New-York tribune., 1912-02-18
THE NEWS THIS MORNING,

FOREIGN Won Aehrenthal,
Austro- Hungarian Minister for Foreign
Affairs. died in Vienna; Count Leopold
Won Berchthold was appointed to succeed
him. - Yuan Shih-kai stelegraphed
from Peling to Nanhng requesting the
RernibIican War Minister to dispatcn
troops TO the north for service in Man
ohuriaL: Yuan also asked to be relieved or
the Presidency Of the republic In 1aNor
of DR. Sun Yat-sen. - The Cunaru
liner Lusitania, after being completely
overhauled, resumed her regular san
ings, leaving Liverpool with 1,6O0 pas
sengers. =-= Home Rulers to the num-
ber Of from 1900 to 10000 people held
A demonstration in Trafalgar Square,
London. - Robert Bacon, American
Ambassador to France. presented to Or.
lean Charcot, the French Antarctic ex-
plorer, the Cullum gold medal on behalf
of the American Geographical society OF
New York. - Graham Gilmore, a
we'll known British aviator, was instant
" killed near London when his aero
plane fell $50 feet. - The new Ger
man battleship the Prinz Regent Luit-
pold. the twelfth Dreadnought of the I'M
perial navy. was launched in the pres
ence Of Emperor William at Kiel.
DOMESTIC.-Major General Aims
worth was summoned to appear before a
House committee, practically assuring
an investigation Of the War Department.
The House sugar investigating
committee reported it had found that a
trust in violation of the Sherman law
existed. - Five men were killed and
several injured when the Pennsylvania
Limited ran into a work train at Far
we'll. Ind: no one aboard the limited
was hurt = The general strike COM
mittee of the Central Labor Union Of
Lawrence reported that there was
an excellent chance Of settling the
mill trouble. - A dictagraph, which
had recorded daily conversations for
months, was discovered In the offices OF
the Iron Workers Union at indianapolis.
- A witness in the trial Of Chicago
packers testified that Armour & Co..
changed its selling system after indict-
ments were returned against members
Of the so-caled beef trust. - The
Austrian Ambassador to the United
States and the Danish Minister sailed
for Panama. - The property of the
Bayless Pulp and Paper Company at
Austin, Penn. was sold at masters sale
for $4,000: Austin flood sufferers gave
notice they would contest the legality Of
the sale. The father Of George A.
Kimmel testified in the suit at st. Louis:
White. who says he is Kimmel. had
stated that the missing bankers father
was dead and that he had buried him in
Pennsylvania
CITY.-Stocks were dull and firm.
49, District Attorney Whitman began
an inquiry into the alleged existence in
the greater city of a brickmakng mo-
nopoly. - Friends Of the Rev. Guy l..
Wallis. rector of st. Pauls Church.
Tompkinsville, Staten Island, presented
his side of the controversy. - John
Barrett, c. h. Brown and Professor w.
r. Shepherd spoke on Panama Canal
problems at the Republican Club
luncheon - Mayor Shank of Indian
apois told the City Club something
about his so-called potato campaign in
the Indiana city. Former President
Roosevelt was drawn on the jury in
Nassau County. z-= The City Hall Re-
porters' Association held. its annual din
ner.
THE WEATHER.-Indicati for to-
day: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 46 degrees; lowest, 81.