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Sherman Act Shorn of Fangs,
Says "Bathtub" Counsel.
<N0 CRIMINAL FEATURE' NOW
flew York Defendants Claim It
Was Eliminated by Standard
Oil Decision.
Detroit. J.'1"- K'??Whether the recant
Standard oil decision <>f th? United
gtates Supreme Court did not eliminate
,?,. criminal feature from the Sherman
?ntl-trust law was ? nueptlon that aroae
to-day in the United states District
Court here. Arguments were In progress
before Judge A. C. Angel] on a motion
jn8de in behalf of the Colwvll I>ead Com
rsnv. ot *N>W Y'rk- to nimsh indirt
?nem's in the government's criminal cas.*
against the Bathtuh Trust.
Judge Angel? said this was perhaps
the first time a court had been asked lo
divide whether an indictment under the
gherman law must classify an nllegM
restraint of trade aa unreasonable with?
in the meaning of the Standard Oil de?
cision
"A Judge is placed in ? retry i.iicate,
position in having to pass upon that
point st this time." he said.
Ei-Dlrtrlct Attorney Frank H. Wat?
son, special counsel for the government,
ssnt a teieeriim to Waahtngton to sum?
mon Edward H Qrosrrenor, speriui as?
sistant to the Attorney General, and Mr.
Grosven-'f la exported to appear boforo
Judge Angel? on Thursday and argue for
the government against the motion to
(juash. There will be no hearing to?
morrow.
May Postpene Tria.
Likelihood of n postponement of the
trial, which is set for January SO, ap?
peared this afternoon, when Judge Angel?
recelad with evident intrrest a succe-^
tlon from Henry E. Hodman, attorney
for the defence, that if the pending mo?
tion to auash were sustained the k
ment could appeal at once directly to the
United Stater- Supreme Court, while if
the ruling were against the defence the
matter could not reach the Supreme
Court until after an expensiv? tria'..
"If I dlsmis? th,- case, it seems that
my ruling could be reviewed by the Su?
preme Court of the T'nited States." com?
mented Judge Angel?, after hearing Mr
Bo-lman's suggestion.
Mr. Bodman had argued that if the
contentions raised by the defence wero
found by Judge Anee!) to be of sufficient
force to Justify attention at the hands of
ths United States Supreme Court it
would not only be better for the two
score defendants In the case, who are
scattered all over the country, but would ;
be more In harmony with the genen!
principles of Justice if a Supreme Court ?
decision cou'.d be obtained before the
?Jefendarts and the government had been
put to the expei.se of a long trial.
Whst Taft Might Have Done.
President Taft's name was injected into
the case to-day when Mr. Bodman. argu?
ing In favor of the motion to quash, said:
If the Sherman law had leen shown to
Judge Taft when It was being drafted, if
8* had been asked whether it could be sus?
tained as a criminal act. and if It was s?>
tlrawn that a person subject to its pro?
visions could not tell until l.e ha:
tried whether he had violated the act or
not, Judge Taft would, In my .tudgment.
have advised that such a statut?
bs sustained.
Mr. Bodman referred to the Sherman
lsw tinder present ?-?mditions as a verita?
ble trap In Which a man mi^ht suddenlv
And himself liable to imprisonment after
having conducted bis business carefully
With the advice of lawyers.
Mr. "Watson declared to-day that he
himself examined before the grand jury
witnesses whom counsel for the Oolwell
Lead Company de lnred did nut appear,
and that the government in its In
gatlon found that of the American pro?
portion of {?.'? per cent of the world sup?
ply of enamelled aanltary supputa -S
def?ndfin?s controlled 85 per cent.
PACKERS" PROFITS SMALL
Morris & Co. Cleared 87 Cents a
Head, Says Witness.
***tilcago. Jan 16.?In an effort to refn'?
th? charges made in- the Kovernm*?nt. the
defence In the packers' trial to-daj
?nlU?Kl figures from the books of Iforrls i
Co., showing that in If
U5?5.6? eat Me were killed at the company's
Chicago plant, on which the total net
profit? realized by tin- sale .-f fresh meat
tOd bv-prod : ?s -?vas fl,008.2_ 7C, .
cents a head.
The net profit on fresh meat in this
PSrtcxl was one-eighth of a cent a i
according to the books of the company.
This Information was brought ?nit In the
eross-exariinatlon of Harry A. Tlmmins.
chief accountant for Morris A Co., who |
was on the witness stand throughout th"
?tar. He explalr.?-d in detail th? neeoont
In? system in use by llorris <* Co., and
sssum?d personal responsibility for the
various changes made In tue amount of
the allowance? for by-producta In flgnrfiig
the test cost of beef.
The witness sa.d be orderad the .-hangen
without consulting with the dafendanta,
Edward Morris and Louis H. Herman,
and denied ever on . wita repre?
sentatives of Armour & Co., Swift & <?0
?nd the -National FacMo? Company In
flgurtog the test cost of bo, '
Timmins ga*
hides at the Chica-, Morrlg &
Co. from iw to ?aa, ^hmu- __
est prom was i? AuifUB,
company revived ?40 a hide. The lowest
was m June, ?* ? ? a
tnlns.
The witness read a statement showing
to Phllade.j.hu . lijs|on JJJ
tAMtotnT** ;"':iSln ""
PS,1- .5b
?na. ::::?,:i
Jta_?..'?- '"?" branch h
???JJ indtnltlO,
ACKERS OPPOSE HEYBURN BILL
**mj Cafo Storage Measure Would Drive
w Them Out of BuEiness.
lM?J?'*?tor;- Jari 16 Thai th? m-at
*?*? therr01''1 "' :"V"n ""t of business.
?**hi*u<??'M l>" K"""ral bu?h?eaa de
Hnburn _m- ' rv lf ,t;'
eoogrsss ? ""i1'' l?i now pandlng In
i Packers'
?*- re?ol?tior ?L
m*at insptcUrjn ,** edoptad aiii?rovliig the
'*".! !? ."aluS , ar'*"1 '"" "ve years of
h"1' tha- th??iL**u,'r,,i0". however, to the
?t ?attle .on/-.." sun..! the l"??
ot ?attl? conet^Hr :"'1 the )?.-?
j?ni?-d that 'htV-T4 af,,r ?"'?????' kil'?
h *** in- m? i out of th?- pub
John T, Itu?i?*ii
Butcher?' As.? ' ' ' ' **" ^v'e?tern
'th*. ,'' " Insist?*!
; ?taller?
. mal? _, iL "" ! *'' '" ' "f ilving.
?WfBUtfUt. ^?-??Is waa _? sbortags of
TH? VA WJ^WASHIjVG TOJS
I Kr"tr. Th-- Trlhime Bureau. 1
Washington. January 16.
1'I.-:AFFECTION OF TH1 DMOBUN
T LED.-The evidence that certain disgrun?
tled offlcesf-ekets and others are making
an effort to pr?n>nt the nomination tt
1-esi.lent Taft and to promote that of
Colonel RaoaavaK, which continue? to reach
i Washington from various sources, In no
?way perturbs the President or his friends.?
I? is known, for instance, that Ormsby Mc
I Hang is in the South seeking to secure ?icle
| gates for Colonel Kooseveit, and It Is as
lumed that Perry Heath, who has gone
Weal, i? on the same mission. It Is known
?that George W. Perkins is financing Mr.
IfcHarg, and It I* believed that he Is aupply
! ?rig the sinews of war to Mr. Heath. It Is
known that Dan Hanna and the papers
Dtrola ;ire fighting the president in
I Ohio, that William J. Oliver Is fighting him
in Tennessee, and so on ; but it la believe?!
?nlnlstration circle* that the course of
those men Is more likely to defeat the en?l
they seek than anything else. Those who
know Mr Roosevelt well, and that Include*
the President, do not for a moment believe
that he will permit himself lo be the steel
trust candidate for President, or the candi?
Of the late International Harvester
trust, an?) ?hey further believe that If the
men who are now leading the Roosevelt
movement persist they will gain for them?
selves only an emphatic repudiation by the
ex-President. It is not believed that Mr.
Roosevelt has lent any encouragement to
any of the men who are using his name, or
? that he would accept n nomination which
| did not come to him as the unanimous de
| mand of the Republican National Conven?
tion. Of course, the men who are conduct?
ing this spite fight are doing 11 under cover.
bul c.-itnln ?if their lieutenants are too
loquacious to keep anything long under
'?ov.r, and it Is only necessary to taunt
them with the futility of their efforts to ln
ihem to boast of the powerful financial
interests behind them. The only men of
the least prominence who have shown nny
??rltlon to prevent Mr. Tnffs renomtna
tion are a list of malcontents, most of whom
have either suffered from the enf?->r. ement
Of the law- or have heen disappointed In
th.-lr efforts to obtain places for themselves
or or
PERSONNEL OF THE OPPOSITION
111 Is Interesting to look over thev list of
thoae opposing President Taft In the light
' their previous connection with the ad?
ministration. Ceorge W Perkins has been.
and probably still Is. a large stockholder In
the Steel Trust, and ?he same Is true of
Governor Osborn of Michigan. Moreover,
Mr Perkins was the head and front of the
International Harvester Tr?:st and exerted
every effort, end successfully, for a mim?
er of years to prevent Its prosecution as
a trust Dan Hanna, owner of three Ohio
newspapers, Is under Indictment. Walter
Brown, state chairman of Ohio. Is not only
Mr Hannas lawyer, but the President d*.
cllned to accept his reeommendstions for
certain tudgeehlpa James JL Oarfield hae
never forgiven the President for leaving
him on? of the Taft Cabinet, and Olfford
Pfrnchot'l bitterness Is the result of his
own dismissal for Insubordination Ex
Senator Beverldge attributes his defeat for
re-election largely to President Taft, and
E W T.ee, who. after making a stay In
New York, came to the meeting of the Re?
publican National Committee and gave out !
ii.'erviews l.o?:lle to Mr Taft, is Incensed
because the President would not appoint
him Tnlted States Marshal charles R.
Crane, of Chi-ago. will never forgive the
President for permitting his recall as Min?
ister to China, although Mr Crane's own J
violation of diplomatic proprieties made
'that step Inevitable. William J. Oliver
wanted certain large* contracts on the Pan?
ama Canal, which ihe I'r?"s!dent did not
? think It proper to give him, and Governor
1 Stubi.s of Kansas made representations re?
garding patronage to the President and was
frankly told that his representations were
i false. Ormsby Mellare was practical!)
I dropped from the government service be
cauee ho made public a letter attacking ex
? President Roosevelt, and since then he has
j been deprive?! of annual fees of |12,0<x> for
eervlces to the Indians, an adequate return
for which Secretary Fisher did not believe
he rendered. During his stay In Alabama
' M'llarp has Iveen the guest of Oscar Hunt
| ley, who aspired to be a federal Judge, and
I whom the President did not find suitable for
1 the appointment. That auch an aggregation
'of the disgruntled can accomplish much,
?other than to make a noise, Is not believed
i by the Pr.-sident's supporters.
WAR ON TAFT?Real war on the Presi?
dent Is about to be made by certain Demo
crats, notable among them that erudite
statesman. Senator Hitchcock, of Ne?
braska. Senator Hitchcock, who has re
peatedly referred to the pending arbitra?
tion treaty as "an entangling alliance with
Qreat Rrltaln," lias Introduced a reoolu
tlon directing the Committee on Foreign
Realtlons to ascertain by what authority
the President recently ordered a small
!>ody of troops to China. No objeotlon was
made In the Senate to the passage of tho
reeolutlon, although Senator Warren called
r-ttentlon to the fact that the United Btntea
has a treaty with China which provide*!
that a certain guard shall be maintain* d In
that empire. Mr. Hitchcock made the sur?
prising assertion that there was no treaty
j with china and snid that the net of the
President In sending troops there, in <??
civeratlon with other powers, was nu n-t
of w;r which could n?>* be eonatitutlonally
performed without authority from Coo
; gr<-ss, etc. Senator Reed, "another brilliant
! addition to the Democratic forces In the
(Senate, also sat.l that the course of the
I President amounted to an act of war. It
la, perhaps fortunat?- for the President
that Impeachment proceedings must origi?
nate in the House. In view of the terrlblt
mnatton he has won from these pow?
erful members of the Senate.
THE NEW YORK POSTOFFKTv-Sena?
tor Root will lie In New- York next FrMnv
and Saturday and will hear a number of
'?? New Yorkers on the sublet of tearlt g
down the old postoffice. Mr Root has
'taken no steps to this end-that Is, In the
? way of Introducing a bill In Congress?but
lie is keenly allv?. to the antiquated cor
dltion of the building, which vrua Inade?
quate to the city's needs when he served
a term there thirty years ago He !?,
however, somewhat In doubt a? to whether
the uptown stations at the Pennsylvania
and New York Central terminals wll! >*>
sufficient to handle the business. That Is,
In the estimation of the Senator, a matter
which should receive prompt and serious
consideration, and such he purposes to
give, learning when In New York the views
of those competent t" advise him on the
subject. Senator Root lias encountered
some opposition to the proposition to have
a new Judicial district created for the con
'. enlfnce of those who live In the north?
eastern part of New York Tiie opposition
Is not strong, ho?*ever, and he mav be able
'rcome If The bill creating the new
district hag beet, referred to a sub-com?
mittee consisting of Senators Root. Suth?
erland and o'tiorman. ?.* ?1 H
LEVY WARNS DEMOCRATS
Their Craze for Investigations
Demoralizing Business.
[From The Tribu?
V.'a.-hington. .Tan II Advising hli felloe
Democrats that their era/.? for tin?
tlon Is demoralizing business, Repreoentav
efferaon Levy appealed tO th.- Rules,
Committee t?*?-day nol t-? report a :
tlon providing for un lnojulry Into the al?
let," the shipping tr:.
the harvester trust. The New Vork ?Demo?
crat frankly told the committee that busi?
ness ar.d the country are tired of the dozen
or m? * - investigations alreaJy In
prog-.
"We have nothing but Investigations'*
said I ?.Uve Levy "Why t?
aom?athing t?> help buelneaa? !? is ?
?vernmetit and the corporations mill?
ions for all these Inquiries you have st*r>
??d. Y??ii are tying up business in the I'nlfed
States, and the constant agitation Is ruin?
ing us commercially."
Deaptte this frank warning from ?me of
Ihe most aucceaaful buetnefM men in the
Houee, the Rules Committee seems rleter
to laun'"h ?he trtj.1?- trust Investiga?
tion. l?emo- ratii mfml*rn of the commit -
ently recalled lhat Wlllla n Jennings
at the Jackson Day dlnn.-r. had ad
| vised the assembled Democrat? "not to per?
mit this Congress to adjourn without an
investigation of the "money trust ' " The n?i
monltlon of tie Peerless One < ?-.me about
dawn, at the ( lose of his long speech, and
its significance was missed In the general
? ? nf iion Incident to th?? depart?.re of tired
g'ieets Qovernor Wilson of New Jersey
has also declared In favor of Investigating
the "money trust." so the duty at the Rules
Committee is plain, and Mr. I/>\y's tltmly
Protest prohahty will t.e unavailing.
Mr I?evy advised the committee to-dsy
to frani?' remedial legislation, Instead of
''Inveatlgatll g" corporations.
"Are the business interest.?!, afraid of theae
Inquiries"" asked Representativa Campbell.
"N? . kul thty are kept on edge all the
time," repu-d Mr. L-evy. "Th.-v want re?
lief. They want the Sherman law correcto?!
and made plain."
"How'' Rv rei>eal?" asked Uepresentativ?
poster, of Illinoia.
'No, 1 don't aay that," answered Mr
Lrvy.
The Hew York Democrat expressed the
belief that if the Sherman law were e.n
(orced ahaolutely a g rent panic would fol?
low.
K> | ran? titatlve Pou, a memher of the
Rules Committee, wanted to know If the
paule would be In retaliation for the Inquiry
into th? money truat.
"There is no such thing as that sort of
retaliation," vigorously replied Mr. Levy,
who claims J Plerpont Morgan as a con?
stituent, but who told the committee to-day
Im seldom saw Mr. Morgan and never
ad any business dealings with him.
The committee received a statement from
Arbuckle Hrothers, of New York, importers
? ,c from Brazil, setting forth that the
syndicate steamship lines operating be
tweea the United Statea and South America
ha?i refused to carry their coffees "even at
lull iyndieate or 'conscience' ratea," unless
th.- Arbucklea promiaed not to ship coffee
by the independent line. The statement al
?hat the company is being deprived of
profits by th* syndicate's action.
??sentatlve Hardy, of Texas, asserted
that Amerbun capital was largely interest?
ed in foreign shipping ?-omblnatlons. It
was a "eoenbination of combinations" con?
trolling foreign and coastwise shipping
mies and domestic railroad rates as well.
H N Raker, of Baltimore, testified that
was a ahlpping trust and that Con
the praof of It in many docu
! merits.
A meeting of the Steel Committee has
hen, culled for next Monday, when sub
ie(,ulrlng President J. J. Farreii ar,d
other officers of the corporation to appear
with their books and documents are return?
able.
?v.mmlttee <?n Naval Affairs to-day
amended a resolution by Chairman Stanley I
, ??k for a general report iron, the j
tnry of the Navy on all expenditure? j
'ind bids for armor, arraorpiat? anU aiamu
?uRion ua* flacai ynn*t ^- ?"
?
Ratify Them Just as They Stand.
He Urges in Senate.
Va- an II.?Thl
?red the arhitratlon tret
and Oserai Britain en mot!
r Lodge BenatOf Rayner, of il.irv
i a 11. i. apotra, ??kir.g lanatora not to Inter?
nu! him.
Mr Raynsr oontaodad that ant
Ipossd Jolt.? nigh Cesnmlaslon Lad deter?
mined to ?uhndt a controversy ta arbitra?
tion 1! would be useless to give tho Henat?
i-the rlghl It. reverse the eommlSatoa'S ac
ile said th*? treat!?-? would bacOflM
a mockery and a farce tf such a r. solution,
permitting arbitrators lo '? ?-? end
than giving ti.?- defendant i.'.?? riebt I
it if iba awar.i .in not suit, wars
erlitten Into the ratidoatlons, a? propoa? I
' bj Senator Ixxlga H? aald, In part.
, tVhal is the os?- of havlnf tbs High C rn?
. mission, of pajina lbs enortna
? and of Investing It v.nh the power that I
j ha? If it? Judgment la no< going ?>> stnount
|t.. aiivthtriic wbetever on th? lace ..t the
<-aru. and If the Senate sh?I hav. ? a
i right t.. set it asi.ie whenever u
tbem? To au lbs whole complicated sy?
lent ?.f ih?- treat.-, is absurd If you pi
to tad, a proposition <.r ?his ?..it to it
if the Btste Department ha* .hanged its
mind and ii appears that it ha? [neu ht
SWrlts the ireaiy and he frank With
nach Othei and strike out t!.?- clans'- which
-rive? ii.- commission the right to deter
mine whether it shaii send a controversy
t?i arbitration. I ?in for the treaties as
th?y stand. I am |?-rie. ; ? willing to ablds
by the d?- ishii. of the Joint High Commis
Hui I am not willing to ena.-t a
ly like this, which piares lbs arbols
? power in the hand? of the s?-nate and 11 ? n
l??vi>? foreign countries 'o understand il.nt
the power rooted in the commission Is a
genuine one snd that we Intend to I
l.\ It
I have no object!, n to the resolution of
S??iiat'.r Root in Un- (urinal ratifie:
That ?H the wav the treaty ought t.. Le
passed and ought to he adopted, lo as t..
iiiHke ii porfectly plain that we aill nol
aihitrate questions like the Momo.
trine, state Indebtedness ..r Immigration
Sei a'or Rayner said th?? treaties Aid not
mean an alliance with (ireat Itrltaln or any
ol In r eonntry, and added.
If they did I would rather s-e the treaties
torn into shreds than accepted. Ths day
Will ome, when Germany will ent'-r Into
the compact, and Whan thai occurs and th.
lulled States aid (treat Hrlt.iln and f;er
inany and France sign and m-al the eovc
fi.-.n? tbs era of universal peace will dawn
upon the world
The Senate has heen informally can?
vassed on the strength of the trestles by
Senators on both sides of the question
The administration Senators are especial -
ly hopeful, though for delay to muster
more support.
One poll made hy :? Senator who ia sup?
porting the treaties figures out sixty votes
for the treaties unaniended or amended in
nome acceptable way. bIx of these heing
somewhat subject to doubt; fourte. n
against them. one. still open to slight doubt
and the remainder dou'itful.
??-?
TREASURY RULING ON PAPER
Only Product of Dominion Woods En?
titled to Tree Entry from Canada.
Washington. Jan. 1?.?To be entitled to
frft- entry Into the I'nlted States from
Canada, wood pulp and paper must be the
product ef the woods of the Dominion and
not Canadian manufacture of foreign ma?
terials, according to a decision by Seeretary
MacVeagh to-day.
The question was raised on a recent Im?
portation at Detroit of paper from Canada.
The paper was made In Canada from wood
,?.|p imported Into that country from
Sweden American importers of Swedish
?,.?.* pulp and ?'al>*?r wer" Hmon*' ,hol,f' wh"
r,cntlv ?pi-eel?"1 under th*- "most-favored
nstlon" clause of the commercial treaties
for the abolition of th- tariff on those arti?
cles imported direct into the fnlt.-d States^
This question now I. before the Board of
?ieneral Appral?-" at New York on it? way
to the Court Of ?'uaioma Appeals.
M MacVeagh held that It wa? the intent
f Corurre*? ?? ??mU ,hf f"'' *Mltry of wo<vl
M_ and par"" fr',m ('ar"l<u to article?
?u^e fro? w<">d 9l ?*?*? ?roWtiL
?ami ?ABLE? UNVEILED
Ex-Gov. Herrick of Ohio Makes
the Presentation Address.
GEN. F. D. GRANT RESPONDS
Ceremonies at Governor's Island
Bring in Little Granddaughter
of Dead Adjutant General.
Nine-year-old Katherine Corbln Parson,
granddaughter of the late Lieutenant d?n?
ierai Henry Clark Corbln, pulled the strings
1 yesterday that unveiled the bronze tablet
lnfllxed to the walls of Corbfn Hall at Gov?
ernor's Island as a memorial in ??-etieral
? orhln's honor reared both by his personal
friends and by others who revered him for
1 Is services, especially during the ?Spanish
American War, when he was adjutant gen
i r;il ?if the army.
As the flap dropped from before the tab?
let It revealed a portrait In hroni? of the
fnmoiis soldier, slightly more than llfesiie,
seated in the uniform and Insignia of his
rank, holding his gloves in one hand and
in the other his cap Then came booming
fr^rn the cannons of the Island s forts a
salute of fifteen guns, the oftic!al military
recognition due an officer ol ir.s rank.
The tablet Is sewre In design, hearing
n slight conventional border of military
emblems, and underneath the portrait the
Inscription "IM: Henry ?lark '"orbln:
?UM "
in addition are the following words?his
own conception *)f what an officer should
be;
of ai! tilines officers of the n'my should
keep ??n ?good tetrma taith themselves, .n
tertaln all the obligations of life advtaedly
?and dlecreetly, cultivate the habits of the
simple life, holding aloof from all avarice
and selflahneea.
Myron T. Derrick. ex-C,ovrrr.or of Ohio,
then delivered an u?ldr?s? reviewing l?en?
ral CorMn'a life and telling Of th? de.-ds
and virtues that had made him dlstln
I among soldiers. in raising this
memorial to him. Mr. Derrick said, homage
was being paid u> the country as well as
to the memory of a man He then re?
viewed briefly the steps of his career that
had raised him from the rank of s?cond
lieutenant when he enlisted In 1S61 to go
to the CtVll War. till he was pla-ed in
practlc.il command <?f all the armies of the
Cnlted States and successfully stood the
supreme test of his cnreer and brought
order out of the chsoa Into which the coun?
try was plunged hy |(rj unpreparedness at
the time of the Spanish war
''Pr?sident McKinley said of him to Sec
ratnry Root." Mr. Herrick went on. " "If
the Spanish war had boon a failure T would
have blamed Henry CorMn for It AJ It
was a success, his should b- the greatest
credit of .ill in bringing about that re?
sult ' "
The presentation In behalf of the Corbta
| Memorial Aaooctatlon WM mad? hy Jacob
Of Cincinnati While Cene
tal < "??rbln's temperament was such, said
Mr Bchratdlapa that It required more than
usual acg-.alntsnce to merge that relation?
ship Into friendship, the work of raising
subscriptions for the memorial had proved
?that he was strong In friends.
"He had his enemies?every strong man
ras but even they muai adn.;" ?
I heart was In his work and that his great?
est pleasure was found In Its advancement
?and In the Interest of hts country." said
Mr S?'hmldlapp "When the MUlntaC awke-d
Use uhiit were the chara'Merlatlcs of ?le??
era: i'orbln I said he was strong in char?
acter, bordering on severltv. but withal
I the gentle heart of a woman, to
which his family and fronds can teatlfv "
The tablet was accepted for the army by
C,. ?fierai !" ?? Otraat. w!... si?oke of the
work of hin ?lead companion In arms, es
-.' during the war with Spain It was
Ids unceaatng lal-or at that ttm??. I
Clarad, wl.i? I, hastened t- rbln's
? ? n? ml
and Mr- Grant Mtortnlnad at lunoheon
Mr. ?..rbiii. arldou <?f the ?general, Mr.
and Mr- B liegander, Mr an?l Mri
W N I'ars-.fi M:ms 1'utten. Mra. Clifford
? orbln. Adjutant Daniela ?>f the 'th Reg?
in-rit. n y N o . Colonel a i ! a
? l?aly. of the . ..nt. N v.
N ?. . I.leut.-nant Dowtttaa, of the 4:111
?Regiment, N. Y N. <;, and a number uf
regular army officers atta?'hed t?. ?.Dv.-r
nor's Island and to the forts around the
harbor
?
LEATHER SCHEDULE TAKEN UP
Tariff Board Hears Manufacturers and
Tanners.
Washington. Jan. li?The Tariff Board
to ?lav ?bagan its tnveetlgatloa of the i
ila with a h> artng of leather and ahoe
mannfai'f'ir.-rv an?! tanners. The differ.n ce
In cost of Lather and Its produits In the
I'nited htatea and abroad area dli
?Delego Ilona reptreoanttng the National ?Boot
and Hum Manufacturera' Association, the
Wholesale Siiddl??ry Association of th.- Unit?
<-d States, the New Kngland leather and
?Shoe Ass..elation and the National Associ?
ation ?if Tnnnets were pi patent.
WOULD SUSPEND POTATO DUTY.
Wmhlngton. Jan M A suspension for
six months of the duty of r? cents a bushel
on potatoes wus proposed In a bill Intro
dn ?ed to-day by R.'i'i'? s.-ntatlve AVres, of
New York. The bill ??ve that "the scarcity
of potiito.-s In the markets of the Cnlt.-d
Stntes ha- ralead tht price t" a point al
n-.os? i i..lilt?itlv- to the cniiiio- r
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BALL.
The ann'ial charity ball of th.- Knights
of Columbua of the Boroughe <>f Manhat?
tan. Tii* Uronx and I'lt-hiii'md will h*? hold
n February 9 at the ?Oth Regiment Ar?
mors The ?bain:-m of th?- arrane? menta
committee la John P Keller. The P^oooada
?111 bo "sed to defray the expenses of a
lat.or burean, th<- hospital bad fund and
tuberculeala aonatorlujo?_
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.
I K...m Th.- traaona mjtm* 1
Washington, Januar' M
?RDERI lSSCKI) The following ordera
have been Issued:
AHM Y
?vu I UM r BCTTUBItt infantry, from mem
n"?.,;,,\S?.,nin.ng l..*H. foti l^a.-nworth, at
SV: -tniuSi i. pitch?*, waaarr,
r i ?S?,?-''n'!'^ BgnjTAHt), adlutam
Colonel HBMli ?' . u ,.i,ii?i,,ii n,.
general fiom IWMtwInea to Washington u.?
HENRY P. M'AIN. s.ljutaiu general, to
MssnniaM Oe\tme\ m "N'T- > ??<**? ??
tatanl ??-n.ml. freUl ?-??aiii-ieni of the ?r.
lunilla t.. \Yss'iln?l?.ii. Mai? I? I. ? >r* Lieu
-nLn- rm..nel HHNJAMIN At.VOKH. adju
lam g.i.ersl, i fort Taattm aa adjutant
Ken^ral Department of Ka?"t
C-at.taln IOHN H ROSE, ordnance department,
' from Waller Heed U-eneral H?*.?i.a? lo ?.rope,
nr.',n.Tu.en.ni W.M-IAM IL OJf? *'h
Cavaln, from K?irl Meadr to Fort BlUa.
NAVY
najMllll C II HAY*-.--, to Nsval War Col
Utmtt??tTn STRH-K..AN... h? the Wor
MaoMnlM F. R HAllKKH .Vt?'Mh-Whe M?t>
land, i.? th- naval hoapltal. Mare Islai.-l.
MOVF.MKNTS OF WARSHIPS-The fol?
lowing movements of vessels have been re
portod to the Navy I>epartment:
aggUVBD
i*n r? Tli? Villaloho? ei Hank???
Jeo ?-?r\r I'.'lura? ?* Manzanillo. Us, l-,?
Janmn' T^oStTS? Areihu... Ihe I??.,lana.
thK?n.M n't A??* far-Una ami .he Ver
nVont at "iuantsnamo. me Ha en. at n.v?
vard. Ne* I rk, ti.? *--?tiel al LMugston,
the I'erry at i?n Ulego.
-?MI.KD
Jan M The Abarend* from Wului r..r Hhsng
lal th. I'etret from fuertn Harrias for
N\ingSton; the I'tah and the norl-U from
Klnsiton for iluantsnamo: the Hlrmlnsham,
the Mer-ali and the Pauldlna from Bermula
The Mgnle?to'?raaaain nn Aflait? ?"ation until
Mav l Mali addieaa, "nalntll auttoo, via
iaa ..?-.*.*' -
LORIMER jmj/VITNESS
Cross-Examination I ails to Tan?
gle Him Up.
"Washington. Jan. 18-A day'n cross-ex?
amination of Senator l.orlmer befors
Investigating ?-onimittee failed to develep
any sensations. Apparently It had not
tangled his -story, and certainly it did not
ruffle his temper
Most Of the cross-examination was di?
rected to Mr Loriaras'a recital of political
I conditions In Illinois when the Legislatura
was electing a Senator in IMI, the pereenal
aaantlatlnni of Demeerata with Republi?
cans and the reasons why he helieve?l IhS
Democrats voted for him. When Senator
I.orimer got to talking pol?tica he coined
n few epigrams.
"The direct primary tn every Northern
state destroys the cohesiveness of the ma?
jority of the party," was one of them.
Others were;
"I never go around Irving to pick quar?
rel? with people oppoeed to me I usually
go and do something to offset what they are
trying to do."
"When I have anything to do I have a
hahlt of getting up in the morning and
doing It."
Counsel for the commute got Into the
record the fact that after mi votes had
been cast in the Legislature on tie day
Lorlmer was elected, seven Republican
le?atera who had not voted for him
changed their rot? in his favor, making
I**", who elected him.
Regarding the opposition to Governor
Deneen. Mr. Lorlmer said there were men
In the Legislature In IM who would Lave
he.?n willing to elect pepeen Senator, If |
only to get him out of the Governor's chair.
When the lawyers tried to get him to i
repeat a conversation he usually declined
to do so. saying he OOUld BOt r? member
'more than the substance.
? I m not going to testify to anything I
don't know," was his frequent reply.
Mr. Lorlmer wiU continue In the witness
chair to-morrow.
DENIAL FROM GUATEMALA
Declares No Invasion of Sal?
vador Is Planned.
I The government of Guatemala has dis?
played much annoyance over the ?llspatch
which Willie* . L Heimke. American Min?
ister In Salvador, sent a few- days ago to
the State pepartment at Washington tell?
ing of S report that Guatemalan troops
.m-' mobiliser] on the frontier pre?
paratory to an Invasion of Salvador. The
report to Washington immediately got back
to Guatemala, with the result that Dr. Ra-1
mon l'.engoechea, Guatemalan Consul Gen?
eral In this city, received yesterday from
the Minister of Foreign Affairs of his gov?
ernment a cable dispatch making vigorous
denial of the reported intention of Guate?
mala and chara'-terizins such stories as
? al solutely Balsa"
To this Official denial Dr. Tlengoechea
added his own yesterday, saying:
?There la no foundation for the report
that Guatemala eoniamplatad the invasion
Of Salvador, nor has my country In mind
anv other ad Of aggression. There are no
Guatemalan troops on the frontier for any
Mcn purpos??. President Betrede Cabrera
has alwaya faithfully adhered to the
treaties of 1907 with regard to the attitude I
Avoid Typhoid!
Dr. Oiler lays: "Infection of ?rater
is unquestionably the most common
mode of conveyance."
75% of Life's ills may be attributed
to impure drinking water. Drink
of one Central American republic toward
another. Furthermore, Guatemala Is en
Joying the most friendly diplomatic rela?
tion? with al) he,- neighbors, and especially
with Salvador. Evidently the 8tate De?
partment has been badly Informed."
? .
KEY WEST VIADUCTS COMPLETE.
The latest extension of the Florida East
Caaat Railway, the remarkable "over-sea"
Una connecting Jacksonville and all tha
I-'inrlda winter resorts with Key West, will
lie opened January 22. Concrete vlsducts
constructed in many placea In the open
sea carry the road over water for at least
I two-third? ?f the 12? mile? of the extension.
Nearly thirty islands have heen used for
I short stretches of the construction ?nd be?
tween ties, the road is carried on COB?
.ret.- arch viadu'-t?. The completion of tha
means uninterrupted train service
? from New York to Key West
NO. ^-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1912.
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