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HOPEFUL OF OHIO
PRESIDE XT IS HAPPY.
publicans in Legislature
Have Progressive Plan.
I From The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. Jan. 30. — At no time since
th* election of Theodore Burton to the Sen
ate and the subsequent period of passive
nees on the part of the Republicans in Ohio
has such a spirit of optimism manifested it-
Mlf among those legislators In Washington
who ope for the overthrow of Governor
Judson Harmon and a triumphant return
to power of the Republican party. Reports
of a most encouraging nature have come
to the capital from the state leaders. Presi
dent Taft is Intensely pleased with the prog
ress being made, and in all quarters there
is great satisfaction and the hope for con
tinued harmony and action.
Instead of being the obstructive and crit
ical body that It has been for the last year,
the Republican party in the Legislature has
outlined a progressive programme and has
begun to stand for something. In the less
recent past it has devoted itself mainly to
pointing a scornful 'finger at Governor Har
mon and accomplishing little in the way of
concrete legislation. It has been hesitant
rather than aggressive, and It was because
of this that astute politicians saw reason
for pessimism. Thie year the Republicans
have decided to co-operate with Governor
Harmon when their co-operation will bring
about progressive laws.
Under the leadership of Ep'eak*-'- Mooney
©1 t> House, several plans, popular with
th« voters and not suggested by Governor
Harmon. *.re being pressed by the Republi
can?-. These include a tax commission and
• public service commission. The -iepubii
ean member? are united behind the meas
ures, and they have decided not to worry
•bout ca-noidates for the Governorship un
tl! the question of policies is settled and
until th«y have a strong platform and a
good record on which the candidate may
•tand
In the mean time the crop of candidates
for the governorship is growing. There have
been uo important new additions. Ex-Gov
*nior Myron T. Herrick has declared him
•elf out of the rare. This declaration did
rot apply to the seiiatorship. and It ie un
c d that ba will be a receptive, if not
«ti active, candidate. Harry N. Daughorty,
mb» has been a figure In Ohi'» politics for
»nany years and hi an inevitable candidate,
fcsh announced himself in the race for Gov
ernor. Both Mr. Daugherty and S?nator
Dick are working independently along party
Jines. Both favor direct primaries. Eenator
IXck has declared for statewide primaries.
IVfefta Mr. Daugherty believes that they
•liould be confined to legislative districts.
Thus far i . I*. Taft has not been heard
from. If the candidate for Governor is
chosen from the northern section of the
*tate Mr. Taft's chances for the Senate
would probaVly be improved, as. with the
Govf-nor ara Senator Burton both from
that Faction there would be some who
*rould feel that a soutijem man should be
chosen in place of Senator Dick, who also
r h from the north.
On Lincoln's Birthday a great harmony
banquet will be held at Columbus. All fac
tions of the. party will be represented, and
11 is expected that it will give an added im
j>etus to the efforts now being made to
solidify the warring elements and advance
the harmony programme. The League of
Republican Clubs with its so-c&.lled ' ama
teur" politicians, is largely responsible for
the banquet, and the practical politicians
are inclined to give due praise to John
li=-vr Hammond's organization.
MAT GRILL GLAVIS.
McLachlan and Kinhaid Ex
pertcd to Ask Questions.
VTasMngton, Jan. SC«.— When the cross
examination of Louis R. Glavis begins to
morrow afternoon before the Ballinpcr-Pin
chot Consrestional investigating committee
It i^ expected that rome new and striking
features will be brought out in regard to
tii'- iIiTW which have been made against
various individuals by Mr. Glavis In his
testimony before the committee, the tak
ing of which was finished yesterday. Rep
resentatives Mcl^achlan, of Calitornia, and
Kinkaid, of Nebraska, who were interested
in certain Alaskan coal claims, according
to u-stimony giver, by Mr. Glavis yester
day, either personally or their friends on
the Investigating committee will put Mr.
CJlcvit. n is believed, through a gruelling
examination In an effort to free themselves
from all taint of suspicion.
Mr. * Glavis declared yesterday that Mr.
Bailinger, after beimj Commissioner of the
I^nd Office, bad acted as attorney for Mr.
Kinkaid Jn regard tc Mr. McLachlan,
Mr. Giavts testified that Mr. Ballinger had
suggested to him that the investigation
against the California Congressman be not
pursued, as there- had been "too much of
I rt of thing in the past."
JOELKER'S INCOME TAX PLAN.
Hopes to Meet Objections Raised by
Governor Hughes.
Washington. Jan. 30. — Representative
Foelker. of New York, has introduced a
Joint resolution In the House providing for
• constitutional amendment to authorize
the levying of an Income tax. it would,
however, exempt from taxation "income*
derived from bonds or other obligations is
sued by the United States of America or
Issued by its territories or dependencies by
authority of Congress."
Mr. Foelker says his resolution Is in
tended to meet the objections to the previ
ous Income tax resolution urged by Gov
ernor Hughes In his message to the Legis
lature. He believes the people are so
patriotic that, ihou:d th« government re
quire, the taxation of Incomes for its sup
port in a time of war. they will gladly
place it in the power of Congress to order
such tax imposed. According to his resolu
tion, .Congress is to be limited to action on
the President's proclamation. After the
passage of such an act the President will
have power," subject to the action of Con
gress, to terminate .the levying of a tax
en' income* should further collection prove
unnectst-ary, and Congress at all times will
have it in its power to repeal such law.
Mr Foelker will introduce In the House
to-morrow a bill to place meat on the free
llSt. -> ■ : _ . . . ' . i
NO LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION.
Albany. Jan. 30. — Because of the recent
death of Governor Hughes's father ,' the
UMMfi legislative reception at the Execu
tive Mansion will riot be given- this "win
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PROFITABLE REAL ESTATE
A difference of one-haif per cent In
the interest rate you pay en your
raort£«sic may make the difference
bttw.-cn profii and l.ss on your real
estate irvfs.m;n:.
Favorable xetes for mortgage bor
rowers are 4 - 2 % In Manhattan and sft
In Brooklyn and the Bronx.
We have plenty of money to lend
tithes; rates.
TiTIE GUARANTEE
AND TRUST C?
Capital end Surplus, • $14,000,000
1 7« ft'tvty. M. T. 1 75 Remus SL, BUy&
*&O TLT L 'JOT *!.. «J«Jtt*ie«.
THEDAy'Ift WASHIJVGTOJSI
(From The Tribune Bureau.]
"Washington. Jan. -The prc gramme for
Congress lor the corii ug week !« still some
what problematical. Senator Beveridge r.as
been called to Indiana, which may result
ir. a postponement of further consider t 'in
of the Alaskan bill for the prer-ent, while
Senator Carter is on the alert to press hia
postal savings bank bill at the first oppor
tunity. The Sen ue Committee on Inter
state Commerce will beg-in hearings on the
legislation urged by the President this
week. In the Ho.s o the agricultural bill
is being debated with considerate lack of
'::t*reet, a situation which is likely mate
rially to change, however, whenever that
section making applications for the for
estry service is reached. The course of the
Ohio delegation will, it Is hoped, check the
insurgent and tht anti-Cannon movements
for the present, and the leaders look for
close attention to the. promotion of the
Taft legislative programme, for a time at
Uast The hearings of the House Naval
Committee are stm in progress, with the
outcome fctiil somewhat uncertain, although
the Indications point to such legislation as
will at least enable Secretary Meyer to
give his scheme of reorganization ■ fair
trial.
The army appropriation bill will be re
ported to the Senate this week. The sub
committee has completed its labors and is
prepared to lay before the full committee a
bill carrying a. total appropriation of $96,
000,000, which is 51,000.000 more than is
carried by the House bill, but J10.000.000
below the estimates and 55,000.000 less
than the appropriation for the current fiscal
year. The course of the Senate committee
indicates that the Senate is as favorable to
the continuance of Joint manoeuvres of the
regular and volunteer forces as was the
House. The decrease in the total, as com
pared with last year, however, shows that
the Senate is conscientiously pursuing the
policy of retrenchment In the federal ex
penditures.
Reports that there le friction between the
Department of State and the Tariff Board,
wh eh have appeared in some quarters, are
wholly without foundation. The Tariff
Board la charprd with the duty of ascertain
ing the facts regarding the practices of for
PIE STRIKE BEGINS TO WANE.
Men Beginning to Return to Work
After Four MoitLs of Fightirg.
The pie strike, which started abo-.r. 'our
months ago, at last has begun to show slfna
of ending. It was stated yesterday that the
strikers have begun to return to work, and
that thirty-six drivers of the New York Pie
Baking Company were among the number,
but the concern could re-employ only twenty
of them.
Several unsuccessful attempts were made
to arbitrate the strike, but as the sole de
mand was the recognition of the union, the
employe's took the stand that the demand
was not arbitrable. The P'.e Bakers nnd
Pie T rivors' unions, both of which were in
volved in the strike, tried the expedient of
opening co-operative pie bakeries, and be
gan to deliver union pie. but could supply
only a small part of the demand. Many
restaurant keepers and others were left
pieless, therefore, a day or two every week
or were forced to get non-union pie.
In the course of the strike various more
or less Ingenious plans were adopted by the
strike leaders to make the strike popular.
One of these was to send a four foot pie
from the striking drivers to President Taft
for Thanksgiving Day. but the pie mysteri
ously got lost before it reached the Wnite
House. Not to be outdone, the pie bakers
later sent two monster mince pics to Mayor
Gaynor, and were more lucky than the
twlvers. the Gaynor pies reaching their des
tination safely.
:ets strikers.
GOMPERS
Believes Steamfitters' Grievances Will
Ec Settled Amicably.
The officers of the Enterprise Association
of Steamfitters had a long conference yes
terday with President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor over the
Btrike of the st<amntters on all the con
tracts of the members of the Master Steam
and Hot Water Fitters' Association, which
has tied up work on a great many large
buildings. The general understanding. It
was said, was that the st«amfltters' union
would not ask for a sympathetic strike of
the other trades. Mr. Gompers. who came
here on Saturday, lelt the city last even
ing. Before going away he said:
"It is my confident belief, however, that
the trouble will soon be adjusted in a
peaceful and satisfactory manner. That
much I will say."
He declined to say on what grounds he
based his belief.
Secretary Spencer, of the Building Trades
Department of the American Federation
of Labor, and an American Federation of
Labor vice-president were in this city on
Saturday, it wat said, to hold a confer
ence with the leaders of the steamfutera'
union. It was paid they were not In favor
of a sympathetic strike.
COAL MINERS MAY STRIKE.
Operators, It Is Said, Will Refuse aa
Increase of Wages.
Indianapolis, Jan. 30.— The convention of
the United Mine Workers of America will
adjourn to-morrow night, and it is probable
that a maioritv of the eleven hundred dele
gates will go to Toledo for the joint con
ference with the bitumlnoub coal mine own
ers of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana, which will open on Tuesday, in
asmuch as this conference will decide the
basis of uniform contracts In all the other
districts of the United Btates and Canada.
The operators, according to reports, will
not yield to an Increase in wages. The
sentiment in the national miners' union is
unanimously for a general strike if the
operators refuse an increase of at least 10
per cent.
Tht Western Pennsylvania miners ask for
a 20 per cent increase, on the ground that
the st-ttlement of their recent strike against
the Plttsburs Coal Company resulted in a
decrease of 10 cer cent from the wage con
tract signed by the last joint tri-state con
ference.
COLLEGE GIRL RELEASED.
Miss Gniening Was in , Moyamensing
Prison for. Ten Hours.
Philadelphia, Jan. SO.— Miss . Margaret
Gruening, a college graduate and a well
known suffragette, was released at mid
night from Moyamenslng prison, when* she
had been locked up for more than ten hours
on the charge of inciting to riot.
Miss Gruening, who is a daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Emil Gruening. of New York, is
one of the organizers of tha Pennsylvania
Suffrage League. While she was doing
picket duty on Friday night in front of a.
shirtwaist factory in the northeastern sec
tion of the city a riot occurred between the
strikers and girls who are- still at work.
Miss Gruening. together with a number of
the strikers, was arrested and locked in a
police station over night. At the hearing
in the morning she was held in $500 bail, In
default of which she was . taken to the
prison In the van with other prisoners. Her
friends did not learn of her whereabouts
until late lest night, when bail was entered.
PERUVIAN MINISTER RESIGNS.
Lima. Jan. 20.— Dr. Carlos Foreo, who
was appointed Minister of Finance last No
vember, to succeed Sefior Delatorre-Goix- '
zales, has resigned. ; :■*;-'
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JANUARY 31. 1910.
elgn governments and all quest !or - bearing
on tho matter of discrimin; :.. These
facts are then furnished to th» department
of State, which undertakes th legotlations
looking to such changes as may eliminate
discrimination and make possible the ap
plication of the mfnlmum tariff. The De
partment of State has Invited the co-opera
tion of the Tariff Board, and the combined
efforts of the two Instrumentalities have
been wholly harmonious and useful, so much
so that the President has on more than one
occasion expressed his gratification at the
result. All representations to v foreign gov
ernments have been made only after i* con
ference with the Tariff Board, and have In
every case expressed the united opinion of
the officials concerned. Under these cir
cumstances reports of friction are obviously
baseless.
It will doubtless prove a surprise to
many of the critics of the Payne tariff law
to learn that more than half of the mer
chandise, measured in terms of value, im
ported during the first fix months of the
operation of the law came Into the United
States free of duty. The exact figures, in
cluding- the six days in August during
•wnich the Dingley bill remained in force,
show that 51.5 per cent came in free. This
is a larger percentage of free imports than
has occurred under any previous bill ex
cept that of IS9O, which admitted sugar
free of duty. The principal articles which
came In free during the last six months
were hides and skins, India rubber, pig
tin, raw silk, fibres, cotton, copper, coffee,
tea. cocoa, chemicals, works of art and
undressed furs.
Senator Flint has introduced a bill which
Le believes will command general approval.
It provides that the whole of the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado shall be reserved
as a National Park. Mr. Flint believes
that he will enjoy the cordial approval of
the President in his effort to secure this
legislation. Parts of the Grand Canyon
have already been reserved, but Senator
Flint believos there should be a new reser
vation setting apart the entire canyon, md
he is confident that a.l who have seen this
wonderful region will agree with him in
iho advisability of making the reservation
now. G. G. H.
WARM TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT.
Minister Wanders fro^- His Subject at
McF ifj xlxercises.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Chicago. Jew. 30.— Exercises commemo
rative of the birth of William McKinley
held at the Hamilton Club yesterday came
near being turned Into a Roosevelt celebra
tion and an insurgent session by the Rev.
Dr. Frank Crane, who was the principal
speaker.
Dr. Crane summed up the three charac
teristic qualities of McKinley as gentleness,
obedience and courage. He managed to
discuss the first two without becoming un
conventional in his tribute to the martyred
President, but when he got to talking about
courage. Pinchot. Aldrich, Cannon and in
surgency, he wound up with the flat state
ment that the greatest President the United
States ever had was Roosevelt.
In the course of his address the speaker
said :
"I do not know what your convictions
may be, but for me there has never been
a man who ever occupied the chair of
President of the United States who graced
it more, who will have a higher place in
history, than the man who, whatever may
have been his faults— and he had them,
and, unfortunately, .did not know how to
conceal them— met. everything face to face,
who was not afraid of massed money or
of his organization or of any living thing—
than Theodore Roosevelt."
TO OPEN MINE OF D3AD.
Bodies To Be Recovered from Illinois
Coal Pit This Week.
Cherry, 111., Jan. 30.— The St. Paul mine,
in which the bodies of more than two hun
dred coal miners have been entombed since
November 13. when nre caused the ceath of
about three hundred and fifty men, will be
opened to-morrow or Tuesday.
A snowstorm is blowing and the oxygen
helmet men have not arrived from the Uni
versity of Illinois, so the prospects "o-night
are that the lid which has kept the mine
closed for two months will not be pried off
the shaft mouth before Tuesday. As it Is
not certain that the fire in the mine is ex
tinguished, nothing definite toward the re
covery of the bodies will be planned until
experts protected with oxygen helmets
have explored the shaft.
If conditions ara propitious the fan will
be started to force in fresh air. Also any
cmoulderina: nre will have to be extin
guished and two million gallons of water
pumped from the third level.
It is thoujrht that about forty bodies are
floatinr on this water in the bottom of the
mine, and around two hundred other
corpses, it is estimated, are huddled In the
second level.
Tentative arrangements are in progress
for burials. Men have been engaged to dig
a row of graves nearly a quarter of a mile
long.
ARTHUR GOEBEL S FUNERAL.
Friend of Governor's Brother Says He
Died from a Broken Heart.
Cincinnati, Jan. 30. — On the tenth anni
versary of the assassination of William
Goebel the funeral of his brother, Arthur
Goebel, who died in Phoenix, Ariz., on Jan
uary 20, was held in the Lutheran Church
in Covington, Ky.. this afternoon.
Averring that it was neither the time
nor place to say anything that would tend
to arouse political rancor. Commonwealth
Attorney Robert B. Franklin, who at the
request of the Goebel family delivered the
funeral oration, declared in the course of
his eulogy that the "bullet which killed
William Goebel, together with the libera
tion of all of those charged with the mur
der just as certainly killed Arthur Goe
bel." Arthur, he said, died from a broken
heart.
Th© body will be taken to Frankfort,
where on Thursday, February 5. the tenth
anniversary of the death of William Goe
bel will be observed by the unveiling of a
monument erected to him by popular sub
scription. The burial of Arthur Goebel's
body by the Bide of that of his brother
will be made a part of the unveiling cere
mony.
LONG TRAMP FOR LOST BOYS.
Harlem Lads Wander from Central
• Park to Greenwich Village.
Charles Ornlchek, nine years old, of No.
187 East 96th street, and his cousin. Blosco
Emmons. six years old. of No. 53 East 103 d
street, went to sea the animals In Central
Park yesterday afternoon and wandered
down Into Greenwich Village trying to find
their way home. Some one told them 'their
mistake and they started bravely to trudge
their way uptown again.
Patrolman Malcomson, of the old West
2Cth street station, came across th» lads at
17th street and Ninth avenue. The older
lad was sitttng on the curb crying, while
little Blosco was trying to c^er him up.
'•Come on. Charlie," the policeman heard
him say, "it can't bo so ve-ry much fur
ther." : T v
Malcomson took them to the station,
where they were' later claimed by their
parents, who had gent out a general alarm.
MR. BRYAN AT AREQUIPA.
f. Arequipa. p u, Jan. '30.— William Jen
nings Dryan and his family have arrived
her* and were warmly welcomed. They
will continue their trip to-morrow.
ALBANY PROGRAMME.
Progressive Republicans Ex
pect Adoption of Reforms.
Albany. Jan. 30.— Some legislative leaders
and politicians profess to believe that the
Investigation of tho charges against Sena
tor Allds 'about' to- begin In the Sena
will have no direct bearing. on the
course of legislation this year. Certain of
the more progressive Republicans, who
have supported the. Hughes policies since
the Governor assumed office, laugh at such
statements. They - maintain tnat the un
pleasant position occupied now by promj
nt nt anti-Hughes Republicans will certain
ly result In the adoption of a programme of
reforms along the Hughes lines for party
safety. This programme .-they outline, as
follows: ; JLt -,
Passage of the telephone and telegraph
company regulation bill substantially as
advocated by the Governor.
Passage of the legislation /to prevent
"oral betting" at racetracks /without par
ticular opposition.
Passage of some ballot reform measures,
though not the pure Australian ballot sys
ttm urged b^ the Governor.
Passage of substantial primary reform
legislation, maybe the Governor's direct
primary plan save for nominations to state
offices.
And outside of Ihß Legislature:
Reorganization of the state committee,
dropping out State Chairman Woodruff and
pome of the more prominent "'old guard"
leaders.
Nomination of a Republican candidate
for Governor of the Hughes type, for whom
the Governor's personal prestige and great
powers on the stump may be asked and
obtained.
Naturally, this is a sweeping scheme of
housecleaning and political reformation, ard
even enthusiastic Hughes men do not ex
pect it to come to pass without a hard
struggle inside the Legislature and outside.
But they maintain that too much hangs in
the balance for the fate of any Individual
or set of individuals to stop it.
"The decent men in the party have got to
save the party in this state this year, and
take such steps as will keep New York
State Republican two years from now,"
said one Hughes Republican. "We've tried
soothing lotions and antiseptic dressings
on this cancer of our 3 for considerable
time, knowing all along that it was a
cancer. Now we're down to the place where
we've got to have the knife used. And
though the operation may be mighty pain
ful, and even somewhat dangerous, it would
be far more dangerous not to oparate."
Republicans In Washington from Presi
dent Taft and Senator Root down through
the Congress delegation are coacerned o\er
the situation. The progressive Republicans
In the State are rallying around Governor
Hughes, declaring that tho public coufi
dence in him is such that defeat of his re
form measures this year and affront t>
him personally by organization leaders
would so alienate the general public that
nothing could save the Republican party.
The anti- Hughes leaders and theii legis
lative representatives, that faction which
last year wai the Raines- Wads worth group,
actually have the fata of the Republican
party in the state In their hands now. A
renewa. of the bi-partkan Senate coalition,
with some successor to Raines at the
head of the Republican members, b.dding
defiance to the Hughes element In the
party, or a refusal to go to the bottom
of the Allds-Conger matter and then to
take up the necessary uouaecleamng, al
most certainly would speii political suicide.
The organization leaders tan wreck the
party if they are blind enough or selfish
enough to do it, say the Hughes Republi
cans. They are awaiting developments with
interest, meantime "trying to do our duty
day by day as we see it," as oue of them
puis it.
EXCESS FARE CHARGE iEGAL.
P» S. Board Sustains Practice of Inter
urban Railroad.
Albany, Jan. 30. — In a decision made to
.ilay the Public Service Commission, 2d
District, sustains the legality of the prac
tice of railroad companies in collecting a
5-cent excess fare for passengers not hold
ing tickets on interurban and other trips
where tickets are required, and the issu
ance of redeemable receipts therefor. Tho
decision was made in the complaint of
James Morris, of Albion, N. V., against
the Buffalo. Lockport & Rochester Rail
way Company. In the opinion prepared
by Commissioner Martin S. Decker tho
commission rules:
Where an Interurban electric railroad
company has provided a sufficient number
of ticket stations properly distributed
along its line, with numerous stops at
non-ticket points to take on and discharge
passengers, and where the percentage of
unredeemed duplex receipts for required
exce.-s cash fares Is small, showing that
oouvenient opportunities for redemption
of duplex receipts exist and are actually
used by passengers paying the excels fare,
the exaction of a 5-cent excess fare with
redeemable duplex receipt issued thereon
is not unreasonable or unjust.
A time limitation for redemption of du
plex excess fare receipts should be suffi
ciently long to cover inadvertent omis
sions to promptly present the duplex re
ceipts for redemption. Respondent's time
limitation of thirty days for redemption
of its duplex excels fare receipts held un
reasonable and unjust, and suUi time lim
itation to be reasonable and ju«t should
not be less than three months from the
date of is?ue, and should be plainly shown
upon respondent's duplex receipts.
TO ACT ON INCOME TAX SOON.
Bay State Legislative Committee Begins
Hearings To-day.
Boston. Jan. 30. — It la expected that
Massachusetts will be the first Northern
state to go on record on the proposed Six
teenth Amendment to the federal Constitu
tion, giving Congress the power to levy
taxes on Incomes.
The income tax resolution was referred
three weeks ago to th* Jofnt committee of
the Legislature on federal relations, and,
beginning to-morrow, that committee will be
ready to hear arguments from any citizens
on the measure. It is expected that many
of the most earnest advocates of the in
come tax In the state will express themselves
durtng the week, and that se-veral business
organizations will be arrayed against it.
The committee will th«n report its approval
or disapproval of the measure to one of the
two branches, and by the last of February
the attitude of this commonwealth will be
known.
The question haa failed to arouse public
Interest in this state, but It is Intimated
that the House will favor the Income tax
and that the Seriate will oppose it. which
means that Massachusetts will vote "No"
in the convention of her ulster states.
SEE WASHINGTON
THE NATION'S CAPITAL
(nnsylvania Railroad
TOURS
February 3. 17, March 3, 2\
A»TO 7. 21. and May 5, 1910
00 and $14.50 frcm Kew fork
overs all necessary expend
WOOD. nlfr . „ ' or
TO COi\SEKVE POWER
Continued from first page.
from low water conditions to power pro
ducers on the Hudson. The maikel for
power, which may be developed directly
In connection with the Sacanda^a dam.
is found in Albany. Troy, Mechanic ville.
Fort Edward, Sandy Hill, Glens Falls.
Utlca, Schenectady and other conimuni
, ties within the zone of economical elec
trical transmission.
RESERVOIR TO COST $4,650,000.
The estimated cost of this reservoir,
without power development, ia $4,650.
000, the total yearly fixed charges and
maintenance $237, 700, anil the estimated
annual gross earnings $417,500. leaving
an estimated annual net revenue to the
state of $189,800. On this basis the cost
of the reservois could be refunded to the
state In fifty years, leaving it the sole
owner of the works, subject thereafter
only to the low cost of maintenance and
operation and' yielding a perpetual in
come from the sale of the stored water
at rates subject to periodic revaluation.
Among other p tfcoti specially men
tioned in the rer ft is the regulation of
the waters of the Genesee by the con
struction, of the Portage reservoir. The
cost of the dam and reservoir complete
would be $4,518,000, if the dam were at
the site regarded a a most favorable from
an economic point of view, but its con
struction as a business proposition rests
on the extent to which a market can be
found for the 30,000 continuous horse
power which would be developed at the
dam and the extent to which the bene
ficiaries of flood prevention and the dilu
tion of Rochester sewage can be assessed
their due proportion of the cost.
The Black River, in point of developed
power, is spoken of as "second only to
the Hudson," and it Is recommended
that surveys and designs for storage and
pewer on its tributaries be made during
the coming year, as this is amons; the
chief rivers of the state in respect to
existing power developments and the
need and possibility of regulation.
"The state should seize this oppor
tunity to mark out a policy with respect
to its waters which shall establish once
and for all the principles and procedure
for their use and control, whech'-r for
municipal or power purposes or for se
curing the incidental benefits to iiaviga
ticn and to the public health and safety
which are sure to result." This is on^
of the conclusions of the commission,
and the report adds that in the past the
state has had no policy of power devel
opment either under public ownership
or by encouragement and regulation of
private or corporate development, and
that "as adequate reservoirs cannot be
generally constructed for power purposes;
by private enterprise without a consti
tutional amendment, and possibly not
then, the better way to accomplish this
object is for the state itself to announce
its policy and undertake its performance
in the interests of all clashes and citi
zens."
ADVANTAGES OF STATE CONTROL.
The commission recommends that the
work be undertaken by the state, be
cause under state control the necessary
funds can more economically be pro
vided and the people be absolutely safe
guarded in their right to have the nat
ural beauty of their streams and lakes
maintained at the highest degree con
sistent with the necessary and proper
measures for the regulation of water
flow and the utilization of water power,
under a pre-established plan by which
growing needs may be progressively met
without Impairing the eventual com
pleteness of the development. The need
of state supervision over the construc
tion of damsi to insure their safety and
stability is emphasized.
The total number of acres of state land
that would *-ver be flooded on all the
principal Adirondack streams, U all feas
ible storage reservoirs were constructed,
would be 55,000. The report says:
This Is a most exhaustive figure. In
cluding many reservoirs likely to be built
only in the distant future, if ever; others
which would not be built in case of the
construction of alternative reservoirs on
the same stream, and also taking into ac
count state lands under waters already
sto-ed for regulation purposes. Even this
total of 55,000 acres is only 3.9 per cent
of the state's holding in the Adirondacks.
TTie commission has no hesitation in as
serting that the state in carrying out this
project n.ay safely put a limit en its own
action by providing that not more than
43,500 acres of land now in possession of
the state should be flooded in order to
prevent any improper or wholesale flood
ing of state lands, t
QUESTION AT ISSUE.
In recommending the adoption of a
state plan of development of water pow
ers, the commission adds: x
Here is the question: Shall the state
remain passive and ultimately allow this
priceless possession of water power to re
main unused or shall it in the march of
civilization keep step with new demands
and new conditions? The passage of a
law that permits the use of a natural re
source for new purposes is well within
the general definition of public use as
established in various decisions of the
courts. Building a storage reservoir will
stimulate industrial energy and promote
the productive power c( a very large pop
ulation in the portion of the state affect
ed, besides leading to the growth of towns
and the creation of new channels for the
employment of capita! and labor in those
other centres and places to which elec
trical energy can be carried. So all over
the state industrial opportunities are
waiting for a strong and skilful hand to
apply the electric spark that will t-f>t fi
motion many hands and wheels. A gen
eral policy for the systematic develop
ment of the stati-':; wateV resources would
quickly become an important factor in the
general welfare of all our people, ard
therefore has a real "public purpose."
The bill which accompanies the com
mission's proposed plan of operation pro
vides for a general and systematic de
velopment of the water resources of the
state. Under its provisions the initia
tive for building storage reservoirs may
be taken by individuals, associations or
corporations subject to the recommenda
tions of the commission and the approva.
of the Governor. All contracts for th«
acquiring of lands and the construction
of reservoirs by the commission must
have the Governor's approval. The com
mission 13 empowered to sell or k-ase tho
The BOOKLOVER'S
OPPORTUNITY I
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
Are Discontinuing the
Retail Book Business
(with the exception of rare books and
Offer Their Entire Retail
Stock at Closing Out Prices
Fifth Avenue and 35th Street
water stored In any state reservoir and
to seli and lease power that may be de
veloped thereby; it may make contracts
for the payment of the amount of yearly
benefits conferred by reason of regulat
ing the flow of any stream upon which
state reservoirs may be built, and may
provide the manner of assessing 'and coL
lecting yearly benefits where cor'
are not made.
RECOMMENDATION'S. ""
The recommendations of the volumi
nous report on water power development
are all 'briefly summarized as follows:
1. The enactment Into law of the bill
accompanying this report.
2. The construction by the state of a
storage reservoir upon the Sacandaga
River at or near Conklingville, substan
tially according to the plans prepared by
this commission, for the purpose of regu
lating the flow of the Hudson River, for
power purposes and flood control. Such
reservoir to be owned and maintained by
the state and controlled so as to produce
a net revenue. That work be begun thereon
as soon as the owner of the interests which
will be benefited by such river control shall
ask by petition the building of such reser
voir and shall furnish a sufficient guarantee
that such reservoir when completed will
provide a net revenue to the state.
3. The amendment of the constitution so
as to permit flooding of state lands in
building storage reservoirs by the state.
to be owned, maintained and forever con
trolled by the state for the purpose of pro
viding a revenue to the state. Such amend
ment to be so carefully worded as to pre
vent the flooding of state lands for any
other purpose whatever.
4. An amendment of the constitution pro
viding for a bond Issue for the purpose or
building reservoirs by the state under the
conditions mentioned In recommendation
No. 3 above. ■ ■-» „ ' . __
5. That other reservoirs be built by the
state for the purpose of regulating the flow
of the rivers for power purposes and flood
control whenever the owners of the Inter
ests which will be benefited by such con
trol shall ask by petition the State ate-
Supply Commission to build such reservoirs
and furnish a sufficient guarantee that such
reservoirs when completed will provide a
net revenue to the state. -
6 That appropriation be made tor tne
purpose of continuing detailed studies of
the possibilities of the water resources of
the Oswego and Black rivers.
7 That an appropriation be made for tne
purpose of extending stream gauging wor*
In co-operation with the United States Geo
logical Survey. -
HEARING ON AUTO BILLS.
Will Be Held Before Assembly Com
mittee at Albany To-niorrcw.
Albany, Jan. 30.— The various bills intro
duced in the Legislature suggesting changes
in the present law governing motor ver.l
cles are to be considered at a hearing be
fore the Assembly Committee on Internal
Affairs on Tuesday, when automobilists
will ha.ye £n opportunity to present the^r
views on th 9 numerous questions involved.
It will te in the nature of a preliminary
hearing, with a view to acquainting the
members of the committee with the many
problems which they are expected to solve
during the session.
On Wednesday the Senate Judiciary' Com
mittee will give a hearing on Senator
Grady's proposed constitutional amendment
designed to prevent the sale of stocks on
margins.
Up to the present time 501 bills have been
introduced. 202 in the- Senate and 239 in the
Assembly. Last year in the same period
633 were presented. Many of the meas
ures r^ave teen introduced year after year,
and only a. small percentage of them will
reach the caleadar of either house.
STRIKE. BUT MAKE NO DEMANDS.
Though the- members of the Trousers
Makers' Union, to tfts numter of eight
thousand, have been on strike for a week
in 133 shops In .Manhattan and Brooklyn,
not a single demand has yet teen made
by the strikers on the employers. It is
not unusual in East Side strikes for the
union to declare a strike r'.rst and make
demands later, but this is the first time
Store Ready at 8:15 A. M. Eight Car Lines
Directly ori the Interborough Subway. Each Way to Store.
Concert in
Aadi.or.am
2 P. M.
At
60 r OOO SHOES Marched Out This
Month— And AH Are Not Gone Yet
Still, in Men's, Women's and Children's Sections are plenty of
reminders of a month of wonderful shoe-selling with just one cause
— below-value prices on shoes of known merit.
For the last day of January, these groups demand notice :
Women's MIOSS at $2.85— the same as sold by the
maker's regular agents at $4. Main floor. Old Building.
Men's Shoes at 53. 65 — high-class shoemaking in every
pair. Surplus stocks from the best makers in the country.
Main floor. New Building.
Last Chance at Such Linen Prices
For Six Months to Come
Irish Damask 56c a yard, instead of 75c, 66 inches wide.
Two patterns. Rose or fleur de lis with stripes.
Napkins to match, 21 inches square, $1 .50 a dozen.
German Silxer Beach Linen ."in three patterns, 65c a yard.
Only 800 yards left. It regularly sells at 30c a yard. 68 in. wide.
standard $1 Urj.-n. selling at 90c a yard. 68 inches wide.
Napkins to match. 22 inches square, ready hemmed. $2.25 a doz.
Bleached Irish Damask at 80c a yard, instead of $1. One of
the best White Sale values. 72 inches wide. Napkins to match.
20 inches square, $2.25 a dozen ; 24 inches square, $3.25 a dozen.
Beautiful Double Damask from Scotland, two yards wide.
$1.25 a yard. Napkins to match, 22 inches square. $3.25 a dozen.
24 inches, $3.75 a dozen.
Towels and Toweling
Last of the famous •• Old Bleach V Towels, selling at $2.75 a
dozen, instead of $3.
Extra-size man Huckaback Towel*, 23 x 44 inches, selling
at $3 a dozen, instead of their regular price of $4.20.
MemstltcheJ Huckaback Towels with damask borders, 22 x 42
in., selling at $4 dozen, instead of $5.40.
Glass Toweling, red checked, 20 inches wide, 12VcC a yard.
17-inch wide Kitch Towel ing:, red border. 10c "a yard.
Brown TwllleJ Towel injr, 17 in. wide, red border, 9c a yard,
Some unbleached, 10c a yard. Heavier quality kitchen toweling,
17 inches wide, 12>.c a yard, which we usually sell at 16c.
Linen Store, First floor, Old Building. " P
/t L
Formerly • A fry* ,§ /f taß ji [m # Broadway,
A. T. Stewart &CoHAI (I If // /ffu AfV ** Fourth a»e,
Y\J *M(/*tUv*yf vor Ei 's htil to ientb st
that a body of strikers has been oot «f
york for a week without making any de-
Al! that the strikers bava tun
dcine. so far has teen to attt r.v mass
meetings. A committee, how»\>r, waa *j>
• ' by the strikers to draft demand.*.
which w ill be submitted to the employers
in a day or two.
TALK OF MR. WILLCOX
Suggested as Harmon?! Candi
date for Governor.
[By Telegraph to Th« Tribune.]
Albany, Jan. Politicians at the Capi
tol are discussing quietly. the availability
of William R. Wlllcox. chairman of the
Public Service Commission for the Ist Dis
trict, as a harmony candidate for Governor
to succeed Governor Hughes. Many 'of
them think that, while distinctly a Hughes
Republican, who has given hearty support
to the Governor's reform policies, he- would
be acceptable to some of the oldline Repub
licans who have been antagonistic to the
Governor and his progressive measures.
It is conceded on all sides that if a Re
publican Governor is to be elected next
fall he must be a man from the Hughes
wing of the party and one for whom the
Governor would have no hesitancy in taking
the stump. Mr. Willcox was appointed
by the Governor to the important ; place
of chairman of the Public .-' Service Com
mission of the Ist District, where' he has
served with a good record. Before that
time he was postmaster of New York City.
where, succeeding the late Cornelius Van
Cott, he put that office, on a sound basis
and quietly did considerable housecleaning.
He served a* Park Commissioner when Seta
Low was Mayor o. .New York- City, and
made good in that oxHce.
"Willccx is my candidate." said a Re
publican to-day. "He is a sound Hughes
man and a progressive Republican. Ha
has qualities which would commend him
to other elements in the party, though, and
make him a good harmony candidate. • He
is known as one o! Roosevelt's 'boys.* and
Is well liked by President Roosevelt. Ha
is a personal friend of President: Taft and
of Postmaster General Hitchcock. ; He has
teen an active Republican worker, and so
has the friendship of many organization
men who are clean and strong, even If they
don't agree with Governor Hughes in every
thing. I understand, too, that WUlcos
would be acceptable to . men who, though
retired from active participation in political
affairs, still are influential because of their
former position— men like Governor Black,
for instance. - ..•? .
"Willcox has been in a considerable senso
a part of the Hughes administration, and
if I can see attVlaJM our next campaign
will have to be fought out by sur:
the Hughes administration. He's clew* ami
has made good ia every job he' a under
taker." - !
NAVAL STATION QU
Scarlet Fever Shuts Up 2,300 Ap
prentices at Newport.
Xewport, R. L. Jan. SO.— More than twtr.
ty-three hundred naval apprentices will be
shut up at the naval training station for
the next five days. on account of scare:
fever quarantine regulations. Only era
case oi the disease has aopeared tnuj '.*■
but, having in mind the epidemic of lxst
year, when three cases proved fatal, tho
authorities have taker, prompt repress**
measures.
For n^ivs of February
furniture Sale, and
other . Important
events, plea*e ***
Wanamaker ' pag» hi
tosizht's Evening
•Telegram. Even in |
Mall. F.Train« Post
and Brooklyn stand
ard Union. "■ •