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New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

person who can run down another on the street
and drag his body for half a block without beng
aware of it?
The idea has too much prevailed among
certain type of automobile drivers that thelr
rights on the streets are superior TO those Vi
anv one else; that when they sound theIr i"u
cous horns it is the duty Of everybody else u
get out of the way. and that if any one I'llI' ~
get out Of the way and consequently &elS nul
il is his own fault Such fellows need stern
reminder Of the intoIerable error o1 1ldI l',e'
They need 70 be made 10 realize that lhe liz 2n''
Of rbe general public Oh the streets are superior
TO those Of any particular class OF IT, INA. al
aged and infirm person has just as goou III II
10 walk slowly across street as an auIoliloot
isl has TO run his machine along II AT any Ta'e
Of spepd. that II is Inor" incumbent upon llie
drivers of such engines 10 Jvoid running over
nersons than it is upon persons to AVOID peihI
r,1n oyer: and that when 4 driver does run oNei
ANYBODY he must bear the responsibility iol It,
Tho conviction of Darraeh ought 10 go Tar
toward bringing some motor-manlacs bach 10
sanity and toward inducing some motor-crlln-
inaIs 70 respect the law. If it does not tileL
we must hope that at the hands OF other Jus'
iudges and iurieS every one who does rs Oar
ragb did will meet with Darragh rare.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,"
IRON The Tribune Bureau. !

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington May 29.-NIiss Helen Tafts return
~ the White House has started new life among
tbe Younger set and Of the first entertain
r,ents planned in her honor is a luncheon al the
Chevy Chase Club on Thursday with her god
mother Mrs Webster wife OF Major Edmund X
Webster as hostess Miss Frances Webster. a
debutante of last season. and Miss Helen Taft are
intimate friends.
The arrival here last night OF Baroness Uriu, with
her husband, the vice-admiral recalled pretty
romance of her love affair with the baron. when
tbev were school boy and girl in New Haven
The baroness was reared by Mr. and Mrs John
S C. Abbott of that city, and the wooing began In
their charming garden. The baroness has num-
Der of schoolmates here. Vassar graduates, who
will entertain her
Senator and Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins are entertain
ing Mrs Mccormick. Of New York
Miss Helen Henderson, Of New York, is the guest
Of Miss Katherine Clabaugh. daughter OF Judge
and Mrs Harry Morris Clabaugh. She will remain
here for several DAYS.
Representative and Mrs. Richard Wayne Parker
the Chevy Chase Club tonight Mrs. Parker is pre-
pairing TO close her Washington house next week
and open her home in New Jersey
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ives Cobb. jr-. OF New York.
arrived here to-day 10 be the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray Cobb for several days.
Mrs Clarence r. Edwards and her little daugh-
ter will leave here the first OF next week for
Niagara Falls. to spend the month OF June with
Mrs Porter, the mother OF Mrs. Edwards. who was
here In the winter.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
4 CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

The Washington correspondent Of The Char
the displacement of MI North as Director OF
the Census viii be a stunning blow to sundry
Southern statesmen who were prepared to in
terest themselves in the selection of super
vSorS 10 manage the next enumeration Says
this correspondent:
The South will be affected by the resignation
Of Mr.. North is Director Of the Census. as he
was very friendly TO Southern Representatives
He had said that he would give a Democratic
supervisor Of the next census for each Demo
cratic Congressman. Although Mr.. Taft has
said that he desired a non partisan organiza-
ton to take the census, North Carolina will not
be apt TO get more than four Democratic super
visors. Mr. North would have permitted seven.
If the friendly understanding thus frankly de-
scribed is not exaggerated, it fully confirms the
suspicion that the old order in the Census Bu-
reau had not changed under Mr.. Norths admin
istratiOn and was not likely TO change so long
as he retained the dictatorship. When the
Crumpacker census bill was under discussion
last winter an attempt was made TO prove that
ii not intended 10 perpctuate the system
Of distributing census appointments per capita
among Senators and Representatives. One
Democratic member of the House Census Com
mittee blurted out the truth. however and pub
lie opinion cordially approved President Roose-
velts veto of the act as a mere pretence of
reform and repentance.
The act passed by both houses at the present
session and now in conference makes provision
for ending the system of peddling out census
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
Z list CDNlJCTyON

The conviction Of William Darragh of the
crime Of mansaughter. aS recorded II our col
umns yesterday. may be startling and disquiet-
ing 10 other men in this community who have
committed the same offence but have not been
prosecuted or who ha5itualy run the risk Of
committing that offence II is TO he hoped that
il will move them 10 mend their ways speedily,
lest they suffer similar conviction and punish
ment To the general public the verdict will
strongly commend itself as entirely just-lean-
ing. # at all. toward the side of mercy-and as
one which the welfare OF the community urg-
entity demanded. There have been far too many
cases Of manslaughter the streets of New
York committed in ways practically identical
with that in which narrach committed his
crime. and il is high time that 4 stern example
was made Of not only this one but also Of every
one Of Tie criminals who can be caught and
convicted
Doubtless il is q hard thing for a young man
Ike Darragh 10 be convicted Of serious crime
and sent 10 prison for perhaps twenty years.
But what was il for lad like IngevaaFd Trim
be TO be butchered brutally on the highway
and what was il for his parents TO have him
thus killed? Pity is for the victim and the
bereaved rather than for the callous creature
whs did the deed ard who only through the
lenent benefit Of a doubt escapes paying the
supreme penalty for murder. That the vic
tina was killed ''lyy act imminenty danger
Gus 70 others is unqueStionable. We can con-
ceive OF few acts more imminently dangerous
to Others than The doers of them than the
furious racing OF ponderous locomotives along
freqUenTed highways. That such a reckless
acf evinced = -depraved mind regardless of
human life IS equally certain. Nobody whose
mind wis not depraved and regardless of hu-
plan life would do such 4 thing. In the case
OF DarTaeb the quality of his mind was further
indicated ly his brutal and cowardly conduct
after the striking OF his victim. Apparently
DarraEh was saved from conviction Of murder
Ilv a donbt whether he knew that the body Of
his victim was being dragged by the car after
fhe first impact a3d whether death resulted
from Injuries received in that dragging. But IL
lie do not know II, what is 10 be thought Of
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

From The Tribune Bureaul
washington May 29-The British A11ioas
and Mrs Bryce who have house guests canon
and Mrs Hensen of England entertained at dinner
tonight In compliment to them
Mr. Ritter the new Swiss Minister VIII aiii'0
here on Monday afternoon to assume his DUTIES
Dr. Vogel will close his affairs, present, MS SUI
cessor and leave Washington the mooIe VI 'Il
week He presented his credentials mere ioui
years ago and has been favortte. Ills depii 'uiV
Is cause of regret TO diplomats and society peopi
Sefor Pima. who is to be succeeded at tiie 'Po-
ish legation by 4 new minister, will sail from ne"
York on July for Barcelona Sehcr PASTOR tiie
first secretary will be charge d'affaires until lhe
arrival Of the minister.
Lieutenant Filippo Camperio entertainer d HuIII-
Der of guests at dinner tonight
All Kuli Khan. Charge d 'Affaires for Persia since
the recent departure of the Minister, General Nor
teza left Washington to-day for Chicago. accom-
panied by Nine. All Kul He will give lecture
at the home of Mrs. George Pullman on Monday
afternoon on the customs and arts OF Persia ana
will then start on a lecture trip through the west
which will take him to California
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

IBy Telegraph TO The Tribunal
Newport May 29--Mr. and Mrs. Charles 3. Hi
house OF New York have arrived FOR the season.
Hermann Oelrichs. jr-. has returned from New
York
Mrs George S. Scott arrived from New York to
day
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Warren arrived for tas
season this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ Bull and Miss Adsis
Bull. OF New York. also arrived to-day
Mrs. Samuel J. WagstaT is the guest OF her
parents Mr. and Mrs Amos Tuck French.
Reginald c Vanderbilt has gone to New York
Mrs. Vanderbilt Will follow him soon
Commodore and Mrs Arthur Curtiss James ar
rived to-day on the flagship Aloha They were DC.
cOmpanied by Fleet Captain Franklin A Plurn1ner'
OF the New York Yacht Club
LOriuard Spencer. jr-, has returned from New
York
Amos Tuck French joined his family to-day fof
the holiday. William Storrs Wells viii also spend
Memorial Day here.
Cyril Hatch. Mr- and Mrs. Milton BaEfcr and
Mrs Roland Redmond arrived tonight
Mrs. Eugene Hale. r.. also arrived 70 visit ns'
parents and Mrs. ROderick Terry
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
IN THE BERKsHIREs.

BY Telegraph TO The Tribune
Ieuox Nav 29.-lIr. and Mrs Charles S Nsls,
and sons James Brady. Arthur g. Sedgxsck and
Miss Susan Sedgwfcx arrived the Red Lion IN
Stockbridge, tonight
Nh. and Mrs Orrne Wilson have leased the
Bishop No. villa for tie season. and viii arrive
next month. During a previous Lenox season they
occupied Fairlawn.
Mrs. Lois kellogg has taken lease Of the Taunst
cottage from Mrs william 3 Bacon
Mrs Frederic Bull IS entertaining Mrs. Van Ingss
at Deepdene-
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Coffin are weekend gussu
Of Mrs. John Sloane at Wyndhurst-
John Sloane ir.. mOtored from New YORK q
Lenox to-day.
Mr. and Mrs Edward A Burdett have opened
their villa for the season
Mr.. and Mrs Chester Criswold, Miss Clark and
Julian Clark arrived to-day by automobile
Among those who arrived to-day at the hotsI Or
the season are Mrs Daniel s Terrence and 8fr and
Mrs. John A. Hadden. r.
Mrs. ]. Lawrence Lee. who has arrived. e soo1
to open her country place for the summer
Miss Lucy FreIinghuysen Miss Eleanor Grossly
and Miss Varnun came Up 70 Lenox to-day
Mrs. Alexander Sedgwick and family, who hsTs
been IN Europe since last fall arrived az the H0us-
stead in Stockbridge-
MI and Mrs. James B. Ludlow have decided no.
to occupy their Lenox villa and will spend the
sOE abroad
Joseph ". Burden IS spending the week end si
JTuderledEe.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.

IBy Telegraph 20 The T-fbuueJ
Tuxedo Park May 29.-The beautiful veafas
TO-DAY brought out large number Of EsD
known persons for Sunday and Memorial Day
Nearly every room at the clubhouse has been n.
gagged. and the cottages are filled. A series O
golf matches will be arranged for the holiday. anu
the entertainment COMMITTEES will arrange VeeA-
end attractions throughout the season Lawn t7--
mis- is attracting a large number. and many Va
liable cups will be offered during June By the lsl-
mis- committee. Numerous automobile parties. max
ing tours Of the country viii spend sunday a. %
clubhouse. and many large dinners will De give
by the Cottagers-
This weeks cottage arrivals include M an
Mrs Thomas q. Condor. Mr.. and Mrs D
Lewis Major and Mrs. Philip Berkard. Mr.. ana
Mrs. George Grant Mason, Mr.. and Ms n =
Havemeyer. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward L. BurrsL' NJ y.
and Mrs. H r Winthrop Mr. and Mrs. CA4i.
B. Alexander. Mr.. and Mrs Richard Aorll--l-'
Mr. and Mrs W. B. DinsmOre. Mr. and MIS- = -,
bert c. Pell. Mrs Charles H. Coster- M anu -
F K. Curtis. Mr.. and Mrs W NJ. V norman a.
Mr. and Mrs. P 5. Pilot
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan c. Barnvell, Nj ana -, 80
F. de P. Foster and others Of the Tuxedo eol0N'-
have opened their villas "a,
Mr.. and Mrs Charles W Clinton viii move = =
their new villa. which has Just been colLipr s-rf
next week. and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Deis--- -,
will open their cottage. other expected ~.
are MI and Mrs. Newbold Edgar. Mr- ana
Alfred Seton and Mrs. Charles W Cooper ~
Other late arrivals to-day were MI ana
Stewart Duncan. Miss Stoddard MI anu =. a Ms
II p PeI Dr. Charles A. Stoddard- MI anu a.
E F. Darrell Mr.. and Mrs Daniel NoroS-, n
and Mrs Goodhue Livingston. Mr. anu anu - -s,n.
Howland Colonel and Mrs Robert " No. ,s7sss
Captain and Mrs. Pelley. OF London NJ rI,u.
TayIor Campbell Mr.. and Mrs Georse n
Miss Hull and Mr. and Mrs. Willard ; r,-ooks
Mrs Philip McKim Garrison. St Georse -, r
Tucker H H. Ward. Frederic Morgan. ,.-sstsr
Patterson and party, Mr.. and Mrs W ", Ms
Retts Mrs F. R Belts. Howard n as-- f Mrs
Phillip Kissam. John Rutherford VI. -,ssk.
Conde Mast and others arrived durihs
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

appointments as Congressional perquisites IL
it becomes a law, it will put the great mass OF
the temporary census appointeeS under tne
protection of Civil Service rules. Congress Is
still reluctant 10 pass it, and would probabN
at heart prefer to see it die in conference 1t
ought to be sent to the President and we trust
will reach him before the session ends. But
with Mr.. North administering it the conhecuoh
between the Census Bureau and the patronage
brokers in Congress would probably not have
been entirely broken. 1t is to be hoped thaC
the new director will exercise a freer hand and
ignore the evil precedents of the past, even
though the severance of tender ties will cause
grief and gloom III many Congress delegation
Census supervisors in every state. as well as
the minor census employees. should be chosen
because they are best qualified TO do the work.
not because they can demonstrate valid claims
on the favor of members of Congress.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
GAS POWER EOR SHIPS.
tenance

In tbe efforts which have been made to adapt
the internal combustion engine to marine ser
vice the chief trouble has been to obtain suita-
bic gas from hituminous coal. Unless the tar
produced in the manufacture of soft coal gas Is
thoroughly eliminated. It Will clog an engine.
So revolutionary will he the effects Of sue
cessfu attempt to remove this particular i'm
purity that any claim that the object has been
ACCOMPLISHED deserves attention. Such a claim
was made a few days ago by Mr.. {. L. Straub,
in paper read before the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers. He asserted that gas
generator, supplying fuel for a 3G0-horsepower
engine had been in use in this country for more
than ii year. and that both the producer" and
the engine had behaved in 4 highly satisfactory
manner
Mr. Straub instituted an interesting compari,
son between two marine installations, one using
steam ard the other gas. and both developing
1000 horsepower. His figures for steam power
were based on actual fact and related to a lake
'freighter'' built last year The others were. of
course, estimates. but are not without value. The
weight Of the steam engine and boilers was put
at 352 GEO pounds, and that of the gas engine
and producer at $4,000 pounds In the first
instance the space occupied by the machinery
has a length of 46 feet. In the second it is not
expected to exceed 3412 feet With the steam
engine bunker capacity of $4,000 pounds has
believes that about half as much would suffice
an assumption not at all unreasonable Re
searches by the United States Geological Survey
and other high authorities long ago established
the fact that nearly or quite double the amount
of power can he obtained from a ton of coal if
it is converted into gas and exploded in Il gas
engine than if it is employed to generate steam.
The statements made by Mr.. Straub need to
be verified. 1t is especially desirable that the
truth be known about the gas producer he
describes. If il will use soft coal and thor
oughly get rid of the bothersome tar, it will in.
dicate notable advance in the art Of develop
ing power. 1t will be remembered that in the
British Admiralty's experiments with the old
gunboat Rather anthracite was used and only
500 horsepower developed. If marine engine
generating 1000 horsepower in the manner
specified before the American Society of Me-
chancal Engineers should be seen in operation
on a vessel on the Great Lakes double i'm.
provement would be achieved. The gain in
power would be small and relatively insgnif-
cant But if soft coal could be employed in
place of anthracite, the innovation would be far
more important
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
The CABINET.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau. J

IFrom The Tribune Bureau 4,
Washington, May 29-The Secretary OF war an
Mrs Dickinson entertained informally at ,,
to-day for a number of friends who are tenn
in Washington H.,
The Secretary OF the Navy entertained INFORM
at dinner tonight He has issued invitations Lo
Monday to breakfast to meet Fice-AoIlii"i "i o-'''
A number Of dinlomats are invited.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Darragh. who very properly has been CON
victed of mansaughter for killing boy WIN
an automobile, is said TO be only twenty y-oile
years old and to have been acting as d chaui-
feur for three or four years 1t is a grave ques-
ton whether boys of eighteen or nineteen ought
to be licensed or permitted TO run hlgh powered
cars through the streets We do not think that
reputable railroad companies fntrust the engines
of their passenger trains 10 callow youths and
striplings.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
- ~. rr,bnne Bureau. ]

TFrom The Tribune Bureau -.
washington MAY 2e-Mrs. Taft continues 10 NJ ~
prove steadily She is now able 10 20 aoo
White House. although not yet recelvrms ITo,,sa
1Tss Helen Taft arrived at the White House
late This afternoon from school at Bryn Na"i-
She was accompanied by Miss Isabel vincent -. d
schoolmate Miss Taft will go to Geuyspule
Monday to unveil the military monument 'nei
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
:Cftu71urk n 11I1lyriIt, G1ihm1tE.
SUNDAY. MAY so. 1909.

This newspaper is oIcned and published By
Tho T,-iba,rc association. Nc1C York corpora
ton: office and principal place Of business
Tribune Building No I5I Nassau street Ne"
York: ogden HiIis. president: Henry "
Sockeft. secrctQry; James u. Barrett, treasurer
The address Of the officers is the Office Of H'S
nelrSpaper.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
IAnx ABERDEEN come HEFE.

Queenstown May 2.-Among the pass. .,s, sassd
New York on board the steamer CedTle' .ss,ior 70
this morning. is Lady Aberdeen. VINO, II iii 81
attending the Womens Congress AT IorOli.o' -nlsz
eDpaqsn1ents AT New York and Boston 70 .ss.,on sSsn
what is being done in Ireland for the SOpp'
OF tuberculosis
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
GOVERNOR SMITHS OPPORTUNITY.
ON The Charlotte N. @ Observer.

NIIdIIOIIt u UUstINtT
Governor Smith of Georgia now has the oppor-
tuuity OF his life Is he going TO let II paSsr EV.
IDENTIFY he is Why doesn't he rise to the occa-
sion and show the people OF his state that they
have elected TO be their chief executive who
act with promptness and firmness when neces-
sty demands, as well boast the hustings OF
the great things he intends doing when he is
given the authority 10 act? Presumably because
he Is not built that way.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
A PLAIN ECONOMIC FACT.
from The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Here is a plain economic fact which should be
frankly faced. No deny that the negro
fireman would like to draw the pay that
goes to the white fireman. The fact that he has to
content himself with less. assuming that he does
the work equally we'll, is economic discrimina-
ton against him the ground of has color. To
insist that the railway pay a higher price than
necessary for this work. in order to have il done
by a white is simply to unionze race preju-
dice. Unions supposed to represent ''al labor
not simply white labor What they now ask in
effect. is that negroes shall no longer be en-
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
OFFICIAL INACTIVITY.
ON The - Orleans Times-Democrat.

From The New Orleans Times-Democrat
The sound act in the whole affair is the
determination Of the officers Of the locomotive
engineers not to let them return to work until
they receive tie protection TO which they are
entitled When this act Is compared the mac
tivity Of the state officials. the officials dwndle
away 70 nothingness In the minds Of Americans
IL hn
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Says The Louisville Courier-JournaI': There
is but question before the people OF
Kentucky of paramount interest and tnat Is
"the question of prohibition" Has the Star
eyed Goddess left the state of her affection and
adoption? If she hasn't she must sadly real
ize that her once conquering charms are out OF
date.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
FORCES FOR EVIL.


The Governor IS no other than our old friend
HOke Smith, who, IL win be remembered, was
elected platform in which the negro and the
railroads shared equally in the dread fears that
infested his bosom tor the Empire State of the
South 4 return OF reason has caused Georgia 70
rectify far as possible the blunder into which
Mr.. Smith led il by his railroad batting. It would
that the other forces for evil he let loose
still be reckoned with.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

The New Orleans Times-D Democrat" publishes
a cartoon representing the Republican leaders
in Congress as pirates forcing the poor con-
sumer to walk the plank. In the same issue it
editorialiy commends Lousiana's congressman
for acting with the Republicans on the tariff
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
PREJUDICE.

Negro labor has long had preference in the South
not in the fields alone, but in the rougher phases
of mechanical industry. Negroes still monopoze
such labor as steamboat deckhands and hodcar-
riers and many cf them found in more
skilled vocatious. There has been no prejudice in
the South against their employment in any labor,
and they have worked amicably with the whites
This strike in Georgia. which denies them the right
TO be tremen on locomotives. may spread to other
pursuits in which negroes employed. It
is foreign TO any feeling that the oldtime South
erner had for the brother in black. It is the
prejudice that has been manifested toward the
MongoIIan the Pacific Coast.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
nRueuAY,s MINISTER At vATICA4LN.. ~.

Rome May 29.-Heber Jackson Aliii'5t0 '7,-Iou,at
Uruguay has arrived he-e to re-es1aoilSl IIlv Sc
relations between his government ana ti'1
which have been interrupted since 1sVi-
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
SOUTHERN VIEWS OF GEORGIA STRIKE
THE ISSUE.

From The Mobile Register.
The white fremen trying to oust the negro
hremen from railroad employment. The threat is
made that the movement will extend 10 other rail
roads: and that all negroes will be driven from
employment nremeu. This constitutes the
serious phase of the situation.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Why do Senator Bailey and his followers in
the Democratic party go back to Robert j.
Walker for name to conjure with? Why don't
they call themselves Samuel j. Randall Demo-
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

If the scafoIds do not give out through over
work. ConstantinopIe will before long be pretty
well rid of its bad men,
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

question, and especially on the sugar scheuuiS
The tariff and logic are both local issues now
adays down South.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
Abouf People and Social Incidents

horn. Robert Low Pferrepont, John N.vr..
Haight' Charles H. jackson Roger H BuIlar Eo--.
ard CorIies, Percy D. Bogue and PhiIu p r-
win The ceremony viii be followed by a r.,0-..
given by the parents OF the bride at their ho1"
East 3sth street After very brief vve55f :. -
the newly married couple will sail for Fra7ca ~
bridegroom is the youngest son Of Henry F p,.---
pont, of Brooklyn, and nephew Of ex-0Iayor 80
Low.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

Another wedding Of the week will be that a, 9.
friday of Frederick de Peyster and MIS- -
ence Bryant daughter Of Dr. Joseph D. Br,,s.. =
whose house in West Ash street the ceremor, -. -
be performed on Saturday afternoon by the p
Charles E Jefferson. of the Broadway Taba--,
There will be neither ushers nor bridesmaids -
only very few near relatives and intimate frt-@
have been invited