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New-York tribune., 1910-12-02

year Gernany's percentage of increase
Of tonnage has been nearly four times
as great as that of the United States
At the present rate of progress, there
fore il is obviously only a question of
short time before Germany viii largely
surpass Us in gross tonnage, while there
* cause for suspecting that on the basis
of ships now built and building she
already SURPRISES us in efficient tonnage
Attention should be directed to these
circumstances, and they should he
deliberately considered without the re-
motest thought of a war between Ger
many and America No rational man IN
either country expects such 4 catastro-
phe But that is not the point The
question To he determined is whether
or not the United States should l
securely kept in the second place among
the worlds naval powers, quite regard
less of the identity Of the power which
is our rival for that place
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
4 mRSements.

ACADEMY Or MUSIC-s-Shenandoah-
.Ai-HAd BR A-3-s-Na Vaudeville
ANERICA N@@-s-KsudexliIe
ASroR-s :@a-The Girl in the Taxi
BI1LASCo-s- s-3o-The Concert
tEIoI--S -3p-The Nest Egg
BRO ADV T-s- -15-Ju6v Forgot
cASTNo-s-ts--fie Came from Milwaukee
CIRCLE-s.15-The Cub.
t-gTG-S -l-5-The Echo.
COLONIA Vaudeville
COMEDT-s -So-l'n Be Hanged If Do
CRITERION. .2a-Thr commuters.
T'S-s .;ie-Fsbv Mine
FIFTH AvF.NlT I--.-s Va,,aeviIle.
ssAIETY-S-1-s-tfet Rioh Quick Walungfo-o
EARRTCK-s .ee-The SpeckIed Band.
GLoBF-s s.ee-7'he Bachelor Bellies
E.Af hF-7 IS 20 Mother
= ANMERSTEiN S-2--e 1;'--N audeNille =,
HERALD SOUARE-S.l5-The Girl and The
uIPP0DRoNE NE-c-s-Tfqc international Cup
-Pafler Of NiaEara-T-lle earthquake
HUDSON -Nol9odv's widow
IRVING PI.ACE-S,75-lDas kTusiksntenrnade,.
JOE UEBER'S-s -I5-Ama- Where Do You
KNICK ERBocKER- -F7c1ry of Navarro
5-FEFR RTY-S I-s-T-ff.- Country Boy
r.TCET-N-S .ao-Tte Importance Of Being Ear
nest.
i.YFslCLs-Tvo Women.
NAJESTE -S.,}o-The Blue BIRD.
NHATTAN OPERA HoUSE-2-s-Na aloe-
NANINE EI.T1oTT-s-s sse-The Gamblers
METROPOLITAN oPERA HoUSE-e-Buttef-
NAzTMovA-S-s Madsae Troubsdogr.
E2slaIstAs Orchestra-s-l -l5-Na6aIfle sherry
NEW THEA TRE,-S .I-,-Sister BeaErice-Don
NV WORKS t5-NauShtv Marietta.
REPF- 81 1C-s -Is-Rebecca OF SGnnToroosh
Farm
wALLtrE'S-s. -s.f5-ccttins Polish
T-EST ENDS -15-Tillie's Nightmare
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
At THE WHITE HOUSE.
FFrom The Tribune Bureau.


washington, Dec. The PresideHV ii"s
cor,rIeted his annual message and VIII
transmit IL 20 Congress next Tuesday NJ,
Taft read it to the Cabinet at speclai
meeting this morning, and Tonight copies
wore given 70 the press associations
The Secretary Of the Interior mas SUD
roft4ed the report OF the engineers on rec
famation nrofects TO the President WHO
viU transmit il to Congress with speclai
message on reclamation.
Frederick Lehman. of 81. Louis, WHO mas
been mentioned for appointment 70 the
new Commerce Court. saw the President
tlis morning The Supreme Court and rne
Commerce Court appointments VIII De
taken up BY the President next week ana
il is expected that they will be sent 20 the
senate on the Monday following the con-
vening OF Congress
General Thomas H Hubbard. OF New
York president of the Peary Arctic Ciuo
urged the President 10 ask Congress foF
some recognition OF Captain Peary. by
vote of thanks or by presentation OF
medal
The President has approved The appoint
rneut bv Postmaster General Hitchcock OF
Jarnes J. Britt, of Asheviiie. y &, as
Third Assistant Postmaster General.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
MORE FIRE TRAPS.

Investigation provoked by the recent
deadly fire IN Newark disci0%eS the fact
that there are in that city many other
buildings which are actually more dan-
gerous fire traps than the one which
was burned last week is said by lis
severeSt critics to have been. IF the re-
ports which are seriously published by
the press of that city are true, state
Of affairs exists which demands the
speediest possible attention of every
governmental agency which has to do
with the safeguarding of life and limb
and property
We are told Of one factory from three
TO five stories high. containing from 800
TO 900 persons engag ged in an industry
peculiarly susceptible to fire. with not
single fire escape. Another building. OF
1msy and infammabe construction,
contains about 1000 employees and has
nothing but open stairwGys and elevator
shafts and three fire escapes Of q poor
tvne. Another also of fiimsy construc-
tion. has more than a hundred women
at work on the upper floors, while the
lower floor is an automobile shop, reek-
ing with oil and gaS0lene. and there are
for exit narrow open stairway, an
omen elevator shaft and one narrow fire
escape. 4 siX-story factory, with
seventy-fve hands. using large Quanti-
ties of gasolene. has only one fire escape.
Still another building. of three and four
stories. not at all firoproof. contains
900 employees and has not one ire
escape. Another four-Story building. 9c-
clIaiad by three concerns with numerous
employees. using gas engines. furnaces.
large quantities of petroleum, etc. has
no fire escape. And in one shop stock
of $50 gallons OF anyi acetate barrel
Of alcohol. 500 pounds Of celluloid
shavings and - gallons Of gun cotton
collodion WAS in the sole custody of
sixteen-year-old boy
Such conditions are an affront to de-
cencv. State laws. municipal ordi-
nances rules of fire, police and health
departments. and the ordinary common
sense and humanity OF owners. tenants.
employers and all other persons CON
cerned should make their continuance
in q civilized community Impossible
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
OUR MERCHANT MARINE.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Several days ago 1 read newspa-
per article stating that an English ana
also a Japanese company were planning
to establish steamship lines between this
country and South American ports via
the Panama Canal Is It not time the
people OF our country should wake up
and have what is theirs by right? But
now? Subsidizing is not popular in this
country and some other means must be
found to revive our once glorious rner-
chant marine
We have laws protecting our coastwfse
shipping; why not laws discriminating
against foreign steamships plying be
tween this country and countries other
than their own? What 90 we see to-
day? English, German and other for
eisn steamships monopolizing all the car
rying trade from this country to the West
Indies, South America and numerous other
places. Why not increase the port charges
against this class of vessels SO as TO al
low American vessels the advantage and
thus encourage them to make a bid for
foreign shipping trade?
FREDERICK G. PERKINS.
Bayonne, y. J.. Nov. so, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02

decade WAS e;l4 per cent while that uf
Illinois WAS only 16.9 Moreover. New
1ork's rate has been steadily increasing
for the last forty years. the increase in
thc last ten years being greater than
that in any other of the four decades.
while that Of Illinois in the last decade
showed a large decrease
In Illinois. as in this state the in
crease has been chiefly in the cities.
most of all in the largest cities. But,
again. this city is growing much more
rapidly than Chicago. The gain Of Chi
cago in ten years has been 4S6.T0S. while
that OF New York has been 1.139.tiS1, or
more than TWO and Il third times as
mueb And New York State is develop
ing more second-cIasS cities than Illinois,
and depends less upon IFS metropolis !.
for while Chicago contains about two
thirds of the population Of Illinois. this
city contains less than - per cent of the
population of this state. 1t is interesting
to observe. however. two points of re
sembIance between the two states. each
OF which Is the foremost in its part IF
the Union. New York. the largest OF the
Eastern states. has crown more rapidly
than any % its neighborS. and has grown
chiefly in its cities. illinois, the largest
of the Middle Western states. has like
wise grown more rapidly than any Of its
neiChborS. and il. too, has grown chiefly
III its cities We may assume, then, that
similar causes and Influences are opera
five I'm both states
It is to be observed moreover. that
the Eastern states are generally growing
more rapidly than those of the Middle
West Ohio Indiana. Michigan. Missouri
and Kansas all show lower percentage
of gain than Illinois. while Iowa shows
an actual loss Not only New FORK but
also Massachusetts. Connecticut and
Rhode Island show a greater percentage
of increase than Illinois If, on the
other hand. we turn TO the Far West we
fiBd very high rate Of growth. the in
crease in San Francisco. Portland,
Seattle and other centres being phenome-
nal The conclusion is. therefore, that
the nations growth in population IS
greatest in the coast states, both East
and West circumstance which sug-
ges1S reflections upon the part which
facilities for commerce play in the de
veIopmeut and growth of states.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
WONT GIVE UP SHAKESPEARE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: 1 presume Sir Edwin D1rnninc-I.av--
rences book Bacon Is Shakespeare" has
been reviewed by your reader Please ex-
tend to him my sympathy. The opening
chapter is enough for me. especially where
he condemns John Pierpont of Boston, L
S. A, for copying into Reading Lessons
for the Use Of the Public and Private
Schools nearly one hundred years ago Ger
tain dialogue supposed TO have taken place
between Lord Bacon and Shakespeare: this
dialogue, if il cannot be obtained elsewhere,
is about all that makes Sir Edward Dun
-Lawrence's book worth purchasing.
and | can heartily recommend any school
master of the present day TO emulate John
Pierpont and circulate this dialogue for
the use of youthful Shakespearian scholars
They might even learn it and recite it in
costume.
Although this controversy in regard TO
Bacon and Shakespeare is so ancient no
one has YET put forth an argument TO prove
that Bacon wrote Shakespeare. It is so
easy TO say Shakespeare did not write the
works and the argument that Shakespeare
had not sufficient education is puerile
one Shakespeare was a man who mixed
with all sorts and conditions OF people, and
as the bee sucks honey from varied flow
ers, so Shakespeare filched-if you like to
say this ideas; but it was his genius in
nate that permitted him TO create the
words that clothed the ideas of many 9th
ers cleaned from the various sources.
| am sorry TO be at variance with some
eminent American litterateurs for whom I
have the utmost respect. but Sir Edwin
Dunning- -Lawrence's contribution is really
TOO puerie HARVARD, Sc.
New York Nov 50 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
SECOND NAVY OR THFPDo

Great Britain maintains herself In
first place among the naval powers by Il
still ample though probably decreasing
margin. OF that there is no question.
and there is probably no question that,
whichever party may win control Of the
government in this months elections.
that status Will be preserved. There :,
however. some doubt concerning the
second place. with an increasing prob
ability that it must he relinquished by
the United States and conceded 10 Ger
MANY. The official figures which have
inst been made public certainly seem
IA suggest such a change in the ranking
of the powers.
IT is true that the United States still
slrrl,ass4-s Germany in tonnage in com
mission. as also in tonnage built and
l1iiding by = considerable margin. But
that is not the only fact which i 20
l.. taken into account. II is also true
that Gerlnany's navy is. on The whole,
newer than ours. and that il contains
- smaller proportion Of obSolescent and
inefficient vessels The frequent re-
iprreicc Of the significant ErsatZ ~
tor navy list Indicates 10 wh1t All ex-
fenf size has been exchanging Did ships
far nov .eis,1 II is true that Germany
Is fuilding nuch more rapidly than 've
are-uearly three times as fast. III the
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
SOCIAL NorEs'FRom NEWPORT.

IBy Telegraph 20 Ths Tribune
Newport Dec. Improvements are be-
ing added to number OF the Newport
summer estates. Mr.. and Mrs John Il
DrexeI are having an addition built TO
their villa, and a bowling alley and bill
lard hall are being added TO the home 0s
Mr. and Mrs. T. SuffeTn Taller. Mrs
Frederick Pearson IS having the grounds
OF her estate improved, and considerable
headway is being made on the general i'm
provcments of the home of Mr. and Mrs
August Belmont
Mrs Frederic Nelson and Mrs Walter
Norman E,ldridgs have gone 10 Hot
Springs. Va.
Henry Clews. IT. having changed hts
plans. will spend the winter IN New York
Mr.. and Mrs. George 3. de Forest have
planned to close the season next week and
go TO New York
Mrs. French Vanderbilt has gone TO New
York for visit
Mrs. Sidney Webster Is recovering from
slight attack OF illness
Mr.. and Mrs. " Rogers Morgan depart
ed for New York for the winter to-day
Mrs William T. Bull has recovered from
slight Illness
Ir. and Mrs Lyman Tiffany arrived
from Washington this evening
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02

Mr. Murphy now enjoys the ssIisa-
tion of being treated as Header. anu
Democrats who made the most OF their
of Independence Waen
the party was out of power and nothihs
was at stake are now undergoing the ex-
perience of having a party, good, PAD
and Indifferent. machine, boss and all
upon their hands. with the responsibility
upon them of getting somehow Good
out of it all. and with the duty, as one
distinguished opportunist put 1t. OF not
finding fault with members OF the crew
''iu a storm" The Tribune wishes them
JOY. and will try to restrain its Inirth as
they talk of Mr." Murphy IN the
lowered tones, of respect.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
Peo1!e and Social incidents
NEW YORK SOCIETY. .

Albert Eugene GaIIatiE gave a. dinn.r
which was followed by vaudevne and
informal dancing. at Sherry|s last evening
The small ballroom suite was used. and
after the dinner the guests were enter
tanned by KaluiaT and Brown. nOw playing
at the Colonial Theatre; BY the Neapolitan
pIavers and others Among the guests
YEA Nr. and Mrs Stuyvessnt Fish, Mr.
and Mrs Harry 3 Lehr. Mr. and Mrs.
William 3 Ossood Field. Mr and Mrs.
Samuel J. Wagstar. Mr. and Mrs. NewbOId
Morris. Mrs Hermann OoeITichs. bliss ia
net Fish. Miss Elizabeth Cutting, Mss
F-erneIia l. GaIIatin. Miss Angelica Brown.
Miss Helen Coster. Miss Lisa SUydam.
Mrs. william Lawrence Breese. Miss Elsla
NfeeU. Miss Agnes lie Roy Edgar. Moncur.
Robinson. Phoenix Ingraham. Livingston
Phelps, Percy r Pyne. ID. Malcolm d.
Sloane. William Post. Marshall r Ksr-
uochan. Nronson Morris. WOChinstoa
whitehouse and Ernleu DAYTON
Mrs. Negboid Edgar gave a reception
ye==tersiay afternoon az her house IN East
29th street for the debut OF her d1aushter.
Miss Agnes lie Roy Edgar Assisting IN
receiving were Miss I4eta PeIi Wright, Mss
Elizabeth Russell Miss Dorothy Hyde.
Miss Caro- Quartley Brown Miss Cecilia
MAY Of Washington: Miss Jeanneste Whit
lock, Miss Angelica :. Brown and Miss U--
siIa WoicOtt brown
Mrs Clarence NJ Hyde also int-oduc>d
her daughter. Miss Clara NJ Hyde. yester-
day afternoon AT a reception which She
gave at the Apthorp. Oa West End avenue
Mrs. Gouvernsur Eortright gave a dinner
last night at her house in East 5stfs street
Mrs Herbert \ sherman win give a
reception To introduce her dzaughts1. Mss
Elizabeth Sherman on Wednesday a. her
home. No IT East 55ih St
Mrs Joseph 5 Auerbach viii give .
dinner and dance al SheTry's this evening
for her Cebutaute daughter. Miss Helen
Auerbach-
Mrs. William Alien Butler. tr-. will In
troduce her daughter Miss Lydia e But
Ter. az a reception this afternoon al ner
house in East I'd street
Mrs. Robert r Livingston will give a
dinner this evening. and another one on
December Y. for Miss Laura Livingston
Mrs. Henry z. Coe viii give reception
on Monday ar Ter house in East mtn street
for her daughter. Miss ROsalie Coe- On
Tuesday evening sue VIE eA'" q
and afterward take her guests 70 the
Junior cotiIIOn at Sherry s
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer viii give dinner
on December Gl az heT home IN East so
street.
Professor and Mrs. H. Fairfield Osborn
retrrned 70 town yesterday from their
country Mace a. Garrison-ou-t Hudson,
and are at their house IN Madison ave-
nue. for the season
MIR. and Mrs Charles Scribner arrived
in the city yesterday from Norris
town. y J.
William :. Groesbeck Fowler who IL tn
rnarry Miss Katherine DelaEeid Hall on
Thursday will give his farewell bachelor
dinner tomorrow evening az the Union
Club
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
ANOTHER CLEAN H4TFR DE-
CTSION


Judicial decisions for the conservation
of clean water multiply. and at the risk
Of repetition causing WEAKNESS we
must indulge the pleasure of publishing
and commencing them. \ few days ago
we commented on a New Jersey decision.
- the effect that a riparian municipality
has no right to the use of the wafer Of
the stream for the dilution of sewage.
Now comes Justice lie Bpuf, Of the
Supreme Court of this state. and de-
clares that a municipal corporation has
40 right to pour sewage into u stream
The policy eff this state he says. abso-
Iutely requires that streams of naturally
potable water shall be maintained in 4
pure and wholesome condition. Every
Individual riparian owner has vested
right in the purity of the stream. and
is entitled 10 the maintenance Of its
purity No municipal corporation, any
more than an individual, has authority
to infringe that right No individual
nor corporation has 4 proscTiptive right
10 create Il public nuisance detrimental
10 the rights and health of riparian
owners.
That is al enlightened and an inspir-
ing view of the case. and it is the view
which is bound sooner or later to pre-
vail and to he generally enforced. Po-
bic water is TOO precious natural re
source to he wantouly destroyed.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

Richard Croker SAYS Ireland VIII have
Home Rule IL will not. however, be tha
kind that he once gave New YOrl.-Scneh-
ectady Union
New York city has decided not 10 have
r. worlds fair in 1915 which shows tna~
New York does do the right thing once II
a while.-DetrOit Free Press
Some time or other the New York news
papers going TO discover that there -
"a United States outside of the metropolis.
and perhaps that viii open their eyes
Charleston News and Courier.
When New York comes 10 placlnE, Us
bays upon the brow OF her FIRST cltl@el,
We suspect ghat William q. NcNdoo VIZ
be the mau--RochesJer Herald.
More than half the inhabitants ~ Wv
York State. according 20 the Cepst-
Bureau. live IN New York city bls -
slum and settlement workers cast sr,aa
doubt upon the census assertion y -
CiarinS that a great many ef th- -
dweIlers merely exist.-New OrlsaH3 TINES
democrat
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
..rFr5cJFyrY-, " HOME BUILDING

rising rent rate makes of home
huilGfnc n fit subject for the appIica-
fiop of the suggestion made by AIr-
Br-anleis to the railroads. Il is not I'M
proper FOR the home maker 70 ask q
the owner. the architect and the builder
that they study how they may reduce
fite first cost Of the house. at the same
time improving the quality of coHs-ruc-
tiop. and contribute to its efficient
oppratian when it has been occupied.
Perllap- the chief value of the Sage
model suburb lies in the fact that it is
the fruit Of an effort to furnish an eX-
annie of what can be done in home
building without adding IT, the cost
Mr.. de Forest. in discussing the enter
prise recently. said that it had dis
tinct educational purpose. He did not
elaborate. however upon this point In
reality. ii is an educational exhibit IN
scientific" home building.
Backed BY the necessary funds. the
architect has given Thought 10 building
materials. lighting and arrangement Of
rooms. and 10 social needs and n land
scape expert of the first rank has
planned in such 4 way as 10 provide
tasteful surroundings both having eff
CHENEY" in view II has been said of
this village that # would be the first of
firpprpof construction in the United
States The plans do not indicate that
every building viii be absolutely proof
against fire but they do show that there
viii be comparatively little TO fear from
that cause of loss and source of dis
comfort Reinforced concrete, terra
Gotta. brick. tiles and asbestos shingles
are employed in attractive combina-
tons. In the course of the investiga-
ton. one form of construction was
evolved which was so novel that il was
not covered by the building code. Ii
was. however. So clearly a proper form
Of construction that permission 10 use
it was granted by the building depart
ment
The educational process viii be ap-
Piled on he tract itself for the F0Gnda-
tinn does not intend to build al Of the
houses. II IS estimated that between
500 and 5000 persons can be housed
on the area IN he course OF its de
vclopmcnt structures of the type de
cidcd upon for given locality will he
erected rs an Indication of what the
character "f that group is planned 10
bc. II Is expected Hat houses pni llp
in the ueichhorhood later viii conform
In general way to the samples. Of
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
WANTS NO Low CLASS TREES
Park Commissioner Enraged Over
North Carolina Specimens.

Although Park Commissioner Slower
says he gave tree planting permits %
residents OF West 10Th street with tas
understanding that they would plant good
trees instead of North Carolina speci-
mems. which chCy wanted to use, inspect
ors OF the Park Department have found
that inferior trees were planted. despite
the Park Commissioner stipulation.
The matter came up for discussion az
the Park Board meeting yesterday. and
Commissioner S1Over saws that hA VII
consult with the Corporation Counsel be-
fore ordering the removal c[ the alleged
low class trees.
In stating his position OF the matter.
Commissioner Stover said that inferior
trees were no credit to the cftv'S s-reetS,
and that he would issue permits only Tor
those that would amount tc sOmstbiUS-
But now that the trees are planted iG
is puzzlins affair 20 the Commissioners
whether planted inferior trees are better
than no trees at all
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
TBF CrNsrS E4ST 4ED HEST

The supremacy of the Stale Of New
unon the publication of its census re-
turns. j. fully assured Doubtless for q
long time 70 come Il has held the first
place for ninety wears ana may wei.
mold II for ninety more It's great lead
: emphasized lay contrast, particularly
with STATES which Al times have been re
.:irtIed aS possible rivals. Conspicuous
among these is Illinois. which boasts the
second city Of the continent Years ag3
enthusiastic exploiters predicted that
Chicago would presently surpaSs New
York ard be the largest city in America.
ard that Illinois would become the most
TsoBulous of the states. That dream has
been abandoned. and now this years
census marks the hopelessness Of
IIlinois-s competition with the Empire
State
Illinois has q population OF 5.63s.59l
These are goodiv figures They are
about as large rs those Of New York
were tweni. five years ago. They stand
next 10 those of Pennsylvania, and give
Illinois third place a rank which it viii
t,rebaIlY retain for some time. though
there is room for speculation ~ So
whether II viii eventually rise above II
81, fail below IT, New erik has popn-
lafion of 9.It5.27s. or more than liaif
rs many again a. Illinois II would b."
necessary for Illinois to have much
higher percentage of increase tlan NeF
York Ia give il hope 81 oYertakinC This
state. But. ia fact. il baz much lower
rsgrc. and q rate which is growing lower
sill. New Yorks increase iD the last
New-York tribune., 1910-12-02

PaIffy, delivered a lecture a few days dso
in the hall of the Merchants Associatleh
on 'FIirt and Love The lecture was iiiUS-
trated with stereoptieeR views The eVoiu-
ton of the nirt was shown from the an
tidue. rural old fashioned to the perfeee
American There was some discussion
among the Americans who heard the talk
as to whether giving our country HrSt
place was a compliment or knock, ana
no one seemed to know just which SIDE 70
take tOne demure American girl saia;
The art, like the word. is American-aii
others are limitations and no one contra
dicted."
al don't think there is an honest hair in
his head.
That's right I believe he'd even cheat
at checkers" S!"-CIeveland Plain Dealer