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New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
WILL COYGRESS cO.OpFPArFg

President Taft said confidently at Denver
that S40OO00e0 10 S5OeO00O0 would be saved
in federal expenses by the efforts Of his Cabinet
10 ecOnOmize The Presidents insisteuce on
rigid economy and the cordial cooperation of
The heads of departments are well known. but ii
is impossible TO escape some doubt as to the
amount OF help which Congress viii be willing
to give. II is, of course, true that the more
systematic efforts Of the executive branch 10
curtail the steadily increasing expenses Of the
government originated with the House. and
especially with Representative Tawney chair
man Of the. Committee on Appropriations It is
also true that the Senate has Just created a
new committee whose special duty il will be TO
curtail appropriations until they shall bear at
least reasonable proportion TO the estimated
revenue
Nevertheless when in the past opportunities
have been presented for genuine economic re-
form Congress has too often rejected them the
Senate having been the worse offender The
House. for instance. has more than once voted
l. abolish The expensive and superfiuOus pen
sion agencies. but each time the Senate has
refused 10 accept the reform because indeed,
II would cut off patronage regarded as par
ricularly valuable in those states where agen-
cies are situated.
Again. several hundred thousand dollars
might be saved, with no loss OF efficiency, by
combining the Offices Of register and receiver Of
the several land Offices. No material argument
against this reform has been presented, the only
reason advanced for rejecting il being that
already Civil Service reform has deprived mem
Oers Of Congress Of so much patronage that no
more can be spared
The combination Of navy yards also offers
fertile field for economy. There is no question
IN the minds Of unprejudioed observers that a
large saving could be effected, without detri-
uent 10 the navy by abolishing some of tho
'ess important yards and increasing If need be
-ae larger plants OF course an effort 10 restrict
fhe permanent yards on the Atlantic Coast TO
portsmouth, Boston, New York and Norfolk is
n0t likely 70 succeed, for IL will be difficult to
Justify the maintenance Of two yards in such
close proximity Portsmouth and Boston.
WIKI none further south than Norfolk Were II
sought 10 limit the yards on the eastern coast
10 those 81 Boston New York. Norfolk and
NeW orleans, however the proposition could
probably be defended without difficulty and
Nlthom arouslng such sectional opDoSitiop as
would ie fatal. or less Importance from rhe
point of view OF ibe amount saved. but NOT on
purely economic grounds r the abolition of
ez'ftall long obsolete ports Of entry which serve.
ne oihfi purpose tnan 10 pas salarie, 4. nro-
reyes 81 members Of Congress
~. Aef ways might be cited in which Congress-
should cooperate with the --ec1ltlve in the
promotion OF economy; but viii It? The coming
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
mONGOLIANS AND 0yBERs

The point which is raised by chronological
purists at Los Angeles and at Cincinnati
against the naturalization Of Turks-that Turks
are MongOlians and MongOlians cannot be
naturaliZed under our Iaws-Inay technically
be well taken, III a certain Interpretation of
terms II the human race be divided as if
commonly is, into three major grOups-the eau
cGsic, the MongOlic and the Ethiopic-it may
be that some of the Turks must be claSSed in
the second group, along with the Chinese and
Japanese. But there would be need of careful
discrimination i'll so doing For while the true
Turks-that is, the Turanians or Mongolo-Ta
tars-belong TO the Mongolia group, The ma
jority Of Ottoman subjects and of Moslems the
Arabs Syrians. Persans and others. are as
surely members Of the Caucasic group.
We should. however, deprecate so strict
drawing of racial lines, or rather so comnre
henSive application of the term '.Mongolian"
as a hall mark of social and political dscrim-
nation. For if we excluded all the AIonpOlic
group We should have 10 shut out from citizen
the Finns the Esthonians and all of the Mag
vars: not to mention. OF course. Filipnos. Ha-
waiians and American aborignes On the
other hand If all of the Caucasic group were
10 be welcomed We should hasten to give cti-
zehshp TO Afghans. Abyssinans, MOors or Ber
bers. Egyptian Fellahs. SOmalis and the FouIahs
Of the SOudan.
We should say that il would be somewhat
ser-stulufying for us TO refuse naturalization
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
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Newport, Sept. Z5.-NIrs. Joseph r. Dfworth and
James ]. Van Allen gave their farewell dinners
this evening. Mr. and Mrs Dilworth viii leave for
Hot Springs. Va. on Monday. Mr.. Van Allen goes
to New York the same day.
dinner was given tonight BY AtHerron Blight
in honor of his son-in-law and daughter, Nr. and
Mrs William Payne Thompson NIr. Blight is to
remain in Newport until November.
George B. de Forest gave a luncheon party at
the Gooseberry Island Fishing Club to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs William G. Rocker VIII close their
cottage on Monday and leave FOR New York
whence they will go to Hot Springs
Miss Annie Leary is also leaving Monday for
New York for the winter.
Arthur D. Weekes. OF New York. is registered az
the Casino.
John r DrexeI IT.. who was operated upon re-
Gently for appendicitis. was reported to-day In
proving
Mrs E H. G. Slater ana Miss Gwynn VIII leave
for Europe early in the coming month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Potter are the guests Of
relatives here
Mrs Richard Garnbriu. Mrs. Margaret McKi1n.
Isaac E Emerson Mr.. and Mrs Prescott Lawrence
and Miss Katharine B. Lawrence are in New York
for the Hudson-Fulton celebration
Mrs. Sidney Price has ended her visit with DR..
and Mrs Henry Barton Jacobs and returned to
Baltimore.
Miss Maude X. wetmore has accompanied MIRA
Whitney Warren to Europe.
William Binney, who has been visiting his mother
here. has returned to Providence.
Edward c. knight, jr., has gone TO New York
for a short visit.
Miss Ida E. Bliss closed her Newport season TO-
day and left for New York
Mr.. and Mrs. z. Rollins Morse are closing their
Newport stay on October
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
TIE MAGNETIC STORM.

One of those strange condolences which con-
tinue to puzzle the practical electrician and
the astronomer was reported yesterday. Dis
turbances of the earth's magnetism serious
enough to interfere with the working Of tele-
graph wires and submarine cables began on
Friday night and extended through a consider
able portion of Saturday. During part Of this
period when darkness afforded a chance for any
unusual illumination to be noticeable, there was
a fine display of aurora borealis, the seat OF
which was the upper air. Finally there came
news that on Friday a spot of enormous size
(having a length of fully forty thousand miles
observed on the sun.
So often have these three phenomena oc-
CURED simultaneously in the past that doubt
that they are related to each other can no longer
be entertained 1t is believed, too, that the
outbreak on the sun is the cause, and the mag
netic storm and the aurora are closely allied
effects, but that is about as far as any one
dare go. Why the earth is a magnet and why
any influence from the sun should affect It's
magnetism so as to cause violent changes in
a few seconds are unsoved mysteries. Ex-
actly what takes place in the sun when
spot develops on its surface is still question
to which a dozen equally unsatisfactory an
swers have been given
Within the last year Professor George E.
Eale. an American astronomer, has obtained
photographs of the spectrum Of a spot in
which what is called the ''Zeemann effect" was
observed. This is a doubling Of lines such as
can be produced in a laboratory by a properly
placed magnet. While this curious observation
is suggestive its full meaning is not yet known.
If, as seems probable. sun spot is the scene
of some magnetic disturbance. why is not the
influence otherwise manifested on the earth ?
Many SDOtS even Iarper than the one now
visible are not attended with auroras or mag
netic storms. The infreQuency of the last
mentioned class of phenomena is fortunate,
everything considered. but when like causes do
not seem to produce like results a scientific
problem is presented of discovering the un-
known element which will explain natures ap-
parent inconsistency.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
nR. BALLIyGER.S JyOUyRY

The Secretary of the Interior is making an
investigation in order TO ascertain the extent
to which the federal irrigation projects are de-
signed to irrigate private lands. as distinguished
from public lands which will be open TO settle
ment under the irrigation law and secondly
10 determine the legal right of the government
10 carry on such work. That considerable areas
of the federal projects is we'll known Nor is
II likely that this could well have been avoided
1t is certainly doubtful if Congress would have
refused 10 make provision for their inclusion
had the request for such legislation been made
III the form of an executive recommendation
AS 10 whether the existing law confers au-
thorlty 10 do this work or not Mr. BaIlinger
will not at present venture an opinion He
probably prefers 10 confer with the Attorney
General before reaching decision
If Judge Ballinger should find that he lacked
authority under the irrigation act to carry on
the work now mapped out and in many in
stances nearing completion. he would doubtless
suspend ii until the necessary authorization of
Congress had been obtained though that course
might ne hailed by unthinking critics and seek
ers after the sensational as indubitable cvi-
dence of his hostility TO the policy itself. But
il Is entirely probable that were the Secretary
or the Attorney General to decide that the ex-
private lands Congress would remedy the lack
at lis coming session and suspension of the
work would be merely temporary
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
ARMY APARTMENT HOUSES.

The suggestion of the Quartermaster general
of the army that it may soon be deemed ad-
visable to construct army apartment houses in
certain large cities, notably at the several de-
partment headquarters has at least the virtue
of novelty and the arguments in support of
the proposition suggest that 1t has real merit.
Chief OF the reasons which would make such a
step desirable is the increase of rents, but Of
hardly less Importance is the increasing unwil-
lngness Of landlords to make leases with the
so-called army clause-a provision that the
lease shall become imperative if the lessee is
ordered away from the city. 1t is argued, and
with considerable show of truth. that an army
apartment house could not only be constructed
and conducted without loss to the government
but that such an establishment would mean a
considerable saving to those officers who ocCu-
pied it.
When an officer is detailed for duty at a point
other than an army post he is, under the pres
ent regulations, allowed, in addition to his
pay, Communication of quarters and allowances
for light and heat. Were the War Department
in position TO assign quarters In an army
apartment house to officers so detailed the com
mutation of quarters and the allowances for
light and heat would. of course be saved to the
government Already the policy of supplying
what is termed heavy furniture" at army
"
the heavy furniture would be supplied in the
proposed apartment house, thus effecting a ma
terial saving to officers who now find it neces-
Sary to furnish apartments or residences which
they may be temporarily required to occupy.
As an officer is rarely transferred without an
other being assigned to take his place there
would be no danger Of the army apartment
house remaining vacant
Officers who have been confronted with the
necessity of finding suitable residences for
themselves and their families in the larger
cell 'es of population generally hail the sug-
gestiOn of army apartment houses with de-
light. and some who have experienced difficulty
in finding suitable quarters for their families
when obliged TO leave them at home during
tours of duty in the Philippines and other in
sular possessions believe that their entire prob
lem would be solved by the erection OF army
apartment houses.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
IN TIE RERHsHlREs
tBy telegraph 70 The tribune


Lenox, Sept 25-The Berkshire Hounds v,.. q.
Richmond to-day. where they were sent auya,, - 1
seven-mIle at LoveIand's Corners Nrs C,r,.l
cey 3IcKeever the Misses NcKeever Mrs p -
Flick. Mrs J. Clarence Post. the Misses IFel
Alexandra. NJ. CiviIse Alexandra Constance r.
son. Mamie G. DuvaI. Miss Fanny Johnson Nf,n.
Leontne Marie Miss Emily BiddIe. Mrs WiIIi.-
Cadwa!ader Mr. and Mrs c. G. Chapman Mr. s,T
Mrs A J. Drexel Paul. and Mr.. and Mrs Franc,,
Dillon Fitzgibbon at the meet.
Mr. and Mrs. John r. Parsons have gone tn D..
N Y. for October.
Mr.. and Mrs. John z. Alexandra gave a dinner
tonight
Richard Watson Glider has gone to town FOR III.
Hudsnn-Fulton week
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hounan Of Boston. are v,,b
Mr.. and Mrs George Baty Blake.
Mrs. Henry NJ Field has Miss Sarah Pei1 ana
Mrs. A B, Napier. Of New York. her guests
Mr., and Mrs. p, n, Webster. of New York Mr..
F. J. Hawkins, Mrs. William IT. Harrior,. Of East
Orange, are at The MapIewood. in Pttsfeld
Mr.. and Mrs Paul Bornson and Miss Wilson %
New York. and Mr.. and Mrs. F. Avery Lamb 80
New York. and Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Baylev %
Jamestown y. Y, are motoring in the Berkshirez b
Mr.. and Mrs. a J. DrexeI Paul. OF Phi.adeI1bta
have arrived at the Curtis Hotel The charge d'af.
fatres OF Sweden and Nine. Ekengren who were a.
the Hotel AsplnwaH. have departed for Nev York
Miss \ Nelson. Miss K. Fl. Nelson. Miss Rosalis
Francke Mrs. William McNaIly and Miss McNalIy
are at the Curtis Hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Dillon FItzgibbon have
joined Mr.. and Mrs. George Winthrop Folsom after
a summer tour Of the continent.
Mrs Thomas Clay Dugan has cards out for a
bridge party Tuesday.
Joseph H. Choate is attending the Hudson-FuItoa
celebration He will return 70 Stockbridgs foz Oc-
tober.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

cSsIon viii he the last before the eiec'io" .,,o
he next House. Will the members VI
,ie - therefore. he willing in any way 10 cur
-, thot patronage which they deem important
:, ,o,r,,,ng the elections? And If the HOUSE,
dor Mfr. Tawney's leadership. does eVih'e
,.,IIinrness 10 act in the interest Of economy
r,,tIcr than of spoils will the Senate DO l.S
mart? Experience rather suggests the poSslnii,
-, that the executive branch having polhte"
the way 10 saving $4OnoOO00 or $5O0OoOOo III
he budget. the legislative branch will ACT as il
q regarded the redIctiOn in the estimates as
INST so much MARIN within which it may III
dulre in various extravagances for its own
ends. If It does. the President will be practi-
ally powerless. for he possesses no power 10
veto individual items in an appropriation DILL
but must accept or reject each measure as an
utiVptV
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
WOMAN a RAILROAD CONTRACTOR

Regina Dispatch to The Chicago Record HsIase.
Saskatchewan has a real. live woman niles
contractor. She is at present gradng l0"
east OF this city. , sails.
She is Mrs. Bennett. formerly Of ChpPsN@ ,aE,ns
Wis. For the last years she has oesH ss.s rall-
small grading contracts. but this is the 80 sS 'rns
road work Of Importance she has unde - Mary
work In hand IS an important section ~ ~ aad
she has her whole family az the work, Rel ''~
also aiding her. - Tberssl
Mrs. Bennett whose maiden name was aHrSaia-
Rice. born at Chippewa Falls ana W. 49,, ! Wis
tted from the normal school at la - ne and
rwO years ago doctors advised an outdoor tt,tIifv
4 dry climate. She handles with s3Hatt .six-sO0.
scraper or "A plough ana talks aoe3I4s ,,sris %
Grades" dumps. scoops. nils and SNosSS sSsvsins er
arth as gubly as do most women apout .IIrsrnate.y
take a day OF each week % bake S's
bread
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

We have received card from the supporters
of some new religion and 1t tells us tnat - SIIu I
this was sent here by mistake. 1t must nave
been intended for the COmmOner-Ihe ChaEles'o"
News and Courier.
Major Hemphill, having been recently drummed
outside the pale of Democratic regularity is
hardly showing the contrtlon which befts such
rustication and must precede mitigation OF
sentence and reinstatement to good and regular
standing.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

Washington is now claiming population OF
343OO3 a gain of $1,000 since 1900 The ma
tionaI capital has settled down to a steady rate
of growth, comparing favoraby with that OF
much more active industrial and commercial
centres Its expansion will soon exhaust It's
present territorial area, and new life will then
be given to the project, favored by President
Taft, of securing recession TO the federal gov
ernment of the land on the Virginia side OF the
Potomac which Congress gave back years ago
to the State of Virginia.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

to the son of Louis Kossuth, If he should seek
it. or to the head of the University of Hell
sngfors, on the ground that he was Mon
goan and at the same time to grant 1t freely
to one of the camp followers of King Meme
iek or TO one of Raisuli's Riff ruffians, on the
ground that he was a Caucasian! 1t will be
best to minimize and to eliminate, so far as pos
sbe. all these technical distinctions Of race.
and not to exaggerate them or push them to ex-
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
YALE ALuMNl EuNn eRowINe.

New Haven. Sept 25-The Yale University treas
urer, MI McClunG, has received in the last nscal
year Sl5.o0 additional for the alumni fund which
now amounts 70 x6LOOO. There has been received
lately from the estate of Frederic g. Hewitt Yale
5S, of Owego. n Y. the sum o. SS50o9o. and SSWS
has been received from the Blcunt beQUeSt in Eng
land, which represents the net beQuest The report
OF the 4 eaSurer for the last fiscal wear Viii sho"
additions 70 the funds of about q l00u.0
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

Illinois takes the lead in following President
Taft's suggestions regarding the simplihcation
of legal procedure. The executive committee OK
the State Bar Association has already asKeo
Governor Deneen to appoint a commission 10
undertake the work. The right kind of state
commissions NAV go far toward pointing the
way for that federal commission for which the
President will ask Congress
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
C. N. J. sEDlER ON WAY HERE.

Paris Sept s5.-CharIcs NJ J Be.iier. professor Ol
literature at the College Of France, lett Havre s.,
New York to-day the steamer T0uraine he WIZ
deliver course Of tive lectures uJ Harvard u'-
verstty. Yale. Johns Hopkins and the CniveTSiN -
Chicago. under the auspices of the Alliance FRA"
caise. his subject being -'Ae Epic LeSsnd-
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
aretu71urk DaiIn G1ihniiG
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 2G, 1909

This no1ospapcr is oIcned and published by
The Tribune association NelC York corpora
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Tribune Building No. l54 Nassau street Ne"
York: ogden Mills. president: Henry W
Sacbcft. secretary; James M Barrett. treasurer
Tho address Of the officers is the office Of this
ne'cSpGper.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
WILL LEAVES ALL TO wf@

St. Paul. Sept. 25-It was learned to-day -, -,
Governor Johnson left WILL and that the sS-, "a.
would probably aggregate $25,0o0 The VII -
executed in May. 1897 and all OF his property . w.
to his wife.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

Champ Clark Democratic leader of the House
has been telling Democratic convention in his
state that he is confident the Democrats will
"have good working majority in the House
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 1909.

'after the election of 1910" Mr.. Clark Is
witty and entertaining orator. AS pohucai
prognostlcator. however, he promises 10 De 'ne
same dismal failure that he has been minor
ity leader.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

Judge Gaynor is not the only statesman who aP-
precates pigs Charles F. Murphy mas seven % Ilood ~
eight fat and lazy Cheshires his farm at Goou
Ground.-The Brooklyn Eagle
Is the trough their present bond OF sympathy!
What sweet symbolism for Tammany cam
paign!
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

Congratulations TO Walter Weman His gas
bag burst just in time to prevent his having
like other explorers. TO defend his reputation for
veracity.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

The latest cocksure prophecy of the END Oh
the world was that the end would come the next
day. in fire. And the next day it rained
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
Abouf People and Social Incidents

Scott Cameron is also at the Gotham for the Hua-
son-FuIton celebration.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould. who are building
new home IN upper Fifth avenue. viii make tbat-
home this winter at the Hotel Gotham
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs Elisha Dyer will be the guests a,
Mr.. and Mrs. William " Chaplin at Pomfrgl Con-
before returning to town for the winter
Mrs. Gustav Amsinck will spend the vin.e- -.
the Gotham
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Is the press Of the country much given to
publishing reports of crimes scandals, etc, as
some people suppose, or is this impression gained
because many people read such news items IN pref
erence to those of a different character? The
Toledo Blade" summarizing the report of Arthur
/ Street a professional indexer Of news, whose
work covered the indexirg of $500 news items in
single year, says: There were six times as many
items referring to public leaders and important
business men to all the notorious crimes and
scandals, including the cases Of Thaw, Hains'
sagan Guinness, Earle, Black Hand outrages, bank
robberies, etc The Thaw case appeared In the
leading papers 139 times. Germany and Great
britain were mentioned more than 800 times; Rus
sia, 295 times: Japan 2S2 France, 143. and China
13S. little 1900 crimes and scandals were
given prominent position In the same position
appeared S97 educational and scientific items; 20S
relating to medicine and surgery; 3e6 concerning
religious topics; having do with the govern
ment affairs of the largest two cities and SIX
typical states; 442 covering the improvements IN
business and $50 labor subjects. Outside Of poll
ties and governmental fields the men most written
about were Hartman. Morgan. Gompers Rookie
feller, John Mitchell and Chancellor Day.
That boys a musical genius"
He He" remembers every tune he hears
What good will that do him?" .,.o,
when he grows up he can compose muslcal
comedy. .t-Cleyeland Leader.
Syracuse is enthusiastic over the success of the
New York State Fair held there recently. The
attendance 10000 was the largest in the history
Of the fair and we'll everything managed
that the commission in charge will turn back into
the State Treasury balance of $4,000 This graft
flying result says The Herald practically in
continuance of the liberal policy of the
Legislature toward the fair and uninterrupted
development of the plans for its improvement, ex-
tension and diversihcation" THE Post-Standard"
thinks that this years showing warrants the
commission in asking of the next Legislature a
large appropriation, that the fair may be carried
in the next year long step toward completion
New-York tribune., 1909-09-26
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Society's programme for the next ten days VIII
be subOrdinated in almost everything to the HUI
SON. Fulton celebration. The week will be given
over largely to entertainments In honor of visitors
of note. many of them official representatives OF
their government the five six hundred officers
OF foreign navies and federal and state ofielais'
People have come into town from their country
seats for the week. and have opened their city
homes where they will entertain The clubs will
make every effort to make the visitors from abroad
feel that they are cordially welcome. Some
persons have returned from Europe weeks
ahead Of the time which they had originally set for
the homeward journey for the purpose Of helping
to receive the foreign guests. Among them are
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Goelet. Mrs. John Jacob
Astor. Mr.. and Mrs Harry Payne Whitney, Mr..
and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Colonel and Mrs.
William Jay and Clarence II. Mackay.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

FOR RENT-5-room modern house !;
furnished or unfinished. Inquire
at 742 Ute.