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SOVTHHASWOXME"
-WILLIAM H. TAFT
(OSTISVED DEMONSTRA -
TIOS IX ATLANTA.
"'Possum Supper" Most Ambitious
Banquet in City's History—Cheer
ins Crowds Everywhere.
Atlanta, Jan. 1* - President-elect William H.
, „' pas been in the hospitable embrace of
*"; 1r all day. Recognizing the climax of the
<»d end continuous demonstrations In the
SnW and imposing scene presented at the
here to-night he ■ exclaimed with evl
a V-ee of great feeling: :
•1 ha* not honed to win the South, but the
couth has won me."
' The famous -"possum supper" was the most
ililir- banquet this city has ever under
;.. Though participated in by more than
«~ hundred of the city's representative men. it
started in by the entire population. It find
LTJrwefftaC eloquence of welcome extended to
2 Taft In his reception at the capital and at
L Piedmont Hotel where he was sought by
:u nMa ,d- constitute a brilliant chapter In his
r^V achievement* south of the Mason and
through Geoigla- hi a literal de-
X ;, t ,on or his trip to-day from Augusta to At-
Z'l And wherever the special train which
JJ^ta provided came to a halt there were
vtrhig crowds evidencing their cordiality by
f^l 'tributes, cheers, bands and speeches, in
whVh th President-elect was told he was re
pected. admired, loved.
A little bunch of violets plucked from the
of Alexander Stephens and presented by
,' rrandniec* of the distinguished Georgian
bronsbt forth a warm tribute to the memory
of Stephens at Crawfordsvi'.le.
'Atlanta's welcome to Mr. Taft began In the
railroad yards. where all locomotives tied open
iheir whistles, and ceased only when he had re-
Ifred for the night. Thousands were at the sta
tion thousands followed him through the streets
a, he was drawn by four horses to the Capitol,
Governor Smith bsmJ a committee of seventy
rave him a "formal reception, after which the
Governor presented him to the crowd, and Mr.
Taft once more voiced hiE appreciation of cord
iality ■nd good feeling at hip reception. He was
escorted by a squad of mounted police to the
Piedmont Hotel, where he was the guest of
honor at a reception by the chamber of Com
merce, the Ohio Society and the rale Alumni.
;nvemor-f ]<?-'. Brown came with Mr. Taft.
Governor Smith received him and the officials
ef the ciiy and state generally took part in his
welcome. Mr. Taft will speak tO the negroes
h*r* in the morning, go to Athens to make an
t&ir-t? at the state university and return for
T > awastfon of the Capital City Club to-mor
row debt.
SPEECH AT THE- BAXQUBT.
Mr. Taft had given care to the preparation
of his basquet speech and he followed his man
wtrtpt cio=*;y. He bad come South for rest to
tired nerves after a strenuous yo'ttical
paigs. he began, but when h* realized he had
fallen into the hands of: strenuous Atlanta he
i^Eaa to realise that his rest was to be seriously
BBS.
■l Taft eaid that he wa< proud to have been
the first Republican candidate for the Presi
aajejr who had carried his canvass south of
il&son and Dixon's line.
"In the pr^once of Democrats «nd Republi
cans here at a non-partisan banquet expressing
the welcome of the whole community it would
iHther be courteous nor appropriate for me to
to into a partisan discussion." Mr. Taft con
tinued. "I can only refer to the fact with grat
ification and congratulation that T. >-■;.-■ the »>r
]T*sEion of %ny political view in the South is
{««::• without Involving social ostracism or
*ny of the penalties with which it might have
been visited in earlier times. Ten years have
made a great difference in the attitude which
tfc* controlling people of the South occupy toward
tie 'r:':, and the. government."
v The President -*lect thejj summarized the
etases which had worked and were effecting
this change — the Spanish war, the attitude of
McEinley. hi- lovable character and the prin
ciples he Etood for in his campaigns; the sue
«ssion of Roosevelt, with his Georgia mother,
lad finally the wonderful business development
■ the South.
#I am a Uepublican. but I concede fully the
rut advantage to the country of having a
-*njocT£U paity sufficiently powerful at times
*• *in the Presidential elections and always to
Pot the Republican party when In control In
a!- of a possible or probable defeat. And so
» the gouth no one can deny the advantage
«»t will arise in local and state governments
*■ there is a substantial and intelligent mi-
Tity which may become a successful majority
'» Punlshirent of the abuses 'that are likely to
Cfow out of the long continued «nd undisputed
Patrol of one party. Added to that, the un
°**inty which may attend the result of na-
Oonaj elections In a state is certain to give it
M«tfcma: importance in the councils of the
n«lon.
o '** rve that among some prominent mem
. •>»» of Congress there is a disposition to charge
«*« with an attempt to win the South over to
.^Wblicaalsna and a somewhat contemptuous
pr ** Hon "* opinion that this Is utterly nn
hi^r To them I would ca >' that I am not
»««! of inning the South over, as they pay.
b that the South has succeeded in win
zis S »c.
HIS COMING HOT PARTISAN.
" my coming had been partisan no such
sib- Uas as thiS to-night would have been aoa
'«. «ad so I may «ay „f all the receptions and
of good will and welcome that I
Vhk*j» r * ?HVe4 " m P ° lnt "' rK)Jnt lhroughout
Wl southern country. The very success of my
•atiafLr V *' re " On w!jv J t gives me ■° much
r . on ' '• the pronounced non-partisan
;**[*««■ of the welcome which has been so
"jj lff extended to roe.
ti^ V ' ir thi « indiractly make?,. not for a par
j^ 1 "vantage but for a continuance of the
nsnent in favor of independent of speech
***** and political tolerance, its result is
JBa« al: <!tir " ns - »< whatever polUtc*! part! .
"rejoice to have brought about.
irtraH* di " t !ocal "-' of a national admin
j««.on uiK>n the South Is bhlefly through its
ftmrtu *' W" l '"** and «erclsln» tiielr
* »»,► T tough th- nation, and therefore the
__ »••■ ° the sdsaliilsliatluu toward the
i»rTof I:i V P«>I»!e UtkcS its color, irt th- charac
*fkU " offlclals ' and therefore the admin
»• mm Way be properly held accounUble and
*v i a del<?rra ed by the qualifications, fit
>«*r, , standing ..f the men appointed to rep
" " In the districts and states of the s»c-
'••oiinu^.i wn third BSflS>
I^Si^tZJS m: -NEW- YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1909. -SIXTEEN PAGES.
SITE FOR COURTHOUSE.
Washington Square Recommended
for New $7,000 J00Q Building.
Recommendation has been made to the Board
of Estimate by the Courthouse Board that
the proposed new home for the Supreme Court
be in Washington Square and that the structure
cost from $6,000,010 to $7,000,000.
It Is stipulated in the law authorizing the
construction of a new courthouse that If It is
decided to erect the building in a public park
an area equal to the cite of the building be
added to the park, so as not to decrease the
size o' the recreation centre. AU of tho Su
preme Court jusices are said to be in tavor of
this site rather than in <.'iiy Hall Park, as has
been suggested. The members of the board are
William >:. Cohen. Charles fi. Fain hild, David
B. Ogden, Edward M. Grout sml Morgan J.
O'Brien.
FOR SOUTHERN BUSINESS.
Planned Organization Includes $Jy
000,000 Building in Washington.
Atlanta. Jan. 16. — To vivify the business of
the South by an organization embracing fifteen
states and backed by an almost inexhaustible
fund contributed by the leading business men
of those states was the proposition laid before
the executive committee of the Southern Com
mercial Congress in session here to-day. State
organizations were mapped out and a $1,000,000
Office building in Washington approved.
A call was issued to one thousand men of the
South to contribute $1,000 each to a fund for
permanent investment to carry on the work
FLOODS BLOCK TRAFEL.
Big California Dams (rive Way
Many Bridges Wrecked.
San Francisco. Jan. ID. —A report received 11
the offices of the Southern Pacific company In
this city slat"" that us a result of the heavy and
continuous rains of the last week the l>ij* dam
of the OrovlUe Power and Water Company, in
Fall Hirer Valley, and the dam of Ihe Stanley
Power and Water Company m the same region
hare both given way and released a great quan
tity of -water, which is threatening the town of
Orovffk
Two spans of the new bridge of the Western
Pacific, at Sacramento, have been washed out,
one man being drowned when the span« went
down. Many other bridges have been wrecked.
No trajns gre running on the east si le of the
Sacramento Valley, and overland traffic practi
cally is at a standstill.
Reno, New. Jan. 15. -Because of broken
bridges and the collapsing of 139 (eel of snow
pheds In the mountains, eight overland pas
senger trains on the Southern Pacific Railroad
are blocked between here and Sacramento. Rain
is still Calling heavily. For the first time In the
history of the Southern Pacific Railroad through
passenger trains are being Bent southwest from
Ogden over the San Pedro lines to Mojavve, < .1..
and thence north to San Francisco.
ttILL-HARRIMAN WAR ON.
Latter Plans to Parallel Colorado «$
Southern Lines.
[By TeJ^eraph io TUB Trlhun* \
Denver. Jan. 15. — The purchase of the Colo
rado & Southern Railroad by the >iiii Interests
and Immediate diversion to the Burlington of
the business which th» Colorado road has been
giving the Union Pacific, has been followed, as
was predicted in Wall Street, by a renewal of
the war between Hill and Harriman Th(» Union
Pacific has obtained rights of way and will
start work at once on lines paralleling the new
Hill road in Northern Colorado. where the Colo
rado & Southern gets its largest freight and
passenger traffic. Surveyors are also to take
the field south of Denver for ■ line to connect
at rango. Col., with the Southern Pacific's
tine from Arizona to rango.
It is reported here that General Superintendent
W. 1.. Park of the Union Pacific Railroad has
been advanced to the h»*ad of the operative de
partments of all the Harrii;ian lines In the West,
with headquarter* at Chicago.
The report that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Jiallrua:! Company would make a large issue of
bonds probably about ?2<'.o<.«).">V), 10 finance Its re
cent purchase of a controlling Interest in the Colo
rado &• Southern Railway was confirmed in this
City yesterday, and ii is understood that applica
tions eoverisiij the issue several times over have
been received by J. P. Morgan & Co.. although ihe
boiiOs will probably ■■■" be brought out (or a cor
jii.!era!j!e time to come. According to Wall Street
report, the bonds will be part of the. *?.'< -• ■-■
(:>;,<•::■■ montage I per cent issue authorised last
year. of which ♦16, ... been s-.»ld to Investors
at SC» 2 .
The »a.!e of the Colorado & Southern control by
Edwin Ha« und his associates was a cash trans
action, and in raising the funds necessary. to meet
!)],» requirement " cash payment the Hurllntrton
borrowed several million dollars from the Northern
Paejfie. it :s ■aid. This loan will be repaid out of
the proceeds or the coming bond sale
TWO TO FACE FORGERY' CHARGES
Columbus and Baltimore Men Taken Into
Custody at Rochester.
Rochester, Jan. 15.— Two young men taken into
custody to-day, who v. ill. the police say. be
charged with forgery to-morrow, are said to i,«-
Karl Cottrell, of • Columbus, Ohio, ami John A.
Thorn, who says lie belong* to » prominent fam-
By in Baltimore. The men are Lelievcd to have
come here trom Sew York, and rhum had evi
dently been In Beattle. Washington hikl Milwaukee.
Cottrell got work with a randy company as .•;"
agent, and It made a charge against Mm of mis
appropriating about *6.">. Cheeks, alleg.-d to have
been forged, were found on both men. They were
apparently preparing to leave the city when ar
rested
MINING PRESIDENT A SUICIDE.
Boston, Jan. 15.— The body of Henry C. L.aiiKe
helne. president and treasurer, of the Amalgamator
Manufacturing Company, a mining concern, was
found on the floor of tin.- company's office. No. 3
School street. In thin city to-day with a hole In
the forehead and a revolver at ii.'- side, a medi
cal examiner found that death was by atdcid*.
BAY STATE SENATE BARS LOBBYISTS.
Boston. Jan. 15.— The Massachusetts Senate vita
out debate adopted to-day the recommendation
presented yesterday by th«- Committee on Rules
excluding legislative agents ami counsel from the
Senate chamber . • -■: corridors. ii.-- Senate also
adopted resolutions of sympathy on the recent ca
lamity In Southern Italy ami Sicily.
EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Cape Town. .fa". Ij.— Several earthquakes have
occurred recently In various parts of South Africa.
One was fe!t to-day at Johannesburg- hut no
taasaga was done.
MAY ENJOIN TRUTHS
— j
COURT AS LAST RESORT TO
SAVE ST. JOHN'S.
Legislature May Also Be Asked to
Come to Aid of Chapel— Another
Offer Is Rejected.
' A special committee of St. John's Chapel met
last night, and the project of attacking Trin
ity's charter of 1814, by which she controls the
majority of the Protestant Episcopal real es
tate in New York, was considered. The possi
bility of applying to the' courts for an injunction
to prevent Trinity from closing St. John's
Chapel on February 1 was also discussed.
The matter of appealing to an authority
higher than Trinity to settle a controversy over
which the entire Protestant Episcopal Church
is becoming stirred has been taken up in the
light of what is now believed to be Trinity's
final word to those who have been fighting to
save the old house of worship.
It became known yesterday that John B. Pine.
I. N. Phelps Stokes and others, who have
formed an association with the purpose of en
dowing St. John's and relieving Trinity of Its
care, had received from the corporation a re
fusal of their offer made before the meeting of
the rector and vestry last Monday night. It is
said that this offer was considered for only a
few minutes -by the corporation, and that the
reply made to Mr. Pine and his associate? was
as lacking in explanation as that received at
the same time by I*e.wls W. Smith, representing
St. John's Chapel, in answer to a new petition
from the congregation asking for a reconsider
ation of the decision to close.
Roth replies from Trinity stated that it was
the unalterable decision of the corporation to
close the chapel In Varlck street.
I>ewis W. Smith, a member of st John's con
gregation's special committee, said last night
after the meeting that the aid of 111' courts and
the Legislature might be Invoked not only to
save St. John's, but also to test the right of
Trinity to administer the property received un
der the early grants for the >!*•» of the Prol
tant Episcopal Church in this city, as it has
been th»» policy of the corporation since th«
passage of the act of IRI4. which became a law
only by the statute' of limitation. The other
members of the committee are John Burke and
Gustavus ShelL
"We are not through with Trinity yet." said
Mr. Smith. "We realize now that nothing we
can pay to that corporation will cause it to
change its ironbound determination to close st.
John's, whether it has one communicant or five
thousand. We have, learned that it Is not facts
about the usefulness of the work at the chapel
that can interest Trinity in maintaining it. We
■hall not go any further In our efforts to save
the chape! by any such methods
•But there are other .nurses rp»n The
thought of securing an Injunction against the
corporation has been considered by many °'
the members and it It pnsslbln that som..- such
action may be taken, although no d» finite steps
have yet been begun.
"Asid* from the matter of an Injunction and
our effort to a»ve the chapel. we may •■:■■ to th«
Legislature. Nothing that we can do to make tho
corporation suffer for Its Injustice to Its trust
and a Christian community such si St. John*
ministers to will be left undone. The leader of
the Ist Republican Assembly District Mr. Rose,
is a member of the chapel, and It will be quit©
possible and likely that he will interest his
political friends In a movement to have Trinity's
portion and methods Investigated We think
that, with Governor Hughes and the present
Legislature to stand for right and Justice, we
would have no difficulty In proving thai Trin
ity has been false to Its trust.
••There is a strong feeling of bitterness In the
congregation of St. John's against Dr Man
ning, whom everybody holds direct responsible
for closing the chapel. One of his reasons, we
think, is based on our form of servl< c. which la
•higher* than Pr Manning has permitted
throughout I i* parish since his re :torate be
gan."
TO I* LAST 9,000,0V0 ACRES.
English Royal Commission's Plan to
Solve Unemployed Problem.
London, Jan 16.— The Royal Commission ap
pointed to consider th< question of afforestation
as a palliative Tor unemployment has Issued Its
report, It recommends a plan for the planting
of 9.000,00(1 acres In Greal Britain and Ireland
over a period of eighty years, about 150.000
acres to be afforested annually and the work
to employ 18.000 men In the winter months.
The report says thai Parliament could be asked
to grant the necessary powers, and that the
scheme should be financed by a loan, the in
terest of which would be defrayed hy taxation.
It is estimated that the forests would be self
supporting after the fortieth year, and after
eighty years the income from them would reach
.57,."Vh),(Kh». The comnvssfon Included among its
members H. Rider Haggard, the author.
It is understood that the government, prob
ably at the near! session of Parliament, will take
Heps to obtain approval for the scheme laid out
by the Royal Commission. This la hailed edi
torially by all the morning newspapers as an
Important and businesslike proposal, especially
It: view of the gr^at advance in tin price of
timber in recent years and the fact that Great
Britain In 10<»7 Imported timber to the value of
ijillKMXlO.OOd, „f which twenty varieties could be
grown in Great Britain.
ALLEGE OMAHA GRAFT.
Police Chief and Eii'-Pr<tsccutur Said
to Hare Taken Money.
Omaha, Jan. Herbert 8. Daniel, City
Prosecutor, caused consternation In Judge
Bears'* court to-day by declaring that i J. J.
Wetmore, on trial for bribery, had told the
Prosecutor that Chief of Police John J. Dona
hue had been receiving $130 and Prosecutor
Thomas Lee bad boon paid v_'<>o a month for
protection by M. F. Martin, formerly owner of
much property in th«.- 3d Ward.
Wetmore is on trial lor attempting to bribe
prosecutor Daniel not to eios*s "Th* Arcade,"
.i resort owned by Martin. Daniel te»tllled that
VVetmore offered him fSUH cash ■ d (S2OO a
month, or $1,300 in one payment, It the place
be permitted to operate!
Dean Beecher, of Trinity Cathedra and sev
eral other prominent citizens, are tebjad tho
prosecution. Chief Donahue denies that be ever
accepted money for protection of vies and -\-
Prosecutor Lee a'?o d< nies the charge against
him.
HAAN'S RESTAURANT. PARK ROW B'LOG.
!...ng i IBMMM foe <;uifin» and ssrvtos, M BbV . — Ad\t.
CITY BUILDLVGHELDUP
TAXPAYER ENJOINS THE
BRIDGE DEPARTMENT.
Contends That Foundation Would
Be Unsafe if Built on Sand —
Contractor Also Sued.
A taxpayer's suit was begun yesterday to stop
the erection of the proposed municipal terminal
building at the Brooklyn Bridge, a temporary
injunction being obtained from Justice Vernon
M. Davis, leturnnble on. January L'l The or- .
d r applies to both John 11. Gray, to whom the
contract for the foundation was awarded on
December 24. and to the Bridge Department,
on which it was served yesterday afternoon.
As soon as the copy of the court order was
received in the Bridge Department office it waa
sent t<> the Corporation Counsels office by
Chief Engineer Kingsley Martin. In the absence
Of Bridge Commissioner Stevenson. The case ■
for the city will probably be turned over to As
sistant CorporaitaS) Counsel Sterling, who han
dled the case for the Bridge Department when
Edward S. Murphy, Superintendent of Build
ings in Manhattan, refused to approve of tin
plans, on the ground that they were unsafe.
Commissioner Stevenson appealed to the- Board
of Examiners, who held that they had no Juris
diction to review the determination of the Su
perintendent of Buildings.
On December 24 Assistant Corporation Coun
sel Sterling supposedly advised Commissioner
Stevenson thai under Chapter 670 of the Laws
of l'.t<>7. which authorized the Bridie Depart
ment to erect t're building, he could ignore
the Buildings Superintendent, for the contract
for the foundation was awai led that day to the
J. H. Gray Company. This company made ;i
ftid of s»;<>7.<Mto, which was >17»'>.7"^t lowei; than
the ne\t one. made by J. C. Rogers.
The delay at the start of the work on the
foundation of the building through litigation
"ill Indefinitely postpone an> chance of Brook
lyn Bridge relief !•;. the operation of the sub
\va> loop, of which the building Is planned to
furnish the chief t- rniinal station. The su'f
way, with the exception of the terminal station.
A\i!l probably be ready (or use by January of
next year. Without the station It will be of no
us" In relieving the strain of congestion bow
xisiinp on the Brooklyn Bridge. After tho case
has ;•<•. n carried through the courts, unless
Bridge Commissioner Stevenson's contentions
* are upheld, new plans "ill have to t>e formu
: !ated and the foundations carried down to bed
rock a work that will take several months
j nmro than the present plans call for and cost
■ several hundred thousand dollars more.
The injunction la sought by Henry 1,, w:
as ■< ' through Ashbel P. Fit. h, Mott
A 'Jnnt. of No. :;_' Nassau street. Mr. Mott,
I who has the -.ise In charite, would not disclose
the Identity of Mr Wheeler yesterdayi "Mr.
\Vh«>fler. " he said, "has brought T Ilia ta\t
suit simp;- ns a public spirited ritlzen and a
taxpayer. W-- has no ulterior object in view
other than the public good. He is oot ad.i'g
for any •rganixation or ot . of citizen?.
••Mr Wh< \ c-s that the. statement
:>■ ;)ie s-ip- rnitetj.i. Nt of Philidtnga
U is unsafe to allow the building to be buIM on
fine --rind twenty five feel below water •
nith n weight Imposed oi I< N » Id 2011
pel it Rr--at-r than i? alk>%ed by the rules of
ti,<- F<ullding Code, is ample justification for
such a suit. It would be shameful for an; c*tl
: .. • allow the erection >>r a building meant
to house all the great Hn departments which
- ■ .•!■.- to slide off Into • ' any mo
ment."
■ omplatai Bled wltli the court cit< ■
the joints hrought out In The Tribune roncern-
Ing tii.- proposed fo tndatlon The plans adopted
bj Commissioner Stevenson rail for the placing
of stgttt tons to the square focA on fine sand.
Mr Murphy refused to approve I
deeming them unsafe, and saying that he would
not allow a greater weight than three tons to
be placed on sues soiL The board of .'\atni
ner« upheld him in this contention. Bridge
Commissioner Btevenson contended t ; :!t Chap
ter 870 of the taws of IWT. authorising his
department to erect the b liMUng. put M outside
jurisdiction of the Department of Build
ings. Mr. Wheeler, through his counsel, says
t)!at this same a> t does not In any waj take
til- building out of tli. Jurisdiction of the !>•■
partmenl ol Buildings. At the start of the
building code it is explicitly stated that it
provisions apply "with equal force to all build
ings, municipal ami private "
HUNTS LOSS WEAKENS YALE CREW
Son of Architect Marries and Leaves College
to Work in West.
; By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
New I raven. Jan. 13J— Frank Carley Hunt, who
rowed No. 4 in the Yale [varsity eifrht against Hat
..i d last >oar. v.as married yesterday tv Mlsa
Florence Add.' Loomls. a Blove clerk In a local
store, and lias eft police* As toKl In to-<!av"s
Tribune, tin ! were married In Providence. Tli*
bridegroom's r father is Rtcliaiu I!. Hunt, a well
known v.-.v York ar.liltect
Mi. Hunt's mother was berc las) month and was
Introduced to Mis.- I '"•*■ «•"• is nineteen years
old. Mr. Hunt told his mother then thai he In
tended to many Miss [irotnis ftei his graduaUon
f,. tn Yale next ■'•"■■■ He has written his room
.male that I .• will not return ti> YaK '■ "• will «°
Into business in I ! "' West.
Hunt' ■ .iPi>J<n.:- is .1 severe blow to jTsli
chances In the boat race with Harvaril. He la
twenty-one ■ •••'■■ old ■'"■ 1 prepared for Yule : " St.
Paul's Bel i. Garden City. it. played cent <>"
his freshman football elevrn • ■■" is ■ 1110ml.fr li;
lhe aolster, ■ secret society o( the bheftiel.l Scien
tific School.
BURGLAR CHASE IN BROOKLYN.
Negro Had Diamond Brooch Caught Inside His
Mouth When Taken.
Park Slope, Brooklyn, was stirred by a burglar
chase yesterday afternoon when George Jones, a
negro with jewelry valued at Hm which he hud
Just taken from .1. apartments of Mrs. Alice Bean.
No a3 Bigl Hi avenue, was caught after naif a
mile run and taken •• la- Bsrgen street station.
Policemen pne.' Ms Jaws open there and found a
brooch ,„ pear', «d diamond*: concaled in Us
mouth. The ■«. « r th« loroocll bad Boas nearly
through ii"- negro's i-n*ek.
Kaua Alle-i. a servant, siaite.t the chase when she
discovered tin- ""> :ro Bulletins up the jewelry from
M:> Bean', d-eaairr, Her screams brought ..»
, UunM and the crowd w pursuit continued to
K ro« until Hi i ■'•'«'" was « » "*** In his posses
sion wens found a gold lorgiwte and chain, a sliver
lorgnette and train, two breaslpraa. a diamond ring.
a gold watci. «ad pearl collar. Th* burgler en
tered the house by skeleton key* He will be ar
raigned to-dai on a charge of burglary, second de
gres . . ._
SEABOARDS FINE FLORIDA SERVICE.
The t>eiiLoanl Florida Ltd.. all Pullmans v tric
liguted. and two other liign-< trains. 'Shortest
route, quickest time. Ing. 1.18.5 » way. -Advt
OWES $163000; ASSETS MI
Can field and Waldorf-Astoria Credi
tors of Michigan Promoter.
Detroit. Jan. 15 —"Dee" Allen, of Battle Treek.
h railroad promoter, filed a petition In bank
ruptcy here to-day, listing his liabilities as
JI63.T9L', with no assets, except $200 worth of
clothing, which Is exempt. It is said that he
lost large suras of money in a project called the
< 'arolina Valley Railway, and in a horse collar
i vnpasqr.
Among the creditor* are A. W Wright, c.f
Alma. Mich.. $27,043; E. Hope Norton, of WaU
street. New York, note dated IS9T, made jointly
with L. N. Downs, of Philadelphia. $25.^00; OH
National Bank, of Battle Creek, note made
Jointly with L. N. Downs. $20,000; City Bank of
Hattlrt Creek, notes made Jointly with L. N.
Downs, last one dated 1907. $3«.5?2. Richard
Canfleld, of New York, as indorser. $14,ono:
Wells Fargo Bank, as indorser with W. K. Van
Brunt, Of New York. $10.00<\ E. L. Hollings
v.orth. of Rensselatr. Ind., also holds a large
claim against the petitioner. Several hotels are
among the smaller creditors, including the Wal
dorf-Astoria, of New York, and the Bellevue-
Stratford. of Philadelphia.
REFUSES $6,000 BEQUEST.
Woman Testifies That Neighbor
Was Incompetent to Make Will.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune 1
Syracuse, Jan. 15. — Declaring that she was not
entitled to the money, Mrs. Mary J. Joyce, of
Cicero, Onondaga County, refused a $.V">o be
quest in the Surrogate's Court yesterday. She
was a neighbor of the late Miss Mary F. Hervey.
of North Syracuse, whose estate was valued at
JS 000, and It was she who made the bequest to
Mrs. Joyce.
Miss Hervejr had no heirs, and she gave f2£oß
to Moses Prinstein. of Syracuse, and the residue
to Mrs. Joyce. Wilttam Mettlern. of I>^ K:ilh,
Til., an uncle of the decedesrt, will row «et
the money on Mrs. Joyce's testhmaiy that Miss
Hervey was Incompetent. The probate ol the
« ill was refused.
LONGBOAT CATCHES HIM.
Tenderloin Chase Ends Abruptly
When "Tom" Enters Race.
"Tom" Longboat, the Indian Marathon runner,
used his speed yesterday morning to bring Into
the hands of the police James Smith, a negro,
■.< ho. it is charged, tried to steal a coat from a
Tenderloin tailor shop. Sixth avenue in th»
neighborhood of 30th street was treated to the
sight of the famous long distance runner giving
a public exhibition without charge.
Paul Pashkin. a tailor at No. 145 West list
street, told the police of th«» West 30th street
station that Smith had plucked a coat from a
Iin«» and started toward Sixth avenue. Pashkin
ran only a small part of a Marathon in pursuit
before he was winded. At Sixth avenue Smith
and the coat went south toward 30th street.
Longboat and his manager were at 3l«=t street
and Sixth avenue when Smith was turning into
30th street, going toward Broadway. Before th»
short block had been covered by the man with
the- coat the Indian speeded up behind him and
took him by the collar to PatrolmaPHaggerty.
of the West 30th street station.
The discomfort of being held on a charge of
attempted larceny was lessened when Smith
learned that he had a distinguished captor.
SUES FOR MONEY SPENT WITH WIFE.
Former Kentucky Senator, Who Wedded His
Daughter's School Chum. Asks for Divorce.
[By Telegraph to Th« Tr!; ■■* 1
Lexington, Ky . Jan. Charles J. Bronston.
former State Senator, former District Attorney
and chairman of the Democratic City and
County Committee, filed suit for divorce to-day
against his wife, Mrs. Bell Wlsdon Bronston.
who was a school chum of his daughter by a
former union. The couple were married March
13 IS9T. and separated March 13. 1907.
He alleges in the petition that Mrs. Broaatoa
abandoned him without cause, and prays for the
return of money in the sum of more than $23,000
used in the improvement and furnishings for the
Home, cash advanced, and for four trips they
took to Europe during their married life, which
1," claims should be restored to him. Mrs. Bron
stun is now at her former home, in Paducah. Ky.
GETS $1,500 FOR KISSES SENT TO WIFE.
Jersey Jury Gives Verdict for Damages from
Atlantic City Yachtsman.
[By Telecraph to The Tribune.]
Mays landing. N. J.. Jan. 15 -A jury to-day
««r»rde<] Thomas Benjamin, ■ Philadelphia mer
chant jl SM damages in his **M 0 suit against
Charles N Foster, captain of an Atlantic City
y i.'ht for the alienation of Mrs. Benjanvr.> affec
tions Neither the defendant nor Mrs Benjamin
was" in court, the former being represented by
counsel, however.
The Benjamins were summer residents ..f Atlantic
Cits in 13<C, •>"'' there became friendly with the
Posters Benjamin found endearing letter* from
roster in his wife's desk. One sent Mrs. Benjamin
one hundred thousand kisses, and all were Wed
with the most affectionate terms.
COOKED TO DEATH IN BATHTUB.
Mo':nt Vernon Man Stricken with Heart Dis
ease in Denver.
„.,,,.... , 1; , ... a joha V. Daatty, atxty-ahra y»ar-s
old, <>r Mount Vernon. NyN y aald to ba -i wealthy
j.,.,,1 „.,. „.r , v .>- found de.d i-i a bathtub in;.» whteh
hot water «.is running 10-day. The i>..dy had evi
dentl) been ni tha water stnea buM aaMakdW, an.i
was cooked. It hi believed that is- was -tritken
with heart disease while la tha buth.
INJUNCTION SNUFFS OUT HAFFEN.
Bronx Man Not Permitted Even to Talk About
Improvement.
Borough President Haffen yesterday at the meet- I
Ing of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
received a lesson in the law.
•The Chair." announced Mayor McClellan, "has
received an injunction issued "by Supreme Court |
Justice Davis restraining the board from acting ;
upon proposed changes as to Bailey avenue. The
Bronx."
"Now. I wish to explain." said President Haf- ;
fen. "that this improvement" —
"Look out." nai«l President McOowan. "you're :
under injunction." ;
••Bui i can discuss it." i
• 111. no; you can't." said 111- Mayor; "yoa'rc ••:,- i
j«>i:ieti not to BaaS upon or consider it." ;
• — / - .{ »
PRINT PAPER FROM PINE STUMPS.
Gainesville. I ' la.. Jan. IC— English and ■asters
capitalists have bought a sit.- here ... 1 it Is said.
will Invest J2.C00.000 in mills for the manufacture of
print paper from pine stumps, thousands of which
may be had in the immediate neighborhood.
Ask -our grocer for "Salada." For quality and
flavor ii has no c;ual. -Advfc
PRICE THREE CENTS.
| PRESIDENT GUAitDS
. NATURAL RESOURCES
VETOES BILL GRANTING
MONOPOLY.
So?/* Thirteen Great Corporations
Control One-third of Countn/'i
Water Power.
IFrcm Tbe Trt*un» Bureau. T
. Washington. .lan. 15.— The President sent t»
the House to-day a vigorous message vetoing
the bill authorizing William H. Standish to con
struct a dam across the James River, in Mis
souri, and indicating his purpose to veto, should
they be sent to him. similar measures Intro
duced by Senators Crane and Teller and Repre
sentative Monde!! All these measures con
fer on private individuals or corporations water
rights which the President maintains should be
granted for a term of not more than fifty year*
and only for a fixed compensation. The veto i*
similar to that of the Rainy River dam bill of
last year, which ultimately became a law only
because the company promised In writing to
submit to such conditions as might be imposed
by the Secretary of War.
The President explains Ism reasons for his
veto at length, showing the remarkable extent
to which the large corporations are acquiring
control of the water power of the country, and
predicting that unless checked the history of
the oil monopoly will be repeated 'th "tr-*
hydro-electric power industry." He asserts
that thirteen corporations, of which the most
Important are the General Electric Company
and the Wrstinghouse Electric and Manufact
uring Company, already have acquired control
of 33 per cent of the developed water power of
the country, practically within the last Sv«
years, and says:
The great corporations are acting with for—
Bight, singleness of purpose and vig<">r to control
the water powers of the country. They pay no
attention to state boundaries and ar» not inter
ested In the constitutional law affecting naviga
ble streams except as it affords what has been,
aptly called a "twilight zone." where they mar
find" a convenient refuge from any regulation
whatever by the public whether through tn»
national 01 th" state government".
THE PRESIDENT'S MnS^AUE.
The text of the message follows:
To -he House of Representatives:
I return herewith without my approval Hou'*
hill 17.7^7 to authorize William 11. Stan.! to
construct a dam across James Riv»r. In St©»«
County. Mo., and divert a portion of its watera
through a tunnel Into the said rive r again to
create electric power. My reasons for not sign-
Ing the bill are:
The bill gives to th» grantee a valuable privi
lege, which by it<» very nature is monopolistic
and does not contain the conditions essential Xo
protect the public interest.
In pursuance of a policy declared in my mes
sage of February 26. W8 <S. Poc. N<v 325%
transmitting th report ot the Inland Water
ways Commission to Congress. I wrote on March
13.1905, the following letter to th<» Senat? Com
mittee on Commerce:
Numerous MHs Krormng walT rtelits in con
formity with the general act of Jun» 21. 13'T». h-Jv»
l>*«n introduced during the present session Of Con
gress, and some of these liav? already pas*»,t ;
Whi!« the. general act authorizes the limtMtirn an.l
restriction of water rights '■ the pnNir Intergn
nd would seem to warrant making a reascrabl'*
charge for the benefits conferred. th« >.<»•• bills wr.ici
hnve ... my attention do n.->t seem to ruaM
th«- public irter»»ts adequately in these r<»<»p«ct.-.
The effect r,f srantins privileges su.-h as are con
ferred by these bills, a? ! s:'id in a recent message.
"t*ken topetrer with richts already acqßtXCd un
der state Ir.ws. WOUld b,- to giv' away properties
of enormous valu«. Through lack of foresight w*
have formed the 'i a ivt of granting without <om-
P"nsatl"n extremely valuable rights, amounting ttl
monopolies, on navigable streams and on the pub
li. domain The repurchase at great expanse o^
w:-ter ri K hts tbu« nrefessH civ-n away itjt £<i?
return has already pesr'.m in the Ea*r. an-i i""^",
loisr will l>» n-cf?ar.- in the W»st also. No right*
involvirV water power should N* gra.nte.l to an-
corporation in rerpetultv. i>ut only for a Jengtn or
time siiffl.ient to allow them to conduct their busi
ness profttablv. A reasonable charge should o,
course be tnaJe for v;tiiu«bl» rights and pmi^Kea
which they obtain from th? national governinen:
Tl.e value's f«W which tills charge is mini- w■!
•!!-!n)ate'y throticli the natural srowth nnd orrteriy
development of our i».pu!Ttion and industries. reac»i
enormous amounts. A fair share of the lmcwra
should '•'■ s.'fe .u!i.!e,i f..r the benefit of the people,
from whoa- labor it springs. The prm-ef.lst.ias
secured, after the cc O s»t of administration and lrn
proTement haa been met. sho:ld natural!'.- be de
voted to the de-elopment of f>vr inland waterways.
Accordingly I liar- decided to sicn n« bills h.-r»
af-er nni.h do rot provide speciri.aJly for th* nm
to fix and make a chare' and fnr a definite limi
tation in time of the rights conferred. I
In my veto message of April 13, 130 S. return-
Ing House bill 15.444. to extend the time for th»
construction of a dam across Rainy River, I
said:
We ar<- now .- the besriiminc of sreat rtevelotw
n>"iit In water power. Its use' through electrical
transmission is »nterinp more and more lamely into
every m( .nl of tbe daily tife of the people. Aj
readV the evils of monopoly are twonnung mani
fest ' already t v .*» experience of th«- p;»st shows tT»
necessity of taution in inakirssr unrestricted grants
of this Kr<-at power.
The present poiicv pursued m making rnes«
grams is unwise In Riving away the proportv or
the t'*<-ple in the tlowing water* to individuals or
organizations practical!* unknown, and Rrantms in
perpetuity these valuable privileges in advance <t
tIW rorm'ulaHor. Nt detette plans as to their "sf.
In some cases the grantees apparently have Httl*
or no .inancial or other ;i.hi!iry to utilize the ?tff,
and have sought it merely because it eooM te ln-t
fo>- tbe asking.
The Rainy River Company, by an agreement
! in writing, approved by the War Department.
, (i uently promised to submit to and abid<»
by such conditions as may be imposed by th*
Secretary of War. including a time limit and a
i reasonable charge. Only because of its com
: pliance In this way with these conditions did
the bill extending the time limit for that project
finally become a law.
An amendment to the present bill expressly
authorizing the to fix a limitation
of time and Impose a charge was proposed br
the War !*e;>arnnent. The letter, veto message
and amendment above referred to wer«» consid
*,.,-.,,i by the Senate i mnmittcf on Commerce, as.
appears by the committees report on the pres
ent bill, and the proposed amendment was char
acterized by the committee as -i "new departure
from the policy heretofore ptfrsued In r«sp*ct to
legislation authorizing the construction of such
dams." Their report set forth an elaborate
! legal argument intended to show that th* federal
! government has no power to Impose any charg*
' whatever for such a privilege.
The fact that the proposed policy is nnv is nt
! Itself no sufficient argument against its adoption.
As we are met with new conditions of indtistrr
seriously affectlnsj the public welfare, we should
not hesitate to adopt measures for the protection
of the public merely because theso measures ar«
new. When the public welfare is Involved Con
gress should resolve any reasonable doubt as tt>
its legislative power m favor Si the people and
against the seekers for a special privilege. .
My reason for believing that the federal gov
ernment, in granting a license to dam a navi
-able river has the power to Impose any condi
tions it finds necessary to protect the public, In
i eluding a charge and a limitation of the time. i»
that Its consent li legally essential to an enter
i prise of this character It follows that Congre**
can impose conditions upon its consent. Thin
>' principle was clearly stated in the House of
S Representatives on March 23. 1903. by Mr. WIH
: lams, of Mississippi, when ha said:
; There can be no doubt in the mind of any
I nan seeking merely '*'- public good and pa&iio
i rii?ht indejxiJdently ot any desire for local legi.«
: lation 'if this sreneraJ proposition, that whenever
• any Sovereignty, state cr federal, is required to
! Udue a clmrter or a license or a consent, in order
| to confer iwwers upon individuals or corporations.
It Is the duty of tliat sovereignty in the Interest:*
I of the people so to condition the grant of that
i power a* that it r-nall redound to the interest a*l
i all the people, and that utilities of vast ralm
■ should not be gratuitously granted to individual
or corporations and perpetually alienated from *h<*
' people or the state or the government. „.":,'*
! . It la admittM that this power tr» #re;:t
i darns -a navtirable streams cannot be ex<*r--« "hy
• a: , v 1,,.. except by an act of Congress. Nor. then,
i If It reijulr* an act of Congr«»*s to permit any m»ri
[ to put a tlatn 111 a navigable stream, t&ea tw*