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New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
President
CAUSE OR PARITY

+ An analysis Of the Prohibition vote Of 1905
made by bIr. Michael j. flaming. Of Philadel-
khia, shows that the strength OF the national
Prohibition party decreased materially last fall
II states in which county local option laws have
been put on the statute books Mr.. Tanning
ieems 10 think that the decrease aforesaid fur
fishes the Prohibition party with a serious
srievance, for he says reproachfuly:
i County option, wherever passed. has proved
5arufui 10 the Prohibition party. II the
i hole country showed proportionate loss IN
he Prohibition party vote TO that SHOWN IN
sllo, Indiana. Illinois, Kentucky and oregon, the
hafes N which county option laws have been
assed since the campaign OF 1907 Mr.. Chain
4ould have polled but 20. .l6S votes, the smallest
5ote but one polled by any Of our candidates
.br President since 1854
The nogicality OF this complaint does not
sem to have struck Mr.. Tanning. The pro-
essed aim OF the Prohibition party is TO ex-
Hguish the sale and manufacture Of alcoholic
squors- The aim OF county local option l2y7s
nd Of state prohibition laws is 10 e1unguish
he traffic in alcoholic beverages - given COM
aunities. Iet the P-o1tbic1nr managers seem %
lment tsie accomplishment OF their own aim.
ecause il reduces their political strength in
ae territory in which The liquor traffic is
artly or wholly abolished.
The Prohibition party has always been ~one
sus' party. It has never entered actively into
ae general field OF politics. In proportion,
aerefore as its single aim hiss been accom-
lished * has properly ceased to have a reason
5sr existence. In states and IN smaller COM
unities IN which prohibition has been achieved
sere remains only e shadowy excuse for con-
inuing its purely political activities. 1t should
elcone the disappearance of the prohibltion
sue as ea evidence that its work has been
itccessfully done.
Ihe marked success in recent years Of the
lohsbftion cause ic the South sna West and
l. accompanying failure OF the Prohibition na
s,nal party TO increase its voting strength are
ssiiy explained. The many state and county
kfi-iiouor laws adopted were adopted through
e efforts OF prohibidon;sts belonging to the
Ssrs.t.slcsn and Democratic parties. and not
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGH-Queen Helena Of Italy and the
Duke OF Aosta were slightly injured Whlle alalI,s
The death list ,.y.z 70 The Italian Catastro-
rl7e was increased h. the suicides OF dernen1ed
Survivors: the dead and wounded "ere sun
beng taken from the runs, and al eplueiuiC -
,7,e-1I,3er,fa set IL. = conservative estimate o.
The death record a. present was ZeO.cVV- --
wan Shfl Kai Grand Councillor and com
,-~,,.7ar i, chief Of The Chinese army, was de-
i175ee5 by an edict issued ST Peking, Na-tuns
being appointed TO succeed him = ms me
ira 7ic Of Paris was paralyzed by com oinetioh
y.- snow and salt eleven thousand horses per
is7a5 as the result Of these conditions ana the
hospitals were filed with people made Ill hz the
con ziiion q the streets - II was eSIllalsa @
mat there were 100000 benehciaries OF the new
pension system now IN effect IN .he onatGa
revoked Castro's decree Of May il, prohibiting
transshipnent Of goods destined for Venezuela
stormy debate IN the Douna-
poNESTIC-President Roosevelt has offered
the use Of the battleship feet 10 Italy, and VIII
ass Congress GA Monday for an appropriation
rrobabTv Of S50G050, for relief Of the earthquake
suTerers - Congressman Theodore E Bur
ron. Of Cleveland. was named as United States
icS,,+-- f-o-7, 0lgo 10 s,,cceAs Ioseph B. For
laler William Il. Taft at Augusta Ca
iaccepted several invitations 10 speak IN the
South - The public debt at the close OF
lf71siress December 81. S997, 7,Ss9f5l, accord
ing 10 the statement issued at Washington -
Samuel : koenig. Secretary Of state: state
iConrroller Gaus. Attorney General o MalleE'
state Engineer Williams and Commissioner
Clement announced appointments at Albany
l= Various milling concerns entered com
plaint before thu Public Service Commission, "a
District, at Albany. against railroad rule re-
curing owners TO load and unload irelSht when
carried at carload rates == It was announced
on good authority at Albany that Otto Kelsey,
Superintendent Of Insurance, would retire early
next week.
s CTTY-Stocks closed higher. - President
Baldwin OF the Pittsburg Life end Trust Com
many refused TO obey the order Of otto Kelsey,
SUPERINTENDENT Of Insurance, 10 return to this
s7a hD0E 2 a
Life Insurance Company. removed from this city
on "Wednesday -= Il was announced that
more than a quarter OF a million dollars had
been contributed here for the relief or the Ital-
ian earthquake sufferers. -= New Yorks cele-
bratfon on New Years Eve was severely Crfti-
rised by Rabbi SilVerrnan in a sermon in Temple
Emanu-Ei == Civil Service employees met
and discussed plans for an organization 70 pro-
,ect their rights =- = second cabin passenger
oa the IIsitania was arrested charged with the
murder OF woman in Glasgow. Scotland
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair and warmer The temperature yesterday:
Highest, Sc degrees; lowest. g,
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
FYCLT TSTTF.

The Charleston News and Courier says that
Mr. BRYAN has himself found the best solution
of The Mystery of 1908" 1t will not. Of course
~. published in The Cnmmoner." for II is clear
y entitled 70 the first prize In that publications.
current guessing contest. Mr.. Bryan believes in
a fair distribution Of life's prizes. and would not
want 10 compete with his less talented sub
'scrlhprs The Democratic candidates answer TO
the riddle Of 1905 is that Mr. Taft was elected
through q combination Of the financial, com
rnercial and industrial interests Of the country
He does not himself approve Of such a Conbina-
ton. for he adds that he would rather remain
"a private citizen than he President and he sub
.servfent 70 those interests. as Mr.. Taft must
be under the conditions that elected him
Mr. Rrvan's explanation certainly explains
We do not see how Il candidate sOlidly supported
hv the financial commercial and industrial IN
terests of the country could fall Of election
Those interests embrace almost everybody max
ing a living in this country outside OF the pro
fessions. They dominate our political life, and
ought 10 dominate It As The News and Cou-
rier" Justly points our. they include the mer-
chants the bankers, the manufacturers, the
.,wor5incraen and the farmers.
M Rrvan is becoming very exclusive in his
political affiliations when he SAYS that he would
not care as President TO he "Suhservient 10 the
financial commercial and Industrial interests
Of the country What other interests would he
serve: Whose welfare would he put ahead Of
the welfare Of those who produce and distribute,
of those who create the wealth of the country
and Of those who ect as mddemen between the
producer and the consumer? The Presidential
candidate who haughuly dismsses these con-
trolling elements in our population as beneath
his concern VIII inevitably remain in the mi
nority He is too exclusive for the average
American voter.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
LONGEVITY.

a somewhat noteworthy feature Of recent
news has been the considerable number of re
ports Of deaths Of persons of extraordinary age.
We have not kept account of them, but we
should think it judicious to estimate that in the
last two or three months there have been an
nouncements of the deaths in this country alone
Of more than dozen. perhaps score, Of per
sons who were reputed TO have passed the
century mark by several years. some Of them
by many years We have doubt that some
/ Of these reports were accurate. Others were
probably Inaccurate, as there is reason 10 sus
pect a large proportion OF extreme longevity
records have been In modern times Indeed we
are compelled TO believe this, else should be
driven TO tIe unwelcome conclusion that with
all OpE advances in civilization and in sanitary
science the duration of human life was steadily
decreasing For with all last years reports OF
centenarians, living and dead, these times can
not compare in that respect with those Of
century ago.
Thus II the first quarter Of the nineteenth
century there were circumstantial reports and
records of the deaths In the then comparatively
small United States Of 100 persons each more
than 10 years Old twenty Of them more than
125 and one reaching the age Of $50 years, and
thus almost rivalling the age attributed TO the
historic 'Old Psrr," OF Shropshire, England,
who died IN 1885 at the reputed age Of 152.
Many Of these were negro slaves and Indians.
concerning whose ages there was obviously
ample opportunity for uncertainty and exag-
geration. Nor can we accept infallible the
records concerning the Others although some
of them are quite circumstantial Thus The
National Gazette" in reporting the death Of one
OF the Oldest gave the date Of her emigration
from Germany and settlement in North Caro-
lima and many other details. OF another who
died at Whitehall. n. Y, ct the reputed age of
134 years, in 1920, there were given the dates
of his birth In France, Of his emigration to HoI-
land and thence 10 England. and OF his service
tn the English army. AT the same time Ii II
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03

the inadequate endowment OF research work IN
American universities There are al the United
States he says fifty institutions which ~re
larger and better equipped than those OF aoI
land, and yet the Dutch investigators are ap-
parently doing better work than the American
The Cornell professor Of physics may be right
but it Is not yet altogether clear how some or
the achievements to which he refers VIII DeneHJ
mankind at large In liquefying hellum br.
Ohnes last year developed a temperature Whlch
was within degrees Centigrade OF absolute zero
Zeeman and LOrentz discovered that under the
influence of a powerful magnet line III the
spectrum VIII be doubled These re amazing
phenomena 70 those who understand them but
what good Will they 10? It Is only rs tie
thinker or inventor seiZes upon these discoveries
and turns them to the benefit Of humanity that
pure research has its true fruition- II IS no
depreciation Of the nobility Of the search for
pure knowledge as an aim in Itself to appraise
the value of any particular piece Of new intOr-
nation according to its prospective influence on
man. either for the uplifting Of his morals, the
broadening Of his intellect or the betterment OF
his physical condition. and the efforts for trans
muting the academic theses Of research into con
crete instruments Of human progress cannot
fairly be described as mere "by-products' of
abstract search for truth.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.

In his address to the American Association
for the Advancement Of Science last week the
retiring president. Professor f. L. Nichols dis
cussed the relations existing between pure sci
ence and the progress of civilization. He TO
marked that the main product of science IS
knowledge and among its by products are the
"technologcal arts. including invention, cngi-
! "neering in all its branches and modern indus
TRY"
Let IL be granted that the dynamo and electric
motor are based on a principle first revealed by
Farafay Why did not Faraday apply the prin-
cirla to traction and lightngE one answer may
he that the investigator and inventor represent
different types Of intellect and are rarely found
+ in the same person Perhaps Faraday could
have perfected the electric railway but he did
not vast amount of supplementary work
was needed 10 utilize the fact that an electric
current could be made to cause rotation in Il
machine. Even after an economical way Of con
verting mechanical power into electricity had
been devised, long and elaborate series of ex-
periments WAS required before reasonably eco
nomicaI method of employing It for Illumination
was found The evolution of both the are and
the incandescent light was tedious and costly.
and the development is even now far from com
plete Again. Hertz discovered the ether waves
which make ~lreless telegraphy possible. out
did not attempt the practical application Of his
discovery.
Bunsen observed that the nitrogen and oxy-
gen Of the air were compelled 20 unite chemi-
caIly by a stroke of lightning, but he did not try
To manufacture nitric acid artificial fertilizers
with electric power. He left the task to later
generation than his In Bunsen's day, TO be
sure there was no cheap source Of electricity
Besides the same need Of restoring to the soil
the elements taken from 1t in raising crops had
NOT then become as urgent as ii is to-day. How
ever. il is by no means certain that the great
German could have performed the task salts
factorii- had the facilities now available been
nut 1T his disposal A considerable amount of
capital has been sunk in undertakings Of this
class. but the commercial success of the best
efforts IS yet questionable Capital, then, Is often
needed In addition 30 inventive ingenuity, before
q scientific discovery can be utilized. and this
essential TO the progress Of civilization cannot
always be commanded.
Professor Nichols laments What EesIas to him
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,".
from The Tribune Bureau. !


Washington. Jan. Miss Ethel Roosevelt was
the guest Of honor az theatre party and supper
tonight, when Mrs Payne Whitney, Of New York.
chaperoned the young people for Mrs. Richard
Wayne Parker The party included Miss Martha
Bacon. Miss Thaver, of Boston the Misses Parker.
Mr. Marvin. Mr. Prittwitz und Gaffron. German
attache: Baron HaymerIe. Austrian secretary, and
Captain Cheney
Mrs James W Ptnchot md her son. clifford
Pinchot returned this afternoon from New York.
where they spent Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs
Amos Pinchot.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Phelps Emo left Washing
ton to-day for a visit Of ten days two weeks IN
New York
Miss Margaret Roosevelt Philip Roosevelt and
John Kean. I'd. who have been the guests Of Sena-
tor Keau and the Misses Kean, have returned 10
New York Miss Christine Roosevelt. who also
came on for the ball at the White House Monday
night, IS still here.
Mr. and Mrs Edison Bradley are again az their
Washington home, after few weeks at Mr.. Brad
Iey's shooting box in North Carolina
Miss Mary Scott daughter of Owen Scott will
go 20 New York Thursday to visit Miss Pulitzer
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richardson Glover VIII
leave here on Tuesday for New York and Will sail
on Thursday for Egypt They Will take their
young daughters and spend the remainder Of the
winter cruising the Nile.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
AT The WHILE HOUSE.
rFron The Trihun. Ruceau. !

Washington, Jan 2--The President devoted a
great part of the business day conferences rela
tive to the exact character of the aid to be given
by the government TO the Italian earthquake suf-
ferers to be recommended IN his special message to
Congress on Monday.
Among the White House callers were Secretary
Wright, Secretary Newberry. Postmaster General
Never Secretary Garfield Assistant Secretary
Bacon. Senator Bourne, Representatives Fulton.
Pou Graft Scott, De Almond. Cochran and Gaines.
Colonel Scott Of West Point; General Drain, Cen
eraI Crozier, Major Mearns. General Young General
Elliott Peter A Jay and General ". b. Roberts. Of
North Carolina
Miss Thomas OF Boston who was the guest OF
Mrs. Charles A. Mum. is now with Miss Ethel
Roosevelt at the White House Miss Cornelia
Iandon, Of New York, who came in time FOR the
debut ball last Monday. is still a guest there
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
RECEPTION FOR ADMIRAL EVANS.
Committee Of One Hundred TO Greet Him as
Carnegie Hall on Friday Might

Plans for the reception for Rear Admiral RoOley
D Evans Cretired) at Carnegie Hall Friday night
have been completed General Horace Porter. pres
fdeut OF the Navy League OF the United States VIII
preside Admiral Evans Will tell the story OF tha
trip OF the batteship feet from Hampton RoadS
10 San Francisco A reception committee OF o1s
hundred will greet the admiral on his arrival az ths
hall
Among those on the COMMITTEES Hugh D.
Auchincloss the Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, August
Belmont A Noel Brakeman ths Rev Dr. D. :.
BurreII John D. Crfrlulins. Paul D. Cravath. VIII
lam Nelson Cromwell. Henry CIews. Bird :. COIsr,
Senator Depew the Rev. Dr. Howard DUf1eld. Jus
tice Vernon VI. Davis, Cleveland n Dodge. Clement
A Griscon. Bishop Greer, Archer NJ Huntington.
the Rev d.. @ c. Houghton. A. Barton Hepburn,
Adrian II. Joline, District Attorney Jerome. Bray
ton Ives. George f Ide, William T Isel1. Seth
Low. John J NCCOok. William MCAdoO, the Rev
Dr. r. : Macarthur. Franklin Murphy, Charles A.
Moore Levi p. Morton. Controller Metz ex-Judge
Alton r Parker. George W Perkins. the Rev Dr..
Charles II. Parkhurs1 Douglas Robinson. the Rev
Dr. Z VI. Stires. Nathan Straus, Jacob n. Schi1.
!. Edward Simmons. Francis Lynde Stetson. Isaao
y. Segman George r Sheldon. H l. Satter-ee,
Charles NJ. Schwab. T. P Shonts. William H
Truesdale. Benjamin F Tracy. Cornelius Wander
bit. Edmund Wetmore. Paul Morton and J. Pier
pont Morgan.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
BENJAMIN-BACON.
Nezc York Broker Weds Young
Lemon WOmdn.
rBv Telegraph to The Tribune !

L.enox. Jan. Miss Emily Louise Bacon. daugh-
ter of Mrs. William B. Bacon. Of this town. was
married IN Trinity Church at noon to-day TO Hauli
ton Fish Benjamin. Of New York The Rev Charles
o. Arnold acting rector Of the church, of1ciated-
On account OF the recent death Of Mr- Bentanln's
mother the service was simple
The bride was given away by Dr- Richard c
GreenIeaf, OF LenOx. She was attended by her SIS
ter. Mrs. John c. Creeueaf. who acted as matron
of honor and was her only attendant Lieutenant
Julian A Benjamin OF West Point, q brother OF
the bridegroom. acted as best man
Following the wedding ceremony small break
fast spread at Rock Lawn. the home Of the
brides mother.
Hamilton Fish benjamin belongs TO the Fish
family of New York His mother was Miss julia
Fish before she married Samuel NicoH Benjamin
Hamilton Fish Benjamin Is a graduate OF Yale. OF
the class Of 'O5. He IS a broker and banker WIN
offices at No 4g Wall street New York The
couple will live at No sG1 Lexington avenue. New
York City.
The friends OF the bride and Bridegroom IN tha
church included Mr. and Mrs. Gfraud Foster, Mr.
and Mrs Samuel Frothinghau Mr.. and Mrs
Frederic 6. DeIafeId, Mr.. and Mrs Eben Stevens.
Mr.. and Mrs David T. Dana, Mr. and Mrs George
winthrop Folsom. Miss Constance Folsom. Dr.
and Mrs Richard C. GreenIear.. Mr- and Mrs
William Adams. Mr.. and Mrs John Q Greenleaf,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis GreenIsaf Mr. and Mrs Rob6
De Peyster Tytus. Mr.. and Mrs Richard c Dixey.
Mrs John Parkinson, r.. Mrs. John Z Alexandra,
NewboId Morris Mr. and Mrs Guy A Ward Mrs.
George II Lyman, Miss NJ G Lyman, Miss Ger
trIde Parsons, Miss l. VI Roosevelt. Miss Eleanor
Crosby Miss Kate Cary Miss Josephine II. A
Crosby, Miss Beatrice VI. Crosby. Mr. and Mrs
Albert Gray. Miss Janet Fish Mss Rosanond
Dfxey. -Stuyvesant Fish r.. Marshall kernochan.
William ". Hoffman. Robert Sedgwick. MacLean
Walton. Miss Barbara Htggnsou. Miss Dorothy
Forbes Miss Margaret Goldman Miss Z. B.
Emrnons Miss NJ R Perkins. Mrs William E
Rogers. Van Ness Philip. Mr- and Mrs J. Story
FAY Sd. Miss Helen Alexandra. Miss Cornelia L
Gaatin, Mrs. A H Gallattn. Mrs j Frederick
schenck Frederick Schenck. Miss AIe!t Schenck-
Mrs Joseph ". Burden, Miss Leila Burden. Joseph
w Burden, Chester G. Burden. Sheldon L Crosby.
Miss Kittie Lawrence Miss Irene Bigelow. Mss
Alice Appleton, Lieutenant Julian A Benjamin.
Mrs ". y. Benjamin, Kenneth Budd, Burial Ho11-
man. Albert Hoffman William N. Benjamin. Mr.
and Mrs John Chipman Gray. Miss z 5 Bacont
". B. Rogers. J s Ferguson and James D Pel
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03

through the efforts Of prohibiuonists belonging
TO the Pro.:;-ition party. Having done "hAI
they wanted To do without allying themselves
with the Prohibition organization. the people in
prohibition states and prohibition counties do
not see the necessity Of contributing to the
agersndizcrucnt ani perpetuation Of that or
Sauizat4on. IL this they are entirely logical
Prohibition leaders who lament the shrinkage
Of their party vote in territory in which Pro
hibition laws apply put themselves in the atti-
tude Of preferring the success Of party to the
advancement Of cause To be consistent they
should really desire such d spread Of the liquor
o-il as would make II paramount issue in poll
1ics and compel all good citizens 10 seek deliv-
erance through their own aggrandized party
orcs niZa+Ion
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03

TO be observed that If he was really born III
1886 as stated he must have been lS4 years
old in 1890 instead of only 134, as reported AT
that time This discrepancy of half a century
in circumstantial record suggests the possi-
hfIi+v of similar errors elsewhere. The most
notable instance Of longevity in modern ages
was that of Peter Torten, or Zorten. OF NOT
rock Hungary who is said to have been 40
wears old when he died, il January, 1124. But
the evidence in his case is by no means con
vinctDg and the same must be said even OF
such records az those OF the Countess Of Des-
mond and Colonel Winsloe Of lreIaho, "ho
were said 10 have reached the ages, respectively
Of $40 and 146 years
We have remarked upon the great numDer
of reports of extreme longevity Wnlch We're
made IN the early part of the last century
Now the year which has just ended seems u
indicate similar though less marked aDun-
dance Of them in the early part of this century
The coincidence affords suggestion FOR houghl'
II NAV be that there is some influence III ihe
contamination Of the beginning and progress
Of q new century which induces people uhc'h
sciousIv to invent. exaggerate or Indulge theiI
fancy concerning their own ages or the ages
Of their neighbors There are also those VINO
having reached a certain age take a pride IN
their length Of life which may easily Iead IheIn'
perhaps unconscfousIy. to exagserate II AS Tor
the written records Of births, baptsns, etc-,
i1non which reliance is placed, they have TOO
often been found untrustW0rthy to permit I'M
uIicit acceptance of their testimony. On the
whole reDorts Of lives prolonged much beyond
the century mark are to be received with mucn
caution. if not with outright skeptcism.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
FARE BOX OARS FOR THIRD AVENUE
Open Pay You Enter Ones for Broadway
Next Summer, Too.

new type OF pay-as-yOu-enter cars equipped
with fare boxes the rear platforms. VIII ho
placed IN operation on the Third Avenue IIns On
January 10. The conductors viii give and receive
transfers as heretofore. and will make change. bus
will not allowed touch the niCkeIs which
must be deposited in the fare box when the pas
sengers enter the car
Passengers Will not be allowed to enter the cars
from the front platforms. but may leave the cars
at either the front or rear doors Patrons desiring
transfers must ask for them when they enter ths
car as conductors Will issue them at any other
time. The new ,.rs VIII weigh seven tons less
than the Day-asyoJ-enter cars at present in opera
ton on the Madison avenue line OF the NetropOI-
ftan. The steps fold up when the cars are IN mo-
ton.
Frederick w Whitredge, receiver to- the Trtrd
Avenue Line. has also ordered TWO hundred new
pav-as-yoI-euter open cars for the Broad
way line next summer. These too, will be equipped
with fare boxes The new open cars VIII be cFIit
on Mr. Whitridge's design. and viii have al
aisle IN the centre.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
THE CABINE
From The Tribune Bureau-l

TFrOr1 The Irihlne BuTealI
WASHINGTON jan. Mrs. BOnaparte, wife Of the
Attorney General, returned TO her home IN BaIti-
more this morning. She VIII be here the first OF
next week. and, with all the other women Of the
Cabinet. will hold her first official reception on
Wednesday.
George Won l. Meyer 1r son OF the Postmaster
General who came here for the holidays will re-
turn 10 Groton. Mass, on Monday.