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New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
ROAD HISTORY ILLUSTRATED

novelty at the Brussels International
Exposition is a graphic history of roads,
from the Roman road TO the most perfected
modern form An average about a third OF
a mile In length leads up 70 the pavilion OF
Civil Engineering. and is divided into sec
tions. each two metres long, representing
been employed by civilized nations. mus
the visitor Is enabled TO make a direct com
parison showing the peculiarities and ad-
vantaKes OF all the various kinds OF hfrh
ways that man has devised to enabls him 10.
move about easily on the surface of hid
planet on foot, on horseback and IN card
riages and wagons--Philadelphia Record
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made on complaint of Henry Becker, a tele-
graph operator, arrested several months ago
in connection with a raid on an alleged
bucketshop in Jersey City. Becker was
held by Commissioner Rowe in bail Of
$4,000 for a hearing in Washington. AT
the hearing he was discharged, but detained
as a witness. Tor this, * is said, no bail
was required. Becker made demand for
the return of his $500 from Commissioner
Rowe. but received only $4,000 he says"
Amy persons Of Importance die?" asked
Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
BLOW AT LOBSTER PALACES.

Mayor Gaynor struck another blow ct
Broadway's late hours when he revoked me
all night licenses of George Rector's Cafe
Madrid at Broadway and I6th street ::
Maxinn's West 2Sth street; the Abbaye.
West 3sth street. Joe Adams's. West 44rh
street: Jake Wolr's, West 45tb street:
the Sterling. Seventh avenue and SOFA
street and Faust's Columbus Circle
Mr.. Gaynor relented little in his stand
against aI1-night cafes later, and as a re-
suit three small places gos back their Il
censes 10 sell IiqTo- with their food
"A move made from the fusion side OF
the Board of Aldermen for an investigation
into the recent charges of graft in the
granting of newsstand and bOotblack
stand permits. ~as effectually blocked by
the Tam1nany majority The question was
referred 10 the Rules Committee. There IT
will probably rest peacefully while the agl-
tation is allowed t. blow over
Eleven men of the coas- artillery were
killed outright is the .esult Of the blowing
out of breech oIocl< - one of the big guns
engaged in target practice az Fortress Mon
rec. Va Seven others were taken to the
the post hospital An investigation into the
cause of the accident promptly started
The question of the exhibition OF the
pictures of the Jeftries-Joh1son fight was
put up to the New YORK aldermen by \
from the Mayor. in which
he pointed oIt that in spite of the hundreds
of letters and requests he received asking
that he order the PICTURES stopped. he had
no power 10 do so, and could not have. un-
less the board would pass an ordinance
il a penal ciience TO exhibit such
pictures The board passed the question
r u o~{=
la tion. which erectua,r- kills any chance
of prohibiting the pictures in New York.
because The committee. along with the
board itself will not meet again until Sep
tember 90
Into the Supreme Court of the State CT
New York, through his lawyer. Jacob Cor
don. OF No s4s Broadway. came Russell
Griswold. OF New York ind Rowayton.
Conn, pleading for a s50,O00 cash cure for
his wounded young heart from wealthy
Helen Woodruff Smith. of Stamford. Conn.
who is many years his senior. but promised
10 wed him. so he declares. and then broke
her promise. She was formerly the wife
,f Homer Cummings. twice Mayor of Starf-
lord and a Democratic politician of nation
Al prominence. She Is the daughter OF the
ate James D. SIXTH. who was president OF
The New York Stock Exchange. commodore
os the New York Yacht Club and head OF
the banking firm OF James D. Smith & Co.
Of No IS Broadway. Dying. her father be-
queathed 20 her the major share OF
81. 500. 600"
Few persons feel anything but contempt
Tor man who sues a woman for breach Of
promise" said Busy Man. but these are
the days wher woman Is clamoring for
equality with man. so why should she nor
have 10 pay for asr fun. like any one else~.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
p hSs1Eft DE- iHillE n E1 sllslon.

fated A second explosion lifted the roof
of the gasworks from the walls and scat
tered the pieces over wide area Several
cottages near by fell In ruins at the shock.
while other buildings which held to their
foundations lost their windows and doors
while an aviator named Ehrmann was
making a cross country flight at Barcelona
MS aeroplane was struck by lightning and
fell blazing to the ground. The aviator es-
capped uninjured, which is regarded as al
most miraculous He was sailing along at
a moderate height when he got in the path
of the sky bolt. Instantly the aeropiane
was enveloped in flames, It's canvas wings
shrivelled up, and, clinging to the skeleton
of his craft, Ehrmann came down with a
thud The Lower Rhine Company. witn
$500, 900 capital. for the construction II
air cruisers especially fitted for dropping
explosives. has been formed under the au-
spices of Count Moltke in Germany.
"Diriglble balloons will be built about $50
feet in length and having q capacity o.
14,300 cubic metres of gas and carrying
power of more than five tons. The frana-
work of the vessels will consist of wooden
stays, covered with rubber and silk. The
central gondola, which will be armored.
will have a perpendicular shaft for shooting
The first night voyage in New York air
currents was successfully accomplished by
Frank Goodale. who travelled in a dirigibl.
balloon from Palisades Park, on the Jersey
shore, to Broadway and 42d street and back
again in forty minutes. Broadway did not
give the daring young man the reception
that would have BEEN accorded to him had
he made the trip in daylight, but a number
Of searchlights the Hotel Astor, playing
on his dirigible, made his movements easily
diScernible.
News was brought to Victoria, B. c.
by the steamer Suveric from the Orient,
that the Japanese government had ordered
four military airships in France They are
to be built in accordance with French de-
signs. with certain alterations suggested
by the japanese Airship Investigation Com
mittee. They are expected to be delivered
in Japan late in August"
Anything else happen that l ought 20
remember" asked Busy Man
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
FIRST CENSUS TOTALS.

by the census returns of Rhode ISL
and just made public. IL is shown that the
state has a population of 542,s74. an in
crease of 2s.6 per cent, as compared with
42s,556 in 1900. The population Of Provi-
dence is 224.326. an increase of 27s per
cent. as compared with 1852 in 1900 !:
Pa wtucket. ST. .s22. as compared with 39.23l
in 1900: Woonsocket. 3S.125, as compared
with 2S204 in 1900. and Newport 27,143.
as compared with 22. o34 in 1900. Crafty
ing as is the increase In the population OF
Rhode Island. the little commonwealth will
be disappointed in any ambition she may
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
CRIME AND BUSINESS.

"A loss of S400000G by the Pillsbury
Washburn Flour Mills Company, Limited,
was announced to the board of directors by
Chairman r. II. GIyn at their meeting
in London. Behind this conservative an
nouncement there is said to be astound-
ing story of gross fraud, reckless gambling
and breach of trust.
1.-The Pilsbu-y-Washburn Flour Mills
Company, Limited i a British corporation,
formed in 1882 to take over the five huge
Pillsbury- Washourn flour mills a Mime
apolis, the largest flour milling plant in the
world with daily capacity of $4,000 bar
rels. In addition, the company became
owner Of the ST. Anthony Falls water power
plants which not only furnished motive
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
FREIGHT INCREASES POSTPONED

For the second time in the last SIX
weeks the railroads at the administrators
request, have agreed TO postpone the sweep
ing increases in freight rates proposed IN
schedules filed several months ago with the
Interstate Commerce Commission This
voluntary postponement is until November
l. and as the commission may then ar its
discretion, compel suspension for the full
statutory limit Of ten months, il means q
clear gain TO the commission of three and
a half months in which to make its inves-
legations
The rates involved in the voluntary
postporement are those covering what is
known as the official classhca ton terri
tory The commission Will now start an
investigation. and if it is not concluded by
November /, and if the roads refuse a fur
ther voluntary delay, the commission will
order e compulsory suspension under the
terms Of the new railroad act.
The agreement entered into by the com
mission with the railroads this week is con-
sidered another victory for President Taft
In his fght for advanced railroad legisla-
tion and better service.
The New Jersey commuters began 20
pay the long threatened increase in pas
eenger rates, which went into effect on July
25. despite Ill their protests.
THE Indiana Railroad Commission or
dered the Pullman company, operating
cars between Indianapolis and Terre Haute,
10 reduce its parlor car rate from 40 cents
10 % cents The commission holds that n
mileage basis is not a fair basis for the
establishment of q Pullman parlor car
scale. since il does not own any Of the road
over which the cars pass: IL contributes
nothing TO the upkeep; IT does not contrib
ute anything to the cost of hauling, but, on
the other hand receives pay for giving the
privilege of hauling the cars.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
LONG FIGHT ENDED.

Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation OF Labor. announced
that the Bucks Stove and Range Company
of ST. Louis had agreed TO abandon its
open shop policy and hereafter to employ
none but union men. James W. Van
cIeave, head OF the Bucks company and
former president of the National Association
of Manufacturers. died May Is last after
six wears of incessant warfare against the
Federation of Labor. His friends attrib-
uted his death to the strain OF the fight
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
BIG PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

"A preliminary summary of the twenty
second annual statistical report of the In
terstste Commerce Commission was issued
covering the fiscal year which ended June
30. 1903 1t shows that there was total
single track railway mileage in the United
States OF 13e.s6 miles an increase over the
previous year Of 3,215 miles. The total
number of employees on the payrolls of the
steam railroads of the country 1902
s23 an increase of 6s,5zS over the previous
year. The par value of railway property
was s17,4s7,s6s,935. OF this amount S13.-
7iI.s67,7 733 was outstanding in the hands
of the public, representing capitalization
OF scopes q mile of line. OF the total cap
ttsi outstanding there existed as stock
&7.s8s. .27s.545, OF which s6,21s,3s2, 4s5 WAS
common and 81, I,4e7. $50. 600 was preferred
the remaining part, ss,s01, ,5s0,3so. repre-
scented funded debt
"Of the total capital stock outstanding
s2.7eS, ,I04.427. or 1899 per cent, paid NJ
dividends. The amount of dividends de-
clared during the year fby both operating
snd lessor ccmpsnies) was 1921. 1.071, ,s2s.
being equivalent 70 e.53 per cent on Givi-
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
RAILWAY LABOR TROUBLES.

General Manager w. H. Myers of the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the commit
tees representing the fifteen thousand train
men and conductors employed on the lines
of the road east of Pittsburg agreed On
basis for the settlement of the wage con-
troversy Each side said il had gained all
that ii had been contending for in the nego-
tiations which have been In progress for
the last six months and which eliminated
in the strike vote by the employees. The
proposition offered by the railroad officials
and accepted by the men includes a mini
mum day of ten hours, as detailed in the
New York Central award On certain runs
where the company's present rate Is higher
the rate will not be disturbed.
'sForty-fve hundred conductors. brake
men and yardmen of the Grand Trunk sys-
TEN struck for higher pay. At the same
time all conductors, brakemen and yardmen
on the Central Vermont went out. One
thousand of the Grand Trunk strikers were
conductors TWO thousand were brakemeE
and the rest vardmen. The territory COW
cred by these men extends over the whole
Grand Trunk Railway system from Chicago
TO Portland, Me.
The Canadian government is prepared 10
pay all the expenses OF arbitration and 4
10th sides agree board of arbitration can
be constituted quickly under the railway
anG labor disputes act.
James T. Graham. the referee in the
litigation over the collection Of the New
York Centrars special franchise taxes,
handed down lis decision, finding against
the road on every point and fixing che
amount to be paid 10 the city, including
taxes and interest at s2.500,000. The Cen
trail has been fighting the case ever since
the special franchise tax law was passed
7onI
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
Consfonf Req der Tells
Wbof He Missed IN
Last Weeks
Popers.

Has Theodore Roosevelt shown his hand
yet in the political gamer" asked Busy Man
Is he met Constant Reader last evening.
He has them guessing yet" was the re-
ply The nearest ne came to il was when
he announced that he would take an active
part in the fight his nephew, Theodore Rob
inson. is to make this fall for election as
Congressman in the 9th New York Dis
frict comprising Herkimer and Oneida
counties. provided Mr. Robinson obtains
the nomination The colonel. however
wished il distinctly understood that he
would take no part in the nomination fight
He has made up his mind not to take part
IN any nomination fights of any kind any
where He has received over two thou
send invitations already 10 make public
addresses
President Taft stated again with en-
phasfs the position which he is taking
with regard to Republican state platforms
and candidates The President does not
think he should be called on to write the
party declarations in the different common
weslths or TO name men for any of the
elective Offices A President, it was init
mated, has pretty big fob on his hands
when he undertakes to fulfil all the pledges
in the national platform and to bring Con-
gress around TO the same way of thinking.
AS 10 pldnkS IN the state platforms 1ndOrs
ing the administration, Mr.. Taft feels that
unless they can be written on what he has
said and done since taking office nothing
he could add in personal way would help
matters out
That there viii be no Beverly label on
the Ohio Republican ante-convention s:tua-
ton was decided at the summer White
House when, just previous 10 his departure
on ten days cruise along the coast Of
Maine. President Taft had his luncheon
guests Senators Burton and Dick and eX-
Attorney General Wade Ellis. now chair
man of the executive committee Of the Re
publican State Central Committee of Ohio.
Those who IRE accompanying the Presi-
dent on the cruise Mrs. Taft, Charley
Taft, Horace D. Taft tthe Presidents
brother). Professor and Mrs. Louis T. More.
OF Cincinnati (Mrs More being Mrs. Taft'S
sister) Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Beekrnan Winthrop, Miss Mabel
Boardman and Captain Archibald II. Butt,
preSi6eIaT'S military
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
THE DEATH ROLL.f

The Rev. DR.. Henry w. Rugg, grand
master of the Grand Encamprnent of
knights Temnlsr of the United States and
grand master of Masons of Rhode Island,
died at bis home in Providence from com
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
ANOTHER ZEPPELIN DISASTER.

In Friedrichshafen, Germany. the gas.
works of the Zeppelin Airship Company
were demolished by two explosions.
boiler burst, causing a fire which reached
the cylinders containing the hydrogen gas
with which the Zeppelin airships were ia
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24

hers of the 1>otestant Episcopal Church,
twelve lay and twelve clerical, with the
avowed intention Of welding all Christian
denominations into one organic religious
body. Bishop Frederick Courtney. rector
of St. James's Church, is president OF the
foundation, and the vice-presidents are
Bishop William Croswell Doane, Of Albany,
Bishop Boyd Vincent, of Southern Ohio:
Bishop c. P. Anderson, Of Chicago; Bishop
E. S. Lines. of Newark: Bishop David r.
Greer, of New York Robert Fulton Cut
ting. Rear Admiral Caspar T. Goodrich,
Colonel Charles William Larned, U. s. y.
George Wharton Pepper. of Philadelphia
and John Fl. Stiness, former chief justice
of Rhode Island.
Fourteen million American Catholics.
members of the Catholic Federation OF the
United States, sent respectful but earnest
protest TO King George OF England, point
ing out that part of the accession oath
which the King takes is insulting TO Cath
olics.
Sixteen of the practitioners who were
identified with and supported Mrs Augusta
Stetson in her controversy with the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, OF this city.
were dropped from membership by the
board of directors of the Mother Church n
Boston.
Miss Priscilla Toiand. daughter of MI
and Mrs Edward Dale Toland, of Phfladel-
phia, and Gaspar Bacon. son Of the Aneri-
can Ambassador to France, were rarric.t
In that city. Mr.. Bacon. recently rera-
Der of ]. P. Morgan & Co.. and Mrs Bacon
came from Europe to attend the wedding
Miss Caroline Hazard for the last elev-
en- years president Of Wellesley College.
sar7,4
In the country, resigned her post Her
was accepted by the board IF
trustees with regret. Miss Hazards admir-
lstration has been the longest IN the history
of the college. AID under it the growth n
the number OF students has been note
worthy. Her resignation is due 70 poor
=
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
OTHER POLITICAL MATTERS.

-'whitefeld McK:nlay. a negro real es-
tate agent of Washington. appointed
collector Of customs there, the technical
designation of :he Office being the port uf
Georgetown, D. c.
The fight between Bryan and the allied
Democratic leaders for control of the state
convention in Nebraska and the making OF
the platform continues TO wage with nearly
everything going against Bryan. The allies
have the delegations from about fifty coun
ties instructed for them There will be
Ss4 delegates IN the convention. AlreadT
$50 are instructed against Bryan and 1872
of the uninstructed have expressed them
selves as against him Even should Bryan
gain all the otrer delegations the fight has
ALREADY gone against him
Joseph G. Cannon will not take himself
out OF The race for the Speakersilip of -he
next House % Representatives This he
made plain near the close of his speech al
Enporia, Kan. He said he would abide
by the viii of he Republican caucus If the
Republicans control the next Congress. bur
that no Undertaking magazines could
make him say he would net be a candidat@.
II other words he said, he would not make
ar effort to win the Speakership, yet the
erllpha sis with which ne spoke made it plain
that = the Republican caucus should non-
mate him he would be willing to serve.
Governor Hughes announced the ap-
pointment of Egbert E. Woodbury., State
Tax Comm issioner, and Lawson Purdy, Of
New York, and Professor Edwin Seligmau-
OF Columbia University. as delegates 70
represent the state at the Interna uonal
Conference on State and Local Taxation
TO be held IN Milwaukee from August 80
10 September ,.
Frederick c. stevens, State Superin-
tendent OF Public Works: Frank NJ. Will
Jams State Engineer and Surveyor, and
George Clinton. of Buffalo, were named 6y
the Governor as delegates from this state
TO the annual convention of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association TO be held
l., Providence August 81 to September 8"
ANY important developments in the
world of commerce." asked Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
6bfs Feature is Intended Especially
for the Busy Man

edend paying stock. No interest was paid
on s11S.351,332, or 7.57 per cent, of the
total amount of funded debt outstanding.
The number of passengers carried dur
ing the year ended June 80, 1909, was $751;
472.425- The corresponding number for the
year ended June 80. 1908, was S90,009, STA,
an increase Of 1.462,s51. The number of
tons of freight was 1,556,559 59,741, while the
corresponding figure for the previous year
was 1.s32,ss1,7s0, the increase being 3d.
577.s61 tons
The operating revenues of the railways
in the United States were s2,41s,S77,538:
their operating expenses were s1,599, 443.-
41o. The corresponding returns for 1908
We're: Operating revenues, s2,393, sos, SSs
and operating expenses. s1.6Ss,547,s76.
Operating expenses averaged $6.S65 a mile
OF line.
THE Public Service Commission issued
statistics on the operation of New York City
transit lines for the ten months ended May
l. They show a substantial general In
crease over the corresponding period last
year. The total number of passengers car
ried all lines in the ten months was
1.25e.126,ssS, an increase of about 116.-
100000 over last year. In April alone the
subway carried $4,000 600 persons, nearly
two million more fares being collected than
in April last year The elevated lines of
the Interborough system carried over
million more passengers than the subway,
and their increase over April last year was
almost a million. The McAdoo tunnels
show the largest increase for April, carry
ing 100000 passengers. nearly 100000
more than last year. t. -unnels' traffic
for the ten months was 34.so0,000. against
II, 600, o00 The subway increase was more
than 27,o00,o00 and the elevated increase
nearly 100000. The only decrease was
by the Brooklyn, Queens County and Sub
urban and the Coney Island and Brooklyn
trolley lines. which showed a decrease N
the ten months of 100000 and $4,000 re-
specfiyely
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
AMONG THE CHURCHES.

THE Christian Unity Foundation was IN
corporated by twspty-one men, Al! Hen-
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24

with union labor. which he had once de-
scrfbed as muscle trust
That the former directors of the Metro
poiitan Securities Company in settling the
litigation against themselves and their cor
poration by the New York City Railway
after the traction smash of 1907 paid not
| only s1.5o0.00o but all except about $780,
600 Of $S.500,oo0 brought into the City
Railway treasury. became known this
week. The public announcement of the set
tlement took cognizance OF the payment OF
s1.500.000 in cash by the Securities Com
pany directors, but the fact that substan-
TALLY all the millions now regained for the
ehabilitation of the surface traction sys-
tenn came from the private fortunes of the
men who managed it in the years which
led up to receiverships and general bank
ruptcy was not then generally known.
The restoration was made by Thomas
F. Ryan. P. A. B. Widener, E. J. Berwind,
John D. Crimmins, Thomas Dolan. Elkins
estate, Whitney estate Paul D. Cravath
Mortimer L. Schin, Thomas P. Fowler and
H. H. vreeland.
The aldermen fixed the tax rate for this
year The largest increase is in Queens
and Richmond. In Manhattan and The
Bronx the rate is 1853, which means that
, the taxpayers will have to pay practically
SIT 5s every $1,000. In Brooklyn
1S1499; Queens, 1.S1079; Richmond
187501. The levy on this basis is to cover
the 910 budget Of S162 12S S7o
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
WELCOME ECONOMIES.

Corporation Counsel Watson sent a re-
port to Mayor Gaynor on the economies ne
has brought about in the condemnation pre-
ceeding in the acquisition of the land for
the Catskill water system. The figures
show that more parcels of property We're
passed On in the first six months of this
year than in the entire twelve of last. But
despite this. the cost of the work to the
city has been materially less. The fees of
the condemnation commissioners tota1ie1
over S290,000 last year. They were only
about $4,000 20 July 1 of this year. SINH
lar economies are shown in the other de-
partments of the work Advertising, $780,
900 to $500; special counsel fees, $780,
000 to $4,000, and witness fees s197 900
to s42 900. This makes a total saving Of
more than 100000.