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New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
"BLUFF," SAYS BARBER
Match Manufacturer Says Rail
roads Tried to "Bribe" Him.

Akron. Ohio. June 6.-Ohio g Barber,
before departing tonight for the Chicago
conference of railway presidents and the
shippers Association on the latter's protest
against freight rate advances, declared the
railways contention that increased wages
and cost of material made rate advances
necessary TO he "a bluff" He asserted
that an attempt had been made to keep
him silent
"A vice president OF a big system told
me the matter Of rate making not so
much a matter Of what the roads were
earning as OF how much eff their profits
they could conceal" said the millionaire
match manufacturer. Barber, you're too
big man 10 be growing about rates he
said TO me- Get into the game with US
That was a proposed bribe- could
have made millions had 1 followed his ad
vice.
The large shippers are not going 10 te
misled nov. The conference in Chicago
will fail US quick as the railway officers
bring Up the wage raise argument. They
cannot scare the shippers by panic threats
either"
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
RECEIVER WRITES THINGS
Whitridge's New Letter Says
P. S. G. Is STUPID and 1nsolent.

Frederick w Whitridge, receiver or the
Third Avenue Railroad SYSTEM IN letter
to James n. Wallace, chairman of the
Third Avenue Bondholders Reorganization
Committee. accuses a bondhoider who com
planned that Mp. Whitridge engendered ami
mostly coward the Public Service Commits
sionsion OF pusillanimity and takes another
fling at the commission.
Mr.. Whitridge declares his feelings tow
ard the commission to be entirely imper-
sonaI and saws that of two thousand pages
of correspondence only two letters are any
thing except replies TO orders or communi-
cations He adds that the commission.
having lost nine suits brought against him
as receiver, seems to have lost its temper
and become personally abusive
Referring to the protest of the bond
holder against the animosity engendered,
the receiver says:
II have only to say that on the slightest
intimation from you or from any consid-
cradle number of bondhokers that my ser
vices are imperilling their property 1 shall
be only too happy to retire.
"And having said that. Mr.. will
pardon me for saying that his letter seems
to me to be an excellent instance of that
pusillanimity Of the American people, and
of capitalists In particular. which causes
them TO bow before all public officials and
to be willing to submit to almost anything
from them. This unwillingness on the part
of the peepIe-and particularly OF corpora
tiens-to stand up for their rights. has for
years seemed TO me to be one of the
causes why this country has to submit to
so much bad government.
THE commission seems to share the
widespread notion, engendered by poll
tieians and newspapers, that corporations
and everybody connected with them are
neither w-abiding, truthful Eer honest.
That in some cases, may De true. IT IS not
true of me. And I find the state of mind
of the Public Service Commission toward
most of the things with which it has to
deal in this district to be stupid and in
solent''
The hearing OH the reorganization was
continued yesterday. William D. Guthrie,
counsel for the bondhoders' committee,
has filed another application on behalf of
the new Third Avenue Railway Company,
of which Edward n. Mafer, now general
manager of the system, is president The
new application Is nov under consideration
and the hearing WAS adjourned until II
a. m. to-day.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
CHANGES THE SUBWAY ROUTE
Views of Majority of ?. S. G. in Favor
Of Avoiding Academy of Music.

Commissioner MccarToI. acting chairman
of the Public Service Commission, yester-
day filed the views of the majority, con
sisting Of Chairman William r. Wilcox
and Commissioners Eustis and McCarro1l
on the change of ten feet TO the westward
in the route of the Fourth avenue subway
through Ashland Place, Brooklyn, to avoid
disturbing the Academy OF Music.
Commissioners Bassett and Maltbie at the
time the change was decided on filed
dissenting from the majority
and advising that the route be abandoned
altogether and a new outlet found by way
of Atlantic avenue and under the East
River. In the memorandum filed yesterday
by the majority the proposed plan is de-
clared altogether too expensive. The ma
jority also urges in support of the F7atbush
avenue-Ashland Place route the necessity
of widening Ashland Place. whether the
subway goes that way or not.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
RAILROAD EXTENSION HALTs
Subsidiary Line of the New Haven
Blames Government Attitude.

Bids for building forty-five miles Of rail
way from White Plains to Danbury. Conn,
will not be considered, and an expenditure
of ss.0Oo,o0O 10 100000 has been indefinitely
tied up, a. result. it was said, of the
financial conditions. attributed to the ac-
ton of the government against the rail-
roads
l.. s Miller. president of the New York,
Westchester & Boston, a subsidiary of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford, in dis
cussing the situation yesterday said:
"Our company was prepared to go on
with this work, but in view Of the situation
as it is we do not feel justified in investing
a dollar in railroad property until the posi-
tion of the railways has been clearly de-
fined. OF the $6,O00G6o or so which We were
prepared TO spend on the line from 80 to 20
Der cent would have gone for labor"
Mr. Miller declared that the agitation
over communication rates had TO influence
on the action of his company in this mat
ter.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
NOT AGAINST ADVANCES
Chicago Board of Trade Acts on
Freight Rate Question.

Chicago, June 6.-The Board of Trade OF
this city to-day passed a resolution to the
effect that il was not opposed to mod
crate advance in freight rates under GER
tain conditions. The resolution follows:
BE it resolved, That if it is necessary
for carriers TO secure greater revenue for
the purpose of increasing their transpoFta-
tion facilities the Chicago Board Of Trade
is not opposed TO moderate advances IN
freight rates on such commodities as do
not now bear a fair proportion of the total
cost of transportation; provided that sucf
advances, IL any, viii not result in dis
examinations between communities.
The resolution also suggests conference
between representatives of the railroads
and business interests on the question.
Cincinnati. June 6.-The Chamber OF Com
merce and the Cincinnati Industrial Bureau
have been asked to take part In a national
protest against the move 10 prevent in-
creased freight rates
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
CHANDLER ATTACKS ROADS
Believes Taft and Wickersham
Will Resist Demands.
TBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. J


Concord. N H, June s.-'-The combined
and conspiring railroads OF the country -
saws William Z. Chandler. former United
States Senator, in an interview given out
here tonight, with their three thousand
billions Of dollars Of recently added hcti-
tious Capitalization. for which they demand
interest and dividends from the American
people. are declaring that if they are not
allowed their way they will punish their
opponents. They are threatening the Presi-
dent, the Attorney General, the conference
committees the Congressman, the Judges,
the railroad employees. the widows and or
phans and all other stock and bond holders,
the shippers of mercbandise, the people as
a whole.
1T remains 10 be seen who will be fright
ened and lie down in eowaroice, and who
will trickily endeaver 10 serve the railroads
and cheat the people.
Not the President. with Colonel Roose-
welt coming homo TO help him. Not the
Attorney General. with his courage and
honor at stake Not the conference com
Inittees, with knowing eyes watching them
with suspicion. Not the congressman, with
the November election coming Not the
Judges in their robes, emblematic of fear
less uprightness. Not the railroad en-
ployes, who are no longer AFRAID OF their
masters Not the widows and the orphans
and the stock and bond holders. They
have been oveFworked by the money
power and are not now worrying about
panics purPoseIy created Not the ship
pers. who al last know their rights, and,
knowing, dare maintain Not The people,
who know that railroads worth $4,000 a
mile are not entitled 10 interest and divi-
dends on S75,910 a mile. New Hampshire
has measurably freed herself from the
domination Of her politics. Her Legislators,
and her executive officers show that she
will not pass into the ownership Of the
railroad mower at New York
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
GOVERNMENT MAY GBTs2o. .ooO, 900
Result of Decision in Colorado Hard
Coal Land Case.

Denver, June s.-ThTough a decision hand
ed down to-day in the Tampa anthracite
land case BY Federal Judge Lewis, il is
thought that the government NAV recover
land worth 20,o01t1o. The judge held that.
although the lands, which the government
is now seeking to recover through equity
suits. were once involved in criminal cases.
in which the defendants were discharged
the results Of these trials do not enter into
the present proceedings
The court oveTruled every motion 70 have
the ehancery suits thrown out of court. II
is said that the government will file sddi-
tionaI suits against = large number OF
Colorado corporations for the recovery Of
larse tracts of coal lands.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
IOWA PRIMARIES TODAY.
Hard Fought Contest Between
StaIWartS and ProgressiveS.
MINISTRATIOM THE ISSUE
State Will Either Indorse or Dis
approve of MIR. Taft's Policies
at the Polls.

Des Moines. Iowa, June 6.-Tne State Oc
Iowa at to-rnorrow's primary elections will
20 on record for or against the Taft ad-
ministration. full state ticket will be
nominated by Democrats and Republicans
end selections made to contest the repre-
sentation in the national House Of Repre-
scntatives.
The following candidates styling them
selves Progressive Republicans, will have
no opposition for the Republican nomina-
items in their respe etive Congress districts:
Charles Grilk, I'd District; two Democrats
seek nomination.
Charles L. Pickett, Sd; two Democrats
seek nomination.
Gilbert n fIaugen 4th; will be opposed
next fall by d. D. Murphy, Democrat.
James w. Good. 9th; will be opposed by
S. g Huber, Democrat.
n. E. Kendall. 9Th; viii be. opposed by
Daniel W. Hamilton, Democrat, and W. G.
Minniek, Socialist.
Elbert III. Hubbard, 1lth: Democrats may
make nomination by petition.
In the 1st, 7th, sth and 9th districts the
Republicans have contests between the
and-patters." or stalwarts, IS they prefer
to be known and the Progressives. IN each
OF these four districts two Democrats also
seek the nomination Of their party
In the 10th District Representative Frank
P. Woods. a Progressive, is opposed by
Lewis H. Mayne. whom President Taft yes
terday refused TO reappoint as postmaster
al Emnetsburg. IN this district the Demo-
crafts selected no one to go before the yot-
ers at Tuesdays primaries Here, In tre
11fh, the Democrats may make a nomins-
tioR by petition later.
Both factions In the contested territory
make claims of victory. The Congressional
candidates are modest in their predictions.
Tn hn G1,F,A
Carroll, stalwaFt and Warren c. Garst.
Progressive Republican, claim majorities Of
from 25,0n0 to 4o,e0o, depending on the size
of the vote Governor Carroll says he is
running on his record as business manager
of the state. despite efforts TO make him
stand as a stalwart candidate in a national
sense Garst has been referred to as the
progressive" candidate largely because
Senator Cummins has spoken in his behalf
The stalwarts assert that delegates to the
state convention of August 5 will be
against Cummins; that they will iDdorse
the Taft administration. indorse the Iowa
delegation in the House of Representatives
and ignore Senators Cummins and DolIiver
This convention, besides drawing the state
Republican platform, will name q state
central committee. The candidates for dele
gateship have not been required openly to
declare themselves for or against Cummins
or Dolliver. 1t is said, however. that most
of the candidates were named by the Iowa
Taft Club, which is organized in every vet-
Ing preeinct of the state, and that they are
opposed 10 legislative insurgency.
While Governor Carroll openly ignores
national issues as bearing on his own case,
the Iowa Taft Club has not been working
for Garst. A Carroll victory will be ac-
claimed by the club as a victory for the
present national administration.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07

by them effective on or after June l.,
1910. and that none OF them ought TO file
any new tariff involving rate advances
until the new law should be passed. as
suming that it would be passed at the
present session Of Congress
After conference the railroad com
psnies announced that they would adopt
the view expressed by the President, and
thereupon the President stated that II
,heF did 50 his purpose in bringing Ihe
suit would be accomplished, ailo. such
result being accomplished he saw no
occasion for pressing the suit ana the
same would be withdrawn.
increases To Be withdrawn
The rate increases specified in the in
junction suit against the railroads in the
Western Traffic Association did not
Cever all the increases which had been
fled with the commission. The railroads
se-ssy. however. agreed to withdraw all
the increases planned for June or after
There have been a number Of increases
Put into effect il the last few months
These will not come under the agree
neRt For instance, the increased rates
on livestock. effective last March. will not
he affected The important increases,
however, and the ones Of which the ship
pers chiefly complained, were those
scheduled for June l and after
The railroad presidents in conference
With Mr.. Taft made a long argument
Thev declared that they had been mis-
repFeseHted as 10 there having been any
fi,jRg clandestine about their agreeing
eli er filing the new rates. They SAID
tkev had sent written notices to the
shippers. and even had the receipts ot
certain shippers who had denied recelv-
ing such notices. Finally, they declared
that the increased rates had been filed
fer the last ten years in the manner
approved by the Interstate Commerce
Commission
They told President Taft incident
ally they had been advised by their
counsel that the governments injunction
suits ceuId not be sustained. The Pres
ident replied that he was willing to take
2 chance on that and he thought the
hest way cut for the railroads was for
them 80 withdraw their increases. 1t
was then that the settlement was
reached
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
FOR A LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Movement to Raise $5,OOO,O0O Begun In
Washington.

Washington, June s.-With the purpose Of
erecting a memorial in the national capital
worthy of Abraham Lincoln. a temporary
organization Of the Lincoln Memorial As
scciGtiOn was effected at meeting Of rep
resentative citizens here tonight Hannis
Taylor, formerly United States Minister to
Spain. was elected chairman. with author
ity to appoint a committee of fifty to de-
terHine the scope and plan of the associa-
ton. II is said that President Taft and
eX-President Roosevelt will be invited 10
become members OF this committee.
Representatives Samuel W. Smith. Of
Michigan, and Mccall. OF Massachusetts,.
and several prominent citizens Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia spoke at the meeting to-
night, indorsng the movement.
The tentative plans for the organization
contemplate raising a fund OF S.. 10000 by
nationwide collections
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
MARcusoN's BAIL INCREASED.

Isaac MarcuEon. diamond dealer. who
was arrested last week. charged with
smuggling gems worth $4,000, was ar
raignAd yesterday before United States
Commissioner Shields and had TO give
5000 more bail, the total now being 5000.
The complaint was made by Lee Reich
man, another diamond merchant, who said
that he had information from Belgium that
Marcgson had bought the diamonds there.
Marcuson's defence Is that he mailed abe
diamonds TO Peru al London. The govern
menL agents who searched Marcusons
home said that they had not found the
diamonds
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
sTEINwAY TUBE DISCUSSED
Interborough Director Holds Long Con
ference with the Mayor.

r, !. Berwin6, ore Of the influential di-
rectors of the interborough Rapid Transit
Company, conferred with Mayor Gaynor
for more than hour yesterday afternoon.
Coming after the hearing on the bill in
tended TO do away with some of the OBJ
stacles preventing the Interborough COM
pany from operating the Stenway tunnel,
the conference WAS regarded as of much
significance.
It is understood that the talk was In re
gard to the Forthcoming proposition of the
lnterborough for extension of the subway
service, which will contain provision for
the operation of the Stenway tube.
The Mayor indicated that he would sign
the bill and also another transit measure,
which will enable companies to so ahead
with improvements without sone of the
formdlities now necessary.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
KILLS HIMSELF IN PUBLIC ROAD
Californian in Poor Health Ends Life
with Bullet Near Greenport, L. I.

Greenport. Long Island. June 6.--WaIter
A. Fitch, of California, who has been re-
Gently the guest OF his father-in-law. the
Rev. Mr.. Eggleston, at Shelter Island
Heights, committed suicide tonight by
shooting himself while in a public road
about a mile west of this town. Mr. Fitch
had been In poor health for some time.
He came here with his wife and two chill
dren a few months ago. This afternoon he
went into a hardware store and purchased
a .3s-calibre revolver, after having it's
workings explained TO him by the clerk.
He then walked away. and that was the
last seen of him until his body was found
in the>roadway. He left memorandum IN
a notebook, saying he wished to have his
body cremated.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
MASONIC CHAPEL FUND GROWS.

Utica, n. y, June e-The trustees OF
the New York State Masonic Home cams
to Utica to-day and turned over TO the
fund for the new chapel $4,000 collected
some years ago 10 erect a monument in
New York city 20 the memory OF Daniel
o. Tompkins The money had been in q bank
for FIVE years, and 1t was thought the best
possible use for il would be in further
ing the erection of the chapel at the home
This sum, with the contributions Of Masons
the state over brings the chapel fund to
saaJa0.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
HERRICK's GLOOMY VIEW
Fears That Cities and States May Soon
BE Bankrupt.

Columbus, Ohio, June 6.-Fears that
trouble Will some day strike the United
States as result OF present excessive
speculation ana that American cities and
states may before long reach bankruptcy
from extraordinary expenditures. were eX-
pressed to-day by Ex-Governor Myron 7.
HcTricis at the convention Of the Ohio
Bankers Association
Mr. Eerrick intimated thar the time
might come when cities would have no
credit with the bankers If they persisted
m sXtravagsnce. lie said that IN the last
Few years the expenses Of the national gov
ernment had been doubled and the eX'
panses OF municipalities had been tripled,
hile the wealth OF the country showed no
CORES pcnding increase.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
NEW YORKER FATALLY BURNED
Explosion of Alcohol in Boston Drug
Store Causes Panic.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Boston, June 6-One man is dying at the
City Hospital and many persons We're
thrown into a panic by the force of an
explosion Of barrel Of denatured alcohol
in the basement of the drug store of John
r Kershaws in the South End, which
caused several thousand dollars damage
by FIRE to-day.
Fire quickly followed the explosion, and
for q time several nearby buildings were
endangered. On the arrival Of the fire.
men a rear door TO the basement Of the
store was broken in, and lying on the floor,
with his clothing burned Off was found
John j. Weise, who stated that his home
is IN New York. lie had been staying at
the Merton House, 10. $50 fremont street
What is pUzzing the police and dremen
Is how Weise happened TO be in the store
when the fire started. Their theory is that
he lighted q match in an effort to find his
way about the promises.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
LAcKAWAKNA NOT AFFECTED
william Fl. Truesdale Glad, However
That Agreement Was Reached.

william Il Truesdale, president Of the
l.ackaN anna Railroad, said last night at
lis homo. In Greenwich. Conn. that he
rss glad 20 know that the conference OF
railroads had reached an agreement and
that President Taft had promised TO with
srasy the governments suit against The
Western roads.
sse refused 10 make any comment on the
situation, however, conGEing himself 20 the
assertion fha: the Lac6awarna was not
directly affected ~ the result.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
HEAVY RAINS IN JAMAICA.

Kingston, Jamaica, June 6.-ToTential
rains have been falling for the last twenty
four hours. accompanied by one OF the most
intense electrical displays seen here in
many years.
The rains are greatly needed. as Jamaica
has been suffering from a drought. which
has had a serious effect on the banana and
other crops. -Four inches OF rain fell in six
hours.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
SOUTH DAKOTA CAMPAIGN
"ProgressiYes" Seem to Have
the Better of the Situation.

Sioux Falls, s. D., June s--A three-cor-
nered contest for the office of Governor of
South Dakota is the striking feature of
the campaign which closed tonight Be-
cause of the spectacular campaign waged
by George w Egan, the situation Is diff
cult TO solve.
The progressive and the stalWart factions
are apparently about evenly divided. with
the benefit probably leaning toward the
progressive side.
Governor Eesseys adherents assert that
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
NEW HAVEN RAISES WAGES
Eight Per Cent Increase for 5000
Shop Employees.

- Testou. june 6.-A wage increase Of
uer cent was granted to-day by the New
York Now Haven & Hartford Railroad
,-onlr,s ny 10 FIVE thousand employees IN the
rrccla anical- and construction shops OF the
,.,n,t.say The announcement Of the ad-
vance followed a iong conference between
f;epsrsl Manager Higgins and the officers
cf ise international Federated Trades Coun-
ell Il the coupany's Boston Offices.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07

his administration is popular with the Feo
pie. cry OF extravaganza Is the on'S
campaign argument of the stalWart tae-
ton. Egan, II IS said. will scarcely cs'Fi'
moro than four counties. but his vote may
affect the total vote for Governor Nessey
and EIrod.
A close race between Congressman Burke
and John Sehrader. progressive. IS pre-
dicted
New-York tribune., 1910-06-07
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-25
A Birds Curiosity.

Professor Guy A. Bailey, a member
Of the faculty of the Geneseo State
Normal school, relates a little incident
which might be doubted were it not
for the fact that he has theAproof to
show for the story. Mr.. Bailey was on
Temple hill with his camera attempt
Ing to get picture of a horned lark.
The lark evidently thought that Mr..
Bailey was providing it with bird
house, as 1t hoped on to the camera.
back into the trees and then back on
the camera again. The bird repeated
this performance several times. refus-
ing to remain in the trees long enough
to be snapped. Finally Mr.. Bailey left
the camera where he had located it,
went and got another camera, and when
he returned he secured a splendid pic
ture Of the bird perched on camera No.
L Curiosity got the best of the bird,
and the result was a novel picture.
-Geneseo Cor. Rochester Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-06-25
His Error.

The young man who loved|the daugh
ter of the widow had called to get the
mothers consent to lead the fair girl
to the altar, but he Numbered at the
very outset.
81 have come, madam" he began in
a voice that was agitated and beseech-
ing. Ito ask you for the blessed privil-
ege of working for your dear daughter.
taking care of her. giving her a home
and
He got no further. The widow, with
indescribable eagerness. threw herself
into his arms. 81 gladly give you the
privilege" she cried. You don't know
how I have hoped and longed for a
model man like you to be my darling
daughters father"-Chicago News.