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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-01
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
lFrom The Tribune Bureau

From The tribune Bureaul
Washington April 30.-One of the most brilliant
social affairs of the season was given the White
House this evening. when President and Mrs
Roosevelt entertained at dinner the principal Off
GERS of the United States and foreign navies who
took part in the ceremonies attending the opening
of the Jamestown exposition. The dinner was fol-
lowed by reception.
The distinguished visitors arrived in Washington
shortly after o'clock tonight the steamer New
port News, which delayed several hours on &C
count OF unfavorable weather. The foreign officers
during their stay in this country the guests of
the United States government.
The guests at the dinner included the Secretary
of State. the admiral of the navy. Rear Admiral
Sir George Neville, r. n. c. V. o.: Rear Admiral
Hermann Pleskott, l. N; Commodore Kalau Won
Hofe, l. N; Captain George p. W. Hope, r. N; Cap
tain Won Rebeur- Paschwtz, I. N; Captain Ludwig
Ritter Won Hoehnel I. N; Commander jose Moneta.
A N; Captain Hebbnghaus. Captain +. f. C.
Ryan, r. N; Commander Don Virgilio Morena Vera
Rear Admiral r. D. Evans. Rear Admiral c. II.
Davis Rear Admiral c. NJ Thomas, Rear Admiral
w H. Emory. Captain J. F. Pirsbury. Captain
Seaton Schroeder. Captain S r Comfy. Captain
L. g Heilner. the Assistant Secretary of State,
the Assistant Secretary of the Navy Colonel
Charles S BromwelI, Lieutenant Commander Spen-
Ger S. Wood, Lieutenant Commander \. T. Long.
Lieutenant Commander Albert l.. Key and Lieuten-
ant Roscoe c. Bulmer. The table decorations were
Killarney and white Iilacs and the gilt
plateau and candelabra were used
The dinner followed by a reception. at 10
o'clock The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
ceived at the north door of the Blue Room. the
presentations being made by Colonel BromwelI and
Captain Mccoy. Mrs Roosevelt gowned in blue
silk trimmed with painted chiffon and lace
The President received a visit to-day from W. W
Newell and +. S. Truesdale. of BroOme County
N Y. who We're introduced by B. II. Warner. of
Washington. Messrs. Newell Truesdale and War
ner have just returned from a tour Of Egypt and
assured the President that they had heard his
praises sung far UP the Nile, and informed
on excellent native authority that at least ten
thousand Camels bore his
After receiving a visit from Senator Warner of
Missouri the President announced his intention of
exercising executive clemency in the case of John
William January. the Kansas City man who was
recently arrested escaped convict from the
LeavenwOrth Pententiary after living an honest
life for nine years
The Presidents list Of visitors to-day included
Senator Borah, Representatives FOss and Meyer,
Justice Moody. of the Supreme Court; Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Franklin X Lane Cen
eral Bell. chief of staff and Assistant Secretary
Newberry, Of the Navy Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-01
NO PRIZEFTGHTING.

The Governors veto Of the sO-called EraWley
boxing bill is, we believe, heartily to be com
mended, as preventive Of gross abuses. We do
not mean that abuses were contemplated by the
trainers or advocates of the bill Let it be
granted that they acted in good faith and with
no Interior motives. desiring merely the promo
ton of a legitimate sport and not the renewal
of the revolving orgies OF the prize ring Yet
we'll remembered experience irresistibly suggests
the probability. we might say the certainty, that
INSCRIPTIONS gamesters would have found in
that measure, had it been enacted, a means Of
evading the undoubted intent of the law and of
re-establishng prizefghting in a highly offensive
form. The Governor does we'll to avert such n
result
The Frawley bill was not, 1t seems to us,
needed for any legitimate purpose Under the
existing law amateur boxing or sparring may
be freely practised. Indeed, there does not APP
pear to be a bar against sparrng by "profes-
siOnas, so long as it is not done after the style
Of prizefghting. AS it has been tersey eX-
pressed, the law forbids not sparring for sport.
but bruising for Doodle. Men may practise the
manly art" all they please, in public or in
private but they may not either in private or
in public, maui and batter each other for hire
for the gate receipts of some sporting" spec
ulatOr. 1t is well that the law makes such
discrimination. We trust that the law will al
ways make it.
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WATCHING THE FIRE ENGINES.

New York Correspondence. Pittsburg Dispatch.
OF course. almost everybody stops to see the fire
engines go by but the one place in New York
where this apparatus gets the largest audience IS
on Broadway. between 84th and 42d streets on 4
pleasant Sunday night AS rule. that thorough
fare is less crowded with vehicles and street cars
on a Sunday evening than at any other time in the
waking hour9 OF New Workers. and this gives the
drivers the best chance in the world to let their
horses out to the full speed AS the engines or
hook and-ladder trucks go tearing up down
town every paSserby the pavements both
sides of the street hocks to the curb, not only
waits until the flying apparatus passes by but
stands watching 1t until il Is out of sight To
stand on the rear platform of "A Broadway car and
watch this spectacle of arrested humanity Is TO
get a fresh impression of the warm interest the
Fire Department
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Gweadolyn Wickersham, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. George w. Wickersham. was married IN
ST. Georges Church Stuyvesant Square yesterday
afternoon TO Albert j. Akin. son of Mr.. and Mrs
Albro Akin. The bride. who was given away by
her father. was gowned in white satin, trimmed
with point lace and wore tulle veil fastened with
orange blossoms. Miss Alice Leavitt Kobbe who
the maid Of honor, wore Empire gown of
white chiffon and a LeShorn hat trimmed with
spring flowers She carried a bouquet of white
lilacs Miss Clara Wright Barclay. Miss Elsie
Nicou, Miss Florence Burton. Miss Ruth r Huh
bell and Miss Martha Ptkin of Boston, were the
bridesmaids. They We're dressed in Empire gowns
of light pink chiffon, Leghorn hats
trimmed with spring blossoms and carried shower
bouquets OF white llacs. Duncan a. Holmes was
the best man. and Cornelius w Wickersham a
brother OF the bride; Steward Slosson. Arthur NJ
Henderson. George Hedges and John Clinton Work
were the ushers. The ceremony was followed by a
reception at the homo OF Mr. and Mrs Wicker
sham. in East 61st street.
Miss Anna j. Jenner daughter or Mr. and Mrs
William A. den1sr, was married yesterday attsr.
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able TO create a majority and thus save the
situation The irony of all that appears when
We remember that during the electoral cam
paign the chief efforts Of the ministerialists
were devoted to preventing the creation of
majority party, and especially to preventing
the Constitutional Democrats from forming one
That is to say, the ministerialists now look for
salvation to the very party and the very condi.
tons which they most opposed. 1t is of course.
to be regretted that there is no coherent ma
tority. But then there is none in the German
Parliament, and there was none in the French
until the time of Waldeck- Rousseau. The re-
suit of the debate and vote the recruiting
bill gives ground for hope that on most i'm
portant measures the Constitutional Democrats,
who are the salt OF the Douma and of Rus
sian political ifa will continue to dominate
the situation with a majority coalition and will
put much refOrmatory and constructive legs
latiOr TO the credit of the Douma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-01
4 DAY OF JUDGMENT.

May l is no longer the universal moving
day. but there is still a vast migration on that
date. 1t has often been supposed that New
Workers moved at least once year for the
sake of getting into better quarters or more
reasonably priced ones. This is now known
to be a deuslon; the movers themselves often
recognize the economic futility of shifting, and
excuse it by pleading mere love of change
Doubtless the ancient nomadic spirit has some
thing to do with the phenomenon. but, from
careful observation of the behavior of friends
and neighbOrs of the transients, the unpreju-
diced believer in Providence finds much more
than this in the habit 1t seems, in fact to be
a cOsmic dspensattOn whereby the inmost Sc
crets of every man shall be laid bare at fire.
quent intervals.
Let the skeptcaI reader walk to-day with
open mind and eyes through any residence
street Inhabited by average people and larry
in the vicinity of the first moving vans he en-
counters. He will find boys and girls watch
ing the vanmen bundlng the wanderers house
hold effects into the dim caverns. The young
watchers carefully note every Clipped piece Of
china and every stick of imitation mahogany.
If q rug or carpet is frayed or threadbare, the
sidewalk critics note it and carry n full re-
port about the same TO their respective mamas,
who carefully blend this found infOrma-
ton with all other scraps of gossip CLEANED
during the last year. And this is such stuff as
regulations are made Of.
The heightened sense of human brotherhood
about which we have recently heard so much
is unusually acute on May l. Even a mans
toothbrush is not his on this dread day of
judgment. And 1t is well that there should be
at least one day in every $50 on which the
individual should meet Society, his creator, face
TO face There is a Christening power In the
confronting, largely on account of the rude
ness with which it dispels the false doctrine
that man is the measure of all things" For
on moving day what man is the measure OF
his own reputation?
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. !


Washington. April 30.-The Italian Ambassador
accompanied by the counsellor of the embassy
Signor Montagna, and the naval attache, Leuten-
ant Pfster. Will leave Washington on Friday for
Norfolk where they viii meet his royal hghness
the Duke Of the Abruzzt who comes 10 this country
IN command of two Italian naval vessels the Varese
and the EtrUra, 70 take part in the naval pageant
at the jamestown exposition. The Duke Of the
Abruzzi is the cousin of the King OF Italy it is
expected no viii accept the invitation of Baron
Mayor DIES Planches 10 come to Washington as the
guest Of the embassy. a large reception will be
given IN his honor.
In the absence OF the German Ambassador. the
naval attache OF the embassy viii entertain the
German officers who in Washington. and
will give dinner in their honor tomorrow night
number OF other engagements VIII be made for
the officers. Il their time permits,
The Minister from Denmark will go to New York
tomorrow preparatory TO sailing on Thursday for
Denmark. Mr.. Rrun IS the first delegate Of the
Danish government 10 the Peace Conference at The
Hague and will be absent from this country for six
months.
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CHILDREN AND THEATRES.

Closely following Police Commissioner Bling
hams proclamation of crusade against penny
arcades' and cheap theatres, an even more dras-
tie campaign has been begun in Chicago against
similar institutions. The latter have brought
down the war upon themselves by foolishly dis
trIbuting free admission tickets to school chill
Gren As n result. the powerful City Club, the
judges Of the juvenile court and other societies
and officials have undertaken to obtain an ordi-
nance suppressing many disreputabe theatres
and forbddlng other amusement places to admit
children under fourteen years of age unless ac-
cOmpaned by adults
Might 1t not be we'll for our own reformers
under General Blnghams energetic leadership,
to fight for similar restriction upon theatre
going children? or course, the battle might be
lost, but even publicity and agitation have their
own little victories. They at least hold out
the thin, wan hand of hope to many appre-
hensive citizens. While there may be some
doubt about the details of the Chicago pro-
pOsal there can be none about the need of
this kind of reform Nor is 1t impossible in
any community where the citizens have n
voice in the government. Everybody knows
what the cheap theatre is, its dangerous infI-
ence upon children and the ease with which
an intelligent city government could control
It, The owners of reputable theatres and
other amusement enterprises would probably
welcome such a reform, for their business would
surely be increased thereby though perhaps not
greatly. Only In case they were found to he
interested financially in penny arcades" and the
like might opposition from them be expected
Nevertheless when we contemplate the ease
with which hundred and odd ticket spectators
have held their own in the face of united public
hostility, the chances of suppressng several
hundred graver nuisances, paying several thou
sand per cent profits, are pitifully slim.
Doubtless the objection will be made that legit-
mate drama and amusement would be ham
pered by such restrictions. OF course that is
nonsense; even the most thrilling melodrama
and the funniest ever vaudeville would con-
tinue TO delight youngsters, provided adult rela-
tives or friends approved. 1t is by no means
necessary TO abolish even the notorious penny
arcades" absolutely in order to check their bad
influence. Under suitable restrictions limited
number of decently conducted places might sur
Vive.
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aetp20orgs DAILY 9ribnars
WEDNESDAY, MAY /, 1907.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-President Goovino, on behalf Of
the Douma. made a sweeping apology for the
attack on the army, and the recruiting bill was
quickly passed; the Radical members again left
the hall. - President Cabrera of Guatemala
had a narrow escape from death while driving
at Guatemala City; a mine was exploded near
his carriage, killing the horses and wounding
several officers. - The German Chancellor,
Prince Won Buow, in a speech before the Reichs-
tag, clearly defined Germanys position in
gard TO a discussion of limitation of ornaments
at The Hague. Many casualties have re-
suited from fighting between japanese strikers
and troops part Of the shipyard at Kuraga has
been destroyed. - Tariff preference dis
cussed by the Imperial Conference at London;
Alfred Teakin the Australian Premier made
the principal speech. - Despite further
ports Of opposition to the Dominican treaty in
the Congress committee at Santo Domingo, the
State Department officials expect its speedy rat
ification.
DOMESTIC.-The President entertained the
principal officers of the American and foreign
warships at jamestown at dinner = The
seven men who were imprisoned in the mine at
Foustwen Penn, were reached by rescuing
party and all found alive. - J. c. Mccoy,
OF New York and Captain Charles De F. Chan
der, United States Signal Corps, ascended at St.
Louis in the balloon America on their long dis
tance flight TO Washington. == The Sem
ate Judiciary Committee decided by a vote Of
without recommendation. =- A decision of the
Court Of Appeals affirmed the decision OF the
lower courts that the Long Acre Light and
Power Company has the right TO place its wires
in the cOnduits Of the Consolidated Telegraph
and Electrical Subway Company. - The
names of several well known Pennsylvania poll
yicians involved in the Capitol investiga ton
at Harrisburg. - A new development in re-
gard to reapportionment indicated that the pres
ent Senate might not take ii UP, as it was chosen
by an unconstitutional apportonment. -
Theodore y. Vail elected president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, to
succeed Frederick p. Fish
cITY--Stocks were strong. == a New York
Life agent and two international committee
watchers were arrested in the forgery charge
case. = II was learned that Douglass had
sold S63,o0O in securities which rTetrievably
lost. == Judge Crane refused to Increase Sui
iiVan's sentence. The difficulty the
De Massey trial was solved by taking all the
jurors to the scene of the shooting. = Court
reserved decision in the application TO have
Borough President AheaTn adjudged in con-
tempt = The reported retirement Of John
W. Gates and his son confirmed. == The
United States Steel Corporation declared It's
usual dividends. == Another Queens County
thought he had discovered a gold mine
- There was great rush to get liquor GER
tificates. == The Celtic came in after a peril
experience in the fog in the Bay.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Rain. The temperature yesterday: Highest Go
degrees; lowest. As.
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II nluSementS.

AcADEMY OF MUsIc-2-s-Little Johnny Jones
ALEXANDRIA
ASIOEi-2: :30-Before and After.
15ELAsCO-s:15-The Rose the Rancho.
BiJoG-2. 20 :atl-C1mtessc CoqUette.
BROADWAY 6:10-The Partisan Model.
CASlNO-s:l5-The White Hen.
CeLONIAI<-2-S-Naudeville
LDES MUSEE-The World in Wax
EsAPIRS-2 21-s Be- HIS IcScellency the
tSARRICk -22O-S sU-Caught ir
aACkETT-S:30-The Chorus Lady
HAMMERSTTIN's VICTORIA: 15-s :15-Yaudeyie
HERALD SQDARE-2:15-S: I5-The orchid
HiFPoDROME-2-S-WNd West, Neptune's Daughter
and Pioneer Days
HUDSON i5-S: -Brewster's MlliCns.
IRVING PLACES .20-Der Heimliche Koeng.
ESNICh EFBOC-K EFs-2:l5-S Red MIL.
LIBERTY 5-Alerely Mary Ans l5-Salony Jane
I1CEUM-Sl5-The Boys Of Company 3.
LYRIC-2:l5-S:l5-The Road Yesterday.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-2-S-Wild West.
1AJESTiC-2l5-S:15-T Prince Chap.
NEW AMSTERDAM-2:15-Th Merchant Venice
s:l0-Juus Caesar.
SANOY-s15-The Man Of the Hour
WALLACE S-2.l5-S :15-DivOrCons.
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SENDS 100000 TO CHINA.

Washington. April S0.-rwo hundred thousand
dollars. the largest contribution for famine relief
ever made in one DAY. sent to China to-day
by The Christian Herald" When lhe trans
port Buford sailed from San Francisco with the
most valuable relief cargo ever shipped being
worth $4,000. $4,000 more in money was cabled TO
the relief committees, contributed by the same
paper through which total contribution of $4,000
for the Chinese famine has been made.
The following cable dispatch received from
China to-day:
Shanghai. April 30
Arrival Buford cargo anNiOusly awaited. Harvest
prospects now extremely discourse ing. ProlOnga-
ton foreign assistance absolutely necessary.
EDITOR .'NORTH CIIINA NEWS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-01
4 BREATHING SPELL FROM POLITICS..

4 BREATHING SPELL FROM POLITICS.
My understanding is" says Mr.. Ellison, that
this will leave the Mayor entirely free to work
tout the problems now confronting him. and
which we all know among the most stu
'pendOus ever presented to a municipal gov
"ernment." Mr.. Ellison prescrbes exactly what
the city wants, to wit, that the Mayor should
have time, free from all disturbances at the
hands of men who simply seeking their
own selfish ends" TO work out city problems.
We want mayor with abundant leisure
from politics. We want a mayor whose time is
not so taken up with the O'Brens and the
FeathersOns that he cannot see the scandalous
holes IN the streets, and we hope that now, in
this period of political disarmament. Mr.. Nc
Clellan Will cultivate the arts of peace and
improve the condition of our streets both as re-
spects cleanliness and pavement. If that IS to
be the result peace will certainly have is viC
tories, even If it Is hard 10 point out those of
the late war
Peace will be judged by such fruits. The fact
is that the condition of the streets threatens
TO be one of the historic political scandals of
New York. The police scandal of the Lexow
days and the red light scandal of a later
epoch invite the street scandal to join them
and make trinity of it. The condition Of the
streets is the chief feature Of the Mayors adj
minstratiOn up TO date The correction Of It
Will afford abundant occupation for his first
breathing spell from politics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-01
ANDovER SEMINARY NOT TO BE MOVED.

Boston. April SO.-The Andover Theological Sem
mary will remain, for the present. at least in
Andover, as the opinion of the alumni on a test
vote. now practically complete, is strongly IN
favor Of this decision of the question. which has
been under discussion for the last year. that the
trustees will take other step. The board OF
trustees favored change, but will defer 10 the
wish of the alumni. The trustees viii reOrSaniza
as separate board in accordance with an act OF
the legislature making such reorganization legal
Here Hfore the same board of trustees has ad-
instered the affeirs of both the theoogical SEM
mary and the Phillips ACADEMY. az AndoVer
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A FAMOUS ENGLISH DETECTIVE.

From The Springfield Republican.
Inspector John Walsh. of Scotland Yard, who re-
tired from the police service this after thirty
years experience, is OF the famous detectives
of England, and played part in stamping out the
gangs of criminals that made Seven Dias still
notorious In the los More lately he has specialized
In anarchists and his of the foreign terrorist
known as Francois was one of his most exciting
experiences. When Mr.. Balfour Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland and violence was feared Inspector
Walsh was detailed to that he came to no
harm. and the surveillance accomplished so
skilfully that the Secretary hardly realized that he
under the of the police.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-01

Albany, April 3O--The State Arnlory Commission
to-day granted permission TO Dr. Takamine. rep
resenting the Japanese residents OF New York TO
the 22d Regiment ArmOry, New York for the
reception and entertainment of the enlisted OF
the crews of the japanese fleet. which is scheduled
to arrive In New York in May. II is proposed to
have two DAYS entertainment fer about six hum
bred men each day. and elaborate preparations are
10 be made The Japanese fleet comes here to par
ticipate in the naval display at the jamestown
position. The date OF arrival has not yet been as>
termined, =
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FAST TRAINS I'M ENGLAND.
From Scribner's.

To take only two, from dozens of examples
the number of daily trains between London and
birmingham liiS miles, over the London & North
Western, making hfty-six miles an hour is
seven; between London and Exeter, the Great
Western Q94 miesI the number running at rate
hfty-1ve E.i}es is four. One of these later
trains makes the ll9 miles between London and
Bristol In 40 minutes. in each direction day.
and does this with remarkable regularity aud
puuStuRllty, ---S-----S
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HOSPITAL SHIP FOR LABRADOR.

Boston. April So-Dr. ", T. GrenfeH the I-abra-
dor philanthropist. has purchased the Lorna
DoOne, a schooner Of some seventy tons. and she
viii arrive at Commercial Wharf tomorrow from
Gloucester to receive hospital supplies for Lab-a-
dor. She will sail in few days, with DR..
Grenfelfs crew and skipper. for Labrador
She will become connected with the Grenfeu hos
pital ship Stratheona. and will sail from settle
ment to settlement offering aid Wherever needed.
OF necessity she will fly the Enshsh colors rather
than the American
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Exceptional interest attaches TO the tests OF
submarine torpedo boats which will be under
taken this week, for the reason that the craft
designed by Simon Lake will at last have a
chance to show what It is good for. Hitherto
the Holland boat has commended itself most
strongly TO the government, but the Lake boat
differs from it in two or three important feat
uyes. and such a compaTisQn Of -ths=tHa ~ Is