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New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Last
Weeks Papers.

81 have sedulously made business her
nit of myself this week, as usual" said
Busy Man last night TO Constant Reader,
and consequently know nothing OF what
the world has been doing. VIII you en-
tighten me?'
You know Will You know that l am
YOUR professional enlightened reJoined
Constant Reader. Here goes
1t has just been discovered that plot
10 assassinate William J. Flynn, chief OF
the Secret Service. Eastern division, and
Judge George W. Ray. of the United States
District Court. was hatched last December
behind the bars Of the federal prison at
Atlanta by several members Of the Lupo-
Morello gang Of counterfeiters and muir
derers one Of the Scilians who was pres
ont when the gang decided that the Secret
Service man who ran tho counterfeiters 10
hay and the Judge who sentenced them 10
terms of from fifteen to thirty years at
hard labor should die. has confessed his
part III the plot
The prosecution in the trial of Clarence
:. Darrow at Los Angeles asserted that II
would trace the Mcnamara defence fund of
the American Federation of Labor, the
money GiIeSfi 10 nave Dtel uS'li ny btl
H. Franklin to bribc jurors in the Nc
Namara trial. The name of Samuel Com
pers. president Of the American Federation
of Labor. was brought into the record sew
oral times Franklin testified that Darrow
once told him tho money for the alleged
bribery of Lockwood came direct from Mr.
GomperS District Attorney Fredericks
said that no effort would be made TO show
any completely Of Mr. Gompers IN the al
legged bribery. but that the state purpoSec
10 prove that the $1,000 had been drawn
from the Mcnamara defence fund of the
American Federation of Labor and had
been sent 10 Mr DarrOw.
Disturbing the dgnitied proceedings OF
the House judiciary Committee AT Wash
instor. Representative Robert Young
Thomas. = Kentucky Democrat, fought Two
faSt rounds with tive newspaper men IN tht
corridors Of the House Office Building used
,luch unparliamentary language, and after
vard issued statement regarding the
fracas which is somewhat a Variance with
the stories Of the other Combatants. Mi
Thomas Is = member Of the Judiciary Com
mjttec. which Was hOldiuc solemn conclav,
over tho Archibald ease.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

boss who IL now serving Scyen-y ear
term IN San Quentin Prison for bribery,
was formally disbarred this week. II was
Il mere routine proceeding. founded on the
fact that Rucf had been convicted or
felony Ruef is now publishing. in an ar
ternoon newspaper, an account Of his po-
litical eXpericnccs which led up To the
wholesale grating after the biz fire of
1906. Thus far the story has been dull but
Ruef promises that It will be lively when
he begins TO relate how the big corpora
tjons corrupted local officials The only
drawback to the value Of the serial ~ that
probably no one would believe Rucf under
oath.
The change of wardens at Folsom state
prison this week was marked by disorderly
acts by convicts. They shouted In their
cells for several hours, and made such
threats against unpopular guards that five
of these men resigned rather than risk
holding Office under peril Of death. The
new warden appointed by the Governor IL
james A. Johnston, who has had no expert
ence i'm prison management. but who pur-
poses TO abolish the straitjacket and other
instruments OF torture. Johnston showed
his nerve by entering the cell of con
demncd murderer who is feared 10y all the
guards.
The finding ol all abandoned gasolcnc
launch near Half Moon Bay has led tn the
discovery Of traces Of wholesale smuggins
Of opium and Chinese coolies only twenty
miles from San Frsncisco. For months
customs officers have been sure that large
quantities Of opium have been landed here
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

time OF the execution. She mad been re-
moved previously by automobile to the
womens prison al Sherburn, her sentence
having been commuted at almost the last
minute 10 life Imprisonment
"FredeIick Koch quarrellcd with his son
John at their home, in Bleeckei street
Ridgewood Heights, Queens. because me
boy had lost his job, and III his anger sho'
his son 70 death. Then. ovcrtaken u! re-
morse. the father placed the revolver TO MS
own temple and blow ont his brains Inc
double tragedy was Witnessed by Mrs
Koch and her daughter, but they were 100
frightened to ntercedc
After operating a new type OF headiess
bjpane over the Hackensack Meadows TOT
several minutes. Oliver Sherwood, young
aviator. who had taken the same machine
AT a great height as far as tn" Bronx
plunged 10 earth. wrecking the machino
but escaping himself with only si2ht III
iuries About two thousand spectators
saw tho accident When Sherwood re-
gained his senses he said some person hdu
tampered with the machine before " lei.
the hangar. with the deliberate purpose ot
causing the accident
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
INSURGENTS BUSY IN CUBA

General rstenOZ. the real leader o. III"
negro Insurgents in cuba. has captured ana
burned the town OF Lamaya. on the piahch
limo of the cuba Railroad. thirty mics
from Santiago. President Gomez sent
message TO the cuban Congress reduesVhs
the passage of law empowering MIN "
SUSPEND the constitutional guarantees
throughout the republic or III su'h part u
the island as ho might consider necessary
"Rchels In Mexico arc r6pldly iosIhs
ground, and the end of tho reVoluuoh' I'M
der the leadership OF General orozco az
least. is not far distant. IN the opinion OF
officials of the State and War departments
,t Washington who have followed events
ON both sides of the struggle for the last
three weeks. General Orozco Is nearing the
end of his resources. II is reported from the
vicinity Of his operations, and is becoming
DESPERATE TO an extent that forebpdcs dill
culties from which lie VIII be unable "
cxtrlcate himself unless he makes material
changes I'm his tactics and methods OF pro-
longing the struggle. The people OF the
border of Western chihuahua and Eastern
Sonora have risen against OroZco. Inc
people of Morris have taken Occampo from
the rebels, killing five and obtaining CON
siderable arms and ammunition.
AS q result of Count Ieppellns feat III
sailing his newest airship, the Zeppelin H.
from Friedrichshafen 10 Hamburg Without
an Intermediate landing, German military
authorities will carry out long cohsid-
cred series of experiments In airshlp eNolu-
tions at sea. count Zeppelin's trip IS re-
gardcd as brilliant triumph aud has
evoked an outburst Of enthusiasm through
out tho German Empire. The fact that no
made nearly eight hundred Kilometres
about four hundred and eighty niles ia
loss than eleven hours has profoundly i'm
pressed tho military aeronauts. who pre-
dict that confidence I'm the diriIipi" as Il
successful competitor of IN" aoroplane VIII
NOW hc fully restored.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
SEASON AT ST. MORlTZ-OORF.

The Grand Hotel St Moritz is justly
popular rs the principal mountain resort Tor
Americans visiting Switzerland. largely on
account OF the famous mineral springs anu
magnificent views over lake and mountains
-. MoriH is the highest resort i'm Swit@ei'
land. being at AN elevation OF 5000 lee"
The eNhilarating Alpine air and brilliant
sunshine, combined with the mineral sprinsH
have given renewed health and Nisor ~
many Jaded visitor. thousands of who'"
date renewed lease of life from th''
stay N the Grand uotel ~. Noritz. 1hs
hotel includes every American hotel com.
fort and luxury, with private suites, "
which there are great choice, there N
iug goo rooms. fhe usual outdoor spo'N
are provided Tor visitors. diversified
trout 6shins boating on the lake and 70.
mantle excursions. 81 Morltz Is reacW'
hv luxurious through train Ne luxe np"
Paiis.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
ATTACKS METHODIST COUNCIL.

"I2isbon Thomas Il. NeelN, who has lust
heer o1icialIv declared non-effectivo ana
has had his salary cut I'm half. addrcssed
the Methodist preachers in TINS city 81
rairninc Iu scathing terms the Methodist
General Conference at MlnnedpoHs' WIZ"
took action against the Bishop. ihoI'
were more new delegates in the sehetai
conference lust closed than IN any YET
held said tho Bishop, and there were
fewer who knew anything OF Methouis'"
its traditions. and especially the laws gov
erujnC general conferences. II was an III
puIsive body; II could hardly be said 10
bav. becn a dcliberative body at all some
think il was governed by politics In larger
degree than any conference ever heId.
.Robert Bacon. the former AmbassahVl
to France. was thrown from his pony dui-
ing a polo game on ]. :. Phippss estate at
, Wostburv. y. y. and his right collarbone
and rib were broken.
"Riotirg broke out I'm connection with a
strike begun by employees Of tho Boston
Elevated street Railway CompanY us
turbancos occurred i'm Cambridge and South
Boston. IN North cambridge three pollcc
officers were badly beaten by mob out
of " hich = revolver shot was iired at the
conductor of stalled car Several arrests
were made.
General James Grant Wilson. disiin-
s,lished soldier and author, who ku"" IN
timatsly King Edward WI of England
President Lincoln. President Grant. WASH
jnCton Irving and Gladstone asked Surr"-
cato ,'ohalau in This city 80 compel MS
daughter Mrs Frank Sylvester Henry. to
file an accounting a. eNecutr> "' 'n'
estate of her mother. Who died ON Alril J"
ror Mr. Wilson. who va Miss Jane
Emil, -earlo Cocswoll irh am estate
valued at ioraoo1
The 1;Sth annual commencement "f Coz
IJn,tia University surpassed all previous
celebrations on Morningsdo Heights. with
77o students receiving diplomas. now
record for the number ~ students grad
mated was reached. tn" alumni from 1911
to 1Sse were out Ga full force. President
Nicholas Murray Butler addressed the
graduating students. speaking on success.
His speech was a plea for sohriety. stawF
itv and dignity of mind and conduct
"Nearly six hundred candidates Tor dee
grces received diplomas from Chancellor
Elmer Ellsworth Brown az the oishu'th
annual commencement of NcW York lni-
yersitv. Among them was Mss lucz Nil
holland. a sLffragist, who thereby h'cam" a
Bachelor Of Laws The degree Of Doctor
Of Laws was conferred on supreme Court
Justice Edward H. Mccall
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
WHITE PLAINS.

Justice Tompkins In the supreme Court
at White Plains yesterday filed decision
I'm which he refused To grant an injunction
10 hold up the construction work on the
new Kcnsco reservoir and dam Tho ap-
plicatiun was made 10y Charles +. Reyn-
olds. Of krnsico. against the kcrbaugh
Contracting Company and tho city Of New
York. for an Injunction restraining tn"
contracting company from destroying the
west shore road of Keusco reservoir.
Justice Morschauser in tho Surr"m"
court at White Plains has handed down a
decision I'm which he sets aside tho verdict
nf 81 0o0 I'm the suit brought by Mrs. Ida
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
County


Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ WarnSg. of Msnhs,"
tan. are now living in the Wainwrsht COT
tase. ON the Boston Post Road.
Among other recent arrivals at Rye were
Nj and Mrs. Charles ii. clifford, Mrs. B.
4 Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund $. Nssh.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Read. Mr.. AMI
Mrs Simeon Ford. Charles Livingston. Mrs.
William II. Read and Mrs. :. {. cohs.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
ROOSEVELT TO FIGHT ROOT.

After an all-daN conference At oyster
Bav with George W Perkins. Clifford Pm
chot. William L. Ward Frank Il. Kellogg,
Rooscvelts trust buster. senator Dixon
and others ex- -Prcsidon, Roosevelt dictated
a statement for the reporters at Sagamore
Hul. IN which be declared that NJ. Root
must not bee selected a. temporary chair
man Of tho chicago convention. Colonel
Roosevelt displayed great concern about
the influence OF Barnes over the national
committee II" charged that Barnes was
trying To kidnap Roosevelt delegates ana
'frustrat" tho VIII of the people.
job Elmer Hedges announced his can
didacv FOR the Republican nomination ior
Governor of New York. He supplemented
his statement with som" characteristic
phrases. among which the following stood
out as his explanation for announcing him
self 1t this particular time and In this
open way: Nobody IS fooled by this coy
Air Of dindence which some Candidates as
sumo. Nobody really believes what som"
mon say about Offering themselves up for
th. sake Of their party or their fellow c.u-
z,ns am announcing my candidacy be-
cause believe that ! could nll the job. anu
I would Ike to do 1T
provision for tn" construction Of two
battlcshlps with az powerful armament
and A. heavy armor A. any vessels ot their
class. 10 cost not exceeding s.. N.i3o"' each,
,ycIu.i," ~ armor and armament was IN
serted iu tho naval appropriation bill d"
Washington by tho Scnat" committee ON
%avu Affairs. -Four submarines were also
ndd"d to- the building programme author
iz.d hy the House. which includes four
Submarines six torpedo boat destroyors
and tender two fuel ships and one SUBJ
marin" tender. Tn" committ"" eliminated
In, House cight-hour restriction on goyeru'
mont contract work aud inserted other pro-.
visions rejected 10y the House.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

Company to raise its station platforms IN
New Rochelle, to make boarding and l"av-
ing trains more easy
Because there is considerable opposition
10 the opening of a new street from Wood
land avenue TO Drake avenue, wher" there
Is trolley line, the city Council has set
Tuesday evening, june II. for public
hearing on the proposition
The Board Of Education will double the
equipment In the school Fairgrounds i"r
the vacation season and will increase tn"
number Of playground teachers.
Tho Rev. BENJAMIN T. Marshall. pastor
Of the First PRESBYTERIAN Church, has ac-
cepted election to the Phillips professor
ship Of Biblical history and religion IN
Dartmouth COLLEGE. His duties begin with
the opening of the fan term, late In Sep
tember Mr. Marshall was graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1897. lie played right
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETS.

"A letter from President Taft 10 Harry
:. New, chairman of the subcommittee on
ARRANGEMENTS of the Republican National
Committee suggesting that the meetings
of the national committee at which con-
tests are heard be public. was received at
the national committee headquarters at
Chicago. Upon the meeting of the com
mittee. later, action was taken in accord
with Mr.. Tafts wishes
Thirty Roosevelt contesting delegates
were thrown out by the practically unanl-
nous vote Of the Republican National
Committee on the opening day of the meet
ing. This number includes twelve at large
from Alabama, who had they been seated
would have expected TO receive only half a
vote each.
"a plan To meet at once the full force OF
Theodore Roosevelt's fight to control the
organization OF the Republican National
Convention 10y making permanent the tenn
porary organization. with Senator Root as
chairman, was practically agreed on by
Taft leaders In Chicago. This Is in accord
anco with the wishes of the President.
Minnesota Democrats IN convention At
Duluth voted 10 send a full delegation or
twenty-four 10 the Baltimore convention
with instructions to vote for Woodrow
Wilson.
Governor Judson Harmon Won his hght
In the ohio Democratic State convention
at Toledo for the application Of the unit
rule by q vote of 5e1 To 355. and viii have
the undivided support of tn" states forty
eight delegates In his candidacy for Pr'si-
don't AZ the Baltimore convention.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
FREDERICK o. BEACH INDICTED.

Frederick o. Beach of New York. was
indicted by the grand jury a. Aiken :. 60
ou charge of assault With attempt to XIII
his wife. Mrs Camilla Beach. The alleged
criuc vas committed on February - while
ih. Beaches were occupying their winter
home, at Aiken.
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

ricd on Wednesday morning to l.. stuart
Bavow. OF No. 50 Hudson street, "A well
known yachtsman, at st. Johns Methodist
church
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

Palace grounds as far as Little Ayd
Mosque. a distance of three-quarters OF a
mile"
ALL DELEGATES NOW CHOSEN.
Lets have a dose of politics now, sug-
gested Busy Man.
twenty-five delegates to the Repubicdh
National Convention have been elected IN
the course OF the week past All the deie-
gates have now been chosen or the tWeh-
tv.two delegates added to the convention ;
list since June = Taft got u and RooseNeit
10. OF the 1.O16 delegates elected TAFT mas
.5r9 Roosevelt 469iz La Toilette 80 ana
Cummirs 10 Ton are unassigned because
uncommltted and 96 arc unassigned be
cause contested.
"Ohio's Republican state convention ~
Columbus awarded to President Taft tn"
six deIegates-at-large TO the national con-
vention by vote of 29ois to 362le. Tn"
state ticket, including tho new Representa-
tive-at-I.argc, will be chosen at the adj
iourned session, which was called for
July >.
In the South Dakota primaries MI.
Roosevelt captured the ten delegates from
that state Governor Wilson Was Nctoil-
Gus on the Democratic ticket
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

Stcuoeraphcr--Hello. Name Are you SUI
With OLD RumSey. tn" broker" .
-StouoGrapher Very little. We A'
married now Nnu know. Puck
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
News Of the Past Week Here Recapuaed for the Busy Man
DEATH LIST OF THE WEEK.

by John 3. Dennis, of the banking nrm o,
blair &, co"
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
ON TRAIL OF COAL OPERATORS.

What news is there Of interest In a
business way inquired Busy Man.
In preparation for a thorough inquiry
into m" unprecedented high price OF coal
New-York tribune., 1912-06-09

Palace grounds as far as Little ASa
Mosque, distance of three-quarters OF
mile"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-22
Americans Safe.

Tho houses of the American colony
at Montcgo Bay were badly damaged,
but no casualties are reported. Tho
governor general of Jamaica, Sir Sgd
ney Oliver. reached Montego Bay TO.
day and found conditions so dircful
that he Immediately ordered the dis
patch Of several hundred additional
tents and large quantities Of food sup
plies from Kingston The railway lines
are now working within twenty miles
Of Montogo Bay, but the telegraph lines
arc disorgaplzed.
The tidal wave at Savanna La Mar
was the highest in century, Ono
coastiug vessel WAS washed half a milo
up the main street. Fully 90 per cent
Of the houses were blown down during
the hurricane. The principal houses
were uuroofcd. as were al the churches
and also the railway depot.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-22
List of Trustees.

Five Of the eight trustees arc tho heads
OF the five institutions which Mr. Car
negie has founded, the Carnegie cndow-
rnent for international peace. Elihu Root,
president; the Carnegie foundation for
the advancement OF teaching, Henry s.
Prltchett, president: the Carnegie insui-
tuition of Washington. Robert S. Wood
ward. president; Carnegie hero fund com
mission, Charles l.. Taylor. presid ent !:
Carnegie institute OF Pittsburg, William
M Prev. president. The SUCCESSORS OF
The i've men become ex officio trustees
Of the Carnegie corporation OF New York,
In addition there arc three life trus-
teea. The trustees authorized this state
ment OF the corporations aims:
IN total OF 1926, 900. 900 in securities
has thus far been transferred TO tho cor
poratlon. which will carry on the various
works In which Mr.. Carnegie has been
engaged and such others as ne may from
time 10 timo think 1t advisable 10 cs-
. .i.b I.l,.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-22
LEVY RETURNS,
GOES TO PRISON
Man Once Sentenced to Death in
Idaho for Murder Becomes
White SLAYER.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2l,-Georgc
Levy. who murdered man in Boise,
Ida, eleven years ago and escaped life
Imprisonment later on promise to
loave the United States and reform,
was convicted in the federal court
here today OF violation of the "whitc
slavo' act. Judge ilough sentenced
him to eight years in the federal pcni'
teutiary at Atlanta.
Levy. alias "Blomc the Tailor,
brought Young French woman, dcor-
rcttc MalIet, from Havrc. France,
TO Portland Or. He was brought here
for deportation. but federal officials
finally decided to prosecute him.
Upon conviction of the murder Of
David Levy in Boise eleven years ago,
BlomeD was sentenced TO death
This was commuted to lifc inprison'
ment. and he served ten years. HIS
nardon was revoked after his arrest in
the present case.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-22
BODIES
TAKEN FROM RUINS
Earthquake Destroys Town of
Acambay, Mexico; Most of
the Victims Women.

NEXICO CITY. Nov, 2l.-The town OF
Acanbay. in the northern. part OF ihc
state OF MeTIcu, Is practically III RUNS
ss "A result of the earthquake there
TUESDAY. Flfty-nIne bodies haro been
removed from thc ruins Of II church ana
otllcr buildings. Many more remain IN
the v.rcckagc The injured viii number
hundred.
Scarcely house or public building "
intact
This news reached IL Oro today
through travellers who report that Inc
roads have been made almost impossible
BY rock slides.
Most of the dead are women: who were
attending mass The tower walls ieil
and the priests pcrishcd with the con-
gresation.
Families arc living In tic fields IN rear
of Il repetition of the earthquake. Minor
disturbances have occurred from time TO
time without doing further moteriaI
damage. At various other places in the
came district the same reports tell OF
devastation and death.
Al TemaXcalcinGo nine persons were
killed aud twenty injured. AT AtIaco-
ntilco three persons were killed
There was only slight property dam
age at Cl orc and onIy one child was
killed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-22
Father Of Matricide Says She
Was Always ObSessed by
Fear Of Negroes.
Ey International News Service.

Ey International News Service.
~ HIBADELFJilA, Nov. 2L-Prcnatal
J fear. the subtle affIiction which
physicians cannot cure. was the
Il probable cause of the murder of her
own mother by Miss Gladys Myers
on Southern Pacific train last week.
Miss Myers and her mother were oc-
suddenly awoke and suys she imagined
her mothers face was that Of the ne
gro porter beside her. SO she fired twice
with her revolver no, realizing for some
moments atterward that she had shot her
own mother.
The girls father, a wealthy hotel
keeper OF GrcensbuIg. Pa. says that ever
since birth the beautiful girl had been ar-
nicted with racial antipathy and ter
riblo fear Of colored men.
The girls mother was afflicted the
same way and the father IL cerrain that
the tragic fear. transmitted to the daugl1-
ter at birth, was the cause of the trag-
edy. lie believes that tho matrlcidc was
doomed from birth to commit the awful
decd and denies tliat she has any moral
responsibility in the matter. As this
View Is supported by physicians. it is
likely that 1t VIII be adopted by tho au-
10 accuse the girl OF crime.
She Is Frustrated BY grief and fear is
entertained for her reason.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-22
Pension Announcement.

The trustees took under considera ton
a number OF matters directly in their
keeping and concerning tho details Of
which 10 announcement was made. but
the principal one TO be passed on was
the pension plan for eN-prcsdents of the
United States and their widows. The
official announcement covering the mat
tor follows:
provision has been made through this
corporation for pension for each future
president and his unmarried widow, OF
twenty-five thousand dollars (S25, 000) per
year S long as they remain unprovided
for by the nation, that they may be able
to spend tho latter part of their lives
devotinG their unique knowledge galneI
OF public afrairs to the public good. free
from pecuniary cares. These pensions
will be promptly offered 10 tho ex-presi-
dents or their widows. so that no appl-
cation will be required from them"