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New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
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cohVlcts fed on a diversity of food, and es-
pecially on pumpkin pie are all well be-
haVcd- He said that at camps where such
diet was offered they had not whipped a
convict for more than month"
Il wonder" commented Busy Man. If
the pie bakers strike in New York lust at
this time is responsible for the vast
amount of i'll temper displayed in the
nlayoralty campaign? What has the fair
sex been doing to make history
The first woman to prove her mastery
of the aeroplane made flight of four miles
at Chalons. France, in a Voisin machine
She is Nine. de Ia Roche, TWENTY-FIVE wears
old. She showed much assurance in man
aging the machine. Mrs. r. H. Van De-
man, wife of Captain Van Deman, of the
list Infantry, is the first woman to fy
through the air of the Western Hemis-
phere- She won that honor at College Park
Nd, when she remained aloft in a Wright
aeroplane for four minutes as a passenger
in the machine which Wilbur Wright sold
TO the government. Justice Isaac N Mills
granted an application for referee to take
testimony In the separation suit brought by
Mrs. John Jacob AstOr In this city against
her husband, Colonel John Jacob Astor, the
present head of the Astor family. Mrs.
Irene Frizelle Isman, wife of Felix Isrnan.
real estate operator and theatrical hacker.
obtained a decree OF divorce in Philadel-
phia. The will of Caroline Phelps Stokes
sister of Anson Phelps Stokes and aunt of
J. G. Phelps Stokes and Mrs Robert Hun
ter, makes specific bequests of more than
100000 to charitable institutions and leaves
the residue of an estate estimated at be-
tween s3,0O0.000 and 100000 for the erection
of moderr 'tenements. the education of ne
Groes in Africa and the United States and
for the education of North American Ind
ians and needy and deserving white stu
dents.
Mrs. Chaplin. a suffragette furnished
thrill at the Bermondsey London, by-eleC-
tion when she smashed a bottle containing
corrosive acid upon a balIot-box. Her in
tention was to destroy the ballots i'm the
box as a protest against the exclusion OF
women from the right of franchise. The
liquid spattered, and not only made almost
illegible a hundred or so ballots which had
been cast for a member of Parliament but
so seriously injured one eye of polling
clerk that he had TO be taken to a hos
pital AT the same time Alice Neilan. an
other militant suffragetse. went into an
ether polling booth and tried to pour bottle
of acid into the balot-hox. but she man
aged only TO burn the fingers of the election
officials. Both women were arrested. One
Kentucky girl with shotgun. which she
used with good aim. put to flight forty
masked Night Riders who attacked the
house to whip her father
Heaven forbidI exclaimed Busy Man.
fervently, that those Blue Grass bellies
should eve become inoculated with the
female Suffrage bug, What could we do
them"
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

dred and fifty for the army and navy
and the remainder for the civil service;
and it is particularly provided that no
naval or military officer can be nomi-
mated for this class of the order unless
he has been mentioned in the dispatches
as having distinguished himself in the
face OF tine enemy Moreover, it cannot
be bestowed upon any officer of inferior
rank TO that of major in the army and of
commander in the royal navy. When it
is borne in mind that King Edward has
some three hundred million people sub
ject TO his rule it will readily be seen
that to possess the Order of the Bath.
which does not exceed all told some
fourteen hundred knights, every one of
whom has rendered conspicuous service
to the state, constitutes a highly priced
honor and much valued dignity.
To the best of my knowledge there has
been only one American citizen who as
such has ever been decorated with the
Order of the Bath namely-Commande
Pearson. OF the United States navy, who
received it in recognition of the valuable
"4iio-4 AS ieIlueitu III 1So4 TO
Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus Kuper at the
bombardment of Shimonoseki, the
stronghold of Shimadzu. the an-powerful
Dalmio of Satsuma. whose granddaugh-
ter was recently in this country as con-
sort of the imperial japanese Prince
Kuni
To Henry " belongs the merit of hay
ing founded the Order of the Bath, on
the occasion of his coronation. and it is
related by Froissart that he selected
forty-siX of his most trusted and valued
followers for the distinction. Their title
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
Constant Reader Tells Him What He Missed
in Last Weeks Paners

What has been the most exciting feat
ure OF the local campaign for Mayor this
week. asked Busy Man when he met Con-
stant Reader last evening
The charge made by q writer in Nc
Clure's Magazine" was the reply. Ito the
effect that the white slave traffic is sys-
tematically carries in this city and is
protected by Tammany politicians. Both
Congressman William S. Bennett, who is
managing Mr.. Bannard's campaign, and
Chairman Parsons Of the Republican Coun-
~ Committee, accepted the challenge OF
Charles f. Murphy. who vigorously denied
the truth Of the Mcclure article. affirmed
the existence of the traffic. As 10 the
charge that influential Tammany men
protect the business. Mr.. Bennet said that
fammany Hall, whenever it could do so,
had obstructed every effort for the protec-
uon Of the young girls Of the city, while
hr. Parsons declared that some persons
connected with the evil aid Tammany in
primaries and elections and are protected
sor this assistance.
'Denouncing the author as an ignorant
olgot and reckless falsifier, William J. Cay
nor. in an extended statement, declared the
article wicked slander UPON the entire
city. published for political capital. George
Kibbe Turner the author. in reply gave out
q statement IN which he said that he based
his charge Of Tammany's connection with
the traffic upon the red light disclosures in
1901. upon the recent trial tn Chicago, upon
disclosures AZ Philadelphia a few years ago
and upon the character of the personnel of
election district captains in several East
Side Tammany districts. Ex-Police Com
missioner Bingham and cX-District Attor-
ney Eugene 4. Phllbin came out strongly in
assertions that political influence has been
largely identified with the so-called white
slave trade aud cadet system, which, they
cay, has foUrished here for many years. in
spite Of efforts now and then to put an end
10 the disreputable traffic
IF Tamma4ay does not know of the traffic
ia women which goes on at its doors. A
great many other people do" said Busy
Hsn. An Organization which nominates
ECesch. the gent Of a procuress in her re-
iations with the poiiee, to a iudgeship will
hardly object TO having procurers as its
district captains.
-'Mr. Caynor," continued Constant Read
er ''stsrted a suit for libel against The
Hew York World the only important
newspaper that is supporting him for
Mayor He asked $Io0oJ0 for damages ghe
complaint is based Oh an article In
The Evening World 80
"Gaynor's action reminds me- said
Busy Man of a condemned convict that
spi:s at the kind hearted clergyman who
fEsisss upon accompanying MIN 10 the cleo
trtc chair. proffcrin, unwelcone advice To
the bitter end"
.Ma..y voters" continued ConstGat Read
CT. who at first thought Hearst was the
candidate most likely TO beat Gaynor.
have changed their minds and will vote for
Eannaro, and many who at first thought
Gaynor might make good Mayor have
been cured of that idea by Gaynof him
self, vino has sunk quickly from plying
to enduring. and finally 10 emhrs cling Tam
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

many Hall and all its evil works. going
so far as to declare that even if elected he
could not and would not remain in Office
if the fusion Board of Estimate was elected
with him"
And he once thought nused Busy
Man, that he ought TO be nominated by
all parties and be elected unanimously!
But. anyway. Tammany has been in office
too long for the public good.
When was it in office for that asked
Constant Reader.
Busy Man laughed. What has been
going on in the business world?" he asked.
Fulfilling expectations of Wall Street.
the United States Steel directors advanced
the corporations common dividend to !
per cent for the September quarter This
is an advance Of u per cent over the June
dividend and of y per cent over the one
preceding that. This returns the common
stock to the basis at which it started out
in 1901
The largest order for railroad equipment
since the slump of 1907 was announced by
the New York Central Railroad The sys-
TEN has placed contracts for Il, $50 freight
cars. 325 locomotives and 1877 passenger cars.
The expenditure involves about $25 900 900.
The New York Central is also arranging
the final details for letting contracts for
steel rails for 1910 delivery These orders
will total $4,000 tons and Will cost about
$4,000
THE purpose of the government to stamp
out customs frauds at this port was re-
vealed in striking way when Philip
Musica, who had pleaded guilty TO the
charge Of entering cheese that was under
weighed, was arraigned for sentence in the
United States court The corrupt combina-
ton that has been defraudins the govern
ment received body blow when Judge
Holt sentenced Musica to one year at the
Elmira Reformatory and to pay a fine OF
5000
The Union Life Insurance Company OF
New York. was put out of business by the
State Insurance Department. and its policies
were transferred without cost or loss to the
holders TO the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company This is the first large life in
surance company TO be wound up under
provisions Of the new insurance law passed
last spring, which does away with costly
receiverships and gives the state depart
ment power TO liquidste companies.
Holding that the statute of limitations
operated 10 protect Two Of the men indicted
with the Sugar Trust directors under the
Sherman act last July, United States Judge
Holt handed down IA decision which. it is
believed makes impossible the prosecution
Of John +. Parsons, Washington E. Thomas
and others for the conspiracy that resulted
in the closing of the Pennsylvania Sugar
Refinery. II holds. in brief, that the Of
fence com planned OF was not a continuing
offence. but vas complete before January
:. 1904, and that the statute OF limitations
began to run as soon tie Offence WAS
complete. Judge Hcit dismissed the indict-
ments against Kissel and Harmed"
If am glad to learn" said Busy Man,
that there is at least one law which the
Sugar Trust holds in reverence, even If II
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

knots and mean of 2l.A In order to at
tain this speed the Delaware's engines were
forced to develop 30,O0 horsepower the
highest ever made by frst-class battle
ship.
The journal of the British Astronomical
Association, referring to the changes OBJ
served in Mars in September says these
phenomena are unparalleled in past records
The obliteration of the markings on the
surface of the planet by gloomy yellow
veil indicates some catastrophe on 4
gigantic scale. some cataclysm which
dWarfs the most violent tellurian earth
quake and may have ended forever the
Martians struggle for life. Can you credit
that?"
DO you remember asked Busy Man,
the old adage which says. Truth is more
of stranger than fction'?"
President Taft" continued Constant
Reader, "one of his Cabinet officers. 1T
congressman, headed by Speaker Cannon,
and Y governors embarked at st. Louis
for New Orleans and all intermediate
points. Mr. Taft. in speech, declared
against the contract or piecemeal system
of river improvement. This had cost the
government, he said, s5O0,00O0OO already
with no good results worth mentioning
we issue s50O,00O,Co0 or s1,OO0,GOO 600 of bonds
for waterways and then that we just ap-
portion part to the Mississippi and part to
the Atlantic, part TO the Missouri and a
part TO the Ohio. | am opposed to it, |
am opposed to it because 1t not only smells
of the pork barrel but it will be the pork
barrel itself. Let every project stand on
its own bottom
John +. Ahearn was illegally elected TO
the office of President OF the Borough of
Manhattan by the Board of Aldermen
after he mad been removed from office by
Governor Hughes, according to a decision
rendered by the Court of Appeals. Gov
ernor Hughes found Ahearn guilty of
charges of misconduct in office Following
his removal, the Board of Aldermen re-
elected him for the term for which he had
been originally elected
'Brookyn's three years fight for the
Fourth avenue subway was won when the
Board of Estimate by unanimous "cte
approved the contracts for the first six
sections and appropriated s2.s50.OoO for me
work to begin Immediately
Professor Thomas y. Carver, of Har-
ward University, declared that profanity,
as il is employed to-day, has lost its old
time significance. and that 1t is used many
times out of pure habit or is an unthink-
ing utterance OF the first sentence that
comes to the lips Hence he would do
away with the commandment against pro-
fame utterances and substitute for It one
which reads Thou shalt not drink to
drunkenness nor bewilder thyself sith
strong drink "
IF a college president. said Busy Man.
may originate "a new religion. ii professor
is no doubt entitled TO amend q command
ment. but are there not already enough
temptations TO allure men to the flowing
bowl"
The superintendent OF the Arkansas
penitentiary. at Little Rock" continued
Constant Reader issued an order instruct
ing all convict camps in that state to give
their men pumpkin pie four days each
week. He believes experiments show that
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

his offlce to hew them from their heels"
For whenever q knight was sentenced to
degradation for treason or dishonorable
conduct by the sovereign, his gold spurs,
which were among the chief insignia of
his dignity, were hewn from his heels
by the master cook of the monarch.
Every article Of the new knights equip
ment and raiment was claimed in
similar fashion by officers of the court
and had to be redeemed by payment of
fees
Though all this quaint old ceremonial
has long since been abolished. and
quasi-public ablutions no longer form
part and parcel thereof, the investiture
being restricted to the sovereigns stroke
of the sword on the shoulder and to the
fastening of the insignia TO the uniform
yet these fees, dating from medieval
times, still survive: and While in the
case of a Knight of the Bath they are
relatively light in that a Knight of the
Garter the amount exceeds $4,000. Not
one penny piece of this goes into the
Golfers of the Crown or the state, but is
absorbed by functionaries about the
court, who exact the money as their
laufu1 Darrujcitac
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EUROPEAN ADVERTISEMENTS.
LONDON HOTELS.
ticable, paid the fees himself instead

ticable, paid the fees himself instead
The last occasion of the bath playing a
role in the ceremony of investiture seems
to have been in 1910. when Henry. the
eldest son of James l. was created Prince
of Wales. In memory of the circum-
stances of the foundation of the order
by Henry ". each monarch on his or
her coronation has signalized that event
by adding a number OF new knights to
the roster
Just in the same way as st. Georges
Chapel. at Windsor, is affected by the
Order of the Garter. st. Paurs Cathe
dral by the Order Of 81. Michael and
ST. George, and St Giles's at Edinburgh
by the Order of the Thistle the project
of restoring Holyrood Chapel for use as
in olden times as the chapel of the or
der having been abandoned). so is West
minister Abbey the particular place of
worship of the knights OF the Order OF
the Bath, and the banners of those who
possess the first class hang above the
carved oaken stalls assigned 10 them in
Henry Wis Chapel.
On the accession of Edward VII he
appointed his only brother. the soldier
Duke of Connaught. as grand master of
the order, reviving for his sake an Of
flee which had been in abeyance ever
since the death of John MOntagu. second
Duke of Montagu, in the reign OF George
H. The extent to which appointment
and promotion in the order are dependent
upon service is shown by the fact that
,lo Of
naught was general in the army and
had commanded as such the troops Of
the Bombay Presidency, he merely pos
sessed the second class of the Bath, as
4 knight commander; while il was not
until last summer that Vice Admiral
Prince Louis of Battenberg. on the Oc-
casion of the official celebration of
King Edwards birthday. was promoted
to the first class of the military divl-
sion.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

is the statute Of limitations Any persons
of Importance die?"
Justice Rufus Wheeler Peckham, of the
United States Supreme Court died at Cool
more. his summer home at Altamont AL
bany County y. !. Hardening of the ar
teries brought on the fatal attack. Rear
Admiral Henry Erben Getredl, about the
last of the old sea fighters of the Civil War,
died suddenly at his home in this city.
Major General Elwell Stephen Otis [. S.
a. retired), died at his home in Roches-
ter. The Right Rev. William Hobart
Hare. Protestant Episcopal Bishop of South
Dakota. died at Atlantic City. General OH
yer Otis Howard, L. S. a. (retired), died at
his home in Burlington. Vt. from heart dis
case. John r. Van Wormer, vice-president
and general manager of the Lincoln SAFE
Deposit and Warehouse Company. president
of the New York Athletic Club and for
nierly secretary to the Postmaster General
OF the United States, died in this city Colo
mel Theodore \. Dodge died in Paris He
was a military historian, and served in the
regular army during the Civil War. He
was president of the American Club of
Paris. p II. Mclaughlin, former Chief OF
Police of Brooklyn, and later deputy chief
III greater New York. died in a sanatorium
at Colorado Springs. Major General Rob-
ert r. Hughes. l. S A. (retired), died at
Overbrook Penn.
Prince Hirobumi Ito the best known of
japanese statesmen, met his death at the
hands of an assassin at the railway sta
ton of Harbin while he was advanc-
ing to meet the Russian Finance Min
lister. who had come from St Petersburg
to discuss with him questions affecting the
future Of Manchuria. The assassin used
dUmdum bullets which had been poisoned
with cyanide. He said that he was one of
an organization of twenty Coreans who had
taken an oath that they would Kill the Jap
anese statesman in revenge for the con-
quest of Corea.''
Even a worm will turn sometimes"
said Busy Man What else has happened
that ought to remember"
John d. Rockefeller set aside a fund of
100000 for the purpose Of ightiug the
'hookworm disease that recently discov-
cred malady which has been called the
vampire of the South because it produces
the dirt eaters and the poor white trash
who for generations have retarded South
ern progress. Mr.. Rockefeller also ap-
pointed a committee of the leading scien-
tStS OF the CounIfy-OHlclalIy styled the
Rockefeller Commission for the Eradica-
tion of the Hookworm Disease to admin
lister the fund.
John evidently has no fear that the
hookworm viii turn. said Busy Man hut
don't let me interrupt you"
Leon De la Grange, the French aviator.
flying q Blerot monoplane, at Doncaster.
England, broke the worlds speed record
He travelled mile and $50 yards in / min
ute and a Is seconds. This was at d rate
of nearly fifty-tour miles an hour The
battleship Delaware. first American fight
ing ship OF the Dreadnought type. exceeded
her speed requirements on her screw stand
ardization run over the measured mile
course in Penobscot Bay. While her con
tract calls for speed OF y kaots
she attained a maximum speed OF 2lSS
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
CHARMS OF LENOX
Many Enjoying Them-An
.lttractire FlOzcer Shoe.

Ienox. Mass. Oct S0.-A remarkable
showing of chrysanthemums. roses. orchids
and other cut flowers, beautiful plants and
palms and a collection OF vegetables in the
annual exhibition of the IsenOx horticultural
show this week have been OF interest TO the
cottagers and hotel guests. The competi-
ton among the cottagers for awards for
chrysanthemums and other blooms Is keen
Competing in the show this year were
pI IOducts from the greenhouses and gar
dens of William D. Sloane, Giraud Foster
Mrs John Sloane. Spencer P. ShOtter, Mrs.
George Westinghouse, Mrs. Robert Win
throp Robert W. Paterson and Mrs. John
T.. Parsons.
The Maplewood Hotel in Pittsfeld has
had a most successful season Opening early
in May Its proprietor. Arthur ". Plumb,
introduced many changes. A new and
spacious dining rom. which speedily became
known as one of the prettiest in the county,
and most attractive private dining room
furnished with old mahogany. were among
the improvements. The motorist in Pitts
field found the fine appointments and the
table TO his liking, and passed the word
along" The result was tourist business
unprecedented.
At the same time the regular visitors 20
the Maplewood did not neglect to make
their annual sOjOUrn there. Mr.. and Mrs
Miguel Martinez and Miss Carmen E. Mar
tinez who arrived early. are remaining to
the close of the hotel before returning 10
New York. Some of the late arrivals at the
hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Luther COnant, jr-,
Washington; Mrs. Henry W. Bishop. Miss
Jessica Bishop. Chicago; Mrs A J. Cum
mock Miss Juliana Cutting. New York: Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Refs. the Misses Refs. w.
Z. Refs. jr.: Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Moore
and Miss Moore. of New York.
The Curtis Hotel viii be open all the
year. Some OF the late guests at the hotel
are Mrs. Gustave Ansinclx. Mrs. W. S. ker-
nochan, Miss Louise Taylor. Miss Fanny
Johnson. Mrs. Reginald e. Vanderbilt. Miss
Madeline O'Brien. Mrs. William Jam,son.
Miss Helen Parish John T. Alexandra.
Miss Helen r. Alexandra. Mrs. j. Law
renee Lee. Mr. and Mrs Harry LvingstoD
Lee.
One of the most attractive dinners OF the
season was given in the Red Lion Inn. IN
Stockbridse. this week for the Berkshns
club. The Red Lion has the longest sea-
son of any of the Berkshire hotels not open
all the year. 1t Will not be closed until
December this wear. because of the motor
tourists making engagements long ahead,
and already reservations are being made
there for Thanksgiving.
Ever since the highway across the
top or Jacobs Ladder was completed there
has been a rush OF Connecticut and East
ern tourists into the Berkshires. At the
foot of the Ladder in Lee is the Greenoch
Inn. one OF the all-the-year-around hotels
Of FenOwu This hotel will be open for tho
winter business. which is growing everv
year. Parties who seek skating and sleigh.
ing and the week end in the Berkshires ta
winter Will find no better headquarters than
in the Greenock Inn.