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New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IErnrl The Trihune Bureau.

iFrom Inc ITlDune ouIedu-j
washington, Feb. 15-Ths objective
point for mere than hundred members
OF society this afternoon was the arnnory.
where the second meeting of the Roller
Skating Club was held. The scene was
notably brilliant. Among the skaters and
spectators We're Count and Countess
MoItke, Mrs Nicholas I-ongworth, Wis
count and Niscountess Benoist d'Azy,
Miss Meyer. Miss Alice Meyer, Mrs.
Bourke Cochran, Lieutenant and Mrs. L.
s. Grant, Brigader General and Mrs.
Clarence r. Edwards. Mr.. and Sirs. Ed
ward Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. Murray
Cobb. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Legare, Captain
Archibald Butt, Lieutenant Palmer, Prince
Koudacheff, Mr.. de Thai. Colonel and Mrs.
Spencer Cosby. Mrs. =. c. Barney and
Mrs. Jack Story.
The Assistant Secretary Of the Navy and
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop entertained at
dinner tonight in honor of the Eice-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Sherman. and had among
other guests the Secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. Meyer, and the Secretary OF War
and Mrs. Dickinson
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth en-
tertained at dinner tonight. and followed
with a moving picture show and other
forms of entertainment, in honor of the
guests. including Cabinet members. Ciplo-
mats and people of official and resident
society, were invited to the reception
Miss Helen Cannon entertained TODAY al
the second of a series of large luncheon
parties. Several of the Cabinet women
were among her guests.
BriGadier General and Mrs Clarence r.
Edwards entertained n large dinner party
at the Alibi Club tonight in honor of
their house guest. Mrs. Rourke Cochran
The Fice-President returned from a
Western trip to-day. and Mrs Sherman
returned from her home in Utica.
Senator Guggenheim entertained a num-
Der of his colleagues at dinner tonight.
including Nessrs Flint. Clark OF wyon1-
ing; Bourne. Brown, Dixon. Page Jones.
Nelson, Piles. Hepburn, Bradley Cummins,
Smoot, McCumber. Nixon. Sutherland. Bur
kett and Dolliyer
Mrs Roger WoIcott. OF New York. is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joht. R Mclean
Miss Crosby, daughter of Oscar Crosby
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
TEE SPEAKER AND THE RULES.

Speaker Cannon talked more vaguely
than he usually does when he said in
The House on Monday, discussing the
problem Of party management in that
body:
And while re seemingly strut and
fret. declain and are interviewed con-
stantly in the public prints, the people
of the United States will hold responsible
from time 10 time the party in power
for legislative results, and unless that
party has the machinery and the pro-
cedure TO achieve those results they
~1ill not have the fun power, though
they may nave the majority.
II is not clear whether or not the
speaker considers the present code of
rules 10 be the Indispensable 'machin-
cry on which q majority must depend
= to govern the House and govern itself
There cap be no question about the
necessity OF z system Of rules which
will enable the ma jority to control the
business Of the House and TO carry out
in legislation tie policies which have
beer approved 10y the country II does
bot follow. bpwever. HAT the present
distribution of power in the House, With
HE deyoIulion by the majority of prac-
fically all responsibility for legislation
on the Speaker, is the IDEAL and alb
s.lutely necessar- method of securing
what Mr.. Cannon calls Legislative re-
suits"
Tie great objection 10 the present
:. .sien has been that il develops an eX-
,essive one-niaa power. IL has made
The Speaker the master OF the House
Instead of lis servant. This result is
possibly hot admitted by all the friends
o. the existing order. yet unconsciously
such an admission is made whenever
supporter Of The present code attempts
10 explain his loyalty 10 il and his con
seaHeat loyalty 10 the Speaker prom
ireEf Republican Representative was
cuo4ed not long ago as saying
Ny attitude j. this: L have received
eserv consideration from Speaker Can
non ard ] am with iliTn TO the death
10 ionP as he is q candidate l VIII '-oTk
fpr him | would be the originator Of
siigra tituGe AID disloysity if ! did other
-yie4, even though il cost me my seat in
Cougress.
:. SO candid :. confession betrars the
illogical relation existing under the pres
cut rules between the Speaker aud the
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
THOROUGH DiSINFEcTlON"

From The Buffalo Commercial (RepD.
The Aids investigation and the inevita
BILE uncovering of the system OF govern
ment by strike and blackmail that -four
lsned III Albany some years ago was the
chlef subject under consideration at th.
conference of New York County RepubU
cans at Chairman Griscom's house on Sat
uroay. Ihe only thing to do. all agreed.
was TO open the doors and windows Ter h,
the fresh air and light and-clean house,
That is. clearly. the only rational course
Chairman Woodruff Who forced ATIGs's
leadership on the Senate, is reported as
saying that the Senate as a judicial bcdy
hand II is TOO late for concealment or.
whitewash The whole story might as Well
come out this week. and doubtless IL will
with names Of the living as well as OF
the dead brihers and grafters. The testi-
mony OF Conger and Aids, under cross
examination. Will lay bare the secrets Of
The political charnel house.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
At THE WHITE HOUSE.
frrom The Tribune Bureau.J

y,-ast,inqton. Feb. 15.-The Cabinet to-day
discussed the publicity clause of the cor
nor,tiou tax law, against which many pro-
toste have been received. Charles d. Nor
,on Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
and Roval f.. Cabell, Commissioner of In
ternaI Revenue. discussed with the Presf-
dent the adoption of some regulation which
will nrerent great corporations from OBJ
tsipinp information regarding their smaller
competitors.
Tba president will deliver an address at
The dinner tomorrow evening in honor of
samuel r. Van SAINT. commander in chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Archbishop Ireland called TO make an
appointment with the President
president Taft sent a floral tribute 20 be
placed on the anchor OF the Maine, In
memory of those who lost their lives when
that vessel was destroyed i'll Havana Har-
bor. twelve years ago to-day.
Representative Tawney promised the
President 10 use his influence In obtaining
an appropriation OF $4,000 for the improve
ment OF Potomac Park.
REPRESENTATIVES Cole and Taylor intro
duced John Y. Bassell. secretary of tho
Chamber of Commerce of Columbus, Ohio.
Commissioner Franklin K. Lane conferred
1nents to the interstate commerce law
Major General ]. Franklin Bell was
among the Presidents callers.
The President held an extended confer
ence with Arthur I. Vorys. after which
they went for ride, accompanied by Cap
tain Butt
The President entertained az dinner to-
night number of Ohio men. including
Senators Dick and Burton. Representatives
I.ongworth, Goebel, Kennedy, Thomas,
KeIfer, Cole, Taylor. Douglass. Rowland,
Joyce, Hollingsworth, johnson and Cas-
sidy: Ex-Governor Herrick, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Treadwel. Speaker Granville w.
Mooney. Secretary Carmi 7. Thompson. Ar
tornev General L. G. Denman. Auditor T.
NJ. Fuliington, Wade ". Ellis, Walter
Brown, Henry A. Williams, Arthur ].
Vorys. Gus. ]. Karger, Fred. Starek, r. F.
Wolfe, n. c. Wright, Arthur L. Garford
Claude S. Watts and Captain Butt
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

members who elect him. The SpeaAei
should be the agent of the majority. nc
owes his place TO his fellow nehihei' 8
and is under more obligation TO tleiii
than they are 20 him. No RepreS..'"
tive with proper idea of his fuiie'io ia
and his duties TO his constituents sno"."
feel that he owed his opportunity
legislate not TO them, but TO some io.~
tionary within the House created ioi '"N
convenience of the House.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
LORD ESHER'S SON COMING
Due to Arrive Here on the Oceanic To-
day-Will Remain a Month.

The Hon. Oliver Sylvan Baiiol Brett,
eldest son and heir of the Viscount Esher,
deputy governor OF Windsor Castle, will
arrive on the Oceanic. due to-day. He will
so to Washington shortly after his arrival
to be the guest OF the British Ambassador
Lord Eisher has many titles and fills many
important offices of trust. His eldest son,
who will spend at least month in this
country a social visit to the principal
cities. Is in his thirtieth year. and has been
assistant private secretary (unpaidD 20 the
Secretary for India (Viscount Morley) since
1895. lie was educated at Eton ard has
published a book. The Reckoning" He is
a member of the Marlborough Club.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
FRENCH FORESTS AND FLOODS.

There is good authority for the be-
lief that the destruction of forests in
France aggravated the floods from which
that country has just suffered NJ
NGiain, professor Of physical geography
at the SorbOnne, regards the denuda ton
Of the hills in the region drained by the
Seine as one of the most important
causes of the extraordinary rise of that
river. The Tribune's Paris correspond
ent, in letter printed on Monday. says
that this is tie unanimous opinion of
French scientists. Indeed, now that it
Is known that in the last thirty years
there has been wholesale removal of
forests near the sources of the Seine
and It's principal atiluents, no different
conclusion could well be drawn. Ex-
perience in other countries has amuly
demonstrated that the soil in wooded
areas acts like u sponge, retarding the
flow of rain and melted snow into ad-
jacent streams. France would prove q
remarkable exception TO the rule If,
when Ii previously existing check of this
nature WAS lost, her rivers did not ill
more rapidly than before.
one Of the arguments frequently of
fered for the preservation Of forests has
thus been conspicuously reinforced but
il should be noted that the recent eX-
perience Of France lends no confirmation
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
THE INAUGURATION DATE.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Would not Congress have power 10
pass an act setting apart the fourth
"Wednesday in April say. as the day upon
which the President and Nice-President
should be inaugurated, they both taking the
oath of office on or before March 1, enter
ing upon their duties at that time, draw
ing their salaries from that date ana re-
firing from Office four years from that
March when they entered upon their re-
spectiye duties?
1t seems 10 me that practically, is what
the people desire. They want pleasant
weather on inauguration day. whenever
that is They are not especially interested
in changing the time of beginning the Presi-
Dental year, but they do not want 10 see
Washington in a blizzard.
J. II. FISHER.
Scranton Penn, Feb. l., 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

[" aro'ner theory sometimes advanced
by advocates of forest conservation
Ihere Is no evidence that precipitation
has been reduced in that country by the
cutting down of trees. Manv Erencbmen
would be the happier if such an effect
haa oeeh observed. Indeed, the facts
might excuse hasty inference that the
rainfall mad really been increased,
though that conclusion valid be spe-
cious. The supposition Ilat relation
exists between forests and rainfall has
been generally discredited by meteor
ologlsts. 1t Is pity that champions
Of the forests do not always discriminate
between sound and rnsound reasons for
Il highly meritorious policy.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
RUSSIAN EMPRESS BETTER.
Baron Rosen Officially Announces Her
Convalescence.

Washington, Feb 1a-Deniai OF alarming
rurlors regarding the health OF the En-
press Alexandra OF Russia was given to-
dny In statement which Baron kosen.
the Cars ambassador to Washington. savs
out on instructions from So. Petersburg.
The statement follows:
Her Majesty the Empress Alexandra
Feodorovna OF Russia. who has lately been
suffering from neurosis OF the heart. Is now
convalescent, and the Russian Ambassador
is instructed To cateGorically deny the ru-
mors in regard to the Empresss health
papers"
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
HOSPITAL SUNDAY GIFTS 0'"

f. r. Cook. the general agent OF ~ ~. -
piIal Saturday and sunday Assoc''-'e,,
ported at its thirty-first annuai -..,,,n<
yesterday In the United Charities 90 ,rs-
that, notwithstanding the hlizZard - COL
vailed on Hospital Sunday. the se"'
lection exceeded that OF last yesr-
The association elected the foilo"I-s -,
members: Robert :. Brewster, -.
Davis. Frank l. Polk, Albert n =
George Blagden. Leopold Stern oso 49,
Boldt. Horace T. Andrews. frede
Campbell and Leo .ATnsteiu- Ihe
officers were reelected.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
j. P. MORGAN SAILS TO-DAY
Will Embark on Steamship Cedric '0'
the Azores and Italy.

j. p. Morgan, II was learned yestei'o'
has made arrangements 20 sail 'n
Cedric. which leaves this port TINS -, -
ing for the Azores and Italy Mr.. AO
went abroad In February last yeaf
1905. sailing on the Adriatc % p''"
casions. although his annual trip
times deferred until early sprins-
II is his custom 10 travel by thv -,
Star Line. but in the summer OF I'' -.ar.s
he made nyius trip 10 the Cni'7u ss,pr
for the purpose OF attending the sro-,
OF a niece and receiving desfS .t,ris
Yale. he arrived here on the Ma--~,e.
and departed a week later on La t''
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
ANOTHER VERSION.

Il have to work so hard he whined,
And / am on my feet
Ten hours a day and overtime
In making both ends meet"
Come off," another party said;
The butchers price to-day
Is such that I'd be satisfied
To make one end that way"
W. j. LAMPTON
Wigg-TTow DO you know he's for
egner? He has no accent.
Wagg-No. but he knows so many ways
in which this country could be improved.
-Philadelphia Record.
The Dr. Cook incident has caused a
change in an old saying to the great relief
of the marines and to the discomfort of
the Danes - Tell it to the Danes'" writes
Il correspondent from London, lis such An
improvement on the old ejaculation OF In
creduItty, and it is so much more eupho-
NOUS that Ii will certainly take the place
of the old saw. 1t Will become popular,
not out of consideration for the marines,
but because every one who says Tell II to
the Danes will think he is utterins some
thing absolutely new, and the phrase will
be abused. / am sure. by smart ones. who.
in order to ring in Tell IT to the Danes,'
will cast doubt upon truth ITSELF
Life" said the pessimist. "is dread
full bore. l don't know what happiness
is
Life is all right" reJoined the optimistic
man, If you only look upon the bright
side OF it,
But my life has no bright side pro-
tested the other.
Then said the optimst. get busy and
polish up one of the dark sides Chicago
News.
The Prince Regent of Braunsehweig and
his young bride, on their wedding tour.
stopped recently in siam. and there occu-
pied guests of state palace at Bang
kok. several pictures of which wero sent
to Germany by members of the party One
of these shows II street scene, which be-
cause OF its dissimilarity to anything Eu-
ropean WAS inarked strange Another
picture shows a room III the palace ar
ranged and Irnished like rooms OF SINH
lar kind III European cities and lighted by
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
People and Social Incidents

returned to her home in New York TO-DAY
after a five weeks visit to Mrs HUM
Slater. in this city.
Brigadier General and Mrs. Henry a
Sharpe had number of guests at dinner
tonight and afterward took them ., IN.
entertainment given By Iir. and xr.
Wadsworth.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

electric lamps This picture was marked
more strange" while third view. of the
street on which the royal residence fronts.
with several automobiles In view. bears tho
inscription, "Strangest of all in SIAM
First Loafer-Cheero Charlie. I 'opes
the next guv'ment'Il make things look up
a bit
Second Loafer-Tliey would if | was
among EN- But It's yuman natur, you
NAV depend-as soon they gifts inter
Parl'ment they forgets they was once men,
like me and you-and they does nuffink,-
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

little German band had been making
noises peculiar to such bodies in the court
of an uptown apartment house, the leader
had gathered the coins which had been
thrown to and at him from the windows,
and the band was about to move on when
a tenant appeared and entered into nego-
tiations with the alleged musicians for
their services al an entertainment where
novelties We're desired The engagement
was a profitable one and looking forward
IL similar work the band now leaves cards
at places where it Is permitted to play,
stating that il is open for engagements
at "Bef-Stek Mahle''-beefsteak suppers-
and one of the members contided to man
10 whom he gave a card that they We're IN
doubt as to whether they should play bet
ter or worse to secure the new trade.
Hey exclaimed his uncle What are
you trying to do--break my watch?''
NO" replied the innocent. solemnly
't'yin thow it thoo the f'oor.'-Buffalo Ex-
press
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
Nclu.f1ork Iribut1e.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1910.

This newspaper IS oicned and pno-
Iisbef by The T,TbnHe association u
1C,r yorE5 corporation: office and pr'rt-
ripal place Of business, 1ribHnc be'ta-
,ro. No. ia NGssGH street AcD YORK;
OGDEN H:rIs. president: Ogden II. fe'd'
.ecyefarB: James ". Barrett, treasurer
The address o. the officers as The once
Of :hiS nelrSpdpeT.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

fierce controversy is raging over the
question where hens first laid pink eggs.
But what the public wants Is a re-
discovery of the old-fashioned hen that
used to lay eggs which sold for g. cent
apiece.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

An aeronaut named Rrucker is
planning TO cross the Atlantic in a
westerly direction, utilizing several
islands as way stations. If his route
should include the Cape Verde group he
would need to travel scarcely more than
two thousand miles to reach Porto Rico
on his way TO the American continent.
A coed method of testing the feasibility
of spanning such a gap would be to
make a flight of the same or greater
length over land.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
EVERYTHING is RELATIVE.

From The Rochester Democrat ana Chron-
icie.
New York has once more made the dis
coverv that four inches or snow there
means about the same thlns A. fouf leet IN
the Adirondack
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
OF THEIR OWN DOING

From The Syracuse Herald crs
This Aids -Conger scandal Is A. a, rosses
embarrasspent that the RepubilcaIu Iu1shsS.
can't Law at the door or Goferh''
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

An item is in current circulation In the
press-we may have to plead guilty to
having inadvertently copied (which
purports to give the average yearly ex-
penditure for each pupil in the public
schools of the United States and of vari-
Gus individual states, and the great con-
trasts among the states in this respect
are dwelt upon as indicating the variety
existing in the support of public educa-
ton and also in the opportunities which
are offered in free school training
Great contrasts do exist, but we cannot
believe they are SO great as those which
this item seems to indicate, and are con-
f;dent that the figures 1Or the whole
Union and for the individual states are
far different from those given. Thus,
the item says that the average ex-
penditure for each pupil for the whole
country is $2S %; for Nevada. which Is
highest Of all, ST. 10; for New York,
which is second, S5f 50, and for Mon
tanar third, $40 40. We do not know
from what source these figures were
taken or in what way they We're reck-
oned. But according to the official
statistics Of the federal government the
true figures are: United States, S12 40;
Nevada, S2S 81: New York. S24 9S; Mon
tana, SIS SO And. of course. the three
states named do not head the list in the
order given 1t might be interesting, in
view of the discrepancies which thus ap
pear, TO know in which state most effi-
cient attention IS paid to instruction in
common arithmetic.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
PESSiMiSTS.

From The Albany journal .sas.st
4 pessiInist Is person Mh'su ',Ssu no. %
fear is that his worst fears "H :.
realized.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

to be waiting "for some action on his
part In response to the demand that has
been made for his retirement from the
craftsmanship" IF they have nothing
else 70 do they might as we'll go on
waiting. Few die and none resign"
wrote Thomas Jefferson. Mr.. Corners Is
enough of a Jeffersonian to live faith
fully up to that admirable description of
the grip of the average officeholder upon
q desirable Office.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

II would be interesting to know what
other astronomers think OF the discov-
cry Of new line on Mars by Professor
Lowell. IT is for them to decide whether
this marking furnishes a better key to
it's nature and cause than similar ones
first observed years ago.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

Saturday was the birthday of Abraham
Lincoln. one of the most prominent South
ern men since the establishment OF this
government, and. barring his politics and
his political associates and his political
errors. of the ablest and finest men the
country has ever had.-Charleston News
and Courier
Barring a few limitations on the
whole e-souledness of the foregoing trib
ute, it appears to testify as strikingly to
South Carolna's reasonableness as it
does to Lincoln's greatness.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

Mrs. Edward Lyman Short gave the
atre party, followed by supper al
Sherrv's. last night
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

Dinners were given last evening by MIS-
Harry s. Lehr at her house, in 56th street
and by Mrs Cary T. Hutchinson az ne-
house. in East 60th street. Mrs Hutchin-
sons dinner was for Miss Elizabeth Bsrtron
and her fance. Snowden \. Fahnestoch.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

The sewing class which works toF ms
Fresh Air Fund OF the Cathedral Of s.
John the Divine. held its rrst meeting yes
terdav at the home Of Mrs. Payne NhitneT.
i'm Fifth avenue. The next meeting VIII 20
on March l at the home of Mrs. JOHN n
Iselin.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16
STREET OPENING COMMISSIONS.

Scranton, Penn, Feb. i, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

realized.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-16

Mrs. Francis Dana WinSlow am 'e
daughter. Miss Margaret WtnsieV'
booked To sail for England to-day
Mrs Herbert l. Satte-lee VIII si'e
dinner this evening at her home. IN AAl-
son avenue
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-12
DIVISION 1
Comprising Districts A and b

Comprising Districts A and b
The city Of Hos Angeles within the
following boundaries: Slauson avenue
on the south, Arlington avenue on the
west 10 Wiltshire boulevard, east on
Hoover. north 10 Efne, east to San
Fernando road, north to Whitmore
avenue, north to Aldama to Fayette
and Crescent, south along Salt Lake
railroad to Avenue Forty-thcee, thence
east to Griffin, south on Griffin to
Fem, thence east to Westminster.
south to wabash, east to Hughes,
south to HolIenbeck west to Alameda,
sonth to Slauson.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-12
DISTRICT A

All territory within the above boun-
daries and west Of the following diVld-
ing line: Main street, beginning at
Slauson avenue to Spring street, along
Spring street to San Fernando, San
Fernando street along Los Angeles
river to northern boundary line. The
dividing line runs in the center Of the
given streets, hence buildings on the
west SIDE of Main and San Fernando
are in District A. and those on the
east side are in District B.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-12
Coming Distribution April 23,
OF Following Splendid Special Prizes?


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Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-12
DISTRICT c

All that portion of Los Angeles coun-
ty not within the boundaries of Los
Angeles city as set forth under head
ing Division /, and also San Ber-
nardino and Orange counties.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-12

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Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-12
DIVISION II

Comprising Districts C and d.
All that territory not within the
boundaries of Los Angeles city as set
forth under heading Division l.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-12

as d
j. Lndm Graham
indication
Grand Prizes
p list below
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-12
DISTRICT B

All that territory within the city
limits and east Of the dividing line
as given above.