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New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
IN HONOR OF ELMER ROBERTS
Mr.. Griscom Gives a Luncheon for A
P. Correspondent at Paris.

Lloyd c. Griscom, former United States
Ambassador to Italy. entertained number
OF well known men at luncheon yesterday
at the Downtown Club In honor OF Elmer
Roberts, the correspondent of The Asso-
ciated Press at Paris, who has been making
a short visit In this country. Before occu-
pying his present post Mr.. Roberts was
correspondent OF The Associated Press for
many years in Berlin. where he is said to
have acquired TO an unusual degree the con-
fidence OF the German Emperor and the
German government. Former Ambassador
Choate, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. and
Mr.. Griscom made speeches, paying hearty
tribute to the high character and valuable
services OF Mr.. Roberts. Among those pres
ent at the luncheon besides Mr.. Roberts, Mr..
Choate, President Butler and Mr.. Griscom,
were Melville e. Stone, Otto T. Barnard,
Thomas II. Hubbard, f. ]. II. Kracke, 8.
r. Bertron. Paul ID. Cravath. William Gug-
genhelm. Charles K. Beekman, S. Levy
Lawson. Alvin w. Krech, Franklin Q.
Brown, Felix Warburg, Frederick w. Whit
ridge, Stephen H. Olin, James Byrne, Ogden
L. Mills and Adrian Iselin.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
WRITER DIES IN POVERTY
J. P. Peterson Once Protege OF
Eminent Scholars.

James B. Peterson. onetime protege Of
the late William James, OF Harvard Uni
versity; Of the late Richard Watson Glider
and Of Professor Allan Marquand. OF
Princeton, who was taken TO Bellevue Hos
pital Sunday night from a hotel in Bleecker
street, died yesterday afternoon He was
sixty-eight years old. and his death was
caused by acute bronchial catarrh.
While he was an employe in carpet tack
factory I'm Massachusetts, late in the 70s.
Peterson wrote to Professor James asking
the celebrated psychologists advice in re-
gard TO a course of reading The carpet
tack maker told the Harvard sayant that
he had done most OF his reading In John
Stuart Mill, Spencer and Kant, and wished
TO develop his work further. Professor
James invited Peterson to visit him at
Cambridge, and was so impressed with the
mans natural abilities that he invited him
to remain and study at the university.
From Harvard Peterson was sent 10
Johns Hopkins where he took further
courses He left there in 1880 and came to
New York, where Mr.. Glider became inter
ested in him, and for many years Peterson
wrote for THE Philosophical Journal" and
various scientific magazines. He was to-
tally unable 10 earn living, and was sup
ported by his patrons. After the death OF
Mr.. Glider and Professor James his fortunes
went to a low ebb. He had planned TO
write a monumental work on philosophy,
but completed only three or four chapters
ot II
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
MAY FIGHT THAW'S RELEASE
State, However, Has No Infor-
nation of Slayer's Appeal.

Albany, Jan. 9.-In the event or another
attempt by Harry X. Thaw TO regain his
liberty on habess corpus proceedings Colo
mel Joseph T. Scott, State Superintendent
OF Prisons, will ask Attorney General Car
mody TO represent the state.
Although reports have reached Albany
that Thaw will renew his efforts to be re-
leased from the Matteawan State Hospital
for the Criminal Insane, where he was
sent after his trial for the murder of Stan
ford White, no Official confirmation has
been received by the State Prison Depart
ment, which has jurisdiction over that in
sttution.
When Dr. Robert B. Lamb resigned as
superintendent OF Matteawan Colonel Scott
appointed as his successor DR.. James V.
NAV. who was recently appointed president
of the State Commission in Lunacy by
Governor Dix. DIR. J. w. Russell Is now
acting head of the Matteawan institution.
Colonel Scott said tonight that at the
time he appointed DIR. May as superin-
tendent he told him that Thaw should be
treated the same as any Of the other pa
tlents in HIS condition--he should receive
no special privileges, nor should he be un-
duly restrained.
'I also told Dr. May" said Colonel Scott.
that II called upon to testify at any time
as 10 Thaw's condition he should do. so
truthfulIy and fearlessiy. SO far as 1 am
personally concerned have no interest In
the case II Thaw is a dangerous paranoiac
he should not be released, but that Is not
for me or this department to determine
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Tonight, at the Hudson Theatre, first
performance in America Of Nine. Simone
in Maurice Donnay's play, ''The Return
from Jerusalem
Edward Knoblauch, the author OF. 'Kis-
met" now at the Knickerbocker Theatre,
sails to-day on the Lusitania for London
In order TO rehearse "Milestones," play
in the writing of which he collaborated
with Arnold Bennett, the novelist. j. u.
Yedrenne will produce "Milestones" in
London in February.
The second anniversary Of the opening of
the Globe Theatre will be celebrated to-
night by Mr. Foy and the members OF his
company after the performance. The
Globe Theatre was opened January 10. 1870
by Montgomery and Stone, and since then
the star" dressing room has been occu-
pied by Elsie Janis. Bessie Mccoy. Nine.
Sarah Bernhardt and Mr.. Foy.
The Pink Lady company, which played
at the New Amsterdam Theatre for ten
months and is now at the Colonial Theatre
IN Boston. will sail for London on March
q, TO appear at the Globe Theatre there
on Easter Monday, April s. The principals
who will be seen in London are Hazel
Dawn, Alice Dovey. Alice Hegeman, Frank
Lalor, Jack Henderson. Fred Wright, jr..
Louise Kelley and Ida NJ. Adams. The
company will play in Boston until the sail
ing date.
For the one hundredth performance of
his "Enchantress," on Friday. Victor Her
bert has secured an orchsstra OF forty
eight pieces. composed Of musicians who
have played under his direction during his
early concert tours. Several oldtirne In
struuents will be used. among thcm being
silver flutes and huge viola d'amour. At
the close of the performance Joseph NJ.
Gates, manager. will entertain at supper
Miss Kitty Gordon and the leading men,
hArs NJ the company
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
BIBLE BRINGS S27,5O0.
Spirited Bidding Over Gutenberg
Edition at Hoe Sale.
QUARITCH W0RSTS SON
London Dealer for Second Time
Secures Priced Work--Total
Days Sales S54,246:75.

After a spirited skirmish, in which the
bidding began at $4,000. Bernard Quaritch.
the London dealer, captured the Hoe copy
of the Gutenberg Bible for s27.500 at the
third session of part two OF the Robert Hoe
library sale, held last night at the Ander-
son Auction Galleries, Madison avenue and
10th street Arthur Hoe, the eldest son Of
the man whose library is now on sale, made
n determined effort 20 capture the book.
His final bid was $4,000.
DIR. Rosenbach, Of Philadelphia, began
with $4,000. Then the price went up 10
SO 600. in 1900 leaps. At this point DR..
J. Martins fell out of the race, leaving
Quaritch and Hoe alone in the field.
This is the second time Bernard Quaritch
has owned this particular copy Of the Gut
enberg Bible, for 1t was he who sold II to
Robert Hoe after II had been placed at auc-
ton upon the death OF Lord Asburnham. II
was sold to Hoe for a price supposed to be
in the neighborhood of $1,000. and Quaritoh
is therefore a slO,500 loser on the double
transaction.
There is little doubt, however, but that
he will be able to sell the Bible at an ad-
vanced price.
The Huth copy, which also was bought
by Quaritch and ls now In the collection OF
]. Z. Morgan, brought $500. but 1t Is
considered by a good many of the experts
to be superior to the volume sold last night.
II. e. Huntington paid $4,000 for Guten-
berg Bible in the first section Of the Hoe
sale, but that copy was printed on vellum.
In the opinion OF DR.. Rosenbach. Of Phil
adephia. the volume sold last night Is In
all probability the last Gutenberg Bible to
be sold in the lifetime of the present gen.
Grafton.
Mr.. Quaritch said ne was buying for him
self
The total Of the days sale was SS4, ,2i6 70.
The afternoon session accounted for Sl4,-
007 10 of this amount, while the remaining
50, ,2S9 was bid in the evening. 1t is thus
seen that the price paid for the Gutenberg
Bible was more than half OF the day 5
total.
The second highest price OF the day was
50, $50 paid by NJ. sondheim. a representative
OF j. Baer g. Co.. of Frankfort-on-t Main.
for first edition Of tho "Liber sextus
Decretalum." by Bonfacius VIII This was
also sold in the evening.
The top price OF the afternoon. and the
third highest OF the day. was N,b25. which
George d. Smith. the Philadelphia dealer.
paid for Johannes Balbus de Jsnua's
"Sumnaa quR vocatur Catholicon."
William Blake's Songs Of Innocence"
printed by the author brought s5s5 in the
afternoon. Miss Graham being the pur-
chaser Bowells Tour 10 the lIebrides, "
with manuscript corrections and additions
in the handwriting Of the great biogrs pher,
went 10 C. d. Smith for s6io after he had
engaged IN lively tilt with Charles
Sessler, Of Philadelphia.
The Phladelphian was able TO console
himself with several rare copies Of Bacon's
"Essaies" which he obtained in the after
noon.
other bidders were Robert Hoe Beverly
Chew, Yale University. +. ID. North j. f.
Drake, Heinrich Gottschalk and Dodd, Liv-
ingston & Co.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
OBITUARY..
GEORGE COTTON eRAINERo.

George Cotton Brainerd died at his home
No. IA Remsen street, Brooklyn. on Mon
day. at the age OF sixty-seven years lie was
born in St. Adams VT. and was graduated
from Yale In 1871 and from the Cambridge
Law School four years later. He moved 10
Brooklyn in 1876. and had since practised
law In that borough He was member Of
the Brooklyn Union League, University
CONGREGATION and Young Republican clubs.
the New England Society, the Society OF
Vermonters OF Brooklyn and the Alpha
Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa fraterniies.
lie had done much work In connection with
the Brooklyn Sunday School Union and
was counsel for the Foreign Sunday Schools
Association He was a member OF the
Brooklyn Association for Improving the
Condition OF tho Poor and the New York
Seamen's Friends Society. A little over
four years ago he suffered severe hem
orrhage and had since refrained from ao-
tive work.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
uRGeS GREY'S DISMISSAL
Liberal Newspaper Attacks Brit
AIMS Foreign Secretary.
IBy Cable to The Tribune.l


1onuon' Jan. 10.-"The time has come
- S'a'e with a clearness which cannot
DC mistaken that Sir Edward Grey as
rorelgn Secretary is impossible" Thus
me Daily News" winds up a vigorous
protest against the foreign policy Of the
BRUSH government In encouraging what
y oescrloes as the dismemberment of
TWO ancient empires, China and Persia.
me Daily News" says that the key
TO Sir Edward Grey's policy is a fatal
ahtagon!sm to Germany, and adds that
MS record in Persia has undone the work
OF more than century of British states
Ihe attitude of THE Daily News is
all the more significant when it is re-
membered that it is closely allied with
The Morning Leader" and THE Star"
so that the only supporters of the For
eign Secretary among the Liberal news
papers of London are THE Daily Chron-
icle" and The Westminster Gazette"
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
Mr.. WALDO TELLS TROUBLE
Saws Police Problem Is to Find
Detectives Who Detect.

Rhinelander Waldo, Commissioner of
Police. made what he called his first pub
lie speech yesterday at the annual meet
ing OF the Washington Square Association.
held at No. West llth street. Mr.. Waldo
was the only speaker and was warmly
welcomed when introduced by President
Eugene Delano. Mr.. Waldo said in part:
The problem OF the Police Department is
TO get patrolmen TO patrol and detectives to
detect. When | came into office they
wanted the three-platoon system, which
half the entire force on duty at night when
they are most needed. Then we established
the fixed post, so that now you can find
men the od deteetve system stem
founded by Byrnes. is thing OF the past
and we now have one chief and two detec-
tves In each precinct, and we hold the
men who, by being residents of the district
become familiar with the crooks in that
section.
started, and bomb throwing has practically
our present force is about two policemen
to every thousand OF population. IN Lon
have taken thousand men from special
details" In city departments and courts;
put them on patrol duty and eumlpated
their continual pOlltlCdl dCllNllJ' luio unS
saved the city 100000 since l took office.
have tried to eliminate politics and
fsyoritism, so that members Of the force
will not have to go to politicians and gain
by crooked means those things which they
rightfuly deserve,
The Boiler Squad Is useless. want to
get rid Of Il and put It where II belongsI
in the Fire Department. The idea OF max
ing policemen boiler inspectors" when
they never saw boiler before Is obvious
have endeavored to install system
vh.rehv 7. the Commissioner, can at least
understsnd the working of the Police De-
partment. When you get the department
"a that Il te understood by every one, you
bave eliminated much OF the opportunity
FOR sraft. rascality and fraud. Under the
old Regime not even the Commissioners
I'D the slightest idea of the inside work.
ines" Of the Department.
After the reading OF the treasurer's re-
port. which showed that there Is a bal
ance OF si,is945 IN the Equitable Trust
Conpany. the following officers were
elected: president. Eugene Delano; vice.
nresiaept. Amos F. Emo; treasurer, George
+ Crane; secretary. Joseph l.. Delafield;
axacntive ommittee-Frederick w. Whit
r;dse Joseph 8. Auerbach, John Claim,
EdwsrS r. Biddle. Robert W. de Forest
and John q, Mlpurh.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
MUSIC
THE V0LPE ORCHESTRA
An Interesting Italian Sym
phony.

As local orchestral concerts 60 those OF
the Volpe symphony Society are gradually
working their way to recognition. not only
by virtue Of their merits as performances
but also by the character of their pro-
grammes. At the second subscription con-
cert, which took place In Carnegie Hail.
Mr. Volpe not only had the temerity to
put a symphony by an Italian composer of
local habtadon on the programme, but he
showed his interest in the work by con-
Quoting 1t without score and giving 1t
performance of finer technical quality than
We have yet heard from his orchestra. The
symphony, in the key of ID minor is the
creation OF Signor Pietro Florida, who
has lived for some years in America, d.
viding his time between Cincinnati and
New York The work was composed some
twelve or more years ago, and, as Mrs.
Flint Informs us In the notes on last
nights programme, won the first prize OF
the Societa del Quartetto in Milan and
was played at Monte Carlo in 1899. The
signor belongs to the many who have
round the doors OF the Italian opera houses
closed to them because they do not
belong to the inner brotherhood OF whom
Puccini is the chief, but he has written
operas which have been performed sue
cessfully In spite Of the fact that, like those
of Wolf-Ferrari. they disclose a tincture Of
Teutonism In them. One OF them, entitled
"Maruzza," would deserve a hearing in
New York. and would probably have re-
ceived II had not the conditions enforced
uron the Metropolitan opera House for the
last few years prevailed. The chief slg-
nircance Of signor Wolf -Ferrari's success
with I'll Segreto dl Susanna" and lie
Donne Curiose" lies IN the prospect which
IL opens Of our operate emancipation. II
is plain that Slgnor Florida has felt the in
fiuence OF German art, like Sgambat, Mar
tucci and Wolf-Ferrari, or he would never
have composed a symphony. Yet, like the
first two, he has succeeded in producing
symphonic music which can be heard with
pleasure in spite of the fact that 1t holds
stubbornly to old ideals. The symphony
performed last night, though only twelve
years old still speaks the instrumental
diom OF the Mendelssohnian epoch, but is
none the less pleasurable on that ac-
count. It still rests on melody as its
chief support, but no real lover of music
is likely 10 quarrel with the composer on
that account no mouerh reNoiu'ioH'''
has been daring or impudent enough to de-
clare himself opposed to melody as the
llfe-b blood OF music; the only question that
has arisen is as to what constitutes melody.
signor Florida holds TO old notions but
he also knows what Is due TO the other
clements and he has paid tribute to them
all. The scherzo in his symphony proved
TO be a delightful piece In every way. and
n there was not all the effect Of develop
ment possible in the first movement there
was at least fine dignity and elemental
forcefulhess In the themes OF that move
ment. Altogether It was a pleasant COM
position TO listen 10 and well calculated
TO make the Judicious listener eager 20
make n tetter acquaintance With the prod
nets Of the composer's talent.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
lone DESTROYER MISSING
The Mccall Alone Unaccounted
for of Scout FIotiIIa.
MAYRANT SAFE IN PORT
Commander of the Terry Tells
Thrilling Story of 48-Hour
Battle with Waves.

Camanera, Cuba, Jan. 9.-The United
States torpedo boat destroyer Mayrant.
which, with the destroyer Mccall, has
been reported missing since the terrific
storm several days ago off Cape Hat
teras reached Guantanamo Bay at
o'clock this afternoon. The Mayrant is
commanded by Lieutenant Commander
Charles p. Nelson.
Washington, Jan. Sword reached
the Navy Department to-day that the
Drayton was safe With seven OF the
destroyers at Bermuda, the Mayrant in
Guantanamo Bay, the Terry in Hamp-
ton Roads and the Roe imping slowly
up the coast to Hampton Roads, only
the Mccall remains unreported. The
Burrows and the Patterson, which left
Newport January 3, were not mentioned
by Rear Admiral Winslow, nor were the
tenders Yankton and Panther. but 1t Is
presumed by naval officials that these
vessels have been spoken by the battle
ships.
The missing destroyer Mccall is COM
Dy
Arthur Macarthur. Other officers
aboard are Ensign A. d. Turnbull and
Midshipman Zachary Landsdowne. -,
Norfolk, Va, Jan Shattered and Grip
pied as the result of her severe experience
at sea, the torpedo boat destroyer Terry
limped into port to-day with one engine
working thrilling story OF their battle
with wind and wave was told By her crew.
The Terry had been assigned to scout at
distance Of about three hundred miles
70 the northeast Of New York in the war
game maneuvre. and was somewhere on
| Cape Sable, on the Nova Scotia coast, when
| the storm struck her late on Saturday.
| For forty-eight hours the LATHE craft was
almost at the mercy of the seas. The wind
blew a hurricane, washing cream the decks
of the destroyer, and carrying away not
only every lifeboat bit heavy boxes con-
tanning tools, ETC., which were fast 10 the
decks
For two days there was nothing cooked
on board the vessel. the eighty-two mem
| bers OF the crew living on canned goods
while working necessarily at the pumps.
All bedding and clothing we're soaked ana
when. on Sunday night, the Tefry's steer
ing gear was washed away II looked as
though the end had come. BY heroic effort
this was repaired, and the destroyer's COM
mander, Lieutenant Commander John {.
Fremont himself continued to keep the
little vessels head to the storm and In
this way kept her ahoat.
Commander Fremont first intended TO go
into New York, but wireless orders from
the battleship South Carolina directed tnat
he proceed to Hampton Roads IL was
o'clock this morning when the Terry met
| the auxiliary cruiser Prairie, which con-
voyed her into the roads.
Commander Fremont, upon arrival at
! Norfolk. gave shore liberty to his crew 80
| that they might have rest.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
JOHN klMBAlL ALLEN.
Try Telegraph 20 The TrIbune. ]

Elizabeth. n. j., Jan. (SpeciaD.-John
Klmball Allen. aged eighty-seven, who Is
dead at the home OF his daughter, Mrs. a.
o. Myers. No. $40 Broad street. had been
I'm the publishing business for seventy-one
years. When boy Mr.. Allen went TO New
York from Concord. Mass. to enter the
employ of the publishing house OF John i.
Newman. and thereafter in New York and
San Francisco was associated with many
big concerns. His business brought him
into personal touch with many writer's,
from Oliver Wendell Holmes, OF Boston, 20
Bret Harte of San Francisco.
Last September Mr.. and Mrs. Allen cele-
brated their sixty-frst wedding anniver-
sary. His wife, several grandchildren and
four reat-grandchildren survive.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
DIED..

BAssoE-Anna Bassoe aged 80 Funeral st
The Funeral Church, No 241 West 23d st.
Drank e, Campbell Building. wednesday
2:30 o'clock
CLINToN-At Ridgewood ". j.. on Monday,
January 8. Elizabeth Sigourney Burnham. VIE
of De witt Clinton. Funeral private.
HEMPsTEAD-on January !. 1912, Katie Hemp-
stead, In the 50th year OF her age, beloved w'ts
q George a. sys oos M
lyn, on Wednesday evening, January TO- at
O'clock.
HUGHEs-At sea, on board Of SIS. Mauretanis.
November 20. 1911, George II. Hughes IN tns
be held at the Central Presbyterian Church,
57th ST., near Broadway, on Wednesday, Jsnu-
airy 10. 1912. at 1890 a. m Interment q
HuRLEY-on Saturday. January 9. 1912, John
Hurley native Of county Kern; irssnS; s,, ga s
Brooklyn, Wednesday. $50 g. m.
KIMBALL-oa January 8, 1912. John L, beloved
husband of Margaret Kimbail Funeral Thurs
day, January II, at s:3o a. m. from his late
residence, No. STA 18th ave-, Brooklyn
KJyNZ-sophia Handforth. beloved wife Of
George f. Kunz, died at her residence, No.
col West 10th 81, New York. on Monday,
January g. Funeral services at the Cathedral
OF St John the Divine. Wednesday. January
TO- at 10 a. m. Please omit towers
McABE--on Januery 8 iei2 Hamilton J ass sss
i0th at BROOKLYN Funeral services az Green
VILE Greene County, n. Y, Thursday. Jana-
airy II. 1912 at 1880 a. m
MILLs--At his home, Nc. % Douglass ,,,. st.
Brooklyn. January $. 1917, John Moran NILE
Moran Funeral Thursday, .. m. from 81.
Agness Roman Catholic Church.
yaRaafS q eia Eis ReSsrd husband ef Ieu::
8 prury. aged 70 years. Funerl services At
his late residence, No. 4s5 Brsaaway. on
Thursday, January II, 1914 at o:D o'clock
A M. and ST. Jopsphs Roman Catholic
church, Carroll st.. st 10 o'clock o. m In
tsrmsnt private.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
JAMES L. SCOTT.

Saratoga, n. Y. Jan. 9.-James l.. Scott,
q prominent attorney Of Northern New
York and former referee In bankruptcy for
Saratoga. Schenectady and Warren coun-
ties, was found dead In bed this morning In
his home, on Union avenue. Mr. scott was
graduated from Williams College In 1876
and from Columbia University Law School
IN 1878. A wife and one son survive him.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
MoNsIoNoR RoGAR RYAN.

Dubuque, Iowa. Jan. 9.-Monsignor Rog-
ar Ryan. vicar general OF the Catholic
Archdiocese of Dubuque, died here to-day.
His death was the result OF fall on an
Icy pavement several weeks ago. Monsignor
Ryan was seventy-fve years old and ma
tive of Ireland. He had been prominently
mentioned for archbishop In former years.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
MR.. LAMsoNs SECOND RECITAL.

At Carnegie Lyceum last night Mr.. Gard
ncr tamson gave second recital Of songs
and opera airs. II there were as much
charm In his voice and vocal manner as
there Is intelligence in his Interpretation Of
the poetical contents in his Introductory re-
marks to some OF them, and his declama-
ton OF all. he would be most enjoyable
singer. II. Il. *.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
WILLIAM J. SHoll.

SCRANTON. Penn, Jan. s.-William ]. sholl.
~ New York, dropped dead from heart dis
..s. hsre last night. Mr. Sholl was the
80 ve,,,ng member of the drygoods firm OF
Adkins, White & shoii' oil fh'iaaeiphia-
son, Burton sboll, and daughter, Miss
Anna Mcclure sholl' the magazine writer
survive him. He made his home with them
a, the National Arts Club. New York.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
OBITUARY NOTES.

ALEXANDER II. SMALL, for many
Years employed in the Controllers office in
New York, died at his home In Plainfeld'
~ Yesterday. A wife and son, Charles,
survive.
HARRY ID. FRANKLIN. an engineer in
,ha Eowark CITY Sewer Department, died
YESTERDAY a, his home. No. u Vermont
avenue from pneumonia He had been in
the employ Of the city twenty-one years.