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LEADERS HESITATE
OX HUGHES POLICY.
Continuation of Fight Indicat
ed, but Concessions Probable.
ißv Telejrraph to The Tribune.) -
Albany, Jan. .. Will . th*« Legislature
*flopt the Hughes policies for its own this
year or will the Republican crganiza-.
tlon chiefs who dictate legislative action
fight the Governor i^ they did last year
and defeat his recommendations?
This Question has been heard here on all
eides for a week, and the formal organlza-.
tlon of the Legislature on Wednesday will.
by no means settle it. Indeed, the leaders
ef the Republican organization In this state
»re undecided yet about the course theyi
»111 pursue, according to all the Informa
tion which Is available here. ■ Those lead
ere who were responsible for the defeat of
the Hinman-Greeii direct primary bill, the
Massachusetts ballot plan and the state
■up*""- -' ■■■ of telephone and telegraph
companies last year have not b«»come rec
onciled to tl'ose projects since then. But
ether factors are In th© equation now
which ma;, lead to a different result from
last year's. <S::Ul\ r^';
Surface indications point to a continua
tion of th« " rar - on -Governor Hughes and
his reforms. The- election of Senator Allds
a* majority leader of the upper house was
tet taken by progressive Republicans as
indicating great friendllnees on the part
•f the organization to the Governor. All
the gossip foe* to show that Speaker
Wads-worth will make up his committees—
«id there are many important places to
£11 this year~oif.a distinct anti-Hughes
bisls. Messrs Wad?worth. Woodruff,
Earr.cr. Hcnarlcks. O'Brien and Malby are
«* much opposed to the "direct primary
Xad" ana -n-ill Sent it as hard as ever they
«id. •' '• ' ■■' •• • ' ■ ■ - ■
CONCBSSIOXS MAY BE. MADE. ' .
But • > -ere e}Q] be a state election next
autumn... ihcludfng the election of State
Benatorr end Corjr«-e> -'• : . aud two years
ftllllPliU, there will be a Presidential elec
tion and- .the .rtate election. And the
tnott ■*"■■•.■::.•■. leaders in the Repub
lican party, la this -state and .in Wash-
In^ yon, arc making no secret of the
f»ct that, if ntceFsary, the. petty re«ent
roer.t of some of the state politician*
•gainst the Governor must be shallowed
,an<l thefr oppofition to his reforms thrown
•side, lest this state go Democratic next
•.uturan and remain Democratlo in the
T'-«>«a»r!U«i year. So it Is possible
that «ji a conc^s?lon to the "greater good"
• substantial part of the Governor's re
forms may be put on the statute books this
y*fcr. . .
6o pctent already has bf^r.n the quiet t>.ork
t>f Senator- Root, n^presentatlves Parsons
an-3 Bennet, arid, In a lesser degree, of
Pr«« Grdncr, of Buffalo, and other 'Repub
licans Tho come into the Washington at
mosphere, that Republican legislative lead
ers are .admitting Among themselves that
they must make concessions to the Gov
ernor. tCo programme- haß been mapped
cut yet, and the immediate point of interest
to how much concession they figure will be
ntlMiiry to st&v« oft* a political over
thXOTT-
"^LEPHONE SUPERVISION LIKELY.
It teems to b<s taken for granted that
fts.;e fupervlEion of telephone and tele
graph companies must come, though there
15 much difference of opinion about the de
cree of authority th© Public Service com*
TrIEsIOTJE ehoalfl have over the companies.
Boms charter revision for New York City,
a fairly comprehensive employers' liability
~ T>»afjrc, automobile tax lesislation, the
rreation of the Highlands. Park and the
' adoption of a.reasonable budget system for
the state r^T! highly probable.
To ju'jge-from. the present attitude of
politicians and legislators alike, the direct
nary, the Massachusetts ballot and tno ',
W<Ut4Aen of the number of elective state ■
o-^Tirers and the creation of a "Governor's !
Csbinet" will have little show. The ob- ]
' ration of "oral betting" also will bring ;
about a hard fight, but this time there may
not be the political interest attached to It '
which followed the Governor's battle to
abollsl professional bookmaking.
Organization men have talked at various
t!m€F, and etill are talking, about enacting 1
primary reform legislation; perhaps even a
«,f-»»y direct primary bill, though only
If very hard pressed. Progresblve Repub
*!cazi£ are asking whether any such Brndg-
Jt r.g naif-way compliance- with the Gov-
I f mot's refonji r*comm«-ndatk>ns -Rill serve
* to avert pol.tiral defeat n*>xt autumn, They
. esy ibzx the recent Assembly district fights
made it evident how keenly voters of both
parties granted a direct primary law. They
■ point to the fact that In two or three
■ counties Republican- candidates avowed a
' » arm friendliness to that fystem of mak
; ing nominations, but their political alli
j •nc*« -were ruch »ha; Republican voters
eiiOße Democrats Instead.
VOTERS WANT DIRECT PRIMARY.
"It jcay ho pood policy for the big chiefs
j to yield or: a few of the lesser JJughes
I r*form* and <J*feat him on the big ones,
' • t»tr* I fai! to eef it that way," commented
: a. I rash c £ Republican to-night. "1 don't
| believe the voters can be hoodwinked by
| Kucb a transparent dod^e in this year of
I grace. Xow. cine? any concession will be
f made only to <rian • the Republican party
! to ets- to tie good »rrac»i« of the intelll
; gc-at. progressive voters. It seems to me that
) It would lie a ■ vfn aad mistake for our
i friends. • 'ths : organise tion leaders, to give
'merely s}a<k>* and not substance. In
| ether words, voters want the direct pri
i ma-ry. and tmte supervision of. telephone
• eompanie* «md an automobile tax won't
| •ppeaee th«l» in the least, «f I'm any judge
of th« etate of affairs."
So the flrrt two or three weeks of the
legislative #*Bsion, while the wheels are lx
gtenlri» to grind slowly, will form a period
ill great tetereet and no little importance
ta &* political- *wl<3. . In that time &ome>
•en of a definite programmt; probably will
be vrcfkJhQ. out. Though •• may take the lead
•m J«J^er to 4eeJi!e what to do. The Gov
ernor Ib known to desire intensely .that his
sictes.scr.be a Rtpablicar and that his
party remain 22 Bo*ct But be stands as
firmly for th© enactment of a direct pri
mary law «vl hi« other reforms a« ev«r he
>■>•.£ So., y&llt -* plays the rsounJain, Re
p"-'b!}cans at iarge are wondering iow loner
lzvlU ;«k-. tHi organization leaders to play
tie part "of Mafccjsti aci joaraey to meet
lira.
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UNION LABOR BUSY.
Less Idleness and Higher
I Earning, State Report Shows.
Albany. Jan. 9.— Th.- following summary
J of returns from all labor organizations in
1 .the ate concerning unemployment,- wages
and earnings 'and union membership, and
of returns as to strikes and lockouts, for
, the third quarter of 1909. has been issued
' by the State Department of Labor in ad
: vance of "its forthcoming bulletin:
> ' The return-? of sinemployment for Sep
, tember SO, 190?. show a continuance of ttie
j decline in idleness among organized wage
; earners which baa been noted in previous
! bulletins .since March. 1008. At the end of
September the percentage of idleness among
true union members" stood at 10.3. This is
less than half ih»- percentage shown on
, the fame date the year before, when it
, , was 25.5, and is as low as the correspond
ing figure for' l9o7,- which -was 10.5. but it
ii is not as Jow as, any of the September
! figures for the years 1901 to 190*5. which
varied from 5.7 to l.7,*wltli an average of 7.
.. The average earnings of the union work
lngmen in the Met*' who had some employ
! ment during. July, August and September
i of l<Kir< were' $233. This indicates a great
I Improvement In earnings over the same
, quarter of ISOS. when the avereage was only
, 5207. Further, the. average for 1909 com
pares favorably with that for 190;, which,
was £27, or the highest on record. Similar
comparisons show the same general result
j In ■ah" case of nearly oil of the thirteen
industries or groups. of trades represented
| in thy returns.
But this increase In t*ie average cannot
• be interpreted as due to a general rise In
union wages— ;irst, because it Is fairly
well known that the period from Septem
ber, 1907, to September. 1909, was not one
jof | advancing wage rates ; and. second,
because in that period there was a de
crease in the number of union members
In the state of over Gft.QOO. caused by the
industrial depression of 1903. which would
naturally fore* from the union ranks the
; lower rather than the higher paid mem
j bers, leaving the latter in larger proportion
| In the returns than formerly. The decrease
in membership alone thus tends to force
up tl '■'■ general average of daily earnings
without any change in wage rates. With
allowance for this influence in the returns,
therefore. it Is unsafe to Infer from them
; more than that the earnings of organized
' wage earners were about the same in the
I third quarter of 1909 as in the record third
: -quarter of 1907. '
The decrease In number of trade union
>- in the stale caused hv the Industrial
; , depression of IMS. and which, as noted in
previous bulletins, continued up to March.
1909, came to an end between March and
September, when, although the number of
organizations- further declined, there was
an increase of 5,600, making the totai mem
bership in the state at the end of Septem
! ber 372.739 in 2.26S union?. This Increase
i may be compared .with a decrease of over
3«i.'VH} in the corresponding six months of
; •190&.- The gain In membership, however,
( was very largely confined to Mew York
> City, where the increase was 4.744, -which
j Is explained almost entirely by an increase
j of 10.000 among the garment workers of
\ New York City. The other groups of trades
t are about evenly divided as to. gains and
: losses of lesser dimensions.
REFORM U PER (EXT.
"State School at Industry
. Should Be Enlarged."
Albany. Jan. 9.— That the work of the
State Agricultural and Industrial School at
Industry, Monroe County, has demonstrated
the -possibility of reforming Juvenile de
linquents when the environment Is satis
factory Is pointed out by the State Board
of Charities In its annual report to the
legislature. The institution, which for
merly was at Rochester, has a capacity of
eight hundred Inmates, and the managers
now ask that It be Increased to one thou
sand. Accordingly, the State Board of
Charities recommends that an appropria
tion of $250,000 be made for extensions and
improvements. The report says: .
In the school at Rochester, with Its pris
on walls and atmosphere, the boys were
always restless and sullen, and many at
tempts at escape were- made, at Industry
such attempts are very infrequent, yet the
boys live practically in the open, and there
are no fences for their restraint. They
have a large degree of liberty and are per
mitted to share in all the home work, thus
developing a personal •!ftt*rest in the fuc
c» ?s of the. farms. The boys are taught
that the institution is not a prison, but a
school. established for their benefit, and
that their .future welfare is „■ dependent
upon the faithfulness with which they
obey the rules and perform their respective
duties. The records show •■,ih*s.-; - than
75 per cent of the boys--e<>rrrmitt43 to the
school are thoroughly reformed by its
methods of train. and most of them
look upon their sojourn there as the turn
ing point In their lives. The institution
has been so successful that no equipment
ivhfeh w4JI advance its work should be
lacking, and the general policy of the
state toward this and similar institutions
should be most literal in character.
STARVING WITH DEAD BABY.
Mother and Little Ones .Found in Desti
tute Condition in East New York.
A pitiful case of family destitution came
to . the notice of the police of the Liberty
avenue station, Ea*t New York, las* night,
wh*-n Patrolman Rolder was called to a
l»ouse at No. 3*l Atkins avenue. Hi* found
a woman with a dead child, a girl about
three months old, huddled In her arms.
There were two other children In the house.
The woman said she was Mrs. Mary Wal
ters-, and that her husband had not been
home since December 29, ■when he left to
search for work Her husband, she said,
had refused to eat of the little food that
remained in the house, and left on his
search without a cent and hungry.
Neighbors had helped them, but they had
not eaten in many hours. There was no
fire In the little kitchen stove, and without
proper clothing they were cold and without
strength to fight off starvation.
The policeman provided the mother and
children with food, and every man in the
Liberty avenue station contributes a little
money. Later a wagon from ,the city
morgue was sent to the house to take the
body of "the child iron: the broken hearted
mother.
BIG SALE OF COKING LANDS.
H. C. Frick Company Appears In
$2,280,000 Pennsylvania Deal.
Union town, Perm., Jan. 2.— -A cash trans
action involving over $2,000,000 in connec
tion with the eale of coal lands is disclosed
here in the filing of deeds in the county
Recorder's office, the' ClaJrtown Iron Com
pany has ?old to the H. C. Trick Coke Com
pany 2,644 acres o* costing coal and 296
acres of surface land in thle county for
$2,254.41$ cash. The sum of $550 an acre
for the coal land and $125 an acre fox the
surface land 'was paid, which is a record
price for coal lands In this section.
The land has. a mile of frontage on this
Slonocgahela I:iver and is traversed at the
front and rear by railroads. The coal is
taid to .be of an exceedingly good qualify
for coWng purposes. The Trick company is
said to have taken the land to prov;^
against future Bbortay. "and It is not ex
pected that It will be developed at one*
FFICK TO RESTORE WAGES.
Believed That Lead WiH Be Followed
by Other Coke Plant*
Pittsburg. Jan. 9.— The I? C. Trick Coke
Company will restore the irz%tß that were
cut as a result of the bu&lnoss depression
at 1807. The higher scale or wages will
go Into *ff*"M on January l«. This step
It In Tiro with the' promise of President
Thomas Lynch to restore the cut. when
business conditions would warrant it.
■More rncn are at jfdrk Jr. Me ConnellE
v '.if. re»:on at present than in three
>*-»rf. and the notice of the a<Jv*nc«-.in
wages will cone as a surprise, 'to the
r.orkiiien. Many new <.••<<•: ovens are being
built, »no" some of the companies ar.- <ix
pcrieiiclnsr difficulty in setting the desired
number of men. It Ist hfilieved that other
c«k« companies. will follow this fetep, and
that there 'will b'j 8 -general restoration of
the v*,-?- m ■■• of 1907 in the Connellsville
seki t9gk ■
XEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, :>DAY. JAM ARY 10. 1910.
SING SING REPORT
FO7? BETTER SURGERY.
Henry Solomon Says Prisoners
Go Aicay Handicapped.
t IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Albany. Jan; 0. — In a report regarding
an. inspection of Ping Finer prison on .Jan
uary 2 and 3. made public to-day, Henry
(Solomon, of the State Prison Commission,
recommends the establishment there of a
proper hospital, with attendants and ap
pliances, suitable for surgical operations.
Among: the 1,886 prisoners there. he said,
\-ere many- afflicted with diseases amen
able, to 'modern surgery. Yet these condi
tions had been almost totally disregarded,
and the convict at. the termination of his
sentence sent out physically imperfect to
continue his struggle with tne world.
Says the Commissioner:
"The question can be asked: Has the
state done everything possible for him
unless his physical imperfections have re
ceived as careful consideration as his men
tal and moral ones? '
"The relation of physical defects to crime
is generally not fully appreciated. Often
a map's physical condition makes it
easier to steal a dollar than. to earn one.
Add to this condition a slight disregard
for right and wrong, and we readily see
how physical distress might conduce to
crime."
Commissioner Solomon recommends the
appropriation of a sufficient sum of money
to Improve the surgical end of the medi
cal department and the appointment of an
assistant physician and a. trained nurse.
He recommends also the discontinuance
of the practice of giving to released con
victs a railroad ticket to their homes, sug
gesting that the equivalent in money be
substituted, as many desire to go to other
places than the scenes of their past mis
fortunes.
"When going through Sing Sing prison,"
he says, "one is impressed with the good
management cleanliness, but one is
also Impressed with the utterly inadequate
and '.insanitary conditions existing there
and the great Importance of the early con
struction of the new prison at Bear Moun
tain to care for such a large abnormal
population. The urgent need of this new
prison cannot be too greatly emphasized."
The new orison at Bear Mountain would
have- to be given op if the Legislature >
elded to accept the- Harriman gift for a
park in the Highlands of the Hudson. Con
siderable opposition to the Governors-reco
mmendation that the sift bo accepted has
sprung up among legislators because of the
urgent need for a new prison. The conten
tion is ad ve need that It would be difficult
to find a proper site near to New York, up
state legislators saying that all the terri
tory up to Xewburg would be closed to the
prison under the terms of the gift.
Much of this opposition is prompted by
local feeling on the part of up-state legis
lators, who fear that the prison might, be
placed in their territory. There is some
talk here that Commissioner Collins miaht
try to establish the prison on the Baker
farm at Comstock. Washington County, but
that would be at least six hours' from New
York and the railroad fare would be "a con
siderable item. The broader minded legis
lators, xsalte* now petty any oppr.sitkm to
the Highland park project would seem, yet
there is likely to b« not a little advanced
on the scot©, of the orison site and on the
contention that a number of wealthy men
are compelling the state to spend a large
sum of money and to put one of its. de
partments to serious Inconvenience merely
to protect their country estates from a
prison as neighbor.
Reports of the inspection by Commis
sioner Solomon of -a number of New York
City police stations were made public also.
These were the 16lh. Precinct station, at No.
253 Mercer street: the' sth Precinct station,
In Oak street: the 323 Precinct station, at
No. 34 "West 100 th street: the 15th Precinct
station, at "So. 79 First avenue, arid the" ?th
Precinct station, at No. Wo EldrhJge street..
In all 6flhe*s6 the Commissioner" found that
the 'toilet facilities were antiquated and
woefully inadequate. In some th« officers'
quarters were not what they should.be. Of
the 15th Precinct station, in charge of Cap
tain F. J. Morris, which was inspected on
December 23 last year. Commissioner Solo
mon cays:
"Thiß place made no pretension whatever
to cleanliness. It was dirty and untidy
everywhere. It teemed to be a storehouse
and a receptacle for unused articles."
GATES DOUBLES OIL CAPITAL.
Will Take Over Security Company Re
cently Sold in Texas.
[By Tel«sraph to The Tribune. '
Houston, Tex., Jan. d.— John W. Gates
will increase the /capital of his Producers'
Oil Company from $2,000,000 to $6,000,000 in
order to take over the Security Oil Com
pany. The latter, a Waters- Pierce concern,
■was closed out by the state to Mr. Bealy.
tha Oalvcston banker, who ie believed to
have represented the stockholders, who are
also Standard Oil stockholders.
The Producers' OH Company recently de
clared a regular quarterly dividend of l*i
per cent, besides a special dividend of 34
per cent.
• . "
A 530.000.000 HOLDING COMPANY.
New Interest Enters Ohio Gas with
the Deal.
Cleveland, Jan. 9.— Plans for a new
$30,000,00© holding company for the East
Ohio Gas Company and the Columbia Gas
Company, -whose aggregate capital it now
about $21,000,000, were- announced here to
day by M. B. .Daly, president of. the East
Ohio company, following a trip to New
York.
Unusual interest was aroused by Mr.
Daly's outline of the plan, which has been
taking form for some time, because of. his
declaration that a new and at present un
identified interest will enter the company
thus formed and will affect" its interests in
West Virginia. The plan for the holding
company probably will be ratified on
Thursday or Friday of this week, when
the directors of the- East Ohio company
meet.
JOHNSON WILL CONTEST HERE.
Transferred to This City by Massa
chusetts Supreme Court.
Beston, Jan. 9.— A contest ever The Mil
of Mrs. Caroline E. Johnson, who lift
*2.000,000, is transferred from Maseachusetts
to- New York by ft «eel*}9n O f the full
bench of , the- Supreme Court In the -cas*
of Charles F. Rackemonn, executor. against
J.«seph!n«-W.<-Tftylor and Fanny L. John
son, of New York, daughters, v.-ho are the
contestants.
Mrs. Johnson, diefl. In New York In 100?
She had not been. domiciled in Massachu
setts sine* Ui~, having, spent sl>:ty year*
of her life in New York and Newport^ but
the executor filed the will for probate i,,
MiiF-aihuwtt^ against the -object on of til
tiawsht^rb, fctd thQ Suffolk County Court
aajpHteo it
>,;**]■" #l3ei!ch findf - ' the Probate Court
£«™ UU iI(!,i I( !, hay* wait< ; a uni!l the court of tha
domic lie of Mrs John-on had placed upon
»h« will. Th* alleged unsoundness of mind
of Mrs JMinson Is one of the grounds o?
in* contew.
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THREE SHIPS LOST
Chews coming here.
Thirty Storm Tossed Sailors on
Steamship Bcrmudian.
On Board Steamship Bermudlan. 275 Miles
Southeast of Sandy Hook. Jan. ? (By United
Wireless to The Tribune}.— With thirty
shipwrecked sailors on board, this ship is
making for New York at full speed and will
land "the storm "tossed mariner'; some time
to-morrow forenoon. The thirty men made
up the crews of three sailing vessels which
"were caught in the recent storms that
swept the Southern fea«. and all of .them
have thrilline tales to tell.
' 'it, was while on her way from.Tusklt.tp
Argentine ports that the Norwegian bark
Crown. Captain Skpgland, with a crew of
eleven men, ran into a terrific northwest
gale on December 17. For nine (lays the
hurricane blew anil a bis sea coming on
board smashed the weather bulwarks and
carried away the greater part of the deck
houses. . - <-\ry-:\ ry-:r y- :
When the jcreat volume of water broke
through the hatches and. flooded her hold.
Captain Skogland ordered all hands to tho
pumps and the men worked for three days,
in an effort, to free the vessel from water.
They had begun to make some headway,
when the carsro broke loose, and. knocking
about the hold, opened some of the bark's
seams.' co that the water began gaining
again. .
The crew labored at the pumps until De
cember. 26. hen the storm abated, and it
was possible to get. sail, on the vessel. Part
of the crew kept at the pumps, while the
rest worked the ship, and in this way the
Crown was kept afloat until January 2,
when the steamer ... Kllsyth. bound frcra
Glasgow to Philadelphia, was sighted. The
bark's signals of distress were seen and
the Kilsyth was soon alongside. This was
in latitude £8:40 north and longitude 45:30
west.
Capt.'iin Skogiand says that when the Kll
syth was sighted he had abandoned all
hope. He had made 65A miles In a water
logged condition when help arrived, and the
bark was breaking up when her crew was
takon aboard the steamer. The Kilsyth
tvas making for Bermuda after coal when
•fee picked up the Crown's crew anu all
w^ro landed at Hamilton, where the Nor
wegian Consul cared for the shipwrecked
men until they were put on board the Ber
muclian.
The schooner George L. Drake, Captain
O'sen. lumber laden from Jacksonville to
New York, was struck by a southwest gale,
and the wind shifted so frequently that it
was impossible to lay a course for port.
The storm lasted for three weeks, and on
December SI the schooner sprung' a leak.
For five days the crew of seven men fought
for their lives at the pumps.
New Tear's Eve Captain Olsen had given
up all hope of ever- reaching port; the ves
sel was so low in the water that her decks
were awash, and only her cargo of lumber
kept her afloat^ It was with the greatest
difficulty that the crew kept from freezing
to death, as there was no place to go below
out of the cold.
It was just before dark on New Year's
Eve. in latitude 35:06 north and longitude
.J5:4& west, th&f tho steamer Indrapura.
bound for Manila, coal laden, sighted the
Drake, and soon had her captain and crew
safe on board. . Captain Olsen's leg was
badly injured while leaving his vessel.''
When the Indrapura steamed away it was
seen that th« Drake was rapidly breaking
up. The shipwrecked crew was landed In
Bermuda by a pilot boat, which took them
off the steamer while twenty miles off
Hamilton.
The other .crew, which will soon be In
New York, handled the Italian bark Fillipo
Denegri,. from Conception, Uruguay, tor
New York, with a cargo of bones. The
story of how the bark went on a Bermuda
reef has already been told by cable, but
Captain Mag^oeos told the United Wireless
correspondent some interesting details of
his experience before the vessel struck the
reef. . • •■ „ ■ .
• He said that on December 21, when 120
miles from New York, a strong northwest
gale set in and drove him hundreds of miles
back. He lost his rudder and all the life
boats were carried overboard. The bark
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The Prince of all Grand Opera Tenors
now sings for the
Edison Phonograph
THE big feature of the Grand Opera season in New York
is the wonderful voice of the great lyric tenor, Leo $!ezak,
of. the Metropolitan Opera House. Not since the days
when Nordica shone forth as the brightest star among: the VVaj
nerian pnma donnas has such a sensation occurred in the musical
world as the first appearance of this C r «at tenor, in the role of
Verdi's Otello. . , ;
The fact that Siezak has made ten new Records for the
Edison Phonograph, makes it not only possible. for those who
cannot afford Grand Opera prices to hear this wonderful voice,
but no matter where you live this peer of all lyric tenors is
within your reach.
Siezak >in£s for the Edison Phonograph the same ercar arias
from the Italian Operas, that have made him famous in America
and our contract with him is. practically exclusive, covering the
songs. to be sung during his American engagement.
• - Slciak Records arc all . Amberc!. Ambf.ro! Records play loneer than
any otber Records made, so that only on Ambers! Records do you get
Grand Opera a? it should be played, without hurrjnnr or omittine. And
only on the Edison Phonograph do you get Ambtrol Rec6rds.
THE AMBEROLA
The Highest Type of Edison Phonograph
The Amberola combines all the accurate reproducing qunlitie* tha
beauty and richMM -of tone of th. Edboo Phonograph l wfth Urn
mo,t rharrrnn^y -ir. 5 ; ,, , and &nl * ci exterior, fit to take its P U«
»»«s»«^|rf«oaoffurnltur.at»ioi W the prized passions
«f mj hoae it play. Kdiion su idarri »p.n Amberol Records
#r(J ?s*til! th ,\ l ?^ Cr part - tOT ■■"' ' J '"2 < M t^-ord*. It comes
i^Jnf M.J IXho(rany lnd Olk - Tiie Price i« $WO. Otb«r
*jt»i of bdlsoa Phoaojraphs, 51i.53 to tin 00.
0 ,t7. 8^ I ' r !? bir * ml he « ™ the AmWoL-and
He ♦ur«* v «*k e> hmu the siezak n* *rjj
Record,, «c. tdison Amberol Record* (play twice as Jong). Mi
NATIONAL PrIONOGRAPH CO.. 75 Lakeside Ayr.. Or ap?e . N . j.
rmng
drifted for twenty-four liour3, and *»*•■
the sale was over, on December Si he
found that tb< ehlp Wei i '" ■•••■ from
Bermudal • — ~~?~,'"~~',
He sighted that island on December 2S.
A Ee'vero _ Fputli-souihwest gale was. blow-
In.? at the time, and although all hi? sal'" 1
had been carried away three days before
raptain Matchoeos managed to spread
enough canvas to lay, a course When lie
ran on tha. '"••■'' *«• pilot boat was In eight.
and that craft soon came to the bark's as- f
elstance. The D.-n-i<ri ;Is a total lo«s.
n. <% o. (ostrol.
West Virginia Governor Starts
Investigation. ;
Charleston. W. Va.. Jan. 3.— An investiga
tion into the. alleccd domination of 'he
Balttmore & Ohio Railroad Company by tho'
Pennsylvania . system, as far as „It affects
freight shippers, in West Virginia, Is to 'be
made by state officers, according to a state
ment made to-day by Governor. Glasscock.
The charge is made by freight shippers
along the Baltimore & Ohio that because
of the domination of the PfcJtnsyrvanl*. *'■•
road la not equipped to 'care properly for
tlie increasing traffic.
Tho subject will be taken up at Clarks
burg on Tuesday. Governor Glasscock will
be present. Some shippers are asking the
Governor to call a special session of the
Legislature to remedy conditions.
Governor Glasscock believes that a pub
ilc service commission would be capable of
handling the situation. Ho 'Will give such
Information as he Is able to gather to the
Attorney General, with the request that he
make a thorough investigation and report.
. [By Telegraph to Tlio Tribune.]
Baltimore, Jan. 9.— ln a long statement .
Issued to-night President Oscar G. Mur
ray denies that the Baltimore ■& Ohio has
not "expanded" % or that its policy has been
a negative one. quoting figures to show
continuous gains in tonnage and an un
precedented amount spent for Improve
ments. , Recent transportation difficulties,
ho says, are only temporary, and will goon
be relieved when tho 105 locomotives and
10, COO freight cars already ordered' are- re
ceived.
He says, in conclusion:
"In Its every move, whether It be in the
extension and development of territory,
the betterment of line and terminals, the
addition of new equipment or the conserva
tion of traffic, the management has been
both strengthened and encouraged by the
hearty support of each and all of the di
rectors of the company."
SMALL LOUISIANA COTTON CROP.
State Makes Up in Production of
! Cereals, However.
{By Telegraph to The TllTmiW ]
HMD Orleans. Jan. 9. — Louisiana produced
only 265,023 bales of cotton in 1909, according
to statistics announced to-day by the State
Board of Agriculture. It was the most dis
astrous year in a decade for cotton.
However, th« state's agricultural re
sources are in excellent condition, other
crops showing record yields. There were
30,745.125 bushels of com produced, an in
crease of SCO per cent over 1908. The bulk
of this was exported through New Orleans.
The sugar yield was 664.665.C50 pounds, while
rice lands produced 464,458,330 pounds of that
cereal. The rice acreage was greatly in
creased, cotton planters, discouraged by the
boll weevil, turning to this and other crops
in an effort to diversify.
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NEW ROAD OPENS OFFICE HERE.
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Names
W. P. Snyder Eastern Agent.
The recently constructed Kansas City.
Mexico & Orient Railway has opened a
New York office for freight and passenfrer
traffic. W: P. Snyder, formerly of the
Grand Trunk Railway, has oeen appointed
general Eastern agent, with offices at No,
290 Broadway.
The road is tho first international trunk
line to enter the Republic of Mexico from
th© United States. It is also the first to
cross the Sierra Madre Mountains. The
terminals are Kansas City, Kan., and
Topolobampo, Mexico. The distance from
Kansas City to Topolobampo Is 1,659 miles.
GET HUB GAMBLERS.
Twelve Men Arrested at Stor
j nnc Headquarters.
[py Tt-Jtgrkpli to "fhc TrTSUn*. 1
Boston. Jan. .I.— Special I'atrolmen
O'Ponnell and Flynn, with a squad of
policemen, made , a strictly non-partisan
call at the hea«;kjuart*r« -of James J.
Storron. mayoralty candidate, at Hano
ver aim) Cross streets, Justaft«r dark to
night, with the result that th*» call de
veloped Into a "gamblrriff" raid.
Twelve men "were arrested, part of
them for. gaming: on the Lord's day and
part of them for being present ; where
gambling 'v if! going on. Along with the
prisoners at cnt a quantity of playing
cards and. somo real money that was
scooped from the table by The raiding
officers.
An (Tor* was made to suppress the
news 6* tlfe' raid, but without success.
Followers of Mr. Storfow's opponents
took. care that the newspaper ni'-a w«ro
speedjlj' Informed. Mr. Storrow made
no speeches to-day, and th* men at his
headquarters in Hanover street *-"re by
no means busy, as statements and other
matter are issued from - the Treniont
street headquarters.
FOUR CLAIM VICTORY.
: .-. . "... :, I
Boston Campaign Near End—
Hibbard's Voice Fails.
Boston. Jan. 9— When voting Boston goes
to the polls on Tuesday the greatest and
most spectacular municipal campaign that
this oldtlme Puritan city has known for
many a lor? year will end.t
Monster rallies, at which' almost unex
ampled enthusiasm has been displayed.
ha\-e followed One another in rapid suc
cession. Theso have teen supplemented by
smaller' rallies in stores, factories and
everypluce r.-here a hundred or so voters
could be reached. Each of the four candi
dates—James J. Storrow. Mayor Uibbard.
ex-Mayor Fitzgerald and Nathan.*! 11. Tay.
lor-has unllmbertd battery after battery
of charges an« 3 counter charges. Epithets,
among them often the "short and ugly~
one. have filled the air. Si
The ballots will tear no party- <se«H?na
■::,. merely the candidates 1 „ n ,
?tikkS^ ? win € t0 throat double, Afavor
Hibbard ha? had to have most of hit
,6De«cbes read for him.. while he sits on the
platform and nods \ assent. . Optimistic
claims on the part of each or" th 9 four can!
OMa*M have added special interest to the
end of the campaign. Edmund Bi!ttn«
roanager for James J. Storrow, d«<>!ar«<i
he --id prepared to show that Mr. Storrow
would b« elected by » large and declslva
vote Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald .;»•■•- out with
a flat claim of a plurality of more than
Store ready at 8:15 A. M. . » Eight Car Lines
. Directly or. the Inierborough Subway Each Way to Stcrt
i^(l KT/^WT ' / 3 iS* - ml °* Great I-nter-at
f -'" i>f - *-'* c * Iww A f In ToeJ»ht"s reil 3fe«r»
iU AAlflii /Itllfl I\P*J> F^fath^r^
a j«^ • I/I 1111 1 1 il MM 111 iA JHsV f Telesrain. rven Jc g
Auditorium V r U \A/U/*UAb*f V? & t - il - *-«*« p«*t
** " * M F am T"iti->n
j \w I »ew York, Jefloary !0, !919.
, - An Unusual Collection of
15,000 Yards of Fine SILKS
"Unusual" because of the very excellent qualities and
. the extremely low prices. . W^-M
"Unusual" because of the market condition that en
abled us to make this large purchase at particularly advan
tageous terms. _' - ■ " . ;■ . . -rsil ;
Our insight into Paris styles for Spring guided us to
the purchase, which undoubtedly wii] be the prevailing
mode for Spring. V There are no extremes in the collection!
and fabrics are sufficiently represented to meet the personal
taste of every woman. ' ." ?
Each of These Silks Deserve* First Mention
Bordered Foulards, $1.35 « Yard j Cachemirc de soie. 51 SO a Yard
Sold in Dress Lengths Only Draped gowns tor Serin* is the
' Pans tells us that the vogue of her- latest whisper from Paris i~.c there
aers is to be greater than ever this is no more ideal silk for such eowrs
season. Thousands of yards of bor- than Cachemire de Sot- " 867 yards
dered silks are now being made jin beautiful light -and dark \ --' ' -
abroad. Th ra makers present over- ! 43., inches wide. Throughout ,th«
lot of 1,400 yards ts in today's dis- \ season this silk has been $3.59 a yard.
posal. Normally these silks would ! ru ... -. .. • „ *- WJ * y**o
be $2.50. 175 dress patterns only, in I Chiffon Taffeta. 58c a Yard
many colors, with charming two- A foreign maker had 4,580 yards of
tone and colored borders. 48 inches this silk which he made to seii for $1
v wide. .;_.._ a yard- We were glad to get this
Bordered Chiffon, 51.10 a Yard makers surplus, because «r- are sure
Importer had only 300 yards of this j vo^ue^^/^W^nf '' ?T? T ?'*
filmy white chiffon with dainty floral Sfdarfc *h£ g mediara
border, so he closed them out to us Main lisle OM Bui a ? n,
to sell at $1.10, instead of $2.50. 54 Mam aJSIe °' a Bmldin S
inches wide. 8 yards is sufficient for Plaid Silks at 68c at Yard
* B °- W !!*, c o i P l e - tty - plaids of P 33^ l colors W
<&atin Faconne Brocades. i combinations, besides gray-and-black
51,75 a Yard ! **<{ black-and-white: satin barred.
Identical brocades that were made |& , J"t Si J***? S^S"^
for the finest ready-to-wear costume I {ge thin^ • off \l - 1 $ arC
maker in New York, but the manu- i£* ™\ * %i?L^f fcour .. for children's
facturer over-estimated the season's ! auiletta ™£jf ' % and Taax '
orders by 875 yards made in advance. | JJd I !, gowns ' ta ?i ? P °? gZt coats
Ordinarily this pretty satin would be I ™ bl °Vf es and pc T t^ coats: . t nd the
$3. Two designs in charming light j fg£. millinery iS • \ ads Jl I# w^ h .,P la A
and medium shades for evening \ Sl ' ks - Main aisle - Old Building.
SSm w?d d OP " a C3PC lining<i ' 44 t White Hessaline at 5Sc a yard
Black Crep 3 fUtcor, $1.25 a Yd. I of^if^nT ncltzvZ^SSch*?*
625 yards, made by one of the best constantly represented in every
foreign makers. Soft, clinging silk woman's wardrobe. Usually it woul :
which makes delightful gowns and is be 75c a yard.
usually $2 a yard. 35 inches wide. Wnm** .?
Diagonal Tussors. 75c a Yard M«saline at 85c a Yard
Sixteen pretty colors in this 1,100 i ♦ T . 77 c yards '' n IVOTy - r d cream, from
yards of silk Paris is favoring. One i •ne hnest maker in the world. 23
of the most charming gowns in the ! I "9 he ?, 'de. Hundreds of pieces cf
exhibition, La Derniere Heure a ; thls ik sold here before at $125 y±
Paris, last week, was of tussor. 27 j Imported Twilled Foulards
inches wide. All the duplicate silks , rouia.a>
that we have in stock today at $1.25 • at 51.25 a Yard
Seven Counters on Main Aisle Heaped
With Lovely Spring Cottons Today
Sort of a joyous overflow from that exhibition we ha v
been having on the First floor.
ij- Xo need, however, to rob the Dress Goods Salon of am
of its treasures, tor all told we. have more than a million yard.
-of th<se_new ana beautiful fabrics for Summer frock/
fl Please expect to see promin< ntly displayed on the first
floor and the M am floor:
Silk-and-Cotton Jacquards at 2?c a Yard
Printed Checked Dimities at !2i , c a Yard V
Printed Barred Swiss Muslins at 12x4 c a Yard
F.njjliih Mercerized Voiles at 25c a Yard
32-inch Dress Ginghams at 1-ic a Yard
Linen-finish Crash at 28c a Yard ' !
• Printed Madras at 18c a Yard
Plain Cotton Voile, at 20c a Yard
rlercerired Foulards at 20c. a Yard.
Fine American Gingham, 22c a Yard
Printed Handkerchief Cottons at 18c a Yard -
Woven TUsues at 25c a Yard
KTS^^^ M Fo^7vl
/If ww\J%J^\AAJU wf *' & Eighth to Tenth' 5»
REAL ESTATE
PATIENTS mB
Unimproved and inadequate
ly improved property arc like
a couple of sick men — th«y
need urgent attention.
The first has an abnormal
appetite for taxes and. interest.
Th« second makes just about "
enough to meet its obligations
to the State and pay th* In
• terest it ewes, leairrr.g little or
nothing for its owner.
. Both are obstinate cases, aad
the only remedy is a physic of
stone and steel.
There is no reason why your
property should be a burden of
expense.
There is ev«ry reason why ft
should be a vehicle for profit.
THOMPSON-STARRETT
COMPANY
Bnildinj Coa^tructjaa
Fifry-On= Wall Street
fifteen thousand. Mayor Hloeard's os*n
ag^r Is*ned a statement declaring t^at Hfb
■bard would rtCPlve 53,Cf!0 xotis. —'■;«:•: 1
... ... Storrow S.C*» and T- . „r *,OU3. V,.
thaniel.U. Taylor declared ha would «s
ceive at least SD.tO) .cits ■■ :■--. •xocLJ :••
thousands moro than th« air. '»<■ man.
SEE THUIE JOBS BURN TJP
Musicians rind Hotel m FJa»«« as Sta»
Eiiter3 Jamaica Harbor.
The trait steamer Admiral Farragut «ot
in last nislit from Jamaica, « -i t»«ov
t"""o masiciaxis wio *"ere engaged to pfa?
mi the burned Hotel Tiuhfieid. ai Pert An
tonie. They left here less than two w««
ago on the Farragut aad at abcut 7 p, ra.
on January 3. when about **• rail** ofZ th»
Jamaican coast, they saw the 425A.C00 hotel.
In which they wcr* to to* eraj!oy«2. *•
fitnr---
Some on« remarked that it was a "X—
tiful bonfire" out the aUpptr of th« Far
racut. looking through Ma fctaoculars, r»
marked:
"That's not a bonfire.Xlt's ;«our bread ani
butter that's burning."
The Farragut ran m close and tfc* 1 -wttHl
trier/ sparks of the big -winter resort on tf»
the deck of the fruiter. Tb« mualetaaa r«
maiiw<2 on ooard the swatner mil she tooji
on h«r fruit cargo and cams nack '■'itS l*«r
to this cltr to look for other Jobs. It is
believed that th» <iastructicn cf ta* hotal
wfil affect the winter trail to t« «■•
Indies this year. :* --