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New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
SUPREME COURT TO MEET |
May Have Considered Dissolu-
tion of Big Trusts.

Washington. Feb. 19.--After three weeks
recess the Supreme Court VIII convene to-
morrow to hand down decisions and 10 re-
sumo the hearing and arguments in cases
on the calendar
II generally Is believed that the court
had under consideration curing the recess
the dissolution suits brought under the
Sherman antitrust law against the Stand
ard oil organization and the tobacco cor
poratons as well as the suit involving the
consttutionality Of the corporation tax
provision Of the Payne AldrIch tariff act
and the validity of the contempt sentences
imposed on the head officials Of the Amer
ican Federation OF Labor for the alleged
violation of boycott injunction Whether
a decision has been reached in any OF
these cases which were argued just pre-
vlous 10 the recess. Is known only 10 the
court. No intimation has been given OF
what decisions they may announce to-mor-
row The first cases TO be argued after the
recess will be a group involving the con-
stitutionality Of the employers liability law
passed by Congress In 1905 70 free employees
OF railroads engaged in interstate commerce
from the application Of the fellow servant
rule"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
GIRAFFE FOR SNYDER, MAYBE
Supposed Hunter Talks About Giving
One for Central Park.

tentative offer of real giraffe for the
Central Park menagerie nearly caused
Bill" Snyder. the head keeper. 10 FAINT
Yesterday afternoon. In a party from a
nearby hotel inspecting The Zoo was man
who said he was a hunter of large game in
Africa The man in question inquired for
the head keeper and was promptly led TO
"Bfl IL was in the conversation which
ensued that the tentative offer Of giraffe
vas made
Now. how could We handle giraffe
around here" asked Robert Hurton, the
assistant in the elephant house.
How could We handle him. questioned
Snyder. why. We could fix up place for
him"
What would YOU do with his neck asked
Hurton.
Leave it to me- said Snyder. Lets
get the giraffe first, then we can build a
place for his neck.
Then the park Datrolman who declares
ne Is a correspondence school naturalist
threw cold water on the whole proposition
10y saying:
Take II from me. 'Bill. IL ever anybody
gives this Zoo a giraffe IL will he second
hand one. But I've got a mastodon you
can have II YOU want IT.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
MINISTER BOUGHT A PAPER
Head of Methodist Church Says
He'll Pay Debts.
TBv Telegraph TO The Tribune.


New canaan. Conn, Feb 19.-Because
of rumors connecting him with the al
fairs of the weekly New Canaan Mes
senger." the. Rev. Charles +. Benedict
pastor of the Methodist Church here, to-
day made a public statement.
1t appears that Mr. Benedict aided A.
Bailey. head of the Young Mems Club, to
get. possession of the paper. Bailey con
Quoted the paper for six months and
then ppeared. Residents or Ne"
Canaan wondered how the minister got
the So 800 TO advance to Bailey. and 1t
was common rumor that the money be-
longed to the Methodist Hospital in
Brooklyn. and that it was lost. The
minister made the following statement
to-day:
Il was first asked TO write editorials
for The Messenger for Mr. Bailey, and
when he could not find backer | Sc
cured the funds with which he pur-
chased the paper Being the trustee OF
an estate OF which the Methodist Hos
pital in Brooklyn is residuary legatee
had in my possession. several thousand
dollars The Investment was secured by
pOnu anu lloi tsdSt oh i-"i .s'"'c "'ii
by chattel mortgage in The Messenger
printery Later | found the real estate
was incumbered and some of it sold, and
| then took bill of sale of The Mes
senger.' Bailey then disappeared, leaN-
ing his family destitute. | am neither
morally nor legally subject TO pay his
debts, but / covet the privilege OF seeing
every man who loaned Bailey dollar
vepaid I'm full. ! shall reimburse every
creditor. and the hospital fund shall not
suffer"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
TRUCE IN F|L|BUS7ER
continued from first page.

men now In charge Of this filibuster'
demand to know what the connection -
between this member and the loDpy''
Does the gentleman refer to me
demanded Representative Bennett VI
New York
i do not" replied Mr.. Edwards
The Georgia member was pressed ~
name the member.
My information. derived from soou
source he said, lis that the gentleman
is Mr. Parsons Representative Foster
Of Illinois. a Democrat in this House.
intercepted this lobby when he was
attempting to send pamphlet to MI
Parsons. It is a sad day in the history
of this country, gentlemen, when the
very halls Of Congress are invaded py
lobbyists, when we are compelled 10
transact business on the Lords Day, ana
when the will of the great majority can
be thwarted by a few gentlemen VINO
have private interests a stake
Mr. Bennett took the floor, and said
that in the absence of Mr.. Parsons ne
would speak for his colleague.
'If it be a crime" he said, FOR my
colleague to seek information concerning
matters pending before this Eouse, then
| wish my Democratic friends would
commit few more crimes on that side
of the chamber"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
FARMER WINS A BARONESS
Meets Her at Pier, and Will Take
Her to Ohio as His Bride.

The Baroness f. de Rottenburg. of Had
denham. Buckinghamshire, England. ar
rived here yesterday from Liverpool on
the White Star liner Laurentic TO marry a
farmer of Ohio whom she met al Ha1den-
ham six months ago.
The baroness, who is widow OF about
forty-fivc. leaned over the ships rail yes
terday as the liner was warping into her
dock and looked for some one on the pier.
Suddenn. she spied short, well dressed
man of about fifty-five and waved TO him
He responded, and the cheeks of the
baroness, which were already glowing in
the crisp winter air. became bit redder.
As the Laurentic moved in closer the
woman shouted. How are your and the
man replied. calmly Bully" He who said
Bully" was John Hutt. the farmer from
Ohio. who had come from the West to
meet the baroness. his fiancee.
curious news hunter inquired of Mr.
HUT if tie baroness was a friend of his
and he replied that she was. No. she was
neither a painter nor a singer. nor was she
an actress or a suffragette leader. Bless
you. no, She was merely a charming
woman of forty-five, who had been widow
sixteen years, and had consented to become
his life partner.
MIR. HUT. who was ain Englishman and is
now citizen of the United States. came to
this country i'm 1870 settling on farm in
Warren County. Ohio, near Lebanon. HIS
wife died a few years ago his family had
grown up and married. and he grew weary
of living alone OIL the Ohio farm.
Last year he went over TO Haddenham
and met the baroness. She was interested
In American farms and Mr.. HUT was in
terested i'm her They talked farm for DAYS
and when he was about to return TO
America. in September, Mr.. HUT asked
the baroness If she would care to change
her name to HUT and take charge of the
place.
OF course. il was too sudden for immedi-
ate answer. hut she consented TO let him
know by letter She kept her promise. and
then the cable companies did little extra
business The baroness will doff her title
within a few days and go to Lebanon as
plain Mrs John HUT
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
BROKEN HYDRANT NEAR FIRE
False Alarm Also Causes Delay
While Factory Building Burns.

4 broken hydrant and false alarm at
another point almost caused the destruc-
ton of two large tenement houses during
a fire in the factory building at No. 1853
Washington avenue yesterday. An over
heated furnace in the cellar of the three
story brick loft building occupied by John
Kientsch Is supposed to have caused the
fire.
Engine Company n. whose quarters arc
near the burned building, came on a still
alarm, but after. stretching lines of hose
the firemen found that the hydrant was
broken The flames gained much headway
during the delay and second alarm was
sent in.
Further delay was caused by the calling
of the appa atus in the district TO Fordham
avenue and Kingsbridge Road. For time
the two six story tenement houses III
Washington avenue. i'm the rear OF the
burning factory, were threatened by the
fire. and the tenants were driven into the
street Patroman Mulrooney, of the Ire
mont station, rescued four horses from the
basement of the burning building. The loss
was estimated a. 5000.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
SEVEN DIE IN FLAMES
Woman and Six Children Expire
in Fire Caused by Gas Crate.

Sutton. w Va. FEB. 1s.-SeVeh pe'
sons lost their lives in fire which Ne-
srroved the home of J. d. Hardin III
this city, early to-day Only Mr. har-
din ESCAPED. the six remaining members
of his family and a little girl. who made
ber home with the Hardins, perishing
in the flames.
The dead are Mrs. j. ID. Hardin aseu
tbirty-cight: Ada Green, aged fourteen
Pembroke Hardin, aged eleven; Marsa-
ret Hardin aged eight; James and RiVa
Hardin twins. aged five and Paul Har-
din, aged three
The fire was caused by natural gas
CRATE When Mrs. Hardin awoke the
entire first floor was ablaze. Awaken
ing her husband. he seized two OF the
children and dashed for a stairway
which cola apsed. The two children were
lost while the father was thrown beyond
the flames and made his escape. Mrs.
Hardin. seeing the stairway fall Jumped
from the second story, receiving injuries
from which she died later.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
PERIODICAL PUBLISHERS FUND
The $4,000 Pledged To Be Used in
Newspaper Advertising.

Washington, Feb. l9.-The Periodical Pub
lishers' Association tonight made public a
letter explaining the nature of the fund
raised 10y the magazines to oppose the pro-
posed increases Of postage on second class
mail matter. The letter declares that a
committee Of the association. on finding "a
carefully arranged programme to railroad
the measure through Congress" requested
some of their New York associates TO So
lict contributions from certain publishers
TO buy advertising space In daily papers 10
advertise the facts to the people"
In no other way says the letter.
could the public be reached on such short
notice. Not a cent OF the money has been
spent or will be spent for any other pur-
pose whatever. approximately $4,000 has
been promised by various publishers"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
GARDNER VERDICT SOON
Bribery Case Likely to Reach
Jury by Thursday.

The prosecution at the trial Of former
state Senator Frank j. Gardner. charged
with attempting to brbe former state Sena-
tor Otto g. Foelker in anti-racetrack legit-
lation. expects To complete the peoples case
at to-day's session. when the trial will be
continued before Justice Seabury in the
Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court
Mr. Mott Assistant District Attorney, said
Yesterday he would call only three more
witnesses. and unless the cross examination
was too long he would be able to rest his
case before the close of court to-day.
state Senator Eugene NJ. Travis. Of
BROOKLYN. who testified before the legislative
investigating committee; George ID. Tirrel
secretary TO Controller Prendergast, and
Mr. Hall of Wilkes Barre. Penn. are the
three remaining witnesses for the prosecu-
ton Senator Travis testified before the in
yestigatinS committee that large sum had
been offered TO him for his vote against the
anti-racetrack bill. Eirrell was mentioned
in the testimony Of Mr.. Elder Assistant
District Attorney of Kings County, in re-
gard TO the alleged 100000 brbe fund
raised by the racetrack interests TO defeat
Governor Hughcs's bill. Trrell told him
Elder testified that $4,000 was offered for
mer Senator Foelker to vote against the bill
In opening the case for the people Mr..
Mott mentioned Mr.. Hall as the man whom
Gardner visited in Wilkes Barre where
Gardner was subsequently arrested. II Is
alleged Gardner told Hall he went 10 Al
bany with two hundred $1,000 bills and
how the money was distributed. Hall and
Gardner were bond statesmen for the same
real estate developing company at that
time.
Max u. Steuer, counsel for the defendant
said Yesterday he would call ten witnesses
in all in behalf Of his client. He said moth
inig had developed so far at the trial to
make the testimony. of City Chamberlain
HYDE material Mr.. Hyde was willing TO
testify for tho defence. however. IL he should
be needed. Mr.. StUer said. The defence
had not yet decided whether il would be
advisable TO have Gardner take the wit
ness stand in his own behalf, his counsel
said All of the testimony in the case
would probably be before the jury by Thurs
day. Mr.. Steuer declared.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
THE PRINT CLOTH MARKET
Fair Trading Last Week-No Dispod.
tion to Reduce Prices.

Fall River. Mass. Feb. ~ GSpeoisD There
was fair trading in the print cloth marker
last week, the total sales being estimated
al 10000 pieces. Narrow odds were Deal,
IN 10 some extent and wider goods received
some attention. There has been no dispc.
stion on the part OF mill treasurers 70 ~
duce prices. although there have beer ~.
quests for concessions from buyers. Soma
OF the mills have already started on a -four
days a week schedule. while Others vii
;oin the movement later This curtailnen,
will have the effect OF keeping ont OF The
market any surplus OF goods which nigh,
eventually prove burdensonle when business
revives.
Small lots Of q inch 5sx52 goods sod
last week in New York at 27s cents yard,
This being the price neld in this Fall RIVER
market OF the total sales aoout 9I95
pieces were spots and the rest VII be De.
iivered under contract during March and
April. The week closed with the demand
moderate and mills slow sellers on account
of The low price bidding. The following
are the quotations: % inch. 64xse. g. cents;
ss inch, 64xs0, 3ss cents z inoh, sixso, y,
cents. 27 inch. 5sx56. cents: 2 inca, 5xs95
97s cents: 2sl5 inch. sixsi. 5ii cents. and =
inch .s8x72 5s4 cents.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
BOMB EXPLOSION ON ROOF
Baxter Street Excited by Early
Morning Crash-TWO Hurt.

Something new in the line of bomb ex-
plosions. supposedly by the Black Hand,
happened early yesterday morning. when
an Internal machine was set off on the roof
Of six story tenement house at No. -
Baxter street According to the police, this
was the first time on record that bomD
exploded on a Iooftop.
The bomb tore hole four feet long in the
roof and partly wrecked the apartments
Of coogero Iacone. a Sicilian. who IS fore
man Of aborers on the Cunard Line piers.
The bomb was evidently meant TO inJure
Iacone. for the explosion was directly
above the bedroom where he and his wife
and their two children were asleep, lasone
and his baby son were Slightly hurt
The twenty or more families in the house,
as well as hundreds Of Italians living ~
the vicinity. became greatly excited ana
houses for blocks around were cmpticd IN
iiffy 1t was several hours before the
rolice discovered where the bomb went on.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
COUNT APPONYI TO MAGYARS
In Address in Cleveland He Denies He
Is Opposed to Slovak Ambitions.

Cleveland. Feb 19.-Count Albert Apponyi
concluded two days stay in Cleveland to-
night as the guest of honor at dinner
given 10y the hungarian American Fedora
ton of Cleveland.
Although vigorous protests had been
voiced by the Slovak population of Cleve-
land against the visit of the count on ac-
count of his alleged ant-Slovak attitude,
no attempt was made to disturb meeting
of about four thousand Magyars which the
Hungarian statesman addressed this after
noon.
In his address Count Apponyi discussed
political conditions in Hungary and again
defended himself from the charges of being
opposed TO Slovak ambitions. He will leave
Cleveland at 7:3O o'clock tomorrow morn
ing for Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
THREE MORE PARK TREES DOWN
Mall Fast Losing It's Big Elms from
Attacks by Insect Pests.

Three more of the famous elm trees on the
Mall i'm Central Park have been cut down,
after standing for half a century Borers
and other insect pests have invaded this
double row of. trees and members of the
Park Department arboricultural force say
many others in this section will have 10
make way for new ones.
Scrapers have been at work on the park
trees I'm the last two or three weeks. and il
t. believed that when the spring pruning
is done two hundred or more trees VIII
have 10 be cat down. This does not include
those ~ other parks nor street trees. such
as OH upper Broadway and Seventh avenue.
As IL stands at present number Of civic
bodies and taxpayers are anxious TO plant
street trees but Park Commissioner Stover
insists on a certain standard in the matter
and So far the department tree planting
regulations have not been net.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
EXPELLED NUNS ON LINER
Six Irish Religious Here from
Onorto on Wav TO Baker City.

Six Irish nuns driven out ~ Portugal by
the new gover7rnent of that country ar
rived here yesterlay from Liverpool on the
White Star liner Lsurentic. They will re-
main in this city six days and will then
go to Baker city, Ore, where they will
build convent. tho privilege having been
accorded them by Bishop O'Reilly, of
Fargo, y. u.
The nuns were i'm charge of' Mother Mary
Roth. who had been at a convent near
Oporto. She said the sisters had little op-
portunity to prepare for their eviction from
Portugal The frs intimaton We had
that we were To be driven from the Coun-
try" she said. came in the form of an
edict which Appeared in the local newspa-
per We were told we would have to leave
within twenty hours OF the publication
OF the notice. We appealed TO the author-
ties. but were told we would have TO go
promptly. and that we had six hours re-
ma ming in WHICH to prepare.
THE authorities came promptly at the
appointed time and ordered us TO get into
their automobiles. We appeared in the
garb of our order. but We were told that
we could not travel in that attire. Some
OF the Portuguese women supplLei us with
clothing We wone our black skirts and
tied our black wells about our heads. This
seemed 10 be satisfactory, and they took us
10 an arsenal, where We were kept for a
day The soldiers annoyed us with insult
ing remarks, and at this arsenal they man
aged to steal some 5000 which we took
with US from the convent"
The sisters with Mother Roth were SIS
ter Mary Catherine Clayton. Sister Mary
D. Murphy, Sister Mary Patrick Mcclure,
Sister Antonia McCabe and Sister Angus
tina collins. The nuns will remain while
in this city at the convent of the Sisters
Of Mercy, in Madison q enue
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
MAN LONG DEAD IDENTIFIED
Victim of Accident Said To Be Half
Brother Of Consul in China.

A man who gave his name as Martin
Cook, thirty years old, was found lying In
the Yards Of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey. in Jersey City. on January 26. His
head was crushed and he was taken to The
City Hospital on February II he died.
and since then his body has lain IN the
Moreue unclaimed.
Yesterday afternoon we'll dressed woman
entered the Morgue and, after viewing the
body. said the dead man was half brother
of John Foster. American Consul at Chez
Foo. China. She ordered that the body be
sent To Boston. where she lives. She
thought that Cook had probably fallen from
train while coming from Atlantic city.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
CHARITIES DIRECTORY OUT.

THE New York Charities Directory for
1911" a volume Of s35 pages. published by
the Charity Organization Society OF NO
los East 22d street. has Just been issued.
Ii is a classified aud descriptive reference
book Of the charitable. civic and religious
resources of the city \ special feature or
the 1911 directory is a section given to ma
tlonaI organizations. classified according to
the service they render. and including more
than hundred societies. The book is for
sale at the offices of the society
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
PETITION AGAINST GARDNER BILL

Various organizations on the East side
reported yesterday that copies of petitions
were being circulated for signatures both
In the East Side and in other cities by the
Arbeiter Ring. an association OF Jewish
workingmen with membership Of iO.gn.
10 be sent 10 President Taft and the Speak
er Of the House Of Representatives. pro-
testing against the Gardher bill, which pro-
vides that no allen without so In cash can
become a resident OF the United States
II is stated In the petition that the bill
would work hardship 10 many thousands
compelled to emigrate To this country and
prepared 10 work hard to better their con
ditioD.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
c. c. GATES RUSHED HERE
Continued from flrst page.

utes. 8 minutes better than the regular
schedule. w. Clements was the engi-
neer who brought the train down from
Albany to Highbridge, and George Sny-
Ger ran the electric engine in from High
bridge. T.. A. Cooper was the conductor
in charge of the train on the Hudson
River division.
Gates Taken to Hospital.
Mrs. Gates had received a telegram
from Chicago yesterday morning. and
she did not go TO the station TO meet
the train. She said early in the morn
ing that her dispatch showed that Mr..
Gates was standing the trip East very
well and that he was not fatally hurt.
The train was met by DR.. Fellowes
Davis. OF No. II West 47th street. Mr..
Gates's physician; II. L. Jones, who was
formerly the manager Of the Washing
ton branch of Mr.. Gates's brokerage
house. and Charles II. Herman. Gates's
private secretary. Mr.. Gates was IN
bed. as he had been all the way East,
waiting for the verdict from his dOc'or'
Dr. Davis spent nearly an hour in
making the examination, and then an
rounced that the patient was severely
but not dangerously injured, and that
there was no danger of the loss of the
leg. Shortly after midnight Mr.. Gates
was removed to hospital in his auto
mobile. which had been waiting at the
station since the arrival of the train.
The cost of Mr.. Gates's run from chi
caso was 5000 The railroad charged
81 .So5 and the Pullman company 500.
The total cost of the trip was $500.
The fastest previous time from chi
cago 10 New York is II hours and -
minutes. the regular schedule OF the
Twentieth Century Limited.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
FAVOR GoULpEN PENSION BILL.

meeting of Branch No. of the United
States Civil Service Employees Retirement
Association was held Yesterday at the
Grand Union Hotel at which the Goulden
bill providing for a straight pension from
the government for Civil Service employees
was declared to be preferable TO the Gillett
bill providing a cOntributory pension fund
Andrew Mckee who is both national presi-
dent of the association and president Of
Branch No. >. said that George w Perkins
and others were in favor Of pension plan
iut hc did not specify what plan
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
EspAoNE's FIRST TRIP HERE.

The French liner tHpaene, which was
built for the trade between Havre and
Mexican ports. arrived here yesterday on
her nrst visit TO this port. While the new
vessel will be used chiefly for the Gulf
trade she Will run occasionally between
New York and Havre The Espagne IS
said to be more luxuriousy fitted than La
Provence. which is the best and fastest
steamer in the regular New York and
Havre service If the French Line.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20
MAN SHOT BY OFFICER DIES.

Antonio Gomez the young Cuban shot by
Police Sergeant Harris in Newark on Sat
urday afternoon while trying to escape fol-
lowing his arrest on charge AZ assault
and robbery. died al ST MichaeIs Hospital.
Newark last night few hours before he
died Gomez was visited At the hospital BY
Harris and the wounded man shook the
officer's hand and smiled foebly
New-York tribune., 1911-02-20

where he lived at No 2204 Pacific avenuA
She refused to give her name.