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New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
,.r,oN or HEAVY HlTIIno'

ro.tbo Editor OF The Tribune o.,
e,r. sbo,cinc that there is not"lne 'Io
.,' ,,,r the excavations ana ueo'
nbormentg lust made at boshdA -
>or,bor, syria bv Professors Nlhhlei' %
psrI,n. and uogarth, OF London 'hi'"
1ood or Iight ON our national game
ricted ON thirteen cMy slabs is a pdseD"'
team # bisnilulous Hittites, tie
wearing a perforated mask nnduo
dried shell of calabash. or ha'lNe
and the umpire being King Suppl-hui''''''''
who reigned about 1870 y. {. Inc di"P''
theatre is shown having seats the SAINT
as nowadays, and the lookers-on, both me"
and women, having large palm lear l""'
Again. some small tablets were found' OH
which I'm cuneiform script and lueo-
graphic signs were written the rules Oh tie
game. and in a stone case a sample oi ti'
standard ball and bat of the period. Inc
centre of the former was baE ABOUT 'i'
inch in diameter, whitfield from the emu ol
a surgeons nose. a cartilaginous substance
having all the resiliency of rubber. ana thls
was wound around with fine threads OF the
Arundo-danax, or native grass, ana COW
cred with camel's hide. The bat was thauc
Of gopher wood in elliptcal shape
We may here say in this connection thdI
It is "A very significant and notable iacO
that the name Httite is derived from the
Aryan hit" to strike, and "hintham 10
catch. which in connection with the above
mentioned discovery disposes most enec-
lively of the theory that the Hitutes de-
rived their name from Ham. or Heth, ana
shows conclusively that 1t came from their
being good httcrs in the noble game Oh
baseball tllH NAuA
New York Oct o. 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
TRIBUTE TO E. M. SHEPARD
Memorial Services Held in Hall
of City College.

Public memorial services were held in the
Great Hall Of the city College yesterday
afternoon I'm honor Of Edward VI. Shepard
who at the time of his death was chair
man Of the board OF trustees OF the college.
After the invocation, which was pro-
nounced by the Rev. DR.. J. Howard Meish,
Of Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, Theo-
dore f. Miller now chairman OF the board
Of trustees, introduced Judge Willard Bart
lett. of the Court Of Appeals who spoke on
Mr.. Shepards abilities as a lawyer.
Francis L. Stetson mentioned Mr. Shep-
ards work I'm the field of politics, saying
he regarded Mr.. Shepard as the best rep
resentative the Democratic party OF New
York ever had"
oscar 5. Straus also referred to the ideal
political principles that were embodied IN
Mr. Shepard. and James Byrne, trustee
of the college, told of Mr.. Shepard's untlr-
ing work for the college.
Professor Adoph Werner spoke Of the
debt the college owed to Mr.. Shepard, ana
Edward A. Alderman, president Of the Uni
versity Of Virginia. mentioned briefly the
influence of Mr.. Shepard upon educational
interests. special organ recital was
given by Professor Samuel Baldwin
Seated on the platform with the speakers
and faculty were many we'll known persons
including Robert L. Borden, Premier OF
Canada William II. Maxwell, city super
intendent of Schools; St Clair MckelWay'
Edward Lauterbach, Samuel Elkus aAu
Justices Harrington, Putnam. Vernon NJ
Davis. and Francis NJ. Scott, OF the Su-
preme Court
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
JUSTICE TO MURPHYISH.

Even the most hard-hearted person
cannot fail 10 find grain of pity TO be-
stow on Senator Robert L. Wagner and
Assemblyman Alfred f. Smith, who are
lamenting so plaintively the fact that
due recognition is not given to the tran
scendent virtues cf Murphy's Legislat-
ure MessrS. Wagner and Smith. as the
titular leaders Of Murphy'S boys at Al
bany." think it unjust that the public
Seems 10 want TO talk about nothing
but ripper bills and dark-lantern char
"ters.' and has no praise for enact
"mentS which must appear beneficial and
"meritoriOus even to the strictest parti-
san" Yet il was thoroughly recog-
nized long ago that "the evil that men
do lives after them; the good is oft
inferred with their bones
Murphy's Legislature was like all
other legislatures in that all it did was
not vicious. Some of its enactments
were proper and decent and commend
able But there existed no reason why
they should not be and the public is not
overgiven to eXtOlling a Legislature for
incidental acts of prOpriety. Moreover,
these bits Of commendable legislation.
which Murphys lawmakers achieved be-
cause there was no particular incentive
to do otherwise. were Overshadowed and
rendered inconspicuous by the positive
badness of most of the important meas
ureS Of the year and the methods Of the
Tammany boss and his crew 1t is this
evil that lives after Murphys Legislature
has disbanded and it is this which con-
stitutes the record on which Murphy's
boys" must he judged. The Murphy
Legislature is being condemned because
il wrangled over politics and patronage
grabs so long that the session cost the
taxpayers of the state about 100000
more than last years. Murphy's Legis-
lature is being condemned because II
saddled on the taxpayers Of New York
City jobs, salary raises and pension
funds which will cost 100000 or
$3O0O.GOO additional each year Muir
phys Legislature is being condemned
because it put New York state into part
rerShip with prizefight promoters, he
cause it gave a fake direct primary bill
when the people asked for real primary
reform, because it enacted at the boSs'S
behest an election law so vicious that
part of it was thrown out by the Court
Of Appeals for its uniuStifiable and nm
constitutional assaults on the rights Of
the voters.
The beneficial and meritoriOus" leg
iSlation which Murphy's Legislature
adopted had no particular interest for
the boss. It promised neither advantage
for him nor disadvantage to him. Wher-
ever Murphy and Murphyism We're con
ccrned the legislature was merely rub
Der stamp for him. and his mandates
were neither beneficial 10 the people nor
meritOrious in intent and principle,
Murphy wants the Assembly another
year In order 10 carry on his course Of
grab and gain. Every voter who does
not cast "A straight anti-Murphy ballot
helps the boss in that course.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
INE EOIlL Pll BILL.

If Governor Dix has as deep-seated a
regard for the principle Of home rule as
some Of his speeches indicate. II IS hard
10 see how he can hesitate 10 veto the
women school teachers so-called equal
pay bill now before him. Regardless of
the merits of the agitation for equal pay
for men and women doing n certain
grade of work side by side and of the
inequalities in salary scale which the
bill contains. ii would be Il wrong for
the Governor 10 hobble the local authori-
ties by approving n measure which takes
out of their hands. the power to fix the
compensation for 1900 Of this city's
employees.
The Board Of Estimate in its commu-
nication to the Governor promised 10
present TO the next Legislature Il bill
giving the local authorities power 10
establish salary schedules recognizing
the equal pay principle and with the
Davis law minimum rates for women as
II minimum. The women teachers are
not III such desperate case that they
cannot wait until that time.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
DID NOT PREDICT REVOLT
Professor Chung Has No Part in Chi
nese Political Movements.

Professor w. X. Chung, dean OF the
Canton Christian College. who was recent
ly quoted I'm Boston dispatches as predict
ing the revolution which has since broken
out in China, and saying, The govern
ment is going to be oyerthrown; the peo-
PIE are going 10 conquer; the students
will be the ones to bring about the revolu-
ton" denies that he made any such state
ments Professor Chung is not I'm politics.
and desires 10 avoid any connection with
the revolution for himself or the institu-
tion with which he is associated His ad-
vice to> those seeking reform in China has
been to get an education and make them
selves competent leaders. But he has had
no interest in the revolution and did not
predict II.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
mR. MLTCHEL.S SEDITION.

II ever there was a plain, unqueStion-
able case Of sedition, of iestatsbeleid'-
gung. in this world. it is that Of Mr.. John
Purroy Mitchell 1t has long been known
that that young man harbored treason
able thoughts concerning His Honor the
Mayor. but not even a rash prophet
would have ventured to say that Mr..
Mitchell would go TO the lengths 10 which
ne went in his address 10 the Demo-
cratic legislators who helped defeat the
Murphy -Gaynor charter. Not only did he
question the blameleSs conception and
iDborn perfection Of that document, but
be assailed the persons responsible for il
and praised its executiOners. In unmis-
taxable words be maintained the rash
contention that no new charter was
needed 10 insure good government for
this city, but that a Mayor who wanted
TO could govern the city wisely and well
under the existing charter. This could
not be done. he contended, "by philo-
"sophical maXims, sophiStTy and fatherly
"epiStles."
Mr.. John Purroy Mitchell is a man
young in years and very young in po-
litical life Not having as much ego in
his cosmos as others I'm public life at
present. doubtless he would admit that
he has a great deal TO learn II is quite
evident that one of the things he has not
learned is that grand old Murphy maxim,
sect it while the gettings good 1t is
equally evident that Mayor GaynOr has
learned it, Murphy wanted a new char
ter. whether one was necessary or not,
FOR the political advantage Of Murphy
ism and any incidental pickings there
might be Mayor Gaynor wanted a new
charter which would give him vast pow
ers over places in the city service. the
budget and the transit situation. Their
interests were identical on these points
and both desired ardently TO have a
charter passed which would wipe out IF
existence the anti-Murphy. antl-GaynOr
control IN the Board Of Estimate Murphy
had the Legislature, a Tammany-M Murphy
majority IN each house Mayor GaynOr
thought his name a power 10 cOnjure
WITH ana his declaration that the pro-
posed charter was perfect" sufficient 10
qucll all opposition in and out Of the
Legislature. CannO' Mr. Mitchell see
that. under those circumstances, the
mere fact that new charter was un-
necessary and gndeSircd by the majority
o. the voters Of this city was the merest
trine: Murphy ana Gayn1r were going
10 get it while the getting was good
II happens that they didn't get it,,
owing 10 a combination Of circumstances
wholly beyond their control. Therefore
they want q Murphy Assembly elected
this fall, so they can have second
chance 10 get IT, Any voter who helps
elect a Murphy Assemblyman will be
helping Murphy and the Mayor TO pass
this charter next winter Good govern
ment IS not the thing at stake in this
desire 10 get the new charter, as Mr..
Mitchell I'm his youth aud idealism about
municipal administration seems 10 think.
The real thing az stake is the desire OF
Murphy anG the Mayor TO jam through
their charter because Of what the per
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Fears were expressed at
Peking that the negotiation Of the new
Chinese loan would create an anti-for-
eign feeling among the revOlutionists;
Peking was in a state Of near panic and
a general exodus Of Manchus was begun.
- Turkish forces attacked HONS,
near Tripoli, but were repulsed with
heavy loss. - The "Frankfurter
Zeitung" published the points of the
Franco German agreement, defining the
status of the Fatherland and its sub
jects In Morocco. -= The eX-Shah's
Turcomans. aided by Russian troops and
gunbOats. defeated a Persian govern
ment force.
DOMESTIC.-Pres Taft passed a
quiet Sunday in Chicago, taking an au-
tomobile ride and speaking only twice.
-- Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor Of The
New York World" died on board his
yacht. of Charleston, ;. G. =- The
Republican National Committee. in is
suing its call for the next convention
will increase the number Of delegates
from $50 to either 1,064 or 1912,
Washington dispatch stated. = 1t
was reported in Washington that the
Tariff Boards reports on the wool and
cotton schedules were almost READY.
=- Carroll James, railroad con-
ductor, murdered his father-in-laW, IA
tally wounded his mother-in-l law, shot
his wife and then killed himself at
PennsbOrO w. Va. John II. Far
mum. a Boston commission merchant
was killed in an automobile accident at
Wells. Ne. and David Hunter, also OF
Boston. was fatally hurt. == The Rev.
Clarence V. T. RiCheson who is accused
Of the murder Of his former sweetheart
Avis Linnell spent a quiet day in the
Charles street jail in Boston.
CITY.-A long list of specific cases Of
fraudulent registration was sent to Dis
triCt Attorney Whitman by John Boyle
ir.. secretary Of the Republican County
Committee. - Rabbi Wise i'm a ser
mon denounced Murphy and Gaynor and
the methods Of the Democratic organi-
cation. == superintendent Hotchkiss
issued a pamphlet to the fire insurance
brokers and agents, explaining the effect
Of the new laws and predicted more
rigid state SuperviSiOn --= 4 young
woman. after Killing the man who had
tilted her. went 10 police station ana
reported that a person had been hurI
IN her home. - Joseph Cassidy Issued
q statement defending William Willett
H., against charges of buying a judiciary
nomination and declared the BROOKLYN
Democracy could not save its district
David owens had a desperate hght
with burglar at his home in West
End avenue. and held him until police
man arrived. = 4 fire truck driver 10
avoid "a collision with another fire truck,
guided his team against telephone poIe
and was seriously injured. - Or.
I.ederle said $50 additional inspectors
were needed I'm the Health Department
10 prevent violations Of the sanitary
laws I'm shops dealing in foods and drugs.
THE WEATHER-Indicatio for. to-
dav: Fair The temperature yesterday:
Highest J3 degrees; lowest, ID
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
THE SUIT AND ITS EFFECTS.

THE SUIT AND ITS EFFECTS.
1t is easy TO eXaggerate the effect
which the suit for the dissolution Of the
United States Steel Corporation has
upon business conditions. This is not the
first suit Of that sort which has been
brought. and business has survived its
predecessors. The Standard Oil Com
pany was sued and condemned by the
courts and is now in process of dissolu-
ton. The Supreme Courts decision
against it produced hardly more than a
ripple. The condemnation Of the To-
bacco Trust was not seriously felt by tine
business Of the country. 1t will he the
same with the Steel combination if that
is condemned. Property rights will he
respected. As Judge Gary said in his
statement the other day, Justice will
be done TO all the interests The at
tack upon the legality Of the Steel Cor
poration proceeds from no hostility TO
property. The people Of this country
'have none. They are actuated merely
by the belief that 1t is necessary for their
own safety and for the safety of the
Republic to keep the control Of property
from becoming too greatly concentrated
There could hardly be any better evil
dence that the public mind is hostile
neither to property in general nor to
mere size in corporations than is af-
fOrded by the comment upon the dissolu-
tiOn suit. This is most fair minded. and
the disposition is to recognize the strong
points in the Steel Corporations position
and TO sympathize with it to consid-
cradle extent. There Is no wholesale
condemnation.
As for the suit itself If was inevitable
If il had not been brought. as Mr. Taft
has brought it, from a sense of duty TO
enforce the law, it might have been
brought by some successor of Mr.. Taft
for the sake of political effect The
Democratic party had already seized its
first opportunity in Washington to in
vestigate the Steel Trust. That was a
political weather indication.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
THE LETCHWORTH ARBORETUM.


The plans for the IetchwOrth ArbO-
return, as it will presumably be called,
promise great enhancement of the
value Of the gift which was made to
the public at Portage. Simply as a
pleasure ground and as show place
of natural wonders Glen Iris was re-
garded as priceless, as truly IL is. But
tie present purpose is TO invest it with
a practical. utilitarian, Il potentially
commercial value compare bic with that
Of its scenic beauty. without I'm the leaS
impairing the latter, but rather with
actual increase OF its attractveneSS. 1t
IL. indeed, such a correlation of the use
ful with the beautiful as seldom has
been known. at least on anything like
so ample a scale.
The purpose is To establish there an
arlsretum Of about "A thousand acres.
i'm which shall he cultivated extensive
plantations of those native and imported
forest trees which are Of most indus
trial value and OF most perfect adapta-
Eility TO climatic and other conditions
in this country. and which are thus best
suited for use in that general reforeSt-
ing Of the United States which will
in the not remote future be needed
There will be. for example. Il tract of
some acres Of hickOricS. another Of
black walnuts, another of each OF Scv-
cral varieties of oaks, and so on
These groves will he cared for by cX-
pert foreStefs and will serve the varied
purposes of schools of practical forestry.
of arbOrcal clinics in which the dis
eases of trees can be studied and con
ducred. and of seed grounds aud nur-
series from which supplies can be pro-
vided for the planting of forests I'm al
parts of the land
The institution will thus be not mere
j. OF local or even state but OF national.
if not OF international importance. That
the problem of lumber supplies is one
of the most important that the indus
trial world will have 10 deal with In the
near future is indisputabe Indeed
with the scarcity and cost Of lumber
which now prevail IT has already be
come a pressing problem. This great
arboreum will provide practical
factor for its solution. It's creation will
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
s13,0OO,OOO FOR MISSIONS
REPORTS Of Societies Show Large
Increase in Ten Years.

All OF the missionary societies OF Amer
ica. except two Methodist societies. nave
closed their fiscal years for 1911. Ihere
ore twentv-one Of these societies; and ten
Of the number have headquarters in New
work. These societies represent the eight
nrincipal churches in point Of numbers
Baptist North Congregational Dlsclples'
Eniscopal. Lutheran, Methodist North
PRESBYTERIAN North and Dutch reformed
Reports from treasurers Of nineteen ot
the societies. and estimates of the remain
ing two. SHOW mission gifts for 1911 OF
s13.35S. 600. Ten years ago the gifts to the
same societies aggregated s7,429,0OO.
II the estimates of Methodist gifts are
borne out. Il will he found that the net
result of the new missionary interest on the
mart of lavmen since 1907 is an increase Of
$l11.000 a year.
The growth Of missionary gifts of Chris
tian people during the last ten years by
religious bodies follows: Baptist gifts ad-
vanced from 1881 900 to s1,6S1,0oO Congre-
gational from s1,4O2O00 to St77IOOO,
Disciples from S461. 900 10 s943. 900, Episco-
pal from $697, 900 10 $1,107,0O0, Lutheran
from S25f.OOO TO $4,000, Methodist 1.-TWO
months estimated) from Sl.S9400o to So
600. 600. Presbyterian from $16s1,Oo0 TO
so91t. 600 and Reformed Church from $685.
GOO to S4jl 900.
The Laymen's Missionary Movement was
formed IN 1907. and held its series Of con-
vontions from 1909 to May. 1910 Hardly
more than one year Of real work has been
put in to raise the annual gain from $780,
900 to $7o3,9OO.
Estimates of the amounts going from
America and Canada to foreign mission
fields each year are now $lL000,O00. a
growth Of s1OOO,OO9 last year, and lead
ing all other Christian countries. The
amounts given directly for maintenance OF
all Christian work In America. all bodies,
is estimated at $325.GOO. 600 a year
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
THE STEEL CORPORATION SUIT
Correspondent Discusses Point Ringing
on the Matter of Prices.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Your editorial in to-day's Tribune
under the heading The Steel Suit" is
truly admirable I'm its conservative tone
and unexcited comment. one short SEN
tence. however, affords food for reflection
which naturally runs counter TO the sup
position that fairness to the public dstin-
guishes this huge concern. Your sentence
says: Stability of prices, which has been
prime object of the combination, is de-
sirable II the prices are fdir."
The italics are, of course, mine. and
think they properly emphasize what may
very well be regarded as the glSt OF this
whole matter, about which public opinion
will doubtless remain but half formed and
not half enlivened. simply because it is al
together so enormously beyond ordinary
powers Of comprehension that its hundreds
OF millions i'm monetary interests will be
made-more or less lnsistentIy made-to ap-
pear those Of workaday people instead "
being made TO plainly appear exactly what
they are, and that IS vast innationS which
are not founded on material values.
\ year ago last June it was stated I'm
The Tribune that the United States Steel
Corporation sells steel rails TO our own
railroads for $2s a ton which are similar to
those IT sells i'm distant foreign markets for
SIS a ton. This has never been authorita-
lively contradicted Just here ii IS found
that the prices are not fair; and this is
striklngly emphasized by the imposing fact
that millions Of tons of steel rails have
been bought from the corporation by rail-
roads here which, therefore, We're mulcted
I'm tens Of millions Of dollars I'm the instance
OF steel rails alone, every dollar of which
was paid by the dear public through pur-
chasing railroad stocks and bonds: paying
also, incidentally for the Gary dinners.
ALFRED BAURENS BRENNAN.
a.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
WILSON AND PROGRESS.

Who gave Governor Woodrow Wilson
the right TO speak for the Progresslves.
with capital "P." as he presumed TO
dc in his address at Dallas, Tex. ?
Doesn't he know that Progress. with IA
capital "P." has her official spokesman.
that she has her candidate for the Presi-
Gency already chosen, with several aDe
and willing statesmen having claims
prior to his own filed upon her for the
opportunity of serving her? When Or.
Wilson was still teaching in benighted
Princeton against the initiative and ref
erendum and recall they had already
earned for the name of Progress the
dignity of a capital letter. II Is all very
well for DR. Wilson TO favor progress.
but when he comes out for Progress he
is poaching upon jealousy guarded pre-
serves. 1t is proper enough for him 70
bp a progressive. but if he is Pro-
gresSive he should have been at the Chi
cagO convention a few days ago pledging
himself to the support Of the Progressive.
The fact that Bryan files no cavedt
upon the New Jersey progressive when
he appropriates the Nebraska doctrines
is no reason for him 10 expect TO get of
scot free when he attempts 10 appropri-
ate the Wisconsin trademark. Colonel
Bryan is used 10 having his things stolen.
Senator La Toilette has not acquired mis-
equanimity. Nobody ever tried to steal
from, T q Eo11otta hofora
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
THINKS THE MAYOR is CONFUSED

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: It's queer that a man Of Mr.. Mitch
els knowledge should say this city needs
head more than new charter We have
an executive with a very long head What
Mr. Mitchell should have said was. We
need a head with clear brain in It. not
brain all muddled up with trying to run
the whole business alone. on the theory
that this is a government OF man, and he
is the man. The only honest man the
Mayor sees is when he looks I'm the looking
glass. }. MILLER.
New York. oct q. 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
EAST SIDE FILLS MUSIC SCHOOL,

Convincing evidence OF the value of the
work of the Music School Settlement In
East 3d street and of the response which
is being made 10y these East Side wage
carncrs and their children 10 the oppor-
unitics offered by the school. Is afforded
by the significant fact that within two
weeks OF the opening of the school for the
present season every one OF the eight hun
drcd places had been filled. and nearly five
hundred other eager applicants have al
ready been put on the waiting list