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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT

[By Telegraph 20 The lfiuu"1'l
Nevnort. June 26-Nrs. Cameron MSh'
Winslow has again leased the CleNe'a"'
co,taee and Mr.. and Mrs. James Is puAe'
Of Now York. have rented the George w.
Fearing estate. The orchard.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt has returned rom
q visit at Chester. n. H., and MIS-. hes'Na..
- Vanderbilt IS expected back to-molio"
rnor, . ,.,sit with Mrs. William X. Nandss'
bilt. jr, at Roslyh' vo,x
Mr. and Mrs Earl Dodge, OF New loIs
viii sail from Europe on July's anu '''''
10 Newport. A. and
Commodore f. c. Benedict ana Mf' an.
Mrs Thomas Hastings left here to-DA'
the steam yacht Oneida. ~,
Mrs Frederick. Nelson Will san '''
Europe next Saturday. "a
Pembroke Jones and son nave
New York on the steam yacht y a'aN'. -,
Miss Alice Gordon Drexel daush'es
NJ and Mrs. John r. DreNsl, Is |"
formally presented TO society durIhs
,,,,,ir, month AT an afternoon tea gwen -
o. 6raxeI az Fairholm, the DreAsi sN-
mer home. -u,.sr,e Of
Az and Mrs Lawrence L. Gillespie :.
NV york. will arrive for the summer "
July H. :, New YORK
rdward J. Berwind has gone 10 Nc"
for a few days. ,sd from
NJ william G. Weld has returhea
Boston. r.,u-nei 10
N. and Mrs Whitney have re'u'N
New York after a short WIS.,. me-. ara NJ
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene $. hey ns,.. arrtved
and Mrs. George Il De Forest nav
here for the summer. coma 10
Hamilton Fish Webster "'
Southampton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
THE GROWTH OF MEXICO
An Observer Shows Necessity OF NUT
NAL Political and Business Conditions

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Having spent considerable poruons
Of the last fifteen years in Mexico NV
for several months taken more ina"
passing interest in your conservative g.
eral treatment of the Mexican situa''o
The prompt correction OF the sensa"'"-.
press report Of yesterday, when app.a
In the dispatch Of your Mexico CITY GU
respondent in to-days Issue, regarding the
attitude Of the government toward io'e'e"
corporations. etc, must indeed Dc graz
ing to all in any way interested IN the -
establishment OF normal political ana pu''
ness conditions in that country
Some persons seem to have the IDEA 'h"'
the recent revolutionary movement p.oo
Mexico in the same class with soiie VI
Central American states. whereas 'ne'
no basis of comparison, Mexico ha''"o
been in a class by herself during the ms
quarter of century in achievements VI
general and substantial national progress
There can be no reasonable DOUBT 'ha'
Mexico now IS and must inevitably con-
tinue as a factor OF rapidly increasing nv
portance In the commerce OF tho "oi'N'
and that her present meagre popu'd'i
being entirely inadequate to the oeIiiah's
for her Industrial development must hence,
forward be much more largely augmented
nv immigration, especially agricultural
from many countries with the result tha'
ultimately II will become as complex III
us constituents. vet as homogeneous In Jus
entirety. as that OF the United states OF
Canada. -.
Thu extra ord!nary virgin resources VI
Mexico must be utilized TO assist IN meet
ing the rapidly increasing world demahas
and that such utilization must as newt
ablv induce the needed capital investments
for the coincident industrial ana CONNER
c,aI EXPANSION. together with Immigration
on a progressively charging scale ana a'
Mexico does not possess the financial SUIT
n,us nor the population adequately TO mee'
,beee demands. they must continue to come
from abroad The political REFORMS WHICH
are being rapidly established VIII mate
rally improve the condition or the masses
giving increased opportunity to mdiViduaA
efficiency and enterprise, with general ha'
tonal contentment.
The final element which will irresistioly
impel the continuation OF the commercia
ana industrial progress Of Mexico upon an
ever increasing scale is the billion doiiai
OF American and approximately eaua'
amount of European investments ALREADY
involved there. All vested interests, as wei
as the government. are and must remain
committed to the broadcast policy OF en-
couragement to the greatly enlarged use oil
foreign capital which tho progress OF ,he
country will require and upon whicn II
must rely for an unlimited future.
G. BYRON DANIELS.
New York June q, 1su.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
INEFFICIENT BOSSISN.

The wretched mudde in which the
fiscal affairs Of Hudson County y. j.,
are now found to be implies a scathins
arraignment of bossism for failure in
that practical efficiency of which it so
fondly and frequently boasts. If not for
something far worse. There are few
communities In the land in which boss
ism reached a more consummate flower
than It did in Hudson County under the
late Robert Davis. There was none In
which that system more Wanted itself
for practical efficiency, or more scorn-
fully regarded what it contemptuously
called "snivel service reform"-the last
recorded use Of that phrase was there
as being merely theoretical, and calcu-
lated to muddle things in practice. us
practical men," Mr.. Davis was wont 10
declare, ''know how to run real bust
ness better than any of You fellows"
We may assume that he was quite sin
cere in that belief. and that he aimed at
efficiency and integrity according to his
lights. But when his death permitted
and, indeed, compelled the opening of
offices and accounts to scrutiny for the
first time I'm years, what was foundI
Says The Jersey Journal:
The accounts in the County Collectors
office have been kept in manner that
would disgrace an ordinary apple stand.
Cancelled checks, check stubs, vouchers,
receipts and similar instruments that
should have been carefully preserved are
| hla, lnGr
have been mixed and in numerous in
stances overdrawn. Everywhere the ac-
countant met a lack Of system and con-
fusion in the records. and the annual
audit by q committee Of the Board of
Freeholders was a farce.
That was the efficiency of bossism and
the spoils system, under which party
loyalty and servility to the boss, rather
than character and capacity for public
service. were the essential qualifications
for getting and for holding place. The
object lesson which it involves should ir-
resistbly impel that much misgoverned
| community to turn promptly and en-
hatically for relief to that very merit
system which the bosses have so scorned,
decried and opposed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
THE CfNyINGHAM DECISION.

The decision against the Cunningham
claimants TO coal lands In Alaska goes
far to dissipate the fear OF That TERRI
torv's vast mineral resources falling
jrto priyate hands under a law which
inadeouately protects the public inter-
est The Cunningham case was vlrt-
uaily a test case. Upon 1t hinged to a
large extent the fate OF many otner
land claims in Alaska. The same rea-
son that moved the Cunningham claim
nnts TO act together in taking ont claims
tmnelled other claimants to do the same
thing. Under the law single claim
ant can take title to only 1GO acres OF
nublic land, and that is too small an
area for development as coal mine.
Consequently claimants have acted in
concert and filed claims to enough adj
Joining 16O-acre tracts to secure work
able coal field.
Since it is practically impossible to 90
this without entering into such pre-
arrangement as the law forbids, it is
probable that other disputed Alaska
claims. as the Interior Department
masses upon them. will be found to be as
defective as the Cunningham claims.
With regard to these the government
succeeded in establishing an agreement
contrary to law among the original en-
trymen. and it is reasonable to expect
that ii will be equally successful II re-
gard TO others. T'he necessities OF the
case make it antecedently probable that
an agreement exists. and the circum-
stances surrounding each group or
claims will probably show, as In TINS
case they did, whether the claimants are
behaving as if they really regarded their
claims as owned in severalty or jointly.
This decision must end the hopes OF
those who planned to appropriate the
natural resources Of Alaska, and 1t
should lead to such a demand as Con-
gress will be compelled TO heed for the
passage Of practicable laws which will
keep the title TO Alaskas resources in
the possession Of the people. but Will
encourage their prompt development. So
long as there was possibility that the
Cunningham and other similar claimants
would have their claims favorably passed
upon there was tendency on the part
OF those most interested to let legisla-
ton wait But If the Cunningham de-
cision bars the way to the private ap-
preparation Of the coal fields, the need
Of law which will permit private per-
sons or corporations TO enter upon min
ing operations, while preserving the own
ership of the coal lands to the people.
will be universally felt. The develop
ment Of Alaska will not be allowed to
halt,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
SNAIL land HOLDINGS ABROAD.

Renewed attention has been called TO
what is infelictously termed peasant
proprietorship in Great Britain by the
radical fiscal policy which is being pu;-
sued by the present Chancellor at the
Excheauer 4 large proportion of pres
cnt and prospective owners or small
holdings are Of course not properly 10
be described as peasants. Moreover, NJ.
LLOYD Georges object is not peasant 'r
any other Individual ownership, but ma
tjonaliZation of land, an end 10 which
the breaking up Of large estates into
small holdings is a mere step Never
theless. various influences are at present
opera ting, partly because of and parity
in spite of Mr.. Lloyd Georges policy. TO
III oduce an increase in the number OF
owners of small freeholds and this must
be esteemed on the whole favorable
and beneficial movement.
There have long been many small pro-
prietors in England and Wales. in 1S''o
there were 299.37S owners of more than
one acre but less than fifty acres of
land. These constituted more than two
thirds of all the land owners in the king
dom. The total Of their holdings was
4.224.954 acres. the average size of these
holdings being thus something more than
fourteen acres This total was. however.
less than ~ per cent Of the total area
OF the kingdom. 50 that 6S per cent OF
the freeholders owned less than II per
cent of the land. while % per cent
owned more than So per cent. OF course,
greater proportion of arabic and profit
able land was found in the small than
In the large holdings, the former con-
ssting largely of farms and gardens un-
der cultivation. while the latter COM
prised vast eypanses Of forest, moor
and mountain.
At the date named the number of
small proprietQys had for some years
been decreasing, and either in spite Of
or because Of various land laws il con-
iinued 10 decrease until in 1909. it had
fallen to 2SS,0ll The next year showed
an increase Of 500, and it IS possible that
there will be some further increase the
present year, though il must be small,
and il will probably require much time
to get back to the numbers of 1893.
while 10 reach such condition as that
Of France would require either the lapse
Of generations or n revolution.
In France there are four classes Of
holdings: Very small, under 21a acres I;
small. from ~ 10 ~ acres. medium,
from 20 10 100 acres, aud large, above
100 acres. In 1908 there were 5.475, D26
of all these classes. Of which the very
small numbered 4Gll, 1861. That may
seem like excessive subdivision, and II
has been criticised Us such, yet the IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
NEW YORK SOCIETY,".

Miss Dorothy Merle-Smith. dauvh,.
tile Rev. and Mrs. Wilton Merle-sn,,h W
married yesterday afternoon at the hon.
her parents, in West 5ith street, 10 D,,s.
McAlpin Pyle. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. la.
Toman Pyle. The bride wore her no,hs..'
wedding gown OF white satin and nj.
lace and also her point lace veil. NIL,
was arranged with orange blossoms e.
carried a bouquet OF lilies-of- the.v,u.
and roses. Mrs. John Junlus Morgan mo-,
the matron OF honor, and was dress., -
blue satin. yelled with cream ch,vo.
while the maid Of honor, Miss Anita No..
Smith. sister Of the bride, and the b,ts.
maids. Miss Mary Waller. Of Chicago. No..
Emily Fox, Of Philadelphia; Miss Ade,
and Miss Sarah McAlpin Pyle. sister, :.
the bridegroom: Miss Julia LOOMS W..
Edith Cook and Miss Mary Sturgi, ws,.
all dressed alike, in cream chiffon oy..
yellow satin. They wore girdles os h,,.
satin and Leghorn hats, trimmed u.,s
violet ribbon.
James McAlpia Pyle was his hro,ho...
best man. There were no ushers. The co.,
mony was performed by the brides fa,h.,
moon trip will make their home IN Car
bridge, until Mr.. Pyle is graduated from IN,
law school at Harvard.
Among those sailing for Europe oo.s,v
are Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Mortimer, Mr.,
Delaney Nicoll and Miss Josephine. N,con
Mr.. and Mrs. James T.. Barclay are !,
town for few days from their summer
place in Southampton. Long Island, and
are at the Hotel Gotham
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brooks, jr. whoa.
spending their honeymoon abroad, will san
for New York on July 5. Mrs. Brooks ha.
fore her marriage was Miss Louise Crom.
we'll
Mr.. and Mrs. George p. de- Fores vii,
leave town to-day for Newport TO speud
the season.
The Rev and Mrs Merle-smith will leav.
town within the next few days for ths
Adirondacks. where they will spend ths
summer
Announcement has been made df the en-.
gagement Of Miss Leila Haven, daughter
jr, TO Gilbert F.. Jones. son OF Mrs. Gilbert
Z. Jones.
T. J. oakley Rhinelander Will sail for
Europe on Thursday on board the Pro.
vence.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Earl Dodge Will
leave London for Paris this week They
are booked to sail for New York on july
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodhue Livingston. who
recently returned from abroad, Will spend
the summer at Southampton, Long Island
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert l.. Gerry. who srer.
week motoring in Massachusetts With
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Scott Cameron, have re.
turned 10 New York on board the Electra
Mr.. and Mrs. Cameron will go 10 their
place at Southampton. Long Island, for the
summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
NEW YORK FROM THE soeo

Police commissioner W .sss,%ros'cteristlc o.,
york. with the opium til''s,,ha t he can put ar ~
end G' to p S,SS fs.sSsr 70 fs"%;:s@s
the .,ooor sys's@h ssS Democrat and ''''
Gle =, some
Why Mrs Ericsson ,c Commit W s%icide pgSssalsii
,Se New S sGfS police Why any G s1SsmssSns
seek death while SIN 70 n slI New yors'''
VI .oIisville Courier-JourhaI ,cr
New York has had vast a9u Gao" square
,oenw vears but as the Madisor,, Il
narder has never been remun,lssisSelphia,
Is se~ ssS%' Vim W be put amt into s ts.'
ditorium and accessories. anu tPh,sdelpn'
Record. - nyer
the propriety of wearing ssss,iss the essdsSc
collar problem there.-Chicas'
Herald.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
[From Tie Tribune bureau. |

FROM Ihe tribune Bureau.
Washington. June o6-The Vice President
and Mrs Sherman returned to-day from a
weekend visit 10 Utica.
Miss Anna Frances Bayard. daughter Of
James A. Bayard, was married at St
Margaret's Episcopal Church at noon to-
day to Norman Underwood. the Rev.
Herbert Scott Smith. rector. officiating
Decorations OF white roses and daisies.
ferns and palms made charming mid
summer setting for the bridal party Miss
Kathleen Dawson. Of Frostburg. Md, was
maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were
Miss Alice Margaret knight. Miss Eleanor
Wright, Miss Helen Depew and Miss Ethel
Norris. Their gowns We're of white mar
quisette and lace, and with them they wora
white lace Charlotte Corday bonnets. The
costume OF the maid Of honor was white
silk crape, with touches Of blue and n
bonnet fastened like those Of the brides
maids The brides gown was OF soft
silk, draped in old poiRt lace and chiffon,
and with it she wore TIE conventional tulle
veil and bridal wreath of orange blossoms.
Wilbur Underwood was best man for his
brother and the ushers were Harold
Churchill Candee. Jesse Underwood. Rich
ard Fournoy and Deos Smith. A break
fast followed the ceremony, when Mrs. Bay
ard received the guests. The bride of to-
day is the granddaughter Of the late
Thomas F. Bayard. onetme Secretary OF
state, and is popular in Washington So
ciety. Mr.. and Mrs Underwood will re-
turn on July 10 from wedding journey
and will later go to some Northern resort.
Miss Laura Merriam will go 20 Hamilton.
Mass. the end OF the week. to be the guest
OF the Misses Meyer. Miss Margaret Cot
ton smith, daughter Of the Rev. Roland
Cotton Smith, is now their guest.
Paymaster General and Mrs. Cowie are
entertaining Mrs. Ledbetter, wife OF Passed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27

Jupe's marriage record IN Chicago should
take n jump in these latter DAYS OF the
month. Fourteen clergymen have vo'un-
teered TO marry without fees the couples
who find no magistrate on hand IN the
| county building.
Tommy-Pop, what is conscience?"
Tommys Pop-Con science. my son is n
still. small. voice that tells man when his
| liver is out OF order. Philadelphia Record
The adventures Of Or. Anderson and two
other passengers with card sharps on the
Lusitania's last trip to this port were not
the only smoking room incidents of the
voyage, according TO the story told by a
passenger. Those men" he said lost
little before the professionals were un-
masked. but later two men. knowing full
well what they were doing. sat down with
the experts and did n little business on
their own hook. II was n case Of diamond
cut diamond, with a result in favor OF the
people who did not understand the game
The people who thought they knew said
that the cleverness or luck OF the venture
some passengers reduced the winnings Of
the sharps 70 n small amount"
Reggar-Please. mister. dime for poor
blind man.
Old gentleman-But you are only blind In
one eye.
Beggar-An right, make It a nickel then.
Boston Transcript.
As II civil war. revolution and volcano
eruptions were not enough. Mexico now has
a plague OF locusts TO worry about. Con-
sui A. J Lespnasse. Of Frontera, reports
that extensive swarms Of locusts have in
vaded the state OF Tabasco and are caus-
ing serious damage in the central and
southern districts In localities where the
natural tropical growth IS not luxuriant
they are attacking the young banana and
rubber trees. which they completely strip
Of leaves and bark. On former visits they
have devastated only the corn and other
field crops. Up 10 the present the efforts
Of the local government and OF tho plant
ers 10 dislodge the locusts have been In
effectual.
81 saw an old fashioned picnic party
starting off this morning IL made me feet
glad"
Glad to see others enjoying themselves.
eh?'
NO. glad because didn't have to CO.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The experience OF Miss Doyle. who won
husband at a rattle under the auspices
Of St Gregory's Church. In Philadelphia,
will he read with interest by an elderly
couple who now live I'm Chicago. Many
years ago the husband took chance on a
piano at church fair from young
woman whom he had never met before.
| on the last night of the fair the drawing
for the piano took place and the young
| mans number wDs the first taken ont or
the urn by the blindfolded little boy
! Through Acknowledgement on the part or
] the people who made the list another man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27

mistakable tendency IS toward increase ,
rather than decrease OF sinai' no
Since 1892 the number OF 'ne'e go
small holdings has increased by -'vfo',
1O5-that is, considerably more 'nan
doubled. The general testimony II, TOO
that such holdings are more pro"'"0''
than the larger ones
All these are not, It is true iree"o'"'.
There are three classes or occupan'
Freeholds, working on shares WIN Tue
owner and tenancy. There Is apparent,
however, Il strong, general ana rapiu
inclination toward abolition or the sec'
ond and third Of these in favor OF ."e
first. In the last ten years the numper
of purchases has been very large anu 81
has been the number Of mortgages on
purchased holdings which nave oeen
paid off and cancelled. 1t Is also
worthy Of remark that there mas come
into general use a form OF family CON-
pact, under which one son succeeds ~
the entire holding. thus AVOIDING iur'
Their subdivision. The effect OF this upon
the growth of population is obvious. fof
those who live on farms too small TOT
subdivision the ideal family consists OF
two children, a son to inherit the hold
ing and daughter to marry the helr
to another holding.
Whether the English system VIII ever
be conformed to the French Is proDlem'
attic; perhaps improbable. The diner'
ences Of genius between the two races
serve as barrier. But the French ex'
ample of increasing prosperity under q
general system of small individual lano
holdings may well encourage the move
ment which now seems to be starting
in England 20 give the people a larger
proprietary interest in the land. That
done, however, the process is more likely
to stop there than to go on to the full
fllment Of Mr.. Lloyd Georges dream OF
land naturalization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27

held tho same number. and, both agree'ns'
the piano became a further source Of reve-
nue through a second rafie. That even'ns
the young man met the girl from whom ne
had bought the ticket and said: Twenty
one wasn't lucky for me-" IT'S lucky iol
me-Tm twenty-one." she answered. Wha.
followed no one was told, but the story u
the plano rattle and "twenty-one" has peen
told by them on every one Of their weo-
ding anniversaries.
III that agent comes again." SAID w nS
manager, Just say that am called our re
town this afternoon and regret that yes
not wanting anything In his line az pie'
ent." Tho
This instruction. as translated py Tho
junior clerk TO fhe Office boy. read: lain ~ in
STOUT $40 i 1,ok Ne % on 'he 9arnaeIes
Bits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
IS OF THE SAME OPINION STILL.

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: | read the editorial note TO my let
ter. which appears In your valuable columns
this morning. stating that embassies and
legations Of the United states are desig-
mated American. / must really express my
astonshment that the State Department
should have put in force a rule that Is as
absurd as It is illogical and must make us
a laughing stock to the civilized world
New York. June 26. 1911. G. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In reading The Tribune to-day saw
a letter from a woman in Liverpool. dated
June IL. and signed zebra, appealing 10
women Of New York to discontinue the use
OF the tight check rein In driving their
horses. I am entirely In sympathy with
the writer and am made very wretched ny
seeing this cruel habit constantly practised
IN this city. Cannot something be done TO
stop il? l am a woman and member OF
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. A FRIEND OF HORSES.
New York, June 10. 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
MURpEROUs MATCH THROWING.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The fearful fire accident at Nan
tucket furnishes one more warning to the
thousands already I'm evidence In regard to
the inexcusable carelessness Of smokers in
disposing of live matches and cigar ana
cigarette ends. The criminal law shouid
surely be made TO apply with especial force
to all such cases whether fire results or
not In this particular case the painter
who covered the boathouse floor with
gasolene and left a mop saturated with 1t
I'm an open corner Of the room deserves
severe punishment. PREVENTION
NeM York June Is. 1911.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington, June 2s-The German Am
bassador returned tonight from Hamilton.
Mass, where he was the guest of the Sec
rotary Of the Navy aud Mrs Meyer
Sefior Don Eduardo Suarez Mujica, who
recently arrived here to assume the duties
OF Minister from Chill, will present his
credentials to the President tomorrow
Mrs. George Young, wife Of the second
British secretary. has sufficiently recov-
cred from an attack OF double pneumonia
to permit OF her being brought to Wash
inpton tO.morroW