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

RESS.-Holiday recess from De-
cember II to January ordered. -
Senate. Committee hearings on the
Lorimer election and Sherman law held; +;
Intellectual effort for vote on Newlands
executive programme. - House:
Railroad securities commission report
submitted by the President; committee
hearings on passport question and Steel
Trust held; pension debate resumed.
FOREIGN.-The condition of DR..
Charles ". Eliot, who was operated on
for appendicitis in Ceylon was reported
as still serious. 10 complications have
set in, however. --= In the House of
Lords Mr. Lloyd Georges national in
surance bill passed its second reading.
s- JubilatiOn was expressed in Rus
sia at Great Britains "pliancy' with re-
gard 10 Russian policy in Persia. =1
A settlement was reached between the
directors Of the British railway COM
panies and the representatives Of the
mems unions. =- Chinese republicans
selected HankOw for the great peace
conference. Premier Yuan's representa-
i've was provided with full powers. =
The Conservative party was victorious
at the Ontario elections. confirming Sir
James Whitneys government == An
open letter from Emilio NasqUez Gomez
formally repudiated any political con-
neCtiOn between the writer and General
Reeves. --- New Zealand defeated a
proposition for q general prohibition law.
DOMESTIC.-The Supreme Court de-
Cided not 10 review the reorganization
plan OF the Tobacco Trust. @- A sharp
fight developed over the Craftsmanship
of the committee of arrangements for
the Republican National Convention
4 Washington dispatch stated
many Representatives i'm Congress IA
VOred TaftS denomination. =- 4 dis
patch from BriCevillc, Tenn. stated that
sixteen bodies has been taken from Cross
Mountain Mine; more than one hundred
other miners are buried beneath the
debris caused by Saturdays explosion.
4 jury at Philadelphia, in the case
of Miss Harriet Dewitt. Of Easton
Penn. charged with being the wieder
Of the mysterious poisoned PEN that
caused scandal i'm church circles in
EastOn by reason Of the receipt OF hun
dreds Of scurrilOus anonymous letters,
returned a verdict of not guilty. ==
The Department of Agriculture esti-
mated the cotton crop of 1911 at 14,SS1.- =
coo bales. new record. == Mrs. Ellen
r. Peck, the we'll known crook was re
leased from the state prison at Auburn,
y Y, and took a train for this city.
CITY.-Stocks were strong. -
Mayor Gaynor in his address to the Yis-
iting Governors. said he considered the
recall of judges d good piece of legisla-
tOn and that the trusts were not 10
blame for high prices == Only eff
cient high pressure service, lightning
work by the firemen and the absence OF
high wind prevented another serious
Coney Island confagration when blaze
h that started i'm Luna Park was confined
10 a small group Of buildings. =-
street Cleaning Department driver wa'
instantly killed by a 2J-Dound piece o
tagging thrown from roof, tnge
prints may lead 10 the discovery of tn
SLAYER as the missile retains marks. an(
the police have a prisoner. -- Th'
New York Contrars Paving express
crashed into "A freight i'm the fog, on'
man being killed and five injured. anC
the rammins of two ferryboats and de
lay of the liners were due TO the weather
also. = Secretary Knox Of the state
Department defended dollar diplomacy
I'm his address at the Waldorf. == Her
bert T. Jennings president Of the in
solvent Mount Vernon National Bank
was arrested ON a federal indictment
charging misapplication of S95S'9.
THE WEATHER. Indications for TO-
DAY. Rain. The temperature Yesterday
Highest 81 degrees; lowest, 4@.