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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
ny Telegraph to The Tribune J

nv Telegraph to Tho Tribune.
Newport. July 19-There was an influx
to-day OF summer residents who have just
returned from abroad. William storrs
Wells and his son. Raynor Wells. have
Joined Mrs Wells at Chetwode; Mr.. ami
Mrs. Craig Bddle and family arrived &C
the Shields cottage, and Mrs. William
Grosveuor and the Misses Grosvenor
Joined Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Davis ant
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Maurice Consdon at the
Grosvenor summer home. Miss Frederik@
Paine and Mrs. Hermann Oelrchs and her
son. who have also been making a tour oc
Fa,rope. came back to-day Miss Pane
ioIning her father and Mrs. Oelrichs taking
possession of her summer home.
Mrs Austen Gray, Mrs. Joseph 4. Dill
worth and Eugene s. Reynal returned from
New York this evening.
Mrs Hugh y. Auchincloss gave
luncheon to-day, and Mrs. Whitney warren
gave sailing party during the afternoon
for her daughter, Miss Gabrielle warren
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Hague nave re-
turned from Washington.
DIR. Hayden. of New York. is a guest OF
William Watts Sherman and Mrs Barring
ron Moore of washington, is visiting her
mother. Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard.
Robert Goelet. who is salmon fishing III
Canada. has sent his friends here several
fine specimens.
Mrs Reginald c. Vanderbilt has gone 10
New York for short visit.
Harry Payne Whitney WAS the guest -
Reginald c. Vanderbilt to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pauding tosdich hd''
taken possession of the Blight cottage III
Bellevue avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry a. c. Taylor adoe'
several horses TO their stables. and MIS-
James p. Kernochan, though she is usN'S
the automobile extensively, also acquired
four new horses this week.
Mrs French Vanderbilt has fixed August
o. as the date for an entertainment at ner
summer estate, HarboryieN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
copyrighted" AMERICAN.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: / note the comment in THE Lit
erary Digest" OF the 18th inst. on a col
lection of historical and modern facts made
by The Tribune to show that the United
States is entitled TO the use OF the term
American" to the exclusion of other coun-
tries on this continent
II might be well to add to your collec-
ton the following from Washington's Fare
well Address, viz: The name of Ameri-
can. which belongs TO you in your national
capacity. must always exalt the Just pride
Of patriotism more than appellations de-
rived from local determinations
II thus appears that lons ago Washing
TON copyrighted for us the term American.
FRANK DEEDMEYER.
The American Consulate. Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island, Canada, July Il,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
HONOR OLD PosToFFICE MAN
Octogenarian Has Served Nearly Fifty
Years in Delivery Department.

The friends Of Robert +. Bateman, OF
the delivery department of the General
Postoffice, celebrated his entering on his
dftieth year i'm that department yesterday
by presenting him with "a gold headed cane,
suitably engraved. The presentation took
Mace in the rotunda OF the General POST
office.
Mr.. Bateman. who has entered on his
eighty-ffth year. was appointed by Post
master Abraham Wakeman in 1862. and
has always been in the delivery depart
ment. He studied law a year or two after
his appointment and became member OF
the New York bar, but never took up
practice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
PEOPLE and Social lnctde71S'

, turned from shelburne, VT, to their placs
on Long Island
charles steele has returned from, fish.
,,g tr4p TO the st. Johns River on board
lanes / IUlrs steam yacht Wacouta. Ho
had bcen away for about three weeks.
Mics Grace scofeld Of Tuxedo. has a
car,n for the summer on Osgood Lake, in
,I,e Adirondacks Staying with her ars
Mr. and Mrs. II. f. Stone and Newbold
Lawrence.
Mrs George Morgan has returned 70
town from her camp, Almont on the Upper
st. Regis Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Rowland are az
tho Plaza for few days before sailing
for Europe.
Lord and Lady Pirrle, who arrived yes-
terday on board the Olympic, arc TO stay
with Colonel ard Mrs. William Barbour, at
their place at Rumson Beach y. }.
| Mr.. and Mrs. William Phelps Emo are at
the Gotham for a few days on their way
to their country place at saugstuck.
Mr. and Mrs Gerardus VI. Wynkoop have
! left town for Prouts Neck, Ne, where
they will spend the summer
Francis Rogers and Mrs. Rogers who
was Miss Cornelia Barnes, sailed from Que'
| bec last Saturday for Liverpool
William Church osborn left here yester-
day for Europe, to join Mrs. Osborn and
Miss Aileen Osborn abroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
OPTIMISTIC AS TO GATES
Financier's Physicians and Fam
ily Greatly ReasSured.

Paris, July l9.-John w. Gates the hnan-
cier. who has been suffering from an acuta
attack OF nephritis, with ACCOMPANY NJ
heart complications, passed an eNcelIeh'
day, and according TO the attending pn!-
slcians his condition tonight is most reas-
surfing.
The members of his family who ha''
been with him for the last few days, "''
verv much encouraged az the outlooh-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
BUILDER OF BIG SHIPS HERE
Lord Pirrie Comes to New York on HIS
Pet, the Olympic.

Lord pirrie. head OF the big Belfast SNIP
building company of Harland & NoHl'
builders of the White Star liners Olympic
and Titanic, arrived here yesterday on lho
Olympic, accompanied by Lady Pirrie
she is my best work" said Lord Prre'
referring To The Olympic II have heeh
building ships all my life. and | can do no
better than this. And you may rest a.,
sured that no one else can do any bettel,
Lord and Lady Pirre went TO RuhlsVi
Beach, y. j.. where they are 10 be- tuo
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William Harbour,
They will return 10 England on the oll"'
pie on "Wednesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
FOR e-YEAR PRESIDENTIAL TERM.

Albany. July l9.-New York state ven.
on record tonight In favor of sN-yea'
term for President when the Senate adopt
ed the resolution Of Assemblyman Frank''"
Brooks requesting the states represents
tives i'm Congress To favor "A constitutions
amendment lengthening the present Term
OF office twb years and making the i''
dent Ineligible for a second term
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
STAYS MAN IN DUEL; SENTENCED

Berlin. July ls.-Baron Oswald Won
pichthofen. who killed Wilhelm Won CAT
IRON I'm duel on May 10, was to-day sen
fenced To two years imprisonment I'm A
fortress Both men We're army officers.
carron being on the retired list. The baron
q a son of the late Secretary OF Foreign
,oairs A quarrel over money matters led
10 the duel which took place In a forest
near the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
MRS. LUKE LEA OUT OF DANGEB
TRANSMISSION Of Blood from HUSBAND
Saved Her Life.

f. Denver, July l9.-Mrs. Luke Lea VIC
of United States Senator Lea. oil Zen
ressee. who was rushed TO Denver '"'s
week from Deer Park, Md, while she was
suffering from q relapse following az
operation. Is improving rapidly and is no"
considered out OF danger. Senator Le"'
who submitted TO a TRANSMISSION OF a guar.
Of blood from his own veins in an cioft
TO save the !ite OF Mrs. Lea, will leave III a
few DAYS for their home I'm NaslNlue- -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
OFFICER ARRESTED AS A SPY.

Wurzburg. Bavaria, July ia local
paper reports the arrest Of Japanese
major. who was caught examining the re-
coil mechanism of the new Bavarian field
gun The japanese officer had been at
tached to the Bavarian troops by courtesy,
and is alleged to have been surprised in the
manpuvre field at night while making OBJ
servations by the use OF dark lantern.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
INDIA PLAGUE DEVASTATED.

London. July l9-According TO figures re-
ceiyed I'm this city. the deaths from the
ulague IN India have reached the enormous
total Of G0690 for the half year ended on
lime 80 The epidemic is particularly vlru-
lent this year. and the most persistent eff
forts To stamp 1t out have failed to effect
- permanent Improvement in the situation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

Governor Dix seems to have neglected
to consult the oracles Of the Columbian
Order before sending TO the Legislature
hi, demand for a genuine direct primary
law. That ancient and noble order pre-
fers to continue TO flourish on esoteric
wisdom, and sees no necessity for con-
sulting the judgment of the humble
underworld expressed through wide
open primary. How could the Governor
have been so misled by his study OF the
orders activities and tendencies?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
MAY BE STEPHENSON INQUIRY
Senate Committee to Take Up Charges
of Corruption To-day.

Washington, July 19.-Charges OF corrup-
ton i'm the election of Senator Stephenson
of Wisconsin, will he taken up tomorrow
by the Senate Committee on Elections ana
Privileges Chairman Dillingham; VIII lay
before the committee the papers concern
ing the case which the Wisconsin Legis-
lature recently forwarded to the Senate
with a request for an investigation. the
committee will determine what action IL
should take. but the members have not had
time To consider the case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

order to call attention to their quaiihca-
tiuns as statesmen. The limit OF SioVW
ought TO have good effect III chech-
ing extravaganza in campaign expena'-
tuIes. A lowered cost of living wouid
he nowhere more welcome than III state
and national politics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

A turtle is solemnly pronounced to ne
al least al years old because coin OF
that age dropped from its shell when II
was lifted by the tail. OF course. the
coin had been carried thus loosely In us
she'll for all those years. having been
put in there fresh and hot from the
mint and never got lost out until the
other dav. That proves not only the
venerable age of the 'inseck/ but also
most conclusively, the supremeiy sig
niAcant circumstance that in all those
al wears it had never before even once
been lifted by the tail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
Neip:Durk Grihn'ls.
THURSDAY, JULY ~, 19ll.

This newspaper is oacned and pub
,isbed by The Tribune Association a
Ne,o York corporation; Office and prin'
c,pol Mace of business, Tribune Bud
inc. No. 154 Nassau street Nco iorE ;
Ooden Mills. president: Ogden u. Rs'd'
secretary; James II. Barrett, treasurer
gbo address Of the officers is the Office
of this newspaper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
MR.. BRYCE NOT TO RETIRE.

London. July l9-The Foreign Once 70
day denied a report cabled from the 'n'-
ed States that James Bryce contemplate
retiring from his post as British AmhaSs"-
dor at Washington following the concluSio"
Of the Anglo American arbitration tfeaO'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The possible capture and destruction or
New York by the naval fleet which has
assembled for that purpose was the sub
iect Of discussion at A Harlem resort which
is part club and part beer saloon. where
weIghty topics MI in the time when
pinochle Lays mo matter who wins
said the doctor. reckoning to the waiter
to MI his empty glass, lit VIII be a Ger
man victory" How should IT be possible
vet" said the real estate man who also
holds the hundred aces record, FOR it 10
he a German victory when the fighters is
all ~ I'm Amerlcans?' Because the COM
manders Osterhaus and EberIe, are both
Germans.
Gibbs-What an aggravating habit Jones
has Of answering a question by asking an
Dibbs-Yes. I'VE noticed that. Last night
asked him II he'd loan me 3 and he re-
piled by asking me II ! took nm lot
darncd foOl.-Bbston Transcript
PAYMENT of members OF Parliament has
it's pains as we'll as privileges in Hungary.
In order to have the quorum of l0l deputies
take turns being present. Recently II was
found that Count Michael karolyi had alb
scented himself and that his only excuse
was that his secretary had forgotten 10
make an entry in his engagement book.
Count Karolyi has been sentenced to loss
NJ $50. three months state allowance and
this sum will be returned to the parlia-
mentary funds.
ct understand that you don't speak to
your neighbors. ..., ....,i-t
Not any more than necessary replied
Mr. Groucher ''Of course. they are line
neiphSors. but we also have fine cook
and we don't care 10 have them get ac-
ouainted with er.'-Washington star.
SUMMER STORIES.
I'VE often wondered If the girls
Who summer by the sea
DO not at little hbs take whrls
When they return to me.
For once two sisters told me of
Adventures they had found:
one vowed she'd been six times in love
With fellows all around.
The other, pouting. said that she
would neer 20 there again:
The place was awful dull to me
There were not any mem!
A. W. l..
North Country Visitor Ito friend also
North COuntryD-Come on, II 8 too quiet
here: we're getting no value ior our
money. mi, - ,
hear three bands at once'-Punch'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

The sentencing Of a German army
officer. who Is also baron, to two years
Imprisonment for killing man in duel
will he a rude but wholesome shock 10
one of the vested iniquities of German
army life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

The revolution which General Castro
was billed TO start in Venezuela hash
come up to requirements. 1t isn't even
i'm the same class with an aldermanic
display OF Fourth OF July fireworks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

"The Springfield Republican points
out that Governor Dix has done well
ito veto the bill to extend duck shooting
con Long Island from January 10 TO
February l." That is feeling tribute
TO an administration which has not been
overwhelmed by tributes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

The German gymnasia Will not De
illogical or unreasonable I'm substituting
English for Greek as compulsory
study. English. in it's supremacy in bo;h
literature and commerce, is the Greek OF
the twentieth century.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

The dog was in the manger. but Ju
dicious offer of porterhouse steak in
duced him To leave II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

turned from shelburne, VT, to their placs
on Long Island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

Mrs. George Morgan has returned 70
town from her camp, Almont' on the Upper
st. Regis Lake.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-22
The Proposed License Law.

In our State House department this
issue, may be found an outline of the
liquor license law which it is proposed
TO enact at the special session which
Governor Piaisted has announced he
will call 1t is a remarkable scheme.
n plan well worthy it's originators. the
liquor interests.
Having failed TO remove the pro-
hibitory amendment from the consti-
tuition, the Democratic leaders are
now engaged in satisfying the demand
OF their financial hackers by attempt
ing TO sfasten upon Maine one OF ths
most obnoxious liquor traffic systems
ia existence.
Read the plan and understand what
it means. Briefly il is this: The adj
Ininissnasion is perfectly willing L
leave The. prohIbiiorg law (Which ths
GoverFor and his followers have de-
noiineed az the worst Of All iaws) Al
4 is In the country districts. Bul
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-22
IN THE WIDE WORLD.
drooklyn standard Union.

In spite Of the supposed higher value
of diamonds. the emerald is the most
precious of gems. Carat for caret, a
flawless emerald would bring perhaps
three times the price of a fawless dia-
mond in the jewelry market.
In view of the rapid disappearance of
the herds of elephants which formerly
roamed in Africa, and the limited num-
Der of those animals remaining in Asia,
attention has been called TO the enor-
nous supply of ivory which exists in the
frozen tundras of Siberia, and which. Il
Is thought, viii probably stffiee for the
worlds consumption for many years To
come. This ivory consists of the tusks
of the extinct species of elephant called
mammoths. The tnsks of these animals
We're of great size, and are wonderfully
abundant AT some places In Siberia
where the frost has perfectly preserved
them. and in many eases has preserved
the flesh Of the animal alsos-fndianapo.
|iis News, 3s7
. -
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little Notes Of Creat Doinss.

K5Ssg wears are required To bring the
I 9VeHaSe e0eoaNut tree into bearing
The soda water hin in this country,
Where il 0eRr1Shes as in no other in all
TIRE w0rld was the-shan we say COOL
Sum II SsaaeoeooN
| \ convex mirror has been designed for
meter cyclists, Nhe, by attaching it to
one wrist bv a rubber band. can lift the
hand and See what is coming behind
them
Sa5tserlana.s telephone and telegraph
service operated ythe state. took in
s. sssSse3e last year, at an expense OF So
~ oeA leaving only Sl&ee profit TO the
IGaNge0meut. THE population of swltzer-
lard Is &5pAooa Per capita there were
one and one-half kilograms and Is tele-
phone talks last year.
Missouri Epseopalians seem to favor
men ~ larse stature for the bishopric.
hlsAop of the church in the United
States and the present diocesan of Mis-
souri, Is not small. by any means, and as
his cnaGjutar his people have chosen the
RtsAt Rev. ar Frederick Foote John
son, missionary bishop of south Dakota.
pr, Johnson is the tallest man in the
--tt+St tfk plsS--t1tft are ANt IiiSiflbciS
standing SIX Zee, six inches in his stock
ings- He would make even New York
traffic squad copper look small by
comparison,
In a recent number of the Vienna Neue
Fveie PresSe, stefan Zweig gives his I'M
n-esSlaa Of New York after 'soJourn
u a few days lie comments on the
EaS,ness of the city. its tumult and hur-
ssnii which he has discovered tho
~-eSsStihle storm-ereati ting rhythm of
Ne American metropolis The night
,e onder the glare of the brilliant
asiaation has its fascination as much
IS the day scenes, but when it is all
5ear. and the streets have become empty
na only the roof signs remain to at
Haet attention. then New York Is ugly
There is nothing more ugly" he adds.
-ihan New York asleep-New York
without people"
MISCEL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-22
Do They Favor License?

There is no doubt that the Greeks
do get credit or discredit for acts that
other nationalties are responsible
Tor. There are half dozen nation
alities in the cities who are generally
referred to as Greeks, because the
first of this new population to ar
rive in the city were Greeks. The av-
erage person has no means Of dis
finguishing the nationalities. In this
particnlar case that is resented. the
girls complained that they had been
grabbed by Greeks. Why should The
Record in referring to the matter,
say that they had been grabbed by
Turks. AIhanians or Armenians. in
stead9 Since the offenders had not
been identified, how was The Record
ia find out for certain what their ma
tianality was 9-Biddeford Journal
II seems. then. that Biddeford and
eaco, have an undesirable element
we wonder where this disturbing ele-
ment work. We wonder If they pay
taxes Of consequence; we wonder II
some af these would not as soon sell
their franchise as 70 grab a girl
we wonder II it is not the vote of
such as referred to above that over
balances the vote for license IN such
cities "a Blddeford.
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Coming Events

Nov 22-sagadahoc Pomona, Bowdoin-
ham.
Nov. 2l-23-Maine Seed Improvement
Nov. 25-New Century, Dedham.
Nov 25--Capital Grange, Ladies Night,
Augusta.
Nov. 2S-E. Kennebec Pomona, Branch
Mills.
Dec. 2-Knox Pomona. South Warren.
Dec. 5-Waldo Pomona, Ctr. Montville.
Dec. 5-7-Bangor Poultry Show.
Dec. 5-Oxford Pomona, South Paris
Dec. 6-Androscoggin Pomona, Lisbon
Falls.
Dec. 6-No. Waldo Pomona, Monroe.
Dec. &c. Somerset Pomona, Palmyra.
Dec. 7--pscataquis Pomona, Abbot.
Dec. 7-Cumberland and oxford Pomo-
ma, Hiram.
Dec. York Pomona, Springvale.
Dec 9-Iancock Pomona, Castine.
Dec. 12-14-fopsham Grange Fair
Dec. 12-15-Maine State Poultry and Pet
Stock, Portland.
Dec. 13-New Century Pomona, Canton
Dec. 12-Kennehec Pomona, Oakland.
Dec. A-Meeting of Governor and Coun-
Dec. 14-Excelsior Pomona, Temple.
Dec. H-No Franklin Pomona, Madrid
Dec. 14-15-Maine Live Stock Associa-
| ton, Orono.
Dec. 19-23-Maine State Grange in Lew.
| iston.
Dec % 29-Freeport Poultry Associa.
ton, Freeport.
Jan. "a, l9l2-Western Maine POULTRY
| Association, SO. PARIS.
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FROM THE OLD MANS GRAY
MATTER.
Manchester. y. IL. union0

Manchester. y. H., GnionD
II some women's hair was as pretty
as their voices. as they chatter over the
phone. the Sutherland sisters wouldn't
be in 1t for a minute.
One OF the hardest things in this world
Is to get away from the noise. 1t IS the
hane of civilization and the breeder of
illness The hanging away of the hoi
polloi helps TO fill the asylums for the
insane.
Man should not be blamed for every
thing. The woman who forgets the man
TO whom she has pledged her affection,
and does the fool things. has something
the matter with her attic. a woman can
lie Just as fast as any man living-but
then. one expects too much from wo-
man anyway, and her slips appear more
monstrous.
It is very bad habit to look around
and blame somebody else when a fellow
is to blame himself Yet. how many men
there are who get to be past masters in
this sort of trickery? a small army.
When a woman loves a man, she will
do anything for him. When she doesn't,
fright thing-that is. what the man thinks
is right.
How finickv some people get when they
think they are being catered to! They
want the earth, with chiffon over silk,
and the grave lined with white cloth
The man who hustles when 1t comes
time 10 shake the furnace. had noble an
cestors at the pass of Thermopylae.
One of the great events in the life of
young girl is when she has her first
sweater. Cleopatra on her barge, with
a green-striped duck canopy, was never
half so proud.
When a man has half a keg of beer
stopping around in his stomach, he gen.
orally has a kick against the city for
building the curb stones so high.
When some women have other men
dangling at their elbows. they are apt
to get all filled up with the idea that
what somebody else doesn't know won't
hurt them very much.