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C0NsULsHIP FOR JERSEY MAN.
John NJ. savage Appointed 90 Post
at sheffield, England.

FL,AnrrH, y. J.. July l5--John Mar.
hachor SAVAGE of this city received word
this afternoon Of his appointment nv
President Wilson as Consul at Sheffield
England, II Is believed that the aupoint-
ment viii he approved hv the Sena'c dur
Ing the present week, NJ. SAVAGE vas
formerly Consul In Scotland being re-.
moved during the Mckinlcs Administra.
tion. He plans To assume his nav duties
NJ Shofiicd on August l.
Mr.. Savage comes of Revolutionary and
knlckerhockor stock. His great great
grandfather Samuel Phillips Savage, pre-.
sided Al the meeting ~ the Boston tea
party and his son, los phi Savage fought
through the reNnlutlOnary war. Mr. saw
ages father tho late Judge George W.
Savage, was appointed Consul to Dundee.
Scotland, during the Administration OF
President Cleveland
Upon the death Of his father he wa
appointed to the position at Dundee. nut
later removed by n Republican President.
RcturninG To this country he entered the
linen business. He is = lawyer ana makes
his home Nth his brother, Samuel Phil.
lips savage, of this city.
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RESERVE BOARD FIGHT
GIVES TRUSTS A REST
Senate i'm No Hurry TO Vote on
Federal Trade Commits
sion Bill.

WAsHiNGroH. July lS-Trust leglsla-
ton has been sdetracked In tho Senate
by the heht over the confirmation OF the
two members " the Federal Reserve
Board. Chairman Newlands made an Of.
fort to-day 10 have the Senate agree to
vote on tho Federal trade commission
bill next saturday hut he soon saw that
the Senate was In no humor To agree to
the suggestion. and he withdrew H.
Senator Hollis and Senator Reed dis.
cussed the trade commission hill and in.
dulsed In sharp colloquy In which
Senator Reed charged that Mr. Hollis had
tried to attribute improper motives to him
and that the Senator from New Hamp-
shire Was speaking from the depths Of per.
sonal dislike senator Hollis retorted In
kind, asserting that whenever any Senator
tried to answer Senator Reeds arguments
the latter took II as a personal offence.
Senator Rorah in the debate charged
that the Federal trade commission hill
proposed TO confer on the commission the
authority TO make laws In regard to un-
fair competition. He inquired what the
Federal trade commission would do with
case like that OF Thomas n. Jones Of
Chicago sitting M n member OF the Fed
eral Reserve Board. He quoted from
newspaper reports of Mr.. Jones's testl-
mony. which he said indicated that gen
tleman's views on big business
What chance will little business have
with such a man on the big commissions
which are to regulate governmental A..
fairs" asked Mr. Borah
Senator Newlands replied 10 Mr. Reeds
speech opposing the NTH section in which
Is the unfair competition" clause by
submitting telegram he had received
from J. n. Moorehead. who signed him
self Secretary. National Federation Of
Retail Merchants The telegram was
sent from Kansas city, the home ~ Sena-
tor Reed, and was in part az follows:
Hope YOU will stand nrm for unfair
competition clause IN trade commission
bill, II ls the only hope Of the small
business man, rs against his larger com
petItors, ana certainly gives no guilty
person or corporation n chance to escape
Anal punishment for violating the anti
trust Law II would require more money
than the average small business man IL
worth TO hire ATTORNEYS and paw costs 70
project himself against unfair competl.
ton
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McKENNA MUST DIE FOR MURDER
Court Of Appeals Afirms Decision
View Trials for Two.

ALRANY, July i5.--Joseph J. McKenna.
who murdered eigh'-vear-old SeRred Eek
.trom In his home In The Bronx IN June.
1912. will go to the electric chair for
his crime. His conviction was affirmed
TODAY by the Court OF Appeals, which
turned down y plea that McKenns was
entitled tn a new trial IN the County ~
The Bronx.
Jung Hing. charged with killing Yee
Toy IN Pell street on Juno Il. 1912. and
the first Chinamen Ia be convicted Of a
capital offence I'm New York In thirty
years, gets new trial The conviction
Of Eng King and Lee Doc for tho murder
OF Ice Kay IN Chinatown was affirmed.
Sentence was affirmed also in the case
Of william Bressen. who shot and Killed
Thomas wynn. a Brooklyn policeman. who
interrupted Bressen when the latter was
committing burglary in March last,
The court granted = new trial to Will
lam -. pRmrou. former president of the
Home Bank, brooklyn. convicted Of lar
couy in the first degree, because Of the
lowcr courts refusal TO allow Damron to
challenge tho Jurors.
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RAILROAD STOCKS
MAKE RECORD DROP
New Haven and Rock Island
Fall to Lowest Price
in History.
OTHER LINES FEEL DECLINE
New York Central Sold Below
Any Figure Reached in
Thirty Years.
OTHER LINES FEEL DECLINE

Prices OF standard railroad stocks
broke sharply yesterday. making declines
averaging from a fraction Of a point to
az points. New low records were made
In New Haven and Rock Island, while
New York Central at SAM sold at the
lowest price It has touched In thirty
years
Rumors OF recelverahlps we're respon-
sible for tho break In Missouri Pacific.
New Haven and Rock Island. while the
court decision In favor OF the Union Pa
clfc In the matter OF the distribution
adversely affected Baltimore and Ohio.
The break In New Haven shares be-
gan about noon and followed an advance
Of stocks In small lots carried the price
down to AN. a loss OF 229h points from
the high record price in 1923 and n drop
OF ISL, points for the day. At the low
est point the price represented 4 loss OF
sia points from Tuesdays close. Dur
ing the break some 10000 shares were
sold The turnover for the day was a.
200 shares. a big day for any stock but
steel and record day in New Haven.
When the price reached 80 It held for a
few moments. but two lots OF 400 and
500 shares were sufficient TO carry It be-
low that figure to its new low record.
The decline in New Haven caused the
New York Central 70 sell Off 'in sym
pathy" The stock was carried down
from Tuesdays closing price OF s7a TO
Sass II closed at sbL. a loss OF "a
points for the day.
Canadian Pacific sold down TO 1sSh. a
decline Of 3 points and the lowest that the
stock has sold at since 1909. The break
was generally ascribed to the desire OF
Canadian and English investors to pur-
chase the Canadian Northern and Grand
Trunk bonds which will soon be offered
Baltimore and ohio, ny reason Of the
decision In the Union Pacific case. sold
on. The common sold down to ST. loss
81 "a points from Tuesdays close. while
the preferred declined to TIA, a drop Of
az points from the previous days closing
quotation.
Rock Island common dropped 20 I, 4
new low record, while the preferred al
80 registered the lowest at which tina,
security had ever sold.
Inc MAJOR uecllne OF Ine nay OUTSIDE Oh
New Haven. however. was in Buffalo
Rochester and PittsburE. an inactiv,
stock. The common sold 100 shares a;
100. drop OF 5A. while the preferred
sold at llsk. a rise OF points.
Big Four" registered A drop Of A.
points selling at rs. The weakest OF the
Industrial stocks was United Dry Goods
Company. which sold At IS. loss OF S
pointa.
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NEW HAVEN STOCK BELOW SO:
DIRECTORS FACE CRISIS TO-DAY
McReynodss slime Limit" on B. 4 NJ. Divorce Plan Is
Up and Board Must Decide to Accept Bay
State Demands or Fight.


With the stock Of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford selling NJ sS. a
loss Of 2ae points from the high record
price IN 1929 and q drop Of 2sL points
from the high Of the year. and n Govern
ment suit pending, to-day's meeting OF the
directors promises 70 he the most eventful
In its history. II was said In the hnan-
ciAl district yesterday that a crisis In the
roads srairs had been reached.
II was conceded in the financial district
that there were several possible actions
that might be taken after to-dsy's meet
ins. among them a plea for n friendly re-
ownership. or that tho directors might
reiterste their refusal TO agree to the de-
msnds ~ tho Massachusetts Legislature
regarding the separation OF the Boston
and Maine.
n the directors take the latter step IL
II not improbable that Attorney General
McReynolds In bringing suit would ask
for q receiver pending the settlement of
the suit. Besides such possibilities tho
reports that a change in the directorate
might result In the meeting psled into
inslgnlfcance.
The fact that the financial district was
RGtdtlN nlstuTDtO over lne cTlSiS was tNl-
dent from the furious selling OF the stock,
totalling 49, 200 shares the largest turn
over for a single day in the roads history,
and the drop of the stock from bbh to
49h. later closing at 81 4. Not only was
the stock sold heavily but the price ~ the
New Haven convertible Ga. which sold at
1861 on Tuesday. broke ~ points yes
terday to 90.
II was pointed out that friendly re-
ownership would enable the road To rid
itself Of many OF It's entangling contracts.
together with large amount OF bond
guarantees. which have aided In pulling
the property down. Among these are the
s2i 100000 first mortgage IA per cent
bonds OF the New York. westchester and
Boston.
Acknowledgement McReynolds's time
Limit" for a declaration of its intentions
regarding the Boston and Maine expired
YESTERDAY II IL probable that the De-
partment Of Justice. however. will take
no action on that matter until 4 has
been Ar-rmed 81 the outcome Of to-day's
meeting
The plan OF the Massachusetts Leglsla-
ture that the New Haven dispose OF Us
BOSTON and Maine stock and that with
each certificate should go clause giving
the state power TO buy II at any time
was not acceptable 20 the directors.
II was conceded last night that unless
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ENGINEMEN AND ROADS
REFUSE TO ARBITRATE
Managers Submit Figures to
Show Heavy LOsSes-Mcn
to Reduce Demands.

CHICAGO. July ls-ThA enginemen,
numbering $4,000. on Western railroads
will not arbitrate their wage differences
with their employers This was made
plain in An official notice TO the managers
committee which was prepared by officials
Of the union to-day.
Tho railroad representatives were
equally Arm. The general managers de-
clared to-day they would not consent To
the mems proposal Furthermore, they
insisted that they will not appeal for Fed
oral mediation II the employees carry out
their threa' TO strike.
The employees too declare they oill not
ask for arbitration. The railroads insist
that recent railroad legislation regarding
ecu pment has cut their earnings to such
an extent tina; they cannot meet the de-
mand for reduced hours
The general managers submitted fvures
tn Warren : Stone. president of tho Loco
motive Engineers brotherhood. and w. \.
Carter. the head Of the Locomotive Fire
mems Union. showing that almost all OF
the ,ines involved would have to cut divi-
dends. while many would be plunged into
bankruptcy II the demands are granted.
These figures have made an impression
on the representatives Of the employees,
and they are now reducing their demands
and will nut the new ones INTO writing and
submit them tomorrow
The Western railroads. as soon ~ the
Interstate Commerce Commission acts on
the Eastern freight rates will make =
demand for n horizontal Increase Of n
per cent I'm Western freight rates.
Tho result of the strike vote showed
qa2 per cent. OF the men In favor OF a
strike The territory that would M
affected II the strike was called extends
from Lake Michigan 10 the Pacific coast
and from the Mexican border 10 Canada
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-16
THREE FINGERS DAILY LIMIT.
More whisk-y Than That Harmful,
DIR. JelIin- Testiaes.

NEW Brunswick, n. j.. July l5.--Tn.
teresting testimony as 10 the effect OF
alcohol on the human body and mind was
given to-day before Judge Peter + DAILY
by Dr. Smith Ely Jellifre. a well known
Aliens of New York. Practically harm
less Indulgence. he said. finds It's limit
at two or three fingers Of whiskey day
pr. Jelliffe WAS called TO give his
opinion concerning the mental condition OF
James W. Sterry a New York drug mer-
chant. at tho tine he executed his will
leaving all his property with she exception
of $4,000, to his brother, and making no
provision for his wife. Tho alienist testi-
fled that Mr.. sherry when he signed the
will was suffering from alcoholic de-
mentia. though he might. by the use Of
strong sedative, have used a pen wtthou;
trembling"
Good authorities declare" testified the
doctor, that the human body can burn
two ounces of alcohol day. but more
than that amount will injure a man.
affecting his mind more than his body
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TREATY TESTIMONY Is SECRET.
senate Refuses 10 Consider ResoIu-
tion Of Borab for Pubiicity.

WAsHiNGToS. July lj-By vote OF
more than to the Senate to-day re-
fused to consider In open session the
resolution OF Senator Borah for publicity
of the testimony taken before the For
eign Relations Committee in the matter
OF the proposed treaties with Nicaragua
and Colombia.
To-day. when the resolution came up.
Senator Borah avowed himself ready for
n vote at once II he could be accorded 4
roll call. just as the roll call was about
TO he ordered Senator Stone raised the
point OF order that ms the resolution re-
ferred to the Colombia treaty now before
the Committee on Foreign Relations as
an executive matter the resolution would
have 10 he considered In the executive
50 ssion. Vice President Marshall sus-
tained the point Of order and senator
Borah appealed from the decision Of the
chair. The chairs ruling was sustained
AZ 10 49,
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HARRY THAw TO GET $lso,773.
Pittsbura Judge Says Fugitive IL
competent To Handle Money.

pIrTsRuRd. July l5---Alienists tosti-
mony that Harry X rhaws mental con.
dltion liz such Rs TO make II unwise to
commit any very large sums of money
into his personal charge brought out
the report from Judge James over in
Orphans Court to-day that this may ne
said of many persons 10 whom distrhu-
ton is made In this court of large sums
of money" and as result the MattcaNan
fugitive viii get his money
There was awarded To ThaW Sl6O773
income and interest Of legacy from tho
estate of hs father, william Thaw. ThaN
sought permission to come hero from New
Hampshire to testify, but the move was
blocked b, william Travers Jerome,
The decree closes legal fight covering
many months inaugursted by Thaw to
he adjudged competent TO receive the
money,
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the printed pamphlet. containing the

Of the printed pamphlets containing the
testimony.
This procedure was not without its
humorous side for all the testimony
that ~ of Importance already has been
published In the newspapers.
So confident we're the opponents Of Mr..
Jones to-day that they offered to take a
vote In the executive session without de-
bate. hut the Administration Senators
who favor Jones promptly demurred
II was said that some states having
Democratic Senators have at one time or
another brought proceedings against the
so-called Harvester trust and these sena-
tors we're loath to take any action at
variance with that OF their State govern
ments
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MINISTERS SWAP CHURCHES.
Bishops Permit Exchange Betveen
youkers aud bloomington. Ind.

YoSKERs. n V, July l5.--Swappine
churches with the permission of their
bishops, the Rev. Charles Seward Taylor,
pastor Of the Central Methods, church in
yonkers has accepted call to the pas
torate OF the First Methodist Church OF
Bloomington. Ind, and the Rev, John W.
Jones will come from Bloomington 20
Central Church.
The change will he made september |.
central Church II one OF the largest Of
the denomination in the New York Con
ference. Mr., Taylor has been here Ave
yeara
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FINALLY Withdraw. Report.

II Vas nearly o'clock before the aen-
P,e went into executive session to take
az the Jones mat'e' senator Hitchcock
Admitted his report, hut was prevailed
upon to- withdraw T. and give time for
the minority To prepar" a formal report
The executive session lasted about an
h,ur Just before tho doors were closed
tOe Jones nomination was the subject ~
discussion IN The Senate in the course
Of which senator Hitchcock obtained per-
mission to read telegram he had re-
c, ed from Nj Jones. Which was as fol-
.Uws:
| see from the newspapers that
controversy has arisen over tho pub
Ncdtiou Of MY testimony before the
Banking and Currency Committee, 7
do not assume the right to have any.
thing to say In the matter, but per-
haps | may be permitted to say that
have not the slightest objection to
such publication, hut would on the
contrary rather welcome IT,
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New Federal Judge In ohio.

WAsHINGroS, July 1.-THE President
to-day filled the vacancy in the United
$, ,tes District Judseship for the Northern
District Of Ohio. John n Clarke. an
eminent lawyer Of Cleveland. for many
many years attorney for the Nickel Plate
Railroad. was named. Mr. Clarke was the
personal choice NJ the Attorney General
for tho office, bu, Senators Burton and
Pomerene both spoke highly of Mr.
Clarke
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Decide on publicity.

With this TELEGRAM before them the
Senators decided that the testimony Of
Ny Jones should he made public, Then the
doors were thrown open and senator Hitch
ooct went 20 tn office Of the executive
c.@s and personally directed the release
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NEWARK. n. J.. July lb.--William Solo
mon & Co, OF New York bought 81. $50, 900
worth of temporary loan bonds from City
Comptroller Tyler Parmly to-day AT the
rate OF 32a with premium OF SO on the
whole. Four other firms submitted bids.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-01-08
FOR ElGN.

Mark Melford, veteran actor and
playwright, died in London.
Sir Lionel Garden, British minister
to Mexico is shortly to be transferred
to Rio de Janelro as minister to Bra
zil. lie was appointed to Mexico July
rs, 1913, to succeed Francis William
Strlnge.
King Victor Emmanuel at Rome
showed the deepest interest in the
project OF the Panama Pacific Expo
explained to him by Ira Nelson Nor
ris of Chicago.
Friends Mt Christiania, Norway,
have offered their good offices to
bring about a settlement OF the do.
nestle troubles of Ferdinand Pinney
Earle, the American painter, and his
first wife, Marie Emile FIschbacher,
the mother Of the boy, Harold, whom
Earle IS accused Of abducting from
school.
That General Huerta intends to re
sign the presidency Of Mexico in the
near future is again being persistent
reported in the capital 1t is said he
win take the field in person against
The rebels, after yielding the presidcn-
tial office. Enrique Gcrostiota, min.
lister of justice. will be selected as his
successor, according to the under
standing.
\ northwest mounted police patrol
left Dawson for Fort Macpherson and
lIcrschell Island Sergeant Demster
Is IN charge OF the expedition, accom-
painted by Constable Hooking and with
them are several Indians as dog driv.
ors and helpers They carry mail and
dispatches TO the posts in the far
north, including a number for Vilhral-
mar Stefansson, the Arctic explorer,
and his party.
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-01-08
GEN e RAJ.

Jan. - was set at New York as the
date for beginning the second trial of
Hans Schmidt for the murder of
Anna Aumlliler.
At Gulfport, Miss, President Will
son motOred to the golf links for his
daily game with DR.. Cary Grayson. He
played eighteen holes.
John Weeks, aged 1O5 years, and
the oldest man in New England, died
at Norwalk. Conn. He retained all Of
his faculties up to year ago, when
he became blind.
Blood was shed in the worst fight
Of the Tacoma, Wash. smelter strike.
Bricks and stones flew, clubs We're
welded and a number of mems heads
were cracked. Three strikers were
arrested
Walter f. Sammons. former sheriff
Of Buffalo county, Nebr., and now
claim agent of the Union Pacific
railroad, was arrested at Kearney,
charged with the robbery of the Kear-
ney postoffice Christmas night.
Christian Chinese now studying in
America are the powers to propagate
Christianity in China, said William ].
Bryan, secretary of state, in an ad
dress at Kansas City to the National
Conference OF Chinese Students in
America.
The New Jersey and Long Island
coasts, famed for their summer resort
vacation homes and permanent fish.
ing villages, suffered a property loss
estimated at from Sl00O000 to 80 ,O0O,.
600 In the hurricane that swept in
from the sea Saturday.
An endowment of s95O.OOO for
new medical building at the National
Jewish Hospital for Consumptives 10.
Gated at Denver has been made by
President Grabfelder of the board of
OF trustees of that institution. accord
ing TO an announcement made at
Cleveland, Ohio.
Relief work for every unemployed
man in Portland. Ore, who is willing
to accept 1t will be provided. accord
inr to n decision reached at a confer
euce between members of the city
council and the county commissioners
Notices are being received from men
who have land clearing and other work
In the county to be performed, offer
luC 10 furnish employment IN n Isrr,
number
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-01-08
sEvENTY.FIVE LAeoRERs DROWN
Men Dashed to Death While Being
Eerried Across Fraser River.

Winnipeg Man-Dashed to death on
the rocks in the treacherous Fraser
river, British Columbia, or swept to
their doom by the swift current, was
the fate of seventy-five laborers en-
ployed by the Grand Trunk Pacific
railroad, according to Angelo Pugliese,
one of the twenty-five who managed
to escape when the frail flatboat in
which they were being transported
across the river was wrecked on a
rock.
Pugliese said the twenty-five who
escaped were all more or less injured.
The tragedy occurred in British Co
lumbla, west OF Fort George.
y change in the location of the
work nccessitated the crossing of the
Fraser and 100 laborers put away
from shore in frail craft, which be-
came unmanageable 1t was dashed
to pieces on rock in the middle Of
the torrent and its human cargo
thrown into the water
Swimming in the raging waters wax
next to impossible and only twenty.
five Of the one hundred reached shor,
battered and bruised.