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Ration Saturday ,4,290 L Advertiser- Journal Grow. T H E A D V E R T I S E R - J O U R N A L T H E S E C O N D O L D E S T D A I L Y N E W S P A P E R W E S T O F T H E H U D S O N R I V E R THE WEATHER. Snow nml somewhat colder to n ig h t, Tuesday fair, high west to northwest winds. r founded Pjsfcn founded ISI I AUBURN, N. Y . M O N D A Y , DECEMBER 8, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS [BISTURE rum. Expected, Hence No jnergency Messages IOR CHANGES PLANS t leaders W ill Be Able to Get ^ Together in Large N u m b e rs i W e e k — Prim a ry and Perhaps Mtion B ill W ill Be Introduced jf, y., Dcc S.— Governor jcs not expect a (iiiorum when jrdinary session reconvenes to- tcordingly he decided today Icompnny his recommendations Ition witli emergency messages Lid permit tho im m e d iate |ms- bills- IJe tloc-s> l>\\'ever. j cxpcct a quorum lieforc the ; week and when it arrives l.e | in thc emergency messages. |ure the leaders w ill lie able to icmbcrs hero when their votes j,” he said, Kutivc ’3 dirccl prim a ries bill, n\ for an early constitutional will \0 to the Legislature The workmen's compensation may bo introduced, b u t tho today said he m ig h t n o t ha'-e jefore tomorrow. Some linan ires and,a few local b ills com governor’s legislative program , nest of Secretary o£ S late idditioiml autom o b ile regula- ilation proliably w ill n o t lie at the special session. Thc las not hud time to consider ping some of thc results of his Imnccs w ith the various in- (ittmod over the proposed i compensation b ill, the gov- d the principal concessions mado plovers were: fter January 1, 1017, cach of systems of insurance •permittc.l 11 , will have to pay its pro of administration, tho state |ic cost until them, ttor employers or employes irmitted to appeal to thc Court Us from tlie decisions of the Kion commission in its nward- lims. i rcrnor also said th a t the list covered by the b ill h a d been nlarged from thc first draft, Hiding the fact th a t only i occupations arc included. frd at this session, thc new law •to effect Ju ly ]. pious errors in the measure lie discovered can be corrected fext Legislature prior to that [governor believes. “ 1 'hero is biting any longer lo place a compensation law on our looks,” he snid to d a y . “ Some late bound to And fa u l t with fter wliat its provisions are. Solomon could d r a f t a law liilil meet w ith universal fap- pd I think wo m ig h t better into effect now a n d correct pble errors when discovered fait until all factions agree on L » lant Governor W a g n e r snid so jislators had sought thc dis- pf introducing thc governor's pmarics legislation tlm t the N determined to introduce it p e of the Judiciary Committee, feors for the other im p o r tant 1 Iwd not been definitely de- l n» he added. MERCURY DROPS Cold Wave Extends Far South— Gales on Lakes W ashington, Dec 8 . —T h e sloim U u t was over thc Great L a k e s yesterday, has passed to Xew F n g lau d , leaving shifting gale» on tlie lakes and the At lantic Const, nun.-, in tbe Atlantic Stales and bnowa in tlio Ohio \ alley and the lake legion Tem p eratures have fallen decidedly over the E a s t aud the ^'outh und it is freezing today as far south as the interior uf the CJulf Stilted. Predictions are th a t the weather will be generally fair tonight and Tuesday, east of the Mississippi R iver except that snow atonita arc probable tonight in Northern New England, tho interior of New Vork and on tbe lower lake*. Tcmpcraturea will rise T u e s d a y in fie region of thc Ureal Lakes and the Ohio Valley. Frost is expected toniidil as far south as Northern F lorida. Storm warnings are displayed ou Lake Krie, hake Ontario ami Lake Huron GUILTY IS M’GUIRFS PLEA James K. Put in Appearance in New York City Today WILSON CRUSHES SUFFRAGE HOPES W ili Not Send Message Urging Votes For Women $1,500 BAIL FORTHCOMING DR. SHAW HEADS DELEGATION Former M a y o r of Syracuse Given U n til the :a n d to Change or Withdraw A n s w e r to Indictm e n t— Scores ji,-, H is Brother. MYSTERY IRISES REGARDING SHIP Norfolk, Ya., Dec S— Efforts were made today to clear up th c mystery and solve the conflicting rumor.> regarding tlie reported rescue of 107 passengers from thc M allory I hht liio Grande during a fire, a t sea north of tbo Diamond Shoals early yesterday Thc steamer Swnnmorc reported to have made the rescue, is a t her w h a r f a t Baltimore. Mallory Line agents say tbc vessel was not licensed to carry passengers. Tiie following w iro lo s was today re ceived cfroin flattem s “The, revenue cutter Sem inole started to thc assistance of th c Rio Grande, reported on fire 205 m iles northwest of Diamond Shoals, b u t w a s advised thc steamer was now a ll r ig h t nnd proceed ing on her way south under her own steam. Fire is out.” A wireless message received at the Norfolk N a v y Y a r d to d a y , said: “Tho Itio Grande has passed ilattcras and is proceeding south under her own steam, needing no assistance.” New Y o r k , Dee. S— James K. McGuire former m a y o r of Syracuse, pleaded not guilty to d a y to ail indictment churgiu: him w ith soliciting a $.\> contribution from the Union Oil Company, a Califor* ma corporation for thc use of the Demo cratic state cam p a ign. He was given until December 22 to change or with draw* his pica. B a il was fixed at $1,300 and Lhe bond was quickly furnished. M c G u iro’s* indictm e n t was an out prowth of thc Joh n Doc investigation in btituted to s ift allegations that contract ors, were “sand bagged’’ into making con tributions R e turning from the south Saturday after a trip in tbc tropics, McGuire is sued a long statem e n t last night sayin that thc chargc against him was frame-up hatched by interests whose m a terials were rejected by thc state, liis brother, George Tf McGuire, who furnished testim o n y tending to support thc contention th a t there was dickering w ith contractors, as charged, thc m a yor -characterized as ''mentally and physically w e a k ’’ and not to be relied upon. VILLA FORBIDS INCREASE IN PRICE OF FOODSTUFFS CURRENCY REFORM NOT MENTIONED IN REPORT Only Six N a tional B a n k s ' Out of More Than 7 , 000 , F a iled L a s t Year. W a s h ington. Dcc. 8 .— G row th nnd op erations of N a tional B a n k s of the United Slates arc detoiled in the annual report of thc Currency Bureau, submit ted today by A c t in g Comptroller Thulium 1’. Kane tn Speaker Clark. The report contains no reference to currency reform and no ret’ommciKhi- tions, but details the condition of banks during liie year ended October 31. Only six nation a l banks out of more than 7,000 e x isting , went intu the hands of receivers w i t h aggregate enpi- tnl stocks of $4,3.10,000. Satisfactory progress in liq u id a t in g the assets all was reported Growth of thc b a n k in g power of lhe United Stato ns indicated by loans mid discounts, capital stocks and deposits, is pictured over nearly 100 pages of sta tistics. The m o v e m e n t of government funds to banks all over thc country lo aid crop moving is referred to bricllv. T h a t is explained in de tail in Die re port of .Secretary M o A d o o submitted to Congress last week. of Presents Pica For the Cause— President, However, Favors Suffrage Commit tee in House— E x p lains Princi ple H e Follows, NO INTERFERENCE CRY Of Att tude of United States Resented in Santo Domingo BIG MASS MEETINGS HELD S h a r p Issue Arises Over Elections W h ich A m e r ican Commissioners Have Been S e n t to Supervise— Much H o s tility Develops. N o rthern Mexico to Take on Appearance of Peace a t Once. Juarez, Mexico, Dcc. S.— As a means of placing thc rebel territory 011 11 nor inal basis, General Francisco Villa to day issued an order that all foodstuff* shall be sold a t prices usually obtained in tim e s of pcncc *■ Stores in C h ihuahua and other reb cities nre required to sell goods a t prices nam e d by V illa. The rebel leader said th a t if merchants attempted to ask higher prices lie would confiscate their property. T r a in loads of provisions are to be shipped from Juarez to the alm o s t fam ished citizens of Chihuahua. Unless the federal troops who desert ed C h ihuah u a unexpectedly appear and resort to guerilla warfare thc northern p a r t of Mexico w ill assume a semblance of peace through the opening of the railroads. V illa has been 011 the alert for a possible attack by fcderals and his patrol of thc 223 miles from Juarez to C h ihuahua has been in the nature, of precaution. I t was reported th a t Luis Terrazas, the w e a lth y land owner, had paid to have the federal arm y escort liiniself and other civilians to tho border and th a t the federals after reaching the border m ig h t a t t e m p t to retreat to the state o f Nuevo Leon. W a s h ington, \Dec. S— jl 'resident ^ ilson to ld a delegation today from the Na tio n a l American W o m a n ’s Suffrage A s sociation th a t be favored a standing w o m a n s suffrage com m ittee ill thc H o u s e of Representatives but denied th e ir request th a t be. send a special message to Congress urging the reform. O r A n n a H o w a r d Shaw , president of th c association, sum m a rzed briolly their ippeal to the president to assist thc m o v e m e n t either by sending a special message to Congress, by including refer ence to suffrage in any general message ho m ight deliver, or by using his influ ence to have a special committee of the H o u se appointed to consider thc subject. T w a n t you ladies, if possible ,11 said the president to thc delegation, H if 1 can make it clear to you, to realize ju s t w h a t m y present situation is. I set myself this very strict rule when 1 was governor of Xew Jersey and have followed it as president; and shall follow it as president— that I am not a t liberty to urge upon Congress in mes sages, policies w h ich have not had tlie organic consideration of those for whom I n m spokesman “In other words, T have not yet pre sented to any Legislature my private view's on any subject, and 1 never shall, because J conceivc tlm t to be part of thc whole process o f government, th a t 1 sh a ll be spokesman for somebody, not for myself It w o u ld be an impertinence. W h e n 1 speak for myself, I am an in d i v id u a l; when I a m spokesman of an or g a n ic body,, I am a representative. “For th a t reason I am by my own principles shut o u t, in thc language of th c street from ‘starting anything/ havo to confine m y s e lf to those things which have been embodied as promises to the people a t an election. T h a t is th c strict rule I set for myself “ W h en m y private opinion is asked by those who arc co-opcrating with me, I am most glad to give it, hut I am not a t liberty u n t il I speak for somebody beside myself, to urge legislation upon tho Congress.” S a n t o D o m ingo, Dcc. 8 .— An immense m e e ting in favor of free am i legal elections in tbc Dominican Republic was held in the public square here yes terday under the auspices of thc Com m itte e o f tbc Independence Party. Per fect order prevailed while p a t r io t’c 8 i>ccehcd were being delivered by both m e n a u d w o m e n . A t the same tim e a protest a g a in s t the supervision of the electoins by American commissioners was circulated for signature by members of the audience W ILSON EXPLAINS REAL PURPOSE OF COMMISSION CHOCTAW INDIAN IS REGISTER OF TREASURY L F O E S O F VIVISECTION. Interna- (l TELEPHONE SPEECH BE BANQUET FEATURE l cr> X \.. Dec S.— Directors of ►her of Commerce of the United r oncd a thrcc-dav session here ping with President 1 Larry A l°f Chicago, presiding. W * 1 ). St. Louis, chairm a n of the [and Currency Com m ittee, w.is fpal speaker' of the m o r n ing scs- 'Vednesday n ig h t thc dclc- 1 be guests a t the ann u a l bnn- |ho Rochester Chamber of Coin- T'vhich the diners w ill listen to f 5 over the long distance tclc- Presideut W ilson in Wa.-'h- ISayres Doing L o n d o n ., j ^ ee. S.— Francis B. Sayre and [spoilt their first day in Lon- ■sccing. N rc tomorrow accompanies or Page to Cam b ridge Univer- Participatc in the comnemora- ' at Trinity College. Homecoming S q u a d r o n Separates. On Hoard the U n ited States liattle- ship W y o m ing a t .Sea, by Wireless to San Miguel, Azores, Dec. S. the ves sels of the A tla n tic licet which have been visiting E u ropean ports, separated at sea a t noon to d a y in latitude 3 j .I) .vorth longitude W e s t. The Kan sas, Ohio and C o n n e c ticut proceed ‘-0 Vera Cruz. .Mexico, by wav of l.uan- tanam o while the rem a inder of the ves sels continue their voyage to United States waters. Teh warships were today 3,01)0 mik'S from G u a n tanam o B a y and 2,000 from Xew Vork. Delegates A r r iv in g For Big tio n a l Conference. W a s h in g ton, Dcc. S.-Many delegates from thc U n ited States and foreign countries have arrived to participate in thc ann u a l sessions of the International A n ti'Y iv ise c t io n Congress that begins here today. O n c of thc first arrivals from abroad was Miss LiiuLAf-Ilageby of London, W a s h in g t o n , Doc. 8 —The United S tates does not intend to bupervWc or interfere w ith tbc approaching elections in th c D o m in ican Republic A special com m ission from Washington w ill mere ly observe thc election as “friendly and im p a r t i a l spectators.” T h a t w a « thc way President W ilson to d a y o u tline d informally tho rtiinsh i of s t a le d e p a r tm e n t officials now on their w a y to S a n Domingo. P r e s id e n t W ilson made it clear that th c U n it e d States had used its offices in porsunding thc revolutionists to lay dow n th e ir nrm s on thc promise that ev e r y th ing possible, within international rig h t , w o u ld be done by thc United S tates to further fair elections. HAAALL & £&INQ 4 WAftU/ GABE E. P A R K E R . For many yeais an Indian head has decorated part of the nation's mom\v but now for the first tim e in history an Indian's signature, as register nf thc treasury, is part and parcel of tho paper money issued by thc govern ment Gnbe E. Parker is a Chocta*v, well-known in that conspicuous part of tlie former live civilized tribes in Okla homa. BASEBALL MAGNATES OPEN ANNUAL WINTER CONFABS SENATE SETTLES FOR AN 0DDASS0RTM E N T 0 F GOODS W ashington, Dcc. 8 .— iCazors, grape fr u i t knives, spools of red tape, horse shoes, 5,030 pounds of timothy hay, oats, meal and bran, straw, arnica, argling oil, m u s tang liniment and asafctida are am o n g thc iteniB for w h ich expenditures was made out of thc contingent fu n d o f the Senate for thc period since la s t March, up to thc end of the last fiscal year. This inform a tion is disclosed in the report of Jam e s M . liaker, secretary of the Senate, which has just been sent to thc public printer. Tho mustang lin i m e n t and horseshoes, and thc hay were for thc same stables in which arc kept thc horses to draw thc Senate m e s senger wagon, d u s t what thc grape fr u it knives were used for was no t ex plained Among thc other expenditures w as $ 13.12 for floss pillows and numerous items lor bags o f salt for the senators' bahtroom, m ineral waters, taxicaba to X e w Y o r k , Dee. 8 .—A scries of im p o r t a n t baseball meetings in New Vork began today . Thc lirsl' of the meet ings w a s th a t of thc International L e a g u e club owners, whose m a in busi ness w a s action on the proposed inter- club series w ith American Association team s . I t was expected th a t th is plan o u ld be adopted, calling for a series o f three gam e s between each of the clubs o f thc two leagues, beginning aibout the m iddle of August. The regu lar In t e r n a t io n a l Jjcaguc season will open on A p r il 13, under thc leadership of P r e s id e n t Edward Harrow, who serving a term of live years in office. T h c m e e ting of tho N a tional League to m o r r o w w ill see tho election of Gov ernor Jo h n lv. Tener of Pennsylvania, as president of thc league for a four year term , according to the general expression o f opinion by tiic club own crs. G o v e rnor Tener is cxpcctcd here tom o r r o w . who w ill take a prominent part in th e convey senators from night 8C3sion» to sessions. O ther arrivals were. M rs. R o b e r t G. lngcrsolh Mrs Clinton V. Farrell, general secretary of thc C o n gress; Mr;? Florence Pell W aring, or- wuzing secretary, trank Stephens, A r t h u r S. Lcland. Mrs Diana Jlelais and M rs .Mary S. Sage, all of New Y o r k and M iss N o ra Logan of London. Tennesseeans W a n t Wilson's Aid. Nashville, Tenn., Dee. S .-A commit tee of prom inent Tennesseeans headed by Covernor H o o p e r an d Senator Luke Lee Will call a t tho W h i t e House >n W ashington next T h u r s d a y and invite President W ilson to v is it Nashville on Jan u a r v S, 10H, a t w h ich timc it :a proposed to form a N a tional Andrew Jackson M o n u m e n t Association. The object of the association is to erect a suitable memorial to former-Prcsident Andrew -Jackson, w h o is buried at the Hermitage, near N a s h v ille. It is pro posed to establish in Nashville a Jack son N a tional Park a n d a federal appro priation of $ 1 , 000,000 w ill be asked. their homes, and items for dinners furnished lo tbc Senate pages detained a t thc capitol by late sessions. Convention of Hoad Builders. P h iladelph ia, l’a., Dcc. ^.- D e m o n s tra tions of various machines and m a terials used in road building and moving p ic tures show ing different conditions of streets and roads were features of tlio ten th ann u a l convention of the A m e r i can K o a d B u ilders’ Association w h ich began here today. R a p ier Duel in Rome. Rom e , Dcc. S.— Deputy Gam b a rotla, L ibe r a l, was disabled today by a s lig h t w o u n d in the forearm inflicted by Dop u t v Clmseppe. De KeliccMIiufTridn, ' ■Socialist, afte r thn two parliam e n tarians had fo u g h t 23 bouts in « rapier duel T h e quarrel arose out of an incident in the C h a m b e r o f Deputies. Wheeled Babies 1,300 miles. Philadelphia, I’a.. Dcc. S.—Dcclarin th a t they had wheeled their three little iris nearly 1,300 miles ill baby car riages, M ilton UpdegralT and his w ife arrived in this city last night after four m o n ths’ journey from Nebraska Tho last lap, from Lancaster, Pa., and a few other snort stretches were ina.de in trains but m o s t of the trip was' made afoot. UpdegralT, a native of this eitv who was em p loyed as a sheep herder in Nebraska, lost liis position and decided to come bnck E a s t. They began tlie trip more than 10 wcck 3 ago, pushing pair of tuo-vear-old twins and another four-year-old child in baby coaches. A t the Inform a tion Bureau. “ Is this tlie bureau of inform a tion? “ No,” said the weary young m a n a 3 lie wet liis th u m b and rillled the pages the railroad guide. “Thi 3 is a tim e table library.”— W a s h in g ton Star. Another Dorothy Arnold Disap pearance Case in New Y o rk FATHER APPEALS TO MAYOR Young W o m a n Left ILer Home L a s t Thursday and No Trace of Her H a s Since Been Found— All Police On Lookout. ■IM IS GREET H IE D LEAH London, Dec. S.— M ilita n t suflTrngcLtus gathered in force to welcome Mrt< J'jiu incline Pankhurst, their leuder, on her arrival today from Exeter, where she had been released from ja il last nighl. Although an am bulance and stretcher were taken to the station they wero not needed in M rs. Pankhurst was able to alight from the train with thc assistance of a nurse and another com panion. She looked very weak and con siderably aged by her privations. She mado her way w ith tottering steps from the train to a carriage in waiting in which she was driven to a nursing home followed by a procession of taxi cabs containing num bers of her cheer ing supporters. New York, Doc. 8 .—Every policeman in Greater New Vork had instructions today to look out for Miss Jessie M c Cann, tho 23-ycar-old daughter of i Robert McCann, a wholesale grocer, who disappeared on Thursday last ns my»« teriously as did Dorothy Arnold. She ' left homo Thursday morning ostensibly ! to go to a home for deslitutu children where she did volunteer work as an in structor. Since that timo all traec of her has been lost, although a friend of thc fam ily icportrd today having .n*cn irl answering thc description iu W a l l Street Friday night. Tu him him a p peared dazed, Tbc girl’s father is a personal friend of .Mayor Kline, nnd has appealed to thu m a y o r to expedite the police search. ‘ 1 am positive that there is no ro m a n tic reason hack of Jessie's disappear ance/’ he said today. Had there been tdiu certainly wyijld have sent us some word before this because she w o u ld have know n how terrible our anxiety w o u ld be, and it certainly would not be ch a r acteristic of my daughter to cause her fam ily any suffering. On the other lm n d , she bus never suffered in the lentil from any mental or nervous trouble and tbe idoa th a t she became ill and w andered aw a y unw ittingly does not seem to have tho slightest fact to bear it out/* M a b e l Vera Moultoni, 1(1 yearn old, was also reported missing today. She has not been seen sinco Dec. tt, when she left a Broadway Departm ent Store where she worked, to meet her m o ther uptow n . A t the request of thc m o ther the police today sent out a. general alnrm for the girl. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. S P R I N G F I E L D C E L E BRA T IN G . D e d icatio n of a Notable Civic Center- T a f t Principal Speaker. Springfield, Mass., Dcc. 8 .— Thc rin, ng of chim e s in thc high tower of thc new “M u n icip a l Group” announced the b e g in n in g today of a two days’ celebra tio n m a r k in g thc dedication of a notable civic center. Thc formal dedicatory ex ercises w ill bo held this evening with form e r President W illiam IL T a ft, as th c principal speaker. T h o group, consisting of an adm inis tr a t i o n building, an auditorium and a central tow e r 300 feet high was erected a t a cost of $ 2 , 000 , 000 . C o n s truction was begun in M a y , 1010. T h c a u d ito r iu m will accommodate * 1,000 people. A n incident of thc construction was th c a t t e m p t by Ortie M c M a n igal, which he confessed a t thc dynam ite trials to blow u p thc tower. Thc chargc of ex- jdosive which he planted in April, 1011, w a s insufficient and only sligh t damage resulted. Funeral of First W o m a n Lawyer. St. Louis, Dee. 8 .— Miss Phoebe Couxins, who was thc first woman law yer iu thc United States, the first wom an to hold thc ofliee of United Slates marshal and the fir*t woman to bo graduated from W a s h ington University, was buried hero today. W ith her was lowered into thc grave her most prized possession— thc U n ited States marshal's badge of silver presented by President Cleveland to her father and upon his death to her Miss Couzins died in poverty Satur day Her burial was provided for by Mrs. W illinm IL Thompson, wife, of a banker who in childhood was Phoebe’s playmate. , M a y Have Basketball Team— Glee Club to Meet Tomorrow. Announcement was made this m o r n ' ing a t thc High School, of a m e e ting to be held tomorrow for all w h o arc in terested in basketball. A thletic interest centers around this game a t present and it is expceteil lhat a team w ill be fo r m ed in the near future lo represent the school iu the basketball world. The Glee Club will meet tom o rrow evening a t 7:M at Professor S e o v ill’a home in Seminary Avenue. Air. Seovill announced this morning th a t a ll of the vacancies in tho Glee Club were now filled. Tho High School Orchestra w ill m e e t Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Germ a n Room. Tho annual penny collodion w ill be taken tomorrow morning to d e f r a y the expenses of the Christmas decorations in the Assembly Room. Tw o students w ill be appointed in each stu d y h a l l to receive thc colcction. $41.483,895 Needed to Improve Nation’s Rivers and Harbors Aviator Nearly Drowned. S a n Francisco, Dcc. 8 .— S ila r Chris- tofTcrson, the aviator, narrow ly escaped d e a th b y drowning, late yesterday when his liydro-aeroplane plunged almost s t r a i g h t downward from a height of 2,000 feet into San Francisco Bay. C h ristoflerson was strapped in the scat of thc machine and as the plane struck th c w a ter it overturned, leaving thc a v ia t o r head downward beneath thc surface. He unbuckled thc four straps th a t held him ami after being sub m e rged for more than a m inute came to the surface again, lie was taken out of th e w a ter by life savers. Washington, JDce. 8 .— More than $0,\ 000,000 for thc Mississippi lliver, a l most .«0,000,000 for the Ohio lliver, more than $->,000,00(1 for thc Missouri lliver, almost 32,000,000 for the Colum bia lliver and 5 1 , 000,000 for the D e la ware Lliver arc the am ounts considered necessary by the chief of engineers of the arm y for the improvement und maintenance of these great waterways during the fiscal year of 1015. In subm itting to the secretary of war his report, made public today, tho chief of engineers makes estimates aggregat ing $H,'IS3,S05 lo be applied to 201 river and harbor projects during the year ending Jun e HO, 1015. This 13 $0, 031,004 leris than the am ount appropri ated by Congress for river and harbor works for the fiscal year of 1914. “Liberal appropriations arc considered proper and desirable for snagging and other work ncccssary to make natu r a l channels available wherever water borne commerce exists or is reasonably prospective,” says the chief of cn ginocrs. “It is believed that expendi turcs for such improvements are alm o s t always useful and advantageous to thc general public, especially since the introduction anil rapid development of Hmall gasoline motorboats for com bined freight and passenger transpor tation.'' intim a tes of aiiioimls,needed for for tifications in tho United S t a t e s ag gregate $1,035,000 nnd in th c insular possessions, $922,500. The estimates for New Y o r k S ta t e arc: P o r t Chester Harbor, Slo.OOO, Bronx Uivcr, 3100,000; linst Chester freek, $ 20 , 000 ; Westchester Creek, i3l>,500. E a s t Ki,ver and llcll G a te, $300,000; H a rlem lliver, $ 100 , 000 . P la t t s b u r g Ilnr- bor, $2,000, Narrows of L a k e C h a m plain, $3,000; Hudson River, T r o y lock and dam, $000,000, Saugcrties Harbor, $2,300; llondout Harbor, $3,000; 1’cck- skill Harbor, $5,000; T a r r v tow n llarbor, $3,000; Hudson River, Jersey C ity ■water front channel, $275,00; Hay Ridge Channel and to make R e d llood Channel 40 feet, 5300,000; iT a ttituok llarbor, $10,000, H u n tin g t o n H a r b o r $3,000; Hempstead H a r b o r , $5,000; Newton Creek $30,000; Shccpsheatl B a y $3,000; Buflalo Harbor, $107,:i73; Char lotto Harbor, $24,000; Oswego H a r b o r $ 100 , 000 . | LOCAL NEWS TO-DAY ON J I PAGES 3 , 4 , 5, 6, 7, 9 1 0 - t <j*
