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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
NAMES SON FOR MR.. DIX
Former Employe, Now Wealthy, Con-
graduated by Governor elect.

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Newburg. Nov. 16--Louis Gross. an Itai-
ian contractor and speculator In real estate
In this city years ago, worked in the wall
paper establishment OF John A DIX. Gov
ernor-elect. In the recent campaign ne
took the stump for Mr. DIX whom ne
called the best boss he ever had. ana
backed his views on the election OF the
man to the tune of several thousands OF
dollars.
Mrs. Gross gave birth TO son On Eec-
ton Day. and Mr.. Gross at once named II
John A Dix Gross. The next day ne seut
the Governor-elect congrarulatory leet~.
telling what had happened He to-day r.
ceived a letter thanking him for the honor
implied in naming the baby and extending
a desire to see his former employs at AZ
bany as soon after January I n he could
make il convenient to call.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
FIFTH AVENUE STAGE CO, WINS
Vehicles Are Commercial Machines,
Says Appellate Division.

Albany Nov 1.-THE Appellate Division,
Cd Department, to-day sustained the con
rantion Of the Fifth Avenue Stage Coach
COMPANY mat for the purpose Of imposing
2 registrat alton fee on the automobile coaches
of the company now in use in New York
Ci-v the vehicles shall be regarded as COM
roerciaI machines, taxable al s. year. The
Secretary. Of State has held that the coaches
must be taxed according to horsepower,
the same as ordinary automobiles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
HOUSE Of LORDS
FOR SELF REFORM
Ready to Accept Abolition of the
Hereditary Principle and
Reduction in Numbers.
TO ELECT SOME MEMBERS
Veto Bill introduced After Con
ference with the King
and Passed on First
Reading.
rBy Cable 70 The Tribune.l

London. Nov 1.-THE political situa-
zion underwent many rapid changes yes
ferday.
The UnIonists were juhilant because
lord C-ewe had been compelled. IN con-
sequence Of Lord Lansdownes astute
tactics. 70 introduce the veto bill in the
House OF Lords
The concession was purely nominal
however. the government insisting upon
having the bill the whole bill and moth
.re but the bill Lord Crewe somewhat
conte-ptuously left the Unionist leaders
70 settle among themselves the date Of
The second reading
The situation remains obscure with
each party claiming 10 have checkmated
.be ether. and various dates are men
fioned for dissolution.
ny tf4 Associated Press
Tor6on. Nov. 1s-Pending Premier As
--.-r.s o47~is1 statement before Parliament
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
FALLON GAINS ON RECOUNT
Percy Nagle's Son-in-Law May Lose
Office He Has Held for Year.

FROM the status of his case last night it
seemed that Joseph P. Falon had good
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
YOU CAN START RIGHT

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Why rot start with what VIII b
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They are also free f:om taxation,
which will be important In January
No investor has ep.r lest O dollar.
bgo'N@1tAG GUARANTEE
Capital & Surplus 81 300. 600
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
NEW CHOLERA CASES m ITALY

Rome. Nov. 15-Nine new cases Of cholera
and three deaths were officially reported
to-day
The river press., 1910-03-30
Pinchot May Meet Roosevelt.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-W ash
ington has awakened up to the fact
that Clifford Pinchot, whom President
Taft recently removed from the posi-
tion of chief forester of the United
States, was on the ocean already four
days out on the steamer President
Grant, on his way to meet ex Presi-
dent Roosevelt, probably at Naples.
Mr.. Pinchot is due at Ham burg next
Monday. Colonel Roosevelt is to ar
rive at Naples on the following Sat.
urday.
The widely current rumor here is
that Mr.. Pinchot goes to meet the re-
turning traveller in compliance with a
summons received by cable Friday.
Nobody in a position to know would
either confirm or deny this part of the
story. There Is no disposition to deny
that Mr.. Pinchot's principal errand
abroad is to meet Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t
is to be taken for granted the ex-
president will receive from the de.
posed chief forester his first direct
inform alton bearing on the Ballinger.
Pinchot controversy from any OF the
principals in that dispute.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Firemen Will Not Strike.

CHICAGO, March "a. - Terms OF
agreement In the federal mediation
In the controversy between the q, ZOO
firemen on western roads and the
railway managers we're reached at an
early hour this morning. The de.
mands of the tremen for 124 per
cent increase in pay will be ar bitra ated
under the Erdman act.
Any fireman temporarily promoted
to be an engineer, after having had
the position for sixty days, estab.
fishes his seniority and must be re.
duced irrespective of which union he
ts member of. The agreement on
all except the wage question was q
compromise on both sides. On the
wage question both sides agreed to
abide by the decision for the arbitra.
tion board, which is to be selected
later.
The river press., 1910-03-30

Pensions For Ex-Presidents' Widows
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The sen.
ate committee on pensions agreed to.
day to report favorably bills to grant
pensions of $1,000 year to Frances
Folsom Cleveland, widow of former
President Grover Cleveland, and M ary
Lord Harrison, wife of former Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison.
AT the same time the committee de-
clined to report bill which would
place former President Roosevelt on
the retired list as commander.in.chief
OF the army and navy and give him
80, 600 year for the remainder of
his life.
The bill which would give 10000 a
year to Mr.. Roosevelt does not men.
tion him specifically by name, but ap-
plies to "ex-presidents of the United
States"
The river press., 1910-03-30
Montana Corn Growing Contest.

BozEMAN, March "a. The corn
growing contest started by the Great
Northern railway this spring is gain
ing in favor among the people Of the
state. This is proved by the fact that
an average of Is letters . day are re.
oeived by the director of the expert
meut station of the agricultural college
ssking about the contest. Prof. A.
L. Atkinson will have the corn seed
ready for distribution on that date.
1t has not been decided where the OK.
hibit will be shown, but it will be
either at Bozemsn orj Helena. Prof.
F. S. Cooley is workingIlhard for the
former place, but as Bozeman is not
on the Great Northern it is doubtful
If that town will be selected. Louis
Hill, president of the Great Northern,
favors Helena. The management of
the State Fair association is trying to
get the products to display at the fair.
The prizes to be offered amount to
over 81 900 in cash, and will be dis.
tributed for the best individual ear
and the best 10 ears. The contest is
open to all boys and girls OF Mon
ian under lS years of age.
The river press., 1910-03-30
One Dollar Day For Veterans.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-One dol
lar day for all old soldiers incapac.
itated in the service is provided in q
bill reported favorably from the
house committee on military affairs
today by Representative Sherwood.
The bill has been before the commit
tee six or seven years and comes be-.
fore the house now as an amendment
to q measure introduced by Repre-.
sentative Townsend, providing for the
retirement of army officers at the age
OF 70 on one half or one third pay,
dependent upon length of service.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Great Northern Is Criticised.

SEATTLE, March 24.-The coroner's
jury. which has been investig ating the
Great Northern disaster at Yelling
ton, ash. in which ninety lives were
lost March l, brought in verdict to-
day finding that the avalanche re-.
suited from causes beyond human
control.
Although the verdict does not fix
responsibility for the disaster upon
the Great Northern Railroad com.
pany the company is criticised for not
having placed the trains in the best
place to avert an accident and recites
that If q siding east of the station had
been used the train would have been
out OF danger. The Great Northern
officials were criticised for having
paid the labor engaged in clearing
the track only Is cents an hour, out
of which they had to pay their board.
The jury's report Gays that 40 re-.
cult of the compsny's paying such
email wages IS men left the work when
their services were most needed and
the jury censured the railroad for not
maintaining enough men to clear the
track Notwithstanding the cost of
labor.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Twenty Dead In Fire.

CHICAGO. March 25.-It is said there
we're % employee on the fifth and sixth
floors of the Fish furniture building,
which was destroyed by fire today.
While come of these may have co.
capped, 1t is believed all are dead. It
will be hours before the exact number
can be ascertained. A girl who
jumped from third story window
died in hospital.
Ladders we're raised to the sixth
floor, the topmost one, in an effort to
rescue anyone who might be alive.
The fire is said to have started from
an explosion of benzine in the repair
room on the fourth floor.
The river press., 1910-03-30
IT WAS ROOSEVELT DAY.
Former President Receives Big Ova-
ton At Old Cairo.

CAIRO, Egypt, March 24.-This has
been Roosevelt day in Cairo, the old
and new civilization of the Egyptian
metropolis cooperating to give the
distinguished American a welcome
that in cordiality and enthusiasm
surpassed that received by any other
foreigner within the memory of the
present generation. Said an Ameri.
can tourist:
"New York's reception may be on
a grander scale, but this old town has
set US a lively pace"
The train from Luxor, bearing Col.
onel Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, Ker.
NIT and Ethel drew into the station q
few minutes after eight o'clock this
morning and the visitors first view of
the capital was across sea of faces
that appeared to surprise the former
president, accustomed as he ia to wait.
ing crowds.
For days the one topic of converse.
tion had been the expected arrival of
the American statesman and hunter;
in the restaurants, on the streets and
In the corridors of the hotels, his
name was heard continually. The
season for the hotels is nearly closed,
but hundreds of Americans and other
tourists remained for today's demon
stration. An hour before train time
an enormous crowd gathered at the
railway station and there was a good
deal of jostling for points of vantage.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Switchmen Get More PAY.

CHICAGO, March 23.-An increase
of three cents an hour to switchmen
and s5 q month to switch.tenders and
towermen Of the several roads, ia
granted in q decision of the federal
arbitration board. The increase ia
retroactive going into effect February
10, 1910, on the railroads which be-
came involved In . wage controversy
with the Switchmen's Union of North
America.
The advance is justified by the arbi.
tration board on the grounds of in
creased cost In living approximating
Is per cent in the last four years. An
increase in the pay Of assistant yard
masters was denied.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Washington News Notes.


WARRINGTON, March 26.-The con.
ference committee on the agricultural
appropriation bill has accepted the
senate amendment increasing by 25
per cent the payment to state and ter
ritories from the net receipts of timber
sales and grazing permits on the for.
est reserves. This will give Montana
500, ,445 this year for school and road
purposes. The total payments to the
states and territories containing re.
serves will be s618. .130.
The senate irrigati committee to.
day ordered favorab report on the
bill authorizing the secretary of the
interior te use his discretion about
suspending water payments on gov.
ernment irrig alton projects when be is
convinced that settlers, through no
fault OF their own, have been unable
successfully to produce crops sufi-
cient to enable them to make their
payments. The bill ia DESIGNED to
meet indiyieurl cases where settlers
experience hardships due largely to
china attic conditions.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Pittsburg Graft Exposures.

P1TTsBuRG, March 25.-The graft
Investigate grand jury returned
three important indictments today.
Accompanying the returned true bills,
the jury handed down q twenty. page
typewriter statement covering the
whole graft exposure. This state-
ment, it is said, contsins the names
OF everyone so far connected with the
anti.graft crusade and lays bare the
entire councilm anic frauds of the past
three years.
The startling phase of the present.
ment is the large Gums of money
which, according to the grand jury,
have been passed in the various bribe
giving and taking processes.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Destructive Prairie Fires.

PIERRE. s. D., March "A. Two
prairie fires did heavy damage IN the
gale that swept through the state
yesterday and last night. A "trip OF
country two miles wide and ten miles
long in western sully county was
burned over, barns, sheds and out
buildings and farm machinery being
totally destroyed.
ALLIANCE, Neb., March M-Reports
received At 6 O'Clock tonight from
towns along the Burlington railroad
east OF here state prairie fires are rag.
ing In Hooker, Thomas and Blaine
counties. The forest reserve of Hal.
sey called for help from the Burling.
ton railroad to relieve the wornout
fghters.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Will Protect Squatters' Rights.

''' Os1~~ssO' = ss'6"sOs
WARRINGTON, March 24.-Secreta.
~ Wilson has just issued an order
providing for . more liberal treat
ment of bona ade squaters upon un.
surveyed land witch has been included
within national forests since the time
Of actual occupancy Of the land by
the squatter.
Under the homestead law it 10 i'm
possible for any one to secure legal
title to unsurveyed public land. but
occupancy pending . survey is recog-
nized as giving prior claim to land
after survey, under what is known as
q 'sQuatters' rights.' A squatter
who had, In good faith. taken posses.
sion of piece of national forest be.
fore the national forests were created
is not dispossessed of his claim by
the forest service, and II he lives upon
it and cultivates 1t until the land has
been surveyed, he is able to get his
homestead just as though he had SET
tied on any part OF the unreserved
public domain.
The river press., 1910-03-30
BIG RUSH FOR LAND.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Sells
Tracts In Eastern Montana.

Tracts In Eastern Montana.
ST. PAUL, March 25.-With eyes
red from lack of sleep bankers, doc
tors, business men and farmers stood
In line at the St. Paul general offices
of the Northern Pacific from O'Clock
yesterday afternoon until o'clock
this morning, for q chance to buy
large tracts of North Dakota aud
Montana land, 250,OOO acres of which
was put on the market today by the
railroad company.
Each man was given q number and
when it was called he was allowed to
select any amount of land in any To-
cality he desired. One of the first
sales was to banker who took thirty
square miles.
II offered Glendive banker who
was eight numbers ahead of me S2, 900
and my number for his chance" and
he just laughed and said: "You
could not get it for cent less than
$4,000"
The land lies largely along Yellow.
stone river, is virgin prairie, all rich
and easily GUILTY. ated, and is being
sold by the company at from o. to Sl8
an acre.
The Montana land Ia along the
eastern boundary. The land in North
Dakota is in Norton, Billings. Nc.
Kinzie and Hettinger counties, COM
prising q portion of the territory
which the road received from the gov.
ernment in the days when it was built.
One man took his place in line yes.
terday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
and with a rocking chair and his
meals brought to him, remained in
place until the sale opened this morn.
ing. He bought land for six other
men and took dozen sections. No.
2 was George Biesegi of Stewart, N.
D., who came at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. He bought six sections.
There were 81 men in line by the time
the Office opened, and from the time
taken to buy land, the sale will con.
tinue most of tomorrow.
The river press., 1910-03-30
RIVERS OF FIRE.
New Craters on Mount Etna Emit
Streams Of Lava.

New Craters on Mount Etna Emit
Streams Of Lava.
CATAN1A, Sicily. March 25.-An
Official report on the volcanic dis.
turbanoes in the Mount Esna district
made public this forenoon, while con-
6rming the gravity of the situation,
holds out the hope that the worst 10
over. The crsters that may properly
be described % new appear TO be only
four In number. They have opened q
the foot of Mount Etna.
The four streams emitted from these
craters have united At the foot of Mt.
Cssstellazzo and formed . great river
OF lava that is bringing death and
DISSOLUTION into the invaded districts.
Plants, trees, whole viney ards and
orchar have been destroyed by the
consuming food. This morning the
lava river had extended nine miles
from It's source.
Even In this city there was little
sleep for any one last night. The
greatest anxiety was felt for friends
and relatives and their property In.
terests In the threatened districts by
those who we'll knew the possibilities
of the disaster.
In the path of the advancing food
the people are in great terror and
thousands had abandoned their homes
at daylight. The roaring of Mount
Etna continued without Interruption
today and rain of cinders fell for
miles around. Several houses of
peasants already have been destroyed
and it is feared that If the flow does
not cease soon the food will enter
Borello. Caravans of peasants car.
rying ell their household goods and
all of their transportation possessions
are moving to places of safety. In
their distress they presented q pa
thetic sight. At many homes the
molten mass has entered and caused
destructive explosions.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Champion Pugilist In Jail.

NEW YORK, March 23.-J ack John.
son, the champion heavyweight pug.
Hist, was placed under q bond OF
S5, 600 and committed to the Tombs
prison until the bail is forthcoming,
in the case in which he is charged
with assaulting Norman Pindera, q
diminutive negro In an uptown cafe,
which came up before Judge Mul.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Wants Big Damages.

WASHINGTON, March 24-One quar-.
ter million dollars as damages for
alleged conspiracy and libel, are de-
manded of Thomas F. Walsh, the
mine owner of Colorado and Wash
inRton In . suit filed today in the su.
preme court of the District of Colum-
bta, by Dethlief c. Hansen, q New
York lawyer.
Hansen alleges that Mr.. Walsh
caused the publication in q Denver
newspaper July II, 1905, of a state
ment in which he referred to Hansen
as q "blackmailer and periurer."
The river press., 1910-03-30
queen IN the general sessions court

queen in the general sessions court
today.
The big pugilist had been under
q, 500 bail before it was increased to
o5, 600 today. While process servers
were hunting today for Pindera much
doubt existed 80 to whether the long
anticipated trial set for Monday on
the assault charge would be held.
Failure to bring the case to trial
today would cause it to 90 over 10 the
April term of court, about the time
johnson iexpects to begin preparing
for the final stages Of his training for
the championship fight with Jeftries.
The river press., 1910-03-30
0routh Affects Livestock,

B1sBEE, Ariz., March 25.-Unless
rains come soon the loss to livestock
In southern Arizona and northern
New Mexico will be severe. County
Supervisor G. j. McCabme is back
from q tour of inspection and says
many cattle are dying from lack Of
food.
SAN ANTONIO, March 25.-Rail.
The river press., 1910-03-30
Poultry Trust Indicted.

NEW YORK, March 23.-The so.
called "poultry trust" was indicted in
New York today. The live poultry
dealers of the city are charged by the
grand jury with conspiracy in re-
straint of trade under the general
business laws of the state. Nearly 90
defendants are named in three blanket
indictments.
The river press., 1910-03-30
ALDERMEN WERE GRAFTERS.
Pittsburg City Officials indicted For
Accepting 6ribes.

P1TTsBuRo. March 22.-Nine more
councilmen confessed their guilt to
Judge Robert s. Frssier today. Prob.
ably two more confessions will be re.
ceived. Those caught In the prose-
cutor's dragnet from now on, 1t is
said, will be prosecuted.
AT noon 20 former and present mem.
bers of the municipal legislative ma.
chine Of the city had received immu.
nifty at the hands of the Judge and the
prosecutor.
With the full confession of two of
the ring leaders of the graft councils
Of 1908 and the confession of William
Brand, former president of the COM
mon councils expected hourly, mate
rial is In the hands of the district At.
torney to indict many more persons
for grating.
John F. Klein was before the grand
jury the greater part of the day and
continued his narrative of council.
manic lgrsft. Klein recounted some
of his experiences in handing out the
money to the councilmen.
"There was one fellow" he said,
"who was daisy; Q regular Shylock
for the dough. In the South Seventh
street bid handed him s81. He
looked at me for . few minutes and
then yelled like stuck pig for an ex.
ira 10 cents. You know s81. 10 was the
standard price in that deal. Well, he
got the extra 10 cents all right"
District Attorney Blakely as soon
as the councilmen bribe.takers have
been rounded up, will go after the
bribe.givers. They are said to be
bank officials whose names have never
before been mentioned in connection
with the graft probe of the last two
years.
The river press., 1910-03-30

roads operating out of San Antonio
have orders for 4, 200 cars between now
and April 10 to handle the greatest
rush 5of cattle ever known from this
section to Oklahoma pastures. The
drouth and high prices Of feed is caus.
ing ranchmen to move their cattle.
The river press., 1910-03-30

terviewed by outside sheep buyers,
but very few tran nssctions are being
made. as the aockmasters. appear un.
willing to sell, even At the almost un.
precedented prices now being offered
A good many mixed wethers have
been sold In the Musselshell country
at six dollars head, but 1t is now too
near the wool and lambiog season to
expect further heavy Gales.
HELENA, March 25.-Prosecutions
are soon to be started in several Mon.
tana counties against perhaps twelve
or fifteen persons on the charge Of vic.
lating the animal inspection lave.
DR.. M. E. Knowles, state veterin-
arian, says 1t has been found that q
number of persons have evaded the
animal inspection laws by billing
their cattle and horses to Montana q
and then unloading them In North
Dakota and Wyoming near the Mon.
tana state line, and then trailing them
into the state, thus avoiding the in.
spection for tuberculosis in cattle aud
glanders In horses. 1t is the purpose
of the state to make an example of
these persons, and announcement of
the issua of warrants and subse.
quent arrests will soon follow.
The Washington times., 1910-12-17
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Pape's Cold Compound is the result
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Take this harmless Compound as
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