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New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

trict of Columbia and Maryland began their
annual ten days tour of duty of practical
instruction under the direction of the Navy
Department The naval reserve organiza-
tions were distributed among the warship5
of the Atlantic squadron. and the ships
headed for the Cap Cod Bay drill grounds.
There the reserves will spend the time at
gun practice. making themselves acquainted
with the positions they would be obliged to
fill in time of war.
Wv T. Hornaday and his fellow mem
bers of the committee on game protective
legislation and preserves of the Camp Fire
Club of America, issued an appeal to the
people of the United States against the de-
cision of the Secretary OF Commerce and
Labor to kill the superfluous males in the
seal herd on the Pribylov Islands This
committee maintains that II was clearly
the intent of Congress that, pursuant to tie
passage of the Dixon bill multiplying the
statute requiring that new contract
should be made for the killing of a pro-
portion of the seals. no seals whatever
should be killed. and cites passages from
the debate in Congress in support of this
contention. Mr.. Hornaday and his asso-
ciates further charge that the appropri l.
ton of S1O0, coo secured from Congress to
reimburse the North American commercial
Company is excessive alleging that the
property OF the company is not worth over
$4,000: also that $4,000 appropriated to
support the natives who were not TO b.
employed 10 kill seals proves his contention
that Congress expected that no seals would
be killed The controversy seems TO Sc
whether the seal herd can be best conserved
by killing off the superhuous males or by
an absolutely closed season. Secretary Ma
gel faVors the former plan.
Passed Midshipman Allen Bacon, u. s.
n, of Boston, who captained the Navy base
ball team in 1905 and for three consecu-
tive years played second base on the nine.
has been court martialed and dismissed from
the naval service He was convicted on
the charges OF drunkenness and lying. and.
what makes mis- case still more unusual
two of his own classmates who were IN
duty on the same ship with him. the New
HAMPSHIRE were the men who reported lin.
Failure of d safety device, designed TO
prevent the discharge OF a gun before the
breech block was locked. was the cause ut
the gun explosion in Battery De Russy, at
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
CRIME AND BUSINESS.

Henri Rochette. French promoter was
found guilty IN Paris OF swindlins through
violation OF the corporation laws,
and was condemned to two years iTnpris-
onment and to pay a fine Of $500. The
trial was long and sensational Rochette
was arrested On March %, 1908. accuse1
of having fraudulently obtained more than
$4,000. 900 through the medium of his vari-
ous companies and societies After his ar
rest the enormous line of shares in which
he was interested collapsed. A scandal
arose through the charge subsequently raade
that the arrest of the promoter was stock
iobbing trick on the part of group OF
SPECTATORS who had sold great blocks OF
the Rochette shares under agreement 10
deliver them after March 30 Rochettes 8
shareholders got together and decided that
his companies were on sound nnancfai
basis and that there was no natural cause
for the fall in his securities. The name OF
former Premier Clemenceau was brought
into the matter through the openly made al
legation that ne caused Rochette's arrest
This NJ Clemenceau denied
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
THE DEATH ROLL.

James W. Ridgway, former District Al
torney of Kings County, died III PARIS
Rear Admiral James Albert Hawke tretlredl J
cf Bristol Penn, formerly medical director
of the navy, died at the Naval Medical
School Hospital. in Washington Cfal5
Biddle, ex-judge of the Common Pleas Court
Of Philadelphia, died at his summer home
at Andalusia- He was eigRty-seven years
old After an illness of three weeks Pro
fessor Samuel Ross Winans, who had been
connected with Princeton University since
'1S7S and was lean from 1899 TO 1903, die-i
at his home at Princeton. James Ross
Curran vice president of the Carnegie
Trust Company, died at his home, No AZ
East 57th street. Louis Herman Augustus
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
KEEPING UNDEsIRABLEs OUT.

a total of 223 45s Italians and 12s,a4s
Poles. the two countries furnishing The
highest number of arrivals. are among the
factors in the grand total Of 1,o41.57o IN
migrants admitted into this country dur
ing the last fiscal year This Is 2s9.fs4
fewer than the previous year The hnAi
figures were made public by Commissioner
General Keene. During the same period
11s polygamists 2 anarchists, 15s idiots
inlbeciles and feeble minded. 1s0 insane.
professional beggars, II paupers, 2.$11 wirh
loa thsorne diseases. 1882 persons likely 10
become public charges and 1885 contract
ilaborers were debarred from ali ports.
NO person less than eighteen years old
will be permitted in this state TO operats
an automobile after August I unless ac-
cornpanied by a licensed chauffeur or the
owner of the machine. according to the
opinion of Attorney General OMalley on
the new law.
"Chautauqua County is the first political
subdivision of New York State to know It's
population based on the returns OF the tffs-
teenth census. The present population u
1O5.12e. a gain of 1892. or about Is pei
cent, over 1900, when the population was
sS,314
'.rhe Kings accession declaration bill
In an amended form. passed its second read
ing in the House Of Commons by vote c;
40 to 81 The bill as IL now stands pro-
vides that the pronouncement against Ca
tholicisnn shall be eliminated. and that the
| clause and declare that 1 am a faithful
Protestant be substituted 1t is believed
| that all difficulties have now been remove
and that the bill will survive the commit
tee stage and pe accepted by the House ot
| Lords without further trouble
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

candidacy. The 18th is the Congressman
home district, OF which he was leader until
he laid down the work TO Senator Alexander
Brough last fall.
Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, pres!-
dent of the New Jersey Senate. was formal
ly entered in the contest for the Republican
nomination for Governor TINS fall, when the
Republican committee of his home county,
Somerset, enthusiastically indorsed hin,
as the choice of Its members for the honor.
Prank Katzenbach, jr., of Trenton, who
three years ago. as the Democratic candi-
date for Governor, was defeated by Govern
or Fort, is again willing to be the standard
bearer Of his party for Governor OF New
Jersey this fall Mr.. Katzenbach issued
statement similar in tone to the one issued
recently by Woodrow Wilson In II he
says that IL his party calls him he Will &C
cept the nomination
ANY interesting happenings In the world
of commerce. asked Busy Man
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
BRYAN DETHRONED.

Amid turlun OF cheers from the former
followers of William ]. Bryan. Permanent
Chairman Smith of the Democratic Staee
Convention in Grand Island. Neh-, READ
4be result Of a test vote Of the gathering
practically taking from Mr- Bryan me
Democratic leadership of Nebraska which
H. has maintained for twenty years. And
by the irony Of fate the measure WHICH
caused his dovnfaIi-county option-Was
adopted as platform plank by the s'ate
Republicans in convention at Lincoln on
,he same dar. The vote canls motion
made l,x- CONGRESSMAN @. NJ Hitchcock, "A
candidate for the Senatorial nomination.
and in effect was 10 eliminate the introduc-
zion Of platform planks. with accompanying
so-ech@s unless submitted as section nf
The r2a1orirv or minority report Of the CON-
rrittee on resolutions
.'Brvan. of course. is Ignoring his over
throw as state leader, and has announced
that he will continue the contest for county
optfon but the trend of feeling shown hV
these Two conventions IS, to my mind. hlgh
1v significant
The platforn1 adopted by the Ohio con-
.-entior praises President Taft in unQueN-
fed terms and Endorses him for renomin2-
non in 1912. The achievements OF ms ao-
rninistration are declared to be the mos
renarkahle in he history OF natioll6i ieS
islation. including: The successful prosecu-
1ion OF sugar frauds. Intervention 10 pre-
vent increases in railroad rates, enforce
rnenr OF law against illegal dealings IN
stocks. impartial enforcement OF the anti
--,s- laws economy in expenditures ana
withdrawal Of public mineral lanos from
--tvste entry. The platform defends the
Pavne tariff law as in accordance with tfe
Rs-,Ihlics, doctrine of protecting home IN
,5,,srrz. and saws the law has been unjustly
assailed Il lauds the railroad law as
signal achievement Of Republican admins
rrgrfon and indorses the principle OF conser-
walton and the work of Congress and 'h'
President II calls for further generous
pension legislation. legislation TO revive the
rrerchsnt marine. an adequate national de-
fence ard ratification Of the Income TAX
s-,,endr,ent 70 he federal Constitution.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
srEEL's GOOD SHOWING.

Fears that had been entertained In some
quarters that the dividend on United states
Steel stock would be reduced were set at
rest when the directors at their quarterly
meeting declared a dividend OF IA per cent
for the quarter ended June 80, thus main
tanning the stock on the per cent yearly
basis esta blisheG three months ago. The
directors also declared the usual quarterly
disbursement of IN per cent on the pre-
ferred stock.
There was no cause for the alarm. as
was shown by the statement given out after
the meeting which gave total earnings TOT
the quarter Of s4o17o, $50, which was more
than $1,000. ooU above the highest estimates
that have appeared In the Street These @s
Inmates ranged from s3a.ooo,ooo down 70
s3z000,e00 It had also been thought tina
April would show the largest returns OF
any month in the quarter, but. as IT turned
out June mad The best showing. with earn
ings Of s13,5c6.-15, as against s1S, AZ 1920
for April and s13,229.2s9 for May.
The board adopted a resolution offered
by J. p Morgan that the officers hereafter
make public on the 10th day Of each month
the aggregate tonnage of untitled orders o'i
hand at the close of the previous month
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
TO CUT A BIG MELON.

"A letter from William c. Durant frs.
vice-president and chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the board of directors Of
the General Motors Company, reached Wall
Street from the conpany's offices in Flint,
Mich. advising stockholders that its earn
ings for the present fiscal year would be
sl2, 900. 900. This amount would be equiva-
lent to per cent interest on $500, 900, 900.
The company has about $4,000, 600 capital
stock outstanding. and ii is proposed to
increase this at least five to one. This
would make the new capitalization not less
than SIPS. .0o0 000 giving to common stock
holders not less than five for one in the new
securities IN exchange for the present hold
ings
The formation Of a $40, 600, 900 corpora
ton in New York State to consolidate tex
tile mills In this country and Canada was
announced II has the support Of a num-
Der of New England, New York and Balti-
more mill men. The new enterprise is to
be known as the International Cotton Mills
Corporation. It's capital is to consist of
$40, 900. 900 per cent cumulative preferred
stock and s10.o00.0O0 common stock
Henry D. Baker, our Vice-Consul Cen
eral at Sydney, in his report showed that
Australia leads the world in sheep farming
The estimated SGluc OF the AUSTRALIAN Hooks
is s22e,352 400 and their annual gross out
put is estimated at IS per cent of the value.
The number Of sheep in the countries leading
in the sheep industry are given in Mr. Bak-
ers report as follows: Australia, S7043-
266 Argentina, 1851. 100: Russia, $500
523 United States. 54.631, 900. and United
Kingdom. 30,01I.s53.
Judge Andrews. sitting al a special term
of the Supreme Court at Syracuse. approved
the report of William II. Hotchkiss, Stl-
perintendent OF Insurance. providing for the
payment OF a first dividend of so per cent
to the certificate holders of the People }
Mutual Life Insurance Association ami
League The Peoples Mutual is the fra
ternal insurance society which came into
public notice IN December, 1903, result
of an attempt on the part Of its board of
directors to transfer the control Of the So
ciety and of its So. 900 900 OF assets for a
consideration of about sl50,000. AT that
time possession of the society was taken
by Superintendent Hotchkiss under an order
of the Supreme Court, The same court
directed the liquidation or the corporation.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

Fort Monroe, on July 81, when eleven artis-
Ierymen were killed That Ia the nndins
of the board of officers which investigated
the accident and msd de its report
Captain Bernier, the Canadian polaf
navigator. Is nov on the way to CAnaaisn y
Arctic waters with the governments per-
mission to attempt the Northwest Passage
and bring his vessel around TO Victoria,
B. c.. a feat which was unsuccessfuliy trlsa
by Peary. Ross, Franklin and other nav'-
gators in the last century.
"A formal request from the water poiiu'
ton committee of the New York Merchants
Associa tion was sent TO Governor Hughes
asking him to prohibit by executive orcsE
the paper. pulp and other mills OF the upper
Hudson from discharsins their waste PROD
ucts into the river.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
ROCK ISLAND CONTROL.

Control Of the Rock Island Railroad.
with its eight thousand miles of line, passed
from the old Reid-Moore interests, who de-
veloped It into one of the biggest systems
In the West. to Kuhn. Loeb & Co. and
syndicate Of English bankers. headed by
Sir Ernest Cassell. Control was bought
from DR.. F. S. Pearson and his associates,
10 whom the Reid-Moore crowd sold out
earlier in the year The deal was carried
through by Otto H. Kahn, of the Kuhn
Loeb firm.
--Coincident with this important develop
raent was the repurchEse by Drexel & Co
and J. P Morgan & Co. of the holdings in
Lehigh Valley secured early this year by
Daniel G. Reid and ". H. Moore and their
friends and also the holdings in this prop
erty Of the Pea rson syndicate
The outcome Of this may be transcon-
tinentai railroad system, involving the Ls-
high Valley and Wabash to Chicago and -,
Louis. the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island
to Colorado and Texas points and the Den
yer & Rio Grande and Western Pacific as
one arm and the Southern PACING as the
other arm stretching to California.
George Westinghouse, to whose invent
i've genius and business ability was at
tributed the building up Of the Westns-
house Electric ana OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES So4Ai
ranv from a small industrial concern to
the huge corporation that 1t is to-day, was
dropped from the presidency of the COM
panv. an Office he had held for more than
a quarter of century. at a meeting OF
the directors held In this city. Edwin r
Atkins. of Boston, was elected to succeed
him. with the understanding, however. that
his retention of the office would be only
temporary, or until the board selected
permanent successor TO Mr.. Westinghouse.
The other retiring officers, including Rob
ert Nather chairman of the board, between
whom and MI Westinghouse there has
been an open breach for the last few
months. were reelected for the ensuing
year.
This westinghouse enterprise went
into the hands Of & receiver in the panic
Of 1907, and when it was rescued by its
banking creditors and reorga1ized four
teen months later the direction of the COM
pany'S policies was largely left In the hands
Of Chairman Mather. formerly head of the
Rock Island system, who has represented
tho banking creditors. Friction between
the organizer Of the company and the rep
resentaTive OF its financial rescuers began
almost Immediately, and Wall Street has
been expecting for nearly a year exactly
what has now happened.
The Pittsburg district, which claims the
largest tonnage of any port or district in
the world, moved 156,066,542 tons during
the year 1909, according 10 tables compiled
hv the Chamber of Commerce. The figures
show a gain Of -42,051.138 tons over the
rather depressed business year of 1908, and
are within 5000, 900 tons of the record Of
the banner year 1907. The tonnage is
nearly four times the amount moved thir-
teen years ago. OF the total named i45.-
5S0.3S6 tons were moved by railroads, and
12.4z6.154 tons were moved by river boats.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

HIGH COST OF GOVERNMENT.
1T cost nearly s405, coo, 900 TO pay the
opera ting and maintenance expenses for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-05

mo-" and supplemented the remark
with other less ordinary words. 1t ap-
peared that cool and collected consider
alton OF the idea of losing a days pay
was too much for the strikers, and
their feet became frigid before the
completion of their plans. But pro-
fessor Kindig stood pat against MAX
ing monkeys out Of the concert goers.
Then in almost a panic, the Mexican
musicians sent Medina to argue with
alderman S. Blumenthal about it As an
orders to the conductor that the band
had repented and to play. These orders
were received after 6 o'clock by pro-
fessor Kindig, and he tumbled into his
uniform for the 1880 concert But 1t
was after s o'clock before Medina had
collected enough musicians to make a
presentable noise. and then the band
was not complete enough to produce a
standard concert.
As strains Of the first selection
spread through the Cleveland square,
the entire neighborhood turned out, and
soon the benches were filled and a few
spots on the grass occupied. The band
played less than an hour, rendering g
six brief selections, chosen by the
conductor as they were needed.
So the Municipal bandsmen succeed
ed in playing peek-a-boo with their
conductor, deprived hundreds Of citi-
zens of much enjoyment, and all that
without losing a moments salary,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-05
BAND CONCERT Is
GIVEN AFTER ALL
Some of the Striking Musi-
clans Sued for Mercy and
Were Allowed to
Plav.

who went TO the band concert?" or,
'sthe strike that wasn't" may be the
title Of what happened Tuesday night
and what didn't happen Although
members of the FL PaSo municipal band
declared g. strike on the morning Of
concert day, and although professor
Kindig himself announced through The
Herald that therefore no concert would
be held. there was an impromptu con-
cert with an incomplete band and a
handful Of listeners.
History of the big band strike stands
cut alone in the record Of local walk
outs Because Of a misunderstanding
about the wages due them for the
Pueblo trip, members Of the Municipal
band declared a strike Tuesday morn
ing through Medina, conductor Of the
Juarez Municipal mand, who acts as
lieutenant for professor Kindig- SO
the conductor, professor Kindig, re-
Quested The Herald to call off" the
concert No usual program had been
published
Later in the day. a representative of
the strikers went to the house Of pro-
fessor Kindig and offered a verbal flag
of peace IN the name Of the whole ag-
gregation- But the conductor said,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-05
HOW TO FIND OUT

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There is comfort in the knowledge so
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The mild, pleasant and extraordinary
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When writing be sure to mention that
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-05
Every Modern Convenience
Is Afforded the Tenants in
Newest Ell Paso Plan.

Housekeeping is a complex question.
There is the grocery question, the meat
question, and q hundred other perpIex-
Ing, bewildering questions, little and
big. t
But there is, one question which is
of the most important. 1t is the house
question. With its solution, the other
little problems seems to take wings
Based on the principle, Blessed be
nothing the scientists have come
close with Blessed be next to moth
ing" and hence the evolution OF the
goth century apartment In the first
place people have for centuries been
living in 100 large quarters for either
comfort or economy, and in the second
place the men who built the homes
didn't know A B about housekeep-
ing.
Even many housekeepers themselves
didn't know. But now comes a cut
and dried formula, quite as pretty, just
as artistic and a thousand times more
comfortable, compact and coy. What
the sleeping car porter does, modern
housewives are doing. The French and
English have been doing it for a long
time. You say, what is this formula?
Why, the modern apartment house.
Now, Ell Paso has a modern apart
ment house, not only the most thor
ouhly equipped but quite the most
handsome in the whole southwest 1t
is called the Alexandria, and is located
few blocks from the city at
North Oregon and Arizona streets.
Nearly everybody has seen the build
ing from the outside, its quaint con-
Struction of three stories with tiny
colonial panes OF glass and Italian
scroll work over the French bedroom
windows. Here is what is on the in
side:
There are 26 apartments, each of
three rooms, kitchen and bath, and
two first story apartments of four
rooms, kitchen and bath each. Such
has been the result of a demand as
old as modern FL Paso for small apart
ments such as one may obtain in east
ern cities. The eight room house for
more than one family is a thing of
the long, long ago. Privacy and COM
fort are not found there.
This modern living machine is
combination Of detail, to the house
keeper.
To begin with. there are house tele-
phones from the entrance lobby to
every floor, a system of bells and in
dividuaI letter boxes with locks.
Halls of the three stories are espe-
cially handsome. Walls are of heavy
soft green, woodwork of mahogany
and white, beautiful colonial effects.
Doors of each apartment are of the
mahogany with white framework
which against the green walls forms
an especially handsome contrast. Long
hung staircases at front and rear of
each floor afford easy mounting, and
the house telephone system makes d
minimum of step-taking.
Each one of the &c apartments is
arranged alike, along a formation con-
sidered the most practical One en-