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?frtfjfofc ?Tribunr: SUNDAY. APRIL 21, 1912. Otcfifd end published daily by ths Tribune Association, a Yen* York cnrpn ration; Opdcn _f. Raid, PreetAomt; Conde II ami in, Secretary; Jomre M BmrrvAt, Trgsaonrer. A*ssarraa, Trihnne Building. Jio. ?S4 \assuu ?v/rcff, yew York. ?t BscRIPTiox RATES.?By Mail. Fostsge t'a! outside of ?-ir?-a'er Sew York. belly and !-;un?iay, on? nu?nil..? ?]* l?_-l\ und Sund_>. six moutlis. 4-W i KM Butaday. ?mi? teat.8-?_ Dally only, tma month. -jf* I?i ? ob . ?i?- ?tontha.-?? *??}*: paily only, on?- }???*.'. **W I <? r,l>. Mv ni'jnths. '?** Sunday only, ops * si. *? , I tuba rlpttoi i to ?11 count? lei In the ?i Post*-J Union, Inrludlng poeta-*?. DAILY AND iL'NDAY." .,,._, One tnontn. si .'-0 One vear.?".T."*?* BUNDAT ONLY: ?-_ SI* months.$8.07 One year.lei? DAILY ?'M.Y: .,?._ On? month.Is 10." one year.113-*? ?ANADIAN" RATE! DAJLT AND BUNDAT: I One month.| .901 One rest.jio.o? DAILT ONLt ._?_ 'ne month... . ? .50 (?ne year.?Jew BUNDA1 ONLT: ,)ne mon?h.$ .70 Ono >tai-.M-"?8 tnirred at Hie PeateAce at N?*w York ss fcecond Class Mail Matter. Our readers will ematet a favor by advis? ing us when they are un-thl* to procure a copv of Th? Tribune from their newsdealer. Addrr<t: Tribune. Cl.culatl?->n Dtpariment. THE NEWS THIS MORNING. CITY.? Stocks were irregular.-? J. "Bruce Ismay announced that hereafter all ?hips of the International linea would be equipped with lifeboats and rafta ?nough to carry crew and passengers, the Senat?- committee continued its hear? ing and ordered lama*/ and Fr;?nklin io -ppear before the full committee In Washington; Howard 8. Harrington. Admiralty lawyer, said Isniay'.?- presence <>n the Titanic would be a big factor In the ?rjuesti.-in of negligence of the White ?Star Une, which might therefore loso millions In damage suit'-; White Star Lin* representatives tried in vain lo see Titanio survivors at hotels, the intention "-?eing, it was said, to head off possible eults for damages; one hundred and flftv survivors of the Titanlc's crew gaiied for Europe on the Red Star liner "Lapland; Vincent Ast or sent $10,000 for the relief fund, which reached a total of, 572.042. ?"-==-_ Governor Dix sailed with hie wife and secretary for Europe. __=_n Two men held up a Orand street saloon? keeper at pistol point and made their es? cape in a taxlcab, but taxicabs being acaree there its presence *as noted by ? policeman, and an arrest soon followed. iW ?-___?: American Marconi Wireless M dropped 200 points, and a curb broker U told how he made $350.000 during the V boom in the stock. s_s= Grand Chief ?Stone of the Locomoth-e Engineers said a strike would be called to-morrow if the railroads had no counter proposition to make to the employes* demands. __s Wilson's managers were convinced by another poll of this state, this time by the Progressive Democrats, that New York's electoral vnto3 should go for him, but those who know "Boss" Murphy did not think the Now JOXOarf Governor had any chance of getting them. - ?? -* Nearly two thousand East Sido residents swarmed into the Postofnce Building,? having been summoned by the Federal ?Court to elect a trustee for the bankrupt firm of If, Rosett. bankers. DOMESTIC?The Senate passed with? out a (lissenting vole a resolution advis? ing the President that the Senate would favor treaties with the maritime powers lo better secure the safety of passengers ??nd crews of vessels at sea. -*-?.?-- The Honte passed by a unanimous vote the bill requlrinf publicity of all contribu? tions and expenditures made In the in terest ?>f candidates for nomination for ?President and Vice-President, -r?=? Mute appropriations for 1912 totalling $46,72(3.000 were approved by Governor Dix, it >\as announced at Albany, mak? ing ? net increase for this year of ?>9, ."?i?.?,?mm?. -?- Reports reached Jackson. Miga,, that two hundred persons had l <?< n ?It-owned by floods in Bolivar Coun tjr, Mist. z^=-=; The strike at Lowell was ?declared ?>ff; the workers gained a par? ti.? I victory. : ,?_.* The Catholic Univer? sity at Washington received $25,000 for the founding of five si-holarships to com? bat socialism. - Sti-okholders of the Virginian Railway were called to au tl.ori*** a bond issue not to exceed $7;?, 000,000. . The twenty-first Contlnen lal ConRress of the Daughters at the American Revolution closed at Washing? ton after passing resolutions on the death of Major Archibald W. Butt. ft ?REIGN.?Captain Haddock of the White Star Line steamship Olympic, on its arrival at Plymouth, denied that he. had sent any misleading report about the Titanio last Monday; It was an? nounced that Mrs. Ava Willing Astor would come to thla country to be with her eon at the earliest possible mo? ment; the various relief funds exceeded $?400.000, ?__-== Members of the crew of ?the Olympic at Southampton canvassed their comrades on a proposal not to em ;b?ark en the next voyage to New YorV, ?etrlng to the insufficient provision on that vessel of lifesavlng apparatus. r?t___ The Hamburg-American Line haB decided to increase the number of life "hoats on its steamers and to improve s 11 Ilfesaving appliances, so that every per aon on their boats can ' he accommo? dated. -: The French Line steamer {La France sailed from Havre for New "York on her maiden voyage, ea-The .American Consul at Chihuahua. Mex? ico, reported that two American citizens had been detained there by the rebels ?since March 16. =====- The Turkish gov ?ernmrat gave orders for the removal of all mines from the Dardanelles, thus reopening the straits to navigation. THE WEATHER?Indications for to? day: Cloudy. The temperature yester? day: Highest, 57 degrees; lowest*", .10. ELEMEXTB OF DISASTER. Significant facts have promptly been establish?*?-! by the inquiries of the Sen? ate investiga ting committee in the case of the Titanic. It is ?certain from the testimony of the second officer, given on Friday, that the ?captain and other offi? cer! received warning of ice ahead by wireles? teltjgraph from auother vessel only a few hours before the catastrophe ?ttocurn-d and that the captain computad the very hour at which they were likely to encounter the bergs and flo?es which had been reported, fixing It close to the time ut which the ship did actually strike. It w?>uld seem to go without saying that the captain should liave been warned before starting to exercise all possible vigilance and that after the warning from the Amerika at noon of Sunday that, vigilance should have been r?*d'?ubled. There is no indication that these things were done. The ship was run at high speed, steadily increasing as tin? danger zone was approached. On Friday she made 51."? mil?***, on Saturday Ml?, ?u Sunday she was making Mill Miare, and it was intended to make a top -.poo<| ???i-irt ?m the closing day of the voyage. At n<>???i of Sunday came the ???ruine* of ice ahead, which the captain reckon?'?! tliey would encounter at altout 11 o'dock at night. Yet ilifi?.* wire no preparations for tlie eniergciu*.'.. There was no drill of th?* crew. There was no hluekoulug of speed. Tin* cqptau' himself did not -?o upon th?' 1?; !'!-.?? ??- the falal hour approach?**) foe <-M*e<-!o.| (o moot the Ice. Ther?? ??'ial lookout set. As beitdleflsly M though buch u thing us an iceberg had Ba*rat l,?"****n heard of the ship went rush litg to her d'*om at tnwilv-thre?--? kit?*!? ? I ii?>.-e things ware tbe elements of disas ter, Juf-t as surely as the lack of lifeboats meant death after disa*t?-T came. Upon only one theory do they seem explicable. That If, that proprietors and offloOl alike were obsessed with the Infutuatiou that the ship was unsinkabl?*. It will be re? called that such confidence was repeat? edly expressed at the offlOM of the coin ???uiy alter the Hi*-! news of the accident arriv?'?i. N<? matter if she had rammed an Iceberg? we were told, the ship simply coiil?! i ??t Fink. The same delusion seems t?. hare pOtMSaed many who w?>re <?n th?' ship, after lh<> ?*<>llisioii ?.?riiiTed. How vain It was the tragi?* sequel showed. It niiiy I??*** comprehensible that contcmpla tion of the immense size and power of the ehtp did lead men to imagine that slit* was invincible against the mishaps which would be fatal tO lesser crafts. But it is incomprehensible and unpar? donable that prudent, expert and reapon? sil?!e men should thus he le?l 1?? neglect ordinary precaotloni for assuring the safety of the two thousand and more live? which were in their heaping SHIFTING THE LANES. A shifting of the transatlantic lanes is the first salutary effect, of the Titanio disaster. The moot important steam? ship companies have accepted the sug? gestion of the 1'nlted States Hydro graph!?*-Ofticc that the southern east and weat routes ought to lie laid mu?h fur tlier south through the region of the Atlantic which is annually invaded by icebergs. Indeed, they have even <le ckled to retreat a littlo below what the Hydrographie Office fixed ns the line of sifety. The government authorities hold that the warm winds and water of the Gulf Stream will dissipate any Arctic i.*e before it gets to th? 40th par? allel of latitude. Rut the companies have agreed to follow a westbound conrso along the .''i'th parallel hetw?"*n the 4r?th and the 5(>th degrees <?f longi? tude, thus keeping cl?*ar of the ice hii<1 fogs Which Infest the sea area to the ea<*t and south of Newfoundland. The eastbound route will be 20 minutes north of the 3Sth parallel, so that it will be even safer than the westbound one. The voyage west has always been more dangerous than the voyage east. Being able to gain In time travelling ?--ast. the liners could afford to use the more southerly route. losing time coming west, they have ventured into higher latitudes In order to find a shorter pas? sage anil there they en<-ounterod both fog and Ice. Tens of thousands of lives bave been risked every summer merely to cut down the sailing time and to save on ?*??al and incidental expenses. v The increased distance ou the new routes will be about 180 miles, prolong? ing the passage by eight to eleven hours. But that Is a small disadvantage ?*ora par?**d with the greater protection se? cured to life and property. A few years ago the more northerly routes put steam?*"*s into closer touch with land through the wireless stations at Sable Island and Cape Race. But now that the range of the wireless has been grent ly extended, communication with land is no longer dependent upon those stations, messages being easily passed along from one ship to another all the way across the Atlantic. The Newfoundland Bank is one of the most dangerous of all ocean areas, for it Is the habitat of ice and fog. and every seaman dreads Its neigh? borhood. Most travellers across the At? lantic are not driven for time. They want a safe and pleasant voyage rather than a swift one, and will be vastly bet? ter satisfied to travel the longer south? ern route, on which weather conditions arc better and one of the greatest perils to navigation is totally eliminated ???' ' T THE PRIVILEGE OF HELPING The readiness with which this com? munity has responded to Mayor Gaynor's request for a fund for the relief t?f the Titanic survivors is highly gratifying. Never niggardly in the face of misfort? une or need, the people of the city have given eloquent testimony on this occa? sion to their sorrow and sympathy and desire to be of help. Contributions t<> the fund have come In at the rate of about Jl.OOf? an ho?ir. and it is to the* oiedlt of the community that they have come from all classes of Its citizenship. Each gift has borne its acknowledgment of human brotherhood In affliction and Its message of sympathy and good will. Each has shown that to give was a privilege. Especially fine has been the work of the womem'8 relief committee, which has contributed not only money and worldly goods hut personal service to help the unfortunates. What endless funds, what mere man, with the readiest sympathy and the best intentions in the world, could not do for the sufferers those gracious women workers did and are doing. Immigrant of the steerage and her erstwhile social superior of the first cabin received from them the sweet help of a sister. When the Titanic, plunging to the sea's bottom, carried with her to their death men of untold wealth and high social station beside penniless immigrants tho tragedy read to tho world a lesson of democracy. The splendid spirit of help? fulness with which this community has come to the relief of the survivors, re? gardless of race, creed or worldly posi? tion, ?-"ompletea that lesson in a noble and inspiring fashion. "TFO_f_;.V AID CHILDREN I?RST." By signing the fifty-four hour labor bill Governor Dix showed that this state was prepared to recognlz..** in the indus? trial field what all the world reeogulzed in the Titanic disaster?the litness and need of protecting the weaker members of society. This measure will not bring about a millennium in the world of labor. It will not prevent women and children, under the lash of ?-tconomlc necessity, from working when they should not work. But it will prevent employers with a mistaken notion of "eiflciency" and business economy froiu dragging a ten-hour workday out of factory hands for whom even nine hours' labor r??pre sents a heavy strain on energy and en? durance. There were only a few hundred women and children on the Titanic. Tho Con? sumers' League estimate*' that there are 400,000 factory women in this state, and there are thousands of boys who will come under the provisions of the meas? ure limiting the hours of labor of women and miuors to fifty-four a week. The danger which confronts them 1? not as sudden and uwiul as that of the dUaster at sea. Yet the dull weuring away of a woman's life in factory toil, with its drain on the present and its taking of toll of the future generation, may be a tragedy aa terrible as the sudden wiping out of life. Aud needle?**. The change in conditions which ' will be brought abo^t under this law ?ill not be great enough to imperil any boafaMB enterprise or produce any noteworthy property loss. Such a law is no more "paternal regula tion of business'' or "interference with individual rights" than ore the existing laws preventing employment of minors in spin.tied occupations under certain con? ditions or the measure recently signed by (iovernor Dix preventing employment of women for a certain peri?->d after childbirth. The new law writes into the shuntes the unwritten law "women and children lirst." It 1? peculiarly titling that New York should have taken just at this time a forward step for the ?safety of the pres? ent generation mid the wcllbeing at the next. A O RIC?8B rOR DELAY. Chairmau Moon ?f the House Cum initteo on Po?t Otfieo and Post Roads exhibited a refreshing candor when he apologized the other day to tl__ col leagues for thrusting upon Ch?n the un weh-ome opportunity to vote <?n a se<* Uon in the ??MttO-Bct appropriation bill providing for a lowering of parcels post .lites and the establishment of a special experimental rural parrels post. The lark of I ?modem parcels post system in this country Is a material factor in keep? ing up the Ugh cost of living, since it prevents I ready exchange of commodi? ties between < ity and country. The es? tablishment Of I real parcels post would be of great economic advantage to the country as a whole, yet many Congress? men, although admitting that fact, are reluctant to vote fur it because of th?. probably mistaken opinion of the smal1 country merchant that it would be In jurions to him. Mr. Moon has a tender regard for those of Ins IMOetatM who fear that they would alienate votes by approving the expert nient suggested by the commit? tee. Vi't btl conscientiousness as ? leg? islator compels him to ask them to face a personally embarrassing issue. With conl.il sympathy he assured hla frieuds ami neighbors on tbe floor of the House that he knew h<}w "bothersome" the parcels post problem was to them. "If "you were allowed to rote your convic? tion? without your constituents know "ing it." ho remarked, "I dare say that "the majority of you would vole to post? pone this matter until after the elec? tions." 'Tntll after the election?" means In the idiom of CoOfTOM until after dooms? day, for ac soon as one election is over the members of the lower branch who have survived begin to square them? selves for the next one. Mr. Moon be? lieves in having the parcels post agony over now. and the country will ajrree with ill m that the question should be taU'-n up at once, even at the ?*?>sl of a few pangs to those Representative-? who want to avoid going on reconl either for or against the ?'?unmittee's proponte. The present system is retained in the as? sumed lnteree. of I small minority, ron gress should not protect that minority at the expense of rational economic progr?s?" which would benefit tbe whole nation. _ A FEDERAL HEALTH W?MAV The Owen bill for the creation of a National Bureau of Health, which was favorably rejtorted in the Senate last week, is a compromise neoeure rep i-IOWltlni the utmost that Congress Is likely to do toward strengthening ami co-ordinating the activities of the fed? eral government In regard to health. The, original desire of its promoters was f?)r the creation Of I department of health bringing together in one central organ? ization a number of Independent and overlapping bodies dealing with different phases of this subject. But that plan was abandoned as Impracticable, at least for the present. The opposition to the measure Is it greatest as*rt. Tt has been denounced by all the quacks in the country as the formation of | "doctors' trust." And it has been bilterly fought by those who opposed the pure food ami drugs art, apparently in the belief that any exten? sion of the federal government's activi? ties regarding public health would inter? fere With their Interests. The adminis? tration of the pure food and drugs act would be one of the functions of the new bureau of health, which does not seem to suit the purposes of those who have anything to ttat from government regulation of food and drugs. Apparent ly they apprehend that the creation of a bureau of health would mean in com-.? of time increased stringency in federal health regulations. But that would be a point In favor of the proposal, so far as the public Is concerned. At any rate, there is | good deal to be said on be? half of the bill on the ground that It would tend to bring system and co-ordi? nation, into what are at present scattered federal activities. colored MOVING FTOTUMMt. The long and diligent quest for a prac? ticable method of securing in photo? graphs the exact colors of nature, which, if successful, would effect on? of the greatest conceivable revolutions In pic? torial art, has recently taken a new nnd highly interestlug turn In the attempt to apply appropriate tints to the moving pictures of the cinematograph. Ordi nary stereoscopic views have long been colored with great success by the sim? ple expedient of applying by hand the proper transparent pigments to the slide. But thus to treat the thousands of minute positives which eomixwe a sin? gle Ulm, and to do so with ?ufllcient accuracy to assure satisfactory results, would be a task of prohibitive difficulty and coet The ingenuity of inventor? has, therefore, ln-en taxed to devise 6ome method, either chemical or me chauleul, of attaining the desired re? sult which will be at once inexpensive and effective. The tirst essays, which have not yet been altogether abandoned, were in the direction of coloring the Alms them? selves by mehanical means, chiefly with the use of stencils. This method in? volves the use of three fllau pien-ed as stencils, one for each of the three pri? mary colors, and Its chief fault Is that in It the colors are too obviously over? laid upon the black or gray of tho pho? tograph. The next step was an adap? tation of "three color" photography, through a projection of the primary col? ors through color screens. And Just as the moving picture Itself Is produced by tbe very rapid successlvo projection of "ingle scenes, so the proper blending of the thref primary colors Into the tints of nature is attained not \)y simultane? ous use of the three screens, but by rapid use of them singly in succession. All three colon, must, however, be used ?pon each of the pictures on the ffim, end as the?, latter pa?? before the leu? at the rato of sixteen a second, it fol? lows that the color screens most change forty-eight times a second. This great *peed lmpo?__ 0lUch wear and tear up. 5 the apparatus, but the results are highly successful It would be wearjiog to the D0O*Ct___* tlflc mind to dwell upon the numerous methods which hare been attempted with more or less success, espe<ially as not one of tliem, however admirable its results in some respect-*. ?*an be tales* sideral aa even approximating perfec? tion. The use of several color screens may be effective, but It is cumbersome. What is wanted in the cinematograph, as well as in the ordinary photograph, is a method of recording the pr?che tints of nature directly upon the original negative and of transferring them thence to the p?>sitlve print, whether npoi paper or film. Then the finished picture will be an exact repli<*a of the exquisite projection which is seen upon th*? focussing ?creen of the camera. There are those who doubt the intrinsic possibility of such an achievement; but there are also many who hold that it would be relatively no moro remark? able than the original invention of pho? tography and that it is M more to he regarded as Impossible than that should have been before the days of Nlepce and Paguerre. _ It is a safe assumption that the young woman survivor of the Titanic who was married yesterday will not take a sea Journey for her wedding trip. s "Tell my wife in New York that I've done my best In doing my duty." w.is the message ?ent by Mr. Benjamin Gug? genheim. Could there be a better obitu? ary ? Governor Dix, departing for Europe, Is reported by his secretary to be In great need of rest and vacation relaxa? tion. Many citizens will wonder whether he got so tired fulfilling his Executive duties or Murphy's orders. The referendum may be g horrendous thing In politics, but It seem.?? to present ItsHf as a very useful article to man? agers of baseball organizations who want to "feel the public pulse" on the hour for starting the Ramo, and street railway presidents who want to seftlo In popular fashion the vexing probten! of the "near" or "far" side atop. I HE TALK OF THE HAY Th?? bravery displayed by th? musi-Man* on the Titanic and the similar exhibition on tli? English ship Blrkenhead re.?alls also the patriotic conduct of the band on board the German gunboat Iltls, which went to the bottom of the Chinese Sea on August _", 1 <??**. The scene weg, at that time describe?! by one of the few aurvlvors of the disaster. Which claimed IIS of tho lltis's crew- Ha said that th?- men stood at parade, the hand played "Hell I?lr Im ?legerkranz" with all the precision Hnd for.-e of which they were capable and. i-wlnglng their caps, the officers and men went down cheering the Kaiser. "I suppose even a rich man Ims lili troubles. "Yes; but he can alwa*.* find somebody t?> tnk?- an Interest In th?"rn."-I.nuisvllln Courier-Journal LICENSED MING [Not-??Th? trout fllMnf season !? now optn.l I'll haate me to some bosky fen Through which a streamlet flows. And there permit the world of men For aught I care to doze. l'or by decree of licensed scroll I mar fulfil my wish: With rod and reel Invite my eoul To He around and tlsh. By nature ?rifted with a sent? ?hike, all mankind? to brag. I'll And a rend) recompense On later days, to drag My fl-ihln?? exploits Into tal??* To mak?? my nelshbor? sigh 1 II pr?-?ato minnows Into whale**? I'll fish around and lie A W. CTT1NO "Did you have any lu?*k with the shmbs yen bought from that agent last fall?" 'Tea, Indeed. One or two of the do/en now loo|< us though they may grow"- I"** t rr.it Fr??e Press. Germ?-**, newspapers are telling thta ?tory under the headline, "An April Foot Boom erang." At a social gathering In Berlin, Where a number of m?*n connected with the theatrical profession were present, on?-* of them told the correspondent of the Pari? "F.xcels!->r" that at the Potsdam Theatre th??re would be a rehearsal tho next day of a play entitled "The Family." In wlil u the question of parental authority would be the "point" of the first get. The second act would deal wilth European poli? tics" and the whole would b? unu<i*nlly In? teresting because the Kai?, r wrote the play. It was an April fnol joke, of which "Excelsior" wae the victim, 'out the funny part of It came." was the comment, "when H'-rlln papers printed the story a? ti.?wa fi-om Paris." A little fellow who had Just felt the hard side of the slipper turn?-?! to his mother for consolation. "Mother." he asked, "did grandpa thrash father whan he was a little boy?" "*i ???-." unawered his mother, lmpre'EMvely. "And did his father thrash hlni when he whs ltttle?" "Yes." "And did his father thrash him? ' "Yes." A pause. "Well, who started this t*nlnt*r, an>way? "? McCall'B Magasina. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. Relation of Its Integrity to a Bigger American Navy. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Americana who imagine that the Monroe Doctrine Is acquiesced In by Eu ropooil powers should k<-ep In touch with r?c??iit artli-les appearing In G?<i*man publi? cations. Tho "Grenzboten." a leading Ger? man review, In the current number makes a sharp attack on tho Monroe Doctrine, and the "National Zeltung." in comment? ing on said article, urges the "fatherland to examine closely whether things resting on such shallow legal and historical founda? tions as the Monroe Doctrine reed be tol? erated, or whether, at the bottom, they are not merely American arrogance, which re? quire sharp and decisive opposition." German colonlaing concerna are lorda and masters of over eight thousand square miles of Hrs-lllan territory, in South Am r ??M The H&nseatlc Company, of Ham? burg, practically rules in the State of Santa C-Mhrlna, and In the adjoining State of IUo Grande do Bui are still other Oermtn colonies thousands of square miles In area. Unquestionably a strong sentiment exists among Germana In favor of brlnnlng South American territory under the German flag. While the American people aro practical? ly unanimous in upholding the Monroe Doctrine, neverthaleaa. In our usual happy g-o-lucky way of conducting national af? fairs, we overlook the fact that Germany Is adding four capital chips to her navy each year. Naval atrength Is measured to? day by capital, or "ajl-blg-gun." ships, and If the present Congress adjourns without making an appropriation for two new bat? tleships, within less than three years, vis., by January 1. 19_i, Germany will have twenty-one capital ships to the ten capi? tal ahfpB owned by the American people. The excuse la "economy?we raunt save money," but the same body that grudges iau,?W.000 for two new ? ?it ?<?>.'p? makes an lncreaae of fTi,??,?**?) a year for pen? sions, In addition to the **J?5O,?*?Y),<)()0 a year now spent. The American people will never again let th? Monroe D?-*<?tr1n* g? by default, as ?? -lid during the Maximilian Empire (Ufe i" ? "Frare at anv prier ' and "taking a back seat" are not American policies Ten capital ships against twenty-one would cer talnly furnish the basis of a long and cost? ly war at a possible rate of $10,000,000 a day for Uncle Sam. (The Spanish war cost us J4.0?0.U00 a day.) True economy will mean the avoiding of any possibility of such a war by spending 120,000,000 or $30,000,000 a year for new bat? tleships as Insurance money against the horrors and cost of war. A nation that spends annually $1,700,000,000 for liquors can, surely afford this amount. A. H. DADMCN, Corresponding Secretary Navy League of the United States, Washington, D. <.'.. April 16, 1912. LINERS IN PAIRS. To ttie Edltor of The Tnb.n?.. Sir: Permit _M to suggest the following as a remedy against disasters such as be? fell the TlUnl'i for tho future: An agreement between the various steam? ship companies, or between the various maritime nation-., or, If necessary, Of legal enactment, compelling passenger stenmera lo croas the Atlantic only In pairs, at a dis tance apart throughout the entire voyage of say flvo miles. With the existing community <7f Interest between the different companies such an arrangement could he easily effected, and In place of the proposed plan to send one steamer dally from New York to Europe two boats of approximately the same Flze and speed could be cleared every other day. Mor,-over, by this arrangement the tlrnl?! would ho reassured, travel Increased and fhe presence of a sister chip would be a _oiiro> of mutual interest and inspiration each to the other during the entire voyage, and, al?ove all, would prevent a repetltlou of the Titanic affair. B. IL STENZEL. Brooklyn, April 1?, 1912. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Is it not feasible to have two steam? ers fn company ?crossing th-. Atlantic? Had a sister steamer been one mile or less south of the Titanic, with the boats of both steamers available, It would seem that many mor"?possibly all?lives rouM have been saved. And Is It not time that th? custom of I CHPtaln going down with his ?hip should b" discountenanced? If all the passengers and the crew were res? tied, why should not the captain save his own life? I count It an Ignominious death. The gallant captain of th? Titanio was no doubt blameless, and had there be-n opportunity to leave tie. ship after having done his duty should he not have valiantly (hoed life? A. I* THOMFSON. T.andrum. fl. C., April lfi. 1912. BIGGER LIFEBOATS. To the Editor ot The Tribune Hlr: The i?lc_ Of bullding an Immense oceangoing vessel like the Titanic with no more lifeboats than some small tramo ?.?.earner plying along the coasts, so that if the few In them are not picked up by some passing Stt-UnOF they are left to frt-e^e und starve to -death! A steamer of this size could easily have been equipped with four seaworthy power boats, each holding GOO to tiOO passengers In i age of emergency for a few hundred thousand dollars more and not one would have been lost or driven Insane in this gteat disaster. HENKY BANGE. Haw York, April 19. 1312. 'REMEMBER THE SLOCUM." To the Editor <ef The Tribune Sir: We your quotation to-day from "The Newark Star." "Had the Stars an?l Stripes floate?! from the giant's taffrall h?-r life? boats would have carried over two thou? sand people," it is Impossible to be sure thai they would, worthy editor, and X efore we ..;>en our months to brag "f "w'hat would have been If." et?*., let us r<-m??mtx>r the General Hlocura. For frantic bo__<t an . fooliih T.ord. I1*\r merry on 1'hy |?-?.;.U, t/.t-l JOHN T. WILSON Paterson, !.. J.. April 19, 1.12. CHILD AND WOMEN LABOR LAWS. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: The law of tho ?<a, women and children first," ?shovM be the- law of ail continents, Governor Dix has the opportu? nity to make It the law of New York State. There are hundreds of us who uro praying that, as captain of the Ship of State, he may exhibit th? heroism nnd .xecutlve ability of brave ?""aptaln Smith, and, order? ing everv Hellish Interest to trtand nsl?le, may sign the hill limiting the hours of labor of women and children In New York State to fifty-four hour? r week. The measure has been for MMM tl:*ne In his hands, but as >ot ue have received no Intimation that ho |a to sign It. It Is in credible that a (?overnor us deeply Inter? ested as Is Governor PIx In conservatl'_n of resource? ahould not be heartily In favor of a measure conserving human resources as this ?loes. Perhaps he Intends to let it become a law without his signature, hut if, as stated In this morning's papers, he Is to sail for Europe to-morrow. I trust that he will step aboard the Lapland after hav? ing put the finishing touch to legislation whose rallying cry baa been "Women and children first:*' WALTER LAIDLAW N?w York, April 19. 191?. "MAIN STREET" BY TRIANGLE Princeton's Dramatic Talent Seen in Annual Musical Comedy. The Princeton TrianKl* C!nb gave Its an? nual New York dramatic entertainment in the ?rand ballroom of the Hotel Astor yes? terday afternoon and evening. This year's show was entltli-d "Main Street," of which the book and lyrics were written by O. W. Hunt), Jr., '12. and the mule by K. ]*. N'evln, *12; V. If Dyckinan, *H, and others. Mr NYvIn Is the son of Ethelbert Nevtn. A large and evidently delighted audience was present at both performance?*. "Main Street" has a real plot about so many things that no ordinary n?>tl?*?' could do Justice to them. But In It there Is a Broadway a tor, amaalngly portrayed by E. at, Barnhart. '12, and a more or less elderly c(,t.?>le, equallv well ?MCttd by W M. Ellis. At, and E. V. Connatt, '12. The club orchestra played the music and Played It well, and the music was moro than equal to that of many a Broadway "musical" offering. $25,000 TO FIGHT SOCIALISM Catholic University Chosen by Donor to Conduct Propaganda. Baltimore, April ?.?Cardinal Gibbons, who la chancellor of the Cathollo t'nlver slty, at Washington, is the recipient of a gift Ot $r.,000 for the university. The donor Is a wealthy Hebrew from the Middle West, but his name Is withheld. He said that he regarded the Catholic Church as the great bulwark In the United States against "bad features of socialism and ?narchy and for the upholding of law and order." Moved by these considerations he offer?*, the amount named, to be paid In live annual Instalments, either to found a lectureship by means of which socialism would bo studied, analyzed and attacked, or flvo scholarships for students who would pur? sue special Investigations along th?- same lines. The Cardinal accepted tbe scholarship off<*r and expressed his gratitude. EX-AMBASSADOR LEAVES PARIS. Pajis. April 2_.-Rot*rt Bacon, the retir? ing American Ambassador to France, and Mrs. Bacon were the centre this morning of a large crowd which had gathered at the St Lazare terinlnuf to bid them fare? well ?>n th?lr departure for the Pnlted States, t-ouls l.*pine. Pr-feet of Police, and Myron T Herrl'k. the newly appointed ambassador, were present People and Social Incident* AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [From The Tribun? Bureau 1 Washington. April 20.?While the Presi? dent and Mrs. Taft and the members of their family have declined to enter into social affairs In any way, they opened the East Room this afternoon to about five hundred girls from the young women's seminaries of Washington, whom they in? vited several weeks ago to a musical. The President and Mrs. Taft receiver! the Klrls, who were In charge of teachers from the schools. Mrs. Burmclster, of Raltlmore, gave a musical programme, in eluding some negro folksongs, and stoii?*? were tolii by Miss Louise A. Williams. The state dining room waa not opened, as on formal o? casions. Mrs. Taft, accompanied by Miss Taft ?and Miss Isabel Vincent, of Bryn Mawr, who arrived to-day, will leave here to-morrow for Charleston, S. C. They will return at the. end of next week. Robert Taft, who has spent the spring holiday at the White House, will return to his classes at Harvard to-morrow. His guest, John Heron, will accompany him. ? THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. [ From Th? Tribune Bureau. ] Washington, April 20.?The Austrian Ambassador and Baroness Hengelmilller will entertain a dinner party on April 2?. This will take the place of the dinner they postponed on account of the Titanic dis? aster. Chevalier Giuseppe Catalanl, recently ap? pointed counsellor of the Italian Embassy, has arrived to assume his duties. The French Ambassador and Mme. Jua serand will entertain at dinner on Thursday. Another postponed dinner party In the diplomatic corps, which will take place on April 2'J, is that to bo given by the C.-r man second secretary and Mme. Klenlin. IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY. [Fiaai The Tribune Hurcaul Washington, April 20?Social affairs will bo revived In the latter part of next week, and even on Monday night the Bolasco Tl.t-atre will be crowded when the Mask and Wig Club, of the University of Penn? sylvania, will present "Miss Helen, of Troy." Mi. and Mrs. Joseph E. Thrt-pi? will entertain tho students at a tea and ?lance on Monday afternoon. Their house guest. Miss Polly McLearn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. McLearn, of New York, and the schoolgirl element and debutantes will assist In extending hospi? tality. Mr?? L. W Leiter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leiter, Mrs. William J. Boardman, Mr.*?. Winthrop Murray Crane, Mra. Charles C. Glover and other prominent people are noting ai patronnons for the student;-, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hague have gon-*? to Newport to arrange for opening their cot tape. They will return before closing their, Washington house for the season. Medical Dtroetor v\ R DuUosc, t; s. n., and Mrs. DuBose announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Helen DuBose. to Dr. Luther Sheldon, ?. S. X The marriage probably will tako place In the fall. Mr. and Mrs. Peter ?joelet Gerry will he tho guests of Mrs. Rl?*hard II. Townsend tor the horse show In May Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leiter are preparing to take possession of their new country house in Virginia, and will spend the greater part of the coming season there with their two sons. -m NEW YORK SOCIETY. What promised to b* one of the most brilliant post-Ea**ter seasons In th* history of New York society has suddenly be?n brought to an abrupt end by the Titanic ih-ister. In the last week no end of din? ners, theatre parties and dances were aban? doned, and conditions will be the same this we'k, most of the hostesses who had ar? ranged for entertainments having recalled their Invitation?* I'\en those who had no relatives or Inti? mate frlen?ls aboard th?* liner have can ell? 1 their social engagements, and are devoting their attention to raising funds for those survivors <?f the wreck who are in amad] of financial assistance. In the draw? ing rooms, clubs, hotels and restaurants where society is accustomed to gather little eUo besides the great sea disaster Is talked about. Tor the week opening to-day there la little else on the programme than wed? dings and iharliable entertainments. On Wednesday Miss Beatrice Quennell, daugh? ter of Mrs. Robert Quennell, will be mar? ried to Albert R. Gallatln, son of Mrs. James Gallatln, In the Church of the As? cension, with which the bride's father was associated for many years. IOm Quennell's r?nly attendant will be her ?Inter, Miss Grace Quennell. Frederl?; Gallatln, Jr.. will act M his brother's best man, and the ushers will bi Francis Dawson Gallatln, J. Pren tl?*?' K.llotig. C. Wheat on Vaughan, Alex? ander M. Had tea, of this city, and Charts N. Welsh, of Philadelphia. The ceremony will b.? performed by the Rev. Percy {"tlck ncy Cirtnt, and a reception will follow at the st. Recta Mr. Gallatln wlB gtvn his farewell b.tcholor dinner on Tues.lay ?.-veil? ing at his house. No. 119 East ?,Sth street. Another bride of \\'??<lnesilny will be Miss Cenevleve Marie Amy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Julius Hyacinthe Amy, to War? ren Khmer, In the Church of fct Ignatius Loyola. The ceremony will be perform???! at 11:.",?) o'clock, nnd will he followed by a lu? hkI';,:.t at tho hOBM of the hrttefS parents, No. 48 Wool '<*?>. street. Miss Isabelle Amy will be her sla?r's maid of honor, and her three cousins, Miss ?"lenience E. Amy, Miss Marie and Miss Gladys O'Donohue; Miss Elizabeth M. Bister and Miss Olive ?'. Owens will be the MdoonaMa. Moirls Klnney will a?*t as his brother's best ?nan, and tho ushers will be Ernest V. Amy, r"!ier burne Trevott. Robert V. Mahon, Beverley Keator an?l Randall It, K?*ator. Miss Alk? Andrea??, dautjhter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Andreae, Jr., will be married on Saturday In St. Mary's Church, Tux? do. to Woodbtiry Seaman*-*, son of Dr. and Mrs. William B. .Seaman?-, of this cily. Miss Gertrude Andreae will be her sister's maid of ?honor ami the brldi'smalds will be Mis? AaaaaaHa Kan?*, Miss Marl?? Setnii. Misa Emily Rushmoro and Miss Elizabeth Detn ini*. William s. Boamana, ji.. win act a? his brother's best man. and the ushers will Otorgo At Washington, 2d, John Tucker, Crawford Burton, ?'lement L. Deapard, Grla wold Ixirlllard and Henry T. Fielt mann. Th?? ????remony will be performed by the Ror. William Uta Simon, and a reception will follow at the villa of the bride's parents. One of the last of the April brides will ba Miss Valerio Worthington. who will be married to Lang'lon Hay wood Roper, son of Mr. and Mrs. ?Charles Roper, of Pelham Manor, on Tuesday, April 30, In the Church of St. Barnabas, lrvlngton-on-Hudson. The ceremony will be followed by a re<ep tlon at the country place of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mr? Henry F. Worthlng ton, at Irvington. Miss Gertrud?- Carring ton, of Chicago, will be the maid of honor and Mrs. I.owry Gillett the matron of honor. R. Clifford Black will act aa best man, and the ushers will he Witherbeo Black, Theo? dore Montgomery Hill, Henry Haywood Fox and Walter Cooke, Jr. The marriage of Miss Katherine Sha*-?*"? daughter of Mr. and ?Mra. Thomas Francis 8haw, to Thomas Dlckaon takes placo at the house of the bride's parent?. No. 21 Weat Mth street, on the same day. Only relative? will be preaent at the ?-eremony, but Invitations to tho reception which fol? lows have been mor?*? general. Misa Shaw will have no attendants. Ml- s Anita Merle-Smith, daughter of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Wilton Merle-Smith, will be married to James McAlpln Pyle. son of the late James Tolman Pyle, on April 2?> at the home of the bride's parents, No. ? West 64th street. Owing to the rec?nt death of Mr. Pyle's father the wedding wiu bo small, and only relatives and a few fn. tlmato friends will be present The cer?. mony will be performed by th? brld?-, father. David Mo Alpin Pyle will b? h?, ??-rotln-r*? best man. One of the principal charitable ?ntertaK, ments of th?. week 1? the performance of "Tags and Tatters," to be given by son? of the cleverest amateurs In .society on K?. day evening at the Berkeley Theatre, Mrs. S. Hlmnan Bird Is to have the leading rriaa. cullno role, that of Prince Konrad of R-q. mania, who later becomes the chief of g gypsy band, and Miss Jeannette McAlpl* will appear In the leading feminine rol?, pa Princes? Thalia. The others In the eaat win be Miss Rosalie Klllman, as Rudolf Miss Mildred Gilbert Townsend, as Minai* Miss Nathalie Kelly, who will be Nina; Miss Zoe Hannah, Alekko; Miss Gwendolyn B. London, as Katlnka; Mrs. Louis du Po?t Irving, as Anton: Miss Florence Wyath, as Emperor Joseph II, and Miss Ora?-? Henry, who will be Mot he.- Anna of the gypsy band. In the chorus will be Miss Caro Brown, Miss Ursula Brown, Miss Jag. sica Bishop. Miss Frances Henry, Miss Rosalind Romeyn, Miss Margaret Harris, Miss Margaret Knapp, Miss Margaret Strong, Miss Ruth Moller. Miss Marjorls Wecks, Miss Noel Johnston. Miss Emily Coe, Miss Alice B. Damrosch, Ml-- Gen?. vleve San ford, Miss Catherine Burton, MU* Eugenie Phttbln. Miss Elsa St'.lmati and the Misses Thome, Flagg, Smith, Monroe and Eandon. The house committees of the Now fork Nursery and Child's Hospital will give ? tea ?to Thursday afternoon at the brunch?*, at No. 171 Lexington avenue and at No. _.i West 61st street, between ? anel 7 ?. eloel*. The object of the reception I?- to bring I sfh branches more generally before the public. t In the committee at the ?let street braneh are Mr?, George H. Benjamin. Mi ?1 Mo,-. San Brown?'. Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler, Mrs. Henry Mills Day. Mrs. Oherardl Davis. Mr?. F. Ashton de Peyster, Mrs. (Vc-(. Augustus f.ung. Mi-.- Eleanor 1a fVjy, lira William Robison. Miss Ruth x^wrenrx and Mrs. Frank S. Wit. erbee, while tbe committee at the Lexingtun avenue branch comprises Mrs. Henrv <"*la> Adams. Mrs. Edward J. Berwlnd, Mrs. Wlnthrop Burr, Mrs. Thomas Hicks, Mrs. Oliver Bronson, Mrs. Robert Nlcoll and Mrs. William M. Kingsland. Mrs. J. Henry Alexandre. Mr? ?lieber R. Bishop, Mrs. Edmuna I* Baylies. Mrs. J. Nelson Borland Mrs %, .1. Berwind. Mr John R. Drexel, Mrs. Stuyvesant _TI?h, Mrs. William B. Osgood Field, Mrs. Fred.rl. Gallatln, Mrs. Edwin Gould, Mrs. John H. Iselln, Mrs. Pembroke Jones, Mrs. Oliver Qould Jenrrings. Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris, Mrs. William Barclay Pat -ens, Mr?. Mom Tayli'i- Pyne, Mrs. Hllborne I* Roose? velt. Mrs. .Taints Speyer, Mis. W. Seward Webb and Mrs. M. Orm? Wilson are ?mong the patronesses of the sp?ecial matinee o' "Disraeli," ;?? be given on Thursday at Wallack's for the benefit of St Ital s Freo Hospital for t'hildren. The cast will be composed entirely of children. The annual meeting of the Army Belt?** Society will be held at the house of th* president, Mrs. Daniel S. Lamor.t, No. i West Bl street, on Wednesday at I o'clock. The object of the society la to provide re? lief In case of emergency for dependent widows and orphans of offlcera and enlisted men of the regular army of ths United States and to solicit and create i??holai - ships and supervise educational opportuni? ties for such orphans. Mra. Cornellua N Bliss, jr., Is the treasurer of the society and Mrs. Henry Blschoff the corres pond I n? secretary. The annual garden party for ths fceneflt of the society, which was to have been given at th? end of next month, has been Indefinitely postponed, owi.'.g to the Titanjc dlsast'T and the death of General Grant Mr and Mrs Bradley Martin, who have had so many entertainments -riven In their honor since their arrival here at the er.d of last month, are boeked to sail on Thursdsv for Europe. They will join their daughter, I_ady Craven, In Paris before opening their house, chesterfield Gardens. London, for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Roger?, Miss Ellen Rogers and Kenneth B. Schley will return to New Tork to-day from Hot SprlngF. Va The engagement of Ml?e Rogers to Mr Schley was announced a few days ago. Mrs Samuel I* Cromwell was among those who sailed for Europ? yesterday en board the Lapland. Mr. and Mrs. C. Alan Hudson liav? re? turned from Europe? and are the guesta ot Mrs. Hudson's parents, Mr. and Mrs Wal dron Post Brown. Mrs. J. Fred Plerson will leave town tor Richmond. Vs., on Tuesday to visit Mr. ami Mrs. Frederick Scott Miss Kate Cary Is due to arrive In New York on Tuesday from Europe. Sh? will go to her villa at Lenox at the end of the month. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Palmer Knapp will sail for Europe on Wednesday on board the Mauretania. Mrs. William Addison Alexander * booked to sail on Saturday for Europe to spend several weeks abroad Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge will leave town on Prlday for a Western trip. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland H. Dodge ha*?*? gone to V\ ?-dilngton to remain for a few days. Mrs. J Norman de R. Whltehouae. who went abroad early In the year, kSlIH from Europe for New V.?rk yesterday. Mrs. Joseph Stickney will sail for Europ? on Wednesday, to remain abroad for sev? eral months. SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT. fBv Telejmpti to The Tribun* J Newport. April 20.-An informal luneheon was given this afternoon at the naval training station Newport by Captain Albert Gleaves, l*. S. N.. In honor of Commander Retimanu and Ueutenant Commander Rets of the German cruiser Bremen. Mr. and Mrs. James Andrews Swan have returned to Newport after spending the winter In New York. Mr?. French E. Chadwlck, Mrs. Alexander J. Anderson, Miss C. Ogden Jones. Mrs Lyman G Josephs. Mrs. William Enr.l? and a number of others of the Hall colony gave a card party this afternoon for the bene? fit of the Newport animal refuge. IN THE BERKSHIRES. (By Teleumph to The Tribu? 1 Lenox. April IB.-Mr. and Mr?, ?eor-j? R Turnure are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred? erick 8. Delatleld. at Ut tie Farm. Mr. and Mrs. Turnure -will open their country place here In May Mr?. Samuvl F. Rothlnghara arrived to? day from New York. Frank Crownlnshleld and Edward Crowe InBhield, of New York, are at tbe Msakle cottage, in titoekbrldge. Mr. and Mrs. Robb De Peyster Tytus ar? rived to-night at the Gray House, from New York. Henry ?Salatonstall Appleton, who hss been at Grey House, bas gone to Boston. Misa Julia Hunneweli, of Wellesley. M a guest of her ?later. Mr?. Geoff? Baty Blekc. Misa Helolse M?yer has ton? to Botfc* to visit Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Berat* Mrs. Thoman G. Pick, who has been 1? Pittafleld. has returned to New Tork.