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New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
KEYS OF CITY FOR DIR. COOK OCT. Il
Scientists at Union League Club Dinner Send
Greetings to Commander Peary.

Patrick F. MCGOWAN. President Of the Board
or Aldermen telegraphed yesterday to DR.. Fred
erick A Cook at Ptttsburg. setting the date for
the comforting of the freedom of the city upon the
explorer as Friday, October 15 at 2:3O o'clock
The ceremonial will take place in the adermanic
chamber in the City Hall.
The following telegram. which was framed at
dinner given Tuesday night at the Union League
Club for the officers and scientific staff of the
Roosevelt, was sent yesterday 10 Commander Rob
bert Z. Peary:
few men interested in science dining with,
the officers and scientific staff Of the Roosevelt
regret Your absence, but send you greetings and
congratulations As the scientific spirit is merely
the desire to know something new welcome
your companions men of science and would
gladly receive you If you here
The telegram was signed, among others, by C F
Cox president OF the New York Academy Of Sci
ences; Henry Fairfield Osborn. president Of the
American Museum of Natural History and Of the
New York Geological Society; H. c. Bumpus d.
rector of the American Museum OF Natural His
tory. and E. o. Hovey, secretary Of the New York
Academy of Sciences.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
FULL DISPLAY OF GOWNS.
Handsome Evening and Tailored Suits al
Abraham & Strauss

ANY woman who attends the fall display OF gowns
and wraps from Paris and London at the shop Of
Abraham & Straus, in Brooklyn. will Immediately
long for invitations to balls and dinners The
tailored suits are very smart. but the evening
gowns enticing.
one decollete gown Of pale pink net heliotrope
shows an endless number OF panses embroidered
In true pansy ttnts. the skirt and bodice A
dinner gown in ivory white satin is superb with
bugles and pearl beads. combined with cabochons
In wheat design the front and the draped
sides of the skirt
For debutantes are many girlish creations One
OF the prettiest over by Frances and is of
white silk net, adorned with tiny pink rosebuds
and silver leaves
An olive green camel's hair gown from Rondeau
with Oriental embroidery. is a study In the new
method Of closing 1t is impossible to detect where
the fastening is
In the collection included many of the new
hshwife costumes. sent by Paquin. Drecou and
Bernard. There are any number OF opera capes.
most OF them richly embroidered in self-tones or
in Oriental cOlors- A lovely in Paquin blue is
and has collar of Persian lamb.
The tailored suits show many new features 1t is
noted that while there long coats and short
coats there OF medium length About
of the suits there Is a suggestion OF the Rus
sian style
One handsome Drecou model. severely simple and
faultless in its long lines. is OF wistara Bedford
cord. In the buttOnhole OF the are two very
real looking artificial asters-one Of the tricks of
the season
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
HoBoKEN TO HONOR STEVENS.
Parade for Inventor Whose Work Paralleled
That of Robert Fulton.

Hcboken will have a Hudson-Fulton celebration
all 20 itself tonight. and E. H Harwood and c. A
Durham. the committee of the Board of Trade
which has the affair in charge. have planned
parade larger and more interesting than the citi-
zens Of the mile-square city have ever held The
celebration will really be a Hudson-Fulton-Ste-
vens affair, for the committee in charge of the
celebration has felt that no event Of this kind
would be complete without honor being done 70
John stevens, ancestor of the family which has
done much for Hoboken, who had prominent
part IN the Introduction Of steam navigation on
the Hudson.
In calling attention to the HobOken celebration
the committee says
Here. also steam navigation had early incep-
tton. The name of our John Stevens will never
be forgotten of its foremost inventors and
pioneers His Phoenix, launched here in Hobo
ken. contemporary at least with Fulton's Cler-
mont, was likewise most prominent factor in the
wonderful transformation that steam has brought
about in the worlds progress.
Frank Cordts will be grand marshal of the pa
rade which will be led by Colonel Ward Stevens
and Mayor George SteH. Every civic and patri-
otic society in the city viii be in line and inter
spersed through the parade will be many floats
Each of the big German liners now in port will
be represented by its band.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
DIR. COOK IN ST. LOUIS CRUSH.
Narrowly Escaped Injury from Enthusiastic
Admirers at Union Station.

ST Louis, Oct 6.-The appearance of DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook, polar explorer. and Mrs. Cook at
the Union Station here to-day turned a crowd OF
ten thousand orderly centennial week visitors into
a mob each member Of which tried TO pat the ex-
plorer on the back. The result was a crush IN
which the explorer his wife and the reception com.
mittee narrowly escaped personal injury
The wecOmL to DR.. Cook began fifteen miles from
the city. He stood on the rear platform OF the
train and bowed his Acknowledgements Tonight
he delivered his illustrated lecture at the Coliseum
DR.. Cook said to-day: My original records will go
first TO the University Of Copenhagen I intend
however, to have duplicates made These will be
submitted 10 the American Geographical Society
shall request the Copenhagen authorities with
hold their announcement until the American So
ciety has had opportunity 70 come to a concu-
sion. The announcement will be made simultane-
Ously in both places
Glenn H. Curtiss and Francois Ozenont are
scheduled to make flights in aeroplanes tomorrow
as feature of the centennial celebration.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
THRIFTY UNCLE SAM
Results of Fall House Cleaning
Sold to Eager Buyers.

Uncle Sam may waste a little money now and
then government junkets and things like that,
proved It at the Appraisers Stores, at NO
81 Washington street. Uncle Sam cleaned house
there recently. and yesterday he had sale Of all
the old abandoned and unclaimed goods that have
been lying around IN the garret And the way
people bid fast and furiously for bags OF sawdust
empty boxes. corks without any bottles. bottles
without any corks. moth eaten OvercOats and old
patamas was a cheering sight for anybody inclined
TO worry about the national debt Valuable things
were offered too. II was varied lot ranging
from religious pictures to eases OF fine old whskey.
from mouth organs to artificial legs The wine
card OF the catalogue. so to speak. a full one.
Among the drinks offered-cases and casks Of them
were cognac cordial brandy, wine, spark
ling wine bitters. rum mineral water. ginger ale.
and two things of which the appraisers evidently
hadn't been able to place the taste. for thew were
put down cautiously 'spirituous beverage and
alcoholic compound"
1t was a democratic crowd that filed the big
room on the tenth floor OF the Appraisers Stores
at noon yesterday. when the auction began. Greasy
junkmen elbOwed weIl-taiIOred women though in
the end most OF the latter found seats on a
viewing stand. used by government employees
Tor the Hudson-FutOn parades and brought in for
the auction. Some Of the women stood though.
White-haired woman In mourning stood through
the whole performance and went away happy with
a oox OF sawdust for which she paid 10 cents. and
three packages Of hair dye. color not known.
1T beats all" said Auctioneer Charles A Ber-
Ran. confdentially as he paused to wipe hts brow
between knocking down a bag OF bones to a pale
young man who said he working his way
through a medical school and a bag Of chicory
a woman who might not have been a boarding
hcusekeeper. but who looked suspciOusly like one
II beats all how the bargain fever gets hold OF
people don't want any OF these bidders 10 wake
up tomorrow feeling they've been cheated. I tell
them what the lots but they get crazy. And
talk about women bargain fighters, The men are
worse Two men ran package OF cloth samples
up TO " 80 just nGw-iust bunch of samples such
as any drygoods shop in New York will mail you
II you send it four cents in stamps Tomorrow
the man who bought those samples will be back
mere, mad as a wet hen, saying he was stung; but
it's not my fault
mere was great curiosity among the women az
10 what the lot listed as religious lace wearing
apparel" was
4ts underwear made in converts" insisted one
pump matron. II must have that"
II isn't was here before and looked at il
us what those dear little choir boys wear" her
next neighbor informed her
a oa'e OF tobacco that brought $500 was the big
eeSt sale yesterday The total amount realized
from the auction was p159@
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
TsSINFORMAE55
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LIBRARY OF CLIPPINGS.

What are you doing?" said the caller to the ener-
getc woman whom she found sitting at a table
surrounded by piles of old magazines. newspapers.
pastepct scissors and sheets Of cardboard and
brown wrapping paper.
Well you see this is the age of periodicals, :"
said the energetic woman. There heaps OF
things in magazines and papers that are worth saw
ing but one doesn't want to keep the whole maya
zine for the the articles in IL that
are valuable. So I'm going over this mass and
taking out what want. Here in this scientific
magazine is an article the wireless which will
be useful 10 Jack whose teacher has told him 10
write a composition on the subject I shall take It
out bind it in brown paper and hle II away for
him.
These piles magazine stories and articles
which shall send 10 the binder. who will whtpsew
them and bind them In volumes OF convenient size.
Articles from the newspapers. recipes and 81 on
file away in my vertical file Then there are so
many good pictures in the magazines which il seems
pity 10 destroy. I began years ago TO cut these
out and classify them and when John became
editor he found my collection OF portraits very
useful Many of the pictures mount on cardboard
and put them up in the childrens playroom- /
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
HOW TO LIVE FOREVER.
Merely a Question of Hanging
On, RAM Daisies Learn.

The Rainy Daisies began another season yss.sr-
day at the Hotel AstOr by learning how % live
FOREVER Mrs Aurilla CoIcOrd Pote was the in
structor. and from her point Of view living forever
Is quite simple matter-merely a question q
hanging on "One viii not die tiH gives up"
she said.
but doctors stun doesn't help much, she thinks
What are really wanted. Il seems. are faith hope,
love, courage, JOY, etc. These things Nine Pots
asserted, are "a panaCea for all Illness. but she
didn't explain how the patient was 70 love dis
agreeable people OF be joyous in world OF woe.
She has found that these agreeable emotions gem
crate electricity-the one thing needful, she IN
formed the Rainy Daisies
The body is by electricity. it appears. and IL
can be generated simply by loving ones neighbOr
who keeps parrot and rejoicing in rent day and
milliners' bills.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
MILITIA MEDICAL CORPS CRITICISED.
AUch Of Its Field Service Joke, Says Regu-
Lar Army SURGEON.

"lst-Hgton, Oct. captain Harold " Jones. of
- iaei-eai corps u The r. s1lar army. arraigned
- present organization of the medical depart
80 a- 'le national guard ~ to-day's session
me Association Of Military Surgeons OF the
se- states. lie read a payer on Lis Impressions
l-r value ~ camps Of Instruction FOR medical
-iA - The national. guard. and called on The
-'-'i officers to take up the hslt to obtain
80 change ln The field organization He declared
@ -'-e4 ~ tae held service ~ Tie militia medi-
"a -1ti.s was "a joke.
1p.sir JoIes's views Wele a. least partially in
sta Ig IaJ0I George =. Champion u the
''s5 -.aH.a National Guard. hJ said tlat some
Vot more was needed besides beautifully
Crree pii schemes for medical aid and the Red
,sIas y iHeiHg up The ieal." ite emphasized the
ON 'i camps ~ instruction t.f militia medical
ss 5 -1iie. Nalery Harvard Of The medical corps
asr-.. t--dl ne ufecI -sl service 0f tit American
I.,r.-I-.-i cuba al tlr lc--luluE 0f The
- -@- 1- iiS supplies being Kept miles Qua
s,-. 4afrr 8y being dumped prpuIlScuously
la1f r-.re. such fllDS would NOT nave
rasr-.N't. Ht aid. had ilr medical corps had
So li> JHu transportation facilities.
sb s-tlied heo-H director general Of the Brit
d 80 medical service. nla int-lned that. While
in S.lt .lt Pro- lnce ~ fht military surgeon 10 act
D. te tartan capacity. hs nTst object should
oslcsysr .sltase tbe eiilciSacy 01 tie commanding
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
pEARY ACCEPTS OFFER.
WW Submit His Polar Records to
Commission of Scientists.
from The Tribune Bureau. ]


washington. Oct. 6.-Formal notice was received
TODAY by the National Geographic Society that
commander Robert e Peary will submit his
North Pole records 10 commission Of American
scientists The following telegram. dated South
fiarpswen. Me, received by Professor Willis
/" Moore. chief Of the Weather Bureau and presi-
oeht OF the Geographic Society
CopN OF society's resolution lust received I am
no. no. uhiy willing but desire 70 submit all records
9uu .L. 9ata 10 commission OF American scientists
' - iiHpdT'lany selected PEARY.
commander Peary's telegram was In reply to a
communication sent TO him on Friday by the
board Of managers Of the National Geographic So
cIeIy' A similar communication was sent TO DR.
frederick A Cook both explorers being urged
speedily TO submit all their observations, notes
ahc5 data t. a competent scientific commission IN
the United States" At a meeting Of the board
OF directors of the Geographic Society on Friday
steps will be taken for the appointment Of a spe-
ciGl commission.
Inc society has received reply TO the message
sent 10 Or. Cook. He has Informed the press
however that he is willing place his records be-
fore American scientific societies simultaneously
with their submission to the University OF Copen-
hagen. Professor Moore said to-day that the spe .
cial commission will consider Commander Pearv's
data in case DR.. Cook fails to respond to the invi
taton.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
ONLY oNB-TH1RD WAY TO coFFEN.
Digging Since Sunday, Rescuers Have Only
Excavated Thirty-fve Feet Into Well.

Sayville Long Island. Oct. (SpeciaD.-When the
men who are digging TO recover the body of John
.Coffen who buried alive here last Sunday.
climbed out of the hole which it has taken four
DAYS to dig discovered that the excavation
was only thirty-fve feet deep. The well ninety
feet deep and young Coffen at the bottom
when the sides caved in, so that the diggers still
have about ffty-fve feet to GO II is not expected
that the body will be recovered until Saturday
morning at the earliest
Until the measurements were taken tonight 1t
was thought that much greater progress had been
made Since all hope that Coffen is still alive has
been given UP the work has not proceeded so fast,
and the deeper the diggers the more difficult and
dangerous the work becomes.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
ZEPPELIN POLAR TRIP.
Expedition, Probably in 1911, Under
auspices of German SOciety.

Friedrichshafen. Oct 6-Prince Henry of Prus-
sia presided to-day over the meeting of the board
of directors Of the Zeppelin Atrship Arctic Expe-
dition to be undertaken under the auspices of the
German Society for the Exploration OF the Polar
Regions. II decided at the meeting to send
advance party during the summer of 1910 to
Spitzbergen with all the requisite equipments to
prepare for the successful operation an airship
in the polar regions
The members of the board emphasize the neces-
sity for the further development OF the Zeppelin
type Of airship for long voyages especially over
the An improved type is TO be constructed
and will be ready for trial flights in January, 1911
The tests will be carried out between the various
German ports.
Prince Henry of Prussia, after the conclusion Of
the meeting. made trip in the Zeppelin III. The
efforts of the directors 10 be continued and
persistent and will not be limited a single expe-
dition
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
PROVOST'S MANY WIVES
Paterson Nan BelieUed To BE PIC
tim of jealousy.

Paterson. n. j., Oct. (SpeciaD. Letters found
To-day among the personal effects of Edward
Provost, who died from drinking bottled beer con-
tanning strychnine. and whose hOusekeeper Mrs
Mary Webb. narrowly escaped the same fate in
dicate that Provost was a much married man and
lead the police TO believe that jealousy prompted
the poisoning.
Louis and Felix Langley. who said they lived at
No. 1850 First avenue, New York came here to-
day and identified the body as that of a relative
They told the police that Provost had a wife Iiv-
ing In Manhattan and and two daughters
living In Holyoke. Mass Louis Langley said that
Provost had not lived with this wife for ten years
one OF the letters found in package in Pro-
vosts desk contained a card of admission to the
hospital for the insane Morris Plains and a
statement from DR.. Britton D. Evans that Ella
Provost was hopelessly insane. Another letter
description of burial plot, where another alleged
wife of Provost buried
There are half dozen letters from many
different women. seeming TO indicate that all were
the wives of Provost. but the police have decided
not 10 make them public for the present.
Mrs. Mary Webb has not been discharged from
the hospital. although she is out of danger but
she is held prisoner because she is alleged
TO have told contradictory stories The police
convinced that jealousy the motive for the
poisoning of Provost and that Mrs. Webb knows
more than she has yet told.
Provost and his housekeeper were seized with
violent pains after they had drunk the contents
of three bottles of beer and partaken of cold
chicken. During the four days preceding Mon
day last they had drunk nine bottles of beer from
the same box and had experienced no i'll effects.
Provost was sixty years old and n carpenter by
occupation. Mrs. Webb IS thirty-seven years old
Provost was a member of Local 1881. United
Carpenters and Joners of America. His union viii
take charge of the burial as soon as the authori-
ties permit the removal of the body.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
SUPPLIES SOCIAL WORKERS.

The New York branch OF the Association Of Col-
legiate Alumne, Of which Professor Margaret
Matby, Of Barnard College. IS president. Is trying
to act clearing house for sociological interests
among its membership To this end IL has just
established a bureau of social service. This bureau
is not designed TO secure saiarted positions for
social workers but 20 furnish volunteer service TO
phanthrOpic societies and institutions which stand
in need Of such aid Often there are in the city
recent graduates who would like 70 give few
hours week 20 social work. and often philan-
thrOpc societies in need Of such workers II Il
20 make a connection between supply and demand
that the bureau has been organized
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07

sleeves any contrasting material is appropriate. II
an elaborate blouse IS 20 be made. all-over lace or
jetted net would be appropriate. for the simpler
one tucked silk is pretty
The quantity or material required for the medium
size is 3 wards q or "A inches wide ~ yards g
inches wide or fss yards - inches wide. with Iss
Yards OF tucked silk and 5l2 yards OF banding
The pattern, No 6451, Is cut in sizes for g. 81.
3s IS 40 and A inch bust measure and will be
mailed 10 any address on receipt OF 10 cents
Please give number OF pattern and bust measure
distinctly. Address Pattern Department New York
Tribune. II in a hurry for pattern send an extra
a-cent stamp and Will mail by letter pOstase in
sealed envelOpe
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
TREASURY TARIFF RULING.
Fragile Articles Need Not Be Marked to Show
Country of Origin.

Washington, Oct 6.-The Treasury Department
in ruling to-day, holds that fragile articles, like
lamp shades and fixtures, small steel enamel ware.
bottle caps and surgical Instruments need not be
marked to indicate the country of origin. Where
questions arise TO whether certain articles
should be marked not. they should be referred
the department for determination in order that
uniformity of practice at the ports may be main
tanned
The ruling in response - a 'etter from Col
Iector Loeb al New York, asking for a construc-
tion OF the words capable of being marked ETC.
without injury" used in Section of the new
tariff
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
DEFENDS MANGUVRES.
Llf;le Sickness Among Connecticut Guards
men, Says General Cole.
~ TeleFrar5 - The tribune l

lft Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Hartford Conn. oct. 6-When asked tonight
Tlat be- thought Of the Washington dispatch rela-
I'VE O. -te abolition Of joint military Ilau,elIvres
7t--i-. 'Teors" N Cole. adJItant general OF the
eoa1eet'cEt National Guard and for many years
i@..lef ~ the Organization, said the dispatch
'ai.f- many errors and misstatements, sucn as
'-7' iae r-ana-uFres filed the hospital cots and
c-lse- areary lists ~ absentees al the armo-ies
GENERA. Cole said his medical officers told him
uefe Was Ear less sickness than ar the state en-
-s1'faei.ts al Mantle. although there were many
-lit sore feet This would soon be obviated by
--l-e warming UP practice and 5y well fitting shoes
H'" -n me name ~ al that is great and good
''s-i Rlar-smen 10 learn 10 care for their health
u l-l.a tents and cook and ind shelter in action
sss i-les have these Jg.lt uauu-uEres ia times OF
|ase- SAID rhe general. The mano-uvres are the
'-. best ti-rs f0r The puaIdsmeu that know Of ."
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
sUFFRAGIsTs ENTER STRIKE.
Attend Meeting of Neckwear Makers and
Give Cheering Counsel

Three richly dressed women occupied seats on
the platform during a meeting of the striking
neckwear girls yesterday at Clinton Hall but be-
yOnd the statement that they represented the
woman suffrage movement nothing could be learned
about them. The three women made remarks in
low tones 10 Miss Lillian Plesser secretary of the
Neckwear Makers Union, which Miss Plesser
translated into Yiddish to the audience. The girls
appauded when they were told Of the fellctous
state Of affairs which would exist under woman
suffrage.
The leader of the suffragists asked what
they intended do, and she replied that a meet
ing would he arranged to take up the cause Of the
strikers. The regular business of the meeting was
resumed when the suffragsts left the hall. and re-
ports were made that forty-six contractors had
yielded
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN

The blouse which includes chemisette is much
worn this season Here is a model that can ba
utilized both for the gown and the separate blouse
and allows choice Of fancy sleeves or plain ones.
In the illustration 1t is made Of crepe de chine.
with trimming OF banding. and is combined with
tucked messaline- 1t viii be found charming for
cashmere. however. and also for the silks that
promise 70 be much worn while for the chem
isetJe. the deep cuffs and the trimmings OF the
New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
Notes of the Shops

in soft Liberty silk in all OF the rich dark shades,
bOrdered with marabOu.
The siIversmiJhs show end OF fascinating now
elites Among the new desk accessories are Glisree
silver twiue halls FOr-the table bOnoOn dishes
come in the form Of a high heeled slipper. A
handsome silver basket is FOR flowers. From its
arched handle hang Sin smaller silver baskets FOR
bonbOns. nuts. etc
A much needed table convenience is supplied by
the tiny two pronged fork for removing the olive
or cherry from cocktail
Elaborate brass beIs for babies furnished
with perfumed silk pads, which tie inside the
railing and prevent the small occupants from hit
ting against the bars
The new blankets OF lambs wool are widely
Cund at the top with white silk. and oelo" ias
the monogram Is done in a larse dlsA