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New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
ALASKA COAL LAND HEARING.
Clarence Cunningham Explains Objects
of His Syndicate.

Seattle, Nov. 19.-In the hearing TO de
termine the validity Of the Cunningham
Alaska coal land claims before Special
Commissioner MCGEE. OF the General Land
Office. a number OF aflidavits were intro
duced to-day u show thai the entrymen
did not make their filings fO- their own
benefit. but that previously they had en-
tered into an agreement 10 consolidate
them.
Tile affidavit OF Clarence Cunningham
self and thirty-two others. The affidavit
continues:
The Cunningham syndicate. which was
contemplating building a railroad 10 our
coal fields. is not directly or indirectly inter-
toward development OF purchase of said
lands. The syndicate, after We had secured
final certificate. endeavOre 10 come to an
q sTeemeut or understanding with reference
To our coal. In company with two others
OT our claimants. I met the Guggenhe.rl
that. in the event Of railroad construction
we would sell them al the coal required
for the!r Use and whatever coal they could
hnd market f0I.
Whether the Gusgenhctru system has
since changed its plans regarding lis rail-
road terminus. the agreement has been
ubroSated, and We now hay- surveys for
our railroad from kanak To our coal fields
and we Intend To proceed with development
work and mine the coal for ourselves.
Continuing, the affidavit states that the
coal lands were fled upon with the sole
aim OF forming n company for their deveI-
opment luI not in the interest Of any cor
POTs.tiUn.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
DEAIOTIONs
DISaIIssALS
TR1DE VAR FEARED.
Tariff Board 10 GiUe Especial
attention to CGnddG.
IFrnr. The Trlhrne Prreau !

Washington. Nov l9.-The Tariff Board
has come To the conclusion that the most
difficult task before IL in securing an
equitable application OF the maximum and
minimum clause WIII be presented 10y Can
ada. FOR thls reason il has been suggested
that the first trip made by the board be
into the Dominion. and Professor Emery
is inclined 10 the opinion that before all
the perplexites Of the question are re-
moved j. VIII be necessary for the board 10
gain accurate Information at rirst hand.
While the board Is giving careful attention
10 French ard German Determinations
against American commodities IL is Ger
tain that l. is giving most Of its time
10 The Canadian problem Before the final
report 10 the President on this question
is made T. is probable that AZ least one
member of the board Will have visited
Canada
At tie present time some Of the prov
-inces Of Canada enforce customs regula-
tions which appear 10 effect an unjust
discrimination against the United States.
i is feared that these discrIminatoins are
so fsrrcJching in their character and have
such a derOsGtoyy influence on American
expectations INTO Canada as To be re-
garded as undue discri.llnatons' under
the language Of the Payne law. There is
a stronE feeling at the Treasury Depart
meut that unless these determinations
cease or some arrangement suitable 10
both countries is made II trade war is i'm
miuent and the Tari0 Board would hesl-
tate 20 enter such a conflict without first
being certain that II possessed all the
essential facts necessary TO a complete
understanding OF the situation.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
URGES NR. WILLETT.
Mr. Carnegie Sad TO Haze In
tGrcedcd an PiHsburg Politics.
IEy Telegram 10 The Tribune. ,

4lis -e-ssra- b 20 The Tribune
Pittsourg, NOV. l9.-Word reached
FIttsburs late this afternoon that An
drew Carnegie placed himself in direct
touch with President Taft at Norfolk
to-day on the question OF the appoint
nenj OF 4 supervisor Of census al Pitts
burg. Mr.. Carnegie IS known 10 object
strongly 10 the recall Of Professor Allen
ii. Willett. Of the Department os Econo-
mics at Carnegie Technical School here,
In favor OF State Representative Frank
J. klumpp.
Within two hours after the report
reached here word came from Washing
ton that the appointment II Afr. Klumpp
lad been held up and that a compromise
candidate would b. brought forward. II
is understood here that Mr. Carnegie
WIN insist upon the appointment of VII
lltt This is the first time that ne has
interested himself I'm Pittsburg politics.
Professor Millett apparently al the sug-
sesti"n of Nr. Carnegie, refused COM
promise offer made him by the Census
Bureau az Washington yesterday
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
DOUBT POISON IDEA.
Troy Victim BelieCed to Haze
Been ChOkpd.

Troy. X y Nov. ls-The authorities
who are investigating the murder Of Miss
Caroline -. Gorgen. Of Green Island. ap-
pear TO be al a standstil SO far as a
direct clew which would lead 10 an ar
rest is concerned. Two rewards have been
offered FOR the arrest and conviction OF the
murderer. one for Sl.Gao 10y the Albany
County Board of Supervisors and one Of
$50 by the village % Green Island.
The most prominent line of reasoning re-
gardiEg the murder AT first was that A
powerful drug had been given the young
woman and that she had been assaulted
the poison proving fatal. The autopsy
showed the heart and lungs apparently in
normal condition. The stomach is now at
the Bender Laboratory. albany. for a
microscopic examination 20 find possible
traces of poison.
Tonight the belief appears To b. gaining
ground that the girl was not poisoned: that
she was seized from behind by some thug
Garrotcd with a pressure OF the forearm.
assaulted and robbed The crime is now
thought 10 have been committed al or near
tae s.'t where Ihe body was found
Stores In this city and vicinity were yis-
ited to-day 10 hnd out, IL possible. if gloves
such as the pair found near the body had
been sold lately ana 10 whom Il was
fouUd that such gloves were for sale
iu two Troy stores. and that they are OF
The kind usually sold 10 Italians
District Attorney Sanford Of Albany
Couaiy announced to-day that he intended
O. procure the services OF two Pinkerton
detectives. 4he n0ckctbooS containing a.
least S-5. which Mss Goreen had Tuesday
Ht'"in""a and which was presumably taken
hy her slayer las not been found.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
ALL GUILTY TO GO
M1CVE1GH ON SUGAR
FRAUDS.
Immunity Only as Last Resort
More DiSmiSSdls
Erpected.
from The Tribune Bureau ]

Washington. Nov. l9-"No government
employe who has assisted in making the
sugar frauds possible or who has been dis
honest I'm his off @ will hereafter be con-
tlnued in his position"
Secretary MacVeagh made the foregoing
significant statement to-day 20 q number Of
newspaper correspondents VINO had gath
cred in his Office 10 obtain some comment
on the wholesale dismissals announced by
Collector Loeb. Mr.. MacNeagh was care
ful not 10 say that no more immunity would
be granted 10 men who by their confessions
may assist the government in discovering
the source Of the frauds and in Tehabili-
tating the customs service. but he init
mated that this immunity would not be
granted In the future unless IL seemed the
only means Of Uncoverng dishonesty He
pointed out clearly that in re cases IN
which immunity had been granted IL was
the only way open TO the Treasury Depart
ment. Its investigators had been confront
Cd with the alternative Of missing impor-
tant links IN the chain of evidence or de-
pending on q guilty man "a expose guilty
men. He declared that the department had
been confronted by "A stone wall, and that
n had surmounted the obscaCle by an heroic
measure which was absolutely necessary
The end is not yet in sight" the Sec
retary said. The number OF dismissals thus
far announced viii undoubtedly be in
creased. am not sure how extensive the
future removals will be. That depends en-
tirely on how deeply the decay has eaten
into the customs service. We viii keep at
work with our Investigations until we are
satisfied that the last OF the dishonest en-
ployes has been dismissed. l hope this VIII
come about shortly. but am not at all GER
tain that il viii The work that We are
doing is q gradual one. II cannot be ac-
complished in q day or a month, and II
may Ia 4 year before we are satisfied that
the customs service has been rehabiiitated
in the places Of the men who are dis
charged we are putting the best men we
can secure Many OF them are taken from
within the service on the recommendation
OF their superiors I am absolutely conf
dent that the results that we desire VIII
be achieved"
Secretary MacNeaSh prepared a state
ment showing the number Of changes IN
the personnel OF the service at New York
which have been made since March T. 1909.
II shows that there have been l23 demouons
and l0i dlsmissals. not including those an
nounced by Collector Loeb to-day. The sal
aries range from 81 a day 70 5000 year
The demotions were made because OF lnefn-
cheney and not because Of corruption Il. The
list follows:
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
SEE MANY BODIES,
Explorers Bring -Four More to
Surface at CherrU

Cherry H., Nov. is.-With the fire io the
81. Paul Iaine greatly checked and five OF
the three hundred bodies of men who were
killed last Saturday recovered. il is hoped
that much progress toward clearing the
mine viii be made to-UOrrow
Many bodies were seen to-day by ex-
piorers working deep into the second gal
lery. hut the searchers were forced To re-
treat 10y faIlius earth and rock after
bringing four To the surface.
Miners were put 10 work in the galleries
Tonight replacing the burned tinbers and
clearing INSTRUCTIONS which impede access
into the coal veins beyond a point two hum
dred and nifty feet from tht main shaft
Beyond this point latent fires stiH burn
ami il VIII be some time before they can
be eXtinEuiShed.
Cherry was filed with thousands of Wis
itors all day. attracted by the opening OF
lie mine. They came in special trains.
automobiles, carriages and on foot The
military guard around the mine preserved
perfect order
The dead recovered to-day were tdenti-
ned as Henry Klcll. Alfred KroH. fifteen
years Old. father and son. George McMuI-
zen and tnaTIes Waite. The father and
son s're clasped Ia each others. arms
Tie mining Investigating commission OF
Illinois VIII meet iu Chicago next Wedues-
day to plan "A Iul investigation Of the orr
sin and causes of the Cherry disaster and
10 determine whether legislation can he
enacted which will prevent OF tend To pre-
N'It - repetition az such an occurrence
Washington Nov I3-The American Red
Cross has received from The Chicago
Tribune $1,000 80 relieve the sufferers
from the Cherry mine disaster
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
"HOCH DER HEARST"
Germans Praise Late Candidate and
Jeer at Murphy.

Nith God for Hearst and flthcrian1
Thr- threw themselves on the Cashsus- band.
Thus sang about three hundred members
OF the German Independence League last
night ~ their ''GroSser EomIrerS'' IN Man
uerchoi Han. Ine singing was inter-
spersed with many expressions Of admra-
ron for he man VINO ran last IN the recent
mayoralty election and II derision FOR the
Fourteenth Street leade. whose cohorts
went dpvu 60 defeat. Thcrc were cries OF
'Hoch der Hearst ana Grand Field
Marshal Gash0Use Charlie Murphy
Mr. Hearst Ias unable 60 be present, and
IA his absence George McAueny. who VIII
hold tLe Office oi Borough President 81
Manhattau after January g. made The prin-
cipal speech OF tn evening. Mr.. McAneuy
thanked the Germans -or standing behind
tie fusion ticket. ami said that there was
not a man who WAS elected on that ticket
who did not hold UIt MS hand 10 Judge
Gayu0r and who would not give him sup
port wherever anything FOR rhe good of
New York was put forward. In, speaker
was cheercd ~ the clos" of his speech and
then the members went back 20 praise of
their IDOL.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20

there was "A gathering Of material FOR
showdown when the question calls for
It, There was another claimant. a man
who was an Official high in the gov
eminent service, but he was not ready to
take his stand as the original discoyerer
81 crooked work at the williamsburg
docks. II was said yesterday that the
government would soon want 10 know
why some OF these men withheld their
so-called Information for so many years.
John II O'Brien. Commissioner Of the
Department OF Water Supply. Gas and
Electricity reported 10 Mayor Mcclellan
yesterday the progress Of the city suit
for s525.00o against the American Sugar
Refining Company for water alleged 10
have been used by the company without
the knowledge Of the city. After telling
Of the discovery Of pipes not metered or
recorded in the municipal books. Mr..
O'Brien said in his report:
Since December ?. 1908. there have
been twenty seven hearings before a ref
ere twenty -u.Ce witnesses have been
examined and two thousand pages Of
testimony have been taken. one hundred
and thirty exhibits have been received IN
evidence, comprising approximately ten
thousand pages. The city rested its
case the week before last. and since
that time the hearings have been occu-
pied ia taxing the testimony Of witnesses
Tor The plaintiff in reauttal and the Cor
poration Counsel informs me that IL IS
impossible 10 say how much further time
viii be required TO conclude the case.
am Informed that the plaintiff has still
number OF witnesses o. examine. It
D. ses "a, l,--
anally rested 70 introduce testimony Oh
behalf of the city in rebuttal. i have no
knowledge that the matter was ever re
fcrTcd 10 the grand Jury.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
QUAKER BUILDING HALTED.
Strike Began with Employment Of Non
Union Men on Department Store.

Philadelphia. NOV l9-As the result ~ q
strike Of eighty carpenters employed IN
the construction of large department
store more taan one thousand yyorkmen
oi various building operations IL. this cit,.
&c .a.e. The carpenters charge that M.
woodwork contract has been lct 20 a firm
employing u9n--Uion men
The other union Worknen at work On
Tie STRUCTURE g-it out n sympathy with
Tie carr enters. Among those who stopped
Wera were ifty fogr granite cutters and
settlers ahi because oi their actlOn the
--"si'f 'Taiiie cutters Association las
cred fourteen hrms IN This CITY 60 fock
oat aI union cutters The union men -
counter move. ordered ever. man NOT
aie tee Or tie lockout 20 quit. ana a. a
result work on nearly every building Or
Grafton where stone is used Is AZ a stand
s.lll.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
WOMEN NAY TAKE CENSUS.
Director Durand Issues Instructions TO
Supervisors.

Washington. N1y. l3.-Instructious 20 su-
ptIvtsols who are TO Iake the next census.
B., ginning Aprl TO- 1910, nave just been for
warded 10 them hy Census Director Du-
rand There is nothing ia The act provid-
iEI Tor the taking of this census. tue al-
rector saws, which viii prevent women or
persons under tSeniy-oEe years OF age
from becoming eligible 20 appointment as
eHlMcTatoTs, aad l., says uaat IN both the
eleventh and twelfth ceusIses women wee
employed ia such wCfk.
II is estimated thst more than sixty-uyr
thousand ,uumeratois viii be employed, of
which number forty live thousand ,gUl
hoth 'n both Tie population aad farm
scheduled.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
REYNoLDS'S SUCCESSOR.
Will Not Come from Chicago, Says Sec
retary MacVeagh.

Washington. Nov. 19-'WU James n
Reynoldss successor as Assistant Secte-
tary OF the Treasury come from Chicago
asked newspaper correspondent of Secre-
tary MacVeagh to-day.
He viii not" Was the answer shot back
by Mr. MacVeaEh.
Nh MacVeagh is not ready to Announce
the appointment.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
MRS. CHRIsTY SUES FOR CHILD.
Artists Wife Wants Possession of
Their Ten Year-Old Offspring.

GAINESVILLE. Ohio. Nov. I9.-Mrs MaebeIlo
Thompson CAristy. wife OF Howard chan
der Christy. the artist OF New York CIr,
Instituted to-day habeas corpus proceed
iugs In the local courts % obtain posse,-
sion or the couples ten-year-uld child whn
has been staying with the parents OF MIR.
ChTisty.
The child Was not AT home when a shertr,
called 10 serve the papers
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
DE WITT CLINTON RUNNERS WIN.

The De Witt Clinton High School de
feated the Bryant High School In a dual
'cross-country run over course around
Central Park yesterday by the score OF "a
10 B. Babtkis. ~ De Witt Clinton. va.
the hrst hoy across the line. winning by n
comfortable distance from Rooney. a Rrv-
ant runner. In the fast time Of e0.55. Al
Donald. OF DE Witt Clinton. finished third
several yards behind Rooney.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20
BoREAs BRoUGHT BABY GIRL.
Born q Sea on La Provence During a
Storm.

Had IL not been Tor cruel storm which
s'T."E tie French liner Ia Provence two
day ago, Efle Louise EiFot. the lin.
darsi'cI ~ Gr'rs- hisot au Instructor of
languages % fhis c.ty. might have been
born 'u American sol. The infant. with
her mother. IVES passenger on Ia
PFoT'n"" when the fast Fr,ucl fy,i ar
rived l.re yesterday, Tie child having been
born a. se,, Oh Thlrs6ay
According 20 Dr. AlpAonse PoteI. taa
ships surgeon Aiss Louise BigOt weighs
~" hl'o~. ana II iIe brlshi'st Ettle pas
scnG'r fJr her size HAT has eve. been
brought 10 thIs port Mr. Higot went 10
Franee iu Juiy. Mother and +. tighter vii!
re1nsin in lae hospital 4 TIE steamer flr
q feS days under the protection II The
FreRch fag.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-20

they have TALKED about II among them.
selves. but 1 have not talked about II
with them"
Justice Scott said he Ind taken the
subject up with the Mayor about ten
days ago. He dId not see the Mayor. hs
said. or write 70 him. but a friend had
gone to he Mayor and talked the sub
iect over with him
"I saw Controller Metz yesterday" ia
continued. "ana talked the matter over
with him. The Controller said Ia
thought u was fair and rsasonabIe
proposition. BIt aid not think II would
come before the Board Of Estimate this
week thought It would not b untu
next week"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
SPOKANE.

There is some handsome mount
ing and a varied and acceptable
line of entertainment in "A Stub
born Cinderella" which closes an
engagement tonight. There isn't
much system but plenty Of fun in
the production.
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Richard A. Ballinger, lawyer
Of Seattle, Washington state, is Sec
rotary Of the interior in President
Taft's cabinet. Meantime James
r. Garfield, fellow alumnus with
Ballinger of Williams college and
discoverer of Ballinger, has been
relegated to private life and the
practice of law.
R. A. Ballinger made a good REQ.
ord as commissioner of the generai
land Office under Garfield. This
Office had been desperately in need
Of reform for long time. Nobody
had apparently been able to reform
it until Jimmy Garfield thought of
his old friend Ballinger away out
in Seattle. It was with great diff
Guilty that he dragged Ballinger out
of his law Office and got him to
come to Washington. But as a
result of his coming the land Office
is only one year and eight months
behind its business now, whereas,
under all previous administrations,
it had been four years and seven
months behind, or thereabouts.
So Taft decided to fire the dis
coverer OF Ballinger and make Bal
linger himself head of the interior
department. And Ballinger is no
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17

doubt a competent A No. 1 man.
He is not confirmed in the habit
of Office holding, although he was
once mayor of Seattle. He was born
in Boonesboro, Iowa, July 8, 1858.
He prepared for college in the pre-
paratory department Of the Univer-
sity Of Kansas, and at Washburn
college, Topeka. He graduated from
Williams college in 1884. He went
west to grow up with the country
and after practicing law was Unit
ed States commissioner in 1890 and
1892. Later he was made judge of
the supreme court Of Jefferson
county. While resting he wrote
a textbook on community property
and annotated the codes and stat
utes of Washington. He is mem
Der of the law firm of Ronald &
Battle of Seattle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
CHAPTER XVI.
JEALOUSY,

O1AI LII ANl.
JEALOUSY.
Stepane entered Wanda's bou-
doir and found there Raymond
Chabert, who had brought with
him the package of letters that
he had received at Geneva; for II
was the eve of the princess TWEEN.
ty-first birthday.
Litzanoff appeared perfectly self
possessed, but at the sight of Ray
mond, the first that had devoured
his heart for two years burst forth
in flames of jealousy.
When Stepane and Wanda found
themselves alone, they felt over
whelmed. They dared not look
upon one another; they hardly
dared speak.
Wanda-that brave woman who
never trembled-feared this man
who loved her.
"Well?" she said, affecting an in
different manner, what have you
been doing all this time? Pad
lewsky told me that you were de-
vouring books on socialism"
But Stepane heard not a word.
WHO is that gentleman" he
asked roughly.
He is an engineer"
Eyes. He has been laying out a
railroad in southern Russia, that
goes directly through my fathers
property; SO of course we were
obliged to make his acquaintance.
And besides--he Is one of u.s."
Litzanoff laid his hand upon the
little package Of papers that Ray
mond had left; as he did so he
watched Wanda attentively.
Are these socialist pamphlets ?"
he asked.
Il think not"
I'll is probably the plan of the
railroad, and as have a great deal
Of land in the Ukraine, this rail-
road may affect my property, too"
you are taking a great deal of
interest in the management of your
affairs just now, are you not?"
Yes, a great deal. viii you let
me look at the plan Of this rail-
road?"
Ito be continued)
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TURKISH BATH PARLoRs,

There are many people in this
city who are not aware Of our ex.
cellent plant. We have expended
$4,000 to offer to Spokane people
one Of the most complete and up.
to-date Turkish bath parlors in tho
northwest. Bath and bed for the
night Is only 800. Turkish Bath
Parlors, First and Stevens. H. p.
Nichols, prop. Main 1874. 49,
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lz5|2z;
7iyS1sxr ~ ~ Nsw0 AAya SSYSAssx Asss

His anger had passed away; he
complimented the prince upon hav.
ing such a daughter.
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The Winnie, Russian pianist, is at
the Spokane Friday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-17
AUDITORIUM.

Frank McQuarrie is appearing to
advantage this week as Danny
Mann, the bunch back servant in
"The Colleen Bawn," by the Jessie
Shirley Co. at the Auditorium. To
night is Hibernian night at the
theater in honor of st. Patrick's
day.
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PANTAcEs.

= The Orpheus quartet Of come.
dams and singers help to create
smiles and keep the audience in a
good humor. The antics of the old
favorite of the comic section, the
mule Maud, caps rhe climax in the
laughing line.
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oRPHEUM.

George Austin Moore in his char
acter songs, is one of the saving
numbers in this weeks bill at the
Orpheum. Moore's dialect work,
particularly his negro and Swede
songs, is without fault.
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CHRISTIAN SCiENCE: THE
SCIENCE QE SALVATION.

This is the subject of the free
lecture to be delivered by Professor
Hermann S. Herring, G. s. B., of
Concord, N. H., Sunday, March Fl,
at p. m. in the Auditorium thea
ter. You and your friends are in
vited to come and hear what Pro-
lessor Herring has to say. "**
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WASHINGTON THEATER
HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE
WEEK COM. MAT, MARCH ~.
Worlds Greatest Jail Breaker and
Handcuff King.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robyns. presenting
"The Counsel for the Defense"
The Mech International Trio, Phys
ical Culture Marvels. Norton q
Russell. "The Organ Grinder ana
the Monk" Dun q Walsh, the
Dancing Adonises. Biograph.
Matinee daily at $3.50. Two shows
every evening. 1880 and 900.
Prices: Is and 25 cents. ,
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WASHINGTON.

Bindamour, the handcuh king,
leaped from the Washington street
bridge yesterday afternoon hand
cuffed and manacled. In less than