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New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
NOTED LAWYER INDICTED.

An indictment against Dan OReilly the
we'll known criminal lawyer. who held a
prominent place in the Thaw case charging
that he crminaly received stolen property.
was reported 10y the grand jury 10 Judge
otto Rosalsky. in Part ! Of General Ses-
eions. The crime is alleged to have been
committed in connection with the return Of
norton Of the SIS. 900 worth OF securities
stolen from Aaron Bancroft. senior partner
OF George Bancroft & Co, of No Is Beaver
street. while he was carrying them to his
safe deposit vault in the Produce Exchange
Building. II is charged that OReilly car
ried on the negotiations with William NJ.
sullivan, counsel for Mr.. Bancroft. for the
return of the securities, and was one Of a
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

marty Of three In a taxicab drive through
Central Park on March "a. when s6o,ooo
uortb of the securities were returned 10
Mr. sullivan in exchange for $4,000 In cash
"Dr y. Clark Hyde convicted OF the
murder of Colonel Thomas II. Swope. the
millionaire philanthrop.st. will have a new
trial according to decision OF the MIS-
,o,,i supreme Court. Or. Hyde has been
in the county Jail at Kansas City nearly
wear following a sentence to life imprlson-
ment.
"tbo Ruef who is serving fourteen
wear sentence in san Quentin prison III
California. for bribery has started an
evening Bible class for conyicts. ana mas
agreed to deliver a series OF sermons IN
the prison chapel on sundays.
eft was announced Officially that the
house at No "a East saith street. lately oc-
cunied by Mrs Henry ". Bookstaver, hao
boen rented by the congregation OF the flfth
Avenue PRESBYTERIAN Church as parson-
ape for the Rev. pr and Mrs Jowett The
rental If was said unofficially, was $4,000
vear. or two-thirds the amount OF the
pastor's salary. The trustees also bought
an automobile for the preacher
The board Of directors OF the Metropol-
itan Opera House decided TO increase the
nrice Of seats in the orchestra and orches-
ira circle next season from IS to -. There
will he no increase in the prices FOR the
dress circle. balcony and family circle. The
reason given is that the publics demands
are much more eXactins than In FORMER
Years. and that the increased cost OF living
has made the raise in prices necessary.
president Jacob Gould Schurman OF
Cornell University brought to an end the
controversy over admitting negro women
students to Sage College dormitory. Col
ored students have resided I'm Sage Hall in
the past. and see no good reason why
that policy should be changed Or. Schur-
man declared"
"I admire his pluck. any way comment
ed Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Last
Weeks Papers.

-. tho Democratic House of Representa-
q, Washington going to disappoint it's
Ute" asked Busy Man as he met Con
~, Reader last evening.
s,,.s TOO early to decide that yet" was
,e,lv "The House passed its first
osure. the joint resolution to amend the
nn'.s,,tution so as 10 provide for the direct
n the people for United states Sena-
The resolution required two-thirds
W. hut il was adopted by 296 to 16 1t
.s, go from the Congress 10 the state
,'.,s,atures for final ratification If the Sen
.'o also adopts it. Fifteen Of the Republi-
- old guard and one Democrat voted
.aoinst the resolution on fnal passage.
cp,. 2no 10 O the House passed the Rucker
l.trci,v bill. which provides for the publ
's,on before election of campaign contri-
buttons
oR, \ vote of 12S 10 %, the Democratic
-..,,,bers Of the House decided in caucus TO
..ss the Canadian reciprocity resolution
tssore taking up the tariff schedules. The
,oei,rocity bin was therefore introduced by
I,.nresentatiye Underwood, who immedi-
a,elv followed it with a free list bill, which
..oi,6ed these articles: Agricultural imple-
-e,ts such as ploughs. harrows. reapers.
tiudors and mowers boots and shoes, sad
5,es and saddlery. wire fencing, baling
,,ire cotton bagging and ties. coarse sacks.
,,rlars lumber. flour. dressed meats and
..ost products. and sewing machines
.rba WAYS and Means Committee re-
,or.ed favorahly the hill putting into ef-
..c, The Presidents Canadian reciprocity
,-+ee,nent The bill came from the COM
,ci,,ee with an almost unanimous report,
rn,v TWO Republicans and one Democrat
ehtring objections.
"Jsmes Il. Mann. the minority leader,
,-ssented To the House the list Of the Re-
,rhIicsn members of the standing commit
ICES These were formally approved. and
,bs House is now ready for business 1t
,ss the first time in the history Of Con-
s,sss that the committees had been elected
.rs,ssd II appointed by the Speaker.
4The Democratic members Of the steer
inc committee of the Senate were an
rogncei Mr. Martin. Of Virginia. heads
,tsm rs chairman. and the others are Sena-
tors Culberson Of Texas; simmons. of
North Carolina: Clarke. Of Arkansas 4;
pankhsaG. Of Alabama Fletcher of Flor
Ma. Williams. Of Mississippi; Kern, Of In
diana. and Hitchcock, Of Nebraska. The
las. two represent the pronounced progress
src element i'm the Senate.
AT ;he White House it was announced
that William Woodvine Eockhin, Ambassa-
dor 10 Russia. would succeed oscar Straus
q, Constaaunople and he succeeded at st.
Petersburg by cX-Gorernor Curtis Guild,
i- of Massachusetts
"Dr David JAYNE Hill. Ambassador 20
Germany. rendered his resignation of thar
Office ,o the President and ii was accepted
what have our politicians in other parts
ol tine country been doing?' asked Busy
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
Especially for the Busy Man

others. as a result of the boycott declared
by the unions on the hats manufactured by
-. f. Loewe & Co, was reversed by the
United states Circuit Court of Appeals.
with leave 10 hold a new trial on the
ground that the verdict OF the jury was
practically directed by the court who left
To the Jury merely the matter of damages
as the only question with which they could
properly concern themselves
"Duveen Brothers. art dealers. of New
York. London and Paris. deposited sl,20o,-
600. through fiscal agents. in the United
states Sub-Treasury in this city This
sum was paid in full settlement Of the
claims against the Duveens for customs
undervaluations But the payment of this
the largest sum ever given TO reimburse
Uncle Sam for customs frauds. save the
S2.S76000 by the Sugar Trust-will have
absolutely no effect on the criminal actions
pending against two members of the firm
The first government crop report Of the
season was issued and showed the cond-
tion Of winter wheat to he 1913 on April J..
which indicates yield of 541. AIS 600 bush
els as compared with an indication of 435,-
900 bushels at the same time a year
ago and an actual harvest last year OF
f6i.044.0O0 bushels.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

Last November he was playing with pet
dog az his home in lonkers and the ami
NAL licked his hands. which were chapped
Mt the time. Later the dog was found TO
have rabies and was killed
Sir Elzcar Taschcreau. eX-Chief Justice
OF the Supreme Court Of Canada, died IN
Ottawa at the age of seventy-hve. George
Cary Eggleston. author. journalist and
soldier. died al his home, No. i7i West a5th
street. Nine Anne Marie Louise Judic.
famous a. light opera singer. died in
France. George s. Terry. Assistant United
States Treasurer AZ New York. died at
Aiken. S. C."
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
MINING DISASTERS.

"Over one hundred miners. most of them
state and county conycts were killed III
n mysterious explosion that occurred Tar
under ground in the Banner coal mines.
nrar Littloton. Ala Scventy-three perished
in mine fire AT tho Pancoast colliery, in
Throop Penn
After sojourn Of eiehty-three hours in
ten feet Of treacherous sand on the beach
of Fire Island. the North German lAoyd
liner Princess Irene was freed and the vos-
sci. that cost her owners si,5oo,ooo to con-
struct. noated safely into deep water, prac-
tically unchanged.
The Yoshwari. the principal quarter or
Toxic inhabited by the licensed hetairae.
was destroyed 10y fire Many of the houses
were almost paatial in appearance, and a
thousand OF them we're burned in a little
more than three hours. six thousand
women inmates were made homeless.
.The main grandstand NJ the Polo
Grounds the nome IT the New York Ma
tionsl League Baseball club. and the whole
evpanse ~ open stands extending complete
/, around the nark. except the left field
olcachers. woro destroyed by FIRE
pierre Prier. IN a monopllne. few from
London to Paris. without stop. 290 miles
in 236 minutes. He crossed the Channel
al n hc sht Of 3.20o feet.
"IIeutcrant Byasson. Of the French navy.
while making an aerOplane flight fell with
his monoplane and was Killed.
The aviator Lanser flew iu an aeroplane
from the aviation field at kicwt 20 The
Belgian capital. carrying his three sisters
az passengers The distance fovn was -
kiiometers (ncarly - niles
The anger of the french growers of
champagne proper broke loose after The
French Scnate's decision in favor of The
abolition OF territorial delmitations. and
rnobs destroyed much valuable property
ssIch as vines bottles. vats, vines etc. near
Az and Epernay Thereupon the CHAMBER
Of IDENTITIES nuilihod the action of the sen
ate with reference 10 ihe dollml'auoh "i
the chGnuagnc district and comparative
calm cnsued.
'Th. now British bsttieship cruiser In
defatigablc made the record speed TOR
preadnonrhts Of twenty mine knots.
"Isapc Harris and Max I}lanck proprle-
tors 81 ,hc Triangle Waist compans' We're
indicted fcr granddaughter in tn hrst ana
second degrees for the deaths OF two ot the
/ &c victims al the fre In the Asch iulldinS
cn March %. The Triangle Waist com
many oc,uo,cd the eighth. ninth and tenth
floors of the building. 10 which the hre
ras confined. bail of S2b.0oo was demand
cd and given.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
THE DEATH ROLL.

ANY persons Of importance die?" asked
Busy Man.
~Tom l.. Johnson. four times Mayor Of
Cleveland champion of the Scent street
railway fare. twice Congressman from the
21st Ohio District and prominent advocate
of the single tax theories of the late Henry
George, died in Cleveland from crrhosis
Of the liver He was ffty-seven years old
Denman Thompson. the veteran actor. died
al his home at West Swanzey, n. II. John
NcIane former Governor Of New Hamp
shire. died at Southern Pines. y. c. G.. w.
Click. former Governor Of Kansas died at
lis home in Atchison William Keith, the
artist died at his home in Berkeley, Cal.
Lieutenant Colonel f. f. Hobbs. command
ant OF the Rock Island Arsenal. died at
Hot Springs. Ark. The tenor, Lucien Mura
tore. was accidentally killed in the theatre
at Monte Carlo when trap door upon
which he was standing suddenly opened.
kbraham Belasco. father ~ David and
Frederick Belasco. OF theatrical fame. died
AT tho home OF his daughter, Mrs NJ. Il.
Mayer in San Francisco. He was eighty
years old. r. Cumberland Stuart presi-
dent and general manager Of the Standard
News Association OF New York. died al
the home of his sister. No. 727 East 23d
street sam Lloyd, inventor Of the FIJI
teen Puzzle Pigs in Glover and other Ia
nous puzzles, died from progressive apo
plexy at his house. No. 153 Halsey street.
Brooklyn. General James Evelyn Pitcher.
Of Carlisle. Penn. surgeon. author and lect-
urer. died at St Joseph's Hospital in Sa-
vannah. George Prentiss Butler. fnan-
cier Of New York. dropped dead from heart
disease at the Grosvenor Hotel, in London.
George W. Crichfeld the American who
was recently shot from ambush at his ranch
near Tuxpan, Mexico. died from his wounds.
Clarence A. Miller. American Consul there.
will make a personal investigation into the
shooting Gustav r. Kissel senior member
Of the banking firm Of Kissel. Kinnicutt 4
Co. No. 81 Wall street. died at his home.
No. 15 West 18th street General Stanley
Williams, who was wounded when his little
force Of eighty American insurrectos en-
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
OLD POINT COMFORT.

old Point Comfort Va, April lS.-The
social inactivity which generally accompa-
nIes Holy Week was not noticeable at the
Hotel Chamberlin, for with the warshlps OF
the Atlantic fleet coming back from the
southern drill grounds afternoon teas IN
the Palm garden. and with every room IN
the hotel taken, life here has been the
gavest OF the season Miss Helen Miller
Gould arrived al the hotel on Monday
afternoon from Norfolk. accompanied by
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

standing stock is now s4t2610.Ioo. so that
the new issue will amount to sH.26l.0oo
"The Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court Of New York upheld unanimously the
constitutionality Of the ordinance forbid
ding traffic in theatre tickets by spectators
in the streets in front Of theatres.
"The Official statement Of imports and
exports Of the United States In March.
1911. just completed by the Bureau of sta
tistics, shows exports Of s1s1.s24.565.
against si43.657.s57 in March OF last year ;
imports. sl3s.044.73s. against sle2,s99, ,4S5
In March Of last year The value OF i'm
orts free Of duty was s66.s41, ,02+. against
S16.7056s1 in March of last year; dutiable.
s72.40s.714, against sSs293774 for the
corresponding month Of last year. The ex-
cess of exports over imports is s22,s1sS2b,
against an excess of imports over exports
of sl9,S41,57S In March. 1910"
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

in the United States however are IN the
ratio Of 230 TO 100. or more than two and
a quarter times greater IN the Onlte1
States
"The state Tax Board gave out "ord
that il had pat valuation Of Sih1.olNloo
on the special franchises of tne public ser
>icc corporations in greater New YORK
This is an increase OF $l5,5oS.4 400 over last
year raluat!on.
The largest companies in the list are:
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
QUE TROOPS CROSS BORDER


"ro,, 1eacc seem any nearer I'm MeXico?'
tsFed eu,v Nan
.'Far million dollars gold was voted by
tte Mexican Chamber of Deputies for
var fund for the pacfcation Of the coun-
Ivy
"Th- insurreCtoe took Aqua Prieta, the
hGcar town across the line from Doug
bs Arl SiXty-fye federal soldiers fed in
Confusion across the American line but
rert forced b., the American troops 20 re
turn o. Mexico. Two Americans on the
Arizona s.do Of the line watching the prog
less oI the battle. were shot Then the
tmsrioan troops crossed the border and
stopped the fighting. Thousands of Amcri-
cans stood on thc border. Witnessing the
feht seemingly careless Of danger Four
teen americans fought with ,he insureent
force and one Of them. j. g. Edwards. a
NIrgiu.ap. was Killed.
President Taft was prompt to act ON the
narc~ when an appeal was made % him
hy the Douglas Chamber of Commerce
through It's secretary. T.. p GrndelI. who
Informed the President bv telegraph that
thousands Of Mexican bullets fell in the
American town and that citizens were
wounded .n their homes By the direct
orders of the President strong representa-
ions were made To the Mexican govern
rent in the matter, aud the insurgents
were notified through The Department of
Justice that there must be no recurrence
q ihc AFFAIR. The insurgents made prompt
OPPRESSION of regret and promised that so
iar as they are concerned there shall be
10 further cause fCr offence. They have
also declared that they will exercise great
care about crossing the boundary. by the
residents direction the acting Secretary
% St'r Harrington Wilson. sent 10 the
%eA.can government an urgent message In
winch ii was given Go understand that the
'u'a2e 0ill bc treated as IN incident bui
ans similar Occurrences will be dealt with
as national anront
Thirty men and o Maxim gun from the
SniisA worship shearwater were landed
San Quntin. Mexico. 20 protect that
""n against a threatened attack of in
susents The revolutionary movement
however. did not matcfialize and the Brit
Ah force and The gun were withdrawn.
Ihs. the fret actual landing Of foreign
o'ces on Mexican soil IN connection with
me %. seut revolution was reported 10
"s State Department Al Washington in "A
telegram from the American Consul. MI.
Schmucker. al Ensenada"
Any significant developments in the field
o' commerce" asked BUSY Man
The famous Danbury hat case. in which
r Ioewe & 60. got an award Of s232.
''9 in damages from the United Hatters
u North America. Martin Lawlor and
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

.rbo directors Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road company voted 10 offer To inc STOCK
holders for subscription nj par addi'"nai
stock 80 the amount Of 10 per cent oi 'heir
Iespectiye holdings on May =. The out
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
%7ze Pacific c79zo7t@

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.
San Francisco. April i5.-A municipal
committee comprising some OF the ablest
men in the city met this week and select
cd James Rolph. ir.. as candidate for Mayor
against Mayor Mccarthy. The present
labor union Mayor asserts that he will be
elected again this year by as large ma
ioritv as before and is perfecting a po-
Utical machine lie is forming political
clubs in every district. and his followers
are making careful canvasses Of their dis
tr.cts only the united support OF good
man ~ the other parties will defeat Nc
Carthy. Rolph is a popular business man
and will probably poll a large vote az
any one who could be chosen.
Tho local courts have been occupied TINS
week with the case OF Mrs. Ivy Henry and
S Foster Kelly. banker OF Seattle. VINO
eloped from that city last fail. Mrs. Henry =
husband brought suit for divorce, and when
It vas granted. on March so. he received
tho custody OF his two young children.
Meanwhile Mrs. Henry had taken the emil
dren 10 San Francisco. When the decree
was granted she hastened to this city with
Kelly and fed with the children. For "A
week detectives vainly tried TO find her
Finally she was discovered Tuesday in a
suburban cottage. where she was living
with Kelly She nov faces contempt pro
ceedlngs Kelly has been sued by her hus-
band for $4,000 for alienation Of her affec-
tons
About hundred lots belonging to the
sutro estate. situated In three blocks in the
Richmond district, were sold this week FOR
t5s.sO) They are on 32d. S3d and saith ave-
nues. between and streets, aud the
price Is regarded as excellent az the prop
crty was recently appraised at only pIS"
The failure Of the Rank of Shasta Coun-
ty, at ReddinG. has resulted IN the exposure
Of one alleged unsecured loan Of SSS0,0
and two Others for tg6ooo. which are said
10 DC In defiance OF the bankinS law VI
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN.

Theodore Roosevelt made his first pub
lc declaration regarding his possible can
ddacy for the Presidency at luncheon
given in his honor by the Commercial Club.
O.. Spokane. Wash. I am not an aspirant
for anything because 1 have had every
thing he said no other man alive has
had such good run for his money
IN an address before the South Carolina
Young llen's Christian Association William
J BRYAN quoted Colonel Theodore Roose-
,elt a, saving that there was scarcely a
Predatory conspiracy in the country that
d0 NJ, have Harvard brains behind it,
those men. said Mr. Bryan. who provided
the way Of escape from the responsibility
and consequences Of their conSpirac.os were
10 better than the men who held the horses
in a dark place FOR thieves to get away
after burglary.
"Asscmblyman Gerans much talked Of
primary and election bill, after being
whipped into shape by the Senate Commit
e. on Elections. passed the upper house
@ Trenton y. j. without q dissenting Note
,;epuhIicans and Democrats joining in its
.urport
The deadlock i'm the Iowa Legislature
rled nhen William : Kenyon, Republican
Z Fort Dodge an Assistant United states
!sTir, Attorney General was elected
ntod states Senator to serve out tho un-
expired term of Tho late senator Jonathan
J. l'.'uer following rerhaps the hardest
Senatorial contest ever fought in Iowa. The
election came with the siAty-seyenth bal
lo'
Th- tennessee House concurred IN the
Senate resolution favorine an income tax
ame-Lneni M lie fcd.ra- Lnnstitut.0n--
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
NEW YoRK's CRIME RECORDS.

LESS than . per cent of the complaints
NJ crime reported TO the police of this city
under the present administration Of the de-
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
Detroit Journal.

What else happened that a well IN
formed citizen ought 10 remember? asked
I.usV Man
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

Mrs Edward Shaw. OF New York, and Mr.
aud Mrs Hesscnhuitel. Of Norfolk. John
fIays Hammond special ambassador to the
London coronation, artiv@l on Monday. ac-
companied by his son. John Hays Ham
mond. jr Mary Mannering. the actress.
spent the week here. II. G. McVicker, OK
aew York, was here for short time.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

the state. Tho assets of the bank, II Is
said will fall nearly $4,000 short OF pay
ing the depositors.
The largest gold dredger in the world
WAS installed this week on the Yuba River
near Marysville. but will not begin work
until all its machinery is in place II cost
s3.O.c0D and can handle 10000 cubic yards OF
earth monthly Its hull Is 24l feet long and
II can delve 100 feet into the earth after
gold bearing gravel. Dredger mining is the
only kind that is not full of risks. The
ground H. tested by boring and the COM
pany knows exactly what it will produce
before beginning work.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

Charles All Williams. a widely known
newspa,cg man. died ,his week AZ Seattle.
n.he,e II. MAS managing editor ~ The Sc
attic Times In his day he filled many I'M
portant newspaper places in large Eastern
cities. While managing editor OF the
Minneapolis Tribune" ne received injuries
ia a fire which DESTROYED the building that
forced hin. 10 come West for his health.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

I'm cave in t;ldorado County scientists
from the University Of California are ex-
humins many bones OF prehistoric animals.
as well as tile remains OF men OF giant
statue Tusks Of mastodons have oeen re-
covered, as we'll as gigantic human Jaw
bones and arm bones. The bones are petri-
fed and are chiselled out OF the cementlike
strata I'm which they are embedded
New-York tribune., 1911-04-16
Bad NAuhEIm

Opposite the springs and the baths
yator. electric light. central heating.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20
Civil War He-o:ae Dies.

Danville, Va.-Mrs. Jane Patrick
Sutherlin, aged SO, widow OF Maj. w.
T. SutherIin, died at her historic home
here, at the last capital of the Confed-
eracy. Mrs. Sutherlin was hostess to
President Davis and his cabinet follow
ing their memorable flight after the
evacuation of Richmond. 1t was at the
Sutherlin home that President Davis
assembled his cabinet for the last of
fetal conference and signed the last
documents of the C~onfederacy before
the surrender of Gen. Lee.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-20
OPPOSE FORTIFICATION
FOSTER DOUBTS If 1T WILL BE
PAYING PROPOSITION.
Menace to Peace-Struggie for Big
Ships Developed Into a Mania.

New GOrk.-Emphatic opposition TO
President Taft's plan Of fOrtifying the
Panama canal from Representative }.
Foster, chairman OF the house commit
tee Oh foreign affairs, and a declara-
ton by Chairman Tawney of the house
appropriations committee that great
ornaments are a temptation to war
marked the joint mass meeting Of the
New York Peace Society and the PEG
pies Institute here.
These vast ornaments tend to pro
mote a spirit of rivalry among nations
to excel each other" said Mr.. TaWney.
when it was heralded about he world
that England had launched a battleShip
of $4,000 tons, 5000 tons in excess OF
our largest ~battleship, it seemed advis-
mental estimate for a $1,000 ton bat
tleship. AS a conclusive argument in
support of the authorization of such
a ship our chief executive at that
time, Theodore Roosevelt, said to me:
Y want to be able to say when |
go out of office that I have authorized
the construction of the largest battle
ship the world has eve SEEN.
"AlthoUgh congress at that time did
nothing more thar authorize the prep
aration of plans for a battleship of that
size, at it's next session., under the
pressure OF a manufactured Japanese
war scare, it provided for the ships.
But before the adjournment of con-
gress England laid the keels of two
$4,000 ton Dreadnaughts, and in order
to crafty an ambition to excel Eng
land, congress authorized the cOnstruc-
ton Of two battleships Of $4,000 tons
displacement