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New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
NOT NEW OR TRIVIAL.

Justice Golf in Ii; charge to the grand
jury which is TO investigate allegations
OF conspiracy TO regulate prices in the
milk bush esS called attention to some
facts apparently lost sight of by many
operators in the neceSsaries of life. So
ciety has always regarded with aversion
the speculator or middleman who seeks
10 create an artificial scarcity in food
supplies or 10 exact by cunning an ex-
cessive price for some food article which
he has cOrnered. In ruder times the
forestaller was liable to capital punish
ment. the state holding his offence to
Be almost rs beinous as treason. With
rlo1efD g5Og'th In production, commerce
as4G ssDgsf vide exchanges, the function
of fks c4sJIbuter has been magnified
aE39 ~ sepEAOroic and social importance
cs Ets activities has been more freely
Fs'aZs.zers. Ia the Industrial and COM
Dssfess5 sry1eT ~ the present day he ex-
erf1'sf7s sFsoTtHo1is influence and plays
role ~ DDguestioned utility. Yet In the
discharge " his enlarged functions he
is doubtless often tempted to forget his
obligations 10 the community II has
never surrendered the right to demand
that he shall do nothing TO DESTROY free
market. 10 put artificial restrictions on
fhe sale Of commodities, to combine TO
control prices or to interfere with the
linresfrained operation Of the law of
Competition.
The State of New York In the Don
nelly antitrust law has expressly ex-
tended by statute the prohibitions
against joint action tending TO create q
monopoly in the manufacture, pro-
dUction or sale Of any article or com
modify of common use or to restrain
competition In the supply Of any sucb
article. The provisions of this law low
ever. have not been taken so seriously
AS they ought TO have been, and II Is 10
De feared that distributors, absorbed in
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau ]

tFrom The Tribune Bureau
washington, Jan. 26-The President dis
cussed the New York political situation
to-day with Senators Root and Depew,
Representatives Parsons. Benret and Calder,
Timothy l., Woodruff. Alderman Brown and
Controller william A. Prendergast, Of New
York.
Ex-Governor Hoggatt talked with the
President about Alaskan affairs. and ex-
Governor Curry discussed affairs Of New
Mexico.
Richard c. Kerens. the new Ambassador
to Austria Hungary, had short confer
ence with the President. Mr.. kerens ex-
poets to sail for his post in couple OF
wasaks.
Ex-Representative Grosvenor, OF Ohio.
called to thank the President for his ap-
pointment to the Chickamauga Park Com
mission Mr. Grosvenor will be chairman
of the commission. and has decided to
make his home In Chattanooga, which he
hopes to have Congress establish as the
headquarters of the commission.
The Presidents callers included Senators
Shively. Gore, Smoot Nixon and Stephen
son, Representatives GIL. Hamilton. Palmer
and I<inkaid and the members of the Tariff
Board.
The President and Captain Butt went
walking this afternoon.
This evening the President attended the
reception given by the Vice-President and
Mrs. Sherman. and later was guest at the
dinner of the Washington Board of Trade
Mrs. Taft attended the theatre this even
ing.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
THE PLIGHT OF FRANCE.

A high official in France expressed a
fear few days ago that the damage
from the prevailing floods in that coun-
try would reach the proportions. of
national disaster. Two members of the
French Cabinet now estimate the losses
at S200,000,O00, ard the crisis has ap-
parently not yet passed. Though more
is known about Paris than about the
rest of France, calamitous conditions
evidently exist In vast area outside
the capital. A pitiful picture is drawn
of the lack of shelter and food from
which thousands are suffering, of the
general paralysis of business and the
uncertainty about the safety of hun
dreds of buildings used for residence,
commerce and public purposes. So
powerful an appeal will this situation
make to the sympathies of foreigners
that relief measures will quickly be
adopted in many other countries if
France intimates thar such help would
be welcome Mea atime the French gov
ernment is meeting the heavy response
bilities suddenly thrown upon its shoul-
ders with courage and a fine spirit of
devotion.
Recent dispatches have contained il
cidental references to heavy rains and
earlier snowfalls, but a deluge which
has had no precedent for century re-
mains insufficiently explained in the re-
ports from France. A prolonged warm
wave, with heavy rains, might well raise
the level of the Seine to a notable de-
gree; but winter is only half over, and
even at the time for vernal freshets
nothing like what is now witnessed at
the French capital could be expected.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

the number Of cases In which the germs
appeared to be present had reached
three hundred. A possible explanation
of the puzzling discrepancy between the
results obtained by different investiga-
tors has now been offered In "The
American Journal of Medical Sciences
DR.. Burville Holmes, who thought he
had detected bacilli in the blood Of
few patients. has learned that the water
of the hospital in which these persons
were cared for was contaminated. and
il is not unlikely that this water was
used in making the tests. The same
expert tried DIR. Rosenberger's system
in other instances. where he knew the
water was pure, and he failed to dis
cover any microbes whatever. 1t seems
credible that DR.. Rosenberger did not
take adequate precautions TO exclude all
organisms from the water he mixed
with patients blood, and that, though
he really did find bacill, they did not
come from the blood. but from the
water. The Philadelphian himself, 1t is
only fair to say, insists that he was
guilty Of no such neglect, but the fact
remains that other experts are unable
TO find microbes when following his
method.
This situation emphasizes afresh the
need of ample corroborative evidence
before any supposed discovery is ac-
cepted The premature adoption of the
Rosenberger plan might have led to un-
fortunate consequences. In a case where
physician suspected that tuberculosis
lad already obtained feeble foothold
a failure to find germs in the blood
might have led him to give encourag-
ing assurances which We're not justified
1t Is unlikely. however, that any serious
harm has yet been done. Judgment has,
been suspended until the truth shall
be fully known. Physicians would have.
been profoundly gratified if an easy and
certain method of identifying tubercu-
losis in its earliest stages had been
placed at their disposal. Cattle owners,
many of whom have regarded the tuber-
culin test for stock with disfavOr, would
also have been pleased to find such an
innocent substitute as Dr. Rosenberger
promised them.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
THE PANAMA LIBEL SUIT.

Judge Hough's action In quashing the
Indictment for libel found against the
publishers of THE New York World"
may or may not end the governments
efforts to have the charges considered in
federal instead of state court. The
judge expressed the hope that an appeal
from his ruling would be taken to the
Supreme Court at Washington, and it is
certainly desirable that an authoritative
Interpretation should be given to the
federal statutes which make criminal
offences committed on federal reserva-
tions triable in federal courts under the
reservations are situated. The govern
ment has held that the libel of which
1.-The World" is accused was committed
on the West Point reservation and in
the Postoffice Building here, and that
the federal courts Of the Southern Dis
trict of New York had full and original
jurisdiction to try the case under the
New York penal code. Judge HOugh
has ruled, however, that since the al
legged offence was committed in other
parts of New York as we'll as in the
within the state jurisdiction and the
state courts should be resorted to the
first instance by those alleging an in
jury. He holds that Congress did not
intend to intruSt to the courts Of the
United States the punishment of offences
other than those primarily and eXclu-
sively committed in United States terri
tory.
The government thus far has not been
fortunate in its plans of attack in the
Panama libel suits. for its request for
leave to remove the case against the
publishers of "The Indianapolis News
from Indiana to the District of Columbia
was denied by Judge Anderson, of the
Indiana District Court, and the law
which it has depended upon to keep
the case against the publishers of "The
World" within the federal jurisdiction
here is now pronounced inadequate The
proceedings SO far have been abortive.
but they have had some value in con
tributing to an --itimate determination
of the powers of the federal courts in
similar cases.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
a DISAPPOINTING TEST.

An announcement Of much interest 10
medical men and to victims of tubercu-
losis was made about a year ago by DR..
Rosenberger, Of Philadelphia. He be-
lieved that he had discovered new way
to diagnose consumption before il had
made much progress and when, thera-
lore, there was an excellent prospect
That suitable treatment would insure re-
covery. Experiments had convinced DR..
hosenberger that tubercle bacilli were
invariably present in the blood of q pa
tient even when the disease had not adj
vanced far enough for them to be found
III the sputum, and he described a novel
ana simple test he had himself invented
ior "tecting the germs after specimen
VI L.ood had been mixed with water
anu showed to stand a while.
MANY experienced bacteriologists In
Anelica and Europe have repeated this
experiment. A few of them seemed 60
succeed In finding bacilli. but the ma
lority have failed utterly. In the meau
time DIR. Rosenberger has continued his
~ork' and quite recently reported that
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
--------------------
EOR 4 OE[ET EOURTH

There is ground for a considerable
degree of encouragement and comfort in
the announcement that the governors of
nine states have formally signified their
willingness and. indeed. their determine
ton to do all that lies in their power
this year to suppress the noisy and de-
structive brutalties of Fourth of July
celebrations and to coafine the festivities
Of that day TO forms befitting a humane
and enlightened nation. We shall hope
to see similar action taken by other state
eXecut1ves-by most if not all of them
1t would have been a graceful and
patriotic thing for the recent conference
of governors to adopt a concerted course
of action in behalf of safe and sane
commemoration of the nations birthday.
Something more than such action by
the governors is necessary, however, to
rid the country Of cheap and deadly ex-
plosives. Legislation is essential, and
after that discreet and resoute police
administration for the enforcement of
the law and the apprehension and pun
ishment of lawbreakers. In this city in
recent years the law restricting the pub
lie use of fireworks has often been little
better than a dead letter, fireworks
of the most Objectionable kinds being
openly used, with the full knowledge of
the police, at forbidden times. If the
governors cannot compel the enactment
Of restrictive laws, they perhaps can in
most states stir administrative officials
up to a more effective enforcement of
the existing laws.
If any real improvement is to be eff
fected this year, it is high time for ac-
tive work to that end to begin. 1t
would be fatuous to wait until the
slaughter had actually started, a few
days before the Fourth, and then try
to stop 1t. If there is to be any egis-
lation-in New York and New Jersey,
for example-it must be secured this
winter while the legislatures are in ses-
sion. If relief is to be had through
municipal administration, the work must
be undertaken early, before permits for
the sale of death dealing explosives are
issued. For this reason we particularly
welcome the announcement to which we
have referred, in the hope that it will
lead to prompt and effective action on a
widespread scale.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
TO LOWER MILK BILLS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In this day of high priced food the
following suggestion In the direction of
economy may be welcome as offering a
solution OF the milk question:
Four bottles of fluid milk and two cans
of some reliable brand of evaporated, un-
sweetened condensed milk will suffice for
the ordinary needs of two persons for ten
days. judicious mixture of the two
kinds of milk is as palatable and certainly
richer in nourishment than the bottled milk
alone. and involves an expense of only 5S
cents. as against 80 cents-no inconsid-
cradle saving.
If the public generally would only put
this economic measure into practice, the
unsold supply of fluid milk would bring
the milk 'barons'' to terms more promptly
than tedious Investigations and tardy law
making are calculated to do.
HOUSEWIFE.
New York Jan. 81 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Magistrate Frederic kernochan was mar
ried yesterday afternoon in the Church of
the Iransfsuration TO Miss Elizabeth Law
renee owland. eldest daughter of Mrs
Louis NJ. Rowland. who since the death
Vi her mother has lived with her grand
iather, Colonel Frederick Newbold Law
renee, making her debut in society under
'iie auspices OF her aunt, Mrs Foxhau p
Meme She was escorted to the altar by
ner grandfather. Colonel Lawrence and
WAS arrdyed in white satin and old point
'ace' her veil being also of point lace.
WINE her flowers consisted OF Iilies-of-the
valley Her only attendants were her sis
.o's' MISS Hortense ana Miss Nathalie How
''eu' IN rrocks of pale pink chiffon and
"i'oe lace hats trimmed with bands OF
'-''"A' whiie the flowers which they carried
were pink roses. Whitney Kernochan was
"' pes' man of his brother who is a son
y Mr' and Mrs. j. Frederic Kernochan,
=, s'"auated from Yale In 1898, served
eush the Spanish-American War and
uN an assistant Corporation Counsel be-
becoming city magistrate. Only
'ew relatives and intimate friends were
eSent al the ceremony. which was per-
~, "eu py the Rev. MIR. Bottome of Grace
pei' IN place Of the Right Rev. Rishop
=, Viekar. OF Rhode Island who was i'll.
a. was followed by small reception at
~. nome OF Colonel Lawrence, in West
9th street
,,s those seen at the church were
a,, samuel Adams Clark. j. Henry Alex
e' .,' D. I'll. Alexandra. 1r.. Miss Virginia
NJ Mrs. William b. osgood Field.
7 Harry j. Mcvickar. MIR. and Mrs.
Nieoeflc kernochan. Miss Whitney, the
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS--Senate The cost of
living, Sunday observance and Alaskan
affairs were discussed. House: The
Mann white slave" bill was passed.
FOREIGN.-A special dispatch from
London says the coalition OF Liberals.
Laborites and Nationalists has now
elected more than half the membership
OF the House of Commons. - Paris
suffered still further from the rising
floods and the property damage was
placed at $500. 900. 600. - The Court
or Appeal in Paris ordered the removal
of the seals that had been placed upon
the Chateau Balincourt, the residence
presented TO the Baroness Vaughan by
the late King Leopold. - The United
States Banking Company of Mexico City
suspended yesterday. - Lima, Peru
presented William ]. Bryan with a gold
medal and also gave Mrs. Bryan medal
studded with diamonds and rubies. -
Al the trial Of an alleged Indian con-
splrator in Lahore it developed that the
conspirators had planned to have a ma
tive king and a parliament
DOMESTIC. - The BaIlinger- Pinchot
INVESTIGATION began in Washington, the
first witness being L. r. Claws who re-
iterated his charges against the Secre-
tary Of the Interior. - II is believed
i'll Washington that tariff war with
Germany Will be aVerted while one with
France appears inevitable. - The
Helen Culver medal was presented to
Commander Robert z. Pearv at Chica go
- The federal inquiry into the meat
packing Industry was formally begun ir
Chicago; ii was apparent that it would
be national in scope. - A reduction
!. IN the prices OF meat, butter and eggs
n was reported in several cities. - The
Senate at Albany adopted method of
procedure for hearing the Aids Conger
charges; eighty-six bills were introduced
IN the Legislature, the largest number
Tor any one day this year. - Thomas
NJ Osborne indicated to Governor
Hughes at Albany that he would resign
as Public Service Commissioner on Feb
ruary ! = One boy was killed, an
other fatally injured and a girl was Sc
riously hurt in coasting accident at
Theresa. Y. Y.
ClTY.-Stocks were strong. The
grand jury began an investigation into
the milk situation in addition to the in
qulry instituted by the Attorney General.
= Large dealers admitted that the
wholesale meat market was demoralized
and that prices would continue to de-
cline. - The two women charged
with robbing Warner NJ. Van Norden
were held in $4,000 bail each. Sc
cret Service men were assigned to guard
a witness in the trial of eight Corsicans
and Italians on counterfeting charges.
= James r. Keene will be sum-
moned as a witness in a suit growing
out of the Hooking pool crash of last
week. - The Board Of Education re-
elected DR.. Maxwell City Superintendent
and also named again ten of his subordi-
mates 49, Herbert James Dennison
was held for further examination in
connection with the killing of two boys
in Highbridge Park
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-
day: Warmer and clearing. The tenn
per-ture yesterday: Highest, 36 de-
grees; lowest. "a.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
A BURNING QUESTION.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

Sir: In the article in Tuesdays Trib-
une, "A Year of s0-Cent Cas-" 1T is stated
that 1.-The result of the years test is disap-
pointing. from the point OF view of profit
under the new law The lowered price has
evidently not stimulated consumption to
anything like the extent expected"
This is indeed surprising to one family
who are obliged to burn four gas jets In the
dining room, besides candles on the table;
four lamps are needed In the drawing room.
and five burners are nightly lighted in the
upstairs sitting room, with most inadequate
results. The gas bills have never been so
large nor the quality of the gas so poor as
at present. LUX.
New York, Jan. 2S, 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
HE'S GOT 'EM ON THE LIST.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Clifford Pinchot. the single tax. the
taxation Of land values only, down with
the tariff and out with the land grabbers
are likely TO be the paramount issues in
1912. 1 think we are near the time when
a man may be right and be President
HENRY BOWLING BYRNE
New York. Jan. 25. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
RUSSIAN ATTAcHE RECALLED

Vienna. Jan. 26,-In connection VIZ has
recent charges that the arsenal ns.o a.
been under espionage. Die zeis ,,,ss
nounces to-day that the military an'i'' .s,.
have obtained what they consiesi ,fsrt.
elusive evidence duplicating Coiohei ss,,.
chenko. the Russian military attaehe
who left for st. Petershurs ON ss.
last. The paper asserts that AusoA
manded the recall OF the crficsh
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
MR.. FAIRBANKS IN NAPLES.

Naples. Jan. s6-Charies W. FairoanNN
ex-Vice- President of the United So 50
arrived here to-day from Ccnstan'i''s., -,
lie expects 10 remain at Naples ie' !,
days Mr. Fairbanks has been asAe' ~,
speak at Rome on February u On
occasion of the anniversary or Lih1'
Birthday
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
Nf,t,-71orIi Grihn,re.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 81. 1910.

This nctcSpGper Is otUned and pub
Ns1ed by The Tribune Association. q
Nefo York corporation; office and prin-
cipal piece Of business. Tribune Build
ing, 40 154 Nassau street. Neio York
Ogden Mills. president: Ogden II. Reid.
secretary: James II. Barrett. treasurer.
The address of the officers is the office
Of This HeGSpnper.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

CBy Telegraph to The TribuneI =,
Newport, Jan 26-AIr. and Mrs. Res rs
Norman. Miss Alice Little, Mrs. ZaellSA
and Miss zabrishie went to New NoiA -, .
day. Mr. and Mrs. Norman snd ~
Little will sail for Europe at once
Francis II. Potter returned hefe -
evening from New York.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
JUDGE Lands.
From The Hartford Corrar,

A'o'i' ''S iiortioru Couraut.
II any available ltp,a,,oh, -, =
henessw Mountain Lands il viii hava &c
se,f Se so,ns on some me Ills advertisement of him
claim .hns ne Ola reliable trust buster. whose
are, are now trying TO jump, is as charaeteri
na IstsI as persimmons on the banks OF tha
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

Southern Oregon and Northern Cali
fornia want to be amalgamated to form
a new state. The name suggested for
the combination commonwealth is Sis
kiyou. but the other states will hardly
care to admit a younger sister with a
name like that into the family circle.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

Consular reform by Congressional ac-
ton is held in Congress to be uncon-
stitutional; but consular reform by Ex-
ecutive order is likely to stand unchal-
lenged.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27
Eggs have dropped two cents, but the
drop was not enough to break them.

An interesting by-product Of the con-
troversy over the Alaska coal lands is
reflection upon the indiscretion of those
who too hastily denounced and ridiculed
the purchase of that territory as Sew
ards folly" For an Arctic province"
and an Iceberg Alaska has turned out
to be an uncommonly good investment.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

Tests made in Hartford show that
local anesthesia produced by cleo
tricity possesses at least one of the
merits of local an@thesia secured in
other ways. 1t is not followed by nau-
sea, as is frequently the case when ether
or chloroform is administered Perhaps
further trial will show that the new. pain
deadening agent. has additional recon-
mendations to favor.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

That eminent non-partisan, the Hon
Charles F. Murphy. has not been at the
City Hall for several days. We hope
nothing has happened to interfere with
his cooperation in the present effort for
good government
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

The natural inference from this para
graph from The New-York Tribune is that
the sacred tariff was not reduced after all
he and his colleagues in the Senate worked
for lower tariff duties. but the public will
remain skeptical. since it knows that they
really blocked the only reductions which
their assistance would have made possible"
Nashville American.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

Hooking Coal has come down. but then.
Hooking Goa! is only one of the luxuries
of life.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

Mrs. Richard Irwin is the president an
Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler. Mrs. william :
Douglas. Mrs. Alfred Kessler and Mrs A.s
borne L. Roosevelt are among the ma1
ayers OF the Samaritan Home for "
Aged, for the benefit OF which the aan1a.
ST. Valentines kettledrum will take pA-'
at Sherry's on the afternoon Of Saturea''
February L.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

Not at ALL The numerous reductions
made were made by Republican votes.
There might have been a few more
downward changes If the Democratic
minority in the Senate had not gone to
the assistance Of the Finance Committee
In retaining duties on coal, iron ore and
lumber.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

The dowager Lady Hay OF Haysiean.
PEBBLES, Scotland. md grandmother OF 1l''
present and tenth baronet OF Haystenl
Sir Duncan Hay. and a sister OF WAha'
Butler Duncan, of No. l Fifth avenue >
lying seriously i'll at her London home. u
Princes Gate IL is in order 20 be VIZ
his sister that Butler Duncan has saLs
for England.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen H. DIN leave 'OHa
to-day for Mexico
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

Miss La Montagne gave a theatre party
al the Liberty last evening for her dehu-
tante niece. Miss Dolly NJ. La Montagns.
and afterward took her guests 70 Shsrry's
for supper,
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr. gives
large musical this evening at her house in
Fifth avenue Miss Geraldine FErar ard
Edmond Clement will sing.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-27

Both Mrs. August Heckscher and Mrs
James B, Hasgin give dinner dances 70
night That of Mrs. Haggin is az the >.
Regis, where Phoenix Ingrahan will leai
the cotillon, while that OF Mrs. Heckscher
will take place ar her house in Fifth ave
nue. and is given for Miss Antoinette EscS-
scher.