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.MONEY BILLS PASS
'ARXT'S S/(r SUM.
{Senate 'Also Approved. Immi
gration Commission's Work.
trrotn The Tribi"« Bureau. I
TT*shi££ton. reb. 2.— The Bewat< was In a
• 5 mood to-day, «nd in a session la«t.
ing about four hours raised tb« army «P
rropriatlon bill, the urpent dpficienry bill
»n<3 the bill providing that hereafter both
th« principal and interest of all hands and
<r.rtificates of ln<W»t»dness issued by Ul6
United States shall be payable in cold coin
TliV bond Mil v" k h pas=se«l th« }^ou?c on
T-'.onday was favorably reported today by
Senator Wldrich from th« Committee en
rTlbssb«oc and unanhr.ouj! ooasjent v.as clven
S or its Imm«diat<- consideration. Thf army
biit. v.hii-h narrf* an »-i •. ■ ' itlon of $X>.
*<CJ^7. wax in rliiTice of Senator arrea.
•«!io x pnt it through in i -"!« than thirty
misstes. FojJowjnt Hift pasMCe of th"?e
hOls aa hour -evas demoted to senoral do
bat* on - v » c »j,i cji-. me' sanll bill, «HI
Sojitcr Heyburn as chW rritic of th«.
sscatnin Senators Carter aad Bmoot re
pn^ ... hif« crlticisms.
Tlja .menJ:r.'i:tf Of th* Senate committee
to th^ urgent a«!flrJ^ncv bill provoked little
rt«-c-j!»r Senator Bulkeley's point of order
*isain?t tfc« provifion tixinj; the salaries of
A* I«dr<w« of tii*> net? Customs Court of
.-.;,<■_ at j7..«r. a year was svstsißed.
Tt^A^ Mlarm ■?■ iww be adjuMed in the
■■^nferetjr*' committee mid probably t\IU
-.-•-- at -.; -..-■
It t> »c . isMcted that Ibem «b<*hM b r a
losjs; debate «n the amendment carrying
f]ts/><^o t« «-rsable th«» TTrtmipration Coinmls
*ion is) complete Up work. but the defence
r.'f this provision hf Senators Piliinsrham
Mtf Liodtre was 50 complete that several
Dasasjcrai Senators «*• ••« at first di?
y^sed t/» iinin the amendment thdrew
their ■■■•. ■■!.=. end said it ■semsd to be
Meat pmisf-Trerthy leiglslatlon- When this
BflaaCNssMßl eras reaoh^d a point ■ '" order
in;,! asa^" acsinsf it by Senator Stone. The
«iu*stion -p-ar* njhniiTtM to th* Senate and
•at •»•£? d^Hd'-d that th» amendment was in
fnVr.
Kfeplyinir (a Senator Br.'-o'.i. who asked
■f<?T an- explanation of tli«- . imeut. Mr.
T>nilnr^«»m ssM that an sasariea for mem
'«- of the linrnicrfltiori CominiEPion will
*toj>.ir» rvlarcr* and that a final report will
■be.rti'e^.^ not :a*,-r than December. Tie r'
j>la!o*J •■_• i-.r oomrrtlr*:on bai expended
5. :-.--,-,--. ?J"?.WI T.as for the col-
Irfllna aad tabulation "r" r Information. It
irrnployf? IK Ik ; aga a and "10 clerk&
/ Mr. DiHinzhani then pave m. brief outline
rr the T.ork si the imn>iiiisii»ii and paid
tt»at ; tti!s - nation had lived a century with
out any ■- .-••-. Investigation or the great
-- . ;ir.-: of iminisration. Ho • -.., 1 !l^>t
»»)l field warlt has been poaaplewfl. and that
in*- adriJtionai appropriation is requtred to
tat -' r »nd prei>ire for th" printer infor
mation no 1"'1 "' on hand.
After ti bri^-f rtat^ment by Senator l^riee
In -smplifi'-aUon of Mr Dilllnghanfs **pU
jiation P»nitors Btone an<l Ba<"o:i said that
they hud no Idea of the broad ?cop^ of the
Inquiry mad" by the Imrrnsrration Conxml?
i4m Tliey "rrr convinced " ■-- said, that
5t awl '■ " bad policy to withhold th«
Trirrri^-y rie<^"!==ar7' to oonip!«-te. this preat
•work gad th"" tpitbdrew their objection.
T.h« ame^dmrr.t farcins Sl^s.ono for th"
r"mmi«sion to complete i' ss ■w-ork v a not <i"
fe&ted in th* Hoase but "went out on s point
of »">r<sfT. In view of the unanimous support
s,tf this -■ ttion in the S*nst^ it Is be
li^v^d the House Gereet: Till not trong
ly boh th*-. needed appropriation.
TTAT.T. ASKS FOR rATTPON
jirv Yorker, Sentenced fcr Forgery,
_S??ks to Escape Psjfl Term.
fEr -•■;•-.- to Tb* Trib'in* i
Prrvj-Jence. Feb. Z. — A pardon is ank*d by
Mandc de MairieTiy Hail, f-riori nf a
» c althy IC«w Tork family, ■wiia i? now In
Cransren Prison^ ,«ntiic >. tr.-«-». years' f>n
t'-nc*' for forc<?rv.
Kal! -w-at ■motel M Watch Hill last
«Tun<?. He was char?«=3 •k\i\\ forging r!i e ck&.
k ■»!« ?aid that he had lost a laree s'jtn of
" bbssbm en tfas Harvard-Yale boat race, and
that be forged the checks to fafse nion^y
limporarlly. •-■ ntne; to m? I *- 0 jroo«3 'ato-
Family Influence was brought to b°ar in
Ws b»helf. but it failM to save him fr m
a prison sentence.
His app*>3l for pardon •will probably b»
s><-»ed on by C*ov«rnor Pothior »nd his- coun
».<■ p«m« tim 0 thlr^ -^-Ank.
Menflerni* 1 A' Marlgny i?a!l -;- arrested
a ■•-.-..• sg"» in I^ondan on nrtra
«sltir>Ji pasmrß. rharg** with having- passM
• ■worThl'sys ch<?ck for *?•/**> «n &■ Fari«
*'Jtcrnobile firm. T"or ihj nlme he vis
-•«■.- to thirteen months in jail, but
j.wn p^cur^d his releas*^ IT r Is a 808 of
"O-jiJlam Corn*!!'^ Hal>. of this city.
BIG JUMP IN IMPORTS.
Arr'' 11 * 1 "^ Value of Merchandise for
Janyary About 20 F^r Cent Over 1909.
Georere W. Wanraakv, AppmiE^r of the
port, s*esterfiaT gave «rjt the following c*nn
tniiTT statt<?nj*nt of transactions in bis office
f«r th* 1 month of January; lSlfi, in oonipar*
t.r>rt "with iho=« in th* BBsne month in 1?"9
*n4 ir-05:
.rr •• "■ value of merchandise.
3*19 . . . K7t>,7. .?.].--3 Zl
two . ... 4E M • :■■• r»i
V,«<K 53,415,733 51
The . deed rmsM of preclou? atones
*r!(J pearls for January. 1?l ft . «■»« 54.541.
fns^S. as compared with %• isß ( 25 for
.T«miary. l???. and F313.45G £7 for January.
f-eventy-four automafcilee. of the total »p
pralfeJ value of $lsi'.9n 31. were luaportea
'- January. 1910. in comparison with fifty
■ »=*v*n oan vslued at $13?. 9*1 #7, in Janu-
a ry, IMf, an 3 10? cart, valued at |22%>
: ;-: - - in January. 19"?.
•nor tap MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Frtsmment. Southerner round .Shot in
Augusta Street.
aajspsaof, '_» - TV*. ' Tr Cterlea Hick
■■-ejl-. scM cf the reost pTombj«Qt physicians
fn the South. mi found dead from gunshot
**£■ '" at 10 o'clcrk •' -night Ib a Rtre«t r>t
Ktiltraerun*, the fsfhionable Fuburb of Au
rysta.
Dr. Hictanaa -.* (was at his broth«r>
home, - leaving: there Ehortly after S o'clock.
Jt Is recalled by mifients cf the neighbor
h«?od tliat three shots were beard about'that
hour. Dr. Hickman'* pock«ts had b«*n
rifled end Mi -sratcfa had be^n torn from hi*
frrst. ■ "< it Mr to the murderer.
TO REAL ESTATE
OPERATORS
'w» wa?u your bank eccomrt. It
win profit you to have It la a Company
t*set ttas a band In most real estate
operations in New York. We under
gland jour t-usioeas and appredjst*
»ocr needs. We do not object to ac-
Rousts that are large vo* day end
snail thenexL
TiTIE OOABANBE
J iKD TRUST C 9
sad Surplna, - f 14,000,000
twW-fW.tT. t7s«ans««t.>WSy«.
a«o PtJMB B« Anaica.
FISHERIES REPORT
vorr ry SENATE.
7?;//r«? for Boundary Waters of
America and Canada.
trrem Th» Tritvuts* Bureau.s
*rastitncten, Feb. 2.— President. Taft
traaaattMt to the Senate to-flay *> report
by Secretary Knex for a Bjitem of ur»l
forni and common International r^pij'atlOTtP
for the protection of the food fishes in the
international bourdarj- waters of th« Unltefl
States and Canada. ,
This report rontstn? Hw repulatlons pre
parefl by th« International Fisheries Com
misrion pursuant to the convention of April
11. MS, between Great Britain and the
TTnited State**. It is necey?ary that Con
press shall, by statute, carry Into effect
certain of these reirulatien* In order thftt
they may be effective.
Dr.- David Ftarr Jr.rdan, representing the
T'rKed - States, anfl r>r. Edward T£rne?t
T"rlnce. representing 1 the Dominion of Can
ada, were appointed mrmW!> of the com
mi«:Mon to prer*Bre the regulation?. They
visited nearly «rery fWhing port alon* the
boundary from Toronto to Vancouver Isl
and. while. Dr. B. "W. Evermann. a repre
femative. of the. commission. visited th«
Iblherlea in Bfaiae and New Biuu»*h*.
In a note, attached to Secretary Knot's
letter Dr. Jordan suggests that the r«sjn-
Jat;on«. sliCttM not take effect until Janu
ary i. mi. lt« cays that the fi?henrten
ch«-]M have a season in which to us« up
the twine. th«y now have. The chance,
shouifl rot. tah* place, Dr. Jordan Say*,
in in** mide«?t of the fl*hinfir p^afon. and he
points out that there hi practically no fi.^h
In^ In tiie boundary waters in December,
January arid February. . ,
Dr. Jordan Bars that it will be impossi
ble to enfor^A thA regulations without »
rationnl Fr.=teni or patrol to rupplement
•that now maintained by the. several state?.
Such a fypteni la now In operation In can
eda, the. Dominion gorenrnmrt bavin? a
complete jst^fr or eruardfan?. overseer*
and patrol boats. Tber* fire thrpe M«h
boat? operated by Canada in Pupet Bound,
and one .•*■-!-. In Tasmania quoddy Bay. Lake
Erie, and Lake Ontario. Pennsylvania, and
Ohio have, each a patrol Fteamer in L*k«i
Eric, though they are much smaller than
the Caoadlan vessel Other American
states occasionally employ gasolene
launches.
With » view to carrying out a system ot
national patrol. Dr. Jordan suggests that
the National Bureau of Fisheries be given
jurisdiction to enforro the fishing laws and
regulations in the boundary waters, He
recommends the enactment of legislation
for th« appointment of thirty -wardens,
three, inspectors and necessary clerical
assistants, to be In charge, of a deputy
commissioner of fisheries. He recommends
also that the government purchase seven
rtewm vessels, at a cost of I1?/**)I 1 ?/**) each, and
sixteen gasolene launches, at a cost of 1250
each, to enable the Bureau of Fisheries to
enforce the law a"d regulations.
TO AID INQUIRY.
j Balliriger Engages Counsel at
Committee's Request.
'■ 1 From Th» Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington, Feb. 2. —At the, request «f
th<s Pallhiger-Pinehot investigating? cum
mlttee. «■= expressed by Chairman Nelson,
Secretary Balllnger has engaged counsel to
represent him and Mescr*. Dennett and
Swartz before the committee.
Mciuberß of the committee, while sym-
I pathizing with th« Mien of Mr. *a.illn
ic r and hip associates in their reluttanc
i in treat the present inquiry as a trial, have
1 cOttie to the conclusion that the burden of
/ rrr.; K .».i,sr'iin!PiEr witnesses to the extent
necessary to develop the truth is too heavy
an-1 that, moreover, ftttt cro?s-es.amina
tion would be, at least apparently. Incon-
Fistent with th" purely Judicial attitude It
wishes to prer^rve. ■
Th« committee appreciates that, with tha
aid of his attorney. L. Tt. (SMtiß has «?n-
Joyed the widest latitude In makiner oharceg
end belle vets he should be thoroughly cross
itaed. while the committee Is relieved
from a" r^pponrlbllity other than that in
-. ••i>«-ii in its purely judicial function.
The committee first su^eested to the At
torney General the advisability of assig;n
inj: pome attorney connected with th». De
partment of Justice as counsel for Secre
! tary Balling'T and hie associates, and on
, learning Cram Mr. WtekerFhaiu that no at
torney T.as available, urped S^cretarj' B^l
liiiE'^r to t^ke th«» course ho has now
adopted. The attorney engaged is a West
ern man. who Is said to be thoroughly fa*
miliar with land lairs. Hie name has not
vet be«-n ann^inced.
.1 NEW LAND BILL.
Measure. Adds to President's
Power Possible Fight.
[From At Tribune Bureau. J
Washington, Feb. 2. -The Committee on
Public Lands reported to the Senate to-day
■ substitute for the bill of Secretary Bal
linger, authorising the withdrawal from set-
Uemeot. location, rale or entry of portions
of the. public domain. Friends of the con
servation movement regard legislation of
this character as essential to a proper and
comprehensive development of a policy of
roc&ervation by tbe national government.
Even if Congress does not take, affirmative
rininn reJat'n^ to th* mode of developing
water power sites, national fores'.*-. c«i3l
lands, etc . the. pa?sa?e of the bill rapcrted
iu-i?3y •srill euable the administration to
conserve these natural resources until nueh
•♦me as th« lawmakers are ready to adopt
a concrete clan for the «ale or leasing' of
thep» valuable portions of the public do
main.
Th« BaUteget bill irav« the S'cretart." of
the. Interior authority to make temporary
withdrawals pending action by Congress.
It provided that. h» FhoulJ make, a report of
Bucta withdrawals to Congress at the be
gh ning of Its next regular session after
the. date, Of such withdrawals, and that
when the reasons for svefa withdrawals had
ceased to exist and no action had been
taken by Congress the withdrawn land
might be restored to the. public domain and
made subject to the provisions of th» land
law?.
The substitute bin rests th» authority to
•witbdraw public lands m the President, in
eteS.3 of In the. Secretary of th«: Interior.
It provides that bust* may be, withdran-n
and reserved for forestry, ■water power, ir
rigation, classification or other public Mir
poses, to be specified In euch withdrawal.
The Secretary of the. Interior is to report
these, withdrawals to Conj^ree", and lands
fr. withdrawn ar<? not to be restored until
the withdrawal order is revoked by the
President or by Congress.
.TTBNKINS ESTATE fiTTIT.
"Effort, to Reco7er Money Lilt by Bank
in Stork Deal.
Justice Kelly, In the Supreme Court In
Brooklyn, yesterday, reserved decision on
a. motion to vacate an order giving leave
to examine John G. Jenkins, Jr. prior to
the trial of the ?ul» brought by the First
National Bank of Brooklyn against the, »x
ecators of the estate of John O. Jenkinp,
er.. 10 recover $227,077.
While the elder Jeakias was president
and a director of the bank. It is alleged,
there were bo-ujht, with his consent, cer
tain shares of stock to the total value of
JtiWSG.MS. and that these were hi posses
sion of the bank when, on July 25, 1507, the
Controller cf th« Currency terved the
bank's officers with a notice, that the pur
chase of the stock wae illegal and that
they must b« Fold at once. The stock had
depreci«.t*d and tha suit is for the loss
level in the transaction.
NEW-YOKK DAaY TRIBUTE, THURSDAY. rgBHUAKV 3, 191 n
THE V Ay Iff WASHIjyrGTOJ*
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.]
■Washington. Feb. With members of
th* Heusa almost tumbling over each
Other in their des!r«> to reach the President
and assure him of their purpose to let
nothing Interfere with th*. subject of his
legislative, programme, a survey of the pit
nation in that body ha? repealed a peculiar
condition which will be called to the atten
tion of the Chief Executive immediately.
Th* four measures which President Taft
ha* placed first in the order of fmportanc*
re the. Interstate commerce amendments,
the injunction legislation, the postal
pavings legislation and' the several con
servation bill?, of which the one authoriz
ing: the Secretary of the Interior, or the
President to make any withdrawals of
public lands they deem proper, pending
action by Congress, comes first. None of
these measures is ready for action by the
Bouse, and only one- of them has been In
troduced. The. first, amending the Inter
state Commerce law. is before th«» comml>
tee of that name and hearings are being
held, -but th« leader? are still anxiously
awaiting the receipt of the injunction
measure, the conservation bills and the
postal Ravings bill. It. is realized that pos
aibly the President. expects the House to
await the receipt of the postal bill from
the Senate and that th.it may he his Idea
with regard to th<- conservation bills, but
the anti-injunction bill has not even been
introduced in the upper house. The lack
of these bill? at a time, when the House is
actually eager to carry out the. President's
wishes is likely to operate as something of
n. damper on tho enthusiasm " the mem
b«r», and the attention of the president will
be exiled to the advisability of having all
of the measures he regards as of first. Im
portance Introduced at once in order that
work may be begun on them without
delay.
Some Of the?? progressive Republicans
who. while not actually Insurgents, have
been somewhat disposed to criticise Presi
dent Toft's apparent impatience with the
insurgent?, especially of the Senate, will
doubtless tee more clearly the reason for
the President's attitude in thr light of the
course of thai faction in the Senate at the
present time. Senator Aldi't>*h and other
conservatives have waived their objections
to postal savings banks; Senator TSlkins and
others, who share' hi* views, have subordi
nated their own opinions to the judgment
of the, administration, and will report and
vote for the, amendments to the interstate
commerce law, and there is no determined
opposition to any Important feature of the
present Executive programme except on
the part of the Insurgents. They insist that
they mast have their own way or none,
and Senator Cummins hi loud in his pre
dictions that the administration railway
bill will not pa*«» unless the Senate consents
to such amendments as the Senator from
lowa will offer and pr*s?. Other insurgents
are disposed to assist the Democrats in
their opposition to th« postal savings leg
islation, and so on. It is the Old Story
of "Insuring" pitting to b» a habit, of
Insurgents ever ready to sacrifice the larger
good to their own ends and alms, and it
has been h realization of this tendency
which has led the President to d*precat*
insurrection and th« disposition to place
individual Judgment above, that of the ma
jority.
Speaking of Democrats and Insurgents
in the Senate, senator Money has finally
designated Senator Purcell. the newly ap
BECK SEES T) AX GEE.
Say.* Panic Would Follow In
discrim in ate Prone en tinn 8.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2.— "Th« o-nforcemrnt
of the.. Sherman anti-trust law- as now in
terpreted by the United States government
aralnpt every railroad and corporation In
this country •w-ouid cause a panic compared
*-ith which th" Roosevelt panic of two
yearn aco wouM \>*> as a z-phyr is" to a.
cyclone." declared Jams? M. Feck, of -New
York. formerly Assistant United States At
torney General, in an address to-night be
fore. th». Philadelphia Bankers" Association.
Ulr. B»ck took for his text 3 sentence
from the recent message of President Taft.
In Trhieh the latter, after stating that It
was his duty and purpose to outline an in
vestigation into tn.e Industrial companies
where there, any reason for suspicion
that they icere violating: the anti-trust law.
added that Such an investigation and pos
piii]» prosecution of the corporations would
"ne,ees.~arily tend to disturb thA confidence^
of the business community, to dry up tlio
rio-n* floTvine sources of capital from Its
places of hoardinsr aid produce a halt In
our prosperity that would cause suffering
and strained circumstances among the In
nocent many for the faults of the guilty
few."'
"That extraordinary statement is equally
distinguished by Its candor and Its ac
curacy, for hardly was «'! ink dry upon
the message t»-hen the prophecy was veri
fied to the. letter/ paid th«» epeaker.
"Within a fortnight there -was a shrinkage
In values all alone the line. The common
stock of Union Pacific decrcaped J60.000.000
a lone,
"While other countries are endeavoring
to foster their business Interests, this coun
try, through a piece of archaic legislation
Is endeavoring- to disintegrate the business
organizations of this country with the full
recognition that enormous and Irreparable
losses must fall in the process upon thou
sands of Innocent people.''
DR. BDTCAMAN PUT OF ASYLUM.
MiUiona.irQ'g Nephew Will. Now Marry
Poor Nurse.
[By rtiinaraßili to Th» Tribun«. i
Pfttaburg, Feb. 2.— Dr. Waiter S. Binga
nan. a prominent young physician of Pitts
burgh and a nephew of C F. Bingaman, a
millionaire physician, -'.as released yester
day from ths Dlxmont Insane Asyram,
where he had been confined since June,
ISO?. He declares that he was Incarcerated
because he had refused, to break his en
gagement with Miss Catherine Frank, a.
poor nurse, to marry a wealthy EJast End
girl who had been selected by his parents
and his uncle.
Dr. Bingamar. says ha teas called from
bis home at 5 o'clock in the morning. Tie
thought he was to visit a patient, he says,
but instead landed In the asylum. He was
released through the efforts of a fraternal
organization and his sweetheart. His uncle
lias now relented, and Dr. Bingarnan plans
to marry Miss Frank setne day this weak.
Atlantic City
LENTEN OUTINGS
VIA
Pennsylvania R. R.
Every Saturday
February I to March IP, laeloal ■
SIO or Sl2
flccordJCC to >O»e1 MT#ct#d
Cover* round-tr!t) transportation and two
days' board
Thrcuth trains leav» New „Tork at S5
A- m and 2.55 P. M ar*«k-days; ma. m.
Sunday*.
Consult Ticket Ag«nts. «r C Stuilds.
D. P. A , Ml Fifth >vf . New Tork.
pointed Democrat from North Dakota, to
the vacancy on the Balllnger Pinrhot com
mittee which resulted from the resignation
of Senator Pavri"r. Apart from th» tart
that Senator Purcell is a Democrat of In
tense partisan stripe, the designation is the
occasion of no little concern because of po
litical gossip which has reached here to th*
effect that the Governor eC North Dakota,
contemplate? making another change. in the
representation of that etate In the upper
House In the not distant future. The death
of Senator Johnson, It will be Tecal-d, gave
Governor Burke, a Democrat, the unex
pected opportunity to appoint a member of
his party to the- House. He appointed
Fountain 1,. Thompson, permitted him to
nerve forty days and then, according to re
port. a*ked him to resign that he might ap
point Mr. Purcell. Representatives from
North Dakota are to the effect, moreover,
that Governor Burke seeks election to the Su
preme Court of tho state, and that in order
to gain the support of all the factions of
hi- party he purposes to divide the period
ensuing before the Legislature will have an
opportunity to elect a republican between
the four moot prominent Democrats In the
state, and that. In pursuance of this plan.
Senator Purcell will be permitted to serve
only a short time before h* will have to
yield his place to »he third Democrat on the
Governor's list. While this report cannot be
confirmed here, St is "at least orca?ioning
some unea^inesfis among those who would like
to see the personnel of the Ba.llinger-Pinchot
committee as permanent as possible.
Th*. Senate confirmed to-day th» nomi
nation nt "Royal B. Cabell as Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, and the Finance. Com
mittee reported favorably the nomination
of J. A. Freeman Curtis. «* Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, although this
nomination was not confirmed. Mr. Cabell
Is a Taft Republican, a resident of Rich
mond, Va.. and la one of those. progressive
young men on whom President Taft bases
his hope of bringing the Eoiith Into the
Republican column. There has been no
serious opposition to his nomination at any
time. His ultimate confirmation wat pre
dieted In this . column, and events have
verified the prediction. There has been
serious opposition to Secretary Curtlpi. bow
ever, and," curiously enough, a part, of this
has been flu* to. ths fact that re-ports have
reached Washington to the, effect that Mr.
dirties Brother, a. resident of N<*w York.
was seriously engaged With Robert Collier
and others In a. persistent effort to dip
credit the Taft administration- In the hop*
that Colonel Roosevelt may he nominated
In 1012. Investigation by the. Finance Com
mittee, has, bow**w, relieved Secretary
Curtis from all responsibility for the course
of his brother.
That, the Treasury Department may lose
one of its most valued officials and that
the New York Custom House may be the
trainer -was learned to-day whin ft was
found thai a majority of th* New fork
delegation had indorsed Assistant Secretary
Charles d. hots for the post of Surveyor
of the Port, now filled by General Clark
son. Of course this does not mean that the
appointment has been decided on. M- any
means, and U is known that • Secretary
MacVeagh wOulfl b» reluctant to have Mr.
TTillis transferred to New York— so much,
indeed, that If another man -Kith equal
qualifications can h* found it is not un
likely h* will be appointed and Mr. HHlis
retained In Washington. G. G. H.
NO WAGE INCREASES.
iS»f;/ Western Railroads Re
fuse Firemen's Demands.
Sixty railroads in the western part of
th country bave informed th* ' :"?ent3
tir^s of : : ,2. nr>f > firemen of ♦'. injection of
tl>»ir demands for a r fi to ; -5 per cent wage
Increase and otli»r i-oncessiooa. News of
t.ho- rejection was contained in a ■private,
dispatch -from Chicago yesterday.
The roads express a willingness to arhl
tra<e the question of wages, but flatly re
fuse other demands
The demands of the firemen were made
on railroads in the "West, and officials of
the Eastern lines said yesterday that they
did not knoT whether demands would be
made on their lines or not.
Chicaco. Feb. 2, M. B. Carter, an official
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, said to-day that the report
that the railroads had rejected the de
mands of his order for an Increase hi wages
and other concessions v.as, true in part.
The following statement was given by the
general managers' association to-day:
The conference of ten general managers
and forty labor representatives, which ha?
been In session here since De« ember 27
in . adjourned Representation was for the
"Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen on
500,000 miles of railroad Involving fifty-on*
lines.
The two committees failed to reach an
asxerment and the railroads have offered
to submit the wage question to arbitration,
which the labor leaders v 111 In turn refer
to a vote of tho men.
Other questions were taken up at this
conference, but they were of minor Im
portance. It haft not. been definitely deter
mined when the two committees will meet
?g^tn.
The «"©nfereTi«e was conducted in har
mony throughout.
HYDE DEPOSITTONB TODAY.
Swope Family Avoid Summonses in
Kansas Suits.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. ?.— Viryil COnkHng,
county prosecutor; J. O. Paxton, executor
of the Swone estate-, and James A. Reed,
an attorney, who have been in Chicago
conferring with specialists relative to the
or» poison mystery, arrived here to-day.
It was- reiterated that no action by th*
state was probable before, the inquest next
week.
Depositions win h«> taken to-morrow in
the suits brought by Dr. B. C Hyde, in
which 'he asks $700,000 damages for slandf-r.
Both Mr Paxton and Mr. Hyde accepted
service of subpeenas to-day. Deputy sheriffs
who went to Independence to subpoena th«
members of the Swops family at Che home
of Mrs. Logan IT. BwPpP, were not allowed
to enter the- house.
ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES. | ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES.
'The Last Evening View*
"No one can afford to miss seeing the Henry Collection."
The American Art Galleries
L^st Days and Evening of Exhibition
Unrestricted Public Sal- by Order of His Executor?. ■
Mrs. Henry and the Girard Trust Company, Philadelphia.
To-morrow (Friday) nvenins: at 8:30
At Mendelssohn Hall
Fortieth Street, East of Broadway
i r«ri er»n •• I; Admission br r*r<j. to b<s i 11 fr«» ©I *h» nia cager •)
Beautiful Masterpieces
cc f v. e iT Mr. H. S. Henry,
EXHIBITION ENDS AT 3 P. M TO-MORROW (FRIDAY) ;
The sale will be conducted by MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY o?
The American Art Association, Managers
• £ait Z3d Street, Madlsoa Squire South, >>* \«rk
PEARY'S JSEW PIiAN
SOUTH POLE SEARCH.
Proposes That National Geo
graphic Society Join Club.
IllaiHllllli'i" Feb. 2-CommaTidT nnbeyt.
E Peary. discoverer of the North Foie.
has mad- a proposition to th* £**■£
Geographic Society, which, if *«&&$£
m*an that an American expedition vA\l M
en its way to discover the unconnuered
South Pol* next fall.
On behalf of the Pearr Arctic Club of
New York. Commander P**ry MM* a *f
that the rlub and th« Geographic *° ci *H
fit up ft joint expedition to reach the South
The Peary Arctic Club, he "aid in mak
ing the offer at *. dinner given by Dr.
Alexander Graham Bell to th« board of
directors of th- National Geographic Bo
r t*ty laPt nisht. would contribute, the
rtoamshJp Boo»sv»lt. which could not »"
dimmed for $1S0.0», provided' HM Na
tional Geographic Society * -ouM a^un.e
th« r«penelblHt7 tor the first **.n<y> toward
«he cost of til* exr-dltlon. According to
the. Plan eugrs^t«d -11 expend abo;e that
sum are to bo divide equally between tho
two organisations. Commander Peary es
timated that, am total co?t would be from
$75,000 tO $100,000. •'■•'-' "i. , e.-rt
The propo«*4 expedition would start next
fall, and would reach Coast La»o about
March. 1911. This point i« directly o o- Pr
,it« the- base of th* British South Polar
expedition. The. two camps would be about
two thousand miles apart, and approxi
mately the «•«■« distance, from the South
pot- It Is estimated that th» explorers
rro-jld »e«,^h thq South Polft about Decem
ber si. Ml.
Commander FwMry's croporal was re
ceived with enthusiasm by the. member*
of the. f»ard of the Geographic Society, but
as Hie. mating at the dinner was an in
formal one; no action was taken. The
matter, however, was referred to the.
fins nee and research committee of the so
ciety, r.ith instruction^ to report at a spe
cial meeting to be called at an early date.
It is believed that the society will decide
to accept the proposal.
Commander Peary, however. '*a ld that he
could not conduct th« expedition in per
son, as the sI«h1k«» work required so much
physical exertion that it heeded a younger
man than he to undertake it.
Commander Peary had an interview to
day with Hear Admiral Itolliday. chief of
the Bureau of Yards and Dock?, hi regard
to his future. So far no plans bay* been
perfected, and the Navy Department will
inquire into tb* engagements which th«
officer has already made before givin? him
formal orders of attachment.
General Thomas H. Hubbard. presideAt
Of the Peary Arctic Club. said last night.
that th* member? of the dab have been
discussing a plan to co-operate with the
National Geographic Society in sending out
ah Antarctic expedition in Peary's old shin
the. Roosevelt. No definite action baa yet
been taken by the dub.
"The National Geographic Society lias
been planning such an expedition for some
time. 1 understand that the primary ob
ject is not a dash for the. South Pole, but
the exploration of 'Wilkes Land. Thus the
expedition would co far to th* east of rho
resrlon through vh>h the British expedition
under Shackleton hap gone and through
which the new expedition under Captain
Scott is to be sent.
'••The National Geographic Society has
r^nimunicat-d with th© British Royal Geo
graphical Society, which Is sending out Cap
tain ScOtt, and ha? b<^^n assured that an
American expedition to Wilke* Tj«nd wou!,]
V^i entirely satisfactory to the. Englishman.
It h^» been suggested that the Peary Arctic:
Club furnish the Roos^x-plt. and that th*
National Geographic Society supply an
equivalent amount of capital for the under
taking. . No action has been taken by th«
club, however, and plan* for the proposed
undertaking have not been worked out in
detail" . • . .
(IE CAVSES DEiTH.
Playing Billiards, Gas' Pipe
Was Opened rcith Fatal Result.
[Ev megrapti to The TriS'jn*. ]
Atlantic City. Feb. 2.— Samuel 9 Bul
lock's billiard cue was th» cause of his
death from th« fumes of Illuminating
gas* at his. homo on Arctic avenue this
afternoon. Mr. Bullock had gone home
from business rather earlier than usual
.'.nd decided to play billiards for a time
before dinner He went into the billiard
room, which contained a gas radiator, an
auxiliary to the other h^atiner apparatus
of the house. Tn passing around from
one end of the table to the other, trailing:
his cue along behind Inn. th« cue struck
th° hose that connected the stove with
the fixture and severed it from the pip*" ,
Mr*. Bullock called to her husband
Yhpn dinner was ready, but received no
nnpwfM". phf> went upstairs, opened th»
Qoor of th^ room and found h^r husband
lying across the table unconscious. She
could not arouse him. She shut oil the
How of gas. opened the wind©* and
then ran for aid. lie died after reaching
the hospital, however
TRAINS HIT. HEAD-ON,
Expresses Crash Near South
Noncalk, Conn.
The Boston express of the New fork,
%>■. Haven &■ Hartford IJailruau. due
in New York at 5:3 4>4 > p. m yesterday,
was delayed for forty minutes by *
head-on collision with the Pittsfield mr
jireps near South Norwalk., C<-tin. The
accident produr»d nothing more snioui
than a demolished cowcatcher on the.
pittsfield express engine, because both
trains were proceeding slowly.
According to the report of Smith War
riner, conductor of th<~ Boston express,
piven out by Paul Smith, trainmaster at
the New Tor* terminal, tin accident
■was* du<» to » wrongly thrown switch,
whl<-h sent the Pittsfield «>sprcs» on the
main track instead of switching it to the
South Norwalk yards.
MAY. NEED LANDIS.
1 , 1
Chmce. Perhaps, to Fine Third
Avenue R. B. $800,000.
In V few day* counsel for Fredrick j
TV. Whltridg*. receiver for th« Third
Avenue Railroad Company, winkle. an 1
answer to the MM brought by th* Public
Service Commission for failure to obey
the order to plate -wheel guards •■ th»
cars of th* company, issued on April 2?.
1900.- Tt wa§ eald yesterday th*t if th*.
txtratte penalty should M Inflated th?
fine might be as much as .?«OO,«y»i>.
The suit was begun recently a*. ac
cording to one of CM commissioners. Mr.
Whltridge had not obeyed th« ©rd*r In j
its entirety. The time limit was fixed
for August 1. In Manhattan. Th* pen
alty for failure to comply i* $&&*) for
each day of ditty. It was said that
forcible attention vras called to the lack j
of wheel guards" by the killing of ■ man »
on the line. One M the commission's ex
perts declared that ■ wheel guard would
have prevent the fatality. Suit fol- :
lowed this report.
Mr. WbitrldV said his counsel were
preparing the •■*»«>. W> did not Be««
to be much disturbed. William R. Will
cox, chairman of •!»• commission, said
last richt that the company would be
prosecuted, as M was not Moil the law.
Mr. Willrox also remarked that the Third
Avenue company had •qalp^Ml many of
its cars as ordered, but had failed to
Directl/on the Interborough Subway. Each Way to Stewe.
M / Mr** B«*tr » 9 r1 b z
ill - i^ Ne«r» Will he girrrx
WWOM and m»>«»fcT*T» *»■*
if .rt.A »"• r«i«r«
V / New York, February 3, 1910
Delightful
Luncheon
in the
Tea Room
Here's an Example of
This Furniture Business!
A Man in Mexico Wrote Yesterday
Asking Us to Estimate by
Mail for Furnishing His
50 -Room Hotel
Furnishing bier modern hotels ill New York and
Philadelphia is a frequent feature of our business. Scarce^
a birr contract anywhere that we arc not asked to bid on.
"Vanamakcr furniture has a reputation for quality—
and prices must be right, else we could not get the business
against so many keen competitors.
In This February Sale
the regular prices have dropped from 10 to 50 per cent, on ever/
piece of furniture. , .
Of course, where there is as much as 50 per cent, reduction
there is some reason— probably it is on goods that the manufacturer
closed out to us at very low prices. _
This is our regular calendar sale— the event originated by this
store, and made possible through the co-operation of manufacturers.
_ We have been holding these sales twice a year— in February
and August— more than twenty years.
It is strange" it we have not learned how to make such an
event a success. ... i „, .
Details will be printed from day. to. -day in the Wanamaker
News pages in the Evening Telegram. = Evening Mail, Evening: Post
and Brooklyn Standard Union.
But if any one needs furniture— will they not accept this, as
our invitation to come and see?
Remember that while the Sale lasts a month, many, al vm
good things go early. . . _
But you will sec for yourself today. i .
45,000 Pounds of Hair Will Make
1,200 Full-Size Mattresses
Mattresses and pillows are such good places to hid r
waste and all sorts of unsanitary thing*"., that we have km
BEDDING FACTORY OF OUR OWN
Every hair and every feather which livr n that place ha""' M
br good members of the sanitary family!
Two months in the year. to further luiiiulNtg schemes,
bedding ioins hands with thr Wanamafcei FuiililiffC bal fEOfff
events. This February we offer
45,000 Pounds of Sanitary
Hair, Sufficient for 1,200
Mattresses
and
16,000 Pounds of Expertly
Chosen Live Geese Feathers,
Enough for 7,000 Pillow?
which we arc prepared to make
up in our factory at special
prices:
$15 — Best mixed hair, full size. M ■
76 inches. 40 pcunds. one or two
parts.
$13.1 Same in three-quarter size.
48 x 76 inches. 35 pound*, one or
two part 1
$11 — Same in large single sizes. 12
x 76 inches, 30 pound?.
$0-40— Same in single size, 35 x 76
' inches, 25 pounds.
$12 — Of special mixed black hair, can
be made over, full size. 54 v 76
. inches, 40 pounds, one or two
parts.
$10.50 — Same in three-quarter size.
4? x 76 inches. 35 pound?, one or
♦wo parts.
|9— Large single size. 42 x 76 inches,
30 pounds.
$7.so— Sins'e «ir^. 36 x 76 , he« •-.
pounds
These First Broadcloth Suits
For Spring Are Only $25
"Points" arc the point of this new severely tailored styl?. Tn
the medium-length coat, inverted panels from the side to under
arm, and seams taper into points below the waist-line in the back
and front. It is a clever idea, but it is necessary to Mi the suit to
appreciate the effect.
" Collar less"' is the new note of another coat. Surplice effect
neck is finished with band of black satin appliqued with black
braid. Soft gray satin linings — guaranteed.
An apron-effect side panel with cluster plaits ii the new style
skirt that accompanies both coats
Weeks ago we selected the fine black broadcloth and the
maker was glad to get the order to keep his tailors busy during
his dull season, or $25 undoubtedly would not be the price
Second floor. Old Buildinß. *
// A
•Formerly //jTf jt- J* gm»/i fT , Broadway.
AT. Stewart &Co j I til /ff/ffl Af/J X Fourth ayr .
yj/yl/li^iU^lf y/of Eight* to Tenth st*.
Submerged by
the Rising Tide
of high prices, axe many worthy
families who have always htm ia
dependent.
Will you help us to jpv- the prompt..
judicious aid that alone can prevent
suffering and restore $-!f-dep-n^-ar»>
PW*- «end just what jou caa NOW.
K.S. MINTURN. Tre«-. Room 212. No.
105 E«t 22dSt.. United Chances Bwl'Sna
M T 4««O' IATIOS FOR r«PItdTaWJ 1113
"■-:. CONDITION* OF THE *OOR.
T>. FI , roy CUTTING. PrHM.tl'
: equip them all. Other companies had
ob.oye'l th* la?.'.
FAULHAN BRAVES BKOWSTOEiL
I Negotiates Lon? 'Cross - Cotmfcry
Flight, Despite Handicap.
g ■■.-.
gas
helped from th* macbtn*.
Wanamaker Elastic FHt Mat
tress, Special for This Month
$13.50— Fu1l size. 54 x 75 tncb<»*.
smaller sizes priced in propor
tion.
Upholstered Box Springs
$9.30 — Hair top. 63 spiral sprins* in
full size, all finished lumber. •«*"'
for metal bedstead*, size Si x
75 inches.
$13 — Tufted top. ?0 Bessemer SI—I
•spiral? m full size, a'! ftni?h?ff
lumber, all materials used in con
struction axe good and reliable.
Made to fit metal or wooden bed
steads, full size. SI x 73 trche*
The above springs are made in
smaller sizes, prices proportion*.
*te!y lower.
$4 — All ■!•■] auxiliary bend frsrn?.
alt sizes.
$s—All5 — All steel, all sizes, heavier fabric
and rubber cover for steel sup
port on side rail.
$6 — Woven wire with helical spring*
it each end. AH, si/ec.
Pillow and Bolsters of Selected
Li Qeese Feathers
$?—? — x 30 inches. *.' i pound".
$2.40 — x 31 inches. 3 pound*.
$2.80 — 24 x3O inches. 33 131 3 pound*.
$I—Bolsters.1 — Bolsters. 20 v 56 inche?. 5 round*
Seventh Gallery. New Building.