacher Bhe wae dismissed by the board of duration la 1010 mi charges of misconduct A long stretch of litigation tot lowed which concluded when Supreme Court Justice Coha tan signed an order putting tha board'! verdict and directing that aha be paid $1001111 as ulary with Interact from tha data of her suspension Mias Zipfel alleged that she I not received a fair trial which claim aaeerding to the court was aoaaeded by tha defense ELMWOOD CAR HITS AUTO DRIVER IS HURT Cuts on arm and aids were euf-ferred at noon today by Michael GerocL 10 year old 100 Guernsey strut when a email touring ur which hs was driving west In West Tupper street woe struck by a south bound Elmwood strut nr According to witnesses Osracl'e ear knocked up onto ths sidewalk a distance of about II fast from ths tracks Witnesses olio declared that tha strut car was traveling at a high rata af apeed and wont on about 10 feet after Mttlng tha auto before 14 could bo brought to a atop Genet was touted by a physician and tbsu sent to the Columbus hospital Manufacturers to Fight the Threatened Embargo on Canadian Pulp Wood NEW YORK July With a view to solving problems raised by tha threatened emhargo'on pulp wood exports from Canada to the United States a number of leading paper manufacturer! from all sections of the country met today at the Union lingua club and organised as the "Committee for tha Perpetuation of the Paper Industry In the United States" Itenry Stokes of the York Haven Paper company Philadelphia was elected chairman of the executive committee A Paine Jr of the New York and Pennsylvania Paper company was named vice chairman and Dr Hugh Baker executive secretary of the American Paper and Pulp association was elected secretary Manufacture ri already enrolled represent more than half of tha total productive capacity of tha country It la said Commenting on tha proposed Canadian embargo Chairman Stokei said: mods effective It will In volve ths entire paper and printing Industry In tha United Statee Tha price of pulp wood would at once begin a rise toward war-time levels and more than a million cords of wood a year would be added to the drain on our own fait diminishing pulp wood resources IS GIVEN SIX MONTHS FOR AUTO TIRE THEFT Trio of Jitneuri Contribute $25 Each in City Court For eteallng on sutomobils tire Ambrose Andrutxkl 37 yearn old of Sloan was sent to ths penitentiary for six months Charged with a like offense Leo Meyerhofer It year old til Walden avanus was given a suspend ed sentence and placed on probation for six months Philip Conley II yean old 134 South Park avenue "beat" a hotel MIL Today In oily court ha placed on probation and ordered to resloie some IK for ths hotel MU which he Three Jltneure wore fined $31 each They were: Frank Desando II years old II Stato street Edward Nalman I years old 41 Huatter treat and James Res 10 yean old If East Tupper street The Temperature The temperature at I A today was TO at I A TI at 1 A 71 degrees Tha highest temperature yesterday was IT tha lowest wag II da less The relative humidity yesterday was at I today at I A it woe 4T degress Ha la wirrimd by a nephew Partrr Horton aad by a Maas Mra Daniel BtrasMr Tba body will be brousht to Buffala for burial SONS OF SAINT GEORGE REVISE BYLAWS Convention Closes Today With Nomination of Officers This session of the state branch American Order of Bona of Balnt George woe given over to a revision of the by-laws Nomination of officers who will be elected two years hence will take place this afternoon At ths close of the morning session all those attending the convention made a trip through tha Larkin company's plant where they also had luncheon Yesterday members made a trip to tha Falla In buses Thera they were entertained by the Niagara Falla lodge and mads a trip through the gorge to Queens ton They had dinner In tha lodge rooms at tha Falls and returned to Buffalo late at night Prior to making tha Falls trip public memorial waa held Clement Haltam grand chaplain of New York officiated Tha convention will close this afternoon after the nomination of officers HEED WARNING i DIES UNDER CAR WHEELS Car Repairer Ii Killed at Ha-garsville Ont BRIDGEBURG Ont July Flipping beneath tha wheels of a railway car on which ho waa working nt Hagcrsvllta last evening while a ear waa being shunted Alphonse Drtaphan tains ear repairer of that pises was so badly Injured that hs died an hour la tar Railway officials dsetara that De tap hon tains waa warned that tha ear was about to bo moved but did not heod ths wmlng WOMAN HURT IN FALL FROM MERRY-GO-ROUND Mm Ella Latchford (0 yearn old II Buttar avanus who fell from merry-go-round at Erls Beach last night woe reported in serious condition at ths Homeopathic hospital thta morning Bha may have a fractured skulL Mrs Latchford went over to tha beach with a party of friends Bhe was standing an tne platform of the merry-go-round holding a small grandson Vincent Hecks born on one of the hones whan aha became dlssy lost her balance and fall off Bhe was rushed to ths ferry uncon-sdoua and brought tq Buffalo SAINT CATHARINES Ont July At 10 o'clock this morning fire broke' out In the General and Marina hospital Tha fire started In a maid's room on tha third floor of an old brick wing probably from defective electric wiring Firemen had a hard Job fighting tho blast ae it ato Its way through (tho roof and In all directions In othe old building Boon tho whole Institution was filled with smoke Nureu worked like heroines carrying and os elating patlente from tho old part of the building to tho now mat nbulldlng Fortunately there are only about 10 patient in tha hospital today the Institution not being crowded A month later double number of patients might have bun there Firemen we re working with tremendous effort to save tho hoepital at noon but the fire wu not out The loss will be about 131000 BESSIE CLAYTON DANCER FILES DIVORCE ACTION JERSEY CITY July Mrs William Julian Mitchell well known dancer known In the theatrical world as Bust Clayton filed a petition for a dlvorre from her husband William Julian MIlchalL widely known playwright hera yeetordsy It bovama known today They were married March II 1114 and she charged that ha deaertod her In 1111 They have lived for several ysare In two houses owned by the husband on nn estate in Long Branch Benia Clayton first attracted attention a dancer with tha old Weber A Fields company mors tbnn 30 years ago Lately she hu boea appearing In vaudeville FIVE MINERS KILLED 12 HURT AS TRAIN PARTS BIRMINGHAM Ala July Five minora were killed and II wars injured aome of whom will die at an ora mins of the Slou-Bhaffleld Sled A Iran company near Beeumar AUl according to report! received hero A train of trip cere carrying 4 mm parted from a broken coupling while the morning shift wa descending into the Brine knows It No 1 (top Veteran of Four Wars Near U'-V Victim of Smoke 98-year-old Mariner Attributes Condition to jl A Vs' gullion and Good Old A phalanx ef madato and a buvf '-'-J') while beard covered hta braaatr -At Bellevue hoepital the societal mariner-told doctors hta vlgqraud condition wu duo to and good old He wu aut tha poor form to await tba raauUf I1? of a search of thq iweordu taatttutei by tho penatou burauu at Washita penatou NEW YORK Jnly Robert Ludlow Livingston alias Matt Green who ta tl years old veteran of four wan and the oldest man to wear a gob's uniform hu been permitted to return to tha Oranga County poor bouse Wearing tided suit ef navy blue Livingston was picked up nn Hlv-Ingtan street yraterdsy unconscious after all night eaeountar with "bowery amoks" In bottles ton Living oe claim tag he drawn any pension listed II yaw MattOruu a--1 JWV -J U'Vfd I.