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New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
MEXICAN REBELS HOPEFUL
Encouraged by Results at Cerro
Prieto and Nal Paso.

Chihuahua, Mexico. Dec 20 (via Ell Paso,
Tex, Dec. 2D.-Amplifed advices change
little to-day's telegra phic report OF the cut
ting up of the government troop train at
Nal Paso last Sunday. The official report
Of twenty-one federals killed, ten missing
and forty-two wounded stands, with the
addition that thirty slightly wounded,
bringing the total injured to seventy two,
also came on the train. The injuries of
these thirty are not serious. Rumors have
been abroad to-day that the federals lost
one hundred killed, but this seems TO be
without foundation, and probably referred
to the total number Of killed, wounded and
injured, which makes about one hundred
The defeat Of the troop train, with it's
three field pieces and $50 men, intensifies the
feeling here. On top Of the drawn battle
OF Cerro Prieto ten days ago. 1t is taken
as confirmation of declarations that Presi-
dent Diaz, for the first time in. his long
tenure OF Office, confronts a revolution.
General Navarro'S force, it is reported is
surrounded in the vicinity OF Pedernaies-
This story came in with Americans who
returned from Bustilos, considerable dis
tance from Navarros scene OF action, with
the hospital train They had it by hearsay,
and while stating their confidence in the
report could not assert positively that it
was authentic. Pedernales, which has been
the chief theatre Of action. is on the plain
about six miles from Nal Paso.
Navarro's official report of his exploits
last Thursday, given out by the war
office at the City of Mexico, interesting
in view OF the defeat at Nal Paso. The
war Office said that he dislodged the rebels
from Nal Paso after two hours fighting.
He then returned with the Nal Paso con-
tingent to Pedernales, where after six
hours of desperate shooting, the rebels
broke and disappeared in all directions. The
federal wounded who arrived here say they
ran into a very serious predicament at
place where the official report declared that
the enemy had been dislodged, and had fled
in disorder, not only from Nal Paso, but
from Pedernales.
It Is true, though not given out by the
war Office so far as known, that Navarro
later reported here that he had been I'M
able to hold his advantage at Nal Paso, and
had been twice repulsed. He had been
ordered to hold Nal PasO to form g juno
ton with the soldiers of the troop train.
He made desperate attempt to do so, but
failed.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22

The commission says that by means OF the
monthly reports required OF the railroads
81 is possiFIe 10 obtain current information
respecting present tendencies IN transpor-
1atiorl," and adds: 'ffn view Of the great
sssnffcancs which attaches TO current IN
formation OF this sort. the most recent re-
suits OF the compile ton OF the monthly re-
ports rendered by carriers are submitted" !"
Commenting on the table and chart sum-
naarizing operating revenues. operating ex-
Penses and taxes, for the fiscal years 1893
.s-ns and i9l0 the report says:
The general trend OF railway operations
since the fiscal year 1915 (Which includes
Ehe last six months of tre calendar year
1Sl1f has such q direct bearing upon ques-
1iOuS OF cgrI eat interest Ss TO warrant the
insertion Of z graphic statement o: total
revenues, total expenses and net revenues
-or the three fiscal wears 1903. 1909 ana 1910
and for the first quarter of the fiscal year
ending June 80 1911 A glance at this graph
SC statement viii impress more clearly than
words can express the reTnarka Die effect OF
7he reduction ii revenues IL the latter part
Of rhe calendar year iaGl upon operating
expenses. The chart answers also the
question as 70 TIE ey tent which the operat-
s-g revenue. OF railways have recovered
from the sharp decline which occurred in
-:4C
The report also sets forth the operating
revenues, operating expenses and taxes for
the year ended June 80, $40 and 1873, as
follows: .
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
FOLLOWS HIS WIFE IN DEATH
AGED Man Not Told That She Had
Expired a Few Hours Before.

Ignorant Of the death OF his VIE oniy
about thirty hours before, Samuel Nj
Smith. a nonagenarian resident OF irving
ton. n. j., died yesterday at the home Oh
his son. Jacob e. Smith, of No. 11s0 Stuy-
yesant avenue, Newark The Wiie' MIS-
Rachael Ann Smith, expired on MONDAY
night at the home OF daughter, MIS-
James Nj. TaIlrnan, OF No 4os SsuyFesant
avenue, about mile distant Inc oiu
couple had made their homes with the son
and daughter respectively for little more
than year Mr.. Smith was in his ninety
~.o,,d wear and his wife was m ner eighty
Neither knew that the other was near
deafh and on Tuesday night Mir. Smith ex-
nreSsed the wish that he might see his
wife again before he died. He passed
away a few hours later without having
baen told OF her death The double fu-
neral will be held at the home OF their son
tomorrow afternoon
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
ILLNESS STILL BATTLING
New Rochelle Doctor Stronger, bui
Consultation Is Decided Upon.

DIR. c. Cole Bradley. of New Rochelle
who was the victim OF some strange form
of septic poisoning that bafiied his physi-
clans, was reported to be much stronger
last night than he had been for week
DR.. Henry w. Titus, of New Rochelle. who
is I'm charge of the case. has called in con-
sultation Dr. Samuel W. Lambert, Of No.
$50 East 35th street. New York.
DR.. BradIey's symptoms are similar to
those of Carleton s. Carpenter, of White
Plains who died several days ago in St.
Luke's Hospital. after suffering for fifteen
months from some mysterious fever. The
physician has suffered from fever, with bad
sinking spells.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
DIG OUT DINOSAURS TOMB
Ready to Move Last OF Skeleton
Ten Million Years Old.

A cavelike dent in the rocky wall wnlon
hens the Hudson below the Paiisehes op-
postte 155th street marks the Work OF the
grave robbers who have dug UP the 70
mainx OF dinosaur. Within the littie e1-
cavation Hes a big bowlder covered Win
plaster containing the last lnstainent o.
the ancient creatures bones, and re1ose *
flames a big log FIRE. presided over oy IVY
natives OF Edgewater. who MAINTAIN oA''S
and nightly vigil over the precious feiie.
Already four big pieces OF rock, incssihS
iYstaIr1ents of the dinosaurs skeleton
have been removed to the American MI
scum of Natural History. To-day II IL
Planned to cart the remainder OF tne
strange tomb there 10 await the skAiui
chisels OF the paleontoiogists-
The discovery OF the skeleton--the most
important ever known east OF the Missis-
sippi River, from a archaeological p3n,
Of view-was made by two geological STU
dents OF Columbia eight months ago. iaey
communicated at once With the museum
Since then DR.. ". D. Matthew, curator OF
the archaeological department OF the nu-
scum, and DR.. Barnum Brown, his assist
ant. have kept the find secret from the
public After ascertaining the nature OF
the beast which had become so decidedly
part of the landscape, they conducted ne
gotiaticns for the purchase of the plot or
ground containing the skeleton.
Dr. Brown conducted the work OF excaVa-
ton. Dynamite was used in dlslcdgins the
rock Immediately above the skeleton, but
that containing the bones was carefully
picked OUT by Dr.. Brown and his experts
frorn\the museum, with no resultant dam
age to the specimen. DR.. Matthew estl-
mates the dinosaur alive TO have been from
fifteen to eighteen feet long and from SIX
10 eight feet in height. The bones were
piled up together in the rock, however, as
if the huge lizard had curled up when 1t
died, and were all contained N d block OF
rock not more than five by seven or eight
feet.
The dinosaur is conceived of as cross De-
tween a crocodile and an ostrich IN appear
ance, with both terrestrial and amphioious
habits. DR.. Matthew describes IT as be-
longing to an order OF fossil reptiles found
usually in the rock of the AIesozoic Age,
when the world was ten million years
younger than at the present writing.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
THE WEATHER REPORT.
Official Record and Forecasf.--Wa'

Official Record and Forecasf.-Washingto
Dse. 2l.-fow pressure off the New England
Coast caused continuation OF snow during
wednesday In the New England states and at
scattered points in The middle Atlantic states
II was followed by considerably colder weather
during Wednesday in the middle Atlantic and
New England states and brisk ana high north
and northwest wiEds on the coast from New
YORK City TO Boston. Anothd uleiurbdhoe %
considerable energy covers the pie"'A Sa'sa' ana
has caused snow III the Rocky Mountain region
and local rains in the middle plains states.
ybis dgsturhsncs in all probability will move
eastward ana be precesded by general rise IN
terrpersturs and attended by general preoipta-
ton from the plains statas eastward within the
next iarty-eight hours. II VIII 10 followed by
lower temperature over ne plains states ThnrsT
day ana the Mississippi VALLEY Friday
The vinas along tho NsW England Coast xiil
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22

nineteen against shippers or passengers. ol
the prosecutions twenty-one we're against
carriers and twenty-tvo asa ..lipps:'
or passengers. Concerning lIo- )l5 tt.e
report says:
The fight against discrimination is by re
means won, practices still remaining Whica
are more insidious and more difficult of ex-
tirpatfon than open rebating. by reason
of the fact that they are hidden in con-
trsctual arrangements entirely legal except
for the effect produced. To speak gen
orally these arrangements depend for tbeir
vice uDon some uniffcatiou of shipper and
carrier. pv which shippers secure an inter-
est in carriers pronts-
A part OF the report is devoted to con-
siderstion of certain suits, notably the coal
car distribution The Burnham- Hanna Num-
ger the Portland Gateway, the Omaha
street railway and various lumber cases
Most OF these cases have been decided by
the higher courts IN favor of the commits
sion.
BY the recent interstate commerce act
telegraph and telephone companies doing
an interstate business were placed under
the jurisdiction Of the commission Steps
already have been taken toward the for
mutation of a system Of operating tariffs
for these companies, and it IS expected that
this system will become effective on July
i, 1911.
Concerning the application OF the law to
telegraph and telephone companies the re-
port says:
There are from 2s.GoO 10 $1,000 telephone
companies which make provision for inter
state communication. and the commission IS
in doubt as TO whether il sxas the intent OF
Congress TO place all these companies un-
der its supervision and control. No opinion
is expressed az this time as to the admins
trarivs Interpretation which should be
placed upon the law in this regard.
The number of passengers killed in train
accidents in the year was 227, as compared
with 131 for the previous year. The num-
Der of employees killed in coupling acci-
dents increased from Isl In 1909 to 2o7 in
1910, an increase of % per cent. 1t Is
pointed out that notwithstanding the IN
crease in the number OF casualties, a
marked Improvement is noted in. the prae-
tees of railroads in guarding against yio-
lations OK the safety appliance laws. An
alarming number of accidents occurred to
! employees OF railroads who fell from cars
Prom this cause there were 5Se deaths and
S,2i4 injuries.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
FERRY COMPANY WOULD QUIT
Profits Gone, Says City Ought to OPP
crate Lines to BROOKLYN

The Union Ferry Company, which oper-
ates the Catharine street, Fulton street.
Wall street. South and Hamilton ferries
between Manhattan and Brooklyn. has in
formed the city. authorities that it's bust
ness has fallen of so that it cannot much
longer afford TO operate the service.
THE city must face the problem of either
having the ferries discontinued. with the
resultant damage 70 property" wrote rms
company IN a letter presented to the Sink
ing Fund Commission yesterday. ''or TAX
ing them over and running them as a mu-
nicipal enterprise. Anything short OF sale
TO the city would be temporary make
shift We believe that the city should
make offer OF fair price TO the company
and then operate the ferries
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
SILVER THIEF SENTENCED
Enploye of Gorham Company Con-
victed of Stealing Bars of Metal.

Providence, r. l., Dec. M.-John w. Vim
cent was held for the grand jury on the
charge of stealing from the Gorham Manu-
featuring Company two silver bars, valued
at about 1000, and was sentenced to eleven
months Imprisonment for stealing another
bar. valued at about $3.50, in the sixth dis
trict court to-day. One of the bars was
sent by Harry Volpe to Hardy s. Harman,
of New York, who notified the Gorham
Company. Volpe was fined $500 last night.
Vincent, who was employe of the COM
pany, is alleged 70 have carried the silver
bars. which weighed about Is pounds each,
out OF the factory under his coat.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
HONOR MEMORY OF DILL
Commonwealth Trust Directors Pass
Resolutions on Judges Death.

Resolutions On the death of Judge lanes
B. Dill. of the New Jersey Court OF Errors
and Appeals. Were adopted yesterday BY
the directors OF the Commonwealth Trrs.
Company. Before Judge Dill was appoint
ed TO the New Jersey judiciary he was
general counsel Of the Commonwealth Trus.
Company. The resolutions in part follow:
Whereas. the Hon James b Dill accepted
the position of general counsel of this COM
Pany on June 2S, 1905, at a time when its
dndlrS seemed almost hopeleSSly involved.
and through all the following years devoted
20 It's interests Unstint1ngly his valuable
time, unt1rlng labor and trained legal mind
heyonn any measure for which mere money
considerations can adequately compensate;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That in the death of Judgs
ICliI THIS company has suffered an irrepar-
able loss. and each individual member of
InS board has lost staunch. loyal and
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22

be moderate west 10 northwest: middle Atlantic
coast moderate variable. becoming south and
southeast south Atlantic Coast. moderate vari--
able: east Gulf Coast, moderate east 10 SOUTH
becoming brisk over western portion; west Gulf
Cost, brisk and probably high southeast, shift
ing 10 northwest Thursday night: Lake Mieh!-
San. brisk and probably high southeast
Steamers departing Thursday for Furopean
ports wi have brisk winds and fair weather 10
the Grand Banks. y
Forecast for Special LocaIties.-For New
England. fair to-day colder on the coast and
slowly rising temperature In west portion Fri
day: increasing eloudiness snd warmer followed
by snow: moderate northwest and west winds.
becoming variable
For Eastern New York. Eastern PENNSYLVANIA
and New Jersey. fair ana slowly rising t.n
peratare to-day; Friday snow and warmer mod
crate variabie winds. becoming south and south
east
FOR Western Pennsylvania increasing olopdi
mesa and warmer. followed by rain or snow To-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
MEXICAN TOWN RETAKEN
State Forces Rout Rebels at San
Andres CorHIa, in PuebIa.
SUMMONED BY TELEGRAPH
Fifteen Of Attacking Party,
Which Seemed Bent on Rob-
berry, Made Prisoners.

Mexico City, Dec. 21.--A special dispatch
from Puebla to-day stated that one hun
dred armed men attacked the small town
of San Andres Contla, In the state OF Pu-
ebla, last night. They were said to have
found no difficulty in taking possession OF
the town, but were routed in a short time
by state forces ordered to the scene by
telegraph.
The attackers were more intent on rob
berry than on making a revolutionary dem
onstrauon, according to the dispatch. The
state forces reached the town at o'clock
this evening. and recaptured It after half
hour of fighting. Fifteen of the attacking
party were taken prisoners. No details as
to dead and wounded were given.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22

February ]. 1911. ana maintain them for at
least two years thereafter.
No order Is made by the commission re-
garding lower bsrths. The order directs
the company ito fix rates upon upper
beTths not exceeding SO per cent OF the
rates applicable under the Pullman COM
pany's tariffs upon lower berths, whenever
such lower berth rate is 81 75 or over, and
in cases where the lower berth rate is 81 30
the upper berth rate shall be hxed a. 4
rate not 20 exceed 81 q"
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22

Martin a. Knapp. Mr.. Meyer will take the
place of ex-senator Francis M Cockreil,
whose term expires on December q.
Chairman Knapp Will tender to President
Taft before the close OF the present year
his resignation as a member of the COM
mission.
Tie Commerce Court will he organized
as soon as the judges have been con-
nrmsd by the Senate and their terms have
been designated by the President. The law
requires that the court shall be in opera
ton of its members. II is expected, there
fore that il VIII begin business about Feb
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
BRONX coNcouRsE OPENED.

Tho eoneourss which runs from 16ist
street 10 Moshoiu Parkway. a distance of
four miles. was officially opened last nil gf1t
10 the public by CyTus .. Miller president
q the Horoush OF The Bronx. Rssides Mr..
Milier there were present Commissioner II.
s. Thompson, Park Commissioner Thomas
J. Higgins Of The Bronx end a number of
Eronx politicians. The coneoursa was wen
Illuminated by tae l9G new lights. which are
l2s feet apart
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
CONFIRM MEYER AND M'CHoRD
Vacancies on Interstate Commerce
Commission Filled.
frrom The Tribune Bureau.

Washington, Dec. 21.-The nominations OF
b. II. Meyer and C. &. McChord TO fill the
vacancies or the Interstate Commerce
Commission were confirmed by the Senate
to-day without objection. OF President
Taft's recent appointments only the four
Judges Of the Commerce Court remain TO
be confirmed, and action or them Will be
taken Immediately after the holiday recess.
Mr. McChord was named to fill the va
eancy caused by the transfer of Chairman
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
WHO LOST A SIS BILL?

At the property clerks office at Police
Headquarters there is A s. ILL., which Will
be turned over to the owner Z he or she
calls for It. The money was found yester-
day by Patroiman McAuiiffe, at the north
west corner of 42d street and Sixth avenue.
Realizing that the money may belong to
some poor Christmas shopper, several OF
Commissioner Flynns detectives were de-
tailed to find the loser. but UP TO a late
hour they had not done So
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22

Highest temperature yesterday. % degrees;
lowest, II; average. 10: average for correspond
ine date last year. e5 average for corresponding
date last thirty-three years So
Local forecast: To-day. fair weather and
slowly rising temperatures; Friday, snow warm
a .er. Moderate variable winds, peconiinx south
sand southeast N --
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22

day; Friday rain snow; brisk and probably
high southeast winds
For Western New York. increasing cloudness
and warmer to-day: followed by Thurs
day night or Friday; moderate 10 brisk variable
winds.
Local OHicial Record.-Ths following Official
record from the Weather Bureau shows the
changes In the temperature for the last twenty
four hours. In comparison with tue correspond
ing date last year:
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22

Special reference is made ia the report &c
the work CT the commission looking 10 the
establishment OF uniform classification OF
freight. Practically ail the rules and regu-
iations q tie separate cIsssificat;ons have
been reviewed, revised and unified 4 large
AMOUNT cf work remains 10 be done to COM
plete this review. The carriers. the report
says. are making sincere effort 10 har-
monize the conflicting features of the vari-
Gus cisssifcations. bit Il viii be necessary
10 apply the stimulus OF requirement unless
satisfactory results are obtained at an early
date
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
FIGHT Against Discrimination.

Since December ]. 1853. forty-four indict-
ulents fer criminal violations of the inter
st2ce cosnnerce law have been found.
Forty-thTee prosecutions have been ccm-
plsted Stree that date and tllirty-one pleas
Of gUii.y were received. Ths amount OF
penalties assessed was sss SO Two verdicts
or eceust.ei were rendered. OF .he indict-
uneuts twenty-five were against carriers and
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22

Observations zsen Al p. m, 18th meridian ting last
night Air pressure reduced to sea level.
isooafs continuous lines pass through points OF equal air
pressure.
iso,erms. dotted lines pass through points OF equal
pesfue, oAu only tor zero. freezing 60 and 40 degrees
. Clear D Partly caocdy; . Cloudy; r RAIN; Snow;
NJ Report missing Arrows fly with the Wind.
First frHes indicate tempe srse second hour prccp-
taon of 0l inch or more of "A hours ending m yes
terdsy third wrd velocity when 10 OF more miles Der our
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
July, August and September, 1909.

@ bass ] Hs @Hses sBs4ss Bs5s ss @ 81 e e Hs miles
New-York tribune., 1910-12-22
Year ended june 80, 1863
Year ended June 30.

neas during miles, mileage operated
eaee oeatea year. asssss7a nles mileage operated
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-28
Library Notes.

Half dozen new books along the line
Of story reading for the primary grades
Of the public schools have just been added
to the library. They include madgs Big
hams Little Folks Land. which has the
now popular Jv-Boy Stories. There Is al
so her other popular book. Mother
Goose Village. which the Youngest OF the
youngsters so greatly delight in. There
are the Jim Grow Language Lessons;
also the "Stories OF Brave Dogs" as re-
told from the St Nicholas by Carter: there
is also a new book Of Eskimo Stories.
Teachers who are interested in the art
Of story telling will now find amongst the
educational books Of the library. Edna
Tyman's book on What to tell. and how
to tell it,.
Martha Holton and Alice Rollins book
on "Industrisl Work for Public School,.
has been added to the manual training
books.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-28
W. C. Il. u.
G OIL u Nj ~

The 3Ist annual convention OF the
w. c. r. L. in Denver closed one
OF the most interesting ip its history.
A great work is being done. an in
crease in all departments is shown
especially in membership. Colorado
shows gain OF over 800, On Thurs
day night We had one OF the finest
programs ever put before the Den
ver people. The subjects were deep
and handled well. On Friday even
ing We had the pleasure OF listening
to the Hon. John Marshall, attorney
general of Kansas, on Prohibition in
Kansas" Among some of the things
he said. they had no poor in Kan
sas. even negroes ride in their own
automobiles, and every state in the
union can do the same thing for their
poor people il they would only
stamp out the liquor traffic. 1t is
needless to>say he was loudly ap-
plaudcd.
Another interesting feature OF the
program was the burning OF the Sj,-
500 mortgage on our cottage home.
a home Tor fallen girls who have
committed their first offense. The
girls are taken in and given the best
OF care. are shielded from the public
snccr and given a new start in life.
Heretofore the home has been ham
percd because of lack of funds and
many such girls were turned away.
1t is the aim of our official board to
enlarge the home SO that no girl need
be turned away and if anyone inter
csted in that kind OF work would like
to help this good work. the local w.
c. I. U. will see that the money
reaches its destination.
Another interesting feature is that
the unions of the state have made
goo comfort bags for the boys on the
battleship Colorado and will be for
wardcd to San Francisco by Nov. 1.
The bag contains a needle case. but
tons all sizes. thread. different num-
bers and color, pair of scissors,
darning cotton, pins, testament.
mending material and letter OF
cheer for the boys. Many OF them
.bave no one to write them a line and
it is our aim to cheer the boys who
are willing to risk their lives for
others. This and many other good
things have been done this past year
but time nor space will permit OF a
more extended report.
MRS. S. S. BAILEY.