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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

declaring that last clause unconstitutional.
Did Governor Dix dsappoint Murphys
boys at the last?'
Governor Dix completed his editing OF
the appropriation and supply bills. He dis
approved the Allds-Conger grab extra pay
for the long session and forty-four other
items in the supply bill framed by Muir
phys boys in the Legislature amounting
| 10 s721,177, and six items In the regular
appropriation bills. amounting to s25.6OO.
Special appropriation bills vetoed carried
s4.77215s 81. The regular appropriation
bill as approved by the Governor carries
with II s26.1S4,1S5 80. and the supply bill
s44O4.S51 II. The revenues for the year
ending September 80 1911, are estimated at
| $40. OOO. 900, and for the following year
s3S. 900. 900 The direct tax of six-tenths OF
mill which was provided for by the re-
cent session, is expected to bring in $4,000
900 year.
1.-THE Governor signed the bill of Assem-
| blyman Donnely providing for three addi-
| tional justices of the Supreme Court in the
| I'd Judicial District including Kings,
| Queens Nassau, Richmond and Suffolk
| counties
| Senator Loomss bill legislating out of
| office the judges of the Court Of Claims and
restoring the old Board Of Claims was one
| OF sixteen bills which the Governor signed.
! The Board of Claims is to consist Of three
| commissioners at salaries of $4,000 each
! and 81, 800 for expenses. The judges or the
! Court of Claims are three in number, with
salaries Of IS, 900 each. They are Theodore
| Swift, of Potsdam; Adolph X. Rodenbeck
] of Rochester and Charles II. Murray, of
New York. These judges have sixty days to
wind UP tie affairs of the court. The new
commissioners to be named by the Gov
ernor have the appointment Of clerk at
$4,000, a deputy at $500, and stenog-
rapher a $4,000.
'The last law to be put on the statute book
! by Governor Dix was that of Senator F'raw-
| ley imposing a direct tax of six-tenths of a
mill on each dollar of real and personal
property in the state. BY this tax Governor
| Dix expects TO raise S6,000,000, which Will
be used for paying the sinking f ind appro-
priations of S4,125.OOO and make up the de-
| fciency left in the Treasury last year of APP
| proximately s1,5OO,0O0.
"The amendment to the Jackson three
platoon bill exempting the traffic squad
from its operations, which Police Commits
sioner Waldo and several civic bodies had
strongly advocated. went back to Albany
with Mayor Gaynors veto. The Mayor and
the Police Commissioner discovered a Joker
in the bill. wherein it was made mandatory
on the Police Commissioner TO retain all the
present members OF the traffic squad and 10
add 100 more. Commissioner Waldo said
he would rather get along under present
conditions and try to get the right kind
Of bill when the Legislature meets again.
Mayor Gaynor vetoed the Stilwell bill
which empowered the courthouse board TO
select site for new courthouse without
regard to the desires of the Board of Esti
mate if an agreement was not reached with
in six months. Tie Mayor had asked that
the bill he amended to intrdst the choice
Of a site to the Board of Estimate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
UNDERWOOD ASSAILS BRYAN.

ITO the cheers of the wildly tumultuous
Democratic side. Representative Underwood,
chairman Of the Ways and Means Commit
tee. denounced William Jennings Bryan on
the floor of the House, and accused him OF
falsehood in charging the floor leader of
the majority with having blocked revision
of the steel schedule from motives or per-
sonal interest. Bryan, replying TO the at
tack. declared that the information on which
his editorial was founded was taken from a
Washington dispatch published by an
Omaha newspaper II the report is cor
rect I have nothing TO withdraw If it is
erroneous / shall withdraw my criticism OF
Mr. Underwood so far as II is based on his
action in that particular case said the Ne
braskan.
THE reapportionment bill increasing the
size Of the House Of Representatives. from
3e1 10 433 members was passed by the SEN
ate but with an amendment which provides
that the redistricting in those states in
which the number is TO be increased hall
be in accordance with the laws Of the state,
and not 10y the Legislature, as provided by
the House bill.
John 6. ~ Leishman was proposed by
the United states as American Ambassador
10 Germany. 10 succeed Or. David jayne
Hill who resigned last spring. The EN-
r,eror accented him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
LOWER RATES ORDERED.

Proposed increases in communication pas
senger fares by the leading railways oper-
ating in and out of New York City were
held by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion TO be reasonable, generally, except in
the case Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the
Communication rates Of which were held to
be excessive and were ordered reduced. \
specific order was made by the commission
against the Pennsylvania Railroad requir-
ing it to desist from eXacting its present
Communication fares to and from New York
City by September l. and for not less than
two years thereafter For monthly
sixty-ride ticket between New York City
and New Brunswick, n j.. the Communication
fare was fixed at not to exceed SO cit is
now $12), and the road was ordered TO read
just it's Communication rates TO and from
other points in conformity with that fare.
"The Coney Island Brooklyn Railroad
Company lodged hearing which the Pub
lie Service Commission had ordered on the
question OF a fve-cent fare to Coney Island
by announcing that it would follow the lead
Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

the Van Nuy's Hotel. Los Angeles which he
had occupied for the last eight years, and
from which he had never ventured in that
time. He was obsessed with the idea that
the Black Hand men we're after him. Cap
tain Albert Gallatin Cummings, widely
known in the construction OF steel works in
Pennsylvania and an inventor OF switch and
aeroplane devices, died at his home in MIL
lersburg Penn. Horace Everett Garth for
many years connected with the Mechanics
National Bank of New York. died in Ala
bama William p. Atwell. of Washington
American Consul at Client. Belgium, and
veteran of the Civil War, died in Client
Henry Clay Larrabee, eighty-two years old
former grand master of the General Grand
Council of Royal and Select Masters, a
branch Of the Masonic order. died in Balti-
more. De Witt Miller. OF Washington a
widely known Chautauqua lecturer, di~ ID.
from typhoid fever. The widow of Major
General Oliver O. Howard. the famous Civil
War officer, died in Vermont OF paralysis.
Mrs Belle A. Mansfield. sixty five years old
the first woman admitted to the practice OF
law in the United States. died at the home
of her brother, Judge W. ]. Babb, OF Aurora,
l.
:. NJ who had been on duty reteptly at the
navy yard Washington. conlmst tied suicide
by shooting himself In the head f. a room
in the Hotel Aston. Edward Jenner Swords,
general Eastern agent for the Chicago.
Burlington & quincy Railway, died from
apopleXy in ST. Vincents Hospital Lieu
tenant Colonel Lawrence Laurenson Bruff,
ordnance corps, L. S. A. one OF the best
known ordnance authorities in this coun-
try and the author OF many works on that
subject. died in Philadelphia. Captain
Benjamin ID, Manton. veteran of the
Civil War and for thirty years United
States Consul at Colona. Uruguay. died at
Barbados"
What else happened that a well informed
citizen ought 10 remember" asked Busy
Man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
TARIFF REVISION.

The Senate passed the Farmers Free
List bill by a vote Of IS to so in substan-
tally the form in which 1t came from the
House
by vote Of zoo to 81. with six members
present and not voting and thirty Republi-
cans voting with the Democrats the House
passed the bill revising the cotton tarlff
without amendment as it came from the
WAYS and Means Committee. The bill re-
duces the average duty on cotton goods
from 4S.12 per cent ad valorom in the Payne
bill TO 27.06
when the bill reached the Senate that
body. on motion of Mr.. Martin, OF Nir-
ginia. the minority leader. referred II TO
the Committee on Finance. with instruc-
tons 10 report il back TO the Senate not
later than Thursday. August 10.
THE House Democrats in caucus decided
10 concur i'm the Senate amendments to the
publicity bill. This means that the drastic
amendments put on the bill by the Senate
are 10 be accepted by the House without q
conference As amended by the Senate
the terms Of the bill apply TO primaries
as well as elections. one Of the most drss-
tic amendments provides that no candidate
for the United States Senate or for the
House of Representatives shall spend over
$4,000 or 5000, respectively, and no sum
in excess of 10 cents for each voter in the
state or district. The statement Of expenses
required 10 be filed after election goes into
every minute detail of expenditure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
THE SUGAR COATED PILL.

! and give the hve-cent fare plan a tra
| through this summer season.
suit was filed by the United States gov
| eminent in the Federal Circuit Court. Ohio
against six railroad companies and three
coal mining concerns charging combina-
ton in restraint OF trade and asking that
the combination be enioined from contin-
uing business, The government charges
that the Hooking Valley Railroad ANAL
carnations ownership of the capital stock
Of the Toledo & Ohio Central. the Kama
wha & Michigan and the GAINESVILLE &
Western roads and it's connection with the
mining concerns named has crushed com
petition. The defendant companies are the
Lake Shore e. Michigan Southern Railroad,
the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, the Hook
ing Valley Railroad the Toledo q Ohio
Central Railroad, the Kanawha Michi-
gan Railroad, the GAINESVILLE & West
ern Railroad, the Sunday Creek Coal Com
pany, the Continental Coal Company ana
the Kanswha and Hooking Coal and Coke
Company.
THE government will appeal to the Su-
preme Court the Harrimal merger suit,
which was decided in favor of the railroads
by the United States Circuit Court In st.
Louis. Attorney General Wckersham d.
rected c. A. Severance. the government s
special counsel in the case. TO prepare the
appeal and file ii al quickly as possible.
"A fair estimate Of the value OF the vast
ore lands In the so-called Birmingham dis
trict which were owned by the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company prior TO its absorb
ton by the United states Steel Corporation
was obtained from witnesses examined be-
fore the House committee which is investi-
eating the Steel Corporation. The festi-
mony was given ,by expert mining engineers
who had appraised the property in 1904,
the year before the syndicate was formed
which purchased the control OF the Tonnes
see company l.. &. Hanna and Grant r..
Schley were the managers OF the syndicate
In round numbers, il was shown that the
value of the ore and coal lands in this region
would amount to approximately $500 100000
al the present time. This was the property
which the Steel Corporation bought-in or
der to turn the tide of the panic OF 1907.
according TO the testimony of previous wit
nesses-for s29.OOO.0OO
Grant b. Schley. testifying before the
Stanley Congressional committee, gave a
different aspect to the sale OF the Tennes-
see Coal and Iron Company to the United
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
THE DEATH ROLL.


"E,duin 4. Abbey. the American painter,
died in London He underwent an opera
ton for liver trouble about a month ago
The body was cremated and the asneS
buried at Kingsbury Old Church, near VII
Iosden. The Right Rev. Francis Paget
Bishop Of oxford died there. The very
Roy. Or. Robert Gregory died In LONDON.
Recently he resigned the office OF dean Oh
81 Paurs. which he had held since 1881.
Professor Reinhold Begas, one OF the most
renowned sculptors in Germany dieo III
Berlin. Edward Murphy, OF Troy, ~ T.
ohio served four terms as Mayor OF his ma
two oitv and six years in the United states
senate died at his summer home IN Lohs
prapcb Two weeks ago an operation was
performed for the removal Of an abdominal
gland. The Rev. Or. willard francls H''
lslieu. Bishop OF the Methodist Ep'scopai
Church. and probably the Oldest minister
in point of years Of service in the oehofiii'ia-
tion died at his home in Auburndale MASS
from old age and exhaustion he was
oigbtv-three. John b. McGoldrick, for thir-
,een wears secretary TO Richard Croker, anu
for n short time secretary OF the Tanlihahy
general committee died In the Manhattan
state Hospital for the Insane. frederich
oeecr founder and former head OF the nrm
of Frederick Loeser Co, Of BROOKLYN
died in Stuttgart, Germany. Henry b. Ely
eldest son Of George w. and Frances Ely
d,ed n Los Angeles from tuberculosis. On
March 5. 1895. Mr.. Ely was appointed one
of tho trustees Of the Aston estate, when
Mace he held until he was stricken IN 1879
with the pulmonary trouble which Lnaiiy
resulted in his death John II. Gunner lot
NOR Port Warden, in point OF service the
oldest Republican district leader In the city,
died at the home Of his brother-in-ia"' -
w. Bergen, at Bayside, Long lsiand. Les
lie Combs Bruce died at his summer nome
., creenuich. Conn. from apoplexy. With
Hamilton Busbey. OF Louisville, he founoeo
Turf. Field and Farm Major N. W.
Phpps. eccentric. wealthy and one OF An,
drew carnegie's early partners in the steei
business in Pittsburg died in his suite IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06

States Steel Corporation than that put
upon II by some of the financiers and steel
men who had preceded him on the witness
stand He denied that he had represented
to Judge Ebert H. Gary and Henry c.
Frick that the sale was necessary in order
to save the firm Of Moore 4 Schey from
failure and prevent a great and extensive
financial disaster. President Roosevelt ;
letter TO the Attorney General, written soon
after the visit Of Messrs. Gary and Frick to
the White House. was read by Congressman
Martin W. Littleton. who conducted the eX-
animation. and Mr.. Schley denied that he
had represented the situation TO Gary ana
Frick rs therein set forth. He declared
that the question Of price was the only one
he discussed with Gary and Frick, and that
they had never told him that their purpose
i'm making the deal was 10 save his firm
from bankruptcy.
1.-TWO other reasons why the Steel Trust
wanted to absorb Tennessee Coal and Iron
were revealed by John y. Topping, chair
man OF the Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany of Pittsburg. i'm his testimony before
the Congressional investigating committee.
ore was the rosy future OF Tennessee Coal
and Iron for developing profitable ex-
port business the second, its ability To COM
pete successfully with the trust in the do
nestle market for steel rails The witness
was asked about the railroad rates In the
Pfttsburg field. Isn't your company, the
Republic Iron and Steel Company. paying
now from $500, 900 to $1,000, 900 year trib-
ute to the James ]. Hill roads and the
United States steel roads doing business in
the Pittsburg district? The rates are eX-
cessive and some investigation ought TO be
made Mr.. Topping said We have made
no petition TO the Interstate Commerce Com
mission because we don't like to annoy
our neighbors' The Republics neighbors
are the Steel Trust
Mr. Topping admitted that he hnd been
an invited guest at most Of the dinners
given by Judge Gary. Of the Steel Corpora
ton. since 1907 But his invitation TO the
last one. held on May "a. apparently had
been overlooked He could not remember
receiving IT. II was about that time tlHt
the Republic company reduced its prices.
Secretary Nagel of the Department Of
Commerce and Labor in special report to
the senate on conditions OF employment in
the iron and steel industry In the United
States. stated that out of over ninety thou
sand employees covered in the report the
customary working week OF one-third OF
them was a seven day week. Sunday moi
differing from other days. and approximate
~ one-fourth OF the ninety thousand worked
eighty-four hours or over week, which. In
effect means a twelve hour day every day
In the week, including Sunday. Much of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Last
Weeks Papers.

Another triumph for our President" ex-
claimed Busy Man as he met Constant
Eeader last evening.
Yes indeed" was the reply. MIR. Taft
fastened a triple brake upon the wheels of
war when the general arbitration treaty be-
tween Great Britain and the United States
was signed simultaneously by Ambassador
Bryce and Secretary Knox in the private
study OF the President in the White House.
Immediately afterward Secretary Knox
signed The similar treaty with France, hav-
ing been notified by cable that Ambassador
Jusserand on behalf OF the French Repub-
lie, had signed a duplicate OF the document
in Paris The copies will be exchanged by
special messenger.
These treaties, suggested by the judi
cial mind of our Chief Executive. are
designed not only 10 prevent war between
two great nations and the United States,
but 10 avert the need TO arbitrate
their differences-even those that involve
the gravest questions of vital interest
and national honor. Such grave Ques-
tons, il not arbitrable. may be judiciable.
Before they can reach the stage at which
arbitration might be demanded a year of
diplomatic delay and negotiation is assured.
II that fail, q commission Of The Hague.
representing both disputants shall seek
means of settlement without arbitration.
That in turn failing, at the request of either
government another year Of diplomatic de-
lay may intervene. Thereupon the COM
mission may decide whether the case is to
be arbitrated, and its decision is binding
upon both nations. Even then the tribunal
will not be strictly arbitral, but court OF
equity with implied powers TO strengthen
the common law of nations"
What progress has Congress nader
asked BUSY Man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
SHAKING OUT THE RAIN
Cannonade Proposed to Break
Seventeen Weeks 0r0uth.

An army cannon each half mile from ~
Rio Grande TO the Upper Missouri Is susl
gested by James O'Shuskey a Clmaro,,
County homesteader and Grand Army ysfl
eran of Oklahoma. TO take the place Of 'HI
vast irrigation projects and Of the conun''l
Gus prayer meetings now being heh II
break the drouth. Plenty Of clouds paaI
over us, but something Is needed TO shss
the rain out" he declares, and his sussH
ton relative 10 the cannon resulted no"I
his experience during the civil war "ns
he remembers, rain followed the oatue
where there was heavy cannonadins'
Mr.. OShuskey. in line with ms suss'
ton. calls into evidence the fact that So
cannonadlng method was emplo!eu
New Zealand three years ago ana resu''
In seventeen months dIou'h
broken. He admits that on numerous,
casions. throughout the West, cahHo"
been used as a method OF breaking u'O..
without results. but he declares thN' nv
sufficient amount Of cannonadihs
TO have the proper results -
The plan OF Mr.. O'Shuskey IS 10 -
cannon every half nile from the
panhandle" country. on meridia"
1914. reaching 10 Wyoming or Deso"% "A.
with expert gunuers In charge "'"' A,
United States army. and w0rhhs -
the direction OF crew from the 0""
States Weather Bureau. Cannohso'"e. sch
clouds should be done at least WV. IL
week. and also at such times as 10" n
which the weather men might DeHes :
contain rain would pass over. su'" .,.r,ly
he thinks. would be perforated SUN" cav.
10 shake out the water and s''' a,,s
eraI seasons OF such active cannon s,s a
the country would get in the
having timely and abundant rams ,.,sa,
Instead OF irrigatlng the grea, ,,,os,
reaching from the Rio Grande 10 III, n,-
Missouri why not give such aruheM' -,
duction of rain thorough tria'' - \,
Mr. O'Shuskey. THE cost wouiu SUI Al,
small compared TO that OF irrlgauV"
would cover the entire area '',e.,n.
spots or valley lands. This Is " ~ ,hc.1
the people should agiIate espe'''., ,ss
who are interested I'm farming o" IA p
empire. surely. In the Ne" -, n
stance. the low clouds that Wei' -
OF holes and then discharged ran" unit
the first low ones 10 pass over TO- ,,out,
during the seventeen months " ,Nsr
There are enough United states We
with cannon I'm the army posts o. - 70
to give the matter complete -. %
the men could get the field eApe' ',rods
manoeuvres and hikes. and pei maps ir,,rr
rain at the same time" & 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
TOBACCO DIVIDEND PASSED.

Anything of significance develop in the
field of commerce." asked Busy Man
stockholders in the American Tobacco
Company received an unpleasant surprise
when the directors passed the usual quarter
~ dividend OF 10 per cent on the common
stock The directors gave out letter say
ing In the ordinary course the regular
dividend upon the common stock of rhe
company would be declared at the present
time. payable in September Although the
earnings Of the company would amply JUS
tify payment of the usual dividend, direc-
tors feel that at the present time and IN
advance of the approval by the courts or
any plan OF dsintegration ii would be i'm
proper and perhaps lacking in respect TO the
courts for them TO make any distribution
of earnings to the common stock and have,
therefore, determined to omit the declara-
ton Of the usual September dividend
IAN injunction restraining the so-called
Tobacco Trust from doing any act which
might further extend or enlarge the power
Of the combination was issued by the United
States Circuit Court.
I'm literal compliance with the decree Of
the United States Supreme Court affirming
the decision of the lower court, which found
the Standard Oil Company OF New Jersey
a combination in restraint Of trade, the oil
Trust notified its six thousand stockholders
that they will receive from the New Jersey
company their pro rata share Of its holdings
Of the stocks of the thirty-three subsidiaries
which were co-defendants in the Attorney
Generals suit TO dissolve the trust.
Reports on the growing cotton crop for
1911 received by the Department of Agri-
culture continued TO indicate that the yield
this year will be one Of the greatest, if not
the greatest, in the history OF the industry.
The condition of the crop on July 25. as an
nounced, was s9.1 per cent of a normal.
This was nine-tenths Of l per cent higher
than a month ago, and 81 per cent above
the average on July % fer the last ten
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
CANADA AND RECIPROCITY.

"The eleventh Parliament OF Canada
passed out of existence. and upon the polti-
cal complexion of new one, to bc elected
on September y. will depend the fate OF the
reciprocity agreement between the United
states and Canada.
The Russian Minister In Persia in
formed the Persian government that he
would not permit Russian coupons and fixed
charges on customs 10 be paid through the
new Treasurer General OF Persia W. Nor
gan Shuster an American. This notice
was given despite the fact that the Russian
bank. which collects these charges. had
expressed Itself fully satisfied with the ar