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New-York tribune., 1911-04-18
SCUllERS' ROW ON The
HARLEM FIRE SWEPT
Boathouses Opposite the Polo
Grounds Make Great
Blaze.
HARD TASK FOR FIREMEN
Hard to Find Observation-Disclosures
Still 10 Get Streams Play
ing Properly on
the Fire.

Vire swept "Scullers' Row on the
Harlem River early this morning. Five
hoathouses We're DESTROYED completely.
despite oil the efforts of the fremen.
who answered to three alsrms. The
Nassau, Metropolitan. Harlem. Cres-
cent and wyandotte houses were de-
stroyed but the fremen expected to
save rhe house Of the First Bohemian
Boat club.
The blaze started at about | 80
o'clock this morning. and tho high west
wind famed the flames 50 rapidly that
the fight 10 save the fvo clubhouses
vas 2 hopeless one from the start.
As i'm he case Of the fire at the Polo
Grounds last Friday morning. the diff
culties Of the iremen We're increased by
the trouble the, had I'm getting their
streams 70 play on the burning build
lngs The fact that the two fires came
60 close together made many suspicious.
for the coincidence seemed 10 point TO
the work of an incendiarv. The only
theorv of tho cause OF last nights fro
was thar sparks fom passing engine
had set the blaze. but the only engines
passing are on the bridge Of the New
York & Putnam Railroad, some distance
20 the north Of the boathouscs, and that
idea seemed pretty far fetched
The nearest hydrant TO the scene If
the fire is in Sedgwick avenue. two hun
dred feet away With tho New York
Central tracks and the electric third
lail in between
All the five houses destroyed were new
or recently remodelled. The Netro-
politan house was destroyed by fire three
wears ago. and other houses were badly
damaged at that time The fire started
this morning I'm the house Of the Nassau
Boat club. the leading orga anzation
among the Harlem rowing clubs
No fraboat was available to help the
f;remen in their struggla. although ono
Is commonly moored at the New York
central bridge. not very far away
Tho crowds tnat gathered to watch
the burning of tho Polo Grounds had
ks before. the viaduct. Central bridge
and tho heights above the Polo Grounds
afforded splendid view OF the fire.
which fsd eagerly on the wood sup
piled. making blaze 10 no seen for
miles MANY valuable boats were de-
stroyed. including racing shells de-
signed FOR use IN the Memorial Day re-
gat'a.
Tho river was full Of rovboatS and
ether small craft. and both un land
and water the spectators crowded AZ
closely as they dared to the fire.
The Jamase was said to be nearly
S3oo.o00.
The banners and records. cups and
trophies won by the athletes OF the
clubs were practically all destroyed, but
every one seemed cheeful. even the club
members who saw their cherished
belongings licked up by the flames.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-18
PLENTY OF SEA FOOD LANDED
1.175. 900 Pounds of Fish Reach
Boston-Lobster Prices Cut.

Boston. April 17.-Enough ground fish
70 feed the entire population Of Boston
arrived at T Wharf TO day and sold for
almost a song. There were 1.115 COZ
pounds landed. which is a record for II
single day. The fish dealers we're kept
buser even than during the Lenten sea
son.
Another surprise was sprung on the
trade when lobster prices were cut al
most in half From Nova Scotia as
COO pounds Of this luxury were landed
Yesterday, and to-day prices dropped
With thud.
Wholesale prices last week were q
and - cents q pound The prices asked
this morning We're Il and u cents. To
day the customary 'broiled live is Of
fered at downtown cafes. The catch of
the Nova Scotia coast is reported sue
cessful, and regular shipments will fol
low
New-York tribune., 1911-04-18
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO Do7

The coroners Jury. following
the lead OF the grand jury, has
indicated that in It's opinion
locked doors IN the Triangle
shirtwaist factory caused the
loss of some of the AS lives sac
rihced in the Asch Building FIRE.
Punishment will he provided if
proof is furnished that the doors
were locked. But punishment
docs not restore the dead 70 life
Prevention. foresight, must be
the waiChwords. The time for
results Is drawing near.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO?
New-York tribune., 1911-04-18
REBEL CHIEF SURREMDERS
Garcia, Who Commanded at Aqua
Prieta. Crosses Into Arizona.

Douglas. Ariz., April i7.-Balasario
Garcia. commander Of the rebels at Aqua
Prieta. surrendered himself 10 Captain
Gauiot. of tho lst United states Cavalry.
n S:35 O'Clock tonight.
He came TO the line aud explained that
ne was giving himself into the custody of
the United states authorities az an indi-
yidual and not a. commander ot the
rebels
line al the time. Garcia vas Immediately
taken 10 army headquarters IN the city
Hall park His surrender for time gave
rise to the report IN Douglas that the
rebels had surrendered,
New-York tribune., 1911-04-18
Mr.. TAFT HAS DONE UTMOST
Ready TO Leave Question Of In
tervention to Congress.

Washington. April 11-President Taft
felt tonight that he has done personally
all that can be done by Chief Execu-
tive to control the situation along the
Mexican border. He and his advisers
believe that now Congress must say
whether the situation is grave enough to
warrant intervention and its conse-
quences
Through the state Department the ad
minstration played what may be re-
garded as It's last card to-day. II re-
iterated in no uncertain fashion the rep
reservations made 10 Mexico few days
ago that affairs like that at Douglas
and Aqua Prieta last week must not be
repeated.
Instead of awaiting the customary
period for formal reply from Mexico
the department asked for immediate as
surances that there be no more lighting
that endangered Americans In tho bor-
der towns. Information was requested
also as 10 what measures tho authorities
had taken to prevent future combats OF
this kind.
No Reply from Mexico.
a few hours after the department an
pounced that It had issued this second
demand dispatches from Douglas began
10 come 10 the War Department showing
that the second battle OF Aqua Prieta
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New-York tribune., 1911-04-18

DEWEYS PURE CLARET WINES
great aid 10 digestion. tcllh meals 90
II r u.Vrr & Cons 20. 15S Fulton s., N
AGVt
New-York tribune., 1911-04-18

DovaIs.. Ari,. April f7.--h' s;a' 'cr
njuht the federaIs broUoht irto play
three pound field piece ard began ham,
n,erine away st Aqua Priets with sNs"s'
At $50 a terrific explosion shock The e"'
tire town. u occurred near III" bull rino
and /. believed 10 have b-er . r'n~
pisced there by the rebels 'n'red'atey
after they captured A1us Prieta.
A. to.45 o'clock ell firing had eeaseo
siorq the limo Of entrenehmerts ana
ouiet reiqnsc.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-18

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

Anybody would he satisfied to spend few
days In New York II he did not have 10 spend
70 many dollars doing it.--Charleston News aid
Courier.
1t costs approximately 500. 900 GOO to run the
city OF New York for year. oh. yes; we sup
pose II is worth while.-Portland Express.
New York is too polite to grumblc, but it -
easy 10 see that II considers the naval review a
very tame show beside the worlds series Of eN-
citing memory. Rochester Democrat and Chron-
icie.
New York is all sweed up with the greatest
naval display in the history OF the country anu
We extend our congratulations. AS genera
thins. however. New Works sensations conc
from somewhere else, and do not cost the eiV
anything .--Phiadelphia Press. $50
1t is estimated that siooo,ooo would he 10
CURED to rid greater New York OF it's nfosd"i'o
pest. One infers that the estimate Is based upo"
the assumption that tho task Will be assisfei 10
Tammany.-N Orleans Times Democrat
New York discovers that 100000 gallons OF
water have been wasted daily, for nobody knows
how long. through a few broken mains In inc
lower part OF Manhattan. II Is tribes Ike w"
that make men hesitate about extending '"'
business activities OF municipalities - Bos''"
Transcript
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
PRIME MINISTER YUAN.

The latest step of the panicstrickcn
Manchus for the pacification of China
and incidentally--with them. primarily
for their own salvation is one of the
most rational, practical and promising
of all. A few days ago they made Mr..
Yuan Shih-Kai viceroy of two OF the
most disaffcctcd provinces, with prac-
tically dictatOrial powers. 1t was n
wise thing TO bring that able man back
into the service Of the empire. though
the manner of doing it was not free
from offence, If, indeed, it was not di-
rectly hostile and aggravating to the
revOlutionists. Now, however. the error
in that act is corrected. while the good
features Of II are enlarged and con
frmed. in the making Of Mr.. Yuan con
stitutional Prime Minister of the empire
That puts the most competent statesman
in the empire in the place where he can
do most good, and u also comedies fully
the popular and revolutionary demand
for a constitutional ministerial system.
The question again arises, however,
whether there is still time for such Il
step TO save the dynasty, or the mon
archical system, or even the integrity
have gone so far and have won so much
that they may decide to fight on with
out listening to compromise. hoping to
win everything. Moreover, IL must be
hot In II.
admirable and commanding qualities, is
not at all persona Ordtd to them The
Manchu mobiles, and particularly the
Prince Regent, hate him because at n
critical moment he sided with the late
Empress Dowager and enabled her to
execute the coup detdt by means of
which she relegated the late Emperor
to impotence and resumed herself the
exercise of supreme power; so that 1t
was like drinking gall and NORWOOD
for them to recall him 10 office. But the
radical reformers equally hate him, be-
cause I'm that same incident he turned
against the Emperor on account Of his
advanced policies, and caused marked
reaction against what he regarded as
TOO rapid reform.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Yuan has
been. and he presumably still is, what
in Europe would be called an oppor-
unist. That is not necessarily term
Of reproach, certainly not of condemna-
tion. Some Of those statesmen of
France and England whom the world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
GERAN LAW REGISTRATION.

The completion Of the registration in
New Jersey shows. as was generally ex-
pected, n marked decrease from the fig
ureS OF last year. Thus, in the city of
Newark there are only 45,176 voters
registered, against 80, 100 in 1910, a de-
the remainder of Essex County, urban,
suburban and rural, the decrease is
more than 81 per cent In Hudson
County the loss is much less, and in
but on the whole THE reduction Of regis
tration in the state is probably not far
from 20 per cent. This result Is at
tributed by some TO the Geran law, on
the polls by It's inquisitorial require
monts, and the repeal Of so odious a
measure is consequently demanded
To what extent this pretence is anus
ing or impudent, and is made ignorantly
and ingenuously or maliciously, Is n
question of some pertinence and sig
nificance 1t would obviously he fool
ish TO expect as large an enrolment Of
voters in Il decidedly off, year as in
one in which there was particularly
animated and even sensational contest
for the office of Governor. If we re-
member Alright, last years vote, when
there was no Geran law to make men
afraid, was much smaller than that two
years before, at the Presidential election.
It should also be obvious that i'm COM
munities where election frauds have no.
tOriously been numerous any additional
safeguard of the purity of the ballot
is likely TO cause a diminution of the
vote Bluntly stated, part of this
years decrease in registration means
that there are fewer repeaters seeking
to vote OH dead mems names. These
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Yuan Shih-kai was APP
pointed Premier of China, foreshauoNlhs
n cessation of hostilities and real con-
stitutional government. - heNolu,
tionists were reported in possession vi
Nan-Chang and threatening Marking
- The first bombs to be dropped IRON
aeroplanes I'm actual warfare Ieii ~
The Turkish encampment outside Irlpoll.
-- Italy gave unofficial notice OF hei
intention 10 extend the belligercnt zone
10 Turkish islands in the Atgean unleSa
the Porte submits 10 the loss OF rIpoii'
- 1t was stated that the amaIsall'd,-
tion of Iondon's electric tubes ana ran
roads and omnibus service had been
practically agreed upon; the capllai oil
The combined interests is $lb5,0OoooV'
much American money is involved -
The German potash syndicate and the
Berlin press generally expressed tile
opinion that The discovery OF deposits
OF that commodity in the United States
would not give rise TO effective COM
petition.
STIC.-Presdent Taft com
pleted his trip of more than fifteen thou
sand miles when he passed through
Washington last night on his way 10
this city to review the Atlantic ileet
earlier in the day he took part IN the
installation Of the president of the UNI
versity of West Virginia at Morgan
Rock Island passenger train was blown
up with dynamite by robbers near Huri-
hurt. Ark, who obtained a number OF
registered letters; the passengers were
not attacked. -= The Rev. Frank w.
Sanford. head of tho Holy Ghost ana
Us Society, was "rraigned before
United States comm .Es .oner in Portland,
Me. charged with causing the death OF
:, member of the company aboard the
YACHT Coronct --=- The District Attor-
ney of Albany County was closely ques-
toned before the Senate investigating
committee about pending indictments;
detectives described vice conditions IN
the capital. =-- Sons of President Taft
and Justice Hughes won two OF the FOUR
Sears prizes in the Harvard Law School
CTTY-Stocks were strong. =
Formal charges were made in the
judiciary scandal of Kings and queens
and the Investigation to see if q crime
has been committed will begin before Jus
tice Scudder in Long Island city to-day
-= Details of the blackballlng of Cen
oral Daniel T.. Sickles by the New York
Commandery Of the Loyal Legion on
the grounds of military unsklfulness
and the reckless sacrifice OF his men
were made public. =-= Secretary Meyer
reviewed one hundred warships i'm the
Hudson and said the presence of the
fleet demonstrated the preparedness of
the navy for any emergency. -== In
opening for the defence counsel for w.
J. Cummins said his client was the
victim Of a conspiracy on the part Of
J. p. Morgan & co. - Commissioner
Fosdick said Commissioner Slower had
ignored his recommendations as To the
reorganization of the Park Department,
consequently he had washed his hands
of the whole business"
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-
day: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. SO degrees; lowest 40.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
THE MAYOR AND THE BUDGET

Mayor Gaynor's attempt In his state
rent about the budget TO shift upon
the other members of the Board OF rs
innate and Apportlonment responsible
ity for It's size is characteristic. lie
says: IL think the budget should have
"hcen considerably reduced by tho com
"mittec Iof the Board Of Estimate and
"Apportionmentl and look TO inc
Board Of Aldermen TO reduce 1t. YET
Il was the Mayor who added S3.JOoWo
TO it by signing the equal pay bill, re-
marking ut the same time that this ad-
ditional expense to the taxpayers was
mo great thing after all And it was
the Mayor who sought also to add To the
budget this year by raising the firemens
salaries. In this he was defeated ny
his fellow members Of the Board OF
Estimate and Apportionment. Moreover
il was The Mayor who prevented the
members of the board from having III
their hands the information necessary
for the making of scientific and eco
nomical budget by refusing to restore to
last years budget an appropriation for
an inquiry into the city departments by
the Board of Estimate. which approprla-
ton was stricken out by the Board OF
Aldermen.
The possibility Of keeping down TX
penses lies with the Mayor himself ana
with his appointees, who spend the larS-
est part of the city's annual appropria-
tions. and with the Mayors party in
Albany. which passes mandatory locls-
lation raising salaries and creating jobs
for Tammany Hall. If everybody else
had doue his part as well as the mcm-
bers of the budget committee of the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
the budget would not be So large.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
TROUBLED BY LAME DUCKS
Writer Would Have Public ut'lities
Compelled to Reward Merit.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Is il not a fact that successtul pr
vate corporations and mercantile insti'u-
tons owe their success to a spirit OF econ
omy that has been exercised In all de-
partments OF their service? II such Is the
case. those who have been responsible must
have understood the detail and inner work
inps 80 that the best possible results might
he obtained.
In these DAYS of rule by commissions OF
our public utilities, and ] refer especla'S
to railroads. would 1t not be well TO con-
slider tho ACCESSIBILITY of adopting system
of merit In all departments, so that t'p
rising generation of our land may iee'
that the railroad world offers as good III
ducements as any other field to those Who'
nv strict attention to duties, will eventual
Is exercise authority ana power """'
does the thinking young man VINO ehte''
the employ of n railroad to-day nave az "'l
incentive 10 give the best that Is In MIN
He NAV work like a trojan. believe III "h"'
no Is doing. and see great possipiItieS
through endless effort on his part, anu III
the end see all his hopes and ambitions oe-
stroyod by some one i'm authority ha'ihs
n lame duck" who has TO be taken care
Of placed over his head
why not prepare for the inevitable rec
ognizo tho rank and file, whose power Is
hound 70 increase. and let the lame DUCKS
shift for themselves? HhADHN'
Pleasantvillc, y. Y. oct o. l9ll'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
STILL HOPE FOR MIKKELSEN
Brother Writes There Is Glance That
He Is Alive in Arctic Regions.

Thorvald Mikkelsen. brother of Captain
Einar. Mikkelsen, who is believed TO nave
pcrished in his attempted journey last
winter around the northern end OF Green
LAND I'm search of the body of Mylius
Erickson. writes from Copenhagen. under
date of October 20, as follows:
We eth have a small hope, that my
brother may return next year. Rasmussen.
nj present in Cape York. was stoppeu bS
Vulisnally bad weather tthe mia sumiherl,
and was not able Ia reach even Etah. re
writes that 1t is not improbable that tue
sam. bad going which barred him from
travolline nortl, may have hindered my
brother i'm going south from Etah or else
where 20 Cape York. There Is chance
that Ejnar and his companion nave spe..s
the summer somewhere at one OF LeatS
depots and are unable To proceed iurthc'
before the winter sets IN.
or course il Ia all guesswork, nut Ha'
urallv we cling 10 any kind or nope ~
least the fate OF my brother cannot can oe
considered decided before next ran: WneuI
we got the last news from Cape YORK or
tho east coast The Arctic people IN thls
country have such confidence In Ejmar that
oven now they believe him To be awe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
PIONEER PHYSICIANS IN JAPAN
To tho Editor Of Tho Tribune.

To tho Editor Of Tho Tribune.
sir. All honor to tho medical pioneers
I'm Lamar, The documents show thar III
+ G.. HEPBURN arrived in Japan on OCTOBER
Is 1859. and gave over thirty years OF MS
Iifo I'm arotultous service 10 the japanese
aud all the proceeds 81 the sale Oh h'S
dictiouarv 10 religious purposes i"r '"e
bcnent OF tho native population.
DIR l. r. simmons was sent out not W
the PRESBYTERIAN. but 10y the heiorIn'"
,,burch in America. as a medical m'sSlo'-
,r,. musician. and arrived in Japan Two
,rc.ks LATER than Dr. Hepburn. on NoNen-
Tor $50 the country not being open a.
alton residence. under either tine Perry ol
Harris treaty. until July l. 1888. pr' anu
Mrs simmons resigned their commissions
i'm the autumn Of $500. the DOCTOR remaining
IA a practising physician In foHoha"t
until about 1919. | think. when he enteteo
Tho service Of the Japanese government IN
1,lio receiving generous salary. lie
was highly appreciated In japan was
Gentleman Of honor and a deiightinl ana
s,l.oIarly companion. II was loss deeply
cIt when he left Us with alas. hts long
,roicctc6 study ~ old Ja-cu unwritlcn;
All honor. both to the .alaried MISSION
,rIos and the Yatoi tsalaried foreigner
,,no ,,bored IN the building OF the NJ"
1,pap, All honor to the japanese VINO
CAV. substantial tokens. In life ana death
~ their gratitude and appreciation!
WILLIAM ELLIOT GHlffl
Ithaca. y. y. oct % 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
wo causes doubtless account for large

two causes doubtless account Tor "iSe
proportion of the decrease.
There is a third cause, which sHo"i''
be peculiarly patent TO those who arc
most loudly complaining of the decrease
and are most bitterly attacking the law,
namely. the campaign Of malicious ana
malignant Justification which has been
conducted against the law ever since us
enactment. The most extravaganza mis-
representations Of its requirements nave
been persistently and unblushlng!
made. with the evident purpose oi
p"cjudcing people against 1t. OF aiarn''
ing and frightening from the polls citi-
zens who were unable to ascertain Tor
themselves the truth of the matter ana
thus of bringing embarrassment upon
the administration Of the law and diS-
credit and odium upon the law itself
i'm the interest of the corruption when
the law was devised TO prevent.
That the Gcran law Is imperfect ana
needs amendment IS not to he disputed.
70 nobody is the fact more obvious
than to those who are charged with its
administration. But the changes which
Gre needed are i'm the direction or
strengthening and not of relaxing its
provisions and requirements. TO pre-
tend that It's reasonable prescriptions
for preventing fraud are sufficient to
drive honest citizens from the polls Is
an odious reflection on the voters Of
the state.