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New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC-s-La Boheme.
ALHAIBRA-2-S-NaudeV
ASTOR--S:ft-Thc Man from Home.
BELASCO-s:l5-Is Matrimony a FailureE
BROADWAN-S:15-The Midnight sons
CASTNO-S:15-Hayana.
CIRCLE-S-15-In HsytL
COMEDY S:I5-rhe Melting Pot
CRITERION-S :29-The Noble Spaniard
DALYS-S:15--Biliy.
EDEN MUSEE-The World IN Wax
S:l5-Inconsta2t George.
aGAgETY-S:15-The Fortune Hunter
GARRICK-S.3 S.30-Detective Sparkes
1fACNETT-S S:l5-Such a Little queen
TIAMMERST TEINS-2:I5-S i 5-N audeNllle.
F{EFaEI eSaIsARE-S 1.-THE Rose OF AlSeIla,
IPpQDRONE-2-S-A Trip 10 JAPAN 4hslue 'i'e
2 aearth: the Ballet OF Jewels.
EUrDSON-S15-An American WIDOW
KNICkERBOCKER-s--Ehe Dollar trlhSSss
IfBERTY-s .l5-The Widows Might
LINCOLN sRE-S:15-The Witching HOUR
TYCEUM-S :I5-ATscne Lupin-
LYRlC-e:I5-The Chocolate Solcier
MAJESTIC-S -15--The Bridge. ~. "a
MANHATTAN OPERA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. anu
MAMIE E1I1oTTrs THEATRE-s:15-The Blue
KEW AMSTERDAM-S:15-Th love Cure
NEW YCRK-S-The Sins of Society. ,,,
. sAVOY-s:l5-The Awakening Of Helena Ilchle'
ETIrYVESA ANT-s:l5--The Easiest way
WALLACKS-S:15-The Dollar-Mark
WEBERS-S:I5-The Climax.
WEST END-S:I5-The Bevelers.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21

thoroughly commendable and valuable con-
test of automobiles is 70 begin tomorrow, and
we are glad to see that exceptionally large
number OF cars has been entered. The run is
from Washinb ION TO Boston and back. with Ge
tours as far as Albany at one eide and Atlantic
City at the other. making the total distance
probably close 10 a thousand miles. 1t is known
as reliability contest. and eight days arc
allowed for the circuit IL Is obvious that no
efforts at great speed intended. II will ap
Parently be a test OF the practical qualities OF
the cars in ordinary touring use on ordinary
roads. That Is the sort OF competition which
we have repeatedly suggested in these columns,
and II is worth thousand times more than all
the mad speed contests in the world.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
THE ORIGIN OF 20. X"
From The Evening Wisconsin. Milwaukee
Under lata ~ ..o.t.rl,..

From The Evening Wisconsin. Milwaukee.
Under date of yesterday. professional man we'll
Evening Wisconsin, follows:
Editor Evening Wisconsin. ,.,
Noting your editorial of August "a cOntrovert-
ing the editorial statement Of The Chicago Inter
Ocean in its assumption that the phrase 20 X :
originally came into use during the Civil War let
me say that YOU are entirely correct your sta
ment-it was In common long before tina,
time. The writer of this communication distinetISS
remembers OF its use during shortly before Is4S
and then II was commonly understood that n had
lts origin during or very shortly after the war
with Mexico. In that war. II was said an army
oLllcer whose duty IL was to examine and approve
OF Of army accounts would approve the same by writ
ing above his signature 'Oll korrekt.' and as the
volume Of his work increased he abbreviated the
above TO .. X. Probably II this army officer were
living now he would favor simpliaed spelling.
When General Taylor CROUCH and Ready') was
nominated for the Presidency, in 1S4S the Loco
FOcos asserted that he the original author or
the expression. The writer OF this was a member
OF an engineer party in 1Si9. and II was his dutv
10 revise his notes taken during the day I'm the
evening When they so revised ne would
aniX the letters %. X 10 the margin OF each
page. IL William Il. Cramer were now aliys 7 am
sure ne Woula corroborate METHUSEl4AE.'
The Evening Wisconsin Is glad 20 receive and
publish this letter "Methuselah's'' anecdote OF
the TAYLOR campaign not only substantiates what
The Wisconsin asserted. but lifts the subject 10
tho dignity or history
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune !


Newport, Sept. 20 Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard and
her daughter. Mss MurieI Morris Cass left for
New York to-day.
Miss Beeekman has ended her visit with her
sister. Mrs. Louis L. LOrillard, and returned 10
New York
Mrs W. S. Nelson has closed her Newport sea-
and returned to Larchmont for the fall
Alfred G. Vanderbilt has returned from a New
York visit.
Miss Julia Berwind has returned to PHILADELPHIA
after spending the greater part OF the summer with
her brother and sister-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs Ed
ward ]. Berwind.
Colonel and Mrs. c. L. Robinson are TO spend ths
winter in Hartford. They will close their homs
here at the end OF the month
The Rev. and MIS-. George GrenvilIe Morrill,. Of
Buffalo. are the guests OF Mrs John Nicholas
Brown.
Mrs. Harold Brown is expected back from abroad
next month spend the winter here.
T. o. Beach is not the purchaser OF the George G.
Haven estate on Narragansett avenue, was
thought Another person has purchased the plaza
but the name has not been announced.
Lloyd Phoenix returned from a cruise on ths
Intrepid to-day.
Major Edmund J. Curley is TO spend the winter
abroad
Ernest Howe and Arnold Hague left for New
York this afternoon
AIR and Mrs Clarence W Dolan closed their sea-
son to-day and left for Philadelphia
Mrs. Isaac E. Emerson IS the guest OF her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Margaret McKim.
Mrs Worth Robinson Is the guest of Mrs Wiz
lam GrOsvenOr-
Miss Margaret H. Busk has returned 10 Newport
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
AERIAL LINES IN GERMANY.
Scheme for Service Between Berlin and Lead
ing Cities Well Supported.

Berlin Sept 2O-If present expectations are full.
filled Germany viii have dirigible balloons and
aeroplanes carrying passengers between Berlin and
the principal cities OF the empire by May, 1910 The
Air Navigation Company, which is 20 perform this
service. is being well supported. twenty financial
institutions and men OF wealth having subscribed
10 the cOmpany's stock. Among tho shareholders
are several we'll known banks. Prince Won FGrsten-
berg. Count Tiele- -Winkler, Prince Won Donners-
marck. IsadOr LOewe and the General Electricity
Company. Herr LOews is ono OF the active organ
izers OF the concern 10 Is not expected 20 make
money from tho start but the hope Is entertained
that II will be possible % cover expenses. The
company has arranged 20 buy Zeppelin. Parseval
and Gross dirgfbls balloons. well some OF the
Wright aerOplanes. II these machines can be adapt
ed 10 long 'crOss-country trips. Several OF the
interested In this new company are shareholders
IN the company which acquired the Wright patents
for Germany.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
CATHOLIC COUNCIL AT QUEBEC.
Subjects Under Discussion-No Action To Be
Taken on Recommendations.

Quebec, Sept. 2O.-The first plenary council ever
held ln Canada by the Roman CathoHc Church.
and the most important conference Of prelates Of
that denomination ever called together n this
country. is meeting here this week. The sessions
being presided over by MonsignOr Soarett,
the Papal Delegate. and the deliberatiOn Include
subjects OF great interest 20 the Church at larg.
II is understood thar the demand in certain
tiOns for French clergy for localities where thsls
is a small Englsh-speaking majority and for
English-speaking pastors in districts where con
ditions reversed will be OF the matters
discussed.
II Is stated that the council Will rot take u7
the recent accommodation OF Canon IeHieIx
and twenty-five priests IN the diocese OF ST. Hya
cinthe for refusing 10 obey Bishop Bernard Re-
garding the removal OF the church college al
Marieville. the council has no Jurisdiction nj
matters OF discipline
Among the prominent churchmen in attendancs
are the Most Rev. Paul Bruschesi. Archbishop a.
Montreal: Archbishop Pesinsi. OF Quebec; Arch
bishop Iangvin. OF 81. BonifaCs. Man, and scor
OF bishops.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-The Roosevelt, with Commander
Peary on board anchored for the night sixty
five miles north OF Sydney: Mrs. Peary and her
children have sailed 70 meet the explorer -
1t was announced at Madrid that the Spanish
troops had begun their advance from Melilla
against the MOors; the Foreign Board at Tan
gier has issued protest 70 the powers. -
The trial for libel Of the american missionaries
Messrs. Morrison and Sheppard, began Leo
spoldVille. - A vessel on FIRE was sighted $50
miles off Durham July % and afterward
blew up; she is believed to have been the miss
ing Maratah. with three hundred persons on
Doaru; - The Alauretanla reduced her east
boaInd record by 45 minutes covering the dis
tanee between New York and Queenstown in
days l3 hours and Al minutes. == The dam
age by the recent storm IN Pinar del Rio is esti
mated at SLOOO.000: hundreds Of peasants are
destitute. 80 Rougier in his aeroplane reached
a height of $50 feet at Brescia- - The first
Catholic plenary council ever held in Canada
began its sessions at Quebec.
DOMESTIC-President Taft spoke in Des
Moines Iowa. outlining the changes he will
recommend in the interstate commerce aud anti
trust laws; later in the day he visited Omaha.
- severe hurricane from the Gulf of
Mexico, blowing sixty miles an hour cut off New
Orleans and most important points in the Mis-
sissippi Valley south of Vicksburg from all COM
munication- - At meeting OF twenty-eight
Judges of the principal courts in Chicago the
secretary OF the jury commission was suspend
ed as result OF the jury scandals - Cif-
ford Pinchot denied having any controversy
b N3tni1secTetary Ballinger, and il was said that
chief forester. - Prince Kuni proved him
sfff an expert marksmen at the rifle range in
. '1Aontcello y. Y. == John Golden. of Ledyard,
szras killed by the breaking of a chain fixed 10
a four-ton traction engine, which slipped over
MS PROSTATE body. Judgment was entered
az Albany in favor of the state TO prevent the
continued pumping OF carbonie acid gas from
the springs at Saratoga.
CITY.-Stocks We're strong and active =-
The Oscar II, with Dr. Cook on board anchored
on Fire Island == Control of the Wabash
hallroad Company said TO be likely to pass
10 Tour or five large roads which would thus
obtain entrance to Pittsburg. Stimson,
whitman and WINS remained the most likely
candidates for Mayor after long session Of the
fusion committee. -= The members of the
Dutch committee representing the Netherlands
IN the HuosOn-FutOn celebration arrived and
were escorted about the city - The receiver
or the Second Avenue Railroad got permission
from the supreme Court 10 borrow $500 600 for
immediate improvements, including the electrif-
cation Of the Worth street line. Former fi-
rectors OF the avis-Daly Copper Company be-
gan hight TO gain control Of the company from
r. augustus HeinZe. == August Schwar II z
was said to be in state of collapse in the
Central Islip Jail
THE WEATHER.-Indcations for to-dat:
Fair and slightly warmer. The temperature
yesterday; Highest, IS degrees; lowest, Sc.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
NEWPORT GREETs GERMAN VISITORS.
Warships' Officers 20 Attend Ball at Naval
Torpedo Station.
tBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune ]

Newport. Sept 2O.-The chief social event for the
army and navy colonies and for the late staying
summer cottagers a ball given tonight at the
naval torpedo station by the station officers in
honor OF the officers OF the three German warships
az present IN Newport HarbOr
There were forty OF the foreign officers pres
ent. headed by Captains Mauve. Englehardt and
Hoppmann, the commanders Of the three cruisers
The ball was held IN the administration building
which ablazs with electric lights and decorated
with flags OF America and Germany.
The ball committee consisted Of Commander and
Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Lieutenant Commander and
Mrs. Z s Kellogg Lieutenant Commander and
Mrs. II. f. Yarnall. Lieutenant and Mrs X. c.
CastleInan Lieutenant and Mrs. John V BabcOGk
Lieutenant Frank r. McCrary. Surgeon Lloyd Cur
IT'S and Paymaster and Mrs. John R Sanford. The
foreign officers also guests OF the naval train
ing station this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
OUR RELATyOy9 lVJyH J4Pay

President Tafts happy meeting with the
members Of the Japanese Commercial Mission,
which occurred On the shore of beautiful Lake
Minnetonka. the Fluctuations which were ex-
changed and the light thrown on the purpose
Of the mission are all gratifying, because they
make for better understanding and a closer
friendship between the United States and the
empire Of the MkadO.
This mission, which is composed of the most
representative business men Of Japan, has been
cordially welcomed to this country by the Sec
retaTy Of State. whose representative is travel
ling with the visitors. II is the belief of the
President and Of the Secretary Of State that
opportunities should always he utilized TO pro-
mote harmony and good friendship between
This country and Japan bat particularly at this
time, when the existing treaty is about TO ex-
pire and the necessity Of negotiating a new
one viii probably confront the diploma
lists Of the two countries The present treaty
which replaced all previous conventions con-
tains clause providing that il shall be in force
FOR twelve years, and that after that time il
may be terminated by either nation on twelve
months notice The twelve years stipulated
viii expire on July IL, 1911, and it is generally
expected that IL viii be necessary to substitute
a new convention for that now in force
in the light of recent history, perhaps the
most Important clause in the present treaty is
that which provides that the privileges extended
TO the citizens OF each nation within the terri
tory OF the other do not in any way affect the
flaws, ordinances and regulations with regard
''to trade the immigration of lahorers, police
''and public security which are in force or
which may hereafter be enacfed in either of
''the two countries" Under this provision the
United States has enjoyed at all times the right
{. exclude by legislation japanese laborers, and
il is doubtless largely due TO that fact that
japanese statesmen have deemed ii wise 10
take such steps themselves as have served
2 greatly 20 clrtail the emigration Of their
laborers 70 this country.
Ho1 doubtsis entertained regarding the gincer-
ity Of the japanese Emperor and his advisers
4ai their expressed wish 10 retain their laboring
class at home or 70 use them 20 colonIze their
possessions IN the Orient, but there Is unques-
tionaby a popular sentiment, difficult 10 deal
with, which WIN make the adoption. of a new
convention containing Ike provision far from
easy On the other hand there Is In this conn
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who win sail to-day fs
Europe are;
THE KAISER WILHELM DER CROSSE. FOR Bas
MEN.
Mr. and Mrs 3. Stanley Mrs. Florence yon Oven
Brown Theodore 5. Todd
Sewhold l. r. Edgar IT. n Williams
Or. g. G. Jung. a
THE RYNDAM, FOR ROTTERDAM
Miss Martha BOllinger Mrs. J. T. RYAN.
Mrs f. Z. Kennedy. Miss Tcd-.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Pratt Mrs. A. W. Kent.
Travellers who arrived yesterday from abrcs'
were:
ftiE ICELAND FROM ANTWERP.
Miss Helen Blair. iFhilbin Orr a
Miss T. r. CGshman. Or. and Mrs 6eofse :
AIR. and Mrs. j. Willis Packard
Martin. Mrs Archibald Turner
THE NIEUw AMSTERDAM FROM ROTTERDAM
M, and Mrs J. Il. Case. j. I. Moody.
Mrs L. - Drake. Mrs C.. u. Standish
Miss NJ. n. Irwin. MIS- A. u. Weeks
J. {. keS- Miss Marjorie Whse11
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
GENERAL AND LOCAL FINANCE.

Tie conference on state and local taxation
which is to be held at Louisville this week indl-
cafes the paying OF increasing attention 10 one
of the most important phases Of public finance.
With the marked increase in the compiexlty of
the social organism and the consequent increase
Of necessary taxation, the question of the proper
discrimination between general and local taxa
tion becomes of paramount Importance, together,
OF course, with that OF the distinction between
general and local expenditures for adminstra-
tive purposes Some taxes and expenditures are
essentially and necessarily general, and others
are similarly local, but even with respect 10
these II is desirable that the shall be calcu-
lated with due regard to the other, seeing that
both are ultimately 20 be borne by the same
taxpayers. General taxes should not be pushed
so near TO the taxpaying capacity of the public
as TO leave an insufficient ability to nav the
needed local taxes, and rice CersG
There are various other sources and forms Of
taxation, Of much Importance, which may be
utilized by either the federal or the state gov
ernment, or by either the state or the munici
pality. and ii. is an interesting and sometimes
highly important question which Of them shonld
enjoy the privilege. Thus, 10 cite an examnIe
an Income tax may be levied by states or nv the
United States But since, in advance OF IT'S
potential adoption by the nation, certain of the
states have already adopted 1t, it is argued
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
ROUGIER $50 FEET IN AIR.
A Record for Height Made in Brescia Aviation
Contests

Brescia, Italy. Sept 2O.-The flying carnival was
brought 20 a close to-day with a new height record
for this meeting. ROugier reached an altitude OF
1881 metres (abOut $50 feet. and he greeted
with enthusiastic applause by the multitude gath
cred IN the aerOdrOme
Lieutenant Calderara after wrecIiiN~ his aero
plane. brought out a reserve machine ana attempt
ed to lower Curtisss time OF 40 minutes "a seconds
for fifty kilometres (thirtyone miles, but his time
In covering the distance 30 minutes so SIS sec
onds. King Victor Emmanuel was present through
out the day and warmly congratulated the aero
nautS
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
JAMES D. SMITH SERIOUSLY III.

IRy Telegraph 10 The TreuneI
Stamford. Conn. Sept. 2o.-James D. smith, head
of the banking house OF James ID. Smith & Co. No
u Broadway. New York, Is IN at his home here
His condition tonight is said 20 be serious. and
the fact that he is seventy-seyen years old makes
the illness alarming 70 his relatives and friends
Mr.. Smith was president OF the New York Stock
Exchange In 1885 and commodore OF the New York
Yacht Club In 1882 and 1885. He has been resident
OF Stamford for many ysars
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
MR.. REID AT STATE DEPARTMENT
IFrnm The Tribune y

ttrum The Tribune Bureau1
Washington, Sept. 2o.-AmhassadOr Reid called at
the State Department this morning and had a long
conference with Acting Secretary Wilson. He said
afterward that no had no busipess OF any special
Importance with the department and that his visit
was mainly one of courtesy preliminary 10 his re-
turn to his post at London. He said he would sail
from New York next SATURDAYS
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
ST. LOUIS GETS MESSAGE FROM cuRT,ss

ST. Louis Sept. 2O.-In a wireless message 20
THE Post-Dispatch" received here to-day Glenn
II. Curtiss who Is route 20 the United States
from France. says he Is ravorably considering an
offer to make series OF aerOplane flights IN ST.
Louis
The message came from the steamer Kaiser VIII
helm H. The tentative date for Curtlsss appear
here IS October 9.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21
IN THE eERKSHIRES.
lBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.

IBy Telegraph 70 Inc ITibune y
LenOx, Sept. @.-Mrs. John S. Barness recep-
ton at Cold Brook this afternoon was for her
daughter. Mrs. s. Warren Sturgis. Assisting in the
reception were the Misses Charlotte and Cornelia
Barnes
Mrs. j. Andrew Swan. who has been a guest OF
Mrs. Frank K. SturGis has gone TO Newport.
Mrs. W. Roscoe BOnsal. who has also been at
Clipston Grange. has gone 70 New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry HOLSTER Pease gave din
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21

with any subsequent or coincident plans for
filtration. and, as we have said and as every
thoughtful person must realize, it is something
which urgently needs to be done, anyway. filtra-
tiOn or no filtration. But selfish interests and
intrenched and apparently impregnable igno-
rance have thus far barred the way, while ty-
phOid Is yearly recurrent and talk is perennial
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21

William A Mofatt. a prosperous Maryland
farmer. is deplOrIng his bad luck because he has
contributed 5000 OF his hard earned cash to an
alleged Russian nobleman. imprisoned in Spain
for treason. who promised handsome reward
to tho man who would assist him TO recover a
fortune he had hidden before his arrest, only
to learn that the "nobleman' is a fraud. This
swindIe was exposed in these columns months
ago. William should read The Tribune
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21

This newspaper is o,rnod and published by
The Tribune association, a NeiC York corpora
tim: Office and principal place of business,
Tribune Building, No. IjI Nassau street. Nero
York; ogden MulS, president; Henry w.
Sackett, secretary; James II. Barrett, treasurer.
The address Of the officers is the office Of this
aelCspGper
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21

The suggestion that sleeping sickness has been
brought into this country by pelts which Mr..
Roosevelt shipped to the Smithsonian Institu-
tiOn lacks all the elements of credibility. II Is
far easier to believe in a spontaneous origin OF
the afliction in that somnolent institution than
that 1t came from anything VIII = had been as
sociated with "Bwana Tumbo."
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21

This suit against the missionaries was brought y
one OF the Congo concession companies. which %
a monopoly OF rubber gathering In the Kasai ~
giOn. 1t asks $4,000 damages from each Of the Hs
for "calumnious denunCiatiOn." The circumstance
are such that the suit is considered practically =
one brought by the Belgian government against 90
missionaries. Messrs. Morrison and Sheppard a
rived at LeOpOldvtlle August s with witnesses
who will testify in their behalf
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21

II Harry Whitney had gone with Or. Cook 20
the pole and should testify TO the fact his state
ment would have immense value. Exactly how
a repetition OF what DR.. Cook told him at Etah
or Annotolz can bear on the main question at
issue, though, II is not easy TO understand.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21

Having converted his followers TO the doctrine
OF free raw materials. 1t VIII become Mr.. Bryan's
plain duty to define raw materials-not an easy
task, for the raw material of the manufactures
is usually the finished product OF the farmer.
the miner and the lumberman.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21

Thousands Of persons who have been eagerly
looking forward to the exhibition Of the Wright
brothers aeroplane In this city few days
hence will be delighted by the news that, IN
spite of considerable delay. the machine has at
last arrived.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-21

"All bosh" Is the Presidents comment on the
report that he defended the men who voted for
the Payne bill at the dictation of Speaker Can
non. That is precisely what every sensible
reader said when he first saw the story.