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train tunnels will begin in Jersey Is beyond
the Hackensack Meadows. recently the
scene of extensive purchases of real estate,
and that the tunnels will run side by side
under the river from a point near the Ho-
boken line to the State line. There they
divide. one running 70 and under the bulk
head line at West 1hirty-first street and
the other beneath the foot OF West Thirty
second street.
From the North River the tunnels will
run under Thirty-frst and Thirty-second
streets to Tenth avenue, where the great
central station of the line begins. and a
huge construction 1t will be. Between
Thirty-irst and Thirty-second streets the
station is to be three blocks long, running
from Tenth avenue TO Seventh. just west
OF Eighth avenue 1t is to extend north
ward, taking in the whole block between
Seventh and Eighth avenues, Thirty-third
and Thirty-second streets and half of the
block between Eighth and Ninth avenues.
From Seventh avenue east the road be-
comes a three-track triple-tube construc-
ton, one subway running below Thirty
first street, one below Thirty-second and
one below Thirty-third TO the East River
line. 1t is possible that the plan may in
clude the construction Of two tubes below
Thirt y-third street from Eighth avenue
east, one below the other, but this has not
been settled.
At the East River line the three tunnels
will turn northward at an angle Of about 30
degrees, converging at the same time,
until they reach the block between Borden
and Flushing avenues. just south of the
Long Island Railroad station and ferry
slips, on the Long Island City side. The
two southern tubes are brought together
near Vernon avenue, Long Island City.
The northernmost joins them at East ave-
nue., and the three come to the surface on
the Long Islands tracks. at Thompson
and Purves avenues, about a quarter of a
mile back from the East River.
The most remarkable feature of the under
ground road will be its great central sta
ton in Manhattan. This will be in no sense
q terminal. because most Of the trains will
be sent through from Jersey to Long Island
and Woe versa but IL will be he great
traffic centre. Plans are drawn for twenty
Ave tracks in the four and a half blocks of
city space, with platforms intervening.
Over and across these q bridge 100 feet wide
will run from Thirty-third street to Thirty
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Brooklyn. as President Baldwin OF the
Long Island Railroad puts It, will be on
a direct transcontinental route. Long
Island and the great Mosquito State will
nave joined hands across Manhattan, really
an island no longer, n a new era in rail-
road communication will have begun in
New York.
Briefly, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, in conjunction with the Long Island
Railroad, which IL controls, n through
two subsidiary companies now forming,
proposes TO tunnel the North River and Man
haitian Island with two single-track steel
tube subways supported by piers to hard
pan TO a site centring at Eighth avenue
ami Thirty-second street: to establish
at that point a great underground pas
senger station three blocks long and three
blocks in extreme width. and from there
to run three single-track tube subways.
a block apart, to the East River and be-
meath it to Long Island City. The three
tube subways will converge on reaching
Long Island City and will reach the sur
face at a point near Thompson and Purves
venues a quarter OF a mile back from
the river. where the Long Island Railroad
owns a large acreage. II begun imme-
diately, the work could be done In three
years, bar accidents. Its sponsors and
hackers hope to complete 1t in five.
The detailed plans Of this giant enter
prise were made public yesterday for the
first time. A plan showing the route Of
the tunnels in this State and their depth
and grade is on file in the County Clerks
Office and is reproduced below. It re-
mains for the companies concerned to
obtain State and municipal sanction to
carry out the plans. The financing Of the
project is already assured and no difficulty
in obtaining for 1t the sanction Of the au-
tborities Is expected. Trains viii be moved
through the subwayv by means Of electric
motors and for the present the plans pro-
vide only for handling passenger %trafic.
but they are capable Of indefinite expansion.
The whole project as laid down in the
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In time 10 zone. may he, when passengers
are rushed across the ocean in three-day
boats. and when any project 20 cut N "A
few hour~ j. worth while. T. NAV come 90
that FOr %" present We are not interested
in that trghlpm We want now 20 pru-
vide the travelling public in Manhattan
leland and N" borpughs across ~. Fast
River with such transportation a. they
ought go have
Then IA" now tunnels will not attempt
10 deal with freight"
'Nothiug bat passenger traflo will b.
dealt viii a. prrsru'
VIII other railroad. share In the tunnel
ia,lNtu'-f For instance viii ther. i' no
connection established with ~" elevated
HIlr.ai AZ s.Nth aud Nlulh ayenu.s,'
Ito urN tunnels UUl To- exclusively
fuf tN" Penn WANNA Hui Long leland
raIlr0ads Neither the Manhattan Elrya'"i
lt.IIHay bot the New lura central will
have ANY pau 90 boz iu tlr -'lrur
WI. flrrH I-f uo Ilar ~ Zine If tlr trfui
r..- .F'I flr change from steam 'u '.'-.
l.. Iavtf 900 through fftIur'
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BID. |~.I.Issl uFIt 900 fu fHr ,arH and HI..
.ln f.tm ~tltuuFh '.s f.ura.a at .rtt
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first, from which stsirways will lead 20 the
platforms and trains. A. each end IN
Thirty-third and Thirty-fnst streets a
graded carriageway will lead down 10 the
bridge. carriages entering al one end. dis
charging passengers and baggage In the
centre and driving out on tie other side
Midway more s~tairwayr and elevators viii
take pedest rians on TO the bridge
II will practically b. a t~hrr--d"cker rail
road station from surface 20 tracks lts
dimensions will be $50 feet oNtn"m" length
by $40 extreme width and II will have two
miles Of platform length The fact that ~
will he open al both ends unlike the pr'~"ui
PennsylVania station la J~r,sy tI'y o 10"
Grand Central station her" VII GRAVY m
crease the convenience ~ 'ruftio handing
Besidas this central station, one other lao
been deter mined upon 49, iaT lllr Vii
be al Fourth avenue. where a." tuIlr tuh-
nel- will oToss tho RAPID aurii "uhN ay,
~ euty feet above tipm ~" lNu VII
be- ~oonnsct..d ny starr AID elos aiurr lItilr,
however. hAs yet bssu duu" TOW ara plahtlts
this station hull muf" subsidiary ria."I7
may l.. plaun-d later
Ihs plrl.,-. ~ va. companies. b. fo ruu
their tlrJush a aius n" ti' urfuIna'- ~ 'ho
tunnrls No. Long leland aIt N's JH ~N
soma " the-. ualus oil tten - 60 iu tir
pfee.nt frffy trfuiralr 10 steam I"'"
motives y il h. drtas issi ffum ua ~ uiiH
tie e%lrctftr mUtufu NN D. rv t'iHsl 900 aUi
III. tr.lns sIl n, rrut |'Ir.HtH rHr I|..H.
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sIIdessss and to f,Uus,lh aila saiHrf
' III al a. uu g. tlr UtI|H aI uiHhf 5000 u
rt.tlli hiu4n pruiaiI. aIIa HaIsr uHI
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1amAaa. ahd ssHr ia.IT iHH Ha
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1900 aasla sahH ". I Dol
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Ir.aa = 49, a sIa.I OIL.
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acre for from 5000 20 5000. and this viii
he within an hour q the city Hall
PH1LADtirH1A Pa Dec - The cost
Of constructing the Pennsylvania pro-
posed tunnels under the North and EaAt
rivers and ~ the necessary real estate
and nights Of way u supposed 80 be about
So IN go
The engineering features Of the project
arr ~ oharp" 81 Nice-pprsldcnt Rea who
j. now IN New York n. ha, mad, a special
study - underground methods ~ trans.
pur'a'iou and har written q book on Lon
done underground system Recently he
inspected the Ori"aus Extension tunnel
under ~" N"lh" and it- equipment. aud
for d v'ar end a half be- has b.s.u devoting
much y hlH tim" 90 ~" study - the New
Norf problem
Al onloer 81 the Pruusvlyauia COMPANY
-ald to-day tial the great cost II tie Nou,
River bridge prolnot Wa uu- Of ~. chief
f'arur- fuf ls abandonment The cJ-t
var e-tmli"t ~ from t5DgnO 80 10 80.
WnWn. Ahi f r 's'tu.i,i Iihi a North
tut'T tunnel alone. according 90 ths plan
ufHIHr"d. 'aH tr hulIi ~ uur tenth ,fihai
r.W
Nobody h-r' h,lio,e- thr tal.s al..i o.
iIuIHsri steamship terminal a. Muntaut
l'Ih' a q" 'lhip rgIf- DO Irursyl.
woods v.| r.f .lHfr Ir t.uufI atl All,
t'I.T read tiU4FN n.N tiaf ts HalfUutu
HNl bII" D." .fI'' NHi ub ilr Pennsylvania
Din D. I~f#li4s 'rH' o. .iflHgh tfa.tF silHl
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HFH.. Hf I,nUrtIsal. iIsin.ai
t.nI#Ut Ua.r I.H ..I FL ..I .s.i
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-13
MARSHALL GREEN MOORE DEAD,
He Spent Muc h OF His life Travelling In
the Far East.

Marshall Green Moore, who had spent
much of his life travelling in Java, China,
Japan. East Africa and Siam for various
mercantile and trading houses, died In
the General Hospital of Elizabeth, N. j..
on Wednesday night. He was born In
Belvidere, N. j.. in 1893, He came to New
York when a boy and in 1855 sailed as SUPER
cargo on a sailing vessel for Madagascar.
He returned to New York the following
year, but soon set out again, this time
for Batavia, Java. From there he went to
Canton, China, and later to Bangkok, Siam.
He was well acquainted with the second
King Of Siam, whom the Americans and
English. being unable to pronounce his
name. always referred 10 as George Wash
ington. Mr.. Moore was in Canton i'm 1855
when the American and British fleets bonl-
barded hat city. In Japan, in 1858. he
started out with Ienox richardson's party,
but turned back before they came in con.
tact with the Primo Of Satsuma's men,
who murdered Richardson. With the exc
coption of one visit TO this country in 1870,
he lived from 1865 to 1879 in Tientsin, where
he served as Nice-CorSJl for Norway and
Sweden. Among his friends in China was
Arson Burlingame, the United States
Minister.
He returned to this country for good
in 1879 and wa connected with various
enterprises In this country until FIVE years
ago, when he gave up business on account
of poor health. On his visit home in 1870
he married a Miss Wilson of Belvidere.
Before his death he lived with his wife
and mother-in-ltw in Rpselle. n. J. Three
weeks ago the latter died. and two days
later his wife died. Mr.. Moore was deeply
shocked by their deaths and sank rapidly.
Five sons. all of whom were born in China,
are in business in various parts Of the
country. The burial will be at Belvidere.
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plans. with It's twin and triple steel tube
speedways, It's underground station with
two milee Of platforms. and It's electrical
motive power reads like a chapter from
some Utopian novel Of the Looking Back
ward stamp. dealing with a future when
New York's trafic and much OF It's bust
ness life will be under ground. when there
will be no soil at all left on Manhattan
Island and when most Of the population
will have moved their homes across the
Past River. The cost Of the undertaking
may Ia go 900 600, maybe more. But the
Pennsylvania Railroad and It, allied oom-
panles propose "a carry II through alone
and 10 reap tho benefit % ~oonnec,ing Long
Island direcuy with the West. Tho idea
81 bridging tho North River has been ST
aside
Il IL one ~ the most interesting features
u the enterprise that II dspends upon an
Invention Ia e~nsineonns only q few months
Old ard foT ~llch applications for patents
nave Lson ou Mo olly i've ~eaks Tie
phhcipal dirculty IA oonnsc'lns Man
haitian. and through u Long Island, With
tho great railroad centres IA Ns~ jersey
las bol a. dstsFniHs boz a. bridge of 90
tlnual uss North Iussr Tie tAsi River
Ifoblsn u slnpls b--su.s tl.fs the strs'
tlm tsaaaiA tha ussf Lad IL soiid fv1k
80 u.s l--i ~ tla North ipyef 10 mud sad
pay foI iD f.sf frum tho nssf i-Yitom
assa 10 mud iafasis 80 u dasfaiS.
uai u.s dln.suitiss IA us ~aJ - tho ool.
sf4ausn ~ . t4fI.sl slnlalsntly stfsss
to HsAd a. susiH q hasdssas - La-v
tan n.sslls tias4si % -uastlsssa-ly Lsss
isrl Dst.aldnfsd sstImnS
ia IsuHFlfaf4s dssiss tati.sl -
UfsI uf hHfth Hive ell - Is~satlasNT
HlHfa 80 tHNhfaa ~ as-4 suiHaftri
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GAS LAID OFT EIGHT MEN.
Doctors and Police worked Two Hours
Before pip Rcpairers CameT To.

Half n dozen men who were repairing
a gas main in tho cellar Of the Scholes street
plant Of the Brooklyn Union Gaslight
Company. AT Bogart and ScholeS streets,
Williamsburg. Yesterday afternoon were
rendered unconscious 10y the fumes and
had 20 be- dragged our. After an unsuc-
ces-ful attempt To- revive them a call for
an ambulance and doctors wac sent 10
~. Gatherings Hospital DIS. NcFtt"e
and Hart responded, and ia" reserves Il
the stacy street polio" station wore '.-o
-apt The doctors and police worked for
ncarl two hours before the men slowed
signs Of life They are an night now
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WE'LL TRAVEL IN STEEL TUBES
PATENT TUNNELS PLANNED TO
JOIN BROOKLYN TO JERSEY.

Two. with single Tracks on Metal Pillars,
Beneath the North River; Three I'm.
der the Observation-Disclosures. with
Electric Trains Three Decker station
with Miles OF Platforms in the City's
IIeart-MAy All be In Action In s Years
p. u. II. wants . Franchise Quick.
By tunnel tube from Brooklyn to Jersey
will be the new order OF travel when the
Pennsylvania Railroads latest plan is
cIrried out. The Brooklynite will be able
10 take a sleeping car in Frisco and step
out Of It in East New York and folks from
Philadelphia and Washington to reach the
summer cottages of Hampstead and Pat
chogue without change Of trains. For
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-13
COUNTY COMMITTEE ALI SERENE
President Morris TO IBe Toasted and Re.
elected Next Week.

President Morris of the Republican
county committee will be the principal guest
at a dinner to be given next Monday even
ing at the Waldorf-Astoria by the MEM
bers Of the Republican County Executive
Committee to its officers. On Thursday
evening the now county committee will
realect Mr.. Morris President.
The trouble that arose last summer over
representation Of the party on the fusion
conferences has been smoothcd over and
forgotten. National Committeeman Gibbs
and Mr.. Morris understand each other
perfectly, and there is 10 be no opposition
TO the reelection Of Mr.. Morris. All of tho
other officers of the committee will be
reelected. The work that the committee
will do this winter will he on a much larger
scale thar winter work has been on.
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FURNACE STACK COLL4PSES.
Workmen Carried Down With the Wreck
One Killed and Three Hurt.

WASHINGTON, y. j. Dec. 1.-THE cupola
Of Pardee furnace az Stanhope collapsed
this morning while a dozen men were max
ing repairs on il. One of the workmen was
killed and three badly injured.
Several days ago an explosion wrecked
the top Of the stack 80 badly that it became
necessary TO shut down the furnace II
was Withdrawing the stack to-day that the
brick lining z OF the cupola collapsed, and fall
ing outward carried down the four work
men. Eight others. who were working
nearer the ground, jumped just in time 10
save their lives. William Massaker was so
badly injured that he died before his home
was reached.
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MISS CHiTTELLS DAMAGES cut.
New Trial OF Her Libel Suit Unless She
VIII Accept S.. 900 Damage.

'VTNTWt VuVT DtSTIFtT TO THE sun
LONDON, Dec. 12-The Court Of Appeals
to-day gave judgment in the case of libel
which Miss Hettie Chattell brought against
the Daily Mail. In a theatrical note in that
paper she had been described AZ the mother
Of Miss Rosie Boote, recently an actress in
the Gaiety Theatre and now the Warehouses
of Headfort. Miss Chattell is in fact under
thirty years Of age and is unmarried.
Tho paper made no defence except by exc
planning hat the note was written in err
ror and apologizingfor it.
The Sherif's jury. which assessed the
damages last July, awarded Miss Chattell
fc,5CO. The Dolly Mail appealed against
the damages az excessive and the Court of
Appeals has now ordered Il new trial, un-
less Miss Chattell will accept the sum of
Fl 900.
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there now but they can't get there and
when they are there they can't get out.
These new tunnels are going 10 change
all hat. The whole scheme will tend TO
unity New York city"
Asked why the PENNSYLVANIA company
had abandoned its bridge scheme MI.
Baldwin said: Il suppose because a tIn-
mel can be built and a bridge can't"
The preiminaries for the new tunnels.
such as preparing and fling plans, were
well under way. the construction company
had been organized and the War Depart
ments permission TO build the tunnel would
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NIR,ED CHILD SHE RiN OVER.
MIR Mcdonnell Makes NJ the Amends she
.an for q 4 arrisgr accident.

While eight-vcar-oid Julia Penn Of 80
Eighth avenue vas crossing lign'n avenue
AZ Thirty fourth street uu her way hons"
from school yesterday, -ho wa- iIu down
by a carriage iu which M Potter MELON
nell Il $40 Meet SrNertt .ard -ip-'f vac
driving one 81 the ui,,,- ram over 'Hr
hulr gir'- l'r les L"ahI's o. Irr
and picked Julia up. hu.iIuE '.' rlI.4 W
lst lap uuil Policeman uu,'r lH' Hl
aubulslr, from Nllr't,f HHrf.fa' 81
NgDuu.rlI drove Goo fU' lu-u.faI af''f fH'
suIula.Dr bio lHff w,fd tN,' l. o.
J-n-r ruu4li be- r.al'd 90 'N" 'afr .' ''"
little gI|
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ECONOMY IN OCEAN SERVICE.
steamship Conference at Cologne to Ar.
range Cooperation as TO sailing.
Special cable Despatch to 7

Special cable DeSpoieh TO THE sun.
COLOGNE, Dec. l?.-The Cologne Gazette
learns, regarding the meeting Of represen-
~tatives Of transatlantic steamship COM
panies which is now in progress in this city,
that the conference was initiated by the
Hainburg-American company and the North
German Lloyd.
The object of the negotiations is to
arrange with the British transatlantic
companies regulations for cooperation
in ssilings and economizing material.
Tho Gazette expects that a satisfactory
conclusion will be arrived at. judging by
the course which the negotiations are taxi
ING.
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IRISH MEMBERS PROSECUTED
In Connection Win the In tied Irish League
Agitation.

N0001I I1bF D6JpdFCN 70 TIE SUN.
DUBLIN, Dec u - In addition to the
prosecution of Conor O'kelly. Member
Of Parliament for the north division Of
MAYO, and John j Hayden. Member Of
par'iam' Or South R~oscommon. a SUM
mons has been issued against Mr. Jasper
Tuilv, member for the south division Of
lnItrm, m correction with tho agitation
y hlch r. he.ng carried on by the United
Irish league
other prosecutions are impending
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IIrl n,.ans ID n.fmsn I.rn nm

r.... 40 l.bHHHs 90 Tao -rs
Fui. Goo. o. 90" debate boz ,hs
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American Hank In Corea.

SyfGA CaHs DsspIicA 90 THE SUs
IoNpON. Dec. ~ A despatch To III.
Daily Mad from NJ Petersburg SAYS that
M--srs CoiIbrand A Bost wick. American
clrHfIr.tus. Wro have a factory az Seoul.
Corri. have obtained a Government con-
,o--.uu c. open au Anencan hauh there
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.nHla- q CO., n#rH.
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oa.dulf e. TffB fIUfi sF.H aHI
ss.lus -iats sl-afuF u F"HrrlaT Hfsr
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eth rvbi-f sAUe.~ dfASsed hfn hom 10
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Arizona daily citizen. (Tucson, Ariz. Territory [i.e. Ariz.]) 1884-1901, 1901-01-10
The Army Canteen
Bill Passed the House.

NAsHIaaToS, u. c., Jan. lG.-The
army canteen is to be abolished as tht
senate today by decisive vote concurred
in the house provision relative to the
army canteen. Only fifteen votes could
be mustered in the senate in favor
while thirty-four were cast against it
Beyond disposing of the canteen ques.
ton finally the senate has accomplished
little and it seems doubtful whether
final vote upon the measure will be
reached before Friday or Saturday.
The house considered the river and
harbor appropriation bill today. Little
progress was made. In the bill carrying
such vast sum for local improvements
many localities were bound to be disap-
pointed and there is generally consider
able soreness among the members who
fail to get what they want. This feeling
out-cropped in several disappointed
members refusing to allow any limit to
be placed on the general debate. 1t ex.
tended throughout the day, being seem
ingly no nearer conclusion at adjourn
ment than when it started.
Arizona daily citizen. (Tucson, Ariz. Territory [i.e. Ariz.]) 1884-1901, 1901-01-10
Relations Of Porto Rico
to the United States.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.-Upon recon-
yening the United States supreme court
yesterday +. Il. Condert resumed his
argument in the Porto Rican cases con.
tinuing his contention that Porto Rico
is not foreign territory, and hence it is
competent for government authorities to
levy and collect duties upon articles i'm
ported from Porto Rico to New York.
Before taking up the thread OF his ar
gument Mr.. Coudert undertook to re-
spond to question propounded to him
Yesterday by Justice Brown as to
whether a country can cease to be fore
ign country and yet not be part of the
United States whether there is an in
termediate condition.
Dir. Coudert expressed the opinion
that such condition might exist temper
arily and he added that the supreme
court had recognized in dealing with
Tampico in the case of Fleming VIZ. Page
and in dealing with California in the
case of Cross VS.. Harrison, before the
acquisition of California by the United
States was contemplated. Mr.. Coudert
commended that in the case OF the aequi-
sition OF dividing line is passed when
the treaty of acquisition is signed and
ratified. When, he said We sanction the
acquisition by the ratification of treaty
we thus signalize our control Of, and So
vereignty over such territory. This, he
asserted, had been done in the case of
Porto Rico in the treaty Of 1898 and by
that treaty Porto Rico had become as
much part OF the United States as Ca
iifornia had been in the proceedings
subsequent to the war with Mexico. Mr..
Coudert then resumed his argument
taking up the question as to what part
of the constitution applied to Porto
Rico.
Solicitor General Richards began pre-
sentation of the governments side Ct
the controversy, giving special attention
to the effect Of ratification of the Paris
treaty upon relation of this country and
Porto Rico. He argued that newly &C.
/ quired territory became mot part, bu,
possession Of the United States" and
he went on to say: Its disposition
and government rests upon the consti
| tuition with treaty making and with
| congress.