New York Times, The (Newspaper) - December 30, 1908, New York, New York t. NEW DECEMBER 30, 1908. EIGHTEEN Now and Newart and Stearns Accompany FAVORED LOCK PLAN President Wants an Unbiased Report on Which to Act Before He Social io The New York Dec. an- was made at the White Souse to-day of the composition of the new Board of Consulting who sag to make an examination of the Pan- Canal for the special purpose of re- to President Roosevelt their as to the proposed Gatun Dam and comparative advisability of the and all but one outside the I Government They ARTHUR P. chief engineer of the I Reclamation JOHN R. R. I. ALLEN New ISHAM DIX Los Cal. FREDERIC P. i Of the six Messrs. Randolph and Stearns members of the of American and foreign en- which reported on the type of Canal in 1006. The majority Of eight said a lock was not Messrs. Randolph and Stearns were the minority of five who Vored a lock President Roosevelt arid Congress upheld the and the canal is being built according to the plans they All six of these men were chosen by the President upon the recommendation of Alfred who was the first man asked to undertake this Mr. who also was of the lock canal minority in 190G, would have been man of the board if he could have ed the but lie was compelled by his private engagements to It Is expected that the board will sail for Panama with Mr. Taft the latter part but it may be that they will GIRLS AVERT OPERA Alcohol Lamp Explodes Behind Metro- and Set One The presence of mind of three j young it was learned averted what might have been serious quences of a small fire at the tan Opera House on Saturday The accident was kept quiet but the facts leaked out The Directors of the Opera House have established a refreshment stand in the large room back of the grand tier This stand is in charge of three young May Mies Anna and Miss Bessie duty it is to serve the patrons of the house be- tween the On Saturday afternoon the double of Le Villi Pagliacci drew an immense audience to the and the crowd at the refreshment stand between the acts became so that the giris were compelled to move a small alcohol lamp used heating coffee from the to a table near After the curtain had risen on the first act of the crowd had returned to the Miss mer went to the table to carry the lamp Ambassador Tang to Com- mit United States to His Government's EASTERN WAR NOT WANTED Assurances of ican Sympathy with the of the go io the Isthmus ahead of him and tie there when The purpose of the President in j. this new board to Isthmus is simply f to secure a last disinterested judgment of the work he has directed before he goes out of He has chosen the most competent experts ne could find and is prepared to abide by their There iias been a great deal of very little of it is higher than mere to the effect that the tion of the lock level for the canal was a stupendous Every accident that fl serious or has led to farther assertions that the lock was and there has been a fire of accusations and argument irom certain men who have either been h in the sea-level were disgruntled for one reason It of possible that such an expert examination now will lead to the that sea-level type President has not the expectation that such an opinion will pa formed by the special but if it be the result of their examination lie wants to have it known before the end of his term of so that he may act it. It Is of that if a change the plan of the canal is to be made at it is desirable for Mr. from the point of view of his to have it or at least he Is in That would avoid Several possibilities that might be un- pleasant and would forestall a. lot of gossip of a certain kind that would surely follow a sea-level recommendation on the part of Mr. The special board will have the benefit of the fullest assistance from the army and will have at its disposal all the material bearing on the ing problem that has been accumulated since the beginning of American interest in the It will go over the whole with particular study of the dam and it is expected it will be ready to deliver its verdict .in time for the President to con- Bider it and take any action he deems wise 1 before March 4. At the War Department it was declared that the reports of the army engineers convinced Secretary Wright that there was a perfectly secure foundation on which to build the great Gatun The most elaborate and careful soundings had been made and an emphatic denial made that a groat subterranean lake underlay the dam There may be a lake beneath the Secretary Wright his eyes but if it is there it's pretty close to least it's so far down that we haven't discovered enough derice of its existence to cause us any Capable in whorp we all have the utmost declared the foundation is amply cient to support the Gatun That's all we're interested The personnel of the Board of tion was very carefully chosen by Mr. Arthur Powell Chief Engineer of the Reclamation is known as an author of engineering and has had personal supervision of many important Government Important surveys in Arizona were in- to and for a time he had charge of all Gulf Stream He is fo with the ground he JHH now have to go having been In charge of the hydrographie back to the As she reached the table she noticed that the lamp was burning She called to Miss who hurried to the and picked up the As she did so the alcohol ex- setting fire to Miss Mae's skirt and sending a shower of sparks all over the Miss stifling a dropped the lamp and attempted to beat out the flames with her This she was unable to Miss seeing her companion the cloth from the taole and told her to lie on the Miss Mae did so and Miss Brummer wrapped the cloth about rolling her around succeeded in ex- the In spite of the fact that the hands of both girls were severely and Miss Mae's skirt was in they with the assistance of Miss began to stamp out tne sparks which were ening to set to the heavy window when all further danger had Miss Mae went home to get a new Miss Brummer and Miss Harris returned to the stand to serve patrons as if nothing had Had the room caught fire the quence might have been as and galleries were crowded with an consisting mostly of women and and the room is di- behind the main Even had girls lost their heads and screamed the result might have been Special io The New York Dec. was learned to-day that the real diplomatic mission of Dr. Tang Shao the special dor of the Chinese is a He is aiming at thing which would have practically the efr feet of an alliance between China and this An alliance in he of when he came im- But an alliance in he hoped to obtain by diplomatic He THE Missing Woman's Body Dug band Accused of The body of Mrs. Matilda 40 years whom her husband had re- ported to the police as missing three weeks was dug up by the police in the cellar of their home at 221 Fifty-third last She had been choked to The house Is a two-story affair in South The whole house is pied by the Breitag consisting of Charles a foreman employed at Bush's his and his step- who Is 16 years The neighbors have commenting recently that they had not seen Mrs. Breitag since Dec. 6. They talked to Breitag about and ha said she had gone away he did not know Later Breitag reported to the police of the Fourth Avenue Station that his wife had A general was sent out for Last Saturday Breitag bought some ment and his Meantime the suspicions of the neighbors had teen Yesterday some of them com- these to the Lost night detectives went to the house to When they started to the cellar Breitag seemed to be When they proposed to dig up 'the floor Breitag When they insisted he confessed that his dead wife lay under He had choked her to he The police dug down two feet under the concrete and exposed one of the woman's Then they called for the Coroner and arrested Pending further the police de- stepdaughter at the that can by any construction be made to serve the purpose of an Dr. Tang came .to the United States with two one apparent and one The apparent one was to convey to this Government in the most formal and fashion possible the thanks of the Chinese Empire for the remission of about of the unpaid indemnity growing out of the Boxer outbreak of 1900. He brought with him an elaborate took a house and prepared for a season of social all of which should obscure his diplomatic That part of his mission having to do with the communication of China's thanks was duly carried The socia activities were delayed by death of the Emperor and Dowager the diplomatic activities have car ried on with unremitting energy for some Despite the caution of Ambassador it has been especially in diplomatic that waa frequent ly In consultation with Secretary Roo at the State It is learned from a well-informed Ad ministration that ther no disposition on the part of this Gov mient to accede to the wishes of Dr There is no question that thl Government is in sympathy with the Chi nese but Dr. Tang has been informed plainly that any form of is out of the Dr. Tang has given thla Government t that tte fac before he started but his su in Peking were inclined to that some kind of an arrangement migh be brought about which would give assur ance to China of more than the merel moral support of the United repeated declarations of this concerning the preservation the territorial the and the administrative entity of Chin had led some of the Chinese authoritie to if not to that the Unite States would take a more positive Stan in the matter than had been done here Dr. Tang's appreciation of the difficult of the diplomatic task which was lai upon him has not diminished his activit in the effort to make some progress wit he la continuing his visits to Sec He has been assured tha this Government unfailingly use good offices with other Governments in behalf of China wherever and will do all it can to further the ic efforts of the But at the same time he has been told bluntly that the United States will not do anything which might involve them in a war upon the Asiatic He has been Informed that the American people would not NEW YEAR IN TIMES Times Tower Illumination Will An- the Arrival of 1909. Aa in former Square kely to be the chief centre of the New celebration in this The are already booked to their For one at any there will a no sign of financial and he of the kitchens and cellars be ransacked to meet the demands the Not a customer will be to enter the restaurants unless can show proof that he has already a THB TIMES will announce the arrival of he new year to all within sight of its which is practically the whole All evening the building will be Every window will be ablaze rith and from the summit of the a. searchlight of candle the largest Jn this part of the with the possible exception of he Sandy Hook will This light can cast its beam for twenty A ball of light will also burn all vening at the top of the It vil be five feet in diameter and will con- ist of 350 electric midnight by official hiB ball will It will herald the coming in of. the new year to ands waiting in Times AB It ouches the base of the mast it will a and in six feet high on all four sides of he will shine i It will be the announcement of he passing of 1908, and will give notice the throngs in the cafes near by to drink to the coming SHOT IN THE HEART BY BURGLAR Pursuer Killed at Lakewood After Thief Attempts to Rob a BELLBOY GIVES THE ALARM Police Overhaul the Desperado Moment After He Shoots Down His Special io The Nrw N. While practically all of the Winter colony here was attending amateur theatrical In the theatre of the Hotel Manhattan to-night at 10 a glar got a ladder and set It up against one Bide of 'the fie was and C. F. KiNG Boston Jury Convicts Promoter on 27 Counts in Larceny Dec. on seven counts was the verdict returned by a jury in the Suffolk County Superior Court at midnight against Cardenio F. formerly well-known as a financial agent and promoter In this city and New King has on trial for two weeks for the alleged larceny of from Sign Treaty with Mexican a Love Dec. long war with Yaqui Indians in in which scores have been killed at ent including many has been terminated In a treaty of peace agreed upon by three Indian chiefs and 166 of their followers and the Governor of the State of The scene enacted at the treaty ment was a remarkable concluding with the Mexican soldiers embracing the Yaquis and participating in a joint bration all DEAD IN QUAKE MAY BE leports Slowly Reaching Rome Show Disaster to be Greater Than Was an alarm A Jn FOR WIFE'S Actor McCullough Wins Alienation Suit Against Dr. Special to The New York Dec. cnown on the stage as Walter recovered a judgment for to-day against Dr. Joseph Henninger for alienation of the affections of his former known to theatregoers as Mabel The suit recalls the marital difficulties of the and of Dr. Henninger and his wife in 1905. One of the many incidents in the tangle was the whipping of Mabel Montgomery by Mrs. Following this Mrs. was placed in the insane asylum at but soon afterward she was re- through the aid of and she charged that Dr. Henninger had caused her to be placed in the institution so she couM not Interfere with him and the A divorce suit followed and Mrs. got a LEEDS ESTATE Widow Gets the Bulk of the Property Under the Special Io The N. New Dec. Nassau Tax filed numerous appraisals on the estates of prominent persons to-day in the office Among the most prominent was that on the estate of William B. who died in Paris last June 23. The estate is valued at in payment of debts and expenses of the sum of is de- the balance being To his Marie Stuart Mr. Leeds loft the house at 987 valued at and the building at 114 West Fourteenth valued at wearing box at the Metropolitan amounting to The Frank one of his was shot and The burglar was then He refused to say a word about There were two one-act playa at tha One of Happy written by Miss Settle a sister of John Hays on the stage at 10 Nearly everybody in town who could get out was and all the patrons of the hotel were In the far removed from the side picked out by the One of the bellboys happened to go out into the yard and saw the burglar hling at a He shouted for help Policeman George who to be within a ran up to the firing his pistol in the air to call to assistance his brother protector of Walter Curtis soon joined Matthews and the two gave chase to the Meanwhile no one in the theatre knew what was going The burglar ran through and Third At Lexington Avenue and Second Street stands the Bartlett and out of that was coming at tne time Frank the on his way Jankowski grappled with They struggled a The burglar slipped through his hands and ran followed by with the two policemen close kept ing their hoping to frighten the but he paid no attention to The burglar was getting into the oark when he overhauled by After a brief struggle the burglar whipped out a pistol and shot his through the The one bullet killed By this time Matthews and Curtis had come They arrested ihe runner ard him charged attempted burglary and j DEPUTY SHERIFF W. C. Forest of the Watershed Police Loses His Life While WHITE N. Dec. uty Sheriff William C. Forest of who was attached to the New York was drowned this after- noon while skating oft the Cornell voir near Purdy's Westchester The Sheriff was alone on the James Brearton and Howard who were skating home from heard his cries and tried to save but they were too The which was under the was Forest was advised not to 5TO on the as the ice was too He leaves a wife and family at TAUGHT IN CHURCH 71 Some of Mrs. Van Tassel's First Pupila Now Given Mrs. J. W. Van who has lived all her ninety years in Tompkinsville S. where she was arid who for seventy-one years has taught the In- fant claps in the Sunday school of the Heights Reformed Church and is still teaching re- a purse of last night at t Christmas celebration in the A. L. Schwab of Sunday school in his speech noted Mrs. Van Tassel had taught ville infants in her class who were grandmothers in the Mr Schwab presented the purse to Van who rose and bowed her thanks The Rev. J. C. pastor of th MRS. LONGWORTH'S Newport and which are given as not valued at The tapestries in the town house are valued at while nrp at are at port any administration in a war arising j hold furnishings are given as dining room out of the question whether Chinese or Dining room should painting 1 Panama and Ni first tion of the routes In the R. Freeman of R. attracted public attention in his ex- tensive studies for the water supply of Greater New York in 1800, though before that he had stood near the head of important engineering undertakings of a private Several years this he was appointed Special Commissioner to provide a greater supply of water for the He has twico received the Normal Medal of the American Society Civil Allen Hazen in charge of the age system of the World's at cago in 1893, and as Chief Engineer of Albany water filtration plant has in New York since 1897. He is the author of several technical Isham Randolph is equally well He is a Past President of Western of Engineers and Chief Engineer Of the Northern after beginning as an axeman on the Baltimore Dams have long been the specialty of James D. He built the water Dam and later the the highest masonry dam In America at the Since that time he has been en- gaged in- irrigation work in the and has written a number of scientific Frederick P. Stearns of Boston has long been regarded as an authority on en- STEVENS DEFENDS F. formerly Chief En- of the Panama in a letter to be published in this week's issue of En- defends the Gatun there is no justification for the sensational reports attacking Its design which recently have been He that the dam being built actually much wider and higher than but merely as sion to and that if the canal wora being built by private interests a much massive structure would have been entirely Mr. The murder is supposed to have due to the wife's jealousy of this been RICH BOOK BUYERS Purchasers of De Luxe Editions to Testify in Chicago Special to The New York Dec. Several wealthy people have been subpoenaed to appear as witnesses against N. Cooper and Samuel who are accused of defrauding Mrs. James A. Patten to the extent of on De Luxe Alexander a retired turer of and Ferdinand A. a Milwaukee business appeared in court to-day prepared to toll of their deals with the but were not called as It is likely that they will be asked to testify Among the other lovers of De Luxe editions and art publications who may be called to tell of the methods of the men are Mrs. Mrs. Mary J. St. Mrs. I. L. De 111.; Mrs. A. L. 111.: Mrs. J. 111.; Mrs. Warren Ludy A. Mrs. A. L. 111., and Mrs. W. F. All of these women are scheduled aa. among the purchasers of the high-priced the amounts they paid ranging from up to Mrs. Mermod is J declared to have paid the highest Both President Roosevelt and elect Taft are much interested in the Far Eastern Both are firm in the great destiny of the Chinese and are anxious to do all they can to further the rapidly progressing Neither has the least concern about the so-called yellow Neither gives any credit to the talk of the military menace to rest of the world of an awakened and militant The President believes that China in her present enfeebled helpless con- dition is a far greater menace to the peace of rest of the world than she I would be with her army reorganized and 1 on such a basis of preparedness as would enable her surely to protect herself from foreign Both the President and Mr. Taft are concerned to see the Chinese complete the army reorganization which they have and carry on the general progressive development which has been so well In discussing the matter with an Ad- ministration official this evening It was suggested that possibly there might be an of notes between China and the United following the Japanese which would cover some of the points of Dr. Tang's mission without ing more than moral force to the But It was said by the official that even that much was out of the owing chiefly to the fact that China has nothing to give this country in return for such an expression on its part. From all this it is apparent that the results of Dr. Tang's mission will be con- fined practically to the very successful expression of the thanks of his ment the remission of the unpaid Boxer and thai he will not get much beyond painting by painting by Sir Thomas The yacht which is also bequeathed to Mrs. is valued at William B. the eldest benefits from the will to the extent of Rudolph Gaar Leeds of receives James N. Mr. Leeds's gets 000 The tax amount is FEW GUNS FOR AN Almost Run Down in Washington Saves Io The New fork Dec. Alice Roosevelt Longworth had a narrow escape from death or serious injury to-day be- neath the feet of a pair of spirited and only for the prompt action of Police Sergeant John Catts have been Mrs. Longworth was hurrying to attend concert of the Philadelphia Symphony at which she was the guest of Mrs. She drove her electric runabout to the curb across the street from the bringing it to a alighted and hurried thro e crush of price t Latest Shipping Reported by Wir Teutonic was reported by west of the lizard Plymouth 5 P. M Dec. 17. 300 miles Due at DWIGHT T. GRISWOLD Yale Oarsman Who Collapsed in vard Race Never Regained NEW Dec. cording to a. message received here T. who stroked the Yale eight-oared crew at New London last died to-day in San Mr. home was in Penn. No particulars are T. Griswold was 24 years of He rowed in the freshman crew In his first although then considered not fit He went out for the crew two years but did not make it. He tried again last and as Yale was short of material for the stroke position Griswold received the Griswold stood 1 in his stockings and weighed loll He was always inclined to be and for this reason there was some discussion as to his ness when it was discovered that he would Palm and Florida also Air row in the big He trained hard for the hut after rowing one-half of the course in the contest he collapsed This proved too great a handicap for the rest of the crew and the race was Three days later Griswold was graduated from the university and left for the coast to regain his fl 29 A. and 0 25 F at Unexcelled tad Atlantic Just as she reached the middle of the street a drawn by a pair of mettlesome swept down on Seeing her Catts sprang from the seizing the horses by their threw them almost on their Ho escaped Mrs. Longworth looked frightened as she ried into the A moment later Representative came and on being told of his wife's narrow escape returned to the street and shook hands warmly with the MAY VOTE LIQUOR Atlantic City Will Settle the Question at the Polls if Special to The New York Dec. tin E. Keffer of Atlantic County was a the State House and in discussing the Atlantic City excise question said tha cither he or Senator Wilson would Intro duce -a In the coming Legislature per Atlantic City to vote on the ques tion of the hotels liquor on Sun He said that he knew that the people o Atlantic especially those who catere to the important transient favore and he held that almost there was in favor of giving the wides liberty to the resort compatible with peac and J Mot Enough Rifles to Equip a Force of Men in This Special to The New York Dec. 00 men in United States able to bear there are not enough rifles to equip in army of much more than and of these rifles are practically In me army Ishment has not enough field artillery of he modern type to equip an army of Gen. William Chief of he Bureau of not only acknowledges this but adds that Jt will require several years to remedy the He blames the conditions on the failure of Congress to appropriate funds sufficient in the past to meet the de- The disclosures of deficiencies in the army came as the result of a quiet in- undertaken by 'the Inspector This inquiry started when President Roosevelt recently said if it were necessary to gather an army of the majority would have to be armed with shotguns and The result of the investigation sustained the President's It disclosed that there are not enough of the new Springfield rifles to arm more than 000. There are of the now lete arid old Springfield rifles to equip and these are pretty well distributed among the militia of the MINE EXPLOSION ENTOMBS 36 Rescued at Four Lick Dec. Meagre re- ports uf a coal mine disaster at Lick reached here A message received at 10 o'clock at the eral offices of the Norfolk Western Railway In this city says that fourteen men have been taken out of the mine arid that four of this number ace It is now practically settled that fifty miners were at work in the mine the explosion occurred and that there yet remain thirty-six in the death The rescue work is very The damage to the mine is to be The cause of the explosion has not yet been iuas the rescuers have not yet reached the seat of the Lick Branch Is a coal on the Pocahontas Division of the Norfolk Western i WHOLE TOWNS WIPED OUT Entire Population of Numbering Believed to Have TERRIBLE LOSS Dead May Reach ican Consul Cheney arid Wife Probably RUIN BY THE TIDAL WAVE Vandals Plundering in the of the Wrecked Sent for Police British Vice Consul at Messina His and Queen Start for Scene to Give TAFT TO OPEN FLOWER To Press a Button to Start Portland's Annual Dec. a letter to the Rose Festival Association of this city President-elect Taft consents to In- augurate Portland's annual feast of ers on June 7 by pressing an electric ton at White House in This Is Bald to be the first function which the newly elected Chief Executive has consented to lend hia official stamp Sow J S. P. C. A. SHED Gas Tank Blew Up in Asphyxiating Helper A gas tank exploding in the shed of the Society for the Prevention of elty to at 448 East 102d yesterday partly wrecked the killed a and injured Hugh who was in The tank is used by the society agents to kill the stray dogs which have not been called Dunlevy had put a dozen in the tank turned on the gas when there was a deafening explosion which knocked Dunlevy off hla All the windows in the building were The east wall was shattered and a partition waa knocked Into kindling Dunlevy waa burned about the and hands and cut He was taken to the Harlem pital by Dr. He what caused the STORY SUITS ARE Widow of the Suicide Agrees to Accept as Her Special to The New York WHITE N. 20.-Ac tion brought by Philip H. Adee and iam B. executors of the will of Marion who committed suicide at his Brook near Port against Elizabeth S. lish certain bequests in has been settled by agreement with Mrs. Mr. Story left a large mansion at surrounded by hundreds of all The widow agrees that if is stopped and the probate of the will she will accept as her share of the Justice has signed an allowing the withdrawal of the WITHDRAWS ITS AMBULANCES Roosevelt Hospital's Reply to Criticism of Transferring At a meeting of the Board of Governors of Roosevelt held it was decided to discontinue the ambulance of the after March 1, It is believed this action of the board was caused by the of the hospital authorities in connection with the transferring of patients to The territory covered by Roosevelt pital is a large and important one on the west side of the The action taken by the Board of Governors follows ly on 'the recommendation of a jury two weeks ago that the facts ing the death of a young woman who died in a Roosevelt Hospital ambulance while she was being to Bellevue be brought to the the District Dec. hundred thousand In and Regglo and a score of other towns .in Southern Italy and the entire Calabrian region laid Is the record so fan as is at from the reports are into Roma on of the almost com- plete destruction of lines of tion to the stricken The death list in from to that of with Its adjacent 45.000 includes almost the At are reported at Cassano at and half of the population of about The Monteleone region has been and San and all other communes and villages Ing- on the Straits are in The first official news concerning grio reached the home office this evening from from which point an army officer who escaped from that place telegraphed that the town had been entirely and that the dead were Five distinct quake all terrible in their had been Several hundred soldiers were killed at Catar and many policemen were killed and of charred bodies have been seen floating in the At Palmi 300 corpses have een and many hundreds nore are still the wreckage of he Every house in waa All the railway stations be- weem Messina and Rometta were de- Every little village has Its of Latest reports received here state soldiers in the various at Messina were burled under the The Rock of now blocks to the Strait of Idal wave the lighthouses In he including Faro and they crashed into and Germans The Minister of Marine received if the Grand One Million every day tin the Dir. Adv. The young woman May died in the ambulance on the way to Bellevue She had been a patient in her condition was at all times The ambulance Dr. was in charge of the transfer of the testified at the inquest that the woman was only a charity Following this the jury brought In a verdict censuring the hospital Post Office Safe L. Dec. attempt was made early to-day to rob the Post Office at this The burglars an entrance to the building by ting out a panel in the rear In- a hole Just above the and after filling with dynamite touched off a fuse with a and blew The repor made by the explosion was and 1 frightened the burglars so that they de elded to leave without waiting take any of the contents of the wrecked safe In safe was more than and worth of FOR always give 4 less dispatch this afternoon estimating the dead at Messina at It added that the bodies of seventy English elers and thirty Germans are be- neath the ruins of the and at The King and Queen of Italy are now on their way to having sailed to-night from Naples aboard the ship The Pope has shown the greatest tress at the and he himself the first to giving a sum amounting to to the relief of the It Is feared that many foreigners been as a number of the at and doubtless at other were crowded Little is known of the fate of the representatives of the powers stationed at these though the Italian Government is using every effort to relieve the anxiety Celt on their Italy with Stunned at the magnitude of Ity which has overtaken fellow all Italy mourns to-night Province of Calabria Island of Accustomed rice to Italy stands but none prepared disaster which In the fraction ute yesterday devastated cities and caused the death of ia
