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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
WINGDtLE PRISON SITE.
supt. scott says It's I nsuitabie AMI Its
Abandonment WIN save state ~ .lhplD .lNIO

Albany. Oct. ~ State Superintendent
of Prisons Joseph Scot, to-day acted as
spokesman for the Governor and other
State officers who visited the new prison
site at Wingdale Yesterday.
We can save the State 8? ,OOO. 900 net.
said Superintendent Scott, by abandon
ing the proposed Ningdale prison. even
after spending $1,000 90, for a new cell
block az Sing Sing This new cell bio OK
could he built entirely by convict
labor. as there il a nearby stone quarry
owned by the State III. presen, cell
block which is criticised could he turned
into "A factory building.
Outside oi the cell block AT Sing Sing
the present prison plant is all right. and
with a new cell block AZ Sing Sing and
the 800 celicapaciiy at the Great Meadows
prison completed TO its contemplated 100
cell capacity. the State would have a ca
pacity of POO cells ea en- AZ Auburn. Dame
mora. Great Meadows and Sing Sing. or
for I. 500 Convicts. and the present prison
population is +.j0D. so far the state has
expended $tDJ.T0 at Bear Mountain and
Wingdale IN the attempt 10 get new
prison. and 10 complete the Wingda!c
project would cost $3.WO.Uo more.
Their" are many Textures about the
Wingdale site which max. it too costly
and unsuitable for l. prison Trans
port rfaIion Of convictS and supplies would
cost 3j00OO d yea" more than ~ sing Sing
and il would cost s2Jo.Wn more than an
ticipai-d for water supply and sewerage
and grading portion of the Wingdale
site L. Swanpy. also
Tn. state Comptroller informed Gov
Dix that Arch'tect Belrdsiay of Pough-
keepSie ALREADY has besn paid S,0i 9i&
in commissions aud expenses and that he
got $50. .OOl a. h- commission for the
Bear Mountain prison plans and s3c .o,0
for changing these plans TO meet the
Winp,IaIe sit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
HAMILTON'> CENTENNIAL
President Taft Ia ~prat and senator Root
TO Deliver a Historical Address.

CLINTON. y. y, Oct. Is President Taft
will speak AZ the centennial commence
ment of Hamilton College on June II, 1912.
The announcement Wa. mad" to-day by
Senator Elihu Root who said the Pres-
dent had promised 10 com" Besides
President Taft Vice -pro-ii"ni Sharrnan
will speak. Elhu Root will deliver a
historical address and Clinton Scollard
will read an original poem
Commencement in 1912 will fan on MOn-
day. Friday the commencement Celc-
brstion will begin with 1912 class dav
Saturday will be alumni day and u -pnci, /
celebration will be held in IA" evening,
when the campus will be "locrriraliy
illuminated Sunday Presid"u, Strvk"r
will deliver the baccalaureatn sermon to
the class Of 1912. Monday will b" m" dav
of the commencement and OF IA" c"n-
tennial celebration. Senator Root ~
chairman and Samuel Hopkins Adams i
secretary of the committee OF Trustees ~
charge Of the celebration.
The erection 0f new chapter hoI-'
for the Delta TpsilOn fraternity IL assured
as permission for lis erection on tn" col
lege campus has been given, The new
building will stand on a line with th"
Alpha Delta Phi chapter house and tho
Sigma Phi chapter house and just north
OF the former. facing the quadrangle. II
will be 5SNh2 feet on the ground and two
and a half stories high, built of stone and
rooted with tile. The style OF architec-
ture VIII bo colonial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
BRTDEGROOM.ELECT 4 ST'ICIDE.
Army Ohlcer 10 Have Been Married Nov
Found DE adj with Pistol Near.

LEAvENwoRrH. Kan. Oct. is--Cspt
Winfred b Carr Of the army service
school AT Fort Leavenworth was found
shot dead this morning by a maid. who
entered his quarters to clean house. II lie
believed that the officer shot himself
late last night or early this morning An
army revolver with one chamber empty
was found near the body.
Capt Carr was TO have married Miss
Jeanette Frances Clark. daughter of
Major and Mrs. Charles G. Clark Of Fort
Sheridan. Illinois, hut the engagement.
it was reported. had been broken. II is
supposed this caused the officer to take his
life
CHICAGO, Oct is-At the home of Miss
jeanette Clark. daughter of Major
Charles c. Clark of the Twenty seventh
Infantry. Fort Sheridan. it was denied
that her engagement TO Capt. Carr had
been broken. Miss Clark is 10 years old
and was TO have been married on Novem-
her l. News of her sweetheart's death
Frustrated the young woman.
The story that my daughters engage
ment to Capt Carr had been broken is
false" said the girls mother. Nothing
Of the sort had occurred They were 10
be married the first Of next month We
were not informed through the despatche.
that told us last night of hi. death that he
died by his own hand
Miss Clark became acquainted with
Capt. Carr several years ago when her
father was stationed al Fort Leaven-
worth Since that time he had been de-
tailed at Fort Sheridan
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
AERO (LiR NOMINATIONS.
slate for Onicrrs for IOI: Membership
tO IBc Increased to $50.

The executive board og the Aero Club
of America Yesterday nominated officers
for 1912. The election viii he held on
November ~. Robert j Collier was named
for president The other nomina, ions
include James 4. Blair. Jr, first vice
president; Ma ior Samuel Reber for second
vice president, Harold Mccormick of
Chicago for third vice president. and
Henry Wise Wood for fourth vice. -prcsi-
dent.
1t was decided to increase the number
OF governors from twenty TO twenty-four.
The four additional names posted are
George F. Campell-Wood. Henry Wise
Wood, Charles Knoblauch and W. Red
mond Cross. Those named for out OF town
governors are Russel! A. Alger. Detroit
Col Jerome Joyce, Baltimore; Albert
Lambert, ST. Louis; Harold Mccormick
Chicago; A. Lawrence Rotch. Washington
ID. C.. Rodman Wanamaker Philadelphia.
DR.. A. f, Zahm, Washington, and George
A. Movers Kansas CITY. The names Of
r. J. Collier, ", ". Miller and Dave Hen
tdward W. Min, Hart o. Berg, W
Redmond Cross and " :. Hogan Will
represent the Aero Club at the conference
of the Federation Aeronautique Inter-
ationale Ia be held IN Rome from Novem-
her to I, Among he matters to bc
brought mp will he the protest of Claude
Grahame White against the award Of the
slO,pOo Statue of Liberty pri2e to Count
de Lesseps. The prize. which was offered
by Thomas r. Ryan at the time Of the
Belmont Park meet, was first awarded
to the late John b. Moisant. Grahame-
White. who took second place in the
race. protested that Moisant had not
made a previous flight of one hour as re-
Quired by the rules governing the contest.
Moisant was disqualified on this techni-
cality and charge was entered that
Grahame-Wh had fCu!ed pvlon
De Lesseps, to whom the prize was
awarded, was third in the race. Grahame-
White maintains that he was not officially
notified at the time that he had committed
a technical error.
Uniform laws as o aerial navigat ion will
be formulated at the conference.
At yesterdays meeting the Aero club
voted to ,aCrease its membership fro,L
500 to 7,O.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
DEALER SUES STANDARD OIL.
says the Goods II Supplied Him win Cost
Him His business.

A suit against the Standard Oil Com
pany went to trial yesterday before
Supreme Court Justice Blanchard. The
plaintiff is John J, Moran. who says that
he was prosperous dealer in oils in East
Fifty-second street in 1901 and that the
Standard Oil Company. realizing the
extent of his business. made overtu res
to him to handle the trust products.
Moran agreed, but when ne sent out
the Standard Oil putty and whiting he
got many complaints from customers.
who said the goods were not of the quality
that he had handled previously He
showed the complaints to the Standard
Oil Company and was told that every
thing would he made right. The COM
plants continued TO come in and he not
only lost many customers but had TO
make large payments to others because
Of poor goods. Finally he accepted an
offer to go with the Standard As salesman.
hut the company found an excuse TO
discharge him ninety days afterward
The plaintiff asks for 325 600 damages
and wants ". 200 for commissions which
were never paid. The defendant puts
in a counterclaim Of SIS. 900 for goods that
Moran didn't pay for.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
ATTACKS 4 POLICEMAN.
Fight Follows Cops Visit 10 a ReEistra-
ttOn Place.

Policeman McCarton. who a week ago
was commended for going into the cellar
OF United Cigar store in the Bronx after
burglars and getting them. was yesterday
assigned to the duty Of verifying re egistra-
ton and dropped into barber shop a t
4Ot East l43d street to look at the public
register there. A man was perusing the
book when McCarton entered,
Let me see il when you're through
said the policeman.
You cant look at that book" replied
the man jerking 1t away,
We'll see about that" insisted Nc
Carton.
The stranger mace p lunge AT McCarton
and knocked him To the floor. The police
man WIS on his feet in a moment on the
two started IA rough and tumble fight
which "nueo in the stranger being over
powered and taken to the Alexander
avenue polio" station on "A charge of
felonoris assault. There he said n" was
John kennedv, "a years ola, a carpenter
of 4l3 East i,2u street He pave no
explanation : his act rs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
GOV. DIN VISITS MATTEAWAN.
He Goes Through the Wards Of the Hospi.
tai and Has . Look At Harry ThaM.

FIsHKILL LANDING. Oct. ls.-Gov, Dix
last night paid visit to this village and
to Matteawan State Hospital while on
his way from Wingdale. Dutchess county,
where in the afternoon he inspected the
site of the now abandoned new State
prison He was accompanied by Col.
Scott, State Superintendent of Prisons,
and Attorney james q Meyer of this
village. and il was on the invitation of
Col Scott that the Governor went to
Matteawan At the hospir Al he was taken
through several of the wards and In pass
ing through one of the corridors Harry II
Ihaw, who was sitting in one of the Wis
iting rooms, was pointed out 10 him The
Governor paused and looked at 1haw for
several minutes and then PASSED on with
out making any comment
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
DIED..

DF ACoSTA. -ScGdcn!y, Gu October g. .'1i
nj his residence. 1897 Madison a. I-''i.e
Jose younscs, sCn o. ihe la,c Rc4r!' 1e
Acosta and MeaclG fernando ~ -Hanac'
dc ABA. " the :S,h year OF his Hgc.
Funeral from chapel 81. Pa,rcks sa'h".~,
Friday October 20. at 93o \. NJ P"t' IAd
Havana papers please copy,
GIpBENS AT Wavcr,y. Mass. on OIirocr ~
Chandler Gibbcns In tho s,l yea: q IN a.s
formerly OF Yokohama, Japan.
Funeral service at tho residence OF MS scr
Mrs, George {. Warren. 4, Middl"scb rca''
Chestnut Hill, Mass. Friday. october ~ a.
?aoP NJ Intcrmcnt at Woodawn e0' "'"'''
New York
JiGOE On October IS. beloved w''c a. ''e,H
u. jagoc. ln'crncnt Hamilton. ca ~
neral private, Please omit flowers
LEWIS. Charles a. Lewis aged !. years raner"
al TIN UHREAi. CHURcH" cAl and .'' "'''
I'D 81 FRANE T.. CANPBEIL RrnpINo''
SIM on Wcaucsday. October IS. Emma ss4'
the bc!oy cd vito Of William II G sim. III he'
Olst year Funeral from her lrtc ic@'dsHce
<9l Manor ny.. Brooklyn Manor. l. l'
Saturday, October g. at $40 J.. NJ.
WILLIAMS. suddenly OF pneumonia ou
Wednesday. October IS. Mt her res.dene "
New London. Conn Elizabeth Hoy' W''.'aI'
widow OF Charles Augustus Williams ~ "'
18th year OF her age,
Funeral seyvices viii be held ~ 81. James Eps
copa! Church. New London, on Sa'Hfs''
October 81, at y, II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
OBITl' AIRY.

Richard Kendall NJ inkit,rick died at
Stamford, Conn. on Tuesday He was
in his, nf'y-ninth yenr. In recent wears
time he was extremely well known as a
writer of humorous verse and contributor
:? Imcos: pnck and other periodicals. Mr..
land. Tie was educated over there and
came here in the early 'sos. From 1851 to
isse h. was on The stan of pnck, Ne ya-
!, Is told OF him. tha, coming from his home
msT dsW he turned on m a, srGrsGSs h ns mdinm ~
!ashed in at s. apiece shortly af,arwsrd m
which he likrwisa got s. on The na,i' Il
, came 10 town TO buy n refrigerator and
found il cost So instead of s." he explained
ns he handed in his third Joke Mr. Nun
k'urick was the author OF n number Of
hoSks an, am"ng them The Moon Prime"
Sna W,i,, n'ner ,;Shab0ns. New Jersey arabian
Slambangaree
Enrique J. de Acosta. the youngest son OF
he late Ricardo de Acosta. died suddenly OF
had IN II health snce nsrn%Gn asf sprinr and nd
had been unable e attend TO his business.
yersity, with the class of 1908 and joined the
seventh feRiment az a private OF Com;
shGs t%f Mh fsT Ss ls he e F4s.d
death he was connected with John e. Rice
h Co. at 33 Wall street. He was a member
q the Harvard CLUB; He wa. a brother OF
Rose!1n s rhi'iP nydif Mrs 4rsn Root MTs
Sewel,,, who livss With her husband, a ranch.
MERCEDES and Ricardo NJ de Acosta. His
mother was Ssnorita Micaela II. Herman
from 81. fatrick's Cathedral on Friday
Funeral services for the Rev. DR.. James b
Lucas, who died of Bright's disease in Seney
Hospital will he held this afternoon AT his
intc home. 1870 Glenwood road. Brooklyn
Dr.. Lucas. was born at Waynesburg, pa l..
IA 1879, Most OF his pastoral work was in
houston. Tex. About u year ago. after the
death OF his Wife, he gave up active work
ana went To Brooklyn lie is survived hY
Two sons. on" OF whom. the Rev. pr Abncr
H. i.lcas. i pastor of a Methodist church
in Paterson. y \.
Ben BENJAMIN. ono or the veteran sport
ing writer's of san Francisco and sporting
editor of tho 'hrpnic' for twenty years
died yesterday M his sisters home IN Eerkc-
Icy after an Illness of Severli months lie
was well known in harness and running
horse circles aud to hundreds Of theatrical
folk
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
MRS. ANNA TYLER'S DEATH.
Connecticut Woman Expires After Oper.
alton In Brooklyn Doctors Homo.


The death OF Mrs Anna Tyler. 90 years
old. wife Of Frank Tyler. who is in the
automobile business at Westbrook Conn,
at the residence Of DR. p. F. Kidd. Al ST.
Marks avenue. Brooklyn. early yesterday
morning was made the subject of an in
vestgation by Coroner Rooney.
Mr.. Tyler and his wife came on a visit
TO Brooklyn last week and while dining in
a Flatbush avenue restaurant on Saturday
evening Mrs. Tyler was taken III. and
her husband took her TO DR.. Kdds office.
short distance away She told DR..
Kidd Of her trouble and he told her to
come back In the morning. On her
return DR.. H. Longstreet Of $50 Union
street was called In consultation. Her
condition was 40 serious that she was
p,it TO bed in the house and she remained
there until her death. Her husband had
the body removed to an undertaking es-
tablishment.
DR.. Hartung. the Coroner's physician.
made an autopsy yesterday and reported
that the woman died of rupture and
shock after an operation had been per-
formed by the two doctors to save her
life She would have died anyhow. he
said unless some relief had been OBJ
tanned DR.. Kidd explained that he.
regarded II as an emergency case and
acted accordingly
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19

British Vice e-Admral Sir Alfred Winsloe
has arrived at Hankow and as senior officer
has assumed command of the foreign
naval forces both atloat and ashore.
The Intervention. Of German marines in
the street fighting Yesterday. while sue
cessful. is believed to have been brief and
unimportant
COLOGNE. Oct is-The Gasene's Berlin
correspondent tcegraphs that German
warships have nicrvcned in China purely
in defence Of the mperilled Germans. and
the incident has no international signin-
canoe. The despatch adds that il the re-
port Of the action of the German Admiral
has caused n sensation in London it can
only fill the Germans with satisfaction
that the German navy had an opportu-
nifty to prove that 1t does not sal the seas
for pleasure.
HoNGKoNG, Oct. is--A salient feature
Of the celebrations on the anniversary
Of the birthday of Confucius here was the
total absence of the Yellow Dragon flag
Of China. The crowd shouted repeatedly
sDown with the Manchus."
LONDON. oct. is.A despatch from
Hankow to the Central News says II ia
reported there that Nankin and kiukiang
have been captured by the rebels.
WASHINGTON. Oct. ls.-The State De-
partment received reassuring advices to-
day on the situation in China Edward
T. Williams. Charge d'Affaires of the
American Legation at Pekin cabled that
the revolution ia not directed In any man.
ner against foreigners and that the rebels
and the Pekin Government are disposed
to AFFORD these protection. Pekin and
Tientsin are quiet except for runs on the
native banks. The runs are now decreas-
ing. Government troops are being sent
southward.
Roger 8. Green. Consul General at Han
kow, reports'that women and children are
leaving there. The situation at Cheng-tu
remains unchanged. SO far as is known
the American residents of China are safe
although communication with the ey-
treme western section of Sze-chuen is
interrupted.
SAN Francisco. Oct. 1s.-Cable des-
patches received to-day at Chinese head
quarters In this city say that the revolu-
tionists. after a weeks siege of the city
Of Marking. took the first line Of forti-
hcations by assaultro- day and are now in
side the walls of the city fighting the i'm
perial garrison in house to house com
bat. They are aided by Chinese inhabi-
tants Of the city. who, after the entrance
of the revolutionists. alta cked the imperial
troops.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
TAFT LENCTHENS his TRIP
ADDS EfGHTEEN DAYS MORE
TO HIS ITINERARY.
Will Not He Rack In Washington before
November lO-WiN visit Kentucky.
Tennessee ana West virginia Proof
That Dynamite Menaced His Train.

OGDEN Utah. Oct. 1SA new mileage
record for a Presidential trip will be set
by President Taft before he returns to
Washington. To the $4,000 mile itinerary
Mr.. Taft has decided to add some eighteen
days OF travel. The addition includes
a day in West Virginia. four days at Hot
Springs. Va, for rest two or three days
at his home in Cincinnati and a tour
through Kentucky and Tennessee. with
probably a stop in Virginia on the way
to Washington.
This will delay the Presidents return
to Washington nearly three weeks. bring
ing him to the White House about Novem-
ber 10.
The tour OF Kentucky and Tennessee
was contemplated when the itinerary
for the present trip was under considera-
ton. The lateness Of the adjournment
Of Congress last summer. however. forced
the President to shorten his route.
The change in plans was announced
suddenly to-day. Details for the trip
through Kentucky and Tennessee have not
, vet been arranged. but Secretary Hilles
is in touch with the persons in charge Of
the Presidents g visit to the various towns
in Morgantown to attend some colleg @
function. In Cincinnati the President
will vote on November ! and will make
one or two addresses to organiza tions
in his home city No arrangements have
been announced for the rest of the trip
beyond visit To Hodgenville for the
dedication Of the Lincoln Memorial Farm.
The President spent to-day on the way
to Butte. Mon. where he will arrive to-
morrow at 10 o'clock. Stops Of a few
minutes were made at Ogden. Logan
! and Brigham City. Utah. where the Pres
dent made short talks To the crowds who
welcomed him.
! SANTA BARBARA. Cal. Oct. Is-It was
, learned to-day that President Taft :
| special train actually crossed RI Captain
| Bridge early Monday morning while
/ twenty -one sticks of dynamite were in
I place all ready To be exploded
: This statement was made by George
W Inge. expert on explosives employed
10y the Southern Pacific Railroad to in
vestigat the attempt at dynainiting
III was while II man was adjusting the
second charge Of dynamite. said 1nge
that the Mexican bridge walker Gomez
discovered and fired upon him.
III was not until later in the day that
Section Foreman Brown discovered the
presence of this charge of nty-one
sticks Of dynamite with fuse attached.
/ Had both charges gone of the abut-
ments would have been DESTROYED, leav-
ing the steel supports with no foun dat ton
The first train over the bridge would
surely have crashed to the bottom"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
GETS NOTHING FROM GOODWIN.
Trustee Under Ante.Nuptial Agreement
Refuses TO Pay Edna Goodrich's Rent.

Los ANGELES, Cal. Oct. ls.-T. II. Dud-
ley. Mayor Of Santa Monica. trustee Of the
stocks. bonds and real property under the
prenuptial agreement between Nat c.
Goodwin, the actor. and his divorced wife,
Edna Goodrich Goodwin. has returned
to the county clerks Office his answer
in the attachment suit brought against
the actress for alleged failure to pay the
rent Of her New York apartments in the
Ansonia.
Mayor Dudley declares that he is not
indebted to the actress in any sum what
ever. but has in his possession certain
personal property under his trust and that
this trust is in litigation. This is the
S2CO. 900 homo OF Nat Goodwin at Santa
Monica.
The attachment suit was filed by Los
Angeles attorneys representing the On
ward Construction Company of New York
and contained demand for 81. .325. the bal
ance claimed to be due for the lease of
rooms II to 30 in the hotel in New York.
The lease. dated November Is. 1910, ran
for ten and a half months at a rental
of $3.50 q month Only $500 was paid by the
actress. it Ia alleged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
WHY MOST SHAMP0OS
RUIN THE HAIR


We quote as follows from the oak
land Tribune on Care Of the Hair" by
Mae Martyr: The reason for tho
scant. unattract,Nc tresscS of most
women lies in tho persistent usc of
injurious shanpoos. Few realize that
soap shampoos do more harm than
good, The deadly alkai in soap is
too strong FOR the hair. causing IL to
streak and become iifelesa Such
shnmpoos can only result fatally 20
the hair, Dry powders also arc bad,
rs they clog mp tho scalp pores and
cause dandrun
"A perfectly safe shampoo is made
hy dissolvine a teaspoonfui OF can
throX in a cup OF hot water Thia
c!eanses perfectly. dries quickly With
out streaking. and leaves the hair
bright. fluffy and easy TO do up. IL 10
tho surest preventive OF badness ever
discovered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-19
UMPIRE HAS PNEUMONIA.
q O'Brien Offers Bakers Home nun Ball
for QUICK Cure.

A pneumonia patient who was taken
to Bellevue Hospital yesterday said he
was Michael OBrien. an umpire in the
Southern League. and promised il he
should he enabled to attend the remain
ing games Of tho worlds series to give
DR.. Cody the baseball which Baker
knocked over the fence in winning Mon-
days game at Philadelphia with a home
run.
OBrien lives in BnGhamton, but has
been visiting his sister AZ % Lexington
avenue in order to attend the games of
the Giants and the Athletics. He saws
that after the second gam, an Official of
the Philadelphia club gave him the Baker
ball Coming back to New York he
caught cold, He was at the Polo Grounds
on Tuesday and the cold became worse.
Yesterday 1t was pneumonia.
OBrien may not recover, Certainly he
will not see another game this year