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' Circulation yesterd.iv 4,341 iticAdvcrliscr-JournalGrow T H E A D V E R T I S E R - J O U R N A L __________ THE SECOND OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER WEST OF T H E HUDSON RIVER TH E W E A T H E R . C loudy toniglit and Thursday; moderate to brisk westerly winds. •ai< ,is r 5u . , ITISEK fo«n<!'.J is<«. AUBURN, N. Y. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER to Reduce Southern Representa tion by Only 62 Delegates Opposed at Republican Conference— Other Reform Measures Adopted— Pro posals of Warren, Howells and Barnes Discussed ■Dgton, Doc. 17.— After several I discussion the Republican X a imittec today recommitted to Immittce which will report late le question of a<plan for a reduc* (representation ut national con* jreeraent on a plan ia looked for iXationul Committeeman Howell t&ka led the fight for a radical of southern representation ) Committeeman Remm el of Ar* violently opposed such a plan. Vou going to kick us o u t and > Republican .Party a sectional Ihe asked, shaking his list ut ■ell. ■gton, Dec. 17.— Tlic Republican (Committee met again today to tlic reform measures i t has Eii to reunite the pavtv, lu [ convention machinery of ccr* lures and to rcducc represents* (fctionul conventions from south* and congressional districts i regarded as hopelessly demo* jtoly two propositions remained I lii - up today and a report from pmittce, headed by X a tio n a l email Warren of M ichigan, of* Solution of each. U n d e r the I of the sub-committee thc representation would give to > four delegates a t large, one i congressional district and an delegate where tho Republi* {bears a certain ratio to the to* The exact ratio which shall * when a district shall have an delegate remained to bc Bet* b-comniittce presented a unani tort for a modification of the Jules, providing for thc rceogni* Itate primary Jaws, thc acecpt* J o right of a state to choose all Pf its delegation a t largo to Iconvcntions and agreed th a t m inventions delegates presenting’ ps from proper state authori* jl d bc placed on thc tem p o rary Bn roll, Thc latter feature I to do away •with troubles |ve arisen at previous national Vs over contests and deprives pnal Committco of arbitrary • seat delegates. | on Primaries and Procedure, jh-coinmittec’s report on prim* \ procedure reads, in p a r t, *ts Ircsolved, that this committcc pssuos thc call for the national to be held in thc year 3010, fcutc candidates for president ^president, shall provide in siwh bat in any state which shall Mod by law, prior to the c I cj - telegatcs from such state, for ■°n of such delegates to na- iVcntions of political parties ut varied, such delegates frO\i c felinll be elccted in conform such law. That a.Ucdelcgates from any )' he chosen from thc state *t part from the plate a t large 1 from congressional diatric‘s ‘mity wtili the laws of the which thc election occurs hat delegates presenting certiti- eloction from thc canvassing ollicers created or designated law to canvass the return* nnd tificatc-i of election to delegate lflI conventions of political pa\- I primary election, shall bo P,Ju the temporary roll by the ; Committee.’* ttcn Reapportionment Plan. arren Committee finally agreed pk'n of reapportionment pro- r four delegates a t large from one from each congressional find one additional from each t'l're tiie total Republican vote Cr cent, or moro of the total ^’o district, however, would e than two delegates, no matter th\ Republican vote, having congressmen a t large to d to nuu \otc for each. Thc congressional election of 1010 probably will be used as thc basis for determining the exact representation in cach state. Territories and tlio District of Columbia would have tw o delegates each. The plan would become effective when rati Jied by states representing a majority of thc electoral college. Under the W a r r e n plan, representation in national conventions would be reduced hy 70 delegates. Thc following numed states would lose thc following number of delegates A labam a 0. Florida 2, Geor- gin (J, Louisiana 7, .Mississippi S, Xorth Carolina 2, O k lah o m a 1, South Carolina 7, Tennessee *1, Texas U, Virginia 3, total loss for the south U2, Illinois 2, Kentncky 1. X e w Jersey 1, Xew Vork -1, total loss for the Xorth S. A phfti for additional delegates where thc Republican vote was more than 40 per cent, of th c total was rejected be cause under it thc Xortli would lose pro* portionateljr m o re than thc South. Tlic subcom mittee unanimously agreed on the 153 per cent plan. Sub-Committee Plan Adopted. The plan o f thc sub-committec to recognize p r im a r y laws, and change the rules governing conventions was adopted by tho X a t io n a l Committcc by a unani mous vote. I t was announced th a t tlic resolutions w o u ld bc changed so that in states where it is optional whether a party shall h o ld primaries for the elec tion of delegates they shall be selected in tiie old m a n n e r and tlic primary plan shall be observed only in states whero thc law provides specifically for such action. With thc resolution for reapportion ment of delegates au amendment wns ucccptcd pro v iding that the basis for thc srl^etinn o f delegates from cach con gressional d istric t in addition to one, should be based on \the Republican vote for Republican presidential electors in 1(103 or for the Republican eandidato for Congress in 1014, whichever is the higher.” H o w e ll Is Dissatisfied. fi. Jt. H o w e ll of Nebraska Mihmitlrd a minority report, criticizing the appor tionment scheme. Thc elimination of only (M delegates from all the Southern .States, .Mr, H o w e ll thought, would not he satisfactory to the Republicans of thc country. Mr. H o w e ll suggested as an alterna tive a plan o f Republican congressional committee, providing four delegate* at largo for each state and one delegate iu addition for each 10,000 iote« or major fraction thereof east for the Republican candidate in 100S. Tlmt plan would re duce the to t a l num ber of delegates in the convention to 045. The South, which had >72 delegates in thc convention of 1012, would have o n ly 110, if that plan were adopted Barnes Offers a Substitute. W illiam B a rnes. *Ir., of Xew \ork, proposed a \ a substitute for tbe Howell amendment th a t the report of the spe cial com m ittee lit adopted with a pro vision th a t no eomrre'ftional district should get the benefit of an additional delegate u n i o n that di-itrict had en«t at least 7,5V<0 Republican vote-, for pres idential electors or lit I0M for candi date* for Conirro-i. lie >nu\ that it would hr a fundamental mi.-takc tu adopt .m y s h r i n e nf ^apportionm e n t which would eliminate the cnngrc.-sdoiml district as a unit. The proposal of Mr. Howell, be said, would absolutely shut out 12 j-tntc** from tho cnmrre^ion.il district delegate plan Mr Barnes s’ substitute proposal he said would reduec the southern representation by 77 \otes in the convention, the northern state-) by S of w h ich Xew York would lose •!. Spccial Election Necessary. Albanv. X . V., Dec. 17.— A special election probably will be called soon I>y Governor G lv n n to fill tlic vacancy m the T h irtieth Assembly district caused bv the death of Edward S. Boylton. He was elected as an independent candi date over Assemblyman Cuvillier who will again be a candidate. Cuyfflior, a Democrat, alw a y s has been a bitter po litical foe o f W illiam Sulzer. GOVERNOR SIGNS ELECTION BILLS Democratic Platform Pledges Fulfilled, He Declares ' s ' > : v£ v .>( - X ♦- :.u s fQpv>ra‘flTT\jhDgwwoo&rAT-UNpcRwooo;,M,«.y; M R S . JO H N P U R R 0 Y MITCHEL. Wife of the Mayor-elect of Greater New Y o r k . The social honors of thc .Mayoralty Administration ou M a n h a ttan Island will bc presided over by a delig h tfully charming personality. Mra. Mitehel .3 young and handsome, w ith a rare strength of mind. Her hobby is her hus band’s ambition She is fond of entertaining and she and the young mayor alty candidate were entertaining a dinner party on election night, a party frequently interrupted by the telephone messages that presaged and finally announced his victory a t tho polls by a stupendous vote M rs, Mitehel is an expert tangocr aud spent p a i l of her time on the recent trip to Panama dancing wtili her husband and others .n her party EXPLAINS NEW PRIMARY LAW N o m in a tin g Regulations in S t a te Changed— Jf«n:'ocr of Signatures of Enrolled Voters Candidates M u s t Have on Petition. Cardinal RampolSa’s Death a Shock to Pope; Orders Highest Honor Paid Rome. Dcc. 17 —'The death of Cardinal Rampolla, former papal secretary of state, was not. made know n to Pope Pius X until this m o rning when Card inal Merry Del Val and Monsignor Gio vanni JSrcn&an, thc pope’s private sccre tary, broke thc news to h im gently The pope was overwhelmed w ith grief and when he had somewhat recovered his composure said ‘•Cuidma! Rampolla was ono <if the greatest men in the church ilc had be come even greater since he retiied from state alfair.-j ” The pope ordered th a t thc greatest honors should, be paid to the deceased cardinal, on whom he bestowed the high est tribute- As recently a* last Saturday the pope had received Caidmal Ram p o lla who was then apparently in his usual good health nnd spoke lengthily about m a n y alfuirs including the function he was lo ecle brate tomorrow in St. Peter's, to which many people had been im i t c d . including a num ber of l.nghoh and \meiieans. (hi Sunday e\ening last Cardinal Ram polla had received S ih ii MeP.ee, former editor of The Churchman and his wife of Vow ^oik, and had di.-euesed with them the question of bringing about a ■better understanding between all the religious sects, especially those of the Christian faith Cardinal Rampolla was the closest col laborator with Pope Leo X T ll in the moNcment for thc reunion of Christian churches* When Pope L'-o was dyin-r a cablegram was iecei\ed in Rome raying that the American Protestant eonsrega tions were praying for his recovery Cardinal Rampolla was informed of the contents of the dispatch, which lie took immediately to the dying pontiff, who instructed him to w r ite that tin' message had been thc greatest consolation to him, as it had proved th a t his scheme for the reunion of thc churches uws not a d return Thc Cardinal's Fatal Attack. Yesterday m o rning Cardinal Rampolla went to St Peter's to inspect thc work of restoration of the choir Later lie felt a general indisposition which developed into profound prostration. Jle refused, however, to allow his secretary to re main witli him all night in his little pal ace behind »St Peter's, where he had lived since lie left the secretaryship of state. Tho cardinal’s secretary, alarmed at his condition, consulted a doctor who came and saw the cardinal but discovered no ‘•eriuui symptoms and ordered him to take a complete rest and keep warm Later in the e\etiing the cardinal grew worse and had great diflimltj* in breath ing. lie sent a messenger hurriedly for the M-crctary and a doctor who hastened to the palace but found on their arrival that the cardinal was already dead The doctor was of the opinion that death had been caused hy unirina pectoris. The cardinals secretary, who is an ecclesiastic, performed the linal rites of the church and then sent for the dead prelate’s sifter, Rnroncss Carolina Rnm- polla-Pcz/ana, who, together with he.r husband, went a t once to thc palace. Then Cardinal Merry Del Val was in formed and after consultation with sa.ne of his colleagues decided to postpone till today the breaking of thc news to the pope Of lat« Cardinal Rampolla has been mentioned ns a possible successor to Pope Pius X A lb a n y , X Y., Dec. 17— A ll o f the election bills passed at the extraordinary session of thc Legislature, including those for thc dircct election of U n ited S tates senators, tho Massachusetts b a l lot nn d changcs in tlic prim a ry am i gen eral election laws, were signed today by Governor Glynn. ln a statement legarding the election law s thc governor said: “ M y signature us governor to these tliree measures marks thc buccessful ac com p lishm e n t by a Democratic J-egiwhi- tu r c of each and every electoral reform , in accordance with the pledges contained in thc last Democratic state p latfo r m . “A m o n g other things, this direct nom inatio n law prohibits the placing of any candidate upon the primary b a llo t who has not filed a petition w ith signatures of a certain proportion of the enrolled voters. Thc number of certified signa tures of enrolled voters necessary is as follows * J*or I nitcd States senator or any oflice to be filled by all voters of the state, 0,000. * For Xew ^ r k City 1,500; f<*r UufTalo, Rochester or an^ county or borough con ta in in g more than 230,000, 1,000. “ For nny oflicc in a county or borough co n taining 25,000, 250, or a n y eity of thu sccond class or congressional district, -‘,500. ‘ Kor any other county or city of the th ird class or of any assembly district 250. **At the expiration of tho tim e for filin g nomination for the p r im a r y , the commissioners of elections n o t if y all candidates to appear to draw lots for positions upon tlic ballot. T h is ift a variance from thc plan followed tinder the Massachusetts primary b a llo t ; there preference is given by alphabetical or der.'* Under the new primary law the State Com m ittee is lo be composed of one m e m b e r for cach assembly d istrict. 1‘hc ’ou n ty Committee shall have a repre* eutativc front cach election d istric t ; Uie vote of each being m proportion lo the o le east at thc last gubernatorial elec tion. PROPOSE TO ELIMINATE THE DEPOSITS GUARANTEE FROM CURRENCY MEASURE Democratic Senators to Confer Tonight Regarding B ig Changes— Hope to Voto Thursday, W a s h ington, Deo. 17— A t a confcrence of Dem o cratic senators tonight it is proposed to elim inate thc deposits guar, anteo from tbe currency bill, change thc ‘la w f u l m o n e y redem p tion” tx> mako treasury notes redeemable in gold and arrange, if possible, for a final vote Thursday n ig h t Other changcs are favored by many Democratic senators. Efforts w ill be made to eeourc an agreement of Dem o cratic senators on all amendments which then w ill bo offered in the Senate by Chairm an Owen. Democratic House Loader Underwood told -Senate leaders that if tho bill passed the Senate tomorrow' he thought it would bc disposed of by the House before M o n d a y . Predictions th a t the bill would pass the Senate before Saturday night were made by Senators Bristow, Rurlon and Gullingor, Republicans, after they had rejected overtuies from Senator Kern, Democratic leader for au agreement \o vote not later than Friday night. ‘‘The R e p u b lican senators are as anxious for a tlnal vole on this bill as thc Democrats.” said Senator (lallinger ‘'It is not the Republicans who are de laying action *’ The Dem o c ratic leader was denounced as being “ u n f a m ilia r with thc bill under consideration.” PRICE TWO CENTS PANAMA CANAL GRAFTJNQUIRY Irregularities in Commissary De partment Alleged OF 2HICIIIIS 37 Men Were Killed in the Vul can Mine Explosion WHITMAN PLACES NEW EVIOENCE BEFORE JURY X e w York. Dcc 17— D istrict Attorney W h itm a n was prepared to go befoie the C r a n d Jury this afternoon w ith newly Uncovered evidence in connection with bis investigation into state highway r a f t and the exaction of cam p a ign con tributions from road contractors Sev eral new’ witnesses whose nam e s were n o t disclosed previous to thc ns«embling of the jury were under subpoena to tes tify Tho new evidence was said to have been furnished by Jo h n A lien nessv, and certain up-state politicians. A t least two new indictm e n ts are ex pected before tho end of tho week. CLEVELAND HOTEL STRIKE TO TAKE ON LARGE PROPORTIONS Cleveland, O., I t o 17 —OHicrr» of thu Cookrf and Waiter* Union said today th a t they would call out all mnon bar tender-, i-liefi and cook-; and all otlior union workman employed in fl-veland lmtvis, and as-HMtrd tlu*} would unionize all help rein,lining in order to win llie waiters’ strike, be.21111 yesterday u l the Hotels .Statler, Jlollenden anil (,'oloni'il- The»e three hotels entered the second day of the strike with cheek girls and bell boys w o ikiug as waiters, l’ickctin; continued today. The hotel men assert eil thnt they w ere not worrying over the «itmition. \Wc will have all the help we w a n t in a day or tw o ,\ said Munager O'Con nor of thc ^tatle r \So far as wc are concerned the .strike is over.*’ Balance Left From M a ine Fund. Washington, Dee- 17.— Kuiaiiijr the old battleship Maine from the m u d of Ha vana Harbor cost thc U n itcd States according to a report sent to the House oi Representatives by the W a r Department. This includes the transportation to and b u r ial of the bodies of moro than 200 o i her crew ,n Arlington. The total appropriation was $300,000. P a r t of th'n fund has reverted to the Treasury Department, thc report says, b u t thc War D e p a r tm e n t now has on hand $104,354 for the erection of mon uments and tablcta. f Ov/cgo M a n Burned Under Auto. Ringham ton, X Y., Doc. 17— The partly burned body of George H. Baker, 41, of Owcgo, son of former State Rail* road Commissioner Frank IL Baker of Owego, was found lying in the burned remnants of h\s touring ear a t A p palachian a short distance from thc city a t S o’clock this morning. Baker left Owego last night to v isit his sister, M rs. John Wester, in th.s city, and Btartcd for home about * o clock, this mornnip. How the aces dent occurrcd is a mystery, but it i supposed the machine jumped thc road overturning and pinning him beneath it, caugth fire and cremated him. Xew Castle, Colo., Dee. 17.— Bodies of _M of thc men killed in yesterday’s explosion had been removed from the wmUing of the Vulcan mine of the Rocky M o u n tain Fuel Company early today Three more bodies had been 1 • •ated in Die west entry All the victim s of the disaster were married and all but six or eight were Americans. Many of the bodies were frightfully mangled and burned. Father I P. Carrigan, of (Jlenwood prings, near here, hurried to Xewcas- tle a t the. first, news of the explosion. The priest rii'dtoil into the smoking pit, among the first rescuers in search of the dying, lo whom he m ight adminisl«'r the last n t e « of the church. CASES OF FOUR GUNMEN BEFORE COURT OF APPEALS REPUBLICAN-PROGRESSIVE AMALGAMATION MOVEMENT Indianapolis, Ind., Dec 17.— A move m e n t for thc amalgamation of thc Re publican uud Progressive P a rties in th-s (M a rion) county, was started a t a meeting here last night when represen tatives from every ward and practically every precinct in the county were pres nt. Mayor Harry W a llace chairman of the Marion County R e p u b lican Cen tra l Committee, was am o n g the speak F. Benjamin Heaton, a Progressive, was appointed chairman of a com m ittee of ten which will make the plans for thc u n ion of thc two parties NAVY DEPARTMENT TRADES WITH FOREIGN MARKETS Washington, Dec. 17.— Taking advai tago of reductions under the Underwood tarilf law the navy has adopted tho general policy of purchasing supplies thc markets of the world, instead i'f only in thc American market. Thc lat est call for hid-, put out by tlic Xav Bureau of Supplies and Accounts is for 100,000 yards of dark blue cloth, for trousers, jaekcts and cap3 for enlisted men* GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATING Burke W h o Did Purchasing Totalling M illions is Accuscd of Reaping Harvest Through F a t Commis sions from Contractors. Albany, X . Y , Dee. 17.— Arguments on the appeal of the four gunmen con victed of the murder of Herman Rosen thal began today before thc Court of Appeals. Judge A . T. Clearwater of Kingston and Judge W a h le of Xe»v York, appeared for the convicted men while A s s istan t District Attorney Rob- rt ('. T a y lor represented the state. The appeal was sim ilar to that made in Die Becker case. 'Reversal of judg* ment was n*kod and the order of Judgo (loir in denying a new trial was attacked. It was asserted that the presence of three of tbe gunmen. W h itey taw is, Oyp thc Blood and Lefty Louis, near thc scene of the shooting was due solely lo an arrangem e n t they had to meet Jack Rose to discuss the arrest of Zclig, another gunm a n W h ile they were en gaged iu conversation, it was set forth, the fatal .shot was fired. Judge W illia m K. W e rner acted oh chief judge. Judge Cullen having retired from active, scrvicc yesterday. W a s h ington, Dcc. 17.— Charges of ir regularities in dealings between John Burke, commissary manager for tho P a n a m a Canal work and contractor-*, who havo been furnishing supplies, are being investigated by tho government. B r o a d ly the departm e n t is investigating to determine whether he has received commissions from contractors “So far as the investigation has gone, it appears tlm t there has been no loss «o the government,” said M a jor C. F. Boggs tho general purchasing oflieer of tho P a n a m a Canal Comm ission, today. M\* jo r Boggs is conferring w ith legal oflt cera of the W a r Departm e n t and thc C a n a l Commission regarding the nc.xt step to be taken. Burke is somewhere iu the United States on a 50-day leave of absence from his post on tho Isthmus and is still on the government payroll. A t the Canal Commission's ofliccs it was staled that as thc investigation into the charges against Burke is still in progress, to disclose tho government’.* purpose a t this stago m ig h t defeat its objects. I t is adm itted officially, however, thal for the lust six m o n ths thc inquiry has been in progress based upon charges preferred by Charles ft. Walker, a former subordinate of Burke’s in thc comm issary departm e n t, alleging that bis superior officer was demanding and receiving large commissions from per sons w ith whom he hnd placcd large contracts for food and other supplies for thc canal workers. Also, it was alleged th a t Burke had awarded contracts to the Colon im p o r t and Kxport Company, in which he was a stockholder and tin t lie had profited a t least $50,000 from bis operations His salary was $4,500 a year. Several im p o r tant contracts were plneed in Ktiropc, Burke.’rf work ns commissary was done entirely from the Isth m u s and it was explained at the W u r Departm ent th.it his operations were no t directed from the Canal Comm'n»t>oin offices here not in connection w ith the quarternia.ster’s departm e n t of the arm y . His purchases aro believed to have, totalled somewhere between $5,000,000 and $0,000,000 dur ing the. period covered l»y the investiga tion. 'fhe. one fact upon which all the officials agreed today was that if any one had lost money by the operations of M r. Burke thc governm e nt was not thc loror. W ith thc completion of thc investigation tiie law oflicerH of thc War Departm e n t will determ ine what nction, if any, the government m a y take. OBTAIN NEW CLUES IN SEARCH FOR McCANN GIRL Chicago, Dcc, 17.— A d d itional detec tives today took up thc search here for Jessie K. McCann, the missing Brooklyn social worker. Two persons said th a t on Dcc. II, thoy saw a young woman who looked like the published pictures of Miss McCann. The first one was M rs. .Mary Fisher, IB M South W a b a s h Avenue, from whom the supposed .Miss M c C ann sought lo rent a room, the second was Dr. O. A. Rem ington, U208 South Wabash Avenue, who was consulted professionally by the same young w o m a n . She upokc of an operation for appendicitis and detec tives today resumed their search at thc hospitals. Steamer Carrying 150 Passengers Badly Damaged in Collision X e w Y o r k , Dcc 17— Thc steamer Ten* nessee of tbe Bay S tate Line reached her pier here early today in tow of a t u g , w ith a b o u t 20 feet of her port rail torn aw a y , several staterooms stove in and thc pilot-house damaged. She had been in collision w ith the four-masted schoon er M a t t ie Bassett, shortly after starting for Providence last night. The crash oc currcd a t the entrance of Long Island Sound. O n board thc Tennessee were about 150 passengers nnd a crew of 45. A t thc tim e of thc collision most of thc pas sengers were in the dining saloon. Sev eral were throw n from their feet and nearly all rushed to thc decks. Xn one, however, was hurt. Twenty-five sailors, «nn shore leave from United States battleships now at thc Brooklyn X a v y Y a r d , after their E u ropean cruise, were aboard thc Tennessee and rendered valuable aid in quieting thc passengers. Thc schooner M a t t ie Bassett was not badly damaged. | LOCAL NEWS TO-DAY ON | | PAGES 3, +, 5, 6, 7,9, 10 |
