New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-12
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY.-Stocks ruled strong, with high
er levels. - DR.. John Grier Hibben
was formally installed as president or
Princeton University, the oath OF ofhce
being administered by Justice Pitney OF
the United States Supreme Court. -
Unless either President McAneny OF
Chairman Wilcox yields from the attl-
tuGe expressed regarding the dual SUD
way II was predicted the present pans
would crrmble, President Shonts SAID
that tbs Interborough's offer might De
withdrawn unless action was taken carry
In the week. = Colonel Roosevelt VIII
leave here tomorrow for weeks spe'F
ing tour Of Ohio. - \ tablet in honor
of policemen who met death IN the diS-
charge Of duty was unveiled at Ponce
Head0uarters The Mayor OF
Moonachie, y. j., is in Jail. charged with
assault on the brother of woman Who
testified for his wife in the latters sun
for divorce and who once had one OF
the Mayors relatives arrested. - me
InterbOrOugh announced That the wages
of employees in all grades had beeh al
vanCed at least 10 cents day, the cost
to the compari the first year BENG
100000. - The state suffragist or
ganization used girl "newsies' for the
first time to sell literature. - Inc
first week of the government sult 10
dissolve the United States steel COR
poration threw new light on pool man
agement. - President Strauss OF 'he
Water Board defended the Catsklll syS-
tenn, against the suggested enlargement
az the Croton plant. 60 After having
uleaded guilty to blackmail, an ltal"E
sought 10 change the plea, but was
tricked into revealing his handwriting,
on which he was convicted and senlellCeu
to from six to fifteen years.
DOMESTIC-Fair weather relieved
the flood situation in Louisiana; the
Mississippi River fell gradually. - IL
was said at Washington that the result
If the Democrats plan to abohsh tnF
Tariff Commission would mutlate inc
Department Of state. - WaShlns-
ton dispatch said that the regular tie
publican members of the Senate Finance
Committee would report substitute meas
urcs for the House sugar and wool b'lis.
- AS the result Of report received
by President Taft from the Military
Academy concerning the dismissal or
four cadets last August IT Is possloie
that the young men Will be reinstaieo
- Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane failed
to convince House investigators that ner
charges against the meat inspection ser
vice were worthy Of a general inquiry
- Statements filed In Albany by the
treasurers of the Roosevelt Committee
and the Roosevelt League snow tllat
more than $4,000 was spent on the New
York City primaries. in which the colonei
nolled only 14,500 votes. - DisturD-
ances In the anthracite region continued
q. boy being killed in a fight between
miners and the constabulary. - Gov
ernor Foss appointed three alienists TO
examine c.. V. T. Richeson, under sen
tence Of death in Boston for Staying
girl. - A first aid exhibition ana
competition was the feature or me Ned
ToS n N rtn
The twentieth biennial music festival
closed at Cincinnati. - Utterly con-
hicting testimony in the investigation or
charges against Judge Robert w. Arcr
bald, Ct the Commerce Cour- caused the
House Committee on judiciary to call on
the Department of Justice to help In It's
inquiry and to decide to demand all pa
pers bearing on the case In the possess
sion of railroads.
FOREIGN-The Mexican rebel ad-
vance TO the south was checked In a
number Of minor engagements, Orozco's
forces beinL driven back twenty miles
- Emilio Vasquez Gomez, "provi-
sional President Of Mexico" left Jlarez
secretly; 1t was admitted later that he
was back I'm United States territory.
- ]. Bruce Ismay arrived at Liver
pool on the White Star liner Adriatic
and had a cordial reception. - The
German cruiser Moltke sailed from KEEL
for Cape Henry, on the Virginia coast;
the cruiser Stettn follows to-day. -
The members OF the Panama Pacific Ex-
position, headed by John Hays Ham
mond, arrived at St Petersburg. -
II was learned in London that the recent
iy enacted minimum wage act had al
ready broken down and that the country
was threatened with another great crisis
in the coal trade.
THE wEATHER--Indicati for to-
day: Rain. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 68 degrees; lowest, So.