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New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
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TFronl. The Tribune Bureau1
Washington May 19.-Mrs. L. H. Letter Will close
her WASHINGTON house and will go to Mancnester-
by-the- Sea. Mass, tomorrow, to remain for the
greater part Of the summer. She will be accom-
panied by Miss Dorothy Williams. who will De her
guest until Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Later go TO Man
chester from Chicago to take possession OF the
cottage they have leased for the later summer
months
Mrs John R Mclean has invited a large contln-
gent of the Younger members Of society 10
luncheon at Friendship. her country place next
Friday, when delegation OF uidshipmen will come
on from Annapolis to present to her silver loving
cup as recognition Of her many courtesies In
entertaining them at inaugural times and on other
occasions.
Miss Mathilde Townsend has gone to Atlantic
City TO sepnd a week two
Brigadier General and Mrs Joseph P Farley
have come to Washington from Old Point Comfort
a nd will remain here for few weeks before going
10 Fort Greble, Rhode Island. for the summer
Mrs Murdock and the Misses Murdock departed
to-day for Portsmouth. Va. TO attend the mar
rage of Lieutenant James P. Murdock, |. s n.
TO Miss Rebecca Nash Upon their return Mrs
Murdoch and her daughters will go TO Canada for
the summer
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY MAY 90, 1909

questions concerning which there is not YET
entire unanimity. These relate to the value OF
and possible drawbacks to serum therapy- %
viousIy it is necessary to discriminate Det"eeh
it's use in the treatment, prevention or uetec-
tion of disease in men and in animals. In
neither has the probable limit of progress peeh
reached, but rather more satisfactory resuits
are thought to have been attained IN the IorlhtF
than in the latter class of ills Curlousl!
enough too in the case under consideration
human beings seem 70 have escaped withouC
notable harm. 1t is for physicians and com
petent veterinarians. each in their own field
to pass judgment on the use Of bacterial prep
arations with which, perhaps. vaccine virus
may properly be classed). 1t is for them also
to say whether the contamination OF any Oh
these preventive and remedial agencies IS OF
as frequent occurrence to-day as it was years
ago and whether. on the whole, the advantages
of serum therapy do not already vastly outweigh
the disadvantages.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
prrsEL pRLcFS 4Nn DrTIES.

In racent discussions of tariff rates number
Of Sena tors have advanced the argument that
TIE duty laid on an article figures only slightly
in the retail price paid for it by the consumer
and can therefore be practically ignored as
factor in maintaining high domestic prices. The
niddlemen. 81 has been urged by Senators Hale
and Smoot. multiply the cost To the purchaser
the retail price being often five times the cost
Of the article a. il came from the hands of the
manufacturer. Mr. Snaoot cited the case Of a
high grade German made razor. costing - cents
TO produce. being taxed 20 cents on entry and
representing total cost Of ~ cents 10 the i'm
porter This razor was sold at So. its selling
price being six times the cost OF delivering il in
New York.
It may be iegitimatey shown in defence Of
the domestic manufacturer seeking protection
against foreign competition that he does not
receive the major part Of the difference between
the actual cost OF production and the retail price
70 the consumer That difference is eaten up
largely by the expenses of handling and by the
commissions and profits of iobhers and retailers
One razor may be sold for what it costs to i'm
port OF manufacture six The ratio is probably
not so excessive on many other articles Yet it is
easy 10 see that after an article passes through
the hands Of the jobbers and retailers its cost
may readily he doubled or tripled. The country
is large and the machinery Of the iobbing and
complain of high retail prices should remember
this and not uDiusflv charge the American man.
ufscturer with > profit equal to the difference
between the selling rate aud the cost Of pro-
duction-
However. SO far as concerns the levying of
tariff duty which Will apply the rule of the
Republican national platform Of 1908 and give
the American manufacture protection enough
10 cover the differential in cost Of production
here aud abroad. facts and arguments 10 show
the expensiveness of our joboing and retail
methods are not very material. The imported
article after il gets here must be handled Just as
the homemade article Is II reaches the con-
sumer through the middlemen. and must pay
them their toll Therefore. IN fixing the rate of
protection which domestic producer should re-
oeive. the middenan's surchaTges must be elimi-
mated Senator Smoot said the other day that
the duty on the razor which he exhibited could
be raised 2G0 per cent above the rate fixed in
the Senate bill without the cost TO the purcha ser
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
4 rOLryTEER MOTOR CORPS.

To move an army of fifty or a hundred thou
sand men in automobiles is. of course, out OF
the question. When transportation for so large
force cannQt be accomplished by rail, troops
must 90 in the old-fa Shioned Way-on foot.
To carry a few soldiers IN motor cars. however,
is entirely feasible. and emergencies are likely
to arise in which the rapid transfer of a small
force from point to point would be an extremely
valuable kind of service. These vehicles might
prove more serviceable than cavalry for recon
nOiSSance. and Il good might take an absent
commander to the front with speed surprising
Sheridan's on his famous ride.
Motor cars cannot fail TO prCve highly useful
in the transportation of such cumbrous but
necessary articles as machine guns, wireless
telegraphiC equipment and hospital supplies
and in time will be regarded as essential to the
highest efficiency of an army. Tents, other
paraphernaa of the camp. commSsary stores
and ammunition will always be moved perhaps,
in wagons drawn by horses, but there are sew
eral classes Of things whose usefulness will
depend largely upon the CELEBRITY with which
they can be carried TO the places where they
are needed.
As a long time may elapSe before the national
government will be disposed to purchase any
considerable number of automobiles for mill
tary use it is happy thought to inquire how
many private vehicles could he put at its dis
posal. Training in craftsmanship and in ODE
dience should supplement offers of the cars
themselves. This might take a good deal of
time. but a reason is thus afforded for making
an early beginning of such preparatory work
General Woods proposal to invite the CO.
operation Of volunteers in this kind of service
and TO give them a trial during the summer
manOeuvres of the regulars and national guard
This year must be regarded experiment,
but il is well worth undertaking. If those who
enlist are dominated mainly by patriotic
motives. and not by the notion that the cam
paign is to be picnic. il is likely TO succeed.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
4 musements.


ACADEMY OF MUSIC-s-The Marble Heart.
kLHAM BRA-2-s-Taud melville
ASToR-S-15-The Man from Home
BELASC O-S -3O-Song Some
BIJoC-s ia f5eut.eLnsn from Mississippi
CASINOS b Havana
CDL-DNEA AI--2-S-fa audeville
CoNEY ISLAND -Dreamland and Luna Park.
CRITERION-S 2o-The FAIR CO Ed.
TS-S -I5-The Climax
EDEN MUSEE--The World in Wax
PIPE-S-15-Nhar Every Woman Knows
CSsIETT-S -2o-The House Next Door
GARRIC X S-30--The Man from Mexico
W1r-au-s Wa
HANMERST Elm - l5--S vaudeville
HERALD SQUARE 1.-THE Beauty spot
HIPpODROME-2-S-Spo Days-Batte IN the
Skies-3ird Ballet-CircUs.
HCDSDN-S-15-Tbe Third Degree
KNICEER BC'' 'kEF-S 1.-THE Candy shop
ITBERTI-s 30 Fool There Was.
IsYCF1I-Af 20 eo--The Dawn Of = To-rrcz-rov
IYRIC-s -1-s-Tne Great John Canton
MsIESTEC-S -i5-The Ped Moon.
MANTNE ELLIOTTS S-N-l5-The Blue Mouse.
PL.aZA-o-S-Naudevile
SAVOY -2-3O-S .aG-The Writing the Wall
STT-YvF-SA NST-e-f5- -lA-T-he Easiest Way
TEATT,ACFZ-S-S -25-Shan1.
WEBER ER'S-s-20-The Girl from Rectors-
WEST END-S-I5-Ae- Mischief
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
WHITE HOUSE GETS FILLMORE CHINA
Women Who Bought Ex-President's HOUSE
Contribute Two Pieces.

Washington May 19.-Valuabls additions to ms
Presidential china Of pieces owned by Presidens
Fillmore were placed in the White House eaonss
to-day
Some time ago the widow Of one Of Presidsn,
Fillmore's uephews wrote the Superintendent u
Public Buildings and Grounds suggesting 'la-
specimens of the President Fillmore china e0ul
doubtless be found in Buffalo. the Presidents on
home. Acting on this suggestion Mrs Aooy y
Baker who has charge Of the White HOUSE cone
ton for Mrs Taft, went to Buffalo 10 see an
of the ware could he secured
None of FiIIuore's IneaI descendants IS H'ns,
but Mrs Baker found a number Of Fillmores o-
friends. and through them she discovered HA-' IL
relics. Two sisters-NIrs- z & Terry ana MS SI. -,
naIia Burtis-purchascd the Fillmore house. WIZ =
furniture after the Presidents deatn, from is -
and they generously contributed an old siam.
shire platter and a willow pattern plate WHICH -
iuaIIy belonged to President Fillmore 70 w a,
House collection Through other Buhalo IIe1-. -
Is expected to obtain other interesting reicS ''-
owned by Fillmore
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
SOCIAL NOTES From NEWPORT.

rB,- Telegraph 20 The Triouns1
~eU-nor1 Nav 19-SIiss Helen Taft. daughter q
the President IS expected 10 spend part OF 10
summer as the guest of Miss Eleanor Rocker
Miss Strong, Of New York. is the g-esi OF asf
brother-fn-Iaw. Daniel B. Fearing
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster are %
show their dogs at the Nineola dog sAo" e-liF
next month
Mr.. and Mrs Howard Cushing were here to-aaY
inspecting their summer home
Commodore and Mrs Elbridse T. Gerry and tas
Misses Gerry will leave Europe on July for New
mort. To spend the remainder OF the sumner
professor Alexander Agassiz has arrived for tbs
season
Mrs. Hermann oeIrichs is at the Musn'hinssF
King cottage
John j. vysong arrived to-day to inspect rs
estate
MI. and Mrs. H G. Mcvickar viii arrive for tas
season tomorrow
Mrs. Theodore F. Kane returned 20 Newport tni'
evening.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

IFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington Nav 19.-The Brazilian Ambassador
and Nine. Nabuco, who will spend the summer IN
this country, will decide a situation Tor the
summer embassy either at Manchester or Beverly
Farms. Mass. instead OF releasing the resldehce
at Hamilton Mass. which they occupied last sum
mer This brings the Italian Austrian and Ger
man embassies in proximity, and also a NUMBER OF
legations giving that section of the country near
Boston a decidedly official atmosphere
Mr. Kroupensky, who will serve as charge daI-
faires for Russia the absence OF the ambassador
in Europe is expected arrive in this country at
the end of the week from Russia. on his arrlVaI
he Will decide upon location for the summer
embassy.
The Swiss Minister, who is making short vlsit
New York. returned here temporarily To-Day Out
will 90 back to New York tomorrow
Signor Cora, who went to NV York TO see Baron
de StaeI sail for Russia. will return here to-mor-
Baroness Marguerite Moncheur has joined her
father at the Belgian legation after visit to her
grandmother in Baltimore.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
An OLD FOGY IDEA THAT WORKED.

Various explanations are suggested of the
restoration of wages in the independent steel
mills at Pittsburg to the prosperity scale such
as. for example that the step is taken TO avoid
labor troubles But whatever other motives the
manage of those mills may have had. it will
hardly be disputed that the increase signifies
improved business conditions. The cut was
made because of bad conditions. and wages
would not have been restored if business had
stood still or had lost ground. This is only one
of many indications that activity has once more
been renewed in the steel industry.
Now this evidence that the independent steel
companies are better satisfied with conditions
to-day than they were a few months ago upsets
one of the favorite predictions of those who
maintained the policy of upholdfng prices i'm
times of business depression When the United
States Steel Corporation cut prices We were
Solemnly assured that it was with no idea Of
thereby increasing the business to be done
oh. dear no. The Steel Trust was merely
going 10 get its share that was all. The in
dependents had been obtaining more than their
share of the business by making concessions,
and now the big company was going 10 take
away some of this business that the indie
pendents were getting. There would be no more
business 10 divide. The United States steel Cor
poration would be little better off and the in
dependents would he a little worse off. The
notion that n reduction in prices would stimu-
late demand was old fogy notion, entertained
only by old fashioned institutions like The New
York Tribune. Yet 10! after the Steel Trust had
gone like solemn retribution. after its share"
enough remained over to enable the indepen-
dents to improve their business and become par
ticuarly cheerful,
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
SPANISH FR4NcHfsE CoupULsJOy

1t is an interesting circumstance that the
older and supposedly more conservative coun-
tries of Europe occasionaly-perhaps we might
say Observation-Disclosures governmental ex-
perments and new departures" far more radi-
cal than any which ventured upon in Amer
lea. For this the reasons are varied In some
countries. notably the United Kingdom and the
French Republic, constitutions are far more
flexible than ours; in some. recently released
from absolutism, there is the proverbla zeal
Of the new convert, and in others the retained
impulse of autocracy moves the people to he
autocratic in self government.
One or more OF these causes doubtless led to
the adoption in Spain of law for compulsory
voting (under a penalty such as has long been
discussed in this country and not few thought
ful Americans have desired. Abstention from
voting is generally recognized as an evil We
do not know that it prevails or has prevailed
more or has been more mischievous IN Spain
than elsewhere. even than in some of our own
states: nor do recall that il has been dis
cusSed or that abatement of the evil has been
demanded there more than in America Yet
now there has been put into effect particularly
practical and stringent Law, compelling all Quail
flied Spaniards, with the exception of judges,
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
" ASTR0NOnLcAL uYSTERY-

In The Popular Science Monthly" for May
Professor W. W. Campbell, director of the
Lick Observatory. discusses an astronomical
topic which has excited no little popular in
tereSt Leverrier. who demonstrated the exist
ence of the planet Neptune before it was dis
covered. was led 10y a similar class of evil
dence to think there was another planet within
the orbit of Mercury. That supposition has never
been verified and Professor Campbell is con-
vinced that it never will be. Another solution 81
the problem has recently been offered which
appeals to him much more strongly.
One Of the reasons for discredlting Lever
riers suggestion is the failure to find Vulcan.
as the hypothetical body has been called. on any
of those occasions when. it ought to have been
visible during solar eclipse. One of the Lick
astronomers. Mr.. Perrine searched photo
graphically for 1t in 1901. and used plates which
ought TO have registered an object having u
diameter no greater than thirty miles. Com
putation indicates that a million such bodies,
revolving around the sun. would be needed 10
produce the observed disturbance on Mercury.
Moreover. Professor Simon Newcomb, an
American astronomer of distinction. has shown
that Venus. the earth. and even Mars are sub
ject TO irregularities in movement which can
not be accounted for by any known body. Their
conduct may not he due 10 the same cause as
Mercury'S, but least there is possibility that
it iS. At any rate the phenomena to be eX-
planned more complicated than Leverrier
realized. 1t has also been suspected that the
disturbing influence on Mercury is eXerted by
thin sheet of finely divided material which
reaches out from the in the form of
ellipSe, and which gives rise to what is known
the ''Zodlacal light" This sheet extends be-
yond the earths orbit Between recent meas
UrementS of its distribution by Professor Zee
Tiger and Professor Newcombs computations of
the attractions eXertcd four planets Pro
fessor Campbell finds a striking agreement. IT
looks TO him. therefore as if the right explara-
ton of Mercury's behavior had at last been
found.
If his professional brethren accept the opin-
ion Of the director of the Lick Observatory.
Professor Campbell will deserve congratulations
upon the share which member of his staff has
had IN the work Of clearing mp great mystery.
And since the new theory. or rather. the new
testimony concerning an old theory. can affect
celestial real estate values to only very
limited extent. no disappointment should he
felt over the unhappy fate which has over
taken "NulcaO -
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
A WEDDING.

Announcement was made list night that Ciutzon
BorgIum the we'll known sculptor, and Miss Mary
Williams Montgomery, OF this city. were married
a 10 o'clock the residence of the Rev Marshall
MONTGOMERY the brides brother at Short Beach,
Conn. The wedding was witnessed by only the
Immediate relatives and friends of the bride and
bridegroom The ceremony was performed by the
Rev Marshall Montgomery. assisted by the Rev.
T. P Munger.
After the wedding breakfast Mr.. and Mrs.
BorgIun started for Canada, where they will re-
main until the middle of June. when Mr. Borglum
will return to receive the honorary degree of Mas
ter of Arts at Princeton. Mrs. Borglum is a dis
tingushed- scholar graduate of Wellesley and has
received the degree cf Doctor of Philosophy from
the University Of Berlin.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
THE CABINET.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau ]

From The Tribune bureau ]
Washington, May 19.-The Secretary OF state ana
Mrs Knox tonight gave their first large and for-
NAL dinner party since the establishment OF TINS
administration Their guests were entertained AT
Rauscher's where flower decked reception rooms
and dining rooms placed at their dlsposal.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman were their
guests while others Of the party included members
of the diplomatic corps, Senate. House and resi-
dent society to the number of 165.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Wickersham. VINO
have been entertaining the brother-in-law and sis
ter Of the former, Sir Robert and Lady Hadhed.
saw them off for New York to-day, whence tney
will sail for England
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
W. M. INGRAHAM's ESTATE ssl446a
Transfer Tax Appraiser Reports on VIII "a
LAWYER Who Cut Of One Son

MineoIa. y. Y. MAY 19-The TRANSFER "a =.
praisers report on the will OF William u -. -,
han, a LAWYER of BROOKLYN. who had sllH.
home at New HYDE Park. was fled IN me -. -
gates Court here this morning and SHOWS "a
estate Of SS14 SS 81 which. when all eNpe.ss * =
bills had been deducted, was reduced 10 49, -
This is to be divided among ten helrs' lLl7
favorite son. William. receiving only Sl'"- -
,rbs buuk of the fortune goes To the testaols
daughter and two younger sons, who, Win -
mother, are made executors II was 'noDNi' ,,-T.
there would he a lively lawsuit by 'ne s'D "a
iaul but the case was settled out OF toui -
said that William received from us 80 - =.
an amount which was equal to that "''0'
CeiVed
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
AT rHE WHILE HOUSE.

TFrom Tribune Bureau
Washington Nav 1e-The President. accom-
panied BY the French Ambassador and Nine JUS
serand Captain Archibald Butt and Assistant
Secretary Mischler. left Washington this mornine
at 40 o'clock in the private Olympia attached
to the regular Atlantic Coast line train for Peters
burg Va to attond the unveing of the monument
erected in memory of the Pennsylvania solole'S
who fell on the battlefield at Fort Malone ana
the celebration Of the Mecklenburg Declaration OF
Independence at Charlotte. y. c.
Mrs. lTaft's health and tina, If her son Ch'rleS
continues to improve.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr. and Mrs EIihu Chauncey. of No Il West
Ssh street announce the engagement of Unelr
daughter Miss Nathalie Elizabeth ChaUnCey 10
Seth Low Plerrepont third secretary of the Ameri-
can Embassy at Paris and Youngest son OF Henry
EVELYN Pierrepont or Brooklyn Mr. Pierreponc
is here on leave Of absence. and as he is obliged
TO return to his post Paris by July the we'd
ding has been set for Wednesday. June ?, at
O'clock In Trinity Church.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
MORGAN GIVES WASHINGTON swoD
One Worn by the General at His fnS' -
a,,orra+ion Now at Mount Vernon

Washington May IA valuable contriou',Siu ',,s,i1u
been made by l. Pierpout Morgan 70 A. the
Of Washington relics AZ Mount ~ ,.1rs q
annual meeting OF the board of star - ar
tLs Mount verpcn Ladies Association u "a "a
nounced that Mr. Morgan had preseh-- =. r.
sword worn by General Washington W. - re.
signed command Of the Continentai 49, aii-S-,.l,s
cember. 1883 at the time Of his nfs' ua.,.,onS
as President and all subsequent s'a' 7-rnss1a.
The gift was made through MISS Amy
vice-regent Of New York state
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20

Governor Gilchrist OF Florida has been re-
buked in the Florida Legislature for saying in
an official document that the three greatest
Americans were Washington. Lee and Lincoln
It is held that the Governor struck another
blow at the grand old Democratic party by
failing TO include either of its patron saints,
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, in the
list OF greatest Americans. There appear TO
be statesmen still extant in Florida who con-
slider that in founding and reviving the Demo
cratic party Jefferson and Jackson conferred
inestimabIe benefits on the American people.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
:ynp71orIs daily Gribm,re
THURSDAY. NAY 20, 1909,

This ,ercspaper is o1cned and published by
The Tribune 4ssociafiGn. q NclC York corpora
fson; Office and principal place Of business
Tribune Building. No. l54 3dssGu street AeU
York; ogden Hills, president; Henry W.
E0ckeff secretary: James IT, Barrett. treasurer
The address Of the officers is the office Of this
nelcSpapcr.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
NEW EDITOR OF THE NATION.

The management % The EVeh"is ,,oont-
.eTbe Nation announced yesterday tns -, e. Na-
~, l,, - D., E1nsr More as editor Of Ihs
ton in succession to the late Hammond - y.esrs
Mr.. More has been for hve and on ON. - sincs
literary editor of The Evening Posi-. Nr.
July l. 1906 associate editor Of The ,,..-,vsrsY,
More was graduated from Washington - .ss as-
St Louis. in 1851. He subsequently
gree OF Master OF Arts from HarvaE@
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20

The reappointment Of Mr.. William Williams
as Commissioner Of immigration at this port
will be welcomed by all those who wish TO see
the administration of the service here put on
high plane and divorced entirely from poltics'
Mr. williams has both experience and high
character. and will bring to the. post the quail
ties which Il most requires
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20

4 statue of John witherspoon. president OF
Princeton College and a signer of the Declara-
tion of independence is to be unveiled to-day IN
Washington He was the only clergyman who
signed the Declaration and is the only signer'
except Benjamin Franklin, to have a statue
erected in his honor in any of the many squares
and circles and open spaces Of the national cap
ital..
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20

Hitherto skulls of prehistoric men have been
said to resemble those of great apes, but now
comes a distinguished French anthropoogist
and declares that one which has recently been
discovered is almost an exact replica Of that Of
Bismarck Does this mean that prehistoric men
had superb craniaI development or is it Gallo
fling at M le Bismarck?
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20

Our government is enient with Nicaragua
and is making 1t as easy as possible for tina; re-
public to put its relations with America upon a
satisfactory basis; but it will not let lenieHcy
run into weakness or tolerance of contumacy.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-20
mR. CARNEGIE GOES TO PARIS.

Florence, May 1s.-Andrew Carnegie, accompanied
bv his wife and daughter. left here to-day for
Paris.