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New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
IN THE BOHEMIAN LIBRARY.

Golden flowers In eWerS ana oOWiS OF
brass glowed in Webster library; foreign
looking men pored over books at the tables
children were reading on the floor above.
UP to a third floor the visitor was led by
the librarian. Miss T. Griffin
This is the Bohemian library" she said
1.-THE Bohemian CiuO meets here on certain
evenings; twice month Its members have
Illustrated lectures and music for their
friends, and once in six months they hold
an open meeting. when some three hun
dred or more people attend One end OF
the room is arranged as a stage. on such
occasions. and the audience occupies the
rest of the floor. The evenings are de-
lightful."
On the walls of this library social centre
hang beautiful scenes of Prague. given by
Bohemians, who like TO point out the wood
ed hill of the National park above the city.
and the fourteenth century bridge of ma
sonry which spans the river upon the an
cient side of Prague. On a large panel Miss
Griffin is collecting artistic Bohemian post
cards, etchings. and statue or two of Bo-
hemia's famous artists. poets and musi-
clans. while fine color prints from the work
OF such painters as Uprka. Rails, Names
and Schwaiger decorate the room. and a
concert grand plano looks the proper ac-
compartment of a fine collection of music
in cases at one side OF the room I'VE
have" said Miss Griffin, "all the best music
of Bohemia in well bound volumes. This
collection is a very large one and much in
demand"
Between book shelves are cupboards with
glass doors. in which are displayed rare
illustrated art works, etchings. color prints.
portfolios of pictures and one or two richly
decorated tonnes. For tho enjoyment OF a
visitor or use of a lecturer are collected
groups of pictures TO illustrate talks on
such subjects as Bohemian peasant life,
Prague and it's surroundings. the develop
ment OF Bohemian architecture, Bohemian
folklore, and on through a variety of topics
that persons interested in Bohemia would
treat of in illustrated talks about that coun-
try.
No less an artist than Rails painted orig
inals for the plates in Bohemia's favorite
storybook. THE Grandmother" This book
Is liberal education in the domestic and
social life of Bohemian fashionable women.
with the quaint peasant grandmother in
troduced to lend emphasis and humOr TO
the charm OF the pictures. In Bohemia it
must be said. the grandmother is a person
much beloved and respected. and this SEN
timent is brought out in many another book
the library shelves
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
ROOSEVELT PRAISES TAFT.

In & speech az Syracuse, n Y, Colonel
Roosevelt said Of Alr. Taft: The President
Of she United States Mr.. Taft. has served
as country hOnorabiy and uprightly in
-nsnv positions-as judge, as Governor OF
1i,o Philippines. as Secretary OF War, and
,,o,r as Prs si5snt-for 10 him aEd the Con-
press acting with him we owe: The crea-
.ion O. a tariff commission; the adoption
of maximum and minimum teTin law
treaties with foreign powers: the proper
treatlnen: of the Philippines Under The
tarsT: The ircg@zse n tie efficiency CT the
Interstate commerce law: the beginning Of
q national legislative programme providing
for the exercise Of the taxing power IN
connection with corporations doing an inter
.tate business; a postal savings bank bin,
and the constitution or commission 10 re-
l,o-f remedy for oVercspitaiiZation 81 con-
.leciion w.ih Lle issue Of stocks and bonds
'PreslIeis TAFT announced that ia his
message To Congress IN December he would
recommend the appropriation of S20e0,000
60 l,eeitl tie work Of fortifyins tie Panama
Canal sS- TAFT has always favored the
rnOtociion of the canal with great guns. and
be thinks the time has arrived 20 begin the
work. Ike President also viii recommend
10 Congress that Iroyie.on be made for two
neU bEttleslips Of the DreadnOuGht type.
"Pscs;den: Taft attended the Ohio Valley
Opposition wher. he made an address be-
fore The aaembsrs Of tic Ohio Valley I'm
TroVenle-t Assoo1etioa and others, the oc-
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
illustrated London News.

lives Miss Susan Hale. of this city. artist
and author, and sister of the late Rev. DIR.
Edward Everett Hale, died at her summer
home at Matunuck, r. l., at the age OF
seventy-six years. She was a native of
Boston. Mrs Georgina Hayman. who
claimed to be the original of that famous
character OF Dickens. Little Dorrit, died at
Southsea, England, at the age of eighty
one Christopher Royce, son of Professor
Josiah Royce. died in a Boston hospital a
victim of overstudy. He was one OF the
most precocious students who ever ma
circulated at Harvard University
what have the aviators been do!ng?"
asked RIrec Man.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY

amer the bitterest kind Of fight be-
tween the 'stand-patters' and the Progress
siVSs over the adoption Of a platform,
Vivian II. Lewis. OF PasSaic, was nonlinat-
I'd for Governor Of New Jersey by the Re-
publican convention. The 'stand-patters
SSntrolied the convention, and II was only
by the most vigorous ins:stence on the part
pf Mr. Lewis that a plank favoring the ad-
s5it1on of rate making powers TO the utili-
eies commission was placed in the platform
This platform is Silent as to the extension
OF the direct primary nomination law, but
here again Mr.. Lewis took the bit in his
reetb and In his speech Of acceptance de-
plared the present primary law had proved
satisfactory, and that IL elected he would
approve OF any biz extending II TO the
nomination Of Governor and Congressman
THE platform heartily approves the admin
tsstration OF President Taft and pledges TO
him the loyalty OF the Republicans Of New
Jersey"
What have Taft and Roosevelt been do
sng?- asked Busy Man.
Tn order 10 silence idle but persistent
z-7uors Of a break between President Taft
and Colonel Roosevelt, Lloyd @. Griscom,
president of the Republican County Com
rnittee. arranged for a meeting between
them before Mr. Taft started on a trip 10
r1hjo-
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
Libraries as
Habitat OF
Social Life
SCHEME UNDER WAY
One Branch, in the Real New
York Bohemia, Is Al
ready Trying 1t.
BY M. w. Mount.

Tba establishment of social centres IN
New York TO alleviate conditions growing
out OF modern housing is engaging the at-
tention of the Peoples Institute. ana us OF
feers are conducting negotiations look
inc .o the co-operation Of public libraries
in social centre work.
Libraries" said Lester r Scott. execu-
tive secretary Of the institute. "often have
a room large enough for two or three nun
dred people to assemble in for social inter
COURSE the discussion of topics OF genera
interest. and where readings and muslcal
recitaIs could be given and literary ciuos
meet One library is already open for So
cial evenings 1t is just a question or winch
librarians will be willing TO lend such
room for the benefit and entertainment or
neopIe who have no such meeting place
Social centres accomplish lots of good for
a community There can't be too many or
them"
In respect to inducing New York Libraries
to open at night, John Collier, civic secre-
tary of the institute. says;
I'm the season ahead OF us we snail &c
something active and. hope. enect1ve-
Persons Interested in this plan point TO
the success achieved by the Webster branch
OF the Carnegie New York library In Ave
nue. A and 18th street Just go and see
what that library's social evenings nave
done for Rohemians," they say. "and then
you can realize what library social centre
will mean to other people in this city
wha, human possessed of an atom OF
curiosity would lose time in Fastening TO
Bohemia, which, in this country. lies along
the 7O's and SOS, and looks across narrow
interval Of sparkling water TO Blackwels $
Islands grim. gray prisons In Bohemia
children romp .n a public playground tnat
overhangs the river. Chance breezes carry
the sound of their laughter to the ears
of convicts who have forgotten how 10
laugh Street signs offer to the visitor
an inextricable tangle Of ks and rs On
the sidewalks, surrounded by broods OF
children. matrons old and young ply CLINT
ing needles in and out of lacework ana
embroidery. Groups of little girls bend
over the same beautiful tasks, weave bas-
kets, or deftly construct apparel for fam
lies OF dolls Feminine Bohemia expresses
it's artistic feeling in fine needlework
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25

casion being the formal opening of the Ohio
River dam. His address was nearly all
devoted to the trade OF the Ohio Valley
Influenced by the navigation possibilities of
the river. In closing. however. he made
the following significant utterances defn-
ing his attitude toward pork barrel meth
DDS of lL..s.@;.on: The days of the pork
barrel should be numbered. The country
is reused against the corporate or corrupt
control OF legislative agencies, but il is
doubtful whether the constituencies as yet
are able 20 perceive the higher obligation
on the part of themselves and their repre-
sentatives not TO use their votes in COM
bination to appropriate TO a part that which
belongs to the whole.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
&TH7S FEATURE S INTENDED ESPECIALLY@s BUSY MAN

which rises $500 feet. He maintained sp.
uarently this altitude for at least nan
hour.
"A novel situation has developed throusn
the nroeress OF aviation. Insurance ana
casualty companies are cancellins policies
held bv persons interested In aviation
Many companies are inserting a CLAUSE pro,
hibitng the insured from making aeriai
flights but this is being extended 10 m
cI,Ide those identified with the sport Among
those who have been notified that par'icl-
nation In aviation contests VIII Result IN
the cancellation of their policies is Alien A
Fvan. chairman of the committee OF ar
rengements OF the international aviation
meet at Belmont Park on October 22 to 30
Mr.. Ryan, who carries policies In Insurance.
snd casualty companies aggregating sooo'-
ooo. has been formally notified. that because
sf his connection with the international
meet h,s policies In the different companies
will pe cancelled"
what else happened that 1 ought 10 re-
aaked Rusy Man.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
AN UNFORTUNATE VACANCY

Elizabeth, just six. had been going TO kin
dergarten anG enjoyed very much the little
motion songs taught there. She was very
enthusiastic at learning all the words but
one day she realized that try as she mi iQht
she could not make her voice haruonizs
with those of the other children. Thorough
~ disheartened, she ran home TO her
mother. and with n sigh said:
oh, mamma, | don't know what ] shall
do. I'm so full of words. bu. so emntv a,
tune."-Wouaan' Home Companion.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
FIFTY MEN AND ONE ELEPHANT

Interesting tests were recently made To
determine the respective pulling power OF
horses. men and elephants. Two horses,
weighing l,60o pounds each, together pulled
500 pounds. or 30 pounds mere than their
combined weight. one elephant, Weighing
$4,000 pounds. pulled $3.50 pounds. or $3.50
pounds less than It's weight. Fifty men,
aggregating 1900 pounds IN weight. pulled
$40 pounds. or Just as much as the single
elephant: but. like the horses they pulled
more than their own weight. one hundred
men pulled OOO pounds.--I ondon Globe
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25

within the regulations of Congress and can
be thus controlled. most of them can be.
Fourth-The commission should have pow
er summary to investigate all complaints
of oppression and unfair competition and
TO direct criminal prosecution and suits to
forfeit the charters and disband all cor
porations so offending
THE report for the fiscal year ended
June 80. 1910 OF the Reading Company,
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Com
pany and the Philadelphia Coal and Iron
Company shows a total surplus earned by
the three companies of S10.776,O69. as
against S9,041.9l5 in the preceding fiscal
year. The gross receipts of the railway
company were $45. .42S.0S a new high rec
ord figure, and S5.16O.S22 larger than for
the fiscal year ended on June 80, 1909"
"Any persons of Importance die?" asked
Busy Man
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25

trail in the opening before the upstate Pub
lie Service Commission of the opposition to
that roads petition for permission to build
the Buffalo. Rochester & Eastern Railroad.
Mr. Kittridge said that $26,790,o0O already
had been expended on the New York City
terminal, which is expected to cost $780,
ono O00
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
TEDDY MEETS TAFT.

They met on Tuesday at New Haven.
Roosevelt asked the President for further
evidence OF his moral support in the New
York State fight This the President was
glad 20 give. He declared his position had
been clear from the very first. He said he
sympathized heartily with the fight against
fbossism' being waged by the people of the
state Mr. Taft reiterated the statements
he MADE In his letter 10 Lloyd c. Griscom.
presidsnt OF the New York County Repub-
lican Committee, al the time Of the Sher-
man Roosevelt controversy over the tenn
porary Craftsmanship. This letter. he added
stated his position fully and accurately, and
be WAS standing on il absolutely. Mr.
Tan declared he favored direct primaries
Tor the nomination Of Congressman and
state legislators. lie understands this 10 be
the purpoTt of the Cobb bill as amended in
lire with the Seth Low and Joseph H.
Choate memorial He said he hoped that
q declaration for such primary law would
be written into the Republican state plat
form and that candidate for Governor IN
sympathy with this movement would be
nominated President Taft is not ready as
get 90 admit .lae advisability OF doing away
with conventions for the nomination OF state
officers from Governor down. He under
STANDS that Governor tduSneS IS now plac-
tically IN accord with his own position, al
though the Governor fought at first for di-
rect primaries for all offices.
MIR. Roosevelt returned 10 Oyster Bay
well pleased with the result of the confer
ence. The ex-President said there would
be no compromise in the fight against the
old guard al The Saratoga convention. 1t
would be a straight fight for decency in
hG Ia S-uiH
Colonel Roosevelt again said emphatically
that he would not accept the nomination
for Governor under any condition which
might arise az the Republican State Con
veI-,on de declared that the Governor
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
THE DEATH ROLL.

"The Regent of Persia. Azad-el-MuilS,
died in Teheran. General Charles Ray
Brayton. the blind boss Of the Rhode ISL
and Republicans and the most picturesque
figure in Eastern politics. died in Provi-
dence. For many years lie had been in
absolute command OF Rhode Island politics
and the dictator OF legislation. lie was
seventy years Of age Alexander Ivano-
witch De Nelidon, Russian Ambassador to
France. and president of the second Hague
conference in 1907, died in Paris. The
Most Rev. William Dalrymple Maclagan,
former Archbishop Of York. died In London
from pneumonia. Theodore M. Banta. for
merlv cashier of the New York Life Insur
ance Company, died at his home In Glen
brook. Conn. The Rev. Edward Warren
Virgin. author and editor of religious. his
torical and geological works. and Metho-
dist clergyman for half century, dropped
dead at his home in Dedham. Mass. at the
age Of seventy-four years. Colonel James
Thayer Vandeventer died at his home in
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
Eonrfonf Rea der Tells
Wbof He Missed fn
[osf Weeks
Papers.

.Tho is going TO control the Republican
convention Of New York State next week!
asked Busy Man, as he met Constant Read
er last evening
.srhe P-osressires i believe" was the re-
,,,v .T,7,t the old guard will not admit it.
s-ney were boldly claiming big majority
,n1er s:le Roosevelt-vote in the carly part or
The week. but their hopes were considerably
Washed when Schenectady County, counted
on as a Barnes stronghold, instructed al
of its eleven delegates for Roosevelt and
when Ofsego County. thought 10 he
q sher1nan stronghold. followed SUIT
also when ySce-Presldent sherman faiied
Va carry his ovy1; ward or Assembly district
Shus compelling MIR. Roosevelt's rival for the
..s-,nora-v chairmanshIp 20 go to the con-
yenrfon from some other district. The last
estimate j saw OF the lineup there was
1ss for the Prograssives zoe for the old
.usrd. and 81 doubtful- Mr.. Roosevelt
himself estimated the Progressive major
sty et 100"
ANY, other interesting political develop
saentsg- asked Busy Man
Lots. Of them" was the reply. Most
IF fbe Republican Congressional conven-
.ions in Manhattan were adjourned until
next month only four out OF the eleven dis
i,ricfs naming candidates. William NJ. Ben
-,stt. member % the Assembly from the
18TH District was nominated for Congress
~, -l,e 18Th Congress District without a con-
'Yeet Congressman J. Van Vechten Olcott
Withdrawing in the 18th Herbert Par
.su-s was renonlfnated. HeE=y Il C@r-an, a
newspaper man, was nominated in the 11th
district Victor H Douras was nominated
in the 18th District, which is composed of
six Assembly districts in Manhattan and
shree in Queens.
"Earnes A. Tawney, for seventeen years q
Republican member of Congress. was de-
Seated for denomination in the LIST District
OF Minnesota by Sidney Anderson, a young
lazyer. Anderson's majority is estimated
at 200o- Mr.. Tawney is chairman Of the
COMMITTEE on Appropriations Of the House
OF Representatives, a member of the Rules
Committee. and the right hand man Of
Speaker Cannon. To aid him President
Taft spoke IN his home city, ST. Paul.
rColonel Roosevelt, Clifford Pinchot, Francis
y. Heney and other opponents of Progressive
Republicanism took a hand In the fight
,against him. The defeat OF Mfr. Tawney
makes Henry H Bingham, of Pennsylvania
ranking Republican member OF the Com
r1ittee on Appropriations He has refused
the Craftsmanship on previous occasions.
Frederick II Ginett. Of Massachusetts. is
snext IN rank. Tswney's defeat extingUishes
another shining light of Cannonism- The
handicap Of being q faithful lieutenant OF
the Speaker he found too heavy.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25

mo. there is nothing like IT. agrees Mss
Griffin. mo other book makers send Us
such wonderful color harmonies. such fine
art In illustrating ordinary books. such
sympathetic treatment Of bindings in rsla-
tiou TO rfct1Ire- and story.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
MONEY TO GET GOOD MEN.

Legislators who took hundreds and
thousands Of dollars from the yellow dog
fund made up by the railway interests in
this state and placed in the hands OF G.
Tracy Rogers, as president OF the State
Railways Association, for management and
distribution where IL would do the most
good. received a clean bill of health from
Rogers before the legislative investigating
committee IN thts city. Rogers was on the
witness stand and had admitted TO M. Linn
,, Bruce, counsel TO the committee, that the
s82,475 OF yellow dog money that had
been traced by the committee was a mere
drop in the bucket. and that many times
that amount had been paid to legislators
and politicians. But why did you contrib
ute this vast amount of money 10 a very
few legfslatorsT Bruce inquired. Tell me,
what did you expect to get for the money?
We contributed that money to elect gooc,
square. honest men, who could not be
bribed,' Rogers said. His eyes were as in
nocent as those Of a child. There was not
the flicker of a smile on his face"
did they fine him for contempt OF
court?" asked Busy Man. but. needing not
the interruption, Constant Reader con-
tinued:
THAT fake accident cases and settle
ments were set up TO cover the 1ooting of
the treasury OF the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company for yellow dog 2ur-
poses in the old days when H H Vreeland
was president was another of the startling
/ revelations made before the committee.
Charles r. Heike, former secretary and
treasurer OF the American Sugar Refining
| Company was sentenced TO serve eight
months in the New York County peniten-
tiary at BlacSwelrs Island. and to pay a
fine of 5000. Heike was convicted last
June of having aided and abetted a con-
! spiracy to defraud the government by the
underweighing OF sugar cargoes at the
Havemeyers & Elder sugar refinery. Will
! iamsburg. Judge Martin. who imposed the
! sentence, granted stay that appeal
may be taken.
Governor Hughes appointed Samuel IL
/ Ordway, of New York as a commissioner
/ TO take testimony and report his findings
on :he charges OF alleged neglect of duty
preferred against Lawrence Gresser Presl-
dent OF Queens Borough. The charges We're
! filed by civic organizations Of Queens and
were accompanied by request for Gres-
/ sers removal from Office. The borough
president in his answers made general
! denial"
what has been going on in the world
/ of commerce. asked Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25

New York's italian citizens, who have
already presented the city with ntonu-
n1ents to Columbus, Garibaldi, Verdi and
Verrazano, are now subscribing to q
fund with which to erect a monument to
Dante, author of the "Divire Comedy"
The figure of the poet, of heroic size, will
be backed by shaft of granite sixty
five feet from base to summit. Life size
figures of Literature and Religion and
life size groups representing Dante's vis
New-York tribune., 1910-09-25
STORER LETTERS REVIVED.

The Springfield (MassD Republican
printed letter from Mrs. Bellany Storer,
written in France on September 6, review
ing the controversy between the Storers and
Mr.. Roosevelt concerning the former Presi-
dents alleged authorization OF the former
Ambassador TO Austria-H Hungary TO visit
Pope Plus Y and ask him as a personal
favor to the President Of the United States
TO make Archbishop Ireland, of St Paul,
cardinal. Letters written by the Arch
bishop I'm 1903 and 1904 hitherto unpub-
lished, were quoted by Mrs. Storer in an
attempt to show that at repeated interviews
in the White House between the Arch
bishop and theGPresident Mr.. Roosevelt
acknowledged that he had commissioned
Mr. Storer to act as his personal envoy at
the Vatican in behalf of the Archbishop.
Mr.. Roosevelt has hitherto publicly denied
that Mr.. Storer was ever authorized 80
represent him in this manner, and the Ire
land letters now published by Mrs. Storer
have the effect of making much sharper the
issue of veracity between the Storers and
the former President.
"Mr Roosevelt declined TO renew the con-
troversy. -Four years ago. he said, ALI the
letters from me to the Storers and from
them 20 me were published. These make
the record, against which no recollection of
verbal conversations can stand. The let
ters must speak for themselves. The rec
ord made by them is incompatible with the
idea that I was constantly saying some
thing entirely different TO the same people
TO whom the letters were written"
when I read the letters in the original
controversy said Busy Man, 81 came to
the conclusion that the trouble between
Colonel Roosevelt and the Storers arose
from the effort of the ambassador and his
wife to give 10 personal and private utter
ances OF the President an official status.
Mr.. Roosevelt constantly drew distinction
between his saying a personal friend of
Monsignor ireland that he would be de-
lighted to have the Archbishop made car
dinal and his saying any such thing IL his
capacity as President. But go on"
In statement in which he declared
that the crusade which he feels impelled
to wage against the liquor interests of the
state and nation oNershadows a personal
and political friendship of twenty years,
William J. BRYAN announced he had bolted
the head Of the Democratic state ticket In
Nebraska and would not support James -
Dahlman for Governor This IS his first
departure from political regularity. but
does not indicate that Mr.. Bryan will sup
port the candidate of any other party"
''Have the big Investigations brought out
any more startling facts?' asked Busy Man.