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New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
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progress the patient is said to feel no pam
Is fully conscious, and watches with Inter
est the man with the knife.
Jules Rosendale OF Philadelphia. fatnef
OF margaret Dale the actress. died ana III
rected IN his will that his brain and s'o'n-
ach De given to the University OF PenhsS'
Vania 10 discover the reason for MS i'ii-
munlty from the usual effects OF intoxica'
ing drink 1t is stated by physicians .na'
MT Rosendale could consume almost uniiih-
lied quantities of alcoholic liquor without
any effect whatever upon his brain or hel-
vous system.
Preserving human skin Is new triumph
for medical science which has been success
fully demonstrated at the Samaritan HOS
pi,al. Philadelphia Heretofore 1t has oeeh
thought necessary to transfer skin to the
new body the instant It was cut from the
old body. This made It necessary Tor one
or more healthy persons to have Dig sec
tion OF their epidermis cut off. 1t was ofteh
difficult to obtain proper subjects. NOW II
will be possible for each hospital to keep
supply OF skin on Ice. Whenever an ampu-
tation is performed, or any other operation
which requires the removal OF the outer
flesh. the detached leg or arm VIII De
skinned and the epiderms preserved.
"A discovery which, 1t is stated. promises
to provide a certain cure for mental dis-
eases. was announced by DR.. Oswald, OF tho
household staff Of the Glasgow Royal Asy-
lum. It Is asserted that the substance DIS
covered when injected into the blood OF
patient suffering from madness not only
cures but makes the patient immune against
a further attack
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
SOME PERSONAL ITEMS.

Miss Marie Sheedy known as the rich
est girl In Denver was married TO Robert
L. Livingston, OF New York. She Is
daughter Of Dennis Sheedy, one OF the
group who have led the opposition to the
Guggenheim interests. Mr.. Livingston was
widower. His first wife was daughter
of Luther Kountze. He has been for many
years connected with the Kountze banking
house
THE will OF the late Tom Loates, the
English Jockey, has been proved at 1882
(s371.71O the largest fortune ever left by
a professional Jockey. II is $4,000 more
than was left BY Fred Archer.
"The finale Of the disagreement between
Or. Hermon Bumpus. former director OF tho
American Museum OF Natural History. and
Professor Bashford Dean, OF Columbia Uni
versity. which led last year to the resigna-
ton Of Professor Dean from the museum
staff and long leave OF absence for DR..
Bumpus. was reached when the museum
trustees held their annual meeting and re-
instated Professor Dean as head OF the de-
partment Of ichthyology and herpetology.
DR.. Bumpus resigned not long ago to be-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
AMONG THE SCIENTISTS.

Announcement was made at the Rookie
feller Institute for Medical Research that
the general distribution Of the anti-menin-
gifts serum. which the institute has been
making for several months. would be dis
continued. The work OF producing and dis
tributing the serum will be taken over by
the New York Board OF Health. the first
board OF its kind In this country 10 under
take such a work
while Or. w Wayne Babcock AT the
Samaritan Hospital. Philadelphia. operated
on sixteen year-old Edna Ford. an Atlantic
City girl, for the removal OF the appendix,
the girl talked briskly with nurses and sur
geons and finally sang Roses Bring Men,
ories OF You The patient was under the
influence OF vonatain. a new anesthetic
similar TO stoyaine, the anastheuc which
paralyzes the sense of feeling. but does not
make the patient unconscious.
''The discovery isolation and culture Of
the bacillus of lcprosy was announced by
Drs G. V. Duval and Maurice Couret. OF the
department OF Tulane Univer-
sity. New Orleans
"Lukewarm water Is now being used as
an anmsthetic in most Of the operations for
at Johns Hopkins Hospital, ac-
cording TO the statement OF "a surgeon OF
national repute connected with the institu-
tion. In an operation 40. appendicitis, de-
clared the surgeon. all that Is necessary Is
To inject lukewarm water In sufiicient guam
titles under the skin in the vicinity OF the
part operated on. While the operation Is In
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

600 after he had been forced out OF the coi'-
pany's supplies department, died III h'nan
tic Cy,v He was thirty-flve years old' hu-
ward Merritt president Of the Long lsiahu
7 oan and Trust Company. died from heart
disease nj his home. No. Monroe Place,
Rrook,vn He was known as the dean OF
prooI,,,,r bankers John Jesse Lapham,
v,ce-nresid,nt OF the United States Leather
COMPANY third vice-presldent OF the Zen
traI Leather Company. and director IN the
Imnorters and Traders National banh'
died at his bone. No. 46 East 6Ith street.
,ro,,, ,,,o,,r,onia William Mack Dildine
died in Washington at the age OF ninety
five years. lie was war correspondent
soldier of the Civil War, poet and writer
of short stories and tailor. Professor +.
T pbi,Iine nrofessor OF forestry Mt the Me-
braska state University. committed suicide
by inhallng gas. He feared ne wouid sooh
become n chronic invalid and would be a
constant burden to his family. The Rev.
DIR, Ersl,ine Norman White. secretary Oh the
Roard of Church Erection OF the Presoy-
terian Church. died at his house, NO. 900
Park avenue. Brigadier General Peter
Leary. ir. L. S. a. (retired), died at ms
home in baltimore. Amherst College lost
the Oldest member of her faculty ooth IN
years and length OF service when Dr. Ed
ward Hitchcock, professor OF hygiene ana
physical education for fifty years died. aged
eighty-three. j. Edward Swanstrom, Tor
mer Borough President Of Brooklyn, died
from pneumonia at his home. no. 511 Ath
street, that borough. DR.. Maurice Fiuegel'
historian and scientist and author OF works
in several languages on hygienic. historical
and political subjects. died at his Balti-
more home in his seventy-ninth year.
Henry Richardson Chamberlain. London
correspondent Of The New York sun Tor
almost nineteen years died In England
from heart trouble. Rear Admiral Arthur
p. Nazro. u. s. n. (retired), died suddenly
of apoplexy at his home in Jamaica Plain'
Mass Rear Admiral Edward Strong Bo-
CERT, medical director, u. 5. n. (retired)'
died in this city. Mrs. Alice Morse Earle
author and an authority on historical mat
ters. died at the home of her son. Alexander
NJ. Earle, at Hampstead, Long Island
what else happened that well informed
man ought to remember" asked Busy Man
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

by inoculatins him with disease germs,
came to an end when 4 verdict OF guilty
was returned by the jury in the case of De
I.assy and Pantchenko and not guilty in
the case of the WOMAN. De Lassy was sem
fenced to penal seryitude for life and Pant
chenko to fifteen years imprisonment
Russia notified the governments Of Great
Britain, France AMI Germany Of her inten-
ton to make a military demonstration on
the Russo Chinese frontier owing to Chlna's
persistent violation Of the st. Petersburg
treaty of 1881
The Viceroy Of Manchuria estimated
that the fatalities in Manchuria from the
pneumonia plague already have reached
sixtv-hve thousand. According 10 the gen.
cral belief. however, the number OF fatali-
ties will he double those OF the official esti-
mates. That none Of the pague-stricken
PEOPLE RECEIVERS was reported TO tho Ma
tional Red Cross by American Consul Gem
etal Wilder at Shanghai
Congressman Otto G.. FOc.ker. whose
testimony before the grand jury led to the
indictment OF former State Senator Frank
J. Gardner on a charge Of attempting 10
bribe Foelker to vote against the antl-race-
track gambling bills in the summer OF 1908,
spent some OF the most uncomfortable hours
Of his life while witness at Gardners trial
before Justice Seabury in the Criminal
Branch of the Supreme Court. Foelker
was forced TO admit that while taking the
Regents examination for admission TO the
state bar several years ago he lived, tenn
porarlly, with Max Scsinsky, who Is now
convict in the penitentiary on Blackwelrs
Island. having been found guilty of imper-
sonating others in taking the Regents ex-
aminations. He also admitted that two let
ters signed with his name, were written by
Sosinsky TO the Board OF Regents In Albany
spplying for Foelker's certificate.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Last
Weeks Papers.

"Do the chances for reciprocity with can
ada look bright 20 you?" asked Busy Man
as he met Constant Reader last evening.
you'll get no predictions from me- was
the reply. "The greatest deliberative BODY
tn the world was still brooding on the
question when last / heard. and you can
Suess lust as we'll as / can, and no better
what its fate will be- However, the Mccall
hill embodying the reciprocity agreement
with Canada. was passed By the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES, by a vote Of 221 to ~.
Five Democrats and eighty-seven Republi-
cans voted against the bill.
Champ Clark. the Democratic Speaker
designate. in addressing the House, sald
that the reciprocity agreement was the hrst
step toward the annexation Of Canada.
president Taft took prompt steps to null
lily the effects Of this speech by writing
letter saving the Canadian reciprocity
agreement was purely commercial in char
acter.
"Representative Bennett Of New YORK,
who fought the reciprocity agreement in the
House to the last gasp. took another turn
al II by introducing a resolution requesting
the President to begin negotiations with
Great Britain looking 10 the annexation OF
Canada. but the House Committee on For
eign Affairs squelched the resolution by
vote Of 10 I.
Reciprocity not only with Canada but
with North and South America, and. in
fact. with oil nations was advocated by
President Taft in an address at the open
ing session Of the Pan-American CONNER
cial conference in Washington.
THE proposed Canadian reciprocity
agreement was attacked in letter sent to
James Wilson. Secretary Of Agriculture. by
Ex-Governor Nahum J. Bachelor, Of Con-
cord. y H.. master of the National Grange
Patrons Of Husbandry, and chairman of
the legislative committee Of that organiza-
ton The letter declares that the agree
ment is unfair 10 the farmers Of the United
States.
I'm a speech at Springfield. Ill, President
Taft warned the leaders OF his party that
~ they should defeat the concessions con-
tanned in the reciprocity agreement and
should persist in retaining in these times OF
high prices and gradually eXhausting food
supply a tariff not based solely on the diff
ference in cost Of production at home ana
abroad. with a reasonable profit 10 the
American producer, an opposition VIII be
aroused that will know no moderation and
will wipe the last trace Of protective tariff
from the statute books.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
SENATE PASSES PENSIONS.

What else happened at Washington"
asked Busy Man.
by s 10 8 the Senate Committee on Pen
sions agreed 70 report the Sulloway general
pension bill, which already has passed the
House. II was amended so that the annual
cost OF pensions in addition TO the $751;
100000 estimated for the ensuing year will
be about $4,000, 900. AS the bill passed
the House it would have cost about $780,
100000.
"The Senate passed the bill authorizing
the creation Of a White Mountain and Ap-
paIachian forest reserve. This measure has
been before Congress in one form or an
other for several years. and IS one OF the
propositions advocated by President Taft
II was passed by the House in the last ses-
sion. and will therefore go direct 10 the
President for his signature. The bill car
ries an appropriation Of about S10,00o,00o
for surveying and acquiring the necessary
land
.Tha President has received from John
Hays Hammond his acceptance Of the ap-
rointment OF special ambassador 70 attend
the coronation Of King George V Of Eng
land in June.
Carving out the specific directions Of
Congress, the navy demonstrated that pro-
tectiles fired from a high power service gun
will penetrate the heavy tuTet and belt
armor Of a warship at 81 battle range OF
eight thousand yards. or more than four
and one-half miles. The test was held at
the mouth Of the Potomac River. The
monitor Tallahassee fired ten 12-inch shells
o. two targets Of arm0r plates, varying IN
thickness from cieht 10 eleven inches. erect
I'd on the ram Katahdin. -Four Of the shots
hit and pierced the plates, which were OF
the most recent type. and represented the
tlret end belt armor Of a bauleship. There
were no accidents and the Katahdin was
not injured.
1.-THE Senate confirmed the action of the
House IN selecting san Francisco as the
proper place for the exposition which IS 10
celebrate the opening Of the Panama Canal.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
bRONxvIllE.

Finding their large country houses 'n's.
quate TO entertain their friends many ~
bers Of westchester County society arc y.,x
ulating the example OF their Ne" Ia,
cousins by holding their larger
functions AT the Hotel Gramatan La
renee Park. Bronxville on last f,'Ss,
evening w. /. Kitchen entertained '',r y.
guests at supper, preceded oy %" wount
Saturday evening J. W. Greene " -. ,n.
Vernon. entertained sixteen gues's' ~, AIN.
tertainment being given In the prNa
ing room OF the hotel To aceo'"'. CONN., for
the demand breakfast Is se''.u ,,oug
squestrians at the hotel at S:% .'.tsa
those registering at the Hotei u,l,or.
during the last week are l. es.n. Ne ?
Pittsburg; Mr.. and Mrs. j. =. Eass"C Graz.
York City. and Mr.. spd hrs b !"
ford. BrooklSsp
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
GEORGE GOULD STEPS DOWN.

ANY significant developments in the
world Of commerce." asked Busy Man
'The threatened controversy over the
Missouri Pacific. In which IT was reported
George ]. Gould had enlisted the support
Of James ]. Hill in his effort 70 retain con-
troll against the opposition developed by the
Kuhn, Loeb &; Co. and John d. Rockefeller
interests, was suddenly ended when Mr..
Gould issued a statement in which he an
nounced that he would retire as president.
ead that representatives Of these large
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
THE DEATH ROLL.

amy persons OF Importance dle?' asked
Busy Man.
The Most Rev. Patrick John Ryan, Arch
bishop OF philadelphia and Metropolitan OF
Pennsylvania, died at the arChiepiscopal
residence in that city. lie would have been
eighty years old on February 80. General
Alexander Stewart Webb, who in the Civil
War was chief Of staff for General Meade
and held the famous bloody angle in the
battle Of Gettysburg. died in his home in
Riyerdale. y. Y. Brgadier General Joseph
Rowe Smith, L. s. \. (retired), died at his
home IN Philadelphia from pneumonia.
Baron Albert 5. y de Eothschild, head Of
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

come business manager of the University
OF Wisconsin.
"W. l.. D. Stokes. proprietor OF the Hotel
Ansonia Broadway and 73d street, In this
city, married Miss Helen Elwood, OF Den
yer, in the home Of the Rev. DR.. John L.
Scudder, at No. III Bentley avenue Jersey
City Heights. Stokes IN 1900 was sued by
his wife, formerly Miss Rita Hernandez
d'Albn Acosta, for a divorce on statutory
grounds She got decree and Mr.. Stokes
was forbidden 10 marry again during her
lifetime Mrs. Stokes afterward married
Captain Philip NJ. Lydig.
Henry RouJon. the writer, was elected
to the seat in the French Academy made
vacant by the death Of Henri Barbour.
Denys Cochin, Conservative Deputy, was
chosen for the seat Of the late Count Albert
Yandal.
Formal announcement was made by
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
ROOSEVELT MEETS BARNES,

Tell me what the politicians have been
doing" said Busy Man.
AT the New York Republican Clubs
twentv-afth annual dinner in memory Of
Abraham Lincoln, the hatchet was buried
between Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his
friends on one side and the members OF
the Old Guard, represented by William
Barnes jr. and Timothy l.. Woodruff. on
the other The bitter differences Of the last
state campaign were forgotten in promises
on both sides 10 get together and work
for the good Of the party. Colonel Roose-
Welt strongly indorsed President Tafts reel
procity treaty and the fOrtifcation of the
Panama Canal
The election Of United States Senators
by direct vote of the people but with ma
tonal control, was favored by Colonel
Roosevelt in a Lincoln Day speech at Grand
Rapids. Mich. He also declared himself in
favor Of abOlishlng the Electoral College in
electing a President and argued for the
adoption Of the reciprocity agreement with
Canada.
Governor Dix sent 10 the Legislature
special message outlining his views on the
proposed reorganization of the Highways
Department and the creation Of conser-
walton department. The Governor put
himself on record for one man responsible
fly for the carrying out Of the good roads
work and the big scheme Of conserving the
states water power and other natural re-
sources
"Coincident with the decision Of the Sem
ate Finance Committee 10 report favorably
the nomination OF Democratic State Chair
man Huppuch 70 take the place now held
by John " Carlisle in the Cd District Pub
lie Service Commission. II became known
that Governor Dix intended 10 appoint Mr..
Carlisle 20 conduct an investigation Of the
Jst District Commission.
Harold J. Friedman. Assemblyman from |
the 29th New York Assembly District, a
Democratic insurgent made affidavit that
Governor Dix sought to win him over 70 !
vote for Shechan In tho Albany Senatorial !
deadlock Governor Dix denied the charge. |
"The West Virginia Senate, by a vote Of
II 20 10, rejected the income tax amend |
nIent u the federal constitution. The !
amendment was ratified by the House Of
Delegates recently"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

only daughter. Miss Annie Douglass Gra-
ham, TO Jay Gould. I'd. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George Jay Gould.
The feature OF the sale OF the art COL
lection OF the late Robert Hoe was the
famous Rembrandt picture Of a young girl
holding out a medal on "a chain. The paint
ing was started with bid OF $4,000. and
after spirited bidding was knocked down to
Scott & Fowles at 370S00. said to be the
highest price ever brought for Rembrandt
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

was handed down by the Appellate Division
Of the Supreme Court The decision holds
that Michael E. Bannin and Henry W. Mar
tin. as trustees Of the estate of Thomas II.
Cullen, erred in making an agreement 10
extend the partnership of Cullen, In Con-
verse. Stanton & Cullen. drygoods commls-
sion merchants. beyond the period for Whlch
Cullen had undertaken the partnership. All
of the justices concurred In the decislon'
which makes IL impossible to carry the case
to the Court of Appeals. The settlement OF
the law in the case. lawyers said. would
make il necessary TO wind up scores OF
similar partnerships.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

IN periodicals mailing less than four thou
sand pounds of each issue. Applying the
increase to the entire amount OF second
class mail matter he adds, 1T would
amount to less than one cent a pound
THAT there is magazine trust, COM
binaton Of publishers of magazines TO
maintain certain subscription prices and ad-
yertising rates and to force the government
to give cheap postal rate is the informa-
ton which reached the White House. United
states District Attorney Wise, of New York.
wrote TO Attorney General Wickersham that
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
Atlantic City

Atlantic City. Feb. ls.-Judgfng by the
promenade last Sunday, Eastertide VIII need
look TO its laurels. II not IN the matter
OF crowds. then In novelties In fem-
,nine adornment. Out OF the gayly tinted
fashion plates stepped the natty. jaunty'
trouserette maid. And she had EN- on!
Wor. 'em right out in the open day! And
the Old B.-W. smiled-not boisterously. you
know, but calmly, and in that well ored
blase way the B.-W. has-and tramped on
And the non-feminine swells. three or four
Of 'em. from ye greene countrie toWne or
William Penn and from ye olde Nieu"
Amsterdam. minced along wearing stra"
hats. Shade Of Lincoln! On the eve OF tny
birthday!
Slowly. gradually, but surely, Atlantic
City's enterprise Is eliminating the ram
shackle buildings that mark the transition
neriod between the days OF few nsner-
mems huts along the beach, back IN laoi'
70 the magnificent hotels that line the
waterfront in 1911. Another step IN thls
forward march Of progress was mace our
ing the week when A. T. Bell and Samuei
". Moore purchased the northeast corner
property at Florida avenue ana tne
boardwalk, on which stands an DID,
uns,gbtly and dlapidated hotel structure
of the early days. The present building
viii be razed and another creditaoie 10
the Great Wooden Way, built IN its stead.
The Hotel Monticello, Kentucky avenue
and the Beach, has emerged from the
hands Of the renovaters, and is ready for
tho season OF 1911. The 20 rooms OF the
poru,ar hosiery have been repapered and
ffpp
corridors. sun parlors and exchange have
all been recarpeted. The Monticello mas
boen favored in its booking by the B. p.
O. Elks. for July.
Tho fireproof annex to tho Hotel Dennis
on the Boardwalk, is nearing compietion.
Tho annex cost almost $4,000. Walter j.
Ruzbv Is the proprietor. The hotel opened
IN "Wednesday. The new portion OF the
hotel viii be thrown wide open TO the puo-
llo on March l.
Atlantic city IS already deeply and ear
, nestly at work 10 make the coming Grand
Lodge reunion, B. 2. o. Eiks, the greatest
event In the history OF EIkdom and OF Al
lantic City as well. No fewer than hve
asnirants for the high Office OF Grand Ex-
alted Ruler are already announced. They
are Charles A. Rasbury, OF Dallas, Tex.
Willard II. Ticknor, OF Buffalo; Arthur
Moreland, Of New York City; William
Bulting. Of Brooklyn, and John p. Sullt-
van, OF New Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. +. Lippincott Of New
York, are at the Hotel Seaside.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Scofeld, Of New York
are at the Hotel Strand.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. d. Downing, OF New
York. are at the Hotel Windsor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred B. Newman, OF New
York. are at the Hotel Boutwell,.
Carl F. harrington, Of New York, is at the
Hotel Shelburne.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
PLOT TO INFECT COTTON.

"Governor-elect Hoke Smith, Of Georgia,
gave out statement which he said exposes
a plot Of New York spectators 10 infect
the cotton fields Of Georgia and South Caro-
lima with the boil weeyil. lie says they
want TO be able to bull the market next
season by reducing the crop and raising the
price Of Dixe's staple. These plotters have
in their possession at least one million live
boil weevils, and are awaiting their oppor-
tunity 10 scatter these disastrous insects
over Georgia and South Carolina.
Large profits asserted TO be made by the
publishers Of magazines and immense losses
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

he had been investigating the magazines OF
tho country and had gathered evidence
showing that the publishers of magazines
were In combination. This will be looked
into after further evidence is gathered.
"Speculators in theatre tickets were hard
hit by an ordinance passed by the Board or
Aldermen preventing the sale of tickets In
the streets and prohibiting the advertise
ment Of such a business in the street.
Mayor GaynOr signed the ordinance"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

banking houses were to be admitted TO the
board.
"The Court of Appeals decided that the
Public Service Commission, 1st Department
was acting beyond its authority when II
directed the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad Company to abate certain
nuisances in its Harlem River freight yards
and laid down rules which the railroad COM
pany must follow to abate the nuisance.
"a dec sion which will affect large
number Of partnerships in this city, carried
on by estates after the death of partner.