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New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
CANAL FORTIFTC1TIONS.

There is ground for confidence that IN
these closing days Of the Congressional
session the Senate will follow the exam
pie which the House set on Saturday
by passing the appropriation for the for
| tificatiOn Of the Panama Canal. The
sentiment and conviction of the great
majority Of Senators are said to be in
favor Of that action. and such is also
the feeling of most Americans who have
given Intelligent thought TO the subject.
1t is gratifying 10 observe that the
President is earnestly supported in this
matter by one Of the first authorities in
the world on the expressly military and
strategic phases Of the question. In the
current "NOrth American Review" Rear
Admiral Mahan discusses the case with
convincing clearness and reaSonableneSs.
We are glad to see that he gives first
place 10 the consideration of national
diplomatic policy, for that should appeal
to those who have no regard for the
military defence Of the nation. The
Canal Zone, he reminds us. is practically
our territory, which we have acquired
from another American state, and It
would be a reversal Of long established
policy for us to solicit a foreign and
non-American prOtectOrate over such ter
ritory. And those who fear that Ameri-
can protection of the canal would pro-
woke war are shrewdly reminded o = the
dangers of friction and conflict which
would be involved in such participation
of European nations in our domestic af-
fairs-"such as have enlivened and not
"sweetened much of Great Britain's Oc-
"cupancy of Egypt
Turning then TO the suggestion that
we should defeEl the canal with our
navy instead of with forts, Admiral Ma
han aptly quotes st. Nincents undis-
puted dictum: ITO decrease our cruisers
eat sea by commissioning vessels for
"harbOr defence will be a step that can
lead only TO our ruin The great value
Of fleet is in its mobility. Obviously
il would he folly TO destroy that value
by claiming a large part Of the fleet fast
to protect a place which could be far
better defended by forts. OF course the
cost of forts would be far less than that
of ships A dozen or more battleships
might be needed TO protect the canal
while the proposed forts, which would
do the work more effectively, would cost
less than two ships. From the point Of
view Of strategy, in connection with our
naval base at Guantanamo, and as an in
tegral part Of our coast communications,
Admiral Mahan discusses the various
phases of the question, all to the same
effect. 1t is gratifying TO have the policy
TO which we believe the country is com
mltted so thoroughly vindicated by an
authority who commands the respect Of
the whole world. even Of the most ex-
treme advocates Of peace and disarma-
ment. as well as of those who look upon
a certain measure Of militarism az In
evitable and indispensable in the present
state of the world.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
PEOPLE and Social Incidenfs

|, Hengelm1lIer, with the Austrian Embsssv
staff; the other foreign Ambassadors snI
Ministers. with their respective families ana
staffs members Of the Cabinet. the s.-
preme Court, the Senate the House ana
society people in general were invited. Tha
Vice President and Mrs. Sherman received.
their guests in the first drawing room tia
hostess wearing a gown OF rich ivory satin
with bodice and bands OF crystal ana
pearl embroidery.
Mrs. Meyer will receive the guests at thu
first OF Lenten series Of skating natness
next Monday at the navy yard, when the
officers and women forming the District Of
Columbia auxiliary Of the Navy Yard Re.
lief Society will assist her. There are about
four hundred persons prominent In the
navy and social circle who subscribed By
invitation 10 the event. the proceeds 70
benefit the widows and orphans Of sailors.
Mrs. beatty, wife Of tho commandsnt. MIRA
seaton Schroeder. Mrs. Richard VAIN
wright. Mrs. NJ. X. Johnson, Mrs. ReginsA
Nicholson and Mrs Russell Train are
among the women active in the affair.
These matinees will be given every Mon
day.
series Of Lenten hops VIII oe instituted,
at Fort Myer. the first to be given on the
night OF February IL.
The marriage OF Miss Anna Kelton.
daughter Of the late General John c. Kel-
ton and Mrs. Kelton, to DR.. Harvey W.
Wiley took place at noon to-day at the
home of her mother. Only members OF the
two families witnessed the ceremony. Later
a. reception TO few intimate friends sol-
lowed, after which Or. and Mrs. Wiley left
the city for a wedding Journey. They will
make their home in Washington The bride
Is a prominent clubwoman and suffrage,te,
taking an active part In the work OF tho
organization in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion Johnston en-
tertained guests at dinner tonight for Nj.
and Mrs. Henry Burden, Of New YORK. who
are staying with them.
Mrs Thomas r. Bayard also entertained
a number of guests at dinner tonight
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph f. Thropp enter
tanned at dinner tonight in compliment 10
the Swiss Minister and Nine. Ritter.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
ACCEPTING THE RATE DECISION.

Every one VIII be glad 10 learn that the
railroads have concluded not 10 appeal
from the decision OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission regarding freight
rates. The controversy over them has
dragged out long enough. 1t is one of
those things which have an unsettling
effect upon business. 1t tends 10 make
the railroads wait FOR its determination
before going forward with their plans.
and other enterprises wait upon the rail
roads. Moreover, there was little likel-
hood of success in an appeal. The courts
have settled the much debated point Of a
judicial review OF the Interstate Com
merce Commissions rulings by restrict
ing themselves TO questions of law and
leaving the commission supreme as to
questions Of fact. and it would be useless
ent decision confiscatory or beyond the
legal authority of the commission.
The rapidlty with which cheerfulness
has made its temperance in railroad
circles is remarkable. Immediately after
the decision was handed down a number
VI JdllTOdu ultu were Itdtt W iii
sorts Of dire results. But now there are
not a few leaders in that field who ae-
quiesce In 1t without protest, and even 60
so far as TO say II may have a good ef-
feet. The bond market is not disturbed
the credit Of railroads does not appear TO
have suffered, and plans for betterments.
which were being made without regard
20 what the commission might hold, are
not being abandoned. The enterprise
which built up the great railroad sys-
TENS of this country is not going to he
checked because regulation is proved 10
have the courage of its convictions. The
future Of railroading will be less specu-
lative in its character than its past has
been. Regulation will have TO be taken
into account in plans hereafter, and the
policy Of that regulation is sufficiently
outlined I'm the decision. Concerted ac-
ton will not he permitted to raise rates
on inadequate grounds, but whenever the
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Doris A. Dick, daughter OF Dir. ana
Mrs J. Henry Dick, will be married 10
Horace Havemeyer this afternoon In tne'
church of the Incarnation. The ceremony
will be followed by a reception al the house
Of the brides parents, in west 300 street
A "Christopher Columbus Fete, lot INC
benefit of the Christopher Columbus inter-
national Memorial Building Fund. VIII DO
held this afternoon and evening at the
Waldorf Astoria. In the afternoon there
will be tahleaus and sales N booths and the
rafting of a number Of articles. In the even
ing there will be a concert. at which Nine.
Aida and Edmond Clement will sing, and
dancing and seated supper Will follow.
Mrs. ]. Herbert Johnson gave a dinner
dance last night at her house, In Wasning-
ton SQUARE North, for Miss Rosane Coe.
The guests who were seated at seven Ia
bles. decorated with pink carnations m-
cIuded Miss Lisa Stillman. Miss Isabel
Hovt. Miss Leta Pel Wright. MISS virginia
Alexandra. Miss Beatrice Nicholas, Miss
Julia Newbold. Miss Eleanora kissel, Miss
Helen Auerbach, Miss Caro- .. Brown, MISS
Elizabeth Russell, Philip Birckhead. Charles
Miller. Howland S Davis. W. Montague
Geer ir. Reginald B. Rives, William Bay
lis ir.. Paul Hammond, Emmett Harris
George Henry Warren. jr.. and Auguste Ia
Noel. few additional guests came In for
the dancing which followed.
The sewing class that works forThe frHsh
Air Association of the Cathedral OF ST. John
the Divine has it's first meeting OF the
season this morning at the house of Mrs.
Richard Irwin. in West 39th street
Mrs. Payne Whtn,y has given the use
of her house IN Fifth avenue this after
noon for an entertainment for the benent
Of the Downtown Day Nursery, In Cedar
street Tickets may be obtained from Mrs.
Eugene Hale, jr., No. 81 West 18th street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter II. b. Frelinghuysen
have arrived in town from Morristown ana
are at the Hotel Gotham for few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi =. Morton and Mr.. ana
Mrs william Corcoran Eustis Will arrive
In New York from Europe tomorrow week
on board the Adriatic.
Mrs. William Church Osborn has left
town for Hot Springs. Va, TO remain for AZ
few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Lorillard Spencer VIII re-
turn TO town to-day from oyster Bay ana
viii be at the Plaza for a short time
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
FUNERAL OF GENERAL BRUN
President Fallieres and Many Distin-
guished Men Listen to Eulogies.

Paris, Feb. 27-An imposing military fu-
neral for General Brun, Minister Of War,
was held to-day. The entire garrison or
Paris took part President Fallieres, the
Cabinet the diplomatic corps, members OF
Parliament and OF the French Institute and
those distinguished in every walk of life
assembled in the Grand Salon of the Min
istrv of War which had been transformed
into a mortuary chapel where yesterday
thousands viewed the body as II lay in
state.
Premier BRAND. on behalf OF the govern
ment and General Michal for the army,
paid eloquent tributes 10 the memory Of
the dead minister The Premier laid spe-
cial stress on General Bruins inspiring lead
ership and his service in building up the
French aerial feet until IL had become. the
speaker said. the greatest in the world
Among the floral pieces was wreath
from Jacob NJ Dickinson. the American
Secretary OF War.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
THE CABINET.
address.


Washington. Feb. 27-The Postmaster
General was host at dinner dance TO-
night in honor OF Miss Helen Taft, when
eighty young persons. including some OF
the young married people and the con-
temporaries Of Miss Taft in the deoutante
set. met her A suggestion or the youth
of the guest Of honor was effected Dy the
lavish use OF spring blossoms. yellow tulips
white lilacs, pink roses. tonquils and other
flowers filing swinging baskets in the ball
ROOM forming bouquets on the taoie ana
clusters and garlands everywhere Even
the broad stairway which Miss Tart ana
her friends assembled TO the reception and
ball rooms was an avenue OF palms anu
white lilacs. The guests were seated at
ten small tables. each bearing basket
of ulacs and roses. Following the dinner
the young people Joined in general dance
to the music of the Marine Band Or
chestra.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs. Nagel entertained at dinner to-
night in honor Of the dean or the dlpio-
matte corps and Baroness Hengelmuller,
preceding the reception at the home OF the
Vice President and MIS- Sherman. Their
party included the japanese Ambassador
and Baroness Uchida. Senator and Mrs
Beveridge Senator and Mrs. Crane. the
Russian naval attache and Nine. vase
lief. Mr.. and Mrs. Truman H. Newberry'
Mrs Charles Coolidge. of Boston; Miss
Ernst. Solicitor General Lehman and
Baron Hardenbroek, German attache.
Mrs. Coolidge, of Boston, is the guest or
her brother-in-law and sister. ths Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor and Mrs.
Nagel
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
ADVERTISING CLAIMS
A Criticism of Notice and an
Explanation.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Yesterday, riding I'm the New 10TH
subway, I happened TO notice the follow
ing advertisement:
"Oil and gas stoves cause impure air ana
sickness over or under the heater Keep
dish with water and just a little Platt s
Chlorides. the Odoress Disinfectant"
This advertisement is a piece OF misrep-
resentation, deliberate and extremely dan
gerous. Conceivahly the presence In the
room Of a vaporized disinfectant might de-
stroy some of the disease germs In that
room, but oil and gas stoves do not cause
disease germs they destroy the oxygen III
the air. changing it into carbon dioXide,
poisonous gas No dlsnfectant could. by
any remotest possibility, have any enect
I'm changing carbon dioXide back into oxy-
gen These facts are so obvious that one
is safe in asserting that they were known
to the person who wrote that advertise
ment. In other words, the advertisement
is lie. It is a cruel and wicked lie, be-
cause Il f. designed to lead ignorant and
helpless people into Using dangerous and
health -destro wing kind Of heating ap-
paratus by leading them to believe that It's
the use OF a chemical. II is maxim in
law that no misrepresentation Of value
constitutes a crime where any value exists
but this advertisement is a crime because
no value exists whatever-that is to say
the preparation advertised has no minutest
particle OF effect upon the evil for which
it is recommended II has occurred to me
that possibly the men who are contemplat-
ing the advertising Of such false statements
might be somewhat deferred If they kno"
that sufficient publicity would be given TO
the falseness thereof to thwart them In
their purpose Of swindling the public.
therefore request you TO publish this state
ment. I am also writing to the subway
company, to ascertain II it Is It's custom
to permit the appearance of such advertise
mcnts i'm its cars. UPTON SINCLAIR
Edeemoor. Dell Feb. o. 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

Grand opera In English is 20 he tried ~
New York But will the audience hho"
about it?-Cleyeland Leader.
II the Rev Or. Aked continues 20 preaVNi,i
I'm advocacy OF a salary reduction, ne VIZ ~,
not have a rich New York ofiicehodet !"
his congregation. Constitution
New York schools are Sood schools oos s
expensive IL rs a New York haoit 10 ns, san
things well done and 20 pay more tun t,sn
other cities pay for the same service, ~
IL is easy 10 eNaggerate the slgninod"'' "
figures Syracuse Post STANDARD
In New York eggs are reported chssy ch,,ary
than they have been before in unss,i
for forty wears. But 4. v DreNeL Wno raa
81 % for a couple of en- and cup 0ii,.Shnrg OF .yn
will have trouble believing it-f"'S''
Gazette Times.
New Yoik's restaurant business T. sNa "
nve times greater than London s-Eh' ,,
Measured by the charges, the s'ssshtual
will not seem surprising 10 any a'roy
natron of the New York restaurants
Press. u.
The Westerner who tried TO whip lied TO-
Waldorf Astoria walters because OF .,fat
inattention probably had not inulca,.ea He
he was "A Western mining miiIions. ohss-
would very likely have been mos. ,h,s for
ouiously served had he indicated t,,r ti,,,rrata
Western mining men are the lstsnhsstsr
prey OF New York waiteis'-
Union and Advertiser
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
HELP NEEDED IN CHINA

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Those Of us who have passed through
famines in China realize that in relief
promptness is an essential. In the present
famine one thousand persons are dying
daily and the area affected enlarges
Plague exists beyond the Great Wall to the
north. and humanity demands that the
famine be stopped before the flooded dis
tricts are plague swept The Presidents
proclamation calling for the sympathetic
aid OF America should make this possible
Local committees for collecting and for
warding foods should he formed In centres
OF population, all funds being sent to local
branches OF the American Red Cross and
supplies shipped to the Seattle Commercial
Club Seattle. G. +. PARSONS.
Oliyet Mich, Feb. %, 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
THE PENSION BILL.
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In a recent editorial in The Tribune
II was stated that the pension bill now be-
fore Congress would not affect more than
s.. 900 old soldiers. It seems TO me that the
average increase could not be more than
800 a year to each man. II this is true,
ho.y can the total increase reach si5.00.Oo0?
An old pension attorney informs me that
the total pension roll will not be increased
at all. for the reason that the death rate
will offset all the increase that the new
pension bill will give. Why Will not some
one give us true statement of this mat
ter? a READER.
MONTPELIER Vt. Feb "a. 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
UNIVERSITY THANKS DR.. SMITH.

Berlin. Feb &c. Alphonso Smith. pro-
fessor of English literature AZ the Uni
versity of Virginia gave the final lecture
of his series as exchange professor at the
University Of Berlin to-day. The hall was
crowded amcne the auditors being many
Americans The rector Of the university in
a speech Of thanKs paid a high tribute 10
Professor Smith. who. he said. had opened
a new field for American literature i'm the
university.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
AN IDE1I MILK SUPPLY.

If Philadelphia adopts and Is able to
enforce the regulations intended 10 Sc
cure pure milk supply just recon-
mended by the commission which has
been studying the problem for several
months, the people Of that city will have
one remarkably pure article Of food It
Is proposed that no producer shall sun
ply milk 10 the city unless he has re-
ceiycd license from the authorities
based upon the fulflment Of certain re-
quirements, and carrying control across
state lines.
The recommendation include a semi
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,
rFrom The Tribune Bureau1

tFrom The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington, Feb. 27.-The Vice-President
and Mrs. Sherman were hosts at the larg-
est reception of the season. when, between
9 and II o'clock tonight, they received
fully fifteen hundred guests In honor Of
the diplomatic corps. The President. fol-
lowing his usual custom. called and re-
mained for a short time. The home Of the
President was fragrant with flowers
and an orchestra from the Marine Band
played during the reception hours. The
dean OF the diplomatic corps and Baroness
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
AL LSO-TAMMANY is TAMMANY

From The Binghamton Republican.
The New York World" figures IL cut
this way: "Tammany Hall consists of
fiity-four master politicians. five thousand
small fry politicians and twenty-five thou
sand Office holders Therefore Tammany
has but 30OI votes" But The World"
forgets that each of the S005i has an aver
age OF hve friends who can be reached or
influenced. Multiply 5O,0A by Ave and YOU
get quite a pretty total. That total cx-
many Hall are one and inseparable.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
NO CONTEST OVER BULL WILL
Daughter of Violinist Made Admins
traitor of Mothers s Estate.

Cambridge. Mass, Feb. 27.-There will be
no contest in Massachusetts over the VIII
OF the widow of ole Bull. the famous Vlo-
linist and composer. II was learned az t"o
Middlesex County Probate Court TO-DAY
that Mrs. Oiea Bull Vaughan. the daush-
ter. who was expected 10 make contest
OF the will. and Edmund NJ. Parker oi
Boston. one of the executors. had py an
agreement reached outside of court pee"
made special administrators of the estate
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph TO The Tribune.l

by Iele2rapn 10 ile AAiN"'eI
Newport Feb q. - Mrs. William d'
Rocker will not occupy the John Ciin'on
GRAY estate here next summer. II IS uh-
derstood that she will spend the season
abroad
Nr and Mrs. George Gordon King have
returned 10 New York on account OF 'ho
illness OF one Of their daughters
Mr.. and Mra. Lorillard Spencer. Jr.' ana
SON went 10 New York to-day. They VIII
sail for Bermuda tomorrow.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt is on her way 70
Pain, Reach Fla. for months stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer and MISS
Sally Thayer are 10 open their Newport
season the latter part If April or early In
May
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Jones Colford. tr.,
have departed for a months stay at Aiken,
s. {.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.l

Washington, Feb 27.-The Netherlands
Minister and Nine. Loudon. who are now
in New York. will go to New orleans for
the Mardi Gras festival.
Countess Moltke. wife of the Danish Min
lister. has been called 10 Boston and will
remain there for some days.
Senorita Maria Helena Nllegas. daughter
of the Argentine charge d'afaires, has gone
to New York 10 visit friends Her parents
will Join her there early in the week. pre-.
paratory to sailing for England
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28

has been abandoned. The police are no"
to stop any woman wearing
projecting hatpins without protectors ana
conhscate the offending articles on the spot
as endangering the public safety. ABOUT
twelve hundred hatpns have already oeen
seized in this way. and are now preserVeo
In the police museum.
IF de spots on de sun is 'sponsibe fer de
weather in dis wOrl' what's de use ter sc.
still an growl bout II? Sence you doi, ,
pay fer sunshine. you can't make no co,i,
plants ter de gas office up yander'-A'
lanta Constitution
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28

is the only higher education the youth
of the land In general will ever know; {;
therefore the high schools, so they urge.
must afford instruction In multitude
of subjects and offer what Is a sort n
male reflection Of college course. Or.
Pritchett. taking up this argument in mis-
Carnegie Foundation report, shows that
II the high school education Is not salts
factory as fitting for college II equally
fails as a preparation for life of those
who do not enter college and whose
needs the high schools profess mainly
TO serve. And he reports that the same
criticism is made Of the high school
graduate by business men that Is made
by the colleges, namely, want OF thor
ouphness. lack of that mental discipline
which comes from mastery of one or a
few things
The evil to which his report calls at
tention again. the tendency OF super
ficiality. extensive instead of intensive
methods in education. is characteristic
of the whole American system from top
10 bottom. 1t begins In the pubic
schools. with multiplicity of subjects
taught and none taught with old-fash-
ioned thoroughness, and it eXtehus
straight up through the colleges. IL Is
the chief cause of the great ana rapidl!
advancing cost Of American educauol'
both public and endowed. But the reaii
zatjon that in teaching a smattering "i
many things this country has. as DE
pritchett saws, "lost its ideal of educa'
tion means" Is slowly dawning- STU
dents are no longer permitted Ia Wailuer
according 10 their sweet Wits ai'Io"I
elective courses in the colleges. ana III
time the value of both the mental ana
moral discipline to be obtained from 'he
mastery of few things will again come
To be appreciated.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
APPARENTLY NOT.

From The Rochester Herald Dem).
Mr.. Sheehan's press bureau announces
that II will make no difference II Mr..
Shepard retires he will stay In the race.
In that case it is pertinent TO remark that
IL will make no difference II Mr.. Sheehan
stays I'm the race He was beaten before
he started. and staying in will leave him
no worse OF.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
sUPERFIcIALITY ~ EDUCATION.

The everlasting contention between the
colleges ana the high schools takes the
clape Of a complaint from the former
that students come 10 them without any
in their preparation and
the reply of the latter that preparing
boys and girls for college is only one Of
their incidental functions. Few Of their
students ever go TO college, say the high
schools. The secondary school education
New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
Nsin-Uork Gribmle.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 2s, 1911.

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