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New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
frrom the Tribune Bureau.

u,-t,t,,,,.on Ian. 22.-The President Will
- ,bo Duke of Connsught at the
vrh,,a uouse on Thursday afternoon at
} o'clock. The British Ainpdssanor "n,'e
.,,o ,,,.,rgerents to-day, and also invited
the President to attend the oinher at the
embassy Thursday evening IN hohor OIL
the royal visitor. The President, having al
ready accepted an invitation to dine with
,ho Postmaster General, declined.
4 large number of political callers saw
tho President to-day, including Senator
Kenvon. who announced that lie would
issuo a statement soon regarding LIS attl-
tudo toward the Cummins Presidential
boom. Senator Oliver is confident Penn
svlyania will send Il Taft delegation to
Chicago Senator Guggenheim expressed
the belief that Colorado will line up Tor
the President Senator Gamble believes the
South Dakota delegation will be instructed
for the President. Michigan is, according
TO Senator Townsend, strong.for Mr.. TAFT
and Senator Briggs asserNS that. despite
the fact that ex-Governors Fort and stokes
favor Colonel Roosevelt, New Jersey VIII
instruct for President Taft
There was a. meeting of the Lincoln Me-
mortal Commission I'm the Presidents OF
flee this afternoon, but no decision was
reached as TO the site for the memorial
Another meeting will be held next week.
President Taft will send TO the Senate
some time next week tho nomination OF a
successor to Justice Harlan and long
list Of judicial appointments.
On his visit to the White House to-day,
Senator Stephenson showed the President
a small axe, believed to be two hundred
years old, taken from the trunk of tree
recently cut down on the banks OF the
Montreal River, near Ashland Wis
Among the White House callers we're
Speaker Clark, Senators Cullom, Guggen-
helm, Warren, Hitchcock. Wctmore and du
Pont. cx-Senators Dick and Money, Rep
resentatives Austin. Mccall, Johnston.
Foster, Taylor. Good, Needham, Greene,
Switzer, Curry. Speer, Crumpacker. Nye,
Gregg. Utter Brantley. Smith and Cannon,
Colonel Spencer Cosby a committee from
tho Gridlron Club and Mr.. and Mrs.
Patrick J. Donnolly, Of WOodhavcn, Long
Island.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
PURE FOOD Law ADMINISTRATORS.

PURE FOOD LAW WADUiNISTRAIION y.
The committee of the House of Rep
rescntatiyes which investigated the
charges against DR.. Wiley criticiscs the
manner i'm which the administration of
the pure food law is organized and rec
ommcnds various changes which would
tend to restore to the chief chemist the
dominating position which the law con
templated. The Remscn referee board,
for example, the committee says, should
have its scope and jurisdiction defined
bv an act Of Congress If it is desirable
to retain the board AT oil.
The actual organization for the admin
istration of the pure food law does not
correspond closely TO the intention of
that statute. Extra legal boards Of one
sort and another have been created.
with authority Of various kinds. The
purposc in creating them has been to
nroyide checks on the enormous power
which would have been practically In
thc hands of one man if the pure food
law had been literally carried out. The
idea of checks and balances was carried
TO an absurd length, to the point, IN
deed, where it was felt that in order TO
produce their full effect the checks must
eliminate from authority the person 10
be checked. That was what caused the
charges and the controversy.
The reason for the development OF
this system was the natural feeling OF
reluctance TO see powers vitally Affect
ing important interests exercised by a
single person. DR.. Wiley,s superiorS' on
whom devolved the administration of
the law. called in the advice of outsid-
ers. like the referee board, or sought 10
interpose the Judgment of other officials
presumed to be specially informed, be-
tween Dr. Wiley's recommendations ana
their own actions. II Is greatly to DE-
Wilev's credit that the public has
found him generally right and the safe
tv checks that were placed upon nm
generally wrong. But the administrative
organization would have been more fort
innate if the law had In the first place
provided a system which did not put
too much responsibility in the hands OF
q single man.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

Doctors saved the life OF New York ma"
who had broken his neck and he viii still hs''
TO live in New York--Detrot Journal
The homicide record for 1911 shows that theIe
has been one murder every thirty-four hours IN
New York 1t is large city and a lively one
Philadelphia Record
Those who seek adventure IN far-on help'
should take note Of the statement by one OF
party of Yale professors who have just returns.
from an exploring trip in South America u's,
the most thrilling experience Of their Nhos
Journey was a taxicab ride across SsS 80
Rochester Union and Advertiser
It's hardly worth while bothering about IN,
cost OF living. when New York can blow "
$500 900 for a single blowout. on BroaaW"
81 WAS the minimum admission fee to watch ti'
old year die. but what is s3? \ mere drop ;"
Tn. champasne buclSeti-sprnsfield Republican
The New Years revels in the metropohs
b.comins more pronounced with each rec'irrsi'.'
Tho ala method. OF getting drunk individvs.fts
an tbs festai day was perhaps preferable 10 80
new one Of getting drunk et rnssse ~ u.','.,,t wa
human and less saturnaian an-boston lrSns
In Nav York city last year 4:s persons
kiu.a and oo4 Injured I'm street acciaenu,
tin,. oni, nrofesslonsl athletes. truck vIl.fs -
strSe,csr ',notorn,fn and chauneurs WI. oh'e "
live m Tho metropolis. Syracuse hef"''
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
PORTRAlTISTS CELEBRATE
Revel of Oratory at English So
ciety's Coming of Age.
tBy cable to The Tribune J

London. Jan. 22.-The Society of Por-
trait Painters celebrated tonight its
twenty-flrst birthday and the gift Of Its
rcvaI title by a remarkable revcl OF ora
tory. More than one hundred and hfty
well known men dincd AT the Grafton
Galleries, where an excellent collection
of portraits was on exhibition.
The oratory was Of superior quality.
Chairman ]. j. shannon, who had al
WAYS avoided after-dinncr speaking
surprised his audience by making q
thoughtful and humorous address. The
Lord Chief Justice followed him with
some delightful "reminiscences Of his
own experiences as subject. and
John l.. GrifIiths. the American Consul
General. increased his reputation for
cloaucncc and wit, already great In Lon
don. by speech remarkable for fe-
licitous phrasing and genial pleasantly.
Perhaps it's best passage was a defence
of the American still hunt after master
pieces
Herbert A. Oliver told n humorous
story in proposing THE Drama and Lit
eraturc." and It was difficult for an i'm
partial outsider 10 decide whether j.
Comyns- Carr or Gilbert Is. Chesterton
made the better reply.
A highly entertaining evening, which
will give fresh flip to tho fortunes of
the Royal Society Of Portrait Painters,
WAS brought to "A close with some bright
talk by Anthony Hope Hawkins, the
Hon. John Collier and Sir George
Erampton,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
IN A HTRRY.

Chairman Underwood's haste to get
out revised steel schedule recalls a
story which Private" John Allen told in
the House of Representatives when
President Harrison's somewhat alarmst
message came in early in 1892, dealing
with the negotiations with Chill over
the attack made on the cruiser Balti-
more's men i'll Valparaiso. The mes.
sage had hardly been read before q
friendly settlement was reached. Mr.
Allen said that number Of farmhands,
caught in summer shower, made a
frantic dash for the shelter of a barn
about half a mile away. One heavy
weight among them ran so hard that he
toppled over on the barn floor ex-
hausted. you must have been terribly
afraid Of getting wet" said one of the
others. NO" replied the bulky one,
'hut I wanted to make sure Of getting
'in here before the rain stopped"
Mr.. Underwood evidently wanted TO
make sure of getting his steel schedule
in before the Tariff Board could sub
nit its findings on the relative cost of
steel production here and abroad His
chief idea as tariff reviser seems to be
TO exhibit contempt for the "hirelings"
whom President Taft, with the approval
of Congress. has set to work procuring
information on which an intelligent re-
vision of the various schedules may be
based. Mr. Underwood does not care TO
know too much about the probable effect
on domestic industry Of the changes in
duties which he recommends. He pre-
ferS TO guess at them. leaving it to
caprice or accident whether a given set
of rates is TO be protective, semi-pro-
tectiye or non-protective. That hap
hazard scheme Of levying duties. osten-
Sibly for revenue, gives the largest pos
sible play 10 fayOritism and discrimina-
ton. and Mr. Underwood clearly demon
strated at the last session that he be-
lieves in tariff-making first Of all for
politics and only secondarily either for
revenue or for protection.
statesman anxious TO frame the
best possible steel schedule would have
waited for the Tariff Boards report aud
welcomed the assistance of IFS detailed
and accurate information. The board
may possibly find that the new Under.
wood rates still give unnecessary pro-
lection, for there are some steel experts
who maintain that the domestic indus
try is bow so firmly established as TO be
able to dispense with protective duties
in various lines of production. But
being accurate and scientific in appor-
tioning duties does not interest Mr. I'm
derw0o1 Instead Of redrawing wool
schedule IN The light Of the Tariff
Boards recent exhaustive and eminent
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
EASY MARKS -

/ What easy marks" American invest
ors are is strikingly advertised to the
world by the annual report Of the chief
| inspector Of the Postofiice Department,
/ dealing with prosecutions for fraudulent
use of the mails. II appears from his
figures that in 1901 get-rich-qulck
promoters were put out of business
whose receipts from clients" with more
cash than caution aggregated $1,000
600. In general the tendencies Of our
government are not paternalistiC. But
the need OF some parental restraint on
the readiness Of Americans 10 send re-
mittanccs TO almost anybody who can
compile list Of eligibles and issue a
temptingly baited investment prospectus
is painfully evident, and the activities
OF the Postofficc Department in exposing
and Furnishing these fraudulent ''finan-
CierS' constitute n material service TO
an unsophisticated public.
II generally turns out when some
mining concern which never sunk Il
shaft or located claim is run to ground
| in luxurious offices i'm this or some other
| city that the bulk of the purchasers Of
! It's securities are people Of fairly good
education and moderate means-often
professors, teachers and other prpfes-
sional men-who have not been able to
resist the appeal of the prosperous look
! ing stationery and the subtle personal
| touch affected by up-tO-datc distributors
Of sure thing" investment literature
! People Of ordinary or even more than or
! binary intelligence seem 10 lose their
| bearings when IL comes 10 even imita-
tlOn high finance, and though they might
not fall victims to the wileS of a swim
| dler with whom they came into personal
| contact. they yield 10 the mcsmcrism
| exercised by Il prospectus writer deal
ing In millions which exist only on the
! face Of the bonds and stock which with
magnificent libcrality ne is going to dis
pose of at bargain counter prices.
! Tens Of thousands Of Americans seem
70 think that the only thing which
stands between them and wealth Is some
great financial opportunity soon TO ap-
pear around the corner. II is that in.
! grained optimism on which the swim
dler prcys and which has charmed hun
drcds Of millions Of dollars out Of the
pockets Of the moderately well-tO-do
both in city and country. The Postofiice
iS doing its best 10 shut of the music Of
the Pied Pipers now in the prospectus
! business. Wall Street should cheer mp at
the idea that there is in this country as
much as $77000O00 ready To be invested
any year in "cats and dogs BY and by
it may 60 entirely into genuine sccuri-
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
NO BELIEVER IN DEMOCRACY
Dr., R. J. Campbell Says Wall st.
Men Need Spirit of Heaven.

Dr. Il. j. Campbell. minister OF the city
Temple, London, In sermon yesterday
afternoon at the Old John Street church,
said he was not n believer IN democracy
The spirit of selfshress was rampant he
continue. and Wall Street men would be
better or with the spirit OF heaven to
guide them. lie said
Throughout the Western states selfish
ness is the keynote i'm every circle, | want
to say right here something which VIII
sound very strange from man who has
spent as much time working for democracy
as | have.
I am no believer In democracy. no more
than | am I'm plutocracy or bureaucracy
Thus far It's results have been very dis
appointing, and the average member OF the
masses Is I'm "A state of angry hopelessness
for nothing better
Nothing can be run rightly unless the
men In back of Il are spiritually big enough
for their jobs. Not only does the individual
need the spirit OF God but society also
needs ~ be born again.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
FASHIONS TYRANNY.

Big Bill Edwards scored touch
down for American valor when he
turned his indignant back upon the min.
ion of q fashionable restaurant who was
lntimatiug. that his frock coat was not
appropriate raiment for Sunday even
ing dinner. We hope he did what he did
without the slightest feeling Of uneaSi-
ness about his clothes, for only thus
would he he real hero. worthy OF the
Carnegie medal which ne got or ought to
have got for throtting the assailant of
Mayor Gaynor If American manhood
retains the capacity 10 react sharply
against each new advance of the tyran-
nous garb Of fashion, every one will ap-
plaud the Street Cleaning Commissioners
for his sternneSs and New York be
as pleased about II as primitive Texas
used TO be when the Hon. Joe" Bailey
was wont 10 apply at frequent intervals
his moving words Of scorn TO the spike
tail" coat. New York is, however. only
thrilled now when one of its approved
characters asserts his right to eat after
& O'Clock in the evening clothed as he
sees fit. Texas, used to feel all its moral
fibre harden when one of its heroes
would proclaim his intention of going
anywhere and doing anything after the
hour of tyranny clothed in the honest
and independent garb of n statesman.
But Texas has succumbed too, since
those rugged days, and even the chill
Davis are said 10 conceal among them
shamefatedly two or three "dress suits -
Nothing has 80 tried the moral charac-
Ter of the naticn and found its weakness
as the spike tall coat. Men set their
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23

faces as flint against the dual standaru
of dress. one for before 8 p. IN. ana lnc
other for after that hour, only TO feel
uneasily, perhaps for the first time III
their lives, that their consciences were
not sure arbiters nor their intellects sa'c
guides. Secret misgivings compeieu
them to the shamefaced acceptance OIL
the inevitable The capacity to rcpeI
against restaurant requirement Is inc
rudimentary survival Of that fine instinct
for independence in dress that formerly
prevailed. II Is all that remains .oi
what was once 2 formidable virtue.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
OETAlNS FIRST CABIN FOLK
Same Law Applies TO All Aliens,
Commissioner Williams Says.

Concerning the examination OF saloon
passengcrs Sunday night on board the
Cunard liner Carmana, William Williams,
Commissioner OF immigration. issued II
statement yesterday. which follows In
part:
Aliens travelling in tho cabin are no more
exempt from the immigration laws (Which
gupIv 10 all aliensD than they are from the
customs laws, and there IS good reason for
this.
some Of the most Objectionable ot the
prohibited classes are likely to have means
sufficient to enable them 10 buy first class
tickets | need only mention criminals ana
procurers Repeatedly these and other OBJ
iectlonablc aliens have been found in the
first cabin.
Furthermore. many OF tho petty steam
shin agents carcleSSy list aliens coming IN
tho cabin az United States citizens, ana
thus the 81 head tax Is not paid.
The Commissioner said he had detained
the following first cabin passengers: Harry
Hartley, an Irishman. whose name ap-
peared on tho additional list as \. v.
Gregory. and four young English women,
by tho name of Rossngton said TO be sis
ters.
Peter kankel said tn be wanted by the
German government for embezslonent. es-
capped and landed III this city.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
SEES AN ISSUE.

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Thanks to that unmstakablc integ'
rlty OF moral purpose and true bravery OF
righteous spirit everthemore Distinguishing
our truly honorable President. we now have
an issuc-a direct lssue-and they who are
for actually sound government. as by true
constitutionality considered. can really
know what to think toward his reelection
st the annual dinner of the New Y2rB
Bar Association last night President Taft
aroused the fifteen hundred highly repre-
sentative men there 10 the very highest
pitch Of enthusiastic approval when he
said: There arc those OF US who do not
believe all people are fitted for popular
government. The fact is, we know they're
not. Some Of us don't dare say so; but
I do"
ALFRED LAURENs BRENNAN.
New York. Jan. q, 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
AUTOS IN WEST END AVENUE.

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR. Apropos of the killing OF young
Fay in front Of No. Il West End avenue.
there is little regard paid 20 tho appeals
20 tho city authorities for police protection
on that thoroughfurc.
This morning quite usual occurrence
was repeated at SGD street and West End
avenue. 10 wit: 4 car was driven at top
spccd passing behind and within fifteen
feet OF a policeman. and tho latter never
so much az turned his head.
Thcro will be moro casualties in that
locality ir something r. not done In the
matter. T. h'
New York, Jan. o., 1917
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
TELLS OF ATTACK By ARABS
F. E. Johnson Here to Lecture
Before Geographical Society.

Frank Edward Johnson, of Connecticu.,
lecturer and traveller. arrived here yester-
day on the French liner la Sayoie after
having made a journey OF some Two thou
sand miles in Northern Africa. While N
Tripon he was attacked by Arabs ami
would have lost his life had he not been
rescued by italian troops.
Mr.. Johnson intends TO return to Tripou'
but will go first to Washington 20 lecture
before the National Geographic Society m
his adventures.
Among others on La Savoie were Mal-
rice Renaud and Mr.. and Mrs. T. n. Kelly.
the former being brother OF tho lats
Eugene Kelly.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
BROWN UNIV. FUND, si7S,492
John D. Rockefeller and Mrs. William
Goddard Each Contribute $4,000.

Providence. Jan. 22.-Contributions an
nounced to-day bring the total of Suoscrip-
tons 10 Brown University's Nco,@ en-
dowment fund thus far announced NO 10
S47S. .4s2. This amount includes many OF the
gifts which go TO make UP the half million
dollars which was promised when the plan
was first broached and which are being an
nounced as rapidly as the actual pledges
arc available.
John d. Rockefeller and Mrs. William
Goddard, widow of former chancellor OF
Brown. were the largest single subscribers
ON the list made public to-day, each pledg'
ing $25,000. The other large contributors IN
cluded Elmer l.. Corthell. a New York en-
gineer. who gave 5000 10 endow an enp'
neering library, which is At North Eyre
mont. Mass, being prepared for the UNI
yersity. and Edgar l.. Marston, OF Ne"
York 5000
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
PEOPLE and Social Incidents

will make an address at the Goethe ma.
mortal celebration at the Auditorium.
The Austrian naval attache and Baron.s,
Preuschen Won und zu Liebenstein hav.
gone to New York, whence the latter Win
sail for Europe.
Nine. de Lima wife of the Brazilian cour.
sellor, entertained at luncheon to-day.
Viscountess dAzy entertained q sr,n.-
party at the Playhouse tonight. foIloz,,,-
the meeting of the dancing class.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23

GOT the order:" was asked "Order? Noth-
ing doing. To prove that he wanteu "o'"
ing and that business was duh our o'S
toner got in the game till we wont p~'cn d.
on the next train. All we got were "oi''
and expense"
"Old chap, ! believe / caught my co'u
"WeiI, I don't grudge you what you got ol
II: / havo plenty left. ."-Chicago Iripuh''
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
FoREoooMEo TO FAILURE.

from lhc Cincinnati Times-Star.
governor Dix Of New York. who httie Tess
thah year ago gave his approval to iesis-
iat'Ve bill legalizlng boxing exhibitions IN that
state now comes forward with recommenda-
t'oh Tor the repeal OF that statute This was
lsw that failed 80 lamentaby that even many
OF l's staunch supporters admit It's failure IL
was loredoomed 10 failure The boxing game
as ns uonducted In New York under lts up,u,,ns
public nuisance,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
HOPE IN ROAST STEEL

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I read with great deal OF interest
Mr.. Whites article in ,to-day's Tribune re-
gardins the price OF potatoes. Mr.. White
knows what he is talking about.
There is one satisfaction at any rate II
Is reported to-day that tho tariff on iron
ore will 10 removed and that the duty on
unwrought iron and steel will be cut 50 per
cent. Tho cost OF potatoes and butter can
go as high as they like as long as we can
have nice roast steel beam with iron
orc gravy JOSEPH MESECh.
New York Jan. %, 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT

tBy Tcleaaph to The Tribune
Newport r. l., Jan. 2.-Mrs. George hose
has returned to New York after short
stay at the Muenchinger King cottage.
Mrs. Lawrence Waterbury has ended her
visit here.
Mrs. Reginald Norman. who has been III
at the Newport Hospital, is now the guest
OF her parents, Captain and Mrs. w. Nc
Carty Little. Captain Little is confined to
his home with a severe cold.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23

This ne,cspoper IS otoned ana p"O,
ushed bv The Tribune Associa',o"' q
Nero York corporation' office ana pim'
ciDoI Mace of business, Tribune bU''",
ina No 1874 Nassau street, Ne'o HoFf'
O0don M Reid, president; Conao nun nun
In. secretary: James II. Bore"' "cnS,
1rer Jbe address Of the officers IS '"o
Office of this nelcSp0per.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23

ly fair report he has dropped wool aho
prepared a slap-dash revision of steer
rates. If he can help it no one viii DC
able to say of him that he didn't GET
safely into his bombproOf before the
shower of tariff statistics was over.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
NEW MINISTER TO PORTUGAL
Cyrus E. Woods, Of Pennsylvania,
Nominated by President Taft.

Washington. Jan. ?2.-Cyrus z. Woods. OF
Greensburg. Penn. was nominated TO-DAY
by President Taft as Minister TO Portugal
to succeed Edwin V. Morgan. recently
promoted to be ambassador 10 Brazil ME-
Woods at one time was President pro tenn
pore of the Pennsylvania Senate ard -
general counsel for tho Pittsburgh Coa
COMPANY.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
100000 FOR NEW YORK WOMAN.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-The will OF Mrs. Anna
y. Ayerell, disposing of an estate valued at
100000, was filed in the Probate Court to-
day Mrs. Florence b. Fraser, OF New
York, niece of Mrs. Averell, is bequesthed
SlC0,OO0
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
fFrom "a Trlbune Bureau. J

Washington, Jan. 22.-The German Am
bassador has accepted an invitation 10 the
ceremonies attending tho laying OF the cor
nerstone OF a new German hospual III
Chicago on March "a On the same day ne
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23

Representative Underwood says that
the real Democratic issues are economy
and tariff reduction. We thought that
the only issue above the horizon was the
extent to which Presidential candidates
should entertain gratitude toward their
makers"
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23

There is not lad in all the country
who will not feel thrill of sympathy
with the grand old man" OF wayne
County. Penn. in his protest against
being prematurely reported dead de-
ceased and defunct at the age ot oi"y
100 years. No wonder he shook his fist
under the offending EDITORS nose III
righteous wrath at being thus cut OF
untimely in the flower Of his youth.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-23

That San Francisco burglar who con
veyed" n burglar alarm had finer sense
Of humor than Of prudence.