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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
STATE INTEREST ~ LOCAL SUITS

STATE INTEREST ~ LOCAL SUITS.
An interesting measure has been in
PRODUCED in the New Jersey Legislature,
and will probably be enacted into law,
for restoring the direct participation of
the state government AT its discretion IN
criminal suits in any of the county
courts. This was an old practice III New
Jersey. derived from the English system.
and Is undoubtedly constitutional. but
for many years il has been in disuse. Its
abandonment dates from 1884. when Il
statute defining the duties of the state :
Attorney General prescribed that all
criminal cases should be prosecuted by
the county prosecutors of the pleas, eX-
cept in counties in which there were 40
such officers or in certain cases ia which
state Intervention was requested lay 4
justice of the supreme Court. in which
latter Instances. however. he would not
supersede but merely cooperate with the
local prosecutor.
The proposed restoration of the old
powers Of the Attorney General has
doubtless been suggested and shown 10
be desirable by the discreditablc perform
ances in certain counties of the state IN
which fragrant and notorious violations
OF the law have occurred. but have not
been punished because of either the i'll
competence or impotence of the county
prosecutor or his sympathetic unwilling
ness 10 proceed against the favOriteS Of
powerful local boss" At the present
time the Governor Is unable 10 remove
an unfaitllful official. ana so the state is
pCwcrleSs 10 enforce the law in any
county In which the local officials are
creatures Of the lawbreaking ring II
will be recalled that the scandalOus re-
fusals 10 punish known lawbreakers In
Atlantic County evoked from Governor
Fort an earnest plea for legislation
which would enable the Governor to
bring disloyal officers 10 book. That re-
quest WAS unfortunately and unwisely
denied. but the same end il now sought
by this other means.
II will be logical and advantageous
TINS 10 give the states prosecutor power
10 enter any ease, though We have 10
doubt that some of the extreme propa-
gandists Of home rule" will protest
against il as an invasion of municipal
rights. Even now all criminal proSecu-
lions are conducted In the name of the
state. and this law will merely make
actual that which Is now nominal. OF
course, every violation Of the law Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
THE ANTI-HATPlN ORDINANCE

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 4 dispatch from Omaha states that
tie ticket puncher in the railway station
has had his eye put out and his brain al
most pierced by the projecting hatpin OF
some criminally careless woman. Is II not
time for our Board Of Aldermen To call up
Mr.. Drescher's ordinance regulating the
use of hatpins, which was defeated by the
Common Council on or about Tuesday. jan
uary 81? At the hearing there was no OPP
position 10 this proposed ordinance, and rep
res.ntatives from the New York city Fed
Grafton Of Women. who are forty thousand
strong, the Women's Municipal League ana
other civic bodies Of women were heard.
In poing To and from my work | see
narrow escapes OF ruined eyes In the sub
way and on the IL" roads every day and
the same Providenc" that keeps this me-
tropoiis from going tn the dogs very fast
seems To preside over the crowds OF work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
.STBlViYS AND THE b. Il. r.

Now the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany comes forward with the intimation
that in certain contingencies ii will he
ready TO operate the tribor0ugh line rs
part of the subway system which II re-
Gently proposed. II does not make a
formal offer. apparently for the natural!
reason that it does not wish to be used
merely rs club in the city's bargaining
with the Interborough Company. In the
hands of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
| Company the triborough line. taken to-
gether with the same company's pro
posed Brooklyn lines. would form sys-
TEN admirably adapted to serve the city's
needs.
The one thing plain in the constant
activity of possible competitors for SUB
ways is the strength and Independence
of the citys position. II is not neces-
| sary TO take seriously all the offers that
have poured in upon the Public Service
Commission. But capable operators
stand ready 10 supply an enormous and
comprehensive system virtually rivallinS
III All respects an! lliile titt may w cN
pected from the InterbOrOugh Company.
That corporation seemed to possess GER
tain advantage ut first because il al
ready had n subway Ia which additional
! lines might he joined, making Il COM
prehensive system and Offering Il long
ride for single fare. But the Brooklyn
| Rapid Transit Company also is already
/ i'm the field of local traction and can. If
of comprehensive system and Il single
fare as the Interborough Company has
offered. Only those who have "lnterbor-
ough in their heads" 10 paraphrase the
Mayor. will be patient any longer with
| that company'S dilatory processes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

II is evident that smaller NUMBER. OF
properly equipped bases would be or
much greater value to the navy thah
the present outgrown yards. These "re
az Inheritance from times when the
problems of naval strategy were vastly
different from what they are now For
the new navy new bases are needed. ana
having furnished the ships Congress VIII
be sadly deficient in foresight II II does
not SO, to work to furnish shore stations
from which they may he operated 10 the
best advantage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
NiI III BASES.

IL an article in the last issue of The
North American Review" Rear Admiral
S. Il. Luce lays stress upon the impor-
lance Of creating satisfactory bases for
tbe use Of the mOderniZed American
navy Since work on the new navy was
begun IN 1881 the whole effort Of the
Navy Department has been concentrated
on the building and equipment of an
adequate fleet. The country has now a
fairly sufficient number of warships in
service But IL lacks the other essential
To successful naval warfare-bases at
which ships can be cared for, repaired,
refitted and marShaled for either an Of
fensive or a defensive campaign.
Our present navy yards were not
selected primarily for strategic reasons.
They grew up at convenient ports-most
If them ports Of commerce-where facili-
ties were available for fitting out yes
sells of the old style. But, as Admiral
Luce points out, the leading maritime
nations have in recent years discrim-
mated sharply between commercial ports
and strategic ports in the choice Of mod
ern naval bases. Gei1nany's greatest
base Is Wilhelmshaven. Il port with prac-
iically no commerce. and England'S Il
Dover. also of little commercial impOr-
lance. Military reasons alone dictate the
choice OF naval base. IL must be COM
modious, defensible by land Notifications,
easy of access aad capable of supplying
10 lff
construct and maintain drydOcks, repair
shops and arsenals The American navy,
saws Admiral Luce has no such base at
present II is confined TO the use Of an
excessive number OF obsolete or semi
obsolete navy yards, which have been
maintained chiefly because local infiu-
cnces have fought successfully against
their abandonment.
Secretary Meyer has begun Il cam
paign 20 reduce the number of navy
wards and naval stations. as n prelim-
irary 90 the creation of real naval bases.
We now have yards al Portsmouth. y.
H.: Boston. Mass. New York. Pbiladel-
phia, Norfolk. Va. and Charleston. ;. g.,
and various smaller stations scattered
along the Atlantic Coast The Secretary
Of the Navy thinks that three yards
would be enough for the Atlantic sea-
board. but he has not yet Indicated
where. In his opinion, they ought to be
situated Admiral Luce believes that
they ought 10 be AT Narragansett Bay
the entrance to Chesapeake Bay ana Key
Gest. Wherever they may be established
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
SAFETY IN CHINATOWN.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AZ a time when there is SO much
being written and said about a crime
wave" sweeping the city ii seems only fair
that the Police Department should be
Complimented for its efficiency in preserv-
ing order ana preventing crime i'm China
town during the week of the Chinese fair.
Despite the fact that the narrow streets
Were thronged with thousands OF visitors.
10 my knowledge there was not one act of
violence or theft reported This seems all
the more commendable when the city Is
alleged Ia be overrun with all kinds OF
crooks. who. one would naturally suppose.
would seek To- profit by such an opportu-
nifty. THOMAS i. NOONAN.
Superintendent Doyers Street Chinatown
Midnight Mission
New York. April II, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
THIS MAY SPIFlICATE you.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The idea of Mr.. Mayer, whose let
ter appears in The Tribune of this morn
ing that the thru" and tho" system of
spelling should have some name is not {,
bad one. but his suggestion OF verb ito
spitllicato" is not a happy one, and he can
hardly be sustained in calling his words
these additions To the American Ian
guage." Splhicate" has long been in use
with other meanings. II Is thus defined III
Websters New International Dictionary:
ITO astonish; hewlder; to confound: also,
10 be at 10 stife 10 kill" For the new
meaning Mr.. Mayer should give us new
verb. OSCAR B. IRELAND
Springfield. Mass. April i. 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

Holy smoke Dick Croker SAYS New
York Is growing purtancal TO comment
ON that would be like adding smell 70
tanning plant Philadelphia Inquirer.
New York is proud of the fact that her
police force made 5000 fewer arrests ~
1910 than in the preceding year. NJ the
same tine Il will have TO be admitted 'na,
a good many New YORK rogueS went sew
free Cleveland Plain Dealer.
II the ancestors of some New YORKER
had acted ~ these New Workers are acu,ls
now these New Workers would not nav
been-C Charleston News and Courier.
IL is no wonder that crime hourlshes !"
New York that the streets are'in nao
pair and that Central Park II going 70 vi ~
cav The city officials are spendins ~,
their tiile Ia writing letters 20 or SUvi
one another Rochester Democrat ""S
Chronicle.
In New York they proceeded upon
foolish theory that their water s.a,,ion
would never give out. When consuinpany
became SO large that the supply wa AM.
a short distance ahead OF IL they -. mi
not 10 economic ON what they nsS for
20 get more. In 1893 the "unaccovhuI" we're
losses Of water in greater New to ,m were
.O0000.0.0 gallons daily. II the syslerh n. &C.
metered most OF that loss wous "a now
counted for and great deal ti,as post.
wasted would b. saved.-Ssr"0"
Standard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l
Newport, April 12.--Mrs. Burke Roche,
who Is to occupy Elm Court this summer,
has sent her horses and carriages here.
Mrs. James Lowell Putnam entertained
at luncheon to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs II. Mortimer Brooks vii
again occupy Rockhurst this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. George b. De Forest are
expected IN q short time for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Drexel will arrive late
In May.
Mr. and Mrs. William Watts Sherman
are 20 dispose. OF their carriages, and those
that have been stored here are being sent
TO New York TO be sold.
Mrs. Delaney Aston Kane has returned
10 New Rochelle.
Mrs II. Casimir De Rham is n guest at
the Muenchlnger King cottage.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel j. WagstaH arrived
tonight for Easter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
ASKS MONEY FOR SICK POOR
Saturday and Sunday Association Ap'
peals for Hospital Funds.

An appeal has been made by the Hos
pital Saturday and Sunday Association for
contributions 10 the fund for caring for
the hundreds Of sick poor on its lists. Dur
Ing last year the association cared for 3.lS
free bed patients In forty-ive hospitals IA
this city every day in the year. Every pos
sible effort is made by the members Of the
organization 10 ameliorate the suffering o.
men, women and children Ia the cty's hos
pitals.
Charles Lanior. the treasurer has Just
received a gift OF $500 from New Yorker
who is abroad but VINO still wishes 10 sup
port the work. For the coming years work
$4,000 T. needed. and the directors are
hopeful of collecting this amount. Cheeks
may be sent 10 Mr.. Lanier at No. 20 Cedar
street or 10 Mrs. James Spcyer at No. ~
Madison avenue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
GREELY GOING TO CORONATION
Substituted for General Grant as Rem
reSentative of ARMY.

Washington April l2.-Maior General
Adophus w. Greedy retired) has been Sc
lected TO represent the United States Army
on the American Special Embassy To the
coronation OF King George V. This appoint
ment supersedes the original selection OF
Major General Frederick Dent Grant, COM
mandins the Department Of the East. who.
on reconsideration, has declined the honor.
General Greedy commanded am expedition
To the Arctic regions In the early SOS. and
FOR many years WAS chief signal officer OF
the army.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

ing people and prevent the destruction or
perhaps a hundred thousand eyes daily.
There is one thing certain, and that IL,
any aldermen need not hold out his hand
for something II he thinks there is some
thing behind this ordnance for. AS a crook
in the LEGISLATURE once said TO me concern
ing IA street franchise for the city Of New
York. There amt nothin' in this bill for
nobody"
The women of New York can pass this
ordinance If they will organize show their
power and get after the few aldermen who,
for reasons best known TO themselves, are
holding up this remedial measure. The
press can do much toward passing II II it
will get busy at once. The first baseball
game of the season begins to-day. Let the
New York press open the hatpin game and
win. \ BREADWlNNER.
New York April 70 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
SQUARECY UP TO DIX.

From The Rochester PoSt-EXpress.
civil Service refcrmers all over The stais
are wondering Ii Governor DIX VIII give
his sanction TO the lOoting of the serlic?
asked for by Controller Sohmer and agreed
10 by the Democratic members OF the
up TO the Governor Ia put himself on rec
ord with the spoismcn or against them.
The pretence that competent tax ap'
praiSers cannot bee secured under the op-
eratious of the civil Service law Is absurd,
ana in transferring twenty-five OF tu'n
from the competitive 10 the exempt class
the ma jority OF the civil Service Comns'
sion showed q stronger desire for patron
age than for the welfare of the people. W
can only repeat the remark of the veteran
Demotrat who has observed poDtlon
events for more than sixty years: me
Democrats at Albany have been IN tne
bread line 80 long that they are acting hNe
cannihalS."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

STATE il an offence against the state and
against the whole state rs truly as
against the particular locality in which
II Is committed If votes are bought or
boIlot boxes are stuffed In Atlantic
CITY wrong is done to every county
in the state. and TO pretend that Atlantic
County must he left alone to deal with
tbe crime. and that if Atlantic County
did NOT concern itself with il nobody else
would have any business tn do So, would
he TO stultify the administration Of law
anl iuStice
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureaur

FROM 7 u" IIIDUTt 4'uI-t''I
Washington. April 1.-THE German Am
bassador aud Countess Won Bernstorn en-
tertaiued the Ambassador TO Germany ana
Mrs. David Jayne Hill al luncheon at the
embassy to-day. Count and Countess Won
Rernstorff will go to New York on Monday,
accompanied by their son, and on Wednes-
day the Countess and Count Guenther Won
Bernstorff will sail for Germany. The am
bassador Will join them after the adjourn
ment Of Congress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

bulletin: Under normal ccndit'ons an '"'
epidemic and local diseases 'hr''e "po"
the family cat The woman WI" refuses W
give her child redhot poker as II 10Y ""S
no hesitancy in putting into its arms '"e
more dangerous plaything--the fanny cut
II Is no difficult matter TO quarantine '"o
child sick with scarlet fever or diphther'a'
but the family eat goes where II pleases
and comes when II likes"
"And on what do you base your concur
sions that she Is not a LADY,?
Upon what | overheard her say Whsn
she heard that another lady had SAID enc
was no lady."-Houston Post.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
ANCIENT BASS-RELIEFS FOUND
German Emperor Goes Without Lunch.
con to Watch Excavation.

Corfu, April 2.-The GERMAN Emperor.
who Is residing here. was Informed ,o-ds,
of the discovery near the monastery Of ~
Theodore Of bass-reilefs OF the sixth con
fury H. g. by workmen engaged in oxca-
waiting. The Emperor spent the day watch
ing the work and became so Interested that
he remained ON the scene OF IN. opero,Iops
without luncheon. tie presented IN mo
workmen a considerable sum of money
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

Mr.. James 4. Patten. the successful
cornerer Of wheat. is going to give a
large sum to fight tuberculosis. He
might devote part of il To investigating
the effects of corners in food products
i'm causing tuberculosis, through raising
the price of the necessaries Of life and
thus decreasing the nutrition of the
poor Such an inquiry would have a
peculiar appropriateness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

This newspaper Is orned ana p"o'
Nshed bv The Tribune Assoc'd'ioh'
Ne,c York corporation; Office cnd pr,n'
ripaI place of business. 1rtoune b""u'
eng, No. ia Nassau street. Ncio io'h'
ogden Mills. president; Ogden AZ. he'o'
secretary: James II. Barrett. treasurer
The address Of the officers Is the oWce
Of this newspaper
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

The French government in dealing
with the champagne problem was truly
in the redicament epigrammatically
portrayed by Lorenzo Dow: You'll be
damned If you do; you'll be damned If
you don't. First it declared that the
district from which wines might prop
erly be called champagne should be
geographically delimited. and that the
Department of Aube should bc excluded
from it: whereupon the people of Anbe
raised the red flag and began 10 cry
"Conspuez,' at pretty much everybody.
Then the government reconsidered the
case and decided to mark no metes and
bounds. hut 10 let champagne hail from
where it might. upon which all Epernay
rises in it's wrath and smashes bottles by
the hundred thousand. Meantime the
merry cider maker turns the product OF
the orchard into fizz. and they who are
well drunken AZ the end of the feast
know no better.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

THE Philadelphia Record deprecates
the pernicious attempt To divide the
Democrats in the United States Senate
into conservatives and progressives.
Ii says that they are all-or nearly all
safe. sane and sound on every question.
Yet who Invented" what The Record
calls IAN arbitrary distinction? The
Democrats in the Senate themselves DID,
and they got Mr.. Bryan, who happened
10 be in Washington, To certify To the
accuracy and reasona bleness of the line
drawn between the supporters OF Mr..
Martin for chairman of the Democratic
caucus and his opponents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

have gone 10 their villa at Tuxedo.
Mr. and Mrs Arson Phelps Stokes will
leave town to-day for Noroton, Conn.
Under the patronage Of Mrs George O.
Haven, jr.. Mrs. Benjamin Guinness. Mrs.
William Jay. Mrs. Hermann Oelrlchs. Mrs.
Philip NJ Lydig, Mrs. T. J. Oakley Rhine
lander. Mrs. NJ Lawrence Keene. Mrs.
Richard Gambrll and Mrs. Cornelius c.
Cuyler a musical tea will be given this az
ternoon at the Hotel Plaza for the tuber-
culosis night camp. The artists who have
volunteered their services are Mrs. Fran
els L. Wellman, Mrs Ricardo Martin.
Miss Lila Ormond, Armando Lecomte.
Stewart Baird and Victor Harris
Nh and Mrs Lorillard Spencer. jr.. have
returned from Bermuda and are az the
Ritz-Carlton for "A few days.
Mrs. George Gordon King will give
small dance on Tuesday at her home In
East Sith street.
Mr. and Mrs Birdseye 3. Lewis will
take possession OF their new country place.
in MiIlbrook, y. Y, before the end Of thu
month.
Mrs. George L. Baker will return 10
town tomorrow from Louisville, Ky.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Carman Harriet nave
taken an apartment az No. l25 West 5StI
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin III. Weatherbee and
Miss May Weatherbee will return 10 town
from Hot Springs, Va, next week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
W J. HAMPTON

fl isn't always patriotism that prompts
"A mans interest in the red, white and
blue. Sometimes it's poker. philadelphia
Record.
The current bulletin Of the American
Association Of Commerce ana Trade OF
RerIip gives IA list of declared exports
from Germany 10 the United states, com
piled from corrected statistics" showing
ina, the total value OF exports In 1910 was
sls7. i219Ii, or s3.5s2.22i greater than the pre-
yious year. The figures for 1910. the report
saws. ARE the largest known In the his
tory OF the commercial relations between
the two countries"
Hes getting old.
What makes you say sot
lie lust told me that he wouldn't 30
IA the op,uing game " the weather doesn /
warm up considerably" -Detrolt Free Press.
II cats could read DR.. W. \. Evans, Chi
Cages Health Commissioners, probably
wouldn't be able 10 sleep nights. Here .
what the doctor says OF tabby In an official
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

Cecil Grenfell. NJ p, and Lady Lillian
Grenfell. who is a sister OF the Duke OF
Marlborough, have returned TO town from
Garden City and are at the Hotel Gotham.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

General" Williams. the borderland
bandit who was killed ly the Mexican
troops the other day for his outlawry, is
now said TO have been not an American
deserter. but "a scion of the British
aristocracy." Let MS be grateful that he
alone out of innumerable thousands was
not introduced to public notice as "a
Vale graduate"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

If Governor Dix had been hall as
prompt and successful when the lnsur-
gents threw their stone at the Demo-
cratic machine as he was with the BOY
who hit the Dix automobile, sacred IN
situations might have been preserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Delano Robb'na.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert VI. Hartman. Mr..
and Mrs. Karrick Riggs and Miss Pauline
Riggs are booked TO sail for Europe 70.
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman will remain
abroad about six weeks. and on their re-.
turn will go to Newport for the summer
Mr.. and Mrs. Riggs. who spent the winter
at the Hotel Gotham, VIII remain abroad
until the fall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13
THE MAYORS DUTY.

Now Mr.. Hyde ne sees a plot.
4 Hyde-rophobic and ''malign
Political conspiracy"
TO make him die or else resign.
How sad IL must he for a man
Upon whose record is no stain
To feel. as he must surely feel,
That simple virtue is in vain.
What is the good Of being good
Surrounded thus by doubt
Why doesn't Mayor Gaynor come
And help his servant out?
OUT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

Mr. and Mrs. William 81 V. Hoffman
have gone 10 their villa at Tuxedo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-13

If Mayor Gaynor is sure that ne
stopped SG.O0O.OOO of police graft he
must know something about who got 1T.
Perhaps he Will inform the District At
torney.