New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-03
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY-Stocks relapsed after strong
opening. The labor situation was
accumulated by demands Of the hremen
for more pay on the railroads or the
East which are already treating with
their engineers on the same score ana
bv the rejection by the anthracite NINE
operators organization al the tentative
agreement reached by the sub-commlt-
tee - Jerome challenged the courts
right to empanel jury in the IhaN
case. and Justice KeOgh reserved opih-
ION. adiourning the habeas corpus pro"
ceedings until June 8. - Chairman
Barnes again denied reports that he was
secretly seeking a compromise Cahul,
date for the Republican presidential
nomination. - Senator smith salu
M. had uScertained that news OF the
sinking OF the Titanic reached the White
Star offices here about 230 a. m. Mon
day. and was kept back until o'clock
,p the afternoon. j. Bruce lsmay
sailed for England on the Adriatic. -
Theodore Roosevelt started for Mary
land. asserting that there would be no
compromise" from now on. - j. u.
Allen. an Irish ma gistrate, was arrested
on Il fraud suit brought by mining
company, involving about $2,0OO,O0O.
g. The decision of the Appellate d.
vision Of the Supreme Court denying the
writ Of prohibition I'm the Hyde case was
claimed as q victory by both sides to
that case. - Mayor Gaynor, Con-
troller Prendergast and Bird 5. Coler
euIogized the late Edgar J. Levey at g
crowded meeting in honor of his memory
IL the city Hall. - The French dele
CATION bearing the Rodin bronze La
France for the Champlatn celebration
was entertained at luncheon by the
Chamber Of Commerce.
DOMESTIC.-The House Of Represen-
tatlves passed the postottice appropria-
tions bill carrying s260,000O00 and pro-
viding for the establishment Of an eX-
detrimental parcels post service. -
'rhe Senate Committee on Commerce
agreed to report the House river and
harbor appropriation bill with increased
items making the total appropriations
more than $32000.000 with $500 600 for
work in Jamaica Bay. - Conferrees
of Senate and House agreed on general
pension bin adding $25.791,57S a year to
the present pension budget. - SEN
ators Hoke Smith and Reed undertook
filibuster I'm the Senate to block the pas
sage Of the employers liability and
Workmen'S compensation bill. - The
House Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries unanimously reported the
Alexander bill requiring all ships 10 be
equipped with sufficient life saving APP
uaratus to protect the lives of all those
Charles = Mellen had a tilt at the hear
ing before the Public Service Commits
sion at Albany on the application or the
New York New Haven 6c Hartford Rail
lOad for permission to take over the Rut-
land Railroad. - Mrs. William h.
Taft addressed the tenth biennial COun-
Gil Of the National Society Of the Colonial
Danes Of America at Washington. -
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church are expected 70 recommend to
the General Conference In Minneapolis
restoration Of the time limit for the
denominations 10000 ministers; they
reported gain Of only $4,000 in mem
bership In the last year
FOREIGN-The first session Of the
Board Of Trades inquiry into the loss
of the Titanic was held in London under
the presidency OF Lord Mersey. -
The Italian battleship Re Umberto went
on the rocks off Tripoli and sank. =
In collision between German sailing
chip and the British battleship Empress
of India. at Spithead gaping hole was
made in tho latters side above the main
deck - y Turkish tugboat fouled "a
mine in the Dardaneles and was blown
1O'pieCes. all on board were killed. -
TX Premier Balfour and Sir Edward
Grey. Foreign Secretary, spoke against
and for the Home Rule bill - Ann
bassador BryCe's support of last years
Canadian reciprocity proposals was stig-
matted by Trionists in the House Of
Commons as Z tTeasonohle act. - a
hitch occurred in the Chinese loan nego-
nations. due il was said TO Premier
Tang demanding practically unlimited
funds with only nominal supervision.
- Gordian Hoesli was killed in
ninetv-foot fall I'M his monoplane near
Berlin.
THE WEATHER.-mdicati for to-
DAY. Fair and cooler. The temperature
YESTERDAY. Highest, Is degrees; low
est, 70.