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New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
GREELEYS DAUGHTER WINS
Grandchildren of Editor Fail in
Suit for Farm.

Under a decision Of Justice Mills, of the
Supreme Court at White Plains yesterday
NixoIa Greeley Smith Ford and Ida Greeley
Smith fail In their suit TO have deeds OF
the historic Greeley farm at Chappaqua to
Mrs. Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin, daughter
OF the late Horace Greeley, set aside as null
and void. The plaintiffs are the two chill
dren of the late Ida I. Greeley Smith, also
daughter.
Justice Mills dismisses the action on the
contention that the statute OF limitation
bars the suit. The case involved the
Greeley farm, which Mrs. Clendenin, VINO
is the wife OF the Rev. Frank Montrose
Clsndenin, purchased at trustees sale IN
1873 for $4,000. Part Of the business sec
ton OF Chappaqua. as we'll as the railrosu
station, is now on part or the 'drh''
and II the suit had been maintained the
titles to all the different parcels sold would
have been In jeopardy.
In his decision Justice Mills pays trioute
TO Horace Greeley in these words
The premises involved were az the tlme
az the sale, a farm OF nearly eighty acres,
situated at Chappaqua, I'm the county %,
Westches,er and famous as the homestead
OF the late Horace Greeley, IL was tne es-
tate 10 which that great editor ana author
during the latter years of his life was ac-
custorned weekly. to retire for rellet from
his mutitudinous professional cares, ana
where he conducted many agricultural eN-
periments. which. through his writings. be-
cana widely known throughout this nation,
to the edincation and instruction or many
neonie and possibly to the amusement or
some.
The plaintiffs asserted that the deed was
illegal because II was executed during theif
nj
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
a WORD OF APPRECIATION

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: have been gratided to note from
time to time the little paragraphs on your
editorial page In the interest Of the white
phosphorus match bill, and the one In To-
days paper seems To me especially timely
and helpful. II / interpret Alright the ng
ures in the census report on manufactures
this particular industry employs 5000 or
$500 wage earners. What are they among
so many" They are indeed but u little
band scattered over a number OF states,
but II is a sure mark Of a Christian civ
ilizatlon that It takes thought for tho least
of these" God bless you for and in this
effort. May It be that the Senate will pass
the bill, and that speedily.
Having written the above, il occurs 20
me that | might add a word of appreci-
alton Of many other excellent features OF
your paper. reaching all the way from the
daily weather map (Which Is vastly more
Illuminating than the separate predictions
can be- giving a ird's-eye view Of meteoro-
logical conditionsJ To the editorials which
appear from time TO time estimating cur
rent events I'm the light ot the onward
march OF the centuries and even the mil
,ennums. II an editor feels. as a preacher
does that to have an utterance remembered
is one OF the highest compliments | may
venture 10 recall across a number Of years
one Of your editorials on the battle OF
Moukdcn one, at least of your readers
remembers it stll with interest and APP
probation. Please accept these few words
of appreciation as an endeavor to voice that
gratitude which would be everywhere more
,otap, and moro iuspIrIng II Il were more
freely expressed. We must not let all our
well dones" wait for tho one great well
done" spoken At last by the Great Master
Of all toll JOHN A. lNGHAM'
New Brunswick y. J.. March so 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
DIRECTIONS FOR ANTI. SOCIALISTS

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Father Vaughan and all other Cath
olics who are assuming to fight socialism
are making a great mistake in not pointing
out the men and measures that are bring
ing socialism. In all our city councils, in
our legislatures and In Congress paternal-
istic measures are introduced yearly by the
thousand, and, what IL more, the majority
of them are passed into laws. What Karl
Marx and the early fathers of socialism
laid down and what socialism will or will
not do when II comes are not the ques-
tions for those who want to stop the on
ward rush toward socialism.
Every Catholic priest and prelate who
wants 10 voice against socialism should find
II a religious duty to point out to his hear
ers the names and addresses OF every man
in Office who introduces and contends for
n paternalistic measure. lie should at tho
same time portray the measure. Enough
happens in every locality every week in
the year from which To formulate "A long
and interesting sermon or address. Upon
hearing such addresses men would not go
forth the very next day To voice and vote
for socialism while being profcssedly OPP
posed to 1t.
FRANCIS BUCK LIVEsEY.
West Friendship. Md, March 95. 1872.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
HHIAEORuED-

Colonel Roosevelt has the misfortune
to he surrounded by informants who
grossly misrepresent TO him occurrences
Of which he has no direct personal
knowledge. BY no other means, ii is 10
he assumed, could he, OF returning from
his Western trip. have been misled into
issuing this extraordinary statement:
The conduct of the. New York papers
who have defended this tprimaryI cleo
ton is, If possible, just a trhe worse
than that of the perpetrators of the
fraud On Wednesday these papers de-
nounCed the so-called election as n
crime and farce, but when certain
Of these papers realized that by toll
ing the truth they might DO damage
10 tha representatives Of the combina-
ton Of crooked politics and crooked
business which they have heen cham
piOning they instantly stopped. And
these papers. such as The Times The
Tribune, THE Evening Post" THE
Sun" and others. began to ridcule the
statements of corruption. every one of
which could have been verified from
their own columns the day after the pri-
mary. These papers by their champion
ship of corruption and fraud in this
case have forfeited all right ever again
10 SpGdh lOi HOliCSNg VI W ltpltStht
honest men.
Inasmuch as Colonel Roosevelt left
New York last Tuesday afternoon Oh
trip which carried him west of the Mis-
sissippi River il is unlikely that he had
much chance To read personally what the
New York newspapers said about the pri-
mary. If he had had ii must be pre-
sumed that he would never have given
out his Sunday night interview. So far
as The Tribune is concerned. the minut-
est scrutiny of its reports Of the election
and its comments thereon will not dis
close the slightest scintilla Of evidence
that il ever denounced the so-called
election as crime" or even so much as
suggested that il was corrupt. The
Tribune reported that great confusion re-
suited from the failure 10 deliver ballots
promptly at the polling places and gave
expression 10 the belief that that failure,
which was purely accidental had had no
particular influence on the result ,pf the
primary, since Mr.. Taf's supporters
probably suffered from il even more than
did Colonel Rooseyelts.
We reported no corruption aud fraud
In the primary, because outside the imag-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
NO "BOVNET STRTK E.

The "bonnct strike" proposed by some
as means Of imprcssing dealers IN
feminine apparel is not proving popular
with the suffragettes. Naturally there are
degrees of martyrdom which II is I'M
reasonable TO expect any one 10 undergo
in no matter how dear a cause. To
heave a brick, he arrested serve term
i'm iail decline food while incarcerated
and have 10 be fed by force-all these
things II is possible. at least for the
English sisters, to endure for the sake
Of obtaining votes: but 10 wear old
clothes and an old hat
Besides, there was time when Suf-
fragism was a sort OF permanent bonnet
strike. At least its advocates were cur
rently supposed TO affect short hair,
wear dowdy clothes and even aspire
toward the uglincss Of male costumes.
And the cause in those days advanced
little. 1t IS only since the sulfragettcs
took to finery and 1t b@ame impossible
to tell from the pictures published in
the press whether group Of women
were suffragettes or star actresses that
legislatures have been willing 10 take
the cause" seriously. Better keep on
being fascinating.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
WHY THE WAR DRAGS ON

The proverbia visitor from Mars, If
superficial in his perception, might won
der why the seemingly inconclusive war
between Italy and Turkey drags on.
There appears 10 be no prospect that
Turkey will gain anything by II. Italy's
complete possession Of Tripoli and eyre
naica may be delayed. but cannot I'm the
end be prevented. and there will be 10
profit, while there may be much loss in
the delay. Apart from the very consid-
cradle expense of maintaining resistance,
which Turkey can i'll afford, there are
two grave dangers TO be incurred. One
is that Italy, growing weary, Will re-
nounce the self-denying determination to
confine the war 10 Africa and resort TO
some such act as the bOmbardment OF
Smyrna or Salonica. The other Is that
Italy will withdraw the favorable terms
on which she is now ready To close The
war and insist upon others far less agree
able to Turkey.
The reason for Turkeys STUBBORN rs
Is probably to he found in the exigencies
of domestic politics. The Young Turk.
who have dominated the government ever
since the revolution. are i.htin: for re
tention of power They think that SO
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
NEW Work FROM THE SUBURBS

The Little Theatre in New YORK sea" ~
ooo naor,e II all the little authors try TO ~
~ ,or the same performance there VIII %
.,amnede sure enoush.-Charleston News ""'
Courier.
Tn. courts delays are blamed for the ",. .,v.
and DELAYS over ballots in greater "'" |.
..rbey,ve gotta quit kiekin' the courts
,monv Knickerbocker Press.
New York's produce men are hshuhs "" 40
,,,,,,,g tha construction Of two piers
o., lang attending back into what Is now :,
., the west Washington Market, as ~.
yD,, works. general dock department
.aaar liners cannot get the facilities tnsy :,
g. y.v York they can be taken care Oh 'e'
Boston. Boston Globe
The New York Public Library j. "A
80 400 400 One million four hundred 'ho' IA
- his represents the value of the oooN ,,,,a
" ,'sorin,s Queer isn't n7-clevelana
Dealer. 49,. work
cood news for all Of us comes from ~, -..,ch
,,,,,. All that part Of Manhattan lslsho ,hs
a. n,rnishcd with streetcar trsnspo'' ..Aed
.,, named corporation which has ,r,e-
-. IA Metropolitan system of Rysh sn' ,,~
a. :, bs supplied before lonF ""h -
.,s,r- rh,eb will be a great inip'oNs ..i
.,.r, ,vn, et cars. which inposs -u
- strength ana agility on s'"'
sn,.rs oue.-Hagttord Times.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY
fFrom The Tribun. Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, April 1.-The two skating
clubs that for the benefit of the Washington
branch Of the Navy League, which has it'
meetings on Monday afternoon, and thai
organized by Viscountess Benolst d'Azy and
others to meet on Wednesday afternoons ir
Lent--will dlsband this week. Mrs. Beck
man Winthrop. wife Of the Assistant Secre'
tary OF the Navy. and Mrs. Frank e
Beatty, wife OF Captain Beatty, In com
mand at the navy yard, received the guests
this afternoon, and the rink was filled with
young skaters from all branches Of the SER
Vice. the diplomatic corps and official ana
resident society. The bands from the May
flower and the Dolphin divided the musical
programme, and gay groups had tea Al
small tables. The skating parties. which
started with the first Monday in Lent, have
been successful financially.
Mrs. Joseph Letter and her sister, Miss
Dorothy Williams. have gone TO New York
TO spend the week.
Major and Mrs. Henry r. Allen enter
tained guests at dinner tonight in compli-
nent 10 Colonel and Mrs. Warren T. New
comb, OF Boston, who are guests Of Colonel
and Mrs Edward Burr.
Mr.. and Mrs John r. Mclean have issued
invitations for their usual Easter Sunday
breakfast, when q hundred or more guests
will be entertained. Their custom has been
to entertain the party at Friendship, their
country place.
Members OF Congress and their wives and
families will be the guests OF Colonel Jo-
seph Garrard at a cavalry drill at Fort
Myer on Wednesday evening. Some OF the
expert horsewomen who are members OF
the Washington Riding Club will give ex-
hibittons OF jumping.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02

nations of those who abused Colonel
Roosevelts confidence no evidences OF
such corruption and fraud have been
brought TO light. If fraud was practised
lt ought 10 be possible 10 collect some
facts on which indictments could be
based. But The Tribune has so far seen
no information on which charges OF
fraud might he pushed.
Colonel Roosevelt owes it to himself
and to his reputation to refrain from
accepting whatever comes to him AS un'
adnlterated truth. What he was told
about The Tribune's treatment Of the
urinary election news was unadulteraled
falSphnOd
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
REVERSAL FOR TIE COMMERCE.
COTRT

The United states Supreme Court
tells the Commerce Court in the nrs'
case that has come up from 1t on appeal
that il has confused knowledge OF intra'
trate commerce with the regulation OF
it, The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has right to inform Itself. IL
can order the railroads to report about
their intrastate business and expenses
in spite of the Commerce Courts mar
row view of the commissions authority
Information which covered only part OF
a roads operating expenses would tell
little that the commission needs 10
know. The Commerce Court had held
that the commission could not collect
facts outside the scope H Interstate
commerce. even when those facts were
necessary to an understanding OF the
facts Of interstate commerce.
The Commerce Court has made a
number Of similar rulings which show
disposition to restrict the commission
authority. and also a number OF others
the effect of which is 10 give 10 itself
q larger jurisdiction over railway reGu-
latiOn than the federal courts have ever
hitherto been willing to assume. It's ten
dency has been to make itself sort OF
appellate commission which is not what
Congress intended in creating 1t. nor
what the public wants now. The best
friends of the new court hope that yes
terday's reversal is only the beginning
Of process hy which the Supreme
Court will hold the authority Of the In
terstate Commission to he unimpaired
and confine the new court 10 the func'
ton once exercised by the circuit courts
I'm railroad matters
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
People and Social Incidents

noon at the house OF Mrs. cadw.,.s.,
Jones, NO q East llth street, for the osne.
III OF the Island Mission. Baskets. hs,
STANDS clothes hangers, aprons, rugs. mats
and other useful articles made by tha a.
mates OF the city hospital and homes wsr.
on sale, with the name Of the maker. "a
whom tne money went. marked on each
The missions board OF trustees incl,,d.,
Mrs. Cadwalader Jones. president: Ms.
Beatrix Jones. treasurer; Mrs Pranc,, v
Greene. Mrs. Henry e. Rowland, Mrs. Fred
erick w. Whitridge. Mrs. Paul Dana NJ,
John g. Milburn. Mrs. William D. Morr,.
and Miss Frelinghuysen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roossv.l, a,
have arrived In town from Gan Frsnc,..N
and will stay at the Hotel Gotham rr,,,
May l. when they will go to sagamors HIN
Oyster Bay. to spend the surnm.r xt,n
Colonel and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Thev
will move into their new house, in Eas,
6Sth street In the fall.
Mrs. William Walter Phelps has ret,rnAa
TO town from the South. and Is at III. Ho..,
Buckingham She will go TO her coun,rv
place, at Englewood, n. j., early ns,,
month.
Miss Marie La Montague will arr,vs q,
the city from Bermuda, where shs sn.,,
the last four weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs W. Seward Webb. r.. hsv.
taken the Homestead, at West I.lip. Ions
Island, for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs Stephen G. Clark Will a.
cupy the lie Grand L. Benedict piaca st
Cedarhurst, Long Island. this summer.
Miss Dorothy Trumbull HAYDEN. daush.
ter OF DR.. and Mrs. James Raynor Hayden.
OF West 55th street will be married to Al.
fred Macy on April Is. in the Church Of ths
Heavenly Rest. The brides attendants will
be her sisters, Miss Ruth and Miss Faith
Hayden; Mrs. David n. Coddington, Miss
Eleanor Lamson, Miss Agnes Edgar, Miss
Susan Fish Dresser and Miss Marjorie A.
Curtis.
Josiah Macy will act as his brothers
best man. and the ushers will be T. Chesley
Richardson, jr.; David II. Coddngton,
Richard n. Williams, jr.; Frederick r.
Thomas. Marshall H. Russell. Henry c.
Beste, Richard X. Thorndlke and Robert
n. Crocker. Mr. Macy will give his fare.
we'll bachelor dinner on April l2.
Mrs. Morris Volck will give the second
OF three luncheons to-day at her house. IN
Park avenue
Mrs. II. Van Rensselaer, Kennedy has 10.
turned to town from Hot Springs, Va.
Mrs. w Seward Webb, Mr.. and Mrs. W.
Seward Webb. jr.. and Vanderbilt Webb
will leave town to-day for Shelburne, Vt.
TO remain until next week.
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin Gould have returned
to the city from Jekyl Island.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
fBy Telegraph to The rribuns.l

fBy Telegraph to The rribuns.l
Newport, April 1.-Stoneacre. the Ed~arl
r. Thomas villa, on Bellevue avenue. has
been rented by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goelet
for the corning season. They occupied the
cottage last summer.
Colonel and Mrs. John Jacob Astor are
expected to open Beechwood the latter part
OF June.
Mrs. James Gr!swold Wentz was here 90
day, arranging for the opening Of the wen'z
estate.
Mrs. William Grosvenor and family are
expected TO open their villa in May.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Davis, son-in-law
and daughter OF Mrs. Grosvenor, have taken
The Hedge for the season.
Lorillard Spencer, Jr.. was Newport
visitor to-day.
Mrs. Louis L. Lorillard has returned from
New York.
Mrs. Samuel Powel was here to-day In
specting her cottage.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
4 pPOPEP COTRTHOTSE.

1t is 10 be hoped that Governor DIX
will sign the Frawley bill making an
appropriation for rebuilding the State
House at Albany for the use Of the Court
of Appeals. This project has been under
consideration since 1909. The court S
accommodations have not grown larger
or better since that time. and this prom
ises the speediest relief,
The present rooms of the Court or
Appeals. I'm the Capitol. are small, win
inadequate working space for the clerl-
cal staff, and. like the rest o7 that build
ing are inadeauately ventilated. In
1909 the Legislature authorized the prep
aration of plans and estimates for alter
Ing the state House into hail for the
Court of Appeals, and report was sub
mitted 10 the Legislature the next year
by the State Architect and n member ~
the court The building lent itself well
TO this purpose, with It's fine central ~
tunda. which was retained, and while
perhaps when altered 1t would not be so
elaborate or impressive as the Temple
Of Justice which the State Architect re-
Gently suggested, 1t would be much less
expensive. II would he simple and dig
nificd. and would provide suitable work
Ing quarters and ft surroundings for the
court, which has approved the plans.
Various bar associations favor the prof.
ect. and surely the state owes sanitary
and convenient housing IN the Court ~
AnnenlS
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
Captain Scott IS going to fight 1t out
on that line il Il takes all winter.

Robert L. Taylor, who. died on sun
day, was one of the most popular mem
bers of the United States Senate. Ill,
genial humor and sunny disposition en-
deared him 10 all who met him. AT the
time Of his death he was the strongest
Democrat in his home state, Tennessee
which he had represented in both
branches Of Congress and OF which ne
had been three times Governor HIS
death will he felt by the Democratic
party there. still divided into bitter fac
tions, the more so as IL opens the way
10 the appointment Of Republican 10
succeed him. the first Republican Sena-
tor from Tennessee since Reconstruction
times
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
THAT SEWERAGE BILL.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Tho writer noticed I'm his copy ot
your paper Yesterday morning a statement
that Governor Wilson had vetoed the sewer
Hse bill. thereby preventing Montclair and
the Oranges from sending their sewage 70
Bloomfield | wish to call your attention
to the fact that Governor Wilson, apparent
~ not so kindly disposed toward Bloomfield.
has vetoed bin which would prevent them
scndirg their sewage to Bloomfield.
HENRY j. FULLER.
Secretary Bloomfield Board OF Trade.
Bloomfield, y. j., March %. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02

Il really does not matter greatly just
how much or how little the German En-
peror said 10 Colonel Goethals about the
fortification and defence Of the Panama
Canal. though as The North Gcrman
Gazettes" disclaimer is not specifically
official there appears 10 he no reason for
doubling the correctness OF Colonel
Goethars report. The point Is. however,
that there Is no reasonable room for UNI
certainty as 10 the EmperOr's opinions
on the subject. or as to what he would
do il he were in our place. He would
transform each end of the canal into a
Gibraltar and make its entire course a
double line Of forts.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02

have very little knowledge OF approved
methods of paving as carried on IN
places outside the United States. Prob
ably it would favor sending them abroad
to have their eyes opened and their
ideas broadened. That might help some
what but to Judge from the indifference
so long shown to our gross shortcom-
ings I'm street management 1t looks as II
a majority of the voters would have TO
be treated To tour of Europe before
any overpowering desire for rational I'M
movement can be aroused.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
VANDERBILT WEBB RECEIVERS.

Vanderbilt Webb. son OF Dr. w sewara
Wchb. Is recovering from an operation lor
appendicitis, and at his home, NO es' rIu.
avenue. II was said last night that ne VIC.
no ard walking about. Mr.. Webb VINO !"
twenty one years old and Yale juniol'
came to this city two weeks ago ana "as
orcratcd on by DR.. Charles \. Dowd. o'
\o I91 West I'D street.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
FOR SHAKESPEARE CELEBRATION

Park Commissioner stover has grant"
permission for a Shakespeare ce'epi go"
In Central Park on April g. the dran'aus'
birthday. II will he participated IN uS 10
resentatives OF many literary ana vi, III sn"wn
orsar,@ or,ara Vii, t,ie mart The scene OF me
S,rtbday celebration will he on the Man
around the Shakespeare statue,
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
To HONOR CHINESE STUDENT

vi.Kynln wellington Koo. who was re-
Gently appointed English secretar! ~
President Yuan shih-kai. will be the eu."'
~ honor at dinner to be gwen D! .r'
Columbia students at the COLUMBIAN 0"'
vsrsitv Club on Friday evening, Ihls an
nouncement was made by Ward oa Meia,"o oi
Of No. rs Reade street. who mas ,, Enar1S ,is On
the dinner arrangements. koo WI, s" rew
Saturday for China to take Wy "''
dutipa
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
NemDork Tribnne.
TUESDAY, APRIL =, 1912,

Owned and published daily bD me
Tribune Association, a Ncr York co'p'-
ration: Ogden M Reid, President; Conde
Hamlin. Secretary; James u. Barrett
Treasurer. Address, Tribune BWldm9'
No. 154 Nassau street. NeU York
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02

The yearly cxhortation OF the Tree
Planting Association is TO NE cOmmendei 4
to the public for sympathetic attention
and for action. II all the people will do
their utmost toward planting trees they
may pretty nearly keep pace with tho
tree destroyers.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02

The slaughter Of tho streets keeps on
growing. Ninety-one persons were killo1
in the public thcroughfares OF this city
during the three months just ended az
compared with ffty-four for the corre-
spCndinG period last year
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
fFrom Th. Tribune Rureau.l

IFrom The Tribune Bureau.I
Washington. April 1.-Charles Taft. the
younger son OF the President and Mr..
Taft, who has been with them for a short
vacation, has returned to the Taft School
at Watertown. Conn Robert Taft, theiI
elder son, will Join them at the end OF the
week
New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs. Archibald G. Thacher will give a
dinner this evening for Mr.. and Mrs Brad
ley Martin. Mr.. Martins brother, Fred
erick Townsend Martin, Will have a dinner
for them on Saturday at Sherry's, and will
afterward take his guests TO the theatre.
and on April Is Mrs. Vanderbilt will give a
dinner for them at her house, No West
18th street.