CRUISER CHICAGO SINKS A TUG.Philadelphia. lan. S.- While aiding in

rhxklng thn cruiser Chicago at the Phila-delphia Navy Yard to-day a tugboat wasrammed hy the warship and sunk. Cap-tain Casey of the tug and the engineerwere knocked from their feel and ren-dered unconscious, hut were taken off thesinking tus. along with other members ofthe crew, by the government tugs Sanw-*et :i!iistrl -t of Columbia.

Firs' lieutenant JOHN J. REDDT. medicalreserve corps, t" Fort Monroe.

NAVY.

ARMT.Captain Bt»GAR A. MACKUN,25th Infantry

Secretary Meyer will send to Congressnothing which he does not tlnd it possibleto recommend as an emergency measurefully sustained by arguments and statisticswhich will warrant legislative adoption.The most sanguine naval officers Ho not be-lieve that anything will ba done, in thedirection of naval personnel relief at thepresent session, but they realize that aPresidential message on the subject willhave desirable influence and bring beforeCongress the urgent need of relief.

ADMIRAL. NAZRO MAT RETIRE.—Rear Admiral Arthur P. Nazro. command-ant of the naval station at Olongapo. Phil-ippine Islands, and now on his way to t.iel.'nlted States, probably will be orderedbefore a retiring board this winter. Tie Unow under orders to go to the naval hos-pital at Philadelphia. He is one of theyoungest admirals In point of age in theservice. It Is understood that he wasnnable to take the physical test last yearon account of physical disability.

ORDERS ISSUED.-The following ordershave berid Loudenslager, of New Jersey, advocatea p?an to place a civilian in charge of theentire navy yard administration, but somuch opposition baa been shown this sug-gestion at the Navy Department that thereit Mnall prospect of its being adopted.

Th' differences between the committeepiiSecretary Meyer are. in fact, based ont!ie premises that the Secretary desires tor-.ake the navy yards military stations,iind»-r military organization, while a ma-jority of the committee members feel thatthe* yards should be more in the natureor industrial plant

House Committee May Favor

Most of His Suggestions.(From Th« Tribune Bureau.]

Washington. Jan.—

The. Naval AffairsCommittee, after listening for two hours to

a Fupplemental explanation of the navalr- organization plan by Secretary Meyer to-

tfsy, practically decided to adopt his recom-

mendation that all navy yard constructionrelating to buildings and operating plants

should be under the supervision of the Bu-

rrau of Yards and Docks. The committee

i« of the opinion that civilengineers should

have control of this work. As the commit-

tee 1? already almost agreed that the Bu-

reau of Equipment should be abolished,tr.*-rc is every prospect that a great part atlean of Mr. Meyer's scheme will be favor-ably .-!«-}• .1 Oil-

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TREASURY CASH TRANSFERREDWashington, Jan. S. One of the largest

financial transactions In the world's historytook pla'-e here to-day. It sonsisted of theHivini? of a receipt for $1,260,134,946 88 2-3 byLee McClunir. the Treasurer of the UnitedStates, to Charles 11. Treat, who retiredfrom that office on October 31, and is anacknowledgment of the money and securi-ties In the ufllce on November l. Thepractice Is a customary one with the changeOf treasurers.

Representative Oldfleld, of Arkansas,

made his nrst speech in the House, askingfor th^ repeal of a iau granting railroadsthe right to cut timber from governmentlands adjacent to th^ir right of vay, andRepresentative Smith, of California, spoke,In opposition to the government exercisingcontrol over water power sites in the \Ve11, and urgedits passage as reported, saying that theestimates had been pared to the bone. Rep-resentative Bartholdt, of Missouri, indicatedthat lie would offer an amendment provid-ing for the restoration of the canteen.

A long speech in opposition to ship sub-sidy legislation, and directed particularlyagainst the Humphrey bill, recently intro-duced, was made, by Representative Kuster-mann, of Wisconsin.

ARMY HILLIXHOUSE.

Ve«t»>rday"B victory of tho House Insurg-ents over Speaker Cannon is really of con-siderably less moment than has been as-sumed In some quarters. The insurgentsstill insist that they were fighting for prin-ciple and not with the purpose of changingthe proposed personnel of th* committeewhich is to investigate the Ballinger-Pin-chot controversy. Moreover, snmo Repre-sentatives who voted against the organiza-tion yesterday Insist that they did so be-cause of their conviction that the countryat large would have greater confidence inthe report of a committee elected by theHouse than of one appointed by Mr. Can-non—an argument which Is not withoutforce. G. Ci. H.

There is good reason to believe that theestimate which Japanese statesmen placeon the abilities of Secretary Knox hasgreatly advanced in the last few days. Mr.Knox s proposition regarding the Man-ehurian railroads has placed Japan, somediplomats here say, between the devil andthe deep sea. Ithas been the insistent dec-laration of Japanese statesmen that theirgovernment had no territorial ambitions re-garding Manchuria and that they were act-uated solely by a desire to promote thecommercial development of that country.Taking them at their word with a sim-plicity and apparent guilelessness whichthey possibly found amusing, Mr. Knox.these diplomats point out, has not only de-vised a method for the control of the rail-roads of Manchuria which will, by remov-ing an otherwise inevitable and incessantcause of political unrest and dissension,make greatly for the commercial develop-ment of Manchuria, but he has obtainedthe acceptance in principle of his proposi-tion by Germany and Great Britain, Ja-pan's valued ally,and now he presents it atTokio with the cordial indorsement of thisgovernment and of those two great powers.To reject it. it is asserted, would be a con-fession by Japan of the speciousness of for-mer pretensions; to accept it would he torelinquish the strongest instrument for thecontrol of Manchuria. That there is excite-ment at Tokio is not surprising. Russiaalso, it is said, is placed in a somewhatpeculiar position, compelled to choose be-tween three great powers on the one handand her former enemy on the other. TheJapanese in Washington are scrupulouslyrefraining from comment on thn situation,but privately they are intimating that oc-casionally the pullelessness of the Ameri-can diplomat may be as deceptive as thatof the Oriental.

the Sherman anti-trust law. The writer*of these protests had not learned of thePresident's proposition so to fra-m* the lawas to loave such federal corporations asamenable to the Sherman law as those In-corporated under state laws. Nevertheless,the fact that voters from a considerablenumber f states have already beenaroused to the point of sending protests totheir members of » 'digress seems to in-dicate that the opponents of the adminis-tration have not been slow to take ad-vantage of the situation to create a fal^eimpression.

The suggestion was made in this columntwo days ago that the administration endOf the President's proposition for federalincorporation had not been well handledfrom the point of view of encouragingpopular approval for the scheme, it isnow learned that Senators and Represen-tatives are receiving numerous letters pro-testing against the proposition, on theground that it willafford a refuge for thosecorporations which have suffered or arelikely to suffer from the enforcement of

Wh^n the "Return from Elba" politicalmovement was first disclosed In these dis-patches, it was related that Senator L-a Fol-lette was a party to the movement becauseof his personal ambitions; that he cher-ished the hope that out of n. deadlock be-tween the supporters of President Taft andthose of ex-President Roosevelt in the con-vention of 1912 there might arise a situa-tion in which he migrht become the compro-mise candidate, as Mr. Garfield did in theconvention of 1880, following the deadlockof the Grant and Blain* forces. Then- wasKomn comment at the time tha/ President laspirations on the part of Mr. La Follettewre far fetched, if not preposterous. In-formation which has reached Washingtonfrom Wisconsin brought out in a lawsuitthere, and which receives abundant con-firmation here, is to the effect that the splitbetween Senators Stephenson and La Fol-lette grew out of the refusal of the formerto contribute $250,000 to the promotion ofMr. La Toilettes Presidential aspirations Inthe national convention of 190 That apolitician who seriously contemplated theInvestment of that sum to further his Presi-dential ambitions two years ago should re-gard his chances of preferment in 1912 asexceedingly good can hardly be regarded, itis said by politicians here, as preposterous—from his point of view.

One of the difficulties attending a newadministration is that of forming an accu-rate estimate of the Executive. There area Rood many people who have not yetformed a correct estimate of the characterof William Howard Taft. His great size,his expansive smile, his genial good natureand apparent inertia are likely to be sadlydeceptive. Tell the man in the street thatPresident Taft is a whirlwind of energyand determination, and he will laugh at you.And yet there are times when that descrip-tion is literally true. It is possible gentlyto jostle the President of the United Statesinto a corner, and even to bulldoze him alittle, so long as he does not suspect yourmotive. But once in a corner, he can amiwill right like a tiger. Once aroused, hiscapacity and his determination know nolimits. In the placid interregnums of po-litical life he seems like a groat, good nat-ured giant. He suggests General Luxem-bourg, who was described by Macaulay asfailing to maintain picket lines, to utilizeflouts, and. in fact, neglecting every cus-tcmary military precaution, and yet win-ning his battles by the sheer force of hisextraordinary energy and determination.Whether or not Mr. Taft will becomearoused to the fact that there, is an effortto turn the House over to the Democratsand the further fact that there, is a fight«gainst him is the question which is troub-ling the eouls of some of his most loyalsupporters.

[From Th« Tribune Bureau.]Washington. Jan. B.—The first announce-

ment of the belief held by men high in thexistence of such a movement, althoughpossibly exception may be taken to the-adjective "shrewdly." The views of closefriends of the President were then chron-icled. It is now possible to state withoutqualification that there is an organizationin Washington and elsewhere which hasthat end in view; that it has held a num-ber of meetings, and that one. at least, ofthese meetings took place on a recentSunday afternoon, when men not alreadycommitted to the movement were askedto meet to discuss "the increased costof living." At the meeting were sev-eral members of the two houses of Con-gress, a number of federal officials andseveral newspaper men who are committedto the movement and are doing all in theirpower to further it. Some who have be-come convinced of the existence of themovement declare that it is not shrewd be-cause it is premature, and because some ofits principals have acted without dis-cretion. Those who regard it as premature,however, would do well to consider theproblem which confronts the movers.First, Kx-President Roosevelt knows noth-ing of the movement, and their only hopeof success rests in obtaining for it suffi-cient Impetus to make it impossible forhim to head it off on his return "to thiscountry. Second, they are playing for abig stake, the loss of the House to theDemocrats next November. The loss oftV.e House would do more to cripple theTaft administration than anything elsethey could accomplish, and the election ofthe next House is nearer than many peo-ple realize. Magazines, which count theircirculation by the millions, have been en-listed in the cause, the alleged unpopularityo' Speaker Cannon is being utilized to theutmost, and. while the men engaged in themovement are- tyros In politics and are-bound to make some blunders, they aredoing fairly well for amateurs after all.

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Instead of being: disturbed by his defeat,the Speaker became reminiscent and told astory which illustrates his opinion thatwhenever you have the votes you can carrycut your ideas.

"Back In the greenback days." he said,"there v a.* a man named Emory Storrs. abrilliant man and an able man, in spite ofrome at his views. He called on ChaunceyBlair;a big Chicago banker, and talked thefinancial situation over with him. He toldKlair that what the country needed wasmore money.""

'We have plenty of money,1 said Blair.• 'The banks are fullof it. "We would wel-come any borrower who came to us for aloan.*•• 'Well, let me have a million/ answeredStorrs."Allright/ said Mr. Blair. *l wish there

were three of fourmore borrowers like you.Bat -."hat collateral can you offer?'• -

'Collateral ?' inquired Storrs; 'collat-eral? Then it isn't more money that werjf-c-d; It's more collateral.'

"

And in the Speaker's mind it isn't recog-nition that the Insurgents need, but votes.

Take* Defeat, with Smile andTell* a Story.

[From The Tribune Bureau. 1Washington. Jan. v

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