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Arizona republican., 1907-10-19
4 TRIAL FLIGHT.
4 German Balloon Travelled Thirty
 Miles in Two Hours.

St Louis. Oct. 1s.-AccOrdIng to dis patches received here. the balloon. Psyche. manned by AerOnauts Oscar ErsblOen and Hans Heidemann. who compose one of the German team en- tered in the international cup races. landed at Red Bud. Tli.. thirty miles southeast Of here. at 2:2Z o'clock this afternoon. The balloon started from here at 1:0j D. n. for trial flight Tine landing vas made without mis- hap.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-19
CATTLE AND SHEEP.

Chicago. Oct. iS.-Cattle receipts 550O: market steady. Reeves t4G735. cows si5Om5.30. Texans s3.75G47O. calves sb5Ods.25. westerns s4.0Od eco. stockers and feders s2.b0mA75.
 sheep receipts G.000: market steady. Natives sS.O0@6.5O. western s3.OOG G50. yearlings s5.4O@6OO. lambs si.75 m7.4O. western si.75M735.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-19

Billie Poster. Dr. Garsline. Dayton. O.; Bystander and Cu0er, J. C. Adams, Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-19
ALARMING RUMOR.
Of an Attempt to Blow up Secretary
 Taft.

Manila, Oct. 1s-A report reached tine police yesterday from 4 priest. that an attempt would be made tO throw fl bomb at Mir Taft while attending a reception at the Jesuits college. A careful investigation shows that the rumOr had no foundation. Every prccaution was taken by the author ities.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-19
WORTH KNOWING.
Home Made Shoe Polish.

One pint linseed oil. eight ounces suet. siX ounces beeswax. one ounce resin. Melt together the ingredients. and apply with q brush. The llnsecd oil is especially fine for leather.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-19
To Cook Loaf Cake.

Have tse oven hot when the cake fs put in: then turn out the burners until the cake Is risen to top of pan. Re- light burners and you will find beau tiful light cake. This recipe is for gas or gasoline stoves.
Arizona republican., 1907-10-19
Remove Grease Spots.

To clean grease spots from silk. take a visiting card and pull 1t apart. then take the soft. internal part and rub the spot on the wrong side of the silk and it will disappear without taking the gloss off.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10

violates the statute because be knows it IL
dead letter: Each contributes IN his own
fashion TO bring law into dsTepUte by the prac-
teal truce under which each has his own way
and the city has strict laws and liberal sun
day at the same time If respect for Ia" caii@
for self-restraint in violating laws ohce
enacted il equally calls for self-restraint III
trying to get or 10 keep on the noohs III "
country like this where the majority mas us
WAY usually no matter what the statutes are
laws that do not command the assent OF pubic
sentiment.
The Sunday question viii never pe S'''e"
10 the entire satisfaction of the whole com
munty. Views of tho proper use of that Gay
vary aII the way from the treatment pi IL ao
religious 10 the treatment of II as a Se'ul"'
holiday. according TO the origin ot fhr various
clements in our cosmopolitan population h"l
every ono will agree that no Sood u a'coih-
plished by putting strict Sunday laws on tne
books and then tacitly ignoring their violation.
End the discreditahie truce If you believe fha'
vour moral yearungs should prevail. or me CITY
will 60 from bad 10 worse. fight for the en-
forcpnpnt Of the laws that express them nor
for their mere preservation as dead letters
If Won believe that the strict laws are an IN
warranted interference with your rights ana
liberties. fight for the repeal of the laws, and
do not acauiesce in their existence on condf-
ton Of being permitted to disobey them
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
THE RAILROAD EMPLOTES.

When we read Mt GomperSS plan TO prevent
pspics by presenting the united front OF organ
ized labor against tie reductions in wages that
come in times of contraction we did not sup
pose that the doctrine was capable OF further
extension SO as TO restore impaired prosperity
hy demand for more pay. ina'. however
seems To be the policy of the railroad men who
are rrenariny for strike unless an increase Of
10 per cent in wages is granted in January
II seems TO US. though our theory Of political
ocorom, differs \ little from that of Mr.. Com
perS that these are not propitious times for q
strike There are Il number Of reasons In inc
first placc the rate of wages is already hlSn ana
the compIaint that the wages do not go as far
as they ought 10 i'm purchasing the necessarles "'
life has less Justice in ii now than II had re"
months ago and probably viii have less Just'Fe
= few months hence than it has now. The
prices of commodities generally have been
falling for several months, and the best opin-
ion is that the downward trend Will cont1nuc-
Therefore the purchasing power of wages is in
creasinc Then again In the recent contraction
Of industry Il large number Of laborers have
heen laid off. This number was recently esti
mated at two hundred thousand men. The rush
of foreign Iaborers from this country shows the
condition of the labor market The man out OF
a Job TODAY does occupy the Independent
position Of the man nUt of job few months
ago Next If we may appeal TO these railroad men
on broader than purely selfish grounds the busl-
ness of this country is now, owing to the recent
financial disturbance. in an unsettled condition
Any such strike as they are planning would be
q serious obstacle to recuperation- They them
selves and laborinG in general. can only
lose In the long run ~ any blow struck at this
critical time against the country's prosperity.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
THE ATTOCRATFC CZAR.

The hot dispute over the retention of the word
"autocratic."' descriptive of the Gar, in
which the Russian D"uma has recently engaged
savors partly Of mere wranGie words
though perhaps more of differences in their
Interpretation. and most of all of the fulfilment
uon-fultlment of promises and expectations
Also it is reminiscent of the attitude of Russian
parties toward the imperial manifesto of Oc-
tober 80, 1905, which forms the basis of tho
whole matter. The Conservatives il will be
recalled regarded that utterance with dismay
and with Indignation, wicked surrender of
imperial autocracv. and insisted that il eff
fected per sc q profound and irremedable-
save through counter revolution in the
government of The empire. The Liberals. on tho
other hand. regarded il, ,dubiously and insisted
That in itself il changed nothing. and at most
merely suggested an opportunity Of doing some
thing Yet now the Conservatives are insisting
that it changed nothing. while the Liberals
are equally positive that it changed everything.
The fact seems to be thst the October mani
festo was somewhat equivocal in terms, or in
potentislities. No doubt it did strongly imply
the termn8 ton cf the autocracy. for it sur
rendered the power of legislation TO the elective
Douma. conceded To that body veto Oh legs-
lation by the Crown. and agreed that the Douma
should grant the -four liberties" to wit free
dom of speech, freedom of the press. freedom of
meeting, and freedom of the person save
through judicial process. Moreover. the sy EN-
thus established was never to be changed with
out the assent of the Douma. Thus far
should say the decree was the death sentence
of autocracy. But then 1t was also provided
that the organic law of the empire should
remain unchanged and should be the basis of
the new constitution: and the Alpha and
Omega. the foundation and capstone of the
organic law is the principle of imperial
tocracy- Moreover. the October decree did not
itself grant the -four liberties'' but merely
promised that the noums would be permitted
To enact them. As for the immutabi of the
new order of things. it is to he observed that
when the decree made the electoral law
had not Yet been formulated. wherefore that
WAS pledge that thing not yet made should
be interchangeable after it was made, As a
matter of fact. that Interchangeable thing was
completely changed and transformed last sum
mer, by the autocratc act of the Czar without
saying so much BY your leaver to the
Douma.
There perhaps some fine metaphysical
questions involved in the case. Can autocracv
renouncc itself: If the autocrat has power to
diyest himself of autocracy. has he power to
resume it. so long 10y the organic law
he remains autocrat, can he do more than hold
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
~rvvoRK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY. DECEMBER TO- 1907

his sutocracy temporarily in aheyapce' 10 DC
resumed in full force whenever necessary
Apart from merely academic questions oo"
ever. the rational solution of the tange "ou'u
seem to lie in the reegation of the autocracF
TO 4 chiefly nominal status There can De ho
serious objection to the name. so long as the
thing itself is not put forward in an onensNe
manner. Nor can the present Douma with good
-race object to an occasional assertion OF tbe
autocracy in all its old efficiency. seeing tha'
the Douma itself was elected ana no" eAis'o
only by virtue of autocrat1c chanehs VI
the unchanged BILE electoral law II the Czar
had right TO make that change. ne 10 cei
tainly still sd autocrat in fact as wen as w
name If he bad no such right. t6en the pres
cnt Douma was illegally constituted Inc hlnS
of England and the President OF Inc oi'l'eu
States and many other heads of states nave not
only nomnaly but actually EXTRAORDINARY
powers which they seldom or never exercise
There should be no trouble in Russia II the
Gar should hold bis autocracy as somethlns
not TO be exercised save in such crises as are
not looked for more than once in generation
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
THE CABINET.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau ]


Washington Dec a-The Secretary Of State Ie
turned to the capital to-day from Clinton n l.
where he went to attend the wedding or MS 9o'''
EIihu Root jr. on Saturday. Mrs. Root VIII jo'"
him here within day
Tonight Secretary Root gave dinner w com
pliment to the delegates to the Central America"
peace conference now in session Inc Pai'''
which was entertained at the New Willard, III
cIuded the Vice President, Senior Anderson. Am
bassador CreeI, Senor Bonilla. the Costa Rlcah
Minister, the Nicaraguan Minister. the Guatenialan
Minister the SaIvadorean Minister, the Honduran
Minister Senior Batres-Jarague Senior Rodriguez
Senior Madriz. Senior Galegos, Senior Sanche2-
Ocana. Mr.. Goderi, Mr. Buchanan, the Speaker or
the House. the Secretary of the Treasury. the
Attorney General, the Postmaster General. the
Secretary of the Interior the Secretary OF Agrl-
culture, the Secretary Of Commerce and Labor,
Justice Harlan. Justice Brewer. Senators Cuuom.
Clark. Bacon, Beveridge. Kean and McCready. MI
Cousins. Mr. Lands, Mr.. Foster. Mr.. DENLY, Mr.
Mckinley. Mr.. Cooper. Mr.. Lowdeu. MI Howard.
Mr. Flood. Mr.. Lamar, Mr.. Garner. the chief of
staff of the army. Mr.. Bacon MIR. Oliver. Mr.
Adee, Mr.. Wilson. Commissioners MacFarland.
West and Morrow. Mr.. Barrett, Professor Scott
and Mr.. Carr.
tertained a party of fourteen tonight in cornpIi-
ment TO Edwin V Morgan. American Minister to
Cuba.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hockstsdter Of New Yors. who
have been the guests Of the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor and Mrs Straus returned
New York to-day.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
Il mUsemenrS.

ACADEMY OF NISIC-s:15-The Lion ano tne d''0
AL>HAMBRA-2-S-Nauae
AsToR-S-Ia-Tonl jones
REL.ASCo-s-IS-The Nsrrens oi NHs=h7-
RERKEIEY-Ss5o-FoGr Play
RIEoI-s:2o-A Dolls House.
RL.ANEY'S-s.1S-Prs DiaNoo.
fRoA pwAYx-s- -15-Tbe Round u
t-eSINO-s.Is-The Gay Y Nhite NaN
tRfTFRION-s: :co-The Morals - Marcus
pkIYS-s I5-The Lancers-
pT-NEFy-9-S-NaUQevile
4.DE.N MITSEE-N 1rid in Wa
F-ATPTRF-es sen-Nv Wife
f-ARRlf-N-s .3O-The Toymaker OF NCit''h~
67FrRNAN-S.l5-Aiinna ron HaTnhelni
fSxaTTT N
CENTRAL PALACE = = ~ - -
National Motor Boat snd bneiht '"'"'
EACKFTT-S:ls-The WitchinE Hour
ga.skFyTFSTF-T>I- -I5-k s1IdeNlle
fF.PAID oT-ARFc-s:Is-The fiifl fseh1o UT Ira,,r
oDR0NE-a-s-The auto Race ana AH
Ey1-rlsO>S-s -en-The -hnrUs laaz- - VI
FNlTCFI IFRBGCE EFf-S:i5--1ne Ialh ol -"
Tfr,rrT1-- i-,-e' Naili of Derry -r
iYfFT-s -sf-3-Piano recital. S-3o-1he lhiel
FYFsit--S:Its--sDur Bows
"a JFS7-IC,- s:15-The Top o tn World.
-SSofIN EALI<-5--FIecitai
Sr-v.- sEseSrr-I7r -s.Is-The Merry Ni5"V-
,-r-V- YOTf----s-3a- a-Advanced Tap1eN'i''-
Savr1y- sfs-The Man II the Hour
,-rT-y-1-rS VT -is-s Grand Army Man
EKelJsCf[ s. -IS--The Hcyden
u-F-e7- t.Ip-s-old Homestead
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
MRS TAFT IN PERIL.
Passengers for the President Grant
Haze NarrOzc Escape.

Iordon Dec "a wireless message from the
steamer President Grant which IS carrying
Secretary Taft and his party to the United
States gives the details of an exciting trip and
narrow escape Mrs. Taft Mrs. George POST
Wheeler. wife of the second secretary of the
American Embassy at Toxic, and forty other
Messengers for the steamer had the harbor
tender Holland. Mrs. Wheeler before nor mar
riags was Halle Erminie Rives
Heavy seas delayed the departure of the
tender from Boulogne until 30 o'clock this
morning bv which time it was believed that
the President Grant was inside the breakwater.
II was soon discovered that the steamer had not
come inside and the Holland caught in the
rolling sea- a giant wave breaking her rud-
der. The small tender drtfted helplessly. in
danger of capSizing and being dashed on the
rocks AS she rolled almost on her beam ends.
Mrs Taft and the other passengers were thrown
about in every direction. The Secretary's wtfe
and Mrs. Wheeler narrowly escaped injury
when some fixtures in the captains cabin fell
down with a. crsh
Near the lighthouse the Holland managed To
get q grip with an anchor and this improved the
situation Repairs were hurriedly made The
President Grant came in at o'clock and the
passengers from the tender transferred,
but not without further danger. In tho rough
sea 1t was most difficult TO prevent collision,
which would have been serious to the tender
The first lines thrown from the big steamer TO
the Holland parted one after another, and the
tender had TO take her position again and
again. Finally line held long enough for the
transfer of passengers to be made. During the
manoeuvre the President Grant carried away
anchor.
Among those on the Holland M. Risch-
mann. sub-prefect of Boulogne, who greeted
Secretary Taft in the name of France The
Secretary made an appropriate reply, express
ing his deep appreciation of the consideration
of the French government and regrettins that
the change of plans had made it necessary for
him to abandon his proposed visit to Paris The
b-prefect expressed also his regret at the i'll
timed start of the Holland
The President Grant is eight hours behind her
schedule because of the storm. After taking
on the Boulogne passengers she sailed for
Plymouth
The message announcing the death of Score
tary Tafts mother received on board the
President Grant at 1:30 o'clock this morning
The Secretary greatly affected He had
hoped to reach America before the end.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
GERH4SF'S DEBT.

The old boast of the German Empire OF its
comparative freedom from debt can no longer
be made. Instead the lament arises. TO the
considerable embarrassment of the Finance 'iin-
lister that the German debt now ranks among
The very large ones acd that It is growing more
rapidly than that of any other nation. IRE
cscIy that statement. indeed, is made by the
Prussian Minister of Finance. Baron Won Rhein-
baben. who points out that. while in 1881 the
imperial debt was cnly $63,75Oo6O. in twenty
years ii grew aearly tenfold. amounting to- S6o4
oo0OGO in 1901. and. worse still. kept on in-
creasIng until this year II was Sf.O00,oOo.O0.
How to deal with this enormous debt and
how 10 prevent Its further growth are among
the gravest problems which confront the inn
pcriaI government Apparently there is no rea-
son for expecting help from the individual
states for these. or the principal ones, are al
ready heavily burviened with their own debts.
Thus Prussia staggers under A debt OF Sl,oOd--
100000 Bavaria of S465OO0OoO Saxony of
S245 100000 Wirtemberg Of Sl4O.OO,Oo ttbe
last three chiefly for railways, Hamburg Of
100000 and Baden Of 15.0OO.OOG. Most of
these individual state debts also are steadily
growing.
The instructive recourse is TO increased taxa
tion but it is really difficult for the government
to discern any object Of taxation which would
Weld a considerable revenue which is not al
ready utilized. The fact is that the state tax
systems cover the ground fully as TO leave
little opening for imperial taxation, save Of an
Indirect kind. Prussia has just been compelled
To- levy heavier income tax, and in Prussia.
Bavaria Saxony and other states there are
heavy property trade and church taxes, some OF
which are even now being increased. The I'M
perial government has been planning a dividend
tax higher death duties and government monop-
olies in alcohol tobacco and matches. Such
system coupled with the appropriation of more
than SlO0OOO,oo0 a year for naval expansion
will. perhaps be necessary, but it will provoke
some strong and persistent radical attacks.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Buresu-I


yysshineton Dec. a.-The President hdu o. ~"
puest at luncheon this afternoon Thomas T. va
SON Pcpulist candidate for Presnent tnree Sl,'.1
ago Mr. Watson had financial rehet pIan "'
he wished TO discuss with the President
william r. WILCOX, chairman of the fuo' D
vice Commission of New York. called TO see u
President and talked with him about ms "o %"
NJ wilIcox will remain in Washington unt1i 10
morrow.
The ST Louis postmastershp was taken UP Il, "
conference between the President and RepreSei'
tives Barthodt Coudrey and Caulfied
George A. knight and Thomas j. Atkin' fNep"'
Iican national committeeman from California an"
Missouri called to say goodby before returning -
their homes Other visitors at the White House
included Senator's Warner. Long, Beverage, Ca',
Perkins Smith. Dixon. Clapp. Bourne Danlel i'u
Brrnham Vice President Fairbanks, RepreseI-
tives Hepburn Adamson, Hayes. Kahn. Pratt FL
lis CIronna Dwight. Fassett, Landis ana FNnNdi'i'
ex-senator Patterson. of Colorado; ex-tTo'e'H'.
Frantz of Oklahoma: Solicitor General hoy'' =,
IN. Department of Justice; Samuel Gompers ana
Charles r. Neill Commissioner of Labor
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
About People and SocfaJ incidents.

join her there in time for the Christmas Day c.,.
bration.
Mrs William Barrett Ridgeiy entertained =
luncheon party to-day for Miss Eleanor RidzeIy
Among the guests Mile. Nabuco. dausbte-
of the Ambassador from Brazil and Mns
Nabuco Miss Hoyt. Miss Newberry. Miss Fitch
the Misses Butler. Miss Vera Downing. Miss Ians
Sands. Miss Mary Scott Miss Katherine Leech and
Miss Yulee Noble.
Miss Anna Paulding the niece of Senator DeuAv
will to Washington the last Of this month
and will receive with Mrs. Depew New Year,
Day.
Mrs. Augustus Eddy has given up her large
apartment in 18th street to her son-n-aw and
daughter. Senator and Mrs Beveridge. who will
occupy il for the winter She will join them her.
for occasional visit
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
MooDYS SERMONS BEST SELLERS"

William Z. Curtis. in The Chicago Record Herald
Last summer l published interview with DR.
a X SpoHord, the venerable and beloved oracle of
the Congressionai Library. In which he said that
printed sermons had out of fashion.
Fleming H Revell. the largest publisher of -.
ngtous books. IN this country at least and perhsps
in the world whose company publishes more vol
umes of sermons than all the other book houses in
that opinion pin especially concerning Moody's ser
longer any demand Mr.. Revell was Moody:s
brother-n-aw and his publisher, and ne told me IN
New York the other day that the aggregate sale Of
Moody's sermons has exceeded 25OO,0OO copies
which places them next to the Bible a seller.
1T is true that the present demand largely for
the cheaper editions said Mr. Revell, "and il
from the country districts but the fact that
nearly one hundred thousand copies of Mr. Maody's :
sold during the last year is an ndica-
has not ceased. I know of no other book, except
the Bible. of which many copies sold ann-
ally year after year Mr.. Moody's SERMONS
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
PRESERVING SHINGLES.

Y D
The Forest Service has studied the shngle proh
lem along with that of the preservation OF farm
timber. II is found that shingles treated with creo-
sote by a special process which the service mas in
vented warp but little and decay slowly because
water is kept out of the tissues Of the wood one
will outaSt three In the nj tn
raj state to curl. spring leaks and fall pieces
The creosote used is nothing more than dead oil of
coal tar, but it keeps water from entering the pores
of the wood and renders II immune decay for a
A of that kind little more
first. but IL is cheaper in the long Woods
which are usually classed inferior such as lob
Iolly pine, beech, sycamore and others which are
quick decaying readily take the preservative treat
nent and are given a largely increased value
The preserving apparatus is neither expensive nor
hard operate. One such outfit will serve several
farmers The main items iron tank
engine boiler will do, with preseryative fluid in Il
and a fire under it. and another tank of cold IRE
seryative The shingles other woods to Dc treat
ed immersed for a sufficient time in the hot
creosote and then in the cold. Full details of the
operation are given to applicants for information
by the Forest Service at Washington.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
CL4SSM4TES FOR HUGHES
John d.. J., Erctes Bible Students
bU Mention for President.

John D. Rockefeller. jr., aroused wild enthusiasm
among the members OF the Bible class OF the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church after the class dinner at
the Murray Hill Hotel last night by suggesting the
possibility of the election of Governor Hughes
President. Mr.. Rockefeller had been referring 10
the work of the class in the eleven years Of its
existence. and said that some of the members
might yet eat a Christmas dinner in the White
House as guests of the who had already
tertained some of his former classmates Gov
eruOr.
There we're more than two hundred Of the
bers of the class and their friends at the dinner.
Mr. Rockefeller acting as POSTMASTER The prtn-
cipal speaker OF the evening was Frank A Van
derlip vce-president Of the National City Bank.
and in introducing him Mr. Rockefeller spoks
of the financial Stringency, saying that Mr.
Vanderlip was probably better qualified than sny
other man to explain its causes and give sdvies
to the end of preventing its repetition.
The dinner itself simple, and. although many
men wore evening dress Mr. Rockefeller himself
did The only absentee among ths expectsd
speakers was ex- Senator John c. Spooner. Of WIS
Consin. who was unable to get away from I'M
portant business affairs.
Mr.. VanderIip said that the recent financial
troubles due the practical exhaustion OF
capital Great enterprises. he said. had sbsoroea
a lot of money, and there had been heavy losses
on account of IN the last few years Nj
vanderlip said also that many fnanciers had come
feel dstrust in the fairness of public opinion
and that the exhaustion of capital and this feenn-
of distrust had conspired to make the period o'
moving the crops this year a difficult one Ine
speaker blamed the ineIasticty Of the currency rcr
much of the trouble.
Before the speaking began the audience E''
through two verses OF America led by "Syo
Owens English entertainer. who has the rnetno'
of George Grossnnith and the late Corney Gram
The class elected the following officers: Presioen''
J. NJ. Troxel; e-president John d. Rockefs1is'.
jr. first recording secretary, r Phillips; secono
recording secretary. A C. Thomas: Corresponds