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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
Gas FUND DWINDLES.
Nearly Al of $4,000 900 Dep
0sit Paid Out IN Rebates.

The. last Of the nearly 50, 200 900 deposited
nv the gas companies of this city with
John A Shields, United States Commits
sioner. as special master, representing the
excess paid by consumers pending the eff
forts OF the companies TO defeat the S0-cenr
gas law, has been either paid 10 claimants
or returned 10 the gas concerns. No final
raport has Vet been made by Commissioner
Shields. but the disbursing bureaus have
all been closed and the expert accountants
are at work on the returns which are to
be submitted 10 Judge Lacombe in the
United States Circuit Court.
II the last report It was shown that
e G,3.545 % had been paid in by the follow
ing companies Consolidated. Standard.
New York. Mutual Central Union, New
Amsterdam and Northern Union. OF that
amount Ss,l50s43 II had been paid out late
in November leaving in the hands Of Com
missioner Shields S702,601 rs
An order was issued recently returning
10 the last of the companies-the Consoil-
dated-s352, 935 3d. for which there had been
no claimants. and S14.1Ss 70 in assignments
which had not been passed on by the spe-
cial masters counsel, total of ,l23 50,
and the company gave bond for six years
for S37o,o00.
r. was said yesterday that the total
amount returned 10 the companies was
about $500. 600, or about per cent OF the
money deposited as the excess above the
sH-cent rate This would be Increased
largely by the amount remaining in the
treasury OF the Consolidated from the sum
nor paid into the court, which said TO
be more than &, 100000 If the same ratio
of unclaimed rebates were maintained, OF
that amount sl50.OG0 must remain. making
the whole sum not claimed about $4,000.
In the last report, made late last year.
the expenses Of the distribution were shown
10 have been $685., $50 So, all taken from the
interest on the funds deposited and belong
ing 10 the consumers. amounting at that
time 10 s407, d57 So This left a balance In
The interest fund OF 326536 g. 1t was said
yesterday that this balance would be eaten
I'd by the expenses since the last report,
50 that none OF 1t would be given TO the
companies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
Mr.. MC4BE'S DENIAL.
Says Nr. Pnchot's Charge
Is Not True.

Washington, Feb 9-"AbsoIuteIy untrue"
is the manner in which George p. McCabe,
solicitor for the Department OF Agriculture
characterized the charge made by Clifford
Pinchot in New York tonight that he
McCabe had shut off the instruction OF
forest rangers without consulting any one
in the forest service.
My attention was first called TO the
practice OF educating the rangers at gov
eminent expense" said Mr.. McCabe to-
night, by an interview with Seattle
man visiting in Washington, who applaud
ed the work of the rangers"
Believing that such expenditure was not
legally permissible Mr. McCabe said he
brought the matter to the attention OF the
chiefs Of the various divisions of the ser
vice among them Chief Adams, of the
branch of operation They declared the
practice was being followed
AFTER q discussion OF the matter" con
tinued Mr. McCabe. Il was convinced that
the government funds should not be used
in that way, and accordingly l took Up the
matter with Secretary Wilson, at the same
time teiegraphing to the disbursing officers
in the field TO withhold further payments
on the education account until the matter
could be determined
Secretary Wilson suggested that the
affair be lodged with the Controller of the
Treasury, which was done. His ruling was
according to the law, stripped OF senti-
ment. When il was received, the abolish
ment of education OF government employees
at government expense followed"
MIR McCabe said he had acted only as
an officer of the government. in pursuance
of his duty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
TOTES FOR INQUIRY,
Senate adopts Resolution on
Cost Of Lining.
FROM The Tribune Bureau

Washington. Feb. 9--The amended Elklns
resolution for the appointment OF COM
uliutee Of seven Senators 10 investigate the
increased cost Of living was adopted by the
Senate to-day L is expected that me COM
mittee will be appointed tomorrow b. Vice
President Sherman. and that there VIII be
no delay in beginning the inquiry Further
amendments made to-day direct the com
r7irtee 70 make special inquiry into any in
crease II the cost of farm implements
steel. leather, boots shoes and hides The
committee will not be confined N lis lnves-
1fagrions 10 the dozen or more commodities
enumerated IN the resolution
Senator Hepburn opposed Ar inNestiga-
rion by Z Senate committee. and offered an
amendment to have the inquiry made by
The Department Of Commerce and LABOR
This was defeated by q decisive vote.
Before the adoption OF the resolution
roIitical xpeech On the tarin was made by
Cer-+or Stor,- Of Missouri He said that
u-bfla trusts and com blnations we're doubt
less narriaIlv responsible for higher prices
8, ms mol out Of place 70 call attention to
me I'D Democratic slogan that the tariif
g tn 77,ofher OF trusts" Mr Stone SAID
Ia ted lj-fIe faith in the work Of the com
-,-t+,.a ,r},icI, was 70 investigate increased
80. t4a inrimated that it was 4 Repub-
-, ,-icL 10 deceive the public. and as
..r,.a tbat II had the appearance or a
,,,rno.c 10 conceal "a her than TO disclose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
CORPORATION SUITS.
Bill Regulating Place Of Trial
FaUOrably Reported.
rrron The Tribune Rureau-1

Washington. Feb. 9.-The Cummins bill.
which Is aimed to bring an indicted cor
porstion into the proper district for trial,
was favorably reported TO the Senate to-
day from the Committee OF Judiciary by
Senator BoTah. The report on the bill
says that the measure is intended 10 sup
ply an obvious omission IN the criminal
procedure of the United States. Under eX-
listing law an offence is punishable in the
district in which it is committed, and the
Indictment is found or fled in that district
The CUnmins bill provides that where
an indictment has been found or an infor-
nation has been fled against Il corpora
ton the Judge shall direct a summons to
Ie, served on the offender. specifying the
time. place and nature Of the hearing. This
notice is to be directed 10 the marshal of
any district in which service may be had,
and shall be served agreeabIy to the meth
DDS prescribed by law for the service Of
civil process on artificial persons in the
district in which the service is made. and
not less than twenty days before the time
OF the hearing. The return of the service
is 10 be made by the marshal, and after
the date mentioned in the notice, the al
legged offender shall be assumed 10 be ar
rested and present IN court at the place
DESIGNATED in said summons, and may be
proceeded against, and all orders and judg
Tnenrs against il may be enforced with the
same force and effect as II such offender
had appeared personally or by attorney.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
OPENS ,0OOACRES
NEW FOREST POLICY.
Secretary UIson Removes
Cause Of Opposition to Service.
rFron The Tribune Bureau.I

Washington. Feb. s-The Secretary of
Agriculture to-day opened to settlement
100000 acres of the public domain now
included in the forest reserves, but not
wholly or in part covered with timber or
underground" and on which it was not
expected to grow trees
In taking this step Secretary Wilson
removes almost entirely the occasion of
the serious opposition to the Forest Ser
vice which has been constantly increasing
in the Western states because OF the IN
willingness OF the former Forester, Gift
ford Pinchot, to open to settlement these
100000 acres, which are more valuable for
agricultural and grazing purposes than
any other, which are not forested and, in
the opinion of the forest experts never
would be. The inclusion of these lands
in the reserves was due in large part TO
the impossibility of making the original
proclamations conform to the exact linn
its of the standing forests. Such procla-
nations have usually included broad areas
with comparatively straight boundaries.
1t has been the contention Of would-be
settlers that as soon as it was discovered
just what were the exact boundaries Of
the forests it was sought TO conserve, that
portion outside of the forest boundaries
now been done by Secretary Wilson. 1t
is asserted that Mr.. Pinchot repeatedly
promised TO make the release, but failed
to keep the promise and TO that failure is
attributed in large part the hostility his
forest policy has encountered in the West.
The Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior have had several
con ferenCes, the result of which was the
preparation of a letter to the President de-
fining the policy to be hereafter pursued.
This policy provides for the retention in
the forest reserves OF all lands more valu-
able for forest purposes than for agri-
culture; OF lands wholly or partly covered
with brush or underground, which pro-
tects streamfiow, checks erosion, etc: all
lands on which trees may be grown, unless
they are moro valuable for agricultural
purposes than for timber; all lands wholly
or in part covered with timber or under
growth and located above the timber line
III forest reserves, and all lands scattered
through the reserves in small bodies, max
ing its elimination praCtica Bile. The Presi-
dent approved this policy, and after setting
apart all the lands described, it was found
that 100000 acres remained which should
be open to entry. Mr. Graves, the new
Forester. and Mr. Potter the Assistant
Forester. cordially approve this policy.
As the total area included in the forest
reserves amounts to 1874. 800 25 acres, the
portion released to-day constitutes a small
percentage of the whole, but as there has
been no good reason for retaining this por-
ton in the reserves it has been the occa-
sion of more friction and opposition than
the entire remaining 190, $4,000 acres.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
HEIKE BEFORE A JURY TO-DAY
No Other Way Found to Dispose of
Sugar SecratarY' Immunity Plea.

The immunity plea OF Charles R. Heike
secretary OF the American Sugar Refining
Company. indicted on charges Of conspiracy
to defraud the government of customs
duty through the underweighing OF sugar
will go to trial to-day in the Criminal
Branch of the United States Circuit Court,
before Judge Martin and a jury.
John 8 StanChf1eld, counsel for Mr.
Heike said yesterday that he saw no other
way 10 dispose OF the plea. made because
of appearance before grand juries. than by
a trial Judge Martin asked him last week
70 try TO find some other way of disposing
OF it. Henry L Stinlson, the special prose
cutor for the government. has refused TO
agree TO an issue Of fact in the rI which
would place the matter before the court
Oliver Splitter former dock superintend-
ent Of the American company who was
convicted OF charges similar to those made
against Mr.. Heike will be arraisned for
sentence if he is we'll enough This has
been postponed far owing to his i'll
health which followed minor operation
II was rumored last night that Splitter
would either be fined or get suspension Of
sentence. If the latter. il was said. IT
would be evidence that he had decided to
aid the government in its prosecutions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
TROLLEY RUN4W4T.
Girl Killed. Many Hurt-TJco
PittsfeId Lines Stopped.

Pfttsfeld. Mass. Feb 9-Coasting uncon-
troIIed down a steep grade for a space or
half a mile a big double truck electro
car on the PittsdeId Street Railway jumped
the track on a curve at the foot or the
hill and crashed into the aoutuent5 OK
railroad bridge, killing one person instant
Iv and injuring twenty-five others 50 Sc
vereIy that they mad 10 oe brought TO the
House OF Mercy in this city for surgical
attention
The accident happened in the town OF
Dalton The rails were slippery with frost
and the combined application OF airbrakss
and hand brakes failed TO check the speed
Of the car The car left HInsdale for Dali
ION and Pittsdeld at SIS a m. carrying
about seventy-fve passengers, all Of them
ar7pIoved in Dalton and Pittsheld facto-
ries. -
Miss Bessie Ryan. twenty two years DID,
of Hinsdale, was killed instantly ner nean
being crushed between Two seats
Stimulated 10 quick action oy me acc'-
da7- to-day. the PittsfeId Board Of Alder
r,a7 This evening voted TO close Two branch
IIres operated by the PfttsfeId Street Rail
way COMPANY
A. almost the Same hour pron1nent
-,sr7r<arrr,re-s in Pittsfield and Walton net
to discuss the local street railway SITUATION
with Charles W. Bishop, member Or me
1raesacnusetts Railroad COrnniss1cn- MI
Rfsrop came here 70 investigate the wreck
and also 20 inquire into complaints II poor
service from patrons OF the company
oars among them being United states sen
ator Winthrop Murray Crane, whose home
Is in Dalton
The accident to-day did not occur on
either of the branch lines ordered closed.
nut il undoubtedly fastened the ACTON OF
Tfrrf0'
running A mile and d half south from Pits
6a1d and the north branch, mile II
length are the ones closed
A special town meeting has been called
for February q in Dalton. the object being
70 see whether the town will vote 70 DUSK
the Pfttsfeld Street Railway company
from Dalton for inadequate service and
equipment. CoinCidentauy a motion VIII
be made 10 have the Berkshire street Rail
vav which now runs close 70 the town.
Mace its cars in Dalton's streets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
TARIFF PROCLAIMED.
President announces Minimum
Rates for Seuen Countries.

Washington. Feb. a.-Proclamation &C
cording the minimum tariff rate 10 Ar
gentina. Brazil. Mexico, Paraguay. Uru-
quay. Panama and Liberia were signed by
President Taft today. These are the first
10 be signed in favor Of LaIin-American
countries, among which Mexico, Argentina
and Brazil are the most important and the
largest importers OF American products
With these enjoying the advantage OF the
minimum rate il is not likely that any diff
culties will arise with the rest OF the cOun-
tries Of Central and South America
The tariff rates Of Brazil are excessively
high. particularly with respect 70 the prod
ucts imported from the United States.
while most OF the Brazilian products i'm
ported b. the United States are admitted
free, but as there Is no discrimination
against the United States Brazil will be
given the minimum rate.
The trade with Mexico, s143. 900 GO. is the
largest of any Latin-American country
That Of Brazil is next, with Sl06G9o,C00 and
Argentina third with So. 90 In all OF
these countries the trade Of the United
States has increased rapidly within the last
decade, and II Is expected that il will in
crease more rapidly in the next The mini
mum YES accorded Liberia, doubtless, as
that country Is in q certain sense a proteg6
Of the United States. although the bulk of
It's trade, which Is small i almost entirely
absorbed by England and Germany.
The Tariff Board ana experts OF the
State Department still have q big task
ahead OF them 10 dispose OF the remaining
countries before March q, when The maxi
mum and minimum clause OF the present
law goes into effect Proclamations have
been issued IN favor Of only twenty coun-
tries. leaving more than eighty 10 be de-
cided on. Of these France and Canada are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
& T. STEWART RESIGNS.
Veteran Senate DooTkeepcr VIII Be
Missed.
~ u. ---.er. Egrs.r- !

- - --Tsars EgF61H-
Washington. Fec. e---Lcnnie. Stewart
rs HANDED ia his resignation as assistant
ooork@ePe- OF -Es United state Senate L
VII Is accepted and his successor viii n
secec ID The near future. For thirty
-aree Gears Alpnzo z Stewart has been
9f-z-s eEupigye. de came here from Iowa
= z-lckeraockers 70 accept 4 place as
senate page About the time that his
lsfeer g Z page came 10 N end william
= Arson was elected To rhe senate. ana.
srgel7 through his effn-t- .ulrs Stewart
as continued II the sersl.- u the Senate.
z erynooy knew hlm ~ alie-" ana lie
"as regarded ~ ezt-re iE the Senate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
LANDS UITHDR4UN.
BdIjnger C0nserces Uater
POwer Sites and Coal Lands.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Secretary BalIinger
to-day withdrew from public entry more
lands supposed to possess valuable water
power sites or deposits OF minerals.
More than sixteen thousand acres along
the BTenau River, in Idaho, and about
twenty-eight thousand acres along the sal
mon River, in Idaho and Nevada, were
withdrawn temporarily in aid OF proposed
legislation to affect water power sites.
The Secretary also withdrew more than
half million acres in Wyoming supposed
TO contain valuable coal deposits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
SECRETARY KNOX EXPLAINS
America Growth as World Power Re-
auires More Money

Washington, Feb. 9.-SeCTetary Knox
Assistant Secretary Wilson and Director
Carr, of the Consular Bureau of the State
Department, were before the House Com
mittee on Expenditures in the State De
partnent to-day, explaining the work Of
that department for the current year The
Secretary addressed the committee al
length on the growing requirements OF Tire
department. which he said were greatly in
Creasng- as the United states continued 70
expand as a world power He dwelt on
the work of advancing American CONNER
ciaI interests abroad through the State De-
partnent and of the benefit Of the foreign
service to the country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
TO PREVENT COURT CLASHES.
Senator Crawford S Bill Limits 1ssu-
ance of Federal Injunctions.

Washington. Feb. with the purpose q
preventing conflicts between federal and
state courts. Senator Crawford today in
PRODUCED d bill prohibiting the issuance OF
iniunctions by the federal courts 70 pro-
hibft the enforcement OF state statutes
when the state authorities take prompt &C
ton 10 test their validity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10

Il was discovered at the Navy Depart
ment to-day that the bill introduced by
Senator Hale and passed by the Senate will.
II finally adopted in its present form, make
Robert z. Peary retired rear admiral Of
the line The proposition to place Com
mander Peary by special legislation on the
retired list. with Tire rank and pay OF q
rear admiral was submitted to the Presi-
dent at a recent Cabinet meeting by Score
Ta-y Meyer. and on his recommendation
was approved by the Executive. but Sen
ator Hale's bill fails TO make the distInc-
ton between retiring the polar explorer
with the rank and paw Of a rear admiral
and making him actually & rear admiral OF
the line. The final adoption OF the Hale bill
would be deplored by naval officers and by
the Secretary Of the Navy himself It IS
felt that. while Commander Peary well de-
serves The recognition and reward OF being
retired with the rank and pay Of 4 rear
admiral, for Congress 10 make him 4 rear
admiral Of the line. even on the retired list.
would he N anomaly, especially As ne has
never been q naval officer at ali. having
been merely = civil engineer with the rank
and pay Of commander. There IS some
suspicion that Senator Hale. who is an ex-
pert on naval affairs and has no love for
the line. understood perfectly the effect Of
h1s bill. but il is not believed that other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
ELLIS ISLAND FOOD CONTRACT.
Department 20 Award L TO Hudgins &
Dumas.

Fzs--lE-or. Feb s.-HEdEIus & Dumas,
= &=- York CRY. Vtn obtain the con-
'-sor ce- supplying meals and articles %
;71l and drink 70 Immigrants a. Ellis
Island They have had rle privilege once
-et7ra That roT held by Fritz Brodt viii
1eeo-e .roue-ative soon by cancellation
5e-z-se rhe food supplied has not been
Fz-iefs~,l--. There was lively competition
taF Tire contract
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10

on deniaIs Of bookkeeping and the apPliea-
ton Of the accounting system II certain
overhead and other charges were m
eIuded in obtaining amounts, the result
would be different from method Of calcu-
lation which omitted these factors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
<,,cxE REAPPOfNTED.

Usebinrton. Feb. s.-President TAFT 10
-. - "a The Senate the nomination OF
$500, n. Kracke 10 be naval oIllcsr
-. .-,--o,,s If New York. The nomination
80 NJ Kracke. which Is reappointInsii''
va egnfrne4,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
[ From The Trihnne Rure /.

if rom The Tribune Burc lJi-i
washington, Feb, e-whii" the propo-
sitlon now being seriousIy Str>7..-sed by
the mouse Committee on Naval AHalrs
10 incorporate in the naval apprcpriatlon
Dill some provision which VIII permit Mr.
meyer TO give his plan of reorganization
q year test without comm .tting Congress
10 Its permanent adoptiol must be the
occasion or qualification 10 intelligent Wen
"lsnerS OF the navy, j. mas the grave us
advantage OF leaving tne really vital queS-
'loh unsettled for gear, with the result
ant disturbed cond; lions in the Navy De-
rent controvarsy has interfered with the
transaction Of business in the department,
has aligned officers and even civilian en-
pioyes in conflicting camps and has mill
tated against efficiency probably can be
realized only by those who come into I'M
mediate contact with the department The
effect produced on the Naval Committee
Caps and Paym&sster General Rogers has
been wofUlly sub yersiye Of discipline and
has amounted 70 an encouragement Of all
who would exert their personal influence
with Congress to defeat the policies OF
their sUperiors. II may be impossible 10
obtain from Congress any more favorable
action than that now contemplated, but il
is difficult % escape the impression that
legislator aCtuateC solely by z desire 20
benefit the navy would be disposed to 60
even further
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10

A naval officer Of high rank-one whose
valiant service in the Civil War and able
work ever since entiJle his opinion to the
highest respect, and whose position on the
retired list removes him from all posi-
bility Of suspicion Of being actuated by
any motive other than q desire for the
best interests of the navy-decIared to-
day that. reduced 10 its simplest form, the
question involved in the conflict between
the Meyer and Nevberry schemes of reor-
ganization amounted TO this: The navy is
an army afoat- The Newberry scheme
confded the supervision Of the camps of
that army. the navy yards, 10 civilians
The Meyer scheme confded their super
vision 70 actual members of the army
itself. men who have been especially
trained in military science at the Naval
Academy Stripped Of verbiage and soph-
ist-y, the proposition TO confde the super
vision Of the camps of the floating army TO
civilians, he declared. must impress itself
on all impartial observers as ridiculous IN
the extreme.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
DATE OF TscHAikovskY TRIAL.

St Petersburg, Feb. 9-Nicholas Tschai-
kovsky and Catherine Breshkovskaya. who
are charged with being members of the
revolutionary organization, Will be placed
on trial on March s.