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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09

Philadelphia. In 1910 Philadelphia and
Baltimore each exported more wheat than
did New York City.
In 1911 New York imported much less
sugar than in either Of the years 1903 or
1910 On the other hand. Philadelphia i'm
ported more sugar In 1911 than 1t did In
1909 or 1910.
Last year eur importations OF coffee
materially decreased. while Boston's i'm
portations of coffee materially increased.
Our importations OF ores have de-
creased; Philadelphia importations have
increased.
| could continue these comparisons al
most indefinitely, but II is unnecessary
TO de go. There are unmistakable indica-
tlons that the business men Of New York
at last are arousing themselves 70 their
civic duties. Every business man OF New
York City should give his support to the
Merchants Association in the work 1t has
taken up. o.
RUDOLPH II. TREvATHICK.
New York, Nov. 2, 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

New York merchants are clamoring for
more policemen. Don't they get beat up
and robbed enough 2-Washington Star.
New York man has been divorced eleven
times. But one can become exempt from
alin.ony in New York by serving a brief
term in jail.--Milwaukee Sentinel
Loan sharks In New York do q business
OF s2000o.000 q year. Il 10 estimated. Nov
we know how New York manages TO keep
up s.--Baltimore American.
Mayor Gaynor wishes he had time TO make
the promenade 20 San Francisco with an
enterprisins young reporter of that town
Well, go take walk Ia the advi-s that
a good many New Workers. hsvs given HIS
Honor.-Bos.on Transcript.
New York's Bureau Of Municipal Research
says that this is no time 10 add TO the police
force OF the metropolis. In view Of recent
exposures a little elimination would seem to
be more in order.--Chicago Record-Heraii.
Again II is announced that the belt line
horse cars in New York are to go soon. This
promise has been made so often without
result as to discourage expectation that New
York will catch up with the twentieth
century before the twenty-frst comes tn.sst
the eariiest--Providsnce Journal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS.

The question Of the respective de-
STABILITY Of public or private owner
ship Of railroads, which is often TO the
fore in Europe and by no means I'M
known here, has been widely dis.
cussed Of late in Great Britain and
some interesting facts and figures bear
ing upon 1t have been adduced. Ac-
cording to statistics in the "Archiv fur
Easenbahnwesen," with some minor COR
rections, the great majority Of the rail-
roads Of the world are owned by pri-
vate companies. This Is due, however,
70 the enormous mileage Of roads In the
United States, Of which all is under
private ownership. In each Of the
other four great divisions Of the world
state ownership is in the lead. Thus
in Europe the proportions are 51.9 per
cent state and 4S.1 per cent private;
in Asia, $50 and 42O, respectively; in
Africa, 5o.7 and 40.3, and in Austral-
asia. 98.6 and Ga. In Canada, Brazil,
Argentina, Chill, Peru and the Antilles
there are some state owned railroads,
80 that for all American countries the
percentages are 81 state and 963 pri.
vate.
1t is to be observed that in many i'm
portant countries throughout the world
all the roads are under private owner
ship, such as Great Britain, the United
States, Spain, Greece, Turkey in Europe,
China, Mexico, etc, while exclusive
state ownership exists in only Slam
and a few African states and colonies.
Even in Germany and Australia
gary there is a considerable private
mileage, in the latter country amount
ing to more than one-ffth of the whole.
In France and Canada private lines
are in the large majority. 1t is also
20 be noted, though II is not mentioned
I'm the "Archiv," that many Of the state
owned roads are operated by private
companies. That is true of nearly
1900 out of the 24,5O0 miles in India,
OF all the roads In Holland and Of
majority of the roads in Belgium.
The chief significance attaches. how
ever, to circumstances which do not
appear in mere statistics. It is com
monty said that In Germany, where
there is by far the greatest mileage
Of state owned roads in any country In
the world, the state system IL a sue
cess. In France, on the contrary, the
best public opinion Is more and more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09

sufficient reason to think that the
Turks destroyed the libraries which
they found, for their destructiveness
did not usually take that course.
There Is thus strong appeal to the
Imagination and 10 expectation in the
prospect of Christian retaking or
Constantinople and an opening OF the
recesses Of Santa Sophia to the eyes
OF the world. There may be IN JUS
tinian's great church, or in some Of the
imperial palaces adjacent, works or
unique value and interest hitherto sup
posedly lost to the world-Scriptural
codices, the lost books Of Livy. the
poems of Sappho, and much else. The
merest possibility that there may be
such treasures hidden beneath the
great DOME in the Yildiz Kiosk or
elsewhere within the walls OF Con-
stantinople inspires a lively hope that
the occupation Of the city will be Ell
fected without destructive proceedings
Of any kind, either by the conquerlns
army or by the Infatuated mob.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
At EXPORT.

by Telegraph TO The Tribune.l
Newport, Nov. 8.-Prince Gennaro Car
accioo, Of Italy, who has been in New
port since the late summer. will leave
here tomorrow for Boston, where he has
a long list of engagements. He will be
the guest there of DR.. and Mrs. Francis
s. Watson. His book on divorce is not
yet finished.
Mrs. C. L. McCawley. Of New York,
who has been looking for cottage In
Newport, returned to her home to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sanford, OF New
Amsterdam, have taken Pinard Cottage
No. for next summer.
Mrs. Stanley Mccormick. OF Boston, has
returned home. She will come TO New
port again next season.
Mrs. Louis L. Lorillard and her son,
Louis, go abroad early next month. Mrs.
Lorillard will remain for some time, but
Mr.. Lorillard plans to return to the
United States late In the spring, prob
ably about May Is.
Mrs. william Binney has returned TO
her home In Providence for the winter.
Miss Laura Swan. who has been visit
ing In New York, has returned.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Drexel, Miss Alice
Gordon Drexel and w. Hude Nelson are
planning an extended trip through Eu-
rope, which will last three years They
will leave New York on November 90.
having left Newport to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
THE CRY OF THE HUNGRY.

Assemblyman Cuvillier IS a loyal
Tammany man and doubtless reflects
the desires Of the faithful. But when
he presumes to announce that the new
administration is going to clean EN-
all out" on the theory that ito the VIC
tors belong the spoils" he fOrgets that
Mr.. Sulzer has declared that confes-
sion Of faith on his part to have been
mere pleasantly and pledged himself
90 uphold the merit system. We should
not In the face Of that pledge assume
even on the statement Of a more serious
political factor than Mr.. Cuvillier, that
the Governor-elect still cherished his
old ideal Of giving the good government
70 the Republicans and the good ofhces
TO the Democrats.
The notion of going through the civil
service lists with a fine tooth comb and
dismiysing all Republicans who nave
held over in exempt positions, including
women in $50 month jobs, would
doubtless be popular in Tammany Han
and its rural annexes, but 1t does not
harmonic with Mr.. Suffers promises
or with the law. The statute forbids
appointment to or removal from any
Mace In the classified service OF the
state to be In any manner affected or
Influenced by political opinions or af-
citations That applies to exempt as
well as to competitive places The law
did not set up the exempt class as a
preserve for spoilsmen. 1t restricts
politics TO the unclassifed service. The
exempt class is subject to the rules,
though a special method Of selection
IN prescribed for It, on the ground OF
the impracticability Of examinations.
The faithful incumbent of an exempt
position is as much entitled to protec-
tion against dismissal for political rea-
sons and to make spells as the incum-
bent of a competitive position. 1t Is,
indeed, impossible to enforce that pro-
lection in particular cases, because the
appointing officer Is the sole judge OF
his own motive in making a change
but a wholesale removal Of exempt
placeholders would be clear evidence or
spoils grabbing and Of cynical disre-
gard of prediction pledges.
We do not believe that Mr.. Sulzer is
ready to commit such an act Of bad
faith. We are certain that the re-
ported expectation Of the spoils hunters
that the election of two new Democratic
judges Of the Court Of Appeals means
a sweep Of employees In that court will
be disappointed. The court is now
Democratic, and it is preposterous to
think Of Chief Judge Cullen and
Judges Gray, Bartlett and Collin giving
thought to petty patronage, even If
their new associates wanted to, which
is not at all likely. Political as well
as physical hunger sometimes brings
fantastic visions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
wrNsLoW CHARGES DISMISSED.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your issue OF to-day contains
news item with the headline "Winslow
Charges Dropped" referring TO the dis
mssal Of the alleged charges preferred
by one Jones to Governor Dix against me
as District Attorney of Westchester
County.
The headline is misleading. The charges
are dismissed without even the Formally
of an answer being required from the
District Attorney.
regret you do not give the same prom
inence to the dismissal OF the charges
that you did to the dispatch stating that
they had been filed.
FRANCIS A. WINSLOW,
District Attorney, Westchester County.
White Plains, N. Y, Nov. s, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
LECTURES ON soUIAL SCIENCE.

The extension department of the City
College will in future hold courses OF
lectures outside the college building, be-
ginning next Wednesday evening. The
first series will be on social science and
will be held at the University Settlement,
No. la Eldridge street. At the first meet
ing Professor Harry overstreet will speak
on Fundamental Human Issues" Some
OF the other speakers will be Professor
Walter f. Clark, on Control OF Indus
trial Monopoly In the United States; DR..
Paul Klapper. on Modern Tendencies in
Education" and Education OF Vocationa,
Efficiency" and Professor s. T. Duggan,
Our Heritage from the Jews"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
DEPLoREs EXPORT DECLINE
Business Men Urged to Support the
Merchants Association.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In 1900 there went out from this
port forty-nine steamships, each with a
full cargo OF grain. In 1911 not single
cargo OF grain left this port. The bust
ness of exporting grain has been trans
ferred almost entirely to the ports Of
Philadelphia and Baltimore. That is a
serious decline. OF trade to which we
should not blind ourselves.
There has been a large falling or In
our exports OF fresh beef, provisions and
dairy products. II Is true that there has
been falling of in such shipments from
other ports. but not to the disastrous ex-
tent experienced BY New York
In 1906 New York exported 2o.Ooo,ooo bush
els OF corn crops; in 1910 New York ex-
ported 1000, 900 bushels OF corn crops.
In 1906 New York exported almost four
times as much wheat Is Baltimore and
more than three times y; much wheat as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09

demanding that the state roads be at
least operated by private companies.
In Italy state ownership has been most
unsatisfactory, even when ameliorated
by private operation. In Australia and
even In New Zealand, that happy hunt
ing ground of economic and social ex-
periments, widespread and deep dis
satisfaction with the state roads is ex-
pressed. At the present time, of all
the roads In the world 29.1 per cent
are under state and 700 per cent under
private ownership. And according to
present indications the former figures
are likely to decrease and the latter to
increase.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
RAILWAY SURGEONS TO MEET
Doctor Who Attended Roosevelt to
Address Convention Here.

The twenty-second annual convention OF
the New York and New England Asso-
citation OF Railway Surgeons will be held
in the Hotel Aston on November 10,
Among the topics TO be discussed are
THE Use and Abuse of Modern First
Aid" by DR.. Donald Guthrie; First Aid
In the Industrial Field" by Major Charles
Lynch, U. 8. A; The MANAGEMENT and
Care OF the Injured In Large Wrecks"
by DR.. F.. B. Weaver.
The feature of the day will be an ad-
dress on surgery. by Or. John b. Murphy,
who attended Colonel Roosevelt after he
was shot.
The Clinical Congress Of Surgeons Of
North America will be In session in New
York during the week Of November I3.
and II is expected that many surgeons
attending the convention will be present
at the congress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09

closed In a vessel containing air at
temperature OF minus % degrees cent?
grade. The body fluids Immediately froze
hard, all vital actions ceased and, In or
binary phraseology. the butterflies were
frozen to death" Professor Bakhmetien
soon discovered, however, that by slow
and careful warming they could be re-
stored TO life at any time before the body
temperature had fallen below minus 10 de-
grees centigrade. Further tests showed
that when the resuscitation process was
begun at body temperature of minus Az
degrees centgrade recovery was quickest
and most complete. The next stage was
the repetition of the experiment on warm
blooded animals and on mammals. Two
hundred tests in all were made and near
ly all succeeded. Bats were refrigerated
and kept dead" for many weeks and
then completely restored.
"Of course, you believe In evolution7"r
Yes" replied Mr.. CumrOT. MY own
recollections OF early days In the West re-
mind me that many 60-horsepower
Limousine can trace It's financial ancestry
back TO prairie schooner Washing
ton Star
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
WHAT WE DID SAY.

The effort Of The New-York Tribune
TO injure William Sulzer In his candi-
dacy for Governor Of New York might
work widespread damage and irrepara-
BILE injury to Mr.. Sulzer did not the
facts place Il in the category OF comic
opera politics. At the conclu-
sion of his term OF service at Albany
Mr.. Sulzer was eulogized by The Trio
une, which was then, evidently, in some
measure inspired by spirit Of fairness.
1t said he was the best Speaker tho
New York Assembly ever had, and a
lot OF other pleasant things about him.
The Albany Argus.
The Tribune cannot find in its files
any editorial reference to the close OF
Mr.. Suffers Speakership. On the con-
trary, we find this about the Legis-
lature over one branch OF which Mr..
Sulzer presided:
The spirit which ruled the Senate and
Assembly was vile, and expressed Itself
in rascally measures. The Democrats
who ruled those bodies evinced a pro-
found contempt Of the peoples rights.
1t was not the servant Of the
people. but its boss" 1t did not re-
EDect the pam Ol ltluIlIlpdliNi'S'
~ steadily betrayed them. 1t might
have been q public blessing, but 1t was
Democrats themselves being judges
a public nuisance.
We find also in the same issue OF
The Tribune On extract from "The
Albany Argus" which is now attempt
ing to call us TO account for unfair
ness, in which 1.-THE Argus sharply
demands the repeal Of one Of the ses-
sion's "sneak bills" C'The Argus's"
language which "The Argus" said
made Laughing stock" of the Demo-
cratic party's Notwithstanding. it
is true, about Mr.. Sulzer by name, but
a grave condemnation in a Democratic
Newspaper Of the Legislature under
Mr., Suffers partial guidance.
We recall these circumstances mere
ly to prevent the spread of an untruth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
PARTY HAS GREAT FUTURE
Republicans Renewing Allegiance and
Repledging Faith.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Any one who thinks the Republic
can party is dead had better guess again
On every hand come cheering reports OF
renewed allegiance and repledged faith
Our great leader, President Taft, will
have his true place in the affections OF
his countrymen when time has proved the
wisdom and excellence Of his administra-
ton. The Republican party will always
continue to be the great constitutional
party of the country, and four or
eight years hence will find 1t back again
as the first great party Of the land. Let
us get to work at once and each have a
share in making II bigger, better and
truer than ever before in our countrys
history. THEODORE NELSON.
No. IA Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn,
Nov g. 1912
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09

The Tribune's course in this campaign
needs no defence or apology. But
merely TO get it into the record we re-
print what Croker said to a correspon-
dent of "The New York World In LlV-
erpool on Thursday regarding MI sui
zer's independence:
There is not man in Tammany VINO
came TO me for advice oftener or iooKeu
for political favor more than Wllilalii
SulZer The last dinner given 10 me az
the Democratic Club, this year. was a.. a..
tended by him. He then spoke OIL niS
great friendship for me and all l had
done for him.
We hope he will be different sulzer
in the future from the Sulzer he mas
been In the past. II he is not he VIII
be his own enemy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
BARBER EXECUTORS SUED
Londoner Asks S50,S50 In Rent from
Asphalt Kings Estate.

Washington. Nov. s.-The executors OF
the estate OF the late AMI L. Barber.
the asphalt king" are confronted with
bill Of s5o.35o for three years rent OF
the Barber town house in London.
Through his attorneys william Henry
Cochran, of London, has brought suit for
that amount, claiming that Mr.. Barber
had contracted for a twenty-one-year
lease OF the house, had occupied and
paid rent for It for three years and had
then failed either to occupy II or TO COM
ply with the terms OF the lease.
Cochran. was TO have been $3.50. Tho
executors will fight the case
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
PeopIe and Social Incidents

18th street. The BRIDES attendants win
be her sisters, Miss Emma L. Romeyn
and Miss Estelle Y. Romeyn: Miss Cath
crime Burton Miss Marian McGully, Miss
Alice Dickson, Miss Resale Gilman, Miss
Madeleine Edison and Miss Charlotte
Slmons ]. Walter Jeffrys will act as
best man. and the ushers will be Law
renee Slade, william H. Barnum, DR..
Vincent Lyon, Radcliffe Romeyn. Doug
las Gibbons. Quincy Bent, Harold Err
skine and Harold Fish.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish will return
to town at the end OF the month from
their country place at Garrison, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund p. Rogers will
arrive in the city from California at the
end OF next week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
LIONS TO GUARD COLUMBIA
Command Entrance Of New Avery Ia
brary Building.

Columbia University acquired yesterday
two lions rampant which will command
the main entrance OF the new Avery Id
brary building. which Is TO be dedicated
this afternoon. They are the first animals
the new Columbia has had.
The Avery Building Is the gift Of Sam
uel z. Avery, OF Hartford, Conn. The
dedication exercises will be held In the
main reading room on the ground floor.
Mr.. Avery. President Nicholas Murray
Butler and Professor A. DEF. Hamlin will
speak.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
CORNELL CHANGES DATE
New Time Set fer Commencement
Dean Hull Resigns.

ithaca, N. Y, Nov. s.-The date Of the
Cornell commencement has been changed
this year by the trustees in session here
to the Wednesday preceding the Thurs
day nearest to June 30. This change is
made to prevent friction with alumni
week.
The trustees accepted the resignation
OF Dean Charles II. Hull, OF the College
OF Arts and Sciences, to take effect at
the end of the present year. He will de-
vote his time 10 research work.
The university was presented by H. r.
Ickelheimer. a trustee. with a statue OF
Andrew D. White, ex-president OF Cor
nell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
IN THE BERkShIREs.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.


Lenox, Nov a-Miss Mary De Peyster
Carey, who has been visiting in Lenox
since her return from abroad, has gone
TO Boston.
The last meeting OF the LenoK Rolar
Skating Club will be held tomorrow
night.
Mrs. Robert Winthrop, Mrs. Morris X.
Jesup and Miss Georgisna Sargent closed
their villas to-day and went to Now York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09

The servian demand, announced by
Mr.. Pachich. the Prime Minister. for
the ports OF San Giovanni di Medua,
Alessio and Durazzo. on the Adristic,
is historically reasonable. hut It seems
seriously to conflict with tho proposed
expansion OF Montenegro. Durazzo,
which lies southwest Of scanderbeg's
famous old capital, Croia, might be bo-
yond the Black Mountains sphere. But
the other places named are Just down
the slope from scutari, we'll within the
bounds OF Montenegro's legitimate ex-
pansion. II Servia were to take them
Montenegro would be hemmed in At
the south almost az closely as at pres
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Greenough'
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles lie Boutillier, Colo
mel Paul A. Kenna, Captain K. II. Mer-
vyn Crawshaw and Lieutenant r. NJ
Stewart Richardson are due to arrive IN
New York to-day from Europe.
Mr., and Mrs. Alfred @. Vanderbilt have
left the city for Sycamore Lodge. their
camp in the Adirondacks, to remain until
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson left the
city yesterday for Tuxedo to attend the
annual autumn ball.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt and her son,
William II. Vanderbilt will sail for Eu-
rope on November % to pass the greater
part of the winter abroad. They VIII
spend two months on the Nile.
Mrs. John Aston, Miss Alice Astor and
Vincent Aston have taken possession OF
No, 1025 Fifth avenue. which Vincent
Astor has rented for the season.
. Among those booked to sail for Europe
to-day are Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton J. Van
Rensselaer, and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Aston Drayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Earl Dodge and
Miss Emily Sloane returned to the city
yesterday from Hot Springs, Va.
Mrs Joseph Tuckerman Tower Will give
@ reception this afternoon at her villa at
Tuxedo to Introduce her daughter, Miss
Mary Thorn Tower.
Mrs. Philip NJ. Lydig will return to New
York from Europe at the end OF next
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander d. b. Pratt are
at No. go Park avenue for the winter
The Legal Aid Society will give ban
quet at the Waldorf-Astorfa on Saturday
next, under the patronage Of Mrs. Ar
thur Murray Dodge. Mrs. Robert Goelst.
Mrs. Edwin Gould, Mrs. Stuyvssant Fish,
Mrs, J. Borden Hartman. Mrs. Lewis
Cass Ledyard, Mrs. Seth Low, Mrs. w.
Seward Webb, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
Mrs. Bradley Martin, jr., Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, Mrs William Douglas Sloane,
Mrs James Spsyer. Mrs. Stewart l.
Woodford, Mrs. Lewis l. Delafeld. Mrs.
Andrew Carnegie. Mrs. J. Stewart Bar
ney and Mrs. william Allen Butler.
Miss Ella Rosalind Romeyn, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles William Ro-
meyn, will be married to-day in st.
Thomass Church to william Bverdell, jr.
The ceremony will be followed by re-
ception at the Home Club, No. IL East