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THREE CHANGES
IN COMMERCE LAW
i:\LA RGIXG POWERS
OF COMMISSION.
Van Suspend Increases, Cor
net Routing Abuse and Make
Quoted Rate Legal One.
M*™™ Thp Trlhun* Hureau l
Washington. Dec. a.— An agreement
j-. :i s I'lcn reached on a tentative draft of
three amendments to the interstate ..n^-
Tierce a«t. Those amendments, which
were p. spared by a government expert.
r.v now In the }Mio**-«ai(kn of one of the
asm designated t»y . the Preside&t last
i-l>r;r.K in work out a comprehensive plan
*i-r strengthening the Hepburn law.
Yhry will form the groundwork of some
of the most important forms of the ad-
BmtstraUon In its handling of the trans
j«>rt.itioß problem, and will be urged on
Ci'iiSTew by delegations of Fhipin-rs and
t>i:iers who are peeking relief from oner
< vj> exactions growing out of advances in
ratif. errors in quoted rates and the
routing regulations imi»osexl by int.
state carriers.
It is now |x>ssiMe for The Tribune to
j p -*■ ft the text of t!iese throe amend
m»-iits. T!»- problems they aim to solve
*a.i. . (>!ss:d«-red at length *jy the s:«vial
cainmtttM created by Mr. Taft to assist
li!m in the formulation of his lepipja
\.\>- programme for better protection Of
i-hipl*-!"* ni their dealings with railroad
rurporatSotta, and win be dealt withoom
j r- beaslvely Jn the* President's message.
SUSPEND INCREASE OF ELATES.
Probably the moKt imj>ortant of the
thrre amendments is that which gives
tin Interstate Commerce Commission
authority to suspend an increase in rail
i' :;ii r.itcs. It is propo:-ed to add a new
*«•<!!. pti to the Hepburn act. to U> known
cp Section lT<. the tentative draft of this
now t*-<-ti<iri bf ing at* follows:
Sectioa zi> — l*j>on complaint by any of
t!i> S'driie* enumerated in Section 13 to
« ! f •■:::!sii* i sion. .il!<-?ing that any «-orn
n-'i earri«-r subject to th<- provisions of
t' > a«-t lii> tiled a n«-w tariff. <lassi!sca
i :•■:;. rule or regulation wherein and
v !i.«r« by the rate* are to I** advanced or
r- relations changed t>> the injury and
detriment «>f a complainant, this commis
f\- v. ftiall. If satis!i»-d that the proposed
«<i\«n<-*> or <-h;'.!ig»- in regulation, rule or
practice w Ml result i:i substantial hard
t-\ ij' \<\ shipj»Ts. nave j»ow«t' t>> susj»-ni
:' i ti'Tif when fraid advance or rul«-. reg
iiintit-n. classification or pnntlce will b« > -
come . ff.^tive until the lawfulness of
t- :■ !i • hatiges has bet n pass<-d upon and
dclermtned by the commission.
•in>] if the commission «l«-termines that
rurh changes .t*- unlawful. Faid c<>m
! : .---ion »;liall haxe power to restore the
fi'tmrr rate, regulation, rule or practice.
<r modify said rew tariff to »=uch an ex
t- :.t as it may deem j'roper.
\ |>triniiii**nt Western S*-nator. who is
p meiulier of the Committee on Inter-
Ft«te Cninmrrce. said to-nisl.t that the
f •f-goiiig Mittt-tidment diti .ot go far
< . eh. He was iti favor, he Baid. of
legislation prohfbldnx oimmnn carriers
fruiii r.iaking any change in their rates
cr i !;iss:fication without the approval of
ih>- Interstate 4-onimen'e Cotnniipsion.
This Bnaator i«'int' d oi t that a grievous
(.:s rirr.inatlf>n migl-.t l-e ninde against a
fhipj»*r by reducing a rate on ana <-om
laafiit) without making a corresj>on<i!ng
redurtkm oa anotbir commodity <>r by
K< i hinting a classification that an ap
jar<r.t r««iuotion would really result in
sri inrr'nse of rates. The Senator sad
thut !'.<• was oj;pos«d to the Prep id^nt's
;'.. ■• !•>•- tlie (reutiuri «)f a separate «-o'jrt
t' try Interstate cases, <>n the
ger.. r;.i prim iple t^.at the ft^l«r;..l judi
<;il t... hin<ry i.« already t«x» extensive.
H'- n Id he would yi«!d his opposition to
the ..>:rt. however. |<Tovided the power
of tie interstate Cbtnnjerri Comalasloa
tt> \. V.p jurisdiction of all changes In
rates :.:,d classifications was reoosnlxed.
TO PRESCnttE BOUTIXG i:i-|.i:>
1 • >■ M-rond amendment authorises the
I:.t< r;:;;-.ie «"o:nmer-'- Commi.-pion to pr«
*c!:i;. routine rulrs for shippers. This
; •■ ■ ■ lznest *> as follows:
B^rtlon :»"-That the ... Com*
!" ' .;nr!;i.-sioii be and thfl sarsit i»
tothurized and rnpovrml to
prescribe t»;< rxtrnt to which shippers
may 1,. . !!c w.-<l to rout.- th«- traffic b'-
twe. n dc-iprnated points <»f »hipni«-> i
*. li>-r. t»-, r m«r«- routes over connect*
ing :•. . . railroad provided f< !r by
th< puUiidied tariff oa Die with said
filler exi».tins law shippers are at the
absolute merry of th«- «-arriers ii; tho
rattter of routing. A shipper has tiie
r:sht to d>signaf the terminal delivery.
but h;m no right to d<fi«nate the Inter
nutiiai. carriers. Prequrot romplaints
J.^w lj.«n iiiiij.' in the. Interstate Coni-
P|Krr< <'orninisfi-m by sblppera. on the
ground that their shiprneiit* were de
layed owing t<. tb«- failure or the car
rier* or their ascata to ta«»«- advantage
*>1 tlie tii.fet «lire.-t route of fciiipm»-nt.
M\ki:s QCOTED RATE I-i;«JAL.
f The third imtttAxaent w»-ks to nnwdy
sbjuiet vbich t:a\<- arisen under the w>
csikd ■ ;m.,\vl rate." TMs am«-ndm«nt is
fe»' f'<!!"u ►:
>.,.,,, .j- -j-j J:i t an^ comiii'ii: <-arri< r
' v y' i :■> :!.•• i«i'iv i.vj.iub «<f tuis act ph:i!l
'■■■-'■■i resjioasJUe for tlie oorreetaess
'i a i:i t -- «;uot«-d tt. a hhlj ;>i rby tts
'-• : 5 ■ .vl it a hl;i|j,.-r is «ibli<t-d t«» i>.ry
* DiSbrr r.it.- «jii tlie salpmegl than til
•^'•| that u.s «juot«-d by such uu'-nt it
fi^!J !.<• Hi- duty of sai« commission. .11
* •..,;. j n xviiting l»y a ttiin 11 ' ***•
";-k ••vi ft,.- f.tftH .»f the transaction, v*
•"•*•• j"ii ir-v«-stigatlon of thr- matter «om-
H""i >r. and if alter sttdl l»vr*Ujp»«
!l "!- .-■ .-I romxßl«rtan i« satisfied that tb«
1J ""i • !)iisirnot!ns ku< rat«- throtlfrtl
'" • -' ■ • : <t.d in K.x'd Ijith. »ai<l coin
'■•l-. i !-i:.'.:i •>.- aothorfxMl and tapnw*
• make an order r«'<iuirini? nu^-ii
j«ni< i i . refund ».. aid shipper th<- dlf*
'■ ■•, i. 1U,.,,I U ,.,, |}. rj ,t ( . S'l «JU'Jt..l till. l
•"•xularly r ublivbd tsrUT r;:te. .
"i-r. :• «4ilji|mv iircpays th* freight
' ;: ' : - > on a »l)l]'in«nt *i\ t!i«- luikN of
ir.t. .j.,ted by t!:<- BSCOt «>f ■ .•:srri«-i
jn»Mi i,. fS th.-.n th* i.uiii'M rst«
'.' ■ rita Hi-- HMamisadon ;Jie <-ninii.H
"" ■■' '••"•■ r- !i-\.- Jhe tdUppcT ft'tn\ paviii;;
Ula ''irr.-r; n. <• »Mt\.«-.«i the ru%>
'•ud th- r-zulitr'.y t.ul>li>h.«l tariff rat.'
ii t!i<- .-. >tnr:iths]oii is satisth'd. alter In •
; *rovid>-.« for when !•:♦•
Cl.a! 4i ( > ,.,. t r . thut ■ Wat.--
between tb»«Mpper ajid carrier
Utmdnds of complaints hay* be<n
tetdt- by k!:!;jj«r» l^-causu of njlaouots-
( raj^, lrJ . aitn t» t ,t ruuA com*
KM.* only recently « shipper tiled a
Ctuuuid for rej.Hnitlon because of »»
lasanmnj «a Ourd »*s»
'JptT r* ■ ~~^m *. -^Sr j - *^ff ■f^^Sf^BrYfc SmßP^ nP^^***^Ni^ \^ 1 «IKC^^SBfcM -il*iTaj—
|wrtl« . I ,i.
MESSAGE REVISED.
Many Changes Made at Cabi
net Meeting.
Washington, Dec. 3.— President Taft>
Drst inessase to Congress came under
the knife again to-day when the Cabinet
tn*t. Xot content with tearing It to
Pieces in Bpacaßj session yesterday, the
nine members of the President's official
family operated on the mutilated literary
production once more As a result.
Itatchos were put on here and there in
the form of inserts between certain par
agraj hs and the addition or some other
matter. •
Three thousand topics of the message
were delivered at the- White House at 9
o'clock this morning, and sixteen htin
died of them were given to press asso
ciations tor tuition to the daily
newspapers. The Government Printing
Offlee rushed work all night to get the
message printed. It was not until mid
night that the White House turned over
to the printing office the la: . corrected
pages of the proof ■beet*, and the Public
Printer put a lar^e force at work mak
ing the corrections and then had the
copies printed. It Mas said to-day that
the message contain. from fifteen thou
sand to sixteen thousand words.
MAY CHOOSE WOMAN.
Whitman Likely to Appoint
One on His Staff.
District Attorney-elect Whitman is
likely to give the public and the woman
suffragists a surprise by appointing a
woman as one of his staff. Friends of
two women lawyers have sent in their
names with strong indorsements, and
Air. Whitman is much Impressed with
the apparent fitness of the candidates.
One difficulty about appointing a
woman is that the work in the office is
classified, and the District Attorney usu
ally chooses a man for a particular class
of work. If Mr Whitman can arrange
the work fo that the abilities of a woman
lawyer he has m view ,an be utilized ad
vantageously lie will appoint her.
There is a good deal of work that a
woman lawyer of first rate ability could
do letter than a man, but as yet no Dis
trict Attorney has had either the hardi-
Ihxhl or the enterprise to appoint one
regularly on the st.iff
BANKER DROWNED.
R. II Effnn. of Washington .
Was (tn Dueling Trip.
R Henry i, Mm.M in.
American National
Hank, of | • , , ,u^ t his death to
*hile eho..ting ducks ..n the Susque
' '• n miles from Havre
is • .•
Mr L«tm r. i. t..-d the ducking grswnda
rdav evening, and expected to r e
■ ;cton to-asgM Hi
pying a sink box. and had com
plained t.. those tn . harge of the lewder
that it waa leaking He was «•: |
whnt to do. and sppoirrd to have car
iir. etions. L.ater it was
■ • 1 th*t tiie i>ox had sunk.
Mr. Lynn's Im><lv nas found BhOWt
• fr..m it. ' • of water
1 .•■!! show, d tliat t !;*• l"'\
nj srontfy aaadsi by a
- ':..T
It is .. !,. v..i tt:;.t Mr. l.\ nn ? gun Bra*
. ■ .• bole
: that the recoil, re
- uUloTnen. made it
inil«>si«il'!e f-.r • I f«»r help, which
re are no
• • ■ -dv . pud it B| |
• Mr l.v nn «..< drou i •
tht ■ : dragged the sink
I.x .lo'aii and ti1!.. 1 it v.idi v.HI.-r
VIRING IT li XLLOON.
Airship A pparently Escapes
Bombardment Uninjured.
Sandy H<«.k. N. J.. Dm .-{.-The
weather to-day was ideal for a test of
the army balloons, and one was * -nt up
shortly after noon. It remained in tin;
air, all the afternoon, descending about
dusk at the | roving grounds Smoke
and the noise fr<-i:'. bursting shrapnel in •
dicated io those who were watching it
that att«. tnpts to hit th. balloon were
1-ing made from the fore Apparently,
however, the balloon withstood tbs at
tack, as it was not d. imaged, as far ...»
could l»e observed with the aid of
glasses.
s/) HE'S SWINDLER
Man Accused of "Shaking
Dozen" Police Candidates:
Following inform akin 4iv«-n t>» Poll" *
iVnmlxsJoiser 1 laker by the Civil Service
cot&ndsfSoaers thsi sttempts were brink
rn:ide U» "Fhake down" candidates for the
l*-i;- i>e|..nim« i.t at: Investigation sras
l<-fjn that brought «lxiut the arrest Uist
niplit of n man as nMh was Frederick
Muller, «.n U;*- charge of grand lanen>.
Muller. who. according IS the | olio. is well
known In MH.rtinn Hrcbs. U charged with
oltHiniiiK I-^'J uifler false preteno b.
Th«* <«*iiii>!ainant is C»uirle» i•• s Is of No.
33» Kast 5W!i street, a »d. according Ie L»e
tectlW Mailon. whs made the arrc-Jt, Mut-
It Is alleged to have received the CM in
Die ..fflee of Dr. I* ,i Q ska rat, of No. U6
We;t 4Ct!i street.
MnlVti t< M >'t WfO visits made t<» the i«li>
• Btdaa*« onV* yenteiday i>y Muller. but be
>on<l certain M*t«ineiitJ* alleged •«» have
b.«n ma<V IV Jluller 11 tlie •:•■ '•" '■ i ■•■"■
! Ins. the detective «H<l n..t Uiit.lU-.te any . n.
! but the prisuoer.
Acit»i«:iJitf Jo ila'ioii. be gave four .irked
$y» u;i» to l^»i»» brother to h&nd to
; Uutler. Mulh irrnl t>i the doctor;* office
«nt!i i^».lh. and as »'•*•> *«»« t! «hii I^wi*
ml. I m a K'u-J ivti *:
"V.ill'lV *"'* '*sl* *'"' lj:r "' "'' : "" "'"
"••';•'« r <;•«!* *ak«\ Mrf^k l'<w." ilulUr re
plied. "Pnker Bad ;?to\cr mu»t $ct Ihtlr
' fiti.m-."
That »uw the »i»:iial f«r Million, who ran
tin aV.I pinion** Muller'f ai :iis-. At Folk?*
j'l««.l.|.iii:-" UaXU» saW he found the
\ lour narked lit!!* »» iiullern porfcrt.
ACCIDENT TO ST. LOUIS FLYER.
L l^ivisvllle. lnu. U«. S.-The St. LouU
end New Yolk Pt7«r. «J tut IVnnnjivunla
I'-ilioad. was wrecked '•'«'" by a
, » rofccn rail. Tie express car plumed down
la mteakßKirt and «ix mall ctorfcs we.-*
Inured Th- «*««•«* •>" ■»•*■ thrown at
: ii'ht angles aero« tne rails. The rest of
tll " train remote*) "■' ihr '[•«*. Throe
!- uu^stm •«*« liurt * num? fatJlJy '
NEW- YORK, SATURDAY. DWEMBEH I. 1900.- FOURTEEN PACES,
SIXTY DIE I.\ SALE
STEAMERS SINK OF
ENGLISH COAST.
Heir /oa American Fortune
A monjr Missing — Wreck*
on Haul:
London. Dec. S.— The steamer Thlstle
nior was sunk to-day off Applemore. In
Itarnstable Hay. in the gale which raged
over the British Isles, and it Is believed
to-night that her crew of thirty men
perished. Four bodies have been washed
ashore. The Thistlemor was In com
mand of Captain Yto and was bound
from Liverpool for an American port.
Small vessels everywhere were at the
mercy of the elements, and Lloyds re
ports eight driven ashore at various
Points. All of their "crews escaped.
The British steamer Congress, which
arrived at Falmouth to-day. re|>ort that
during the storm her captain, the 'mate
and one seaman were washed overboard
by mountainous seas. The seaman was
picked up. but the captain and mate
perished.
The Thistlemor left Barry. Wales, on
Thursday, with a cargo of coal. She
caught the gate halfway up Biddeford
Bay. where she foundered. Another ves
sel was In distress In the same vicinity,
but kept on her way. and it is hoped
that slit may have saved some Of the
crew of the Tiilstlemor. whom chief en
gineer is safe at Barry.
It is feared that another disaster oc
curred in the Irish Channel. The Isle of
Man steamer. Kllan-Vnnnin, with a crew
of twenty-one and twelve passengers.
left Ramsay, Isle of Man, for Liverpool
at midnight on Thursday, but has not
since bean heard from. A mail bag and
two life belts washed ashore on the
banks of the Mersey leave little doubt
that she foundered. One of the Vannin's
passengers, Mark Jonghin. was going to
America to obtain a fortune It ft to him
thrre.
The owners of the Ellan-Vannin have
no doubt that their vessel has foun
dered. She was the oldest mail steamer
afloat, having been launched at <Jlasgbw
In is*;** Once she was known as the
Mona's Isle. She was liked by passen
gers, owing to her seaworthy qualities,
and was regarded as the mascot of the
late of Man steamers, on account of her
Invariable good luck, She had never lost
a passenger. It i* supposed that the
Kllan-Vannin foundered in the Mersey.
Fhe was owned by the late of Man Steam
Packet Company and was a !»S<>-ton
boat.
The firitish steamer Thistlemor «>* of
4,<VS IBM and was built in 1!>« at Stockton.
Eaglßad She was owned by the Albyn
Line, of Sun.l- r:mi<l
SI'IIOOSERS IAJST
Gloucester Fleet Suffers — Dr.
Cook's I'e.s.sel Missing.
St. John N. F.. Dec. :: — Reports
from Bfrchy Cove. Bay of Islands, i*
the west coast, Indicate thai four
Gloucester (Mass.) fishing schooner*
have been wrecked. As regards the loss
of life, the reports are i-ontticting. The
schooners Clintonia. Henry m Stanley
«nd Mabel It. Mines are on the rorka
at Bay of Islands, and another s«'ho.<ner.
which may be the John R. Bradley, is
a total wreck there. The mall ateo<nrr
rtia was wrecked while crossing from
Sydney. C. 8.. to Bonne Bay, and iiit
entire west coast is strewn with the
wreckage- of Newfoundland craft. .
Th- crew of the vessel which is b<>
ii.v.d to be the John H. Bradley had a
narrow focap« when th«-ir craft was
driven on <li- rocks at the north arm of
Ins Bay of Islands. They were rescued
by the cruiser Fiona and taken to Birch)
Cove. Th« coast is bleak and sparsely
Inhabited and the crews of In* other
schooners may he safe la some locality
i emote from communication
Th. northeast gale has tied up the
mall service nd eight rteameri from
transatlantic ports. New York and Mon
treal an- several days overdue.
Gloucester. Mam . Dec. -■"• — William H.
Jordan & '■<•. owners of the Henry M.
Stanley, said to-night that their loss
could be ."7."'* l on the vessel alone.
Stanley Hires, of Beverly, is captain
and principal owner of th» Mabel D.
n . i,. s That vessel Is worth about
ssixki The Gloucester craft la the her
ring fishery usually carry about eight or
iiine ni»-n as crew. Most of the fleet left
h« re two or three weeks ago. It is
understood that the Benson has been a
] ...r on.-
As far us advices received here mdi■
■ ate there was no loss of life.
GERMANY LOSES CABLES.
Business with England Carried on by
# Way of United States.
Berlin. I>ec. 3. — I »ir«><-t telegraphic com
munication tetween (Itrmany mid Kngland
arid ri.ii. •• was entirely rut off through
out the day by the storm « i i- t. swept the
British Isles and France, and it .■•■•.- neces
sary to fend all niii^aKes to those coun
tri<» by way of the i mud States. The
trouble lasted until tniillilt lit. when the
direct cable again Was opened. 'I he slorm
itself !-• arc. was i' it here.
WHAT HOUSE FLIES COST
Twenty Billion Dollars Only an Inci
dent in the Bill
twenty i. .Hi-- <lol!;ir< is wbal the |»-r>|ile
of tlie i ii. lid States v. ..lid save If Urn
liuum" fly »vere destroyed. Is ■•..>■ opinion
Of l>r. l»nn!el 1». Jackson, who read a
j.aiH-r < n "i ii. « m Dtzacnuoators of
lli>«;i.'e." i.. the manners of the Nt-v."
jersey Hauitarv Association al Lahawaod.
N. J. jresterdsy, Hi ssid:
On the imam oi our present knowledge.
I wouui < i-'.miuic that two pears mucbi
l,«- .M.,1 •. lh<" avpr.ii;i- -l-'l' •■'■ earli
human 'it. "> the I'nitcrf stat.- by the
elimination oi toe transmission of diseases
This woulo mean •■ »V»iik .if lTu.iwj.ijoii
rears of human life or *,«W).<"« livtM of
tt ... present average length; Incidentally
a niont-v »a\lns t.r Hbjut |2u.'»w.toi.tii»(.
X.M.!..> tli;>. there would cc the Inesititna
|j|e ra\ inn to laii»ill< » and friends of fuf
rerni^. worry and misery, and ulsu of an
«-normuus nmount id t'.lnrss which Is not
fatal.
1 m Jackson BBM .tie typhoid fever
epidemic In New Vnrg last summer BJnl
caused by th« i»uu**> fly.
PHOTOGRAPHS OP SECTIONS OP SCALES USED IN WEIGHING SUGAR, SHOW
HOW STEEL SPRING WAS USED TO CAUSE UNDERWEIGHT.
. Steel •■ n( withdrawn. 2. Where steel spring, when Inserted, would check weight. Picture to the right «howj stanchion ni'tt
Hole (.Inside of circle) where steel spring was inserted. The spring and mechanism of the scales were not \lsible, being boxtd in
BEAT CHAUFFEUR.
Athlete Takes Laiv Into (hen
Hands, but Is Arrested.
Richard Jared. an athletic young man,
who lives in White Plains, has his own
ideas nliout handling reckless chauffeurs.
About ."i o'clock yesterday afternoon he
was walking down Broadway with a
friend and started to cross at 157 th street.
At the same time, William Becker, of
No. 131 Riverside Drive, came along la
a touring car in which were also two
women, The chauffeur drove bo near
Jared that he grazed the young man's
foot and words passed between them.
"That's right. He care!. said
jared.
"Why don't you look where you are
going?" replied the chauffeur.
Jared made a flying leap at the chauf
feur and started to pummel him. BMW
called for assistance and \ Patrolman
Fleming came to the rescue. Meeker In
sisted that his assailant be arrested, and.
though Jared declared that his method
was the only effective way of dealing
with reckless chauffeurs, his protesta
tions were In vain, and he was taken to
the West :'.»»th street police station. He
was bailed out.
KIOSKS MIST GO.
Subicay Entrance Inside Ntm
Building at .rd Street.
The hul.wrj kiosk* on the easterly side
of UroadAvay.Aiust'Jmrth of 4 - _ > d;.;treet.
will he removed eurl\ next year. Ever
since the opening of the subway in I'.KH
they have caused pedestrians to walk
it ■ mail's pace and to keep close to
the wall, of the buildings to avoid
"head-on" collisions.
The problem of how to get rid of the
kiosks at no expense la the city and yet
provide a suitable passageway to and
from the subway on the east side of
Broadway and KM street has,, been
solved by the United Merchants' Realty
and Improvement C< mpany. which, on
■ plot at the north.. corner of 4"_'d
street and Broadway, is going to erect
a twenty story . .if i •• and store In the
c« ntre of that building will be steps lead
ing to and from the uptown station of
the subway. Tub company signed the
contract yesterday i"i the leaning of the
plot for eighty rears from the Ante* >•*-
tate. Construction work will be begun
oa May I, 19141
IMP STIRS II MiI* AM).
"Sets Paper Called Indecent —
Faculty to Act.
| V.\ Tr'.egrupU ?o Tli<- Tribune, i
Cambridge, MI ■ ■ I»er. ."..—A paper
called "The Imp" has appeared at Har
vard, and Is raisins all the trouble its
name implies. ' The Harvard Crimson."
the leading student publication, has
taken up the matter editorially, and the
faculty is to take action.
"The Imp." which has sold so fast that
few copies have gone beyond the limits
of the college yard, is termed indecent
by those who have read it. It is i*-
lieved that two Harvard students m
responsible for Its production, but ai
thougn a tare? number of the students
have turned detective* the publishers'
names are still unknown.
In an editorial to-day "The Crimson"
voices the sentiment of the college, say
ing:
"That any publication issued at Har
vard and circulated in the college should
j;u beyond the bounds which civilized so
ciety erects la* an offence not only to
ihoee now connected with the university,
lint also to all those who have labored to
build up its high standard.
"We believe that the persons respon
sible are members of the university. If
so, expulsion Is the least punishment that
should be Inflicted on them."
A MINIATURE MIRAGE.
Remarkable Experiment in a
Haiti more Laboratory.
| l!v Tr!r£ra|>h to Th* Tribune, i
Baltimore, Dec. 'A. — A miniature mirage
ii: a laboratory was the remarkable ex
hibition whiih Dr. Robert Wood. pro-.
fesjtor of experimental physics of lahna
Hopkins University, gave to-day to
numbers of the faculty and students.
Professor Wood reproduced the tlt-sert
with a tsheet of Iron plate alaitit fifteen
i.. i ...'iv. covered With sand, under
which a scries of eva burners were used
to In at the sum! as it is i:i the desert.
a mirror reflected the sun upon a white
sheet of pait-r at one end of the arti
ficial dcaart the paper serving as the
clear «kvline.
When the sand got fairly 1 at, an ob
server looking alon; its surface at some
little piles of sand at the end toward the
white pater could aJaßaal believe that
Just a little way in front of the plies
of eand there was a dear pool of crystal
water on the iron plate.
PARIfSBRIBK STORY
TESTIFIES HE COULD
NAME HIS I>Rl< /:.
Sugar Fraud Investigation Be
gun, lie Says, Under
Roosevelt's Orders.
Richard Parr, whs as a special em
ploys of the Treasury Department, dis
covered the frauds at the Havemeyer &
Elder dot told his story yesterday at
the trial of the si* former employes of
the Ameri. an Sugar Refining C»mi«any
in the United States Circuit Court. The
little steel spring which was used in the
scales to Influence the weight adversely
to the government was on exhibition. It
was the finding of this spring which cost
the sugar company $*_M. 's."►,« NUl.
The accused BBSS), James F. Bender
napel. Oliver Spitzer, Thomas Kehoe.
John R. Coyle, Edward A. Boyle and
Patrick J. Hennessey, shifted nervously
as the narrative proceeded, I'll, ir coun
sel. Henry F. Cochrane. Clarence Lexow
and George M. Mackellar, fought strenu
ously to check the testimony, but Judge
Martin said he haj decided to admit the
evidence the government had to offer as
to mutters before and after the day of
the raid. Novembe.r _:-.•; -.. .- :—: — -
Parr told of approaching Seals No. 1.
Japha. the governni* nt weigher, had
started to adjust the balances for a
truck load of sugar, but seeing the spe
cial employe, got up. Parr ordered him
to continue, and thus when the load had
t.e«n trundled off th • platform, he turned
to the company checker, Kehso, one of
the defendants, ho was sitting in the
si ale house at .the left of Japha.
"Kehoa had colored up and then be
came pale." Parr said. "He was ner
vous. I made him get up. and, going
past Japha. 1 went to where Kehoe had
been sitting. I felt down the stanchion
where his hand had been and felt a for
eign substance. I pal a match, struck it.
and in the flare saw the win . I asked
Kehoe to come and look at it. He re
fused to do so i asked him how long
he had been using this wire. He said he
did not know. 1 called Japha and
ISrzezinski. ■ special Treasury aprnl who
had been helj.lrig ms in the case, and
had than look at the wire. Then I went
out and telephoned to the Surveyor's of
tic- for a seal.- expert "
TELLS Of BRIBE OFFER.
Ppttnar, Parr saii. appealed to him not
to expose the fraud. The former dock
superintendent, acwrdlns hi the witness.
declared that as Masons they should
i hml together. Parr continued:
"Si.!t/..-r took me l.v the arm and >aid
that this thing must be fixed up 1 said
there was no fixing up to be don.-. Spit-
BSI said that we w . r»- all Masons, and
that if 1 told of the discovery he and
the others would be discharged. l said
1 could not help that; that they had
mad.- the trouble themselves."
He said thai I should repast the scales
out of order and I could name my price.
H. mid he had already fixed others the
aams way, and would sooner cut his right
arm off than give any one away. He
aaKI I ought to land by my obligation
as a Mason and not ko back on a brother
Mason. I told him Masonry had nothing
to do with It."
I'arr. after t.-iiiu- st the arrival of
Tkuaaaa l» Hyatl lha United ■
s»elgher ■ charge si that district, his
exaniinatioii of th • aCSJSI and I'arr's re
moval of the steel taring; saM ha want
the rounds of the OthSff scnl.s. but BS
fSTS KettuiK to them met Spttzer again
"Spttzt-r said I was a fool for not tak
ing the money, n. witness continued.
• He s.ud. Tha off.r is gaud it jresjfl mat
that iron.' referring to the ste.l spring.
1 BUM ihere w.is as chart.*-. 1 had the
iron in my !»•• k. t
A.coidiiiK t" I'arr. Spitz, r was in-
I ratwernrd and excited. Parr
found holes in the stan-bions of th. - |
lu-i other acaisß in thr.c Beast housss.
.d. he Narad Cwjrm, Hsnamtaaf and
Halligiin. who fM indicted last spring.
sfeeajhkag jMKar. Than wets no athst
springs! howe\»-r 'Ph.- witness |sH al
the COBSlng Si James F. Vail. IH-puty
Burvejmr at that time Us bnd heard
that ill. re was IrOUhla at tht »1'« k. and
in. id- n i:iv. stijcati .n I'arr identified
pieces oi w.mm! t:i win. h w.-re th. holes
Th. •■.• plscat bad been cut out under his
lion.
BFFBCT t>F THJE BFBUM
The triukl.»ud> which contained bugs
nf au*ar Irmn the stramsliip tlrnthjrft
v\ere reweighed. and showed tliffei
in weight of from threv to fourteen
pasanfs, owinn >-moul of the
« ..nl.iiiir.l on llilr.l u »f
I»ok fur the name Kretnentz on tit* back
of •■•■■■ Dutton, if you want Ui« best.
-AUvt.
•■ * I>l>l/ 1 I"' ftVI. I !<.-> I In City of >>»* V«rk. .lff»r» City nn.: ltohi>U^r».
BURNED THE BODIES
Zelat/a Tried to Conceal Kill
ing of Cannon and Groce.
New Orleans, l>- 3.— The bodies of
Leroy Cannon and Leonard Groce. the
two Americans executed by order of
President Zelaya. were burned, passen
gers arriving here to-day from Nicar
agua n ports on the rteamer Dictator de
clared.
It was reported that cremation was re
sorted to to conceal the means of Iden
tification. Afterward, It was said. Zelaya
fcund it Impossible to conceal the fact
that the Americans had been killed, and
was forced to make a report to this ef
fect to the State Department at Wash
ington.
Passengers n th* Dictator said that
all waa iiuiet at KiLiefields. and ther»
wa.s no indication at the time of ihe
rtur ■. six days ago. of
any advance i*>ing made on th-- Blue
tit Ids section by Zrlayas | |
MR RAISES I'ERY ILL
Specialists Constantly at Bed
side, It Is Said.
IRy Telegraph to The Tribune J
Canandalgua. N. Y. E>ec. It. —Harry K.
Dunton. Republican county chairman,
gave out a statement to-night that Sen
ator John Raines was a very sick. man.
He has peritonitis, and is attend, by
specialists, who are constantly at his
bedside^ A change png_wa>- r the other
ln~expecte«l at once.
Mrs. Harry Welch, wife of Harry
Welch, a Pennsylvania Railroad super
visor, and a daughter of Senator Raines,
is critically ill at the family home with
typhoid fever
THREE DIE IX EIRE
Pol ice wen Rescue Man and
Son in South Strct t libr. .
Thret- persons were hurned t>> death
in B fire which cleaned out the fourth
floor of the old-fashioned brick building
it No S3 South str. et rarly this morn
ing
The dead were Mis. Frank Braun. her
little daughter. Lizzie, thr-^.- years ai d
seven months old. and an unidentified
man who wna I kHnJBfl in the house The
tir»- lasted only tw-ntv mtaajl
Frank Firaun. forty \.;irs shft and his
-on. I- rank. jr.. four psnas aht wets res
raed k] posHresnsav
BULL WILL HEARIM.
Testimony Taken Here Before
Special Master.
The first hearing in the controversy
over the settlement of the estate of Mel
ville Bull was held in this city on Thurs
day betas* Mark J. Katz. who has been
appointed special master to take testi
mony in the case. The property Is
claimed by the testator's nephew. Will
iam T. Bull son of the late Dr. William
T. Bull, the surgeon. The claimant has
assert. d that there existed a will in
which he was the. chief beneficiary and
that this will was the last one made by
Melville Bull i
HttSM Mr Ba*J the deposition of
Frnncis I..iw t> ti. an ag-d lawyer, was
taken in which, it is said, he testified
that Melville Bull on his death!»-d had
destroyed this will
GiRL s iI'ES a a in.
Servant Dashes Through Fire
for Em over's Child.
In a fire which did 91.1».1MH> damage to
The three story building at Nos. \trj and
111 East VUJth street yesterday after
noon Olga Chlmel. a servant, ran to ths
top floor and rescued Mortimer Cross
man, the e(ghteen-mo'nths-old baby of
the owner of the bulldlns. Herman
Grossman.
The fire was discovered a littte after
4 o'clock by Mrs. fat Grossman, wife
of the Tji-oprie'tor. who opened a door of
a room next to the kltchrn. to be met
with a burst of^flame. Her cries aroused
f< rty women- Who were playing bridge
whist on the second floor, and they all
rushed down the stairway to the street
entrrnce. none of them being Injured.
Mrs. Grossman remembered three of
her children who were in the apartment
on the top floor, and they were rescued
by the firemen. In the excitement. Mor
timer. ho was asleep In another room,
vus forgotten until olga recalled his
prtrrnce there. She Instantly ran back
through the amoks filled halls, grabbed
the baby up In her arms and made her
v.ay back to the basement. There alt*
van overcome by th« dense smoke, and
hud to be dragged out by the firemen,
the baby still In her anna. She was at
tended by Dr. Bennett, v: M.i: • ... lloa
yltal \
'.
ZF.LAYA KROREa
KNOX ULTIMATUM
EMISSARIES BUSY ES
U AS!ll\(,Tn\
Seeking to Defeat Govern
ment's Plans bti Direct
Appeal to Congress.
Washington. Dec. .'l.— PresUlrnt ZeTaya
has* not only refused to take official cog
nizance of Secretary Kiwi's note. which
was practically an ultimatum, but We I*
declared to have sent special aaemfca ti»
Washington to endeavor to have th»
State Department's ultimatum set asld»\
first by appeals m the department and
second by direct appeals to members of
Congreis.
The State •••«<• aware of the
presence and purposes of these emis
saries. While they are bein^ watcher!
In a general way. the Initeti States Is
maintaining nothing that could be con
strued as espionage over them.
The plan to defeat the government's
programme with reference to Zelaya
came to light this evening, when Fer
nanda Sanchez and .Dr. V M. Roman.
the former accompanied by ids family,
arrived here and registered at » % hotel.
Neither Seflor Sanchez nor Dr. : >nmn)
would talk. They gave their address an
New York.
Members of the Central American dip
lomatic corps, however, were in a flutter
when they heard of the new arrival.''.
Seflor Sanchez, they declared, la a part
ner of Zelaya In many of the latter"*
business ventures in Nicaragua, and he
has m.-\nas?ed to amass a fortune of be
tween «4.«*»M»»' and v .«••««• In gold.
Dr. Roman, the Central Americans add
ed, has lons been the business adviser of
Sanchez and Is also a close friend and
adherent of Zelaya.
More than a mr» of telegram* w»*«
sent from Seftor Sanchez's rooms this
afternoon and evening, and almost a*
many were received. Thi* telegraphic
activity, the Central Americans Insist, in
aimed at members of ♦'ongres*. with a
view to winning "Vi" enough of them to
render the administration"* programme
inoperative if It Is presented to Congress.
Dr. Salvator Castrillo. the representa
tive of the revolutionists here, made a
formal request to Secretary Knox to
day to be received on equal terms with
the agents, of the Zelaya government.
This would be Info.-mally. as the Nlcar
aguan representatives have no official
standing here. While the State Depart
ment has not readied any decision, it is
believed that Dr. Castrlllo's request will
be granted.
In explanation of the status of Ameri
can consular officer.* in Nicaragua. it
wan said to-day that in all probability
theOilcaracuaa-*cua»uls in thin country
would not be disturbed, for the present
nt least, nor was It thought that the
Amerkan consuls in Nicaragua would ho
required to leave thut country.
Dr. Victor Roman, who is mentioned
in the al>ove dispatch, arrived in New
York test Monday bass Nicaragua under
appointment from President Zela.. i aJ
secretary of the legation in* Washington
to succeed Dr. Rodriguez. The latter,
however, received his passport* from
Secretary Knox before Dr. Roman could
assume his post, so that the utter has
n. ogkia! status In Washington. He
was formerly consul of Nicaragua at
San Francisco.
Fernando Sanchez, the other Zelaya
emissary mentioned. Is one of the richest
men in Nicaragua. He went to Wash
ington from this city huit Tuesday, ac
companied by Dr. Fedro gkjaamnnl a
leading lawyer of the republic and a.
brother of «:er.ers»l Roberto *i">n2a!e».
one of the Zelaya army chiefs Th. two
men went to the capital hoping to ren
der some assistance to the legation la
its failing cans*
BATTLE EX PEA TED.
Measures Taken to Prevent
Flight of Zelat/a.
rKrom T'>* Trtt>un« Hur**u. ;
Washington. Dec. 3.— Dispatches re
ceived in Washington to-day Indicate
that the revolutionists under Estrada
are preparing for a decisive battle with
Zelaya"!* forces which may put an end tv
the Intolerable- rule of th. Nic.ira-r
dictator.
From several Ann: consulates. It
is understood, word has come to tho
State Department that the effect of Sec
retary. Knox's letter to Senor Rodrlsues
has been to till the followers of r:-ifr«»«ln>
with renewed determination, and the re
cruiting omc»rs of the revolutionists have
greatly Increased the strength si their
army
Secretary Knox. although he will in
sist that the mandates of his letter be
obeyed, hopes it will not be necessary
'.or the United States to land marines in
Nicaragua. The State Department is
expecting a message which will lell of
Zelaya's downfall.
* In order that Zelaya may not be al
lowed to flee from Nicaragua without an
understanding wo* the State Depart
ment as to his future course. Instructions
have been seat to the American war
ships along «he coast to prevent hi*
escape. All steamships will be informed)
that Zelaya has a score to settle with
the United States, and It Is thought thet
I a»»as« will be refused to him. As soon
as the provisional government hands' by
General Kstra'da is Installed and for
mally resesaahmd by the United States
It will be expected tv try Zelaya and la-«
Met on him whatever punishment he bj
found to deserve.
No dispatches have Wen received from
Nicaragua by Senor Rodriguez. Noth
ing, M said, had come to him since ho
received Secretary Knox's letter and in
formed Zelaya that his passports had
been' banded to him. He will remain In
Washington until he receives further in
structions.
The collier Leonidaa. which baa been
at Charleston. 9. C. several weeks, wu
ordered to-day to proceed at once n>
Port Umon. Coat* Rica. She will take a
auppty uf coal for the American vessels.
Tho converted yacht ••;.,< - has arrived
at Blueflelda. This vessel la fitted for
