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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
CONCEALED WEAPONS.

The so-called dangerous weapons stat
ute engineered through the Legislature
by big Tim" Sullivan which will go
into effect on Friday. is by no means
perfect law. Parts Of it are Of doubt
full constitutionality. In practical opera
ton It is idle TO suppose that it viii
usually separate the burglar, the thug
or the gang member from what he CON
siders the implements Of his trade or
make IT impossible for him 10 obtain
new revolver or blackjack if he loses
one. The habitual lawbreaker will not
be deferred from his lawbreaking by the
enactment Of an old principle Of law in
new words. with n more severe penalty
attached.
On the other hand, the new law will
have several beneficial effects which
should not be underestimate. Through
the provision for licensing those who de-
sire to own firearms capable Of being
concealed on the person and the require
ment that dealers shall keep records OF
their sales. the purchase and posses
sion Of firearms by persons who are not
professional lawbreakers will be re-
stricted. The crime Of impulse, which
would not be committed If the pistol
were not at hand at the moment when
passion overcame judgment will he less
frequent. 1t will become increasingly
difficult for the feeble minded member
Of a community 10 acquire a dangerous
weapon: it will no longer be popular Tor
youthful candidates for admission 10
the gorilla gangs to faunt revolvers
and knives. The prohibitions against
manufacture. sale and possession Of
blackiacks. slungshots, hillies, metal
knuckles and like articles of offence will
place them in the category Of firearms.
Provisions making It felony for aliens
TO carry firearms or other dangerous
weapons in any public place at any time
will tend to diminish the number OF
Black Hand ARRAYS, feud killings and
similar diversions of a certain class or
pon-citizen residents Of this state.
Finally. the law should stimulate the
police to much needed campaign
against the bearers Of concealed deadly
weapons. 1t IS gratifying to see that
already the announcement has been
made that a new police squad will be
formed to enforce the provisions of the
statute. In the past the arrangement OF
prisoner on the charge Of carrying
concealed weapon has been too often
sort of secondary AFFAIR." charge pre-
ferrod whom fhe notice could not prove
4 more serious charge against him. Too
frequently also the sentences imposed
for carrying concealed weapons have
been so light as TO be almost negligible.
The spirit Of the new law should put
nm end to that, and police and criminal
iudges should impress on unlawful bear
ers Of concealed weapons the fact that
they commit a crime OF grave impor-
.tgnce
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
THE AyTJ-TYpHOID CAMPAIGN.

The determination Of the army author
tiles to require all officers and enlisted
men who are not already immune to he
inoculated against typhoid fever marks
another important step in a systematic
campaign against what is really one Of
the most serious plaques Of mankind.
We suppose that If there were half rs
many cases of smallpox in this com
munity as there are Of typhoid there
would be something like a panic. Yet
the perennial scourge Of typhoid which
is really more formidable disease than
smallpox. goes its deadly way with little
comment and with no serious popular
concern. It is not intimated that there
should be q panic over typhoid There
should be none over any epidemic. But
serious attention should be paid TO it,,
and every hopeful step toward its sup
preston should receive the aid and sym
pathy Of all who are able thus to CON
tribute to that end.
The efficacy Of inoculation with anti
typhoid lymph rs a preventive Of the
disease was some time ago acadcmically
demonstrated, and it has since been prac-
tically demonstrated on IN extended
scale with highly encouraging results.
reference is made 10 the recent eX-
prrlencc NJ the army I'm Texas. which
after the inoculation had immunity from
typhoid and enjoyed exceptionally good
health. If that division could thus be
saved from the familiar scOurge Of
armies, a scourgc which has in recent
years proved disastrous to our own army
iu camp and on the march, there would
seem 10 be good reason for extending
the same preventive measure TO all parts
of the service. An army free from
typhoid fever would b. a novelty for the
world 10 admire, but we cannot regard
II as m impossibility. On the contrary.
the achievements which have already
been recorded encourage the expectation
Of similar success in this case.
It may be that some day incubation
against typhoid Will be as general as
vaccination against smallpox. If in that
way the disease can be suppressed II
viii be a desirable cOnsummatiOn. Mean
while. there are other methods which are
known 10 be Of considerable efficacy.
Typhoid Is essentially a filth disease.
Entirely apart then, from the purpose NJ
combating the disease we should expect
people generally 10 take all possible
precautions aeainst the contamination If
their food ana drink whether with sew
age or By the unclean visitation Of flies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
People and Social Incidents.

Mrs. Pauldlng Fosdick are giving a danes
nj the Clambake Club Tomorrow evening
Mrs. william D. Sloane has returned 4,
I.enox, ending her visit to Mrs. Frederick
Bronson
George Watson has arrived from Ba,
Harbor 10 take part in the horse show
next week.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Bishop are expected
10 make n VISIT 70 Mr. and Mrs Pembrok.
Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs George widener. Of Ph,l..
deIphia, VIII return on Saturday for m.
horse show.
Pembroke Jones returned from New Yors
to-day on the steam yacht Narsda.
Mrs. F. De Forest Danielson. OF Boston.
IS the guest Of Mrs. James Lowell Putnam.
Mr.. and Mrs Percy r. Pyne and Mis-,
Pyne have returned to Bar Ha.oor. after
visit 70 Mr. and Mrs II. A. C. Taylor
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick o. Beach have
concluded their visit 70 Mr.. and Mrs r.
Livingston Beeckman.
Julien T. Davies, who arrived tonight.
is tho guest Of his son, Frederick ".
Davies.
Albert r. Olmsted has returned from .
New London visit.
Mr.. and Mrs r. Pea, OF Pittsburgh, ara
guests Of Mr. and Mrs. +. N. Davies
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gordon King ard
family are to return from Bar Harbor o.
Thursday
Mrs. william Coster IS the guest Of hey
sister, Mrs. Lewis Quentin Jones.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

TBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Newport. Aug. 2.-Several more members
Of the summer colony have made up their
minds 10 stay here later than usual this
year, which points TO a lively autumn sea-
SON Mr. and Mrs Craig Bddle are to
remain until November /. when they re-
turn TO Philadelphia, and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Goelet, Mr.. and Mrs. George B.
De Forest, Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones
and Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer are all 70
remain until the beginning Of winter
Despite the dlsagreeable. weather to-day
society turned out in full force for the re-
sumption OF play in the national tennis
weather was decidedly uncertain, but
many beautiful gowns were seen.
Registered in the Casino to-day were T.
r. X. Daingerfeld, OF Baltimore; Robert
T. Mckee, Of New York, a guest Of George
II. BENJAMIN; f. Victor Loew, guest Of
Oliver Gould Jennings; Seymour johnson.
q guest Of William Earl Dodge; ID. George,
Of New York, a guest OF r. Livingston
Beeckman; Miss Gibson, OF New York.
guest Of Mrs Marsdsn J. Perry; Mr.. and
Mrs c. W. Littlefeld. Of Kansas city
Count Sera, OF Rome; Charles G. Winslow,
Of Boston, and James Lowell Putnam.
Since the arrival Of the German cruiser
Bremen, on Sunday morning, the officers
have been extensively entertained. They
have been frequent visitors TO the naval
training station, and on Monday night
were guests at the dance given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings. This evening
the officers were guests at a dinner given
by Rear Admiral Raymond Perry Rodgers.
Captain P. W. Hourigan. L. g. n, has
planned luncheon for tomorrow after
noon.
Mrs Pembroke Jones and Mrs. Edward
J. BerTind were both luncheon entertain
ers to-day, and dinner parties were given
this evening by Mrs. Slater, Mrs Frank
X. sturgs, Mrs. George B. De Forest and
Mrs. William Woodward. Mr. and Mrs. r.
L. Agassiz had a dinner party at their
home this evening and included among
their guests several polo players. Senator
and Mrs. George Peabody Wetmore gave
a dinner party this evening. and Mr. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
REPLY TO PROFESSOR MAccoRD.

1 TO the Editor OF Inc Tribune.
Sir: In view Of the kind regard held by
the founder of The Tribune for the late
Dr. Theodore Rugges Timby; by the
Grand Young Man" John Bigelow' ano
the connection Of The Tribune with the MS
! tory Of the revolving turret idea' ~
originated by Mr. Timby In 1871. believe
the enclosed data may prove OF as nluch
interest 10 you as the several articles
! appcaring In your valued paper OF late
| have proved 10 me.
You will hardly wish TO grant me sum-
Client space for the comment / should Ike
TO make-in most friendly spirit. yet with
an earnestness that borders on whitehead
,ntenslty-on your editorial Of the 2lst'
MANY Inventions" and with your knd
Indulgence 7 will therefore briefly con-
fine myself to a reply TO &c. W. MacCord'
emeritus professor of mechanism and ma
chine design, Stevens Institute OF Teen
nology, Hoboken, n. j., August II, 1911.
Is It unfair TO believe that the profess
sor's non sequltur should be reduced 10
soqutur by the true analysis OF the FOL
lowing:
The professor says on August II, 1911: l
am able 10 speak thus positively in regard TO
this matter, as / was at that time, and FOR
several years after Captain Ericsson's
chief craftsman, and therefore able to
say that the whole Of the Monitor was de-
signed by one engineer. and that engineer
was John Ericsson"
on page PSI, vol. l. Life Of John Erics-
SON." by Church. he says: From turret to
keel plate, from rudder shoe TO anchor
well. every distinctive feature was the
creation os his brain, every detail was
stamped with the evidence Of his handi-
work"
When testifying before the Court Of
Claims, on May /, 1908, as a witness for the
government and against Or. Timby (see
page AZ Of printed evidenced Mr.. MacCord
swore:
"Queston-Do I understand you 10 say
that Captain Ericsson never in any way
claimed 10 have invented or patented the
turret?"
"Answer-He most certainly did not In
fact, he dslked 10 be termed an inventor
and always considered himself and liked
10 be spoken Of as an engineer. He mere
", according TO himself, applied practically
the principe Of the turret to vessel or
his own design and never even, so far as
know or heard, attempted TO get a patent
on IT,"
Mr.. MacCord was n beneficiary under
Captain Ericsson's Will Of $1,000 page. 3d.
vol 2. Church's Life Of Ericsson').
BROOKLYN, Aug %. 1911 MERlTUS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

! Charles r. Jackson, son OF the late Fred
erlck w. Jackson and Miss Emily dc
Loosely Potter, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
! r. C1arkson Potter who arc to be mar
rled on September q at Clearyiew, the
country place Of tbe brides parents II
West Chester. ~ Y, took out marriage
license at the city Hall Bureau yesterday
Miss Potter and Mr.. Jackson are COUSINS
Mr. Jackson. who is a graduate Of Column
bia, class 'O7 will give his farewell bachelor
dinner at Delmonico's on September 10.
Among those booked 10 sail for Europe
to-day are Baron Won Hengembler. the
Ambassador of Austria Hungary at WASH
ington, and Baroness Won Hengelmuller
who arrived I'm town from Bar Harbor on
Monday: the Countess Della Gherardesca
who spent some time with her father
Henry A. c. Taylor, at Newport; Lord
Granard. X p, Master Of the Horse "a
King George and Lady Granard, and Mt
and Mrs Lewis Spencer Morris. Lord and
Lady Granard win go TO their country seat
Castle Forbes, I'm Ireland, to remain until
the middle OK next month, when they VIII
20 TO Normandy for the wedding Of Miss
Margaret Rutherford and ogden l.. Mills
on September 80.
Mr. and Mrs J. f. d. Lanier, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Barclay Parsons and Julius
W. Robbins sailed for Europe yesterday on
board the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
Mr.. and Mrs Stephen II. DIN are at their
country place at Rhinebeck, n. Y.
Mrs. Marshall J. Allen returned to town
Yesterday from Narragansett Pier, where
she spent the summer.
Mrs. Louis T. Hoyt has sailed from Eng
land for New York, and is due here at the
end OF the week.
Mrs. Edgar Booth has returned to town
from Manchester, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs James p. Hagg!n, VINO ar
rived IN town from Newport at the end OK
last week. are leaving the city to-day for
Lexington, Ky.
Mrs Prescott Hall Butler will spend the
fall at her country place at 81. James
Long Island.
Casmlr de Rhsm Moore, after short
stay IN the city, has returned 10 Bar Har-
bor to remain until after Labor Day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30

tiles according TO the contracts approved
by 1t, the Mayor brings into play both
argument and personalities His own
attitude in the subway controversy has
hardly been so unbiased that he can
lend weight to his arguments by talking
about "a corporation now trying TO grab
'our subways and Its hired spokesman
"and Albany newspaper organ" 1t is
interesting 10 note that the counsel to the
Public Service Commission takes direct
issue with the Mayor as TO his power nj
present to veto-or refuse to assent to,
since the Mayor dislikes the use Of the
word "veto''-rapid transit franchises
and contracts approved by the Board of
| Estimate.
Mayor Gaynor seems to acquiesce'com-
pletely in the intention of Tammany to
pass n charter of some kind this year if
possible. Nothing the Mayor has said,
however, indicates any benefit which the
/ city would derive from the enactment
into law Of this document. He is COM
pletely on the defensive, as all the rest
of its advocates have been. No better
argument could he made for its consiSn-
ment to the waste basket
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
SPEAKER CHARTS ADMISSIONS.

SPEAKER CLARh'S ADMISHIoNH'
Sneaker Champ Clark's reply to Pres
idpnt Taft's Manchester speech is quer-
,Iors in tone and lacks the dash and
easy assurance in controversy for which
the Speaker is famous. Naturally nc
finds il hard to attack the President Tor
yetoipg crude and hasty tariff legislation
and suggesting that Congress hold OF a
few months longer, until it is in posses
sion Of the information which the Iarltf
BOARD is collecting. since he, as leader OF
the minority in the House in the last
Congress, cheerfully supported the adj
n,ipistration's bill creating a tariff COM
mission and approved the idea of having
a. expert board compile and submit to
Congress the data on which TO base an
Intelligent revision Of the various sched-
Ulcs i'm succession
The Senate failed last winter to pass
the tariff commission bill for which Mr..
Clar, voted. but Congress provided liber-
ally for the maintenance and enlarge
ment Of the existing board, and the Pres
idcnt. thinking Congress sincere in It's
intention to profit by the boards labors,
added 10 its membership and instructed
~ fo make thorough examination Of the
conditions Of production in each pro-
tactod industry. 1t was Mr.. Taft's I'M
derstanding. as well rs that Of the coun-
try generally, that no tariff revision
would he undertaken until after reports
nv the board had been submitted and
M the suggestion Of a Democratic Sen
ator. formerly the minority leader the
Senate passed resolution before the
last Congress adjourned requesting that
q report on the wool schedule be made
I'm December. 1911. In attacking Pres
ident Taft for liying.up 10 what he CON
sidered a rational programme Of tariff
revision. assented TO by members OF botn
parties I'm Congress, the Speaker Is there
fore Obliged 10 revise his former opinion
Of the value Of board Of expert tariff
investigators and advisers ana initiate
Mr. Uuderwood's cheap tactics OF be-
Ittling any such agency as hindrance
- tariff revision and an unwarranted
check ON the freedom Of action Of mem
bcrs OF Congress.
The Speaker does not 20 SO far as to
call the members Of the board ''Taft'a
hirelinqs." but he sneeringly refers TO
them as the Presidents mon experts
Why. exclaims Mr. Clark, should the
spontaneous wisdom Of Congress wait
on the tedious labors OF an uninspired
board. aud why should the President
coldly refuse 10 regard The measures
sent him By the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
coalition a. far more promising examples
Of scientific rate.mBkine than any which
could be hoped for as the result Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
PAILROAD MEMS DEMANDS.

The demands made by the discon-
tented employees Of the Western railroad
systems on which strikes are threatened
fall naturally into two general cate
gories. One comprises those demands
which concern chiefly, If not exclusive
| ly, the employees and their employers,
and which, If nothing else were in
vOlved, might be left for those two par
! ties to settle between themselves;
| though. as a matter Of fact, even these
matters do more or less directly concern
the public. The other class comprises
those issues which obviously and direct
| " affect the public welfare TO such
degree that public interest in them IS
! inevitable
We are told, for example, that II IS
demanded that in the employment Oh
men by the railroad companies Ho
form Of physical examination or per
"sonal record shall he required That
would mean that no man shoulu ne
examined for color blindness and that
engines might be run by men who could
rot distinguish red signal lights from
green. 1t would mean that no pains
should be taken to ascertain the sobrie-
tv. the integrity and the trustworthiness
of man who was to he directly in
trusted with the lives Of thousands of
persons. TO establish such a rule
would be to defy the statute laws or
many states and to imperil life and
property to an intolerable degree.
Other demands are that whenever the
force of workmen is to be reduced the
men themselves, or their organizations,
shall select the individuals who are TO
be laid off: and that no employe snail
be discharged without the consent or
the labor union TO which he belongs
Those demands certainly appear TO IN
fringe what we must regard as natural
and essential rights Of the employers.
They also directly affect the public wei
fare. since they might easily result IN
fine retention of inefficient and unfaith-
full and therefore unsafe employees. They
assuredly fly in the face Of one OF the
most fundamental OF laws, that authority
ana responsibility must 60 together.
For II a disaster occurs on a railroad
damage suits are brought not against
the men or their unions hut against the
comnanv. If thus the company Is liable
to be mulcted for accidents due perhaps
10 the inefIiciency or unfaithfuness OF
IFS employees. equity certainly requires
that it shall have the power to deter
mine who shall and who shall not he It's
emnloves. for whose acts il IS to be
responsible.
Railroads are public utilities, operated
for the convenience and use Of the peo-
nle and the people are directly inter-
ested I'm the manner in which they are
managed. It would be a monstrous IN
instice 10 hold responsible for their
management corporations or individuals
who had no real authority over it, and
It would be absurd to try TO hold re-
sponsible an organization which eX-
nresslv dscaims responsibility, or to IN
vest such an organization with author
itv. It Is not by the making Of such
illogical and extravagant demands as
Those that labor organizations will win
nublic sympathy i'll whatever legitimate
and reasonable demands they may also
make.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
enlightening interference OF Iarnh
Board? Mr.. Clark may think that ne
hits tho mari, I'm the following innuendO:

enljcbteninc interference Of a TarlH
Board? Mr.. Clark may think that ne
hits the mark in the following innuendo
II will be noted that while the Presi-
dents conscience would not permit MN
TO sign a bill revising even one scheeule
the wool schedule. tho rates OF Wllcii
he declared to be too high and In need
of reduction-without recommendation
from his board Of non experts, he
promptly signed the outrageous Payne
Aldrich Smoot tariff bill without tne
counsel, advice or tuition OF any Tariil
Board whatsoever.
Yet that paragraph unwittlngly en-
phasizes the strength of the President 5
position. Mr.. Taft couldn't possibly have
allowed the advice or nOn-advice of an
expert Tariff Board TO influence him IN
deciding whether to sign or TO veto the
Payne tariff act, for no such board then
existed. 1t was one Of the great merits
Of the Payne act that it provided for the
creation Of a Tariff Board. and thus
opened the way for rational non-log-
rolling revision. The President gave rs
one Of his chief reasons for signing the
Payne law that it would help to end
revision in the dark, according to the
ancient Congressional method. He also
made practical pledge to the pubic
not to approve any more haphazard,
euesswork revisions, and he was bound
in honor to keep that pledge when Mt.
Underwood and Mr. La Toilette reverted
TO the slap-dash practices which the
country thought It had got rid OF.
Mr.. Clark may have started out 10
prove the President guilty Of incoh-
sistency, but he has really only testned
TO the directness and sufiiciency OF the
logic which underlay the tariff bill
rotOpS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-30
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

New York grows twice as fast as Lon,
don and spends twice as much none! D"
the process. Schenectady Union-Siar
New York cafes will not employ waters
with whiskers At last-at last. we -. -
found something COCOA 10 say anuul Nv
York caf6s,-Cleyeland Plain Dealer
4 man who had stolen a hearse was un.
able 20 sell il I'm New York. We ai"SS'
aid know that New York was a i've to""'
Cincinnati commandments.
Wagons killed more people IN New ASf n,
CIV during 1910 than did automoonts ~,
cording 10 statistics automopile7 hHl' az, :.
persons. trolley ears lb aud wagons i'A
WATERFOWL Times.
New Yorks subway system rs s9la !" ma
a greater feat of engineering thah Mi MI
Panama Canal And more poutl'leus =
set their feet muddy after IL ~ Desu"
Dayton News
ono Of uoustons oensors nov teds4u ,.,
his Mortified gaze upon New YORK ,esSs
matic depravity, declares that town isws,
a board OF puritanical censors ,,Lm,,. cons
no doubt. All cities viii follow ~ isv,ies
example end obtain Tor censorlal uss
the most prudish and puritahlcdl Ns"'
} to be- had.-Houston Post