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crejise<j production father than di»eourtipe
m<«nt . The i>»-*^#nt prices of meat are
.s»<3 by th» increased demand due to the
gfowirsf population of me country, and
■M loxr price* that have heretofore pre
'.flileo are responsible for the failure of
the producer to keep pace with the in
cr*ase in population.
We rail the jit<»»nilr>n of the public to th#
fact thst on the production of livestock in
a. '.arp* measure depends the fertility of
our soH and. eetteeatieatlr, the production
of Agricultural ci-ops.
Wt» *t«»*rt that present price.* for meats
«r» not unduly high, as compared with the
tdvancft in i rice on all food products.
Samuel T>::ttor. president of the West
ern Hotel Men's Protective Association,
said to-d«y that the proposition of cutting
£r>ivn tiie consumption cf meat would be
trought before the Hotel Men's Associa
tion at a meeting to be held in Chicago on
January 31. Jt Is purposed to form a na
tional m«a' boycott association.
VIEWS OP PACKERS.
5<2.v tfaycotl Will Hurt Only
Stock Raiscm.
IBy T«legraj.h to Th« Tribune.]
Omaha, tm. 21.— The farmers and stock
raisers of the country, and not the packers,
will be the losers in case meat prices are
lowered hy the anti-meat eatinp: crusade,
*ccord ng to interviews given out here to
day by the managers of three of th*> big
packing companies operating in South
Omaha.
Mr. Flnney, general manager of the Ar
mour company, said: 'If the movement
grows to such fize that the price of meat
If affected the price of livestock will have
to go down correspondingly. And while
prices can be lowered by the crusade it
■•rill have to be a mighty big movement to
produce any effect at all."
Edward A. Cud»hy. head of the Cudahy
company, said: "People will just have to
cv less m^at If they are to get what they
Mi 'at lower prices. Present high prices
•-c due to the fact that the 6Upply is not
equal to the demand."
Mr. Culver, general manager of tho Xa
tlonal plant, Mid: "We will be glad to ro«>
the people quit eating meat ror a month.
If the. movement is large enough to lower
the price of meat tho price of livestock
«rfH fall with H."
Eugene V. Debs, who was befe to-day,
irfis asked his opinion of the boycott. Ho
tersely answered: "Tommyrot:"
[By TViecraph to T!i« Tribune. 1
Cincinnati. Jan 21.— That tho labor unions
n«va done right in putting up the bars
against meat until prices are reduced and
that the people in general would do well
to follow this r>\amp!e is the. gist of an in
terview to-night with General Michael
Ryan, foremost meat packer of this part
ft the country and recent candidate for the
rational presidency of th« Packers' Asso
ciation. He said that the packers of Chi
cago have no right to demand that a cer
tain price be placed on meat and kept
there until they say it can be taken off.
SO( I A L ( O-OPEIL i TIOX
Professor Patten on Pros peri
and New Living Standards.
Philadelphia. Jan. 21.— That the constantly
■ in-owing standard of living among Ameri
cans is partly responsible for the present
high cost of living, and that in social co
operation lies the remed;-, is the opinion of
Professor Simon X. Patten, of the Whar
ton hool of Finance and Economics of
tb» Vniverslty of Pennsylvania.
"The subject is one of many ramifica
tions." said Professor Patten, "and the rea
sons for existing conditions are manifold.
j Society has got itself In the complication,
»><jt not far enough to know what it is
-% going to do, or to resolve upon a means of
adjusting prices to fit all purses;—- 7—7 —
'"Therf- is no doubt but that the combina
tions controlling food and other commodi
t>* niak» the high prices. They are only
u. kir:p advantage of natural conditions, and
reaping) the profit that could be dissemi
nated among the consumers if they could
ring themselves to act as a unit. Pros
perity has wrought great changes in the
mode of living in America, and shrewd
V-;sin«*s.« men have taken advantage of
tkCM changes. Their - combinations to
handle products in large quantities has not
T<-<=i;]to f j in evil entirely to the people, al
though sonip classes have been less bene
fited than others."
ASBURY FROWNS ON MEAT.
War.ts Its Food Cheaper, or It Will Do
Without It for a Time.
A«shnrv Park, X. J.. Jan. 21. — Asbury
Park is to ioin the boycott on high food
T>rleee. With a view to having the New-
Jersey Legislature pass resolutions call-
In* upon the people to abstain from eating
meat for a period of sixty days, resolu
tions are to be Introduced in many of the
lodges of the city urging the members to
f=top eating meat for sixty days and urg
ing Senator Oliver H. Brown, of Spring
L.ak», to begin the crusade in the Senate.
Tn» first of the resolutions ■was adopted
to-nlrht by Afbury Council, Junior Order
Tnited American Mechanic. Other or
ganizations wiil soon follow suit, it la said.
TO AID THE BOYCOTTERS.
Anti-Food Trust League Will Distribute
Recipes.
"vVashir.gton. Jan. 21. -By engaging a
f-'.v;.c: of experts in household economics
ano the preparation of food products to de
rfae SSdMtltwtee for any article which may
fee boycotted ljerau«e of high prices, the
Anti-Food Trust League to-day took its
"first step In aidng the m*>at boycott. While
th* organization disclaims any relation,
more than a sympathetic one. to the move
rren? t« nhsiAin from meat. Its experts will
*n«n be sending broadcast through the dis
tricts wherf the meat strike is on recipes
tor foods which are said to be capable of
affording as much nutriton as beef.
NEWARK FAITHFUL TO MEAT.
An attempt was made by Edward D. Bal
*>nTin»>. a delegate, at a meeting of the
E«f*>x Trad's Council in Newark last nfjrht
to have the members pledge IhlSliailiias to
abf-taln from the use of meat for thirty
days, er until the price was materially re
*lu-ed. An anaeiidnicut was tacked on the
Lalentine resolution including butter and
ejrge, but both were defeated. A resolution
t-» ask Congress to loveet^ate the beef
trust set a like fate.
BLAME THE MIDDLEMAN.
Salt l.ak. nty. Jan. 21.- Blame for
Urn Increased cost af living is placed on
middleman by an Investigating committee
appointed at a citizens' mass meeting on
January IZ. Jt v. ssrettelsjul that tann
ers realize 35 cents a bu.-lici for potatoes
that retail at M oenu. and 13 oaata a pound
for chicken* that retail at 3 cents. The
iemedy advised was the direct hale of prod
ur«e to householders by farmers.
RETAW
A BRACER,
THE MORNING AFTER
r.-TAV/ ia A f?.vnKL'N7, THEATER
V.ATER I**) ACTS BPEEDILT IN CA«=HTS
CF XZEVOVS >.DACi!E AND DEP«ES>
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.VOT A LAXATIVE.
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EXTEND BOYCOTT
ACT IX MANY CITIES.
Union Men Xot Alone in Bar
ring Meat.
Chicago, Jan. 21.— The meat boycott as
sumed national importance to-day. Coin
cidently came annonuncement* from Mil
waukee and Cleveland that the price of
meat had dropped. In Milwaukee two re
tail butcher* quoted porterhouse and sir
loin steak at 10 centa a pound and other
meats in proportion. The wholesale price
of beef fell off 15 cents a 100 pounds in
Cleveland.
Dispatches f-om Pt. Ixnii*. Baltimore,
KnriMc City. Omaha. Memphis. Atlanta,
Pittsbursr, K.I Paso and other cities told
of the rapid growth of the "meat strike."
The heads of the leading packing houses
of Kansas City and Chicago refused to
discuss the effect of \he movement on their
business.
From a few places word corner that the
boycott does not find favor even anione
union men. Toledo an! Minneapolis report
that it is unlikely that the Cleveland plan
will find favor there. Union men. it ts said,
fear that the fast would prove a two-edged
•w.apon.
Tha' the boycott is not entirely a union
movement was proved by a report from
I)e= Moinee. lowa, that the meat pledge
had been signod by scores of men and
women who ajsrre? to eat no meat for thirty
days, although labor union? have not ns
jet taken any official notice of the crusade.
So far there has been no coi.certed move
ment of local labor organizations and other
bodies to stop eating meat, although the
Chicago Federation of Labor plans a boy
cott. There appears to be a willingness to
join In the movement when it is launched,
j.nd many clubwomen have expressed
themselves as in favor of such action.
Tags bearing the inscription "No Meat for
Mine Until March 1" are being worn by
a few.
In Vineenne?, Ind., to-day 250 employes
of a foundry voted to buy no meat for
slvty days. Labor leaders in Lafayette
and Fort "Wayne have expressed them
selves as opoosed to the boycott. Indian
apolis meat dealers blame the farmers for
the high prices.
Cleveland, Jan. 21. — From an idle jest In
the lunchroom of a large factory here last
■week, the Cleveland strike against the eat
ing of meat has grown to huge proportions.
One hundred thousand persons in Cleveland
have now pledged themselves to abstain
from meat eating for thirty days. Practi
cally every minor city in Ohio has taken
up the movement.
The Ohio Legislature is the only state
body so far to take up the question; A
committee to investigate the cost of meats
will open its session next week.
In Canton E. E. Beard, a retail meat
dealer, declares that the representatives of
four great pa'-klng houses have served no
tice that If the price is cut in Ohio as a
rr-sult of the agitation, the packers will
deal in other states. No similar threat is
reported in Cleveland.
Since th? inception of the s'Jlke beef,
lamb and pork have dropped in price, but
further reduction is modified Tiy the fact
that farmer? have stopped their shipments
into town. Beef declined 16 cents a hun
dred pounds wholesale yesterday, and lamb
10 cents to-day.
Ten thousand householders are reported
to have signed petitions against the eating
of e-ggi? until the price has dropped from 48
cents a dozen, retail, to I's cents.
Retail butchers have been compelled to
cut down their working forces from one-third
to one-half, and several have now retired
TronVTmslness. --The -City Oovmoll • -will 4a.lt*
up the Question of hig-h prices.
Pittsburg, Jan. 21.— The meat boycott by
consumers t'nat is spreading over the coun
try has a firm foothold here. To-day peti
tions were spread broadcast pledging absti
nence from meat for thirty days, beginning
next Tuesday. Hundreds of householders
are (signing, and ihe Tron City Trades
Council, which has ninety-two thousand
members, is awaiting the word from leaders
before putting into effect resolutions adopt
ed last night binding the members to join
the boycott. From all towns in Western
Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Vir
ginia come reports of like crusades.
Just before closing hour to-night butchers
who have stalls in the Diamond Market,
tlie central market house her*:, held a
meeting to discuss the boycott. They joined
in welcoming a strict boycott, in the hope
that it would force downward the price of
meat on the hoof. Several vigorous speeches
were made, and G. P. Smith. on» of the
leaders, claimed that whiskey was the real
cause of high prices. He said :
"It Is the farmer's fault that meat, and
principally pork, is as high as it is, and
the people ian blame whiskey. The farmer
will not rai?e bogs, which he has to fatten
v.ith corn, when he can sell his corn to the
distilleries for a much greater profit than
he could realize by putting it Into his boss.
It naturally follows that the demand for
pork becomes greater and ihe supply less,
hence the advancea prices '
Thomas Toonvv, out of work, who was
ai rested for stealing $12 worth of meat
from a butcher's wagon, will probably be
released from his cell through the crusade
of the boycott leaders. When he was vis
ited In his cell to-day he said:
"My children must have meat. I have
six children. I am not goins to let th<~m
starve. I carsnot buy m^at. but I ran get it."
The effect of the boycott, as the union
wen figure, allowing one pound of meat to
each person, would m*an that 450.000 pounds
l'ss meat will he eaten each day than has
been the case. In the thirty days the figure
would be 'U.000.0M pounds. Figuring the
price of meat at To cents a pound, the loss
to dealers in thirty days would be $J. 025,000.
Lee S. Smith, president of the Pittsburj
Chamber of Commerce, said to-day:
"This current HCitation may produce the
economical 'Moses' who will lead to tlie
"Promised land' of less feverish haste to
make unpardonable profit upon traffic in
the necessities of life. '
Kansas city. Mo., Jan. 21.— A recruit from
an unexpected quarter was added to-day to
the meat boyctt in this city when C. W.
Bishop, proprietor of a leading restaurant
in Kansas City, Ktn., announced that, be
ginning immediately, the serving of meats
in hia establishment would be discouraged.
Patrons of the restaurant at breakfast
tlii.- morning found at the head of the
menu the following request: "Assist In the
movement to reduce the price of m«-ats."
A long list of vegetable dishes followed.
"J am in hearty accord with the move
ment to reduce the price of meat," >>ai<] 4 \lr.
Bishop last night, "and 1 think my patrons
will favor the plan. I cannot refuse to
serve meat when ordered, but by placing
before my natrons a substantial menu of
vegetable dishes I hope to discourage the
uae of meats, and in that way aatl«t ln the
boycott."
Kighty thoueaml nave already joined the
anti-meat c-atiug crusade here, it is re
ported. Practically all of the local unions
ha\e taken action or are preparaintf to
,i.< so. The boycott has not affected the
pi ■■ es of meat h-ie.
At St. Joseph practically every union In
the rHy voted to join rhe boycott to-day.
The mfinber» and their families will ■ab
stain from eating iupju for thirty days.
The uaatsraaos of m>\m Day Adventists of
the. Western Statcf, now In biennial session
in fit. .Joseph, has CFtabllshM for members
a restaurant at which only vegetables and
fruits are *»rv*<j.
Many n>* sifri,*!!. i«cre found to-day for
ttSS petitions "< iif , gUt«| in h- Loul.«.
Th* JflwUh <■■>■<„ r . m<Mt market*
Lwkve been afck«l to estaoiieh more
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 22. 1910.
branches, as they sell meat much lower
than ttic her shops.
Baltimore, Jan. 21.— Buttons bearing the
Inscription. "I don't buy meat; do \nir."'
nppenred on the streets hefc In large num
bers to-aay. roiiowins: trie action of rhe
local Federation of Labor, which adopted
a resolution calling upon all labor. unionists
and their sympathizers to abstain . from
enting meat for a period of one month.
Thousands of these buttons have been
ordered by the leaders in the movement,
who said that the first lot received to-day
was all given out before noon. The de
mand for them, it was declared, was not
confined to laboring men, more than half
the requests coming from . business men
nnd clerks.
San Francisco, Jan. 21.— As yet the meat
boycott lias not attained much strength on
the Pacific Coast. Boycott resolutions have
been presented hefore the labor unions in a
few cities. .but no ;!"flnlte action lias been
taken. It is reported that certain Tacoma
preachers are planning: to hold a union
meeting next week to consider a meat boy
cott.
CAN'T STRIKE YET.
( . F. V. Has to Wait for
Quorum on Meat.
Th<» question of calling a general "meat
strike" of union men in New York came
before the Central Federated Union last
night, jind after speakers bad raised their
voices loudly both for and Hgainst the pro
posal the president ruled that action must
he postponed until next week because there
was not a quorum in attendance.
Morris Braun, a delegate for the Cigar
makers' Union, brought up the subject
first.
"The beef trust," li«» said, "has the people
of the. country by the throat. The meat
htrike has spread far all through the West
and is one of the most significant move
ments that has been set on foot in years.
I do not know if any such movement w;u>
ever started before. "With the problems
that face us to-day there will surely be.
morp of them hereafter. I should like to
have this body take some action favoring
the strike, so as to put itself on record,
and go further if it will"
Rudolph Modest, delegate from the
Butchers' Union, which is now in its
twelfth week of a strike for higher wages
and recognition, was even more positive In
his stand.
"I hope this body won't have anything to
do with the. meat strike." he said. "I hope
it will take action against it. It all comes
back to the Inbor men, after all. This
strike will benefit only the Beef Trust. It
will wipe out the small dealer. People
have got to have meat, and the trust knows
it. It is only looking for a chance to wipe
out the small dealer?, so that it will have
all the business there is.
"What hihor men have got to do is plain
enough. If they raise tiie price of meat
and nil necessaries so that It costs more to
live, we hay« got to see that wages go up
everywhere. Just to stop eating wont do
anybody any good. If we want to get be
hind a movement that will do some good 1n
this matter, lets back up this proposal that
Is before the Legislature to start an in
vestigation by experts Into the reasons for
the Increased cost of living. That's the
sort of work that will help the people find
out what is wrong and set out to put it
right."
Here another delegate claimed the floor
to move that the Central Union' express its
approval of the legislative investigation.
The president ruled that a quorum was not
present and adjourned the meeting.
The question has been discussed among
the local unions in different parts of the
city, however, and a sentiment has devel
oped in favor of a definite calling of the
boycott
THEY'LL BAR MEAT.
That's What the Gotham Club
Means to Do.
If all the sheep, pigs, cattle and especial
ly the calves, aren't passing votes of thanks
to Mrs. Arthur Alfred Brooks, president of
the Gotham Club, they ought to be. Mrs.
Brooks, with the Gotham Club, two hun
dred strong, behind her, she says, has
called a meeting to induce peopla to boycott
meat and take to chocolate eclairs and
tilings like that. She says the present high
prices of meat must be discouraged, ani
she doesn't care much about meat, any
how, veal in particular being perfect poison
to her.
"I never could eat veal unless it was sim
ply rooked to Bhred?, and lately, since I re-
Urned from England, 1 cant oat it at all,"
she told a Tribune reporter. "Doesn't It
give you indigestion? 1 prefer sweets to
meat. 1 could Just live on ice cream and 1
adore Brown Betty. So we're going to have
this meeting next week, and talk about
boycotting meat and of what foods can be
ptttmtttuted.
"Custard Is very nourishing, you know. It
leally Is dreadful, tne way moat prices are
going up and weights getting shorter all the
time. I don't know what the butchers are
thinking of.
"The Gotham Club must d" something
about it. This is a movement for the ben
efit of the poor as well ; s of the rich, so
it is In line with the Gotham Club's activi
ties. \V<» are very philanthropic. We had
a benefit for the shirtwaist strikers not long
ag >."
Mrs. Brooks, who lives at the Hotel St.
Jamep, has just been elected president of
the Gotham Club for a second term.
The boycott she i« heading will concen
trate on meal, but she hopes by and by to
Include milk, butter and eggs if the prices
of thone commodities continue to soar.
"If you boycott milk and egg.« you rant
have custard," she was reminded.
"That's true.' uhe said, thoughtfully
munching a bonbon. "But, you see, were
concentratine on meat,"
The exact date of tlie boycott meeting is
not fixed, n'jr is the programe outlined, but
the menu is made out for the refreshments.
A big Brown Retty will be the pi£ce de
rfsistnn.-e, and there will be soft custards,
iced cakes and cream puffs galore.
FEED SHORTAGE KILLS SHEEP.
> Sheridan, Wyo., Jan. 21. -Sheep raisers in
this region have lost many thousand sheep
because of the shortage of feed, due to the
prolonged unfavorable weather. in the
Powder River country two hundred head
of antelope, appeared to-day, apparently
nearly eturved and began eating every
spear of grass and hay. Stockmen are
buildlns fences around haystacks.
SAYS HE THREATENED JEROME.
Providence Prisoner May Be DcEerter
from German Aimy.
IDy Te.ejtrpph to The Tribune 1
Providence, Jan. 21.— Krnest Wilhelm
Lorenz, the self-confessed assailant of a
dozen women in this vicinity In tho last
two months, added another tale to hlu
catalogue of crimes to-day when ho de
clared that, while living In New York
about two years ago, he threatened tho
lives of William Travers Jerome and of
Philip Qoodhart, whom he described a3 an
attorney well known for hts extensive
practice In the criminal courts, Lorenz in
hfld here on tlie charga of tlio murder of
Gilbert Maun in a highway robbery two
weeks ago.
Lorenz is a deserter from the German
army, aciording to information received
by the police to-day. lie |g said to have
fnllsteri in Saxon; in I<X)J.
in , prosecuting their inveJitlgotion to de
termine whether there la an- evidence to
connect Lorenz with ti ie tnurri' i of Mih-s
J"r a «V!.H, li st^ r at cranaton last spring
I «V..!l i. to-day . took fing*r j>rlnt3 of
J.oreni!. It is tirvWstood that rhey will
• i»(ouare4 wilh rr * i.io.lncrioni of nnjs*r
nrms iound ou th. murdered woman's
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PAMC IN THE DARK
LIGHTS OUT AFTER
EXPLOSIOX.
Theatre Audience m Stampede
as Paterson J'ozccr Plant
U Wrecked.
|By T'l'iti.irh '" Th^ TrltMM.]
Paterson. X. J.. Jan. 21.— A terrific
explosion in the Edison plant hero to-day
spread panic in Paterson and Ps—Sjir
Bv«nr electric light in both cities went
out, .'tn<i in the Lyceum Theatre here
the audience, seeing the lights vanish as
nn explosion shook the house, rushed In
terror for the doors. No red lights
marked the exits, those having been rx
i inpnished with the rest, and for a f*»w
moments the confusion was Indescriba
ble. In department stores, too, there
was panic at first.
Streetcars stopped running in both
cities, and for hours everything that de
pended upon electricity for motion was
at a standstill.
One man was so badly hurt that he Is
likely to die. and eight others were in
jured seriously enough to be taken to
hospitals One man. working on the op
posite sirle of the river from the power
house, the main stcanipipe. of which.
burst, was knocked down by a jet of
Koalding steam, and lay helpless before,
it for half an hour hrfore his plight W9B
discovered. Four boilers blew up with
the big pipe, scattering wounrts wher
ever their pieces fell.
A peculiar feature of thp accident was
supplied by Van Hounden's injuries. He
was the furthest from the scene of the
accident of all those who suffered. He
•was ■working on the opposite bank of
the river when the explosion took place.
The steam from the burst pipe shot
across the river with terrific force and
rendered him unconscious. For a full
half hour he was subject to the scaldlnff
stream beforo his plight was discovered
and he was rescued from his perilous
position by fellow employes, who risked
thoir own lives in tho undertaking.
The nofse of the explosion was plainly
heard throughout, the entire city, and
the immediate stopping of electric cars
and the failure of electric lights to shine
■were indications of the scene of the acci
dent.
ln theatres and department stores
there was panic. The operatives of the
silk mills along the river manifested
some uneasiness, but their fears were
quieted and they were allowed to go to
their homes.
The last act of a play at the Lyceum
Theatre was nearlng its close, when the
footlights and the red lights marking the
exits suddenly went out as the boom of
an explosion reached the ears of those
present. The theatre was plunged into
darkness, and many •women were
trampled upon in their wild efforts to
escape to the street.
Once there they found that they were
in no danger, but that it was raining
hard and that the electric cars were not
running. The same situation greeted
the commuters as they arrived at the
stations and started for their homes.
rio.ctloo.llj- all of Passnlo County which
depends on street railway lines for
transportation, was tied up for several
hours.
At 8 o'clock the company restored the
light and power service by means of
auxiliary boilers and reinforcements ln
the form of current from Newark and
elsewhere. The damage to the boilers
and the building is estimated at about
$5,000.
WHITE EXOXERA TED.
Counsel Says He and Tcvis
Acted Honorably.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Syracuse. Jan. 21. — In a statement given
out to-night, the first to be made in defence
of John Tevls, of Louisville, and the live
r.cwly elected directors df the People's Mut
ual Life Insurance Association and League,
William Hepburn Russell, of New York',
counsel for Mr. Tevis. declares the latter"s
connection with the affairs of the organiza
tion to have been honorable and entirely
aboveboard. The same he says is true of
Lieutenant Governor Horace White. In
defending Mr. Tevis, Mr. Russell holds the
First National Bank actually responsible for
the $150,000 deposit in the Canadian Bank
ns a bona fide transaction. Tho statement
ir. part pays :
Mr. T«vlS arranged for a loan from the
Farmers' Bank of Toronto, Canada, of
51.-0.000. giving his own not?, with certain
minirTpr stock held by him and which he.
wa3 authorized to pledge a.* collateral.
The Canadian currency representing this
loan to Tevis was brought to Syracuse by
Mr. Travers, t lie manager of "the Cana
dian bank, who was accompanied by a
bookkeeper ln tlie employ of that bank.
This currency after some preliminary de
lays of no importance was on the evening
of December 20 turned over to the Firsn
National Bank of Syracuse through K. B
Judson. then president of that bank, but
since deceased as the result of a sudden
attack of pneumonia, it was counted over
by an official of tho First National Bank
and Mr. Travers then stated to Mr. Jud
son. and this Travers himself haR sworn
to, that this money was the money of Mr.
Tevis and should be deposited to his credit
or as he might direct.
Thereupon Mr. Tevts gave a written di
rection to the First National Bank that the
whole $150,000 should be deposited to the
credit of Horace White. This was done,
and early the next morning, as Mr. White
says and nobody denies, a passbook of
the First National Bank was made out to
Horace White, trustee, showing the de
posit of $U>O.OOO to his credit. Thus the
J1.'0.000 loaned by the Canadian bank to
Tevis was actually delivered to and de
posited by him or upon his order. Not
a dollar of the securities or moneys of the
People's Mutual Life Insurance AHSoeia
tion and league entered into the transac
tion in any wuy.
Regarding the deposit made in tlie Cana
dian bank. Mr. Russell says that, having
Closed the loan to Tevls, Mr. Travers, tho
manager of the. Canadian hank, brought up
with Mr. Judson. president of the First Na
tional, Mr. Wiiite and Mr. Tevis, none of
them ofllccr.s or directors of the People's
Mutuul Life Insurance Association and
League, the matter of a proposed deposit
by the People's Mutual Life Association
and League with the Cnnndlan bank.
- Mr. Travers, anxious to return to Can
ada, drew up an agreement with Mr. Jud
son, believing that the People's Mutual
Life Association and League would on the
following duy arrange for the depoait.
whereby Mr. Travels gave h nlncty-dHy
c.r! iii. ale in the namo of the People's
Mutual Life Association and league, show
ing a deposit of $150,0(10 in his bank. There
upon, the statement says. Mr. Judson aßree.l
to let TraverS take back with him the $150.
000 Canadian currency as representing tho
deposit to be ma/io l.y the People's Mutual
Life, Association and League. Mr. Judson,
It \n said, took the rlok fo r tli- First Na
uonul Bank of the People's Mutual Life
Association and League, ratifying the trans
action, hut nccured the First National
ag*inei >oe» by taking fin d holding tho cer
tiflcatfl of deporlt In the name of the Pe - o
ple'B Mutual Life Association and League
Mr. Russell, to fhew the eetvency of the
Mutual i if> Insurance AMociitldn and
i....e.,r. tat.- that ihere nas a n<»t Ka in
in Hssfits during the last year of about
BRITISH ELECTIONS
Conrlnned from f\r*t p*K*.
jir.iinet thp MMHMfI counties and th n *" rlv
solid southern const."
Thn ruiontet?; stoutly «a M ll I victory
for tariff reform. The Liberals d»(lHr«
that the feudal status tH •'•" counties Is
responsible for tlio ron«ervativ* g^ins,
and chargn the trlumvlrata-ths. landlords,
the Church and the publicans-wlth over
a^inpr their dependents and followers by
praetlsing widespread intimidation nt>l
irreatening them with losn of work. FTom
thft" Opr>6stMon point M view, fh * rr>n
servatism 'of the counties is due. to the
loyalty of the people, t« th<» House of
Lord*, their fear of socialf'm and ft desire
for protection.
The Home Rule question, with the Xa
tionalists the dominant party, in the alli
ance In the neir Parllaihent. will became
Invested with nn importance, it has not
ball during the c«n>palgn, -when It wns
kept in the background. It Is probable
that a Home Rule bill will be introduced
but r.bt pressed at the coming session, and
that the attention of the government will
be concentrated on the budget. ;'
Places for Joseph Albert Pease, the chtet
Liberal whip; Sir Henry Norman, AssiH'anr
Postmaster General, and Colonel J. M, B.
Seely, Under Secretary for the Colonies,
whose constiuents snowed them under,
soon may be found, one by the promotion
of Herbert Gladstono to the Governor Gen
eralshlp of South Africa, and the others
by. the ssh"lvins: of some of the older
minif-ter.s by raising them to the peerage.
J. A. Bryce, a brother to the Amhassador
to the United States, was returned by a
large majority for the Inverness district.
Reginald McKenna. First Lord of the Ad
miralty, was rr.Uij-ned victorious over 12.
G. M. Carmichacl, Unionist, for Aber
gavenny, Monmouthshire, and William
Abraham; Laborlte, was re-elected for
Rhondda Valley by an enormous majority
of 8,965.
Timothy Healy had an experietce similar
to that of Mr. Pease when the result of his
naiToiv victory in th*» North Division of
Louth, Ireland, was announced to-day. It
required a latge force of polio* to get him
FafMy to his hotel. He suffered no greater
damage than tho loss of his hat.
Serious rioting occurred to-night at High
Wycomhe, Ruckingliamshire, twenty-eight
miles northwest of London. A crowd
sacked a "dump" sliow, where foreign im
ports were being displayed as electoral ob
j"ct IcfMions. They piled the contents of
tlu; "dump" In the roadway and burned
them, and then smashed all the windows In
the Conservative 'Club, nmid shouts of
"l>ump! dump!" The police and the. flm
brigade had difficulty In preventing th<> mob
from doing other damage. Many arrests
were made.
REDMOXD SA TISFIED.
Say Home Rule Will ToOom
Reform of J^ords.
Dublin, Jan. 21.— Speaking to-night at
Rathmlnes. ■ suburb of this city, John
Redmond said that recently there had been
a deal of nonsense in the newspapers to
the effect that Premier Asquith had modi
fled the pledge he had given to Ireland in
his Albert Hall (London) speech concerning
Home Rule for Ireland.
'Perhaps Mr. Asquith is not as an en
thusiastic home ruler as I should like, but
he is perfectly straight and' candid In ev
erything he has said, and it was not a mod
ification but a reiteration of his pledge.
"He saya he will be free in th© coming
Parliament, as lie was not in the last Par
liament, to support a measure giving full
self-government in purely Irish affairs to
Ireland subject to the maintenance of the
supremacy of the imperial Parliament.
"We in Ireland arr not each fools or im
beciles a.s to ask Mr. Asquith an<i the LJb
eral party to introduce a Home Rule bill
before they hn\e dealt with the veto of
the House of Lords. When that great ob
stacle is removed there is no fear for the
future of the Irish question. Abolish or
limit the lords' vote, and I would like to
see a Liberal party, and I care not what
Its majority, that would dare deny to Irish
men their right to home rule. "With that
veto gone the first friendly House of com
mons elected would carry home rule.'
PRESS COMMEXT.
Govern incut Will Be Handi
capped. Umkmi&U Sa;i.
London, Jan. 21.— The Unionist press al
ready is rejoicing that the Asquith Cabinet
will be powerless to pass any revolutionary
or socialistic measures attacking property
and that the power of the extremist sec
tion of the Mit'ißtry, represented hy Da
vid Lloyd-George and Winston Spencer
Churchill, has been effectively clipped. It
rejoices also that the government will be
compelled to pursue a policy of moderation
tinder tho tutelage of the Laborite and Iri-h
parties.
"The Spectator" says that, to put the net
results of the election in a sentence-, the
country has decided to deprive the Liberals
of the power of doing harm through social
istic legislation and at the same time has
declared its unwillingness fundamentally to
alter the present fiscal system.
With the imperative task of passing two
budgets early In the year, "The Standard"
points out that it will be impossible for the
Ministers to get a budget through unless
they can square themselves with the Xa
tionalists, and that, as it is well known
that t lie Irishmen strongly resent the
Lloyd-George budget. Mr. Asquith will have
to pay a heavy price for their sanction.
"The Morning Post" devotes an article to
producing election statistics to disprove the
Liberal contention that the hlgr manufact
uring cities have, declared against tariff
reform. The. newspaper s-ays It may be
true that they have not declared decisively
in favor of a tariff, but, taking the first
sixteen titles voting, they are divided pretty
evenly between free traders and reformers.
"The Dally Telegraph" In an editorial
contends that the polling fully justified the
action of the House of Lords in referring
the budget to the opinion of the country,
and asserts that if Mr. Asquith dares In
troduce a bill to paralyze the House of
Lords, the latter house certainly will re
ject it. Then, "Tlie Telegraph" adds, there
must either be another dissolution in a
month or two or the government must seek
power from the. King to create at least
live hundred. peers. .
"Evon on the unlikely assumption that
th« King would consent." says the news
paper, "where will tho ministers get 'their
Jive bund— p^r*? If — llrtld from the
Commoners it would necessitate in minia
ture a general -.election -to replttc* th« m
with possibly disastrous results to the Lib
eral party, and if they pick up the m«
peers from byways and ditches It will make
h« House of I/.rds the latighln* Mock of
the world. ■■;■.-
ME\H() ERIEXDLV.
Ambassador Gives Assurances
to President Taft.
Washinston, Jan. 21.— President Taft had
n rnntorttftle with the Mexican ,VmKi«.,,i,,
Francisco tlo la Earrn, to-day, at which the
whole Central American situation was dis
cussed at length.
It is understood that the ambassador as-
Mired tha President that hi* government 3
sincerely desirous O f co-operating with th«
St;.te O-paitm-nt to preserve t ho peac« of
the l,niln American republics, and ha* no
dOßirc to mix h, thelr lntQrna i affair*.
\ irlous hostile expressions in Urn Mcxi-
CM press In (oin, llen , lu(t o n the araguan
situation have conio to ih« attention or th*
.sut" Dtrartmtnt f,« m time to time, nnd It
la understood that tn« ambassador UwUtM
that tbt n^epupcrj ln , lucat |*n do not rep.
resent the attitude or fab government.
REFUSE DEMANDS JO SEND BIG CH£(J
Eric avd Lackaxvanna Roads
Turn Doti-n Request.
Tli'- Erl* *rvi the Lackawanna railroad*
announced yesterday that .the demands of
the. trainmen and conductors for Increases
h: .wages wcr<». not Conceded after they had
been vlilte<l by committee? of the men to
hear definite answers. At "■■• mm time,
the i omnilttt*** were informed that.tha offi
cials of tli respective roads were willing
to hnv* conference with in* 1 repf*»»nta
tivea of their employes on tiie subject of
th« demands. It was stated that a com
hsitteo of tli" trainmen and conductors of
the Central TLillroad of N<rw Jersey re
ceived a similar r<»ply.
The Krie men saw Vice-President Stuart
of the railroad, who told them that it would
be out of the question to grant the demanas,
an the advances asked for rang* from 10 to
f>rt per cent, and other demands were not
such as th» company could a«rr»" to. though
lr was willing to meet represents lives of Its
employes in conference.
Thn committee o* the Lackawanna traln
rr.rn and conductor* received tT* reply de
clinln* to grant tlx? demands in Scranton
after it had seen the general superintendent
there. The committee was told that the
present conditions and th» affairs of the
company did not warrant favorable consid
eration of the demand?.
In a fjfnt---nieiit Ktven out t«rday even
ins in thi" city embodying tiie- answer to
tho demands it Is pointed out that the aver
a{(A increase askeil ll 21 per cent. The
schedule of wages demanded is said in the
answer to be "alarmingly revolutionary."
In the company's reply to the men It h]
stated that, during the last ten year* the
company has met its employes at different
times, and from tim" to time mad* such
readjustments as secm«d fair, considering
services rendered, working conditions and
cost of living.
"The schedule of wag--* and working con
ditlons." it says, "constitutes an alarmingly
revolutionary document, calling for Increas
es of greater extent than are warrante<t by
any existing circumstance?, and ignoring
entirely the greatly improved condition*
under which our employes are working at
the present time."
It goes into th«» demands at length, say
ing that they Ignore local conditions. The
offl<**rs of tii" company have the charge of
serving the interests of the public, and will
not divide the rcsponsibllty with the men,
yet the demands propo3» rej?iilarion of mat
tera which can only be dona by the railroad
officials.
The Erie committee met yesterday after
noon at the Broadway Central Hotel after
receiving its reply. Chairman Hubbard. of
the ' Erie trainmen, insisted that the- de
mands had not botn absolutely turned down
by the company. There would be no strike,
lie was certain.
The committee of the New York Central
trainmen had another conference yesterday
with General Superintendent BradflMrl of
the Central at the drand Central Depot.
Mr. Rradneld said the conference was only
formal.
Cleveland. Jan. 21.— President VV. G. Lee.
of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
and Grand Chief A. B. Garretson, of the
O^der of Railway Conductors, will meet in
the East Monday to enter formally upon
the negotiations which will determine the
outcome of the present dispute between
tne railroads and their employes.
President Lee announced to-night he
fore going to Chicago that he nas already
picked out one railroad on which a test of
the trainmen's demands would, be made.
Neither he nor Grand Chief Garretson.
however, has intimated to the employes"
committee which road this is.
It is known to the employes* committees
that tho railroads are prepared to srant
some advance ln wages.
Philadelphia, Jan. 21— It is state-l here
that no demand for an increase in was:??
has hcen made by the trainmen and con
ductors on the Pennsylvania and R^adn-.j
railroads. "The Lehigh Valley Railroad has
taken up the question of wa?rs with its
men and adjustments have been made on
several of the division?.
PITTSBURG GRAFT.
Two Bankers Suddenly Turn
State's Evidence.
I By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Pittsburg, Jan. " 21.— Another sensational
chapter was added to tho graft eSJMi to
day when i^. H. Jennings, president,
and Frank A. Griffin, former vice
president.^ of the Columbia National Bank,
turned state's evidence at a hearing be
fore Alderman J. V. McMasters. against
Frank F. • -'Nicola, an extensive real estate
defaW-r; Max 2G. Leslie, delinquent county
tax collector, and Charles' Stewart, former,
member of. the Finance Committee of lUo
Pittsburg Councils.
The last three men wer© held for court
under a bond of $13,000 in Leslie's case and
$10,00>) in the other two. Jennings and
Griffin are both under bail, but waived a
hearing. It was alleged to-day that the
price the Columbia Bank was to pay for
being named as a city depository was
raised from $17,500 to $23,000. in instalments,
which were paid to Leslie, who acted a3
po-between for the bank and members of
Councils. Jennirgs and Griffin testified
that they met Nicola at the Duqtiesne v. lub
early in May, and later at Griffin's home,
where Nicola told them that if they want
ed tha Columbia Bank named as a depos
itory they would have to pay *:".,..», and
do it quickly, as other banks were anxious
to pay the price.
Griffin waa later Introduced to Council
man Stewart at Nicola's office, he said,
where Stewart told Griffin $17,50<) was the
price named by members of Council*. Grif
fin and Jennings said they refused to pay
anything, and Jennings told Nicola he had
"sweated blood" during the panic, nnd he
washed his hands of the whole affair.
Griffin, however, attempted to retain
the city deposits which Vila bank ha<l had
for four years, and. amonjj others, he ap
proached Max Leslie, he said. The latter
said he would get the deposits for the bank
and It would have nothing to pay.
Leslie later told Jennings and Griffin, it
was testliled. "the boy* up at City Hall
won't go along without pay, and I will
have to have $22,600 to net your bank se
lected."
Jennings refused to paj the price, he said,
but reconsidered it. and Leslie then told
him it would cost $25,000. It was then de
oafei to pay before the price s?ot to.. high.
The evidence to-day was altogether un
expected by l^eslie. Nicola and Stewart,
who were apparently stricken dumb, ifcj
District Attorney made Unftin repeat a
statement that since their arrests Nicola
had called him by telephone and asked.
"Did you give me away to those fellows."
"Graft exposes In Plttsburg lia\ only
begun." said District Attorney Blakely to
night.
"EAGLE ALMANAC" FEATURES.
All the old features an.l many new ones
will be found In the "Kajcle Almanac" for
1010. which comes from the press to-day.
The new features cover such *übjf>cts as
the twontv-rtfth anniversary number. tht>
North Pole, tho Catsklll water supply,
nuniielpal government and aeronautics.
rue New York Slate consolidated i»^ are
published in the almanac. a:i well a.* MS
RUbw r Hy P >Ct l ark - and the ' " ■'" avenue
Best Positions
are offered in the Help
Wanted column* of
THE TRIBUNE
Read Them This Morning
IX SUGAR PATMext
No Bail for- .1/ en \ Oxc On
Blacforcir* Island.--
A.cls^k for about fc-rtfltt, wt fe , -
the Sub-Treasury mnr,^ by ... \. T*l
Sugar Rsflnln* Company In HtdnJ^
the difference^ between tB« gov«r^* <t
weight of su?ar Imported and thV*^ 31
a3 shown by th* tmreteea and tia'*^
weighers. It was understood yest— davi^ 7
a b«s!3 of agreement had been reach* m
the company »m .th* fwrernm*^ ,1^
cutors. *
This aaiouat. with the settlenents .m.
by tb« American Sugar R-f.nin« ConjaT*
and Arbuckle Biothwg. Trill make ij?
tutlon to th» government of $3.sf«),i>y> as *
result, direct and Indirect, of the. dijcoTi!
of th» frauds on the dock 3 of ti* jf,,?
meyer Sl Elri«r refinery in W'llllamshßia *
November 20. 1307. *
iaa iJiroTib* handed dewn a a«~
randum of the United. States Circuit c*t
of Appeals yesterd?y refi-slng to'rej^
the. con\icted former employes c* tv,
American rompany pending u>* tm^
argument. Tha memorandum follo-T 3 -
This wrft of error. If plafatttr In •— n
detire. in.-.v bo argued on thr minn : 2 •
the trial at the coming: .r .ary seaS
the court, and we will then pass on !»'«
plication to enlarge of ball. ***
The plalntiff!i in error are the fons»
nugar employes now nervin* a years g«T
tence on Blackwell's Island, aM. la pj^
English, the consideration of accefMiag)^
for them ha 3 been put over unrn th» mm.
ment on appeal, when the court win (*«£*,
if there are question" of doubt saita
enough to warrant enlarging th* pri^ea^,
Th» «urn« emirs* «m pursued la tlu lfcr»
case.
Henry F. Cochrane. the counsel for th*»
men. s*!d last night that ke w««|* •«_
every effort possiblft to be. readjr'ta sjßg>
the appeal at the February term, fctftat
for purposes of taking the case t« tkt
United States Supreme Court, if th« «p.
peat here shouH fall, ha would anats
have the minutes of the trial prints*.
Judge James L. Martin, who tried the !fct
cai»e, will b°gin his term here on Mart*i{
and Charles R. Tlelke and the otb»r assfr
indicted men will b* tried In th* enn*
of the ensuing month. Th^tr trial ntra
have bren arranged for at an nrlsj ja;^
but the counsel for the goverrraeat em'&
not make the necessary arrangeraeat* ijj
the court.
There have been two conieasiaaa «f a.
ptoyea of Arbuckle Brothers, it is «^r.
stood, and the3<i are likely to be t/Otmt
by further indlctment3. There DawslM
been confessions of former gorersss^.
ployes. who have received lirismSa). it
v/as reported last evenim? that aa eiaas»
tion ft the books of the "Warner Snjir v
flnins Company, which ha 3 been unjxnst
sugar sine* May, 1?"?. shoved that t*.
were no diff^rence3 in weight other at
mi«lu be expected in the resulir coctss
weighing opt ration?.
WANT AMERICAN SHO£3.
Heavy German Demand in Anticipa&i
of New Tarif .
Berlin. Jan. 21.— American she- rtn
facturers are makln? extraordinary sM>
ments on orders from their German aaws
placed in anticipation of the enfassjsat
of Germany's general tariff against Asart
can importations on and after FVbrary*
A representative of one of the larger to*
panics sellins American shoes «a?t Cat
the tariff increase will average $» crsti «n
every pair.
The newspapers generally- deplore th» pos
sibility- or a- tariff war -«ttk tlie Xnfcrt
States, and - even . some ■of than .Jour***
which heretofore have- been the sm:ar.
critics of the American tariff are tut* eh
pressing the hope that a compromised
te reached.
The Socialist and Radical organs i«piw»
the opportunity to contend that Gerar
meat prices are too high, and shosß S»
lo^ ered through The openinr of the •»
tier 3 to foreign stock. In th!a they B>
joined by the butchers, who recently i?
pealed to the Reichstag en the sabjsct it
present the government is simply ■■waits;
for American action on the G*rraaa as
n.unication • recently forwarded to Wa**
ington. • ..
PLANS FOR SNEAD TRIAL
Defence's Lawyer Thinks Fiadin? i
Morphine Means AcqnJ'taL
The admission by the E?sex .C? 42?
(N. J.) prosecuting officials that ilrs. fl«?
W, M Snead. the. victim of the Eit '- 11
ange bathtub mystery, was led to her*sK
by th* ON of morphine is exp^c.rf T
Franklin W. Fort to result in t»e sef*
ta! of his clients. Mr=. Caroline E. M3r±.
Mrs. Mary \V. Snead and Miss Vtta»»
O. Wardlaw. the- a?ed relatives of thee»
woman, who are held to answer chaff* «
murder and aiding and abetting: suicide
The three women, who are in the Xf»e*
jail, will be taken to th« county cacti »
plead cci the lna%tnniili next week. T~*
date for their trial will then b? 9 "V*j|
it is expected that a jury will b« "■»••"
ellcd in March. The case will brte? ne"
tvro hundred witnesses befora the C»«« *
Oyer and Terminer.
Mr. Fort announced jntsteriaj that On*"
dler W, Riker. a former Kssex CeMfr
Prosecutor, had been retained for th» **
fence of Mrs. Martin, the mother of *t
dead woman. The lawyers will slur* c?r
ly a thousand letters te prove t*e «•<"■
position of the old women when th»» I* 1 "
in the South.
BELMONT,
Arrow
COLLAR;
with the Ara- Notch in
place of the bothersoro*
buttonhole 15c. each-2 for &-
Cluctt. r«ho<)> Sc Co.. M*ker*
ARROW CUFFS. 25c. s Ptir _
Not A Milk Trust
Thf Orif iml and fitnui"*
HORLICK'S
MALTED MIL*
Tht Food-drhk for All A*"
At restaurants. hotels *od foJJI^
Delicious, invigorating • nc * J t^r'
Keep it on your sideboard «f J«5?
Don't travel without it.
A quick bndi prepared » 1 » •*£
T»keaosibitituie.Aik^rHOßUtt>
Others art imitation**
