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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-14
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
EFrom The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureau
washington, Nov 13.-The wedding Of
Miss Harriet Addison Bayne, daughter or
tho late DR.. and Mrs. John Woart Bayne'
and Lieutenant Guy Wilkinson Stuart
Castle, u. s. NJ, which will be solemnized
at o'clock at ST. Thomas's Church
on November 81, will be one Of the larg-
est OF the fall season. The bride will
have as. maid OF honor her sister, Miss
Louise Bayne. and as bridesmaids, Miss
Mary Bayne, of New York; Miss Julia
Addison, OF Stamford, Conn; Miss Cor
nella Clagett, Of Fort Benjamin Harri-
son. and Miss Valera Padelford, Miss
Ann Lomax, Miss Dorothy Anderson
and Miss Marguerite Williams, OF WASH
ington. Lieutenant Castle will have all
service men in his party his best man
being Lieutenant +. II. Poteet, and the
ushers, Lieutenant w. w. Galbraith,
Lieutenant Adolphus Andrews, Lieuteri-
ant G. +. Neal Lieutenant Hollis Cooley,
Lieutenant T. G.. Ellison, Professor Paul
Dashiell, of the Naval Academy; Lieu
tenant d. w BagIey and Lieutenant r
l.. Walker, all OF the navy. The cere-
mony will be performed by Canon W. l.
DeVries and the Rev. DR.. r. T. Williams.
After the ceremony there will be recep-
ton at Rauschers.
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and Miss
Yvonne Townsend, who spent the sum-
NOR abroad, returned to their Washing
ton home to-day from New York. where
they were met by Mr.. Townsend.
Colonel Harry +. Hodges, U. 8. A., is
expected to come to Washington on his
leave of absence and will join Mrs.
Hodges. The family will occupy their
home in Massachusetts, avenue as soon
as 1t is ready for them. The marriage
of Miss Hodges and Lieutenant Albert
H. Acher. U. S. A. will take place there
in January
Mrs. w. Wotherspoon. wife of Briga-
dier-General Wotherspoon. U. S. A., will
return this week after a visit to New
York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-14
NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS.

The stopping Of work on the Grand
Trunk Railroad extensions In New
England, which inevitably suggests
that the Canadian system has reached
an agreement with the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad I'M
der which competing lines are not 10
be built, causes a good deal OF feeling
in Boston and Providence. "The Bos-
ton Transcript says that the commu-
mites affected will mot tamely sub
nit" But It is not clear that they can
do anything, unless a mere expression
of public opinion Will be sufficient TO
make the railroads abandon their plan
Of working together, II they have such
a plan. Naturally the roads VIII not
wish to stir up hostility IN the COM
munities which they serve. The Grand
Trunk intended to build the Providence
and Boston extensions seriously enough
to invest So 100000 I'm them. Perhaps
when It sees how the New England
public feels about having charters OBJ
tanned on the plea Of competition used
only in effecting an agreement 1t may
proceed with the work, which may
have been stopped only to test public
sentiment.
But even II the extensions are built,
is there much likelihood Of serious
competition? The present incident Is
enlightenlng as to the prospect One
road is apparently ready TO abandon
construction upon which 100000 has
been spent in order to secure terms
which will make competition unneces-
sary. The impulse to combination being
so strong, It is likely that even II the
extensions are finished the two sys-
tens will be found working in har-
mony.
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The TRIBUNE Bureau.l

Washington, Nov. 13.-Mrs. Taft and ner
sister, Mrs. Laughlin, who Is a "hi''
House guest, took long walk this morn
ing and inspected the house In street
which Mrs. Laughlin has leased Tor the
winter and other points in the Northwest
section They wore walking costumes Ok
plain black, being in mourning FOR thelr
father, Judge Heron, Of Cincinnati. Inc
President and Mrs Laughlin played goir
on the Chevy Chase links this afternoon
while Mrs. Taft went shopping.
Members of the United States supreme
Court. following their annual custom
called in a body at the White House
to-day to pay their respects to the Tresi,
dent. The Secretary Of Commerce ana
Labor talked to the President about the
personnel Of the Industrial COMMISSION
and the Secretary of State took up WIN
him the question of Panama canal Tolls.
President Taft accepted the invitation
presented by delegation from the Grid
iron Club, to attend the annual fan am
ner OF the club at the New Willard, De-
cember 7.
The President announced to-day that he
would attend the Yale corporation meet
ing at New Haven on Monday He mad
expected 10 return to Washington sunday
evening from his New York trip, but &C
cording to present plans. he Will not reach
here before Monday night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-14
PISTOL CARRYING FOLLY.

The obvious moral Of yesterdays
fatal shooting of a mother by her
daughter in a sleeping car is that ex-
citable young women should not carry
pistols. Least of all should they take
pistols to bed with them. Troubled
dreams and q startled sense Of danger
on sudden awakening are not uncom-
mon anywhere and conditions In a
sleeping car are peculiarly conducive
10 them. Every little while we read OF
some late conner or early riser being
mistaken in his own home for a burg
lar and shot. The revolver under q
inflow is q far more serious menace 10
friends than to enemies This girls
fatal impulse Of self-defence was per-
fectly natural. But it is hard to exag-
gerate her folly in carrying a pistol on
trip from Pittsburgh to New York, or
that Of her mature friends who assist
cd her in it's purchase.
There may be occasions when 1t is
proper for a traveller to carry weap-
ons. But even on q Western stage line
It is rarely wise, and on an Eastern
railroad it is worse than unnecessary.
At a moment Of real danger pistol is
generally ineffective. The train robber
or other enemy is almost always better
prepared for an exchange Of bullets
than his victim, and the possession Of a
weapon only puts the traveller in more
danger. At the same time 1t is con-
slant menace to the pOssessor and his
friends. either through its accidental
discharge or its being fired in mo-
ment Of panic.
Most experienced persons, even when
their duty calls them into dangerous
situations, 90 unarmed. The great ma,
iority of physicians, night workers, ha-
bitual travellers and others who are in
all sorts Of places at all hours realize
that they are safer without arms than
with them, so long as they attend TO
their own business, and that whatever
danger they risk IS not materially less
ened by pistol in hip pocket. New
York has sought by drastic legislation
TO discourage this absurd custom Of
going armed in a civilized community.
Other states might wisely follow its
example. Yesterdays tragedy should
impress upon those who are impelled to
secure the legal right to keep pistols
about them that the habit is a dan
gerous one.
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Record of Dealings with Hanus Per-
fectly Clear, He Adds.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: VIII you be good enough to correct
n misquotation and a misstatement con-
tanned in your columns to-day
The misauotation is tho following sem
tence alleged to have been found In re-
cent printed report OF the Bureau OF
Municipal Research: Supervised (schooD
inquiry from June through December,
1911" The correct words, found on page
10 of our six Years Of Municipal Re-
search" are: April through December,
1911, supervised for Board Of Estimate
committee Investigations into business as
poets, accounting methods. supply and
repair methods soon to be reported upon
With these portions of the school inquiry.
Professor Hanus had absolutely nothing
TO do.
The misstatement was: "It was noted
in DR.. Aliens Office, however, that he had
prepared batch OF typewriter docu-
ments which. he said, contained the en-
tire list OF questions which had been put
to the various experts OF the Hanus in
vestigation."
Your reporter was shown two patches
OF documents, one containing a list of
principal findings and clearly marked; the
other was a copy OF the entire list OF
questions sent TO various experts. but
there was absolutely not one question
which prepared. They were typewriter
copies OF letters dictated by the school In
quiry committee.
The record OF our dealing with the
school inquiry committee and Professor
Hanus is perfectly clear and definite. II
shows that steps taken by us were upon
request; we never volunteered any sug-
gestions TO Professor Hanus; after 1t was
clear that the method used by Professor
Hanus would in many serious respects
fail to produce the facts which New York
City expected from the inquiry, we did
send to him a number OF memoranda
showing on their face that we were mere
ly privately making a record Of our own
judgment.
VIM II. ALLEN. Director.
New York, Nov. 10. 1912.
The Board OF Estimate committee in.
vestigations into business aspects, ac-
counting methods, supply and repair
methods" were part OF the general
school inquiry conducted under the SUPER
vision or Professor Paul II. Hanus.
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that there was a spiritual element about
it that could never be supplied by not
pipes. A fire was a companion, prevent
ing loneliness. Even bachelor WIN d
fire In his room might feel less bacheler'
The doctor should be an authority on the
latter point, because, as Lady Morning
ton told him recently, Ibis life confesses
to the seventh unforgivable sin OF modern
society"
Mother-Tommy. IL you're pretending 10
be an automobile wish YOU'D run o'''
to the store and get me some Dutter'
Tommy-Pm awful sorry. mother' pu'
I'm all out of gasolene.-JudSe.
I'VE have heard stories of operas writ
ten in day and Of dramas made 10 oruei
at few hours notice." says Dresoe"
letter, but these remarkable feats were
always performed in America But VIC
have learned the art, and drama Win
the Balkan war as the motif, written
staged and applauded all In two days.
stands TO the credit of German. But
on the other hand we take our time also
The play. which Is to be performed vi
June 13 1913, in celebration OF the Ger
man Emperors Jubilee, Ia now In course
of construction at the hands OF JOSEF
Lauff. The announcement that the first
steps have been taken give those who are
interested many months to speculate as to
what It will be-"
Don't you admire a man who laughs
at DANGER"
"Only to a certain degree. He may
have courage. but ne unquestionably pos
sesses a poor sense OF humor. Washing
ton Star,
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dependent power, with a frontage on
the high seas, should incite the five or
six million Serbs now in the Dual
Realm to seek union with their COM
patriots. Croatia and Slavonia have
long been the most disconnected and
mutinous Of all the Hungarian prov
inces, and they, with Dalmatia and the
southern part of Coastland, and with
Bosnia and Herzegovina, are almost
purely Serb Their secession would be
a heavy loss to the Dual Realm, while
their Incorporation with Servia would
raise that power to formidable proper
tons.
1t Is against such a catastrophe to
herself that Austria-Hungary Is now
working, with all the resources OF her
masterful diplomacy, and with, If need
be, all the ruthlessness Of her abso-
lutism, such as she so long applied to
various Italian provinces On the other
hand, Servia, with perhaps no design
against any territory now actually In
Austrian possession, is insistent upon
improving this one supreme opportunity
of securing what she regards as her
right and her necessity. If she loses
practically all her fighting and ex-
penditure Of blood and treasure VIII
have been in vain, and she will be
doomed to remain an inland country
and commercial appanage of her
neighbor. She is not likely to yield
lightly to what she regards as the OPP
pressive demands of Austria, and II
she should resolve to resist with arms,
and her allies should stand with her, a
serious struggle might ensue. In that
case the course OF Rumania, which
during the present war has been some
what mystifyins, might be Of para
mount Importance. She has no great
love for the Balkan League, but her
hatred of Austria-Hungary is intense
and her relations with Russia are In
innate.
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AT NEWPORT.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

fBy Telegraph to The Tribunel
Newport, Nov. B.--Mrs. French Wander
bit will remain in Newport until after
Thanksgiving. when. with her son, Will
lam Henry Vanderbilt, she will sail for
Europe. They will spend the winter
travelling in Europe and Asia In her
absence large stable and two cottages
for servants will be erected at Harbour
View.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt will leave
Newport for the winter tomorrow, going
to New York, where she will attend the
horse show The cliffs about The Break
ers will be strengthened in her absence,
as the water has encroached on her prop
erty.
A dinner party will be given at the
torpedo station on Friday evening by Mrs.
williams, wife of Commander George w.
williams.
Mrs. James ]. Brown, Of Denver. gave
a luncheon yesterday at the Muenchinger
King.
Theodore w. Phinney, who is very I'll.
shows signs Of improvement
Hamilton B. Tompkins, who has been
in New York, has returned 10 Newport
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Shaw Safe will go 20
California to spend the winter. remaining
in Newport about a month after return
ing from abroad.
Mrs. Elisha Dyer will give dinner at
Wayside on Thanksgiving Day.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau.l

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Nov. 13.-The retiring Brit
ish Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce are to be
the recipients of many attentions from
social leaders before taking their leave
OF Washington. Mrs. Wickersham VIII
give the first of a series OF luncheons'
entertaining tomorrow in honor Of Mrs.
Bryce. The date for the departure OF the
Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce is not yet
set
The Argentine Minister will return from
a long visit to his country In time for
the New Years reception at the White
House.
The Minister from Uruguay has leased
the house OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Jay
White, OF New York and Washington, at
No. 1874 N street This gives to Uruguay
one OF the handsomest legation houses In
Washington. The marriage OF Senorita
Malvina de Pena. daughter OF the Min
lister and Sonora de Pena, and Senior Don
Alexandra Herquinigo, Gillian second Sec
rotary will take place at the height OF
the social season.
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IN THE BERKSHIRES
IBy Telegraph to The Trlounel

Lenox, Nov. 13.-Mr. and Mrs Robb de
Peyster Titus will close Ashintully Farm,
In Tyringham, this month, and will oc-
cupy Miss Emily Tuckerman's cottage
In Stockbridge during the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Giraud Foster, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard c. Dixey and Miss Rosa
mond Dixey have returned from New
York, where they attended the opening Of
the opera season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Longfellow, OF
New York. and William Thompscu, OF
London. are at the Red Lion Inn, Ia
Stockbridge.
Mrs. Stuart Wilson, Of London. wife OF
Captain Wilson, OF the English navy, Is
guest OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William e. Doane. in Stookbridgs.
Mrs. John ]. Staples entertained az AUG
ton bridge in the Curtis Hotel this aftsr-
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Parsons who
have been at Stoneover Farm. have re-
turned to New York
Joseph II. Choate went to New York to-
day. Mrs. Choate and Miss Mabel Choate
will close Naumkeag and go TO New
York Tomorrow
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Mr.. TAFT'S RECORD.

From The Argonaut. San Francisco.
Despite tho worst efforts OF falsehood ana
SANDER. the record proves tho signal value oi
Mr.. Tafrs administration as illustrated oy
actual achievements. This record stands as
monument impossible 70 conceal or defaee. That
It will justify Mr.. Taft in years to come CIV
ing TO his administration a permanent hls"
fame there is no doubt In the mind OF any N
telligent man. In tho long run truth snu
Justice triumph And we suspect that In tnls
case the event will not bs long delayed VIC
venture the prophecy that before the oneonn'ns
administration shall have half run its course
the thought Of the country will turn in osisssd
approval and in aggrisved self-reproaoe y"
william Howard Taft.
Mr. TAFT approaches the end Of his ofne,A
life indeed under the shadow OF an overwheim-
ing defeat. But he will leave the White House
richer than many another man has LEFT public
life In self-respect and IN public respect, win
no stain upon HIS name. with no question a. ~
the justice Of his intentions or the henes u ~
aetS.
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sUFFRAGIST ANSWERS BACK
No Strife or Intrigue Without Men,
Saws Elizabeth M. Dinwiddie.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Even a suffragist sometimes wants
to ANSWER back" and I should like 70
reply through your columns to some Things
recently printed in letter from John u
Austin, Of Brooklyn.
Mr.. Austin says: Wherever there were
strife, intrigue and difficulties there al
WAYS was and is a woman at the DOT
TOM" I would add that whenever there
IA strife. intrigue, difficulties or war there
always IS at least one man in it-sener-
ally more. We might as logically take
the suffrage from men for the same rea-
son. Since about half OF humanity con-
slsts Of women. II would be most pecul-
lar II some Of the worst crueltes IN
revolutions and wars" could not be traced
to them.
Mr. Austin further says: What a grand
task Il would he for the leading SUI
fragists 10 try to reform their sex toward
common sense but the dear ladies prefer
the more promising and interesting task
OF reforming mere man." Evidently Mr..
Austin is not familiar with one OF the
best known OF suffrage writer's. NO one
denounces foolish fashions and vanities
more scathingly or more cleverly than
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. And has Mr..
Austin ever noticed whether hobble skirts
and other like denominations were worn
principally by suffragists or other women
As for reforming mere man. (the quail
flying adjective IL his, not mine), 1t Is NOT
the primary consideration with most sur
fraglsts OF my acquaintance. We are
human and therefore somewhat selfish
We want to help share the burden OF
government, yes, but we want also Jus
tlce for women and equal opportunity
We are a little tired OF being classed with
criminals and imbeciles
Calling woman cruel. illogical, fanatical
and the maker OF all intrigues and difl-
culties, Mr.. Austin says: Every woman
Is by nature fitted 10 become a wife and
mother and preside over the home" What
must his idea Of homo be7 Was he
raised with cruelty and strife and nurt-
ured in intrigue? II would be we'll for
Mr.. Austin and others who share his views
10 remember before they publish them
that Il is almost an axiom that man
Judges woman by the women OF his fam
ily-mother, sisters, wife. a careless
public, ignorant OF his personal affairs,
might be led TO unjust conclusions.
ELIZABETH NJ. DINWIDDIE.
Now York. Nov. 10, 1912.
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INDUSTRIOUS VOTERS.

Hats must come off to Oregon, the
home Of the most industrious voters In
the world. From THE Portland Ore
CONAN" 1t appears that Multnomah
County, in which Portland is situated,
voted on forty-one propositions Of one
sort and anothef-constitutio amend
ments and legislative acts Of statewide
or merely local application. The voters
throughout the state generally had
about the same stint before them on
election morning. There were few
shirkers. In Multnomah County about
10000 votes were cast for Presidential
candidates. The votes for and against
the various propositions varied from
10000 up to $1,000, a surprisingly large
number of them receiving totals Of
more than $4,000.
About two-thirds Of the proposals
were rejected, the voters showing their
zeal for economy In declining to create
new state Offices and in refusing to
make appropriations. In general, the
radical propositions were slaughtered.
'The Portland Oregonian," a conserya-
tive newspaper, although protesting
against requiring the public to vote on
SO many matters of legislation, seems
pleased with the result. From this
distance 1t looks as IL it might all have
been accomplished by letting the Legis-
lature do the work for which 1t was
created. Oregon strikes US as fussy
community, with no talent for system
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-14
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Louise R. Knowlton. daughter of
Mrs. d. Henry Knowlton, will be married
this afternoon to Buell. HOLSTER In the
chapel OF st. Bartholomew Church. The
ceremony will be performed by the Rev.
DR.. Leighton Parks and a reception will
follow at the house OF the brides mother,
No. l02 East 3sth street. Miss Knowlton's
only attendant will be Mrs. Samuel Ste
vens Sands. Percy r. Pyne, I'd, will be
the best man and the ushers will be
Henry II. Hollister, John Sloane, Edmund
p. Rogers, Isaac Wistar Kendall. Aymar
Johnson and Langdon B. Valentine.
Miss Marjorie w Noyes, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Prentiss Moves,
will become the bride this afternoon In
the Old South Church, Park avenue and
s5th street, Of Herbert c. Sierck The
ceremony will be performed by the Rev.
DR.. Thomas Reed Bridges. and recep-
ton will follow at the house OF the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Noyes, No. Park
avenue. and the adjoining house. No. 5,
from her parents.
The marriage Of Miss Dorothy Harvey.
daughter OF Ashton Harvey, to David 8.
Baker. OF Providence, r. l.. takes place
to-day in ST. James's Church. A wedding
breakfast and reception will follow the
ceremony at the home of the brides
father. No. East 47th street.
Miss Harvey gave dinner for the
bridal party and few additional friends
last night at the ST. Regis. Her guests
numbered about thirty. and afterward
about sixty others came in for the dance
which followed. Those at tho dinner IN
cluded Miss Jean Derrick. Miss Margery
jerks, and the Misses Baker. sisters of
the bridegroom, who are to be the brides
attendants; also Seth French, Richard
Sargent, John 7. Terry. 3D.; Harold Baker,
Casper Bush. Harold d. Harvey, Frank
Hinckley. Carroll Hinckes, and Rowland
Evans, jr., who are to be the ushers.
Mrs Frederick Edey will give . recep-
ton to-day followed by n small and In
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or organization, whose responsible
head does not know how to make his
subordinates do their work properly,
but must attend to all the details him
self.
One Of the laws that passed by popu-
lar vote is the blue sky law. The
temptation is on reading its title to
think that those ingenious Westerners
have voted to have blue sky all the
year round. But nothing Of the sort (;
the law is for the protection of stock
investors. It's title is full of poetry,
the poetry of reform. Anyway,s the
blue sky law has passed ip Oregon.
Look out for it here in New York next
wear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-14
TRIBUNE EDITORIALS PRAISED.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Allow me to thank you for the very
hne editorial in last Wednesdays Tribune
on THE Result" II expressed my views
exactly, but how much better than |
could do 1t myself think Mr.. Taft has
been very unfairly treated, and it Is to be
hoped the people will some time realize
that he deserves a better fate than to be
ousted by spite. Theodore Roosevelt used
TO be my idol. in whom could see little
fault. and I wish he had been content
with the honors which were showered
upon him.
Well let us hope that Mr. Wilson will
be credit to the ONCE of President and
the name OF AMERICAN.
New York, Nov TO- 1912