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New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
A LAND FLOWING WITH SOUP.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Can any ono tell us how long this
brown soup is to flow through our water
pipes? It r. q substantial article--that is
beyond cavil No doubt II Is rich In pro
teids. carbohydrates. "et hoe genus
omnc." The poor ought TO welcome II. our
water system amounts to a soup line thr-
~ miles long Hero Is a favor which must
comfort homesick Westchesterian. He
may vie with Juvenaps epicurc. who could
tell "at the first bite whether an oyster
came from Britain or Lake Lucrinus."
Why not put this precious liquid up IN
Jars? Label II Dilute Divots," "Titicus
Trickles." or "Croton Curds'? still, we
foresee one blessing. when summer comes
as come 1t must, IN spite Of our fallen
thermometers no one need go 10 tho
country" The country Is here-plcnty Of
H. MahoHet could look in his bathtub
0f he had one) and find generous portion
OF the mountain" already come TO him
So we still set up the good old hymn:
Affections though they seem severe.
Are Oft IN Kindness sent.
and joyfuly add, Large fayors (of estate)
thankfully received, smaller ones solicit
ed" ". )
New York. March %. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23

porters Instead Of growing wise with age
and experience. he is growing worse with
each succeeding year. He thinks ne lS
competent 10 overhaul and make over our
form of goverNnent, go wisely framed by
our fathers and so carefully nurtured for
so many generations Conceit has so grown
in him that he seems to think the American
neonle cannot see through his tortuous
course. His pretence that he has not been
a candidate for the Presidency for long
time deceives no one His pretended pos
ing TO listen to the call Of the people TO
ask him back TO power deceives nobody. III
Mr.. Roosevelt thinks he has been listening
TO the call Of the people he has mace
great mistake In the noise he has hearu'
II has been my fortune to meet but one
Roosevelt man since my return to this CITY
The chorus of condemnation OF him among
ALL the old line Republicans Is practicaiiy
unanimous. II is irritating to notice his
repeated reference to the sainted Lincoln
as II there were the slightest similarity IN
the two characters.
I'm the contingency OF his nomination IL
is easy to see that there are hundreds Oh
thousands of old line Republicans VINO VIII
not vote for him. 1t is painful to see MI
Roosevelt sacrifice himself as ne Is DONG,
He should keep faith with the people ana
stick to his promise not to be candidate
again for the Presidency. The promise
was given in good plain Saxon, perfectly
understood by everybody. All his sophis-
tries about three successive" terms ana
that he is now listening to the call OF the
n.onIe ara not accepted by the people, but
are pushed aside as unworthy OF the man
Z. 3. HINSDALE.
New York, March 90, 1912
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
A FREMONT REPUBLICAN
He Thinks His Life Work Jeopardized
by Mr.. Roosevelt.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I am one Of the few survivors OF
those who took an active part In the organi-
zation Of the Republican party as early as
1854. | have voted for every Republican
Presidential nominee from Fremont down
to the present time. l have hoped not to
break this record. ! took pretty active
part In the two strenuous Lincoln cam
paigns. To see the work OF long lifetime
OF political activity jeopardized by Mr..
Roosevelt Is hard to contemplate. / have
known Mr.. Roosevelt since his first entry
into political life. He represented the As
sembly District In this city where l re-
sided during the three years he was in Al
bany. We have been members OF the same
club during most Of the time have known
him. have often been on the same COM
mittee with him In the club. I have voted
for him for every elective Office where he
has been candidate. | have had many
pleasant personal relations with him for
many years. | have had exceptionally
good opportunities to study the mans char
acter. We have come to the parting Of the
ways It is hard to say this OF an old
friend. but II Is now q public duty to pro-
claim II.
Roosevelt always had peculiarities about
him that were very trying to his friends.
He would often say things and do things
that would cause much adverse criticism
Of him bx his friends and strongest sup
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
THEOSOPHY.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AS a theosophst allow me 10 enter
a protest against attaching the name the
osophic to any outlandish cult that finds
its way into the newspapers The Theo-
sophical Society represents no dogma. A
belief I'm the universal brotherhood Of hu-
manity, without regard to race. creed. sex,
caste or color. Is the only doctrine to which
the applicant for membership Is requested
to subscribe. He who believes In human
brotherhood and Is willing to work for II
has full welcome and standing in the Theo-
sophcal Society. which Is composed OF
students belonging to any religion in the
world. or to none. Their bond of union Is
not the profession Of common belief. but
Il common search and aspiration for truth
which they seek to discover by the study
Of comparative religion. philosophy and
science.
Theosophy is. as its name implies the
body OF truths which forms the basis of all
religions and cannot be claimed as the ex-
elusive possession Of any. 1t Is for those
who study It the great link between re-
ligion and science. and. moreover. Il is the
very apotheosis OF common sense, being
practically applicable to every need OF life.
Brooklyn, March l5 1912. F. T. S.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
frrnnn The Tribune Ru,ean.

from The Tribune Bureau
Washington, March E.-The German Am
bassafor left here this afternoon for Chi
cago. where he will attend the dedication
Of the new German Hospital. He will also
deliver an address at the Goethe memorial
celebration While in Chicago he will be
tho guest OF AIr. and Mrs. Cyrus McCor-
mick He will return on Tuesday.
Tho Italian Ambassador has interested
himself in the French play 10 be presented
at The Playhouse on Monday by Viscount-
ess Benotst d'Azy and number of young
diplomats, and Is assisting Countess Moltke
In making the stage arrangements
A. c. Horstmann, attache Of the German
Embassy went to Kew York to-day and
will sail for Germany on leave Of absence
for three months.
Major Won Herwarth, German military
attache who accompanied Nine. Won Her
parth and his brother. Lieutenant Won Her
wsrth, to New York few days ago, pre-
paratory to their sailing for Europe, Will
return tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
GIVES FORTUNE TO CHARITY
Will of Mrs. Cornelia Eaton Makes
Large Public Bequests.

Several large public beQuests are made
IN the will Of Mrs. Cornelia Eaton, which
was filed yesterday in the Surrogates' Of
fice. Some Of these are immediate gifts
and others are remainder interests payable
on the death OF other persons. To her
husband, William s. Eaton, the testatrix
left $4,000 She gave $500 to the Little
Sisters Of the Poor and $500 to the Ro-
man Catholic Orphan Asylum. Mrs. Eaton
created trust fund of $4,000, with the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company as
trustee, the income to be paid to Edward
Carpenter for life the principal to go on
his death to the Church Of st. Francis
Xavier for charitable uses.
Mrs. Eaton gave I'm memory Of her uncle,
Dr. Reuben S. Carpenter. $4,000 to the
Presbyterian Hospital to endow three beds
In perpetuity, to be known as the Or.
Reuben s. Carpenter Memorial. The resi-
due Of the estate is left to Mr.. Eaton, hus-
band of the testatrix, for life and on his
death It is to be given TO St Vincents
Hospital
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
People and Social incidents

Professor Cornelius Rubner, al The Plsv-
house to-day. Mrs. Idalia Ide, a soprano
also OF New York. sang group OF songs
With Mrs. Taft was Mss Laura Harlan
Others in attendance were Nine. Jus.e,o,t
and the Countess dc la Rocca, Mrs. Wl.k.
ersham. Mrs. Cornelius Wickersham. tho
Danish Minister and Countess Moltke Ron.
resentative and Mrs. Longworth. Nrs
Charles Boughton Woods, Mrs F'remon.
Smith. Mrs. Francis T.. Crowninshield Mrs
Victor Cushman, Miss Cameron. Mr.,
Archibald Davis and Mrs. William Barre,
Ridgely.
Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Williams entertained
at dinner tonight in honor OF Sir Jsnaes
Grant. Of Ottawa, formerly a member Of
the Canadian Parliament, who IS their
house guest
Miss Emily Beatty entertained a small
company at dinner dance at her fathers
quarters at the marine barracks tonight,
having as guests Miss Margaret Capertou.
Miss Julia Vale, Miss Margaret Cotton
Smith, Miss Ruth Hitchcock, Miss Eliza
beth Noyes, Miss Dorothy Taylor. Miss
Dorothy Brooks, Miss Elizabeth Reid Rog.
ers, Miss Eleanor Reyburn, Miss Estells
Crane, Miss Irwin, Miss Mary Irwin, Miss
Edmonia Adams, Lieutenant Adams and
Lieutenant Searles, U. s. A: Captain L!t-
tie, L. S. NJ. c., and Lieutenant Manly
Lieutenant Cook. Lieutenant Eberly. Lieu.
tenant Rodgers, Lieutenant Stirling, Lieu.
tenant Long, Lieutenant Leahy. Leuten.
ant Hickey, Paynaster Knapp, Ensign
Coffman and Ensign James. all OF the navy
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Ellis entertained at
luncheon to-day for the recently appointed
Ambassador to France and Mrs. Myrcn 7,
Herrick.
Among the dinner hosts tonight were
Mrs. Henry c. Corbin, Mr. and Mrs Eustis
and Colonel and Mrs. Charles L. McCawley
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Oracle and Miss
Edith Oracle have as house guest Mss
Ada Bryce Gray, daughter Of Mrs. Henry
Belt. OF New York. They entertained for
her tonight.
The members of the Congressional Club
gave a tea this afternoon. Mrs. James R.
Mann and Mrs. MacMorran presided at the
tea table, and Mrs. Davidson, Miss Morse,
of Wisconsin, Mrs. Driscoll. Of New York.
and others assisted Mrs. Roberts, president
OF the club,
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Who smokes the most expensive cigarsf
One would say. off-hand, in reply TO such q
question, American millionaire.. Accord
ing to THE Munich News this IS incor-
rect. The best cigars are smoked In Hell
delberg. A Havana manufacturer says
that the fabrication Of s. cigars Is only
sufficient to meet the demands Of the ia
nous German University town. The man
ufacturer has explained that these cigars
are not OF the ordinary size. They are Just
half metre In length. Tho students meet
for a smoker. and the cigar is placed in a
nargile and the tube is passed from hand
to hand, or. rather. from mouth to mouth.
THE Municn News" concludes that people
who give themselves up to the luxury OF a
So cigar are on the downward grade.
First Farmer-Had an awful siege OF cold
weather. didn't We?
Second Ditto-Yep. Regular old Catta-
raugus County winter.
n B;.For nCattaragus" substitute
"Calaveras, ;" Cook" Pike" "Chesa-
peake," etc. as the particular section may
be.-Puck.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
A MISTAKEN ANALYSIS.

In his remarks the other day on the
supposed desirability Of holding dlrect
elections anywhere and everywhere Tor
delegates to the national convention
Colonel Roosevelt seemed to take 1t Tor
granted that President Taft's support
ers alone stood in the way Of such elec-
tions. He mentioned several states IN
which he believed 1t to be practicable
10 secure changes in the law permitting
primaries or enlarging the existing pri'
mary system, and in every case ne IN
timated that the Presidents friends
were responsible for the failure OF the
state legislatures to act.
OF the situation in this state Colonel
Roosevelt said: "The supporters OF Mr..
Taft have absolute control of the Leg1s-
'lature, and If they choose to act on the
principle of the Presidents speech In
Massachusetts, made after the Massa'
"chusetts primary bill had been passed.
"they can secure for this state a cor
responding bill" That "the supporters
"of Mr.. Taft have absolute control oil
'the legislature was startling piece
Of news TO New Workers, who have been
Iaboring under the impression that the
state Senate was Democratic and that
no primary legislation could pass which
did not have the approval Of Demo
cratic majority in the upper house ana
OF q Democratic Governor. A new pri-
mary law could not possibly be secured
here simply through the wave OF hand
by the President to his supporters.
Moreover, whatever may be the defects
of the present law it does permit the
direct choice Of eighty-six Of the states
ninety delegates to Chicago, and candi-
dates pledged to Colonel Roosevelt may
be voted for directly next Tuesday IN
any of the forty-three Congress districts
in which the Roosevelt people took the
trouble to make nominations.
In Maryland 1t was said that the Taft
forces were trying TO prevent the pas
sage of a direct primary law applying
To national delegates. But the fact Is
that the Republican Governor Of Mary
land. a Taft supporter. has been urging
the Legislature TO pass such law ana
whether his suggestion Is to he carried
into effect or not depends entirely on the
two branches Of the Legislature, both
strongly Democratic.
If Colonel Roosevelt condemns the
friends Of Mr.. Taft for trying to sup
press the voice of the people IN states
where the Legislature is wholly or part
" in Democratic hands, what VIII he
say of the situation In Missouri. where
Governor Hadley, one Of the seven Gov
ernors who invited him TO become q
candidate for the Presidential pomina-
ton. wrote the other day to a tart
leader, who bad asked him To call an
extra session Of the Legislature, that
1t would be absolutely useless to do SO
The Governors correspondent wanted
Presidential preference primary Law
passed. But Mr.. Hadley replied that IN
his opinion the two Democratic houses
would not vote for such a measure and
| 1t would be only waste OF energy u
force an extra session. If Taft Gov
ernor in Maryland is tn be censured Tor
not compelling a Democratic Legislature
| 10 pass more primary legislation. ho"
can q Roosevelt Governor in Missouri
escape condemnation for not requiring
the Democratic lawmakers there to do
his will?
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
ROUNTEOTf NATURE.

Those statisticians who like IN make
the chills run down the public's back
by predicting that the worlds chief
natural resources will be used up within
few years, generations or centuries
will probably be miffed at two recent
announcements. The first was that an
immense deposit of high grade iron ores
had been discovered in Fulton County.
Penn The second was that pota'h
deposit of at least 100000 tons, enough
10 supply the United States for thirty
years. had been found in San Bernardo
no County, Cal
Alarmlst reports have been circulated
from time to time as to the approaching
exhaustion Of the iron ore deposits III
the Lake Superior district, and scientists
had begun to calculate just how many
years, months and days the present sup
ply would last. But if dispatches from
Pittsburgh do not exaggerate the truth,
a new store Of 1.OO0.000,OOO tons Of the
highest grade ores has been uncovered,
almost by accident, practically at Pitts
hurghs back door. The deposits lie In Il
region in which iron furnaces were
worked nearly hundred years ago and
then abandoned. so that the iron industry
has merely TO turn back on its old tracks
to avail itself Of a superabundance of
new raw materials. The unexpected find
is made not in an Out-of-the-way frontier
section. but near the centre Of the sec
ond most populous state in the Union
only two hundred miles from Philadel-
phia and one hundred miles from Ralti-
more.
The United States and Germany were
recently engaged in a diplomatic contrO-
versy over the restrictions put on the sale
Of German potash to American buyers.
The demand was strong and the supply
was limited. No one expected new sources
to be uncovered, but suddenly the dried
up potash lake in California came 10
light. and the Geological Survey now BE.
lieves that similar formations exist else
where in the arid regions Of the Far
West and Southwest.
Nature is liberal In her gifts, and the
earth's present natural resources will
probably last rs long as the human race
has need OF them. Even if some which
we now value do become exhausted we
shall probably have learned by that time
how to get along just as well without
them.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
THE COLLEGE MAN'S MOTTO.

J N
The motto which President Foster OF
Reed College. the new institution at Port
land. Ore. SAYS he found in college stu
dents rooms all over the country, Don't
"let your college studies interfere with
"your education" probably hangs In
them by virtue of its obvious humor. As
a piece Of satire II Is entitled to con-
spicuous place among the decorations or
students apartments. And II students
have evolved the Jest themselves and
generally appreciate It's irony they have
as class advanced in literary taste and
in wit far beyond their fathers, who used
10 cover the walls Of their rooms with
stolen street signs.
Besides satire there is certain
shrewdness IN the adjuration. The lads
realize that they are to get out OF college
something more than can be obtained
from within the covers Of books. The
grind" wastes some Of the precious or.
portunitles Of student life which II Is
the firm resolution Of the students IN
general that they will not miss. Per
haps they are helped In their preference
for what they have decided TO be the
better things. the education" that is not
TO be lost through devotion 10 college
studies" by sure instinct for the les
laborious course; but nevertheless there
is as much sense and truth in the college
epigram as there is in most epigrams. All
that II needs Is the addition, "and don't
let your education interfere With your
college studies" IN become q completely
safe guide for the man who wants Ia get
the most out of four years in college
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
FIVE REQUESTS TO CHARITY.

Because Of the unexpected death OF Lew
Goldenberg. q rich merchant. he was de-
prived OF the opportunity Of making pro-
vision for certain charitable institutions In
which he was interested. The will OF his
wife, Mrs. Sarah Goldenberg. was nled In
the Surrogates Office yesterday. and In II
she asked her children to make these sifts'
that her husband would have made. IN the
name OF their father: Mount Sinai Hospi-
tai, 1900: Home for the Aged and lnhrm
Hebrews. $1,000; United Hebrew Charities,
1900; Hebrew orphan Asylum, 5000 and
Montef1ore Home $1,000
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
KAISER STARTS FOR VIENNA
Emperor William to Meet Monarchs OF
Austria Hungary and Italy.

Berlin. March 22-Emperor Wiliam
Prince and Princess August William an'
Princess Victoria Louise left for Vienns
and Corfu to-day. They are 10 visit wv
Emperor Francis Joseph at Vienna, ANS
Victor Emmanuel at Venice and the Arch'
duke Francis Ferdinand and his wife !"
the Brioni Islands
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
DEADLOCK OR COLLAPSE?

The forebodings Of yesterday as to the
British strike negotiations threaten full
6lment to-day. We pointed out that the
government was pledged not to prescribe
q minimum wage rate in its bill. while
the strikers and the Labor members Of
Parliament declared that without such
prescription they would not accept the
law. but would continue the strike. That
forecast was exactly fulfilled yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Asquith refused TO ac-
cept an amendment prescribing mini
mum wage: whereupon the Labor leader
declared that the door TO immediate set
tlement was closed and that the strike
must continue. He afterward withdrew
from that position, but his authority to
commit the Labor party to withdrawal
was denied. Ii seems TO Us that Mr..
Asquith's attitude must commend itself
TO those who are not welded TO the no
tion that the minority known as Organ
lied labor" should dictate the govern
ment of nations. He conceded that the
minimum wage proposed was low enough,
Dut diSb pltScIlcN NOSChl iCdSOiis Nh'
neither that nor any other rate should
he prescribed by act Of Parliament.
II would be a revolutionary precedent
TO fix wages in private industries by act
of Parliament. If it were done in the
mines il would be unreasonable to resist
demands that it should be done also in
the mills, on the railroads, in the ship
Yards and on the farms. There would
be q universal regulation Of wages by
act of Parliament. That, no doubt, is
lust what some desire. They also desire
the abolition of private industry and
private property and the owning Of all
things and the doing Of all things by the
state. But Mr. Asquith is not Social
list. or Syndicalist. or whatever the latest
term is. and neither Is the government
of England. Moreover, it ought to be
apparent to the agitators for legal pre-
scription of the minimum wage that such
an act, as Mr. Asquith reminded them,
might prove TO be a two-edged blade, en-
pIoyers insisting that the minimum wage
thus fixed should also be the maximum.
The refusal of members of the Labor
party to accept the bill must therefore
b REGARDED a. mistaken, even from tnear
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
The ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: I desire to express our thanks for
the srticle on the Academy Of Medicine
contained In The Tribune of March IS
The kind Of publicity involved in the arti-
Gle and the entire tone of IT is such as
to commend our work TO tho community
at large. ". u. POLK,
President n. 7. Academy Of Medicine.
New York, March %, 1917
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
sl25,OOO MEMORIAL FUND
Mrs. Anna Woerishoffer Makes Gift 10
Greenwich House.

Mrs Anna Woerishoffer has given IN
Greenwich House, the social settlement AT
No. % Great Jones street, an endowment
fund Of sl25.0tO as a memorial 10 her
daughter. Miss Garcia Woerishoffer
Miss Woerishoffer was one OF the mos,
active leaders In the settlement for several
years, and her work in the economic and
social field received public recognition IN
the report of the Bureau OF Industries and
Immigration of the New York state De-
partment Of Labor. The settlement, whose
annual budget is now about $4,000, owns
much valuable property In Great Jones'
street. and the endowment will increase the
income by about 5000 annually. The re-
mainder has TO be made up by subscription
About 5000 more will be needed oefo"
the close OF the fiscal year on October /
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
GIFT OF JAPANESE PRINTS
Mrs. w. B. Thayer Presents Her Collec
tion to Kansas City Art Institute.

Kansas City, March "a collection of
one thousand rare Japanese prints, valued
AT $4,000, was presented 10 the local art
institute to-day by Mrs. W. p. Thayer, OF
this city.
The collection, which forms complete
history Of the Japanese woodblock engrav-
ing. extending over a period OF four hun
dred years, is said to be one of the finest
OF its kind In this country.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23

Governor Marshall Of Indiana seems to
think that there is room for him as a
candidate for the Democratic Presiden-
tial nomination somewhere near the
middle Of the inclosure. His speech to
the indianapolis convention classified
him as an optimistic Moderate. ready to
fall heir at Baltimore to the strength Of
dyed d-about-the he-edges and up-the-back
Conservatives like Harmon and Under
wood.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
ROOSEVELT AT CARNEGIE HALL

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In your headlines you imply that Mr..
Roosevelt called In his last nights speech
the initiative, referendum and recall prin-
clples. He distinctly said they were not
principles. but methods by which the will
OF the people could be more perfectly car
rled out In the matter Of the French
Revolution he compared himself to Turgot,
as wishing reasonably by lawful methods
to introduce reforms
All other references TO the French Revo-
luton were of its fallacies and horrors and
of the lesson 1t has given to avoid its
errors ANNIE w. GOULD.
New York. March q, l9l?
New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
sALMAoUNpI TO GIVE DINNER.

The salmagundi Club will give dihhs.
on the evening Of April to the presiaeh.s
OF the various art organizations IN NC"
York which are now combining to form '"e
National Academy Association. Amons
Among those who have been invited n,
John ". Alexander, Herman Mcneil WIN
,on, Boring. A. T. Van Laer. II. b. she"
Charles Dana Gibson, l.. H. o'a ,..,
Bert Hanson. c. Grant La Farse' H aS..
Flagg and Borough President Geors' w