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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-01

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first imported into England about 1850.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-01
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-01

American trade in August, 1907 In
South Africa increased from $9S6,9O5
to s1.16s,775
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
PENSIONS AND TAXES.

In 1905 the French parliament enacted law
For the payment Of pensions Of from 81 70 81
a. month 70 each man who was in real need, who
H-as Incapable of self-Support and who was
sixty-fve Years old or was suffering from an
sncurable disease. When the law was proposed
tt was estimated that il would cost So 10000
= year. OF which one-half was to be paid by the
stats, onefourIh by the department and one
fourth by the commune. When the bill reached
1he Senate Il was estimated that il would cost
Es 10000. The Senate ordered an Investigation
End-as & result thereof concluded that IL would
s-ost S13,40o.O00. The law was enacted and put
into effect In 1905 II actually. cost S9,6G0.0o0.
r. is now estimated that in 1909 it viii cost
sI6.Ooo000. The number Of persons to be aided
WAS estimated ct 10000 in 1904. It proved
20 be $4,000 in 1907 and 10000 in 1908. and
the estimate IS that il viii be $4,000 In 1909.
The Dominion OF New Zealand is now consid-
eTing the establishment OF a National ProVi-
dent Fund, which would practically amount to
state aided insurance. Any resident Of New
Zealand between sixteen and fOrty-five years
of age ana with income Of not more than
SI,e0o a year niu be entitled TO its benefits.
Each beneficiary must pay weekly premium
varying in size according 10 the age at which
he enters the fund and the amount Of benefit
80 be received. The payments Of benefits will
begin II the age of sixty years. Thus To get
q pension OF 81 30 d week for life after reach
Ing tie age Of sixty a person entering at the
ego Of seventeen must pay Is cents Il week
while person entering at forty-five must pav
81 - week Any cne who wishes NAV nav
81 premiums III advance in lump sum pro
lection ig provided for any one who falls info
szrears Of premiums. and a person may with
fraw from the fund at any tine and get hack
I'll be has paid II. Inc pensions payable range
from 81 80 70 S. a week II g contributor 70
ths fund dies after paving premiums for Eve
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
THE TURKISH PROPOSALS.

The tedious processes of international dlcker-
ing over the proposed conference Of the powers
on the Balkan question continue, apparently
without making much real progress. Each power
has its own pet programme in which 1t insists
that certain items shall be included and from
which others must be as inexoraby excluded
And apparently no two Of the programmes
agree. Meantime Turkey continues peaceful
but exceedingly effective boycott of Austrian
and Hungarian commerce, and Austria Hungary
pushes forward military preparations.
Amid all these things it is Of profit to recall
the proposals which were made weeks ago by the
Turkish government concerning the conference
Of the powers. They included seven points. pro
yiding for determination of the iuridicaI status
of Bulgaria and Of her pecuniary obligations to
Turkey, and of the juridical tus Of Eastern
RumeIa and of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of
the compensation due TO Servia and Montenegro; +;
for the abrogatiOn of various articles of the
Treaty of Berlin which have become obsolete and
logically null and void by reason of the estab-
Ishment of constitutional government in Turkey
the modification of the Captulations so as 20
abolish the foreign postofices and grant CONNER
cial freedom TO the Turkish Empire and the
withdrawal of the Austrian police and qua ran
tine administration from the Montenegrin coast
These proposals must be regarded as eminently
temperate and reasonable and as presenting
creditable contrast to some of those put forward
by other powers. They are shrewdly drafted, no
doubt, so as TO conserve Turkish interests but
there is really nothing in them to which any
other power would seem to have good cause to
object Their formulation is another and a most
gratifying exposition OF the new mind which now
prevails in the Ottoman government, and which
promises TO exhibit to the world one of the most
interesting examples in all history of the renas-
cence Of an apparently moribund people
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
rHIs YEAR,s NoREE PRIZES.

WITH the latest awards made by NobeI's repre-
sentatives FOR scientific work there will be lttle
dissatisfaction. Metchnikoff and Erlich who d.
vide the prize for valuable contributions 10 neol-
cine have fairly won their honors- Or the TWO
the Frenchman is rather the better known. Like
his fellow countrynan, Laveran, who received q
prize last year, he was disciple Of Pasteur ana
has devoted much time to meteorological re
search More original, however, If not more
useful have been his studies Of the posslD1lty
Of postponing old age. Erich, now at tne hedu
of an institution for experimental therapeutics
in Berlin has directed his investiga lions 10 the
successful fighting of several diseases-Cuoercu-
losis, diphtheria and ansen1ia among them Inc
number of medals and other honors already be-
slowed upon him testify abundantly 70 tne eS
TEEN in which he is held abroad
Rutherford, to whom is given the chemistry
prize is one Of the most ardent and patnstaking
students Of the phenomena presented by raoluIn
that the world has known. First, at McGil Uni
versity, Montreal, and later IN Manchester, Eng
land he has followed up the discovery MADE by
the C1Iries with yea and intelligence So help1ul
and sane have been his writings on radio-actlVlty
that it would not have seemed premature to ac-
cord him a Nobel prize even before Sir william
Ramsay. Lippmann, who now secures the prize
s. nhvsics, is q devotee Of both acoustics and
optics. but perhaps NobeI's trustees have had
chiefly in mind at the present time the French
mans Invention of a system Of color photogra-
phy. few weeks ago 1t WAS rumored snar
Marconi would receive the physics prize. In the
eyes of the world there would have been con
spicuous propriety in thus recognizing the pio-
neer In wireless teIegraphy- He has many rivals
some Of whom might begrudge him such dls-
tinctfon but It may be doubted whether any or
the other men who have achieved success IN
Hertz wave communication would have entered
the field except for the inspiration of Marconfs
example
Inasmuch as Euchen has written on scientific
topcs-philosophy and philology-it Is not easy
to perceive why he was deemed worthy Of the
literary prize. Still, Nobel in his will allowed
an exceptional degree Of latitude in interpreting
literature" and those who have acted for him
have evidently availed themselves of the priri-
Iege Arnoldsen and Bs jer, who divide the peace
prize, may not have rendered such conspicuous
service TO the cause of international amity rs
some OF those who have received this honor be
fore. but the award itself IN one respect e
notable exhibition Of good will. It is made by
the Storthtng Of Norway, one Of the three Scan
dinavian nations The recipients are citizens Of
the others Sweden and Denmark.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
SFATTLE'S EXHIBITION.
Metropolitan Museum Nay Send
Some Paintings.

George L. Bers. director Of fne arts the
Alaska-Yukon- Pacific exposition. TO be held in
Seattle from June 1 70 October Is 1919, his
turn yesterday from Washington told q Tribune
porter the plans for the proposed art exhibition IN
SeattIe's Palace OF the Fine Arts. The co-opera-
ton Of Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, director OF the
Netropolitan Museum OF Art, TO make the exhbi-
ton noteworthy, is expected.
Our art exhibition will be composed Of three
hundred paintings hundred and fifty of which
viii come from the foremost private collections IN
Berg Sir Purdon has shown an unusual interest
in this exhibition and our hope is to obtain
eral Of the important pictures of the Metropolitan
Museum representing the old masters Contem-
porary painters of recognized standing will be rep
resented by one hundred and fifty pictures
y have taken out insurance policy for about
5000 10l the broadest taken out for any cor
poratIon in the United States. which makes II
possible to invite pictures regardless Of their insur
value
The art exhibition Will be thoroughly repre-
sentative in character We inviting only the
best pictures TO our exposition, that when a
man buys picture in Seattle he will a good
one our object is not only to show some OF the
best pictures that can got together but to give
US lasting ownership in OF the best pictures.
THE Palace Of the Fine Arts is absolutely fire.
proof building. of Moorish and Dorio architecture.
All The three hundred paintings will be hung ON
the line giving each picture individuality not
before made possible at any exposition
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
ALL OVER,

Those journals and individuals that have been
seeking TO make scandal out Of the Panam
Canal purchase and to besmirch certain Amer1-
can citizens in connection Herewith. have Oh
tanned IN the statement Of Mr. William Nelson
Cromwell published this morning quite as e1-
pIicit a reply as they will find it convenient 10
dispose Of It is no longer open TO them to IA ik
about concealments evasions and refusals TO an
swer Their only recourse is TO denounce MI
Cromwell bluntly as a monumental liar ana 10
produce IN proof an authenticated retutauon OF
the records which he cites
IF this could be done the resultant sensation
would doubtless be prodigious enough to satisfy
their Hottest ambition. In default Of the ingre-
dients requisite TO the composition Of such an
explosive mixture, their wisest course woud
seem 10 be to make a suitable apology and charge
the whole thing of TO the account Of Journalistic
and personal profit and loss.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rEror, The Tribun. Bureau.J

ron
vvasbsnzton Dec 1o.-The Prestdent reoo
tbroe deegatio IS in the East Room TINS
tho committees Of one hundred of the Deep Na'ei
p,s1-s Congress which he addressed; the N@uoh0 =
r,o,,ncil Of Commerce and n party OF it'eh"S -
I9arre=s7+ative C;ouIden of New York
Ths President received the ne" Pahafna ~ - .
,-+.r r, g Arosemena IN the Blue ROOM IN 'ne
afternoon. ..,,.s--. of,ces
Prasident-elect Taft called at the execu's' - =
IN the late afternoon to pay his respects 0"N
thar tha President was cut riding.
president F. B. Loomis Of the TOXIC coInlIS -,
atc,sseJ matters relating to the japanese e&p0sF
ton. s,.za+fon Of
nh. President was thanked by delesauon u
.ba C,onneI1sviIle Chamber OF Commerce lol Ms
,r+srest in the conservation Of natural resources
A deIapation Of Cseorgians invited the Fresloen ~
O.. tsI+ that state while President-elect IaIl i
there. 80. ~
TbA President shook hands with T. l. Grant, %
-tarIsstor 3 C. and his little daughter. VINO was
known at the last Republican NatlohaI CO"'
as ''the little girl in blue. s..--,
Among the Presidents callers "ere 60
wright Vice -President-elec- Sherman,
CLAIM Hesaenway, Simmons, D11on' SOUL
.r45gA and Owen. Representatives McGnne, h@'
IIoIIidav Page Weisse, SABBATH, Mckinney fho" e''
colder PIcbsrdsou Hardwick, Sims, Gllhahs Ash
,-ool- FoeIker Cooper and Beale Governor -NOe'
- ,ffss{es{nnl Ex-Governor Carter OF HAWAII Nhal
Tin A knapp and z. K Lane OF the 1nteIe 10 ?
crorroerce Commission; Governor-elect StuODs %
xa,sse II Bayard Cutting, OF New Hork; . =
Koepig of New York; Emerson Hougn' = l. D@
and 7 z. Ralph.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
Mr.. CASTRO'S MISSION

Mr Castro has made the world his debtor by
giving il genuine and by no means unfmporCanC
surprise. The secret Of his purpose in visiting
Europe was well kept The story that he was
going abroad for the sake of his health, TO have
8 surgical operation performed, was plausible
and was generally accepted as true. Indeed, 1t
seems to have been true, or largely true. But it
appar rentIy was not the whole nor the major
part of the truth. His prime object, we are now
assured, was and is that of peacemaker- He
expects to negotiate directly with European gov
ernments settlements Of the various controver-
sizes which have vexed the relations between
Venezuela and other countries.
That extraordinary commission is quite char
acteristic of the man. Another would have sent
a minister. Mr.. Castro is his own minister. Az
much az Francia or King Louis, he is the state
AS dictator under the name of President he has
long been executive, legislature, judiciary and
diplomatic service all in one. Nothing could be
more natural, therefore, than that he should
himself set forth TO treat with his fellow mon
archs The only surprising thing is that he
should have intrusted supreme authority IN
Venezuela to another man. But perhaps he
knows bis man.
It is sincerely to be hoped that his e1uaordi-
nary mission will prove successful. The world
has not liked Mr.. Castro. It has had little &C
casion 10 like him or to trust him. It has had
much cause for anlm0slty against MIN. Never
theless 1t is not unwilling to give him "a square
deal'-a squarer deal than he has at times given
to others He is unquestionably man Of ability,
resource and uncommon force Of character. He
may be able to impress the statesmen Of Europe
favorably, and he may also be so impressed by
them that he will assume a more sweetly reason
able attitude toward the world in general It is
earnestly to be hoped that such will be the case
and that his visit to Europe may mark the be
ginning of greatly improved relations between
Venezuela and other nations.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11

wears or more. q pension Of 81 81 week will be
paid to each of his children until the age or
fourteen wears IS reached, and to his widow
until the Youngest child has reached the age
Of fourteen, and similar payments will be made
10 any contributor himself If he becomes In
canacItated through accident or illness The
government is to pay into the fund sum
equal to cne-fourth of all the contributions
Great Britain recently adopted an old age
pension system. under which the benefciaries
do not contribute at all to the fund. It was at
first estimated that it would cost from Sl5'-
100000 to s2oooo.0oo Now it Is reckoned that
the first years cost will be ct least s30.000,oOO
and probably S35,0O0,0o0, while there are IN
creasing demands for the enlargement Of the
scope for the lowering Of the age limit ana TOT
increasing the benefits, which, IL granted, VIII
send the cost up to two or three times the pres
ent estimates The result of this and otner
circumstances IS that the budget Is threatened
with deficit of S45000000 or S50.OOoooO ana
fiscal experts are eagerly looking for fresn
sources of taxation. The rejection OF the
license bill by the House Of Lords was really
a blessing TO the treasury, for it gives an cp-
portunity Of now putting a much heavier Tax
upon the LIQUOR trade. There is also pro
posaI to increase the land tax. This tax was
first imposed IN 1892 and in 1873 was fixed Dy
Pitt st the 1892 valuation of 100000. with
q rate Of assessment not to exceed one shilling
10 the bound The tax now produces only SS
/ $4,000 q year.
On the whole in dealing with the question OF
! old age pensions the British taxpayer Is likely
to wish that the United Kingdom had initiated
! the New ZealanS rather than the French plan
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
About People and Socfof lncfoenTS

of The visit OF Mr. and Mrs Taft was ths rsoep-
,on given by Miss Boardnan tonight. attended eY
an the members OF the Philippdns party
~. xyics-p-eziAeut and Mrs. Fairbanks received
.bA members OF the Waterways Congress a. "a
centfon this afternoon They were the guests az
luncheon to-day Of Senator and MS Cr4he
oIr and Mrs Fairbanks were entertained ar dr.
ner tonight By Mr.. and Mrs. " p Curtis. who
rad as additional guests the Assistant Secretary of
state and Mrs. Bacon Mr. Nogsi. me Swiss Mn
iefsr. Senator Flint Mr.. and Mrs, Ten Eycs Wen
dell Mrs Norman Williams Miss keInrnersr, q
1cs,, YORK Miss Curtis and John 3. Henderson. t
Mrs clifford Pfnchot gave a small reception %
nIqf+ 10 the Governors who are visiting the CITY.
7itb their wives and the members of the Conss-vs-
t,or Commission and their wives Helping Nr4
Pinchot 10 receive were Mrs Fairoan1s Miss Car
non Mrs Garfield. Mrs. Charles P Wood, Mrs..
I,i.bard Butler Mrs william Phelps Emo. Mrs
tIsrbsrt Knox Smith Mrs Becker and N1ss
Stevens.
Mrs Charles P. Wood, who has been listing sss
,s+a- MIS- clifford Pfnchot. for few daZs, VII
return to New York to-HorroE-
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
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Washington, Dec 1a-The Italian AmoaSsador
and Baroness Mayor des Plauches have with them
at the embassy Professor and Signors Ferrero'
who were guests at the White House. They enter
tanned at dinner tonight 70 meet them the Aus
trian Ambassador and Baroness HengelmuIlsr, tne
French Ambassador and Mne. Jusserand, the Bra
lillian Ambassador and Nine. Nabuco Mr.. and
Mrs George c. Lodge Mrs Nicholas Fish, Coun-
tess Rospoptchine, DR.. Wiley, Mr. Thayer. Wis
count de Chambrun and Professor Ravstoh, italian
commercial delegate
The Austrian naval attache and Baroness Preu-
gchen Won 1Ind zu LIebenstein had dining with
them tonight the French naval attache and Nine
de Blanpre the German military attache and
Nine. Won Livonius, Mr. and Mrs Francis B
CrowninshieId, the Italian naval attache. Leuten-
ant FiIippo Camperio, and Baron H2yuerle, Count
Torok and Prince Wfndisch-GTaetz, OF the Au-
gtrian Embassy; Commander Nebolsine. Russian
naval attache, and Baron Richthofsn. OF the
German Embassy.
The British military attachz and the Hon Mrs
James had as dinner guests tonight the Secretary
OF the Interior and Mrs. Garfield, the British Am
bassador and Mrs. Bryce, the chief OF staff and
Mrs. J. Franklin Bell and Brigadier General and
Mrs. Wotherspoon.
The British Ambassador entertained Professor
Ferrero and others ct luncheon to-day Professor
Shadwell, Of England, who has been his guest for
gone time, left here for New York to-day.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
AZ OUTRAGE FORBIDDEN.

1t is relief to know that sense and human-
ity have prevailed at the New Jersey State
Prison and that the revolving proposal TO try
TO resuscltate a who had been judicially
put to death viii not be carried into effect. One
of the official physicians is said to have planned
the job and TO have intended TO perform It.
But the warden Of the prison has vetoed his
design and will not even permit him 10 be
present at the execution.
Now and then the suggestion has been offered
that the state should surrender certain crimi-
nails conyicted Of capital offences TO physicians
and surgeons for YiVisection and other exper-
ments. 1t has not been received with favor
and is not likely 10 be. In the absence of
specific provision Of law il is ditncult 10 see
what legal authority there would be for anv
such work On the contrary, there Is grave
reason TO suspect that the proposed resuscita-
ton might be judcially regarded as q criminal
interference with or attempt to defeat the
processes 1f the Law. Ii successful the expert
ment certainly might cause embarrassing com
pncations Fer the lsT prescribes that the Grim
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
HALL OF CASTS REOPENS.
Department Of Metropolitan na-
sern1 RedrrdFEed.

The public had its h-st opportunity YESTERDAY =
see the rnarv CHANCES which have bs=n z-ad= n
the Hall OF Casts OF The Metropolitan Muss-l1 q
Art when it was reopened after being closed AZ
summer and fall permit the rearrangerlsnr cA
the casts. In the centre OF Ihs hall nov sLa13s
the fgu1re of Nike at the bow OF sal-sr a
originally set I'D in Samothrace. The upper pa-lS
Of the cast and west walls taken up y -
uedtmental groups from the east and wssr ends OF
have been carefully restored. and are row % =
seen for the first time st helzht which gives -
effect sought by the sculptor
Many OF the well known pieces IN the Ni-la.'
collection have been put IN their old plsses' N--'
some Of the larger casts from the Jonn l----,
johnson and Marquand collections have been pass
IN the hall. The walls and screens have been =.
painted IN gray tone, and the archi irecrlrs- e1s
selected bv the New York Chapter or the American
logued a new catalogue OF casts. co1nprlslns a'
the plaster reproductions and architecture o9Ia'
has been prepared by the museum
A selection OF objects from Egypr acquires -
purchase OF by the museum expedition nss y
arranged IN the recent scceSsionS rooms 'f va
Ivthsos Several specimens OF Colored relsf "V- :.
forming part OF the rvo temple chambers ~
are to be up later IN the museum. are -
and there are also two inscribed IaIn5s oE t7fs
doorway bearing the name OF An1enen1ar- So So
Of early kings. small oujscts OF various sor's
pictures showing the country ard the ToFA ''
museum expedition are also shown
The COMMITTEES On reception 81 the opsnAas O =
exhibition OF contemporary German srr Ha7
Monday. January {. for private view u - --@ -.
lection The German Ambassador and CoilS-l "a
eral the president OF the museum. Mt MoEsa"s =
the trustees and directors viii receive tAs $50
There will be music BY the New NorS - ll'pD'1'
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

from The Tribune Brrszu.1
Washington, Dec. 10.-President-elect and Mrs.
Taft took luncheon to-day at the home Of Brigader
General and Mrs. Clarence R Edwards. who invited
to meet them the Secretary Of War and Mrs
Wright the Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
and Mrs. Beekrnan Winthrop, Mr.. satterlee. As
ststaut Secretary Of the Navy; Lieutenant Colonel
and Mrs. N1cCawley. Mr. and Mrs +. A. Keep
Miss Boardrnan and Lieutenant Commander C1eland
Davis
Mr. Taft attended reception this afternoon at
the home OF Thomas r. Walsh for the Trans
Mississippi Congress. and tonight he and Mrs
TAFT dined with Miss Mabel Boardn1sn who invited
all the members OF the party which saI at the table
with Nr Taft on the voyage to and from the Phil
ippines. They were Senator and Mrs. Newlands,
Representative and Mrs. Longworth. Representative
and Mrs. Herbert Parsons, Brgadisr General and
Mrs Clarence r. Edwards and Representative F.
II. Gillett.
One OF the most brilliant and interesting features
New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
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s~[-~rOT,7I .TTaS OPERA HOUSES b"nN'"0
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New-York tribune., 1908-12-11

inal shall be put to death If the experiment
showed that he had not been killed by the
electric shock It would be necessary to supJect
him again to the deadly current, most revolt
ing thing to do. If it were held, however that
he had actually been killed and then restored 10
life either the intent Of the law woulc De
defeated or II would be necessary TO put MIN 10
death q second time.
When a criminal under legal sentence or
death has to all appearances. interts and pur-
poses been legally put to death there should be
no meddling with the course Of the law or win
the laws Of nature Decency and humanity Tor
bid It, and 1t Is gratifying to see that II Is
also forbidden by the warden Of the New Jer-
sey State Prison.