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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
OVATION
FOR MAYOR
GAUL|N

The celebration OF the fifth anniversary
OF the founding OF Union St. Jean Rap
tiste d d'Amerique was observed last even
ing In Woonsocket. over 800 men and
women attending the banquet held in Har-
ris hall
Among those who sat At the table Of
honor were; Aphonse Chagnon OF VIII
lmantic. Conn: a j. Lachance OF ST.
Johnsbury. VT: Hon. Phillip Boucher. DR..
J. III. Boucher OF Woonsocket DR. Goyer
OF Southbridge, Joseph Contant OF Mon
treal. +. Gatineau OF Southbridge, Rev.
T.. Renaudet OF Woonsocket Joseph Roy
and Mayor Gaulin OF Woonsocket, Ellie
Nezina OF Chicago. J. l. X. Lahamme OF
Woonsocket. j. h. s. Brazeau OF Paw
tucket. j. f.. Parent OF Manchester. A.
Bonneau OF Biddeford. Me-: ". j. Bal
thazar OF Hudson Mass: A. Simonin OF
Providence. r. Dubal. J. A. Lasalle, q. j.
Paquin and Charles G. Gauvin OF Woon-
socket. Lous Poirier OF Central Falls,
stephen Fortier OF Manville. a q. Lalime
of Worcester. Henry Pouliot OF Woon-
socket. Col. T. s Lafayette, j. A. Caron,
Revs J. NJ. L. GirouN and J. Ovide Plasse
of Woonsocket, Joseph Faure OF South
bridge. /. A. Beaudrealt OF Putnam.
Conn; Joseph Danis Of Blackstone. J. g.
Bourbeau OF Franklin. Mass: Charles G..
Herand OF Oakland. Wilfred Matthew, A.
y NORM, Norbert Decelles, Napoleon
Breton. capt. f. J. Rompre, Rev. Mederic
Roberge Rev. J. s. Forth and Rev, FIR.
Deguire OF Woonsocket j. r. Lambert OF
Manville. Noe L. Nadeau and j. S. Gen
dron OF Pawtucket.
Factory Inspector Joseph Roy. president
Of District No. I. was POSTMASTER. lie
opened the banquet shortly after O'Clock.
Rev Ernest Renaudet saying grace.
Mayor Gaulin was the first OF the after
dinner speakers and received an ovation
as he rose in answer TO the toast our
Country"
Rev. +. Y. Chagnon OF Champlain,
n Y. who was TO have answered 10 the
toast. "'The Church" was unable 10 at
tend. and Rev. Ernest Renaudet of Woon-
socket answered 10 the toast.
"Our French-Canadian Institutions"
was the toast responded TO by Ellie Vezina
OF Chicago. Felix Gatineau OF South
bridge, Mass. answered 10 the toast.
THE Fifth Anniversary"
THE Press" was the toast given by ].
T.. X. Laflamme. editor OF La Tribune.
Woonsocket. The speechmaking was in
terspersed with a fine musical program.
ST AIMS orchestra. Prof Niau, leader.
rendered selections. and Miss Agnes
Gsulin. soprano. sang.
The committee in charge or the AFFAIR
included Joseph Roy. president; II. Lange-
lier. secretary, A. y. NORM treasurer:
n. Pouliot. J. A Lasalle Eugene Rompre
and F.. s Lafayette.
I.I-nion ST Jean Baptiste D'Amerique
was founded I'm Woonsocket five years
ago by the federation OF several French
Canadian societies. Tho union has
branches in all parts OF New England
and in the west
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
enter AGE
OF ETERNAL
FEMININE

Detroit, Aug. ls-The annual c0nven-
tion Of the International Association Of
Factory Inspectors opened here yester-
day with President Edgar l." Davies Of
Ctios go presiding. About $50 delegates
were present At the opening session
papers were read by w l.. BodIne Of chi
cago on The Competitive Life" and by
Mrs Sarah L. Crowley. deputy Inspector
OF Illinois, on Our Purpose and Duty"
The speechNof NJ. Bodine. who is super
intcndent Of compulsory education at
Chicago. created n mild sensation among
the delegates. The speaker produced fed D.
eral statistics covering the past % years.
showing that the industrial competition
Of women. ch idren and machine labor
was driving men out Of the large cities
TO fields OF manual labor in mining ard
agriculture. lie declared that woman
was Cestued 10 be he ruling sex in m
dusirl;i.ir and continued:
Man. like the lhdlan, Is dying out ana
being driven out In 1890 there Va =
S.Ji4.57i women Thc were empl pted y.
gainful occupations in America. In 1900
iha number had iucr, sed TO $500. S07. TIC
birth rate among the females is iacrcas-
ing and lie death ra:e decreasing IT l.
just tho reverse arcoHg males. 20 are
rapidly drifting 10 tie age OF tho ','er-
nal i''nrirc. when rlao will be hack
number anil fcrcej To The soil ami thos @
f"lds cf labor wi ce only his .hvsi,al
endurance Will save lin IN the strligsIe
fJr survival"
In discussing the competitive lie for
tic leadership N society, the speaker
said.
Society is dying out at the top. II is
a NJ oil
no occupant dares cast the first stone:
the dangerous example, the academy Of
divorce. Society has mothers who are
slaves TO the siren calls OF fashion and
ffivolity, who look moro often into their
mirrors than into the faces Of their chill
dren. With a fashionable mother gadding
about at social functions and n fashion
able father at his club. the result will
be that within n decade the question OF
the neglected children OF the rich Will
become as great a social problem as that
of the neglected children Of the poor"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
$2O,617.50
FOR MILL
PROPERTY

The Enfield Mills property smithheld,
belonging 10 VIM. II. Pope, was sold az
auction yesterday for s26,6l75o.
VIM. ]. Dunn, owner OF the Seaside
mills at Fall River. secured the mill
buildings for $4,000 and the rest OF the
property consisting Of a church and cot
tages was struck off 10 various purchas-
ers
The mill was built between 1920 and 1880
by Gov Allen, and has successfully pass
ed through four different arrangements
and administrations. Mr.. Dunn stated
that he could not say definitely to what
use his company would put the property
which Il had recently acquired.
The bidding on the mill began NJ l2:D
i'm the picker room. According 10 Rhode
Island laws a local auctioneer is neces-
sary, and consequently the auction was
handled by j. +. Conant OF Lowell, Mass.
through c. L. & II. J. Gross, and Charles
=. Allen OF Greenvlle was the local auc-
tioneer who began the sale.
Tho first bid received by u, r. Conant.
representing his firm. was for $1,000 and
the price rapidly jumped 10 5000 From
this time on the bidding was rather spir-
tied between Mr.. Dunn OF Fall River and
several prominent manufac turers. among
them being ] r. Fyans Of Fyans, Fra
ser g. Blekway Of Fan River. When the
price finally reached $1,000 II was knocked
down 10 Mr.. Dunn.
The village church was next disposed or
and O'Connor Brothers OF Boston secured
this for $3.50 A double cottage, known as
lot No. T. was sold 10 William J. Dunn
for 500 With the exception Of lot No. g..
which went TO n local undertaken, Ar
mold Staples. for se75. all OF the rest OF
the cottages went TO Louis Nolan OF East
Roston The prices for the different cot
tages bought by him were as follows: Lot
No. 2. with a boarding house. 1910: LOT No.
: with a tworamily house, 500; lot No. Z.
cottage. SioN: lot No. 8. with house.
s577 80: lot No. .. 500. lot No. 10 $40; lot
No. H. s2en. lot No u. 1905. lot No. II. Aao
Tho total price secured for the property
was considered q very good sum In spite
Of the fact that some veara ago the mill
was assessed for 10000 The property has
not been operated by Mr.. Pope during the
past two years. as he had nt the time
that cotton rose In price through the man
ipulations of Daniel J Sully, sold all ~
the cotton. which he had on hand. He
purchased the mill IN 1879. and claims 10
have made additions and improvements TO
the mill 10 the extent ~ s15, on. having Sc
cured n originally for slS."'o.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
FINAL Adjournment OF
BIG TRANSFERS CONVENTION

Philadelphia. Aug 1S.-The Interna o.
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters closed its
convention yesterday. number of dele
gates left Monday and the faction tha {
has supported President shea represented
az least p two thirds ma aiority ~ those
present Yesterday.
Former Nico President Could was IN
the rack FOR ulc than an hour lis in
tegiitv hsd Icon brought into question by
tho committee on office reports Tho
Ing OF $500 ~ tho $4,000 expended oy
Gould.
Gould In a speech defended himself and
declared he Ind never presented n bhl
that WIS nor legitimate He was Ip-
ported by President Shea and Delegate
Turl'y former secretary treasurer the
latter having audited Goulds ac-
counts The convention adopted reso-
luton 81 confidence I'm Vice President
Gould and refused TO concur i'm the com
r,ittee's finding
The recommendation made by the com
mittce on Officers reports condcmnng the
conduct ~ Third Vice President Michael
Casey of San Francisco IN a strike o'
milk wagon drivers I'm san Francisco was
taken up again yesterday.
After "a heated debate tn convention
accepted the report coudemning Casey.
President shea was presented with q
loving cup by bis fri' nds in tho con-
Nentiou.
With the installation ~ now officers
Tho convention adjourned ~ meet iu
Chicago the second week IN August next
year
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
DELAY AT DOVER

Rain which began to fall at noon YES
terday prevented the horses from begin
ming their second weeks Engagement ai
Granite State park on schedule time. The
program will b. carried forward day
extending the meeting into Saturday and
making the much talked OF free-for-all
pace come Thursday.
Riley r. reached the track yesterday
looking very At having stood the jour
ney from Buffalo In nice shape.
Several OF the regular grand circuit
patrons who have passed up Poughkeepsie
TO see the fast PAGERS say the western
horses will make 4 hard going for both
John NJ and The Friend.
The fields this week will he large and
everything points toward the very best
rccing ever seen in this state. The
card for today includes the 2:l2 pace. 2lI
trot and 221 pace. In which S2 horses
have declared 10 start. VILLAS is slight
favorite over Octave r. In the fsst pace.
while Edward D.. a newcomer, is the best
liked in the slower class.
The talent has not lost faith I'm rs
sex Maid because Of her bad behavior
last week. and she is being played
stronger than Chestnut. w J. Lewis,
Little Rena or MacDougall In the trot.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
KENNEY WON BOUT

The best boxing exhibition ever given
before the members OF the Gloucester
MASS Athletic club took place last night
before 400 members. II was maTred
however, by the decision OF Referee Dick
Fleming Of Marbehead when he awarded
the decision TO Young Kenney OF Lawrence
over Willie Cornell now OF Lowell In a
bout Of IL rounds
For the first three rounds IL was about
an even thing. with Cornell doing all
the leading. and which he continued 10
DO during the entire contest. his left
hand leads sending Kenney's head back
repeatediy: and in the last round Ken
ney was almost gone
Kenney's Judgment 81 distance was
away of. his leads going TO waste time
after time
The decision OF Referee Fleming was
loudly Missed by the members. most Of
whom said Cornell should be awarded
the tight. and cries OF robbery were
heard on all sides. II was the worst
decision ever rendered before the club
Cornell was so incensed by the de-
cision that he went after the referee
md punched him repeatedly II looked
as though 1t were going 10 be a rough
house for a while. but quiet was finally
restored and Cornell was cheered to the
echo.
The preliminaries were also OF the
gilt-edge order. the bout Of six rounds
between Young Cuddy OF Lawrence and
Sandy McGee Of South Lawrence was
won by Cuddy. MCGEE being knocked out
IN the last Of the sixth round.
The semi-fnsl bout OF eight rounds be-
tween John A. Sullivan OF Magnolia and
Young Freeman Of Boston was a fast
ono and was awarded 10 Sullivan.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
0PITSAH v WON

Despite the heavy northeast storm that
blew In last night. the race for the Crow
hurst cup was sailed off at West Man
chester yesterday afternoon. The Judges
George w Mansfield and Horace b. Pear
son, decided TO hold the contest. even
though there were only three boats ready
20 start
The three boats at the line were the
n-footer Optisah v Sumner n. Foster.
which already has won a leg in the cup:
the lS-footer Moslem. John TYLER and tho
E-footer khalfa, owned by r F. Tuck
er but which was sailed today by A.
Walpole Craigie. All carried single reefs
The wind which yesterday was from
the southeast hauled 20 the northea st
early In the morning and began 10 pipc
up until M the start 81 had the strength
or nearly Is miles an hour This had
kicked up nasty bubble outside. and
Win the penetrating drizzle II made
yacht racing anything but pleasure.
The 23-footer Medrc N was IN the har-
Dor. but she left for Marble head In tow
OF the steam yacht wild Goose
The course given the boats wns NJ II
miles and was twice over. from start.
Ing line of House island 10 and around
buoy II OF Great Haste. With the breeze
from the northeast this gave the boats
a run down % the buoy and u beat back
There was a good contest between th,
Opitsah and the Khalifa Tho Opt
sab won by fm 8ls. and her proprietor
thereby becomes owner ~ the Crowhurst
cup. presented 20 the club by Francis NJ
whitehouse
The start was postponed q minutes
and when the signal was given the Opt.
Sab v was risht at The line only o.
few minutes were lost by her crew be
fJfc the spirnaker was broken out
TIE Khalifa was handicapped 81 sec.
onds az the start. for az che was max.
Ee for the lire her mainshoet was
washed overheard. The Moslom was SIN
fsrther behind The gun. not crossing until
- fss. after the signal
On the run dwon 10 buoy II The Opt
szh V continually pulled away. az the
others did not set light sails. the Kha-
iifa icing = man short on crew At the
buoy tho Opiisah y had a good lead. with
Khsifa second and Moslsm third
The vind~ard work proved sno'hei
sfory. as the Khalifs did much better
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
RESCUED IN
SURF BY
VOLUNTEERS

But for the timely aid Of Adolph Alsfeld
unteer Life Saving corps. Fred NJ Brown
ing, aged Is. one Of party OF East Green
wich excursionists would undoubtedly
have lost his life In the surf at Nara
gansett Pier yesterday noon. He was
caught in the strong undertow which ac-
compsn MED the heavy surf kicked up by
the northeaster and when the rollers
knocked him or his feet he was unable
TO regain his footing because of the out
ward rush of water which sucked the
sand from under him He became ex-
hausted and was slowly being carried
out 10 sea.
His companions saw his predicament
and Raymond X. Gould and James Lough
lin tried without avail to reach him. The
people at the bathing establishment. who
had warned the excursions from the
First Baptist Sunday school OF East
Greenwich Of the danger. saw the pre-
dicament and members OF the Volunteer
Life Saving crew hastened down with a
can buoy OF the Volunteer Life Saving
corps. which IL hung at Taylor's baths
II was found impossible 10 get near
OF the can. which was capable OF sus
tanning him easily so he could ave been
hauled I'm easily,
Realizing the need OF prompt action
IL the man was 10 he saved. surfmen Ais
field and Clark rushed into the waves and
got him and with the help Of the two
friends OF Browning landed him on the
beach where he was revived and given
a stimulant There were three medi
cine kits right handy. one at Sherry's, one
AZ Lieut.. Eicke's store at the bowling
alley and one AT Taylor's. so there was
plenty 10 work with.
The young man was able 10 60 home
with the rest Of his party.
The Nara ga nsett Pier crew Of tho
United States Volunteer Life Saving
corps is I'm command Of Lieut. w. +.
Eicke and is composed Of young men
who work in tho various esta ablishments
on or near the beach The crew was
drilled and gave an exhibition only last
Sunday. when the commodore was there
with a picked crew from Providence and
Lieut. Eicke made n report OF the matter
to headquarters at once.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
RACING BEGUN TODAY

The Newport Yacht Racing association
yesterday published announcements for
the series OF races 10 be given for the
New York Yacht club 30 footers off New
port. beginning today. and including Sat
urday. a race 10 be held each afternoon
a o'clock. IL Is proposed 10 have two
OF the races outside and two In the bay.
and two courses have been selected for
each, To be decided on the day OF the
race. Arthur T Kemp has offered the
use OF his yacht Apache TO the regatta
committee. which will follow the boats
over the course. The following circular
has been posted at the yacht club in re-
gard TO the races:
Starting signals: Warning signal. y.
mA gun will be fred and "A white flag
bearing n letter indicating the course will
be hoisted. Preparatory signal. 2:O5 p m.
A gun will be fired and the blue peter
hoistcd. Starting signal. 2:l0 p. ma
gun will be fired and the blue peter hauled
down All starts will be from Brenton's
cove. from an imaginary line between red
spar buoy and vessel flying the association
burgee Flag a white field with red
representation OF old Stone mill Boats
crossing the line ahead OF the gun will be
recalled by megaphone by numbers dis
played on malnsail.
Courses: Course A-From starting line
TO Overs Island buoy and return. leaving
outer mark 10 port. yachts going to the
westward OF Rose Island both going and
coming. Course B-From starting line
TO Beaver Tail buoy, then 10 Seal Rock
buoy. leaving marks TO port; thence 10
Beaver Tail buoy. leaving same to star
board. thence 10 starting line. Course
C-From starting line 10 white spar buoy
IN Guddiugtur- -thenee-te Brisg, =
Ledge buoy. leaving marks to port; thence
to white spar buoy I'm Coddington's cove
leaving same to starboard; thence 10
starting point. yachts going 10 the west
ward of Rose Island. both going and COM
ing. Course D-From starting line to
and around Brcnton Reer lightship. TO
starting point. twice around leaving all
marks TO port In making first round
yachts will round spar buoy In Brenton' $
cove New York Yacht club rules to
govern races.
The regatta committee consists OF
Woodbury. Kane. chairman; G. l.. r Rob-
inson and Max Agassiz
Eleven OF these boats accompanied the
New York Yacht club fleet 10 Newport.
which should insure some good racing
The boats have been doing good work,
and there is great rivalry among the
owners. II is likely that on one Of the
days the old Newport 30-footers will try
conclusions with the new boats.
IT is likely that there will be from IL
TO Is boats in these races. and in addi-
ton 20 the new class. the Carolina and
Eleanor OF the Newport class will also
sail The former will be In charge Of
Pembroke Jones and the latter OF Regi-
nald Brooks A full llst OF the boats and
their owners and sailing numbers is as
follows:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16

The national commission, as the repre-
sentatives OF the major leagues, have
signed treaty OF peace with the minors
represented by Pres Powers and Sec
Farrell Of the National association.
At the meeting yesterday at Cincinnati
OF the national commission Sec. Farrell
introduced a resolution, which. without
carrying a name states that Howard
Griffith has been summarily dropped
from membership i'm the board OF arbitra-
ton. the governing board Of the minors
This was a secret carefully guarded.
The resolution detailing the dismissal OF
Griffith, though unnamed, was promul-
gated Thus was the case that threatened
at one time 10 disrupt organized baseball
disposed Of The national commission was
left without any foundation upon which
20 act. and the case is closed.
BY securing an injunction against the
commission Howard Griffith prevented
action against himself by the persons
named. but he did not stay the minors
who acted independently, and have ousted
him.
Later the commission promulgated a
finding characterized rs the complaint Of
r. r. Johnson against Howard Griffith
The charge was that Griffith had openly
violated provisions OF the national agree
ment by publicly declaring intent to dis
rupt the American league.
In this action OF the commission was In
corporated the answer OF the national as
sociation which repudiates acts OF any in
dividual and ends with the statement
that "the offender has been summarily
removed from membership I'm the nation
nj board and his Connection with the
national association OF professional
leagues is ended 80
All this is cited without mention of the
name OF Griffith. This ends the case in
surprising manner. The commission also
puts itself on record I'm favor OF the sin
gle draft. and recommends amending ~
major and minor interests I'm December
In the case Of Pitcher Doc Hillebrand.
II was decided that the player is the
property OF the Philadelphia club. unless
the Kansas City club pays $500 the agreed
price OF purchase made under the old ad-
ministration OF the St Joseph club.
which transferred the old Quaker star 10
Kansas City
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
GOLF PLAYERS IN FORM

Natienal Amateur Golf Champion ii.
Chandler Egan OF Exmoor, Bruce ID.
Smith OF Owentsia and r, G, Newton OF
Seattle. Wash. tied for low score In the
36-hole qualifying round at the annual
open tournament at the Exmoor G. G.
yesterday. Seventy eight players, repre-
senting "a clubs. started In the competi-
ton.
A number OF the out-of-town contest
ants in the national championship at
Wheaton last week remained over for
the event here, including T. NJ. Steven
son OF Myopia. who got into the second
IS: f. G. Newton OF Seattle and r. r..
Giles OF Pittsburg. who qualified In the
first l6 and j n. Bush OF New Orleans
and H. G. Fownes OF Pittsburg. who got
into the ..Ird 10. Stevenson had score
Of i79 Fred Herreshof OF Ekwanok was
also entered i'm the tournament. but could
not participate, as he had 10 return east
20 defend his title OF Vermont champion.
II. Chandler Egan will play today
Bruce u. Smith. with whom he was paired
today.
THE is who qualified for the Exmoor
championship cup. the chief trophy. fol-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
BAY STATE WAR CLAIMS
AMOUNT TO $780, 600

Boston. Aug 16.-Gov. Douglas yester-
day requested state Auditor Turner To
furnish him with a statement OF tho
amounts which the Federal government IL
believed to have owing the Common
wealth
Tho only accounts which the state has
against the United states. In the auditor e
Judgment. are the allowance FOR gold pre-
MUM on the civil War claims. the prin-
cipal of which has been paid. and the cx-
penscs ~ the state In cquipping her
troops FOR the Spanish War.
The former item amounts TO about s9N
cU There IL some $4,000 ~ unsettled
Spanish War claims. ~ which about si52 -
go has not been audited while Si'svn has
boon disallowcd or suspended. tho state
having received thus FAR N96' of the
amount spent By tho state in is9S.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-16
COX WON AT ROGUE

Champion c. G Cox of Maiden. Mass
arrived AZ Norwich today 10 participate
In the annual tournament Of the National
Rogue association. and was given rous-
ing welcome The rain flooded the
grounds and intcrfered with the games
most OF the ~. although In the after
noon and evening several matches were
played
Cox played his first game with Dickey
of Norwich. and defeated him after a
hard battle. Heavy courts made play
ing difficult but Dickey made n number
of brilliant shots and gave the champion
a hard contest cox finally won after
getting tho balls on the return ~ the
/ cage
J There arc now - entries on tho list.
/ and the chances OF any moro arc doubt
/ ful. the arrival OF the Penngvlvania dele
/ gation late last night practically com
/ plotting The number. James. who Is
/ picked as one of The medal winners. was
| defeated today in social game 10y Drake
! of Maiden. who Us showing up In excellent
! style
Prof Jacouus and Edward Clark ~
/ Springfield win arrive tomorrow clark
/ is l3 years ola bot ho ls credited with
| exceptional ability ANA may mako tho
| first div'sonrrs hustle The SUMMARY.
( FIRST DIVISION
! T. ! Fakcr. Washington beat William
/ Houelaud Philadelphia. e. g. Cox Maj.
/ den Mass boat 4 ". Dlckoy. Norwich
A. W Drake dalden boat T. ! Baker
! SECOND DIVISION
r. Davenport. Jr. Northampton beat
/ T.. c. wood. Ontario. Cal. pavenpor,
] beat y " Baldwin. Danbury: Wood beat
l r. g. Graves Bridgeport. =. w Robin
| son beat A. Brown. Norwich. Graves beat
/ ". g.. Robinson. Graves beat Baldwin
! THIRD DIVISION
| W CaruihsrE. NorpIch beat g. Provn.
| inE Norwich y e. Johnson Bridgeport.
' beat " Covles Eratilsboro VI. Alonyo