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PEOPLE and Social incidents

at dinner tonight for her daughter, Mra.
Colin Campbell. OF England. Mrs Letter.
with her son and daughterin-law Mr.. ana
Mrs Joseph Letter. and her son-n law and
daughter. Colonel and Mrs. Colin Camn.
bell, will go 10 Chicago next Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley entertained
informally at dinner tonight the Austrian
naval attache and Baroness Preuschen.
Commander and Mrs. Gibbons. Mrs Roscoe
e. Bulmer. Lieutenant Herbert Spencer.
Miss Beatrice Stirling, Of New York, vho
arrived here to-day. and Lieutenant Long.
Mrs. George Peabody Wetmore enter
tanned at luncheon to-day for the New
York guests at the Bernstorf- Pourtaley
wedding on Monday. Miss Kean. the sister
Of Senator Kcsn. entertained at luncheon
for them yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sptycr, % New
York. who came on for the BernstorH.
Pourtsles wedding on Monday, and wer>
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Wads.
worth, left hero this afternoon for Viz.
ginia Hot Springs, whore hoy will remain
for some time.
Mrs Thomas r Bayard and her dauEh.
ter, Miss Anne B3ysrd. vii leave here 10.
morrow 10 spend several weeks at Atlantic
city
Mrs. Horace Westcott will go 70 Phila-
delphia tomorrow for short visit
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THE FACTORY FIRE
FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY
One Woman Protests Against Neglect
by CITY Officials.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: We women can do little except pro-
test against criminal neglect by city OFF,
cials in the performance Of the duties they
are so well paid 10 perform
our lives and our limbs and the lives OF
our wage earncrs arc at the mercy Of per-
fectly developed cupidity, stupidity and
graft. and all we can do is to raise our
voices in rebellion against such conditions
as exist everywhere in New York City.
| wonder
II there are any OF our well paid city
officials employed i'm such another death
tran as the Triangle Shirtwaist Company?
| wonder
If they are locked in like cattle?
! wonder
II they are searched pockets and con
science before they leave their work?
] wonder
II their floor space y so limited that their
chairs touch;
wonder
II they arc seven stories in the air. with
ont adequate means of escape from Gre2
wonder
II thcir ere crcapes an IN thorough
oorkiuc "rdeIl
norder-
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JIBOP iNU 7HE NEW NAN l'L
WEN

scientific management" Interested the
public 50 little until recently that Tvs
relations with labor have been unob-
SERVED. II was asserted generally by Ms
advocH,es that II had encountered u"
difficulty with the labor unions Among
thnsc who bore witness 70 this harmony
was. we believe Mr.. Frank Il. Galbreth'
u New York engineer and contractor,
and author Of book on the appllca
tion of scientific management IN brick
having. who. nevertheless. now has Il
strike on bis hands among his brick
LAYERS in Glcns Fails. This strike viii
hc watched with interest. and 50 VIII
other clashes between SCIENTIFIC mama
GERS and union labor aS they may occur,
for the human element in the problem -
one of The chief factors which make the
iudiciorS hesitate about The entire prac-
ticability Of the new system, especially
since the human element IS organized
and is VIGOROUSLY obstructive.
II is worth while noting. perhaps. that
this strike is confined 10 the bricklaycrS,
and that although the system is applied
generally 10 the work which Mr.. Gal
hrcth is conducting at Glens Fails the
other unions have not objected. More
over. the attitude of the bricllaycrs'
union is interesting Labor leaders who
were unfamiliar with the new system
were suspicious Of it rs only form Of
the hated speeding up process. bui tho
hricklaycrS who have tried Ii do not
complain that they are made to'wOrk
harder or faster but assert merely tina
the inefficient are being revealed ana
stand i'm danger of being wecded ont.
Moreover. the bricklaycrs who have been
working under the system, except Few
of the inefficient ia whom the union has
listened. are reported 10 be highly
pleased with the opportunity for IN
creased earnings which it affords. Thus
there is moro or less testimony to the
valuc of fhc system. II Is ruthless
toward jncficiency and il stimulates in
dividua ambition. l'nioni$m rs now
conducted shelters one and dullS the
other.
Resistance 10y the unions Is 10 he cA-
uected Int il need not he taken rs clos
ing the future 10 scientific manage
mcnt" II will hc remembered that
unionism opposed The first contribution
of science to industry labor saving ma
chinery. IF this new attempt at LABOR
saving-for scientific management is
the saving or elimination Of unnecessary
labor processes-has only half the merit
claimed for il resistance Will he I'm VAIN.
ON the other hand. if scientific man
oepmcnt is not n system at all hut only
the individual gift or genius for manage
meut possessed by its chlcf eXeinpiarS'
and if It is thus incapable Of genera
adoption il viii fell without regard To
The altitude Of the unions.
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The Investigation of the Washington
Place fire IS not proving successful thus
far in fixing criminal responsibility upon
any individual or individuals, but it IS
filling in the picture Of that indifference
10 the safety of employees which finally
cost the lives of more than one hundred
and forty Of them. The 1iremen are OF
the oninion that use Of the hose in the
building would have eXtinguishcd the
fire and saved the lives. Evidence has
been developed that there was no water
in the standpipeS and that the hose was
rotten. The law which orders stand
pipes IN high buildings neglects To pro-
vide any effective means OF seeing 10
il that such fire apparatus is kept III
condition for use. The empty water
pipes and the rotten hose. like the f'imsy
fire escape. which would empty the
three floors of the building only in
three hours and which ended in cW
nc sac. make up sham mechanism OF
protection that dcludes mon and women
- their destruction. For the very OK
iStcnce of apparatus for tho prompt
extinction Of fire and Of an apparent
means of escape inspires n false sense
of security and leads employers 10 take
for granted the safety Of their workers.
In placing this blame upon society.
which has been content with halfway
measures and Shams. We do not at all
mean 20 relieve the employers Of their
share. The neglect Of the latter in hous-
Ing their hundreds Of girls in such an
obvious fire trap as that. with its ut
tcrly inadequate fire escape. is seen
araiu in the lack Of fire drills among
cmIlovcS. which would have demon
Strated the utter impOSSibility of emp
wing the factory quickly enough To save
lives i'm an emergency; in the neglect to
ascertain that the hose was rotten or
whether the stanGpipes were filled with
water. And it is seen again in tie Gus
tom of allowing waste cotton materials.
highly inhammable 10 accumulate IN
the sh0p fer two weeks at time. IN
stead of removing them promptly every
night
II i because We Know. UnlapWIy
we'll that the Washington Place shop
WAS exactly like a great number OF
others. and that the neglect TO consider
the safety Of employees has been all 100
prevalent in this city. that II j. worth
while TO dwell upon the fire ana TO Keep
rcitcrafing the charge That itS dcad
,vcrc tho victims of blindness anu IN
difference. Ann my brothers keeper
Society has said: "Of course. they ~
l..
a, uno the risks" II now sees M" groo'' I
how terrible. how unnecessary! 'r"'l
these riske may he made b! greed ana
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To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: After reading the account Of the
fire I'm which SO many persons lost their
lives. and having some factory experience
myself, ! am firmly OF the opinion that
fire drill such as Is held in the public
schools is tho great savior for factories.
particularly those employing many women.
II appears TO me. first. that had the
means available been used In an orderly
manner and 10 tho limit they would have
been used IN tho public schools, few. II
any, lives would have been lost. and. Sec
ond, that any moderate increase I'm the
number of fire escapes by itself would
have rather increased than diminished the
death toll. For instance, such outside es-
capes seldom lead ell the way down to the
ground, and while a sure enough means of
progress for few are, in my opinion, OF
doubtful value for the panicstricken
many.
\ proper System Of drill would have in
surod all means Of escape being in work.
ing order. and the drill itself would have
prevented the panic. which in most cases
claims the most victims.
IT. l, HEPBUR N.
Newark, y j. March q. 1911.
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the pu1ic's neglect Of its rcspopsipiii-
ties What is the public going to Il"
about it,
THE CAPITOL FIRE.

The moral pointed hy the partial do
struc,ion of the state Capitol is much
the same rs that pointed by the Wash
inctou Place disaster Fireprooling
building will not guarantee the intlam-
mabc material with which il * filled
against combustion. The Capitol con
tanned library of six hundred thousand
volumes and masses of records even more
irhammahlc. Yet. as in The Washington
Place lofts. safeguards against the
spread Of fire were lacking. There were
no suitable appliances for fighting the
flames nj the beginning. when litilc
first aid. intelliCently applied. would
nave cxtinguishcd them. II seems cN-
traordinarv that places like the Assem-
bly, library and Assembly document room
should have been left without adequate
protection against Il sudden blaze. AZ
cordin- tu "'rhc Evening Posts Aba ~
CORRESPONDENT. who was an eyewitness
Of the fire nj It's outbreak, "it could have
"hccu cxtinguishcd by Il couple Of hani
"crcnadcs or a few bucketfuls or water:
'!ut there were no grenadcS. no fire
buckets and no fire hydrants. save n
few small ones on The sixth floor for
"SprnklinG"
That Is the old. old story Of fire dis
ostcrS in This country. Carclcssness, Il
disposition 10 take chances and an aver
sion 10 any systematic lowering Of risks
which requires pains and labor have run
our fire losses UP 10 tho amazing figure
nf more than SoOO.O0O,0o0 annually
eight times the average annual loss in
European countries. The damage Ia the
CAPITOL and lis contents il estimated AT
from S6.Opoooo 10 S6.WN0p. uninsured
The state has thoroughly protected IL
self. if not agains, fire. at least against
the charge Of being any more proyidcnt
I'm the matter Of fire waste than IFS citi-
zens are.
Ii is not probable that the Capitol
building itself was very badly damaged.
1t is frcproof. except in spots like the
famous papier machc Assembly ceiling,
and il can be reoccupicd. apparently. as
soon as the wrcckaCe has been cleared
away. The building is the coStlicst in
the world for its size. and had 1t been
possible for fire To destroy il its replace
ment would inevitably have raised In an
acute form the interesting question how
in an era Of plain living and high think
ing. before the modern scale of skyline
rccS WAS invented. S27.0u0.0@ could
have boon sunk in structure which
might 10 duplicated even now for less
than half that sum. We have been spared
that tormenting enigma. May It not
arise 10 plague rs or our descendants OF
tie first and second generations.
The browning glory of Albany hill
top is battered. but still In existence. Let
Ms cherish it In its monumental charac-
ter IS unique cash investment and
Checrfully PUT out any money necessary
10 restore it 10 its normal estate. But
let il lc stipulated that few thousand
dollars of the 100000 repair fund 30
into water buckets and hand grenades.
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CHARLES c. DODGE'S WILL.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: on behalf or the family Of the late
Charles G. Dodge. | am requested To call
your attention to an unfortunate misstatc-
ment Of the facts in referring To the de-
cison of Surrogate Cohalan, sustaining the
validity of the so-called Cape cod trust
under the late General Dodgc's Will.
The mlsstatement consists In referring to
the children of General Dodge as attack
lng his Will The daughter of General
Dodge, Mrs Sanger. at no time objected To
any part OF tine VIII The son. Charles :.
Dodge. offered the will for probate. but.
acting under advice OF counsel. put in issue
the validity Of this charitable trust on the
ground that II Is wholly indefinite. imprac-
ticable and incapable OF being carried out.
Charles :. Dodge expects 10 qualify as eX-
ccutor under the VIII and the determine
tion of this question was most important
~ the outset of thc administration. Never
thcess. ION the argument before the late
Surrogate Thomas tho position of the
famil' Was made perfectly 'lear aud % Is
unfair - arrori that tho children were ~
ta'kuc ilo viii
The auction a. 10 whether TIA. cars ing
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BISHOP ASKS FOR 100000
On Way to England from South Amer
lea to Raise Funds.

Bishop Blair. OF the Falkland Islands.
whose diocese extends along tho Yves,
Coast Of South America, from cape Horn
TO Panama arrived here yesterday from
the Isthmus on the ROYAL Mail steamship
Oruba. lie went directly ~ the White star
liner Oceanic and sailed at =. m. FOR
England
Bishop Blair has travelled about N~
miles In the last ten months. lie said ina,
with the opening OF the Panama Cans'
his field would be enlarged. and he a.
sired moro help for his diocese. tie hopeu
to obtain fund Of about $1,000" 90 carr!
ON the work He was accompanied py "''
chaplain. the Rev. W. :. Bowden.
Also on the Oceanic was George Ifie''
the theatrical manager; Hugh Ford nv
stage director and Edward Moranse,
scenic artist. all Of whom will spend &c"
weeks on the border OF the Sahara Desert
Ia get local color" for Mr.. Tyler's TORN
coming production OF THE Garden u
Allah. 4.
John Wanamaker sailed on the oces"'
for a short vacation In England.
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Who pays the salaries OF our city on'-
ciasl?
wonder
What we do II for?
! wonder
Why we don't stop their pay envelopes
when they so crimInally neglect their work
I wonder
Whose servants they think they are any
way?
] wonder
What they would do 10 their servants for
such criminal neglect OF duty?
| wonder
Who made them our servants?
| wonder
How they would like to have TO search
for their beloved daughters among the
rows Of rough wooden collins, and find
nothing but charrcd, mangled. tortured
features remaining of what they held most
dear In all the world?
! wonder
What their conscience IS saying to-day
And then. lastly. I wonder what VIII be
cone TO stop such massacres OF the inno-
cent
And when?
ELIZABETH OGILNIE GORDON.
Flushing Long Island, March %. 1911
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.

Fl JW Inc JTlDuUe Buledu
Washington, March 29.-The British Am
bassador and Mrs. Bryce entertained a few
guests at the embassy at luncheon to-day
to meet Lady Grey and Lady Evelyn Grey,
and had a number OF additional guests at
tea this afternoon TO meet Lady Grey and
her daughter. Mr.. Kesser, Of England, the
nephew Of Mrs. Bryce, is a guest at the
embassy.
Count de Chambrun, the French military
attache. left Washington to-day for San
Antonio, Tex, where he will join the other
military attaches OF foreign embassies and
legations who are observing the man1u-
yres
Senior Don Ricardo Huerta, Mexican third
secretary. who has been on leave OF alb
sence for some weeks. will return TO Wash
ington on April to resume his duties.
Baron Schlippenbach. Russian Consul
General in New York, who has been the
guest of Prince Koudachcf, Russian
Charge d Affaires. for few days, has re-
turned TO New York.
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Maine is the twelfth state 70 withhold
approval of the income tax amendment
to the federal Constitution. The lower
branch of the Legislature defeated rat
ification resolution OH Tuesday by vote
Of 50 10 IS. That decisive action CLASH
fies Maine with the states whose legis
latures have either rejected the amend
ment outright or have become neadlocked
over 1t. one house favOring and the other
opposing it, There are now twelve of
these-enough TO insure the failure Of
the amendment unless all the other
states ratifv and both New Mexico and
Arizona. when they have been admitted
10 the Union. ratify also. In that case
thirteen negative votes would be needed
to prevent ratification.
OF course. the states which have eX
hibtcd an unwillinGucss to accept the
amendment must pcrseycrc In that atti-
tude in order To bring about its defeat.
Obviously legislatures which have been
unable TO agree are entitled To take the
question NJ again AT a future session.
In that class are the legislatures of New
Hampshire. New York. Virginia. West
Virginia. Louisiana. Arkansas and Utah.
one house in each of these states favored
ratification and the other opposed IT.
Massachusetts. Rhode Island and YER
mont rejected the amendment by the con
current action Of the two houses. In
Maine and New Jersey only one branch
has so far voted. In nine Of the twelve
dissenting states. therefore. the way re-
minis open to further consideration and
possible approval. The Massachusetts
LEGISLATURE will probably take another
vote this year in spite of last years
complete and positive dsapproyal YER
mont and Rhode Island however. are
likely 10 regard their action as final
The Associated Press Is authority for
the statement that Wisconsin has ratified
thc amendment. If that be the case the
vote now stands - states for To -
against. The consent of eight more
states is necessary 10 make the amend
mcnt a part Of the Constitution. The
seven states which have taken no action
If any sort are Connecticut. Delaware,
PENNSYLVANIA. Florida, Tennessee. Min
nosofa and Wyoming. The Minnesota
House Of Representatives passed rati-
(ication resolution on Tuesday by vote
Of o. 70 q. The Senate will probably
concur. Florida, Tennessee ana Wyoni-
ING NAV he counted as more likely to
rotify than TO reject Though Wyoming
cannot vote until 1919, while Pennsyl-
vania. Delaware and Connecticut are
likely 10 disapproyc or take no action.
With Minnesota. Tennessee. Florida ana
wyoming the total for ratification would
bn thirtv-one-four short of three
flurths majority. Four of the dead
locked states would then have to be
won over. Everything now points to
protracfcd struggle; FOR. besides Wyon-
ing. Maine. New Hampshire. West VIZ
riuia and Arkansas will have no chance
to vote again until 1913. The fate ot
thc amendment may not. In fact. be lie
,ided before 1914.
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

Newport. r. l., March &.-Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Norris. the latter formerly me
Countess Beroldingen. who were married
here on March IS are now at Hot Springs.
Va
Mrs. Edward j. Berwind has returned TO
New York after a short visit here
Mr.. and Mrs Elisha Dyer and Miss Laura
Swan are expected from Europe early IN
May TO open their Newport season.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt arrived tonight
from her visit in Miami. Fla.
f. C. DHauteville has arrived 70 make
an inspection Of his estate.
Ex-Commodore Elbridgo 7. Gerry and
Mrs. Gerry and Mr.. and Mrs. stuy vcsant
Fish arrived this evening
H. F. Eldridge also arrived to-day FOR
short Newport visit.
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out Of this trust will operate 10 Give moro
than half the estate TO charities uas "a
served until tho final accounting Mrs
Sanger has never taken a position antago-
n'stic TO tho Will I'm any respect, and the
position OF Mr.. Dodge in seeking a deter
mination as TO the validity of this trust
was, as he was advised, duty incumbent
upon him In his individual capacity and in
his capacity as executor of tho win CON
orally and a. a trustee OF tho proposod
charitable trust. HENRY ". JESSr-p
New York. March %, 1911.
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ACCORDING TO LAW"
From The Insurance Press.

From The Insurance Press
The big tenant factory building. near the
corner or Washington Place and Greene
street that could not, by reason of it's
Weakhesses, protect from the danger of
IRE the hundreds of women and girls who
worked III II, was constructed according
to law
The cheap and worthless fire escape
reaching from the root of tho ten story
nulIdlnS, each noor OF which contained an
uhproken area of about 1900 square feet
10 an inside court I'm the centre OF a block
OF nigh buildings, was installed according
To law
The winding, narrow, dark stairways.
with threerSded steps. down which not
more than one person could pass at Il time
were according To law"
The presence in a factory employing hun
dreds of women and girls OF only the sim
plest of apparatus for lighting fire I'm i'm
mcnsc workroons was according To law q"
In classic phrase. 1.-THE Law ls an ASS"
sometimes. Shall the people be indicted for
their own inadequate statutes
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TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir Several years ago the interiors OF
a number of large buildings I'm New York
were equipped with network OF water
pipes running around and across the cell
.ng Of lofts and other rooms. large and
small. The pipes were perforated thickly
with LITTLE holes and were connected with
the main water supply of the building
The simple turning Of facet located in
each room would instantly All the whole
space with hundreds Of Jets OF water. Had
the building recently burned with such
awful results been provided with this SIM
pie device, IN all probability not a single
life woud have been lost. I have heard
nothing about this admirable fire extn-
gushing method for q long time. II
should be installed IN all lofty buildings
where many people are employed.
t.
New York, March %, 1911.
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of the authority of many of its best
men, In one respect il viii appear mat
the counScls of the extreme kadlcaiS are
the most reasonable. for il the lionse
of Lords were abolished IFS valuaoic
members would be free 70 return 10 me
House Of Commons. II l. NOT I" ne en-
pected. however. that the United hihS
dom will assent 10 Single cn"''"e'
form of government. and If The secohh
chamber is maintained there sHeiy
must bc some nrovision for retaining
the services of its worthy heH'pe's' ~
say that no way could he found "i GET
tin. rid of the unworthy without sacri-
ficinc the worthy would he to imp'isn
the capacity of the British nation Tor
self .oOycrnmcnt.
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LIMITING FIRE PERIL.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Would II not be possible 10 limit by
law the number Of persons To he employed
above tho second floor Of any building?
II one considers the average number of
employee on each floor of the Washington
Place building It gives one an idea how they
must have crowded 10 reach the exits at
Saturdays fire. Those near the exits had
a fair chance TO get out, but those behind
them were not only crowded but also han
dicapped by the machines. which must
stand close together to accommodate 200.
Offices for clerical work. etc, in high build
ings are not as dangerous. as very few IN
comparison are employed on each floor.
thus lcssening the difficulty OF making a
quick exit. READER.
Brooklyn March o. 1911