New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-14
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY.-The market opened strong and
closed irregular. - The Public Ser
vice Commission and Board OF Estl-
mates special committee conferred with
out result on the subway situation and
further conferences and meetings were
scheduled for to-day. - The commit
tee which has been investigating the
New York school system for nine months
will probably report before July l. de-
claring the night schools farce ana rec
ommending q small Board of Education
and more attention to vocational STUDIES.
Commissioner Fosdick wrote to
Commissioner Waldo that certain official
actions Of Judge Mulqueen had been
called to the attention Of the Bar Asso-
citation. - Mrs. Harriet stanton
Batch telegraphed California women %
spurn Tafts appeal for their votes. re-
n1inding them Of his recent slurs upon
the suffrage cause. - Daniel u. Relo,
on the stand in the steel trust inquiry,
proved a most battling witness, either
forgetting or declining to answer on al
most every question put TO him by the
prosecutor, Jacob VI. Dickinson. -
Controversy over the Folks moving pct
IRE ordinance increased. and II was sald
the Republican aldermanic caucus might
take il up to-day. 80 The American
Book Sellers assem- bled for their conVeH-
ton, at which they will try to increase
the proportion Of buyers in this coun-
try which they estimate at per cent.
DOMESTIC. President Taft, on his
final swing through Ohio. vigorously de-
nounced Colonel Roosevelt; he said the
re- election of the ex-President would be
dangerous to the nation. - Win
only thirty-nine Southern Democrats in
opposition, tho House finally agreed 10
the joint resolution submitting to the
states an amendment to the Constitu-
ton providing for the election of United
States Senators by direct vote. -
The Senate Committee on Judiciary
agreed TO report favorably the resolution
limiting the President to one term OF
six years. and Roosevelt Senators
threatened q filibuster TO prevent u vote
on the resolution, which is favored by
majority of the Senate. - p. ID. Bar
ier. delegate at-large from Alabama TO
tho Republican National Convention, de-
,lared assertions Of abuse Of patronage
by the President IN Alabama, made in
"ColIer's Weekly" were wilful misstate-
rnents and distortion Of facts. =-= A
resolution presented by Senator BristOw
sought to exploit the supposed breach
between the President and the Postmas-
tor General Governor Harm on
cJened his campaign in Ohio by hitting
hard az BRYAN. declaring the latter had
not brought out one fact to justify his
attacks. and denying the Nebraskan's
CuallHCOIlOlS 10 PICK winner IOI lNe
Democrats. - The House committee
investigates charges against Judge Rob
crit W. Archibald. of the Commerce Court,
heard testimony that the author Of the
charges had been determined 10 trap"
the Judge
FOREIGN.-Victor L. Mason, an
American. aud Il. Y. Fisher. 81 British
aviator were killed 1T Brocklands, Eng
land. when a monoplane driven by the
latter fell $50 feet. - The Mexican
general OTozCo withdrew his troops to
Pclauo and his own staff headquarters
70 Jimenez twenty eight miles north Of
the scene Of his defeat on Sunday. =-=
GonzalO &. Enrile. prominent Mexican
rebel. was stabbed twice. but not NOR
tally, at Chihuahua. - 1t was an
nouuced in Rome that the Turkish ISL
anGs in the .Hgean seized by Italy form
chain completely closing egress by
Turkey into the Mediterranean -
The first trial by jury ever held In China
was begun in Shanghai: the defendant
was accused Of murder. - Para
Euavan rebels We're defeated and FIVE
hundred taken prisoners near Asuncion.
TIDE WEATHER.--IndiCat for to-
day. Fair. Tho temperature yesterday:
Highest. 6S degrees, lowest. IS.