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m jj ,-c been times, perhaps, when Colonel Jlooswfelt- feared certain influences which *UTTOunded the President. This does not wean at all that he for a moment dis trusted th«? progressive views of Mr. ff»ft- They had been too long associated |r- the last administration to permit of teat But witxi the relations which now ■list fc*tw*en the two men there is every f»a»on to believe that Mr. Roosevelt and j£r. T^ft.-will reach common understand ings en more important Questions, that president Taft will peek and receive Mr. ftooserelfs advice on many important gpi«*tionK, and that whatever may L. the Use-up in the campaign of 1912 It will' find Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft bucking the Democratic line ehoulder to shoulder. G. G. H. KITE CARRIES BOY' AWAY finally Drops Him Into Tree at Foot of Precipice. r«,. Telegraph to '?te Tribune! Philadelphia. Dec 2*.— Lifted into the air by a hug-- box kite and dropped over * bluff in the top of a chestnut tree. Vtere he lay partly unconscious and rapidly freesinr. nine-year-old George Hertwell, of No. 326 Minerve street, nar rowly escaped death, to-day. The boy carried the kite to a field near 'the Roxborou&h poorhouse, which fronts Upon a steep precipice almost 150 feet in -ificpth. He twisted the heavy cord about jiis waist in order to stay its progress. •The tug of th* kite lifted him from the -ground and he rose higher and higher. |SSt as he -was over the precipice the rr-ro snapped and Hartwell dropped into m chestnut tree at the bottom of the 1 iff. James Brog«n, a neighbor, heard plartweirs weak cries, after he had lain !thfre for hours. He is in a critical con dition from exposure. ;PLAMS HER OWN FUNERAL Girl, Kept from Sweetheart, Drinks Cyanide. Washington. Perm.. Dec 38. — Because jlier parents refused to permit her to go »to th^ home of a married sister, where ;rhc ras to meet her sweetheart. Anna |p«\«,ar'J. eighteen years old. daughter of « '*_ wealthy farmer of Hanlin Station. 'Committed suicide by drinking cyanide j«f potassium to-day. The family had • pone away to celebrate the holiday, lea.V \iv.% the girl at home with a four-year-old BMfSbe«r Where she obtained the poison Sis not known. 1 Before killing herself the girl rote a ionote to her parents giving the names of j Those she v.-ished to be pallbearers and 'designating the psalms she wanted sung Ism h«r funeral. DE^D IN WRECK NUMBER 27 startling Evidence at Inquest i Into English Crash Saturday. : Kirkby-Steppen. England, Dec. 26 — An j IfiOjpMSt into the v peck of the Scotch ex- ; ■MSB Saturday, near Hawes Junction, j : vas hall to-day in a tiny inn near the j uapaft whatu the train -was ditched and ('.burned. So s-ruesome was the inquest j i"'_ 2* it had to be suspended for an hour' • 1-- enable the relatives of the dead to re ixjovex from their emotion. The solicitor for the railroad company expressed the t company's regret for the accident, but Accepted full responsibility for it. He ' said it was due to th" momentary forget tfulnecs of a signalman. By the aid of scraps of charred cloth .- *~r. buttons, keys. etc. eeven bodies of [ victims have been identified, but the cvi ■ dene* adduced to-day indicated that ; twenty other persons are missing, and | probably -were utterly consumed by the fire •w-hicii broke out in the trreckage gjflsi the train -^as derailed. "■ ■ • .- OHIO r,RAFT INQUIRY Governor Harmon Takes Cog nisance of Vote Selling. [By Ttlegrsph i* Th* imnb - ] -, ... Union. Ohio. ? -. 2*.— Gov^rncr JuSe^p Harmon rrom'sed tr»_«sgv a legls letl«e investigation into th* situation in Adams County, where M is charged that f«*o- thirds of th? voters aswe sold their tal- Icts to th« highest bidder? in all eiaoclsSM for fifteen • ears A special committee v-ill f25 here from Columbus soon after the T«rasEercb!:r;£ of the T.-«?Eis!at'jr« t'-.-morrcf^ . There ""'ii! be placed 1 before this commit le e fjj« f.niing? cf the ?ran<l Jury, which r?»? md!C e/ 3 mor«= than six hundred person?. 112 cf „ v .^.^, ha-s •• pl«=j>d*d guilty and have r-<?«n sentenced to heavy fines, imprison ment and disfranchisement for five : ears. The gran 3 iury will reneiv it? activity to morrow, no two thousand indictments in a!? are expected. i-,r ; the Adam? Count;.- case? are cleared . r ,-., investigation •will he carried into cth^r counties id irtilefc conditions are FaM :a be sc ba'l as they ar*» h*>r*>. Among the counties named are Fike. Clermont, Law- T eT.«, Jackson. Gallia, Scioto. Highland and Ero»"n !t is o»ciare2 _■-,'. more graft mangy lias fc««n paid om in th^se counties In th» last rili«-*r> year? than in Adams County, rvher* the amount is estimated at (300.000. In the of her .-..■•.. paid for votes are ***id in b;ir«- b*"?n ratKh ?;igli«r than h^re. rsp.gin? from «« to V- In A<lsmf County th*> average -aas about CO a. vote. HOTEL on a tin of coffee now stands for the acme of coffee perfection. It's your protection against the weak and flavorless coffees which cost less to buy but twice as much to use. Hotel Astor Coffee is backed by our 50 years of business reputation which we would never risk by giving you anything hut the best berries from the* finest plantations. Hotel Astor Coffee comes to you in packages made entirely of tin. All the flavor is kept intact— all th« strength retained. That's why it goes further than ordinary coffee. It's fresh from our roaster to you. That's why it has the delicate aromat ic bouquet that has made it famous. Buy your first can today — we promise it won't be your last. NVver'sold in bulk, al way* in one and three round sealed tins. bean. (round, or pulverized. fb cents per pound at liny pood grocer's. B. FISCHER & CO. Importers New York DEMOCRATS NOT MERRY The November Victories Have Brought December Worries. JANUARY FOLLIES LIKELY Victors Wholly Incapable of Ful filling Promises and Satisfy ing-Expectations. [From Th« Tribune Bureau.] Washington. Dec. 26. — Politically this j ha* not been a merry Christmas for the Democrats, strange as that may seem. November's victories have brought De cember's worries, and there Is grave ap prehension that they, in turn, will be fol lowed by January's follies. 11 is only necessary to mention the Senate situation in New York. New Jersey or "West Vir ginia to produce a large sized shudder in any Democrat with keen political sense, and others', of course, do not count. A long: period of irresponsibility has robbed the Democracy of constructive ability and attenuated its political sense, while the succession of lean years has produced a consuming hunger for spoils which threat- i ens to prove the undoing of the results achieved in the last elections The Dem ocrats have so long been accustomed to make promises with neither hope nor ex pectation of having to make good that now they have won they have done so by promises they are wholly incapable of ful filling, by raising expectations which they are entirely unable to satisfy. In New York, for instance, it has long been a part of the Democratic stock in trade to belabor the men sent by the Re publican party of the Empire State to rep resent it in the Senate, while the voters have been led to believe that the Democ racy, were it intrusted with the power, would elect Senators who would far better | represent the people's views and wishes. j And now that tho voters have taken the j Democracy at its word, it is confronted with the prospect of seeing- chosen as successor j to Senator Depew "William F. Sheehan or j some statesman close to Charles F. Murphy . and typical of the interests he represents. It is already obvious, according to promi nent Democrats in Washington, that who ever Mr. Murphy may choose will be dis trusted by a majority of the people and hated by a large element, possibly a ma jority of the members of his own party. . Fighting Like Kilkenny Cats. In New Jersey, according to the best news sources in Washington, the Democrats are I righting like the notorious Kilkenny cats, with Governor-elect Wilson arrayed on the j side of Martina and all the interests which 1 made Democratic victory in that state pos- | sible lined up for James Smith, jr., whose j record in connection with the sugar and : other schedules in the Wilson-Gorman tariff ' bill is still recollected with abhorrence by ! other members of hie party It is hoped by the Democrats in Washington who have the interest of their party at heart that Dr. Wilson will compass Smith's defeat, but discussing the situation, with the assur ance that they will not be quoted, they i ! frankly admit that Smith's defeat will go | I far to rupture the party in that state and | will probably mean Republican victory, in 1912. . . ; In Ohio the spectacle presented by a contest for the Senate between two men of i insufficient calibre to do their party credit J in the State Legislature is the occasion of ! infinite regret to the national leaders. They { believe that the Republican party will be j relieved and strengthened by the retirement \ of Senator Dick, but they realize that the Democracy cannot be- anything but weak ened by the. election of either Edward Han ley or Atlee Pomerene. both of whom are regarded as not only men of decidedly lim i ited capacity, but as possessing affiliations 1 which are certain to prove intensely repug- j j nant to the voters of the state, regardless j of party. The situation in Ohio is almost dupli- j [ cated in West Virginia. Democrats gen- I erally believe that the Republicans will be strengthened by the retirement from the Senate of Xathan Bay Scott, a. politi cian of the old school, who is regarded as naming failed utterly to keep pace with the progressive ideas of his party. But the men who are foremost in the race for the place made vacant by his retirement are Clarence Watson. John T. JlcGraw and William E. Chllton. to all of whom, are peculiarly applicable the criticisms which I the Democrats have made of Senator Scott. Would "Germanize" Tariff. Taking advantage of the general dieea-t isfaction with th* high cost of living and the. belief that the Payne tariff bill was in some unexplained way responsible i therefor, the Democrats have lei thecoun try to expect a: radically different measure at their hands, and now they are prepar ing to make good Their promises by elect ing to the Senate men who would as sure ly '"Germanize" any tariff measure passed the House, if they got the chance, as did Arthur Tub Gorman and his phalanx of stalwarts, who made the Wilson bill "a j measure of perfidy and dishonor." In the fact that the Senate of the next Congress will be Republican and that, therefore, it I is unlikely that the "Democratic members ! of the upper house will be compelled to make an actual showdown, the Democrats are seeking to find some comfort, but even that does not afford the assurance it would have a few years ago, for they realize that the voters of to-day observe the action of political parties with far greater intelli gence than formerly, and that they are likely to visit their wrath on a party which F«nds to the Senate men who by character and affiliations ar« hostile to all that the people warn. And in all these etatea the prospect of that favorite Dem ocratic pastime, knifing in the back by the defeated factions, if« all too clearly fore shadowed. Meanwhile the Tariff Board, created by a Republican Congress and acting with th« utmost encouragement from a Republican President, is working- assiduously. A Re publican leader. Mr. I_»ongwortri. of Ohio, ■ drafting a bill making the Tariff Board a permanent commission, and both Presi dent Tail a.nd his party are committed to j a system of revision, schedule by schedule, which, it is obvious, will obviate log-roll { ing, and, by subjecting the tariff schedules i one at a time to public scrutiny, will go far to insure an accurate readjustment of the duties to the needs of American industries' a? well a* to create a public opinion whi«-li will compel those benefited by t he tariff j to transfer to their employe? in the form , of wages s'l^li share of the increased prices \ insured by the tariff as Is the purpose of 1 Congress and of the people in supporting ; the protective policy. In the phraseology of. tha season, Santa! Claus has put into the Democratic stock ings far more candy and sweet Etuff than is good for their owners, and already they are suffering from the effect?, while the more intelligent sadly realize that "the worst is yet to come." G. G. H. NOTED CRACKSMAN CAPTURED Confesses Bobbery of Troy Cafe- Wanted in Jersey City. Troy, K. T . Dec. 26.— The police of this city to-night captured George Da 11, a noted second story man and cracksman, who is charged with having entered ■ cafe in this city and stealing a sum of money. He confessed bis guilt and admitted his identity. L'ali 1? wanted in Jereey City for Blip liar < rimes, and le known to the police all ovir th* United Slates. NEW^OKK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1910. NEWSBOYS '"DIGGING DEEP' AT CHRISTMAS DINNER. SMITH ATTACKS WILSON Continued from first pa**>. in accord with the best judgment of. our people. I would revise the tariff downward, but I would consider our vast industrial Interests and the welfare of our wage earn ers. Smith Demands Proof. Mr. Smith . replies to that part of the Governor-elect's letter referring to the. assurance that the former would not be a candidate for Senator in the following words: Dr. "Wilson says that he was assured by my spokesman before his nomination that I 'would not be a candidate for the Sena torial office. 1 never made such statement. No one was ever authorized by me to make such statement and no one representm*me made such statement to Dr. Wilson. Fur t) ermore. here is a challenge which I sub mit for his acceptance: L«t him name tne man or men coming from me who so in formed him. Let there be no hiding behind the s=eal o» confidence. If be were my spokesman T remove the sea. Let Dr. AYilson ppeak Got or by his silence stand convicted before the public of attempted trickery an-I deceit. "Xo agreement was made by me." Mr. Smith asserts, "nor by any one on my behalf, with the leader of the Hudson county organization that the votes of that county -would be cast for me as Senator. The recognized leader of that county has recently issued a public statement. In it he gave his reasons for supporting my candidacy. He promised for himself, not for the legislative mem bers. His reasons -were loyalty to his party and to a friend. In the heat of a campaign excuse could be found for Mr. Wilson's frail charge, but no warrant can be found for it now except the pleas ure some find in wanton assault He seems determined to destroy all wlffl have prominently aided him." He then goes on to say: I am grateful to Dr. TVilson for his statement that I have "been a candidate from the first " This ha? been repeatedly chstrsed. My candidacy was made a promi nent/issue by the opposing party. Knowing this, as he now to effect admits, why did Pr Wilson remain s>lent during the cam paign? H« is now posing as one who is impelled to his present course by con science. Where was his conscience during the campaign? If he is fincere now he was fearful then. His conversion is so sudden as to excite suspicion with regard to his sincerity. Mr. Smith declares that the Governor elect's references to his supposed belief that the state organization would be in control of the Legislature, that offices would be distributed as he would sug gest and his alleged offer to assist legis lators to committee membership are un true. He offers no proof, for there is none. Mr.. Smith says. Challenges Wilson's Veracity, Shortly after election Mr Smith called on Mr. Wilson at Princeton. According to the Governor-elect's letter, Mr. Smith said it was true that he had not intended to be a candidate for Senator, but he had changed his mind and intended to enter the .race. Mr. Smith's version of that visit is as follows: He has removed the seal of confidence from a private conversation. He has opened the door part way. Let it now be opened wide, that the public may have a full vie-* of what transpired. I called upon Dr. "Wilson shortly after election. The Senatorial matter was discussed. I told him that I had not yet reached a decision as to my candidacy. Professing a high re gard for me. Dr. Wilson said that my can idacy would meet with some opposition from the people; that in his judgment they wanted a man who had not previously ap peared In the political arena — some untried man. Stating that the recent primary was a farce. and that "it would be a disgrace" to the state to send James E. Marline to the Senate, he asked me to sit down with him and agree upon a candidate who ■would be acceptable to him and to me. How it will sear the doctor's soul to have his real view as to the primary, and as to the man he now lauds for Senatorial, hon ors, brought home to him with such pain ful accuracy! He will try to disavow it, but it Is true, and in his heart he knows it to be true. Dr. "Wilson's position, according to Mr. Smith, is this: He is unalterably committed to Mr. Martin? The state's interest?, our business necessities, the •welfare of our wage-earners, the sacred ness of our constitution — ail must be sacrificed that the feeble primary -vote maty be held to be the people's voice. He says it la the duty of the legislators who would keep faith with the law of the state and the avowed principles of their party to vote for Mr. Martin". Mr. Smith add?: Upon what ground does he base his sweeping assertion that any member of the Legislature who fails to vote for Mr Martlne will "hazard shame and other dis credit"? Every candidate had an oppor tunity to register a promise to vote for Mr. Martin?. The great number of those who deliberately refused to vote for Mr. Mar tine and withheld for themselves complete freedom in the choice of a Senator received the voters' support and now constitute the Democratic majority on joint ballot. Appeals for Fair- Play. How can any fair minded man truthfully or honorably impute "shame and utter dis credit to a member elected under such cir cumstances? By what conceivable logic or morals can such scornful threatening of the Legislature' be justified? Is it right? Is it fair? Is it honorable? I take the position that it is an affront that should be prevented, and I submit my position to the rnteHipencp. honest Judgment and sens© of fair play of the American people. "The issue here is not leadership." Mr. Smith Pays in closing. "It is not the political supremacy of one man It is an issue which should, rally to its sup pert every man who has the interest of his party at heart, and every citizen who would safeguard our country's govern ment. The real issue is that the s-icred nrss of our federal Constitution may be upheld. • The duty of the legislators an to the choice of a Senator is there de fined. Until amended by the people It must be respected." "MAMMY'S" FRIEND A SUICIDE Texas Cotton Broker Planned Monu ment to Faithful Servants. CiaUi--!"ii. DaC "C — Arthur J Baum, a prominent .Southern cotton broker, WttO ■Cartad a movement a few months ago lor a. spaavunMttl t«j tßi "Black Mammy," com mitted suicide at a hotel here to-day. He had lived in GaiveMon for about seven years, and x«. as widely known in cotton cir cles. He leaves a wife and one daughter. MRS. STETSON DISCLAIMS Deposed Leader Denies Aim To Be Christian Science Head. BUT FRIENDS ARE ACTIVE Digest of Mrs. Eddy's Writings Prepared in Fight Against Board of Directors. Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, the deposed leader of the First Christian Science Church of this city, issued a statement yesterday disclaiming any intention to lead or par take in any rebellion against the Boston board of directors. As reported in The Tribune yesterday, she has consistently refused to renew her contest with the directors, but she Is known to have prophesied the ultimate downfall of the board which has succeeded Mrs. Eddy as the supreme power of the- Church. Her friends prepared yesterday a digest of quotations from Mrs. Eddy's works, all of which harped on the sentiment that Mrs. Eddy herself wished to have the material organization of her church, in a measure, discontinued after her death. From Mr?. Eddy's "Miscellaneous Writ ings," this quotation •was culled: "But the time cometh when the religious element, or Church of Christ, shall exist alone In the affection::, and need no organization to ex press it." Mrs. Stetson's friends argu© from this and other similar quotations, that Mrs. Eddy intentionally left her board of di rectors without power to perpetuate itself because she believed the material organiza tion of the church should be gradually eliminated. In her statement Mrs. Stetson says : None of mv "students and close friends 1 ever heard me say that 1 "aim at leader- 1 ship in the Christian Science organization. : because 1 have never said it. nor do J. aspire to any such position; neither have I said that I am "further advanced in divine metaphysics than any other." I aim only to be a worthy representative and practical demonstrator of the teachings of Christian Science as discovered and founded by pur revered leader. Mary Baker Eddy; to fol low Christ as she enjoins, to love God supremely and my nelgnt>or as myself. I know of no efforts being made to re organize the Christian Science Church, and the first intimation I have had of this state ment comes through the news columns. , I cannot be responsible for ■ the words, opinions and desires of the many in this city and elsewhere who have become my would-be defenders and avowed friends, but I solemnly" protest against the affirma tion that I am engaging in any effort to interfere with the Christian Science organi zation or with the directors of the Mother Church. I stand for loyal allegiance to my forever leader-Mary Baker Eddy— strict adherence to her teachings as found _in "Science and Health" and her other writ ings. including the "Mother Church Man ual I stand for unfaltering faith in my God given ability to interpret and demon strate, step by step, in the line- of spiritual unfoldment, the truth of Christian Sci ence. This is my inalienable right, which God grants and defends. I am sure you will appreciate my posi tion "in this hour of religious controversy and" will manfully stand for truth and jus tice. It must be evident to the twentieth century thinker that this is the dawn of a new era, where the Christ mind is be coming the standard of man. In regard to spiritual ascendancy and supremacy, Ist me quote from an article by Mrs. Eddy entitled "The Way of Wis dom." published in "The Christian Science Sentinel" of January 16. 1909. before I had resigned from my church and was 2. mem ber of its board of trustees: - - ■ -_ "When my dear brethren in New Tore desire to build higher— enlarge their phylacteries and demonstrate Christian Science to a higher extent— must be gin on a wholly spiritual foundation, than which there is no other, and proportion ably estimate their success and glory of achievement only as they build upon the rock of Christ, the spiritual foundation. This will open the way, widely and impar tially, to their never ending success— to salvation and eternal Christian Science. "Spirit Is infinite: therefore spirit is all. ■There is no matter* is not only the axiom !of true Christian Science, but it is the only baris unon which this science can be demonstrated.". . I shall continue to follow In this DM of I light. il^i- . NEWBOYS DINE FITTINGLY Guests of William M. File??. Jr., No Turkey Conservators. More than two hundred newsboys and their friends enjoyed a Christmas dinner last night at the Newsboys 1 Lodging- House, the popular name of the Brace Memorial House, No. 14 New Chambers street. All were the guests of William M. Fliess, jr., who continued th* practice of his father, begun forty years ago, of acting as host to the "newsies" on this day of the year. Twenty tables, each .weighted with a dWen double portions of turkey and cran berry sauce, celery, plum pudding, nuts and cake, confronted the small army of ex pectant and hungry boys that marched into the large auditorium at 7 o'clock last night. Superintendent J. Morris Fisher had lim ited the diners to boys registered on Christ mas Day in the house and the friends they might wish to invite, so last night's event approached the dignity of a social occasion in the world of the young diners. An entertainment followed tli° dinner. William A. Craven sans several songs, Frederick Hanson gave a monologue and the newsboys' quartet rendered selections, including a Christmas carol. Superintendent Fisher, who presided, presented Mr. Fleiss. and when the latter ended his few words of greeting with wishes for a happy new year it was reciprocated .by the diners with a vigor that made it heard from cellar to roof. SURROUNDED BY POLICE, DIES Jealous Man Had Shot Girl He Hadn't Seen in Two Years. Lancaster, Ohio, Dec. 2C— Jealous of a girl whom he had not seen for two years, O?car Bmler, of Cleveland, to-day shot and probably fatally wounded Miss Emma Deeds, and committed suicide when he. was surrounded by the police. Emler quarrelled with another man over Miss Deeds two years ago Bad was severely cut. He left Lancaster after re covering from his wounds and went to Cleveland, where ho had been employed In a chain factory. 1 1 #- returned to Lancaster on Saturday to spend Christmas,. and this afternoon went to see Miss Deeds, His Jealousy aroused "by her reception of him, Emler drew a revolver and shot the girl four times. HOXSEY TWO MILES UP rootloued from llr§t pa»^- tacular performances apparently with as much ease as on the calmest day. Telegraph certifications of the baro gTaph reading of Koxsey'a record riight were sent to Clifford B. Harmon and J. K. Duff?-, the president and secretary of the National Federation of Aero Clubs of America. Latham Couldn't Come Down. "While the wreck of his Antoinette monoplane was carried back to the hangar to-night, Latham talked of his fall, which might have caused his death. "When the gale started it held my machine almost motionless on every westerly reach. Then I decided to come down, and found I could not. There vras nothing for me to do but fly about until a lull would permit me to descend. After I had w-aited for the lull more than tiro hours my motor failed to act properly. Then a gust struck me and I lost control.. The monoplane dashed down under the hill and struck i fence. I tumbled cut but was not hurt." Samuel Perkins gave an exhibition to day with a man-carrying- kite. He sus pended a stool on the cable of the kite. and drawing himself up with a tackle observed the aeroplane manoeuvres from, a height of about 250 feet for two and a half hours. Arch Hoxsey. with his ill fated team -mate and rival, Ralph Johnstone, won fame as employes of th* Wright brothers at the Belmont Park aeronautical tournament this last season. Their spirited contests of skill and endurance were the feature of the week. One of their most picturesque perform ances was the attempt to* break the height record after dark. Hoxsey on that occa sion reached 6.183 feet, while Johnstone made only 5,763. Later in the week, how ever, Johnstone broke the world's record, gcing up 9,714 feet. Another startling exhibition of the pair at this meet was their unprecedented back ward flight when they turned their ma chines into a gale and were driven back ward down the island many miles before they would give up. On November 12. while riving with Hox ccy at Denver, Johnstone was killed by a fall. His old friend continued the rivalry, however. , after the other's death, and has at last exceeded his high mark. Hoxsey nearly lost his own life at Balti more on November 9, when be fell a mile in the baby "Wright machine in which John stone had mads his record. He escaped, however, with only a few minor bruises. It was Hoxsey who enjoyed the unique distinction of giving Colonel Roosevelt a ride in an aeroplane at St. Louis on Octo ber 11 of this year. He was born on the same day as the colonel, but only about half as many year? ago. GRAHAME-WHITE QUITS No More Channel Flights for De Forest Prize Likely. Lor.den, Dec 26.— Acting on the in structions of hi? medical adviser, Claud* Grahame-White. v. .> had & narrow escape from serious injury a. week ago and whose aeroplane was burned on Sunday, has de cided to forego further attempts at flight? across the English Channel for distance in competing for the. Baron da Forest prise Of $20,000. Because it would Interfere with the Christmas holidays of the men, the Ad mtralty has refused Baron de Forest's re quest to have, torpedo boats accompany aviators in their "cross-channel flights for his prize. Only five days more for the. com petition remain, and two competitors are still in the field— Robert Loraine, the actor, and Captain F. S Cody. It is likely, however, that young S^p witfc, who in a flight from Sheppy crossed the Channel and covered more than Hi miles, landing in Belgium, w|H prove the winner. Tt is eeaeidered not unlikely that Grahame-White's withdrawal from the •:ontest was in part due to the refusal of the Admiralty to l e nd its aid to the avis tors. There i? still no news »f Cecil Grace, nephew of the late Mayor W. R. Grace of New York, who was lost last week in a return flight across the Channel from Calai?. BERCtER ON RECENT GIFTS Fails to Approve of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. [By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1 Milwaukee. Dec. 26. — Congressman-elect Victor L. Berger. Milwaukee's Socialist leader, is not greatly impressed by the recent gifts of Andrew Carnegie to the cause of peace and of John D. Rockefeller to the University of Chicago. He says that if they want to die poor they must give more than a mere fraction of their annual income to their pet. philanthropies. His remarks 'on the Carnegie gift are chiefly barbed with references to th* Homestead riets. "When the" battle of Monongahels was fought," says Berger. "two or three words from Carnegie would have settled the strike, but at that time - there was no peace on earth so far as Carnegie was concerned. "The University of Chicago is expected to furnish the spiritual and intellectual defenders >•>( ultra-capitalism and mod ern feudalism," is the comment on the Rockefeller Rift. CHRISTMAS SKATERS DROWNED Man and Woman Break Through Thin Ice on Charles River Easin. Boston. Dec. 2C.-Skating out tha close of the Christmas holiday on the Charles River basin. Karle B. Peterson, aged twen ty-ono years, and Miss Lilla Paul, aged twenty years, broke through thin i<:e to night ami were drowned. The bodies ware recovered. Mr. Peterson was assistant secretary of religious work- at the Young Men's Chris tian Association in Boston. He cam© to Boston from Oshkosh, Wir. Miss Paul was studying to become a nurse it the Dea conness Hospital. . Nlim HAS PROBLEMS Legislators Uncertain as to Who Shall Be the Leaders. PROGRESSIVES INTERESTED Depew May Be Complimented by Caucus Because of Past Services. Republican members of the Incoming Legislature .have their, problems to face as well as the Democratic members, al though the troubles that ■will beset " th* Democrats in -selecting a United States Senator, a President pro temper* of the Senate and in - otherwise organizing the Legislature have attracted most attention. The Republicans, are ' nat unmindful, however, that they must decide who shall be the minority candidate for tine United States" Senate and who shall be the minor ity leader of the State Senate and the Assembly. The Progressives ; feel that much depends on their attitude in ' these matters, as it will, In a measure, show for what th« new leadership in th« Re publican party stands and will have some bearing upon the next election- While there is not likely to be anything approaching even an unofficial caucus of th» Republican members of the Senate and Assembly on' these subjects before the Legislature meets, the- ttmm York City members have already talked over th» question informally. There was a meeting of the Republican members of the Incoming Assembly from New York County some days ago. when the question of a caucus candidate for the- United state* Senate and the eerection of a minority leader wore discussed- There are to be eeven members of the Republican delegation from this county In the Assem bly this ■ year. All except Assemblyman elect A. Goodman of the 2"sth District were present. Reports of the meeting agreed that there was a full and frank expression of opinion. Some of those present contended tnat as, in their opinion, Senator Depew would probably not have been the caucus canal date for the United States Senate in case the Republicans had won the Legislature, It would I)© a betrayal of th© Progressive principles to vote for him as a minority candidate. Those who argued that way said that as Congressman Herbert Parsons was the man who would have been sup ported for the Senate by New York County in case the Legislature had been Republi can, he should be made the minority can didate-. Other 3 were in favor of bestow ing on Otto T. Bannard the compliment of being the minority candidate on account of his able services to the- organization in this county for many years. Senator Depew's Service*. On the other hand, it was argued that Senator Depew's services to the party had extended over a. much longer time, and it would engender unnecessary bitterness not to recognize those services by giving him a complimentary vote for re-election to his present place. These arguments were said to nave had considerable effect, but no definite decision was reached. The question as to whom the Republican Assemblymen from New York County should support for minority leader was also left in the same uncertain state. It was strongly urged that Assemblyman Ed win A. Merritt. jr. the logical candidate for minority leader because of his long service as majority leader, was too much allied with the "Old Guard* wing- of the party faithfully to represent the Progres sive leadership now in control of the stats committee. But when it came to suggesting anothar man for the plac*. all agreed that it was a difficult problem. There was some men tion of Assemblyman Jesse S. Phillips, of AUegany, on the ground that, although he had been allied with the old regime, he had shown at times a disposition to fee more in dependent. Th© genera! impression seemed to be that Assemblyman Mernu had the. call for the place Senator Josiah T. Newcomb, who will be lone representative of th 9 Republican or ganization of this county in the Senate the coming year, -when asked yesterday what position he would take on the United States Senatorship and the minority leader of the State Senate, smiled as he replied: "The Republican Senate delegation from this county is holding daily caucuses on these matters, but so far we are not ready to announce our determination." It was understood that Senator Newcornb. although a leader in the Progressive move- S. Alt ttuttt & (£o* WILL PLACE ON SALE THIS DAY (TUESDAY), SEVERAL THOUSAND YARDS OF CHOICE IMPORT ED DRESS SILKS. IN THE LATEST PARIS COLORS. INCLUDING EVENING SHADES; 39 TO 44 INCHES WIDE; USUALLY $3.50 TO $5.50 PER YARD, X AT $1.38 PER YARD ARRANGED IN DRESS LENGTHS * ' 1. Altmmt & (En. . FURS AND FUR GARMENTS VERY GREAT REDUCTIONS HAVE NOW > BEEN ' MADE IN THE PRICES OF HIGH-COST FUR GAR MENTS FOR WOMEN. INCLUDING COATS OF RUSSIAN AND HUDSON BAY SABLE. CHINCHILLA. ERMINE. MINK. ALASKA SEALSKIN. KARAKUL, HUDSON SEAL AND PERSIAN LAMR SETS OF RUSSIAN AND HUDSON 'BAY SABLE. ALSO FUR-LINED CARRIAGE AND EVENING WRAPS OF CLOTH. SILK AND VELVET, f" «- MOTOR COATS AND CHILDREN'S FURS AT VERY LOW PRICES AS WELL AS MOUNTED FLOOR RUGS I f lftb Hwmte, *4tb ai4 istb Streets* Urn ft* Prepare for The New Year by ordering a supply of good . 4 Evans Ale The Beverage with which to iosart 365 HAPPY DAYS Apply to Nearest r>«*aler or < . H. Ktvii * »••»•. Hudson. > y. ment, did not strongly incline to the Me* that Senator Depew be deprived of what, ever honor could come to him as the mi nority candidate for re-election. Minority Leadership. The question of minority leader cf •-, Senate presents a complex problem. -■*, is every prospect of a split between those who voted for the election of Senator ■ ocb for President pro tern, to succeed Jotham" p. Al!d». Senator Truman J. Bracken is an active candidate for the minority l*%£er ship, and is said to fcave already secured the support of a number of the old foilo-*. ers of Senator Cobb. as well as some c* those who voted for Senator Hinraan. Those- who would 'ike to see Senator Hinman In the minority leadership said at was not Inclined to seek th* pl*c» on ac count of hl3 growing law practice. He haj a considerable reputation as a trial lawyer ! upstate and appears in cases in many of the upstate counties. What the. Progressives want 13 : -- --•./ a strong man as leader but also one who can afford to devote his undivided attention to the work. "With the opponents of Senator ferae divided it would seem that he a considerably in the lead at present. As for the Democratic situation --.a si*nt of serious trouble not only over trie selec tion of a United States Senator but aUo over the candidacy of Senator Grady for th© presidency pro tern, of the Senate -.r crease daily. The prospect o. a aertout tplit in the ranks of tbe Democrats In th» Legislature makes the value of strong leadership among the Republicans all th» more apparent. . STRIKING MINERS RIOT Three Murders Result from Christmas Spree. ; Greensburg. Perm.. Dec. »-"■••» strike ridden coal fields of Westmoreland County are in the threes of rioting the result -'. large quantities of liquor that nave >een shipped into the various mining canpa. Th» third murder in twenty-four hours was re ported to the Coroner to-day in the t£i*.i of Tony Carcino, a striker. Carcino was living In a strikers* camp, and was shot to death last night -when' there was an assault upon, the cam?. »:-. seventy-five shots were fired, and Carcino was found later with three bullet holes in his back. There have been repeated d-mveda for the state police all day from varies parts of the coal fields in thi3 section. Twelve were sent to Bradenville. six to Madison, two to Ciartdge, two to Adani? burg and four to Somerset. Tae authorities fear that there will be a general outbreak all over the coal fields, because of the liquor the men have obtained. CABMODY NAMES DEPUTIES Attorney General Appoint His First and Second Assistants. Albany. Dec 2 S.— Thomas Carmcdy. At torney General-elect, who was said to be threatened with pneumonia at his hc-:a in Perm Van. came to Albany to-day: and, after a conference with Governor-elect Dis. announced two appointments. Joseph A. Kellogg, of Glens Falls, as first deputy, and Henry Selden Bacon, cf Rochester, as second deputy. The positions pay »" annual salary of .$5,000 each. Mr Car roody will announce ether appointments *i Thursday. Mr. Kellogg served as a' deputy under Simon "W. Rosindale. former Attorney Gen eral, and was considered by Governor-d^t Dix for appointment -is legal adviser. Mr. Bacon is a son of the lat- Theodora Bacon, who was one of the best known lawyers in Western New York. Glens Falls. N. V, Dec. 26 — Joseph A. Kelloss. of this city, has accented from Mr. Carmody, Attorney General-elect, the ap pointment of First Assistant Deputy At torney General- Sir. Kellogs was defeat*-! for the office of County Judge and surro gate at the recent election. :i