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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
MAKES SWEEPING DENIAL
Pointed Answer 10 N. ", N. n. and n.
tailrOnd 10 Government Petition.

RailrOnd to Government Petition.
BOSTON. MASS. July a1.-,A demnr-
could make 1t and Offering objection
both. to the form and substance OF the
.petltion <as the answer fled to-day in
the United States Circuit Court here by
ford Railroad Company as defendant
IN the action brought against 1t by
the United states government AS lled
the demurrer lis In three parts, but the
demurrer, and all three parts are prac-
tically Identical in many specifications.
II that the petition is uncertain in Its
statements concerning alleged viola
tons OF the Interstate commerce act.
This tincertainty. IL alleged to be
shown In that while the petition de-
clares that the holding Of the stock OF
the Boston and Maine Railroad by the
n, New Haven road and the possibility
OF trade In general. and OF interstate
commerce In particular. IT fails to
show to what extent there exists COM
petition between the respective rail-
road systems and to what extent a
unified or cooperative management Of
the, systems would create advantages
70 the public and an encouragement and
Increase to Interstate trade.
IT is pointed out that the New Haven
are In the main not parallel. as the
petition ayers. but are "systems and
networks of railroads opera ting In dis
tlnct fields" and that they compete
with one another only at a few sta
tions. at the most important of which
equally or more effective competition
exists by the Boston and Albany Rail-
road or by water"
The demurrer says that the electric
described in the governments
petition when operating as net works
Of intercommunica cation arc engaged in
kind of business substantially dit
ferent from that of Interstate steam
railroads. and that most at any rate
Of the electric railways described are
not engaged In or adapted for inter-
state commerce except as auSiliaries
of interstate railroad systems and cx-
'ept as they transport passengers or
goods TO and from connections with
such railroads. and that the ownership
D. control by the New Haven road OF
most or all OF such electric railways
viii enable 1t to increase trade In gem
'ral, including interstate trade. by
making such service more efficient
han 1t would be with divided owner-
'hip of the steam roads and electric
The sections OF the petition refer
Ing to the Providence Securities Com
Dany are the subject Of general de-
nurrer similar to that offered by the
Scw Haven Company to other declara-
Ions OF the petition.
Aside from the principal Representa-
ions OF the demurrer. the general claim
; offered that the governments petit
Ion does not make out case such as
should entitle the petitioner to the
'eilet PRAYED for against the defendant.
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GOVERNMENT ANNOYED
Unpueasnnt situation Develops BE
tween United States and Honduras.

tween United States and Honduras.
WASHINGTON. d. c., July 31.-An
unpleasant situation has developed be-
tween the United States and Honduras
as result OF the action of President
Davila in canceling the exequaturs of
the foreign consuls at Ceiba, Honduras,
because of their alleged triendliness
.tos- the cause of the revoIutionists.
These officers include American Consul
and the vice-consuls OF France and
Reports which have reached the
State Department uphold the conten-
ton of the consuls that they have not
been guilty of any breach of propriety;
that they did not advise the surrender
of the town when demanded by the
revolutionists. as charged by Hondu-
ras. but simply communicated the de-
mand to the commandant.
The incident has caused considerable
annoyance to this government. which,
ever since the revolution in Honduras
has exerted Its best efforts
to prevent any breach of neutrality In
Central America which might prove
adverse to the interests of President
Davila's government.
Acting Secretary Bacon had a call
to-day from Senor Ugarte, the Hondu-
ran minister. who presented to Mr..
Bacon some information he had re-
celved from Foreign Minister Fiallos.
giving the Honduran side OF the con-
troversy. Mr.. Bacon will take up the
matter again next week. He had In
tended to start on an official mission
to Porto Rico tomorrow, but this
matter and other State Department
questions demanding his attention
made 1t necessary for him to delay his
denarture
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HE PAYS FOR THE, GUM
Virginia Man Sends Money for Cur,
bought When Boy,
pee!al to The Times. .DIspatch. I

Special to The Times .Dspatch.1
CINCINNATI, o., July 3I.3When
Arthur Hudgen. OF Penny, Va, was
eight years old. a good many years
ago he wanted to own gold ring.
which was offered as prize in an
pany in Cincinnati. Hudgen wrote for
two boxes of the gum. which lie was
TO sell for 50 and remit the money.
whereupon h,. was to become the
posse ssor of the gold ring.
To- day Mayor Markbreit received a
letter from Hudgen He tells the
Mayor in the letter that he received
the gum and sold IT,. but that Gun
thoushtedly' he failed to send the
money TO the gum company. He In
closed S4. asking the Mayor to pay the
amount to the company
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HITCHCOCK NoNcoMMITTAL
Hears New York Leaders Patiently, Hut
Mikes No Comment.

NEW YORK. July a1.--1f the Repub-
llcan POLITICAL leaders of New. York
who conferred to-day with Frank n.
Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, hoped to draw
from the Taft manager an expression
Of opinion as to the wisdom Of renom-
mating Governor Hughes for second
term, or OF turning him down, they
were keenly disappointed. Practically
the. entire. day was spent by Mr.. Hitch
cock in listening to state leaders ex-
pound their Views on the govcrnorship
question. but he told them II was not
dates for State tickets. He declared
that he would not consent to take any
part In purely State campaigns as long
as no party disaster threatened Not
only did Mr.. Hitchcock concealhis own
preference in regard to the goyernor
ship. but he successfully eluded every
effort on the part of the callers to
learn whether President Roosevelt and
Judge TAFT were In favor ofgtne renom-
ination OF Hughes.
Very little was learned OF the dis
cussion about the governorship. but
that the conferences will not result in
clarifying the situation to any great
extent Is conceded I
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Henri Farman's aeroplane, the
Interesting heavier-than-air flying ma
chine he brought here from France to
initial flight In this country to-day
at Brighton Beach. IT rose from an
especially prepared runaway at the
will OF the inventor. and after attain
ing height OF twenty-five feet flew
straight ahead on direct line. finally
alighting with exquisite grace when
the noted air pilot diminished the mo-
tive power.
The few hundred spectators. most Of
whom were friends of the inventor or
rival aviators. watched the flight
with breathlcss interest. The instant
the trim looking machine landed cheers
rent the air. and Farman was SUR
rounded and hugged by the jubilant
aeronautc.
There were skeptics in the crowd.
who would not believe until they saw,
and they watched the tuning up" Of
the aeroplane In doubling silence.
Photographers Knocked Down.
Newspaper photographers crowded
around the aeroplane to get pictures
of the machine as 1t was about to
make its first flight in America, and
1t was at this moment that Farman
decided to make another test of the
motor before flying.
He instructed the French mechanics
in their native tongue to hold fast to
the aeroplane while he turned on the
power Instantly the propeller began
to revolve at the rate of l.400 revolu.
tions to the minute and breeze equal
to small cyclone was created The
photographers were knoctsed Tat and
plastered to the ground until the
power WIGS turned off. So great was
the violence OF the breeze that several
willow trees were bent double. Far
man laughingly said he guessed the
machine was working all right.
Then he gave the order: Let CO."
and away sped the aeroplane over the
plank roadway. 1t ran swiftly along
on its wheels for 240 yards. and then
Farman turned a lever which sent 1t
into the air like magic, and away it
flew. Only $50 yards We're covered in
the air on this flight. but a few min
utes later Farman made another try
and travelled $50 yards. He could
have gone much further, he said. but
feared striking pile of lumber.
These flights are preliminary to Far
mans public flight, which begins to-
morrow
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TROOPS PASS IN REVIEW
with Camp COmmnn-
der Pottn-VtrEinia Troops In Line.

General Vaughan with Camp Commnn-
der Potts-Virsinia Troop. In Line.
CHATTANOOGA TENN. July 31.-At
Camp William Fl. Taft to-day 1900
troops passed in review before Brisa-
dler- General r. H. Potts. commander
Of Camp Taft. and Brigadier- General
C. c.. Vaughan, Of the virginia Ma
tional Guard. The Seventteth ReEi-
ment Of the Virginia National
Guard, commanded by Colonial
Perry, passed first. followed By the
Second South Carolina, Next IN line
came the seventy second Virginia. COM
manded by Colonel Robert F. Leeddy.
Following these were ten companies
Of the Twelfth Cavalry, Colonel George
Dodd commanding. Then came the ar
tillery which passed the reviewing
stand at wild gallon.
Tho Alabama troops did not partic1-
pate in the movements at the camp
They are expecting call at any mo-
and NAV leave camp at any time.
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High Sens at Canes.

Special to The Times- -Dispatch,]
NORFOLK, VA. July 31.-The tall
end of the tropical hurricane is. pass
Ing Norfolk to-day. and the seas at
Cape Henry and Virginia Beach con-
tinue high, attracting thousands OF
sightseers. Although it has been
rough on the bay. the Baltimore and
Washington boats have continued their
daily schedules. The roads are full
OF storm-bound crafts. that put in
Thursday for safety The water front
weather prophets, and they usually
know what they are talking about. say
1T VIII be twenty-four hours before
conditions become normal.
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HAMBU PIER BURNED
Spectacular Fire In Philadclphia, En-
falling Loss of &4OO,OOO.

PHILADELPHIA. July sl,---The
Hamburg-American line pier of tho
Internatlona. Mercantile Marine Conl-
pany, at Pier 49, South Delaware Ave
nue., was destroyed by spectacular
fire tonight. entailing loss estilnatad
at 100000. The cargo Of the German
steamer Albano was on the.wharf, and
was destroyed, together with great
train OF fire light cars was on the tracks
In the long wharf shed. and while tho
Are RACED Ebhert Hamilton ran a loco-
lnotiye out on the pier and ran the
tracks. whore It WAS deluged by the
ltiramen, One fireman fell overheard
while 8fEhtin the blaze and was ros-,
Scued WI itha iftleul ty, and Z Sanp her wa b
hit bX q 20 tua ~ NJ. .55 X
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LIGHTNING GOES DOWN CHIMNEY
KNOCKS ASHES OUT OF STOVE
rSpecIalltoI The MIN "A a. Di.na tch 4

Specialize The Times Dispatch.l
@ ETNA MILLS, VA. July! S1.-Electric
storms have been numerous In this sec
tion of late The homo of Mr.. Julian
Powell, In the Mangohick neighbor-
hood, was struck by lightning. which
passed down the chimney and the stove
.pipe, and knocked all the ashes out of
the stove In the sitting room, where
fourteen persons were sitting, and
stunned them SO that mo ono moved
for several seconds, The lightning
passed through the floor and killed a
dog in the basement.
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FOR BURNING "A HOME
Negro Man fArrested and Other Develop
ments Are Expected.
IspeeiaI to The Tlmes- plspateh.l

[special to The Times Dlspatch.l
ASHLAND, VA. July 31.--The resi-
dence of Lewis Mass. about mile
from Ashland. was destroyed by fire
In June Of last year. The fire occurred
ae Se s saye eYaenss of the work
OF an lncendiary, Developments that
lave taken place In the past few days
have caused the arrest of Adam Rey-
nolds. colored,
white man and a negro, who arc
supposed to have been at the bottom
of the burning. 1T Is quite certain that
the county uthorities win make other
can be gathered, Nj
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strong Wind. Very High.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. July 3l.--The
Weather Bureau to-day announced
chat while hitherto the kite flights 1t
has been conducting at Mt. Weather,
Va. have uniformly shown that east
erly winds over that region are quite
shallow. none of them extending more
than mile above the mountain. strong
easterly winds were found Thursday
for the first time at an altitude of two
miles above the station. This indicates,
according to the bureau. a suspension
OF the ordinary west to east drift in
these latitudes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
LIVES LOST TN STORMS
Thunder and Rsinstorms In Tyrol Noun
tains Leave Big Death List.

VIENNA. July s1.-A series Of ter
rifle thunder and rainstorms have
caused destruction and heavy loss OF
life In the Austrian Tyrol. The Buko-
wilma district and the ziller Valley suf-
fered especially.
Reports coming In here indicate that
the loss Of life has been heavy. Corpses
are ftnating down the swollen streams
and the houses and stock have been
washed away. The death roll in Buko-
wilma Is said to be fifty. while in the
Ziller Valley upwards of twenty per-
sons have lost their lives.
The village OF hfehra, near Brixlegg.
has been overwhelmed by. landslide
and sixteen persons are reported to
have been killd.t
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Storm Moves Nor,

WASHINGTON. July 31.-With storm
warnings " continued all along the At.
Mn iantlc coast from Cape Ha'tteras to
announced that the storm which has
been moving up from the West In
dies and which ragged with fortv-
eight miles an hour velocity off VIII
n. c.. Will, during the next
twenty-four hours, move northward
along, the Middle Atlantic coast. at.
tended by high winds and rain.
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MURDER SISTER OF ST. ANDRE
Masked Men Bent Aged Directrcss Of
GIr1a, ScIIOOl to Denfll.

PARIS, July 31.--The inhabitants of
the suburb of Anthony have been
aroused by an atrocious crime commit
ted last night In a girls boarding
school. The aged directress OF the
Institution, Jeanne Larrieu, member
of the order OF the Sisters Of st. Andre,
was beaten to death by hammers in the
hands of two masked men. The cries
Of the unfortunate woman brought to
her room two OF the assistant sisters,
who in turn were attacked by the two
men and brutality though not fatally
beaten. The assailants escaped.
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Two Children browne !,

NORFOLK, VA, July 31.-A sneciaI
OF Ropers. N. c.. reports the drowning
OF an infant two months old and q
child two years old OF Mr.. and Mrs.
=: s. Swain; the party being caught in
bridge, drove into one of the Great
canals below Lake Scuppernong. The
couple had been estranged Tor some
time Yesterday Mr.. Swain visited
ner and reconciliation followed.
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~
children drowned. traffic tied
N up on at least four lines Of
Il " railroad and most OF the navt-
gable rivers, crops badly dam
aged and In large areas of lowlands
entirely destroyed. Is partial record
of the effects, In Eastern North Caro-
lima, of the West Indian storm that
ragged on the Atlantic coast yesterday
and moved inland to-day, accompanied
by rainfall that was record break
er. in some localities and amounted to
ais inches at Newbern, according to
specials tonight to the News and OBJ
server from numerous points in that
section.
Al Kinston nine inches of rain in
four days is reported. and in the ci:y
main streets are impossible to pedes-
trians. The Norfolk and Southern Rail-
way bridge over Southwest Creek, be-
tween Kinston and Caswell. is sub
merged and traffic has been blocked
all day. Traffic is tied up also on the
Kinston Snow Hin Railroad, the track
being washed away for some distance.
Washouts on Coast Line.
No trains from Wilmington or Colds
boro have been able to reach Newbern
o-day because of washouts on the At
lantic Coast Line tracks. a space Of
ten miles in one place being reported
iunsafe. River trafHc there Is stopped.
Trains on the Washington and
Vandemere Railroad are tied up By
washouts, and river traffic and fishing
are at A standstill.
The bridge of the Norfolk and
southern Hallway between Morehead
City and Beauford. recently built at a
cost OF millions of dollars. is reported
unsafe. and no trains are crossing.
The chief damage in inland sections
has been caused by the torrential rains.
The reports from Wilmington, More
head City and Beaufort are that the
storm las passed, and but little real
damage has been effected.
The rain continues at Newbern and
liJnston4 to- night. -.s-;es =.
No estimate of the damage done can
be obtained tonight.
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STEALS HlsSoWN WIFE.
General Wnrdwcll Would Rather Die
~ .Xx.Ifh IIer Than he Senarnfcd. Nl.

General Wnrdyycll would Rathsr DIE
With Her Than be Separated,
LOS ANGELES CALI. July s1.--De-
rated fromhis wife. who is a leper and
has been confined at the county hos
ipital. Brigadier- General David X
5Wardwell, retired, veteran Of two
ton and rushed her, across the HEX
Jean border. where he declares he will
live with her until death separates
them.
them back as the officials say they both
to end their lives II forced
to live apart,
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KILLS CHILDREN AND SELF
Ge.4 WHIJ.E WIFE Is AWAY

y gcRANsToN. n. L., July s1,--Leonard
Hendricks, thirty-one years old, in the
absence OF his Wife In Hartford, Conn,
killed himself and his two little daugh-
ters, Ann, five wears, and Lille, three
of Ill three we're found to-day after
Il locked room, had been broken into.
a note left for Mrs, Hendricks said
good by, and expressed hope that she
would find a: better husban 81
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JOHNSON TO SPEAK !: 1

Places orntortcal Powers at pisposaf ~
NNtionnt committe 90 Y. IL
ter 10 w j. Bryan, mailed to-day
Cinvernor Johnson places hts oratortcal
powers at ithe disposal Of the National
Democratic Committee. he says
will be available about ptenl her, ana a
will go where wauted. lss5 iss IN iis
u The letter yyas In answer ta one 70
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,r,vo Killed while At work,

were killed ana six seriously injured,
two two, of them probably fatally, innS''the.
Ontario and Western yard a t Mayteld
to-day. Tho dead are ic haal Dug =.
gan and Samuel AndarsoIl, trhe men
another train he'd into them, ss N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-01
VIOLATE RACE-TRACK LAW
kinga County Grand Jury Brings Mat
ter to Ate ton OF Go1ernnr

NEW YORK, July 31.-Recommend-
Ing that the attention of Governor
Hughes be called to the conditions ex-
isting at the recent meeting OF the
Brighton Beach and Sheepsliead Bay
race tracks. and charging that there
nave been open, systematic and fragrant
Violations Of the new anti ti-gamblin.
law, presentrnent was handed down
day.
The 5resentmcnt declares that while
for short period after the law went
INTO effect the police were quite active
IN sappressing and preventing viols.-
tions Of the law "at a certain point
their activity ceased"
Bearing an official copy of the grand
lury's presentment. Acting District At
torrey Robert Fl. Elder left to- day for
Saranac Lake. where he will confer
with Governor Hughes on the race
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GIVEN POWERFUL DRUG
Young Plttshnrg Girl, Who Was Prol,-
ably Kidnapped, Still Unconscious.

Young PlttshnrE Girl, Who Was Prob-
ably Kidnnpped. still Unconscious.
Clara r. Konter. eighteen years old
who. it is believed, was kidnapped and
detained for twenty-four hours by per-
sons unknown had not regained con-.
sciousness late tonight.
The young woman lett her home near
shousetown. about fifteen miles from
this city Monday afternoon to make
Several purchases: She failed to re.
turn. and while the entire community
were searching for her Mrs. Konter,
the girls mother, found Clara lying
acros sthe bed Of her room at home.
Girl since Tuesday night in an Ell.
deavor to bring her back to conscious
ness without success. According to DR..
Kerr. of Shousetown, a powerful drug,
the nature of which has not yet been
ascertained. was administered. Whe-
ther the girl was kidnapped or mis-
treated is not definitely known.
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Jockey Club Denied d Injunction.

NEW YORK. July a1.-An applica-
r,,i t,on made by the Coney Island Jockey
lice Commissioner Bingham and his
ssuhordtnates from Interfering with
me , assemhlage of orderly persons on
s sne race track a Sheepshead Bay was
athled .t to-day by Justice Blanchard in
the Supreme Court The justice said
IN part 1T Is the settled policy os
the state that 1t is duty of the police
10 enforce the law and prevent Its in
lracton; Their duty is not merely to
arrest those who are guilty OF crime
II Is also their duty to prevent crime
and an, this duty Is quite as important as
sa tme aoty OF Furnishing crime after II
mas been committed"
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First Flight in America Of.
Farman's Aeroplane Sue
cessful in Every Way.
AER0NAUTS, JUBILANT,
HUG THE INVENTOR
Cheers Rend the Air as the Trim
Looking Machine, Under, Per-
feet Control, Lands-Pho-
tographers Knocked
Down by the Pow
erful Breeze.

EW YORK. July 31.-Rising
from the ground like a giant
bird and darting through the
air at express train speed.
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Four Lines Of Railway in
North Carolina Crippled
- - 7a ~ ~ 1 Y
by High Water.
WATER COMES DOWN
In GREAT DELUGE
Very Heavy Fall in Vicinity Of
Newbern and Kinston, and
Streets of Latter City Made
Impassable-Two Chill
dren Reported
Drowned.

- ALEIGH, n. c., July s1.-Two
children drowned. traffic tied
X up on at least four lines OF
y railroad and most OF the navt-
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After the examination the physicians
turned to the other girls in the store.
to several. Four lay on the floor att
the top of the building, and 1t is said
that they We're not restored to con-
seriousness until some time after the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-31
OF PR0VIDENT co.
NOT YET ~C0NSUMMATED

New York. July 30.-The recent re-
port that a sale of the ProVident Saw
ings Life Assurance society's stock had
been eonsummated was characterized
tonight by the law firm of Sullivan
ana Cromwell as premature. In its
statement the firm said:
active negotiations have taken
place with numerous financial inter
csts which desire to purchase. No sale
has yet consummated although it Is
likely that the transaction will be
completed within the next two weeks.
an making the sale all the parties
involved realize the desirability of
dealing only with purchasers of such
standing that their control. Of the SO
ciety will be entirely acceptable to the
policyholders as well as the Insurance
departments.
Nothing material is being done
without prior consultation with the
superintendent Of Insurance Of this
state.
The friction which formerly exist
ed on the board has been entirely
eliminated. The sale when ii takes
place will confer. upon the purchasers
a large majority of the board of d.
rectors and will fully concentrate com
plete control"