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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
M'COMBS FOR OTHERS FIRST
Settling Patronage Before De
Gliding About Paris Post.

From TO" lf.hun" ltlI'a"
Washington. March Is William p Mo
Combs chairman OF the Democratic va
ti5Es Committee. may become the Am
b4ssador 10 France. despite the statement
tlat he had declined the post Nj Ne
Combs who spent the create part o.
the dav mere comforting about patronage.
said this evening that De- was still con-
sdCring the Offer. and any statement that
he had finally made np his mind not 20
accept the President offer was untrue.
Among Nj McCombs's intmatcs Il e
generally believed that h" is going To be-
come Ambassador 20 France. II only FOR a
short time. He Will not make known his
reply To the Presidents offer az once IL
is said. because Of many things that re-
main 20 be done before he makes Il final
decision. The most important Of these j.
the placing before the President OF the
names Of mon he believes should be re
wardcd with good appointments for IN"
work done IN behalf Of the President.
Mr. McCombs having been the original
Wilson man. so far as putting up any
real money and doing active work is
concerned. naturally knows who should
receive recognition "hen IN" appoint
ments are being doled out. While his
friends say he never made promise he
is interested i'm seeing those men taken
care Of before he himself even considers
an appointment.
NJ. McCombs has had several hcart-to-
heart talks with the President since the
inauguration. with the result that Mr.
Wilson and the chairman OF the national
committee understand each other more
fully. and the threat Of a split has van
ished. In those talks Mr. McCombs pre-
scented several names for appointment TO
high Offices. and gave the President
much information regarding other good
friends
The national chairman had a long con-
ference with Postmaster General Burle-
son to-day, during which the appoint
ment OF postmasters in several important
cities was discussed Mr.. McCombs left
here at midnight TO 20 10 Albany for
the correspondents dinner tomorrow
night He will return on Wednesday for
another conference with the President
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
WOULD BAN CHILD LABOR
Association Asks Co. operation
of All Welfare Workers.

Jacksonville Fla. March ia rosoIu-
ton declaring that the employment Of
child labor has brought reproach on
American industry. although only "A
small percentage OF factories recruit their
working forces from juvenile ,oilors. was
adopted this afternoon at a mass meeting
neld under the auspices Of the National
child Labor Conference. I'm session here.
The resolution urgently requests the
National Manufacturers Association to
aid in the abolition OF child labor and
asks the cooperation OF every American
social service ana welfare work organza-
ton.
Frederick II. Hudson OF the Florida
Senate. presided a. the meeting. Dr. A. j.
Nc kelway, If Washington. u. c., South
crn secretary Of the National Child Labor
Association committee: Mrs Florence
Kelly, secretsry of the National Con-
sumers' League Of New York. and owen
II. Lovejoy, secretary of the National
child Labor committee, were speakers at
the meeting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
PARCEL POST GAIN IN
FEBRUARY 40 PER CENT
Fifty Million Packages Handled During the
Month and Postmasters See Further
Increase in the Spring.

lowing in order are New York. wi,.
10000: Boston. l.32G.22S Cleyelans
I. 226. OPS: ST Louis l,069.30j: Philsde
pha, l,O46,O45; Jersey City. sls1s
BROOKLYN. s16.fiO; Detroit. 1851. an,
Cincinnati 569.2S5.
Cleveland, which ranked sixth In m.
amount OF business done during Januarr
jumped ahead Of both ST Louis and Phil.
delphia in February. philadelphia droprea
TO sixth place. Jersey city. which ranke.
twelfth in January. is now only abog,
100. 600 behind Philadelphia.
In the reports to Postmaster General
Burleson postmasters state that the inter.
est taken i'm the new system is generaly
on the increase They indicated that thers
would be a general increase in the voum4
of this class Of mail with the approach o,
spring There Is no congestion at am
point. and the mails are moving with n.
usual dispatch.
Merchants generally seem TO he making
preparations 10 extend their business in,s
new fields AS they become familiar witt
the facilities afforded by parcel post. Tn.
business i'm farm products sent by parce
post although not extensive, is steadily
increasing. and with the opening Of sprine
IL is predicted that farmers will make
greater use Of the system.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17

Washington. March l6.-The popularity
Of the parcel post system is indicated by
a report of the Postmaster General,
which shows that approximately 50,ooo-
900 packages were handled throughout
the postal service during February. THIS
is 10000 600 in excess of the numDer
handled during the previous month.
Postmastet General Burleson bases MS
estimate on the amount Of business done
at the fifty leading postoiiices. whore one
half of the postal business Is handed
At these Offices 2i.397l59 packages were
handled during February. compared WIN
~. 800. 4i3 i'm January When il is consld-
cred that there were three more days III
January than In February. these hgufes
are all the more remarkable, ana sho"
q real gain Of almost 10 per cent
Actual figures for the calendar mohlh'
regardless Of the number Of DAYS, sho"
that the parcel post business al 'he
Gftv largest Offices increased 219s per
COM during FEBRUARY over the prev
month. Considering the fewer number
of DAYS I'm February than in January the
increase was approximately 81 per cent
As i'm January. Chicago exceeds an
other cities i'm the number Of parcels
handed. with total Of J,i6',5l" ana fo'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
.REOFIElD FOR TARIFF CUT
He Holds Reduction Must BE
Balanced and Moderate.

Mouiclair. y j. March g. William O..
Rcdncid Secretary 81 Commerce iu Pro-
ideut Wilson, Cabinet addressed rrg"
audience 100 Unity church tonight has
subioc, being TIL. Tard on It's Human
Side
Mr.. Redneld said that u DO" tarn Were
merely a question Of raising rct"nu" Tor
the maintenance Of the government DO
would be- only question of economics
and unworthy Of m" serious consideration
Of thinking men. n is deeper than that.
however. hc declared a. n touches ne
and human character
Mr. RcdGcld in the course OF his rc-
marks. reiterated his belief In the ncocs-
sity Of balanced and moderate reduction
Of the tariff
The result Of the nigh tarin MAS been
most serious on its moral side declared
Mr.. Redhcld. because II has led 10 TN"
belief that business success is the end Of
human endeavor and because II has built
mp a commercial aristpcracy The fact
that q certain portion Of ouc mauuiactur-
ers receive favors through the workings
Of the tariff creates class distinction. and
those who thus benefit by the tariff con
tinue in the belief. consciously or uncon-
sciously. that the government should ar
ford them this privilege.
THE manufacturers who have thus had
the mantle Of protection thrown over
them would he other than human II their
moral nature did not suffer from this
guardianship For the one manufacturer
who is eager TO make a night for com
mercial existence in the open there are
ten who seek the favors afforded by the
tariff.
They only desire to 20 OF in the old
way. However. when the pressure has
been put upon these men, they have met
the new conditions with inventions and
increased efficiency. The tariff has
tended to destroy our confidence in our
own powers. The superficial instead Of
the essential controls our commercial con
duct When The necessary adjustments
are over ! look to the blood Of new
life TO be poured into our Industrial body.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
JUNGLE JOE GOES HOME;
ENDS PUBLIC CAREER
"Not Tired, and Will Maintain Interest in
Politics as Long as Live, Says
the Ex-Speaker.

We'll, my business is in pretty good
shape. I've got little bank stock, and
that is pretty well organized. My farm
land is well handled. | guess I'll Just
look around a little bit When was
young | wanted 10 travel. but | was too
busy earning living Now ! don't care
much about il. The folks are planning a
grand trip around the wo 'ld-chna, In
dia. Japan. the Philippines. and all the
rest OF il"
Uncle Joe stroked his beard mo-
mcnt and then. leaning forward. CONN
dentially remarked
But I'm not going may take little
ran through Mississippi and Arkansas.
where I want To look over some land FOR
investment in the Yazoo and 81 Francis
country hat that Will be ABOUT all of the
travelling IN do.
I'm not tired. feel Just as VOL as !
ever did. but suppose that l. because
m the old devil they say am
VIII YOU continue ia politics
The x-Spcaker pondcrcd minute. then
rcplied: When I lose interest H. polite
YOU can net IN be dead. will still be- ~
politics. as private citizen then as an
afterthoueh, without personal ann
,ious"
The eN-Spcakcr though, he might stop
OH on his way home to visit Representa-
tive Marlin Olmstcad. one OF his old adj
hcrcuts in the House. at iiarisnniS'
Penn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
MINERS PLAN BIG STRIKE
Organizers at Work in West
Virginia Coal District.

Charleston. ". Va, March lS.-Scvcral
developments occurred to-day in connec-
ton with the coal strike situation in
Kanawha County, now under martial law
Fire to-day destroyed building Of the
Southwestern Fuel Company AT Crown
Hill, within the military zone. 1t was
one Of the few coal operations in the
strike district employing union labor.
While soldier cleaned his rife seated
in building the second floor of which
IS being Hseu 10 detan violators of the
martial law proclamation. the gun was
discharged. The bullet ploughed through
the ceiling. cutting OF three fingers II
one Of the prisoners
The military was busy to-day rounding
up witnesses for both the miners and
state in the case OF Felix Terry and
George Amos, charged with importing
weapons into the trouble zone This case
VIII be taken up early tomorrow.
The miners are making an effort to or
ganize the coal fields OF West Virginia
for general strike April |. About a
dozen organizers reached Charleston to-
night, and President White. OF the United
Mine Workers OF America is expected
here by Wednesday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
SHOT DOWN IN STREET
Driver Badly Wounded by Two
Men. Who Escape.

Daniel Cahill. driver. of No. 2ii2 Nr-
thur avenue The Bronx, was shot by TWO
men i'm front OF 80 1928 Thud avenue
The Bronx. last night and was taken to
Fordham Hospital i'm a dangerous condi-
ton. The driver told ,orouer Healy lie
knew his assailants and that the sh Dot
ing was the result of an argument re
had over a girl with one OF them last
SATURDAY night. but he refused 20 di-
vulge the names Of the two men and
lapsed into Inconsistencies.
fn hi, statement Cahll said he vas
dancing in hall at Third and Wend p"rr
avenues last night when he received
word that two men wanted 30 see MIN
outside lie went out and found the men
and wa walking up Third avenu" win
them he said. when one Of them sud
denly drew revolver and fired Al hin
twice The second outlet Nent Wild. out
the first entered the back OF Can'il $
head.
The two men dashed up the avenue at
ter the shooting. and a. crowd began
to Gather from al directions. they disap-
pcared IN Crotona Park. Although sew
,ral persons ran after them. they eiuded
their pulsuers.
Patroman Lennerd. OF the fremont
station. found Cahil lying bleeding ON
the Sidewalk and summoned an ambu-
lance from Fordham Hospital. n which
came Or Wark. For some time after De
ing removed 20 the hospital cahii vas
conscious and. a. his condition was re-
earded as serious Coroner Iealy was
summoned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
WILSON CHANGES CHURCH
President Not to Allow Himself
To Be Used as Attraction.

,,..,...,.. m ~ President ,yr-
son again i""''" 'i""" W
seekers to-day by picking oJt ,omrara-
tiv,l, obscur. church IN which 10 Wor-
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again -" 10 '"' '"''"'
Church d crowd gathered there and over
en,.5 to the street Instead the Pre-i-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
CROWDS SEE EARLY RAIDS
Watch Police Descend on Three
Resorts on East Side.

Inspector Thomas Myers. of the list Ir.
sDeciior District ana eight detectives
raided three houses on the East Side early
yesterday morning on warrants issue
by Magistrate Barlow, IN the women,
night court
I'm an alleged gambling resort ln Ayenus
&. between POI and 81 streets four M,
were arrested as common gamblers. T.
gain estrance the detectives broke h.
glass panels OF the front doors unlockei
;hrm from the inside and demolished
three "icebox doors Forty men wers
around stusS tables on the top floor
Several OF the men ran 10 It ire ESCAPE
in the rear and Descended 20 ihe second
floor. before they We're aware that 10.
tectiyes were stationed iu the back court.
yard with drawn revoiv'rs They returned
20 thu top floor rooms
The detectives had no difficulty .n gain.
ing entrance To- an alleged disorder.g
house in Stuyvesant street. 0etweel
Second and Third avenues -Four Nomsl
were permitted to 20. after their name.
and addresse- lad been taken 3 pocs.
man with tne warrant issued ior the pro
prietor OF the place WAS stationed inside
several hundred persons attracted b.
The patrol wagon ia front o. 90, s,wy~
SAINT street adde's. followed t.c deiec
lives 20 house DOB East i5iu street t.
tween Second and Third avenue, TIL
door was opeLcl by the a.ie-,d prop.ieto
of jhe place. Joseph Andrc'. Of No. q
East 18th street. Who Wa. arrested. Two
women We're found h.d..e Pa a clothe
closet Oh the tuird floor OF the house
After their names and addresses had bco
obtained they We're permitted 20 a..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
PASTORS HONOR LIVINGSTONE
Centenary Of Explorer Birth Subject
Of Sermons in Fifty Churches.

In half hundred New. York churches
yesterday. chiefly at the night services.
sermons were preached on David Living
stone. the African explorer and mission
arN the centenary of whose birth IN
1913 at Blantyre. Scotland is being OBJ
served by foreign missionary societies
OF Scotland. England. the United States,
Canada and Australia
Calvary and Central Baptist churches
we're decorated with flags. and sermons
were preached both on the life of the ex-
porer and on foreign missions
Livingstone as a boy was taught to
spin. being the son of a weaver Later
he was received in audience by Queen
Victoria. was discovered by Henry NJ.
Stanley. an American who afterward BE-
came a British subject, and is now
buried in Westminster Abbey. in the
lower nave. near the end OF the choir.
The Rev. DR.. Goodchild of Central
Church, brought out the fact that the
explorers son, Robert. fought at Gettys-
burg in the American civil War and lies
buried in Pennsylvania soil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
PAINT STEEL MILL WHITE
U. S. Corporations Plan to Re
duce Number of Accidents.

Chicago. March l6.-On the theory that
cleanliness promotes caution and cau-
ton tends TO reduce accidents officials OF
the United States Steel Corporation have
ordered that the entire steel plant at
South Chicago be painted lily white. in
side and out.
The work will require an outlay Of more
than 100000. and will keep fifty men busy
n year Work has been begun in the
plate mills and the men will push steadily
on until the entire plant is reprinted.
Orders also have been issued by the
men in charge of the South Chicago plant
that dirt and cinders be removed as fast
as they accumulate. and that the smok.
be reduced TO a minimum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
Legislative ForeCasters Unable
to Predict What Laws May Be
Enacted at Coming Session.
PARTY LINES OBLITERATEO
Democrats Not United on
Tariff, May Desert Majority
and Turn 1t Into a
Minority.

Washington. March l6.-Although the
Democrats have large majority in the
House Of Representatives. and at the
present time a majority Of four in the
Senate. neither President Wilson nor his
legislative forecasters are able to predict
with certainty what laws may be passed
and what may not be passed during the
forthcoming Congress.
In all calculations the Senate figures
as an uncertain quantity. With two va
cances in Illinois. there are fifty Demo
Gratis. forty-three Republicans and one
Progressive. But the problem cannot he
solved by the application Of the simple
rules of arithmetic. as such classified
ton would indicate. The old lines Of
political cleavage can no LONGER oe FOL
lowed. While all Senators attach them
selves to the one or other main political
-roup. this classification. according 10
the present standards OF political j1dS-
meut. is more of tradition than any
thing else and less distinctive than the
differences suggested by the terms pro-
..rcssivc and rcactionary radical and con-
Scrvative. independent and regular.
According to their political tempera-
mont there are certain groups Of Demo
cats and certain groups of Republicans
who are more nearly in accord with each
other than they are with the other MEM
hers OF their own parties In each panty
shore are graduations from the extremely
conservative or reactionarY type, Nuch a"
81, represented by Senators Bacon and
Thornton on the Democratic side and
senators GallInscr and PcnroSe on the Re
publican side to the extremely radical or
progressive type. represented on the Re
publican side by senator La Toilette
Clapp and BriStow and on the Democratic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
TOLL REPEAL IS URGED
Great Peace Opportunity, Say
Carnegie Trustees.
Honor NOT INVOLVED"
United States Should Be an Elk
ample to Other Nations, They
Assert in Appeal to Public.

Washington March lG DECLARING the
United states ought To be the most scrG-
pulous Of all nations an the keeping Of its
treaty obligations. even TO its own hurt. 90
the trustees of the carnegie Endowment
for international Peace to-niSlt issued an
appeal to tie American peopl, To- bring
about a. an act of national honor the re-
pea of the act OF Congress which eAcmpts
American coastWise vessels from payment
of Panama canal tolls
The appeal Vas issued over tnr sigma
lures OF the socicty's president. senator
tlihd Root. Joseph H. Choafe. exam
hassador To- England: / ul.e H. Wright
eN Secroiar, Of War. Ctarlcmagne Tower.
,N-Ambassador 10 .iernany Nicholas
Murray Eutl,r. proslden- of Columbia Uni
vet~ity and other mcml'rs OF th' Board
of Trustees
Thu issuance OF this statement j. TN"
latest work of tn. 50 -iety. which was
founded iu $40 by Andrew Carnegie win
AN endowment of slo"0.@". The state
ment SAYS.
Tie British arguments are calm ana
free from "Nagecru'ion. and prove that
tu. action OF Congress boz cXemptins
Au,ri..tn ,oastwisc ,osscls nom the pay
meut OF canal tolls involves constuc-
tipr Of the -PIurceiote treats VhlDh
b, fairly open 90 question a din"rencs
has arisen couceruins th" Interpretation
81 treaty
.Tne question whether American coast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
Think He Should AID Fielder.

ON the other hand the rrcsidcn, IS
confronted with the candidacy ~ NJ
Fioldor. announced a week ago senator
Ficlder's friends do not sec why the
President should supper, any other man
As his successor. Has he not publicly
commended Nj Fielder as the type OF
man who should hold public Office? they
ask In this they are right for no resi-
dent Of Sew Jersey ever had q more
glowing tibutc paid to him by the Pres
idcut than that accorded 10 Mr.. Fielder
in the last message Mr. Wilson sent TO
the New Jersey LEGISLATURE
And later stlll. on the day that Nj.
Wilson resigned as Governor. he publicly
praised senator Fielder and said he was
going to leave New Jersey in perfectly
safe hands Since Mr.. Wilson left New
Jersey Acting Governor Fielder has sue
ccssfuly forced the passage Of the jury
reform bill. in which the President was
deeply Interested For these reasons the
Fielder men are now asking how the
President can oppose his nomination In
September and why he cannot come out
openly IN Mr.. Ficldcr's support
As things now stand at the White
House. the President is taking no sides.
and does not know when he viii II any
Of the candidates do any flirting with
Jim Smith they IAN prepare them
selves for "A wallop for the President in
tends To take an active part in the com
ing primaries. even 10 the extent Of max
ing speeches
nor Wittpcnn afiiliatcs i'm any way with
the Smith machine IS problem which
the President will have 10 handle. How
ne will do IL no one will venture a guess.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
Canal a Noble Work.

The further promotion. in a method
" uncertain value, of the interests of
American coastwisc shipping interests al
ready protected 10y the possession of "A
complete monopoly as against all other
nations is doubtful matter OF CONNER
cial Improvement The whole country
considered. the pecuniary advantage
would not be large. and might easily be
completely Offset by accompanying dis
advantage. but whatever advantage
might come to this well protected indus
Try, II would be as nothing compared
with the interests of the whole United
states in carrying out the noble work of
building a canal between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans for tho common advantage
Of all nations.
The greatest interest of the United
States as free nation Is To represent
worthily before the world the principles
of civil and religious liberty and the pup-
lie efficiency and well being which those
principles develop, and thereby 10 pro-
mote the adoption Of these principles the
world over This is "A great material as
well az a great moral interest In com
parison with this largest interest, the in
tercst OF the United States in its coast
wise vessels sinks into insignihcance. BY
securing the repeal of that part OF the
act Of Congress on the Panama Canal
which provided for the exemption of
American coastwisc vessels from the pay
ment OF tolls. the American people would
embrace precious opportunity to prove
that they understand their highest In
terest. and recognize their duty to pro-
mote II for the boneht of mankind
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17

ALTMAN. 49,. & CO.. 9Th ave. 3tth 20 3'th
Announce "A display ~ spring ana
summer fashions Among the sales to-
dav will be misses and small women's
suits misses coats. childrcn's coats ana
dresses. hosiery and marabou boaS.
COWARD JAMES -. No. 26i2It Green
wich st--rhe coward arch support shoc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
Conservatives Shorn Of Power.

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