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TBE XEWS TlltS UORXISQ.
CONGRKSr?. — rhe Senate further considered
the currency question, with speeclies bj Messrs
rulberson and N- Ison; the bill to revise the
criminal latrs was SS ed. ===== H<ra» :In the
debate on the army appropriation bill Mr. Dal
r»ll cf Pennsylvania, made a strong defence
af the policies of the R< publican I irty, and was
loudly applaudeu.
FOREION. — The Bouse of Commons* adopted
•K-jthout division a resolution urging the rov
*rnmcnt to do all in Its power to bring about
UK speedy transfer of control of the Congo
Independent State, and. in case of failure, as
surtaa; the gx>vernni«m of support In any meas
m*» taken by <;rcat Britain alone or in con
junction Tviui th<» powers which signed tbe
Berlin act. Queen Wllhelinina and Prince
Henry of Holkuid had a narrow escape from
l>einc killed by an «-]ectri<- tar which ran into
the phaeton which tbe prince was driving:. =====
Advices from Vienna say that the government
highly appr«-ciatos Great Britain's attitude tow
ard Austria in the Balkans, but fears serious
results of an attempt to appoint a permanent
povernor in Macedonia. = Thefl of mer
rtouidfse. valued at millions of dollars, were
discovered on Moscow railways, causing a sharp
drop ill the shares of these lims. Tli. j
Russian Emperor received 3l'O members of the
Douma, uud urged the passai of the govern
mem - measures for ■btts rian reforms. -
Ex-President Soto of Honduras died In Paris.
■ President* Pardo and many Peruvian of
jicials attended a ball for the American officers
st the NadonaJ Club.
DOMESTIC. — In an adur<-.sp to educator? in
Washington President Roosevelt urged the im
portance of character tratning [the inculca
tion of the dignity of labor. ■' The Senate
at Albany, bj a vote of M to 1?. refused to
....... Kelsey a.« Superintendent of In-
Burance. , . Upon ai.plication of the M ercan
tile Trust Company of NTew York a receiver
r« a^ appointed In Fort Worth. T« x., for the In
ternational & Great Xorthern Railn a
Gould line. — The President transmitted to
♦."oncresp the ... <>f the Inlanri Waterways
Cornmis'-'on, wlt!> h message commending the
r'.Cf»rrm«>rj<lations. ' ' Secretary Taft acted
e< toastmaster at a dinner of thf 'nlversity
Club In WashlrMgton. --=z- The Texas Supreme
Court «-on_fir-m o fl the d^ri 1 -!"!! of the low <t courts
ruftinc the Waters^Pierce Oil Company from
the <-t2T« and a.sses-?ing dmiHCfs of $1. €00,000.
CITY. — Stocks w»re dull nv><\ rteady. r=r=r^
Mrs Paul H. Roy t^ld how h~r husband shot her
brorrier sst N»win™t<>n. N. 11. in Jainiar>-.
The McAd^o jnhp<s under xhf Hudson to Hoboken
c~\d a rnFhing business on their •■'..■ -.. — —
I» -IVS.E r"r^>rt«>fl that th*> p!;'n of the Oriental
Bank? directors io turn over its isets to the
Metropolitan Trust Company would ro through
:' .•■ A brakeman wi a New "yv<rk Central
*reisht uas 1;i!l^d and a dreman was badly in
jured in 3 r<~ar-<=nri collision n^ar Bartow station!
=-■ - Th<> Armenian j>;io?t c}\nrso<l with black
nail testified yesterday that the Turkish go-i
*mment v.*y cosapellinß his friends t«> appear
#ig3i^. cT him in the iiunchakist case. —
Chairman Stevens of th» Public Service Com
xnlESkm nt the 2rj L»i«trict roTit-nd>-d in a letter
That th» commission had ihe risrht to fix railroad
rE*«=? - "Dreakdown" service was the sub
lect Investigated at the first s^ss-inn of the Pub
iic Service Commission's inqtiir>- into ♦Jortric
Vrht r-->mpaT>irv:. . An 'ir.irirnttfiod tvoman
yimp*><i in froni «'f n subway train nd was
ground to rteaih.
THK WEATHER.— lndications for to-day:
Fair arid colder. The t-Turierature yesterday:
Hisrhe's-f. 4<; dfgr^r:": lowest. 31.
TUi: VTATEIIWAYS REPORT.
Presi<i«TiT Itoosevolt's transmission t.-, Con
r"" ywkerdnjf of t!i<* |treluninarv repofi iif the
Inland tt*at«*rways • 'onuuiwion |in4tabl opeus
>■ r^w «haiitor in legislation for the develop
mect of our aucwd natural resources ;uu] tin;
creation of new sources of public weniih. This
noastxj li.i* readied a -■.)•< e oDomieally nt
■nhi'-b it inusl !*-£in •;;•)»• liood of j!i,' waste
fulness "f i,,i<t nietljrxls of <!<»alii!c with tiM
natural , ■■- and appliances whlcn sustain Hv
flizaTion We hav« Inherited mu\ followed i<> a
anss>e>uuß oxtent tii«* aborisioe'a iiid!JT«Tonco to
the d«v<l= of tbo Mm and liis r<s-klf»ss use of
tb*' pesouren of th* present. Setting out wiih
the purpose «>f eubduln^ :t n<-w -•';•..■
hevr- bVousnt too ir>u<b of utilizing and Mnploy
inc to <>xliaustion our ttura resources and too
littl** of conserving tb^ni in the Interest of BJ*-
(Sjeansttj generations. Tl;e pubtie now ■.<■.-< ii,-.t
it- is time io call n h«lt ami to temiier our p<»i
icy, cf stibjupration and unlimited (inniedlate
sa tv itii .soine forethought For the future!
Tbe nation tins been wasteful hi two wnys.
On tLf one Laud j? has alienated to private use
hixl t<» practical destruction rait areas of tim
ber, mai and mineral lands which should have
b^fii bc!«l intact as a iu<*ssur«» of public prbtec
.taon. Tfce deforestation of tbo areas i!t which
water ?'jj!j.lio«< luust Ik- accumulated has led io
tho deterioratiou «>f our rivers :is sources of
f;o\vor aud irrigation and ;«< channels of cotu
njerce. .Flood eeasons, causing eoonuous aunual
Issat 1 * an* fallowed 1.. drouth m-isouv when
riHvijratiofi i« ia:ni<- impossible, aud th« uudue
«-ntsio:i of the s:«il has [nijMyeris-hcd fertile a;
ricaltnral lands and fined ihe Im^; s of t!i<r water
<-ours«'S with s.iil dejiosits. We have allowed a
vicioiis <-ir<-l<* to !/«' forn«il. each neglect .',,,;
ins io cM^hasLßetheTiadeffeetabf all the otLeri
To brrat the circle there must '■• rrforniatbfy
■etkm .-.' ■!! [loutu Th«« t"i.'st< luu^t '■■■■ re
aaaar**! conservins tli»: tfasber •u; ply. and tUi-y
Ui turn trial tiil the river: bsda, diminish cs
tremes of flood and drouth and multiply the
ase of the rivers for purposes sC irricatio-..
power and navigation. Harmonious develop
ment of t!ie forests and rivers aud the creation
of Ihousands of miles of new waterways wi'l
vastly increase the facilities of agriculture, COtß
merce an.l manufacture ami make the country
as a whole immensely richer and stronger.
It Is cianirriTiß by the most intelligent man»
srers tliat railroads can no longer be built fast
enough to meet the demand for trssßfJortation.
The railroads will have all they can do to serve
the portions af the country deprived of water
transportation and to act as auxiliaries t.. water
traffic The population of the United States
will probably reach 130.000,000 within the nexl
four decades, and its expanding traffic require
ments can be satisfied only by turning to the
river aud inner coastwise systems for means of
transporting freight. We have, as the lnianl
Waterwavs Commissioß points .a-., twenty-fire
thousand miles of navigated riveTh ana twenty
live thousand miles liore of rivers whl.h are
navigable or capable of belug made navigable.
Beside* there are tweuty-tive hundred eiiiea of
navigable canals and more than twenty-live
hundred miles of coast line inner waters eapahl
of being connected by short link canals. By a
IftTMICli system uf improvement nearly every
part of the Union could he brought into water
connection with every other part aud an e.v
ehange of products effected at ■ na«rb lower
average cost than is possible now.
The rvport of the waterways commission is.
of. course, tentative, lor the vasl scheme of cou
servation aud development which it suggesta
wiii have to be worked out gradually and eare
fully. But i: is highly desirable that a begin
ning should be made. The President Is entitled
to great credit for his leadership In tbe B»ove
inent for the conservation of our natural re
sources. It must lie ranked high among hi>
many notable public services.
IBE ii! D6OX RIl ER Tl W/.7 >.
Practical observation of the Hudson River
tunnels on tbe nrst day of their regular opera
liou causes many favorable toipressious. The
.smoothness aud. comparative uoiseiessness i>!
traction and the superb ventilation seem to
leave nothing to !>e desired, Long and deep as
the bores are, and of course quite destitute of
openings s. (V e al the ends, the air is fresh and
pure al everj point, more than in the subway.
which has resorted to Uie objectionable expe
dient of tr.itis!oi:i!ln^ sidewalks overhead Into
gridirons. This is doubtless largely duo to the
construction of the tunnels In two entirely
separate tubes, each only a little larger in
diameter than the cars, Bo that each train acts
.-is a pis;<>!i in pushing Old the air before and
drawing In fresh »lr behind it.
The tunnel liuint: and the walls and ceilings
of the stations are t!'»i as pretentious or as
ornate as those in the subway, but they are
satisfactory. The massive columns and the
plain masonry roof are dignified and appro
priate. The platform walls are unhappily dis
figured with advertising posters, lair much less
than those in tbe subway, for instead of hav
ing nightmare-like yellow tin frames nailed
against encaustic tiles tbe placards are simply
pasted fiat in sunken panels ma Le for the pur
pose. It may be a question whether the signs
should be There at all. but certainly if 'hey are
t o be there the Hudson tunnel method of
placing th«m is Incomparably preferable to
that in the subway.
Tbe ears, which after all are of most concern
to the public, are a decided improvement upon
those i'i the subway. They are obviously tire
proof, since th«\v contain no wood or other
combustible material of any kind save tbe. seat
coverings, leather straps and signal ropes.
Tbe solid concrete Boors of cars and platforms
are not only [':. fireproof. but are doubtless far
more cleanly and sanitary than wooden tioor*
and wooden grating*. The division of seats
may or may not lessen the tendency to crowd-:
in-! but it will certainly check the "Move along
there!" abomination, while the upright posts
are a happy thought for the convenience and
safety of passengers standing or walking
through Hie cars while the train is In motion.
It is gratifying to see that in addition to px
ceptionnlly wide end doors the cars are pro
vi.i.d with central side doors, such as were
adopted at The Tribune's urging many years
aso on the Brooklyn Bridge and such as this
1,,,,,,.,. has since recommended for elevated
railroad and subwaj cars. However much the
tunnel cars may be crowded, exit from them is
»]!•<• to be far easier and more expeditious than
i from those of tbe subway.
On the whole, then, we must regard these
pioneer Hudson Klver tunnels as constructed
land . pipped in a praiseworthy manner which
marks an advance upon anything of the kind
which this public has had before and which
'■ Is in a hish degree creditable to the projector?
and managers of the enterprise'. Such routes
I of travel will not only bring tlie northeastern
i parts of N>w Jersey much nearer to this city
In point of time, but they will also make
; transit to and from them actually more picas
i ant than thai between this city and any other
of its suburbs — a conaideratioij which strongly
bespeaks the need of transit improvements in
other directions.
THE BALKA\ PERIL.
The British Secretary of State for Foreign
Vffairs Is far too serious and responsible a
statesman to say what he did on Tuesday c"i
cernlns the situation in the Balkan Peninsula
unless matters there were iudeed in a critical
condition, lie would not have reminded the
House <<f Comiuoiw that the Turkish questiou,
of which the Macedonian question is simply a
part, had more than once led to a European
war unless in bis judgment, which is always
i-alni and conservative, there was measurable
danger of another such «rar. The powers, i-'i
said, were rapidlj nearing a poiul at whicii
their "concert" must be cither justified or stul
tified. Hiv.iiim;. . justification is to be etVc
iii one of only two ways. The Porte must
yield to the demands of the concert, or must
be coerced. If the reforms prescribed by t!ie
powers for Macedonia were honestly wrought
and ■■■- povernor of ability uud character ap
proved by the powers were apjioiated. tbe prob
lem might be solved, sir Edward Grey appar
ently did iiot Bfieculate ou the chances of the
l'oii s ilms yielding to the concert, but the
world knows well how reluctant it has always
l»een to yield to the (iiaour and how resource
ful it bas been in postponing the necessity for
yielding.
The present situation ksed i*eseuts a strik
ng pxamide of this Ottoman faculty. Long at;j
the powers [leremptorilj — as it seemed — pre
scribed certain ■!u'i iii- and iiujxtrinnt reforms
in the admiuistration of Macedonia. The Porte
did uol refuse them. It did uot fiout them,
But on various pretexts it delayed their execu
tion. They have never yet lieeu executed. and
the late of Macedonia is to-day probably worse
than It was before the reforms were ordered
Some time ago it became evident that simple
.je!,t\ would not much longer avail and that
some new scheme must be resorted to. It is
not, of course, io be .supposed that Barou von
Aehrcnthal's railroad policy In the sandjak of
N'ovi Bazar was suggested by the I'orte. but it
is certain thai tbe Porte could have wished and
could have planned u<» wore effective diversion
i'i its f v.;r than that which was caused by the
announcement ■•: thai policy. Instantly the
attention of Kurope was drawn away froni on
pressed Macedonia '■>> the eonmietvlal ambitioi
and rivalrlea of Austria-Hungary and Kussia,
and vital seeds of suspicion aud disseus
among the powers were planted in a .s^ii Hrhk-li
has a habit of jrielding hundredfold returas.
The Hungarian plan is to extend the
railroad which u w runs us far as BeraJfSfj io
DUTY TRIBI NK, THIKSDAV, FEBRIARY 27. 1908.
Bosnia down tliroueh the sandjak of Novl Bazar
to Mitrovitea; then- lo connect with the roau
which already runs from the latter pace
through Macedoula to Salonlca. Turkey has
of coarse, given her conseiit. Hw would 11ll ' t *
done that if for no other reason than to pro
mote envy H-:ilous.v and discord aaMMg the
powois. Of the right of the dunl t**m^ r«
build such ■ road, ttnJer tke TivM.v of Berlin,
(here <; hi be little dowbt That the buUdiug aiM
operation of it would materially conduce to the
restoration and iuaiiitvuan<o of order la Mace
douia is not to be douhtetl. But tt..-'f is still
in existence an agrwiuent between Ausiria-llun
gary and l.ussla tbitt neither of them will lfiak.!
any forwanl movement in the Balkans wlthotii
the co-oiK-nttioii or ai h'Mst hV assent of iht>
other. That jijrriM'uient has thus far operateu
somewhat as did the unhappy Clayton Bulwer
treaty in Central Auiorl.-an affairs, in a dog-t«»
the^uauger fashion; Now I'aissla coiupluliH
that Austria-Ilungafy is vlolal that agree
ment, and demands either thai Ine Austro-
Ilangarlaiii scueme shall be aharidouwl or th'.t
she litnst'lf shall he iiermltted to build a conn
terraillug line from Nisch. wlience there lh al
ready a rood to the Danube connecting with
lines through Kuiiuiuia to Kussla. through Ber
via, .Miictiloiihi and Montenegro to Uulclguo on
the Adriatic, crossing the existing. Vienna*'o,i
irantinople liue at Niseli uud the proposed new
Auatro-Hungarisn line at Prlatlaa. It is not
kii<rwu whettier the Msetti of Seivla. Turkey
and ICiMiteiiegTo has been secured for such a
road. If it lims. or shall be, no reason is ol>
vious why ltussiu should not be permitted lo
build Ihe road.
Bnl whai is desirable is that tl.es,- Intel":
Dational commercial and other rivalries shall
noi be permitted to break the concert "t the
powers or to delay the mocb. needed work of
reform in IOUg sofferittg Itaeedoula. ami it i*
highly auspicious thai the British goyernmt'ut,
which stands entirely aloof fr"6ni T these rallrond
schemes, is ai>parentlf commltteuT to the policy
of seriously aud effectively Insisting upon those
reforms. It probably could not In exist ins cir
cumstances alone compel their enforcement.
But it eau and apparently will hold the con
cert up io its engagements and duties ainl com
pel It to determine whether it is to be Justin".
or Muliirled. even though the latter alternative
ii.is.iit. as Sir Edward tirey warned Parliament,
give rise in nusunderstandiugs which it is im
possible to foretell — a diplomatic and cautious
way of Raying that the failure of the concert
would mean chaos. The reassuring feature of
the case is that the powers seem to realize the
portentous gravity of the situation. If they do
ir should be Incredible that any of them would
provoke, or would fall to do everything possible
to avert and to prevent, a catastrophe.
BROWNSVILLE.
S>> many Brownsville resolutions were voted
on last Tuesday l>y the Seuate Committee on
Military Affairs that the net result seems to
have mystified not a few commentators. The
main issue was presented in both its negative
and positive forms, und the vote on one form
of presentation differed widely from the vote
on another. The most direct opposltea were the
resolutions offered by Mr. ForaUer aud hy Mr.
J.otlße. Tlie Ohio Senator submitted his conten
tion that the evidence proved that noue of Hie
soldiers of the three companies stationed at
Brownsville had hud a band in '*sbootlng up"
the town. This was rejected hy 11 votes to
•J. Mr. Bulkeley voting with Mr. Poraker. Mr.
Lodge's resolution declaring that the sbootins
\\;is .join" by some of the soldiers belougiug Iu
the garrison was adopted by 8 votes to 1.
Messrs. Foraker, Scott, Hemenway and Bulke
ley opposing It. Mr. du I'out, who withheld liis
vote on this phase of the question, wanted to
hav«- the declaration of responsibility apply to
only one of the throe companies In the garrison.
On the exonerating' Foraker resolution six Ite
publlcan and ti\e Democratic Senators repudi
ated the theory that the soldiers at Browns
ville were noi implicated in the shooting. In
the inculpating declaration that certaiu uniden
tiiied members of the garrison were Implicated
tive Democratic und four Republican Senators
Joined, with four Republicans roting no.
in other words, the Senate committee, igno"
inp; party lines, found by a large majority that
the exact stale of facts existed on whiih th-
War Department and the President had been
forced to act It Indorsed the practically un
avoidable conclusion that the garrison as a
whole could not have played a passive nud in
nocent role in the transaction and that the of
fenders to be dealt with, though unidentified,
were to be found In tbe ranks of the '_'.">tii
Infantry.
OEXERAL BIXGHAM'S CHARGE.
General Biugham made us sensational a
charge of failure against the police us has ever
been uttered when he said at the dinner of the
Police Lieutenants' Benevolent Association at
the Waldorf on Tuesday aigbt:
There are two p!.T-,-s -.\ltlnn half a mile ol
where we are now where any crime from ih>
lowest io the greatest can be bought for money,
and I know it. and many of you men know it,
and know the places, no doubt, and l can't touch
them under present conditions, and i say thai to
all New York, nnl I will prove it if they will
give me the opportunity. That's one reason I
want soni" secrei service money.
The Commissioner Implied that this scandal
existed because of the alliance between politics
and crime. Elow can It be that be knows.
positively enough to make public utterance of
his knowledge, that two places exist where
• rime is bought and sold, and how can he
know as his words seem to imply, the situa
tion of liiosc resorts and yel not l>e able to
suppress them?
If the Commissioner is so clear regarding
his facts a^ his words indicate he should take
the public more fully into his confidence, lie
should lei it know more exactly what lie has
in mind, and if he can convince ii that au\
■-ucli shocking condition exists he will aroii>e
enough iudiguatioii in tbe community to give
him whatever force be regards as necessary to
wipe out the evil. Vague charges of a k.mis.-i
ttonal sort have been s^ often made in the
past about the alliance oi politics, vice and
crime that nothing can be accomplished merely
by such a statement as General Bittgham has
made. New Yorkers. Inured to ihem. will wait
for proof, and cynically dismiss them If evi
dence is not forthcoming. If thej are uot
backed up they will not help the Commissioner
in obtaining the additional men he needs, hut
will only Injure the pity's reputation through
o\n the country and the world, being; quoted
everywhere as au official rtateiuenl that crime
i< freely iKHigbl and -<>ld In New Vork.
the SII'REME rouirrs lOXORiWE.
Mr. ftompers takes tbe receut labor decisions
of the Supreme Court lii the spirit of n pulloMo
pher. Thi attitude of the jud^is is due to
simple Ignorance. "The language oj the de
cision," he writes in "The Federationlst/'
•makes it clear that the Supreme Court has
not informed itself upon modern economics."
Men who are brought up on Mill and the
classical writers might be expected to enter
tain such old fogy notions as the Supreme
Court does, iiui If the judges had only studied
Marx iiinl Gompers tbej would have betrayed
no sucli laiueiiialili- uiie.ullghtenint*nt.
We all know what tht* World o\\vs to Mi
Gompers as ih. Inventor of his simple remedy
for paniCK l'.ui that is by no means all that
Mi-. (Jumpers has contributed to economics, ftir
in his exposure of the Kupreme Court's Igno
ranee he throws new li::lit upon the question
of "restraint of trade.* The court held that
When the boycotting hatters threatened dealers
if they bought LBtjTS & Co.'s liats and co
eresd them Into refraining from doing so they
were restruLniDg truUe. Such a yie.w, o( course,
mI1( .tMd crlttoal examination by a *****
economic, and Mr. Ootnp« H"«* '" rl<|(l f
i, Hou- MB th.Mv be »uy restraint of trade
when, as be points out. t!..- a.-tlou of tl.« >;"''';
i,, prrv.ntin,- »h, snlo of 1,,.V,-, »nts -..I nc^
-nsuli In fewer iMlti t.,tn^ i.mvhnH-«l h\ jtne
•Voniiunuli.VV Hats .onilt.uo.l t<» w.-:.roi.t J»s
as If ttfe boycoti lukd n.v.-. l»e*u .1.-.iu.v.l. MM
„.„„:, >.hv mii I*? i^v-'v, |: ;;'
tl hv«vs -1.,..,, it may fnlrly b« .i....i,i.-.i. i..-> .
wheth.4 mi.- loss bnt wnji iwugW or MldjA^
caiise or Hi.- boycott, CH wlinl Iniportnncc \m t
t tlie pubJli M loiiK «h «>...« ,-un i"'.y h hat
just as uhuul xv1.,i1...r ..,- no Igw
n.nk, «n,l s,ll .h.-ir product.} TkodIWNWJ
between the iSnubiiry llrm «>"« «i« batte»
lUiJl>ll „-,,,.. or ,<„„>,. ■ |.rl»H^ '■■■"'■';
w1,1,1, il.r •ountry bml no ImwlHwh to ntcrfere
«,!;! L..M .;«v.. ....,,.,„,. "r»-^" r »-^- (i ;; 1 ;
I1( ,t beca so lMiiu.ntnl.ly l«nor«!»t of w.uomic
iii r ';:;:,;„,. I.«h ««py rev^ jjg S
poii.i,,. 0,0n0.,,y la tbe 5:,.,,- dlr.-t . , '
which he wookl r.-vis,. Ibr law- ol the nation.
Inhor ls no, to b,:.r Its hire « ggg
josses On 1 ."tmry. the only Wlfctj HM
£ k,,plnc w.^ u,,. Let Int^l -at- .II
an l etl»rotlts,llsap,»'nr. l.nt ,lon t jUghwaig
<:o too if n .•nplt.-.llst uses ,rH si.nilnr to those
o , 'i iH.^s »ia«t,rs to Eu-lwl? the product.
::; •„:».,!,..• Hon. ,b, nmrk.-t —^;--;::; t
of tra«l.> Wli.-n lac un lon* <!<• »<> it W nm.
T h , unions ,nn ,lu no wron, 'ITey »re t^
privileged .lass imder H,, prim-lpl-s ol -»jd
iSllilSifii
rUlle,^ rl«s« .ind« tl..- town of the nai ,
Court f; „■;„ .i iu Us present dense iui<i
pltlablr IgiuTiiiu-e of tli.- M.->v .v..nou.y.
There are a good many "P."." taklng^he
name by It-eJf. and similarly a good mam
"Tin,*." and also an equally lar^ n,.mHer of
char!eß .- But when the "Pats and tlu.
••Tin"" and the •Oha.l.es" «r« all mentioned to
g«a»« in one breath, as waa do«. by .•—oral
Nirigham, are there many <«f lh*m?
M last proofs are forthcoming lo show that
as woman becomes mor* nearly emancipated she
becomes less fitted for domestic life. Terrible a-
thought cannot Its truth in he
face of the latest lnve.sti atlon launched by the
Women's Municipal league. The plan Is to dls
cover some method of purifying dishwater so
that patrons of public tables may be spared the
rear of contracting Rerm diseases. Sterilizing so
lutions will be ncocted and tested. PtatistWs
Will be compiled about ti.- geographical distnbu
tlon and frequency of microbe* on plates and
forks Perhaps half a doaen magazine articles
will be evolved before some mere man butts Into
the emancipated conclave with the suggestion
that thorough rinsfng with boiling, soapy water
will send most of the wicked germs either to
Nirvana or else down the drain pipe, and that
anybody who cant get the better of the fewsar
vivors is bound to die soon anyhow. Being
emancipated from dishwater has its disadvan
tagesa.
in the general rejoicing over the Hudson River
tunnels Is it forgotten that they were built by
that bated and proscribed thing, private ,-apl
tar > Would it be any more painful to have a
subway constructed in Manhattan by private
capital?
The answer to 'The New York WorWs" fa
mous question, -What ii a Democratr has been
made Infinitely more difficult by the evident In
clination of the disputants to sing -My Coun
try "lis of Thee," as if the hymn were an invo
cation to their own private real estate holdings.
Democracy becomes an esoterie concept when its
leading exponents become such strict construc
tionlsta that "my people" means ••people be
long ing to me.- and "My BQOdnessr-mea^
My private sto. k of virtue!" We do not think
it fair to obfuscate .still more -The World's"
classical an.l wellnlgh insoluble question by
complicating the political theory of private and
government ownership.
THE TALK OP THE />tV.
The Imperial post of Austria has Issued the jubl
lee B tamps comraemoratlye of the sixtieth >ear of
the reign of Fran* Josef. There are elgni stamps,
and these form a miniature portrait gallery of
.even of \.^triri-s rulers. The stamp of the lowest
denomination^one hellcr^-bears the portrait of
Charles IV Maria Thereala's picture is« on the
2 heller stamp. an3 Joseph 11. Leopold Tl. Franz
ana rdinand on the 3, 6. 12 and 20 heller stamps
respectively. The »-heller stamp has a portrait
of Franz Josef as he appeared when he ascended
the throne sixty years ago. ami the 5-hfHer stamp
lir&rs the profile portrait of the Emperor which
was taken shortly before his receni Ulness.
-Do you believe tha< all things come to him who
Sn»v may start for him. but usually some nwn
who hustles 'overtakes them before they K*t to the
mnn \vii<> waits."— Houston Post.
The anti-duelling league of Europe has received
.-,„ enthusiastic recruit In Count Genovs di Revel,
who was ■> lieutenant gonfral in the Italian army.
Minister of War and military adviser of Victor
Emmanuel 11. The current number of "Rassegna
Razionale" of Florence contains an article by him
entitled "A Veteran and the Duel." in which he
denounces the practice and says: "Ills majesty,
or.r King, in becoming the rro»ector of the Italian
anti-duelling league shows not only bis nobility
of purpose bui proves that he has no sympathy
for a practice bo out of keeping with the spirit of
our times."
"Why is Billington so unpopular with his fellow
*?!"He" ? s always the Brsl one on duty In the noorn
ine and the last to leave sit night. I suppose they
Lre nractisinc on the way they will have to hate
i»lm wn"n he " .'ts to be their boss." Chicago
Record-Herald.
Early in March Mr Price, the South Australian
Premier, will arrive in England on a holiday trip.
\ir rii i> a picturesque personality. He is es-
Qtlally a seW-made man, clever and a born
a tor " lie rose i" the Premiership ol South Aus
tralia from small beginnings. Born In Derbyshire
in 1852. he spent the early part of bis life In Liver
pool, following the calling of a stone mason. In
1883 he emigrated to Australia. Ten years later lie
was elected to Parliament, In l«0l he was appointed
to tlie leadership of the Labor party and he became
Premier In 1905. Mr. Price helped to erect the
parliamentary buildings In which he now speak*
as Premier.
\\ t.\ is «ue KettinK « divorce?
"On "ttie Ki'oiind!* of misrepresentation. She says
Chat before th«*) were married he claimed i<» be
well off!"
••And what does Ik- say.'
"He s.ijs he was, bill didn't know It." -Lippin
cott's.
l*nil«r >:,,. headline "Conrled'a Retirement" the
"Berliner 1 Tageblatt" says: "Conrled'a fame as a
manager reached Ita tenltb In the whiter «>r ISM.
H'hen dexplte the curse of Bayreuth and In th-
lace "r" r the war council, ■>■ took possession of
■Parsifal.' The Presbyterian bishop* (?) who wept
over the ffence t<i religion helped to advertise It.
The i:. ii were •..■./.■• I with u 'Parsifal' fever and
had [g -see the performanc* The receipts ran up
io 280,0u0 murks, and tli<" back-stair dramatists
wrote that Bayreuth had been outdone. The same
business rapacity was shown by Conrled when he
produced on the Metropolitan st:»S'"* the operetta*
of Johann Strauss and MMloek*r."
"Bllgglna thinks he knowi more than aaxi>ody
else on earth."
"Vou -i.'ie it mildly.' answered Miss Cayenne.
"'Slii<«- the Hssiriimi thai Mars Is inhabited, he
tcors further than that."— Washington Star.
"The Nn Spelln Leag of Amurrika has," sayi
"The Glasgow Herald "Just added seventy-five
more wurds lo the langwagi "I'i.HiH' and 'tung'
are two of tha wursi. It wood giv us, a aik feelln
Bbcul iii-- diafram i<i . ■■! an <-g -j .-it with wun 'k.'
SV( ;;.i a nun, ... thru ill OUI lins ut the site of
siich foreri irdi aa 'agoar and 'gard,' lam' aud
'lndetted.' There are about sixty more, bui thea<
,u - irfore th. in enul for wun parragraf."
Mm Did you say your mamma whipped you i>e
rauan you wouldn't tell a He?
Boy— Yes. sir. Bhs ■ranted inn to fpll me teacher
I was sorry l playoal "hookay,* 1 when 1 wasn't.—
Chicago N«w». \
About Teopte and Social Incident*.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[From The TrJbun* Bureau.]
Washington. Feb. 2C.-Th e President and Mr£
Roo'eTelt llilllUl«li at dinner this '•••'■ '" Wh
their KU»3t!' w«>re:
Tt* Japsseea 41 ■■■» ******** sn MIS -
M^TM^HerbwtW^ Mn;. fff^S^
Th- tswre:»ry « ' '»♦«»'• •:"'
The , ; "i.!e wa. decorated' with plain and white
, uriini lons.
The President stal to CiajrlM t,.-day a special
MMP urgimm legislation f«r the systematic
Improvemeni of the eoualry'a af»lsrwa
The President thla aftsrsooa ahsol] ha«4s with
tbe delegates'; t'» the Vi.tlona! KUutaUonal A-5..
clatlon Convention and their friend-.. numbering
,no,e than I.IM After the handshaking the
President delivered an addrSS*
Senator Cnllom, of Illinois, called on the Presi
deal to Invite him to Springfield, 111 on ■^tbrwary
1- next year. wh«n the MM luilidredth anntver
sarv Of Abraham Lincoln's birth Will be ce.e
brated As the Presldeal had previously prom-
He.i to speali at th« btrthplaf « of Lincoln. ta Ken
tucky. next year. If he Koes anywhere oa that
occasion; he was oMlared t.» decline.
Kepresontatlve Cocks, the Cmgiiaiaiia from
President Ro-ovolVa home distr-.t. sacortod s
party of boys from Suffolk County to t h* %V htte
llousa to-,lay Tbe Preside»l told the lads that
•Suffolk rouaty is all right.- then added. "There
Is not much tall grass there, but IbeWf lots of
good Republicans."
Other callers at the White House to-day In
cluded Senators Lodge. Guggenheim Borah and
DuPonti Representatives HafSbsll. 11..H. Drl.s.'Oll.
Slmms Ellis. Hayes. (ironna. Cockran. Dwi ht
an.l Olmstead. Intewf teCiiisaentre Commissioner
Cocarell aad Assistant Attorney-General Cooley.
THE CABINET.
[h*roni The Tribune Bur^a-i I
Waßhlngton. Feb. 26.-i!rs. Root, wife of the Se.
retary Of State, wcelTed al her home, ui Hh.^ie
Island avenue, this afternoon und *a* assisted by
Mr* Wales 1. -1 sister-in-law, nnd Mrs. Bacoa.
Colonel and Mrs. William Cary San^r. th« house
guests of S.-cr.-tarv an.l Mr». Root. aISS remained
with thrn during the afternoon recepdoa and met
their old friends.
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Oarfleld
entertained a number of guests at dinner to-nlßht.
Mrs. parfleM also received this afternoon a large
number of persona from resident and official so
•iety.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune BUNBB.]
Washington, Feb. 2C-The Brazilian Ambassador
and lime. Nabuco were hosts at dinner fo-nlKht
having aa their guests Senator and Mrs. Stephen
i'.. Elkins, the Argeattae Minister and BeOora do
Portela. the Chißan Minister and .Srf.ota de Cms,
the Grecian Minister. Representative and Mrs.
I>wlght. John Barrett, the British Second Secre
tary and Mr.-. Toung. Mrs. John M. Ttmmlns, Miss
Kean, Miss Wetmore, the Brasfnaa Sacoud Bee
retary at.d Mme. Chermont, Mr. Kroupensky, of
the Russian Embassy: Bbjaor Mentagna. Italian
Counsellor, and Mr. do i Amaral, bJiaziiiun Ceeav
s.-llor.
The Hon. abm Jaanes, wife of tbe British mili
tary attach*, i-mert.iit.ed Informally at luncheon
to-day. Hrr slater, the Hon. Xlna Kay-Shuttle
worfh. who has spent the greater part Of the wln
ter here, will go to Boston Saturday and will sail
for her heaaa in Kngland oa March 1
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
[From Th<- Trlbur.e Bureau. 1
Washington. FeJ>. 26.— P.ear Admiral and Mr*
William abeffieM Cowles r-ntertained a anaaber af
auesta at ilinner to-n'ght to meet Mr. and Mrs.
Dougi^s Robinson, of Pfow York, who are staying
with them.
General and Mrs. Cbarlea L. FltzHugh entertained
guesu at dinner to-night to meet Ibe Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Metcalf.
Representative and Mrs. Van Vechten Oicott had
dining wiih them to-ni»?ht Senator and Mrs. Depew.
ex-Seuator end Mrs. Dryden, Governor Magoim, the
British Coimaellor and I.ady faMbetta Howard. Mr.
and lira. K Tiffany Dyer, Mr. arid Mrs. Gibson
Fahntstock, Mrs. Cameron. Major General ar..i Mra.
A IIOLLOIV EARTH.
Expedition to Pole to Test William
Reed's Theory.
To tlir Editor of The Tribune.
si- In Rn editorial of Saturday la.«t. "A." sim
ple aa Can Be." you make light of William BsooTa
theories of tbe earth lieing hollow. You may hav»
to lauuli on the Other side (Inside) of this world
one or these days, for it Is possible that i>r. f. a.
Cook may open the door to the inside world as a
result of his explorations. What wU the readers
of The Tribune say when they remember your dls
l>rlief In these theories? Newspaper editors were
Skeptical when the steamboat mad* Its advent;
more po with the telegraph, the ocean cable, the
sewing machine, the telephone, elevated railroads,
electric motors, wireless telegraphy, wireless tele
phone and a hundred other things, all of which
are have lived to see become of practical bsk Why
may not live to see, or see those that have seen,
a hollow earth?
God In His mercy and wlsdoan only sr'vs to
mankind the good thin«9 H needi and uses In
quanttti«s and at the times when Ills creatures
are capable of u.«ln.s: them to the best advantage.
The real estate fraternity, for instance, have not
as yet disposed of all their holdings on the surface
of tbe earth, and it Is .vi.ient that the time for
them has nol come to enlaißj* th^lr borders and e:n
brace new Oelda of exploitation. it ls. perhaps, no:
the opportune moment to open ap new and attrac
tive tonrlsi routes and to turn the tide of summer
travel northward and to new lan.ls.
Besides, he has not yet convinced the average
polai explorer thai it hi time te switch off from
old methods, which brin* no results, excepi writinar
books, making moving pictures and tMtMming mat
ter for public lectures. These an all aooMwhai
interestfais, bui they bearia to lack novelty and wl I
boob becomi worn threadbare. " K.»r centuries tbe
poles have been searched for, but every search has
been h failure. Is it beyond ihe ranaje cf posslblll
tiea thai Ood, who moves la a aqrsterloua waj HU
wanders to perform, should have selected William
Reed to prepare the way by his teachhkajs to open
up the a*teway« to this unknown Inner earth— this
new world?
We may scoff al Keed'a theories, w« may laugb
them to scorn; b»i( one thinK Is certain; that ls. that
no polar expedition will herp.ifter leave the ahorse
of this outside world without seeking to te^t the
truth or falsity of ReeoTa Bubiishod theories, atid
If they will only bring back frosa tbe polar leKions
the solutions of .nine of the theoriaa that have
been advanced by this author they will have ac-
COtnpllshed BSUCh t;0i..l This >\il>j»-. tla heinn; Me!
ously i nimideiiil by mea of well known sclentinv
attainments and *tundiiiK. and it will not be lunK
before at expedition wHI be seal poleward to teat
th« theories as expounded atid recorded In the
pages ol "Tbi Piiantom of tbe l'i>l«* " ii is
possible ihut un ii> return we may be able te greet
men who have been tbe flrst to enter btta ibe hi i
<i.m> niysterlea of .i boOow earth. Stranger ililiix 1 *
than this have happeu#«l H s , >siii>\
Xew York, K.-1. 23. 1908.
J. P. MORGAN SAILS FOR EUROPE.
J. P. Horajaa, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs.
Herbert I. Satterlee, —tied fur Kurope yesterday
on the White Star liner Adriatic. Mr. Hetyjaa ar
rived at tls,- pier fully half an liivir before the
Adriatic departed aad went aboard al once, Mt*
.-•ii. J. P Morgan, jr.. s.. ,i thai Ma father was
Hbout to g.> on his annual vacattoa, and iimi bo
d.itc bad been .set fi»r his return.
DR. GEORGE F. KUNZ AGAIN HONORED.
Im\ George P. Kua»r»c»lv< through ilm Norwe-
I ■'■> chars* •' ■'■• ■'■•-■• iit Washington, >»l*rda3
from King iin.ik..ii \ii „r Norway, ih*« Cross »>f
Ihe i ii -.i «'iii.. ..r llm Uoyal <>„!... „r - st »>i;i\ In
r« gnltton ••! hla service* to nclem-o i;> rolner
alofcy. Laal year ii<* received ii!-- t'ross of itM
I.i-Ki"ii of Howw oi France for a xiniitMr r?t».*«n,
ami before that the i«|VM <>f Doctor of PhUoso*
l>hy from th« I'iuutsiii of Mnrburß for li^ work
la uUviiadus lUa kaowlodso o£ mctouriter. C
Bates. Major General aSM Mr*. GUlespie. KepTO*
sentative and Mr*. PSSI i»nd others.
Captain and Mrs. Edward F. Qaaltrouarh had to
dine with them to-nicht Paymaster Ceneral and
Mrs. Harris. O«B*ral Woodhul!. BXta V.'oodhsU. Dr.
and Maa I aasag Mr.-. Jaasa, Mr. and Mrs. Wel &t.
man ,<nfl Mr and Mr-. Hatch.
Mr. and Mr?. Warren C fllrHstl left Vaahioaj
ton to-day for their home In Chicago. a£t?r visiting
the Vice-president several we»ks.
Hen;«tor nnd Mm Bulkeley. Mr. and 5»Tp. HigH
Legare, Mrs. C. C. Glover and Mrs- ' spssui w«re>
an)onir th»- hosts to-n I
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Mrs. I^wis Crujje" ■sisl will iriv<».a the«:r»
party, followed by a supper at Sherry's, thb ev»a
i:iK fee h"r daughter. Miss Mary Masnn KaseQ.
Th» third In the serl»s of five musical mornings
for the N-neflt of the Mu3iC School - -"'lwamag]
gtvea bf Mr. and Mrs. DanrM Jlanaen win b« at I
ta day at the hnra<« or Mrm Charts B. AI-xa::<!er,
In West 88th street.
Mmm l>ati CaMwwß Wbitebead, teujSjai of \.
Penninston Wbliahiad. eai aaawvied yest»r<iar
afternoon in Ibe Brick Presbyterian Church f>
Kiiw.nd Ku-h Duer. Tat a*Ms>, «hs was Klven
awa: : ■■, her father, wore a cown of T7hlt<* Liberty
.-atin. trimmed with old hce. Her lß*e veU was
fastened with orange blossoms and she carrici a.
bouquet of orchids. Sl»- had no attendants. Mr.
Dwer, who hi the only son of lira Geor?<» R. Duer.
•I 1 1 bile ■ II N. ./.. an-1 a n«>ph»w of Dr. Edward
1... Doe*, •■• PMla<i«-!pn!.a. had as fcfs best romm
Charles Arthur Richard*. rl\* ushers were Fred
eri' B. Hoppfn. jr.. Cecil r.yon. rrederick '"
Rtrbarda Ellery O. Anderson. Judge Frederick Di
Witt Wells. Wlßlarn 11. Benjamin. Arthur Han
aad Oothout Zabrlskte Wbltehead. brother oi the
bride. TIM ceremony was performed by the R»v.
Dr. William R. Richard.", pastor oi th* church,
and afterward there was a smalt r^-r-tfen at t'a*
honl of the bride's father, in Ea-«=t TKh •treeCa
Tbe newly married couple will sp^nd thet- honey
moon in the South.
Th* Brttai Consul General In *sur Tewfi as*
Mrs. Courtenay Benmetl gave a largely atten2-<l
leceptios last evening at th«> Maj«>-t!c. 72d street
and Central Para vTest, wh*re they are e.'tab
li.-htd for the season.
T'nd-r the patronage of Hn J- Plerpor.t " «aw.
Mm Frederic J. Da Peyster. Mr?. Charles B.
Alexander. Mr?. B. PwiiSaM Osbom. Mr". N«-«-
bold Morr!«. Mrm George :„ K:ng!«.ar.ri. Mrs.
David ,i. Greer and J!r«. Ira Barrows, a ceaacam
and tea for the benefit of the Horn* Garden.
Italian fhildr-n-'s Settlement, was srlven yester
day afternoon In the n?»mbiy room of th« Co!oc7
• .Pub. An attractive mus!<-al pawawwassße had beew.
Hiran)s»-d. and among the arti3ts wer«» Mm». Br<?so
if-r-Glanoli, Helnricfa ilevn and others.
General l!. ice Porter apnre a dfnner last nfght
at bfal house In Madison avfnn*.
HJai Evelyn Van Wart gave a party fm children
yesterday afternoon at the \VaJdorf-Astorl3. TwSS
vtere tntertaln^d h$ a conjurer BBwl ventrJlOQ^lst.
i'Tid aften tea was served at flvs tables. Mlse
Van Wart will give a hM at this even'.n?.
Mri. Richard" WharTon will irfvo a brMgo party.
, this afternoon at her house In. West 36th street.
Mrs. Frederick Pearson w!I! glv» a *rl&g9 parry
' r.ext Twl Sway.
Mr«. Alfred O. TSSwMSwfJI has BwVJ town, and
returned to Newport.
_______
Mr and Mrs. FTederic R. Halsey inr»nl to ypend
tbe greater part of the summer abroad an 1 ! ar«s
h.ioked to sail for Europ« ea J- ' -
William Ruloff Kip has left Paris to fabj fcis
mother, Mnt J. BBalM Baker, at BBeet,
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By IMwjmpl toTh* Tribune. 1
.NVwr-irt. R. 1.. Feb. 26.-Mr>». Walter N. EldrW?*
has returned from a visit in n- • York.
The Rev. George C. Hotjfthton. of th<* ttiurch oZ
the Transfiguration. Blew York, ta th# guest or >T--«.
Zabriskie here.
J. f. E>. Lanler. who ha-"* 'been In Ne-R-port for a
few days, returned to New York to-day.
MR. TAFT TOASTMASTE*.
Introduces Speakers at University
Club Dinner m Washington.
■Washington. F^K 28L— SVwnr hr.ndr--! eol!**^ it.-tt
arror.iM Um annual barnu^t to-nl^hr of Iha Css»
vrrstty C*» at tbs llalrtßji Tfr>t-i. at which -- .
retar-v- Taft «rk the l«a««a«a«sst and in. a faapr?
vein lalioihifiii the various speakers. T- »3? 0m
Bral time that Mr. Ta't lias asjpaatofl at. a. puolis
function in Washington In many months. an<l h*
Interwove with his Introductions many M aafej al
his recent travels which particularly appealed TO
his BMStflvn, praduates of universities and, BSaSBBBI
in all parts < f the country.
TIM '>rnnt!ot;S of IBM banquet r^nm w--r lar*3!y
c '>«" flasr!" of Rr<>at siz*\ and across on* end wa3
' an immense Italian fia«- in oorr.plim»nt to BaaMBI
Mayor des PI;»noh*«. the Tratlan Ambassador. t**9
(UCSt of honor, who resp°nd«><i to th» toa^t ■- •
Cosanopotttaalsi of University latsaL*" Jus*
tice Brewer, of the BJugawßM Coort, talked of *'Th»
Political < •:■ r:<-in?> of Educated Issa Dc Ed^'-»
A. Alderman, president •-• the University cf v>-
ginia, '!'<:• is«e«l "Public Spirit fn a Democracy";
General Bell, of th<* army, spoke of ->-;-''.f';'---»-!S
as an Army Factor." and Representative B'lrtcu
of "The Heal CuTprtr."*
Addresses also were ma>ie by the Itev. Pr.
Charles Wood, pastor of the Church cf th« Cnv»
I enant: Oejieral Dr.vall. of th*» army; Represents
| ttve J. Hampton Moore. Bsbmm m Proctor and
' Thomas »lson Pase.
Baron Tnkah':.i. tli* Japanese A mbassa-ier. said
the warm sentiment manifested toward him left
mi iouM as to ihe friendly and iyxnpatnctfc fmQmc
his hearers BMi for Japan. He caßai on Secretary
Taft. «rhfl vli<ife.i Japnn recently, to testify a? to
th<» Riifit feeling there toward American?. Secre
tary T.ift .Ip.'.a:-,! that he would say asafn that
the suggestion of war between BBSUS and M
ttilt- | Slates was the suggestion of a crtaM aealns;
clvmzaUun.
J ■<•■■• Brewer said that Secretary Tafr '^.id
made good." anil whrn he eot to hls'ner places fc*
would still make good. Justice Brewer comment?!
••!> what lie declared was an inordinate lon^inar fV>r
legislation. U- added that if ifRJ-slatJon oou!d s.*v»
ibfei country •• would all be In ha rvsa in a fe^r
days.
Presi.ifut Alderman of the University of Vi»*
KinU spoke of public spirit In a democracy, a?
pealinjc for hich ideals in public and private llfs.
ASTRONOMICAL PUZZLE UNSOLVED
Observations of Professor Campbell Dispel
Theory of Planets Between Sun and Mercury
r^u an< l*-o. Keb. W. -There are ro plar.et*
between tlie suti and Mervuiy, anil scientists will
have Iu build jp some other theory to explain whT
Mrr-.-^irv «U>r* not moie in the regular orbit d?
s» rjh«-«l for it. accon&Bg lo the t-onchssU-c!" reached
pyj Professor W*. W. Campbell, head o( Uat Ob
servatoiy. from the davelopment of s>he>tesrapt»;«
plates tak"n st Flint Island several BBBi a*- .
>h..i\!iiK iha coaasssts asassca of <ir.v plaast s*
tween Um sna and Mercury.
For fifty year* astronomers hav» been uaabl» t.i
understand why Mercury .io-.-« not follow the p»th
or orfctt whlcfa st-otild l»^ !:^ mathemattca! MBBB)
«!»•! !t has been the theory that there wa« som-*
forte pulling It from Its orbit, and that this cora
pelllng r.i . • was thr attracltcn cf planets inter-
Tenlog between it anvl the »un.
NORTH CAROLINIANS" DINNER TO-NtGHT.
The annual dinner of the North Carolina Society
will h«- held at the Hotel A>t- ; r to-nisht. l>r. Jota
C. Kiltio. president of Trinity CbUege. North Curt»
line; I*r«>fcs.««r C. Alphonso Smith., of the l'ai\.*r
•lty of Xorth Carolina, untl Senator asaji >'•
Dlxon. of Montana, will speak. William L. Hal' %
of the United States Forestry Service, will a«4T*»
• l«ctur« wltfc «tßreoßUcoa viaws, - ***l