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CANADIAN RECIPROCITY
DEMAND FORMULATED
Farmers' Convention in Ottawa
Adopts Resolution Asking
for Specific Relief.
TO GO TO PREMIER TO-DAY
free Trade Sought with United
States in Agricultural Imple
ments. Vehicles, Cement,
Fish, Oil and Lumber.
Ottawa. Ont.. Dec. in.-Reciprocity
with the United States and free trade
with Great Britain were the demands
which the farmers" convention, attended
by one thousand men. agreed to present
to the Canadian government to-morrow.
The decision was reached this afternoon
after a meeting lasting four hours, from
which all except delegates to the Cana
dian Council of Agriculture were ex
cluded.
There were other resolutions calling
for the operation of the Hudson Bay
Railroad by the government and govern
rnent ownership of terminal elevators.
but -he tariff resolution is regarded as
the important result of the conference.
It will be presented to the Canadian
Prime Minister. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, to
morrow morning in the House of Com
mons. The resolution, which is clear cut
and specific, asks for the following:
1. Reciprocal free trade between the
United States and Canada in all horti
cultural, agricultural and animal pro
ducts, spraying material, fertilizers, fuel.
Dating and lubricating oils, cement,
Be] and lumber.
2 Reciprocal free trade between the
fT> ooastrles in all agricultural Imper
machinery, vehicles and parts
■ ot
3. — An immediate lowering of the
duties of all British imports to one half
th*> rates charged under the .general
tariff, whatever these may be. That any
trade advantage? given the United States
la reciprocal trade relations be extended
to Great Britain. •
4. — For such reduction of the remaining
preferential tariff as will insure the es
tablishment of complete free trade
between the Dominion and the Mother
Country within ten years.
5 -That the farmers of this country
are willing to face direct taxation In
such form as may. be advisable to make
up the revenue loss under new tariff
relations.
The Farmers* View.
In presenting the tariff case of the
government to-morrow the spokesman
of the farmers' delegation will say:
"No trade arrangement which the
Canadian government could enter into
vronM meet with greater favor or
stronger support from the farmers of
the country than a wide measure of
reciprocal trade with the United States.
Such an arrangement, including manu
factured articles and natural products of
both countries, would give the Canadian
farmer a larger and more profitable
marker in which to sell their produce
and a cheaper market in which to put
their surplus.
side Lit Taft has asked Canada to
*r;tpr into negotiations for freer trade
relations and his action has been backed
by the people of the United States at the
recent elections. Negotiations have be
gun and we strongly urge the Canadian
government to meet the United States
half way and eeeure as large a measure
of reciprocity in manufactured articles
end natural products as possible, Our
trade wjth the United States amounts to
$050,000,000. Is there any danger from
aii extension of our trade with a country
©f ninety million people?"
Demand Immediate Action.
The statement closes with a demand
for imm^iate action and a declaration
gainst a reference of tariff changes to
a commission, on the ground that there
is sufficient information available and
no reason for further delay.
The tariff proposals were, the only ones
which the meeting discussed. The reso
lutions favoring the taking over of the
terminal elevators, the operation of the
Hudson Bay Railroad by the govern
ment and the promotion of the chilled
meat industry w».-r • explained and
adopted.
Even ihe tariff resolution did not
arous*. a hostile voice. After half a
(•ozen speeches had been made it was de
* ;dei to close the cane for lower tariff
and reciprocity, and to give a chance to
any opposition which exists.
The chairman invited any one who had
anything to say against the resolution
it speak. No one came forward and
■with a cheer the resolution was de
<iar*-d carried.
The Canadian Manufacturers* Asso
ciation has ■ large delegation of influ
ential men watching the programme and
they have sought to get into touch with
iho farmers. They extended an -invita
tion to the delegation to visit Montreal,
Hamilton. Toronto and other manufact
i;ring centres as the guests of the manu-
Jaclurers and inspect the plants. The
tanners declined the invitation on the
ground that I hey did not have time.
J.~D. ROCKEFELLER SENDS $500
Biggest Single Sale of Red Cross Seals, j
the Committee Reports.
The largest tingle purchase of Red Cro^.s
Christmas Seals yet recorded by the Com- i
mi»«»*> on Prevention of Tuberculosis oc- j
curred yesterday when Stair J. Murphy '
«j-d*red ;/t.<>») jseaj, on a (. c< , u , n of John li. |
Rockefeller, whose check for M was en
<l<m>o<l. - ;
Re<J Cross Ft amps win be used (■• pasts
on the reverse fide of all mail mallei and
packages «-nt out from th.. eases* of the
Standard OH Company.
The fea!« are on sale all over the city.
and the campaign is being widely advertised
in the cars at the ■nrtace. subway, elevated
ar.d tunnel lin«=-?, while from the Rice Coin-
I-amv illuminated sign on Broadway there
fashes out every fix minutes from night
iall to funri.se a plea to the public to buy
H< « Cj'jss S^als and put Ui^m on all mall
MAJLLARD'S VANILLA CHOCOLATE.
*-tnous owr fiO years for superiority, purity
fv<\ rjchacats of us true Vanilla bean flavor'
*E£ — Advt.
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Tn-d«v «nd tn-morrnw,
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MRS. MORSE'S PLEA TO TAFT
Urges Pardon for Her Husband
in Remarkable Letter.
"Washington. r>e<\ l."i. — Mrs. Charles W.
Morf-p ha;-- apr-e-ilrd to President Taft to
I'.-irdon her husband. Her petition -was
}>resentr>d to-day by Senator Hale. It
■was in the form «>f a tetter addressed to
the President. Mrs. Morse makes a
simple, businesslike plea for. the release
of her husband, calling: the Presidents
attention t.. what she says was an "im
mense popular interest" in his case. She
declares that the general sentiment of
the many thousands who had signed
her petition was that the sentence im
posed on her husband was "outrageous,"
that he had no intention of wronging
the National Bank of North America,
that no depositor had lost a dollar and
that at most he had been guilty of only
a technical violation of the national
banking laws.
Her letter is generally conceded to be
< ne <>f the most remarkable document?
of its kind ever received at the White
Hous-e. The President sent it at once
t<> Attorney General Wickersham. ■who
turned it over to the attorney in charge
of pardons.
The genera] petition for the pardon of
Morse, received at the Department of
Justice to-day, contains approximately
fifty thousand names.
MRS. M'GUIRE WEDS INDIAN
Former Wife of Congressman
from Ist Oklahoma District.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Guthri-?. Okla., Dec. 15.— Mrs. Anna
McGuire. former wife of Congressman
Bird S. McGuire. of the Ist. Oklahoma
District, was married to-night at Paw
huska. Okla., to George C. Lamotte, a
member of the Pawhuska City Council.
He is a French Osage Indian and former
star halfback on the Haskeii Indian
School football team.
Congressman McGuire was divorced a
year ago *n Guthrie. his wife alleging
cruel treatment. When she lived in
Washington. Mrs. McGuire was known
as one of the best dressed woman there.
TRAPPED BANDIT SUICIDE
Had Robbed Kansas Bank After
Securing Five Employes.
Falina, Kan.. Dec. 15. — Ira Ward,
thirty years old. who robbed the State
Bank at Paradise, Kan., this morning,
obtaining {2.500. killed himself when
surrounded h\ a posse of farmers four
teen miles north of that place late
to-day.
Ward made a hard ride for liberty, but
farmers over the entire section had been
notified by telephone and the pursuing
josse easily kept on his trail. For five
hours he evaded his pursuers, but about
sundown was surrounded fourteen miles
north of Paradise. Then he turned the
gun he had bought earlier in the day
upon himself and sent a bullet through,
his brain. On his body, the posse found
the (2,500 which Ward had stolen from
the hank.
Ward, who lived twelve miles north
east of Luray, Kan., went to Paradise
last night. He attracted only casual
notice.
This morning he went to a haul ware
store and bought a revolver, ammuni
tion and a coil of rope. He then entered
the bank, where he covered Bert O'Brien,
the cashier, and four other men with
the weapon. After the safe had been
opened by the cashier at Ward's direc
tion, the five men were marched into f
back room and forced to lie on the floor.
The bandit then tied the men and gagged
them with gunny sacking.
After taking $2,500 from the vault
"Ward walked to a hardware store, pur
chased a rifle and a large number of
cartridges, and mounting his horse rode
rapidly away. The men in the bank
wore soon discovered and the pursuit
1 e^an.
MINISTER'S PLEA TO DIE
Blind, Asks Governors for Use of
the Electric Chair.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune 1
Battle Creek. Mich., Dec. I.l.— The
Rev. Thomas McKinsey. of this city, has
I appealed to the governors of four states
to grant him the use of their electric
chairs to release him from a living- death.
I-lind from childhood, he was educated
in the Indiana School for the Blind. He
became a minister in the Disciples
Church, and for years did circuit preach
ing. He finally gave up the pulpit and j
took to street singing. His letter sent,
to the governors follows:
I have been blind from birth. I am
rot and seemingly cannot be profitably
employed, therefore 1 .cannot consist
ently have a home and a wife. II I
live I must live in the poorhouse among
lunatics idiot-;, broken down Drunkards
end vagabonds, where all I can do Is to
oat unpalatable food and wear coarse ,
clothes where there will be an end to
aspiration, and where 1 can be slowly
murdered Surely, under such circum
stances, it is the duty of the state to j
take my life in the most painless way
possible, as I am willing and anxious;
that it should do so. , '
I have the misfortune to live in a state
which will not oven execute its criminals,
therefore I write to ask that I may be
electrocuted in a state < hair in New
York, Ohio, New Jersey or \\f.«t Mr- 1
ginia.
With a sigh Mr. MdHnsey confessed
V -day that the governors had neglected
to answer Ms appeal for a loan of an
electric chair.
| THOUGHT LINCOLN CENT GOLD
Charged That Woman Got Receipt for
a Month's Rent for It.
Hackensack. Dec. 15 (Special). -A new.
I bright Lincoln penny was the undoing of
, Mrs Ernestine Kobitza. ■ widow, of cari
si::.i.. for BliS pave it to her landlord for a
$10 jrold piece, it Is alleged, and lie. wholly
deceived by ilie brilliancy of the coin, ac
cepted it and pave his tenant a receipt for
her month's r.-nt. The landlord was rudely
■hocked when he offered the "gold " piece
at a Qtrlstadt grocery More in payment for
some purchases, and watted for the change.
\Vh*n he realised the mistake lie hurried
to the widow's home and demanded 999
more Lincoln pennies; the woman had non*-.
Then the was arrested, and In default
of bail she was committed to the Hacken
sack jail, charged with . -obtaining a
month's rent under false pretenies."
A USEFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENT -,
Assorted Caso of Fitted \\ ines. **.*•'.»<>■'•;
H. T. r*ew*y & Sons Co.. 138 Fulton St.. »• 1.
— Advt.
NEW- YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, mO.-FOl KThKN PACKS. ••PRICK ONK CEM ■ k^™,,™,: ™»<rvr».
MAURETANIA, NEARING
PORT, RONS INTO GALE
All Ready to Speed Big Liner in
Attempt to Make Round Trip
in Twelve Days.
OFF LIGHTSHIP AT 1:10 A. M.
Extra Force of Customs Men To
Be on Hand Early To-day
to Expedite Discharge
of Baggage.
The dinard dyer Mauretania. whose
record breaking attempt to make the
round trip from Liverpool to New York
and back again in twelve days has at
tracted the attention of the civilized
world, was abeam the Ambrose Channel
Lightship at 1 :10 o'clock this morning.
An hour would be necessary to pet into
Quarantine, and. with a possible deten
tion there of an hour for inspection of
passengers by the Health Officer and the
taking off of her mail, it was feared that
s-he was not likely to make fast her
gangplank at 14th street much before
4 a. m.
Captain Turner reported at 7 o'clock
that he was 3H2 miles east of the Am
brose Channel Lightship, and that he
would be at the lightship at midnight,
but landlubbers who juggled with the
skipper's figures could not see how he
could do it unless he drove the Maure
tania at the impossible speed of thirty
knots.
Captain Turner reported that he was
running through fair and clear weather
at 7 p. m., hut he did not know, perhaps.
that there was moving toward him a
s-ixty mile gale that passed over Man
hattan at 7:l!<> p. m.
The local Weather Bureau reported
that the wind had diminished after
reaching Its maximum of sixty miles,
but that it was keeping- well up to forty
eight miles an hour at 8 p. m, A forty-
Eiz mile gale was reported at Block
Island also at 8 p. m., and it was be
lieved last night that the Mauretania
was getting more than her share of wind
resistance on her run to port.
On account of the weather conditions
prevailing in this harbor last night it
was said that unless the wind had
greatly moderated after midnight the
Mauretania would not undertake to dis
charge h«r mail while under way. Jt
was believed that the two mai! boats
would takp off her entire mail cargo of
some 4.300 bags while at anchor off
Quarantine.
Bets on Her Arrivai Numerous.
Thomas Ftead, who is in charge of th«
company's publicity dejartment. spent
the entire day answering questions pre
sented by telephone and by callers. The
feat set. for the Mauretania has caused
no end of discussion in clubs, hotels and
offices and numerous bets on the time
of her arrival were made yesterday.
The- bier liner's task has created a
I henomena] amount of interest through
out the United Kingdom. According to
the correspondents of the English news
papers, who were constantly in touch
with the Cunard ofn>e yesterday, the in
terest in thp British political situation
is almost eclipsed over there and will
have a serious rival until the Maure
tania is again in the harbor of Liverpool.
Every scrap of news that came in by
wireless from the Mauretania yesterday
was pounced upon with avidity by the
correspondents and instantly sent to
Fngland.
The company made no provision for
customs officials to board the, big flyer
this morning at Quarantine from the
revenue cutter. Captain Turner was
ordered to discharge his mail as soon as
he came into Quarantine and. if feasible.
proceed to the pier at 14th street as soon
as the health officer passed his vessel.
If the wind is high or the waters of the
bay are at all choppy the Mauretania
may discharge all hei mail before at
tempting to steam to her pier.
While the company expected the big
flyer to be in her dock between 2 and 3
o'clock this morning*, it was reported at
midnight that she would hardly have her
gangplank made fast before 4 a. m.
111 1 was arranged that as soon as she
docked the passengers' baggage would
be taken from the hold and arranged on
the pier. There was to be a handful of
customs inspectors in charge to see that
no one attempted to take advantage of
th<- unusual docking hour to get away
with unexaniined baggage. The plans
further called for a big staff of deputy
surveyors, appraisers and inspectors to
lie on hand at 7 a. m., when the ex
amination of baggage would begin.
As the coaling process is noisy, that
operation was not to begin until (j o'clock
this morning. This decision was reached
late yesterday, so that the passengers
would be able to sleep undisturbed.
SAVES BABY FROM TRAIN
Young- Woman Makes Thrilling
Rescue in Subway.
Persons standing on tho north-bound
platform of the Broadway division of
the subway station at 1 l«;th street last
night were witnesses of a thrilling
rescue, when an unidentified woman,
handsomely dressed, leaped down to the
tracks and saved the life of Klsie Gourie,
two years old, who had fallen between
the Iron railings from the upper plat
form.
The child was with her mother, Mrs.
Mary Gourie, of No. -2-S Amsterdam
avenue. Mrs. Gourie stopped on the sec
ond platform in the station to adjust her
hat. The baby toddled over to the rail
ing and fell between the ban to the
tracks sixteen fee* below.
Mrs Gourie screamed, as did other
waiting ? passengers on th.- lower pla^r
form as they saw the child land be
tween the rails. Almost at the same
install' the whistle of an approaching:
train was beard. While many men stood
1 , rrined the unidentified young woman
u-uncd" ,',, the tracks and ran to the
I Mhv She lifted the little girl in her
• ,'rms and then pjaced it on the Platform.
climbing UP after "• Mrs - Gouri !
rranbed the child in her arms and turned
fo hank the woman, but she had dis
appeared in the crowd. The baby was
unhurt.
raEAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
-,„ *!?£[». of i gtasi stoppered bottles.
. *<lvt.
DR. VAN DYKE RESIGNS
HIS PRINCETON CHAIR
Students, in Mass Meeting. Beg
Him to Reconsider and Go
to See Him.
ILL HEALTH MAY BE CAUSE
Some Believe That He Will Re
turn to Brick Church Here as
Pastor, Resuming Charge
Quit Ten Years Ago.
fßv THpfraph to Th* 3 Trflnnte.l
Princeton. N. J.. Dec. I">.— The resigna
tion of the Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke as
Murray professor of English literature in
Princeton University is now in the hands
of Charles W. McAlpln, the secretary of
the university, awaiting the action of
the board of trustees at their next meet
ing, on January 12.
Dr. van Dyke had prepared the uni
versity somewhat for his action by his
allusion in a recent letter to a news
paper to the fact that he was about to
leave Princeton. He refuses to comment
on this statement, which he had himself
published, however, and many were in
hopes that he would reconsider his evi
dent intention to resign.
He refused to say to-niprht whether he
intended to accept the stanning call to
the pastorate of the Brick Presbyterian
Church, New York, where he is now
preaching, pending the appointment of a
successor to the late Dr. Richards, or
whether he intended to devote his time
to literature and travel.
His resignation, < online; so soon after
Dr. Woodrow Wilson's, is a great blow
to Princeton. A mass meeting of the
two upper classes in the university was
held this afternoon, and resolutions were
adopted urging Dr. van Dyke to recon
sider his" resignation. A committee of
undergraduates was appointed to wait
upon him.
Dr. van Dyke was graduated from
Princeton with the class of 1873 and
from Union Theological Seminary in
1877. He took a course in Berlin and was
pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church
of New York from ISS3 to 1900. when he
came to Princeton as a head of the
English department.
Except for a period of one year spent
in travelling in Palestine, he has con
ducted the senior English courses every
year since 10<~H His lectures have al
ways been among the most popular in
the university and last year he was
designated the most popular professor by
the seniors.
He has been in poor health this fall
and many of his friends have urged him
to give up either his Princeton work or
his Sunday preaching at the Brick
<'"hurch. Although Dr. van Dyke per
sonally refused to discuss the question, it
is believed that the condition of his
health has. had much to do with his
resignation.
Eugene Smith, a lawyer, of No. 30
West *iSth street, secretary of the Board
of Trustees of the Brick Church, could
give no hint of Dr. van Dyke's plans last
night.
"1 had not heard of Dr. van Dyke's
resignation," said Mr. Smith. "Neither
have I heard of any plan to make him
pastor of the Brick Church. I cannot
say that there is any significance in his
resignation."
At his honi". No. 130 East 67th street,
last night Charles E. Merrill, a trustee
of the church, said in reply to a ques
tion: "There has been talk of making
Dr. van Dyke pastor of the church, but
no definite action has been taken in the
matter as yet."
NEW POINT IN EXTRADITION
Sailor Wanted by London Police
Believed To Be on American Ship
IBy Cable to The Tribune.]
London, Dec. 15. — An interesting
extradition point was raised yesterday
as a sequel to the visit of the United
States Atlantic squadron to Gravesend.
An American sailor named Robert
Washington, on a visit to London with
a party of messmates, was stabbed dur
ing a quarrel by another American blue
jacket, who escaped. Washington was
taken to a hospital and the police
starched for his assailant, who is be
lieved to have rejoined his ship, which
is legally United States territory.
A Scotland Yard detective applied to
the American Ambassador for informa
tion concerning the man, but the em
bassy officials had no knowledge of the
whereabouts of the assailant, and no
clew by which he could be traced.
Should his name and ship be discov
ered, the London police could apply for
the extradition of the offender, but "The
Express"" says further inquiry into the
matter may be left to the admirals of
*he American fleet.
The injured sailor is making good
progress in the hospital.
TAXI RUNS DOWN WOMAN
Visitor in City Near Death in
Broadway Accident.
Mrs. Amelia Froy.mo, twenty-seven
years old, of Norualk, Conn., was run
over and perhaps fatally injured by a
taxicab in front of whi< h she slipped and
fell at 4-d street and Broadway last
night. She was removed to the New
York Hospital.
With her husband, the woman came to
New York last evening to attend the
theatre. They started to walk to the
(Jrand Central Station to catch a train
lor their home. They were crossing from
west to east on Broadway, when, as she
was walking over the northbound trolley,
Mrs. Proya.o slipped and fell. As she
Sid s«> a taxicab owned and op-rated by
Richard Jenkins, of No. 7.">1 Third ave
nue, came along.
When Jenkins saw Mrs. Proyano pros
trate on the" ground he shut off his
power and swung his wheel over so that
his car ran up on the sidewalk. One of
the rear wheels passed over the woman's
chest. Dr. Armstrong was summoned
from the New York Hospital. He said
the woman's injuries were grave. Jenk
ins was locked up In the West 30th street
station on the husband's complaint.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT THE DEMOCRATIC DINNER.
JOHN A. I>IX.
Governor-elect of New York.
.IAKTIN W. LITTLETON
GOVERNORS ELECT SCARCE
Foss and Dix at Democratic Din
ner, but Others Absent.
WORD FROM MISSING ONES
Wilson, Harmon and Plaisted
Send Regrets — Former's
Sentiments Cheered.
The Democratic. Governors' dinner of the-
National Democratic, Club was held at the
Waldorf last night, with four of the guests
of honor absent, and only two Governors
presenttout of the mars' exports. The
guests of honor who .came were Gov
ernors-elect Dix, of this state, and .Foss,
of Massachusetts. Those who did not come
were Judson Harmon., of Ohio: Woodrow
Wilson, of New Jersey; Frederick E.
Plaisted, of Maine, and Simeon E. Baldwin,
of Connecticut. The Governors who came
were Crothers, of Maryland, and Sanders,
of Louisiana.
Governor Harmon and Woodrow Wilson
sent letters, while telegrams came from
Judge Baldwin and Governor-elect Plaisted.
It was explained that Mr. " Plaisted was
ill in bed. threatened with pneumonia,
while Judge Baldwin was making a speech
at the Peace « Conference in Washington,
an engagement that he had made several
months ago. Woodrow Wilson said he
could not be present because of a confer
ence with the members of the New Jersey
Legislature that had been arranged some
time aso to be held last night.
If there might be said to be a paucity of
governors and governors- elect, however,
there was no lack of candidates for th«
United States Senate from this state. All
those whose names have been mentioned
with particular fervor by friends were con
spicuously In attendance. . Edward M. Shep
ard, ex-Judge D. Cady Herrick and J. Ser
geant Cram were, at the speakers' table,
while Daniel F. Conalan was not far away
and Norman E. Mack presided.
There were others besides the guests of
honor who were among the missing, notably
Richard Croker, who was in Florida; John
Fox, president of the* club, who was kept
away by illness; Judge Parker, who was
arguing a case before the Supreme Court
of the United States fn Washington, and
Mayor Gaynor. The Mayor sent word that
he had been peremptorily ordered not to
speak in public and thought he could use
his time better at work than attending a
dinner where he could not speak.
There was a general laugh over the ex
planation of the absence of Judge Parker
given by the secretary of the dinner com
mittee.
Parker "Called to Washington."
"I regret to state," eald Mr. Dunlap,
"that Judge Alton B. Parker, our candi
date for President in ld(H, cannot be here,
because he has been called to Washington."
But there was a conglomeration of diners
to suit the tastes of all. Such names were
Been in the searing list as August Belmont,
John L>. Crimrnins, Joseph Cassidy, of
Queens; Edward ii. Corey, formerly of the
Haymarket; John Purroy Mitchel. William
J. Conaers, John F. Abeam, Justices Ger
ard, Gelgerich and Greenbaum. of the Su
preme Court; Thomas L. Feitner, Isaao
FronmiH, P. D. Underwood, president or
the Erie; Bernard J. York, Francis L.ynde
Stetson. John T. Doollng. John F. McAvoy.
James E. Gaffney. J. Noble Hayes, and by
.special request of "Charley" White, the
prizefight referee and sergeant at arms or
the Democratic Executive Committee, Mor
ris Rose.
Norman E. Mack, who presided In the
absence of Mr. Pox, called first for a toaat
to the President of the Cnited States, ana
in his brief opening speech pointed the
moral for the Democrats from the last elec
tion.
"I want to remind you," he said, "of the
great* responsibility brought to the Demo
cratic party by the results of the last elec
tion. . On November 8 It was up to the peo
ple! It is now up to the national organiza
tion of the party' and the state organiza
tions and the governors and governors-elect
here assembled. All the leaders must bear
in mind that the. victory came because the
people were voting men out of office and
not because they were voting us in office.
And: unless we do the right thing we will
be voted out of office at the next election."
Mr. Dix was the first speaker, but before
he was introduced letters of Dr. Wilson
and .Governor- Harmon were read, The
mention of Dr. Wilson brought the nrst big
cheer of the evening, and the second. came
from th.- back or the hall when that part
of his leter was reached which said:
• a frank, genuine, responsible representa-
C'ontluued ou third page.
eugenz h Foen.
Governor-elect of Massachusetts.
CANADA AS PEACEMAKER
Will Urge Great Britain to Make
Compact with United States.
WITHAPPROVALOFMINIfTRY
Wilson and Plaisted Send Re
grets — Gov. Harmon's
Letter Cheered.
Ottawa. Ont.. Dec. 15. — Canada will
make an effort t-> have a permanent
peace treaty made between Great Britain
and the United States. As soon as
Parliament reassembles a resolution
will be introduced urging the British
government to take immediate steps to
make a compact with the United States
whit b will forever prevent blood being
shed in the settlement of a dispute
between these two great English-speak
ing countries.
Procedure requires that the resolution
be introduced by a private member and
not by a minister. However, the resolu
tion will be presented by direction of the
government and will have the unani
mous support of both the Llbera.l3 ajid
the Conservatives. Not a voice will be
raised against it and it will be trans
mitted to Westminster as the united
\-oice of Canada expressed in th*
Dominion Parliament.
Within the last two years nine dis
putes of long standing between Canada
and the United States have "been dis
posed of forever by the bloodless method
of negotiation and agreements. The set
tlements include the boundary -waters
dispute and the Canadian-Newfound
land fishery dispute which on more than
one occasion have led Great Britain and
the United States to the verge of war.
The adjustment of so many differences
by peaceful methods has made a deejj
impression on both the Canadian and
the British governments and has led
them to inquire If the plan cannot be
carried further and a declaration for
permanent peace made.
Sir Frederick Borden. Canadian Min
ister of Militia, who holds the war port
folio of the Dominion, speaking of this
proposal, said:
"Every member of the Canadian gov
ernment, and I am sure every member
of the British government, will welcome
any arrangement which will forever
make war impossible between Great
Britain and the United States. For my
own part. I see no reason why such an
understanding should not be reached
speedily. With such an understanding
between the two countries, which are
the most powerful in the world, a long
step would be taken toward the estab
lishment of universal and perpetual
peace. The movement has my most
hearty support."
DARING SAILOR_SAVES LIVES
Hangs Head Down from Steam
er's Side to Put Out Fire.
Norfolk. Va., Dec. 15. — Fire partially
destroyed the steamer Maryland of the
New York. Philadelphia & Norfolk Rail
road to-night, and three hundred pas
sengers had a narrow escape from in
jury or death.
Thirty minutes after the Maryland left
Norfolk for Cape <'harles a negro deck
hand discovered fire among some bales
of cotton in the freight hold. The mate,
in attempting to extinguish the fire
single handed, had to be hauled to BSWStjr
by means of a rope which was passed
down to him from the upper deck.
Eight United States sailors, passengers
en the steamer, probably saved the !i\ .>a
of many passengers and prevented the
complete destruction of the steamer. A
sailor named Stone hung over the. side of
the steamer while se\ eral companions
held his feet. With his ha.nils ks burst
a window leading to the freight hold
and turned a stream of water on the
fire. He held that position for fifteen
minutes, while the Maryland was racing
with all speed possible for Sewall's Point
to discharge her passengers.
FIRE LOSS. $1; WATER LOSS, $100,000
i [By Telegraph Th«> Tribune.]
Philadelphia. Dec. 15.— Fire early . to-day
In the seven story building at N'>. 71S Arch
street did damajc© to the extent of $1. while
the water which followed the blaze in
creased the loss to Jio<vxv>. The tire, al
though diminutive, supplied enough heat at
the particular spot on th« fifth floor to start
the automatic sprinklers, with which , the
building Is supplied, and every room in the
building 1 was flood aI.
RABIES FROM 3-YEAR BITE.
Nashua. N. H., Dec. 15.— The bite of a
dog three years ago caused the death here
to-day of Charles I. Richards, local agent
for the Now Hampshire ' Woman's Humane
Society. Richards was, taken ill Monday
with pneumonia, and yesterday symptoms
of hydrophobia developed.
For Xmas flavor your grapefruit and ■!•■.
sert? with Ango«tura Bitters— World re
nowned appetizer of exquisite aroma. Re
fuse substitutes.— Advt. ;*gffigg
TAWHET CHARGES
MO CONSPIRACY
War Department Bitterly At
tacked for Dickinson's Sup
pressed Report.
-WOULD HOBSONIZE NATION*
Calls It Cowardly to Admit Un
preparedness for War — Says
Wood Is Seeking Big
Appropriations.
[From The Tribune Eur«;ia.]
Washington, Dec. 15.— Charging the
existence of a conspiracy between the
War Department and military enthusi
asts In the House of Representatives to
force enormous appropriations for mili
tary purposes. Representative James A.
Tawney, of Minnesota, chairman of, the
House Appropriations Committee, made
a sensational statement to-day regard
ing Secretary Dickinson's suppressed re
port on the unpreparedness of the United
States for war.
Mr. Tawney. who opposes the fforr r I Ba>
tion of the Panama < anal, larger in
creases of the navy and the increase of
t'r>- swJwflswj army, minces no words in
discussing what he calls the "depi<
?nd unpatriotic" efforts that SM
made to secure the publication of the
national defence document. He d* -ar^s
that the Secretary's report and ■
sentative Hohson's lecture on "The Tal
low Peril' are practically identical, and
accuses Hobson and those who hold hia
views of conducting "a propaganda of
jingoism."
"It is a positive disgrrace." said Mr.
Tawney to-day, "for a man or a nation
publicly to admit inability to compete
with any adversary that may come
Blew*} I may feel confident that an
other man's physical powers are superior
to mine, but I would be regarded as a
coward if I confessed it from the house
tops.
"This effort that, has been made to get
the report of the Secretary of War be
fore the American people is simply a
part of a propaganda ©n the part of the
military enthusiasts to secure support
for larger appropriations.
'•Representative Hofcson f<->r thp hwJl
four or five years has attempted to scare
the American people by preaching the
doctrine of the yellow peril, and no«v the
War Department has joined in an effort
to Hobsonize the whole count r-.
'•Any one who has either heard or read
Hohson's lectures and thts report will
find it difficult to distinguish --.- fr--m
the other. The chief of staff -• tfw.
army. General Leonard Wood, and Mr.
Hobson have a*- ■'.:-* ". ' ■- ~ -i-.i'-
to influence the public mind by
misrepresenting our preparedness for
war.
'They realize that the Democrats win
control the House of Representatives in
the tf'Jd Congress, and. that appropria
tions for war purposes, which originate
in that Hous<\ will be controlled, by llwj
party. Perhaps they think this is their
golden opportunity for securing large ap
propriations and making them, the basis)
tor larger appropriations in the next
t oneress than they otherwise could hope
to ohtain.
"No one but a <-oward will publicly ad
mit his inferiority, and what is true of
an individual Is also true of a nation.
These advocates of militarism ignore en
tirely our chief weapons of defence^ — our
great natural resources and the spon
taneity with which the patriotism of our
people would be aroused in the event of
assault of any kind from any forefcja
foe. They likewise ignore our geographi
col isolation."
House to Get Modified Report.
The reply of the Secretary ,f Warn M
the McLachlan resolution, which »waa
forwarded to the House yesterday "in
confidence" and returned by th* wj
because the House has n-> means of
handling confidential documents, and
which has been, in part at least, pub
lished in various quarters, has been tha
sensation of the hour in Washington.
Early this morning the Prpsident called
to the White House Secretary M - B>
son. Senator Root and Representative
Hull, chairman of the Military Affair*
Committee, and after a long conference
it was decided to suppress the report
and that the Secretary si War snoolsl
send to the House a letter explaining:
why hi 3 reply should not be made public.
After Secretary Dickinson returned to
th« War Department he learned thai
its original form the report had been
printed in several quarters. First. S>
Philadelphia paper broke faith teat
SatunUy aa.l accidentally printed tha
rapjivl vlwell was sent out under release,
and trier? to-day certain New York news
papers reprinted the report fro:- T.*
Philadelphia publication. It was also
Mm i it a Havana newspap«r had
printed it several days f\*>>. This led to
further conferenct-s. an.l :•>- night it was
decided that as the report is already
public it shall be sent to the House, but
without the appendices, which are. after
all. the really important part, and a w]
M h wMaasi essential shall be wit.. .1
from the public.
An examination of Mr. Dickinson's re
ply shows that it could easily have been
prepared from the reports of the Secre
tary of War. the chief of staff and the
bureau chiefs for the last two years, anil
there is some question If It would have
made any sensation whatever had it
been forwarded to Congress without be
ing marked "confidential." Such alarm
ists as Mr. McLachlan and Mr. Hobson
have seen Its contents, anyway, an are
determined to ventilate them on the floor
of the House. Army officers are making
a brave endeavor to-day to look sorrow
ful, but with little success. They can
foresee nothing but increased appropria
tions as a result of the supposedly sen
sational features of the report, the effort
to keep It secret and a wider publication
la the press than it would ever have re
ceived without that attempt.
General Wood Heard Again.
Major General Leonard Wood, chief of
•:. ■ staff of the army, was again before
the House Committee on Military Af
fairs at an executive session to-day.
General Wood continued his testimony
of yesterday relative to the irssufElcieilCj*