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TOW THE WEATHER FORECAST, Generally fair to-diry;.doudy to&iomwi 1 ii.it.. f .1 tin. ...... joc'.i7?: uentied weather icprata T wlff-be found a is. A VOL. LXXXI. NO. 97. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1913. coPVh0m, ioh, ty ;, flim ana PuntaMng Anocuuton. PRICE TWO CENTS. iJV II BARNES RULES G. P.P. CAUCUS His Followers Dominate Mectin? of Fifty Asscm-Mynien-eloet. MUCH HAXCOK SHOWN Bitterness Against Progres sives Barely Veiled by Polite Phrases. WHITMAN (JETS CHEEKS Hailed as Candidate for ernor and as Stale Tarty Leader. (Jov- Tiiere were two features of epeclal In - tfiest In llie big Republican love feast which was lild last night lt n. O. P. fnlu from nil oer the Stale, following the open conference of tho afternoon. Chairman Barnes's followers dominated a caucus of fifty Assemblymen-elect and choked to dentil two resolutions, one of wh'eh was an Indirect but perfe-elb' ap parent Map at Harr.es and his candidate f'r Speaker, the other suggestion to make I friend" with the "Independent'" a dlplo-1 matle reference to the Progressives. I T'le bitterness of feeling In the rnncuil was barely veiled" by parliamentary lan-j ru.ue anil stilted phrases. Toward tne rnd the rancor broke through the vll and there were murmurs against "th damned Progressives who are trying 10 run ever thing" and growls against "nill Barnes's tool." District Attorney Charles S. Whitman stood out bead and shoulders nboxo any oian prc-eut at tho big reception, Cp- Staters ami city Republicans (locked ' round Mr. Whitman, grabbed at hlsl hand, elbowed one another for the prlv- liege of an liitroductluii or a chat ntid clled for Whitman for iio ernor. There was talk on alt sides of making Whitman the State leader of the parly, of asking htm to a 't not ns a titular leader but In tile Mi.tclt of principal udvlser. Probably l.oon Itejmhllcuns, represent - Ing every county In the State, met at the Kepubllc.-i.i Club and told . one another that the lime had comic to get together. United States Senator lllllm Root dropped In lat In the evening. William llarnes, Jr.. was surrounded by hl stalwarts. , Former Se rctary of War Henry L. Stlm son shook hands all around. There was nothing formal about this phase of the gathering. I'orir Wnolil-he siicnUrm There, Tho formal pait was centred In a big room on the nintli lloor. where tho fifty Assembl) men-elect got together for the announced purpose of coiwdtlci Ins what sort of ninu should bo elected Speaker, The. four candidate for the honor were present, Harold J. Hmman of Albany, who has Harnes s support; Clinton T. Hor ton of Huifalo, who Is strongly faored by the Irogrcsle element, and Thail deus C Sweet of (inwego and Alexander MncDonalil of Kranklln Tho antl-Harnes men came prepared to put In their bett licks. They had a programme already drawn up. They meant to alam Barnes and Infersntlally Hlnman and to bring about a dicker with the ProBrowlve Aa-eembbinen-elect. Tho cauous started off aa aweetly as a chorus of canaries In tho morning. Almeth W. Hoff of Brooklyn volunteered to bring about ' the election of a chair man. Somebody glanced at the f)'P written paper that Ogden L. Mills or somebody else had prepared for the un doing of the Hames men and proposed Francis It. Stoddard of Manhattan. There was no objection to thnt or to tho selec tion for secretary of another Progressive and antl-Harnes man. Samuel A. Jones of Chenango. With the machinery of the caucus In their hands the antl-Harncs people went to wwrk. John Knight of Wyoming offered a resolution which would have put the cau cus on record as declaring for a Speaker who would represent progi esslvo Ideas and who would be against the kind of tactics that had blocked reform In the past Resolution Aimed at Harnea, Barnes's supporters know that the reso lution was put forward to squelch the Ktate chairman. It might ns well have named him. They saw that It was designed to wreck Hlnman's candidacy for Speaket. The Hiinilis element started a fight. Mr. Adler of Monro whs afraid that the resolution "would reflect on somebody." Assemblymen Smith and Hurllngame thought It would seem like dictating to the absent Assemblymen elect. This or that objection was put forward. Hoth sides matin a quick oount of noses and when Hanies's men saw that they wero In a majority they pressed for d tabling of the Knight resolution, ft w.is tabled, but the Progrepnlve As semblymen didn't vote. But they were getting angry, Wllmot U. Knupp of Chemung raised his voice to tell the llarnes men that tho farmers up State, In the Holds or around the corner grocery store are waiting to so whether or not the Itepublican A smitityrutn are going to truckle to tha bosses, "And If joy do," shouted Knapp, "you might as well go out of business. There'll be the highest moving day toward the I'rogicesUe party ou ever saw. There's no use to sit nround here and try to fool each other. You've got to got down on uur hmnbones and work for the people, be honest mid on tho leiel or you'll never be heard of otitsldo your own towns again. We'ie got to make friends with Prores- allnucil on Hixond i'ugt. HITERTA SEEKS JAPANESE ARMS. Mealcan Delegation a-otlatos With a Syndicate. Spklol Cabin DetjMtch to Tim Svs. Tokio, Deo. S. Four members of tin sulto of Francisco de In Hurra, the Mexi can envoy, who la on tils way hero from Parla, have been hcto for five days and have been In constant negotiation for the purchase of arms and ammunition. They are negotiating with the Tallin, j Shokal syndicate, comprising three nrma went manufacturing linns. The result of the negotiations or how they are progressing Is kc pt seen t. MEXICANS KILL FRENCH AGENT. Hehela Attacking- Monterey liny Conaujar llrprrecntntlvr. Special Cable. DeepatcK to The Six, Mexico Citt, Dec. S. Word readied here to-night that the French Consular representative In Monterey had been killed In a rebel attack on the town. The for elfin colony tried vulnly to set confirma tion or denial of this, and their failure to net any news led to the- belief that the city had been taken by tho rebels Invest Ins It. The decision of the American Smelting and Hellnlng Company to close Its (treat smelting plants outside Monterey added to llie anxiety about the snfctv of foreign j residents there. The smelters employ . hundreds of native l.ilstrrra, and it was I feared riots would follow the discharge of i those men. VICIOUS MARE KILLS RIDING INSTRUCTOR Knu-.st Furst Kirked to Dentil in Stall at Brown's Aeademy. Ernest l-'urst, one of the best known riding Instructors In town, was killed last night while he was trying to tame a mare I f ugly temper. The animal kicked Kurst In tin' chest, driving a rib through his heart. Curst was chief InMructor In William It. Hrown's riding academy, jn; West l.'.Tth street. The animal Is called Haby SehitiHtroin ami Is owned by Wllhelm Sclienstrom, an electrical engineer, of 2"6 Went Ninety-ninth street. liver Mnee Haby Sclienstrom ban been stabled at Hrown's she has Iwen ugly, uud the owner and a negro stable hand named Asle lialley have been the only 1 men able to handle her. Mr. Selunsti om i luol been out fur a ride yesterday and ( got back to the academy Just before 6 , o'clock. Haltey hum watering the horse, while Mr. Schenstrom, Furst and Hrown. I the owner of the academy, stood near 'the stall talking over the vicious striate on which good treatment and kind Handling Hail no apparent effei t. I think the mare would get over kick-1 Ing at every one who pa. sis her stall If I she became ued to people." said Kurst. J "I guess I'll take a chance on her and go I Into the stall with her." Sclienstrom and Brown remonstrated, j but Kurst Insisted. "She won't hurt me." he said, "and) soon she'll be used to me, and will stop kicking at people." i Ho stepped over toward the stall. As 1 he came within range the mare measured ; the distance with her e)c. and her two hind feet shot out together, striking Kurst squarely In the chest. He was thrown fifteen feet or more. "I guess I was wrong about that horse." he said weakly, when Schenstfom and Hrown ran to him. Then he became unconscious, and by the time an ambu lance arrived fiom Washington Hclghta Hospital he was dead. Furst was single, 40 years old, nnd boarded at 9."3 St. Nicholas nvenuu. His mother and lister live In Berlin. For years he haa been a favorite rid ing Instructor for the patrons of Hrown's, nnd was particularly liked by the chil dren. Ho had a reputation for horse back bravery, nnd has made several spec tacular stops of runaways on Itlversldu Drive. CARDINAL 0REGLIA DEAD. Dean mt Colleare nf Cardlnalm Sue- rumba lo Pneumonia, Special Cahlr Despatch to The Srs, IbiME, Dec, 5. Cardinal Oreglla, dean of the College of Cardinals, died here to day of pneumonia. He was ST. years old. Lulgi Cardinal Oreglla was born In 1828. He whs mnde cardinal priest In 1873 and Cardinal Bishop of Ostln and ! Velletrl tn 1884. PREVENTS FORSRREY'S ESCAPE. Dannemora Warden tieta Letter In. tended for n Woman. AI.8ANT, Doc. fi. Heynolds Frosbrey, one of tho most slippery mutderer con victs In the country, has tailed In his second trlul to escape from Oannemora prison. Thia time ho tried the hitherto unatteinpted performance uf breaking out of a solitary conllnemeut cell. A letter to Mnrguret ft) an, led to the failure of Ills plan. Tho letter was In tercepted by tho prison authorities. It directed Mnrguiet Ilyon to meet Frosbrey and aid him In getting uw.iy after leav ing the prison, The keepeis found that the convict hud taken his cot to pieces. He made a ladder of tho wire springs and with one of tho leg ha had forced un opening In the roof nf the exorcise cell by spreading the bars apart. Last spring Fiosbrey tried to blow up the prison, but failed. Frosbrey white tn the Tuints awaiting trial for killing Morris Kchwnrtzkopf, a Jeweller, on July 29, escaped through an alrshaft and was free nearly three weeks. The escape came a shoit time after Margaret ilyan had been arrested for try ing to slip acid and a small saw Into his cell while visiting him. Froehroy was identified also as the man wanted for the killing of Walte r Meseilts, a haberdasher of 77!t Fhilbush avenue, Urooklya. BANKS NOT AFFECTED BY CURRENCY DELAY Weeks Show9 Senate Loans Arc Not Helnjf Curtailed Pend ing Kill's Passage. OVEHEXPANSION IN WEST Leading Financiers hVport on Conditions and Show Credit Is Ample. Washington, Dee. R. A epeeoh by John W, Weeks of Massachusetts In tho Senate to-day contained an Impresslto answer to tliose who have been urging hasto In piumlng the currency Mil be ejiu of a fear of contracted credit and business depression. Sen't(i We-eks read Into tho Conprrs slomil tlccord telegrams fioin loading bankets mid supplh-d statistical Informa tion to show that credit was not lM.nsj contracted b th". larger batiks or tnisl ne drpn fed by iblay In passing a currency bill. Tb Senator ud lbs loan statement of the National City Itault of New York ligtirc to show tbat unsecured loati" to merchants and manufacturers wero JiO.OUft.iHio on Nneinber lat III ex ivss of the smm eharncter of loans out standing In necember, 1912. The figured shim il that the National City had un seeured liwni last uuiiith of (59.24v.37t. while for Die orrlotillng -rlod hut year there wero only niMt",509. Ovrr-eipnnslnn In the West. (ie-irgo M. ltenolds, president of tho I f-Miit I manful ninl l-.tintnerel.il Xiit Intuit Hank of Chicago, telegraphed to Senator Weeks as follows; "Tho truth is. there is an oere p.nvslon of credit throughout the WeM, and this applies purtleulHrly to country banks. Wo have to-day outstanding In loans to country banks mid banker, which are our correspondents, about 2'5. UOO.DOO. all of which has bten scattered iiinoni: nmrly l.cin banks. T!ih liquida tion which took plum In New York earlier In the year has not been followed to the etent that It should haw been by the smaller Institution' throughout tho country, as Is evidenced by the fact that our loans to our oorresuiuden banks (which have averaged about (2.", con.Ortii since th" middle ef .May) ar" ril'oui n'.um'.vu" iiiKiiei ui.in me iiM-i-ag for the same period last yeai." Sil Wexlei- of the Whitney Central National Bank of New Orleans wrote on tills point In part an follow: "Banks throughout lhl stctlon of the i country are not restricting credits on ac I ronnt of i'endlri eumm v legislation, nor are ctedlts 111 fact lestrlcled at all, except In sugar section, which has to face n 2.1 per cent, reduction in the tariff for the coming two ears, with free suitr thereafter, and which naturally affects the basis of credits on loans of that char- iietee" William Woodward, president of the Hannicr National Bank of New Yorl.. i tclegraphi il : "i urd!scount line to-diy u Jl.5no.oon above that of the same date list ear, while our deslts on the other side til" about 52511,001) less, showing that we ale granting considerably more commercial credits on a smaller business than at the same time last ear. In-Ina Commercial Paper, "nur discount line went tn higher figures this full than It hai ever be-en. Duilns the p;ust two or three weeks we have purchased a l.ugo quantity of outside. , .l .1 .......,1..., el, ..,.lnIf ' i oiiitii, s .... e. I wnicn is, jear oy year, suninwoai null with us from January 1 to April 1." II. P. Swlnney, ,i well known Kansas City banker, wired : "Deposits hero aie a great amount less than ono year ago. Loans very much higher." James B. Forgan, president of the First National of Chicago, tcl"griphcd : "Our lo.uis to countiy tianks sis $2,500,000 ninin thnn they wrn t cor responding '' of last yeur." Tiiere were other telegrniiis hud letters) nil furnishing tho same line of testimony i that bank credits were not' being con tracted tu uny section of the country us n ic suit of the long consideration that had been given to' tin' currency bill. Senator Weeks avowed Himself In favor of a central bank ami approved th Wll ........ ...a t... el... 1 1 1 1 li.v.itL- a.!.... nt ' reH)iled by the Hitchcock wing of the commltti'e, except tho BU.iranfi' of bank deposits, to which he said he was unalter ably opposed. The first two hours of the Senate sej. slon were devoted to another acrimonious debate over the Kern resolution Introduced last Monday by direction of the party caucus, providing for dally meetings ut 10 o'clock and night sessions. The reso lution went oxer for another day. As fact the Senate Is working under tho same limitations ns are Imposed by the Kern resolution, but the Republicans say that so long as Detnisiratlo leaders are disposed to attack thorn they will reply and the resolution will not be passed. NEW YORK BANKER IN DUEL. Ilenil uf Transatlantic Trust Coin uany Haa Quarrel In nnilapeat. Special Cable Peipatnh to Tns Srv. HupAi'iirT, Dec. r.. Julius Plrnltzer, president of thn Transatlantic Trust Com pany, at 47 William Btreef, New Yoik, fought a pistol duel hero yesterday with mlle Zcrkuwltjs, formerly commercial correspondent of the Hungarian Depart ment of Commerce In New York. Neither of the men was Injured, but Mr. Plrnltzar refused to shake hands with his opponent. There bus been 111 feeling between Mr, Plrnlt7.er and Mr. Zerkowltx for some time, the former charging that the latter conspired against him and sought to drive him out of his position. Mr. Pit nit aer left New York about three weeks ago for tho ex-piess purpose of mi itlin; his old netuy hurt- la a duel. DYNAMITER TELLS OF CRIME FOR GAIN To-morrow's SCJf often an an usual hnmnn document la the con fesslnn of tJeorire K. Davis, paid dynamiter of the Ironworkers Union. Graphically and dramatically are told talcs of eiploMon that destroyed property rained at thousands. Davis says that he scrupled at taking human life In his career of crime for gain, i t he carried pounds of etplo. sites In crowded trains and throagh city trafllc. Many Indictments resulted from limb's story, first presented In'de. tall by THE NtJJi to-morrow. HE HITS DOCTORS AS BAD"GUESSERS"TOO;S 1 among the foreigners of tho district yes , terday afternoon and whispered It about Dtlbsoil, A rcllSCll Of StatNtiml' tll,t iUf Institution was In financial dltli- Ulunders. Tells Errors of Physicians. STTDIES DEATH KhCOItUS Asserts That I'ost-.MorteiiK Ke veal Ignoranee of Fatal Diseases. Itoger W Babson of Welti le Hills. Mass, the statistician and an.tlylst of business conditions, iiiuiouncid to Tun Svn yesterday the results of an Investiga tion somewhat out of bis line, but to which he devoted his time for the benefit of certain numbers of the medical pro fession. Mr. 15.il.Min said that he had r.o quar rel with phs!clans and suitors in sen eral, but he was urousul over a recent discussion nt a convention of medical men at which It was suggisted that Mr. Babson Hchlcwd his results chiefly by guessing and that at times his guessing was not of a high order. "This led me to try to find out Just how many flims our medical men ginss right," said Mr. Babson. He said that in investigating the mistakes made by mull, cal men In diagnoses the statillcs of a leading hospital in Massachusetts' were put at his disposal He had the results of 2,..H'i iio-t-moitini examinations at the hospital, cowling a pirlisl of wvcral years, which he compared with the his tory blank ill 1. it out when ti pHents were .-iJniUt.it to the hospital and with the death certificates gilng the supposed cause of death. The following table shows the p. rcent. ase of correct dlngtio-is minle on tfTT' his tory slips and d nth certificates, accord- Ing to the statistics examined hj Mr. Babson , firttlh I !):... I Dllhst.l. I 4 ..!, ll't'ory ivitl Sllp rle.xts J -J ri,.,ia jfrtiicir .. .. ' I'ne ninuntj . . 4 umor Cnuesr SJ Tul"-rculu. f, Heart lIHeu.e ;n Neuritis o Mr. Babson enfd that In looking up penillcltis rases he found that ill 17 -0 111 up per .'..III. lf fit. niw.r.l'i.nu t.m ...... . ...I ! . 1 1 " " ' .... . . nn. i.ii.ti sniiwt-ii una me appenuix was in perrcct comiitloii. Ills Investigation brought him in touch with a i.poit on post-mortem oxamliiiitliuis made by the Public Health, Hospital n-id Budget Committee of the New York Acad emy of Medicine, in whin Dr. Hoist ,. , nlp.,r ; ' the Hns-ell Sago In- HtltUtU Of Pathology, In illcu,slng diag noses, undo tins htufemeiit. "It is apparent that only :ew ef the most evident rtis-nses, exceed 76 per cent j in tho hands of an experienced disgnos j tlclan : many Important diseases mil be I low f.O per cent. In rccgnltlon and tome eM'ii below 2j per cm." Prof. Bushford. dir. etor of ff. im perial Cancer Institute In London, was quoted in tho iumo isport as aetcrely i icrlticlsln, tho diagnoses made here. Ho sum inai ine returns from Ceylon w ere uioio rer.an.u nun those for New York, city. fhJs Miiiic subject .eisunds me of a, tiuo story I t.eard In London when I was he 1 the pa- thero recently," said Mr, Habsi the hospitals them the nllment of ,, . , , . . ' I ,,, , , BS miosis. An Ametlcau doctor was exam ining these history slips when his curi osity was aroused by tho number on which thei letters 'O. O. IC iirponrnl. He said to the Unglish physician who wns show ing him around : " 'There seems to be a severe epidemic of this fl, O. K. In London. What Is It, anyhowT " 'Oh, that means Ood only knows,' said the Knglish physician." MRS. SPRECKELS ASKS DIVORCE. Charges extreme Cruelty annlnsl Yoiiuir Nnuar Capitalist. San Fbancisco, Dec. 5, John O, Spreckels, Jr., capitalist, win sued for di vorce to-day by LMIth Spreckels, who charges extreme cruelty. The complain ant nays that hr liuband treated her with studious Indifference and disrespect. Spreckels on numerous occasions, It la alleged, has wrongfully absented himself from his home for from two dayi to two weeks and has humiliated nnd em barrasseili his wlfo by naialng and criti cising her In thn presence of others, Mrs. Spreckels asks for the custody of their three children and suitable, main tenanco, Mrs. Spreckels was IWIth Hunt ington, nleco of tho Into Collls P. Hunting ton. She Is a beautiful woman and their wedding was a bitlllant social affair, Young SpreckelH Is the only son of John Yt. Spreckels, the rich augur and shipping merchant, who now lives in San Dlejro. xTr:illl,l!VI.V WIIISKKY itfllmr. miiulhrr, nilldei at leading huli'lt cafca, etc. Lurltea llroa, N, T.Aiv. IFOE STARTS RUN ON ' BANK IN BROOKLYN I Panic Srriekcn Depositors Rush to Draw Out Their Money. EVE It Y HOD Y GETS PAID Danker Schwenk Threatens Cause Arrest for False Humor. to 1 A n. no who had a grudge, against aillstaw W Sihwenk, who has a private 1 a steamship tit li"t olllce at 29 I liedfuid uvt line. Williamsburg, went cur.ies no mni any onn wnn nan inoney on deposit thero would be wise to draw It out right away. , As a result of this a run starttd on the i bank at 8 o'clock last night It keipsi open until 9 usually which In nn hour assumed such proportions that the police resirves were called out to control the clamorous mob of men, women and chil li n n. I Schwenk happened to be In hl bunk when tho first of his depositors came running through tho entrance doois waving a greasy book nnd shouting out that he wanted his money nnd wanted It ipikk. The first man was tho lust one to i ome In the door ulouo. After him the depositors arrived so fast that they Jammed the place and shouted threats and demands in a dozen tongues Tito banker at first didn't understand what had mused the trouble and didn't know uh) all his hitherto trusting client bad sndili nly turned on him. One of the di po.ltois finally told him the cause of llni run. Schwenk and his perspiring cashiers and tellers paid out more thar tlS.oOO, mostly In small sums ranging from J." to Slue, with viry fuw of the latter. Tho UbU.il ri'Miurces of banks in such situa tions were tried 1'ibs of cash wero placed on the desks In plain view. I niilil lo Check Panic. The banker w.ill.ed about with a show of i oiitidchoi and attempted to reassure of panic stricken. All failed. The people wanted their inuiiey Some of them weie paid In foreign coin, but eer.bn.!y who got lnld was paid. A short illttance from tha hat.' Is the) Bedford aenue police station. Wher. thj Vespaslam wa, arrested on a charge crowd In fro.it began to grow and to get I of violating the Sullivan law, as a re in tho "pushing' humor some one told I voher was found upstairs. Capt. Shaw about It nnd he hurried h!f I . reserves there They found about l.Ooo , DENVER BURIED UNDER SNOW, pel ons ahead c ci hand and otheis tun-i " Uiiiig to the ha.:. Suih .H w.: not de-i ioltors had fnit.ds or relatives whoi uete and Just dropped around to sea that everybody got a square deal. By the time th imlice arrived tne ciosstown trolley cars and the Urand street shuttle life wete blocked 10m plei.ly. The foreigners In the crowd seined to think that the ir.erie.s were In! tnotnlng was 40 T Inches. Scons of i ill biigoe with t ie- bi.nkeis mi l iesent.-, .-' toad tiatns are stalleil within a fiw mile, ing put .. to tu.e ni.d older, so that thejc' I'enx.r. but a f.w ale bei-lniHng to poll e h id 'o d: .1 v their some cases to iii tueui Mulee, and in Depositor I'eirmril In l.lue. ri singled out Klnally the depositors w. liorn the rpectntors and were marshal! I t line so that passage- p.i"t the cashiers' w.ndows wire quicker and e isler. The re"t of the mob was dt:en across the re," and kept out of the w.ij. A bank book I. ad to be shown bef.tr'. any one could get into the line. After it was all over .Mr Schwenk. thoroughly t'red out nnd very angry, went tn Ms home In Flushing. He said ho would ask for a warrant to-day for the an est of the man who etnrtnl the falso rumor. Mr. ''iwerik iaert: M kept my ha,lK open until f.:30 o'clock .on- to accommo-, Jut" all who wished to d-aw out money. There was no trouble whatever, .is Is! tvjvs have about friO.rtniJ on hand'' , Mr. sl.-hivetik i.inl he. rtr..f.,1 rh.A.i.,', I ,.., ,.,-., .n..,. .i... ,, " i .... ... ,..n.., .umm.h itie .lanuvcr Ban'., t.i" First National nnd thn North )- F.xplnlr.lr.g Hi mr Seliwenk silbl : "Ope of 1 blame for tho trouble . f th" run Mr. my coinpr titers lie wont among '"' "-l'c'''"-s who ate employed In the " r'd - J" told ' ' them tne bank wasn't .is ttrou It usid to be. 1 detnonsttntert thni there wasn't the eiightest cause, for fear." Mr. Schwenk said he depnstte'd fJOO,. POO with the Ststo before he opened his bank. Sehwenk's private bank tn this city i at 111 Seventh street. Schwenk In prominent In the nv.snes circle of Kings enmity. He Is head of the Schwenk Realty Company and own the tilg brlcl: bullTllug In which his h.inlc Is located. In 1910 he was the candidate of the Republicans and Independence Issguers for Congress In the Second dlee trlct of Kings. CR0SST0WN MAIL TUBE PLAN. O'liormnu Start Inquiry at rVen Viirk- Mrrt'hntit' llcqiieat, WAsiuNdro.v, Pec. 0. Senitor O'ttor man at the request of tho Meichauts As herniation, tho City Club and other civic, bodies In New York has Instituted nn In quiry to I'.ctetinlno the "Aprrlleney of having tlio fio eminent authorlro tho con struction of a tube under ground oou. nectlng the Pennsylvania Station with the Urand Central Station. The objeot Is to expedite transmission of malls across New York city and to ovetcomo difficulties In connection with the movement of mall wagons In tha oon gested districts of New York. The Senator asked Postmustei . General Burleson to direct the Uovenunem's pneu mtitla tube commission to Invastlgatu the project. Keerfeet Farm Nautages. Made .if the tender niiit of llttU nlct ,n,i i hnl.'e hjilee., Tiou lieivr novsr ttwir.1 purfoi SUUS.IK" "lll s villi bsve tlld Ilium. He He ware of iniiiitun.. -.m York tor. Clittinbtr. al r eel A4v. t 172 LITTLETONS IN AUTO CRASH. Ambulance, nana Into m of Coaa-reaian'a Wlfn nml Mon. Mr. Martin VT. Littleton and her son Douglaa had a close escape from Inlitv yesterday afternoon when a New York Hoapttal ambulance ran into th auto mobile In which they wrs driving at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street Traflla had been stopped at that point io ioi we arn6ulanc In rtinrg- of Chauf ifeiir Quatav Martin and Dr. Williamson. posa, aira, Littleton stopped her nia chlna In tha mlddl of tho street on th Inside, litis of vehicles. Clmurfeni .Mat tin drove the ambulation jr.t the front wheel of her unr and sniashul it. Mr Littleton and hi r son went In another car to their bom at in F.ast Flfty-Boventh street Hi. Williamson fork Joseph Jacobs, tJ years old. of 127 West I'.lghtleth street, to the hospital Me lad fallen to tha sidewalk in a f.iln: from spinal trouble. Mr. Littleton was Indignant Ust night at inn cniiunvtir, who, he su.is. upbialded Irs. Littleton, saying. "Didn't you see. me enmlng-' Mr. Littleton placed .Martin wnn tun mall wagon clmunVurs In the matter of speed and careless driving'." MAY BAR GOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS 1'nrU DressiiiiiUeis I'mlesl 4 un I list ' Aliiei-lcnii Spies" at Trneka. I i"l Vilhlf l,;ifr.', tn Till! S-l V 1'Aius, Dei. r, The ill i ssiuakers' syndi cate him sent u petition to the prefect of police or Paris to prohibit photogra phers al laietnicks, inserting that Uay are merely spU of foreign lit ins to obtain pictures of tho latest ta-hlons. It says these tactics are employed largely by Amerlcaps. KILLING LAID TO VIGILANTES. Ytiancr Italian (iiuimnii Mint llnnn In Henr of Solo Ch.nles Hakcr, a young Italian, known to the lilico as a gunman In the Little Paly district of Hailein. was shot down and killed in u ponliisim in u,,. .,lr r jj,,, saloon of I'nilierto Vnp.tsi.ini at S24 Hast ll.tfr sti.et Inst nUhf. Civ., bullets strife's Baker, one in his throat, two in his , breast, one In his left tenm.e and ..p.. in his rUht temple. The k.llln and alsi r several recent shnoiiiies of men with bad ucoids 111 tin. district are '.elieved t i li the work of ,i vigilance ismimlttee which I- determined to clean up tile dN'Hct. . Its out! way. Pollce.'.an C tnw.iv l. iid t'i .'in,," .- ! from llllth street and Kirs', iim i:ie nv the time he n-ach-d tint sain he found I only the proprietor In Mi.; front rm.rn and .Baiter's body vher.) It hid fi'.len. Vc.i- paslan. sild be hadn't bte.n In tha tear I room at the tlm and knew nothing about th shooting. " r 1 " "'v irnr- leni-er Mi.sinii i'k-hiti:. ii. u Colorado's rerord bic.U;!:,!! snowstm in. which big.iu before daylight Thursi.i motniiig, shows siqtu of abating to-night The stofin is the worst since Hvl. At noon the total pi itiitum si.,,.,, Mnini,.- arrive. All stint cars have been out of commission for thlrO-Mx hours and regular se t vice Till not be rrrume.l 1 e. fine Sunday. Fifteen ploughs aivd 212 cars are stalled in the sue.fji. and vehicles ate abandoned In all parts of the fit-. Snow h.n drifted tea feet .!iti on mam thurnuvhf.iii s. Munv building ..in collapiing ami dangerous mountain rlld. h are lepoil.d from many feiUon, Ten Denver residents sr missing nnd reports to-night stuto tJi.it several mall stages are lost. Coal deliveries are lm poyslblc and hotels, department storm and ottlce buildings pv-uight abandoned heat nnd elevator servlcn until Monday. -Ml nubile schools nr. .n,,ul n.-.l e-.,AH!- M!l,uhme(l rob.iby tw-o werlu will be r, rw, to c,Mr , llmvRlmv d , cf S110vv, . PRVSInFVT'sS TTTTMVQC! TC rnm III'. "Jt'ii iim ns There la .No Cuit,r feir Concern. lsf "1-.II.1J.V, pe ,. Piesldpnt Wli. surf, Ulncs In it fl.glit attack of i;,-ip He was ci.nlined to the White llo'ise, 7, . rU"! , ,mprnn! , , Di. (irsson, th" Prcsli! furnln to-iliy. Inn his cold shownd con- sldent'a physician. said there was no caue for concern over the PreMdent s conillt.im. H nddeit that they wen- litklii'; every precaution to brrolt tne cobl st th sfirt DOES EVERYTHINirBACKWARD. tili'l's Ilenrt on Xt'ronc Mdr, .'litter Orunne Illaiilneeel. Sl"Cial Cnlle i.nie.1 ut Tns St.t. Lomuis;, Pea tt:rmtnr.hiin p'. claim ivei pui'r.Ied ut tbmso (,r iibnor innlily on the part of a u-iri who Insisted on doing evoi tiling narUiiitrd, wilting Horn nulit to left, until ,i'i examination by tho N-rayB levcap-il th" fact tlmt h"r heait Is on the right side and mine of In' othei organs. Including tlie hruln. are also displaced. Tile case haa renewed liiterett in that of tho boy who miw tliiiKs upshbi down and wiotn in that fashion. The latter culiiw to light about two week ago. WHIPPING POST IN AUTION AGAIN lleliMvaro Wile Hen tec will Suffer From the Lush. Wii.siiNirroN, Del., Dec C The Dela ware whipping post will ho In operation again to-morrow, with Warden Crawford wielding the cat-o'-nlne tallH. A wife beater who will serv four mouths will get ten ls.-hes, na trill u thief sentenced to six montlw, and a housa breaker to be Imprisoned ihiti, years will suffer twenty taahes. John Dohrlng, a while mm, who atole forty pounds of brass pipe, escaiw, the last tea because h waa opera foil upun ,e. oently. Out Twentj.llie lliinilrril .tin. i. In Na.v "iirk Clt me ir.t. 1 1 - u . . U'UAN ciflir-siii, HUERTA STOPS PAY OF ARMY Tells Division Coiniiuiiuiors t .nil IU JJIIIMl IU LM'tl- ornl Treasury. DELMJTIES IN TKRKOlt Transfer to Belon Iris(u Leads to Humor of Assassination. (ILOSIXd TX OX CAPITAL Zapatistas A(Ivancin; From South Xortliern liands Active. HEFI.'tiEES' COIil'MN l.osT Heltels Prevent Aid From Amer leinis Villa Fails to ItVui li Cliiliiialnia. ,i'r,'ii' Cable Utifitch lo T'lr " -MEXlfO ClTV, Dec. r.. it WllM lepol 1.,-tl hero to-night on excellent niitlmrltv that Oen. llitnita has Issued orders to the division commanders of lite nrmv liifiirtniiig them that they must not expect the rnlcf.il Treasury tn meet the army payroll, but tints' re'v upon their own resources and procure f.inda wherever they run be fnuiu). Tills agrees with tho sUitetlie.it at tributed tn lluerlu several wee ks ami to the effect that the rebels hit,, able to pay off their army without a treasmy. This Is also in neenrd wit'., f(. f;U t that Cm Fedora! corn ma miens havo re peatedly W'.-ii levyinj; forced loans. Tho reported fall nf the city of Mon-t"re!j- has not yet been rimllrinirl. although there Is every Indication here tliat if that city has not yet been taken It will Mum bo attacked by nn nvvr- helming torce. '.Hinillsltt. unln trllie. The Zap:!! 1st as urn nsain u tiv- nith 'of the inpitnl. They hold m iii.ii t twos 111 the State of I'll, Ida juul n ,. plan., liing to cnnceiHiMto upon M.ii ncoas nnd Inuciir. The Cnierntiiciit 1ms i!is,,,iiciied troops toward these two points -.. .itu, u the apatl-tas. TI,,. uheln .st.ril.iv ilifc.ileii a small tletachnieiit of I ..! t nils, killing1 twenty an. I f.ui ,nu' f . te. ni.itniler tu fall hark nnd await ro enfnivements. Tin- Xnputisi.i.M .no icpnrlfil in i.e sur loiiiuliii Cue rna!ic;i, while i ;. n (ion... vevo do la ' is eiitring his forces arntiiid Santa .Miiitn. n rebel sir.inyhold on tin- li Tiler nf the Slntis t.f .Mexico and .Mi. reins. M is pinbablj p, nning to conpefiito with the Z.'lp'ltlst.lS. It Is . 'polled iioio tn-nlgl t that a turn, of rebels under Martin INpIn .m seizid tho city of Moiilia, wbuli , m. por'ant from a htrnteglc pnln nt n w because It coniiiinmls the npiM-o.i, h to Uiiadalalnnu It also enable the rebels to i dite Manr.atllln cntnpletoly. Thcro Is every reason to b. He ,. rlvit the Federals have sulTored n h, a tlo. fn.it In the Stat,, r.f 2ai.it',-n. l e ! Caleia nnd Vresnillo. It Is h'ti . Cat tho Frder.V.i have fal'm back n Cil era, whoro they are apparent u t mercy nt the rebels. The F.'dera s nr said tu have lost more than .".On men nnd arei unable to contlnuo their aa.a.i t . aid Torrcon. Acc.ir.ling to report received here rebels from Vntera a' tacked the Federals nnd C('nu"'lle.l them to flee toivnrd CrJcra, wheret a f.econd rebel force uw.iited t) em u::u a i.es pcr.ito battln followed. Ilcptiltea' I'rfciiila Alr.rn.ret (Jriat exclttniopt prevail" In Oj city nnd all Form of rumors wete ci rr nu It wius mid by rotne tlnit Oen. It leria waa planning tho vlioleaaln rmsn-ssinntion of the fnrnur tnenibers of llu Mexican CluimbiT of Uepuili'i, uhn 1-avo been In prison over nine Huerta dissolved the previous Conre Tl'.ero are iKhty-'l re t,f i, s" for mer legislators In priFon he-re l i oihir iimrteM it wu repnrtrd that 'be pro vlnnnnl I'rcsulciit hnrl ilecided tu lm pri'hs thn former CoiiRTcssmen Into kit vlce In the army. 11 Is believed, hnweevM- that tti reason for tho transfer nf ti e prison, rs is that fr.n latter hud inteu'b'il tu u. tempt to escapn from the penitentiary Lieut. -Col. Quires change.! tln war deus and Imilnted the prisoner- lie bus decided tin tho c, p , .n s fauilllih will ti i i e allow, d ihem except un IK-h ' i, when ' w ,1 be received In iTcseic e , ! pi sop (illlidula. Setiiir Alnucor, nctlnc Minister nf be Interior, said to-night when ques-'joned reg.uilltii; tho transfer of the iirlsnnei-. "The former I'nnuiessmeii . ho air Imprisoned enjoy every pruteci on mnl will nut bo lniiri).i-c.l into n rvlcn in l uriiiy. Tho appointment of a Ilxed iln,. fur ltits lias nn i;reat slgi .llcuneo nd was it.-cldcil il' ill merely beenu o (i n . in os of tlio ex-i"(ini;ii sMiieu's faiiilllcs inslulcd upun vlaitln tho pent- i i el I: . I 1 HI