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New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
WATERWAY PLANS AND CONTROL

Following the convention at Philadelphia in
the interest of inland waterway along the
Atlantic Coast from Boston TO Beaufort. the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress will as
semble next week at Washington to advocate.
told "a broad national policy with ref
''erence TO waterways and harbOr improve
''ments" and although it will probably not com
nit itself to any special projects it will doubt
less by implication favor the coast waterway
and other canal schemes. The importance of
such improvements has frequently been urged
and seems to be more adequately appre
ciated than ever before. and 1t is particularly
promising that the movement is toward a sys
tematic performance of the work on a national
plan.
Hitherto the work of waterway improve
ments has too often been marred and its use
fulness impaired by the circumstance that
while it was done at national cost it was done
I'm response to local urgngs and according 10
local plans, without regard to any general
scheme. Something had to be done for Bun
combe. and so Wild Cat Greek was deepened
and Buncombe was quite content because the
S10O000 had been spent there, and never took
the trouble to consider that long Yellow
Dog River remained unimproved the deepening
of Wild Cat Creek would be Of no benefit what
ever. Indeed. the Buncombe district in it's
jealousy actually opposed the granting of any
appropriation to the Wayback district for the
improvement of Yellow Dog River. Such
wretched localism must be got rid of if half
the money spent for waterway improvement is
not 10 be wasted
Nor is the question of control TO be over
looked Logic and practical experience dictate
the desirability of national control of all water
ways created or improved at national cost in
cluding this much talked of and really most
desirable inland coast waterway. Indeed, the
history Of what should form a part Of that
waterway and of of the states TO be
traversed by it emphasizes strongly the need
of something better than local control New
Jersey used TO be traversed from the Delaware
River TO New York Bay by two commodious
canals. one of which would form an essential
link in the proposed Boston Beaufort route
These canals carried an enormous commerce
the tonnage on one Of them being greater than
the entire ocean borne tonnage of the Port of
New York. But i'm an hour of folly the state
turned them over to two railroad corporations
which were jealous of their competition with the
result that one of the canals has been wrecked
and practically abandoned and the other 70
duced 10 q mere tithe Of its former usefulness
while the commercial interests of the state have
greatly suffered. No opening should be left for
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29

month of the year. and this year much rainier
than usual. 1.S44.471 yards This increase has
been effected. moreover. with only a compara-
lively slight increase in the number Of workinen
Thus in June. 1906. there were 800 skilled and
l4.125 unskiled employees. total of 16.625. In
June. 1907. there were 4.404 skilled and 1903
mskiled. a total of 22427 Thus with an in
crease of - per cent in wOrkmeD there was an
iucrease Of more than PA per cent in work done.
he original estimate Of cost of construction
WAS $l39. 7O5.2G0. not including sanitation and
other essential auxiliary works. Thus far there
has been appropriated 56S, or more than
half Of the whole and there has been spent
down to June 30 last S4S 2S5 no. or about "a per
cent Of the whole But of this last sum only
S29.1S2.6S2 spent the actual canal. 80
669.S16 going for auxiliary engineering works.
&i.55020S for sanitary works and S2,31S,276 for
civil administration. schools roads etc There
fore. down to June 80 last less than 20 per cent
of the amount originally estimated and author
ized had been spent canal construction At
the present time there are still nearly 1n.-
100000 cubic yards 10 be excavated from the
canal prism besides the building of the titanic
dam and locks at Gatun. That the entire work
can he completed within the estimated time
seems probable That il can be done for the
estimated cost is less likely if indeed 1t is pos
II will fall far short of the speculative figures
prophesied by pessimists and by the opponents
Of the whole scheme.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29

of the party fined 81 and the others were
discharged.
This episode clearly demonstrates the superb
ority of private ownership to government owner
ship The agent of justice was not as some
body might have fancied. member of the Dis
trict Attorneys staff: he a plain private
detective. engaged at market rates by the owner
of the scene of the crime He was consequently
unhampered by any of those numerous nfu-
ences. customs and prejudices which make the
government owned policeman and prosecutor
such feeble engines of Righteousness. He could
reason with cold logic that shooting craps was
gambling that gambling was a heinOus crime
forbidden and punished by the law, and that the
agent of the law must enforce the law New
York City should rejoice that not all local repre-
sentatives of justice have been municipalized
II is indeed blessing to have somebody who Is
determined 10 the triumph of Righteousness
through to the finish who does not propose 10
let murderers and thugs distract him from
bounding down CrapshOoters men who smoke
platforms and all the other wretches who
are insidiously gnawing at the vitals OF society
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
TIE OrTLOOk ~ CANADA

The Canadian Parliament assembled yester-
day for what will he almost certainly pro
tracted and arduous session and perhaps the
last session before a general election. The legal
term of Parliament is five years, but the
practice is to dissolve after about four years,
and the session opening will he the fourth
of the present Parliament. Next year there
fore a general election may be expected, and
preparations for that occurrence will doubtless
figure largely in this winters proceedings at OF
tawa, each side seeking 10 make political cap
itaI for use in the impending campaign.
The Liberal government is still in power with
majority of fifty at it's bncb. and il will doubt
less maintain an easy control of Parliament
throughout the session. 1t will, however, he
largely on the defensive, both ut Ottawa and Mt
the huStngs. in next years campaign. Matters
have not gone we'll for it in the last year. The
result of the Colonial Conference in London was
disappointing. The tariff controversy with Aus
tralia has been embarrassing The race war
at Vancouver added 10 It's difficulties one
member of the ministry has felt constrained to
resign under charges and has not yet succeeded
in indicating himself. The great transcunti-
mental railroad undertaking has been marred
with the awful bridge disaster AT Quebec
Against these and other things the government
can show few important achievements Of good
to it's credit
me Conservative opposition mas therefore,,
an opportunity for vigorous attacks at many
points. But it will do more than attack. 1t
will put forward positive programme of con
structve legislation as an alternative to that Of
the Liberals and for It will solicit popular sup
port Attempts at an accurate forecast of the
outcome would he vain. But the indications OF
by-elections and of the popular reception Of
the Conservative leader his recent tour Of
the Dominion are that while Sir Wilfrid Lau-
rier may once more carry the country it Will he
by considerably reduced majOrity-so small,
indeed that it may not endure through another
four wears
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29

daughter. Miss Davide Yulee Noble. which drew
several hundred persons together. Assisting Ms
Noble were Mrs James r Garfield. wife NJ
the Secretary OF the Interior: Mrs. Thomas
Bayard. Mrs. Edward u. White Mrs Wallace Nefr
and Mrs Charles Fox. The young women with
Miss Noble We're Miss Eleanor CuIlOm Ridgely Miss
Constance Hoyt Miss Mary scott and Miss Hen
rietta Fitch. Two Of last years debutanteS. Miss
Joanna Schroeder and Miss Evelyn Chew. also
sisted.
Senator and Mrs. Stephen r. EIkins entertained
at dinner tonight for Gustav Schwab and Miss
Schwab. their house guests who came to attend
the wedding of Miss Root and lieutenant Grant
yesterday.
Mrs Newberry and Miss Newberry, wife and
daughter of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
went TO New York Yesterday to spend Thanksgiv-
ing with Barnes and Phelps Newberry. the sons
OF the family. who could not leave their school
for holiday. They viii return here tomorrow
Mrs Richard II. Townsend and Miss TOWNSEND
at their house. in Massachusetts avenue. after
some months spent in Europe
Mr.. and Mrs John ". Foster are entertaining
a number Of students from Princeton. and girls
from Bryn MaWr. for whom Mrs. Foster viii give
q Saturday afternoon
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
THE CABINET.
IRON TIL. Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Nov 2S.-The Secretary Of state and
Mrs. Root had. of course a slightly decreased
family party, their daughters marriage yester-
day to Lieutenant Grant took hcr from their fam
lily roof. and Edward Wales Root of New forE.
returned to that city after the wedding Elihu
Root, ir.. remained with his parents. and Mrs
Salem H. Wales. mother Of Mrs. Root is still her
The Secretary or the Treasury and Mrs Cor
telyou had to dine with them their two little
daughters: also George Il. Cortelyou, jr. who re-
turned from his school In Pennsylvania for the
day. and Miss Hines. sister of Mrs. Corteyou.
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Taft and the At
torney General and Mrs. Bonaparte the absent
members OF the Cabinet. The Attorney General
enjoyed family dinner at his home in Maryland.
All the other members of the Cabinet had small
family dinners with the exception of the Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Metcaf. who entertained six
gu. sts informally. and the Secretary of
Agriculture. who Joined Speaker Cannon at dinner
with Representative and Mrs James r. Mann. of
ChtragO.
Roger Straus joined the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor and Mrs. Strdus for Thanksgiving Day.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
POOR JEWS.

The announcement that lack of funds will
compel the United Hebrew Charities to close
three important branches at the end of this
week calls attention to the abnormal burden
laid philanthropc Jews in this city. In com
menting upon the contributions made this year
to the society's funds Rabbi Wise described az
'pitabe" the showing Of what we liked to
call the unstinted generosity of the Jew"
Doubtless the same paint has been evoked
from others by the fact that, although more
than threP-QuarterS of a million Jews live in the
metropolis, only $500 contribute to the chief
charity organization Of their religious faith
These $500. it is true. were liberal having
given more than a quarter of million. But
roughly estimated. only one Jew in two hundred
in the first Jewish city of the world contributed
through this channel to the relief of his destitute
cOreligionists.
From these superficial statistics alone it
might we'll he magined that the New York Jew
had lost one of the noblest traits of his race.
But further consideration suggests different
state of affairs, and one in which there is
cause for both regret and rejoicing If well-to-
do Jews are failing to support their Church
charities. two good reasons may be found. First
Of all. the inrush of poor Jewish immigrants
and their concentration in this city have prob
ably increased the number Of charity claimants
far beyond the philanthrOpic powers of those
Jews who believe In aiding only their cOrelig-
Onists. Ships are unloading potential paupers
and nvalids more rapidly than orthodox bene-
factors can earn money. 1t would not he sur
prisng if many such Jews had long since
reached the limit Of their power to help Again.
the majority Of Jews may fail to contribute ais
literally as the society would like them to be-
cause they prefer to distribute their benevo-
lences. holding that the poor Jew must take his
chances along with the poor Christian and the
- bn
years by many Jewish philanthropists large
and small, to non-sectarian charities in New
York City seem to us to discredit Rabbi Wise's
condemnation of his brethren
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
JUSTICE TRIUMPHANT.

New York City awoxe on Thanksgiving morn
ing to discover that she really had something for
which she ought to be particularly thankful
The rank and file of the agents OF justice have
not yet succeeded in convincing their fellow
citizens by their actions that they are resolved
to enforce the law of the land. But suddenly a
glad light appears. real, live hustng aggres-
sive individual enters upon the scene TO demon
strate his thoroughgoing methods and ideals
He begins by arresting nine college men whom
he caught playing craps in the basement OF al
uptown apartment hote Threatening 70 shoot
the first criminal who dared to make dash for
liberty. he loaded them into a patrol wagon AID
brought them before the night court. where one
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
MRS. MARY ANN MANsEIL NOT SURE
Son Employs Lawyer to Establish Her Re
lationship to Ellen Terry, However,
IBy Telegraph to Ths Tribunal


East Palestine, Ohio Nov. 2S.-Arrs. May Ann
ManseII wife OF potter. who. II Is alleged fs tne
missing half-sister OF Ellen Terry Ca-evs tnr
actress. admitted this afternoon that she was not
altogether certain Of her ground James Msnseil
Jr.. her son. who is a heater IN one OF the 1ounss
town mills, is that his mother IS the missing
member OF the Terry family, however, and mas
employed an attorney to investigate IN England
The name OF my sister Lydia when We
were both young I'm Stanordshire. many years ssoN
said Mrs. Mausen to-day but understood that
when she took to the stage she changed II 70
Ellen. Anyway. my half-sster changed her mans
to Ellen. and what want to know now IL wnetne1
II Is the same Ellen Terry. 1t has been many
years since Lydia and were little girls togetnsf
in Stafrordshire. Our father married twice
and was a daughter by the second wtfeL LYDIA
Ellen, she was later known. was By the nrsL
wife 1 left home very early IN life, and after
married Mr.. Mansell came to America thirty
years ago. 1 didn't give much thought TO my elder
halfSister. until James. my In Youngstown
read in book that Ellen Terry had made mention
of a lOng-lOst halfsister, and he has Sot me- N
terested in Il. so that I want TO know whatner
Ellen Terry is really my half-slster or not
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
PROGRESS 1T PANAMA

The inspiring report of Lieutenant Colonel
GOethals on conditions and achievements at
Panama affords ground for general review of
what has been done on the great canal since
American acquisition of il and Of the present
outlook for its completion. Without any invid-
fous reflections upon our predecessors much of
whose work there is above praise a comparison
will be in order an indication of the increase
in efficiency which improved methods have ef-
fected. From 1881 to 1904 the French com
panies excavated in allsincluding diversion cuts
about T0.600,000 cubic yards. From The begin
ming Of May, 1904 10 the end of October. 1907
the Americans have excavated 1S7OG63G cubic
yards of which II ,2217 80 were from the canal
prism. That is 10 say. Americans have exca-
waited nearly a per cent more rapidly than did
The French The contrast is heightened by the
consideration that the work now done yard for
yard, is much harder than il was and is stead
fly growing harder. Moreover. Americans have
done vast amount of auxiliary work. road
making, paving. sewer laying. swamp clearing
and draining and waterworks construction
which the French did not undertake at all
This Increased efficiency is due not TO the EN-
ploYmeDt Of more men but to the use of better
machinery. and particularly 10 the use Of steam
shoVels. The first Of those engines. a 45-ton
shovel, was set TO work ia the fall of 1904 and
began eXcavating 800 yards a day Now there
are between sixty-ive and seventy of them at
work and dozen more ordered mostly OF the
Ioton and 9J-ton types and each is excaYatng
from 1900 TO 5000 cubic yards day, regardless
whether ii is earth rock. The rate OF in
crease in excavation is strikingly shown By the
figures of output from the canal prism. In
June, 1905. the total was 1896 yards. all being
done at Culeb.a; in June, 1906, also mt Culebr;.
alone, 207,T60 yards; in June 1907 by which
time operations were in progress at Colon
Gatun and La Boca. as well as at Culebra. w.
119 yards. Thereafter the increase is TO ha
noted by months rather than by years Tn July.
1907. rainier month than June LOSS. 776
yards In August. wetter still l241. 1.4O4 yards.
In September. with the rain steadily increasing
1.4s1. .307 yards. And in October the rainiest
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
Il 4mMSfmenfS.


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New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.

IFrom Iribune bureau-
Washington. Nov. 2S.-President Roosevelt spent
this. his seventh Thanksgiving Day President of
the United States. in visiting the home of President
James Madison. at Montpelier, Va, and in the
company Of his family. He left the capital this
morning. accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss
Ethel and quentin. made the trip to Montpelier in
a special the Southern road and
turned to the White House this afternoon.
The President has always reserved the night Of
Thanksgiving Day for a family dinner. and never
entertains more than two three intimate friends
or relatives Tonight his sou-in-law and daugh-
ter. Representative and Mrs. Nicholas IongwOrth;
Miss Ethel and Quentin Roosevelt and John G.
CIreenway formed the party to dinner. The great
Rhode Island turkey formed the central feature Of
the dinner. Theodore Roosevelt. jr.. Harvard
student, and Kermit and Archie. students at Gro
ton. did not come home for their Thanksgiving din
ner, leaving the family party smaller than usual
The boys will the White House for their
Christmas holiday.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
repetition of such mistakes In connection
with any of the waterways now contemplated.
( MEsSAGE FROM GARCIA.

General Garcia's utterances on his return
from Washington to Cuba of Interest as
those of of the foremost political leaders
and candidate for the Presidency Of the in
sular republic OF especial interest is what he
says concerning the policy of this country and
its intentions regarding Cuba. He processes TO
quote President Roosevelt, but not, we assume,
to do literally; and may also assume
that he gives a version of the Presidents re-
marks paraphrased according to his own inter
probation and probably coIored to some extent
by his own desires.
That the United States will withdraw from
Cuba and leave the government of the island TO
its own people is of course. doubted by nobody
of discretion, nor has there at any time been
any reason for doubling it. That it will do so
when Cuba feels that Intervention is no longer
necessary and makes formal request for with
dra wal may also be taken for granted. But the
obvious question arises, How will the feeling
and the formal request of Cuba be manifested?
The United States can scarcely be expected to
accept implicitly the report of any one political
leader in Cuba, however prominent or of the
newspaper press, however unanimous, the
resolutions of mass meetings. In the absence
of a native Cuban government it Is difficult to
see how the island can make formal request
for American withdrawal. save through the only
authoritative head of the insular administra-
ZION. inc BroElSOD3l Governor. ana AT n'S JulS-
ment and discretion.
While. therefore. the government OF the
United States will doubtless have due respect
for the feelings and desires Of the Cuban people,
expressed in any and every proper manner, il
will in the very nature Of the case he COM
PEELED to be itself the Judge of what those feel
ings and desires really are or what the pre-
ponderance of them is; and in that Judgment
it will he guided chiefly by the representations
and reports of its trusted agent, tho Provisional
Governor. But the Cuban people and their po-
itjcal leaders such as General Garcia. can do
much to facilitate and expedite the forming of
that judgment They can sink their merely
factiona differences and personal ambitions and
anmositieS in patriotic endeavor not only to
appear hut also to he worthy of restored self
government. Then they may he sure that Gov
crnor Magoon will perceive the fact and the
United States will be ready and eager to act
upon il.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
VISIT MADISON'S HOME.
President Roosevelt and His Family
at Montpelier.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.-President Roosevelt
visited the old home Of President Madison, near
Montpelier Va. to-day. With him were Mrs
Roosevelt Mr. and Mrs. Longworth' Ethel ana
Quentin Roosevelt
They left the White House early. and were
driven to the new Union Station. which they
left at O'Clock in a special train The trip
over the Southern Railway was without mlshap
and was enjoyed by all. They were driven over
a fine road from Montpelier 10 the Madison
homestead and were escorted through all parts
Of the mansion and listened to many stories
concerning the historic spot. The President was
particularly interested In visiting the tomb OF
President Madison. and remained near it some
time.
When they returned to their private car
luncheon was served and the homeward jour
ney began Washington was reached shortly
after o'clock and tho President and his fam
i1,, we're driven Immediately To the White
New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
QUALITY OF TINPLATE.

To the Editor or The Tribune
Sir: In reference to the paragraph you published
bout inpIate the other day. 7 will cover one roof
with three plv of The Daily Tribune and another
roof with American tiuplate. paint both roofs With
metallic paint three coats and repent both roofs
one coat every three years. and the roof covered
with The Daily Tribune will outlast the American
tinpate roof three TO The leaders and cutters
furnished nowadays lie and a cheat wearing
out in three years from the time they are exposed
the weather.
GEORGE ". DA CUNIIA Architect
Montclalr Heights y. J. Nov. d. 1907.
MANY thanks. We have always considered
The Tribune a pretty good paper in various re-
spects but have never before thought OF recon-
mendng 1t as a ready roofing AS matter OF
fact, however we are afraid there is cause
for our correspondents complaints concerning
some American tinplates.l