New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

HAS anything else happened that Vel
Informed citizen ought 10 remembers,
asked Busy Man.
The French battleshp Liberte was tor,
apart and destroyed by an explosion 0t he,
magazines at Toulon. More than 20 on.
GERS and men were killed. The battleshi,
Republique was badly damaged. and ths
battIeships Democratic and Verite also suf.
fered severely from the masses Of twisted
armor plate hurled upon their decks. tn.
explosion, which wiped out one OF France's
most powerful battleships, was preceded By
and was the result OF an outbreak of fra
The flames spread rapidly, In spite Of all
effrots 10 master them, and reached the
magazines before there was time 10 food
them.
'The Argentine battleship Moreno
planned to be one OF the most formidabs
Dreadnoughts in the world, was lsunche.
from the yard OF the New York Shipbuid.
ing Company. at Camden. n. j. The only
other vessel the equal Of the Moreno nov
afoat is her sister ship, the Riysdsua
recently launched by the Fore River Ship.
building Company at Quincy, Mass. To,
Moreno will have a displacement OF @,M
tons and will cost 100000.
"A great victory was won by the ant.
prize fighting party in stopping the John.
SON Wells bout in London.
SOME PERSONAL ITEMS.
Testimony I'm the suit for divorce brought
bv Walter Lispenard Suydam, jr., agains,
his wife, Louise Lawrence Suydam, naming
Frederick Noble as correspondent was
rushed through in thirty-fve minutes be.
fore Justice Clark, I'm the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn. A surprise was sprung when IL
became known that the papers In the &C.
ton had been served on Mrs. Suydam be.
fore she left her Blue Point house TO maks
her home IN the Regina apartments, IN Man.
haitian. The entire testimony was uncon.
tradicted, and neither Mrs. Suydam nor
Noble appeared in the courtroom. Justice
Clark reserved decision pending the presen'
tation Of all papers in the case. However,
he intimated that an interlocutory decres
in Mr. Suydams favor would be granted.
Charles G. Gates, son Of John w. Gates
and Florence +. Hopwood, daughter Of
Frank p. Hopwood Of Minneapolis We're
married I'm Unontown, Penn, AT the home
OF ROBERT +. IoPNVV"' az '''- 20 '@
bride.
"Dr. .. g. Clarke. .an amateur aviator,
who was flying over the field at Nassau
Boulevard, fell headlong out OF the SKY
from passenger carrying Queen-B.eriG
monoplane. He was killed.
Comparing last years aeropane flights
Of over an hours duration with those d
this wear equally prolonged, an EngliSa
, statistician figured out that While one
aviator was killed last year for every 800
miles Of fight. this year the number q
hving miles made for each death has
risen to 4,gcc
Harvard University opened its doors ior
its 276th year, with registration ot -'P
students in the department OF arts and
sciences. Registration in the Law and
Medical schools will increase this nunioeT
IN considerably over 5000. The freshman
class exceeds I'm number any ever ADMITTED
to the university Yale opened is -llm
year with increased attendance. The fresh
man class in the academic department VIII
number about 3S5 and in the Shefileld sa-
entidc school about 800 and the university
membership is likely To exceed $50" an u
crease OF about 100 Columbia showed an
increase also and a total enrolment "
over 5000"
"Tbrse figures seem TO argue lamen's'
hl. Indifference on the part OF parents
the recent alleged exposure OF the COT
rupting influences of college life chucKi@
Busy Man.