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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11

uish,a Temperature Yesterday. -; lowest. .
fat $50 a. ny; average. 49, average for CORE
spending date last year. IA; average Tor CORE
,rondug date last tnirty- three years. 3D.
Local forecast: Rain OF snow to-day and
probably sunday: warmer to-day, moderate
south and southwest WINDS
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TUESDAY. JANUARY
TRANSPAciFlC MAILS.

Destination and steansr. in M. an
Hawaii. Japan. core,. Chlnh
pi Hln via 20" ia.-'. jan 70, $50
Japan. Corea, China va TacoihW q. ,,o
canada Msru ..,....,.,..,.... 'JHh' ." wv
1aPan; I nfn1 cnin4 wa 'ea''.o Jan. ~ sc
Hawaii. FIJI Islands. Samoan Isl
ands New Ienisnd. AUSTRALIA 80 %
Ciu Wet ).ia)-Nsrana ,Jan lie "''v
'ap1a' vera GorS II. $50
Hawaii. japan. Sores. CHINA
M rs,,Pp,nss wa %" ~ Jan II, 30
Hawaii. Guam Philippines via =, ,,o
san FrancisCol-C usnsport. Jan o. o'0'
Tahiti. Marquesas, COOK lsanis,
New Zealand, Australia Nie sac . .,o
NJ Francisco --Aorangi ........,...Jah Oh o'''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11

Local Officisl Record.-The following orcial
record from the WEATHER Bureau shows the
changes In the temperature for the last twenty
,our bours in eomparison with the correspond
ing dato of last year:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
With Concentrated HOME Circulation That Is unequaieo
1t Is the Recognized FAMILY Newspaper
of Greater New York
Special Features in To=morrow's Issue
Restoring the Classic Charm
of the Old City Hall

The by Mrs Russell Sage and with whicn
many we'll known identified has already brought out
attractive details very of which had been forgotten
generation Removal the stored and venrabc
OF the decorative and renoyaive bo appid III the
last six decades revealing beauty OF this architectural
the genius of John McComb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
HIGH WATER.
MINIATIEE AL.MANAC.

Sunrise. 7:23: sunset, i:j3: moon sets. 800
moons age, I.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
THE WEATHER REPORT.
OniciaI Record ard Forecasi.-Washinst

OficiaI Record ard Forecast" ashihsto"'
Ian. I0.--The Ohio River CONTINUES 10 'Nc
,rom parkcrsbure sou;hwsrd and "as 'oopt
., fond stage At Cincinnati Fridsy nis'''
,,hi,o q, parkersburs the stage was i?'' 'ee''
G.3 feet above nood stage
The Middle West depression VIII move e'''
attended by general rains SATURDAY cas' Of
-. ,,,.sis,noi River, and In the western buif
s,a,,s and by SHOWS in the upper mississippi
valley and the lower Missouri NslleS. mc
Initial Rock Mountain region ana w. 'ou'n
-, I'm SUNDAY the veal WIZ " 80
sraIiv fair west OF the Mlssts''p, o,s .n.,
IN ,o the eastward there VIII ne sho"s spu
w. ovcr The Northern ana rains o'e' III"
son'',.,mm no warmer SATURDAY FROM INC ONO
vnn, and lower lake region eas,"aIu s"a "
',,b,,ard followed by falling ts"pe,,%"'
S'nnov over interior districts w n-
1r''-' s,ndav between the hississipp' hNr'
coIIet Hu D"cuv Mountsins aud colder suilds
~ ,ba MINER lake region and the western
9,ss,ners dsparting saturds, ioI y"
80 LII have moderate south ann sou,nN
,.inds u nh unset tiled weather. l" "'e "''""
Banks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11

am New YORK.. rain or snow 'o-"",' ""''
probably SUNDAY: warmer 'o ,,.S,,css w,"ds
"p %n, the DIsiric, ~ columbia Mary,sn", E d,y
.,nia Dcav are and New Jerr', tsim ,n,u, :
and probably sunday warmer '''"'s
For Fas,crn PennsyIvsnia rain W sou,oi LII
~ SNOW IN. mortn portion 10 ds. ana propspiy
sunuat So,,hern Nav England. rain OF snow TO-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
Banker Guided Whitridge.

Tho Attorney General then said to
AIR, WhitrTdge:
The people Of the City OF Yonkers. rep
resented By the Mayor IN this proceeding.
are asking that legal proceedings be
brought 70 compel YOU 10 observe the con-
ditions Of your charter. Your answer Is
mat you appointed motofnan on the
request of your banker, who furnishes
you your money, which motOrman was
Mot resident Of the CITY OF 1onkers
MS appointment is in violation appaf-
tnuy OF an agreement made by AIT
sutherland. receiver of the road. You
question the binding force OF this agree
hent Whether il be binding or not, YOU
ADMIT that it is good in substance, that
Es provisions are proper ana should nc
observed, and YOU concedc that YOU nave
violated Il al the instance OF this banker
This is the situation as YOU present II
on this hearing. The question We are try
ing TO determine here is whether am
leesi excuse exists for not operating your
eaTs. This is your answer.
While admitting the facts as stated by
Mr.. carmody. Mr.. Whtridee insisted that
That was not his answer, saying that me
cars were not running because Of strike
he did not give the name OF the banker
who could induce him to engage motor
pan in violation of an agreement win
MS men. This action. Mr. tarmOd|
lhought, caused the strike. but Mr.. Nhll-
rage insisted that he had the right 70
employ whom nc desired. and that the
sirlko was due TO the enforcement OF
rules prohibiting the men from entering
saloons IN uniform. requiring the CON
0uciors 10 remain on the rear platforms
and compelling employees reported Ill 20
produce a doctors certificate.
Municipal ownership Of the street raii-
way system : ardcrtly advocated by
fonkers citizens. Mayor Lennon sald
Yesterday that he had consulted counsel
ana had directed the preparation OF
statute authorizing the city 10 take over
'he road. He would introduce measure
70 that effect AT Monday nights meeting
Vi the Common Council. The Socialists
WI hold meeting i'm support OF munich
"a ownership this afternoon in Ranfords
'tall. In Getty Square.
mere have been three trolley strikes
w lonkers within five years and the
cluzens are tired Of the inconvenience
hat attend these outbreaks. The hearing
~ the Board # Mediation will begin to-
nay. President Whilr.dge has been sub
penacd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11

Official observations taken at United states
weather bureaus at y. m. YESTERDAY follow
remperaturs. Weather.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
whitridge Opposes Motion to
Annul Company's Franchise
and Is Criticised by At
torney General.
lnr relesr.ph TO The TrIoune. ]

tho rails NOUlu luSl away uCiplt the
action he was asked 10 start could he
H.posed Of by the courts. He said that
The Public Service Commission had the
mower to issue an order compelling the
road to operate at once.
Mr.. Curran then appealed 20 the COM
mission. but was told by Chairman Ste
vens according 10 an Official Bulletin.
that even though the commission did
issue the required order the matter would
he carried into the courts 10y the company
on an appeal, and there would he months
Of delay.
City Ordinance an Obstacle.
The principal obstacle 10 settling the
difficulty seems 10 be a Nonkers city ord
nance forbiddns men to operate cars In
the city until after they have had fifteen
dsys' experience on the road. Chairman
Stevens said that the commission would
have 10 admit that IL the ordinance were
valid the company could not comply with
the commissions order. and therefore the
msndamus required TO compel the com
pany 10 obey the order would not Issue.
II the ordinance was declared void and
the mandamus secured. he said. the com
pany would put force of strike breakers
at work. with a possibility Of violence, IL
not boodshed. ana that therefore II
would be a question of good judgment
whether or not this condition should be
brought about by action Of the commits
sion
Chairman Stel ems advised Mr.. Curran
sfth IF
and men Of good Judgment as TO wheth-
er or not they thought il would he ad-
visa BILE for the commission to take this
course and bring about the situation in
dicated.'
IF the authorities" he said, then de-
sired 10 have the commission take this
course the commission would take the
matter under consideration and deter
mine promptly how il would act
He added that the commission had
been assured by Mr.. Whitridge that he
would expedite i'm every way possible an
early decision OF the question as TO
whether tho ffteen-day ordinance was
valid. end that if ii was not valid he
would put 10 work a force of mon other
than strikers 20 operate the cars. This
assurance IS somewhat I'm contrast 10
his attitude before the Attorney Gen
ersl. TO whom he declared that it was
hot his business 10 test the ordinance
ard that he did not propose 10 allow any
one TO be arrested because lot Of pco-
pic wanted some one else TO do some
thing first
Mr.. Curran told Mr.. Carmody that be-
cause thousands of residents are now
forced To walk two miles to their work
il Was imperative that the company's
franchise be revoked.
That's all twaddle, twaddle." angrily
shouted MIR. Nhitridge, swinging around
In his chair
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
May Wrest Americ n Wa ship from
Century-Old Tripolitan Grave

tay would help raise hulk OF American vessel burn
after capture by pirates Charred ribs seen from II
revealed location OF wreck OF the Philadelphia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
Kate Carew Finds Dickens Thrill
in London Law Courts

She breahcs atmosphere OF Pkwck ct al in stately bull
The OF legal rites cNplain
and glimpse is mad OF the Lord Chief Justice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
ROYAL Auction Clinics By GEORGE Killing

an player OF proven superiority George King
royal auction bridge players having few equals
His articles appearing Sunday The Tribune based
theory proved be sound by his achievements as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
Jan. The Paul Jones. from Mare Island
Sausattfo

Ian. a-Tho Preble. from Mare Island tor
Sausalito: the Justin. from Mare Island Tor
riburon: the Panther. from entrance 10
cuaut,nano Hay for Guacsnaysbc Bay,
cuba. IN. FLORIDA and the North Dakota
from New York for Guantanamo; the iianni-
nat from Guantanamo TO- swan isianH, we
Neptune. from Hampton Roads for Norfolk;
the Vesuy!u,. from Newport for navy yard
New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
Working the Rich Sperm Oil Mine
Off the Shores of Cape Hatteras

Thrifty Portuguese and Yankee Shippers cleaning
lorg neglected whaling grounds Small schooners are
and plum pudding voyages lasting only three or 10
are now the rule
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11

American Bar Association will press legislation
do away with that dread heritage from the legal
Middle Ages which makes it possible to postpone
mass OF technicalities the arrival at verdict.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-12
English Birth Rate Decreases


London, Dec. 12.-Startling facts
and deductions concerning England's
steadily decreasing birth rate are con-
tanned in the annual report of the
registrar general, published today.
The rate has been gradually declining
since 1876, when it was 1868 per 1000.
1t is now only 1913 per 1000. The
growing reluctance of the men and
women of England to assume parental
responsibility is shown by the figures
of average age at marriage in the past
year-29 years for husbands and 27
years for wives. Further, it is dis
closed that the ratio of births to the
number of married women of potential
age has decreased "a per cent in the
past three decades. In other words,
if there had been no change in the
ratio births in the past year would
have numbered 1,273,698 instead of
843,5O5.
The birth rate is higher in Wales;
next comes the north of England, with
the south having the lowest rate,
which would be still lower but for Lon
don. The mining counties are the
most productive of children, while the
agricultural counties are the least.
Illegitimate children are most fire.
quent in rural communities and least
so in London. Deliberate restriction
in child bearing" is ascribed by the
report as the chief reason for the
present low rate.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-12
BABY DOLLS
IN SEPTEMBER MORN

The Armstrong Follies Company
presenting September Morn" are
booked at the Opera House for two
nights. Everybody knows the Arm
strong Baby Dolls Company and they
are presenting one of the pleasing
musical successes, September Morn,"
the Partisan sensation written around
the famous painting by Paul Chabas.
The company played five weeks in
San Francisco and three weeks in
Los Angeles to good business.
September Morn" is high class
musical show and ranks with the best
of Broadway productions. The Arm
strong Baby Dolls are known in every
large city on the Pacific coast as the
cleverest chorus that ever danced be-
hind the footlights. The principal
comedy roles are handled by Chas.
Byrnes, Ed Armstrong and Lou Dam
is, while the leading female roles are
well taken care of by Ethel Danis,
prima donna, Bessie Hill, subrette, and
Alma Davis. The company comprises
twenty-five people and popular prices
prevail. December 10 and IT, Re-
served seats at Dunaway's.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-12
Auto Electric Department

The Stanley-DeBlois Company has
made arrangements to equip its ga
rage at Sixth and State streets, Ell
Centro, with a complete plant for
charging batteries, and will place in
charge first class electrical man,
who will be able to clean, rebuild and
charge storage batteries of all kinds,
as we'll as it can be done in the
larger towns on the coast.
Supplies and machinery will be in
stalled to take care of the electrical
equipment on all automobiles. This
electrical man will be able to make
any kind of repair on self starters or
generators, coils and magnetos. He
can even go so far as to build them
to suit any requirement for which
electricity is capable of being used.
The machinery and supplies have
been ordered and will be installed in
about two weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-12
National Service
RefOrners Meet
(By United Press Associations

Boston, Dec. 12.-Election of off,
GERS for the ensuing year and reports
of the treasurer, the committee on re-
movals and the committee on resolu-
tions was the first and chief business
taken up when the closing sessions of
the thirty third annual meeting of the
National Civil Service Reform League
opened today at Hotel Vendome, on
Commonwealth avenue and Dartmouth
street. This regular business consumed
all of the morning session and a por-
tion of the afternoon, after which a
public meeting was held. A sympo-
SUM on the selection Of higher mu-
nicipal officers followed an address by
Logan w. Page, director of the bureau
of public roads of the United States
department of agriculture on "The
Merit System and the Good Roads
Movement"
Under the subject, "The City Man
ager Plan," H. S. Gilbertson, execu
tive secretary of the national short
ballot organization, explained in de-
tail its contribution to the growth of
nonpolitical and efficient personnel in
municipal administrations. He called
attention to the city manager plan as
adopted and proven successful at
Stanton, Va, one of the first cities
in the world to go over to this plan
of municipal government, and at Day
ton, Ohio, where the public demon
strated its belief in the system by
approving the offer of $4,000 a year
to Colonel Goethals, builder of tho
Panama canal, if he would accept the
position of manager of Dayton.
"The Choice of Municipal Experts
Through Competitive Examin tions in
Philadelphia" was the subject taken
bv Lewis VanDusen of the Philadel-
phia civil service commission. The
subject was led by Clinton Rogers
Woodruff, secretary of the National
Municipal League. 1t was expected
that some of the speakers would men
tion the European system Of hiring"
mayors of cities instead of electing
them, according to the regulations the
"professional" mayors had made in
other cities. The annual banquet is
to be held tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-12
FAVORS 100000 ACRE
IRRIGATION DICTRICT

Sacramento, Dec. 1.-THE forma-
tion of the great central valley of Cali
fornia, comprising nine million acres,
into single irrigation district with
the source of water centering at Iron
canyon, in Teharna county, and dis
tributed by canals running along the
foothills from Red Bluff to Bakers
field, is advocated by R. G. Marshall,
chief geographer of the United States
geographical survey. The project
would cost, roughly $45O,OOO,OOO.
Marshall is in Sacramento for a
few days from Washington, d. c., on
an inspection trip.
Marshall had made study of the
situation from a scientific standpoint
in his position as chief geographer,
and says sufficient water is carried
each year by streams originating in
Northern California to provide for
the irrigation needs of both the Sac
and San Joaquin valleys. On
the other hand, the San Joaquin val
ley is suffering for water for irriga-
tion purposes. In addition to supply
ing the irrigation needs of the two
valleys he says that the water in
streams entering the Sacramento
valley would be ample for navigation
purposes with plenty left over.
MarshalPs idea is to store all the
surplus water that falls in the win
ter in the great national reservoirs of
the Sacramento valley and the noun
tains of Northern California for the
summer needs. Then he proposes that
a gigantic irrigation ditch at an ele-
vation of about 200 feet above sea
level be run along the foothills on
both sides of the two valleys. One
ditch would run along the east side
of the valley from Red Bluff to Ba-
kersfield and then turn up on west
side to the San Francisco bay. The
other would run down the west side
of the valley to San Francisco bay.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-12
Laws Fortify the
Irrigation Bonds

p A. l.. Cowell, former executive sec
retary of the Irrigation Districts AS
sociation, at the recent meeting of
the association at Oakdale gave an
address on Irrigation District Legis-
lation for 1916" laying special en-
phasis upon the necessity of providing
cheap money for the development of
the irrigation projects and drawing
attention to the fact that many do not
realize the Importance Of putting ir-
rigation bonds on high plane where
they will sell readily at low rate
of interest. He said in part:
"Reduce the taxes that must be
paid to make irrigation and reclama-
tion districts highly productive" he
declared, "and the enterprising CAL
ifornia farmers in these districts will
soon pay off the mortgages. / do
not underrate the practical value of
some plan whereby the farmer can
get cheap money to improve his land,
buy good stock and machinery and
help educate his children, but / insist
that the states first interest in rural
credit should be to see that those who
join ii lay the foundation for practi-
cally all successful intensive farming
in California, by providing a water
supply for arid land and keeping the
water off land subject to overflow,
shall not be compelled to pay tribute
to spectators in the bonds that must
be issued to pay for such work"
The speaker referred to the PROPOSE
tion that was before the last legisla-
ture to have the state issue bonds in
the sum of $50,000,00O, to create a
fund for the purchase of the bonds of
irrigation and reclamation districts,
and said that there had not been time
to secure for it proper consideration.
He urged that while various "rural
credit plans were occupying so large
a share of public attention the prob
lem of providing cheap money for the
reclamation of arid and overflowed
land should not be overlooked. He
suggested that the matter was of suf :.
ficient importance to justify an ap-
peal to the people by means of the in
itiative at the next election, if meas.
ure could be framed that would seem
likely to meet with popular approval.
Cowell reviewed the measures re-
Gently enacted to improve the status
Of irrigation bonds, showing that the
state engineer had been given the
power to veto the formation of a dis
trict where the project was found to
be impracticable; that the attorney
general had been required to enforce
the collection of assessments for the
payment of bonds hereafter issued,
and that the State Irrigation District
Bond Commission, consisting of the
superintendent of banks, the attor-
ney-general and the state engineer,
had been required to make a more
rigid examination that was formerly
necessary before approving bonds as
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-12
Carr Suggested
To Fill Vacancy

Supervisor J. j. Carr has been sug-
gested to fill the vacancy on the ir-
rigation district board created by the
resignation of Allison Peck.
Mr.. Carr has been admitted to the
bar and has had experience in an inn
portant position in the general Of
fices of a railroad He is man OF
ripe business experience, is well ac-
quainted with local water questions,
and is thoroughly equipped for the
position.
1t is not believed the fact that he is
a supervisor will be permitted to pre-
vent the board of supervisors nam
ing him for the position, where he
would be highly acceptable.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-12
THREE IRISH ARMIES IN
READINESS FOR FIGHTING

Dublin, Dec. 12-For some time
most astonishing rumors have been
prevalent of the formation of armed
volunteer bodies in different parts of
Ireland. These rumors are so extra
ordinary and yet so persistent that a
special effort has been made to dis
cover what justification there is for
them.
The result of the inquiries shows
that the rumorS are based on solid
foundations and that the formation of
the Ulster volunteers by Sir Edward
Carson has been followed by the for
nation of at least two other bodies,
the citizens volunteers and the Iri ii
volunteers, both of which have been
organized as an offset against the
Carson army, though not necessarily
to fight them or anybody else.
Recently a meeting was held in the
Rotunda rink, where some thousands
of people met with Professor John
McNeill to support the formation of
the Irish volunteers and the enroll
ment of men. The meeting was en-
tirely successful and the speeches OF
Professor McNeill and Michael Davitt
were received with great enthusiasm.
Mr.. Aston, home ruler and free
thinker, explained that he personally
regarded the citizens army as more
important because he hoped it would
bring labor men into. the Irish party
and so prevent their attitude being a
menace to home rule.
Professor McNeill was equally en-
thusiastic. Over 1000 men enrolled
themselves, he explained, as result
of the initial meeting. No appeal
could, Of course, be made for help to
the Irish parliamentary party, or any
official party, but it was impossible
not to see that ancient international
squabbles were losing their force and
that Irishmen were beginning to re-
spect one another's liberty.
The volunteer movement, he in
sisted, would introduce self-imposed
discipline, self-restraint and order. In
Ireland, he said, there had grown up
a great faith in the future, and he
believed that the people had the
capacity to solve problems which had
defied other nations.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-12
GOethals for Alaska

(By United Press ASSOclat1onS)
Washington, Dec. 12-That Colonel
Goethals wants to run the canal the
first six months of its existence and
also be the head Of the canal zones
permanent government was learned
from a reliable source today. Under
the Adamson law there it no limit to
the positions the governor Of the zone
may create. Politicians believe if
Goethals is appointed the minimum
positions will be made. Argument
advanced by Goethals' friends are that
if politicians are named, the spoils
system will reign. Goethals today
filed his views regarding permanent
government with Secretary of War
Garrison, who will later discuss his
recommendations with the president.
1t also is reported that Goethals may
go to Alaska. 1t is believed he may
be given charge of the proposed gov
ernment railroad construction there.