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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
NINE. CLARA BUTTS CONCERT
London Charlton Replies to Criticism
Of Her Programme.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 4 letter ! have received protesting
against Kcnncrley Rumfords inability
to appear at last Tuesdays concert with
Nine. Clara Butt and objecting to the
Dothicr, IS Of interest not because it
voices tho views Of any considerable mum
her Of Tuesdays concert patrons but be-
cause tho writer thinks it does
Tho simple fact is Mr.. Rumford was
taken with a severe cold four hours be
fore the concert. and an artist whose
PLAYING tho audience gave every indica-
ton Of enjoying was found to take his
place. Though notices were posted In the
lobby. but one person out of the hundreds
attending asked his money back, and, Of
course received il.
what is especially interesting in the
communication. and the point to which !
take particular exception, is the state
msut that the audience consisted Of 70
TOR cent American and British people
who resented Nine. Butts singing Of
German classics. As n matter of fact
not per cent Of the audience was Brit
ish. and. strange TO say. the various Brit
iSh societies in New York have quite ig-
norcd the arrival in America and the first
public performance of their compatriot.
Tho audience present was cosmopolitan
and exactly the sort that welcomes such
programme as Nine. Butt presented,
showing. as Il did. the wide range of her
art In the various languages in which the
numbers were written.
LOTDON CHARLTON.
Now York Ian rs 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
SEES DECAY OF JUSTICE
Is 1t Indicated in Our Attitude
Toward the Negro? -.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t is often said that the American
people are quick to discern merit and
prompt to reward the same. In regard 10
the treatment accorded the negro, how
ever, in many quarters these very ad-
mirable traits seem to show signs of
decay.
The movement to eliminate the negro
from the American army would seem TO
prove this.
The recent utterance of the Governor of
South Carolina. too. seems to show an
attitude altogether discouraging to the
negro.
Many years before the Civil War. In the
city OF Charleston, negro slave, by
rare thouehtfulness and bravery, saved
an historic church from destruction by a
fierce FIRE that swept over the town. For
this meritorious act that negro was given
his freedom.
Another negro in the same city, who
was thought TO have rendered some COM
mendable service to the white people was,
by special act. granted privileges not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21

steadily increasing fleets Of large river
steamers and canal barges, for which
accommodations must lie provided. 1t
is. therefore. not merely a question OF
providing for all the marine traffic
which enters this port. but also of pro-
viding for the growing nayieS Of lake
and river traffic which here find access
10 tidewater That is the basis on
which the required width of fairway
must be determined
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
THE OLD GRABS AGAIN.

\ legislature is TO he judged by the
bills that come out of it rather than
by the bills that 20 into il. Every SEES
sion is confronted by much the same
collection of salary grabs private pen
sion schemes and attacks on the merit
system. Therefore. the mere fact that
the Legislature is now flooded with Il
mass of most vicious measures of this
sort. as reported yesterday by Inc
Tribune's Albany correspondent. need
cause no astonishment. Apprehension
however. is awakened by the fact that
the leaders in the Legislature are
among those who have i'll the past
been conspicuous promoters OF SucI
bills. The probability that many OF
them will 90 through is uncommonly
great this year. and calls for keeu
vigilance on the part of civic bodies
snd steps to secure the utmost pulh''
tv for grabs. if the treasury of TINS
ritv is to be safeguarded ana the clViI
,crvicc system of the state preserved
from decentralization.
One of the worst of these old stand
bvs is Assemblyman Cuvilliers hli'
making discharged militiamen III the
civil service irremovable except after
formal trial. with the right al court
review bv cprtiorari. such as IS now en-
loved Ivy Civil War veterans. MI
ruvillier has had this bill referred out
of its natural course to the MllltarE
Affairs Committee. Of which he Is
chairman. so that there is more than
The usual chance Of its SllppihS
through. 1t is a bad bill. 1t would III
terfere with the efficiency OF Inc ser
vice. and il gives 10 small class as Il
special favor privilege which, If II
were proper to give 1t at MI, shou'd 20
10 every civil servant. The old consul
trtional amendment giving to the sol
diers Of the Spanish War aud the SUD
senuent Philippine and Boxer cam
nsions preference for appointment the
same as Civil War veterans booS up
again. It. too. is thoroughly VICIOUS
Then there are host of bills 10 raise
salaries. 70 give mere clerical employees
in the Fire Department a share III the
frefichterS' pension fund. To limit pup
lic employment TO residents OF one or
even five years standing, and other-
wise to grab favors for individuals at
the expense of the public,
These should one and all be 1oueh'
in both houses and. if any of them gets
through. before the Governor. Inc
Governor. i'm fact. has long been recog-
rized as the chief safeguard agalhst
such legislation. Governors Odell'
Higgins and Hughes all vetoed many
sucb measures. 1t is to he hoped tha'
Governor Sulzer will he equally ready
10 protect the public service. He pro-
fesses devotion To the merit SYSTEM
His new Civil Service Commission has
not vet been tested. but we believe
that so far it has shown Il disposition
f. resist the spOlsmen quite III con
,rost with the attitude of Governor
Diy's commission. We hope that lis
initial actions i'm denying requests for
exemptions are typical, and that the
Governor will support it in such
rolicv and will himself, by the exercise
Of the veto. defeat ali attempts 10 un
,armine the merit system.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

\ recent issue Of Daily. Consular and
Trade Reports" published by the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor. contains
these interesting figures as to women
workers in France: The total number
OF workers is given as 4.l5Oo0o. employed
as follows: Agriculture. $4,000, factories.
etc. out workers, l.3S5.00o, home workers
10000. business, public services. liberal
professions. out workers, JOi,0o, servants
77gOO. The wages received by women en-
ployed I'm agriculture and in factories. etc.
differ widely. but according To the In
ouiries carried out by "a commission IN
1893. those engaged in out work as dis
tlnct from home work. which Is usually
paid for by the piece, earn about francs
GS cents a day in the Department of the
Seine and = francs 10 centimes 60 10
cents in the provinces.
Il understand that in Chicago they sus-
pend the speed limit regulation Mnere
physicians are the offenders
NO. that's wrong. The Chicago police
are very strict They don't make speed
exceptions for anybody but the auto ban
dts "--ClevclaEd Plain Dealer
JUSTICE FOR METHUSELAH.
Now comes the patient deliver In tales OF
ancient page
Who tells MS that Methusclah told fibs
about his age:
Not only were his years six months
and months" perhaps two weeks,
But he was not 1863 and king OF all an
tiques.
Oh no: the patient deliver would have the
world believe
to deceive:
That he was Just COG when wearing his
age crown,
Yet COG is 969-fgures upside down.
l.. c. II.
I'm sorry to tell you. mum. that III
be leaving you next week. III gong 10
get married
That so, Emma? Who is the lucky
mani"
Hes a policeman. mum. On this beat.
too"
THAT'S fine. ] wish you JOY. And
what is his nance"
II don't know yet. mum. But his num-
Der is 5lS."-Detroit Free Press.
In an article on Berlin Mlllionaires"
DIV JACQUES hdgtI, VI iNuuoil
Mosse. publisher Of the "Berliner Tage-
blatt," is spoken OF as zone Of the two
wealthiest retired gentlemen Of Athens
on-the-Spree. Mosse is seventy years
old and his enterprises have been largely
given over TO Hans Lachmann- Mosse. the
husband of his adopted daughter. MI.
Mosse," says the writer, has no chill
dren. There are still some old Berllners
who remember how. in 1867, in a little
back room In the Frledrichstrasse. ne
established an advertising agency. There
he was boss, clerk, bookkeeper and can
vasser all in one. This agency now has
branches all over the world, and the
Berlin Office occupies twelve buildings"
Mosse established the ''Tageblatt In 1872.
did you make "A hit with your speech
al the banquet last night
II guess so. ] forgot what ! intended
to say and said what ! ought not TO have
said "-Detroit Free Press.
After considering the applications OF
many candidates for the chief rabblnate
of Great Britain. made vacant by the
death OF Or. Hermann Adler. the commit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
AT NEW PORT.
rBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.l

Newport, Jan. 2O.-Mr and Mrs. Clar'
ence w. Dolan will open their season
here in June on their return from
Aiken, :. {.
Hermann Oelrichs and Vincent Astor
have concluded short visits here.
Mrs William S Pye entertained chill
dren's party at the Naval War College
to-day.
Miss Jane Tiffany, Of New York j.
visiting Miss Helen Rodgers at the war
College.
William Sargent Kendall is visiting III
Boston. lie will so TO New YORK beio'e
returning here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gordon King nave
concluded their weeks stay here ah'
have returned to New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

The worlds largest building is aoo1t
erected again in New York. It's thiN"e
industry. Plain Dealer.
New York has discovered that abolishins -
Board OF Aldermen would save the city si''
GOO a wear. so there is no chance Of It's oelhs
done Syracuse Post-Standard.
II is small wonder that New York seems
he in a perpetual state OF Investigation avO-,
something, for so much OF the Mayor ""
appears 20 be taken up in rebuking cIers''''~
and the newspapers. Baltimore American
The New York Public Service Comm'ss'''
has ordered seats for all in the suo~sy
whenever possible" 1t is safe to say II WIZ
never be possible unless there are only enough
passengers to MI the seats proyided'-f
hurgh Dispatch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21

The death Of Zobehr Pacha few
DAYS ago was permitted To pass with
only brief and pcrfunctory mention,
Yet within the memory Of this genera
ton he doomed large In the history of
the world, the fate Of Gordon Of khar-
toum depending upon whether Mr..
Gladstone would or would not, at his
request. send him Zobchr) as m aid.
Mr.. Gladstone finally refused, and thus
the death Of Gordon. the sacking -
Khartoum and years Of blood and fire
i'm the Soudan" were brought 10 pass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21

then enjoyed by any other negro IN "''
state. bond or free
II men who held the negro in bonaas.
could be thus magnanimOus. why 1"
that in this day of liberty and enllshleh-
ment men are found who not only IA" y
regard merit in the negro but VINO seer"
ever ready to place every concelVape
obstacle in the way of his efforts to i'm
prove his condition?
SAMUEL WILLIAMS
Windsor, VT, Jan. 10, 1913
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9th street. and afterward took her n,..

5Oth street and afterward took her rus,,.
to the opera.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert c. Pruyn will con.
TO the city this morning from Albany
and will be at the ST. Regis for a count.
of days Mr.. and Mrs. William Sage ar.
rived there from Albany yesterday.
Mrs. r. /. Gammell is in town for
few days and is staying al the st. Rse,.
Mrs Charles Elliott Warren will give
theatre party, followed by dance on
January z at Delmonico's. Her guest.
will number about forty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21

Governor Wilson Is going 10 make II
a crime 10 organize n corporation In
tended To be used i'm restraint OF trade. .
This reminds us of another schoolmas-
ter who used 10 tell his pupils: Boys.
you must be pure in heart. II you're
mot pure IN heart I'll fog you"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21

To some immigrants on tho East
Side tho fire insurance companies
seemed tho realization of the dream
Of picking up money in American
streets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21

II tho seven Wilson bills affecting tn
incorporation law pass AT this session
Of the Legislature New Jersey viii feel
like the leopard whose spots have bcen
treated to a sudden application o.
whitewash
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
Sign the contracts.

Whitman Hides Bride Witness. Head
line.
The only persons safe from the police
are the crooks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21

Judge Archibald finds himself re-
versed as well as recalled. The SUI
premc Court upholds the Southern rate
reductions ordered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and reversed In
the Commerce Court in an opinion
written by the impeached judge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
In Washington Society.

Mrs. Henry f. Dimock is entertaining as
house guests Mrs Frederick Thompson
and Mrs. Arthur " Dodge. Of New York
She entertained at dinner for them to-
night, having as guests the Assistant Sec
rotary Of War and Mrs Robert shaw
Oliver, Major General and Mrs George
Louis Gillespie, Major General and Mrs s
NJ. b. Young. Mr.. and Mrs. Rollins Morse
Brigadier General Crozier. Bri2adier GEN
oral Crowder Mrs. James W. Pinchot. Mr
and Mrs George Howard. Mr. and Mrs
Livingston Hunt. Mrs. Atherton. Dr.
Charles u. Walcott Clifford Pinchot and
Jesse Dodge. of New York
Mrs. Dimock will entertain at luncheon
for her guests on Wednesday and Mrs
Dodge will return to New York later in
the day. Mrs. Thompson will remain here
for a week.
Representative Joseph G. Cannon en-
tertained at a large stag dinner tonight.
At a benefit performance for charity
which Chauncey Olcott gave at the Colum-
bia Theatre tonight Mr.. and Mrs. William
Collins Heron, brother and sister-n-law
of Mrs. Taft: Seiiora de Martin-Rlvero,
wife OF the Cuban Minister: Mrs. William
r. Merriam and others occupied seats and
boxes.
The Monday night dancing class. COM
posed of nnety-nne young persons, gave
dance at The Playhouse tonight, when
several new dances were seen. among
them the very latest-Solomon's Parade
which has awakened great enthusiasm
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson Mr.. and
Mrs John l.. wilkins, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Howard, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter.
Miss Esther Cleveland. Miss Taft and
others, members and guests OF the class
danced.
Mrs Robert NJ. Thompson has sent out
cards for a tea at the Washington Riding
and Hunt Club on January 25. immediate
" after the close OF the chldren's dr;l
and the presentation OF the prize TO the
young winner.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall Mccormick,
Of Chicago, are I'm Washington for the
winter and spring and have taken an
apartment at the Shoreham.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21

What is going 10 become Of some 81
our best writer's Of fiction II promoters
cannot pay themselves FOR their trouble
10y issuing promotion stock in excess
Of the value Of the property brought
into "A corporation?
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Mn Dork Tribmne;
TUESDAY. JANUARY q, 1913.

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NJ Reid. President: Condh Hanl,h DC - ribu1s .
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Building 10. 1874 Nassau street. Ne" Iva
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WASHINGTON.
At the White House.

[From The Tribune Bureau.
shington, Jan. 20.
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VIII the allies feel that half an Adri-
anople IS better than no peace?
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Miss Taft has returned to the While
House from Annapolis, where she went on
Saturday as the guest of Lieutenant Com.
mander and Mrs. Roscoe c. Bulmcr. VIVA
gave "A dinner and dance in her honor
on Saturday night
Miss Taft was among the hundred
young persons who danced at The Play.
house tonight.
The Cabinet.
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mira
Meyer held a large reception tonight
Their guests were largely from the OF.
fetal world. After the receiving hours
there was dancing.
Miss Meyer and Miss Alys Meyer. who
went to Annapolis on Friday to be the
guests OF the commandant and Mrs Glib.
bons, returned 10 Washington to-day with
Miss Esther Cleveland and Miss Taft.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs. Nagel entertained at dinner
tonight the French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand, the Japanese Ambas-
sador. the Netherlands Minister and Nine
Loudon, Senator Brandegee, Mr.. and Mrs
Franklin K. Lane, Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Arnold Hague, Mrs. Stanton and Miss
Maud buckingham Hoyt
The Diplomatic Corps.
The French Ambassador and Nine. Jus.
serand have returned from New York
where they went to attend a dinner on
Saturday night.
The Brazilian Ambassador has gone TO
New York TO visit Nine. da Cana who Is
still confined 10 her apartments by III.
ness. He will be absent several days.
The japanese Ambassador has returned
from New York. where he went last Thurs
day to keep social and business engage
ments.
The French military attache and Count
ess de Chambrun were Joined at their
home to-day by Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
Of Cincinnati, mother OF the countess, who
will spend three weeks here. Countess de
Chambrun will entertain at luncheon for
her mother on Wednesday.
The Counsellor OF the German Embassy
and Nine. Haniel Won Haimhausen will
give n dance for young folk on Friday,
January "a.
The second German Secretary and Nine.
Kienlin will entertain a dinner party on
February g.
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Second Glass Mail Matter.
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TO SAVE Mr.. WILSON TROUBLE.

New York. Jan. 16. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28

Palmer, Emerson. Peckham, Seely and
Wende. None of these are Tammany men,
HE alleges that one day in June sent
a prominent man to threaten him with
Impeachment unless he stopped his oppo-
sition to me and called off Mr.. Hennessy
from his investigations. This is another
falsehood. No such message was carried
from me.
Mr. Sulzer says that on May IS he gave
an interview OIL direct primaries which |
considered a declaration Of war.
HE states that | called meeting OF
my Heutenants at Delmonico's on May -
and that we decided to remove him from
office. This is another SulZer invention.
No such conference was held at any time.
/ was not at Delmonico's at all on May ~
Now, as to his statement that | re-
ceived s25 900 from Judge Beardsley. on
October %. 1912, John II. Delaney, VINO
was with Mr. Sulzer on his speaking tour
called me on the telephone from some
place upstate and said Mr.. Sulzer told
him to advise me that Judge Beardsiey
would call and hand me contribution
to the campaign fund.
"On the following day Judge Beardsley
came 10 my house and said that he had
teIephoned Mr.. Sulzer 10 the erect thal
he had q contribution for him OF s2o'O"
from 4. n. Brady. He said that MI
sulzer directed him to leave 1t with me
asked him why the Governor did not
agree 70 take it himself. The judge said
he didn't know, but that that was what
Mr. sulzer said. He left the money with
me.
after Judge Beardsley left me
thought the matter over and concluded
10 return the money The next day l sent
a message TO Mr.. Brady requesting him
to call at Delmonico's on his way home.
He came the following day, and | told
him what Judge Beardsley had sara
about his talk with the Governor on the
telephone and of the latter's direction 10
leave the money with me. thanked Mr..
BRADY for his contribution. said would
not accept it, and ! returned him the
5000
Referring to Suffers latest story that
he sent me the $4,000 he got from Allan
RYAN. - never received that money. This
Is another one of his falsehoods. III ne
really sent the money it never reached
me-
"He knows he tells an untruth when ne
saws that l told him to collect money from
prominent people and corporations. Re-
cent events show that he needed no SUCH
advice"
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HENNESSY BARES
UPSTATE GRATING.
Continued from first page.

his charges, opening his response with
the statement that Mccall had taken
five and a half days to present two
alibis.
well, he pr .ented two alibis, this
distinguished jurist for twelve years"
said Hennessy, previous TO that a dis
tinguished ally of notorious in5ur-
ance lobbyist in Albany, named Buck
lev. but for the last twelve years on the
Supreme Court bench-he produced two
alibis, one from MIR. Plunkitt. of hon
est graft; one from Mr.. Murphy, Of
easier graft"
He tackled first McCalrs statement
with regard to the alleged insistence Of
Murphy on the appointment of George
M. Palmer as upstate 'ublic Service
chairman, and against the Mccall
statement he balanced off the state
ment Of Henry Morgenthau as to the
conference of Suffers friends in the
Executive Mansion when the Palmer
appointment and Murphy's insistence
upon II were OlSCuSSeO. f1ennesSy
quoted then from Thomas Mott Os-
bornes confirmation of his story Of The
same conference.
Then he reviewed his own charge
made on Saturday night. that George
Foster Peabody had been sent Muir
ply by a judge to see what Murphy
would have to say about matter that
was then in court, and he quoted from
Peabody's brief confirmation on that
point, What Hennessy says is true"
The last charge he took up was that In
which he declared that Senator Fraw-
ley had said in the hearing of ex-Fire
Chief Croker that they had TO impeach
Sulzer or he would send them all to
Jail, and he read Cookers confirmation
Of that.
Hennessy dismissed McCall's affidavit
with the remark that one could not
commit perjury by making an affidavit,
and added: IF Mccall will only sue
me criminally and bring forward the