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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
LIEUTENANT LAHM TO MARRY
Army Aeronaut Engaged to Miss Ger
trude Jenner, of Mansfield, Ohio.

Mansfield. Ohio. Aug. ls.-The engagement
of Lieutenant Frank p. Lahm. Of the eth
United States Cavalry. widely known army
aeronautic expert. and Miss Gertrude Jen-
ner. OF one OF the Oldest families OF this
city. has Just been announced. The we'd
ding VIII be military affair at the Jenner
home OH October 10.
The engagement is a romance Of the ten
mis- courts at the Westbrook Country Club.
where the couple played frequently, the
lieutenant being home on a furlough. Miss
Jenner Is a graduate of Oberlin and Vassar
colleges.
Lain early in his army career became
Interested in aeronautics. With Lieutenant
Hershey he pioted tho balloon America
and won the first International race for
the Bennett cup from Paris in 1907. Later
he was detailed as head OF the balloon
corps Of the United States army lie also
won the recent national balloon race from
Kansas City For the last few months he
has been instructor in the cavalry school
at Fort Riley, Kansas.
After the wedding he will sail with his
bride for the Philippines to rejoin his regl-
ment at Fort Mckinley, near Manila.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
rHE BRL1LSH TRADE ENLoNG.

The labor unions Of Great Britain are
which shall paralSzc all industry and
commerce, staryc the public and compel
the government itself 10 submit 10 the
dictation 0f organized labor" That was
the recent undertaking in/France. which
failed For reasons which we have al
ready suggested the British labor lead
ers think that they have q better chance
of success At least they seem 10 have
greater power for mischief. The gray
its Of the situation is undeniablc, and
It's possibilities for evil are such as can
not be regarded without serious apprc-
hensiou.
IL will be- well, however, 10 bear in
mind that the trade unions which as
sumo to be and to speak for the labor OF
the kingdom are in fact only a small
minority thereof A contrary opinion
has AZ times prevailed. Mr.. Gladstone
once spoke of the trade uniOnists as the
majority Of adult male work ingmen,
though he maintained that the non-union-
lists had rs good right ar they TO place
Il value upon their own labor. But sta
tistics give an entirely different view Of
the case. \ recent Blue Book gave the
number of persons engaged in six prin-
cpal industries, excluding female do
nestle service, MS nearly 100000. Mr..
Mulhall ard Mr.. Howell have reckoned
the total number Of workingmen at 12,-
0O0000. And the latest report Of the
Chief Registrar OF Trade Unions places
their total membership at only 100000,
OK 20 per cent Of the whole
4 universal" strike Of organized
labor would therefore involve only one
fifth Of the actual workers of the king
dom. 1t would be more miSchierous
than that proportion suggests, of course.
because Of the strategic position wlhch
the union members occupy. A strike OF
all the railroad and steamship hands
would impose involuntary idleness upon
millions who did not wish 10 strike and
who had 10 sympathy with those VINO
did. II is III the possibility Of such
tactics that the striking trade unionists
have their strength. and il Is the reali-
zaliOn Of such plans that the govern
ment fears.
This circumstance inevitably obtrudes
upon the councils Of the government the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
LNTESTLGlTING DE-. DOTY.

If the proceedings regarding quaran-
tine conditions have been an inyestiga-
ton in good faith of the work Of the
Health Officer of the Port, DR.. Doty IS
distinctly fortunate, for the burden of
the testimony has merely heightened
the general opinion that he Is an eff
cient and valuable public servant. If
these hearings, as many suspect have
been merely preliminary 10 the GUST
ing OF DE- Doty for political purposes,
he is still more fortunate. for the man
ner Of the attack will remain fresh in
the public mind contrasted with the
matter favorable to him which it pro-
duced.
Tn the general scramble for jobs
which followed the birth Of this Demo-
cratic state administration DR.. Doty's
was not overlooked. Candidates backed
by the Organization" and others with
out that valuable asset presented their
claims to Governor Dix. DR.. Doty con-
tinued to perform his duties. Next came
accusations Of something or other, in
definite but heinpus, and repetitions
until the Governor appointed Commits
siOner Bulger TO investigate Imme-
diately there sprang into prominence a
! lawyer who exercised all the prerOga-
, tiyes--and mOre-Of a prosecutor Per-
sistent inquiry brought to light the fact
that he was not retained by the com
missioner and had no official standing
/ but was a representative Of some Of the
people who were making complaints
against the Health Officer. The general
! impression Heretofore had been that he
was chief investigator Ills activities
/ have not diminished Sensibly since,
though his supply Of witnesses with
garish tales about dissertation Of dead
mems ashes, midnight revclries Of en-
plOyeS and atrocious cructies TO immi-
grants at Quarantine has fallen off no
/ tably. On the other hand. there has
/ been presented testimony to Dr. Dotys
ability and fidelity and efficiency by
physicians Of the eminencc Of Or. jacob
and DR.. Flexner and Dr.. Brannan and
| Or Bryant Even higher testimony has
been given by the people Of this city aud
I The state. With all materials for SEN
sati0nal. nerve rending cholera scare"
at hand. they have refused 10 become
scared They knew there was no danger
when the man who for years has safe
guarded the city against all kinds Of
/ cpidemicS from abroad was at his post
1 If this inquiry was organized 10 fur
/ Iish an excuse for removing Dr. Doty Il
seems to have failed notably Of accom-
/ plishing its purpose. il appears to have
1 developed the best Of reasons for his
retention, despite the hunger Of Tam.
many aspiranls for his JOB.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
TIE rREE LIST VETO.

The Farmers Free List bill, so called,
which President Taft has just vetoed,
was another Of the put the President in
a hole" tariff bills passed by the insur-
gcnt-Democrat combination. which, If IT
was an honest alliance having only the
public good as it's object, has just been
repudiated by the Democrats in a grossly
immoral fashion. The bill was passed to
be vetoed and 1t is vetoed. 1t deserved
to he vetoed. The members of the com
bination responsible for it were so care
less what sort of tariff legislation they
voted for. provided they got the reputa-
ton of being tariff reducers. that, as
President Taft points out, they do not
even take the trouble TO prepare work
manlike bill. leaving its language so full
Of antiquities that it is uncertain what
articles are covered by il.
1t was thus even more indefensible
tlan the wool bill, which the President
vetoed and which It reSembled in being
prepared without adequate information.
No one knows what its economic effects
would have been, and no one who voted
for it cared. Only its political effects
were considered, and to the insurgentT
Democratic combination they appeared
to be good. They will be good only If the
nation approves careless tinkering with
the laws that affect its industries, with
out study and consideration as TO its
probable results. when legislation upon
adequate information will he possible a
few months from now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
SOUTHERN VIEW OF MOB LAW.

From The Columbia IS. g state.
A frenzied mob Of thousand women
and men in a town Of ten thousand in
hab,tants, thirty miles from Philadelphia,
ia the state Of Pennsy lvauis, having seized
. wounded and helpless negro in hos
cause he had killed a white man, the nat
ural thing TO say is that race prejudice
and the mob sUirlt are not localized In the
United States. II was In New York, not
Montgome or Mobile. that the most con-
splcuous negro yet produced IN America
was chased IN the streets and cudgelled by
q white man, who has not been punished
for the assault, the prosecution having
bee dropped
Yts common Justice requires that il. be
said that the lYnchng variety OF murder
crs and essassins IL rare In Pennsylvania
where riotiug attended by violence and
disorder on the part OF strikers is frequent
aud where It Is not unusual for many men
To- lie shot 20 death by deputy shoriffs
armed with repeating rifles and n patent
Of law The atrocity OF Coatesvillc does
not make Pennsylvania "A ynching state.
however the incident equals In barbarlsm
the more frequent outbreaks that have dis
grsccd Texas. Georgia and South Carolina
The Pennsylvania affair In In one aspect
worse than the southern lynchings. II oc-
CURED in Il large town In such town as
Springfield. ILL., Springfield. Mo- and those
towns of Ohio which, at times, have in
dulged i'm orgies of riot ana murder All
OF them are well pOced communities. &.
The truth, and the only truth, impressed
by the CoateSyille horror il that popular
contempt for the peace aud order of So
ciety hourishes in the same noXious luxurl-
ance In every part Of the United States.
unless New England be excepted, and It is
equally proclaimed by the crimes in Okla
hOma and Arizona.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
TREATIES NOT TOO SWEEPING
Points for Consideration by Those Who
Fear the Arbitration Measures.

70 tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: TO some few minds our proposed
arbitration treaties with England and
France seem 20 have too much OF sweep
Ing nature believe that tire yagl appre-
tension Of them. thus produced may be met
by the following considerations:
These treaties present 10 ussa clear cut
issue Of international morality. IL ratified
without change They will be the longest
step yet mace toward international peace.
The treaties are really not sweeping at
all in the sense that they 90 not commit
IN beforehand 90 the settlement of the most
delicate questions The joint high commits
sion Is not TO settle "A vital question Itself.
but only whether such a question is justici-
able. we will have three commissioners
out Of the six ourselves. and i've IS to be
tho majority. quite a safe one.
We Are not rashly committing ourselycs
to the chance of adverse decisions in regard
TO immigration or the japanese in our pub
Bo schools. " such questions arise they
will be settled in accord with the principles
Of International law I quote from Or.
Lawrence's cautious book his expert state
ment of the principles which would then
apply: - state as an Independent political
unit has Il right TO accept as citizens on
it's own conditions all who may come into
it's territory and desire to attach them.
selves 10 try H."
The real object Of these treaties IS to in
terpose delay. This Is tho best mode OF
averting war. Our country Is SO wide
awake 10 the dreadful sacrifice and cost Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
RE0RGAYTzATIoY NEEDED.

Dr. Wneys confouudins OF his enemies
gives great satisfaction to the public,
which regards him with favor rs par
ticularly jealous and efficient public ser
want Upon The original charge that the
chief chemist had violated the law re
garding the compensation Of experts IN
oder 10 obtain the services Of phaT-
inacologist whom he regarded IA indis-
repsable in the enforcement Of the pure
food law II is impossible yet to pro-
nonnce an opinion, but il appears now
that this charge was based AT least in
part upon garbed letter that was
never sent. But aside from dispOsing OF
OF almost disposiRg of this charge the
iqnuiry has resulted IN the complete dis
comfiture Of those who sought TO get rid
OF Or. Wiley and who hampered him in
the enforcement Of the pure food law.
The case as it has developed seems
f. show The operation within the De
partment of Agriculture Of a cabai 20
reduce the power and influence # the
chief chemist Which finally sought to
compass his dismissal for q technical Of
fence the cause Of which at the worst
was excess Of zeal and the evidence re-
mrding which appears to have beep
aimsy and CARRIED. Whether the enc
mics OF DR. Wiley were actuated by a
desire 10 serve the food manufacturers
whom a strict and jealous enforcement
of the law would einbarrass, or whether
they were moved only by their dislike
of the chief chemist. there can be no
doubt that the interests Of the public
suffered The enforcement Of the law
was An the hands Of men who were
either half hearted about IL or who were
Indifferent to everything else than re-
ducing the chief chemist into insignif
canoe. The system under which the deter
IMITATION as TO whether food was CNemi-
oally pure and safe was in practical effect
taken ont OF the hands Of the chemist
aud pat into those Of law officer who
knew nothing Of chemistry is preposter-
Gus. For the actual enforcement OF the
lsw aud the punishment Of its violatOrs
harmony and cooperation are necessary
between the law officer of the depart
inent ard the chief chemist, whose bust
nese it is 20 discover violations Co
operation was lacking; on the contrary,
there Was hostility. And the enormous
number OF instances in which prosecu-
tions recommended by Or. Wiley were
mol undertaken by Mr.. McCabe justifes
the belief, even when due allowance is
made for the difference Of opinion oe
tween lawyer and chemist as TO the
value Of evidence. that the protection Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE MENACE

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. As TO the slaughter houses in New
York on the East Side and the disagree
ment between the Bureau OF Municipal
Research and Dr. Lederle, as Health Com
missioner, / would like 10 inquire why the
public cannot be admitted 10 full knowl-
edge of conditions as they really exist.
Light should be thrown not so much on
the mere Strengthening OF animals as on
the consequent processes Of rendering
blood into fertilizer, as we'll as the distri-
button OF ofal.
When making our inspection OF Dig
plant on the East Side, and Thoroughly as
pustcd az the dlsagreeable smells when
perIneated all my clothing and all the
rooms and belongings OF nearby houses
demonstrated with one OF tho ouriy'
rreasy-looking managers. d was told' hls
a. nutting: no bad smells here sure.
To which replied: "Of course, II is so 10
YOU because you have become part OF
this thing and have quite lost your normal
sense OF what IS n bad smell and what Is
not"
When IN Europe I noted the care exei-
c'sed I'm cities ms 20 properly locating aoat-
toirs and FL protecting the people against
any nuisance OF. any sort liable to come
from the same. why can we not 90 az
we'll here? Anyway. let us have the facts'
know and respect the head OF the Bureau
~ Municipal Research. and join with all
respecting wage-caIners near the East
Gid. slaughter houses I'm asking from him
and from the Board OF Health clear
abatement OF conditions as they now exist
in that portion OF New York.
J. c. PUMPELLY.
Summit. ~. j., Aug II. 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.

rFrom The Tribune Bureau.l
yvaebi,gton. Aug. 1S.-The President had
as breakfast guests at the White House
,o.dav Penresenta tives Mann and Wills,
with whom he discussed the substitute
statehood measure. The regular FRIDAY
Cabinet meeting was postponed until later
I'm the day to give the President an oppor-
tunity to work oh his message vetoing the
Free List bill. which reached the Executive
Office about 10 o'clock this morning. Inc
message WAS completed early In the AFTER
,oon. the Cabinet was called into session
about o'clock for its consideration, and
ar 4 o'clock II was transmitted to the
House
John HAYS Hammond, VINO representa-
the United States at tho coronation Oh
King George. called 10 pay his respects 10
the President this morning and was a
guest Of the President at dinner.
Senator Guggenheim, believing that ad-
tournament Is a matter OF only a few days.
called this morning to say goodby to Presi-
dent Taft.
The President has written to Represen-
tative Langley asking If his visit 10 tne
St Johns Day League, at Louisville could
not be arranged so that he might WISH IL
on his trip to Kentucky in November when
he will attend the celebration on the LIN
coin Farm, at Hodginsville.
1t depends entirely on when Congress ad-
journs whether or not the President VIII
be able TO keep his engagement to attend
the National Encampment Of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Rochester, Au-
gust g.
The invitation of the bills Clup' Oh
Marion, Ohio, OF which the President is an
honorary member. 10 attend It's annual
picnic, September 5, has been dechnea' rs
has been the invitation to attend the Geor-
gia. State Fair at Macon.
The President to-day became an hoho'
ary member Of the Lodge of King ooio-
mons Temple, which has its HEADQUARTERS
IN Chester, England. This Masonic iodge,
ccmposed Of seventy-hve men from all
narts Of the globe. plans TO hold It's meet
trrs IN the underground quarries III Jeru-
salem. from which the stone for solomon ;
Temple was taken.
Among the White House callers were
senators Cullom and Briggs. and Repre-
eartatives Bstes, Foss, Dixon, Harris Eo-
wards Kahn, Dyer. Calder, Mcguire ann
Roberts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19

question to what extent and for how
long a small minority is TO be permit
ted to dominate, TO disturb or to menace
the whole national mass Of labor and,
Indeed, the welfare Of the nation itself
That IS intimated in Mr.. Asquitn
declaration that for the sake OF the
public interest the government can
not permit a paralysis Of the rail-
road system Of the country. That is
logical even according TO the logic OF
the trade unionists themselves. For
they regard the railroads as RSoperly
public institutions. which should be
owned and operated by the state for the
benefit not Of capitalistic shareholders
but Of the whole people; on which prin-
ciple, Of course, they should be kept in
operation for the benefit Of the whole
people and not be iuterfered with for
the selfish sake OF the Comparatively
few employees upon them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
POSTAL RATES AND PRINTERS
WORK.


II is easy and natural 10 sympathize
With industrious men who DO not wish
tlieir occupation TO be destroyed or i'm
paired. From their individual point Of
view the maintenance of full time work
at fun wages may seem 10 be Of supreme
Importance. Yet from the point Of
Wow Of the general welfare OF tie com
munity the matter may have TO be diff
fGenty regarded and the welfare Of
the workers in question may be more
closely accordant with that of the whole
people than appears at the first super-
Gcial glance.
We are told. for example, that print
cr5 and engrayers are protesting against
any Increase iu second class postage
rates, particularly on magaziuc.. on
the ground that such action would
cause a reduction in The size of those
periodicals and would therefore dimin.
ish the amount Of work which is
done upon them and go would throw
many men ont Of employment. Possibly
tl,at would be It's effect, and the con
I tingency is worthy Of consideration. II
stands, however, entirely apart and
separate from the general question Of
the propriety Of increasing tho rates 10
question and involves instead q general
principle of social and industrial ethics
which is being widely promoted by the
Socialist propagandists OF the day.
The question is whether the state
owes every man q living at any certain
occupation and is TO be required 10 pro.
vide him with employment and wages
whether II has need Of his services or
lot and whether his work Is profitable
TO il or not. In its elementary form
this present demand Of the printers and
chgraycrS amounts 10 an affirmative an
SWer TO that question, which is. Of
course, The answer which Socialists
give. The idea is that their wage earn
Ing must not be interfered with, even
though IL he maintained nj the cost of
injustice 10 others and of loss 10 the
state On the same principle men
should not be restrained from throwing
rubbish into the streets. because if The
streets are not dirtied there will be less
occupation for street sweepers; or I'm
an extreme case, though scarcely more
extreme than some which have actually
arisen, work Of any kind should not be
done as well as possible because then
there will be small demand for men TO
make repairs or 10 do the work over
again, and men will thus be- deprived of
employment which they would get II tne
work were not done so well
From the purely selfish and super
fc'al point Of view that principle may
seem TO be justified. But that is the
extreme individuaIist point Of View. and
IL is anomalous for Socialists 10 adopt
il. Surely IL does not accord with the
doctrine that the good OF the whole is
superior 10 that Of the part, And in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney are
hooked to sail for Europe to-day 10 speno
the fall M their shooting box In England
Mr. and Mrs. Jabish Holmes announce
Tho engagement OF their daughter. MISS
t1na,ire Holmes. 10 Gustave +. Toucharu,
d ~ Tits city. Miss Holmes was one oi
,ha bridesmaids at the wedding OF MISS
v,,,,.n could to Lord Decies IN this city In
February.
Mics Emily de Loosely Potter. daughter
p, Nr and Mrs. f. Clarkson Potter VIII
10 married 70 Charles II. Jackson on sep
,or,ber u at Clearview. the country place
of her parents, In West chester ~
Mice cornelia V. r. Robb daughter OF
.ho late Mr.. and Mrs J. Hampden Koob'
,,u, ha married TO Daniel L. Downs, it, on
september 20, at the home OF the pride' No
% PARK avenue. owing TO mourning II
viii he a quiet and small affair Inc en-
caqement was announced carly In the
summer
p,ron Won Hengelmlller. the Amoassa-
dor OF Austria Hungary at Washington
ara the Baroness Won Hengelmdller VIII
.rr,vs IN town from Bar Hsrbor at the
end OF the month. They will be at the 81,
Regis until September 4, when they VIII
sau for Europe.
Mr. and Mrs Giraud Foster spent Few
DAVIS IN town at tho Hotel Belmont this
week.
Harold $. vanderbilt arrived in town on
Thursday from Newport ana has been
STAYING nj the ST. Regis.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis Rogers are booked
N sail from Antwerp for New YORK to-day
ON board tho Vaderland.
oliver Hartman has returned from MS
ely weeks trip abroad and IS at his coun-
try Mace at white Plains with Mrs. Har-
riman
Jus,ice and Mrs Francis NJ. scott VIII
return from Europe early next month.
Mr. and Mrs william V. =. ZIP. who
arc now az Spring Lake. n. j., VIII 20 to
Briarclifr in September for short stay.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Porter. who were
the guests for time OF Mrs. Charles Cook
M Flberon, y. j.. have gone 10 Bar Har-
Dor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
BIG AND LITTLE sMUGGLgRs.

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: | SEQ that at last some trust lead
crs go 10 iaD, bat Of course they are only
"a little trust II you are big trust you
get a small fine n you are little trust
sou go to Jail and also fine. II you are a
woman and try TO smuggle IN fur coat
YOU go to Jail. II you are small SNUG
gIer and oyade the payment OF few hun
dred dollars you 20 10 jail, even II your
health ia bad. bat II you arc an eminently
respectable business man. and defraud the
government Of hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars I'm duties you got comparatively
small Huc. u * hardly any wonder that
some people think that some judges should
bc subject 10 recall .. Y. GROSS.
Philadelphia. Aug r. 1911.