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New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
"WONEN AND CHILDREN F


There is an impressive reminder of the
extent 10 which the world is ruled by
sentiment in the testimony concerning
the application Of the ''law of the sea"
I'm the Titanic disaster. There is uni
versal agreement among Occidental peo-
pies upon the desirabiity, to use no
stronger word, of having the women and
children first put in lifebOats and saved
even if that means that the men are to
be abandoned and lost, and the bitterest
condemnation that could be passed upon
any man in that disaster would be that
he had sought safety consciously at the
expense of that of member of the other
sex. After that there is similar agree
ment that all men must be treated alike
and that a poor mans life is 70 be re
garded ms no less precious than a rich
mans. That is the law of the sea. and
we hope and believe it will never be
abandoned or ignored i'll this country.
Yet upon examination it is evident that il
has no basis in natural logic but is
purely an outgrowth Of sentiment
principle of the survival of the fttest"
as promulgated by modern natural sci
entistS. Survival Of the fttest means
practically survival of the strongest or
of those who are best able to cope with
surrounding conditions. From the
point Of view of the naturalist" said
Huxley. "thc world is on about the same
level as 4 gladiator's show" According
TO that pitiless creed, those who were
best able TO force their way into the
boats and battle with the waves and TO
endure the exposure should have done
so, leaving the weaker to perish. THAT
would have been triumph of natural
law in the social world. But it would
have been rightly regarded with all but
universal eXecra ION.
There are exceptions 10 the rule
Some Oriental peoples do not approve
Four law of the sea. The Chinese. or many
of them. we are told, would save the
men first and let the women and chill
dren perish, because of the perfectly
logical but also perfectly inhumane rule
that preference should be given TO those
Who are Of most value to the community.
II the men are saved they will be pro-
ducers, supporting themselves and prob
ably others also. while if the women and
children are saved they may be a charge
upon the community for support. Carry
ing the same principle further, 1t would
call for the saving of n rich man rather
than poor one. The rich man, who has
fortune TO administer and great indus
tries 10 direct and lwho gives employ
ment 10 many, is obviously of more eco
nOmic value to the community than the
poor man who barely sustains himself.
Thus natural law and purely "prac-
tical' principles would sacrifice the Door
and weak to the rich and strong. and on
the decks Of the Titanic would have pre-
claimed athletes and milliOnair0s first
women and poor men last - That would
be ha"leSs IN logic and il would he
| execrable in morals. The case is one in
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
COMMON LAW AND COMMON SENSE.

The natural and inalienable right Of
children TO play in the street, which Is
regarded by Mayor Gaynor as the pal
ladium Of our liberties, receives mighty
uplift from a decision Of the highest
court in the State Of New Jersey. Ac-
cording TO that authority upon the COM
mon law. the public highways are for the
use Of the public, young as we'll as old,
and for pleasure as we'll as for business.
Therefore children have the same right
to use the streets for Fairgrounds that
sdults have TO use them as routes of
travel and transportation. Therefore,
Also if children while playing in the
street get hurt by trolley cars, trucks or
other vehicles they have-or their par
ents and guardians have-good cause to
appeal 10 the courts for damages.
We are not inclined 10 dispute the per-
feet soundneSs of that dictum as a mat
ter of law: or even TO add thereto Mr..
Bundles historic apothegm that the
law is a ass But we must insist that
any attempt generally 10 enforce that
principle of the common law would he
contrary to common sense. is it TO be
maintained that thoroughfares thronged
with vehicles are lit places for children
to disport themselves in WITH King
Around Il Rosy? Are parents to set
infants OF two or three years down upon
trolley tracks to play with building
blocks aud NOahs Ark? Should children
sit on the curb of lower Broadway TO
play lackstoues? And if not, where is
the line 10 be drawn? How are we TO
discriminate without iuyidiouSness be.
tween those pleasures which are and
those which are not permissible upon the
street. or what anniversary of birth di-
vidcs the children who may from those
who may not play in the highways
The New Jersey decision referred To
was given in n case in which children
cOasting on a snow-covered hilly street
had been struck and hurt by trolley
car. The Mayor, If we recollect Alright,
would not interfere with ball playing or
roller skating But where is the line OF
demarcation 10 be drawn? And who is 10
say whether IL is the worse TO permit the
lackstones and Noah's Ark, with peril 10
only the iDfantile players, or the coast
ing and ball playing. with peril TO others
as well? Despite. therefore. the impec-
c;lblr TropioniaU didum aud the illvml-
mating reflections from EpictctuS. we
piusi bold thai all use Of frequented
streets as Fairgrounds should be discour'
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

That was pretty cheeky request,
that the United states send one of the
ships OF it's navy 70 convoy person who
wants 10 try to swim across the English
was accompanied with an offer TO our
government of share In the proceeds
Of the dime museum or moving picture
show In which the swimmer will pre-
any rate it has been politely denied. II
is hardly for such purposes that the
American nation builds and maintains
its navy.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
IyrLIEycEH " LATlN AUERIci.

IYFLIENCES ~ LtTIN AUER'c''
There is much morc than appears on
thc face nf il in the criticism thaJ thc
United States has not sufficiently cultl-
,,ted intimate relatiOns-C
social and poitlcal--witb the rcpuo'icS
Of South and Central America. he iacI
tnat We have not done 80 Il lndlsputapic,
and if is regreItable for our own sake
since We have thus failed 70 secure "A
profitable trade which might have been
UIrs. and for the sake Of our nelghpors,
who might have been assisted in deVel-
opine greater stability Of institutions ny
sucb contact With this country. Besides,
such relationships would, as we nave
ofteu nointed out. have materially CON
tirmed the Monroe Doctrine by making
il vital rule Of life.
But the other important CONSIDERATION,
which is too much overlooked, ~ Tie con-
verse. That our failure 70 establish
such relationships has in large measure
thrown those states into the arms or the
mowers against which we profess 10 pro-
feet them. In other words. we surrender
those states to the commercial, social aud
political influences of Europe at the very
time when we say that Europe must not
ATTEMPT in any way to control their des-
tiny Now, control is not necessarily
military. and destiny Is not always de-
noted through violent revolution. More
states have been controlled through COM
merce than through war, and more des-
TIMES have been determined by iner-
chandise and money than by armies and
| fleets. Thus we have been permitting the
greater while forbidding the less
! We are by no means unmindful Of inc
strong influences Of race and language
and creed and family ties which drew
those countries EuropeWard rather than
! toward us Yet there must have been
moments when. under the influence or
political enthusiasm, there was oppor-
! tunIty for establishing close relations be-
tween them and us-as there perhaps
was in respect 10 Central America and
some others AT the first Congress oi
! Panama. We let Il pass, unimproved' 10
our great loss But that was no reason
for uerSisting in the error nor Tor neg
lecting 10 undertake through patient and
nersistent labors that which might have
been achieved al single splendid stroke.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
-, -, b. oro,ovod or defended.

aged rather than approved or delehoen'
That doubtless implies that playgrouhnS
should be provided for children elsewhere
than in the streets. iO which proposition
we heartily subscribe. And 1t seems ~
us that the Salutary movement foF Inc
widespread establishment OF Fairgrounds
would be grayrly impcdcd by general rec
ognifion Ok such principles rs those 10
which we have referred and would bc
promoted by more general acceptance
nC tbo urinGplc that business streets are
not proper Fairgrounds.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
THE TALK or THE DAY.

,"One is accustomed to receive from Amer
lea. the hand Of unlimited possibilities. the
strongest kind OF novelties" says a letter
from woman In The Vienna Post" but
who would have expected that a university
professor like Or. David tsic) Sargent, Of
Harvard, would have recommended general
housework for women as a means for pre-
serving health and creating beauty? To
scrub floors. knead bread. carry water,
wash aud do other work which Is usually
considered of the heavy kind he thinks
more hcalthful than tennis and the sports
which are ~ POPULAR IL his cuvrtrv. No
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
NOT A WOMAN IN SIGHT.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: read in to-day's Tribune that Mr..
Ismay' asserted yesterday before the In
vestigatIng committee that at the time OF
his leaving the Titanic there was mot q
woman In sight"
Seventy-six women in the first and second
cabins are reported lost and 125 in the
steerage. Is it not singular that they were
all--the whole 2OO-rendered invisible at this
critical moment? J. u. FRANZ.
Princeton, n. j., April d, 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
CHEAP ORANGES IN CHINA.

From Consul General Greene. Hankow.
The oranges eaten by the Chinese here q"
practically all grown in China, and most o'
them in places near enough TO market TO msA'
possible transporting them without special pre-
cautions Priccs.of oranges vary greatly sc
cordins to the kind. quality and season OF tn'
year At present (mid February ss-ehW"
loose skin oranges (mandarins) soil at tn'
equivalent Of about a. cents gold basket foF
tall.ins about i75 ornses. while tho tight sSinpH
variety from Canton sells for the equiv sish'
GT cents sold basket OF 100 oranges.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
HIS INDIGNATION.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The suffragettes OF London have
beon asked TO express their admiration for
the heroism OF the men on board the IT,
tanic who willingly died in order that the
women might live, and have expressed IN
stead their contemptuous indifference. and
then the question arises:
would any man in his senses willingly
die to save the life OF q militant. window
smashing suffragette?'
BERTRAND SHADWELL.
Washington, April q, 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
A NOVELIST,S HEROINEs

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sig: Your reviewer OF w T.. Norris s
"Paurs Paragon" in to-days Tribune asks,
Has this writer ever Drawn a really
charming heroine?"
Yes; Madamoiselle de Dlersac. And Mar
garet Stanniforth in NO New Thing" is
very human. LOUIS GUION.
New York April TO- 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

The fact that New York spends So,
AS, 706 year in caring for foreign born
insane patients speaks far more for the
humanity of the state than for the sense
and justice of our immigration laws. II
il one thing to be an asylum for the OPP
pressed and quite another TO he an asy-
lum for the insane.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

PaterSons official billboard Censors
circus actress and have protected the
feelings of Patersonans by having her
clothcd-on the billbCards-in white pa
per. Imagine circus rider clothed in
anything but the scantcst Of skirts ana
the largest Of smiles, Those ccnsors
must he far from childhUod-or the cir
Gus.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
WHoSE?

From The Rochester Post-Express
Talk of realism. woman Is to lecture In
New York on tho following subject: what /
Know Of Lunatcs." Thc woman was for several
years patient In An insane asylum, but is now
perfectly sane. such lecture ought to throw
a vivid light On the problem OF insanity.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29
Nelu 1)ork gribmne.
MONDAY. APRIL 90, 1912.

0paed and punished daily bv inc
Tribune Association, Nc'o YorE corP'-
ration: Ogdcn ". Rcid. FreSid'm c'hac
HomIip. SccrciGrp; Jdmes ". bG'f''f'
Treasurer. Id5rcS2, Tribune BH!id"9'
No t54 ygsqqu SBCct. NC'o York.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

Louisiana follows the example Of New
York, New Jersey and other states in
seeking to prevent the propagation OF
criminals and detectives. Next to as
suring that all shall be well born, if that
were possible. will it be to assure that
none, SO far as human power can pre-
vent, shall be essentially i'll born.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

absolutely, and none worthy OF the posiuon
will let any outside influence whatsoeVer
interfere with his own professional JuoS-
ment. fAtR i'->
Brooklyn. April 26. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

That Cincinnati capitalist who says Il
family of five can flourish on SD a weel;
may be right. so far as his territory is
concerned, but he certainly hasn't a very
extensive knowledge of New York City
prices.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

The Mayor Of Cincinnati announces
that he Is TO labor with the laborers in
the Street Cleaning Department. run to
fires with the firemen. and in like fashion
have fling at each branch of the city
government. If he follows the pro-
gramme faithfully he'll give some other
fellow fine chance at being Mayor.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

\ Massachusetts judge decides that a
strike is justifiable, and therefore legal.
when an employer breaks an agreement
or contract Conversely, then, is lock-
out also justifable and legal when work
men or their unions break an agree
mcnt?
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

Russia. says her Foreign Minister, in
tends not 90 permit any interference
with her sovereign right TO determine
for herself questions of domestic legs-
lation. Then she will doubtless refrain
from making treaties which would affect
such questions.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

which sentiment is superior to reason
and in which spirituality triumphs over
nature. IN our familiar law OF the
sea" are seen another radica difereh-
tiution Of the human mind and soul from
purely material phenomena and con
Hrmation Of the belief that life ami It's
manifestations are not 10 be accouhtcu
for ou any merely physical basis.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-29

: wonder that tho men journalists say amen
to his brutal proposition and no wonder
that his sisters look askance and ask what
next?"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-29

men all remind us-that their
fathers were great men.
Also, George w. Prkins, for
mer partner of Pierp. Morgan,
has thrown his hat into the ring.
and announced that the Taft peo-
pie still owe him SIS, 900 he lent
them in the 1908 campaign, and
that he holds notes to prove it.
wall Street is laughing in its
sleeve at what has been going on
Gin the way of trust prosecu-
tons 1t is behind Taft to a
man" deposes Perkins.
The only candidates in the field
right now that are in any way
likely to make Wall Street laugh
on the other side of its face are
La Toilette and Wilson.
And you'll notice that theWall
Street knife has been busy in the
backs Of those two gentlemen.
Secretary of Commerce and
Labor Nagel has joined the Taft
ian party, and is spending his
time trying to explain how in
Jerusalem he managed to let
Roosevelt cop off all the Miss
.ouri delegates.
Meantime, that handsome
bachelor whotspends his odd mo-
ments being postmaster general
meaning Frank Hitchcock-is
lying extremely low in Washing
ton, and refusing to see Taft or
any Taft messenger.
Taft, who picked Hitchcock
himself for reasons of his own,
is now filled with deep-seated :
sf1sDicion that the bachelor Der-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-29
THE PRESIDENTIAL -
DOG FIGHT :


*i** 80 =
Suit to dissolve the Harvester
Trust and thus increase It's div
idends as in the Standard Oil and
Tobacco cases-wil; be hrorght
in u. S court, St PAIL, Mimi.
: tomorrow.
Strange, is it not, that tl1is suit
should be brought on the very
day of the Massachusetts, pvi
maries? Correct, Johuny, it Isl
not strangelat all. Z
Meantime, the president and
the only living ex-presidept of the
u. S. are chasing each other
around Massachusetts putting
each other in the Ananias Club.
and giving the people aslenioya-
bic tim cas- they could have at
dog fight.
Taft says, and offers to prove
it, without doing so, that ne was
in the Philippine Islands at the
time Roosevelt says he, as mem
Der of Roosevelt's cabinet. agreed
to delay in the prosecution of the
Harvester trust.
Roosevelt has wired George
Corteiyou, his former secretary,
and former attorney general
Bonaparte, asking if they remem-
Der if Taft attended the cabinet
meeting when the Harvester
Trust was discussed.
Taft has given out a letter from
Robert T. Lincoln, son of Abra-
ham Lincoln and former head of
the Pullman Car Company, de-
nouncing Roosevelt for "pervert-
The Washington herald., 1912-11-12
ADYENTISTS PLAN
TOSPRBAD MISSIONS
Several Pastors Accept Calls to
Foreign Fields-TO Extend
Teachings in District.

Plans have just been outlifed by the
general conference committee of Seventh
day Adventists, which has its headquar-
tiers in Takoma Park, for sending several
missionaries to China, Bolivia, Mexico,
and other foreign countries.
Elder Kenneth H. Wood, Of Riverside,
Cal, and wife have accepted the call of
the General Conference TO go 10 China as
missionaries.
Miss Z. Gertrude johnson, of Indiana,
has accepted a call to go to Bolivia. NJ.
d. Smith. of Oklahoma, will go to Mexico
as q missionary colporteur.
Among those who have just been placed
under provisional appointment at the
Washington Foreign Mission Seminary
are Miss Fern Wilcox. Of Portland, Greg,
and Miss Anna V. Cochran, Of Porto
Rico.
The District Of Columbia Conference
has planned to extend its efforts TO spread
the Adventist teachings among residents
OF Washington and other places In the
District, and its force OF Bible teachers
will be increased. The latest addition to
the force is Miss Jessie WEIGH. who will
come from the Wyoming Conference.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-12
FELICITATES KING OF ITALY.
President Taft Sends Birthday

Greetings to EmanucIo.
President Taft yesterday sent the fol-
lowing message to his majesty, Vittorio
Emanuelo. King OF Italy:
Pray accept my cordial fluctuations
on this anniversary OF your birth, and
my best wishes for the continued welfare
and prosperity of your country"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-12
LAST RITES FOR OLD RESIDENT.
Funeral of Frederick Schnfer to BE
Held To-day.

Funeral services for Frederick Schafer
for many years a resident of the capital
will be held at o'clock this afternoon
from Georgetown Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Wisconsin Avenue and Volta
Place. Rev. Luther Hess WaTing will
officiate. Interment will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Mr. Schafer was born in Darmstadt.
Germany. February L.. 1899, and came TO
this country at the age of seven. He
lived in Baltimore until he was twenty
one years old. when he came to Wash
ington. For twenty-nlne years he con-
Quoted a wholesale commission business
at 923 Louisiana Avenue Northwest un-
der the name of Schafer & Clary. He
retired in 1897.
He was a member Of the George c.
Whiting Lodge. No. %, F. A. A. NJ;
Mizpah Chapter, No. 8, o. F. s., and
Covenant Lodge, l. o. o. F.
He is survived by a widow and two
sons, George and Frederick Schafer.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-12

stenography, TypewritinE. English,
oxn SERIES oo1rsa; nSchAnioal dTstsnE prinsy.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-12
MINISTER CALLED TO CAPITAL.
New York Divine May Accept
Washington Pastorate.

Rev. DR.. John Carpenter Chase, pas
tor of Emmanuel Presbyterian Chapel, of
New York, has been called to the pastor
ate of Washington Heights Presbyterian
Church. He is expected to resign his
New York charge in the near future, and
to accept the local call. The salary is
5000 a year.
He was born in Madison, Ind. and
graduated in 1861 from Hanover College.
In 1891 he graduated from Mccormick
Theological Seminary, OF Chicago. DIR.
Chase was ordained by the Presbytery
OF New Albany, Ind, in April. 1891. He
has served in New York since 1885.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-12

Pitman and GreEE Stenography.
Beginners and speed classes. The DEiilery.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-12

Ask for Mefnberg's "Top-NOch,
II you'd be sure of the purest, cleanest
bread made anywhere. At your grocers
The Washington herald., 1912-11-12
GET 'PossUMS WITH sPARKERs
Melvin c. HREen and Party Employ
Flashlights on Big Hunt.

Melvin c. Hazen, surveyor OF the Dis
trict, and a party of friends made a
triumphant return to the Capital Sun
day night from a hunting trip to his
farm near Nokesville, Va. bringing
three 'possums, a brace of wild turkeys,
and quail and many rabbits.
Up-to-date methods were employed in
the 'possum hunt. The party used
electric flashlights, which so surprised
the 'possums that they were easily cap
tured.
Those in the party were Capt. Mark
Brooke, assistant Engineer Commission
er; John Beale. Thomas J. Fisher. Henry
P. West, Charles z. West, Thomas
Bones, and DR.. Z. NJ. Colivin.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-12
LOCAL MENTION.
EXCURSIONS Today.

Steamer Charles MacaIester for Mount Vernon
leaves Seventh Street Wharf at 10 q. N. and lis
.. m. daily, except Sunday.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company's
steamers from foot Of Seventh Street for Old Point
Comfort and NorfoIk daily at saS p N.
Cans from Fifteenth Street and New YORK Arsnus
sTsry quarter hour for main entrance Zoo PAN and
Chevy Chase
To Great FsllS-waahtngton and Old Dontnioo
and n StreetA
To Mount Vernoo-wGshing gton-ViTginia Railway
Cans every hour On the hour from 10 .. m to 2 D
Ave.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-12

SOut of the SIums,o two reeIni n pfti-
full story of everyday life: by Deutsche
Bioscope. Virginia Theater to-day.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-16
MEMBER OF ALLEN
GANG is CAPTURED
Girls Love Letters Put Detec-
tiVes on Right Trail.

Des Moines, Sept 16.-By trailing
Miss Maud Irolier, aged eighteen, a
mountain girl, who arrived here from
Hillsville, Va, to marry Wesley Ed.
wards, one OF the Hillsville eva J
courtroom slayers, detectives who fol-
lowed her arrested Sidna Allen, chief
OF the Allen gang, and expect to cap
ture Wesley Edwards shortly.
Detectives Baldwin, Lucan and Mon.
day, who have been on the trail of the
Aliens since their escape after the
tragedy in the Virginia courtroom
which cost the lives of Judge Massie
and several others, had the Irolier girl
watched and soon discovered she was
corresponding with someone In the
West.
A few days ago she prepared for a
Journey and detectives followed her
here and shortly after she entered the
boarding house where Allen and Ed
wards boarded they entered and ar
rested Allen. He admitted his identity
and broke down and sobbed. The Off.
GERS then started after Edwards, who
was at work with grading gang.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-09-16
TARRED GIRL is IN HIDING
Exploit of Married Women In Ohio
Town Creates Sensation.

Norwalk, o., Sept. 16.-Minnie La.
valley, the nineteen-year-old girl oil
West Clarksfield who was given a
coat of tar and feathers by a party OF
eight women, who then told her tC
leave town, is supposed to be In seclu
sion in Cleveland.
Don Young, the prosecuting attor
ney here, has said no action will be
taken to bring the perpetrators to
justice unless formal complaint is
made This the parents of the girl
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lavalley, are ex.
pected to do within short time.
The tarring party consisted of eight
married women disguised as men. The
affair has created a sensation in this
community as several of the women
alleged to have been in the party are
prominent.