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New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
RAILROAD COMBINATION.
Commerce Commission Replies to
TiIman Resolution.

Washington Feb. 15.-That railroads are con-
stantly tending toward combination with virtual
control vested in the controlling company OF the
system is reiterated. and that express companies
have large interests in the railroads is SAID IN
report which the Senate has received from the IN
terstate Commerce Commission in response 10 MT
Timan's resolution asking whether any corpora
tons engaged in interstate commerce own any OF
the capital stock of other corporations transporting
passengers and freight. The resolution was de-
signed throw light the availability or railroad
bonds securities under the provisions OF the
Aldrich currency bill As 10 concentration, HenrE
c. Adams statistician Of the commission, reports
that while practically have occurred Where
roads had been taken out from other systems or
which they part June 80. 1904. q large num-
Der of railway companies then cons1dered lnoe-
pendent have been brought under control Oh sys-
TENS. The concentration, he has taken place
on both the financial and operating sides
An exhibit showing the holdings OF ralroao
stocks by the express companies points oW mat
the Adams Express Company holds SlS.SS3eoO in
stocks and Sa02 COO in bonds. the American Express
Company IS. SEQ In stocks and s6.I3oSe in bonds
and the United States Express Company SlsoOU In
stocks and s3.i5i,o00 in bonds The total holdings
OF the express companies shown to be s22elS,-
$50 in stocks and 81. 324 900 in bonds.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
WASHINGTON POLICE DENOUNCED.
Mr.. Sims Says Reign of Terror" Exists in
the CAPITAL

Washington. Feb 15--The charge that reign
of terror exists in Washington made in the
House of Representatives to-day by Mr.. Sims OF
Tennessee. He referred to the robbery of woman
last evening in front of the British Embassy, and
said il the twenty-first of such crimes COM
mitted in this city since September. He denounced
police the city. and said that although there
were regiment of cavalry and a regiment of ma
rines within quick call by telephone their services
had been enlisted to down the criminals,
who were, a rule negroes.
Mr.. Sims charged in reply to question by MIR.
TaWney. of Minnesota, that the increase of crime
in the District of Columbia due TO inefh-
Cient police administration. He declared that at
the present rate of crime it would be necessary
TO have a policeman every corner These crimes.
Mr. Sims said. grew Of the sale of cheap liquor
to an idle class of criminals who had migrated To
Washington. Close your eight hundred licensed
saloons here he exclaimed, and there won't be
another of these occurrences"
Later in the Cay Mr.. Webb, of North Carolina.
introduced a bill for the strcter punishment CT va
grants in the District of Columbia.
Discussion in the House to-day dHelt mainly on
amendments providing for increases in the sala-
ries the surveyors general of the states. In
each case the amendment rejected Little
progress made on the legislative bills.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
RMS FOR pIRIGIBLE BALLOONS.

Washington Feb 15.-Another effort was hiauo
to-day at the signal office to OBTAIN sa'isi 49,
bidS for the construction of d1rlSlple Oaiiooi'
-, r,onosals were opened in General Alien
oe5ca A month ago the signal office made a SIM
lar effort and at that time six bids were receou'
but because of the incompleteness OF the speciiea
tions accompanying them. all were reJecteu' A".e'
another advertisement published the specii-
-. =, which were somewh hat more exacting IN
some details than those originally given Tne man
difference however. was provision tiai 'he mo
terial for the gas bag should be furnlsheo pS 'Ao
bidder and approved by the government "iieiea'
in the original advertisement the SILK was 10 oe
furnished by the government Ihe eiifla'ioH " %
this feature in the proposals called for to-oaS
necessarily limited the number OF oooeis
specifications cover the construction OF ciIis
balloon to carry a combined weight or three nun
dred and fifty pounds and at least one hundred
,,,nss o@ ballast IL is TO be designed TO have a
sn.e5 of twenty miles an hour in still air. but the
bidders were required to submit proposals loF Cos'
depending on speed attained IN the trlaI night
accordinr to a schedule of lesser speed down 10
sixteen miles or a greater speed UP 10 tWeh'y-Iour
miles There is to be a trial endurance hignt OF
+uo hours in which the airship is to travel con-
tinuousy at an average speed OF 40 per cent OF
that which the balloon accomplished In the triaI
flight for speed. The trial flights VIII De at Fort
Myer. Virginia
facturers and one from Paris. France. Louis Lu-
petts offered construct balloon IN ninety days
for 600 900 The absence of any mention in the
specifications issued by the Signal Office regarding
the nationality of the bidders left the contest open
TO foreign as well domestic individuals and con-
cerns All the proposals will be submitted To
board for examination and report The following
is list OF the bidders:
Harry B. Schiller. of Philadelphia s3S.5oo $50
days. -.
Soren C Rockman. of Philadelphia. $4,000. $50
DAYS.
raymond Angemire. of Chicago. no price stated,
so days ...
oris Lupetts of Paris $4,000 90 days.
Carl E. Mers. Of Frankfort. n Y S11.994. 20
WiHstn Reiferscheid & Co. of streator, H..
Chcrles Els. Of Toledo Ohio, $4,000: no time
! hornas s Baldwin OF New York. $3.50. $50
days. $1,000 -
DAYS.
The Signal Office later announced that G. z
Mver OF FTlrnmondSoort. n Y. had submitted
lid His figure was $1,000. the balloon 10 be deliv-
cred t.. 100 Jays. Nr. Myer. therefore. is the low
est bidder his proposal being $3.50 less than that
Of Thomas s baldwin.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
FASHION AND FAT.

Isn't il fortunate that when fashion demands
slender gracefulnsss OF women who have 10
break corset Iaces 10 make themselves even
presentable that science steps in and makes
their task easy
For dieting and exercising II has substituted
a pleasant wholesome mixture thar can be ob-
tanned at small cost from any druggist. viz: !,
ounce MarnloIa Il ounce Fluid Extract Cascara
Aromatic. and 31a ounces syrup Simplex
One teaspoonfuI of this mixture after meals
and at bedtime will take Of rout tr seven
pounds of fat a week without causing wrinkles.
interfering with the diet. distressing tho
stomach in the slightest
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
INTERSTATE COMMERCE RULINGS.
Personally Conducted Tour Arrangements
Limited Excursion Tickets.

Washington, Feb. 15.-The Interstate Commerce
Commission to-day in formal rulings announced
that carrier in arranging personally conducted
tours must keep separate charges for transporta-
ton and for meals and hotel accommodations
leaving the patron the right to accept the
transportation without the other accommodations
Carriers are permitted 10 stimulate travel by pro-
vding entertainments points on lines to which
it may contribute, but such contribution must be
made in a definite and be in no way dependent
upon the number of tickets sold.
A passenger travelling a special limited ex-
cursion ticket with stopover privileges missing
connections through delays of trains is
entitled have his ticket made good if out of date
when he makes the return trip. The commission
also ruled that passes granted to State Railroad
Commissioners cannot be used in interstate jour
neyS,
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
IFrors The Tribune Rureau-
Uashforfor- FebrI

Washington. February Is.
ALASKAN MILITARY RoADs.-Major W p
Richardson. 9Th Infantry who is president OF tle
Board of Alaskan Road Commissioners Is in
Washington for the winter preparing the plans
for the work next summer. He obtained from
Secretary Taft the approval of his estimate OF
100000 for continuing the work. but the House
military committee has reduced the amount 10
$e5o.o0o. 1t was Major Richardson's idea tfat con
gress should appropriate for two years "ork-
that there might be no delay in arranging for the
construction of roads that far in advance What-
ever appropriated is used in addition TO the
funds collected by moneys outside OF moor
porated towns in Alaska. The money whlch Is
to be appropriated this session will serve there
fore for only one seasons work 1t will De ap-
piled altogether the construction of two prac-
teal roads having coast terminals re-
s;Iectively at Faides and Haines's Mission "hlch
are two of the important sateways to the
interior. Major Richardson and his associates
have come TO the conclusion that IL Is necessary
build aN-yeGr-round wagon road from
Valdez inasmuch the people VINO nave con-
ternpIated railroad construction have not kept
their promises. and it has become necessary TO
have regular wagon road 10 accommodate 'he
constantly increasing traffic from Valdez ot
course if the railroad is built the project VIII De
abandoned
ORDERS IssUED-The following orders have
been issued
ARMY
First Ienendh Il 1dH aqst ADAMS
general hospital. Washington oarIhcNs -,
Lieutenant Colonel ERASMUS Nj WEAVER coast
;ery corps Office chief OF artillery 20 uuty a.
chief division militia affairs in cttce Secretary Oh
s
Chaplain BARTON W PERRY coast artillery SO'pS'
transferred to Sd Field Artillery. Fort MyeE ,-..
Second Lieutenant FRANK l. BEAIs from lsrh TO i''n
Second Lieutenant GEORGE F. WAUGH from 18th TO
10th Infantry
Lieutenant w SMITH recruiting party NO D.
TO charge recruiting. Dallas - So
surgeon J. r KENNEDY detached recruiting party No.
Surgeon T W RICHARDS from Medical Schcol HOS
pitaI Washington; 20 the colorado ,.,... - ,hs
Surgeon Il. WILSON, detached the Coioraco' = '"7
Wabash tbs
wasp: to the Pennsylvania -, . ,-,, tJo.
Passed Assistant Surgeon NJ. w BAKER 10 NaNai ih
,s,or; e-geon j L. BEI.KNAP. detached the WABASH
to training station. Newport -.,..h.s -. Penn
4 Asststa Surgeon w + SCftAl@i>r-AN' -N
pa.ssd Assistant Payrnaster G. P AULD 70 navy Ea'-
Island
MOVEMENTS OF WARSH1PS--The Ioho"i.'@
movements of vessels have been reported 10 'he
Navy Department:
F.br,srv 13-The Yankton VALPARAISO Oval, ..
February 1.-THE Scorpion at Norfoih tHe 'uA1-' -
San Francisco, Quiros at snahsHaI
SAILED
. IT. z,aIa from Mare Island San
Eehr,,ary 1.-THE Supply. from Cavite for Iian1-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
CHILD LABOR IN WASHINGTON.
Bill Favorably Reported by Senate Com
mlttee on Education.

Washington Feb. 15-The Gallinger child labor
bill, which applies only the District of Column
bia ordered favorably reported to-day by the
Senate Committee Education and Labor. The
bill prohibits children under the age of fourteen
years from being employed or suffered work
in any factory, workshop, mercantile establish
ment store, business office, telegraph office, res
taurant. hotel apartment house, theatre bowling
alley in the distribution transmission of
merchandise messages. 1t provides also that
no child under fourteen years shall be employed
in any work performed for wages other
compensation during school hours before o
o'clock in the morning after O'Clock in the
evening. This exception intended TO permit
children to engage in such occupations selling
newspapers and delivering messages in the morn
ing and evening
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
4RMY BILL COMPLETED.
House Committees Schedule of In
creased Pay Made Public.

v.sbington Feb f5-The House COMMITTEES On
Military Affairs agreed to-day TO report the army
appropriation bill. having completed the anend-
rnent increasing the pay OF enlisted men OF lhe
vsrious grades OF service. The bill. as II Will De
reported to the House, will carry s,''-'0Vno' OF
ss4i2GS1 less than the estimates submitted me
amendment increasing the pay Of enlisted men =
intended place the army service on . -Oo'---s
c3olparabo 10 the naval service The ScaLe aSreso
on is as follows:
Master electricians and master signal
SO: engineers 80 reglmen,aL i-<ssrirnertai
regmental CuarternlaSter screams, a-snio-
commissary sergeants. serseants Jn,s n1aJV n1aio-
OF engineers post quartermaster serseanLs. posI
commiSsary sergeants post ordnahcss 9Saas;o.srs
sergelnts irst class hospital CORPS eststrisIli i.i
seTgeaEts trst class, Sersesn1s IIio SrI gesnts
ma j0r OF infantry and field artiliery l
seants ma ior of infantry and field artillery squaa
ron sergeants major serEeants major Uuniof STausl
artillery. battalion GuarterInstslei .
(second classl sergeants OF enslnesrS, ~ anet
and signal corps. quarterr1aster serSeanlS oI
nesrs i.na eIl.I 30, s|fjIIe-v ana i-
fantry scrsednts of the hospital corps. nreren 10
zion to their pay corpcraIs or engineers ordnance
signal corps and hospital corps chief n1ecnanies
cavalry a-tiIiery and infantry. mechanics af heid
artillery hlacksInftFs and farmers. saddsrs. was-
OpeTs and arifcers Ss privates first class OF en-
cineers ordnance signal corps ana hoSptdL SO-s.s
81: srrivates hcsrftaI corps S1s trampeters r7a-
sicia8s OF Infantry. artillery and engineers 81.
privates CT artillery infantry sgni eorps.
and privates second class Of engineers and ord
nance Sl5 An hOh0rtbly discharged S0ldlef Vio
has served the period OF his enlistment VII. -
entitled to continue service pay II ne re-enllSts
within three months the following scale Ihrse
dollars monthly during the second and thiTu en-
fistTnsntS each priN8tss. cavalry. artNsrS- So
nal corps and 81 monthly during each sl1Seqcsn-
enlistment IIp 10 and including the seventh after
which there VII BE- TO further Increase Soldiers
qualifying as ma Will receive additional pay
Of - a month: shsrYshoOteTs- $ a month"; as
expert riherlen : a month; a. second class gun
He-s g month"; first class EJIHners- 8 month:
as run gun Solnuaaiers observers second
sIassl chief raEtsrs and chief leaders. s. month:
Is rIOtters. observers first class and cassnate
electricians. Ss-
10 change = made IN rates OF increase fo- for
eiSn service The psy Of enlisted men of military
bands exclusive Of the band ct the Military Acad
emy IS fixed follows
Chief musician Sc; principal musicians and chief
trumpeters. So. SergeanJs tnG drUW majors. So,
cCrpO-ets. Sao. ard privetes. 50 with continuous
. service Pay u .s provided tssI army bands or
mcrnttr> thereof shah nor receive enumeration
for furnishing music outside the limits Of military
posts when this places them competition with
local iCivii!an musicians
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
HITCHCOCK TO RESIGN MONDAY.
Will Soon Begin Management Of Taft Cam
naign. with Headquarters in Washington.

Washington Feb 15--Frank H Hitchcock, FIRST
Assistant Postmaster General. closed his service
with The government to-day and Monday viii
hand his resignation the President In a short
time be will take up the work Of managing the
Taft Presidential campaign in the South and East
Mr. Hitchcock may take 4 few days vacation be-
fore he enters actively Oh his political work He
,-;l mike his headquarters in this city
Mr. Hitchcock will be succeeded as First Assist
ant Postmaster General by Dr. Charles NJ Grand
eeId now chief clerk in that office d.. Grand
fields nomination will be sent to the Senate on
Monday and until the nomination Is confirmed ne
will he acting first assistant
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
Plan FoR JOINT NAVAL mANouvRss.

Washington. Feb. IA Dl... is feet the
Navy Department 10 have joint maneeuvTes he
tween The naval militias OF the Atlantic Ccast
states and torpedo fotiiia, the submarines ard
the mother ships. Assistant Secretary Newberry
has - ut the governors Of various states
inviting their cooperation III the movement. 4 is
proposed to have the manRuvres off Gardiner :
Raw at the eastern end of Long Island. probably
the latter part of July Eleven states have ships
assigned to their naval militia by the Navy De
partulent. ard they are mostly converted yachts
Great bereft il rs thought. VII accrue to the
civilian mi.itiamen by actual contact In these pro
nc sed ioint manRuvres with the regulars
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
FOWLER ON CURRENCY.
Tells Business Men They Must Settle Cues
ton, as Congress Doesn't Know Enough. :,

indianapolis, Feb 15.-congressman Charles n.
Fowler. of New Jersey. told audience of Indian
apols business men last night Of his plans for d
monetary system which will eliminate the poss-
bility of future financial pancs. He advocated the
establishment of reserve fund of SI00.oo,000
guarantee against bank failures and the ultimate
withdrawal Of ali state banks and trust companies
from the financial world unless they become
tonal institutions.
incidentally Congressman Fowler said his CO.
laborers in Congress were afraid TO act, and de-
clared that they feared the people back home
in all transactions that came before Congress.
IT Is for YOU TO settle this question. gentle
men" he said, and not Congress, for Congress
doesn't know enough to settle it
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

ce-President Fairbanks of has every
the Taft men believe that practically every one
OF them win swing into line for the Secretary
after the hopelessness of the Vice-President's
chances are recognized. Speaker Cannon S
wagon will drive into the convention with the
ffty-four Illinois delegates ready to cast one or
two complimentary votes for the Speaker. After
that the Taft men figure the entire Illinois
delegation The District of Columbia will give
the Speaker two votes He expects about eight
from Michigan and he may pick UP few scat
tering delegates from other states. Congress
Mckinley, who is managing Mr.. Cannons
campaign, figures his strength at eighty y-six
votes
Senator Knox will have Pennsylvania sixty
eight delegates and Delaware is expected to
give him six. Senator La Toilette is expected to
come into the convention with twenty-five votes
from Wisconsin and eleven from Minnesota.
From present indications Colorado's eight dele
gates will be against Taft. The states of Idaho.
Maine, New Jersey Rhode Island and West Vir-
ginia are backgrounds not claimed as yet by
the Secretary's mana gers.
After eliminating the ''favorite SON. candi-
dates-Cannon, Fairbanks. Hughes and La Fol-
lette-the Taft managers here in Ohio add the
delegates who will cast complimentary votes for
those four to the Secretary's column. That
would give him IS from New York "a from
Illinois, 80 from Indiana. 22 from Wisconsin and
bring his total up TO 511, or 20 more than he
needs.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
mIL.rIAmEn FoR aamY OFFICERS.

Wa hngton. Feb. 15.-P-esdent Roosevelt has
decided to a,inlit members of the organized r1iiia
20 competition for appointments to the grade of
second iieutenants in the army. Candidates for
the e.an1in alton must be unmarried. must not be
less than twenty-one more than twepty-seven
years CT age and must have been members OF the
militia of the state from which they designated
continuously for not less tt2h two ears prior TO
being named for exam nation.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ELL HEARINGS.

Washington. Feb 15.-The Senate Committee on
Education and Labor decided today to give public
hearings on Friday and Saturday next on the La
Toilette employers liability bill Representatives.
Of railroad organizations will be heard frs; in sup
nort of the measure. The Knox bill
subject was referred 10 the Committee on Inter
state Commerce. Although introduced in the Sen
ale on the day following the decision by the Su-
preme Court of the United States declaring the
lay unconstitutional the Knox bill has not been
considered The indications that the La
Toilette bill will be the first to reach the Senate
c.nlp
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
PROTEST AGAINST RACING LAW CHANGE.

Buffalo. Feb. l5.-At a meeting held here yester-
day CT the Western New York Fair Managers AS
sociaticn thirteen societies benS represented. TO
perfect plans for the approaching season. reson-
ton was unanimously adopted protesting against
anv change in the present racing law, known as
the Percy-Gray acr. Albert L. Brown, OF BATAVIA.
WAS reelected president: r b. Shaier vice-preAi-
dent and 5. w Hart secretary and treasurer
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
MILITARY SUPPLY DEPorATF FORT MASON

Washington Feb. 15.-Plans and specifications
have been completed in the quartermaster generals
Office for the extensive work which is contemplated
at Fort Mason. California, where there will be
established general military supply depot. Con-
gress has authorized expenditure of s5Oo.oo0 for
the construction of buildings and piers at that
place IL viii be the most important shipping point
and troop transfer station in the country.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
TO DEVELOP NEW TYPE OF MOTOR BOAT.

Washington. Feb. I.-The Navy Department has
authorized the chief constructor of the navy TO
iexslop !, new tyne of boat for the
naval service This work Will be dome the
Norfolk Navy Yard. and VIII De confined 10 the
design and development OF a 2o-foot boat capable
OF ten knots speed The construction viii De along
the lines suggested by the special board which
some months ago devoted itself 10 this subject.
The department also has made arrangements with
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
NO CITY Pay FOR CANDIDATES.

Pittsburg Feb. f5.-OrGers were issued to-day
that all city employees running for public office
must apply for leave CT absence from their duties
while making their campaigns The leave VIII be
granted without prejudice. Director Lang OF the
Department of Public Safety said to-Cay he could
not see why they should ne drawing pay from the
city while devoting tIejr time running for Office
MANY employees are affected.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
KANSAS WHEAT FOR THE PHILIPPINES.

Washington Feb 1.-THE commissary general OF
the army has decided purchase for shipment to
the Philippines Kansas wheat which shows the
hest results in mixture with California -four. This
means that no contracts Will be awarded for
Australian flour which has hitherto been shipped
tn the islands The Kansas-Californa blend has
been found an equal of the Australian product and
IL is the policy OF the government TO buy mill
tarv supplies from domestic wherever pos
citla
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
AN INDIAN ENTERS THE NAVY

Rochester. Feb 18th record for naval enlist
n1ents In this city broken when ten men were
sworn into service by Lieutenant Commander O. W.
koester of the Buffalo district. to-day. One OF the
enlisted men is j. h. Cook. descendant of Chief
Watch Far CT the St Regis tribe of indians. A
cousin OF Cock is a gunners mate of the Massa-
chusetts All the recruits started Tor Newport.
r. l., to-day.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
WESTERN ESTIMATE
Out a Majority in the Con-
UentiOn for Taft.
LRv Telegraph to rhs rribun.


Chicago. Feb. IA correspondent of The
Tribune, writing from Cleveland. says that the
great majority of the Republicans of Ohio be-
liere that William Howard Taft will be the
nominee of the national convention for President.
They are beginning already to look upon him as
the next President. They believe that the
strength of Hughes. Cannon. Fairbanks and La
Toilette win be expended after the usual
plimentary votes Here is the way Ohio ad-
mirers of the Secretary of War figure out his
chances:
number of votes in the national convention -
Number needed
Taft .o'ls 256
testedl - " ~ ~ - $50
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
HoRSEMANStIP TESTS IN PHILIPPINES

Washington teb. l5.-Accordins to reports re-
ceived at the War Department from the Philip
mines regarding the horsenanship tests held there
this week all of the officers duty in the island
who were ordered 10 take the ride found
oualiied with one exception. that being Major John
r Lynch of the pay department. He has been
ordered before a retiring board.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN ELECTED.

Murphysboro H.. Feb. l5-Returns from seven
counties in the 26th Illinois Distric: indicate the
election of Captain y. b. Thst!ewood. regular Re
publican. Of Cairo. by 400 plurality over Senator
William Warder Democrat: Sam T. Brasil tenn
perance Republican and mine owner. and Daniel
Boone Socialist, Many Democrats voted for This
usWood 70 prevent temperance victory.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
ATLANTA PosToFFIcE CONTRACT.

Washington. Feb. I5--The contract for tie super
Structure Of the new postofflce and courthouse
building a. Atlanta has been awarded 10 the Charles
AcCaui Company. or Philadelphia at S1&'i@