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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-24
PRAISES TITANIC HERoiNEs.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Among the large number OF heroes
who went down 10 their death on the Ill
fated Titanic two women OF this city
were conspicuous for their sublime hero
ism.
Miss Edith Evans, who gave UP her
place in a lifeboat 10 u woman with two
children who were strangers to her, she
remaining on the ship and going down
with it. thus exceeding Gt taken literally)
the statement in the Scriptures. Greater
love hath no man than this that Q man
lay down his life for his friends"
And Mrs Isidor Straus, who. in spite
of the earnest entreaties OF her husband
and others. declined to get into u lifeboat.
but remained on board and was drowned
with her husband. which brings to ones
mind the reply of Ruth to Naomi. I'm
treat me not TO leave thee or to return
from following after thee. for whittier
thou goest | will go. and where thou
6dgest | will lodge; Thy people shall be
my people and thy God my God. and
where thou dest will die and there will
be buried; the Lord do so TO me and
more also II aught but death part thee
and me-" GRANVILLE NICHOLSON.
New York, April 80, 1912.
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sEARcHLIGHTs FOR LINERS
And Some Reasons Given by Steamship
Owners for Not Using Them.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Although It Is generally agreed that
the primary cause Of the awful Titanic
disaster was the criminal recklessness In
maintaining high speed when II was
known that the ship was in close proxim-
ity to icebsrgs, ths accident would In all
proba bility have been averted had the ship
been equipped with searchlights. The puo-
lie has been repeatedly told that the big
transatlantic liners arc equipped with
every device known to science that VIII In
sure safety at sea- but among the manu-
facturers Of marine equipment 1t Is not
only the builders Of ilfeboats who know
such claims to be utterly false.
During the last twenty years my hrm mas
sold nearly four thousand electric proJec-
tors for use on inland and coasting vessels
In all parts OF the world, but despite the
most persistent efforts We have never been
able to induce a single transatlantic COM
pany even 10 take searcnlight on trial
The owners OF the big liners have all an
swered that the searchlight is all right and
quite indispensable on q vessel that must
navigate close 10 land and which must
make out unighted buoys at night, but
quite well without it.
Time and again We have urged them 70
consider the great loss Of life due 10 COLI
slons Of their steamers with the small fish
Ing vessels OF tho Grand Banks, where IN
most cases all hands are lost in the dark
ness, but 10 this they have been completely
Indifferent and have Tetorted In erect
Dead men tell no tales and bring no dam
age suits" The heartlessness OF the great
liners in rushing on after running down
fishermen and In ignoring distress signals
from small boats when there are no pas
sangers ON deck TO applaud a rescue has
caused great bitterness among all the fish,
ermen.
IL is true that in fog the intense search
light beam only blinds the navigator and
Is worse than useless. and that in the open
water the most powerful beam shows
nothing where there is nothing to 90 seen.
In the case 3t lie Titanic, however, on
that clear. starry night modern hish-
power electric protector mounted upon the
masthead platform would have shown the
iceberg In dazzling Wilderness, and as
clearly SIS by day, at q range OF four miles
or more The searchlizht would have cost
less than one Thousand dollars, installed.
How pit.ful that little saving in cost now
seems in view Of what has happened.
sAM'L W. RUSHMORE.
plsirfeld. ~. j., April 10, 1912
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TIE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
trror, Tho Tribune Bureau. ]


u,osh,,otou Anril 23.-The French Am
bassador and Nine. Jusserand eh'ei '"'".u
at dinner tonight In compliment " VIC
Japanese Ambassador ana 'iscou',.''
chinda. Their other guests we're Tue oeo
retary of War and Mrs. St,mson' 'usei.o
ora urs Lamar. Senator Root, the BEL
clan M,nister and Nine. Havenith, MI
scbmolck. Netherlands charge dahai'e',
DIR. and Mrs. Wilmer, the RUSSIAN ha' 90
at,anh4 and Nine. Vassilien. tho Sern'""
second secretary and Nine kienDn' 'i'
Arthur Peters. Mrs Buckner Waiiinsiord'
NJ cincinnati: the counsellor OF the french
Embassv and Nine. dc Peretti de Ia Rocca,
and the French military attach' a"'
Countess de Chambrun. -,
sefor Calero, recently appointeo HeAi
can Ambassador 20 the United STATES no.,
sailed from Mexico for Washington anu
will arrive on Sunday. He Is ACCOMPANIED
by Nine. Calero and their two chiiure"'
a son and daughter, seven and eight years
old respectiyeIy. Sehor Crespo, the pres
ent Mexican Ambassador, will leave WASH
ington Immediately upon the arrival or MS
successor.
Viscountess Benoi.t day, wife or inc
IL, tOf
French naval attache, has been appoi"''r
a delegate from France 10 the Natioha'
Red Cross Congress, which soon VIII DC II.
session here. NJ. de Vogue, president OF
the Red Cross Society OF France, Is the
father OF the viscountess, and accoi u'ns''
her interest In the work has peen Ok ''"'
standing.
J. J. Moniz de Arag@o' Ieeen"'
~ Iva
pointed second secretary OF the praA''a"
Embassy, will arrive In two weeks 70 as
sumo his duties.
The Russian Embassy has been adViseu
that H. Matthew Sevastopouio, chainoei
lain Of his imperial majesty the Emperor
of Russia. has been appointed counSeHof
of the Russian Embassy here vice Prlhco
Koudacher, who has been transferred 10
Vienna.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-24

II is gratifying to learn that the case
for the Taft administration win be pre-
scented 10 the Republican voters Of Mas
sachusetts with energy and thorough
ness. Among those who VIII 90 on the
stump for Mr. Taft this week are Rep
reeoutaives Mccall, GIilett, Weeks,
Gardner and Lawrence These men are
familiar with tho admiral BILE worl, done
alonc So many lines by the present ad-
ministratiou and can testify from their
own knowledge ~ the completeness With
which the President has redeemed the
pled.Cs which he made on taking Office.
They know shat Mr. Taft has Scrupu-
lousy kept faith with the voters who
elected him: that he has labOred untir-
ingly 70 raise The standards Of admins
tration and 10 purify the public service /;
that he has ut an times exempihed
in his policies the spirit Of progressive
Republicanism They can talk 10 the
people Of Massachusetts out Of a wealth
If experience due TO close association
with the President.
II IS 10 be regretted that Mr.. Tafts
case has not been presented with similar
effectiveness IN other states. OycrCOnfi-
'dence probably foStered the deluslOn In
the minds of the Presidents campaign
managers that the achievements Of the
administration would speak for them
selves Possibly they did 50 speak to
the more intelligent and reflective, but
many others were caught by the most
groteSGue Misrepresentation Of the
Presidents attitude. TO create the I'm
preston in Illinois that Mr. Taft'S in
terests were identical with those of Sen
atOr LOrimcr and in Pennsylvania that
his association with Senator PenroSe
was deliberate instead Of purely acct
dental, was a triumph Of disingenuous
campaigning whose damaging effect was
not realized until it was too late to couu-
teract IT,
Against such unjust and misleading
criticism the Presidents record could not
he left 10 defend itself unaided. What
WAS needed in Illinois and Pennsylvania, I
ana what will not be lachi,g in MasSa-
cbuSeirS. Is AN alert challenge Of such
nisrtp presentations. President Tsft VIII
nave everything in his favor wherever
Tho issues are clearly defined and driven
hone. lie took office pledged 10 carry
M what were known la 190S-'O9 as the
Roosevelt policies. IN wha, respect has
lie failed to carry them oT: No one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-24
ASKS AID FOR FLOOD VICTIMS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir Amid all the outpourtns OF sener-
Gus sympathy for the beneht OF the IL
tanic sufferers It is hoped that the great
need of the thirty or forty thousand victims
OF the food IN the Mississippi Valley VII
not he forgotten. These unfortunate poop g
are receiving rations from the United
States government In refugee camps ana
the Red Cross is providing medical assist
ance and has sent Red Cross trained nurses
into certain fields. When the waters SUBJ
side and the people return 10 their homes
they will probably find them much dam
aged and may need assistance there. Cloth
Ing viii also be needed, and possibly seeds
for the spring planting.
All contributions for the relief Of these
unfortunate flood sufferers may he sent to
Jacob Schin, care OF the New York Red
Cross Chapter, William and Pine streets,
New York. MABEL T. BOARDMAN.
Chairman National Relief Board.
Washing ton Aprtl % 1871?
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gO,,r Pr-Tr Bin CHANGES.

FOrF RfLE RILI fH3NEJS.
The enthusiastic approval Of Mr.. As.
quiths Home Rule bill by the Irish Ma
'ionalist convention Of Dublin Yesterday
had been expected. and therefore causes
no surprise. though If certainly indicates
a decided change in Irish sentiment and
attitude since Home Rule was first put
forward as q practical demand by Par
nell True. Mr. Redmond insists That he
and his colleagues stand precisely where
Parnell stood" which may mean that
according t. Mr. RedmOnds intimate
knowledge of him, Parnell stood upon an
adjustable platform and was ready 10
accept such radical notifications Of his
and GladStOne'S scheme rs are made in
Mr.. Asquith's bill. On no other theory
does il seem easy TO reconcile the present
measure with the demands of 1856.
Note first the powers and limitations Of
the Irish Parliament In 1856 that body
was forbidden TO make or alter laws on
certain specified topics, but IN all other
respects It's power was absolute. The
imperial Parliament bad no authority
over il and the power Of the PrivY Cou..-
eli was limited to determining whether
or not any given act was within the
limits If The Irish Pariampnt's iuriSdic-
ton. III 1893 this was radically altered
by the insertion Of 4 stipulation that
the supreme power Of the imperial Par
Lament should remain undimiuiched. IN
the present bill this stipulation is re-
peated. and in addition II is specifically
provided that the imperial executive
shall have power 10 postpone. alter,
amend or nullify any act Of the Irish
Parliament even those purely Irish
measures which under the first bill were
10 be of exclusively Irish jurisdiction
Equally marked changes have been
made in the composition and 0rganiza-
ton Of the Irish PariamelJ IN 1856 it
was 20 consist OF two houses celebrating
ana voting together. except on demand
Of q majority Of either for separate
meeting; the First order 10 have 2S
penrarr and - elective members chosen
by qualified suffrage, and the Second
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can point to single important particu-
lar in which this administration has not
lived up to its Obligations to the proceed
inc administration or has failed to con-
tinue the work which the preceding ad-
ministrafion had begun. Criticisms OF the
President have been based on irrele-
vancies and fancies, and the only oppos-
ing principles put forward are uirecog-
nizable by Republicans as either ITO
crpssive or non-progressive. II they are
ANYTHING they are eytra-Republican ana
anti-Republican.
II I. well to have these points mace
clear I'm Massachusetts. No effort shoulo
Ne spared in that state TO snow JUST
where Mr.. Taft stands ard just where
his critics stand. Then the people can
choose between them. without any con-
fusing and muddling interjectlon oil LOTT
mcriSm or Penroseism.
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THE TlTANlc's MAIL CLERKS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: trust that I'm the distribution OF the
enormous funds which have been collected
for the sufferers Of the Titanic disaster the
claim of the helpless women and children
who have been deprived OF their bread
winner Will not be overlooked.
/ refer especially to the families Of the
mail clerks. who. from all reports. re-
manned faithful to their trust safeguard
Ing the property OF the government to the
last moment. Even when tho water flowed
toward them they remained faithful, trying
90 gct the sacks Of mall To an upper deck.
This IL the testimony OF officers who saw
them To the last Had they been more
negligent, not faithful 10 their trust, they
might possibly have escaped, but In their
effort to save the mail they met their doom.
The pay OF these men was not very large,
and there IL no doubt that small portion
of the funds collected for the purpose of
relieving the sufferers should he given 70
the familie, OF these three faithful men,
MAIL CLERK.
Naw lo.A April AZ 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-24
BUILDING CODE WITHOUT
GRAFT.

The protection Of the public has been
the prime consideration" says the com
mittee which drew mp the building code
nroposed 10 the Board Of Aldermen yes
terday. That is a novel point OF view
in preparing building codes for this
city. The prime object in most.of those
which have been drafted recently has
been the protection of honest sraIters.
There have been codes prepared to eli
rich one group of flreprooflUg interests
and codes 10 give a monopoly 30 its
rivals. There have been codes 10 put
money into the pockets of one set or
manufacturers Of building supplies aud
codes 20 exclude from tue market al
but anOther>spt Of such manufacturers.
The whole force Of organized politics
has entered into this shameful business
OF selling New York to be feeced by
building interests with pull, which
reached the lowest depths Of degrade
ton when ifs maDipulators, political
and commercial. sought 10 use the pub
lie feeling over the slaughter of more
than seven score victims in the Wash
ington Place fire as means to get
through one Of these grating codes.
The code Just proposed WAS the out
come Of the same fire, and is. 50 far as
The public is aware. the diSintorested
work Of societies Of this city's profess
slonal and business men expert In build
ing questions. And the best Of it is
that q code really prepared with the
prime object Of safety has a good
chance Of being accepted now that
Tammany' control Of tho Board of
Aldermen is loosed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-24
THE NEWS THIS HORNING.

CITY.-Stocks were strong. -- For
mai acceptances of the mediation ohec
OF the government officials were received
bv them from both the engineers ana inc
managers Of the Eastern rallroddS on
which a strike had seemed 10 be n
cvjtable. = The proposed new puliu
ing code. the result of two years WORK %
q Joint committee of various CIVIC OF
panjzations. was introduced in the BoaTu
OF Aldermen =- Miss Lucille Pdgh'
while at ease examining witnesses IN mo
case of the negro charged with muruer
whom she is defending, shuuueIeu q"
The sight Of several bloodstalned eAllip
its -- The Titanic re!Ief tlnu staII e
hv Mayor Gaynor nearly reachcd SlO''-
900 and II Was said the Stock Exchange
had another sum ready for the surNiV-
nrs Colonel Roosevelt returned
from his tour and issued reply TO Con-
e,ressnan Gardner, of Massachusetts,
6enying many OF his charges ana auurns
that he would have no further commu UNI
cation with him. ---- y girl elnPloSS
ip an East Side factory was shot ana
seriously wounded by her former sweet
heart. and a man who tried TO protecS
her was dangerously wounded. - Al
tornev General CarmOdy said he Would
ask for a commission to test Harry IL.
. Thaw's sanity when the hearing on
Thaw's writ of habeas corpus came oe-
DOMESTIC. Testimony taken by the
Senate committee in Washington inves-
tieating the loss Of the Titanic was that
no glasses were supplied TO the lookou;
men in the crows nest: mat Ihere WcTS
not enough sailors to man the lIeuodCs,
that officers in command Of liiebodtS ola
not try TO rescue men ana women WIZ
We're crying for help in the water anu
that no Ufcboat carried as many sur
q
hoard =-= The Army and Navy De
uartments began a rigid inquiry for the
puruosc Of providing adequate iiteSaN-
ing apparatus on al government SHIPS.
- Or. Harvey W. Wiley filed pro-
test with the Seuste Finance committee
at Washington against Tree sugar say
ing its staggering ana humping nnu-
,ucc would peTyade all branches OF agll-
..,irilrn" -.-- The Senate voted to ad-
here to its amendment proNidlng 1or
control 10y Congress OF the' popular eieC-
tlou Of Senators. =- Rhode Island's
delegates TO the Republican National
convention viii be chosen to-day, ana
will probably he instructed 10 support
President Taft Tor denomination. --
Protest against the new fish and game
Ivy WAS made IT Albany by the Lake
Carr., Association which claims thdS
tl. ,I.u aS0us are TOO long ana that
all fish life soon will be entirely de
-trurtd in the lake. - Governor
ptX'S veto Of an item Of S31V.oU In th5
III supply bin prevented further elimination
" on grade CROSSINGS ny the Public Service
Commission.
FOHEiGN-A IU for the disestab-
lishment Of the Episcopal Church in
Wales WAS introduced i'm the British
Parliament. --- The irish Nationalist
party formally accepted the Home Rule
hin and decided that John +. Redmond,
L.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-24
EPENZTED POLITICS.

Too much cannot be expected from the
authors of the manifestoes and procla-
nations which emanate from pohtlcai
Headquarters in the heat Of campaigns
Strict accuracy and close logic are not
50 imuessiye. momentarily. rs the holder
STYLE of assertion and denuDciation. YET
even canpalgn manifeStocS lose SOME OF
their value when they lack plausi0llity'
though they may appear to gain TEN
porary interest from the novelty OF the
nropoSiti0n set before the publc. one
of the most entertaining Of that charac-
fer is theNtalc issued from the Roosevelt
headquarters Of a decker proposed by
Mr.. Barnes, chairman Of the Republican
state Committee, through an "cInis-
sarv." with Colonel Roosevelt TIE
agreement thus reported was that the
centre delegation of the state would he
Swing for Colonel Roosevelt If Coloncl
Roosevelt would allow Mr.. Barnes TO
name the Governor aud dictate the fed
"eral patronage in this state 10 Whlch
Colonel Roosevelt is made 10 reply that
efbe candidate of the Republican party
for Governor would be- chosen by the
"RepublcauS and not 10y Mr. Barnes, ana
that whatever influence Colonel RooSe-
welt might have would be directed to
"spe that the candidate WAS q Progress
''slye believing in the Progressive prlh-
"ciples that Mr.. Barnes and Or. Ruiler
Thought so terrible
II is certain there will be many politi-
clans Of this state agog with interest 70
learn lust how II would have been pos
siblc for Mr.. Barnes to swim. the entire
delegation Of the state 10 the Roosevelt
candidacy in view of the platform Of the
Rochester convention and the personal
declarations Of most of the delegates TO
Chicago. II would crafty the public tp
learn how Colonel Roosevelt could al
low" MI Barnes 10 name the Governor
and how Mr.. Barpcs could do 1t, even
with the colOnels gracious assent But,
most of all, there should be some eX-
plauation of how II came about that Mr..
Barnes was willing to "dicker" with the
man whom he fought 50 vigorously IN
the state convention IF 1910 ana III
whose subsequent defeat by the voters
Mr.. Barnes took such great satisfaction.
And with that explanation should come
an explanation of this recent ulterance
of Nr. RarneSs newspaper. which IS
supposed 10 reflect his ideas accurately:
"Now York has spoken Enthusiastically for
Taft and Intelligent thought, while
"Uther states. which. it had been sup
posed, would not listen to the siren
voice, have Erovelied, victips Of its
deadly quality. If the Republican party
"of the nation f. 10 be saved It must be
by the delegates from New York"
Is # possible. after all this, that Mr..
Barnes himself has fallen q victim 10
that siren voice: I'm the interests Of
political science. Oct campaign hoadquar-
tors cIucidatC.
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PEOPLE and Social incidents

and Miss Gertrude II. schirmer They ysy.
all gowned alike I'm pink satin and chinS,
and wore hats OF brown tulle.
Richard H. Eggleston. tr.. acted ss bes.
man. and the ushers were Harry Ingers1n
and John Hamilton Potter, OF PhiladSlpha
cousins OF the bride; Harold T. Haddbn. e.
J. Frederick Schcnck jr. John r. Suydah
ir., H. w III. Powell. jr, Oswald y
Knauth ard Frederick Webster. OF Hos,o,
The ceremony was performed by the Ray
DR. James VI. Farrar, OF Wilkes.Bar.e
Penn. and was followed by a reception !,
the home OF the brides mother, No. Ia
East 3Sth street.
Albert r. Gallatin, who is To marry Nix,
Beatrice Qucnnell, daughter OF Mrs Robar,
Quenneil, this afternoon, in the Church \,
tho Ascension, gave his farewell bacheb,
dinner last night at his home, No. 10 rs,
3sth street His guests included Ptedet,
Gallatin, jr.. Francis Dawson Gallatn. u
Prentice Kellogg. Alexander ". MADDEN, e
Wheaton Vaughan. Of this city, aud GharIe,
y. Welsh, OF Philadelphia.
The marriage OF Miss Geneyie.e MAI
Amy, daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Ern4s,
julius HyacInthe Amy. 10 Warren Kinny
will take place this morning, in the churh
OF st. Ignatius Loyola The ceremony VIM
be followed by reception at the home 70.
the BRIDES parents, In West 10Th strfet
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Suffern Taller are rec.iy
ing congratulations on the birth Of Aon
on Monday morning at their home No iI
West 6lst street Mrs. Taller wss MI.s
Harriet Brown. daughter OF Alexander
Brown. OF Baltimore. Mr.. and Mrs. TsiIer
were married in Baltimore In 1909
Among those booked 10 sail for Eurdpe
to-day on board the Mauretanla srs MIS-
Joseph stickney. Mr.. and Mrs. william
Douglas Sloane, Mr.. and Mrs. Josepi
Palmer Knapp and Mr.. and Mrs. Wei.
Sorchan.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Folsom have ar.
rived IN town from Lenox, and are at Tie
Hotel Belmont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland r. Dodge have
returned to the city from Washington
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Zabrishe Gray's
daughter, born last month. will be christ.
ened this afternoon at the home Of her
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish. IN East 18th street. The child will Ire.
ceive the name OF Marian Natalie.
Mrs. Clarence ". Mackay gave small
dinner last night at the Ritz. Others Tbo
gave dinners at the Ritz were Mr.. and Mr..
Frederick Y Dalziel
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ". Welsh have ar.
rived in town from Philadelphia and a.,
at the Belmont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter @. Oakr1an arrives
in the city yesterday from their couHuy
place at Roslyn, Long Island. They are
giving a dinner tonight at the St Rsgs
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NEW YORK FROM THE sUsUR 10"

The owners OF New Gorks N,
trans are among the most severe CRITICS
Whit. star Washington POST
The Men and Religion Forward ,,,.
"a NOW on in New York CITY II !, n.
movement. OF course. but We fear 80,
worn and weary after It has huhs Ton
against that Gibraltar OF devilmenI--n'
Post.
An IN. loan sharks In New YORK .0 90,
a.. 10 be prosecuted by District ~ 81
Whitman, an interesting prosper :" :, III
,bs fact tina, a Buffalo representative ,s,
fraternity has Just been sent w po,,.
months ON a charge OF usury. Syracuse
Standard
IL Is tratlsylns to Tho Tribune ,o,nosl-
tbe ,uffragettes down In New fo'N T,t,r!,
edso that some OF the men aboa'u va -, re e1-
behaved fairly well--eetteT tha' mi, va
peo,ed. What is being whispered ~
1. nor known.-Utica Observer.
Health Inspector John j. ODohn' a ,hs
uay.r who has been studying metho'' ,sr
New York Health Board for a weeA' -. IL
Nav Maven observes the letter OF W." as,a
,..,,, % hygiene better thsn Ne" ""
Waterbury Republican