New-York tribune., 1911-12-11
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FORMGN.-The "Novoe Vremya" ex-
pressed the opinion that the Russo
American treaty Of 1882 was doomed to
speedy abrogation. - The King OF
Sweden distributed the Nobel prizes in
Stockholm Nine Curie. of Paris, was
one of the recipients. - The Porte
decided TO expel Italians from the Gal
lipoi peninsula, on the western side OF
the Dardanelles. and from Smyrna.
The Hamburg American liner
President Grant bound for New York,
went aground in the Elbe = Five
persons were killed and eight injured in
& collision outside the Paris terminus of
the Northern Railroad.
DOMESTIC. President Taft's renomi-
nation and election were predicted by
leading members Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, assembled in Wash
ingtCn. =- The Postmaster Generals
report showed an annual deficit of ST.
100000 changed 10 a surplus Of S2l9,
600. though the service was improved;
one-cent letter postage and parcels
post were urged. ==-- The Secretary OF
War in his annual report said the
army was unprepared for war, being
widely scattered, lacking in reserves and
in artillery; he recommended the aban-
donment Of many posts. -- y dis
patch from Briceville Tenn, stated II
met death by the explosion i'm Nne Knox
willie Iron Company Cross Mountain coal
mine would reach between 100 and $50;
the bodies Of eight miners were recOv-
cred. but black damp seriously inter-
fered with the rescuers: all the men in
the mine at the time Of the explosion
were believed To have perished. -
John J. and James Is. Mcnamara, the
Los Angeles dynamiters, We're received
f,, Ytvs1er IN, OF ~ tnRl Y
ttrday morning TO serve their sentences
imposed by the Los Angeles court after
their confessions. [= 1t was stated at
Los Angeles that Ortie L. McManigal
would be taken 10 Indianapolis within a
few DAYS 10 tell what he knows about
dynamite conspiracles. --- Phlladel-
phia experienced a dry Sunday under its
new reform Mayor; political and social
clubs that heretofore sold liquor on Sun
day made no effort to open. =- The
body Of Joseph Shortlidge, who founded
Naplewood Institute, at Concordville,
Penn. in 1860, was found in a stream
near his school. - It. was expected
that the taking of testimony in the SUIT
against tho ten meat packers indicted
FOR viola ting the Sherman antitrust law
would begin I'm Chicago to-day --
Miss Mabel Z. Allen, Of Brooklyn, was
REPORTED TO be entitled to a share of the
estate Of Jonathan Merry, Of Boston, If
she is not legally" dead.
CITY.-Commissione Edwards esti-
mated that the warm weather had saved
/ the city 100000 in the cost Of removing
II The last snowfall, and the Weather Bu-
reau reported that yesterday was the
warmest December 10 since 1878. -
Governors of seven Western states and
large party arrived in town for the
purpose Of calling attention to the pos
sibilities Of their section Of the country.
= At meeting Of suffragettes, Mrs.
Harriet Stanton Blatch said juvenile
rowdyism was worse in New York than
anywhere else, and blamed Mayor Gay
nor largely for this state of affairs. -
II was reported that there he'd been 100
incendiary fires in Harlem in the last
two months. and three arrests were
made for arson. -= Park Commits
sioner Stover was called UP by indig-
nant citizens 10 take some action tow
ard affecting several improvements for
which he has long had the money in
hand. - Twenty young men, ar
rested In raid on a crap game, were
hned In the Tombs court and the al
legged proprietor Of the place was held
for trial as a common gambler.
THE wEATHER.-Indicati for to-
day: Cloudy. The temperature yester-
DAY: Highest. IS degrees; lowest, %.