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New-York tribune., 1911-12-25
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The imperial and revolu-
tionary delegates to the Chinese peace
conference at Shanghai published brief
statements Of their views; a deadlock
was anticipated and preparations for the
resumption of hostilities were reported
from several localities == A Russian
expedition left Ispahan for Tabrig to
punish Persia for the attacks there
on Russian soldiers. - 1t was re-
ported i'm Madrid that the Spanish gov
ernment had settled the bases for a com
mercial treaty with cuba. =- The ma
tional guard and reserves were called
out in Paraguay; the revolutionary
committee organized a provisional gov
ernment. == Cardinals Merry del Val
and FalConio conferred on new apos-
tolic delegates TO the United States and
Manila; no decision was reached.
DOMESTIC.-The President refused to
pardon Charles w Morse, convicted
banker, after submitting the medical re-
ports on the man TO the surgeons gen
eral. -- Senator SmOOt, in an inter-
view in Washington, said he would
draw a wool bill based on the Tarlf
Boards report. == President Iatt ana
Mrs Taft eluded the White House Sc
cret Service men for two hours and
walked through the rain TO call on
a prominent business man Of York,
Penn, and four members Of his family
were injured when the automobile in
which they were driving crashed into
trolley car; two of the party were dan
eerousIv hurt = Twelve Georgians
held in Macon prison for trial on the
charge Of Illicit distiling were released
by Judge Spear and sent 10 their homes
over Christmas: each gave his personal
hot Years
trial -= Three men were killed when
a freight train crashed into a bowlder
that had fallen on the tracks Of the
Virginia q Southwestern Railway in
Natural Tunnel. forty miles west OF
Bristol. Tenn -- The Rev. Clarence
Y. T. Richeson, who mutilated himself
in his cell i'm Boston. was pronounced out
OF danger. = More than million
gallons Of molasses were destroyed in
fire in Boston.
CITY-The committee on criminal
courts OF the Charity Organization so
ciety sent a letter TO Chief Justice Rus
sell. Of the Court Of Special Sessions,
protesting against his assignment OF
seven justices TO the Children's Court
for periods Of from one 10 three months
during the coming year and he replied
defending the system. -- The addi-
tional two-Cent fares were collected In
the Hudson tunnels with comparatively
LITTLE. trouble. notice of the advance nav
ing been well advertised. -- There Is
much speculation in Queens as 10
whether the new District Attorney
Matthew J. Smith will conduct the Will
lei prosecution himself or ask Governor
Dix for special counsel -- charles
Dushkind. the lawyer who conducted the
inauiry into the Quarantine station, hled
a brief with Governor Dix, asserting
~a1
that Or. Doty stands convicted pE hl9
own witnesses Of incompetence. -=
The Scheftels case. it was said. might
drag i'm the courts until March; the gov
ernment has introduced loo exhibits
Including "sQuawks." = Rabbi Si-
verman lectured on the ethics of the re
lation between capital and labor.
THE WEATHER.-Indica for to-
. day: Fair The temperature Yesterday
Highest, 70 degrees; lowest, 80.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25
SOCIAL NEWS FROM NEWPORT.

llN Ieeeraph 20 The Tribune
Newport Dec. 2i.-AIr. and Mrs. Eugene
Hale, ir. and Roderick Terry, jr. arrived
to-day to spend Christmas with DR. and
Mrs Roderick Terry.
Lorillard Spencer jr, has returned from
New York.
Commander G. l.. llussey, L. S n. and
Mrs. Hussey are In New York for the holt
days. and Lieutenant Commander n. c.
Hart. L. 5. n. and Mrs. Hart have gone
10 Washington.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25

sonality has been brought home TO the
public Of the city in an extraordinary de-
gree. To everything that he says ana
does remarkable interest attaches. a
casual quotation from Epictetus puts tne
writings Of that philosopher among the
six best sellers. All the pleasure that
there is In having a wide and attentive
audience is the Mayors. His piquant
personality has invested with interest
even the dry business Of municipal ad-
ministration. What he calls his home
spun way" has an army of likers. He
would be a singular man If he did not
find all this very much worth while.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25
CARS ROE TIE NEW STBWAY.

CARS FOR THE NEW SUBWAYS.
Whether the new type Of subway cars
proposed by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company have their doors arranged to
the best advantage or not will be a ques-
tiOn for experts. But the increase I'm size
will promote economy in operating costs.
1t is estimated that an eight-car train OF
this type will carry 80 per cent more pas
Sengers than q ten-car train of that on
the present subway. Fewer employees
will thus suffice to handle larger traf-
fc This economy might have been car
ried still further had it been regarded as
feasible TO build the new subway to ac-
cOmmodate wider rolling stock.
Since the public is to share in the
profits. the public is interested in the
economies that may be effected This
may reconcile the straphanger to the
candid way in which he is conceded TO
be perpetual institution. The proper
ton Of passengers without seats In the
new cars when they are crowded will be
about what the city has grown accus-
toned TO. Attempting to provide seats
for all is out Of the question, however, in
subways planned as the new subways are.
If very long ride is to be given for FIVE
cents comfort has to be made a secondary
consideration. And in the new subway
system, with The Bronx to Coney Island
ride for single fare, the idea Of cheap
transit is carried TO the extreme.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25

Secretary Of the Navy upon the subject, and
i'm this connection IT might be wise to con
slider the exchange OF Blackwelrs Island for
tho navy ward. for there can be little diff
6culty In finding suitable place lot
prison and very difficult to find as suitable
a place as the Walabout. or navy yard, Tor
commerc6 JOSEPH 7. TOMklNS'
Thomasvillc Ga, Dec 10, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25
Netp-Dnrk dtribn,H..
MONDAY, DECEMBER %, 1911.

This newspaper Is otoned and pub
iished by The Tribune Association. a
Ne,o York corporation; Office and prin'
cipdl place Of business, Tribune Build
in0. No. 154 Nassau street, Neto YORK;
ogden Mills, president; ogden II. Reid
secretary; James N. Barrett, treasurer
The address Of the officers is the Office
Of this neicSpaper.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25
DINNER FOR ROBERT c. OGDEN.

Robert Curtis ogden, who was a resident
member Of the firm Of John Wanamaker.
Will be the guest of honor at a. dinner Of the
Sphinx Club to be held at the Waldorf
Astoria on Monday evening. January s. The
object Of this dinner is to pay a tribute to
Mr. Ogden for the humanitarian and educa-
tional work which he has accomplished and
his successful achievements in the fields OF
commerce and advertising.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25

In these days Of high prices for food
Reichmann, State Superintendent OF
Weights and Measures. that short sell
ing is on the decrease. II the customers
would keep a check on their dealers
they could do infinitely more than tho
good work of the state bureau and the
municipal office to prevent this despica-
BILE form Of stealing.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25

into friendly rivalry over the fruit grow
ing and the trees did much to relieve the
dun monotony OF ugly bare barrack walls
Knlcker-which side OF the house does
the baby resemble?
Bocker-The mortgage: he costs so much.
Judge
MONEY Is SCARCE. BUT
Money is short.-News itern.l
Money is short? 'Tis strange IL true.
Money is short and bills are due;
Gone is the coin But what Of that?
Look at the junk that's in our nat:
Trinkets TO hide for countless years,
Neckties and scarfs TO warrant teers
odds and ends that were meant TO bring
pleasure-and do. That's just the thing
Money is short. but happiness
Crowds at our doors. II comes to bless
Those who are rich, and who are poor.
one day, at least, II never more,
What do we care though we are told
There is shortage Of minted gold?
Colds In our hearts; at least this day.
So let leash thought be thrown away.
Christmas to-day! 'Tis everywhere
Money is short? Well, we don't care
A. W. L.
"Of course" said the optimist. ~ man
gets into the habit OF hunting uouDle lie ;
sure TO hn1 It,"
Yes" replied the pesslmis.; and Il ne
so lazy that he always res - avold IL IL
will fihd hm. So whats the .iH"repce'
The Catholic Standard and Times
Vienna can boast curious eccentric, VINO
turns life upside down, rich young Foie'
who lives I'm sumptuous style, but always
summons his servants by bugle call. Ills
favorite pastime IS driving an OMNIBUS at
tired like an ordinary busman, and though
he is said 10 spend fortune each year Ill
clothes, he wears no garment until II mas
been worn by his valet. He has astonlsheo
guests at a ball by appearing In a costume
of pure white, save for the shirt and tie
which were black. To complete his oddltles'
when dining which he Invariably does
alone at a table dh6te, he reverses the
usual order, beginning his meal with th'
sweets and ending with the soup
Patient-I've been awfully troubled lately
doctor with my breathing. -
Doctor-Huml I'll soon give you SOME
thing to stop that.-Punch'
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25

1t may be bad for the child's mental
faculties and imagination to have these
present day elaborate mechanical toys,
as Teachers College superintendent
says. but IT will be sad Christmas for
the child and his parents II some OF
them aren't In evidence this morning.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25
THE VERY YEAR Eos rueM

From The Baltimore American
Next year Is leap year and win sec repewed
activity OF the sunragists. II viii be no year
FOR mere mcn.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25

While he was about, It. why didn't
Luther Burbank discover how to make
eggs and butter out of the cactus? They
are what cost money now.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25

Can IT be that Arizona will conclude
to try to improve upon the perfection Of
Oregon?
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25

he Bayonne grocery clerks, by formal
resolution, have declined to receive green
stockings or red neckties as Christmas
presents. Many a man may we'll wish
he happened to be grocery clerk, for
the moment.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-25

"A Famine in New Money.
per headline. Why the new?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

Their, but there was one injunction that
he carefully impressed upon them:
"Do not fall in love with foreigner
I want you to marry men from home. =
Miss Marjorie liked Spanish life and
customs. and she approved bullfghts
and the dark eyed devoted Spanish
cavaliers who twanged the guitar I'M
der her balcony on moonlight nights,
Then appeared on the scene Marquis
de Wales, whose earnest courtship led
Mr. Ide to send his daughter to the
Riviera, to Paris and to London, the
marquis always following. Now she
has been sent to America to visit her
sister and friends. but it is whispered
that Don Alfonso is preparing to fol
low her home as well.
The marquis, it may be observed, is
considered the handsomest man at the
court of Spain He is tall. dashing
policeman from the Basque country
and is possessed of a mountain castle.
he serenaded her nightly until the
young American decided to astonish
the Spanish court, and she invited
Marquis de Vallos to ride with her one
morning. This was shock to Span
ish ideas of drennas and other ham
perings of courtship, but it succeeded.
But his mother, the marquese. OBJ
jected to an international alliance, and
SO did Mr.. Ide. A conference of par
ents and the visit home Of the young
lady was the result
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

BHREHA KRUPP vow B0HbEN UND Hal.
BACH.
Won Donnersmarck, being derived from
capital invested in a greater variety
of industries. remained approximately
the same as in 1908.
These figures are vouched for Ia a
book published recently by r. Martin,
councillor Of state, who took them
from the official records of Germany.
He traces the rise of German fortunes
70 the last thirty years, beginning to
grow about ten yenrs after the Franco
Prussian war. These fortunes were
largely made by bankers, manufaetnr-
eEE and landed proprietors. who
shrewdly foresaw the approaching
growth of business. and founded big
companies, in which the public pur-
chased shares under the promises of
big dividends.
In Prussia there are seventy-eight
persons with an income of 100000
marks or more $685. 900, and they
pay an income tax Of 5000 Il year.
OF these nineteen are BerIfners. Eff
ty-seyea Berlin residents have an in
come Of more than 100000 marks
tS119,000l and 732 more than 100000
marks 1S23, 5000 a year. while there are
1924 whose total fortune exceeds
10000 marks iS23s. ooe).
Siiesia, however. Is credited with
having the greatest accumulation Of
wealth. There the great landowners
have vast estates and own and exploit
forests and coal and iron mines.
Among these are the Prince Henckel
Won Donnersmarck. the Duke of JJjest,
the Prince of PIess and Count Won
Tele- Winckler. whose fortunes have
already been stated. Then there are
the Prince Of Hohenlohe-I ngelfngen.
with a fortune Of about $1,000. 600;
Count Sehaffgotli with $1,000 coo. aud
Count RalIestrenl. with $4.50o, coo.
The Duke Of Ratibor paws taxes on
$8, 9o2 600. the Prince Of Hatfield
Trachenberg on s5.2Sa.00o and Prince
LiehnoWshi aud Count Oppersdorf on
about s2.oa0.0o0
The greatest landowners are the
Duke Of Uiest who has f05,o N2 acres:
the Prince of Pless. 101,092. the Duke
pf Rafibor. SO. 4T-5. the Prince of Stol-
berg Wernigerode. 1922: the Prince
OF Hohenlohe -IngeIfingen e3T75, and
Prince von Donnersrnarclx. $3.50.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

lump sum of money, available for
some of the queens many charities,
has not been decided, but the former
is favored
There is no census taken of the
Marys in Great Britain, but it is con-
sidered a safe guess to say they out
number the bearers of any other name.
AS an example it is cited that in lone
Butte and Cumbrae when the Marchion-
ess of Butte sent out a circular there
were instant replies from 1900 Marys
The committee has decided that all per
mutations of the name shall be includ-
ed, such as Marions, Mays, Marians
Marias and Maries
The givers contribute from / penny
to E1. and a list containing all the
names with the amounts of the dona
tions omitted. viii lie presented to the
queen with the present.
The idea originated at a social tea
when it was discovered that the Chris
tan name of every woman in the room
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

the American legations ut Rio Janeiro,
Lisbon and Brussels before becoming
the property Of the crown prince
Shortly after the arrival of NJ. Par
rot in Brussels Colonel Roosevelt APP
peared en- route home from Africa and
stayed with Minister Bryan ut the le-
cation A serenading band appeared
to greet the hunter on behalf of the
burgomastcr, but found active compe-
tition in the parrot. Strains of harmo-
ny were met with strident discords
from the Amazonian, to the great de.
light of the crowd in the street, and
finally 1t was found necessary to rele-
gate the bird to an attic But the par
rot had gained fame, for every Brus-
sells newspaper commented upon it as
one of the celebration features
Such sudden spring to the pinnacle
of notoriety could not escape the youth
full crown prince. and when Minister
Bryan discovered the royal interest in
his possession he promptly presented
it to Leopold. For few days the par
rot was welcome guest in the kings
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26
WILL MARQUIS WIN MISS lDE7

Spanish Don Persistent Wooar Of
American Ambassadors Daughter.
A perplexing and interesting proc
lem in paternal law and diplomatic
usage has arisen at the court of Spain,
and it may yet result in another in
ternadonal marriage. The pater in
the matter is Henry Clay Ide, Ameri-
can ambassador to Spain, and the 9th
.er factors are his youngest daughter.
Marjorie, and the Marquis Alfonso de
Vallos
Miss Marjorie and her sister, now
Mrs. Bourlle Cochran, were bellies at
Samoa and later in Manila when Mr..
Ide was governor general of the Phil
ippines. The young women were III
ways allowed great freedom by their ia
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

KING AAbEhI III. BELGIUM.
study, but it outtalked the prime minis
ter and king combined, so was Danish
ed to the princes playroom
King Albert incidentally is estab-
fishing reputation as a solomon in
judgment, though not required to
threaten infantile. eIeavages. It is q
tradition in Belgium that the king
shall always. be godfather to the sew
enth son of Belgian parents One fa-
ther of six sons impatiently awaited
the time when he could call on the
king to fulfil the tradition The time
came. but twin sons confronted him
The parents could not decide which
boy should hear the name Of Albert
and finally laid the matter before tie
king himself.
This was the kings first opportunity
to become godfather to a seventh son.
and he was nightly perplexed. At
that moment the crown prince ran
into the room, and his fathers face
cleared immediately, for he had solved
the problem
@You shall be godfather TO one of
the twins. and T viii act for the other.''
he said to the prince .sThus we will
make our debut together. The parents
must solve the problem Of which, shall
be called Albert and which Leopold"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

was the same as the queens Then
some one thought of the bright idea.
and the project spread. At first only
noble Marys, those who were in the
court set, were considered, but finally
it included all of the name in the Unit
ed Kingdom.
The Duchess of Devonshire, the Mar
chioness Of Graham, Lady Mary Ire.
fusis. woman of The bedchamber to the
queen, and Lady Waldegrave were
among the originators and are now the
managers of the gift plan.
Other Marys who are taking an ac-
tive part in the committee work are
the Warehouses of Butte. the Countess
OF Gainsborough. Viseountess CurZon.
Viscountess Gotham, Lady Maria Wei
by, Lady Mary Grant and the Hon.
Mrs Herbert Asquith All these la
dies are giving much of their time TO
the managing of correspondence and
contributions
The Mays gift is bringing all the
bearers of the name together every
where throughout the country as well
as in London Mary teas" are fash
ionable, and at MARY luneheons' WON
en- of that name gather.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

Great Britain and France and form an
alliance with Germany. The latter has
obtained Turkish sanction to complete
the railway to Bagdad, and it will be
Russia's duty to construct line to
the frontier of northern Persia.
BY the original scheme the German
and French capitalists We're to partiei-
pate financially in the respective pro-
portions of 60 and 10 per cent.
Although the Turkish government
has given its consent to the completion
of the road to Constantinople by Ger
many, there is considerable feeling in
the Turkish empire against Russia's
maneuyers, which practically forced
the sultan into line.
The Bagdad railway is the revival
of the old idea of connecting the Medi-
terranean with the Persian gulf One
portion, the Eregli-Burgulu section,
has been constructed with little diff
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

are found in the famous gardens of
the TdDaries. and by dint of wonderful
patience andIsfudy he won their init
macy Now they know at exactly
what time, morning and evening, he
will appear with bread and other dain
ties
SO great has this intimacy become
that he has named many of them, and
they win respond when he calls. sub
NIT to being picked up, perch on his
hands and perform tricks for him.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

scientist demonstrates that the feline,s
curious safety faculty depends on the
rotation of It's tail in preserving its
balance like Walter Wellman's equili-
orator on the airship America. This
faculty is also developed in such climb
ing and leaping animals as members
of the cat tribe. monkeys, squirrels,
rats and most lemurs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

vice consists of an. electric PRESSING
iron adapted to slide on a yertica.
guide rod, which has a stirrGp at ONE
end for the presser's foot and han
die for steadying at the other. Then,
without disrobing. the operator turns
on an electric current from the light
Ing fixture. The pressing iron runs
up the outside of the trousers leg and
creases it expeditiously and accurately
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

ficulty The next one, through the
Taurus mountains, will involve great
expense, il IS believed The route lies
through the pass known as the Cfcilian
gates and the Amanus gate. After
piercing the Taurus the route lies for
hundreds of miles along the Mesopota-
milan plain via Mosu and Bagdad to
koWeit, on the Persian gulf.
But the English are flikaIy to dis
count the Importance of the Bagdad
railway as Il means Of communication
between India and Europe. as they are
projecting q direct transpersian route.
Moreover. the British government is
likely to be consulted before the Bag
DAD road Is definitely settled upon.
Many scenes of historic interest win
be placed. within travellers reach by
the Bagdad railway. such as Rebek
abs we'll, Nesebur and it's ruins ana
Haran, with its ancient tower, the lat
ter being remnant of the temple
erected by Nabunaid. the last Baby
lonian king. 1t is located near the
scene of the defeat Of Cr:tssus and his
Romans by the Parthians.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

dition appears be-
fore the bar to
plead the ma gis
ira t e sprinkles
him literally by
means of an in
strument resem
bling a settler
siphon.
The formula Of
t b G disinfeetanf
is unknown, but
it sometimes has
peculiar effects
On a recent cold
night SO nian
wanderers mad
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

= u w NshSL VI
'em without cost.
removal or wor-
ry. No longer
will it become
n &c e S airy to
place the neither
garm e n IS be-
meath mattresses
to preserve the
crease, for the
invention will at
tend to all that
in an up to date
n1Lo Il
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-26

minister This was insisted upon by
the kaiser to serve both Is memo
rial to his ambassador and a daily les
son to the Chinese. This is indicated
by the inscription on the arch. which
translated, reads:
This monument has been erected by
order Of the emperor of China to the
memory of the imperial German minis
ter CEeyalier Clemens Won Kefteier
whe, on this spot, was done to death
BY the viiIaincus hand Of a murderer
on June 20, 1900. IN everlasting mem
ory Of his name. In continual ac-
unemployment of the anger of the Ger
man emperor for this atrocity AS a
warning to ALL