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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
RED CROSS ENDOWHENT.

II WAS a pleasure not long ago TO an
nounce the beginning of a movement for
the permanent endowment of the Ameri-
can Red Cross. 10 the, end that that
highly useful organization should at all
times have in hand sufficient funds 10
meet a sudden and unexpected emer-
gency-such as, indeed most of the calls
upon its benevolence are-wlthout walt
ing for contributions from the public,
which are always sure to come but which
require time just ut the very moment
when even the least delay is deplorable.
1t is gratifying now 10 report, as we do
in another column. substantial progress
toward the realization of that aim.
Present plans contemplate the raising
Of a fund of So. 000oo0. To this city one
fourth. or 100000. has been allotted. Of
which all but about $4,000 has already
been subscribed by only thirty-one indi-
yidualS.
How modest request for endowment
this Is may he seen from the fact that
the corresponding organization III Japan
has permanent resources of more than
S.. 100000. that in Prussia of nearly
5000 600. and that in France of nearly
S4.JO00Ga. If those countries have had
the value OF Red Cross work demon
Strated in time of war, this country has
seen it in the more frequent needs Of
times Of peace. Epidemic. fire, flood.
earthquake and many other catastro-
Plies all create urgent demands for the
operation of this benef1cent and efficient
agency. 1t was only the other day that
we recorded the death Of the founder of
the Red Cross system. No nobler me-
mortal of that benefactor of the race
could be devised than the prompt com
pietion of New York's share and OF the
entire American endowment fund.
We have spoken of the work of the
Red Cross in the relief of the sick and
suffering. and that is the feature OF Its
activities which is beet known. But that
is by no means all. IT does an invaiu-
able work of rehabilitation and cOnservl-
ton. i'll the rebuilding of ruined homes
and the restoration OF ravaged districts.
Practically. the Red Cross is engaged iii
the conservation of the most precious II
all our natural resources. human lite
itself. and of conserving 1t both for the
individual and for the community. 1t is
impnssfhle to imagine philanthropic
work whose appeal TO sympathy and
SlIrport is more direct or more convlnc-
Ing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
from The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington Nov f4.-Mr. and Mrs.
yohn W. Foster were hosts at reception
ar their residence in 18th street tonight in
honor of the president of the University OF
indiana and Mrs Bryan. who are here at
tending the meeting of the presidents OF
state universities A number of diplomats
and people from official society Joined the
university alumni In Washington in making
up the company.
Lieutenant Fflippo Camperio. of the
royal italian navy. and Miss Eleanor Terry
we're the guests of honor at a dinner party
tonight, with Mrs James F. Barbour as
hostess. Others of the company were Colo
mel and Mrs David D. Porter. DIR. and Mrs
James F. Mitchell. Mr.. and Mrs Preston
Gibson. Miss Mariory Cotton, Miss Narga-
ret Dunlap. of Philadelphia; Miss Marie
Durvee. Miss Isabel Clark. Miss Catherine
Britton. Miss Hinckley, Miss Marguerite
Barbour. William Merritt, Captain Davis
CAPTAIN Johnson, Jerome Bonaparte, John
Siebert. Captain Gulick. William Marrow
and William Bowie Clark
Lieutenant Camperio will have as best
man at his marriage to Miss Terry. on De-
csmber J. Mobile I.azzaro del Marchesf Ne
crotto Fambiaso. italian counsellor. and
will select several Of the bachelor diplo-
mats as ushers Miss Terry has selected
her cousin. Mrs Cusachs. as matron OF
boonr Lieutenant Camperio will entertain
at a bachelor dinner on November q a
breakfast at Rsuscher's will follow the
wedding ceremony, at St Thomass Church
Miss Catherine Britton entertained a
number of young people at luncheon to-day
in compliment to Miss Margaret Dunlap,
of Philadelphia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
COMMENTS ON MISS sEAWELL

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir The members of the Guidou Club
are reported 10 be making a study OF Miss
Molly Elliot SeaweIrs recent article against
woman suffrage. They would do we'll to
read two comments upon it that have late
~ appeared, one by Judge Lindsey, of the
Denver Juvenile Court. and the other by
the chief justice of Idaho.
In The Woman's Journal of October s.,
1910. Judge Lindsey wrote: The state
ments are false in every detail 1t is hard
to understand how any one with grain of
intelligence could sign their name to such
absurdities''
The chief justice of Idaho wrote in The
Woman'S Journal of November T. 1910:
1T seems very strange that a magazine
with the standing of The Atlantic Month
ly would give space 10 an article contain
ing not only an utter misconception of the
legal principle applicable to women who
have the right of suffrage, but to many
erroneous statements Of the historical facts
of the real condition of woman suffrage
where it is now in actual operation"
The chief justice then takes up Miss
Seawetls assertions one by one and demol-
ishes them.
ALICE STONE BLACKWELL.
Dorchester Mass. Nov. Il. 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
NONE RIFLE Up AGAIN.

Mr. Redmond's homecoming may
,,rnve To have undone the achievements
%: his American visit. We are told that
he is openly procIaiming the old fighting
principle, that England's extremity is
IreIand-s opportunity. and is boasting
that he will extract terms for Ireland
cut of the necessities of English states
men. II is generally believed that his at
fempfs 10 do this were largely respOn-
sible for the failure of the constitutional
conference. and il seems proba bile that
with his followers holding the balance
of bower in tho House of Commons he
viii be able To exert strong Influence
upon the government
But il may be doubted whether IT is
prudent policy or him SO openly To show
his hand just before general election.
For once lei the Home Rule issue ne
raised again acuteIy and there Will be
prospect Of q swinging Of the political
pendulum 10 the Unionisf side There =
no indication that English opposition TO
Irish secession has abated, and If Home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGN-Count Leo Tolstoy is Sc
,-jousl, in at the little railroad station
al Astafova. about eighty miles from ms
home at Gashaya Polianaf his dausllteI
j. acting as his nurse - fresluehI
Taft arrived in Colon, Panama, and mn
inediately left for an inspection OF the
Culebra cut on the canal -- Prince
Victor Napoleon. French pTetender, MAS
married to Princess Clemenune, daugh-
ter Of the late King Leopold of Belgium,
at the royal castle at Moncallerl, ltalS.
The River Seine was reported as
having risen again, slightly, at Paris.
The run on the Birkbeck Bank. III
London. subsidized. ---- a lleu'eildii' IA
IA. German army pleaded guilty IN
Portsmouth, England. To having mace
sketches of the Notifications there, ana
was placed under bonds not L" repeal
fl,o offence MANY persons We're
killed or wounded in Leon. Nicara qua.
when government troops called out 10
Sl-l,I,resS a political demonstration swept
the streets with grape and canister
oAIESTIC.-Eugcne b. Ely, in the
-nr1iss biplane- " hich made the trip from
Albany 10 New York, flew from the
cruiser birmingham five miles TO land
i'm 6yc minutes near Fort Monroe, Va
= Senator Elihu Root paid visit to
Governor White at Albany. -" At
terney General O'Malley filed IN the
Court of Appeals aftIdavitS IN opposition
10 the appeal OF Mrs Mary {. Thaw IN
her anpliCati0n for the transfer OF her
son. Harry h Thaw. from Matteawan
State Hospital == The will of Mrs.
julia Ward Howe was admitted to pro-
bate at Portsmouth, r. l.: there were
no public requests. Judge lie Baron
l.. Colt Of the United States Court OF
Appeals consented Ia be candidate Tor
United States Senator in Rhode Island
20 succeed Nelson w Aldrich. = In
his report as president of the American
Federation of Labor. read at St Louis
Samuel Gompers attacked President
Taft as an enemy OF labor. 80 The
United States Supreme Court declined TO
review six decisions of the lower federal
courts in which the right of the govern
ment to collect the Spanish-American
War inheritance tax WAS attacked
CITY.-Stocks were strong - a
Bronx physician WAS murdered in his
bed by his wife. who then attempted
suicide. -- Congressman Bennett
called a conference of district leaders
10 plan the overthrow of President Lloyd
Q. C1riscom. but without formulating his
project - President Taft urged the
permanent endowment Of the Red Cross,
and ii WAS reported that of the share in
the 100000 apportioned to New York.
ali but $70.500 had been subscribed.
80 Henry H Rogers returned after
seven months visit to Europe and pre-
dicted that this country would have
war with Japan before the completion of
the Panama Canal The express
drivers and helpers and drivers for sew
eral firms went back to work, only
few taaicab chauffeurs remaining on
strike - Trustees of the Museum of
Natural History announced the return
of DR.. H {. Bumpus as director.
THE Observation-Disclosures for TO-
gay: Rain or snow The temperature
yesterday: Highest. AZ degrees. low
rsf &c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15

TO carry out one of his campaign prom
Uses. Francis L. McGovern. Ciovernor-elect
of Wisconsin. must find himself a wife
Now the newspapers In the Badger State
are having a fine time specializing who
is to be the mistress of the executive man
sion. The Milwaukee Journal thinks that
Mr.. McGovern will have little trouble lind
ing bride satisfactory TO himself and to
the state, but adds: a man so well thought
of by his fellow men, II would seem, should
make good husband. though there is often
a wide discrepancy between mensC judy
ment of men and womens judgment of
them There are quite a few Jacks that
would be without their Jils If they were
derendent upon the consent of their fell
lows to enter into the bonds OF matrimony."
Jones lost hundred at poker last
night
oh, Well even a misfortune like that has
its bright side
I'D like to know where the bright side to
that is?
Il won it."--Iiouston Post.
Statistics just published show that there
are in Belgium Ii, 617 'estaminets,'' or
places where drink is sold averaging one
such place to every thrty-four inhabitants
Every year 10000 cases of illness are oc-
casioned by excess of drink, 24,000 of which
result in death. There are from 100000 to
Splp1 heggars- brought to that state by
incompetence The London Lxpress' re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
MORE BORDER RTFFTANS.

Border Tuffians seem TO be rampant
along he Rio Grande. and 10 have emu
lators AT some distance on each side of
that boundary line. Perhaps il should
not he regarded as altogether surprising
Border lands have from time out of
memory been scenes of disorder If
fcuds and repriSais. II is not unnatural
that they should Dc. so long az such
troubles prevail anywhere. though it is
i,cI'eltable and discreditable and =
iE.I-; icjIlarly miSchievouS Similar devil
tries committed entirely within one or
tif" ~ ler of the two countries would do
far less harm and would Ice far less diff
rfsit io deal with. OF course the diff
cuii1 81 dealing with them is one IF the
:; l,oI,- ins.iicinoniS la these doings along
lhc border
There seems 10 be some doubt as 40
Inc n1iienaIity Of the unhappy wretch
lie brutal luic''ery If whom on Ameri-
r-gn soil provoked the reprisals and
counter rcprisals Il the last week If
he WIS Il McNi,:,r. wp ovye apologies 40
sIex goo and such reparati"n az can he
made for an irreparabie offence: and
Mexico also owes Us apologies and
amends for the renrisais which her citi-
yor~. committed and which were pretty
nosrlv as had ar the original offence If
he WAS an American and orr rufflanS
were merely derillinc one of themselves
n foarh. Mexico owes us apologies and
nncnds for resenting what Was not IN
offence TO her alone. but simply general
outrage upon tho whole humane world :
and We owe hor the same for cur re
rrisalS tnd we have n" doubt that
The government of each country Is quite
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

A statistician says there are eisn,SS!y.. ,sar
million bedrooms in New YORK tl,S. sy
have no windows. No wonder 49, so :
gets up every morning with u DiS ~"
Philadelphia Inquirer
Was the rule Nothing hut caarlpss5Sb
after 10 o'clock on Broadway. ftSPVs New
for th.. poor reports that came Hht ~
York ON election night @-C Columbia S'd'V
IL Los Angeles continues TO s gam ~ New
Iation as She mas in the last ten wears. -iSs.
York NAV be the second city eN' So s.row-
That * IL New York agrees 70 StSp ,,iter
ing nsanvhiIe-C' Christian Science Nus'
\ New York journal saws that ths w fer
of the smart set have taken up 1o'l1 Nil
RAWLINGS Better dolls than po'di'''
waukee Journal -
Now York taxicah drivers cnsls Isis NJ,
policS II used TO be the chauue Se.szette-
did all The charging
Times. "a
I'm THAR efforts To clean up t l-,,, a stca
New Work police have decided % ss,sr mid.
To seeing Chinatown parties a.I.ogethaf
night Whv not prohibit them a natsr tc
The DubIc Haunting OF vice 70 , "a net p
r,orbid aud depraved taste Snoe.i Tinlst
allowed at any time -Cmcihh'"
star
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
PEOPLE and Social incidents

have one of her sisters. Miss Mercedes d.
Acosta. as her only attendant. but her other
sisters. Mrs. Philip VI Lydig and Mrs oren
Root. will be present at the ceremony. The
bridegroom will have his brother Harold
for his best man. and after brief honey
moon will sail with his wife for South
Africa.
Announcement has been made Of the mar.
rage OF John. eldest son of the Right Hon.
Sir Walter HeIy-Hutchiuson, O.. C. W. O..
both of whom are well known in New YORK.
TO Miss Katherine Henderson. daughter OF
James Henderson. of No S. Eaton Piscs.
London. The marriage will take place In
that city at the end OF January
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Shoemaker ana
Henry W. Shoemaker have returned from
Europe and arc at their house IN East
sd street.
Mr.. and Mrs J. WOODWARD Haven arrfv,
in town tomorrow for the winter
Frederick C. HavemeyeT IS expected In
town this week from Alaska.
Mrs John 2 Alexandra. with Miss Civi-
Iise and Miss Anne Alexandra. have arrived
in town for the winter
Mr. and Mrs. John T.. Parsons are booked
TO sail this week from Europe for New
York
Mrs Hamilton Mex Tvomoly and Miss
Ruth TworlbIy returned 70 town for The
season yesterday from Madison, " J.
Mrs William Barclay Parsons Is estsb-
ushed at Sherry's for the season
Mr. and Mrs Reginald g Vanderbilt
have arrived In town from Newport with
their little daughter Kathleen. and are stay
ing with Alfred O. Vanderbilt at the house
which he has rented for the season from
his cousins. Mr. and Mrs Ernesto @.
Fabbri
Mrs Garrett 3 Kip entertained lsrE-
partv at dinner last night in honor Of Lady
Eliza beth Hesketh Prichard. daughter ~
Lord yerkunan. and wife of H. HesSeth
Prichsrd. the English novelist and eI-
rlorSr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
AMERICAN MISSIONARY BEATEN
A. B. G. T. M. Gets Word of Arrest IN

Boston. Nov. 1.-THE American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions has
Just received a dispatch announcing tia:
one of its missionaries. the Rev. Charles
Telford Erickson. has been beaten and ar
rested at Monastir. Macedonia. Turkey TINS
reports states that after an hour or 50 OF
detention ne was released on the demand
of the Austrian Consul. who is acting for
the United States in Macedonia IN that ca
pacity. No charges were made against Mr..
Erickson.
Secretary Barton attributes his arrest tn
desire of the Turkish government 10 stlhs
the ambitions OF the Albanians for modern
education. The Erickson case has been
placed in the hands of the American En-
bassv at Constantinople for adjustment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
THE PENSION OTTLOOK.

\ slight decrease in expenditures for
pensions is shown in the report just is
sued by the Commissioner OF Pensions
for the fiscal year 1909-10 The coun-
trys pension outlay reached its maxi
mum in 190S'09, when the total paid to
beneficiaries rose to $161.973.GO0. Be
tween 1924 and l90G-'07 the annual
expenditure averaged about S139. 00O, 900
but with the passage of the law of
February Is. 1907. increa sing allowances
for diSa hility after siXty-tWo years the
total jumped to S1330O.O OO in 19O1-0S
and to S161 .973.OOO the year following
he natural decline in payments due to
the shortening of the pension roll and
the gradual exhaustion of the supply Of
possible claimants was arrested by that
legislation. and pension expenditure was
carried to what the country now Justly
regards as full discharge of its nat
Cral obligations.
From that limit there must be from
now on steady recession. The eXpen-
diture declined S2.OO0,0OO last year and
for 1901 Congress has appropriated
SJ.OtO.ODO less than for 19O9-'10. 1t is
PNlut]ft iiidl tIltEt UuSL DC II Tdpln
shrinkage in the roll in the next five
years The number Of pensioners stood
at between 10000 and 100000 for
eight years succesSively-from 1S91-9S
to 1904 '05-hecauSe losses by death We're
made up through the granting of new
applications. But since 1.R4-0o the roll
has diminished from 99S, AL To 921 $50.
The net loss last year was 2J.lll, and
i. will probably average that number
for some years to come If Congress re-
Trains from further pension legislation.
Ii must he remembered that Congress
has not only constantly enlarged the
pensionable class but has largely in
creased the average value Of pensions.
That average has risen from $l3S Is in
l.tOJ-'o6 to Sill 90 in 1909 ~. Another
disturbing influence has been private
pension legislation. which favorS indi-
yiduals by eXempting them from the
operation of the general pension laws.
That abuse has become acute. for While
ten wears ago the average Of private
bills passed was less than one thousand
:, session. at the last three sessions Con
gress passed nearly 1900, or more than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
Personal
REGISTRATION


STATE.
C.ovarncr-elert Dix in statements TO the
newspapprs reiterates his declaration III
favor of extending to the rural olslrlcls
The personal registration law which no"
annlies IN the cities of the state. ms
* fayoTite Democratic doctrine. ii being
the custom of Democratic orators To call
attention To the mOnstrous unfalrness OF
a law which puts difficulties in the way
of voters in Democratic parts OF the
state. while leaving 1t easy to vote IN
Republican territory Of course TINS Is
all nonsense. Personal registration Is
trifiinc burden in the city. where the
voter passes near the polling place on his
WAY to business in the morning or back
in the evening. while it would be a So
rious burden in the rural regions, where
the voter might have to ride miles to
register.
The real object of Mr.. DiX'S party Is
not 10 undo substantial injustice and
put the city and country voter on an
equal footing but to place such an op-
stacle i'm the way of voting in the coun-
try as TO reduce the Republican vote
above The Bronx. Personal registration
might be desirable in the country if the
requirement of il would not practically
diSfranchise a large number of citizens
hut no such reason for it exists as exists
i'm the CITY. In the country the voters
are known TO :he boards of registry and
10 the party watchers. If the two
parties arc properly represented at the
polls there is practically no possibility
of fraud.
But whatever Mr. DiX's views and
whatever his party platform calls for,
there seems Ia be little chance of the
personal registration requirement being
extended 10 rural districts The new
state Senate consists of Twenty-Five
Democrats and twenty-five Republicans
Twenty-Six is a ma jority for the pur-
pose of passing a law. OF the twenty
nine Democratic Senators seven come
from upstate rural districts. None of
them would expect ever 10 come back if
they nut the farmer TO the Inconvenience
of driving five miles TO register Nor
would the prospects of such 4 bill ap-
pear TO he any better i'll the Assembly.
The situation there is Sc Democrats to
III Republicans. Seventy-siX constitute
| = ma iority. but Of the Sc Democratic
AsSemblymen - come from rural coun-
| Ties
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15

5000 a session The permanent - the
i'll the pension expenditure oue ss;ons
private acts of the last three =; an
has been about s.. 100000 l''i, for
excellent chance to practise econo,hs' n
special pension legislation is invidiouS III
character and defensible only III
tiCnal cases.
Our pension system is no" 'oli .i.h y
and Congress should not tinker I'll,
further. Let alone. its requireLn al,
be four or five million dollars
year. and the present genera dobt
see it cur down TO one-half the deD'
which the nation has so literally &c,
knowledged to its defenders i'll '''"0
OeriT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
trrom Tbe tribune Bureau

IFrOm The IrIpuris DuI -
Washington. Nov 14.-The Brazilian
Charge d'Afaires and Nine de Lima
silva will arrive in Washington Tomorrow
morning from Manchester-Dy -the-Sea.
where they spent the summer, and where
.hoy were detained by the Illness or the
latter Mime de Lima Silva and her IN
FAINT daughter are both quite well now.
The Belgian Minister and Countess de
Ruisseret will arrive at the legation tor
morrow morning from New York, accom-
named by their children and servants. They
snent the summer on their estate in Bel
GUM
J. f. De Barros Pimentel, Brazilian sec
ond secretary. will go to New York on
Friday to attend the horse show, and on
November % will sail for three months
leave of absence in Europe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
TIE DISCOURAGED CLERK

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Discouraged Clerk NAV find in
teresting reading in the story The Man
who Came Back, of last weeks ''Satur-
day Evening Post" and in The Emit
grant "i recent issue of tho same publ
cation third contribution likewise pub
ashed only lew months ago gave the his
tory OF couple saving for years and
studying lhtehlsehtly the problems of agri-
culture thus hnaliy buying we'll and
making good. Back to the Farm" seems
to be the cry o. the day If any man
thinks 1t an easy problem he will be soon
saodened by the work ahead But the
viewpoint OF the wife is the main thing
does she want to do it?
MASSACHUSETTS, AGGIE. 50.
New York. Nov. H. 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
MRS. HOWE WILL PROBATED
No Public Bequests-Property Goes TO
Children and Grandchildren.

Portsmouth, r. l. Nov 1.-THE VIII oI
Mrs Julia Ward Howe who died at MD
dletown on October Il, was admitted 70 pro-
bate in the local court to-day There Wers
no public requests MI of the persons
estate was wiiled to two grandchildren am
the real estate 20 Mrs. Howe'S four CHI
dren.
George IT. Richards a S0u-in-lsN' .
named as executor. The viii was execute"
in Boston in 1885,. and the value Of 'nS
estate is not given.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT

TRv Telegraph - The TRIBUNE
xe,nort Nov 1f-Nr and Mrs SIDNEY
ZONES CoIford. IT.. who have been ths
Guests of Edward =. Knight. ir-. have gone
20 Mr. knights shooting box az Ben
zies, Md.
Dudley Morgan has returned 70 New
York for the horse snow.
Mrs Joseph F. Stone has gone 70 New
york for a short visit
.f+ar snendfng the week end here George
r,ordon King has returned to New York
Mrs + r. Busk and Miss BJ1sk closed
+bAir season to-day and started for New
York.