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SIGN MOROCCAN ACCORD.
ADVANTAGES FOR EACH.
France and Germany Agree to Lay
Programme Before Sultan.
Paris. Sept. 2* —Premier Rouvier and Prince
ron Badolln th" nan Ambassador, at noon
to-day signed the Francf»-(rerrriar! accord con
osrnlns; the Moroccan conference, thus, definitely
terminating the. difficult negotiations.
Preceding the signature Dr. Rosen, represent
ing Germany, and M. Revoll. in behalf of
Frarxv. met at the Foreipm Office and went over
th" fir.al details of the protocol.
The signing of the accord causes 'he keenest
ratisfaction, r,ot only on account of Morocco.
but chiefly because it ends the suspense of
months, which threatened to disturb the peace
of Europe. The For, Office and the German
Embassy are .-.ally gratified.
The accord is interpreted as a compromise in
■srhiVb. each side obtains advantages. Chancel
lor voa Billow's proposition to submit Moroc
can questions to a conference is finally agreed to
ar.d If. Roovier has carried his point of keeping
fra-v. «*■ special interest? from th* conference
and restricting the remaining: questions within
exar: limits. The diplomats consider the re
sult highly advantageous in removing onstaclea
to a rapprochement between France and Ger
many. Comrnenuns on this view, the scr.ii
nflfa-ial "Tcinps" this evening says:
France does not want an alliance outside of
th:tt with :«;p!a. bat she is none the less ready
tt. welcome closer relations with other nations.
Cbiiiu'lJ s ooncOlatory attitude and final con
cession of a Dumber of contested points are at
tributed to a desire to promote a better feeling:
•with France and Russia, thus counteracting on
the Continent the advantages which. Great
Britain gains through tier new alliance with
Japan.
Official text of the accord says:
X r cori is reached upon a .programm« eorn
prisfns the o-garJz&tion of the police, the regu
lation and repression of contraband arms, finan
*l reforms, consistinsr principally of the or
..tlon of a State bank ur.d also the best
n-,car.s of coilectir.g duties, aiid the creation of
new rncaris of revenue, and also the determina
tion of principles destined to safeguard the eco
nomic liberty of Morocco.
The agreement then makes a special reserva
'■ - -' tho frontier region between Alßiers and
Morocco, xh»>-^ :h*» maintenance of police will
y*. reru'aied directly ween France and the
Sultan without submission to the conference. The
regulation of contraband in :he san» region also
remain for France to determine with the Sul
tar.
in n?ktng- that
ts as the piacp for the con
■ -».
On the question of the recent German loan to
Morocco it is agreed that French bankers shall
share with the Germans, and there is to be a
«=:mi".ar sharing: by French firms in building th«
harbor works at Tangier if a French company
offers terms equal to those of the German con
tractors.
Finally, the accord provides for the submission
Of the programme "without delay to the Sultan
and the signatories of the Convention of Madrid.
On its submission the French and German mis
si-':^ new at Fez v.ili return to Tantfer.
BLOWX UP IX SUEZ CAXAL.
Wreck of Chatham Believed to Have
Been Successfully Disposed Of.
Port Said, Egypt, Sept. 28.— At 9:s<> this
morning the wreck of the British steamer
•"•hatharr, with her cargo of ninety tons of dyn
amite and blasting gelatine, was blown up by
Brines distributed around and inside her hull.
These were fired by an electric current from
Ra*eiech, about five miles away. No serious
diLraag'e was done. to the canal, and the authori
ties anticipate that the passage will be cleared
of debris in four days. The railway and
Sweetwater canal adjoining ar9 intact. The
explosion was tremendous. The enormous dis
placement of water was visible from Raselech.
It is believed that the -whole of the Chatham's
dangerous cargo was destroyed. Engineers
are investigating the carcase done to the canal
bottom. The explosion was not felt at Port
Said A huge column of water, sand and the
chip's wreckage was thrown two thousand feet
in the air, and in falling destroyed six hundred
feet of the east bank of tin canal. Divers im
mediately besran removing the debris. The canal
population in the vicinity of the seena of the
explosion started early in the morning for the
seashore, closing the banks and ires, which
wer<= guarded by the police.
The Chttbaa was siir.k in the canal on September
I owing to the fact that she was on fire and that
The flames threatened to reach the explosives which
formed part of her cargo. Slie had nearly ninety
tons of dynamite and other explosives on bourd
when she was sunk at a ootal twervws miles up the
- i-z Canal, her navigating brid^- showdns abov«
■ c wat-" j r Two mines containing WO pound* -r
E .-.tine dynamite w»rp placedfmder the vesseJ and
were exploded by electricity.
riosity was felt concerning tho result of
the explosion. A? a precaution a military cordon
«--<- miief from the wreck was drawn aroand the
,-iham. and this sone was Increased tofiye miles
,r , September ti The natives were specially exer*
sed'orer th* result of tbe I lowing un of the
m and many Eoropeans left Cairo Expert?
• mcd that no great damage wouid b^ lone, but
' 'that all traffic on the canal would certainly be
stopped " v> t se teral •ia\! i .
ANGLO-JAPANESE THEATY COMMENT
St Petersburg Newspaper Suggests Russian.
French and German Alliance.
St Pe:er?burg, Sept. 28.— Referring to the
Anglo -Japanese treaty the "Livok" to-day says:
Oreat Britain, having given Japan a more or
Its* Imaginary protectorate over > ■or- a. has sub-
Jedefl Japanese policy ;>> her own control. The
treaty binds Japan more than did the treaty ol
Tv- "Gazetta" recommends the formation of
c Dew combination to neutralize the effect of the
Arg-10-Japanese treaty and suggests that an
alliance between P.ussia. France and Germany
may possibly result from M. Witte's Interviews
with President T^uubf-t. Premier Rouvier, Em
peror Wi!l;a.m. <'haNce!lor yon Bukyw and For
e|gz Secretary Richthofen
Th*- "Russ" say?:
a m bassador
" apology to Russia for
TO TAKE BAN OFF HEEREWS
Unrestricted Admission to University of St.
Petersburg Favored by Professors.
St Petersburg, Sept 28.— Th« Council of Pro
fessors has voted in favor of the unrestricted
eriT:; c sion of Jews to the university '-.curses, and
has recommended the admission of all c&ndl
'i&t^s for matrictuatfo . ss of the reguia
daa i— tilfflm Hebrew students to 3 per cent
of the student bodf . Th* r»cior of the uni
venfty promised i i give his hearty support to
the ref-omnjendation.
A Natura! Bracer
POSTUM
FOOD COFFRL
Coctaias no stimulant. b:j! the tme
rebuilding ciemcni>.
CHEERS GREET M. WITTE.
St. Petersburg People Meet Him
zcith Welcoming Address.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 28.— M. Witte arrived
her« at S:2,"i a. m. A hearty reception was given
him by a large crowd of officials and five hun
dred persons. He replied briefly to a welcoming
address. When he left St. Petersburg in July
there was no public demonstration.
The crowd collected near where M. Witte
would alight from the train. When he appeared
it cheered, and M Witte bowed acknowledg
ment. The address of -welcome read:
You have accomplished your difficult task, and
the nation is grateful to you. You have given
the credit for your success to Emperor Nicholas,
President Roosevelt. Emperor William of Ger
many and to the press. You have forgotten only
yourself. We, however, fully appreciate your
sen-ices to your country. The tree you planted
at the Washington homestead at Mount Vernon
will serve as a token of the union between the
two nations. You have done much.
For ourselves and for those who are absent
we will once more shout a hearty "Hurrah!"
M. Wilte In reply said:
I was po little prepared for this kind reception
that I munt ask your pardon for the incoherence
of my word?. I have performed my duty well
because I have strictly obeyed his majesty's in
structions, because circumstances favored m«,
because the world ifl weary of this bloody war.
because all classes of American society, from
President Roosevelt down, were in sympathy
with my and your cause, because I was true to
my country and her and our interests.
It Witte's last word wa.«= followed by more
and hearty cheering.
WITTE AXD GERMANY,
Inspired Article Calls Reports of
Mission Without Foundation,
St. Petersburg. 'Sept. 2S. — Reports ascribing
to M. Witte an important mission to Germany
are declared in an inspired article in the '"Rush"
to-day to be destitute of foundation.
<- It would have been strange." the paper says,
**had M. Witte traversed Germany and not gone
to see Emperor William and the German states
men, particularly in view of the fact he was a
signatory of t\ia treaty of peace ending a war
in which Germany had steadfastly observed a
benevolent attitude toward Russia..
"'Furthermore, M. Witte exercised a directing
influence in the negotiations for the Russo-
German treaty of commerce which is far from
palatable to the agricultural interests of Rus
sia, and has raised numerous questions demand
ing investigation. If, a? they doubtless did,
the conversations between Chancellor yon
and M. W!tte touched on other topics.
they were n the nature of a simple exchange of
views having nothing to do with any special
mission."
WITTE TO MEET CZAR ON YACHT.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 2S. — Owing to the perfect
weather prevailing, the Emperor's return to
Peterhof has been delayed, and It Witte has
been summoned to meet the Emperor on the im
perial yacht Polar Star at Bjoerke. the scene of
the interview between Emperor Nicholas and
last July. M. Witte will start
to-morrow for Bj «rke.
TO SIGX PEACE TREATY.
Count Lainsdorf to Take Russo-
Japanese Pact to Czar.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 28.— The Russo-Japanese
treaty will be signed during the first days of
next week. M. Witte, who had a long interview
and luncheon with Foreign Minister Lamsdorff
y. will be received at P.terhoff and give
the Emperor a repoit on the conference, but the
treaty itself will be taken to Feterhof by Count
Lambsdorff. whose oountersignature will com
plete the execution of the Instrument.
DELAY IX ARMISTICE.
Russian Representative Refuses to
Agree io Japanese Proposals.
Seoul. Sept. 27 (Ttelayed in. Transmission).—
Colonel Oba and General Cossanaffsky, the Jap
anese and Russian representatives in North
Corea, met on Monday afternoon. September 25,
and again discussed the terms of the proposed
armistice.
The Russians would not agree to the Japanese
proposals, and the armistice has been post
poned, awaiting instructions from General L.ine~
vltch.
BID FAEEWELL TO LINEYITCH.
General Barry Speaks for Military Attaches
—Army Preparing to Break Up.
Grtmshu Pass. Manchuria, Sept. 27.— Sixteen mili
tary attaches, representing eight nations, bade
farewell to General Linevitch on September 24 at
Kirin. General Linevitch entertained them at din
ner. Brigadier General T. H. Barry. U. S. A., as
senior attache, was spokesman. The attaches for
mally bade farewell to General Kuropatkin on Sep
tTh«-t'are evidences of the breaking up of the
army. Arrangements are making at Kuan-Chen-
Tsu'for the withdrawal of the troops immediately
after the eace treaty is ratiflec
GENERAL STOESSEL HAS PARALYSIS.
Mofi Sept. 28.— Lieutenant General Stoes
.s.-I. who commanded the Russian forces at Port
Arthur, is suffering from a stroke of paralysis,
which affects his entire left side.
'•THIS AN ERA OF BIG BATTLESHIPS."
Assistant Secretary Darling of the Navy
Speaks of Lessons of Tsushima Fight.
g of the Navy Depart
ment, berore he sailed on the Havana for Colon
of the lessons of the Japanese-
Rutsian war and the subject of battleships. Mr.
ag said:
Th* lesson of the war Is that the big ships and
the guns dii Cite work. They gol the range and
then went in and did the work. This : -••■' sterns
to h>- the time of the big battleship* Congress has
au'horized two I&OOO-ton battleships, ana if it was
desirable to increase the tonnage we would have
K. "c- t" Congress again and get an extra appropria
tion 1 do not know how much more would be
reeded In England they are building the IS.QOO-ton
battleship <>f course in things of this kind It de
i.<-nd» ou what the other fellow is doing. It is
Terv mv h like a woman with a new bonnet, one
et'ts a new style sad the others must have one
U j e believe that the 12-inch gun is strong enough.
.... stronger would require a stronger platform
.., r ,,a2f and the strength to me*-t th* greater power
''• r,."?)i ' We have tried the 13-inch guns, and we
hay* -one back to the . BCh.
Torpedo bouts have done the work for which
■ vp,. ar «. required. 1 am not so ,mucb surprised
that th.v did not figure so very much in the pea
■ £ht They do th«ir work, but in the flght it was
Ute large boats which were opposed. They had to
lisbt' ■■ out.
The commissioners and the board of advisory en
gineers will return on the Havann.
LABOR LOCKOUT VOTED IN BERLIN.
Berlin Sept. S.-Tbe labor difficulties la th- B*>r
„„ rfectrtcal mdustry threaten to spread to the
;'" Ur( , metal Indostrles of 'i, Hty and suburbs.
The association of Metal Working Establishments
' t R*riin whi.-h embraces all th* important firms.
1 rf this evening • lock 0111 the entire working
JoreV at a suitable moment, provided th. threatened
£Sil lockout in the electrical branch*, takes
plac. , . -
CZAR'S FAREWELL TO U. S. ATTACHE.
Bt Petersburg. Sept. 28.-Captain T. Bentley
Mott United States military attache her. arrived
Mott, l-uikt «-l~d in farewell audience
•""'-- W -^L"an'
S - "-t^^untU" Major Gibson',
arrival, in about two months.
NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY. SEPTE^IBER 20. 1905.
UNREST IN HCNGARY.
STUDEXTS IX RIOTS.
Increasing Support for Coalition —
Austrian Sentiment for Crown.
Budapest, Sept. 2S.— There is no abatement of
tho popular unrest, though to-day passed off
without serious outbreaks. The Socialists gath
ered to-night in front of ihe Imperial Club, but
the police dispersed the groups -as s-"v-n as they
formed. At a meet ing of Democratic clubs it
was decided to hold a torchlight procession in
the near future. This decision gives rise to some
uneasiness, ana it i? possible that the proces
sion will be postponed until after the conven
tion of the supporters of the coalition parties
on October 3.
Reports from the provinces show increasing
support for the coalition parties, but notwith
standing- this there is a considerable element in
Hungary outside the Socialist ranks that con
tinues to remain in opposition to the coalition.
This element is encouraged by well authenti
cated reports from Austria of an almost unani
mous sentiment in fa.vor of the Crown and
that even the Austrian Socialists are opposing
the Hungarian movement because the coalition
is opposed to universal suffrage in Hungary.
Francis Koesuth demands the union of all
Hungarian parties "for the defence of the Hun
garian constitution," and it is believed that a
private meeting of Deputies which has been
called for October 2, the day before the great
convention, may formulate plars for sur.h a
union.
The court at Vienna Is reported to be torn hy
conflicting advice. Many Hungarian politicians
of Influence have advised thfi King-Emperor to
yield on certain poinT.*. whlie others advise a
determined stand.
The failure of Baron Fejervary's audience
with the Emperor to-day to bring about a so
lution of the diffl'ulfv is hailed by the mem
bers of the coalition a.s favo-rabi* to their rn\-<*.
It is learned from a high authority that the
position of Count Goluchowskl, The Austro-Hun
garian Foreign Minister, is so shaken that he
will resign within a few weeks. It is possible
his suropssor will be M. de Szogyeny-Marich.
Au^trn-Hunparian Ambassador to Germany, and
that Count Goluchowski will go to Paris
Commanding officers of regiments hay*> re
fused leaves of absence to officers until the sit
uation becomes clearer, and all sorts of rumors
are afloat regarding expressions of Austrian of
ficers. The best informed persons believe the
efforts of the conservative element will snnn be
felt and that a solution of the difficulty will be
reached without a rupture of the dual realm.
The excitement among the students led to
riots to-day at the university. Three students
with Socialistic tendencies were attacked by
Nationalist students and rough! y handled. Af
terward some three hundred Nationalist stu
dents marched to the hospitals, visiting, those
who were injured in the rioting yesterday
evening.
There have been repeated collisions between
the Socialists and the supporters of the coali
tion, due to the hostility of the former to the
latter because the coalition refuses to accept
unreservedly the Socialist programme of uni
versal suffrage, favoring only an extension of
the franchise. Further, the Socialists declare
that the coalition doe* not represent the great
mass of the people, and that its dealings with
the Crown cannot further the principle of the
sovereignty of the people, as it only speaks in
the name of persons who are voters by virtue
of being rate payers.
WONT GRANT UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.
Too Radical a Measure for Emperor of
Austria — German Influence Blamed.
Vienna, Sept- 2S. — Enipero- Francis Joseph
to-day received in audience Baron Fejervary.
the former Hungarian Premier, and Count
Goluchowskl, the Auatro-H-ungarian Foreign
Minister. The next steps of the Emperor are
awaited anxiously.
Ba.ron Fejervary's audience with the Em
peror proved a failure, according to an author
ity close to the court. The baron insisted on
a plan to defeat the Hungarian coalition by
the Introduction o universal suffrage, but
his majesty was not willing to accept such a
radical measure.
Baron Fejervary returned to Budapest this
evening It is expected that the Emperor will
call another statesman to form a Cabinet and
carry out his programme.
Vienna, Sept 28. — M. Poionyi, vice-president
of the Hungarian Independent" party, in an in
terview in the "Freie-Presse" to-day, attributed
the opposition of the Emperor to the demands
of the Hungarian coalition to German influence.
MAY GET OFFER OF NORWAY THRONE.
Prince Charles of Denmark Likely To Be
Considered by Storthing.
CoppnhaFT.. Denmark. Sept. 28.— 1t is learned on
high authority that should Norway's offer of the
throne of that country to a prince of the house of
Bernadotte be definitely declined in the com
ing weok. steps will be taken by the Storthing to
Invite Prince Charles of Denmark to become King
£ Norway It ts believed that not more than ten
membe-3 'of the Storthing are opposed to Prlnro
Charles's candidature. King Christian and the
British court favor
FOR A GERMAN SUGAR TRUST.
Hanover. Sept. 28-— The sugar refiners of
Northern and Western Germany ara again en
deavoring to form a trust. A meeting of im
portant manufacturers was h^id here last Fri
day which -it is learned to-day will probably
result in a definite plan for a combination being
submitted^ to the ruling svga- about
October 15.
ANGLO-JAPANESE SHIP COMBINATION.
lender, Sept. S-Inauiries made in shipping cir
cles to-day failed to confirm the circumstantial
story sent out from Liverpool in regard to an Ang.c
*«rssa?a a#3?«sk
L nd doe D th" U Nippon Yusen Kaisha. the Japanese
national steamstxip line.
A GERMAN-ITALIAN CONFERENCE.
Baden-Baden. Germany. Sept. 28.-Sigr.or Tittoni.
the Italian Foreign Minister, arrived here to-day to
Kf -e Prince yon Billow, the German I. hanc»llor. His
see * rmc f \y ' i-om.iallv said, is not to discuss
gnv^farticular Q^'s'tion, but to confer on th. gen
eral international situation.
MISHAPS AT LINER'S LAUNCHING.
Belfast Ireland, Sept. CS.-The launching from the
yardi Of Harland * Wolff here ° , the H. , :
American Line steamer New-Amsterdam this morn
iS^raValSded by some excitement. A strong
Snd drove the steamer up the river, her : •**
. , t l-.« vessel was sot ofT sh«
drifted asho 7\ d A considerably damaging the stag
ing and bol< king tne rUPr T tim-.
THROWN FROITcAR: MAY DIE.
Woman in Bellevue with Fractured Skull-
Motorman Held.
„# Vo 1971 3d-ave.. is In Bellevuf
Nellie Looney, r,f No- 1 & nmlt q{
Hospital with a fractured^ aK Lexlngton . aye line last
thrown from a car on in signalled the
night. She will probabl * ; car stiir; ..,,
car to stop. According to -nn^ ehe was , hr , )Wh
before the woman coow »''% cI : he »d.
to the ground. striking on «UL« U L hes> of No i m 2d-
The motorman, Ju3^ p " nei pending th« result of
aw was arrested, and la neia i^
the ctrl's Injuries.
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ZE3ISTVO DISCUSSION.
Land Allotment, Education and In
surance Considered.
Moscow. Sept. 28. — The Congress of Zemstvos
and Municipalities to-day discussed its economic
programme, with special reference to the peas
ants' need of more land. The committee on or
ganization submitted the draft of a proposed
appeal to the people, in which was advanced the
right of the State to expropriate the land of pri
vate ownera and divide it among peasants who
were without land. The executive committee of
the congress oppose.l the draft, especially the
section relating to the expropriaticn of lands,
and in the final draft merely urged the necessity
of increasing the allotment of land and of re
forms in connection with the land tenure. The
final draft also ur»?od the adoption of measures
for popular educat :on and for the establish
ment of State insurance for workingmen.
It was propose-i that the congress should send
telegrams of sympathy to Prince Lvoff, a
marshal of the nobility and one of the del»gatf>*
who presented th^ petition of the last all Rus
sian zemstvo congress to the Emperor, who was
attacked in the recent disturbances at Balashoff.
and to M. Zemosbenko. who was expelled frnjn
Odessa at the time of the mutiny on the
ship Kniuz Potemkine.
The representative of General Durnovo, gov
ernor Genera] of Moscow, who has att< nded all
the sessions of the congress, with instructions
to stop the proceedings if the conditions under
which the delegates were permitt assemble
should be violated, protested against tho pro
posal, contending that it was I luded 4 n
the programme of the congress. The dr.
listened in silence to the ; r<
TOR EADICAL RUSSIAN EEFORSIS.
Eight Resolutions Adopted by Nobility of
St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 28.— nobility of St.
Petersburg at a special meeting, have adopted
eight resolutions, without dissent, all of a lib
eral reform character. The most important fol
low : \
That the legislative, Judicial and executive
branches should be separated from each other,
and that equal justice be rendered to every
body.
That the clergy be better trained -md cored
for, and clerical appointments be effected
electttely.
That the various Ministers work in co-opera
tion, and that Ministers be held responsible for
their acts.
That measures be taken to overcome the Illit
eracy of the masses and that freedom to es
tablish schools be granted to everybody.
That freedom of assembly, organization and
the press be assured.
That roads and other means of communica
tion be improved and extended.
TARTARS AND ARMENIANS AT PEACE.
Lay Aside Enmity to Join in Processions of
Reconciliation at Baku.
Baku, Caucasia. Sept. 2S.— With the formal rati
fication of peace between the Tartars and Arme
nians here street traffic and the ordinary courses
of life are being resumed. Masses of Armenians
and Tartars are thronging: the cathedral and
mosque and are joining in processions to celebrate
their reconciliation.
The oil men decline to resume pumping or re
construct the mined wells until the end of the
naphtha conference at St. Petersburg, in which
the workmen will take part. In the expectation
that the government will grant reforms guarantee
ing the safety of life and property In the futura
the oil men are placing large orders for machinery
and material.
JAPAN'S SHREWD DEAL.
Dean Johnson So Characterizes
Peace at X. Y. U.
The opening exercises of ths New-York Uni
versity School of Commerce. Accounts and
Finance took place last evening In the Univer
sity Building at Washington Square. Three
hundred students are expected, an increase of
5O per cent over last year. Fifty students are
entered in th>3 special evening course in real
estate and twenty-five in the course ia actu
arial science. A day school has been estab
lished this year, and about fifteen students
have been enrolled in the freshman class. The
following faculty announcements were made:
Dr. Thomas W. Mitchell, called from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania to be assistant profes
sor of finance and accounts and secretary of
the faculty, succeeding Professor Henry Ray
mond Hussey. who has taken the chair of eco
nomics at Bryn Mawr College; George E.
assistant professor of business practice; Wal
ter Lindner, lecturer in realty course; Frank
A. Vanderlip, lecturer on investments; W. H.
Lough, jr.. lecturer on railway transportation
and traffic, and -M. M. Dawson, Henry Moir
and C W. Johnson, lecturers on actuarial
science.
Addresses were made by Chancellor Mac-
Cracken and Dean Johnson. Dean Johnson,
after dismissing the changes made in the cur
riculum of th^ school, briefly reviewed impor
tant • ta '-he last twelve months. He
said:
There are two things about which university
students of commerce and finance should not be in
doubt. One is a pleas topic — it is the peace
happily and wisely consummated in this country
between Japan and Russia; the other leaves a bad
taste in the mouth— it is the revelation of devious
ai.il "Hginal methods recently adopted in the world
of high finance.
It is commonly assumed that pan made a great
concession, a real sacrifice, when. sh*> abandoned
her claim for an indemnity. That is a mistake.
Japan closed a shrewd bargain at Portsmouth. If
she had insisted on thai indemnity of JtstXi.ooo.Oim
and had decided to '■onti.iwe the war because of its
refusal she would have expended 'luring the m-xr
year $4"" 000,000 in the further prosecution of the
war and at the end. even though her army pushed
forward triumphant, the possible fruits of victory
would have been no greater than they are to-day,
for her enemy, the Russia of Europe, would til!
have been beyond her reach. Japan has taken In
Asia all i hat was worth buying with blood or
money.
N'!\v consider the other side. Japans decision
in favor of peace — her so-called sacrifice — has vi
talized several billion dollars' worth of capita! to
all p.o-ts of the world. h;is unlocked the vaults of
every great bank in Europe, has everywhere given
nerve to halting enterprise. Japan, in common
with all countries, will rfup the benefit. Instead
of maintaining an expensive, army in the field, her
r.f-..r.ie will now devote all their strength to the
pursuits of peace, and it is no exaggeration to say
*h-it Japan will be a billion dollars richer a year
from to-day than she would have been had the
w;ir continued. , . ,
Concerning the other • : -Irregularities In the
management of ange financial enterprises -1 am
not going to say much. In fh-> first place, there Is
no evidence jrel at band warranting pessimism with
regard to the prevailing standard of morality and
Integrity In our world of business and finance.
' ertain trustees may have abused their trust and
have exceeded their prerogatives, but we must Do
wane of assuming on that account that all our great
captains of industry and flnance are moral fr*e
'■ooters We must beware, in other words of nyk
ine a -weej-mtf induction on the basis of v few
faT-ts We Save no right, as many men ar. doing
to-day. to mak- snap Judgments as to the motives
and methods of business men. It is not merely
that we wrong them u•■ <1" something mm than
Vita wV.'a « make aw^piag charges, agatost
ur sent business metliods and moral. ty and do not
fSrnteh the facts on which our judgments are b*ae<J
w« tend : to weaken the character of every young
man in the country-
SATURDAY is the LAST DAY
of the AEOLIAN COMPANY'S Semi-Annual
SALE of Used PIANOLAS
SATURDAY, September 30th, will mirk the closing of this op-
unity to save one hundred dollars on the purchase of i
% '.:gh:iy U3ed Pianola, the Standard Puno- Player of the world.
Every owner of a piano should make it a point to attend this
sale. Even if not considering the purchase of a Pianola it is worth
while learning just htm much the possession of a Pianola -would
add to the pleasure obtained from your piano.
Maar of these Pianolas have been used onif for demonstration, aai
if mixed with oar regular tine or" new instruments voa would not be ib'.t
to re!! which were "u*ed" and which w?rr new. Many of them cou.4
be included with new scodk were it not for the present custom to include
the Metrostyle with all new P:acoln.
Every Pianola purchased at this sale will carry the same gu**~
antee given with absolutely new instruments.
There arc three groups of instruments en display, div
ided according to the amount of service each has given.
Group 1 —$150 (Regular Price $270) 315 down and *7 per month
Notwithstanding the low price at which these Pianolas are to be sold they
have all been rebuilt at the factory. They will all give service equal to n«w
instruments, and no marks of wear are to be detected.
Group 2- $175
fßcgnlar Pr;c $250
$20 down and $8 per month
SLIGHTLY USED PIANOS
SINCE the beginning of our Semi-Annual Sale of Used Pianos, a number of addi
tional high-^rade instruments have been taken ia exchange for the Pianola Piano.
These pianos are or. display in the Exchange Department of Aeolian Hall, which
affords t, tentinuam opportunity for the purchase of high-grade used instruments, ia
line condition.
// will be an extravagance far any intending purchaser »f a piano
to fail in 'Lisitinr the Exchange Defariment of Aeolian Hall.
mL A A *>j-tl2«*m sP^fcYmrmn-Kr Aeolian Ha 11.562 sth At.
The Aeolian Company near Mth St.. New York
Aljo controlling the manufacture and sale of Weber, Steck, Wheelock, and Stnr»es»nt Pianoi.
Furniture That Brings
a Strong Impression
ol individuality — character — and meaning, inds its jsstiiLation in o«f bea«tifal
exhibit for the Dining Room. Whether m the old feeling of the colonial,
or the lighter vein of Sheraton md Chipp:ndale. these pieces offer a sugges
tion for thi Dining Room that finds no parallel in th: furniture of to-day.
Sideboards Closets. Tables. Servers and Chair* that urge this theme to it*
foil development.
Grand Rapids Furniture
Company
(Incorporated)
34-tH Street West, Nos. 155-157
-MINUTE riOM BROADWAYS
TRUSTED EMPLOYES UP.
Accused of Turning Tobacco Con
cern's Checks to Their Use.
Edward F. Hale, secretary* and treasurer of
the Mac-Andrews & Forbes Co.. at No. 11l oth
ave., dealers in licorice roots and powders, as
sociated with the American Tobacco Company,
and Harry Smock, auditor of the same concern,
were arrested in the offices of the company yes
terday. Both men were living far beyond their
means and have been under suspicion for some
time.
Expert accountants have been at work on the
accounts of Smock since July 3" of last year,
and on those of Hale since July 31 S* the present
year. To date it is alleged that discrepancies
amounting to $7,000 have been found, although
it is thought that the peculations will amount
to far more than that. Hale drew a salary of
$4,800. while Smock's was $3,600. Both were
.trusted employes.
It is alleged that the method employed by
Hale and Smock was to draw checks, indorse
them with the stamp of the company and then
turn them over to their personal accounts. Hale
is charged with grand larceny in "he first de
gree, the specific charge being that he drew a
check for $500 and th--.n turned it over to his
personal account at the Second National Bank.
The charge against Smock is larceny in the sec
ond degree, and s^ts forth that on _August 30
the defendant cashed a check for $850 and had
it transferred to his personal account at the
.".th-ave. branch of the rv.rn Exchange Bank,
kale's ch"=-ck. it is alleged, was drawn on Aug-
When the two men were confronted by the de
e and President K-trl Jun^blud they
showed no surprise, and accompanied the offWr
to the Tombs without protest. It is said that
both have confessed and have stated that they
lost the money in gambling.
IJJWER PRICES FOR FOOD.
Secretary Wilson So Predicts from
Agricultural Prosperity.
Washington. Sept. 28.— Secretary Wilson of
the Department of Agriculture to-day predicted
lower retail prices in the coming winter season
for meat, dairy products, poultry and other nec
essaries of life. He declares the relief for the
householder will come from the enormous yield
of small grain and com in the great grain ter
ritory of Illinois, Minnesota, the Dakotas. lowa.
Nebraska and Kansas. The Secretary say.-.
Heavy crops have resulted in the return of
normal agricultural conditions in the great pro
ducing States. The meat producers have been
losing money for the last three years. Grain
cost too much. There was no profit in feeding,
strange as this may seem to persons who pay
such prices as we do for our meats. But the
heavy grass crop of this year, in addition to the
heavy corn crop and the heavy oats crop, will
ail combine to bring about normal feeding «x>n
ditions And this means a direct Influence on
horses beef, pork, dairy products and poultry.
HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL CONSIDERED.
Rapid Transit Commission Refers Project of
McDonald Company to Contract Committee.
The Rapid Transit Commission yesterday re
ferred to its committee on contracts the application
of the Interstate Tunnel Railway Company, of
New-York, of which John B. McDonald* is presi
dent, for a franchise to construct a railway tunnel
under the Hudson River from the New-Jersey
boundary line to Chambers-stu. and under Man
hattan to Park Row. The company's plan Y<:.a
been pnblishi .1 recently In The Tribune. In the
api licatlon it is stated tluit the coim>ar<y wants ;.)
carry both fielghi . od i issecgers.
v. <;. N'cAd' president of . :-.* : vw-York and
New-Jersey Railroad i mpany, informed the com
mission iy letter thai work *>n the company's
railroad underground un the West Side, for which
a franchise was granted last year, was begun on
September 5 last.
Group 3—8200
Regular Pnce $2M>!
$20 down aad $10 per month
FWRS
At Retail and Auction.
THE FIFTH AYE. FIR CO.
have bought the furnishings and leased
the buildings formerly occupied by
F. BOOSS & BRO., Inc.
and the Great Sale of
$500,000 ~i ; FURS
Is now going on at
290 FIFTH AYE.
Consisting of Chinchilla*. Ermines, Minks,
Russian and Hudson Bay Sables, etc
ALL FLRS GUARANTEED.
SOU) *T RETAIL S A. M. TO 2 P. M.
SOLD AT AUCTION 2 P. M. TO 6 P. M.
380-362 BROADWAY. COR. WMTB.
CARPET —c- H. BROWN GIL,
WM "— Jr. La 22 1 & 223 E. 38th St.
CLEANSING tel. ists ft •
COMPRESSED Takta* TJp.
AJK^ AttwißK. Balayiax.
English Luncheon and lea Baskets
Fitted complete, for Picnics.
Traveller*, and Yachting.
LEWIS & CONGER
130 * 132 Wr«l 43d Street,
and i:« West 4 1st St.. »w York.
CiI'ILTY OF LAXD FRAUDS.
Congressman Williamson and Hit
Associates Face Imprisonment.
Portland, Ore.. Sept. After being out for
less thiin six hours the third jury which ha»
heard the testimony of the eminent against
Congressman John H. Williamson. Dr. Vaa
Gessner. Mr. Williamsons partner iti the l T# "
sto.k business, and Marion R. Biggs, a Prine
ville (Ore.) attorney, at one time United State*
Commissioner at that place, late last night,
found alt three of the defendants guilty of hav
ing entered into a conspiracy to suborn perjury
by Inducing locators fraudulently to file on gov
ernment land, and providing them with money,
under agreement that these persons would COO
v,v title to wmtamsoo and Van Geesner when
patent was obtained from the govermncat
When the jury had been discharged Judge A
8. Bennett, attorney for the pendant* moved
that the defendants be given a new trtaL Judge
Hunt put the matter of hearing the. motion over,
and court was adjeumed.
The case of which tola was the third trial, was
begun Sepiembw .".. Mr. Heney finished his ar-
KOment In rebuttal late yesterday and Judge
Hunt immediately delivered the charge to the
iurv after which it retired to deliberate
The verdict, in view of the two previous dls
asivementa. «ras generaJljr a surprise except
to Mr Heney, who haa matatatoed throughout
that the casa bees oe r.tronger with each pre
sentment to ■'■ ■ Jm >'■
H S Wi:« i. • ' counsel for the defence.
stated thi! :he case would be carried to the
United State* Circuit Court of Appeals, but he
did not think it would go further for no consti
tutional Question is Involved.
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