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to THE SUN, SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1913. GOVERNORS MEET . IN R.R. CONFERENCE i Action Townril Public Control for Five Xpw V.x IiukI Stales. MAIXK MAY COMK IX TOO Palmer tn Provldctioo must be. com bined I am unable to state when, liut everybody alum; tin- line Is liopltiK that work will in' Ntiiiir-l again ly next .iirhif,'.'' Joint Ooiiiinittco of Citizens to Report on Whole Truf v I'rolilem. Boston', .! 11 ;. Oovcrnois of lour oth(r New llnglnnd States met tifn to day Upon Itivltntlnn of (Sov. Koss of Massachusetts and for fevenil hours they discussed behind closed doors the railroad situation lr tills section of Hip nutintry Then tlit-y voted thai the Ctnvprnof in' each State should appoint two cltbi'iix as members of conference to consider ami icpmi tlpmi th" beet method nf developlm; and opcr.itlm; the New r.nglanil Railroad ytc m. After tin' i unlet etice tin- following Mato nipnt was itlven out by iov. V'om iih to what win ilnni-: At tin' innfcrcnpe of .Sen r.nl.uiil (.i-n-ermits lii'Id at tlip Hotel Tournltu- Salur !.' afternoon. Juiiiiaiy 25, (Sos. Il.ildwtti v: iViiin'.'tiiui. i;iv I'.itiiiiT .f lthoiii' Hland, tlo Kleteher of Vermont. io. I'flliir of New lliiiiiibliirp and Iniv I ii MaM.irlitittH were present ibn llalnca ot Maine sent 111" rcKrets tlmt on hk to ttln In- was unable to hp pnn-nt. li u llaldnlli pit -tiled Thp folio lin; ii solution wa.s passed liy tli" conference 'Votiyi th.it t)ii- liovcrnor of i-upIi N'tw JJus-land State Is- renuefted to appoint two citizen or hi Mate as members of .1 New l?nland railroad ionferf nee to consider ir,d report on thu lust modes ot develop ing and operating flu- New Kngliind rail ioad system th'.' members of said coher ence to serve without compensation, hut their necessary expense to Is? pah) by the Mate appointing them " A oop of this resolution Mil bp sent to lo Maiden for hl consideration. The New England rallro.nl eonfcrenri thu constituted will cojiMder and report upon tli general subject of railroad develop ment ami operation and In particular will "nv.stlcati the following phase, nf the illroad iiie.tnn . The establishment of a permanent conferenre comsi-d of the heads of the folate pomitiliiun having supervision ocr .railroad)- 2 The question of creatine Sutc dircc tor ri pre, ntitic the various New llr.g land StiteK n the management of the i ail road nniti and the general riuii-tt'Hi of th- partiPip.ition of the public in the onerhlp or operation of transportation ficllttlci ml the form of such paiticl pa lion 3 Tlie i onlderation of me.ins whereby the projected Grand Trunk extension' nny be completed 4 Mean of providing throuah Irans portatlon bv way of Huitoi and th con Fldeiatlon of the le.st method of ,i 'com V'ih!iK thl. whether b tuniKls or belt l.rief or both u The project t ekctrify'.nK tae ter minalf and provldln? adeipiate electric traction thrnu-tnuut cr.iwd'il urbui and suburban district-. . A reasonable plan of interchangeable ralleaco to be applied over the ent're Nct lincland railroad sy-tem. T A plan of uniform lecisl.-it.on pro vidlnK for the unification of the co-porate entity which iiLitiaei tin railroads In a manner which will make the Sosal fact of. unification corr, -pond with tt.c netua! con trol now exercised. This w.ll Involve n eonsideratlon of th" whole question of whether the llovton and Mnlne rh.iW re main a part of the New Haven f)irm or can better serve New r.ncland n a ep.i-i-ste system, the ipiesilon nf the elimina tion of th- Houoi P.itlroad M.ild 1nCompaji and the quejMon t" nhat ex tent, aa far .13 the Terteral laws and the fixed pollr of the ever.il States permit, Ihe rallrouls shall own and operate steamship and trolley lines S. In connection with such unification, a plan to coordinate and unify all lines and services 0 Th reduction of nil leases of lines to absolute ownership 10 The consideration nf meuns to mak the railroad corporation amenable In Its entirety to public (ontinl 'n the manner of ft domestic corporation dolnc buslnesi In each .State ' Jl The consideration of uniform charters to the railroad corporation In each of the States In which It operates lines, with uniform reservations of powir of control by the State It Is ttl'd by the Governors tbnt hy this means a concrete plan may be de veloped speedily of nhldi the public will npprove and to which also the owners of th railroads will be willlnc to ai?ree The plan furthermore renders posslblo the entire recognition of the different phaees of the railroad problem In the MTerent States, and makes due allowance for local details. It Is expected that thu conference may Vie able to report In tlmo to have Its recommendations considered by the I-eirliilaturea of the New I.ngland nwiea wrucn are now In session. Ikfore thu conferenoi- adjourned Thomas M Moore of New VorK. the ofll rial representative of the PanHma-Pnclflc Kx position, appeared before the Governors fend presented the claims of the exposition The Governors af-reed to recommend to their Legislatures that the commissioners to b appointed by th" N w nntrland States be requested to confer topether to determine whether or not the Interests of New I'liglnnd can he represented moie ef fotlvely as u unit or by eeparnte "xhlhlts, and further that these commissioners b-i lequested to consider the advisability of maintaining at San Francisco at the close of the exposition a permanent exposition liulldlnif for tho better and oontlnued ills play of the Industries of the New KiiKland States. Th Governors felt that u permanent reposition of this character might result in great benefit to the industrial interests of New Knsland In extending Its trade to the i'nclflo roust and beyond to the Orient. r cognizing that San Francisco is a gateway to the Kar Kastern markets An Invitation waa received hy tho Gov ernors from the Masfachusetts Political Equality t'nlnn nsklng them to lie present nt a meeting to be held in Tremont Tempi" Saturday evening, but us they all hail previous engagement! they were unablu to ttccept. Thu session was characterized by a nplrit of enthuslavtlc coopiorntlon and ended with an exprri-slon of hatlsfncttim that the Idea of a conference basis! upon n reooRnltlon of the common Interest."! of the New Kngland States had actually been put Into effect. GRAND TRUNK MAY BUILD. PLEADS FOR DUTY ON FLAX. l'erniei- Semis Word Committee I "llnimipili-st Set Vim liter Mar." V.mnsinns, Jim. 25 (Hi behalf nf th" lla lianilli'is of Newark, N .1., t'. I .it uc lit In, n Soit. itppraied In-day befon tile lloll" tllV mid Meuns I'omlnlttee. Mr l.aufililln suggested that raw llax be put on the fie,, list in- else that th" diil on Ihe ilnlsheil product and raw Hut it be adi anceil l!ipieseiilatle I'ordticy of Michigan, n Hepiibllciiii. uskeil "Vli do oii coine here risking the poininltl"" lo h"lp jutir Industry at the e peliie of Ih" pllldllcers"0 "U'lmfs the ii-e of my coining lien- lo nil, a I letnoi'tiitl nimlttei' to iidvaiiii' anything"'- letutned the witness t'lmiles W I less ol the frilled Stales 1 -III' II I'liinpany of i 'hli ago mgin-d to haw tb" iri'setit duty on tin law product re tained lie said that Mutch mid Irish lliix costs about j;;o a ton tu produce and ship Into the t'nlted States. Including the duty, lie said that the llusslan product cost mil;' about $1.M. but was of distinctly In ferior quality The (lax could be prodtired III the l'nltr.1 for between 1 2 . n rid IINii a ton Naac Ue'.iigett of New Vork mi Im putter ol l otion lai es. mgcil ii i.ductlon of the I'.imv- Mdlli'll duties as eiesle i in bi hull ot the fanner producers of lla V I! Illehilnn of lliiiralo argued that the pteselll tntlff should be maintained Sail Mr lll.hdon: - asked rew-riil of m filends to iippenr befoi" the commlt ti e. but one of ihem snld '' "That 'iimuiim ' on 'us and Means is the ilamnedeM et of fellows )ill exer saw Tin mint to ruin thl whole blame woi Id ' ALFONSO THANKS TAFT. Ilipresses tirntltndp for nirtbili.v (ri-etlnR I'rnni I'rraldenl. VHlttNoroN. .Inn -.'S. President Taft, In teaponae to a greeting which he cabled to King Alfono on hl birthday, to-day received the following leplj . "I'leiiM' accept the expression of tliv deep giatltud" for your kind greetings and good wlshe-, which 1 warmly re ciprocate to you and to the American people PRESIDENT PAID $20 A MONTH. II. II. Morrison tells Committee Hp's n riKnrliPfil In ship Co, V imiin'oton. .Ian As president of the Insular Line, opeintlng steamers from New Vork to Porto P.lco. II II Harrison of New York to-day told the shipping trust im e-tigatlug lomtnlttee that he Is a mere llgurehead Harrison said he be. came president at a nominal salary of "Ji ii miiiMli beciiiiM- a friend. I' Kings baig I'urtis. invited him. TI.e wltn, s sulil be owned none of the toi'lt. knew nothing alsiut its business and did not inow whete it operated or was Incorporated Curtis, audltur of th" line, said Harrison 'h prt'sldentlat Ignorance was excusabl' , as the company nets merely as u hai ti ritiK inncerii and shippers' agent. He said It leased steamers and rented space. Tor me- witnesses charged that the Insular Line Is a membei of the Central American coastwise ship trust, operating with the Mallorv. Civile and Porto Hloim Urns WIZARD OF FIGURES FREED FROM PRISON AMiiimis. Wonderful ilatlie inuticinn. Snys He Cim Square the firele. KTHCATOKS HIS FKIKNDS Kxliiiiisteil Text Hooks: Mnde New l.ii w4 for Solvinir . Xmnerii'iil I'liuntionx. .Ii. 1 1 i iisnv Cm v. Mo . .Inn. i:, Miclinol Aiie,ido .Mctiltmjs, whoso liewiklerlng iirliii'vemetitM in tho lleM of nuitlieinatics lmc ullractpil witli'Mpronil attoution ntnoiiK I'diicntors in tin rnltod Stntoa mid lluriipe, has Ih-pii pnroUsI from tho Missouri peiililentlary hy (lov lliiilley. McGltmis w.'rn serving; a ten yeara soti tctici' for forgery Drink led liltn to prison Atnotii; tho tiimips of thoso who is'titioiu'il (im llmtlny for tln nnnlyat'rt rcloasi' wen- promltii'iil I'llilcalors. Mi Ciiitu-t (In lared lie hail IoiiikI tlio exact ratio of tlii'dianietirnf .n'lrrlotiillH tirctimliTPtif i'. tin1 luny; sought loritmln for "Miiurltie;ii circle." .Sinci- tlio tiino of FATHER SAVES SON'S MURDERER. GiKpriior Commutes llenth "rlili'lirf fler Parent' Plea, Atlanta, .Inn, 2..- Moviil by the pleu of llio father of the vlclitn, CoV. Hrown tii-iluy ciiiuiiiiileil the ikntli Mcnlcnci' of Ui'tiry Taylor u wenkitilmleil ticgro, who nn.i to bo liane.eil lit tlalil wltt county next week, to llfo Imprison, nii'iit. Tnylor was lonvlctcil of klllltm linfiis .iohnson, tho son of n prominent planter of Baldwin county, who was otic of n crowd of whito boya tcuslntt lilin. Tim ncKtii hilny; iitinliln to ontploy counsel, a newly iiilinltteil nml Inex perienced attorney wim nsslgned to ill rend lilm, with the result that u spicily iimvicllon nml Hciitirnci' lo hung fol lowed, In commuting the death sentence, Gov. llrown criticises the courts for ap pointing lleilgllng ntlorncy.H to dcfi'iir! poor persons who nro itnublo to employ counsel. T. R. PARTY OPENS 1916 FIGHT. U'nlter Rriin n In Charge of Head quarters In .Ven York, W'tmtlNUTON. Jan. 2.1. Tho Progres sive party to-day opened national head quarters In Wnshlngton and New York and announced that the campaign for l'.ilii was under way. Tho Washington headquarters ate In cli.it go 'of i . K. Davis, secretary of the party, nml are In the .Munsey Hull, ling. The -Sew York POLICE GRAFT HUNT NOT YET FINISHED District Attorney Ih nnmpcreil hy Kfforts to ltlock Inquiry. TIMAI-S TO COMK NEXT Currui Comniitteo to Invest i uate Detectives This Week. L'..ii i .1 .i i . , ' in tile .Munsey iiuini ng. rile .Nfic inrK Kucl d t ho ratio was m. mmI to , iir 1(1 milllaged bv W.l.er 3 Mill plus Mcl lntiis averts t hat ho u r,nul VvtW.C!tVlVv .Vati.mul Coin- mnvs v,im ijim jtnih is iim shvh ;ic nas CORTLAND SOCIETY DINNER. runner liealilenla anil n llelearation I'rnni llonip nt Ihe vtnr. The thirteenth annual reunion and dinner of the Cortland County Society nf New York city was held in the Helve- ilere rnnln nf tlin ll.ifnl .Ulnr I lul tilt.ht There were 1.1ft present, including former ! "trtx'ftioti of any plane angle." a proh- dlscoveted the exact root of all tiutnhers and that imi'rfect squares will he no more lri)f .1 M Greenwood, superintendent of public schools in Kansas City, believes ihero is not a man in Kitrot' or America to-day who w MrGinnis's eunl in solvitu; numerical initiation "1 fortued Mr Mcdlnnis's acquaintance sotiiM years ago through Ids work as an rilgebraist " said Prof Greenwood "He camo to my office and I Kave him nlgebrnlo problems to solve rilniw the fourth decree. Tho problems were numerical That Is, the coeflicients of the unknown quantity or quantities were unknown So fitr, no analyst, and hy this I mean a mathematician, has been able to solvp a literal equation above the fourth decree In 1MW William (5. Horner of Hath. Ktiglaiid, discovered and pub lislusl what is known ;im "Horner's Method of Solving Numerical Kquations of Any Decree " McGinnis claims to have solved literal equations above the fourth decree, even up to the tenth degree The differ ence betwe.ii ii numerical solution of an equation and a literal solution is that the numerical is good only for that special ca-e. while a literal solution is good for all equations of the degree The literal equation is universally true, the numerical for one tiartictilar caso only. "In toy e.xtsrieriiv I have never known a man who inn solve numerlcsil equations ol high degree with the facility that Mr. Mctimnis inn solve theni We know n good deal about how numerical equations are torinod and tho relations the coeftl cieiits sustain to the risnts or the values of the unknown quantities, and it is In this paitiru'.ar comer of equations that Mr MKllnuis claims that ho has made original discoveries Tho Iti'V. II r.ejsert ol .lefferson City, a mathematician of h'gli repute, is of the opinion that Mcfiinnis has wilved Kerm.it s tlfth theorem MHiiiinis claims to have solved th inltteeman ftotn nhio. Tin- opening of these otlice.s Is the answer of the Mitnon pure Progressive to the proposal tor an amalgamation of that party with the llepuKlean party. The Washington bureau will be de voted almost pntlrrly to the defsemlna Hon of Information and the publication of a weekly paper to bp tailed Hip fro !)rn,nirr llullrHn. The New York oftlce will devote Its time to organization work. COEDS IN QUARANTINE. Cbleaao lilrla Print a Paper tn Let the World Hear From Them. Clttrr,o, .Inn. 23. Marooned as effec tively as If on an Island, twenty-fle i ciiH quarantined by scarlet fever in I (iieenwood Hall. I'nlverslty of Chkiigo, i started a community of their own to- jtlay one of the first things they did was to get out a newspaper called the AVporfi'r. The bailing editorial bore a message of gratitude to the young men who have lightened their exile by gifts of tlowers imd candy. The girls will be quarantined until the middle of next week. lesldents of Cortland county and a delega lion of tw-.'nty-tlve which came down from Cortland In a special car Prank c Strait, president of the so ciety, presided. The Iev John H. Cal ert said grace and Arthur J Haldwln was toastmaster The speakers were IMwIn Huffev of Cortland, Halsey M Collin" of Cortland, Frank 1). Ulodgott of meonta and William H Armour of New York Among those present were Judge Nathan I. Miller, Judge lldward n, Thomas, (Sage Tarbell, Seymour M. Ilallard, I'ranklln Pierce, D, W Whltmore and Chillies II rtachus BUCKWHEAT CAKE REUNION. Delaware Valley Clob .Member Kn-Joj- an Old Time Dinner. One hundred and fifty membera of th Delaware Valley Club held a reunion din ner at the .Manhattan Hotel last evening Karh table was decorated with a huge bowl of Orange county apples, and fen turea of the dinner were Sullivan county pumpkin pie and Delaware county buck wheat cakes and maple syrup. William W Dlmmlek, president nf the society, was toastmastcr The principal poakem were the Kev J. P. I truce, presi dent of the (Seneral Synod of the Iteformed Church of America, and Charles T. Terry. State commissioner on uniform laws. Let ters of greeting were rea,d from (Jov. Sul zer. Secretary or Wnr Henry L. Stlmson and Justice Charles K. Hughes SAYS ALLEN BLOCKED INQUIRY. Ilann Criticises nrararrh Head In Telltna nf School Itrpurl, nosTov. Jan. 2n. Dr. William II. Allen. head of the New York Hureau of Municipal liesearcn, was. the tarmt for criticism at a Twentieth Century (Tub luncheon to day when Prof. Paul M. Hanus of Har vard University and Prof. Krnest Car roll Moore of Yale defended their report of the Investigation of the New York schools, Prof Hnnu. who was at the head of the whole Investigation, said that "a great many unm-cessaiy obstacles were put in the way of the Inquiry as soon as It was learned that I would not be used to fur nish material for a publicity campaign but Inflated upon a disinterested lnvestlga-Hon." leill OOll-ldored imilievsihle of snhlti.in He assortj that he made all the estimator! and llguii's in the construction of the Kads llridgii in St Louis in less than tnree wis.i;s an astounding; feat LEGISLATOR DEFIES ACCUSERS. V limine Man Needn't (in In West Virginia on Forerj' C'liartce. CilKTr.s'Nf. Wyo . Jan 2.1 Uepresenta tlve I J. II Manson will not have to return to West Virginia to face forgery charges. To-day he deiled Ids accusers, flov Joseph M C,iry made this certain to-night when he announced that he had refused to honor a requisition for the number of the lower lmu-e from Sweet water count Issued by liov. i ilassciK'k of West Virginia. At the same time he made public a letter he had written to Sheriff Johnson, who brought the ri-qulsttlou. In which he charged that an attempt was being mad" to lntlmbl.it" Manson Into vot ing for Frnruls 11. Warren for Senator, and that the forgery charge was btought at this time solely for that purpose Ah sisih as the lower house met to-day P.epresentatlve Manson rose to .1 question ot personal privilege and dlnussed the MejitnnU is the author of -AI ebra. , forgery charges against him In an Im t, 1 'tllVl.l-.fl I .SwillO.,1,1 .I Vltlnnn.,! ...' . . .. .. ... NEW HEAD' OF MEXICAN ARMY, Counsel Hjm Hp Hope tVorL Will Be Resumed Neat Sprlnit, Boston, Jan. 25. That work on the fcvanch line of tho Southern Now Eng land Railroad between Palmer find Vrovidenre, which was stopped a few weeks ago, may lie reuumwl In the t.prtnB waa the statement to-day of .luilgo ThomaH M, Kencfick of I'almer, chief rounsol of the Southern New Bng- ien. Jow Jlarla Mler Minted for the Job. Mbxico Pitt, .Ian. 25. From present Indications, thero will hp n change In the Cabinet next week and (leu, .Io.se Maria Mler. the present commander of the forces In Nupvo Ieon, will Im the, new head of the army. He Is a very popular old soldier of the Dtass school and Is respppted by all the discontented fcectlona aa well ns the military officials. SPARKS FROM THE TELEGRAPH, An order of tho commandant prohibits the Annapolis Naval Academy cadets from receiving gifts of Ice cream, confectionery, pastry and rreain puffs. Paring was saved for Virginia yester day when Magistrate R, T, Powell of Oceanvlew ruled that four of th men -Au4.nl ... Ihn Vnrfnltr Im.I. Ib.I V .... - land. .IndKf Keneflck talked about tho ber were nut KUllty of violating: the State aroppaer. oi wurK on tno roaa follow. , iintl-gambllng laws ins a conrorence with Earl H. Flu- Hugh, former president of tho Southern Ae.w England. Ho aald Veui yeiterday dynamited the lafs In the Pennsylvania Railroad station at "The riimmnn H... .v. ..... iTullJtown. Pi., and cleaned it ot av.rv ation. as far aa we are conprn3 t. tnln valuable. The railroad officials th'."' ".fttpr"o.ed et.eCrnram1ta11St.th8t 'm0Un, f mn,y WM the I'niversal Solution ol Numpnc.il and Literal r.quatiotw, which was published simultaneously in Kansas Citv and Lon don u few yisirs ago It attractisi much atteutiotiand isindern iud as a text book Mi'tiitmis des's not work at equations according to the usual method presented by mathematicians, but he go nt the subject from another oint of attack altogether Hy dUcuverinK new laws not hitherto mspeoteil that enter into the structure of equations and that coeffi cients U-ar a constant relation to all the roota of the equation ho dodtni's prin ciples that were unknown Mcflinnis had made persistent appeals to(bv Hadly and flov Folk for a parole, basi-d on his mathematical abilitv, but he was regularly- refused on the ground tliat he must demonsirate tliat ho was pntitlpl to a parole on other grounds. Onpe he wrote to tho Legislature sub mitting a plan whereby llfii.ino a year might be savisl by adopting text books ho had WTitten while in prison, Mcflinnis hays, uwnke or slis'ping, lie lives in a world of figure. They con stantly march In squadron and nlatnons. a moving army, across the screen of hLs mind. "I can think of nothing else." he said recently. "Awake or sleeping, figured run in my head. At thoage of li 1 had learned (ill there wan to know in a public school about arithmetic, algebra and geometrv To-day there in no text liook on thu sub ject to which I might turn for learning," MdlinntH was born on a farm near Appletoti, Wis., fifty-six years ago. He is. said to bo a direct descendant of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms. He has had a varied experietipe as an edu cator und nowhHier publisher in differ ent imrtK of the countrv, but whiskey hlwavs has been his undoing. He has a wife and son living at Neosho, Mo. assloned addict.. lie denounced the charges ns "framed up" by the Republican machine to coerce him Into supporting It. He rlosed his speech with a dramatic demand for an Investigation by the House, saying "I have a record In Virginia. West Vir ginia. Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Wyo mine of which I am proud. They may muckrake until their rakes are worn out, I defy them." 400 AT DINNER TO FRANK MOSS. Reports published esterday that tho Investigation Into police graft waa prac tically at an end unless Home of the men Indicted confess; and Implicate others were not received kindly by any of the nuclide through which the In vpstlgatlou l.s being carried on. Tho reports came out of tho niljournmcnt of tho extraordinary (Ir.ind Jury until lYbrtiary 1". No secret h:i been made of the fact that the District Attorney's office and the (.'tirran Aldennutiie committee have met with every sort of obstacles und that aa n lesult the Investigation had proceeded more slowly, Wltnies. who knew of tills have been loath to entile forward und tell their stotlcs, fearing harm iioni organizations In the under world. line of the meinli'tH of the District Attorney's stntf pointed out yesterday some time must bu taken to prcpan: for the fotthcoiulng trials, which will be gin with that of Policeman llugette l'u on February ."! The trial of Slpp's for tner lawyer, Kdward .1. Newell, indicted for a misdemeanor, probably will be moved uk soon iih the j-'ox matter l.s disposed ol Meanwhile efforts to get in touch with ThomoH .1. Dorian have not been discontinued und It Is hoped he may be brought before the eMtnurdl nary J rand Jury when It reconvenes In February. The trials of Policeman John J. Skclly. Mutiny Maaa and S'ol Wolf, nil accuse! by Mrs. ( Sonde, will follow The C'urran committee will begin this week an investigation Into the detec tive bureau with particular n Monro to how detectives are cho-eti and w'li.v and their work. One of the topics win be what heroines of tho detective bureau's "big" cases, which receive many columns of publicity in the news papers for a time and then after that drop out of sight. Another feature will be a thorough Itne.stlgallon of the Patrolmen's Henev olent Association and the Lieutenants: Association. The pension fund also will come in for a careful looking over. Among the witnesses, It Is expected, will be former Mayors S'eth Low and Cleorge R. McClellan end all he living former Police Commissioners. The committee ulso will make an In quiry Into the cost of living as It ap plies to policemen, going Into specimen family budgets to llnd If they get suf ficient wages and wnether difficulty In supporting their families Is not an In centive to dishonest practices. The Public is Cordially Invited to An Exhibition of Sevres Bisque Figures and Art Productions Which Will Be Held at the Galleries of Haviland&CQ Commencing Monday January 27th 1 Galleries Open Daily From Ten Until Four o'clock Haviland & C9 1M.ibllhrd 1M 11 East 36th Street 10 Enst 37th Street Descriptive Catalogue mailed tree upon request. 900 INSURANCE MEN AT DINNER. Melroiiotltnn's lllaaesl ear, Speak ers Sn j W ilson .Sends Hea-reta. A dinner attended by SOU at the Hotel Astor last night ended the threu day con- tentlon of the superintendents of the .Metropolitan l.lfe Insuiancu Company. Ilesldes the superintendents, who came from all parts of the I'nlted States, and t ariadii, theie were present a number of deputies, assistants and other guests. Two hundred and fifty of thine present were New Vork employees nf the i ompany. Irom the KxeeutlM' Chamber at Tren ton, N. J., (lov. Woodrow Wilson sent this letter to the roiiiiulttee ; "I am slnceiiily sorry that It will not be possible fur me to attend the annual con vention of superintendent which you arc planning to hold Saturday, January 2C, at Ihe Hotel Atnr. 1 would like to be pres ent In order to learn the latest things that are being done by thu men Interested III Insurance and I thank jou sincerely for the cordial Invitation," Had I lov Wilson been present he would have heard the various speakers assert that the lost year waa tho greatest year the Metropolitan ever had. The speakers Included Wihop Oreer, the ltev. Dr. C, I.. Coodell, James J, Hoey, Deputy Insurance Commissioner of New York; President John It. liegeman of the Metropolitan. Vice-President Haley riHke and .Second Vice-President George II. Oaston. Japan I.lnea tn Ron tn New York, Tokio, Jan. 3. The three big steam ship companies of this country, the Toyo Klsen Kalsha, the Nippon Tusan Kalsha and the Osaka Shoesen Kalsha, on the opening of the Panama Canal will establish a joint direct steamship service from Yokohama, Kobe ana Nag asaki to New York, says the latest an nouncement of those companies. I'rnsepntor Talk tn Ilia Host on i;lls nf the "System." At a dinner given to Assistant District Attorney Frank Moss by non-partisan ad mirers nt the Hotel Astor last night Mr. Moss had a few serious words to say about the "system." which he declared was always "working" "As I look over this gathering at this dinner In a time of disturbance und pos sible rioting." he said, "I see that every part and section of our metropolitan life Is represented, "I have a serious word tn say on this subject. The evil forces of our city work all the time, and they work together. The System," as we sometimes call It, cares nothing about differences of race, religious faith or politics. Its members work to gether fot their mutual protection, and In a united effort they make common cause, against law and order "They draw to themselies young men and women, bojs and girls, taking: them even out of our public schools. They cor rupt them. They add them to their num bers und th" army of crime mid vice grows In numbers and solidarity. "The good peoplo of our city nre not united In any such way", but on the con trary they are siparated by many lines. ' inly on rare occasions do they come to gether and then fur some temporary pur pose In a burst of flaming Indignation against some condition moie outrageous than usual CITY DEMOCRACY FOR WHITMAN - w llmtnarl Klein Heads IN err anil t'n elflsh Oraranlsatlon. An antl-Tnmtnnny ricmocrutlc organ ization has lieen formed tn fight for tho election of nistiiet Attorney Whitman for Maynr. The head of It Is Kmanuel Klein of B3 Park row ami the organ ization will be known ns the Cltv Democracy. Kfforts will le made to effect nn organization In all the As sembly districts of the city. Mr Klein said last night: "A great evil In previous campaigns has been the Importance gained by organization, elstlng almost entirely on paper, whose vote on election day was. a negligible quantity and whow Insistence for places on the ticket for their members resulted more than once In disaster. The City Democracy mem bers are pledged not to r-cek ottlcp. It stands open to receive and welcome nil citizens, whatever their former political ntllllatlons may Imve U'en. The repre spntatlvps from districts will be selected by the people of each district and not by a committee of bosses." A meeting will bp held pretty soon. The committee In charge Is composed of Kmanuel Klein, Chandler A. Oaken, Dr. laiuls Herbst, I. Ttosslipim, Kdward S. Nupolis, Curt Kornhlutu, Phillip I. Schick, Charles H. Herbst and Aaron Honlg. BORROW WAITERS FOR DINNER. Mrllie Interferes With llainiiiel of I'orelHii l.itiiBiinire evspnier. The waiters' strike so far delayed the dinner of the American Association of Foreign Language Newnpapers at the lintel Knickerbocker last night that it was an hour and a half after the .sched ule time that the dinner wiis com menced. Then there Were only seven waiters in the grand banquet hall to wait upon the 3'" nnd more diner.", which Included e-Prpsldent Hafael lleyesof Colomblnnud Secretary Oniric Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Hy ilcgrecH Manager .lanie.s Ib'gan In creased the total of wallers by with drawing them from tils publlr dining rooms and borrowing them ftom the Hotel As'tot- until he had a squad to cover the entire thirty-live tallies JiL.iiaji!i. President Taft, who had accepted al, invitation to attend the dinner wind, represented seventy-three publications In the Fnlted States printed In elghtp-n foreign languages, sent his regrets at the last moment, nppolntlng Secretary Nn gel to represent him. Sectetary Nagel denounced the llllt eruey law Rovernlnir Immigration. "Tin. illiteracy law to my mind." h Mild, "Is one tneasinro to exclude whole sale the people of certain 'countries I've been opposed to It alwnva. tt Isi not the education of the immigrant that I look to. but his character nnd his put poses. Illiterate people Is'come aslni-Hat-il quicker in this country than the native born nnd the educated." President Ko.vch pave tho people 0f the t'nlted States credit for the most important conquest in behalf of humanity that of the minltatinn of the tropical regions und the control of ye. low fever und mnlarln In tho trnp'ical zone. ATTACK ON JUAREZ DELAYED. Kalaaar .lay .Madero lias Offered Hint a Five liny Armistice. Ki. Paso. Tex., Jan. Inca Salazar, who with his too rebels Is at tiuadalupe, thirty miles from Juarez, told a news paper correspondent this afternoon tbnt Juarez will not be attacked lnimeillatel . He said Francisco Madero, President of Mexico, had sent him wold that he iiillld han an armistice for tlve dnys and he would take It, pending peace negotiations. Other rebel leaders, including Antonio Hnjas, Untitle Coiiiez anil Maximo Castillo, are also with Salazar at iluudalupc. The newspaper correspondent visited Salazar this afternoon In bis camp. He accompanied a party nf supposed peace commissioners to Fabens. Tex., to-day, but was the only one who went to Salazar s Among the 400 men nt tho dinner were 1 1'"'"1' 'n'" all remained at Fa Maglsttate Charh s V. Appleton. John (Tallin, Abe Umber. It. Fulton Cutting, leonard A. (Ilegerlch, Assistant District Attorney Theron Armstrong, Theodore Itoosevelt, Jr., Sidney Hosenfeld, District Attorney Charles W. Whitman, Justice Isaac Franklin Itussell, Judge Otto A. Kosalsky, Abraham Levy, tho How War ren tllles. Kdward l.aiiterhurh nml Will lam H. Hotchklss. John Temple (t raves was toastmastcr. SWINDLER USES SHEPARD NAME. e Knaland Basinets Man Warm Aaalnst an Impostor. PnovinKNCE, Jan. 2T. John flhepard. Jr., head of tho Shepard stores of Provldenco and Huston, to-night de nounced as nn Impostor a man who has been representing himself In Now York, Ilurllngton, Vt and other places as John Shepard, Jr. Tills man, according to Mr. Shepard, has visited peoplo with whom his More do business nnd who know of John Shepard, Jr., although they havo never met him. Hla scheme has been to tell people that he was John Shepard. Jr., hod had a hard night nnd would like $50 as a temporary loan. Mr. flhepard caused advertisements of warning; to be Inserted In New York newspapers. "This man," he Raid, "has been op erating about six weeks I should Judge and because the victims did not want to hurt my feelings by dunning me for the money, he escaped detection." heps. 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