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New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
nArAL REORGANIZATION.

The preliminary report of the board appoint
ed by President Roosevelt to consider plans for
recognizing the Navy Department naturally
lays stress On the two most obvious inperfec-
fions Of the present system. The existing Or
ganization is oBe-sided and dangerously ineff'
cient IN that ii divides and dsperses response
bility. The board points out that the depart
ment has two chief duties-tO prepare all the
materials for war ard TO use such materials in
war or in times Of peace in such exercises as
conduce 10 efficiency In war. The first duty-a
s.izil one-is confided TO the bureaus now estab-
lished by law; but for the proper discharge of
the second duty no sufficient machinery has
been provided.
The reorganization board recommends the ere
alton Of an advisory body which shall do for
the military branch of the service what the
present bureaus do for the non-military. This
body En its opinion. should assume responsibility
for the management OF the fighting fleet Its
members should be drawn from among the line
eficers Of the higher grades who are familiar
with actual conditions ahoat and its head
should be called oE 10 command The summer
maneuvres. He and his assistants would form
general staff competent TO advise the Secre-
1ary of the Navy on all military matters and
trained for duty in case OF war. As civilian
the Secretary must lean on the professional
knowledge and experience of officers in active
service and destined 10 high commands il hos
tilities come II would be highly advantageous
70 the service whole If he could have the
permanent assistance of body of military ex-
perts. the head Of that body assuming complete
responsibility for the military conduct Of the
navy.
On the other hand the civilian functions Of
She department. instead Of being neglected, have
been magnified by the creation of bureaus with
conflicting powers. The hoard holds that there
should he concentration OF responsibility in
The technical field. One chief is enough for the
civil administration OF the navy. and be should
stand in the same responsible relation 30 the
Secretary as the chief Of the military board
Seine progress has already been made toward
consolidation OF the bureaus which deal with the
aafeY5el os the envy Complete consolidation
must come, OF course, because economy and eff
eieBcy 10 administration dem2nd ii. The board
suggests that chief technical assistant TO the
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
POPULAR ADJUSTMENTS AGAIN.

The committee of social workers which has
been moving for the provision and regulation
of the amusements OF the people, and which
is now endeavoring TO form citizens COM
mittee with those ends in view, has in mind
a moderate and reasonable plan 1t asks 20
more than that the best use should be made of
existing facilities. 1t has the sympathy of the
various religious bodies 1t does not desire the
city 10 enter upon programme of large ex-
penditure 1t aims merely to>call attention TO
the actual need of proper amusements for the
people and to awaken public interest and Sc
cure official cooperation to the same degree
that exists in most other large American cities
and many small ones. 1t calls for con-
structive policy in treating popular amusements,
instead of the customary shortsighted one of
prohibiting such amusements whenever abuses
creep into them.
We have already referred to one part Of the
programme. the forbdding ef the sale of
ilduor in dancing academies and the provision
Of model dance halls. as business investment
Other suggestions are in the same spirit The
members of the committee look upon the mov-
ing picture show one of the best forms of
popular amusement Ii Is cheap. Private in.
vestors stand ready TO supply the demand for
it, however great il may be. The shows given
may be educational and at the same time in
teresting. They need not be corrupting AND
they tend. like all amusements. to occupy in
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
POETRY IN POLITICS.

The Nashville American cannot find a bet
ter way Of expressing its indignation at the con-
duct of the Democrats controlling the Tennessee
Legislature than TO use this poetical quotation,
once popularized by President Cleveland:
Oh for tongue 10 curse the slave
Whose treason, like q deadly blight,
Comes Ger the councils Of the brave
And blasts them in their hour OF might.
History has not taken the Catchings letter
seriously since it is not disputed that the Cleve-
land administration consented to the changes
made by the Democrats of the Senate in the
Wilson tariff bill-changes which were alluded
to in the letter aforesaid as "perfidy and dis
honor" Possibly the situation in Tennessee is
not paraIlel. But whenever one faction of party
declares that the other has committed high trea-
son and similar objectionable misdemeanors and
will go down to future generations unwept, IN
honored and unsung, etc, il is generally safe TO
admire the rhetorical finish and vigor Of the
accusation but to give the accused the benefit of
q prosaic stay of judgment.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

- .,,ooa,+ 1zar nersons who without proper
entertainment, would be attracted 10 soHe VI
the various forms Of vice. No DOUBT tne
places where such shows are given should DC
made safe That is the business OF their pro
nrietors md it is the function Of the city
which licenses them TO see that they are SAFE
For the regulation of such places the COM
mittee suggests a voluntary censorship. sonle-
thing ike the Municipal Art Commission
body of citizens who will pass upon the pro
nriatv of any show of which complaint IS
made.
On the subject of Fairgrounds the programme
calls for no great expenditure. 1he Parhs anu
Fairgrounds Association last summer obtained
from the owners Of vacant property ln thlS
city consent to its use, and with money PIi-
vate1v contributed il furnished Fairgrounds
baseball fields etc. for the tenement u"eHei''
taking a personal interest If We are not mis-
taken in boys who were reported 10 be wiz
and given TO bad company. Now, the city
owns vacant property. unused school sites ana
the like scattered throughout its whole terri
torv. The committee would be glad 10 see II
a policy of the city that such Idle Iahd snoulu
be put TO use for purposes or wholesouie vi
,,o-cion The exDense would be very slight.
Other American cties-Chicago, St LOUIS
Roston Hartford and Rochester, for example
use such sites TO provide their children Win
Fairgrounds. and all Of them set apart larger
areas for play in their parks than New 1ork
does St Louis pays the carfare of its chll-
dren to one Of its outlying parks-a question
able proceeding which we mention to Illustrate
the different spirit that prevails elsewhere. ST.
Iouis's vacant lots are baseball fields IN sum
mer. and IN winter on freezing nights the FIRE
Department turns the hose upon them, and they
become skating Kinks for the children New
York initiated the playground movement in this
country but now it lags far behind.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
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washington. Feb. 27-The President sent spe-
cial message to Congress to-day, transmitting the
anal report Of the commission appointed to suggest
a plan for the reorganization OF the Navy Depart
ment.
The weIl-wishers who came to-day to say good-by
to the President exceeded all records according TO
the memory of White House attaches who have
been here for thirty years.
The President will give farewell reception 10
the Washington correspondents Monday morn
ing at 1870 O'Clock.
Among the White House callers to-day were Sec
retary Wright. Secretary Garfield. Justice Harlan
Justice Moody. J. w. Foster, Clifford Pnchot Sen
ators Clapp Depew Curtis. Dolliver. Warner. Gary
Aldrich. Borah, La Toilette, Crane Bourne, HOP
kins and Clark, of Wyoming; Representatives SUI
zer, Humphreys, Edwards, Foster, CrumpackeT'
French Snowden Parsons. Howell. Cooper Ocott'
Nelson Madison, Aiken. Morse, Hepburn Bede'
Roeder Goulden, Burke, Cironna and SPARKS; Der
egate Andrews, ex-Afayor Phelan Of San Francisco
Governor Hoggatt OF Alaska, IL H Dodge super
intendent of Mount Vernon; John II. Hammond. IL
I. Renrnet of Little Rock Seth Bullock. Of South
Dakota; w. A Beard of Country Life; Consul J.
E Jones' Of winnipeg; W. S. Robinson. OF North
Carolina; Professor Henry Pritchett; Z. L. MADDOX
OF Grand Rapids; Marshal Abernethy and wife' OF
oklahoma the Rev. and DR.. McEim and W. r.
Ellis. of Oregon.
The President to-day entertained luncneon
party composed OF Rear Admiral Sperry, Rear Az
rniraI Wainwright, Hiram Maxim. General Crozler'
Captain Clay, Captain Cheney, Captain Lu'rei
Kelly and Chaplain Gleason, L. 8. n.
The President went horseback riding before DIN
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

TFrorn Tribune BuIeAu.I
1,-.shi,zton Feb 27.-The President-eIect ailo
Dr-s Taft. who arrived here this afternoon ana
vent st once to the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. =
poardran TO remain until Wednesday eVenliis'
1rbeD thew will go to the White House. found an
extensive social programme awaiting tnen 0eha-
Tor and Mrs Hale will give large Iuncheoh IL
their honor tomorrow. and tomorrow night MISS
Mabel Boardman has invited NUMBER OF guests
20 meet them at dinner Miss Helen Tar1 and
Robsrt Taft will arrive here the first OF tho week
Senator and Mrs. Elkins. Senator and Miss Bur
rows Senator du Pont and DR.. and Mrs. Fremont
Smith were among the hosts who entertained large
dinner parties tonight
Mr. and Mrs Horace TAFT, OF Watertown, will be
the guests next week Of the Secretary OF the In
terror and Mrs. Garfield and viii bring to the
capital with them the Garfield boys and number
Of other Taft school students whose parents live
here
A large party OF New York people expected
here next week for the inaugural exercises, among
them being Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy L. woodruff,
M and Mrs Henry W. Coe. Mrs. Charles B.
Halsey, Mrs. L. B. Frost. Mrs. Peter Tooker anu
Mrs. Donald Mclean
Governor and Mrs. Hughes OF New York have
engaged n suite OF rooms at the New Willard for
inaugural week. and the next Attorney General
and Mrs. George ". Wickersham and their daugh-
ter, Miss Dorothy Wickersham. will also occupy a
suite Of rooms there.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
THE SIDE pooR suERAY CARs.

Referring 10 the subway cars which have
side doors "The Railway Age-Gazette" says:
sgrhe reduction in time for unloading and load
"ing points clearly to an increase in tram
"capacity Of fully one-third." We reproduce the
remark not for its news, but for the contrna-
ton It gives to q statement made by The
Tribune q few days ago Our own estimate
put the gain at from % to 40 per cent. While
precise figures are probably not yet attainable,
no such doubt remains concerning the general
fact as existed Immediately after the first days
trial Of the new plan. The original test was
beset with a double embarrassment Not only
was the Interborough company, for obvious
reasons, opposed TO the innovation, but the
public had not vet been educated in the proper
use OF the extra doors. Indeed, still further
training will probably he needed before the
best results can be realized 1t is absurd. how
ever, longer 10 question the benefit 10 be de
rived from following Mr.. Arnods recon-
mendation to the Public Service Commission.
From the very opening Of the subway to traf-
flc. more than four years ago. it has been ap-
parent that q mistake was made in not proyid-
ing additional means of entrance to and exit
from the cars. So fully had the advantages of
doors in the middle of the sides of the cars
been demonstrated on the Brooklyn Bridge
that the precedent there established might have
Inasmuch as two doors on a side instead OF
one apparently promise a greater degree of
relief the Public Service Commission would
be justified in adopting what seems TO be an
improvement on the Brooklyn Bridge system.
Nevertheless, thousands of persons who have
been obliged to use the subway during rush
hours have lamented the failure of the old
Rapid Transit Commission 10 require extra
doors at the very outset. For that failure the
commission IS not to be blamed. The aston
ishing development of traffic which has oc-
Cured could not have been foreseen and the
type Of cars ROW in use having once been sane
toned. it might not have been just to the Inter
borough company 20 insist immediately on q
change.
The situation has now altered The officials
who are at present charged with the duty of
regulating local transportation are under no
obligation 10 tolerate what has become an
obvious abuse. AS rs they distinctly rec
ognize a way to secure better conditions they
may with a clear conscience insist on IFS adop-
ton. Inasmuch it would be inpracticabIe
10 take off ali the cars at once for alteration
consideration for the patrons of the subway
will dictate the gradual introduction of what
ever reforms the Public Service Commission
may deem necessary. On the other hand there
would be no improperly in nquiring whether
n postponement TO the days of minimum traf.
fic in summer is essential. Can no alternative
be found?
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
THE CABINET.
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rFronn The Tribune Bureau.l
washington Feb. 27.-Mrs. Bacon, wife OF the
Secretary OF state and Mrs. Newberry, wife OF
the Secretary Of the Navy, went to Baltimore to-
dav to attend q luncheon given by MIS- Bonaparte
wife Of the Attorney General They returned this
afternoon. 49,
The Secretary OF War and Mrs wright VIII
entertain several out of town guests for
week OF the number will be their daughters
Mrs John watkins and Mrs. Palmer and Mrs'
Bryan the niece OF Mrs. Wright, from Memphis
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Ne"oerrs
will have as guests next week Mrs John b New
berry of Detroit mother Of the secretary; MT
and Mrs John S. Newberry, jr-. OF New YORK MS
brother and sister-in-law, and Victor Barnes
brother OF Mrs. Newberry.
The Postmaster General and Mrs. Meyer WIZ
have in their house party next week John a
Tucker1nan, f. r. Appleton, jr-. and hennetn
Budd.
The Secretary Of Commerce and LABOR anu M
straus will have with them next week MI ana
Mrs Fred Iewisohn. Mr.. and Mrs Leonard hoch-
Etadter and Miss Stiner, ali Of New 1ork ana
Roger straus and A party of schoolnoy fr1endS'
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
IN THE BERKSHIREs.


Ienox Feb. z7-The engagement was announces
to-day Of Edward A Burdett Lenox eountFS
resident. to Mrs Huger, OF south Ca-ohna- ln7
wedding will take place IN Norfolk Va m vs.
spring and will be performed by Bishop Randolpn.
a, Southern virginia Mrs Huger Is daughter
- Trd,a c.srra+t Of Norfolk The Garrett family
has been prominent in Virginia. and brother OF
Mrs IIuzer married the daughter Of Bishop Ran
dolph-
the Curtis Hotel 49,,
sides in stockbridge. and gone to Washington %
visit her brother, Justice David J. Brewer ana -er
sister Miss Emilia Brewer After the ina1suF@lIe'
she viii sail for Tarsus. Asiat1c turkey Nlel7 ~ -
will spend the spring and early sumner Win A.
other sister Miss Elizabeth Brewer, VINO IS
teacher I'm St Paul's School. which is conducted
IN, ths American Board OF Commissioners tor 1 Or
eign Missions -, ",
Mrs. charles McBurney and her son, Harry Nc
Fsurney OF New York. guests or Mrs AUS'i
2 Riggs at the Crossways, In Stockbridge
Mr. and Mrs George Baty Blake sailed yesterday
for France where they will spend the early sprih%
on the Riviera Before his departure MI 0"tA7
announced that he would be candidate lor -
nomination as a member OF the Lenox Board OF S.
lectmen- -.
The marriage Of Miss Katherine Peck eldess
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs Thomas Peck or Fi1tS-
field and MahiOn ogden Bradley, CT Chicaso. VII
take Mace on March in the Peck home IN
Plttsfeld.
Mr. and Mrs. William B ossood Field and W
Adams Delano have been IN Lenox looking over the
construction OF Mr.. Fields new country house -
Highlawn -.
Richard Goodman departed yesterday FOR month
in New York
Miss Resale c. Goodman is now IN New York,
e71est of Miss Clenentina Furniss-
Nries Helen Kobbe Of New Brighton, Staten ISL
end is a guest Of Mrs. F. L. Warren in Stock
bridge.
Mrs William Fahuestock and Charles Astor BITS
ted of New York. arrived tonight at the noteI
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

Apparatus by which the distance traversed by
a chariot was measured and indicated by tap
on a drum was known in China as long ago as
the year 1927. Professor Giles, of Cambridge
England, furnishes description of it to The
London Times" AS the taxicab tariff of that
remote day is not appended to the account, 1t IS
impossible to discover what extras were added
to tie regular charge and whether or not two
different rates were demanded for the same dis
tance. Until further information is availsble It
cannot be determined whether Chinese practice
nine centuries ago paralleled that OF the metrop-
oils OF the New World to-day. We doubt it
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

Secretary be chosen from among the recognized
technical experts Of the navy, or a competent
civilian engineer and naval architect be appoint
ed as Second Assistant Secretary of the navy
with charge of ali the technical bureaus.
In organization the navy has Jagged behlnd
A great feet Of modern warships has been ere
ated, but little has been done to modernize Ine
machinery for maintaining and employing it.
sharper distinction between military and nom
military functions should be made, red tape
should be cut and power to direct the navy
should be put in the hands Of men who can use
ii freely and TO the best advantage when
crisis arises.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

Earthquake shocks are now accurately
reported from remote parts of the world that
some inventive genius may be inspired to try
to devise instrument which will give us auto
matte warning of the approach Of that dark
star which is to knock the solar system, and
incidentally the earth. into snithereens 1t would
be ,nost grateful TO have warning OF 1t about
two centuries in advance so that we can have
time to take in the washing from the lines and
lock the cellar door
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
HENRY HUDSON. DIsCoTERER.

Mr. w L. Kunharft is reported as making the
iudicious remark in a letter TO the Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury that 1T is not strictly
accurate TO say that IIendrick Hudson discov-
s'ered the Hudson River" Indeed II is not ac-
curate at all, for there was no such person rs
''Hendrick" Hudson. The great navigator who
pxplored these waters In 1909 was Henry Hud-
son.
As TO Henry Hudsons title 10 be known as
the "discoverer" of the river which bears his
name something is to be said on both sides Of
the question. Hudson not the first Euro
pean 10 visit the mouth and perhaps the lower
part of the Hudson River, for Nerrazzano and
Gomez and possibly some others preceded him.
But he was the first to explore it and to ascer-
tain that it was river, and not merely tidal
strait connecting two parts Of the ocean. Yer
razzano discovered it, perhaps, IN the strctest
technical meaning Of the term, but Hudson dis
covered It to be q river. For that reason it may,
and we think, on the whole, should, be held
sufficiently correct 10 regard Hudson its dis
coverer.
We therefore heartily approve the action Of
the New York Society of Founders and Patriots
of America in preparing a memorial tablet for
the site of old Fort Amsterdam describing Henry
Hudson as the discoverer of the river. AS Mr..
Theodore Fitch well suggested at the meeting Of
that society the other night, 1t will not do 10 be
too technical in our definitions for If we were
we should not be able 10 regard Columbus as the
discoverer of America, or Fulton as The inventor
Of the steamboat or Morse as the inventor Of
the telegraph, or Stephenson as the inventor Of
the railroad. For all practical purposes, Henry
Hudson was the discoverer of the Hudson River,
and as such he should and always VIII be known
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
from The Tribune Bureau

from The Tribune Bureaul
--,--.,,t-,,on Feb 1.-THE Austrian Ambassador
y -,az.ss tIenpeln1iller and their little daugh-
e. psror.ss Mia Heng gelmuller, will leave here
On Monday for New York. preparatory TO sailing
for europe, where they Will remain Tor severat
months The ambassador and the baroness nave nave
been constantly entertained Tor several "eeNN pA0
and to-nfuht dined with Senator du Pont
rrha Norwegian Minister has gone to sehato-
INN near the capital for short rest and course
:. ,uaatros1t He was accompanied by Mrne
GUIDE , -,-c-s,tz
The Swedish Minister and Nine oe Id e4
1tt g. the Inaugural exercises Countess
80 ~ New York, who will arrive on Wednes-
dav
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
THE CLEVELAND PORTRAIT FUND.
It's Completion Before March Is, Date OF
Memorial, Urged.
~ Rnston Advertiser.

From The Boston Advertiser
More than $50 has been con5ribTtsd alTsady s t9r
r1acins "a Dortrait of Grover Cleveland along VIII
portra rs of other former Governors n tne exscn-
tive chamber OF the New York state Capi[et CtsVe t
iand he ina only one of the three New lork GoF-
s~nors who later became President OF the naLlo9
whose portrait does not hang IN me Capisor. 49,
=, e ,,IIte tr1e Il was added to the portralIs g
Martin Van Iuren and Theocors HSooseve1S-- -
fund should all be raised BY the date ssc 20 q s
great Cleveland memorial tNarch 20 =. ,rra-
Signed TO arouse interest IN the noVernent 10 Wv
vide for a more elaborate memorial
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
DEFINITION OF ASSAULT in ENGLAND

From The Manchester Guardian
An assault may be commtteu Witnous s.yc5s 49, NJ
tion Of any actual force, as case &c. os.oo r-3s,
fI,st~e Darling this week shows. a PSls~ys-- ~.
he guilty of the crime by simply frlgts1f sasS
1ic+7yD If anv form; OF physical cohLaSSs, =. q
rlsSe tho offence rises from an ts
!sbattery' Assault and battery I,;t,,te tt -
NOT mere reiupIicated phrase 10 ssss
minor crime some degree OF alarm mus o 49, =,
in the mind OF the party threa S 5u' 49,. 49, r.
itsaf mot very IOcIcally) Is not enough ~
son guilty OF the menace must have the poM a%s,, ~
r-iae out his implied threat. Whether - Ncti5,.
Knows IL or Thus It has been ned thaL ~ -
,areeerttyc a loaded pistol person IL ceEtslnA&
an az assault te point an unloaded pistol is NOT
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

The expected has happened at Wesleyan olii-
versity in the decision of the trustees 10 ois-
continue the educational system Wnlch mas
prevailed there for many years. Several years
ago one of the most eminent and veneraoie OIL
the trustees Of Wesleyan. addressing the alumni
of another co-e6ucational college, warned MS
hearers that at their institution they Would
surely soon find themselves confronted oy the
same problem with which Wesleyan was 'ien
struggling and 'the end Of which was ineVlta-
ble" that end being, of course. that the girls
must 60" The change has thus been 50 long
discounted at MiddIetown that it will not seem
at all startling. though it will certainly ERECT
considerable transformation of the good old col
lege.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28

The rioting in Lisbon is ominous of what may
happen tomorrow when parliament reopens.
For some time there have been fears OF violent
scenes. and preparations have been made to deal
with them. The government has strong
ma jority in the House of Deputies. but a narrow
in the House of Peers, and the Opposition
or some factions of il. win be active and trucu-
lent. If there should be cooperation between
New-York tribune., 1909-02-28
AN ENGAGEMENT IN PARIS.

Paris Feb. g7-The engagement is announces Ct
Miss Florence whitteH. daughter OF Mrs A =
Ybitteu. of San Francisco. TO Kurt Albert ms
wedding VIII take place here on March :