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V OL LXVI X° 2L943.
PRIESTS DEFY Till; LAW
SAY MASSES IN FRANCE.
Van" Parithioner* Break Away and
FUe A pplications.
Y>fr. 13-— Th* development in regard to
enforcement of the Church separation law
day ha y he*>n largely legal, and there was
A^tfnrder. Th» parish prints everywhere rel
"' d TA n?s in the presence of unusually lan;*
* r !l*ra'iri"s but the authorities merely noted
fr»<-tl o"*o "* rf the ; a* *" 'i t ** f ' '"•* P ri * sls and
ri-arf 19 arr° ar brtc ' rr ' Justices of the peace.
T rvr^i"Tf I^gal notices have been served
f r tr e evacuation of the ecclesiastical mat.
*£ the seminaries, etc. Several of these
(Mir.?? were abandoned without further ado.
• .n 8 majority of the prelate?, while fully pre
"Ved to P'" 1 - amounted that they would not de
£rt t**T< under duress.
Hrs'lle demonstrations apainst covernment of
--ia!* occurred Ht Nantes. Arras and Angers.
The por'^' 3 "* 1 of the last named -ity attacked
. he police, and a number of persons on either
Me were h'Jrt. The Bishop at Angers, from a.
-•nd^w of his residence, exhorted the people to
\* culrr.. and when hi? words had had the desired
t^ cu!t u^ invited the ■•>-■.•:--.»• . to
■Yuiiiil'iNT Ww to the Cathedral, where he pro
zmxcci the benediction.
In many parishes* both In Paris and els*>
irh're. Catholic laymen CUM forward to-day
v; e( » (ie'-'.iratior.s for the holding of per
ries- d'-rir.g the coming: year. If this •practice
h ramaHy followed it will be a distinct victory
tar the gbrenunent, relieving it of the possible
j^r»>ss!ty of dosing: the churches and throwing
en the clejgy the responsibility for the dlscon
itanance <^f public worship. In the mean time
•to Cabinet i« preparing measures to l>e intro
duced before Parliament to-morrow.
\rrnrdir? to -well informed persons the gov-
Intends to Kuhmit to Parliament a
aopo^niaa to settle definitely the situation of
th<" Ch'irch in France. I'ndf r this proposal the
Oiur<-h wfM forfeit all h^nefits und*>r the law
of 1905. t :t i: I* to have opportunity to carry
m worship under th<» common law. Church
pr^perry is to b<» handed over to th«» civil au
t}iori:i<*? on i-.jndition that it be reserved for
purposes or worship. Tlie positions of cardinals
and bishop*, as foreign officials, will be taken
up lafr if t!i« povrrnment finds It necessary
Th* np; res-jlt of the uncompromising attitude
■tsnmed by the Vatican In this conflict with the
FT*>n'*l". goiermncnt s«*"ms to be that the clerpy
*1!1 !i>p*- its pensions". 3*,T»'Ki of which have
b<^': grants} and cazetted since the bepinninp
Qftbii y f ar; that Jill aspirants to the priesthood
will bf rorr.pe'ied to perform military service
and that The takinc over of the episrop.il man
sions, rectories, seminaries, etc., by the State
Dfrsrtmev.t and the communes will hepin im
nediatf!y i:isie-ad of In December, 1007.
Proc<*e.MTjr>= liave been h«-B"un in brhalf of the
forernment against the Sisters of the Assump
tion Order, ":i ih« charg-e of conducting a con
vent and school for the aristocracy in violation
cf th» law against education by religious orders.
Th* abb^a of the churches of S?t. Pierre dv
Gros Ciiliou. St. Aupustin and St. Roch, who are
Wng pro^ecufd under the law making It an of
fcio to utter in places of public worship word*
cakclsled to provoke reslsra.r.ce to the lawful
authorities, appeared for preliminary examina
tion tn-day. Th*y denied having violated the
la*', and their cases were postponed. It was in
th<» churches of the thrt-e ai>b£s mentionr-d that
The protest resistance to The taking of invon
'crif-f occurred.
Uany volts have b^n b»ffun In conr.ection
*Ith endowments for masses to be celebrated
for the repose of th<- souls of the dead.
It is officially stated that the letter* of Mon
tigr.oi- Montacninl. th<» expelled secretarj- of the
I^pa! Ncndatore h«r--. show that the majority
o* the French bishops favored observance of jth<3
lav of ISSi, and bowrd with reluctance to tho
Pspal c*<-r~p. The official statement adds that
the Inviolability of diplonuitic correspond
er.ee of th* nunciatur*» was scrupulously re
sp^rTwj before the rupture between the Vatican
and Fkanoe.
Wn FRANCE IS WRONG.
Cardinal (ribbons Declares Situation
Is Misunderstood Here.
Bs'tirr.or", Lhjc. 13.— "The American public does
not Dnti^rstand live preser.t crisis in France." said
<-Srd;n«! Gibbone. whfi asked this evening: for his
orinio-, en the situation in that country. He con
tinued:
I a^ getting to oe an oid man now. and I think I
*«>» ray countrymen. 'J ney love fair play; they
«>y« lu»-rt\ •; t!;ej lov* to see humane aealinffs of
j°*a »itr; :;.a: : . And the late years have siiown
-i'j»- condUdlT tbey hate snJuHtice, tyranny and In
mmuaitjr. Ana yet France has treated her noblest
'"■t:z»-:is v:'.\i: :r.justlc»- and inhumanity, ami Amer
ica. »:uii: ha* sympathy for the oppreHFen of all
°*tK>!is. !:n* raisin ro protest nor uttered a word
rfsrapatfcy.
If I believed that my countrymen would'knowinc
v *"+ •» «r>-at ui:d beneficent "organization unjustly
"•"prlvi: of tts projK-riy and tIM means of con
ijilk-C usefulness; would knonlriKiy see tens of
of iiuiiest nif-n and noblo women robbed
ntattr just i:;<-onie and ni^arie of support; would
■gyuigly wf hundre<'«« of thousands and even »ev
*T*l ir.i.liotis of people brutaJlv wounded in what
u*y l:oM dearest i^iid most «aored: would know*
«S'y s.-.- h ir..'.;.,ritv in the chamber* utterly dlsre
•«ra jind rrar::;.;e ujMin tiie rights of ttwi minority
tK» tn<: " ri » ;1: '" of millions of their < ountrymen— in
™» rmme or h'xtrty: would knowingly Fee tens of
"Will lull if inr-n and women, wl.o happened to be
*. - ' * ci! '* '"•'-'■>=. turned out of their homes for no
<T!tw h-:t tr.at nf living Go<i and servinc their
p**'itx>!. j aay. if my countrymen can $»-«• and
~*Ji'itT« a!' ti.ls injustice and tyranny and cruelty
«raa rfrfiig.. eerulae. sympathy to iho*e who *ufftr
»-ii ' lof their religious belief, t!i«:i I
»-U Wye hi.- without thai laitn in American love
« justice a:j'j liberty ar.d humanity which h<i*> been
fo" comfort and support and bope. during a Ion;?
££?*• But Urn Am-rlcan people have not ha.t
B«t tbiaci put fairly before them. Our own
»^»* ha* teen to a t-onsiderabie extent the reflex
„■'"•■ Pnr:s:jn anti-clerical press. Host people
"2 a ***J»v« little I'unccption of the French antl-
Ef**j«* I:#v look on the leaders of this party
-..T! ;'■*'■'< -■'■ ■*•'. hiaiesm'-n seeldnc to preserve th<-
J22« from the att:w-kx of an aggr»--Mve clergy.
i n ?,T '*■'" :—: — ! ' booesl and sincere lovers at re
iiiit"".'*' 1 WWnnat amorij? anlH U-rkals. 1 admit.
*" \-\- DUjoritjr ut tbeni have far !*-ss Jove of tiie
rp-k'- than t'.ej have hatred ofTreUston. I am
l '..:ir;~ !: jy tv.jrds a ,,d ] Kav Aitb deiitx-rate «o:i
«-'rm?!' !l " i! Ir ' teaiers <>f tbe present Krench gov
• nro»» ;? , ja ,^ d j,y nutlnnK less than hatred
ti,. ■? i '>:i \V. t;ave no spirit akin to their* in
iM?-.' Tlu: ' m >AY h*V« here much indifference to
_■*!•»!. •,-; f,^ hiVt . no b<K j v o f n ,.- n , „ -re.it
r~'i- l.at makes it a chief aim to weaken the
«-r"? r ' f r *' !^ < »'. and. if |M>s»iblt. utterly to de
*■ '■ wat of tn* iai-H.
"JACOBINISM NOT DEAU
Twjji; '• Kranoe th* .;... .>;.;:. party i* not dead.
Au.J^, * W:l' i. ax ii.u.iz to-day as- it »'as in tha l-«^i
itJOrt ur " " •iKti'e.ii'i, century: «tie> nan- (Jod.
■. n*u n(i| th ,. y ljal^ IJ|S relieion as much
IttS? v "- r tuners hatMl them. H>ji they liav^
»"«' t/ *i '"' rH l""U'i.-m and measured method ot
tb»7. '''"> mn ei-nost t*ci'-titinc in the. means
evL f w Burpma Christianity. And yet the
SJS?£?" " f soca men arr received aa unsuspect
tn ii m-»t:j Anien.Hiis its would bfl « dlseourSa
ri r I ' I( "" I^ 1 »! or Mr BOO«WV*H or Mr. Taft —
''*u»Tt~' J Trr-n the w.»<rful Jnfluenr-*. that re
iti« ln prwmottajß <»>•• welfare of society.
Its, ZS?* '' ■«•»« i<>»l. I «m not misrepresenting
Of «Wnt ; knti-dericals. They rnaU.- t.«
th«.'^: r »*tre<J of <;nri.-'»iaTiity. They avow it in
Urn S!i ai! 'J !:j ;b« chambers. I>*t m»- Pive you a
?«u S* 8 ;^" " f liX " f thesermfn ami
h^.,'*^ i^K<- if tlie American jx-op!*- have ev«-r
il j!* 11 / 11 '!!!? dmilar from their own leaders, or
•srh .. A!T! " r " ■* «i statesmen would dar.- 10 utter
in "tj^/-ni'Mf. in tii^ murw of a l<mx speech
<i»i>.. i "arnv-r f I»onnti«>s the w»-ll known H<»
~.*V fr J""res ssM:
■ "** liiiu^lf apfi.'ur.-da pfi.'u r.-d 1». fore «h< multitudes
. mm •■.■■•'
- bEUR. C 7-69 W. 44TH,
To-da.r, m!n and roidcr.
SI FFRACiiSTS EJECTED.
Five IV omen Arrested After Fight
in House of Parliament.
London. Dec. 13.— The woman suflraglstP made
another attempt this evening to hold a meet
ing within the precincts of the House of Parlia
ment, and five women and one man were ar
rested after an exciting fight with the rolice.
The gathering was arraneed by the Women
■Workers of Manchester and East London, who
assembled j n force.
The police were taken unawares, and some
'.vomen pot within the entrance to th* House
before their object was detected. When the
police finally barred the entrances, the women
tried to hold their meeting in the yard. Con
stables were then summoned to eject them. The
•»om«n fought wildly, scratching and king
the officers, but they were finally compelled to
give way. Trios* who persisted in resisting were
carried streaming' to the nearest police station.
They were charged under the old law against
attempting to hold a meeting within a mile
of the House of Parliament while the Com
mons is in session.
THE KANSAS ALSO FAST.
New Battleship Exceeds Contract
Speed of 18 Knots.
Rockland. Me... Dec. 13.— Tha battleship Kan
sas, from the yards of the New York Shipbuild
ing Company at Camden, N. J.. more than ful
filled her contract speed requirements in her
official screw standardization trial to-day over
the Owl's Head measure! mils course. Her
highest speed was lfi.o knots an hour. After
being Rent over the course fourteen times th
naval trial board ascertained that 120.3 revo
lutions of her screws a minute were necessary
to attain the contract speed of eighteen knots an
hour. In five of the runs to-day the Kansas
averaged IS. 12a knots an hour and at one time
made a dash at th-« rate of Iff**", knots This
latter fierur». however, was reduced to is.;; by
tidal corrections.
The number of revolutions, 120.."; to a minute
for the eighteen knots, is the highest of the
four battleships of this class which have been
tried. The Louisiana's screws had to revolve
at a 11&3 speed, the Vermont at 114.6 and th«
Minnesota at 314.."». The Connecticut has not
yet been tried. All five of these ships are It;.<«i«*
ton vessels, with 16,300 horsepower and a con
tract speed of eighteen knots an hour. The dif
ference in the screw revolutions, according to
the naval experts, ip due to the pitcii of the
propeller shafts and the surface area of the pro
peller bladep.
The Kansas will tart to-morrow on her four
hour run down the coast at top speed, and, after
dropping several of th- naval assistants at Bos
ton lightship, win Immediately commence her
third test, the twenty-four hour endurance run.
which will bring her well down to the Delaware
Capes.
ACXT ACCUSES LAWYER.
Charges Embezzlement — Kidnap
ping Accusation Brought.
[By ■ .»«T-arn to The Trlburjf ]
l':oomfie!d. N. .1 . Dec. 13. — In default of $3,000
bail Thomas Lloyd Hollister, a New York law
yer, living in Franklin street, this town, was
committed to the county jail to-night by Re
corder George W. Cadmus on a charge of em
bezzlement preferred by Mi.-.< Etta C. Town
send, Is am •. The amount named in the com
plaint Is $600.
.Miss Townaend ■ I lawyer collected
• -..in her and de
a trus company to his own
credit
• . rk. When Urt -
Barr-t!, a lawyer r presenting the complainant,
asked thai I le $3,060 1 <> said that
the pr.- : •
old child Thomas fr >ra the house and hidden
him. In case the bail was made to cover the
i dement charg< only, Barrntt feared, Hol
. hild v ould
■ .
When Hollister returned to his home without
the child yesterday his wife departed, it is said,
and sought refuge at the home of her brother,
Walter P. Veasey. a New York banker living in
Oakland avenue. All efforts to get Hollister to
tell where the child was hidden were unsuc
cessful. This afternoon Mrs. Elollister stripped
the house of the furniture while her husband
was locked up.
H.jili.st'-r says that back of his arrest is a
conspiracy against him on the part of his wife
and her family An effort to have the ball re
duced and the accused man released will be
made in the prosecutor's otlice to-morrov,-.
HOY SAVES TWO GIRLS.
Sweetheart Refuses to Leave Icy
Water Until Friend Is Out.
Riverheai, Long Island. Dec. 13.— Harry
Hooper, eighteen years old. rescued his sweet
heart. Miss Mabel Wood, and her chum, Miss
Alice Hallock. from drowning in Merritt Pond
east of Riverhead, this afternoon. The two
girls skated across the pond, and. despite wain
ing shout«. went out on thin ice and broke
through.
Without knowing who was In danger, Hooper
skated across the ice and threw himself flat
on the thin ice and called upon the others to
take hold of his feet and push him out. The
others were so thoroughly frightened that, ex
cept for one small boy. no aid was given to him.
He crawled out and seized Miss Wood, but she
refused to be taken out until Miss Hallock was
saf<\ Mlfs Hallock could not swim and Miss
Wood could Hooper accordingly drew Miss
Hallock out on solid ice. but then had to skirt
the hole and approach it from another side,
owing to the it-e cracking under the double
w<-i^ht. The three hurried to a nearby house,
where they received attention.
ATE THE POROUS PLASTER
Italian Used It as Wrapper for Powder —
Expected to Die.
Antonio dsslamino, an Italian of Irvir.tion, lies
at bis home there dangerously ill as the result of a
porous plaster which lie took Internally about a
week as". Ca.ssiamano went home from work on a
riny complaining; «<f a pain In his ch"st. Dr. B. J.
Smith ordered bitn to buy v porous plaster and nut
It on his chest, and at the. same tin..- wave him a
prescription^ with Instructions <n net both th«- porous
plaster "H' l tiie Powder for internal use at the neur-
Ml drug store.
Casiisnisn- w*nt to the dru« stor». presented hi s
prescription and .received two porou* piasters and
several powders In return. The Italian then pro
eetded to wrap a P ow<ler iv ■ porous piaster and
swallow H. He was lust tt> ttinK the wcon.l powder
Tf .,,iv for use In the Bain« way when the clerk
u« what 1"» WBS <loinff - ii '" l "topped him. Tha
,'fiU ben saw that the *econ«! plaster wm put In
t ri~bt placej Tlie n-xt morning Cawlaniuno
found *bit the P-'iin had left his cuest. but (hat it
<...t»<i i-i ills stomach. Jle has been steadily
sdr 4™ t^ lay, "* ti Ut :houKhi Buw
that M win zwfc ***»•
NEW- YORK. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14. liMH>.-FOURTEE^~^rx~ES-^T h^ PRICE THREE CESTBL
CALLS STOCK ILLEGAL
////./. SHA RES DE( LINE.
Minnesota Attorney General to Op
pose Great Northern Issue.
St. Paul. Dec. 13. — Attorney General Young of
Minnesota to-day made a ruling- that, under the
state law. the proposed increase of $<VM)0O.000
in the capital stock of the Great Northern Rail
way, recently announced from New York, was
invalid, and that as soon as the Issue was actu
ally begun the state would take action in the
matter.
In the statement promulgating his ruling the
Attorney Genera! says:
This proposed issue would increase the stock
of the Great Northern Railway Company to
!?Ul«>.<HH>.«K ii The bonds of trie system are now
about $2ir,.000.000. which would make the cap
italization of the six thousand miles of road
$423,000,000. This exceeds $70,000 ■ mile for
both main line and branches, where much of
the road, especially the branch lines, cost not to
exceed $2,000 a mile
The dividends on this excess capitalization are
an unwarranted tax on the patrons of the road,
and. Instead of Increasing Its stock, which is
now about $00,000 a mile, the company ousht
to show some justification for its present cap
italization.
Railroad regulation and rate regulation would
be but a farce if our law- should be so construed
as to permit a domestic railway company to
increase Its capital stock at will to an unlim
ited amount, especially as in this case, for the
alleged purpose of buying stock of other sub
sidiary companies, composed of the same stock
holders, where the stock to be purchased was
issue.i under other jurisdictions and sold at
arbitrary prices to be X ed by the buyer, who
is also the seller If there is any vitality in
our law on the subject, the proposer! stock will
not be Issued, unless the necessity therefor la
Shown and unless the consent of the proper
officers of this state is secured as provided by
law.
The Attorney General holds that before a
railroad can increase its capital stock it must
serve notice of such intention on the State Rail
way and Warehouse Commission for a review
and public hearing to determine the necessity
for tho increase. This has not been done. The
Attorney General holds, furthermore, that the
increase of $25,000,000, made last sprintr. must
also be explained before either that issue or
the present proposed issue can become le^al.
The Great Northern operates under a Minne
sota charter.
Great Northern and Northern Pacific were the
leaders in a severe break in the stork market yes
terday afternoon. In which practically the whole
list except -■ Paul Buffered. Weakness had pre
vailed durinp the whole session, its cause beinp
sufficiently explained by the continued stringency
of money and the Imperative neoes<H.ty of the banks
reducing loan«». in v.ew of the larsre deficit in re
serve shown last Saturday and the prospect of
another had showing; at the end of the current
week. Great Northern, however, was especially
under pressure, as it had been on Wednesday, fol
lowing the announcement of its proposed new stock
issue of JfiO.^y.ooo. and Northern Pacific on the
news that it too contemplated an Issue of stock, to
be much larger than that of the Great Northern.
The dispatches from St. Paul that the Attorney
General of Minnesota had questioned the validity
of the Grvat Northern's new financing gave added
impetus to the decline in the stock, and various
rumors adverse to the company were circulated,
among them that President James J. Hill was
dead.
At the off! of the company no direct advices
from St. Paul had been received up to a late hour,
but full confidence wis expressed that M would be
found that exact compliance with the laws of
Minnesota hud been ad.
One of the causes for the extreme weakness of
Great Northern and Northern Paciflc, It was re
ported among brokerage houses, was that the
Union Pacific w:is soiling Its holdings of the stockd
of the two ro;uls. Great Northern sold down fo
208>i. closing at 209. a net loss for the day of 14U
points and an extreme decline from the high of
Wednesday, before the announcement of Its com
ing stock issue, of 2C'i points. Northern Pacific
closed at 2!!T a *. only :4: 4 point above the lowest of
the day and 11*8 point? lower than on the pre
ceding day. Its decline from the high of Wednes
• iiy to the low of yesterday was ITVi points. Great
Northern ore certificates also declined sharply,
losing 7 r ... points on the day.
St. Paul, on the contrary, was strong throughout
the session, rising to W2\. and closing with a net
gain of 2% points, at t91 a g. There were rumors that
competitive buying of St. Paul was in progress be
tween the Harrlman and Mill-Morgan Interests, but
these reports were not received seriously. The St.
Paul executive committee held a meeting, at which,
it had been rumored, an announcement concerning
the issuance of new stock might ho authorized, but
ii was said after the meeting that only routine
business had been transacted.
The announcement in The Tribune of the size of
the proposed stock issue of the Northern Pacific
and of the fact that the plan for the sale of the
company's equity in the Burlington to the Great
Northern had b» en postponed, was confirmed yes
terday from an independent source. The circular,
it is learned, la now in the hands of the printer,
and will be issued soon. Interest is to be paid at 7
per cent. Instead of 5 per cent, as in the case of
the Great Northern, on the subscriptions to the
553.000.000 new Northern Pacific stock, the pay men ta
for which are to be distributed over a considerably
longer period than that givn the Great Northern
stockholders for making payments.
Rates for • in* an« yesterday were tlie highest
fcr more than a year. For ninety day loans on
g"od mixed Stock Exchange collateral ■ per cent
wa.-i bid, without any transactions. Th« nominal
rate on sixty day funds was 8 per cent bid. 84
a-k<-d; for four months. 7 per cent bid, and for five.
to six months, 616 1 - par cent, Call money trought
as hlch as 16 per cent, with 13 the ruling rate
The local Sub-Treasury up to the close of busi
ngs yesterday had paid to the depositary banks
a sum in excess of SI.&jo.OOU tinder the order of the
Secretary of the Treasury, directing the lelea of
$10 00ft 0i»" in nil of government mom The amount
allotted to the Jew York banks was stated by the
Secretary in his announcement a few days ago of
his plans for relieving the money stringency as
11 fiO'Uoo but some of the banks in the interior
have': declined t« avail themselves of tne privilege
of receiving part of the special deposit, and it is
understood that thene. allotments have ecu turned
over to the local institutions.
CHILD RUN OVER BY CAR.
Father Sees Crowd, but Does Not
Recognize His Boy.
Robert Hanlon, five years old. was run down
by a 2Hd ptreet crosstown car last night, and
he is at nellevue with injuries that will prob
ably cause hi? death. In the excited crowd
around the car immediately after the accident
was the father of the child, William Hanlon.
of No. :'.?*> First avenue, but he did not know
that the little victim us his own son. Going
to his home, Haiilon whs telling his wife about
the accident when the child's playmate ran in
and old him Mit "Bobbie" had been run over.
During the excitement, the motorman of the
car. evidently fearing punishment at the hands
of the bip crowd, speeded up his .it- and got
away. The accident occurred in t'.'->\ street,
about midway between First avenue and Ave
nue A. The fender of the car was not lowered,
and iii.- < hild's body went under the forward
trues •''■ the car.' Both of his legs were broken
and it is believed that his skull was fractured.
— •—
FAMOUS OLD HORSE DEAD.
VlorrUtown. N. J. D«*e. 13 (Special >.i— General, the
favorite and last of the horses owned by General
Andrew Kllpatrtck. is dead. The horse was origi
r..;lly the property of Vice- President Garret A.
Jlobart: Clt i^rni w.i* the oldest and m-st known
unlmal in Suss***. Cntll a short time ago General
always appeared in every parade, either civil, mili
tary or politic*!.
BACK TO OLD SPELUSG.
ORDER TO RE WITH DRAWN
President Yields to Unanimous Sen
timent of the House.
Washington. Dec. President Roosevelt
will withdraw his simplified spelling order to
the Public Printer, and hereafter all documents
from the executive departments will again b«
printed in the old fashioned style.
Representative Landls, of the joint commit
tee on spelling:, had a conference to-day with
the President, who said that he did nor wisn
to have spelling overshadow matters of great
importance and expressed a willingness to re
voke his order for the new spelling in case
the House of Representatives should go on rec
ord as opposed to the system. Accordingly, late
this afternoon Mi Landfs Introduced the fol
lowing resolution in the Hous->:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of
Representatives that hereafter in printing re
ports, documents or other publications author
ized by law, ordered by Congress or either
branch thereof, or emanating from the execu
tive departments, their bureaus 01 branches, and
independent officers of the government, the Gov
ernment Printing Office should observe and ad
here to the standard of orthography prescribed
in generally accepted dictionaries of the Eng
lish language.
The measure was passed without a dissent
ing vote, although Mr. Gillett. of Massachu
setts, who made a fisht for simplified spelling
before the House Committee on Appropriations
and has been regarded as the champion of tha
President's attitude, explained that he did not
wish to give the impression that he had changed
his mind. Mr. Gillett said be saw that th*
House was overwhelmingly against the innova
tion and consequently he bowed to its wilL
CONFUSION* CAUSED BY REFORM.
The system of reform spelling was put into
effect by the President in the recess of Con
gress, and all public documents supplied
to the executive departments have been printed
in the simplified way. These documents have
been pouring in on Congress ever since the
opening day. much to the dissatisfaction of a
large majority of the members of the House.
As a result the Government Printing Office
was using two forms of spelling in public print-
Ing. th»! staid old method for Congress
and the reform method in the executive docu
ments. This caused confusion and comment un
favorable to the reform, and finally was made
an issue between the legislative and executive
departments, the judicial department having
previously frowned upon the President's order.
Th.- Committee on Printing, in Its favorable re
port on the Landis resolution, stated that the
committee had been governed by the following
considerations:
In the various reprints of the Constitution of
the United States adherence to the original spell
ing is found in the majority of cases. The spell
ing in the original statutes reflects the forms of
spelling in vogue at the time of their enactment.
The various codifications of the statutes reflect
the spelling in vogue at the time of the adoption
of such codifications. The last codification
adopted was in ISTa. The subsequent statutes
now number fourteen volumes, covering a period
of twenty-eight years. Each volume reflects the
spelling in vogue at the time of the enactment
of" the statutes embraced therein.
NEED OF A UNIFORM SYSTEM.
A new codification Is about to be presented to
Congress. Until Cong all see tit to order
the printing of this proposed codification of the
statutes, embracing all the enactments of the
lawmaking power at the government now in
force, in some form of spelling other than that
generally accepted by the people it would appear
to h-; the part of wisdom for the government in
all Its branches, in the Interest of simplicity ami
economy, to adhere to a uniform system of
spelling, and this system should be the one al
ready most generally recognized and accepted
by tha people.
If Congress shall adhere to the form of spell
ing already in vogue as applied to the statutes,
it would appear anomalous to employ some
other form as applied to all the preliminary
stages of legislation, including the proceedings
of Congress, up to the point where these pro
ceedings are crystallized Into law, and at this
point order a change in the spelling of the per
fected legislation to preserve harmony in the
orthography of the national statutes.
The executive order, under which many pußlic
documents have already been printed, was issued
on August -7. I.l * **, and has now been in force
for more than three months. It has been exten
sively exploited, and the public has bad ample
opportunity to digest the arguments presented
in its favor. Without taking issue as to the
relative merits of any form of spelling. It is
evident that public sentiment, as reflected in
(he newspapers, magazines and other publica
tions, has not been favorable to the proposed
Innovation embraced in the executive order of
August 27.
It is, therefore, a condition and not a theory
with which Congress has to deal. It is not
believed that the attitude of the general public
would be materially changed if the government
in all its branches were to adopt the form of
spoiling prescribed in the executive order re
ferred to, and only confusion and expense would
result without any commensurate advantage,
even if the new form of spelling were deemed
prefers
ANOTHER CHANGE MIGHT COME
1 '.>ii«: • s- ■ ■ even if
it should leave present conditions undisturbed,
that the next succeeding administration would
not revoke the present order. Much of the
ter embraced in tht- publications of the govern
ment is preserved In the form of stereotyped
repress ormous
values to • ■ .. . .
and other • ■ All of th< would
!>e rendered worthless In a moment by an order
In a - administration revoking
• 'J7 last .
The • • in <'i>nj;res^ Is BttCO that 11
must without question that
printing < i t . t ;»» for Congress tiie standard dl
prill continue to be the acceoted author
ity. If some other form of spelling is to apply
to the- executive departments it means a dual
form of spelling in the government print! -
Much of tiie printing that is done for Co
is reproduced in executive documents. Mu-h of
the printing that is done for the executive de
partments Is reproduced in Congressional pub
licatlona if the government is t.< have two
forms of spelling this will necessarilj mean
- i omposttion, double stereotyping and
typing double proofreading and other
-■■- i ■ '.. . t force
of pi fn a ■ that a
proofn • required I i timself
■ ' ■ em of sp< Ding \. Itb the
lerlng efl • -■
justice t.. - Bcials. ir may he
an order which dk tates i particular form
of orthography involving ;i departure from the
Ized standard In popular us.- h
upon the head of an executive ■ • tent as
wen as upon .ill of his subordinates a Dolk-v
that • unsidered In many lnst
In the opinion of th •■ 13
ar- from rh.- recognised standards of nr-hn?
raphy unnu! w!1 on or econ
omy !<e taken until Congress and the ESxecutive
agr • upon the adoption of other
graphic me- hods
NEW JERSEY MAN KILLED IN TEXAS.
El Paso, Tex.. Dec. 13.-WI!Ilam H. Fairciaugh.
of Ridgt «.. ■ N. .1 . to-day wa? instantly kill.-d and
his body cut In two, a Mexican was seriously hurt
;irni several others were injured near Gray ton by
t!i« breaking of .1 coupling on a tourist car at
tached to the Southern Pacific inset Limited
train.
FairclauK'n, who was a retired capitalist, and his
wife ■■,! four children were on the way to Cali
fornia. When the train parted Fatfclaugh, who
was passing from iitu- car to another tv thrown
tittwa n the cars anil ground to piece*.
FLORIDA'S FAMOUS TRAINS
»::£ A. M. <•■ ■:>..■,, Unexcelled aervlcs via
Prim. & Atlantic Least Line H. R. Florida In
formation Bux*au, to way. cor. a>ta fit.— Advt,
BOM II BURSTS I\ II ALL
East Side Tenement Dwellers En
dangered by Black Hand.
The lives of more than a hundred p*T«.->n.«
were endangered shortly after midnight by the
explosion of a dynamite bomb in the hallway
Of the tenement house at No. 502 First avenue.
The police believe that the explosion was caused
by a Black Hand society. No one was injured
by the explosion, but houses within a bock of
the place were shaken and th« report was heard
several blocks away. The police made a vig
orous investigation, but found no clew to th*
identity of the persons was placed the bomb
in the house.
The first floor of the tenement house fat oc
cupied by Charles Vivano as a grocery store.
According to the police the borib was a time
machine. It was placed against the door lead
ins: into Vlvano's bedroom.
Vivano. his wife and four children were
sleeping in the room, and the force of the px
plosion threw them all OUt of bed. The tene
ment house was filled with smoke, and for awhile
the people in the hous» were in a panic.
Because of the wreckage in th- hallway the
Vivano family found jrreat difficulty in getting
out of their apartments.
Vivano was taken is the East 35th street po
lice station and interrogated by Captain Carson.
The Italian said he had no enemies that he knew
of.
-/ BOMB EOR TILLMA\'
Cleveland Police Learn of Alleged
Plot Against Senator.
fßv I>le<raph la The TriburtP. J
Cleveland. Dec. 13. Dallas Cooper startled th*
police to-night by telling them of a plot to ex
plode a bomb at the meeting Monday njg. at
which Senator Tillman is to speak on the race
problem. Cooper is one of several speakers who
address open air meetings on street corners
He was closely examined, but the police could
not get any further Information as to the plot
ters or plot. They are inclined to doubt his story,
although they will take precautions to prevent
disturbance at the meetinsr.
MEXICO GETS ROAD.
Deal Definitely Settled at Late Con
ference.
Mexico City, Dec. 13 \- • ■ • » tw
nlgfal between Mr. Umaatovr, Finance Minister
for t(v Mexican govemmenr. and Pablo Mq-
tin*-z del Rj., an-i Walter E. Bacon, repr^senn-ie:
Xew York and London capitalists. The deal for
the gale of the Mexican Central Railroad was
definitely closed.
[An article telling the lines which it was re
ported the deal would be closed is published on
pasre 11 J
FISH WITH OPPOSITIOX.
Sends Olney J'ote—Peabodi/ Im
pugns Motives for Resigning.
Stuyvesant Fish wrote a letter yesterday to
Richard Olney. chairman of the international
policy-holders' committee, inclosing his ballot
In favor of the "united committees* " ticket and
expressing disappointment at the alleged failure
of the present Mutual Life administration to
"work out the greatly needed reforms."
President Peabody. In a striking statement
made to a Tribune reporter last night In com
ment on Mr. Fish's letter, said:
Every man is entitled to his opinion as to
whether reforms have been made In view,
however, of the motives which prompted Mr.
Fish's resignation and the efforts made in con
nection with it to use the company for his per
sonal advantage. I do not think that Mr. Fish'»
opinion Is entitled to much weight.
Mr. Fish's letter, which is headed "X :it
Broadway. December 13. " follows:
My Dear Mr. Olney: When I resigned as a
trustee of the Mutual T.if^ Insurance Company
I made up my mind to drop the business, and did
so. For a long .-.:.•■ and believed that
th»» influence Of such good strontr men as there
were on the board when I left it would work our
the greatly needed reforms. In this I have been
disappointed, and as the time for the election
draws near. I hay* reached the conclusion that.
in common with other policyholders. I ought to
send you my ballot in favor of the united com
mittees' ticket, which is inclosed herewith.
STUTVESAXT FISH.
Despite its opening sentence, Mr. Fish's letter
is construed in Insurance circles as strengthen
ing the belief that the presidency of the Mutual
Life will be offered to Mr. Fish should the
■•united committees"' ticket win at Tuesday's
election.
After the letter had been read to Charies R.
Henderson, who entered the Mutual's board '.::
ISS3. he said:
Reforms and rtai gea r. rs 1 sen ai
carried out as rapidl; as possible I
lute confidence .
: • -• ■ ■ Mutual Life admii ■
y ■ Fisl 1 '•••■- r. I
interns- '.r viafu of his recent resignation
the Tr nesdal
compa f trustees, a
of his ■
th*» Illii vis Cent : ad
BIG ROGERS-STHLMAN COLOJTY
Capitalists Said to Have Acquired Over Two
Million Acres of Texas Land
[By ■ -,--.,- to The T- tbun*. ]
Fort Worth. Tex.. Dec. 12.— 1t developed to-day
that 11. H. Rosrers, of the Standard Oil Company,
and James Stillman. president of the City National
Bank, of New York, are atthe bead of the big syn
dicate negotiating the purch;ise of th» Kins. Arm
strong, Kennedy and Drlscoll ranches, +n.;
more than two million acres in Southwest Texas.
Negotiations have reached the point where Ken
nedy ami Armstrong have hurriedly Kon» to Ta
mauUpas, Mexico, to buy a million acres on which
to place their Tens rattle. The new Texas prop
erty, it is said, will be cut up for colonizing pur
poses.
ERYAN SEES DEMOCRATIC PLOT
Thinks Conservatives Are Planning to Capt
ure Next National Convention.
[By •aasa ti> Thf» Trtbun- |
Lincoln. Net.. Dec. 13.- In the forthcoming Issue
of Ma paper xv J- Bryan warns the Democrats of
the country against what ! a declares to b« an ef
fort of those Democrat* who call themselves con
servatives to capture, the next Itemooratic national
convention. lie says that there la no great dansc^r.
however, and adds that Mr. Roosevelt shcuM be
taken at la word that he will not be a candidate
before the Republican convention, and that. ev«n
If he should change his mind. ba would have trou
ble in getting the nomination because of division
in his puny.
FINED $25 FOR RUNNING DOWN GIRL.
t V.y TMsaaai to The Trltun*. 1
Lakewood. Dt-c. 13— ' "-" a pursuit of two
miles in an automobile. Chief of Police Norcross
overtook »n'l nnvsted .lobn A. Ixnjrstreft. of
Marm**iuan. 'his afternoon. Ijonsstree! ran down
a youiiK K'rl In Montnouth avenue and hurried
tt*uy without stopping to find out how badly »ao
was Hurt. Luc|iue«i w** Oa«d |3^
TO OBEY COPJSTITOTIOII,
HlirllES AT pMM UESTEM.
Says People Want Ren! Representa
tives — Defines Public Service.
Rochester. Dec. 13. — Governor-elect Charles SL:
Hushes was th» guest of honor this evening at
th»- nnnual dinner of the Chamber »f Commerce.
Senator W. \V. Armstrong, of TtiJs city, presided,
other guests were Controller H»rnian E. 3l»ti
of New York, who spoke on the subject of "Th*
Business Man in Politics and in Office." and th*
Rev Dr. S. Parses Cadraan. pastor of the Cen
tral Congregational Church, ol Brooklyn, who
spoke on "The Moralities of Commercialism."*
Mr. Hughe rosron-I°cl to the toast "The State)
<•• New York." saying:
When, pearly a year ago. you invited me to
be present op. this occasion, I had iv> idea that
the Deople of the state would intervene and
tnak° it difficult for me to keep the engagement.
From the election returns I learned that ther©
were many in Slonroa County who woulil hay*
made it easier i' they had had their way. -
trust this large am", influential minority is rep
resented here to-nignt. and that it ia well under
stood thai no feettng of bitterness or of ani
mosity has survived the campaign, but that the
task of administration will hr undertaken with,
the sole desire to redeem the pletiges given to
the people of the state, to w horn, vrttiiout ref
erence to recent divisions, we look for fairness
of judgment and for Intelligent supi>ort.
It was when we were in the threes ef our to
suran^ c labors last winter mat i was aaketl vt>
be your guest, and the invitation came througH
your dl:-.ciuguisr>ed feiiow citizen for whose worS
I desired to show my high appreciation. I ra
*er to Senator Armstrong. An' 1 . I desire to say*
to his constituents that never ha\e I seen D3OCO
intelligent, untiring and disinterested public
-service than was rendered by tlr* chairmen oc
the insurance committee of investigation 71»
the suco-ss of the difficult work befor* us I ****-
lieve that Monroe County ha.-» made conspicu
ous contribution in retumlns b' m to lhe S cn: » f "-
To his colleague. Senator Dunn. I am gli -
also to extend th" hand of eongrarafathm anU
of confidence, and 1 have no rl<-übt that yvw
who with special interest will watch the tocrra
of each will have large reason to. f^li -itare you
setres upon your representatives and their im
portant share in th? work of giving to the stita
a worthy administration.
It has been a gre:ii regret u> ny that- 1 i:?va
been unable sine- the election t(> accept nu
merous invitations whivh I have .eceived from
different cities and various civic a.nd busine-j^
organizations. But these last «!ays of the year.
spent in apparent quiet, are full of necessary
toil and have no room for speeches. It is no
small matfr t" elve an audience to all tho3*
who have ideas, and t" others. And so far '-
huve kept my pledjee an r l havr listened. : on.
heard of a presiding justice of an •- pa ilat»»
Division of the Supreme Court who pasted th*
familiar sign ir. th»* Judges' room, "Stop. Loo^c
and IJsten." Thi* has been my occupation, in.
a very important one it is for mv own safety.
There are not hours enough in the day to suf»
flee for ;t and I am here to-nizht at the ex
pense of many who are entitled to b*» -•• ■ anil
heard. But I am particularly grateful for this
opportunity to meet with you under the au
spices of your Chamber of Commerce, whoae en
ergy, as is well known, has been so largely in-
strumental in the development of our ciV
and which has so closely at heart the. importantl
questions of the hour.
EARNESTNESS NOT SPASMODIC.
The earnestness which characterized the cam
paign did not cease with its close. It was not
spasmodic or temporary- We must take account
not of tempestuous waves produced by a passing
storm, but of a d<-t*p, strong current. In this
flourishing community, the capital of a valley
of remarkable fertility, with Its natural advan
tages in sources of power and in outlets to mar
kets, with its Important university and highly
intelligent population, you hay* had sharp re
minder of its strength and direction. To un
derstand it you must look beneath superficial
conditions, beneath the conflict of opinion with;
regard t<> specific measures and particular men.
It is the steady, persistent, resistless demand
for the clearer recognition and better enforce
ment of popular rights.
It is characteristic of the day that the obvion»
and the fundamental are th<- subject of extraor
dinary emphasis, that the ancient commonplaces
of platforms have been revitalized and that our
attention is fixed upon the essentials i,f govern
ment of the people. Dy the people, anil for the
people. The spirit of tT7t> is in essence tii»
spirit or li»n«>. What w<» need is the courage and
wisdom of our fathers to give it just and rea
sonable expression m policy and in deed. It r*
not our part to plan an ambitions scheme for th«s
reconstruction of society. Our immediate duty
i^ 'nor» practical than that. It is to obtain fronx
our existing institutions that full measure of
freedom of political action and of equality ufi
opportunity which they were intended and ar»
able to confer.
The people are not content with technical
representation. Tney want the substance and
not merely the form. Nor will they permit th»*
imposing array of benefits which they really
enjoy to turn their attention from the abuseti
which they no longer win tolerate. It waa roc
the amount of tea duty, bur the fact that -
was imposed, that infuriated the colonists. \n.j,
our present prosperity and the excellent woric
that has he»>n done and is b*lng done rarmoC
avail to excuse a violation of the uemecratlo
principles of our government. One of the para
mount demands of the hour is thar those wh»
are fleeted or a pointed to office shall reeogntz*
their responsibility to all th* people. The peo
ple want representatives woo tire responsive to>
public sentiment. They Arant men who do not
attempt to serve two masters anri who do roc
place between the lines of th** ; .r oath of office
the promise of a different allegiance. Th*»
strength of any party in thr public confident-**
will depend largely upon its sympathy wltn this
wholesome sentiment and upon Irs ability - >
establish the popular conviction that it baa I
code of honor wblcb requires of its member*
who may attain official position unswerving
fidelity to the state.
DEMAND IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION".
This Involves and the people demand — it would
be difficult to find anything to which they at
tach greater importance — that administration
shall be wholly impartial. It is not enough.
that the general routine or" the business of th*
departments shal! be conducted without respect
of persons. There must be no exceptions. \\'»
must by single minded devotion to public duty
purge the public mind of all suspicion that any
interest, by reason of its power, its wealth of
its friendship, is able to get the slightest favor
or aught but justice. The great business of ad
ministration must be conducted without bias,
without favor to political friend, to campaign
contributor or to those who are tnU; In th»
world of commerce and finance. In the even,
justice of administrative action government
must know neither rkh nor poor, neither strong
nor w»?ak. neither friend nor foe. save as each,
receives due consideration according to the law
of the land and the merits of each case. Let
me add that the business man who strives to
get a "•pull" is no better than the faithless offi
cer who permit* himself to be "pulle*!." As wo
consider the present situation, what greater con
tribution can be made to the security .if honor
able business in our great state than by «to con
ducting ourselves that we .Vail convince tht»
people that, whatever the political relations o£
chiefs and deputies, therv is no department
where official discretion is used to pay political
debts or the door to which can be opened with I
prtv;»te key.
But vie need something; more than has hlrher
to been regarded .is Root! administration. Ther*
are great organizations engaged in necessary
public service for private profit. They are cre
ated by the state, they ar*» given vast powers by
the state, and th* peopl* In their business lit* »
and in their private life, are absolutely depend
ent upon them. In public privilege they live,
move and have their being. I allude, of ei>ur*«.
to our public service corporations.
Now. in the capacity to control and regulate
these great enterprises, despite the influence
which they are able t<» exert and desptte the con
flict in many ways between private and pubHo
Interest we find at this time the test of the etH
tfency of our democratic institutions. Ther*
may be some who have so magnified the creat
ure at the expense of the creator that they con
sider the extension of governmental regulation
an unwarrantable interference with private
concerns. Th it Is a remarkable perversion.
What wt» have to deal with Is not interference
with private property, hut abuse of public right*.
In \ho effort to substitute a uhri^o for an ar
gunnst it is sometimes s;ir<l th.tt governm-m i»
becomins 100 paternal f;ut l»-t n-»t those wh«
enjoy the benefits of ruternalksm MX ttlr» crea
tion of corporations object to paternalism IB