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New-York tribune., 1907-05-26

divorce and temperance The outcome of the
meetings OF the Diet Will be OF especial lmpor-
tanoe in relation TO reform In the rest OF Rus-
Arc tho insurance men involved in more
trouble?"
Yes. tho week has witnessed renewed activ-
fly in matters in the investigation OF which
Governor Hughes took so prominent a part.
John r. Heneman, president of the Metropolitan
Life company, was indicted on no less than ten
counts by the grand jury for perjury and for
gerry in making up the annual statements Of the
company for the State Insurance Department.
and the cltrges follow the lines of the testimony
taken by lie Armstrong committee. Mr.. Hege-
man entorgd a plea Of not guilty and was ad-
mitted - $4,000 bail his surety being John B.
McDonaIo' the subway builder. His friends are
confident That Mr.. Hegeman will be fully able TO
meet thv Charges against him and secure Vindi-
cation. The resignation Of Frederick \. Burn
ham. VINO is under Indictment by the grand jury
for larceny. from the presidency OF the Mutual
Reserve Insurance Company was accepted In
time to save him from being removed. In his
place Archibald c. Haynes, formerly the leading
general agent Of the Equitable, was elected
president. The new management OF the Mutual
Reserve also includes the election OF G. w. Har-
per as successor 10 George d. Eldredge. vice
president, like Mr.. Burnham under indictment
District Attorney Jerome has taken up the In
quiry by the grand jury into the affairs OF the
Equitable under the management of the Alex
ander-Hyde interests. General benjamin T.
Tracy the We'll known lawyer, accepted as a
trustee of the Mutual Life and withdrew from
the international committee"
What has the President been busy about?'
He has had brief rest by passing few days
at his Virginia country home. Pine Knot BY
the way, the name of that place brings to mind
the story OF the woman who had returned from
the meeting OF a don't worry club, and asked
her husband to suggest name for 1t. Why
he said don't you call 1t pine not?' Well the
President is back in Washington. but he will go
West for brief trip the coming week, speaking
in indianapolis Memorial Day and at Lam
sing. Mich. day later. at the semi-centennial
OF the founding OF the agricultural colleges in
this country"
How about the distinguished foreigners who
are In this country?"
General Kuroh is practically on his way
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26

o. Ward, OF this city. appointed United
States Circuit Judge in the I'd District
- Among the deaths OF the week were those OF
SIR BENJAMIN Baker. the English engineer: Sir
goSeph Fayrer, physician extraordinary 10 King
Edward; Charles Frederic Cutler. president ~
tne New York Telephone Company; John Pat
ton' ex-United States Senator, OF Michigan:
General Henry S. Turrill. George Henry Finch
Father OF the House OF Commons: Justice
James w. Dunweu OF the Supreme Court Of
tnls state, Or. A c. Bernays OF ST. Louis and
Mrs. Ella Farman Pratt. former editor OF the
magazine 'Wide-Awake' Ensign Alfred T
Brisoin or the United States navy. committed
suicide by shooting himself at Santiago cuba
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
Famine the Real Problem.

The Presidents Housing Commits
sion commends itself to the serious
and confident attention of the Dis
trict by the preliminary statements
published in The Times OF yester-
day. They are not overcoR6dent.
The problem Of finding suitable
dwellings at an average rental of
IS or $40 a month is not belittled.
There is not even now the outline of
a general solution. But there is a
careful statement of conditions
which must be Thoroughly under
stood before the problem can be
resolutely gripped.
Two years of further work will be
required of the Commission, accord
ing to the present outlook. In that
time it can be much hindered by a
seemingly harmless mistake. That
lies in thinking or treating of its
inquiry as a charitable undertaking
It is not Charitable" in the accus-
toned sense. 1t is an investigation
corresponding in all essentials to
that which the residents of Massa-
chusetts avenue extended might
make with a purpose to prevent the
erection OF houses in rows OF that
which might be made by the resi-
dents of Woodley to keep the houses
erected there suburban in their
architecture. This problem happens
to affect a vastly greater number
of our people than the householders
of both those sections put together;
they are generally poor, but this
does not make a charity Of the
movement to encourage the building
of substantial, hygienic, home-like
houses for them, and prevent the
exploitation of them by promoters.
Restrictive legislation viii accom-
plish much. That is TO say, with
proper preventive law, unhea1thful
and unsafe houses can hardly be
constructed. The elimination of the
winding alleys, when the law shall
have been made effective, as the
committee OF the commission adj
vises, win do much toward cleaning
out the slums. But all this-in the
Judgment of The Times-is the be-
ginning of the problem merely, not
its solution. That lies in the dis
covery of means whereby capital
can be attracted to houses of THIS
small yield in money, and so an ade-
quate number, conforming in their
structure to good law, can be had.
Abuse is not the measure Of the
present evil II has the aspect of
famine as well.
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
MONDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1907.
The Higher Education Analysed.

The purpose of the higher educa-
ton of woman" said Prof William
James at the Radcliffe meeting of
the Intercollegiate AIumnae Assoc
citation, 'is to enable her to know a
good man."
ADJUSTMENTS now are given the
first place in women's colleges" said
Prof. Abby Leach, of Vassar, at the
same meeting. Popularity among
students rests more in athletics and
dramatics than in intellectual
worth"
Wherefrom it woulI seem that
the higher education Of women, like
the old-fashioned kind, tends chiefly
toward the choosing of her mate,
and tie keeping of him hypnotized.
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
Grant and GaribaIdi.

The circumstantial story that
Ulysses s. Grant at one time offered
his sword and services to the South
ern Confederacy, and had they been
accepted would have fought under
the Stars and Bars, is certain to
command a good deal of attention
before it is disposed Of. It is seem
ingly impossible that the story can
be true for various reasons. Grant
wrote extensively of his own life,
and he wrote frankly. If, in those
last months of his wonderful career,
when his pen was racing to finish
the memoirs before the grim reaper
should overtake him, he had had in
mind the recollections of such a
step, and the realization that some
day it might be made public, he
would most certainly have written
something calculated to explain or
palliate the matter.
Grants memoir is interesting in
connection with this story. 1t
might, indeed, be construed as evil
dence on either side of the story.
His ARM friends were largely with
the Southern side, and his army ex-
perience had been in the South.
That he knew Jefferson Davis is in
Dictated; but there is seemingly am
pie and complete explanation of his
retirement from the army before
the war, independent of the story
that he resigned at Jefferson Davis
suggestion.
Grant wanted to be a soldier
whenever he saw a chance for real
soldering; but in time Of peace il
irked him exceedingly. He tells
rather humorously of his small
taste for military routine of peace,
and that his ambition long was to
get through West Point, out Of the
army, and into some country college
as professor of mathematics Vault
ing ambition, saw no higher than
this! He tells effectively how Gen
eral Scott, as commander-in-chi
came to West Point to review he
cadet corps while Grant was
cadet; and then, looking on the
magnificent figure of the old COM
mander, Grant declares that for the
first time a real thrill of military
ambition came to him, and he
strangely but confidently felt the
notion possess him that he, some
day, somehow, would stand there to
review that corps as commander-in-
chief.
That Grant was offered service
with the Ccnfederaey is not re
markabIe Probably this viii prove
the case. Certainly it would be no
more strange than the revelation,
only now officially confirmed with
all the documents, that Garibaldi
was rendered an important COM
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
TWELVE OFFICERS
WILL Be RETIRED
Men Who Did Not Take
Ride Summoned for
Examination.

BY direction Of President Roosevelt
dozen army officers VIII be examined by
retiring board tomorrow as a result OF
the horsemaRship test The board VIII
be presided over by Brig. Gen. John N.
K. Davis, and viii meet at Washington
Barracks. The twelve officers requested
20 appear were not selected because
they failed in the test, but because they
we're not able 70 take i.
In the list are James N. Marshall.
assistant QuarteTmaster general, who
would retire for age March 81: Col.
Henry L. Harris, Of the coast artillery,
who has yet two years 70 serve, and
William L Marshall. Of the Engineer
Corps. who Is not due TO retire for four
years; Lieut.. Col. William ". Robinson,
IT.. deputy Quartermaster general; Lieut.
William 7. RosselI, OF the Engineer
Corps; Lieut.. Col. Frank Z. Hobbs, OF
the Ordnance Corps; Mai. John 7.
French, quaTtermasteT; Mai. James s.
Warren. Engineer Corps; Mai. George
II. Palmer. Twentieth Infantry; Maj.
Harry N. hallock, surgeon: Mai 10
seph 7. Crabbs, quartermaster, and Nal
T. B. Vance, Fifth Infantry.
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
Seeking JObS-NOt Nuggets.

F. P. Sargent, the Commissioners
of immigration, believes that the
newcomers from over the seas suf-
fer little or none at all from illu-
SANS nowadays. After his speech
at the Harvard Union Thursday
night he said informally:
The million people who come here
every year do so because they are
sure that they can better their condi-
ton. They know that higher wages are
paid here, that the standard of living is
higher, that education is free. and that
they are likely to be more prosperous
than they ever We're at home. They
know what work is waiting for them.
There Is an insistent demand for labor
Of the sort that the immigrants are Mt
ted for and Up TO the present time
there mas been no falling of of the de-
mand for labor.
There are no gold nuggets under
the cobblestones or granoIithic side
waIks-that is generally understood
abroad these days. and the immi-
grants are the happier for the IN
Outstanding. But there is a job
around the corner waiting for the
right man, and that realization is
bringing a million of him every
year.
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
DID NINE. GOULD WE'D?
PARIS WANTS TO KNOW

PARIS, Nov. Representatives Of
Paris newspapers are distracted by con-
ficting reports that the Prince de Sagan
and Nine Anna Gould are about to be
married, that they are not to be mar
ried, and that the ceremony has already
been performed
Saturday nights announcement that
the ceremony was performed In Lon
don a week Or more ago was SO posi-
tive and circumstantial that a good
many accepted II as true. Friends Of
Mime. Gould have since convinced the
newspaper men. however, that she, at
least, was not in London at the time
the marriage Is said to have taken
place.
Nine. Gould Is now at her Chateau
Du Marais. at st. CherOn, where, 1t is
said. she is i'll and can see no one.
Though the Prince De Sagan Is known
10 visit her frequently, 1t has been i'm
possible to find him for the last three
days.
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
GIRL JOCKEY
AMAZES PARIS
BY HER RIDING

PARIS. Nov. 1.-Two brilliant and
accomplished young women now divide
the attention Of Paris.
One is Miss Mary Money, a beauti-
ful girl from the United States. who
IS q guest Of the Countess de Molina,
at ChantiIly, where she Is preparing
= become a Jockey. Already she has
applied 20 the Jockey Club for 8 license.
A bold and graceful steopIechaser.
she rides astFide dressed Ike a boy.
Twenty eight prizes and fourteen silver
trophies have been won BY her Ia
spirited riding contests. Miss Money
has put herself under the direction OF
Webb, the trainer, and anticipates tax
ing a prominent part IN the spring
races on Frances principal course The
French stand IN amazemCnt, mingled
with admiration at her pluck and dar-
ing.
What next2" they cry. but add:
"She IS sure 20 win. Wh6 could wish II
otherwise?" Luck cannot resist a pretty
woman. The judges. the spectators.
even the steed she rides, all Will be
hypnotized b. her" She has evoked
the applause Of Chantilly fox for the
splendid way she takes hedges on her
trained jumper.
The other young woman who IS at
tracing great public attention is Helene
MiropoIsky. who. though only twenty
years OF age, was admitted the other
day to practice law. IN the presence
OF a thrOng Of distinguished members
OF the bar, assembled in The first cham
Der Of the court Of appeals. she sub
ecribed to the oath Of office. Nile
NirOpOlsky, daughter Of a physician, Is
OF Partisan birth, but OF Polish ex-
traction
She looked like a school girl as she
stood with upiifted hand in court and
a murmur Of admiration escaped from
the members OF the bar who had gath
cred to witness the ceremony. She is
the youngest woman advocate in France
and the first to be admitted at her age
She is described as quick and bright,
with a charming voice.
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
LOUISIANA ASSE NBLY
X EXTRA SESSION
Strike of Ten Thousand
LeVee Workers Viii Have
Threshing.

BATON ROUGE. La, Nov. 11.-As
the result OF a call issued by Cover
nor Blanchard. the Louisiana Legisla-
ture assembled in extra session today.
Among other things, it viii consider
the appointment Of a commission to
investigate charges at New Orleans IN
connection with the recent strike OF
10. coo levee workers, which is estimated
e. have cost the State business inter
ests 100000. Alleged unfeirness IN
pert conditions will also be considered.
The Legislature Will also be asked to
reduce the fees Of State tax collectors
and To decrease their number. Recently
the state has discovered alleged en-
Eezzlements in the tax department
amounting TO about S90O,0J0.
other matters to be considers ed include
preparing an appeal to Congress for a
convention designed TO secure direct
election OF United States Senators by
the people. amending the state primary
election law and completion OF the trans
fer Of maritime quarantine from State
t. Federal control
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
IDLE NINE LONG YEARS,
DIES BEFORE WORKING

NEW YORK, Nov. u.-For nine years
William Devine, a big, strong fellow
thirty-uine years old. had not done q
stroke OF work. He had been supported
at 69 Scholes street. Brooklyn, by two
frau women, his wife and his daughter,
who labored from morning TIL night 10
do t. Tuesday when he demanded g.
porterhouse steak for breakfast they
told him they were thinking seriously
OF having him committed TO an institu-
ton where he would have TO work for
his meals.
do YOU mean to tell me that must
20 to work after having a good time
for nine years. he said. well,
guess not. I would rather die than 60
to work"
Devine went into a bedroom A few
minutes later his wife and daughter
heaTd moaning. They found Devine
lying in bed. A bottle that had con-
tanned carbclic acid lay near him. He
was hurried TO st. GATHERINGS Hospital
where he died
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
SALARY OF MAYOR
GIVEN TO WIDOW

NEW YORK. Nov. us-since William
Berdan, as president Of the Paterson
board OF finance. became acting mayor
OF that city on the death of Mayor John
son, there has been considerable crit
icism because Mr.. Berdan mas signed
the city pay roll es both chief executive
and head of the finance board.
1t now appears that ever since Mr..
Berdan assumed the duties of mayor he
has been turning over the salary of
that Office to the widow of Mayor John
son and has kept for himself only the
pay of the president of the finance
board
Mr.. Berdan will retire as acting mayor
January !, but until then he will con-
tinue to give Mrs. JOhnsca the salary
attached TO the mayors office. Mr.. Ber-
dan modestly refuses to talk about the
matter.
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
Judge for Yourselves.

Now that the proposed site for
the Grant Monument has been de-
scribed as "a morass on made
ground, tremulous with underlying
quicksands, "whereupon the memoir
ial is to be planted ANONYMOUSLY
on the lowest ground of the city
while monuments of all the
other distinguished soldiers
have been placed on high ground in
conspicuous positions" it is clear
the public must guard itself against
serious misunderstanding of the
Park Commission plans. Either the
plans promise benefit to the Capital
or they do not, Whichever may be
the case, you, the people of Wash
ington, can judge for yourselves.
Go to the Library of Congress,
Hunt out the south corridor of the
second floor. There you will come
upon models carefully prepared and
accurate to the last degree Of prac-
teal need, showing the city as 1t
now is and as it may reasonably be
expected to be if the plans are full
filed. Judge for yourseIves-re-
membering that if the present Bo-
tanical Gardens are, in fact, located
in "a morass," any project to re-
deem that ground and make it a
permanent, healthful, beautiful fea-
ture of the city's adornment has an
extra value.
What you viii find will be a plan
in which trees are used to the great
est possible advantage. That any
one could approach these models
with an open mind, without a cloud
OF the most willfuI prejudice, and
condemn them on the ground that
they would rob the city of its shade,
is a manifest impossibility.
What you viii find as to the To-
cality of the Botanical Gardens viii
interest you specially. For in the
place of the cramped, funnel-like,
crowded junction of Pennsylvania
avenue with B street, there is an
open plaza, continuing the breadth
and spaciousness of the Capitol
grounds as far as Third street
northwest. All the small buildings
between the two B streets and the
Avenue are eliminated. The Botani-
cal Gardens-now closed half the
time and set off by a fence without
a counterpart anywhere about any
other public park in the city-give
way to a dignifed open space, with
quite as many trees as now stand
there, ornamented seats, walks and
drives the public can use. instead
Of a glass conservatory all out of
scale and altogether out of place,
the whole centering on. the Grant
Memorial in a situation hardly less
conspicuous and certainly not less
noble than that of the Capitol.
You viii find. finally, that the
first architect of our time, the first
landscape gardener, the first sculp-
tor, and the man who gave out-of-
doors dignity and nobility to the
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
BUOYS SUBMARINES
WHEN IN DISTRESS
Washington Man Has In
Vention That PleaSes the
Navy Department
Air Rushed to Submerged
VeSSel-HaS Distress
Signal.

A device that may be tne means OF
preventing almost every disaster likely
TO occur 70 a submarine vessel in time
OF war or peace is being considered by
Secretary Of the Navy Netcalf. IL
is the invention Of a Washington man.
0. A Z. Oehmler. employed By A. GUIDE
& Bro. who has had Il patented in the
United States, the principal European
countries, and Japan.
This invention relates broadly 70 the
marine nfe-saving apparatus, and Is
designed particularly for use in connec-
ton vita submarine boats OF the type
which is commonly IN use.
AS is well known. the operation OF
submarine vessels is exceedingly dan
gerous. particularly with reference to
movement Of the boats when submerged,
owing TO the fact that II Is not infre-
quent that the operating mechanism
becomes disabled or partially disabled,
making it at times difficult. and in
scme instances impossible, 70 raise the
vessel TO the surface OF tae water.
In carrying out the invention. means
are provided for not only supplying air
and sustenance TO the occupants Of a
disabled submerged vessel. but effective
means are also provided for signaling
vessels on the high seas when the sub
marine boat Is Sc Emerged and disabled
and its occupants IN distress
In general the device iE a buoy, which.
when released admits air 70 the boat
through a tube attached thereto. There
is also a cable containing electric wires
which may be used for teleQhonlng to
the surface on the arrival OF assistance.
Another tube elects a chemical, which.
when II reaches the air, makes q great
fame that may be seen by passing ves-
sells and recognized as a signal OF dis
tress. II is understood that the NAVY
Department IS very faVOrably impressed
with the invention. and that expert
ments viii be ordered in the near fu-
ture.
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
BOARD OF TRADE
ELECTION TONIGHT
Fifty-one Candidates Now
Seek Places as
Directors.
Bylaw Limiting Contin-
uouS Service May Be
Repealed.

The Washington Board of Trade VIII
hold one Of the most interesting cleo
tons in its history. tonight at the New
Willard Hotel, when ffty-one candidates
seeking positions on the board of diree-
tors viii eagerly await the result
The bylaws of the Board OF Trade
may be altered by substituting an
amendment for the one limiting COLI
tinuous service of directors to two
terms
1t is pointed out that the rule was
thoroughly debated by the members be-
fore its adoption last year. and that
4 was passed by a large vote after this
de bate and full consideration. Just why
e should be repealed before IL has even
become effective has not been answered
to the satisfaction OF large number
Of members OF the board.
Most Of the ten directors whose terms
expire this year are not eligible tor office
this year as they viii have served two
consecutive terms. making their nomi-
nation conflict with the bylaws.
IL Is thought the chair will rule that
those men who have served two con-
seCutiVe terms of three years each,
whose names have been posted for re-
election, must be considered as having
been improperly nominated and iBsiigi-
BILE for election.
Gen. John 81. Wilson, president Of
the board. will make MS annual re-
port
Just before the closing Of posting time
for the names of candidates, e g
Brandenburg. Walter G. Brown, Edward
II. Droop, James p. Henderson, A. LIS
neT. Arthur 9. Moses, Clarence +. Nor
ment, Capt James T. Oyster, Joseph
Richardson, and William Saunders were
proposed.
The opinion has gaines ground that
through the strength and popularity Of
the men who were recently placed in
nomination, a determination has been
manifest by the active members Of the
Ecard Of Trade TO secure q board Of
directors that viii get results for the
board and Washington.
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
VICTIM OF NEGRO HI,
CONDITION is CRITICAL

RICHMOND. Va Nov. 1.-THE con-
dition of Miss Mamie COnnor. who was
last night beaten into fnsensibillty.
dragged into an alley, and further at
tackled. is in a critical condition.
She has been hysterical since the
attack. and Is unable to give the police
any definite Information.
Two other attempts at assaults were
made here Saturday. Mrs. f. L. Mayer
was accOsted by a negro. who ATTEMPTED
to take hold OF der. She screamed. and
frightened him away. Later g girI vas
caught and strangled by an unknown
man. She was unconscious when
found
The three assaults were made in sec
tons OF the city where there was little
or no light
The Washington times., 1907-11-11
SEXES IN REAL CLASH;
SCH00LMASTER BUSY

YORK, Pa. Nov. 11.-Principal Con-
way, of the North York High School.
has his hands full with a bitter war be-
tween the girls Of the senior class and
the Junior boys. Recently the feud de-
velo2ed into physical conflict between
the two classes. in which the eair-
pulling tactics of the feminine students
scored heavily for them.
The principal came between he COM
batants, and II was agreed that he
should arbitrate the matter
The junior boys had Haunted a new
class pennant in the faces of the senior
girls. who seized il. soused It in kero-
sene, and burned it. This led to the
conflict, in which the boys were worsted