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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
THE cOMMUNIPAW EXPLOSION.
tor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In regard to the recent explosion
al Communipaw, y. J.. which caused so
much damage i'm property and injuries and
loss OF life. it is said that the law was
being disobeyed by the railroad, the ship
per and the lighter owners In that they
had no license to handle dynamite.
Is IL not possible that some official whose
duty it is 10 protect the people has failed
I'm doing what he was paid To do when II
IS we'll known that these shipments or
dynamite have been going on for years?
Should he not have known the law was
being broken? II these people had received
a license. etc. who would then he To blame
for this accident? Will there not he a re-
currence unless we go deeper and try TO
find some way that this dangerous stuff
can be packed SO that handling II In any
way will not cause It to explode?
II seems 10 me that a law should be
passed by the United States Congress
making it necessary for the manufactures
TO pack these cartridges separately and so
prevent any play in the box. with some
thing 10 cushion the ends Of the same. and
thus absorb the shock An inspector could
then he placed at such works TO see that
the law was obeyed and the manager OF
the works and the inspector could be held
liable 10 manslaughter II such accidents
occurred WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
New York Feb g. 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
4 POOR APPOINTMENT.

Governor Dix in his later appoint
ments has fallen below the standard
that be set at the beginning. His choice
Of Mr.. fireman. Mr.. w. G. Osborn ana
Mr.. T. NJ. Osborne was excellent. But
il would he useless to pretend that MS
selection of State Chairman Huppuch to
succeed John y. Carlisle as member OF
the Public Service Commission is free
from serious objection. Mr.. Carlisle, who
was appointed by Governor Hughes, was
Il Democrat of high character and law
er of excellent attainments. SO far as
the public knows, he was willing to con-
tinue in Office, and no reason. partisan or
public. existed for the failure To re-
appoint him. He is dropped apparently
for the sole purpose Of providing place
with a large salary for an old friend
and partner of Mr.. Dix. his manager In
the recent campaign and the chairman
of the Democratic State Committee.
Not much Is known of Mr.. Huppuch,
either favorable or unfavorable. lie
was never publicly heard of before ne
WAS made state chairman. and serving
in that capacity he did not impress tlie
state either with his ability or his CHAR
acter. His recent utterance in FAVOR OF
Sbeehan indicates how quickly he graVl-
tated to Murphy in his brief political
eyperience. The indifference with which
il was received is Il measure or the man.
And there re positive reasons why the
naming Of Mr.. IIuppuch is TO be re-
GREETED. Governor Dix thereby makes
the office of Public Service commissioner
for the first time one Of the spoils OF
politics. to be awarded to state ciair,
men or other party leaders. 1t Is bad
nrecedent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Irrom Tho tribune Bureau.i


washington Feb. THE President sen,
,o the senate to-day the nomination Oh
Irtber G. Warner as Surveyor Of Customs
~ the Port Of Albany in place Of Willia"
porncs. IT,, resigned: devoted three hours
10 the Cabinet meeting. refused to orue'
an investigation into the affairs Of the DIS
trlct of Columbia until formal and detaileo
charges have been fled with him. promised
,o receive T. .tional Council Of the Boy
scouts Of America I'm the East Room next
Tuesday afternoon; denied q report that
Ina will touch on the Lorimer case In ms
enoeches i'm Illinois on Saturday; discussed
ileeislatfon with Senator Clark, Of Wyoming
and Representatives Weeks, Loud. Palmer
Austin and (iillett. and requested the news
~ pers tc acknowledge the receipt OF thou'
sands Of kilograms by the White House
urging the selection of San Francisco, New
orleans or Washington FOR the Panama en-
position.
The President was asked 20 appoint l. -
De Ford of Youngstown. Ohio, judge or the
Northern District Of OHIO by Judge VI. a.
Morris and George +. ARIEL, OF Noungs-
town.
Among the White House callers were
judges Knapp. Archibald and Garland ana
! Or Simon Wolf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
4 PRTSSIAN EMPIRE

The explanation Of the PrUssian fran
chise policy which was recently given by
the German Chancellor during a debate
III the Reichstag was the franEest dec
laration which we remember 10 have
heard Of the determination of Prussia 10
retain and to exercise the hegemony of
the empire. The newly granted fran
elise of Alsace-L orraine was under con-
sideratiOn and attention was called TO
the fact that it was much more liberal
than that Of Prussia. This the Chan
cellor admitted. saying that Prussia was
quite willing 10 grant to the ReChsland
far more liberal franchise than she
would permit her own subjects 10 enjoy.
He added strong suggestion that there
was no room for expecting Prussia ever,
or at any rate I'm the measurable future,
TO grant any material changes in the
| franchise
The reason for this attitude of reso-
| lutte conservatism was plainly given.
Prussia has the leadership In imperial
policy. Her Prime Minister is always
| Chancellor Of the Empire, and thus the
composition of the imperial ministry de
ponds directly upon that of the Prus-
sian ministry. If the PruSsian franchise
were lberalized the RUSSIAN ministry
would he dependent upon changing pOpu-
| lar whims and fancleS and would conse-
quently lack stability. and In turn the
! inperial ministry. and thus the whole
| policy Of the empire, would he subject
10 similar. changes. 1t is in order 10
guard against that-which would be re-
garded as Il catastrophe Prussia is
resolved 10 maintain her present anti
quated and marrow system Of class vot-
4 ing, under which political control Is eX-
ercised by n small minority OF the pOpu-
/ lation and by a minority whose political
complexion is almost Interchangeable.
II is not unnatural that Prussia should
! thus hold the headship Of the empire,
partly because her king Is always en-
per0r aud partly because she contains
nearly two-lhir,s Of the population Of the
empire and II corresponding proportion
of its wealth. II will he tile part of pril-
dence. however, for that fact To- be held
! I'm allegiance, or NJ any rate not Ia be too
obuusively exploited, for some other
states are intensely proud and jealous.
/ There was never Il more loyal Prussian
/ than BISMARCK aud yet there was never
for particularsm and for the suscepti-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
MARK TWAIN copy" AT $3.50
Other Signed MSS. Bring High
Prices at Dispersal Sale.

A Mark Twain manuscript. entitled "A
Double Barrelled Detective story the
original written by Samuel l.. Clemens
on one side of 1876 leaves ard signed in full
at the end. was the storm centre in the bid
ding yesterday at the first session Of the
sale Of Part | of the Mar, Twain library
and manuscripts at the Anderson Auction
Company's rooms, No u East 46th. street.
1t finally brought $3.50, being knocked down
to A. r. Haho. The story is headed by
the motto I'VE ought never to do wrong
when people are looking" and on the
cover that contains the manuscript is writ
ten Never speak the naked truth in the
presence Of ladies'" 1t was published in
"Harper's Magazine" in two parts in Janu-
airy and February, 1902, ami In volume form
Immediately afterwsrd.
The original autograph manuscript Of
How the Chimney Sweep Got the Ear OF
the Emperor" written on one side %
ninety-sx leaves and signe1 in full at the
end by Mark Twain. was sold TO Gabriel
Weis for s1Sj Dodd & Livingston obtained
for $50 an undated autograph manuscript
of Extracts from Adams Diary" written
on one side Of twenty-eight leaves At the
beginning Mark Twain had pensilled Pub
lished don't remember when), s L. g."
The Death Disk an original autograph
manuscript, written on one side of thirty
seven leaves in pencil, the first fourteen
pages on black edged paper, was sold 10
Gabriel Weis for Sl07 80. The total Of yes
terdays session was $2,1lJ g. The sale con-
tinues this afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT
What One Man Learned at the Child
Welfare Exhibit.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: I was greatly Interested In your a"-
mirable editorial this morning on the 'h''"
Welfare Exhibit. and especially In the IN
cidont you relate OF the immigrant work
ing girls who carefully secured copies Oh
instructions on the care of children, say
ing that they were going to take 'hen'
home, as they might have children OF tnei'
own. ] myself observed a somewhat SIM
lar incident the other day which may ne
interesting To your readers
While | was In the booth deNote''
TO the exhibit of the public library worn
a man, evidently a mechanic, ei'1eio
and began to question the library attei'u'
ant. Was there indeed. place where he
could actually secure these books and take
them home and study them? And whal
would he have to pay for them? Nothing
And could his children get books? IheS
could What did he have 10 do to ehaU''
himself To draw books? The attenuah'
told him merely to fill out an application
card and secure the signature OF sui'ao''
reference. Tho man was delighted. h'
said that he knew his employer wou'd D'
glad to give him the reference. Inc az
tendant learned his address and told MN
where to find the branch library mos
convenient for his use, and he went away
with new hope, saying he should take
cut his card the next morning. There car
be no doubt. as you say. Of the value OF
such exhibits as these in bringing to the
attention of thousands the possibilities o.
the free service for humanity when is Oh
fered to the people OF this city
New York. Feb. G, 1911 OBSERVER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
n WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

From The Tribune Bureau.
Washington Feb. The Columbia was
crowded this afternoon with a fashionable
audience TO hear Mr.. Busoni, the pianist.
Mrs. Taft, vino never misses a concert Of
this kind had in her box the Netherlands
Minister and Nine Loudon. Mrs Beekman
Winthrop and Mrs. Charles ID. Norton.
Nine. Jusserand entertained in her box
Mrs Buckner Randolph and Nine. Lefevre-
Pontalls, Viscount Benoist day, Countess
de Chambrun, Nine. de Peretd da la Rocca
and several secretaries OF the Embassy.
Mrs. Francis =. Moran had in her box the
Swiss Minister and Nine. Ritter. Mr.. Au-
bert. secretary of the Norwegian Lega-
ton: Mr. and Mrs. McConihe. Of New York,
and Mrs. John Melton Hudgins, Mrs. James
Hartman had in her box Mrs John Jay
White. Mrs. James W. Pinchot. the Misses
Mellon and Miss Hartman. The Countess
Won Beroldingen also occupied a box with
guests
Colonel and Mrs. Colin Campbell will
sail from England on February II for a
visit 10 Mrs. l.. Il. Letter. the mother of
Mrs Campbell, unless something happens
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
WALTER BROWNE VERY ILL
Stricken by Pneumonia on Eve Of
Production of His Latest Play.

Walter Browne, the playwright, IS cltti-
cally Ill with pneumonia at the Audubon
Hospital, and is not expected 10 live. Ia
was stricken last Sunday, when he was
transferred from his home. OF No. SO West,
18TH street 10 the hospital.
DIR. Thomas f. Cotter his family phy-
slcian, Of No. 40 West ljlst street, said
last night that Mr. Browne had been SUI
fering from a severe cold. He said tina,
he was much weakened from overwork
and that he had been troubled with 4
weak heart for a number OF years. He ex-
pected no immediate change fo~ the worse.
but he doubted very much II Mr. Browne
would recover
Mrs. Browne said that the crisis would
not be reached until Saturday. she cd
not expect her husband 10 1--we
Mr.. Browne recently finished what is con-
sidered the most ambitious and important
o. his plays. II = a modern morality play
called "Eyerywoman' and is 10 be pro-
du"ed by Henry W. Savage az Hartford,
Conn. tomorrow. The only other play Of
lIr. Brownies produced in this country was
Molly Nav" other well known plays ot
Mr.. Brownies presented I'm England were
THE Wet Day" and Fits and starts"
Mr.. Browne wac born IN York. England,
Oh May 7, 1855. Since coming to this coun-
Try he has been engag ed in newspaper and
literary work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
VALENTINE FETE TO AID BLIND
Miss Helen Keller Issues Appeal for
Benefit To Be Held February IA.

A benefit for the blind. known as the
Fete Nalentinienne, will be given at the
Hotel Aston on February IL. The fete will
open with an entertainment on the stage
of the grand ballroom. and later in the
evening there will be dancing Box reserva-
'tons are In charge Of Miss Winifred Holt.
No. a East 10Th street. Tickets 10 the fete
may be had from any OF the patronesses
or from Mrs. NJ. r. Sherwood, executive
secretary. No. rs East 5Sth street
Miss Helen Keller has issued the follow
ing appeal:
To the doors Of the good friends of the
blind / send my Valentine, trusting he
will find the latch string out and their
hearts wide open.
Midas's touch? The wondrous touch be-
meath which all that glitters is indeed gold
Yes, curse or "A blessing according as
YOU, friends. choose to smile or frown upon
us VIII YOU freeze us? Or will YOU bless
US with the sunshine Of glad days that
Yield harvests OF content? VIII you leave
us cold with the cold earth and sky? or
will YOU be To us as sunshine TO shadows
Behold Many and fair are your Nalen-
tines. but none more comely or dear can
YOU lind than those which shall bring light
10 us A ticket for "A Valentine? In each
Valentine beats the red heart of kind
deed. Buy, Buv In truth. love Is not
hind. It's unbelieving sight that calls love
blind. Believe. be glad and buy. and be
happy IN the happiness which you kindle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
The MAJORS MESSAGE.

The MAYORS message Is brief. which
u GOOD thing. Nobody will be deferred
bv its length from reading 1t and a good
many will read it who would not read
ono three times as long. Thus the
Mayor will get his subway views into
the public mind again. for the message
IS largely n restatement of his position
ia regard 10 subways buttressed rs he
conceives them 10 he by the annual eX-
,osition Of the city's finances. He gets
inst where his previous arguments for
y single subway system got. and no fur
Their: meanwhile the question is not SO
much whether we should nave one com
urehensve system-alm0st every one
favors that-but whether we are ever
Going TO have such Il system and. II at
All when. Theories and arguments grow
,iresoine while The city waits for actual!
digging.
One part Of the message suggests mat
the Mayors recent general increase OF
outlyinc realty assessments Is not com
handing the enthusiastic approval OF
those who will pay the taxes on the
new basis Of valuation. Mr. Gaynor at
tempts to reSssure the property owners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
B1Ch TO f7SS.

Senator Lodge was right in saying on
Monday that the ostensible aim Of the
BOrah amendment to the federal Con-
stitution providing for direct elections
OF Senators was relatively inconsequen-
tial compared with its covert purpose Of
annulling federal control Of such cleo
tioAs. As Mr.. Lodge put it. the first
change proposed Is simply one "in the
mechanism of government" but the sec
ond "is not an alteration in the mechan-
ism of the system: 1t strikes at the
every foundation Of the national gov
"ernment."
We have not been able TO see how the
direct method of choosing Senators
would guarantee any Improvement in
the quality of the Senate's membership
yet direct elections. however barren Of
that or any other good result, would
only involve experimenting i'm all the
states with a system now in use prac-
tically in about half Of them. The an
nulment of the federal power 10 super
wise the manner in which Senators are
I tIetItu MOllU. Oh liit bliitG Iltllil. HIiSti
the balance between the states and the
nation. so carefully established by the
Constitution, and encourage a recur-
renee Of evils which the constitu-
tional convention was so insistent IN
averting. It's members had had some
bitter experiences under the system
which permitted the states to have en-
tire control Of the election Of their repre-
sentatiyes in the federal Congress. They
therefore wanted to see Senators and
Representatives chosen who would be
RESPONSIBLE not alone To the states bnt
also TO the nation, and as TO the manner
of whose election the federal govern
neut would have the final word the
supervisory power embedded in the Con-
stitution was one Of the wisest guaram-
tees Of federal sovereignty as opposed
to state sovereignty, ana 1t would he
the extreme of folly 10 surrender IT now
hastily aud by indirection under the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08

euise of shifting the responsibility Of
naming Senator's from the Legislature TO
the voters of state
Most of the advocates of the amend
ment have been dlsingenuous I'm seeking
IA cover over its real effect. and many
persons have been led To believe that it's
opponents are trying to put into the
Constitution a provision for federal con
troll instead of simply demanding that
an existing provision be not surrepti-
tiously stricken out. A few of the amend
ments champions are frank enough.
however. TO admit what Il does and
what il sets a precedent for doing In n
colloquy in the Senate ON January IL
Mfr Rorah bluntly conceded that the
amendment would, SO far as the cleo
ton of Senators was concerned put the
states in the same position that they
occupied before the Constitution was
adOptcd. ana he went SO far ms 10 add ::
ut is 10 be hoped, Mr.. President that
Tin time the Wisdom Of this will he Oh
SERVED. and that there will be law
"leaving entirely TO the legislatures of
che states the control of the manner of
"electing Representatives also"
The Borah amendment aims at carry
inc the state rights theory further than
# was carried In the days of Jefferson
or In the days Of Calhoun. lie would re-
turn 20 the discredited theory of repre-
sentation in Congress which was aban-
doned when the Articles Of Confederation
fell TO pieces OF their own weakness and
were superseded by the Constitution 81
the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
4 nlnSemcntS.

ACADEMY or MusIC-2:ia-s:i5--Ba OF
MBRA@e--s--vaudevime
AMERIcAN--l: 500 :So-vaudeville
ASTOR--2 lbs :3n-rhc Boss.
BELASCO-s:2o-Tne Concert.
blJOI-2 :20--S :2O-The Havoc
BRoADwAY--S.i5--The Hen Pecks
cASINo-s--Mairiagc la Carte.
COIONTAI--2-S-Na
,pMEpY-s.l5--Tn Sc Hanged II 10
CRITERION. 20--S .20--SiTe.
pAf.y'S--2: 1j-S:l5--The Faun.
EDEN MUsEE-worid in Wax. .,.
EMPIRE :15-S :I5--TretoWny OF toe "'"S'
FIFTH AvENUE-2-s-Vaudev x,-u,
GAIETy- Rick Quick wan
inriord.
CARRJCI[-a Cos: 2O--Our World.
GARDEN-s:i5-Tho Hand and Magde
GIOfSh,-2 Is 15--Thc slim princess.
HhCKETT-s :l5-Over Nisht
HAMMERSTEIN ~ S-2--S ID audevlIe. -,
PPODRONE--2-S-frhc International Cup
--Bsilet OF Nisrara,-Thc Earthquake
hudson. 2O--S .SO--Nobodv's Widow
JOE WEBER So :l5--s:i5--Aina. where DO
You Live?
ENICkERBOCKER--2--
LIBERTY l5-S:l5-The Spring MAID
lYRfC-2:15-S:1 5--Tho peep Purple.
MaIEsTIC-s .15-s :SO---Way Down East.
MANHATTAN OPERA HoUSE--2-s--Vsude-
MAXINE ELL1orTs-2 sos sc--Tho Gam
MENDFI.ssoHN HALE :so-concert.
METROPOfITAN OPERA HOUSE--S-Tosca'
SAYIMoVA's- 2 :3O--S 30--Baby Mine.
NEW AMSTERDAM BIB 49, s:15 -- Madame
SEW rHEATRr-2-s:s O-The piper
NEW YORK-s i5-Naughty Marietta
plaza so 3o--Vaudevile.
BEPUBLIC-2:15-S:1 Of sunny
vAILACK' -2:i5--s: 2O--Pomander Walk
WEST END I5-s:tS--rhe Niger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
CHINESE FLOOD SUFFERERS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: one million peasants in the Central
Province OF Anhuel, China, are mutely APP
pealIng TO the outside world for help. This
Is due 10 food conditions OF last year
Those OF us who engaged In the dstribu-
ton Of relief chiefly given by persons In
the United States 0n 1906 0S) realize how
impossible II Is for the Chinese government
to meet fully such situation. The finan-
cal (as the medicaD resources I'm face OF
the present plague conditions are too linz
tied. and meanwhile the mortality I'm the
afflicted regions IS frequently appalling.
In the last great famine the timely re-
Spouse OF the people Of the United States
directly relieved the sufrerings OF four
million Chinese saving the lives of more
than eight hundred thousand The graft
tude OF the Chinese was attended with ex-
presslons OF the deepest sincerity. the eight
hundred thousand lives being saved with
the same number OF dollars
q. T. PARSONS.
Missionary to China
Ohyei, Mich, Feb. 4. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
THAT SlMIAN GLADIATOR.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune Of yesterday-February
5-contained a paragraph emanating from
New Iberia. La. and headed, Gorilla Kills
a Bulldog" Aside from the revolving ma
ture OF the spectacle upon which you
properly commenU. II Is a pity that the
community should be mlsled as to the ma
tire OF the victorious beast IL was PROP
ably a large baboon, with tall OF greater
or less length The real gorilla has no
tail. resembling man I'm that respect as 90
the other true apes, the orang, chim-
panzee and gibbons.
As stated by me in letter headed
"Baboon. Not Gorilla" in The Tribune OF
January 2. 1906, up to that time the only
gorilla brought alive TO this country was
q "babv." which died within a week and is
now No. 1851 I'm the Museum of Cornei
University. So far as | am aware, none
has been imported since. Certainly real
gorilla sufficiently large to vanquish bull
dog would be far too valuable for eXhioi-
ton and for scientific observation 10 be
riskcd i'm any such conflict.
BURT G. WILDER.
Ithaca. ~ y. Feb. 6, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
NEW YORK FROM THE susURss.

New York subway crowds fatally tram
pied upon young woman. And yet tn W.,
city is hoping for a population OF 3e.on""
eventually.-Chicago News.
There were 2.4oS violent deaths IL, New
York last year IL seems Impossible ~.
any one To meet a pleasant death IN No"
York.-New Haven Palladium.
Although Boston was several years aheaii
Of New York I'm instltuting the anbus,
work horse parade. the latter city p'opo.,.n
To gain l2p on us at It's next eNhlollor
by including dogs that have won hero m .s,
ais for saving life or proper,y-oos''"
Transcript.
y young girl Was knocked down W al
rush for places in n subway tral. a
trampled nearly 10 death BY over q a.. .aao
dred alleged human beings The anlna,.,,v IA.
Of man with the beast Is more clearly u's
cerned In New York city than anSN"N
else. Albany Argus.
May be New York will now move 10 ~
some limitation on the handling OF daise u,
Gus explosives The free and easy way
which Gotham has treated dynamite ., IL
wears has brought its natural fesu''
Omaha Bee.
New York experts declare that nsi,,y
Robin Is sans As his only pecuieis =
was wanting all the money he cou'u 20,
his hands on. we infer that as
Yorker, he was quite normal AZ N~S'
Louis Times.