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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS. The Senate was not in
session. =- House: Debate on the re-
call provision OF the Arizona constitu-
ton continued. the vote on statehood
will be taken on Tuesday
FOREIGN.-The German Emperor left
London after a week of festivities. III
which the obvious friendship OF the roy
alties and public was the marked feat
IRE. -= London was gosslping about
the possibility of a marriage between
the Prince Of Wales and the German
Enperor's daughter. The attitude
of France toward the arbitra ton treaty
was reported as distinctly favorable; that
If Germany was not revealed. -= IhlS
week will see the beginning OF new
clash over the Lords bill. = Inc
Hukwang lOan for the construction OF
railroads in the provinces of Human ana
Bupei. China. was signed at Picking.
60 II was said in London that the
English tenders for the construction OF
,wo Gillian DreadnOughts had been ac-
cfpted --= one Of the efforts 10 tar
nish Whistlers fame as a painter was
nullifed by official records. == new
treaty of commerce and tarln convention
between Sweden and Japan were signed
at Stockholm. -= Forest fires In Hok-
keido. Japan. devastated vast terri
tory: a number Of villages were de-
strOved --- Several Cabinet ministers
attended the trial Of the CamorrlstS AT
ViterbO Italy. - The KING ana
Queen gave their patronage 10 the per
Torrance Of a new musical comedy
DOMESTIC. Attorney General car
rnody rendered a decision at Albany that
physicians who fail TO comply with the
public health law requiring the prompt
reporting of all births and deaths oc-
curing in their practice may have their
Wood
row Wilson Of New Jersey in a speech
at Seattle urged publicity as the first
requisite TO success in city government.
The perjury charges against
George r. Cox. the banker and political
leader. were dismissed in Cincinnati; the
prosecutor began proceedings to reindict
Cox. =- Governor FosS, at Boston,
signed the bill by which the Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology is to re-
ceive 100000 state aid annually for ten
years. = Governor Dix at Albany.
signed a number OF bills. == a hoy
was killed at Rochester by an auto
mobile occupied by party from Brook
lyn.
CITY.-Stocks. as a rule, closed higher
60 Justice Cragen, Of the Municipal
Court. Queens. was acquitted of grand
larceny. the charges growing out of al
legged graft in the purchase Of stamps
when he was secretary Of Queens BOr-
ough == The Knickerbocker Savings
and Loan Company was closed by the
State Banking Department and the Dis
trct Attorney began an investigation Of
alleged irregularities in the conduct Of
the concern. --= \ mob broke down
the door Of a shop in which a motorman
had taken refuge after his car had killed
n child. -= Gertrude Quimby, the
missing Boston girl, was found in a
theatrical managers Office. seeking an
onga cement. -== Park Commissioner
Slower asked the resignation of Park
Superintendent Beatty. following an eX-
animation IF Beatty's work by the Com
missioner Of Accounts.
THE WEATHER.--In for to-
DAY: Showers. The temperature yester-
daV: Highest. - degrees; lowest ~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
VENTIlATING THE SUBWAY.
a Editor If The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter which YOU published on
May Il from an English engineer on the
subject OF subway ventilation covers ground
which should be familiar to the people Of
New York The air Of the New York sub
way has been made the subject OF an in
vestigation which has been described as the
most thorough study Of single problem OF
ventilation ever made.
This work was done for the Rapid Tran
sit Commission when the subway was first
opened. Thousands of analyses were made
and the complicated air currents set UP by
the moving trains were carefully studied.
The atmospheric conditions above ground
were accurately observed and their effects
upon the subway were taken into con-
sideration The methods employed to VEN
tllate every important tunnel and subway
IN the world were reviewed. a trained OBJ
server was sent TO study the ventilation
OF the London tubes and of the Paris and
Berlin underground systems
Numerous reports were made embodying
the results Of all these studies Some OF
the reports were published by the Rapid
Transit Commission. The main technical
facts were laid before tho scientific world
In addresses made in response to invita-
tons from learned societies From Wash
ington came a request for permission to de-
scribe the investigations in "Smthsonlal
Contributions 10 Knowledge" and they
were published. In London the Institution
OF Civil Engineers asked for and printed
an account Of the investigations. book
containing the practical and scientific re-
under the title OF The Air and Ventla-
ton OF Sideways"
The foregoing makes it plain that good
deal OF information is available concerning
the condition OF the air in the subway. and
II may be inferred that some knowledge
as to how the conditions can be improved
exists.
The extent to which this information has
been applied is another question.
New York. May 10, 1911. NJ. TINDAL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
NO "RITT4L MURDERS"

The renewal of agitation in Russia
over alleged ritual murders by Jews
is a melancholy reminder Of the persist
ence Of superstition and barbarism' OF
else Of a deliberate malignance which Is
still more disgraceful. For many years
the Easter season in Russia has been
marked and grossly marred with such
episodes. Long ago. just when or wnere
nobody knows, the abominable falsenoou
was conceived and promulgated that the
Jews stole Christian children and kliieu
them as paschal lambs, for the use OF
! their blood in the Passover ritual. ana
| in accordance with that belief-for IL
has been believed by millions-at every
Easter season the cry has been raised
somewhere that the Jews have stolen
and murdered q child Now, there can
| be no question Of the severity and thor-
oughness with which any charge against
Jews Is prosecuted I'm Russia. Yet the
| facts of record are that never once mas
such a crime been traced to Jews, while
in the great majority Of cases IT mas
been found that no murder at all had
been committed.
In many. perhaps in most. or the
cases the cry Of ritual murder mas
| been raised by those who ignorantiy
cherish the vile superstition; provoked
TO il by the temporary disappearance or
child. or in rare cases by the actual
death Of a child from some form OF vlo-
lerce In some cases. in accordance
with n perfectly familiar psychological
| law. children have hidden themselves
away. either through fear Of murder or
not infrequently. through an implshiy
perverse desire TO excite agitation ana
l 10 create the Impression that they were
/ the victims of crime. Sometimes tnls
concealment Of children has been done
by their parents. from the same motives
But worst of all. there Is only too much
reason for believing that anti-Jewish
| gitators. of the BLACK Hundred" type
have not scrupled TO kidnap and con-
ceal and even actually to murder chill
dren for the sake Of casting the odium
upon the Jews and thus provoking
massacre Of them. with the attendant
| looting.
! The significant fact Is noted that the
allegation Of ritual murder" Is oftenest
made in districts in which Jew haiters
ave candidates for office or are political
leaders. That irresistibly suggests that
the atrocious accusation Is made for po-
litical effect. OF course II would be
grossly unjust TO hold the imperial gov
eminent responsible for such doings'
lust as II would be to hold our own fed
cral government responsible for the
horrors Of lynching which disgrace va
rious communities throughout the ma
ton. Indeed. the imperial government
has on several occasions striven ear
nestly to discourage such accusations
and 10 disa buse the peoples minds Of
the horrible superstition. But II Is
slow and a difficult process to rid the
minds Of people Of an ingrained super
stition which has its roots In ignorance
and Is nourished by racial jealousy and
religious hatred. Excepting In so far as
the thing IS due to deliberate malice,
this yearly recurring and frequently
tragic agitation IS cause for pity at least
as much as for censure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
MINCE PIE

rs the pie compulsory" mildly in
quired the newly arrived Englishman
of the New England waitress, who kept
pressing the homely dessert upon him.
NO" she answered, 1T is mince."
There was a world Of meaning in her
words, which the foreigner could not
grasp, even as the waitress failed to
make allowance for his ignorance Of the
national dainty and It's associations.
Had she understood, she would have
aroused his interest and respect by ex-
planning that what the plum pudding
was 10 him mince pie is 10 the native
American. nnfOrgettably allied with
fondest memories Of childhoods Christ
mas joys, its serving at certain seasons
n rite honored even I'm later years, when
appetite has learned 10 wait on diges-
ton.
What is mincemeat? II Is not 10
fcod experts that we should turn for
the answer. All they can tell us Is what
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
TILE AnERICAN NEGRO,S LOT.

Booker T. Washington has taken a
novel and highly effective method Of
proving that the conditions under which
the American negro lives and works are
By no means as unfavorable as they are
sometimes supposed 10 be. He says that
he has encountered not a few negroes
who feel that their condition and pros
"pects are worse than those of any other
group of human beings To show the
extravaganza of that view he is writing
q series Of articles based on a study Of
conditions in Europe among the classes
whose lot is hardest. He is describing
what he has seen Of the wretChednesS
of the poor Of LOndOn-the greatest
centre Of pauperism In the woodland
of the indulgence Of the agricultural labor
ers of Poland. Austria, hungary, Sicily
and other parts Of the Continent, where
the status of farm labor is in some re-
spects similar 10 the status of farm labor
IN the South.
The result of these comparisons is
altogether in favor of the American
negro farmland. lie has steadier en-
ployment. gets better wages for less
work, is better fed and in an economical
sense is far more favored than the agri-
cultural labOrer IN many European
countries. DR.. Washington says that he
has been tremendously impressed by the
fact that the masses Of Southern negroes
do not fully appreciate the advantages
which they possess in living in country
where there is constant demand for
labor of all sorts. Furthermore. it Is
clear that they do not sufficiently ap-
preciate the practical monopoly which
they enjoy in great labor market like
the SouthS. The Southern land owner
has been educated 70 the use of negro
labor. He is more or less blind to its
shortcomings and is disposed TO ignore
its relative inefliciency The farmland
on the Southern cotton plantation and
the roustabout on Southern wharyes and
steamboats, are. considering the work
they do, about the highest paid laborers
In the United States. They represent an
unecOn0mic survival Of hand labor i'm
world Of labor saving machinery. In the
field Of domestic service the Southern
negro' has also practical monopoly
ColOred cooks. nurses. walters and laun-
dresses get good wages and have no
white competition They are all well
fed and well clothed and receive degree
of consideration which is not given else
where 10 household employees
II is a fact little noticed by those who
hold that the American negro does, not
have fair chance industrially that the
struggle for life. which is so fierce and
so exhausfing in many other parts Of
the world, hardly touches him at all If
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

the supply had been going OH and was
thus stopped. while actual use continued
undiminlshed. In some cities universal
metering has been tried, with happy re-
suits. In Cleveland. FOR example. under
a fat rate the daily consumption Oh
water was 100000 gallons. Some
years later. when the number OF con-
sumers had increased One-third. the con-
sumption was only 52,OOO.Oo0 gallons
And there W. not the slightest COM
plant that people were stinting them
selves in the use Of water. They simply
were careful not to waste It,
With the metropolis confronting the
most serious danger Of water famine
that 1t has known for many years. II not
in all its history. the liberation or I'M
necessary and preventabe waste Is little
short Of criminal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
IN THE BERkSHlRES.
|By Telegraph 10 The Tribune

fBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Ienox. May 20.-Robert Underwood JONI
son is a guest Of his son. owen Johnson !"
Stockbridge.
Newbold Morris and his children afH's
yesterday at Brooklawn. Mrs. Motifs VI"
come next week for the season.
Mrs. Joseph W. Burden will open on'''
Ledge villa next Tuesday for the sun"''
Mrs Churchill Satterlee IS entertain'''
Miss Kate Billiard. OF Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Howard Hopping "'
motoring In the Berkshires.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman y. Kendall VIZ.
have been az Curtis Hotel have gone
New York
The Hotel Aspinwall will be opened r,'
day. May Is. for the season, and the siap'''
wood, In Pittsheld. on the 9TH.
Wyndhurst. the Lenox estate or MITE 'os.
Sloane. late OF New York. Will become ".
property Of her son. John sloane
estate will be kept open this season.
Thomas Shields Clark has returned
New York.
Grenville l. Winthrop has returne'
Gioton Place after a short stay In low
Mr.. and Mrs. James I. Walker, OF @
cago. arrived to-day at the Owen Co''S'~
in Stockbrdge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

he stays South. He is sure OF llVlhs'
If he is willing to do a moderate amount
of work. and can and often does i've
OF much less work than is good Tor HILL
Greater stress of competition might pene-
fit him as laborer by making MIN
more industrious and efficient. AS IL Is
he has profitable labor field largely 10
himself In which he can earn iiNeh,
hood and even lay UP a little capi'a'
without grinding effort. The lot OF the
average American negro, especially the
negro of the South. Is not worse tha''
that of any other group Of human beings
of similar capacity. 1t is. on the con-
trary. one which offers relatively large
proportion of comfort, opportunity ana
hone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

The Baltimore political economist who
charged both the United States and
Santo Domingo for his services in reor-
ganizing the fiscal system OF the latter
republic not only preached thrift profess
sionally but practised 1t personally. The
Of the House Of Representa-
tives now inquiring into his operations
as a fnancier in the abstract and a
fnancier in the concrete will probably
have difficulty in determining in which
sphere he exhibited the ripper art.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

fFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington. May 2o.-The French Amoas-
sador and Nine Jusserand have issued IN
vitations for a dinner on Thursday.
The Swiss Minister will accompany Nine
Ritter to New York and see her sail tho
following day with their two children 70
spend the summer in Switzerland Inc
minister will Join her in the fall.
The Peruvian Minister will go TO New
York on Wednesday preparatory to sailing
on the following day for France. He Will
ioin Nine. Pardo in Paris. and they VIII
later go to London. where Mr.. Pardo VIII
represent Peru at the coronation cere-
monies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT

(By Telegraph % The Tribune
Newport. May 2o-Georse Henry "Aw
is having his villa made ready fof wv
pancy -
Harry Scott. son OF Mr.. and Mrs "e"'
S. Scott. Is a weekend visitor here.
j. Fred Pierson. jr.. OF New forH'
leased the Parker cottage. on Parker ~
nue.. for the summer. 80.
Mr. and Mrs. James Laurens Van "a
have changed their plans. They WI"
for Europe on May % FOR three WV.
stay. 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Duncan, OF
York. have arrived at the Henry.
cottage. on Harrison avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Belmont were a..
to-day making an inspection OF By-h.x.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marsden J. Perry. OF
dence, are at their villa. Bleak hou' ~.s
Daniel Ie Roy Dresser has gone '" -
York -
Colonel c. l.. r. Robinson has rev. ~
from Hartford for the week end WV"
family -
Ex-Commodore and Mrs. Arthur Ma
Jemes. with Mr.. and Mrs. Terry anu -
Terry. Of New York. arrived to'dH
Aloha for Q short stay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

An automobile operator who Dor
rowed" his employers machine for a
10y ride" has just been sentenced to a
year in Jail. What used to be thought
waggish pleasantly has been made a
crime by the Legislature. and the chauf-
feur caught disporting himself In the
small hours of the morning now finds
the laugh is no longer exclusively on the
owner. The borrower" also has to set
tie for the fun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

don't know whether 1t is generally unoe'
stood or not that the 10000 Is Simply
guarantee fund. II the convention does no.
come here the money will be returned !.
1t does. surely no one believes but .na.
each subscriber will be more than repa'u'
"Dumley's just back from trip 49,
trout. and no says II was the most oisi"a'
failure he ever experienced , H..
What else could you expect OF MN hae
couldn't make fishing trip succ .,o, y
cause he has absolutely no imaginative"
The Catholic Standard and Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

The Senate Committee on the District
Of Columbia having reached the timely
decision that Washingtonians must re-
move the snow and sleet from their side
walks, II Is In season for New York TO
see to it that owners Of vacant lots shall
do the same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

This neespdpor is owned and p"o'
nshed by The Tribune Assoc'ohoh' u
No,o YORK. corporation; ONCE ond W'h-
cipql Mace Of business. Tribune BUD
ing. No. 154 Nassau street, New lOrN'
ogden Mus, president: ogden Al. Re'd'
secretary; James u. Barrett, treasurer
The address Of the officers is the once
of this newspaper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

NO girl can consider herself educated
to-day IL she cannot drive nail or put
hinge on q door" Miss Mary Snow, super
intendent Of household arts for the public
schools Of Chicago. made this assertion In
a talk on Training for Girls" Il con-
slider this mechanical knowledge neces-
sity," said Miss Snow. Many women when
confronted with the stupendous problem OF
coaxlng a nail into board would rather
telephone the chief Of police or the board
OF education for help. Generally they enlist
the jantor or the hired man. Ii Is de-
fciency in their education"
Say. Frost. lend me your razor, will
GLADLY"
"Oh. II It's as dull as that don't want
1.-THE Housekeeper
Household ice has always been looked
upon as necessity by our American
friends" SAYS a writer In Die kuche,
land II Is becoming more so every year
with us. It's usefulness for keeping meats
and vegetables in good condition ia always
appreciated, but OF late the American ice
water is asserting Itself in Germany. and
the American who orders II with his dinner
is no longer looked at with large eyes. but
his example is frequently followed by those
who once wondered at the custom" The
writer then gives the price OF ice as quoted
by a Hamburg firm. For five pounds daily
81 50 a month: for ten pounds daily. s. 10:
for fifty pounds daily. s. 70. and for one
hundred pounds daily. s. %.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
The hold-up men are getting perilously
near Inspector Byrnes's old dead line"

II the worst comes to the worst next
August, the people OF New York will be
driven to rediscover the salt water bath
Ing facilities Of which they make so in
frequent and scanty USE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

Is the rule of reason" also to be fol-
lowed in determining what constitutes a
mince pie?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

While praising the Kaiser's tact and
to laud London as a model hostess.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21
TRANSPORTATION.

Do you recollect how the world went wrong
Way back In the years gone b!
How the toll was rough and the day was
And fortune went of awry?
II all comes back as a flrst-rate joke,
And you laugh as you wouldn't have
dared
To laugh on that day when you went dead
And we're hungry a bit and scared.
Do you recolect how We used to scold
At the summers in sultry lands?
And the things we said OF the winters cold
We're enough 10 shock all hands.
Now we laugh again at our futile fret
Ger the troubles We thought immense.
And We call them "larks." and we'd half
regret
To lack the experience.
We are fretful still as we onward strive.
And we think that the present grief
Is one Of the sort that must surely thrive.
Secure against times relief
But the years go on In their ceaseless grind,
With hours that are gay or elum,
And the plant Of to-day you will often find
Is the laugh Of the days 10 come. =
Washington Star.
The first white flower day" which was
observed In Russia on May 3. was "a sue
cess beyond the hopes OF the most SAN
guine," says the "Russische Correspon-
denz." Throughout the nation on that day
men women and children offered for sale
tiny white flowers The proceeds OF the
sales were handed over 10 the League for
the Prevention and Cure OF tuberculosis.
Money~in large quantities was collected. the
smallest and poorest hamets contributing
their share. II is not 10 he wondered at.
because Russia is really the land OF the
dread malady. The trying climate and
unspeakable sanitary conditions make IL a
fruitful ground for the development OF the
disease and statistics show that in late
years there has been steady increase in
lis ravages. The manner In which the peo-
pie responded on the first white flower
day shows TINT they appreciate the condi-
tions.
NY wife married me TO reform me"
Did she succeedY"
Yes, thoroughly wouldn't marry
again II ! lived TO be as Old as Methu-
selah"-Puck.
Baltimore business men are determined
10 land the Democratic National Conven-
ton Tor their city next year II money VIII
DO the Trick. They set out 10 raise n fund
OF 10000 To impress the national commit
tee ana they already have in hand about
*9o'"" mayor Preston. just firmly aeatcd
In his Official chat. boo Ting the proposal
says III The business men OF the city
cannot iaiho n guarantee fun1 OF Sl"'"'
we had better shut up shop. II will be
lasting disgrace. am sure the fund VIII
Do taiseds but We don't want to delay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

At the wedding Of stephen Nash. who 1,
the son Of s. Edward Nash, Of this city. "a
Miss Ruth Schultz, he will be attended BY
Lyman Rhoades, his cousin. as best man
The ushers selected are Walden and Jane
u. Pell, G. G. Schroeder. John G. jackson
Clarence NJ Schultz and Morton G. Bosue
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-25

elect to Office, do so because these
representatives of the whole people
won't carry out some hobby thought
out by a small circle that has never
devoted any time to the study of the
practical effect?
How many Of the klckers have
proved by their own slothfulness In
public life that when II comes 10 ac-
tual details of work. they have done
and are doing next to nothing!
II will pay n great many alleged
good citizens of Honolulu to 10 some
thing themselves once in a while.
In this way they will learn a lot
gain a liberal education in fact, and
in the end, perhaps, he good citizens
In fact.