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WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Tribune Bureau.


Washington, April 25-A brilliant socia
progra mme is being daily added to for tho
Red Cross delegates who will meet here
In congress May I, and continue for ter
days Colonel and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thomp'
son have just issued invitations for a musi
cal on Monday. May s. when the japanese
delegates Will be the guests OF honor.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond have
sent out invitations for musical on Mon
day afternoon. when Miss Donna Easley
Of New York. will sing. They will hav,
two hundred guests.
Mr. and Mrs. John Galsworthy. Of Eng
land the former the widely known author
who have been in Washington for two OF
three days. have returned to New York.
Representative and Mrs. Martin ". Lit
Teton will entertain large party OF Ions
Island editors at dinner tomorrow night
following the dinner with a reception.
The engagement of Miss Lucie Hoke
Smith. daughter OF Senator and Mrs
Smith. 10 Lieutenant Aston r. Smith. T.
s. ~, now stationed on the Delaware. will
be announced In a short time. Miss Smith
Is a debutante of last winter.
Mrs. stephen %. Rlchey entertained al
luncheon to-day Mrs Horace Lurton Mrs
Rayner. Mrs. Greeley. Mrs. A. s. Barker,
Mrs. Henry r. Brown. Mrs. Henry Cleve-
land Perkins and others.
Miss Lydia Loring Is tie guest Of Mrs
Reeve Merritt In New York for two weeks
The French delegates TO the Chsmplain
celebration will be entertained at luncheon
on the Dolphin on Sunday, and later taken
TO Mount Vernon.
Mrs. Clarence r. Edwards will return
tomorrow from New York. where she went
to see General Edwards sail for Europe.
The Austrian Ambassador and Baroness
Hengelmuler were entertained At dinner
tonight by Mrs. Patten.
Viscountess Benoist d'Azy. Mr.. de Bach,
Mrs. Joseph Letter and others were enter
tanned at luncheon to-day by Mrs Preston
Gibson at The Manor I'm Maryland.
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IN DEFENCE OF Mr.. IsMAY.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: IT seems TO me that Mr.. 1smay Is
not having a fair show. After carefully
reading the statements OF the numerous
survivors who have made statements to
newspaper representatives | fail to find any
concert Of testimony confirming the i'm
preston that seems prevalent that Mr..
lsmay acted the part OF coward by get
ting into a boat after the mishap to the
Titanic and being saved from drowning.
Mr. Ismay's great offence seems TO be
that he was saved Because Mr.. Ismay is
tho president and managing director OF the
White Star Line II seems to be the impress
sion that the boat was being run al great
speed because Of his orders 10 the captain
so to run the boat without regard TO
safety There Is no doubt that the captain
and officers were DESTROYS of pleasing Mr..
Ismay but there IL no doubt that the cap
tain was I'm command Of tho boat and there
is no doubt that Mr. Ismay thought every
precaution was being taken. otherwise, for
his own safety he would have suggested
moro careful handling
Since the disaster Mr.. Ismay has shown
himself to be a good business man and a
man in possession of his nerves. II he Is I'm
haste TO return to England II Is because he
and the company he represents have large
financial interests at stake that need his
immediate attention. Although II Is likely
he would have willingly sacrificed millions
OF dollars to have prevented the disaster,
could IL have been foreseen. It is. his duty
now to look after the interests OF himself
and those he represents.
The same sort OF accident might have
happened to a steamship Of any of the
other leading lines; they all seem to have
been deficient in carrying sufficient life
saving apparatus, but the White Star Line
was the unfortunate victim that has
brought II TO public notice. The builders,
owners and operators OF the latest types In
steamships have been too confident of their
safety. Let us hope, and insist, that more
care and less confidence will be exercised
In the future. W. A. NJ.
New York. April 20. 1912
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LLEERO1TS LOEER DOWN

The interesting suggestion is made by
Mr.. AXel Welin, the inventor Of the
Wclin lifebOat dayit. that lifeboats
would he of much more value on big
Transatlantic liner if they were carried
on a lower deck. The difficulties en-
countored in clearing away boats from
The top deck. sixty feet above the
water. have been repeatedly referred to
in the testimony Of the survivors Of the
Titanic disaster. One of the officers
who had charge Of the clearing away
process on .hc Titanic said that he was
afraid TO put more than half a load Of
passengers in each Of the first boats
lowered because Of the dangers Of buck
ling and upsetting.
1t is clear that those dangers would
he reduced If the boats were let down
from the deck below the promenade
deck. Twenty 10 twenty-five feet Of the
precipitous descent would thus he
saved. time would he gained and the
boats would be much nearer at hand for
the average cabin occupant In ships
which have an open deck below the
promenade that deck is but little used.
Everybody wants to be above where
the entertainment rooms are where the
steamer chairs are placed and where
the life of the ship centres. II would,
therefore. he entirely feasible accord.
ing 10 Mr. Welin's idea. to stow large
number Of the lfcboats along the lower
deck without greatly inconveniencing
passengers.
If the present lifcboat equipment Of
most steamships is 10 be doubled in
size the sun deck will be uncomforta-
bly, crowded. 1t may also be made top
heavy. Part Of the added weight might
we'll be shifted to a lower level and be
that much further on the way to the
water before an accident happened.
The rapid growth skyward of the ocean
liners bulk makes II advisable to over
haul the existing system of storing
boats so as to bring them back into
something like their old proximity to
the oceans surface
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trate discha rced him honorably., with the

trate discharge him honorably. with the
thanks Of the court for having performed
an important public service.
1t will be recalled that when the
steamer General Slocum was burned
many lives were lost because the life pre-
servers were rotten or otherwise worth
less. II was supposed That the lesson or
that disaster was sufficiently impressive
to assure avoidance Of that state OF ar
fairs thereafter Yet here was boat on
which precisely the same evil prevailed
The markings on the life preserverS
showed that they had been last examined
and approved n little more than TWO
years before. That fact suggests a series
Of questions Of much pertinence. was
the inspection in April. 1910, honest. and
were the things then in good condition
II so, then should canvas which was per-
fectly good deteriorate so rapidly as 10
become worthless within two years:
Again. If so. should not inspections be
made oftener than biennially; and
should not renewal Of life belts at more
frequent intervals be required:
1t would be Of much value to nave
others than amateur inspectors 1nvesu-
gate the condition Of life preservers on
all vessels in these waters, and see II
happily that of those on the Perth Am
boy ferryboat was as singular as was the
manner Of It's discovery. and as was the
conduct Of the New Jersey magistrate
before whom the case was brought.
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NO TyCESSITE ADVANCE!

The puhlic will welcome the news that
the conference Of coal miners ana oper-
olors has reached al agreement WHICH
will nrcvcnt n strike. But the mine
owners must not make an increase In fhe
wages Of the miners an excuse for III
creasinc profits. An advance In the price
of coal sufficient 10 cover the 10 per cent
addition 10 ages. if that proves to be
the amount agreed upon, the pubic IS
nreparcd 10 expect. But it will not toll
crate an advance large enough TO cover
the increased cost of wages and make p
handsome addition TO the operating com
ranics' income besides
The declaration of the coal operating
companies that they are either losing
money or making very little at the pres
ent prices is not convincing. Perhaps
their profits are being diverted 10 rail-
road companies of the same ownership IN
the form of freight charges AT any
rate. the railroad companies which carry
tho coal IN market and do little other
business make enormous profits out OF
lhc traffic and have grown extremely
prosperous. IL the rates on carrying
coal were lower the railroads would
show smaller profits and the coal cper-
ating companies greater They have the
same stockholders. who have been con-
tent to take all their returns from this
tvofold business in the form Of railway
dividends and surplus. So long as this
common ownership continues figures
about the returns from coal mining will
be without significance.
IF the necessity Of paying higher
wages is made the occasion Of eXtorting
more money from the consumers than
will be required to increase wages the
relation Of the coal carrying roads TO
coal mining will he sure to be made the
subject of further regulation aud the
freight rates on coal are certain 10 he
come the occasion Of complaint and in
vestigation. In statement made some
time ago 10 the miners the coal operators
declared that they feared drastic legisla-
tive action II the price Of coal should be
raised They may well fear the effect
on public opinion Of an attempt to In
crease their profits on the plea OF merely
covering the increase in wages
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SOON FOPGOTTCN

An instructive example of speedy for.
getfulness and neglect of even the gra -
est object lessons was exhibited the other
day in the neighboring city Of Perth Am
boy. A man was arrested and brought
before a magistrate under a charge OF
malicious mischief. lie had gone aboard
one Of the steam ferryboats which ply
from that place and had taken a lot of
life preservers from their racks and cut
them TO pieces with a jackknife. On the
face OF II he was guilty of particularly
despicabe act, and the ferry company
purpOsed to have him severely punished.
The man knew. however. what he was
about. lie did not deny the charge that
he had destroyed the life preseryers. On
the contrary. he confirmed It by having
the things exhibited In court. The mag
istrate examined them. As he lifted one
of them 1t fell apart from its own weight
and rottenness. The canvas was so dam.
aged or decayed that II would not sus-
tain the weight of the cork The things
were worthless. The prisoner explained
that he had examined them out of curl.
osty, and finding them in such cond
ton and realizing that thus they were
menace to the public safety he started
10 destroy them. Thereupon the ma gis.
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TITANIC MISTAKES
And a Suggestion for a Monument IN
New York City.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: A friend who knew or thought he
knew about such things once said to me
Choose your captain and choose your
ship, then rest I'm perfect confidence. the
fallacy of this statement is demonstrated
In the sinking Of the Titanic, she the finest
IN shipcraft. and commanded by the com
modore OF the great White Star Line.
In reading to-day tho fuller particulars
OF the accident. and reading perhaps be-
tween the lines. there seemed to me to be
three great mistakes made IN the handling
OF the ship and her passengers.
First-All of VS. who have been much TO
sea know that icy cold In the atmosphere
means icebergs, and II We, as passengers
feel and recognize it, should not ships
officers far more recognize and take warn
ing by Il?
Second-From the fact that some OF the
lifeboats were only partially filled with peo-
pie, while others were hopelessly founder
ing about In the water or clingng 10 the
sinking ship, does It not prove that the
crew was not properly trained. and UNI
trained oarsmen, especially If composed OF
stewards, would probably be less efficient
III shtu fIhti sunny NA"h "N'''S -
men passengers would have been. as many
OF them doubtless owned and commanded
yachts OF their own.
Third am wondering why Il was that
the steerage passengers were held back by
armed officials from going on deck and
having their share In the struggle for lie.
Was IL because they were poor and forlorn
that they were not allowed 10 have an
equal chance with their richer fellow traV-
ellers In the first and second cabins? Such
a thing would seem incredible.
In entering the gates OF the Pere Lachaise
Cemetery, in Paris. the first monument that
greets the eye is "Ise Monument des Souve-
Mrs" and between the shaft and the rail-
ing which surrounds It are strewn wreaths,
crosses bouquets. etc, placed there by
friends IN souvenir Of some loved one.
Why cannot we have a monument or this
kind in New York City? Not 10 be used In
exactly the same way. perhaps, that the
Pere Lachaise monument is, but suitable
souvenir" erected by the pennies OF the
people. and a Just tribute from those thou
sands who 50 deeply sympathize with the
tragedy on April - To the beautiful Titanic
and her brave commander. passengers and
crew. BERTHA CALHOUN SCPlsEE.
Berkeley. Cal. April 90. 1912.
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THE CABINET.
trrou The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, April 25.-The Secretary OF
State and Mrs. Knox will start Tor Ne"
Orleans on Sunday. and will be accom-
panied by Mr.. Coombs. confidential secre'
tary to the Secretary. who will go to san
Francisco with them.
Governor and Mrs. Clark may also ac'
company the Secretary and Mrs. Knox 70
San Francisco After their visit there MI
and Mrs. Knox will go TO Santa Barbara
to visit the brother Of Mr.. Knox. VINO mas
made his home there for many years
Their return trip will include VISIT 10
Yellowstone Park and other notaoie points
in the West.
The Secretary OF War and Mrs. Sufnsoi'
entertained at dinner tonight, having as
guests of honor the French Ampassaoo'
and Nine. Jusserand. Others or their parry
were the Brazilian Ambassador Sena,o'
du Pont, the Assistant Secretary OF war
and Mrs. Oliver, Major General ana Mrs'
Leonard Wood. Colonel and Mrs. Do"ney'
Mrs. L. u. Letter. Miss Boardman' MISS
Stimson. Miss Ruggles, Major Matthe" a
Delaney and Dr. Stimson Of New YORK
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IN THE BERKSHlRsS.
mo relesraph 20 The Tribune.


I.enox, April 25.-Mrs. Carl A. De Gers
dorff. of New York, Is visiting her brothe'
Edward Crowninshield, at the Meackle cor
tage. I'm Stockbridge. Mr.. and Mrs ~
Gersdorff have taken for the season MI
Joseph II. Coates's Roadside villa, IN STOCK
bridge, occupied last winter by Or. Chare'
McBurney
DR.. Henry Cecil Haven and Samuel fT0'"
ingham returned TO Lenox to-day IRON
French Lick. Ind, where they have pee'
for three weeks.
Mrs. Joseph W. Burden and ROBERT "a''
of New York. are visiting Dr. ana Mr'
Henry p. Jacques at Home Farm. Mrs. Bur
den will open Underledgc early III May.
Miss Josephine Crosby, OF Ne" lorN
Mrs. Sturgis Iathrop. of Boston "'sS
Margaret Paxton. OF Provinceton' j. D.
and Mrs. +. w. Williams. OF New hs'e"'
are at tho Gavitt Inn. stockbridge'
Miss Eleanor Hague. OF New iorh, 'eN
istered to-day at the Red Lion lnn' sto'N'
bridge. -,
George Baty Blake left Pine Neeo'es :"
day for Boston. ..,,-
Miss Julia Hunneweli, who has oeeh - ..
ing her sister. Mrs. Blake, VIII fe'''"
Wellesley tomorrow.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau


Washington, April 25.-The British Am
bassador and Mrs. Bryce Will leave here
tomorrow for San Francisco. and VIII SAIL
from there for Australia, going thence 70
England for the rest OF the summer. There
is a persistent but entirely unconfirmed
rumor here, in and out OF diplomatic
circles, that Mr.. Bryce. Will not return 10
this country as amba ssador, and that he
will devote the rest OF his life to the liter
ary pursuits which have brought him fame
aside from his diplomatic career. Mr.. ana
Mrs Bryce are popular I'm this country, ana
the change would cause much regret
There ia also a rumor that N. Jusserand.
the French Ambassador Is soon to be re-
placed, but nothing definite can be learned
about It. Nine. Jusserand entertained at
luncheon this week In honor Of Mrs. James
II. Garfield
Lieutenant Commander y. Il. Marques
de Azevedo Brazilian naval attache, anu
Nine Azevedo entertained at dinner to-
night Captain Templin NJ. Potts, Captain
and Mrs Clifford J. Boush, Commander
and Mrs II. +. Bryan, Lieutenant Com
mander and Mrs. r. u. White, Lieutenant
Commander and Mrs. W. y. Jeffers. Major
f. Ferguson. Colonel Baron de Bode. Rus
sian military attache. and Baroness Eliza
beth dc Bode: the Russian naval attsche
and Nine. Vassillefr, the Spanish military
attache and Sefora de UrculIu. the British
military attache and Mrs McLachlan, the
French naval attache and Viscountess
Benoist day. Captain Hirago, japanese
naval attache. and Mr.. Pimental, Brazilian
second secretary.
Tho Russian Ambassador and Nine.
Bakhmeteff entertained fourteen guests at
dinner last night
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TO TEST PARK ORDINANCE
Case of Chauffeur Of Sight Seeing Aut,
Adjourned.

Joseph Cavanagh. chauffeur for the Green
Car Sightseeing Company. was arraigned
in Yorkville Court yesterday morning by
Mounted Patrolman Austin. Of the Park
Squad. charged with violating the Park or.
tdinance which prohibits business vehicles
from using the park driveways.
He was arraigned before Magistrate
Breen and 1t was explained by both the
driver and Mr.. Patchen. secretary to Park
Commissioner Slower. that he had been ar.
rested to make a test Of the park ordinance
Cavanagh was driving along the East Drive
way opposite goth street, when tho patrol.
man ordered him to leave tho park The
chauffeur refused and explained that his
company wanted TO make test case of thu
arrest.
Both the prisoner and Mr. Patchen asked
for an adjournment and Magistrate Breer
put the case over until Monday.
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Tags and Tatters." musical comedy by
Miss Grace Hollingsworth and Miss Grace
Henry. was given last night at the Berke-
ley Theatre, by some Of the cleverest ANA
tours in society for the benefit Of the Music
School Settlement. The parts We're all well
taken. the music was very catchy and the
dances were done extremely we'll
The comedy tells the story OF Prince
Konrad, Of Rumania. who leaves the court
OF Vienna to escape a marriage arranged
with the Princess Thalla, of Toronthal.
whom no has never seen. The marriage
has been arranged by the uncle of the
prince. Emperor Josef II Of Austria
The prince. Joining a band of Gypsies,
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THE talk or THE nv.

III the toys In the nursery OF New
York home have remained untouched since
the family returned from a recent trip 10
Atlantic city. where FREDDY" saw a sand
sculptor" form figures Of all kinds out OF
sea sand II can do that" ne said to his
mother. looking from the boardwalk at the
sculptor who was putting the finishing
touches on n colossal bass-relef Shake
peare head. The hoy-he Is seven years
old-wanted to spend all his tlme watching
the man wor, and insisted on having n
sand Pile when he returned home. and
there he works" What he has produced
In the way of sand pictures makes his par
ents believe that they have an artist In the
family.
People are very likely to believe what
they see In print
yep" replied Farmer Corntossel. That's
why these candidates have to keep
travellin' around the country so much.
They have To prove that they don't look
like some Of the pictures OF 'em that get
into the papers. "-WashinGton Star.
NO RUSH.
fSote: Arnold Bennett writes that he saw
no sign OF rush IN New York
He saw New York from top to toe:
from out westminster way
To Bedloe down the Bay;
lie watched the human ebb and flow
A-thril with golden greed;
He piled the paths where Washington
Made histry; then swooped down
Upon the toiling town.
And saw the folk. OF whom not one
Evinced a show Of speed.
rIa sau Naw yorl, tro,n ba,d en- hoo,.
The islands. set Ike pearls;
The White Way. where the girls
Cause heads OF fools to turn and reel
And where the gay lights craze:
In Chinatown he gazed with awe.
And Little Italy,
And spots worth while 10 see
He visited. And yet he saw
No rush I'm all the maze.
He saw New York across the waist:
Broadway's swift shopping mart:
The storied halls OF art:
Yet, strange to say. no hint OF haste
or hurry or Of crush
He did the town. In one wild tear.
And then he wrote his books
On New York as She Looks"
Himself so rushed he couldn't spare
The time 10 see us rush.
J. c.. G.
Mr. Flatdweller-Tha baby next door
must be dead.
Mrs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.! What makes
YOU think so?
Mr.. Flatdweller-It hasn't cried for nearly
half an hour.-Philadelph Record.
Attention has been recently directed TO
some Of the Investigations on the relation
OF rice to beri-beri. and II was pointed out
that the cause OF this disease is most prob
ably the lack OF certain substances which
are present I'm other foods and notably IN
polishings of the rice. II was further
stated that a similar disease can be in
duced I'm fowls by feeding them on milled
rice. Drs Chamberlain and yedder. mem
bers OF. the United States army board for
the study of tropical diseases as they
| exist in the Philippine Islands. have stated
that the two diseases are so similar that
II is hard to avoid the conclusion that the
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT
fRy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Ry Telegraph 10 Inc AriouHe-I
Newport April 3.-Mfss Ethennos -
Morgan is returning from Ne" 10TH OF
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Dre1e' VIII OPP
their season on June /.
Afr and Mrs. r. Casimlr De Rhar. ~
New York. are at the notwithstanding
cottage.
Maximilian Agassiz, OF Cambridge -a'
a guest OF Roland King to-day. and While
IN Newport made an inspection OF the Ne"
York Yacht Club station.
Mrs. Harold Brown is expected on tues
day for the season.
Mrs Gleaves. wife OF Captain Aloer'
Gleaves, L. S. n, was operated on ~ ""
Newport Hospital to-day.
Colonel c. l.. r. Robinson, who is ~ II,
Hartford. was reported as being 'mproV"h
TO day.
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WIRELESS MANN ERS.
!, the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Comments in your editorial OF to-
day upon the manners OF Bride the Titanic
operator. should seem to all who read them
well timed.
He states he believed the Franfurt was
nearer than the Carpathia, and in the same
breath adds he told the Frankfurt to stand
off and called her operator fool for asking
the very natural question of what the
nature OF the damage was. The German
captain was relieved. But being a sailor
and too much a gentleman to note the
foolish language quoted. proceeded at once
to the THAMES hclp on getting the &C Q
D." arriving a few hours after the Carpa-
thia.
Suppose, Bride had been right and the
Frankfurt the nearer, but the German cap-
tain In disgust turned away? Let Bride
ponder and ask himself II technically he
is not guilty Of throwing away In an un-
speakably foolish manner a chance that
might have saved every one of the lives
lost. COURTESY.
Owego. n. V, April %, 1912