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WASHINGTON. D. 0.. ERIDAT. JANUARY 12. 1912.
ONE CENT.
NO. 1824.
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LOOKS TO SENRTE
FOR GlinCS RELIEF
Budolph Sees Danger in the
Wholesale Slaughter of
District Estimates.
BUDGET 18 COT $1,750,000
Police Department, Health Offlcej
Schools, and Street Cleaning
Division-Suffer IfoBaises.
Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph, one- of
the three District executives, who spent
months In the careful preparation of the
budget Tor 1SU, which yesterday was cut
to 00,3008, or Jl.7o0.000. leas 'than the
expenditures or the current fiscal year,
by the Democratic subcommittee of the
House Committee on Appropriations, ex
pressed his keen disappointment at the
so-called economy programme last night.
"With other members of the Board of
Commissioners he looks to the Senate to
relieve what is frankly admitted to be
a desperate situation.
"Employes la the District Building."
eald Commissioner Rudolph, "are now
required to work from ten to twelve
hours a da One man In the auditor's
office Is already on the "erge of nervous
prostration, and It was necessary to-day
to fill his place with a man from an
other department The whole District
force la overworked.'
Econom Gone Too Far.
This was the feeling among members
ot every profession and business In the
Capital City last night The reduction
bj twenty men of the police force al
ready said to be weak numerically; the
slaughter ot the buildings and grounds
Item of the school budget from JSS.000
to iM.C, the slicing ot the street
sweeping, sprinkling, and cleaning fund
from $770,000 to (243,000, and scores of
other cuts of similar nature are respon
sible for bitter criticism of "Democratic
economy gone too far "
Even some ot the colleagues of those
who passed on the District budget as
serted last night that Messrs. Burleson.
Cox. and others had been too radical in
their eagerness to save. It was generally
pointed out that they hae driven the
District government so close to the rock;
that without the sllghest unusual condi
tion it will be overdriven, and should any
emergency arise during the coming year
tlie Commissioners will be practically
helpless.
Practically all of the Improvements
aked were slighted In the health de
partmentthough the department of con
tagious diseased was threatened with se
rious reductlonjlast yecr-becanse( of lack
er runes a cur(oi u,uMia maoe.
'With the amount of rork which the
District now has to do," said Commis
sioner Rudolph last night, "there Is every
reason to look with apprehension at the
recommendations of the House subcom
mittee. These gentlemen have heard our
personal views on the subject of District
estimates, and they know at least, from
our viewpoint what the heeds of the Dis
continued on Farce C, Column t.
PACKERS' DEFENSE
GETS HARD JOLT
Attorney Springs Grand Jury Testi
mony on Witnesses Who Have
Apparent Lapse of Memory.
Chicago, Jan 11. After three govern
ment witnesses had repudiated their for
mer sworn testimony and deserted the
prosecution in the beef trust case. Dis
trict Attorney Wlikerson to-day made
the defense sit bolt upright by dangling
under the noses of two witnesses a
transcript of their testimony before the
grand Jury and giving them an oppor
tunity to "refresh their memories." The
sinister suggestion of the performance
left the court room In an atmosphere of
chilled silence and memories Improved
lnstanter One witness who seemed to
be ignorant ot all the functions of a
grand Jury continued to forget and he
was dismissed for the present. The
government has let it be known that no
action wIU be taken at present in any
apparent case of perjury. vbut at the
close of the trial a real upheaval Is ex
pected. One startling development was the dis
covery that full sets of books of the
different packing concerns which had
been scrutinized by one or more grand
juries have disappeared. Those of Mor
ris & Co., which were returned to that
company In 1309. were swallowed up by
the great vaults In the company's of
fice and have not been seen since, xbe
packers were actually surprised, they
say, to find upon Investigation a few
days ago that cartloads or these books
nave disappeared.
The colossal proportions of the pres
ent struggle is shown by a statement
made to-day as to the number or wit
nesses to be heard. The government has
subpoenaed seventy-five of the packers'
employes, 300 Independent packers and
butchers and commission men, and about
thirty government investigators.
The defense Is expected to subpoena
fully as many If each witness con
sumes but half the average time of the
tight witnesses heard thus far, it will
require 600 court days to finish the case.
PRESIDENT'S COLD
SLIGHTLY BETTER
At the 'White House last night Presi
dent Taft's cold was said to be better.
The President retired Immediately after
dinner. Me canceled ailHiis engagements
during the morning and saw only a few
visitors at the mansion. He worked for
several hours In Jils library on an accu
mulation of mail. JIaJ. M. A. De Laney,
of the Medical Corps of the army, who
visited Mr. Taft, found the President
fullering from a slight cold which will
respond to treatment -within a few days.
Quickest Route to Miami. Xiuu,
-and Havana by 2 hours. Atlantic Coast
Une "N. X. & Florida Special." 7110 p. ra.
All-steel, electric-lighted Pullmans. Su
perior roadway, ma jjew Xork'ave. air. j
SEINE IS NEARING
GREAT FLOOD MARK
Paris. Jan. 11. The continuous rains of
the past week have caused -the River
Seine to rise until It Is now within thir
teen feet of the mark of the great flood
of 1910.
As the 'tributaries are still coming up,
the hydrographlc office announced to
night that the Seine wUl continue to rise
until Saturday, at -which time it is ex
pected that all the wharves will be cov
ered. River trafflo Is almost completely
suspended, and the low-lying quarters of
Passy and Auteuil are flooded.
A great sewer In course of construction
at the Qua! de Billy was destroyed this
afternoon.
CHICAGO EDITORS
SEE ROOSEYELT
Mcdfll McCormick and Tames
Keeley Arc Visitors at Oyster
Bay on Secret Mission.
Outer Bay, N. T.. Jan. 1L Convincing
evidence that Theodore Roosevelt If In
the thick of the Republican antl-conven-tlon
scramble came to light to-day with
the discovery that the two strange vis
itors at Sagamore H1U last Saturday,
who came to Oyster Bay, were one ot
the McCormlcks, publishers of the Chi
cago Tribune, which has been assiduously
proclaiming Roosevelt for tho Presi
dential nomination, and James Keeley,
editorial manager of that paper.
The visit of these two Chlcagoans Is
regarded as the most significant oc
currence since CoL Roosevelt donned his
mask of silence. Medlil McCormick. one
of the Chicago publishers. Is one of sev
eral Independents who signed a call. Is
sued In Chicago on IVeddesday, to all In
dependents "to consider ways and means
for advancing the cause of progressive
Republicanism." This call described
Taft as a reactionary, and urged the
nomination of a Republican of "the type
of Roosevelt."
Just enough time elapsed after the
visit of McCormick and Keeley to Saga
more Hill to give opportunity for a cir
cumstantial report to the Independent
leaders respecting Mr. Roosevelt's Incli
nation. BRITISH TROOPS
TO ENTER PERSIA
Calcutta. Jan. 11. The brigade of In
fan try stationed at Ahmadnagar. con
sisting of three battalions and belonging
to the Poons division of the Southern
army of India, received orders to-day to
be ready to proceed to Persia on twenty
four hours' notice. The division will em
bark at Kurrachee and disembark at
Buchlre.
Continued attacks on British travelers
in Persia Is giverr-as the rear for re-en
forcing trie small force now In the vicinity
or Buchlre. The nrsx attack occurred
several days ago. when tribesmen killed
six troopers of the escort of W. A. Smart,
the British consul at Shlraz.
FINDING OF BONES
LEADS TO ARRESTS
Mlddletown. X. T. Jan 11. A peculiar
mystery w-as solved here to-day, when
the Identity was established of a man
whose charred bones were dumped out
of a car ot ashes being spread along
the Ontario and Western tracks, fifteen
miles west of here, three days ago. Noth
ing but the bones and a tiny piece of
cloth were found In the ashes.
To-day, following a systematic search
for any one who might be misslnfc In
this town whence the car of ashes came
it was discovered that Theodore Fur
man, aged thirty, had disappeared about
December 31. the time the car was loaded
He and two brothers were all firemen on
the railroad. The tiny piece of cloth
matched with the suit he had worn, and
Then Joseph and Russell said that Theo
dore had quit his Job and gone West
The brothers told conflicting stories, and
the police broke them down and made
them admit that they had both carried
Theodore's body from their home on the
outskirts of this place and dumped It into
a car which 'aborers were about to load
with hot ashes from a roundhouse.
Joseph was held on a murder charge, and
Russell as a witness
GOMPERS DIFFERS
WITH DR. ABBOTT
Samuel Gorapers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and Dr.
Lyman Abbott, associated with CoL
Roosevelt as editor of the Outlook Maga
zine, occupied the witness stand yester
day before Senator Clapp's Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce. Prac
tically the entire membership sat through
two long sessions and listened to the la
bor leader and the economist discuss tho
trust evil and suggest remedies.
Dr. Abbott said that be was opposed to
the repeat of the Sherman antitrust law
as a remedy, while Mr. Gompers favoreS
such an action. Dr. Abbott recommends
the creation of a government commis
sion to nr me -values or stocks and bonds
and to regulate salaries and dividends.
Mr. eompers. In referring to the fam
ous law suits Involving the labor ques
tion, in particular the Danbury hat
ters' case, said that such suits wer
merely brought to harass the working
people. xnere nas Dewi no remedy sug
gested for the prevailing labor condi
tions." said he, "but the laboring people
will keep on fighting until they win. The
American Federation of Labor does not
exist by the courtesy of any adminis
tration. If we are illegal, proceed against
us."
Official Flower for 1912.
School Children of Washington:
Do not fall to read the school
column In The Washington Her
ald next Sunday, where an Im
portant announcement will be
made. It relates to the official
flower for the city. Many of the
large cities, have allowed all pub
lic school pupils to ballot for
their favorite, and the sugges
tion has been made that the Idea
be adopted. In Washington.
Get -busy and corral votes for
the "Flower for -the National
Capital for 1912.",
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Sensational Testimony in
Bancroft-Da Pont Divorce
Snit at Wilmington.
HUSBAND IS ON STAND
?
Former Maid Testifies of Meetings
Between Wife and Her Afinity.
Story Is Corroborated.
Wilmington, DeL, Jan. 1L Sensational
testimony was given behind closed doors
to-day In the hearing of the divorce suit
brought by John Bancroft, jr., against
his wife, who before her marriage was
Madeline Du Pont, daughter of A. X. Du
Pont, head of the powder trust, and In
the counter-suit filed by his wife. Ban
croft, who charges his wife with Infi
delity, testified that although he married
Miss Du Pont In November, IMS. thelr
flrst child was born In May, 1900. He
said he did not at the time question the
legitimacy ot the offspring,
Miss Helen Lamporter, a former maid
of Mrs. Bancroft, told of meetings be
tween Mrs. Bancroft and Max Helbler.
whom Bancroft names as co-respondent,
principally In Munich. Bavaria. In a
boarding.house kept by Mr. and Mrs.
F. S. Toessel. Miss Lamporter kept a
record, she said, of the number ot times
Mrs. Bancroft met Helbler, and she had
remained outside the door to the room
In which the pair met. She could tell
also just how many times they stood up
or sat down, and In just what chair each
of them sat. She declared she had seen
Mrs. Bancroft In Helbler's arms. Tho
maid said her suspicions were first
aroused when she overheard conversa
tions between Mrs. Bancroft and Helbler.
and heard certain addresses mentioned.
These addresses, the maid said, she be
lieved to be houses ot questionable char
acter, so she "kept her eyes open" and
listened, with th- result that she "got
an earful" It was her tip to Mr. and
Mrs. Toessel that gave the Bavarian
Corroborate Maid's Testimony.
Mr. and Mrs. Toessel were In court,
and corroborated the maid's testimony.
Mr. Bancroft, who has named his sec
ond child" Max Helbler, Jr., was on the
stand for some time.
Following their marriage, he testified,
they lived in Paris and later In Munich,
where he alleges his wife first met Max
Helbler. They separated in Munich
May IS, 1910, and Bancroft returned home,
leaving his wire abroad. He testified that
he wrote Mrs. Bancroft continually to
come heme but that she nade an excuse
tuat tbelr first baby, which had been
named John Bancroft, 3d. was not well
and could not stand the ocean voyage.
In August, 1910, Mrs. Bancroft returned
home and she was met at Hoboken by
hr husband.
During his testimony Bancroft laid par
ticular stress upon the fact that while he
was touring Europe with his father
and State Senator Charles R. Miller, of
Wilmington, Mrs. Bancroft met them at
the depot in Munich at 7 o'clock In the
morning and Max Helbler was her escort.
Following Bancroft, his father and
Senator Miller were placed on the wit
ness stand to tell what they knew of
that early meeting at the railroad depot
at Munich. This was all they did know,
and they were allowed to go after testi
fying to that fact.
LAWYERS PREPARE
TO OFFSET TEST
Mother of Harry Thaw Will Make
Application for Habeas Corpus
Writ in His Behalf.
White Plains, N. T., Jan. 11. It was
reported at the White Plains court
house to-day that lawyers representing
Harry K. Thaw, now an Inmate of Mat
teawan Asylum, will, within the next
few days, apply to one of the Supreme
Court justices in the Ninth judicial dis
trict for a writ of habeas corpus In be
half of Thaw. It is understood that
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, the mother of
the patient, will make the application for
the- writ.
The proceeding is to offset the reported
sanity test to be started by Evelyn Nes
blt Thaw at Pittsburg.
Lawyers for weeks have been preparing
papers for the new writ, which will ask
that JThaw be discharged or' else trans
ferred to some other Institution,.
Philadelphia. Man. 1L The report that
Harry Thaw and his wife, Evelyn Nes
blt Thaw, are acting In collusion In the
Tatter's attempt to have a lunacy com
mission appointed for her husband, was
emphatically denied to-day by Mrs.
Thaw's attorney. Francis Rawle, of this
city. The report, he explained, may have
grown out of the fact that If Thaw is
released his wife will be entitled to her
share of his. JM.000 annual Income.
Mr. Rawle refused to state when the
suit will be entered in the Alleghany
courts.
WICKERSHAM HOME
TO FACE TRUSTS
Attorney General' Wickersham returned
to Washington last night from a three
weeks trip to Panama and Cuba. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Wickersham,
Ambassador and Mrs. Jusscrand, and Mr.
Loudon, tho- Minister from the "Nether
lands, and Mrs. Loudon.
Two Important trust cases are awaiting
the Attorney General's return. He will
receive a report from the experts of the
Bureau of Corporations who were sent to
Chicago to Investigate the- International
Harvester Company, which has suggested
to the Department of Justice a tentative
plan of reorganization so "as to restore
competitive conditions.
Mr. Wickersham Will hold a series of
conferences shortly with legal representa
tives of the United Shoe Machinery Com
pany, ot Boston. A civil suit for the dis
solution bf the corpora Uori as a monopoly
In restraint of trade and criminal pro
ceedings have been Instituted at Bos
ton by direction of the- Department of
Justice, A
DISTRICT PARSIMONY
NATIONAL DISGRACE
That particular brand of
Democratic economy, emanating
from the House Committee on
Appropriations, which trims the
expenditures for the District of
Columbia .for 1913 to the last
farthing, will not please the peo
ple of Washington or recom
mend itself to the Judgment and
intelligence of the nation. In
effect, the District bill, which
has been reported to the House,
eliminates all increases in sal
aries recommended by the Com
missioners, decreases "salaries in
a few instances, cuts out the
services of some minor municipal
employes, and pares Mown the
prospective appropriations to an
amourjt nearly 2,000,000 less
than the budget of the current
year.
With the exception of three
items, for which not a large
amount is required, all proposi
tions for new work to advance
the progress of the city have
been carefully removed from the
bill. The committee in its per
versity allowed the appropri
ations for the specifications of a
power plant at Great Falls to
stand; it provides specifications
of a municipal garbage plant and
authorizes the establishment of
an asphalt plant for the use of
the engineer department.
Every proposed appropriation
for new schools, every park ex
tension, and all projects which
ought to be undertaken at once
if the city is to enjoy reasonable
progress have been emasculated.
To put it mildly, the pruning
knife has been applied without
sense or reason, and if this bill?
is enacted in its present shape
Washington must go backward
to a lower grade of expenditures,
which, necessarily, will impede
the advance of municipal serv
ices and cut short once and for
all the work of beautifying the
Capital Citv.
In the light of the proposed
appropriations, all the fine talk
of statesmen in the House of
Representatives about making
Washington tjie finest citvyin
North America is worse than
cheap demagog)'. The city
cannot be made beautiful or
even conducted on a satisfac
tory basis with the amounts of
money allowed to jthe depart
ments under this bill As re
ported to the Houbc, the bill is
a ridiculous attempt at economy
which will not fail to reflect dis
credit upon its authors.
This bill simply strikes dis
couragement to the heart of
every man in Washington who
has labored for its uplift. Two
increases of salaries are allowed,
each $5 a month, to laundresses
in the Tuberculosis Hospital ; but
over against this seeming gener
osity, nineteen employes of the
District will lose their jobs. One
new fire truck is authorized in
the fire department, which will
give positions to twelve men, and
over against this twenty police
men will be left off the rolls.
Fourteen janitors and helpers
are provided for in the new
school buildings in process of
construction, but the pay of none
of those in service is increased.
So the probe of parsimony
goes through the bill from end to
.end. Everything possible has
been stricken out that looked to
advancement or better pay for
those in the municipal service, re
gardless alike of the increased
cost of living or how such cheese
paring may affect the progress of
the Capital City.
Fortunately, the bill must be
considered in the House, where
probably some friends of the
District will point out the mis
taken economy which the bill
embodies. More fortunately
still, the bill must go to the
Senate, where it will pass under
severe examination and, it is to
be hoped that many of the items
eliminated now will be there re
stored. Fortunately also, the bill
must go finally to the President
an avowed friend of the District
who might rebuke the House
for its parsimony if he should
find it the part of wisdom to
do so.
Economy in public -expenditure,
as a principle, is to be com
mended, but it is only a relative
thing. It may be said without
exaggeration that Washington is
a $12,000,000 city, and this
amount may be expended from
year to year with economy,
which is not to be confounded
with cheapness in the framing of
appropriation bills.
1.35 to Baltlmere'-and Rernra,
Saturdays and Sundays, via Pennsylvania
r-oiinort -n,v.t. mod returning until
la. m. Monday. All regular trains except
lho Coarreamioul TJrnlt
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Washington Skeptical Oyer
JReason Girtn for Resig
nation of Ambassador.
TASTE FOR DIPLOMACY
Envoy to . France leaves Chosen
Field to Become a Fellow
of Harvard University.
The resignaUon of Robert Bacon. Am
bassador to France, has not been received
at the Stat Department. News of the
Ambassador's resignaUon. conveyed to
the department, through unofficial sources,
seemed to create great surprise.
Many Washington observers are In
clined to be skeptical over the reason
given by Mr. Bacon for his decision to
resign. Mr. Bacon's closest friends In
Washington express surprise that he
should have given up his diplomatic post
to become a fellow ot Harvard Univer
sity. They understood that Mr. Bacon's
inclination and. taste led him to desire to
continue In the diplomatic field. His sud
den resignation has recalled the recent
retirement of Dr. David Jayne Hill as
Ambassador to Berlin
It is well known that Dr. Hill's resigna
tion was called for by the Taft adminis
tration because, the President desired to
create a place In the diplomatic service
for one of his own friends. SuxgesUons
are being advanced now that Mr. Bacon
also may have had an Intimation that
the President would like to have the am-
rbassadorshlp to Paris open. Both Dr.
Hill and Mr. Bacon came over Into the
Taft administration from the Roosevelt
administration.
Larx Anderson, of Ohio, recently ap
pointed Minister to Brussels, was men
tioned last night as a possible successor
to Mr. Bacon Particular attention was
called to the fact that Bacon Is the third
pet Roosevelt Ambassador who has been
forced out during the present administra
tion. Henry White was the first to go.
David Jayne Hill followed him.
Bacon. It is stated, was appointed at
the request of Roosevelt. Of the three
he was by far the most Intimate with the
former President.
RUFFIAN PUNISHED
BY MR. KENDALL
Iowa Solon Comes Ho "Rescue of
Aged Colored Washerwoman
Knocked Down in Street
Shooting out bis right arm with the
sklU and strength of a pugilist. Repre
sentative Kendall, of Iowa, last night
planted bis fist squarely on the lower
point of the Jaw of a. white ruffian who
had upset an aged colored washerwoman
and scattered her basket of fresh-laundered
clothing in the dirty slush at the
busy corner of Fifteenth street and New
York avenue northw est.
As the hard fist came In contact with
bis Jaw. the ruffian went down and out.
lying motionless in the snow for sev
eral seconds, and then rising to a sitting
posture and gazing stupidly and with
blinking eyes about him. as though try
ing to guess whether he had been kicked
by a mule or struck with a sledgeham
mer, meanwhile nursing his swelling Jaw
with both hands.
Representative Kendall assisted the
aged colored woman to her feet, aided
her In gathering her wash, and helped
her on a Fourteenth street car, dismiss
ing her exclamations ot thanks and
gratefulness with a smile. Then he
turned and left the vicinity, going to
the New Wlllard to keep an appointment.
The Representative was going from his
apartments In the Ontario to the hos
telry when he saw the assault on the
colored woman. He had Just alighted
from the car when he saw two white
men Jostle against the womsn and then
address her In profane language. He
stopped a second and then saw one of
the white men knock down the woman
with a blow of the fist. Mr. Kendall
strode across to the man and felled him.
172 PERISH WHEN
SHIP GOES DOWN
Bucharest, Jan. 11 The Russian steam
ship Russ, bound from Gelatz to Odessa,
went down In a terrific gale In the Black
Sea to-day, carrying with her all her
passengers and crew, numbering 172 per
sons. Meager accounts of the catastrophe re
ceived to-night tell of a harrowing bat
tle with the wind and waves. The gale
blew up early In the week, but the Russ
held her own until yesterday, when she
began to leak. The crew and passen
gers worked frantically at the pumps all
last night but made little headway
against the Inrushlng water. The vessel
foundered soon after daybreak.
Among the passengers were Carl
Anuseff, who was recently appointed
Russian consul general at Gelatz, and his
family.
The Russ, which belonged to the Rus
sian Steam Navigation Company, was
under the command of Capt Pshomon-.
LODGE TAKES STEP
IN TAFTS BEHALF
Senator Lodge, of the Senate Commit
tee orr Foreign Relations, yesterday of
fered In the Senate while In executive
session a resolution relating to the ratifi
cation of the pending peace treaties with
Great Britain and France. The resolu
tion makes certain declaraUons as to the
interpretation of the treaties which. It Is
believed, will remove the principal ob
jections now entertained to ratification.
It la said that with the understanding
contained In the resolution the treaties
will be favorably acted upon by the
Senate at an early date.
Later In the day Secretary Knox save
out' a .statement. In which he said that
ratification of the arbltraUon treaties as
proposed by Senator Lodge woald not In
volve a surrender by the Senate of any ot
tta cooctjtuUoBt function.
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HERE'S TTTE T.TVTT
FOB A MHJJ0NAISE
McDevItt will have to work
hard to spend more than the fol
lowing: Rental tor an auto JS0.00
Suite of rooms 30.00
Room for his valet "... 00
Dinner, Including cigars at
f 3 each and wine at J9 a
bottle S9.I0
Dinner for valet 1.00
Theater box seats., .i S.00
After-theater supper and
cabaret 26.00
Ten 'per cent tip to chauf
feur 6.00
Total. n K1SA0
CROESUS FOR DAY
OFF FOR NEW YORK
John T. McDevitt Gets His Special
and All Is Beady for the
Trip by Himself.
WlUcesbarre. Pa. Jan. lL-John J. Mc
Devitt. who will be a millionaire for a
day. Informed the officials of the Le
high Valley Railroad to-day that John
Sweeney, bis old friend, must be made
conductor of the $000 special train he
has engaged to carry him to New York.
Sweeney, who la one of the oldest con
ductors of the road, waa assigned to the
Job, and McDevitt now awaits the toot
of the whistle.
McDevitt to-day added a valet to his
staff of nondescript servitors, engaging
one "Smoke" Johnson for that post, j
McDevltt's transitory excursion into the i
..sljt-l!, a,rfa of th mflllnnfttr will !
begin to-morrow afternoon at 1.30 o'clock
when his train will start for New York
and Joy. He will have JOX In his pock
ets. As he Is going to stay In New
York only one day. he expects to be able
to bring JI of this amount back with
him.
FRANCE'S PREMIER
STILL UNSETTLED
Leon Bourgeois Will Be Offered
Place, but It Is Bumored He
Will Decline Portfolio.
Parts, Jan. 11. Fresdent FftliRK's an
nounced to-night that be would offer the
premiership to Leon Bourgeois to-morrow,
but the latter. It la stated will de
cline the portfolio on account of ill
health. Other candidates mentioned for
the place are Foreign Minister Delcasse.
to whom, his friends say. the position
would be acceptable: Raymond Polncare.
senator for Mause; M. Doumerguc. min
ister of the colonies in the Combes cabi
net, and former Premier Briand. All of
these men will probably be members or
the new cabinet
Former Premier Clemenqeau Is barred
from a possible tender of the premier
ship because he is opposed to the rati
fication ot the Franco-German Moroccan
treaty
Joseph Calllaux, French premier until
last night, when he resigned with his
entire cabinet, addressed a letter to
President Fallleres to-day denying the
charges made against him that he nego
tiated the Franco-German Morocco set
tlement In secret or took any action in
that regard without the unanimous con
sent of his colleagues. He gives as the
reason for the resignation of the cabinet
the dissension caused by the hostility
of Foreign Minister De Selves, who re
signed after a dramatic scene at a meet
ing of the senate committee on foreign
affairs.
JUDGE FINES SELF.
Pueblo. Colo.. Jan. 1L District Judge J.
13d RUer arrived at his court room ten
minutes late to-day.
'''I will have to be consistent," he said.
"A few weeks ago I fined an attorney J10
for this offense, and I hereby impose the
same penalty against myself."
Judge Riser paid the money to the clerk
ot the court.
VEST POCKET ESSAYS
Connecticut
Connecticut la a narrow strip of land
along Long Island Sound which Is used
as a right of way by several lines of
railroad and automobile speedways lead
ing Into New York. It U a sort of back
nm-eh to New York City. In fact, and Its
rhame Is a corruption of the two words
"connect" and "ticket." the two principal
topics of conversation among a large
majority of the citizens.
Connecticut Is a pleasant State filled
with pleasant towns which are anywhere
from thirty minutes to 150 years away
from New "York. Its population In the
day time Is about 00,000 but this swells
to over a million at night, providing
every one catches the last train home.
Owing to the fact that Broadway Is with
in easy walking distance almost aU the
big theatrical managers try their new
plays on Connecticut audiences. It the
State ever becomea unpopular It win bo
because ot the plays which she did not
discourage.
The chief products ot Connecticut are
firearms, pocket knives and college grad
uates. Connecticut It one of the most
peaceable States In the Unlorj. never hav
ing been known to turn a rascal out, but
it furnishes the weapons by means of
which the quarrels of the whole country
are carried on. No Western or Southern
quarrel is considered fc .success unless It
is eked out by a nickel plated under
taker's friend from Connecticut.
Connecticut ia chiefly famous aa the
seat of Yale University, a. magnificent
Institution of learning which lr only
scored ripon about once In every three
years. Yala la situated at New Haven
except -after a footba1lJvlctory, when It
overflows Into three States. It contains-
2,500 students, eacbrone of whom believes
that the resr ot tnd country nan born
settled In order to furnish an admiring
aniiltaco ioz kla walv-ratty. New York
ASKSFOTMERGY
Secretary Knox's ftame Is
Brought Into the Stan
ley Steel Inquiry.
TWO SCOTS IN A CLASH
Carnegie Says Duty Could Be Be
moved Without Any Injury to
American Manufacturers.
Secretary of Slate Knox's name waa
yesterday brought Into the Stanley com
mittee's Investigation of the United
States Steel Corporation. Andrew Car
negie, who was again an all-day wit
ness, testified. In reply to questions by
Democratic members of the committee,
that Mr. Knox had been one ot the at
torneys for the Carnegie Steel Comcanr
bock In the days when pooling agree-
uimu were in vogue. Mr. Carnegie in
sisted, however, that neither business
men nor lawyers were certain at that
time that pooling agreements fen within
the condemnation of tho Sherman anti
trust law.
Reference' to Facts.
This was only one of several very In
teresting phases of the Carnegie testi
mony. Mr Carnegie acknowledged that
he had made political contributions, but
was not required to go Into details. He
declared against the objection of law
yers representing the United States Steel
Corporation that present day prices In
the Iron and steel business are fixed and
maintained by agreement. He also ex
pressed the opinion that the duty on
steel products could be removed without
Injuring American manufacturers.
Representative McGDllcuddy. a Demo
crat, of Maine, was the member of the
committee who lugged Secretary Knox'x
name Into the hearing. Mr. McGllllcuddy
Is himself a Scotchman, and he intimated
that he was getting a little tired of the
"nonsense" that the committee has been
listening to part of the time In the last
two days.
"Now. let's get at the facta." said this
Scotchman from Maine to the Laird of
Sklbo.
D i-lnn Knot In.
"Was Philander C Knox one of the
attorneys of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany?" asked the Representative from
Maine.
Mr.. Carnegie replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Knox, he .dded. was associated with
Judge' J.- ir.Reed. who; appeared ax Mr
Carnegie's personal counsel.-- attomeja
for the Carnegie company.
"Now. during ail the years that that
firm. Knox & Reed, acted as counsel for
your company, did either of them advise
you as to the effect of the Sherman
law" asked Mr McGllllcuddy
"I never heard a word on the subject
from either of them." said Carnegie "I
do not think that they understood that
the law bad any bearing on our busi
ness." "So you were left In absolute Ignor
ance of the effect ot this law"
"Oh. no." replied the witness. "I
thought the law was enacted solely for
the railroads." '
"But was It not the duty of these at
torneys to keep your company Informed
In regard to any legislation either by
Congress or State legislatures that might
have an effect on your business?"
Only a Stockholder.
"I was not an official ot the Carnegie
Steel Company I wa- only a stock
holder the largest stockholder. It
would have been the doty of these law
yers to discuss such matters with the
directing officers ot tho company, but
not with me."
Mr. McGllllcuddy refused to be satisfied
with this answer.
"Do ou not know," he repeated, "that
It was the duty of these lawyers to ad
vise )ou concerning this legislation "
"I have told jou time and again that I
did not keep In touch with such de
tails." said Mr Carnegie, showing con
siderable Irritation. "I had thirty-five
partners. I made them all millionaires,
and if they could not look out for the
business, why should I have had them
around T"
"Did you not recommend this same Sir
Continued on Pnare 3, Colnmn 3.
v GEORGE FITCH
Author of ,lAt Good Old 'Slwaih"
Is filfi of captains of finance who hope
In time to become famous by havlns a
son on the Yale football team.
Yale Is a very wealthy schoH. and if
its old graduates continue to die off and
leave their money to the college at the
j
present rate, each student will eventually
have, an Individual dormitory. Its stu
dents are very democratic, the captain ot
a university tram being often seen with
his arm over the shoulders of some com
mon Senator's sua.
Connecticut has never produced a. Presi
dent, but it educated the present Incum
bent. Its capital la Hartford, a, hand
some city which, shudders every time- a
fire alarm Is. Bounded anywhere In the
United Statrs. It Is the Ore Insurance
center of the country and there have
beerf no automobiles bought In the town
since the San Francisco enaquaJte.
iCowdjit, S02, by Gaxs XstttiM .
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