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New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
TURBINE ECONOMY.

Figures given by Engineering" in
an account of the war vessels completed
for the British navy last year, throw a
little new light on the value of the
steam turbine. Four Dreadnoughts, all
provided with that type of engine, had
their trials in 1909, and their average
consumption of fuel for each horse
power developed was LOO pounds an
hour. How great the economy here rep
resented is will be quickly appreciated
when one learns that the last niue Brit
lsh cruisers driven by reciprocal ting en-
gines required nearly two pounds Of
coal, or nearly one-third more than the
turbines just going into service.
This is not the whole story. however.
One new battleship (the Temeraire)
burned 173 pounds hourly for each
horsepower, while another (the Superb)
needed only 13S pounds. The latter
used about one fifth less coal than the
former when they were driven at full
speed, and yet the two vessels were
practically identical in size and shape.
Why the Superb should make so much
better a showing than the Temeraire is
not made altogether clear by Engineer
ing" but now that the consumption has
been cut down to about one and third
pounds for each horsepower in a single
instance it is reasonable to expect that
the precedent thus established will be
promptly followed. if, indeed, the new
record is not soon surpassed. Various
notifications have recently been made
in the turbine One of them, the adop-
tion of q CLOSED exhaust in place OF
the old ''open exhaust" is credited with
effecting conspicuous saving of fuel.
Moreover as the turbine is still an ex-
tremely modern invention. it would be
strange if many Improvements in it's de-
sign should not be made in tbe next
few years materially enhancing its use
fitness.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12

pledges of the dominant party, indeed,
of both parties. His unimpeachable
definition of party regularity as loyalty
to party platforms should serve as a
potent reminder to the regulars" who
have complete control of the Legislat-
ure. of the duty which the people OF
the state expect them to fulfil. Happily,
the general character of the men who
were elected to this years Legislature
affords q promise Of careful attention
to duty. There may be some attempts
on the part of interests specially con-
cerned to check the progress which the
state is making in good government for
the public welfare, but they can scarce
ly be successful. The policies urged by
Governor Fort are so manifestly FOR the
popular good and so undeniably in ac-
coid with the specific promises of the
platform upon which the presenT state
government was constituted by the peo-
pie that their execution should be q
matter of course.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
4 AmuScments.


ACADEMY OF NUsIo-2-s:l5-The Rejuvena-
riou OF Aant Mary.
AIHANBRA--c-S-yaud
:is-Seven Days
EEIASCO~-2 2ls-S .lS--is Matrifnony Failure?
BiJOC-2.i5--S: :ls---The Lottery Man.
BRoa Ay--2 :is-s:15--The Jolly Bachelors.
CsSINo-2:1s-s:l3-Th Chocolate Soldier.
C'ONEDY-c:l5- S:so-1he Affinity
CRITERION-2:I5-S- -20--The Bachelors Baby.
pALy'S--a.I5-S:l5--The King of Cedonia.
EDEN MUsEE-The World IN Wax.
EXPIRE - 2:1s - Sis - What Every Woman
yTt-TTy AVENUE
CArETv-2:l5-s.l5--The Fortune Hunter
GARRIC'K-2.is- -s:15-Your Humble Servant.
GDOBE-2.fb-s:l5-The Old Town.
EsMNERSTEIN' -2:i5--S: S:1S-Naudevilie.
HERALD SQUARE: :l5--s:i5--old Dutch
HIPPODRoME-2-S-A Trip to japan; Inside
the Earth: the Ballet of Jewels.
HUpSON-2:la-- s:J5-The Next OF Kin.
IRVING PIAC,t,--s:l5--Des Zieeunerbaron.
kNIcKERBOCkER-S-- Dollar incess.
IIBERTY-a:I Fires of Fate.
IYCEUM@S :So-Penelope.
2sf5-s:i5-The City.
MADISON SQUARE GARpEN--lo a. m.--Auto-
MANHATTAN OPERk EOUSE-s-Carlnen-
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE-s-Tosca
MAXINE ELLIoTT'S THEATRE--2:3o--S --S:5o-
NEW M-2:la-s:15-The Barrier;
NEW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. di Capella-s;3o-
NEW YoRK--2:15-s:15-The Man Who Owns
SAVOY Ss:is-The Commanding oHicer.
LLArK's-e:i5-s:15-A Little Brother OF
vFRER'S ER'SNo:rs-s:l5-The Goddess of Liberty
WEST END--2:I5-s:15-Carneo Kirby
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE GRADE CROSSING MATTER.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The thanks of the taxpayers OF this
city are due to The Tribune for the recent
publication of the articles showing how.
with the apparenr acquiescence of the Grade
Crossing Commission. an effort Us being
made to saddle on them one-half the cost
of the work now under way the Bay
Ridge branch of the Long Island Railroad.
Every resident and property owner Of
this section knows that there were no
grade Crossings on this line to be abolished' ;
yet We learn that this commission, with
full knowledge of all the facts in the case,
for its chief engineer has long been resi-
dent of this section. has apparently been
more than willing to certify to payments
by the city for work entirely in the line
of betterments, which are expressly barred
by the law under which the commission
was created and which clearly forbids such
certifcation, the compromise opinion of the
Corporation Counsel Notwithstanding.
1t is earnestly hoped The Tribune VIII
not stop agitating this matter until the
whole thing. which has every appearance
OF being en- attempt to defraud the city.
has been brought to the attention of the
Governor or the Legislature.
New York. Jan. 10, 1910. WEST END
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
LADO.

Time was when Lado was one of the
great, or at least the conspicuous, names
of the world. figuring prominently in
the daily news and making an irresisti-
be appeal TO the sympat thetic interest
Of the public. To-day it has become al
most forgotten, SO much water has run
under the bridges in these swift living
days since Emin was the object of the
worlds solicitude. Now, however, the
place comes into notice again through
changes in possession which are induced
by the death of King Leopold and the
new order of things in the Belgian
Congo.
Lado and the adjacent territory orig
inally formed part of the Equat torial
Provinces. under Gordon and his lieu
tenant. Emin. On the outbreak of Nah
dism they were cut off from Khartoum
and the remainder of the Soudan, and
for some years were almost forgotten
The dervishes turned all their attention
to the siege Of khartoum and to the vain
effort TO carry barbarism down into
Egypt itself, and so the resolute and re-
sourceful Emin was able TO hold his
ground against the few struggling foes
who occasionally molested him. But
years after Gordon's death men be-
thought themselves Of his friend and
lieutenant who, though abandoned by
the world had been stubbornly gripping
the one sole bit of the Soudan which
had never been relinquished to savage
ry: and then Stanley went In and res
cued him when, indeed, all need of res
cue was past.
Still later. when British and French
rivalry in Africa was acute and there
was fuss at Fashoda-another once
sensational name. now more than half
fnrgotten-the British government for
some consideration granted TO King Leo
pold, as sovereign of the Congo. occupa-
tion and use of that region, under the
name Of the Iado Enclave II was of
much use TO the Congo as ii gave ac-
cess TO navigable part of the Nile. and
Congolese or Belgian occupation of it
was, or was supposed to be. of advan-
tage TO England in her efforts TO ex-
clude France from that part of the con-
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
MAORIS AT MUSEUM.
Casts Of Best Specimens VIII Be Taken
for South Sea Collection.

A novel and picturesque group OF visitors
10 the American Museum OF Natural His
tory yesterday, who excited general inter-
est. comprised thirty Aaoris from Nsv
Zealand, dressed in their native costume
who We're present by invitation OF the nu-
scum authorities
These Maoris. who are performing AZ tts
Hlppodrome, were brought to the museum
oy W. Farmer whyte. and were met by
PROFESSOR Henry Fairfield Osborn. pres.-
dent. and DIR. Hermon c Bumpus. director.
OF the museum
The Maoris had been invited because tss
museum authorities wish 70 install South
Paci1c section. which will be a noteworthy
feature OF the institution. and they intend.
among other things. 20 take casts Of sonS
or the best specimens or the race
FroIessor Henry E Crampton Of IL
museum, on recent visit TO the Society
Isiands, or which Tahiti is the largest
member, met Mr. Whyte en- route 70 San
francisco with his party OF Nsoris- Sub
sequently DR.. Champion visited the homes
or the natives in the village of Roto Rua
IN the seyser and volcano district. Sc sus-
gested the possibility or The museum max
ns use OF them for obtaining photographs
OF types and OF their characteristics att
tuaes IN dances and OF securing casts to %
used IN the making OF groups representins
thsir daily lie and work Tor the South
Pacific hall. now in process OF construe-
tion.
The visitors We're declared by Dr. Charles
w Mead, OF the department OF anthropoi-
oSy. TO De typical representatives Of their
race. The married women had tattooed lcs
and chins. and the full olooded Maori men
wore costly coats OF mats. fashioned in
decorative WaV nom ,T shS
extinct kiwt bird.
Several OF the Macrfs can speak Ensl.sh
but TO others the scientific wonders o. the
museum were interpreted oy thsir chief
Taianaan Pirilx. after the objects had been
described by DIR. Champion.
The Maorts we're greatly interested IN tie
tattooed heads OF Maori ehiefs gathered ~
the museum. which is said 70 be the largest
collection in the world.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
A STOCK EXCHANGE REFORM.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The recent action Of the ConsoIi-
dated Stock Exchange in enforcing a new
rule affecting the bidding for and offering
of stocks on it's floor is of great Importance
and should receive more than passing
notice in the financial press. 1t IS thor
ougnly practical and effective power to
make impossible the dishonest manipulation
and rigging of stock prices so glaringIy ex-
enplified in the recent Rock Island scandal;
and a similar rule should at once be en-
forced by the New York Stock Exchange.
This new ruling of the Consolidated Ex-
change forbids a member to bid for large
blocks of stock at a figure higher than that
at which lots of, say, one hundred shares or
small multiples of one hundred shares are
at the same time offered, and compels the
would-be manipulation to accept all such
smaller lots offered before he can establish
the advanced quotatio Vice versa, if the
effort is being made to break or depress the
market, the bidder or bidders for lots of a
few hundred shares must be supplied be
fore the stock can be offered IN blocks at
lower figures.
1t is probably not known to the great
majority of those outside the exchanges
that the rules of the latter have for so long
a time permitted such unfair, such tlishon-
est, methods of manipulation to exist The
opportunity it has offered the INSCRIPTIONS
and the losses it has caused, or may cause,
the investor and speculator outside the en-
changes is apparent.
The enforcement of a few such practical
remedies for existing evils will do more to
rehabilitate the stock exchanges in the con-
hSence of the people than all the disciplin-
ing Of individual members can effect The
latter efforts do not even lock the stable
door-the horse having run away
ID. r. OFFLEY.
New York. Jan. 10 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12

tinent Changed relations between
Great Britain and France have made
this latter service no longer necessary.
and Congolese commerce has preferred
the Congo to the Nile. In consequence,
the Enclave has for some time been al
most abandoned by the Belgians. Now.
because of Leopold's death, the territory
automatically revert to Great Britain.
and will be practically occupied and inn
proved. 1t will no longer be scheduled
among the colonial possessions of Bel
gium, but will figure as an essential link
in the chain Of red which is so nearly
complete from end to end of the African
continent.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-Senate Many bills were
introduced, including the administration
measure to increase the powers of the
Interstate Commerce Commission -
House: After the passage Of the army
appropriation bill, one of the white
slave bills was taken up for considera-
fion.
FOREIGN.-A special dispatch from
London says the Liberals are ignoring
the Home Rule issue and the Coaserya-
fives that OF social reforms, thus failing
10 meet on common ground. = Secre-
tary knoXs suggestion for the neutrall-
zation of the foreign owned railroads in
Manchuria continues to attract wide
spread interest in foreign capitals, and it
Is generally believed that its adoption de-
pendS only on Russia and Japan. -
The Marquis de Villalobar Spanish Min
lister TO Washington, has been transferred
10 Lisbon. Cardinal Satoli's funeral
was held at the Church of st John
1ateran, in Rome. - w. w. Rockhill,
the new American Ambassador TO Russia,
Was formally received by the Car at
Tsarskoe- -Selo. - King William opened
the Prussian Diet with speech from the
throne, in which he outlined a measure to
keep men on the farms. HaIlka Bey,
she new Turkish Grand NiZier, announced
the names of the new ministers in his
Cabinet So 4 dispatch from Lisbon
says a widespread revolutionary con-
plot to kill the King.
DOAIESTIC.-Definite steps were taken
IN Washington locking to changing the
cate of the Presidents inauguration
from March to late in April -
Various American firms expressed to the
State Department in Washington distrust
of Madriz and a belief that Estra da would
protect American interests in Nicaragua
- Ii was reported in Washington that
Seth Bullock. United States marshal for
South Dakota, might be named chief
forester to succeed Clifford Pinchot -
A statue Of General Lew Wallace was un-
Teiled in the Capitol at Washington
= Glenn H. Curtis esta biished new
orld's records at the international avia-
ton meet in Los Angeles. - John r
Fitzgerald was elected Mayor of Boston
by a small plurality over James j. Stor-
row; Mayor Hibbard had only 1,783 votes
CITY.-Stocks were weak --- Mayor
Gaynors first message to the Board of
Aldermen contained statement of the
debt limit TO January ] and reconmen-
dations from department heads as to
economical administration. A hum
CRY man smashed window of q dining
room at the Waldorf - The special
grand jury found two indictments in con-
nection with the alleged white slave"
traffic. Hamilton Mex. Twon7hIv
long prominent in New York Central af-
fairs, died after long Illness -
Mayor Gaynor urged Commissioner Ba
ber TO hasten the trial of Patrolman
Mann -= Tammany's control of the
Board OF Aldermen was shown IN COM
1pittee nominations. - The annual
oinner OF the Pilgrims was held
THE WEATHER.-Indic for to-
cay Fair. The temperature yesterday:
highest, 81 degrees; lowest 16.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
WALLACE'S STATUE UNVEILED
Governor Marshall Delivers Chief Ad-
dress in Statuary Hall.

Washington, Jan. 11.-In commemoration
OF his great services to his state and coun-
try, a statue of General Lew Wallace.
soldier. author and diplomat. was to-day
placed in the statuary hall of the Capitol.
Oliver p. Morton, War Governor of Ind
lana, is the only other citizen OF the
Hoosier State honored in the same manner.
The unyeiling to-day was made the occa-
sion OF an imposing ceremony. CAPTAIN
John P. Megrew. who served as an officer
in General Wailace's command in the Civil
War and is president of the Lew Wallace
Commission, presided. The figure was un-
yelled by Lew Wallace. jr., grandson of
the general
Governor Thomas r. Marshall of Indiana
accepted the statue on behalf OF his state
from the commission which had charre of
its preparation. Others who deliveres
culogies We're Senator Beveridge, A. Rusten,
Bey. charge d'affaires of the Turkish Em-
bassy, and W. II. Andrews, Delegate from
New Mexico. One of the most notable feat.
ures of the ceremony was the reading or
an original poem by James Whitconh
Riley.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
YANKEE DOODLE" "DIXTE" AND
SOnE OTHERS.


The report that something of a storm
has been raised by the public declarat ton
that "DfXie" is more prominent in pa
triotic popularity than Yankee Doodle"
is by no means surprising. Neither
should we be surprised to know that
many of those who are protesting were
unacquainted with the origin and his
tory of the two airs. even if they are
sufficiently familiar with them to dis
tinguish one from the other when th,y
hear them. Judging from the manifes-
tations of popular interest in them and
of inclination to ''join in the chorus
when the two airs are publicly played
in this part Of che country, there is at
least some plausible Ground for the ecti-
mate of 'Dixie's'' popularity
Yankee Doodle is. of course. i'm
mortal 1t is an American institution,
equally with Plymouth Rock and pump
kin pie and the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. Nobody is quite sure of its
origin. save that it was not American
and was probably British. or German by
way of Great Britain. 1t is not an air
that anybody particularly cares to sing.
nor would it be used as q leading piece
on any great ceremonial occasion. Yet
II has an irresistible vivacity and an
unfailing vitality, and in name and
tradition it has won a place in popular
aHectlon from which it can never be ex-
PEELED and which no other can ever fill.
Dixie" is no less sure of immortality.
II is much younger than Yankee
Doodle" and its origin and authorship
are perfectly well known. And Just as
Yankee Doodle" while it is deemed the
most American of American airs, is real
ly or foreign origin. so Dixie" which
has long been and probably always will
be the characteristic song of the South.
is really OF Northern authorship "Dixie"
is musically the more Ella borate of the
two and is susceptible of the greater
variety Of expression II is also tbe
more singable. or. at least. the less I'M
singable. It's appeal TO the feet is al
most irresistible, and ii also has a no.
table inspiration for military uses.
Neither OF these pieces has the ouaIities
which distinguish the 'Marseillaise. the
Watch on the Rhine" Haydn's Aus
trlan hymn or the national hymn Of
Russia. Yet we can easily inagine
either of them sustaining an army OH the
march or hurling an infantry charge
forward to victory
1t is strange bit of fate's proverbial
irony that so many OF our national songs
are or allen origin. and that the one If
them which is conspicuously of Amer
lean authorship and is also conspic-
uously designed for popular use on all
occasions and In all places should, for
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
People and S0cicI Incidents

Letter had In her box the Secretarv q, ~.
treasury and Mrs Macveagh. the .,st..
ant Secretary and Mrs. Charles No---~
and Mrs Henderson. OF England The sss'
retary OF the Navy and Mrs. Meyer esf..
tafnsd a party in their box. and with NJ.
Richard Ii. Townsend were I,awrsr.r
Townsend. Miss Isabel May. Mss Townss...
and several Young diplomats Mr.. sr,
Mrs T. T. Gaff had with them Mrs. Fra-@.
Ellis, Miss Oliver, Rear Admiral Corss-
MI dc Thai. Russian second secretary -,
Jonkheer w. III. de Beaufort. Nerherlan4.
sttache. Mrs. Mark Hanna had ws,s
her Representative Lowering, Miss Lowers
and Miss Phillips In Mrs. John r. NJ
Leans box were Mr.. and Mrs. JauaeS n
Wadsworth. Senator Warren and Mr.,
Hunt Slater. Others entertaining box mar.
ties were Senator and s1rs. EIkfns Mr.. ana
Mrs Frederick Keep and Mr. and Mrs
Samuel Hill.
Mrs Eldridge Jordan entertained nm
Der OF women at luncheon to-day. and NJ,
Eugene ID. Carusie entertained twenty =.
more GebCtanteS OF the season al Irnchaon
for her daughter. Miss Stella Carusie.
Alastair p. Gordon Cumming, who Ia.
been seriously I'll. Is still confined 70 n,
room. but is convalescsnt
Mr.. and Mrs w w Finley ertertas-sa
dinner party OF young peopls tonight s-4
followed the affair with a dance, when ~
ditionai guests were present
Mr.. and Mrs. AIpheus H. Snow er-s..
tanned the new Ambassador 10 Mexico a,s
Mrs. Henry Lane Wilson and ex-Ssuafo-
and Mrs John L Wilson. CT SeattIs !.
dinner tonight and afterwsrd took sha,
TO the opera. The ambassador is on =.
way from Belgium TO Mexico and was ne,
here by his brother.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12

some Ill defined reason. fail to secure
supreme favor. America" like "Yau-
kee Doodle" came from the mother
country. Columbia. the Gem of the
Ocean," is In words and music an out
right and unblushing crib" The music
of THE Star-Spangled Banner is for
eign. "Dixie" and the sonorous and in-
spring Battle Hymn Of the Republic
are American. but are--we think, quite
ously-regarded as too sectional
for universal adoption. Hail. Column
bia" alone is not only purely American
in words and music but also historically
belongs in a peculiar sense to the whole
nation and has excellent qualities for
practically any use in peace or war. Yet
there is probably no hope Of Its ever
being adopted as our foremost national
air
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
Mr.. RoosEvELT's TRIBUTE.
Belated Letter of Sympathy Reaches
Mrs. John A. johnson

ST. Paul Jan. 11.-Written with an In
delible pencil on plain note paper. a letter
was received to-day by Mrs. John A. John-
son from ex-President Roosevelt nnslar
date of November 15. stating that he baa
just heard of Governor Johnson's death. ana
Offering sympathy. The letter, dated oOn
Safari. near Mount Elgon. Central Afr,ca
November 15." follows
~ My Dear Mrs. Johnson: While ont bar.
far from all chance of hearing news u-i,E
any speed. l have Just learned of the de- III
or your honored and distinguished hushsaai
trust you VIII not think me intrusiva -
l Write word OF respectful sympathv
greatly admired your husband as an mn
right and honorable public servant ana as
one or those americans who, we like to
whole. He is a loss TO us all. a loss "a
good citizenship. With assurances of nv
profound sympathy and respect. believe me
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
NEW JERSEY INTERESTS

Governor Forts second annual mes
sage presents generally gratifying
view Of the state interests of Naw Jer-
sey, both existent and prospective. The
improvement which is reported in the
fiscal affairs of the state reflects much
credit upon those who have effected il
and suggests the possibility of keeping
New Jersey in the fortunate condition.
financially, which her situation and gen
eral character bespeak. That the i'm
proyement has been achieved without
imposing a direct tax, reducing the
school appropriations or impairing the
efficiency Of any department of admin
'straticn is cause for especial satisfac-
ton.
1he dominant note Of Governor Forts
oItspoken message is that of loyalty 10
The law and 70 the pledges of the patty
III power. That note was sounded by
him on several occasions last year. as
II needed 10 he. and there is ground for
expectation that a repetition will not be
in vain. That in one of the counties
important state laws should be oDenly
violated with the direct connivance of
grand Juries, sheriffs and magistrates
must surely be regarded as shocking
ito the conscience and patriotism of all
fright thinking Citizens and tho de-
nIand that some means shall be pro-
rided for the removal of unfaithful To-
cal officials as reasonable and. indeed.
essential tc decent government. Con-
tinued liberation of such nullification Of
law would be a reflection upon ciylliza-
ton.
TIE vigorous words of the Governor
on public utilities and other topics of
needed reform are amply justified by
existing conditions and By the specific
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
IN APPRECIATION.
Editor of Tho Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: / have just read the editorial in to-
days Tribune in regard to the life and
character of DR.. William r. Richards, of
the Brick Presbyterian Church. who has
just died. 1t is a worthy tribute to one
whom / greatly admired and I thank you
sincerely for il. Such lives are a great
help to the cause of Christianity and in
centive for us to follow their exa nple.
I would like also to add a word Of ap
preciation Of the attitude Of The Tribune
in regard TO religious subjects in general.
Elizabeth. n. J.. Jan. g. 1910. j. W.