New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY.-Stocks were active and weak.
President Taft took up with the
railroads and the engineers the question
of mediating the differences which
threaten a strike. - The Democratic
State Committee met and outlined the
plans for the state convention here TO-
day. - man supposed TO be Bos-
ton travelling salesman was killed by n
subway train at the Grand Central sta
ton. 49, The theft of q deputy sherlH
badge and overcoat caused many ponce
complications, the culprit finally eVad-
ing arrest. A passenger on tho
Olympic died. apparently from excessive
drinking, though there were rumors that
heavy gambling losses had driven nm
IL commit suicide. - The Woman
Suffrage party held a meeting In the IN
terest Of the Chinese population of tho
CITY and several Chinese men and women
made addresses. 49, By compromising
for $4,000 the damage suit brought by
Drucke the Interborough enabled star
players for the Giants. who were in court
as witnesses. TO play ball. - Members
of the Housewives League and market
men, in their white aprons, had lunch
con and discussed Improvements planned
or needed.
DOMESTIC.-Th South Carolina au-
thorities insisted Frederick o. Beach
would be tried on an alleged attempt TO
kill his wife: a Paris dispatch said Mr..
Beach would sail for the United States
on April 10. - The Republican state
convention in Rochester adopted plat
form urging" the deegates-at-la
and the district delegates to the national
convention to support President Tart.
- The Vermont state convention in
dOrsed Taft and elected delegates-at-
large favorable to him. - Roosevelt
- adherents dominated the Maine state
convention, but the delegation was not
4 ~ 1o1Cy cd To fhn
-=-== Senator Jones, of Washington, In
n speech in the Senate, portrayed Theo-
dore Roosevelt as another Pontius
PLATE. and attacked his proposed recall
OF Judges. - Editors in Western
Pennsylvania report steady growth or
sentiment for Mr.. Taft and predict his
success in the keystone State. So
= Colonel Roosevelt told Pennsylvania
crowds that we knocked them through
the ropes in Illinois; he expressed the
belief that he would win in the keystone
State -== Committees representing
anthracite operators and miners at
conference in Philadelphia agreed to
submit their differences to sub-commit-
tees; a proposition T. reconvene the old
before it for arbitration was rejected by
the miners. The Stamford Savings
Bank. one Of the oldest and strongest in
Connecticut, discovered a shortage in its
funds exceeding S00,UOU, ana MAYOR
Holly, its senior teller, was arrested on
a charge of embeZzlement.
FOREIGN.-The members of the Brit
ish Cabinet put the finishing touches on
the Home Rule bill. which Premier As
Quith will introduce in the House OF
Commons to-day. 60 The new White
Star steamship Titanic, the largest
vessel afloat, sailed from Southampton
on her first voyage TO New York; the
suction was So great that the American
liner New York was torn from her pier.
g. The Italians landed a strong force
: and occupied an important strategic
point on the coast Of Libya, while the
Italian squadron created a diversion by
bombarding the Turkish positions around
Zuara, TO the west Of Tripoii. - 1t
was said at Picking that no date had
been settled on for the assembly Of the
coalition Cabinet, and grave forebOdings
were in circulation In regard to the con-
tinued disagreement among the different
factions Of the government; the leaders
of the various sections display inability
10 establish capable government. ==
Thomas Fountain, of Las Cruces, N. NJ.
was executed by Mexican rebels; he was
captain of a federal gun under General
Pancho Villa. - 2. y. Carp, the Ru
inanian Premier, resigned, together with
the Ministers of War and Public Works.
THE WEATHER.-Indic for to-
day: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. % degrees; lowest, 40.