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New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
DANGER IN LONGER fihN'
Engineer Thinks Current Might broae
River Bed and Expose Tubes.

,ro the Editor Of The 1riou"e' ,u,,.
cir. Tho article on Page u IN your
=, January a6. Need Of Longer fierS' -
calls 10 my mind some ooser'a'o -.
-,t,g nronosition with when ! af ,
- 90 ia associated about ND "''
rIan called for a subway across ,"'
r,r,s 20 connect staten Island WIN Ho"s
Island. and Long Island-oy an s
-,,~n T., ia. ,ic,n,tv of Wards lslanu~
with the mainland. s,,-y.v
,,.o,,o,. 800. oxam,ne tho Coast survey
.s,r, % ,bat time will find depreSsio''
'1.,.I 80, -, ,ha bottom at the NarroWs'
q little more than one hundred iee'
-, htot u.a,Ar mark. and In this depre7-
sion II was proposed TO SINK d" "o ,.,s
between tho two shores. The n'a'','
deemed sufficiently practcaoie 'o
ferred TO n board Of army engine -.
,5sting OF Major Generals Newton
and Abbot. and involved Stuus
cal,se Of this photographic depreSS'o" "
tho Narrovs and the tidal flow emptE'"e
int the lower bay and also into h'"S
Island Sound. H.
~ az I believe this securing out Oh Nv
bottom NJ the Narrows was occasioneu "'
the narrowing OF the outlet OF 'he
River al this point. then any AT 20"
strrction to the outflow OF the huu'o''
might reasonably be calculated to or'a
sion the same photographic situation ana
should now he taken into account III rei
erence 10 It's effect on the subwayS no" III
existence especially as any extension oi
the Uttoral line into the stream nlS"'
equally be claimed by the opposite shore
in New Jersey. And any extension WHIT
ever. urs1n either shore, would In all prom
ability be only temporary eXpedien', en-
tirely inadequate for the possible ocean
steamers Of the future.
The natural accommodation for the COM
nerce of New York HaTbor ia by the eX-
tension of It's line north along It's shores.
practically as they naturally exist. ana not
into the stream. as proposed. without spe-
clal consideration for any private inter
ests or corporations which might seem To
pervade the mind Of the present Commits
sioner Of Docks. McApin'S plan for max
ing one dock, in its true sense, Of the
East River ard BROOKLYN and New York
has the highest claim now for considera-
tion by those who would centralze this
commerce. whh5l must ntherwise extend
uD the Hudson or tr Tho east end of Long
Island. JOSEPH I. TOMkiNS.
New York. Feb. |. I9ll
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
THE CABINET.
From Tho Tribune Bureau

tfrom Inc Tribune Bureau
Washington, Feb 1.-The Secretary
Of state and Mrs Knox entertained the
Vice-President and Mrs Sherman az din
ner tonight and invited distinguished
company to meet them. The dining table
had as its chief decoration huge centre
piece of white and yellow orchids. and
quantities ot pink roses were used in the
French drawing room. Dining with them
We're the Austrian Ambassador. Senator
and Mrs Briggs. Senator and Mrs Oliver.
the Secretary 10 the President and Mrs.
Charles d Norton. the Brazilian charge
daifaires and Nine. de Lima, the Argen-
tine charge daffaires and Sonora dc
Nilleeas. Representative and Mrs. DIM
sted. the Assistant Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Huntington Wilson and Miss Sheriff..
Mrs. Wickersham opened the home Of
the Attorney General for visitors to-day
for the first time since the New Year and
had several women receiving with her
Several hundred members of official and
resident society paid their respects.
Mrs. Meyer received this afternoon and
had with her Mrs. Beekman Winthrop
Mrs. PfsteT. wife Of the Italian naval
attache and Miss Fish
With Mrs. Ballinger this afternoon
were Mrs Thomas IT, Anderson. Mrs. Gil
bert wilkes and Miss Alice Gilman. Mrs
Nage also had several prominent women
assisting her. Mrs. Knox was not re-
C.fVinC
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune BureauJ

Washington Feb. THE President TO-
day approved the plan for the solution OF
the water power problem on public lahuS
drawn up by Chief Forester Graves "eo'se
=. McCabe and James y. Adams, repre-
sentlng the Department of Agriculture, anu
by Commissioner bennett. Director Sm''h
and Edward c. Finney. representing the
Interior Department Nr. Tart mas SUD
mtted the plan TO Senator Nelson anu
Representative Mondel. chairmen of the
Senate and House committees on PUBIC
Lands.
Senator Curtis introduced committee
Of the Order of Red Men, which urged the
erection in Washington OF u memorial mu-
scum for the preservation OF the history
Of the American Indians.
Senator Smoot discussed Tariff Commis-
sion legislation with the President.
President Taft has been asked by Sen
ator Bradley and Representative Langley
TO appoint Representative Bennett. of Ken
lucky. member of the Panama Canal
Exposition Commission
A delegation OF fishermen. accompanied
by Mayor Patch OF Gloucester and Thomas
j. Carroll, president Of the Gloucester
Board OF Trade. filed protest with the
Chief Executive against the placing OF iish
on the free list. and said that II the reel
procity agreement Is approved in It's pres
ent form IT means the ruin Of the New
England fishing industry. The delegation
will appear before the Ways and Means
Committee tomorrow.
Letters Of approval of the Canadian reel
procity agreement continue TO crowd the
White House mails Few letters disapprov-
ing the agreement have been received.
practically all OF them coming from rep
resentatives Of the fishing industry.
Among the White House callers We're the
Secretary Of War. the Attorney General,
Messrs. Black and Washburn. Of the Civil
Service Commission, Chief Justice Peele of
the Court IF Claims: Senator William Al
den Smith who introduced William W.
Wedermeyer who Will succeed Senator
elect Townsend in the House: Senators
Burrows, Curtis, Scott, Briggs Stephenson.
klkinS and NeWlands, and Representatives
Dwight, Hayes CrUmpacker, Morse Smith,
OF Michigan: Weisse. Fish. Dent, calder.
Creager and Loud
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
People and Social incidents

other guests were i1ie Attorney Genera
and Mrs. Wickershaul, The Belgian Min.
ister and Countess Cf Ruisseret. senator
and Mrs. Depew. Mr. and Mrs Charlie,
Francis Adams. Mr.. and Mrs William Z
Griswold. Colonel and hfrs. Archibald Hon.
kins. Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Plague. Dr. and
Mrs. Buckner Randolph. Mrs. Thomas F.
Bayard. Miss Hageman. CcEstshtinc Va.
bokoff, Russian first secretary, and Judge
William a Maury.
Miss Helen Taft was the guest az a young
peoples dinner party to- u gilf. with Justice
and Mrs. Holmes as hosts
Miss Taft assisted Mrs. John r. William,
and her daughter Miss To rothy Williams.
at charmingly arranged tea this after.
noon. sitting at the tea usble with Mrs
j.. 4. Letter. Mrs. Joseph Letter received
with her mother and sister. Mrs. Williams
and Miss Williams.
Mrs. Robert J.. Taylor enIcttained mum.
Der Of women at luncheon today IN com.
pliment 70 Mrs. Percy. wife of tho New
Senator from Mississippi. llme. Ritter.
Nine. Bryn Mrs. Rsyner. Mrs. owen Mrs.
Crownlnshield and others were in the party
Miss Mabel Gerry, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry. Of New York. whS
has been the guest OF Mrs. Richard n.
Townsend. has returned 10 her home N-.
and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry hayo also rs-
turned 10 New York after a Visit 10 Nh,
Townsend.
Among The numerous hosts entertaining
tonight wer. Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jen.
nines. who gave another ot their series -
Informal dances Commander ami Mr,
Wnslow. who gave a dinner party and
Mr and Mrs \. g Downing. who enter
tanned I'm the same way.
The residence of Mr.. and Mrs Bobert
Roosevelt. IN Massachusetts avenue. e
nearing completion. and thcy will arrive
here next week 70 spend "a part NJ the
early spring ason.
Mrs John Cropper has az ter guest this
week Miss Elizabeth Winslow Peters, Of
Boston
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02

is changed. That convention provides
that such refugees shall not be permitted
Ia remain near the border of the state
from which they have fled. and that II
they shall further engage in revolution
AIRY plots they shall be taken to the capi-
tai of the state in which they are domi-
cied, for trial. Recognizing the force Of
this convention. these Ilonduran insur-
gents have promptly surrendered them
selves to the Salvadorean authorities.
who will convey them from the frontier
TO the capital. and there keep them I'M
der surveillance
This may or may not affect the con-
duct Of other insurgent leaders and the
can scarcely fail. however. TO have a
salutary effect in discQuraging other
revolutionary movements. by reminding
men that there is a valid and effective
treaty which will hereafter prevent them
from making one republic a ground of
operations against another. Half Of the
troubles which have arisen in Central
America i'm the last half century have
been provoked or promoted by the small
size of the states and the consequent
ease with which one could he used as Il
base Of operations against another or rs
a refuge in which insurgents could find
asylum and from which they could
emerge at a convenient season to renew
their fighting. salvador will do good
thing for herself and her neighbors by
making the present refugees feel that
they are practically prisoners until the
war is over
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
NOISES IN OUR STREETS.
iitor Of Tho Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir This morLing a hurdygurdy OF
pleasant tone and lively tune started mp
at our corner. But in a minute il stopped
to the grief Of the children Al the window.
A policeman had appeared The music
man moved on
Such not uncheerfiI cries a Oranges,
sweet oranges" and Ripe Strawberries.
are suppressed. Complaints have been
entered against a woman singing 20 her
baby in the basement of her own homo
and against a canary's piping at an open
window. But a hand organ still at times
sets a lonely fellow humming, tagging
child skipping, or little shut-in wrapping
up a penny to throw out to pay for the
tune.
There are. however. n.1ses that no citi-
zen should be subjected 10. such as the
clanking and crashing of fiat wheeled
streetcars and the creak and screech Of all
sorts of unoiled aXles. Night should be
protected from the auto siren footed just
for fun and from explosions which must
often be the result Of care lessness.
But worst, unspeakably worSt-the thing
that Il axes night hideous-is the registering
Of men, and aias of women and girls. pre-
sumably late quitters of saloons. and this
I'm decent streets which would be expected
IN he immune from such invasion. Light
sleepers startled from needed rest stop
their ears I'm a panic because of what they
hear. and they sroan In spirit. Where are
the police? Where is talked-of reform? ls
this city of dreadful night, or is it civil
ized. Christian New York;
After these small Iou.a of disgust re-
sentiment and sorrow are past and the sun
is shining, the lively tune Of hirdygurdy
sounds very pleasant. Why is that mo
thing 10 be suppressed? ORJISIES
New York Jan. 80 1871.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

Tho Fire Commissioner 0f New forA
rules that theatres are without right 10 ss'
standing room only How about streeF
carS?-St. LOUIS Globe Democrat
Those New YORK police are very narros.
minded They won't allow anarchists 70
march ia the city with a red hae at tl'
diary speeches rochester Union ana A''
vertlser
Taxlcab companies and cab drivers ~
New York viii petition ihe Board oi ~
dermen for permission 10 reduce tue'
fares - per cent Now for the miliennluin'
Philadelphia Inquirer
Perhaps the New York police force VS.
organized for other purposes than snaN I,
ups" but that seems 20 be me roe ,ts t
which IL most frequently appears IN W,
public prints. A Commissioner wno cahng
disturb the force az least once WI
seems 10 be neglec'ing his duty-l u'a w
server.
\ New York theatrical manager aes ,,sr :.
cided To produce a play that Was N,s,tJ N,ss,by
hv an Rleven-year-old girl he - PiSoa, (,
proceeding upon the wise tnsois ,han 4
cannot possibly be more childisn thaHsW
the average play mar ls PI6 PagI65''
The botelkeepers OF New YORK eoHiGi IA.
afford 20 form an association Tor US lao 4
gan Sonara C;ardenI purchase ana N.Y. a
in ,ratent use III they made no plvat "a
The building they would make P,oai6 10
innumerable guests whieh enentS Wates
the building BRING 10 New i"'N'
town Times.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
pJSTiycr lyD ANTAGONIST.

' y y
Coming from country of short dis
tances. Mr.. W. NJ. AcwOrth. the leading
English authority ON railroads. who has
been studying the railroads of this coun-
fry. is impressed with the extent TO
which mere distance adds la the difli-
Guilty of maintaining harmonious rela-
tions between the railroads and the
public.
Matters" he says, that arise in Kan
"saS. in Texas. I'm the Far South i'm the
Far Vest. and need prompt adjustment
"hayc 70 be referred 10 officers thou
sand or two thousand miles away. and
the citizen i'm the Far West thinks he is
dealing with machine. He wants 20
IDEAL personally with flesh and blood
"nclghbor." Mr. cworth further quote.
railway man as saying that the
counter between the salesman and the
customer Is too wide There is doubt
loss much common sense I'm this obser-
yation Before the days Of railroad con
solidatiOn the little one horse railroads
which have now been united into great
systems were local enterprises. the work
Of local capitalists, friencs and neigh
bors who were felt 10 have the same in
terests rs the people of the locality
served by their roads. Consolidation and
the centrallzing Of headquarters in New
York and Chicago changed all that.
The change is like that which would
occur if ihc local banks now existing and
conducted by the friends and neighbors
Of their customers. men who are inter
ested in the locality where the bank is
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
VGrRS FROM DYNAMITE.

The explosion of carload OF dyha'
mite which was being put aboard a
lighter at one Of the Communlpaw piers
startled this whole neighborhood yester'
day and produced effects felt ms far
away as Long Branch. From the dam
age done 10y the explosion in Jersey city
and i'm this city ii is clear that had the
contents of Il second car on the Tallroau
siding been detonated disaster OF up
palling proportions might have resulted
The possibility of such an unloosile
of the destructive power stored III Il
cargo of dynamite ought TO make those
charged with its transportation exceed
ngly circumspect. The material seems
safe enough TO handle under ordinary
conditions. hut no one can tell when the
f.tal dctonation may come which will
spread havoc in every direction .fand any
closely settled community has the right
tn demand that the handling of power
ful modern explosives within It's limits
bee prohibited except under the most
rigid supervision.
congress passed Il law III l'oo ''''i"
ding the transportation Of dynamite in
interstate or foreign commerce on any
vessel or vehicle on which passengers
were also carried. The Interstate Com
merce Commission was also directed 10
make general regulations for the safe
transportation of explosives. These reg
ulationS have evidently had the effect OF
diminishing the chances of disasters
similar to that at Communipaw. but the
extraordinary risk run in that sort OF
transportation may justify even more
stringent precautions. and facts may de-
yelop i'm the inquiry into yesterdays ac-
cidcnt which will call for further pro-
tective legislation either by Congress or
hy the state legislatures
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02

situated and who are felt To uiioe' '''nu
its needs and have its interests ~ ne"r',
were to he consolidated with DINERS ana
become mere branches Of the DE oahhs
In Wall Street. leaving the peop'e vi 'ne
locality TO deal with managers so"' o",
from New York. II was to guhru "s"inS'
having local enterprises lei' d, 'he
mercy of mere agents rom u,''"' ,eh'
tres that the law forbade branch oaph'''s'
useful as il would I'm many reefH.'S W.
TO the country. The difficulty Wn'h "r'
Acworth has noticed Is Il reai oue' ou''
as he himself says. IL Is one '"a' '"H w
met through the exercise oI '"'' d"u
ina gination by railroad ma""se'S anu
through the cultivation OF perSona' rela-
tions between heads OF. railroaus anu 'ne
residents of the places server "5 'nei'
lines
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02

authorities of an attempt 10 influence
his vote corruptly be made crime sub
.iect TO severe penalty. Such statute
might encourage statesmen to tell OF IL
at once when they received overtures
like those described in the racetrack
graft charges.
The investigation which the committee
made of the business of fire Insurance
was more fruitful of suggestions Tor
legislation. Its conclusions seem to De
we'll considered and its recommendations
moderate. but the subject is technical
and only an expert mld pronounce an
opinion upon their entire practical value
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
THE HONUIRiN REFT GEES

II seems likely that We shall see In
Central America an interesting yaria-
tion Of the hitherto general practice Of
affordlng asylum To political offenders
and refugees. We certainly shall see II
If the Treaty Of Washington Of 1901 is
Loyalty observed by Salvador, as there IS
reason 10 expect that it will be. Indeed.
President Figueroa has taken pains TO
assure the United States that such n
course will be pursued by him.
The circumstances are these: Some Of
the leaders Of the insurrectiOn i'm Hon
duras have fed, in consequence of de-
feat. across the border into Salvador.
In old times they would probably have
found there asylum and freedom to con
thne plotting against Honduras. and
perhaps they would have received ma
fcyial aid and even have enlisted re-
cruitS for another campaign. But since
the making Of the treaty of 1907 all that
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
yHE GRlF7 cOuInTTEE,s REpORr

The crime of bribery is one Of the
"InoSt difficult of al crimes 10 uncover.
"All the resources of ingenuity arc used
"to conceal il. and only in exceedingly
rare instances are either of the PARTIES
"to the crime willing to come forward
and disclose the facts" So says the
report of the legislative investigating
committee which inquired into the graft
scandals This is 50 obvious that The
committee ought not to have been hedgpd
about with the restrictions put into the
resolution authorizing its appointment,
iu which the resources of legislative in
.oruity seemed To be used 10 make the
inquiry fruii!css The committee ap-
peared 10 mn a" honest effort 10 get
M the facts concerning legislative cor
rrpfion. but Whethe: because Of the
faults Of that resolution or because of
iLc inherent difficulty of its task the
results If is inquiry We're disappoint-
iIZ.
The inquiry afforded "A clearer view
nf the system lay which money used "a
he transferred from the treasures Of
public SerTice corporations 10 the pock-
els Of legislators through the medium
If stock brokerage firm, and the SEN
satiOnal rumors about corruption in re-
gard To- racetrack legislation received an
airing. They drew forth nanimonS de
nials. however, except from City Cham
lorlain HYDE. whose quest Of health took
him ont Of the range IF the committee :
eubupras. The clews proved battling and
The inquiry IN This particular elected
rothing worth while With regard 10
bribery the committee recommends that
The failure Of member of the tcgis-
lature promptly 10 inform the proper
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
THE TALK or THE DiI.

The latest victim Of dramatic censorship
Is the elgian poet Emile Nerhaeren, whose
four-act tragedy. 1.-THE Monastery" had TO
be changed according To the indications Of
the Austrian censors before permission
could be obtained for its production in
Vienna The prescribed change transferred
the scene Of the fourth act from the mon
asterv chapel to spot outside its conse-
Grated walls.
"Youngpop is going 20 have his baby
chriStened Bill
How strange.
"Oh. I don't know. The youngSter came
on the first Of the mcnth.'-Puck.
CELEBRITIES IN OUR MIDST"
Note: Last week Julius Cesar came to
the United States. Now Napoleon Bona
Iarte has been arrested in New York.
We thrilled with Joy when to our land
came jules Cesar. debonair;
Although We read, from Shakespeare's
hand.
That Cesar lived and died else where:
His coming proved the magic ways
In which things happen nowadays.
And then Napoleon Bonaparte
Whom W were told long since was dead,
Was hailed 10 court with sudden start
For beating in anothers head;
It's queer how all these "has-beens" come
To modern print 'thout ffe or drum.
DO YOU suppose Demosthenes
VIII shortly reappear To us?
With Pcricles or Socrates,
or-stretching metre-old Brutus?
'Twould not be strange. The men of yore
Seem daily coming To- our shore.
~ W. l..
briggs reminds me OF an encyclopedia. ."
SMART
40. thck."--Boston Transcript
The Viennese authorities are considering
the advisability of the addition of sub
way to the citys systems Of public trans
portation The road will not be built by
the municipality, however, but by stock
company. which purposes, I'm case char
ter Is granted. to charge higher fare than
tia, Of the street railways. on account of
increased rapIdity Of transit--eghteen and
a half miles an hour
Married only month and a rift in the
Lutte already
afternoon teas and get back to business -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
American Medicine" thinks that "the re-
ported effect OF subway travel Is another
instance of hasty and ignorant assump-
ton /. says that II rs extremely doubt
ful. moreover. II the difference between the
subway air pressure and that OF the sur
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
COINS $50 YEARS OLD.
Daii,- Mail

From The London Daily Mail.
In digging "A drain at Fakenham. Nor
folk. man has Just round about two nun .
tho reign of Edward III. The Treasury
has been communicated with and an IN
quest will be held
The coins were struck either AZ the didlS az
mr. ondon mint Some issued between 1881
and 1870. in addition 10 the titles Of King
of England and Lord of Ireland, have that
of King of France. Those issued 6etV cen
1Gs1 and 1863 have the tide OF Duke OF
Aduitaine. The mobiles We're almost pure
gold, only half a grain Of alloy being lssn.
The design of the ooverse is the King,
armed and crowned standing on snip;
from a masthead flies a streamer bearin Z
the cross of st. George.
The value Of the coins is probably some
hundreds Of pounds, and the man who
made the discovery will receive lara,e
share
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
FRANCE HoNORS VAN DYKE
Fal!ieres Makes Him Chevalier of tht
Legion of Honor.

princeton. y. J.. Feb Title cross OF d,
Legion Of Honor has been conferred o.
the Rev. DR.. Henry van Dyke. English pro.
fessor az Princeton University. accord ng 70
an announcement made by mis- s,rlatsry
Charles NJ. Irwin. to-day Dr. van Dyke
was 50 informed by VI. JusSerand French
Ambassador to the United States
The honor was conferred by President
falliereS Of France in appreciation o'
his merits as author. teacher thinker snd
poet Dr. van DYKE delivered .ourse o.
lectures al III" Sorbonne last yoar
New-York tribune., 1911-02-02
sToNEWALL JAcKsoNs PICTURE
From The Baltimore sun

From The Baltimore sun
An interesting picture of General Stone
wall Jackson. from which. 1t is said.
many Cf the pictures of him have been
taken, is ON exhibition at Bendann's gal
erieS.
The picture was taken I'm the winter Of
1861 81 by RoutZahn, Of Winchester. Va. II
represents the general in full major gen
eral uniform, in sitting posture. When
the Southern Fair of 1865 was held in Bal
timore from which 20 raise funds to meet
the immediate distress NJ many Southern
families this picture, which is a pastel
portrait, was made by Messrs. Bendann
the artist being Kester. who enioyed a fine
reputation I'm his day. and the picture was
'raff'ed" at the fair. producing A very
large sum of money. II was won by Cap
tain Thomas j. McCaw, Of Winchester
Va. and has been in the possession Of his
family for the last forty-hye years. II is
in admirable condition.