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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
Veteran Says 1t Should Go Further and
Prohibit Weapons in the Home.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: In your editorial columns this morn
ing | find a communication from one who
signs himself New Yorker He swears
vengeance against the new law about
carrying pistols and other firearms, and
calls the law despotic.
am an old man. bordering on the seventies,
and will state that l have had neither a
pistol nor gun in my house since becom-
ing a resident Of this city, which is nearly
twenty-three-year ago. and l have used no
pistol or gun since | was in the militia dur
ing our Civil War fifty years ago. The law
is an excellent one, Endorsed by the best
business men and citizens OF this city, and
trust that II will be enforced 70 the letter.
How many accidents. Hr. Editor, do we
read Of from day TO day through the care
less handling OF pistols and guns? now
many boys shoot their mothers and sisters
through the careless handling of firearms?
In this mornings news is an account of a
sleeping girl a favorlte daughter shot by
ner fond father, In Brooklyn, who then
turned the revolver on himself. There are
plenty others of such cases
l would even go further than the present
law. No one should be allowed TO Keep
a pistol or a gun in the house under Il
heavy penalty. There is no need for such
weapons. Let the law be sternly enforced.
and at the end OF years, or even six
months, time a comparison be made as
10 the number Of homicdes committed
through the carrying of pistols before the
law went into effect and now under the
new law.
| would state further that every one who
gets permission to carry gun or pistol
should be made TO furnish the very best OF
references. and these should be kept on file,
so that they can be referred TO at any time.
NJ GOLDMAN.
Nau Work. Sent e. 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
SOUND SENSE on SEWERAGE

SUI " ~ GIN 81 Wv or W LINlbI.
There is a strong prospect that sound
sense will prevail in the matter Of the
sewerage system Of the Passaic Valley,
over which there has been so much dis
cussion and so ominous a prospect Of
tedious and costly litigation. To GER
tain extent, indeed, it has already pre-
vailed on both sides, and now the prom
Use is that it will be extended until
there is complete agreement between
the New Jersey communities and New
York. Thus there was sound sense in
the determination Of the New Jersey
people to ceaee polluting the Passaic
River with their crude sewage and in
stead to turn it into a trunk sewer
which should convey It TO some other
point Of disposal. There was also rea-
son in the objection which New York
made TO the pouring Of the output of
that sewer into the harbor without an
adequate process Of publication. The
trouble appears 10 have lain in the wish
of New Jersey TO discharge the sewage
into the bay in too crude condition and
In the reluctance or at least some New
Workers TO have il discharged there in
any condition whatever.
Now we are told that the formidable
legal proceedings which began this week
have been halted and will probably be
ended by proposal on the part Of New
Jersey to install an effective publication
plant through which all the sewage will
pass before it enters the harbor. That
would seem to contradict the claim,
which some have made, that an ade-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
Is THE CITY GOVERNMENT foh

rs THE CITY GOVERNHbhI run
SALEP
If Governor Dix intends to veto
the New York City charter Dill only
in case the Legislature fails TO send 10
him for approval also direct nomlna-
tions bill he has no serious conception
of his duty as Governor. The trading OF
bad appointments for good appointments
which has taken place between the Gov
ernor and the boss is mlschleVOus
enough without making it worse by
adding to it the swapping OF legislation
between the two. The Governor has
spoken of the city charter as a serious
matter affecting the government of half
the states population. 1t is too serious
4 matter TO be made the subject or
dicker. Why should the Governor give
Tammany the freedom to shape the city
government TO suit its nefarious pur-
poses in exchange for Tammany's CIV
ing him direct nominations bill: Inc
suggestion is monsrous.
1t is all the more so when the nature
Of the Governors attitude on direct
nominations is taken into consideration.
The bill which the Governor would be
likely 10 get as a result Of selling
sclf-governing community to political
boss. and which he would be perfectly
willing TO sign. would not he worth any
thing to the people of this state. The
Governor appears to care little about
what sort Of direct nominations system
he obtains SO long as it may be called
direct nominations. Any old kind or
direct nominations will serve his pur-
pose. which is to say that he has brought
about the fufilment of his partyS
pledges The bill which he is under
stood 10 approve is as full Of Tammany
iokers as is the proposed New York City
charter. There is no reason why Muir
ply should hesitate TO send them both
10 the Governor, thus trading a Murphy
system of making nominations for
Murphy system Of city government the
Governor getting, what he always gets
when he traffics with the boss, his
pocket turned inside out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08

vears been, and Is now, making more
ror,d progress than our own or than
anv other. It is building more Dread
noughts than we are, and more powerful
cruisers. and at the present rate 1t WILL
or it would, in few years surpass our
navy by margin great enough to be
convincing over and above all the I'M
certainties of the complex data which
we have cited. There practically ana
Immediately confronts this nation, then'
the ouestion whether 1t COMFORTS with
our national interests ana status 10 DC
thus displaced from the second place
among the naval powers OF the world
and TO be thus displaced by that power
which is of all the most 'pushfur' ana
aggressive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

[By Telegraph 10 Tho Tribune.
Newport. Sept Lord Camoys. Of Engs
land, who arrived late on Wednesday for
a visit with Mr.. and Mrs Lawrence r.
Gillespie, had his first real glimpse Of this
city to-day This morning he, with his
fancee Miss Mildred Sherman, her mother.
Mrs. william Watts Sherman. and Mr..
Gillespie, motored about the summer Sec
ton Of the city. Later he had luncheon
Informally at the Sherman villa, and this
evening dined with Mr.. and Mrs. Gillespie.
Mrs. James Lowell Putnam and Miss
Charlotte Pel were luncheon entertainers
to-day, and this evening dinners were
given by Mrs +. NJ. Nell and Mrs. Emil
Brugiere.
Mr.. and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt srs
expected from abroad next week.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Goelet have re-
turned from New York.
Count Sera, OF Rome, who has spent the
greater part OF the summer here, has end
ed his visit
Harold 6. Vanderbilt left to-day Cor New
York.
Miss Eleanora Sears, who has been =
guest Of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hartman,
has gone 10 Beverly Farms. Miss Sears 10
expected back on September Is TO take part
in an invitation tennis tournament.
A lawn fete given on the lawn OF the ].
y. A. Grlswold estate. on Bellevue avenue.
this afternoon for the benefit OF the Army
and Navy Y. VI. c. A., attracted the at
tendance OF many from the summer col.
ony.
Registered al the New cliffs to-day were
Count and Countess De Clntra, OF Lisbon;
Grlswold Thompson, Mrs. Eugene Parsons,
Miss lie Brun Parsons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Fallen, Miss Jane Fallen and Miss
Annie Fallen. Arson 2. Pond, T. K. Mohr'
Lewis H. Parsons, Gardner Coogan, Mrs.
Harriet Morris, of New York, and ;. W..
Alathewson. OF Narrasansett Pier.
Moncure Robinson is to return from New
York tomorrow.
Maurice Roche, who has passed the sum-
ner abroad, has returned and Joined hls
mother. Mrs Burke-Roche
Mr. and Mrs. Fl. a. c. Taylor are soon
TO make a European cruise on the steam
yacht the Wanderer.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James ara
leaving on September 10, and will sail for
Europe on the Aloha on september p.
Mr. and Mrs r. L. Asassiz are closing
their stay tomorrow and returning 10
Cambridge.
Tispenard Stewart has returned after his
rhotographing trip in the Rocky Mountains
Mrs Newton Adams is leaving tomorrow
for visit with Mrs. 5. c. Adams az
Orange, y. J.
Master Drexel Biddle, the young son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Biddle is suffering
from a mild attack Of scarlet fever
Mr.. and Mrs. oliver Gould Jennings VIII
close their season this week and return 10
their estate at Fairfield, Conn.
Miss Eugenia Ladenbu.g, dauBhter OF
Mrs Adolf Ladenburg, is a guest al the
Nuenchinger King Cottage for few days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
THAT YANKEE CHEESEBOX''
7. r. Timby Exhibited Model OF Sucn
a Battery in 1843.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: We sincerely thank you for the Mac
Cord reply to "Meritus'' in your to-day
issue. In view OF the following possibly
"Merltus" does appreciate the difference
between the functions Of tho inventor ana
those Of the designer" and the "niceties'
referred to:
From THE New York Express" Of June TO-
1913:
I'VE have seen the model ION a scale al
lowing a practical development OF Its de-
sign and manner of working OF battery
10 be revoved by steam, the invention OF
Mr.. T. r. Timby, of Cayuga County. In this
state. and now on exhibition by Mr.. Chase
of Syracuse, at the rooms Of the Ameri-
can Institute. in the City Hall.
This model represents-or rather II Is In
itself-a small circular fort % feet In cir
cumference and about five feet high In
the interior It has. running around. four
galleries or decks. dividing the whole
height into four stories. Upon each deck
are mounted twenty-five guns, making one
hundred in all.
THE whole battery (parapet, guns and
alb Is moved around its vertical axis by
means Of two small and beautifully finished
steam engines. AS 1t revolves each gun is
fired at the moment 1t IS brought to bear
upon any given object, and in this way one
hundred guns can be discharged with the
utmost precision In a minute
The model works admirably and when
the whole hundred guns are fired In rapid
succession makes an exceedingly interest
ing exhibition. The question Of how 1t VIII
work on a large scale remains, or course
TO be tested by experiment, although we
believe there is no doubt, In the minds OF
those best competent TO Judge, Of its entire
feasibility.
1T is estimated that fort Of seventy
four guns will weigh. IN all, about one
thousand tons, and will require to move II
with a velocity sufficient to discharge the
whole seventy-four guns in minute
small steam engine OF 45 horsepower or
force equal to about two hundred and TWEEN
ty-hve men, The walls 1t is, OF course IN
tended shall be shotproof, and VIII consist
OF an outside casing OF iron, at least SIX
inches thick, and an inside lining OF oak
tagging eighteen inches thick.
The density OF the iron, the elasticity OF
the circular wall and the almost utter I'M
possibility Of a shot striking 1t In direc-
ton perpendicular to the surface VIII rem
der IT perfectly impenetrable. 1t strikes
us that no ship could stand more than
single revolution OF such formidable ma
chine"
Possibly Mr. MacCord has not yet become
acquainted with Mr. Timby, the greatest
inventor and designer OF marine and coast
defences the world has ever produced, even
IL. because of his being civilian, his IN
ventions have not been adopted, or. because
Of their piracy. or the 'niceties' OF the
designers CD art, has lost out.
TURRET- TRUTH.
Brooklyn, Sept. Z, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
NOT THE END OF EVERYTHING.

NOT THE END OF EFERfIHING'
IN discussing President Iafts vet9es
of ,he wool and Farmers Free List bills
Senator Cummins is as melancholy as
Poe's raven He says that those two
measures gave the President the only
"cbance he will ever have 10 sign acts or
Congress reducing the Ubiquitous duties
"of the Payne-Aldrich law, but preserv-
ling the system of protection The
Iowa Senator's powers Of reasoning are
UNIQUE. vet fl will stump even his genius
f. explain to the public why, If Demo-
craticInSurgent coalition was able and
willing 10 pass measures reducing the
duties Of the Payne law, but still pre-
serving the system Of protection, at the
first session Of the present Congress, II
should not be able and willing to pass
measures Of a similar character at the
second and third sessions.
President Taft has no objection 10
signing downward reyisiOns of the Payne
schedules if it can be shown by an i'm
partial and scientific investigation that
existing rates are unnecessarily. high
Suppose that the Tariff Board reports
in December that the wool duties ought
10 be reduced so as 10 conform 10 the
rates I'm the UnderwOod-La Toilette COM
promise or even 10 those Of the original
House bill. what would then prevent
Congress from preparing another wool
schedule and sending II TO the President
for approvalf Certainly nothing would
excepf the desire Of the Democrats and
Insurgents to repudiate their own works
and 10 insist on still lower duties, thus
confirming the general belief that In
passing the wool Farmers Free List
and cotton bills they were not engaged
in serious tariff legislation, but were
only jockeying with rates for political
purposes.
Mr.. Cummins holds that the wool and
Farmers Free List bills were both pre-
"pared with the greatest care and in
"the full light Of abundant information,
"and were both amply justified by the
standards Of protection" If that IS
sound Judgment the report Of the Tarllf
Board will be likely 10 pave the way
for lower wool schedule and free
list measure Of even larger scope, for II
the free admission Of certain articles
when intended for'the use Of the farm
inc community, was justifiable from the
protection point Of view the admission
81 similar articles for general use would
also be justifiable.
WHY. then. sit immersed in gloom above
tho nalIid bust Of Pallas, laInenting an
opportunity which is gone forever con
srsss Will be back In Washington In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
ROBERT @. WEST.
Brooklyn, Sept. 6, 1911.
ECUADOR REVOLUTION ENDS.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sept. THE revolu-
ton started last month boy General Flavlo
Alfaro, in an effort to take over the reins
OF government from Emilio Estrada, the
regularly elected President. is ended. The
republic has been entirely paclncd. me
Liilrd when his rebel command was defeat
ed by federal troops near JipiJapa Is un-
true. Colonel Alfaro escaped and fed to
the Guayas Province. where ne now II uis-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
MILITARY ATTACHE AT MADRID
Permanent Appointment Made for First
Time Since Spanish War.

washington. Sept. For the first time
since the Spanish-Amtrican War the
United states to-day named a permanent
military attache TO the American legation
at Madrid. Captain Cleveland G. Lansing.
of the 18th Field Artillery. who has been
temporarily acting in that capacity. was
appointed lie entered the army from
Virginia.
Lieutenant Colonel George NJ Dunn
was selected as military attache at Rome
To relieve Lieutenant Colonel j. r. n
Lands This change. however win not
take place for several months. Lieuten-
fudge advocate generals department and
entered the army from Colorado.
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This newspaper is otcned and pno-
NShed by The Tribune Association, q
Ne,o York corporation; ONCE ana prin-
ctpal place of business, Tribune B"'ld-
tho, No. 154 Nassau street. Neto YORK.
ogden Mills, president; Ogden N. Re'a'
secretary: James II. Barrett, treasurer
The address Of the officers Is the once
OF this ncicSpdper.
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tho death Of tho Legislature. ana Aous .na'
there may be a flag drill for 'he man WIN
got the Red, White and Blue twls'eo'

AS means Of earning a living tnreaten,
Ing to play musical Instrument 10 a'no .ns
the simplest The business may Dc seen
in full operation about the cheap res.a ,.s
rants In soho. A man comes alons WIN ,i
a plano origin, turns the handle Few
bars, and sends his assistant 10 VIC u .{l
OF the restaurants With one consent tmey
pay. He goes down street IN TINS way,
making pennies One man comes 10 the
door with a violin and raises his pow; Ia
patronne Is at his elbow at once, heI haItd
again the discord IL averted Pay or
play" is the motto-rondon Chronicle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
JAMES p. KEENe IMPROVING.

London. Sept. THE condition OF James
II. Keene continues TO improve daily since
he was operated upon, last sunday for
stomach trouble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: I have been a reader OF your paper
for the last seven years, and have only
one complaint TO make, viz. your unvary-
ing harsh treatment OF labor, especially
your articles on the railway strike IN
Great Britain. According TO the latest
BOARD OF Trade returns available the ay-
erage wage for S94,92S railway men was
s. 10 a week, and OF this number 10000 re
ceive less than IS a week. and only 5000
men enjoy opportunities OF adding TO their
wages by tips. Therefore railway workers
generally labor under serious grievances.
Why this revolt? In the past the men
have been unable 70 face their masters. and
they have had only one weapon, the cruel
arbitrament OF a strike.
ROBERT G.. WEST.
Brooklyn, Sept. 6, 1911.
I'VE are quite willing TO conceae thaI
the men are underpaid, and we have
meyer questioned their right TO seek To
halter their conditions of wages ana
hours OF labor, even by means OF strlk-
ing II no other means will serve. But
we are opposed to disorder and violence
and to the attempts of any organization
10 paralyze the powers of government
Ed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08

Germanys reply to France may not
settle the dispute, but the chances are
that It will make toward that end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08

Deaths Of aviators are now daily re
ported, and the question whether 1t Is
worth while is much intensified.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08

The woman Mayor of Hunnewell.
Kan. purposes TO demonstrate that she
is as good a man as any in the Council
or as the whole Council put together.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08

Ten days recess will enable Murphy TO
get his steam roller in prime condition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08

owing to the fact that the state fair is
IN Syracuse next week, many of the legisla-
tors feel that they should be al liberty TO
attend it-Albany dispatch TO The New
York Sun.
What is tedious duty to the legislator
at Albany when he hears the call Of a
state fair or the every Friday to Mon
day call OF the Great White Way?
It was not we'll to mob Reyes in Mex
leo City and II was not well 70 mob
NIadero at Vera Cruz Such practices
will not promote the welfare Of the Mex
lean Republic nor conduce to popular
acquiescence in the result Of the impend-
ing election.
The Governor comedies that Mr..
Murphy requires another vacation, until
September IS
Philadelphia is looking forward with
delight to being "Lexowed." 1t would
probably be willing TO raise a fund to
guarantee the costs of a similar house
cleaning every year.
THE Houston Post" says that Roger
Q. Mills retired from the Senate because
Of an overwhelming hostility in Texas 10
his tariff views. Thus is history re-
written If Mr.. Mills had broken with
the Cleveland administration on the free
silver issue the Texas voters would never
have bothered about his views Of tariff
revision. He was victim of his I'M
willingness to become a silver imitation
bowler and an unsparing critic Of Presi-
cent Cleveland's sound money policy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

'Kennst du das Land writes an
American school teacher from Vienna.
where there is no servant problem? II
you do. where is 1t? ! have heard II dis
cussed wherever I have had the good fort
une 10 escape from the hotel to the private
house II furnishes Just as much cause for
worry and as much food for conversation
among women OF Europe as II does I'm New
York Yesterday l attended a meeting OF
the Servant Girls Association 'Einigkeit-
OF which a Mrs. Popp is the president
and heard addresses in various dialects or
German, all on the subject of the hard
lot Of the house servant. The one great
wrong which the members OF the Einig-
keit were anxious TO remedy was the GUS
tom which made the servant girl home
less when the employers closed their city
houses for the summer season. The most
remarkable feature Of the meeting 20 me
was the intellectual superiority of those
who took part In the deliberations and the
orderly manner IN which 1t was con-
Quoted"
Caddie-I got that ball we lost this morn
ing, sir-got II from small BOY:
Gofer-Good Let's ste-er-what ola you
give him for it?
Caddie-A flip under the lug, sir.-Punch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08
SCHOOL TIME.

Mote. The sch ols open next Monday. New
York has a registration Of more than toO'OoO.
Gather up the scattered toys,
Wash your faces clean;
Ended are vacations Joys,
Ended the serene
Loahng days of summer play.
Now we must be men;
This IS the sad thought to-day:
School times here again.
Johnnys home from Uncle Sis,
Mary from the sea;
Deadened are the eager cries:
Toss de ball ter mel
Leapfrog, cat and hide-and-seek
In the wooded fen
Must be stopped by end OF week.
School times here again.
Boys just hate 10 go 10 school,
Studying the RS,
Following the teachers rule
Snence!-that's what jars!
But there's Joy IN hockey now,
Staying up till ten;
Healthy kids are glad somehow
School times here again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08

He-And did you suffer much when you
had appendicitis? She-Suffer2 ! thought
7 should never live to tell the tale. He
An that must have been suffering. indeed.
Philadelphia Record
HUNTERS in the State Of Washington are
taking no chances this fall being mistaken
Cor door hear or woodchucks. In speaking
~ the opening Of the hunting season The
coat,Ie Observation-Disclosures" says: "Yester-
dav the dealers in hunters supplies had
hrielf trade In red flannel shirts and red
sureaters which were OF such brilliant hues
,bat m. souad OF big game hunters looked
I,la a regiment OF Garibadi's patriots. The
rcd shirts and the red caps are TO dis
,ipoulsh the hunters from the game which
IL IN he pursued and to lessen tho chances
"a much as possible OF being shot by acct
dent
RIobbs-Alas, she has refused me for the
saconJ time Slobbs-Cheer up, old man.
MAN. Won ever hear that two negatives
we're equal TO an tve?-Philadeiphla
Record.
There was CONSERVATION IN HARTFORD
Conn. on Labor Day when 1t was found
that the limited states Dag on the Capitol
WAS UPSIDE down and the building was
closed ."rhe Courant' rather grimly re-
marks that nobody labored under the delu-
sion that the position OF the nag indicated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08

Owing to the fact that the state fair Is
In Syracuse next week, many of the legisla-
tors feel that they should be at liberty 10
attend it.-Albany dispatch to The New
York Sim
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08

The Governor comedies that Mr..
Murphy requires another vacation, until
September IS
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PISTOL LAW NOT DESPOTIC

Sept. T. 1911.
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THE TRIBUNE AND LABOR.

New York. Sept. 6. 1911.