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New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
tart AND JUDICIAL REFORM.

TAFT AND JUDICIAL Reform.
We are glad 10 see that Mr.. Taft gives
a prominent place ON his programme to
the reform Of judicial procedure. He will
seek 10 have commission appointed 10
remodel the processes of the federal
courts in the hope that an example may
lac set i'm them which will be followed
10y the states There is no reform more
needed. and if Mr.. Taft should accom-
plish that and nothing else I'm the course
Of his term of Office ne would deserve
10 rank among the greatest Presidents
because Of the fruitfulness of his admin
istrati0n.
President Taft himself once said that
i'm respect 10 the enforcement az public
and private rights I'm the courts this
country had fallen further short Of ideal
conditions Of government than i'm any
other respect. further short even than in
municipal administration. That is a
grave indictment To bring against the
judicial system of the nation, but il ls
brought 10y a judge OF wide experience
and great ability. and we are disposed
10 believe that il is i'm no degree ex-
aggcrated. Justice is slow and far from
sure. The importance Of technicalities
has been emphasized at the expense OF
common sense. Appeals that are not
necessary 10 accomplish justice are easy
and frequent. Retrials are ordered when
10 the mind of an intelligent layman no
retrial * needed. Courts of the first in
stance have been subordinated and need
reinvigoration. Procedure has been COM
plicated until il is almost impossible
either for pleaders or judges 10 avoid
making mistakes i'm it.
Three or four years ago a case was
decided finally i'm the Court of Appeals
i'm this state which had been before the
New York courts twenty-five years. lt
had been tried before seven juries and
had been in the appellate courts ten
times. The first time il reached the
Court of Appeals the learned court said
that even on the testimony Of the plain
tlfI himself he had no case. but instead
of throwing it cut of court IL ordered
n new trial. That. of course, was a rare
example OF the laws delays, but cxces-
sive and unnecessary appeals are the
order OF the day. And their effect Is,
as Mr.. Taft has pointed out, to give the
man with the longest purse the advan-
tage. lie can wear out his poorer adj
versary's patience or exhaust his sub
stance 10y dilatoTy practices and through
expensive resorts 10 the higher courts.
American judicial procedure needs 10
he so reformed that Of il may be said
what Lord Justice Bowen-quoted 10y
George w Alger in the November issue
OF The Atlantic MOnthly''-said of
English judicial procedure: lit may be
''asserted without fear of contradiction
that il is not possible i'm the year 1887
for an honest litigant in Her Majesty's
supreme Court 10 be defeated 10y any
''mere techniealiiy, amy slip, any mis-
taken step. in his litigation Law
has ceased 10 Ice a scientific game that
may be won or lost by playing some
particular move" Let the courts see
that substantial justice is done, not that
are observed.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs. John Jacob Astor arrived IN town
yesterday from French Lick Springs. md.
where she has been for the last ten days.
She was accompanied BY her young daugh-
ter Alice and by Mr.. and Mrs. l. $. ThOmp-
son. OF Red Bank. ". j. Immediately ON
reaching the city Mrs. Astor was driven To
the home OF Mrs BENJAMIN 5. Guinness.
No Washington Square North. where shs
VIII remain for the next two weeks. when
she will sail for Europe and spend tas
winter In London
Mrs. Stephen IT, p Pell has returned 20
town from Hot Springs. Va, where ana
spent several weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. James speyer. who have
been at their home IN Madison avenue since,
their arrival from Europe a week ago. Iefr
town yesterday for their country place at
Scarborough. n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Edey have ar
rived in town from Hot Springs. Va Mrs
Edey was among those seen at the HORSE
Show yesterday afternoon
GrenvilIe Clark. who will marry Ms,
Fanny p. Dwight. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel A. Dwight. this month. gives
his farewell bachelor dinner this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry c.. Trevor have re-
turned 10 town from Southampton, Long
Island.
Miss Dorothy TOler. daughter OF Mrs.
Henry p. TOler. viii be married 70 John
Hone Auerbach. in 81. Georges Church.
ON December I5
Mrs. Louis T. Hoyt. who spent the sum
mer in Europe. has just arrived IN New
York.
Miss Helen COster. who has been IN town
throughout the week. returned yesterday
10 Tuxedo Miss Coster and her mother.
Mrs. Charles H. CosteT will come 10 town
next week for the season.
Lady JohnstOne. wife OK Sir Alan John
stone. British Minister at Copenhagen.
has arrived in town. and is the guest Ot
her brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and
Mrs. Amos r. Emo PinchOt. at their house
in Park avenue. Later Lady JOhnstOns
viii go 20 Washington 10 stay with her
mother, Mrs. James W. PinchOt.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
SANITY IN LOCAL MATTERS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | am glad that The Tribune has re-
duced the price to one cent and / have
no doubt that the enterprise and pluck
which prompted this move will be reward
ed I'm the form OF an immensely increased
circulation. 1t is indeed something to put
a clean. reliable and well conducted paper
like yours in the hands of the masses. as
the reduction in the price will undoubtedly
do
This is a day of enterprise. and The Trib-
une. 1 know. has already attained host
OF new readers. Its broad-minded. sane
way Of treating local matters. especially
during the last campaign. OF which the
less said the better. has won universal
admiration. 1 wish The Tribune every
success. WALTER SMYTH.
Brooklyn, Nov. IL 1909
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

viduals is quito compatible with excellent
health. The tendency is. however. for boys
end youths who are not physically strong
TO indulge In the habit. 1t Is a habit which
grows upon them IL undoubtedly interreres
with the bodily functions. impairs growth
and the digestion. interferes with the circu-
latory system. impairs memory and dirnin-
ishes viii power: and II INDUCED In before
maturity IT is harmful In very largo de-
gree"
'Did you secure an autograph from Mr..
Dustin StaxT'
Yes" answered the girl with the album.
it?''
II should say so. He put his signature
as close to the top OF the page as possible.
so that nobody can write anything over
II. Washington Star.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
THE TARIFF AND BROTHER SAM.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The following campaign incident
occurred recently when the tariff was the
paramount issue:
At country store in Maryland was col
lected company of good Democrats, who
were denouncing the iniquities of the Re
publican tariff, which robbed the poor
farmers and other workmen To swell the
fortunes of the constituencies manufacture
ers and capitalists" made the rich ricner
and the poor poorer" etc. AS is usual I'm
such cases. those who knew least of the
subject and had least at stake were loudest
mouthed i'm repeating the catch phrases OF
the campaign orators.
Among those present were three brothers.
who had some years before been started in
life by well-to-do father. each with a
good farm, well stocked and with the
parents example OF energy and industry
as incentive and guide. Two OF them were
steady and thrifty. and consequently pros
porous, while the third son. SAM" event
with the boys" frollcked and had a good
time generally for a while. but as a nat
ural result went behindhand and was in
difficulties.
The brothers were all Democrats by birth
and education. but one of them occasion
ally did some thinking ON his own account
During the general denunciation of the
great outrage upon the people he was
called upon TO swell the chorus OF indig-
nant protest and abuse. lie responded:
Yes. boys. there Is no doubt hut that
the damned tariff is all you say IL Is and
more. 4 can't honestly see where IL has
hurt Joe and me, but II certainly has
played the devil with Sam"
Probably many of the listeners failed 10
perceive the sarcasm. but the point prIcked
here and there. no doubt. At any rate. thar
old Democratic stronghold gave a decreased
majority at the ensuing election
JAMES l.. STABLER.
Washington. Nov. .. 1903.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
HOSPITAL GETS s15O,OOo.
w. ". Lawrence Endows Bronxville In
stitution He Founded.

IL was announced at Mount Vernon yes
terday that W. V. Lawrence, a real estate
operator, with offices at No. 10S Park ave
nue.. had given the sum of SlJ00o0 70 the
Lawrence Hospital. at BrOnxville. This
hospital was completed in June, and was
paid for entirely by Mr. Lawrence, the
amount being about Si25OeO- The village
hall at Bronxville. erected at cost OF
about 5000, was also the gift of Mr.. Law
renee.
OF the $4,000 which Mr. Lawrence has
now presented TO the hospital il is stipu-
lated that $4,000 is TO go for the erection of
home for nurses. adjoining the hospi-
tal while the remaining s100,oo is To be
used as an endowment fund toward pay
ing the running expenses of the hospital
Mr.. Lawrence lives at BrOnXville during
the summer months. and at No. $50 Fifth
avenue during the winter.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
NELVILLE'S TURBINE GEAR

A few weeks ago several technical
papers printed descriptions Of the
mechanism which Rear Admiral Mel
vile has invented for the purpose OF
better adapting the high speed of a
steam turbine 10 the work of propel-
ling ships, but most of these publications
refrained from commenting on the de-
vice. This week, however, Engineer
ing News" while cOnceding that under
ordinary conditions the teeth of Adj
miral Melville's gearing would be equal
10 the strain put upon them, has mis-
givings about the result when the sea is
rough enough TO throw the screws out
OF water. At such times the waves
strike propellers with terrific violence.
and occasionally wrench the shafts so
as 10 fracture them. Engineering
News" holds that the gearing wouId
be such delicate part OF the machine
that II would give way before the shafts
would. How much pougding the appa-
ratus would stand before the teeth would
he stripped off and the ship disabled
no engineer would prOphesy," says our
contemporary. adding that mo vessel OF
much value is likely to be hazarded in
"a trial of the device"
When, IN addition 10 the doubts which,
at least one high authority in engineer
Ing entertains regarding the feasibility
Of Admiral Melvilles plan, the reserve
or other disinterested experts is con-
sidered, the public must feel extremely
uncertain about the value of the solu.
ton which the American naval officer
has offered for an important problem.
Perhaps actual tests at sea will vet
demonstrate lis efficiency, but it GER
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
BISHOP BEAvEN WINS APPEAL.
Catholics Debarred from Jury and Prsl-
ate Lost Case.

Boston. Nov. 12-Similarity in religiOus
belief between members OF a jury and a
party in suit should be no bar 60 its
adjudication. according 10 the decision II
the supreme Court to-day IN sustaining
the defendants exceptions in an action on
a land title brought by George T.. Scale.
Of Easthampton. against Bishop Beavcn. a
Catholic prelate OF Springfield.
Judge Dana. in the Superior Court. eN-
cluded two jurors from the case on tho
ground that they were Catholics. and that
Bishop Beaven held the property in East
hampton in trust. The jury returned a
verdict for Scale. and Bishop Beaven ap-
pealed To the higher court. which sustained
him
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
IN THE BERkSHIRES.
IBy Telegraph 70 The tribune J

Lenox. Nov. Inn. and Mrs. Joseph r.
ChOate. who were called 10 New York BY
the illness Of Miss Mabel Choate, have re-
turned to Naumkeag.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Innes Kane have closed
their cottage and returned TO New York.
COrtlandt Field Bishop has arroved at
the Naples from New York.
Miss Mary Weyman has closed her cot
tage and gone to New York She will sail
fer Europe the Last OF the month
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 5. Nellen have re-
turned 20 their villa from New Haven
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
People and Social incidents

Mrs. Eban Erskin. Of New York. who WIN
be here several days
Mrs. Robert Roosevelt and Miss Olxs
Roosevelt will return to Washington to-
morrow from a visit OF several days In
New York.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
WILL GERMANY SUPPORT TURKEY?

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The report that Turkey is 10 build
a feet OF Dreadnoughts suggests these
questions:
VIII they be built in German shipyards.
with the proceeds of German loan?
Will they be commanded by German Of
ficers?
Is there a treaty. of mutual support in
time Of war, between Turkey and Ger
many?
Is William now ready 20 join England in
a limitation of armament?
Brooklyn, Nov. 10, 1909. j. d c.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
IDy telegraph 70 The TribJ

IBy IeIesraph % The Tribune
Newport, Nov 13.-Nfr. and Mrs. T. sur
fern Taller are visitors here for a few days.
7. j. Oakley RhineIander is a guest at tho
Muenchinger King cottage
Mrs. j. J. Mason has returned from New
York
Mrs. A. G. Dulles is to close her Newport
home next Friday.
Captain q. McTS Winslnw is visiting his
family here.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Thss neloSpaper is OtCned and pub
lishod by The Tribune Association.
Nctc York corporation; Office aud pTin-
cipoI place Of business. Tribune Build
fRg. 30. ls4 Nassau street, Nctc York;
O0Gea MfHs. president; Henry w.
Sackotf. secretary; James ~. Barrett,
treasurer. The cddreSS Of The officers is
TIC Office OF this RelCspGper.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Whatever may be the comparative
merits of other ports and stations in the
Pacific. IT is gratifying to know that az
last Pearl Harbor is to be improved and
utilized I'm an appropriate manner. There
can be no question of it's enormous nat
ural value. Moreover. IL was for the sake
of enjoying it that this country took the
first step which inevitably and logically
led TO the acquisition of Hawaii. IL has
not been creditable To our enterprise
that we have so long left that splendid
possession neglected. 1t will be we'll now
TO improve ii to the fullest extent.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

The Paris judge who is trying Nine.
Steinheil was right in the reply which
he made TO her threat that she would
make some disclosures which would be
embarrassing TO important personages.
He told her that she was free to say
anything which she desired To say.
Thereupon, as might have been expected.
she said nothing. 1t was not the first
time that the trick of making vague and
ominOus threats had been tried in
criminal trial Sometimes it may have
been successful in frightening the prose-
cution. but whenever it has been bravely
defied, as in this case, its hollOwness has
been betrayed.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
HARVARD AERO CLUB eNRolLs 500

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. i2-rhat aero
nauties is proving popular at Harvard
University is shown By the fact that fho
Aero club has enEcllcd ave hundred m&nr
berA
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
TEMPTATION.

From The Rochester Union and Advertiser.
It Is not right to steal we are told but
when Thanksgiving turkeys are between 25
and 10 cents pound 10 makes a difference.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
TAMMANY FASTING AND PRAYER.

From The Troy Press (Deml.
The Tammany Tiger should add PRAYER
To fasting. and then 10 may emerge from
It's lair transformed and triumphant
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
AERIAL DANGERS.

From The Albany Journal
collision in midair between the pricex
eS cotton and meats is imminent
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
Ifip-uprk Gribu!re.

SATURDAY. NOVEMBER l3, 1899.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
FOR SCHOOLS. sS,457, $50.
Accommodations for $1,000 Pupils -.
ranged BY Board of Estimats.

The Board OF Estimate and Apocrt.aa-
ment appropriated yesterday S;.457.5e -
educational purposes. as follows.
Girls High School. Brooklyn.
addition ..,.:.. :. .......,. 81. 100000
addition ........., 10000
Erasmus High school Bruok-
iyn. addition. ......-..,..-. fOOOoO
Public school -. Herkimcr
,,. street. RrGokiyn. -. 2I1ooo- Si tti.coo
haitian. now. .............. 100000
Public school t66. Brookiyu
Public school I2o Brookiyn.
Pubnc school :. queens. Long
Island ely. new ..... .......,- Y7OOon
PUBLIC School 92. Queens. ~
rOra. rev ..........-......--
Public school 81 queens.
Richmond Htli. new. ..-...... los. .OcO
woodhaveU new. .....,..... l9Gooo
Ridscw0od new -. ..-.... Sa0OoO--s ola 30
Total ............. & 10000
sites -..--......-........... SIT $50
IT,, -,
The resolutions passed yesterday. together
with those adopted within the last two
weeks BY the Beard OF Estimate. provide
for the construction OF twenty-elght new
sehoolhouses. with accommodations Tor
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

McCooey is fine name for the dove
OF peace which is brooding over Brook
lyn.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Imperfect communication with ia
maica having been established by way
of the Colon cable and wireless mes
sages from ships in the Caribbean Sea.
it is now known that the recent hurri-
cane caused no loss of life, but it is evil
dent that the damage to property has
been enormous. So often have fruit
crops been ruined and buildings wrecked
on the island by tropical storms that lit
tie imagination is needed To picture the
situation, which unquestionably calls for
lively sympathy. Either on the shores
of Jamaica or I'm West Indian waters
il is probable that nearly or quite a
dozen vessels have been wrecked.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

AS there is nothing at all discreditable
I'm having the hookworm disease. il
would be the most natural thing in the
world to report eases which might exist
in New York. AS DR.. Darlington has re-
ceived no official notice of any. his skepti-
cism regarding the statement of Miss
Davis. made in New Orleans. is fully war
ranted. ,ssa-
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Edey have ar
rived in town from Hot Springs. Va Mrs
Edey was among those seen at the Horse
Show yesterday afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

The resolution of the Board of Esti-
mate and Apportionment to construct
twenty-eight new school buildings is an
evidence of the effectiveness of Mr.. Ban
nard's campaign.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Grenville Clark. who viii marry Mss
Fanny p. Dwight. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs Daniel A. Dwight. this month. gives
his farewell bachelor dinner this evening.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

MI and Mrs James Speycr. who have
been at their home In Madison avenue since
their arrival from Europe a week ago. left
town yesterday for their country place at
Scarborough. ". Y.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Mr.. and Mrs Henry G. Trevor have re-
turned to town from Southampton. Long
Island.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Mrs. Stephen II. p. Pell has returned 20
town from Hot Springs. Va. where she
spent several weeks
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Miss Dorothy TOler. daughter OF Mrs.
Henry p. TOler. will be married 20 John
Hone Auerbach. in 81. Georges Church.
ON December Il.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Mr.. r.. Il. Creager, Mr.. Rentfro and other
devilish Republican gentlemen in the fed
erai service visited Houston yesterday.
When we beheld their sartorial excellence
and the arrogantly happy look upon their
countenances deep from an agonized and
Democratic soul came the sigh, How long,
y Lord, how lOng?''-HoustOn Post.
How long can such hunger and thirst
continue without producing delirium and
exhaustion?
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Mrs. Louis T. Ifoyt. who spent the sum
mer in Europe. has just arrived IN New
York.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-13

Miss Helen Coster. who has been IN town
throughout the week. returned yesterday
To Tuxedo Miss COster and her mother.
Mrs Charles H. COsteT will come To town
next week for the season.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-16
A Suggestion to Food Consumers.
Orleans States

New Orleans States:
DR.. W. w. Keen, one of the most
prominent of Philadelphia's medical
men, in a communication to the Pub
lie Ledger, takes the position that,
whether the use of benzoate of soda
for n month or three months is de-
leterious to health is, in fact, not all
important, because it is evident that
any drug used as a food preservative.
eaten constantly year in and year out,
by the community must affect the
health deleteriously, hence it is most
undesirable. But aside from this fact,
DR.. Keen remarks that all such drugs
used to preserve different foods open
he door for decayed articles which are
deleterious to the health.
THE remedy" he says "is in the
hands of the public, and is a very sim
pie one. The recen ruling as to ben
zoate of soda requires that every can
in which it is used shall have that
fact stated on the label. have warn
ed my grocer that | will not accept
such food for use, and that if furnish
ed to me | shall simply change my gro
GER. 1t is just as easy to obtain gro
ceries a mile away by use of the tele-
phone as it is from a store fifty feet
away. If the public will refuse to pur-
chase goods containing benzoate of
soda. the manufacturers will quick
ly stop using it,"
1t is evident that DR.. Keen deals
with the benzoate of soda controyer-
sy in the proper way and suggest the
surest way of avoiding deleterious eff
fects attaching to the constant eating
OF food preserved by the use of the
drug. In other words, he advises the
public to decline to purchase any
food product in which benzoate of
soda is used, no matter in what
amount and thus makes assurance
doubly sure. 1t is well to say that the
manufacturers Of prepared foods in
which no drugs whatever are used as
p~reservatives are beginning to adver-
tise their products and the govern
ment's guarantee Of inspection, hence
the public will have no difficulty in
knowing what they should buy, and
what they should avoid because the
pure food law requires the name and
amount of drugs used as preserya-
tfves to be printed and attached to the
package.
The Washington Herald remarks.
what is plainly a fact, that the Amer
lean people are with DR.. Wiley in his
pure food fight, because he is fighting
for the consumer against the unwor-
thy class Of manufacturers who adul-
terate food or preserve it by means of
d~eleterious Ingredients. The consum-
err o. this country have very few
champions and when they have one
they appreciate his services. This is
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-16
I'VE Have Many Similar"

The following is an extract from a
letter received from Mr.. H. H. Meyers
of Stuttgart, Ark: You would greatly
oblige me if you would introduce
Hunts Lightning Oil at Millidgeville,
ILL.,, as l have many friends and rela-
tives there, in whom l am much con-
cerned, and | understand the Oil is not
kept there. l can recommend it as
the best medicine / have ever had in
my house. 1t cured me of a bad case
OF the Bloody F1ux in less than one
half hour, and it cured my grand
daughter of a bad case of Cholera
MOrbus in a very short time"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-03-16

the reason why the people have rallied
to DR.. Wiley and to protest against
the war which has been made on him.
They are aware of the fact that the
fight for pure foods must go on until
it ends in complete victory.