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New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
PUNISHMENT.

The more thoughtfully one considers the ethi-
cal intricacies of the problem OF punlshng
wrongdoers the less satisfactory appears every
simple. one-formula solution The more intel
IicibIe too become the dissensions Of the NOR
aIists and penOogistS who attended the Ses-
sions Of the National Prison Congress at CHI
cagu. An admirable picture of the diemmas ana
other puzzles in the theory and practice of pun
fshnent is given in the radical differences Of
opinion about the wisdom of Attorney General
Bonaparte's plan Of cumulative punishment
Mr. Bonaparte reiterated at the convention the
other day his much criticised belief that certain
babjtual criminals should be put TO death He
said, in part:
sure obedience to the law. When inficting pun
ishrnent the looks not to the past but 10
/ the future. to the individual who has dis
obeved and now suffers, but TO all the individ-
uals in like case with him who may hereafter
fear to dsobey by reason OF his suffering. The
welfare of society depends not what happens
to those convicted Of crime. but on what happens
as the result of their conviction and chasttse-
ment to its innocent members The efhcacy or
snv form of punishment. the merits Of any &C
I cepted principle or method Of our criminal law,
must be judged by its results to the community
att large If il diminishes crime and makes
obedience the law more prompt and general.
then it is = good thing; its effects the law
breakers. while worthy Of note, are of vastly
less moment.
/ would have modern society cease to nourish
and shelter its proved and inveter6te enemies.
An attempt to commit capital crime ought 70
be made itself capital when this should seem
proper to the trial judge, and also that when a
man has been already thrice convicted Of major
| crimes upon his conviction for his fourth Of
fence of the like grade he should be liable. again
in the discretion Of the court. 10 the death pen
| atty.
/ With the very first words disagreement
arises Though the greatest purpose Of pun
| ishment may be the protection of society. Mr..
| Bonaparte's critics urge that the reform of
the Mrongdoer and retributiOn for the crime
are inextricably involved These critics are
i indvidualists with strong convictions about
| mans right to life and happiness; but their
/ trump card is not an abstract philosophy Of
rights but their opinion about the mental
condition of the habitual criminal.
The acts of the incurable maefactor are ex-
| plicable in three and only three ways: they
! may be due first 10 desire TO get even
/ with society for punishments or other real or
! fancied iniustices: secondly, TO mere moral
dulness. which in combination with normal
/ temperament may lead under certain circum-
stances TO the most heinous crimes; and
/ thirdly, 10 abnormal impulses over which the
| individual has control In the first in
stance it is asserted. society itself is to blame
! for the criminals state of mind; hence it
would be monstrous to punish him. In both
other cases We are dealing with men consti-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
PETITTONS.'

The right Of petition should not be limited in
q land whose government is supposed to carry
out the wishes of the people and where great
about only after public opinion has been
aroused and unified But there is need of
trolling the methods of petitioners in a country
whose inhabitants are as well to do as they
are sympathetic. 1t is easy TO find a re
form programme or charity project attractive
TO a multitude of affluent citizens, inexpen-
sive to buy stationery with imposing letter
heads and so easy to gain audience before
business men upon presentation Of a well
graved card that petitioning has become
favorite pursuit of the polite INSCRIPTIONS.
Every day brings to light some big or little
swindler who has pundered in the name of
good cause. Only last Wednesday the New
York Board of Trade disclosed that merchants
Of this city have been swindled out of about
S15G010 by a gang of takers who circulated
petition to Congress for railroad reform. Nearly
fifteen thousand men signed the document and
contributed SO or more apiece for salaries or
the circula tors and the cost OF securing an
early and sympathetic hearing at Washington.
Although the petition actually forwarded
TO Congress. in order to bluff" few petition
ers who took dangerously active interest in
the affair." the funds remained in the pockets
of the canvassers.
II is no reflection upon the intelligence of New
Workers TO say that similar swindle a
far more gigantic scale might easily be carried
out by gifted sharpers willing to spend lit
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
BID FAREWELL TO DIR. HOSKINS.
Missionary and His Wife Return to Beirut,
Syria, To-day.

farewell meeting to tho Rev Or. Franklin e
Hoslfns superintendent OF the American print
ing office Beirut. Syria. and Joint author with
Professor Libby. OF Princeton. OF two illustrated
volumes of travels and explorations among tns
ruined cities east Of the Jordan. was hsic yesterday
in the rooms OF the Presbyterian Board OF Foreign
Missions. No. I56 Fifth avenue Dr. and MIA aos-
kins have been IN this country on q furiooEn for
eleven months and sail to-day on the Minneapolis
for London on their way back to Beirut
Just before coming 20 America DR.. Hosidrs nn-
ished after three years work. the typesettins for
reference Bible IN the Arabic language The frss
edition OF this work was printed twenty years aga
after the Rev. DR.. Van wycks had spent tares
years editing and reading the proors No Stereo-
typed plates OF the pages OF the original ecit,oo
were made. so that when new edition was neeGsa
the greater part OF DR.. Van Wycke's work had 70
be done over again Owing TO the absence OF an
Arabic alphabet over three thousand different sigma
distinct pieces OF type. were necessary In tas co-
position
The Rev Dr. Arthur J. Brown. the secretary q
the Presbyterian Board OF Foreign Missions p1s-
sided at the farewell meeting yesterday and orfe&
addresses were made BY the Rev. DR.. SeanleS
White and William E Curtis. tho tavenAs saa
journalist
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probably give greater elasticity and be OF un-
doubted public benefit
Our present currency system is cumbersome
and stiff jointed and gives insufficient chance
for the expansion aud contraction Of the circu-
lating medium 10 meet temporary situations and
demands. Some such plan that drawn up ny
the American Bankers Association commission
might prove entirely practicable and useful but
il cannot hope TO receive sufficient support IN
the two houses of Congress unless its promoters
make vigorous and concerted attack on pubic
opinion and succeed in demonstrating to the
public the advantages which it will secure LII
il will greatly benefit business it ought 10 pe
able to enlist support of the numerous orsalllZa
tions maintained in the business w0rld-bOards
of trade chambers of commerce and other slnl-
liar associations-and through them its merits
be made plain To the intelligent pubic
Until that public is reached and convinced
as it was on the question Of standards-ho RAD
ical experiment in currency methods or opera
tions is likely 10 be made.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28

tutionaly incompetent to regulate their ac'''
therefore to punish them is cruel unjust anu
useless.
The sharp contrast between the ulua-huihdL
tarans who urge this argument and social utln-
tarians like Mr.. Bonaparte suggests tnat Dou
parties have made too narrow asSunplloh'
about the purpose of the state control OF crlin
inals. May it not be that society must 81
muItaneOusly aim at retribution. reform ana
social protection? and that therefore tue
action of the State toward malefactOr should
be determined. not by any cut and dried Tor
mula Mosaic or humanitarian. but by care
full weighing of the individuals past history
present temperament and his probable response
to corrective and punitive treatment? To be
sure. this means personal judgment by wise
Judge, with plenty of time; and this boon IS
for the ordinary man almost UtOpian as
personal education is for the ordinary pubic
school child. But. however unattainabe in
its perfect form. this method is now being pain
fully and slowly approached And the time
may come when Mr.. Bonaparte's cumulative
capital punishment will be sanctioned along
with the outright pardon Of hardened felons
In that day men will perhaps think that. as
there are such things in medicine as dis
cases. but only PATIENTS so in law there are
crimes, but only criminals
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
T4K[NG THE.

Complaints are made here and there that the
congress at The Hague has not taken nhal
action upon such questions as disarmament
universal arbitration and the like. ana II Is
pointed out that its failure so to do Is the
more disheartening and dscreditahle because
some of these major topics were menuoned III
the former congress at The Hague and thus
have been in a measure before the world for no
less than eight years
Yes. il is quite true. and eight years are a
long long time TO the impatient But II mas
taken even longer than that TO get some other
and actually less contentious matters disposed
of Note for example. the principle Of Tree
ships free goods or the flag covers the
cargo" as il is varously expressed. 1t was
first practically enunciated 10y FREDERICK the
Great Of Prussia. in the early part OF th'
Seven Years War. TO the effect that the goods
of an enemy cannot be taken from on hoaru
..tbe shin Of a friend" More than twenty years
later. during our Revolution. at the initiative
of France it was again put forward rs one
of the principles of the Armed Neutrality But
il was not until almost exactly q century after
the great Frederick first promulgated 1t that
If was generally adopted and Incorporated into
international law hy the Declaration OF Paris in
1856.
If thus il took a hundred years TO settle that
matter how long may il not take TO settle def
nitpIy and satisfactorily other matters of great
ar Importance and of a more controversial nat
ure? America refused TO assent 10 the aboi-
tion of privateering in 1856 because the other
mowers would not assent to the exemption OF
private property from capture AT sea. That was
fifty-one years ago. and the question of pr1-
vate property is not settled yet. But nelther
WAS Rome built in a day.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
THE NEW CryARD STEAMSHIP

Neither on her maiden voyage to America nor
on her return trip WAS the Lusitana driven at the
speed she is expected To develop eventually. Her
average in one direction Is said TO have been
about twenty y-three knots and In the other
fraction twenty-five and half. The con
tract of her owners with the British government
makes their mail subsidy contingent On her abil
ity To- cross the ocean at the rate Of twenty-five
knots The new liner has yet to show that
she can comply.with the requirement, but her
performance for Short distances during her trials
leaves little doubt on this When the cf
fort is made. therefore, il is probable that the
Lustania will bring the time from Sandy Hook
to Queenstown down TO tride less than five
days, though the greater part of another day
will be consumed by passengers in reaching
London. In fact. ii is quite possible that some
Of the advantage gained by fine speed at
may be lost by the retention Of Liverpool a
terminal port, for the English Channel route to
the British capital is apparently little shorter
in time than its rival.
There will be much eagerness to learn exactly
what the coal consumption of the Lusitania
proves to be when she undertakes 10 do her
best. Her engines have been designed 70 de-
velcp from 66,OO0 to 10000 horsepower. If
they realize their builders guarantee more
than thousand tons OF fuel will be de-
manded daily to supply them with steam. The
steamship which most nearly approaches her in
size (but which belongs to another company is
the Adriatic. The latter has engines whose
pacity is 25000 horsepower. and therefore need
only little more than third of the coal the
Lustania burns. To be sure the Adriatic
spends and a half days in voyage,
whereas the new Cunard liner may be able to
reach Liverpool in five and a half days. Even
so. the Adriatic probably does not require one
half as much coal for a trip from terminal to
terminal the LuSitania will. When the fig
ureS can be obtained for comparison, moreover,
il will he interesting to know whether the tur-
bnes of the vessel generate horsepower
any cheapy than do the quadruple
pansion engines Of the other.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
rBv Telegraph TO The Tribune.I


Newport r L, Sept Z7-Mrs- James Russen
Soley Of New York VINO gave afternoon affair.
was practically the only member Of the social
colony who entertained during the day
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Proctor returned from
New York to-day on their steam yacht Cavalier
Edward A Post also returned from town to-day
Mrs May Brady Hail. accompanied by her sister.
Mrs Elizabeth Harris. and Miss Harris, has gone
to New York FOR few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry 8. Lehr will close their New
port season on Tuesday Iext. when they VIII re-
turn TO New York for the winter
Mr. and Mrs George H. Benjamin Will return 70
New York Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ F. Morris VIII remain in New
port until October p when they viii return TO New
York
Victor Sorchar joined Mrs. SOrchan here tonight
They are guests OF Egerron L. Winthrop.
Among those returning from New York tonight
were J. Stewart Barney. James " Gerard. tho
Rev Roderick Terry and Lewis Cass Ledyard
Mrs Walter l. Kane and Miss Dorothy Kane sr-
rived tonight and are registered az the Muench-
niger King cottage
Miss Ida Bliss Will close her Newport season On
Tuesday.
The illness Of r T Wilson. Jr.. has kept him and
Mrs Wilson in Newport several days longer than
they expected 10 remain
Egerton I. Winthrop entertained at dinner t1is
evening.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
About People and Social Incidents.

Switzerland. wife and daughters of Captain South
erland. U. S. N, have returned 10 Washington for
the season. Miss Harriet SOutherand's marrias.
to Alfredo Alvarez CaIderOn, Of the former
Minister from Peru. which have taken
place this fall or winter. has been postponed on a
count Of the early departure of Mr.. Calderon upon
a foreign mission.
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana. arrived in WASH
ington to-day. accompanied by his bride. and until
they find a house they will make their home tenn
porarily in the apartment at the Portland which
the Senator occupied last season.
The chief of staff and Mrs. J. Franklin Bell have
returned to Washington. and making their
home the Highlands
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
A WEDDING.

Hampstead. Long Island. Sept q (SpeciaD-
Addie MorreII daughter of George Payntar. was
married toby to arthur Leslie Nichols n in n-an tine
Melville Kerr assisted by the Rev. Dr. Hubert
Munson Miss Lillian Parson. of Hampstead, was
maid OF honor. The bridesmaids were Miss May
Nichols. of Hampstead: Miss Faith Brown. of Nor
wch Conn; Miss Edith Payntar and Miss Lillian
Stofre of Hampstead Harry Nichols. orother Oh
the BRIDEGROOM was best man. and the ushers were
Edward Bronheld- George Lowden. Percy Brom-
field. Edwin Rushmore. George Lowden. William
MartItns Vital Mollineaux and Townsend Petit.
all of Hampstead. and William Allison. of Newark.
n ! A reception follow ed at the home of the
bride The young couple will go Canada on their
HONEYMOON They will live Washington street.
Hempstead
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
4nlusemcnfs.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-2-s:15-salorny
ALHAMBRA-2
ASTOR-2ls-s:I5-A Yankee Tourist
BELASCO-2-s:15-The Rose Of the Rancho
BI5OU-2:15-s:15-The Master Builder.
AY-2=t5-s-15-R Brothers IN Panama
CCfI1eNIAI[-2-S-Nan andevflie
CRITERION-2-1S 2-1S-s:l5-The Dairynaids
Dal,Y'S-2.15-s -2G-The Great Divide
DEMEY-2-s-Eaudeyile
EDEN MUSEE-The World in Wax.
EMPIRE -2:l5-s.20-Mv Wife
GARRICR-2:l5-S- -20-vhen Knights We're Bold
GOTHAh Vaudeville
HACKETT-2:l5-s-l5-The Struggle Eyefiastins'
HsMHFEST I'm S-3-I5-s- s-l5-NaudeNiie
HERALD SQUARE :l5-s:I5-ADna karenina
HIPPODROME- -Neptune's Daughter ana fi'h'O'
DAYS
HUDSON -s:15-'-lassmates
KNTCRERROCKER- -2-15-e: :15Nlle Aods'e-
L-IRERTY-21 -s--5-Dols from EeTn 60.
LINCOLN sou ARE-2-I5-s1 15-fIi. Terrtpfe 9ecaeN-
IsY-E-I N-2:l5-s-2c-Th Thief
TC-2IS-s sI5-Tirgnius.
MAJESTIC -2:l5-s-15-The Spell -
NEW AMSTERDAM -2-15-s15-The fonno tp-
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SAVOY -I5-s:15-The Man OF the Hour; -,,
HurdE curry ''iiA-
N-FST END-2-R-U TroNatore
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
THE SODA WATER POISON SQUAD


Is it perfectly fair that DR.. Wiley's new
poison squad should consist of young men! We
entertain the most serious apprehensons for
those youth and we hope that some humane So
ciety will interfere and them from their
certain fate We never worried about the pre-
viouS squads who grew fat upon boraclc acld,
formaldehyde and aniline dyes Most healthy
men thrive splendidly upon these things, for
they part OF the ordinary diet of ciyiliza-
tion. but what young man can be expected to
withstand the ravageS of a months indulgence
in ice cream soda, chocolate sundaes. orange
phosphates and pop? A young man occasionally
in the heat Of the summer may partake OF these
soft drinks without injury TO his system, but the
strictest temperance is necessary, and we have
vet to read of centenarian who has confessed
to a fondness for the soda fountain demon or
what one of these worthless has it been writ
ten. Mr.. Blank says since he was thirteen he
has always chewed tobacco and drunk eight
"ice cream sodas a day? To put young men
upon any such periIous ration as this is to show
a wanton Indifference TO human life.
Furthermore. what possible scientific interest
can there he in the test: The soda fountain
poisons taken with the habitual temperance Of
Young men cannot possibly he harmful, and may
even be beneficial Now. if Dr. Wiley woulde
only organize his poison squad Of young
women the results would have a high scientific
value; there would probably be no great danger
to the constitutions of the squad, and even if a
few lives were lost the dear young things would
die happy. As women the great consumers
of ice cream soda. chocolate sundaes and orange
nhosphates. there would be real scientific inter
est in learning the effects upon their systems Of
the Incorporate use Of tiZZ water. That there
would be less danger to life in giving a young
woman poison squad the freedom of the Depart
NO
will deny for a mysterious dspensati0n of nat
1lr. has made these so-called soft drinks. though
highly deleterious in their effects upon men.
practically innGcuous In their influence upon
women If DR.. Wiley shall find conclusive evil
dence that these supposed harmless drinks have
bad effect upon women shall be the first
to propose the establishment OF mems Chris
tlan temperance union TO save the nations fair
young daughters from the Demon Soda Water
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
FACTS ABOUT THE CAPITOL.
From The Pathfinder.

walk over to the national Capitol now reveals
To Won an edifce well worth seeing as a vast
amount of repairing and renovatng has been done
sirca Congress adjourned inside and out the great
building has been overhauled and only atter
SPENDING some time In walking through it can you
gain a conception of what the domestic i1e or
the Capitol is For instance, consider that IL con-
tars 43O rooms which used for office, commit
fee and storage purposes; 679 windows. $50 door
ways 140 freplaces, 961 washbasins ana SINKS
IA bathtubs Is ventilating fans, Is motors, ele-
yators 1000 horsepower of boilers. steam pumps.
a lighting service equivalent 70 25.ooO incandescent
Iamns of 1e candiepower each and over liVo
square feet of skyIghts. This Is all on the inside
and when we look the outside and the 1lrty
acres Of land TO be kept up, begin TO realize
that II is no small job to keep the cobwebs out
Of the Capitol and the weeds out OF the yard
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
money in maintaining the appearance or

tie money in maintaining the appearance OF
integrity Usually each signer is called upon
to pay such a small sum that. although inter
ested enough to sign and contribute. he does
not care to waste time looking up the refer
ences of the solicitors, even when he feels
trffe uncertain about them. This trait is so
much gold in the swindlers pocket But 1t
would be so easy for the public to protect
itself against this variety of depreciation that
failure to have done so indicates merely the
diversion of attention to far greater evils. The
Board of Trades unpleasant discovery, though
has aroused that body to recommend that no
merchant pay money to any canvasser for any
nurpose unless the canvasser be registered with
the Board of Trade.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
RUDYARD KIPLING AT MONTREAL.
Will Make Trip to Pacific Coast-Author in
Good Health.

Montreal Sept 27.-Rudyard Kipling accom-
panied by Mrs. kiplng. arrived a. Place Niger
station this afternoon The author and his wife
were greeted on aghtng from the train by Mrs
Wolcott Balestier of New York, Mrs Kplings
mother.
In the course OF a brief conversation Mr. Kip
ling said that ne expected TO remain In Montreal
for n couple Of weeks. afterward going across
Canada to the Pacific. He would return 10 East
ern Canada. but after that his plans were unde-
cided Both Mr.. and Mrs. Kipling looked well
After the Empress OF ireland left Rimoush last
night Mr. Kipling made address to the passen-
gers
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
HHE SHOEID II BE?

Great oaks from little acorns grow IS a
Swing that makes only lean major premise or
svIlogism though many ambitious man
is TEMPTED to conclude with This is a little
acorn therefore look out for a great oak. Mr.
Hearst had his little acorn up ar the Glsey
House Yesterday 1t has been promising 10
be a great oak for two three years. We
used 10 see full page prOclamations last year
and again last winter of the new party OF
moral ideas We were reminded of the small
beginnings of the Republican party. Clarion
calls were issued every few days TO Democrats
who were weary OF their party's corruption. dlS-
honor. lack Of principles and Standardization
and to Republicans who saw the salvation OF
the nation only in new organization or pure
and spotless patriotism. Somehow We had beard
very little lately Of these calls TO arms, and we
had almost forgotten the Independence League
when Mr. Hearst's two hundred delegates
turned up at the Gilsey House, all warranted TO
have come from afar. none Of them proxies re
crilited in New York. whore the maximum rail-
road fare is five cents.
Since Mr. Hearsts announcement the other
day that he could think Of no circumstances
under which be would be a candidate for
President everybody has felt anxious about
his little acorn. VIII the seed fail to prolf-
icate? VIII no adequate refuge be afforded to
the Democrats and Republicans weary OF the
disgrace and dishonOr of their parties! We
shall watch with great interest the behavior
of that little acorn for now that Mr.. Hearst
cannot be persuaded to assume the response
hilities of office what need is there for a
neU marty? What means would there be for
the party of reform and moral Ideas 10 make
itself effective:
New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
tFrom The Tribune Bureau.1

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Sept. 27.-Fall weddings being
announced take place in the capital. and Will
bring society people hack TO Washington much
earlier than usual General and Mrs Samuel
Ovenshne have issued Invitations for the marriage
OF their daughter. Miss Mary Aston Ovenshine.
and Captain Guy Stevens Norven of the Sth Cav
airy to take place at St Margaret's Episcopal
Church at noon October 10 There will be no
bridesmaids but Lieutenant John Watson. OF the
bridegrooms company will be best The four
ushers will be brother offices. but they have not
been selected. 4 small reception Will be given at
the home OF General Oyenshne following the cere-
mony.
Mrs " H. H. Southerland and the Misses