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New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
LESSONS FROM BOYERTOWN.

The appalling catastrophe last Monday nlght
at Boyertown could not be taken opportuneiy
as the text for a threadbare sermon on the
need of self-control. Indeed, the latest re-
ports from surviving eyewitneSses indicate that
the unfortunate women and children IL the
Rhoades Opera House on that fateful night
were amply justified in their frenZled STAN
pede The most seIf-contained man would
move quickly away from blazing kerosene, and
in doing so might knock somebody down ADD
to the confusion started by the oyerturning
of the footlight tanks the explosion of the
moving picture machine, pouring fire down
upon the audience and criticism Of its conduct
becomes thoughtleSS- cruelty. The dreadrui
occurrence does nothing more than throw into
horribly sharp silhouette the double menace or
q dangerous machine installed in popular
firetrap. New Workers, more than anybody
else. should contemplate this ominous picture;
for the metropolis has eight hundred cheap
theatres with moving picture machines. and
nearly all of these places are so arranged that
terror and death would follow an alarm of
fire.
A cheap theatre without moving picture
machine is a hazardous hole at best The exits
are few and small, the building is usually a
ramshackle affair and the management just
as lax as the city officials will endure. Install
a kinetoscope and the peril Is multiplied ten
fold. chiefly because tne machine Is necessarily
hung directly over the main exit at the back
of the hall. Should the huge rolls OF picture
films catch fire from any cause, or a gas
tank explode the audience would be penned in
without hope Of escape save by miracles OF
cooIheadedness and prompt action. Fire Chief
Croker is probably justified in his remark that
only sheer good luck has delivered New York
CITY thus far from horrors rivalling Boyer
town. The Fire Departments efforts to put
all these fireuaps under close supervision and
TO eliminate the worst of them are commend
able but probably vain. The proprietors have
too MANY friends at court TO fear the crusade
They will continue to endanger lives at . or
10 cents a head. reassured By the thought that q
Fire Department which has been unable for
wears TO keep rotten hose out Of its own en-
gine houses cannot ruin the business OF several
hundred stanch allies of the Fourteenth Street
administration, each Of whom is reputed to be
clearing at least $50 day from each of his
seductive death traps. If some fine day a
moving picture machine fills a hundred or two
cofTins it will be easy enough to find scape-
goat and to defer the final report of the inves-
tigating committee until sweet forgetrulness
has drowned the bitterness Of the disaster.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.


Washington Jan. 15-The President to-day dis-
cussed navai affairs with Representative Richmond
Pearson Hobson. who has introduced Dill caiiihg
for $50 OOO 600 annually for new battleships- MT
Hobson said the President promised his support
TO the measure.
Senator Curtis anG Representative Anthony OF
Kansas asked the President to promote General
c. b. Hail. of the Fort Leavenworth Stan Conege'
TO major general before his retirement IN August
General Allen chieI sigma. officer. and Captain
Chandler the signal corps balloon expert came 10
introduce ]. w. Hutchinson, who has invented an
airship he wishes tested by the army.
Other visitors at the White House were Senators
Carter. william Aid II Smith and Martin, Repre-
sentatives GouIden, Marshall Mann. Bennett, Cruui-
packer and Cocks, Postmaster Barnes OF WASH
ington, Assistant Attorney Generai Cooiey anu
Louis F. Payn, of New YORK.
The President and Mrs Roosevelt have sent out
invitations for a dinner January "a, TO De Tot
lowed by a musical entertainment
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
n,7iSemenfs.


ACADEMY OF MusIc-s-The Rose of the Rancho
ACCOMMODATIONS
ASTOR-s.15-The Orchard
BIJOC-s.15-The Comet
BL.ANET'S-2:l5-s.l5-The Bso Bog and HIS teooS
Bears.
BROADwkY-s.15-The Partisan MODEL.
CARNEGIE EAiL-S:-5-Concert
CQLIONTAI-2-S-E6uoeVile
CRFTERJON-S.is .is-Miss Hook of Holland
pAiT'S-S.20-The House OF a Thousand Nshoies
DEWEY-2-S-FaudeVile
EDEN NUSEE-The World in Wax
ENpIRE-s.1S-The Testers
GARRICK-S.3o-Under the Greenwood Tree
GERNAN-S-Goetz Be-iichingen-
EACKETT-2-15-S-39-The Nstching Hour
FANNERSTEIN'S -l5-Naudeville -. ,,.,--.r
HERALD SQUARES: :15-The Girl Behind the t.o,r
Of Fort arthur 1h0 NS~
Seasons Winter Carnival.
ET-nSON-Ssbe-fier Sister.
KNFCIERROCKER-s :I5-The Talk O. New ho'H
rIRFRTY-s .20-Poly Of the Circus
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Thief
n SsoUARE-s.15-The ReckonlnE
EaJFSTFC-2:lb-s:l5-TheT Top q III Norio- :, -.
MANHATTAN OPERA TIoI sI5,-S- nstlon &c
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE-s-Iosca
S-lr- aafSTFRDAN-s:I5-The Merry Widow
NF-zE CIRCLES :lS-PlayfnE the Ponies
-csSR- YORE-2-S. S.Se-AdysDced vaudeville
sATOY-2-ls-s:T5-Na Of the Hour
NICHOLAS RTNK-Ice skating. three sehsiOle
NT-s-IS-A Grand Army Man
WSJT.ACK-S-s:I5-A Knight for Day
wrRF.R'S MUSIC HAI-L-s-1S-SuriesQue OF me S'eiis
widow.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
RED FLAG AND STARS AND STRIPES
German Methods Suggested for American
Socialists Who Prefer the Former.
or OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In opposition TO Mrs J. G. Phelps Stokes's
fiery denunclation OF sacred starry flag Is
article in to-day's Tribune showing how different
the German government treats its socialists when
socialists became threatening the police charged
them hercey, striking right and left with the fat
of ;heir sabres Scores OF the throns were knocked
down and trampled Upon.> etc
The socialists whom Mrs. Stokes exhorted
Saturday love the red flag better than the stars
and Stripes boldly excited TO IawIessnsss
through her wiIful indanmatory words as y ths
crowd had been parade were those OF Berlin
whom the police attacked. We sometimes
cloak with the mantle OF charity the deeds OF the
very ignorant but not those OF Mrs Stokes II
Mrs. Stokes tells those people who hang upon her
words that conditions IN America for the Iaborng
classes better than they are in Russia
they doubtless believe IL. though Mrs Stokes
should not
There Is no consistency in the raIlings oc thoss
people at country and laws. They may
return at any moment whence they came and End
the chaos and eternal might they seek 70 In
troduce here Could Mrs. Stokes realize the travail
OF the patriots who secured to liberty and
our burning love for our national emblem her
rashnsss couS but be tempered with something Of
Justice We can but hope that Mrs. Stokes ard
her red nag theories may be branded By every
patriot and every patriotic organization that cur
national flag smiles upon. z. II ".
Passaic. ". J.. jan L. 1908.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau


Washington. jan 15-The Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy and Mrs Newberry entertained guests
at dinner tonight complimentary to the Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Metcah To meet them
were the Assistant Secretary OF State and Mrs
Bacon. Brigadier General and Mrs. Clarence X
Edwards, Mr.. and Mrs. William Phelps Emo Mrs
Nicholas Fish, Miss Williams Representative But
Ter Ames and Representative Edwin DENLY
Mr. and Mrs. E. Tiffany Dyer had dining with
them tonight Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ellis. Miss
Patten Mr.. Kroupensky, of the Russian Embassy
staff and others. whom they afterward entertained
at the opera
Senator and Mrs Bulkeley were among the din
ner hosts OF tonight, and Mrs. William Barret
Ridgely was hostess at a luncheon for Miss Mary
Lodge Mckee.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
"HISREPRESENTED."

In a leading editorial in loaded plea or some
larger type "The State Gazette OF 1reh'on'
\. J.. complains that The Tribune nas III
iuriouslv misrepresented the sanitary cohui-
ton of that city in speaking of the epioelliic
of typhoid fever there-though 1t adhiIs lu''
typhoid is always prevalent there at thls I'pie
of wear and that "an unusual NUMBER OF cases
have been reported this winter -ano 'hen'
turning to The Tribune's suggestion that the
water of the Delaware River should be re-
deemed from pollution with sewage. says:
The suggestion is a good one and The Irloune
sbouId set wholesome example by urging the
towns in New York along the banks OF the
Delaware to stop emptying their sewage ana
garbage into the stream. 1t might, with coh-
eistencv suggest that the New York Legislature
enact laws under which the health authorities
of the state could act with the purpose OF con-
neIIing towns in that state to dispose or the
sewage and garbage by mechanical or chenlIcai
methods If the writer of editorials 1or ne
New<York Tribune has advice worth giving
away, he should let the people or MS own sla'e
have the benefit of 1t.
The Tribune does not confne its interest IN
human welfare to any one state, but reckons
with Terence that whatever concerns humanity
concerns it. If the editor of 1.-The State Ga
zette'' had read his Tribune with half the zea
with which he mistakenly criticises 1t he wouiu
have known that it has frequently and earnestly
urged precisely such action as he now meh-
tions for the redemption of not only the Deia
ware but all other potable waters from pollu-
ton, and that it has let the people OF It's own
state and city have the benefit of its adVlce
with the effect of checking more than one lncipi-
ent epidemic of typhoid fever within the ilmit7
of the New York water system. The Tribune
has not misrepresented Trenton. II there Is
snv Misrepresentation in the case 1t is In Ine
State Gazette's" i'll informed insnuaton that
The Tribune is more tolerant or less critical
of unsanitary conditions in New York than In
New Jersey. Typhoid fever knows no Dounos
of city or state and neither does The Tribune's
outspoken opposition to the filthy, wastefui
and barbarous practices which in the vast ma
ioritv of cases give rise to that disease
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
TRUST COMPANIES.

The action of the Clearing House Associa-
ton in Offering to admit TO full membership all
trust companies maintaining a % per cent re-
serve will meet with general approval, for
public confidence in the banking situation in
this city would be greatly strengthened by
the knowledge that the trust companies were
submitting to Clearing House conditions and
had that support which the Clearing House
banks give to their allies in times Of difficulty
The trust companies which avail themselves
of this privilege will have all the rights of the
banks in the association, including the right to
vote TO hold Office, to be represented on. com
mittees and to clear for other banks The
proposition to admit trust companies to asso-
ciate membership with limited privileges upon
condition of maintaining Is per cent reserve
was properly held over to await the action of
the State Legislature fixing trust company re-
serves. To have agreed upon 15 per cent would
have been TO judge the matter in advance
of legislation, for the suggestions of experts to
the Legislature differ all the way from the
recommendation of a Is per cent reserve to the
recommendation of a % per cent reserve 1t
is to be hoped that when the Legislature set
ties the reserve question the percentage fxed
will be regarded by the Clearing House as
adequate for the admission upon a basis of
associate membership of trust companies hold
ing the minimum, for the union in one associa-
ton of all companies doing banking business
in this city is of large importance to the busi-
ness community.
The recent reports of the city's trust compa-
nies TO the State Banking Superintendent show
how important a part the question of reserves
played in the recent panic and how fully the
public and the trust companies realized their
wei hess with small percentage of cash in
theiF vaults and without the protection of an
association The deposits of the forty-eight
trust companies still doing business fell off
between August and December s195Oo0 0n0
The decrease in deposits in The national banks
of the whole country was only S142OOO00O
while the national banks of this CITY aIoue
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
CURRENCY BASED ON BORROWERS NOTE

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: That was very good proposal OF yours-n
The Tribune OF January 9. IN ths editorial entitled
The Aldrich Bilr'-to base currency borrow
ers' notes indorsed By banks. You speak of such
notes as the natural and normal Investments of
banks.
What the borrowers notes shall bs founded upcs
you seem to leave to the bank. This is your veak
point II there Is to Be a new federal law. lst II
instil correct monetary principles. Let ths fsdsrS
government refuse TO Furnish currency to banks for
such pap-r al Is not secured by wealth. Bsno
must be given no opportunity to degrade ths nsr
uonal currency by accepting such collateral per
sonal honor. land. franchises any vaIus whstss-
ever except wealth
Currency. based on anything other than sors
form OF wealth cannot be called monsy. The con-
nection between currency and wealth must Be rrsds
distinct and definite. f D. RRINKERHoTTs s.
New York Jan. Q, 1905. r.e
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IFrom Tho Tribune Bureau.


Washington Jan 15-The Italian Ambassador
and Baroness Mayor des Planchcs gave a dinner
tonight in honor of the Ambassador from Austria
Hungary and Baroness Hengelmtiller. Invited to
meet them were Viscount d'Alte. the minister from
Portugal: the Counsellor OF the French Embassy
and Nine. des Portes de Ia Fosse the Second Sec
retary of the British Embassy and Mrs. George
Young Mr.. and Mrs. Fahnestock, the naval at
tache of the Italian Embassy and Signora Phster.
Miss Mary Patten. Rear Admiral O'Neil and Signor
Montagna.
Another formal dinner party in the diplomatic
corps was that OF the minister from Belgium and
Baroness Moncheur, who had among their guests
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and Mrs
Straus the minister from Switzerland, the Turkish
Minister, Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Foster, the naval
attache of the French Embassy and Nine de
BIanpre and Mrs Hanna
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16

actually increased their deposits in that perlod
by $26OOOOO0. The reduction of loans Dy the
trust companies was correspondingly great anu
these two items taken together Indicate no"
violent was the strain upon the trust companies
and how extensively they had TO cali ioahs W
protect themselves. The figures OF eish re
serve maintained by the companies give ."o
clew to the severity of their suHerihg iioh' TIC
panic In August the trust companies hao IA
their vaults s54 700 OoO-not quite an per cent
reserve. Had they held % per cent reserve
like the banks, they would have had on the
same total of deposits S173,OO0,Ooo, or nearly
S12OOOOOOO more than they actually hao-a
sum greater than all the gold imported 10 re-
lieve the situation.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
SAVES LACE FOR MISS VANDERBILT

John ID. Crimnnins and a number of other well
known men Of Irish descent of this city were Wis
ftors at the Irish Fair in Madison Square last
night Mr.. Crimnins said that he was greatly
pleased with the exhibition, and urged that the
management hold the fair each year The lace
collar and cuffs which made for the En-
press Eusenie and which are view at the fair
Will not be sold until Miss Gladys Vanderbilt has
had chance to see them. representative of
Miss Vanderbilt called at the Garden yesterday
and asked that the lace be reserved from sale
Tonight will be Independence League night and
an effort is being made to have William Randolph
Hearst speak Charles f. Gehring. chairman OF
the executive committee. said last night that all
Of the officers of the league would be present
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16

1aoas r Randall who died on Tuesday at
Aueusta- Ga. in his SEVENTEEN year. sprang into
fame through a single lyric. Maryland, Ny
MARYLAND" which he produced in the stress of
excitement caused by reading about the Balti-
more riot of April, 1861. when a Massachusetts
regiment on its way to Washington was attacked
bv an anti-Unfon mob. 1t is curious coin
cidence that Dixie" was written in New York
bv a professional negro minstrel. my Old Ken
tucl<v Home" by a Pennsylvania. and Mary
land. NV Maryland" the south's best war song,
bv 2 native of Maryland, state which never
seeded from the Union.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
MILYoUkov GUEST OF PARSONS

Washington. jan 15-Professor Paul NIilyoukov
was the guest of honor at a dinner and reception
given by Representative Herbert Parsons OF New
YORK. at his home In this city tonight. The re-
kov. a large representation from official life in
Washington being assembled to meet the Russian
leader These included Secretary Taft and other
members of the Cabinet. members of the Supreme
Court of the United states. members OF Congress
and heads of government bureaus Professor Mn
youkov made address in which he told what his
party stands for in Russia and its plans for bring
ing about better conditions In that country
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
LECTURES ON FAR EASTERN AIT.

course OF twelve illustrated lectures on ins
history Of Chinese. coresn and Japanese art -
being given on successive Tuesday evenings 5erofs
the National Society OF Craftsmen. in ths NationA
Arts Club studios. No. Is 18th street by Pro-
fessor Ernest F. Fenoliosa. formerly Commissioner
or Fine Arts to the japanese Government Fss
nrst lecture was given on Tuesday evening.
The course will cover the subjects OF scuipturs
painting. architecture gardening and design OF fss
MANY schools and periods from the earliest days
About a thousand photographic reproductions 81
masterpieces by the leading artists viii be shown
taken from prints and public collections In AsA
europe and America
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
AT the vjcE-PREsIDENT's.


Washington I.-Ths Vice-President ana
Mrs Fairbanks gave their annual reception tnis
evening IN honor of members of the Senate. IN
vited to meet them were members OF the Caoinet'
the diplomatic corps the Supreme Court and other
judicial bodies with their wives, and a large num-
Der of official and non-official guests Mrs Fair
banks stood by the side Of the VicePresident In
receiving and assisting her were Mrs John Tim
MONS her daughter: Miss Helen Cannon and Mrs
lie seure. daughters of the Speaker and Mrs Ding
ley, Of Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs Dingley. of Kalamazoo. Mich. are
guests of the President and Mrs Fairbanks.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
THE CABINET.
from The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington Jan. 15-The Secretary of the In
terror and Mrs. James r. Garfield entertained at
dinner tonight Senator and Mrs Albert J. Bev
eridge Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth. Colonel and Mrs Charles S. BromweII. Mr.
and Mrs. George X. McLanahan. Mr.. and Mrs A.
Garrison McClintock. Miss Hagner, Mile. de Le-
garde Rear Admiral Capps and Major Fournier.
Mrs Bonaparte, wife of the Attorney General
who was at home this afternoon for the frst time
this season, received several hundred guests. She
will return to Baltimore tomorrow to remain until
the first of next week.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
GOVERNOR GIVES RECEPTION.
Annual Affair for Members of Legislature,
State Officials, Judiciary and Others

Albany, Jan. Ex-Governor and Mrs Hughes To-
night gave the annual reception to members OF the
LEGISLATURE state officials the judiciary and others
Governor and Mrs. Hughes were assisted in recelv-
ing by members of the Governors military staff
and their wives
The foreign consuls at New York City were in
vited to attend the reception This Is said to be
the first time that such invitation has been ex-
tended TO consuls by a Governor o: this state
Germany was represented by Consul General
Buenz.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

Telegraph TO Ths Tribune
Newuort r l. Jan. I4--MrS- Reginald c. Van
derbit with her daughter left here to-day for New
York TO join her husband
Frederick H. Paine Is convaiescent after snort
illness at his Newport home
Mrs Paul Dahlgren and Miss RoTnoIa Dahlgr-n.
her daughter. returned to Newport this evening
Colonel John Jacob Astor and his son Vincent
arrived in Newport tonight
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16

The Public Service Commission IS wise IN
Manning to have all future subways large enough
for railroad trains to be operated in them An
additional appeal may be made to capital IN this
way for it is probable that the opportunity OF
entering New York underground will prove at
tractfve to some of the railroads which now
reach only it's outskirts.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16

This newspaper IS oicned and published by
The TrIbune Association. q Ne1 York corpora
fio-. Office and principal place Of business. 7rfb
enc Building. No. I5I Nassau street, Aeto York;
Ogden Nas president; Nathaniel THttle. sec
retory ard treasurer The address of the Off
Gers IS the Office OF this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr. and Mrs. Courtlandt Dixon Barnes are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth OF son at
the West 49th street house OF Henry Burr Barnes,
with whom they spending the winter MIS-
(,ourtIandt Dixon Barnes was Miss Katharine l.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16

One of the persons who figure In the nose case
explains his prominence in 1t on the grouno lhal
he is an old buff" What seems 10 De re-
quired. however, now that popular atten'ioh Is
directed to the scandal, is rather buffer
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16

A cable message from Johannesburg reports
that owing to business depression the diamond
market has been almost completely dislocated"
II is out of it's setting, we suppose.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16

Barney and is a daughter of the widowed Mrs.
Charles T. Barney. Her marriage took place last
spring at the home Of her parents in Park
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16

Mrs Frederick w whitridge will ssiv- dance
this evening her house East nth street for her
Younger daughter. Miss Joan Whitridse. who is
one of the debutantes Of the season
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16

The Thursday Evening Club will be entertaines
tonight by Charles f. Sampson at Sherry's. Their
will be music. with Fritz Kreisler and Emilio d.
Gogorza on the programme
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16
Neso71nrk Daila, dsiba,te

THURSDAY. JANUARY Is, 1908.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-16

Mrs william 2 Diusrnors and MISS Madsin>
r,tnsr1or-, sail for Europe to-day. and will remain
abroad until July
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-05
PETTIB0NE NOT
GUILTY OF MURDER
Continued From Page I.

President Meyer. Even Orchard testi-
fed to very little against him, and no
one else did. The fact that he was ad-
nitted to bail showed that the prosecu-
ton held their case against him to be
weak"
Referring to the logical result of the
acquittaI Of both Haywood and Petit
bone, Mr.. barrow said;
~ think the Western Federation Of
Miners has a large field of usefulness
The struggle in Colorado was charac-
terized by many acts on both sides that
would not have been done outside of a
great Industrial war. 1t is necessary
for both miners and mine owners to
organize. They ought now to try to
work together and build up the mining
industry of the west. They can if they
try. Certainly, the acquittal of these
men is the best thing that could posi-
bly, happen to all classes in the COM
munity. If these men had been hanged
it would have resulted in greater bit
terness and hatred and ultimate dlsas-
ter to both sides"
ATr. barrow said that he had nothing
to do with the direction of the Petubone
case after he was taken sick He spoke
of the disadvantage under which the
defense labored with both himself and
Mr.. Wilson taken i'll.
1.-THE action of counsel for the defense
i'm submitting but a small amount of
testimony and making no argument
whatever TO the jury was a bold and
audacious thing. But 1t was justified III
the light of the verdict" he concluded
Mr.. Darrow's health is slightly i'm
proved. but he is not by any means out
of danger