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The Washington herald., 1914-05-31
teddy IS HUNGRY;
GOES A.FLIRTlNG
Yearning for Old Power, He
Winks to c. O. P. in New
York State.
ELEPHANT FEARS MOOSE
Get-together on Governorship o. K.
if Oyster Bay Chief Isn't
Hoggish.
By FRANCIS d. GEsSNER.

spsdaI to The Washington HGsh.
New York. May 3o-The velvet-footed
fox of the New York Republican delega-
ton in Congress is the Hon. Luther
Wright Mott. banker and upright citizen
of oswego, who goes to church on Sum
day and deliberates with due caution in
both finance and politics the other six
days of the week. AS expected, the Hon.
Luther Mott slipped quietly into Gotham
town for the Republican conference of
Thursday without any one either hearing
his football or wondering that he was
here. The wonder would have been had
Luther failed to tread with noiseless
step the Waldorf corridors, where the
faithful were gathered.
Even If he makes no noise about it and
no advance proclamations, the soft-voiced
Mott misses no chance to be where things
are doing in the New York political game.
Down in Washington. with two terms In
Congress to his credit and the promise OF
as many more as he thinks he or the
district can stand, Mott Is rather envied
by his feIlow-rnembers, both Republicans
and Democrats. of the Empire State dele
cation.
Born Rich Mans Son.
He had the advantage Of growing up .
rich mans son and Of inheriting not only
wealth. but sagacity in taking care OF
It. not to overlook an inclination to in
dustry. After a season at Harvard,
Mott took hold OF banking and at the
age Of thiSty-six was chosen president
Of the New York State Bankers Asso-
cation an unusual honor for one so
ytung. And he did well enough to win
q second term.
He came to Congress the same year
and points with pride to the fact that
though 1872 was rather rough shedding
for most Republican candidates for Con-
grsss In every State. he came across with
iares- majority than he had the two
The Washington herald., 1914-05-31

years before. That is going some, es-
pecially in New York State, and the
Hon. Luther In entitled to mention it.
And now, not yet forty years cid, he
as 1t is played In New York State, and
those who have been familiar in other
years with the methods of New York
State Yankees in the belt Of counties
surrounding dear old Oswego expect
Mott to be something more than Q vel
vet heeled listener as the work Of ret
ting the party going right again in his
State begins in earnest with the confer
ences of the faithful the last three days
of this week.
The Hon. Luther found other eminent
Republicans Of the House delegation from
his own State who, like himself. thought
1t wisdom to slip away from arduous
duties at Washington long enough to help
things along at this rather protracted
meeting His esteemed friend Calder. OF
Brooklyn. who had hoped to fnd an
overwhelming demand for his services as
governor. came up from Washington. and
George winthrop Fairchild. of Oneopta.
along with Dunn, OF the Rochester dis
trict, had found seats throughout the
conference.
Cordial to Fairchild.
While the Hon. Luther was careful to
conceal any personal preferences in the
eovernorship matter he was remarkably
cordial to his neighbor. Fairchild, won
dering, perhaps, why the Hon. George
did not respond with some enthusiasm
to the frequent and honest suggestions
Of admiring friends that he go into the
governorship contest with vigor and some
velocity. It possibly occurred to the prac-
teal banker head Of Mott that he him.
a.
ernorship nomination was urged upon
him ~ cordially as upon the first citi-
zen Of Oneonta.
all other Republican Congressman who
came on for the conference will return
to Washington by Monday serenely atis-
fed with what was not done by the
gathering Of Thursday. There will be
cordial commendation of what was done
and almost jubilation that the gathering
did not give the ambition of any Man
haitian candidate for governor q shove
forward
The first citizen Of Oswego will express
his satisfaction with this feature Of the
convocation az not only good politics, but
leaving the way open for the eventual
naming OF an upstate candidate for
governor like his colleague Fairchild The
chief performance by the Thursday meet
ing was to arrange FOR . State oonven-
tion at Saratoga August H. and while
that convention II not expected to name
a ticket the artfully constructed call
does not prohibit such action or prevent
some diplomatic way Of actually making
up ticket which can Be loyalty In
dorsed once the voters get to the pri-
mary polls on September 10.
Not stronE for whitman.
The expected overwhelming demand for
Whitman as the candidate for governor
was not In evidence. The Congressional
contingent that came over from WASH
ngton was looking for . great Whitman
Il "a not AAepeu. snA
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1861. Its first colonel was Persifer F.
Smith, who later became a brigadier gen.
ersl.
Early in November Of ls4s the regiment
was ordered to Mexico. A month before
two companies went to Point Isabel.
thence to Monterey. and later to Tam
pico. joining at Lobos Island, the little
peak Of beach in the Gulf which came
into international prominence recently
when Huerta put out the light and Unit
ed States sailors lit her UP again.
On March 8, 1s47. the regiment sailed
from Looos Island. and six days later
they landed at SACRIFICES Island. Then
they led In the Investment Of Vera Cruz.
which was even less Of a picnic than the
landing q couple Of months ago.
On the march to Mexico City the cav
alrymen performed numerous deeds of
valor. and lost four officers and forty
men killed, and had a large number
wounded.
The Sixth Cavalry is even better known
than the Third. 1t won distinction In the
civil war. the Indian wars. and the
spanish-American war. and the Philip
pines.
The regiment was organised May l. 1851.
Like the Third, 1t has changed its title
Curiously. too. the Sixth was organized
under the name Of the Third Regiment
OF Cavalry. Five months later the Sixth
received its present designation.
Fame at wtlliamsburg.
The regiment participated In the Penin-
sular campaign under the command Of
Gen. Stoneman. It earned, perhaps, its
first fame at the battle of Williamsburg,
which 1t opened After this engagement
II pursued the enemy through Yorktown.
Later the Sixth was at Malvern Hill.
Fredericksburg, Gettysburg. the Wilder
ness, Spottsylvania Court House. Win
chester, and Appomattox Court House,
besides numerous less important but
often right sharp clashes.
After the civil war the regiment set out
after Indians, and was chasing bad red
skins for years. 1t gave a taste Of steel
to the Cheyennes, Kiowas, Comanches,
Apaches. and Sioux. Its famous colonel,
Eugene A. Carr, and many other oficers.
won medals Of honor in these Indian
wars. Lieut.. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee. re-
tired, was an officer In the Sixth Cavalry
for twenty-five years. and won the brevet
Of lieutenant colonel for his gallant serv-
ice against the Indians. MAI. Gen
William H. Carter. recently In command
Of the Second Division at Texas City, ana
now in charge Of the Hawaiian Depart
ment. won a medal of honor for bravery
while q first lieutenant in the Sixth Cav
airy.
And the Third Cavalry hasn't much
right to crow over the Sixth on the score
of Mexican experience. This will not be
the first time that the Sixth has crossed
the border. II went right into the Mex
lean mountains after Chirachuas In
dams in 1882.
Went Into Mountains.
In March, 1883 Gen. Crook took Troop
I. under Chaffee, who was then q cap
tain, on his famous expedition to the
The Washington herald., 1914-05-31
Went Into Mountains.

In March, 1883. Gen. Crook took Troop
I. under Chaffee, who was then . cap
tain, on his famous expedition to the
Sierra Madres, in Mexico. returning in
July. They marched 900 miles and
brought in three head chisfs and about
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Not stronr for wAitn.n.

The expected overwhelming demand for
Whitman as the candidate for governor
was not in evidence. The Congressional
contingent that came over from WASH
ington was looking for . great Whitman
demoustration. Il "a not AAcpou. anl
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70 sssas witA. - q Q. :. ,saAArs Who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
Foreign Selling Ascribed
70 War Talk as Well
as to DiStruSt.
FRANCE TAKES MORE
UNITED STATES GOLD
American Railroads Net Income
Falls OF SiSO.OOO.OOO in
Single Year.

j. the financial district the wars
sr5 threats OF wars in Europe are a
standing Joke until they become q
Serious annoyance through the dump
se- o. American stocks on this MAJ
B.. and on London by nervous foreign
c-vcs-ors. War, as Europeans IN the
shtiHg areas and likewise IN neutral
territories have discovered. Is kinder
20 the man who mas his wealth in the
form Of hard cash under the hearth
stone than 20 the man who holds secu-
mites. But II Is not always possible to
get out o. his securities without tax
'nc considerable loss To protect the
European stocks and bonds which they
cannot readily convert into cash the
-9rei gners have = way Of selling their
good Americans. whose prices usually
have suf but little decline. rela-
-ve.r speaking Also. by selling
Americans. they put themselves in 70
position 20 take advantage Of bar
gains abroad whenever thc political
SKIES seem 10 be clearing While 10 Is
--le that a good deal OF the selling
here lately can be sscribed 20 nervous
ness over the American financial out
look. much more probably IL has been
due 20 worry over the Austro-Servian
"imbroclo." as they call II in the for
d. = paners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
Plight of the Railroads.

p.~ures compiled by "The Wal
y.-oe- Journal snow that the rail-
-,sa. o. the country are ir default or
s-5f 600 600 OF securities. the worst
.-ouirg made Do any year since Icy"
p. MN perhaps be a relief 20 many.
roaere- 20 note that two ~ TEN
,--.-- once were one furnish more
.-.r half o. the defaults, the EocH
T.a-d and the Frisco, the Hrt VII
500 500 900 and the other with H.
c5s 900 Neither system can very wei
Blame noU.ics or the general olsine
seores1on for its fate; ror can SOM
~ Inc others IN default, Ike the Fere
vs~oye.te. the Wabash and the Wa
"a -Pit.sburgn Terminal. Depression
nav have helped in their downfall
.... .aey made their own destiny years
20 unea they devised financing
.ere-oes that little short Or miracle
.o.fd have made successful J. was
Ia, sgicfdal finance. however. tina
,osde possible the situation o. the
rziiroaGs o. the United states a. a
,.roIc. g. shown b. the Bureau o.
peHaa. News and Statistic yegtcr-
.z. Their net income a rIIe is the
Ila.eet fr a decade. Their net income
.-.. r.csl year BE- 9l2OZ762l0 less than
la. wear. or IJiz uer cent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
TRADING IN THE
CURB SECURITIES
Oil Shares Heavy on Fears of
Dividend ReductiOns-Day of
Light Business.

Trading was light on the curb yes
terday and prices somewhat irregu-
lar The feature &C the day was the
heaviness ~ the oil shares, due TO un-
easiness resulting from impending
dividend action in most Of the sub
salaries. Indications point 20 de-
creased dividends following reductions
IN prices Of crude and refined prod
ucts. Standard & Kansas declined 5
points. and Standard OF Indiana lost
.. Three point losses we're made by
Buckeye Pipe Line, Prairie Oil and
Gas, Standard Of New Jersey and
Standard Of New York, while Atlantic
Refining, South Penn OIL and Standard
OF California los; ) points.
Camden Refining W. 3D. made its IN
itlal appearance w the industrial field.
and changed hands at s.. 10 j">.
Maxwell Motors first preferred fell off
]; United Cigar Stores new went up
p, and United Cigar Stores of Amer
lca gained i. Prices we're irregular
in the mining issues, with light trad
ing. Canadian Gold-Silver closed at
= Of a point above Wednesdays last,
and Inter Mines went up !. Mckinley
Darragh, which has been huctustlng a
great deal in the past few days, lost
. points
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
COTTON RECEIVERS
AN EARLY DECLINE
Prices Kept Down by Lack OF
Outside Interest in Weather
Conditions.

The rains M Texas abou. winch
bears we're talking Wednesday night
materalzed Yesterday but 90 such
small volume and over such widely
scattered territory that, except Tor
an opening decline o. I 20 points
and a brief depressing influence on
the Liverpool market. they failed 10
inspire am bearish sentiment and tne
local market soon turned strong. with
an advancing tendency FOR the balance
OF the day. closing : 20 II points not
higher. or only couple o. points un-
der the best levels Of inc dar. Amor~
Bulls comment was made that but for
the very light speculation interest 800
the market. a good deal OF which they
attributed 20 the uncertainty over
pending legislation. the southwest
drouth news was sufficiently bullish
10 have nut prices up materially above
their present level. Except for sell
ing BY spot houses early il the day
against purchases Of new crops ODD the
South. and later buying attributed 20
tho same Interests. with a little for
clgr buying IN the afternoon. ,rade
vas mostly local and not active a.
that Southern spOt markets we're uu-
changed. and the local market held
ouic. at l3.25c Tor middlIng upland;
sales. $50 bales; delivered on contract,
500 bales. Local contract prices:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
PRICE MOVEMENT
IN COMMODITIES
Grains Active. Strong and
Higher-Coffee Dull
and Unchanged.

An early advance IN an active wheat
market was lost on heavy offerings
brought out by the bulge but m the
later trading the market drmed up.
and on confirmation of reports Of olacA
rust damage and trmer showing IN
Europe closed active and strong. with
net gains for the day Of 20 = cents.
Interior receipts were In excess OF .dst
week. but good selling by the country
had onlv a temporary effect on prices.
The chief advance OF the day was IN
corn. which went uD Il, 10 % cents
on strong foreign markets and lack o.
moisture In the corn states. some
ARGENTINE corn has been held up by
government inspectors on question
a. 10 whether IT, is u, for human 1000.
Oats gained q. 90 IS cents, a.thougo
aggressive buying was discouraged o.
increasing receipts. ..........
Tho coffee market continued inactive
and lifeless. with d slight reduction IN
Coz and freight bids from trazil ana
duU European markets. The Close
was at unchanged TO an advance o. ]
point net. with not enough business 10
he of value as q guide Nor prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
FIELD SERVICE FOR 9TH
REGIMENT Will Relieve 9Th at
Fishers Island.

Members OF the Ninth Regiment Of
Coast Artillery. y. G. y. Y, under
command Of Lieut. Col. John J. Byrne,
Will proceed 20 Fort II. @ Wright.
Fishers Island. y. Y. Sunday for a
two-weeks tour Of field service and
coast defence exercises. It will re-
l.eve the Eighth Regiment, which has
been az Fishers Island for TWO weeks.
and which will return nome Sunday
afternoon by the same steamer which
takes the Ninth 20 Fort II. G.. Wright.
The Ninth Regiment will assemble
in us armory Sunday morning at $40
o'clock. with full field kit and IN field
service uniform.
For practice with the guns a. Fort
Wright. the companies have been as
signed as follows; the FIRST Ere COM
nand. 20 man the 10 and T. inch guns.
with consist Of the 18TH. 10Th. l7th,
18TH and 2ls: companies. under Maj
Lewis NJ Thiery. The second fire
command. to man the siX-inch guns
will comprise the 18th. lith. 18th. both
and 22d companies, under Maj. Mills
Miller.
The regiment will embark Sunday
morning AZ seven o'clock from the
foot of East 22d ST.. and will return
from Fishers Island Sunday, Aug. 9.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
nited Gas ImproN ement.

The Federal District Court a. In
dependence. Kan. has ruled that the
United Gas Improvement COMPANY
must come into court 20 defend itself
on a charge of conspiracy 70 violate
the KaSas antitrust laws. The com
panv is faced by similar suits in other
parts Of the country, notably m
Philadelphia, because Of their aIIeg q
mouopolistic control o. the manufac-
ture and sale Of gas fixtures and ap-
pliances. The ruling in the Kansas
court was on a motion Of the COM
panv 70 ouash service upon II IN the
Kansas natural gas case, the court
IoIdinc that service upon officers OF
the Wyaudotte Gas Company const-
tJtes valid service upon the iore.s
corporations owning the local COM
panv. Another ruling held that the
United Gas improvement Company IS
doing business in Kansas through tho
Kansas City Pipe Line Company AMI
that service upon it's officers IS valid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
CITY TO TEST
WORKMAN'S LAW
Question Raised Whether
Municipality Is in Bust
ness for Gain.

New York City as corporation
will test In the courts the question OF
whether the municipality is bound, IN
der the provisions Of the Workmen's
Compensation Law. TO protect those OF
its employees engaged in hazardous oc-
equations. The test has been arranged
by Controller Prendergast and the
Brooklyn Bureau Of Public Works.
That department was selected because
many Of its employees are engaged IN
occupations specified under the law.
When the law went into effect July
I. all such men we're insured by Puo-
he Works Comm ssioner Noorhies IN
the State Fund o. the MOrkmer's Com
pensation Commission and a policy
was issued for q period Of six months,
covering .ho employees of the Bureau
of Highways
F. Spence Baldwin. secretary OF the
commission, re-antly submitted to Dir.
VOORHEES, bin FOR Sl2.604 IN pre-
miums. This bin was IN turn submit
ted TO Controller Prendergast. VINO
raised the point rs 20 whether the city
was obliged 10 pay it.
The question seems to hang upon the
Interpretation Of q section OF the law
which defines employment as trade
or occupation carried OF by the en-
ployer for pecuniary gain That the
municipality Is conducted Tor pecuni-
airy gain is questioned by the Control
ler and he has referred the point TO
Corporation Counsel Polk for an opin-
ION After jhc usual preliminary
skirm shiny n the lower courts the
case viii be carried 20 the Court OF
ApDpalS for a final decision.
Under the law creating the COM
mission. il would appear at trst glance
that the city was included I'M the op-
Grafton OF the statute. This chapter
expressly defined the term employer
as including the state and municipal
corporation or other political subdl-
visions thereof
Secretary Baldwin, Of the Work
mems Compensation Commission, said
yesterday:
"The question whether the municl-
pal employer is an employer for gam
is A nice one. In the Department o.
Water Supply, Gas and Electricity,
the City Of New York might figure Is
such. because there is a slight proht
there. But whatever gain there might
be is offset By the losses o. other
departments, and the whole effect Is
FOR mutual good. not pecunary gain.
II is a question that has puzzled u.
but T. for one. doubt If there IS any
way of including the city"
Claims of injured workmen 90 the
number OF more than thousand daily
have been flowing IN upon the com
mission. and yesterday the small
force Of EMPLOYEES IN the Bureau OF
Claims was completely swamped. The
size Of the bureau will probably be
increased. as the commission has the
power to make any appointments nee
essary.
In spite of the overtime work, d. a.
Golden and his staff Of thirty exam
iners have been able 20 prepare papers
establishing proof o. deaths for award
of claims in only three out Of forty
three presented. Since Monday eleven
new death cases have been reported.
The bureau will. however. be able by
next week TO submit to the commits
sion between 100 and l25 cases in
which compensation will be awarded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
WHEAT AND CORN HIGHER
Prices jump in Chicago on
Weather and Crop Conditions.

Chicago. July %. Immense expor,
sales and the certainty that black ~
had crossed iuto Canada had much 60
do to-day with driving wheat prices
upgrade. The market closed ne-vous
~ 20 lisc. Let advance. Cora
showed Jump OF sc. 20 2'2c. and
oat. gain Of &C. 20 lie. Provisions
finished zoe. OF to rise o. isc. i.
v-a- estimated mat sales Or wheat for
occan sh,rment aggregated 100000
bushelr 20 doubt was felt that the
swift northward spread OF black rust
damage had been largely responsible
for the urgent buying on European
account. rs we'll as FOR decided n-
crease Of builish sentiment m the do
nestle trade. d, was not overlooked,
however. that heavy rains were inter
foriuc with the Russian harvest and
that crop adviccs from Argentine were
also unfavorablc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
Gold and War Clouds.

Further exports Of gold to Europe.
when the outward movement seemed
definitely over for the year. we're re-
ce.ved without enthusiasm IN Wall
Street There was no apprehension o.
al increase in local money rates I'm
con sequence Of them. nor was there
any real fear that the movement woulc
be extensive. But the unusual strength
-r gold Of the great foreign banks. and
particularly the strength Of the Bank
OF France. have not escaped notice.
even bv people who usually pay little
heed 20 what Is going o. outside @,
-rs country. Taken together with the
continuous stream OF American secu-
-,ues that has been pouring back frOr
Europe. n has impressed traders with
-he notion that whether war comes be
tween Austria and Servja o. not. Euro
reans believe u Is coming. And the
Balkan war Is all too recent 10 men,
o-v for any ore 20 th'nS that now
outbreak abroad IS d thing 20 ne de.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24

With December corn no > e cents 2
bushel on the grain markets. the stoc'
market was bound 20 take cognlzance
Of the newest crop scare. TINS tim-
wheat was RELOCATED 20 q secondary
place. notwithstanding the reports of
black rust. for a good part o. the
ron has already been harvested and
..o remainder is bener,Ing by the
mango OF weather that brought cool
o-eezes % the Northwest. Corn. now
.re-. in the West and southwest was
aid yesterday 20 De badly 10 need o.
-a.n. III q measure th's Olt d dai'De en-
.- .1e ,-ock market. though Wnat
..o,,o6 n be a more potent factor ~
....-,-,. announcement was the re-
.l,ed evidences AZ Washington o. G
.a..re 20 make big business o. ever
md ryn the gauntlet Of legal prosecu-
..,- and Doli-ical persecution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
Bridge Victim Identified.

The man who committed suicide
Tuesday night at the height OF the
electrical storm BY jumping from
Washington Bridge into the Harlem
River was Identified yesterday "a
Samuel Payne He had been out 90
employment Tor some time. Uls
brother Albert, Of IA Fcatherbed
lane. The Bronx. Identified the body
Tie said he would keep the n,ws from
his eighty -yeur-old mother. who lives
with him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
Bail Reduced, Pending Appeal.

bing firm of Wisncr & Meyers. who
has been 10 the Tombs since he was
sentenced to the federal pententisry
last March for using the mails TO de
fraud. obtained a reduction IN his bail
Court of Appeals yesterday. Wisner's
appeal IS pending m the court. j. j.
Meyer. his partner. received sim
liar sentence md was fined 10000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
ON THE CONSOLIDATED
IRREGULAR Changes Exhibited
at the Opening.

Irregular changes we're IN evidence
on the opening call of the Consoii-
dated Stock Exchange Yesterday bu,,
later the list turned reactonary. and
declines reached some proportions.
Lehign Valley ON she call changed
hands As hich as 1884, but suOsc-
auently got as low as 1921
There was r. transaction on the ca
IN American Beet Sugar at 80 ana
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit sold after the
Ill L. 0 =. and 81 =.