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New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-Senate The Bailinger-
PInchot Investigation resolution, fnodi-
fed so as to provide for the election Of
the members on the part of the House.
instead OF their appointment by the
Speaker, was adopted. - House: The
administrations interstate commerce bill
was introduced by Mr.. Townsend: the
army appropriation bill was considered.
FOREIGN.-The election Of a new
British House OF Commons was ordered
by the King, who formally issued the
necessary crown writs. 1t is be-
lieved in Washington that Japan would
gain by the naturalization Of the rail-
roads in Manchuria, as suggested by Sec
retary Knox The international
aeronautic federation in Paris arranged
dates for meetings in 1910. - The in
heritance OF Princesses Louise, Stephanie
and Clementine, daughters of the late
King Leopold, is estimated at about S4,-
600, 900. - President Gomez enter
tanned Secretary Dickinson of the War
Department on his estate -ar Havana.
- Representative SuIzer introduced
joint resolution in Congress favoring
the recognition Of General Estrada as
President of Nicaragua, ~ Officers of
British warships in Central American
waters have been instructed TO observe
the strictest neutrality in Nicaraguan
affairs.
DoMESTIC.-A settlement of the gov
ernment's suit against the Hartman
railroads was discussed at White
House conference, in which President
Taft. Attorney General Wickersham,
Judge Lovett and others took part. -
The United States Supreme Court up-
held the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in its contention that it has power
10 regulate the distribution of coal cars
on railroads. - Roberta B. Dejanon
and Frederick Cohen, the Philadelphia
waiter, were found in a Chicago board
ing house. The first day OF the in
ternational aviation meet at Los Angeles
was given over to preliminary trials the
feature being three spectacular flights by
Paulhan, the French aviator. The
supplemental report made by officers Of
the State Insurance Department in the
case Of the Peoples Mutual Life Asso-
citation and League was filed at Syracuse
= The New York Military Academy
At Cornwall, y. Y, was burned; the
students. numbering about one hundred
and fifty. marched out in order but lost
most of their effects. - The warmest
campaign that Boston has ever expert
enced closed there.
CITY.-Stocks closed lower -
Mayor Gaynor told the new Tax Board
10 avoid political influence in its work.
- ThP new tax rolls showed g, gen.
eral Increase in assessments. - Four
former employees of the American Sugar
Refining Company were sentenced to one
year on BlackwelPs Island and their mo-
uon for q new trial was denied -
seven ships captains. four OF them VIC
TINS Of wrecks, arrived in New York on
one vessel. - Park Commissioner
Stover took Office and announced that
new Fairgrounds would be opened. -
Secret Service men believed that in ar
rests for counterfeiting they had struck
z Gripping blow at the Black Hand
THE WEATHER.-Indicatio for to-
day: Fair and warmer. The tempera-
ture yesterday: Highest, 80 degrees;
lowest, 19.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
THE LATEST APPOINTMENTS.

1t Is high but just praise to say that
Mayor Gaynor's latest appointments
are even better than his first. The Tax
Commissioners announced on Saturday
show evidence of careful selection, and
the board as whole can be relied upon
to administer the affairs of the Tax
Department without favor to the poll
tcians. In appointing DR.. Lederle to
the Health Department the Mayor Sc
cures the services of one who has de-
monstrated his usefulness in that office
DIR. Lederle raised the Health Depart
ment TO a high state of efficiency dur
ing his administration and was one of
the best health officers, if not the best,
the city has ever had. His enthusiasm
for the service is indicated by the finan-
cial sacrifice he makes in accepting the
present appointment.
II Mr.. Charles 3. Stovers administra-
tive capacity is equal to his enthu-
siasm and his knowledge he will be just
the Park Commissioner New York has
long needed. There is probably no one
in the city who knows more than be
about the city's parks or more about
park administration elsewhere, or who
has more intelligent view of the pos
sibilities of parks. To his helpfulness
during Commissioner WillcoX's admin
istra ton Mr.. Wilcox testified to the
Mayor. Mr.. Slower will have the cord
ial support and cooperation of every
one who is interested in the city's public
Fairgrounds and breathing places. His
aT J,a
expected to prove one of the most cred
liable features of Mayor Gaynors adj
ministration.
To one element in the Mayors policy
III making appointments The Tribune
wishes to record it's heartiest adhesion,
and that is his selection of municipal
experts in so many cases. The Tribune
has been insisting for long time that
the failure to develop and recognize ex-
perts was one cause of inefficient city
administTa tion. Such men are rare, but
Mayor Gaynor has succeeded in obtain
ing the services of several of them.
That he has not appointed more, as we
judge from some of his remarks, is
due not to want Of disposition but to
the impossibility of obtaining them. Dr.
Lederle. for example. is a notable in
stance of the municipal expert of the
finest type. Another is Mr.. Bemis. the
Deputy Commissioner of Water Supply,
Gas and Electricity. whose standing is
recognized all over the country. Mr..
Slower, though he has not held public
office, might almost be classed as an
expert because of the study he has de-
voted to park problems. Mr.. Watson,
the Corporation Counsel, appears to
have been appointed because of the at
tention he has given to the legal study
of municipal corporations. And Mr.
Purdy, the president of the Tax Board
who is reappointed, is an acknowledged
expert in his sphere. If the Mayor can
DO something toward establishing this
principle in municipal appointments his
administration will make an important
contribution to the art of city govern
mpnt
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
SUBWAYS AND CITY CREDIT.

The city's borrowing capacity in
creases about S27, 100000 this year. Last
year the increase was only about S10,-
00o,000, making S37, 100000 in the two
years. The various municipal needs
would probably exhaust that margin
0nd leave nothing available from such
annual increases for subway building.
Unless. then. there comes great rise
in assessed valuations in the near future
tx is probable that there is not going
10 be a large amount of additional city
credit available for rapid transit pur-
poses.
The present amount that might thus
be employed is small Controller Metz
estimated ii a month or so ago at S46,-
100000. a part OF that sum has since
been used and much more of if will un-
doubtedly have 10 be devoted to various
city projects before July /. when the
So 100000 becomes available. Conse-
quently the sum that might now be en-
pioyed in subway construction is not
large. To this may be added. il is esti-
mated, SJ0,000000 when law is passed
carrying into effect the provisions of the
constitutional amendment adopted ut
The recent election affecting the city's
borrowing capacity. II the $4,000 600
estimate Is right, when such q law 9
passed the city may have enough credit
available for the purpose. if the need of
subways is constantly borne in mind
ia making appropriations. 10 build tie
Broadway-Lexington avenue line. But
since the estimated cost Of that line IS
Ss0.e00,00o. IL is plainly optimistic TO
assume that the city will have sufficient
borrowing capacity for that work if
opIy s50.0O0Go toward it is to be made
available by the recent constitutional
amendment. Briefly. then. the constitu-
t.onal amendment, with the careful use
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. !

Washington, Jan. 10.-A fine audience
greeted the Manhattan Opera Company at
the Belasco Theatre tonight. on its
first appearance in Washington. The Presi-
dent and his party occupied a large
double box. and among others enter
tanning were the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs Meyer, Mrs. L. z. Letter, who had
in her box the French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand, Count and Countess de
Chanbrun and Mrs Henderson. OF Eng
land; Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley. who en-
tertained the Austrian Ambassador and
Baroness Hengelmuller, and Senator and
Mrs Root; Mr. and Mrs. John r. Mclean,
who entertained Senator and Mrs. New
lands. Miss Janet Fish and Mr. de Thai, Of
the Russian Embassy. and Mrs. Richard
Townsend, who had with her Miss Katherine
4Elkins and several others Other box mar
ties were entertained by Mr., and Mrs.
Thomas T. Gaff. Miss Gillett, Preston Glib
son, Senator and Mrs. Elkins, Mr.. and Mrs
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
RIVAL EXPLORERS.

An interesting situation is created by
the announcement that the man who
made the closest recorded approach to
the South Pole has determined upon an
other attempt to reach that goal Lieu
tenant Shackleton has undoubtedly cher
ished an eager desire to try again, ever
since he was forced to turn back on his
course almost exactly a year ago, but
the present avowal of his purpose comes
after the equipment of an expedition, to
be led by Captain Scott, has been made
practically certain. The two were COM
panions when the British flag was plant
ed in south latitude S2:17 Oh December
so, 1902. but as Captain Scott was in
command of the party which then made
a new Antarctic record he deserves the
chief credit of the achievement He was
deprived of his laurels in a not unfriend-
ly or unmanly fashion last January
when Lieutenant Shackleton reached a
point 366 geographical miles further
south, but now for the first time the
explorers are rival aspirants for new
fame and rival claimants for the pecuni-
ary help essential to new discoveries.
Both men have good title to popular
favor, and their fellow countrymen NAV
well hesitate to choose between them.
Lieutenant Shackleton, having followed
his predecessors route as EAR as it was
available, Is in measure indebted to
Captain Scott; but if the latter should
adhere to that portion of the formers
path south of latitude . there would
be a heavy obligation on the other side
of the account. Captain Scott and Lieu
tenant Shackleton owe much to Ross for
finding the deepest indentation on the
coast of Antarctica, but each If the men
who have invaded that far off continent
within the asst eight years has achieved
distinction, an" it is no easy task rightly
to app0rtion their deserts. Moreover, if
neither of them should utilize the food
deposited by the other for emergencies
Oh the return, there seems to be no good
reason why both should not adopt the
same route in the future, provided. of
course, that Lieutenant Shackleton is
able 10 obtain the backing he seeks.
Obviously, the explorer who makes the
first start will enjoy a great ADVANTAGE
and at present it looks as if Captain
Scott would get away some time during
the coming summer, yet it would he
rash to mako -s.s predictions ef his ulti-
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People and Social Incidents

John Hays Hammond and Mr. and Mr..
Frederick Keep. In the audience were
Count and Countess Moltke. Prince Rouda
chef. the Costa Eican Minister and 1Irne.
Calvo, the Salvadoran Minister and Nine.
MeJia, Senator kean. the Misses KeaR, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, II. and
Nine. Chermont. Major General and Mr..
Gillespie, Senator du Pont. Mr.. and 1lrz
Francis Crowninshield and Mr.. and arrA
Nathaniel Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley entertained
the Austrian Ambassador and Baroness
Hengelmuller and Senator and Mrs. Root
at dinner preceding the opera
Mr.. and Mrs John Hays Hammond and
other boxholders for the opera tonight en-
tertained large parties at supper following
the performance.
Major Zalinski. who has JUS. been ap-
pointed depot quarterrnaster in New YORK
will leave here tomorrow. accompanied bv
Mrs Zalinski. TO assume his new dutIes
They will make their home at the Waldorf
until they settle upon a more permanent
home. Mrs. Zalinski is sister OF Senator
Brandegee one of the bachelors OF the SEN
ate. and has been a popular hostess for him
for several years.
The Rev and Mrs. Herbert shipoen q.
New York, viii come to Washington on
wednesday to be the guests for some davz
of the latter's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edison
Bradley
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest wntsis. Mr. and
Mrs c. Marshall Allen and Mrs. Howard
Greenlie are among the New York ueoole
who will come here for the large ball 70 bA
given by Mr. and Mrs Edison Bradley on
Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Morris johnston en-
tertained a number of young people az
dance tonight for their daughter. aliss
Sophy Johnston. and a dance followed 70
which Rear Admiral and Mrs Clover and
a number OF other hosts took their S7,eSts
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
FUNERAL OF DR.. RICHARDS.
Many Friends at Services in Brick
Presbyterian Church

ne tunersl OF the Rev Or. William F.
faeharos was held yesterday in the Brsek
Fresoyterian Church. where he had served
lor elsht years as pastor. Many friends
attehded the service. including the men,
oers OF the New York Presbytery and rep
reseh.aeves . OF Yale University Corporatica
ana the Union Theological Seminary.
Inc Rev DIR. George Alexander. modsrs-
TOR o. the New York Presbytery; the Rev.
1T henry van Dyke. OF Princeton: ths
hev' robert Davis. assistant minister. and
tne Rev Shepherd knapp. Of Worcester.
Mass conducted the service.
Among those who attended the f,lnsral
were william ID. Barbour. ]. Cleveland
Sady. Hector ". Hitchings. Seth Low. An
son Phelps Stokes. Ell Whitney, Robert c.
ogden. Robert Olyphant, the Rev. Or.
Francis Brown. John E. Parsons. the Rev.
Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, the Rev. Or. VIII
lani a. Brown. the Rev. DR.. David J. Sur
rel and r Francis Hyde.
Ihe burial was at Bridgeport. Conn. ths
boShood home or DR.. Richards
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
FUNERAL OF MAJ. GEN. cuRrlsS

AT the Friends Society MeetinS Houss
IN East 18th street yesterday asrsrnccn
was held the funeral OF Major General
Newton NJ Curtiss. United States voIur-
teers. and one Of the honor medal men OF
tho Civil War.
Amons those present were General Anscn
q. McCook. General Horatio c. kins
General James Grant Wilson General ed
ward II. Ripley, Colonel A. Little. Najef
David +. Wright Major Moses Hairs
William s Hubbell
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

mate success. Even Lieutenant Shackie-
ton cannot be sure that some unforeseen
circumstance will not compel him to stop
short of the latitude he reached last
year. Still, there is now better chance
than ever before that the South Pole
will be discovered within the next two
or three years, and a strong probability
that the feat will be performed by one
OF King Edwards subjects.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

tributes an article entitled. ''Los Angeles
the Ardent Hebe of the Sensuous South
"They used to hang a man in England
for stealing a pig"
well. 1t will be grand larceny in this
country before long, ii prices keep going
up."-Kansas City Journal.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
CELEBRATES GOLDEN WEDDING.

Mr' and Mrs. Herman Mosenthal cele-
prated their golden wedding among a merry
sfoup OF children, grandchildren and
friends at the home of their n-in-law.
rank Damroseh. at 7ath street and Am
s'erdam avenue, last night. There was
music BY the kneisel Quartet. Mrs. Edith
eould and an amateur orchestra composed
ot persons of considerable note In musical
and literary circles
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11


The British electoral campaign which
is now closing. and which will end TINS
week with the beginning OF the poilins'
has been progressively and Increasingly
nlarked by disorders and violence. Such
things have not, of course, been uniVer-
sal or general. Most of the meetings
have been orderly and decorous. But
there have been enough ebullltions OF
dIsorderly passion to cause widespread
comment and to mark the whole cam
paign as in respect to manners one OF
the least creditable in recent years.
There should be no thought OF censo-
robustness toward the United Kingdom on
the part of Americans for this cause,
since, however bad the conduct of some
British meetings has been, similar Of
fences have been far from unknown here.
But it is pertinent to point out that the
occurrences of the last fortnight equally
debar our British kin from censorious-
ness toward cur campaign methods. 1t
is simply a case of even as you and t.
1t is not to be assumed that such oc-
currences as these indicate a permanent
degradation of British campaign meth
eds. In another contest issues of another
kind may prevail and methods and man
ners may be correspondingly changed.
The chief moral of the episode is simply
the stereotyped one that-among nations
as well as elsewhere-like causes pro-
duce like results, and that, therefore,
when campaign issues appeal to violent
passions violent scenes are to be ex-
pected. in one country as well as in
another.
Now will Boston, like Mr.. Storrow. re-
fuse to clasp the outstretched hand of
Honey Fitz"?
The pleasure of Murphy at the literal
ness with which the Mayor is following
his advice to appoint only the best men
to office must increase from day to day.
Senator-elect John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi. is reported as saying: THE
people OF Mississippi have said to Var
"daman in their primary. We do not
want you in the Senate" That seems
to be rather forced conclusion. Mr..
Nardaman came near defeating Mr.. WILL
lams oh test of strength with the
democratic voters. Mr.. Williams ought
not TO be SO modest as to think that
his own long service to the state and
MS personal popularity were not the de-
cdlng factors in the victory. The pri
mary vote really showed not that the
democrats OF Mississippi didn't want
Vardaman on any terms, but that on a.
close count of noses they preferred Will
Jams to Vardaman.
IL Is MADE known from Belgium that a
reporter has become king. That is an
unusual assignment" but if he was q
good reporter he will not let It "fesze"
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
HARVARD HAS 6,sos STUDENTS.

Cambridge, Mass. Jan. 1o--Mors studeni'
are studying at Harvard this year thar
last, figures made public to-day show fns
total enrolment In the university Is ~
125 more than IN 1900 In the college Z :
2,2eo. saln or 81, and in the professors.
schools LIS. an increase OF So There a.
sS3 instructors. Radcliffe has tSs stu1a1
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11
Neln~Durk Gribm,re.
TUESDAY, JANUARY II. 1910.
This aerspapcr a o,cned and oub.

This newspaper 10 o1cned and pub
hshed bp The Tribune association, 4
Seao York corporation; Office and prir-
cipaE place of business. Tribune Build
ing, 40 154 Nassau street. Nep York; !;
Ogden Mills, president; Henry IT,
sdckeft. secretary; James IL. Barrett,
treasurer. The address OF the officers IS
iie office of this newspaper.
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr. gave a
dinner last night at her house. in Fifth
avenue.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Will give a dinner
this evening at her house. in East 18th
street, and the Misses White viii give a
similar affair at No. 60s Fifth avenue for
Miss Catherine L. Hamersley.
Mrs F1oyd-Jones viii give dinner, fol-
lowed by a theatre party. this evening for
Miss Anita Ingersoll-
Mrs H. Holbrook Curtis also gives din
ner and theatre party this evening. to-
Miss Eleanor Iamson. the aebutants
daughter of Mrs. John l.. Lanson-
Miss Ada Phipps gives luncheon to-da-
at her home, in Lexington avenue. for Ter
niece, Miss Alice GouverneGr keEtrigh-
Miss Geraldine Farrar, Riccardo Martin
and Miseha Elman were the artists at Al
bert Morris Bagby's musical morning az
the Waldorf yesterday There was large
and fashionable audience present amans
those noticed being Mrs. Hilborne L Roose-
velt, Mrs Robert Goelet, Mrs. Langdoa
Geer. Mrs Frederick Pearson, Mrs. Harry
B. Hollins. Mrs. William KingsIand, Mrs.
John E Alexandre. Mrs. Charles ". Coop
er. Mrs s Reading Bertron, Mrs. Moses
Taylor Pyne, Mrs. z. Clarkson Potter,
Mrs. Reginald de Koven. Mrs Adolf Lader-
burg. Mrs. Hamilton Fairfax. Mrs. Ba-
chanan Winthrop, Miss Lucy ErelinghUy-
sen, Mrs John Clinton Gray. Mrs. J. Allen
Townsend. General Horace Porter. Mrs.
-
Miss Alice Drexel. John r. DrexeI, If
Mrs Charles E Greenough, Mrs. Seth Bar
ton French and Mrs. A. Scott Cameron
Harry S. Black gave dinner at the
Plaza last night his guests including Lord
Acheson. AIr. and Mrs FREDERICK Y. DaI-
ziel, Mrs George Thompson, OF PhiIadeI-,
rhia, and Barklis Henry vs
Major FelloweS Collins and Lady EVELYN
Collins, the latter a sister OF the Duke or
Roxburghe. are due here on board the
Lusitania on Friday. also the Hon Georrs
Keppel brother OF Lord AIbenarls.
Francis ]. Otis and Anthony ]. Drexel.
Miss Anne Tracy. Miss Charlotte Hart
ing and Mss Muriel Morris will be among
the bridal attendants o. Miss Grace Biss-
low Tracy on the occasion OF her marriage
10 Thomas G. Cook. OF Baltimore, on Jan
uary % The wedding will take place IN
St Georges Church. and viii be followed
by reception for relatives and intirlars
friends at the home OF the brides srand-
father. John Bigelow. In Gramercy Park.
Miss Tracy is a daughter OF Mrs. Charles
Edward Tracy.
Mr.. and Mrs Lyle Evans Maha1 havs
taken an apartment az No. % Washlnstcn
Square for the rest OF the winter.
Mrs Philip NJ Lydis will give a dinner
on Thursday at her house. in East sd
street.
Mr.. and Mrs Preston Davis. who were
married IN Brooklyn last week are srend-
ing part OF their honeymoon II, Quebec
Mrs. Elhrtdge I. Gerry will give tin-
ner on January 10 ar her house. IN East
61st street.
Mrs Lawrence B Gilman viii give re-
ceptlon on january IL at her house. IN
West Slst street, for Miss Resale 5. Eli
man.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

Mrs H Holbrook Curtis also gives din
ner and theatre party this evening. so-
Miss Eleanor Lamson. the debHtants
daughter of Mrs. John l.. Lanson-
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

Mrs. Fioyd-Jones viii give dinner, fol-
lowed by a theatre party. this evening for
Miss Anita Ingersoll.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

Miss Ada Phipps gives luncheon to-day
at her home, in Lexington avenue, for hsr
niece, Miss Alice GouverneIr KeTtright.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

Those politicians Of decreasing fmpoIss
tance who are still nattered by being caHeo
''leaders."--The Brooklyn Eagle.
At once polite, accurate and descrlp-
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

II Is made known from Belgium that
reporter has become king. That is an
unusual assignment" but if he was a
good reporter he will not let It "fesze"
him
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr.. gave
dinner last night at her house. in Fifth
avenue.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish will give a dinner
this evening at her house. in East 18th
street, and the Misses White viii give a
similar affair at No. 6g9 Fifth avenue for
Miss Catherine L. Hamersley.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

scrupulously avoided the national brar-
ging' which our correspondent denre-
Gates. But does our correspondent lzno,
that after the lapse of arbitration in tho
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -
was Franklin who suggested it's revival
in 1880, and Washington. Hamilton and
Jay who made that suggestion effective
in 1894? Does he know that. accordir,-
to Professor John Bassett Moore. down
to flve or six years ago the United States
had been a party to So arbitrations in
1876; that, according to Mr.. La Fontaina
from 1894 TO 1900 there were 1T arbitra-
tions. of which Great Britain was a nar+,,
to 20. the United States to 56 and 10
other country to half as many as tho ,at
ter; that, according to Messrs. LAM,
dele and Politis, of the AZ examnles -
arbitration between 1889 and 1s55 "a We.
American. 13 British, German ana
French or that DIR. Darby. enumeratine
All arbitrations in the nineteenth cap1
tury, reports that Great Britain was
party to 1Sl and the United States to 90
lar more than any other country?
We have thus answered the i'll fem
pered letter OF vain and foolish youro,
man. not because either his intelligence
or his manners entitled him to the corr-
tesy. hut because we regard the movo
ment to Induce nations. i'm Fran,s,,n,a
pithy phrase. TO settle their disputes
without hrst cutting one another,s
throats." as being important enough -
warrant even the risk of a waste os
lather in fulfilling we'll known Spanish
proverb.-Ed.1
New-York tribune., 1910-01-11

Now VIII Boston. like Mr.. Storrow, re-
fuse to clasp the outstretched hand of
Honey Fitz"?