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New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
THE TURPITUDE OF FILIBUSTERs

The suspicion of American completely in the
Mexican border troubles is strengthened. That
the American official attitude, both state and
national has been scrupulously correct is, Of
course beyond question. But there are reasons
for fearing that individual Americans for sell
fish and sordid purposes have afforded aid and
encouragement to the insurgents. 1t seems lit
ting to stamp such conduct on the part of
Americans as peculiarly detestabe, and to ex-
press wish that those guilty Of 1t might meet
with the severest penalty permitted by the law.
The turpitude of their conduct Is twOfold.
There is nothing In the world which should be
more seriously regarded which should be
more reluctantly undertaken, and then for only
the very gravest reasons than the wagng or
war When an organized and responsible ma
ton, after due deberation and for causes which
seem to it ample and, indeed, necessary, sol
emnly proclaims war against one Of its neigh
bOrs Che act even in such circumstances is not
always void of reproach. But for gang Of
irresponsible Individuals for no other purpose
than their personal gain through loot, to break
the peace and to strive to plunge nations into
war is one of the most vianous performances
which it is possible to conceive.
The other jOr element Of WickedneSS is the
attempt tc make trouble between nations which
have no cause for animosity. but rather all rea-
sons for close and enduring friendship. If
Mexico were a nation with which We had re-
Gently and chr0nicaly been on bad terms, II she
had been in the habit of committing petty Of
fences against us, If there We're any reason
for American enmity toward her, there would
be some conceivable, though not adequate, ex-
cuse for lntrigues against her. But such Is not
the case On the contrary. our relations with
Mexico have for the last fifty years been par
ticularly friendly and free from reproach. The
attempt to create bad blood between the two
countries is, therefore, not one to promote or to
aggravate an existing estrangement which
would be bad enough, but rather TO create de
moro enmity between close and sincere friends.
The men who do such things moral trai-
tors to their own country and are 10 be regarded
with as great detestation those who would
fire upon our flag. They are plotting against
the peace and honor not Of Mexico only, but
equally of the United States. For a Mexican
who should revolt against his country or
its government there might be some possible
excuse For Americans who plot against Mex
leo there can be none
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
FRESH AIR FUND AID.
Relief for FiUe Children of Dis
possessed Parents.

1t was necessary to give innedtats reItef yestsr
day TO five children whose parents had been dis
possessed in the upper East Side. The Tribcns
Fresh Air Fund was applied to by member ot
the Beekman Hill Methodist Episcopal Church.
The three girls and two boys were without food
and had no place to CO.
1t was an emergency case that demanded promps
action The nearest available home. that at Ards
ley, was known to be nearly fun A telephons
message to Mr. Austin, the superintendent. broughs
the reply that there was room for only three.
But they must be taken in said Mr.. Austin.
land III make room Send them along" And az
4;30 o'clock five weIl-fed youngsters were on their
way to the comforts Of the ArdsIey home BY tho
time their vacation comes TO an end II IS be-
neved that their parents will be provided for
Two regular parties were sent yesterday.
The first went InterIaken. Mass. TO ST. Helen's
Home. This consisted of fifty boys, most Of them
under ten years Of age The other party went to
Goshen. departing at 3 O'Clock on the Chambers
street ferry There were twenty-one in this party
They came from the Presbyterian Hospital. visiting
nurses department. and from Bellevue Hospital
Nurses accompanied them to the ferry for they
were nearly all convalescents
The boys carried neat blue bags. in which thetF
clothing was tucked away There were wan faces
in this group but the boys were not inactive They
arrived the ferryhoUse rather early and every
boat that arrived they were sure was the boat 1or
them, and each time a dash made for the gatst
and each time the nurses gently held them back
Many of the girls were crippes, and their faces
and pinched but caretaker said that a
few days in the country would change all this
Among the girls two whose mothers are 50
Ill In hospital that they cannot give the least
attention TO their children. The nurses were glad
to avail themselves of the Tribune Fresh Air Fund
opportunity TO send the girls to the country.
These twenty-One children Will have their outng
at a place between Goshen and Niddetown- Ths
nurses. one from Bellevue and one from the Pres
byterian Hospital. went all the way 70 the train,
so they might give whatever help was necessary
before the youngsters were actually the way
with the caretaker.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
About People and Social Incfdents

Or. and Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs ars sr,...
from Europe on July 10
Mr.. and Mrs J. s. Phipps. OF New York .
to-day for the season
Registered at the Casino to-day wers NJ
Mrs. Craig Biddle. Miss Pauline Robinson ana ~
Victor Sorchan
Miss Pauline Robinson Is the guest Of Mr
Mrs Harry p Cross at Ptnard Cottage No
The engagement OF Miss Elsa Putnam OF ao,.
to Samuel Powell. OF Newport. was announced
Newport to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs Augustus Jay and Miss O. o~.
Jones entertained with dinner parties this sve1--
r T. Wilson Is expected at his summer 49,
here during the coming week
Mr. and Mrs G. g. Murray OF New York =,
the guests OF Mr.. Murray's parents. Mr.. and NJ,
William Murray
C. P. P. Gilbert returned from New York to-a,,
for the week end.
Egerton l. winthrop. Mrs. Richard Cambria \
and Mrs. William T. Bull and Roderfck Terry ,
returned from New York this evening.
Woodbury. Kean. brother OF Senator John K.,,
is the guest Of Sidney Webster.
Stanley Dwight Is the guest OF Mr.. and Nh,
Hugh d. Auchincloss.
Mrs. Robert Sedgwfck has arrived for the ses,o,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fordham C. Mahony are vislasT
j. n Mahony.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
IN THE sERKsHfREs.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.I


Lelox. July 2-NIost Of the Lenox summer rss.
dents gathered In the Curtis Hotel this r1oruia,
for the annual meeting OF the Lenox Association
This society has IN charge the OF the strest.
walks trees and shrub5ery in this town The prr.
cipaI subject Of discussion was the change fro,
street sIrinklfng to the Of oil the hizs
ways. The society voted TO offer $50 in prizes t-
the improvement Of small places in the town Tia
officers elected were; President, Miss Nancy C.
Wharton; vice-president. William D. Curtis: secrs.
tary Mrs. Joseph W. Burden: treasurer MURRAY
A Brown; directors. Dr. Henry P Jaques Dr.
Richard c. GreenIeaf Mrs. William Douglas SIoans
Mrs. Frank K. sturgfs. Mrs. John E Alexandra
Grenville L. Winthrop Miss Heloise Meyer. Mss
Adele Kneeland. Thomas Shields Clarke. Richart
Goodman Mrs. Robert Winthrop and Miss Anna &
Shaw.
Mr. and Mrs George E T1Irnure gave sraal
dinner entertainment at Beaupre tonight.
Mrs Cbarles s Mellen IS entertaining her mothsr.
Mrs. J. H Livingston. and Miss Catherine Wilson,
at Council Hill, in Stockbridse-
Richard A Bowker has returned to stockbrsds,
from Yellowstone Park
Mr.. and Mrs William Douglas Sloane arrived a:
Elm Court at noon to-day. They are 70 have q
large house party over the Fourth, including Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. William
B. Osgood Field Mrs. Elliott f Shepard and othsr
members OF the Vanderbilt family
George Westinghouse arrived at Erskine Park To-
night from New York
Malcolm NcBurney. Of Dr. and Mrs Charl.s
McBurney. will sail for Europe tomorrow. He viii
enter the English golf competitions He Is TIA
champion of the Berkshire Hills.
Senator and Mrs. n. 3. Scott, OF West Virginia
were among the arrivals to-day at the Hctsl Az
pinwalI.
Mrs Churchill Satterlee gave a picnic at Ech1
Lake this afternoon for party OF young people.
r. Suydam Grant, c. NJ Griffin. Mrs. Robe-.
Maclay. of New York; Mrs Melville D. Post Ot
Philadelphia and Charles VI. FfouIke, OF Washing
ton, are in Lenox for the holiday.
Miss Helen Paris entertained at dinner tonight
Richard Delafeld. OF Tuxedo Park has bought
the coach horses Electric Light and Flash Light
of the DonneIly stock farm, for $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

Newport R. l. July Fired NJ Davies and
William Fitz Hugh whitehouse. tr., arrived to-day
on the steam yacht veltha. which has been char
tered by Alfred G. Vanderbilt for on his return
from Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. George 3. De Forest were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs William Appleton IN New
London to-day.
Mrs j. Fred Pierson has arrived at Rose Lawn
for the summer
The arrivals at the Muenchinser King Cottage to-
day include Colonel Edward De v. Morril, OF Tor
resdale Penn; Colonel Schuyler Crosby. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gardiner Kellogg. Clark F. H Baldwin and
C. Robinson Of New York.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
FOR IDENTIFICATION.

Colonel Watterson maintains that he and Mr.
BRYAN are entirely in accord although he in
ssts that the Republican national platform Is
a platform of imposture, largely constructed
"out of timbers stolen from Mr.. Bryan's back
yard" while the Nebraska statesman AYERS
that the said timbers were not stolen from him,
and were in fact, not worth stealing from any
body The colonels explanation is simple. He
says:
Mr. Bryan is no authority "stolen goods"
He is so simple minded in money matters that
you might rob him of his watch and he would
not recognize it's tick in another mans pocket;
could he distinguish the refuse planks taken
from his back yard and planed and painted so
as to fit the rich mans ticket?
Yet If this explanation explains, Colonel Wat
terson ought to throw up the job Of redeem
ing Kentucky and hurry out to Denver to open
political identification bureau. The Hon.
Charles F. Murphy of New York; the Hon.
Jim" Guffey of Pennsylvania; Little joe
Brown. of Georgia; the Hon. James Smith, OF
New Jersey, and numerous other "reactionaries
are travelling West with fixed ideas as to what
the next Democratic platform shall and shall
not contain. They have some planks 'planed
and painted" so as to look Democratic, but which
may prove to have been borrowed from the
back yard Of Mr.. Cleveland and Mr. Parker. A
statesman who can't recognize the tick of his
own watch in bystander's vest pocket ought
not to be left unprotected against dealers in imf-
tatfon Jeffersonian utterances. If Mr.. Bryan
needs a guardian Colonel Watterson ought to
see the propriety Of volunteering his services.
Mr. Bryan should not be allowed to suffer from
his amiable inability to distinguish his own from
somebody else's intellectual property.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03

forward with interest to the declarations OF the
Denver platform. VIII that instrument demahu
a reduction of the army and navy, the cessa
tion of work on the Panama Canal, neglect OF
the coast defences, the clipping Of pensions, the
abolition Of the rural delivery postal service the
abandonment of meat and food inspection ana
of work on the harbors and Internal wafer
ways of the country? Let us have Dill OF par
ticulars. and then the voters can decide whether
or not they want to reduce the scope OF the gov
ernments operations. We believe that the ma
ton knows pretty thoroughly what 1t wants.
and that its common sense will not begrudge
an expenditure for which it feels 1t is gettins
its moneys worth.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
THE PRESIDENT FARMING
Peny's Ship Expected to Viat
Oyster Bay.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Oyster Bay, July 2-No visitors were received at
Sycamore Hill to-day, and the President spent
good deal of his time with the farm hands in the
fields. The Sylph left her to-day for the Brook
lyn Navy Yard to take coal. and the May
flower will sail Monday for Whitestone Land
ing. AS soon she Goals the Sylph Will return
to Oyster Bay, and the Maynower will be within
easy reach should the President his family need
the yacht.
President Roosevelt will visit Commander Peary's
day afternoon, II the plans of the Peary Arctic
Club successful 1t is the intention of the club
to have the Roosevelt into Oyster Bay her
way from New York and salute the President. She
probably will anchor OF shore Sycamore HILL
and, if the club make the arrangement the
President will go out and inspect the craft. The
President always has been adrnirer Of the
explorer and is interested in his attempt to plant
the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole
The Presidents neighbors putting few
airs tonight the fact that the Oyster Bay
uniformed police force went duty to-day. The
force Is Fred De Boesche, a husky, broad
shouldered man. who recently employed at
the Long Island Railroad Station. and is believed
by the villagers to be just the sort OF protection
they need. Justice Franklin swore De Boesche IN
as a deputy sheriff, the town board provided his
uniform and revolver, and the total would do
credit to the best Of General Bnghams finest
AS a handy adjunct to the force Oyster Bay has
a new cell, provided with stout iron bars, in the
recently erected Town Hall. All the townspeople
1odger to the cell within few days
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
STOPS SALE OF HISTORIC PROPERTY.
LRy Telegraph to Tho Tribune. I

Ashcville, N. c., July 2-On affidavit pre-
sented with bill of complaint filed by Michael V
Canty. or Great Britain. Judge Pritchard granted
temporary injunction to-day restraining Edmund
Kemble and John A. O'Connen from d!sposing OF
valuable and historic property in Charleston, s c..
and Baltimore including the historic ST. Xavier.
at Charleston under a will of conveyance made by
Michael O'Nein.
The complainant alleges that he is heir OF
oNeil and that when o'Nein made the win he
was insane. Tearing the temporary injunction
set for July IL
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
A RECORD OF DEVOTED SERVICE.
From The Phlladelphla Ledger dndl.

In retiring from the War Department yesterday
Mr. Taft TO be public official for the first
time since he appointed judge of the Su-
perior Court of Ohio twenty years ago. He
of the United States in 1890. and then circuit
iudge and while In this office he made presi-
dent of the Philippine Commission in 1900. His
philippine service continued until he became Sec
retary OF War, in February, 1901. This is not a
record of mere ofhceholding. II is n record
of continuous and devoted public service in
a very broad field. service which has Justly earned
the grateful recognition of the country. IT, as ap-
pears likely, he shall be called to a still higher
service, ii will be mainly because OF the ability
and fidelity with which he has discharged the
muitifartous tasks which he now for the time be-
Ing lays aside.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Many persons leaving town to-day bound for
the summer resorts and the country, where week
end parties have been organized IN connection with
the celebration tomorrow of Independence Day
The country and yacht clubs will be crowded dur
ing the next few days. and most of them have
arranged for sports ashore and races ahoat in
honor of the occasion and there Will be. as usual
dinners dances and fireworks The city VIII be
deserted from the society point of view and there
Will be little life and animation at the fashonable
restaurants and clubs along the avenue until next
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins. who were
married two months ago. have returned from their
wedding trip abroad They intend to spend part
of the summer with Mrs Robbins's parents. Mr..
and Mrs BENJAMIN Wees at Islip Long Island
They will 20 later to Southampton for a short
stay.
Mrs Newboid Edgar who Is spending the sum
mer at Southampton. Long Island. has her
guest for the weekend her daughter. Mrs r. H
williams, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs Harry A. La Montague have left
town for Nerragansett Pier whore they win spend
the summer.
James J. Van Allen, who arrived IN Newport last
week from his fishing camp on the Restgouche
River In Canada will return there within the next
few days. to remain for q short time before sail
ing for England
Mrs Elliott F. Shepard has gone TO Bar Harbor,
where she is the guest OF her daughter, Mrs En-
nesto g. Fabbri.
Mr. and Mrs Henry T. Dimock will spend part
of the summer at their country homo at South
Coventry. Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall c. Lenerts VIII occupy
their summer home at Lawrence. Long Island this
Mrs William Kingsland, who returned TO town
on Tuesday from Lenox Will leave here to-day for
Bar Harbor, where she will remain throughout the
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Iseln viii go to Newport on
July Is to spend the remainder Of the there
Ernest wftsee has arrived IN town from Tuxedo
and Is staying at the Gotham for a few days be-
fore sailing for Europe to Join Mrs Wiltsee who
sailed short time ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rhineiander have left
Briarclir N. Y. and gone to Spring Lake, N. J.,
to remain for several weeks.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
KERMIT ROOSEVELT A CONTESTANT.

Rochester. July KERMIT Roosevelt. son of the
President. is a guest of Major w. A Wadsworth
at Geneseo, n. Y He arrived there to-day. and
Saturday, July 4. Will taSe part in the annual
equestrian contest at Major Wadsworth's. con-
test that brings together many of the best New
York State horsemen.
Kermit Roosevelt made a good record at last
years games. The Roosevelts and Major Wads-
worth terms of intimate friendship Major
Wadsworth is a cousin OF ex-Congressman James
W. Wadsworth.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03

1t looks very much Il the Salem, which Is
propelled by turbines of American design, were
faster than her sister ship, the Chester, haV1ns
Parsons engines. Inasmuch as this SUPERIORITY
il fully established Is likely to exercise an IN
nuence on future government contracts for war
ships a fresh trial of the two over the same
course and at the same time would be valuable
Aside from natural pride in the apparent supe-
riority of the Curtis engine. the country wants
to see the best machinery adopted
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
MRS. SAINT -eAUDENs IN PITTssURa'

[By Telegraph % The Trbune.l
Pittsburg July Mrs. Augustus Saing-GaaeeH1
widow of the sculptor. arrived in Pittseurg ~
terday. and is the guest OF Mrs. c. l. Mass
Mrs Saint-Gaudens came to Pittsburg % atlen-
the unveiling of the memorial fountain TO the a..
c. l.. A-agee, which the last work executes {.
her husband. The memorial. which was onil. ~
popular subscription, will be unveiled On Ju1 :
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03

THE Was enington Post" which made vigor-
Gus campaign to nominate Mr.. Bryan for Vice
President has given up. II admits that
Mr. Bryan will head the ticket instead of finish
ing it off 1t also shows more discretion than
some other Eastern opponents of Bryanism
when it says:
If William j. Bryan has earned the nomination
at Denver-and 1t Is quite apparent that he has
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03

Commander Robert E. Peary has settled upon
Monday the day his Arctic ship the Roosevelt
viii start for Sydney. Cape Breton, where the ex-
plorer himself will join her, going there by train
The Roosevelt Will leave her berth at East 24th
street at p for City Island, with Commander
Peary on board. The afternoon will be spent in
adjusting the ships compass, after which she will
anchor for the night In the morning the ROOse-
Welt will steam for Oyster Bay, where she will be
inspected by the President.
Commander Peary will leave the Roosevelt after
the compass adjustment on Monday and return to
New York. He viii go by train to Oyster Bay and
take luncheon with the President.
1t is arranged that after the President has looked
over the ship and greeted the Presidential
salute will be fired from the deck OF the steamer
and the exploration party Will get under way for
Sydney. Commander Peary will return to New
York and take a train for Sydney, where he will
take command Of the expedition.
The appeal for reading matter to be used by the
during their long sojourn IN the ice was re-
sponded to most literally, and throughout the day
many packages containing magazines and books
were received board.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
MISS TAFT IN SAVANNAH.

Savannah Ga. July 2.-Miss Helen Taft, daugh-
ter of the Republican nominee for President ar
rived here to-day to spend two weeks guest
of Miss Dorothea Baldwin.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
sEcRETARY wilson Co.'s WEsT.

Washington. July 2-Secretary Wilson left here
tonight for extepded tour OF the West in The "a
terest OF the work which the department IS eoa'
Quoting in that section of the country The trs'
will be in the nature OF a vacation. the Secrs-
tary has been pretty closely confined to his oes.
for the last ten months He viii stop at Traer.
his Iowa home for a few days rest The SecretaIr
probably win be gone for more than a rnons-
Willis l. Moore. chief OF the Weather Burea'
will be Acting Secretary OF Agriculture
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
DINNER FOR THE TOWERS IN PARIS.

bassador to France, gave a dinner tonight IN
honor OF Charlemagne Tower. the former American
Ambassador at Berlin. and Mrs. Tower Premier
Clemenceau and NJ. Picquart Minister of War.
and many well known diplomats were present.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03

And now they talk of exterminating the
Yaquis when only few days ago those OBJ
streperous aborigines were reported as mean
ing hereafter to be good and to become citizens
of the Mexican Republic, About three days
after their complete, entire and utter extermlna-
ton. extirpation and annihation Is officially
announced we shall expect to hear that the
Yaquis are on the warpath again. several thou
sand strong.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
MRS. SAGE GIVES CHURCH $500.

[By Telegraph to The Tribune
Sag Harbor July 2-The First PresbyteriNaa - =
Church here has just received check OF 49,
from Mrs. Russell Sage who is now a guest !"
General Slocum in his Hudson Valley horls. Ih'
money viii be used in repairing the church proF
erty. Mrs. Russell Sage expects 70 return TO n~
Sae. Harbor heme In a few days.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
Neu71ork DAILY Iibnare
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1905

This newspaper Is o'oned and p'ohShed oy
The Tribune Association, Neto York corpora
,;on office and principal place of business, Trio
.,1 p.,,d;no M I56 Nassau street, Neio York;
Ogden Mills, president; Nathaniel Iuftte sec
retovv and treasurer. The address OF the OIL
Gers is the Office Of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03

The defeat of the Hon. John Wesley Gaines
Will be q sad blow to the editors and publishers
of THE Congressional Record" He was by all
odds the most devoted day in and day. out con-
trbutor on the staff of that interesting per1odi-
cal
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03

Whatever criticisms the Russian bureaucrats
make against the Douma, they cannot charge 1t
with drawing the purse strings 30 usht as 10
strangle the government. Approprlauons Oh
nearly S5OO.OOOOOO in a month for military ex-
pansion are as much even grand duke could
reasonably expect.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
TAkAHIRA FAMILY IN WASHINGTON

Washington, July 2.-Ambassador Takahra OF
Japan returned TO Washington to-day from Chi
cago accompanied by Nine. Takahira and her
daughter, whom the Ambassador met at Chicago
on their way from Japan TO Washington
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03

The pythoness of st. Louis predicts that hve
generals will rally with their commands to the
cause of the Mexican insurrectfon. Yes, and
we shouldn't wonder If their commands num-
bered one man, or perhaps even man and a
bow, each
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03

Attorney General Jackson continues to remind
the public of his existence ct seasonable inter
walls by being thrown out of court in
another Of his innumerable actions
New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
NEv-yoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. JULY 8, 1908.

and hence ". say that 1t is a mistake on the part
Of the reactonaries to strive to make q conserva-
tive platform with a radical for head OF the tcKeL
Mr. BRYAN is the leader-let him lead