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V" lA\. N° 23390.
BRITISH CAMPAIGN
GROWS STRENUOUS
galfour Describes Liberals as
Puppets of Redmond and
American Paymasters.
TARIFF REFOR?^i TO FRONT
p tic Changes in the House of
Lord? the Burden of Speeches
by the Government
Leaders.
l>ondon. Nov. 20.— The politicians of all
parties are straining: every nerve to
crowd •a few days the work which
In ordinary elections is spread over
vceks or months. Nearly all the heavy
frens wore In action to-night.
Arthur J. Hal four, leader of the Oppo
fetlon in the House of Commons, before
a bis: meeting in Albert Hall, where he
■•warmly supported the referendum, de
t^nl«-d the government as puppets danc
ing to the tune of J«-hn Redmond and his
.American paymasters.
T1 -<> Prime Minister, Hr ' Asquith.
j^nV, a: Readir.fr. Chancellor LJoyd-
George at Cardiff, John E. Redmond,
fcadir of the Nationalists, at Dublin;
Winston Si-enecr Churchill. Home Sec
retary, at Colchester; Augustine Rirrell.
Chi'f Secretary for Ireland, at Bristol;
John Furns. President of the- Local Gov
ernment Board, at ttersea. and Aus
ten Chamberlain at Ashton.
The issues ;<.re narrowing daily. The
Conservatives make much of the menace
<,< Home Rule They proclaim that the
plan of the Liberals for the reform of the
House of Ixtrds means ■ single chamber
gmirmm>nt. and I at to the front their
cew poliO of referendum.
There is great fervor among the Lib
«raH who are making a feature of the
redden reforming z<-al on the part of the
House of Lords. They say that !--:'
doit.es referendum scheme is a snare,
because the parties would lie unequally
yoked together under it: that Conserva
tive- measures would always sail smooth
•Jv through the House of Lords, while the
Ireferendum would be invoked only for
ijjberal bills which were distasteful to
Übe V&nL Moreover, they estimate the
■ c<<st of each appeal to the people as §10.-
Referendum on Tariff Reform.
\n interesting factional cleavage has
'eecum-d in Mr. Balfour's party over
tariff reform: "The Spectator." which is
the spokesman of the Unionist free
traderi has proposed that the tariff re
itorffiers pledge themselves to submit
ihe question to a -referendum if the
,arty win* it not beta's a leading issue
•cf the campaign. The must ardent tariff
! Wfofmers; l«d by '"The Morning Post."
WiUrd that H is the foremost principle
ci the party. "The Unionist i>arty breaks
Into fr^na -nis." sfi.vs -The Post." -'if a
lni.>ni.-t victory docs not mean tariff re-
Mr. Halfour to-night announced his
wfflinguess to leave it to a referendum.
2b the mean time the leaders are making
♦very appeal to what in the United
States would l»e called the independent
rut*, believing that it controls the issue.
The Irish Unionists sent a message «f
deSanc- to Home Rulers to Mr. BalfouTs
meeting* and 'deputations from the Non
conformist Unionist Association of Eng
land and «>»*♦ ministers of non-Kpiscopal
churches in Ireland have addressed Mr.
Balfour in opi*6sitiori to Home ■ : lie.
The reading of the message from the
Irish Unionists at Albert Hall caused
much enthusiasm. "In all solemnity/
at the message, "we now declare that
Horn? Rule will bring Ireland not peace
tut the sword. If an Irish Parliament
1,. M 5 up ih<- Unionists of the Sooth,
allied with the men of Ulster, will not
acknowledge s's5 ' s authority. They will
r«th(T obey its decrees, nor | i.v its
ta.\<-
Mr. I3;;lfour -■.•'■■;■ strongly in
favor «.f thf referendum as the best
imthod of settling deadlocks between th*
tv« houses, without requiring the reform
©I the Huus- of Lords, and it could be
curried into effect before the House of
Lords was reformed: This he declared
to V- Lansdowne's plan. The cost of a
referendum, he said, would b<* nearer
51.0......,..;, i an the estimate of the Lib
erals— ?■" eoo,<)oo.
Wants Vcte on Home Rule.
-Soni* iHXjple seem t<. think." contin
* „ •:. • ..^l-it-HT
Tiec t»i. Optmsitioh leader, that asKing
vhetli.-r ! would siis-ji.it tariff reform to
a. neftirr-ndurn would put ... hole.
I frankly say that tariff reform would
be a preaJ chaise. This election cannot
V d*^. i •;; , : i :i«: i« taking place on tariff re
f'irm simply^ :m<] 1 have not the least
... So submitting tariff reform to
a referendum It seems to me that our
opponents should respond with the Ron
•Tosity oi honorable combatants, and
Ky. ".V.- agree that Home nule shall
be subject to a referendum, too.'"
Great cheering followed this statement.
>lr. Ealfour d*-r.i<-d that the veto confer
«nc«s had bt«-n broken i ; p by the un
y^Witijr HttiTudf «if th«: Lords. He as
evrtPd that the government was threat
ening a revolution, based on tho wants
of odh |«irti'--ular section, who boast
*e that they had not yielded ati inch
from the position of Ptirnell.
j "He" concluded by declaring that the
Cabinet was governed by !'•- noisiest
'BMsnhets, v.ii'j were governed '•' John
Redmond, who was governed by Patrick
Ford. 'Don't trust the pupils who are
Ijerforming th«-ir i»arts on the stage.
. adinonish-d Mr. Ralfour. "Don't trust
the Irish wirepuller. Don't tiust the
•^■American paj'master. ivho calls for a
tun«. Trust alone the .sound judgment
tRd enlightened patriotirm of the "I-''*
« this c«untr>.»
. J. li. Beavcms. who was member ot
farlianif-nt f or {h,. i -.i ■ •..!, division of
L2ir.!,«-ih In V.m;, und who was at one
tim*- a resident of Boston, has become
l »^ Lilieral candidate In th<- same con
«!tu.-n. y asainst Davidson Dalziel.
on** a resident of New York.
/ Lord Jofoey. who was created a peer
fc > the Liberals, !ias announced his de
»«ttea from t!«at party l^ause of Its
failure to provide f.*r ■■■.■■■
country and for Jtß ::, ;..-.- with th«
k - --«l*. U:, ttattd that several other
To-day and to-morrow,
unsettled.
Liberal peers are tending in thr- sam.
direction.
Reading, England, Nov. 2!).-Mr. As
quith's meeting to-night was disturbed
frequently by suffragist sj-mpathizers.
the majority of whom were thrown out.
After discussing the various questions
at issue, the Prime Minister said: "We
are told that dissolution was forced oh
the government by John Redmond. Take
it from me.' Mr. Redmond had no more
to do with the dissolution of Parliament
than the man in the moon."
Mr. Asquith taunted the Lords with be
coming so alive to the urgent necessity
of reconstruction that they had produced
the specifications of an entirely new
Chamber in one week, after an unbroken
slumber of many years. If the Tories
came into power, tariff reform, for which
he could not say there was a mandate in
this election, would be adopted without
a referendum.
Colchester. Knprland. Xov. 2f>.— Riotous
scenes attended the appearance here x<<
nfghf of Winston Spencer Churchill, the
Homo Secretary. Thousands congregated
in the streets, jeering and shouting.
Many of them gathered around Mr.
Churchill's carriage, at which they threw
Bah, isrcs and other missiles. Many of
'-":;<■ windows in the Liberal headquarters
• ere smashed. A large draft of police
was sent out to patrol the streets, the
authorities f«aring counter demonstra
tions.
Dublin, Xov. 29.— The DzJted Irish
• met to-night, John E. Redmond
IT. Biding, and issued a manifesto .similar
to ihat of November '211. in which the
of Lords was denounced i* the
terms. Mr. Kedmond spoke
Mansion House He declared that
r Greai Britain nor Ireland could
B I Horn.' p.::!,- until the power of the
peers \\;.s d stroyed.
10 Fit i IRE MARY POWELL
"Queen of the Hudson" Has Car
ried Passengers for 50 Years,
Kingston, x. y., Nov. 29.— After fifty
• rvice ?.? a passenger carrier
on the Hudson, t te historic old su-arn
boat Mary Powell Is to '••■ retired at the
- of the 1911 river season, according
i" plane ■■?' the Hudson River Day Line.
Th. liar) Powell in years gone by was
I ; • fastest boats afloat, and \><is
Queen of the Hudson." Fit-
I remonies will mark her retirement.
TRAIN KILLS MANUFACTURER
Brooklyn Men Either Jumped or
Fell Under the Cars.
As ;> local train «>f ihf Jersey Central
road drew into th<> Pacific avenue
station. In .',<:»: Cit: . yesterday after
noon, Daniel Arthur, of No. Ms Wash
ington avenue, Brooklyn, president of the
General Machin< Works, of Front street,
Manhattan, leaped to the platform and
• of the train. Ac
cording to witnesses. Arthur, as soon as
t .- 1 : ■ r • - < l ;i;:.-im, :;.:i ;m the rear
..iced his seek across the rail.
vheels ..f the' last track passed
over him, almost severing the head from
t' ; , !. . Cms of women pas
platform W< r<- h<ard by
raihmen and the train was brought
stop.
Arthur's body was Identified bj means
of letters found in his pockets. <'v the
lack of one letter he had scribbled a
sl that Dr. Bull, of No. 2 Madison
avenue, Jersey < "ity. be communicated
v. ith. The physician said he had treated
Arthur for insomnia and that th?- man
■nt.
A sister of Mr. Arthur said she did
DO l believe her brother had committed
suicide. He had nothing to worry about,
she said; and was in good spirits when
he left home Mr. Arthur was born in
Glasgow, Scotland, forty-four years ago,
and was a member of the Union League
and Brooklyn League clubs
ACTOR ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Found in Dressing- Room with
Rope Around Neck.
The performance of the "Cracker
jacks." a burlesque company, was rudely
interrupted la3t night at the* star The
atre, in Brooklyn, when it was discov
ered that one of the principal players
ivas attempting to kill himself in his
dressing room. The discovery was made
by members of the chorus, who hap
pened to glance through the dressing
room door as they were passing on the
Ft#ge. The shrieks which arose brought
Detectives Michael and Jain<s Hayes,
-ho loosened the rope which the man
had knotted around his neck.
The man who made the attempt on his
Life w;<-s Frank B. Fanning, formerly of
California, but now living in a theatrical
boarding house at No. 69 Willoughby
street. H. was appearing with Mollie
Williams in a sketch entitled "I^- danse
I'entiecment." The climax of the act
was the kidnapping of Miss Williams,
and th* realistic exhibition which Fan
ninff gave last night brought thunders
of applause The actor, it appears, must
have immediately gone to his dressing
room at the end of the sketch, and, while
th<- plaudits ..: the audience were «till
ringing in his ears, tried to commit bul-
C Fanning" was removed to the Kings
■ ■ Kings
County Hospital, here it w.-js said that
he was suffering fromfalcoholismj
CUT OF? HIS OWN HAND
—
Virginia Farmer Performs Operation
with Razor After Accident.
Richmond. Va.. x.,v. ti. Cutting off his
own hand with a mzor after it bad been
&£&* ...... shredder :.. day. J- Bruce
Vaughan. of Kur^k-. Mills. Charlotte Coun
ty carefully bandased the jap and calm
jv'await.'d the arrival of a surgeon to put
the Onishlns touches to the operation.
Vaughan « !:iU- -at work on ■■.. farm trot
|.j« |fft lian.l caught in a corn shredder.
Itn. machine manßled the ineniber as fnr
a-; the wrist! Medical assistance was not
to be had for hours. <:.iiriß int« ■*** ll "" i "
V.-i' Khan took bis razor and performed th*
operation.
ONTARIO TO BUILD RAILWAY
Will Eun from Kelso to the Porcupine
Mining Camp.
Toronto. Out, Nov. 29— The Ontario gov
ernment to-day decided to build at once a
branch line of the Temiskaming & N"rttl
,.,,, Baflroad from X-!-., into the Porcu
pine mining camn.
The distance is tbirty-twy miles and tno
coat will bo tm**>
NEW-YORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1910. -SIXTEEN
COMPANION SHOT DEAD;
THE IN SURRENDER
They Say Alleged Suicide Told
Them It Was He Who Stole
Load of Champagne.
CHEATED BY SALOONKEEPER
Prisoners Declare Fear of Being
Arrested Doubtless Led John
N. Koerner to Kill
Himself.
Three men who say they were in th°
company of John N. Koerner at the time
he was shot and killed early yesterday
morning, in front of No. 31 Manhattan
street, gave themselves up to the police
last night, and told their story of how
the shooting occurred, alleging that
Koerner committed suicide. •
The men are Warren Roach, of No. 549
\V<-st .'tfth street; John Johnson, of No.
.'!L'S West 31st street, and John Sullivan,
of No. 415 West 3"» th street. They were
all hei:i on the charge of being impli
cated in ;he death of Koerner.
According to the statements of the
three nun. Koerner started drinking
with them in a saloon at .">7th street and
Ninth avenue, on Monday night. After
a few drinks they all went to another
cafe, at 140 th street ami- Eighth avenue.
where, they alleg< . Koerner told them he
• had been swindled out of."C>!>o.
Anxious for the details of his story,
the three men say, they asked Bkgprner
for mere Information, and they declared
he told them that he was the man who
stole a wagonlcad of champagne recently
from Delmonico's.
The men allege that Koerner then said
he sold the wine through a Tenderloin
saloonkeeper, who gave him $300 for it
snd promised $SXIO more.
Threatened Suicide Before.
Koerner then went into a back room of
the saioon and show-,) the three men a
n volver, according to their statement.
"1 am going to kill myself." Koerner is
all< g'-d to have said.
••< >tily two weeks ago," the men told
Detective Forbes, "Koerner produced a
revolver % in a saloon at 37th street and
Ninth avenue and fired several shots,
saying that he wished to test it."
"I wrestled with him." said Sullivan.
"and to,.k the gun away, but afterward
gave it back to him."
"The party in the saloon ended Mon
day night." testified the men. "when
Koerner said he was going to visit a
friend at No. 43 Manhattan street, and
wished to go alone. However, we: fol
lowed him to the house. in the hallway
on the tifjh floor he discovered that be
as being trailed by us and tried to kill
'himself right there."
Sullivan says he struggled with Koer
ner, bui the man got away from him and
later his friends saw him -hoot himself
nt of So. SI Manhattan street, a
few doors away.
"We did not know what to do.'" said
Roach. Johnson and Sullivan. "so we went
orj our waj home. We later heard of the
charge of murder, and de< ided to give
ourselves up to the police."
According t<> the .:i» n. X' ;rner was
i. in "ii bail for having robbe*d a truck
of a bale of tobacco on May 4. He was
arrested, they say, on May 7. and w;ts
bailed out by his brother, Richard Koer
ner. of No. ITS Coney Island avenue,
Brooklyn.
Detective Fori.es said lv- had been
searching for Koerner. Koerner's com
panions .-aid he was in deadly fear of
bejng arrested again and that probably
v. as on his mind nnd prompted him to
i ommit .suicide.
A man who gave his name as John
Dietrich, of No. 247 West 128 th street,
gave himself up at the Harlem branch of
the detective bureau yesterday. He
said that early Tuesday morning he had
fired a shot at three burglars who had
entered his rooms. Dietrich swore that
his bullet took effect on one of the burg
lars and thought that the man might
have been Koerner. Although Koemer
was shot and killed in tins district, the
police, however, did not think it neces
sary to hold Dietrich for the shooting.
MEATS TAKE A BIG DROP
Reach Lowest Levels in Five
Years at Omaha.
[Bj Telegraph to The Tribune. ]
Omaha, Nov. 29.— Dressed meats took
a big slump to-day, and reached the low
est level in five years. In some instances
the drop was as much as three cents i
pound, • nd no decline was less than one
cent.
The Retail Butchers' Association held a
dosed meeting last night, and this morn
ing whe-n the shops opened every asso
ciation concern made the following
j)i-i< »s: Sirloin. IO cents; porterhouse, 12
cents; round. I' 2 cents; shoulder, 7 ceiu*;
poi roast. 5 cents; pork roast, '.» cents;
pork chops, 10 cents, and Isjnb chops, I<>
cents. ,
These prices are for the highest grade
ni'ats. grasfl t - 4 1 stock from the range
r. tailing at - to :; cents lower. The
packers say they have not lowered prices
in the last week.
HONCR GRADUATE ACCUSED
Former Miami Meiical Director Said
to Have Sold Liquor to Students.
<ixf'.r.l. Ohio. Nov. S I>r 11. If. Moore,
druggist and vtce-pre*ddeni of the Farmers'
Stan- and Sivings Bank, was arrested to
,j „ on a irarranl sworn out by I »r. Guy
!> Benton, presidem of Miami University,
charging Dr Mode with selling liquor In
„ toiation of the law.
It ts charged that i" Moore sold liquor
which was consumed m a card party re
cently held by live students in the college
dormitory. I"" Moore i.- an honor graduate
of Miami, and for . if.-.tit years was medical
director of the university. t
SEVERE WINTER PREDICTED.
Montlcello, N. V . Nov. It).— More than .-ix
inches of snow has fallen to-day through
out Sullivan County, ami sleigha are being
used exclusively. The older residents pre
dict that it will be one of the longest mid
BlOSt severe winters IP many years.
BELMONt ANGRY AT
METHOD OF SERVICE
Tells Committee It Might Have
Made Him Appear Unwilling
to Testify.
TALKS FULLY ON STAND
Calls Story of $500,000 Fund
and Dinner a Ludicrous Myth
Whitney and Keene Both
in Europe Now.
With August Belmont as the star wit
ness, the legislative investigating com
mittee resumed its Inquiry yesterday by
going into the alleged lobby of the rachig
interests and its fight against the
Agnew-Hart i>iU« of the IMB session.
Mr. Belmont gave his business as that of
"banker," and admitted connection with
the Westchester Racing Association, as
president, and with the Jockey Club, as
chairman.
He characterized the inquiry as a per
secution, and declared that to ask the
ra< inp men, "'men of standing in this
community," whether they knew any
thing about a bribery fund which was
said to have been raised at what he
called a "mythical dinner" was tanta
mount to a suspicion that they might be
concerned, and he repelled that with a
great deal of contempt.
However, Mr. Belmont Fpoke in a mild
voice, and smiled blandly at Judge
Bruce, counsel for the committee, as he
reiterated his belief that the n:itvire of
the inquiry was ridiculous, and he added
that he believed the rumors of bribery
were fostered and furthered by those
who were in favor of the bills so as to
drive all good men away from the idea of
standing against them.
The alleged half million dollar lobby
fund of the racing interests, which it was
said had been raised at the Delmonico
meeting, was what Mr. Belmont particu
larly characterized as ludicrous, and he
said he thought the very size of the al
leged fund, though he did not refer to it
definitely, would be enough to convince
any one that it was "mythical and
ridiculous."
Most Willing of Witnesses.
For the most part ho spoke without
prompting or questioning of any kind.
and proved to be the most willing wit
ness that has appeared before the com
mittee. He scorned the inferred sugges
tion from Judge Bruce that Harry Payne
Whitney and James R. Keene had tried
to evade the subpoenas of the committee,
and complained of the way a subpoena
had been served upon him. He was
willing to appear at any time, he said.
Apart from the examination of Mr.
Belmont, the session was devoted mainly
to an investigation oi' the books of the
Coney Island Jockey Ciub, with Victor
Schaunbt rg. its secretary, on the stand.
The club's books were not by any means
exhausted, however, when the midday
recess time was reached, and the com
mittee will go further into them to-day.
Ex-Senator William H. Reynolds, presi
dent of the Metropolitan Jockey Club,
was another witness whose examination
was begun, but not completed. He will
be on the stand again to-day.
Thr- officials of the Title Guarantee and
Surety Company, of Scranton. Perm..
which went on the bond of ex-Senator
Frank J. Gardner under his Indictment
for attempted bribery, were examined in
a vain effort to learn who put up Sl".
<mio cash to secure the bonding company
against possible loss. The onus of this
was finally placed upon one "George T.
Williams, of Elmhurst, Long Island," by
the testimony of the surety company offi
cials, but who he was they could not say.
According to their story he simply
walked into their offices, took out Sl<>.
<HM» in currency and told them he wanted
to leave it with them as security on the
Gardner bond. They took it and issued
the bond, but they swore they did not
know "Williams," and merely gave him
a receipt for the money in the name
\riich he bad given them as his.
Net the Same Williams.
Investigation at Khnhurst. I-ong
Islaini. in the Corona section, disclosed
one <;<orge T. Williams, but on being
asked about the handling of .SH>,(M*> in
currency in connection with the Gardner
bond he said he had figured in no such
transaction.
Mr. Belmont's examination began with
the afternoon session at ." o'clock. He
was asked to explain the nature of the
Jockey Club. He replied as follows:
The Jockey Club is a close corporation of
fifty members, brought into liein^ some ten
years aKi> at the request of all kinds of
n*n interested in racing, horse owners.
tMipriPtors of racecourses, any one who
had .in interest directly in the turf:
there was a convention, so to speak, called
of all those, and they asked a certain num
ber of prominent men to form the Jockey
Club and take under their jurisdiction the
rules of racing.
After questions as to the organization
of the supreme court of racing. Judge
j; n turned to its financial side, and
Mr. Belmont testified that the sources of
income of the Jockey Club were from
dues of $100 a year from each member —
that Is, from each racing association or
club— and from the control of the Stud
Hook, which is the registration record ol
all thoroughbred horses. Besides that
the Jockey Club, he said, acted as a vol
untary trustee for the fund built up from
ftnes, which are kept for disabled jock
. ys and trainers.
Judge Bruce referred then to the testi
mony given earlier in the day by the
secretary of the Coney Island Jockey
club, hi which the item of $."..7<hi was
entered as an assessment laid upon it by
the Jockey Club, to be expended for legal
fees.
•'That entry couldn't have been prop
erly expressed," said Mr. Belmont.
"There is no authority for that, but the
racing associations have sometimes
joined together for the mutual Interest
of their legal affairs. In cases, you
know, racing, just as in this particular
instance, has been under severe persecu
tion, and the racing associations have
joined together and handled matters
through the Jockey Club, but It is purely
voluntary."
Such an arrangement, he said, was an
Informal assessment, or might be called
tontlnurtl uu nccuud i>**e.
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AUGUST BEUkIOXT.
<in witness stand yesterday before legislative graft mv si ;;.:.. . ;<>n < nmtttee
NEW WIFE CO-RESPONDENT
Divorcee Refuses to Recognize
Decree and Asks Alimoiry.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.!
Boston. Nov. 2t>. — A remarkable
divorce .suit was riled to-day ;il< inst
Sheffield A. Arnold, a well fr»K>wn Bos
ton landscape artist and prominent in
Brookline .society. The action is brought
by Alice M. Arnold, who asserts that Mr.
Arnold deserted her and her children on
February 8, I!U<>.
A remarkable feature of Mrs. Arnold's
suit is that she names Virginia Edwards
Arnold as co-respondent, whereas Mr.
Arnold declares that Virginia Edwards
Arnold is his wife, and denies that he is
married to the woman who has brought
the suit. Alice M. Arnold h;>«= attached
Mr. Arnold's property in $10,000, and
asks for alimony for herself and < hil
dnn.
• Soon after the suit was filed a re
porter called Mr. Arnold by telephone at
his Brookline home. He seemed amazed,
and said: "My wife is sitting by my
side, within three feet of me, as I am
talking at the- telephone. She was Vir
ginia Edwards, now Virginia ' Arnold,
and she Is the one who is named' in the
divorce ' proceedings brought by this
woman, who is not my wife.
•'Perhaps the woman who is bringing
this suit was my previous wife," add d
Mr. Arnold, as he dosed the conversa
tion.
Frank H. Noyes, attorney for \.lice M.
Arnold, made this statement this after
noon: "Here are the facts: Arnold mar
ried my client in IM)4. and last year he
went to Reno and sot a divorce from her
ami married Miss Virginia Edwards on
the strength of it. I claim for my client.
Alice M. Arnold, that thai divorce was
not legal, is not a valid cause for sep
aration, and that it does not give him
the right to remarry."
DREXEL'S CLAIM UPHELD
Experts S?.y Kis Record May Ex
ceed 9,970 Feet.
|Bj Telegraph to The Tribune. |
Philadelphia. Nov. '2'J. -J. Armstrong
Drexel, whose altitude Right on Novem
ber 23, when hia barograph registered a
height it :i.'.i7<» feet, has been declared
"no record" by the Aero Club of Amer
ica, employed government experts to
day in (led nee of his claim, and these
men. after a careful investigation, an
nounced to-night that the barogra] !i
used by Mr. DrexeKwas in perfect condi
tion, and if any mistake had been made
in the reading it would be found that it
gives i.im a higher record than which
he claims. The experts were Professor
H. « '. Frankenfield, superintendent of
equipment <M' weather bureaus in the
East, and George S. Buss, observer in
t.he Philadelphia bureau.
After having gone carefully over the
ground with the government representa
tives and Henry M. X< ely, secretary >'(
the Aero <"lui> of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Drexel asked Professor Frankenfield:
"What do you think of the situation?"
"In my opinion they arc trying to bluff
you," be said.
Mr. Blisa called Queen <;• Co., who set
th- barograph and made the official test,
and Professor Frankenfield talked to
them about the tests they had made,
after which he said: "They tested that
barograph In every way that human in
genuity could test an instrument, and
according to their statement found it In
perfect condition. If there is any error
in this test it will be in favor () ;' ;1 higher
altitude than Mr. 1 Mexel has been cred
ited with." .
Mr. Drexel Aft here for New York to
night, where he will begin a Bght against
the Aero ("lull's finding.
PUCCINI RECOVERS QUICKLY
Suddenly 111 Monday Night. He Di
rects Rehearsals Tuesday.
It was learned yesterday thai Giacotno
Puccini, the Italian composer, who is here
to direct the rehearsals of his latest opera,
"The Girl of the. Golden U'est.'Vvas taken
suddenly ill with acute indigestion on Mon
day riieht in his apartment at the Hotel
Knickerbocker
l>r Maratioti, of No. IS East ISth rtreet,
was vummoned, and remained with Mr
Puccini from in d'elock to - n\ the morning.
Dr. afaranotl sa"i yesterday thai Mr. Puc
cini hrt.l entirely recovered.
"Mr. Puccini attended ivh-arsals to-day,"
said i>r. Uarafloti, "and is im. w completely
!-,■, .i\ .reli."
New York To-day, Florida To-morrow,
via I'.ima ami Atlantic Cun.* t Line, the
Standard Ry. of the Smith. Three limited
train.-: duily. Superior service. 121S B'wajr.
Advt :*:V--
LEARNS OF OLD DIVORCE
"Wife" Hears She Is Not the
Heiv of Rich Lumberman.
La Crosse, Wte., Nov. 2ft.— The c!:iim
of Mrs. Mattie A. Weston, Of Au Sable,
Mich., to the estate <•;' Clinton H. Wea
t( n, a wealthy lumberman of this 'ity.
who died several years s»so, was dis
posed of to-day when a record was dis
covered in the office of th- clerk of court
of this county, showing that Weston had
obtained a divorce from his wife in IST'.*.
Mrs. Weston claimed that this was the
first knowledge she bad that a divorce
had ever been granted. She and her
husband had been living apart only a
iVw years. In La Crosse Weston was
known as .t single man.
CLASH OVER STANDARD OIL
Austria Drops Negotiations with
U. S. About Branch Company.
Vienna. Nov. 29L— The controversy be
tween the Austr.au authorities and the
Vacuum Oil Company, a branch of the
Standard Oil Company, has reached a
new and acute staj^e.
The Austrian Foreign Office has re
fused to continue negotiations with the
American embassy, which has been pro
testing against the alleged discrimina
tion of the government against this com
pany. The Foreign Office maintains its
position that the vacuum company is
registered as a Hungarian company and
must, therefore. be subject to the same
regulations as other companies with a
similar registration, and that the ques
tion at issue is purely a matter fox Aus
trian internal administration and abso
lutely outside of. "diplomacy.
The American Ambassador. Richard C.
Kerens, declines to accept the Foreign
Office's view, but at the present moment
the conflict is at a deadlock. The Minis
try of Finance is now officially inquiring
into the Galician oil situation, hoping to
find a solution for the difficulty.
A "PUBLIC LOAN SHOP"
Kansas City's New Project to
Prevent Usury.
! By Telegraph to !M- Tribcne.]
Kansas < it>. -Mo.. Xov. Z9.—A public
loan shop, which v\i'l be operated under
the direction ol the Board of Public wel
fare to ti.i- over financially unfortunates
who have bc^gtofore been in the grasp
of the usurers, will be opened for busi
ness here ":i December 1.
Mortgageable articles will he accepted
an pledges, and a rat* ol interest will be
"charged within the reacn of all As many
persons as possible will be discouraged
from borrowing. Tie- monej for loans
will be furnished to the loan shop by
those w<\<> ;ir.- responsible for Its organ
ization.
SMUGGLES MOTHER'S BONES
Quanah Parker, Noted Indian,
Feared Texas Authorities.
IBy '[>'.. t.'-:e;'h te Tl* Trttane.l
Lawton, Oktau, Nov. 28L — Qnanab
Parker, noted chief of the Comancne
Indians, found it Decessary to have the
-rave of his white mother. Cynthtana
Ann Park.r. near Poynon Station. Tex.,
entered at night and smuggle her bones
nut of the state into Oklahoma in order
to avoid arrest by the Texas author
it!-^. Such is the information sained
from the balfbveed Indian chief, who re
turn, d to Cache, nkia.. with his mother*!
relics to-day. Tne chief was accom
panied by his son-in-law, C. W. I.ira
M>ng, Indian agent, who acted for the
United States .u«-v. rcment.
Congresi has approprtaitecl f1.480 for
erecting a monument to tiie memory of
Cyntbiana Ann Parker n the Fosterville
graveyard, near Poynon station. Ben
den 00 < 'oUMt> . TeX.
SENATOR N. B. SCOTT ILL
Suffering from Nervous Breakdown —
Mr. Elkins Improving.
Washington, Wow. 'J9.— Roth Senators from
West Virginia are on the sick lint. Senator
Nathan I*. Scott was taken ill to-day,
Buffering from Indigestion and a general
nervous breakdown. Ills physicians, how
ever, said to-night that he probably would
be able to take his seat when Congress
meets next Monday.
Senator Stephen B. Klkins is reported
somewhat better, although at win not !>••
able to attend the opening of Congress.
So easy and delightful! Spencer 1 * Tone
eyeglasses with •lllkif guards. 31 Maiden La.
TO DISSOLVE STERN
BROS. AFTER X
Louis Stern Buys Out Isaac and
Assumes Full Controi cf
Old Business.
LAST OF ORIGINAL MEMBERS
Capital Increased from $7,590,
000 to $10.500.000 — Reports
of Sale to Syndicate
Denied.
It became, known yesterday that tfc«
corporation of Stern Brothers. Si street.
New York, and Rue d'Hauteville. Paris,
would be dissolved to-day, and that by
the retirement of Isaac Stern, the senior
member. Louis Stern wr.iii<i become the
sole owner of the concern.
At the same time th*- corporation cer
tified to the Secretary of State at Al-*
-
bany that it had increased its capital
stock from $7..V>0.000 to ?10.r,0n.iw)i>. The;
certificate was signed by Isaac Stem.
president, and Louis Stern, secretary.
The corporation of Stern .Brothers was
formed about forty years ago by Isaac.
Bernard and Louis Stern when they open
ed a small store on the \<-c<t side of Sixtli
avenue, a few doors south of 3SN street.
Isaac and Bernard had been in 'business
at Albany and Louis Stern gave up a
place with his uncle in Petersburg. Va..
to Jens his brothers. The progress of the
business was rapid and it was generally
conceded that the success of the house
was due to the industry and the individ
ual efforts of the young men who com
1 posed the firm. In 1818 the business had.
1 outgrown it« home in Sixth avenue,
which had been enlarged several times,
and the building now occupied in 23d
j street was acquired. 4 - Several addition*
have been made to it. one of the most
important having been recently com
pleted.
When Bernard Stern died about twenty
years ago the younger brother, Ben>
jamin Stern, was admitted Is partner*
.--hip. H^ retired Amu the Ivisine
than a year ai<o. With thy refjwntai -f
Isaac Stern. L'>uis St- ru becenats the
only member of the original Firm I
main in the business. His as*.
are his sons. Melville A. and In lag, both
of whom have for several yean
positions of importance in th- TrtaMT nil
mr-nt.
When seen at his office yesterday faMSC
Stern said that the dissolution of part
nership lietwi en him and his bruth- r h.i 1
been agret d upon some time ago. an i
that all rumors as to the bostai -s ha\ i:: :
passed out of the hands of the
were groundless.
•'1 have simply sold my shar^ in ISM
business to my brother, who wi'.l con
tinue to conduct the business. i shad
retire from active work in a day or twu
and take a little rest, cuter many >i-ar;
of activity."
Mr.* Sterns son-in-law, Arthur H.
Hahlo, and Ms brother-in-law. Jesse
Michaels, who have held positions in th-j
store, have resigned, their resignations
to take effect on the retire. of Isaac
Stern. It has Ik en report, that Julius
G. Kugelman. a brother-in-law of Louis
Stern, who for many years was at th.?
head of one of the departments in ISM
l!3d street store, had also resigned.
Louis Stern was mi at his home. So.
'..;>.". Firth avenue. last night and said he
had bought out the interest of hi
brother Isaac and would conduct the
business alone. As to the reports that
the business had been acquired by a New
York or a Chicago syndicate — both re
ports having come to his notice— he sai«l
there was no truth in either of them, and
•that he had not the faintest notion ■>"'
selling or in any way giving up control
of the business, with which he had been
connected for more thai toT & years.
A represen'.-.live of the United Dry
Goods Companies said there was no
truth in a report that that corporation
had acquired control of Siern Brothers,
and that so far as he was aware no ne
gotiations were being conducted by the
United Companies for the acquisition a!
any other drygoods concerns than those
already owned.
Louis Slew now in his sixty-fourth
year, was born in Germany, but came to
this country with his parents as a child.
He attended school in Albany. later
going ro Petersburg. a., where he re
mained until be came here to enter the
newly formed firm of Stern Brother?.
Since then he has become prominent
among the business men of this city. He
has always been a stanch Republican.
has been president of the Republican
Club and was a candidate for president
of the Borough of Manhattan on the
ticket with General Tracy, who ran for
Mayor in I^o7.
In V.**> he was appointed one of the
twelve commissioners to the Paris Ex
position, and served as chairman of the
executive committee of th.' New York
State Commission to the St. Louis Ex
position four years later.
Mr. Stern is closely associated with
every Jewish charity in the city. besides
bting president of the Hebrew Orphan.
Asylum. He is a director in a number
of corporations, allied with the Metro
politan Museum of Art. the American,
Museum of Natural History, the Amer
ican Geographical Society, and a mem
ber of the Republican. Automobile. Lotos
and Patria clubs.
COSTS $5 TO EXPECTORATE
Boston Judge Raises Fine and Threat
' ens Further Advance.
1 By T«tesrraph to Th* Trlb«in«. 1
Boston. Nov. .-• Judge i;:y. of the Munic
ipal Court, to-day ratsed the tine, for spit
ting on the. sidewalk from $- to $;. and said
that unless the "disgusting and unhealthy
habit" was stopped he would raise the ana
■till higher.
Among the first victims of th» increase
was Angelo Carpenillu. one of the court
interpreters. He spat in the corridor out
side of the- room where Judg Kly wad hold
ing oourt. Patrolman Marks, who was* thert>
it* plain clothe*" for the purpose of catching
offenders, arrested htm and took him into
the courtroom. Carpenilla pleaded guilty
and yaid hio J. tin*