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New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
SOME PERSONAL ITEMS.

what else happened that a well informed
citizen ought to remember" asked Busy
Man.
AT the annual meeting Of the trustees
Of the Carnegie Foundation, Andrew Car
negies institution for the pensioning OF col
lege professors. announcement was made
that Mr. Carnegie had just enriched the
foundation by the gift of another slOOO,OCO
This increases the endowment to S12 126, ,Oo0
giving it an annual income OF $4,000.
Mrs. +. II. Hartman, widow of the rail-
way magnate, established a fund Of si0,0Ot
year for the next five years for the main
tenance of an experimental school for the
study and direction Of public business.
1.-The will Of Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor
Of The World was filed for probate in the
surrogate's Office. Reckoning the value OF
his New York and st. Louis newspaper
holdings as $l2OOO,OOO, the will disposes OF
S2l 100000 by direct provisions. The tota
value OF the estate will probably reach
$30OOO,OOO Mr.. Pulitzer leaves The New
York World and The St. LOUIS Post-Dis
patch in the hai;is OF board of four trus
tees, who VIII hold control during the life
time of his two younger sons. Two OF
these trustees will give way in few year:
to Herbert Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, jr
He failed to name his son Ralph Pulitzer
either as trustee or executor. Ralph Puit
ger stated that this was an oversight. The
will gives 100000, in addition to sl,0oo0c
already given, to Columbia University foi
a school of journalism. Mr. Pulitzer directs
his executors to pay this second s1.000.0o
-, IL
bia fails TO carry out his purposes under
an agreement. He also leaves Columbia
$4,000 for scholarships and prizes. To tho
Metropolitan Museum Of Art and the Phil
harmonic Society Mr. Pulitzer leaves sJ0O,U1
each. He leaves 5000 to the Children's Aid
Society. Fifty thousand dollars he set
apart for the construction of a fountain In
Central Park, and $4,000 for the erection in
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

Bernard Fraenkel, noted specialist OF the
diseases OF the nose and throat and for
many years professor in the University OF
Berlin. died i'm that city Former Congress
man Nehemiah Day Sperry died at ms
home in New Haven. John McMurdie
Warner, n wealthy manufactures and pos
SCISSOR Of one Of the famous art galleries
Of the country, was found dead in his home
at No $50 Woodbine avenue. Philadelphia
from heart disease. Charles A. Reed OF
the firm Of Reed e. Stem, executive head or
the New York Central Hudson River
Railroad Company architects and the de-
signer of the new Grand Central Terminal,
died at his home, s9d street and Riverside
Drive. Wilson Vance, OF New York, died
in Chattanooga, Tenn. hospital from
heart disease. He won the unusual dis
tinction among Civil War veterans or re-
ceiving a Congressional medal of honor Tor
conspicuous valor as a private soldier.
John Schliemann, Deputy Tax Commits
sioner. died at his home. No. 54l Franklin
avenue. Brooklyn. from acute indigestion.
John Francis Carroll long prominent In
the old days in Tammany Hail. Of which
he was for time the deputy leader. died
i'm the Hotel Savoy from dropsy. George
Whiting Hebard. vce-president Of the
Westinghouse Electric Company and one
OF the best known men in the electrical
business. died at Bronxville. Thomas +.
Dougherty, a Deputy Tax Commissioner,
died I'm this city from apOpleXy.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
THE DEATH ROLL.

Have any persons Of Importance died?'
asked Busy Man
Bishop Alexander Mackay- Smith of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese Of Pennsyl-
vania and one of the most prominent
churchmen in the country died suddenly
at the episcopal residence, in Philadelphia
from heart trouble. Monsignor Charles j.
Kelly, rector OF tho Church of Our Lady OF
Grace i'm Hoboken, died there from an@-
mia. Rear Admiral John Yeatman Taylor,
retired, former medical director of the
United States Navy and one Of the most
distinguished naval surgeons in the country,
ended his life by shooting himself in Wash
ington. The well known Egyptologist Fred
eric Cope Whitehouse, died in this city. He
discovered the depression in the Egyptian
desert known as the Wadi Raiyan in 1882
and wrote many papers advocating its use
as a storage reservoir. Edgar W. Mix, a
well known American engineer and aero
naut, committed suicide by jumping from a
steamer in the English Channel. Professor
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
RESPONSIBILITY OF DIRECTORS.

"The broad question of the liability OF
directors of trust companies for losses que
20 their alleged negligence was discussed
at length in ain opinion by Walter Lloyd
Smith, presiding justice Of the Appellate
Division. Sd Department which reversed
the decision of Supreme Court Justice Van
Kirk holding Herbert L. Satterlee ana
George ]. Could of New York liable for
losses sustained by the Trust Company Of
the Republic. of which they were directors,
as a result of the companys part IN at
tempting to finance the United States Snip
building Company The court holds 'hat
any construction Of law that would make 1t
impossible for men Of large busines connec-
tlons TO accept positions on various boards
Of directors without detailed knowledge
of the small everyday transactions or the
corporation would be little less than ca
lamitous.'
"a thorough investigation Of existing
telegraph and telephone rates is believed 10
he foreshadoWed by demands when were
filed with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in the form Of petitions directing
the attention of the commission TO the ap-
parent purpose of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company to monopoilze al
facilities for wire communication
Franklin MacVeagh, Secretary or the
Treasury i'm an address before the Western
Economic Society indorsed the plan OF cur
rencv reform suggested 10 the National
Monetary Commission by ex-senator Mel
son w. AIdrich. The Secretary said. how
eyer. that he believed the plan would he
received with prejudice in Congress unless
rfcin a
banks from controlling stock in others.
Moving picture show promoters received
q blow when the Supreme Court Of the
United states decided that moving pictures
based on the scenes Of copyrighted book
may constitute an infringement OF the
copyright on the book or the reserved
rights TO dramatic.
Facts and figures relating to the hght
made by the government to stamp out
smuggling at this port were presented 10y
United States District Attorney wise TO
the National Jewellers Board Of Trade. In
the last thirty months at this port he sald'
nearly two hundred persons have been con-
victed for violations of the customs revenue
laws. Sorne were sentenced TO JAIL ana
more of them should have been. These OF
Tenders have contributed nearly SW,VOO 10
the government In fines, penalties ana Tor
felt1lres. Men of wealth, influence and po-
sition convicted Of smuggling and UNDER
valuation have been let off on fines, despite
my earnest efforts to have them sent TO
The penitentary. Poor men, obscure men,
who have robbed the government OF paitry
amounts. instead of hundreds of thousands
as persons like the Duveen brothers did,
have had to serve time in jails and peni-
| Al.,. Il 90
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
OLD POINT COMFORT.

Old Point Comfort Va, Nov. lS---D'"
Eers and dances at the Chamoerllh,
and supper parties on board the dlue'.a'
battleships, and receptions, tennis aho iVO..
ball at the fortress have all tenueu
make the last week one Of the gaye" w.
enjoyed by guests sOJourning mere
OF the largest teas on board the oa'ue'"'s
was that given MolGay on the Miiii''.
by Paymaster George W Pigman N \.
ward room. Nearly all the memoe's =,
army society at this fort were repres'D,,
a, the dance and reception given sa'O'D'.
night by Colonel +. :. Strong, coul''"
ing officer of the garrison. and Mrs S'lor ,,
\ number of dinners preceded the
among them being a dinner al the O'sn's
lin given by Colonel and Mrs go Vsr.
:. L. Blood, OF New York. is spehu'"s -.
eral days at the Chamherln. Mrs, a,.
Washington. OF New York. wife oil
ant Commander Washington came ~.
sunday 10 remain durins the stay "a,
fleet. Mr. and Mrs. :. W Bre'zi'e'u
n visit of several days here last "''
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

ians had put non-combatants to the SWORD
were offset by charges that the Turks Iao
used bullets wifuly misshaped.
"As no reply had been received from the
persian government to the Russian ulu-
natum of November H. it was officially
announced that the Gar had ordered the
immediate dispatch of troops 10 PERSIA
They will be concentrated for the present
al Kasbln. ninety miles northeast OF rene
ran. A telegram from Teheran indicated
that w. Morgan Shuster. the American
financial adviser to the Persian govern
ment had no intention Of receding from
his position i'm the dispute arising over the
seizure by the government OF the property
Of Shua- -Sultanch because of his support
of his brothers attempt to regain the
throne.
"The general criticism made in connec-
ton with the Moroccan agreement with
France, TO the effect that the RelchstaS
should have voice I'm the conclusion oil
such rnomentous treaties, made breach IN
the constitutional position Of the Emperor
as a treaty making power. Nice-Chancel-
lor Delbriick announced that the govern
nent had found It TO be just that parlia-
volving the acquisition or cesslon OF colo
NAL territory Therefore IT accepted the
proposed statute requiring the assent Oh
the Reichstag and the Bundesrath to any
change i'm the boundary Of colony Inc
Moroccan-Congo treaty, however was eX-
cluded under the existing law. n contract
was signed by which the French and Ger
man mining syndicates in Morocco were
fused on a basis of equality. The mining
rights in Morocco have been one Of the
chief causes OF friction between the two
countries.
"The I,nionst caucus at the Carlton CIuo
in I,ondou carried out It's prearranged pro-
rramme by unanimously electing A. Bonar
Law leader Of the party in the House OF
Commons.
'The King and Queen Of England started
ON their trip to Delhi for the coronation
durbar.
switzerland experienced the most severe
earthduake she has had i'm fifty years. Sew
eral towns were plunged into darkness by
the disarrangement of the electric lighting
systems. Many houses were partly wrecked
Several persons were injured. In Geneva
streetcars were derailed. At Chamonix
enormous avalanches rushed down Mont
Blanc.
"A volume Of London statistics issued by
tbe London County Council showed that
greater London has an area OF 6s3 square
miles and population of 7,2J2,963.'
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

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New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Lasi
Weeks Papers.

"Tho adVsabiHty Of amending the anti
trust laws seems TO have come in for an
unusual amount of discussion this week"
said Busy Man, as he met Constant Reader
last evening.
That's certainly true was the reply.
AN editorial article by Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt in The outlook declared, in
effect. that the policy of President Tafts
administration in dealing with the trust
issue-as evidenced in the suit against the
United States Steel Corporation-is a mis-
taken one and doomed TO failure. IL has
failed, Mr. Roosevelt declares, in the To-
hacco Trust case TO bring about an actual
dissolution. He expresses his belief in con-
stUuctive legislation as against destructive
litigation. The present antitrust law, he
says, IS inadequate. Colonel Roosevelt ar
gucs strongly for federal control Of cor
porations. not by the courts, but by an
administrative bureau or board. such as the
Bureau Of Corporations or the Interstate
Commerce Commission. incidentally he
denies that representatives of the Stee
Trust deceived him regarding the Tennessee
Coal and Iron deal
president Taft is not inclined TO approve
any amendments to the Sherman antitrust
law unless il becomes apparent that Con-
gress will not pass a federal incorporation
act. Nj Taft is anxious TO have some
legislation to clear up the situation for
business men. so they may realize exactly
where they stand, but he made it plain
that ne preferred to see the changes I'm the
regulation OF commerce accomplished
through federal charters which could pro-
vide certain defined limitations for cor
porations. lie let il be known that. should
this prove impossible he would indorse
amendments to the Sherman law pointing
ont specifically what big business enter
prises may not do. II is the Presidents s
idea that if the Sherman law be amended
70 should define specifically what constitutes
offences against il. Crushing Of competi-
tion. combination to ruin competitors or 10
raise prices and other acts Of the kind
should be specifically named in his opinion.
President Taft also believes that the
amendments, if made. should be so framed
as TO make it unnecessary for the govern
u,ut to prove that a combination which
has come to operate in restraint Of trade
originally was intended for that purpose,
as is now the case.
" 'Felous stripes as q punishment for
trust criminals iu tha United States TO
end commercial pir.. under benevolent
rules of reason arc proposed i'm bill
amending the sherman anti-jrust law
drafted by Representative Henry, of Texas,
to be introduced in the House on the open
ing of Congress next month. It's introduc-
tion proba bly, will mean its passage in the
House. The bin specifically defines just
what constitutes a trust, legisates from the
present statute the rule of reason as in
terpreted by the Supreme Court in the
Standard oil and Tobacco decisions, and
provides as punishment for violation Of the
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

Did anything else significant develop in
the field Of commerce." asked Busy Man.
"The International Harvester Company
of America was ousted from Missouri and
fined $4,000 by the Supreme Court. The
courts decision sustained the findings OF
Special Commissioner Theodore Brace. who
reported TO the court that the company
violated the common and antitrust laws OF
Missouri. The court ruled that the fine
must be paid on or before January 1, 1912,
and that if the International Harvester
Company proves TO the court by March l.,
l9le that IL has ceased all connection with
the International Harvester Company OF
New Jersey which the court held to he
unlawful then the custer OF the Interna-
tional Harvester Company of America will
be suspended.
Martin \. Knapp, presiding judge OF the
United States Court of Commerce. told a
large audience in the Houston Club OF the
University of Pennsylvania that a crisis Is
coming which will test the policy of the
governments rate regulation system, and
that if it fails governmental ownership will
be the only alternative. This crisis will
come within generation, he said. lie as
wage increase for all railroad men and for
other workers that the present system OF
railroad competition is i'll advised and that
the railroads should be permitted TO make
uniformly profitable rates.
"The indicted Chicago meat packers
sprang a surprise on the government when
they made another effort to avoid trial and
to have the Sherman antitrust law de-
clared unconstitutional The latest move
consisted in the surrender of the packers
TO the United States marshal and an i'm
mediate appeal to Circuit Judge c. c. Kohl
saat for a writ of habeas corpus
Judges Lacombe, Ward, Coke and
Noyes. of the United States Circuit Court
approved the reorganization plan Of
the American Tobacco Company with the
notifications suggested by Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham, which were accepted by
the court in the opinions filed recently. The
defendants are directed to proceed forth
with to carry the plan into effect, and their
request for an extension of time within
which to do so until February 2S. 1912, is
granted. The government will not appeal.
The majority of the Commerce Court, in
an opinion handed down in the transconu-
mental rate cases, held that the long-and-
short-haul clause of the interstate COM
mcrce act is constitutional. Judge Arch
bald concurred in the issuance Of tempo
rary injunction against orders of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, but his opin-
ion holds the lonC-aud-shoTt-ha haul clause in
valid. This is considered TO be a hard blow
at the commissions assumption of power
to make blanket railroad freight rates for
the entire country. The opinion of the
court puts a stop to the Interstate Com
merce Commissions attempt to divide the
country into rate zones and to apply gen
eral rates to these zones without investiga-
tions in specific instances The court holds
that this is entirely beyond the power of
the commission.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
SOmS

Society folk from various sections Oh
Wcstchester County We're present at the
production Cf Gilbert and Sulhvan's opera,
''Fhe Mikado." which was given on Thurs
dav and Friday evenings and on Saturday
afternoon last al the Auditorium In Mount
Vernon under the auspices OF the Glee
club Of the Westchester Woman's CLUB.
The production was given for the beneHi
oc the building fund Of the club, and no
expense was spared to make il one OF the
most elaborate affairs ever witnessed in
Westchester County.
The cast was made up of prominent mem
ters of the younger social set Of Mount
Vernon. The chorus included more than
fifty Young men and women Of Mount Yer
ron and vicinity. Carroll j.. Macomber
WAS responsible for the staging of the piece
Miss Mary Latham, who Interpreted the
role OF Yum Yum. gave delightful per
formance. She is a pupil Of Nine. Won
FeIlitzsch. Of New York, and has a beaui-
ful lyric soDrano voice. Captain II. Grant
RaiIev sang his way 10 success In the I'M
pcrtant role of 10 Ilo Captain Bailey has
plavcd the part on several occasions. and
was thoroughly at home in the guise OF the
Lord High EXecutioner. The rest Of the
cast was evenly balanced and all gave
highly creditable performances
The fun cast included: Mikado, NJ. ). "
smith; Nanki-Poo James OBoone: 80 80
Captain H. Grant Bailey; Pooh Bah sam
rel B. Fitzgerald; Knee Ban, George ).
Harrau. Yum Yum. Miss Mary Latham;
pitt Sing, Mrs James V. Simpson; Peep
Ro Miss Ethel Mendel Eatsha. Miss
Jessie Norton.
The patronesses were Mrs 4. Q. McMas-
ter Mrs. William .. Timothy Mrs. w.
Tbeodorc Van YORK. Carl L. DunG Mrs
t4,rmauce Baer Mrs Montsomery Mrs.
Tosopbinc TiIton, Mrs. J. NJ. Gilbert Mrs
q Trottor. Mrs. W. l.. Buster Mrs. ID. u.
V-bitnore. Mrs J. Megroz, Mrs II. ).
,Iarlatt. Mrs Thomas Hayward. Mrs. Al
bert \. Capon. Mrs. T.. B. Maitland MIS-.
stailman. Mrs Charles Miller Mrs.
rdvara May. Miss Hurd. Mrs. Mclean
Mrs Phillip Ymcey, Mrs N. r. Crawford
Mr. Edgar Hoppen, Mrs. William II. VIII
C,y Ms. H N. Dickinson. Mrs. D. H.
Kau Mrs. Henry A. Fish Mrs Richard
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

What progress has been made in
China?' asked Busy Man.
Conditions i'm China, according to the
last dispatches | read before leaving my
office this afternoon" responded Constant
Reader. were still chaotic. Yuan shih-kai
accepted the Premiership and nominated a
Cabinet, but the idea OF republic seemed
TO be growing. The new Cabinet comprises
some curious appointments. LANG Chi
chiao. appointed vlce-pres'dent of the Board
of Justice, is the great Chinese reformer
who was cxiled by the late Empress Dow
ager at Yuan Shih-kais suggestion. Chang
Chen, appointed president Of the Board OF
Agriculture and Commerce. is member or
the new government of Klang-su. He
signed with Wu TinG-fang, the demand for
the thrones abdiCation. Several other
members of the new Cabinet are known TO
be strong sympathZers with the reYolu-
tionary movement. 1t was announced that
the United States is prepared TO land ten
thousand soldiers on Chinese soil and an
chor the whole Asiatic fleet in Chinese
waters at the first indication that the rev.
olutionists or the imperialsts cannot pro-
tect foreigners. Another Independent re-
public was set up in China. The former
Governor of the province of Shan-Tung,
sun Hao.Chi. was selected as head of the
republic Of Shan-Tung, which yielded TO the
revolutionists without a struggle. The AS
sociation for the Preservation of Peace,
which is all powerful in Moukden, passed
resolutions which amount to a declaration
of autonomy for the provinces Of Man
churia General Chao Erh-shun the Vice
roy. was elected president, and Brigade
Commander Wuh Siang-chen and WI Yum
lien the latter the speaker Of the local
assembly, were made vice-presidents
Italy consented to postpone her naval
operations I'm Turkish waters, in Difference
10 protests made by the powers. The Arabs
were reported to have made overtures TO
Tunisian natives with a view to beginning
q holy war in Trpoli. Charges that Ital-
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
Points in

sioners. According TO Mr.. Dgney, the in
yestigation will include everything done by
the old commission. the expenditures and
all the details surrounding the work of the
commissioners in carrying on the construc-
ton OF the new Bronx Valley trunk sewer
from White Plains to Mount Vernon and
from there TO Yonkers. II is understood
that the old commissioners and all their
employees Will be called upon to testify.
The will Of Robert NJ Lyman. of Rye-on-
the-Sound, has been filed for probate with
Surrogate Millard- at White Plains Al
though the papers say that the testator
left an estate consisting of over $4,000 real
property and over $4,000 Of personally. vet
it is said that the value OF the estate is
more than $4,000. Margaret Lyman, the
widow, is the sole legatee and IL also named
as sole eXecutriX. Mr. Lyman left two
sisters, Lois NJ. and Anna I. Lyman. of No
q East 76;h street Manhattan. but they
are not mentioned IN the will
Mrs. Delaney Astor Kane. who lives on
Davenports Neck. at New Rochelle. has
announced that she will furnish two rooms
i'm the new building OF the Army and Navy
Young Mems Christian Association In New
port. one will be i'm memory OF her brother
in-law, Captain Woodbury. Kane. who was
an officer in the Spanish War, and the
other in memory of her other brother-in-
law, ). Nicholas Kane. who was a volun-
teer officer i'm the navy i'm that war.
Mrs. A. II. Alden OF the Hommocks at
i.archmont- on-the- Sound, has been enter
tanning house party. her guests including
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. Hubbard. Mrs. r. Brown.
of Manhattan; Miss NJ. Thayer Of Boston;
W. Williams. of New Haven, and Mrs. \.
Hand OF Greenwich.
. MIR and Mrs T.. H. Albec have closed
their cottage, on the HommOcks. and Will
spend the winter in New York city. Among
other Larchmont summer residents who
lave moved to New York are Mr. and Mrs.
l.. V. Some Mr.. and Mrs. w G. Hubbard
and Major and Mrs W II. Day.
Henry Muck Robert kallman and Frank
j. Galbina. "A committee OF the Mount Yer
non Lodge of Elks. have arranged for a
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
STANDARD OIL DIVIDED.

The final quarterly dividend to be PAID
TO stockholders of the Standard OIL Com
pany of New Jersey, as ii is at present con-
stituted was declared in the form OF
per cent dividend by the Standard Oil Com
many Of New Jersey and a 20 per cent divl-
dend by the Standard Oil Company OF New
York. The stock Of the subsidiary COM
NAMES. except the AnglO-American Oil
Company, will be ready for distribution on
December l. Except in the case OF the
Anglo-American Oil Company, where snare
for share will be given, the holder OF
sirele share of STANDARD Oil Company OF
New Jersey stock will receive fractional
share Of stock of each subsidiary company
the fraction in many of the instances being
obsprd,v small. The smallest fractional