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8 THE SUN, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1914. MONDAY, JUNK 1!9, 1014. Untereil at the I 'cut ofllre at Saw York as Second Olui Mill Matter. rutirrlitlone br Mall. I'oelpald. DAU.V I'tr Month $4 10 DAJI.Y Per Year ,' to hllDA Y. I'tr Month HU.VMAV Hi Canada), Per Month . M'NDAY. Per Year UAIM AND HU.VHAV. Per Year.... IAII.V AND MWIJAY. Per Month.. Puamis Itarzs. PAHA. 1'rr Month K'NIJAV. Per Monti JS 40 i. i so . o i . I tt ,, Oft . i DAILY AND HUN DAY. Per Month.. TIIH i:vi;.VINi) L'.V, Per Month ... tJ Till: i:r.MMI SiVS. IVr ear S 10 Till: i;Vi:.M.MI NUN (IVrelitiil, Per Mo. I 01 Hewlers of Tur His leaving tosn for th summer muiths fan have the dally and Sun da) oil I eenns edition dt-lh,-red tu the,, In any putt of this lountry or Hurope on the terms Muted alrave. Addresses changed as otten .in delred. Order through news dealer or directly of Publication Office, tele, phone ::00 lleekman. All rherkr. money orders, Ac, to be nude a) able to Til Dev. l'ubllihed dall), Including Sunday, by tha Pun Printing and Publishing Association at I JO Nhhii street. In the llorough of Man hattan, New York. President and Tiamrsr, William C rtlck. 1 To Nassau street: Vice President, IMward P. Mitchell, 1J0 Nassau "treet; Secretary, c. K. Luston, UO Nassau treet London nflltf, Ilmngham Horn-, t A'undtl treet. Strand. Paris orthe, C Ituf de la Mlchodlerc. off Hue du Quatre Kepttmbre. Weehlngton office, lllttja IiJildlr.g rookln. omc, ioi l.lvlngiton street II ear fntnit who favor vs with tnanutcrlptt tnd IlluHrntlont for publication icttn to Aaet rtlttlti articlft rttumtit thry mint in alt rdttl uril Hampi for that pnrpote. The New Ifnpslttirg Tragedy. One more tragedy Is added to the sombre record of the house of Hups burg. To the mystery of Meycrllng, the disappearance of Joii.n Orth. the cruel Inking off of the Hinprcss 1Ci.ua nr.Tit, succeed the crime hy which the An-tuluko Krancih I-Vrim.vami mid his wife tiled yesterday tit .Snrajoto. It still lucks more, tlimi a month of twenty-live years since iht Kniiicror Kra.m-ih .Iohitii was stricken hy the death of his only mhi and heir. Prince Itvnoi.pit. The Imcrvonlmr years have hroncht it stnvesi-lon of criKhlni; blows to hN family affection niul pride In which death Iium itlternated wlih wan ilal almost a hard to hear. .Vow dis aster .strikes him once more, removing for lite second llini- under appalling cltvunistniieeH hU niiturnl siicAieiisor. to whom In Ills aged fefhJenoHs he had reeenlly coullded many of the cares and burden" of (he Imperial crown. Strange to say, the removal of the Archduke I'iuni'ih Keriuxami may cattte a cerinlii rela.atlou In the hi11 tics lioth of Austria-Hungary mid of Irtiropc. Ills proximate elevation to the throne on his uncle's death was re garded as boding trouble both at home and abroad. Ills marriage to the Coun tess t'tioTHK. of non-regal lineage, and the birth of two miiik threatened a com plication In the succession, at least In Hungary. II Is true that tit the time of his marriage he swore solemnly never to claim the throne for any Isstni of the union, but It has nlways been believed that he would seek to evade the obligation when he grasped the reins of power, and It Is said thnt nothing In the Hungarian traditions or constitution would prohibit his sons from following hlni uku that throne Rt least. His death, of course, elimi nates this possible complication. His rights will now descend unquestioned to his dead brother's son, Archduke Charles Francih Jo.svnt. a popular young Prince, who has nlways lteen technically regarded ns "second heir" nnrt nlso hns n son to succeed him. Tn International politics I'raxcih FrRM.NANn had long been regarded ns a man of dangerous ambitions. A close ally of the Oerman Kaiser, It had been feared that his ascent to rulershlp would menn a new outburst of pan Oermanlsm which would disturb the bolnnco of F.urope and wreck the long preserved peace, flls death removes this tierll. The new heir, though a bright personality nnd a competent soldier, Is not credited with any over weening ideas of Austrian supremacy. The KmiK-ror Praxcik .Josmi, an nble and patriotic ruler, a devoted ser vant of his ieople. will have the deep felt sympathy of the world In the new misfortune that comes lo him. It may hardly be that In hl frail condi tion he enn long survive the shock. All that can be hoped Is that the next reign will bring t Austria as much pence nnd prosperity ns the one now waning to Its close. Mr. .lohti Slmrp Williams on lilt Party' .Pledges, It I" a pity that .Mr. John Sn.nr Williams should lose his head over the attempt of business to make Itself heard nt Washington. Hl own account of the shnie In which circulars of re luoiislnincp rc'ieh limi seems lo take a good deal of edge olV his protests, He sajfc they come with added sentences expressing the iiersonal views of the liiiincillate senders. This being so, what possible objection can Ihcre be'; Mr. Wit i.tAwa'n ilcry ileclaratlons "hat ho Mini his party would stand the tires of Washington dog days with true i.'iisuhliinca fortitude, until they amine plili all the reforms to which they ure pleased would be rather more tnipres- Ire If they seemed to know themselves1 just what those reforms are. Hut they rtpK,ir to be eutlrery nt sea ns to what their pledges cnll for. This U the only conclusion one enn arrive at from their rtrrlous and uncertain eoiir. The Administration begun by fur nlshliig to the leaders In I lie House drafts of eerlnln bills supposed to bear the cachet of orthodoxy. The Hott'c after weeks of travail nsed a consid erably modllled version of thei meas ures. The House hills have all In the main lieen pronounced unlit and Im possible tdticc they have reached the Senate. Kven while the distinguished MIsslKsIpplitu was launching his thun derbolts Mr. Iit'is I). II ka Minis was busy transmogrifying one of the texts, that of the rtcyburn bill regarding stocks and bonds. Into workable shape. It Is conceded thnt when lite Senate gets Its work done the Administration will be able to recognize Us programme only by the thumb prints. I'.very other feature will be olinnged. What Is the obligation, then, that holds the Congressional majority In lis spellV Is It simply to do some thing, anything, that will draw the teeth of big business or that will pre tend to draw them: thai will gratify envy by hamstringing or seeming to hamstring prosperity' Is there a real plan, which the Democratic leaders un derstand concretely, or are they grop ing In the dark with a loud imlr' I'll tn mill Stage, The promoters of moving picture en terprises do not Mud the going as easy everywhere In this country as It hap pens to lie in New York. The censors hpre have n metropolitan breadth of view and It takes some exhibition us sensational as "The Truth About the White Slave Traille" to caue them lo Interfere. In other cities there U greater severity. In Chicago, for In stance, many films successful elsewhere have been so amended or changed as to be altogether different front their original production. In two cases plays thnt had been noted prosperously In Chicago were either wholly transformed or were prohibited when put forward there In the form of picture plays. Prom one Important scenes were omitted on the ground that they represented the charm and profit of gambling. An other wns forbidden lus-nuse It showed the schemes of n master crook and his associates. Yet both these plays had been given for weeks In dramatic form. When whatever evil there was In them had lieen made more potent by the use of siH'(s.'h as well as an appeal to the sense of sight their continued repre sentation had not been Interfered with. Once they were thrown on the screen, however, ns picture drnina their teach ings became so harmful that for the sake of public morality they had to be radically altered or prohibited. Of course there Is no way of follow ing the ratiocinations of a moving pic ture board of censors. Their conclu sions may pass out of the ordinary line of Judgment. Their standards seem altogether their own. Why evil, allow ing that It be evil, may be permissible tu the sKikcn drama and not In the film plays It Is not easy to explain. Perhaps If there were it board of stage cennor u every State the dramas that to them seem evil might not lw toler ated. That, however, Is a possibility which even the most optimistic lover of the theatre (-.in only, "view with a I arm." It Is probable, that the eccentricities of the moUng picture censors have done much to make any other censors of amusements out of the question In this country. The Infallible (ilicis. Our Democratic friends at Washing ton miule n guess ts to the yield of the Income tax. The returns Impolitely re fuse to corroborate tholr guess. Now the Commissioner of Internal ltevenue is to have an extra ?r,Oo.O0(i to try to prove that the guess was correct, 'lite guess Is become an Irrecusable fact In the otllclal mind. When It wns prov-ed that the maxi mum of exemption should be ?.,( si one Treasury expert estimated that liS2,(!20 persons would have to pay. Another Treasury expert guessed -112,-nt!0. Admirable, precision! Whatever the number of taxpayers under the actual Inw, the amount of their collective payments must equal the guess figures. If It doesn't Con press will have to appropriate more money to "vindicate" the guess. Possi bly the mem nnd igniferotts McAnoo will have to recommend the use of thumbscrews nnd the !oot. What Alls llnseliiill? With Ci.Am; imiFiTii announcing that Cox mi: -Mack Is a "cheap skate," the magnates of organized baseball be moaning the present condition nnd pros licets of the game, the players dissatis fied with their contracts, and discour aging rejiortH of attendance from half n dozen or more towns. It seems tn be pretty well established that something Is wrong with the professional game. ICveryliody's nerves are on edge and the situation promises to become more mixed ns the season wears on. Is It beyond probability that the pub lic has had an overdose of baseball? Not an overdose of playing, but of the legalities and technicalities of the busi ness: of (juarrels between owners, suits for the restraint of players, threats of retaliation and winter long wran gles between this and that Interest, Abuse of the federal tongue and of the players who have signed Its con tracts, for one thing, has become very tiresome, nnd It Is not the only factor at work to lessen public entlitiiliism. Nobody has forgotten the eminent player whose lack of Hie power of speech .Instilled his popular nickname, lie was dumb as a clam. It would not le an altogether bad tiling If his habit ual silence were Imitated by sumo of the directors of the coumierclal end of the sport lit the Immediate future. Cur nut .ti's Attack on Cirother. To sometime Consular Agent (Ir.oni.r C. ('Attoiiiins Is given the glory of adding a new twist to the some what tortuous course of American diplomacy in serving the cause of hu manity In -Mexico. To the superik-lnl oberer It hns appeared In the recent past that the Administration wns making the most of Its relations with (ienernl IlfKitTV. whether militant or pacllleatory. to ad vance lite cause of (Jcneral Cahraxza. In the language of sport, the (iovent incut seemed to have picked him for a winner and to lie In no wise delicate itlioiit helping along his chances. Now we have It on the nulhorlty of the favorite apparent who presumably ought to know that he was not Un real favorite at nil, but that through the "confidential agent." Mr, Cahoiii i.iis. the United States was really as suring l.eticrnl Villa that If he thought 111 to stab his Klt-st Chief In tho back he could rely Usm the sympathy and supiHirt of Washington. The Indiscreet frankness of (ienernl CariiXnza In laying bare the sis-rets of the situation with a plainness of speech worthy of (It.oniu: I'niu Wili.iamh him self has caused consternation In and about the State Department, according lo the news despatches. Tim Ingrati tude of (leucral Cabraxza. who seems to lie almost as iiumiiuiigeable as Ht'i.RTA when It comes to a pinch, Is naturally most disappointing. Ills re fusal lo be a catspaw upsets nil cal culations. Apparently It Is beginning lo be per ceived titrottgh the grape Juice medium thnt the Mexican problem Is not as simple as It seemed. The remouil of itcncral IIitrta will not sole It. Al ready a new nntdiUe Is In full dew-lop-nient and this country Is mixed up therein in a way Unit does It no credit. Whether Mr. CAROTimns Is really play ing the part of fomcnter of mischief nnd whether he Is acting en his own resKns!hlllty or by orders from Mr. IIryax may be oteii questions. ' Hut there remains no question whatever that something In his course, lie It only foolish blundering or be It deliberate Intrigue, has awnkened extreme sus picion of lit in and of the Cnlted States In the breast of our supposed ally. Clearing the Streets. A large number of automobile own ers have found It convenient t'o use the streets In front of their garages as an nexes to their quarters, with the result that the highways have been Increas ingly obstructed hy cars awaiting calls or undergoing repairs. It Is this prac tice that has forced the authorities to take vigorous action to clear the streets, with the result thnt forty-seven vehicles were seized on Saturday and ltiiK)unded. The owners of all except eight cars redeemed them by payment of the usual fees. The eight curs that were left In the yard were tnxlcabs, whose owners de clare that they were properly occupy ing a public cab stand from which the authorities Inid no right to take them. Tills enso will go to the courts. If the owners are right the city employees are guilty of a blunder, but it In no way Impeaches the propriety of the campaign they have begun tn end what In Mime parts of town amounts to : great nuisance. There- Is no reason why motor ears should be allowed to occupy the public highways to the In convenience of citizens generally, and there Is ample legal authority for the con i-m adopted in dealing with this Intrusion on the common rlgbts. The private cab stands haw already been nliollshcd. and the end of private occupancy of the streets for storage purposes Is In sight. Another ConsplriK y. The Hon. William PnotiAsco Kraxcis. the weather warlock of Klmont, I.. I has discovered the cause of the high cost of Hi lug. It Is "the great total eclipse scries that takes place every "Oil years." To tills baleful conspiracy of the sun and moon the falcon eyes of the De parttnent of Psychology must turn. Speaking, however, merely as lay men ami with all veneration for tho Klmont savant, we venture to assert that no eclipse, partial or total, of the moon can Impoverish the Inexhaust ible reservoirs or moonshine and luny reserves at Washington. It appears Hint It Is no mure safe, for a Governor or n. Mayor to dash along n much travelled road nt fifty miles an hour than for any plain or dinary speed maniac who would be haled to court und lined for It. Apparently Johnson should have knocked Moiux out, Instead of winning the bout between them on points. Tho suspicion Is unavoidable thnt a desire to make a longer exhibition for the mo tion picture had much to do with his failure to end the contest early In Its history. Hut the pictures of the black loatlng fur twenty tounds against n competitor plainly not In his class can scarcely be worth watching. I'.ven the familiar Western "dramas" of the mov ies are preferable to this. Tho betting showed how lightly Mo han's chances were regarded by the men best equipped to Judgo of them. Yet It Is not suggested that any other white could have entered the ring against Johnson with a better chance of success. Indeed, there nro no Im pressive heavyweight lighters to-dny except Joiinkox, and there Is no pres ent opportunity or machinery for their development. Johnson seems assured of UU title for several years to come, or until Ii4 has hud time to ruin Ills re markable, body by his own efforts. If the mysteries of disease and the srerets of health be beneficently re vealed In the n'ar future It will be only j fair to recognize that It Is not tho Hiiperwcalth of our national (lovern ment nor yet that of the .Stutm that iiiin iiroviuco inn uininiiiiiuuii lor uiu quest of supreme Importance lo hu manity. It might bo Interesting to J speculate on what would happen If nil .the inonpy now spent on trust hunting and muckraking were diverted to tho I purposes of tho llockefellcr Institute. IVi, I'i.in'i-ox. the distinguished I'rench basso who Is dying In Paris, belonged to the company at the Metro politan when It represented the aris tocracy of tho operatic world. He was associated there with I.ii.i.ian .Voiiiuca, the American soprano whose artistic enreer elided only a fow weeks ago with her death In Java. One need recalt only the representations of "Des If uguc- not" In which they were concerned to recognize the character of performance that It was possible to glvo In nn age of great singers. Jkan nnd Kdouard db Hkszke, Vic-Ton Mauriel, Marcklla 8em rmtcti, Lillian Nohoica nnd Pot. Plancon used to slug together In that opera llko the evening stars. Much a distribution of roles In MnvuitrEKa's old work could tint now be secured by nny amount of money. The special distinction that M. Plancon Imparted to every perform ance wn h's ability tn represent French lyric nrt In Its highest estate. "1 determined to take upon myself the responsibility for this statement," says the Hon. IUxmkik KiiKti Wilmams, the Athenian Diplomatic (lusher, talk ing some more ulsnit his Albanian Hood of words. This Is generous and for tunate. It vastly simplifies the duty of the State Department. Women will vote, In 1917, jays Champ ClaiiK. llrmlUnr. This Is so sudden! The women must wonder whether the amiable Champ Is only a flirt or really means It. "I know what It means to loso your nerve. 1 lost mine," said Jamits II. MAtmui, president of thu Pennsylvania Kedcral Convention of Labor, In testi fying before the L'nlted States Com mission on Industrial Relations. No one would have susptctcd the loss from the other utterances of this shining light of unionism, who, incidentally, denounced the present as an "Idiotic age." Out of his superior wisdom lie defended armed violence by labor unionists In retaliation for their wrongs Rlid placed the blame of the McNamara dynamite outrage on the "Individual Ism" of civilization. Ills remedy for nil existing evils was confiscation of every thing -Tn sight for the bcnellt of tho workers. One wonders how far his programme would have gone if he had not lost his nerve. New fight for UofcK White. cod (Inc. Oh. well, he won't object. He belongs to the church militant. It Is astonishing to find Krle com muters getting Into a white heat over the conditions of cars and mich trifles. They were believed to be "house broke" and case hardened. Opaque windows, dusty siuts and prehistoric cigar butts were supposed to pass ns ordinary hazards of the rail. Whether their be lated revolt will work them nny protlt Ik a riddle no man may venture to guess. It Is not wholly Impossible that as n remedy for filthy cars an enllght cned management may decide to sub stitute no cars at all. Tilt: CATASTIlorilK IIA.Mtl). Itrmarks nn the I'omIIHc nprmiltm or Hie Workmen's ('omiK-nsatlnn l,aii. To Titr. DDtTon or Tun Kl'k Mr; The newspaper reports and i-illtorlnl comment upon the public spirited net Ion of the Merchants Association In Klvlng n hear ing on the ciiinpoiiaatlon law all r.-m to liavo mtsfed a point which appealed to in". 1 have waited to. see If some one would say something about It. 1 listened nB the representative of a manufacturing company whose light machinery, sewing and circular knlttliiK machines are held by the commission In sending It notlc(s to lie in (Iroup .18. Mr. Dn-lght was very able and very fair In presenting the case of the stock coin panics. Thnt Interest, however, wns fin tber represented hy hecklers and cla queurs, who uero not so fair. Mr. Train was equally capable nnd de cent in talking for the mutual Inaurancu plan, llu must have astonished the other Insurance nien, though, hj- uncovering so frankly tho secrets of the game. Ho nd mltted so much about the adequacy of the conipeiniatlnn im-infum rntt-s and the probable profits of the business that the eyes of the merchants assembled must have been somewhat opened. Mr. Train on the much vaunted "catas trophn hazard" was leonoelastlciilly Illu minating. Ills calm assurance that the coriiiiensatlon law was not nearly so bad as some people seemed to think win hacked by two mathematical demonstra tions which the merchants and thu chron iclers, as I havo said, did not appear to appreciate. He figured that the lllnshamton catas trophe, under the provisions of the com pensation law, could b taken care of, continuing obligations and all, hy a capi talization of a little more than $100,000. Outside of a c.itastrophu the extreme pnpslhtllly of loss would bn for tho deatli of n workman whoso weekly wage would be the maximum of $100 a week, nnd who should leave a widow- at the youngest nge possible to have three children 1. 2 anil 3 years old, This loss. Mr. Train said, could be met by a capitalization of a little over $11,000. Professor llahhvln, who spoke for the State fund under circumstances of disad vantage, which ho explained, mnde n very good Impression with his evident sincerity nnd his complete knowledge of bis sub ject. Ills gieatest disadvantage, which lis did not mention, was In the fact that his otllclal position compelled him to take the hecklers seHomly when he knew that liny were swinging catch questions nt him which they did not take seriously themselves. He knew and they knew more about the resl merltB of the nutter than even Mr, Train's figures had shown, lie knew- and they knew that even if a catastrophe should occur early in the history of tho Htsle fund's administration Its Income and resources would permit the handling of the obligations entailed beyond the slightest doubt. The "Immediate" obli gations would find stilllclent provision ready because "Immediate," In this case means two full weeks to begin with fur the obligation to acciue. Then no one could complain If a few days more were required to pass upon claims and to nr rnngo for the payment of the compensa Hon. Hy that time there would be nmpl funds for these payments In hand. The "continuing" obligations would hardly present nny problem In view- of whnt we learned In Mr. Train's revelations con cerning the inarnln In the premium rates for expenses nnd profits, It Is welt to avoid getting excited and to wait for a near view of tho bugbears set up to frighten the superficial observer. I nm quite unable to take seriously nil this talk about tho bugbear of "catastro phe hazard." Of course. If there Is an other flood a lot of us will get pretty wet. Hut, even at that, there will be mure of us saved than In Noah's time, for we have so many more big boats, Nnw Yoni;, June 27. Willis IIoi.i.t. Life nn Katlern Lonir Inland. 7m tht Smililr Tlmra. Herman Winer nf Washington street has Installed an electric motor to run hli pea nut rnnster. Contractor Frank MiT.rlnne has completed decoratliiK th exterior and Interior of Dan nle McCUIn'a rnfe. AililUon Topping's family and the Ward family picnicked nt Noyac Ileach on Wednesday. A The many friends of Henry Selienek, who mltonl potah for lemotiado Inst week, lll lie Elad to learn that he Is Imprntlnx nicely. Mrs. r.llta lleatnan vltlted relatives nnd friends In Haatlijiiipinn last Sn n.lri i Imt returned homo In time lo take htr place In the choir for thu evening services. Ilnrae Sense, nri HorJf -Tough work, eallns- oui of nore luipi, Hecnnd Hnrie -Yes, they mul take ua far militant iuhracettri. THIS PRAISE OF HOMES. A Vtolicrlne ilachclsr't Tender !. In llehslf nf Msrrlsge. To Titr KptTon op This Sun Sir; One loses pAtlcnco nt those who claim that the movumcnt Is wrecking hornet and tho Institution of matrimony. The subject must ba approached broad mindedly and not In n Jaundiced and dyspcptle mood, nnd bachelors should not In tro least lose confidence. No real man Is a misogynist, for not to llko women Is not to be a man. The American house keeper Is still the best In the world. In comfort, In smooth running of household machinery. In good ' food and drink, In lavish and luxurious hospitality, we are nowadajs In a class by ourselves In the matter of housewifery. One may be no longer a constant worshipper nt tho shrine of bluo e)cs, pink cheeks, golden hair, nnd tho enshrouding mystery of skirts which make for curiosity nnd revcrenoe In youth, but one knows that tho 'best women aro much nobler than tho best men and that the best men may still kneel to the best women. Ilcrolnes'and angels among women fortify themselves In sanctuaries to which very few If any men havo tho key. Kvery good girl has the making of a heroine ; all she needs is the opportunity. 1 am a bachelor, but T don't believe that marriages are less popular than for merly. Homo of my married friends think that nothing but selfishness keeps me from entering the married state, and It Is In vain that I tell them that I must wait for Cupid. Mnrrlage Is not purely n business proposition: thero Is th spiritual ns well as the practical side to be con sidered. I do love beautiful things, things that are -flno and spiritual and enn see other ends than those that aro purely material. Hut I nm also as practlesl ns you please and do not believe that Imagi nation and practicalness conflict but can exist In one nnd the same person. It Is of coutse too bad that so many bachelor girls are horn to blush unseen and waste their sweetness on tho desert air. And the bachelor men, think whnt they nre missing I There is ono thing absolutely necessary for n happy union atid that Is love, that mysterious "some thing," that dlvlno flame which only deatli shall quench. A good wlfo Is heaven's best gift to man. for after alt what mission In this world can super sede that of the wife and mother who holds high her husband's honor and loves her children and their welfare better than nil the outside honors the world enn be stow? Tho great proportion of all mar riages of the present dny Is successful. And It stands to reason, for men and women nro becoming wiser nnd morn re fined through the cumulative force of truth nnd love. My married friends tell me that If the unmarried folk really knew what a world of tendemets and devotion Is felt, lived and expressed toward each other among husbands and wives nf the present day they would lw rather more eager than otherwise to enter the holy state of matri mony, iiitfl that In the home one finds, or should nnd, mutuality, reciprocity, co operation and service. It Is freely admitted that this is nil very true, but the nil absorbing question Is: Where shall we nnd our oul mates? One does not feel like taking Dan Cupid to task In the matter, nltlunuli he Is somewhat mischievous, Hut he certainly has a great ninny happy conquests to hla credit. Perhaps, after all, one must have patience, he In a receptive mood, of good cheer, and somewhere, some time, his own will come to him. Think of the Joys of existence uuspenkably sweet when we get to the turn of the road I (lron.ur. V. AMnr.osr. IUvsiioiic, Mich.. June 13. TEACH IMS SWIMMIXd. II lint Tanks in all the Public Sertoli - Might tin. To the KntTon or Tin: Scn Sir: 1 thoroiiRhly agree, with your correspon dent who says that the remedy Is at hand to save the V0 tier cent, of public school graduates which his census showed were unable to swim, I would not. however, say "let's have a swimming school week," but let's have swimming hours us frequently as possible during incli week of the entire year. Six thousand to 7.000 lives arc lost annually, principally because a great proportion of those drowned could not swim the fow necessary strokes to safety. Several volunteer llfn saving organiza tions nre now floundering about In nn attempt to reduco the awful annual toll of the wateis by rescuing the drowning and neglecting the principal cause of the drownings. Ignorance. The wise doctor diagnoses his cam and then gets at the cause of the trouble while curing the effect. Through the efforts of Commissioner AUKiistiui 13. MllUr of the Hoard of Kdu cation, who Is alsii In charge of the edu cational branch of tho 1,1 fe Saving Ser vice of tho City of New York. I believe our case had already bdcti properly diagnosed when we found that thu cause of the loo to .100 nnnii.il drownliiKs In New York city alone wa the Ignorance of so many school children In self.protec tlon on the water, and, as n result, com pulsory swimming Instruction has been taken up by the Mill, tic department wherever It Is possible for It to usn the public baths. All that Is necessary to make the In struction general Is a public demand for Immediate action on tho plan of our ser vice to hnve swimming tanks Installed In all of the public schools. Hznut K. .Hmoi.kn, Secretary, Life Saving Service of the City of New York. Nnw York, June 27. The Nashillle at Vera Cm. To nm HniTon or The .Sun sir.- I wonder whether the Navy Department Is aware thnt th? Nashville has broken it record by remaining for ten months at Vera Cruz without even nn excursion Into the ttulf. A letter from nn ottk-er of this vessel (nnd not the youngest) says: The heat here, 103 decrees, combined with the worst humidity I ever experi enced, makes nny sort of netlnn, cen writ Inr. aony. We wonder If Washington In tends $ver to send us north. livery one Is nearly craz). especially Wth the awful In activity. Tills is n family letter and not a com plaint to lieadqunrters, but It seems a very extraordinary thing thnt the Nash ville has not been rrllevcd months before this date. Does not the Department know, or doesn't It care? Hcmanitt Hoston, June 27, llrdlscnunllng and Collateral tndcr the New Hanking Law, JQ To Titr. KniTon or Tub Sun Sir; In lieu of the Clnflln failure and that com pany's outstanding notes of aliout $30, 000,000, nnd In lieu of tho fact that the new central reserve banks will l0 pre vented by law from redlscountlng notis when there Is collateral security added to the notes, would It not be well to re vise this law so that the psper redls counted could have nil the security possi ble? A bank loaning money to a mer cantile firm will not be nliln tn rediscount that noto with the reserve bank If It is sweetened with a little collateral security. What bosh I Hakkkr. Nr.w Yonic, Juno 23. Ills NcllOOl. To Titr. Kiutor of Titr. Sun Sir; Presi dent Wilson's chaructcr Is precisely that of tho doctor who said that he would rather the patient should die under his school of treatment than get well under any other. Common Sr.Nsn. Nr.w Youk, June 28, Aping Our AnreMors. Terpalehure has got u plan To see how far rhn can go. Hlie makes a monkay of a man With her orango. tango! t nlefs her effortj ri forestall, In Ining.iltiws and villas, We soon slull sec the dancers alt Performing tongorlllaa) (Hobos n. Moicwoon. .V THE BAIAKAXS. Prophecy ai to the relltlesl Feasibilities of Cnineatlon of Race and nmrch. To thu nDrron or Tub 8un Sir; Th establishment of Homan Catholicism as the stnto church In the kingdom of Servla, reported In Tub SUM of June 2S, consti tutes a great forwnrd step In the unifica tion of tho J.000,000 Herbs-Croats of Sla vonic race who dwell on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. Slightly more than half of theso, or 4,Co0,000. are Included In tho enlarged kingdom of Hervla, which has now won lnlsnd Macedonia and the ban ate of Ifovlbazar from Turkey. Tho little kingdom or Montenegro, southwest of Scrvln on the Adriatic Hea, with 400,000 Clreck Orthodo Inhabitants, constitutes a second group if the Serbo Croatian race. A third group. 1.S93.000 strong, occupies the Austrian provinces of Hosnla and the Herezegovlna west of Hervla. Here 25 per ceeit. of the population aro Mohammedans, Including tho landlord class, whoso forefathers apostatized to Mohammedanism to save their estates after tho Turks bad conquered Uoinla In the fifteenth century. Forty-three per cent, of the population of Hosnla are Oreck Orthodox, but as they are the most backward element In Hosnla they aro pretty likely to be affected by the move ment toward Home In Scrvln. The Homan Catholic element In Hosnla, as yet only 22 per cent., seems destined to Increase, lllthorto It hna been the one element In Hosnla contented under Aus tria's rule. Hut now both race and reli gion seem destined to draw the noman Catholic Hosnlaks toward Hervla. A fourth Herbi-Croatan group occupies the Austrian province of Dalmatla, on the east const of the Adriatic! Sea. Hera the population Is almost wholly Herb and 8t per cent. Homan Catholic, and has agi tated In the pnst for tho union of nil the Herbo-Croats of Austria-Hungary Into a "kingdom of lllyrla." Finally, northwest of Dalmatla and Hosnla, lies tho Hun. garlan crownland of Croatia nnd Sla vonla, which may bo termed Hungary's Ire land. Croatia sends representatives to tho Hungarian Parliament' at Hudnpeet, but enjoys a considerable degren of home rule under Its local provincial Dirt, which controls local government, religion, edu cation and Justice. Despite this large measure of autonomy the Croats are at feud with the Hun garian Government nt Hudapest, since they dream of restoring Croatia as an independent kingdom, nnd thus fleeing their country from the Hungarians, who conquered Croatia at the end of tho eleventh century. Croatia and Rlavonla have a population of 2.S19.000 Slavs, of whom 70 per cent, nro Ho-.nan Catholics. The Croats In their struggle with the Hungarians have openly expressed feel ings of sympathy and brotherhood for the Serbs, who speak the same language as their own. nnd have declared that dif ferences of religion should be overlooked bet wcin brother peoples. Hut these dif ferences have ceased to exist now that Hervla has forsworn the Greek Catholic faith and turned noman Catholic. Thus the conversion of Servla to Ho man Catholicism has Increased the possi bility of Its westward expansion Into a kliisrdom of lllyrla In caso there should h a break up of the Austro-llungarlan monarchy. On the other hand a Homan Catholic Servla becomes the natural satel lite of Homan Catholic Austria-Hungary. In any struggle of Hervla against tho Greek Catholic kingdoms of Greece, Rul g.irla or Itumanla, Austria would now probably support tho Serbs, for any ex panslon of Austria-Hungary Into the Hal kan peninsula would merely aggravate tho present bitter race struggles In the Austrian and Hungarian Diets. Hence Austria deslics no Halknn conquests. The conversion of Servla to Homan Catholicism wilt of course have momentous religious consequences. Tho establishment of the Pope's spiritual supremacy In the I'V.int. Insured by the success of the Cru sades, but then blighted by their failure and by the advance of the Ottoman Turks, seems destined to become nt least par tially a fact. The northern Albanians submitted to Home's spiritual supremncy and became Unman Catholics In the thir teenth century. Pait of the Armenian Church became Homan Catholic In the fifteenth century. In more modern times the Maronltes of Mount Ibanon. 70.000 out of 220,000 Nestorlnn Christians, nnd a few of the Christian Copts of Kgypt have acknow-ledgid the supremacy of the Pow In religious matters. These, with the descendants of Latin Crusaders In Cyprus, the Greek archipelago, and tin; Greek mainland, and the converts won by Homan Catholic missionaries In Turkey, form a Homan Catholic element of some Importance In the Levant. The conver sion of Servla to Homan Catholicism Is of far more Importance since It means the winning of n solid block of territory from tho Greek Catholic Church. Should the movement for union with Homo fall, as It fnlled In Ilitlgarln during the '70s. the present Servlun dynasty of Knrageorgo vltch would be driven out nnd the Greek Orthodox King Nicholas of Montenegro would probably unite Hervla nnd Monte negro under the rule of the house of NJecns. 12. G. Lumckk. OitAMir, N. J June 27. THE XElf TVRAXXI'. To Protest Against the lleileillllng of limine an Impertinence. To thk KniTon or Tut: Hcv sir; Our Vllson-Hryoii Administration seems tore gaid any suggestion, petition or protest from the business Interests of the country J.n their dire extremity as nn Imperti nence, ns great nn Impertinence as If an expert electrlrlan should timidly offer n suggestion to a professor of Greek and should dare to differ with hlni as to the safest way to run a thousand horse-power dynamo. , The Wllson-Hryan Administration snys In effect to tho Industries of the country: "tlhut up, you nre a bloated lot of rail road, factory and mining magnates, wha aro after the dollars. You nre producing n fictitious business depression to throw discredit on our beneficent policies, and at a time when we nre atsumlng a wise supervision over the affairs of all crea tion. Including tho moral character of President Huerta. We are going to In vestigate you. leglslato against you, regu late you. and If we chooso draw and quarter you. and you are to take your medicine and keep your mouths shut as people do In Htissla." And this- Is the "new freedom": A Wickzi) Husincbs Man. Nr.w Yong, Juno 28. The Tender Hearted Walrus. To Tin: HniTor. or Tnr. Hun Hlr; When the business men of tho country asked for consideration and President 'Wilson told them their trouble was mrely psy chological, he must have thought of Lewis Carroll's verso describing the walrus when tho oysters begged him not to eat them : "I weep for you." tho walrus said, "I deeply sympathise." With aol and tears he sorted out Those of the largest slie, ' Holding his poeket handki-rchln" tteforn his streaming eyes. Hoston, June 27. Life His Maater. Pain nould I make a comrade of my life. Waking each morn to nnd companionship, Draining fate's ehallca with an eager Up, Klndlng Jny after grief, peace after strife. Pain would I aee a clear, straight way ahed, Where In the open I might meet each foe, Whence, loser, victor. I may nnnard so, Chooilng my way. not blinded 'nnd not led. But life la not a friend, a master he, Unkindly, merciless and full of guile, Kiill oft my trust betraying with a smile, Holding me hound when most I would be free; Vet I mint walk with him. hand clasped In hand, Unknowing where he leads me, te what land. KiKrng f, tnwaria. MAYORS TO JOIN FOR FRANCHISE FIGHTS Public Utilities Jlcsweli Bn. renu May Offset Work of Corporations. JflTCHEJ IS INTKIH-STKn Intercity Organization tn lie Perfected at Mcetiii"; in Philadelphia. A coalition of cities, regardless o' s i Is being organized under the leader -ip of Mayor Mltchel, Mayor nudolpli HUi'i. cnburg of Philadelphia. Maor Harr,f0ii of Chicago, Mayor H.iher of Cev ,un and Mayor Hbroyer of Pnyton so thai n fights against publlo utility corporat ons In the future the cities Trill have an scent as fully equipped with knowlcdg of the situation an the corporations. It Is planned to hold a nitlona-Ha conference of cities some thno next fall, when a bureau of pub! la utilities rfsenrcli will be formed. The conference w n P. held In Philadelphia, nnd according ti the announcement sent out by Maor Hlankenburg the Mayors of the five cities leading In tho work of organization will be present. Letters are being- sent out now to Mayors of practically every city In the country Inviting participation, and It is expected that the conference srttl h strongly supported. The basic Idea underlying the forms tlon of tho new bureau Is the accumulation of technical knowledge bearing upon tin Inner workings of publlo utility corpon tlons. Mayor Hlankenburg argues that heretofore In eve.ry fight before a public service commission the cities have btn represented by men not fully familiar with the subjects, while the side of th corporations has been presented by th best Informed and most able men In th country. "If the cities do not Join together for the presentation of their cases its the pub lic utility companies have the laws and precedents established by the commission stand In danger of being biassed by ths able arguments of the representatives of these corporations." says Mayor Hlanken burg In hla letter to the Mayors. "The equipment required for the ade quato presentation of the rights and In terests of the people Involves a degree an1 extent of technical knowledge nnd Infor mation which It Is not practicable for any one city to obtain. This knowledge er Information Is much tho same for each city, and Its cumulative use would greatly ndd to Its value, it must b borne In mind that the utility companies constitute themselves nn offensive and defensive nl llance probably stronger than any other Interest In this country. Its weakest member Is never without Information and assistance of every kind. "To tills end we arc preparing to form i permanent organization of this character We are confident that the result will be a great step forwnrd In the matter of seeur Ing a proiwr presenlntlon of the people's side In utility cases." Philadelphia has a fight against U electric lighting company, and It Is planned that the knowledge gained during the Investigation preceding argument In this matter before the Philadelphia Public Service Commission will be the first ob tained by ths new bureau. Mayor Blank cnburg has been Interviewed on the sub ject and ho says that It Is his Idea tlo' the new bureau will be used as a clearing house for public utility Information. "The Idea grew out of our own diffi culties In ncqulring Infonnatlon to help us In this fight," said Mayor Hlanken burg. "The public utility corporations have very efnolent associations for the exchange of experience. Information and resource, nnd we want to provide ,n organization for the cities that will do for people nil over the United Htutes wlut these associations art doing for the puhl'e utility corporations. "The new bureau will be at th scrS of all citizens nnd Mayors and public offi cials everywhere, and of course the mor It Is used the more Its value will Increase" No ofllccrs have yet been elected, nor have the details of organization been worked out. Mayor Hlankenburg's an nouncement says that every city heard from so far has given enthusiastic sup port to the suggestion. For the present te bureau Is being financed privately $9,000,000 LOSS IN BABIES. Cltr Kaolnsr It ThU Summer. Ssys Wclfnre Association. Valuing the life of a baby st J?"", the Hables Welfarn Association estimates that New York city will suffer nn eco nomic loss of $9,000,000 In the next three months unless more funds nre forthcoming to cut down the sacrifice of Infant lives in tho hot weather. The valuation of a baby has been n!i talned by deducting the average cost of rearing a child from the average earnings of an adult during nn average lifetime figuring on this basis It has been esti mated that In 1912 New York city lost more than ttS.OOD.OOO, which was de creased In 1913 to $40,000,000. To accom plish this result the city spent only $200,000. Hven In parts of the city where rent" ore high and parents well to do the Infant death rate Is much higher than It should be, the association assert", "It is believed that measures should be takei tn make theso mothers under stand that Infant welfare work Is not charity," says the baby week committee, "but a measure of Intelligent self-interest on the port of the city nt Urge The better clnss mother should feel no mote hesitation over visiting a milk stat'on other educational centre thnn sue won d over sending her children to the puhlie school." As n result of the survey mad,- dtp nr babies' week the association s.i t nt least $l,000.on0 should be sp-p -T-h year to cut down Infant mortnl t" AHEARN TIROES SANE FOURTH. "Merriment ! Hotter Thnn Hnnrn- Insr," Htatr r'lrc Mnrehal. A safe and sane Pourth of Julv j- h- "z urged by State Fire. Marshal Ali,in '''0 npeals for n combined nttaek on t'ic i" nl record of Are nnd noise. "A strong effort should he nwd 'ow.c'1 leading all our people Into more tnodr n and Instructive forms of celebration ''e says. "Tho use of explosives should I" limited to public parks during flfd hen" of Hie day. and they Bhould b safe guarded while awaiting their d.si twrge The firing off among closely built shingl roofed frame bouses should lo ali.miir' forbidden. The dUchargo or firms of fireworks and other pyrotechnic dlspU" and the storage of such dangerous .irtlclei should be entirely reguluted by ordinance under tho supervision of local the chief' Permits should be Issued only after m spectlon of ilie premises by fire cbi fs ' Marshal Abeam asks that buckets er water be kept ready by householders fsr use Jn putting out small fires, "It s U' better to plan for the saving of 'ife an-' property before loss occurs tlun itfit' ward," he saye. "Merriment is better -nan mourning."