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New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
LEARNING GERH1N

4 cable dispatch from Berlin to The
New York Times" has Just conveyed
the somewhat astonishing information
that two lieutenantS of the United States
navy are TO be sent 10 Germany TO learn
the German language The dispatch con-
tinhed:
1t is the first time American naval of
ficers have ever been assigned to learn
the language Of a European country.
Several in recent years have been sent
TO Japan for such a purpose.
Germany must feel flattcred by so dis
tinct an attention on the part of the
Navy Department, and the correspondent
Of The Times" thoughtfully reports that
the innovation meets the Emperor's
cordial approval" The neglected tongue
of Goethe and Schiller is looking mp. 1t
has been recognized by the American
navy as one worth xploring-almost as
promising a field for Midnight oil ex-
cursions as the japanese.
Let us hope that the details to Berlin
will be changed frequently, so that some
acquaintance with the genius OF the Ger
man tongue may presently percolate into
the navy. 1t would certainly be Of bene-
iii 10 our naval officers TO know how TO
converse hi their own language with the
officers Of the second largest navy and
merchant marine in the world-a marine
which Is constantly expanding and carry
ing German commerce into every port on
the globe. 1t is Of first Importance for an
American naval officer to speak Spanish.
since our navy's closest intimacy is with
the Latin-American countries 10 the south
of us. and In two OF our dependencies
Spanish is the common language. But
German ought TO come next-even If the
whole naval personnel has TO be trans
ported in squads 10 serve an apprentice
ship at Kiel or Hamburg or Inter den
Linden.
Yet alas. We thought that they
taught the young idea 10 shoot I'm Ger
man on the banks Of the Severn. II
might be a good idea for Secretary
Meyer to help along the learn-it on,the-
spot experiment by enlargng the Naval
Academy's Teutonic staff or setting up
couple of dozen Berlitz school branches
in the shadow Of the Maryland State
House
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
SUBWAY NEGOTIATIONS.

Every day the prospects Of the Inter
borough's contracting with the city for
extensions of its system appear In new
light. One moment the city is ready
with a proposition which differs as
Tweedledum from Tweedledee from the
proposition rejected by the city last
summer. The next the Interborough
Company has undergone a wonderful
change Of heart and is ready to make n
proposition that is almost benevolent.
The next day it Is all turned about. The
utmost despair prevails. The cOnferrees
are as far apart as ever and nothing un-
der the sun is likely to bring them to-
gether.
1t all resembles what has been going
on for years except as TO the equanimity
with which the public regards the bar
gaining. Once the community used to
be elated at the news that an agreement
was near and depressed when the pros
pect faded from view. Now It reads
the alternating news with perfect tran
quillity. A subway system Is building.
Every one would like to have the Inter
borough Company operate the parts OF
1t which might naturally be cO-Ordinated
with its present system. But If the In
terbOrough Company will not come TO
reasonable terms there Is another oper-
ator in sight In any case useful sys-
TEN Of rapid transit is assured. That is
the reason for the public's composure.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
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HRIGGLING OIT-

While in Washington the other day
Mr.. Bryan talked with Senators La
Toilette and BOrah and with various
Democrats in both branches of Con-
eress about plan Of his own for recon-
Cling differences as to the form i'm
which the constitutional amendment
providing for the popular election of
Senators ought to go to the state
legislatures. 1t must be said. to Mr..
Bryan's credit, that, having contended
year in and year out for a transfer Of
the power 10 name Senator's from the
legislatures to the voters he does not
now try to dodge his former pledges by
pleading that he never meant to amend
the Constitution so as to substitute the
popular for the indirect method. unless
that instrument should at the same
time be altered 50 as to transfer all
supervisory authority over Senate elec-
tions from Congress TO the states. The
many Democratic national platforms on
which Mr.. Bryan has run for President
said nothing about any such condition
precedent. although they all favored the
change from the indirect TO the popular
system. But many Democrats I'm Con-
gIess, including all the influential lead
ers in the House of Representatives
have been trying to wriggle away from
the party's platforms and to exact as
the price of their support Of the amend
ment promised a surrender to the states
by Congress Of one of the most i'm
portant a. Ttes Of national SOW
ereignty.
III an endeayOr to mollify The South
ern Democrats who are holding up the
amendment I'm conference Mr. Bryan
has suggested that 1t be modified so as
TO let the states themselves pass sep.
arately both on the change OF elective
method proposed and on the abandon
ment by the federal government Of its
present rights of supervision. Two
amendments would in that case be sub
mitted instead Of one. and ii Is prob
ably Mr.. 3ryan's hope that three
fourths Of the legislatures would ratify
tine first, while the second would in
evitably fall by the wayside, thus ac,
complishing the same result as If the
amendment as approved by the Senate
were submitted and ratified.
There is. Of course no chance OF the
approval by three-fourths Of the states
pf any project involving the surrender
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17

formation Of advantage has been gained
by that means. In fact, the part played
in the war by this new invention has
been practically negligible
Neither have we heard of any i'm
pOrtant use of wireless telegraphy in
this war, though the Italian army is
abundantly equipped with apparatus of
various types II would be interesting
to know to what extent 1t IS possible
TO use the system without interference
by the enemy. either In obstructing or
purloining messages. In some respects
Tripoli seems to afford particularly
favorable field for wireless telegraphy,
as also for aerial navigation. and 1t is
rather disappointing to have heard so
little Of their use and to have had so
little light thrown upon their real
utility i'll war. But perhaps the very
lack Of information or achievement Is
significant.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
FOR APRIL INAUGURATION
Resolution Changing Date Fa-
yorably Reported to House.

Washington. Jan. l6.-The House Ju-
dietary Committee to-day ordered favorably
reported the Henry resolution changing the
date Of the Presidential inauguration from
March 10 the last Thursday I'm April. and
the terms of Representatives in Congress
10 begin the second Tuesday IN January
instead OF on March {. These changes
would be effective In April, 1917, and Janu-
airy. 1918. respectively.
The resolution would extend the term OF
the President and Vice President elected in
1912 To the last Thursday of April 1917.
The resolution also would give Congress
constitutional power to legislate as to the
succession where there is vacancy on aC-
count OF the death or inability OF the Pres
ident-elect and e-President-elect be-
tween the counting Of the electoral vote
and the Inauguration.
There Is a complete hiatus here at pres
ent," said Mr.. Henry, and should these
officials die or become totally disabled be-
tween these dat IS, there is now no author
fly for nllinE the vacancies
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

From The Tribune Bureau,
Washington, Jan. l6.-The Secretary OF
the Navy and Mrs Meyer were the guests
OF honor at dinner tonight, with Colonel
and Mrs Robert VI. Thompson as hosts.
Others of the party were the Postmaster
General, Justice and Mrs. Lamar Senator
and Mrs. Wetmore. Senator Brandegee,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Wainwright, Cap
tain and Mrs. Templin NJ. Potts, Major
General and Mrs. Leonard Wood Mr.. and
Mrs Henry White. Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Miss
Beresford Mrs. Stephen Pell. Of New York:
Mrs Schroeder, Charles Wark and Mr.. and
Mrs. Plumon, OF New York. The dinner
was followed by MUSICAL. when Maggie
Teyte. Of the Philadelphia Opera Company.
accompanied by Charles Wark and Fritz
Bruch. celllst, gave the programme Among
the guests for the musical were the French
Ambassador and Nine Jusserand, the Brit
ish Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce, the Rus
sian Ambassador and Nine Bakhmeteff.
the Netherlands Minister and Nine. Lou
don, the Belgian Minister and Nine. Have
NTH, the Secretary OF the Interior. Justice
and Mrs Holmes, Justice and Mrs. Van
Devanter, Senator du Pont, Senator LIP
pitt, the Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, the Misses
Never, Miss Wetmore, Baron and Baron
ess Preuschen, the Austrian Counsellor
and Nine. Won Loewenthal-L Linau. the Rus
sian naval attache and Nine. Nassilieff. the
French naval attache and Viscountess
Benoist dAzy the British military attache
and Mrs McLachlan, Captain Sowerby,
Commander RetzmanD. the Swedish charge
dafTaires and Nine. Ekengren; Mr.. Hani-
hara, Japanese charge dafraires, and sew
eral hundred others
The marriage OF Miss Mary Carlisle,
daughter Of Mrs. Calderon Carlisle, and
Walter Bruce Howe, both OF Washington,
took place at st. Johns Church at noon to-
day, the Rev. Roland Cotton Smith officiat-
ing The flower decorated church was nlled
with the several hundred invited guests, in
cluding Miss Taft and her cousin, Miss
Harriet Anderson. The bride wore a plain
gown OF white satin, with old lace on the
bodice. and her mothers bridal veil of duch-
ess and point applique lace. She was ac-
companied by her cousin. Miss Marjorie
Pearson, whose father was formerly Min
lister to Greece and Persia. George Peters
Chlttenden, OF New York. was best man,
and four OF the ushers-Eliot Lee, Will
lam Gerald Dare Morgan, Alexander Keogh
and Morris X. Parker-were from New
York Additional ushers were William Hit
and Reginald Hudekoper Calderon Car
Isle gave his sister away. Following the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17

their opinions. but on account or their
methods OF expressing those opinions had
body OF anti-suffragists behaved IN the
same fashion they would have met "lth
precisely the same treatment and 1t Is the
failure 10 recognize this essential dinerfhce
between real and manufactured martyrdom
that has allenated the other suffrage socIe-
Ties and so many OF the outside pubic.
I am informed that Mr.. Asquith ana the
Liberal government are the "Manchus
Of England But which half OF the LID
eral government? | am told by the same
authority that a majority Of the Caolhet
Is in favor of woman suffrage. Ana OF
this | am fully aware, but II so, why are
they classed with the "antis" and calied
'Manchus"? l am still awaiting enlghten-
ment, unless, indeed, the explanation ~
that being chat "accursed" thing IlD-
erals" these Cabinet ministers are IKE
myself, denied the right TO hold hoheS'
opinions unless they are indorsed ana Ia
belIed by a self-chosen oligarchy in LONDON
Mrs. Blatch and ] are reported TO nave
had conversation which, may state -
purely mythical. Neither Of us uttered the
phrases attributed to US: the only point Oh
which We appeared to differ was as 10 tue
chances of the suffrage amendment passing
with the reform bill. and it is ht'ie
strange and not wholly intelliglole 10 me
that because ! am so convinced or the
righteousness and justice Of the woman
cause and so convinced, moreover thaI It
H. inseparable from the cause OF democraCS'
and because my experience and the events
of the last five years have proved MI
Lloyd George, Sir Edward Grey, MT BIT
rei and Lord Haldane to be sincere anu
honest men and steadfast 10 Whatever 'ieS
undertake to carry through. / shou'u w
denounced as a traitor to my prlhclP'e'
and accused of "adorng' statesman
whom | simply defend against the raise
charges OF dishonesty and treachery prous"'
by one of my own countrywomen and uh-
supported by any evidence.
In England, when we ask Tor talr pay
we usually get it, even from our oitteres'
opponents Is it, then, too much 10 assn
the same from an American public ana es-
peciaIly from those members OF It VINO pro-
fess the same principles and have 90 same
International cause at heart?
ETHEL ASHTON JONSON.
New York, Jan. l6. 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
READY FOR KINGS RETURN
Malta Gibraltar and London to Give
Monarchs Rousing Welcome.

London, Jan. fixing George and Queen
Mary who are now passing through the
Red Sea on their return voyage from India,
are TO have "A great welcome on their ar
rival I'm England. On February great
naval review at Spithead is to be held
and when the royal party arrives in Lon
dom although no formal reception has been
arranged, the public Is prepared to accord
the King and Queen an enthusiastic recep.
ton.
At Malta and at Gibraltar there will be
a naval welcome to their majestles. in
which both the British and French navies
will participate
After the return OF the King and Queen
to London a thanksgiving service is to be
held at st. Paul's Cathedral. The rest OBJ
tained by their majesties In England will
be very brief, as the spring will be spent
In returning coronation visits to all the
Continental courts.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
SUFFRAGIST DISTINCTIONS
Mrs. Jonson Replies to Some of HeI
American Critics.
o the Editor OF The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: May / crave the courtesy OF your
columns 20 reply to some OF the criticisms
made by certain influential suffragists OF
my stand on the English suffrage situation?
| did not expect when / came TO land
which boasts OF being a democracy to be
forced TO defend my English democratic
principles. nor probably would this have
been necessary II the party to which, were
I already enfranchised I should belong
had not been 80 persstently and malicious
ly misrepresented by some who should
know better.
/ must respectfully decline 10 be denied
the right to be numbered among the suffra-
gists merely because | belong to a more
democratic suffrage organization than the
Woman Suffrage Political Union. Woman's
suffrage is no newly acquired conviction
with met is the conviction Of long life
time. Ever since l was a girl OF fifteen
have held It unwaverlngly, and l leave II
TO my detractors TO guess how many years
that is for the more years they give me
the longer will my convictions have held!
am accused OF ridiculing the opposition
that the women Of the Woman Suffrage
Political Union met with from the London
police. I was merely quoting Mrs Pethick
Lawrence's own assertion before the mag
istrate that she had no complaint to make
against the police. for they were not unduly
violent Also the lady who spoke at Mrs
Brannan's on January 4, when she cited
the gentleness and consideration OF the DO
lice as an instance Of how sympathetic the
general public was with the women. Either
the women are treated sympatheticalIy or
they are treated brutally; both cannot be
true.
do not for a moment deny that the women
OF the Woman Suffrage Political Union
have undergone hardship. suffering and
misery. but l maintain-and this cannot
bs denied=ihat, 1t vas not On account OF
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
DEMENTIA TEXICANA.

Dispatches from Fort Worth, Tex,
indicate that what a flamboyant crimi-
nal lawyer once called dcmentid Ameri.
cana has taken a new turn In that
state. According to the definition accept
ed by the rhetOricians of the criminal
bar dementid Americana has hitherto
consisted In the doing TO death by an
aggrleved husband of the insidous
home breaker who has ruined his happl-
ness and brought disgrace upon his fam
lily name. In the South especially the
idea was long popular that any breach
Of fidelity to marriage contract laid
upon the injured head Of the house an
obligation to hunt down and destroy the
party OF the third part, and Southern
juries have very often listened with
sympathy to justification Of homicide
under circumstances admitted TO affect
the slayer's personal honor
But It is pushing the claims of de-
nlentid Americana to strange extreme
when they are expected to cover the
case Of a deserted husband who shoots
to death the aged father Of the man
with whom his wife had run away. the
aged father sitting TRANQUILITY In hotel
office in Fort Worth while the offending
son was in the custody Of the Canadian
police in distant Winnipeg. BY what
psychological process could the avenger
have reached the conclusion that he was
exacting a debt due himself as well as
to society by killing a victim whose only
connection with the cause of the demen-
tia was his parental relation to ''the
other man? The Mosaic law says that
the sips Qt the fathers are to ba visited
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
CIVIC PLANNING.

Borough President McAneny's advO-
cacy of the Municipal Art Society's sug-
gestiOn that a Civic Planning Commits
| sion be appointed with advisory powers
respecting future city buildings and
parks is we'll advised. The confusion
that has existed so long as to a court
house site has proved the need Of such
commission When the question arose
the city had no policy. Even so elemen-
| tary a proposition as the preservation
Of the artistic effect Of the City Hall
had to be established by public debate.
The problem was approached as if no
considerations need govern the selection
of the site except the cost of land and
the convenience Of rapid transit facili-
ties 1t was only by long discussion
that the idea of grouping the city's
buildings so as TO intensity their effect
as representative of the city's dignity
came to be accepted and the movement
toward a civic centre was evolved.
Without some commission to work COZ
stantly toward this end the conclusions
somewhat painfully reached In the re-
cent debate are likely TO be forgotten,
and when the city has to erect another
great building the old habit of prOmis-
cuous scattering will resume its sway.
A commission such as Mr.. McAneny
urges would serve as a reminder that
the days of haphaZard were past.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
AERLAL ADLUNCTS 70 WAR


1t should not escape attention that
the present war between Italy and
Turkey is the first in which there has
been an opportunity to make Use OF
two Of the most interesting modern in
ventions, one of which has been re-
garded rs likely to revolutionize milf
tary science. These are wireless teleg-
raphy and airships. 1t might have
been expected, too, that they would be
largely employed in this war, seeing
that Italy has been one of the foremost
nations in experimenting with, perfect
ing and putting them to practical use.
No army in the world has taken up
aviation as an adjunct more seriously
and thoroughly than that of Italy, in
the purchase and building Of dlrlgibles
and aeroplanes, the establishment Of
hangers and instruction grounds, and
the practical training of men in aerial
navigation.
Yet we have heard very little Of the
achievements or the activities Of the
Department Of Military Aeronautics 1t
is known that two large diriglbles and
a numerous feet of aeroplanes were
some time ago sent to the Italian head
quarters in Tripoli, where they may be
assumed 10 have arrived In safety. In.
deed, word has come Of frequent use OF
the nine aeroRanes which four expert
officers possess. But it does not appear
that any marked service has been rem.
dered. No fight to any considerable dis
tance beyond the Italian lines has been
reported, nor Is 1t known that any In.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
PEOPLE and Social Incidents

ceremony there was a breakfast a, =,
home of Mrs. Carlisle After a shor, ~,
ding journey Mr. ard Mrs Howe will mat.
their home in Washington.
Mrs. Stephen II. p. Peu, of New W..
is the guest Of her parents. Colone, 80, 80,
Mrs. Robert NJ Thompson Miss Bere.,os.
accompanied her to Washington from "
York. and is staying at the New Willard
An affair which attracted large numb.,
OF the official people was leap year dane.
at the Congressional Club tonight. Inv.
tations nave been issued by the club FOR !,
reception in honor OF the Speaker and Mrs.
Champ Clark on February g.
Mrs. Alice Copley Thaw has come "a
Washington for the winter and has Opened
her house, in F street which was formerly
the home Of Chief Justice Fuller
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
COLLEGE ALUMNI DINNER.

The annual dinner OF the national alumni
association OF Mount ST. Marys College.
Emmitsburg, Md, was held al The Hotel
Knickerbocker, last night, and three hun
the speakers we're the Very Rev. +. T.
Bradley. president OF Mount St; Marys;
Monsignor Charles McCready, eH-Congress-
man Edward j. Dunphy and Bishop Charles
f. Mcdonnell
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
LOVING CUP FOR GILLESPIE
Bankers Honor Colonel F. Il. Fries az
Inncheon at Whitehall Club.

Colonel F. II. Fries. president OF the Trust
company Section OF the American Bankers
Association was the guest OF honor yes'.'.
day afternoon at luncheon gwen Al INV
whitehall Club. No. II Battery Place. o'
Lawrence l.. Gillespie, OF ]. S. Bache 20
Colonel Fries and william c. Poihon. VICE
president of the Bankers Trust Company
and first vice president Of the Trust COM
many Section OF the American Bankers AZ
ISOLATION. made brief addresses
Mr.. Poillon presented to Mr.. Gillespie IN
the name OF the officers Of the American
Bankers Association. handsome silver
loving cup, in appreciation OF his services
,or a number OF years as a member OF the
executive committee and an oficer Oh ''"'
Trust Company Section.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
Ipy Telegraph to The Tribune.

IBy Telegraph 10 Inc Ariouhe'
Newport. Jan. l6.-Women OF the iate
staying colony and from army and navy
circles gathered at the home of Theodore
". Phinney, on Ruggles avenue, this even
ing for private tableaus that had been ar
ranged by the Misses Phinney.
Miss Roberta Willard and Mrs. WiHlafn
V Pratt posed in The Private we"
Miss Mary Josephs. Miss Hester hlcharo-
SON and Miss Mary Richardson as danc'ns
girls. Miss Rose Grosvenor as Mary queen
of Scots: Miss Sturtevant as the Emu VI
Day: Mrs. French E. Chao"'cN 40
Dutch woman: Miss Clara +. Ennis
Mrs. Kennedy Tomb: the Misses uieases'
Richardson and Grosvenor in pose al'e'
a picture by Rossetti
The Rev and Mrs. George GrenvilIe Mer.
rill have taken possession OF the "iii'~'
cottage on Rhode Island avenue.
euchre club has been formed among
tho winter social colony. with weekly meet
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
PARKER AT MAcDowELL CLUB
Composer Gives Lecture Recital on His
Opera, Mona

Professor Parker gave a lecture recital TO
the members OF the MacDowell Club yes
terday afternoon at their rooms at No
los West 18th street on his opera Mona.
The large assembly room was flled by
members and guests.
Professor Parker gave the story of his
opera, which treats OF the times when the
Irresistible Roman met the unconquerable
Briton." During the development Of the
story Professor Parker read parts OF the
libretto and gave their musical setting on
the plano.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
DIAMONDS FROM J. P. MORGAN
Sends Necklace with Huge Pendant
for E. T. Stotesbury Bride.

Philadelphia, Jan. l6-A necklace of dia-
monds, with pendant diamond as large
as robins egg, is the present which j..
Pierpont Morgan has sent TO Mrs. oliver
Cromwell, Of Washington. who will become
the bride OF Edward T. Stotesbury, head
OF the banking Arm or Drexel Co, on
Thursday.
Each OF the stones in the necklace is
said to be OF rare color and purity. while
the diamond pendant Is reported TO be one
OF the most costly gems ever brought 10
this country. MIR. Morgan and Mr.. Stotes-
bury have been cloaely associated in bust
ness many years