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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
THE WELCOME TO PEARY
Luncheon at the Royal Society
Tells of Trip.

London MAY 3.-Interest in Commander
Peary's visit is not confined to scientific
circles great crowd in the streets adj
jacent to the hor Re of the Royal Society.
where he was emit ertained to-day at lunch
con. cheered his arrival He was received
with great applause by the distinguished
party of scientiS Is and explorers, and
when Captain Bar tlett. commander Of the
Roosevelt arrived. the enthusiasm was re-
newed.
Lord HaIsbury. president Of the club,
presided. with Commander Peary seated at
his right Captain Scott. the leader of the
British Antarctic expedition. was at the
head of the lower table, with Captain Bart
lett at the place of honor. Sir George
Mares. one of the oldest surviving Arctic
explorers, was amo ag the notable guests.
others being Lord trathcona, High Com
missioner for Canae a; Lord Roberts, Sir
George Reid Sir An hur Conan Doyle. Sir
Hiram Maxim, Dr. colt Kettle secretary
of the ROYAL Geogr aphical Society. and
many explorers. trav ellers and naval Of
hcers. The American Embassy was rep
resented by Secretary William Phillips and
Commander Edward Simpson, naval at
tache American Cons uI General Grifiths
was also present.
Toasts to King Edw,1rd. President Taft
speakers. in addition to Lord Halsbury and
Commander Peary. tncIue'ed Major Leonard
Darwin. president of the Royal Geographic
cal Society; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sir
Hubert Herkomer. the artist. and Sir
David Gill.
Lord HalsbuTy. introducing Comm ander
Peary, said We want to show him how
distinctly and univer sally We do him
honor" He added that the American ex-
pIorer had solved one of the greatest prob
lens of the worlds history through his
tenacity and energy
After the party had cheered the com
n1ander. Sir George Reid shouted: Three
cheers for Mrs. Peary, who let him go
These were given heartily. after which the
commander outlined the story Of hrs ex-
pedition to the North Pole. He paid fire.
uuent compliments to Captain Bartlett,
whose name was received invariably with
much enthusiasm. When the speaker de
clared that the poles would be the dearly
bought heritage of the Anglc-Saxon race
and that the world will Whirl between
their two ensigns,' there was loud and
prolonged cheering After the luncheon
several hundred pron1iDent members OF
Parliament, writer's and officers were pre-
sented to Commander Peary-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
TEACHERS BILL PASSED
Senate Approves Measure Conn.,
peIlIng State to Pay Pensions.
fRr Telegraph 70 The Tribune. !

Albapv. May AFTER bitter axht IN
which IT was denounced the entering
wedge for a system Of pensions for eha
entire civil list of state employees shs
Thorn bill compelling the state 20 pension
teachers In its normal schools ard other
institutions was passed in the Senate BY
a vote of "A to 70. The original vote was
% 70 10. Senator Grady. VINO took on him
self the defence OF the scheme wanted a
two-thirds vote He induced Senator's
Wagner and Csffrey 10 change after thu
vote had been announced
Il hope those opposed 70 this bin ara
on to the methods used in drasooning SER
ators to vote for the measure commences
Senator Bracket "Of course. this +,
wholly Irregular" His comment aroused
Grady's wrath, but didn't change the re-
suit.
The bill provides for pensions for teach
ers Of thirty years service who have taught
ten years In any state institution. The
other twenty years OF service may have
been given anywhere in the country Tire
pension is TO be half pay ar the rate OF
retirement. NOT 10 exceed 800 year for
a supervising Official OF principal or Ess
year for a teacher.
Senator Human scored the bill vieiousiy.
He said n obviously was drawn solely in
the selfish interest Of the teachers and
would not protect the interests OF the state
in any respect He said II would mean a
pension for every civil employee within fgs
years.
Senator Brackett opposed il even move
than Human He said n was
wrong in principle and Still worse in prac-
teal effect
This IS a peculiarly insidious way %
breaking down the nor pension system
said he. Il am against the pension system
for Judges. Civil Service employees, teach
srs. executives or anybody else who works
at a more proftabls and less arduous &C
rupation than nine-tenths Of the men who
have 10 pay these pensions. This Is a part
Of a system Of cOddiing which is growing
ID II approaches socialism at rate to
alarm the thoughtful By this kind q
work you rob each individual OF the spirit
of Providence and make a mollycoddie,
spiritless, shtftless lot which knows the
state will take care Of old age"
Senator Grady defended the bill In
ong speech he told OF the splendid ser
vice of normal school teachers and their
poor salaries He said they were being
irayn into subordinate places in eolleg'
faculties because Of the Carnegie pension
available for TIE college professors
After amendments offered by Ssnato
Hill to make the bill less objectionable t6-
some of his colleagues had been voted
Down the bill was passed by hard work on
he part Of Grady and some Of the Repub-
leans II goes now 70 Governor Hughes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
HIGH SCHOOL FRATERNITIEs GO
Bridgeport School Board to Abolish
Them for Mfsusing Initiates.

Bridgeport Conn. MAY 3-FFateruitiss
and sororfties at the Bridgeport High
School will be abolished by the Beard 81
Education. beginning with the Esxt school
year. This. it was learned to-day, is r1e
substance of a resolution adopted by the
board last night following its investiga-
zion OF the recent Initiation Of Miss LOT
rain Clark. a pupil of the High Sch0ei.
into sorority
rnu1ulafut by Fdyette c. Clark father OF
Miss Clark. who alleged that after Initia-
ton his daughter had become III thss
she had to be sent 70 a sanatoriun1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04

Mr. Roosevelt walked the ramparts where
the ghost appeared.
The Roosevelts. with the others OF their
party, and many who had come by tram
from Copen1lagen. had luncheon ON board
the Scandinavia American Line steamer
Queen Maud. V1ce-Admiral de -iicheieu
presided and toasted Mr. Roosevelt Inc
former President. responding. said mat the
only thing lacking about the DAMS Amer
leans in America was that there was noa
enough Of them
The Danishs-American Society of Chicago
put Mr. Roosevelt down as a member, with
his consent. of the development company
which is rec tanning lands In the district
of Jutlsnd for public purposes The society
presented TO Mr. Roosevelt ten shares OF
non-dividend paying stock
Mr. Roosevelt returned TO Copenhagen
about 8 O'Clock and was chesFed by the
crowds. Going TO the palace he devoted
two hours to h is correspondence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
A SWIFT FRENCH DIRIGIBLE
New Army Airship Said to Make Fifty
Miles an Hour.

Paris MAY at was announced to-day
that there had been constructed under the
direction of the War Department and with
strict secrecy dirigible balloon of the
seni-risid type, capable of a speed Of
eighty Kilometres approximately fifty
miles an hour, and that the machine
would be ready to take part in the ap-
preaching summer army manHuvres.
The new craft has been named the Ere
gate II measures 1900 cubic metres-ana
has two naCelles. or ears. within which
are contained motors designed to develop
246 horsepower
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
OPPOSES AWARDS ON suBwAYs

The rapid transit committee of the Long
Island Real Estate Exchange. at a meeting
held last night at the exchange. At No. $50
Fifth avenue, decided TO take steps to en-
join tine Public Service Commission from
awarding contracts for the building of the
proposed Broadway-Lexington avenue sub
way. and also for the Fort Hamilton extern
sion of the Fourth avenue subway, II
places itself on record as faYoring the
building OF suDW8yE in Queens and other
boroughs from moneys raised by assess
ment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
HEAVY COST OF THE INSANE
Largest Item in the State S EKpendi
t11res for Last Ten Years.

Albany. May 3-According to a state
nlent issued to-day by State Controller
Williams, the total receipts of the state
during d period OF ten years since october
l. 1889. amounted to s342, 02J sos, while the
disbursements were S526.569.5S2.
The largest item Of expenditure was for
the support of the state hospitals for the
insane. which during the decade amounted
to 81 n1s 36I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
SWANSTRoM RECUPERATING.

J. Edward Swanstrom, the former Bor-
ough President of Brooklyn. left town for
Lakewood, j, J.. yesterday. after suffering
from an attack of pneumonia for several
weeks He expects to remain at Lakewood
until he regains his strength fully
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
HASKELL GETS CONTINUANCE.

Tusla. Okla, May S.-The trial OF GOV
error Charles n. Haskell and i've other
men in the Muskogee town LOT cases was
continued to-day until the next term OF
the Federal Court. The postponenent pre-
Guides sny further hearing in the case in
the next ave gseks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
REPUBLICAN MAYOR FOR ST. PAUL

St. Paul. May 3.-Herbert p Keller. Re
nuhlican. defeated Henry g. Haas. Demo
crat, to-day, for Mayer of St. Paul BIZ
about five thousand votes, St Paul has
not had a Republican Mayer for fourteen
wears. The Republicans made their cam
paign principally on the question Of high
taxes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
The Changes in Our Furniture Organization Are
the Cause Of This Genuine and Unusual
Offering This Time

About onehalf of the pieces be sold off at unusually
will be removed from the other furniture and be
placed on the Third Gallery where they be quickly
remaining parts of this special sale stock scattered
through the three Furniture Galleries and we'll worth
looking up
There no question but that money will go farther this
Furniture Sale than is likely do again.
For example:
7reepieee Mahogany Rror Suite fairly priced everywhere
at $780,, we shall sell at $50.
Bedroom Snltes-Fow pieces mahogany fairly priced at
1888, to be sold at 500.
Treepjeee Mahogany Dining Room Suite that was fairly
priced at $14O, is to be sold for $50.
7Wopieee Mahogany Dining Room Suite that fairly
priced at 1915, shall sell at $3.50
Teepece Gid Parlor Suite that fairly priced at $780,
is priced at $40.
Golden Oak Sdeboard such usually sells for $780,
marked 1884,
Mahogany Bookcase usually priced at $685. is
marked 800
An Upholstered Mahogany Chair usually fairly priced
$32. We shall sell at $25
Mahogany Desk that is usually priced at $50, is
marked $25.
This brief mention gives idea of the prices All told
there about wentnne hundred pieces of these beautiful
goods all Of which priced the proportion examples
given.
Special Display of Furniture On the Third Gallery
the
will sfunru
every need much of the kind people this of the
who advantag
JOHN WANAMAKER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-06

that all officers are or should be capable
of performing all lines of duty ~ they
may be assigned
The line and stan trouble began with
the application Of steam to naval naviga-
ton. When engines were put into war
ships it became necessary to place them
n charge of skilled officers. 1t was per-
haps natural that the navigators and DIS
ciplinarians of the ship, the fighting force,
should look disparagingly upon the men
who worked below, and were charged
with what they regarded as the less
hazardous task of making the vessel 90.
At the same time the vital importance OF
the man in the engine room was recog-
rlized. without his skill in the handling of
the great machine 1t would be helpless
before an enemy. Corps pride developed
rapidly. After the civil war, when the
time came to readjust the peace condi-
tions. there was, perhaps. a tendency to
Overspecialize, and 1t was inevitable that
the line and staff jealousy should become
acute. The Spanish war In many ways
taught the unwisdom of permitting these
two sides to play politics, to engage in
preferment enterprises. s:s2.--.
It would be In the last degree beneficial
to the navy If this question could be
brought to the point Of a final adjust
ment by act Of Congress. Energies that
heretofore have been expended in legis-
iative endeavors might be applied profit.
ably to the development Of the service to
the highest possible degree of efficiency.
whether the line absorbs the stan or the
stan remains charged with certain specific
duties, some policy with an assurance of a
generation of permanence should be
adopted, with all officers Of the navy
made clearly to understand that they
are In the service of the United States.
however they may be assigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-06
The Navy.

1t appears from recent publications that
the perennial line and stan fight in the
navy will be renewed during the coming
session of Congress in connection with the
effort of Secretary Meyer to secure a
reorganization abolishing the pay and
construction corps and merging them
with the line, as was recently done with
the engineer corps. 1t is to be hoped
that something may be accomplished that
will settle this dispute for good and all.
It has initiated against naval efficiency
for many years, and 1t will doubtless con-
tinue to breed prejudices and craftsmanship
and friction that must inevitably lessen
the value of the naval service to the coun-
try.
There are strong arguments in favor of
each side of this historic dispute. Ad.
vocates Of the staff system of naval or
ganization urge that it IL better for Of
ficers to specialize I'm order to yield the
maximum of efficiency. The line insists
that even In modern conditions of naval
construction and operation there is no
necessity Tor a division into classes. but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-06
JUST BEFORE The VOTING.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The outlook Is tina: the Lion Hunter il
about to participate In the joys OF q
snipe hunt as the official bagholder.
From the Utica Observer.
Republicans who are making dinner
bets on the result Of the election should
not invite too many guests There's q
Thanksgiving dinner that must be paid
for later
From the Boston Globe.
VIII the colonel say the day after the
election: "But think how deep Stimson
would have been buried II I hadn't made
all those speeches"
From the Milwaukee Free Press.
Only one week more and then the coun-
try will be saved again.
From the st. Joseph News.Press.
II Is probable that by this time all
doubtful voters have been supplied with
cigars.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
The uncertainty Of the outcome is en-
phasized by the fact that the papers are
pointing out that. whatever the result,
their candidate will emerge from the
campaign with the respect OF friends and
foes alike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-06
The Whipping Post Again.

II would seem as though the over
ubelminc sentiment in this DISTRICT
AGAINST The revival of the barbarlc pun
ishments of other days. and particularly
arainst The establishment of the whipping
,osr as a punishment for certain classes
nf Offenders, had been sufficiently lndlcat-
ed in the past to prevent any serious sng-
xes,ion TO this effect. Mai. Sylvester
endorsement of the whipping post for
wife heaters and purse snatchers-a
singular combination of offenses-ls sus-
-ested by an academic debate on the
subject recently held in one OF the local
law schools. 1t is hardly to be taken
seriously. and yet the occasion shouio
not mass without a reminder that even
at the instance of so infiuenuai per
sonage as the late President OF the United
States Congress refused to leglsiate the
whipping post into the Dlstrlct. II "ouiu
have been better to let the record stano
and to regard the whipping post as
permanently disapproved-
No one who opposes the whipping post
condones for a moment the offense Oh the
wife beater. \ man who abuses woman
is deserving of severe treatment. Ii the
case were 10 stand strictly upon it's merits
whipping would not be too severe 1of
him But the wife heater cannot DE
caught without the wifes complaint, and
wretched indeed would be the lot OF the
woman upon whose testimony her nus
band had been sent to the post, there 10
have his brutal nature infiamed by the
blows of the lash. The whipping post In
such circumstances would be provoca-
ton to murder rather than deterrent
of the lesser crime OF wife beating. Far
more effective more just, more prac-
teal as a punishment would be to set the
brutal husband to work on the municipal
rock pile, his earnings there to be paid
TO his abused wife.
Wife beating is not SO common In the
District that II calls for the cruel and
unusual punishment which is from time
10 time proposed by earnest but misguid-
ed friends of humanity. Under the present
parole and probation system IN force here
the wife beater can be given more
deterring promise of punishment under
suspended sentence than though the post
were erected in the yard Of the District
Jail to await its victims. These occasional
advocates of the whipping post are to
be regarded as cries of despair. indicat-
lnS d tocS VI tdltH Ala tAC P1OSA CSo va
civilization and q desire to revert to the
basis of the old mosaic law of ian eye
for an eye and a tooth for TOOTH" Hap
PLY optimism controls In our modern
legislation. Despicabie as are many of
those who people our criminal courts.
there is hope for all Of them. They are
not to be rated as outcasts and aban-
doned to their own vicious tendencies and
sacrificed to their morbid or criminal i'm
pulses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-06
RlME OF The ANCIENT PoLITlsH.

II was an ancient Polftish,
That grabbed me by the sleeve,
And told the gruesorne tale to me
without by your-leave.
Says he, 1.-The ship was sailin' free.
'Twere back In Nineteen Nine.
We'd Scraped her bottom good and clean,
OF barnccles and Bryan.
"An' she was reelin' OF the knots
An slidin' like snake,
When this here Tariff Bill rig up
A.bobbin' in her wake.
"An' day an night It tagged along
Till all me mates was blue,
Fer fear at IL would work EN- i'll.
An what wus they t. do?
'.Says I, Me merry mates, belay!'
An then l up an foArcd.
An grabbed that bloomih' Tariff Bill
An yanked 1t right aboard.
says they e ne, ~ elephant!
y want t wreck the shipf
Legro that blOomin' TuriH Bill
An srnote me on the hip.
"An' then they throws ne on the deck,
En- cruel 81 could be,
An ties the Bill around me neck,
An drops me Ia the sea!
AN ever sense that orfuI day
never Ands no rest,
with the same bloomin' TAfiR Bill
A han1in' on me chest"
Success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-06
SPORTING MARSLAUCHTER.

From The Syracuse Post-Stapdard.
Five dead and six wounded Is the
Adirondack record of the year. Men, noe
deer. The deer shot are about as many
as last year. the men not so many. But
altogether too many. .ss
From the Buffalo Evening News So,
The deer season closes today and now
1t may be safe to pick autumn leaves in
the Adirondacks. s5ef
From the Albany Evening journal
The season for deer being closed. reck.
less hunters Will have to mistake hur,lan
beings I'm the woods for other game :.
From the Savannah News. go -,
The open season for deer. hunting. in
New. York state began very auspiciously
on November 4. Only ave men were
killed that day in mistake for the ami.
mails being hunted In the Adirondacks
Maine. 1t Is pretty. certain. Will be, abie
to beat that record. 80,
From the Providence Journal. 49, rAS
Only five persons weres killed and half
q dozen seriously Wounded durins fhe
six weeks of the Adirondaeks hunting
season. Otherwise, the sport Was about
up to the average. 4 ~ :
From the Rochester Herald. =. - $s
There are new regulstions FOR fife R,iri-
ter I'm the Canadian woods this year, His
license Will permit him to, kill hut. one
deer. However, he may kill as many
guides and other hunters as he-can get =
bead on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-06
The Mayor Who Lowered Wires.

Hugh J. Grant, who died Thursday in
New York. has been comparatively for
gotten in late years by those who watched
political affairs in the metropolis. despite
tire fact that he served as mayor for two
terms. He emerged from his political re-
tirement two years after the close Of his
second administration, in 1894. to make
the run against William L. Strong. and
was defeated, after which he resumed
the care of his private business interests
and has since taken no part whatever in
public matters. In most respects Mr..
Grant was the typical Tammany mayor.
bat in one particular his career at the
c:ty hall was such as to win for him ever
lasting praiea. 1t was he who forced the
wire-owning corporations of New York
~ bury their conductors, freeing the air
of an ENHANCEMENT which menaced life.
Washington watched Mayor Grants
course In this respect with keen interest,
for IL was just at that time having
trouble itself with the overhead wires.
being threatened with a trolley invasion
which would have gridironed the streets
OF the capital with useless tracks and
filled the air with dangerous electric con-
ductors. \ system of subways had been
constructed in New York in accordance
with legislation which the corporations
had vigorously opposed. Even when these
conduits were ready the companies re-
fused to bury the wires. despite the ex-
piration OF their time limits and in de-
fiance of the orders of the mayor. After
repeated warnings Mayor Grant settled
The controversy in a manner to show that
ne possessed spirit above the average OF
political municipal executives. He Or
ganized gangs of workers. armed them
with axes, wire cutters and other tools
and went through the streets OF New
York on a career Of destruction which
soon brought down the obstructing lines.
A tremendous howl was raised, OF course,
by the companies. Grant was called q
,vrant and a lawiess invader OF private
rights. but the wires came down. After
that there was no trouble In New York
over the question Of overhead conductors
The battle had been won. 1t was being
fought here at that same time. and the
people of Washington endured privations
and discomforts in order to obtain the
ideal system of transportation which they
now enjoy. The Star is proud to have
led in that fight. and feels that 1t is only
lust now to pay a tribute to a man who
rose superior 70 his political limitations
and made IL possible for New York to be
free Of the danger Of overhead electric
conductors.