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YUAN SHIH-W! TELLS ?
HIS HOPES Ai FEARS
Peking Correspondent. Bidden*
Into His Presence. Sees Fight
or Two in Him Yet.
IF HE ONLY HAD MONEY*,
Premier Thinks That the Eslab-*,
lishment of a Republic Would
Lessen Filial Piety?His
Son a Hebel.
* '-ibiina-a)!
rrkir.e. Jai ? on gtt ; ewepa-*)
f.er tata gathered under the,
. g, arel, through a greal new'!
"
???o-iein building 'I hy spn-*l
etona groun?'.? which were flllpd ?rylth Im-i
; s Idlers, Th? correspondant? wen
? .i. .,- sol-?
?o a corporel ? thetrli
?ard?, to he takrn to ?he n?: i; t ? i ? ui?l <?f~i '
Yuan Khiii-kai. the Premiei of whal
- : ? ;i!. I .o-'\ .
?pond? i i ' eme f??t si
Yuan Rhlh-kal rCai h ?? i .i I
to rnmr, ::ft>r ';?v!n|? foi :? ui"' W?9*kS m-4
dea? or?il i.- obtain an Interview l"..i<ii
man though! Mi.?; i ilon***
end that hi? aras to h? p, privat? Intervl??** ,
s ? surprised when he saw thu
other.? atsnding there in the r..:?i awaitinii
v ,>r?l from *s iihin
within tu- Premier's building ihe Weal ?
Pr? Id .. prevails In all .is architectural
lines, although tin decorations are, o I
Yuan receives his ? Isll ?
ei?-. or nt :?-h'-: he did upon ibis occaaion,
splendid room of large dimensions, 'ii
Ihe rei.trc of wl long t;?Me BUr?
rounded bj ;? dozen i halra evldentlj ;: con-?
ference room of some sorl ii??' Premier'?^
i.i- ? la eomewhere orr up t^??-* hall?*.ay.,
i'uim | s like a great man.
He shows nd In his conve?'""
nation, despite the st
undergone these laal He i-*??
noi tail, hut he la T.?rza- and seemed really
tremendous In ? heavily padded ?
? ? Imply made, with ?? n
so .?-.Oute in? k of pretension or display. r;e
to hRia ihe simplicity whii
, ? i.r oti-er i ountriea hSA-e
s" often -..own. ?*i his greeting he s
cordial end * ou leous
Busiest Men in Cnina.
u? ie perhaps t:* lualeii man In t'hinti
th?*.a days, bul hi seemed to have tim?. lo*
4is?en to q ? nd lo anawer them
aril lu? onaid? on and though!
a?,-;?. that he <|ee)i?.- hut I'it'c i\.n and?,
?a?orka prod friends declare?]
- undergo? ?* strain re- ?
sin?*e Tanc 8hao ? ???. e commit
et at Bhsaghsi. has failed to carry out iii.i,
In strut ?ions and epparently turned ?
other s)d?. Hi* face, however, d
show it much, but II is a ?"hi?ese fa?e ai i
th? ?""hi?ese fare isn't one ilia? portrays
.Inner feeltnEs Yuan Rhlh-kal wears *.
grav mustache and a small gray
Ig e)iin there ?s a MtUbMy, sparse h?'
'^Inning of a heard which is not usually
?there pan-haps it |g pon?? t.*.?lay
Interviewing Yuan Shlh-kal Is on? *iin!*.r
Setting him lo pive up real Information
a? to his pniici*>?? and plans is ?inite an
other and far more difficult Me did not
fall to talk in response to the questions
which were put io him. hut h?> was ?Ha?
rrest and careful and sai?! bu! Mt?le that
had not been ?-aid before Among thin
coup of correspondents there wa ?- ,,ri??
? he ?n years sone hy had hern n col leg?
.frofsssoi in Peking He had an-i-in* hi?
-SupHs ?ne of Yuan Shih-ka!'* sons Th?
If^emier knew this and thanked the man
t?r having Instrnotad his "stunid son." hf.
this ?"'hi?ese mode-tly put It The corre?
spondent averred that the son wim not at
r-?: .?tupid; in fart, he wnn very bright.
' onpling the fact ?hat the instruction In
quastton was In political science an?! that
the son in question is now reported to h??
r, rabid revolutionist, taking a position/)
distasteful f. ils failier. fin,. ,.?,, >r?
humor In the Incident,
. The Premier SSt at the head ,,f ||.P table..
?Fis Interpreter, a colonel of the arm
perfect ? :ntrli?= ii ?--... r when he i? r.
no-? and il-en. ?? bll of Ameri?*a*s
alsng, sat ? . ral situa?*
tlon was ilrsi dlscusaed, ahraya through]
ih? agenev of questions, The Pr?mier *ni-<
unteerod little; h? merci?, responded to th?
Inquiries* Ti ? h< ?iii freely, and wirb ;,o.
outward ?*rrort ?.. conceal Nevertheless*
when it was all over there wa?- little that]
had boon told that had noi been known I ?*-?
forr Tha I'r? mler declared himself nu-?
inof-ed ?o the ,l??mands of the rebels for at?.
ammediate national convention to decMol
laihdther ?iilna should be a republic or ti
???institutional monarchy. He favoir'i ai
???invention, and was willing to r-n In tot*
one. but he wanted it to he tboroughly
rf.presentat'\r wliil? the rebela auggeotedi
Ils Immediate convocation in Shanghai, th"(
\<- centre of Ihe revolution, anil .that ii'l
1?. eomposed of provincials already tlu-r?-..
The I'remi-r ronatdera this absurd, an?'?.?
seid be would not agree to It Th?* r? iicl**;
?ajso deman?led that the imperial for.?.?- bet
?wirhdrawn i hundred II-thirty miles or so.
' m their presen I positions, and (hat the?l
la-ipe-lal government agree not to borrow!
men? y from abroad It will be se?n lhp.t|f
the rebels ask all and give nothing. Thls.a
Indicate?! the Premier, was one-sided, and}
he would not spree to it.
Replies in Chinese Fashion.
Mis excellency, as he is called here, waja,
then asked concerning what he would do If*?
the negotiations failed. Would he go on,
with the light or would hi? ptven in to ta
repu bile? Hla answer wan cast In Inter-}
rngatlve form:
"If they aitta* k us do you think we would!
run"'
This. howe\cr, was not very specifu, soj
the Premier was asked if he would take the?)
aggrcssl\c if the negotiations fell through
If he would renew the fighting In an effort,
t" reconquer some of the lost territory. He?
?aid he would put that matter up to the,
Imperial fam.l>. which seemed one way of*
saying that he wouldn't say what he wo lid
do The truth about it probably is that*?
Ytlgn Shlh-kal will fight on if the princes of;
the Imperial clan give him the money.,
They insist they have no more money, hut
this clslm is declared to he without ?oun?a-*
tlon. It is alleged that great hoards oil
Imperial gold are hldd?n away in the for-)
sign banks hen- in Peking and In oth?*-.
place? of safet.?. .
In response to further questions Tuart
Rhlh-kal ??aid lie thought a republic Impos-j
slble for China, and that a constitutional''
monarchy is the only thing. In this most
).coplH here heartily agree with him. al?
though the attitude of some <?f the mgrttt rs.
has be?n such that a republic is now p<issi
Me, whereas If the powers had permit??-.!,
the lending of money to the Peking gov. r:.
iT-ent. the propriety of which would be un?
questioned, the rebellion might now be end
id and China in i-ossesslon of a tonstitu
tiqnal monarchy. The Premier thought
i hat the establishment of a republic would
break down such time-honored and Impor?
tant Institutions as filial piety and the like.
He was asked about the state of the coun-i
try's finances and whether he had etiougly.
money to carry on the war He wanly ad?
mitted that he didn't have enough. Ilia
general attitude, how ?ver. was not one uf",
i'cpeles.sriess. and there - i \ jdently a fight.
or ta o . f? |n this mai if only he coul.Ii
get th. cm?y there i: no doubt that e,e%
would have a stirring struggle down south.}
Th? imr-ert?,' ?roop? are ?lamorlng for i?
f-g1" ?nd the rebels are ??*?? BO Btroni I I
*-**-?.' migh' be. In the opinion of Fck.nri!
THE LAST ACT IN BUILDING THE CATSKILL AQUEDUCT SIPHON.
Mayor Gaynor, city and aqueduct officials photographed in the tunnel before the blast was set off yesterday.
IM AGRAM SHOWING How
THE HI?; SIPHON GOES UNDER THE HUDSON
observera, th?* Imperial**. co?il?1 *whlp ?he
rebel? with ?r-a*??<' - If Only Yuan Shlh-kal
had fun?!*.
FLORENCE ST. JOHN DEAD
-
Nor.cd English Burlesque Actress
of a Generation Ago
i ,?>????' o i loi ? it ? -' John ihe
actrecn, ?lied to-day. orn In IIS4,
ami had been ld<uitiflrd with th? uta-**** from I
the ant- of f'-iuri? ? ?
In Use parly RO'a I John wa?
on,. of?tlif Idole ??f the London stage When
Irvine pTOfl lilt" at the Lyceum J
Theatre? n burlesque then of ira? writ -
ten, piovMlns FYed [.ealle and Ma? B
John -with remarkable opportunities In
pnvoAytgbe acting ol Irvlnn md Miss Ellen
Terry. The burl? ?-<?*.??> under the nan ?
"Fauat-irp-toDate," al the Gaiety Th?eatre
proved ut* lf.iHt a- popular a? the pi
tion on which It waa 1???<-o?i
Misa si. John was married lo
director | of Ihe old Galet) Theatre, M
Merlu? ' Th? ? wen Judl lall] separated In
*m? -??--*g> -
CRISIS IN SUGAR CONFEPENCE
Germany Opposes Rush's Dcmr.nd to
Increase Her Export.
Ri Intel? Jan It The Interna
Sugar fen ? ?? met to-day, All the del?
*K-ai?*?= except the Gen expr? them
t"-lv>? in favor of acceding to Russia's re?
nnest t?< iti?T?as'* iif annual export of
K ,^;?r t" '???.??????liiii?. :?n?l 1b?* <*??ntlnnance ??f
the preeent arrai.-*:? mei * fo another live
with ill?*- additional provlao that
? ? permitted furtbei t<? in
iirr '?xi'-rt |n the event of another
dearth of sugar? i'- In 1911.
The eonfereaee adjourn-sd until Thureday
i?> permit the German ami Ruaeian dele-!
??ut.s to refer flu? question to rti';? r<
?i?*?*ti?.< ??..v?-'t*nTn?**i-is it i" understood
thai Germany la ?not witling to conaent to
la exporting more than 110,000 tons.
i: aala'f requeal to th?- --ug.'.r convention
f? -.ti. in ?routa-- ?if her export <>f sugar
w< itward from IM|I00 to MO.QW tona, the
Bruaaeli con t'entlon?, having limited tin** ex?
port to th?*- former amount. At a recent
ui?-etlr?K of sugar ei parts in Rerun th?- ?<?
{action of Ru.'-Jia't* request war* recom?
mended t?i the Kovernment. It la possible
that thi? will n-.eaii thi? <ltr-*H"Kition of the
nriiaarls convention, aa sir Edward Grey,
th?? Mrltish Forripn "Secretar v. last Novem?
ber announced it? the House of Commom
that uni? sf iii?* pow-ars would permit Rus?
sia t?i export at leaal e*tt,99t tons of sugar
weetwnrd the British government ha?l ?le
Cided t'> declare 1U< Intention not lo adhere
to the convention beyond September, l?tir..
i the earliest data on ?vh'rh r,reat 1*
?could withdraw
PEACE GROUP TO HONOR BACON
Special Session in French Senate Will
Be Tribute to A mbassador.
Taris, Jan. 30-Rohert Uncen, the Ameri?
can Amhasandor, Is to bo? specially dlatin
,gUlSbed by the Interparliamentary Arbitra?
tion Group, which ha*- ?l?!fld??l 10 hold a
special -session in the Senate it? his honor
before his departure. T\g. date ha? not
tx en li.\< d.
Mr, Bncoi resigned the? nmhssssdorshlp
on January li. after hin nomination as a
m?mbei ?,f the corporation of Harvard
'University.
?- - a
WARD LINER AFIRE ASTJHAV/NA
Crew Puts Out Flames Tbat Damage
Passengere' Quarters.
Havana. Jan 3(> 1'ire broke out on tin
Ward Line ??earner Morro ? ?astle. from
N?\v York, which Is lying in the harbor
here, shortly before sunrise Ulis mornlnK..
aal <au?ed dmti?gp to the exUiM of $5,O0U.
The Wms started In the lntfrr.iediate pa.--.
ssngsrs' auart-ara, which were burned out.i
Some of th? paaaencera lost th?**Lr baggagcJ
but nobody was Injured. Thi ?-Ten extln-J
Kuiahed the flames
TIGHT SHOE COST GIRL -A LEG
[By Tela*rapli to Tlir Tnl.m,.? |
BaWIrnT**** Jan. 30.--A tifrht 8h??e rained,
infection in the right foot of \Usa Jose-i
phlne Pattoii. a Haltimore atrl. th*r?pe werke*)
neo. and ysstesisy, to ssve her Uf<?. enr-i
|( ?.i at l|?*rc] Ho pital found I ? >??? ? ? >
Upqtat? Ihr rntlrr |?| wMM ha-Tj
?wellen to three times lu ncimal,slz-.
EMPRESS DOWAGER YIELDS
Agrees to Republican Conditions
Regarding Abdication.
BOMB CAMPAIGN IN CHINA
Two Viceroys Attacked D^
mitc Mine Laid Under Im?
perialist Troop Train.
>'?*k*> g, JSI 10 It I? UP?!? ' ???????
i no-dint?? Abdication of 'he thron? hsi
<i'e|,i??i pon I'd ronformlt) with the ron
tlltlona laid do? n by Ihe rep
ly, tl ? npertal famllj and ,
are to reuln their empty mies, resl
Peking or <
teestva ami al pensions Bggreg' Una
ofi taels Ig 000,00 ? i? is
th" iransferrenre of powei i? rfT?
llttl? of dignity '?? the
possible
This derision ?.is arrived at : da
ronference between lb? Kmpr-esi Dos
i ? ? Regen and '
? 'hing, ti?? ex-Premlei
The Empress Dowager lise summon??! a
Cabinet meet I na for lo-morrow u? an
the detail? ?if sbdlcstlon Premier !
Phlh-kal, In s stat-emt nl to tbt a*
neaa to se ? pi slmoel sn
solution which will Insure ????'? II? has
ir i??r the country'" future, he saya, If
?H. mi nl li Hi?* froll of reason, ti ith
and Justice
Vii.in ihih-kal furthei
.?iiiiiiiiinii lo become i're-?i?i?*Tit of the new
republl?. and onlj dei Irei the < stabl
ment of a stable government
Many e*<?wii*-i-~ bave been ktii-?i bj II ? ?
plosion ??f .? dynamite mine laid und?
imperialist troop train which was *?r?
in? ir??n) Blao-Kan, thirty miles north of
ow, lo llo-N.in A bomb waa tl ?
si Ihe Viceroy, who waa travelling cm an
< ther train, but II struck 11 lining,
killing ? numbei of soldiers,
flenersl Llang-Pl, a former commandant
of the Imperial Guarda who -.-.as Injured
Ias1 week bj a bomb thrown bj ?? Chinese
while the general aras slighting from his
carrlnRc at hi? home In Peking has since
died.
London, Jsn 10, Bomba wen thrown
early this morning hi the residences <>f the
viceroy snd the commanding general In
Tien Tstn, but no gronl damage waa done
According t?? h ne?e agency dlspstch re
colved this morning ?or* ral arrests orate
made, and it i* believed thai th? would-be
assassina a*? among the prlsonei
The bomb outrages si Tlen-Tsin this
ng w?ere evidently pari of the cam?
paign announc donflsturds) lasl bj agents
of the revolutionary party in Mort bom
China nigh Mancha officials sppear to be
the mam object ?>i sttack. Oonersl U
ft, a lasdlni reactionary, who ?;m the
ti rst to be aaaalloil. la non reported to be
djrlng. Urigndl-n Oenersl Chang Hual?chlh,
at Tien-Tsln was a!*-?? attacked, but es
<a|??l wltliout Injury. The Vloeroy and the
oommaadlng geo-srsl si Tten-Tsln, whose
resi'leiice?* were tins morning in ?tangHT sf
flaeliuidluii. are both strongly opposed to
th? repObUcsa movement
MOORS WILLS WIFE $1
Clubman, Victim of Chauffeur's PisV>!,
Leaves $200,000 to His Son.
San Mateo, al . Ian. H?Th? will o? J??hn
.1 Moore, the San Francisco capitalist who
was fntally ehot In a pistol duel In front of
Moore's refill?nee here ?m Saturday night
by P.. Stanley Timothy, a chaufTeur. wan
filed In the County Court at Redwood City
tor-day Ifosro'a entit?- estate, rslosd si
120*'.(tut. is left to hi? non. Jeffers?.n Moore
UTS Moore is left $1 William H MoOtO,
attorney for Mr?. Moor?, to-day said he
would content the will.
.1. R Moore befor?? dying Mated that he
saw Timothy and his wife riding together
In an automobile, ^n 1 thi latter refusing
to fret out of the machine at hie command.
\g duel between h!m and the chauffeur fol?
lowed Mrs Moore some month? ago sued
fr>r divorce, and the ?mit attrscfed much ?4t
tenttos bocanas the name of Rear Admiral
rThomai I Phelpi retired, m? bm-i?ht into
the c*bs m Moot es MM complainL ,
VVHKKK TIIK I.At SED
iltast.i
MARTIAL LAW IN LISBON
Strikers Dolare They Have
20.000 Bombs in the City.
TROOPS SURROUND CAPITAL
Soidiers. with Dravn Sabres,
Charge Mob Projectiles Used
with Terrible Effect.
? ? ?u ing io i
I II.? .... ral strike the
mtloi have I.n
? rl and martial la? lisa be? ;, pro?
? 1*1 nv i in ih. district of 1. ? on. The ? I
i..i ? * ? i. handi -i ..? ? ? i-, the K* .
I, alii iroo .ni ti..
town
H? ii.foi i ?m. m? .n.nstsnti) rrlvmg
hut I??-?-;a <I*-- ??' ' . . ,,f I , . roopa
I here were t. \. .ii-ord-rn io la* I.
t.. work i? abaolutel* guaranteed lij th.
go . ? ? m? m
i'h. i* sr? - '?" IroaifM lindel :n i.,-. n I.,a
I on. where th? ?-tuk.rs declare Ihe) a?..
otnbs with which they will I
t., annihilais th.- soldiers Baverai bombs
ii?i\.' sircad? been thrown with i rrinie
? i,., t
To*ara. d . * - nina si rlk? I ssaerubl? i .n
various quarters, and bombs were thrown
ounted Republlran ?. i, *:? u lloclo
? i Im ihe suburb ?>f Alcantara
trooi v . ? ? obligeai lo charge i ii ? mobs
v. ?th dtawn as brea
ih? government Is desirous of pi rvlng
;i moderate and prudent attitude, snd ofttra
lo ...n.. i> ?,..: it of il;.- strikers' demands,
which Include the rel see of all the strlk?
.; .im mu i ... Un- dis?
turban.es in th.- Evors district an I the
dlatnlasal "f the governor ?>f Kvora
A I;,, :., .. i,,|.. i ... . .v ? .ill. .i.lv
i,,.. n arrested The troopa sr. under ordei
i?, make ?ui.is ?m .?il su?*t*ei'ted pi.?>???. *Wtn
in?, resuli thai ?i.-.i? -..'.? arresta lisv? been
mads and Innumerabl? firearms sein i
The pris? sei ? fini |?la ??i abyard war?
- .n the harboi
ii .- no?', inn..nt has now ascertained that
'..m. i ted I ? Roi aiict'-. who
; piled the ISvora sink? rs with ?"??"?"
The intention at 11 a? Royall U wai to ."??ml
. ? armed men aeroi the frontier Into
,, y, i ; .;;:?' ' t,.i! |.-g|oii being ia v..? -
?,i,i, to .. monarchy, and ?-tart ?? general
rising, i"" the government hurried rein?
: ?
it i- ?reported thai strikers, bandits an.!
?muggier* enticed a column of troops Into
in? near I ol tin mountains near Bvora,
where the column was In danger ??r being
??in i on lu??? i ?tul wiped out, but waa Anal I y
?a?...i from this fat? i?> reinforcementa
?,?., re i uvii. .i i" n*< aaalstanoe.
- ? ' ?
KING GEORGE AT GIBRALTAR
The Medina Enters Port with Flag Fly?
ing at Half-Mast.
Gibraltar, Jan. *?<> i*.in?- t3oo?nje und
Queen Mary siri-red h? r. to-day on board
the eteamsr Medlns srhteta la ??ringln*- titan
bai k 10 Kngland iron? India, where th?*
Kin;-' and Queen were crowned Emperor
iind Empress in Delhi.
Tin* Medlna'a Bag ????i? Bylng al i..uf
mri-t ss the vessel entered the port <>n ac?
count <?f the death et the Duke <>f Fife
yoateruaj la Kgyp. The prngraaune ar
ranged for the reception >>f the inonuniis
..?.?n greatly curtailed owing to the
rosal visitors being In muurnlni< for his
nisjssly*a brother-uv-law,
Lou.1?.n. Jan. Ml?The Kin?; has sent a
message to the l^ord t'bumberlaln that he
aloes not ?lesire any alterations in the plans
for his reception at Tort-mouth und Lon?
don, or in the thanksgiving service at St.
PaUl'a except that the court will b.- It,
nioiirnin?'.
Washington. .Ian :,<>. I'r? Mih-nl Taft to?
day ordered the following message of sym?
pathy BO sent to Ktnfl ?leorKe of Lngland
on the dealh In Egypt of the l?uk< ??? Kite:
i ?'-.leiif! to you m? sincere condoleu? ? in
the sorrow that bus coms to vout family
l:i ihe death ot the Puke of fltt
\ WILLIAM H. T?*T.
MAYOR OATNOR
l.rjulpped for crawling through the tunnel.
?rhuln h\ P;iul Thompson.?
REAL DIRECT HUMES
MY BE NAO IS YEAR
Democrats in Senate Plan to
Pass Two Bills Extensively
Amending Present Law.
BIPARTISAN PACT BROKEN
Result Is the Probable Adoption
of More Radical Changes
than First Were
Intended.
B I ? legrapti is The Tribu? ? '
Albany, Jan ?"?"? After n final con?
ference this afternoon th?? Dem?* irats of
(ho Senate approved B s? heme for tile
amendmenl of the dtrecl primary law
which win put responsibility for per?
fecting thai measure in such fashion as
In make il a fairls decent law. instea?!
.. ., makeshift, aquarely <>n the Re-pub
-. -? tlihl* .
s? .,.(r? i Kerrie, who handled the bill
H lu* h b.-.*;,iii?. lav. i.,- ? ? ear, will inir"
dii.e two bills to-morrow t>i.f these
will embod) aeversl Emportant amend
men if constituting an Improvetnenl on
the existing las The second will em?
body i.i leglslstlve terms practicsll)' the
scheme for making rommlttea designa
lions of candidates to be voted for in
the spring primaries adopted i?v the
Republican State Committee This pro
' \ Islon v :'! '??? in Hi?* tlrst hl!1 als??.
I* was agreed '.ist nlghl ?it a con
ferenn of Republican and I>em?? ?
leaders of both houses thai the gocond,
short," bin should i??* paasod with
oui pnrtlsnn dlfferencea it is the pur
. dors i?? have this i?<* "inn
i m before the spring primaries, what
? ? ? ? .,| i ? na to th?* ?.ther bill L'p to
tins evening there had t>?-en a aori ??f bi?
partisan understanding among those
v in? are i"?t strong for direct primaries
that the first bin woiiiil not be passed
even by the Benst? until sfter the shut
bin became law Then if Hi?* Senats
i n. 9 li? h wsa unllkel). the \s
sembl] with a tair degree ?>f anfety could
? t?. on ihe ground that ihe Isw
slreadj ha?i i.n amended all that Aas
neceaaur;
Now th?* underatandlng appears to
have been dlasolved. Senator Wagner
! Ighl declared that both bills WOUld
I??* paSSOd I** Ihe Senate at th?- sanie
lime. Other Democratic Senators m the
? ?uif. nee which settled ihe Snal ?le
t ; i Ms of the Important amendments In?
stated thai this hill be passed at tha
same time as the short bill, ?ir ?before It;
otherwise the? wouldn't stay in line.
This w.is decided <?n
Tl.(T?-? t of it will lie that if ib.. Dem?
?crata ?h? whal thej --a? the) intend to
?I?? there will be senl t?i the R-apubllcan
assembly a '?ill which win make a very
fair law <?f the direct primary statute,
from ih" point of view ??f ?lire? t nom?
ina t lona men. accompanied by a bill
making a feu t-echnlcal changea which
would lmf>rove the law only m ? minor
detail.
'I'll?* Dem?crata will be in the position
?.f having done much toward fulfilling
thoir pledge to Improve the original law*
ami of passing, ?responsibility for com?
pleting the jot. to the Republicans in
describing this bill embodying the im?
portant smendments Senator Wegner
said*
Phc bin .atiie*- ..ut ti..* recommendetlona
marie l.\ th? Oovernor that thete be h
resentatlve from each v. ;- dlstrici on
the stat? committee and thai the election
nl all members to th?* Mat?* committee b?
held at the same time, ?loin?; hwhv with
11.\?*er>t on ina?le as lo the city of New
York
It will prohibit th?? use of the pattv .ni?
bble ut primaries li will make *-??riic re
?hi? li.?n in the number ol signatures re?
quired for Independen) designations, an.i
extend the time to Sie same, it wm p,,,.
I'iblt tin* use oi paru hinds for primar)
purposes In addition i?? this, nie bill will
; ???i.' suggestions made by the leaders
of both parties, after h OOnftSTSnce liel?!
yesterday ev*mlng, tniding i<> coirect ?-i
taln l-ecnnical Imperfectlona in the law.
This bill contains important advances alona
the line of primary reform which will carry
out tin- primary ninr.ks in the platform of
both, part?as, and It should he.nine a law.
Tin- removal of the party emblem from
th?- primary ballot nn?l the prohibition
against using party funds In the primary
lights are concessions to the anti-ma
< hinc element as are the changes in re?
spect of lessening the difficulties of mak?
ing 'Independent'' nominations in the
primaries.
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OIL FUEL SHIP MAKES 12 KNOTS.
< 'openhaeen, .Ian. 30.?The Selatidla, in.
laig -t" oil motor ship In the world, under?
went a successful trial trip here to-day.
maintaining a speed of twelve knots. The
leading Danish and British experts were
on board an?l exhibit, d keen interest in the
experitnenl. The vessel displaces 10,000
tons ami is equipped with two motors of
|.-horsepower each. She belongs to the
\-iatb* Compmiv
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1,188 FEET UNDERGROU
Fires Blast That Connects T
Bores of Catskill Aque?
duct Tunnel.
PRAISES THE CONTRACTO
City Officials and En/j-ine?
Compose Party Present at
Novel Ceremonies Under
Hudson River.
What Mayor Oaynor characterised as
first underground spee?*h was made yest
day at the holing through of the gr.
tunnel under Ihe Hudson River near Co
wall-on-Hudson. which furnishes the c<
neetlng link between the Catskill aqued'
systems on the east and west sides of I
river. Clad In yellow seafaring ollskl
with rubber hat. and surrounded by I
. ommlssioners of the Hoard of Water S?
ply. other city officials and many en
neers who ?re engaged in the work, t
Mayor stood on an improvised platform
the dimly lighted boring 1,200 feet un<
the surface of the ice locked river a
?ongratulated the commissioners and t
contractors upon the fulfilment of th
difficult englneaiing task.
A few minutes prior to these cereinon
th? Mayor, I'olice Commissioner Wak
the water eonimlssloners and abonr a hu
<!red other tn??mbers of the party, had be
dropped through the east shaft on a aha
elevator to the subterranean depths of t
tumtet, a distance of precisely 1.1 HS fei
The party was taken down fifteen .it
lime, with the trusty hand of "Ja? k" 1)
Ion, superintendent of the work, to gul
the lift on each descent. Two mlnei
torches attaeh"?! to the top of the elevat
afforded the only light In the shaft un
the tunnel proper was reached, which
lighted by .?lectri.ity.
The continual drip, drip of tbe wnt
from the i-ocky Assure? of the shaft f?
on the beads of those aboard the deseen,
lug car. but slid from the comfortable oi
skins. Which many members of the par
gdsissdly put on, like the proverbial ?un
from a iluik's ba.-k, and droppeal barn
???sslv Into ih, deep pit beyond. Ilavlr
reached the bottom of the shaft, the pan
fassembled ?it the monster concrete bull
head built near the opening, the hea'
steel ?loor of Which ? ould lie ?'Uiekl
Slammed into place to prevent any sudde
inrush of water t*> the shaft In case ft'
granit? ?.?ails should give ?ray under ti
terrtflc pressure from above and let tb
river into the cavern.
Connectinq Link Blown Out.
Here iii?1 Mayor pressed a button whtc
; fired ih?- inst shot nine hundred feet fui
! ther <>n in ihe tunnel and blew out the thi
i ?.?11 of unk which pr-sented the only oh
I *tn<ie In the way of a continuous bor?
-. venteen fe??t in dianvter and extendlni
feet, to I st -?haft on the othe
-id. of the riVei The sudd'tl ?leafonlni
Hating throughout the ninn?*!
surpris? i his honor as inu.i. as "very on
else, and caused an unpleasant tightenim
of the ear ?Irums ""d an instinctive Huh
: ., -i* foi i.? rath
T?? large eentrifugsl pumps statione?
i near the mouth of the shaft, each witl
a capacity of hoisting to the surface flvi
Imndreal gallons of water a minute, wer?
I ?tart?>d about the same time and adds.
! another i'!>?assnt surprise for the amateui
minera Tie exhausts of these bin. TAbir
' ling machines threw their streams ol
i water with tremendous pressure agatns*
opposite walls ?>f the rockbound cave
? and some of the extremely amat-urish vis?
itors tii.iugiit for a moment tha? the *i\>r
I ii.t?l broken loose.
TI a alin-.sphere in the tunnel was s me
I what oppressive un?! tnnc'i ?armer than
on the siirfa.-?. The air piSSSUI'S, how?
ever, Vll light, \ Strong draft swept
i through t?-.?- bore as ?h?? Intervening rock
Mown awa> and sel the flags- flutter
leg which decorated the ?itrance to the
bulkhesd Then th" arolrd procession
atsrtsd f?'r tl?<* scene *.f the last shot, ?ach
man picking In? WSJ as 1 ? si Ii** ?ould over
th" ties of a nan?.? gauge track. White
blotches on the roof <?f the tunnel show, d
where large pieces of granite recently had
"popped ' from the bedrock under the in
Rtiencs of the ierri;l<- pressure of rock and
?aier shove Engineers had carefully
trimmed the tunnel <?f some of these
threatening granit?' blocks yesterday morn?
ing m order t.. av< i.i any danger t?> the
partj "ii that SCOrl The tunnel itself ?,,?,
remarkably drj
After the members or the party ha?! re
celved an opportunity to look through the
opening made hy the last blast T. A.
Olllesple, president of the contracting com?
pany which Is completing the work, l?sd
Mayor Qaynor to the little speakers' plat?
form, where he stood In lurid relief, with
his sou'wester hst almost touching the
ragged dome of the roof. Standing about
him were Charles Strauss, president o?
the Board of Water Supply; the two com?
missioners, ?"harles N. * had wick and John
F. Galvin; Police Commissioner Waldo; J.
Waldo Smith, chief engineer; Merrltt H.
Smith, deputy chief engineer; Robert Rldg
way, department en^neer, Mr. Qtllespte
and other officers and%engl**ieers of the con?
tacting firm. The damp somewhat af?
fected the Mayor's throat, but he spokt*
distinctly when once he had cleared lu
lie said:
This i? the first speech I ever marie un?
der ground. Perhaps the first speech ever
jnade a quarter of a mile under a river.
.So I will say little. After I was elected, but
before 1 took office, a delegation headed
by an engineer of reput?- waited on me
They declared it to be a demonstrated fact
that no aqueduct could be built under the
Kudeon, and t-hat therefore the water could
not be obtained. 1 said to them that If we
?oi.id not get It under the river we would
get It over. We are here to see the tunnel
uiuler the river completed. It 1? one of
the greatest engineering feata In history, or
in fact in this world. The names of t\ sido
Smith and the men who achieved it will
live In the history of it forever.
Fortlnus Is the historian of the Roman
waterworks, and ours will have their his?
torians. The cross-section of this aqueduct
Is seventeen feet. The largest'of an'.' Ro?
man aqueduct, as far aa I remember, waa
five feet by three. I say this for the bene?
fit of those persons who always declare that
nothing can be great unleas It comes down
from the past ages. They never can ap?
preciate anything right under th??lr noses.
They are always looking back a few thou?
sand years to find something better YOU
may all well remember during your llvee.
and have It handed down to jour children,
that you were here.
Strauss Gives Gaynor Credit.
Mr Strauss replied to the Mayor's re?
marks, and ?aid that he had been entirely
too modest in his statements. He said.
T want lo Insist that this great work
wn'ild never have been carried on If It had
not been or the Mayor. It was h*rauae
of his confidence that the plsns which had
b?en so carefully studied out were work?
able at all. If it ha?i not been for hla
cptimlsm. whlrh laid low all the earrang
criticism of the plans, the water could not
be carried across the Hudson River In this
<i< pressure tunnel. I want to congratulate
von personally ?shaking hands with the
Mayor) on the splendH work which has
been done here.
Refreshments were sened in the tunnel
an?! the Major propos-??! t* toast to the
??ommissioners and engineers, which was
?Irunk In champagne ?
t'hief Knglneer Smith and other members
of the party Indulged In short speeches
after luncheon was served In the treln on
the return trip. Mr. Smith save moat of
the credit to his associates In the work He
said that thev would rio sll thst men could
do to see that water was delivered In the
Crot?n basin before the cjid of the Mayor's
.present administration.
The l?illespie company furnished a special
train, which left the ??rand Central Sta?
tion at I 30 a. m. and arrived at Storm
King at I 1 .07. The descent Into thp tunnel
was made shortly afterward. A plat?*>on of
mounted aqueduct police, under Inspector
It. II. Rurke. and a score of patrolmen wer?
on hand to keep order. They formed two
lin??s to the mouth of the shaft, through
which the Mayor and the party passed A
sign hearing the legend "Labor omnla
Ivlnclt was nailed to the structure above
the shaft.
Tl e tunnel is at one of the most pIcMi
resoue points on the Hudson. The west
shaft is at the has? of th* towering Storm
Km*"* Mountain, while the eastern shaft Mes
ander the rugged slopes of Breakneck
Mountain Two hundred feet b??low th?
lan<". surface a second tunnel branches from
tiie shaft Into Breakneck, and the water
is taken to the summit of the hills beyond
h\ ? --eries of shafts and tunnels sunk Into
the mountain Work on the main shafts
w.-.o begun in l^T, and later held up f?-r a
tint.? hy litigation. The actual hnring of the
tunnel began in January. 1911, The con?
tract time for the completion of the tunnel,
including a lining with con? rete. Is April
1 1111. According to the engineers, th?
rate of progress which has been maintain??!
indi? ate.? that the work will be complete?l h;
the en?l of tie (?resent year.
JOHNSON WARNS SMOKERS
Auto Engine Near Equitable Ruins En?
joins Care in Handling Fire.
In order to < mphaslze tl.e important at?
tached to tlv* proper disposal of Itghted
matches, cigars and cigarettes. Fire Com?
missioner Joseph Johnson sent out an auto?
mobile n--e engine yestrrdn' equipped with
larg? sluns. reading:
Throwing away lighted matches, cigars
an?! cigarettes, endangering life and prop
em, is now a misdem<?an?*>r and will be
prosecuted.
The Commission**** sent the engiae to
Hroadwav an?! Wall street, hoping th<? go
nooncemsnl would carry more weight by
reas?>n ??f the Equitable ruins being
, close bj
BSr?stm. ~mtstMT^ ^^UtssTr^tx. ^SfS^Jtttttm^tam ^wM
''?lWvs la ^V 'tsWtm ^^^ Ahm ^L
All the Money in the World
By Paul West
will take many readers back to boyhood days. It is a story
of real life, with the author as the central character. How
he found a fortune under a sidewalk and became a prince
among his fellows?while the money lasted?is told in the
best style of this popular writer.
L. J. Beeston
whom many consider a modern Dumas, contributer another of his
great series of Franco-Prusoian War Stories about "Dagoberts
Children." "Intercession" is the latest.
Owen Oliver
in the same number will have a powerful dramatic story called
"A Coward's Stairs."
Edith Macvane
gets into the full swing of her charming serial. Lilt meets her
husband-to-be for the first time, snd in peculiarly interesting
circumstances.
Joseph Clement Coll
the pen and ink artist, has made one of the greatest drawings of
his life in honor of the Dickens Centennial. It will depict the novel?
ist's most famous characters, and will occupy two pages
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