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EDEN Ml'srr — The World in Was
FIFTH AVUXUB—S—s— Vaudeville.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1910.
This ncicspapcr is oirned and pub
lished hp Tli'' Tribune Association, a
yew York corporation; office and prim
*ripal plan of business, Tribune Build
ing, No. ir»4 Satsati street, New York;
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-■;,»< ,- James If. Barrett, treasurer.
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/// E AE WS Til ! S VO R \I\~G.
FOREIGN". Fifteen cases of cholera
or Euspeded cholera. have been discov
ered in Berlin sad in Spandau, a sub
urb; ih<- mortality in SI Petersburg is
d»<erea.sinsr. — : — : Major Batthbone, who
-was •nriti President Lincoln at the. time
of assassination, and afterward killed
Mrs> Rathbone, is reported to be dying;
in a German asylum. Four air
ships raced from Havre to Trouville,
across tn« mouth of the Seine; Hubert
Latham made the trip three times with
out landing. == Chilian specifications
for two new tiaUlcships set forth that
ill*' gvjK and sonic of the machinery
must be ' ■'. Eagiis.li manufacture, there
by practically eliminating American ten
ucrs. ~ Reports from i£an Juan del
l>ur said that a large part of Nicaragua
•was till bead by in- troops of Madriz:
the American brigade which supported
3"j-trada has reached Managua, =^=_ An
< rtnshodi in Calabria caused groat
alarm among tlie inhabitants. _- — Dr.
Crippen suffered a nervous breakdown
;»>;<i was removed to the hospital ward
of Hrixton Jail.
DOMESTIC -President: Taft attended
s. luncbcon given in bis honor by Charles
!' Searles. at his home in Ipswich
Mjis-s., and discussed with several iudges
who wore present the lillin?r of the two
vacancies! on the Supreme Court bench.
=^=1^ Kx-Prosident Roosevelt spent
practically all of yesterday and last
evening travelling • ' rough Colorado and
Kansas: stops wore numerous and be
made slmrt talks from the rear platform
«•! his car. -. Timothy L. Woodruff
10M of the purchase of bis Adirondack
••Maio before the forestry Investigation
;u Albany: tlv- inquiry was finished.
_— z President Rij.ley of ■)■.' Santa Fe
Railroad system, testifying at the rate
lieartns i>* Chicago, spoke pessimistically
■■ prospects for the coming year. - _l-
I"<t the lirst time •: Maryland the Dom
• ••ratic «iii EfcpubUcan parties selected
nominees for Representatives in <*on
trr«.ss by ballot. a.~ opji<ic«.,j to the coti
vention system. — -.=:. The trial of Fred
erick Skone. formerly Stat«- Engineer,
• •?i a charge <>f grand larceny »ras begun
before Justice Com in Albany. '
Vice-President Sherman loft Jopiin, Mo.,
far Guthrie, <~>k\^.. after a number of
ji^liliral sj'e.eches in Missouri towns.
CrrV.— Stocks wore dull at Irregular
price, changes. .-.■ Acting Mayor
Mitcbei spent •;■■■••■.!■ time with
Mayoi Gaynor at his country home, in
Si. Jani^s. Long Island. '.' A woman
passenger on the Kaiser Wilhelm II re
l-orted i" the captain during the voyage
tiiat money and Jewels v ■■ •]. ?4.000 bad
ii'^n stolen from Iht stateroom. ■ ■ —
Th*» breaking ««r a little draw bar on a
jTibway trail during the rush period at
Hie end of the >..!.•. caused a protractor!
ii< -up. :- Eleven girls swam from
Rcnk;nvay Inlet to Brighton Beach in
ft re. ■ tor medals. . ■ ■ Harry Hark
nwc. a \\o ;; ]thy aviator, said aviators
from Europe were coming to fly In the
International contests at Belmont Park.
*- The Adriatic** jewels -were said by
the customs men to be worth, exclusive
<>f the seizod necklace. $100,000; Mr.
/.driance said they cost less than 10.000.
z=z==z Sixteen mm n fell -with a scaffold
.•:1 the new station of the Pennsylvania
road, and six were taken to hospitals.
-— — -= Pennsylvania rail •■ officials and
business men made two inspection tours
of both tunnel?, yards and terminals.
Solomon J. Hirsh. a wealthy Chi
cago clothing manufacturer, killed him
peif at the Hot»j Knickerbocker.
THE WEATHER.— lndications for to
day: Partly cloudy. The temperature
yesterday: •"....■ low
est, fy'i.
XOT COXYIXCiyG.
"The New York TlmcS** tries to draw
an argument agai^t tho direct method
of Bjeflßißatb - from the result of tli«'
Democratic primary in the I'd Congress
i.'istrio. of "\'ir?mia. llie lent fctepre)
:cjiiativc fruixi that district, the Hon.
Harry I. Xlaynanl, of Portsmouth, was
defeated hist week by Sir. Wil-jam A.
\ouog, of Norfolk. Ti:e letter's plurality
was --■.... aud Mr. Mayiiaird now as
fierts that ihere i 8 fraud in th«? elec
ti>-n. It seems 10 have Ijeeu a ri^iu be
iv.t-cu Norfolk and the rest of the dis
trict, the Young plurality in Norfolk
County overcoming the opposition plu
ralities iv the other counties. Because
i!:«; count i.< disputed "The rfmes Beean
lv think that the primary system is a
failure 2nd «uj;]it to be abandoned for
lite convention s^steru.
Yc-t thtre Lave been hundredi- of in-
Ktanres in which nominations ma«l<; by
conventions nave been contcttpd on
dirges of frrrcid. Defeated candidates
will ... doulit occasionally r.-iiso iho <rry
«f fraud nnder tbe primary eystehi. But
It is not nt iiU obvious that Hie <r,vi»or
: unities lor exerting improper influencesj
I«ir ij::iiiijjiiintin^ rotes and for reversing
the will «.-f a majority are more re-
KtricScd i:; a conventioa made I!' of
political aseu*s than they an* when an
nj^pea! is tnLoo direct to in- rank and
lYie of the jcirty.
We \vi«-:h to call -']'!.<• Thm-V :ilt«-::-
TifiL! to the action laken by ■ ... Dtaiio
• iatJc State Conuiuttee of Nortb Oir<»
)ii:a in nettlins a dispute Kontewhat siuii
'.ir lo that in the 2d t>islri/-i <>f Virginia^
1:: North Carolina <"Ui<liti:ues for <>»n-
Klvks are 'iiil nominated by ouiirentioiis.
In thir <;>h District this year there was a
protracted deadlock attended with great
disorder. When the break came two ran- •
dMates asserted that they had received
5 majority vote, and neither wonld with- i
draw after adjournment. The state com- '<
uiittee was greatly exercised, fearing I
thai the district would be lost, and ap- i
pointed ■ committee of arbitration. The!
committee declined to call another dis-
Irfct convention, on the ground that its;
decision would not carry sufficient;
weight. a special primary ejection was
ordered, and the two claimants are to
submit to its verdiu. Given an honest
(•ohuc of the rotes, the winner in the
primary can truly say that- lie is the
choice of the party in the district and the j
tcser is deprived of all ground of com-j
plaint A nomination obtained by
fraud is equally objectionable, whether ;
it is obtained in ■ primary or in a con- i
vention. Bat the North Carolina state
committee seemed to think that, with |
frand eliminated, a title established by
the direct method was far less open to I
question than a title bestowed at second
hand by a convention of middlemen rep
rtsentins: the voters.
PLANS OF THE PROGRESSIVES.
The announcement of Mr. Griscom
after the conference of the Progressive
leaders yesterday that Mr. • Roosevelt's
Basse would go ' efore the Republican
State Convention as a candidate for
i temporary chairman puts the plans of
! the Progressives in definite form.
! Whether The contest over the chairman
ship v.ill occur on the floor of the con
vention or at a meeting of the state
committee to be held before the con
vention is a detail which may be left to
depend upon circumstances. So far as
the contest for the control of the party
is concerned, Colonel Roosevelt himself
embodies the issue He was rejected
by the state committee because he vent
ured, in deuauce of Messrs. Barnes and
Woodruff, to ally himself with Gov
ernor Hughes in support of direct pri
maries and because his sympathy with
the Progressive movement was well
known. His rejection was a deliberate
affront to the best sentiment of the party.
The final choice of Colonel Roosevelt as
temporary chairman of the state con
vention will mark the cud of the old
regime, the power of the petty bosses
who make up the "old guard" will be
broken and the control of the party will
pass over to the Progressive element,
which has supported Governor Hughes
and which will carry forward his poli
cies.
The conference also agreed in favor of
direvr nominations. The adoption <»f
t!.i> reform is dearly called for as the
lirsr step in th^ Progressive movement
Aft or the recent revelations of the in
difference of irresponsible political man
agers to the interests of the party and
of their readiness to sacrifice everything
else to their own seltish purposes the
people of the state will insist upon tak
ing the management of party affairs
into their own hands. Messrs. Barnes,
■\Y (ruff and their allies are the ex
hibits in the case for dowel primaries.
Their recent conduct will make the de
mand for direct primaries irresistible.
DARK DAYS FOR SMUGGLERS.
Smuggling is ceasing to be the polite
amusement which many evaders of the
customs laws have considered it. For
merly contraband was brought into the
country in the romantic fashion. A
perilous landing was made in storm or
darkness and the goods were secreted
on shore before the customs officers sot
wind of their arrival. The modern
ocean liner revolutionized the conditions
of the occupation and eliminated the
romance. Nowadays the smuggler faces
ill" guardians of iii" law and tries to
outwit then by false swearing and art
ful concealment. Because the contest
had ceased to be one of physical re
source and strategy and become one of
stealth and mental audacity, many who
would never have dreamed of robbing
the government openly and by force
have been deluded into thinking that
the robbery is divested of all Its bei
nousucss if conducted pacifically and
with proper outward formality. So
doubt thousands of Americans pretend
ing to be morally respectable have
stooped to defraud the customs merely
because it looked like a safe and invit
ing way of savins: a few dollars.
Collector Loeb is doing a valuable
reformatory work in proving that smug
gling involves a foolish financial risk as
well as a reprehensible lapse into crim
inality.- The disgrace of being caught
and put on exhibition in the courts is
being supplemented by the smart of
money losses and penalties. A state
ment made by the Custom House
snows that between April 1. 1900 and
March 3L, 1910. tines and penalties col
lected *1 this port from would-be smug
glers amounted to $2,357.9G9. The New
Jersey collectors and courts have also
been busy demonstrating the embarrass
ments attending up-to-date smuggling.
The wide publicity given to the recent
cases here ought to be very helpful in
arousing the conscientious scruples of
returning travellers who have hitherto
looked upon a customs declaration as a
means of concealing rather than reveal
ing the possession of articles subject to
duty. Taking a few lessons in Collector
Loeb's Sunday b**oo| will save many
normally honest persons from the pain
ful experience of explaining how they
happened to stray temporarily from the
path of virtue.
MICHIGAN AND Til CENSUS.
Michigan is the third state whose
population in 1910 has boon announced
by the federal Census Bureau, Rhode
Island and Oklahoma being the first and
second. Each of these three states is
in a way a type— Rhode Island repre
senting the group of Eastern manufact
uring commonwealths in which popula
tion is steadily Increasing at a higher
:•;.!<■ than that for the nation at large,
Oklahoma the expansion of a new and
fertile country just opened to settle
ment, and Michigan the Blowing down
of growth En the Middle Western sec
tion where manufacturing has not yet
supplanted agriculture as the principal
industry and the chief factor In local
development. The rates of growth re
ported for these three states, therefore,
offer an Instructive' contrast. ll!i«><l<'
Island's population Increased between
l**3o and V.tVi 30 8 per cent, Oklahoma's
!<c.) per cent and Michigan'^ 10.1 per
cent. Oklahoma's gain was exceptional,
and no otht-r frontier state is likely tj
show a growth <-f wore than rvo or U0
[ier cent, But the rates of increase in
Übode Island and Michigan will prob
ably held good roughly for the groups
of .states to which they belong— Uhode
Island's for Connecticut, New Jersey,
New York and Pennsylvania and Michi
gan's for Wisconsin. Indiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee and possibly Ohio.
There has Iktu a rapid growth of
manufacturing in many of ihe cities .if
Michigan^ notably in Detroit, Flint,
Laiibiiijj, Jackson, Kalauiazuo, Battle
NEW-TORS: v-AILY TRIBUNK. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 31. 1910
«'reek. Bay City and Moskegon. The
suite's gain in population in the decade
frits 389.191J but practically all that
gain was made in the urban centres.
Forty -six per cent of it came from De
troit alone, where the census showed an
increase of 180,062 in population. Kala
mazoo gained 15,033; Lansing, 14.744;
Bay City. 17.C>.">S: Grand l&pids. 25,006,
and Flint. 23.477. On the other hand,
twenty-six distinctively agricultural
counties in Southern Michigan lost
population— decrease amonting to
27.4*2— while the lumber counties of
Northern Michigan made only trifling
increases. Exceptional urban develop
ment alone enabled the state to main
tain the rate of growth shown between
;Mfc> and 1900, which was lii.C per cent.
Some Michigan , newspapers seem to
think that the state will gain a seat
in the House of Representatives under
the next apportionment If it does, the
gain will be due largely to the fact that
Michigan is now under-represented, hav
ing an unrepresented minor fraction of
ratio of about 00.000. The increase of
389,191 made under the new enumera
tion would be nearly absorbed if the
ratio were to be raised from 104.182, as
at present, to 220,000 or 225,000. But
with the aid of the hold-over minor frac
tion of l!»00 a major fraction of the
new ratio might be established, bringing
the state's representation up to thirteen.
With a new ratio of 215.000 or less, a
gain of one seat in the House of Repre
sentatives- would lie assured.
THE RAILROAD RATE BEARING.
The opening of the railroad rate hear
ings at Chicago indicates that the rail
roads are going to take a moderate and
sensible position before the commission.
Nothing will be heard, according to the
information iv Chicago, of the "verge of
bankruptcy" arguments, which were
popular in certain quarters some time
ago, but instead the roads will rest their
case for the proposed increases on the
grounds of "expediency and business
necessity- It will be urged on the part
of the roads, we suppose, not that they
will soon stop paying dividends if the
present freight rates are maintained, but
mat larger earnings are necessary to im
prove the roads and to attract capital
to their support As to the fairness of
tbe proposed rates it will be urged that
tcey are not excessive when the value
of the service is taken into considera
tion.
Here will be one point of difference
between the railroads and the shippers.
The forme]-. it is understood, will main
tain that capitalization should not en
ter into the question as to what are
proper rates, but that they should be
determined by the value of tlu service
performed: that is to say. they should
be "what the traffic will bear."' The
shippers, on the other hand, will bring
forward the usual argument that pres
ent rate.- are yielding lnn:o and ample
returns upon capital actually invested
in railroads, and will seek to have the
commission settle the question on the
basis of the physical value Of the
property.
These two theories of rate making will
have, because of the magnitude of tbe
interests concerned, a more thorough
discussion than ever before, but it is
Improbable that the commission will be
drawn into laying down the principle
by which in its opinion rates should be
wade. The question is a difficult one. and
there Is probably some difference of
opinion among the members of the com
mission as to what the guiding princi
ple should be. Following the courts, the.
commission has appeared t.» lay a good
deal of stress upon the value of the
property involved as an element in t In
problem, and this lias inclined if to re
gard with favor the idea of causing
:< physical valuation of the railroads of
the country to be made. The theorj
that rates should be tixed so as to yield
a reasonable return upon the value of
the property Involved sounds so simple
that it has proved extremely attracihe.
But its simplicity is delusive, value
being, as the Supreme Court itself has
said, largely a matter of opinion.
Nevertheless, bow difficult i' is to keep
the value of the property involved out of
consideration was illustrated in the tes
timony before the commission of Presi
dent Bipley of the Atchison, Topeka A-
Santa Fe Railroad. "How much consid
eration should l>e given to such capitali
"zation in the making of rates?' he waa
asked. "None at all," he replied: "the
"value of the service rendered should
"govern the making of rates." But a little
later, when explaining how his railroad
"needed money." he said that in the fif
teen years during which he hud been at
jrs head his road had earned only 4"j
per cent on its entire capitalization.
"This capitalization," he added, "is ie:»s
•'than the reproduction value of the
"property." That is to say, his argument
seems to be that the rates must be raised
because the road needs money, and the
road needs money because its earnings
on the physical value of its property
are low. If railroad presidents cannot.
maintain a perfectly consistent position
en this question, it is perhaps too much
to expect the commission to reach a per
fectly clear and satisfactory rule for
determining the propriety of rates. But
we hope that this large consideration of
the problem which it is now undertak
ing will lead it away from rather than
toward the morass of a physical valua
tion.
HI.UO (>/,', STRATEGIST?
Opinion is divided in Louisiana as
;u whether Governor Jared Y. Sanders
ought to be considered a fine-grained
political hero or a wily political strate
gist The Louisiana Legislature was in
s. ssion when Senator Samuel 1). M---
Enery died last June and it elected
Governor Sanders to serve out Mr. Mc
r.nery's term, ending March ."!, 1!»1.~,. Ir
\..s the intention of the Senator eic-t
t«j ;-'-taiu the governorship until the
s< oate should reassemble next Decem
ber and then retire in favor of the Lieu
tenant Governor, Mr. Paul M. Lambre
mont. Last Saturday, however, Mr San
ders announced that he would not qual
ify as Senator and had appointed John
ii. Thornton to serve u<t Interim until
the next regular session of iho Legislat
ure in 1912. lie also gave notice that be
would be a candidate in the next Demo
. ratic primarj for Mr. McEuery's seat.
His motives in renouncing the senator
ship to take a chance of re-election in
tt campaign still two years off have puz
zled the Louisiana public and are a sub
|< ct of lively discussion.
The Governor says that he is sacrific
ing a lifelong ambition In relinquishing
•lit seuaton*uip. But be explains that
1 croons in New Orleans Interested in
making that city the site of a Panama
Canal exposition have addressed to him
:: letter suggesting that he could do more
ps Governor to promote the success of
the exposition enterprise than he could
as Senator, and that lie has yielded to
v. but ho considers a liigh cull of duly.
He will suppress hia "personal predi
lections." he declares, in order to sew*
the people, trftstaag to future recognition
(f the magnanimity of his surrender.
The New Orleans Picayune" is prently
imprcoood by the unselfish devotion
exhibited by the Governor. It says of
his letter of Saturday:
This i 3 a magnificent response to what
must be considered a call to duty, and so
gTea.t Is the sacrifice that it rises to the
heights of heroic patriotism and should
elicit the highest admiration from the
people who have placed the hero where
he is
An altogether different interpretation
i? put upon the Governor's renunciation
by "The New Orleans Times-Democrat,"
which says that the act was not one of
self-sacrifice, bat of self-preservation.
Mr. Sanders is the head of the Demo
ciatic machine in New Orleans, which
has long dominated state politics and
carried primary elections, as "The
Times-Democrat" charges, by st titling: the
ballot boxes. A revolt has begun apiinst
machine rule, and when it w - discov
ered that Lieutenant Gore* • mhre
moitt would give no pled*. ' Sem
Orleans ring the politicly oS city
became paniestricken and - mded
th;rt Mr. Sanders relinquish tb< benator>
ship, on the ground that In his absence
in Washington the incoming Governor
would use tbe large amount of patronage
at the disposal of the Executive to build
ur a hostile state organization. That
would mean the end of the machine and
of Sanders. Says "The Times-Demo
crat" :
He [the Governor] had had numerous
and earnest appeals and petitions from
the politicians, especially from the city
leaders, to abandon his senatorial ambi
tion and not sacrifice the entire machine
to his selfish interests. When he found
he could not discipline Mr. Lambremont
he saw that to save his machine he must
resirrn. He might have resigned in answer
to the many prayers and petitions of
tl>.-- politicians; but he. saw a better game
and he played it.
Which estimate of the performance is
t! t more just we do not venture to say.
Time and the verdict of the vicinage
alone can determine whether the Gov
ernor of Louisiana is to be regarded as
an 18-carat patriot or only as a politi
cian concealing bis real motives by a
play to the gallery.
The National Association of Retail
Milliners is considering the advisability
of establishing a college of millinery- If
schools of cooking do some good, schools
of millinery oujjht to do more. We hope
that the faculty of the new seat of
knowledge will begin by imposing a tte
plus ii'tni limitation on the weight and
acreage of women's bats.
Bacteriologists have noticed that dis
ease gorms. raised in the laboratory, do
not thrive equally well on the same di p t.
A culture medium admirably suited to
one organism may not give satisfactory
results with another. From a Washing
ton dispatch regarding recent work with
the bacillus of leprosy it sterns probable
that special difficulty has be<"n experi
enced in cultivating that particular
germ outside of tbe human body. From
the report that the trouble has been
overcome, however, it is hardly safe to
conclude that a curative serum will now
be produced promptly. The most that is
assured is that an important step tow
ard that end has been taken.
"When so distinguished a chemist as
Sir ■William Ramsay aflinns that the
gaseous emanation of radium is a con
stituent of the atmosphere one cannot
but wonder where it came from and
wish that the discovery might lead to
the rinding in greater abundance of the
wonderful clement which made the Cu
rifis famous.
As thf re |s no evidence that thr judges
who credit Morane with reaching an al
titude of ♦;.t;O2 fcot at Havre subjected
the aviator's barometer — if he bad one -
to any test?, their verdict may l>e dis
puted. At any rate, to olnubt that Mr.
Drexel reached ■<< b«Mj?ht of H,7.">0 feet a
week or two ago is absurd and unjust.
The. Kew observatory, to which, the
American's instrument was sent for ex
amination and which verified his record,
lias a world -wide reputation for th« pre
cisjon of i's work.
Two Democratic candidates for tbe
nomination for <"oun<"ilman in Bayonne,
N. J., tossed a coin to decide, the ques
tion, iimn avoiding the trouble and ex
pense <-> c a primary. This method should
commend Itself to opponents of direct
primaries as simple, expeditious and one
that does no harm to the spirit of our
institutions and our representative form
of government.
If the Navy Department's preference
for Eastern coal to be used on war ves
sel? on the Pacific needb any vindica
tion, it can probably be obtained on
short order from the United States Geo
logical Survey. Tests made by that
branch of the government show that the
coal mined in different parts of the
country varies remarkably In fuel value.
The product of the mines In states be
yond the Rockies has generally been re
garded as inferior to the Poeahontas
coal Iti directing, therefore, that experi
ments with Western coal shall be con
ducted on a cruiser for several months
the department shows a gracious spirit,
even if no novel discovery is to be made.
Vermont's state election will be held
next week and the mountain common
wealth will find itself temporarily hold
ing the centre of the national stage and
monopolizing th<=- radiance of the limel
ight Its performance this year ought
to be up to the high mark which it has
made in the past as a curtain raiser in
politics.
THE TALK OF THH DAY.
Aristlde Bartorio, says "The Journal of
Italy," who lias become wall and! favorably
known through his works of sculpture and
painting; has written a dramatic poem en
titled 'Sibylla," which, rumors says, Mas
cagni will set to music. The plot resembles
that of "Tannhauser," except that in the
place of Venus there will be the character
Sibylla, who, with a retinue of Satanic
ladies and knights, lives in the mountains
near Nircla, to which mortals are enticed.
The character corresponding to the singer
TannhiiUHer in Sartorl'a work (a a cardi
nal of the Church, who falls before the
wiles of the satanic woman.
Eight-year-old William and hiss Uncle
Will are great chums, and the latter takes
delight in the quaint sayings of his name
sake.
Jt rained on the (lay that William wan to
have gone to a wonderful picnic. The little
lad stood .it the window trying to keep
back the tears. Uncle Will, coining by and
seeing the tears, slapped ids nephew on
the back and unexpectedly shouted: "Hello,
Bill! hat' a your idea of Heaven?"
be small boy looked up and solemnly
answered: ''Heaven's the place where the
really-trulys are an nice as th* Just-sup
nosln's.*'— Woman's Home Companion.
The '!.:..!' correspondent of "The
Berliner Moreen Post" says that while the
Norwegian press and all literary circles of
the realm were celebrating the fiftieth un
nlversary of the birth of Knut Hamsun?,
the popular poet,' th*- man whom every one
was anxious to honor could be found no
where. Having learned that the celebia
tion was to take pi cc. he slipped away, no
one knows "Vhere, and refused to be bared
back. One .society succeeded by stratagem
in having an invitation to a banquet placed
in the poet's hands, but it did no good. Tne.
invitation was rejected in terms so blunt,
that people less tolerant than his country
men would have been offended.
Little Willie-Say, pa, what is organized
° Fa-Orgjnized charity, my son, is the
condensed milk of human kindness.— cni
cago New;.
Chicago has some good things. Jol
Kjellander, city sealer of weights and meas
ures and candidate for a nomination for
clerk of the Criminal Court, seems to be
one of them. For years "the Trrnhle
Swede," as he is known, has been making
it unpleasant for dishonest tradesmen,
much after the fashion of New York's Mr.
Driscoll. When he announced his candi
dacy for the clerkship the pedler3 and shop
keepers rejoiced exceedingly. They thought
he would let up on them to aid his political
canvass. But KjeUander quickly dashed
tho?e rosy hopes in a speed] to hla in
spectors, in which he said: "If I hear or
any of you fellows carrying the banner for
me in this campaign there will bo a job
for the trial board. T may be nominated
and elected, and I may not. No matter
which way it gees, I want to leave thi:
office with just as good a record a.s I have
got now, and you fellows helped make it.
Now. don't do anything to it. But
politics and business will not mix, even
city business. Keep out of politics as far
as I am concerned, so w« can all finish
with clean scores."
The St Louis streetcar conductors have
been told that they must never reply to a
woman patron when -«he is angry.
This Is a form of discretion which I>
calculated to make the woman twice as
atisrry as she was at first.— Cleveland Plain
Dtaler.
THE DICKENS FUND PLAN
Erving Winslow Recalls Objections
Made by Member of the Family.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Seeing that a proposition is on
foot to raise at the coming centenary a
sum of money by popular subscription
which shall be devoted to the amelioration
of the condition of Charles Dickens's de
scendants, I think It may be well to make
known, and to ask your exchanges to copy
the statement, that some time ago, when
the question was mooted of raising a fund
as a thank offering to one of the great
benefactors of mankind, with a suggestion
that such a memorial might be used in a
way to benefit his granddaughters. Henry
F. Dickens, as representative of the Dick
ens family, repelled the idea as a "most
distasteful one," and requested that the
scheme might be abandoned.
It hud been thought that the two daugh
ters of Alfred Dickens in Australia might
be. in pecuniary need, but Henry P. Dick
ens made no exception when he wrote!
"The Dickens family do not ask for char
ity, and I am sure my nieces would resent
the suggestion. They all earn their living,
and although they arc not well to do they
are not dependent upon public subscrip
tion." ERVING *WIN*SLO\V.
Boston, Aug. 29, ISIO.
CLEANING BUSINESS MACHINERY.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Reforms, eliao*. dream?, arc at
present demanding a halt, a hesitation, in
the progress of the American routine of
business activity. But we must have re
forms, chaos and dreams to shake off the
mire that gathers in the cogs of the wheels
that wind and grind out our prosperity.
The reforms are the alcohol that .'leans
ond the oil that smoothes the works, and
the time and money lost In the cleansing
mean the perpetuation of the works.
What we must do is ask ourselves how
much can we do to aid In the general up
lift — in the cleansing and In the work to
be done, in th« resumption and continua
tion r.f activity and prosperity. Let us
not only be Individual in our endeavors
but push along with the rest, so that w«
can get a uniform movement, a national
march, that will be a perpetual motion.
HENRY LANG.
East Stroudsburg, Perm., Aug. 29, 1910.
ALIGNED WITH THE KAISER.
T" the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Pray accept a Tribune reader's
most hearty thanks for >our admirable
editorial on Sunday, the 2Mh in=t , on the
subject e.f Emperor William's recent i<iug
ly utterances — utterances t~> which such
k widespread flurry of exception is being
taken by his people.
In thete days of utterly urgent mate
rialities, when the many claim h perfect
right to think for themselves, but some
how leave to the few a leisurely, intelli
gent exercise of that right, it is quite nat
ural thai every apparent tendency toward
reaction In state affairs meets with a
rather insane reception by hosts of people
whoso minds are so completely mixed up
with substantial interests that they be
come prone to misapprehend and. in a
measure, fear every official voicing of
truly fine sentiment. The present instance
illustrates with exceeding clearness this
general fact, for it is reported that the
great majority of the German nation—
70,000,000 of people— appear to be wildly
concerned and anxiously critical just now
about what are, in very truth, nothing
more than certain charmingly romantic
utterances by a nmn whose thoroughgoing
propriety of action as their constitutional
ruler these twenty, years past cannot be
gainsaid any more than his perfect, nat
ural right to please himself by declaring
whatsoever he likes when, being deeply
moved by romantic reflection, he voices
beautifully poetic thoughts which nowise
interfere, and never did interfere, with
right performance of his practical duties
as an hereditary Sovereign, whose living
regard for the constitutional rights of his
subjects cannot be questioned except by
people foolishly forgetful or perhaps total
ly ignorant of the generally great facts of
his reign..
ALFRED LAUREN'S BRENNAN.
New York, Aug. 28, 1910.
A RACIAL BUGABOO.'
To th» Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial of August -7, entitled
"Getting Even," la entirely logical as far
as it goes. At the same time, it id difficult
to avoid a feeling of contempt for those
victims of 8 blind and irrational race preju
dice who fear some occult species of con
tamination from tho mere fact of dwelling
in the same neighborhood with a family of
darker hue than their own. If these agi
tated persons in The Bronx and in Brook
lyn would simply go quietly about their
business they would and tint the mere ex
istence of negro householders on their
street would not trouble them in any way.
As to the negroes themselves, being natu
ral human beings, they may be expected to
feel a degree of resentment at tho outcry
which Implies that they are pariahs In a
neighborhood, prejudged before they have
had an opportunity to prove themselves
either desirable or undesirable There is
no reason or public policy in bottling up
the. separate race* In exclusive districts,
where natural clannishness may become
exaggerated and racial weaknesses ac
centuated and perpetuated. During .tic
continuance of the present unworthy and
discreditable prejudice II may not be' the
highest wisdom for a negro family to live
near the enemies of its race; but it is not
surprising that Indignation against snob
bery and against attempted outlawry on
the mere account of the accident of color
should occasionally create an obstinate de
termination to vindicate the right of living
in any section deslffcd.
.i \mks F. MORTON, JR.
New York, Aug. Is, ISIO.
People and Social Incidents
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Lawrence L. GlOaaa««, who to to mniry
w^ntoc at U>> P«>- <**
dinn,r this evening at the Union Club.
Miss Mar uerita Barbey was ******
th. American Church at Geneva, *******
•a: - on Monday to Gilbert Compton El
foVof Deal. England. This - asernen
as announced from abroad the -M«J
last month. The bride, who hash
spending tho summer hi Europo.with be*
mother. Irs. Barbey. is a daughter of he
late Henri I. Barbey. who d>d at his
chateau in Switzerland four yea:, .go. and
is a sister of the Countess da Pourtales.
the Baroness de Neufllze. Mrs. Alfred be
ton. Mrs A. Lanfear Norrie. Henry G-
Barbey and Pierre Lorillard Barbey. Her
mother was Miss Mary Lorillard a Bister
of Mrs. James P. Kernochan and of the
late Pierre Lorillard.
Mr and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry will ar
rive in New York from Newport to-day
on board their steam yacht, the Elect!*
They are to sail for Europe next week, to
spend the autumn abroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould spent the
week end at Bar Harbor as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hennen Morris.
Mr. and Mrs. Temple Bowdoin have gone
10 their country place, at New Hamburg,
N. Y.
Mrs. Forsyth Wickes will return to
Tuxedo from Newport early next month.
Miss Katharine S. Att^rbury Is the
guest of Mrs. Charles B. Tuckerman, at
Ipswich, Mass. Miss Atterbury's mar
riage to Mrs. Tuckerman's son. John A.
Tuckerman, will take place In the fall.
Mrs. Richard Townsend, who is now at
Carlsbad, will return to New York next
month, and will go to Bar Harbor to spend
a short time with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry.
Mr. and Mr?. Hugh D. Auehincloss have
returned to town from Newport, ami are
at the Belmont for a few days.
Among those who wailed for Europe yes
terday were Mrs. Warren D. Delano, Jr.,
Miss Jean W. Delano, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward B. McLean, Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer and
Mrs. Morgan Goetchlus.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas wfH
close their Newport season to-day and re
turn to New York.
Bayard C. Hoppin, who la to marry Miss
Helen T.. Alexandra In this city on Sep
tember IQ. has recalled the invitations, to
hia farewell bachelor dinner, which was
eoI fr>r September 7. on acount of the re
c?nt death of hia nancee's father.
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph in The Tribunal
Newport, Aug. "0. — Mr. -md Mr««. Will
iam O. Loewe. of New York, took the load
in entertaining here to-day. They gave a
dinner-dance at Berger's Lods* night
that proved enjoyable. There were fifty
guests at dinner, and about three hundred
were present for the dan^ine.
Other dinner parties were sriven this
evening by Mrs. Frederick H. Prince and
Mrs. T. Shaw Safe, while Mr". George
Peabody Wetnaore, Mrs. Oliver Gould Jen
nings, Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Mrs. E. J. Ber
wlnd and Mrs. William Gammell repre
sented the day's luncheon entertainers.
Mrs. Bayard Thayer gave a farewell din
ner at her summer home this evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Thayer are leaving on Sat
urday for Lancaster, Maps.
Registered at the Casino to-day were
Mrs. G. P. Seeley, of Englewood; M. L.
Spenry, of Savannah: Schuyler L. Parson.",
sr., of Islip, Long Island, a guest of Amos
Hollingsworth; Arthur B. Seeley and Den
nis M. Klrby, of St. Louis; Alexander
Armstrong, of Hagerstown, Md.; Miss IT.
('. Miller, Oliver Is -lin and John Kean. of
New York, guests of E. r>. Morgan, jr.: L..
McCarthy Little. E. A. Crowninshield. Mr?.
Ernest Iselin, Captain Duncan Elliot, U.
S. A., and Miss Dorothea Watts, of Phila
delphia, who 1b visiting Miss Dorothea
Kane.
James J. Van Alen has gone to New
York for a snort visit.
Very favorable reports were facetted to
day from Mrs. Pembroke Jones, Reginald
C Vanderbilt and all the other members
of the. Newport summer colony who are
111. Mrs. K. '. Beeokman has so fully
recovered her health thai she v. as able to
play tennis at the f'a^ino to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. K. Rollins Mori**, who hay*
PAN AMERICANS ADJOURN
Close of Congress at Buenos Ayres —
Tribute to United States.
Buenos Ayrea Aug. The fourth I'an-
American Congress of American Republics,
which has been in session since July ]?, ad
journed to-day. The closing session was
attended by President-elect Saenz Pena,
Vice-PresMent-eleci de la Plaza, the mem
bers of the Argentine Cabinet and of the
diplomatic corps, senators, deputies. M.
demenceau, former Premier of France;
Enrico Forri. member of the Italian Cham
ber of Deputies, and many other prominent
persons.
The Argentine Minister of Foreign Af
fairs made an address to the delegates, or
which the dominant note was a plea for
peace and arbitration, "We should re
spect," he sail!, "the rights of all the re
publics* ami never employ force except to
re-establish the empire of Justice."
In conclusion the Foreign Minister said:
"We can now say as was said at Wash
ington: 'America stands for humanity.* be
cause we are sovereign nations. Let my
last word be to send from here a message
of gratitude to tho great nation which
founded these continental conferences. To
ledo Herrarte. the Guatemalan delegate, re-
ponded.
The Foreign Minister entertained the del
egates at dinner to-night. There was a
cordial exchange of toasts.
SCULPTOR'S SON MARRIES.
Montclalr, N. J.. Aug. :;o (Special).— An
nouncement was made here to-day or the
marriage of Richard Hamilton Couper, son
of William Cooper, the sculptor, and Miss
Mildred Cooper, of Buenos Ayres. Argen
tine Republic. The wedding occurred on
Saturday night «t the residence- or the
bridegroom's parents, No. MB Upper Moun
tain avenue. The Rev. Dr. William Stonf:
Hubbel, formerly of Plainfleld. but now
of New York City, performed the ceremony.
There were no attendants.
The couple met In Paris, where the bride
was studying music and Mr. Coupet was
studying ait. Th« acqua!ntanc« continued
when both went to Rome. Mr. and Mrs.
Couper will shortly return to Home to re
sume their .-»vidi.>«
DR. J. W. CHAPMAN MARRIED.
Providence. Aug. CO.— ln the presence i»f
m: ti> of his co- workers in the Held of re
ligious endeavor, the Itev. Dr. .i Wilbur
Chapman was married to-day to Miss Ha
bel Cornelia Moulton at th»» home of her
mother, Mrs. Ruth W. Moulton, la this
city.
Relatives and friends of the bride and
bridegroom were present. The. Rev. Elijah
A. Hanley. pastor of. the First Baptist
Church, of this city, and the Rev. Dr. Ford
C. Oltman, of Stamford. Com., who hat
been associated with Dr. Chaps— in his
work, performed the ceremony.
ALLOPATHIC DOSES.
Prom rue Washington RerakL
Vn English writer avers that «tr l; 1
ti,, onlj cure foi wai p, rl Ktw „,■ ju»U
ttea hia m.-v along homoeopathic lines but
history does not aay when the cure a i
ev^r applied in homoeoDathlc duaea
tp»nt the biimm>r at Bar Harbor, mre ■->
return to their Newport sumrr^r home.
Villa Rosa, M ; ask.
I ..i a rence „'•■-■ wiio is to wed Miss
ireoa HM*aaU on September 9, has re
turned tr> Wei York to erlv»" Jiis* bachelor
dinner at the Knion Cluf> on Thursday
night.
There was another cott*c<» rental an
nounced to-day. Edward C. Font, ft Xcw
York, has taken Mrs. John JflchofsS
Brown'a cottage, on Bellsvue avenae. Mr.
and atm Post have occupied the •"■-*-•
for several years.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. A. Clark wilt remain
here this year until the middle of s> >-
f-mber.
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Haggin hay*
closed tiieir Newport sea.son.
Mr?. Hermann Ostrldia Ibm rmmrmM from
■a visit in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. MflM Jr., are
to close their cottage on Thursday.
Mr. and Mr?. F. It Whit*, who have b<;?n
the guests of Mr. and Mr- WilMam Mur
ray, have returned to Larchmont.
Mr. and Mr.". W. B. JaaldM are zt pres
ent the guests of Mr. and Mr?. Murray.
Barclay Warburton ha 3 returned from
Philadelphia.
W. V. ft V.c. r;-. .-. " i " gOSal
of Sfarr Miller, ha? returned T x.
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
[Rr T»>«:raph to Th» r-nbnr^. }
Lenox, A-ng: CO.— Or- ■""* the popular
drives this afternoon was over Is Isc
where the women of St. George's Episcopal
Church awM a lawn party and fair. Mr.
and Mrs. norm de Peyster Tytua nefpsa>%a
make it i irreat success. Mrs. Tytus was
in charge <>' the tables, and sr«> was as
sisted by the Misses Hutton and l>»upp,
of the Tyrtn>rhj»m villa colony, while Mr.
Tytus looked after the receipts. In BBS
company who went over from Lenox »pro
th© Misses Cornelia Barnes and Rosamond
Dixey, Mrs. Frank K. TlwiH, Mrs. M
lam l>. Sloane. Mr-. John Haaaai Mr?.
Watson Thompson, of Wei York, «nd Mrs.
George WestJng}.ouse.
Mr. and Mr.' Richard C. Dixey have as
a guest at Tangtewood Miss Margaret
Bradley, of Boston.
Mr. arid Mrs. Harris Fahnestock. of V- -
air, v.ere amon; the entertainers at dinner
to night
Returnincr from laseSßwa; Me, to-day to
Stockbrid^e were M;-- Choate and Mr. and
Mr?. Carl de Gersdorf and family.
Miss Clarion Mellen came up to Council
Grove. In Stockbridge, to-day from New
Haven. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Letoham. who
have been with Mr and Mr?. Mellen at
their Stcckbrldge villa, went to New York
to-dny.
Mr. and Mrs. Wil lan E. S. SriawaU
eani'i t>a'*k to ndhur I Mrs. John
Sloans villa, to-day from Eri**. Perjn.,
where they have been for tea da
Albert Spragoc 99, of Chicago, is a :m?3t
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Sprag at thet.-
Pittsfield viila. Mrs. \dplp»i Miller, -nho
has been a guest of Mr. and Mr?. Sprazue.
started to-day for Berkeley, Cat
Mrs. John R. Gott <* booM gtaaal for *
week or more of Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Spoor at Blythewood, hi Plttsfic'd. went
back to Chicago to-day.
A deed has been recorded In Gr^at E<ir
lington transferring from Howard, Wine??,
of New York, the Dr. W. A. Culver *?wte,
known as Brookmead. in New Marlboro,
to Mr. Willets's son. Joslah Ma.-; Wiliets,
who was married last spring: la Mi?^ Blood
good, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiidrrri
K. Bloodgood, who aiso have I villa irj
New Marlboro.
Mr. and Mr*, Edward I* Morse an«i fam
ily departed from Stackaais)aja t'J-day for
the wilds of Aroostook County, in Main^.
Mrs. Robert D.tw^on I.- ;■..-. ad Beverly,
i.-* to have their villa for the next two.
months.
I^ite arrivals at th«» Aspinwall Hotel in
clude Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Mundy. of N't
York, who came down from the Whtt*»
Mountains for a month' 3 sojourn 1:1 Lenox;
Mre. Jaaaaa A. Blair. Mias A. Dll Vivi. -,
Mr. and Mr.-. Harry Hubbard. Dr. and Mm,
M. Allen Starr and the Misses Starr, ••?
New York: Mr. and Mrs. William 11 Hoff
man and Mr. and Mrs. <; H. Smith, of
Providence; Mrs. C. H. Geere and "*■[■■ .<
McShane, of Molina, HI.: Mr. anj Mrs. J.
Renwkrk Hogs and H. J. Belt, or Phlta
delphia.
Miss Maty Wcathcrbec. wba ■-•5 feeei a
yu'est of Mrs. Carmen E. M. Martinez at
the Maphmood Hotel, In Pltt«f:cM. depart
ed to-day for New York.
At the Curtis Hotel arc Mr. an.J Mr*.
Alfred A Rape, of Farminpton, Porn. ; Mr.
Edward Ellis, of New York; Mr. and Mrs.
J. 31. Fiske and Allan •:•■,-: - of Boston.
SOVEREIGNS AT FFIEDBETtG
Many Police Guard Russian Riders—
Two Arrests Made.
Friedbersr. Hesse. -\ug. so. — Emperor
.Nicholas and Empress Alexandra of Russia
arrived here at 2:20 o'clock this afternoon.
Their majesties wen accompanied into
German territory by a. suite or" fifty per
seas. Or.-at crowds saw th» yovercigns a.-*
they were driven from the railway station
to the castle in an open automobile.
The Russian seem police have been her«s
for several days, and la.«t nisht, at Bat
Nanneim, took into custody * Russian
named M usoV ' v , rg Shortly before tiia
royal party arrived to-day the police ar
rested another man who is believed to bo
an anarchist. It is estimated that fifty
Russian and German political agents ■*■
in Friedberg and adjacent places.
Sensational rumors were afloat to-day ot
Impending and actual harm to the visitors,
but the trip was attended by no unpleasant
incident.
DR. WU.
From The Washington Star.
Dr. w-,1 Ting-funs: is never long withoal
a job. He Jits into many places and pta>fl
many parts. His latest' assignment 13 to
the Hague permanent court of arbitration.
V.here be should do his country good ser
vice and become popular with his cot"
leagues Of one thing we- may ail be sur»«—
he will not lack for information about what
i* colnir on through neslrct to ir , — Hta
curiosity is boundless, and his command
of several languagea enables him to wis
hl3 way around wit ease and success.
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.
An English expert who has been niakins
observations In New York says that city t*
much more overcrowded thai an Euro
pean city. It Is not .i first class" recom
mendation.—Chicago Record-Herald.
in Investigating Its charities New Yor«t
Will tind that its the middUitian w h.» '■»
boost.-. the high cost of gftine.— WashnnP*
toil Post.
Frank Munsey thinks Chlcaso men «i
fly to New York, transact business and
let urn home the same day. It will b** eb"
served that he doesn't think >.«> much Oyßßg
will be •'•" in Hi- oilier direction, evi
dently his idea is that every or who >"•
afford a tlyinjc machine \»»U*then reside to
Chicago.— Chicago Daily News.
Now that Nans York has abandoned thi
' "i -■■•• car.--, we may entertain hopeo of ••'*
one day belnwr a real up-trv-diite and tnter
prlalng village.- .Milwaukee Stntinel.
Even with the money that has been lav
ished on New v.->rk'> docks and pier*, tfev
are far behind tho ase. for the reason that
vessels cannot lte alongside of them anil
receive cargoes from freight cars run »»
rectly to their sides. Fretsht must l"»
dragged to the piers on drays* or toweu
here on barges There is not a municipal
dock in the port of New York that la sui>;
pned with dneet railroad eonn»-\tlons »n.»
the travelling electric cranes.— rhliadelptuA
Inquirer.
New York bj .said to be suffering from *
scarcity of chorus KirU. of course U»
Plttsburs millionaire* have rowda heavy
Inroads, and then think <>; the> way •■
English peerage has been r«cruitmg i* l1 *
ranks of London society from American
musical comedy:— Albany" Argus.
Th«" census authorities announce that ih *
result of the enumeration In New YerK
City will be given out next week. The e'.£
town is .somewhat .a tent over the «'•'*
lay, but la calmly eonJMeni that it -Ml con
tinue to exceed * Philadelphia and d»teM*
notwithstanding the annexing pn>HYiOßl
at tuo latter municipality.— Troy Time*. -