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New-York tribune., 1910-12-09

ri0ed for vehicrIiar traffic between the
two shores Of the river For vehicles TO
he compelled 10 cross a downtown ferry
and then he driven uptown several miles
would seem TO be a hardship. to be
avoided if possible For many vehicles
IN get from Brooklyn to Jersey City by
crossing bridge and going 10 a down.
town ferry would he not only a hard
ship to them. but also would seriously
add TO the congestion of streets which
are already badly overcrowded. Whether
ferries from Jersey City to an uptown
landing in Manhattan and direct 10
Brooklyn could be made to pay since
the opening Of the tunnels and the diver
sion 10 them of a large part Of the traffic
is 10 be considered. 3s is also the ques-
ton of providing transportation in some
way. even if it cannot be made pecuni-
arily profitable. =
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
mUSemCntS.

ACADEMY or NESIC-a-S-The LnsigG-
AlBAMSRA-2-s-Na
ASERfC CsN-2-s-NauGevillc
sAS3oFs-s :-se-Ths Aviator
REI.AsCo-s. ..sl-7'he Concert
BlJOI-s-as-Tese Nest Egg.
ERQaFTA AN-s-Macbeth.
AASTSoR:sa-T5e Came from MILWAUKEE,
tTRCLE-s :I5-NotheT.
NITS-s:l5-
oEIg9NIAIs-.-s-N
- MEsDE I5-Eu BE Hanged II DO.
sTTFcTsf,sN-s -as.-Ghs Commuters
paI,E- - .3a-Fsapv Mine
EMPIRE s.I5-She-iock Holmes.
tsAfETY-s-T5-Giet Rich Quick Nat!'i151oFd-
GARRI,.K-s. .s9-Tfe SI'eckled Band
.-4sarst-a. .7:.-4 ,ar,ailis-s. Ia La Sorciere.
lIAfTNrcTT-o: :1s-s.20- DADDY Dufsrd-
r9AsFsE-R S7,E-T y -o-s .l:5-N Vaudeville
HERALD sQUARE-e:Is--The CIR anG the
fPFpDRoME-e-s-The International Cup
Ballet Of NsaEsra-The Earthquake
I-T-TeSON-e: -Nobody's Widow
IRVING PI.ACE-s:I5-Das Musika'lieii:iiso..
JOE WEBER R-S-s:z5-Airna. y hSre DO aou
oS5rK KERRoCKER-s-H Henry Of Navarro.
iTRERTy-s.Is-T-,e Z Country Boy
LTCEg Ms .3o-The Importance OF Beng haF-
1YRfC-s-Tveo Women
N ATEsSTIC-s: :Su-T'he Blue BT6-
MANHATTAN OPERA EoGSS-e-s-NR Riloe-
nASiTE E1IIoTT-S-s: :se-The Gamblers.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE - "a" -
f>aheslErln-
~AZTAFova \ 'S-s. s.I:,-Ms5an1c Trouba dour-
Mn -S.I5-Nsdaf'ae sherry
NF-w THEA AgRF.-e-f-'- Aiarg MagGaleile-
>rR- TQR -7-p-NauEfTy Marietta
rT-TsT ri E-,-Retecca Of Sunns brook arm
AT,f.kT-Tl- SIS I-S-(-etxiTiS Polish
WEST EMS. .Ia-The summer v idoye-s-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Tribune Bureau

The tribune ESu4 te@---J
v,--r,i,eton Dee S-One OF the sT1artest
social affairs Witnessed mere III q ioii9 ~
80 Tho onening and tea this afternoon OF
80 pidiner club in its capacious new quar-
tore near Dupont Circle. William Phe'PS
- +ba president received the visitors.
assisted by William Corcoran Eustls anu
c7oIona1 Frank l. Denny. vice-presIdents' :
Arthur D. Addison secretary and treasuf-
-. and members Of the executive commit
+oa Senator George Peabody Wetnore
f-aorpa Y McTanahan. Frederick Hulde-
l,oDer. and the board of directors, arthur
Lee Alexander 3. Lesarge- truman H.
~au-berrv. Charles ]. Bell Edison Bradley
Holm \ Johnson. Larz Anderson, = =
Russell Henry H Ward. Hennen Jennings
Herbert Wadsvorth. c H. Butler ana J.
William Henry. Diplomats and members
of society in general were invited. ana a.
O'Clock tea was served
Mrs James ". Pinchot entertained guests
at dinner tonight. having in the party
her house guests Lady Alan Johnstone.
her daughter; Mrs. Charles Z. Wood. Of
Connecticut. her sister. Mrs. Walter Burns,
of London, Miss Morgan and others
Among the hosts entertaining dinner par
ties tonight were Oden Horstmann. who
invi+ed guests 10 the Alib Club to meet
Miss Helen Taft: Mr.. and Mrs Thomas T.
Gaff who invited guests TO meet Captain
and Mrs. John H. Gibbons: Mrs Pilins-
whose guests were asked to meet Miss
Katherine Harper. Of Evanston. Ill. and
Captain and Mrs John L. Z. Hanney-
Mr. and Mrs Edison Bradley went 20
New York today 10 visit Mrs Marshall
Allan, the mother Of the latter. who makes
her home at the Plaza.
Miss Carol Newberry, daughter of the
ex-Secretarv of the Navy and Mrs Truman
H Newberry, arrived here to-day. and is
the guest of Brigadier General and Mrs.
Arthur Murray
There We're number Of teas this alter
noon, Miss Julia Whiting being assisted by
Mrs Robert Hinckeley. Mrs. Ogden Jones
and Mrs. Edward Ripley. OF New York. and
a number Of debutantes. Mrs. J. VI. CuIp
introduced her daughter. Miss Adeine
Culp and there We're smaller teas
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Cobb entertained
guests at dinner tonight in compliment TO
Miss MarEerv Cotton
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
THE NEWS THIS NORNTNG-

CONGRESS. - Senate: Adjournment
was taken until Monday, without The
transaction Of any important business
House Debate On the Indian sppropria-
Tion bill began.
FOREIGN-With the return Of 4l9
. members Of Parliament in the British
elections out Of go. tne Unionists have
made net gain OF only two seats. and
Il is noyy certain that the political COM
pIeXiou Of the House OF Commons VIII
f.e unehan nged- a dispatch from
Picking says China probably viii become
\ constitutional empire after the Chinese
Kew Year. in January. 1871 the Throne
Il Is stated. hazlng acceoed 70 the I'M
perial Sena1e'S petition for the creation
-of a constitutional cabinet. -= The
Treasurer of the Ministry OF Finance OF
Portugal was arrested ia Lisbon, charged
~-sth -avi-y the debts OF Queen Maria
Pis dispatch from Func1al.
adaderia- SAYS from twelve 10 fifteen
new cases Of cholera are reported there
daily, and 10 per cent Of these prove
f.4Taf - The rirv Of Bogota made
= final pav-nprt OF 400 on the pun
chase of the Rogots City Railway from
its American owners
DOMESTIC President Taft called a
special rneetins 81 the Cabinet TO dis
cjss Supreme Court and Commerce
court appointments. -- The ald OF
1,leuts was promised by Champ Clark
in an address 10 The River ana Harbor
Congress. Th, annual reports Of
the Secretary OF the Treasury and the
Sec-etarv o. the Interior were made
public. -- The United states Circuit
Court at Philadelphia dismissed the suit
tiled by the government To dissolve Tse
alleged anthracite coal trust. but de-
Cla1ed the Temple Iron Company to he
z combination IN violation Of the Sher-
man antitrust law and therefore Illegal.
- The funeral OF Mrs. Mary Baker
EDDY was held at her home ar Chest
nut Hill Mass: the burial was at Mount
Auburn, q nearby cemetery
CTTY-Stocks closed strong after early
weakness. Three men We're locked
I'D in connection with the murder Of
John c Warner, who was mistaken Tor
an express strike breaker. DeTec-
1ives under orders from Deputy Commis-
sione- F'lvIln rescued little Giuseppi
LeDgo. who WAS kidnapped on November
u. and arrested seven men and woman
believed 10 be responsible for many
similar abductions. - The legislative
committee reached Metropolitan Turf
Association members IL their inquiry
into the alleged racing corruption fund
- Wilbur Wright said in his affi-
5svit IN his suit against the Aero Cor
r,aration that the gross receipts at the
Telnlont Park meet exceeded S2eo os1.
Public Service Commissioner
Eustis attacked the JnteTboTough for
Deficiencies III subway service, which he
attributed TO lack Of competition =
THE WEATHER-Indicat for TO-
dav- Fair. The temperature yesterday
Highest. 34 degrees; lowest. ~.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
REGULATION AND THE INTER
BOROUGH.


BOROUGH.
With characteristic shortsightedness
the Interborough Rapid Transit Com
papy seems 10 be bent just now upon
giving the public 4 demonstration OF
VI hat II may expect from regulated
monopoly" The straphanging of which
the Public Service Commission COM
plains is not straphanging in rush hours
That neither the regulators nor the
monopoly can cure II once. 1t Is strap
hanging in the n0n-rush hours. when 1t
Is possible 10 supply seats simply by
slightly increasing the train schedule.
and the failure 10 supply seats with
which ever- one is familiar who travels
IN the subway in the non-lush hours
either morning or afternoon. IS in direct
defiance of repeated orders from the
Public Service Commission
It's obstinate refusal TO furnish an
adequate service in the less crowded
hours of traffic is characteristic Of the
Interborough company. which has al
WAYS sought to keep Its service at the
paint where there will he dividends IN
the srrans.-' It is to he reckoned with
in considering the company's proposal
for additional suhYays. We do not
mean that prejudice against the com
many arising from its persistent disre-
gard 0f public opinion and its wrong
headed conception of its duty in per-
forming Il public service should blind
the city TO the merits Of ITS plan for
additional subwIys The question
whether the city is 10 have 2 single
comprehensive subway system or COM
peting systems should be decided with
out undue bias. But nevertheless the
character Of the IntcrboTough opera
ton will inevitably he taken into con-
sidera ton Competition, with its TWO
systems. viii not give extensive connec-
tiOns at & single fare. 4 monopoly
means no escape from the INTERIOR
ougb's cheesepaIIng policy. except such
as the Public Service Commission by
orders. fines and constant fighting may
he able 10 effect And the Interborough
viii probably always go as far as II
dareS I'm violating the intent and perhaps
also the letter Of the commissions : or
GerS. The law Of compensation applies.
For the convenience of Il monopoly with
a comprehensive system the pubic
would pay somewhat in losing the only
really effective stimulus to Il good ser
vice. Regulation in this regard Is an
imperfect substitute for competition. 1t
can accomplish many things, but ii can
rot change the point Of view of those
who operate the present subway They
Will remain s1ortsighted and obst-uc-
tive 10 the end. as their reminding the
public Of their habitual faults at this
time. when they are seeking the favor
Of the city. sufficiently proves.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09

the funeral of Isaac Stern. There was a
great throng-merchants and clerks bank
ers. professional men. philanthropists. rich
and poor l went into the temple behind
one of the great bankers of the world. and
sat next TO a woman whose apparel in
dlcated poverty The antagonisms of CEN
turtles were forgotten We were there, Chris
tian and Jew. sharing the same sorrow. the
same memories. the same hopes. The SER
vice was simple. fitting for one who
was never ostentatious.
y merchant of this city told me this in
cident several years ago. He had assembled
the steps of "a great house where he Was
90 dine with one of the historic families of
the city, Before the door was opened Mr.
Stern had come up aud was BY his side
Mr. Stern said to his friend: The nrst
time stood at this door 1 came with A
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
LESSON IN ECONOMY OR
HONESTY

An incident Of more than superficial
significance is reported from Essex
County, the metropolitan county of New
Jersey. in the final assent Of the mu-
nicipal government to the system Of
competitive bidding for the doing Of all
work and the furnishing Of all supplies
amounting to more than 500 in value
This reform has long been urged, but
the Board Of Freeholders has persisted
in sticking to the old system under
which awards were made by favor.
Perhaps It would have stuck to the old
system TO the end Of time had not the
electors OF the county last month voted
to remodel the county government by
reducing the board in numbers TO the
size Of q mere commission. Eleventh
hour repentance and conversion some
times occur under such Christening.
How much the reform is needed is
strongly suggested by a comparison Of
some OF the county's expenses with
corresponding expenses incurred else
where. The big hospital for the insane
which the county maintains provides an
example Comparison Of its cost has
been made with that Of one of the state
hospitals for the insane in New Jersey,
with four in Ohio. with two in Indiana,
with two in Pennsylvania. and with
four In New York. and IT shows it 10
be the most expensive of them all. The
per capita cost Of food in Essex County
is s97 81, and the average in all the
others is 500 0S. the highest of them
being only S73 03. The Essex County
cost of light and fuel is $50 j6. while the
average elsewhere is only ST - and
the highest is s24 - The total cost
per capita In Essex County is s279 &C.
while the highest elsewhere Is S246 o4
and the average is S193 rs.
There is no ground for supposing the
legitimate cost of supplies to be greater
in Essex County, \. J.. than In Morris
County, in the same state, or than In
New York City. Neither is there any
convincing indication. particularly in
view Of the recent scandals in its hos
pital that it takes better care of its
patients than do these other coInInu-
mites. The noteworthy excesses OF
costs must, therefore be grayely sus-
pected of being illegitimate, or ut any
rate unnecessary and capable or apaIe-
ment by an honest, economical and
bnsinesslike administration. The abb
sence. hitherto, Of competition IN the
awarding of contracts or in the purchas-
ing Of supplies may not have been the
sole root Of the evil. but there Is reason
to believe that 1t was one Of the prolif1e
sources Of pronigaey and that the re-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
A STREET CLEANING HINT.

To the Editor of the Tribune
Sir: The winter is upon US, but IL has
given plenty OF time for preparation.
Would that those preparations included
available gravel for the relief of slipping
men and horses and slxidding automobiles.
In London there are hundreds OF half
moon shaped receptacles along the side
walks. and cone-shaped ones in the middle
OF the wider streets that are always SER
viceable In time of need. Why should
New York not have them?
To-day from one window one has seen
five horses down. One horse screamed in
distress-a dreadful thing to hear. Such a
condition OF the fire streets adds a new
peril. The motor danger is doubled.
Cannot the snow cleaning. whether done
by house holders or the city employees. also
keep the cutters clearf
Let Commissioner Edwards add TO his
splendid work the keeping OF clear cutters
and the furnishing of gravel. and thus win
the gratitude of man and beast
New York. Dec. .. 1910. VOX PoPULI.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
rr-o,-, TO- rr,,,,,n. Bureau.1

From The Tribune BuFsf~1+l
washington Dec s.1The Presioeht oe
voted almost his entire day 70 'ns
cussior of the Supreme Court and Com
rnerce Court appointments. anu suD!eC17
relating to rivers and harbors- Ihis aIeeI
,,oon Mr. TAFT called a special rneeting OF
the Cabinet to discuss the 1udieiai ap-
r,ointments. No announcement of the can
didates selected viii be made TINS "eeh'
(.ova-nor TAnaen of Illinois who was
accor,nanied bv General Bixby, cfief OF
engineers. recommended fourteen-IooI
channel for the Mississippi River from tae
lakes to the gulf.
The President received committees Iroiii
the T.akes-to-the-Csulf Deep Waterways
Association headed by w K kavanausu'
who attacked the President In his speeCh
before the convention of the associauoh
recentIv held in St Louis Nnen MI
Taft met his assailant, he said; was
ON the bench long enough to kno" ttIe1
If is the duty of Judge 20 listen 10 ''0
evidence of any man. although ne ii'a9
have been abusing the court at the cofis-
grocery-'
Senator Burton and Representative
Toro-v-or+h introduced a delegation Iroi'i
the Ohio Valley Improvement Assoclatloii'
IN Washington for the Rivers ana fai-
- f-o,e,,e~s They also introduced
delegation of Cincinnati business nish'
beaded bv Mayor Schweb. who ursed tns
r,.os;aa-,+ not IN abandon Fort Thomas, as
t+e,, understood is the intention OF t"e
War Department
Ea,rasanta1ive PoiudexteT recommended
n q Moore. of Spokane. for the '-ni1ea
states fudgeship of Washington
President Taft shook hands WITH hity
o- more C;errnan-Americans who came I"
washington 10 attend the unve1ii'S oI i'7
ste,,han statue. and also had ms pnot'.
qranb taken with his visitors IN front OF
the executive offices
Senator S1noot asked the PTesldehI 20
r,ror,ote Colonel Walter Scott OF the l''h
T-,sar,+-, now stationed at Fort Douglas,
TO brigadier general
Legislative subjects were discussed OS
the President with Speaker Cannon VICE
president Sherman. Senator Lodge and
Senator Crane
Senator Knute Nelson talked Win the
,'-aa;do,t a,o,,t the BaIlinger-Pinchot re-
port
dent of the New York Central, members
of rho workmen's compensation for III
iuries commission. conferred wlth the
President
Among the White House callers were
Senators Page. Dillingham; Lorlmer' Iel-
reu. Gamble. Simmins. Smith burrows
Nevr1ands. Lodge, Stephenson and Young
REPRESENTATIVES Malby, Eilis Langley
s,,Izar E,sch, Foelker. Madden. Moore
nm Powers. Kennedy. Campbell Ben
net Hamilton Mccall and MoreheaH' eN-
Senator Teller, ex-RepreSentauVe " a.
.o, Governor Harmon of Ohio ana
Newell Sanders of Tennessee
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09

It is gratifying to learn from its an
nual report that the City Club has been
restored to a sound financial condition
and is prepared to continue the useful
work of public character which has
commanded general approval in the
past 1t was the hope of doing public
service which called the club into e1-
istence.. and that purpose has never been
subordinated in efforts to develop the
social life of the organization. The rev
enue which a much larger membership
would produce would enable the club to
expand it's Intelligent activities and
would tighten the excessive burdens
which few of it's members have been
unselishly bearing.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
7TKyFIs NOT ALL-SUFFTCTEET.

The protest against the abandonment
Of various ferries between Jersey City
ard New York on account Of the opening
% railroad tunnels follows former COM
plants against the lessening OF ferry
serrice which was begun months ago
end Is now To be carried into the courts.
Whatever the outcome OF the suits may
he. the incident serves as q reminder of
She fact which we have already empha
sized, that railroad tunnels under the
rivers are not all-sufficient means Of tran
sit Apart from the very considerable
number Of persons-passengers on the
railroads and local travellers between
New Jersey and New York-wilo would
decidedly prefer boats TO tubes, there is
2 large, important and increasing traffic
in vehicles which cannot possibly be ac-
commodated at all by the existing tun-
rlels and which is not likely ever TO be
accommodated by any conceivable tun-
neis. and for which. therefore, other and
adequate provision must be made.
The question at once arises concern
ing the terms Of the ferry franchise
whether the boats are 10 be operated as
mere extensions Of the railroads, pri-
nlarily for the convenience of passengers
from the trains and only incidentally
and not at all necessarily for the accom-
modation Of general traffic, or as gen.
eral means Of conveyance for ali traffic
which may present itself. If the former
were the case, the companies might have
an indisputable right TO stop the ferries
whenever they provided other means of
transportation for the passengers In the
trains If the latter, however, it might
he argued that the general public WIS
not concerned with the disposition of
srain passengers, but had right TO in
sist UPON the maintenance Of salts
factory service for the other classes of
traffic for which the ferries were estab
iished
In any case. It is cbvious that some
uethcd Of transportation must be pro.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

rF-rorr, The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Dec 6-Ihe FRENCH am
hassador and Nine Jusserand went 10
Baltimore this afternoon to atlend d 'ii''iI'
-, =, their honor. after which they re-
turned to Washington
The Bolivian Minister was most a'
luncheon to-day in honor OF 9eiioI Doii -
~ T,-,,,1;sr Bolivian Minister 10 the
.,.o,+5,,e rep,1,Iic. Members of the party
- +1,o C.4,i1ian Minister, the Venezuelan
,,t,,ie,er John Barrett and Francisco
Tanns of the Bureau OF American Re
.-,1t,Iirs e;aiU-vn TAFT and Jules Cath
ridge
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT

BY Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Newport. Dec. S.-Aiiss Annie Lyman nS'
closed her estate here and gone % Scst'-
for tho winter
II is understood thar Mr. and Nrz- Gsr
vile Kane the Misses Name and James
Parker are 10 spend part cf The WIN
in Bermuda,
After an absence of several years Aal'-
and Mrs. ]. G. MaIiery. who are nos
France. are 10 return here next Sali'i''1'
according 10 information from Paris
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Livingston bsecAii.1.
viii go to Providence fo- the refnfi'''
OF the winter at the end o. The pfe9eN
week
Extensive Improvements are beinS a'@N'
TO the summer home of r. /. tiaEnnicA
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
TIE CABIN
r....o.,- --he Tribune Bureau. 7

TFron The IrIbune bfIIedL-I
Washington, Dec. 8.-The Attorney Cen
avail and Mrs Wickersham entertained d
number Of guests at dinner tonight. having
in the party the Secretary Of the Interior
and Mrs. BaIlinser. the Postmaster Cen
araf Mrs l.. Z. Letter. the Assistant sec
re+arv of War and Mrs. Oliver. Rear Ad-
rniraI and Mrs Wainwright, Rear Ad-
rnira1 and Mrs Brownson. BrisadleT Cen
eral aud Mrs. Henry G. Sharpe MISS
carlisle and Mr.. Cable, Assistant Secre-
+arv Of Commerce and Labor
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09

whom, he knew. and cited the fact that In
the course of his long service on the bench
ex-.Tudge David I,eveutritt never used one.
IIoax-The amateur photographer is gen
orally pessmist.
Joax-How do Won figure that OUT
Hoax-He takes the worst view or every
lthing.-Philadelphia Record
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
Iem-11orfs WiI,ums.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1910.

This newspaper as O1Cgsed and pub
IsFied be The Tribune Association. q
Ne7c York corporation; Office GRG pTip-
clpal place Of business. Tribune Build
s,sF. No 154 Nassau street Netr ORR:
Ogden affUs- president: Ogder II Reid.
secretarv: James H. Barrett. treasurer
The address Of the officers is the office
al fhis newspaper
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
Going, Going, When will the next
subway bid be heard?

Mr. Sheriff., the American Minister TO
Argentina, repeats an often uttered but
important and too much ignored truth
when he says American ships running
TO Argentina would greatly promote
trade with that country. 1t is to be
hoped that one of these days the United
States viii wake UP to the realization or
that fact and will show at least as much
enterprise as some of its South Amerl-
can neighbors
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09

basket fun Of laces which I had sold eu'
ing the day and promised they sheui1 =
delivered by a certain hour. / had 70 %
liver them myself or fail 10 keep my pi'''7
ise-
Now he had not only acquired fef'Nl's
but he had also developed and eNhiOiis~
chacrer that made him welcome gueS' -
the most refined families
ELIJAH r. KENNEDt- l.
New York Dec. :. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
COLUMBIA DEBATING TEAM.

The Debating Society of Columbia - tls-
versttv mas INST announced the team Fnie'
viii represent the university in the u
,rs,,lar a.h,,e of the Inrerc'allsslale
Taague- III pavenpors. G r HslnL r.
Hunter. II. s Harris g ] Ruch. ara q = q.
Peasly Aiternstss. =. FriZ5sh ana W
HeEdecksr.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-09
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Katherine Cruger DelafieId HALL
daughter of Mrs. John T. Hall. was mar
ried in the Church of the TRANSPORTATION
yesterday afternoon to William s Groes-