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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09

foreign born citizens These people IN
variably boil milk before using It for any
purpose. Clearly. then. raw milk mas u,
proved connection with tho BIT per CEN
mortality increase in Manhattan BorouS"
mo milk committee modifes the chai
SO as to include number OF other possioi'
| or probable sources or agents hintihs' io'
example. that the low water supply III '"e
city reservoirs, with its coincdeht a"i'o'
NAL growth Of deleterious vegetable "
ganisms, may have something TO 90 WIZ
the situation. Undoubtedly 1t has IL Is
perhaps a great deal more responsioie 'oi
the increase in infant mortality Una" '"'
milk committee realizes. -,
In making it's charges against IA" h','r.
the committee contradicts Hsei poi"'
blank In one very important specll'ca'ioi' ,
The committee finds that in certain ioca'
infant asylums the death rate Is as hish
as IS per cent, and gravely adds that ''ii'
mortality is from intestinal troubles, pre-
sumably due to loose milk meaning ia"
milk In the very came sentence the com
mittee states that It finds n reduction Oh
the mortality in similar institutions 70 as
low as 30 per cent where especial care 10
taken Of the milk" meaning raw iiiiA'
So we see-on the committees own au.
mission-that It was not the MIX hsei
which was responsible for tho ihortaii'S =
According to the committees own hndipss'
the death rate dropped from So 10 ~ per
cent when proper care was taken Oh 'n0
milk after the dealer had delivered II ~
the institution
Summed UP, therefore, the logic OF 'le
New York Milk Committees latest report
is this: Up to date this year neariy one
third more infants have died In grea'e.
New York than during the same periou VI
last year. Raw milk did tt-but-perhaps
something else did.
BENJAMIN JUR1ST.
New York. June g. 1911.
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INCREASED INFANT MORTALITY
Arguments to Show That the Use OF
Raw Milk Was Not the Cause.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. The New York Milk Committee has
lust made public some remarkable stalls
tics on recent infant mortality In greater
New York More remarkable than the sta
tistics however Is the deduction made by
the committee as to the cause of the NOR
tality.
II appears from the committees reports
that the increase in the death Of infants
from intestinal ailments from January |
10 May Il Of this year was S22 per cent
greater than during the same period of last
year. The increase in Manhattan Borough
alone Is 81 per cent. Then tho committee
makes the direct, general and sweeping
charge that this awful slaughter of inno-
cents was entirely due to the consumption
OF raw or loose milk.
The milk committees charge is based
on theory rather than fact The local milk
supply OF this year has been of much
higher grade than was the supply OF last
year 10 date. thanks To the Health De-
rartmcnt and the mix dealers associations.
when the infant mortality was about one
third less So deterioration of the raw
milk supply of this year cannot be respon-
sible for the increased infant mortality.
A glance at the records of the New York
Board Of Health chart as compiled to May
OF this year shows that the bacteria
counts OF raw milk ran as low as 1917
bacteria to each cubic centimetre in Feb
ruary and az low as 1850 in April. while
these same counts Of pasteurized milk
ran as high as 10000 bacteria to each cubic
cen,imetre I'm February and rs high as
400. 7Ol I'm April.
In relation to the mortality increase 81
81 per cent In Manhattan Borough. one
fact may be cited as absolutely disproving
the guilt Of raw milk. The mortality COW
ors principally those congested districts Of
the borough occupied by certain classes OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
THOSE CONGESTION BILLS

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The bills in the Legislature recon-
mended by the Mayors Committee on Con-
gestion of Population emphasize the fact
that we do not need. 10 obtain the enact
ment OF these bills, any more machinery
OF elections, but merely that the Senator'S
and Assemblymen should represent by their
votes the clearly expressed desires of a
large number of their constituents. They
should represent the people who sent them
there. and not the vested interests and
spectators and others who are endeavor-
ing by every means TO get them to vote
against these ant-congestion bills.
The three measures have had consider
able publicity. onr representatives from
New York city know about them. and pub
lie opinion would be honored by our legis-
lators enacting these measures for the re-
lief and prevention of the inhuman and I'M
civilized conditions reported by the May
or's Congestion Commission.
JOSIAH e. PTTMPELIH.
New York, June g. i9li.
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NOT EXCITED.

| The result of the special election IN the
9th Iowa Congress District ought to SET
nj rest the overexploited idea that the
voters of the Northwestern States are NJ
in arms against the administration pol
| icy Of reciprocity with Canada. II tney
were. the vote in that district. which is
typically agricultural, would have yleld'
cd some decisive evidence Of the fact.
The evidence actually given pointed all
the other way. The district failed Sig
nally to get excited over the reciprocity
issue. The Republican nominee. W. IL.
Green. stood on an anti-reciproclty piet-
form, and the Democratic nominee, W.
+. Cleveland. favored reciprocity. y
light vote was polled-about l6,Vp,
against $4,000 in 1910 and 40,S00 In l9os'
The plurality of the Republican candl-
date was about LOO His predecessor
III office. Walter I. Smith. had plu-
rality of 1917 last November, and in
1905 a plurality of 5,55f. The district
did not turn out with any enthusiasm
to demonstrate its disapproval of the
Canadian agreement. Nothing was ex-
hibited except the apathy customary at
special election of this sort in a dis
trict of well settled political inclinations.
We note in q dispatch from Council
Bluffs TO 1.-THE Des Moines Register and
Leader" that two Republican newspa-
pers in the district bolted Mr.. Green's
nomination. But the ground on which
they opposed him was not that he was
an opponent Of reciprocity, but that he
was progressive. The "standpat fac
ton in Iowa, Of which ex-senator La
fayette Young is the spokesman, Is sup
posed to be even more hostile to the Ca
madam agreement than is the progressive
faction Yet these two "stand-pat
newspapers in the 9th District thought
it much less important to elect an anti
reciprocity Representative than 1t was
10 defeat a progressive. In order to ac-
compish the latter end they were will
ing to support Democrat committed
to reciprocity. II Is plain that Iowa IS
not I'm the least alarmed about the pos
sible effects of freer trade with Canada.
Its politicians are utilizing the issue for
their own advantage and making good
deal Of noise about it. but the voters
are not worried. If they were. those IN
the 9th District would have taken pains
last Monday to make il evident.
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MRS. CLEVELAND N'
Widow Of Former Presld'n'
from Europe with 0'H

Among the passengers wno 90
the steamship Adriatic yes'e'''' prss
Grover Cleveland. her two sons .s
and Francis G.. and her sls'e'.,s,,
Rose f. Cleveland. Mrs. cleVe,,. N
son. Richard, has been at scno' ~. = D,
land for a year, and she weh' v,'-.i,s
him home. Miss Cleveland IS ro' - u
n year in Italy. All OF the pa"
Tamworth, n. H., ,,ng
Mrs. Cleveland wrote ou' a.,as
articles which she wanted " -
the examination by the customs ~
tanned her for an hour or 's ,,,ss
Cleveland also wrote des ,s<|
when the reporters asked ~. ~
trip she smilingly said thar -. rs1
enough declarations for one 10, "
was met at the pier oy -. CcfJ
commodore Of the seawan
Yacht Club. tn
President John n Finley :. ~
of the city Of New YORK We .,rs
meet Mrs. Finley and then
who arrived on the AofS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
THE PALLADINo PROBLEM

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. DIR. Hvslop IS unjustly attacking the
university professors and conJurers WEI
exposed Palladino. lie is calling 'nei'
fools. mountebanks, plebs, street gaiilin9'
troalodytes and intellectual vagaoohuS'
And he should he made to understand thd'
others have a right to differ WIN MN
without being subjected TO such abuse
As an excuse for all this vtuperation' ne
ATTEMPTS to argue at great length that the
real problem in Palladnoism was hysteria'
and that the scientists and conjurers were
,ncapable Of dealing with the problem.
But he is I'm error: the problem was not
hvstera. and every man and woman on the
face of the earth who is familiar with the
subject knows 1t.
The matter. as set forth by Professor
William James. Sir Oliver Lodge. PROBES
sor Lombroso, Darlington and others, was
this: That the levitations and other Keats
clearly proved either the existence of spir-
its or a force In nature unknown 70
science and the validity Of their claim was
the problem On the other hand. DR.. Hodg-
son. Alice Johnson, Professor Jastrow,
Professor Miller. kellogg, Sargent, Rinh'
Davis and others, were of the opinion that
trickery on the part of the medium might
explain the levitations, etc, and IL mat
tered little whether the medium was nor
NAL or hysterical, sober or intoxicated
DR.. Hyslop has no moral right TO set UP
standard OF efficiency which has nothing to
do with the generally accepted problem,
and then insult those who refuse to accept
him as an authority. Outside OF asylums
no one cared what a hysteric herself would
do, for that was not the problem. But
when II was asserted that the table levi
tations were caused by spirits or an occult
force then for a time, We had a problem.
INVESTIGATOR.
New York Iunn g 1G1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
SPECIAL AMBASSADORS AIDS
Civil, Naval and Military Named by
King to John HAYS Hammond.

London. June s-King George to-day APP
pointed Baron Sandhurst as civil attache
and Lieutenant Colonel Bernard X. james
formerly British military attache al wash
ington' and Captain G. +. q. Sowerby, tho
British naval attache At Washington. as
Hillary and naval attaches, respectively
to John Hays Hammond while acting as
tho United States special ambassador to
Tie coronation OF King George.
Baron Hamilton Of DalzelI was originally
chosen as civil attache To Mr.. Hammond,
out the CONTINUED illness OF E.arl Spencer
made II necessary to continue Lord Dalzell
as acting lord chamberlain 10 his majesty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
CHICAGO AND THE FIRE PERIL

CHICAGO AND THE iJhf PEhfL
Chicago puts New York TO shame. 1t
was here. not there, that the sevenscore
workers lost their lives in the Washington
Place fire. IT was here, not there, that fine
resolutions were formed to make the
most Of that lesson and assure the safety
of the working people in factories ana
stores But what has been done? \ COM
mittee Of public spirited citizens could
not obtain from the Governor his aid In
securing such an investigation of condi-
tons here as would make Intelligent
legislation possible. Nor was the com
mittee any more successful in interesting
the LEGISLATURE in the safety of the work
ers. although il was common knowledge
that thousands were exposed 10 the same
fate which befell the Washington Place
victims. No official body has shown the
slightest concern in the truth.
Meanwhile. Chicago, through its fire
department. has made an inquiry into
the conditions under which its working
people labor, and it has found eighty
three places where thousands are en-
ployed in daily peril Of destruction by
fire.
The Chicago Tribune" summarizes the
conditions which the inquiry revealed
as follows
Buildings whose upper floors are full of
girl workers. but which have no fire
escapes; buildings with wooden stair
=. We a nd ladder eCcqnGgs buildings where
the stairs are INSTRUCTED by screen doors
and where benches. chairs and desks
block the way to fire escapes: buildings
where the doors 10 the elevator are
locked and where benZine is kept on the
fire escape platform-these are among
Chief Seyferlich's discoveries.
Washington Place all over again, Not
having been too cowardly or Indifferent
ia face the truth, Chicago will not fail
i'm its duty 10 act upon II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
ExHUMING THE SIDEWALKS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir There does not seem TO have been
any public demand for the order directing
property owners along several downtown
streets 10 remove, at considerable expense,
their show windows and entrance steps,
and there was strong public protest
against II by the property owners affected.
Borough President McAneny is quoted as
saving that some persons using these streets
row have 10 walk IN the roadway. So they
do: and so they will after tho show win
dows. etc, are removed. II will require
more than the foot or so of space occupied
by these projections to relieve the conges-
ton caused by narrow streets planned be-
fore slyscra pers were dreamed OF.
President McAneny is also quoted as say
ing. in defence, that the hotekeepers up
town have spent hundreds OF thousands Of
dollars to comsy with similar order but
there are those who question whether this
requirement was just or necessary. These
great hosteries are a benefit TO the city.
and while in some cases city ordinances
may have been abused. | venture 10 say
that IN most cases these projections, orna-
mental as we'll as useful are as much a
public benefit as any other use to which
the streets are put.
While this misplaced zeal (or so it seems
TO mel is being directed against building
projections. the greater Instructions If
packing boxes movable showcases and
vendors stands of various kinds, of which
one of your correspondents recently COM
planned. arc allowed 10 occupy one-third
and sometimes more than one-half Of the
sidewalk TAXPAYER.
New York June 8, iell.
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duras and Nicaragua as result OF Tue
ratification Of these two treaties. IL II
an unrlvalled opportunity for achieving
in those states by peaceful and mex
pensive means the ends which Mexico
was constrained to seek through
devastating civil war. 1t is an oppor-
tunity which the United States alone
can enable its ncighbors to improve, ana
which. for its own sake as well as on
the unselfish ground of human welfare
this country ought to enable them 10
improve in the fullest manner at the
earliest possible moment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
PEOPLE and Social incident,

'.trina Brown. Miss Betty Poul6lr
Robbins Christian. were dressed i =" y
of satin AMI tulie Of dlfsxa, ~ ma
pink, ranging from the light n 80
hue OF tho American Beauty ro,. ~
maid OF honor. Miss Estelie Reiue', 'n' y
gown Of tho same material. h,, wi
darkest shade Of the American p." =
They wore small French toqu.s. ,i,s ~
sled wings and lace, and they car-,.s ~.
hats filed with American Beap,v M
After the ceremony. which wsa a., va
by the Rev. DR.. Steele. assis,.a VIZ
Rev. Herbert shipman and H.. p.Ve q
lam w. BelIinger. a reception f.,. "a
Sherys. given by Mrs. Donald M
Miss Ruth Ashmore and Henry y.
Poor. who are to be married On lu,''
Ct Georges Church. Stuyve.an, e
visited the City Hall YESTERDAY la
out their marriage license. Ths ~
ment was announced about SIX v.ssS
Miss Ashmore is the only daughte. :, ~|
Townsend Ashmore and a niece q, ". w
Mrs. James B. Townsend, at wbo.. 81
No. 357 Lexington avenue. a recevI.,
be held following the ceremony W..
is son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry "
|. Announcement has been made n, q,
gagement Of Miss Madeleine ry.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. William T,rS
Of New Orleans, and now STAYING a,
den City. Long Island. 70 Adrian rs.r.
son Of G. Oliver Isein. Mis-. 10.
acted as mold Of honor and only -
attendant at the wedding on Wedn.s,,''
Miss Grace A. Moore and Rober, =.
Mr.. Iselin is a member Of tha ~.
booker Club and, like his father. 4. -
interested In yachting lie has sp.,,
time abroad and has been a stuaen, a,
for. No date has been set for the wa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nevbos J..
taken possession Of their country ham,
Hyde Park, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Watts Sherman s..
gone to Newport for the season. ~
daughter. Miss Mildred Sherman. (, -
her sister, Mrs. Lawrence I. Gllle,r..
No. 10s East 10th street.
J. Arthur Barratt. OF London. forry
OF this city, has arrived from Enelsns 81
is at the Murray Hill Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Rathbone Bacon ID
sail for Europe on the Adrlatic on Mo.a
&c spend the summer abroad
Mr.. and Mrs. Giraud Foster, who Ar
the Hotel Belmont, will return 10 ~
villa at Lenox tomorrow.
Colonel and Mrs. Henry May and "
sabelle May. who arrived in town ear
the week from Washington, sailed yurl
lay for Europe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
KING VISITS U. S. WARSHIps
Receives Rear Admiral Badger at
Stockholm Palace.

stockholm. June s.-King Gustaf. nc
companied by his ministers and members
or the court to-day paid a Visit To Rear
Admiral Badger commanding the Ameri.
can squadron. on board the Louisiana.
ms majesty first made tour of the
swedish and American squadrons on the
royal yacht He was received on the nae.
ship by Admiral Badger and the oft,cers
while the men manned the ship, tho hand
playing the national anthems and the vuns
oeiching forth salute The King snen,
two hours on the Louisiana.
His majesty received the America, "a
'n'ra' AZ the palace In the morning. A re.
batta Tor the men was held this a,,or,,,o,,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
THE CABINET.
From The Tribune Bure

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, June S-The secretary VI
the Treasury and Mrs. MacNeagh enter
tanned at dinner tonight. Thelr guests
were the French Ambassador ana Mtne'
Jusserand the Attorney General Mrs
John Hay, Mrs. a. Gere Mason, OF I'M
cago; Miss Goldman and Miss Clark OIL
Boston, Dr. Thomas r. Lee ana Charles
MacVeagh.
Secretary and Mrs. MacVeagh VIII ieaVe
Washington In fortnight for their sum
mer home in Dublin, y. II.
Mrs Nagel and Miss Nagel. wife ana
daughter Of the Secretary OF Commerce
and Labor, have closed their washington
house, and expect to go tomorrow to the'r
summer home at Marion. Mass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Only relatives and a few intimate frends
vera present at the wedding yesterday
afternoon Of Miss Julia Parish Dodge 70
James c. Rea, son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
lam Holdship Rea. OF Pittsburg, IN the
PRESBYTERIAN Church at Rlverdale-on-the-
Hudson The bride was attended by her
sister. Miss Elizabeth Dodge, and by MISS
Dorothy Perkins. Miss Agnes Landon. Miss
Dorothy Freeman. Miss Sybil Delgrave and
Miss Elizabeth Emmons. The usher5 were
Cleveland and Bayard Dodge, Isaac Rob-
erts. Dr. Joseph Cook. Hubert Laughlin
Huehart and Joseph Holmes, Of Pittsburg;
Robert Moulton, OF Annapolis. and w. w.
Mccoy, OF New York. Arthur Scully was
the best man Following the ceremony
there was n large reception given at the
Riy erdale country place of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleveland II. Dodge, the parents of the
bride. which was attended by a large party
OF friends from town. who went out BY a
special train.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09

duty of 20 per cent will not please the
wool growers, and the denial OF as inucn
protection as was accorded in 1874 VIII
make no votes i'll the woollen factories.
PRACTICALLY as well as logically the Ciorh-
Underwood schedule is less de1ehsipie
than was the Wilson German schehule'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09

Under a parcels post convention Jus.
concluded with Brazil the people oi '''a
republic have acquired the right 10 So
to points in this country packages weigh
ing as much as eleven pounds at the rate
of IL cents a pound But American GU
zens are not permitted 10 ENJOY s'''''"'
privileges. II they use the domes''c p"''
GELS post they must pay IS cents a
pound on packages limited IN "e's"' 10
four pounds. why should the govern
ment refuse to put its own Citizens on
an equality with foreigners In the use OF
the mails?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09

Edward A. GIN Wylie. son OF Or. and
Mrs. w. Gill Wyle, OF West 10th street,
was married yesterday evening al $50. In
the Church of the Heavenly Rest. 10 Miss
Emily Nelson Mclean, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Donald Mclean. His ushers con-
sisted OF Walker and Sims Gill Wylie, Al
bert Richie, Fritz q. Achelis. II. Ray
Paige, Charles Frsbe of Hartford, Conn. !;
Curtis Trout. of Nutley, n. j., and William
Houghteling. OF Chicago. Lawrence b.
Robbins OBLIGATED as best man. The bride
was arrayed N a gown of heavy white
satin, trimmed with old point and duchesse
lace, with which material the tulle veil was
also bordered and fastened with orange
blossoms. She carried in lieu OF the GUS
tomary flowers a prayer book. the gift OF
her cousin, tho Rev. Or j. Nevett Steele
The bridesmaids, consisting OF Miss I.ucllla
ID. Wylie, Miss Caroline Fuller, Miss Ka-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
NEW POST FOR VENEZUELAN

II was announced here last night that
Augusta +. Prlido. Who for man, -.
was secretary Of the Venezuelan Ier,,,on
IN Washington. but who has hoa,, N'''','O',
So, ,,s last year has been appointed first
p p.r,,n OF the Venezuelan Legation in
'D''''A lie VIII leave for his new post soon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09

We sincerely hope that prompt and
generous attention will be given TO the
appeal In behalf Of the New York Juve-
nile Asylum which has been made pub
lie through our columns. That ad-
mrable institution has y cOmmodious
plant Of 2SS acres and twenty-five cot
tages at Dobbs Ferry, which is pract
cally a mandatory Of good citizenship
out Of material which without its opera
lions would become hopelessly vicious
and criminal. 1t lacks. however. an en-
dowment 10 supplement the scanty al
lowance which is given TO 1t yearly by
the city. Now an attempt is being made
TO secure an endowment, and it is an
nounced that a public spirited exMayOr
Of this city has agreed TO duplicate every
dollar that is given for the purpose up
to a total Of 100000, on condition, how
ever that at least $4,000 is pledged by
others on or before June 10. The date
named is tomorrow, wherefore II he
hooves benevolent and public spirited
citizens to see 10 II that at least $4,000
is given for the asylum endowment
within the next twenty-four hours: and
il would be al the better IL the whole
100000 were made up within that time.
=
The discovery Of the Wa shington coat
of-arms in Selby Abbey and its reputed
existence in Warrior churchyard must be
regarded with interest as contributing a
little more to our knowledge of the an
cestOrs of our first President But the
Manchester correspondent who sees I'm
the Washington escutcheon "a rough pre-
sentiment of the Stars and Stripes" win
do well 10 study many other old British
-Ashburnham. Bacon. Boz
iingbroke, Carbery. Drogheda and lot
more-on which he will find mullets
both pierced and plain. and Jesse and
bars galore. some Of them moro like our
shield than is that Of the Washingtons.
The interesting experiment II subject
ing election clerks and inspectors to
clvll service examinations is In progress
In New Jersey and is proving more cas-
ily practicable than was at first ex-
pected. one gratifying result already
perceplible Is the engagement Of "A bet
ter class OF men for such work than has
hitherto been available. There seems To
be no doubt that the experiment on the
whole, viii be successful and beneficial
Another tax OF 90 cents a quart on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
FAST FLIGHT AT HIGH ALTITUDE

Buc, France. June s.--M. Averigo. the
AVIATOR new from New orleans TO this place
to-day In hfty-hve minutes. distance ap-
ploH'maielyiof eishy-n,o miles He trav-
died at a height Of $500 feet. In north
'a't WIND having velocity OF thirty miles
an houS