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New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
NO MORE FREE TRADERS
IT Is Al Case Of Whose Or Is
G0red, SAYS Representative Young.

REPRESENTATIVE Richard Young of FIatbush
prominent a leather merchant, said yesterday at
the City Hall that the House Of Representatives
to-day does not contan-a single Democratic free
trade
THY are one and all protectionists," said MI
Young. is true that they do not want every
thing in the schedules protected. They want those
things admitted free which not produced IN
their respective districts, but they demand tAe
imposition of a duty every article Of commerce
that produced in their respective districts. ana
they want those duties for precisely the same rea-
that Republican protectionists want thenh
u do not look to see a large reduction in the
tariff bill when il finally is reported from the con-
ference committee Of the Senate and House. There
will be a revision downward some of the articles
and some others there will be an increase Take
fancy leather in which am interested as a manu-
facturer Formerly imported nearly every
thing used in the shape of fancy feathers
The Dlngey bill imposed duties ranging about
% per cent. Under this duty kept improving
until made here at home everything that we
used to import The Payne bill reduces the duIE
from 20 TO Is per I think we can get along
under this reduction and keep the factories running
but it will require close management to make any
money.
I do not look TO the breach between the
Bryan men and the conservatives like Fitzgerald
of Brooklyn, and Clark. of Florida, healed lot
years. Fitzgerald has the respect Of every one In
The House except his Democratic colleagues who
adhere TO the leadership of Champ Clark clark,
of Florida is an abler than the Missourian'
and has told him that the Southern Democrats are
through forever with William J. Bryan. Ihat Is
substantially what Fitzgerald has told them
Clark OF Florida. demands duty on oranges
lemons bananas and long staple cotton. lie says
that his state produces these products in great
quantities In the same breath he demands that
the products in which his state is not particularly
interested go the free list, so that his con-
stituents may buy them cheaper His attitude Is
typical of the position of practically every Demo
Crat in the House"
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
HAIIHOND TO FIND Il M.4N.
He Declines to 4ccept Post Of Mn
lister to China.
From The Tribune Bureau

washington. May 24.-The President has request
ed John Hays Hammond TO find man for Minister
10 China Mr.. Taft asked Mr.. Hammond to accept
this important post last winter. when they were in
Augusta. and although Mr.. Hammond then fndi-
Gated that he would not be able to accept the mis-
sion the President has recently urged him again
to take it. Mr. Hammond came to Washington to-
day and had a long conference with the President
and the Secretary of State at which Mr. Taft
urged him accept. and it only when Mr.
Hammond explained that his duty 10 his wife ami
family prevented his doing that the President
accepted his declination. He then told Mr.. Ham
mond that, having refused the mission himself, he
must find the right for the place and when
Mr.. Hammond went away he had promised
dertake the task
Both the President and Secretary Knox regard IL
as Of the utmost Importance that they find a man
of exceptional abiity for Peking. Mr.. Taft, who
has long been student of Far. Eastern afars.-is
convinced that the time is ripe for work in China
of q notable character, and he Is seriously disap
pointed that Mr.. Hammond cannot undertake il.
Nevertheless, he has absolute confidence in Mr..
Hammonds judgment, and expects that before long
he will have found and recommended In
every way suitable for the posi-.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
POLLUTED STREAMS AND CANCER.
Disease in Fish May Come from Sewage
Thinks DR.. Bean

DR. Tareton II. Bean, fish culturst of the State
of New York, said yesterday that the investigation
being made by DR.. Harvey r. Gaylord, of Buffalo
into the possibility OF cancer among fish being
communicated human beings pointed TO another
potent argument i'm favor of unpolluted streams
Nothing else at any of the nine stations In the
state, DR.. Bean said, fraught with human
interest as the stamping out of cancer among fish
we argue from analogy" lie continued
THAT there is something in the that ought
not TO be in II. Give pure water. Don't poiute
the streams by and these terrible diseases
such spot disease of the brook trout and the
ulcer disease of the brock and brown trout will not
exist. 1t is not natural the water because this
disease of cancer was absolutely unknown at any of
stations until very recently
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
MERCH4NTS PROTEST.
Urge Reduced Duty on Wrapping
Paper.

E. w. BIoomngdae has sent a communication 10
the Finance Committee OF the United States Sen
ate urging that instead Of advancing the duty on
wrapping paper from p per cent, as at present 10
50 per cent the committee recommend a reduction
10 90 per cent The communication is signed by r.
Altman & Co. Abraham X Strau5. BloomingdaIe
Brothers Lord & Taylor James McCreery & Co.
r. H. Macy & Co.. a. d. Matthews Sons. . Neil-
Adams Company. Saks & Co. Siegel-Cooper Com
pany. Simpson Crawford Company. Stern Brothers
and Greenhut Co.
In support Of the contention for reduction IN
the duty the protest says:
Wrapping paper is an expense item In the bust
ness of every merchant and retail dealer. ana not
You may be surprised 20 learn that the cost of
mateiy one-tenth Of / per cent on his gross sales.
II We allow a net profit on the turnover OF per
Cent-which I'm the retail drygoods business Is
fair statement-the cost Of wrapping paper is lis
per cent OF the net return to the merchant from MS
business You will. therefore see that this Item Is
Under protection OF. 25 per cent the paper manu-
@ Gas'urs Si business mas dd nra by the reen
during the last eleven years
United States practically to themselves. Until about
tnree years ago lmporsauohs ot %IappinS p2PTI f
Sweden, which is the principal country from which
0n R Ron n e @
ton under the name of the Fibre and Manila As
Pool and to which further reference will be made.
was formed by the manufacturers of wrapping
Under '' the = stimulus Of this arbitrary advance
wrapping paper commenced 10 be imported into this
country. II being found that, based prices then
prevailing it could be landed here to compete with
the domestic product at tine prices fixed by the pool
lmportatiOns increased until In 1905 the amount
brought from Sweden amounted to ten thousand
II is of great significance that the importation of
wrapping paper in considerable quantity was
exactly coincldent with the format of the trust.
and the conclusion is unavoidable that II was
caused directly by 1t. Even under these conditions,
however. impOrtatiOns have not been large enough
TO threaten domestic manufacturers; the total out
put OF the mills In this country In 1908 being ap-
proxima tely 900 tons, while the mpOrtatiOns
amounted to only about 1l= per cent of that guam
titv.
nilla Association were in January, 1905. indicted
by the federal grand jury In this district and on
June 90 of the same year twenJy-four firms making
up the said pool pleaded guilty In the United States
Circuit Court and fined g., 600 each by Hon.
Charles Nj. HouEh, Judge of that court. These fines
have since been paid and a decree entered declar-
ing said combination to be unlawful cOmbi
nation and conspiracy in restraint of trade and
commerce among the states and at !
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25

same condemnation. although under less re-
sponsihility Consequently attachments were
ordered to be issued for both the Sheriff and his
deputy the jailer. they were for William
Nolan. Padgett and May, the last four being
charged with being members Of the lynchlng
party Against them. TO use the technical Ian
gGage OF the court. ''the rule was made aoso-
lutte" Deputy Galloway and the two men. JUS
tice and Ward. were discharged. The Court
said that there was direct testimony to the par
ticipation Of Williams and Nolan in the lynch
ing while it was said that Padgett and May
had made statements which incriminated them.
In conclusion, the Chief Justice said:
In our opinion it does not admit Of question
on this record that this lamentable riot was the
direct result Of opposition to the administration
of the law By tfis court. L not only in
defiance of mandate, but was understood
TO be such. The Supreme Court OF the United
States called upon to abdicate its functions
in its Judgment, demanded, because Of the
danger Of their defeat by an outbreak of law
less violence II is plain that what created this
mob and led to this lynching was the unWlIIng-
ness OF its members TO submit 10 the delay
required for the appeal The intent TO prevent
that delay by defeating the hearing OF the ap-
peal necessarily follows from the defendants
acts. ana if the life Of any in the custody
Of the law is at the mercy of a mob the admin
istration Of justice becomes a mockery- When
this court granted stay OF execution on john
sons application il became its duty to protect
nm uIltli MS case shouu De ulsi'oSeu %. -fiIu
when Its mandate. issued for his protection was
defied punishment of those guilty of such at
tempt must be awarded
In the dissenting opinion Of Justice Peckham
which was cOncurred in by Justices White and
GcKenna. there was also complete review If
the case and in this opinion the conclusion
arrived at was contrary to that OF the majority
OF tI4e-CeuFt. twas held by the dissenting ,
justices that. tkEre-Ixas-no evidence whatever
connecting Sheriff Ship or his deputy with any
part in the lynching conspiracy
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
FEAR MORE HUDSON RIVER POLLUTION
Merchants Association Members He@uS
Fight Pntnam Association Plan.

The newly formed Putnam ASSOCIATION -
purpose is the development Of the region -.
by the Putnam Division Of the Sew iolA a.
ira Railroad is reported 10 be conteHpia'i9 -.
construction of a trunk sewer To drai" = -,rr
mill River Valley from Briarcliff Manor 10 tI7 - -
linz Of yonkers The Hudson will receive the sew
age Of this region. 1t is expected. through al
let near Hastings or Dobbs Ferry ,-,,,a
II can hardly believe the report. SAM r.ts
Hatch, jr. chairman Of the New YORK Nelo'' -
Association Committee Water Foiil'io-' -
tertay The public spirited men VINO no mia
interests In the territory concerned are not -
sav Of the tvpe TO give serious consideration
60 nnscientifc and unneighborly project %. .,,l
the report should prove he well founder ~, al
fight this last attempt defe the haroot ,-,rx
the vigor we have displayed IN opposing tHe
and Passaie Valley plans
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
DICKINSON FOR LOCKS.
Says Canal Work Is Proceeding 7cith
W0nderful Efficiency.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.I

Washington May 24-Secretary Dickinson re-
turned 30 his desk at the War Department to-day
after his trip to Panama. He showed the effects Of
his recent Illness and until yesterday he had not
left his berth on the Mayfower since he sailed
from Havana. He is certain, however, that he will
be in good health from He saw Cuba
only through a porthole" he said, but made a
thorough investigation OF conditions in the Canal
Zone and is more than satisfied with the progress
that is being made.
There is absolutely nothing that could find t.
criticise in Panama" the Secretary said The
work IS being done with wonderful efficiency, and l
see no reason why Colonel Cocktails prediction that
the canal Will be completed by 1915 will not be
verified. All the speed possible is being made in
the work II would be almost impossible to employ
another man without danger of his getting IN the
way of those already work. The same may be-
said of the steam shoveIs. There are many of
them is conducive 70 the highest
efficiency
Il am convert to the Jock type Of canal now,
II I have ever thought that the sea level plan
should have been followed. The truth IS that l
knew very little about the canal when went there.
was undecided as WHICH plan should be fol-
lowed, but I,aa certain that the lock type Is
the only one which could have been built with
reasonable assurance Of In the FIRST place,
the country Is almost mountainous. instead, as
had supposed. Of heing fat. Il is apparent 10 me
that the level type would have Decessitaied d
route, following the contour OF the noun
tains. The lock type. however, will insure canal
that is practically straight Another difficulty Is
the Chagres River which oyerflows In the rainy
season. and would have been difficult problem
for engineers. At present there are no real dlcu'-
ties confronting the engineers The worst oi thtIh
have been successfully overcome. and there re-
mains now little except the digging. Labor con
ditons are most encouraging. and. all in all, l am
red ~ trip
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
FIRE AND WATER EMPTY PLAYHOUSE
Nearly Thirty-fve Families Homeless iran
Blaze Near Columbia.

Most Of the thirty-fve families in the SIX ~
apartment house Simna Hall. ~ Nos 7ao u
West 122d street. were rendered practically H'H
less last night through fire and water
The fire. which started in a bedroom ~ =
snertment of s Robinson on the fourth hQor' VS.
discovered by a japanese student Adachlo n
machio. who lives directly above the -Re0Ns' =.
The smoke blew past his windows in cIouuS- =.
called his wife. and the two hurried out o - -
building. on the way stopping To inform ths iA''-
sons. -
When the fremen arrived the names nau 5a,,.s
to the KamachO apartment Later 'n0
reached n vacant APARTMENT ON the top boof'
The blaze, which did $3.50 damage. vas S0us Gun. 4
to the three apartments but the greater I-
the building was flooded with water
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
BARBER ASPHALT COMPANY LOSES.

Washington, May 24-The Supreme Court of The
United States finally disposed Of of consd-
cradle Importance to municipalities throughout
the country In denying the application for writ
of certierari in the case 0f-Warren Brothers Co
agt- the city of OHasso, Okla. thereby finally end
ing the litigation and confirming the opinion OF
the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for
the Sixth Circuit recently rendered by Justice I.r-
ton, uphoding the validity of the Warren patents
declaring the city Of OWasso and the Barber AS
phalt Company guilty Of infringement and order
ing a referee to ascertain the damages The case
has been bitterly contested in the for five
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
SENDS 1O8 QUESTIONS TO JEROME
William n. Amory Wants to Keep District
Attorney Busy at Cooper Union

William y AnloTy. who has been cunning for
District Attorney Jerome and the METROPOLITAN n
street Railway for the last eight years has turned
IN TO the District Attorneys Office l0g written oues
tons for Mr.. Jerome to answer from the platform
in Cooper Union tomorrow night. All told about
two hundred questions have been sent in
1he District Attorney said yesterday that these
questions might be divided into three classes
-hose concerning the public. those Of specific
character and miscellaneous questions Some of
them, he said, dealt with the fuIfilment Of nra-
election promises. and others referred TO his ami
tude and actions in the ice traction and insurance
prosecutions
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
ANOTHER PLACE FOR ELMER DOVER.
May Be Made Bank Examiner Outside of New
York District

Washington. May 2+-Elmer Dover the former
secretary Of the Republican National Committee
whose appointment national bank examiner at
New York has been held up by the Controller OF
the Currency. will receive It Is said a similar
post In other district
When II announced that Mr. Dover would
receive the appointment at New York d number
of protests were made to the President to the
effect that place paying $1,000 year was too
high a reward for Mr.. Dover. who. 1t was as
serted was opposed 20 Mr.. Tafts nomination I'D
to the last moment and was replaced on the ma
tionaI committee because of this attitude toward
the candidate
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
PISS PHILIPPINE BILL
Porto Rican Measure Taken UD Bg
House.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau-I

washington. May 24--One more than quor,-4
responded TO the rOlcaIl in the House to-day Al
though it took almost hour TO corral that num-
ber The Philippine tariff bill was passed by prss.
ticaIy party vote. Representative Underwood d,
Tennessee and Hammond. of Texas voting vii.
the Republicans.
The OImsted Dill making the changes in the law
governing Porto Rico which recently suggested
TO Congress by President Taft and which VIII al.
thorfzc the expenditure OF the current apprours-
tions in the next fiscal year was taken up in Con-
rnittee OF the Whole, and viii be voted nsz.
Thursday.
In the debate on the Porto RicaH bill Repressn,s.
tive Champ Clark expressed The hope that P015
Rico would he admitted into the Union a teni-
tory with full territorial government and u.
IaTrfuaga. the Porto RiCan Resident C0mmiss0H-
or declared that he opposed 20 the bill in ts
entirerv because il left too much power in ths
hands OF the Executive Council of the island aHl
ignored the power of the House Of Delegates He
said he hoped To see the day when he could rss
IN hts place and present the sentiments 0f The
porto Ricau people without Uttering a protest
against the methods of this government
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
SCHOOL CHILDREN SEE BOY RUN OVER

Three hundred children Harold Lawson
eleven years old. by a Fifth avenue car
bound for Fort Hamilton yesterday afternoon in
front Of his home, No. S2O5 Fifth avenue as he
IVES crossing the street to Public School i04 where
he pupil. Both legs were cut of and he
died on the operating table of the Norwegian Hos
pital.
Adjoining the school is annex of the Erasmus
Hall High School. Several young girls were wait
ing in of the school for the afternoon session
TO begin. The accident caused many Of them to
become hysterical. and after they were attended
by DR.. Gould. of the Norwegian Hospital they
were sent to their homes By the teachers.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
THE $500 IS FINALLY ACCEPTED
City Chamberlain Reluctantly Keeps Bal
Turned Over to Him by Magistrate.

The $500 bill which found in the desk y
Magistrate Z. Gas'On Higginbotham in the ss-
ford avenue court Saturday afternoon was accept
ed after some display Of reiuCtancs yesterday By
CITY Chamberlain Martin. Assistant District A.
tornev Elder said that he would investigate to-day
whether the bill was the same one that was given
MAGISTRATE Higgfnbotham by Mrs. julia Donahue,
who said last week that he refused surrender
the ball 10 her
The envelope In which the $50 bill placed, On
being deposited by Mrs Donahue with Magistrats
Higgfnbotham was indorSed with the name Of
Daniel Quinn. II was said that The envelope in
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
PASSENGER SAW DOUBLE ICEBERG.
Others Less Thirsty on VaderIand Sight Only
One, but It Was a Record Breaker.

4 passenger on the Red star liner Yaieriant
who had been up late on Thursday night and tsi
like drinking ice water Friday morning. looked
out of his staterooTu about noon Friday and saE
a double iceberg. 1ther passengers, less tilfSt5'
who saw "a single iceberg at the same hour, "ers
able yesterday To give "a more conservative idea e
its dimensions. Captain Barmau SAID il was abol;
7to feet long and I50 feet high
The Vaderiaud passed five ireherss On Frils5
the largest being about 1.00o feet l0Hg and - es
high Captain Bdrnan said yesterday that NJ n@a
never before seen tcebergs drifting 81 far west
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
SUES BOROUGH PRESIDENT AHEARN
Former Superintendent Of Bureau of Buildings
and Supplies Wants Reinstatement.

William II. walker, who was superintendent of
the Bureau of Buildings and Supplies under for
Borough President Jacob A. Cantor. brought
proceedings yesterday In the, Supreme Court,
through mandamus against Borough President
Ahearn, to secure his reinstatement The case was
tried before Judge Truax and a jury.
Walker says that he asked to resign on May
-, 1907. by President Ahearn. This, he says he
refused 10 do, and dismissed the following day
Walker claims that he enrolled in the exempt
class Of the classified Civil Service list and had
no opportunity to answer charges The case will
be concluded to-day.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
SAYS EARLY HAS LEPROSY.
No Doubt About It, Dr. Ehlers Thinks, 'After
Examination.

Washington. May 24--John Early. the leper, now
isolated on farm outside the city. whose case has
aroused widespread interest. submitted 10 an eX-
animation to-day by DR.. Edward Ehlers, Of Copen-
hagen. an expert on leprosy.
DR.. Ehlers said that, in his opinion, there is no
possible doubt that Early is afflicted with leprosy.
Or. Ehiers took cultures from Early's body, and
tomorrow Will make meteorological test. The
disease Is in inciptent stage. and very con-
tagiuus, DIR. Ehlers said, and although he would
not admit the possibility of a cure. he thought the
disease might be arrested If proper measures were
adopted.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25

tempt to monopoze the same. and therefore ins,,,
The facts above stated prove that the rlan1rtssa-
urers Of this article willing and able IN s---
into a cOmbina tiOn which If successful Would -
a tax upon every merchant who Is compelled to n.
wrapping paper
Congress should consider whether II is fls,is.s
in furnishing protection to members Of cor15i,sl
ton organized in contra ventiOn of law and IN -
strafnt OF trade, and intended extOrt excessiv,
prices from the business community.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
CHANGE OF INAUGURAT1oN DATE
Colorado S Governor Forty-sixth State Ex-
ecutive to Join Movement

Washington. Nav Ex-Governor John r. Shafroth
of Colorado to-day accepted membership the
national committee having in charge the proposed
change in the date for inauguration of the Presi-
dent making forty-sx Governors of states and ter
rituries who have Joined in the movement.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
PORTO RIcAN EDITOR IN JAIL.

San Juan, P. r., May 2-JoaqUin BeirreIro.
editor OF Eel Carnival. a weekly paper containing
caricatures arrested here to-day by the federal
authorities. charged with sending improper matter
through the mails. The charge is based On a
cartoon of President Taft ana a reference to his
in 5000 bail.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
ARREST IN OMAHA TRAIN ROBBERY.
Suspected Accomplice Taken in Cheyenne
Had $500 on His Person.

Cheyenne. Wyo., May IA man giving the name
of l. L. Steinhof arrested here tonight on
suspicion of being accompce in the robbery
of the Overland Limited on the Union Pacific near
Omaha on Saturday night lie had in his posses
sion SSel in bills