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New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
RAILROAD REGULATION.

Jacob H Schif, head OF the banking
firm of Kuhn Loeb & Co, appeared before
the railway securities commission and took
issue all along the line with the views eX-
pressed before the same body by Francis
Iynde Stetson, legal adviser Of J. p. Morgan
& Co. While the lawyer declared in favor
OF state control of railroads, the banker
said the federal power alone should have
any say in the control of railroad securities.
AIr Stetson declared in favor Of the issue
of stock without par value. Mr. Schiff said
in substance that stock could not dispense
with the dollar mark, for the public would
compute its yaluo on the basis of the divi-
der.ds 1t paid. In his statement anent the
control of railroads, MIR. Schif said that
Willie he was not an advocate of new ma
tionalisrn, he considered that the Interstate
Commerce Commission was the only author
ity that should have any voice in the con-
troll of railroads doing an interstate busl-
ross. He summed up his position on the
subject in the words: we cannot serve two
masters and prosper
Robert s Loyett president Of the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads;
Walker y. Hines, chairman of tho executive
committee and general counsel Of The At
Gibson Topeka * Santa Fe and Samuel
Urtermyer. lawyer, were witnesses before
President Tafts commission on railroad Sc
cGrities, under the Craftsmanship OF PresI-
cent Hadley Of Yale. None of them fa-
sored state control Judge Lovett favored
federal legislation, but questioned the le-
gality Of control Of rates by Congress.
I'm his remarks TO stockholders in the an
hual report of the Missouri Pacific Railway
George J. Gould, the president Of the road,
among other things, said: The steadily in
oreasing expenses. which TO an eextent are
beyond the power Of the management TO
ccntrol, have become very serious factor
in railway operations The only way such
Increases In expenses can be met with a
proper maintenance of the property and a
fair return 10 the stockholders. is by an ad-
y..i.ce in transportation charges
christmas bonuses 10 employees arsre-
eating s2.75o.o0o were announced in Wall
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
MR.. RoosEvELT's CARFARE.

a Congress investigation of Theodore
Roosevelt's railroad transportation expenses
while he was President of the United States
Was directed in a resolution introduced by
Representative Rainey, of Illinois, a Demo-
c1at. 1t was referred TO the Committee on
Rules II provides that q committee of five
members be selected in such manner as the
House may direct 20 investigate how much,
81 any Of these expenses were paid by Mr..
Roosevelt or by any one acting for him.
i further provides for an inquiry as 10 the
contracts made 10y him, any one acting
for him. while President, with the PennSyl-
varia Railroad or its officials. 'or the de-
r,,anas for transportation made by Theodore
Roosevelt. while President on said road
"One Of the most animated controversies
IN the Navy Department for many years
was ended when the contract for battle
slip No. 80, the new Texas. was awarded to
The Newport News Shipbuilding Company.
The price will be s5.S30.00o.
Negotiations which have for their end
the perfection Of a new treaty between the
United States and Japan are well under
way and are advancing with success which
IS the occasion OF the utmost satisfaction
10 the administration at Washington. The
laeW convention is 10 be general treaty Of
I,eace :lInity and commerce. and is TO re-
7,lace the treaty OF commerce and naviga-
1ior Of 1884, which in turn replaced that
or 1854
In the presence OF distinguished gath
eng in Washington, Edward Douglass
White was fornaaIly elevated from an asso-
ciate justiceship in the Supreme Court OF
TIE United States 10 the chief justiceship."
ANY important developments In the
world of commerce." asked Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
MORE SUGAR SUSPICIOUS.

Customs experts from tho Treasury De-
r.srfrnent and special agents of the Depart
Inent of Justice are making inyestisa-
ton which promises TO add another chapter
L. The story Of sugar frauds against the
government. An alleged abuse of the ORA w.
lack privilege, principally at the port OF
New York, is under rigid INVESTIGATION, and
one Official says lie revelations promise to
gut the government in q position 10 recoy er
asmost as much as it did in the underweiSh-
SIX cases. when more than $4,000, coo was
laid TO the Treasury Some of the inves-
1iea4jons are said TO have shown that tn.
government has been defrauded in the draw
back on syrups. 1t is charged that it has
been paid on high grades Of sugar COM
r;aaaing high duties, while in fact a very
ler grade was used. Under the system Of
examination which has prel allied the Gus
toms authorities are confronted with the
probability that they may have been paying
drawbacks on shipments which were not
sugar at all, but might in fact have been
sawoust, so far as the usual inspection de-
seIoped.
-P. A T. Widener, the traction magnate
tt Philadelphia, and Benjamin Altman. the
New York merchant, handed over to the
cUsioms authorities art objects snuggled in
hy Duveen Brothers, according 10 the state
Isssants of government agents. Other SNUG
sled articles viii be sought for in the homes
OF wealthy patrons of the international art
dealers.
'erfle government also flied a series OF
complaints in civil actions against Duveen
Ercthers. The suits involve forfeiture
claims on practically all the mercha ndise in
sne paYcen establishment at no. 30. Fifth
svenue- and amount TO about 100000. This
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
THE DEATH ROLL.

Miles NJ. O Brien, banker and leader in
educational movements of benefit 10 New
York City, died at his home, No. 320 West
seth street, in his fifty-ninth year. \. Ian
fear Norrie, eldest son of the late Gordon
Norrie died at his home. No 5 East S4th
street after an attack of pneumonia that
lasted eleven days. John J. Wysong, well
known New York member of the Newport
cottage colony, died at Greystone, his suns
rner home there, at the age of seveniy-one
years Seymour J. Guy, a portrait painter,
died at his home, No, 557 East 134th street
The Bronx. The Rev. DR.. James Tuttle-
Smith, rector emeritus of the Church of tie
T1oly Serulchre, died on Sunday at his
home. Oatland. Ridgeheld. Conn. in his
senior priest of the Episcopal Diocese of
Newark and the Oldest alumnus of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, died in West Or
ange u. j. lie was ninety-two years old
Brigadier General Henry &. HaSbrouck u.
s A. (retired), who served Throughout the
hcme in Newburg. seventy-two years old
Sehor Don Anibal Cruz, Envoy EXtraordl-
nary and Minister plenipotentiary from Chill
to the United States, was stricken with
heart failure IN Washington and died ten
minutes later. Wallace Turner lFoote, jr.
of Fort Henry, n. ", died at ST Luke $
Hospital after an illness of several months.
He represented the 23d District. New York,
in Congress from 1895 to 1892"
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

suicide In London. England. on Nay ~
1909 left an estate. as shown by the trans
fer tax appraisal fled in the Surrogate
cffice at White Plains OF $6O,776.
Public benefactions aggregating $37o,Jo'
are provided in the will Of Mrs. William y
MoseIey, Of Newburyport, Mass, which was
Fl ed for probate. Two hundred thousahe
dollars Is left to the Emma Jaaues Hospltai
OF Newburyport, ard $4,000 to Harvard
University.
''The will OF Mrs. Elizabeth Williamson
Garrett, widow OF Caspar 8. Garrett. a
millionaire paper manufacturer OF
Philadelphia. provides 100000 homo Tor
poor children and single women.
Captain Bernard Frederick Trench. OF
the British Royal Marine Infantry. nnd
Lieutenant Vivian II. Brandon, OF the Roy
al Navy were found guilty In Leipsic OF
espionage upon the German fortifications al
Borkum. and each sentenced to four years
Imprisonment in 4 fortress. They were
charged with taking fashlight pictures OF
The Notifications at Borkum. and photo
graphs Of the defences in course OF con-
struction on the island OF Wangeroog. in
the North Sea, near the entrance to Jada
Bay.
Cornelius j. Jordan. former. Water Reg
lister in Queens, the first man to be in
c,icted in the graft hunt which began last
May and the first cne of more than thirty
now under indictment TO be placed on trial,
vas sentenced to six months imprisonment
in the Queens County jail and to pay fine
of $3.50.
Justice Edward 3. Whitney accepted
Governor Whites appointment to succeed
tho late Charles ". Dayton in the Supreme
Court.
Louis Victor Seydell. charged with the
r,rrCer of Clenente Dernaron, an italian
contractor, at West Park, y. Y, on July
"a, was declared not guilty by the jury be-
fore which he was tried II was the con-
.tention OF the defence that the shot was
fred In self-protection, as Demaron had
picked up rock and was about to attack
him.
'sDr. Frederick A. Cook. hailed little
mere than a year ago as the discoverer of
the North Pole and known more recently
since his exposure for his confession in
magazine serial. that maybe he didn't dis
cover it, arrived N this city on the North
German Lloyd liner George Washington
from year of expatriation.'
'I admire his taste in steamships, snick-
cre0 Busy Man. But would have thought
he would pick out one with some other
name than that"
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
Nesos Notes From
WeSfc6eSfer County

, Westchesfer County by Comfy Clerk
Frank NJ. Buck, lives in Yonkers. He has
been connected with the Office for several
years. and served under ex-County CLERK
Leslie Sutherland
David H Hunt, one of the best knOWIs
criminal lawyers in westchester County.
who has been i'll for many weeks. is now
In St Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, IN a
serious condition. Several months ago he
underwent an operation for appendicitis.
hut never fully recovered from the effects
1t now appears that most of the towns
along the north shore of Long Island
Sound, with the exception OF Mamaroneck.
favor the plan OF the new New York. West
chester & Boston Railroad Company 10
abandon its proposed route two hundred
feet east of the tracks of the New Haven
Railroad and to run its trains from New;
Rochelle over the New Haven line 20 POrs
Chester.
At Larchmont a resolution was adopted
approving the plan to abandon the routa
and suggesting that the Public Servlee
Commission grant the Westchester cor
poration permit to carry out this IDEA
Rye citizens also approved the scheme, ou1
In MamaronecEx the residents at a puoho
meeting decided that the company snouId
build a new road entirely Independent OF
the New Haven system, because some sali
Ii would be a benefit 10 the community ana
increase the value of real estate throughous
the township.
The Yonkers Automobile Club has elected
the following board Of governors: J. =
Walsh E Z. Reardon, A 7. Giessner,
Charles Peene, w. z. Yerks, DR.. W. G-
Schoonover, r. Halsey Jackson. DR.. r. a.
Fones Dr. A c. Benedict and NJ. A Brod-
erick
One of the largest estates that William
c. Clark Transfer Tax Appraiser OF Mount
Vernon, has appraised since he passed upon
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

Street. The United States Steel Corpora
ton and the Central Trust Company will
be the distributors Of the amount named.
the Steel Corporations bonus being S2,70O,-
coo, which is 100000 larger than last
years distribution, notwithstanding that 1t
has been dull year in the. steel trade. ana
that OF the trust company $4,000, which is
the same as last Christmas. Each ernploye
of the Central Trust Company will get ao
pei cent of the amount of his yearly saiarS
as his share of the bonus. The Astor trust
Company announced a bonus of 10 per cent
of the annual salaries of Its employees. Inc
Steel Corporations bonus Is part casn anu
part common stock and, usual, the
amount was determined by the annual earn
irgs It will be paid 60 per cent IN COM
mon stock at 20 and 40 per cent IN cash.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

? what else happened that | ought 10 ie
member" asked Busy Man.
] .The City Club of New York, In lettcl
| 70 Edwin A. Merritt, jr., chairman OF TIE
LEGISLATIVE investigating committee. put IL
| self on record as condemning the preseh'
| Investigation and the method in Whlch Tie
counsel to the committee. M. Linn Bruce
examined certain of the witnesses VINO were
active in promoting traction legisiaaioii
More than that. the club denounced III 'ne
letter the sins of omission by the coniiit'
tee, prominent among which. the letter saiu'
was the failure to bring out from ex-Seha-
tor lothian p. Aids. when he was on the
witness stand, anything concerning his dou-
bic employment as legislator ana lawyer
fer railroad and other corporations inter-
asted in legislation which came before MIN
in his capacity state Senator anu as
legislator. and at the same time counsel Tor
the state in the matter of land purchases.
Legislative procedure at Albany, how
ever, seems likely to be immune from any
interference from the present Legislative III
vestigating committee, according 10 the
statements made by Edwin A. Merritt, Jr-'
chairman. and M. Linn Bruce, chief eoun-
SCI, Mr. Merritt belittled the suggestions
of the City Club, and said they did not touch
upon the real points Oh AiDduS ihCtiioNs'' e
was sustained bysMr. Bruce in both conten-
TONS We've been running the Legislat-
ure beautifully for the last sixteen years,
said Mr. Merritt, and 'tain't up to us to
change it now That was Mr.. Bruce's
sentiment also, though he phrased 1t DIFF
ferently.
New Jerseys Governor-elect, Woodrow
Wilson. answered the public announce
ment of James Smith. jr., that he was
candidate for John Kean's seat in the
United States Senate. Mr.. Wilson charged
Mr. Smith with trickery and deceit. and
said it was only with the. understanding
that the Democratic boss of New Jersey
would not be a. candidate for the Senate
that he consented to take the Democratic
nomination for Governor Of New Jersey.
"A special grand jury sitting in Adams
County, Ohio, brought 633 indictments
against men of the cities of Manchester
and PEBBLES for either selling their votes
in the recent election or buying votes for
the different candidates. OF these 693 more
than 400 have already come into court,
pleaded their cases and have either been
fined or released under bond until their
trials come up. All who pleaded guilty
were sentenced to pay a fine of $25 each,
serve six months in jail and to lose their
voting privilege for the next five years.
Adams County is one of the largest farm
ing districts in Ohio, and has but four
towns of any size. For many years it has
been the practice, it is said, for about two
thousand men to sell their votes to the
highest bidder, regardless of party.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
FIRE INSURANCE SMIRCHED.

The legislative graft Investigating COM
njttee was informed that the insurance
companies are gambling against the chance
of q conflagration that might wipe out the
business heart of this city in what is
known as the congested district, and that
in such an event practically every insur-
ance company, both foreign and local, which
is doing a large business in New York,
would be ruined, and property owners un-
able to. collect more than an insignificant
part Of their insurance. This conclusion
came from A NJ. Best, publisher of Bests
Reports, the official publication of the fire
insurance business here.
"The United States Court of the Eastern
District. Of Pennsylvania, which handed
down its decision in the anthracite coal
case about two weeks ago declaring the
Temple Iron Company a combination in re-
strafnt Of trade ami dismissing the govern
ment's contention as to other matters in
the suit issued It's decree, which restraints
the railroad corporations that own its stock
from further exercising control over the
Temple Iron Company, but there is nothing
in the decree to prevent the Temple Iron
Company from selling or disposing Of its
shares of the capital stock to any bona fide
purchaser not in 2rivity with any of the
defendants mentioned in the decree and not
sustaining any relation in interest, direct
or indirect, by trust or otherwise TO or with
any of the said defendants.
Formal orders were announced by the
Interstate Commerce Commission reducing
The prices heretofore eXacted by the Pull
man company for upper berths in sleeping
cars
u ogden Armour made public the earn
incs Of Armour & Co. the most important
member of the Beef Trust, for the year
crding October o. The net earnings were
S5.S17,721. This is about % per cent on
the capital stock of 100000 600. The cor
Icration has a net capital investment or
So, ,9S3,313. This includes s73,983,313 of
surplus. The earning on the capital in
yestment' was about 3 Y per cent.
''The will Of the late Michael Cudahy was
offered for probate in Chicago. 1t disposes
Of an estate appraised at 81, ,015, 600. Char
liable institutions receive S22. 500.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
NO PROOF AGAINST LoRIMER

Acting under instruction from the Com
rlittee on Privileges and Elections. Sena-
tor Burrows reported TO the Senate that the
committee had been able to find no evidence
Convicting Senator Lorimer, of Illinois, OF
corrllat practice. anu no evidence invalidat-
ing his right to seat in the Senate The
committee accordingly asked 10 be excused
from further consideration of the resolu-
fiGn authorizing the investigation
DO YOU wonder" asked Busy Man,
That the country as a whole seems 10
think few changes in the personnei Oh
Congress is desirable?' Ignoring this
question, Constant Reader continued:
AT the solicitation OF President Taft. the
Senate acted promptly in passing the reso-
luton of Senator Culberson confirming the
present boundary between the state of
Texas and the territory of New Mexico,
and preventing the possibility of a dispute
over the question which was about TO be
I,e.ti,entd by New Mexico in the adoption of
lis constitution.
The nomination of Martin A. Knapp,
chairman of the Interstate Commerce Com
r,.issior 10 be chief judge of the new Com
l,erce Court was confirmed by the Senate
without objection The Interstate Com
l.I.re4c Committee also reported favorably on
The appointments If B. H Meyer, of Wis
ocnsir. and c. c. McChord, of Kentucky.
70 I'll the vacancies in the Interstate Com
rnerce Commission
The House Committee on Claims report
ed favorably the Lodge bill, which has
l,assed the Senate, refunding s66.ee0 TO
those contributors who paid the ransom
lj,=lnapded by Turkish bandits when Miss
Ellen Stone was held a captive in the Bull
earian Mountains, in 1901
+Dr Charles 2. GTandfeld, First Assist
art Postmaster General, in his annual re-
r,ort submitted to Postmaster General Hitch
cock, shows that the number of postoffices
in operation on June so, 1910, was $3.50.
The gross revenue of the postal service in
III, fiscal year amounted to s224.12S.657, an
increase of $40, ,566.247. The expenditures
for the year aggregated 1928, 9,9F7,224, an in
crease of sS,973, ,121 81. The deficit was
s5,s4S,566. compared with s17,441,71s foI
the preceding year.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
NEW YORK POULTRY SHOW.

Again Madison Square Garden will be a
scene of beauty, with thousands OF dollars
representing the value of the exhibits OF
poultry, pigeons and pet stock, IN the
twenty-second annual exhibition by the
New York Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock
Association.
The show will open on Tuesday and close
on Saturday, and the week will be busy
one for the management and the exhib-
itors, with every department filed. the
entire Garden occupied and thousands OF
birds to be admired and carefully judged
The showing of pet stock has become I'M
portant while the rabbits, hares and guinea
pigs and the bantam classes each year
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

action brought to light the failure OF Se,-
2 oao 600 offer of settlement on all the claims
srainst the Duveens on condition that the
pending criminal prosecutions should DE
dropped.
Charles d. Drew and Charles IL war
deli, United States Teighers, who were con-
v:cted last September of receiving money
fer permitting the onderweighing of sugar
en- the docks of Arbuclle Brothers were SEN
tenced TO serve ten months in the penlten-
tiary at Blackwelfs Island
Richard Parr the customs officer who
discovered the frauds at New York which
resulted in the collection of more than So
cGe. 600 from the so-called Sugar Trust re-
eeived an additional award of $4,000 in
the urgent deficiency bill, which passed the
House Mr. Parr has received s2eoVu
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

from the Treasury Department. making MS
total reward S100,Ge0-
--Horserace and stock market tipsterS ana
others who purport 10 have exclusive IN
side information of sure winners at the
races and of what may happen on the STOCK
exchanges may soon find the Department or
Justice calling on them to show that their
business is legitimate. 1t is the depart
rnent's intention to rid the United States
mails of all frauds. Complaints have been
made to the bureau of investigation against
some Of the Wall Street tipping agencies,
and a partial investigation is afoot TO de-
terrmine if there is any evidence of wrong
doing
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

cia! loss of $2,50o,0O0 was incurred in n
fire which destroyed an entire block in the
manufacturing district
more than three hundred and fifty col
liers lost their lives in an explosion in the
Little Hutton colliery. of the Hutton Col
lieYy Company. which is located n little
distance outside the city of Bolton Eng
lard.
Every report to the state Department at
Washington from China bearing upon the
epidemic of bubonic plague indicates the
iapid spread of the disease and tells of
the msgnitudesof the aff1ietion. One cable
gram received from the legation at Pekins
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

ute $4,000. which is equal to so per cent
os the salaries. In addition TO voting this
sum to the employees of the company. the
directors voted a bonus of $4,000 to Presi-
dent James N Wallace for his service in
upbullding the Central Trust Company.
Clarence II. Mackay. president OF the
Postal Telegraph Cable Company and the
Commercial Gable Company. sent a woollen
sweater as personal Christmas gift from
him to every one of the five thousand mes
senger boys employed by his companies in
America.
Charles H Markham, a former Harrf-
man man and now president of the Gulf
Re fning Company and the Gulf Pipe Line
Company of Pittsburs, was elected presi-
cent of the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany, effective January u. He succeeds
James T. Harahan, who will be seventy
years Of age on January II. Under the
rules OF the company its officers, when they
reach that age, are obliged TO relinquish
their places.
''The Philippine government has taken
steps To effect arrangements with the co..
lGn:al governments in the Orient for estab-
fishing parcels post. An arrangement has
already been made with Hong Kong, and q
money order agreement is soon to follow to
facilitate business between the two points.
Parcels up to eleven pounds weight, three
and one-half feet In length. can be trans
nitted from Hong Kong to the Philippines
at the rate Of Y cents a pound. Any arh-
cles may be sent except poisons. explosives,
liquids, confectons, pastels live or dead
animals, fruits and vegetables"
ct may be-" commented Busy Man, that
the four great reasons-the four express
ccrnpanics-why we can't get such a boon
here at home do not apply to our insular
possessions. Any persons of Importance