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VOIV O1 LXMI .. N° 22,348 GERM AX TARIFF FIGHT. PFESIDEXT ATTACKED. He Sends Agreement to Senate — Lively Debate m "Secret" Session. rrr^— ""-» Tr!t»jTs« Bureau] '=-- - : Jan. "2. — Seven solemn Senators ate this afternoon ordered the galleries of the. ceT; S f« cleared, the doors locked and all but rrorn employes exoJuded. Then they resolved f-rr^splves into a secret session to listen to th« reading of a • BMge from the President on th« r-risioy lan- and th» German tariff agreement, •» hil» simultarieouFly in th" Hou»» the same •n<-?«ar» "was being read in open session to an interested if not eager public. Then the seven Peaatori held a sokrnn hut earnest debate as 10 ■ bettor it would be inimical to the inter national welfare of the country Jo make the massacre ■Id and finally concluded to take t*"> risk and ordered the clerk? to "remove the peal nf secrecy" Wh«»n the Senators (all the r«si had gone bane) learned that the House had "■ad the messaz" in open session they admitted t^a? the joke was on them, but added that they bed gained unlimited enjoyment from th« op portunity the secret e-ession afforded them ora t^r!cally to Bay the President without any dan cer of theJr constituents finding them out. Th° remarks were not addressed to the mes «i«» as much as to the policy of considering it in executive session, as well as* the policy of th« President in connection with the agreement. Hi? courts not only in negotiating that instru ment but in proclaiming If to the world, as h« did last July, »■»•« sharply criticized. It was declared that the agreement makes changes which are equivalent to legislation, and it was pnicted out that all legislation affecting the tariff mat. under the Constitution, originate In ,T* Hm:« of Representatives. Attention was . 1-a ,0 the third section of the McKinley law j „ Poc^My ...... the President's course. , Hit hie critic* contended that his action in ' ■•-■ j race had rone far beyond the limit* permitted by that section. Stress «-B.' laid on the fact that the President ! had not onJy n*>«?otiated the treaty but that he J •hud riven it out as i complete performance 1 without refernnc it to the Senate for its action, j This Ui* Senators seemed to consider as especial- ! ly .^prp^ensiMe and far beyond the authority I n? the Chief Executive. ; It was pointed out that the German Kaiser had nnt only referred the agreement to the F'i.-hsta? fr»r it^ action, but that he had con sulted both the local and the national boards of tra<l^. Hence the President was charged with Vtc:nff even n;ore autocratic than the head of the Orman Empire. It was also declared that t;n<>r Ih»= system of valuations provided for by the treaty great injustice would he done to the United States. S^naior lleyburn made strenuous objection w hen t'le question was raised that the message T.as a subject for consideration in the open f-'.-nate. instead of behind closed doors. The Idaho Fenator iKaintalned that an open Senate debate would only plunge the Senate into an almost endless tariff discussion and declared i];at he \vould oppose the proposed legislation. - McLaurin and others called for open pcs^lon. and their plea finally won. but not be fore Senator GaJUaaar and one or two others had aVMaai their aaanaaaaa <v>ncernlng the action of an executive in calling for legislation whenever the spirit moved him. It was f.naJly decided to refer the message to th» Committee on Finance. If a bill is to be f'TThcoming' It will be from that committee. Tli*- changes urged by the President, which are, :ti hrie with those urgr-d by the Secretary of the Treasury in a letter to the Speaker of the House, dated February 2?, 1906. are eight in number. Trv=y are: 1. That in the case nf consigned goods The right be granted to add to the invoice value at Urn Urrjp of er.tr>-. 2. That, the right be granted to deduct from the invoi'-» value at time of entry for both pur cbased and consigned goods. «. That a variation from appraised valuation el 14 per oent be passed without the assessment cf exrra duty as a penalty, and a penalty of i ■p°r cent for each per cent of undervaluation in *vrefE of 10 per cent be assessed. 4. That a charg* be made from SO per cent to as j«?r cent Dndervalnation as presumptive esfdcsaoe or fraud, and that discretion be griven t9 th» P^cr°i«rj - of the Traaaasy to remit th<» I*« > r4a!ty duty T.-h o n he is satisfied there has be^n no latent to rand ?>■ Thst authority be conferred on the Spore. tuy to oraft the x^ennlizin? duty •.".■*.» n he i.= *«Tisfied that a rleri^a! error in valuation was urnnVTitjonal. 6. That th» additional duties prescribed in 'he present law for undervaluation to be con *tnjei3 as ■"p^r.al.** with authority to the Secre tary to r«-in!t them wh*n he U^ertis that course "- Th^.* a^.-JUlonal duties on goo<^«! subject »•. •P^lfic duties, when the appraiser makes only *u r h change as doep not alter th*» - ••• t«f duty, b» abolished. X That the • -•;■-,•• on loss than the invoV:e value, when deduction has b**>n m3<l» from Jhe invofc* value, be granted. S^-TcT.ry R<-«it, after summarizing th' *'^ <-J-arpc=;_ p^ye that th^y have been approved by the. -<^pr«>f!ent3tfv» of th«» Treasury Department •iw is member of »hp American Tariff Com refedon f^nt to Berlin, v.hich commission unani swutSy recoromeiKas them, and that they are ap prorred by »h« ?«i<T-etary of the Tuamnj In <T>cclasloi] Slri Root says: ' have the honor to e>-pre=s »h° '>pi"ion that. tb». «Ta<~imenT of »»«• proposed amendment t<> tlw *-xisT:r.g law t» ou!d not only strengthen the r~*~*r:T f-.od undTst^ndinar between the T'nitpd ard Germany in respect to their < i om : t.T-rcial r«=i?T;nns. but ■would promote harmonious ira^e '■*!a*k-ns Ti-ith other powers, without at tfa* ism. rime prejudicing in any way the fiscal V e^onorr' i <- interest? of the United States. ■ Eenator T^il^r. during the debate in secret »»S£jon. pave noti<-e not only that he would op t>^f» th* k^rislation recommended, btit that he «xwld endeavor to s<^ure a. rigid Investigation of ifje <-^ urst f ,f administration for the par- P*fe of a« if the President and the :"*T'"s'-y: "*T'"s'-y state had not violated the law In Tttnri'jlatjng and promulgating the German Kgrenarat. GALLAXi PESCTJES TS CO ED COLLEGE. Young Ken Students Formed Bucket Brigade When Girls' Dormitory Caught Fire. B'l.^iii 1 . . IV. Va.. Jan. 22 — Choking and .-ouKhinp. I be rm* hundred students In the Rirls' main ( i"' »1 *»*y or Bethany *•<*]]»•?*> here a«rok« early to-day 10 £"d «-Jou/j F «-,f irmok^ nllinp the halls and stairway?. T *=* frigbteaed Kir>- gatli<-r^d In rooms looking- "lit "is Uw mend dormitory, across the street, and tll'ir f*K.ri arousfd «he slt^pers. Quickly &nmts* «8. t--jtr,« , j:i « hundred young men formed a backet 'riPi^r while srveral of UK- in....- daring s>n<»s liita ijif. i,i:rning building, groped their way •'•• \:,f rootiia «!'<r" «»«• pirls were huddled an<l r^ted tfeeni through the Btnbke to the street- Ai *•* hiu? of the three, story structure had to be ">-n <Jo»!, to check the names. A«c«- from on* girl, who is - ' . riag from shock. ail **•;-. f>»-,i Injury. The fire started in ashec tram •^ 'pnisfo in ti>«» bajw^m^n'. d^weVts 'PARKLING grape JUICE. » -. n»-w. A 'l^iii ious l#rink. ",i- P«r«ar & fcuii* Co.. lit Fulton St., New York. «£vt I^^. NEW- YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23. 1908.-FOURTEEN PAGES.-r h^^r A SL. I TNEMPLO TED EXPELLED. Croxcd Driven Out of Boston Into Brookline by Police. TTlv Telegraph to Th« Tribune. 1 Boston. Jan. 22. — Th» army of the unemployed was forcibly driven out of the city to-day. • For two hours Morrison I. Swift and an organized crowd of unemployed, estimated at from l.'W> to 1.500. openly defied the. city and state police and persisted in their determination to hold a meeting on the Common. Permission to do this had been refused Swift at 'he City Hall this morning. As a last resort, after persuasion and clubs had failed, mounted police were called in and the members of the crowd literally run out of the Common and up the street until they had passed the city limits. Following his advance on Trinity Church last Sunday Pwlft had placarded the town for to day's meeting, and several thousand men were on the Common when he appeared. The police were there, too. For a time it looked as though there might be serious trouble, but the mounted police simply rode down the crowd, and Swift irave the order to fall in and marched his men away. We will invade the home of the rich!" Swift shouted to his men. and he took up the line of march to Brookline. which has the name of be lnsr th- richest town in the United States. The police escorted him and his army clear to the line, where Swift drew up his forces and began a violent tirade in which he advised his follow ers that it they needed anything they had a right to take It. UNEMPLOYED CALL ON MAYOR. One Hundred Philadelphia Carpenters. Rep resenting Four Thousand. Glamor for Work. Philadelphia. Jan. 12.— Accompanied by a. com mittee of three, who acted as spokesmen, one hun dred unemployed carpenters of this city railed on Mayor Reybum in the City Hall to-day and urged him to -pet them work, either municipal or other ••■« The Mayor said he would do what he ~--> : .ild. but that hr. was sorry they had found it necessary to come to the City Hall in a body, «s it might arouse criticism. The spokesmen told the Mayor that they repre sented four thousand unemployed carpenters in the city, and all they wanted was the Mayor's co operation In beginning at once aJI municipal work ■o far as possible. The spokesmen also urged the Mayor to use his influence to have, builders start work in all parts of the city without waiting fbr spring. BARS IP IX HAWAII. Japan Practically to Suppress Emi gration After February 1. Honolulu, Jan. 22.— The Japanese Consul, If. Saito. ha* received a cable dispatch from the Forrier; Mini^tr-r. Count Hayashi. advising him that. Iwcinniin February 1. the only Japanese lal>orers who will be permitted to emigrate to Hawaii are those who are returning and who fI!P c io=e relatives of those already there. PRAIRIE FIRE IN CITY. Sweeps Dyckman Meadows and Threatens Gas Plant. With a line nearly a mile long a real prairie, fire swept over the upper part of New York City Just below Kingsbridge yesterday and brought out ■ hundred fighters, who had all they could do to keep it from spreading to th« Inwood plant of the Consolidated Gas Company. Just below Fort George hill, near the Dyck man street station of the. subway, are. the Dyck man meadows, a mile long, three-quarters of a. mile wide and covered with a dens» growth of grass. Recently this grass has become, as dry as charcoal. y est prday some small boys built a bonfire in one corner of the plot The flame?, caught by the wind, spread like mad. Soon a line of fire extending the whole length of the meadows was eating Its way to th« west, where there were no structures in the way except the gas tanks. The engineers of th» company were quick to per ceive the danger, and blew the fire whistle, a signal which brought every available man to the work of putting out the blaze. Arming themselves with brooms, bushes and anything else that came to hand, they tried to beat out the flames, and were soon joined by nil the. boys in the neighborhood, who ran up and Mown the lines, adding little real help, but many shout? and cries. After half an hour's work th« fir« fighters were able to direct their attention to scattered points wher<» the blaze still persisted. The gath ering darkness added picturepqueness to the scene, which was seen by hundreds of passengers on the elevated part of the subway. OBTfIEN MAY GET PLACE. Albany Hear* Thai Tie Will Succeed Witherbee. Ip. T»l*gr»r>h to The Tribu/i* i Albany, Jan. 22.— Information received pri vately here is that President Roosevelt surely will appoint John F. O'Brien, former Secretary of State, collector of customs with headquar ters at Plattpbursr, to succeed Walter Wituerbee, who has b<*en turned down for reappointment. Mr. O'Brien, the political leader of Clinton County, never has been much of a Hutrhes man. although at one time apparently he was headed in that direction. This appointment is regarded by politician* h<=>re as binding him definitely to the Taft leaders In this state. him d^finitplv the Tafi leader* iit thi? Ktat*» Since the place is understood to go by ap proval of Congressman Malby. of Ogdensburg. there ip ■•■»» sp«»culation a* to just where he ptands. Mr. Malby. though not in sympathy with the legislative Ideas and policies of Gov ernor Hughes, generally has been considered a Hughes man politically. Mr O'Brien's appointment will come over the head of Senator Wallace Knapp. who until a few days ago had his leader's support for the place, and there is much bitterness displayed over this summary "turning down" of Knapp. When it became known to the politicians in the north country that Mr. Wttberbee would not be reappointed several candidates for the place appeared. Mr. Knapp. then having the support of Mr. O'Brle.n, was generally considered to ba In the lead, although there was some talk of the latter. The place is worth from $3,000 to $15000 a year in fees, and the struggle was keen. Suddenly the talk of Mr Knapp dimin ished, and politicians here heard that Mr. O'Brien himself was after the place, having abandoned his advocacy of Knapp. who was fleeted Senator through his influence. Late la^t , Mil word came to ■erne of the men bare that i, was all settled and that Mr. O'Brien would !,.• appointed. The former Secretary of State Is prominently '-ngnped in mans bUElnesa enter | prises along ... Champlain and has valuable I atar and water front privilege*. AUTO POUND STARTED. FOR IWATTEXDED CARS. Raids Begun Yesterday on Those Left Standing in Street. Ther*» is a new terror for those who own auto mobiles. The Street Cleaning Department has started a pound for them, and If an owner leaves his car outside unattended while he goes in to see a man about a. dog it may be neces sary to go down the next morning and redeem it The idea is that automobiles ought not to be left unattended in the. street, because they get in the way. for one thing, and because they hurt the pavements with the drip of gasolene. Incidentally, there is a city ordinance which such neglect violates. The first re id was held last night, and it was an awe-inspiring spectacle. Tt. began from Sta ble B. in West 53d street, and the only element of pirturesquen^Fs lacking was "Bill" Ed wards. He s»nt His chauffeur to steer the ''ap five cars. The order of march was a buggy and a truck. Tn the buggy was District Superin tendent D«Mii<-<\ who led the raid. Tn the truck were tjr* chauffeur, n poUoemaii. some street Cleaning Department foremen and one small boy. who hung on behind. The first halt wa* in Broadway. al->o>)t 50th prreet. but it. was a fasle alarm, because the owner of 3 derelict car that was seen there had not had a sp?<Mal warning, and th<* department was merciful in opening the campaign. The parry swept along afjer this, and finally turned up Seventh avenue from Long Acre Square. At 40th street, th^re was a wild yell from a small boy scout, and a car whose owner, the Automo bile Schools of America, had had warning, was spied So the bugles blew to halt the detachment, and the truck backed down to the front of the car. The chauffeur made fast to the. truck and leaped to the steering wheel. Just then the man who owned the car appeared and seemed to be slightly annoyed. He wanted a receipt for the car and he wanted to know a lot of things, but he got little except a "tip" to go down and see ••Bill" Edwards' this morning. Then the horn was tooted, the buggy led off. and the truck began to tow the car to the en cumbrance yard, in West 50th street, with a. large crowd in attendance. The owner will be able to line, up with the East Bide pedlers whose carts were confiscated and explain to "Bill" Edwards just why he ought to take ?•"» off the cost of redemption of the car. He will do well if he gets it out for less than ?•_'«> The raids are going to keep on. and the auto mobile district expects to have a lot of fun. So does the Street Cleaning Department, which has found the practice of keeping cars in front of stores and garages all day a pretty real and severe obstruction to its work. OBJECT TO REDUCTION. • ■ — ■ Territories Will Demand Full Dele gations at Convention. I Pr'iii Th« Tl nmif Bureau.! Washington. Jan. 22.— The seven territories that are under the American flag are planning to go to the Republ**m convention at Chicago with six delegates ea-~h, in spite of and in de fiance to the call of the Republican National Committee, which cut down their representa tion to a paltry pair apiece. Solomon Luna, Republican National Commit teemati from New Mexico, who was a caller a« the White House to-day, said that he denied the righi at the committee to 'deprive them of their oldtime number of vote?, and declared ti^t when they went to Chicago they would be seared. •'Arizona *t ( d. I understand, the other'terri torie.«. will s^nd six delegates each to th* con vention, and when we g^t there I have no doubt whatever they w ill all be seated. The con vention will not be run by the national com mittee, I am convinced, and wh%n the . ; ,se is brought before the whole body, or the commit tee on credentials, it will be decided In our favor.'" The supporters of Secretary Taft, who assert ♦ hft the seven territories will be found solid In his column, are very anxious for the larger number to b^ seated, and if Is probable will '■nake every effort to e^t them in and their forty-two vote'; counted. Those opposing the Secretary arc expected to vote against the prop osition, bo an interesting display of strength may be looked for *t the o,;t=et of the conven tion. THOMAS F. RYAN TO RETIRE? Report Crops Up Again at, Richmond with "Rumor of Political Ambitions. I By Telegraph to Th« TV!t>un« 1 Richmond. Va.. Jan. 22.— Thomas F. Ryan, ac cording to reports in this city to-day, is preparing to retire from actual business life. It is said he Will build a $1,<)00,000 winter residence in Richmond and in the Bummer live at. his Oak Ridge estate.- In Nelson County. It Is also reported that he will erect a $1,000,000 skyscraper in Richmond and that plans for these two buildincs have been under way for several months These reports have resurrected the story that Mr. Ryan Is ambitious for political preferment in his native state. It has been rumored for many months that he desired to be either Governor of the state or United States Senator. CHIEF LIEUTENANT DESERTS FORAKER "Not Band Wagon Climb," Says Harding, "but Recording of Political Trend." [By T^'^rtar' 1 to Tb<s Trlbun» 1 Marion. Ohio. Jan. 22. Declaring Foraker to b». defeated In Ohio, and his demand that his followers carry the tight on Taft into the Con gressional districts to be. unreasonable. Warren <;. Harding, former Lieutenant Governor and chief of the Senator's lieutenants, joined the Taft forces to-day In an editorial announcement In hij newspaper. 'Th« Marion Star." ■ This is not a band wagon climb." pays Mr. Har«llnK. "'but th« calm recording of the political trend. Foraker's leadership is necessarily ended. but. lie Is not eliminated. A statesman of his calibre never is eliminated, and he* will he in triumph In years to come." Mr. Harding reviews factional strife in C^io for a quarter of a century, and says: "This y?ar it has been the Taft- Roosevelt allies against Foraker alone, and he la defeated ' without a battle " I PRESIDENTS MANDERSON HAS KNOWN. [By 'ivi«»graph to The Trlbun*.] Omaha, Jan. — In an Informal talk on "Presi dents I Have Known" fore the Clarkson Club of Omaha last night Charles i". Manderson, for twelve years United States Senator from Nebraska and for several years President of the Senate, ex liinaari the opinion that there la "a screw loose about President Roosevelt." Rooaevett I have known for many years," lie ..,,! "uiui although them is much about him to 1,.- admired I should ■■ there, i- a screw loo««! aiiotit him •"•!"• « '■"■'■ • |!'! ' '• the most versatile and certainly i,.- yi>i st erratic of our I'renJdents." HAAN'S Restaurant, Park Row, Bidg. Fur ladies downtown. Luncheon *tfid Dinner. Alusic— Advu FLEET AGAIN AT SEA. RIOS HEARTY FAREWELL. President Pcnna Visits Warship — Great Crouds on Quays. Rio de Janeiro. Jan. 22- -Accompanied by the booming of guns and the cheers of thousands of persons on the accompanying pleasure craft, the American warships sailed from Rio da Janeiro this afternoon bound for Punta Arena.-*, on the Strait of Magellan Ten days will bring the. fleet almost to the midway point of the fourteen thousand -mile cruise to Pan Francisco, and the ships and the men carried with them to-day the good wishes of the Brazilian nation. Not an untoward incident had marked the visit of the Amerioansjiere. Their visit has been a long round of entertainments, and half the population of Rio turned out from early in the morning to give them a fitting send-off. The quays, the public buildings and the hills were covered with thousands watching the war sn)pe on :1: 1 they had disappeared through the mouth • f the bay into the open sea. The President of the republic. Dr. Penna, camp to Rio de Janeiro from Fvtropolis about 11 o'clock and proceeded on the yacht Silva to where the warships were lying. He went aboard the cruiser Benjamin Constant, which was in readiness to accompany the American fleet, to gether with fifteen other Brazilian warships, passed through the lines of the visiting warships and. accompanied by Admiral Alencar. the Min ister of Marine: Dr. L,. Muller. the Minister of Public Works, and other high officials, visited the flagship Minnesota, remaining there about an hour. Admiral Thomas, commander of the flagship: Captain Hubbard and the American Ambassador. Irving B. Dudley, received the President with all honors, the band playing the Brazilian national anthem In the ward room of the Minnesota there was an exchange of greetings. Admiral Thomas making a short speech, in which he expressed his best wishes for the prosperity of Brazil and her President, concluding. ■Brazil. Cod bless you for evef more." Xhe President responded with a thousand wishes for a good, voyage for the splendid fleet, prosperity for the I'nited States and the health of President Roosevelt. While the President was on board the Minne sota and during his passage among the vessels salutes were exchanged, and on his departure from the flagship twenty-one guns were fired. I)r Penna then returned to his yacht, widen proceeded to a point off Fort Villegagnon to watch the departure of the ships. About 3 o'clock the American fleet began to move, pass ing out En single column and inverse order ac cording to divisions, the Alabama leading. Three divisions of the Brazilian navy followed. composed of three battleships, sev^n cruisers ffinl six destroyers, and in the vicinity of Fort Villegagnon many steamers circled, having on board thousands of spectators from shore, and hundreds of launches and small craft from the sporting dubs, all gayly decorated and forming a stirring spectacle. The great warships, as they disappeared from view, were moving at a ten-knot pace. One by one as they passed the President's yacht they saluted with twenty-one guns, and the forts replied in kind. There was much waving of small flags and handkerchiefs, and the cheering seemed incessant, with the noise of a hundred whistles from the steam craft- About this time ■a heavy shower fell, but most of the spectators held their places until the last warship had dis appeared on tlv horizon. Captain R. R. Ingersoll, chief of staff to Rear Admiral Evans, said before the departure of the fleet that he had no special plans for the pas sage of the ships through the Strait of Magellan. They would go through, however, he said, as a solid fleet. Commenting °n the departure of the American warships, "The Journal of Commerce" said to day: The great profession will soon be set in mo tion and the fleet will be on its way again, but in the f^w days of its stay friendships have been made and sympathies won which will have a farreachlng effect in the years to come The great ships will ;it sundown have faded on the horizon and will be ploughing- their way to the Pacific. Ri" de Jantero will have become for them n thing of the pa<t. but we liop e and trust that from the commander in '-hief to the humblest member of the fleet feelings of friend ship, esteem and admiration will be ever pres ent, as they will to the friends and comrades whom they leave behind in Rio. Come fair weather, come foul, they have won the hearts of the Brazilians, Americans and Englishmen in this city, and as the mighty ves sels boom out a parting salute to the sister re public they will take with them the sympathy and good will expressed by her sons in a heart felt Ood speed you Th« German cruiser Bremen, which has been here for some time and recently was ordered to remain until the departure of the American fleet, in order to give the German officers additional tim«» to mako observations, left h»r* to-day with tho American ships. BEUIOXT DEXIES RUMOR. Rothschilds Hare Not Severed Con nections with Company. A report that the Rothschilds were contemplat ing a change in their American connections aroused considerable interest in financial circles yesterday, until finally set at rest by an official denial from August Belmont & Co . the Roths childs' N*ew York agent? In connection with the rumor it was said that at least half a dozen lead ing International banking houses in this city were keeping the cables hot in an effort to secure th« connection for themselves. The report was said in banking circles to have had its origin in th<s recent transfer of $7,000,000 of real *stat« to the Rothschilds by August Belmont. As soon as August Belmont St. <^o. heard of the rumor the following statement was issued: To set at rest the unfounded rumors concerning the relations between our firm and the Messrs. Roths child, we are authorized by them to officially con tradict the reports concerning a severance of. their connection with our house. The various rumors circulated by the press and In .the Street, growing out of a certain r«al estate transaction, are ab solutely without foundation, the operation in ques tion being a simple business matter which does not anV.ct our position In any way. TO FIGHT FOR WOMAN DEBATER. President of Triangular League Will Declare Miss Cook Eligible. I By Telegraph to The Tribune 1 Ithaca. N. V.. Jan. 22. — The Cornell debate council will fight to maintain the eligibility of Miss Elizabeth Ellsworth Cook, the law "co-ed" who lias been chosen to represent Cornell in tha Intercollegiate championships of the triangular league on February 2S. President L. K. Good rich of the council, who is also president of the lea*"*. -aid to-day that in his latter, capacity he would declare Mis* Cook eligible, and should tho matter be contested before the league lie would present Cornell's case. Meanwhile. he will keep Miss Cook at work on the question, lie aays Cornell will not yield to Columbia's protest CALL FOR PVBI.IC MONET. Mr. Cortelyou Begins Withdrawal of National Deposits in Banks. ■Washington. Jan. 22.— The Secretary of th« Treasury late to-day announced that owing to th» great improvement in financial condition* throughout the country he had begun the grad ual withdrawal of deposits of public money? in moderate amounts from the national hanks. Th>» first call has been made upon New York bank*?, and amounts to approximately $10,000,000. This is in addition to about $10,000,000 returned t.v the New York banks since December 26 The Secretary also announced that a general call for a moderate amount will be made upon banks in other cities at an early dat» MAGOOX CALLED HOME. May Succeed Secretary Taft if Lat ter Runs for President. [From The Tribune Bureau. 1 Washington. Jan. 22.— Secretary Taft has in structed Charles E. Magoon. the Provisional Governor of Cuba, to come to Washington to confer with the Secretary as soon as he con veniently can. It is understood that the Secre tary desires to take up with Governor Magoon certain questions relating to the coming national elections in Cuba, the creation of a Cuban army and other matters of importance. Incidentally, the summons to the Governor haa revived the gossip to the effect that the Presi dent will ask him to accept the portfolio of War in case Secretary Taft is nominated for the Presidency and resigns fronri the Cabinet to enter the campaign. Havana. Jan. 22. — The announcement given out at the Palace late this afternoon that Gov ernor Magoon had been summoned to Washing ton was circulated in extra editions of the afternoon papers and caused much interest and conjecture regarding the intentions of President Roosevelt. Governor Magoon will sail on Mon day, accompanied by Colonel E. H. Crowder, judge advocate, and Captains Edward C. Ryan and Jose Marti. STA TEMENT ON FRIDA Y. Government's Position in Harriman Case To Be Announced. [From The Tribune Bureau.! Washington, Jan. 22. — After holding a con f,, renC e with HM President to-day Attorney General Bonaparte announced that he would make public on Friday a statement regarding the Union and Southern Pacific railroads. The Attorney General did not indicate Just what ground his statement would cover, but it is inferred it will make plain the govern ment's position and will put at rest the specu lation regarding the legal proceedings, if any, to be taken. ISLANDS DISAPPEAR. Results of Volcanic Disturbances Off Yucatan. (By TPle«rmph to Th» Tribune 1 Mexico City. Jan. 22.— The federal meteoro logical bureau has been advised that recent vol canic disturbances off the coast of Yucatan have caused three islands to disappear. These islands were called Obispo Notre, Obispo Sur and Cayo Nuevo. They were of considerable size and were well known to navigator?. There ivpf several guano camps on two of them. Whether the submergence caused loss of life is not stated. Tn place? the Yucatan shore line has been completely changed. The harbor at Progreso has had its depth greatly decreased. NEW CHILIAN RAILWAY. Congress Passes the Bill for a North to-South Line. Santiago de Chili, Jan. 22.— Congress to-day parsed a bill authorizing the President to make contracts for a railroad running north and south. The bill limits immediate expenditure to about $37,50(MMM)t but it i? Intended event ually to extend the line to th«» northern and southern frontiers. Early last year it was reported that Congress had approved the bill providing for the construc tion of what is known as the Longitudinal Rail way, but this report proved to be erroneous. Owing to the strenuous opposition of the minority this bill was left for a future ses?ion. AVhen completed this railway will run from th» frontier of Peru to the Strait of Magellan, a dis tance of about 2.fi00 miles. Spur lines rvill be built to coast ports, mining districts and agri cultural area?. FIRMIN TRYING TO LAND. Hayti Declares Him Pirate — Plan to Attack Gonaives. Port-au-Prince, Jan. 2? — The steamer Vortl gern which sailed from St. Thomas on January m with General Firmin, who was the leader of the revolution in Hayti in 1902, and a score or more of other exiled revolutionists on board has made several attempts to land them on Haytlan soil. The Haytian government has declared the Vortigern to be a pirate and has called on all friendly nations to consider it as such and at tack it. Government troops are concentrated around St. Marc and are preparing; to attack Gonaives. Washington, Jan. 22. — A dispatch was received at the Navy Department to-day from Com mander Marvell of the Eagle, announcing that he had arrived at St. Marc from Guantanamo. He found all quiet there and was going at once to Gonaives to look after American Interests there while the city was blockaded. The Xavy Department has decided to send the gunboat Paducah. now at New Orleans, to Hay tlan waters Instead of the cruiser Dcs Muines The insurgents appear to be making some, headway in the northern part of the island, ac cording to information received at the State Department to-day from Consul Livingston at Cape Haytlen. In his dispatch to the State De partment he says that the place Is threatened and that the rebels are in possession of the neighboring villages. CHAFFEE AND JEFFRIES ON COMMITTEE f By Telegraph to The Tribune 1 Lob Angeles. Jan. 22. — Elaborate preparations ar» being made for the entertainment of t.V officers ami men of Admiral Evans's battleship fleet upon their arrival here. Twenty-five thousand dollars will be contributed for thr- entertainment. General Adna R. ChaJTee and James J. Jeffries, with many influential citizens and military men. are on the - -. ption r nißßaltt ONLY SOLID THROUGH TRAIN. N. v. to St. .Augustine. "N. V. 41 Florida. Special," 2:10 P. M., Atlantic Coast Line, F'y, cor. Jut;; at — Aitri, PRICE THREE CENTS. BRiCOTT SPEAKS FOR MR. HUGHES. THE STATE LEAGUE HEAD PRAISES GOVERNOR Gathering of His Boomers at the Mnvlinttan Hotel — Speeches by College Representatives. Ex-Senator Edgar T. Brackett. of Saratoga, last night at, the Hotel Manhattan started the Hughes Presidential nomination campaign !r. a ringing speech, that was heartily applauded by the executive committee of the Hughes State League and prominent Republicans from around the state. Speeches were made by Edmund Wetmore. of the Bar Association. George W. Aldridge, of Rochester; General E. A. McAlpin. former treasurer of the Republican State Committee: W. P. Goodell. of Syracuse; Edward P. Brown, a professor in Brown University, who spoke for the Brown alumni; Colonel Henry W. S-.ckett. who said that Cornell men were enthusiastically for the Governor for President, and Edward Lauterbach. Ex-Senator Brackett said that without trucu lence one thing must be said plainly at the out set, and that was that no organization of office holders could be permitted to stifle the true sen timent of the Republicans of the state with ref erence to the indorsement of Governor Hughes for President, and he -»a;d the same thing ap plied to those temporarily controlling the party machinery. The meeting last r.ight was held in a small room on the second floor of the hotel, and was merely to allow the executive committee to grv« ex-Senator Brackett a formal notification of his selection as president of the Hughes Stata League. THOSE AT MEETING. ?om» of those at the meeting were ex-Shertff Kavanaugh. of Saratoga; Samuel Straabourger. Abraham Gruber. Horace E. Dresser. John E Milholland. A. B. Humphreys, Lucian I* Bon heur. I'harle.s H Bef:s. Edward H. Fallows and Senator Saxe. Edward F. Cragin, chairman of the executive committee, presided, and in open ing the meeting said: Some weeks ago the Hughes League of th» United States and the Hughes League of the 9ts*e> of New York, a branch of the same, were organ ized to crystallize a widespread sentiment in behalf of Governor Hughes for the Presidency. The situ ation was unique, no authority or encouragement from the Governor was sought. All understood that he was not seeking the nomination The daily papers mentioned numerous cases of attempts to change the Governor's views, but he continued to refuse to raise his hand to attract support, nor did he by hint or suggestion or the bestowal of favor try to inspire in others zeal in his own be half. It may be said that the league is not working for the personal honor of Governor Hughes, but for what it believes to be for the best interests of the Republican party of the state and nation, and therefore for the best Interests of the whole, people. In the mean time there had come a change in the feeling of the people in relation to the pros pects of the different parties. Democrats who had been discouraged and hopeless commenced to tak« heart and declare their belief that the Democratl«: party would take control of. the country at tr^J next election. Republicans who had expressed themselves as confident th»* the Republican party would continue in office, without reference to who was nominated, commenced to realize that thei~» was doubt as to the outcome of the elections next November. The position of New York State Ioome.! larger on the horizon, and it seemed possible., if not probable, that whichever way New York would go. so would go the election. All loyal Repub licans of course believe that the people of this great nation in deliberate action will not change the control of the government at this time, but it was recalled that In the solid South there are sev eral states where there is no deliberate action, and where they do not have a Republican form of gov ernment, where th» majority does rot rale, where it is usually known in advance what the result of the election will be. . - In selecting a president for the Hashes League, of the State of New York we wanted to secure a Republican from the interior from that part of the state that elects the candidates; where th«r« Is more freedom of Political action than in this part of the commonwealth. "Via needed om known to be disinterested, known to be of absolute courage and independence, one against whom any charge of being controlled by any improper influ ences would be received with a smile of incred ulity, and one who well knew the Governor, and so we selected Senator Edgar T. Braekett. one of the originators for the demand or th* investiga tion of the insurance companies. SPEECH BY MR. ERACKETT. Ex-Senator Brackett prefaced his remark* by saying that his speech had been written before^ the publication of the Governor's letter to James S. Lehmaier. of the committee of twenty five of the Republican Club, practically sayinaj that he would do whatever the party wanted him to do. He aid that the conditions since the printing of the Governor's letter had changed so rapidly that he was not sure that some parts of his speech would be entirely appropriate, but »• decided to give it as he wrote it- He said: »air Hughes Is entitled to the suonort of the rieieeates to the national convention from tale) state because he is the single candidate from th state and because, being such and having a rec ord public and private, that Is beyond reproach, custom and courtesy, and I had arniost said de cency require that he should be given that sup port cheerfully and heartily and with entire üb» nimitv and this support Implies that his wishes, or the wishes of those entitled to speak for hip (and I make no claim to that right), shall largely determine who shall go as delegates to the con vention to give him that support, without which <■* cannot hope for any result. Any one in public life, or hoping to go or re main in public life, will find it very emb»rr»» ine in future years to explain to himself or to the people why he violates this rule that I ha*« mentioned, and will be following a doctrine that will return again to plague him in future years. But we rest our support of Governor Hushes as a candidate for the nomination for the Presi dency on no such narrow foundation as parnr custom or party politeness. Our candidate stands to-day the Republican Gov ernor of the state, her representative citizen, and in that fact alone he has a right to the undivided support of the party that he so brilliantly led to victory but a little more nan a twelvemonth ago- I cannot forget— and it seems to me it would b* well for these planning a campaign in the state against his candidacy to remember— that, what ■ ever the outcome of the caucuses and of the con vention it finally comes that the man who ts elected by the party as a candidate must secure a ma jority of the votes at the poll", must secure a majority In the Empire State; that It Is not suffi cient alone that he shall be nominated; he must so appeal to the electors, including that large awl increasing body that Is impatient of rigid parry association. as to secure that majority, and any one disregarding this fact will have won but a Pyrrhic victory, without satisfaction and without result. HUGHES STRENGTH IN ISO*. This support Governor Hughes had In 130*. and this support saved to the party the Governorship of the etaw when every other nominee on the ticket went down to defeat. - . ' '• V :? ; What nas th« Governor done since his election that -vil! secure fewer votes in the eomlnsf elec tion than J>-for* when be received such a masmin cent majority fr>r the office he now holJs? la there one person m this audience to-nighi :s there on» in tht party anywhere. who can truthfully say that ne believes that Governor Hughes wi!l not poll as many vote* at '■■•■ coming election as he .«U<t fourteen months ago? Not one. And ib« most ardent of those who are seeking to promote th« candidacy of the other candidates dare not stur.<! up and make such olaim. ZJ*'}- Whether or not Governor Hughes. In his course as Governor, has entirely pleased those who pn> fesied to find more available Candida*- - In other persons than himself, whether or not he has lion**, or left undone, things with which professional poli ticians haT« been pleased, whether or not you. or I, shall approve his every act. Is Inconsequential, It still remains that by what he has tione he ha* not only not lost popular support, but he has tre mendously won It. and in the coming contest of, UN there is no human being with a sane head and an" honest heart who will not aamlt tftat for Ke» ting votes In the Empire State he Is the strong est man that can be named. mt&Bk Personally I give him my support for the reason that in his term us Governor he has accomplished some things that lons lay very near to mv heart and which to my mind were necessary to be dona If. popular savernment was not to become a bis*.