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New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS-Both houses reassembled after
the holiday recess, but adjourned without trans
acting any business on account OF the death of
Senator Mallory
Pacific manager in Liverpool said that a
steamer resembling the overdue Mount Royal
had been reported 250 miles west of Fastnet,
and that the Lake Manitoba had been sent to
assist her. - The new Prussian loan does
meet approval in financial circles the issue
being regarded as i'll timed the banks, how
ever, have decided to handle tenders OF their
customers - c. Arthur Pearson, owner of
The Standard" and other publications, has ac
quired control of the London Times; it is
announced that the editorial character and price
of the paper viii remain unchanged. - Ad-
vices from Manchester say that 100000 employees
in British cotton mills will probably be locked
out on January %. = The Druce perjury
case collapsed after witnesses of the exhuma-
ton had testified regarding the coffin and the
body; the civil action will be continued -
The French government authorized statement
that il expected a peaceful solution OF the cues
ton at issue between Japan and America and
was the sincere friend of both countries -
The report that member of the Vanderbilt
family had taken Moscow municipal loan of
s5,000.0e0 not confirmed in London or this
city.
DoMESTIC-The United States Supreme
Court declared the employers liability law
unconstitutional. Admiral Brownson's
letter Of resignation was made public by
the President chemist formerly en-
ployed by the government and a Baltimore
manufacturer We're indicted in Washington on
charges of fraud in connection with supplies
CITY.-Stocks advanced sharply. - A
temporary receiver for the Third Avenue Rail-
way Company appointed by the federal
court. - young man believed to be the
of Captain James Grey Duberly committed
suicide at the Hermitage. FL The special
grand jury sworn in to investigate finan-
cial institutions. Little Tim Sullivan
would not tell what the ultimate fate of the
building code would be. - The Mayors
annual message to the Board of Aldermen
blamed the State Legislature for increasing .le
city's expenditures. - The Model License
League composed of liquor dealers interested
IN stopping excise law violations, announced
that a meeting would be held at the Waldorf
TO enroll local dealers in the movement against
prohibition. - Professor E r. A Seligman
advocated the paying Of railroad directors. -
Plans for the opening of the Brooklyn tunnel on
Thursday discussed - Justice Sanders
delivered a blow TO the rent strikers by issuing
eviction orders wholesale. - Newly acquired
antiquities displayed at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. - Because John ID. Rookie
Teller withdrew his support the Charity Organi-
zation Committee retired from tuberculosis
lief work
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Rain or snow. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 80 degrees; lowest, 16.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
FOR LASTING GOOD.

All doubt as to the relations between the
adjutant generals Office at Albany and the
commission to inquire into the condition of the
national guard and naval militia of this state
has been removed by General Henry. whose re-
port 'commends the investigation in progress"
Much has been said about the opposition on the
u IT of the military authorities to the VAIN
wright investigation which seems to have
been unwarranted, and in the light of the adiu-
tant generals report the recommendations of
the commission will not be opposed because
they were suggested by that body. No forecast
of the report has been made public, either by
Colonel Wainwright in his interview in The
Tribune or by the ad1utant general, but enough
has beer said to leave no doubt that the COM
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington Jan. s.-The Ambassador from Mex
leo has received three months leave OF absence,
during which he will to Chihuahua. Mexico,
to administer affairs as Governor of that state. an
appointment he received after becoming ambassa-
dor to the United States. He will not resign his
diplomatic post. Sefiora de Creel will accompany
her husband to Mexico, and they will leave here on
January 1s Senor Godoy. counsellor OF the en-
bassy and minister to Cuba, will act as charge
d'affares.
Commander Nebolsine, naval attache Of the Rus
sian Embassy and Nine. Nebolsine entertained at
dinner tonight. having guests the Russian Am
bassador, the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs
James R. Garfield, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Edward
H. Gheen, Captain and Mrs. Rodgers. Captain the
Hon. Horace Hood. naval attache Of the British
Embassy; the Hon. Nina Kaye-Shutteworth, of
England; the second secretary of the Brazilian
Embassy and Nine. Chermont, Captain and Mrs.
Grote Hutcheson and Mrs. Frank T. Evans
Mr. Kroupensky, counsellor of the Russian En-
bassy, who went abroad three months leave
of absence last October, will reach New York by
steamer Wednesday. and will come to Washing
ton at once. Mr.. de THAI second secretary of the
Russian Embassy, has gone to New York to re-
main for two weeks
guest of the British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
and of the second secretary of the embassy and
Mrs. You1g for several weeks, will go to New
York Wednesday and sail for England the last of
the week.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
n musements.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-1The Rose Of the Rancho.
ALEAMRRA-2-S-Eaudeyil
ASTOE-s-l5-I-he Secret Orchard
REl.ASCO-S.15-The Warrens of Virginia
B1JCC-S:2o-The Comet
BI<ANEY EYS-2:1s-s:15-The Bad Boy and HIS Teooy
Bears.
BRokDwAy-sI5-The Partisan Model.
-Funahash
COIlON1AI.-o-S-Na
CRITERIoN-sl5-Miss Hook of Holland e,
DAILY S-S2e-The House OF 8 Thousand Canoies-
pEWES-2-S-Naudeyille
EDEN MUSEE-The World in Wax
EMPIRES S:l5-Quaiity Street
GARR1CK-s.3 s.30-Cnder the Greenwood Ir>
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
HACKETT-s.3o-The Witching Hour.
HAMMERSTEIN S-15-NaudeNtne-
HERALD SQUARE-S15-The Girl behind the ou.
HTPPoDRoNE-2Ls-The -Four Seasons and WINTER
Carnival.
HUDSoN-S Sister
KNTCKFRRoCKFR-s: Talk OF New hoih-
I-IRERTy-sl5 l5-Po!ly OF the Circus.
LYCECM-3-Readinc Of Nacheth-s@S"-ihe iheA-
I.YRIC-s:15- Rosmershonl- =, Aunt
MANSON SoT-ARE-s:ls-The Rejuvenaticn OF Aun'
Mary. ,,
MaJTSTIC-s:is-The Top o tn World
MF.NpEISSoHN HALl--S:l5-
AMSTERDsM-e-15-TheM Merry Nloo"-
NEW Playing the Ponies
-Sa-Adranced NauoeNile
ST NICHOLAS RINk-Three sessions daiy-ioe ShaNis
SAyOY-Sl5-Man Of the Hour,
Grand ARMY MaH
wAIIACK-S-S15-A knight for Day ~, >rarrv
wFFFR'S MUSIC 1--s;1S-Buriesooe OF ihe 'he44'
widow.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
CONGRESS- AND CURRENCY.

The fear that Congress- assembling In the
midst of financial crisis, would enact precip-
itate and i'll considered legislation Is giving
place to the fear that it will fail to enact delib-
crate and we'll considered legislation. No one
holds our currency system wholly responsible
for present conditions. The enormous losses OF
the immediate past. through war, seismic dis
turbances and conf1agration. have made severe
demands upon the mobile capital of the world.
At the same time the output of manufactured
products in all commercial nations has very
largely increased and the volume Of trade. do
nestle and foreign. has correspondingly In
creased The speculative mania which always
accompanies such conditions has been by no
means lacking.
All these conditions have made unusual de-
mands for capital, and currency is the barom-
eter that registers the intensity of the demand
These conditions have been worldwide. ine
United States, with its annual output or gold
and silver, with its cereal and cotton crops for
export. was in better position to withstand the
strain than any of the European nations Ihey
lack these natural resources and their trace
claims against other nations must be created
by exporting manufactured products the raw
material of which is largely imported by them
Yet in this country alone did the crisis pass
beyond control and suspension of currency
payments become necessary There is only one
answer only one exclamation for this. Inc
currency system of the United States Is not
adapted to the needs of great commerclai
nation and is inferior 70 the currency systems
of the nations that constitute our great trade
rivals Nothing could reLder this fact more ap-
parent than the events of the last few months
at home and abroad. However hampered Dy
laws we may be. we are bound to become
great exporter of manufactured goods our
banks should be put in position to follow our
outgoing cargoes with credits to be paid IN turn
by credits drawn against incoming cargoes
Yet our great banking system is not permitted
to have branches agencies, either at nome
or abroad Our goods go abroad in foreign Dot
toms and are financed b. foreign bankers. two
pretty severe handicaps in our competition with
the world
We need currency system based upon COM
merce and in the interest Of commerce. A"y
makeshift which might be devised like Pgaliz-
ing clearing house certificates, would be mis-
take both from business and political point
of view Prof1ting by experiences, worldwide,
whose effects are still with us, Congress should
consider this question in a broad and compre-
hensive manner, and currency should be
placed on a par in serviceability with the cur
rency of our great commercial rivals.
Our country has produced no more clear
headed man than the late President Garfield.
The principle that should control Congress in
legislating upon this subject was tersely and
truthfullv expressed by him: mo currency can
meet the wants of this country that is not
..founded upon business'-not upon securities
which banks are constrained to buy especially
for that purpose but upon business which
the natural assets of bank represent
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
RENT STRIKERS VIEW.
Defence Made of Their Public Meetings by
a Correspondent.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Several hundred tenement house dwellers on
the East Side have honest difference with their
landlords regarding the amount of rent to be paid
by them.
AS to the merits of their controversy II is
essary to enter here. But must all recog
nize that living in crowded tenements those
people do they must have some public place where
they may congregate and hold council to the
hest means of settling this dispute. And II public
halls cannot be got by them inconvenient
for them to meet in. why may they not the
streets or public squares in their immediate vicn
ity for THAI purpose? Are the public squares and
parks for the exclusive of the idle and the
homeless?
II is true that such must not interfere with
public traffic result in a breach OF the peace.
but that is the business of the Police Department.
By the provisions of the charter of greater New
York it is made the duty of the Police Depart
ment to preserve order at all public meetings and
assemblages and to protect immigrants. strangers
and travellers in public streets
This duty is not performed by prohibiting public
assemblies to discuss such vital questions by
foreibly dispensing the audiences who come to
these meetings
1t is easy for Police Commissioner to apparently
..preserve the peace by refusing to issue permits
for public meetings but the people OF the East
Side expect police administration of niSher order.
The effect of the present attitude of the Police
Department tends TO create a spirit of animosity
betveen the tenement house dweIIers and the city
government which does not make for good citizen
shin The police methods applied TO the rent
strike on the East Side at present short
sighted and undemocratic. AS matter Of fact IN
stead of preserving the peace they result directly
10 the contrary, and the policemen are hissed and
hooted for their offictousness.
In the interest of peace and order. / believe the
Police Commissioner ought to allow these meetings
10 be held In the several small squares the East
Side under proper police protection. In the last
ANALYSIS all public officers rely upon the sup
mort of the people in the discharge OF their duties
and whether the Police Department will receive the
sympathy and support of the people the East
Side in the future depends entirely upon the way
the police treat them In the present crisis Respect
fully, LOUIS LANpE.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07

mission will attest the excellent condition OF
the states soldery That there has been loose
and unbusinesslike management OF the guaro
material affairs may have come to the knowleoge
of the commission, and that its books nave peeh
kept In ways out of conformity with appro'eu
present day systems; but with the exception OF
a few cases which might have developed under
the best management fancy the guard was
found to be as honest as it is efhclent
There are some subjects which the commls-
sion considered on which the officers probably
do not agree with 1t as fully as tney 90 III re-
snect TO taking the necessary steps toward
conforming with the requirements Of the Dick
law. Whether the armories should be under
tho care of the state or of the localities where
they are situated. the term OF enlistment,
whether officers should be appointed or elected.
tho many interests involved in the compulsory
retirement for age question and the pay allow
ance for men on rife practice duty are solne
of the points on which there Is much diversity
of oninion. The commission, with facts ngureS
and the opinions of the best authorities at its
command, has probably probed the perpieAihs
problems and will be prepared TO suggest co'-
rective legislation where the present co'ditionS
are defective.
Investigation and examination had only one
obiect-the further judicious development OF
an already superior body Of citizen soldiers
who when they become the first reserve to the
regular establishment, will have a right 10
take themselves more seriously than did their
comrades Of a generation ago. The public JOINS
the adiutant general in the hope that lasting
"eood will result from the reports of the coh-
mission" because the national guard IS not an
inexpensive establishment. According to Gen
eral Henrys report, there are about fourteeli
thousand men in the service. The maintenance
Of the force in 1906, with armories. camp
grounds, rifle ranges etc. cost the federal gov
ernment the state, the counties and the mem-
hers about 81, ,3O0OOO-or about S1oO man.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
THE CABINET.
rF,orn The Tribun. Bureau.I

From The Tribune BureauI
Washington. Jan 6.-The Secretary OF Commefce
and Labor and Mrs. Straus entertained at dinner
tonight the Ambassador from Brazil ana MINI
Nabuco the Ambassador from Mexico and sonora
de CreeI Iustice and Mrs Harlan ex-Justice and
Mrs Brown the Chief of STAFF of the Army ana
Mrs j. Franklin Bell Major General and MIS-
Gillespie Representative and Mrs John W Dwight
Representative and Mrs Herbert Parsons. Captain
the Hon Horace Wood the Hon. Mrs. James. Miss
Gilmore and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Kohns, Dr. Stern
berger and Mr. and Mrs. Hochstadter, all Of New
York.
Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the Secretary OF
War and Mrs Taft who has been spending the
Christmas holidays with her parents has returned
to school at Bryn Mawr.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
THE LONDON "TIHES."

The change in the management of the Lon
don Times which is now announced Is not
altogether surprising 10 those who have OBJ
served the recent trend of journalistic AFFAIRS
in London and who have known as much as
might be known by anybody outside Its Office
of the conduct Of that famous paper 1t has,
indeed been an open secret for a good while
that some change in management might be ex-
pected before very long, though scarcely hint
has been given of its precise character. The ad-
vent of Mr. Pearson cannot therefore, be said to
have been expected. though in view Of his pro-
eresSiyeness and aggreSSiveneSS in English
newspaper life it cannot be regarded as aston
ishing.
It will be a cause of qualification, on grounds
of permissible sentiment as we'll as others,
that Mr. Walter is to remain prominently asso-
ciated with the paper. Hitherto the names OF
Walter and the Times have been inseparable,
and it would be regrettable to have them now
entirely separated. Gratifying, too, is 1t to be
assured that no radical change in the character
of the Times is TO be made. Since it became
known as 1.-The Thunderer,' In the days Of
Barnes and Edward Stirling, and indeed, since
an earlier date than that, the Times, has been
more than newspaper; it has been an In
stituton. Its influence upon the history OF the
British Empire. and. therefore, OF the world,
in the last hundred years has been greater than
any good Judge could estimate without danger
of being charged with eAaggeratiOn by the unin-
formed or the unthinking. To transform the
Times would seem to large part of the Eng
lish nation much like rebuilding Westminster
Abbey or one of the great universities and
would give an unwelcome shock to the whole
world
Changes are however, possible without trans
formation and such have occurred and doubt
less will vet occur in the Times" The alter
ing conditions of communication and publica-
ton and indeed, of human life and its activ
tiles and needs, have made it necessary that the
leading journal" should adapt itself to them
for the maintenance of IFS leadership. That the
Times" has done so, in the main with excellent
discretion, the most judcious observers will
cheerfully testify. adding with confidence that it
has thus maintained its historic primacy
little impaired as perhaps was humanity poss-
BILE Some of its old contemporaries have made
great strides and other journals have been
founded and have attained marked success
But the Times mas remained the
Times" standing unique and alone among
British journals, and indeed, in the journal
ism of the world. That the great paper has
even in part passed from the control of the
family which has conducted it since its founda-
ton through generation after generation. is
news of high interest. That under the altered
management it will continue unbroken the
splendid traditions and lofty spirit which for
more than century have made it the worlds
foremost newspaper will be a widespread and
earnest desire
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
At THE WHITE HOUSE.
tFrom The Tribune Bureau-I

Washington, JAM 6-The President To-Day mao
public the letter from Admiral Brownson. ~nich
accompanied the atters resignation when ne iert
the bureau of navigation
After a conference with Representatives Parsons
OIcott and Bennett. the President to-day said ne
would appoint George Wanmaker Appraiser OF .iie
Port at New York The nomination will probably
go to the Senate tomorrow.
Callers at the White House included secretary
Taft Postmaster General Meyer; Senators Hans
broueh Curtis Warner Warren and Beveriose'
Representatives Sherman and Gran Oniteo o'a.e
Treasurer Treat; J. A. Stewart, president OF tne
New York League Of Republican Clubs. and Law
renee o Murray. Assistant Secretary of Commerce
and La Dor.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Launt Palmer are guests Oh
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the WHITE
House.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07

Land. whence he will try to proceed to
Alexander Land, and so on to King Edwards
Land His hope is that at Alexander Land he
will find a "barrier" similar to Rosss, which,
being surmounted, will give him access, Win
his motor sedges. to extensive pateaus ana
plains stretching toward the pole. The French
government is supplying him with ample means,
and there is reason for expecting that his labors
will result in a material increase of knowl-
edge of what is now the least known part of the
surface of the globe.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt gave the first large
tertainment in her home, No. 677 Fifth avenue.
last night. 1t was dinner dance for about 10 of
the young unmarried set, among them some of the
seasons debutantes. The dinner was served at
sixteen tables in the dining room and adjoining
room. which Wadley & Smythe had decorated with
trailing pink begonas completely covering the
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
IBy telegraph to The T-ibune. ]

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Newport, r. l. jan 6.-The condition OF Edwarf
H Buckley, who is critically ILL., slightly better
to-day. His sister Mrs Roland Redmond. arrived
here this morning
W. Watts Sherman and Henry F. Eldridge ara
here attending the inauguration of the city
government They members OF the representa-
tive council.
Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce returned to-daJ
from visit to Boston
Elias J. Herrick is here from New York
Francis Roche is here from Harvard TO visit hin
mother, Mrs. Burke Roche.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
Nesp7)ork Dailp Gaibmte
TUESDAY, JANUARY I, 1908.

This newspaper is otrned and published by
The Tribune ASSOCIATION, q Nelo York corpora
tios; Office and principal place of business, Trib-
1ne Building. No I54 Nassau street, NeU YORK;
Oqden Mills, president; Nathaniel Tuttle, sec
retory end treasurer. The address of the Off
GERS is the office of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
JEWELLERS TO AID FULTON MEMORIAL
Organize and Plan to Collect Contributions
for Watergate.

The jewellers branch OF the Robert Fulton Mertt.
ment Association at meeting yesterday at tbs
Jewellers Board of Trade elected Colonel J. L
Shepard of the executive committee. president and
E. r. Crppen secretary and treasurer. The asso-
citation will contribute toward the watersate and
memorial 10 be built the site granted by the
State Legislature Riverside Drive Nearly all
the forty-hve trade organizations in the city
pected TO organize to celebrate the Fulton memo-
rial.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
COLUMBIA FINE ARTS PROFESSORS.

At their regular meeting yesterday the trustees
of Columbia University appointed Kenyon Cox to
be professor of painting. Daniel c French profss-
OF sculpture. and John La Fargo professor of
the decorative arts. The nominations Of Messrs.
Cox. French and La Fargo were made jointly BY
President Butler OF Columbia and the Council of ths
National Academy Of Design. in accordance With
the terms OF the agreement between the Academy
and Columbia University. IL expected that sne
new professors would begin their academic duties
with the opening OF the next college year in Sep
tember. They will be members OF the faculty Of
fine arts
Gifts amounting TO $500 were received fer the
special fund for the equipment OF the Departments
of mining and retelurgy. The gifts were tol-
lows: Adolf Lewisohn $3.50. estate OF y. WINS
James. 800, and Nichols Copper Company. ssss
New-York tribune., 1908-01-07

We congratulate South Carolina as one OF tile
few Southern states have not lost their heads
and eot into a brawl with the railroads. The
action of the Southern Railway in reducing
fares there after May 1 to 2a cents mile is
the reward of virtue. The state gets reason
ably low rate and its reputation for conserVa-
tive fair and reasonable treatment OF capltai
is unimpaired 1t should fare better at the
hands of capital in the future than some OF its
neighbors which are chiefly renowned as
the home of demagogues.