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New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
FOR HIGHWAY PROTECTION.

Many provisions of the measure for the
protection of the public on highways,
which is being prepared for introduction
this winter in various legislatures, are
identical with those now in force in most
states and call for no special comment.
But some of them apply so pertinently to
the abatement Of gross current abuses
that they deserve notice and support.
One of these is to the effect that no
license to drive an automobile shall be
granted 10 any person under eighteen
years of age. The age limit might in
deed have been placed higher without
improprfety, and certainly should be
higher rather than lower. We cannot see
why the age limit for motor engineers
should he much lower than that for loco
motive engineers. The latter are, of
course responsible for the safety of all
the people on the train: but the former
are responsible for the safety Of all the
people on the public highways.
Thoroughly cOmmendable are the pro-
visions that any one driving a car while
under the influence of liquor. or on
being convicted a second time for reck
ANoo hiiN 4llEs SiiuAi nave Ills 1iNclAN-
voked: and that in addition to revoca-
ton of license any one who runs away
from an accident which he has caused
shall be liable to Imprisonment for
year. To a certain extent too, we must
commend the clause which would make
the owner who is present in the car
when the law is broken equally guilty
with the driver. though that should
probably apply to only certain kinds of
lawbreaking. If the owner lets his driver
run at an excessive speed, he is proper
~ culpable. but we should doubt the
propriety of holding him necessarily re-
sponsible for accidents caused by bad
steering or other i'll conduct of the
driver
1t must be obvious that such regula
tons as these are reasonable and neceS-
saTy for the protection of the general
public in the use of the highways and
for the protection of autOmObilists
themselves. There is real need of the
adoption of them. and of their prac-
tically uniform adoption by all states.
The state laws as TO the details of IL
censing, disposition of fees, etc, may
differ. but upon the fundamental re-
quirements of public safety they ought
to he in substantial accord; and It
might be we'll for that accord TO be car
ried so far as to cause penalties as well
as licenses TO be recognized beyond state
lines. II is now held that license 20
run car in one state should entitle the
holder to run his car, AT least transient
ly, in the adjoining states. Very well;
then revocation of a license might not
illogicaIly be deemed cause for refusing
to grant one in another state. II is only
by some such action that the common
roads can again be made safe for the use
Of the general public.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

semble in Washington until there is a
decent prospect OF permanently Inn
proved accommodations.
DIR. David Starr Jordan. the new presi-
dent of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, has asked
for the publication in the organ of that
society of the request for subscriptions.
thus evincing his own sympathy with
the project, and the officers of other or
ganlzations in the country may with
propriety follow his example. Since the
authors of the plan aim 10 make the
proposed building memorial TO wash
lngton. il will also undoubtedly interest
and certainly should appeal strongly to
men, women and children who are not
directly associated with either science or
art.
There is another structure designed
to honor Washington in the city bearing
his name. which was made possible by
individual contributions. but its existence
ought not to interfere with the con-
summation Of the new scheme. The
monument worthily attains one object.
The proposed memorial hall aims to ac-
complish two. More than sixty years
have passed since Congress Incorporated
the association under whose auspices
the first of these enterprises was begun.
Not only is the country far more pOpu-
lous than II was then, but it is far more
prosperous also. 1t should be much
easier to raise the S2.5O0OOO asked for
now than IL was to obtain the amount,
scarcely more than 81 100000, required
10 finish the monument
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
MR. 9AYNOR,s EuR4RR4NNnENr

Is anybody waste basket safe: Mayor
elect Gaynor now complains that some
ones nose" has been among the papers
which be left al his country home on
Long Island. lie is morally certain"
who did it. he says. which suggests in an
uSzind way "A former friend and political
allC. Tnis readiness 10 ascribe ali Of
fences of this sort 10 one source implies
q sympathy or the judges uart with the
Mount Clemens guest which. we hope he
does not feel lie should be 50 indignant
al the fraificking with public offices.
rights and contracts revea led in The
Mount Clemens letters. the obseGuious-
hess Of judges. The open speculation re-
garding h.mself I'm terms of patronage. the
shameless brokerage in public Offices in
which il is tacitly assumed that be will
take part-he should fee 50 righteously
indignant al all this as 10 rejoice that
the correspondence has been made pub
lie. He j. warned by what has been
brought out. lie must ZEE 0n his guard
against the IammaHy system If he would
give the city decent government for the
nexI four years. II ha would bring on
the new era" of Lis ambitions he must
break with the payroll suffers who
create jobs for their henchmen. as these
letters show. and with the brokers in
leg station who in consideration Of
'stock.' sell monopolies under the build
hg code
II the Mayor-elert's correspondence
has been tampered with for political
purposes II + because Of his equivocal
relations with Murphy and Tammauy
But for this 0Ee mystery about the com
ing Meyor nO one would think II worth
while 10 raid his waste basket or his
desk, for there would be no expectation
Of finding embarrassing material So
there is all the more reason why he
should make perfectly plain to the public
early u lis administration, il not, i'll
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

that Lake Superior ores will be marked
up 30 cents r. ton for the coming season.
thereby restoring the 1907 level Copper
trade authorities believe that the con-
sumption Of the metal In the new year
will increase to an extent that viii make
ourtailment of production unnecessary.
and though unofficial reports state that
leading producers have agreed to reduce
their output 10 per cent until the exist
ing surplus has been exhausted current
advices from copper producing centres
dc not bear out the rumOrs.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
4 NEW W4sHINGTON MEu0RI41.

i NEW WASHINGTON MEHORTAL
\ movement has been started to Sc
cure by popular subscription the erection
at the national capital Of building
which shall serve a double purpose. 1t
is intended as a memorial to the Father
of His Country and 10 furnish a con-
venient meeting place for international
and national gatherings for the promo
ton of science and art.
How much such accommodations are
needed was strikingly illustrated a wear
ago last September Representatives of
every civilized nation in the world met
in Washington 20 discuss methods of
fighting the disease which yet causes the
largest mortality, and a nobler purpose
than that it is hard to conceive. The
heartiness with which the invitation of
America for the tuberculosis Congress
Of 1908 was accepted was a conspicuous
exhibition Of the spirit of humanity and
brotherhood. An attendance of several
thousand physicians was assured. and
great difficulty was experienced in find
ing an assembly room large enough 10
contain them. The then unfinished ma
tional museum, 10 which access was
gained by an unsightly approach, af-
forded the needed space. but in many
ways it was inconvenient. Inability bet
ter 10 provide for thar meeting subjected
the men who were responsible for hold
ing it 10 II humiliation which they will
long remember. 4 repetition OF the ex-
perence is now unlikely for scientific
mill in
the same predicament. They will re-
frain from asking foreigners or profes-
sional brethren in this country to as
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
Letters TO the Editor

more American" Of Decsneer IS n-. .
chapter from The Tribune As N. t.,,..
Of large family. I say that ths stat. -.
IN large measure driven the parent N, -
the business Of regulating his children ~
What the boys Of the day really wan. .,
work They need to begin work in ~.
home. whether in the city or the cor-
thy They need 10 learn by doing a..
TO contribute something 20 the fa,r-s-
wealth. be IL ever so Ittle- They u..s !.
have their choice OF work or study. Fv.--.
boy that prefers work should have 4, vv,.s
starvation and unemployment rife IN tho--
sections where education II the most -.
nOunced. il Is time 10 throw 70 the -rs,a.
preconceived notions and take on -
life Of work FRANCIS B. LIvEsEY
CIarkson. Nd. Dec IS. 1903.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
LABRADoR'S POSSIBILITIES.
DR.. Grenfel Expects Large Exports Of
Reindeer Meat and Grain.

Sydney. y. :. Dec 12-That Labrator
may soon become an important source o.
food supply, exporting large quantities o.
meat. cereals. etc, as well as her pressnr
fish shipments. is the opinion Of Dr. WI
fred Grenfell. the well known missionary
author and lecturer. Dr- Grenfell and rs
bride. formerly Miss CIanahan. OF Chicago.
are on their way from the United Sta1es
10 Labrador. The doctor Is euthssiasuc
over the outlook for extending his heras
Of reindeer. imported from Lapland 70 al
parts of Labrador
There are excellent prospects of this de-
velOping into a most profitable industry.
he said Their flesh makes splendid tooo'
and look forward 20 the time when laIs
quantities viii be exported 10 supply tns
meat markets OF the world
Barley. oats and other hardy cereas
Will also flourish and numbering Offers an
other big field for development"
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
ORDAINED sY BISHOP GREER.

Bishop Greer. OF the Diocese OF ~
York. advanced i've deacons 70 the priess-
hood and ordained the Rev. Hiram Van
Kirk a deacon Yesterday morning tn tas
crvpt OF the Cathedral Of ST John the ~.
vine. Those advanced 70 the priesthooa
were the Rev. Charles p Tinker. OF -
Bronx Church House. formeriy Metho-
minister; the Rev. Alvin p knelA -, =.
Bronx Church House; the Rev - =
Daniel Saunders. OF the Diocese OF -
see: the Rev Horace T. Chute. OF -.
Chapel. and the Rev Dwight W -,
curate at 81. Anne's. The Bronx ne
Mr. Van Kirk who was made a.
was formerly minister Of the Cn~i'
the pisciples OF CnrisI.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
JUNGLE JOE" FOR PALEoNToLoeY

From The Washington Post.
Every session OF Congress there appears
In the appropriations bill an item of $40
U1 Tor the purposes Of paleontOIOgy. the
technical name for studies and research i'm
fossils To understand fossils helps ia
archaeological work of other kind The
societies back of the $4,000 appropriation
for paleontology always have a hard time
getting II through. because nobody knows
exactly what il is all about.
one OF the Democrats went TO Speaker
Cannon 10 inquire about this mysterious
item that had been appearing in appropria-
uon bills. i hear it's going in again" h.
said. The Speaker admitted that IL was
We'll, would you mind telling us lust what
the deuce paleOntology may be%' asked
the Democrat
Uncle Joe" tugged at his whiskers spec
ulatively for a minute, and then answered.
IT'S history of the Democratic party,
and I'm for IL"
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
MEDALS VOTED BY CONGRESS-

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: have Just read w rs" ARIA.
on The Medal and the Cross IN to-asv,,
Tribune am person of perhaps av.--
age intelligence. and I blush 20 conf.-
that I had never even heard OF the Co,-
gressiOnnl medal of honor
Oh. yes, I had heard OF the victr-.
Cross and the Iron Cross as p-obsbrv
every one else has Why doesn't the Con-
gressiOnal medal figure as prominently Ia
our everyday Hterature7
CooperstOwn. n Y. Dec IS. 1879
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
ROOSEVELT HIGHLY PRAISED
Tribute IN the Temps to His Politi-
Cal and Moral Greed.

Paris. Dec. 19.-The Temps" cxtoIlfrr
the election Of Theodore Roosevelt as a
foreign associate OF the Academy Of Moral
and Political Sciences. pays a high tribute
10 Mr.. ROosevelt's political and moral
creed, and his insistence that neither indI-
viduals nor nations have the right 10 shirk
their duty II says:
Peace is praiseworthy. but its desira-
bility has been unduly exaggerated. if in
spired by fear Mr.. Roosevelt recalls TO
our age that war is an evil, but not the
greatest Of evils Especially as the mes
senger of national idealism he merits the
eminent distinction conferred on him by
the institute"
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
FROM CABIN BOY TO COMMODORE.
From Tit-Bits.

Ii as "A cabin boy ON a coastfng
schooner that Captain John Pritchafd
commodore of the Cunarder Mauretania
the worlds greatest and fastest liner he
gan life. He was not much more than ten
when he went 20 sea aGd lea. ned to peel
potatoes for The master of a little Welsh
ship He was good at peeling potatoes
he was good at everything he touched; 50
he rose 60 the post of cook. at Il shillings
month. when he was hardly in his teens
From good cook be made himself into
good seaman, and obtained a mates Ger
uncate when he was twenty-one years old
Captain Pritchard has been with the Gu
nard ldne-which he Joined as a junior Of
ncer-for thirty years. He has now an
nounced his intention OF retiring into pri-
yRta Life.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
MR.. TAFT RETURNS TO CAPITAL
Had Attended Funeral Of Sister-in-
Law at Wstertovn. Conn.

Washington, Dec. 19.-President Taft. sc-
companied by his son Charlie. returned to-
day from WatertOVn. Conn. where ysstsr-
day ne attended the funeral OF his sister
in-law, Mrs Horace d Taft The train 20
which the Presidents car was attached
was more than an hour behind its schsdula.
getting him 10 Washington TOO late 70 90
10 church
The President went direct from the Unior
Station 10 the White House IN one q ths
executive automobiles.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
ANOTHER RHODES SCHOLAR.

Utica. n. Y. Dec, lS.-whitney Hart
ShAmrdson. Of Hamilton. a member OF the
class OF 10 OF Colgate University. has won
the Rhodes scholarship. which amounts 10
1880 a year for a. period OF three years at
oxford University. The scholarship also
provides for a period OF travel on the Con-
Iineut- Shepardson was one of five who
passed the examination. and the only one
who obtained an appointment
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
GOVERNOR TO ATTEND FUNERAL.

Albany. Dee. 1S.-GOvernOr Hughes VIA
attend the funeral Of state senator Jon'
Raines at Canandaigua tomorrow. I"s
Governor and many state officials and isS-
isIators viii leave Albany in the moTninS
on a special train
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
Nfln,Dprk Grihn,1e.
MONDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1909.

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hshed Jy The Tribune Association, u
Neto York corporation; office and pri'l-
cipaI place Of business. Tribune Build
ING. No 154 Nassau street, NeI0 York;
ogden Mills, president; Henry ".
SGckeft. secretary; James II. Barrett,
fredSwrer. The address of fhe officers is
the Office Of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY SERMON.

The annual sermon before the New Eng
land Society OF New York was preached by
Dr. Charles A Eaton at the Madison Ave-
nue. Baptist Church last night, Many menu
hers of the society were present. including
Seth Low and senator Chauncey N Depew
Dr. Eaton dwelt upon the influence OF Pur-
itAnism upon the present aSs.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
BIGGER TELESCOPE NEEDED.

From The Boston Herald
Zaccheus Daniel. the young Princeton
student who has discovered three comets,
has name for prophecy. Perchance he
can pick out big Democratic luminary
for 1912
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
WORK AS MORAL MEDICINE.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; Under the caption Reform the
Parent-Increase of Juvenile Crime Caused
by Lack OF Home Influence The BaIti-
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
poRrueAL's CABINET CRISIS

Lisbon. Dec. 1s-Weneeslo de Lima
Premier gives as the reason for tne -
ignation OF the Cabinet which eee~- !,
yesterday. the detection Of two srouP
the coalition parties by which tas
istry had been suppcrtsa II
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
ANOTHER BLOW TO SANTA CLAUS.

From The Boston Transcript
Dr. Grenfelrs men are having consid-
erabie difficulty in teaching reindeer TO
travel rapidly. Another blow TO the Santa
Claus myth.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

Secretary MacVeagh's regulation elm
mating state. city and railroad bonds as
security for government deposits VIII
help the price OF the per cents. But
two things are needed to restore them TO
their former positiOn-certairly that
large further issue of government bonds
will not enter into competition with them
as the basis of bank issues and at an ad-
vantage over them, and an increase In
interest rates in the money market
which will make bank issues more
profitable
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

Arbitration laws and courts and other
social experiments do not seem to have
saved Australia from disastrous strikes
CT from a provocation to drastic legisia-
ton on the subject
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

The members of the Milk Exchange
will now CRAFTY" each other in New
Jersey.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

The traction war; in Cleveland is at
an end again.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-20

We wonder if ThemistOcles ever had
his waste basket robbed.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17

membership of eighty-five or ninety.
They are the Sorosis. Miss Margaret
Steele. president; the Shakespeare,
Mrs. G.. w. Holland, president; the
Friends in Council, Miss Jennie Keim,
president; and the Woman's Club,
Mrs. George Jennings, president.
These are Joined into a City Fedora
ton, and upon occasions act together.
Every club is a member of the dis
trict, the state and the national fed
Grafton, and is entitled to one or
more delegates and votes in each.
Besides literary and musical work,
an interest is taken in c%ivics, in
sanitation, III the schools and other
matters in which women are partic-
ularly fitted to assist officials in car
rying out needed reforms. Among
other things accomplished, men of
national reputation have beer brought
here in the past two years for a lee
ture, a piano recital or other per
formances in their line.
The social side of life is not
neglected or despised. One club
has an annual New Years dinner,
which has assumed the nature of a
banquet, where the members and
their husbands, after discussing an
elaborate menu, listen to toasts de
livered by speakers, both men and
women, selected for this part of the
program. When the women are
able to interest and entertain their
husbands, they feel that their efforts
have been worth while.
These local clubs are duplicated in
almost every town of the state and
nation. Women are banded together
and by this kind of association are
reaping the benefit derived from or
ganized members in many lines of
work. They have the endorsement
of E%x-president Harvard. who said
recently that the educated woman
makes the best wife and mother.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17

tracing method 10 enjoy the beauties
Of a larger sphere of reason. What
the birth of these mel has meant tC
the world can never be estimated
How they inspired men to cultivate
ana apply their mental abilities ano
to view life in its larger sense, and
yet how many Il |wanderer who has
followed TO such heights has stumb
led and fallen, to find himself dash.
ed, bruised and bleeding, upon the
rocks of despair.
Christmas is the birthday of a
philosopher whose reasoning is per.
feet, whose Judgment is correct
whose motive is the highest and
whose followers have never been
deceived. Instead of mystifying, he
is enlightening. Instead of complex,
He is simple. The greatness OF his
philosophy is in its adaptability TO
all classes and to every rank-to
peasant and to king alike. Its beauty
is its power to transform the vilest
and lowest, into the purest and best.
Where n such n philosophy be
found? In one book only, the Bible,
where is given the history of the
birth, life. teachings and death of
that greatest of all philosophers, whose
thought surpassed all others as does
tho hpht nf fhA Gt,n thot De thA aon
die, or the Aurora Borealis that of
the freely, Here only is the true
philosophy i'll all its beauty, %splendor
and simplicity, and here also is it's
authorize offspring of Almighty God,
whose birthday we celebrate as
Christmas.
But il is not sufficient for me that
my ideal should be master only in
thought, for as | see MAI he needs
more than theory. lie needs guild
ance and help to attain to the theory,
and for this he must have proper
laws. We look back again over his
tory and We can almost hear the
oloquence of the Roman statesmen.
Cicero and Dionysius Halicarnassus
as they gave 10 their people that won
derful code Of laws. a treasure for
the oueoming people and food for
ambitious statesmen. Truly the world
has been greatly blessed by these
and many other statesmen. The
births of such men as William Glad
stone, Alexander Hamilton and Thos.
jefferson have indeed resulted in
bringing order out Of chaos and peace
out Of strife, C~onfucius lowered above
them all when he wrote, DO not do
unto others hat which o do not
want others to do unto YOU But
what a height was reached by him
who said, Therefore. all things what
soeyer ye would that men should do
to you, do You even SO to them" and
again, Love your enemies, bless
them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them that
despitefully use you and ~persecute
you, 1T is more blessed to give than
to receive" and Bear We one an
others burdens Many and great
as have been both the moral and
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
ChampaQne.

1t is said that when Sir Andrew
Clark, Mr.. Gladstone's physician. rec.
commended a patient to drink vine. the
latter expressed some surprise. say
ing he thought Sir Andrew was a tenn
perance doctor, to which Sir Andrew
Clark replied: oh, wine does some.
times help o to get through work
for instance, | have often ~ letters to
answer after dinner, and a pint OF
champagne is a great help Indeed.
said the patient, does a pint of cham
payne really help you to answer the
20 letters?' NO no. said Sir IN
drew, but when I've had a pint o
champagne, l don't care a rap whether
| answer them or not"