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dent of the American Federation of Labor, was ''gloriously drunk" during the Seattle, convention and on other occasions, and also heard Gompers' denial and the reiteration by Charles H. Mover. president of the Western Federation of Miners, that if the cop per strike in Michigan were to fail 1t would be due to lack of financial assistance given by the American Fed eration of Labor.
 Little Sympathy For Gompers.
 The delegates showed little sympa- thy for Gompers, who declared he was being tried before a jury whose minds were already poisoned." Ev- cry point made by Mover and Me Donald was wildly applauded. Aft CT Mcdonald had concluded, the tu- mutt was so great that Gompers, des- pairing of a hearing, started to leave. The delegates were silenced, however, by an appeal from Movers, and Com pers returned.
 The session was short. The dele gates re-affirmed a declaration in fla vor of woman suffrage ;discussed a plan to decrease the representation at the conventions; which was refer red to referendum; and voted down a proposition to place a clause in the constitution prohibiting aff1liation of members of the military with the miners organization.
 Gompers "Full" at Atlanta.
 Gompers sat within four feet of
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Rebels
 Change Tactics
TO ADOPT CIVILIZED METHODS
 OF WARFARE.
WILL STOP EXECUTIONS
Prisoners Will Not Be Put to Death Unless They Have Broken Faith, Declares vilIa-seeks Recognition.

Juarez, Mexico, Jan. s0.-GeneraI Francisco Villa announced today that civilized warfare, particularly with reIerence to the treatment of prison sers. would hereafter be adopted by the repels. He procured a little book rom United States army officials deal Ing with The Ethics of International : -Warfare,' which he said would be put lnto practlce in the rebel army. Hence forth. he stated, no federal officers would De executed unless they previ- ousiy mad been captured and on being released had broken faith not to fight again.
 Attack on Torreon in Ten Days.
 The statement of the rebel leader was of interest because of the inn Penoing attack on General Refugio seiasco's federal garrison at Torreon, which IS looked on as the probable scene Of the big military movement in Mexico. General Monclovio Herrera, one of Villas commanders, with a brigade, today moved south from Esca- lon It may be week or ten days be- Tore the rebels actually open the att tack.
 Chihuahua the Rebel Capital.
 Meantime Chihuahua City, the larg- est rebel stronghold, is rapidly being transformed into the provisional capi- tal of the republic" A mansion has been provided there as the executive office of General Carranza, who is ex- pected to arrive from the Pacific coast about Feb. 15.
 To Governor William C. Mcdonald or New Mexico, General Villa reiter- ated his statement that he had no am bftion to become president of Mexico or to overshadow General Carranza. Z Villa Considers Himself incompetent.
 General Villa asked Governor Nc Donald if there was any prospect of recognition of the rebels by the United States.
 We wish our friends in the United States would help us, because we are your friends" said General Villa. You have the greatest government on earth, and your president is the best. We wish you to know the truth about us. We are not always executing peo- pie. Indeed, we intend to execute only traitors or those who have broken faith with us. Please tell your coun- trymen that know am not compe- tent to hold high office because of my lack of education and that I can only fight for the Liberation of my people, Terrazas, Jr, Still Held Prisoner
 Governor Mcdonald visited the rebel headquarters in a private capacity Luis Terrazas, Jr., son of the rich land owner, is still held prisoner in Chihua- hua for ransom, said to be S250 900 in gold. Members of the Terrazas family who arrived on the border reported that recently Terrazas was tortured in order to compel him to reveal the hid ing place of $500 .0o0. The money, 1t is said, was hidden in one of the Terrazas homes and was revealed after the prisoner had been half strangled- Japs Pay Respects to o'Shaughnessy. Washington, Jan 30.-The com mander of the Japanese cruiser Idzumo and the Japanese minister tn Mexico City paid their respects to American Charge Nelson O'Shaughnessy yester- | day,
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said several candidates for the Haitien presidency were preparing to march on Port au Prince tomorrow.
 A Precautionary Step.
 Department officials understand that there had been no further disorders in the capital, but that Captain Russell had landed the additional men as a precaution. Hope that a constitutional government would be re- established in Haiti following the flight of President Oreste has not yet been abandoned here and instructions were sent today to the American legation at Port au Prince to aid the islanders in their task.
 Rebel Leader May Take Possession.
 The victorious rebel leader. Theodore is now marching on Port au Prince with 500 men If he takes possession of the government the United States administration probably will insist that as soon as order be restored he take the necessary steps to call con- gress in session to choose a president
 Sufficient Force on Scene.
 The navy department is satisfied that it has sufficient force in Haitien waters to meet the needs of the situa ton.
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FALSE ALARM RAISED
 BY THE SUFFRAGETTES.
Bishop Visits Jail and Finds Miss
 Peace Very Comfortable.

London, Jan. So.-zThere is no truth in the allegations made by militant suffragettes that three of their com rades imprisoned in Holloway jail are subjected to excruciating torture while being forcibly fed according to the bishop of London. the Rt. Rev. A. F. W. Ingram,
 The bishop, accompanied by another clergyman, visited Holloway jail at the request of a deputation of militant suffragettes and with the consent of the home secretary,
 The bishop in a letter to the Wom- ens Social and Political union says:
 T found Miss Peace in the remand hospital, which is 300 yards from the convicted hospital where Miss Ansell was lying, Miss Peace lay on com fortab1e bed, fully dressed, and in a well warmed cell. Her face was fully rounded and she showed no signs of cancellation or distress"
 Miss Peace informed Bishop Ingram that she had never shrieked and had never been put inte padded cell in the jail, where she is undergoing IS months Imprisonment
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FURTHER EXPENSES OF
 NEW HAVEN SYSTEM.
Member of Massachusetts Legislature
 on Company's Payroll.


 Boston, Jan so.-Publicity and oth- CT expenses of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad were again the subject of investigation by the public service commission today. Hen ny B. Knowles of Gloucester, former representative, testified that he receiv- ed from the railroad payment for cer- tain services while a member of leg isla&ive committee in the summer of 1s1S Investigating transportation prob lemS in the western part of the state. It was this committee which drew up the so o-cailed western trolleys'' bill to give certain street railroad rights to the New Haven.
 MT. Knowles explained that for many years before his election to the legis- lature he had been in the pay of the New Haven. but that during the exec utive session he was not in it's employ. He was paid for interviews and for in- vestigations regarding train services. Other work which he did was in the nature of confidential service for Tim othy E. Byrnes, former vice president
 J. Otis Wardwell, a lawyer of Haver- hill,- for many years a member of the republican state committee, told the commission that he had received $59,- 900 from the New Haven since he first accepted a retainer in 1909. An addi-, tiona1 &20, ,000 was still due him. he said. His recent work was largely in connection with proposal to eiectrify the New Haven between Boston and Providence He. added that his plans to this end were well underway when the management of the road was changed recently. The witness said he was a legislative agent at the state house for many years,
 Charles H. Innes testified regarding money received by his law firm from the road. This amounted to $13,0o0 last year, he said, the payment being for interviews with MT. Byrnes and for Investigating tax matters.
 The hearing was continued until next Friday, when former President Charles S. Mellen, Vice President Byrnes and Mayor John F. Fitzgerald are expected to be present.
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Steamship Arrivals.

Madeira, Jan. 30.-Steamer Laconia, New York for Naples
 Plymouth, Jan. S0@Steamer St. Louis, New York for Southampton.
 Libau. Jan. 24.-Steamer Kursk. New York.
 Hamburg. Jan. 2s.-steamer Pres ident Lincoln. New York.
 Liverpool. Jan. sO-Steamer Hes perfan. St. John, N. B.
 Southampton~ Jan. so.-Steamer St. Louis, New York New York
 Rotterdam. Jan. 30 Steamer Nieue Amsterdam, New York
 New York. Jan. SO.-Steamer France, Havre.
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GUILTY OF LABELLING
 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
Two Philadelphia Men Escape With
 Suspended Sentences.

Philadelphia, Jan. S0.-Pleas of not guilty and noIle coutendere were en- tered in court here today by Charles Megonigol and c. H. Stage, who had been indicted on charges of libel and conspiracy to libel the Knights of Columbus in printing and distributing what purported to be an oath taken by members of that organization.
 James A. Flaherty, supreme knight of the order. told the court that the Knights of Columbus felt that they had been vfndicated by the pleas en- tered and said the order would be sat- isded the court would discharge the defendants under a suspension of sen- tence. The court granted the request
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cassidy's Case to Jury Today.

New York, Jan. so-It is expected that the case of Joseph Cassidy, for mer democratic leader of Queens county, charged with having accepted a bribe from William Wiliett. Jr.. in connection with the latter's nomina- ton as a supreme court judge, and Louis T. Walter, accused of having acted as go-between, will be ready for the jury tomorrow. The prosecution rested it's case at the adjournment of teday's session.
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Loses Suit Against Fathers Estat..

Chicago. Jan 30.-CharIes H. Baker today lost his suit to obtain the uatar portion of the $2.o00 900 estate of his father, William T. Baker. former presi- dent of the Chicago board of trade. The plaintiff asserted he was entitled to tna major portion ct the estate because of his assistance to his father. Judge Me- Kinley held that Charles Baker was entitled to no mole than any other heir
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rhree Ice Fatalities.

Providence, R. l., Jan So-Treacher- ous ice cost three lives in various parts of Rhode Island today. The vic tims were Reuben O. Jilson, aged 50 years who went through the ice into the Stump Hill reservoir in the town of Lincoln, and two boys Oliver Adams, who was drowned in Gorton's $ pond Apponaug. and David Center Cartwright. drowned in South Watup- pa pond, Tiverton.
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WIFE OF UNEMPLOYED
 MAN WAS pEsPoNDEkr.
Cut Her Throat With Razsr ard
 May Not Recover.

Ridsefe3d. Conn, Jan. so.-Despon- dent because her husband had lost his position as track foreman on the Ridgeheld branch of the New Haven railroad after "A years, Mrs James McAdams attempted suicide at her home in Railroad avenue today. When MT. McAdaTns returned home at noon he found his wife faint from the loss of blood flowing from four cuts in ths throat, made by a razor. Her condi- ion was reported critical at late hour fonirht
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Proof Demanded of slaokma;Is,.

Los Angeles. Cal. Jan. 30.-A demard for proof from the alleged kdnappers of Francis Lewis Clark that aefuaIIv they have the Spokane millionaire in their custody was made today by Po lice Chief Sebastian in reply to the letter received by him Wednesday. from persons who signed themAelyes The Blackmailers.'' stating they wer~ ssis- ing Clark for s75.0oo ransou
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FOR THE INTERSTATE
 COMMERCE COMMISSION.
President to Name w. M. Daniels and
 Henry C. Hall.

Washington. Jan. 30. = Winthrop More Daniels of Princeton. N. J., chairman of the New Jersey public utilities commission. and Henry Clay Hall of Colorado Springs. president of the Colorado Bar association probably will be named as members of the in terstate commerce commission tomor- row by President Wilson. The senators from New Jersey and Colorado were consulted about their appointments late today
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Eleven chauffeurs Convicted.

New York, Jan. 30.-Eleven of the fifteen chauffeurs employed by the con- tractor who handles the United States mails here in motor trucks were found guilty by the federal court today of censpiring to obstruct the movement of the mails The other four were ac- quilted
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sso.ooo for sousdoin. colIsos.

New York Jan. s0.-At the 44th an- nual dinner of the Bowdcin College Alumni association of New York here tonight it was announced that the col lege of Brunswick Me. had received a beauest of sS60,00 from the estate os the late Edwin B. Smith. a former as sistaHt attorney general of the United States,
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Without CommittaI Services of any
Premoters Held in ss.ooo.

New erk. Jan, 30.-Warren B. Hutchinson, patent lawyer, and Will nam L. Tucker, a promoter, both of this city. who were indicted yesterfiav by the federal grand jury on a charge of using the mails to defraud invest ors in the bonds of the East Jersey Match company, pleaded not guilty to- day before Judge Killits in the crin- inai branch of the federal district court. They were put under bonds of 5$ GOO each.
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early inquiry as to the disaster gen. orally. The date for this more inn portant inquiry has not yet been fixed and may not be determined upon un-i til John W. Cast. United States sur peryising inspector of steam vessels returns from Washington. where he is now attending an annual meeting of the supervising inspectors.
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Political Prisoners Ordered Released.

Santo Domingo, Jan. 3e-At a meeting today of President Bordas and his cabinet it was decided to order the immediate release of Federico Valas- quez former minister of finance and a candidate for the presidency at the last election, and several other prominent men who have been under arrest on political charges
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A Fierce Attack
 Upon Gompers
ACCUSED OF BEING GLORIOUS
 " DRuNk". AT SEATTLE.
ALSO FULL AT ATLANTA
American Federation President Makes Vigorous Denial of Charge at Con vention of United Mine Workers.

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 30-Scenes of the widest disorder marked today S session of the convention of the United Mine Workers of America
 which heard Duncan Mcdonald sec retary treasurer of the Illinois miners, declare that Samuel Gompers, presi-
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Chinese Bandits Murder Priests.

Shanghai, Jan So-Advices received here today state that the bandits who on Thursday sacked and burned the town of Liuan-C Chow, province of French Jesuit missionary, and cap tured two Jesuit priests, Fathers AL lain and Taille, who are being held for ransom
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MoraIitx af American caII.aee

Boston. Jan. s0.-President Ernest Fox Niehells of, Dertmouth colle<s rlade a plea tonight for conservation of morality and spirkuarity by Anssrs . caS colleges. He held sp Mexico ss a living, example of the lack of psachr ecA- servRsion-
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WouJd Eliminate Labor Unions,

Boston, Jan 3e-Proft sharing and the elimination of the labor union were declared by Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, today to be the only. way out of the present industrial warfare. He was address ing the Master Builders association.
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OBITUARY,
William A. Moore.

Hartford. Conn. Jan. so-William A. Moore, vice president of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance company, died at his residence late tonight, after a short illness.
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vanderhiIt Yacht sreakino Up.

Colon. Jan. 30.-The wireless reports received today regarding Frederick W. Vapderbilt'S yacht Warrior, which is ashore off the Colombian coast, were unfavorable. It is believed here that the Warrior is breaking up and that her crew has abandoned her.
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More Marines
 Ashore in Haiti
THOSE ON SOUTH CAROLINA ARE
 LANDED.
A PRECAUTIONARY STEP
Candidates for Presidency Are March
 ing Upon Port au Prince and Cap
 tain Russell Intends to Be Prepared.

Washington, Jan. s0.-A1l the ma
 rines from the United States battlesnip South Carolina were landed at Port au Prince today to reinforce the bluejack- cts from the cruiser Montana guarding foreign interests there. Captain Rus sells despatch to the navy department
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Condensed TeIegrams

Hugh w. Cronin Was yesterday ap- pointed postmaster at Farmington, Conn.,
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THE POWER OF ADVERTISING

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Cabled Paragraphs
Belgian Auther's Work Inhibited

Rome, Jan. 9o.-The Sacred Congre- gation of the Index has decided that all the works of Maurice Maeterlinek, the Belgian author. shall be ciassed as forbidden literature to Catholics.
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Pope Plus in Good HeaIth.

Rome, Jan. 3o.-That Pope Plus is in excellent health seems apparent by an invitation received tonight by the Rt Rev. Thomas D. Beaven, bishop of Springfield, Mass, to be received in private audience Saturday morning
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Explosion in German Mine.

l3ortmund. Germany, Ian. 30.-A fire damp explosion occurred in the Achen- bach coliiery today. Six bodies had been recovered up to o'clock tonight.
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Egbert Dillon, aged six, was drowned in Evans ditch at Naugatuck. yes terday.
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New Jersey is Facing deficit oi $2. 300, 900 at the close of the present fiscal year.
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Congressman James M- Curiey con- tributed s4,o00 to his successful ma yoralty campaign in Boston
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George William Sheldon, editor and author. is dead of apopiexy at ms home in Summit, N. J.
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Fire Yesterday Destroyed the tan nery of the American Hide and Leath- CT company at Woburn. Mass, causing a loss of $100,000.
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Merry del Val to Succeed RampeIIa.

Cardinal Merry del Val probably will be appointed chamberlain of the church, an office which has been va cant since the death of Cardinal Ram polla.
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Holders of ss,1oo,ooo of the s1o.- 900, 900 Boston and Maine notes, due February 2, have consented to an ex- tension of four months.
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Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Lonsworth IS bequeathed one sixth of the estate of her grandmother, Mrs. Caroline Il. Lee.
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The Imperial Sugar company's large mill and warehouse at Sugarland Texas, were destroyed by fire yes terday.
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The Sale of tho Wabash Railroad at foreclosure was authorized yester- day by Elmer B. Adams. United States Circuit judge
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The average telephone exchange in China has fewer than 200 subscribers.
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Leon Waroniek, the Pearl King arrived at San Francisco from Hahi- to, with a 2e-karat black pearl, valued at $6OoOO
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Hereafter There Will be a censor ship, according to the standards of the Roman Catholic church, of every play on the New York stage.
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The Harvard Cancer Commission n, after a years experiments. reported that surgery is at present the only sat- isfactory treatment for cancer.
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FORTY -ONE 60 DOWN WITH STEAMER
The Monroe of Dominion Line Sinks Ten Minutes
 After Being Rammed by Nantucket
POSSIBLE TO LAUNCH ONLY THREE LIFEBOATS

Disabled Steamer Rolled Over Her Side Before Others Could be Unshpped -Lfeboats of Nantucket Make Res
 cues From Sea, Some of Victims Later Dying of Ex- Bridgeport Man by Heroic Work Kept Wife Aaoat But She Succumbed to the Exposure Collision Due to Dense Msrtyrdom of the Wireless Operator
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The Springfield, Mass, Police. re- ceived word Friday that man sup posed to be Arthur H. Rrodeur, want ed in Springfield on a charge of mur- der has been arrested in Petersboro, Ont
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Burglars Broke Into the residence of William c. Warren, president of the Buffalo Commercial and stole jew elry amounting to over S2500.
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Legislation Requiring every hunter to wear a hat and coat of bright red was urged before Massachusetts leg islative committee on fish and game by Dr. Carter Tobey of New York yester- day.
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Suits For Divorces was filed yester- day by Mrs. Lucille Polk Carter, a member of the exclusive social circle of Philadelphia. against her husband, William E. Carter. The grounds were not revealed
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pr. Thomas A. Carter of Chicago be- lieves that he has found cure for ing successfully treated one patient, who took 35 grains of the poison.
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Secretary Daniels told the House government should develop it's own oil supplies for battleships. He favored a $500,000 appropriation for locating and developing an oil plant.
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Charged With Embedding s15,000 from Victor bank of McKees Rocks. a Pittsburgh suburb, Samuel Bleier was brought yesterday from Montreals Canada sshzste ,', 'rs'
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member of the exclusive social circle of Philadelphia, against her husband, William E. Carter. The grounds were not revealed.
 George L. Macuen, Milford, Mass, coal dealer, and William Hayes a chauffeur, were killed yesterday through the overturning of an auto truck in which they were returning from Norwood.
 Desire to Keep Up His End in fast company and temptations offered by his position as cashier and auditor for Sylvester Brothers. wholesale groc- CTS of Seattle. Wash. led Harold Williams to steal s1,o0o from his em- ployers.
 Although She Declares that she was never bitten or even scratched by a | dog or any of her animals, Ellen Brown, 20 years old. of Philadelphia Is in a critical condition from what physicians have disagnosed as hydro phebia,
 Fifteen Troops of Boy Scouts. ag- gresating nearly 400. will search the today for Miss Eleanor Arlin, of Cole brook, N. H., who has been missing from her boarding place in Brookline for several days.
 The Death at Shanghai, China, of Samuel B. Capen, chairman of the board of trustees of Wellesley college and president of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis- hohs, was announced in a cablegram yesterday.
 Without CommittaI Services of any church, and attended only by his son. Frank, and half dozen employees. the body of Frank W. Jones' eceAntric millionaire resident of New Hartford was buried yesterday in a rock -hewn grave. on a granite erag crownjnp the range of hills running through his estate.
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The Plant of the Morgan Manu- featuring company at Charleston, w. Va, makers of desks and furniture, was destroyed by fire yesterday.
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Instead of Dying poor man as his friends believed him to have been, the late Senator Shelby M. Collom, o1 nlinoir, left an estate valued at $100, 900.
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Miss Marie Doro will be the first American actress to appear before King George when she plays at Wind sor Castle in Diplomacy" next Mon day.