davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
DEPEW ON THE TARIFF.
Says It Will Help Along Greatest Wave of
Prosperity Ever Known.

Senator Depew. Just before he sailed abroad with
his wife Yesterday the Philadelphia said that
If tie consumer had 10 pay an increased price for
his goods IN the immediate future il would be be
cause Of prosperity and not because Of the new
tariff. He said that with the assistance Of PTesi-
dent Tart a tariff law had been passed which
would accelerate what had already been started in
hts opinion the greatest wave OF prosperity this
country ever had known.
las 10 the changes in rates" he continued, the
American people adjust themselves to whatever
exists. This tariff, on broad lines is advance
iu the rate Of duty uNures only-lqUors, yachts,
automobiles and SO forth-and reduction in the
rate of duty on all necessities imported from
abroad so that II the consumer pays any more
during this coming year il is not the fault Of the
tariG, but because the demand is great on ac-
count Of great prosperity that manufacturers
and merchants are obliged to ask higher prices"
Senator and Mrs. Depew will visit Paris and Ak
les Baius before returning this country. in
aftoI.r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
ITALIAN MOB ATTACKS POLICE.
Much Powder Burned and Missiles Hurled IN
Riot After Shooting

Tho roIica Of the Hamilton avenue precinct we're
targets for stones bricks and revolver bullets IN
a riot after a shooting ARRAY in the heart OF
Brooklyn's Italian section last night The orhcers
were forced to pull their revolvers They hred a
fusillade of shots in the air. dispensing the moo
q, tvvo or three thousand Italians Then the hur-
IT, % missiles and the firing of revolvers from
roofs and fire escapes ceased
ON. Italian was shot through the neck but VIII
live and five were arrested one for carrying
concealed weapons one for feonious assault and
three others as material witnesses The police
suspect the three arrested as witnesses TO nave
bo.a a,,ony the men who fred on them from the
windows and roofs.
The ARRAY started in front OF a tumble down
shack at No. u6 Van Bruut street II Is said
TO have originated in quarrel between the MEM
hers of two Italian benevolent societies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08

OF various government departments at Wash
ington and amendments 10 the Interstate Com
merce and sherman antitrust laws have been
expressed by him from time 10 time in his
speeches
The President also has already formulated tho
general character OF the speeches he is to de-
liver in the West, and these will require little
attention from him during his vacation. He viii
defend the tariff act sincere effort TO com
ply with the party platform and campaign prom
Uses; viii ask the support Of the country for the
corporation tax lasV and explain many of the
features OF the new lew occasion permits.
Secretary Carpenter has received many dis
patches to-day from Senators Representatives
and governors Of the various states asking that
additional stops Doe Included in the Presidents
long itinerary FOR his Western and Southern
trip as announced from Washington yesterday.
Few Of these requests can be granted at this
late daf FER engagements already made viii
occupy all the available time OF the trip.
The details OF the long swing through the
states viii occupy much Of Mr.. Carpenters time
during the Presidents stay in Beverly. He IS
taking up with the local committees OF the va
rious cities where stops are TO be- made the
programmes TO be agreed upon in each COM
munity. The task IS one OF colossal proper
fionS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
NAY HAVE FIVE EXPERTS.
Tariff Appointees VIII Be Men
We'll Equipped for the WOrk.

Washington. Aug. Tt said authoritatively
at the Treasury Department to-day that the board
of tariff experts 10 be appointed by the President
might consist OF five instead OF three. 1t
pointed out that the number discretionary with
President Taft.
Thus far it be said absolutely no member Of
the beard has been selected Several available men
have been suggested. but when President Taft left
Washington yesterday afternoon, he had reached no
determination 10 the personnel OF the board.
Secretary MacVeagh OF the Treasury Department
is giving consideration 10 the appOrtees. and ex-
poets to confer with the President the fut-
1t is reasonably certain that the board Will be
named before the President starts his inter
continental trip in September but it is not regarded
likely that the selections will be hasty, because
the President desires TO have, members of tho
board only who are well equipped for the
worA by nature and by education, but also men who
available for service abroad. where al least
some of the members will kave to spend time the
study of conditions in other countries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
LEADING DEMOCRATS TO CONFER.
Movement Backed by Home Rule Men, but
Has Broader Significance 1t Is Said.

Buffalo Aug. THE Express tomorrow will
say that conference of Democrats will be held
at Saratoga September g. The call for the
ing is TO be issued within a few days by publca-
ton. II has already been signed by many promi-
nent Democrats of the state. including many iden-
titled with the Home Rule Democracy movement
that started shortly after the Democratic State
Convention last spring because OF the adoption Of
the Batten resolution But the movement. it is
said is a broader scale than the home rulers
organization.
The following named have signed the call or are
at least in full sympathy with Il Martin J. Glynn
James Smith, of Buffalo; u. Cady Herrick. Morgan
J. O'Brien, Thomas NJ Osborne. Edward NJ Shep-
ard John G. Carlisle. of WATERFOWL; Daniel Shee-
han. Mayor OF Emira n. Il. Hill, William +. Shee
han. Charles T. Murphy, James O Bennett of
Chautauqua Treasurer Moore Of Oswego County
the Democratic Mayor of Amsterdam Mayor Sult-
van Of Norwich. George NJ Palmer, Of S,hoharie.
Robert Maxwell, OF Batavia; Lewis Anislale OF
Roche ster. Calhoun J. Buson OF Penn Yam :.
Wright McCoiium, postmaster at Lockport under
cleveland Frank :. Mott, OF Chautauqua John
Anderson of Essex Fred Snythe OF Rochester
John \. Dix. Charles F. Ratigan OF Auburn and
william Church Osborne OF Putnam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
CRITICS OF THE TARIFF.
Prediction of american Prosperity
Dir. Taft Highly Praised.
Especial by French Gable to The tribune. ]

Especial by French Gable TO The Tribune
London. Aug. English commentators on
the new American tariff are Influenced by the
bias Of their own views and the conclusions 10
, not agree. The Economist" which is the most
consistent Free Trade journal in the kingdom
talks loosely about Mr.. Tafts failure 10 re-
deem election promises. but it is constrained 10
admit that the position both of the foreign man
ufacturers and the American consumer is better
than might have been expected two months ago
when the majority in the Senate was openly
iiouting his wishes
other journals give the President credit FOR
strongly influencing the party leaders in both
houses and broadening the measure when it was
fairly in the hands of the conference committee
The Times" finds no cause for complaint in the
treatment of British manufacturers. since French
and German competitors will suffer greater
hardships from the changes in duties and the
customs regulations. other critics consider the
establishment of maximum and minimum SEIZED
ules distinct gain for England, since the most
favored nation clause will come into operation
automatically, and there are croakers who APP
prehenG danger from determinations against
the colonies and imperial tariff wars.
There is general recognition Of the advantage
of having the tariff settled for another decaoe
and allowing business interests to adapt them
selves TO il with the least possible disturbance.
A revival of American prosperity Is cohnueHuS
predicted by tariff reform writers and this Is
considered the greatest blessing for all rival
countries.
II the Unionists can have evidence in the
course Of twelve months that the revised tariff
with prosperity behind 1t, increases the import
trade and restores elasticity 10 the revenues
they will consider their own case made out for
a change Of tariff here. Mr.. Balfour has not
been tariff reform Hotspur, but he has con-
centrated the attention Of the wavering Union
lists on the absolute necessity for increased i'm
port duties if British finances are ever TO be
put upon a sound basis.
Mr.. Taft is compared with President Mckin-
ley in his happy faculty for consulting the lead
ers Of the majority and minority, pouring oil on
troubled waters and accomplishing practical
results without imposing his own VIII on any
body He is described as peacemaker, armed
with the resources of conciliatory craftsmanship
l. n f.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
P1YNE TAKES TO GOLF.
Tariff Bills 1uthOr Has a Decided
Objection to Obesity.
From The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington. Aug, Serene Elisha Payne au-
thor Of the latest tariff BILL has been accommodating
flesh during the last three or four years. Despite
his herculean efforts in framing the provisions of the
bin, and Notwithstanding days and nights of labor
the girth of the rotund New Yorker has shown no
signs Of dimrnution- Mr.. Payne is not greatly
pleased the thought that he is losing his figure
and he has decided TO take proper steps decorate
himself with military waist line. He is going to
play golf this summer.
Unul President Taft showed that large men can
do well on the links Mr- Payne held TO the idea
that golf required sprightlness and agility ana he
does not hesitate To admit that he has not for
many years possessed these qualities; but when he
learned that Mr.. Taft went over the Chevy Chase
course in s.. and thai the trim General Edwards
has yet equalled that record he took heart and
has ordered set OF clubs.
When ne left Washington to-day Mr. Payne did
not know a driver fraTu. a .brasse, but he wore
a determined look. and declared that before the
summer ends he VIII have mastered the rudiments
of the game and that he viii b. able beat Score
tary Knox before another spring eiapses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
WHITE HOUSE DESERTED
WOrkmca Haze Taken the Place of
Statesmen and Confusion Reigns.

Washington Aug. One glance At the execlI-
tive Offices is enough 20 tell that the place IS
vacant Overalls have taken the place Of frock
coats worlmen have taken the place Of states
men, and instead OF finely furnished Offices only
dirt and paper remain tell Of the exodus of the
President his secretaries and his lotteries Of clerks
To the observer, who Yesterday witnessed "A con-
slant stream of prominent calling a the
Offices TO say Eoodby 10 Mr.. Taft the scene pre-
scented to-day radically different Workmen
were busy moving the furniture from the Offices TO
the diplomatic cloakrooms. in the basement Of the
White House proper. and one glance I'm the Presi-
dents Office The Cabinet room. abe secretaries
Office. the clerks room. etc almost suggested that
a battle had only recently taken place hundreds OF
footprints marking the floors and paper lying all
over the place and in tiIe lobby about dozen
chairs and couple u tables had been moved
against enc Of The large windows. suggesting a bar
ricade
The fact is that the executive Offices have been
turned over 10 the builders. WorkIncn VIII begin
next Monday dig The foundation for the addition
winch Will cost $4,000 and viii be ready for the
President and Ms stan by November g. The south
wall Of the present Offices VIII De torn down and
a number Of changes viii take place The present
arrangement OF the rooms. following the plans pre-
scented IN The Tribune several weeks ago.
So much Of the clerical force Of the Presidents
office as remains I'm Washington during the summer
VII occupy ne space. under the East Terrace.
through which ON ceremonial occasions guests
enter and leave The Whit House
This entire portion OF the White House proper
viii be used for business purposes Several large
apartments which look out the grounds 70 the
south, known as the diplomatic cloakrooms. will
AFFORD ample space for the offices while the long
corridor VIII Doe used for the files and for storage
purposes
Ordinarily this portion Of the White House and
The East Room the floor above are omen 10 the
public during certain hours ~ the day such
visitors being admitted The east entrs-ce Oh
posite the Treasury Building During lie summer
the public viii be admitted an the door OF The
White House and w6f Doe shown only the upstairs
corridor ard the East Room
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
CORPORATION CONTROL
TO BE DISCUSSED HERE.
High officers of the Government
UM Meet to Consider Plan.


washington Aug THE men 10 whom the
President has delegated the task OF working out
scheme for the coordination Of the WORK OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission, OF the Depart
ment OF Justice and Of the Bureau OF Corporations
have decided 10 meet in New York the last week IN
August and probably the first week In September,
after which they expect to make-a trip TO Beverly
TO lay before the Chief Executive the results OF
their labors.
The men to whom the President corhded this
difficult task the Attorney General. the Secre-
taries of Commerce and Labor and of the Interior.
Solicitor General Bowers. Commissioner Prouty, OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission. and Repre-
sentative Townsend OF Michigan.
II will be recalled that these held several
conferences here not long after President Taft
was inaugurated but the pressure of work then
became so great that they were compelled to defer
their further consideration of this complex subject
until d later date. They have row decided on the
last week In August II is quite possible that the
Secretary OF the Interior will not be able to at
tend. when he left Washington he did not ex-
pect to return until the middle Of September
The task the President has set these men is a
most difficult The questions they must an
First-Is there necessity for amending
the Sherman antitrust law. and. If So in what par
ticulars? Seconds 1t advisable to relieve the In
terstate Commerce Commission OF its admin'stra-
tive work. making II purely judicial body and
if So whom shall that administrative work be
delegated? Thirds the Bureau of Corporations
best fulfilling the purposes for which it was created
and. II not, how should its Work be changed?
Fourth-Can the Department Of Justice render
assistance TO the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and the work to better advantage
by more extensive cooperation?
Out of these fundamental questions there arise in
Vulnerable collateral inquiries. and to all the Presi-
dent desires cear-cut anc comprehensive answers
In time to consider them and embOdy such as meet
with his approval i'm his annual message before he
starts his Western trip. on September 10 IN
some respects the deliberations of this commission,
if such it can called. will among the most i'm
pOrtant OF the present year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
CRAzED VETERAN SHOOTS THREE.
Kills Superintendent at Ohio Soldiers Home
Had Worried Over Promotions.

Dayton Ohio, Aug Edward Leonard. vet
erau a the National Soldiers Home. ran amuck
slis morning killing Captain oscar Eastmond and
wounding two other men.
Easmoud sitting in his office reading a
newspaper when Leonard entered and shot him.
the bullet penetrating the brain. Leonard pro-
ceeded 10 the hoor above where he wounded Ser
geaut George W. Arnold, III mounted another
stairway, and IN the upper squad room shot War
rem Wright. a private Wrshts injuries are not
serious. by that time the guard took the murderer
into custody.
Leonard's home IS in Boston. and he is a vet
erau 81 the civil War and later Indian wars tie
H. said 90 have been crazet hy jeaIousies over re-
cent appointments ANA promotions
Eastu,ud colonel this LIST North Carolina
infantry in lie CiVil war He had been suuertn-
teudent The home hotel He was sixty-nine
years old and leaves wife. who lives in New York
Clty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
CENSUS SUPERVISORS.
Ne7C York State to Haze 20 Ont of
the $50 To BE appointed.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington, Aug lone OF the LARGEST tasks
with which the President with the aid of the
director of the census will have TO deal this sum
will be the selection OF $3.50 supervisors take
the thirteenth of the United States. Before
the President left Washington for Beverly he re-
ceiyed ii number of recommendations for appoint
ments, he too busy with the tariff TO take
up census questions.
The United States has been divided $50 super
visors' districts. exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii.
The boundaries of each supervisors district have
been made to conform to a Congress district as
far as practicable taking into consideration the
density of population and the difficulty of COM
muncation except that in a few of the large cities
and in several states II is obvious that the work
can be better and efficiently conducted by
following the practice of previous censuses and
placing the entire city under super
visor Each district described will be under the
direct charge OF a supervisor Of census.
PENNSYLVANIA ranks first in the number of dis
tricts and will be entitled twenty-three super
visors. while New York. which ranks second will
have twenty supervisors. The State of New York
has been divided into the following supervisors
districts
Eirst District New York County
Third District estchester County
Fourth District-Counties Of Orange, Rockland
and Sullivan ivan, Counties -, o,,,-,b,. 1,,,,o
Csreere ana Putnam.
sixth Distr!ct-Counties of Rensselaer, and
Seventh District-Counties of Albany and sche-
nee tady-
Eighth District Counties Of Delaware. Otsego.
ScHoharie and Ulster
Ninth Dstrct-Ccunties Of Fulton Hamilton
Montgomery, Saratoga and Warren.
Tenth District Counties of Clinton. Essex.
Franklin and St Lawrence
Eleventh District-Counties of Herkimer and
Oneida
Twelfth District-Counties OF jefferson. Lewis
and OSWcgo.
Thirteenth Disuict-Countes of Madison and
OnOndaSa.
Fourteenth District-Counties of Broome. Che
mango. Cortland. TiOsa ana Tompkins.
Fifteenth pstrct-Counties OF CayuGa. Ontario.
Wayne and Yates
sixteenth District-Monroe County
Seventeenth Dtstrict-COunties Of Chemung
Schuyler. Seneca ard Steuben
Liehteenth District-Counues Of Genesee, Lv-
ingSton, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming
Nineteenth DistriCt-Erie County
twentieth District-Counties OF AIleEany Catta-
raugus and Cnautauqua
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
CUBA's SUGAR TARIFF REDUCTION
Expectation That Germany Will Not Raise
Question of Discrimination.

Washington Aug. 1.-The reduction given to Cuba
OF % per cent on the sugar duty will not prove Il
factor in any negotiations that may result from the
application Of the maximum and minimum clause
Of the tariff bill This stated at the State De
partment to-day.
When the concession was made by treaty with
Cuba il fully understood 10 ne in the nature
Of favor 10 the people of that island because OF
its peculiar relations with the United States.
IL was made known at the time that such -edue-
ton was not 10 be regarded a precedent that
could affect the relations Of this country with
any other nation.
In adjusting the relations Of the United States and
Germany il is expected here that the authorities at
Berlin will not raise a question of any discrm-
nation in favor Of Cuba matter 40 be taken
into consideration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
CABINET ON V1C4TION.
ONLY T7co administration Heads
WI BE Left an Capital TO-moTO5c.

Washington, AEg THE direction OF administra-
ton affairs tonight left in the hands Of two
Cabinet officers Secretary MacVeagh Of the Treas
ury Department and Postmaster General Hitchcock
and by Monday night the distinction probably WIFI
be enjoyed by Mr. Hitchcock alone President Taft
is keeping ia close touch with Washington over
the government wire from Beverly Mass. Vice
President sherman is at has home in Utica, y. Y,
and Speaker Cannon left to-day for his home in
Danville. III.
Attorney General Wickersham. accompanied by
Mrs. Nickersham. started to-day for New York in
automobile. Frank Cole the Attorney Generals
private secretary. viii establish an office in New
York City. Wade Ellis, assistant to M wicker
sham, IS acting Attorney General
While definite time has been fixed for a con-
ference respecting President. Tafts plan 10 reor-
ganize the Interstate Commerce Commission il is
expected that there VIII be conference early in
September either New York at Beverly
The Presidents plan is TO provide that investi-
cation into violations Of the interstate commerce
from which prosecutions may result shall be
conducted either directly by the Department Of
Justice OF by the Bureau Of Corporations instead
of by the Interstate Commerce Commission
Secretary OF state Knox left to-day for his home
al Valley Force. Penn, leaving Assistant Secretary
Adee a. Acting Secretary.
Secretary MacNeagh Of the Treasury Depart
ment expects TO leave Washington next Monday
evening Dublin, y. H., where ne has a summer
home. lie probably viii be absent several weeks
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson viii leave Wash
ington tomorrow evening for the West. where he
will spend his vacation investigating matters re
lating 10 affairs OF his department
When Secretly Nagel of the Department OF Com
merce and Labor leaves .4ere TOMORROW night, ne
probably viii not except FOR two or three days re-
turn to Washington untIt october l. He will go 10
his summer home al Marion, Mass, 10 spend ten
days following which he Win return here 10 finish
some important work
Secretary Of War Dickinson is AT his home, Belle
Mead. Nashville Tenn while General Oliver as
sstant secretary, Is at Murray Bay. Canada. Chief
Clerk John SchofeId is Acting Secretary Of War,
General Bell chief OF STAFF, IS in Alaska looking over
army posts General Marshall. chief OF engineers,
Is on an inspection tour IL the Far West General
Clarence r. Edwards chief 81 the insular bureau IS
on the ocean boGnd for Germany.
Secretary OF the Navy Meyer is catching salmon
on the Restigouche. oatsrio while Assistant Score
tary Winthrop is in New England. Rear Admiral
Porter is Acting Secretary Of The Navy,
Postmaster General Hitchcock has not decided
when he will leave Washington for his vacation OF
where he win spend his holiday. When he leaves
First Assistant Granfefd probably viii be Acting
Postmaster General
Secretary Of The Interior BaIlnger IS AT Seattle
Assistant Secretary Jesse Wilson is Acting Secre-
tary OF tac Interior during Secretary Ballinger's
absence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
TWO FIREMEN RESCUED FIVE.
Dropped by Falling Staircase, They Were
Carried Out by Comrades.

Battalion 'hi.f McK~osney and Alfred Johnson
"a fireman ~ Engine Company 20. rescued five
az their comrades al Ere yesterday N No. 45
Mercer street. The men had fallen from the fourth
to the third floor when stairway burned under
1l'm
NcKearuoy, and Johnson had just reached the
f"Cr' foor on the fire escape when flames shot
through me windows. At the same time a stream
~ watol thrown from Tie nsid, bt "a window ai-
r-ciiy .n font ~ mo Two Giemen Roth men were
cat about a. hands and face by the lying glass
\ -scord latter there Va q crash and the Two
rl.u ti. fire escape -crsInbl,d down 10 the third
Tu1I. They se3i IsapPr3;td. each carrying an I'm
conscious man. They went back and got the three
others out safely. The damage about 5000