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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-02
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-02
FREBE'S PIES

always look so tempting and tazte 90 good, the housewife can't really af6cr1 to spend her time in baking pies. Try them. Sold at a1l stores.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
4lrFB1cFs FUTURE NuIL RANK.

In this weeks scientific American" an Eng
Issh correspondent considers the possibility that
Germany within few years displace the United
States from the second rank among the naval
powers He makes his reckoning in the follow
ing manner America now has twenty-five bat
sleships and fifteen arlnored cruisers. In the
fsst four years work has been begun on, or the
suthorfy given for two new battleShipS annu-
ally If the same policy should be- followed by
Congress in 1910 and 1911, the completion of the
programme for the latter year would add TO the
list twelve new vessels fitted for heavy fighting,
making total Of ffty-two. GerTpany now has
:sventy-four battleships and eight armored cruis-
ers, and is hiding four now vessels wear.
Three Of these are hattleShips and one is a
cruiser When the programme Of 1911 has been
fully carried out Germany should have hfty-four
heavily arnored fghting ships.
These figures do not show any great dis
MARTY. They must he modified considerably be-
for true comparison can be made. but they
deserve careful consideration. IN the first place,
g triiing correction is necessary in the showing
of the present strength Of the United States
The latest list of the Navy Department includes
ONLY twelve not fifteen, armored cruisers The
proper total for this country. when the ships 10
be authorized in 1910 and 1871 have been built.
should be foFty-nne. provided. Of course, that no
deductions are made for Cthnr CAUSES.
The proper basis for comparison. however. is
not the number of ships. bur the number of
heavy guns which they carry. The theory Of the
Ireadnought now fully adopted ly All the ma
ries Of any consequence. Is tlat fighting is to De
ne with guns Of the largest size Both on the
battleship and the newest type Of cruiser the
gurs are all Of one calihrc or II inches II
all Of the twenty-five American lattl.shil1s now
or recently in commission should be available
-four or five years hence rather extravaGant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06

assumptiOn-they would supply exactly one nun
dred Pinch breechloaders. Only four armored
cruisers have anything heavier than an S-lncn
gun. The Tennessee mounts four 1olnch guns
and so does each of her three sisters Or the
new battleships. six will supply fifty-slx. Should
the other six average twelve guns, there should
be q grand total Of pa guns available.
Conflicting statements have been mace CON
corning the armament of Germanys new battle
sbips and cruisers. but TO credit them with ten
guns each-an extremely conservative estimate
would give 90 heavy guns Only ten Of Ger
-manv's older battieships are worth considering
They are only six or eight years old, and each
mounts four 11-inch guns. Here, then, Is
promise of $50 altogether. However, there Is a
pretty strong probability that these figures are
too low. because II has been rumOred that some
o. Germanv's new ships would carry sixteen
c7Ins and even the author Of "Brassey's Annual
thinks that twelve is not an excessive estimate
ON the other hand. at least half a dozen Of the
American battleships will be unfit for use within
the next five years. The gun tally may we'll
stand about like this in 1912 or 1913: United
States. 22O and Germany go or $50
1t would seem To an impartial observer,
saws the writer for ''The Scientific American.
that nothing short Of an annual programme OF
five Dreadnoughts can save the United States
from being ousted from her position ms
opnion need not he accepted implicitly, but,
coming as it does from dlsntereSted outsider
if Is worth serious attention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
1TSTRO- SERVIAN nEL4TIONS.

It is not difficult TO msrepresent or TO mis-
understand the situation of affairs in the north
western part of the Balkan Peninsula if the
observer is minded so 10 do, but neither is It,
should it be. difficult to take accurate view
of il The statement exclusively made by our
Paris correspondent in last Sundays Tribune
has been demonstrated by press dispatches on
every succeeding day TO have been exactly true
in detail, and its equal truth in spirit and in
general is not TO be impugned by subsequent
interested inventions in other quarters. The
simple fact is that the attitude of the Servian
government is and has been not vaclating and
shifty but constant and consistent. and not
warlike. but peaceful. OF course. there may
have been utterances in Servia of q different
character; but it is necessary TO discriminate
between irresponsible and unofficial individual
land Of free speech and the authoritative voice
Of the responsible government.
As for Austria Hungary, or. more properly,
Austria alone, her attitude also is consistent
with the consistency of the opportunst but we
can scarcely esteem il peaceful. 1t would he
ung rciuus. and since cannot infalliby read
minds and their motives II would perhaps be
unwarrantaDle. TO say that her policy is inten-
tionally provocative of war. But at least il
must he said that if 1t were meant TO be war
Ike 1t could scarcely be better designed To fulfil
that purpose than il is at present Certainly
an assumption by Austria that she could recog-
iiize no right of other powers to take cogniZance
of relations between herself and Seryia would be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
MORAL ISSUE IN DIRECT PRIMARIES.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I see that State Chairman Woodruff states
that there is moral issue at stake in the direct
primary bill. the case in the racetrack bill
This statement is misleading and designed 10 d.
vert attention from the real issues involved Not
only is there a moral issue. but there are great
many moral issues at steke.
The fact is. the Governor and his supporters are
aiming TO bring about such reform IN the body
polite as Will make it impossible for the leaders OK
the Republican or any other party 10 so manlDo-
late conventions that representatives VIII be chosen
who will. under the whip OF these party leaders,
pass and support such immoral. II not Infamous
measures as were contained in excise law. t1s
Horton prizefght law. the Percy-Gray and other
acts
The people are waking up and demanding rlSnI
to have something to say as to who shall reqresehI
them in making their laws and who Will take SONS
interest in their proper enforcement
No moral issue? Why. ii may be more truthiuIS
said that every moral issue Is at stake
T DE QUINCY FULLY.
New York. March I, 1909
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06

t,a reverse of reasonable or conciliatory. Nor
are the domestic affairs of Austria such as 10
indicate that her policy is peace Five Czechish
members of parliament and eight newspaper cd
itors have been arbitrarily arrested and IN
prisoned for no apparent cause except their
criticism of the governments policy in the Bal
kans; relations between Slavs and Germans ere
more strained than ever. while the economic con
dition of the people is most distressing From
one point Of view, of course, such conditions
might be regarded as deprecatory of war. But
from a much more generally accepted point OF
view. at least in Europe. they suggest the de-
STABILITY of seeking foreign war, in the en-
thusasm of which domestic feuds may be for
gotten and domestic distress may for the time
be either allayed or overlooked.
II was q fine display Of reasonableness and
magnanimIty. not to say Of self-sacr1hee IN lhe
interest Of peace for Servia to renounce her Just
claims to territorial compensation for Austria
Hungary'S seizure of potentially Seryian landS'
and to declare her readiness to acqu1esce IN Inc
Dual Realms ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, provided only thaI
her own economic and commercial independence
should be perpetualy guaranteed; and IN max
ing that declaration the government at Belgrade
acted with discretion and wisdom such as must
commend It to the world. Surely Austrla-hun-
gary should have made haste to meet Seryla AaIr
way with an equally direct and unequlvocal
declaration in favor Of the strongest posSiDe
international guarantee to the effect desired by
Servia. since that is something TO which Servla
would naturally have been entitled IN any case
even had Austria Hungary not seized Bosnia
while of course since that seizure there IS an
additional reason for granting 1t as evidence
that there is no intention Of following the an
nexation of the provinces with actual aggres-
ssions upon the integrity of Servia. We must
hope. then in spite of sound and fury at Vienna
that counsels of moderation, justice and peace
will prevail at the Hapsburg court, and that a
wanton war for sordid aims will not be forced
upon Southeastern Europe with the incalculaole
danger of its extending to other parts OF the
Continent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
1 LESSON ~ ECONOnY.

Money could he borrowed for subway building
at 4 per cent by the use of the cty's credit II
the constitutional amendment should be adopted
Private enterprise using its own credit would
have TO pay. allowing for commissions to under
writer's. something like per cent. We may
assume for the purposes Of this argument-anh
not be far wrong either way-that On ne"
subway like the present one the fixed charges
on a + per cent basis would he low enough 10
make the line just self-Supporting with ocehe
fare. At the rate of per cent for It's caphal
that would not be the result.
In the case of the Lexington avenue me- eS'l-
mated to cost SSOOOOO00. the deficit with money
borrowed at 6 per cent would he, according 10
the assumption. about per cent, or Sl6ooo"o a
wear. According to the Chamber of Commerce
committees suggestion. ii may be necessary Tor
the city. in order to induce private capitaI 10
build subways TO agree to make up Such de'
ficencies to private capital; then the city, nav
ing the Lexington avenue road built on Slch
terms. would have according to our assumption
to nav over 10 the operating company To make
good its deficit S1.6O0OOO a year, when that
road if hurdened with lower fixed charges ny
the use Of the Citys credit, would be profitable.
And this would he a lesson in municipal econ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
LnHnnN,S low DEATH RATE.

ExuItation has recently been expressed over
the marked dfminution of the death rate in this
CITY in recent years. that Of last year having
been only 1862 in the thousand which was the
lowest in the history Of New York. The achieve
ment thus indicated is certainly highly credita-
bic and may properly be a source of pride TO
the metropolis Yet the result thus far attained
should by no means be accepted a satisfactory
fnaIitv. but rather should be regarded as an
Indictment 10 further and no less earnest on
deavors for a further and no less marked lower
ing Of the death rate.
The possibility OF such further reduction Is
convincingiy suggested by the records of other
cities, and particularly by that Of London, the
city which most closely approximates New York
In poDulation. if not in other conditions. \
writer IN The Lancet" calls attention to the
circumstance that while there has been for
many years gradual lowering Of the death rate
there, 1t has been especially marked in the last
few wears This. in the ten years lS6l-'Io the
rate was 244 in the thousand, and it declined
steadily by dccennial periods until in 1S9l-l9oo
II was only 1876 But then its decline became
more rapid In the septennate l9Ol-O' the
rate was 1913. or just a fraction lower than
New York's last year, and finally, in the last
year 1905 If was only 40. or more than 20
below New YOrks in the same year.
Now we should say that what London can
do New York should be able to do. if not to
outdo If great population be disadvantage
10 health as many assume, then New York has
an advantage over London, while on the other
hand this city. while not quite so large as Lon
don is certainly large enough TO possess every
advantage and aiG to sanitation which size and
wealth can afford. The climate Of New York Is
generally esteemed to be less trying TO health
than that Of the British metropolis. Certainly
the air is purer here and there Is far more
prevalence Of direct sunshine-bOth important
factors in sanitation. Moreover. bad as are
some Of cur slums, they are surely not quite so
bad as those Of the East End Of London. IN
deed. all conditions would seem to suggest that
New York ought to have a lower instead Of n
higher death rate than the only larger city in
the world
The writer in "The Lancet" attributes Lon
don's low death rate 10 the efficiency Of the
sanitary and poor law administration and it
seems to us that that credit is reasonable and
is properly deserved. If. then, our death rate
remains markedly higher than LOndon's, in
spite of our superiorities Of place and circum-
stance there will be ground for questioning
whether our administration is efficient in this
supremacy important respect as that of the
much criticised London County Council.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

IBy Telegraph 20 The TrIbunel
Newport March 5.-The summer home Of Mr..
and Mrs John r. DrexeI IS being improved This
work will be completed during the present month
or early in April. Mr. Drexel and family are to
arrive early this year. Mrs. Drexel will sail for
Europe at the end Of this month to remain until
June.
The summer home Of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh D.
AuchincIoss has also been enlarged.
Mrs Emile Bruguiere and son. Louis BruguIere,
are expected back in Newport for the coming sea
son. They will occupy CastIewood.
Alfred G.. Vanderbilt is expected at Oakland
Farm early In the week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
HARVARD TO GET KAIsER's PORTRAIT
Purchased as Gift for Germanic Museum by
Hugo Reisinger, of This City.
- - % The TrLbnne. j

IBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Boston March 5-The portrait of Emperor VIII
tam II which was one of the most conspicuous
,anvases at the recent exhibition Of conteH-
poraneous German art at the Metropolitan MH-
scum Of Art in New York, exhibition hefs
has been presented To the Harvard Germans
Museum by Hugo Reisnger. of New York VIZ
Reisinger was the chief organizer OF the eXniof
ton In New York. and the Emperor who tooN
great interest in it. caused this portrait 70 g
painted by Professor Adolph Kempf OF the 10y :
Academy OF Berlin, expressly for the eXniollio--
which closed on Washingtons Birthday
The exhibition of German art which con1plls =
about three hundred paintings and a score OF sl,
sculptures. IS TO be shown in the Chlc@so -,
Institute. after which the portrait passes -
the nossession of the curator OF the museum =
Cambridge Mr.. Reisnger. it was said "hen
exhibition was being held in New YORK. plai--
to add this portrait Of the Emperor 10 Ms - -.
vate collection. from which many OF the oeSI -,
amples in the present Germanic exhibition 49,
been lent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
Company H. IOeth Regiment, y Y V.
HamIinton, Penn, March ?. 1902

The bill in question provides that the State Con-
trolIer establish a bureau Of pensions to provide
pensions for soldiers. sailors and marines, who
served in the army or navy OF the United states
from the State II New York, in the Civil War
The rule as TO residence reads
Provided further that person shall be entitled
TO a pension under this act. who was not ar tha
time Of his enlistment an actual resident and IN
habitant Of this state, and who had not been suc1
resident and uhabitanr for at least three con-
secutfve wears next before making application for
said pension. and has not been such resident AZ
least one wear before each pension period
As this pension would be provided by the state
OF New York for bona flde residents Of the state
such rule is intended TO prevent violation q the
spirit OF the proposed statute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06

1t really is a shame, a measly shame to treat
the Young Idea so. Here are some sixty boys
end Fifteen girls, presumably all of them in their
teens or soon to be, in the Auburn On. " high
school driven TO revolt by the intolerable
tyranny of the Board Of Education which ar
rogantly forbids them to organize JOIN and
,,eirtain secret Greek letter fraternities and
s,ror;+ies What is our boosted free school sys-
tom coming TO if such things can be? What
homo is there of the Rising Generation If all these
nice little boys and girls are not permitted to
enroll themselves beneath the mystic symbol of
Alpha Sigma Sigma and TO swear in awful
solennity above a rabbits foot and goose's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
NEW YORK STATES PENSION BILL.

To The Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. viii YOU please print the text OF the New
York State pension bill. now before the LeEis-
lat1Ire for the benefit soldiers of the civil War;
I saw a copy IN The Woman's National Daily
est Louis. MOI
AS understand II. all veterans OF the state who
live without the state are excluded from its benz
fits.
VIII you please give the reasons for such a rulef
An early answer viii greatly Oblige-
J. II. BOTCE.
Cor1Dary H lneth Regiment. y. Y V.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06

Major Hemphill. the editor of The Charleston
News ana Courier" says that he has not applied
for a seat in the Bryan band wagon for 1872 as
an ordinary passenger. He wants to help drive
the wagon and has nominated himself as the
next Democratic candidate for Vice-President.
no more Indiana candidates for Nice-President
for us says Major Hemphill We wish the
South Carolina candidate well He will probably
carry his own state, which Mr.. Kern failed to
do last year. as Mr. Stevenson had in 1900 and
Mr.. Sewan in 1896