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IN B1LU0NS YIELDED
By
'Valedictory of Secretary Wilson
Amazing Exposition of Agri
cultural Prosperity.
CABINET RECORD TRACED
After Sixteen Years of Service
Veteran Cabinet Head Says
Ruralist Is No Longer
a Joke.
WaahJncton, D*c I *\ft*r sixteen
ye*ra of .-eivlcr. a record la tl.e Cabinet,
?* retarv Wilson submitted to-day to
rr.-sident Taft the last annual jepoit he
will make a-< liead of the Dcpartintnt of
Agrlr-iilture. The ropcrt oOBtata* a fium
mary of the advanoe *f tlie country ln
agricultiiro during the S.crtuiy's tat? af
ofhce. It sa\s
The record of sixteen \?ars haa b?n
wrlrteai. lt beglns with a jraarlf farna
?roductlon of $4.nOO.OUO,000 nnd anM WlUl
$8..??32.000.000. Sixteen yeara ago tl.e lai
mer was a i-.ke of the <_ricaturlst; i.oav
l,c )<? like tlie stone Hiat was rtjetted t?y
the buildcr and haa become the hjM
stone of the corner. Th* tillen. of tha
aoll were b.irdened with drbts. but proa
perltv fnllowed and grew with un?x
ampleri ap?*d. Peglnninus have been
?made tn a producilon per aore nicreasing
faster than ihi' natural increase of popu
?Jatlon. There ha* been an npiift of agn
?culture and of 4 uuntry life.
Gain of 141 Per Cent.
D .rina the last sixteen years the farnier
haa Bteadilv lncreaaed the wealth produc
Aion year by year. with the exceptlon of
Itll. Purln'g the sixteen years the tarm -
wr's wealth productlon increased 141 per
C _oet productive of all agricultural years
,in the county has been llli 1 ha|Wth
h?s produced ita greatest annual dLvl<Jf.ntdv
Th* sun and the raln and the fertility
of the soll heeded not the human contro
versies. but kept on worklng ln ?^??f ??:
tlon with the farmers efforta to "il>i'e
them. The prices at the farm are gen
? erallv profltable and will contlnue the
Uroaperfty that faraurs have enjoyed ln
recent years. Thu total productlon of
|farm wealth la the hlghest yet reached
hv half a bllllon dollars. The grand total
for 1312 la eetlmated to be * 53..0W.00O.
'This ia more than twice the vulue of the
'farm wealth ln 1&9.
More than SlOB.OOO.OOO.OOO is the grand
total of farni wealth productlon. the re
ipoit savs. during the last sixteen veara.
ian amount equal to about three-quarters
iof the present national wealth.
The most effectlve move toward reduced
rost of living ls the productlon of greater
'orops. Bays the Secretary. and this move.
he declaros. ls due to the work of the
T-epartment of Agrlculture, the agrlcnlt
urol colkges and experiment stattons and
I ta the help of the press in publlahlng
every movement to help the farmers. The
nation. he adds. forgot Its farmers in the
general scheme of educatlon of past years.
and few philanthroplsts tho?>ght of them
when giving for education. but th< y are
waking up and thinklng for themselvea
?>nd fongr.ss has bO*B pood to ;,iem
The report goes on:
Crops of Experts Developed.
Tbe great and growing movement ear
rted on bv the department for agricult?
ural betterment haa not been stistalned
solelv bv one man or by a few men. A
choiee corpa of scholarly experts ln their
?pecial linea of tndeavor have been frow
Ing ,,, memberahlp. ln breadth of *1tw
and ln ihe j.racticfil appllcatlon of their
The department is praparad 10 contlnue
and Increaae its- publlc service Durmg
tlxteen yenra it has progreaaed from the
IdnderaartMi through the primary. xniddle
and uppe. fradea of deveU.pment untll
now it haa a thousand tongues that speak
with authority. .
Pron a department with 2.^ employes
in 1897. and an approprlatlon of js.^AStr-.
t v reased to _,tH employes at the
beginning of the present fiscal year with
an approprlatlon this year of almost
a_&*00.000 Whereaa, there are now F>2.0W
lequests every week for department pub
l'catlons. there were but 500 ln 1W-. and
during this pertod 22S.00O.00O coples hav
been distributed. In soll Investlgatlon an
area of 823.000 square mlies, equal to that
of Oermany. France, Great Brltaln. Ire?
land and Italy, has been covend
Over a billion dollars 1* for the fourtM
lim* the value of the exporta of farm
produets, with cotton leadlng. They are
sufflclent to pay the expenaea of the na?
tional government. The blillon-dollar
mark wa? flrst reached ln 1907. when the
value of the agricultural exports amount
*d ta 0,064,000.000. That amount i.aa not
since been equalled, but the exports <>f
:?08 *nd 1911 exceeded a billion dollars in
v*lue. and ln 1912 tho amount fell short
of the record exports by only $4,000,000.
Th* dalry row ia one of the princlpal
. producere of wealth on the farm, and the
1 value of her products In 15-12 B estlmated
i at about I830.000.000. an amount whlch 4 x
ceeda the value of th* cotton llnt and ia
i nearly fqual to the eombtned value of llnt
l and aaed. The wheat orop ls worth only
three-fourth* a* much a* the dalry prod
uct*.
Egg* Brought $300,000,000.
The magnltude of the poultry industry
v Is aet forth. An egg may be worth only
a cent and three-quarters, and yet 1.700,
OOfl.W dozen eggs ar* worth $354',000,<>JO.
and these are the estlmates for 1812. lf
t to the value menttoned Is added the value
of the fowlB ralsed, the products of the
pOUltry industry on farms amount to
about ir.70,000,000. This ls nearly equal to
th* value of the wheat orop and ls more
than three-fourths of the value of the
cotton llnt produced this year.
The anlmals sold from the farm and
the anlmals slaughtered on lt together
number about 111000,000, and the farm
value of these anlmala la estlmated at
lt.M0.00O.tW>.
The total value of the anlmal producta
of the farm ln 1912 ia eatlmated to be
about tt,386.000,000. Thla Ia a largar value
PUT THIS ON
YOUR LIST FOR
CHRISTMAS
A gift tO one or more familiea in
.Icatitute cinumstances. The A. I. C.
P. will act as your Satita Claua and
make them happy.
Their appre, iatlon of one of these
glfts will make very real to you the
?pirlt of gooti will to men:
$100 will ffnd Satit* C1*U* to 40 homra. with
a ChrlKtmaa dlnai-r fur ??? h. and a toy
for every child.
tt* will sen<! a Chrlatmaa baak't aad '
h*lf ton of .oal to e?'-h of 10 famllles.
13 arltl brlng t.'hrlatnta* to 10 bOJ/1 an<J
glrla, * warm school dreaa or school
*ult an'l a wlnter rap for <??"h
8^0 will (?? n'l warm alove*, mliifn.. cap*
?n<l atocklaaa to 36 girla and boya.
III will out warm wlnt?>r ovrrcoat* on 8
?chool t>o>B.
118 will tle up 7 (hrlvtmaa pa^kafrf, oach
rontalnlna a warm aw**ter for mm
on* who goea out to work.
|8 will aftid baakrta wlih aubatantlal riln
riera Into 2 poor home* on chrlatma*
Da#.
12 will lm> I palr* of woolen atocklnga f"r
alck women or rhlldr^n
*1 will make * lltlt? glrl happy and rum
fortable with a ?ult of warm unicr
?nr *nd * doll.
gend^oiitrlbutlona lo BOBKRT KHAW MIN'
TUTlN,, Treaaurer. Room :12. l? Kaht .'.<) B
KJCW TonK ABJiWIATlON KOR I88PHOV
1N43 TMK t^ONDITION (IV TIIK I'OOIC.
n. FULTON CL'TTINU. i'realdtrnt.
THE DAY IN
IKrom The Tribune Bureau I '
Washlngton, Deeember 6.
Hot Shot for Democrats.
President Taft ?ent a POWOTfUl mesaago
to CongrefcB to-day. Thla la 8_phattcall3
proclalmr-d by the Ilepubllcans and re
luetantly udmitted by the Deraoerata To
the follower* of "Woodrow 'Wilson the
Praaldonfl remarks on the I'hlUpplneB
OOd the Dernocratio programme eame as
B ahOok. To be told that the Democrati0
programme for the Fillplno? "will be aa
oruel to those |ieople as lt would be
s-harneful to us." to be warned that even
a present declaration of future lnde
pendeooa would retord the progress of
the 1'hlllpplnes "by the dlBsensioii and
disordcr lt would arouse," that it would
be "a d_ajOleed P-'licy of ecuttle," that lt
would "mak* the helpless I'illplno the
football of Orlcntal polltics. under the
prtrlBBlllO of a guarantee of lndependenca
whlch we would be powerleab to ctiforce,"
and that "no one to whom tha future of
thls people la u rcsponsltle ceooarn can
countcnance a pollcy fraught wlth the
dlrest 000009000081 on those 01 WbOBO
behalf It ls ostenslbl> urged," was dls
ooocartlng ln the astrerae to tha Demo
orotM laodara But to be toM thaoa
things by a letirlng Prealdant, who la
recogulsed the WOrld ovtr us the ublesi
authorlty on rhlltpplne affalrs and the
one who, inoit than all others, ls re
tpoasibl* for tha proaperlty tha Islanda
have aajoyed and their progttsa toward
civlllzatlon under the humane Amerlcan
pollcy, W8? sufllclttit tu make even u
Demociat thlnk. Of cotirse. the rank and
file of the majority ln the House did not
thlnk. That ia not what they are there
for. BUt the leadera did. and they ob
vlously thought serlousl.N, for they aro
between the devil and the dOOp aea. Their
natlonal platform contHlus a plank. CUO
nlngly lnserted by Wllliam .Ii-niiings
Hrjun. IO Whiek many do not aubacrlbe.
and now th Tf are face to face with a MU
oarrylng that plank lato affact And the
leaders, at leaat. realize thnt It ls a vast
ly dlffcrent thlng to prate about antl
lmperlallsm when the Kepublleana are
asBuniIng tha burden of rvBponslbillty
and to undertake to corry such theorlea
Into effect at a time when the Dernocratic
party will be held responsible If. aa they
reallae ls more than probable. the Derno?
cratic pollcy makes incalculable trouble
and renders the Vnlted Statea the laugh
ing stock of the world. Furthermore. It
la pecullarly dlsooneertlng to have thls
Bolemn warnlng Of Preaident Taft laaued
as a part of a message whlch the Derno?
cratic leaders ure wise aOOUgh to nppre
clate contalns so much that ls sound and
wlse thut it is bound to oniinicnd Itself
to the common scnae of the Amerlcan
people and to Btaad as a monument of
i'.epubllcan doctrlne with whlch Derno?
cratic performance is certaln to ba com
pared
Taft Takee Broad Stand.
As foreeast in thls column thls morning.
the Presldent rakes a broad economic
stand ln connection wlth the Improvement
of waterwaya and urges that the wuter
pOWer generated by damb etecte.l to Im?
prove the waterwRys. whlch waterpower
he characterlres as a ' potentlal aaflet of
the government" and bs "a by-producf
of river improvement, should be Dttltaed
aold, 'n other woids, ln order "that the
burden on the BJ8B)eral taxpny-rs may ba
very much reduce*] " The President nlso
lakes hi1- stand against grantlng con
eeaalona to prlvate indivlduals wlthout
provisiou for a return to the government
proportlonate to the baateO? xtiferred.
This alao Ib the ocx-asion of nt leaet an
noyaaoa to many Daraocrotk memberi.
Tiie passaise of bllls Rrantlng the right to
construct dams haa loOg been a source of
polltical capltal te members of Congreas,
and it is hlghly diapleaaing te Democratle
than that of 1911. but la about laaVyMM?
below the estlmate for 1910. whlch is the
only year that exieeds tf? m value of
anlnial products produced oii farma.
While animal products are about one
third of the wealth produ.tlon on fnrma
in 1912. the crops are about two-thlrds.
Their value is 16.137,000,000, an amount
whieh Ib vaatly above the hlghwater mark
of total erop value In 1911.
Attentlon is glven to the tiend of f*rm
prlcea of farm producte during the laat
forty or flfty years. The concludlng ob
servatlon Is that there was a general
Oowaward movement Of prices from the
t'hil War untll It waa nnested ln the
90a. The subsequem" elevatlon of prlcea
has sometlmes oarrled them to about
the ipvel of the earller years under
revlew. and sometlmes higher. Hut, "lt
may be notlced that, lf comparlson 18
made l.etween present prices and the ex
tremely and abnormally low prlceB of the
90s. the present perlod of hlgh prices
is made by force of comparlson to oceupy
a relatlvcly higher place than lt doeB lf
comparlson ls made wlth the hlgh price
perlods precedlng."
HOUSE SJANDS BY TAFT
Refuses to Protest Against His
Civil Service Order.
Washlns-ton, Dec. 8-An att-mpt, led by
KepreBentative Bartlett, to strike a 12,000
civll Borvlre item from the leglalatlve,
executive nnd Judlcial approprlatlon blll,
kb a protest against Presldent Taft'e re
cent order placlng about rifi.OOO fourth
claas postmaslerfl ln the claasifled service,
falled ln the House to-day after a heated
debate in whlfh Representative. ,M_nn
challenged the Democratle membera to
paaa lt "and place themselvea on record
for the apolla system."
An amendment offered by Mr. Bartlett
repeallng the Prealdent'a order was ruled
out rf order aa new leglslatlon.
Mr. Mann predlcted that President
elect Wilson would rofOOl to approve such
a propositlon aa that of Mr. Bartlett.
PROF. BRENTON WINS POINT
Court Orants Him Teraporary Cus?
tody of His Six-Year-Old Son.
mr Tal?ar?ph to The Tribune ]
Hartford, <onn., Dee 8?In the flrst
prellmlnary sklrmish in court thlB after?
noon between the opposlng counsel In the
sensatlonal dhorce action and cross com
plalnt of the Rev. Cranston firenton, pro
feaaor of Kngllsh llterature at Trlnlty
College, and his wife, Mrs KHzaheth
Alden Hrenton, the talented adopted
daughter of the late Dr. Jonathan COa**
tts, the profeaaor won.
Presldent Flavel 8. l.uther of Trlnlty
College and Profeasor Hrenton were ln
court before -ludge Ralph Wheeler as wlt
nesses to support the orofessor's petltlon
for the cuatody of hiu al*-year-o1d aon,
Jonathan Mrenton JudRe Wheeler issued
an order that the custody of the boy be
uwarded to the father tcmporarlly and
wlthout prejudlce to the rlghts Of the
partlea at law.
Mra. Hrenton hns permiBBlon to BBB her
son each week until further notice. In
the motlon nled In court the father de
BBBffed the chlld was now with him and
that Ihe mother was unllt to continue as
guardian or to have ihe boys custody,
thoiigh Bhe had demanded that he be de
llvered to her.
WASHINGTON
members who have planned to take care
Of their constituents and supporters to he
told by the retiring President that anv
policy other than that he proposes "ls
equlvalent to throwlng away a most
valuable national asset." Had the Presi?
dent been )ess kindly disposed he mlght
even more I orrectly have declared that
any other policy would be equlvalent tO
the tradlng away for the pat*Oa*l polltlcal
gain of members of Congress of a valu?
able national asset.
Underwood Haa Not Sinned.
Deiaacrata heaved a sigh of reh.l !??
d*y when lt was ascTtalned that ii renlly
wnsn't trnc that Representati\c Ind. i
wood bad attended a Thoinaa K. Ryaa
dinner ln New Vork al whlch the ICB?*
latfr* proerannne was dlscusse.l. Mem
beis of the party qaaked arltli f?*r arhen
reports to thl? effe.t flrat drlbMad bacfe
from H*4* York. Tlie Idra tha' the m.i
f*rtty leader would ItSCUB* Bojl*latlcn
with a man whom Iiemocracy's patron
salnt. W J. Pryan. sought 10 have cjert
ed from the Baltlmore <? .nvention ITM dM?
concortlng. to sav the least. lt now de
velops that Mr. Uad*r*TOOd 8*9 attend the
Rvr>n dinner. but ihe affalr wns non-i*??
tisan and even Bail Mooacra w*ra teyltad
AJnong Mr. Ryan's gu?sts at an htforraal
Lanquet oa Wednesda.v night were S. n
ator Aldrlch. Senator Bailey. Frank A.
Munsry and Representative Und'twood,
aceording to later rapOTt*. leglslation
was not Jiacussed. lt ls asaerttd. an'l Mi
I'nderwood'a acceptance of tho dinner ln
vltatlon had no pelltlcnl signltlcan. <? 'n.e
AJaLanilan's friends sav he had BO B_*Wl'
ed?< of th* jtyan contiIbvil.,ns to bla
campaign fund untll Senator B*nkb**d
took the witness stand before the Senat"
tnvestigatlng committee. Demo.rats a- -
cept this as true. but they were fl.tbber
gasted b]f the olarming runmrs that Mr.
Vnderwood's recent vlslt to New fotll
mertnt a conferen-c with Mr Rvnn over
?legislatlor." llaving trallcd the false
rumcr '<> its lair. ta* nverng? Deineerattc
beart beat* hopefully a*sin to-day, and it
ls rot expeeted that even Mr Hr\nn can
object to the fact that the Alsbamlan sat
at a banqtiM table wherc R'pul ll< ans.
D**9oer*ta and Buii Mooaan ar*r? aath*
ered.
Hia Fighting Daya Ar? Over.
"Marse" Menry Watterson '.* tit *?<J of
strlfe. Iltfcj*t8*a and controveray. and he
wants no part in the flRht over the oun
ershlp Of Montlcello In a letter wrltten
to Mrs Martin W. I.ittleton, WBO B|
sors the movement to har* tfM g v.tnm- Bl
wrcet the former IttBM Of .I'-ff. ta** from
Representative .lefferson M l.c\>. tb*
Kentu.-ky e,iitor. *ay.? he ls "ajnlt* paal the
nge of I.tigation." and ba i*B* Mrs I.ittle?
ton rtCBOVO his name from tb* i.dvisory
lommittee of tb* ***ff*l*OU M*BMM?1
sociatioi, with uotBldaraqjIa lattafactloa
mi i/?\> BMaTa paatk t*?M tb* -*a*a*a
me'' eptstle of the Kenturklan. Betwe*n
the llnes one read* a aa**t* OB ta* BBTl
of "Marse' Henry for paaca in ha* B?
ilinn B years In n-tutning the BBBBBt-J
to Mr* UMleton. Mr Watterson O08B
piain* "if >"" ha^i cofiaulted ma I aronld
have said what I nm ssylna BlflBOB elally.
that I am quile pnst the aa* of lltlgr\tlor>
or. lndee<l. any actlvlty tfl whl.-h I ? I
glve my por**B*1 attention It has been
with me a rule of life to de> line all ***!?)
nomlnal lndorsem?nt and roapoaialTMllty
I should be glad to *ee the home of .lef?
ferson the praacttj of n.e nattoa, bat i
rannot be a party to lt* fstcfbla approprl?
atlon. elther bv nct of ror.gr*" or lefal
dlitralnt. I have had a long and friend!'
acqualntanre with th* f-evy fnmll; . and
am not wll'.lng to l* drawn into .ontro
versey with them 'J.ve in* leave tt
that the HMthod of th* pr00**dlBf **B "',f
my approval." r< ''? "
VAN PVCK8 BRINO $2,900
Two New York Paintings Go to
Unknown Purchaser.
| n> Te!e*rHi h ta T) ?
Philadelphla. Pec. ?. T*TO palatln|
glr Anthony Van Dyek B*M Bl a i.-tu.n
to-day at the Philadelphla Art i'.i.II.m.
for MJM efc'h. The natr* of tlie pur?
chaser was not dlviilged Oa* *f the
paintings was I portr,.lt of Hotarteh
Mllertl. at one time mganls'. of AntWOtV
("athedral. and the other a portralt of ?>*?
quesney. a Kleinlsh v u'.pto. Tbe |.?.r
trnlts were ti.e UlOpOlly Of II H I'av.B.
a New York lawret.
The eale, whlch opened Thursilav ame
to a close to-lltght. A portralt Of I?uis
XV brought 11.975. AfM Batrtttd Md
dlng a palntliig of Klebola* de I.arglllli're
sold for B?MO. lt lepresented M***
?aatlUy ln an aUogsraeal ooanpoaltlon
with two i"up|d?. Th4 pb ture ;t| OM
time helonged to a collectlon of A. II.il
redo, of Madtid. "Shefiherde-? _nd
Hheep," by Charles Jacqiles, mo!<1 tOI
$l,87o. Jacques was awarded the Parla
Balon medals ln 1861, 1S4>! and :?>'!
J. SCOTT HARTLEY DEAD
Sculptor in Failing Health Since
Operation.
.lonatlian Hcott Hartlev, the BCUlptor,
after a long illness, dled yesterda\ affr
noon at hls Iioitm-. No. ^14 W*M Sfith
*tr?et. He was operated upon laat sprlng
at the llahnemann Ilospltai. nnd BbBB
then hls health haa steadlly larMlWd. H*
was a Bon-in-law of George Inne^H, ihe
palaaaa*.
Mr. llartley was bom on Septembe. 2i.
1845, at Albanv. and was educated ut the
Albnny Academy. As a boy bt wa>* a.
tracted to the work of modelllng ln day
and later declded to become a BCUlptar.
Erastus D. Pnlmer, a scul[ifor, took him
ln hl* studio. and when BB was twenty
one year* old Mr. Harfley went abroad
to Htudy. Me was at the Roval A.ademy
three years, earning hls tultlon and keep
as a marble cuttet. He w..n a BBtdal al
the Royal Academy ln London ln IMW and
then went to Oermany. After r*m*lnlm
there a >ear he went to Paris an.i tt
Rome.
When he rettimed to America BO set
up a studio in New Voik i lty. HioukIi he
went to llve at MontcUt, N. J i,, ||H
he marrled Miss H*|*fl liims*. The Bl*l
artlstlc successes of Mr Hartle> ?rora ln
clay. One in partlcular "The Whlrl
wlnd." created much favoiahle Brltlebnn
ln 1878. The same jear he he. am< H;i
Associate of th* Acatl.my of Deaigti.
Among hls notable works are the l-.ri.???
son atatuc ln Uat'ery I'ark, this city;
that of Mfaba Morgaa la abjainaflald,
Mass.. and the Daguerre monument ln
Wa*hlnatop He was one of lii. onK.
Inal membera of the Salmagur.di Cta*
and one of BM ni.>vlng Mplrlt* In tl.e Art
Studenta' lx>ague. where he waa an In
atiuctor in anatomy. Ills wlfe, four
duughters and one hoii survlve him.
FORBE3 STARTS FOR MANILA.
Washington, Dec 6. W. I'ameron
Korhes, Oovernor (Jeneral of the I'hlllp
plnes. who haa bem In this country for
the last nlne months convalesclrfg from
a severe lllneBS, left Washington to
night for San Kranclsco to *ail for
Manlla.
SENKIE STARTLED BY
Witness in Archbald Impeach
ment Trial Declares Certain
Claim Is "a Lie."
? * ?
REBUKED AND APOLOGIZES
Judge's Counsel Reveals Pur
pose of Defence to Make Ohief
Attaek on the Testiraony
of W. P. Boland.
Ifrom The Tribune BjereBB I
Washlngton. Dec. l~l*Orther doUlla Of
the negotlattons conducted bv .lu.lge
Robert W. Ar.hhald. Of the Commerce
Court for nbti.ining BO OfHlOO on the
KatydM caba dump and dtapeelog al >t
at a irrotW were ptaeod before the lenete,
rtttlng as b eoart of hnpeaehmant, to
day by W. A. May. general marnger for
tl.. Ilillslde Coal Companv; 'leorge W.
Brownen, alee-uraoldairl and soiintor of
the Ma rUltreed; wmiam U Pryor and
C F. Cona, general manager of an elec
trlc llne ln Scranton.
Mr Mrownel! told of tha flOll of JudgB
Archbald 10 his offlces In New York re a
tlve to the sale of the culm dump ??*
was queatloned conc-rnlng IkO oaaea ba
Cora tha COmraerea Coori ln whlck the
,:,,, rallroad aai a Btlgaat, bul aaM
theae had nel been -ewtoead oceoro
ina to his testlmony. tha vlsit of Judge
Archbald was short and witness did
nothlng but refef him to another offl< er
of the tallroad who had OhargB <'f the
affairs <.r tiie Hlltatda Coal Company.
.statements by a s Worth-gtoo,
OOUnaOl for .ludge Archbald. made it etOM
thal tne ? hi. f l-.tnt of attaek tor th? dc
fei.re Will I" the leslitnoiiv ot H I'
II..land. ln objectlng to the adiulsslon of
eertaln atrtdonea he referred to "the -iis
posltion on the p.rt oi W I' Holand to
Invelgle .IudKe Archbald tntO thls tr.ms
oetlea " Bew rai lettera arrlttea bv Judge
Archbald and Otherfl Bad tne t.stlmony of
other wltnesses w 88*1 prBMnted b> the
raanagera for the Eteaaa te show that the
Jutlst hed taken an a- tlve part In the
negotlatlona
Claohea between iba Houaa manai ra
Indga ArehbaM'i attorneya over thel
?Mon of evidence and tbe manner of ;
. \amlning 0118*0880 v.. i e frOOBM
"Lie" Startles Senate.
Tha aiilatotloo hi vr v all that "lf
i ,? * tlM ' -80, U s a lle." gava the
?? _ momeai of en< Itatooot, i I
lOl upon Mr Ha 'a head the eeneure
of Benator Bei ???? tl ? praaadlog efl bi
Mi atay*! weleaaetlon waa dfreeted to-!
Bsard tha BOiaagera I i I ? rton* Mr ?
Worthlngton wai eroai aaamtnlng Mr I
Ma\ as te his BBOtlea for rooaBtng a eoo
traei ol aala of the KatydM euha bank. I
ahteh hs-i beao aaal <?? ?< proapa ? a
buyet Boeured through _ ?' winiams. Ihe
husinees aaaociale of Judge Ami ?
m.iv aaM he i I the o ati ?? t *r
ca js.' h? looMaed lattara ontalalng
netleea ol ? aalma bi i
iti the t.;mk Mr. Oroatlatsagtoa remarkad
thnt tha ciaim had been BBada thal tb
. vere RetttlOUa "' d thal the . BOJ
reoooo for arlthdrawlBf the oeotrael was
., up abeei a oraal lagti a Inraotlgatlao
into lodga a_vhhoM s < oodot I
"lf that rialtn is 10000, U hi a 00!"
Mr lle] oenetot O-Ooo
tkal ?". h lang ? UP al tuM doi
mM in the y.n.it- ? baaober. aad Mr
m, pgologkied
Mr Cona told f tha efforta of .:
\r ? baM to dlaeoet of tl ? OrehhaM-Wll
later i ? ta tbe KatydM bank t-. tha
.. raltroai; aad Mi Pryor ti -?
to hovtng been preeaol aheo tha **a41ent
? asslRtiment WBJ drawn up and
Bjgned t ? i; i m\\\ uao ln Beeeatca. ln
thls paper Mr Willla-n? purpOTtad 10 BJ
Blgn a one-thlrd Intoroai la hta eutm bonl
proparti to ? "eUeal party.*' adteged to
have beao lodga arohl
PrOBacution Wina a Point.
The Hoaaa aaanegera won ??? patnt when
?enator B." r"1"1 ?*?' "'"? r""<1
,,ff..r in evid. nea Ihi depoettlori girao by
v. .i onthatna to Wrlalar Brown. of the
Dopertmenl of luetlee, i*st Aprll, t.- aoo
tradlcl erldanea wiliiams had glven to
the Baa_la
The alowoeea with ahleh the trial has
moved koo todoeed Iba Benata to provMe
for .laily BBBaloaO of Ihe . ourt of im
poarhtnent. begl"***11! al IrM p m and
oontlnulnB l">1" b o'elock. Under Ihh
rmngemeat it is boped tont leaUmotay ? ia
!,.. baoteaed so tl a irtal may '?? aoo
doded by tha rjlu_taioi belidoy*
ASKS $50^000,000 A YEAR
Rivers and Harbors Oongresa
for Big Appropriations.
Washlngton. Dee, ti An annual Goa?
Kressional ftppr..ttliit.f al h__tl
I ,n,000,0(K) for WOtarWOy Improvement wa.-t
181 OIlHOaodOfl lu a resointion adopted to
da-- at th- etoalao *8taa*en of tha alntb
annual oiewe8rtloo if tha Nalloool Rhm
and llarl.ors CotagTOaa
Anolher resolutlon UTged tlie creailon
by coogreofl of h depottrnenl of pohlle
works. of whlch the 608*00 Oi aitny (n
glneera eresjld be a part. The ooogeasa
also paased a resolutlon eongratulatlng
Cmgress "upon lta ginnl of lmmunity
through the recently 88PaCt8d lunama
Caaol i?w- frow toua upon iMgo aogogad
ln our OOOOtWkM tradi. and upon the pi.
teetion to water-lioi ne commerce af
for.led bv sald law auainst rallroad own
ership or control of water llnes."
Offlcers were re-elreted as followa:
I'resldent, Kepr< lentative JOBBpb B
Ranadeii. I?ul8_na: Becretary-treoeurer,
S. A. Thonipson, Indlana; ferg.ant-at
tir/ns, Jolm I Martln, MlBOOWti.
Ileprescntatlve .1 llampton Moere, of
peiitiHylv inla, presldent of the, Atlanllc
Deeper Ofaterweya Assoclation, <aused a
sen-atlon by det larlng that the Atlautlc
Coast had not hefn getting Its falr share
of tlie annual rivers nnd BOrbOfO appro?
priations and thtit for the last sl\tv \ears
Bf inore'there had l.ecti dtflCI Imiiiatlou hi
fa\or of tha OhlO and Mississippi and
other weBtern rivers IglfTf those along
the Kistern coast H'< announced ih,?t
he nitended to ralse rlgOTOUa protest on
tha floor of the Mouso If thls con'tlinied.
MILEAOE BOOKS UNDER PROBE
Aileged Discrimination of Eastern
Roads To Be Investigated.
Washlngton. r>ec. 8. -An Investlgation
Into the mllcage book rOgOlOtlOOg of
praettoB?y aii roHroada aaal or the Mis?
sissippi and south of the ohlo and I'o
tomac rivers was ordered to-day by the
Interstate t'ommerce CommlBsion.
Complalnt was made by the Houth Car?
ollna Kallroad Commlsslon that existlng
ragulafdOOO were dlserlmlnatory as be?
tween Interstate and intrastate trufllc.
The raliroads Intereated may tlie wlth
the commiasion on or before Deeeniber
L'o BtalemoBta of their posltlon wlth re
apact t_ tK_ j_v___Ur_>_?o.
AFTER EVERY TARIFF ITEM
Will Revise "from Agate to
Zinc," Says Underwood.
Washington. xDec. 6 ? "We're going to
revise the tariff from agate to flnc," said
Representative t'nderwood at the White
House to-day. He said the meeting of
the Ways and Means Committee sched
uled for next week would be held merely
to determine when hearings should begin,
when a full opportunlty to be heard
would be glven to every Intereat affeeted.
Mr. Pnderwood talked with President
Taft. but not about the tariff.
A tentatlvo decislon has been reached
by members of the Ways and Means
Committee to end al! hearings on the
tariff ln the short session of Congress,
and to have ready when the new Congress
meets, in Aprll, practlcally the entlre
scheme of tariff revislop.
Announcement was made that the hear?
ings would be "wide open," and that no
interested party who deslred to alr hl"
views would be deni-d. Whlb' the hear?
ings will be "wide open," they will bc
ht.rried. and it is not the intcntlon of the
Democratlc tariff tlnkers to have a long
lnvestlgatlon into tho varloua schedu!?s
The Democrats believe the hearings on
the Payne blll were too protracted
It is well understood that, no mat'rr
what the hearings may show, the Demo?
crats cannot make materlal clianges In
tb*tr programme affectlng wool, cotton,
chemicals. steel and sugar. The party ls
commltted to the tariff measures of the
last session. and must stand pal on these
bills lf it woul.l avold a repetltlon of the
chnrge that they were drawn soh-ly for
pollttoal affbet
A prellminary meeting of ilie Ways and
Means committee will be i,,'|d next Mon?
day, and lt ls expeeted announcement will
then be made of detinlte plans for begln
Blnf the hearings on January 10. Present
Indlcatlons are that th* "wide open"
htarlnf and the "agate to r.inc" revlslon
will be by no means as palnstaklng as the
procedure in the House at tBl time of
the passage of the Pajne B>a
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"SIGNERS" BRING $15,100
Autographs of the Fifty-six Men
Sold at Philadelphla Auction.
i'hiia?i?ipin.'i. Da. ?">. Blfnaturca af
the tifty-six Mgnsra of th* Dacbaratlon
of Independem-e, p.ui of the coll*etlOB
Of autogniptV of EUllOtl Danforth. late
Tt*a*ur*r of the state of Ma*r York.
?. e sold ,.t auctlon bar* tn-day for a
total of $i:.,i<><?.
Tlu higlpsi prlcc pald, M.600. was
for the slgnature of BttttOB Ovsinnett.
of Qaorgta, Brho was klllad In a .luei
by Oanaral Lochloa Mclntoah. The ;,u
toarapb araa attachad to* aill.
IRISH CASTLE_.ABLAZE
Lady Castlemaine Saves Life
by Donning Wet Towels.
(By Cable to The Tribune.]
London. Dec. 7.-Lord Caetlemalnes
Irish seat, Moydrum Castle, near Ath
lone, county Westmeath, was found on
flre yesterday morning. and Lady Cas?
tlemaine and the servants narrowly es
oaped. Some valuable antiques and
pictures were destroyed before the out
break was stibdued.
The tire was detected in the early
hours of the morning by Lord Castle?
maine hlmself, who was awakened by
the suffocating fumes and heat. He
at once rescued the inmates, and but
for his readiness and presence of mind
not only would the castle have been
gutted but there would probably have
heen loss of life to deplore.
Lady Castlemaine, in her attempts to
escape, was driven back several times
by the smoke. but by enveloplng her
8elf in wet towels was able to make
her way out into the freeh alr.
TO GUARD W0RKS~~0F ART
French Government Warned
Against Foreign "Rapacity."
Paris, Dec'; 6.?The rapacity of foreign
antlquarles and amateur collectors was
sttongly denounced to-day In the Cham
ber of Deputiea by Theodore Relnach,
Deputy from Chambery. and an author ity
on art, during a dlacuaalon on the budget
of the Department of Flne Arts.
He deelared that forelgners were ln
slst.iuly trylng IO carry off worki ot
PYench art, and asked Alexandre Herard.
Inder Beeretry Of State for the Flne Arts.
what Krance was dotng IO combat the
' ruses" of these antiquarleB.
1 e recalled the theft of the rellgioua
relle known aa the ''Head of 8 . Mertba.
whlch was stolen from the ChurcblOt
Houdellle-Bur-I.'zal. but whlch was later
restored to the French government b> J.
I'lerpont Morgan. He also mentloned the
dlsappearance of I.eonardo da >incls
masterpleee. "Mona Tasa. from the
I.ouvre and deelared that the protectlon
of French moiiument* and art treasures
was lnsufflclent. _
M BeTard, ln reply. promised that a
more efTectlve guard should be provldea
1n future _
WILSON AT WORK AGAIN
Begins Preparation of Message
to Jersey Legislature.
Hamilton. Bermuda. Dec. 8?Presldent
ei.ct Woodrow Wilson began to-day the
flnal stages of hlB vacatlon in Bermuda
by atarttng work on his message to the
N.w .lers'ey LeglBlature.
lle has practlcally concluded his perlod
( . recreation and sodal engagemente,
and 8-peetfl 10 work ateadily from ,iow
until he starts on the nomeward voyage.
Destroy a Mexican Town When
People Refuse and Flee.
ASKED NINETEEN GIRLS
Inhabitants Seek Haven in
Mountains, Where They Suf
fer from Gold and Hunger.
Mexico Clty, Dec. 6.-The town of Vall*
del Bravo, ln the State of Mexico. waa
praetlcally destroyed to-day by Zapata
rebels because the Inhabitants refused tr>
dellver to them nlneteen young *?*?*_
resldtnts.
The Inhabitants, antlclpatlng that th*
rebels would wreak vengeance on them.
fled to th* *urrounding hllls. leaving th*
town deserted. They are said to be suf
ferlng from cold and hunger.
The rebels appeared before tiie town
and eent a demand for the delivery of tlie
glrla to the clvll prefect, dedaring that
ln case of refusal they would sack th*
place.
After conBulting with tl.e Vading eiti
zens the prefect advlsed them to refus*
to accede to the demand and told them
they had better take to fllght. Few of
them, when they left, took more than a
blanket and a Ilmlted aupply of food.
A body of rebels who attacked the min
lng town of Temajicaltepec, near Toluca,
the capltal of the Stat* of Mexico, waa
repulsed by the rural guards with a loas
of twenty kllled and many wounded.
The federal casualtles have not yet be*n
reported.
Mexico city. Dec. 6.?The government
dynamlte factory at Dinamlta, ihirty mllea
northwest of Torreon, fell Into the handa
of the rebels to-day. The strfnfth of th*
rebel foree ls not known. A traln di Bttaai
for Dinamlta was turned back and com
munication with the place has been cut.
The strlke of the dockworkem at Vera
f'rua has becom? general. Fourteen hun?
dred men are Involved. Beveral paa^nger
ateamers, tncludlng the Ward Hner Mon
terey. are discharging their earfOM altd
dlfflculty.
*
TERMINAL WORK EXTENSION.
The Public Service Commisslon granted
the appllcatlon of the New York Caatral
& Hudson Blver Railroad Company yes?
terday for an extension of time ln whi?h
to complete Its imprcvements ar th*
Orand Central Termlnal. The game p*r
miaslon ?a? granted by th* Board af
Estlmat* a short time ago. The !oi>K?n
txtension l? to .lat.uary '.. 1814.
To Demonstrate the
Wonderful Naturalness
of the Music
Reproduced by the
VICTROLA
SCENES from the opera I Pagliacci, sung
by Caruso, Amato, and other good artists, are be
ing givcn this week in the Wanamaker Audi
torium, at 2 P. M. each day. Tableaux vivants show
the scenes and illustrate the action. The great organ
and the piano supply the connecting score.
It is an impressive demonstration, emphasizing the
great possibilities of the VICTROLA as a home en
tertainer and educator.
Arias from I Pagliacci and all the famous operas, as
rendered by great artists, can
be reproduced in your home
through the medium of the
Victrola.
Victrolas ranging in price,$15,
$25, $40, $50, $75, $100, $150,
$200, may be purchased on our
educational terms of purchase
on moderate terms.
Type XVI.
Victrola
at $200
(a5 illustrated)
may be purchased
$10
with order
and the balance $10 a month until full purchase price is paid.
JOHN WANAMAKER
Broadway at Ninth