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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
THE TRENCH iSTRJKE.

The railroad strike in France is ful
filling its first and worst menace. II
involves the chief lines Of the whole
country. private as well as national, or.
ganized labor ard non-organized labor
alike. and before the day is ended may EN-
brace the workers in nearly. if not qnite
all other important industries through
out the country. Practically France con
fronts an imminent universal strike
That IN itself would constitute a con
dition Of great seriousness.
But there is still another consideration
which immeasurably adds TO its gray
ity That is the relationship of the gov
eminent to the strike which was instant
" recognized by the ministry in its con-
ferences and its measures for coping
with the situation. One Of the means
employed is unique. Under French law
the railroad employees are members of
the military reserve. Accordingly the
government summons them 10 duty in
the latter capacity, in which they will
be subject 10 its military orders. They
quit work as railroad employees, and
oAt dS lLiAAtoAs ALErtl hAoAo phN@fA'i
back 10 the very work which they quit.
If they refuse, they are guilty of mutiny.
or of military insubordination, very
serious offence. punishable with impris-
onment for Il year. Thus far the strikers
have not refused 10 answer this sum-
mons, but are temporiZing, alleging that
the law grants them fifteen days grace
before responding. BY the end of fifteen
days many things may happen.
In resorting TO this eXpedient for com
polling the men TO resume work the gov
eminent obviously assumes tremendous
responsibility. IL the men respond favor
ably and obey orders. we'll and good. But
if they do no. the government will stand
face to face with wholesale mutiny and
with problems which IL will be exceed
iDgly difficult and embarrassing To solve.
VI would be stultifying 10 ignore whole
sale mutiny. and yet il would be en-
barrassing 10 send tens of thousands of
men to jail And, Of course. if the men
are legally entitled TO fifteen DAYS de-
lay they can for the present defeat the
whole purpose OF the governments call
without making themselves liable TO
punishment Mr.. BRAND declares that
the strike is really a political insurrec-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
PEGEETRATEOg ONEKH.

Different interpretations viii doubt
less be put on the registration figures
IF Monday and Tuesday The two DAYS
total for the city and for each Of the
borougbs except Queens is smaller than
IN 1909, 1905 or 1906. The deficit com
pared with 1903 is 1881: with 1905
S7142. and with 1906 g.. 129 The most
natural comparison is that with 1906
when q Governor was to be elected, but
not a President. Yet in another sense
q comparison with 1909 is juster. be
cause the registration of 1909 was the
first TO show the full effect Of the cleo
ton law amendments intended 10 do
away with colonization. Those amend
ments have probably purged the rolls
of 30.OJO Illegal vcters il was TO be
expected. therefore. that the totals for
1863 and 1910 would fall below those of
1905 and 1906, in which years COLOMBIA
ton was still attempted oB a consider
able scale. Instead Of treating the low
cred figures Of this year rs an indica-
ton Of political apathy ii might he
more 10 the point 10 treat them as an
evidence Of the successful warfare
made on the fioater the personator and
the repeater.
There Is more apathy this year than
there WAS in 1905. for even the faster
growing parts Of the city have fewer
voters registered now than were reg
istened at the same time two years ago.
But Il good many parts of the city. in
GLIDING tire Democratic strongholds i'm
Manhattan south If I'D street and the
Democratic stronghoIds in Brooklyn.
ought 10 show losses in registration
compared with 1906 and 1908, and that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
GREEK CABINET RESIGNS
Difficulty in Forming New Min
istry-Fears of War.

Athens, oct. 12-The Greek Cabinet, Of
which NJ DragoumiS was Premier, resigned
to-day. The Ministry was form d on Janu-
airy 81 last. The resignation was due both
to the complications with Turkey and to
internal discussions. Owing TO the reluct-
ance OF other political leaders TO take con-
troll. II is possible that King George will
ask Premier Dragoumis 10 form another
non partisan Cabinet.
1t is also possible that VI. Gryparis, Greek
Minister at COnstantinople, VIII succeed NJ
Dragoumis. Gryparis was recently recalled
for consultation With the government, and
this fact gave rise to the rumOr that dipI >
matte relations between Greece and Turkey
had been broken.
Premier DragoumiS has been attacked
bitterly on the ground that he had failed
to support the dignity OF the country
against Turkish aggression. In q recent
speech the Premier said that Greece had
never before been in a position of such in
credible danger from causes both external
and internal since the accession OF King
George.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
People and Social Incidents

Mr. and Mrs. Paterson gave q dinner to-
night for their house guests. Mr. and sfss.
Arthur 5. Hardy. Miss Dorothy Richard-
son. Frank Babbott. Frank Taft and III
ward y. ChiIds
Miss Mary e. IIumstone has joined her
father. W. s. Humstone. at the Mspls-
wood. IN PfttsheId
Mr.. and Mrs r. IT. Mcknight Mrs 4.
Cornelius and Miss Arnold. Of New Tors.
are at the MapIewood-
Miss Georgiana Sargent has gone to Kew
York
a ". Woodward and Donald Woodward
started to-day for Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel W BRIGHAM wiz
arrive this week at the Curtis Hotel %
visit Mr- and Mrs. John Innes Kane Miss
Ellen Brockstt. Miss Iseiin. Mrs. John
Thompson. Albert z Gallatin and Mr..
John w. Minton viii also arrive this wses
at the same hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. Bayard L. Livingston. %
Philadelphia. have arrived az the Field
cottage.
Charles Robinson Smith and Miss r.
Robinson Smith. OF New York. Mr.. ard
Mrs. Archibald r. Russell, OF Princeton.
and Mrs. Thomas FL Barker. Miss Barker,
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. L. Hatch and Mr.. and
Mrs William Edwards. OF New York, ar
rived at the Curtis Hotel to-day
The Endean Beagles ran over Richmond
Mountain to-day. with Mss Edith Bird
master Of the hounds. Riding were Ches-
ter G.. Burden. whip; Mrs. Preston Dsvis,
Miss HeIoise Meyer. Miss Isabel Shotter
and Joseph w Burden
Mrs. Preston Davfe. who is a guest %
Miss Bedford at the Hotel Aspinwall. win
Judge the saddle horses ar the Berkshirs
Hunt horse show on Saturday. and Dr.
Henry p Jacques and Frank s. Tihotson
will Judge the farm horses
Mr.. and Mrs c. L. Rogers. n =. Cur
ney, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Ferguson and Mr..
and Mrs Charles z. Johnson. OF New
York, and Mr.. and Mrs. George 2 Put
nam, Miss \ II Putnam. Miss Alice Nor
gan, Mr. and Mrs. George Griswold Hay
ward and Mrs. G. Griswold Hayward. OF
Boston. arrived to-day az the Hotel Aspin.
wall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
BEARING FRUIT.

Postmaster General Hitchcock's pre-
diction that by July, 1911, the postal
service will become self-sustaining is a
fresh tribute to the practically Of
President Taft's policy of administra-
tive reforms. Mr.. Taft set to work
earnestly when he became President TO
reduce the cost Of government. Before
his time expenditure had steadily in
creased, and the increase was looked
upon in Congress as well as in the de-
partmentS as unavoidable. A part OF
it was unavoidable, because the nation
has grown and the activities of the fed
eral service have been expanded in all
directions. But another part Of the in
crease was not justifable-that due to
lack of cooperation between Congress
and the Executive in planning expendi-
lures and TO the employment Of anti
uuated and costly methods in conduct
ing the governments business. The
budget law passed by Congress and
zealously executed by President Taft
has checked the annual increase in ap-
preparations. The expenditures for
1910-'11 will be smaller than those for
1909-'10-the first decrease in a genera
ton. 4 thorough overhauling Of the
machinery is also putting
the government in a position TO do its
work more effectively on a smaller
outlay.
In the postal service the deficit was
cut down last year about S11.O00,OO0
At the end of the present fiscal year
Mr.. Hitchcock says that there will be
no deficit. He has asked Congress to
for 1911-'12 only S6,2S6. 925
more than was appropriated for 1910
II. Heretofore, the annual increase in
postal expenditures has been about
S20, 000,0 600. But the Postmaster Gen
eral thinks that he can take care of the
additional business with a small extra
allowance and can more than Offset that
allowance by increased postal receipts.
There is no good reason why the postal
service should not pay its own way.
It is 10 do so hereafter. and Mr.. Hitch
soon he making sufficient profits on the
present rates 10 warrant the expert
ment OF one-cent letter postage Deliy-
eriDg first class mail at the 0ne-cent
rate without calling on Congress TO
make good Il deficit in the postal APP
would be q signal yindica-
ton of President Taft's contention that
the government can easily be made to
give better service at n lower cost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
REGULATING rood STORAGE.

The announcement of forthcoming
bill for the regulation Of the storage Df
food suggests the need Of reason and
Judgment in dealing with what is I'M
doubtediy j very important problem in
social and industrial economies. That
those qualities have not always hitherto
been exercised in discussions Of the sub
iect is painfully well known. Some, 1T
one extreme, have seemed to regard the
storage of food products in large guam
titles and for a considerable time as an
unnecessary and unmitigated evil, while
others ar the other extreme have almost
appeared 10 think that the chief function
of food products is to be stored indefi-
nitely in warehouses. Both these views
are indefensibie. There can be no doubt
that the storage system is of great if
not indispensable utility, and it Is
equally certain that it is susceptible Of
iamentable abuses.
The first and supreme consideration
should be that of health. No storage Of
food should be permitted which would
SO impair its quality as TO make It
menacing TO life or injurious to health
or would considerably reduce its nutri-
tive value. III that respect the same rule
is 10 be applied TO storage as TO the Use
Of preservatives. We quoted the other
day q man who thought or seemed to
think that because of the great amount
of capital invested in the business the
preservation Of food with chemicals
should be permitted, even though il was
a little harmful TO health. 1t would be
impossible to dissent too vigorously
from that view
The second consideration in impor-
tance, probably, is that of the cost of
food. and no system Of storage should be
permitted for the purpose of artificially,
arbitrarily and unnecessarily increasing
that cost. The storage system unques-
tionably does regulate prices to degree,
particularly, we are told, in the direction
of making them more uniform the year
round That is to say, such articles as
poultry and eggs, the supplies of which
greatly vary according TO the season If
the year, are prevented from ever being
either AS costly or as cheap as they
would be without the storage system. If
the prevention of extreme cheapness IS
inseparably connected with the proven
ton of extreme costliness, ii may per
haps be permitted, provided the net re-
suit Is not an unreasonable increase of
the average price.
Based upon these principles, the stor-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
WOES OF THE MODERN ORATOR
correspondent Calls Attention to the
Strain of Active Campaigning.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t appears from the card indices of
the notable public speakers for the Repub-
lcan and the Democratic parties that al
most one thousand are i'll. In almost al
instances this is due 10 overwork and
worry. combined with poor food and the
effects Of the noises at night at hotels
In which tie speakers are put to bed a
true epitaph upon the gravestones of many
of our public men would be: worked and
talked to death by the American people"
During recent years the many hardships
that environed public speakers Of the days
of Lincoln and Douglas have been intensi-
fed in number of ways. Because of the
present day liking for big halls and out-of-
door mass meetings. attended by from 1921
TO $4,000 auditors, all of whom want 10 hear
the principal speakers, only very robust
speakers. with voices of phenomenal carry
ing power, can make themselves heard
clearly throughout these meetings. These
physical facts account for the disappear
ance from public platforms in political
campaigns of many of the older popular
speakers, whose minds are as strong as
ever, but whose proper regard for their
health forbids them 10 go to speak in big
halls. where. in order TO get and hold the
attention of all the auditors for the time
sufficient for covering the subjects, they
would be obliged to expend a tremendous
amount of physical energy.
In comparatively tiny halls, like Faneuil
Hall and Independence Hall, many of the
most persuasive and eloquent public speak
ers. and who We're of frail physical powers,
spoke during the early days of our nation.
Those men could not have made themselves
heard beyond a dozen rows from the stages
of our big halls
We meet popular speaker at the station
with a band and crowd of men. He is
expected to shake hands with everybody
and to say a few words to every hand
shaker Then he is taken to hotel. and
in place of being allowed to refresh himself
quietly, he is lined up against a regiment
of party workers; then comes a poorly
cooked meal, eaten to the noise of band
and the bowling Of campaign songs by the
young fry. After that comes the process
sion from the hotel 10 the hall, with the
political clubs shooting off fireworks and
bands crashing away.
AT last the hall is reached the bands
play Hail to the Chief; the stage is
crowded with prominent citizens; several
old men who knew Lincoln or Douglas are
brought forward TO shake the hand of the
speaker, and then he is introduced TO vari-
Gus bosses who are posing on the stage;
then come the fiashlight photograph fiends,
and then the speaker, being on the edge of
physical exhaustion, begins TO try to fill the
hall with his voice. "Old Uncle Ned" with
his shovel and Loe, in ante-belIum times,
was not in It as a worker when compared
with the political orators Of to-day, who
are run at a big overload until most of
them break down before Election Day
g. WILFRED PEARCE, c. E
New York, Oct 10, 1910.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
Il HlnSenlentS.

.CADEAIT OF MUSIC-s:l5-The Crisis.
AT.HAMRRA-c-S- NsUdeviile.
nNfERICAN-2-S-N Vaudeville.
kcToIR-s .ls-Seven DAYS.
FE,IsAsCO-2:eg- s. :s0-9'hs Concert
kROADN-AY-s -i5-JudN Forgot
CASINOS .i5-FIe Came from Nii~aukee-
CIRCLES Madame y
CITY TRE-S-Arsene 1supin-
-2-S-Nsu6ev5ile
.-ONEnY-S -15-The Family
gRlTERION-S.20 -The Commuters
-pA1.Y' SIS .:0-Sshy Mine
EMPIRES .Ir-Snlith
cAIETy-s:s5--Cset Rich Quick NsltnsioTo-
GLOBES .30--The Girl m the Train
EsCKFTT-s 20-Motheg.
TANTNERSTfrIN 'S-.-S -I5-Neuoehlle
r|lJpsTD ARE--S. 1S-Tiliie's Ntghn1are.
TTIPPODROME-2-s-Th Internattonai Nup
Ballet Of Niagara-The Earthquake
ET-llSON-S .2o-The 1feseT.ers-
IRVING TT,ACE-S.fs-ner Raste lbinoer
ZOE WEBER s:15-Airn,, Where DO you
Jdvc2 -,,,
t-STCK FREOCK ER-s .F5-OUr Miss Gibbs.
yTRFRTY-ls .l5-The Country Boy
J,YCE-r-N .2a-Tpecorating CleTnenfine
LYRICS :I!,-RIadsrne Troubsdour-
ssA~HATTAN OPERA HoCSE-e-1s-fda the
Finite PLAYER
-gAKTNE FTIdOTT's-s ssc-It1e Passing of the
Third FLOOR Rack.
NazTVoI- ASS .sO-The TattIe DsnnoZcL
Nl-N kNSrt-TfD AeI--s-lS- 2G2Ine sherry
-SFT. Tt7rA1 Re: S0-T1e Tlue Bid
%-FW YORK -S.I5-- The Deacon and the Lazy.
vEFT BIIr-s 1s-Rehccca OF SsnnVbrook Farm
NyATF tx - .l5-Aliss Jimmy Valentine
VEST ENr-s:i5-The NikRdo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
DEGREES FOR AMERICANS
University of Berlin Gives the
Emperor an IL. D.

Berlin, oct. 12-The University OF Berlin.
which is celebrating its 1blth anniversary.
conferred to-day the degree OF Doctor OF
Laws on Emperor William. His majesty
was not present at the ceremony.
The university also conferred the follow
ing degrees on Americans: Doctor OF Laws,
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, United
States Supreme Court. ard Professor John
William Burgess, dean of the faculty oc
political science at Columbia University.
Doctor of Philosophy. President y 7. Had
ley of Yale. Professor Bailey Willis. OF the
faculty of science. Chicago University, and
George Ellsry Hale the astronomer OF ths
Solar Observatory Office. Pasadena, Cal.
and Doctor of Medicine. Professor Theo-
dOre William Richards, professor Of chem
istry ar Harvard and exchange professor
at Berlin University n 1897.
Dean kOhler. of the law faculty. praised
Justice Holiness services IN solving legal
problems and the Fundamental value OF h!s
writings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13

The abandonment by Ely, the aNl-
ater. of his foolish attempt to ny from
Chicago TO New York for the piHe u
$4,000 offered by The New ioi l.
Times and THE Chicago hNeh.hs
Post must be regarded with satlslac
ton by those who have taken NOTICE VI
the undertaking. The performer haa
travelled only thirty-two miles IN thfee
days. but was hoping to make at least
a few more trials of MS Ill plepa,'u
machine, when he received Woru That
further repairs were out of the ques-
ton. AS he was the only starter alter
months Of effort TO arrange compeu-
ton, the affair, we may assume, Is at
an end
Such q fiasco must be rather huInlIl-
ating to our esteemed contemporaries
who had long been advertising the night
as a prospective contribution OF maSnln-
cent proportions to the art and science OF
aviation. but they really ought to feel
sense Of relief. That they have saved
their money is. of course, minor con-
sideration. The real advantage which
they have gained through the utter col
lapse of the enterprise is their escape
from responsibility for the deaths and
injuries which would almost certainly
have resulted had their plans been car
ried ont. 1t would not have been
pleasant thing to remember that they
had tempted reckless men to their de-
struction, but still more troublesome
would have been the fact, when an I'M
controlled machine darted into throng
of spectators at some landing place. that
they had provided the spectacle.
If Wellman never actually starts from
Atlantic City on a fight across the
ocean in the dirigibie balloon which
he has been fussing over so long, the
promoters of that undertaking will also
have reason to be glad, though they
NAV not admit it. If man wants to
make himself wholly responsible for an
adventure of that sort. there Is no law
to prevent, and perhaps there is no
need of one But certainly others ought
not to divide the blame, and, above
all. newspapers should be ashamed to
seek advertisement by promoting such
frantic performances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
IBy Telegraph to The Tri57ne.I

by Telegraph 70 The Tri57ne-
Newport. Oct. 12--Nathanfel Thayer. VINO
has been i'll at his summer home for some
time. is now so far improved that he hopes
TO be- able to go 20 his winter home in
Boston within a short time Dr.. Richard
son, Mr.. Thayer's Boston physician, was
here to-day, and he was surprised when he
found his patient walking about
8 Dwight. OF New York. who Eas been
the guest OF Hugh D. AuchincIoss, has re-
turned to his home.
Mrs. James P. Kernochan gave dinner
party at her home this evening
Francis Roche registered az the Casino
to-day.
Mrs Reynolds Hit has returned to
Washington after a brief stay here
Mrs. French Vanderbilt has gone 10 New
York for short visit
Mr. and Mrs. T. Suffern Taller closed
their season to-day and went 20 New YORK
Macmillan AgassIz returned TO cam
bridge to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs John Rutledge Abney have
closed their season and returned TO New
York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
2 R1RNES,S RESIGN4TTON.

Without rejecting in any way upon
his loyalty. -Ir. Prentice. the chairman
of the Republican State Committee,
took a proper step in dropping Mr..
William Barnes, jr., from the executive
committee. The Republican party is APP
pea ling TO the voters of the state as q
recognized party. and Mr.. Barnes was
the most conspicuous member of the old
regime. He led the fight against the re-
orga nizers in the recent primaries and
at the Saratoga convention. He has pro-
claimed over and over again his opposi-
ton 10 the purposes which animate the
present managers of the Republican
party. He was the leader of the opposi-
ton 10 Governor Hughes, upon whose
record the party appeals TO the public,
being pledged to carry out his policies
and under the control of his supporters.
Under the circumstances Mr.. Barnes
could not have been retained in a posi-
ton of honor and influence in the party
without discrediting the good faith Of
its reorganizers and without injuriDg the
party's prospects in the campaign.
Mr.. Barnes should have perceived the
force of these considerations himself,
and should not have felt his elimination
from the executive committee to be
reflection either upon his loyalty or upon
his political capacity. Nevertheless. his
resignation from the state committee
cannot be regretted. For his member
ship in that body the reorganizers of the
I-1ll
they would have been for his appoint
ment to the executive committee, but his
retirement is a certificate of the thor
oughness and uncompromising character
Of party reform.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
THE TALk OF THE DAY.

In spea king of Yom Kippur. the most i'm
portant Of the Jewish holidays, The
Philadelphia Exponent" says: 1T is day
for the searching Of hearts, for the ap-
praisal of our motives. for the considera-
ton of the way in which We have fulfilled
our obligations TO Almighty God and our
neighbors. II is the day on which the sell
fish, the arrogant and the naughty are
given an opportunity TO recast their meth
DDS of life, TO bring themselves into har-
fnony with the commands that require jus
tice, mercy, humility and righteousness to
prevail in the affairs of men. 1t is a day
on which violence, hatred and dishonesty
and all other sins forbidden in the Deca-
logue by express injunction or necessary
implication meet in the arena the only
power that can conquer them-a sincere.
absolute and perfect repentance"
Bitter says he is walked up every morn
ing at o'clock
what does he keep-a rooster, baby or
a grandpa%'-Life.
TOMMY ON THE COST OF LIVING.
hear the folks all saying that
The cost of living's high
And getting higher all the time
And so / ask them why?
Pa SAYS that there is too much gold;
Ma blames 1t on some trust.
And uncle views the tariff law
With very great disgust
1t seems 10 me what really makes
The cost of living high
Is that folks charge Us such a lot
For what we want to buy.
GEORGE Il. NORWOOD
Crimsonbeak-These little flats good
things, sometimes.
1east-When do you think so?
When fellow is stretching out his
hands To show you the size of the fish he
caught the extent of the apartment will
prevent him from going too far. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
Boston boasts that she has two statues
of Columbus in public places. and The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
PREPARING FOR POSTAL BANKS
Treasury Officials Hard at Work or
Plans

Washington. Oct 12--The preparations OF
the Treasury Department for the establish
ment Of the postal savings bank system
are in fun swing Assistant Secrsts-y-
Andrew Is preparing a report showing tbs
relation of the department to the system.
The report will be submitted to the trus-
tees Of the banks az a meeting which viii
probably be held next week. To assist in
making the report two committees Oe
Treasury officials have been appointed Tn
consider such questions as the designa-
ton of banks as depOsitaries for postal
savings funds, the issue OF bonds and ths
auditing work