New-York tribune., 1912-01-16
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS- Public consid-
Grafton Of the arbitration treaties was
decided on by vote of 5S to :; Senator
Lodge failed to gain immediate consld-
Grafton of the treaties. - House:
Representative Mann, minority leader,
forced the Democrats TO repudiate the
reform rule for the discharge OF COM
mittees; apologies were offered by ReI'-
resentatives Madden and Johnson for
their quarrel on Saturday.
FOREIGN.-News of the massacre of
ten thousand Manchus was confirmed.
- The plans for the abdication of the
Chinese imperial dynasty were discussed
but not completed. - The conference
I'm Manchester between cotton operatives
and mill owners failed TO achieve the
settlement expected and was again ad-
journed. resolution protesting
against the British government acqui~
escing in Russian action in Persia was
passed at a mass meeting in London ad-
dressed by James Ramsay Macdonald.
leader Of the Labor party in the House
of Commons - w. Morgan Shuster
sailed from North Persian port Tor
Batoum. =-= The United States cruiser
Maryland was ordered to Guayaquil to
protect American interests in the revo-
lutiouary outbreak in Ecuador.
The keel plate of England's largest
Dresdnought was laid at Portsmouth
dockyard
DOMESTIC.-A statement from the
White House said there had been no
friction between Mr.. Taft and Mr..
Hitchcock over the Postmaster Generals S
proposed plan to have the government
own the telegraph lines - Senator
Lorimer told the story Of his life-from
bootblack to Senator-before the Senate
committee investigating his election.
- The Supreme Court of the Umteo
States upheld the constitutionaltty or
the employers liability law. - Troops
guarded the textile mills at Lawrence,
Mass. after day Of rioting; the strik-
ers attacked the mills and the City Hall
and were charged by the soldiers. -
DIR. Mcfarland. former head Of the Pitts
burgh High School, now engaged in mis-
sionary work in Tennessee, is being
sought by Pittsburgh police In connec-
ton with the death of Miss Elsie ID.
Coe, his former secretary. == w. =.
Mcdonald Democrat, was inaugurated
Governor Of New Mexico. -= The an
4 nual meeting of the State Fair Commits
sion was held at Albany; each member
expressed himself as opposed TO con
tinuation of automobile races, as result
Of the fatalities last September.
CITY.-Stocks were irregular, but
Z closed strong 49, The scout cruiser
Salem arrived I'm port badly battered, as
a result OF lef recent euNOuntct Nlll
storms i'm South Atlantic waters. -
Three former inmates Of the City Farm
. Colony on Ctaten Island were indicted
for manslaughter for the death of the
aged patient of the institution who was
scalded i'm a bathtub. -= The first
four gymnasums TO come under the di-
rection Of the Public Recreation Com
mission were opened last night. -
President Rea of the Pennsyl-
Vanis conferred with Mayor Gaynor on
the matter of subway guarantees. -
Violet Bueher. of Chicago. said to be
heiress to from 100000 TO S150OOO who
disappeared on December %, was found
IN New York where she has been work
ing as a "slavey." - The last OF the
fifty thousand electric bulbs for decorat-
ing the cathedral at night for the well
come to Cardinal Farley, who is due to
arrive here tomorrow were placed on
the top of the twin spires
THE WEASHER.-Indications for tG-
day: Fair and cooler. The temperature
Yesterday: Highest, 3S degrees; low
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