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New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
WILL VOTE TOMORROW
Success of Currency Bill IN House a
MOofCd Question.
LFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington May 12-The House will vote on the
Nreeland currency bill day after tomorrow. This
decision reached by the House leaders
conference this afternoon, and the Committee on
Rules will meet tomorrow draft rule by which
four hours debate will be allowed III order that
miscalculation may be made TO the strength
of the forces behind the bill Representative Watson
has been hard at work all day admonishing men,
bers to be in their seats Thursday close
is expected.
Both Mr., vreeland and Mr.. Watson said to-day
that the bill would pass by comfortable majority.
but some members believe that than ten
votes way the other will decide the
measures fate. At an informal conference of the
Democrats held in the coakroom this afternoon
it decided that the minority should oppose
the measure and although this action Is in no
way binding, it is thought that not more than two
Democrats will vote in favor of the bill With
practically the solid Democratic strength cast
against the measure, the 'insurgent'' Republicans
assert that twenty-five votes from the majority
will be enough TO swamp the leaders.
Mr.. Hayes of California, says he is certain that
the bill will pass the House. He alleges that
he has more than twenty-five votes pledged against
it already, with the reasonable assurance of a
dozen more. The sixteen members who voted in the
minority at last nights Republican conference are
said to be unaiterabe in their opposition to the
bill. while at least five others were absent when
the vote taken, who, it is said will also op-
pose it
The method bringing the measure before the
House will be decided by the Rules Committee to-
morrow. Several plans have been suggested. but
the most likely to be adopted is that all but
the enactIng clause of the Adrich DILL will be
stricken and the Vreeland measure substituted,
that it be Immediately thrown into the con-
ference with the Senate. 1t is understood that
Senator Aldrich and the Finance Committee of the
Senate have great objection to the bill as it
stands, and Speaker Cannon confidently eX-
poets that ii will from conference but
slightly changed. Mr. Fowler said to-day that he
had "a good fight left in him yet while Mr.,
Prince. another 'insurgent," expressed the hope
that if the bill did the House the Democl ats
in the Senate would talk il to death.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
BELIEVE YACHT LOST.
Chicago Business Han and CreiC OF
Seren We're on the VdlmOrc.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

[By Telegraph to The Tribune.1
New London, Conn, May 12-The schooner
yacht Vamore, purchased recently by William
Hale Thompson. a real estate broker Of Chi
cage which started for that city on. Monday
evening of last week, is believed to have been
lost in the gale Of last Wednesday and Thurs
day. The Valmore's owner ard George R. Pease,
business and member of the Chicago
Yacht Club, board with a crew OF
seven.
Yachtsmen here nave great faith in Captain
Maynard Fielding. the Valmore's skipper, a COM
petent ff-shore mariner. but the Valmore, they
say, never intended to Withstand storm
off the New England Coast
The Valmore's voyage tc Chicago was to
have been covered ir seven weeks From this
harbor a course was to have been steered to
South Shoals Light hip Nantucket. to Georges
Bank 10 Halifax, then through the Tver and
gulf to ST Lawrence and across the Great
Lakes
The Nalmore built at Lawley's five years
ago, and all of her sails with the exception OF
new tr-sail jb and fore staysail, are re-
rorted TO have been of the same age.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
SEGREGATION OF DETECTIVES. .
Proposed Before Conference of Charities and
Corrections at Richmond

Richmond, Va, May 12.-Althoush many of the
delegates to the National Conference of Charities
and Corrections have already left the city sew
eral meetings held to-day. IN the chtldren's
section the chief topic children in Families
Not Their Own: Are These Homes Preparatory
Schools of Life Also?" 1t discussed by
Charles W. BirtwelI. general superintendent,
Chldrens Aid Society. Boston. and Miss Florence
baltimore. Pittsburg.
needy families section l. II. Bailey. di-
rector of the New York State College Of Agri-
culture Cornell University. spoke Rural
Development in Relation to Social Welfare.
In the criminal section Henry Gregory. OF New
York. spoke on "Aftercare of the Inmates Of
Prisons and Reforma tories"
Experience in Inspection was the subject OF
the address of Alexander Johnson of Indiana, be
fore the state inspection section Segregation of
degenerate detectives in celibae, industrial COM
munities. where they may be usefully employed
to the extent of their abilities, was proposed by
Mr.. johnson.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
NEED NOT AWARD TO LOWEST BIDDERS
State Printing Board Can Use Discretion,
Says Justice Fits.

Albany. May 12.-Justice Fits. OF the Supreme
Court in A decision announced to-day. holds that
the State Printing Board may use its discretion IN
awarding contracts. The decision has impor-
..,, hearing on the mower of all public boards in
vested with discretion in the awarding of public
contracts and their right to award them TO other
than the lowest bidders.
The case was before Justice Fits on "rlts or
ccrtiorari obtained by the Brandow printing COM
many and John A. Mccarthy of Albany, and the
Nvnkoop- FIalIenbeck- Crawford Company, OF New
York to review the determination Of the State
Printing Board in awarding the legislative printing
for 1908 to the j. b. Lyon Company, OF Albany
which was rot the lowest bidder
The State Printing Board to-day opened proposals
for the legislative printing for the year beginning
oo.ohe- 1at3 Tabulations of the bids show that
the bid of $50 4ss submitted by the j. b. Lyon
Company is the lowest.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
STANDARD OIL TRIAL BEGINS.
Company Charged with Receiving Rebates
from Railroads.

Rochester. May 12-The case OF the government
against the Standard Oil Company. in which the oil
company is charged with receiving rebates from
railroads. put trial this morning the
opening of the spring term of the federal court.
Judge John r. Hazel Of Buffalo presiding. and s.
alIace Dempsey. special assistant the United
States Attorney General conducting the for
the government. James McNitchell. of Buffalo ;
John G. MiIburn of New York. and the firm Of
Harris. Havens. Beach & Harris. of this city. are
looking after the interests of the oil company.
The case being tried indictments found at
Jamestown and arises shipments of oil made
from Olean Rutland and Bellows Falls. Vt. The
company is indicted ffty-three T. G. n.
SCHNEIDER, railroad expert OF the Bureau of Corpora
tions and G. \. Crosland tariff expert of the Pub
lie Service Commission. here TO testify in the
case
Mr.. Dempsey this afternoon Withdrew his motion
to consolidate the indictments. and gave notice that
he would move for trial on indictment No. 40,
which is OF forty counts. 1t is understood that
counsel have agreed certain points. which is eX-
nccted to reduce the length of the trial considerably
The trial will he continued tomorrow morning
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
RIIJ.s SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR

Albany May Ex-Governor Hughes has signed
the bill of Assemblyman Hammond. of Syracuse
under which ali bonds OF municipal corporations
,r hereafter be exempted until payable from
s,ate municipal, county and town taxaUon Ihe
ue, law exenpts bonds of all cities, counties and
,ou,ns and leaves the bonds of school districts
practically the only public bonds now subject TO
taxa.ion Formerly exemption extended only to
o,,,pdine bonds and TO the bonds of New York
CITY and certain other municipalities exempted by
specific legislation. The chief purpose ot the Ia"
;e IA make local bonds a more attractive invest
ncnt than savings bank deposits
Otber bills signed by the Governor include those
Of:
Aeeemblvman Hammond, amending the cha
Ter Of second class cities so as to permit tile
I-o,,piesioner of Pubic Safety within year
"a rebear charges and reinstate dismissed fire
men and policemen ,..
., euneryisors 10 establish county laboratory
and appoint county bscteriologist
e.enafor Davis. authorizing superintendents or
s,at. hospitals to admit voluntarily patients
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
PUBLISHERS PRINT PAPER CASE IN.
Chairman of Committee Thinks Press Slow
to Furnish Information

Washington. May 12.-The case of the newspaper
publishers has been presented to the special COM
nittee of the House investigating the wood pulp
and print paper question When the committee ad-
iourned to-day john Morris. the representative Of
the American Newspaper Publishers Associa ton,
announced that he had finished his statement. but
he will be the stand Tomorrow, members of
the committee desire TO question him. The next
witnesses to be examined will probably be the
paper manufacturers.
Mr. Norris to-day described the formation of the
International Paper Company and said that the
of the manufacture of paper was greater under
the consolidation than under the individual owner
ship of the paper mills.
The request of the committee for the contract
which The New York Times has with the paper
company denied by the company publishing
that newspaper. Chairman Mann took occasion
TO say that while the newspapers were insisting
speedy action by Congress on the question un-
der investigation, most of the large papers were
showing disnclination to furnish the committee
with the necessary Information upon which to base
any just conclusions. This raised the question in
his mind he said. whether the papers were not
satisfied with their present contracts
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13

..Tn the original contract drawings IN Plans
4345 and 1856 the form of the main compress
sion members designed to be used in the BIdcA-
wells Island Bridge are clearly shown Inc
pIan provides for CrOss-section consisting OF
three vertical leaves stfffened up and strength
ened by angles and cover plate on top me
buckle plate flooring was to be riveted 20 tn's
cover plate There was ample provision ior
df,pbraems The bottom angles were to be
strongly laced This form OF main compression
member could not possibly fall as did the mem
her of the Quebec bridge. II could safely oe
subjected to the high unit stresses provided IN
thA original specifications accompanying tne
contract for the BlackwelTs Island Bridge IL
would nave been the contractors business 10
prepare his working drawings in accordance WIN
the contract plans
In what respect do the main compression
members actually used in the structure dlner
in design from those YOU planned?
The main compression members actually
used are 49, inches deep instead os so inches
deep as provided in the contract drawings The
actual member consists of four leaves without
the rigid cover plate top and the lac1ng Is m
fer:or to the lacing used in the quebec bridge
THERE IS GRAVE DANGER
rs there any real danger of the main COM
pression members actually used in the bridge
falling under the estimated stress OF twenty
thousand pounds square inch, given as tne
ma yinum by the engineers of the Bridge De-
partment7"
II think there is grave danger.
In what way could it be demonstrated that
this real danger does exist'
The only convincing way in which that could
be done would be by an actual test of a model
built upon the exact lines of the main compress
sion members used for the structure and sub
jectnS it to a test equal and exceeding the
maximum working stress purposed in the COM
pIeted structure This could be done at COM
paratively small cost. and the test could be
finished inside a month. Then il would be
proved beyond a shadow of doubt whether the
main compression members used were able to
take the load purposed TO be put upon them
when the bridge is completed.
Not only was the work of preparing the orig
inaI stress sheets for this bridge not hurried
but the calculations occupied over ten months
and we're checked over by two independent sets
of con7puters II is theeestab1ished practice to
verify the computations in sections as the work.
ing drawings are being prepared and constantly
compared With the data used in the coInputa-
tions This is a part of the duty and work of
tho bridge engineer. II neglected in the
Quebec bridge and the grave errors in the as
srrned weights were discovered too late-that
is when the bridge was already erected ard
when the error could not be corrected
Has The same mistake teen made in regard
to the BIackwe1Ts Island bridge?
Il do not know how why changes were
made in the original design. but that sort of
,fnkering with plans contracted for has certainly
not improved the design. but. the contrary.
fear has produced an unsafe bridge
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13

will be provided for. but not in the reservation
assigned to working newspaper men.
So important will be the work of the national
committee in its decisions of contests that
large force of newspaper men will doubtless be
in attendance. many OF the metropolitan dailies
sending special correspondents TO Chicago to re-
main during the entire meeting. These men will
be furnished with suitable accommodations In
which 10 prepare their copy, in rooms adjoining
the committee headquarters in the Coliseum.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13

House, by Margin of Twelve Votes, Sends
Measure to President.

Washington. May 12.-After a debate lasting
practically the entire session. the House to-day, by
Of 136 124 agreed to the conference report
the naval appropriation bill.
The insertion of new provision relating to in
in pay for officers and men of the marine
corps and navy drew forth a good deal of criti-
cism of the conferrees, who were charged with
having taken liberties and with having violated
The trust reposed in them by the House As The
conferrees reached a complete agreement the bill
now goes to the President. AT 5:04 p. IN. the
House recessed until II 80 a. m. tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
QUICK THAW TRIAL EXPECTED.

Poughkeepsie y y. May 12-Harry Thaw was
visited in the DUtcness IJunty Jail this morn
ing by DR.. John 2 Wilson. a medical eNaninerf
of this city. He was called in by Thaw's Counser.
ard if his examin4tion satisfies him that the prls
oner is sane he Will OF the hve experts
that the reIator viii put TIE stand when the
habeas corpus proceedings are begun before jus
tice Norschauser in this city on Thursday IL
is the idea Of District Attorney Mack that the
proceedings can be ..isYosed of in three days and
the trial finished bv SATURDAY night
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
SUPPOSED ,RArEMEN WERE BANDITS
Beat Express Messenger On Great Northern
Train and Looted Safe.

Seattle May 12-J Z. Perrine. express messen-
ger on the Great Northern train which left Seattle
al $40 o'clock this morning for Vancouver. b. G.
was bea ten the head with his pistol and tied
hand and foot by two men who entered the train
just as it leaving Seattle. After overpowering
the messenger. the looted the strong box of
a estimated at from 1900 to $4,000. The
robbers. who escaped. entered the just the
train leaving the station here. They
brakemen uniforms and Perrine paid little atten-
ton TO them. supposng they were train hands.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
FIRE SWEEPS BARRYTOWN LANDING.
Nearly Every Building in Hamlet Destroyed
Loss of S58,000.

Rarrytown, y. Y. May 12-Fire destroyed prop
erty valued at s5S 600 at Barrytown Landing, TWEEN
tv-tvo miles north of Poughkecpsie. to-day Near
lv every building in the hamlet was destroyed A
southwest gale swept the flames from the River
side Hotel over half mile area
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
GOV. BLANCHARD HITS RAcETRAcKs.

Baton Rouge. La. May Fin Governor Blanch-
ard message 10 the General Assembly to-day he
urges strict regulation of the liquor traffic. and
says that if this does correct its evils there
should be absolute prohibition He urges the
passage OF employers HaSIilty and. anti-lobby
laws ana saws that racet. ack gambling is per-
nicious and should be abolished
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
NAVY


Captain F NJ BARBER ,retiredl detached special duty
abroad home and settle accounts
Lieutenant Commander W. 8 CROSI.EY TO ordnance de
partmsnt. yard New York
Lieutenant r. e. DAVIS. detached command the Gram
pus; 10 naval hospital. Mare Island
Ensign W /. FRIEDELI. orders to the South Dakota
revoked: continue the Kentucky.
Ensign MI. WALKER. detached the Maine; to the
Carolina ,
Dakota.
Ensign ! s WOODS al hospital. Mare Island:
home Eick months
Surgeon J. B DENNIS. detached the South Dakota; to
Sturgeon e H T IOwNDEs. detached the Virginia. TO
the South Dakota.
Paymaster A HUNTINGTON. detached navy yard
New York: settle accounts. walt orders
Psyma.ter r. r DJ BOIS. to navy yard Ne" YORK. In
charge o clothing factory
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS-The following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department;
ARRIVED
Paducsh a curacao.
NJ, n tn. SCORPION az Key West; the Hist the Taran-
1 mi. m. Nirer and tn, Cuttlensh navy yard New
yorL. tn. Vhipple Hopkins the Hull the a
r.nc. the stewart and the TruNtun AT Mare Island
N.v fI-1h. Rocket from Norfolk Head. III.
WhippI. the Hopkins. the Hull. the Lawrence. the
e,.u art and the Truxtun. from San Francisco for
Island
NAY I2~Ths Wo.verins. from Erie for Cleveland
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13

,..otsi, RAIIF:Y + ASHFORD medical corps. from
Washington Barracks july /. to san Juan. p r. re-
Iieyinr Ma ior OGDEN RAFFERTY,. medical corps.
10 Wayne
RFSJAMIN +. NItkI1IN. 9th Infantry. to Fort
sheridan June g. as sy,otter national
Major WILLIAM : PIERCE. ordnance department. to
Washington. .-....- . -. -
Leaves OF absence: colonel HARVEY e. CAR
RAUGH. iudge advocate. June l. three months ana
First lieutenant CLARENCE s. NATLES. 18th In
fantry
New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
1RJfY IND NAVY NEUS.
ARMY.

From The Tribune Bureau
ORDERS ISSCED.-The following orders have
been issued
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-19
WARD COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Democrats Will Meet at Minot on
March %.
A meeting of the Democratic central
COMMITTEES CT Ward county was held
in the Office of John Ehr at Minot for
the purpose of arranging for caucuses
and fixing the date of the county con-
vention.
The meeting was called to order by
B. B. Cox and w. G. McHugh was
elected permanent secretary. 1t was
decided that the caucuses would be
held in tae different precincts March
IS, between the hours of 2 and 4 p. M,
and that the convention be held in the
court house at Minot March %. It
was also decided that each precinct be
allowed two delegates at large and
enc for each fifty votes or fraction
thereof, cast at the last election for
Hon. John Burke for governor.
Nothing was said at the meeting in
regard to endorsing any particular
presidential candidate, it being under
stood by all that the proper place to
settle such a question is at the eau.
cuses and convention.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-19
GARRISON MAN MISSING.
c. c. Jones Has MysteriousIy Disap.
peared,

c. c. Jones Has MysteriousIy Disap.
peared.
c. C. Jones left Garrison on Feb. 10,
and since that date nothing has been
heard of him, and it is not known what
has become of him. His relatives are
considerably worried over his disap-
pearance and some fear that he is
dead CT has met with some accident.
Tie missing man is proprietor Of
the Garrison Wood and Iron works.
and is we'll known in and around Gar
rison. He left there presumably on a
business trip. and not a word has been
heard from him since. His business
was left in charge of others.
Jones is a man about five feet six
or eight inches tall, has light hair and
is bald on the top of his head. He
had long light moustache when he
disappeared, and has one hazel eye.
the other having a white growth over
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-19
Binds Two Mail Clerks and
Leisurely Rifles Registered
Mail Pouches.
C00llY DOES WORK OF CLERKS
Stays on Car Five Hours aud Receives
and Discharges Mail at All
Stopping Places.

Spokane, Wash. March IA lone
bandit boarded the mail car on the
west-bound Oriental limited. the fast
transcontinental train of The Great
Northern railway. at Bonner's Ferry.
Idaho, before daylight yesterday
morning. bound the two mail clerks,
robbed the mail and escaped.
The robbery was not discovered I'M
til the train reached Spokane at $3.50
a. m. more than five hours after the
bandit boarded the train.
Mail Clerk Bound.
The train carried the through trans
continental mail, much of it register
ed letters. The amount stolen will
not be known until the registered mail
has been checked up by the postal
authorities. =
When the train arrived here at $3.50
o'clock the mail car was closed. En-
ployes at the station opened the car
and found one of the mail clerks ~
ing bound on the mail sacks. The
other clerk was locked in closet.
As soon as the men were released
they said that bandit bearded the
car at Bcnncr's Ferry, town of $50.
people. division point about 100
miles east Of Spokane, where the
train arrived at 1904 a. nj.
Bandit Handles the Mail. |:
The bandit, said the mail clerks.
he'd them up. then bound them and
went through the registered mail. He
then said fe would work the regular
mail and proceeded to do so.
At all rig -" stops he threw off the
mail and took ON the outgoing sack.
though at so.cc of the smaller places.
where the train does not stop he did
not throw off the mail. He stayed OIL
the train for nearly five hours. jump
ing off at a junction two miles east
of Spokane.
AS soon as the robbery was discov-
cred the postal authorities here and
also the local police were notified. It
was discovered that all the mail had
been badly mixed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-19
HE THREATENED TO KILL.

Warrant Issued for Arrest OF FoxhoIm
Man.
Judge Murray of Minot issued a
warrant for the arrest of George Nc
Hattie CT Fcxho.m. who. it is alleged.
threatened to kill Lawrence Z. Greg
e.son, a neighbor.
The complaint asks that McHattie
be asked to put up bonds to keep the
peace. 1t is said that the two men
had trouble over homestead near
Foxhclm. Gregerson. it is said, con.
tasted McEatlie's claim while the lat
TER was away.
Gregsfscn charges McHattie and
others with destroying his shack, and
he also alleges that McHattie made
threats uron his life.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-19

Mrs. l.. Muhs of Minot was arrested
Sunday night by Sheriff Lee on infor-
nation filed by States Attorney Nc.
Gee, charging the defendant with run
ming a blind pig.
Mrs. Muhs furnished $500 cash
bonds to appear in court.
The warrant charges Mrs. Muhs
with selling intoxicating liquors in vi
olation of the state law.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-19
Auto scares Horse.

Marshalltown. Iowa. March II. -
Mrs. L. NJ. Kinsey and daughter Ma
bel Of Taylor township, were serious
ly injured in bad runaway in this
city. The horse Mrs. Kinsey was driv-
ing became frightened at an automo-
bile, throwing the mother and daugh-
ter to the pavement.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-19
SETTLERS ARE COMING.

There will be great influx of set
tiers in North Dakota during the CON-
ing few months. according to railway
officials, who are we'll posted in the
matter. There will be a large num-
Der of carloads of immigrants coming
to this section from the old districts
of east and south, the first one of
these passing through Grand Forks
last week.
The Northwest will experience a
great travel during the season. as
people are beginning to more fully
realize the excellent opportunities Of
fered here.