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New-York tribune., 1910-01-21

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The suns and considerations of the
glorious galaxy now sparkle and scintil-
late gloriously upon us. The domain of
this glorious galaxy is situated at pres
ent In the south and southeast and ex-
tends from brilliant Capella. near the ze-
NTH, to more brilliant Sirius. toward the
horizon. Queen Capella sparkles near the
top OF the constellation Auriga, while be-
low her twinkle the inseparable Twins in
Gemini. CLEANS the ruddy eye of Aide
baran In Taurus and glimmers the hazy
group OF the Pleiades. Below Gemini and
Taurus glows the wavering sun Betelgeux
and sparkles brilliant Rigel in the famous
and ancient constellation of Orion. and be-
tween Betelgeux and Rigel twinkle the
three belt stars"
Eastward OF Orion gltters the lonely
gem Procyon In CAMS Minor. and. lowest
OF all. scintiilates that incompatible jewel.
King Sirius, In CAMS Major Six suns and
six consteliations--and the greatest of
these are Sirius and Orion! Sirius like
living. fiery SKY diamond; Orion sparkling
in the armament like gigantic fragment
OF sidereal jeweiry
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
Worcester. Mass. Jan. II, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21

kindred nation which alone surpasses
our own In the frequency OF Its resort
TO international arbitration or adJudL
cation
Our controversy with Venezuela is of
comparatively recent origin. ard hinges
not so much upon treaty ire probation
as upon points Of domestic md inter-
national law and their relations. 1t
was at one time particularly acrirno-
Nous and endangered the maintenance
OF peaceful intercourse between the
nations. Practically all other issues be-
tween the two countries have now been
settled through direct diplomacy, and 1t
is fitting that this, which has seemed
incapable Of such settlement, should be
remitted to the court Of last resort. 1t
is significant that a dispute between
two American republics is TO be deter
mined by a non-American, or at most
only partly American, tribunal. That 1t
will be promptly and equitably disposed
Of there is no ground for doubt: fact
which emphasizes the contrast between
these times and those of Mr.. Castro.
The case Of the North Atlantic fish
cries is quite diHerent. 1t Is old, uatihS
back at least to 1918, and 1t involves
chiefly Interpretation of a treaty. 1t
has not endangered peace, but 1t has
been a chronic source of annoyance, and
innumerable efforts at direct diplomatic
settlement have been made. These prov
ing ineffectual, 1t was happy achieve
ment of American diplomacy to arrange
for reference Of il TO The Hague, and
the result will doubtless approve the
wisdom of that course. The two cases
are examples of the kinds which may
properly be submitted to alien adjudica-
ton, involving as they do no questions
of national honor or security, and the
manner in which they are being sub
mitted, after all other peaceful methods
Of adjustment had proved Intellectual,
suggests the correct mode Of procedure
in all such cases.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
"AMERICANIZING SOCIALISM.
Would Harmonize Economic Liberty
with Socialized Industry.
he Editor of This Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The debate held last Sunday at the
New Rochelle Peoples Forum between the
socialist Hilquit and the individualist Lit
tleton resembles that OF three years ago
between the same socialist and DIR. Schur-
man. OF Cornell University. as does one egg
another. 1t seems that either side has
neither forgotten nor learned anything
since The very fact, however, that appar-
ent truths advanced by the opposite sides
In controversy appeal to an audience
simultaneously with more or less force is
clear proof that either side has stated the
truth but partially. and 1t is to this larger
or smaller fraction of truth alone that the
listeners mind gives assent.
No unbiased mind can escape the force
of Mr.. Littleton's argument that socialism,
as expounded by Mr.. Hillquit. will destroy
economic liberty. On the other hand, every
intelligent observer must admit Mr.. Hill
quits plea that. under our present system
of production, the economic freedom Of the
average worker is fast disappearing.
Some American socialist thinkers of
whom Mr. Hillquit, perhaps, has never
heard, quarter of a century ago, un-
der the incentive of the then growing Pop
ulist and single tax agitations, formulated
a plank iG the socialist platform that pro-
posed 10 harmonlze the TWO seemingly II
reconcilable positions assumed by socialists
and individualists, respectively. 1t read as
follows:
I'VE demand the organization and direc-
tion of the industries by the state in the
order of their (private) monopolzation."
This and another plank of similar purport
were actually adopted by the then Socialist
Labor party of the United States at the
Chicago convention of September %. 1880
Those responsible for the adoption of these
planks were subsequently read out OF the
party by the nom and un-American ad-
vocates of class hatred. and the latter sue
ceeded quite well In confning again their
socialist propaganda to the foreign ele-
ment, not yet imbued with the spirit of
true American republican democracy.
Although foiled in their attempt TO Amer
icanize the socialist movement, the former,
nevertheless, had the satisfaction of seeing
their Ideas adopted by the Populists. who,
In their turn, carried them back into the Re-
publican and Democratic ranks which they
rejoined. The casting of the seed. thus.
after a further filtering process, resulted In
the now famous Roosevelt policies of anti
trust legislation and regulation OF private
monopolies. ADAM ROSENBERG.
New York, Jan. II, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21

II was rescued recently through tho efforts
Of the newspapers, and Il will be perma-
nently erected, pedestal and all. next May.
Sillicus-What do you suppose caused
him to 60 to the bad?
Cyncus--Trying to be a good Fellow
Philadelphia Record.
A correspondent. writing to Paris
paper. says that he has observed that
aeroplanes cause great CONSERVATION
among birds. Several sportsmen. members
OF the st. Hubert Club support this state
ment. saying that an aeroplane when IN
flight resembles an enormous bird OF prey.
All the birds are terrified. and stays and
other animals OF the chase hide themselves
In tho woods when they hear the engines
working above them. The opinion, how
ever, is expressed that the birds will not
be driven to other regions. but will soon
become accustomed to their strange Wis.,
ttors
THAT statesman is always depicted with
an unlighted cigar In his mouth"
Yes. 1t shows his cautious nature.
He never smokes anything until he gets
we'll acquainted with it."-Washtngton
Star.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY

Mr. FOND Father reproved his IittIa son
Ior having only 70 per cent in arittnetic
. Mathematics, my boy" he said sis q
very useful study, and you must try To do
better. Il thought that was only useful
for sailors" said the boy. why for sail
ors?' Well. people on land have adding
machines. don't they?"
New Iodser tsarcastically)-Is this all
the soap there is in the room? A
,Llandlady (decidediy)-Yes. sir; all I will
New Lodger-Weli, I'll take two more
rooms. I've got TO wash my face i'm the
raorning. illustrated Bits.
"Say john remarked a Tenderloin mo-
liceman TO Greek fruit dealer I'm going
in here TO get a shave II you see the
boss coming, let me know" By .'the boss''
he meant the sergeant--in the old days
called the roundsnan. The patrolman
thinking that he had protected the rear"
TO use a military phrase. stretched out I'm
the barbers chair. When lie was well
lathered and prepared for a comfortable
shave. supposing that the sergeant would
be steered off from his post, the (;reek
came walking in. immensely pleased with
himself. and remarked II find him all
right. Bill. Here he ees" II cost the
patrolInan days pay.
Blobbs-Some fellows would rather bo
born lucky than rich. "
Slobbs-Bllt the fellow who Is born rich
is lucky. hiladelphia Record.
I'VE read almost daily about forgotten
books and pictures and neglected heroes =.
says the Paris correspondent of the Nor
senpost," but forgotten monument ia out
OF the ordinary. Paris had one. however
in the form Of the memorial to Cornelle
which was to have been erected in 1906. AL.
lonard. who had received the commission
finished the statue and on the dav ag,.ed
upon II was unveiled in the Place de par
theon. mounted on temporary pedestal
because the bronze plates for the perma-
nent one had not been completed. A few
days later the statue. together Win ,hs
wood pedestal, was earted away. Intarsst
in Corneille seemed to wanc and the statue
found It's way to a Junk warehouse vhencs
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
DR.. MACDONALD CALLED TO LYNN.

The Rev. DR.. Robert Macdonald. pas
tor of the Washington Avenue Baptist
Church, Brooklyn. for thirteen years, has
received a cali from the Central Congre-
sational Church of Lynn, Mass. Yester-
day he asked TO be allowed TO consider the
call for two weeks before giving final
decision He also received committee
from his church. and it is understood that
great pressure was put upon him to re-
main. DR.. Macdonald was the associate
Tor three years as resident preacher at
Harvard with Or. Lyman Abbott, Dr.
Henry van, Dyke and DR.. Charles Cuth-
bert Hail. He was pastor OF one OF the
largest Baptist churches in Boston before
coming to Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
A FLAGRANT CASE.

The Tribune remarked when punish
ment was meted out in the Rock Island
case that if the Stock Exchange au-
thorities were content to inflict penalties
only in sensational cases they would
fail to deter manipulation. What we
said is borne out by this still more
discreditable Hooking Coal affair. At
the time of the report on the Rock
Island case a worse instance of manip-
ulation was going on in Hooking Coal
stock, and it kept right on without in
terruption till the crash. If the eX-
change now Furnishes the participants
in this affair it will still lie under the
imputation of Furnishing not the manip-
ulation of the market but the being
found out.
On the subject of such manipulation
as this the investigating commission ap-
pointed by Governor Hughes, after declar-
ing it was within the power of the Stock
Exchange TO check it, said: when con-
''tinued ma manipulation exists 1T is patent
''to experienced observers. This appears
to have been peculiarly fragrant case Of
manipulation The stock of a company
which bad never been prosperous. which
had once levied an assessment to pay
interest charges, which in its history
had paid dividends only three times, the
highest being II per cent, and which
had never before last year been quoted
higher than 308, was persistently forced
up to more than 90 and kept, there. These
circumstances were enough TO attract
attention to what was happening in
Hooking Coal, even if the transactions
ia it were not such as to disclose manip-
ulation TO experienced observers.
When the Hughes commission report
ed last year that the abuses of specula-
tion could best be corrected by the eX-
changes themselves the hope was ex-
pressed that the exchanges would see
that their own best interests required
that fagrant manipulation should be
discoura ged by them. We are not aware
that any progress has been made by
the exchanges toward carrying out the
recommendations of the commission.
Its report is now before the Legislature,
and such incidents as these in Rock
Island and Hooking Coal will tend to
create an impression that it is futile
to rely upon the exchanges to reform
themselves. We should be sorry to have
the public attempt to regulate specula
tion by law for such attempts have
always been unhappy: but it will be
difficult to convince the people indef-
initely that legislation s-not required
if the Stock Exchange pleads that it IS
unable TO deal with -sHeh flagrant
manipulation as that-in Hooking Coal
unless the manipulation comes to grief.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
MAY MERGE MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
Philadelphia Institutions Would Forn
Part of Princeton.

by Telegraph to The lrlonIs.i
Philadelphia. Jan. 90.-PlanS are unas'
way for the merger of the Jenersea'
Medico-ChirurgicS and Polyclirie Meaf
cal Colleges. OF this city. and their se.'
nection with some university as its u'sc'-
cal department As Princeton CniversiN
has no such department. IL Is the I'D
choice OF those back of the plan. win =
hiSh University as possible ses'"
choice. The Medico-Chirurgical viii seS-
lose it's buildings by the cutting OF ~
parkway. and its union with Jefferson -
been considered for some time The Fos.
clinic under the new plan would eontih..
10 be an institution for post gFasHa'
Study
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
ANIMAL TRAINERS PERIL.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The report in to-day's Tribune OF
the death in the hospital of the poor
woman who was injured while training
several leopards with which she expected
to give public exhibition makes one ask
If the time has not come when it should be
made legally impossible for woman to
risk her life in this way.
If ignorant and thoughtess people in
search of a sensation are willing to see
such an exhibition, should not the more
humane and civilized part of the public
make some effort by legislation as well as
by education to control this Willingness,
just for excitement, to see woman placed
in such peril?
The fact that this woman was trying by
her dangerous work to support her two
little children makes this case especially
pitiful, but such exhibitions are essentially
wrong and ought TO be prohibited in any
civilized community. NJ. s.
New York, Jan. is, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,".
IFrorn The Tribune Bureau.

Washington. Jan. 2o.--tIooernor aIagoon
entertained a large dinner party tonight at
the Alibi Club. inviting his guests TO meet
the military attach6 of the American En-
bassy in London and Mrs. Sydney \. Clo-
man.
Mrs. Sherman entertained a large lunch
con party to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Wadsworth enter
tained number of guests at dinner tonight
and followed it with reception. musical
and dance. Their guests included a large
number of persons from official and resident
society.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Salisbury Knox have
issued invitations for the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Georgia Katherine Knox, and
Harry Smith Berry. OF Nashville, Tenn, at
st. Thonas's Church. on Tuesday. February
S. at 4 80 o'clock. There will be a recep-
ton at the brides home after the ceremony.
number of the governors attending the
convention here will so to the SouthernNhall
at the New Willard tomorrow night, and
the President. Mrs. Charles Anderson, the
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
Mr.. PARsoNSS RESIGNATION.

Representative Parsons in retiring
from the presidency of the Republican
County Committee takes with him more
of the good will of Independents, in
dependent Republicans and useful cit
izens generally than has followed into
retirement any other man who has oc-
cupied that post and at the same time
exercised the authority of leader. Mr..
Parsons has been actaated by motives
superior to those that often prevail in
politics, and while he has made mis-
takes and has been compelled to make
compromises his. course as a whole
deserves the approval that has been
bestowed upon it.
Incidents like his support of Gov
eiTor Hughes for nomination and again
for denomination, when most OF the
other Republican county leaders op-
posed him, indicate the temper and
: quaiity of Mr.. Parsons's leadership
Again, in the recent mayoralty cam
paign, those who represented the in
dependents in the conferences before
! nominations were made bear cordial
testimony to the helpful attitude of the
Republican county president. He was
willing throughout to make any reason
able concession in order to accomplish
union of the anti-Tammany elements,
and he acceded as completely to the
principle Of non-partisan nominations as
any member of the Committee of One
Hundred could desire. 1t was largely
because of his attitude and of his ef-
forts that ticket was nominated which
was so generally successful against Tam
many Hall
Mr.. Parsons made the mistake of en-
teIing into combination with Mr..
Hearst in 1907 that was offensive to
the best sentiment Of the party, but
otherwise his course has tended greatly
to increase the respect in which the
local Republican organization is held.
AS he himself say, he substantially re-
moved the influence OF Tammany' Hall
from the party, putting an end to the
old mutual understandings between Re
publican district leaders and Tammany
politicians. He fought Tammany Hall
consistently, being especially successful
in obtaining legislation aimed at Tam
manys fraudulent vote To find a man
to continue the work he has done viii
not be easy.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21

on Thursday, she says took her Z5,SOO
feet above sea level.
So far as we are aware. Zurbriggen
and Vinez have made no effort to ascer-
tain the correctness Of Miss Peck's
claim. but Mrs. Workman. on the advice
OF two French geographers. employed an
engineer. Larminat by name, to visit
Peru and determine the height OF
Huascaran by triangulation. The noun
tain has two peaks. and in her letter to-
The Tribune Mrs. Workman reports that
he found the one which Miss Peck
climbed to be only 21,S12 feet high. 1t
must be conceded that Mrs. Workmans
enterprise was both natural and legiti-
mate, and she announces the result In a
perfectly courteous manner. Moreover,
since there has been general belief
among geographers that no other noun
tain on the continent equals Aconcagua
in height, there Will be q disposition to
accept M. Larminats figures at least
Professionally. especially as Miss Peck
was unable to use on the summit OF
H1ascaran the apparatus she carried for
the purpose Of measuring altitude.
Nevertheless, it is clearly Miss Peck's
privilege to employ her own surveyor to
make a strictly scientific calculation Of
the elevation she reached. She is also at
liberty, If she cares to meet the expense
OF such an inquiry. to make an inde-
pendent investigation of the labors Of
Dr. and Mrs. Workman. although. il we
are not mistaken, they employed barom-
eterS and other Instruments to Iearp bou,
High tney went AS the case stands, her
ASCENT OF Huascaran must be regarded
as an exceedingly plucky performance.
but the world will hardly be convinced
that she has made a new record In the
strenuous sport of which she is a
devotee
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-Senate: The Vice-Pres
cent appointed Senators Nelson. Flint,
Sutherland, Root. Psynter and Fletcher
,nembers Of the Ballinger- Pinchot in
vesugeting committee. - House:
Members of the Ballinger-Pinchot COM
ulittee were elected, the action Of the
Republican caucus being ratified.
FOREIGN.-A special dispatch from
London says the Unionists continued to
make slight gains, but the return OF the
Liberal government to power is assured.
= At court held by the Emperor
and Empress I'm Berlin an unusually
large number of American presentations
We're made. == Japan charged China
With being responsible for the plan for
the naturalization of railroads in China
and notified. her that Japan and Russia
viii oppose the proposal. - The first
of the suits brought by the Public
School Teachers Association of France
against the bishops who signed a recent
letter on the public schools was begun
tn Rheims, when the Cardinal Arch
bishop Of that place appeared as de-
fendant. A Paris court dismissed
the case brought against Mrs. John G.
\ Lelshmann, Wife OF the United States
>Ainbassador. 70 Italy. for the seizure OF
curtains. in tile Leishmann home in
Paris. - President Madriz of Mica
aqua refused to negotiate with General
Estrada on the latters terms and says
Ne VIII St1ike a decisive DlOW 10 efQ the
WAY. - Two persons were killed and
nine seriously injured by the wrecking
of a train at LIE Mans. France, due to
foods. - A general strike in Spain
may be declared to enforce the de-
T1ands for the liberation of political
prisoners in Barcelona
DOMESTIC-Presiden Taft addressed
the meeting of life insurance presidents
in Washington. The conference Of
governors in Washington adjourned
after making plans for future meeting
at some state capital - The Senate
at Albany voted to investigate the
charges against Senator Aids itself.
- The annual meeting of the State
Bar Association opened at Rochester.
- The State Agricultural Society
closed its annual meeting at Albany.
CITY.-Stocks were strong. The
war against police clubbers was contin-
sied; one was dismissed from the force.
John ID. Rockefeller, jr, called on
the Mayor in the interests Of the white
slave investigation by the special grand
jury of which he is foreman. -
Eight more dressrnakers were fined in
connection with the sleeper trunk
smuggling cases - An unidentified
man, after shooting jeweller in his
shop, in Brooklyn, committed suicide.
- Arthur Shibley, one of the boys
shot by a supposed maniac in High
bridge Park last week. died in the hos
erai authorities withdrew their objec-
tions TO the building of the Passaic VAL
ley sewer, and New York and New JeT-
.sey will agree to its construction.
THE wEATHER.-Indicati for to-
day: Unsettled weather and possibly
rain. The temperature yesterday: High
est 45 degrees; lowest. 80.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
MOVEMENT OF THE STARS.
Coming Lectures at Yale by Professor
w. W. Campbell.

New Haven, Jan. % Especial. Beginning
on Monday next, Professor ". ". Camp
bell, director of the Lick Observatory. VII
give series of lectures on STELLAR Ne
tions,' in the Sloane Laboratory Of Yais
University. Professor Campbell is widely
known for his determination of the veoci-
ties with which stars move away from O.
toward the obseTveF-''in the line OF sight
in astronomical phraseOlogy. This g0'S
is based on the measurement of the ez-
tent 10 which characteristic lines in ths
spectra of celestial bodies are displaeea.
photographs of the spectra being first OBJ
tanned. The task is one of extreme DEL
cscy. and for the excellence with which
Professor Campbell has performed il he has
received the medal OF the Royal AsronoHl-
cal Society (Of England) and reeogntens
from other scientific bodies. The spectre
scope which he has employed was pre-
ssnted to the Lick Observatory b. the lais
Darius o. Mills
New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
MEXICAN DIPLOMATIC CHANGES

Mexico City. Jan. IA general s'i.., -,
the Mexican diplomatic corps mas a.
place Among the changes which Ns''
nounced are the following:
Balbino pavalos. first secretary I'll %
Mexican Embassy at Washington, "a H.
10 Portugal SIS charge dhanss'
Louis Ricoy. FIRST secretary IN is,p Lgpasry ssry
will come TO Washington as nrSt
OF the embassy. -. NJ t1s
Carlos Pereyra. second secretaISs,s prc-
Mexican Embassy at Washington. :. and
noted 10 the rank OF nrst sscfetai "a iB-
goes 10 Cuba as charge danafss
term. -. ,f IeSa-
tion. is promoted 20 the ranh os S-sss-
secretary OF embassy and sosS "
ington. -. rank o.
Julfo Baz. without losing his ~ f,on-
second secretary OF embassy, goes :"
don as secretary of legation r,..rsras "a
Angel Alsara Remero De iss.sratary
promoted to the rank Of second pc,
Of embassy and goes 10 Nasnias''y,ul,'A iaaas'',l, tniri
Mariana Armerdariz Gel CasssinltS' rs fss
secretary OF legation, Is prons,nsssy AM
rank OF third secretary OF emO"''
goes to Washington.