New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-01-20
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Prince Chun, eX- Regent Of
China. suggested that the throne aodl-
cate but remain in Peking, Yuan Shln-
kai directing the government from lleh-
Tsin; the republic issued an appeal from
Marking to the powers, pleading LOT
recognition in the interests OF emma her-
self merger of London under-
ground electric lines and the Lonqoh
General Omnibus Company was an
uounced as completed largely at the mi
tiative of Sir Edgar Speyer. --- Inc
French mali steamer Manouba was seized
by Italian destroyeTs and taken to Gag
liari on suspicion of carrying Iurksh
officers disguised as nurses. -- me
Spanish cruiser Peina Regente was
beached on the Moroccan coast TO pre-
vent sinking after her engine room had
been flooded. owing to a burst centrifu-
gal pump.
DOMESTIC Henry Waiter
son. i'm Washington, said he would have
nothing more TO say on the wilson Har-
Vey controversy unless his statement
should be challenged by some response
BILE person" -= The House committee
which Investigated the pure food contro-
versy agreed on a report sustaining Dr.
Harvey w. Wiley - Several thou-
sand original memorandum cost sheets
for beef, dealing with the actual period
covered by the indictments, were intro
duced in the trial Of the meat packers
at Chicago. = A nom union laundry
at Pueblo, Col, was partially wrecked by
dynamite. - The schooner Harry
Prescott foundered on Diamond Shoals,
off the Hatteras coast =-- More men
went out on strike at Lawrence, Mass;
disorder ceased. - Telephone cOmpe-
tition ended in Adirondack counties; the
Mountain Home Company took over the
properties of the New York Company.
the Erie Railroad Company by the gov
ernmeLt: the company is charged with
keeping fremen on duty more than six
teen hours. =- A burglar attempted to
rob the house of Oscar Lawler govern
ment prosecutor in the dynamite cases.
at Los Angeles. - State agricultu-
rists urged the modification Of the law
against raCetrack gambling. -= Mrs.
J. B. Snead was released from a sana"
torium at Fort Worth. Tex, the court
deciding the woman to be sane
CITY.-Stocks advanced. - Mem
bers of the Arctic Club expressed the be-
lief that Captain Scott, Of the British
navy had reached the South Pole; the
expedition left London in June. 1910
- The Staten Island grand jury made
q presentment on the conditions at the
City Farm Colony. where an aged. para
lytic inmate recently was scalded to
death. 60 An actual break between
the city and the Interborough was avert
ed only by the latter's promise to con-
slider fundamentals submitted. - An
attempted daylight hold-up in the Flat
bush avenue entrance to the subway, in
which Swift & Co. might have lost
$500, was prevented by a clerk, who
held fast to the money, although knocked
down, and aided in catching the would
be thief - r. z. Mitter, Superinten-
dent of Buildings in a brief TO the State
Factory Investigation Commission, urged
that the authorities be empowered TO
close factories and lofts not amply pro-
vided with fire protection. - A negro
boy, who took red silk socks in Sixth
avenue department store was caught
after he knocked down a store detective,
broke through a window and butted over
q patrolman. - Four books written
by Vespuccius on his New World dis
coveries brought $4,000 at the Hoe IL
brary sale - TEX" Richard, the fight
promoter was a witness in the Rice trial.
THE WEATHER.-Indic for to-
day: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 50 degrees; lowest, %.