New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-06
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY,-Stocks closed higher. -
Lines controlling traffic TO Gulf and Bra
gillian ports were made defendants In an
action similar TO that brought. against
the Atlantic Conference, the government
alleging they had conspired TO monopo-
lie business - Columbia GRADUATED
1892 heard its alumni cheer footoall
and listened to addresses by CHIEF JUS
tice White, President Hibben, Congress
man Underwood and Colonel Goethals,
who received honorary degrees. -
Nearly six hundred candidates received
degrees at the eightieth annual COM
lsnencement of New York University
among them being lne5 Mllhouanu'
prominent as a suffragette. - Inc
Presbyterian Board of Foreign MISSIONS
on receipt OF a letter from the japanese
Ambassador declining to give ruiz re-
ply 70 Its letter on the Corean mission
ery problem. issued q statement includ-
ing a memorandum from the Governor
General of Corea. - FREDERICK H.
CrandelI, who received S2,000000 from
The estate of his uncle, Edwin HaWley.
was sued for "a separation by MS WHe'
- Ground was broken for brooklyn
new $5,0000O0 library; the Mayor was
one Of the speakers at the exercises
- Professor F.. S. Morse retired from
the presidency of the Association D.
American Museum Directors, which
elected Henry l.. Ward, of Milwaukee. TO
succeed him. - Children ana ora
folks crowded the sale of the Natlonai
Plant. Flower and Fruit Guild, hela
FOR the benefit Of Christodora House. IN
Tompkins Square, at which hve thousand
plants were disposed OF Hluch ''0'
cost"
DOMESTIC.-Presiden Tafts sup,
porters, certain of control Of the natlonai
al, mt ~.
at the Presidents wish, to settle the
fight against Roosevelt at once by max
tne, Senator Elihu Root both temporary
end permanent chairman OF the conVeh
tion. Colonel Roosevelt sald at
oyster Bay that he believed only lew
would vote against him in the national
committee when it came TO settling con-
tests. - Representative Berger said
he would urge the House to impeach
Federal Judge Hanford. who deprived
Seattle man of his citizenship because
he was q Socialist; Attorney General
Wickersham declared gross injustice
had been done" 60 Senator Lorlner,
-interrupting the speech Of Mr.. Kern, in
dicated he would regard an adverse vote
of the Senate as persecution. - Inc
House of Representatives passed the
Fostc-. bill. which enlarges the lnVesu-
eating POWERS Of the Bureau OF Mines.
- The Massachusetts Executive
Council cOInmuted the death sentence OF
Mrs. Lena Cusumano, convicted, with
Enrico Mascioli, of killing her husband,
TO life Imprisonment. - senator
George s. Nixon, of Nevada, died In
washington - Counsel for the pros
ecution and the defence were fined for
contempt of court In the Darrow trial
there we're indications of state and fed
cral cooperation.
FOREIGN.-Harold a. Sanderson,
director of the White Star Line, stated
on the stand at the Titanic inquiry at
London that there were not enough
able bodied seamen in England efficiently
TO man the boats Of all steamship com
panies; J. Bruce Ismay continued his tes-
timony. - David Lloyd George, Cham
cellor Of the EXchequer, speaking in the
House of Commons, advocated a JOINT
Cancellation board TO settle the dock
strike: he announced that the workers
were willing to give monetary guaran-
tees to abide by the awards. - The
1880 running Of the Derby stakes OF 6.ooo
sovereigns took place at Epson, Eng
land, and was won by the gray My
Tagalie, owned by w. Raphael. -
Prince Jaime, second son OF King Al
fonsO of Spain, was operated on for
sbscess of the ear at Madrid 80
Count TisZa suspended the sitting OF the
Hungarian Diet because the proceed
ings looked so much like developing into
a free fight. - The Vasconcelles Cab
met in Portugal resigned as the result OF
discord between Parliamentary groups
THE Observation-Disclosures for TO-
6ay: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, "a degrees; lowest, 62.