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New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
THE "EMHUNTTY BATH"

Congress has wisely undertaken al this ses-
sion 70 regulate the conditions under which
witnesses IN proceedings intended TO enforce
the Antitrust and Interstate Commerce laws
NAV enjoy the luxury of an immunity bath"
No, little complaint was made at the whole
sale distribution OF bath tickets resulting from
an instruction given by Judge J. o. Humphrey
az the southern District Of Illinois, IN the beef
packers case. His Interpretation Of the i'm
inuniy provisions Of the acfs Of February II.
1898: February IL 1908. and February 10, 1903.
has been criticised by the President, the Attor-
ney General and by members Of both branches
OF Congress. Ii has also been dissented from
by other United States judges. Owing TO the
technicalities Of our procedure tie verdict re
turned against the government at Chicago could
not be carried 10 a higher court for review and
elucidation. and 10 bring order out of this con
fusion Congress has undertaken to declare more
explicitly who are and who are not 10 be en-
titled 10 the cleansing processes OF the immu-
nifty douche
AS a first step the embsrras ssing Limitation
on the governments right Of appeal has been
removed. and il may now claim the privilege
allowed 10 is opponents In court Of carrying
q case decided against il &c a higher tribunal
Hereafter ruling like Judge Humphreys will
not have 10 be accepted as final. The Senate
and House have also passed bills defining and
narrowing The immunity grants Of tho three
laNs referred To- BY Judge Humphreys inter
ireta;ion immunity SEEMED 10 extend auto
saS'ically 10 al persons who contributed under
anr ,ot ~ Invitation. solicitation or pressure
20 help The government make our a case No
distinction could he drawn. ether between nat
ural re"sJn> and corporate bodies and the gov
eminent wss put IN the position of having alb
solved from prosecution an army of possible
sirseas:autS whom IN had intention OF treat
inS as witnesses In the narrow sense The Sen
are Dill drafted by Senator Knox adopted ia.
distinction between natural persons and cor
s,orations which the Supreme Court OF IN.
United States has recently emphasized an,
excluded corporate bodies as such from al
Immunity privileges. corporation. being
creature OF law and organized for public pur
poses. can have no just claim 10 pro:ectiol
against rhs government when that protection
invokcd % corcr misdeeds. The House bin pre
serves CHS distinction. and in 20 far the Orc
possd legislation is distinct advance iowar
The suppression Of corporation abuses.
The Eeuse has gone a iittle further than ID
6snAt<. perAsp&. In discrediring the theory q
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22

automatic operation, for II limits immunity
strictly 10 two classes of natural persons, the
witness the part of the government who
testifies on oath and the witness who in obedl-
ence 10 4 subpoena. produces relevant evidence
Testimony given formally aud without legal ser
vice will not enutle the Giyer 10 legal absolu-
ton. The differences between The two houses
will be easily adjusted i'm conference, for 1t is
the policy of both 10 establish clear and deii-
mite standard, so that the government Will
know when il confers immunity and the people
who give testimony produce written evil
dence will know when they are entitled 10 i'm
munity. Assurance OF this sort cannot but he
as welcome to the witness as il will be 20
the governments invesuga ting and prosecuting
agents
In view of the free and general criticism
which Judge Humphreys ruling evoked. 1t Is
interesting TO note that of The three Representa-
tives who debated the House measure last Tues
day two-Mr. Mann, of Illinois, and Mr.. Mar
tin. OF South Dakota-held that he had mlsln-
terpreted the statute while one-Mr. Litteffeld
of Maine-eEpressed the guarded opinion that
there was some opportunity for that judge to
hold he did under the uncertain condition
''of the existing law
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
Irm71prk DAILY Gr-ibm,lG
FRIDAY. JUNE %. 1906.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-Senate: The bill providing for
a lock canal across the Isthmus Of Panama Was
passed the sea-ieyel project being defeated bH
: vote OF SO 10 81: the proposed appropriation
~ S95 O0n for the Presidents travelling expenses
vss discussed - House. Debate on the
Pure Food bin begun by Mr Mann OF
Illinois.
,oPFrcN1 -Disnatches from St Petersburg
renorted that military disaffection was spread
fne throughout Russls, al one post captain
sabered private ana was Kii-eG bE ms aIsi alle,
factory al Limoges. France. == william D
BRYAN attacked private monopohes IN staoe
Ynent given out at Trondhyem. Norway. ~ 10,
Final preparations were made Tor the CORONATION
% King Haakon VII and Queen Mauo al
Trondhjen Norway, to-day - MI . anu "A =
Nicholas lyongworth witnessed the running OF
,be cold Gun race al Ascot England from the
Fine,s Enclosure: many other Americans were
--sssnt - The drydock Dewey reached
Sngspors.
,ocl, canal President Roos, gelt will soon give
orders 10 Chairman Shonts 10 cut loose -
Representatives Of the PennsyINafha fSlIloau lI
a,nesred before the Interstate Commerce COM
mission in Washington, and defended the pfaH-
tices or that road in connection with me Coal
business. So The Fall River cotton manu-
facturers averted a strike by granting lhe -
y,ar cent increase in wages demanded ny lhe
or,erarore = The Massachusetts House OF
Representatives expelled Frank j. Gethro Loi
s,+sr,r,,ed bribery in connection with the Anti
p1cletsbop bin. - President Schurman or
(,orneu al the commencement exercises IN
denounced the ma alelldilNllN
rbe present age ----= II was reported AZ New
orleans that Sagua La Grande. Cuban town
of * OoO inhabitants, had been destroyed - -
Miss Rettie Reeves formerly a burlesque acuess
confessed in st Louis 70 killing two men. one oI
vbe-o her brother -- The body of Governor
Pattison was buried al his former nome N
Milford. Ohio.
CTT-Y-Stocks were weak. == The Mayor
srten+Ion 10 force a showdown in his hght Win
Murphy before the former sails for Europe ne.
rarre more apparent. =----- James A Alien to-o
fhe Republican County Committee why ne NAG
hec0r0e a Hearst man. -= me eApeO ~
''shabe ur" of the police was announced, two IN
snecrors nineteen captains and two sergea anus
beng transferred -=- The terms q the New
York Life Insurance Company with new agents
were announced == II was learned mat ROD
err q McCurdy would sail soon 70 join ms
sstber in Europe --= The administration can
didates for the hoard of directors u the Equi-
table 10 he voted on by the policyholders, were
named = Chief Engineer Rice planned 10
drill wells In the Brooklyn subway to cool the
air -= The New Haven road asked the Rapid
Transit Commission for franchise for four
rack connecting railroad -= Another clew
10 the identity of the knnan murderer was
found.
THE WEATHER Indications for to-day:
Fair The temperature yesterday. Highest. AZ
degrees: lowest, SO.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
FRAUD IN NAME OF MERIT SYSTEM

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II has come TO the notice OF this Office that
certain persons representing themselves TO be con-
nected with the American Association Civil Service
Reform Committee have been soliciting subscrip
tions for various purposes In this city In case
individual giving the name Of J. R. Mccormick.
and claiming to be connected with the Sherif's
Office solicited contributions in the OF the
American Association Civil Service Reform Com
nittee for an Toe fund On investigation II was
found that no such person was employed in the
Sheriff's office
In Philadelphia recently persons under the name
OF the American Association Civil Service Reform
Committee solicited funds for a gymnasium. claim
ing TO be In the municipal employ. and giving a
fictitious office address. The persons IN Philadel-
phia gave ths names Of r. T. Wilson. F. Cotton
and P J. Monahan. The fraudulent character OF
the claim was exposed in the Philadelphia papers.
The American Association Civil Service Reform
C,omu1ittee has no connection In any way with the
New York Civil Service Reform Association or the
National Civil Service Reform League. The actual
existence such association or organization as
the American Association Civil Service Reform
Committee has not yet been discovered No per
money on behalf OF the Civil Service Reform AssO-
ciatton or the National Civil Services Reform
League and persons pretending 70 do are i'm
postoTS ALShsnI Ofl fOophA
Nrarr yortx r,fne "a
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE.

The time at which the current summer began
can he computed in two ways. AStrOnomically,
the season opened al precisely 200 o'clock this
morning. At that particular instant the
was further north of the equator than it had
been before or would ne again this year.
better standard than the almanac, however, is
often found in the weather. If meteorological
conditions alone were consulted it would APP
pear that summer had been in progress for sew
eral days. Although there have been dis
tressing bursts of heat such as are often OBJ
served In June, the mean temperature of the
last three weeks has been fully two degrees
above the normal.
More remarkable than this slight excess of
warmth is the humidity which has prevailed
for several days. Beginning with Saturday last.
there has been an almost unbroken period in
which the air has been charged with moisture
nearly 10 the point Of saturatiOn. Though a
comparatively small amount Of rain has fallen,
the skies have been almost continuously clOuded
The inconvenience caused by the swelling OF
woodwork and other objects having high abb
sOrptive powers has equaled that usually ex-
perenced during dog days. Again, while per
son could be comfortable at any hour Of the
twenty four if he remained quiet a little ener-
getc exercise has made him feel as if he had
been translated TO the middle of August.
1t is automatic that a wet bulb thermometer
IS kept continuously mOist-mOre faithfully rep
resents sensible temperatu than does a dry
bulb instrument When the readings of the
two rather close together the cooling effect
Of evaporation from the skin is barely per
ceptble. When they are far apart evaporation
is rapid and the consequent relief is great
Most of the time yesterday. for instance, the
wet bulb instrument read only or de
grees lower than the dry bulb thermometer
though the difference once amounted to 6Ib
degrees. week or ten days ago, when the
atmosphere had peculiarly exhilarating quail
ity which is characteristic of October and ApI1I
rather than of June the two readings were IA
or IS degrees apart
In winter generally the atmospheric pressure
is higher over the continents than over tho
oceans. In summer the conditions ara reversed
At both seasons the air tends to flow from re-
gions of high pressure to regions of low press
ure. Hence from this time onward for two
or three months most of the breezes which visit
the Atlantic coast will come from the sea
bearing with them good deal of vapor from
the Gulf Stream There will be interrlrptions
| no doubt There always have been in the mast
after the distribution Of air over the globe
which is typical of summer had become estab
| lished. 1t will not do. therefore 10 anticinate
| an unbroken prevalence of the weather Of the
last week merely because the readiustment he
| tween land and sea has occurred a little earlier
/ this season than usual
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22

draws of the organization which no longer mas
his help TO engineer such victories as ne won
for II in 1897 by the election OF that hooie nc
publican Robert A. Van Wyck! Stli We may
take beart Mr. Ouigg is coming TO the rescue
few months ago he favored Mr.. Parsons te
cause he thought that course would inJure Mr.
OdelI: but he has learned his error, ana now ne
is against Mr. Parsons because he Thinks MI
Parsons wants to injure Mr.. Odeli 80 ne Is
ooIpy IN take command once more and show Mr..
Parsons and those Republicans who support
President Roosevelt and Governor Higgins ana
haven't been lying awake nights grievng over
the enactment of the Civil Service laws and the
barring of the insurance and other corporation
treasures against the politicians, how great
party should be run in the interest or the peo-
pie 1t is true. he complains, that the
cement" of public plunder, which proverbially
has great cohesive power, is lacking. but in
place of it Mr. Qugg will supply principles and
brains-especially principles. How thankful we
shOuld he
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau

Tribune
Washington. June 21-President RooseVe"
day. Members of the International Steel ana Cop
perpate Printers. Union one hundred strong. anu
led by t. V. Powderiy. former Grand Master ",
man of the knights of Labor were receiVeu az
noon and in the morning committees honi 'n0
League of Republican Clubs. the empioSeS u 80
Government Printing ONCE and the navy Saiu7
representatives called 10 pay their respects anu
request favors The Republican clubs want the
President at their next annual convention In Cni-
caro two years hence evd tie printers and navy
yard employees are asking for sNtv'|'aV haif-hoii-
days In July August and September
Representative Boutell Of Illinois. ana TNvtain
w b. Purdy. OF the Naval Militia. at Chicago
called ON the President to urge him to negotiate
suspension of the treaty which prohibits warships
for the militia may bs built and manned by this
government The President said he would take
up the subject with Secretary Root.
Viee-President Fairbanks among the callers
at the White House. He arrived early and did not
remain long. but had a strenuous time getting out
OF the White House. Just he leaving the
building a large delegation OF visitors arrived.
and every one of them anxious to shake his
hand He obliged them all Other callers included
Senator Spooner, Representative Roberts Fred
erick Landis Calder. John Wesley Gaines and
Dawson. and Secretary Taft
Mrs Roosevelt has made arrangements to leave
Washington next Wednesday for Oyster Bay.
where her children now settled. Miss Carow.
House. is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs Walter Palmer
az their summer home. Applicable. Albany but
will Join Mrs. Roosevelt on her arrival at Saga
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
MANY AMERICANS AT ASCOT.
Brilliant Assemblage Sees Danny Maher WIN
Gold Cup with Bachelors Button

Ascot England. June 2l.-Although every DAY o'
Ascot Week has attractions. Thursday, Gold cup
nav Is considered the great one Of the meeuAs-
This wear was no exception. immense CROWDS s0l's
down to see the people gathered in the ino'0su"
ana Incidentally 20 witness the races
Tvoa Americans were out IN force. going Ironh -
bota1s in coaches and automobiles Amoassa'o
a,d Mrs Reid the staff OF the American Eno Asss
and Congressman Nicholas LOngworth anu Als
Tonaworth rode TO Ascot in autOcars. there 1Oi-s
largo number Of ompatriOts in the RoS@ ~
closure. stor
The number OF Americans in the King PavL.s P...s
this wear was noticeable. Besides those Ihse .1
through the embassy, many Americans reSiue'' -"
England were among the royal guests
Pretty Polly started hot favorite IN the race 20 10
the Gold Cup. and the popular mare fought o-'
10 the finish with Bachelors Button. the Nilhe
ridden by Danny Maher. the American 'OoNes. SNes.
The field was sent of 70 a good start 81 lens
making the running and Bachelors Sutton A'-
Pretty Polly bringing up the rear
This order was unchanged until half the ois'SlOs
had been run when for a brief period Achies 70 70
tha field on approaching the stand BacnslO- !
Button and Pretty Polly assumed command anu anu
Maher. riding splendid race. gradually orous.-H
his mount 20 the front and landed him winner W
a length. -
Pretty Polly was second. and Achilles tnnu - -
horses started Five lengths separated seeonS 49,
third horses The betting was TO asanss 80 "a 10
lor's Button, II 20 against Pretty FoAS 0
The Gold Cup is valued at 500 sOvereigns a,,a. NJ
$500 sOvNreiRns IN specie. for entire cor 80
three years old distance two miles ana na'''
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON
GFrom The Tribune Bureau.T

From The Tribune Buresu.T
Washington. June 21.-SenOr CarbO the newly
appointed Minister from Ecuador. has left his fam
lily at Atlantic City where the legation is estab-
lished for the summer. and is spending few days
here.
A romance OF considerable interest TO the army
set is the marriage of Miss Celeste Helm and Lieu
tenant Lewis M. Adams. Engineer Corps u 6 A
which took place at st. Matthews Church at 10
a m on tuesday The engagement Of the young
people was announced April 1 by Colonel and Mrs
o. L. Helm, parents Of the BRIDE and the uveddins
was set for October. The trousseau Is now wall
under way and the wedding would have hAsn a
particularly brilliant one. both Of the Young peo
pie are popular. but Lieutenant Acarns ana his
bride decided not to wait and IN the absence of
Colonel and Mrs Helm, who are IN Annapolis urara
quietly married by Father Lee rector OF st
Hlattne" s. much TO the surprise OF parents and
friends.
Rear admiral and Mrs. Weaver have gone To their
summer home in Virginia for the rest Of the season
MISS Mabel Boardman. who Is again in town fo,
day or so attending to Red Cross affairs will
take her permanent departure for the summer to
morrow morning, going direct to Manchester Mas
the summer home Of her parents
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
(By relegrapn J. The Tr,bun.

IBy Telegraph Z: The Tribune
Newport r. l., June I.-,s-ssts for thA d.
Minott wedding which Is 70 take 80. Safu-a--
noon in Trinity Church. are beginning to arr,, -.
are being entertained by the cottazers say..,
who will be attendants OF Miss Sands ara -
guests at Wee Bush. while Miss Ada de Acossa /.
the guest OF Mrs. Mae Brady Hail. and Miss p y
Street is the guest of Mrs. Charles n. BALDWIN =
Snug Harbor.
Tomorrow evening Mrs Hall will entertain =,
dinner in honor Of the attendants OF Miss sans,
Joseph Otos Minott. a brother OF the prosnso.,
bridegroom. who is TO be his best man at the ~
ding. arrived this evening. and is the guest ~ Ns-
Baldwin. Decorators have begun the work a, ~.
church and villa, the floral display IA N h. :.
elaborate that IL will take the remaining two dav.
to complete IT, Miss Sands has received nanv
presents
Miss Laura Patterson, OF Baltimore is the zus.,
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer. r., at Wavsids
Among those registered at the Casino TO-DAY ,o-
the season were William c. Rocker F n Cu.s,,
and NJ. r. Redwood
Alfred c. Vanderbilt returned TO New York thi,
morning after inspecting the work on his 1av
show ring at Oakland Farm.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
THE cRoWy5yG OF KING HAAKoy.

Prophets of evil concerning the scandinavian
countries receive their final discontinue to-day
in the peaceful crowning OF King Haakon of
Norway with the cordial approval of the world.
Ii is only a year since the beginning OF the
controversy which eliminated in Norwegian
separation, vet so smoothly and expedtiously
have the incidents of that year proceeded and
so complete has been the acquiescence of the
world in them that it is with a sense of sur
prise that we are reminded that the new king
dom is less than a year old. and that its SOW
ereign has not vet been formally crowned. 1t
almost seems to-day as though Norway had
been an independent realm ever since the time
of the earliest HaakOns and Olafs. At any
rate, we may consider it as we'll secured in its
new or restored sovereignty as any Of its neigh
Dor realms
For the separation of Norway from Sweden
was natural and logical thing. The very fact
that both peoples came from the same racial
stock really emphasized the desirability of It.
for it has ever been the rule that unless they
be exactly agreed two branches OF one race
cannot live together in amity, but are more
likely to quarrel than aliens Beyond doubt
there were radical and irremediable differences
between these two which made IT impossible
for them TO remain friendly while thus artifi-
cially yoked together. even though the King
did strive impartially to promote the welfare
bond was broken the power OF those differ
ences for mischief vanished and there is now
no reason why the two should not become and
permanently continue the best of friends
We must regard the accession and coronation
OF HaakOn VII, then, not only as the realization
of Norway's legitimate ambition, upon which
that nation is warmly to be congratulated but
also as auspiciOus OF much good to all the Scan
dinavian peoples. The three nations are now
all entirely separate and independent vet they
are more closely united in sympathy and spirit
than they have been for centuries-since their
hTst division That sturdy and adventurous
race has played great part in the drama of
more than thousand years, and has spIen-
dldIy embiazoned history with such names as
those of Canute. Left. Olaf. Haakon. Charles
ana GuStavus Yet to-day il seems still to be
vital with the energies of youth as though its
home were new country in the West instead
or some of the oldest lands Of Europe. 1t is
with bright prospects that HaakOn and Maud
have begun their reign. and the world WILL re-
Joice TO see those prospects amply realized.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22

Mr. Colers plan TO throw open the fenced-ln
spaces at the ends of streets coming TO the
Brooklyn Heights bluff has absolutely nothing
to commend it, These spaces are on a steep slope
of for street purposes. About the only
result of throwing them open would be to have
them overrun and ruined by hOodlums, unless
each separate plot-not larger sthan two city
lots-had a policeman on guard day and night.
They are not large enough TO serve as centres
Of recreation. and probably give more pleasure
to the public. fenced in they and afford
ing a glimpse of greenery and flowers to the
passers by. than they could in any other way
without entaillng large expenditure by the city
bringing great annoyance to the neighbor-
hood.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
M. FALLIEREs PRAISES MIR. ROOSEVELT
Frances President Says His Figure anu
Renown Loom Constantly Greater

Paris. June H-President Fallieres reeeiVed
the Palace of the Eysee this afternoon Aniosss -'-
Robert s Mccormick and Slas McBee. OF -.
York Editor OF The Churchman." who - -
studying the question OF separation OF Church anu
State.
President Fallieres remarked that during os -
tire career separation had been the feature o. -
policy. " being his belief that II was 70 inc -
terest of the Church no less than OF the StstV. -
The President expressed the greatest inte'ose
and admiration for American institutions. ssyals
that while Europe formerly watched only eints-
commercial prosperity il now recognized Ia sno tas
Atlantic ,s.uiArss
In concluding the audience President N...i .it
said: The great figure OF President hoo ssSSss~s
looms constantly greater as does his renowm nos
Is no peasant in France to-day who does not AD'
his name"
New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
THE LOSS IN SAN JOSE. CAL
New York, June ls. 1905

To tha Fsaitor Of The Tribune
Sir; The Rev. Harmon H MoQuilktn. pastor OF
the First Presbyterian Church. San Jose. Cal.
whose church totally destroyed by the earth
suaka writes to mo under date OF June L fol-
lows;
AS the days and weeks come and go the hnan-
cIal situation IN all this stricken region becomes
more and appalling 1t Is evident that In San
Joss ultimately ar least one-half OF the business
part of the city viii have to be rebuilt from the
eeround up. Many buildings which supposed
70 have come through intact are found now 70 be
nnsafa and II has been decided that they must be
taken down and rebuilt. This makes our situation
financially one almost OF paralysis"
~, inairanca money can be collected for the
.trnotton ia san jose because OF absence of hre.
CHARLES NJ. BEIRGSTRESSER.
New York. June II. 1908