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New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
DRAGO DOCTRINE PROGRESS

Both the Drago doctrine and the doctrine OF
arbitration were put forward with tactful force
by General Porter at The Hngue last week IN
the propositIon that debts should not be forcibly
collected from q nation which expressed de-
sire TO submit them to arbitration. AS an extern
sion of the practice of arbitration TO cover pc
cuniarv disputes the proposal will probably
meet with general approval 1t Is generally
held that questions involving the integrity or
honor Of O nation are not arbitrable, but surely
It is seldom that disputes over contractual debts
can thus be described. They generally involve
nothing more than the facts Of the terms and
fuflment Of contracts, and are chiefly questions
OF bookkeeping and business law such as pro-
fessional experts should be well fitted to decide.
It would really seem absurd for the government
of Bellicosia to 60 TO war with that Of lmpecu-
niosia over the question whether John Smith OF
BeIlcosia, had or had not built the required
mileage Of state railroads for Impecuniosla, and
whether, therefore, he was or was not entitled
20 receive the payment nominated in the bond.
If such cases are suited TO arbitration, then 1t
would seem to be the sensible thing to agree
that they shall be arbtrated Whenever the
debtor government desires 1t. That, we take It,
would be IN practically every case. The right
Of Reputation is not sacrosanct. Bew, II any.
civilized nations care to claim it Nor would
there be IN denial of II any danger Of oppres-
sion or spoliation OF course, It might be pretty
hard on some nations to be compelled TO pay
their debts. But IN even the worst case-as the
example Of one Of the worst, Santo Domingo,
shows-some workable arrangement could be
made. And If a nation is afraid Of being made
to pay its debts If it submits them TO aTbltra-
ton, 1t can always avoid such catastrophe by
not running into debt.
AS for the possible limitation Of the Drago
doctrine which is thus implied, we doubt If any
advocates OF the doctrine will seriously demur
to it. If nation should refuse to pay Its debts
| or to submit them to arbitration it would come
dangerously near to putting itself outside the
| pale. Whether even then 1t would be right to
| go to war and kill lot of men in order to
collect some money may be questioned. But GER
tainly the repudiating debtor would have little
ground on which to protest against anything
which might befall it. 1t would have sacrificed
It's moral integrity, and while superior interna-
| tional considerations might require its terri
torial integrity to be preserved the exercise Of
almost any pressure upon it short Of conquest
would be generally regarded with judicial equa-
nimlty.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26

Franklin's picturesque and famous experiment
which demonstrated tho true nature Of tho force
generated in storm cloud IS generally sup
posed TO have preceded the use OF lightning rods.
DR.. 4. Lawrence Rotch. OF Boston. however.
has been Investigating tho matter and reaches
a different conclusion. He is satisfied that the
test was not made until after June. 1852, and he
notes tho fact that previous TO that time several
houses IN Philadelphia were provided with
points" presumably as q protection against
thunderbolts. Though the first printed drec-
tions regarding the arrangement OF lightning
rod were supplied for tho edition Of Poor Rich
ard's Almanac for 1853. tho utility of the de-
vice was suggested by Franklin early os 1850.
He is not deprived OF any credit. therefore, by
Or. Rotch. If the Boston meteorologist Is
right the experiment with tho kite merely es-
tablished n truth which Branllin's rare intuI-
tion had previously enabled him to grasp.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
COLLEGE CLIOUES.

Shall college cliques be suppressed An af-
frmative cry has lately been raised In reply to
this question, and now the president Of Prince
ton proposes the abolition Of the upper class
clubs Of old Nassau. His charge against these
cliques runs thus:
Group rivalries break the solidarity Of the
class, The younger classes are in no point made
conscious OF the interests of the university Their
whole time Is concentrated upon individual am
bitions, upon the means of preference. upon com
binations to obtain individual ends, and tho well
fare Of the university IS ignored.
The remedy is to be found In the English
quadrangle system, with supervising tutors,
a dormitory and common table for oil classes
He says:
The objects Of this arrangement would be to
bring the faculty in close connection with tho
students. to bring the members Of the four
classes together, to give the university the hand
OF common consciousness which apparently
comes from closer sorts of social contact and to
rid the university OF combinations cliques and
separate class social organizations.
But would all this result2 And If it did,
would 1t all be for the best?
The clique tendency is inevitable at all times
Of life and in every level OF society. It is the
natural expression of mans endeavor to asso-
ciate with comrades whose tastes and ambi-
tons are his own. With the young Americans
inherited passion for organization, college clubs
are as natural as hair on tho top of the head
Like every Otner good taIt, this clique ten
dency becomes q menace If allowed free rein
The eating clubs of Princeton and the fraterpi-
ties Of some other fashionable colleges have in
recent years, degenerated into expensive imita-
tions of city clubs; the fierce competition be
tween clubs for choice members and social
prestige and the boyish aping of the extrava-
CANT habits of men who have time and monay
to burn make hundreds OF cliques to-day the
grief Of professors and the laughing stock OF
the adult world. In so far as President Will
son is striving to check such excesses he has
the sympathy of everybody conversant with
the facts.
But can the evils be best cured by killing
off cllques2 Is not the worthy president curing
college mumps by cutting off the patients head? :?
We believe that the broad college spirit sought
for by DR.. Wilson be obtained simply by
controlling the activities of college clubs more
sanely and rigidly. The ridiculous "high flying
OF well-to-do undergraduates is not essentially
due to the existence of fraternities or other
cliques; it can be traced to the unwise tolerance
of college faculties in treating seventeenyear-olds
like mature men, and in some slight measure
20 the unwisdom of the younger alumni mem
bers In setting the kids q pace" In the good
old days before faculties had learned the
sickly art of coddlng fraternities fourished
but the evils did not "Old grads" of that
happy period still swear that they and their
college both benefited by the organizations
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFTom The Tribune Bureau.


Washington, June 25.-Mrs r. F. Bernard and
Major Joseph T. Crabbs. U. S. A, whose engage
rnent was announced in this city the middle of the
month will be married In the apartment Of Mrs
Bernard and her mother, or July g. After wed
ding Journey Major Crabbs and his bride VIII re-
turn to Washington to live.
Mrs. Violet Beale Bloomer announces her en-
gagement to Pay Inspector Samuel Lawrence
Heap, U. s. N The wedding will take place dur
ing the summer Mrs. Bloomer recently leased
her Washington home to the Secretary OF the IN
terror, and Is occupying tho home OF Colonel ana
Mrs James Parker who are IN the philippines
Mrs Charles ]. Bell has returned from week 3
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Julian \. Ripley. her SON
in-law and daughter, in New York.
Major General Randolph, Mrs. Randolph and tho
Misses Randolph will close their home on July l
and go to York Harbor Me-. for the rest OF the
summer.
Mrs. John P. Jackson will close her Washington
house tomorrow, and accompanied by Miss Laura
Jackson, will sail for Europe on Saturday They
Will spend the greater part OF the summer at the
villa Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dening Jarvis at Dinard.
France, where number Of Washington people
have gone for the
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26

tions OF 1905 to the low figures of to-day. The
preferred stock Of the company, with limited
dividend, has held its own during that time,
despite the general slump in prices.
Now, OF course, 1t is always possible TO say
that post hoe is not prOpter hOc that the sliding
scale law had nothing to do with it, and that with
the consolidation there entered into the Boston
Consolidated q wise and remarkably efficient
management. So there did. 1t quit politics ana
the stock market-Boston Gas had always been
scandalously active in both-and devoted itselr
with single purpose to making gas as cneaply
as It could. 1t stimulated the wits and reused
the loyalty Of its employees by system or
profit sharing and it has been so successful that
it has been able IN a little over year to cut
its price 10 cents and raise its dividends Z
Der cent and another cut with another raise IS
confidently predicted in Boston. Let Us give
the management all credit for its success but
if Is not 10 be forgotten that If the good people
of Massachusetts had allowed that management
to be burdened down with twice as many Sc
curities as are outstanding the per cent divi-
dend would be only beggarly 418 per cent and
a reduction in the price from 81 to 50 cents
would be "confscaton."
The Justice of law that divides the gains
from economies in production, from improved
methods, from newly invented machinery, and,
in general, from the progress Of the. Industry
between the stockholders and the consumers
Is so obvious as to commend it to other states
IegisIating regarding public service. If such
q law also stimulates efficiency of management
it serves stockholders and public alike. If 1t
produces such harmony as now exists between
the Boston Gas Company and fits patrons 1t
effects the ideal of public service regulation
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
TFrom T-he Tribune Bureau.l

washington June 25.-The Mexican AnDassauor
will go to New York about July l, ana from 'iia'
CITY will take various extensive journeys over the
United States. The counsellor OF the embassy anu anu
Nine Godov with their family, will accompany
+ba ar,bassador 10 New York and will then de-
eide upon a resort where they will spend the
summer.
The Costa Rican Minister and Senior de CaIVo
have decided TO spend the summer in Canaoa' anu
will close the legation IN this city next week. pre-
paratory to going there.
The Minister from the Netherlands and Nine
Van Swinderen. who spent the month OF June with
Nine. Van Swinderen's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Glover ut their country estate near the capital
have gone TO York Harbor Me- to remain during
July and August.
The Nicaraguan Minister and Sehora de Corea
will sail for Europe July 1, and will not return
to this country until fall
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
CONRIED NOT IMPROVED.
WOuld Like Herr Mailer to Take
Up His York Here, 1t Is Said.

Private adylces received here yesterday from Eu-
rope Indicate that Heinrich COnried director OF The
Metropolitan Opera House, has not been benefited
much by his European trip and his rest in
Germany g. had been expected There IS strong
reason 10 believe. IN fact, that M-- COnried viii
never be able TO resume active work at the Opera
House.
Some weeks ago it was announced. after several
deniaIs. that Gustav MaIIler, the composer. who
IS director OF the Vienna Opera. was 10 come here
next season as principal Wagnerian conductor
Mr.. Mailer. q matter OF fact. was not much
tempted by the offers In Vienna he has absolute
power. and II IS understood that he wanted 20
come here IL at al, under similar conditions Now
It is understood arrangements have either been
made, are shortly TO be made, by WIicn Kerr
Mahler will be Mr. COnried's successor as director
of the Metropolitan Opera House
Whether Herr Nahler IS TO De utular head OK
the opera next season is not known as yet II IS
possible that he VIII come as principal conductor
but il he does it may be said with authority thaf
his powers VIII be broad Mr. Hertz Il IS UNDER
stood Will continue 10 bear q large part or the
work Of the Wagner productions
Last season Mr.. Conrted had little 70 do with
the active management Of the opera he was con-
fined TO hts home for weeks after the Caruso IN
Cident and the OF the tenor, and his nerves
were much affected by that affair. since then
there have been numerous ruInorS as 10 the con-
dition OF the managers health. and he has been
reported more than 10 be a dying man
While Mr.. Conrieds illness IS serious. there Is
nothing yet 10 indicate that his condition Is such
as 10 give cause for immediate alarm TO his
friends.
II is known that aIr. Conried has long desired
to obtain one OF the great German conductors TO
improve his Wagnsrian productions IN his first
season Felix Motif OF Munich. was here. and
some time later Mr.. Conried took the public into
his confidence in magazine article in which hs
daplOred the conditions here which. ne said, mas
It impossible for him 10 bring one OF the grear
leaders here. He said that Herr Motif had beeI-
greatly handicapped while here in many ways.
chief OF which were the lack or proper acconlIao-
dations for scenery and the difficulty In inducing
famous singers to appear at rehearSals.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Judge Paul Albers OF Breslau Germany. has
published an article tho subject OF 1.-The Oath :"
in which he takes Il strong stand against the
prevailing custom OF administering oath to
persons who are called upon 10 testify IN courts
OF Justice. The writer tells OF the changes which
have been made in the manner OF taking the oath
and how. in order TO make the ceremony I'm
pressive. various methods had TO be employed for
Catholics. Protestants and Jews. All this he con-
tends. has effect, because the good man tells
the truth and the bad tells what he likes
oath oath Tho spirit OF the ago and the
undeniable fact that there In every COM
munity good men who aGnostics and to whom
an oath snacks of hypocrisy are reasons why the
ancient injunction. Swear not at an should be
needed" To replace the oath the writer proposes
n declaration honor and conscience 10 tell the
truth" Incorporated in this declaration should
be q clause to the effect that the witness knows
that he will be punished II he IS detected IN max
ing a false statement The judge closes his arti-
clio with these words; THE oath has place in
courts Of justice. Out with itl'
Ted-what kind of an auto has he?
Ned-Twenty- horsepower going out and 1-horse-
power coming back.-LAfe.
Horace Wild of Chicago who built the dirigfble
balloon Eagle. says that he has completed q suo-
cessful aeroplane He utizes horoscopes. He has
also wagered SO 900 for an airship race against
Charles X Hamilton, OF this city. and Captain
William Mattery. OF Chicago. Hamilton Is well
qualified to be a contestant, having fallen FROM
OF Wlll' iIldctllHe more
sixty times
"a never be sure that he is going TO
get proper recognition for his efforts in this life
said the gloomy philosopher
NO answered the CHEEKY person; maybe
that's the reason the grand Jurtes don't have to
keep working the year round."-Washington Star.
Most things about New York strike out-of-
town people first and Van Cortlandt Park IS much
better known TO Yonkers people than TO most OF
those who pay taxes 10 maintain IL. The park IS
n playground for OF thousands now and
Yonkers and all the Westchester towns of the
lower part OF the county contribute to It. Espe-
claly IS this TO be noticed Sundays Then
baseball. cricket football Of two or three kinds
golf. tennis and croQuet only a few OF the
sports that going The park presents n
pretty sight. with the white cricket hannels the
multi-colored baseball uniforms the bright dresses
OF the girls and the other elements But Monday
morning presents dismal contrast. The grass Is
In many spots. the bright colors are gone
and all the eye see from passing Yonlers
trolley Is q waste OF paper boxes fragments
Of bread and remnants of sandwiches and here
and there working slowly ana with discouraged
nien. a park laborer gathering up the mass CT
rubbish Sunday crowd leaves behind It.
They say. O'Rafrerty. that your son Tim IS
goin 10 marry English girl
"Yts. lie wanted Nora Mcneil, but he waited
around TIL she took up wild Mike Flanngan,
guess he wants to spite eAhimself"--Chtcago REQ
ord-Herald.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26

And undergraduates to-day might be able to
say the same if their parents did not lavish
money upon them and their teachers did not
let them do as they sweetly please. The col
Iege democracy sought for by many college
presidents will doubtless be won more easily
through a we'll supervised club system than
through an indifferently managed communism
We doubt not that the Princeton quad will
succeed if properly engineered. But 1t Will not
suppress cliques, and many another system
could give the same good results.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
AnluSenentS.

AERIAL GARDENS-s:30-T Honeymooners.
&1aAABRA-2-S-VauG
GELASCO-6:15-The Rose of the Rancho.
SftIGI1TON-BrightOn Beach Park.
6HOADNAY-c:I :I0-The Partisan Model.
CANARSIE-Gol6eH City.
CASINOS :15-Fasc,natng Flora.
CONEE ISLANIl-Iuna Park-Dreamland.
EDEN HIUSEE-The World Wax.
GAf3I2JCK-2:20-s :3O-CauRht IN the Rain
HAMMERSTEIN ROOF: -S:15-Vaudevile.
HERALD SQUARE, -2:15-S:1b-The Orchid
GUDSON-2I5-s I5-The Lion and the Mouse
JARDIN DE PARfS-S S.80-Vaudevfle
ENTCKERBOCKER-s.15 .15-The Red NH.
LYCEUM-s:20-Th Boys Of Company B.
LYEIC-2:1S-S:15--The Road 10 Yesterday.
MADISON SQCARIl ROOF GARDEN-s-rhe M&'o ana
s1A-5TFATTAN I5FACH-s :so-Pan's Fireworks
RANOY-s:15-The Man Of the Hour.
ST. NICHOLAS GARDEN-s-Saint-S t-Saens
WEST E%D-2-S-Fra Diayolo-
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26

new cure for snake bite is being tried IN
India It IS permanganate Of potash applied
locally TO the wound AS sea serpents are not
venomous. but kill by crushing swallowing
their victims. this discovery guarantees no i'm
munity against fatal results from encounter
Ike Captain al" Fosters off the Jersey coast
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
KING EDWARDS LEVEE.

London. Juno 25.-King Edward held the last
Ievee OF the at st. James's Palace at noon.
Indian Mutiny veterans again supplying the most
striking feature. The second group OF survivors
OF the Mutiny including seventy officers, OF whom
fewer than thirty-three were generals and
several civilians were presented by Field Marshal
Sir EVELYN Wood They made brilliant show
Ambassador Reid presented Brigadier General
Henry c. Cook (retired) There was a large at
tendance. among those present being j. Pierpont
Morgan. 'Ewho had been presented at q previnris
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
TEUTONIC, 70.
CHEATING SLOT MACHINES.
From The Utica Press

Buffalo has developed a cOunterfeitnJ3
scheme in which the operators took chances -
big penalties for worry small returns. COlectols
for the slot telephone company have for SON,
time found many steel disks In the box, Mads ~ ~
serve tho purpose OF nickels. y man who worss
in metal stamping shop was found TO % VA IA
maker of the disks. A streetcar conductor .-As
fourteen in his pocket and gave up thirty-.so
moro. \ saloonkeeper had moro than two nls a.
dred IN his place These three men are ny
Iockod up on a charge of making or passing -
tokens IN resemblance 20 minor coins OF the ccCss,
try. The penalty Is a fine or not moro than sovw
and imprisonment for not more than five years
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26

We desire 10 remind our readers soho are
oboat. 10 leGVe the city that THE TRIBUNE toiIl
be sent by mail to any address IN this country
or abroad. and address changed as 0fter, as de-
sired. Subscriptions may be 0tven TO yoar reg
alar dealer before IeGDin0, or, II more conver-
Cent, hand them in at RElTarBUxE Office
See opposite page for subscription rates.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
AUTOMOBILE RouTs A BEAR.

From The Philadelphia Record. !.
o. s. Johnson and B. a. Hill. OF Scranton. "a, n,s
a curious experience last week. They were st ausx
mobiling In the widest Businesses OF Bear Cresas
when a big black bear stepped out OF the woouii
about a hundred wards away 49, Old Bruin stood Up
on his launches and gazed IN apparent astonsSn N
ment at the devil wagon. The chauffeur pus..
seam and rapidly approached When Mis- sis-
hfty feet the bear evidently thinking tnat "a sn
creton the better part Of valor, droppssu, No "a
his four feet and ambled at a swift pace on -"
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26

Word comes from Washington that the De-
paTtment Of Commerce and Labor will enforce
strictly this year tho laws against overcrowding
excursion steamboats,. The local outing season
is now in full swing and the public should be
adequately guaranteed against recurrence of
the shameful General Slocum tragedy.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26

Governor Johnson of Minnesota says he does
not want the Democratic Presidential nomina-
ton. No live statesman would think OF taking
It If he is TO be obliged TO mumuify himself and
conflne himself. according TO Colonel Waiter
sons prescription. to sign language-and mighty
little Of that
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
PRICES AT JAMESTOWN.

From The Springfield Republican
One small tomato. so cents; one moSsss~~ moSss~
luncheon for tsyo, $40; shave and face massey
81 25: ,one trunk hauled TO exposition grounds :"
These are the last prices at Jamestown
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who will sail to-day fo1
Europe are:
POTSDAAE. FOR ROTTERDAM.
Mrs. W. I. Alexander Mr. and Mrs w V Law
Dr. G.. p. J. Brown renee
Professor and r. E n. Or. and Mrs J. G. S04uNe
Mrs j. E. st. John. Dr. and Mrs w I. ROaunaa
James Murdoch
TEUTONIC, FOR SOUTHAMPTON.
A r. BALDWIN IAIr ana Mrs. James D. NeAA
Mr. and Mrs J. NJ. Bush Mrs c a Peabody
Mrs. William GrosvenOr. Mr. and Mrs. J. b. Tnol1S
Miss Corneia Hartman son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A. tNrs W. B. Wellin&
NcCNrdy.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. NICK. Twombly and Miss Ruth
for Europe on July IS. have been in town for two
days at the Sc Regis
Mr.. and Mrs. David II. McAlpin are at Ocean
side Hotel Magnolia, Mass. and will remain there
most OF the summer.
DR.. and Mrs. H Holbrook Curtis although they
have rented their own cottage at Southampton.
Long Island for the season. will remain there and
occupy A. F. scherTnerhorn's villa IN Great Plains
Road.
]. Hampden Robb Is expected from Europe to-
day He and Miss Robb will go at the end OF the
week to their cottage at Southampton. where they
viii pass the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric B. Dahlgren have arrived at
Rocklawn, their country homo IN the Berkshire
Hills for the summer.
Mrs. John Henry CIews. her return from the
Jamestown exposition. VIII sail for Europe. 20
spend the remainder ot the summer there.
Mrs Alfred G. Vanderbilt Is entertaining her
niece Miss Pauline French. and the latter's
fance. Samuel wagstaft. at Sycamore Lodge, the
Vanderbilt camp IN the Adirondacks-
Miss Georgiana Howland has Joined the summer
colony at Shinnecocif Hills. Long Island. and has
opened her cottage there for the season
Mrs. James Gayley and the Misses Gayley. who
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26
About People and Socfas incidents.

have been abroad for about three months. ara
booked to sail from Europe for New York on
July 3.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-26

Miss Ada B. Gillian. daughter Of NJ NJ. GilIam
was married 10 James NJ. AIunyon jr., at Grace
Church last evening. The bride wore an imported
lingerie gown. richly trimmed with old lace. and
carried shower bouquet OF bride roses and lilies
Of-the-vailey. Her sister. Mrs. Duke AIunyon, OF
Philadelphia, the matron Of honor and
other sister, Miss Ora Gillian. acted maid Of
honor. The brides four-year-old niece. Alice
Munyon. was the flower girl and she dressed
in white and carried basket OF yellow daisies.
Mrs Munyon's dress of embroidered ba tists
over color silk. The brides mother was at
tired in gray marquisette over yellow. Walter E
Gillian was best With the exception Of a
few intimate friends Of tho bride only the families
Of the young couple in attendance. The
ceremony followed by n dinner at the Wal
dOrf. being laid for twenty-one. The newly
married couple will start this morning for we'd
ding tour. after which they will go to the Range
ley Lakes in Maine for the summer.