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New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
1 GOOD START


The House Committee on Post Offices
and Post Roads has taken a step In the
right direction in agreeing 10 report as
a rider to the pOstOtfice appropriation
bill a provision removing to some eH-
tent the restrictions imposed on the
domestic use Of the parcels post The
House committee is willing TO go so far
as TO give American citizens privileges
which have long been granted TO the
citizens and subjects of most foreign
nations. II may not seem to be a great
concession 10 the American public mere
ly TO put II on an equality with the
foreign users Of our mails, but the OBJ
stinacy with which such simple meas
ure of Justice to the home patron OF
the postal service has been resisted IN
vests the favor which the committee
now stands ready 10 grant with the
character of a substantial victory In
the public interest.
Since 1899. when the first foreign par
cells post convention-that with Ger
many-went into effect, resident OF
ages ria New York 10 San Francisco at
Il cents pound the limit of weight
being eleven pounds. But If a resident
of New York wanted 10 mail a parcel 10
Hoboken or even around the block he
was obliged 10 pay 16 cents a pound
and had to keep the weight Of the par
eel down to four pounds. If the House
committee has its way no higher rates
will he charged hereafter from New
York to HobOken than from Berlin TO
San Francisco, and the limit of weight
will be the same for domestic and for
eign parcels. All inyldious distinctions
between the foreign and domestic SER
vices will be wiped ont, and so far as
the use Of the post goes there Will re-
main no basis for the complaint that 1t
is handicap 10 he an American.
The House committee also decided TO
recommend an experiment In cheaper
domestic rates on rural routes. For par
GELS originating and deliverable on the
same route charge Of ) cents for the
first pound is proposed, with . cents
for each additional pound. That Is
about the rate charged in Great Britain
and Germany for parcels deliverable
anywhere. If the rural route experiment
justi6es itself cheaper. rate will un-
doubtedly follow for delivery within GER
tain zones, and the parcels post will be
well on the way to becoming as much
of a factor here in moderating transpor-
tation charges and serving public con-
venience as it is in Great Britain or
Germany. The United States has been
unduly slothful in developing this
branch of the postal service. But If a
good start is once made the expansion
Of the parcels post will be rapid and
continuous.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau ]

FROM Inc lIlDune butfdu'I
Washington. Feb 2l.-The French Ambas-
sador left here this afternoon for Chicago,
where an elaborate social programme awaits
HIM He will be the guest Of honor at a
dinner given by the French societies of
Chicago on Friday night, and will return
TO Washington the first of the week.
The British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
occupied a box this afternoon at the Co
lumbla Theatre at the benefit performance
given for the Australian boys who are
making a trip through this country.
Baron Preuschen. Austrian naval at
tache. has returned from visit of several
weeks in and near New York.
The German second secretary and Nine.
KIenln will go TO New York on Friday for
several days.
Nine Won Herwarth. wife of the German
military attache, and his brother, Leuten'
ant Won Herwarth, have gone TO Phlladel-
pha and New York.
Alfred Mitchell Innes, British Counsellor
has gone to visit the Booker T. Washing
ton school at Tuskegee, Ala, and other
points In the South.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
YERKES ART SALE, $4,000
This Total Exclusive of the
Paintings Previously Sold

A total of $IS70S taken in at the final
session of the sale of Mrs. Mary Adelaide
Yerkes's art collection at the American Art
Galleries yesterday afternoon brought the
total receipts for the auction up TO little
more than $4,000, exclusive of the paint
ings from her estate sold at the Plaza on
Monday and Tuesday night. The offerings
yesterday consisted mainly Of antique and
modern furniture. household ornaments and
rugs. The highest price paid for single
lot was $40. which Captain j. II, De La
mar gave for two companion pieces In
bronze representing a nymph and satyr
mounted on Clppolni marble pedestals. The
figures were more than six feet in height
David Warfield. the actor, added TO his
purchases of the afternoon before with
pair Of red silk plush portieres dating from
the italian Renaissance, for which he paid
$3.50; a set OF seventeenth century ecclesi-
astIcal vestments, embroidered in gold ard
vari-colored silks on background OF silver
thread, which cost him $500, and a pair OF
gilt wood armchairs Of the italian Renas-
sance, at a cost OF s400
Mrs. Lewis s. Ousley secured handsome
bedroom set in marquetry for s4O0 and A.
u. Leach took the prize OF the clock exhiot
for $500 II was from the studios OF III
fany g. Co. Among other buyers were +. A
vanderlip, Mrs. A. T. Scoheld. William e
Deering, David Belasco. H. d. G. Rohlfs. ".
Mrs. =. w. Rouss. Mrs. Daniel c. Rec
James Elverson, jr., and Ray Greenleah
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
THE END OF AN IMPROPER SEN
TENCE.

Justice Gerards decision sustaining
the writ of habeas corpus opens tne
vay for justice to Brandt ana ID
vastly to be preferred to PARDON Dy
the Governor. The courts shOulu TlsnI
the wrong that was done by the courts
And there can he no question that
Brandt was wrongfully convicted ana
vrongfuly sentenced The evidence De'
fore Judge ROsalsky showed plalhiy
onourh that whatever BrandtS crime
was he ought never TO have been IN
dicted. tried and sentenced upon the
charge of burglary in the first degree.
4 Judge and District Attorney aHord-
ing the prisoner that protection whlci'
If was their duty under the law 10
give him would never have permitted
Brandt 10 plead guilty TO committing
burglary on premises which he dld not
"break and enter" But the District Az
torncy allowed his friend, who was the
complainant's attorney, to usurp lhe
functions of public prosecutor. and the
iudge's eyes for some reason were
closed to the Irregularities which now
lead Justice Gerard TO hold that he acted
without jurisdiction. a new trial OF
Brandt, if the inquiry being conducted
by the grand jury establishes the fact
that any crime was committed by him.
will probably be the next step in the
case so far as the prisoner personally
is concerned.
Meanwhile. other proceedings VIII
probably reveal who was responsible FOR
sending this man to Jail for crime
which he did not commit, with false
criminal record" procured from a com
plaisant police fastened upon him. The
question which the public is now most
interested in is Who should fiji the cell
which Brandt leaves vacant
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
BARELY CATCHES OLYMPIC
H. A. James Races from Florida
on Special-Notables Depart.

few minutes after noon yesterday. as
the White Star liner Olympic was ready TO
start for Southampton. man with several
travelling bags ran breathlessly up the
gangplank and begged the purser 10 hold
on for a minute" His master. he said, had
come all the way from Florida in special
train and was bit late. and would the
captain please hold on for a minute"
While the valet was explaining. Henry A.
James. of this city, who had been spending
the winter In Florida, walked hurriedly up
the pier, and got aboard just in time.
While at Miami he suddenly made up his
mind 10 depart on the olympic. and, wiring
the steamship company for reservations,
hired a special train for New York.
William Ellis Corey, former president of
the United States Steel Corporation and
husband OF Miss Mabelle Gilman, was a
passenger on the Olympic. He said there
was no reason for alarm over the talk of
reducing the tariff on steel. Even IL put
into effect, Mr.. Corey said, 1t could not
affect the industry. as the United States
could produce more steel than any other
country and exported 1t TO forty nations.
James b. Duke, who recently retired as
president of the American Tobacco Com
pany. sailed on the Olympic. accompanied
by his wife. for a trip of four months in
Europe.
Another passenger on the Olympic was
Whitelsw Reid. American Ambassador to
the Court Of st. James's. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Reid.
Among others were Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
LewIsohn. the Duke of Newcastle Mon
signor Charles A. O'Hern, Miss Maggie
Teyte, Mrs. Arnold DAILY and Samuel Hop
kins Adams.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
People and Social Incidenfa

, Ash Wednesday. Mrs. John r. McLesr
whose Sunday night musicals have Ione
been a delightful feature OF social life. gave
tea this afternoon from to s o'clock for
the school girls of the Mount Vernon Sem.
mary and other private schools. and dane.
ing was a feature of the afternoon The
British, Italian, German and French Am.
bassadors each Issued invitations for din.
| her parties In Lent. while some of the most
formal affairs OF the season are slated 70,
the next two weeks.
Mrs. Taft, Miss Taft Mrs. Macveaeh
Sonora de Riano, Nine. Bryn. Mrs. Mar
shall Field, Mrs. NJ. A. Hanna and mum.
Der OF other prominent women attended
the lecture at the Playhouse this afte,assn
when Mrs. Margaret Woods. OF England.
talked on George Eliot. Browning and Ten
nyson The house was filled with repre-.
sentative people. including Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry White, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gordon
Cumming, Mrs Winthrop Murray Crane.
Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs Brownson.
Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard. Mrs Van De-
vanter and Mrs. Weeks.
Mrs. Cambridge Livingston, of New York
who came TO Washington last night for q
visit to her brother-in-law and sister, Ma
jor General and Mrs. Leonard Wood, un.
expectedly shortened her visit, returning
| home to-day
"The Great Spanish Masters" was the
subject with which Professor Charles Up
son Clark entertained the Washington So.
clety of Fine Arts and its friends at the
Playhouse tonight.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
GFrom The Tribune Bureau.l

lr'V" Inc Tribune Bureau
Washington, Feb 21.-The Pres'oen|
Representative Calder. +. J. H. hracAe,
Naval Officer Of the Port of New YORK. anu
James c. Cropsey, District Attorney o'
Kings County, discussed New York po't'cs
this morning
Commenting on the report that lihothS
L. Woodruff would again lead the BrooK'yh
Republicans, Mr.. Calder said: Il nave not
the least idea that Colonel Woodruff again
desires the leadership of the Republicans OF
Brooklyn 1 am confident that ne Is hot
seeking such leadership" adding that
Marcus B. Campbell, who was elected chalr-
man of the executive committee Oh the
Kings County organization, had given entire
satisfaction.
Political reports Of a most encouraging
character continue to reach the White
House.
President Taft has promised Seth Lo"
to attend the opening meeting OF the Ma
tional Civic Federation, to be held III the
Pan-American Union Building. this city, on
March 5.
President Taft will accompany the Alex
andria Masons TO Mount Vernon to-horro"
and place a wreath on Washington's TOMB
returning in time to attend Cabinet dlh-
ner
The White House callers included the
Secretary Of War, Admiral Cowles, Sena-
tors Jones, Richardson, Oliver and Bradley
Representatives Johnson. of South Carolina !;
Hinds, Gillett, Weeks, Warburton, Pickett
Foster. Bartlett. Gardner, Olmsted, Brous-
sard and Dalzell and ex-RepresentatiVe
Kennedy.
Miss Della Torrey who has been the guest
Of her nephew and niece, the President ana
Mrs Taft, for two weeks, returned TO her
home, in New England, this afternoon. she
was entertained by all the older soclai
leaders while in Washington. Miss chris
tian Marburg, of Baltimore, and Miss Bis
SELL of Buffalo, who were Miss Tafts guests
for the army and navy reception. also left
here this afternoon for their homes.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22

tically the last achievement necessar!
for universal good feeling in Europe LII
taking such step he would be einuia'ins
the useful example of his peacenlakihg
father, who is credited with ehectlhg
such an understanding with France we
NAV imagine that contemplation OF the
Maternal example has inclined MN 10
promote a sympathetic friendship Win
Germany, in the way Of which there are
M obstacles more formidable than there
were in the case of France, ana none
which can be regarded as insuperaoie,
while both the theoretical and practical
reasons for desiring it are Of the strong
est kind. With Great Britain on terms
Of assured peace and friendship WIN
France. Russia, Germany, Japan and the
United States, the peace of the world
would have q strong guarantee
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
ANGLO.GERMAN APPROACHES.

The latest intimation Of something like
an approachment between Great Britain
and Germany comes from serious and
often authoritative source, and Is cir
substantially entitled to weight as well
as to sympathy. Estimates and reports
of Lord Haldane's German mission III
the English press have been inconcluSive
and unconvincing, but 1t would not be
surprising if fuller and authentic ac-
counts should appear In the German
press as, for example, In Just such AN
article as that which is now published
in the "Lokal Anzeiger" Of Berlin. More
over. the terms and details of this al
legged disclosure are entirely credible, and
1t is to be remembered that no other
purpose than that Of some such negotia-
tions as are here described has been at
tributed TO Lord Haldane.
There can be no question of the earnest
desire of thoughtful men on both sides
for an arrangement similar 10 that which
is said to have been tentatively made.
There are jingoes and chauyinists on
both sides, but there are also many more
earnest and practical minded men who
perceive clearly not only that war be-
tween the two countries would be un-
speakably calamitous, but also that con-
tinuance of the constant suspicion, fire.
auent chickering's and potential estrange-
ment of the last few years is injurious to
the interests Of both and offensive to the
sentiments Of the world. II is also per-
ceived that there is no historic ground Of
antagonism between the two powers, and
no present cause which could not prpba-
bly, be overcome through frank inter-
change of opinions and mutual enlight-
enment of two nations which now
strangely misunderstood each other.
The attribution Of at least the initia-
tive of this movement to King George Is
obviously better made by German than
by an English writer, and may well be
true. The King Is known. TO have de-
sired an entente with Germany, ~ psac-
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
srGAR AND SILK STOCKINGS.


The latest report from the inner coun-
ellis OF the Ways and Means Committee
of the House of Representatives Is that,
failing TO agree on what constitutes a
proper revenue rate for sugar, the Demo
cratic tariff revisers have decided to put
that article on the free list and to make
up for the loss of duties by boosting the
rates on silk stockings II Is admitted
that $53,OOO,000 year would be lost to
the Treasury were sugar to be trans
ferred to the free list, but that is not a
sum to stagger the imaginations OF Chair
man Underwood and his associates. 1t
will be easy enough TO collect an addi-
tional revenue of $530O0,OOO on silk
stockings If the simple precaution is
taken of making the duty on those arti-
cles dc luce 200 or 300 per cent dd Udlo-
rem, aud then compelling sufficient
number of persons to wear imported
hosiery Of that sort.
Living up to the principle of the bud
get law that Congress ought to take
away no needed source of income from
the Treasury without supplying new
source Of equal productiveness, MIR. I'm
derwood and bis associates may be ex-
pected 10 draft rider TO the sugar
schedule providing that no person shall
enjoy the benefit Of tax-free sugar who
does not invest annually in at least two
dozen pairs Of imported silk stockings.
That would catch practically every bene-
fciary of the Democratic programme of
"a free breakfast table," for since the
Department CT Agriculture has issued an
edict against saccharin no coffee drinker
or tea drinker with a sweet tooth can
hope TO evade the Underwood proviso
when he or she mixes to taste the morn
ing cup which cheers but does not ine-
briate
Under the new dispensation silk stock
ings will no longer be the badge OF aris-
tocratic hauteur and exclusiveness, but
viii become the out ard evidence Of
Democratic zeal and patriotism. There
win be no field left in the Democratic
party for ssockIess statesmen The
Jerry Simpsons Of the past will come to
be regarded as miserable tax dodgers,
and the "wool hats 'red necks" and
sther choice varieties OF the Populistic
scnocl Of politics will abice their former
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
OLD TALES REToLD.
the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The discoveries OF DR.. Karl Kumm.
as reported In The Tribunes dispatches of
February Is, seem to have been anticipated
by Pliny IL we may believe Aulus Gellus,
who quotes in the "Noctes Attic@," llber
TX. cap. 4, as follows:
Item esse in montibus terree Inde hon.
ines caninis capitbus ct latrantibus .
atque miracula homines slngulls cruribus
saltatin currentes Pygmeos quoque
haud long alb his nasci, quorum qui longis-
simi sint. non longiores guam esse pedes
duo ct quadrentem."
Here we seem to have the Mudir's cranes
of Kipling. DR.. Kumms dog-faced barking
men. also the pygmies of the forest
region of Central Africa. Stanley found
the pygmies dlsagreeable fact; DR.. Kumm
may enhance the reputation of the elder
writer. J. CARDRosS DRowNE.
Brooklyn, Feb. Is. 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22

The letters which have been published
In our columns about the Bosscheiter
case and the efforts to secure pardon or
communication of sentence for the Grim
inals have happily been nearly all Of the
same tenor. 1t would be an ominous and
revolving thing to condone to even sc
slight a degree a crime which, all the
unprintable circumstances considered
was second to no other in the history of
this country IN fiendishness and horror
OF course, the plea that the murderers
did not mean to commit murder is spe-
cious and vain, since the killing Of the
victim was incidental to the intended
deliberate and studied preparation OF
another crime which stands second only
to murder in moral turpitude and legal
culpe bility. There is no cruelty nor vim
dictiveness in the belief that the Great
ures who did that thing should be COM
PEELED TO suffer the extreme extent of the
penalty imposed upon them.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
HE OPPOSES DIR. PALLEN's VIEWS

The Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: | have read with interest the article
on socialism by John Mcmahon, also the
reply by Conde b. Pallen, LII. d. The
dominant note in the article by Mr.. Pallen
is rldicule OF the whole idea OF socialism.
II would be we'll for us to realize that the
socialIstic movement has long since passeu
the point where ridicule is going TO have
any material effect upon IT,
Mr.. Pallen mlsinterprets the theory OF
economic determinism. II this theory Is d
fundamental law OF social growth, as Mr.
Mcmahon claims. II must have been opera
tive through all the stages OF development
including the present, and its direful effects
are no more to be feared under a socialistic
regime than they are to-day Mr.. Pallen Is
therefore wrong in assuming that SOCIALISM
would destroy such fundamental institu-
tions as religion and the family or many
other things we hold In esteem.
As a matter OF fact, religion is simply
the belief In a supreme being, and IS as
much a part of our nature as the craving
for food II Is hard TO find any one when II
cornes 70 a showdown, who does not believe
ir q God. Its Interpretation Is necessarily
I'm human terms. This Interpretation has
changed with mans intelligence from gem
oration TO generation and will doubtless
continue TO change, but there is no more
danger of socialism destroying religion
than there is OF It's being destroyed by
capitalism.
The family is an institution that has been
maintained BY humanity since the DAYS OIL
the tribes. II has passed through at least
three great economic changes ana Is golhg
pretty strong yet. The accepted idea ol the
family. at least among enlightened people Is
based on the affection OF one man and one
woman for each other, TO the exclusion OF
ali others. and this affection would stll
remain even II the people at large owned
the railroads as we'll as the wagon roads.
I.e, us bear in mind that changes In
human nature at large can only be accom-
plished by the slow process OF the reacuon
az an enlarged environment upon con-
stantly increasing ratio OF humanity
Therefore, any measure OF socialism that
can be accomplished at present must be
achieved by society as II is, and only be-
cause a majority are convinced that II Will
ba IN their advantage. There is no imne-
diate danger of waking up some morning
70 and that the Socialist party has lis all
by the throat.
There are busy, thinking men from every
walk of life who are very much alive to
their own interestss and while 1t is quite
possibie that many OF them have never
given socialism, OF the Socialist party, a
second thought, nevertheless some day
these men may become potential factors In
a party pledged to a progressive socialism.
II is to be hoped that We will be given the
strength to work out wisely this great
problem that even row looms big before u.s.
and H. its solution may find new incentive
TO a broader and nobler manhood.
WALTER STILLMAN.
Englewood. n. j., Feb. 7. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
SHALL COINS.

The need In this country OF better
supply of small coins has recently found
expression in a demand for the reintro-
duction Of the 3-cent piece. A coin
of that value would be serviceable In
cities where there Is q 3-cent car
fare, but is an anomaly in a decimal
coinage system. If the pressure Of high
prices Is going TO bring into popular use
a coin between the cent and the nickel
1t would seem to be more reasonable
TO follow the established custom of
other countries and to divide our quarter
into tenths, as the German mark and the
French franc are divided. A 2R-cent
piece could be fitted into our coinage
system and would perhaps help to mod
crate charges now calculated in nickels
and dimes.
The values of coins in use are be-
ieved to have strong indirect influ.
ence on prices, and American extrava-
gance can probably be traced in some
degree TO our habit Of thinking In terms
Of a large unit like the dollar. People
who think in marks, shillings or francs
are likely 10 he more successful In
effecting economies in the ordinary
routine Of living. Where the franc or its
equivalent is employed II becomes a
standard compensation for many ser.
vices, and each subdivision becomes in
turn similar standard little lower
than that in use where a unit of larger
value takes the francs place. We have
only five subdivisions Of the quarter,
while the German and the Frenchman
have ten subdivisions. Dismissing the
rather infrequent use of pennies by the
general public. except for special pur-
poses like purchasing newspapers, we
iun,n from, cents In 10 cents I'm most
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
AN ADVANCING POWER,

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your articles on socialism in The
Sunday Tribune are very timely and fill an
actual want In these days of doubt and dis
cussion on that subject. I firmly believe,
and 1 know that many others share my
sentiment, that a symposium on this very
vital and worldwide question would be
welcomed by all thinking persons
When we stop to consider the tremendous
power of socialism in Germany and other
foreign countries and its steadily advancing
power in this country 1t is high time that
we should get acquainted with both sides
of the question. Glad to see that the atti-
tude OF The Tribune In this mercenary
decade is so much in line with the atti.
tude of It's illustrious founder. F. w. r.
New York Feb H. 1912