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ABSOLVES THE SHIPPERS
Mr. Lane Apparently Thinks
Railroads Impose Upon Them.
ODD FINANCIAL METHODS
Counsel for St. Paul Road Tells
of Factors in Railroad
Management.
Chicago. Sept. 22.— Railroads must adjust
their economic difficulties by some other
means than by asking shippers to con
tribute the fund? therefor. in the opinion
of Interstate Commerce. Commissioner
Franklin K. Lane, expressed during th«
hearing to-day ot trie Western railroads
which c*>ck to obtain a general increase In
freight rate*.
Railroad officers had declared that there
*r«>re only two factors in economically per
fect railroad management, namely, the
amount of rates charged and the method
of capitalization and financing. The elimi
nation of the ra.te question by the Com
missioner aroused considerable interest
among the railroad men and the attorneys
present They sought to l^rn if the Com
missioner thereby implied there muM be
readjustment of the method of financing
his carrier er«t«™ but Mr. Lane ignored
th« efforts and continued to ask the wlt
•nf»f. to whom h« h»«S directed his remarks
pointed questions ... Mm amount and dis
position of Mrninc* sf IwS railroad in ques
tion the Chirat*. Milwsuk*e &■ St. Paul
Tb* ■ Kness we* William Ellis, commerce
coursf.! for the Ft- Paul.
EUts had testified that his company was
trafterirt: from too much business: that the
InßtsskSS had meant an increase in the unit
of cost which pwsr farter than the unit
of Income, thereby threatening th- yearly
snrpluf of earning* above payment of divi
dends, cost cf operation and maintenance,
>fnssBSSHSMr Lan« then Bwtt:
Rates Increase with Business.
"A* th«» country <J?v<»lcps there will b*
■MS* *b<J more freight delivered to you,
end as conditions are now the rates con
stantly muft be increased, according to the
argument of railroad efflcial*. 1 regard
it v i Esrioue menace to the Western
country If the rates constantly are to b«
increased. IPs must wort out this problem
ob llaes ©th»r than by the proposed method
of ralsin« th* tariff *. If not, there is no
sjnji wtan we can say the. maximum has
scan reached."
This development came as a result of the
inquiry into the Bt. Paul's profit?. par
ticularly from the Pu«*t Sound extension
Mr. Elii* denied the Commissioner's sus
aastlnr that the road's optimum when it
built the extension had J turned to pessi
mism.
•'If it had not b«?en for that road, he
Mid', "wf would have had nothing from
operation to add to cur surplus last year.
That extension added about RUHMsI to the
••jrplue, hi addition to $2.5«*.r.T3 from otner
rources. Our total surplus is about •*"
<K»,O00."
He then told the commissioners that ex
pense cost was overtaking e»rnlng«. and
would continue to do so as long as more
traffic sens handled, as might be expected.
Mr. BNbl taid that if the gross income
* nest year went to J7»,nGO,<W from this year's
figure of J«.O"0,O00 the percentage of profit
would be less next year.
Mr. bust, representing the Illinois Manu
facturer* Association, asked: "Mr. Ellis,
you say your groFS income la*t year from
in her —urn than operation was 5?.000.O».
What are those sources?"
"Cnlefly the Puget Sound division," be
answered. "The St. Paul owns all the
stock, and in 1010 received $«,<K»..OC? interest
on the bond's. "
Commissioner Lane Surprised.
••What!" interrupted <.V)mmis?.ioner Lane.
"Do you incan'to say the Puget Sound
branch paid all its npentiac expenses the
first year and in addition SS.Ott.o3o interest
on It* capitalization?"
'•\V«il. that was interest for a year and
a half. Hwwwr,*! continued Mr. Elite, "it
alr.o ml a sssnlni si nearly tS.000.000."
••Hoi\ was th« Pupot Sound division raid
for?" tiyVixi Mr. T-*n<*.
i bnnd i - " ° iri to
•'And in addition Ut the surplus a 7 per
seal <sMo>n<s ssns paid on that issue la*t
"Tcs."
"About BU.4M.CnO profit bM toM; thai in.
for *«'-h J7.floo.OCio <>r ro you -ill out you
received in this? ppa.ee of time si.ftitt.oo.i". 1 "
•That's iiot fjuve correct. TO.! see the
St. Paul own* in* Furplufs of I *'. l -" of
1h»» Pujrct Sound lii • in noMilion."
Prank I yon. for the commission, Inter
ruptod to atk: ■ that surplus were adde<i
to the earnings of the St. Paul it would
mere than make ay for the aclded cost of
labor?''
It would."
•■The;.. I would like to call th* attention
of the commission la the absolute failure
of this company to include that sum in
th* surplus given in their l;itest report to
th« commission."
"Now," said Commissioner Lane, re*
«'imtne. "we come to what I am beginning
to call the 'mysterious cause" of the ap
parently increased cost of ©iteration. What
is if 1
•"I'll tell you." was the reply. "Every
BBjaJan of Congrcf? or legislature has de
creased the earning efficiency of the dollar
'xpeuded upon labor. Eight-hour days,
frixtcn-houx telegraphers' limitations, re
striction* In regard to rest hours— all these
have cut down a dollar's efficiency. I still
my that labor is the big factor in mi
i Maaaf cost."
FIGHT HIGHER RATES
Representatives of Nine States
Meet in Kansas.
Toprka. Kan.. Sept. 22.— Oovernor W. R.
Ftubbs of Kansas outlined the purposes of
the Interstate rate conference In a speech
at the. opening of the session here to-day.
The Governor said the railroads of the
country had combined to advance freight
rate* en a scale never before known. He
►aid the railroads en their own initiative
had opened up the whole question of ascer
taining the physical valuation of their
properties by the testimony of their offi
cial* before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Ooremor gtubbs also deplored the ten
dency of roads to favor large cities in
the adjustment of freight rate*. He said;
"Thus conference was called to discuss
ways and means to protect the interests of
the producer, consumer, shipper and the
public generally in the Middle Wast from
the advance in freight rates involved in the
most Important case that lias ever been
heard. by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
"The public demands nothing short of a
asna flck valuation of all railroad property.
Public officials, who represent the con
sumer, producer, shipper and general pub
lic, will be criminally negligent if they do
not avail themselves of this opportunity to
•ko to bedrock and assist the Interstate
Commerce Commission to make a search
ing and 'exhaustive Investigation bo as to
determine the actual value of all the rail
roads of lie United State*.
"Consre*e thould Immediately enact a
law providing for the physical valuation of
railroads by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, and this should bo done before any
central advance in freight rates is per
mitted.
The general policies of railroads through
the United States to favor large centre 8
and build up «r«*t cities at the expense of
the rural communities 1- Httle less than a
crime against civilisation."
There are nine states represented nt the
rate conference— lowa. Missouri, Nebraska,
Minnesota. Oklahoma. Illinois, Colorado,
Texas and Kansas. The 175 delegates are
principally representatives of commercial
bodies, though several members of state
railroad boards are present.
Murdoch MacKenxle, of Trinidad. Col.,
was chosen chairman, and R. O. McCor
mlck. of Fort Worth, Tex., secretary of
the conference.
The fight against the proposed rates is
to be carried on principally before the
Interstate Commerce Commission. Reso
lutions adopted declare for an equitable
increase In rates if the railroads can
show that present rates are unrcmuner
ative: demand a decrease in rates If in
vestigation shows the present rates are
too high; ask a restriction of the proposed
advance if present rates are found re
munerative; call for a mandatory federal
law making it the duty of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to make a physical
valuation of railroad property, a*nd de
mand a rigid enforcement of anti-trust
laws. /
y .
OFFICIAL BLAMES MOTORMAN
Says His Failure to Obey Order Caused
Indiana Wreck.
Fort Wayne. Ind.. Sept. ZZ— An Investi
cation by the \\~fy\\* County Grand Jury
of the cause of Mm collision between two
cars on the Fort Wayne * Wabash > Valley
traction line at Kin^sland yesterday, caus
ing forty persons to lose their lives, will
be bepun next Monday. A special session
of the prand jury was ordered to-day Ivy
Judß\f» While.
According: to a public statement of F. R.
Fahlsins. claim agent of the traction com
pany, officers of the company will testify
that the responsibility for trie wreck is with
Corkwell, motorman of the southbound
"extra" car.
"Corkwell's cnSer was to wait five min
ute* at Yeder. ' said FahlEine. "He dis
obeyed the order and attempted to make
the next siding According to our rules, if
an extra car cannot make a siding five
minutes before a car in the other direc
tion is due to pass, the extra mutt wait,
even if it loses fifteen minutes."
Corkwell, who was seriously injured, re
gained consciousness to-day, and an effort
to obtain a statement from him will be
made to-morrow.
PAYS DUTY ON HEF FOIBfcY
Cousin of Miss Laplace, of New Or
leans, Foots a Bill of $605 76 for Her.
Mi** Clara Laplace, th» p»venteen.yftar
old Haw Orleans girl who disregarded the
counsels of her aunt. Mrs. E. I* Beldam,
with whom she- spent five months in Eu
rop«. and failed to declare her Paris pur
chases brought over on the Kaiser Wilhelm
dir Gkraane, had to nay $805 76 to get her
finery back. The appraisal at the Govern
ment Stores yesterday "'as followed by an
other visit to the office of Special Deputy
Surveyor George J. Smyth. Her cousin,
who accompanied her. paid the duty, and
th« party starts to-day for New Orleans.
Mrs. Jetti Soharf, of Brooklyn, a passen
gar on the same steamer, who had silks
and Jewelry hidden in a false bottom in her
trunk and on her person, also was before
Special Deputy Surveyor Smyth yesterday.
She said that the" false bottom was. placed
in the trunk by bar cousin in Germany.
She did not know the. customs laws, she
added, and could not read the English
regulations. The Roods were seized, but
she will not be prosecuted.
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL INSANE
Friends Ascribe Miss Fay's Trouble to
Overwork in Long Island City.
Miss May Fay, principal of Public School
T. in Long Island City, became violently
insane yesterday, and before she could
be. restrained she smashed several win
dows in her home, in Corona, and broke i
two mirrors and some chinaware. The ;
Newtown police were asked for assistance,
and they called an ambulance from St.'
John's Hospital, in Long Island City. Dr.
M.-M.inn. who answer..l the call with an
ambulance, found that Mlas Fay was suf
fering from mental disorder and took bar
to the hospital.
Miss Fay i? thirty-*>ij?ht years Old. She.
was formerly principal of Public School 12,
at Winfield. The Behool over which she
un mil] h-is sen presiding la much larger
than the one at Winfleid. and her friends
think that her present trouble Was caused
by overwork.
STOKES WINNER FOR SENATE
FracticaJly All Primary Eeturrts Give
Him Lead in New Jersey.
[By Tele.|crap»i to The Tribune. ]
Trenton. N. J . Beat. 22. -With practically
every distri'-t in the statf< heard from, it
was announced in the Secretary of State's
oftVe to-day that in the primary vote for
I'ulted States Senator, ex-Governor Btofcei
hsd v j»lurality of IK votes over Represent
ative Fowler and 2.277 over ex-Governor
Murphy.
Missing districts in Atlantic county in
creased the Murphy vote over figures here
tofore given.
N. E. BARNES STILL IN TOMBS.
Justice McChU yesterday refused to irrant
h eertttcate of reasonable doubt to Noah
EL Bamea, former president of the <*otton
wood Crseh Copper company, who has
been m the Tosnbs stoec last April tinder »
four-an'i-i-i ;itf-ye;ir nsntMes tOK Kfand
laneny.
Barnes k«s nmrh tmt of converting to
),.f- own tise PMM of the bsnta of the
company, largely a> a rfesult of testimony
given by Count Ferdinand yon Hochberg,
who had been vice-president of the com
pany and had interested many of his
frjends of tht- German nobility and the
Crown Prince of Germany In the Cotton
wood sto*"k.
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NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 191 '>•
LORiNIER SEEKS DELAY
Wants Inquiry Postponed Until
After Elections.
WOULD PROTECT WITNESSE
Conspiracy Charges Revived —
Chicago Newspaper Asks to
Have Counsel at Hearing.
Chicago, Sept. 21. — After hearing argu
ments for and against a postponement of
the Lorimer investigation until after the
November election, the Senatorial committee
adjourned Us first formal sessions to-day un
til to-morrow morning without deciding any
of the questions presented to it.
The plea for a postponement of the hear
ing was made by Elbridgc Hanecy. counsel
for Senator L«orimer, and was based on the
assertion that to continue the hearing while
two criminal cases are pending involving
himllar subjects would be unfair to Senator
Larimer, who wishes to call the defendants
lye O'Nell Browne, minority leader, and
State Senator John Broderick. as witnesses
before the committee.
Mr. Hanecy also urged that many of the
state legislators who voted for Senator
Lorimer were now seeking re-election, and
that to compel them to leave their districts
to testify before the committee would be a
hardship and that the testimony given be
fore the committee would be used for po
litical purposes and not simply to arrive
at the truth.
In addition to the- plea for delay because
legislators would be summoned to testify,
the counsel for Senator Lorimer touched
on the political dispute over the Illinois
deep waterway, and asserted that not only
were legislators being attacked because of
their having voted for Senator Lorimer.
but because they had "voted against spend
ing 520.000.000 voted for /deep waterway pur
poses for the development of a water pow
er project." This portion of. the argument
was In line with th*» speech of Senator
Lrorimer in the Senate, when he charac
terized the charges against him as part
or' a. great political plot, in which th« Gov
ernor or the State of Illinois had Joined
hands with th» newspaper which printed
the confession of Representative Charles
A White.
Clifford W. Barnes, of the Voters'
League, in opposing the continuance, nsjswl
that Alfred S Austrian, representing "The
Chicago Tribune. ' be allowed to speak to
the motion.
Mr. Austrian prefaced his argument with
a request that the newspaper which he
represented ba allowed to appear in the
hearing by counsel. He told of the inves
tigation which tb# newspaper had. mad«
and its presentation of evidence to the
States Attorney of Cook County, and eajd
that the newspaper had supplied the com
mittee with a list of witnesses who would
oceasjr at least three weeks with their tes
timony.
"If there is a political conspiracy against
Senator Lorimer, the committee can readily
a.<r«>rtain it," caid Mr. Austrian.
No ruling was made by the committee on
the proposition to permit Mr. Austrian to
take part In the. hearins.
L IN STREET?
AN AUTO _DU
Woman Tells Police Picturesque
Story of Shooting.
The account of a duel between two men,
one .in an automobile with a woman and
the'otlier on the sidewalk in front of No.
Ml West 4Gth street, was telephoned Into
tlie West 47th street station last night by
Mrs. Mary liadley, of No. 282 West 46th
street.
The lieutenant on duty in the station
received a picturesque description of the
passage at arms.
"There was some shooting. I heard the
rapid firing, and ran to the door of my
boose,** she said. "A girl told me that two
men. one in a white automobile •• and the
other on the sidewalk In front of No. 266
West 46th street, had tried to shook each
otiie*
"There was a woman in the white auto
rrohlle She was sitting besido. the man.
Suddenly the one on the sidewalk leaped
Into the automobile. The chauffeur start
ed the machine. The shooting hud stopped.
The chauffeur went very fast, and in a mo
ment th« party shot out of Fight."
Mrs. Hadlev was seen at her home. No.
262 West 46th .street, last night, and con
firmed the police version of her telephoned
message. She said she did not know the.
name or address of the girl who had given
her the particulars.
The noliee are investigating
"THE" M'MANUS ENTERTAINS
Outing of Democrats of His District
Lasts All Night.
Thomas .r. McManus. leader of the 11th
Assembly District, held bis annual outing
an i picnic last night at the Manhattan Ca
sino. tSetb street and Eighth aveniK-, the
proeeadtnsjs beginninp in the afternoon
and hi^tinc until the first streaks of dawn
appear* i on f:oogan'e Bluff this morning.
There were more than three thousand per
sons in attendance, while two brass bands
fmulshed the music.
The principal feature at the afternoon's
entertainmem was the 100-yard walk, wbicli
was won by Mrs. Mary Brennon. who re
ceived a gold pocketbook as tirst prize.
Mif^ Margaret Keenan won the 100-yard
dash for single women and carried away a
gold watch. There, were races for the chil
dren, with suitable prizes in each event
Congressman William S. Bennet. "Hig
Tim" Sullivan, "Chnsty" Sullivan and
"Tom" Foley were spectators from the
boxes.
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
BACK TO_WEALTHY BRIDE
New * Jersey Life Guard Sum
moned to St. Louis by Girl Wife.
Afl.ury Park, N. J.. Sept. '22.— Sum
moned by a telegraph message purport
ing to be from his bride. "Jack" How
land has cone to St. Jboafe Howland
left IMT* in UM hope that hi 3 unwilling
Hiotlu r-in-law had relented and that he
would be permitted to see his wealthy
wife
Rowland left Spring Lake yesterday
afternoon. The telegram he received
from St. Lout was sent by his wife's
sjster, on the wife's instruction?:, ap
parently, and was an answer to a letter
the young lifeguard had written his wife
three weeks ago, but which, he believes,
was only recently delivered to her.
Mrs. Hnwland was Miss Helen O'Brien,
the daughter of a St. Louis millionaire,
who bequeathed her a fortune. She was
married to How land, who la a lifeguard
on the beach here, by the Rev. Thomas
R. Taylor, pastor of the Baptist Church
at Avon. When her marriage became,
known to her mother she was hurried
away from Spring Lake, and has since
been separated from her husband. Re
cently Mrs O'Brien began an action to
have the marriage of her daughter an
nulled.
WRIT FOR MRS. QUINN
Wants to Leave Theosophists,
but Says She Cannot.
San Diego. Cal., Sept. 22— George IA Pat
terson, who obtained a. writ of habeas
corpus for his sister, Mrs. Julia P. Quinn.
alleging that she Is restrained of her lib
erty by Katharine Tingley and others at
the Point Loma homestead, gained an Im
portant point at th« hearing In the Superior
Court yesterday. Judge Lewis directing
that Patterson be allowed to as© his sister
alone at the homestead. When the case
was called Mrs. Quinn told of her life at
Point Loma.
"Will you state, Mr?. Quinn, whether you
prefer to stay at Point Loma or leave
there?" asked Pattersons attorney.
"I much prefer to go with my brother,"
was the reply, "I prefer my home because
I would be supported there as I should be."
"Then why don't you go with your
brother?" asked the court.
"Other arrangements have bean made,"
was th answer-
Dr. Ia F. Wood, physician living at the
honv^'id, testified that it would not be
for Mrs. Quinn's interest to have h»r en
tire liberty at present.
Los Ange!e?. Sept Z2.~ Countess Constance
Wacbtmeister. former tUeosophlst. lecturer
and companion of Mme. Blavaraky, is se
riously ill at the home of friends In this
city. Owing to her age, seventy-three, her
condition ia considered grave. She was
stricken three weeks ago, shortly after her
arrival, and her eon. who is«ln Sweden, was
cabled to come Immediately.
ARRESTED ON FKAUD CHARGE
Newark Manufacturer Accused of Pub
lishing False Reports.
\ccused of having published false state
ments with intent to defraud stockholders
of the William P. Nies Company (Incorpo
rated), of Newark, Charles Cummins, sec
retary and treasurer of tbe company, was
arrested in Newark yesterday and held by
Judge Halm in $4,000 for a hearing on Tues
day. The complainant is Mrs. < "arrio NteS.
widow of the man whose name the com
pany bears.
Mrs. Nies* charges that Cummins In his
report on the condition of the company
said the corporation had on hand merchan
dise to the value of $20,000, but that an in
vestigation snowed this statement to be
falsp, thf> actual value of the merchandise
bolnp- only $4,200.
Jt is further alleged that when the com
pany was incorporated C*ummins and his
uncle, Dr. G. Wyckoff Cummins, of Kf-lvi
dore, N. J., president of the corporation,
represented to Mrs. Nies that they had
each put W.OOO into the concern. It is now
charged that neither of the Cummlnses
ever put a cent in the company.
GEABS BOY WHO TOOK PURSE
Prisoner Was on Parole from House
of Refuge, Police Say.
Mrs. Jennie Nefeky. of No. m Bast ltta
Ftre^t, was wheeling her baby along Ave
nue B yesterday afternoon, when she felt
a tug and paw a youth take her purse,
containing S3 i">. from her pocket anil pass
it quickly to a companion.
Mrs. NofPky grabbed the boy who took
th<: purse, and Jacob Rothstein and Samuel
Schoenfeld went to her assistance. Ac
cording to his captors, the boy said to Mrs-
Nefsky: "Don't call the police, but come
with me to Ist street. T will pet your
money from the lad who has it and is to
wait for me there."
The trio made their way to Ist street,
where the boy tried to jerk loohc. Ho said
be could not find his companion, so they
handed him over to Detective Morlarity. of
the Allen street branch detective bureau.
The prisoner haid li* was Benjamin Perrni
sohn. He was arraigned in the Bases Mar
ket court, charged with larceny, and Magis
trate Kernoehan held him in $2,0*10 bail.
Th«- police said he had been convicted be
fore of purse snatching and was on parole
from the House of Refuge.
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
Criticism of the Courts
By Theodore Roosevelt
Those who are more interested
in knowing what Mr. Roosevelt
has really said regarding the
Courts than in merely reading
what some of the newspapers
think he thinks about them,
will find his views fully set
forth in his signed editorial
under the above title, which
appears in this week's issue of
T* Outlook
ON THE NEWS- STANDS TO-DAY
GILLMAN HEAD OF G. A. R.
Massachusetts Man Wins Over
"National Tribune" Editor.
ST. CLOUO MATTER UP AGAIN
McElroy Insists That Charges Be
Investigated — Against Dollar
a Day Pensions. •
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Atlantic City, Sept. 23.— battle
for commander in chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic between the "two John"'
—John K. Gillman. of Massachusetts, and
John McElroy. of Washington, publisher of
"The National Tribune"— did not take place
at the- national encampment to-day, as
was expected. McElroy pulled out of the
.contest because of alleged rumors which
he said had been circulated among his com
rades in connection with his boosting of
the 6t. Cloud. Fla.. reservation for veteran
soldiers He declined the nomination.
McElroy Immediately after the result of
the election had been announced threw a
bomb Into the camp of the veterans by de
manding that a committee bo appointed by
the. encampment to investigate the charges
that have been circulated in connection with
the St. Cloud matter, and while, the commtt
tee was not named to-day it will In all pron
ability be appointed by tlie commander in
chief to-morrow. McElroy was vice-presi
dent of the Semlnole Land Company, which
organized and put St. Cloud on the- market.
McElroy did not csv what the alleged
charges of Irregularity were during his de
mand for a committee of Investigation.
Other Officers Elected.
Besides the new commander in chief the
Other officers elected to-day were: Senior
vice-commander. Charles Burrows, of Ruth
erford. N. J. : junior vice-commander, Will
iam E. James, of Jacksonville, Fla.;
chaplain in chief, the Rev. Thomas Ha
wood. a Methodist missionary, of New Mex
ico;, surgeon- Dr. John L Smith, of
Spokane. Wash. The appointive officers
will In all probability- be named to-morrow
by the new commander in chief.
The report of the committee on pension?
to-day advocated the extension of the law
applying to soldiers' widows. At present
no woman can get a eoldler'? pension aftei
his death unless she was married prior tt
1890. It is proposed to make It possible
for the widow to draw the pension provid
ed she had been married three years prior
to her husband's death.
There is another proposition being advo
cated for the granting of a considerable in
crease in the pensions of all soldiers sev
enty-five, years old and over. These recom
mendations have all been referred to the
resolutions committee, and will be reported
to.morrow. The pension committee, reported
as being against any scheme to pay all
old soldiers a pension of 51 a day. They
said the proposition was out of all reason
and would subject the national government
to an immense and unnecessary expense.
Next Meeting Place Undecided.
The matter of the place of holding the
next meeting will be left to the coun
cil of administration, composed of repre
sentatives from each state. Los Angeles,
Denver and Rochester have all made a
strong hid for the encampment, but there
will be no decision made until the council
learns .something about what the railroads
are likely to do.
At to-morrow's meeting, it is believed,
there will be a dlscnsstoa a? to the pres
ence of the t^ee statue in Statuary Hall.
In order to prevent any possibility of any
other Southern Stale placing a statue of
Jefferson Davis in the Capitol, It Is be-
Ueved that sonic action v. ill be taken to
morrow looking to the appointment of a
committee to revise t!>e present law so that
rock an exigency will be impossible.
SEASON'S SEAi GATCH, 12,920
The Pelts Will Net the Government
About $500,000.
"Washington. Sept. 22.— Congress was '.vise
In putting an end to the leasing of the
Pribylov Islands and grantj of far seal
privileges to private corporations, in the
opinion of fish Commissioner Bowers.
The season's catch of 12,?2t) seals, accord
ine to an estimate made by Commissioner
Bowers, will net the United States 5300.000.
Heretofore the government has realized
about $150/00 a year from the lea»e of the
Islands and 'the fur sea] royalties. 'List
season's catch was mads by the natives of
the islands and the killing was done under
the direction of a government naturalist.
ALASKAN LAND INQUIRY
May Exceed Cunningham Cases in
Scope, Says Report.
Spokane, Wash.. Sept. ZZ. —"The Chron
icle says to-day that an investigation of
S»Si»Oft<cl Alaskan land frauds which may
exceed In scope and startling developments
the famous Cunningham cases i.« believed
to be in BlOSjrsau by ftderal officerb in the
Northwest.
This investigation, which Is said to in
volve an entirely new group of claims in
charges similar to those brought against
the Cunningham entries, is believed to have
been instituted and actively pushed by Sec
rotary Ualllnger. The list of entrymen in
volve! i.-* said to include many men of
prominence in Spokane and vicinity, as
well as others of national importance.
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GIVE VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION
Committee of Congestion Com
mission Holds a Hearing".
The question of restricting further Im
migration was again discussed yesterday
afternoon at a public hearing held by the
committee on Immigration of the Commis
sion on Congestion of Population In the
City Hall.
Joslah C. Pumpelly. of the Church Asso
ciation for Advancing the Interests of
Labor, was emphatic in his demand for
rigid restriction. H#> proposed an Increased
head tax, a literacy and property qualifi
cation test and a provision by which per
sons "economically undesirable" could be
excluded through administrative discre
tion. . „
John Foster -'a;- secretary of the Na
tional Liberal Immigration Leaps*, said
that tho league is opposed to any change
in the existing Immigration laws, which,
If properly enforce*, are sufficient to keep
out the. really undesirable classes. As a
remedy against the congestion In ties he
suggested aiding the unemployed to B'> to
the smaller town?.
William H. Griffith, of the United Ameri
can- Mechanics, opposed the "* of distri
bution without restriction of Immigration-
He said that without restriction distribu
tion would only aid the steamship com
panies, which would fill up. for their own
benefit the places made vacant In the
congested parts.
SMOKERS JOIN INSURGENTS
Tariff Causes Reduction in Size
of All Package Goods.
The outlook for th* ultimate' success of
the insurgent cause throughout the country
took on a rosier hue than ever yesterday.
Th* reason why every exponent of "antl
everjthlng-as-lt-ls" who Is especially dis
satisfied with the tariff arrangements made
by the last Congress should rejoice and be
glad and have renewed hope Is that an
edict has gone forth that will enroll under
the "amis' " standard the vast majority of
the smokers in the United States.
How "Uncle Joe." who is pictured with a
belching cigar in his mouth, could have.
made the mistake of allowing the tariff to
hi raised on cigarettes and pouch tobacco
Is a mystery. Inveterate v.»- that he
is. he should have known that any tariff
tampering that would affect th» vast army
which worships at the ehrlne ef th* weed
would eventually prov* fatal. It Is difficult
SI believe that the favorite eon <»f Illinois
had any hand in striking so severe a blow
at th».' tobacco hosts.
Nevertheless, the blow has teen struck,
and already in Washington packages which
formerly contained twenty cisarett«3 now
hold only fifteen, and pouches in which on£
and two-thirds ounces were wont to nestle
now are filled with one and a quarter
ounces. This change, wnich means so much
to smokers, will soon spread to other cities,
for the so-called Tobacco Trust is planning
to cut the sire of all Its package goods in
every city and hamlet in the country.
Th» technical explanation of the catas
trophe ie that under the old tariff law the
revenue tax on cigarettes which weighed
no more than ten pounds a thousand was
II cents a thousand. This classification
covered all kinds of common cigarettes.
The new tax is $1 'J5 a thousand. The tax
on smoking tobacco also shows a corre
sponding Increase.
OFF FOR HIDDEN TREASURE 0
Guard Thought to Have Deserted with
Negro Prisoner.
San Francisco, Sept. 22.— That a tale of
buried treasure In the 'Philippines Induced
Private, ¥*. W. Brooks, of the Pastel States
hospital corps, to free William Splllman,
the negro trooper under life sentence for
the killing of a fellow soldier, and that
both men are in hiding somewhere about
the city awaiting a chance to make their
way to the islands and dig up the gold. Is
the theory advanced to explain the dis
appearance yesterday of the prisoner pa
tient and his guard from the general hos
pital at th*> Presidio
It Is stated by soldiers who knew Spill
man before he was brought back from the
Islands to answer for the crime committed
there that he boasted of knowing the
whereabouts of ■ treasure In plate and
money buried by a Spanish family during
th« Philippine taeurrectton, prior to .Ameri
can oerupation of the islands. Spillman
was a member of Troop B, 10th Cavalry,
when (stationed at Camp Wallace. \a TTnlon
province. It is stated the quarrel which
led to the killing of his fellow trooper at
the camp arose over the treasure, which
they were planning to recover.
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
A^J^AMfcjyJ^ £j:Mj^^B^^M
Gen. Frederick Funston's
story of the hot fighting
before Casccrra
A vivid and stirring narrative of warfare, an unsurpassed
aocount of e* citing adventure
Madame Waddington's
impressions of the King's
Funeral
The author was a personal friend of the late King, and wit>
neeeed this great historical spectacle from the Ins Me. Sh«
records many impressive and touching scene* that escaoec!
tho ordinary observer.
The Correspondence of
Washington Irving and
John Howard Payne
Delightfully friendly letters of two of America's best-knew^
authors
Herbert Ward's article on
The Real African
No one bottor knows or understands th© blaok people, of tho
Oonfgo than the author, on* of Stanley's ofhoer*. Tha
IMuatratvona aro from romarkabla souipturoa by Mr. Ward,
on* of them th* winner of a Solon madal of honor
John Fox, Jr.' s
account of hia journey On tho Trail Of ifte JOfWJSJOiWeT
Pino* A visit to tho scenes of one of Ms favorite stories
Dr. Henry van Dyke's
stirring patrtotlo poem, Who follow tbo flag
In the OCTOBER Number of
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CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, NEW YORK
OBJECTS TO QUARANTINE
Health Official Says It Won't
Stop Infantile Paralysis.
With Health Commissioner Lederle *»„
on hi* vacation, it was said yenenlay at, -^
the Health Department that it was not f ljfj
known >_j. -m.s •«• at • the Commlssloner'3 vtews
kno*«* • " a l • '■ miiV • ■ • ■ m
would U on th<> reported action of tmm
State Board- of Health in placing -'■-• ,
paralysis on tha list of dleeaass sabject to *
quarantine. It Is probable. i" was said, that *
the matter will be is— ■ at the meeting
of the Board of Health next Tuesday, whoa
Dr. Lederle will have returned.
One of the officers of the department
saM he thought the disease would more
than likely be made one requiring a report
In this city. To make it subject to quaran
tine. he said, when tbe cause of It could
not be determined, would not be a step la
the right dlroctlon.
"If there was any time when It should •*
have been made a quarantlnable disease."
this official asserted, "it should have t»-7
In 1307. when there was an eptdesate fa
New York. Statistics show a lower rate '
of mortality this year than last In this city.
We can base our Judgment only oa death
certificates."
The department figures show that so far
this year— that Is. up to September I— there
have been only seven deaths la Manhattan.
The total number In 1003 was thirty -sir.
Brooklyn, so far. has shown nine deaths. -
Queens four, Richmond two and The Bronx
none. For the year 1909 Brooklyn hat
twenty-four cases that ended fatally.
Queens had four. Richmond three and Tie.'
Bronx two.
"From now on." said the 3-partmeßt aaV
ctal. "the number of cases will be fewer.
They Increase in the spring and simmer
and decrease In the fall. I don't believe
any other city has had as low a mortality
rate for th- number of cases as JCew Ter'< |
has.
"I do not speak for the department.
What action it win take in retard to that
of the state board reported to-day from
Albany will bo a matter that. I am sore
will be discussed at a meeting of tho Beard
ef Health Personalty, I think th* only
thing to 4o at present la to make hi re«
portable-"
WAR ON INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Health Commissioner PUces It cnlasfc
of Quarantinabia Diseases.
Albany. Sept. .—A systematic study of
Infantile paralysis In till* state la bets*
mad* by Dr. Porter. State Health Comaii
eioner. He has been watching the preva
lence of the disease and say* h* is fttllr
satisfied that a number of cast* exist te
various parts of the state. A statement
from the Health Department says:
While recent investigations establish, be
yond a reasonable doubt that this is a com
munlcable disease. It has not as yet bee"
positively determined by what means it ie
transmitted from one person to another.
Recognizing, however. its accepted trans
misslbility. the State Health Department
has placed it on the 'Ist of quarantlnabl*
diseases and now require? It to b* reported
and quarantined for a period of twenty
one days. _,
With a view of systematically studying
the cans* and prevalence of this disease
Commissioner Porter has recently placed
in the hands of every physician In th*
state blank*, on which he urges a detailed
report of every ease which has arisen since
January 1. 1910. Thia plan, it in thought.
will not only result in the report of many
cases, bur furnish much valuable Informa
tion regarding a disease concerning •which
there seems to be little known except its
possible serious consequences.
QUARANTINE IN FHODE I- '
Infantile Paralysis Declared Epidemic
in That State— l3o Cases.
[Ry TVlrirraph to Th« Trtbnn*. I
Providence. Sept. Infantile parafysiS
has spread throughout the state te sue an,
alarming extent etsrlßSJ the last ?»w week.*
that the State Board of Health to-day de
clared the dis*»as« epidemic and sent out
instructions to city and town health au
thorities with regard to quarantine mew
ures to be adopted and efforts to be mad*
to prevent as far as possible further *prea«l
of the scourge.
According to the record?. 130 cases ha**
Been reported. ami t^re hay» N>»»n J«vn
deaths. The disease has developed also to
an alarming extent in adjacent parts of
Massachusetts. To-daj I ** record shorvs sue
death each in Attleboro an>2 Tauntcn. hetti
adults.
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