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New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
THE COMETS VITALITY.

Recent observations indicate that the
parts and also that it has projected
toward the sun a long jet Of glowing
vapor. Possibly both phenomena are
due TO semi-eXplosive activity in the
comets head Yet if the nucleus is
really beginning TO disintegrate, the only
wonder is that dissolution did not come
sooner. Astronomers are inclined to be-
lieve that this comet is nearly or quite
two thousand years old. They would
not have been surprised If on the occa-
sion of its latest appearance it had dis
played much less than its former brill
fancy. If. indeed, it came back at all.
Wonderful as is the comets longevity
however, the inquirer can easily hit on
what looks like a rational theory to ex-
plain it, if not on the true cause On
all comets a wasting influence is exerted
by solar heat, which is intensified as
the comet comes in from the outer end
of its eiliptical orbit toward the sun.
Other things being equal, therefore, a
comet which is exposed to such roast
ing only once in three-quarters of
century would last longer than one
which completes its journey In a period
of four or five years, as a considerable
number of these bodies do.
According to a cable dispatch from
Paris, astronomers in France now ques-
tfon whether the comet which has
been under close scrutiny for several
mr. ic uou
ther details this statement should be
regarded with distrilst If it has any
basis in truth, it probably grossly exag-
gerates the proportion of doubters. At
least one distinguished professional star
gaZer in France. Flammarion, has re
peatedly referred TO the comet without
giving evidence that he doubts it's iden-
tty. The latest return has occurred
after an interval of only seventy-four
years, or two years less than was for
meriy customary, but the shortening of
the period was predicted by experts who
reckoned the effect of .Jupiter's attrac-
tion when the comet last passed near
that planet. Besides, the comet not only
turned UP at the exact time when If
was expected. but also in the right place.
Months before it was actually discov-
cred calculation indicated where TO look
for it. In that precise spot Wolff. the
Heidelberg astronomer, detected it by
photography, and Burnham, of the
Yerkes Observatory staff. found it with
his eyes.
So great are the differences in the
paths of comets that 1t is practically
impossible to confound one of these
bodies with another, especially after
three or four observations have supplied
the data for computing its orbit What
is more, the comet now under discus
sion has manifested one of the charac-
teristic traits of Halley's comet-excep
tional freakiness. There is probably not
one chance in many millions that, mis-
take has been made in the present in
stance
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rFron1 The rriouns Bureau. !


Washington. May 25.-The Charge d'Af-
fares for the Argentine Republic and
Sehora de villegas were hosts at tea this
afternoon in celebration Of the centennial
Of the independence Of Argentina Their
home was gay with flowers, and their
guests included a large number of diplomats
and prominent members OF official and
resident society. Sonora de vi1legas was
assisted by her daughter, Sehorita Marie
Helena de Villegas. and Miss SheriI1 at the
tea table.
The Minister from Spain and Sshora de
Riano. who were presented to the Presi-
dent yesterday are rapidly settling in the
legation. at No, 1921 New Hampshire ave
nue.. and by the time their period OF off,
ciaI mourning for the King OF England is
over they will be ready TO receive visitors.
They will probably establish the summer
legation on the Massachusetts, north shore.
Vicount day. French naval attach6.
went to Philadelphia to-day for short
visit TO his children, who are at Eden Hall.
near that city.
The Minister from Honduras and the
Minister from Salvador have left the capital
for Buenos Ayres as delegates from their
countries to the Pan-American conference.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26

Medical Journal. FOR such buiietihs haNo
often prophesied smooth things Wheh
sovereigns life has been known TO &c
trembling in the balance. Bulletins sh'ua
tell the truth and nothing but the truth ;
there are. it need hardly be said, cases IN
which they need not tell the whole truth
But they should not be wilfully misleadlns
and In this respect no fault can be founa
with the bulletins relating to the last III
ness of King Edward VII
THAT boy of n,ire." said Nupopp proudly.
lis going TO be great baseball enthusiast
"I'd like to know how you can tell" re-
Joined his friend Bleecher. He's onis '"o
Yes" said Nupopp. but he can yell
louder than any chap of his age ana Weish'
I ever saw.'-Chicage Daily News
Street traffic in Chicago Is now being
hardled by the police according to an
elaborate code of rules recently promui-
gated. Under the new regulations driVer
before stopping or slowing up must s'shat
by raising the right hand. Horse drawn
vehicles have the right of way over all
others. streetcarS excepted. An important
rule requires drivers of vehicles to use
great caution when passing streetcars, so
as not to injure passengers alightng or
getting on the car Another stipulates that
mo vehicle shall emerge from an alley,
stable or garage at a pace faster than a
walk; at the latter place an attendant
should precede the vehicle to give warn
ing"
Going to carry water fer de elephant.
Chimmy?"
Nix De elephant can't iernme In to
see de circus. I'm going to git scuttle or
suds fer de doortender. w ashington
Herald
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
BOYS LOST TO THE CHURCH
Sunday School Workers Statement
Astonishes Conference.

Washington. May 25.-Seventy-avs pAr
cent of all the boys over thirteen years old
in the Protestant Sunday schools Of the
United States are lost 10 the Church and
never make profession of faith This state
ment by Eugene C. Foster. of Detroit. I'm
one Of the workers conferences TO-DAY,
which followed the Worlds Sunday School
Convention. astonished Sunday school
workers from all parts OF the world.
That Is the most astounding statemsn.
l have heard I'm this country exclaimed
an English delegate. There must be some
thing radically wrong with the system
which permits it, In England we do not
lose more than 3 per cent
II have made that calculation after
study. observation and experience" replied
MI, roster Practically an the delegates
In the meeting agreed with him.
ine WORKERS. conferences win continue
tomorrow They are In the nature of ex-
perience meetings following the conven,iop
which adjourned last night.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26

ii was authorized TO do in the paragraph
in the form in which it was declared out
Of order But the other side could as
sert that it had prevented the House
from formally sanctioning the proad-
construction view of the functions oI
the board taken By the President-a
view which they had publicly con-
demned as unsound and usurpatory.
The House. according to the opponents
Of the Tawney paragraph, allowed ltseiI
TO be put in the attitude of faillng 10
sustain the Presidents Interpretation OF
the Payne law. Yet they had also 10
admit that it gave the President an IN
creased appropriation to be USED III ap-
plying the Payne law in accordance
with his liberal Interpretation
The most important Development OF
the debate WAS the disclosure by Repre-
sentative Dalzell that he and the other
House conferrees on the tariff bill last
summer had forced the emasculation OF
the Senate's amendment providing for
the creation of an out-and-out tafiH
commission. That responsibility had
not hitherto been frankly acknowledged.
Mr.. Dalzell thus described the sltua-
ton in conference; 1.-The conferrees
said, You have provision III here
that looks to the creation of tariff
commission; the House is opposed to
"a tariff commission and will never
agree to the bill in that shape. 1t
was no wonder that Mr.. Stafford. of
Wisconsin, interrupted the Pennsylvania
leader at that point to suggest: you
"do not mean to say the House was op-
posed. but that the House conferrees
"were opposed; the House never voted
ION the proposition"
The House never had chance to vote
on the tariff commission project, be-
cause the leaders did not think it ad-
Dalzell spoke in conference as If he
represented the House, when. in fact.
he was representing only the Speaker
and the little coterie of leaders in con-
troll in the lower branch. We do not
think that the House would have voted
last summer against a tariff commits
sion. Nor would it decline TO give the
present Tariff Board all the authority
which the original Tawney amendment
carried. if it had an opportunity to deal
with the question directly. It's leaders,
in so far as they have STAYED off such
vote, have only once more used the
fetters of the House rules to deny to
that body the self-government to which
it is entitled.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
SPHERES OF INFLUENCE AGAIN

Germany in her attitude toward
Persia again raises the important in
ternationaI question whether the world
is to be divided into spheres of infu-
ence for individual powers or groups of
powers or the rule of open door and
equality of opportunity Is everywhere
to prevail. She finds herself aggrieyed
or at q disadvantage under the old sys-
TEN because of historic circumstances.
She came into existence as an imperial
power too late. The world was already
largely apportioned into spheres of in
fiuence Three or four great powers had
already acquired possessions abutting
upon the minor and decadent countries
and consequently had established a
pretty well recognized reyersionary
claim upon the latter. Thus more than
a generation before the German Empire
came into existence France had acquired
Algeria and had thus denoted Morocco
as a sphere of influence for herself and
Spain. Also Great Britain in India and
Russia in Transcaucasia and Central
Asia had marked Persia for their own.
Now. Germany, having come into ex-
istence and having in her rapid growth
acquired some colonial possessions and
a vast foreign commerce, and having
easily taken rank among the foremost
of the powers in both diplomacy and
armaments, requires that these spheres
of influence shall be opened TO her as
freely as to those powers which years
ago pre-empted them. In Morocco she
has commercial interests and therefore
demands political and police influence.
She is building q railroad through
Mesopotamia toward the Persian from
tier. and therefore she wants the latter
empire TO be opened to her as freely as
10 Great Britain and Russia. so that
perhaps she may extend her railroad
system into it.
There is doubtless something TO be
said on each side OF this matter The
principle upon which France and Spain
sought to act in Morocco and that upon
which Great Britain and RUSSIA are
acting i'm Persia is that powers are to
concern themselves with only those
other countries with which they are
connected by geographical propinquity
or 10y predominance Of commerce. The
German proposition. on the contrary, is
that any Dower-at any rate, Germany
has legitimate concern in the affairs
of any ana every other land. The former
is the principle upon which the United
States has always consistently acted
and Is likely TO continue TO act. The
latter is the expression Of a new world
politics which is dear TO the German
imperial heart and is a principle to
which, so far as we have seen, Germany
alone IS committed. II the German
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
ONE VIEW OF INCOME TAX FIGHT

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir most significant battle is now on
at Albany between the party bosses. who
are fighting for the trusts and corporations
to defeat the income tax amendment. and
the masses of the workers. who agree with
the stand taken by President Taft and ex-
President Roosevelt. II the bosses win the
fight against the wishes OF the people II
means only the beginning of a fight to the
finish on the part Of the masses to secure
their rights through the ballot next No
vember. The ultimate result will be that
In 1912 full control of the government will
be in the hands of the people and bossisrn
will be buried so deep that IL will never rise
again
Our forefathers. struggling against great
odds. won the War of the Revolution and
then after another bitter struggle sue
ceeded in establishing the Constitution un-
der which we are now governed. The foun-
dation stone of that Constitution is that
the will of the majority OF the people
should rule. IT, then. as II now appears,
the bosses. trusts and corporations have
united TO prevent the adoption OF the in
come tax plan the masses should also
present united front to repel the attack
which is being made upon their rights.
The signs of the times all point to an
other revolution, not through the sword.
however. but through the ballot The cam
paign in 1912 will be fought out with the
trusts and monopolles arrayed on one side
and the people on the other. Right is
bound to prevail in that conflict although
the capitalists pour forth their money like
water to defeat the peoples will
New York, May %. 1910 ]. w. L.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrem The Tribune Burssu-I


washington, Nav g-The Presloent
spent the early morning discussing iesis
lative and political affairs with Senate ano
House leaders Many of them believe the
tariff will be the main issue In the conlIhs
campaign. and that the slogan of the he
nuhlicsn party should be an out-aho-oue
defence of the tariff and the policy OF
protection.
John Barrett. president Of the Esperanto
Society OF North America. and Edwin
Reed, the secretary, have Invited the Fresi-
dent to attend its convention, to ne heio
In washington. August Il to 20
Representative Douglass indorsed Pro-
fessor j. A. Holmes, of the United states
Geological Survey, for head of the Bureau
of Mines.
Senator Dick introduced delegation
from Ohio. including A. B. Crichheid. Re-
publican nominee for Congress in the lIth
District. and Jesse Taylor Republican
nominee In the 6th District.
Among the Presidents callers we're the
Secretary OF State. the Postmaster Gen
eral, Senators Kean. Crane, Curtis Du
Don't, BurkeE Foster and Stephenson:
Representatives Mcguire. Calder. Madison.
Barnhart Stafford, Bennett, of Kentucky;
Croft, Wilson, of Illinois; Miller. Of Mime
sofa; Mcclure, of oklahoma; Mclaughlin,
Gregg Madden. Currier. Foss. Dougass,
Davidson Brownlow, Aiken. Miller. of
Kansas: IcCredie. Sterling. Martin. OF
South Dakota: Burnett, Hayes, Kendall.
Gambler, Loud. Estopinal and Kennedy.
and a delegation Of Indians from the
Warm Springs Reservation. in Oregon
The President. the Secretary OF The
Navy, General Edwards and Captain Butt
played golf this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
IN THE BERksHIREs.

TBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune
Ierox. Nav 25-Nr- and Mrs. David r
Dana, who have been at the Curtis Hotel
since their arrival. have opened Osceola
House.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel ". Woodward ard
Miss Ellen p. King. Of Washington. are az
their country places in Stockbridge.
Mr. and BIrs. Robert U. Johnson. OF New
York. will arrive at Korkapot villa, n
Stockbridge. tomorrow.
William Pollock IS at Ho1nesdale, n
PittsheId-
Frank K sturgis has arrived ar C1Ipstoa
Grange
Mrs. Alexander G. sedEwfcz has gone to
New York
Henry a James and Miss Dorothy James.
OF New York, are at the Red Lion Inn, n
Stockbrfdge.
Paul Tuckerman. Of Tuxedo. who has
been visiting his sister, Miss Emily Tucker
man, has gone to New York
Mr. and Mrs. Robert ". Taft. Of Prov-
dence: Mr. and Mrs. Edward d BurrtIL ths
Misses Burrfu and d Townsend. Of New
York. are at the Curtis HoteE
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE COMET OF 1853.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Can you give me any tnformacon
concerning the comet seen so long in the
northwestern sky in the fall of 1855?
AS a. schoolgirl at that time I remember
it well. I also remember my parents COM
pairing IL with Halleys comet Of 1885 to the
detrinent of the latter. which was Tess
brilliant and had not so fine tall
The 1858 comet was a deep color, more
resembling Mars. I have heard this latter
called Donati's Any information concern
ing IT'S past. present or future will be very
welcome MAINE TEACHER.
New York, May "A. 1910.
IYes: the comet of 1855 was discov
cred by the Italian Donati and bore his
name. It's tail did not begin to form,
until after the head had made its closest
approach to the sun-a, rather unusual
circumstance-but when fully developed
had a. length of 5t.OO0,0OO miles. The
appendage was curved like a scirlitar
and plumy. Careful scrutiny through a.
telescope showed that there were several
tails, one superposed on another.
The comet was visible to the naked eye
for 112 days. It could not be identified
with any comet which had been observed
before. but its orbit is such that it
should reappear in two thousand years
if nothing happens to It in the mean
time. The outer end of the elliptical
path It follows reaches five and a half
times as far from the sun as Neptune,
at present regarded as the most distant
mem ber OF the planetary fannily.-Ed1
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
THE TARIFF BOARD nI1-UP

In dealing with the appropriation in
the sundry civil bill for the continua-
tlon of the work of the Tariff Board the
House Of Representatives showed little
courage or firmness of purpose, dodging
the real issue with ecrobatic celerity.
Many of its members seemed relieved
not to have TO go on record either for or
against the original Tawney provision.
cheerfully asserting while Mr. Mann,
the chairman of the committee of the
whole, acting On behalf of the other
800 members as well as on his own re-
sponsibility, determined just what in
nocuous form the proposition ought to
assume before being voted upon. Mr.
Mann rose 10 the occasion and permitted
a division of the sort which left both
the advocates and the opponents of the
paragraph as originally framed free to
claim q victory.
The advocates of the original Tawney
provision could say that they had OBJ
tanned the money asked for by the
President for continuing the work of
the board along lines which he had al
ready laid down Mr.. Tawney and his
friends did not expect TO broaden those
lines: for the Tariff Board has been do
ing and Will continue to do exactly what
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY,

The Heidelberg correspondent OF the
''Berliner TagebIatt." in answer to many
questions as to King Georges life at the
university, says that Prince George never
took part in the real student life of the
old town. He spent several months there
in 1886 the guest of his fathers friend
Privy Councillor lime. whose picturesque
home was situated on a cliff overlooking
the Neckar Valley One beer evening"
was arranged for him there. but it was
not lively affair. He sat at the guest
table at the kommers which was one of
the features of the 5e9th anniversary OF the
university. but before the evening was over
he slipped away from the big-wiss and sat
with the younger men. land this the
correspondent says. was the only real
bier gesprech-beer bout-in which he ever
took part at Heidelberg"
Mother-So you are to he Queen OF the
May?
Little Girl-Yes: but 1 think the other
girls will be nsurgents.-Judge.
THE LETTER CARRIERS PHILOSOPHY
Twas a graybacked letter carrier
/ met on the street one day.
And | said TO him.
So gray and grim.
MY friend, I said-and | spoke him fair
Are not your burdens most heavy to
bear?'
Twas graybacked letter carrier
Who replied to me that day.
As l spoke to him.
So gray and grim.
And he said In a CHEEKY way:
''They are heavy enough when / start. you
bet.
But the farther 60 the lighter they get'
W. J. HAMPTON.
The pen NAV be mirhtier than the sword.
but any editor will tell you that IL isn't a
marker 10 the blue pencil. Philadelphia
Record.
People have learned 10 lock with sus-
picon on medical bulletins as 10 the health
OF royal personaEss This feeling is not
altogether unnatural" says "Ths British
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,".
From The Tribune Bureau. j


Washington. May 25.-Among the New
York guests who will arrive here to-mor-
row in a special car for the marriage of
Miss Mathilde T. Townsend and Peter
Goelet Gerry are Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridge T.
Gerry, Robert Livingston Gerry, Miss An
gelica l.. Gerry. Mr.. and Mrs. Mabel NJ
Gerry, of the bridegroom's family; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Goelet. Mr.. and Mrs. Reg
1nald Ronalds. Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Mills.
Ogden Mills, jr-. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt. 1r., Miss Vanderbilt, John r.
Townsend. Mr.. Budd. Creighton Webb and
Mr.. Iselin. Miss Townsend will be given
in marriage by her uncle, Charles Hanot
Strong, and her only attendant will be
Miss Katherine Elkins. daughter of Sena-
tor and Mrs. E1kins.
Miss Mabel Board1nan returned TO Wash
ington to-day from Western trip, in
which she made several addresses on the
Red Cross.
Miss Janet Fish. daughter of Representa-
tive Hamilton Fish. will sail from New
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
NEW YORK. FROM THE sUsusss

Fifty thousand bad eggs usrs rscsr'a
seized IN New York. but there are So
Free Press.
The hop waltz Is now the craze IN Hes
York It ought 20 bs an unqualihed 80
cess also In Milwaukee waterbury RepuT
lican.
China may send some nlissionsries
New York after the white slave" viiisn'''
are exposed-Baltimors Evening sun.
Contractors are tearing down 9 II,
twenty-five story building In New fotls ~,
order 10 erect a modern structure. S',jlf
see why such inadequate affairs arc -
IN tns nrst place.-Philadelphia lnaui'0
7 Another man has been arrested for pis,n ssn
ing In the street in New Work tou
swear all you like I'm Gotham. bur -, ys'-,r.
got TO be mighty careful about ~ tas,-.
where anybody might hear yOu.-Fi''s'-''
Gazette-Times.
The news reports say John D. n.o.+,Sy.
teller. tr-, has assumed the task OF ps1sa,,
ing New York. 10 SO. he has at
tackled mans tob,-Omaha Bee
a church on Murray FILL. New Norss ssi
supplied itself with street NUMBER s.e-,;ng -
possible searchers. II would Be ntelsssn me
TO learn whether or not this increases ssis
attendance. It appears that, as sssr
New York churches dc not carry ,,sna
names ON the outside Is this an noieeassso
that outsiders are not wanted s-o'S
Herald.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-26

reau belongs naturally to the War De-
partment, which even. now maintains
record and pension division. The lndlan
Bureau will soon have little or nothing
to do. The small Bureau of Education
can easily be transferred to the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. as can
the Bureau of Patents. The Census Bu-
reau was so transferred when the De
nartment of Commerce and Labor was
created.
As other departments have expanded
their activities those Of the Interior De
partment have been contracted. We're
no change of status TO occur the depart
n1ent would in twenty years shrink 10
the very modest dimensions OF three
moribund and four moderately active
bureaus.