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lur m: >• THIS \it)i:si\<;
FOREIGN.— The Moroccan army invaded Al- |
ceria and forced the French troops to retreat, I
until reinforcements arrived. = Ambassador j
Jteid. Field Marshal White. Lord Justice Moul
ton and Sir George Goldie spoke at the Thanks- ;
giving dinner of the American Society In Lon- '•
don. Secretary Taft and his party crossed
the frontier at noon, and a toast was drunk to
the Secretary as the next President of the
United States. - In reply to overtures from
the American Ambassador, the Japanese For
fiprn Office announced that every precaution was
being- taken to prevent a recurrence of past
immigration frauds. = — Prince Yon BUlow,
at the opening of the Reichstag, made a notable
speech defending the Emperor, the German
army and himself. = Karl Grey, in his
■peed) from the throne at the opening of the
Dominion Parliament, discussed the Newfound
land fisheries question and immigration matters.
DOMESTlC— President and Mrs. Roosevelt
visited the old home of President Madison, near
Montpelier, Va. == Th© amount of new Treas- !
ury certificates to be allotted by Secretary Cor- ;
telyou will be about $3."V< KM t.OOO. == The ;
United States marshal at Montgomery, Ala., ,
■was occupied in swearing in deputies in antici- j
pation of a conflict between the state and fed- |
authorities in the enforcement of the in- .
"junction granted yesterday against the special .
railroad legislation. ''" — A. E. Baxter asserted 1
•at ESlmira that the declaration of Speaker i
'tVadsworth for Smith as against himself for j
«!<rk of the New York Assembly did not decide 1
the contest, z-,^^ Seven men were burned to !
«]--.atli and two were fatally injured In a Kansas j
City Wiping house fire, caused by an explosion !
of gas. H. K. Schuknecht, assistant II- i
linois Fiv>d Commissioner, announced that but- j
tenrtilh as sold by the majority of Chicago deal- ;
*-rs is a omposttlon of skim milk and lactic '
a. id bacteria. It was announced in ■<=»
Palestine. Ohio, that the son of Mrs. Mary Ann
Manseii had employed ■ lawyer to > M =ta!iiish in 1
Kngland the Identity of his mother, who. it is i
alleged, is the lost halfslster of Ellen Terry,
the actress.
ClTY.— Thanksgiving Day, was celebrated
throughout the city. ===== The directors of the
Borough Bank, of Brooklyn, gave details of the
confessions of those formerly connected with |
the institution. ===== Negroes in 'San Juan Hill" i
engaged in a pistol light with the police ==
W. S. Hurley, of the Borough Bank, of Brook- j
lyn, was induced to go to the bank building by I
a false report of fire from a. stranger, who dis- I
appeared. ■ W. .T. Bryan bid for Southern i
votes by advocating a reduction of th« rig of
injunction in the federal courts, -mr The Inter- !
borough Rapid Transit Company organized a
force of fifty special police for service on its
lines. • President Zela;-a. it was learned,
was Importing war materials while talking
peace. r__: — St. Monica's Ti<->n^in Catholic
Church, in East Tflth street, was dedicated. -
Dr. Mac Arthur. in a sermon on "The National '
Unrest Among the Nations." delivered a eulogy I
an President Roosevelt, and named Governor
Hughes for President In lf«»K. ===== John 'Whit
ley, a prosperous business man. shot and killed ;
his wife and then committed milcide. by Jumping !
from the tenth story of the Beileclair Hotel. In '
Broadway.
THE WEATHER— lndications for . -day: i
Fair and colder. The temperature yesterday: j
Highest. . r >2 degrees; lowest. -4'". j
riIOGRESF IT PAX AM A
The inspiring report of Lieutenant Colonel
Goethals on conditions and achievements at
Panama, affords ground for a general review of
what has boon done on the great canal since
American acquisition of it and of the present
outlook for Its completion. Without any Invid-
Sons reflections upon our predecessors, much of
whose work there is above praise, : , comparison
will be In order as an indication of the increase
In efficiency which improved methods have ef
fected. From ISSI to !!*t4 tho French com
panies excavated in all/including diversion cuts,
about 70,600,000 cubic yards. From <"ie begin
ning of May. 1904. to the end of October, 1907,
the Americans have excavated 18.7Q6.4Ck; cubic
yards, of which 11,221,730 were from the canal
prism. That is to say. Americans have exca
vated nearly 74 per cent more rapidly than did
the French. The contrast is heightened by the
consideration that the work now i,... yard for
yard, is much harder than it was and is stead
ily grow lug' harder. Moreover. Americans have
done ■ vast amount of auxiliary work, road
making, paving, sewer laying, swamp clearing
sod draining and waterworks construction,
which th*» French did not undertake si all.
This i -.'Teased efficiency is doe not to the eui
ploynient of more men but to the us« of better
machinery, and particularly to the use of steam
show ls. The first of those engines, a 43-ton
shovel, was set to 'work in the fall of 1904 and
began excavating 900 yards ■ day. Now there
are between sixty-five and seventy «of them at
work and a dozen more ordered, mostly of the
7'Mon and 93-ton types, and each, is excavating
from IJBQQ to 3,000 cubic yards a day. regardless
whether it Is earth or rock. The rate of In
crease la excavation is strikingly shown by the
figures of output from the 'ana! prism.* In
June, IDO.'*, the total w#s T»;.i*tir» yards, all being
done at Culeb»"iv; in June, l!«0r., also at Cnlebra
nloue, 207,700 ranis; in June. 1007, by which
time operations were in progress at Colon.
Oatun and La Boca, as well as at Cnlebra. 777.
110 yards. Thereafter the increase is to be
noted by months rather than by years. In July.
1907. a ral«!er month than June. L 058.776
yards. In August, wetter still. 1.247.404 yards.
In September.- with the rain cteadily increasing,
1,481.307 yards. And in October, the rainiest
month of th«» year, and this year much rainier
than usual. 1344.471 yards. This increase has
been effected, moreover, with onlr a compara
tively slight Increase In the number of workmen.
Thus in Juno. 1906, there were 'J-ViO skilled and
•4,125 unskilled employes, a total of ;.•;-.>.-,. In
Juno. 1!«<»7. there were 4.404 skillwl and 18,023
unskilled, a total of 22,427. Thus with an in
i-reaisp of .-. per rent In workmen there was an
iiirreafw if more than 274 per <ont in work done.
Th*» original estimate of c»»st of construction
\v;is $130,7054260, not including sanitation and
other essential auxiliary works. Tims far there
has lift^n appropriated $79,608,568, or more than
half of the whole, and there has h^n sin-nt
down to June 30 last $48,285,110, or about 34 per
«vnt of Hh» whole. But of this last sum only
$29,782,682 was spent on the actual canal. -S'.t.
<;t;:».Si«; going for auxiliary engineering works,
£5.550.208 for sanitary works and $2,318,276 for
<i\il administration, schools, roads, etc. There
rore. down to June 30 last Joss than •_'•_' per pent
of the amount originally estimated and author
7-<! had iiHPn spent on canal construction. At
the present time there are still nearly 100,
«H»0,000 cubic yards to be excavated from the
•anal prism. besides thf bunding of the titanic
dam and locks at (intuit. That Ihe entire work
can i." completed within the estimated time
sterns probable That it ••an be done for the
estimated cost is less likely, if indeed it is pos
sible. Yet if the cost does exceed the estimates
it will fall far short of the speculative figures
prophesied by pessimists and by the opponents
of the whole scheme.
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The worst fears of the Alabama Legislature
have been swiftly realized. All of (Jovernor
Comers injunction-proof laws have been en
joined, and (here seems to be nothing for the
Governor to do but confess defeat or call an
other session The promptness with which this
restraint was applied must prove n great dis
appointment to all wt o have believed that a
way might he devised to bar corporations from
direct recourse to the federal courts In testing
the constitutionality of state lnws. The Comer
legislation represented the best thought of the
anti injunot ionists. Some time ago Governors
Comer. Glenn ami Hofce Smith held a conference
at which, we are informed, the stale rijrhis
leaders I'rom Georgia and North Carolina gave
advice on the question of framing laws that
could not be got before a l T nited States ludge.
Not only This, bur Attorney General Garner of
Alabama attended the national conference nf
attorneys general last summer at St. Ixiuis, where
fifteen men who had had some experience in
dealing with the problem put their heads to
gei her and suggested ingenious ways of draw
in^ statutes the enforcement of which could
not be enjoined. Consequently, when the extra
session began, ays "The Montgomery Adver
tiser." the administration was In possession of
"a brand new set of ideas on the railroad ques
"tion. nxrst of them dealing with means to pre
sent the granting of Injunctions. Some of the
■idea« came from North Carolina, some from
'■Minnesota, some l"r« -m Arkansas, some from
"Indiana. In short, the ideas oam«> from every
"state in which there had been agitation
"against the railroads." The newest and most
original device to render the laws Injunction
proof was to make no state officer specifically
responsible for their enforcement. That func
tion was taken away from the Railroad Com
mission and the Attorney General, and the en
forcement of the laws Mas made to depend upon
suitfi by citizens, passengers or shippers, it being
apparently supposed that no injunction i-ouM !>e
made broad enough to prevent citizens' suits.
Penal provisions were freely put into the a<ls.
on the theory that this would force tlie courts
tn treat them as criminal laws and not subject
to injunction, the enforcement nf -nine of them
apparently Involving the criminal prosecution
<>f railroad freight and passenger agents.
Judge Jones has tiej up all this legislation
with a blanket injunction directed at citizens m
general, and so ihe whole question of the limits
and proper use of ; tio Injunction, process re
ica ins exactly where it was. a matter for ad
judication by the 1 United states Supreme Court.
There is a seemly attitude for state officials
who res.. Nt the enjolnment of stale, laws to take,
and that is t<> wait until some of the many
now pending in which th<- use of the In
junction process is at issue have irf-en de
termined. Then- is room for dispute among
fair minded men whether the policy of the f<-d
era! courts toward regulative lnws should he to
compel the Rtate <i priori to show the reason
ableness of Its enactments in order to be per
mitti-d to enfnr<-e them. <•!• to compel the cor
poration affected to prove <i posteriori the
connscatory character of the legislation In order
1o have it >et aside. Hut the conduct of Gov
ernor Comer only goes to illustrate the need
of the injunction. I/ejrislatjoii passed as his
was. and in the spirit In which his was, deservta
tr» be enjoined.
WATERWAY PLAYS A\D CONTROL.
Following the convention at Philadelphia in
the interest of an Inland waterway along the
Atlantic Coast from Boston to Beaufort, the
National Rivera and Harbors Congress will as
seinble next week at Washington to advocate,
we are told, "a broad national policy with ref
■•en nee to waterways and harbor improve
"ments," and although it will probably not .-oin
mit itself to Jiny special projects it will doubt
less by implication favor the coast waterway
and other canal schemes. The importance of
such improvements has frequently been urged
and now seems to be more adequately appro
ciiiiod than ever before, and It is particularly
promising that the movement if toward a sys
teinatie jierformance of the work on h national
plan.
Hitherto the work of waterway Improve
ments has too often been marred and its use
fulness impaired by the circumstance that
while it was done at national cost it was done
In response to local oxgings and according to
local plans, without regard to any general
scheme. Something had to be done fur Run
combe, and so Wild Cat Creek was deepened;
and Buncombe was quite content because the
$100.fi00 had been spent there, and never took
the trouble to consider that so long as Yellow
Dog River remained unimproved the deepening
of Wild Cat Creek would be of no benefit what
ever. 'Indeed, the Buncombe district in its
jealousy actually opposed the granting of any
appropriation to the Waybaek district for the
Improvement of Yellow Dog River. Such
wretched localism must be got rid of if half
the money spent for waterway Improvement is
not to he wasted."
Nor is the question of control to Ik' over
looked. Logic and practical experience dictate
the desirability of national control of all water
ways created or improved at national cost, in
cluding this much talked of and really most
desirable inland coast waterway. Indeed, the
history of what should form a part of that
waterway and of one of the states to be
traversed by it emphasizes Strongly the nee.!
of something better than local control. New
Jersey used to be traversed from the Delaware
River to New York Bay by two commodious'
canals, one of which would form an essential
Irak la the proposed Boston-Beaufort route.
These canals carried an enormous commerce,
the tonnage on one of them being greater than
the entire ocean borne tonnage of the Port of
New York. But in an hour of folly the state
turned them over to two railroad corporations
which were jealous of their competition, with the
result that one of the canals has been wrecked
and practically abandoned and the other ie
duced to ■ piece tithe of it* former usefulness,
while the commercial interests* of the state have
greatly suffered. No opening should be left for
tfEW-YORK DAILY' TRIBUNE, FRIDAY. NOVEMBEH 29, 1007
a repetition of such mistakes in connection
with any of the waterways now contemplated.
\ MESSAGE FROM GARCIA.
• •Piioral <iarcia's utterances on bis return
from Washington to Cuba are of interest as
iho>.- of one of the foremost political leaders
and a candidate for the Presidency of the in
sular republic of especial interest is what he
says concerning the policy of this country and
Its Intentions regarding Cuba. He professes t.»
quote President Roosevelt, but not, we assumr,
t.i .10 bo literally; and we may also assume
that he gives a version of the President's re
marks paraphrased according to his own inter
pretation and probably colored to some extent
by his <>wn deslrvs.
That tbo United states will withdraw from
Cuba and leave the government of the island to
its own poupie is, of course, doubted by nobody
of discretion, nor has there at any time b«en
any reason for doubling it. That it. will do so
when Cuba feels that intervention is no longer
necessary and makes a formal request for with
drawal may also be taken for granted. Btit tho
obvious question arises, How will the fr-eling
and th»? formal n-rjuest of Cuba be manifested?
The United States can scarcely be expected to
ai-<-<'pt Implicitly the report of any one political
leader In Cuba, however prominent or of the
newspaper press, howerer unanimous, or the
resolutions of mass meetings. In the absence
of a native Cuban government it Is difficult to
see how the island can make, n formal request
for American withdrawal, save through the only
authoritative head of the insular administra
tion, tho Provisional Governor, and at hta Judjc
meni and discretion.
While, therefore, the governmeni <>i thn
United States will doubtless have due respect
for ili<- feelings and desires of the Cuban people,
expressed in any and every proper manner, it
will in the very nature of th(> case be com
pelled to I"' itself the judge of what those f«'o!
ings :oic] ilesireK reallj are. i>r what the pre
ponderance of tliem is; and In ihat judgment
it will Im> guided chiefly by the representations
and reports of its misted aceut. the Provisional
• Governor. But the Cuban people and their po
litical leaders, such as General Garcia, can do
much to facilitate and expedite Hie forming of
that judgment. They can sink their merely
factional differences and personal ambitions and
Hnimositlefi In a patriotic endeavor noi only to
appear but also to be worthy "f restored self
government. Then they may lie Mire that <;'>^
ernor Ma goon will perceive the fad and the
I'mteii States will lie ready and eager f" act
<:;i>n it.
thi; outlook /\ cakada
The Canadian Parliament assembled yester
flay for whal will he nlmosl certainly a pi"«>
Iracted nnd arduous session and perhaps the
la>t s-^si.iii before a general election. The legal
term of a Parliament is five years, but the
practice is t<> dissolve after about four years,
and the session now opening will l>e the fourth
of tli • present Parliament. Next year, there
lore. ;t general election may be expected, and
preparations for that occurrence will duubtlesa
figure largely in tliis winter's proceedings at 01
law.-i. eju-h - : '!'- seeking i" make political cap
ital for use In the Impending campaign.
The l.iiienil government is still In power, with
;i majority of flfty at iis hrnk. and it will doubt
le--< uinintain an easy control of Parliament
throughout the session. It will, however, be
largely on the defensive, t<oih at Ottawa and at
the hustings, in next year's campaign. Matters
have not gone well for it In the last year. The
result of the Colonial Conference in London was
disappointing. The tariff controversy with Aus
inili;i has l» en embarrassing. The race war
:il Vancouver added to Its difficulties, »
member of the ministry has felt constrained to
resign under charges and has not yet succeeded
mi vindicating himself. The gre:it tranncontl
neutal railroad undertaking has been marred
wiiii the awful bridge disaster at Quebec.
tgainst these »nd «»tber things the government
can show few important achievements of good
to Its credit.
The Conservative Opposition has. therefore,
an opportunity for rigorous attacks .-n many
points. But it will do more than attack. It
will put forward a positive programme of con
structive legislation as an alternative to that of
the Liberals, and for It will solicit popular sup
port Attempts at an accurate fon-c.-ist of the
outcome would be vain. Hut the Indications of
by-electlous and of the popular reception of
the Conservative lender on his recent tour of
the Dominion are that while Sir Wilfrid I.an
rler may once more carry the country it will ii»*
by a considerably reduced majority so small.
Indeed, that it may not endure through another
four v^irs.
POOR JEWS.
1 h<- announcement that lack of funds will
compel the United Hebrew charities to close
three Important branches at iii< end of thin
week calls attention to the abnormal burden
laid on philanthropic .Tews in this city. In mm
minting upon ih kntributions made this year
to the society's funds Rabbi Wise described as
■pitiable" the "showing of what we liked to
call the unstinted generosity of the Jew."
Doubtless the same plaint has been evoked
from others by the fact that, although more
than three-quarters of a million .lews live in the
metropolis, only :',.si«> contribute to the chief
charity organization of their religious faith.
Tins.' :;.mmi. it is true, were liberal, having
given more than a quarter of a million. Hut,
roughly estimated, only one Jew in two hundred
in the flrst Jewish <ity of the world contributed
through this channel to the relief of his destitute
coreligionists.
From those superficial statistics alone it
might well lie Imagined that the New- York Jew
liad lost one of the noblest traits of his race.
Hut further consideration suggests h different
Ktati of affairs, and one in which there is
cause for both regret and rejoicing If well to
di> Jews ar«' falling to supi>ort their Church
charities, two good reasons may I>h found. First
of all, the inrush of poor Jewish Immigrants
and thjeir concentration In this city have prob
ably increased the number of charity claimants
Car beyond the philanthropic power* of those
Jews who believe In aiding only their corelig
ionists. Ships are unloading potential paupers
and invalids more rapidly than orthodox bene
factors can earn money. It would not be sur
prising If many such Jews had loiiu since
reached the limit of their power to help. Again,
the majority of Jews may fail to contribute as
liberally as the society would like them to be
cause they prefer to distribute their benevo
lences, holding that the poor Jew muni take his
chances along with the poor Christian and the
poor atheist, s'lie great sums given in went
yean) by many Jewish philanthropists, large
and small, to non-sectarian charities in New
York City seem to us to discredit Rabbi Wise's
condemnation of his brethren.
JUSTICE TRIUMPH AX T.
N'.-w York City awoke on Thanksgiving morn
in? to discover that she really had something for
which she ought to be particularly thankful.
The rank and file of the agents of justice have
not yet sm-ceotl ( «d in convincing their fellow
citizens by their actions that they are resolved
to enforce the law of the land. But suddenly a
glad light appears. A real, live, hustling, aggres
give Individual enters upon the scene to demon
strate his thoroughgoing i— the and ideals.
He begins by arresting nine college men whom
he caught playing craps in the basement of an
uptown apartment hotel. Threatening to shoot
th* first criminal who dared to make a dash for
liberty^ be loaded them Into a patrol wagon a~>*l
brought them before the night court, where one
of the party was fined $1 and the others were
discharged.
This episode clearly demonstrates the superi
ority of private ownership to government owner
ship. The agent of justice was not. as some
body might have fancied, a member of the Dis
trict Attorney's staff; he was a plain private
detective, engaged at market rates by the owner
of the scene of the crime. He was consequently
unhampered by any of those numerous influ
ences, customs and prejudices which make the
government owned policeman and prosecutor
such feeble engines of Righteousness. He could
reason with cold logic that shooting craps was
gambling, that gambling was a heinous crime
forbidden and punished by the law. and that the
agent of the law must enforce the law. New
York City should rejoice that not all local repre
sentatives of justice have been municipalized.
Tt Is indeed a blessing to have somebody who la
determined to see the triumph of Righteousness
through to the finish, who doe? not propose to
let murderers and thugs distract him from
hounding down crapshooters. men who smoke
on car platforms and all the other wretches who
are insidiously gnawing at the vltaJs of society.
• The Alabama Cotton Manufacturers' Associa
tion has resolved to curtail the production of
cotton goods. Can it be that the conspiracy
against the cotton grower has extended even to
th« South?
It Is hardly probable that Hertz waves travel
with greater facility over the Pacific than over
the Atlantic. The success of the. transport
Thomas in picking up a message 2,aCW miles
from the station from which It was sent was
doubtless due largely to luck. The conditions
are much more favorable to transmission atone
time than at another. Besides, the equipment
at land stations is usually more powerful than
that on ships. If the message overheard by the
Thomas had emanated from another vessel the
incident would have been remarkable, if not un
precedented As it came from 9ltka there M
little occasion for amazement.
The New Jersey canvass; just completed,
shows that though ex -Judge Fort received a
plurality of 8.013 the Republican candidates for
th*» lower branch of the Legislature had a joint
plurality over their Democratic opponents of
1.-..37". Republicanism la therefore much
stronger in New Jersey than it was in 1906. and
it will Increase its strength the more the real
and permanent issues between the two parties
are emphasized.
To-day's mail will probably bring to the »ec
retary of 'the society f "'" keeping birds off
ladies hat* an application for membership
from ihe young woman whom feathered head
trouaed the Ire <<f ■ large raffle turkey In
,-i gubwa) express
The success of the new Brooklyn tunnel In re
lieving the crush on the bridge will depend
chiefly upon the number of two classes of
Brooklynttes — who now ride to the bridge
entrance and then spend ten or fifteen min
utes walking to their work in Manhattan, but
who. when the tunnel is running, may be de
livered fairly near their work by the subway.
having done their walking on the Brooklyn aide
to reach It. and those who now pay two fares,
coming over the bridge and then taking a Man
hattan surface or elevated line, but who. when
the tunnel is in operation, will change cars and
pay their second fare on entering the subway
in Brooklyn. The. number of persons In these
two classes is probably large.
M Deutarh, •<• "■ aeronaut,
is sad! to be planning a voyage from Parts to
London In ihe military airship La Patrte. If
the project is arrted out. It will be In order to
dispatch the NuUn Becundus from Aldershol by
wiiy of roturTiins: the eourtesj
THE TALK OF TUP. DAY.
A German newspaper recently published an «e
rnunt of a London dog show and mentioned th»»
prices nt which some, of the prlz« specimens were
held by their owners. "Lady Holland's little Jap
anese spaniel." said th« correspondent, "could not
be purchased foe MMM marks, and no one could
put a price on Queen Alexandra's prize greyhound.
There lire In fact, hundreds of animals on view
any one of which lo worth a fortune." A few days
after the article was published a peasant went to
the newspaper office with a large, shaggy mongrel
and asked to see the man who wrote about the
dogs. "He Is In England," the man was told.
"Well," lie Mild, "possibly you can tell me what
thl« nnlrna! Is worth. My wife wants me to keep
him. but if dogs are so valuable 1 am willing to
part with Hans." The publisher smiled and told
the man that his ilov; was not of the valuable kind.
"Not? Not valuable? Two years ago. when my
wife and 1 were both hi the iieM!« our hired
woman left the children alone, and while sins was
gone the house took tire. This doc ran In and
carried down the little one. and chased the other*
out. He saved them all, and you say he's not
valuable. What has the 2f0.000-mark dog done? 1
"Probably nothing." was the answer, "but ho is
perfectly bred and beautiful " "Now I understand,"
said Ihe peasant; "great family and Bne clothes
Just Ilk ruir nobles Come Hans!"
'.'Yes, she keeps all her money in one of her
stockings."
"Then she iia*n't saved much "
"Why not?"
"She's a Boston girl. Isn't she?" — Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
a Brayrna journal publishes an article concerning
i plan to Irrigate the plain of Konia. In Asia Minor,
i.r which the following; from United States consul
Harris, H a translation In part:
"For some time a scheme baa been under con
sideration for reclaiming the piHln of Konta, and
there now seems a reasonable, prospect that the
work will be carried Into execution The Irrigating
water will be supplied l>y the lake of Bey-Chehlr,
which is situated one hundred miles west of the
city of Kciniu. Two small streams, Bey-Chehlr-
Souyou and Tcharchambu-Souyou. which carry off
the overflow of the hike, will be canalized for a
distance of ninety miles. A canal of nineteen
miles will be built around the low and marshy dis
trict of Koravtran, known under tho name of
Sogla-Gheul. Another canal of twelve miles will
unite the above mentioned rivers it the narrow
gorge of Vallkovs Several dams, threo largo- res
ervoirs, an aqueduct, as well as countless small
canals, will have to be constructed for the distribu
tion of the Irrigating waters. It Is calculated that
122.G00 acres of soil will thus be opened to cultiva
tion, \v hen comparing this area with other wall
watered regions nt the empire, It has been esti
mated that the grain producing soil thus reclaimed
will increase the output by twenty thousand cur
lotids."
Southerner After ail. the Civil War waa louklil
.v • r .i ,> i v mil. ! i matter.
Northern How'h that? it Involved th»- Union
i :•■!.. i Nn, just .i little matter of sprl|ln X
Tin point Involved was whether we should say
Hi.- United Stales of America or the Cntied States
, :' An., iii a. Lippineott's.
News comer, that another European capital, this
tin i. Berlin. Is about to be converted to the Ameri
can skyscraper. Over there the name for it is
"rloud>cratcher." For yean It has been held an
abomination in the eyes of German architects,
partly, perhaps, because It la a distinctly American
creation. Now, a dissenter appears among their
own lending lights. Herr Franz Jaffe. royal archi
tectural councillor, came to this country to investi
gate building methods. On his return he made an
eloquent defence of "cloudscratchers." and already
his views have .dispelled m.my of the objections.
Herr Jaffa told how a twenty-»tory building, of the
steel and hojlow tile type, is built In ten month's
by Americans, while in Germany It takes just as
long to erect one of nix stories. Proof of the In
destructibility of the ht*h buildings will tend to
•-n«:o»raKC Merlin to imitate New Tors in elevating
•i- iky Hit'
Did she marry tier husband Lo reform lum'" '
I eii'-8s s»: and she relonned him. all right "
•Why. he drinks lik» a f)«h 1
"I know it. but he didn't use to before she mar
ried him."— Houston Post.
Abotit People and Social Incident*.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
fFr»>in The Tribune Bureau. I
Washington. Nov. 28. President Roosevelt sp»nt
this, his seventh Thanksplvlntr Day as President of
the United States, in vlslttntr the home of President
•lames Madison, at Montnelier, Va.. and in th«
company of his family. Up left the capital this
morning, nrromp^niril by Mrs. Roosevelt . Miss
Blhel md "Jtientin. made the trip to Mkußtptllf '"
a special car over the Southern road, and re
turned to the White Hoti.<w> this afternoon.
. The President lias always reserved the nisnt of
TlianksKlvinsr Day for a family dinner, and MHI
entertains more than two or three intimate friends
or relatives. Tn night his son-in-law and daugh
ter. Representative ;in<l Mrs. Nicholas I/>na;worth:
Mi.»= Ethel and yuentin Roosevelt and John C.
frr»nwav formerl the party to dinner. The great
Rhode Island turkey formed tha central feature of
the dinner. Theodore Roosovrlt. jr.. it Harvard
student, and K. rnvl ami Archie, students at tiro
ton. did not come home for their Thanksgiving din
ner, leaving the family party smaller than usual.
The hoys will come to th« Whito House for their
Christmas holiday.
THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S HOME, t]
fFrom T!i» Trihun» Bureau I
Washington Nov. 25.-Th° Tim President ana
Mrs. Fairbanks had Mr Fairbanks*.* mother. Mrs.
John Ttmmons; their daughter and on« or two
other members of their family at their Thanksgiv
ing dinner.
THE CABINET.
i - '■>"! Th» Trihune Bur»au. ',
Washington. Nov. 3S.— The Secretary of State and
Mr-> Root had. or course, a slightly decreased
family party. :is their daughter's man lags yester
day to lieutenant <;rant took her from their fam
ily roof, and Kdwnrd Wales Root, of New York,
returned to tliat city aftor the wedding. F.lilm
Root, Jr., remained with his parents, and Mrs
Salem H. Wales, mother of Mrs. Root, Is still her
gui M.
The Secretary of r '° Treasury and Mrs. • Cor
t^-voij had to dine with then their two little
daughters; also George b, Corlelyou, jr.. who re
turned from his school In Pennsylvania for the
day. and Miss Mines, sister of Mr». Cortelyou.
The Secretary of War and Mrs Taft and the At
torney General and Mrs. Bonaparte are the absent
members <>f the Cabinet. The Attorney General
enjoyed a family dinner at his home in Maryland.
All the other members of the Cabinet had small
family dinners with In* exception of th»» Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Metcalf, who entertained six
or seven RU»Kt9 Informally, and the Secretary of
culture who joined S]ieak>-i Cannon at dinner
with Representative and Mrs James R. Mann, of
Chicago.
Roger Blra " thf Becretary of >'<".
an.l 1.a1.0r and Sirs Straus foi Thanksj
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
Washington, Soi 28 Ambassadors and min
isters and the secretaries of legations ;md em
bassies, with families, followed their usual cus
tom of entertaining unattached ammbSTi of tho
.-..rp*. and. with few exceptions, their parties were
rather family affairs. One of the exceptions was
th« luncheon giv>n by the Minister from Costa
Rica and time. Cahro, who h;i.l a numher of Kueats.
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
[From Th« Trlbi>ne Bureau. 1
Washington. Nov. 25.-Mrs. "William Belden Noble
gave a largo lea this afternoon to introduce her
VISIT MADISON'S HOME.
President Roosevelt and His Family
nt Montpelier.
Washington. Nov. 2R— President Roosevelt
visited the old home of President Madison, near
Montpelter. V.. to-day. With him were Mrs.
Roosevelt. Mr. and Mrs. Loagwortb. Ethel and
Quentin Roosevelt.
They left the White House early, and were
driven to the new Union Station, which they
left at '.» o'clock in a special train. Trie trip
over the Southern Railway was) without mishap,
and was enjoyed by all. They were driven over
a fine road from Montreller to the Madison
homestead, and were escorted through all parts
of the mansion and listened to many stories
concerning the historic spot. Th« President was
particularly interested in visiting the, tomb of
President Madison, and remained near it some,
time.
When they returned to their private car
luncheon was served and the homeward Jour
ney began. Washington was reached shortly
after 4 o'clock, and the President and his fam
ily were driven immediately to the White
House.
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QUALITY OF TINPLATE.
To the Editor of Th* Tribune.
Sir in reference to the paragraph you published
about tlnplate the ..ther day. I will cover one roof
with three ply of The Dally Tribune and another
roof with American Unplate, rntnt both roofs with
metallic paint, three coats, and r^pplr.' both roofs
one coat every three years, and the roof covered
with The Dally Tribune will outlast the American
tinplate roof three to one. The lender* and gutters
famished nowadays are n lie and a cheat, wearing
out In three years from the time they are exposed
to the weather ,
GEORGE W. i>\ CTJNIIA. Architect.
Montclalr Height.*. N. J.. Nov. W. 1907.
[Many thanks. Wo have always considered
The Tribune a pretty good paper In various re
spects, but have never before thought of recom
mending it as a ready roofing. As a matter of
fact, however, we are afraid there Is cause
for our correspondent's complaints concerning
some American tlnplates. 1
A WORD OF APPRECIATION.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Dr. John 8. Fulton, the secretary general of
the. International Congress on Tuberculosis, asks
mm to thank you for your courtesy In giving edi
torial comment to tho plans and jicope of the con
gress In Th« Tribune of November S The in
fluetic« of The Tribune In affairs of public moment
counts for so much that the editorial Is especially
appreciated. OKRTRUDE B. KNIPP.
Editorial Assistant.
Washington. Nov. 27, 1907.
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A REAL CAUSE FOR THANKSGIVING.
From The New York World <t>em.).
one year ago Charles E. Hughes as Governor
elect of New York was art Interesting possibility In
the public service. To-day he Is a tried and proved
certainty. His administration is one of the chief
things for which In a public way the people of New
York have reason to be thankful. If they celebrate
Thanksgiving I»ay in th« right spirit they will rec
ocalsa this most Important fact In the history of
the state.
IMMIGRANTS' CAPITAL.
From The Hoston Transcript.
The capital with which many immigrants begin
lif<- In the New World Is so small, according la
government returns, that it must i.c assumed that
they eOBM here On Use certainty of immediate
employment. Immigrants are required to show the
money they have with them to the immigration
inspei-torH before they ar>- peimitteU to proceed
on thHr way. and the examination i 3 pretty rigid
The statistics of Immigration at the port of Bos
ton for the. month of September last show that
the average amount per capita possessed by Im
migrants was only JlSiO. The wealthiest wer>- t
comparatively small number of Hollanders and
Flemings, who averaged ratbei more than 01
apiece. The poorest were the Portuguese, whose
money stores were about X per capita. The order
of the several laces or nations on the basis of
money shown was: Dutch and Flemings flrst
Germans second. English th'rd. Scotch fourth'
Thence on the diminution of resources was rapid
DRUNKEN POLICEMEN.
From The Rochester Herald
The Buffalo Police Commissioners have issued a
general order against drunkenness on the force
which is so severe In its terms that it has been
made the subject of much discussion and Mm*
criticism In police circles throughout the country
The new order provides that after a member of the
Police department shall f>e convicted before |h«
commissioners on the charge «if intoxication while
on dut> and In uniform, or for enterlns am plh-»
To lii.- i i >toxlcatlng liquor* ar< sold cr ftirV'sh-d
except In Mv Immediate disonaice of pol'cf duty"
he shall be summarily dismissed from the force!
No leniency whatever will be shown on account of
previous good record or gallant conduct.
'daughter. .Ml«« David- Tulee Noble, whlrh r)r« w
several hundred persons together. Assisting Mrs.
Noble were Mrs. James R. Garfleld. wife of
the Secretary of the Interior; Mrs. Thomas
Bayard. Mrs. Edward t>. White. Mrs. Wallace Npfr
and Mrs Charles Fox. The young women with
Miss Noble were Miss Eleanor Cullom Ridge Miss
Constance Hi.. Miss Mary ,Scot» and Mis* Her-.
rietta Fitch. Two of last year's debutant. Mi«*
Joanna S«-!ir>*>.i<T and Miss Evelyn •"hem. kiss as
sisted
Senator ami Mrs. stt«p, p. Klkins ent»rta»nM
at dinner to-night for Gustav Si'hwab and Mi«*
Schwab, their house guests, who came hi attend
the wedding of Mi-:* R.».i ,nd Lieutenant Grant
yesterday.
Mrs. Newberry and Miss Newberrv. wife and
daughter of the Assistant Se.-retar« of the Navy,
went to New York yosterday to spend ThanksgH- ■
In* with Barnes and Phslpa Newberry. th» sons
Of the family, who COOM not leave th«tr school
for a holid^; They Will return bere to-morrow
Mrs. Rii-hard 1!. Townsend and Miss Towns»ni
;ii>' at their house. in Massachusetts avenue, after
HSM) months spent in Kurop*.
Mr. and Mrs John "W. Foster are ent-rtainln*
a number of students from Princeton, and girls
from Bryn Mawr for whom Mr« Foster will d\»
« tea i.n Saturday afternoon.
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Amos Tu'-k French, his daughter. Miss Pauline
T*» Roy French, and her flange Samuel Wag
staff, have left tOWS for Newport for th* week
end
V .-.] < ;. Van.lerbilt arrived in town ■"■<t»r^- ) v
from Newport, where h<» has been sir the close
Of th« horse show.
Xr. and Mrs. Augustus I'rum1 'rum Porter have •-
turned to town for the winter and are at their
tn>ii-e in Park avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. 6naN l.ivincston Hnyt ami Ml««
Iloyt will return f»WH Staatsburg. N. V.. th« •-
ginning of next w*ek.
Mr and Mrs John Kills Roosevelt mm moved
from No. 67S Madison avenue, and are occupying:
their new house. No Sis Madison avenue, where
Miss Gladys Roosevelt will make h»-r d°hiit next
Wednesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Outtlns: Lawrence h^vo re
turned from Seabright. N. J.. and are. at Nn.
.-■r> ITast 7«th street. Mrs. fiWISBMS Is in niriwrn
in«t for her father. Edward Victor I.o«w. who died
a f.^w weeks auo.
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.Miss Frances Meksy will make her debut ar «
reception given for ber by her mother Mr* »'hnr!e»
Dickey, on December '"
a cafe chantant vaudeville euiertahw nt ivil! ,M
given at the Waldorf-Astoria next Friday evertinc
by St. Cecilia's Guild. Miss Olivia Hltchco.-k.
Mi>s Jacqueline Kdl-y and several others will
appear in "A Pagllaccl Pantomime " Jacob 'Wen
dell, jr.. and Evert Jansen Wendell will appear
in a one-act play entitled "Colonel Cart»ret." and
there will be also a minstrel feature. The Asl -
Gallery, where it will take place, will be mad*
to appear like a. Parisian cafe, and Ices a: •! other
refreshments will be served by young women,
members of the guild, which works among th«
poor.
AMADOU IS WASHINGTON.
Panama's President To Be Enter
tained at White House.
[From Th» TrlSun" Bureau. •
■ Washington. Nov. 2S.— The President of Panama
arrived here this afternoon, and wis rr.et at tre
station by the naval and military aids to the. Pre-i
dent. who escorted him to his hotel. He ;am«
direct from New York and enjoyed his Thank<»
glvlng turkey on th« train.
"It is a wonderful bird." said President Amador.
"and It Is one of the things that I am thank?- I
for. If they can live In our cllmat* they will of) i
make me think of to-day, for I will begin tn ras?*
them."
President Amador Is returning to .Panama f'^ro
a six months" vacation In Europe, and. although
there Is no official significance In his visit here. h»
will be entertained to-morrow night at dtnn^r it
the White House, after which a reception -will c«
given In his honor. It Is also likely that h<» •wti;
have a conference with Secretary Root. All th ■
army and navy officers utatlened In Washington,
and the officials of the government. hay« been tn
vited to attend the reception to-morrow nl«hr
Saturday will be spent at Mount Yen - an-i t'n«
party will return to New York on Sunday.
"They are working with surprising sasts «n
the canal." said President Amidnl "and although
1 am no Judge of the technical part SI It the
progress Is wonderful to a layman. It Is a revela
tion to my people. And they are learning a. great
lesson from the Americana. The canal, when com
pletsd, will be a godsend to Panama. an 1 It r.*»
already enriched her to some extent. With lt»
completion will come an advance, In agricultural
and Industrial work, and an easy method d ship
ment for us as well as for tha rest of the w«aM
Then. too. it will brine us Into constant inter
course with all nations and will broaden the nlnds
of our citizens. Just as tt would thos* of any coca
try In the world."
President Anwdor expressed the hops that t?te
Central American Peace Oonferenos now In prog
ress here would brine the desired benefit to th*
central American republics. "It does not affect
Panama so much as a nation, for we have bad »•
friction with our neighbors, but It wffl be a&tls
f.ictory to her to know that they are at peace," as
said.
Seflor Amador will not visit tho oonfesvma. la
the President's party are his wifo. Befier J. 1&
fevre. his secretary; Mrs. Ehrman and Mlas Siir
man. his daughter and granddauChtsr. who met
the. President In New York: Miss M. Lewis. Miss
Ramona and Miss Helen lATavre. tha President's
nieces; M. E. Amador. consul general at New
York: Russell Hopkins, consul general at Atlanta.
and M. Qulntero. consul general at Ban Traaataaav
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MRS. XAB.Y AXN MAITSTTJ, HOT SUES.
Son Employs Lawyer to Establish Her Be
lationship to Ellen Terry, Hcmrorer.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune,!
East Palestine, Ohio. Nov. SSL— Mrs. Mary Asa
Mansell, wife of a potter, who. It Is alleged, 1* tie
missing half-sister of Ellen Terry drew, the
actress, admitted this afternoon that she. was cot
altogether certain of her ground Jamas Man— ll
Jr.. her son, who Is a heater in one of the Youas»
town mills. Is sure that his mother Is the missing
member of the Terry family, however, and has
employed an attorney to Investigate in England.
"The name of my sister was Lydla, when we
were both younK In Staffordshire, many years ago."
said Mrs. Mansell to-day "but I understood that
when she took to tho stage she changed It te
Ellen. Anyway, my half-sister changed her nam*
t.» Ellen, and what I want to know now is whether
it Is the same Ellen Terry- It has been many
years since l.ydla and I were little girls together
in Staffordshire. Our father was married twice,
and 1 was a daughter by the second wife. Lydla,
or Ellen, as she was later known, was by the first
wife. I left home very early in life, end after I
married Mr. Mansell we came to America, thirty
years ago. I didn't give much thought to my aider
half-tsisur. until James, my son In Youngstown.
read in a book that Ellen Terry bad mads mention
of a long-lost half-sister, and ho has got me In
terested in it, so that I want to know whether
Ellen Terry Is really my half-sister or not."
LONDON'S CANNIBAL BIRDS.
Kioiii The London Globe.
For years past a hollow elm in Kensington f?ar^
dens has been occupied every winter by a pair of
brows owls, which arrive and leave at about t»s
same time as the b 1 a. headed gulls. They f*sd on
the London sparrows, as is plainly shown by tne
relics* of the feast at th« foot of tte tree; ana
doubtless they find it an easier way of getting thetr
livlnc to snatch up th« Incautious sparrow mm < n*
uttw at roost than to hunt every winter in th* op*n
country for bird* concealed in the thicket ami f??
n>ld ink*, which hi frosty weath-r are generally
safely asleep. Besides su> v r»zular vlsiters as
cull*, owls and carrion crows there are many cth^r
birds which wander Into London during •?•!-* «
hard weather and vanish «.**la la th<e thaw.