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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
ANOTHER CROSSLNG DISASTER.

II will not do for even the most super
stitious TO attribute the horrible slaugh-
ter at n railroad crossing i'm Wisconsin
to the fatality of the number thirteen.
There were entirely too many other oh
vious causes of disaster. Doubtless
some blame should rest upon the rail
road company The crossing appears 10
have been unguarded by gates or flag
man. Probably there was not even a
signal bell. For its failure to provide
some Of these things the company is at
least morally culpable. and should he le-
gally So But the victims of the diSas-
ter or the driver of their team cannot
be acquitted.
We are told that a big advertising
boarding ut the side of the railroad
track INSTRUCTED the view from the
wagon as well as from the engine. and
that the track and road were also on
yeloped i'm dust and fog. The latter could
not he helped. The former might have
been. and we think that all right minded
persons will agree that it should he "A
penal offence 10 erect or TO tolerate an
advertising boarding which obstructs a
view necessary 10 safety. The salient
fact IS, however. that I'm these crcum-
stances the driver of the team recklessly
drove upon the railroad track without
pausing TO look and listen. II is not
to be believed that if he had paused for
a moment a few yards from the track
ne would not have seen or heard the
approaching train.
II is incomprehensible that people
persist I'm such reCkessness. Granted
that the unguarded crossing was dan
gerous. that was no excuse for rushing
heedlessly into danger. The victims
were I'm no hurry They were on n pleas
IRE ride. and 10 have stopped for min
uie 10 listen for an approaching train,
on for several minutes 10 let it pass by.
would have been no hardship and would
have caused them no loss. The tragedy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
ITALY AND TURKEY.

Each day makes It appear more GER
tain that. as we some time ago as
sumed. Italy will take advantage or
the Morocco-Congo episode to assert In
an effective manner her long standing
claim upon Tripoi. AS we have also
assumed, II seems probable that her
doing so will he acquiesced in and ap-
proved by the other European powers.
which have long regarded it as fneyi-
table, with the exception, of course Of
Turkey. And that Turkey will strenu-
ously protest against and perhaps for
chilly resist this spoliation Of the en-
1ire by the seizure of its last African
possession also seems increasingly
probable.
The situation is very different from
what it was years ago. when Italy first
began to formulate claims upon Tripoli
At that time Turkey was one Of Lord
Salisbury's dying nations and was re-
garded as fair spoil for any aggressive
and acquisitlve power But now there
is a new Turkey. An enlightened CON
stitutional era has dawned upon that
empire in which the Sublime Porte Is
making reasonable and praisewOrthy
efforts to regain recognition as the peer
Of any other power That was the con-
sideration which gave rise to the great
est resentment over Austria's seizure
materially strengthen Turkeys protest
AGAINST Italy's action, at least from n
moral point of view. II may he
doubted however, whether 1t will prove
Of more avail in this case than it was
in the former
The more practical consideration Is
the comparative helplessness Of Turkey,
which can reach Tripoli only by trav-
ersing the sea- or marching across
! Egypt. That Turkey would he per-
mitted 10 send a huge army through
| Egypt IS not To he supposed Neither
Is It to he supposed that she could send
n force there by sea. I'm view Of the vast
! superiority Of the Italian navy. Seizure
| Of the country by Italy could therefore
he resisted only by the few troops
which are now in TripOli and they are
not sufficient TO he Of material account
What Turkey could do, however, would
be 10 eIpel the tens Of thousands Of
Italians who are now domiciled in her
empire. and TO destroy the large and
valuable commerce Of Italy with
Smyrna and other Eastern ports. That
would ir1ict very serious loss upon
Italy. and the danger Of its being done
may cause the Italian government to
proceed with caution and to seek
peaceful method Of attaining its ends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
THE TOULOy EXPLOSION

1t does not appear from present re-
ports that the appalling disaster to the
French navy at Toulon was due to
negligence or carelessness, though the
precise cause does not seem ito he
known. There are those who will hur-
riedly call it another French naval dis
aster," remembering former mishaps In
that service, and will suggest that the
whole French navy is in demoralized
condition. But while there have been
some serious accidents in the French
navy the British navy has not escaped
such disasters, nor has our own, and we
are not sure that France has suffered
more than other countries.
The facts appear to he that ire
broke out in the interior of the YES
sci. not far from the magazines. and
before It could be eItinguished reached
the magazines and exploded them, and
| they suggest the necessity of improving
the mechanism for flooding a warship's
magazines or the spaces around them
! The suggestion of fireproof ammunition
paradoxical as it may seem. has been
made, and it is not impossible that il
will some time be realized. That would
mean ammunition which could not I've
exploded by fire, but only by concussion
Idetonation or some such means. Ger
tainly this disaster. like several Others
which have preceded it, possibly includ-
ing our own loss Of the Maine, must
emphasize the desirabiity of applying
the best inventive ingenuity in the
world to the problem of making as safe
as possible these tremendous reposi-
tories Of destructive potency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
EprpEMIcs OF TYPHOID.
q Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. The cases OF typhoid fever that
are 60 prevalent at Torrington, Conn.,
must have common cause, either infect
ed water or milk.
Osler. in his Practice of Medicine
tells of an epidemic in a pennsylvania
town of twelve hundred cases, all trace
able to drinking water from a lake A
man who had typhoid lived near stream
that fed this lake. and by him the stream
was contaminated. Another case also Is
cited where n number Of persons were
made sick by contaminated milk. due to
washing the milk cans in infected water
The way to act in these cases would be
IN find out by whose negligence such con-
ditions are brought about, for II Is moth
ing short OF criminal carelessness. II
nroper use were made Of strong carbolic
no infection could take place and these
epidemics would not occur. 1t should be
counted a crime not to do the right thing.
BROOKLYN, Sept. "a, 1911. ;. g. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

Newport, Sept 25-Mlss May Van Allen
has closed her season and IS on her way
to the English home OF her father, James
]. Van Allen. Mr.. and Mrs. James Laurens
Van Allen have returned from New York.
Registered at the Casino to-day were e.
Pennington Pearson. Frederick F. A. Pear
son and f. w Dwight. Of Philadelphia,
guest of Edward c. Knight, jr.
Mrs. Emile Bruguiere is planning din
ner for late I'm the week
Mrs. J. J. Mason will give luncheon
on Thursday afternoon.
The steam yacht Narada, with Henry
Walters, has returned to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs Pembroke Jones will close
their season at the end of the week and go
TO Hot Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. c. Taylor have
returned from a short yachting trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r. Dilworth are at
Hot Springs, having closed their season
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ. V. Hoffman, Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
No OCCASION FOR SEcTIoYALISu

NO OCCASION FOR SECTIONALISH
Secretary Meyer is justified in pro
testing against the attacks made by
Southern newspapers on his policy OF
eliminating useless naval yards and sta
lions. The charge that the department
was governed by sectional prejudice and
not by considerations Of naval strategy
in closing the New orleans and Pensa-
cola stations is manifestly absurd. Yet
II is being dinned into Southern ears.
.Tbe New Orleans Picayune," comment
ing the other day on the transfer OF
stores from that city's station now I'M
der way, said:
1t is asking too much OF human nat
IRE to expect that Southern people VIII
view this closing up and abandonment
of the navy yards with eQuanimity.
They know perfectly well that the mo-
five behind this action Is political and
sectional The present House OF
Representatives IS dominated by South
iern Democrats, and they would be IN
true 10 their section and deserving OF
little short Of contempt were they 10
hermit this partisan and sectional act
az the Navy Department 20 pass I'M
rebuked They should fatty refuse TO
sanction any additional ships or any
additional appropriations for docks and
Yards until the Navy Department Is
brought 10 its senses and made TO feel
that II was 2 very unWise move 10 close
the Southern yards.
The threatening tone of that mwar-
ranted criticism is deplOrable, since It
Indicates a disposition 10 put the trivial
local benefit resulting from the mainten,
ance Of station FAR above the rational
development of the navy as an instru-
mentality Of national defence. The
Picayune" seems 10 think that it is more
important 10 keep obsolete yards and
stations open for the benefit Of various
Southern ports than 10 fit the navy 10 90
it, work most efficiently by establishing
fewer and larger bases from which it
can operate i'm time Of war. According
. the reasoning Of our New Orleans
contemporary the government should
sacrifice the feet In the interest Of the
existing yards rather than reorganize
the yards 20 keep pace with the devel-
opment Of the fleet II wants 10 tie the
ravy 10 a defence i'm detail Of numerous
bases and cities instead Of giving it
free hand to defend the whole coast by
concentrating IT'S strength at few vital
Strategic points
The department does not intend to
abandon one station because il is South
ern and retain another because it is
Northern. 1t merely wants to have
yards developed where they are most
needed. and IL will he governed in the
selection Of the primary bases by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
NEW YORK FROM THE susURs'

New York Is to spend 100000 on edge~.
ton next year. II needs every cent "
Philadelphia Inquirer. =.
Mayor Gaynor has the impotence W., ~
who Venture 20 disagree with nm t nss n.
long distinguished the true New io'N
Observation-Disclosures star. !,
Chicago may not he the literary cen" ma
America Qoud laughter from lndlaus
Roston). but II has more letters sC.o' S,ei
to tha hostage stamps bought. thah W
New York -Chicago News.
Another cargo Of iokers has been .i,ycsei
I'm the amendments 10 the charter pIoPbsre.
Tor New York City. No one can say 20
after that MIR Murphy does not pos, and
sense OF humor.-Rochester Demo'fs'
Chronicle. .,oA
Tho New York budget for the year ,o,,nts
20 nov drawing toward its close az - M.
20 about N7hO0ocoO which represents ,,,deet
crease of nearly $ll,00oOo0 over the eat.
M tM0 Here is the most discouraslhss, sncS:
ura ~ New Yorks financial eAp..,,' doa.
The city's annual budget has al ,n,,on ard
MED within y decade. while populau,.s Ike
oseessad values have grown m nothns
the same ratio Boston Herald
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
THE SEASIDE PARK SCHEME.

The project of creating much needed
seaside park for this city at Rockaway
seems at last on the point Of realiza-
tlon. The Board OF Estimate and APP
portionment last week approved the nee
essary change in the city map, and that
action now awaits only the Mayors APP
proval to become effective. Then moth
ing will remain but for the board TO de-
eide whether TO take the property at
private sale or through condemnation
proceedings; which it will doubtless do
at its next meeting If the Mayor mean.
time gives the scheme his approval.
Il should not be necessary to rehearse
the arguments in favor Of this enter
prise The need Of an extensive seaside
park, for pleasure and for health, Is OBJ
vious; and If city so advantageously
situated as this should fail to have one
IL would be n discreditable anomaly.
The opportunity to acquire the Dream
land site at Coney Island should, as we
have earnestly urged, be improved, and
the city would there have a pleasure
ground of unsurpassed accessibility.
But its acquisition would not in the
least diminish the desirability Of also
acquiring larger area at Rockaway,
which, while not so near at hand and not
so cheaply and quickly accessible, would
yet have other qualities Of the highest
value especially as resort for health.
This latter consideration IS especially
pertinent, for the reason that there IS
now available a fund of S250,00O, given
by private generosity several years ago.
for a seaside hospital and sanatorium
which awaits the providing Of a site by
the city. The fine achievements Of the
Sea Breeze Hospital at Coney Island
are an earnest Of what might he done at
Roc5iaway Beach if the city would Sc
cure the park there and set apart a por-
ton of il for this beneficent institution.
Surely the Mayor will be glad to make
the ideal reality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Arrorg those due to arrive in New i"'
,o.doy on hoard the Kaiser wilhelm II are
Mr. and Mrs. George Jay Gould. VINO are
bringing over the body OF Mrs. Gould
mo,ber Mrs Charles -. Kingdom, VINO dleo
I'm France early in the summer. other pa'
sengers are Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Goulo' WIZ
were married I'm April; Dr. and Mrs Nlcho
las Murray Butler. Mrs. Rutherfurd stuy-
yesant and Mr.. and Mrs. V. Evert macy
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Gould will go 10 tne
Plaza on their arrival.
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt. jr., has saiIed
from Cherbourg for New York on poard
the Victoria Luise, and is due here on sat
urday or Sunday. She was among those OF
board the Olympic when that vessel was
rammed last Wednesday by the BRUSH
cruiser Hawke. Mrs. Vanderbilt on her ar
rival will go TO her country place on Long
Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Egerton webb will sail
for Europe on Saturday. TO remain abroad
six weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Lancaster Morgan and Miss
Helen Ridgely Morgan have returned to
town from North East Harbor, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones, who are
still at their villa at Newport, Will go to
Hot Springs. Va, next month.
Mr.. and Mrs George L. Rives will re-
turn 10 town from Newport the middle OF
next week.
Mrs Lorlllard Spencer has arrived IN the
city from Newport, and is at the Hotel
Gotham.
Mr.. and Mrs William V. p. Kip have re-
turned to town from Spring Lake, n. j,
Mr.. and Mrs William f. Shepherd and
Miss Mauda Shepherd will leave Bar Har-
Dor this week for Narragansett Pier, to
remain until the end of next month.
Mr.. and Mrs Philip Livingston have re-
turned to the city from Bar Harhor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26

Judgment of a board of army and navy
engineers. Such board could not be
suspected of harboring sectional preju-
dice. 1t would be guided only by the
requirements of the fleet Of to-day,
which has far outgrown the facilities
furnished by the old system of scat
tered and backward yards.
Nothing could be more unfortunate for
the progress of the navy along sound
lines than a campaign to incite partisan
and sectional reprisals because certain
Southern stations are to be closed. Ihey
are being closed only because they are
10 longer of genuine value, and stations
on other parts Of the coast Will he siml-
larly abandoned as soon as 1t is SHOWN
that they are icing maintained at use
less cost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
PEACE.


Now Hoch der Kaiser! Vive la France!
Let harmony increase,
They've chained the ugly dogs OF war
And loosed the dove of peace.
They've got Morocco fixed to suit,
And both of them stand pat
On what their rights are in that land
But where's the Sultan att
w. J. HAMPTON.
Every man at some time or other in
his life is made 10 feel small"
quite true. BY the way, did you ever
try 10 give waiter scent tip?'-
Birmingham Age-Herald.
According to a Dutch paper, the defen-
sive measures taken by Holland in prepara-
ton for a possible Franco-German war
have revealed state OF utter unprepared
ness and confusion I'm the country's mill
tary establishment
my dear" said a vain old man to his
wife. these friends here won't believe that
I'm only forty-five years old. You know |
speak the truth. don't your
Well" answered the simple wife, 81
suppose 7 must believe IT, John. as you've
stuck 20 It for fifteen years. "-Tit-Bts.
The experiences Of tourists recently re-
turned from the orient snow that the
guides, although doing business at the old
stands. have revised some OF their educa-
tional talks and have added new fables TO
their stocks in trade One of the new ones
is droned of daily to visitors 10 the mosque
Of St Sophia in Consthntinople. They are
told that the fragrance pervadng the edi-
flee il due 10 the fact that when the
mosque was built. about one thousand years
ago, the mortar was literally mixed with
musk.
Peculiar chap. very. His wife is boss
I'm his house"
What's peculiar about that?"
He admits it."-LoulRville Courier Jour
nal
"The Catholic Telegraph gives these
mixed marriage statistics for Holland:
Protestant mother. Catholic father: OF the
3.42S children born La are Protestants.
.3l2 are Catholics. 367 are without religion
Mother without religion. q Catholic father;
OF the Sc children born are Protestants
80 are Catholics. n are without religion
Jewish mother, Catholic father: OF the |.
children born l - Protestant, 4 are Cath
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26

olIcs are Jews, are without religion
Catholic mother. Protestant father; VI 'ne
3.455 children born 1922 are Protestah's'
1851 are Catholics. 800 are without relsion.
Catholic mother. Jewish father: Or the q
children born IA are Catholics Jew,
are without religion. Cathohc father ana
mother: OF the 81, 1ol children born ei'Vi'
are Catholics. is a Protestant. p belong
to different religions.
Mrs Rendered TO small daughter)wMy
darling, | want to tell you secret IVl.
week. -, 49,.
Dauehter-Oh. mammal And after ali the
trouble we had with papal-Boston iran
ScrIDt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
MRS. PERSONS AUTO IN CRASH.

BY Telegraph 20 Tho Tribune.l
Newport, r. l.. Sept 25-Mrs. j. Fred
Plerson, jr., and her chauffeur figured in
an automobile collision which might have
proved serious, as they drove up in front
Of the Casino this morning. AS the car
was stopping. the chauffeur held up has
hand to warn anybody in the rear. but the
driver OF n big New York car evidently
cid not see the signal. for he followed In
behind the Pierson AUTOMOBILES. and there
was a rear end collision. The impact. how
ever. was not serious enough to throw Mrs.
PiersOn out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
I'M THE BERKSHlREs.

BY telegraph 10 The Tribune.
I.enox. sept 25.-Mrs. william 5. Brown.
of New York, celebrated her elghty-nintn
birthday a. the Hotel Asplnwall tonight by
giving n large dinner. Bishop and Mrs,
David H. Greer, OF New York, arrived In
Ienox to-day for the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert B. Shaw. ~ Bos-
ton: Mrs Robert -. Minis and Mrs. Robert
Stockton gave a luncheon at the Curtis
Hotel to-day.
Mrs. Alfred r. shattuck entertained a
luncheon party at Fair Lawn this afternoon
Alexander NJ. MADDEN who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. John A. MADDEN, viii
go 10 New York tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs John A. MADDEN gave
dinner at Curtis Hotel tonight followed
by bridge
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Pultz Will return 10
New York tomorrow. Their daughter, Mrs.
7 Clarence Post, will remain for October.
Mr.. and Mrs p. A. s. Franklin have ar
rived at the Hotel Aspinwall.
Mr.. and Mrs. LaFon Allen, who have
been at the Hotel Aspinwall. have gone "a
Louisville
President and Mrs. Arthur T. Hadiey who
snert the week end with Mr. and Mrs An.
son Phelps Stokes. went 10 New Haven to-
day
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ridgely Carter, who havs
been with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph II. Choate.
have gone 10 Boston.
Mrs. George Westinghouse gave an a.
home ar Erskine Park to-day II was the
largest social affair Of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick P. Foster of
New York. are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Glraut
Foster.
Senator W Murray Crane entertained
the Saturday Evening Club az his villa to-
dav. Among the guests were ex-senator
Frank p. Flint. OF Los Angeles, and Con-
gresham George p. Lawrence. Of Massa.
chusctts.
Arriving al the Hotel Aspinwal are Mr..
and Mrs John C. Dawson Miss Amelia
Brill Riddle. Miss Ethel Carleton, Phlladel-
phia: Mr. and Mrs Howard r. Pepper,
Mrs. NJ p. Thomas. Irving T. Kempner.
MISC Clara F bennett. OF New York: Mr.
and Mrs Francis c. Van Dyke. Of Pater-
son: Mr. and Mrs. W. n. Peck. OF New
York.
G. &. Smith, James W Phyfe, Miss Jessls
10. Phyfe, NJ ST. James, Long Island; Mr.
and Mrs Thomas IT. Nevins, ~ Brooklyn,
Mr. and Mrs S. S. Grasselli. ~ Cleveland;
Mrs. George A. Ball. Miss r. Ball Of Num-
Gle, Ind; Or. and Mrs. F. r. Roberts, ot
Boston, and Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Adams, Of
Los Angeles. are at the Mspewood, in
Pittsfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Brayton, DIT. and
Mrs. g. I. Gabeler, Mrs A. l. Lawton. Mr..
and Mrs. w. s. schofed and Mr.. and Mrs.
c. p Randall, n New York. are at Heaton
Hall, in Stockbridge.
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should and we trust will strengthen tne
demand for the abolition OF grade cross
ings. and also for the abolition or lhe
misunderstanding hoardlngs with whicn
so many railroads are lined. II shoufo
In equal measure warn all people 10
"Stop. Look and Listen" before yentur-
ing upon an unguarded crossing; ana
all these remarks apply to Long Island
and New Jersey as well as to Wisconsin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
ULSTER IRRECONCILABLE
Belfast Unionists Will Not Sub
NIT to Home Rule.

Belfast. Sept pa conference OF local
anti.Home Rule leaders was held to-day
when resolutions were adopted declaring
that the Unionists would not acknowledge
the authority Of any Home Rule govern
ment. A committee was appointed to devise
a provisional government for Ulster which
should become operative on the day that
the Irish Home Rule bill was passed.
Sir Edward Carson, member OF Parlia-
ment for Dublin University, was chosen
leader Of the movement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
CONFEDERATE FLAG RETURNED

Alexandria, Va. Sept. ga Confederate
battle flag captured by a New York regi-
ment was restored TO its original owners
here tonight. This act OF courtesy of the
State of New York touched the hearts OF
the surviving members Of the 18th Virginia
Regiment tonight when they again came
into possession Of the colors OF the r. T.
Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans Repre-
sentatives Of the q. a r. were present
and the occasion was made a fraternal re-
uniOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
PEOPLE and SoCfaf incidents

New York, are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
Stuart Duncan.
3. Montgomery Roosevelt, Of New YORK,
II visiting Daniel y. Fearing.
Joseph Hartman has returned from New
York.
I. Thorn MacGrew, of Honolulu, who IA
the guest of George S. Scott, was Har-
ward YisltOr to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
NelpTnrk Tribnue.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER &c. 1911.

This newspaper is otoned and pub
nshed on The Tribune Association, a
Neio York corporation; Office and prtn-
o,pal Mace of business, Tribune Build
ing. No. 154 Nassau street. Ne'o Yor6;
ogden Mills, president: ogden II. Reid,
secretary; James II. Barrett treasurer
The address Of the officers IS the office
or this newspaper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-26
CIVIL WAR HERO FOUND DEAD

Jackson, Mich. Sept 25.-Frei A. lynn
corporal I'm Company a. LIST Vermont Csr
ary in the civil War. was found deao I"
a roomlng house here to-day. Lyon pos
sessed a silver medal voted 10 him by cen
gress and presented by President In
for heroism a. the battle OF Cedar 'f's~
where he captured Major General Ranse"'
Of the Confederate army.