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New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS. - Senate: Mr.. Lodge
spoke in defence of the Payne tar1n law
declaring that ii is not responsible for
the high cost OF living; Mr.. Carter te-
ported the postal savings bank olli'
:= House: The agricultural appro-
priation bill was under consideration
FOREIGN-The Seine at l o'clock
this morning was said to be stationary
and its tributaries were still falling
cne-fourth of the city is under water
and thousands of persons have been res
cued; traffic is suspended and tele-
graphic communication is difficult. -
The Unionists have carried 264 seats and
the Liberals 263. with III divided be-
tween the Labor and Nationalist parties;
both protection and free trade adherents
claim victory, but conservative opinion
fnclines TO the belief that nothing has
been proved by the election. - Fiji
ty-three officers and men OF the British
destroyer Eden, wrecked off Dover, were
rescued. - An agreement has been
made among the parties in Greece to
dissolve the Military League and revise
the constitution. General Medina
and other members of the court martial
in Nicaragua were acquitted of respon-
sibility for the shooting of Groce and
Cannon.
DOMESTIC.-Presiden Taft's decision
not TO drop the suit against the Union
and Southern Pacific railroads was an
nounced. The Ballinger- Pinchot
investigation was resumed in Washing
ton, Louis R. Claws again occupying the
witness stand. - The State Treasurer
and State Controller at Albany ad
dressed a circular letter to repositories
OF moneys Of the State Of New York ,ie
scribing in detail the fixed policy which
they have adopted for the administration
of those funds. The militia c0un-
eli submitted a report to Governor
Hughes opposing the suggested plan Of
utilizing the state camp at Peekskill as
q site Of new state prison. - One
naval prisoner was shot and killed and
fwo We're wounded by guards at the
navy yard at Portsmouth, n. H., while
the men were trying to escape in boat
CITY. - Stocks were strong. -
Search was made in vain for James r.
Keene to serve q subpoena in connection
with the Columbus and Hooking pool
collapse. - John Bigelow discussed
the plan for the erection of a monument
10 Samuel j. Tilden. - A man re-
senbiing the one described originally as
the slayer Of two little boys at High
bridge Park threw acid on girls face.
Several more witnesses identified
Dennison as the may they saw near High
bridge Park the day the two boys Were
killed. - Ex-Justice Patterson, for
sner presiding Justice of the Appellate
Division, died after a long illness.
In holding an engineer for the grand jury
Coroner Squire Of Ossining blamed the
,Sew York Central Railroad for the
wreck in which Spencer Trask was
killed. - Jacob II. Schiff said that
there was nothing in the attitude Of the
administration 10 alarm investors.
THE WEATHER.-Indicatio for to-
day: Rain or snow The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 40 degrees; low
est 90
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
THE JAPANESE ATTITUDE.

We should regret to believe that any
real incompatibility existed between
the sentiments expressed ~ the Japan
ese Foreign Minister on Thursday and
those put forward in reply by the Mayor
Of Toxic. Both utterances were en-.
nrely friendly to the United States.
tnough the two speakers assumed diff
felent attitudes. The sincerity of Baron
komura's profession Of friendship for
the United States and of his reaffirma-
ton of fidelity to the principle of the
open door and equal opportunity for
all nations in China need not he
doubted, and if fis declnation of Sec
retary Knox's proposal is to be criti-
cisee as hasty and curt, and if some
or the motives behind it are to be char
acterized as discourteous and unseemIv
as they were by Mr. Ozaki, we certainly
prefer to have those structures of Japan-
ese rather than of American authorship
nevertheless, the present attitude of
the japanese government toward the
Manchurian railroad question seems ~
us mistaken and regrettable, and regret
Is at least as much on Japap's account
as Oh our own. Indeed, 1t is perbaDs
more on Japan's account than ours. for
IL is to be expected that the embar
rassments which are almost sure RI
arise through failure thus to dispose of
that question will affect Japan more
seriously than America. We could wish
no stronger justification for our adj
herence to the open door policy and orr
insistence upon all our lights and privi-
leges under 1t than that which was
given by Baron Komura himself on
" Wednesday. But it seems almost In.
evitable that such proper insistenca
would be far less likely to run counter
to japanese interests If the Manchurian
railroads were now transferred to China
and neutralized than if they were kept
under alien control for some more years
Baron Komura's reference to Japan's
action at Port Arthur suggests an addi-.
tonal argument In favor of Mr.. KnOx's
plan. as logical continuance Of q pol
Icy which Japan has already volun-
tarily begun. Russia made of Port
Arthur closed military port and fort
ress, but Japan, although fully entitled
under the treaties to continue that ar
rangement. has made it an open COM
mercial port That is ? proceeding for
which Japan Is entitled to .redit and
commendation. But surely 1t would DE
logical to extend the same liberal prin-
ciple to the railroad which runs north.
ward from that port by transferring 1t
tn its proper owner and by asserting TO
its naturalization.
Nor can we regard as convincino
Baron Komura's reminder that fulfill
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
TO DESTROY JAPANESE TREES.
Gifts from Toxic to Washington Found
To Be Badly Diseased.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Regret has been
expressed by the President and by Mrs.
Taft because two thousand japanese
cherry trees presented by the municipality
of Toxic to this government for use in the
national capital have been found to be
infected with root gall worms. certain dis
eases and insect pests. some of the latter
hitherto unknown in this country. The
trees were to have been planted in Poto-
mac Park, which Mrs Taft did much last
year TO have made the outdoor boulevard
and meeting place of social Washington
The Secretary of Agriculture has found
II necessary to recommend the destruc-
tion of the trees. Secretary Knox has ex-
pressed TO the Japanese Ambassador the
regret of the government authorities that
the gift cannot be used. and Colonel Cosby,
in charge OF Public Buildings and Grounds,
has conveyed regrets to the Mayor OF
Toxic.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
VIEWS OF READERS.
FOR A MEAT EATERS UNION.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: No matter what may be the cause
of the high pricer of meat. we consumers
have within ourselves the power to re-
duce them. Almost any sort of a start is
better than doing nothing. but j fear we
shall not get permanent relief until
well thought oct plan has been adopted.
The present meat strike which Is
spreading over the United States will with
out doubt reduce the prices, but after we
return to our normal consumption of meat
they VIII al, ance to their former level
We shall have derived no lasting benefit.
What we need is not to kill entirely the
consumption OF meat, but to reduce it, If
we should refrain from its use. say, two
days OF each week. results would be better
than II we stopped altogether.
This movement by consumers already
shows something of the strength we have.
but we cannot safely use this strength
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
THE CENTRAL BANK SCHEME.

To The Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The advocates of the central bank
idea advance as their chief argument the
fact that the national bank of any Euro
pean country. but particularly that of Eng
land, is able at all times to control most
Systematically and wisely the normal as
well as the abnormal conditions Of the
money market and of credit elasticity.
They affirm, when confronted with the
answer that England is a very small
country as compared with the United
States and with interests centred in the
one city of London, that the central bank
system is most comprehensive and sue
cessful in the great empire of Russia.
In England a central bank is practical,
for as far as finance gees London is Eng
land. and it is, therefore. most natural and
logical that the Bank of England, Lon
don institution, should successfully handle
the country's financial matters. The con-
ditons In the United States, however. as
compared witt. England, are vastly differ
ent, and. in respect to their fitness 10 be
presided over by one central bank, they
are at complete variance with the scondi-
tions in Russia.
A great part of Russia is decidedly prim-
tive In its industrial and commercial prog
ress, and, therefore, questions of the higher
side of finance are very limited in their
fields Russian commercial interests are so
centred as to make national bank most
feasible. But consider. on the other hand,
the commercial conditions as they exist
here In the United States
New York. 1t is true. is our financial
centre, and as New York goes so the
country is pretty likely to follow. But
New York cannot systematize and keep in
a normal trend the commercial conditions
of the several centres of trade In this
country, nor can she keep credit on a
pl operly elastic basis throughout the states.
The country is new, development is fast,
and with the great building and financial
operations that are constantly in progress
a system Of credit Is called for vastly diff
ferent from that of staid and conserva-
tive country like England.
There is no question in my mind that
some reform in the nations finance is
needed, but ! believe that the matter will
adjust itself normally and gradually, and
/ do not believe that the arbitrary adjust
ment of the problem by the establishment
of central bank would by any manner
OF means place the monetary and credit
system on serene basis.
INSURGENT
New York, Jan. 90, 1910.
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rErorn The Tribune Bureau.J

washington. Jan. 2s.-The President DIS
cussed the political situation In ino'aia l'
day with Ex-Governor Durbin.
Representative L.ongworth is trying to IN
terest the President In the creation OF an
additional judgeship in the southern DIS
trict OF Ohio. By an act of Congress ana
because of the illness OF Judge Albert u
Thompson an addtional judgeship was Gre
ated In that district. but 1T was provided
that when ene Of the judseships became
vacant the Office should be abolished. Judge
Thompson died recently, and Mr.. Long
worth has called the Presidents attention
to the need of two Judges In the district.
Oklahoma affairs were discussed by the
President, the Postmaster General and e
NJ Cade Republican National Committee
man from Oklahoma.
The President has accepted an invitation
to attend the annual dinner of the Society
of Cincinnati for New Jersey at Trenton on
February %. and viii address the Newark
Board of Trade the following evening
Senator's Bulkeley and Brandegee and
Representatives Henry. Tiison and Sperry
called. with thirty members of the Cham
Der Of Commerce of New Haven. to solicit
the aid of the President in the passage of
the bill appropriating s2.00o.0C0 for a new
federal building and postofice at New Ha-
ven.
Richard c. Kerens, the new Ambassador
to Austria Hungary, called 10 pay his re-
spects.
The Presidents callers included the Cab
met members. Senators Paynter, kean,
Gamble and Crane; Representatives Dalzeli,
Boutell and Dwight; Lee McClungs Treas
urer of thte United States; Ames Mac
Veagh. of Washington; James kidder, OF
New York, and Professor Schroeder, of
Harvard.
The President attended the dinner given
by the Periodical Publishers Association OF
America at the New Willard this evening.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
from The Tribune Bureau


Washington. jan 2S--The Vice-President
and Mrs Sherman were the guests Of honor
at dinner tonight, with Senator kean
and his mother. Mrs. Kean. as hosts. Miss
Baker. of Utica, n. Y. who has been the
house guest of MIR. and Mrs. Sherman for
several weeks, will return 'to her home to-
morrow. Their sons and daughters-in-law.
who were here for the large reception on
Wednesday night have, returned to their
homes.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt is the guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Z. Mclean, ana will visit
her brother-in-law and sister. Representa-
tive and Mrs. Longworth. and others While
in the capital. Mr.. and Mrs Mclean Will
give a large dinner party and cotillon for
Miss Roosevelt tomorrow night. and a
breakfast at their country place. Friend
ship, on Sunday. Miss Roosevelt was the
guest at dinner tonight of Mrs Ric,iard
Townsend, and among other affairs al
ranged In her honor is a Luncheon on
Wednesday, with Mrs. Beekman Winthrop
as hostess.
Mrs. Richard Townsend entertained a
number of guests at dinner tonight In
the party were the Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. MacVeash. the Secretary OF
the Navy and Mrs. Meyer, the German
Ambassador and Countess Won Berrstorff.
the Netherlands Minister and Nine. Lou
den. the Spanish Minister. ex-Ambassador
and Mrs. Henry White. Representative and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chandler Hale, Mrs NJ A. Hanna. Mr.. and
Mrs. Newberry, Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Ander-
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Keep. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth. Miss Ethel
Roosevelt, Miss Meyer. Miss Townsend.
Rear Admiral Cowles. Count Ladislas
Cziraky, the Austrian attache; \. C. Horst
man. the German attache; Jonkhcer w. II.
de Beaufort, the Netherlands attache. and
c. r. Sincpkns
The Secretary OF the Interior and Mrs
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
CHARTER REVISION.

Charter revision? That was one of
last years six best sellers, but who
cares about 1t to-day? Last winter the
public was eXasperated at the null
tiplying evidences Of bad administration.
and there was feeling that the in
strument under which the city was gov
erned was partly TO blame, but that feel
ing was not strong enough even then to
induce the Legislature 70 give respect
full attention TO a really promising ef-
fort to improve the city charter. This
year We have a new administration,
which at present enjoys an unusual de-
gree OF public confidence, and the people
viii be disposed 10 regard changes in
the charter as OF minor consequence,
anyway.
Therefore we do not expect much to
come Of the report of the legislative
committee on the charter. The changes
which the committee recommends are
none of them in the slightest degree
fundamental They are all matters of
detail. There should be, SAYS the COM
mission, a department of public hospi-
tails. There should be q single headed
park commission The Board of Edu-
cation should consist of twenty-ope i'm.
stead of forty-six members. The bor-
ough presidents, after this administra-
ton Is over, should not sit In the Board
of Estimate, but there should be mem
bers of the Board of Estimate, elected
at large or by boreughs to take their
place-a suggestion that is open to the
objection that 1t further compIicates the
city government and Increases the num-
ber Of officials TO be voted for. We
should not have a central purchasing
agent for the city, which the Charter
Commission aud the Cassidy commit
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
"THE STAR sPANGLED BANNER"

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In your recent editorial about ma
tional anthem you stated that "the music
of The Star Spangled Banner Is foreign.
Will you kindly explain and state the
source whence this tune was obtained?
New York. Jan. "a. 1910. r. j.
1.-THE words of "The Star Spangled
Banner" were written by Francis Scott
Key in 1914, and by his express direction
were fitted and sung to the air of "Anac-
reon in Heaven" which had been COM
posed in England about 1770-f5 by
lish musician, composer and antiquary.
-Ed/1
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
UNITED IN RAlNES's DISTRICT.

FROM The Ontario County Times.
20 IN nominating and eiecting Mr.. Griffith
sbaSe Senatorshtp. Republicans of all
naros OF opinion, subordnating their
b,sonal preferences TO the party veal.
afse. ee united forces and demonstrated the
nstuNeness or party organization as an
tth Snent or the public viii. Mr. Grif-
NAV hinseir an earnest and loyal party
Unpi Is pledged TO support Governor
cirrriies ana his reform policies. The idea.
kniE,n newspapers. that there is war TO the
frians between the organization" and the
comn1ds or the Governor. has thus been
ths saeetyiy exploded The organization In
view 20 ~ district, however its members may
ure" ,ne tne wisdom of any particular meas
imnrti'or LOT tne reform OF the primaries or the
its sos,ment or the ballot. has evidenced
10 saith ,aath In the Governor and Its resolve
ana upport not slavishly but intelligently
whicbw win discrimination. the reforms for
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
PROPAGATION IN HUNGARY.

Budapest, Jan. 2S.-An early rebuff was
met by the recently formed Hedervary
Cabinet when the Chamber voted this
afternoon. by large majority. a want OF
confidence in the ministry. The Premier
informed the Deputies that he was unable
10 decide whether TO resign or to dissolve
parliament. He then drew from his pocket
an imperial rescript adjourning the Chamber
10 March 4. The usual scenes OF disorder
accompanied the departure OF the ministry
from the Chamber.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
pR,ZE FOR POPULARITY.

The most popular student in the SEM
eIass AZ Columbia is hereafter 20 reees's
the income OF 81 coo. which constitutes -
charles NJ. Rolker Memorial Fund. este.
Iished by Mrs. l. NJ. Rolker last NoVen
hsr The class win vote In a general niee-
ing for the most popular man. -, ss
ntstast three ON the first ballot VII 30
n,aced en- the second ballot. The man 'Hs.
sacaivIng a majority is to be elected. os. :.
the case OF no majority. the low ~
be left out and the higher OF 'na
NAMING is 20 receive the rris1
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
THE sTEED AND THE STEW

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the letters of Mrs. Conger who
was shut up during the siege of the lega-
tions in Peking I read that they found
horse meat possible and even palatable, If
the animals were not too old. Nor did they
refuse mule" Horse meat is always on
sale in Paris. I believe.
In our proud Republic we have accounted
this food as only for the downtrodden OF
the Old World across the ocean. But we
seem to be coming to it. Ships loaded with
our beef and pork carry thousands of tons
abroad and the prices soar and soar.
l. G.. OAKLEY.
Jamaica Plain Mass Jan "a 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29

The first duty imposed on France by
the floods is to relieve suffering. The
homeless must be fed and sheltered and
the sick cared for. The next task will
be to repair the damage done, especially
in Paris. Both the national and munich
pal authorities, however, will doubtless
teel that they have not fully met their
responsibilities until they have consid-
cred whether any steps can be taken to
avert repetition of the experiences of
the last few days, or, at least, to re-
duce the effect of future visitatons of
tie same kind. Though the Seine has
NOT reached its present level for three
centuries. there is no telling how soon
scarcely less formidable situation may
pe created by the forces now and re-
Gently at work.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
BERNHARDT AT $4,000 A WEEK

From The London Express.
Nine. sarah Bernhardt is under contrac,
10 appear az the Coliseum Theatre, Lon
airy or Gl00o a week. '"' "' sal
Mime, 6ernhardt win appear at both the
at.ernoon aiye aoon ana evening performances, and
srepertoire sba si' i5 .an famous plays. in her
Few members of her company. ''
s,id n,'aousn 40 81 M Nine: Bernhards contract is
the Coliseum management is nndeps, ds, ood oi's, =;
ment mmve tne fns option of renewing the engage.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
ENTERTAINs BARON klKucHh

DIR. Jokiehi Takamine. president q -
Nippon Club. gave reception Iase N's 49,
at his home. No. Ssi Riverside bfNe,
Baron Dalroku kikuehi. who WIN 49, ..l
a lecture on The New Japan-t'S - -
lectual and Neral Development III
nesie Hall on Tuesday night.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29

without organization. 1t is a dangerous
power unless IT. Is harnessed and guided
along lines Of other great organizations. In
which case. ] believe, we shall get much
good nom II. We are ready to be organized
that we may act unitedly. intelligently and
effectively. Now, let Moses come forward
to lead US. r. c. BUFFUM.
Westerly, r. l., Jan. Do 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29

the courts Is maintained. We are told
that one strike leader. the president of
penal servitude for year. while three
others have been sentenced to eight
months each and several more to shorter
terms for constructing work" during
strike. That is not the sort of thing
they and their comrades contemplated
when they advocated the existing sys-
tenn. But we are inclined to think that
the courts protection of free labor and
the right of men to do an honest days
work for an honest days wage. and Its
punishment Of all who would infringe
upon those rights, will in the long run be
commended to the approval of fair
minded men.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
Net,,1lork Gribntre.
SATURDAY. JANUARY %, 1910.

This newspaper is olcned and pa6-
lished bB The Tribune Association. q
Neio York corporation; office ard pr'in-
cipdI place of business. Tribune Build
inc, No. l54 Nassau street. Neao YORK.;
ogden Mills. president: Ogden N. Reid,
secretary: James II. Barrett. treasurer
The address Of the officers is the Office
Of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
AT least one automatic tripping device
in the subway works altogether too we'll

1t may be all very we'll for anti-vivi-
sectionists to resent "slurs'' which are
cast upon them. if any are cast. But
how about the slurs and worse than
slurs which have been so copiously and
so recklessly cast upon the painstaking
investigators who have given their lives
to the relief of human ills and who
through the very experiments which
have been SO intemperately. reviled have
effected some of the greatest triumphs of
the healing art?
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs. Clarence H Macka3 gives rgsssA
this evening at her house, In Madison ave-
nue.. at which the artists will be Mss Ger
aldine Farrar. Edmond Clement and Fritz
Kreisler-
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29

The attacks which are being made by
a few persons upon Professor Moore. OF
the Weather Bureau, for his recent re-
port on the relation between forests and
rainfall afford a striking illustration Of
the difficulty Of destroying superstitions
and OF the fact that the more baseless
superstitions are the more tenaciously
their devotees cling to them and the
more bitterly they resent exposure of
their errors
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29
Resurrection and suicide seem to al
ternate in swift and exciting sequence.

With Mr.. William OBrien leading a
compact and q gressive party of eight
or ten independent Nationalists in Parlia-
ment in opposition to Mr.. Redmond and
his alliance with the British Liberals,
the contentious old times Of the Parnell-
ties and anti-Parnellites may be revived.
let us hope without the strenuosity
which made the name Of committee room
No. 10 companion of Donnybrook and
Kilkenny.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29

state intervention in Industrial dis
putes and compulsory arbitration. which
were formerly much advocated nv the
ieaoers OF organized labor In Australia
as Wen as elsewhere. are not likely to
be regarded with passionate favor in the
commonwealth If the present policy Of
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29

Miss Electra Havemeyer, who Is TO be
married to J. Watson Webb On February
s. will give a dinner this evening al the
home of her mother. Mrs H o. Have
never, IN East seth street, for her bridal
attendants. Mr.. Webb gives his farewell
bachelor dinner tonight at Delmonlco's.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29

Mrs. John H Iseiin gives q theatre party
this evening for Miss Charlotte Wyeth-
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29

Mrs. John CIaf1in gave a dance at Sherry's
last evening for her daughter. Miss Bessie
Stewart CIa1in. one OF the debutantes Of
the season. Thsre. was no coullon. bur
favors were provided for the guests. who
were mostly young people Supper was
served at midnight at small tables
New-York tribune., 1910-01-29

Mrs. Frederick Grosvenor sGoodridgs gave
a dinner last night at her hogse. in East
7sd street, for Mss Constance Perkins. L.
formal 6aneing followed