New-York tribune., 1912-03-08
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

GRESS.-Senate: The arbitration
treaties with Great Britain and France
were ratified, rs TO 3, after the disputed
third clause of Article III. relating TO the
Joint hig:l commission. had been stricken
out and amendments adopted barring
from arbitration questions affecting the
Monroe Doctrine or other territorial IN
tegrity matters, admission OF aliens INTO
the United States and educational insti-
tHtions and state indebtedness. -
House: The sixty second birthday OF
Speaker Clark was celebrated.
FOREIGN.-Captain Roald Amund-
sen discovered the South Pole, &C
cording TO a dispatch from London
- The barking syndicate repre-
senting the four powers advanced $fOO,-
600 10 the Chinese Republic, and VIII
provide $35.00O,000 monthly for SIX
months. -= The ministers in Peklng
decided to guard the railway, and more
troops are needed; fear of dictator Is
felt. - The coal strike situation IN
Great Britain was so serious the KING
has delayed his visits abroad; walk
out in Germany on March IL was thought
certain. Strong police guards held
q London mob in check during suftra-
gette meeting in the Opera House; SIX
window .smashers were arrested. -
Henri Salvey flew in a monoplane from
10
utes: on his return trip he was compelled
10 stop at Berck, France, because OF
gale - The Arctic Brotherhood IN
vited the Duke and Duchess OF Con-
naueht and the Princess Patricia TO open
the Yukon Fair in Dawson in August
DOMESTIC. - The Massa chusetts
House Of Representatives voted not 10
abolish the death penalty, - Forty
strike children went from Lawrence 10
Philadelphia; there was no increase III
the number of operatives returning 10
the mills. =- Attorneys for the indict-
ed Chicago beef packers asked the court
TO take the case from the jury and dls-
charge the defendants, on the ground
that the government had failed to prove
the Offences described in the Indictment
l= The directors Of the Standard Oh
Company of Indiana voted to increase
HE carpital stock of the Indiana concern
rom s1 900 600 to 100000, 900. - The
continental Limited, on the wabash
Railroad, was wrecked at the Redwood
Bridge, near the Indiana state line. ----
Bessie Gentry was convicted of the muir
DER of her husband, in Oklahoma Clty'
okla, and sentenced to life imprlson-
ment. The Ohio constitutional
convention adopted a proposal TO amend
the state constitution so as to permit
women to vote at all elections.
CITY.-Stocks were higher. -
Judge Grain set next Thursday as the
day when he would give the grand jury
his opinion on the question OF allowing
Mortimer l.. Schiff and Howard S. Cans
TO testify. - George Graham Rice OF
the firm of B. II. Scheftels & Co, PLEADED
guilty to the charge of using the mails TO
defraud and received a sentence OF one
year. 80 The Chamber Of Commerce
passed a resolution urging the President
and Congress to look out for American
business interests in fixing the tolls or
the Panama Canal. - The Board OF
Magistrates discussed the recent decision
against Sunday trials in their courts, but
decided to leave the matter TO the dis
cretion of each magistrate pending a
higher ruling or an act OF the Legislature.
- Standard Oil rose to $50, a new
high record, and 1t was intimated that
values of the shares of all the companies
that made up the combination have en-
HANGED $3.50. 900 since disintegration.
80 The Richmond County grand jury
Will begin to-day an investigation OF the
conditions at the New York City Farm
Colony, exposed by The Tribune.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-
day: Cloudy. followed by rain at night
and colder The temperature yesterday:
highest, as degrees; lowest. 80.