New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGR FSS,-Senate: Pension legisla-
tion v,ae discussed. - House: DEBATE
ON the Democratic excise tax bill began
FOREIGN.-The strike situation IN
Great Britain increased in gravity the
nrospects of a general resumption OF
,Dork before the end Of the month were
slim and there were indications that the
Tahor members of Parliament would op-
nose the passage of the government
roinirnum wage bill. - About halt the
strikers in the Westphalian district OF
germany returned to work in order 10
avoid a deduction from the wages al
ready earned by them. - The Penin-
sular and Oriental liner Oceana was
sunk in a collision with German oarH \
off Reachy Head; II is believed that a
number were drowned by the capsizing
Of a small boat. - The hulk OF the
Maine was sunk with elaborate cere-
rnonv: the bodies of the dead were con-
viewed to the cruiser North Carolina
bound for Washington. - Reports re-
ceived at Nanking showed that disorder
had steadily decreased IN China, out a
state of semi panic was reported IN
Peking on rumors OF Impending Mohsoi
and Manchu attacks
DOMESTIc.-The Navy Department
ordered three armored cruisers OF the
Pacific fleet to the Philippines for an IN
definite period - Ex- Governor John
r, Hill of Maine, acting chairman Of the
Republican National Committee, died at
Boston. President Taft carried tVe
of seven conventions in Iowa, Senator
Cummins one and Roosevelt one. =
The Allen clan of Virginia were reported
10 be surrounded at the Devils Den' IN
the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the North
Carolina border. - Six officers were
Laf IL xtTif mil
Barre, Mass; the town authorizes caIIed
on Governor Foss for troops. -= The
cash register men arraigned In Cincln-
natl demurred to the Sherman antitrust
law indictments. - The Fall River
textile council virtually rejected the
wage increase Of 5 per cent offered by
the manufacturers; the rush Of Law
renee strikers to the mills continued.
Reports from the South indicated
that damage from floods and high winds
was more extensive than first supposed.
- The ice gorges of the Hudson
passed seaward and the high water re-
ceded: danger of a severe food was
said to be over. - Bishop Neely, of
New Orleans, criticised the English sut-
fragettes methods at the Methodist
Episcopal conference in Philadelphia.
Four men were horribly burned in
a naphtha explosion in Buffalo factory.
Oll1 .-SlOckS were weak - JuuSt
Otto A. Rosalsky narrowly escaped being
blown up by bomb which was sent to
him in his apartment in the Hendrix
Hudson. where it exploded in the hands
of owen Egan, chief of the Bureau Of
Combustibles, injuring him seriously.
E= Mrs. Beeckman Lorillard commit
ted suicide by hanging with a trunk
strap in the Holland House; Illness was
said to be the cause. - Correspond
ence was made public in which Frank
A. Munsoy is quoted as saying the Roose-
welt campaign had been started too late.
== Detectives disguised as peders
and street sweepers waited in front Of
the Germania Bank, on the Bowery, and
captured four prisoners when a girl
cashier coming from the bank was robbed
OF her handbag. - Geno Montani,
owner and driver of the taxicab which
figured In the $4,000 robbery. was con-
victed. == Mr.. Roosevelt denied the
report that Ormsby McHarg would sup
plant Senator Dixon as his campaign
manager, saying Mr. McHarg would go
60 Washington as the Senator's right
hand man.