V OL - LXVin. . . .X*- 22,650.
(OrMY COMMITTEE
INDORSES MR. ROOT
OAT. V TWO DISSENTING
VOTES (AST.
rP _ I <gh is Resolution, and
Obtains Modification After
Long Debate.
Ti-r. Republican County Committee passed
r«-!«nbtions Indorsing Secretary Root and com
mencing the Republican Assemblymen for de
faring Tor him for Senator at a largely at-
Tfr.d^d meetlnc ia Murray Hill Lyceum last
r.icht, with only two unidentified dissenting
votes. This Is the resolution:
"%*T>*rea«, A United States Senator will be
rhosen at the coming- session of the New York
Legislature; and
Wh*>r*»a«. V»> believe that it is the sentiment
•if the Republicans of this county that the Hon.
Klihu Root is pre-eminently qualified and pe
-niiarly fitted to represent the Stat* 1 of New
- -k in that capacity, and that by reason of
•ho pr»»st Kiik< i which he has rendered to the
rat^n and to the RepuhSican party he des^rv^s
tl,"'unitedt 1 ," 'united support of th- Republican members
of the Legislature;
?t*polv»»d. That ■»»• note with satisfaction that
ih» representative^ in the Legislature from this
rr.-jTiTv hav^ determined to promote his candl
ftacy tor all kaaonMe means in their power:
father.
Kcs-^lved. That a copy of th»se resolutions be
». T » Tn p.o^uMiran members of tbe Leeislature.
\* tbe meeting of the executive committee
r # *»,» <:our.tv committee in the afternoon the
foreeciag resolution -»aS adopted, with this
kAOXOob :
-. - It i* the sense of this committee that
the Hon. Eiihu Root should be elected United
State's Senator at the comir.g session of the
l^gislf-tsre.
Fer-ator Page attacked the resolution, which
•tt ms offered by John Henry Hammond, or. the
rrounfi that under the rules the committee could
bat indorse any candidate for office not directly
voted 1 for by the people. Senator Page said
thai BBS. rule had been hi force for many years
*;ri<i that this was the first tame the committee
at attempted to violate It. He said the rule
•aa* a wise one. and that adhering to it -would
*a.ye the committee from being embroiled at
•»■"!• future time.
COMMITTEE'S RULE INVOKED.
H« believed the Assemblymen were well with
in their rights In declaring for Secretary Root,
rut that the committee as bound by Its rules
«r.5 could not adopt an Indorsement of any one
ant to be voted for directly by the peopie.
President Parsons said that the committee
. c winter bad passed a resolution Indorsing -.
arc cite for President (meaning Governor
Senatcr Page -£ . ■! law cases were not parallel.
»r,d then followed a Ion? and rather dry debate
Eicut the electoral system and as to -whether
tie rotors voted directly for the President and
-e»:4ect.
Jehu Henry Hammond said that his under
rttsiirir cf the rule was that it referred to
■UHMiiT 111 1 i and -not to ' elective offices. "A.~ P.*
Gilbert rapport ed Senator Page. William Hal
pla *eked for another reading of the resolution
sal rjr:rised his friends by Ftauding with the
P&tbom men Heciey M Gre«ne asked unani
moia consent for the passage of the resolu
tics. ere Senator Page objected Robert Kelly
Prentice said that the committee had th- moral
rrht to instruct Assemblymen and indorse Sec
retary Hoot, as the people want Root in the
Senate!
The chair su«tained Senator Page's point of
•order Is part and eliminated th- portion of the
reeohxtion referred to, after which Mr. Ham
ffiond Fpcke to his resolution in part as follows:
The p**op»e want to represent them in th*
United States Senate a man who w«jll voice their
Ugbest aspiration* Th*> people of the 29th As
»«mb!y District fe^l that in Secretary Root
fliey have a m&.n who in ability and character is
cv. an *Kjua.l footing w lth Hamilton and \\>bster.
B«= was a member of the last Constitutional
Convention. He has served M Secretary of War
end State, served on the Alaskan Boundary
Commission. His name is a household word.
H» is an intellectual c ant.
for two year? he was president of the New
York Bar As?'»_iation. He pave up an enor
mous law practice s-o that hr- mirht Rive his
— .c to his country. He is one of th** warm
<*ft friends of the President- elect and of Presi
dent R->osevelt. In every campaign hen a
crisis aro»» and tat party needed some 'Mi- to
deliver a telling and decisive blow Elihu R". -r
-.vs.* called on. If tre wish to strengthen the
Senate w<- will elt-ct him.
■William Halpin urged the county organization.
nn general principles, to take an aggressive atti
• -«-.-■- and Ptop being the tail to
th» dor. Mr. Gilbert's motion was lost, nd on
•-« vote on Mr. Hammond's resolution there
•were ersly two . ----- c rotes. Applau" greet
"•i th« result.
iIR. PARSONS PRAISED.
Collln H. Wr/Hward then put through a reso
lution complimenting President Parsons on his
•Sclent niasias'mfnt of the campalcm. th<* com
- • ■*«. adopting ih«» resolution with a roar of
•-heere and handclapping. Mr. Parsons thanked
OH committee, f&yins that he accepted the
r-a!s»- r.ot for himself personally, but as chalr
r~. an of the organization.
Without a dissenting: voice and in compliance
■a-'tb the charter provision, the committee rec
'amended as Ha selection «'harl*s B. Pas? for
appointment by Mayor KcCleHan as Elections
Ooir.miEsloner to succeed himself.
" -"'den* Sheldon of the Union League «*lul»
appointed yesterday « committee of thirty, with
Joseph H. Choate's nam» the first on th*» list.
to further the candidacy of Secretary U-«'t as
the Meeaaai r of Senator Plati. Pr^si'lent Shel
don himself "will take a k-axiir.gr part in the
~ar?ipe.iKTi for Secretary Hoot. The full com-
Maa Is aa follows:
faaaaa H. Chaasa General Hora^«* Porter.
Cornelius N. Bliss. General Thomas H. Huhbard.
Vililara Nelron Cromwtli. ex-Mayor Bed Low,
D. Guthrif. General Anson G. MCook,
lioractr Russell. Stephen Haktr. Ceorg^ Crom
*•!!. Charles H. DawH. Charles A. Moore. A.
Barton Hepburn, Herbert A. Parsons, William
R. Wiilcxix. John R. Van Wormer. Jam*-? R.
MMaVald. Gh^rardi Davis, Henry P. DavNon.
Pam-j*! *A\ Falrchlld, Arthur L. hferriam.
Cher!** H Sherrili. Bean W. Harden. H»rb*rt
L Batt»"-1«**«. .1 Van ireekasa Olcott. Frank A.
ISslsmx FYancis E. l^ai-nbeer, Charles E Etosh
«aor» and Johii A Bleadaar.
■TO WAGE REDUCTION IN FALL RIVER.
Decigion of Cotton Manufacturers Acsocia-
Uor Will Benefit 25,000 Operatives.
River. MaK.. Nov. !.">.— Tli«» Fall River < '<itt<n
■■saafa.-t v rer« Association .-snii-.un<-<-<l to-niffht
*het n o reduction cf v.agf-s would be m«de on l'»o
«B!t^r IT, is eip*ct«»d. It had I/h>i jr»n*>rully »' -
'^Pt%4 ac c f^.f t |. iat un d^ r Ibi jjrevai!;;i)? hiding
•'*!* e-.-rtem a cut of ? %*-r ccn' v,,,tiid V-> ' nXf > c '"
''■* -e« month
T *> 2'Roußcftrstst bepi-fit SL*** ererailvc* la ih«
t -"': «a<J inous^ntls vl . tt^fi* :a nearby
*■*■*©•! Jt^rectlj.
ftrero'ltotlc &ihunz.
To-day, rain.
T^-moirow. rlenrlsK: north mind*. \
FATAL BROOKLYN FIRE.
One Dead. One Dying at Early
' Morning Blaze.
On« boy is dead arid another is dying at the
WJlliarnsburg Hospital as the result of a fire,
believed to be of Incendiary origin, which broke
out at 1:45 o'clock this moraine in the three
story frame tenement house at No 130 Have
meyer avenue. Williamsburg-. The dead boy is
David Corcoran, while *hls brother. Thomas.
was burned so badly that the physician? at the
Williamsburg Hospital said that he could not
live.
The belief that the fire was the work of an
incendiary was increased by the fact that an
unsuccessful ■Hemp; to fir ' the same buildinu
was made about two weeks ago. As soon as
the fire was discovered Mrs. Gill, who lives on
the top floor with her husband and one child,
called to Patrolman Fagan on the sidewalk Lo
rescue them. He went to their aid, but was
overcome by smoke, and Patrolman Boyle went
to hja rescue, carrying Fagran and the Gill fam
ily out one by one. Boyle then carried out
Frank Harrison, with his wife and four chil
dren, who had been overcome.
After Fagan had been revived, he returned to
the burning- buiiding and carried out four chil
dren of Mrs. Moskowotz. on the second floor.
Mrs. Corcoran, the mother of the two boys
who were burned, was overcome on the third
floor and carried ' out by Boyle, who tried to
rescue the two boys as well, but was too late.
TO SIXK 42D STREET.
Fifth Avenue Traffic to Cross by
Bridge — Action Expected To-day.
The Boar.] of Estimate and Apportionment
probably will pass- to-day a resolution author
izing the sinking of 42d street at Fifth avenue,
at an estimated cost of $369000. The plans call
for a roadway from thirty-two to thirty-six feet
In width, the cut starting about forty feet west
of Madison avenue and reaching the normal
grade of 41M street again about two hundred
f^et west of Fifth avenue.
Through this passageway the two surf?
tracks and a traffic way for wagons will go. but
traffic wi!! keep to the sidewalks on the
• : grade of £2d street. The initial appro
d to be considered to-day will be for $25,
000. So serious engineering difficulties are ex
pected.
The proposed depression was suggested by the
Oty Improvement Oonuniasloa In a report to
Mayor McCUHan two years ago. The cut will
acrttjr l>e open all the way except at the
bridge, and the s-ides wiii be protected by ar
railings
PATS FATHERS DEBTS.
Rufus Hatch, Jr., Son of Former
New York Broker. Assumes Claims.
18r Tr.Vgra.ph "to The Tribune.)
Philadelphia, Nov. 19. — Advertisements in sev
eral papers to-day bearing his signature an
nounced that BUlfas Hatch. Jr?, would assume all
legal claims against the estate of his father, a
former New York broker, who died some fifteen
years ago, heavily involved? -
Unable to straighten out the tangle at the
time, the son enlist. in the army, and after the
war with Spain came to this city and engaged In'
business, becoming successful.
To-day he explained his unusual action by
saying that be wanted to uphold th«» family
honor. He say,s his father was an original mem
ber of the New York Stock Exchange and was
interested in Northern Pacific stock and In
shipbuilding.
PASTOR A DIPSOMANIAC?
The Rev. S. W. Mar an, Formerly of
Xczcport. Committed as Insane.
I.a Crosee Wis.. Nov. IJ>. — Alleging: that he
had become a dipsomaniac while paster of a
church at Newport. R. 1., friends of the Rev.
S. W. Iforan. an Episcopal clergyman, fifty-six
years old. had him committed to the Mendota
Hospital for the Insane to-day.
Mr. Moran was arrestod, here last spring on
the charge of obtaining money under false
pretences, the charge being that he had ob
tained a loan from a wealthy member of Christ
Church on the representation that he had been
sent here I v Bishop Webb to fill the pulpit in
The absence of the rector, the Rev. C. N Hol
ler, on a trip to Burope. The charge was
dropj>ed later.
SOUNDS ALARM ON DIVORCE EVIL.
Prof. Wilcox Says Half of Marriages May
Be Annulled by the Year 2000.
Ithaca. N. V.. Nov. 13.— 1n his lecture to-day In
the Cornell department of Banitary science and
public health, recently established here by the
Mate of N«w York, an.! sneaking of "vital Bta
tistlca in marriage and divorce," Professor Walter
F. Wilcox said:
"The ini-r»ftse of d'vorce is so rapid that at -the
mil gtf the j->ref«»nr century, if it is not checked,
fully nns half of the marriages will be ended fry
divorce instead of death."
The lee tan i piiow!>d that divorces were only about
on^-fourth as likely after children are born, and
that most divorces occur in the first few y«»ars of
marriage. Marriages were decreasing as divorces
multiplied, he sai<:. a fact to be deplored for many
r'Msens.
LOSS OF FIELD MUSEUM THREATENED
Chicago Decision Thought to Endanger Appli
cation of $8,000,000 Bequest.
(!!•. I>l«ira->ri t-> Th» Tn!iun<-. !
• "hioaKo, Nov. 19.— Th«» total loss of tbc Field
Museum, puppo«<»dly a«=«ured to tlic city by the
fjpneroslty of the late Marßiia!! Field, Is thr*>at
en«-d a." th«* in<lir*-ct result of a decision made
late tills evening by Judge George A. Dupuy, of
the Superior Court, who declared he would allow
the "watchdog of the lake front." Montgomery
\V:ird, the plaintiff, a change of venue.
The real force of this decision, as it struck the
counsel and trustf-es <»f the museum, was not that
there simply will be more litigation, but that the
pxist^ni-* oV the rau.»um i* endangered. L'nder
the provisions of the v. lll $3,000,009 la given for the
muftuni wi!h the stipulation that unless a suit
ab!e site for th»* permanent home of the building
in acco'X^l by th* trustees within six years «ft*r
the destfa of th* donor the .... bequest shall
revert tb his estate.
HOPE OF PARTY IN PRIMARY -RIDDER.
Herman Bidder. Crekiurer of the National Demo
cratic Committee, niad«« a plf-a for gr^-ator interest
!n'|jarty primarlrp r.i tin- annuaT dinner of the
Eleventh Army rorpo at ■;., >'af(- Martin last
night, nt irblch general John T. I.ockman prestJed.
Mi. Bidder «&s T-nt]i:isiastl< a!ly applauiied w hen lie
Kii.l be favored allowing no eJtlaea to vote who did
not tak»- jiart In hia party's primarj'
"Jii iliis «ay, and in tliis uay only," "r.
[Udder; "will a party b* ahl«- tb s'l.cS Its own
CiUKii'iat". 0* b'inK forced to accept the
lesser of two <••. i!s in ihf> s<-l»<ni9n of a mdldate."
SRIARCLIFF UtUKJ
-. jr.^ :n sn bn creased RUpply adiiJt.ional 'irdfers
cai c>v/ Le QileJ. Ricii. pure milk frcm healthy
Jerseia. iia E«** ***& Street. Ptic^o i2i»-ii.~ A<ivL
NEW- YORK. FRIDAY. SOYEHBER % IM&— TWELVE PAGES.
TWO STATES UNDER BAN
CRUSADE AGAINST FOOT
AND MOUTH DISEASE.
Buffalo Stockyards Quarantined —
Order Against New York and
Pennsylvania.
Buffalo. Not 10 — For the first time in theftr
history. th« E3«st Buffalo stockyard* are under
the bin of a quarantine. Because two carloals
of cattle which were delivered In Western Per.i
sylvania and -which -were found to be infect-^d
with foot and mouth disease were traced back to
East Buffalo, the federal and state authorities
have raised the bars on thfs market pending a
sjer.fral clean-up of the yards and a further in
vestigation of the outbreak of the disease so
much dreaded by stockmen.
The pens in the East Buffalo stockyards were
locked up immediately on receipt of the quar
antine order from Washington. Government
inspectors put a lock and chain on each per.
Not one of the animals in them was permitted
to be shipped from Buffalo, although hvndreas
of them had been contracted for by Ea«=t- •
buyers The animals wiii b» placed under • •
servation. and if no s!?n of the disease appear*
they will be disposed of to local slauglvr
houses.
As a direct result of th* conditions growing
out of the investigation of the Peaosvlvanla.
shipment, the word came to-day from U •
reau of animal industry of the Departn>ent »f
Agriculture, ordering the entire states of N> «
York and Pennsylvania to be quarantined
Pennsylvania's State authorities have rtarlarad
a Quarantine against New York State, atii I ■-
night Commissioner Pearson of the Department
of Agriculture of this state, who is now hete.
ordered that a strict quarantine be placed on
five counties in Western New York, namely,
Erie, Nlag-ara, Orleans, Wyoming- and Genesee
Animals infected with the foot and
disease have been discovered in each of the«e
counties by government inspectors, who hn >
be»n quietly at work in this section for more
than a week. Practically all the cases, it is
said, have be»n traced back to Buff;?!''.
Chief Melvin of the Washington
been here in personal charge of the crusade Is
stamp out the disease, and und^r him are
ing a score of inspectors from the federal bureau
of animal industry.
The federal quarantine will apply to all cattle
In this state and Pennsylvania. No one Is
prepared to say how long the quarantine wHI
last. In the case of Boston two years ago th?
quarantine lasted several months. Over two
hundred men will be put to work to-morrow on
the East Buffalo yards, disinfecting every Inch
of ground. This work v ill take at last three
weeks.
The state department s quarantine «
strict. In the five counties affected by tl
der cattle ur ruminating animals will not be al
lowed to cross any public highway, fend tie
keeping of them in open pastures and iots i I
!>e prohibited.
Albany. Nov^it! —It Is believed that CUM
of attack which has heretofore escaped th- f f
forts of Agricultural I>epartment regulate
been that poisons thrown off bj cattle afflicted
with foot and mouth disease have beer, trans
mitted to other healthy beasts through barnyard
birds, principally sparr
The Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr.
Flanders, asked the State Forest, Fish and Game
Department to-day if a permit to poison spar
rows in Infected Territory could bo secured. He
was told that while no such permits were grant
ed, if it could be demonstrated with reasonable
certainty that the sparrows were agents of
transmission of the disease the fish and gaJM
protectors would not interf'-e with a warfare
against them.
Washington*. Nov. 1V». — Seveaty-flve
most skilled veterinarians !r. the s^rvi.-.> of -
Department of Agriculture haw- been rushed
Into New York and Pennsylvania for imme
diate and thorough investigation of the origin
and extent of the foot and mouth disease. Dr.
A T>. Melvin. chief of the btirea v af an ma! in
dustry, stated ti.'-nitfht that the departments
investigation had not ihiis far reveal>
origin of the disease, but he gave it as i hi
opinion that his forces probably woald be ai le
to control the infection and prevent the ■>. r
break from assuming ainrmlng proportions.
BRITAIN STOPS HAY IMPORTS.
L^uidon. Nov. ' 19. — In addition to the order pro- :
muljeated yesterday by the British Board of Agri- '
culture prohibiting the Importation of rattle from 1
Pennsylvania, owing to th* outbreak of the foot
and mouth disease there, the board to-day pro- :
hibited the importation after November 21 of hay
and straw for either fodder or Utter purposes. Spe
cial steps i;av» been taken to deal with cargoes
of animals already on the hich seai=. The Irish :
Board of Agriculture also has prohibited the 1m- i
portation of cattle from Pennsylvania
GLANDERS KILLS A PHYSICIAN.
Chicago, Nov. 13. — Death from glanders, rare in •
a human being, overtook Dr. Thomas M. Wilson, :
of Atwood. Ontario, at th» Presbyterian Hospital !
in this city to-day. Dr. Wilson absorbs the germ j
of the disease while conducting experiments at i
Rush-well College.
RIDGELY REGIME COMES TO AN END.
Ex-Controller, Son and Receiver Resign from
Kansas City Bank of Commerce.
Kansas City. Mo., Nov. i?— the close of bos*
ness 'tits afternoon, W. B. Ridsely. president;
Georg* T. Cults, vice-president, and Edward
Ridgeiy, cashier, presented their resignations to
the board of director? of the National Bank of
Commerce, of Kansas City, and they were accepted.
Dr. W. S. Woods, the ex-presldent of the bank, and
his associates immediately assumed control, hav
ing recently pained control of a majority of the
stock of the Institution.
In a statement to the directors and shareholders.
issued by the Rldgeljs and Mr. Cutts. a r^=urnA
of the bank's business since Its reorganization. In
March last, following Its failure. In November,
tSB7. Is given. It Is shown that under the manage
ment of the Rldgelys the deposits have increased
from '-''•" "• to $18,500,000; that the gross earnings
bsve shown a steady increase each month. and the
expense has been pfadily diminished.
The retiring officers say they are resigning:,
"rather than prolong any contest for the control
of the management in ■ way which might injure
the business of the bank."
« 1
FRAUDS MAY TOTAL $2,000,000.
Van Vlissengen, Former Real Estate Dealer,
Removed to Juliet Prison.
\l',\ T.l<-rra;)h to The Tribune!
Chicago, Nov. 19.— Further developments in *the
real estate frauds of Peter Van Vlissengen Indi
cate 'that the total *;nount Obtained thmuKh ):ls
forgerfe* will total ... Instead of JT^/»«.
Th* Blatz --late may lose $900,004, Van li»B*BJ ■•■
na?- talari from th« ■ oust} jail fo Joliet tn-rtiv
to enter upon his sentence, feara being entertained
that he tnient attempt suicide.
POLAND WATER DEPOT
11*0 Broadway, cor. »a St., Wholesale i Retail — [
XdvC ' —
TOM L JOMSON POOR
SAYS * FINE HOME AND
AUTOS MUST GO.
Fortune Wrecked >n Politics and
Brother's Estate. Cleveland Mayor
Happy and Still Optimistic.
Cleveland. Nov. 19. — Mayor Tom L. Johnson.
who for years has been credited with possessing
a large fortune, announced to-day that he had
lost everything and would be compelled to rive
up his handsome home in EucMd avenue and
move Into smaller and less expensive quarters.
The Mayor also stated that he would give up
his automobiles and other luxuries, because he
could no longer afford to keep them.
His fortune was wrecked, the Mayor declared,
by his. devotion to the affairs of the estate of
his dead brother Albert, who was heavily Inter
ested In traction properties in the East. After
Albert's death It was .•ugg'ppted to Mayor John
son that h>- resign a? Mayor and take up the
management of Albert's estate
"I decided that I would not." said the Mayor
'■■-lay. "I had ontfred the fight in th -
with certain ideals bf-fore me. I wanted to fight
privilege and special interests, and I had already
decided to give up working for dollars. Bo t
concluded to stay right here and do what I could
to bels my brothers children at long distance.
"Why did I choose the course I did? I'll tell
you. Its not because I'm a philanthropist, for
I'rr. nor. I acted from a purely seifish motive.
I wanted happiness and nothing else when I
Uosed up my business affairs and took up ctvic
activity.
"And I've been happy. f.OO. The last seven
years have beer, the best of my life, leaving out
of consideration the loss of my brother.
HAPPY IN A COTTAGE.
•Tm going to be happy yet. too. We may
have to go back to a cottage, but that's the
way. we started, and we can look upon life just
as joyfully there as we did in the big house on
Euclid avenue.
"They toll m<» my enemies at* planning to
bring financial trouble upon me. I've been ex
;,.■. - ; ns( it. There's on" mistake I haven't made
—that, of failing to foresee the efforts of those
who would like to destroy me !f opportunity
presented.
"My enemies are ,apa;:le or doing that. One
may expect nothing else from special privilege.
However, 1 reaiiz-- that air other set of men
in the same circumstances would act the same.
"Let them do what they may. Let them
make any sort of attack upon me that they
■ hoose, with whatever success, and they wfll
find me with a thousand^ fights left in me.
"I'll never give up. I'm well and strong and
■ n~J ru, and they'll always find me at the
f>-ont.
"If I had been a coward— lt 1 had run away
from this fight for the peoplr of Cleveland— l
. ould have saved "my fortune and built it up.
But 1 had chosen my course, and I did riot have
any mind for altering it.
"TJje. pursuit -of- mere- dollars doesn't Interest
rne.'^i suppose I could go down in Wall Street
now and make some money. I've bought; and
bold with E. H. Harrima-n, and I suppose I
could go and do it again. But I'm not going to
do anything of the sort.
"I dont want you to misunderstand what I
have been working for as Mayor I haven't
been laboring with the expectation of b^ng re
warded by the gratitude of the people One
cannot count on that. It's pleasure in doing
work: that I like that has kept me in the fight.
"I have never made a single penny out of the
railways since I became Mayor. N
else has worked as hard as I. and I haven't
drawn a cent of pay from the Municipal Trac
tion Company as treasurer. I don't propose to
ask a cent for my work in helping the receivers.
"I have never spent money in politics In no
(ainijaigrn have I ever paid mor>- than my as
. ■■; shim, on the *H.iK»t .=alar\ of Mayor.
Sometimes I have not paid that much in cash,
when the committee has allowed bm a certain
amount for the use of my tentf. W« have never
been in debt at the t-nd of a campaign bui
■When I gave up active business affairs I did
it because the requirements of rm work didn't
square with my principles.
N«>T TEMPTED BY YACHTS AND HORSES.
'I suppose I could have taken ua a ilfe of
ease when I retired had I wished r was
come at the clubs. Fast horses, yachts and
other al!urenie- ; ts were open to me For me,
though, happiness lay in another direction.
"M> only recreation has be»n automobiling.
I'd like to keep one of my autos, but I'm afraid
I can't.
"Back in my prosperous days I # pa
home on Eii'-lid avenue to my wife It is her's
yet. and shell own it still, even though we can't
afford to live in it. •
"I don't feel discouraged. I'm a free man. and
that means a great deal to me. And I have my
friends, too.
"Don't you suppose it will be worth some
thing to me to have my friends realize that I
entered the Mayors office rich and left it poor?
The realization of what all that means Is worth
more to me than the money I've lost.
"I'm going to keep on Just a.« I've started.
I'm going to be a candidate for Mayor again
when this term Is over."
The Municipal Traction Company, of which
Mayor Johnson was treasurer, passed Into the
hands of receivers in the federal court several
days ago. Following this came the transfer to
two local banks of the Depositors Pavings and
Trust Company, or which the Mayor was presi
dent. If Is said this action was hastened by
the threats of Mr. Johnson's Individual 'creditors
to file suits to obtain payment on notes indorsed
by the Mayor.
It is .sa id Mr. Johnson has recently lost ap
proximately ?4<>O,OGO in connection with his
Interests at Loraln, Ohio.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who Is serving his fourth
term as chief executive of Cleveland. Is perhaps
best known for his active advocacy of the 3-cent
fare system In that city. His early training was In
th. street railroad business, and as soon as he w.ik
able he began to secure control of streetcar lines.
hKVtng largo lnten-sts In Indianapolis. Detroit and
Brooklyn at one time. His experience In Detroit
led him to believe that there was a n>id for profit
In 3-cent fares. He was elected and re-elected
Mayor of Cleveland largely on the Issue of secur
in* the lowering of fares. Failing In his efforts to
bring the Cleveland Electric Raliway Company to
terms, he fncr".irag-ed the formation of a new com
pany, called the Municipal, to operate I caal fare
cars. As the outcome of the «ev»n years' contest
by Mayor Johnson, the 3-cent fare was finally as
cured, hut the question of the \rane to the Munici
pal Traction Company of the lines of the Cleveland
Railway Company was not approved by the sconto
at the recent referendum ei»(-<loii. In the proceed
ings last week, in which rffivK." w-ere appointed,
the court held that the lease terminated .when the
franchise ratted '■■ carry ii th* referendum H*<*
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MAYOR TOM T* JOHVBO?f Or CXTTTET^AV©-
Who announced yesterday that his entire fortune
had been lost. m
MORO REVOLT IN LUZON.
Five Companies Sent to Disperse
Rebels Near Malabang.
Manila, Nov. 20. — Several hundred warllifi
Moros have gathered n»ar Malabang 1 . A column
Of five cor. parties of Infantry, with a couple of
pun?: ha«< been sent out to make a r^connois-
II la hoped that after a parley the Mores
wili disband peacefully.
INITIATION BREAKS LEG.
Governor-Elect Shallenberger of Ne
braska Hurt in Ceremony.
Lincoln. Neb.. Nov. ID. — Governor-elect a C
Shallonber^er Is confined to his room at the
Lincoln Hotel with a fractured leg. He Mas
Injured while being- initiated as a member of
the Shrlners last night, and will return to his
home at Alma to-morrow.
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IMMENSE TOBACCO DEAL.
Sale of Eighty Million Pounds Will
Halt Night Riding.
Louisville, Nov. 19. — The bis deal between the
American Tobacco Company and the Burley To
bacco Society for the I!XH> and part of the 1907
crops, which had been hanging fire for several
weeks, was closed here late to-day. The price
agreed on in the transaction, said to be the
largest of its kind ever put through, is an av
erage of 20% cents for the MM crop and IT
cents a pound for the 1907 product.
The sale of the pooled crop, it i 3 believed, will
mark the end of night riding in Central and
Eastern Kentucky, as it is thought with these
crop* out of the way practically all growers
will raise tobacco next year. The sale has noth
ing to do with the crops in the dark district, or
western portion of Kentucky, and Northern Ten
nessee.
The deal involves nearly e^hty million pounds
of tobacco held In the pool by the Burley To-
Sodety, and an outlay of something like
$14.t(t»ii.(«H) on the part of the American Tobacco
Company.
WILL TAMMANY EXPLAIN?
Brijan Wants to Knozi — Explains
Some Things Himself.
Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 19— Having resumed edi
torial control of "The Commoner." W. J. Bryan
has begun asking questions concerning the re
sult at the polls and offering explanations of
what happened. He will declare to-morrow that
(inmpiTs and those closely associated with him
in the effort to deliver the labor vote must be
credited with sincerity and effective support of
the ticket. -Some loss of support, it is assumed.
waa aused because the farmers did not under
stand the city labor situation. Other losses fal
lowed, Mr Bryan says, because corporate in
terests intimidated their employes by threats of
Industrial collapse were Democracy aaecesafoL
• 'oncludlng. Mr. Bryan says that Democracy
must stand or fall by Its position that Justice be
done to th ">p^ who tofi.
Tammany's failure to deliver New York City
to the Democrats causes Mr Bryan to ask,
"What lathe remedy?" He holds that if Tam
many is not able to deliver that city to Da
mocracy, then Democracy in the futur-» must
deal with those who are able to deliver it. He
declares that Tammany failed in its sup; of
Parker and failed In it? support of the 19*1*
ticket, and that it is time for the national or
ganization to find som' one la deal with in New
York who can be depended upon.
While the charge of treachery is not made. th»
hrferen* c hi plain In Mr. Bryan's tone that more
could have been done for th«» ticket. Mr. Bryan
closes with this question, "Will Tammany »x
plain?"
DR ROYCE OX FOOTBALL.
Result Unfavorable to Best Moral
Education of Youth." He Says.
Boston, Nov. 10. — Th* declaration that "th»
prevalent result of football is not favorable to
the best moral education- of th» great body of
our youth." is made by Professor Josiah Royce,
of the department of philosophy at Harvard, in
a long article in the football number of "The
Harvard Illustrated Magazine." which appeared
to-day. In his article. Professor Rove says
further:
"It does not train loyalty to 'see another man's
bones broken. Among the spectators it makes
a loyal life and practical love of loyalty im
possible as far as th*> conduct and spirit and
results of these public displays are concerned "
HAYTIANS WARNED NOT TO REBEL.
Minister Leger Thinks Mr. Taft Would Not
Tolerate a Revolution.
Port-au-Prince. Nov. 19.— President Nord Alexis
to-day summoned his chief officials to the palace
and read to them a letter which he had received
from M. Lesrer. th« Haytlan Minister at Washing
ton.'in which the minister pointed out thai whtle
President-elect Taft was friendly toward Ilaytl.
his connection, with affairs In Cuba and Panama
Indicated that he would not tolerate lntermtnaMe
revolution* m neighboring republics, and that
therefore the Haytlang ought to support Presi
dent Alexis and avoid disturbances at the Presi
dential election, which might b* regretted.
SCHOOL CHILDREN AS REPORTERS.
An educational contest. AH school children of
grammar »< hod age. whether attending p>iblt<\ prt
\ar»- or paro.-hlal arhoola. are #l!guM# to (omp»t«
for the. prizes. Full particular* in to-night ■ Globe.
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PRICE THREE CENTS.
ROCKEFELLER E\DS
DIRECT TESTIMONY
JUSTIFIES A( ( EPTAM E
OF REBATES.
Tells Hoic Company Suffered When
Others Were Favored— Trust
Agreement Identified.
With a suddenness that startled all but th*
defence in the government's suit to dissolve th©
Standard Oil Company, the direct exaxnlnataaa
of John D. Rockefeller came to an end yester
day afternoon. A recess had been asked by
John G. Mllburn, the examining counsel for
the Standard. Mr. Rockefeller came down from
the witness stand, stretched himself, and walked
into the corridor with Mr. Milbum and his as
sociate counsel.
Mr Milburn returned and asked Franklin
Ferris, the referee, if he would object to ad
journment. It was then only 4 o'clock. When
Mr. Ferris answered in the negative, the an
nouncement of the close of the direct examina
tion was made. Tee hearing went over until
to-day, when the cross-exarntr.ation of Mr.
Rockefeller by Frank B. Kellogg, counsel for
the Department of Justice, wiH be begun.
Mr. Kellogg was clearly disappointed. H*
cannot examine/ th» Standard's president on
-
any question not brought out by the direct tes
timony without meeting strerruous opposition.
He is not likely to try to do so. but will hay*
to content himself with attacking the evidence
given so far. Morltz Rosenthal, ana of th«
Standard's counsel, said John L>. Archbold
would be called after the cross-examination of
Mr. Rockefeller. He would take up the history
of the company, it was said, from the point
where the president had stopped.
It was intimated that the remaining witnesses
were more active in the Standard's development
from ISSO than Mr. Rockefeller had been. arvl
that this was one reason for closing the direct
examination so soon.
Mr Rockefeller sat ha a draft of »■'' from a
nearby window. His attention was called to it
during a recess in the morning, which reiiilr^l
in a homily on health to an interested - «>£
spectators. •
HOMILY ON" HEALTH.
"When I was a young man." he saM. "I v.40.5
to work day and night, but I never forgot that
I had a stomach. You can work long hours if
you are careful about what you eat. I was al
ways careful about what I put Into my stomach,
and I have cause to be very grateful for it.
"I never felt i. better health than to-day, as 3
result of rigidly adhering to a policy of a care
ful diet when I was a boy. I advise any ma
who wants Is keep his health to do the -am-
Then when you young men get to be seventy
yeaxa.old you wii! be able to keep up your w-jr<s.
"For the last twenty years I have k»pt out of
doors as much as possible, and to that practiv.
coupled with a careful diet, I attribute my ex
client health."
He al3O declared that he did not find tin
hearings- irksome. --He ctrtainry— did i!**"*sho*
weariness at any time, but looked bored in the
afternoon when his counsel frequently halted
the examination to consult- He would mOTa
uneasily, change his position, look out of -the
window, cross and recross his arms and hands.
and then look with eloquent inquiry at Mr. Mil
burn and Moritz Rosenthal. There were tim^s
when In giving his testimony he spoke with
enthusiasm. This occurred when describing
some competitor the Standard had bought out.
as prosperous, or successful, or as showing rare
business acumen. He plainly indicated that h«
appreciated these qualities.
SUFFERED FROM REBATES.
That the Standard Oil Company was a suf
ferer from rebates was the gist of a part of
the testimony of Its president yesterday. Th*
concern of which the Standard was ?aid to
have been a victim was IBM Empire Transpor
tation Company, i sort of subsidiary of O*m
Pennsylvania Railroad. This was a plan of
Thomas A. Scott, the railroad's president, to
"wipe out the Cleveland oil Interests." as Mr.
Rockefeller put it The attempt ended with th«
acquisition by the Standard of the Empire Line's
refineries and gathering: pipe lines, and taw
trust certificates issued by the Pennsylvania
Railroad to purchase the tank cars. Mr. Mil
burn toM Mr. Rockefeller that, according to
report, this acquisition was as cripple the Em
pire Line.
"It It not true." declared the Standard's presi
dent. "I have stater! the facts as I remember
them leading to th» acquisi'.io .1 d! the property *
These facts were, according to Mr. Rocke
feller, a purchase without a ruin >vis competiticu
on other lines which had been threatened by ths
Empire line's practices. The men in the latt?r.
including Mr. Scott, receiwd ample c«.rap*nj*
tion for their Interest.
Mr. Milbarn went through a list of the? a#>
flneries acquired by the Standard, and as the ob
ject in each instance Mr. Rockefeller gave m»
growing need> of his business for expansion or
for a more direct route to th«» seaboard. On«
company was purchased. he said, because of t*i<»
excellence of Us • as* goods trade and b^an»
It manufactured Its own cans. H» wpnt Into th»
lubricating oil business to us* the hy-prrvfucts
of his refineries to t v - best advantage. He * —
quired pipe lines as an economy tn transporta
tion.
BEGAN GETTING REBATE?.
After suffering from r»bat»s. th- • tiwtaidl got
In a position where If obtained rebates, but Mr.
Rockefeller explained that all th* refineries *•-
cet\e<l the same advantage and that it jay*
them all th*» same standing In th* competition
for IB« export trarf«\ But by th** tim* th*
Standard obtained th«» rebates it "»nM all th*
refineries of account as far west as Louisvllli*.
and had defeat Mr. Scott's srh*»me to "wip«
out" the Standard.
In explaining the !>u!ldinsr of tanks to hold
the oil. the witness spok>» with unction of th»
enterprise of his company, declaring that n<:>
other group of men would have hail the urag»
as take that step, which Involved the expendi
ture of great sums of money Co stop a tremen
dous wast** of «>ll In th» producing country.
The whole r»-«-ual was a history of a great
business enterprise. Its expansion. nct-nMins t»
the witness, without injury to competitors, and
even the receiving of rebates was Justified by
him as Ingenuously as if nearly the whole gov
ernment case -!.d not rest on the charge of ra
bating for the purpose of forcing competitors t?
the wall. Incidentally. Mr. Rockefeller told
how In the purchase of desirable plants he as
sociated with him two "bright young men." IL
H. Rogers and John D. ArchN»ld. They w«ra
each Interested in plants bought up by th*»
Standard * >il Company in the time of Its great
expansion in th«» "70s.
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