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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

The most encouraging thing that has hap
pened in San Francisco in a long time was the
remarkable Outburst Of public approval which
greeted the sentence of Mayor Schmitz 1t
indicated the extent of the moral reconstruc-
ton of San Francisco. and moral reconsruc-
ton was fully as important to the city as the
physical one. The sentence of Schmitz and the
stingng words Of the judge were unanimously
applauded, and that means much 1t means
that there is practically no one left in San Fran
cisco who believes that Schnitz Is being perse-
cuted because he is a representative of or
gained labor. It means that the quarrel
among prominent citizens Of San Francisco as
to who should be the natural leaders of the
movement for purifying the city has not OBJ
scured in the public mind the necessity OF clear
ing out the grafters. The criticism OF Schmitz' s
prosecutors has not confused the public as to
who the real malefactors are.
1t is unfortunate that the movement to purify
San Francisco is not n united movement. en-
listing all of the best citizenship of the town.
1t is divided into hostile camps, each OF which
accuses the other with some show of facts to
support the accusation, OF selfish purposes in
its civic activity. 1t Is said that public fran
chIses and not municipal purity is what every
faction Of refOrmers IS after. and amid all the
pickering q doubt arises to whether San
Francisco has among It's natural leaders that
disinterested citizenship which It so much
needs. Even the prosecution OF the grafters
has been the subject OF so much criticism as to
suggest that San Francisco was OF two minds
as to whether 1t wanted them to go to jail at
the hands of the men who are sending them
to Jail.
But that uproar of approval in Judge Dunno S
court sets the people OF San Francisco right IN
the eyes OF the world. Whatever selfish mo-
tives may inspire some leading citizens, what
ever factonalism besets reform and whatever
hope Of rewards moves reformers, the mass of
the people are clearly aroused TO the duty OF
Kidding the city Of grafters and sending them
to Jail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
YOUNG PEOPLES CHRISTIAN UNION.

Boston, July s--DelegateS OF the Young FeopIei
Christian Union from every part OF the country arr
on the way to Boston for their thirty-niuth anhu-
convention TO meet here tomorrow. Al the CON
vention some OF the best known preachers OF -
Jynfversalis faith in the United States viii speaN
among whom will be the Rev E Dean E4sn.
wood OF Atlanta: the Rev. Alfalfa l. J. lrWIn Z.
Little Rock; the Rev. Henry B. Taylor or 81 800 80.
tba Rev Vincent f ToulIinson or Worcester; tne
Rev. John Van Schaick. Jr., OF Washington; 10
Rev Arthur W. Crosse. OF Rochester; the Rev =
McHouester. OF Michigan. and the Rev. James =
Albion OF Maine Governor Curtis Guild is ex-
pected to extend the welcome OF the Coinllo -
wealth 10 the delegates when they meet to-ller ~,
row and a welcome from the Boston churches WI.
he given by the Rev Samuel Eliot. president o.
the American Unitarian Association.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
VERIFY A COOL THIEF.
,hiladaiphia Record.


II takes a cool thief steal cake OF ice. never
theless there is who has been operating this
speciality In Overlook successfully for the last two
weeks The mysterious disappearance OF their
morning ice caused constant quarrcls between
heuseksepers and icsmen. and some OF the latter,
as q result, have bsen losing business The house
holders frequently declared that the tceman didn't
leave tho daily cakes. and he argued that ne did.
and commended that his customers allowed It 10
''sit" and melt In the sun. The Ice thief was de-
tected in the act yesterday morning by mlkrnan.
who saw him lifting q cake from the step OF a
house near ed street and Westminster avenue.
using a pair OF tongs Drop 1T" yelled the milk
man ''Rats" answered the thief, and he Off
with his booty at record speed. The milkman
shouted and SHE'D bottle after the runner. 1t
fell short of the cool thief however and crashed
In the street. The residents have good description
of the thief and tho hunt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
BIRTHPLACE OF THE BOOK AGENT

William Il. Curtis, In The washington star
Hartford was the birthplace OF the book agent.
The name of the first man who peddled books from
this city by subscription has passed out of the
memory OF the oldest inhabitant and does not APP
Ing the earlier part OF the nineteenth century an
enterprising citizen OF Hartford started out with
a sample copy and blank book travelling from
house to house and asking people to subscribe
for the publication for future delivery. Nor is it
certain what book he peddied Some of those who
ought to know believe II was the Cottage Bible.
SO called because It contained simple common
taries and explanations as marginal notes. But
whatever the book may have been the solicitor
was so successful that his example was immedi-
ateiy followed by other Hartford hustlers, and an
enormous business in book peddling grew up with
Hartford publishing houses furnishing the goods
At one time the subscription book publishers OF
this city had ftyfive thousand agents In the Held
Offering from house house throughout the entire
country the volumes that printed here:
Hartford has always been a centre OF the printing
trade. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary was
printed here Mark Twatn's 'lnnocents Abroad,
which the nrst great success as subscrip-
ton book was published and sold by subscription
under the auspices of n Hartford house. Rough
ing It." hts second success was written mere at
the residence of his publisher TO catch the wave OF
popularity that had been caused by the hrst; For
many years. and until recently Hartford took the
lead In the subscription book trade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
TO EXECUTE STATUE OF CALHOUN.
F. W. Ruckstuhl Gets $4,000 Commission
from South Carolina.

+. wellington Ruckstuhl. the New York sculptor.
who chief OF sculpture at the St. Louis Ex-
position. his return yesterday from visit 20
South Carolina announced that he had received a
&c. 600 commission to execute for Statuary Hail. n
the Capitol at Washington a statue OF John @
Calhoun, Senator. Secretary OF War. Secretary OK
State President and author Of the doctrine OF
notification
The sum OF $1,000 was appropriated for the statue
by the state Of South Carolina There was no
competition. Mr.. Ruckstuhl having been chosen
directly BY the commission, composed OF Governor
Martin F. Ansel Ex-Governor William l. Naultin.
Congressman ]. a Banks. Mrs f. AIOultrte Brat
ton president OF the South Carolina Chapter o.
the Daughters OF the Revolution. and Miss Mar
Gist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

burning soft coal In large establishments With
out smoke, though It might be difficult II not
impracticable to do so In private houses. Really.
then it is for the protection Of the city from a
plague Of smoke that the Survey recommends
the burning Of soft coal wherever the smoke
nuisance can be abated and the reservation OF
hard coal for places in which the emission or
smoke from soft coal would be inevitable.
That Is one survey, sane and commendable, of
the fuel question from the economic point Of
view. Another is presented in London. where
painstaking observers have been estimating that
the coal smoke nuisance costs that city at least
$25,000OOO year In extra washing, extra light
ing, damage TO clothing and goods and deprecia-
ton of property. That of course, is only part
of the cost. For at least two months of the year
the smoke deprives London of nearly twO-thirds
of the heat rays of the sun. In certain pro-
tracted fog vistations the death rate has much
more than doubled, rising from the normal IS
to more than As in the thousand. 1t is COM
puted that at least thirty thousand cases Of i'll
ness are yearly caused by the smoke laden state
of the atmosphere.
One strong point of agreement between the
American and the English view is that the do
nestle chimney needs looking after more than
any other. In London about 20 per cent of the
smoke comes from domestic chimneys, and there,
as In this country, 1t has been found far more
practicable to burn bituminous coal without
smoke In large than in small establishments.
English experts hold, however that it is posi-
bic to prepare soft coal for fuel that it will
burn anywhere without smoke by eliminating
from 1t the smoke producing qualities, That
process, If successful, would in itself promote
economy. since the smoke making part of the
coal could be utilized when it was eliminated,
and the waste of all the unconsumed carbon
which otherwise would be thrown away In the
atmosphere would be avoided. Thus from every
point of view there would be economy, and an
economy which before long will be urgently
nuisance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
A HAPPY COINCIDENCE.

Following closely upon the announcement that
a citizens league for inspecting excursion steam
ers has been organized comes the news that the
Treasury Department has resolved to enforce
rigIdly the law limiting the number OF persons
to be carried on that class of vessels in the
waters roundabout the metropolis The Peoples
Institute Marine League, among whose members
are the local branches OF the American Associa-
ton Of Masters, Mates and Pilots, the American
Lifesaving Society and the Marine Engineers
Beneficial Association, has secured fifty volun-
teer inspectors. The federal government will
employ at once the same number of officials, so
that each volunteer Of the private league may,
If he chooses have his own government inspect
or to criucise and to spot" This simultaneous
action on the part OF citizens and the authorities
to prevent the recurrence Of the Siocum variety
OF disaster will be welcomed by many q man
who has no streak of timidity In his makeup.
For q double corps of inspectors one aware that
1t is being watched and the other eager to find
a sawdust life preserver or q pound of excess
loading, is the surest guarantee that the steam
boat laws will be obeyed.
The Peoples Institute Marine League pur-
poses to work largely through the committees
appointed by excursion giving organizations to
charter vessels for outings. The league wishes
these men to inspect the chartered vessel prior
TO the trip and to report all complaints about
the same. This method Of inspection. we con-
lecture, was conceived before the league learned
of the latest step Of the Treasury Department.
Now that adequate number of official inspect
ors is to be promptly secured, the committeeman
may perhaps be wisely permitted to go his way.
He usually takes too much personal pride in
making his excursion a success to worry over
the ominOusly short distance between the water
line and the deck. He is chiefly concerned with
getting the beer, the bands and the bananas
aboard in proper proportions and his interest
in the navigation laws is not aroused until he
finds himself bobbing about in deep water on
the buoyant end of slowly filling pop bottle
seven miles from extreme JUNCTION. The happy
coincidence caused by the latest move of the
Treasury Department has brought about the
ideal combination of forces, public and pri-
vate body of Investigators each stimulated and
helped by the other. The committeeman, with
his optimistic blindness, may disappear from
the scheme
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
ERENcA PRESIDENTS TRIP AsRoAo.

Paris, July s.-The plan for PRESIDENT sI.o- ,sn-
trir abroad NEXT wear win be much more extsa-
sive than the one which was abandoned Owls ~
the situation in France. He will first De tnS 80 $50,
of King Edward and then viii visit KING HA 2-,,
az NorN-av King Frederick OF Denmark ana fIHs
Oscar CS sweden. and may continue his Journey
10 St Petersburg and visit Emperor NicI01@'
This has not vet been definitely decided A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
SUMMER ADDRESSES OF DIPLOMATS.
[From The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington, July 9.-'"The Diplomatic LIST Is
sued by the Department Of State to-day gives ths
following summer addresses OF embassies and lega-
lions in the United States Italy. 11anchester-by-
the-sea, Mass; Austrta-Eungary, Bar Harbor. Ne:
France, Newport, r. Il Germany. Dublin. ". H:
Russia Magnolia, Mass; Great Britain. Intervals
N H; Siam, Bass Rocks. Mass: Netherlands
York Harbor. Me-: Peru. Manchester-by-ths -Sea
Mass; Norway. Bar Harbor. Me-; Ecuador, Spring
Lake. y. j. and Turkey. Wildwood. N. ].
All the other embassies and legations continue
at Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
LUNCHEON GUESTS AT OYSTER BAY.

Oyster Bay. July 9.-President Roosevelt en-
tertained at luncheon to-day ex-Postmaster Will
lam r. Wilcox chairman OF the New York
Public Service Commission; Herbert Knox
Smith. chief OF the bureau OF corporations OF
the Department OF Commerce and Labor; +. d
kellogg an attorney who IS serving the govern
ment in the antitrust prosecutions. and w D.
w Miller, assistant ornithologist OF the Anrst-
can Museum OF Natural History. New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
CLAPP WILL CASE HEARD.
Fight Over s., 900, 900 Estate Begun
in Washin gtOn.

Will Of John VI. Clapp who died last October
leaving an estate of S5,OO0OOO. was begun in
the District Supreme Court here to-day. when
arguments attacking the Jurisdiction OF the
local courts to settle the estate were heard.
Mrs Francis c. Hall, daughter OF Mr.. Clapp
contends the estate should be administered IN
New York. Mr.. Clapp's widow. through the ex-
ecUtor. argued that the case should be settled
here. Justice Wright took the matter under ad-
visement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
SMOKE AND ECONOMY

The suggestion of the United States Geological
Survey that anthracite coal, the supply of
which is comparatively limited. should be con-
fined in It's use to private houses and that btu
minous coal should be used by all large estab-
Iishments in New York as well as elsewhere is
by no means discouraging to the opponents of
the smoke nuisance. For the same government
authority emphasizes the entire practicability Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
COMMISSIONERS REACH BERLIN.

Berlin July 9-Senator A. c. Latimer. OF ss- -
Carolina and Representative j. L. h burheI S-.,,
Alabama Of the United States lnIlisraeio1A rocar
mission arrived here to-day AmoaSSaoof .Tsht
will Introduce them tomorrow TO DE- Won TN.
berg actin, Secretary OF the ForeiSn once 20
Foreign ONCE officials have mace ARMS Sacillty
for their investigation. and the s'eanlsnip w.
nIes have done the same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

We Desire to remind readers tCho are
about 20 JeGCe the city that TIE TRIBUNE tctlI
be sent 6v BsGG to any address IN this country
or abroad, ard address changed as often as de-
sired. Subscriptions may be gipen to your reg
alor dealer before 1eGping or, II more conUen-
lent, hand them IN at THE TRIBUNE Office.
See opposite page for subscription rates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
.LsT THE YANKEES FOOT THE BILL

From The Boston transcript ~
Costa Rica has imposed an export d9ty s 0n
nanas and will apply the proceeds 10 extihs -hoss
a Troublesome foreign debt AS most OF esttral
bananas come TO the United States, the p1ssrnsri-
resut of this legislation viii be 10 make the Scsa
can neoule. through their fruit niis; Pas - thss
RiCa's obligations 10 Europe. When thiness shrug
lind are done our Latin-AmeriCan frisnus - 80 .re
their shoulders and remark: Well tho fahA'~
rich: they can afford itP'
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Nesp2lork Daily Gribrnre
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1907.

This newspaper is oS0ned and published BY
The Tribune Association, NeDo York corpora
flon; Office and principal plGce OF business, ITio-
ssze Building, No. 154 gaSsGa street, New YORK;
Ogden MAILS, president; NGthun4eE Tuttle, SEQ
refayg and treasurer, The address of the off,
GERS Is the Office Of this newspaper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

More OF New Yorl's horse to go. The
march OF progress is inevitable though destruo-
tive and It will not be long. perhaps-a decade
or two-before shall have ceased 10 illustrate
TO curious visitors from Oshkosh or Kalamazoo
the picturesque workings OF a once popular but
now historical system OF street transportation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
DEATH IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Sir Alfred Billson, Leading Liberal, Expires
While Vote Is Being Taken.

London July 9-Sir Alfred Bnlson. member for
the Northwest Division OF StaffOrdshlre. suddenly
tainted and expired at a division IN the House OF
Commons this evening The House Immediately
adjourned.
Sir Alfred's daughter was IN the ladies' gallery
at the time OF her fathers death. She not
OF his seizure. and the broken 70
her by John Burns.
Sir Alfred knighted at the time OF the last
birthday honors.
Sir Alfred Billson was born April IS. 1899. and
a Of William BIIlson. Of Leicester. He
educated IN his native town. and. studying
law vas admitted as a solicitor In 1860. He was
partner In the firm OF Oliver. Jones' Eilison &
Co. solicitors OF Liverpool He early took a lively
interest in politics, and for eighteen years was
secretary Of the Southwest Lancashire Liberal As-
ISOLATION. and filed the office in the L.vsr-
pool Liberal Association He represented the
Barnstaple Division Of North Devon in Parliament
from 1882 1885 and. being defeated at East Brad
ford IN 1896. returned from Halifax at by
election In 1897. serving until 1900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
AnnSenlents.

AERIAL. GARDENs-s:3o-The Iioneymooners
BRIGHTON Brighton Beach Pars.
Notwithstanding Flora.
cONEY ISLAND-LunA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. echase
Park.
EDEN GUSEE-The World IN Wax
GARRICK-2:2 0-S :30-Caught in the Rain
HA1IMERSTEIN observation-disclosures
HERALD SQCARE-6:lb-The Orchid
SARDIN DE PARIS-S:30-Follies Of 1907 :, .,
MADISON SQUARE ROOF GARDEN-S:3o-The Maiu
and Millionaire
MANHATTAE BEACH-S 30-Pains Fireworks
sAEOY-s:15-The Man OF the Hour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

the summer. and have leased their cottage at 1av
renee during their absence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

Mrs James \. Still1nan sailed, with her little
daughter, for Europe yesterday on the Kaiser
Wilhelm II Her father. James Brown Potter
came into town to see them off.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

Bishop and Mrs. Greer have closed their era
mercy Park house and opened their cottage a.
Easthampton Long Island. where they viii pass
the summer Mrs. Thomas s McLane, their
daughter has taken cottage at the same place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

Inventors should never forget that the more
colossal their ideas the more gently they need
20 be presented 10 official minds. The author Of
something revolutionary in submarines risks his
own reputation and imperils the fate OF tho
ton when he seeks an inopportune moment for
impartng his secret
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs. James G. X Duer has closed her house in
East SD street and has gone to Bernardsville
N J., where she is visiting her daughter Mrs
Joseph IarocQue, II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

Some of our imaginative war talk experts
might now turn their attention to exploiting the
coming clash in Tammany. The doors of the
local temple Of Janus have been opened officially
and with due ceremony. Fourteenth street is
also far more accessible war arena than the
Pacific.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

So well satisfied is the Union Pacific road with
the style of motor for branch lines with
which 1t has been experimenting for two or three
years that 1t will put dozen such vehicles into
regular service next month. A verdict IS thus
rendered in favor OF a system of propulsion
which Is highly successful when applied to the
automobile. but has been pronounced unfit for
railway cars. To make good the supposed def
ciencies Of the gasolene engine inventors have
proposed to supplement It with electric machiu-
cry. The operating department of the Union
Pacific evidently believes that any additional
mechanism Is unnecessary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

Mrs T J. Oakley Rhinelander. who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rhnelander at spring
Lake N. J.. has gone to Manhattan Beach Tor
part Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

The automobilists suggestion that instead OF
arresting them for speeding policemen should
arrest their pictures is plan that would COM
mend itself to all lawbrealers. II It could be
extended further that only the photographs
of the convicted should be put "in quod." the law
would be made much more popular and pleasant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

One OF the United Fruit Companys steamers
struck and killed whale a day or two ago, and
another reports having passed through sea OF
oil off Hatteras. Here's q fine chance for the
yarn spinner TO put two and two together
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TotaI July y tut W.T.
Remittances. preferably by check postal money
order or express order. should be made payable
and addressed to the Tribune Fresh Air Fund
New York City,
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East SD street and has gone to Bernardsviile'
N. J.. where she is visiting her daughter Mrs
Joseph LarocQue. Jr.
Mrs James a Stilrnan sailed. with her little
daughter for Europe yesterday on the Kaiser
Wilhelm II. Her father James Brown Potter
came into town to see them Off
Bishop and Mrs. Greer have closed their Ora
mercy Park house and opened their cottage at
Easthampton Long Island, where they VIII pass
the Mrs. Thomas s. McLane' ther
daughter, has taken cottage at the same place.
Mrs T J. Oakley Rhineander. who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs Philip Rhinelander. at Spring
Lake, N. J.. has gone to Manhattan Beach for
part of the
Francis X Pendleton who has just been ap-
pointed Corporation Counsel of this city is related
by marriage to Professor Nicholas Murray Butter
president Of Columbia University. DR.. Butler mar
ried Mrs. PendIeton's sister. Miss La Montague a
few months ago.
Mr. and Mrs Alfred C. Boyesen are receiving
congratulations on the birth OF a son at their
country home at Westbury Long Island Mrs
Royesen, who Miss Adelaide Barclay, Is a
daughter of James l. Barclay. and a niece OF Mrs
Louis Lee Stanton.
Mrs John Henry Clews and Miss Natalie Clews
have arranged to sail for Europe to-day, and Will
remain abroad for the remainder Of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Nevett Steele. jr. are at East
hampton. Long Island. where they have taken a
cottage for the
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert D. Robbins will spend the
summer at Tuxedo. where they have rented
villa for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos NJ de Heredia are at Wheat
leigh. their country home at Lenox, and will re-
main there throughout the autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colgate Hoyt have opened their
country home at Oyster Bay.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Porter have gone abroad for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

Mrs John Henry Clews and Miss Natalie Clews
have arranged to sail for Europe to-day and Will
remain abroad for the remainder Of the summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

Mr.. and Mrs ]. Nevett Steele. jr. at East
hampton Long Island. where they have taken a
cottage for the season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-10

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Robbins will spend the
summer at Tuxedo where they have rented a
villa for the season.