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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03

be creditable to perpetuate That TINS
great seaside city has no seaside park.
Inland parks 1t has. numerous, exten-
sive, beautiful and beneficial. But al
though 1t is seated directly upon the
OF many miles, II has no seaside park
and practically no public ocean frontage.
save the little space at the foot OF the
Ocean Parkway, Mt Coney Island.
Now, II fortunately happens that while
nearly all Of the ocean front within the
city limits Is already occupied or Is not
well suited to the purposes OF park,
there remains, largely unimproved ana
available for acquisition on reasonable
terms, that very part of it which is most
desirable for this purpose. We suppose
that II the entire stretch Of New Iork's
water front were thrown open to free
selection of n site for great park the
choice OF practically all disinterested and
discriminating observers would be that
very piece OF Rockaway Beach which
II Is now within the power of the city
easily to acquire. The unsurpassed char
acter Of the land itself, its fortunate sit
a spacious and beautiful bay at the
other, making II practically an island;
It's easy accessibility, and, indeed, all
circumstances and conditions. mark 1t
rs the supremely desirable site for the
much needed park
The process of acquisition would he
simple and easy. The Legislature long
ago took all the action which il required
of IT, The Board of Estimate and APP
TOrtionment has approved the site ard
has thus taken the initial steps toward
acquiring IT. All that remains is for that
board to take up and complete its I'M
finished work. There is plenty of time
for II this month, before the board goes
out of existence with the change of
municipal government; and there is
probably nothing which the board could
do which would crown its official career
with a surer title to the enduring graft
tude Of the people of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
SEASIDE PARK PLANS.

The suggestion Is made that the pro-
ceedings for the acquisition OF a part OF
Rockaway Beach by this city as the site
of a great seaside park should be re-
sumed and pushed To completion. We
heartily second the motion, and hope that
il Will receive the prompt. earnest and
efficient support Of ali public spirited
citizens. There is no enterprise of the
kind which is more needed by the city
or which would more greatly and direct
ly minister 10 both the pleasure and the
health of the people.
II is an anomaly which 1t would not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
A MESSAGE FROM MR.. RIIs.
His Christmas Wish for Cause of Play-
ground Association.

Jacob A. Rns. who has devoted con-
siderable time and energy TO lettering
the condition OF the poor on the lower
East Side. has prepared a special Christ
mas message for the Playground Asso-
citation OF America which will appear in
the December number of The PLAY
ground" The message is entitled From
"A Friend OF the Children and reads:
So long as there is a child in our land
VINO tolls in shop or tenement when ne
should be out at play. whose school Is
without playground and whose out OF
doors Is bounded by the cutters OF ths
public street. with never a tree or shrub
or flower. So long the masses will hate
the classes, the policeman be 10 the HOY
an enemy instead OF friend and the
republic has not had square deal To.
give a boy back his childhood ic p,ors.
than justice and common sense-it II SAM
government.
This is my Christmas wish for vour
cause and for US all. that abundant com
mon sense may come with the season ~
good will Va
Announcement is made that the fourth
annual play congress OF the Playground
Association of America will be held in
Rochester from June Z 20 II. 1910
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
from The Tribune Bureau. ]

Washington. Dec 2-The President. after
receiving a large number Of visitors in the
morning. called a special Cabinet meeting
to go over his message. The meeting ad-
tourned about 715. when Mr.. Taft went 10
the White House for dinner. The message
was turned over the Public Printer this
evening. and II is expected that copies VIII
be ready for distribution tomorrow morn
ing.
Laverne Moves. John NJ. Glenn and sew
eral others representing the Illinois Manu-
facturers Association and the Nationai
Association OF Agricultural Implement ana
Vehicle Manufacturers. called at the execu-
tive Offices this morning 10 ask the Presi-
dent for his support I'm obtaining from
Congress an extension OF time within which
schedIes must be filed under the require
ments OF Section 80 of the corporation tax
law. The President said he would consider
their request
Representative Douglas, who called on
the President this morning. recommended
the creation OF a Bureau of Mines and
Mining lie expressed the belief that had
such bureau been in existence the recent
mine disaster at Cherry. H., might have
been averted. Representative Austin also
spoke In favor of such bureau
The corporation tax law was the SUBJECT
of conference between the President and
Frank A. Vanderlip. president OF the Ma
tional City Bank of New York
The President was gratified 70 hear OF
the splendid progress being made on the
Panama Canal" said Senator Flint. who
was a member OF the Congressional party
which recently returned from a trip TO the
isthmus
President Taft has accepted the resigna-
ton of ex-senator Joseph c. s. Blackburn.
who has been Governor of the Panama
Canal Zone several years.
The nomination Of Lawson Reno. OF
OwensbOrO. KY. for Collector of Internal
Revenue in the I'd Kentucky District, will
be sent to the Senate next week.
Mr. and Mrs Louis WindmtIler, Of New
York. who came TO Washington fifty years
ago on their wedding journey. called at the
White House to-day The couple who are
friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W. Taft,
were cordially received by the President
The Presidents callers included Senators
Cullom and Burrows and Representatives
Dwight. Grant and Gambler.
Mrs. Taft occupied a box at the Columbia
tonight at the performance of The Next
of Kin" With her were her sister. Mrs.
Thomas K Laughlin: Lieutenant Daniel
Van VoOrhis and Fred Carpenter, secretary
to the President
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Iron The Tribune Bureau. I


Washington, Dec. 2.-The Vice-President
and Mrs Sherman are expected 10 arrive
here tomorrow. They will at once take
possession of the house in 10Th street they
have leased for the winter.
Mrs. l. H. Letter had as guests at din
ner tonight the Postmaster General the
Austrian Ambassador and Baroness Hen
gelmuller Won Hengervar. the British AM
bassadOr and Mrs. Bryce. the German Am
Assistant Secretary OF War and Mrs. Rob
ert Shaw Oliver. Mr.. and Mrs. Lionel
Guest. Miss Mabel Boardman, Miss Kellogg.
OF Utica " Y: Miss Lucy Bigelow Dodge.
Miss Dorothy Williams. Chief Constructor
Caps. Captain Cheney, William Hit and
Gerard Barry.
Mrs. Robert b. Roosevelt entertained a
number of the seasons debutantes at
luncheon to-day for Miss Olga Roosevelt.
who will later be presented formally to
Washington society. In the party to-day
were Miss Marie Duryea Miss Laura Mer-
RAM. Miss Ruth Pilling, Miss Elsie Down
ing, Miss Laura BrittOn. Miss Mary Frazee
of Louisville; Miss Carusi Miss Frances
Miller. Miss Marguerite Barbour Miss co.
nora Finley and Miss Jessie Krogstad.
Mrs. Roosevelt is arranging for a dance TO
be given for Miss Roosevelt in January.
Miss Margaret Preston Draper was enter
tanned at luncheon to-day by Mrs. William
COrcOran Hill. when many OF this seasons
debutantes were asked TO meet her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus G. Downing in
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THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN-Premier Asquith's budget
Was Endorsed by a ma jority Of more
than 200 i'm the House OF Commons
sfter its rejection by the House Of
Lords == The protocol with the
United States for the reference Of the
Alsop claim 10 King Edward as media
tor was signed. =- The French battle
ship lena. upon which an explosion oc-
CURED in 1907, sank while being tOwed
into port. =- The French foreign Of
flee said there was no truth in the re-
port that IL had sent a warship from
Martinique TO Nicaragua. - King
Manuel Of Portugal went stunning in
Paris = The Italian Cabinet, headed
by Premier Giolitti resigned == Con-
tracts are about To be placed for two
submarines for the Russian navy.
DOMESTIC. 80 President Taft CON-
pieted his message TO Congress and
placed il in the hands OF the Public
Printer; il is said 10 be short
Two more warships were ordered TO
Alcaraguan waters, but the administra-
ticn announced that no marines would
be landed unless necessary TO protect
American interests. == The cruiser
Prairie sailed from philadelphia for
Colon with Rear Admiral KimbaH and
200 marines on board. but ran aground
in the Delaware River. - The first
violence Of the switchmen's strike was
reported In Duluth. where new men were
tARlith- --- = tlFiffdllttll repre- Sf-fltlDg
tie Illinois Manufacturers Association
and the National Association Of Agricult-
nras Implement and Vehicle Manufact-
Crers appealed TO President Taft at
Washington for an extension OF time
In which TO file schedules under the cor
poration tax Law. Lieutenant
Governor Louis A. rockingham paid 4
visit TO Ludlow. Mass, and investigated
labor troubles there: he said that he
advocated arbitration 10 end the strike
CITY.-Stocks were weak =- Pas
sengers on the liner Naderland watched
boats crew from the ship rescue
seven from schooner sinking IN a
gale. 80 Al the trial OF the sugar
Neighers for defrauding the govern
nnent parts 81 the scales used and the
springs by which the FRAUDS were made
possible were shown in court -
Chairman Corners OF the Democratic
state Committee served notice on 9
y Murphy that he intended 10 retain
control Of the state organization. =
An insurance company announced its
readiness TO assume liability for all
IN a letter 20 the New York Fndow-
ment Fund Committee. urged co-opera-
ton in the movement TO endow the
American Red Cross. == The Public
Service Commission sent a requisition
20 the Board % Estimate for sIO39 600
Tor its requirements for 1910. -
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-
Gay: CLOUDY The temperature yester-
day: Highest. 81 degrees: lowest SO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03

The British House OF Commons has
done precisely as ii was expected to do
Just as the Lords the other day did
what they had been expected to do. And
now the issue is clearly Joined and Is
submitted to the Judgment of the people.
Meantime it will be well to keep in mind
the suggestion which Mr.. Asquith him
self made in his powerful speech of yes
terday, when he urged that the Com
mons use the same means against what
he called the usurpation of the Lords
that In the past had been used against
the domination Of the crown. The dom
ination of the crown was ended. but the
crown itself remains 10 this day in the
enjoyment OF very important and sub
stantial functions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
AS TO VERBAL CASTIGATIoN.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your article Of to-day on Slang
whanging" was very interesting. and / beg
for word on the subject to elucidate some
questions that arise IN connection with II.
If foreign potentates are not To- be adverse
ly criticised. is it proper for us to publicly
rage" against Zelaya of Nicaragua?
But when We have the evidence. shouldn't
we speak our minds? Doesn't the law
permit us 10 draw differences when the al
legations are known TO be facts-Or at
least TO publish the facts. if not the infer
ences?
The law of libel should not protect any
one from the consequences of wrOngdoing.
and foreign dignitaries should not enjoy
freedom from castigation any more than
our own people. even though it be poor in
ternatiOnal politics TO open fire upon them.
Newark, y, j.. Nov. 80, 1909. CATO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
cATskILL WATER DISSERTATIONS

III Shdt<L II Eh DASl KfBI ZION.
The proposal OF the Board Of Water
Supply for alteration Of it's route below
YOnkers has already been mentioned in
these columns Fuller details concern
ing il confirm the favorable impress
sions which were AT first created and
strengthen the expectation that Tn.
Board Of Estimate and Apportionment.
which Is. we believe. 10 consider the
subject today, will promptly give it's
approval.
The Board Of Water Supply is. of
course. not charged with the distribu-
ZION Of water in this city. Il is merely
% bring water from the Catskills and
deliver il 10 the Department of Water
Supply. Gas and Electricity The orig
inal plan was 10 bring the water by
aqueduct 10 Hill View, at the northern
end Of Van COrtlandt Park, and thence
run a great system of steel conduits.
Installed in cut aud cover fashion.
through The Bronx 10 Port Morris.
through Queens 10 Ridgewood, through
Brooklyn 10 the NarrOWs and thence IN
10 Richmond. That would involve the
tearing up of streets, and the steel pipes
would In time become leaky, as many OF
the existing mains are said 90 be.
Now the proposal Is 20 run n deep
tunnel from Hill View 10 High Bridge.
under Manhattan 10 Pike or Rutgers
street and thence under BROOKLYN TO
Fort Hamilton. with a spur To Maspeth
in Queens This tunnel would be- under
city land and thus would require NO
condemnation proceedings and would
cause no opening % the streets. save
for shafts al intervals OF four or five
thousand feet which would be used in
the construction Of tie tunnel and
afterward would serve 10 connect IL
with the street mains. The tunnel would
be free from leakage and from disturb
snce by building operations OF any
Kind. The comparative indestructIbllity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
NEW ART MUSEUM WING.
Designs for Addition to the Metropcl-
itan Are Approved.

Designs for the nOrtheasterly corner
wing OF the Metropolitan Museum OF AT
10 cost 100000. were approved az meet
ing OF the Municipal Art Commission yes
terday. Robert W. de Forest presiding.
The wing viii be erected between S5i
and S+th streets. Central Park. The ma-
tertals OF the exterior will be q base couFss
of granite and a superstructure 81 Indians
limestone. To match the materials Of taS
existing building IL is proposed 20 incluae
only the shell of the building in the present
contract
The commission also gave certificates
the following BROOKLYN public schools IaA'
their additions had been erected in accofE
arce with the plans of the commission;
school No. 81. Glenmore and stone ave
nues; No. 1e6. Twenty-frst avenue, va
and S4th streets, No. 100. Fort Hauiii'aA
avenue. 51st and sd streets; Ne. 49, =
Nicholas and Willcughby avenues an.
Suydam street. and No. los. Benson am
Seventeenth avenues and Bay 18th street.
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People and Social Incfdenfs

vited several hundred guests to the prese,.
tation tea OF their daughter. Miss Els,a
Downing. this afternoon. Mrs. William
Maury and Miss Jane Riggs poured tea
and Miss Marion Leutze assisted in 49,
tearoom, while with the debutantel m 49,
drawing room were Miss Carol Neyvh.-~'
Miss Natalie Lincoln. Miss stepha-s.
TreScot. Miss Isabelle Magruder. ".
Mary Chew, Miss Mary stead. Miss Frsuea.
CioIdsbOrough. Miss Katherine Leach NJ,
Katherine Brown. Miss Ruth Pilling. Mis-.
Marguerite Barbour. Miss LeOnOra FInlev
Miss Adelaide Heath and Miss JessI.
Krogstad.
Mrs. Kesn and the Misses Kean hav,
come 70 Washington and opened tha,-
house for tine winter. Senator Kean vvrn
Join them here at the end % the week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
AN ARCADE IN sgd STREET.

The arcading of more than one street
In this city has been suggested at diff
ferent times. 1t was one of the solu-
tions proposed for the still unsOlved
problem of proper approach in Man
haitian 10 the greensboro Bridge, and ii
has been suggested for the widening Of
42d street at Fifth avenue and of some
of the narrower downtown streets where
traffic is unduly congested. IL is an In
expensive and attractive device which
The Tribune has repeatedly commended
when, as I'm the case of 59th and Nassau
streets, the need OF more spacious
thOroughfares has been under discus
sion. In European cities arcades are
common, and they enjoy there a high
degree of favor among shOpkeepers.
We are glad. therefore. 10 see the
idea revived in connection with the
supplying of an adequate approach from
the east To the new Pennsylvania Rail-
way station. That station standing
west of the main travelled north and
south avenues in the city, the bulk OF
surface traffic approaching and leaving
Ii will probably be 10 and from the
east, and will thus have to use the mar
row and already crowded cross streets.
Mr.. Charles II. Lamb suggests that 32d
street be arcaded from Sixth to Seventh
avenue. providing a wide approach 10
the station and connecting it with two
important north and south arteries OF
traffic. Broadway and Sixth avenue.
The project could be carried out at no
great expense 10 the city and with
some advantage to the property in sd
street, which would thus be converted
into the chief means of access from the
east 10 the new station
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
buildings and supplies-chiefy invested
funds-of the Red Cross in other coun-
tries is reported rs follows:

The United States ought TO establish
Itself upon that roster with fund NOT
second 10 any, and in that achievement
we hope 10 see n leading part taken by
this city and state, which have always
been foremost In contributing to the
temporary funds of the Red Cross. The
Hon. Franklin Macyeagh, Secretary or
the Treasury. and the Hon. Charles ID.
Norton are, respectively, chairman and
vice-chairman of the general endowment
fund committee of the Red Cross, while
special subcommittee for New York
is composed of Messrs. Robert Bacon,
Lloyd c. Griscom, Charles Hallam Keep,
III. L. Dawson and Felix Warburg. At
the present time, in the fortunate ab-
sence of war or pestilence or other gen.
eral calamity, the work of this commit
tee seems To be the most important duty
of the organization. and IL would he
gratifying 10 see the task of securing
an ample endowment fund performed
with the efficiency which has marked
the general activities OF the Red Cross
in times of need
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
I'm MEMORY OF WASHINGTON

To the Editor Of The Tribune
sir: Would you through Your valuable
paper ASH Americans TO remember Sulgrave.
punt by Lawrence Washington. as Baedeker
says about the middle of the sixteenth
century. and which bears the Washington
coat of arms? l saw the old homestead ON
September IL. 1909. and would gladly helm a,
small way TO keep II as park I'm msrp-
CRY of our General George Washington
New York. Nov 80 1893. KTC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03

Anesthetics were used first in this
country. An American, too, claims the
credit for originating the plan of inject
ing a drug into the spine in order to
cause temporary hut complete insensi-
bility below the waist. If the compound
employed in a similar manner by Dr.
Jonnesco gives better results than CO.
caine his discovery will deserve hand
some recognition from his professional
brethren in the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
THE BEST FOR SMALLEST COIN

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Just line from busy man. to con-
graduate you on being able to reduce the
price OF the best paper In New York to
one cent. There is nothing too good for
the ordinary man in the street-and he
gets the best for the smallest coin in the
country. Bravo
WILLIAM Fl. JOHNSTON.
Lancaster. Penn, Nov. %, 1899
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

IBy Telegraph 90 The Tribuae.l
Newport, Dec. AIRS. George Peabody
Wetmore. accompanied by her daughter.
Miss Edith WetmOre. has returned from
Hot Springs on account of the death OF her
brother, Philip Keteltas
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Lewis departed for
Bear Greek Penn. to-day.
Mrs. Roderick Terry announces a -
ceptton at her home on Saturday after
noon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
ODD SITUATION IN BUFFALO

From The Buffalo Commercial
Governor Hughes has called N s,.,t.,
election In the Sd Assembly District 90
Erie County, to be held ON Decemher ~
The vote was a tie between ArnoId Il
Neupert. for member of Assembly so, anu
thing very unusual II not without pTsrs-
dent. and there is no other way 10 settIa
the question '0'ue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
DUKES GIVE $4,000 MORE.
Plan to Make Trinity College. N c..
Equal to ANY In North

Durham. n. c.. Dee 2-Trinity College
IL 10 be endowed with 100000 for a medical
pharmaceutical and dental department.
The donors are the Dukes. millionaire 10
baeco men. who already have given more
than million dollars To the institution.
The purpose In view Is TO build up an edu-
eational Institution equal to any In the
North
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
M'ClEllEN'S BOOM.

From The Troy Press.
Rumor is current to the effect that Chair
man Conners Is booming Mayor McClellan
for the governorship.-Troy Press
The rumor apparently gaining currerc,.
because Mr.. Corners states Iinon .,'as
opportunity that he Is for McClellan-Svra-
cuse Post standard 'sia-
showing upon what small foundation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
Nftn,Dork Gribu1re.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1909.

This neUspdper Is Orned and pub
Hshed by The Tribune Association u
Aeio York corporation; office and priv
oipdl place Of business. Tribune Build
ing. No. l54 Nassau street. Nec York:
Ogden MiRs. president; Henry W.
Socket. secretary; James II. Barrett.
rredsurcr. The address Of fhe officers ia
the Office Of This nelCSpdpcr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03

Mr.. Woodruff says that Governor
Hughes can be renominated IL he de-
sires a denomination. OF course he can.
But suppose direct primaries should DC
beaten at Albany this winter. TO whom
could the organization turn for a can
didate to save II from the wrath of the
supporters of that reform but to the
Governor himself? Those who like
Hughes least will be sure TO hold his
name in reserve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
LAWYERS AND LEGISLATION

From The Buffalo News.
There are ffty-four LAWYERS I'm the peu,
assembly, little over one third OF the
whole body. AS all lawyers are suppossd
70 favor simple and effective laws IL will
section OF the lower house using IT'S in
nuence Tor fewer and better acts OF leetsia.
lion In the coming session.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03

Cleveland. Dec. 2-The Rev. Or. Thonss
G. O'ketlly. theolOgian OF the k0n'a'
Catholic diocese OF Cleveland. was ~
pointed chancellor OF the diocese to-a~''
succeeding Monsignor George f. Hous~
who held that post for more than uus
years The Cleveland diocese is one OF ~
largest in America
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
NEVER AGAIN.

From The Lewiston Journal
Says an AroostOok exchange. .s.Xya l.,
advertently made mistake In the Mass III
dis Items of last week by putting a wrons
word In the notice OF Mrs. S. destS
We will try To not let IL happen again 80"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
THE REV. Or. STEVENS COMING

The Rev DR. William Du Bose S'e'e.s
rector OF the Reformed Episcopal Ch'is.
of Our Re,leemer % Philade'phia. ms
cepted the roctorshiP OF the First k@io,-, a.
Episcopal Church OF New York CITY, ma ~
son avenue and 5Sth street. He oexlas
new duties on January l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03

DR.. Sharpe. declaiming about football
In Philadelphia. said OF the many fatal
accidents this year: Although they are
big sacrifices to make for any game,
believe that the game is worth It,"
Would a real enthusiast admit that any
football?