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IN THE BERKSHlRES.
fBy Telegraph to II

rBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Ienox. July l9.-Mrs. John a. DIX wife
Of Governor Dix, of Albany. motored TO
Pittsield last night, and was a guest at 4
dinner given at the Maplewood by Mr.
and Mrs John Il. McElroy.
Miss Anna Lapsley, of New York Is
guest of the Misses Hague At Bombay BiI.
Mrs. c. Adolph Low and Mrs. d. FAIR
fax Bush. OF Glen Cove, Long Island. are
motoring I'm the Berkshire Hills.
Mrs. e. b. Jermaine. Of Buffalo. and Mrs.
F. +. Hickox, OF Cleveland. have arrived at
the Curtis Hotel.
Mrs Henry :. lockwood Miss Lockwood.
Howard o. Pierson. Mr.. and Mrs George
y. Thompson. the Misses Thompson. Mrs.
n Value. the Misses Value, u. Mason
Value. Of New York, and Mr. and Mrs.
+ 3. Stran. Of Rochester. are az the Hotel
Aspinwall ,
Mr.. and Mrs Meredith Rowland, Of Paris.
who are on their annual visit 10 Mrs.
Howlands mother. Mrs Daniel Torrance.
at the Curtis Hotel, arrived tonight
Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Herzog, Of New
York will arrive tomorrow to visit Mrs.
Frederic D. Tappen.
Miss Isabel Holden Burhans. Of New
York, has leased apartments in the Eddy
cottage.
George L. Colon. of New York, has joined
his family at Pittsfield.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
IN SEARCH OF BROOKLYN
A Chestcrfieldian Can No Longer Find
It on the Timetables.
70 Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: | am told that letter To Presl-
don't McCrea OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
would promptly find its level In waste
basket. that eminent gentleman never
even hearing OF IL. As | am merely a
nerson from Brooklyn, do not doubt my
lack of importance i'm the opinion OF those
surrounding the president In times or
voro progressed peacefully from my
adonted town TO Brooklyn via the Penn
sylvania Railroad from Trenton TO Jersey
CIV. 10 the Annex To Fulton street,
Rrooklvn. There ! had a choice Of cars.
Possibly New York J. not aware OF The
fact. but times have changed.
Last March planned 10 visit Brooklyn.
not having been there since the July pre-
yious. To my horror found no mention Of
Broo<lyn on the timetable OF the New YORK
division Of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
or course. / knew the city ~ Churches
had not been swallowed bodily, hut
why the Pennsylvania Railroad ignored
my native town | could not explain. My
queries at the station In Trenton were
treated so scornfully | began Ia feel the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad no longer cared 10
associate with Brooklyn, perfectly g"od
citv. 1 am sure However, / notified my
friends that would leave Trenton al
certain hour and the train would probably
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20

a harbor commissioner the second Is a
city assessor. the third Is the City Con-
troler. the fourth is the Street Clean
ing Commissioner the sixth is the City
Treasurer, the eighth Is a police com
missioner, and the tenth is sealer OF
weights and measures and incidentally
chairman of the Republican County
Committee There are thus only three
who are new men, in politics. If in
deed they are new: Of whom one Is
civil engineer. And every one of the
ten IS distinctly and emphatically n
politician. in the sense that lie is an
active party member, who may he ex-
pected to give weight to political con-
siderations in official life.
The question then arises whether the
FIVE men who are to he chosen next
month will give any better adminlstra-
ton under the new system than they or
some Of them have been giving under
tie old. Upon the answer to that tie
ponds the vindication Of the new sys-
TEN. II may he that with the more
direct personal responsibility, and with
the potentiality Of the recall before
them the commissioners will fulfil the
expectations of those who procured the
adoption of the new form of govern
ment But among the observers Of the
experiment there will he several from
Missouri
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land somewhere some time, and they must
he sure &c meet ne.
After sending my letter | found an in
conspicuous footaote on the southeaster"
section OF the timetable stating that con-
nection at convenient or frequent inter
walls was made for Brooklyn. Brooklyn
the trainmen observed when l asked
question after embarldng for my poor
dear native town. Brooklyn Doubt sat
firmly i'm their minds the city seemed
sort OF Mrs. Harris: like Betsy Prig, they
didn't believe there was no sich city
However, a friend met me in the station
at New York, who. finding a frequent IN
terval meant just then wait of half an
hour, preferred to go to Brooklyn by
well, by rushing off in a surface car, then
changing and taking n subway, then more
changes, and a few more. until when we
came to the surface to try more cars
did not know where was Yet I've been
in that place hundreds of times. Imagine
a stranger to the city making an attempt
TO find Brooklyn.
on my return I refused any such de-
vious travels and sought the shuttle
which took me very nicely only nineteen
miles around, under, on, over and beneath
city and river. However, | reached the
Pennsylvania Railroad station, which was
really my intention when l started. TO
my amazement train for Philadelphla
lay waiting In June tried another visit.
By 1890 I was i'm the 32d street station
engaged in a frantic attempt to find the
shuttle" 1t was somewhere handy, l
ap1 loft a If 40.
How 7 longed 10 be a pirate for just five
minutes AS that was impossible, and |
have no vote and so cannot use IAN
guage," I went and asked for special
timetable for "shuttles.'
And here is the point to which my COM
plainings are tending: why does the
Pennsylvania Railroad ignore Brooklyn In
its timetable, except as 10 funny state
ment that frequent daily trains are pro-
vided in a footnote? And why are these
FREQUENT daily trains so arranged they
connect with nothing to speak of? | can
not find any morning trains starting from
Philadelphia that connect; during the al
ternoon half hour wait is the best can
and. Do not people travel to Brooklyn any
more? Some Of the trains from Washing-
ton and so Oh. which do not stop after
leaving Philadelphia, connect, but what
good does that do folks who live in New
Jersey?
I left Brooklyn Sunday. July .. nice hot
day. The conductor on the shuttle was
attired i'm dignfied garments Appropriate
for the North Pole, and the look OF posi-
tive suffering on. his face made me feel
sorry. and perhaps determined the writing
Of this letter II is the rule, I am told.
that all Pennsylvania Railroad conductors
dress as if they must encounter the icy
blasts that blow when the mercury SKATES
around zero. 1t makes them more efGlent'
summer or winter. ] wish President NC
Crea could Just put on heavy coat ana
then take a few trips under and over
Brooklyn when tho mercury is at 100 de-
grees. SUNSHINE B. HOLLOWAY.
Chesterfield, y. J., July II, 1911.
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.


vvasbineton. July f9-The President spent
the afternoon In his study preparing MS
III. ~ tho Senate Controller Bay resolu-
ton. The Secretary of the Interior ana the
Secretary Of Agriculture were with MN
part OF the time.
Secretary Wilson said al tho White House
that he had not finished reading the whey
charges and answer. and would not nave
his recommendation ready for several days
The regular Friday morning Cabinet
meeting has been called for 10 o'clock IN
stead of II, as the President VIII leave
Washington about 1890 for Manassas Va
to attend the reunion Of the Blue ana "IaS
on the battlefield of Bull Run. The Presi-
dent will make the trip by automopile' ao
companied by Senator Martin, Representa-
tive Carlin Secretary Hilles ana MdJo'
| Butt.
The President accepted an invitation, pre-
scented BY Senator Thornton, to be his guess
AT luncheon at Fairfax Court House on MS
way to Manassas.
A meeting of the Lincoln Memorial 'oi"-
mission has been called for next TUESDAY
afternoon, when the President VIII take ul
the report on the proposed design ana si'7
for the 100000 Lincoln memorial
Following a conference between the
President and Senator's Smith and TOWN.
send. It was announced the President wouid
not make the trip to Houghton, Mich, on
| August 3, 10 deliver an address at the
Houghton School of Mines. Mr. Tatt teeiS
that he should remain in Washington III
the closing days OF Congress.
| In the presence Of the Senators ana rep
rcsentatives from California and seVeral
others President Taft pressed button III
the East Room this evening starting the
ground breaking ceremonies Of the Paha'
ma California Exposition at San Diego.
The President declined an invitation TO
attend the meeting of the League OF Re
publican Clubs of Ohio, at Cleveland, on
| August 10. an invitation to a celebration by
the Lehigh County, Penn, Republicans
and an invitation TO attend meeting oil
the National Paint Oil and Narnlsh Asso-
citation, in Richmond, on october y; has
taken under consideration on invitation to
visit the Port Huron Mich. Young Men
Christian Association; declined an invita-
| ton 10 attend a meeting Of the Assocla-
ton of Advertising Clubs at Boston, on
August 1: declined an invitation TO attend
meeting Of New York Chapter No. !
| B'nai Birth in August; has taken under
consideration invitations from the Mar
ouette Club of Chicago, to be its guest
either on October or Lincoln's Birthday
and declined an invitation to attend the
meeting Of the National German merican
Alliance in Washington on october g.
Frederick &C. Arnold. Of Pittsford, y. y,
wants the first Sunday in August set aside
as Fathers Day. He has written TO the
President asking him to lend his aid to
such movement. Mr.. Arnold thinks every
woman should wear a red carnation on
| that day.
Among the White House callers were the
Secretary Of State, the Nice-Presdent,
Senator's Lodge, Guggenheim and Taylor
Re personalities Davenport, Byrnes, Cuilop'
Sterling. Young. Clarke, Of Florida; camp
bell and Calder Richard c. Kerens, Amer
| lean Ambassador to Austria Hungary, ana
Assistant Secretary Thompson.
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UNWITTINGLY A SMUGGLER
Former State Official Brings in Pre-
cious Emerald Rectities Error.

San Francisco. July l9-Frederlok -
stevens. formerly superintendent OF Pupno
Works of the State of New YORK. VINO
arrived from the Orient Yesterday, uncoh-
sciouslv defraUded the United states Gus
toms of over 81 500 for several hours As
soon as he realized that he was smugsler
he acquainted Collector Stratton with the
fact that he had walked through the squad
Of inspectors that lined the steamer Sierra
with a 500 emerald he had forgotten 10
declare. jineling against the loose change
I'm his pocket
Mr.. stevens secured the gem IN DEM.
India. "on approval" desiring to submit II
"a inspecton by New York ieweler before
final purchase. The emerald which was
turned over to Collector Stratton' VIII ba
shipped to the New York hrm under bond
furnished by MIR Stevens. II the experts
report favorably Mr.. stevens will pay the
"a per cent duty on its valuation to the
New York customs officials
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
WELCOME LIMITATION.

The restriction by the Senate Of the
amount permitted 10 he spent by can
Gldate for Senatorship 10 $4,000
shows that the leaven of the Lorimer
Investigations is working. One witness
before the subcommittee of the Com
nittee on Privileges and Elections testl-
fed that another witness told him that
1T cost 100000 TO put Lorimer over"
as preface TO a request for REIN
bursting contribution Of $4,000. Senator
Stephenson. of Wisconsin. complying
with state law, turned in an account
showing that he had expended more
Than 100000 TO secure his reelection in
1863. Evidence that excessive amounts
have been used. even for legitimate pur-
POSES. in many Senatorial contests has
nj last awakened the upper branch Of
Congress 10 the fact that a pace that
Kills is being set under the system OF
double electiOns-frSt i'm a statewide
primary and then in the Legislature.
TO make suitable contest before the
voters Of a state Of even moderate size
ordinarily cOmpels candidate TO spend
Irore money than he ought To be eX-
Iected to put into politics. The legit-
mate drain OF "a canvass, involving the
circulation of literature aS well as the
employment of speakers and other help
crS. can easily become eXhaustlng. y
Senator may be driven under present
conditions 80 mortgage his salary for
two. three or four years simply 10 pro
tr,t himself against the competition Of
an active rival with larger resources.
A. Mr.. Root well said on Monday. a
man Of moderate means Is practically
deharred from seeking Senatorship in
many states 10y the lack Of limitation
on the amount Of money which may be
thrown into the contest 10y q richer
antagonist If Congress forbids any
candidate TO spend more than $1,000
and that Is perhaps too liberal limit
In the smaller states-the handicap ON
The poorer aspirant is greatly diminished
ma The disturbing influence OF mere
wealth IS eliminated.
The Senate had not previously at
tempfed To draw the line between rea-
soma bile and excessive expenditure. In
one noteworthy case, howeyer-that or
William A. Clark, Of Montana-it de
clared an election void on the specii1c
ground that too much money had been
used 10y aud in behalf ~ he senator
chosen. 1t Is now willing T. frame deh-
mite rule for use in oil cases. 1t wants 10
more Senators'of the sort who think II
necessary TO spend over SlOoOOU III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
AZ AMERICAN FAILING.

Fire losses in the United States and
Canada for the first six months of 1911
aggregated S129,000,O0O-an increase of
$50 900. 900 over the total for the CORE
spending period in 1910. American
prodigaity in feeding the flames is an
parently increasing rather than dimin-
ishing, in spite of agitation for better
building laws and more effective fire pro
lection. The worst thing about the In
crease is that it imposes new burdens
not shown by the mere total Of property
destroyed. 4 heavier outlay on the part
Of the insurance companies necessitatcs
a raising Of insurance rates: and that
added cost falls on the public generally,
for every renter has tn pay his share OF
the landlords insurance Moreover.
greater fire destruction calls for more
expensive protective equipment. 1t has
been estimated that the loss by fire in
the United States in 1907 amounted to
S215.OOO.OOO. But the excess cost of
premiums over insurance paid out. Of
fire departments and of waterworks ser
wee WIS 'N-fl .'''.N'''
total of Sij6.O00000 sunk in fighting
fire.
Statistics collected in Europe by Amer
lean cOnsuls. Just made public by the
State Department, show that we lag far
behind European nations In the i'm
portant art Of combating one Of the
great destructive forces Of nature. In
FIVE classes Of European cities. arranged
according to population. the per capita
fire loss in 1907 varied from 50 cents
in cities Of more than 100000 population
t. 81 g. in cities of from 10000 to 100
coo. But in this country the figures
varied from 50 If TO So %. Our aver
age annual fire loss is more than 50 20
pcr cdDitd. while in Austria the average
j. % cents. in Denmark 26, in France
80, in Germany 10, in Switzerland 80 and
in Italy r.
The American instinct for economic
invention seems 10 have failed entirely
i'm dealing with one of the greatest
sources of economic waste. II is far
from creditable TO our boasted practi-
cality as nation that we are willing TO
burn up each year five TO twenty times
as much property as is burned up by our
economic rivals abroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
SHEPARD HOLDING HIS OWN
Report of Physicians in Attend
ance on Eminent Patient.
[By Telegraph 10 The Tribune ]
~ T,,r,. 10 I .,


Lake George, y. Y, July BIN the last
,u.eptv-four hours there has been httle
cbapge I'm the condition Of Edward NJ
sbenard. who is seriously i'll at his summer
residence. Erlowest The occasional re-
norris that leak out from an almost mute
household Send to confirm the rumors that
Mr. SHEPARD is in a far more critical con-
dition than ever Absolute quiet is being
enforced about Erlowest and all ROADS
leading to the front of the house are still
closed.
Yesterday DR.. T. l. Henning, the attend
ing physician, called Or. G.. II. Bueler the
Brooklyn specialist, into consultation ana
a complete examination of their patient
was made In conversation to-day Df.
Bueler said: Mr.. Shepard is very SICK
man. but his condition is not hopeless l
agree exactly with DR.. Jennings dag
nosis Of the case and concur with him IN
the statement that il is a matter OF a
long time before his recovery
Upon leaving Mr.. Shepard's bedside to-
day DR.. Henning said: MIR. Shepard $
condition has not materially changed with
I'm the last twenty-four hours. but | can
say that he is holding his own
DIR. Henning visits Mr. Shepard at least
twice "A day and spends each night with
his patient.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
NEW YORK SOCIETY,".

NIiramar, the country place Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Sackett, near New Lon
don. Conn, will be the scene to-day or the
marriage OF their daughter. Miss Audrey
Townsend Sackett, TO Stewart Waller, who
was graduated from Harvard in 1903, be-
longs to the Union and to other New York
clubs and is a son of Robert Waller. Will
lam Godfrey. Of Philadelphia, will be his
best man, and his ushers will he Malcolm
sloane I Couper Lord. Wistsr Kendall,
Julian Peabody and Charles Bradley. In
attendance on the bride will be Mrs. hunt
ington jackson, of Washington; MISS
Katherine Lawrence. Miss Fanny Sinnick-
son. Of Philadelphia, and two little flower
girls. Dolly Hagar and Phillis thompson
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Seymour have left
their country place in Connecticut for their
camn on Hero Island, near Plattsnurg.
Mr. and Mrs Frank S. Wltherbee and
Miss Witherbee will arrive in town TO-
morrow from Ledgeside, their country
Mace at Port Henry, \. Y. preparatory
70 sailing for Europe on Saturday.
percival Kuhne and his daughter Miss
cvendolyn Kuhne, will also sail the day
after tomorrow to spend year abroad
Tbev will be at Geneva throughout the win
ter.
Mrs ]. Pierpont Morgan, jr, and her
children have left their country place at
East Island. Long Island, for Manchester
Mass to stay with her mother Mrs.
Henry 5. Grew.
Mr. and Mrs J. Watson Webb have re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
A BALANCE OR AN APOLOGY

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial of to-day criticlsng
the desire of La Correspondence de
Espaha" Of Madrid. that SPANS innocence
I'm the matter of the Maine explosion
should be proclaimed by the United states
misses the point. Had we throughout
maintained the calm temper OF said edi-
torial your words would be just. But we
did not.
The popular assumption was that Spain
was certainly guilty. Largely on that as
sumption war was thrust on an unwilling
and friendly nation. Remember the
Najne!" resounded over the land, and the
words were even stamped on articles OF
food: nor is it long since one Of your most
popuIar and influential contemporaries Cd
itorialIv denounced as either unpatriotc or
idiotic those who dared to hold the interior
explosion theory.
We got such glory and profit out OF the
war as might be. If Spain be proved guilty.
of the Names destruction accounts have
been squared. on any other outcome we
owe her an apology. G. f. d. PHELPS
New Brunswick, y. j., July Il, 1911.
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ing to defend composite Of the Under
wood and La Toilette measures. 1t says
that the Ia Toilette schedule, WIN
deeper cuts on woollens than are made
in the House bill would probably fan
to benefit the consuming class, and even
If It did insure certain alterations
these would be bought too dearly at
the expense of the producer "The
Times's" idea of a sound Democratic
revision programme seems TO he to pro
long the process and nurse it carefully
for political purposes 1t said the other
day: The Democrats can retain cohtroi
"of the revision of the tarin for many
elections if they avoid premature and
"ill considered action" Nothing could
he more annoying to Mcssrs. clark ana
Underwood than to he driven into a
position in which they would have TO
commit themselves ''prematurely to
wool schedule revision subject To the
Presidents veto.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
FEARFUL REVISIONISTS.

The prediction Of Senator John Sharp
| Williams that the Senate will substitute
Mr. La Follette's wool schedule for the
House wool bill and put IT up TO Messrs.
Clark and Underwood TO yield TO Il com
promise in conference has brought con.
sternation 10 many Democratic tariff
refOrmers who think that revision is a
good enough thing to talk about but a
dangerous thing TO try TO carry into
effect. The House leaders have never
taken their ''popgun" revision pro-
gramme seriously. They were glad to
pass n number of buncombe bills not
intended TO get any further than the
Senate Committee on Finance. That
committee was 10 he blamed for block
ing the Jealous efforts of the House to
relieve the consumer while the ire OF
the producer was 10 he allayed by the
explanation that the stranded measures
did not really represent what the Demo
cratic party would do If it should come
into power I'm both branches of Con
grcss.
The Democrats in the Senate under
Mr.. Williams's leadership have spoiled
this crafty scheme Of playing both ends
against the middle They want ia show
that they are also TO be reckOned with
as tariff revisers and are willing TO take
the La Toilette schedule as fair eX-
change for the Underwood bill. In
theory the two are not unlike, since
both repudiate the time-hOnOred Demo
cratic demand for free raw wool. Mr..
La Toilette has merely put higher pro
tCCtive rate on wool and lower pro
tective rates on woollens. Neither rep
resents an intelligent effort 10 adjust the
rates 10 meet economic conditions in
the woollen industry. But If the Demo
Gratis in Congress send either bill 10
President Taft they will have 10 go 10
The country on the record they have
made in dealing with the wool schedule
IA record which will appeal neither to
urotectiUnists nor to ti-prOtectloiiists
.The New York Times naturally
"yiews with alarm" the prospect OF nav
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
SAVE THE TRAFFIC SQUAD

SAVE THE TRAFFIC SQUAD
If the Legislature has any regard for
public opinion Senator Newcombs mo-
ton to discharge the Senate Cities Com
mttee from further consideration OF the
bill TO except the traffic squad from the
operations of the three platoon law re-
Gently passed will prevail. Members OF
the Legislature have been deluged with
kilograms within the last day or so
urging them TO save the squad. Mer-
chants and manufacturers OF the city,
who realize the enormous loss TO bust
ness that will result if the splendid sys-
tenn of regulating traffic which has been
built up with care and patience is dis
organized. have been making representa-
lions to Albany of the serious conse-
Quences that may he cntalled by the
failure TO pass Senator WaSners
amendatOry bill.
But business men are not interested
alone. Every one who uses the streets
will he incOmmOded. whether on foot.
ir q vehicle or in surface car. If his
life itself is not endangered. by the con
fusion that will result from depriving
the city Of the services of the trained
traffic officers. Nothing that this Leeis-
lature has done will bring more public
exccration upon it than will he its lot if
il destroys the machinery by which 'raf-
fic is kept moving in the overCrowded
streets of this city.