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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
rHE THAMES RoAT RACE.

IIarvard's defeat the Thames yesterday
will disappOnt only those who value success as
the sole end and aim of international athletic
rivalries. An American victory would have
been welcomed: hut a victory for the better
crew or the better style of rowing was mora
important and more desirable. IL is too early
10 determine whether Cambridge won through
superior condition or superior method and al
lowance must be made for a change i'm climate
which has handicapped American competitors
in England, Just as climatic conditions here have
so often proved annoying 10 English athletes
But whatever the causes Cambridge won de-
cislvely. and nobody on this side of the Allan
tic will be inclined 10 grudge or belttle the vie
tory.
More significant than tho result was the
wholesome temper i'm which the competition was
conducted. The race was not 2 race for an in
ternational trophy or an International cham
pionship II was r friendly trial of strength
between two crews meeting Of their own wolf
ton and in the purest amateur spirit. The
Harvard oarSmen did not go to England with
any claim 10 recognition American cham
pions. They went merely as q representative
university crew. having the time and inclina-
ton 10 train and row abroad i'm the vacation
season. Their visit in this informal character
was appreciated by the great English public,
which loves sport for sports sake. and the vel
come they received was gratifying evidence
thar English and American amateurs can com
pete-as they should always Nompete-On
.coting Of mutual courteS5 and respect, with no
taiGt of International suspicion or international
preiudice The Harvard Cambridge race hnS
proved a thoroughly agreeable international in
cident. IL win lead. hope. IN many other
contests conceived and carried through i'm the
same exemplary and admirable spirit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
FRANCE N AFRICA.

The French national fete day for this year is
now long past. hut the necessarily somewhat
belated reports Of it's celebration AT Timbuctoo
which have only recently come to hand. are
worthy Of passing comment IL is rema rkabe.
indeed, that have got word OF the celebrs-
ton by this time, though, as a matter Of fact.
IL reached Europe weeks ago for il is only
few years since more than three months was
the shortest time in which travel could he eff
fected from TimbuctoO 70 the Senegal coast.
still moro remarkable is il that there should be
such a celebration al Timbuctoo at all Down
TO a dozen years ago that city was a hale leg
endary place which few travellers had seen
and about which Tennyson had written a poem,
but which 10 most or the world was still as
little known and seemed mystical and intan-
gible as the capital OF Prester John Ii was.
in fact. the centre Of the African slave trade,
and also OF a vast domain OF indescribably bru-
tai anarchJ But now the slave trade IS abOl-
ished. peace and order and law prevail. and
company Of French men and women sit down
nj conventional French banquet 10 celebrate
the national fete day Of France. Nor are they
exiled 10 a remote and Inaccessible place for
most OF the Journey from the Senegal coast 10
Timbuctoo is effected by steamer and railroad.
ana the whole trip is now made in little moro
than a week, as against three four months
OF old.
That truly marvellous achievement is only
n small part Of what France has done and
is doing in Central and Northwestern Africa
Writing in The London Tribune" recently. Sir
Harry Johnston, than whom there Is scarcely
better authority on African affairs, paid a
high but amply deserved tribute 70 that power
for her work I'm Northern Africa. She has, he
said, resumed in a most effective manner the
work which Rome had begun and which was so
lamentably interrupted by the MahOmetan CON
quest. and especially by the Turkish conquest
OF the Barhary States in the sixteenth century
She has not made there a new France That
was not possible But she has made vastly
happier and more enlightened Numldia-"a
Barbary that is no longer barharous" That Is
what she has done in Algeria IN the course OF
eighty years. That is what she Is doing I'm
Tunis. where she has been seated for twenty
years. That Is what she purposes 10 do I'm
Morocco. In so far as she is enabled to do so
by the Treaty OF Algecirss a work I'm which
every consideration Of civilization and human
ity should impel the world TO wish her suc
cess.
An enormous impulse 10 French civilization
In Africa is now given by the possibility ~
cooperation between Algeria AZ the north ana
the Senegal and Niger country AT the south ana
west. Routes Of travel have been opened he
tween the MediteTran IAN and the Guinea COAST
and every year sees them more frequented and
more important stations established along them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
sly OK 4 DISEASEy

In recent address before the British Med
zeal Association nj Toronto Dr. Thomas Davi-
son Crothars made the charge that the great
majority OF American doctors still mistake the
true character of inebriety. They fall. he says.
10 recognize il as n mental disease and 70 treat
il accordingly. Too many Of them regard the
alment as more physical than mentai ana al
wise the use Of drugs and specifics which no'
only prove futile hut often lead to other habits
equally harmful Not few doctors Of the old
school. moreover cling To the idea that inebriety
is merely n vice sinful habit. from which the
drlnker could free himself If he only used his
will According To Dr. CrOthers, one hundred
thousand die from alcohol every year I'm the
United States for want of intelligent help from
the medical profession.
As told elsewhere in The Tribune this morn
ing. Or Crothers seeks to prove that the inebrt-
ate is the victim OF mental or nervous DIS
Order and that whel his case is diagnosed and
treated as such he nav bp cured Not only is the
chronic drunkard victim Of this aiment. hut
so also Is the moderate drinker Laboratory ex
pcrmcnts have shown. he asserts, that in the
ease Of n man who takes glass of spirits only
now and then the sight hearing taste. smell
and touch are depressed and the circulation of
the blood especially in the brain, is disturbed.
In the periodic drinker the man who goes on
occasional spreas this mental malady becomes
al times still more manifest. For days. months
even years his mind appears perfectly normal
lie does not touch n drop Of liquor nor show
any desire for alcohol Then. all Of sudden,
he is threatened with what Dr. Crothers calls
"a drink storm" If proper precautions are not
taken, no drinks 10 great excess and, perchance
dies of delirium tremenS.
Wheeler or not DT. Crothers proves all that
he asserts he is certainly right in saying that
nehrety deserves more scientific study and in
vestlgatiOn The mere fact that physicians dis
agree 10 such an extent in regard to its treat
ment shows that some Of them must he still in
the dark
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER O. 1906.

port grew from 100000 tons in 1892 10 1913
100 tons i'm 1905. But these beds. as Sir VIII
lam Crookes indicated. will he exhausted in less
than fifty years The chemist i'm his laboratory.
however is already nj work upon this problem
Experiments along this line and the production
Of a basic nitrate known as Norwegian salt
;retre have ms Professor Thompson has recently
shown i'm an article in THE Scientific Ameri-
can" already furnished with n fertilizer
as good as the Chilian saltpetre. and thus
another threatened danger is In the way OF
being aveTted.
I'm short general review Of what Is now
being done i'm agricultural colleges and in labo-
ratOries considerably brightenS the dark picture
Mr. Hill drew. In fact. the history Of civiliza-
tiOn Is hut n record of mans struggles with his
environment and his mastery of IL. Even the
two German professors who claim TO have
solved the problem of the simple life in KObalOn,
n South Sea isle, have solved il temporarily
only. Their food now consists Of cOcOanuts.
their clothing of plated cOcOanUt fibre and their
amusement is sitting in the sea reading. This
may do for time. hut II the professors are
wise they also. like Mr. Hill. should take look
ahead. They may do very we'll as long as there
are enough COcOanutS 10 go around. When they
begin to get scarce the professors probably will
stop their reading for time. and then civiliza-
ton and the problems Of the struggle for exist
enCe will begin even at KObalOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
THE COLLISION OFF NEWPORT.

After being in the hands of Secretary Bona
partp for ten days or fortnight. ,ue findings Of
the court Of inquiry which investigated the COLI
sion between the Illinois ana the Alabama on
July RI have been made public. Al the time Of the
accident Admiral Evans was taking his fleet into
Newport HarhOr. According To press dispatches
printed the next day. the Kearsaree the
fourth ship in the first division and the Alabama
led the second division. being itself Immediately
followed by the Illinois. dense fog prevailed
and almost completely hid one vessel from an
other For some cause possibly a misinJerpre-
taton Of orders-one OF the ships SlaCk9ned its
speed. Whether the Kearsarge was the first 10
DO 50 does not clearly appear from the pub
lished accounts. II did slow mp, however. and
80 did the Alabama. which thus placed itself in
the path OF the Illinois The damage inflicted
the two ships by their meeting slight
fortunately hut the safety Of both and of their
officers and crews was jeOpardized.
The court Of inquiry eXOnerates the officers Of
the Illinois from all blame. hut thinks that those
who were in charge Of the KearSarge and the
Alabama could have handled those ships more
efficiently than they did in the emergency which
arose. Inasmuch Captain Winslow Of the
Kearsarge was necessarily off duty. he is held 10
be in no sense responsible for what happened
Because Of his ineXperence. IL Is proposed 10
impose severer punishment than a reprlmand
Smith 4 larger measure Of culpablity is i'm
puted 10 Captain Comfy and Lieutenant Pres
sey. of the Alabama. and II is recommended that
they be tried by court martial on charges Of
negligence. one Of the specifications being that
they failed 10 get their ship under way again
when the low had been swung clear Of the
Kearsarge's quarter.
From the delay OF Secretary Bonaparte i'm
acting upon the findings Of the court of inquiry.
n may be suspected that he is not in perfect
sympathy with the recommendations made 10
him, and is considering the eXpediency Of pur
suing a different course. He may decide not u
convoke court martial AZ all or he may 10 rs
h. did I'm the Remington case-broaden the
scope of the prosecution so as TO include other
officers than those blamed by the court Of in
curry At any rate, until his decision is made
known the public should suspend judgment re-
garding the officers who were i'm any manner in
vOlved in what was certainly a curious cOmpIica-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
PRoPAGAEDIsTs OF TROUBLE.

The words OF Cicero 10 Catiline might well
be addressed 10 certain groups OF perniciously
active men in America to-day. How long will
re abuse our patienoe:" We refer To those who,
chiefly in this city. are cOnspring against the
peace and integrity az Cuba and are seeking to
embroil the United States in n petty factional
fight in that country. and 10 those chiefly In
ST. Louis, who are similarly plotting against
Mexico and the best government Mexico has
ever had, and are trying 10 create hostlities be-
tween this country and its great southern neigh
bOi. We have tho strongest OF hopes that all
their evil designs will fail II may be that they
are shrewdly keeping themselves within the pale
OF the law and not technically liable 10 prose-
cution though Of that we are by no means sure
II is certain that they grossly violate the spirit
% the law and offend the American sense of
deocncy
The law forbids the use Of American terri
tory as a base 90 hostile operations against a
friendly state. The law forbids the enlsting
and arming OF hostile expeditions against a
friendly state. The distinction between that Of
fence and the organization Of hostile cOnspIra-
sies and the conduct OF a hostile propagan da
is not always clear. Every one Of these con-
spiratOrs is a potential criminal He would
break the letter as well as the spirit OF the
law. If he had opportunity. and il he had the
thysical courage Ii is for the law officers OF
The government 10 determine ar what point in
their troublesome careers these men make them
selves subject 10 legal Interference restraint and
penalty. It is already obvious beyond need OF
demonstration that they have abused the pa
thence aud forfeited the respect and sympathy
OF the American people. and are 10 be regarded
ms enen,ses % this country. IN which they enjoy
asylum, well as Of the country 10 which they
nOminally belong and against which their ac
tivities are nominally directed
n Is offensive for men la this country 10 con
spire a-anst amy country with which are
az peace. u rs peculiarly and IN the highest de
gree offensive FOR them 20 oonspine against those
countries which are our nearest neighbOrs and
with which relations are 50 intimate that
trouble in them would certainly unfavOrably az
feet our Interests aud might easily affect our
own peace. and not only that. but deliberately
and directly 10 seek o. sInbrOll This country
IN war. That Is precisely what these men
are doing For The sake OF increasing the
value Of their property In Cuba and the profits
~ their business. by annexation OF that island
10 the United States they are trying 20 produce.
a state Of affairs which viii necessiiate our GO
ing &c war for the reconquest Of that island
Tor some equally sOrdid purpose they are frying
fo incite murder and massacre OF Americans in
Mexico. hoping thus 10 provoke trouble between
The TIVE countries wh'ch viii lead 20 The over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEwoo,-


Newport r. p, Sept g. Tn. -.
CiamnaS@ 'luh met al their ~,f,,,.. - - = I.
Toih' tnis afternoon and enjoyed I'M. -. a'''r,
."Ne OF the s"asol. 1lthoush cen,.- - 'ss1s
= I" entertain the members next vel '''''e't
WI ana Mrs. Pembroke Iones -.
.u"'"e 'n ms afternoon on heard M. -,.-1'N =
Na'ada sl."Hcheons wsre also rv.- h IN Tas,
colon oy Mrs. Joseph p. Widsner ,,s - e''iae
.. VdnderbHt "' Ars A..
"IS- =. D. Bervind Mrs. q, ~ Rats..
- - 'ohnsPn. MRS. " storrs Wells ~ m
b'Ns'eTe Mrs Austin Flint tr NJ, @nr'
S'iey and Mrs. =. X. stgrsis en1a-tsi-.s ' al's
ner this evening a y.
yrs Reginald c. Va1darrilt. vrr~ ,tt.
was reported az being 100. WIS said tbi. . - q
nave recovered from 1sr temporary i,dis,o.,..s .
Mrs Ogden Mills has decided ~ ,-s,--'--
Newport season. and VIII remain a, - =
abOIt ten DAVIS longer oots.
The second round In the vome,..
Was played this afternoon a. the casi,, -. =
Witnessed by a large number. TIE s,,-a. - "a
'oH'"s. Women's fIaudicap sir-l.s Z
round Miss Margaret Dusk bea. Nr, -.
spencer jr-. 50. 80 Mss Alice roft.r -.
'"'ise scott. SIS. As. IS. Ms parv.- ~. (.
beat Miss Maude Wetmore. - a va,
Le N'VFn won from Miss Edith Deacon A. ].
fault. 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
NOTES FROM TUXEDO pAan


tuxedo PARK. y r.. Sept s-T5a a,,.,,,,, -.
At IuNedo promises o. no CAV. Naarlv an - -
cottasers are preparing for series M ,oc,., =
1a'rs Tor the autumn. TIE weather was cool -.
and a large number arrived a. borb The -.
ana cluhhouse for tho week end
Ny and Mrs. Grenville Kane amt the M.
name who have been Al Newport f7r t-s s,,r,-,.
VIII open their villa This week and artsr.,ir T..
large scale Miss syhn Esns's wedding m 4 So,
art Waiker will be one Of the attractions d,r--,
the autumn
MT and Mrs. F. J. Hsacv and Miss Hancy. r,,.
"ere ~ the Hot Servings Virginia. nave -,
their Tuxedo house The wedding n, Ma. -
." William keyser. tr.. m New York I'm O,,os.
viii be one ~ the autumn affairs
Mrs. ? cooper Hewitt who has b.ap n, 49,.
Tor several weeks has returned IN her Ttrvado -,u
for the autumn. and NJ. and Mrs Austin crsv -.
AZ The Newbold villa
Others who have returned ara N- aud n.
Philip Bernhard. in the voss house. pr and NJ.
p : Reyes. Mr. and Mrs F. GriHn and M,
and Mrs. t. ". Porter
Mr. and Mrs John : Rogers Who ware r,,--.t
IN June. have returned from abroad and are spa-t
ing the autumn with Mrs. George F. Dodge vs,
has just returned from Bar Harhcr
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Van Vechten Olcorr. rto -.
also in Europe. are due az Tuxedo This veek =,
The Breezes. and Mrs Charles w ,'oo9er ana
Miss Cooper will arrive from Bar Hsrb7r whsr.
they passed the summer.
Among those who entertained A. house p,r,is.
followed by dinners and Whist. to-dav we're VI
and Mrs Pierre LoriIlard. M. and Yrs Henry a
Redmond. Mr. and Mrs. ". VI Y HoFuan Mr.
and Mrs. Austin GRAY. Mr.. and Mrs Tbso5or.
Fr@linghuyse1- Mr. and Mrs w. J. Hare Mrs e.
J. coulter and Mr. and Mrs c r Alexander
Among those who are expected 20 open their cas.
tages here during the second week iu Sapfsuba-
are NJ. and Mrs. F. r TIalsev Mr. ana Mrs Her.
bert c. Pell Nj and Mrs Richard Deaasd Mr
and Mrs. J. r. Elliott. Mr. and AIRS Hlrrz Fahns-
stock and W. " Rodewaid
M. and Mrs. Edison Bradley. vino IRE N sss
AdirOndaCks for the summer vii. open THEW TIx-
edo villa on September Is
Mr. and Mrs Robert r. Morris ~ New York
rived a. the clubhouse on Monday. Other late ar
rtvals include Mrs. e. e. Cuyler. T. Sanford Beatty
". ?. Howe. =. copper Lord. ". y. Phoenix. MrS
+ e. HOls. Miss Harrison William Cowdin. Wr.
and Mrs. Joseph m Vivier. 0rv.lle Allen. Miss
WassisT. Nh and Mrs H. " Eingsburv. J..
Brand. George ~ Hull Gocld Hoyt. Moncurs Rob
inson, O. W. Van Nest and p. G. Kent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09

Thus the hitherto inaccessible mines OF Taou-
denit have been reached. and Lake Tchad has
become Il part of Il great highway of conf
munication between the Western Sahara and
the French Congo. The formidable and once
troublesome TOuareg tribes have become allies
of France, and the desert is now being policed
with black troops Of high efficiency and of I'M
wavering loyalty. In thus reaching out across
the continent from the Mediterranean to the
equatorial Atlantic the French have isolated
Morocco from the remainder of the continent
and have enabled themselves To exert an inhu-
ence along the entire land front Of that empire
So that we may hope 10 see France establish the
civilization which she has given To Algeria
and Tunis throughout that long forbidden land
where Atlas filings his shadow far Der the
western foam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
LoknoN UNDERGROUND RoAns.

The latest underground electric road which has
been opened in London uhe Baker Street and
Waterloo linel differs from the others there in
that il runs from north 10 south. They all lie
NJ a cOnsidera bio depth below the surface of the
street, hut one seems to be the deepest, because
where IL crosses the other tunnels il dives under
them The cara arc of steel, and were built in
America. IL is said; and use is made Of the auto
matte device which prevents rear-end collisions
I'm these two respects the Baker Street and
Waterloo road seems 10 mark an advance in
London practice. hut otherwise established prec-
edents there have been followed pretty closely
The trains are made up on the multiple unit
plan. which makes il possible TO control their
movements from any point in the train, and
they are propelled by current of the direct
type.
Electric underground service was afforded in
both London and Paris before it was seen in
New York yet the essential ideas which were
utilized abroad were derived from this country
The traction methods which have given such sat
isfaction on the Central London road and in the
other tubes" Of the British capital had their
first practical applications the elevated roads
of brooklyn and Chicago II was the success
attained on this side of the Atlantic which in
spired the earliest projects in London and Paris
The multiple unit plan originated here. IL we
are not mistaken. the automatic stop which
keeps a train from running past danger signal
was tried i'm the New York subway before IL
vas placed in any tunnel in Europe Moreover
steel cars have been i'm Use in this city and out
on Long Island for considerably more than
year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
Nssn11ork Dailn Gribnnc
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER .. 1906.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Disnssches from Havana say
that large bands Of rebels are south and west OF
the city. and thar al attack on he capital Ia
feared: Pine GueTra's forces are active. General
ATerocel expressed the opinion that all the in
sursent leaders except Guerra were ready 70
make terms - TIL Russian government has
decided 10 authorize Investments Of government
funds in land banks in order 20 absorb the scrip
taken by those institutions a. payment Of peas
ant lands. new loaH IS considered probable
- Morkmen bea- - death manager OF a
department a. The Baltic works in -. Peters
burg; reVoi1tionists stole 100000 belonging 10
the government a. KladlvOstok. a bomb eX-
ploded in a synagogue al Kertch-
DOMESTIC.-President Roosevelt spoke on the
principe II religion al the celebration ~ the
2eoth anniversary 81 Christ Episcopal Church at
Oyster Bay. =- IN was learned in Washing
ton tEs. there was serious friction between the
inspector and quarternlasters' bureaus. ===
Judge BARKER Al Finlay Ohio. oyerruled the
John d. Rockefeller and the Standard oil Com
pany; for alleged violations Of the valentine
Antitrust law. == Congressman Burtons
friends in control II the convention Of Cuya-
hoga County. Ohio, demanded the retirement Of
Senator Dick as state chairman, called for the
election Of United States Senators by popular
vote and Endorsed President Roosevelt ana Sec
Rotary Taft. == Mrs. William Aston arrived at
Newport, r. l. from Boston. standing the jour
ney well. == The campaign in Maine closed
with both parties claiming majority on Mon
day.
CITY-Stocks closed strong -== Mayor Ne
Clellan arrived from abroad on the steamship
ST. Paul. - Charles r. Hughes refused 10
say anything on the Governorshp question:
Senator Page IL was rumored, had gone 20 see
Governor Higgins al Cambridge Springs. Penn.
- II Was reported al White Plains that the
Westchester delegation 10 the Republican State
Convention might present the name Of As
semblyman Wainwright for Lieutenant Governor.
= W. r. Hearst presided al meeting 81 the
executive committee Of The Independence League;
no action was taken toward solving the prob
lem Of whether not the league should seek
Democratic support == Business men i'm the
SYST District issued a letter supporting Samuel
Strasbourger for leader Timothy L.
Woodruff read Michael j. Dady out Of the Kings
County Republican organization. Dady refused
be ousted. == Archbishop Farley returned
from trip abroad; he discussed the religious
situation in France. -- Colonel ". &. Greene
said yesterday that he had received reports
which discredited the rumors ~ revolt I'm Mex
ico.
THE WEATHER Indications for to-day
Fair and warmer The temperature yesterday
Highest. - degrees; lowest. 6s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09

The South Atlantic states have just escaped an
exceedingly unpleasant visitation. For several
days the tropical cyclone which was observed
more than a week ago near the island Of Bar
bados pursued a generally northwesterly course.
and seemed 20 he headed for Florida When il
got we'll into the Bahamas II showed DISPOSE
ton to keep clear of the continent Shipping
may he bothered by II along the Gulf Stream %
the northeastward Of Hatteras. but the coast to
the southeastward Of that point now appears to
be immune.