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New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ROYALTY.
English Genealogist Traces Generals Ances-
try to King Edward I.

Boston, Jan. 14-That George Washington. the
first President of the United States. was a lneal
descendant OF King Edward is the announcement
Of an English genealogst who, for several months
mast has been investigating the ancestry OF the
washington family in a branch about which hither-
10 little or nothing has been known. says THE
Transcript" The Rev. Frederick w Ragg, a uni
versjtv graduate and Fellow of the Royal His
,orical Society undertook the investigation OF a
branch of the Washington ancestry purely out or
antiouarian interest. That the line OF genealosy
assembled to royalty as great surprise 10
him as it is to the two nations Interested That
the uberator of the American Colonies should nave
sprung from an English monarch carr1es the ser
pents tooth into the third and fourth generations
Mr. Ragg has been for several years interested
IN the restoration the little parish church or ST.
leonard. at Acton-le- Walls in Northanptonshire
put his interest included other items well.
notably the crumbling tonbstones of the Washing
tons An the churchyard and the parish register In
which the births, deaths and marriages OF tne
family were recorded for generations The geneai-
ogv Of the male Washingtons, father 10 son 10
grandson has long been known. IL had hi'herto
oo,,--od IN NO one to trace the ancestry of GER
tain MARGARET Butler, the wife OF Laurence "ds"-
;ngtop of SuIsraye, who died IN 1olo the sdil'o
,,ea- as Shakespeare. Margaret Butier was ''o
prea,-great-great- grandmother OF General neoie
yyasbineton She was the great t-gTandoaushtsr Va
Sir John Sutton, of Dudley, owner OF ACt'n
walls From the father OF Sir John' Jonn Su'.ol'
,,ybo died In 14S7, the line of ancestry Is cea'
.h-or,b the Tiptofts and Charltons up to TnornaS
tIu.n5 Earl of Kent and his grandfather, Eo-
,,,,d ~ woodstock Earl of Kent. the son OF Eo-
ward L King of England. and Margaret oaue'
OF Philip III OF France
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington JAM 1.-THE President received TO-
day an invitation. extended by the Vice-Presideht.
to attend the dedication of the Benjamin Harrison
monument at Indianapolis next summer tie saiu
he would not be able to accept
IJpon request of Senator Warner. VINO orousnt 70
the President letter from G. r. Gray, vce-presi-
dent Of the St Louis & San Francisco Railroad the
President set January q the date Tor CON
ference with representatives of the big railroad
systems who are desirous of discussing with MN
number of important legal and legislative aues-
tions
Callers at the White House before the Capine'
meeting included Senators Aldrich Flint, Borai'
Dixon and Long: Representative Maltoy' OF Ne"
York; District Attorney Sims. of Chicago, and Gov
ernor Hoggatt of Alaska. The Cabinet was IN ses-
sion from IL a to
Mrs Roosevelt entertained at the White House
this morning all of the wives of the members OF the
Cabinet this being the first time this season tnat
they were all present at once. She received thehl
in the library connected with the Presidents pri-
yate suite on the second floor, instead or In one OF
the state drawing rooms as was her custom "he"
these receptions were first established
Mrs Roosevelt had box for the Philadeiphia
Orchestra Concert this afternoon, having with ner
Mr. and Mrs. Longworth. Mrs Hobson MIS- VIII
lam Corcoran Eustis and Miss Tuckerman.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
4mnSemPnfS.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC-eAs-The Rose OF the Rancho
Af.HAMRRA-2-S-Naude
ORL215-s:15-The Secret Orchard
BFI.ASCo-s-l5-The wsrrens OF Virginia
EIJGU-2.15-S=lS-The Comet
RI.ANEY' 'S-S:l5-The Bad Boy and His Teody be@AS
BRoADwAE-sl5-The Partisan Model
CASINo-S-I-Funabashi.
COI,ONIAI-o-S-Naudeyile-
CRITERION-2I Hook Of Holland. al.
DALY'S-2:l5-s:2e-The House Of a Theusano Sahuie0'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
EDEN MUSEE-The World in Wax
EsNPIRESS:IS-The Jesters-
fsFRMAN-S-Goetz Berlichineen
CSOTHAM-2-S-Naudev1le
RACKETT-s.3o-The Witching Hour
EzMA1ERSTEIN' 'S-2-s- -15-Nauoeyiile ,,,.s IL.
EF,RAI.n SQUARE-2:15-S:i5-The Girl beiih0 he
fzrPPST1foafE-2- of Port Arthur. The Four
Seasons Winter Carnival
FT-pSON-s-3o-s:Sa-Ier Sister. -,
ENrcYFRBoCKER-2:15 Talk OF Ne" io'N'
5-S.30-Polly Of the Circus
I,YCFI-N :sQ-The Thief
-S-IS-Rosmersholrn- -
MANSON NsoTJARE-2:l5-s-I3-The Reckoning. -.
MAESTRO -2.l5-s:I5-The Top O tn World
NaNFTsTTAN OPERA HOUSE-s-Ls TraNiata.
NFrNDE,ISSOIN HALL-2:Se-Song recIisl-S-SV-Con-
s,F-TRoPoIITAn OPERA HoUsB7:Se-Die Meister-
,rzT MsTEFzDAna-2:l5-s:15-Th Merry Widow
NEW CIRCL.E-2:l5A- S:lS-Plsying the PONIES
NF-W WORKS.: :S0-Advsnced vaudeville
sANoY-s:I5-Man OF the Hour.
NICHOLAS RINk-Ice skating. three sehsiohs-
STI-YgFSANT+:I5--AG Grand Array Man
knight for Day
wFSRFR'S MUSIC RAIL<-2-15-s= =15-Burlesque or Ihe
Widow
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFron The Tribune Bureau-I

From The Tribune Bureau-1
WASHINGTON Jan. 14-Mrs. Richard H Townsend
entertained a company of young people at dinner
at her Massachusetts avenue home tonight. The
party included, besides Miss Townsend, MIS- Ed
gar Mr. and Mrs. Charles O'Donnen Lee, tr-, Miss
Sanger Miss Elkins. Miss May, Mile. des Portes'
Miss Meyer. Miss Alice A Meyer. Miss cameron
Miss lie Bourgeois, Miss Helen Patten senior DON
Ramon Pima, Count Hatzfeidt. Mr. kroupen-
sky Sfgnor Cora Count Raoul ID DAdhernar. Jerome
Bonaparte Lieutenant McCauley. Captain Gilmore
William Hitt DR.. Bayne and Ned Mclean
Mr. and Mrs John E. wilkins entertained at din
ner tonight the Belgian Minister and Baroness
Moncheur, Brigadier General and Mrs Clarence
Edwards Major and Mrs. McCawley, Mr. and Mrs
Hugh Legare, Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard. Mr.
and Mrs J. Henry Purdy, Mr.. and Mrs John Story,
Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair, Miss Ethel Robson,
Miss Josephine Patten, Baron Haymerle and Rep-
resentati Cillett-
Mrs John r. Mclean. Mrs Arthur Lee, Mrs
Charles H Campbell. Miss Enrol Brown. MISS
Louise Chase and Mrs. Mark Brooke received the
guests at the Sixth Couple Cotillon tonight at the
New Willard.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
NEW JERSEY INTERESTS.

Governor Stokes's message TO the New Jer-
sey Legislature is largely one oil Hail. anu
FAREWELL The constitution OF the state Tor
bids the immediate reelection of Governor
and also forbids that officer to make appoint
ments or nominations TO office in the last week
of his term the intent being that the new Gov
ernor shall have a free hand and not be fettered
by eleventh hour acts of his predecessor. Gov
ernor Stokes observes the spirit as well as the
letter of this provision, and refrains from max
inc recommendations or indicating the future
Dolicv of the state government, save in some
minor details of completing the works which
have been prosecuted during his own lncum-
bency
His message is, however, by no means
coIorless or perfunctory composition. 1t Is fuil
of valuable and instructive recapitulauons Oh
what has been achieved for good government i'll
these last three years, and does not fal eitner'
to point out the defects in the laws which nave
been enacted and the errors which have now
and then been made. On the whole, 1t Is an
inspiring record, marking a clear and consid-
erabIe advancement of popular interests in a
state which has in years past suffered much
from misgovernment and in which the diff
Culties of good government are greater thah III
most of it's fellows in this union AS an ac-
count of the stewardship Of both the Governor
and the Republican party, it is to be regarded
with high degree of satisfaction.
IT is a fortunate feature of the public af1a'rS
of New Jersey. as of other comparatively small
states that they are little concerned with ma
tonal politics, but almost exclusively with state
interests. 1t has been Governor Stokes's ann
to he a good Governor Of New Jersey, for New
.Jersev's own sake and that is a reason why he
is able to show, without fear of controverslon'
50 fruitful and benefcent a record OF Things
done The temper and ambition Of his coming
successor are we'll known to be Of the same
character. and we may therefore confidently eX-
pect the same rational and benefcent policy to
be maintained for another three years term
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
THE CABINET.
from The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington Jan. 1.-THE President and MIS-
Roosevelt the guests of the Secretary or State
and Mrs Root at dinner tonight this oeins
the first of the Cabinet dinners to them this season
Invited to meet them were Associate Justce ana
Mrs Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate Jusuce
Moody Senator Lodge. Senator and Mrs Knox,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. William Sheffield CoWles
the Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs Rooert
Bacon the Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury ana
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop. Mrs Cameron, Mrs ROPE
Slater Mr. and Mrs George Vanderbilt, Mr. ana
Mrs Edward Tiffany Dyer and Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Nelson Page
Dining with the Secretary of the Interior ana
Mrs Garfield tonight were the Ambassador from
Great Britain and Mrs. James Bryce secretary
Wilson Major General and Mrs. ]. Franklin Beh,
Mr. and Mrs William ]. Boardman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Wadsworth. Mrs. Bayard, MISS Asntoh'
Mr. and Mrs Boal and Ralph Cross Johnson
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
THE STEADYING POWER OF EXPORTS.

THE STEADYING POWER OF EXPORTS.
A good deal of light is thrown on the con
ditions which have made d recovery from the
October-November panic relatively easy by
the governments export trade returns for No
vember and December, 1907. Exports of staples
like breadstuffs meat and dairy products cat
tie, hogs and sheep, cotton and mineral oils
increased enormously in value in the last two
months of last year NOvember's total of $122,-
751, 900 broke all records. But December's total
was even greater the staples sent out in that
month being valued at S126051 600 December's
gain over December 1906, was $14,634,0OO, and
the gain for the calendar year 1907 over the
calendar year 1906 was $70,47S ia.
The imports of foreign gold coin and bullion
which helped to fill up the depleted cash re-
serves of our banks and trust companies have
been offset by The shipment to Europe of our
surplus of grain cotton and other agricultural
products The liberal harvests of the last two
years have left plentiful reserve for sale
abroad and this has been disposed of or is
still being disposed of, at prices well above the
average. The Tribune said repeatedly in the
first weeks of the panic that its effects were
not likely 10 be as far reaching or as prostrating
those of earlier panicS, for the reason mainly
that the farmers of the country were, as rule
prosperous. out of debt and not involved in
large and crop values high. No other panic in
history has SO little affected agriculture and
land values generally that through which we
have just passed, and the certainty that the
new wealth taken from the soil would soon pay
for all our forced purchases Of gold helped ma
terialIy to check the alarm occasioned by the
boarding of currency and the shrinkage in stock
quotations caused by liquidation of speculative
holdings at sheriffs sale prices. One has only
TO contrast the present condition Of the farming
community with its condition IN 1893 to see
that powerful recuperative forces were within
cali in the closing months of last year which
were beyond invocation in 1893
The chief effect of the panic on foreign trade
has been TO check imports, especially imports
of luxures and finished manufactures, and thus
TO increase the balance of trade in our favor.
Customs collections fell off $7,O00,000 in De
cember. but exports for that month We're larger
than ever. The industrial and financial condi-
ton Of this country is eminently sound, because
if has the resources ia overcome temporary
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
TAX ON CULTURE.

With another Congress getting to work there
arises once more that inevitable question about
the prOprety of imposing a heavy duty on I'M
ported works of art. Although nearly every
body interested in the creation, sale or collec-
tion of art objects agrees that the tariff sched
nj = affecting them are needless, harmful and
discreditabe, Congress has never listened to
reason on the subject Perhaps this unrespon-
sivenesS is due to the supposed slight impor-
tance of the matter in comparison with many
problems with which the Congressional mind has
TO wreStle But we fear that TWO misconceptions
have hindered the reform far more than its
superficial triyiality.
Members of Congress may fancy that the duty
free imnortation of works of art would deal
death blow to the American Infant Industries
of painting and sculpture, and that for the
protection of struggling native artists. there
fore the tariff should be maintained The
other misconception finds utterance in the the
orv that art objects should be subject to duty
because they are Iuxuries. like diamonds and
automobiles Year in and year out American
artists have been exposing the weakness of both
these errors, and $50 college presidents, count
less civic societies and countrywide American
Free Art League are all demanding removal of
the duties.
The fundamental theory of tariff law is
that non-competitive products which are neces-
sites are not properly dutiable. In regard TO
the question of competition the American Free
Art League well says:
A work of art is a work of genius, and not the
product OF a machine. There. is no repetition.
but each product or painting has its own indi-
viduaiity. and it is this individuality which at
tracts the buyer. The purchaser looks, not for a
painting of a certain grade or class, but for a
painting by certain artist-by Inness, by
Whistler by Boecklin or by Mauve-so that
there is real competition between foreign and
American artists This is brought to a reducttO
Gd GbsHrdHm in the of an old master What
possible competition can there be between a
Rembrandt and modern painting?
As American painters and sculptors agree that
free art cannot hurt their business but would
almost certainly increase the demand for their
works no rational tariff cry can he raised for
these American "workingmen." But are not
thousand dollar busts and hundred Thousand
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
HARVARD ALMOST LOST ELIOT.
.. Tho Roston Herald.

From The Boston Herald
1,a.,s.n+ Eliot delivered a short address before
.na harvard Education Club on "Ieach1ng as d
Profession" and related an instance from MS own
experience ,,,.. ..,u 49, a,4r,,
ss.,o nrofession and no should enter II VINO "
t iIIins 10 devote his life for the benefit OF
others As rule the teacher is not well psld
sndtI,dual hut there is satiAfaction from other
ncnsiderations There is the satisfaction or being
usefIl to the community. for the teacher Is ABOVE
the creed of high salary. and there Is also salts
faction from the respect and affection OF pupils
in after life. -, =.
varsity" continued President Eliot. II was receN-
ing 81 800 year. and soon was offered the posi-
tion ~ s,nerintendent of the Merrimac mills In
lowell with the salary of 5000 a year, and IL took
ny considered myself adapted teaching. and
refused the offer. Later I accepted an assistant
nrofessorship in chemistry az Technology. with tho
salary Of &C. nao yearly
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
FBy Telegraph 10 Ths Tribunal

TBy Telegraph 20 Ths Tribunal
Newport R. l., Jan. 4-Mr- and Mrs Alfred G.
Vanderbilt celebrated tonight their seventh we'd
ding anniversary wfth-a small dinner party AT
Oakland Farm their home in Portsmouth
Miss Pauline French ended her visit with Mrs
Alfred Vanderbilt to-day and started for Tuxedo
Surgeon and Mrs. Lewis Morris OF the naval tor
pedo station returned tonight from New York
Mr. and Mrs Pembroke Jones returned to New
York to-day after having made inspection OF
their villa here.
Mr. and Mrs James A. Swan in New York
for short visit
Mr.. and Mrs j. c. Mallory will close their New
mort house next Friday. and spend the remainder
of the winter In New York
Ex-senator George Peabody Wetnore and Rear
Admiral French E Chadwick returned TO Newport
to-day from visits in Washington and New York
Colonel c. L. +. Robinson, after short visit TO
his family here, has returned to New York
Mr. and Mrs LorilIard Spencer, jT-, are ths
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Loril1ard Spencer
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
yHE SIZE OF THE CANAL LOOhS

THE SIZE or The CANAG LOchS-
Secretary Taft's recommendation that the
width of the Panama Canal locks be changed
from 100 to 1l0 feet will doubtless be regarded
with intelligent popular approval, and tnere VIII
be a general desire that it shall prevail. 1t is
true that locks 100 feet wide would accommo-
date any vessels now a1oat- But 1t would De
i'll advised to assume that no larger vessels VIII
be built When the Oregon and the Indiana were
built some thought the limit in size OF battle
ships had been reached; but to-day not only
is the Dreadnought afioat, but larger Dread
noughtS are on the programmes OF seVerai
powers \ few years ago, too, the Campania
and the Lucania were called the big Cunard-
ers" and some vainly imagined that they would
never be surpassed in size; but they have been
SURPASSED by several ships of various lines.
1t is true that locks 100 feet wide would ac-
commodate vessels ten or twelve feet wider
than any now af1oat, and We have heard some
authorities cited as declaring that six inches
leeWay at each side of ship is enough-tnat,
indeed. they would rather have only SIX inches
than six feet between the sides of a ship and
the walls OF a lock. We are inclined to think,
however. that such judgments do not commend
themselves to general favor, but are rather to
be cassed in the same category with the expert
declaration that a canal with locks is essentially
preferable to one without locks, even at the
have not forgotten the moral Of the story in
the old school reading book Of the man who
selected for his employment not the coachman
who boasted that he could drive nearest TO the
edge of a precipice, but the one who promised
to keep furthest from it.
1t is estimated that the larger locks will cost
So 600 900 more than the smaller ones originally
MANNED That sum of money is not, of course,
to be lightly expended But in this case 1t
would be an economical outlay. Those who
think otherwise would do well to consider two
points One is. what discreditable and calam-
itous thing it would be to have at Panama a
canal through which our best ships could not
pass-perhaps the very ships which we most
wished and needed to send through. The other
is how much more than S5.GOO.ooo 1t would
cost to make the alteration after the locks had
been completed the smaller scale. The true
policy is to remember that we are building this
canal not for the present nor for the next ten
years. but for all time, and that therefore we
should build, as far as possible, in way winch
will meet all future needs.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15

mendations. if incorporated in the law, are
likely to prove really serviceable- We Know
that the delinquent taxpayer is person OF eA-
traordiuary ingenuity, and, like Mr. Weller
'yidders, an exception to all rules: but stlil
it seems to us that, while he has been able 10
remain blandlv Indifferent TO that awful thou
sand wear penaity the advisory commission has
.got him" so that he cannot wriggle out, ana
bv a very simple and not at ali terrifying de-
vice.
According to the proposed plan the unpaid
taxes will operate as a lien against the prop
erty on which they are owed. When they are
due three wears this lien, which will have pri-
oritv over all other claims against the property
may be put up by the city at auction IL VIII
be sold to the bidder who, paying the face
vaIue offers TO take the lien for the lowest rate
of interest with a maximum of 10 per cent
Tho lien TINS bought will have three years to
run and will be practically first mortgage
unon the property. subject TO all the rules of
foreclosure that govern mortgages, such as for
instance failure to- pay subsequent taxes when
due At the end of the three years If the lien
is not paid the holder may forecloSe just as
mortgage holder may. In other words, instead
of selling the property outright, or lease upon
it for one thousand years. the city sells what Is
practically a mortgage upon it, with interest,"
not to exceed u per cent The process gives
the CITY the amount Of its taxes with cOmpara-
tive promptneSS, as arrears cannot run more
than three years; the owner retains his owner
shin and the purchaser buys a claim against 1t
that is lust little better than a first mort
rare at a rate of interest sufficiently high to
make small arrears salable. 1t is the fairness
of the whole plan that makes us think it is
probably workable.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15

losses due to overspeculaton. Its ioreish 'iaue
is becoming better balanced and it no longer
has to depend on agricultural products alone to
meet its debit balances in the worlds clearing
house In 1907 our exports Of fully manu-
factured products were greater than our I'M
ports of such products. This bespeaks healthy
all round growth in trade and industry, ana
gives us a stability which we never knew wnen
we had wheat and cotton and practcaliy noun
ing else to exchange for foreign manufactures.
Under the conditions which exist to-day there
can be no very long or very wasting suspension
of national prosperity.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
PROPOSES CURB ON THE CABINET

Washington. Ian IA resolution destgnsd v
prevent the practice of Cabinet ofrcials serc,ns
bills to the Senate for will be repcrted ?,
the Committee Rules. At a meeting OF uSe
COMMITTEES to-day a resolution drawn Up by Senator
Lodge. TO take the place of resolution tntrcdrcSs
by Senator Hepburn. considered
The agitation OF the subject grew out OF ne "A
tton Of Secretary Garfield In sending the drsit %
a bill to the Senate early the session and hsv'ns
u referred direct 60 committee. u will henS'-
forth he required u the resolution is adopted tns
Cabinet officials shall make requests fer le<tsAo~
through their reports to Congress