Mrs Sherman rret a party of twenty women at

a breakfast glv*:. in her honor to-day b) Mrs.Charles Henry Butler.

IN WASH.NGTON SOCIETY.[From Th» THbmM Bureau.!

Washington, April ML—The Vice-President andMrs. Sherman were entertained at dinner to-night

by th» Rev. Pr. and Mrs i-har!»« Wood, "ho had

among their other guests the British Ambassadoran>l Mrs. Brye.

The Spanish Minister entertained at dinner to-night the Russian Ambassador, tiie Swiss Minis-ter, the Peruvian Minister, the Assistant Secretary

Of the Navy and Mrs. Beekman Whlthrop. Mr.an.i Mrs. Frank Ellis, the Italian Counsellor andMarchess dl MaßtasUarl, Mrs. Barney. Mrs. Brnm-well. Miss Foraker, Miss f'oudert. Miss Pattenand Senor Pon Manuei Walls y Merino.

Mr. de Thai w!l! arrive in New Tork to-morrowfrom six months' travel in Russia, Ital}-, Switzer-land, Germany and England, and will come atonce to Washington to resume his duties as Rus-sian Becond Secretary.

THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.[FtttiTh? Tribune Rurrau.]

Washington, April 28.- Tlie f;erman Allllie—lloiwill accompany Countess yon Bernstorff and•

V.untesH Luise-Alcxandra yon Bernstorff to NewYork on Sunday. The countess and her daugh-ter willsail on Monday for Germany to spend thesummer on their estate, near Dresden. The Am-bassador will return to Washington.

The Belgian Minister and Baroness Moncheurentertained guests at dinner to-night, complimen-tary to the sister of the baroness, Mrs. Grant

r>uff. wife of the British Minister to Cuba, who Istheir house guest.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE.[From The Tribune Bureau. 1

Washington, April28.— The President returned to

Washington early this morning from Philadelphia.

At noon, with Mrs. Taft and Captain ArchibaldButt, he attended the services in honor of Ma'.oi

I'Enfant at the Capitol. This afternoon thePresident, accompanied by General Clarence R.

Edwards. Captain Archibald Butt, a. Secret Serviceman and an orderly, went horseback riding InPotomac Park while the Marine Band gave a con-cert. Mr*. Taft, with Mrs. A. Garrison MrClin-tock, attended the concert in one of the White

House touring cars.President Taft will attend the celebration of the

120 th anniversary of the inauguration of PresidentWashington to be held in Alexandria, Va.. on

FTiday.

The Beverly Chamber of Commerce, which isonly half a mile distant from the President'ssummer home, has been selected for the WhiteHouse offices for the summer.

Senator Lodge presented a number of New Eng-

land cotton manufacturers, who submitted theirviews on the tariff to the President.

Among the White House callers were the Sec-retary of Bt;ite, Senators Burkett and MrL«aurtn andRepresentatives Kennedy, Wiley, L>e Armond,

Candler and Washtiurn.The President and Mrs. Taft entertained at din-

ner to-night the Speaker of the House and MissCannon. Justice "White, Justice M«>ody. the Sec-retary of the Treasury and Mrs. MacVeash. Sen-

ator and Mrs. lyvlge, Senator and Mrs. Klkins,

Senator Warren. Senator and Mrs. Depew. Sen-ator Kean. Senator and Mrs. Taliaf»rro, Senator

and Mrs. Rayner. Senator and Mrs. William Al-

den Smith, Senator and Mrs. Brlsrgs, SenatorRoot, Representative and Mm. Under wood, Mrs.Sheridan. Mrs. Reyburn, Miss Kean. Solicitor gen-

eral Bowers and Captain Butt. The decorationsin the state dining room were Ivory rOSSS andwhite carnations, and Mrs. Taft wore a gown ofblue satin.

SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.'

[By Teltirraph to The Tribune.?Newport. April2S.—The Newport Casino will?pea

for the season on Saturday, and -will remain open

until November. This willbe the real beginr.tas orthe season in Newport.

Mrs. K. Hanson Smith, of New Tork. was her»to-day, looking over her summer home.

Mrs. Hermann Oelrlchs Is expected Friday t9inspect her estates. Mrs. Cornelius Var.derbirt isexpected to-morrow to look over The Breakers.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Emmons have opened

their summer home.

Mi?s Amy Baker will give her annual recital atSherry's to-morrow afternoon. She will be as-sisted by McC^all I^anham, the barytone, sadBruno Huhn, who will be at the plar.o.

Smetana's "Bartered Bride"" will be giren thUevening at the Metropolitan Opera House for th»benefit of the Legal Aid Society. The Governorand Mrs. Charles E. Hughes have accepted th»invitation of the committee to be present. Among

those who have taken boxes are Mrs. Henry Fa!r-fleld Osborn. Mrs. M Orme Wilson. Mrs. Georg*

I^. Rives, Mrs. James Speyer. Mr?. John E. Par-sons, Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt. Mrs. Warren De-lano, Mrs. James L. Barclay and Mrs. J. Ker.r.edy

Tod.

Miss y,~:.a W. Lazarus, daughter e-f Mr. and

Mrs Frank Lazarus, will be married so Henry

Root Stern this afternoon at the home of her sis-ter. Mrs. Charles P. Howland. No. V. West 11thstreet. Owing to family mourning, only relativesand a few Intimate friends willbe present. There

will be no bridal attendants. Walter Stern willba

his brother's best mzn.

Among those who sailed '-'-.-- yesterda7

were Mr. and Mrs. Lewi.-? Iselin. Mrs. William P.Douglas and her daughter. Miss Douglas; Mr. andMrs. Paul Morton and Mr. and Mrs. Frederic*Edey.

Mr. and Mrs. BirdTseye Blakeman T/»- are r*.celving congratulations on the birth of a son at

the home of Mrs. Lewis's parents, Mr. and Mr*.Oakleigh Thorne, No. 259 Madison avenue.

Mrs. T. J. Oakley Khineland^r ?av« a dinn?r\followed by bridge, last night at her house, laWest EM street.

Mr?. Vanderbllt left town yesterday Tor Newport,where She will spend a few days. She -w'll sailfor Europe with her daughter, the Cowatesa LaszloSzechenyf. within the next few week^.

Mrs. Frank M. Avery. daughter of Mrs. Joha vTerrlll Clark, was married yesterday afternoon laGrace Church chantry to James Hathaway Kld-der. The ceremony was performed by BishopBurgess of Ijiti? Island, assisted by the Rev. Dr.William R. Huntlngton. In the presence of ret*!ryes and a few Intimate fri"<r:<!?«. A reception fol-lowed at the Plaza, for which the invitation? -scerimore general. The bride, who was given away feyCrawford Hill,of Denver, was In a gown of whitschiffon cloth, trlmmeii with old lace. She wore alarge hat of black Neapolitan straw. adnrn^d -gritojparadis»» feather?, and carried a bouquet of whit»lilac."". She had no attendants'. John Farrlsh Lmwas Mr. Kidder's best man. and 'he ushers wer»A. Duer Irving, N. Thayer Robb. Joseph H. Hunt,Robert P. Blake. Charles C. Walker, James* LowellPutnam. Guy Lowell and Harry .' Armsteadi jr.Among those present at the ceremony were Mr«,George J. Gould, Miss Marjorle Gould. Sftsa VeraGilbert. Miss Marguerite Shonts. Frederick '\u25a0'*».send Martin. Mrs. Gnodhue Livingston and Mrt.J. Stewart Barney. The reception was held inth»ballroom of the flaza, which was decorated xritipalms and forsythia. Among the fr»it>sta. in ad<H-tlon to those already mentioned, wrp Mrs. TlenryS. Redmond. Mrs. Charles A. <•*•;\u25a0 . Mrs. CharteiR. Marshall. Mrs. Harry 3. I>?hr. Mrs. HermannOelrlchs, Mrs. J. Russell Soley, Mrs. ilrijpa Tay-lor Campbell, Mrs. <;<\u25a0\u25a0 ..\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 Kortrtght, Mr.*. >;_Thayer Robb. Mrs. James I'arrisli I*ee. Mr. ar.4Mrs. Edmund I>. Baylies. Fhrenix Tneraham.Harry B. Black. Miss Louise Ward McAllister.Miss Alice Anderton. Mrs. Guy Lowell and «;en»ral *

Horace Porter.

NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Buchanan, daughter of Brigadier General Bu-chanan, who sails for a summer In Europe la afew days.

May 6 has been selected as the date for a gam*of ball between the members of the Metropolitanand Chevy Chase clubs, the proceeds to go to tb«free ward of the Providence Hospital. ,

Among the women who entertained luncheon par.ties to-day was Mrs. Stephen O. Rlchey. •whos»guest? were asked to meet Mr?. Isidor Raynar.

CONGRESS.— Senat.v Various features ofthe tariff bill were discussed, Mr. Simmons, of

North Carolina, advocating retention of th-present duty on lumber, and Mr. llrrnvn. <>fNebraska, favoring an Income tax. - - TheHouse was not in session.'

FOREIGN.— AbduI Hamid. th" deposed Sultan

ofTurkey, was taken, with four wives and sey*nof his children, to Salonika, where h*> will hekept a prisoner; it -.vas decided that he wouldnot be placed on trial. ===== Miss Muriel White.daughter of the American Ambassador t"

France. \u25a0was married by civil ceremony In Pansto Count Hermann Scherr-Tboss. an officer ofthe Roya! Prussian Cuirassiers. ===== An arnWman who admittf-d that he was an anarchistseeking to killPresident Fali^re? of Franc, wasarrested at Monte Carlo. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 Mrs. Olive Logan,the American -.vrit<=>r. actress and lecturer, died5n an asylum at Banstead, England. ===== PrinceHerald Of Denmark, third son of King Fred-erick, married Princess Helena <~.f mderburs;-duecksburg at Berlin. The Aoronautic.nlSociety of Great Britain will,on May 3. for the

first tim<? in its existence-, present its gold medal.the recipients being- Wilbur and Orville Wright.

DOMESTlC— President Taft is reported tobe seriously concerned over the Senate's atti-tude on the tariff, several features of th<=- billnot mating; his views as to a genuine revision.r . \u25a0 Mr. Taft officially recognized Mehmed Vhp the new Sultan of Tnrkej and sent him hiscongratulations. The body of Major L"En-fant. who planned the city of Washington, wasburled in Arlington National Cemetery, afterfervicps in th«i Capitol, at which Vice-President

rman and Ambassador Juss*-rand spoke..\u25a0 Th- tri-district convention of the UnitedMm- Workers at Scrantoi unanimously adopt-

ed the extension of th^ present agreement withthe operators for three years more; the unionJ« not recognized, but some minor concessionsare mail- by th<- employers. \u25a0 Tin- Assem-My at Albany practically killed the Allds motor

vehicle tax; bill by amending that measure; theHam bill, almost Identical, was immediately

reported by the Assembly Rules Committee.<_*ITY. Stocks were strong. ,Asyndicate

Including directors of til.- Carn^le Trust Com-pany obtained control of the Van Norden TrustCompany and the Nineteenth and Twelfth Wardbanks, to consnlidatf them with the CarnegieTrust. :

'Captain Hair.s broke down and

cried during the opening of the defence In histrial for murder. ===== The Public Service Com-mission ordered all surface roads in the cityto equip their cars with wheel guards. ===== Itbecame known that Dr. Raymond, former presi-dent of Union College, and Professor Ellwood,of the University of Missouri, lost in the failureof Ennis & StoppanL Mrs. Ida yon Clau-fpn was named as defendant in a suit to re-cover $15,000 lent to her, it was said, by Baronyon Lindbc-rg. who introduced her to the King

of Sweden after the American Minister hadrefused. * - One firm announced an increaseto $1 a ton for manufactured ice.

THE WEATHER.—

Indications for to-day:Cloudy. The temperature yesterday: Highest,64 degrees; lowest; 43.

TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who will sail to-<iay"*

Kurope iir*-:

TUB VmViWLtUJkXD, FOR HAMBUBO.Mr. Ottnta Brand. IMr. an,t Mrs. W««n »•Mr und Mr* Oudt-n Cod- Merchant.

m.M Mrand Mr. VT. J. Ev«*William A.. .H'lan.! Bishop an.i Mm. TthJffl"

Mrs. John Miller r.rahatn. Bowman.Mlm Olive flrteh. Richard 3. ».hild»John \u25a0 Towler. I

THR VAPERLAXD. FOR ANTWF.RFV C Rani-" Mis. Frances A- (vr-

Mr and Mr. R. F. Feck. Mis-Clara "^^.^^s.Mr. arul Mrs. A. U Burns.

Mr i.TharlM ttftt^ ***

Mrs. W. P- Ellis- Mr.and Mrs. Geort» T. so""

THE FlNt^N'- FOR NAPLES.Mr and Mr» W. F. Bishop. |Robert P. Hunt-r.EA rwvy. IMrs. Marlon Stonr.

Mrs. C."lHill.\u25a0

.Mrs. W. J *>\u25a0"\u2666*£ httassjGeneral and Mrs C. W.I Mr.and ~-r- I-B. wnn—

Holbs. i

THE PENNSYLVANIA. FOR HAMBURG-Mr ani SNA Wiiiiam \l\bb X v HmiUl_

Ca'thman r» '''^"X, JJSSrMr an, Mr, Albert

Mr. and Mrs. A. M. SulH-IC. Wellington 1--

0-»-

Brisk Bidding at First Session of Sidky Bey

Art Sale— Total Receipts. 57.550.Brisk bidding from a representative throng <*

art lovers marked the first session of the SidltrBey sals at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, N*546 Fifth avenue, yesterday, the total realized for

the afternoon being 5T.."."". An antique Feregha.l

carpet, with a medallion centre, brought the hlgß-

est price of the sate— s3Ss. Mr*,k J- Seymour VaJ

the buyer.

The features of the sale, however, "\u25a0*• t»

smaller objects In Persian silver, Babylonian and

Persian pottery and Oriental embroideries. A Per-

sian stiver brocade dress was bought by Mrs. A-

Patterson for S3. There was considerable frleaairrivalry in the bidding: between Dr. J. H.Abrahamsan.l William Norr:-. the actor, both \u25a0\u25a0- whom ar»

well known collectors of Oriental art objects. A

Bokhara dish in blue and purple v.i-opined r*

Mr Norrta for $13. while Dr. Abrahams aidJ^for a turquoise blue Ptrslan plate. He also bousr"

a rose water bottle, with filigree ornamentation,

for m, and a sma.i ewer, with rloral desiffr. for

Clifford Bell and E. H. Stein purchased severs*examples of Oriental firearm* Other buyers.in-

cluded H. H. Brlgham. K. Marshall and S. n<&

.lerson. Old European velvets. .|.lerl« wn

brocade* Damascus tile3 and Eastern firearms vna

be llspersed at the sale this afternoon.

FEREGHAN CARPET BRINGS 5335.

Has Attack on Way from Washington to Bos-

ton—

Condition Not Serious.

Boston. April 28.— The Rev. Dr. Edward EverettHale, chaplain of the United States Senate, was

attacked by Illness while on bl3 way from 'VVas^-

imston to this city to-day. Members of his house-hold said to-night tha; he was reatlny comfortably

and that his condition" was not serious.

DR. EDWARD EVERETT HALEILL.

Ex-President and Kermit Roosevelt Will Try

to "Bag" King of Beasts.

Nairobi. British East Africa, April2S.— The mera-bers of the Roosevelt party will start to-morrow

from the ranch of Sir Alfred Pease oa their firsthunting expedition after lions.

The remainder of the Roosevelt camp -was moved

this morning from Kapltl Flair.s to the, Peas*

ranch.

WILLSTART OUT AFTER LIONS TO-DAY

CSIVALROI 8 SENATORS.Again the Senate at Albany has signified If

willingness t<» have an amount variously esiimated at from $3,000,000 to $7,000,000 added tothe already overburdened budget of New forkCity. The law of supply and demand, while itmay not be repealed, is to I"'Ignored, and thesemillions arc !u be added to the salaries of thewomen teachers of this city. Our Senators arenothing if not gallant, and the insinuation thatthey mijitit l^ lacking in this quality was aseffective this year as last. Among these de-fenders of women, of course, were t.< be foundthose modern knights, Senators Grady and Me-Careen.

The same objections apply to the plan ihisyear which "ere brought forth a year ago, whenGovernor Hughes vetoed the equal paj bill afterit had passed both branches of the Legislature.With the city's finances at so low an ebb thepractical consideration is not to l>»* overlooked.That more than tbe amount involved could i>»>saved in other departments under a businesslikeadministration is beside tbe question. Themoney i* not being saved, and the Immediateprospect of su.-h :i desirable result is U'<t at allbright. Even if the < it.\ were in a position topay the added amount, the arguments on whichthe Increase is based would be do more sound.Theoretically it is all very well to stand <>ntfor equal pay for the aexea, but if efficient iupii

teachers cannot be secured for less than to be-ing paid Ht the present time, and competentwomen .-an be secured for tbe lower salariespnid to them, wfijcta are generally higher tbsincould be sfH-urt'.i outside, there is no moral l.asisfor the Increase. It is not unjust to assumethat the salaries paid t.. women constitute thestandard, and that the men receive the higherpaj because of the obvions necessity <>f havingmen in the service and the impossibility of sp

•Miring them for the money paid the women.The women who teach Is the public schools

of tho city arp not gptting "starvation wages."If they were, it wovJd not be possible to keepthp ranks full, which is the condition at pres-ent. In private schools the larjrrr salaries arepaid to men, and it certainly Is more unjust,

To extend the channel to the full width ciriuInally proposed (2.000 feet) Is expected to taketwo and a half years more Progress is facili-tated, it may be assumed, by the experience nlready gained. Besides, in i:h»7 the engineersdoubled the nunil»er of dredges in servU-e vrhenthey began operations, Except for thai action,it would probably not be feasible to-day for theI.usitania and the Mauritania to come up theAmbrose Chaunel. However, since the hitr^eststeamships which visit New York are now hap-pily accommodated, there does not seem to !>eany need of pressing baste in finishing tin*work.

FUTURE OF THE AMBROSE CHANNEL.A gratifying assurance in regard to the new

entrance to New York Harbor la given In 'TheOutlook' 1 by Mr. Arthur Hewitt. No doubt afterconsultation with the governmeni engineer tocharge of the enterprise, Mr. Henry \. Bab-i k. Mr. Hewitt says there is little danger thatthe Ambrose Channel will till with driftingsand, as lias been predicted. It may provejudicious !\u25a0> employ one of the tour dredgesimw at work after the eoinpleti f the oewhighway, but there is little indication \u0084f trouble.Indeed, the scouring action of thf tide nowhelps to keep the bed of the channel clear.

Four v»-ars having elapsed since the govern-ment to<>k charge of the excavation, and the.channel having been dug t" us full depth forhalf its future width, ii ought now to be possitile to determine whether or not it was worthwhile i,, undertake the work, and also to makereasonably accurate calculations as t<> the laborof maintaining it-^ efficiency. Steamship coin

panles whose vessels me tbe shortened routeto and from tbe sea will welcome the announce-ment that the Improvement now In progresswill prove fl lasting one

The Implications of the report regarding the

favorable effect of the change of policy areborne out by the news from EMttsburg that al-ready the bottom prices for steel have beenreached and an advance has begun. This meansthat business is Increasing, and is \u25a0 justificationof the steel corporation's critics in their con-tention that die only way to stimulate recoverywhs the historic one of making concessions inprices.

Nor is the small tonnage of the filled orderssignificant of the results of the open mar-ket. Itdoubtless does not Indicate a small vol-

ume of business, but is due to the corporation'spolicy of not seeking large orders for fulfil-ment in the long future at the present low

prices. When prices .-ise the corporation doesnot Intend to be burdened with contracts en-

tered Into this season.

PRICES AND RECOVERY.

The earnings of the United States Steel Cor-poration for the first quarter of this year af-ford no complete test of the policy of reducing

prices, for the "pen market was declared in themiddle of the quarter and was followed by a

period of uncertainty and stagnation, Vet thefigures given out on Tuesday seem to Indicatetluit the company lias benefited by abandoning

its attempt to uphold prices in a period of de-pression. The earnings of February, duringhalf of which the open market existed, ex-

reeded those of January, and the earnings ofMarch, when the full effects of the reductionsurely were felt, exceeded those of February.Moreover, the earnings of the quarter as awhole were much better than bad been expectedby those who were reckoning on an average re-duction in profits of about $6 a ton on all thelater production of the quarter, without any

marked increase in business.

countries which could adopt that course without

difficulty. Hut whatever American wishes 01

readiness in the matter might *c, there seemsto be a serious constitutional obstacle to its

adoption by this country. Our Constitution,which is far less flexible than those of someother countries and far more difficultto amend

explicitly vests the judicial power of the Lnitcd

States in the Supreme Cowl and such inferior

courts as Congress may establish, and declares

that the judicial power shall extend to ill

eases in law and equity, arising under the Con-

stitution, the laws of the Unite,! States and

treaties made under ft ir authority: to all ons-is

affecting ambassadors, other public ministers

and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and man-

time jurisdiction: to controversies to which the

United States shall be a party, and to case-*

between a state or the citizens thereof and for-

eign states citizens or subjects. In brief, th-

judicial power of the federal courts Is by tl.o

Constitution extended and applied to the very

cases which it is now proposed to refer first of

all to an International court.It will be Interesting to learn in what way

the withholding of rases from the court to

which the Constitution assigns them, and theirreference to another court of which the Const!tution has no cognizance, can be constitutionally

approved. We do not say that it cannot !,-

done but certainly the difficulty of doing it ap-

pears to be great. To send a single case to arbi-

tration now and then. by virtue of a specialtreaty negotiated for the purpose, has been found

practicable, and the constitutionality of that

procedure has not been Impeached. Hut It

would seem to be a very different thing to or-

dain a permanent and general ad for the with-

drawal of all cases of certain Important classes

from the institutional tribunal and the auto-

matic reference of then, to an extra-constitu-tional tribunal without the formality of special

Treaties. We do not say that it might not bedesirable to do so. But even the most desirable

end must be attained. Ifat all. by lawfulmeans,

and the Constitution of the United Strifes is thesupreme law.

Palermo. April 2* -The King and Queen of Eng-

land, after an automobile, rtde here to-day, sailedfor Baja on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.

KINGS EDWARD AND VICTOR To MEET.Rome. April 2S

- Klngr Victor Kmmanue! and

Queen Helena, accompanied by Foreign MinisterTittonl, left hertr to-night for Raja, which Is aboutten miles west of Naples, wh»re th*y will meetKins FJdward and Queen Alexandra.

KING VICTOR RECEIVES DR. KLOPSCH.Rome. April 2S.—Dr. l,ouls Klopsch. of "The

Christian Herald," of New York, was received in

private audience by KinK Victor Emmanuel to-day. His majesty, in the course of the conversa-tion, expressed his appreciation of what the Amer-ican people had done for the Italian earthquakosufferers, and he also spoke of the pleasure he hadhad In meeting: ex-President Roosevelt in Messina.

AERONAUTIC SOCIETY OFFERS PRIZES.

The Aeronautic Society decided at its meerithe rooms of the Automobile Club of America lustnlßht that the first exhibition of the season to liehold under its auspices would be nt Morris Parkon May 29. It was also announced :\v l>e S. Burrldj,-e. the president, that $I<>.ooo In prizes would bedistributed l>\ the society In five sections dm tagthe early summer.

At the first aeronautical tournament to he heldthis year 52."W will lie pa!<i to the nviator who

files I.<*«\u25a0> feet .T more. The contests willhe held

at the park <>n five SDCOSSShre Halnuisjs. and $2.O"V>in prizes will be offered each day. The complete

rules rrtjulntlliK the contests will lie annonnc-.llater.

Professor Woods, of Johns Hopkins, DeclinesProposition from Texas.[By Telrßrnph to Th« Tribunal

Baltimore. April 28.—Professor K. W. Woods, ofJohns Hopkina University, whose experiments witha mercurial telescope have attracted much attentionin the scientific world, received a request fromFort Worth. Tex., this morning to erect a larK«Instrument there tor the purpose of flashing signalsto Mars Kuarante?lng him $10,000 for his expenses.

Professor Woods wired back that while he be-lieves the mercurial telescope la capable of great

thlnK*. ho does rot believe it feasible to signalMars with an Instrument one hundred Inches Indiameter, or. for that flatter, with one that has adiameter of one hundred miles. Dr. Woods made Itplain that he took no stock In the scheme.

WILL NOT TRY TO SIGNAL MARS.

a city committee willhave general charge of theunion's activities in the approaching campaign. Itwill prepare and place In the hands of each localorganisation the full record \u25a0( the aldermen. As-

semblymen, municipal court Judges and other oft1.cers from each district, It is not expected thatthe union, as a political organisation, willnominatecandidates for .tiler. The Idea is tot the union to»i.ik through a Citizens' Committee of One Hun-dred, whose recommendations willbe Indorsed by !t_

Personnel Announced—

A City Committee toHave Charge in Campaign.

'n.e new executive committee of the CiUsmuInion wan announced yesterday .

William Jay Schieffelln. Abner S. Halßht, Cyrua1^ Bulzber(?e:. OettlgS W. Klrchwey. JuUui H :iry

Cohen, KlginH. L. Gould, Frederic W. Hir.rlchs.Isaac N. SeliKma". John J Hopper, Francis C.Huntlngton. ("liaiies B. Stover, Roberl Van Uer-stine, Chariea H. Israt-ls. Frederic S. l.am

nard Babbmo, C. B. Orcutt, Edwin 8. Ksssing anda \u25a0 -t n Btebbtor.

C. U. EXECUTIVE COBOIITTEE

As \u25a0 measure of the public capacity for self-government the experiment with regulation, sofar as Ithas cone, is a cause nf optimism and. "mfiden*-e. a- Mr. Ivins: says, much has been

plishod. Ix.th as a consequence of the en-actment of the law and jis:\ result of the activi-ties of the commission— to consider only the com-mission in this .-ity. whose work and problemsare more familiar —but, nevertheless, a vastamount remains to be done. Yet the public ac-OBBts the situation without impatience. It ap-praises the difficulties in ihe eximmlsslon's waywith intelligence, is aware that improvement

must be slow and gradual, but is confident thatH is. sure. There is hardly * body engaged Inany pablic work so vitally affecting the peoplewhich is subjected to le^s criticism than is thecommission. Th** public not ..i.h upholds thecommission's hands in everything it does. but.better still. dr*>s bo) attempt to rush i)..- .\u25a0,.in-

mlsslon to immature am! ill-vonsidered action.There cocld not be a better demonstration ofthe patience and reasonableness of the peoplethan the beginning <•\u25a0 regulation has afforded.

And the results can disappoint only those whoexpected miracles. Traction renditions havemended and are mending since the Public Ser-vice commissions law went into effect, and it issskin? too much to require any one to believethat they would have improved without thatlegislation. Tb'-- -vbo said that under regula-tion there would be no more profits for investorsare confuted. Mr. Wbitridge has ju?t shownthßt th*> wny to make a traction line pay is togivp good service with It. Compulsory good ser-vice ?s tncrellfceh *oput money into stockholders'packets than to take it out. As for the privatecapital that was to be driven from the field byf/eolation, according to the prophets of disas-ter. Mr. McAdoo. who has had. experience, keepsextend ics his system; Mr Shout?, who knows

THE PUBLIC JLXD REGULATIOX.-Mr. William 11. Ivinsmakes reply in the cur-

rent "Century Magazine" to Mr. Frederick W.Wliitridg-. •!•\u25a0:• • of the Third avenue sys-tem, who paid his compliments to the PublicService Commission in a recent issue of "TheCentury." Mi.Ivins writes: "1 am bold enough

"to say that Governor Hughes has been justified-of his law and his oommission, and that no

"other similar body has accomplished so much,"and so much of value, in the same time." and

h» thus concludes; regarding regulation in thelong run: "Afterall is said and done, it is the"public which will ultimately be responsible.**Power is not where ihe statutes try to place it.**l>ut where the controlling influence is. and it**dei»ends on the public more than on the com-"miseloiis whether the law shall tiuallj- succeed"or Tail/

Now. .•(!! this aspersion and dissatisfactionmight be avoided by submitting all Interna-tional cases to an international tribunal. It isprobable that there are some, perhaps many.

VATIOXAL AND INTERNATIONAL COURTS.

The difficulties- we do not say that they are.insui»eriible

—are to be encountered in an

attempt to create an international court of jus-tice are strongly suggested by the best advo-cates of such a tribunal themselves. At themeeting of the American Society of Interna-tional I^aw last week Senator 800 lelaboratelyand authoritatively discussed the subject, froma sympathetic point of view. lie frankly recog-nized 'he unfortunate if not the evil resultswhich sometimes follow the submission to arbi-tration of cases which have already bt-en determined by national courts, such a course involv-ing aspersions upon the integrity or impartialityof the national courts, and thus causing ill feel-ing, sad he urged what be regarded as thebetter plan of submitting certain cases directlyto an international tribunal of some sort, with-out their first being passed upon by national«Tiiirts. The argument for such .-. procedure

is certainly strong. No matter how Intelligentand upright the judges of a national court maybe. they can scarcely avoid some bias, uncon-scious but none the less potent. In favor of theirown country or countrymen. Even if that biasdid not exist, it would scarcely be possible to

\u25a0weld suspicion of its existence on the part ofthe alien litigant: and. moreover, the often im-portant differences between the judicial proced-ures and even principles of different landsstrongly tend toward creating in one countrydissatisfaction with the decisions of the courtsof another.

"The Picas" is tiie leading protectionist news-paper in the strongest of the protectionist states.

What it say6represents, we believe, the presentfeeling of all rational protectionists.

We believe as firmly as nny one else that dif-

ference of cost of production here and abroadshould be compensated for In tariff duties, when

. competition exists. Yet there N a gen-

eral conviction that many <>f the Dingley sched-ules give a degree of protection exceeding thecost differential. The country has undoubtedlybeen led To think thai unnecessary protection

would be dispensed with in accordance with Re-publican promises. The Bouse billmade changes

in the tariff system (.f consequence and therebymarked a departure from the lines of the Iting-ley law. The Senate bill is a practical return to

the Dingley law, and is, in our opinion, disap-pointing to the country on both political andeconomic grounds. We are glad to .-.-ill the at-

tention of our Philadelphia correspondent !\u25a0• thefollowing comments on this subject by "ThePhiladelphia Press" ot April28:liwillbe a grave peril to all protective Inter-

sta \u25a0\u25a0•-\u25a0i to all protected manufactures if thetariff now adopted proves unsatisfactory, if it

turns out to be the Dingley tariff,slightly modi-fied, a universal protest will be heard. In 1^97the experi n*• of the Wilson tariff led to a de-mand for the McKinley rates and more protec-tion. No one last autumn was asking for moreprotection. Protection th._- Republican party d.--

\u25a0 l. but modified to meet new conditionsiiiidadjusted t"now national needs. If this just

..- disappointed tariff apltation will be re-sumed, business will be disturbed and the ad-~ to a few manufactures proposed In the

\u25a0 tariff bill,as it now stands, will be dearlypurchased at the cost of another period of un-certainty.

The Republican party declares unequivocallyfor a revision of the tariff by a special sessionof Congress immediately following the inaugu-ration of the next President, and commends thesteps already taken to this end in the work as-signed to the appropriate committees of Con-gress, which are now investigating the opera-tion and effect of existing schedules.

Moreover, it is somewhat difficult to reconcile

our correspondent's insistence that the Repub-lican platform did not contemplate \u25a0 revisionwhich should be noticeable as such with his ad-mission that "under the command of that plat-

"form Congress is now In session, thoroughly and

-patiently reviewing -- overlooking—

revising

"every schedule and paragraph in the tariff in"order t<> make any changes in rates and classi-"ncation that can be made to the betterment of•the tariff law itself and for the hem-fit of the"whole American people." According to his ownstatement, "changes in our tariff system" and"readjustments of schedules" have been and are-\u2666ill under way.

REAL OR KOMIXAL REVISIOV*We have received from a correspondent in

Philadelphia. Mr. Richard Campion, \u25a0 letter ex-

pressin? dissent from some «if our criticisms of

the Senate's tariff bill Mr. Campion writes:

"You ask. "Why. in order to effect such slight"charges in our tariff system as are m•the Senate bill, the country should have been

"called on to undergo the disturbances business-incident to a revision

\u25a0 Did the Republicantemplate so inconsequential a readjustment

\u25a0of tariff rates when it promised revision inthe

•last national platform and demanded the calling

-of an extraordinary session ofCongreM to arr>-\u0084..., the party's* promise?" These interrogativeassert ionJ.Vsed as Ithink on false Prem

lead me to ask where in the Republican Pjatfonnare there promised -changes in our tariff .>.-

•t.m" and In what part of it is the declarationfor "a readjustment of tariff rates.

The Republican party in ta tost plat-

form did declare -unequivocally tor a re

••vision of the tariff by a special *^s,on"of Congress." and as unequlvocaJly de^'^the party's ere..,, as to th- tariff, to whicn

orfed every Republican Senator and k.

resentative owes allegiance and under th-

command of that platform declaration S^EZfiZis now In extra session, thoroughly andPatientreviewing-overlooking-revising ever> scheduleand paragraph In the tariff In order to inake^anychants in rates and classification that anmade to the betterment of the tarifl *« i**™

and for the benefit Of the whole American ipeo;pie. not forgetting for one instant that tl'- X

publican party not only by its historj but Bpe-

Hflcallv by its last platform. «\u25a0»»"»*\u25a0*« Eggand maintain a tariff that will give « ™"security against foreign <-™??««'» V U

-American producers arc entitled, but als o o-maintain the high standard of.ln

'"*"m"

mo -t•wage earners of this country.^hoare the ,no. t

•direct beneflcia-ies of the protective ay-ten^Senator Aldrich appear* to be obeying the plat

form mandate. You condemn him. and [you com

mend Senators Nelson. Dolllvcr and Be\endgi.

Why?

To the questions asked we are glad to ?ive a

candid answer. We suggested hi last Sunday*

i«sue that. Inasmuch :is the Republican party

bad pledged itself to revise the tariff, it should

try to pass a law which could be recognized as a

revision and not be simply a slightly alteredduplicate of the Dlngley law. The Republicanplatform of 1908 certainly promise,! a readjust-

ment of tariff rates. The opinion prevailed that

the Dtngie? tariff had done its work, and that

conditions "in domestic industry and internationalcommerce had changed enormously since 1897,

when the Din**?law went into effect. It would

have been extravagant to expert a tariff law

passed then to nt the altered conditions of 1009.The makers of the Republican platform con-reded the necessity of change and thought the

proposed revision important enough to demandthat Congress should he called together in ex-

traordinary session to undertake It IfCon-gress was not summoned in extra session to ef-

fect some definite changes in our tariff system

and to readjust tariff rates, for what purposewas it summoned? The Republican party in

the last campaign did not promise to submit thequestion whether the tariff should be revise,! or

not to the incoming Congress, leaving to thatbody to determine whether or not the Dingley

rates were still good enough. Ifthe convention

had had any idea last year that the Dlngley bill

did not need material revision, but could be leftintact for another decade. It would not havewritten into the platform this specific pledge of

change :

what be has to expect, is «» desirous of the

privilege of building additional lines that he is

advertising daily in all the newspaper? of the

city in order to win public support for his pro-posal, and two other offers to provide new fa-

cilities are brine entertained by the commission.

NEW BRAND OF DOUBLE TAX.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer:

One branch of the New York Assembly has ap-proved <• bill to pay from the public treasury |f>a month to each soldier who served in the CivilWar with New York State organizations. pen-sioners are not required to prove the characterof their service, whether good or bad. brave orcowardly, or whether they now need the money.It is a voluntary gift from the Assembly, to pro-vide which the state is to bond Itself In the sumof $2,000,000.

The federal government now pays out some1160,000.000 a year in pension*. Is there anydemand that the various states supplement thisvast amount with payments to their Individualsoldier citizens? Does It not look like an effortof cheap politics to win favor from a class ofvoters to whom the offer of a bribe would be aninsult?

Professor Trevor Klncald. of Boston. Is now onhis way to Russia to collect parasites for the

gypsy and brown-tail moths. Speaking of hisplans after visiting the infested sections nearBoston, he said: "In the past the shipments ofparasites which have come here from Russia havel*en in poor condition, having been delayed onthe trip owing to the red tape of the government.

One fit the purposes of my trip to Russia will beto see if we cannot have put. Into operation thesame system of shipments as are now used Insending parasites from Japan. We know thereare three principal parasites in Russia that wewant. «nd a great many mere that we may finduseful in our work here Iexpect to remain InRussia until the middle Of July, and then to go toJapan for further work there for a time."

"People praise my work." raid the artist, boast-Ingly

"And they laugh at mine." rejoined the sad-faced party, "but !don't mind."

What la your line"" queried the artist.\u25a0

I'm a professions*! humorist," replied the other.—Chicago New?

\u0084.,.. ..... of irchsfology and Director ..f :heBchleswlg-Holsteln Museum uf Anti.juities at Kiel

w the full tit!.- of Johanna Mestorf, who cetobratedher eightieth Jt»lrthda> on April IT. In referring to

inlvereary, In which literary and scientificcircles of Germany were Interested, a biographer;.,. "Frkulein Mestorf was b<.r:i at JsraniMte.il.

Holsti In, and never married. Mythology an.larchaeology were her favorite studies from aauij

youth, and her first *reai work waa the transla-tion «'f the Swedish arclueologica] literature lnt«.

German. In 1891 "h* succeeded JVofessor Dankel-

iiiaiinin tii" place which she now occupies."

•So \u0084>ur boy Josh is workln' up to town"

"Yep." answered Farmer «'orntossei."Ever go uj> to see him""'Nope. After all them funerals he's got ofT to

attend on days the horn.- team played it wouldn'tdo rur any of Ma relatives to snow up alive."—Washington Star

He wi< making i"s arrangementa to apei. bi :. farmhouse. 'What hay« you to the

wav o! scenery?" he asked "There a n.>thln Intlie waj l.ut a cout>Je o" mountains." replied thefanner. "If 1' wasn'l fer them you couM see«',.. .,.,., ,-;,.;, i to the counts aeat." PhiladelphiaRecord.

].-x-President Castro la receiving much attention

at the hands of the Paris press In the form of an-ecdotes. all of which aim to make him ridiculous.Many of the stork-s are palpably Imaginary. Among

those published In "Figaro" the following, under

the head "Kx-Übtis Castro," has been widely cir-

culated: "The Venezuelan wanted a library for bis.i.l.i and bought one. To souse It he had a great

room on the ground floor fitted with shelves andgave orders that the big books be placed In rowson the lower shelves, the medium sited books overthes.- and the small ones high up. The cabinet

work was finished and the books were unpacked.

Then it was discovered that the big books weretoo tall for the shelves. 1»i«ICastro call In his

carpenters to rearrange the woodwork? No not

he. He simply cut the books off to tit. and therethey are."

The lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature haspassed a bill designed to prevent forcing from a

confidential trapher any information he or shemay have obtained from an employer. The billprovides that ell conversations between an em-

ployer and his stenographer shall have the same

lepil exemption i, the communications between a

parishioner and the priest to whom he confesses,

a lawyer and a client or a physician and a patient.

Mrs. Sharp— SO you told Mr. Jones you wishedyon were sins!'' once more, did you?*

Shr*r;. (with quick witt—Only that Imight have

th- happineaa of marrying you over again, dar-ling Boston Transcript.

THE TALK <>r Tin: DAY

Ore of the questions raised when Marconi'sachievements first fascinated the world was

• r the electric radiations which he needfollowed the earth's surface closely as they

spread or followed such a straight pat'n in suace

as to rise above the earth. Marconi himself has

long accepted the former riew. but two Ger-

mans. Mosler and Zenneck. are said to have

obtained evidence supporting the latter. Per-

:.;,,., they are right, bul as messages i*n« from

Nova Scotia have been picked up by the Klffel

Tower station, .'•..•"\u25a0"• 1 miles away. Marconi would

to have the bent of the argument.

Why don't those Staten Island aldermen whooppose the equipment of a tuberculosis hospital

in the Borough of Richmond— a hospital already

completed ask a competent physician whetheror no! the opening of such an institution threat-

ens the health of the neighborhood? The reply• open their eyes to their present folly.

When Ifehmed V lias a few minutes to spare

will he kindly tell the world whether the liberty

be stands for Is liberty to slaughter severalthousand persons whose religious faith differs

from his?

Though the distress caused by last week's

earthquake In Portugal Is not comparable with

that resulting from the shocks In Southern Italy

four months ago, it presents a pitiful picture.

No doubt adequate relief will be given by theirfellow countrymen to the twelve thousand per-

sons ticw reported to be homeless, but a heavy

tax is imposed on Portuguese generosity.

President Tart's recognition of Lee's patriot-

ism in surrendering ought to promote that spirit

of kinship between North and South which the

new Chief Magistrate is so earnestly endeavor-ing to encourage

Regard for human life and sound business pol-

icy both justify the equipment of the surface

cars with fenders and wheel guards which will

save the unfortunates run down on the tracksof the car lines. It appears that in 1908 444persons were killed an.) 2.591 were seriously in-

lured by streetcars In this city. The injuries of

all sorts numbered 36.060. The relatively

small amount needed to equip the rollingstock

with safety appliances would be doubly wellspent, since it would both protect the public

and decrease the damages levied on the compa-

nies as the result of accidents.

One of the objections raised to the Travis-

Lee constitutional amendment was that Itwould

impair the value of the security of the city's

outstanding bonds. But Investors apparently

were not impressed by this argument, for the

prices of city b-ncls were absolutely unaffectedby the passage of the amendment.

Texas doubtless feels that if Mars desires to

communicate with any part of the earth it will

be with Texas.

taking women generally into consideration, to

estnbiisb a basis in one profession and in one

city which is not genera]]; observed than itIs to

permit the women who teach in the New Yorkschools to labor under the general disability of

their sox to draw equal pny with men when

their services may be secured at a lower figure.

But In any event the Senators have purged

themselves of the charce of being deaf to the

demands of women because they have no votes.

4.H.1 their chivalrous generosity doesn't costthem a cent, either, unless the bill receives the

signature of the Governor.

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. APRIL 29, 1909.

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thy yews this uormxg.

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Biddle entertained a din-ner party or twenty-six to-night In compliment to

their house guests. Miss Esther Townsend. of New-York, and Mrs. Clarkson Runyon. of Elizabeth,

N. J.Mr. and Mrs. John P. Story, jr.. took twenty-four

guests to the Country Club for dinner to-night, the

affair being arranged as a birthday celebration for

Mrs. Story.

Representative, and Mrs. Charles G. Washburn.of Massachusetts, who are entertaining Mr. andMrs Reginald Washburn, of Worcester, gave adinner In their honor to-night.

Forty young persons were guests of Robert J.Stead, jr.. at a dinner dance at the Chevy ChaseClub to-night, which was given for Miss Helen

Mr. and Mrs. William Phelps Eno entertained at

dinner to-night the Swedish Minister and Mm- deLRgercrantz. the Spanish First Secretary andSenora de. Pastor, Mr. and Mrs. Charles HenryButler. Mr. and Mrs. Addison. Mr. and Mrs. Gard-ner Williams. Dr. and Mrs. Wllmer. I>r. and Mrs.Fremont Smith and Captain and Mrs. "WarrenBeach.