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GOLOFO TO VISIT CZAR. Debate on Terrorism Postponed — The Liberal Attitude. gt Petersburg. April 22. — The discussion In {be lower house of parliament of a motion dts tpproving of terrorism, which was expected to result In a stormy debate, has been postponed In the bsMsf that the personal interview be tweei: M. C<>]t>vU\, F'n-sident of the House, and gmpfT" l ' NicholJis, which takes place to-mor row, will throw some lipht on his majesty's at titude toward the Lwuma. The Constitutional Democrats have steadily refused to commit themselves for or against terrorism, and they would gladly shelve the en tire question if this wore possible. Up to the present time the Centre party has been unable to draft i formula for a motion on terrorism on which the majority could be united. Pears are expressed that the debate may lead to disso lution. Premier Stolypln to-day Informed M. Golovln that M. I'onomarleft, chief of the "government detectives attached to the Douma, would be re tnoved from his post. The first steps toward the erection of a new bulldinp of parliament were taken to-day. The bouse •■flopted a motion to appoint a committee to report on the matter and to Bet aside funds for lbs construction of the new building from the ]^»7 budget. FACTORIES LACK FUEL. Far Reaching Effect of Strike on Caspian Sea. Ft. Petersburg, April Russian Industry Is menaced by the continuance of the strike of Bailors on the Caspian Sea. The efforts of Boron Taube, chief of the Gendarmerie Corps, who has been detailed to deal with the Etrlke. have not been successful. Only ten of several hundred tank steamers are in operation. The oil residue, known as maiout. Is the principal fuel used by the factories In Central Russia, the stocks of which are now exhausted. Naviga tion will open in a few days, but owing to the strike the reservoirs below Astrakhan, which supply the river steamers, are empty, and the ■nippers are unable to take advantage of the short period of high water. A panio has been precipitated on the Kazan Bourse by the an nouncement mode by the representatives of the oil companies that no mazout Is available even for uteamer fuel. T?ie president of the Moscow Bourse, In an In terview to-day, expressed the opinion that a continuance of the strike woulfl force most of the factories to suspend, which would throw hundreds of thousands of men out of work. K&tlnnallsts at I»dz captured one of three So cialists who murdered a fifteen-year-old girl, took him to the outskirts of that city, tried him. eer.tenced him to death by hanging and carried out the sentence. Last week's victims of Nationalist and Social ist fights at Lodz were twenty-three killed and Bfty-pev«u wounded. Most of the casualties were, among the Socialists. THIRTY-NINE DROWNEO IN NEVA. ■t Petersburg. April 22.— 1t was definitely estab lished to-day that thirty-nine persons lost their Mvf-s through the foundering of the ferry steamer Arrhangelck. while crossing the Neva on Saturday nipht. Divers this morning recovered several The old ferryboats have been replaced by Isi'SjST vessels, and the owner of the Una will be pro6«cmed on the charge of gross negligence. DEADLOCK AT AMAPALA. Nicaragua Wants Salvador's Ua bUity for Damages Arbitrated. Washington, April 22.— Advices received here to-day from Central America Indicate that th* peace negotiations at Amapala have come to % deadlock, ar.d it is feared that a renewal of hostilities Is impending. The difficulty appears to lie in the Nicaraguan demand that Salvador ehal 1 , be helfl responsible for whnt has occurred, wrr-h condition is not acceptable. DA VILA PRESIDENT. Provisional Government Formed at Tegucigalpa. tto Cortez, Honduras, April 17 (via New Bj April 1:2). — A new provisional govern - M • af Honduras ■was to-day organized a« fol lows, according' to telegraphic dispatches from T<:gurlgalpa: President, General Miguel R Davila; Minister of V.'ar. General DtasMa Ouiterrei!: Minister of the Treasury. General Miguel O. Bustillo; Min ister at Jnstice, r>r. FT. C. Fiallos; Minister of the Interior, Colonel lirnacio Castro; Vice-Presi dent and MlnlFter of Public Works, M. B. Ro ■las. tbm diepatch said that this government was forrr.ffl by "unanimous consent." Tie Invasion from Salvador reported in the dispatches from here two days ago has proved unimportant. So were the invaders that the Xicaraguan commanders did not send into the interior the troops which they had collected here for the purposa of meeting this invasion, and it now appears that all Xlcaraguan soldiers along the Carlbbeon coast are to be speedily •ant home. According to the best information obtainable the invaders were all Honduran troops, whieli I»v3 been defeated at Jm battle of Choluteea and had retired temporarily Into the territory <tf Salvador. It la reported that no Salvadoran •ollders took part In the Invasion. GEKXANS APPROVE NEW TARIFF. Beport Tliat Economic Committee Has Ac cepted Agreement with America. Berlin, April 22.— The Economic Committee, oomposed of thirty loading Germans, met at th« Ministry of the Interior to-day, and it was reported to-nlgbt accepted the provisional tariff agre*m«»nt with the United States, after a de bate lasting seven hours. RTH2 SEATH OF PERCY JANIS. Lotr^or,, April C-/The members of th« theatrical con.; who are to preeent "Mrs. Wlggs of the C&bbnf* Patch"- at Terry's Theatre here arrived In Jjon&tn to-n!ght by the steamer Minneapolis. The * report that Percy Janls. who was to play the crip- Pl»* in this piece, had Jumped or fallen overboard the r.iefct of April 16 was confirmed. No reason could be found for suicid*. He was of a cheerful <U»j..>FittTfi, popular with the members of the com- Pai>. , and he looked forward eagerly to his ap- Nsisaijs In Loadcn. Mr. Parker, a fallow actor. who occupied the same stateroom, said Mr. Janis cur.,.- in Boon after midnight of April 16 and pre pared to go to bed. He seemed restless, however, &nt, donning* slippers and overcoat and a cap, he wet:t Ear a promenade on deck. He never was ee.?n *«ai!:. Hij clothing was found on deck. • Continuous 9 Headaches "♦ten caused by coffee. 10 days' use of well-«nade POSTUM !»ak«g the biggest difference !n th* world. "THERE'S A REASON." BOURNE FOR THIRD TERM. Says People Should "Command" President to Senc. [Prom The Tribune Bureau.] Washington. April 22.— ''In my opinion a great crisis now confronts this country," said Senator Bourne, of Oregon, to-day. "The reactionaries are determined, if possible, to obtain control of the government and use it f.>r their own per sonal advantage and to the detriment of the people-. "True Republican policies, as promulgated by Lincoln and enlarged and exemplified by Roose velt, are the rights of man and the absolute sov ereignty of the p*»ople. The Issue now before this country Is. Shall the advocates of the rights and liberties of the people and of the power and majesty of the government or shall the ene mies of both prevail? The people must decide. "I know that President Roosevelt Is not a can didate to succeed himself. I realize that he would greatly prefer that the people select some other person to succeed him in IOCS. I am, how ever, convinced that the exigencies of the situ ation demonstrate the necessity of the people commanding President Roosevelt to accept the nomination for a second elective term. The President, equally with any other elective offi cer of this government. Is. after all. but the ser vant of the people. If tho people command him to serve a second elective term he certainly must deem It his duty so to do. How could he do otherwise? He can no more decline to accept a nomination made by a convention instructed by the people th.an he could refuse to serve if we were engaged in war with some foreign power and was drafted. No man can put his personal wishes or desires above tho command of the people, especially no person who has been hon ored as President Roosevelt has by the Ameri can people."* In conclusion. Senator Pourne said: "I wish especially to Ftate that this interview Is given on my own responsibility, and without the Presi dent's knowledge." Penntor Bourne, it will be recalled, was the host at the "conspiracy" dinner. EOOSEVELT LEAGUE TOO CRITICAL. Justice Bischoff Refuses Incorporation Be cause of Petition's Wording. The National Roosevelt League failed to get a certificate of Incorporation yesterday because Jus tice Blechoff believed the petition contained reflec tions on existing political parties and on many prominent men. These reflections, the justice said. are out of place In an article of Incorporation. The petition gives tho purpose of the organiza tion to be to unite citizens of th* nation and state In true citizenship, regardless of party affiliations, and to eld in Inducing President Roosevelt to suc ceed himself. The petition nays "he represents the highest and best aspirations in the matter of maintaining the government of the people Tor the people and by the people. Instead of the doctrines of governing the people for a party and by a party, or of a class for a class and by a class, to which latter doctrines the present political parties and large numbers of public men are entirely too much attached, not withstanding their public professions." The would-be lnoorporatnrs of the proposed league are Beta Toltajl. of No. 1246 89th street, Brooklyn; William 11. Boyes. of No. 23 Boerum Place. Brook lyn: J. Philip Berg, of No. 796 Halsey street, Brooklyn: Maurice Kahn. of No. 1009 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, and Paul Kremler, of No. 1261 4th street. Brooklyn. BRYAN AND DOTTGLAS DISCUSS TARIFF. The Former Puts in Busy Day in the Bay State. Boston. April 22.— 1n his second visit to Boston (his year William J. Bryan held conferences to day with several Democratic leaders. Including ex- Governor William L. Douglas, and later delivered an address on "Problems of City Government" at the Mayors' Club, an organization of chief magis trates of Massachusetts. Mr. Douglas stated that his conversation with Mr. Bryan related to the tariff. At the Mayors' Club Mr. Bryan advocated the granting of corporation franchises by the people Instead of by the Mayor or City Council, and also favored the limiting of such franchises, as well as the maximum dividends paid by the corporations. He left here for Fall River late in the day, but will return to-morrow, when he will be a guest of Governor Guild at breakfast. LAter he will make a short address at Harvard, and then go to Lawrence and Lowell for other addresses. Mr. Bryan's lect ure on "The Old 'Ways" at the Academy of Music, Fall River, to-night, was largely attended. RULING FOR MRS. ALFRED R. GOSLIN. Gets Permission to Serve "Get Rich" Hus band by Publication. Mrs. Una R. Goslln. of No. €07 West End avenue, obtained permission yesterday from Justice Blschoflt to have the summons in her pult for sepa ration against her husband. Alfred R. Goßiin. served by publication. Mrs. Goslln declares that her husband is now in Parle. and that tho only ■word the has heard of him for Borne time was through a copy of an order of the French court, faying that her home was with her husband and thai he lived at No. 16." Avenue Wagram, Paris. This notice also Informed her that her passape bad been paid, ar.d that she could receive the tickets at the office of the French line In this city. Alfred R. Qostln, after his appearance In Wall Street In 1900 in connection with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit scandal, was connected with almost <-.»-•■.• "get rich i- •■••••■' of the following fears. ornoni? them the "320 per cent Killer" swindle, and the alleged conspiracy to defraud the Western Gold Mining Company out of 129,700, until he disappeared h little over a year u^<>. forfeiting a 11*008 rush ball which h« hinii-Vlf had furnished, but taking with him f3£>.ooo raised on a mortgage on his home, as- B^K^f-d at 124.000. which was already covered by three mortgage* amounting to over |3Mtt. THE MONGOLIA FLOATED. Pacific Mail Steamer Continues Her Voyage West. Mojl, April 22.— Pacific Mall steamer Mon golia, which went ashore In Hayatomo Strait, near here, this morning, was floated at high tide this evening and proceeded on her way. She ap parently sustained no serious damage. FIRE AT TOULON ARSENAL. Soldiers and Sailors Fighting Flames — The Loss Reported Eeavy. Toulon. April 23.— A serious fire broke out in the .'ir*enal here shortly after midnight. Sol diers und naval men are engaged in lighting the flames. Up to the time of filing this rila pateh the ilamw appears to be heavy. NEW CHINESE MINISTER HERE. Report' That Yale Graduate Will Be Ap pointed to the Post. London, April — I.— ln a dispatch from Peking the correspondent of "The Times" says that Sir Cbeatuag Liang Cheng; the Chinese Minister at Washington, is to return to Peking. He prob ably will be appointed to the posts left by Tang —namely, president of the Board of Foreign Affairs and controller general of mari time customs. Sir Chentung Liang Cheng will be succeeded by Liang Tunyen, at present cus toms taotal at Tientsin. Liang Tunyen is a Cantonese and ■ graduate of Yale. STRIKE ON BOARD LA CHAMPAGNE. St. Neaalre. April 22.— The stewards of the French Line steamer La Champagne struck last night be fore her departure for Vera Cruz, with many salgraßtfl and other passengers on board. Other :-.«.m-.ls »■•:•<• engaged and the vessel sailed, bflt n!ic, was <t>'.'wl in return to port this morning uv.ae i-> th« fact that the stokers struck in sym pathy with the striking stewards The stokers are subject to naval discipline, as they belong to th* Xaval Jteserve. NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE: TfTSDAY. APKHi 23. 1907. TAFT PARTY AT BORINGXEN PARK, RAN JUAN. Becretary Taft Is easily dlßtlnguiahable i n the c entre of the group. INDORSE STEAD'S PLAN. Harvard Students Pass Motion Miinstcrbcrg Refuses to Put. Cambridge. Macs., April 22.— 1n spite of the refusal of the presiding officer. Professor Hugo Munsterberg. to put the motion, a mass meeting of Harvard Btudents In the Union to-night In dorsed William T. Stead's plan of sending an American peace delegation to Europe, and fur thered Mr. Stead's request that Harvard should tako the lead in raising money for the move ment by the appointment of a college commit tee to consider tho matter. Professor Mtlnbterberg, who Is the professor of psychology in the university and one of the delegates at the recent peace conference, in refusing to entertain the motion for tho ap pointment of a committee, said that the meet- Ing which Mr. Stead hod Just addressed was a chance gathering, and not a representa tive one, oe far as Harvard was ooncerned. He paid that he did not believe that the meeting hud authority to start 6uch a movement on the part of Harvard, and that h© would leave th<' chair before he would put such a motion. When he stepped from the platform Professor William James, the professor of philosophy at the uni versity, took his place, and the plan was quickly adopted and the committee appointed. JAPAN AT THE HAGUE. Report, of Introduction of Important Points in Warfare. Toklo, April According to "The Japan Mall" the Japanese delegates at tho Hague peace conference will present a series of Inde pendent proposals, among them being the con clusion of conventions for the conduct of battles on land and at sea. the use of mines In com mercial routes, the use of wireless telegraphy between besieged fortresses and points In neu tral territory, the use of neutral ports for bel ligerent purposes, method* for declaring the opening of hostilities and the limitation of ar maments, i m THE DELEGATES OF QEEAT BRITAIN. Sir Edward Fry, Sir E. M. Satow, Lord Keay and Sir Henry Howard Chosen. London. April 22.— Tim British delegates to the peace conference at The Hague are as fol lows: Sir Edward Fry, former I»rd Justice of Ap peal and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at Tho Hague; Sir !-:rne*t M. Satow, formerly British Minister at Toklo and Peking and a member of tho Permanent Court of Ar bitration at The Hague; Lord Reay, president of the Royal Asiatic Society and University Col lege, London, and a member of the Privy Coun cil, nnd Kir Henry Howard, tho British Minis ter fit The Hague. Naval and military experts will !><■ added to the delegation later. GENERAL PORTER SAILS TO-DAY. General Horace Porter, one of the American dele gates to the peace conference at The Hatrue. goes out to-day on the Kronprlnz Wllhelm. After visit li:;: his daughter In Switzerland and making an automobile tour through Germany he will proceed to The Hague. The sessions begin on June 15. The other delegates and the technical staff will leave here about tho middle of next month. H. J. REILLY RECOVERS CONTRACT. Governor of Santa Clara Annuls Action of Cienfuegos Council. Havana. April 22. — Governor Tellez of Santa Clara Province hus Issued a decree annulling the resolution taken on February 15 by the Munici pal Council of Cienfuegos revoking the contract made by a former council with H. J. Rellly, of New York, for the construction of an aqueduct and newer system for the city. The Oovernor says that the action of revocation Is Illegal and unconstitutional. PORTO RICAN CROPS SUFFER. San Juan. R R, April 22. -The drouth Is affect ing the Hugar plant. itionH. No rain has fallen In t?:<> southern lifitricts of the Island for six months, and the. loss 1h estimated at 40 per cent of the values of tfiH crops. Nc-xt year'B crops will alao be affected. Tin- establishments dependent on mountain streams for po*r«r have been forced to ■hut down. BUNDHAUS HELD FOR EXAMINATION. Samuel T. Bundhaus was arraigned yesterday In the Tombs court and held In 13.000 bail for exami nation, charged with swindling Julius Hackman. of No. 1W Vernon avenue, Brooklyn, out of $3,000 through a "partner wanted" advertisement, and with falling to perform a contract made with Charles M. Applegate, private secretary to John ii. Sturln. A|>i<lei;ato won not In court, and his complaint, charging l:un<ll>aus with falling to float some stock of the John H. Btarin company on the Wall Street market, for which he had accepted $60, was Hied in a short affidavit made by Lieutenant Me Con villa, of the Central Office. The prisoner, la default of ball, was sent back to the Tombs. m CONSERVATIVE VICTORY IN SPAIN. Madrid. April 22.— The returns from the elections of members of the Chamber of Deputies, held yes terday, are all in, and show a sweeping victory for the Conservatives. Out of a total of 404 Beats In the? Chamber,* Conservatives have been elected to 260; the Liberals won ft, the Republicans and Cata lanlsts CO. and other political groups 31 seats. There was practically no disorder. JUSTICE FITZGERALD GETS STAY. Justice Thomas W. Fitzgerald, of the Court of Special Sessions, yesterday obtained an adjourn ment of one week for the argument on the order procured by the Brooklyn Bar Association, com manding him to appear before the Appellate Di vision of the Supreme Court and show cause why be should not be removed from office and disbarred. Colonel William C. Beecher. chairman of the asso ciation's grievance committee, and most of the committeemen were In court. Colonel Beecher and the association's attorney, Charles J. McDermott, objected tn the postponement, but Fitzgerald's counsel, Eugene Conran. urged that It be granted, on the ground that bis client had been allowed Insufficient time to prepare his defense, having been served with, th* court order only last Wednes day evening. COMMITTEE FOR COLT Rhode Island State Executive Urges Colonel's Election. [By Telegraph to The Tribune.) Providence, April 22.— The deadlock In the General Assembly appears to be unbroken on the eve of the final day of casting ballots for a United States Senator. An attempt on the. part of members of the Republican State Cen tral Committee's executive committee — led by General Charles R. Brayton. the blind political leader who for the flret time openly declared himself In support of a candidate — to secure a unanimous indorsement by that body of Colo nel Colt's candidacy, was made to-day. The committee, after a stormy session, however, voted on a rollcall vote of 0 to 4 in favor of the colonel. The quartet of Wetmore men. who said they believed that the meeting had been called to select a compromise candidate suited to both factions. Immediately withdrew and drafted a minority report, wherein they criti cised the meeting of the executive committee as a plot to bring to bear on the General Assembly "an influence which is Improper and absolutely unjustifiable." The vote of the committee, which favored Colonel Colt's election, was taken on the follow ing resolution: Whereas, The General Assembly having voted to adjourn sine die on Tuesday. April 23. IW7; and Whereas. After a session of thirteen weeks and the taking of fifty-six ballots the General Assembly has bo far failed to elect a United States Senator. and from th« beginning of the balloting to the present time Samuel Pomeroy Colt han received a majority of the votes of the Republican members of the Senate and the House of Representatives and of the Joint Assembly l and Whereas, To adjourn th« General Assembly with out the election of a Republican United States Senator would be most Injurious to the Republican party and moat harmful to the best Interests of the state and of the nation; therefore, be it Resolved. That we urge In the strongest manner possible all Republican members of the General Assembly to perform the duties they owe the state and the Republican party, and vote for the majority candidate, Samuel Pome.roy Colt, for United State* Senator; and be It further Resolved. That a copy of this resolution be sent to tho Republican members of tha General As sembly. p Colonel Colt issued a statement in which he said: "I stand exactly whero I stood thirteen weeks ago on this question, and will not with draw my name." Robert I. QammeU. chairman of the TVetmore campaign committee, said to-night: "It is essential for the salvation of the party that Mr. Wetmore be elected. If Mr. Colt should be sleeted it would mean tho disruption, tha wrecking, the disintegration of the organiza tion, which is now in a stranded condition. We know where our men are, we know that we can depend upon them, and we know how they will vote." While there is a chance that tho Joint As sembly to-morrow may cast many ballots, and possibilities of eleventh hour "dark horses" are In the background. It la practically certain that If th»» loyal Wet more men see any indication that the Colt forces are gaining votes, enough of them will combine with the Ooddard phalanx of forty-one to adjourn the Joint Assembly at once, a step which may be token at any mo ment. To i*in to-morrow Colonel Colt must gain 18 votes. ex-Senator Wet more 25 and Colonel Godflord 15. , WHOLESALE BLACK HAND TRIALS. Effort to Rid Pennsylvania of Alleged Or ganization of Blackmailers. Wllkes-Barre. Tern.. 'April 22.-Twenty-two for eigners charted with being members of the Black Hand and responsible for a large number of crimes In this neighborhood! were placed on trial here to day. Thirteen cases of shooting with attempt to kill, thirteen of conspiracy, six of dynamiting and two of robbery by threats and menaces are charged against the men who are alleged to be the leaders of an organized band. Hundreds of foreign families In this section have lived In a state bordering on terror for several years as a result of threats made by this mysterious organization, which In many cases have been followed with murder. The Penn sylvania constabulary has given much attention to the Black Hand. The men on trial were arrested In February at the Instance of District Attorney Balsbarg. Twen ty-two men were captured, and all but ten, who were released after habeas corpus proceedings, were held without ball for trial. The men who ex posed the organization are Charles Salvatore and Joseph Rltz. of Browntown. The persecution of these men began In the early part of last year, when a letter was slipped under their door demanding $500. lest the entire Rltz family desired to be annihilated. The principal witnesses in the cases have been placed under ball to appear, and families that were driven away by the society's persecutions were brought back as witnesses from Buffalo, Rochester and many other- cities by the District Attorney. Several witnesses swor» to-day that they received threatening letters demanding as high as $500. ac companied by threats that if the money was not paid their homes would be burned. HAMILTON SOPHOMORE MISSING. Rome, N. V., April 22.— Gordon Busfleld. of North Adams, Mass., a sophomore at Hamilton College. Clinton, left the coll««« the first day of the present term and has not r»turned. Ho stood well In hia stii«li<M and was a close student. His associates among the students are somewhat anxious about hint. North Adams, Mass.. April 22. — Gordon Busfleld. the Hamilton College student who la missing. Is the son of the Rev. Dr. Theodore E. Busfleld. pastor of the First Congregational Church in this city. His parents to-day declined to disouss his disappear ance, but stated that th<?re was nothing mysterious about it. AMBULANCE VICTIM DIES IN HOSPITAL. Mrs. Leonardo Barbarelll, wife of a laborer, who was taken to BeUevue Hospital from her home, at No. &M West fTth street, with her newborn baby, died tn the hospital yesterday morning:. The Boose velt Hospital ambulance In which she was being transferred . was smashed by a Broadway car at 34th street, and the unconscious woman had to con tinue the Journey In a New York Hospital ambu lance. The woman had pneumonia, and It Is thought her death was caused *jr this as much a* by th» shook or th« oolUa'.on. TAI ON U. S. BOiXDS. Supreme Court Decides lowa Tried to Impose One. Washington. April Deciding several cases brought to It by savings banks in Pea Moines. lowa. the Supreme Court held to-day that government bonds in which the capital stock of such banks is Invested are exempt from taxation. The test opinion was delivered by Justice Moody in the cases of the Home Savings Bank against the city of Dcs Moines. The lowa Supreme Court In deciding the cases laid down the general doctrine that "the general exemption from state taxation with which tho bonds of the United States ate cjothed does not entitle the hank to deduct th.- amount of such bonds from the Value of the shares of their stock. which are assessed to it for the purpose of taxa tion." Justice Moody*! opinion reversed that ruling on the round that the course outlined Is "clearly a direct tax on the securities of the United States" and therefore not permissible. Th* Chief Justice and Justices Harlan and Peckham dissented. In hi* opinion Justice Moody said: Wo regret that we are constrained to differ with the Supreme Court of the state on a question re lating to its law, but holding the opinion that the law directly taxes national securities our duty la clear. If by the simple device of adopting the value of corporation shares as the measure of the taxation of the property of the corporation that property loses the immunities which th« supreme law gives to it. these national securities may easily be taxed whenever they are owned by corporations, and the national credit has no defence against a serious wound. WANT $2,000/>OO FROM P. R. R. Coal Companies Take Rebate Cases to Supreme Court. Washington. April 22.— Ex-Attorney General Origpra presented a petition In the Supreme Court to-day on behalf of the Webster Coal and Coke Company and the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company In the cases brought by these companies against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, ask ing that they be brought to the Supreme Court for a review of the decision rendered by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which was favorable to the railroad. The two mining companies are engaged In coal mining in Cambria, Blair and Indiana counties. In Pennsylvania, and they charged the railroad com pany with discriminating tKalnst them by limiting the number of cars supplied and with granting re bates of 15 cents a ton to rival mining concerns. Damages to the extent of about $2,000,000 are asked. The court took the petition under advisement. LARCHMONTS PILOT RESPONSIBLE. Inspectors Report Collision Was Due to Violation of Sailing Rules. [By Telegraph to The Tribune. J New London. April — William E. "Whitney and John Stewart. United States local Inspectors, have forwarded their report on the collision on Feb ruary 11 between the steamer Larchmont. of the. Joy line, and the schooner Harry Knowlton. to Supervising Inspector Ira Harris. Second District. New York. The Inspectors find that First Pilot John L. Anton, of the Larchmont. being In full charge of the details of navigation of the steamer, was solely responsible for the collision. In that he navigated the ship In direct violation of the steer ing and sailing rules. Tho report tlnda that, while Captain George W. MoVay, of the Larchmont. cannot be commended for his Judgment in his efforts to save the lives of the passengers and crew of his ship, there was not sufficient evidence adduced to warrant charging him with incompetence or misconduct. The report further finds that the schooner Harry Knowlton was navi gated in full compliance with the sailing and steer ing rules, and was In nowise to blame. "Misfortune, the worst we hope that may befall him. came to George W. Mc\ ay. master of the steamer Larchmont. in large measure." the report says. "While we cannot commend or mention with approbation the Judgment displayed by htm In his efforts to save the lives of his passengers and crew, evidence Is wanting In so far as to warrant our charging him with incompetence or misconduct." TRAIL OF WALKER GETS HOT. Pinkertons After Him in Foreign Lands — Gondorf Held for Trial. The Plnkerton detectives are after William F. Walker, the missing banker of New Britain. Conn. They've been after him for several months, ever since he fled tha thriving town, leaving behind a shortage In his accounts of about $383,000. but the chase has got warm the last few days. Norman T. Bailey, superintendent of the Ptnkerton agency, said yesterday afternoon that his men wera fol lowing up a clew which seemed good to him. If the absconding banker Is caught the United States government will be called upon to ask for his ex tradition, as the trail at present being followed is somewhere outside this country. It may be in Canada or In Europe, or yet again In South Amer ica, that Walker Is being sought. Mr. Bailey would not tell where, but said the tip seemed a good ona and likely to lead to something. Charles F. Oondorf after his examination yester day before Magistrate Barlow was held for trial In 120.000 on the charge of swindling Walker out off part of his stolen securities. The prisoner refused to answer any questions, and lacking a bondsman was sent back to jal!. Gondorf was confronted yesterday with a com plaint signed by Charles B. Oldershaw, secretary Of the New Britain bank, charging him with pos sessing bonds valued at 185,000 which he knew had been stolen. Mr. Oldershaw said he had not seen. the bonds since June 1. 1906. but knew they had disappeared on February 12. two days after Walker lied. Charles H. Noble. Bank Commissioner of Con necticut, the only other witness examined, said ha had examined the bonk on August 1. 190?;. but had not taken down the number of the bonds held, and would not say that the bonds reported missing were among those which he had checked oft in his memorandum. A number of Chicago. St. Paul <& Omaha •> per cent bonds wore in the bank at tad time, he aald. It appeared from the testimony that Gondorf had taken some of the missing bonds to an, uptown bank on September 23. 190& Walker is said to have been a victim of "wire tapper*." OLD POSTAL EMPLOYE ARRESTED. Caught Rifling Registered Letters — Trusted for Nineteen Years. Postal Inspectors Jacob and Meyer arrested yes terday afternoon, after four months* constant watching, DavM I". Ste.lrtian, one of the oldest unii mo.st tl listed 'inployea In the registry division of tho K.-neral postomVe. According to their report. they caught him opening a letter, from which, ac cording to his own eonftisßtna). he took a J2 bin. Btednaa broae down :vn«l node a signed confession. In which he admitted rifling r.'.eintered lettrs re turned to tht.s country fmm Buropeaa postoflices. He whs anaJßßsd l>*'f<>r« Commissioner ShieMs, and In default of $2,500 ball was sent to the Tomba H« lives with his wife and children at No. C 4 Clin ton Btr»«t. Brooklyn. For several months the Postoffice Department has been stormed with complaints from all parts of the country that registered letters returned were broken open and the money taken out. Jacobs and Meyer were put to work in the registry division, but. do what they would, could find no clew, and Stedman -was the last to come under suspicion. After they had tried all the regular methods they made a thorough Investigation of the manner of life, of each man In that division. By this they learned that Stedman played the races, an.i their suspicions narrowed down to him. He said ht» started to break open the letters last Christmas, but the Inspectors aaid they believed he had been doing so for years, and that he had taken thousands of dollars. He had been in the department nineteen years. CAPTAIN KNIPE IN TROUBLE AGAIN. Thomas P». Knlpe, a son of Police Captain Will lam Knipe, of the Fort Hamilton police station. Brooklyn, was arrested yesterday afternoon far the alleged stealing of clothing valued at $70 from a Fulton street store. He had the goods charged to his father, who refused to pay. Thomas Is twenty years old and lives at No. SO Irving place. Captain Knlpe has had much trouble with his children. A son, John, and a daughter, Grace, had him in the Gates avenue police court last Friday for beating them and turning them out of his home at No. 12*J Jefferson avenue. ELOPERS BURIED SIDE BY SIDE. Clifton Forge. Va.. April 22.— Miss Mabel Pendle ton and Stuart Gay. who started for Washington on Thursday last to be married, were burled side by side here to-day. They were apprehended by officers on complaint of the sister of Miss Pendle ton. Crossing Jackson River on the way back Miss Pendl«ton Jumped Into the river and Gay sprang after her. Both were drowned. Miss Pendleton's body was soon recovered, but Gay* body we* not found until last eight. 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Rogers, Peet & Company. Three Broadway Stores. 258 842 1200 at at at Warren st. 13th st 32nd at. MS. BSYCE DEFENDED. British Houses Informed of Chance* ter of Carnegie Dedication. London. April — Ih view of dispatches* pnb llßhed here at the time of the opening of tho- Carnegie Institute at Ptttsttarg; an<2 generally credited to Moberly Bell, of "Tho London Times," in which the. British gavarameat "waa criticised for rot being 1 officially iiijii winlirfT aft the ceremony and leaving Germany to monop olize the most prominent position nnrt tha> foreign representatives, tha Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, was asked In tho House of Commons this afternoon regarding &*» reason) for this omission. The Financial Secretary to. the Treasury. Mr. Rucdman. In behalf of Sir Edward said that the Invitation^ to the Pitts burg ceremony had no official character. Thjsy, were issued to the beads of foreign mJaatona only, anil Ambassador Bryce. woo than had Jus: returned from Canada, had Important hnstnnnav to transact at Washington. T^a^'Vf It Ir3poss£3l»: for him to absent himself. especially am ho had to attend the peace conference at Xaw Ycrlc tn* following week. Mr. Runclxnaa pointed out &at the) Oatiumi, Austro-Hungariacß, French and Russian arnhas) | ales were not represented at Ptttabuxgv Oxfonl and Cambridge universities were represented. ' and Mr. R'inciman thought that tho presaao* of representatives of tha lefhdtn«T ffftanatiftneJ In stitutions of this country was tho moat suMakds> apd most convenient f oral of I npfTwWintsilliiu on such an occasion. The question also coma up In th» TTiliswi or Lordij to-day. Lord Lelth. of Fyvla, eoinslalfiles of Ambassador Bryce's absemoa, saying that Great Britain had stood aloof, and It would bo most disappointing to see the late Lord Paonaa» fote's great work of re-establishing a good un derstandinj? between tho United States and Great Britain endangered by an act of UullfCei» ence which might be misconstrued Into simmS thing stronger. Lord Fltzraaurlce. Under Secretary for For* eign Affairs, repeated th*» explanation mad* by Mr. Runciman in the House of Commons, oddis;; that he was glad to have the opportunity of stating publicly how much the government and Its ambassador appreciated the importance of the occasion. There was no man la the whoto diplomatic service to whom a great educational occasion Ilka this would more appeal than Mr. Bryce, who deeply regretted that he had been unable to attend the ceremony at Plttsburg. Pittsburjf. April 22.— Samuel Harding Church. secretary of the board of trustees of the Institute. to-night Issued a statement In which he said: I have Just been Informed that a question was raised in the House of Lords and the House of Commons to-day in regard to the non-official character of the British group of guests attending the dedication of the Carnegie Institute at Pitts burg. I was very careful to have tola question brought before the King of Great Britain and hi» ministers and also before the President of France Mis majesty Kln< Kdward VII notified me to a most gracious ami considerate way that he did not think it entirely within the limit of official procedure to take an active participation in th» dedication, while the President of France, probably for the same reason, wrote merely a forraul letter of congratulation, which was signed by his private secretary. The German Emperor exhibited the liveliest pos sible Interest m the dedication, ami with on* ex ception the guests in attendance from Germany were chosen directly by the Emperor. However, the character of the guests from Great Britain and from France was of the highest standard rep resented by our civilization, as was that of Ge- many also. VICHY Avoid substitutes «o-caUed "VICM*""" » Offer** by unscrupulous «U*l«r» 3