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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
FASHIONS AGAIN DECRlE0
Critic Told Not to Study
Papers Intended for Ladies. "
: --ram INC Trihnne correspandcn-L

From TIC Tribune Correspondent
London, June 2O.-London is passing
through that eyer-recurrent form OF agi-
tation known as fighting the. fashions,
and in the newspapers and from the
pulpits scathing denunciation is levelled
at modern modes. The outcIy has
reached its height in a savagely crit
ical letter penned by tho Rev. Richard
Free. vicar of St. Clements, Fulham, in
which not only the styles of the Rue
de la Paix, but music hall turns and
theatrical posters are denounced as in
delicate.
In consequence Of Mr.. Frees outburst
"The Standard" has been seeking in
teryiews with every class Of Londoner
from clergyman TO chorus girl on the
subject of fashionable frocks. There
seem TO be few women Of any class
Who consider the fashions OF the day
either vulgar or inartistic, although h:
r. Marriott Watson. the novelist and
PLAYWRIGHT. informed "The Daily Mail
That thc fashion plates Of to-day
kindle shame in any honest man. =,
Cecily Hamilton, one Of England's
most distinguished women dramaIis''
and an actress as well, replied to Mr..
Watson's utterances by informing HIM
that if he abstains from studying pa
pers intended for ladies" he will under
stand that fashion plates ere not rep
resentative Of the dress OF the day.
II have Just returned from the
Strand 10 my home in Chelsea" Miss
Hamilton observes, land during NJ
trip of three miles there and three
miles back / have met not a single
woman whose garments resemble
fashion plate. Let Marriott Watson
take such comfort as he can from the
fact that he is not the only bewailerr
of feminine fashions. Many, in all
ages, have lifted up their voices and
wept at them. lie has a long line OF
angry end lugubrious predecessors.
Walls went up TO heaven over the IN
decency CT the Empire gown, and Pc
truchio's remarks anent Katerine's con-
fections we're doubtless received on the
first night with outlaws and applause
By the masculine portion Of the pitt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
Annual Brigade Report Shows
1911 Blazes. Al Of In
cendiary Origin.

London. June 20.-The annual report
If the London Fire Brigade shows that
there were 3.377 fires in London last
year. A reduction. both in the num-
bei of fires and in the loss occasioned
thereby. compared with those Of the
wear Immediately preceding, is noted.
In view Of the large number OF
proved incendiary confaGrations IN
New York in recent years IT is inter-
csting TO observe that only forty-one
Of the total number Of London fires are
set down as having Ueen due to "sus-
picious causes the remainder having
been caused by carelessness and struct-
ural defects-in any event TO known
causes.
There was loss Of lOl lives in
ninety-four fires. Twenty-siX Of the
latter were due to children playing
with matches, twcnty-seven TO clothing
having been set ablaze through contact
with gas stoves. ten to sparks from
kitchen fires and eight to accidents
with oil lamps.
Forty-nine Of the 1Ol victims were
children Of less than twelve years OF
age. and only twenty-one persons were
rescued from burning buildings after
the arrival Of the firemen.
The London brigade continues to be
considerably exercised over the mum.
Der of malicious false alarms, which
last year totalled 1876, the highest on
record In consequence of the recent
rapid increase the London County
Council has offered a reward OF 50 for
information leading TO the conviction
O. the offenders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
LONDON FIRES FURNISH THEME
FOR TRUE TALE OF TWO CITIES
New York Shows l2,958, Says
Commissioner Adamson, 40
Per Cent lncendiary.

Fire Commissioner Robert Adsmson,
discussing the London Fire Brigade's
report yesterday, said:
1--WE had 1865 fires i'm this city last
year, nearly four times as many fires
as they had in London. The London
report shows there we're forty-one in
cendiary fires there. OF course, no
one knows how many incendiary fires
we had here. The number has been
,ariously estimated. some persons
placing the number as nigh as 40 per
cent OF all our fires. This IS undouOt-
cdly an cTaggeration.
we had ninety arrests for arson IN
this city last year and iltty-1our con-
yictions. Thirty-One arson eases were
undisposed of at the end Of the year
OF course. these ninety cases repre-
cent only a fraction of all the incen-
diary fires.
"0f the total number Of our fires,
the causes Of 1880 were put down as
Not fully ascertained,' and go were
nut down As Not asccrtaiped; suspl-
cious.' We had 500 false alarms last
year. being more than double the num-
Der reported in London, and $50 un-
necessary alarms.
"Thc New York igures show that a
large number Of fires arc due to care
Iesspess and that large proportion
occurs i'm homes. For example, We
had 600 fires in tenement houses last
vear. whereas the fires that occurred
in places rated as hazardous were com
paratively few"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
LONDON ADOPTS
AMERICAN WAYS
Notably in Baggage Transport
and in Matter of Ice
Consumption.
Lrrom la TrIbune correspondent

London. June 20.-This seasons
American invasion of Britain's metrop-
ellis has led to two innovations that
cannot but be pleasing to transatlantic
visitors here. One encounters the first
of these on ones arrival at Euston
Station, where in place of the antiQuat-
ed and cumbersome system of having
baggage wheeled about in hand barrows
by porters motor trucks Of the type
found at all big American terminals
have been installed The truck, which
is known as a "lorry" in England can
travel at about -four miles an hour. To
il are attached as many ordinary
trucks as arc necessary to transport
trunks and handbags from the train TO
the luggage room in the station.
The other novelty of American origin
is the use of ice, which hitherto
has been comparatively unknown in
London, even in the warmesr weather,
except IN the big hotels and restaurants
and in the private houses occupied by
Americans. Even the ultra conserva-
tive West End clubs have been order
ing total of from fifteen to twenty
tons daily. One Of London's biggest
ice dealers states that the growing
fondnes5 for ice is not due to the
adoption of "the American habit of
consuming vast quantities of ice wa.
ter" but simply to the knowledge on
the part OF housekeepers that a small
quantity Of ice in a refrigerator will
keep milk and meats from souring and
freshen IN certain vegetables to 4
marked extent.
There are still, however, hundreds of
thousands of Londoners who have
never so much as beheld a piece of ice
save possibly in a fishmonger's estab-
lishment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
SAYS CAPT. KENDALL
TOLD FALSE STORY
Lawyer for Storstad's Owners
Declares Empress Skipper
Lost His Nerve.

Quebec, June Contentious that
the story submitted to the Empress of
Ireland wreck commission by Captain
Kendall and officers Of the lost liner
was false, that the present heading of
the sunken hull proves the Storstad's
owners convictions as to how the col
lision took place, and that Captain
Kendall Of the Empress, unnerved by
the appearance OF the collier after his
steering gear had broken down, lost
his head, formed the main part OF
the address made this morning by
I. 5. Haight summing up for the
GOLFERS owners. He attempted to
show that the collier was not to
blame for the collision. which wa
caused solely by the Empress bejno
stopped directly in the path of the
Storstad. His speech lasted -four
: hours.
: One of the two vessels, Mr.. Haight
argued. changed her course in the fog
thus violating a rudimentary naviga-
ton law. Upon that ship, he went on,
must fall the blame for the tragedy.
mo ship could change her course
/ seven points without knowing it," said
Mr.. Haight. 81 shall never believe
that Captain Kendall deliberately
turned his fine ship across our bow
stopped his engines and waited for us
TO run him down"
What had happened, he suggested
| was due to a fault of the Empress
rudder. II had been altered after she
/ had made a few trips. he pointed out
He then referred to the testimony OF
the pilot of the steamship Alden, who
swore on the stand that the Empress
had been wandering around the
7 river"
Counsel for the Storstad then took
up the evidence Of the Golfers officer
and crew. He maintained that any
man who could have coached that
crew, a great many Of them not able to
| speak English, into telling a unani
nous story would have been a prod
ICY. In his defence of the Storstad';
log he claimed that no attempt haC
been made to conceal the fact that il
was not written up at the moment OF
the disaster. Officers on duty, he said
had been occupied with other duties.
Mr.. IIaight made an attack on the
testimony of Captain Kendall. declar
ing that the fact that he had faceC
death in the water, lost his ship anC
over one thousand lives were mo-
guarantees that he was telling the
truth, as had been suggested by Mr.
Aspinall.
Haight said these facts were more
likely to be reasons. for Captain Ken
dali falsifying his story.
Lord Mersey, addressing Mr.. Haight
said:
"Your case involves the conclusion
that Captain Kendall and his witnesses
have deliberately placed : story be
: fore US that is false
THAT is the effect of it," MIR. Haignt
replied,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
OPEN SEASON FOR
SOCIAL CLIMBERS
Advertisements in THE Times"
Of London Bear Witness
TO Strange Facts.

From The Tribune Correspondent
London, June 2O--Any one doubling
the widely advertised fact that that
hardy annual, the American social
climber, attains it's fullest flower in
London at this time Of year need only
read the agony column" in THE
Times" The following is sample of
the studied efforts Of the Old World
aristocracy to promote transatlantic
snobbery:
AMERICANS PLEASE NOTE-Daushter
OF Marques. with invalid mother needing
great Gaze. will srll her right to old Euro
pcdn title. What offers?
This handsome scheme TO transfer
an old and probably very decrepit pat
cnt of nobility to the highest bidder
is by no means an original method Of
delicately withdrawing dollars from
American pockets. One would be
amazed. however, 20 know the number
Of supposedly intelligent newly rich
who will lend ear to an appeal of this
kind
More inezplicable still is another
advertisement which appeared in the
same agony column" on the same day
June 10. The second lad" read:
INTRODUCTION-Wn some one under
take To- introduce visiting American woman
to the fashionable society Of London?
The strange part of this touching
plea is that no American woman would
think of breaking into the English
smart set unless she had money, and
II she had money she would undoubt-
odly be stopping at one of the biggest
West End hotels. And if she was
stopping at such an hosiery and be-
trayed the slightest symptoms of a
yearring to mingle with the elite, she
would find the path smoothed for her
without any necessity Of inserting an
advertisement in "The Times to sat
isfy her craving.
impoverished peeresses and other
high lights of English society are al
most as plentiful and quite as insistent
as money lenders in their readiness to
advance the ambitions OF the climber
at the expense of his or her bank ac-
count. They study the list Of arrivals
from the United States with a discern
inc eye, and it is never long before
Mrs. O'Grady, of Terre Haute, or Mr..
Moo Veau Reesh, of Kansas City, gets
the hint that she or he can go to IS
garden party or the countess's ball. If
they will only dig down deeply enough
into their letters Of credit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
Elimination of Outdoor
Festivities Due to Mill
tant Activities.
DUCHESS OF SOMERSET
RETURNS TO LONDON
Duke and Duchess Of SaXe.Co-
burg and Gotha Visit Duchess
of Albany at Claremont
tBy ca5., to Tho raoUue5

Tc~Soy lame - Considerable ais
,r,ofntr,ort followed the announce
Mont tbst the royal garden party at
Wi~dsor had been abandoned, though
whom IL was stated that tnc decision
lad been rendered necessary as = r.
sult Of suGIsgettc threats Do' !''U'
surp~isc was expressed
The discover Of a dangerous eNpio-
siye IN the possession Of suHraget,'
st Nottingham jus, previous 20 the ar
rival Of The King OF Wednesday neNyS
,,ore evident The reasons Tor the clint
nation Of outdoor festivities. O.,
Their maicsties' second and maj oali,
takes place on Monday. Inc ro{9l
birthGay celebrations we're i@sV wen .
principal feature, brirginc iogetne. q"
Queen Alexandra Day i've queens; ...
On Monday tho King wltnes ca me
.-.;,r nj tbc c3lors az The Horse
Grer5s' rarsGC, when tle oaztllNS '".'-
80, sncctacle resulted IN one OF the
eYcst recvuiting days in the history OF
,tc British ARMY. The midnight gan
~, Thursdev az the Savoy was another
i.sr feature Of the weeks attr@cNon|:
rbo Duke and Duchess Of SaNe-Ioo,,
t,,r- and Go:ha. with their tour Sh''l'
,bil5rcr. arrived at Claremont I"laJje'
t.hc, from Germany on visit 10 me
5rEe'- mother. the Duchess OF Albany
TLcv viii also pay short VS., 10
primo and Princess Alexander o. isI"'
.L. rr.,or hcirc the dukes sister
IN. Dukc Of RoNburehe is pay int /"
r,.-.,.,-I+'. yisit 10 the lane OF me MD
Tso Ehcdivc OF Egypt is eNpee;ed. p.
= ordon on a private visit q. an carry
.'nfn. .....,1
1" Kim Gecre, will hold an investi' n. lre e
,, Monday Iov the recipients o. '"N
birthday honOrs. .-., .- an
III Scarisbrick has arrived ~ Lon
to, rom Sca~isbrlck Lodge Sou.li;ir,'ii ~, =,
Tv-Eir. Manuel and his Wiie WI VII 'e
I'm, 81 the Horticulture! Ies''''' ."
July !. r.-,..-. ~ Somerset
$50 rc.urned from PARIS 10 -">''
- 10. 50 GrosyenoT SQUARE. .,.
TbI Duke OF Northum0etl;aho ''-'
- !. ,-5cn for AnwicE Castle. ..
IN. Tsr, ana Countess CadogSstE .'N ~, =
.-,Yrred 10 Chelsea Han -ot ''s
.,si,der OF the season. .~-..,t.,..,,l
nc Earl and Countess OF Csa"''0o"
.~. leaving London for AnleIlIs,' a,cL
Sir Gerald and Lady Ryan are '''N'
ION, a visit 20 America. clio,
Tho Duke OF Richmond ana "0'O'''
70 h.c, fvom q visit TO Norway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
HOTEL SEES IT'S
l5OTH BIRTHDAY
RrckIard's. in London. in Cater
ing to Americans SHOWS
Amusing Partially
.a,,7, The Tribune -orrosp'"o'".-' -,
-. On In connection VIA

rTr..|IuF 20.
I'D, June 2O.-Iu connection win
.bo celebration OF its 15Oth sn am, YEA
'n- 0p,cl,isnd's. one Of the Oldest anu
9ei! .;stocratic of London noIels; "t-0
i uos. in that part Of the estsOl.'SSI l,.
no. G,ov.n AS the Royal Coi IIuV'
-. ,re,inrs Of American leSue ~
80 fcid The management tGlS -
.1I,.,l,,,0e correspondent that the p'N'
,,ras we're obtained as a com o,,doT
no nouv American NlsltoI9 ]" - T,,ct-
al .bis time. Il does not oCCui e,.l,s;,,c,
i.,d's that there is anything
~ tbe fact that the enSraNlnsS t.gjo.-
,rsi+s Of four Distinguishes Co-...lc..r5
80 warriors namely, Lee, pe a., Hss,,;s
"Stonewall" Jackson ana JeH IIosi+a
The picturcs are hung dlrecVl! opp U-os-
i,teresting depictions oil pas an
emit members Of the royal !au ana e., tho
p,,cLIsnd's. which was started j" nv
81. 49, Of George HIS reign, %ao
royoerIy known as the Oiu DIOoh -.
- - famed as the domiclie OF man
~.t-icisn brides-to-be, owing 70 I1s
ra,ir,itv 10 St. Georges. HanoNy l
49, II was. indeed, from bucN-
i.rF. that Miss Edith Kermit CarV"
e.. 20 81 Georges 20 become Lhe
Lr;Jc of Theodore Roosevelt on. De
lorobsr D 1886. A copy of the marriage ai
certificate is framed in the once OF '"e
hotel. ,,ocdotes
There arc many quaint aheCuo ~
connected with the establlsnmeanv "n ~
~ NESTS. past and present. one o.
Queens Alexandra's bridesmaids, LSui
nm Huddleston. frequently stopPeIi
,bcre and the old servants OF the hoIel
't;Ii foji Of the care bestowed oy hoI
isdvsbip on a small urn IN "nlch %eI'
contained the ashes of her IaJe nus
bsnJ and which never left her room.
In the early days of Queen victoria :, . .
rcio.n many Scottish pers we're WohS 20 20
mi nm AZ Buckland's. II IS related OF
one countess who came TO town 70 az,
end ) court function that she brought
,ritb her from her country place d
b,0e boueuet of buttercups, dalSles
md blucbelIs. which she sent TO nor
lei 10 be made up into a oouquev "
,.ear 10 court, 70 the great Amusement en-
~ ladies accustomed TO buying tne
most expensive flowers for such coca
siOns. - tie nom
mics bv always wearing his last year year. ;
hat TO London, buying new one tne 4oi
and presenting the old one 10 the ho'ei
,oy,-ants in lieu Of tips.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
PORTRAIT OF LEONARDO
BY RAPHAEL FOUND?
Russian Art Collector May
Find Himself the Possessor
of Unique Treasure.

st. Petersburg, June 2L--Ihe nus
sian art world is excited over a re-
markable discovery just made IN the
private museum Of Dr. PoSorjelski'
who owns one Of the finest art gal
'ieries in Russia. One Of his most cher
itbed Raphael canvsses, a Madonna
whish was showing signs OF decrePiI,
tude, WAS recently sent TO the imperlal
emitagA or museum for repairs.
ExamMation with special apparatus
nrst sho%ed that the Madonna was
painted over another picture represent
ing St. Joseph, ST. Anne and an anger,
but. more extraordinary still, unoer
This was found a number Of studies OF
heads. all representing important per
sonages in Italy about the year l5VO'
Guiding Pope Julius II and Leonardo
vinei.
picture will be sent 70 Florence
ion by the greatest Italian
discover. Is possible, II
portrait Of DSonsrdo by
been found.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
POL PLANC0N ILL
Weakness Causes Anxiety, but
Doctors Are Still Hopeful.

Paris, June 27.-Some slight i'm
provement was noted to-day in the
condition Of Pol Plancon, tn, noted
opera singer, who has been i'll for some
weeks past. NJ. PlancOn appears to b.
suffering from general debility, and
during the last few days had shown
symptoms Of weakness, which had
caused anxiety. The attending physi-
clans, however, to-day said that they
had not given up hope for his recov-
erv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
Vessel Driven Ashore
by Seismic Movement

Batavia, Java, June 27.-The Brit
ish steamer Kintuck, Of the China
Mutual Steam Navigation Company, re-
ported overdue yesterday after a vio-
lent earthquake in Sumatra, was found
to-day by the steamer sent out to
search for her. She had been driven
ashore in the Straits of Sunda, be-
tween Java and Sumatra, by heavy
seas caused by submarine seismic
disturbance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
Carnegie Statue in Scotland.

Dunfermline, Scotland, June 27.-A
statue Of Andrew Carnegie was I'M
yelled to-day at Pittencrieff Glen, one
of the city parks presented to the
municipality in 1903 by MIR. Carnegie,
together with an endowment of $780,
600. A feature Of the exercises was
the singing by choir of 500 voices,
accompanied by band, Of an anthem,
LET Us Praise Famous Men,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
CORTLAND OFF THE ROCKS
Belgian Steamship Beached in
Sicily Island Bay.

Hugh Town, Sicily Islands, June 27.
The Belgian steamship Gothland,
which went ashore on the Grim Rocks
on June % while on her voyage from
Montreal to Rotterdam, was relocated
to-day.
The Gothland later in the day was
beaehed in st. Mary's Bay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28

as there much competition in your
Office ?" asked Miss Skittles. "Surel +"
replied the facetious Miss Skids. &c.
tween the mirror and the clock
Judge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-22
rnaEsREpuB1IcAN, MARsHA11rowN IOWA: APRn = 1914

LOT money. amounting only to eight DIR
cent Of the state automobile tax, 10 ex-
pended to save the enormous waste
that formerly accompanied the admin
istration Of highway matters. rs
Few Changes Needed.
The indications point to q need. for
la few minor notifications Of the law
but taken as whole It IL step so
far in advance Of any thing that has
gone before that 1t must certainly be
recognized as embodying the correct
principles Of highway legislation The
new Iowa law does not reach perman-
emit roads or state aid. There are
plenty OF states. however, in which the
operation Of such laws have been
worked out and may be studied. It
has remained for Iowa, however. TO
start at the bottom and build up a
fundamental system upon which will
be later added the permanent road and
state aid features.
The commission has had the feeling
to contend with that considerable au-
thority was put into It's hands without
any money to aid in the making OF i'm
provements but even huge sum put
into the hands Of the commission to
spend would be but q drop in the
bucket compared with the total saw
ing made by the ninety-nine counties
of the state under the direct super
visory powers of the commission over
the expenditure of the $10.000,000 put
into the hands Of the local highway Of
f1cials. This is the great feature OF
the Iowa law and Engineer Macdonald
after a years trial, declares its results
are worthy Of study by every state In
the union.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-22
MOVEMENT NOT NEW ONE.
Greater Iowa Organizations. However
Short Lived Heretofore,

Greater Iowa Organizations. However
Short Lived Heretofore.
Special to Times Republican,
Des Moines, April 22-The greater
Iowa movement is not an entirely new
one; but it looks as if start had now
been made for something more import
ant than anything ever before attempt.
ed.
Some years ago the project for some
movement to boost for all Iowa was
much discussed and among other things
there was started by the agricultural
department little booster paper call
ed Greater Iowa." on which the writ.
err for number Of years did all the
editorial work. There was also START
ed so-called Greater Iowa Club, but
the latter was permitted to die. An.
other and later movement Of the same
name was tried but it became obso-
lete
Now there are a great many organ
izations in the state working for the
general good of the state, but not one
that Is Of statewide character and Is
engaged in doing the things that ought
to be done for the entire state. AS the
result Of the meeting Of the rcpresen-
tatives of all commercial organizations
that cared to be represented and all
clubs and associations that desired to
ganization is to be formed, not to SUI
percede any one of the many agencies
doing good for the state, not to over
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-22

see what is done by others, but to gem
orally boost for the state and TO cor
relate and harnon!ze all the agencies
The committee which was In fact
named by representatives Of the or
ganizationse represented at the con-
vention will hold. meeting soon AMI
propose the general plan.
There was some disappointment be-
cause some Of the organizations !nvit-
ed to attend ignored the meeting. Some
of the live stock organizations did not
show any interest In the meeting tho
perhaps II will have more t. do with
boosting for good live stock than al
most anything else. The adnen's club
was invited but did not send a repre-
sentative. The Manufacturers Assoc
citation was represented ana other sim
liar organisations. The committee
which was selected rather hastily to
propose a plan will undertake to work
out a system that will meet with the
approval Of all who are trying to help
Iowa as whole rather than to help
individuals or communities alone.