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New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington April iS.-The Austrian Am
bassador and Baroness Hengelmuller, VINO
we're to have given a large dinner to-hlght'
recalled their invitations on account OF the
ocean disaster, and will not entertain unti'
the last OF the month. All Of the amoassa-
doris and ministers are observing the same
custom, and there will be practically
cessation of formal social affairs for sew
eral days.
The counsellor of the Brazilian Embassy
and Nine. de Lima have as guest NINE
Corvarubias, wife of the Mexican Minister
to GVat Britain and the mother OF Nine
dc Lima. The counsellor and Nine. de
Lima were the guests Of the Brazilian Am
bassador since the death Of their little
daughter, but have returned TO their apart
ment I'm the Woodward.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Lrrom The Tribune Bureau

tFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington. April 1S-lnvtations for all
formal social affairs continue to be re-
called. and for some days everything VIII
be Of the most informal nature. There are
many receptions, dinners, luncheons ana
teas. hut these are without exception ar
ranged quietly, most Of them being for the
visiting Daughters Of the American ReVo-
luton attending the national congress
Mrs. Leonard Wood wife of the chief OF
staff. L. S. A.. ha,"returned from visit to
her sister. Mrs Key, i'm Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. \. p. Crenshaw entertained
luncheon party to-day I'm compliment TO
Mrs. McNeir of New York. Among her
guests were Sehora de Rlano. wife Of the
Cuban Minister; Mrs. julius c. Burrows
Mrs. Wadsworth Mrs Hume, Mrs. Edgar
Frshy and the Misses Crenshaw.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
SHIPWRECK DRILLS
Suggested Adaptation of Training
Given Children in Public Schools.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: At this time. when every one is so IN
tenscly sympathetic over the terrible trag-
edy OF the Titanic. II IS natural to consider
whether there Is no possible way that
might he used by the large steamers which
would further insure the safety of ocean
travellers I'm some such manner as the pub
lie schools insure the safety Of the school
children
why not have sufficient llfeboats on the
steamers 60 that the boats could be num-
bercd and the seats I'm the boats also he
numbered? For example, a passenger upon
buying his ticket receives also a ticket for
a given seat I'm a lifeboat. lie naturally
goes to sec this special boat and seat on
his ship walks and locates II and the seats
assigned to his family. When an accident
occurs each man goes to his own boat and
his own seat. Would not some such sys-
tematic assignment Of lfeboats make for
quickness I'm time Of peril and also prevent
the possibility of panic?
II Il man actually were aware upon buy
Ing his steamer ticket of the probability Of
the steamers having overcrowded life
boats would that man buy his passage?
This method Of getting lifeboat tickets with
the ticket Of the passage would prevent all
possibility of overcrowded lifeboats.
or course, ship should really have
gongs rung at unexpected intervals Of an
ocean trip and the passengers should all at
tho given signal put on life preservers and
go to their own seats In the lfeboats as
signed TO them. Surely vessel carrying
2,j0o people over waters two miles deep re-
qures safety drills az much as a school
house containing n few hundred children
MARJORIE HUGHAN ROCKWELL.
No. 6l Quincy street, Brooklyn, April II,
1912
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19

greater in this county than the cost Vi
Colonel Roosevelt's recent contest mere
was to his liberal supporters.
The first primary under the new law
in this state brings the public lace 'o
face with the excessive use ol n'ono'
which has been complained "l eiSc-
where as an evil of the Glrec' p'f
mary system: but seldom has the eN-
travagance elsewhere reached tie pro
portions attained in the recent contest
here. The only parallel that readily oc-
ours 70 mind for the Roosevelt League 5
expenditure of $4,000 in one count! Is
Senator Stephenson's expenditure Oh
100000 to carry the primaries "t the
state Of Wisconsin. Senator Stephen-
sons lavishness became natloIai
scandal
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
Peoole and Social Incidents

I, williams, jr.. Marshall H. Russell Fred.
erick r. Thomas. Richard X. Thorndike.
Dave II. Coddington. Henry c. Beste. Rob-
ert r. Crocker and T. Chesley Richard.
son, jr.
Mrs. Coddngton and Mrs. A. Gouverneur
Wellman gave a dance at the Hotel Gotham
last night for the bfdal attendants and a
number of the wedding guests.
The last of the subscription dances ar.
ranged by Mrs. Robert r. Livingston ana
Mrs. Rowland Davis was held last night at
the Colony Club. There was general
dancing throughout the evening. and SUP.
per was served at midnight. Among the
members of the class are Miss Frances
Burr, Miss Emily and Miss Rosalie Coe.
Miss Laura Livingston. Miss Caro- Brown.
Miss Katherine Auerbach, Miss Sybi Davis.
Miss Julia Newbold, Miss Ursula Brown.
Gavin Hadden. Oliver Wagstaff, Robert R
Livingston, Charles King, Montague Geer
and Alfred Greenough.
Under the patronage OF Mrs. John Henry
Hammond, Mrs Grover Cleveland, Mrs
Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Douglas Robin
son. Mrs Herbert l.. Satterlee. Mrs. Cleye-
land H. Dodge Mrs. Seth Low and Mrs
William Jay Schiefelin. a dramatic read.
ing OF the tales OF Hans Christian Ander-
sen was given yesterday afternoon at tho
Plaza by Filth Reumert, assisted by the
Misses Fuller in English and Scotch songs
with harp accompaniment. The affair was
for the benefit Of the Jacob A. Ris Neigh
borhood Settlement
A concert was given yesterday morning
at the Plaza for the benefit OF the New
York Home for Convalescents. under the
patronage of Mrs. Montgomery Schuyler.
Mrs. William Woodward. Mrs. Whitelsw
Reid. Mrs. Livingston Jones. Mrs. James
ID. Livingston and e. Parmalee Prentice.
The artists were Gertrude Claire Duffey,
soprano; Cecile Ayres, pianist, and Frank
lin Holding, violinist.
Mrs Chauncey Kerr will give bridge
marty this afternoon at Sherry's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goelet will sail for
Europe next week
Mrs Cornelius c. Cuyier will sail for
EtIrope early I'm June. TO remain abroad
throughout the summer.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt has arrived In
town from Newport. and !s at the RITZ
Carlton for a few days.
Woodbury. Seamans. who Is TO marry
Miss Alice Andreae, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Andreae. in st, Mary's Church,
Tuxedo on April q, will give his farewell
bachelor dinner on Wednesday at the Har.
ward Club.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
IN THE sERKSHlRES.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Ienox. April 1S-Mrs. Daniel Payne Gris.
void. who has been I'm France for the
winter. will sail next week for New York
and come TO Lenox to open her country
place on May l.
Miss Mary De Peyster Carey has decided
not to spend the season in Lenox, and has
taken her works of art and valuable fur-
niture from her country house.
Mrs. Thomas d. Peck. who has been IN
Bermuda for the winter arrived in Pitts
field to-day.
Miss Allison Haughton, who has been In
Bermuda, is a guest OF Miss Caroline I.
Lawrence before returning to Boston.
II was announced here to-day that
daughter was born I'm New York yesterday
TO DR.. and Mrs. Arthur w. Swami. Mrs.
Swami was Miss Susan Sedgwick, daugh'
ter of Arthur c. Sedgwick. OF No. East
10th street New York. Dr. Swami is son
of Mrs John Swami. OF Stockbridge.
Miss Nora Iasgi, OF Boston. daughter OF
Mrs. Oscar Iasigi. who rented last fall
villa Of Joseph II. Cnoate, in Main street,
Stockb bridge, and fitted 1T as a hotel for
her friends, has notified her manager that
the hotel will be closed on May l. When
II was opened It was announced that It
would be open throughout the year.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19

termination To a limited part of the pun
lie: and its origin is in commerclai
desire 10 attract patronage by mover
methods. or To retain it by competing
with those methods when they nave
been adopted by others.
During most Of the time for many
years the various companies operating
Transatlantic lines have found it prac-
ticable and have deemed il profitable TO
maintain pool or an agreement Tor
the prevention Of competitive rate cut
ting: though there can he no doubt that
the lowering Of rates would he more
potent attraction than either speed or
luxury. 1t might be worth while to con
slider whether it would not be equally
practicable. and whether ii is not equally
desirable. TO form such combination for
the promotion Of safety, both In the
eouipment Of vessels and in the adoption
Of routes. If competition in speed were
still maintained there would be no adj
vantage nor disadvantage 10 any in
adoption of the longer route 10y all. or
course. the longer route would mean a
days more expense for coal and main
tenance. But how many such days eX-
penses would it take TO equal the cost of
one Titanic disaster? OF course. too, If
there were any diminution Of luXuries
there would he grumblng, chiefly from
persons who had never had those luXu-
ries on shore. But we must believe that
most ocean travellers are sufficiently
sane TO realize that with all our trl-
umphs Of scientific and engineering
genius a transatlantic voyage still in
wolves struggle with the elements
which may necessitate the foregoing OF
some indulgenccS, and To acquiesce in
retention Of the order Of the traditional
railroad motto, Safety, speed and com
fort" making safety the first aim.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
FRANENESS ESSENTIAL.

The patience of the friends and rela-
tiyes of the Titanic's company ana
that of the general public, which
likewise has a legitimately keen inter
est in the tragedy, have been put To
severe test. The silence of the Car
pathia as to the circumstances OF the
wreck and the condition of the sur
yivors before her arrival in port, to-
gether with her seeming refusal to an
swer an inquiry even from the President
of the United States concerning one OF
his own staff. created most painful I'M
preston That will not be entirely re-
lieyed by the formal statement given out
by the surviving passengers Of the
Titanic "in order to forestall any sensa-
tional or exaggerated statements
It's reservations only raised questions
of legitimate interest. The friends Of
those who are lost. the friends Of those
who survive and the general public Of
two continents which is vitally con
cerned for future safety at sea would
not be content without the fullest knowl-
edge of every circumstance pertaining to
the wreck of the Titanic. Nor will they
be content without full knowledge Of the
causes for the long suspense which they
were inexplcably forced to endure.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
ACADEMY HoNoRs SCIENTISTS
Eight Americans and One Englishman
Elected to Membership in Washington.

Washington. April ls.-The National Acad-
emy of Sciences at it's annual meeting to-
day elected to membership John j. Abel.
Robert w. Wood and Harry f. Reid, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore; Charles b.
Davenport station of experimental evolu-
ton, Cold Spring Harbor, \. T.; Samuel j.
Meltzer, Rockefeller Institute of Medical
Research. New York; Roland ThaXter and
William NJ Wheeler. Harvard university,
and David White, United States Geological
Survey. Washington.
Sir John Murray, of Edinburgh, was
elected a foreign associate.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
FARM SCHOOL BOARD NAMED
Dix Appoints Trustees for New Long
Island Institution.

Albany, April lS-Governor Dix to-day
appointed the following trustees of the
proposed State School of Agriculture on
Long Island, as authorized by law signed
this week:
James Byrne oyster Bay; DR.. Berthold
FIeesch and John H. Murray New YORK
Henry 4. Reeves, Greenport; Frederick !.
Pratt Glen Cove; Frederick II. COX,
Queens; William r. Shortt. Tompkinsviile'
Ezra A. Tuttle, Eaetport, and franklin W.
Hooper. Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19

ture through the little end Of an opera
glass.
Scott There goes Dr. swellman quite n
lady killer, isn't he? -,
Mott-0h. he treats the other SEX also
Boston Transcript.
A CONGRESSMAN UNFIT.
NV humble voice [ hereby raise
IN protest. Billy Cadwun,
NV Congressman of present days,
Has proved himself bad one;
Though ! elected him last fal
| greatly favor his recall.
What has Pill done? Wei, now, look here:
own a villa charming,
And lust about this time of year
do my floral farming;
or course. TO satisfy my needs
| send to Congress for my seeds
Here's where Bill failed. I wrote plea
For seeds Of posies pleasant.
And by return mail came to me
NV Congressman good present.
But stead of flowers / found, by gosh.
He'd sent me turnips carrots, squash
That's why I favor Brrs recall;
He's unfit for his duty;
He doesn't hl my wants at all,
lie knows not buds Of beauty;
We want no Congressman for ours
Who can't tell vegetables from flowers
N. VI.
Suppose coal is t6 a ton, and you gave
your dealer $50 how many tons would ne
send you?'
Three"
"Oh. that's wrong"
"I know it's wrong, but that's Nhat ne
done Life
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
THE DISASTER.
HAPPILY. THAT'S TRUE.

HAPPILY. THAT'S TRUE.
From The Washington Star.
Tho immense wealth that went down wits
the Titanic IS given scarcely thought amid
the sorrow for those who were lost. The
cynical theory that property is more valued
than human lito does not stand the test
REAL HERoIsM.
From Th. Detroit Journal.
II the sea has been over stern with us
mortals. 1t has not failed 20 make US men
and even softness and luxury and baths ana
tennis courts and palm gardens did not de-
stroy in these voyaeers the heroism Of the
old time.
YES, WHERE?
From The Charlotte tN CD Observer.
Where were the boats? This is on. Of the
questions the owners OF the ship must answer
IL they are 10 escape condemnation for the
terrible sacrifice OF life. where aaSs ssA
boats?
GOING THE PAcT
From The Detroit Free Press.
All ocean craft even tramp steamers when
are supposed to be in no particular hurry
plunge into the iee-dotted fog ana take
chance rather than lose day II We mod
crns die for H. we must travel swiftly
SPLENDID LESSON
From The Philadelphia Press
The memory OF such sacrihce women
and children arstl. its example. the splendid
lesson and its high teaching OF restraint OF
courage and Of sef-control will remain TO he
told long and often and 10 serve ard inspire
many another group called 10 grim danger
,A n A NNlnl0g
the weak and tho peril OF losing HE
"UNsINKABLE."
From The Milwaukee sentinel
.Ths Titanic is unslrkabe.' said vice.
President Franklin, OF the White star COM
many. A foolish boast as even the veriest
dunderhead Of an old sheback who munches
his nlats OF lobscouse and salt horse IN a
deem water focsl would have told him. mat
leviathan of palace ships was mere specs
a shell OF gossamer when measured asa'ns.
the latent incalculabls destructive forees o.
old ocean.
INAcCURACY
From The Hartford Times
The instructive shrinking Of modern news
paperdom from the sensational ana the eN-
aggerated was exemplifed on Monday IN th'
readiness with which the newsgatherers
credited and circulated the assurances that
the disaster was less serious than reporter
and that the passengers hac all been saved
In this case conservatism served the purposes
of lnaccuracy The gigantic task OF gamer
ing the news Of the world proved too maeh
for its undertakers.
MELANCHOLY SATISFACTION
From The Newark News
There Is one little flicker OF melanchoV
satisfaction Americans may find. Had tns
Stars and Stripes noated from the giants tan
rail. her lifeboats would have carried owe.
two thousand people. For once in an age Ok
great American disasters, America can ciaiH
that she has not been careless and reckless
antiouated in other respects as her navisa-
tion laws may be. There are but two tn'ns'
we can do--the first is. TO treat the survivors
with the ,enderest OF respectful synpa'hF'
the second Is, to use what power we msy nav
to insist that no ship shall ever leave poH
again without moro than enough nteoos'
Let these be the rnanic's memorial ana 'l'
neral service.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
BAVARIANS SEE CHICAGO
Distinguished Tourists Inspect City
Institutions and Museums.

Chicago April 1S.-Count Won Podewils'
ex-Mnister Of Foreign Affairs Of Bavaria;
Geheimer Pofrat Won Borscht, Lord Mayor
of Munich, and other officials of Munich ar
rived here to-day to inspect Chicago's in
stltutions and museums. The Bavarians
are making their study of institutions In the
interest OF the German museum now under
construction in Munich.
The delegation took luncheon with the
faculty of the University Of Chicago and
inspected the buildings on the university
campus.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
rnRcLNG TIE DARpANELLES.

Italy is evidently resolved TO lorce
conclusions with her antagonist les
torday we heard Of international over
tures for npacc. To-day the answer OF
Italy is rcported. from her guns trained
on thp forts of the DardanclleS. De
spairing of conquering Turkey on lahu'
or declining 10 incur the losses Wlich an
attempt to do so would inevitably Gu
tail. she attacks from the sea. Wuerc "ne
is powerful. Disdaining halfway meas
urcs. such as assailing even the larger
commercial ports of the ottoman EN-
pirc. she strikes at the maritime ap-
proach 10 the capital Beyond doupC II
is the logical thing TO do, ana there Is
reason to expect that 1t will prove ef-
fectivc. though repulse yesterday IS
reported.
That is 10 say. if persistence in tins
course Is sanctioned, Of which there are
crave doubts. For the forcing OF the
Dardanelles means much more than an
attack by Italy on Turkey. 1t challenges
the integrity and efficacy of nm age-l0nG
principle of European diplomacy. All
the powers which were parties TO the i'll
ternatiOnal agreement concerning the
control Of the Dardanelles are directly
Interested I'm the occurrence. The pas
sage Of the strait by the Italian fleet
would mark a new era in the Eastern
question and compel wide readiusiment
Of European diplomatic relations. What
effect it might have upon the integrity
and the very existence of the Turkish
Empire itself is pertinent matter for
spcculaton. It is certainly one of the
most portentous and formidable proceed
ings Of recent years.
II may be doubted If the powers viii
assume TO forbid II. hcsitating thus TO
challenge tho belligercnt rights Of Italy.
Yet they may well be expected to re
double their energies and their solicita-
tionS for compromise which will end
the war without the resort 10 extremes
which Italy now threatens. II would be
agreeable 10 Europe. and would avoid
complications which all powers desire TO
shun. 10 have peace restored without Il
radical opening of the question of the
Dardanelles, and II thing which Is $"
much desired is likely 10 he secured.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
PRESS A POWER FOR GOOD
As Impossible to Censor as lightning
Saws DR.. Gates.

ST. Louis, April 1S-"It would be just as
impossible to censor the American press as
IL would be 10 censor a bolt OF lightning.
said the Rev. DR.. Milo II. Gates, OF the
Chapel OF the Intercession, Trinity Parish.
New York City, addressing the Episcopal
Church congress here to-day on "oficial
Censorship in the Interest of Morals"
LAS power for good, nothing is superior
to the newspapers" he said. III censored
they would become dull and vicious. | am
not catering to the press, but, believe In
giving the newspapers the credit they de-
serve
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
frror Tho Tribune Bureau.

From Tho IflDUH' bUT'dU'I
Washington. April lS.-The President ana
Mrs. Taft held a reception thls ai'eIiioO"
foY the Daughters Of the American he'o-
luton.
The Misses Eleanor Rocker ana Eo'th
Rocker, daughters OF Mr.. and MIS-. WIZ
lam G.. Rocker, of New York, VINO nave
been the guests of Miss Taft for week.
returned to their home this afternoon
Allen T. Clotts. of Huntington n. " ar
rived at the White House this afternoon
Mrs. Taft will go to Charleston D C''
next week Miss Taft will accompany her'
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
As COSTLY AS AN ELECTION

10 bOoILi 40 an ELECIION.
No previous primary campaign having
been conducted under the existing law
the best basis of comparison with regard
to Colonel RoOsevelt's expenditures is
furnished by the cost of elections in
this county. In the last important cleo
ton here, that Of 1910, all that the
Republican County Committee had to
spend was $4,000, and Tammany, with
Its traditional liberality in the use Of
money, spent only S106,OO0. For the en-
tire state campaign the Republican
state Committee had only $125,OO0 to
spend, part Of it being used, of course, in
this county, and that amount had TO
serve for the purposes Of a campaign
lasting several weeks preliminary to
the election Of the Governor and other
state officers, besides Congressman and
state Senators and Assemblymen I'm all
districts Yet its cost to the Republi-
cans at least, was certainly not much
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Speaking OF the Fatal 18TH" as re-
called yesterday in The Tribune. an old
merchant said that he remembered dis
tinctly the excitement when President Lin
coin died. OH April 10. 1865, and that ne had
just landed from trip abroad when the
news Of the Elbe disaster was received on
the same date in 1896. He was In Wash
ington on February IS. 1895 when the Maine
was blown UP and in New York on June 10.
1904 when the Slocum burned. Nothing
can compare" lie said. with the situation
when the news went out: Lincoln has been
killed That crime stands alone in our
history We all know how the other four
18th catastrophes cast the country into
gloom. But I'm each OF the four dreadful
incidents we knew the worst at once and
the fact that this last OF the 18th fataIl-
ties was looked upon as a dreadful might
have-been for hours made the awful truth.
when 1t came. the worst OF the series"
II made all kinds OF excuses to get off to
see them play ball this afternoon"
Wouldn't any of them work."
Yes. Finally i touched the boss's heart
by telling him | wanted to gs to the ,aI
game. Washington Star
When II comes to landscape hardening
the intensiveness Of the japanese Is shown
in a wonderful manner In front of a little
shop on lower Broadway, which is con-
stantly surrounded by an admirlng throng
Is a garden which can literally be held In
one hand. II boasts a tree, some rocks
a gravel path and a miniature hut. The
most wonderful specimen. however, is a
model contained in an earthen dish scarcely
larger than dinner plate. 1t is a com
plete landscape, disclosing frownlng cliffs,
at whose base runs a tiny river; there are
also powders overgrown with moss, an
ivory temple, and, overhanging the rocks.
a bona fide fir tree about eight inches In
height. There is an air OF solldlty and
about the model that Is most
convincing. and spectator is impressed
with the sensation Of viewing slice OF ma
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

(By Telegraph to The Tribune
Newport, April 1s-Miss Alice Ketsltas
was here to-day inspecting her cottage.
Arthur Curtiss James's auxiliary yacht.
the Aloha, sailed for New York to-day.
Mrs Howard s. Graham has returned to
Philadelphia.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
THE TlTAN'S FATE.
he Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The fate of the once great Titanic
calls to my mind a description OF another
Titan and gives Matthew Arnold's verses q
new and strange suggestlveness:
THE weary Titan
Staggering on to her goal
Bearing on shoulders immense,
"Atlantean, the load,
"Wellnigh not to be borne,
"Of the too vast orb OF her fate.
The Titanic seems to have been appropri-
ately named. PROPHETIC.
New York, April is, 1912.
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Ntw@Iork Gribn,le.
FRIDAY. APRIL 10, 1912.

O,cned and published daily 6y inc
Tribune Association, Nelo YORK corpo-
ration: ogden N. Reid, President; Conde
HdmliH, Secretary; James NJ. BdrreH
Treasurer. address, Tribune Building
No. 154 Nassau street, Neto YORK.