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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
BULL MOOSE CONVENTION SONG

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: VIII you kindly make clear TO my
obtuse understanding the ethical prn.
ciples by which those pin-feathered an
gels. the Bull Moosers. Justify them
selves In running candidates for electors
on the Republican ticket in California
who intend TO vote for that incarnation
OF virtue and square dealing. T. r.?
1 dedicate the following parody Of a
verse I used to sing in my boyhood to
the aforesaid delegates and suggest that
1t be sung In the convention as they cast
their vote
/ want to be an angel
And with the angels stand,
With antlers on my forehead
And ballot In my hand.
And there before those angels,
so holy, pure and bright,
I'll cast that vote for Teddy
And praise nim day and night
DIsGUsTED.
East Orange. N. j.. Sept. 8, 1912
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
AIDS SCIENCE AFTER DEATH
DR.. McGee's Will Tells Why He
Left Body for Dissection.
From Tho Tribune Bureau.l

washington, Sept s.--The will OF Or
" ] MCGEE. bequeathing HIS brain to
DR. r. A. Spitzka. OF the Jefferson Med
zeal College OF Philadelphia, and his body
for purposes of dissection, 10 medical stu
Supreme Court to-day By Colonel Henry
c. Rizer. who Is named as executor.
Aside from several minor requests. his
estate IL left TO his wife, Mrs. Anita New
comb MCGEE, OF Berkeley. Cal. A silver
watch Is given 20 his son. Erik McGee,
and a gold watch TO his daughter, Klotho
MCGEE, OF Walnscott, Long Island. Gift
ford Pinchot gets a rife and the Cosmos
Club, Of Washington, a mounted Texas
steer head. Dr. McGee's funeral took
place yesterday In accordance with this
provision In his Will:
Impressed by the needless burden OF
mortuary observance in every stage of
human development | desire and direct
that no funeral ceremonies, save OF the
simplest character, be held over my re-
mains
In bequeathng his body and brain the
will says:
Pursuant 20 an intention fixed in early
manhood on learning that a certain state
provided by law that medical graduates
should have had dissecting room expert
ence and yet made no provision for
requisite subjects, conformably with the
shocking economic waste represented by
the cities OF the dead In the long-settled
portions Of the country, and In accordance
with my custom Of deVoting my eHortS
and myself 10 public good. give and
bequeath my body for purposes Of dissec-
ton To any medical college selected hy
my executor. except that my brain go,
with that Of the late j. w. Powell now
tho jefferson Medical College. Philadel-
phia. penn, for study and preservation
at his discretion.
The will bears the date Of June %, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07

Governor Wilson has made engage
ments for a speaking tour OF the Mio-
die West. Yet only a few days ago he
was belittling the advantages ~ taxing
the stump and saying that the pup
lie was tired Of campaign oratory'
Even his secretive managers now see
that ne cannot afford longer to try 10
bluff the voters with display OF gar
den party talk, broken by long IN
tervals Of silence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
AN AFTERTHoUGHT.

The reasons given by Senator Cum
Minis for opposing President Tafts re-
election present curious case OF after
thought Tho Senator says that the
system OF representation IN Republican
national conventions has been bad and
that that fact would yitiate Mr.. Taft's
denomination, even II 1t should be grant
ed that the proceedings at Chicago were
entirely regular. IL seems strange that
Mr. Cummins was willing TO enter the
convention as n candidate for the Presi-
dental nomination If he was prepared
In advance to repudiate a decision regu-
larry reached by It.
The iowa Senator was hopeful for a
time that deadlock between the Taft
and Roosevelt forces would make him
eligible as a compromise candidate. 1T
he had been chosen as the result Of
such a compromise he would have owed
his success, just as much as Mr.. Taft
owed his, to the existing basis of rep
resentation Would he have scorned n
nomination given to him because 1t
came from convention which was not
properly representative OF the voting
strength OF the party? We hardly
think he would.
The fact that Mr.. Cummins entered
the convention as dark horse and
made no protest against the qualifica-
tions Of the tribunal 10 which lie hope
fully submitted his candidacy should
dcbar him from raising such protest
now. Colonel Roosevelt was willing to
accept nomination from the conven-
tion without regard to the basis OF
representation on which it was chosen.
His quarrel was not with the basis but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
FOREIGN INLAND CANAL TOLLS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. May ! ask II some Of your readers
can kindly inform me II the great inland
canals Of England and Germany. which
carry ocean and foreign commerce, are
open 60 all vessels free OF toll? Is there
any different treatment I'm the way Of
tolls when these are charged between
foreign ships and those OF the nations
owning these canals7
MABEL r. BOARDMAN.
Manchester -theSca, Mass. Aug 80.
1912
ION the inland canals Of England and
Germany tolls are collected from all
vessels using them. regardless Of flag.
According To- "A representative OF the
German consulate. Germany is consid-
ering the advisabllity OF charging tolls
for the use Of the rivers which have
been improved by "canalization."l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
MIR. STRAUSS NOMINATION.

After exhibiting the selfish rlvaIrIeS'
iealousIes and intrigues supposed 70
belong only to 0ldtime unregenera'e
politicians. the Progressive State Ton
vention found n way out OF tangle
threatening to produce lasting bitter
ness by Il clever piece OF strategy
worthy Of Theodore Roosevelt himsell
In putting forward Oscar s. Straus a.
lis candidate for Governor the Imrd
Term party has made NOMINATION.
which will everywhere be regarded us
crcditable. and In some parts of the
state Will be strong. Mr.. Straus is not
personally well known In the rural
sections. and he is not likely to be an
effective campaigner, but he Is innu-
entail among large class OF voters IN
this city, and though he is not spe-
cially known as a radical his standing
as a philanthropist will make his can
didacy pleasing to the social workers
and semi-socialists whose zeal has been
SO manifest, In this convention.
How far Mr.. Strauss nomination
was due TO genuine spontaneous
stampede, or was the result OF q pre-
pared stroke. ordered to extricate the
party from the difficulty of the Hotch-
iss-Prendergast rivalry, Is a matter
for speculation. The stampede was
evidently not the first intimatlon which
Mr.. Straus had that he might be the
candidate. He had been approached
before, he says. and had declined TO
accept. But, like Horatio Seymour
and David 3. Hill under similar cir
cumstances, he finds the chairman's
stand q place where lightning natu-
rally strikes In a troubled and dis
raught convention.
The result Of the Syracuse conven'
ton enforces upon the Republican
party the need Of putting up In this
state strong independent ticket.
The character and ability Of Mr..
Straus are such that independent vot-
ers may easily turn to him, even
though they feel that they are wasting
their votes. IL they are not reasonably
satisfied with the alternative offered
by the Republicans to the continuation
Of Tsmmany rule at Albany. The dis
satisfaction with that rule If wide
spread and profound, and the Repub-
lean party, II It rises to the occasion,
will reap the fruits of that dissatls-
faction; for Il is generally realized
that only through It can Tammany be
beaten. The Progressives may draw
away enough votes to elect Murphy's
candidate, but there Is no prospect of
their winning, or even gaining second
place. To those who would redeem
the state from misr1lle Mr.. Straus Of
fers no practical hope. So far as the
state government is concerned, his is
simply candidacy Of protest which a
strong Republican ticket Will leave
without power Of reasonable appeal to
the voters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
BRAIN REQUEST BLOCKED.
Family of DR.. Furness Declined to
Turn Over Organ to Dr.. Spitzka.
fBy Telegraph TO The Tribune

fBy Telegraph to The Trbune.l
Philadelphia, Sept 6.--Long before his
death Or. Horace Howard Furness, a
noted Shakespearan scholar OF this city,
promised that his brain should be given
TO Dr. Edward A. Sptzka for scientific
research.
The pledge was made to DR.. Spitzka
by DR.. Furness in person, but when he
died his family declined TO carry out his
promise. and the brain was cremated with
the rest of his body.
Dr. Spitzka felt that the brain of DR.,
Furness would have been valuable addi-
ton TO the notable collection Of brains OF
exceptionally gifted men which he has
acquired for scientific study. but the Fur
ness family had Its way and the Shake
spearian scholars brain has been lost to
science
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
ARTHUR MACARTHUR.

Lieutenant General Arthur Mac
Arthur. who died under affecting cir
cumstances at Milwaukee on Thurs
day. was soldier of long and distin-
guished service. He became an officer
before he was eighteen years old. and
had gone through many hard cam
paigns. fighting with great gallantry nj
Perryvile, MurfreesborO, Missionary
Ridge. Kenesaw Mountain and Frank
lin. and had risen 10 be- n lieutenant
colonel before he was twenty-one. At
an age when most soldiers have not
finished their schooling he was already
q veteran
With so exceptional training, n
career of great promise and usefulness
In the regular army was assured him.
He was the youngest captain In the
service as reconstructed in 1868. and
his rise to the highest grade In the
army-the lieutenant generalcy-was
facilitated by the capacity and indus
try which he exhibited along all lines
Of duty. After twenty years or more
on the frontier he entered the adjutant
generals corps and remained with II
until the war with Spain broke out
when his eminent availability for com
mand caused his retransfer TO the line
as a brigadier general Of volunteers.
General MacArthur's clief service in
the field was in the Philippines, where
he commanded the forces which took
Manila and was active subsequently IN
suppressing Aguinaldo's Instruction
Later he became military and civil Gov
ernor Of the islands, discharging trying
duties with uniform success. In recog-
milton OF his good work the grade OF
lieutenant general, recreated after the
Spanish war, was kept alive until ne
could All il. Congress then allowing II
TO lapse. General Macarthur was "A
thorough soldier. avoiding activities
outside his profession. Always modest,
retiring and self-restrained and self
dependent, he was one Of the ablest and
most valued officers Of his day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07

dress Of the soldier" says the letter
which came with the picture, and the
palm trees would you know that TINS
was an African scene? Cruisers and
great merchant vessels are seen In the
harbor, electric light poles tower over
the pier. on which groups OF men ana
women are assembled, dressed In modern
sumner costumes. Note" adds the
writer. that the women's hats are just
as large and ugly as those we saw IN
Paris o. short time ago. and that their
skirts give them no more freedom OF
motion here than those garments do In
places which arc nearer the centres OF
fashion"
Billy-I see Maude has new decollete
gown.
Miliy-Yes. she puts everything she has
on her back.
BNly-Well. she isn't stoop-shouldered
at that.-Philadelpha Record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

John A. Stewart, Sd, son OF John A.
Stewart. jr.. and a member OF the Union
Club. will be married to-day 70 MIS-
Abercrombie Fell at Bay Head, n. j.,
where her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
p. Abercrombie. have q country place
William Baylis. jr., and Francis IT, stew
art both of New York; Arthur j. Meigs
Of philadelphia, and Edward D. Town
send. OF Washington, will be ushers. and
oliver c. Reynolds the pest man ihey
were all classmates OF the bridegroom at
Princeton, where he was graduated seven
years ago. Mrs /. A. Daughter, or Phiia-
delphia, a sister, and little Mary ana
Eleanor Coleman, nieces of the oride' VIII
be the latters only attendants
Spencer Turner, who Is TO marry MISS
Jessica Bishop. daughter OF Mr.. and MIS-
Henry w. Bishop, at Pittsheld. Mass, on
Saturday next. gives his farewell bache-
lor dinner at Delmonico's on Wednesday
night
Mrs. Edward J. Berwind is booked to
sail for Europe on october Is. ...
Mrs. William K Vanderbilt who has been
at the Rtz-Carlton since Thursday, leaves
New York to-day for Hot Springs, Va.
Lady Clouston has arrived in town from
Montreal and is at the Ritz-Carlton. She
is the wife OF Sir Edward Clouston, who
is president OF the Bank of Montreal and
10,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Haight have re-
turned 10 Tenafiy, ~ j.
Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, who has been
for a few days at the Belmont. returns
to-day TO Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Taylor Pyne have
gone by motor 10 Breton Woods, y. IL,
and are at the Mount Pleasant for short
stay.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Blair Mitchell
are al the Gotham for few days.
Mrs. Morris X Jesup is staying at the
Mount Pleasant, at Breton Woods, y. II.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest lselin VIII san TOT
Europe to-day; also Mr.. and Mrs. Regi-
nald Vanderbilt.
General and Mrs. Charles +. Roe, who
are now In the Adirondacks, viii arrive
on Tuesday next at their place in High
land Falls, n. Y, for the autumn.
James II. stebbins is booked to sail for
Europe on Tuesday.
The Vicomte ana Vicomtesse de Beng
hem de Houthem, OF Brussels, are at the
Ritz. The vicomtesse was Miss Irene
Hare, OF New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07

with the decisions made OIL questions
of fact and law concerning disputed
seats. Mr.. Cummins did not claim tha'
any delegates-from Iowa or elsewhere
were stolen" from him. lie sat III
the game contentedly, ready to prom
by a deadlock. His belated discovery
that the game was one which he ought
not 10 have entered will impress the
public as a lame post morten'. Inc
Iowa Senator talks like man VINO
loses and then doesn't want to pay Ms
bets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
MR.. BRYCE AT HONOLULU
Secretary Fisher There to Investigass
. Trear Charges, ~

Honolulu, Sept 6.-James Bryce bna'.
Ambassador 10 the United States, srr''.
here to-day on his return 10 Wsshihs'o.
from Australia, where he spent the SUBJ.
mer. lie was officially welcomed 10 ~.
islands outside the harhor by laIho-
filled with disnitaries.
Secretary Fisher Of the Department %
the Interior also arrived to-day 0! ".
ChHo Maru, and was met by Govs'"s'
Frear, charges against whom the ocs's
tary will investigate. The charges "s.
by Delegate Kalanianaole, are IN
nection with Governor Frears aa"'H'
tration OF the homestead laws
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
NEW YORK FROM THE sUsURs~

It's heap easier for criminals 70 w.,t
from the Tombs than II Is for the Nc"
police to put 'em there. WASHINGTON r0'"'
Safety don,s". for children in New fo's !"
clude twelve precepts for avoiding inc ..,on't
the streets. and the general direction. ''p0a :
take any chances" How much sin'p''
Live elsewhere. "-Boston Traase'p''
Those who as.er, tina, Americans s's 'a,,.,,
music-ioving people have somethins ~ IA :
concerning tho standing Of aWo pe'" -, u
New York park during drencn'us ..,,sscs
listen to band concert on SUNDAY
Journal.
Because Of the easy escape OF a p' .a'ss..-uD'
the Tombs. there is talk OF ,,sss IA
there. The authorities should be oaa' MA
place might fall apart. --'Phi'aae'9"'" ~.
American. at fit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
people and Social Incidents

4 to Manchester next week to visit Ne
Mrs Henry Draper. As
Accompanied by her father.in.l.v y
A. B. Widener, Mrs. George d. WILL"
and family will return to Elkin. D..
next Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Iselin hay. ..
turned from short New York Visit "
Mrs George Stone, of Cincinnati. ~.
H. S. Backus ]. s. Alexander and p,..s
Spencer, washington, registered a, ~
Casino to-day. Wv
Mrs George W. Vanderbilt arrived 60
night to visit her sister Mrs. John N,cha
las Brown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07

The best way TO insure MARY laii am
followire the lead of most other states
and prohibiting horseracing entirely Is Tor
such scenes 10 be enacted within rs Dor
ders as are now 10 be seen at the HaVre
de Grace track Baltimore sun.
Horseracing for the purposes OF pro-
fessional gambling has become an
anachronism in the United states.
MARYLAND cannot afford to linger be-
hind the other states which have put
the ban on an intolerable evil.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
THE TAtK OF THE DAY.

In sreskins OF the fagpOle presented b.
Lafayette Post. Grand Army Of the Re
public. for the new building OF the Sea
mems Church Institute Tho Lookout
says: During tho last twenty years 2Ss
flags have been presented by Lafayette
Post. They have gone almost every
where-from Honolulu 10 Porto Rico.
from Cuba 70 the Philippines. Some
times az many az four hundred flags have
been given in one town TO schools, public
institutions and particularly to kinder
gartens and private schools. where chill
dren arc taught TO salute the nag
THE OBSERVER.
/ like to sit beside the road
A-waItin' fur tho mail.
Each day tho driver will unload
His treasures, without fail.
And, be the weather dry or wet
A-standin III the row,
Amanda Boggs IS there TO get
A letter from her beau.
I've watched her now fur quite while,
An lately ] perceive =,
Shes lost her laughin'. careless smile.
And scems inclined 10 grieve.
can't help sharin' her regret,
That seems each day TO grow.
wish Amanda Boggs would get
A letter from her beau.
Her eyes were never made fur tears.
However light their mist
These ought to be the happiest years
In all her birthday list,
Her feet should dance an never set
A solemn pace an slow.
I wish Amanda Boggs would get
A letter from her beau.
Why. there's Amanda. cross the way,
"A In he
haven't seen In many day
Such Joyous, Rirlish grace.
7 share her happiness. and yet ....
I'd never let her know
How glad am TO sec her Get
Washington Star
From one class in New FORK much
heavier proportion OF voters VIII DC
drawn at the coming election than ever
before. according to a club man. In the
past. ne says. the convenient although
not particularly patriotic practice OF
members Of New York clubs who wished
to exercise tho franchise was to ma
adherents of the opposing party with
whom they could make an agreement not
TO go TO the polls. By this system they
figured that exactly the same result was
achieved as IL they had cast votes for
contendng candidates. The practice was
prevalent and accordingly the percentage
OF clubmen who voted was small. This
fall, for the first time In many years.
there are three political parties. each OF
which has some following among club
members. Neither prohibition nor So
cialism ever figured enough among club
members to complicate the issue, so the
unusual state OF affairs has disrupted the
pairing of system for the first time. or
course. It is still possible for three men,
one from each party. to enter Into an
agreement not to vote. but II Is much
more difficult for the lazy voter to md
two men than for him to find one
do you think that Blnk's son VIII
mako name for himself?
No: he has no talent Tor eitner pase-
ball or politics. buffalo Express,
New York banker has just received
from a correspondent In German East
Africa a photograph taken at Daressa-
lam. on the occasion OF the reception at
that place Of DR.. schnee. the Governor
Of the territory. but for the peculiar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07

Many trade unionists IN various
countries have been invoking compui-
sorry arbitration Of industrial disputes
as the only assured and infallible way
Of salvation. Yet here are the as
sembled trade unionists OF Great Brit
ain voting overwhelmingly against IL.
1t would be interesting 20 know TO
what extent they are influenced by tho
experience OF the British colonies in
which the system has been tried.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07

The Imp Of tho Perverss Ia never
more grotesquely mischicvous than
when Il sits astride a writer's pen and
causes him to state one thing when he
IL quite happily convinced that he Is
stating another. In a note on the 1T
erary page OF The Tribune yesterday
book Of verses. Flowers from the
Wayside." by Colonel David Banks
sickels. was attributed 10 General Dan
lei Il. Sickles. We trust that both
Colonel David B. Sickels and General
Daniel r. sickles will accept our as
surance that the Imp IL was that did II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07

The astounding statement is made by
The Newark Evening News that II
has procured and had scientifically cX-
amined ffty-four samples OF the milk
supply OF that city. and that all but
one OF them were infected with the
"colon bacillus" TO an extent mat
would cause water 20 be regarded as
unfit for even cattle 10 drink. We
should think that 4 condition was thus
indicated which the Health Board OF
that city could not afford to overlook
for a single day. The colon bacillus
In itself may not be seriously detri-
mental TO the health OF the consumers
OF the milk. But it's presence indi-
Gates the danger OF the presence OF
other and worse bacteria. IL the milk
is so unclean and SO carelessly handled
as 10 permit the entrance OF the colon
bacillus. II is equally open TO the en-
trance OF the typhoid bacillus, the
tuberculosis bacillus and any other
germs which may be In circulation
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Mrs. Edward ]. Berwind is booked
sail for Europe on october 10. o..
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Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, who has been
at the Ritz-Carlton since Thursday, leaves
New York to-day for Hot Springs, Va
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