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Kth'tt l UluKrattont for puUIUation uiih
to ait rejeettd arttclrt relumed thtu mil
in aI catei tend ttami for I'mi purnnn.
A IHofkntle of the (Jerntan Coast
A blockade of an enemy's coast Is
upposed to bo like a shut. door. The-
oretically It keeps out the merchant
ships of neutrals. The liresumptlon ,
is that they will not try to run the
blockade: If they do they arc subject
to capture mid can be condemned to.
gether with their cargo. Itelllgerents '
undertaking to blockade must, how-(
ever, give due notice by communlca- j
tlons addressed to neutral Govern-,
nieuts or to their accredited represent-1
atlves. A ship that sailed from n i
-
neutral country for a nrt of the en
finv before otllclal announcement of
the blockade Is not subject to cap-
ture unless she Ignores notice by an
officer of the blockading squadron and
makes an attempt to run through the
fleet. A cargo is not condeninable
If the shipper could not have known
at rhe time of sailing that there was fi US(l or ,r(per fertilizers and the t fulness of the heiilth Interests of this
to be a blockade. It must le effective 1kp our fHrins do not product- enough. , city and country the New York Acad
and must not extend beyond the pons riiqucMlonnbly Improved credit faclll-, eniy of Medicine has directed Gov
and coast of the enemy. It must be tjM wm help the American fanner, , ernor Whitman's intention to the lm
enforced Impartially against the ships i tmt uni0S!) these facilities are nun-1 portance, even necessity, of facing
of all nations. These are the prlncl- vlni nloI1(j 0f mWh public the Quarantine Station of this great-
pal rules that would govern the block- M)u0T they will do more harm than est port of entry nnder the control
ado of tho German coast by the Allies. (KUlM. ;0f the United States Public Health
While the blockade would not ma-, .othlng Is to be said In favor of 1 Service. A Governor whose record
terially affect the commerce of the , tn! particular measure which has I guarantees that political plums will
Vnlted States and other neutral na-
tlcns. for they have sent comparatively
few ships to German iorts since war
was declared. It would call for the em-,
ployment of a considerable number ,,M)St doctorate necessity of the tno
of warships by Great Iiritnln nnd mont. but the very thought of a Gov-
France off rhe mouths of the Hms,
Weser nnd L'lbo. Frequent attempts
liy the German submarines to tor-
pedo ships on blockade might be ex-
pected, and a sea (Ichi under favor-
able weather conditions would prob-
ably be risked by units of rhe German
navy. To use a familiar phrase. Ger-
many Is not likely to take tno aggros.
r.lon of a blncUade lying down. The
action of the Allies would force the
Germans to take the offensive sooner
or later.
The problem of
continuous toy-
ge" would remain : that Is tn say. the
Allies would have to deal with the case i
of ships bound for Scnndliutvlun and1
Dutch ports with cargoes luteinled 1
for overland transportation to Ger-1
many after arrival at the neutral
portof destination. Hut there could be
no cause of friction with the I'nlted j
States such as the Wllhelmina and
tier cargo now present, uerinan iioh-i;
would buclosisl toAinericiiu coinnicrce
by the blockade, unless it turiieil out I
to be a paper blockade, and that Is
not conceivable under the clrciini- j
,, .
1.1 I l.. ..-w.l,
stances. urn , '.;""
Willie trying n run me .........---
the chance of breaking it wmilil lie,nii ally wliose precedents ami prne-
ltozllirlblo. If Germany wanted to re -
rover the opportunity to obtain food-
stuffs from the Fulled Slates direct
who would have to disperse the eon -
Mining fleet of the Allies by success,
fully striking nt it,
Thus it will be seen that such now
naval operations undertaken by Kng
land and France would only Inconsid
erably reduce the transatlantic com
merce of the Fulled States nnd rliat
they would bine the olTeot of diminish
lug causes of dispute that have threat
ened to lead to serious complication.
These operations would of course In
crease the difficulty of retaining con
trnl of the sea, for to make up and
keen up a blockading fleet warships
would have to be detached from other
duties, for Instance from guarding
merchant ships In the Irish Sen and
the Channel from lurking enemy suit-
marines and from protecting trans,
porta crossing the Channel. A sip
premc test of the sea power of tin
Allies would come with the deviant,
tlon of n real blockade of the Ger
nian coast.
Two New Chemical Processes,
Of the two chemical processes
which the Department of the Interior
attributes to nr. It pitman of the Itu.
reau of Mines one, calculated for the
discomfiture of the Standard oil In
iquity and the Increase by lino per
cent, of the gasolene from virtuous
and Independent crude iietioleiim, Is
Interesting and valuable If true; nnd
particularly welcome will it be to ihe
millions of devil wagoners and motor
boat men.
The other discovery the manufac
ture from crude petroleum of toluol
and benrol hltherm ehiellv eietieieil
from coal tnr In Great ISi iiuni ami
(Jermany, will be, If It works
tin the maUliiK of hlrfi explosives; i
' economic as the base of native dye-
stulK thereby relieving American lex-
tile iii.iniifiictiirltig from dependence ,
on foreign dyestulTs; and If the rosy
hopes of the heralds of the ltlltnuin
Ian achievements are realized, even
tually perhaps Hiving, the United
States the preeminence In the dye
stuff Industry.
These Inrge hopes nobody has to
share until they are made facts. At
any rate It Is a comfort to the good,
and es)cclally to the Administration,
that there Is to be no monoiMily of
these eKK'h making, If they are epoch
imikliig, discoveries.
Financial Aid to the Fanner.
Of course the process of tacking an
amendment to the agricultural ap
propriation bill Is no way to go ulmut
fabricating such !inNrtant legislation
as a rural credits measure,
me very
manner of undertaking to put a law""'""" ,,""Z
of this sort on the statute books is "-d. jwr. through his glasses under
bound to provoke suspicion and should ,
cause widespread distrust.
There is no occasion for haste and
huggcrmugger in thismatter. Although
President Wilson long ago Included
a rural credits law in his programme,
the Administration has been content
In recent months to allow the subject
to revolve further discussion tiefore
proceeding to action.
The farm mortgage provisions of
the federal Iteservo act are suffi
ciently lllral to deserve a trial be
fore supplementing them with siteclal
pu-ral machinery- States have been
extending their law making activities
Iu ti,ja ,It,,j ami tnere Is no reason
for nlirry lU Washlnglon. For ncveral
vt..lrs ,,.l8l senators nnd members of
Congress, other Government officers
am np,M,jn,W!l, together with any
numj,or 0f private bodies, have been
Cllllttl,sln(. tllp SUbje,.t nnd working
on schemes for lietter methods of
financing the farmer than custom has
developed, tint as yet opinion has not
iKwS,Up settled. There is no sufficient
I if-,,iui- ;-:illl-J. luvir ir ii" omul ittii.
'agreement to form a basis for Federal
...... .....i.t,,.. i nnv eni.
n s xgty desirable to stimulate
agricultural Industry and make It
more attractive. There a re not enough
farJPM jn the United Suites. Bven
though thero is more and more sclen
tllk. frmlng nnd an increasingly skil
j,(hii fastened ou the agricultural ap-
proprlatlou hill. The Administration
rei;ims the establishment of an
American merchant murine as the
' cnimi'iit subsidy to that end seems to
Pe abhornvl at Washington. The rural
,.rf.,ins amendment contemplates a dl-
rtH.t Oowriiinent subsidy to the farm-
f,rs- au, our agriculture is In no such
.lesporate case as to cull for any such
emergency relief. Taking tho Ameri -
,.,., Ianrr ns n whole, ho Is a thrift-
);,s tH,rr0Wer. Ho has plastered hls'rsoiv tbe same fiuie
property with mortgages and
his
crodlt ia sior because- he Is an liuprov-
t((nl ,tttor. Then; Is more likelihood
of aggravating his financial mala-
(1(s tIl!in of )Mirlng them If rural
,,risit., legislation takes the wrong dl-
rfftlon. The tlminclal reforms aimed
.,, 0.m n rrrt to wait until tho best
ltms of a(.ti(m are moro clearly de-
(j,, ovo t statesmen from rural
constituencies fire deprived of a bandy
.r(.umpnt for reelection.
,i.. f,.i. r..,
i iif. nana .uu.
The seizure of the Dacla by a French
cruiser was of course premeditated
and arranged. If there Is to be any
friction about the hunlness It will be
...11. f.-nnA ,w1 n.t with FnolntlH
, ' " "r.re" .
.wii.c. ..... ...
luces with regard to knotty questions'
of international law are different.
, If the French rule Ih not to recog-1
1 nlze the validity of transfers of
ownership in a merchant ship from
eltlreus of a belligerent to citizens of
a neutral nation after war begins what
l.t to be done about It? The United
States will not be represented in the
French prize court and can hnve noth
ing tn say afterward unless there has
been a condemnation of the Pacta not
justlllisl by the evidence and the law.
There Is no doubt that the Pacla for
merly belonged tn a Gonunn steamship
company and Is now the property of
tin American, flying the American
il.ig, That is all that a French court
will want to know, unless 1t can be
-Iiiumi by counsel for the Pnolii Hint
. the French practice Is not hard nnd
fast, being subject to exceptions In
i favor nf the neutral owner. If the
French court can strain a point In
favor of the Government It will be
done. Therefore hope of saving the
Pacta from condemnation Is exceed
ingly slim.
It may be tnken for granted, then, I
Mint If sine 1m condemned nil idling ivllb
her history will be sez,M by the
French 111 filtllle and not by Ihe Itrll
Ish, whon practice nsptlres ttuit to
Justify release there must he proof
that the vessel was purchased In good
faith to be used for trading purposes
under the neutral dug.
Serrclary Daniels In a New Picture.
To the .losephus Panlels gallery
the ii'. a service publication, bus
added a new nnd striking picture nf
the ureal Secretary, who faces the
lire of a camera without flinching,
hi fact w.tii visible satisfaction, This
, tudy shows Mr Danih.h ns the cen.
ire of a group on a warship, consist-
.iosi.i'itt'.s Hanih.s dominates thei
picture and monopolize tlie attention
of the beholder, not by reason of a I
stalwart, well tailored llgtiro or the
born look of command, but iMvause,
as inery olllcer of the sort Ice will
see at once, he wears a naval uniform
cap with a suit of mufti.
Such a blend of apparel tJie regula
tions forbid to officers, who must ap
pear In uniform or when off duty
wholly in citizen's clothes. No one
can conceive of Admiral Haixikk hav
ing his picture taken In a black
"Prince Allert" coat and a pair of
striped trousers set off by a gold
braided service cap. To the credit
of the Admiral, It must be said that
in this Instance be looks self-conscious
and ill at ease on the right of
the ruler of the I'nltcd States navy.
Secretary Garrison and his assistant,
Mr. Franklin D. Koosf.vklt, are un
conventional In golf caps, while the
I,., ,
V" B . V. .
He might be taken for a guest on the
yacht of a captain of industry. Hut
there Is no missing the significance of
the naval uniform cap which the Hon.
Josri'iius Danim.s wears: It Uxor his
status as Secretary: otherwise, he
might be mistaken for a mere civil
ian on the camera tiring line. Much
' In the public eye as Mr. Oamklh Is,
he has never looked satisfactorily the
part of Secretary of the Navy, not
even In the famous photograph that
shows him with his arms round the
necks of a coriwral of marines and
an enlisted man and exuding democ
racy In a wtdo knowing smile.
There are naval officers who will
br shocked by the new picture of Mr
IUnim.s. It Is a state of mind not
easy to understand. There should
rather be astonishment at his numer
ation. He might have faced the cam
era in a ehapcau with plumes, the
parade headgear of the captain of a
warship, or be might have attached
' . . . ,,p1
e'","lu- ;
xynn:l 7'.n
Prince Albert" coat
Ith a sword. Per
haps In the fulness of time we shall
see him so adorned and Immortalized.
'
' w"r thr Q"nIn, nf T"1 rrt
Should Ho Under Federal Control.
With Its characteristic vlo watch.
I be regarded as secondary to public
. welfare cannot fall to pcr otve that
the saving of taxes demanded for
maintenance and the remuneration by
the Federal Gniernmeut for taking
over the station alone are sufficient
reasons fnr this transfer which Tun
sr-j has long advocated. Hut an-
other nnd far more cogent reason for
the assumption by the Federal an-
' thnrltles of the Quarantine Station is
the certainly of greater elllciency In
' administration.
j The Quarantine Station fulfils pre-
funetlon with regard
to repelling in listens of deadly
diseases that Is discharged by the
forts that guard our harlxir against
Invasions of shot and shell. Would
tw state for one moment entrust
sandy Hook and other fortifications
j to Us' militia? Can any one doubt that
j t)e trained ottlcers and soldiers of
i tj)0 United states finny are more
onpalilo of operating these forts than
' jjjp best mllltln? And yet the lives
1 n,lrj property of this city have been
ff)r V()r(( j,,,,.,!;,,,,! ,,y placing the
1 defences iiu-allist disease and death in
the hands of absolutely untrained
men, whose term of otllce expires Just
when they have liogun to learn some
thing of their duties. Moreover, the
Health Officer has the privilege of se-
, ' I,,U'
l I-IImr the ,K.rsonnel of his command
nornnt to his own sweet will, tsilltl.
e- ' ' ' '
, cal or social. On tho other hand
thetoincers of the I'nlted States Pub
llle Health Service are trained under
military discipline, their grade Itelng
In accordance with their proved ca
pacity, trained In sonio fifty stations
In nil parts of Ihe world. They may
be rapidly assigned to duty wher
ever difficult problems in sanitation
must le quickly solved, whether it
be bulionle plague, yellow fever, ship
fever, cholera or other less menacing
disease. The lives sacrlllced among
these ottlcers In pursuit of their duties
nttest their courage, and their effi
ciency has leen demonstrated on
tunny fields. The Intimate connec
tion of this service with the Treas
ury Department ami all lis custom
nnd revenue activities enables th"
olllcers to discover early the outbreak
of menacing diseases In distant for
eign and domestic sections. These
are cabled to the central office In
Washington, where Surgeon-General
It.iiK controls the situation ctnnpletrly.
The only reasotiahlo objection that has
been urged by the political appointees
was the delay Incident to appeals to
I Washington, This may have been reu-
' J V ' "
phone. It Is absurd now,
The Siato Quarantine office hns al
ways depended for Information upon
Washington, and when it has been
found Impotent to cope with the situ
ation the Federal authorities were
forcisl to stop In, as for Instance
when the cholera stricken .Vormannla
lay In our waters an alleged menace)
to the community sovernl years ago.
When the saving to our State of
.$100,000 annually fnr maintenance
(above fees received) Is considered,
besides the savins of fees aggregat
ing more than this amount to our
hipping Interests, and the willing
ness of tho Government to pay for
the Quarantine property aboiit
.:t.0O0.0H) Is added. It becomes ob
vious that the only reason for New
York and Huston being the only ports
out of tlfly In the fulled Stales still
under Siale control must be polltlci!
That the latter Is probable was dein
onstrated when in the hcgiunln;
nt i
., .... ..,, ,.
me .-siiiwr iiuniiiiistraiioii ine variis r
committee failed to adopt Its chair
man's patriotic advice to save the
State the largo outlay of ?i!.0(K).()O0.
recommended by the present Jlealth
Officer, needed for restoring the sta
tion. The plums of otllce would have
been diminished.
It Is fortunate if at last we have
a Governor who will regard the distri
bution of party perquisites as subordi
nate to the Interests of the taxpayers.
shipping interests and efficient pro
tection of the nation against disease
and death.
It Is singular that in a season of
genuine hardship and suffering among
the unemployed, the professional and
unrepentant hobo should have been
more In the public eye than ever be
fore. He has nlmoeit succeeded at
times tn occupying the centre of ob
servation to Hie disadvantage of his
deaervlng fellow sufferer.
Does American literature ehow n
tendency to centrnllxei Itself nt any
polnt7 .Tamks IIrvcc In th Xnrth
Amrrlean Ilevieu'.
Yeei, at Indlanai)olls-on-West-FV)rk-of-Whlte,
Marlon county, Indiana.
Reminiscent admirers of "the palmy
days of the drama" ought to be stirred
by the closing of a Rro.idwny r.ifatro
thn other night hecauie the actors had
not been paid for weeks, Such incl
denta were fresiuettt In the lbea.tre
before tlie days of rhe lnhpiltous com
ttierci.il drama.
"MOSTLY FOOLS."
A in mo as Illlloaa Kxpresslnn Often
Used by t'arljle.
To Titr. KiuroR or Tnit SUN Sir Car
lyle's atrabllUr ullunion to the "twenty-
seven millions mostly fo-.K' t
Pamphlets" and still more frequently
in No. 6, "Parliaments."
The Hrsi Instance le from "Stump
Orator. ' a few pugea from the end
The iiraclce of mo.lern I'jrllain-nte,
with repurler s'-ilnc a-iuing
ilini ami
tr.eni --e' n nil Inns niott'.y fooli llsien
Ing to them. fl. me with umaieinent
This dates from lliufl About ISf.i
there appeared this description of Vol-talr-
in Carlyle'e "FndiTlck theOreat,"
thapter entitled "Sarv-Souc!" .
Tor indeed there ri In that man whit
fer tranecend- all dlrnment and tnipo-r.-v
potencr over valete, over lettont,
'reaaiire vaulte and dim mUltnni mosfy
bloi'khesrt.
Which seems to ahow that Carlyle
had a true Iforaitlan hatred of the pro
'atie rabble. Thomas Fust
ltr.ooici.TN, March t.
GAG LAW.
. .-. . .t lneei1 that a majority of women wanted
Shonld People Talk Only Abnat the I , vote "? Why should men not vote
Things They Know? for women'a eipial'ty for the simple
reason that n great many want the
To Titr. KniToa or Tur. KtiN -Sir I ote' What has th mairltv got to do
see there is a woman who calls on "all with It In this particular Instance"
parerr's who are Interested in the sup- The 'ilnklnc. educated women Tho
predion of neidlcus cruelty to animals must pav tuses and shari their respon
and to human beings" to stop sending slbillties in this country shoulder to
their daughters to Wellesle) and Mount hnulder with men want to vsite. That
llolyoke, for "both colleges Insisted on should be enough I am no "rabd suf-
having all entering freshmen vaccinated
and vaccination was us .ts.
I'm sine I don't understand bow sh
knows this, ny more thjn 1 know wio
ehe Is There are plenty of medw a.
men who are known the world over
'hat assert to the contr.iM
I also saw In the ,ime Si n at' article
headed "To I.eesen Tetanus Dangers,"
which describes the process used in ad
ministering serum Inoculations fur the
cure of tec.auus. I low long will ;t b
before enmebodv will nee tip and de
clare that such treatment U cither dan
gerous or useless''
I If people would confine their utter
' ancrs to what the absolutely know
there would be much less wrltlen and
primed, 1 opine, and we cojld put more
faith In what wo read. (i. II Tkkiit
SofTlioLD, March 1
The Iteuson for the Hog.
To Til Fiutoii or Thk Spn Mr
In
a letter to Thk Spn of February J7
W Hall asks h dog lonr" to give a
reason why dogs should be "tnle-ated"
m our slrfetk They get little riourh
ontideratlon tn this city, and thev
should lie "tolerated" to keep them III
health ,ind happiness Air and exercise
ato ijecissary to them Merlon sa '
"The miss.on of the dog I say It with
all reverence Is the same as the m'.s--slon
of Christianity, namely, to tench
mankind that the universe Is ruled by
love, Owneishlp of a dog tends to
"often the ha i'il heirts of men."
Hlchcns ,a)s: "Theie Ik nothing either
eentlmeM.il or foolish o lmlng that
which, with a whole bent and perf'rtlv.
loves you and a dog's devotion is one
of the most perfect, most touching and
complete sentlniBiitH that cm lo muni-
festcd by one living creature tn an
other" Iteason enough, I think, why
dogs should he tolerated A dog's de
votlon puts many a man's to shame
A FmrNn ov I iocs
Nkw Yor.K, March 1
The Two fonrsgri.
To thk Kditor. or Thk Spn .str I
hear a good deal of talk about what
may result fiom the war. I think not
much good will result from It tlhlris It
puts aJi end lo war. In that rise we
should probably reform our Ideas about
moral and physical courage.
1. It lu II, mm t.ho on
i ii , j J v.
a suivessful right Is always the hero par
e a, iu em , no- ii-ti-iii oi-inic ,.i , our-e
that v ctory Is associated with dom'ti-
lon or booty or material advuimiige of
some kind On the other hand the man
of moral coinage, the nun who subdues
i his passions and lives a lrtuou", ininlesi
Ulc is not thought mu.'h of; )ct een-
tlnlly lie Is far superior to the other
' When we have reformed our ideas
' about all this we will begin tn prugu ss
not before. Axtlct's
Nkw Yokk. March 1
I'rnsslan Knltnr.
'I'n tub KniTon oi" Tun Son ,Vtr Vmir
editorial article "An Kssnv on Taet
and So fin" In Thk Sun of February IS
Is certainly to the point and In a line
with your many line editorials They
certainly speak the truth It Is about
time this so-called Prussian "Kultur"
should lm shown up In Its true colors
Possible the Oermuns will realize their
folly when the war Is oter.
.1. WiSNlR
Nkw TonK, February IH.
ITps nnd Downs,
To i nr. KniTon op Til k Spn Sir tents
polng down! Assessments and luxes
going up ' IIkiiiii.iih,
Nkw Yung, March 1.
Weather Note.
To tns KniToa or tub Stis
fr The
rnain wr havr had ruch n warm w nle
Is heraiKe of the mhI iiverpro'liii'lliin of
hut air by the auuileur hnikers
fir
P.
dim army supplies.
Naw Yose, Mareh 1,
EQUAL RIGHTS.
Is the Siilijnvatlon of Man the Snf-
frarfctte Design?
To Tilr. IliHToit of Tun St N Sir-
In
a litter lo Tilt: Spn of l-Vliruaiy 27
I il.iiii; MIsh lliirkinaii to l.isk Linda I.
t'oiileiit usks "Wh.it ciotmil Is tlipri'
for tin rulletilniiH siintKisltloti that tliov.
ltii. stirfr.iKettfs, iloslte lo forau ahead
,f , , lhn face of their own imh-
llshed littet.uicfs why n-k such a tiura-
tlatt"
Iti'i ctitly l.eonor.i llalnes In n lettur
m Tub ICvi:nino Spn wtlttcn from
Paris made the statement, since ills-
proved, that thn women of France In the
ahsence of their men folks at the front
were petfurmlng mens tasks with
"gieater elllciency "
A feminist lias the temerity to tell us
In the Hiookljn .'nylr that "man's nat
ural portion Is hard lalur, physical en
durance" One has but to come Into
contnot with thcae "advanced" females
In their own homes and to witness their
froward aetlvlties In worldly miheres to .
lm able to answer the question. From I Hobson. Mrs. Calvert was one of the
what 1 have pers.in.illv seen of married ' Piddle sisters. Adelaldo and Clara, who
suffraKettes there Is little donht but that ( appeared at the Ilo-ton Theatre 1n the
the ultima thute of tho aspirations of , '10a. where Clam. Iter sister, married
most of them Is "stand on the necks of I Thomas Hurry, then manager of tho
thnir prostrate buli,inds." And t'theatie. Miss Ihtnna Garrlck I did not
Mush for mv sex when 1 think of It, know, could your correspondent have
for In this sen of mollycoddles there meant Kmnia Gr.ittan"
seems tn be an ever Increasing number Mr. and Mrs. Pateman, Hubert and
of suplnelv submissive husbands. "". came to this country In 18fir,
Tim demands of these women for nd while pKijIng at Wood's Museum
"cfpjnl rights" and special privileges, In this city were engaged by Mr liooth
both In the same breath, speak for tnr M" theatre They mado their flrt
themselves. Miss Hurkman has lilt the IIn under his management at
null on the head. 'As a woman she loothVs Theatre June 14. 1870, n "The
knows whereof she writes.
F C. LOCKS.
Mosticeux), March I.
WAKE UP. MEN!
And Do Not Tremble T.eM the Despot's
Heel lie on Yonr Neck.
To tub KniTos or Tin Sl'N .Mr- Will
'"a Hnedict llnrkman kindly give soma
proof for the following statement?
The only desire of lh euflrailit Is ta
forge ahead of man
1 deny the assertion. If, however, aa
"V.. II. H" eeems to Imply, woman haa
the ability to forge ahead of man and
her political Inequality Is the only Uitnc
preventing, what numnn being has the
right to stand In her way?
Is not the opiiorttinlty to attain the
highest Ideals the divine right of eery
person, whether male or female?
Why .should an unptogreselve woman
be permlttnd to pjbl sh one. untrue
remark that might he believed by
unthinking pioole? For Instance, this
. ... . .. .. i
, m(j
The surfraslst wanti her me rprMntd
et.indlnc i-lth her foot on th nock t
priistrate man.
Is It not tru-
that the iromsn of tha
"cl.nging xlne
t) pe Is the one who
has wnm man prostrated .mil her foot
flrml planted on lit m-il,? The com-
plete subjection of one of the "sterner
aei' Is her highest ambition.
Wake, up. mwi! Give woman her
political rights and ahe will be so busy
j.ejping jou that nne will not nave time
to "rule you entirely '
A Man IlKsi'ticnNo BrrrsaoiST
WiirrLlN'a, W Va., February 27.
VOTES FOR WOMEN.
Men Should Not He Inflaenre by
Women Who Srnrn the Itallot
To the i:ti!T0R or Tilt Sun Sir. An
swering Robert S Colter's letter, why
need men "favor o!es for women If con-
fra-tM." but 1f the ote Is given, I shall
do so . and as Intelligently -as I possibly
can No doubt othr women feel the
same way. though they may not b- In
t ie ranks of tho-o creating ePsturh
nnces for It
Those of sex who do not wls'a to
vote have the same prerogative that
man men take advantage of. they stay
away from the polls and do not vole,
though I am glad to eay I fe-1 eon-
vine, i, timt not many men do
many men no nil.
hen wo ge; (lie
vote. and I in con -.
vised its ...mmg. no one will stand
w th a duo sud force the untie lo vot.
N'kw Yoiiic, M irvh 1 Anwa S
NOISE AND NUMBERS.
lion Manv I'rngs Are There Really In ' .'"" . n h" w' ""'t,n fll"-rrv In
,., that pb) when he says
the .Suffrage Pool? ..... . . , .
!Mt thMi not eu-peet nn pliee Pest
To the Kpitoh ok The Sun Sir If thou not eu-pe.it my years' O th.t he
thn anti-suffragists are correct In as- 1 "ere here to rlte m ,nwn n nes -setting
that the majority of women do hut. matter. reniemSer that 1 am n aea
not want the vote, why do they not
londurt a referendum of their own
among the women In this Slate'
You know the stoiy of the farmer
and the city man who wanted to buy
flogs 'gs Tho city man asked the
farmer if be rould supple him with
frogs legs, the farmer asstued him
hat he i mild give him two iti.irts each
Saturday.
The ilrid week the purchaser went for
them the farmer held up one big hull
frog and said he was greitly istonlshed
to find onlv this nnlsv fellow after drag
ging h s pom! fiiini end to end mice
Tim bullfiog bud made sin h a liulhi.
Iiatoo, and kept I I in awake nights, he
was ipiile sure thire must be hundred
i of flogs in his pond.
II
Nkw York, March 1,
The Servians.
To the KoiTtm or Titr Sew--Mr a
fortnight ago you printed an appeal
for the Servians, who, exhausted by
throe wars In three years, seem likely
tn starve. The Servian Agricultural
ltellef Committee nf 70 Fifth ui'.nn. U
forwarding on March 12 grain, seeds
anil simple farming tools, and I hope
many mum will contribute,, as the.
can pievlous to this dale '
The rollowlnir recAHoH .hi- .. j
result of )our printing my tequest lllus-
' " I""'
traten the tiiumnejis or some people
riMj situation.
Kind sir' Ther- Is no reasen lo think
tint the dirty cutthroats of Servians will
win As an Ainerl an I think they are
llie rotlerieet trilii' aolt'f, Cepervtng no
sMiip.ilhv whatever l.et It be SerWa, If
an p.Mse, th it is m!I Lhev are eeith
t'l contemptible murderer of Ulnte
Null ' Ha, ha. ha! After the war thev
ss " lie real Servians to other nations
Tho Servians hnve proved thev can i
die and they will riot be cniiipieted
Thev deserve our help as the llelglans
also. fllAIILKH S, Hariwkii.
IIsooki tn, March 1
Suiulaylsm tn Nntshell,
To Titr, KniTon or Tnr St'N,S(r In
word Sundiiylem Is Irreligious Chris-1
tinnlly popularised to r ill t the vulgar , lt,r ireitmem 'accotiled' Harry 'llnw
temperament of the twehtlelh centur).!, Jun YTiHSSr ClNlci's
r "'" " """" "' ,.
i.i'liir.n I) 17AVI9,
Nkw Yonrt, March t.
I'he 1'iitthfnl Kentllrliy Onnse.
fiom th lliTtlord Hrimhltran
'1'liH tieuple of Hartford were very mui'h
aniiued WriliiuMilJ) afteriiiinn when Mr.
('. II SlllllMlK"! cailli' 1 1 1 I0H II flllllined hv
a gimie. Mr. Sullengor euteied several
stores and nthrr idHres of rmsluera and
"eveiywhere that Charlie weul llm ons
wss eiiri- to ifo " Th fowl tiilked con
tlninillv to herself and followed tight at
, 'ii'T urn- "i .ir r-n i r n m "i ,1 1 111, i inn,
''.liirncer inya that rvnry tune lo, , ,,iu.
, up town Mist l,u hiiiiIh .i f, uu him
and P la ii"' oes.it v to drive her li.uk Ha
says hi' Im'-n t like the lda of a dara
cnox taklni up with him, .
ASSOCIATES OF BOOTH.
Memoranda of denial (ilflcil Rand,
l.onp .Nlnre Dispersed.
To Tilt. Kiutor or TlIK Spn- Mi In
irply to tb" tiuerv of your . o. n spoudi lit
Mi t'liri.s l Downey of Halerbuiy,
t'lllltt , I Wilt ClldltlVOI to llli Iltf till' sev
eral members of Mr Mouth's ooiupan)
i llsltil hy hint. Loult-a
Kldi-IUgo,
"Aunt Uniis.1,- up to the day of her
death arverttl years idiive, was thn he- I
i lovisJ of the. iM)fe.seliiii In all It? ranks; '
j nltvays at thn hcnl of any charltalile !
tintlertuklng, ulwnyn ready to assist to
1 the limit of her pers'iiml means, never a
'very prominent nctren.s, 'hat evor a'
r prominent whole souled woman in her
profession.
Mi's A Calvert I cannot recall Mrs.
Charles Calvert I knew In 1S" when pbe '
appeared at Hooth's Theatri! Ill her litis-
hand's magnificent production of "Henry I
V.," and ten years 'ago, I'.'OS, I hud the i
honor to direct her rehearsals In the '
revival of "She Stoops to Compter
here with Kyrle tlellew and Mleanor
i ituguenoi fapiain, ny watts rniiup.
In the following August Joseph Jefferson
began a run of 149 performances of
"Itlp Vnn Winkle." Mrs. Pateman pliy
ttig .Wrtile and Mr. Pateman CorU".
I played the Dwarf tn this revival. In
N'ovembe" Mr. llooln produced "Riche
lieu" with Mrs. Pateman as. Jtile ife
Jforfetiinr and Mr Pateman as l)e Jlrr
(n.oiftt. I had the patt of r'rmirnlt.
Thn I'atemans In a few j.ears went to
San Francisco and became load, nit
members of the California Theatre stock
company under the management of
John McClllloch. Mts. I'ateman died Hi
Kngland In tnOS. I believe Mr. Pate
man Is nllve and playing In Kngland
Samuel I'leroy died nnny years ago,
a brilliant and promising young stor
I), C Amlenson, t'ncle Pave, died In
fun Francisco many yetrs since. T
saw him there last In 1S77.
F C. Ileabner has disappeared from
my ken William Whltec.ir plaeil re
rently In Chsrle.s Fmhman's production
of Paul Armstrong's drama "The Heart
of a Thief" I met blin on Hroadway
to,'''' J!,.n V: '"'lc' "V"""1 b;
"Tnhn nnl-" nn,l hp. Ti.i. ti:is-H hevMfitl
I "jorm uauv an he n.Ls jiasen neyonii
some years since. I.. F. Hirrett was
Imls llarrcytt, a younger brother of
IawretK-e end a good general actor.
lie ille.1 a few e.ir.s after Ills brother
IMward Clean- was In Kngl ind n few
years ami. although be recent Iv visited
America In the Interestji of i French
aviator He has given up a. ting and
has been Interested In m.inv enterprise
Maon Mitchell acted for surne vears
ftPr issi. then went to the Philippines,
returned and lectured I tblnk ho Is
dead.
Newton Chlsnell ts alive, but rarelv ,
act. I saw him a few weeks ago. V
Carpenter, It. Hrlstol and rred I.andon
1 cannot account for , perhaps th last
of these three Is Fred Lander and II. Ii.
Bverett may be 1. II Kverett.
William Srritops.
Nim Tork, MAM'.h 1
DRAMA ON THE
POTOMAC.
The Prlnclpsl Chnrnrter In
Mnrh
Ado About .Nothing."
To Tni F.oitos or Titr. Bra -.Sir; In
Percy Fitzgerald's "The Rook Fancier,"
referring to the editions of Shakespeare,
he says
One nf eh interesting pntnte
to ascertain I- bos majiv pUe were pub
lish,! before .Shakespeare's dath. which
took pUce In 1MG Th'-re, were some four
teen thst tbu appeared, end It might he
""' that e.. many couH net hae
tee Usied
slUiout his knowledge and
ipprotMtlnn
in the nrt
Noth'ng"
How (ew know that
folia ef "Much 'tf About
i.n In ih foii-tli n' it
headed "Hi'ter tnna'i and Jack- Wll
ion " i bts h-lng ihe name of th actor,
sehlch hed silpp-d in hi pUp. o rhe oher-
e tr
itl "Much Ado About .Vothlna." alias
he "Si.lli I'uml.an 11.11 .' now belmr nei-
... .,,..., ...uu.
' ,..,., ...,, rM ', ....
pearing tiamelv. Tom Wilson inn lnp
tliedl. Histoid of the constitutional and
proper autborltv. tho query Is whither
In the I ips.. of tunc tli.it n.tirtn will
tiurp the propi r representatives of the
o thn 1 had b"n wrp don -an
eat
Wlbnt w-111 the country write down a
few years hence nf this remar't tide play?
Will It sny that tbe Si note is en ass. o
the other one who is trvitig to be fie
executive ar.d legls!. ttle power also
Are th" New Jersey Oovernor .ir.d
Frincelon csreera to be repeated In
WntthlniTton" A N S
Waimnuto;, r. C, March l
l lie I.raal Aid Soelct).
To i-iip KniToit iik Thk. Si.-x M, I"
tbe lepoi-t of the ail. nil iiieeli'ig of tbe
Legal Aid S-clen , gcneial) iiublit-hi'd
Iiimi week, the announcement Is made
that the socet during I'll recicl
mine money than It expended. This
unfortunate misstatement Is i'kely to
emhirrass the socbtv
The l.egai Aid Society during the
)e.ir IBM attended to the wants of
more than 4n,i1(10 clients and ireuvered
fur them approsimatid) fHO.nuo. This
was done at a cist of Jl l,H0.5ti. to'i-
x.derlng the number of our clients, more
"" ."". tins must ne regaruci as a
pmarkable showing Yet to complete
-ur wo-k for the ve.ir we wern compelled
"' -'orrow JS.nnn h:.x .1. ll. it. added
10 U II eirltcr I lldehl e, nevs f mrff t,,,.,
,,,1,n' amount, greatb embana-c
t in,- .' 1,'ij, e" nun ii ri, in mi l, in 11
'utile- the contributions are largely .n-
creased during the coming ytai It nil!
be ne. ei-sar for us to curtail our w. rk
1 iiinl ellniliinte one of our benches The
Legal Ad Society, instead of iiav iug
an income exci cilliii: is expinse.s is n
1 tirgeir need of Jill mill to meet its ni
i di'biedness and assuie the lull coiitluu
I a rice of Its splendid wolk
I Ai.t rv WAnuivri t ,
Treasurer of the Legal Aid Ho' leli
N'kw Youk. March I
nark of a (')nlc.
To thk LiiiTOs ok Thk Spn- It
is InUrewiln,- lo note, ay a psvcMoiopl
cal studv. thit ilien Mill tnei'i a man
nho Is In a hiiny to have llecker exe
cuted you will find almost invariably
, Nkw Yoitk, March 1
1
In the .Voefi Amtriran Hni'w for Mar, Ii
etpi eei-lnns of njitiiloti on line uiii' I of the
e-ar or anolher h.ne Seen elhni I fnnu .1,,
seph II I'ilil lie. Ihe III 111 1' ii I'eiliinU,
the liluht lle llr I' II llieesler I) Ii
Vlllard .1 Mniili'ii, ,i llillli.li miner mil
Hie editor Muim-lf Vlncnunt ltr.ni ills
i uises American literal me. W H llowells
the HrliMix l.l) r, Havilnik lil,l the
l-'rench wilier Henri de Itrpinei and
l-nlllfe ( lii'ii the imiiU rt I Ii i'n i
lllirdl S lean- -m ,k- oi i'ii' I. '
nrl .inll leu III Hie I ' 1. " e Sli " .ii !
f. Mm HI ejir. it tie- , i I i, i l(. , ,.
invslerious i. 'i e Ii
piieiiiH, mi i-rct Itic ei ,1 i
AmlA diiirrii.tiit in i thr u is ilr.mi nu
and llleraty nolliei.
FROM A FRIEND OF JAMES.
No Victim of the Centralis Fight
Were Scalped,
Tn NIK KlUToii oP TIIK SPN- .Sir It
l not m) piirposn to defc id tie aits of
I'lanU .lames at certain pe. ..Is of in
taieer ftittlitr than to say. In Justice to
ii dead mall, that many of the iicuusa
tlnns against him bad no mote basis In
fact than the charge made by l..eiilcnatt'
Ray that the I'llioll dead were scalped
after tlte fight at (Vntrulla, -Mo.
Major i' C. Rainwater and Major
James Ilaimcrmau of the Confederate
service, both of whom were operating
about Ccwralla at tho time of the light
at that place and both of whom wern
at different times lator regular Demo
cratic nominees for Mayor of St. Louis,
have borne testimony to the fact that
no one was scalped nt Ccntrallii and
that the light was not In all) rense a
massacre, as It Ijns been termed b)
overzoalous Northern historians.
The truth of tho whole. afTalr Is
4bat Colonel Johnson, a patriotic and
brave olllcer, who commanded tho I'nlon
forces on that memorable day, was with
out experience In warfare and suffered
on tli.it iiK'oUtit a crushing defeat. So
far as can be learned from reliable
authority, Johnson's command numbered
nearly S()0 Instead of 4 01), as stated hy
Lieutenant H-iN. while the eiiemv mils
teruil let,s 'than iiOO. Colonel Joluiron
made the fatal mlrtake of dismounting
his force and sending every llflh man to
the rear with the horses, It was the
same error that was committed by the
lamented Castor at the battle of the
Little Rig Horn, which ended more dis
astrously even than did the light at
Centralliu
The "Colonel Todd" referred to by
Lieutenant Hay was Oeorge Appleton
J'od, who was killed In October, 1864,
Mille leading a charge against the Sec
ond Colorado Infantry on the Rig Rlue
near Independence, Mo. Tod'a Imme
diate commander was tleneral Joelh
Shelli) afterward l'nltel States Mar
t.!,.i 1 at Kansas City, and one of the
gallant llgures of the civil -war In the
West. Flank James served under Tod
With at Central,.! nnd nt the flgnt on
the Rig Rlue. At that tlmo James was
a regularl) enlisted soldier In the Con
federate servlco and a member of Shel
by's command.
Tod at thn outbreak of the civil war
was, with his father, Oinrgo Moncrlef
Tod, a ralltvad contractor In Missouri,
and tlieie Is ample evidence to show
that both stood well for personal and
buslneeoi Pv.egrp) The younger Tod
earned a name in a lighter which made
him -well remembered In MIfhouiI, and
while the two James brothers, served
under him, so too did such men as
William tlregg, John Jnrrett and
Fletcher Taylor.
After the war aregg beramo one of
the wealthiest and most respected farm
ers of northern Missouri. Jarmtt pe-.t
rb Ii as a t.i'ttle raiser In Texas, whei.
he lu-ld with honor a number of puhli
h!1Im, and Taylor ilied a pl.-sp-rom
coiitrai tor .u Oiegon All served at
I'etittaiia as well as In the fluht on the
Rig Rlue, anil ail in later )enrs imllg
ii.inll denied the stories of sculping
and massacre.
Frank James's friends, of whom I
was one, admit that manv of his earl)
uets were, not commendable, but we do
treU. that the thlrtv years of useful
clilzer.shlp and personal uprightness
which precedes! hln death went far to
atone for the rest. Heniit M Too.
Nkw York. March I
REVENUE FROM LIQUOR.
A Perhaps 1'remature Citation of
Hussla'n Alleged Fiperlenre.
To TUB Kpitob op TltK Sun S(r. If j
we are correctly Informed hy p-cent
magazine articles, Kus.sla, although de
jirlved of an Income wh ch. as I recall'
it, amounted to nt-oiit s,ii.tinii.oou mhle.s
tii.u was returned bv the i iovei tmient
nionotiolv on the manufa turc and site
of vodka, hss not Is en compelled to
icort to any new or additional method ,
oi taxation tn make up the lush In In-
come fixim this sourre, Hut we are told ,
the Increased productivity of thn nation
as a whole ha-s resulted In on Increase
of Inconio from tbe regular and normal
snut.es which lias more than offset !,',
loss mi us. oiled by the abolition of tho
vodka Industry
While t am nut. foi oilier iraMins,
an advocate of jiro nhitioii, believing
first of all that pioh.bl't n ho called will
not. cannot, never did and never can
effectually prohibit, and als.i helloing1
t'nt a vi ry hlgli l.cense and rig.d trcu- i
latlnti of licenstd places is ihe most '
feieit'le and piactlcai plan for meas- ,
ur.'iblv conti tilling the liquor tralllc t
am also cnnviticed tba' tho al!egt-l
financial loss Is .1 fallaotie argument
against prohibition, as ltusMa srcm.s to
be oiiv iicuiglv ib aioiistr.itlng
Thn only trouble Is that in thla
country we cannot enforce a prohibition '
measure to anv such degree or with anv '
snob i-oiiip'.niuness. The prohlbltinulsU,
however, do not admit this fio t nd
if they were h correct in f ot as in
theory, which Is of course the o i.v bni'la
upon winch to contend for prohibition,
I think tbnv have ae above indl ated a
complete answer to the loss of revenue
argument I" C cl.
Nkw Vokk, March 1
WHEN REFORMERS FALLOUT
( oiiclmllng la tter In the Ttherslde
Park Dispute.
To Tin: Kiutoii or Tut: Spn--Sir The
law wIih h th- West i:nd Association
cites m Us el' .'is to remove the dump
at tin- fool ! Sew lltv-mil' il silent would
uleii apilv to the one at the foot of Vi -t
Ninotv-eix'h etreit. in the event of tc
moving both of these dumps there would
be no id. i' i. for the Street C'leaiiiiiri Ie
pniitieiit to dispose, of 'ts tii'iteti.il on
the Wesi Sldu between Kit ty-nlnth street
and lintli wtriet. and evin if the Ninety
sixth street dump should remain there
ttotint lm no place bet-ween Hfty-iprith
slriet .mil Nitiel) -sl.xtli etnet to d sjiosa
of tho Street 'h ailing Department's ma
let lal on the We.Mt Side, which would lie
a tremendous handicap to Its work
Colonel Waring ban, lied the matter by
threatening, if he did not actually do so.
to illsi outiime hauling ashes and gar
bage from the West Side 1 notice when
ashes and garbage are not leninM-d for
a day there lh ahvavs a tremendous
outcry against the department.
As to the ihi.iI pocket at Wost Nlnrtv
sixth street am! the Inactivity of tho
Wesi Side oreaiiii'itlons when this was
being eiisitod, Mis Itryan s answer is
that It costs 111,111, ) t, iinisei ute work
of Ibis suit and If I bad cniitr iiiitel
m share In Hie-i. oig.imx.inosis I u.uild
inoliilily know what bad heen d one to
pii'Veh! Ihe uectloii at .'i .v-sxtli
street of this coal ixvkrt I am fullv
iiwiro Ihrmigh my tiietiiliersiup in tin
various civic orgn!ilr.atiiiii.s In New York
that It ends money to pioeeiiite their
work, but I have never known an ef.
fistlve protest igainst such u matter
as this In be tirevetit.il bv 1 t,k of fluids
M) peis.)ti.il oplipon Is Hint 't was ow
ing to inertia or lack of foresight
Joski'II M I'nic'f.
Nkw Yor.K. March I
llli-iil, lllral, Then l.lttle l.ninh:
To me lli'iroa if Tile Sin Vfr- v a 1 1
.iireet l at ii agiln' lhev have n new
(.line there nun- iliiunh ,unl It has eri en
rncits. Iiroe faro, the na raini', the
il i.llile II an) llie e.icie lilnl hy chalbe
fad.-I n a i-hiJ"iN It m called plat lm
the iiiliiliiiuiii and vnu iioe Tlie i . ii..
pneriiiillJ I" a ' i - a 1 1 e I Htmk nnrkei
I "I .i 1 1 ii u the ituiiliii.il. i . de.'Eni-I thev
u. "In .ihMiili the hmk" The iiiatjiner
.il,, hi lie ti this V It l a piiir pinr
inikeehlfi fur i living, but ihei need tn
llio.iev .lops ii w .1 Mt
SI is nH(. l ii Ii I
time nnd thr M'emnii
II. i n
iii irn ir
re in' er ilia uiix
INCOME TAX COST A
WORRY TO BANKERS
J,hn. Dn.v Finds TIipiii Ton
ccntcd Ovpp Kajipiisc of
Mitlcimr rollpctions.
FINAL HUSH IS UiSiTI
Although yesterday was the last d
for filing Income tax returns, theie was
not the rush nt the diatom Holier that
Collector Anderson bad antieiptted
There was a steady stream of peisnns
all day long, and three big sacks of moll
were received, but the oftlcc w-as not
pressed.
Mr Anderson was of the opinion that
the big rush of Saturday nlKht erne
caused by many persons thinking that
was the last day. and the big business
done then was responsible for the letup
)esterday.
The Third District olllce at Sixteenth
street and Third avenue being the of
fice for the residence sections of Man
hattan. It wan expected that on it would
fall tho brunt of thn rush, and that
Pioved to bo the case, but aa the van
majority of the returns were made by
mall the office was not swamped
Returns mailed early enough to h
postmarked by lit o'clock to-night will
lie counted ns having been lllud within
the period prescribed For those who
do not file the pemil'y Is a fine ramrlnr
from $20 to $1,000. Collector Andr
son, however, did not anticipate t1mt
there would be many delinquents,
most persons have a fair knowledge of
the requirements of the Income tax law
tills year.
The expense to corporations, banks
and trust companies of collecting th
Income tax bos proved a thorn In the
side of the olllcers of these companies
Although many of them were wrlthlna
it the thought that they had to act aa
"Involuntary agents for the Governmen'
without compensation," as one man ex
pressed It. they would not put their oh
jecllons Into statements for quotation.
To at least one corporation, It was
learned, tho cost of collection of the
tax has been greater than the ta col
lected.
An officer of one of the largest trw
companies said :
"We have been too busy to find ou'
Jut what proportion the cost of collee
'lo' bears tn the amount of tax col
le.'led. but ' Is large We have been
nlriged to hue eighi ;i f 1 . 1 1 1 , t.;i 1 eprks
md an expert who does nothing but
stl. lighten out tax tang ee for our ell
ents Many of our officials have beet)
foiced to give up a large part of the!'
Ilm for the last few months to the
matter, a: d these conditions are dupll
i.iteil in every bank and trust compan)
. the country."
The Spn acknuw'edgee the receipt of
Inquiries from M A. F," "F. C S '
"II M. C" nnd "ft A "
AUTO KI1LTN0S INCREASE.
IN In the C1- In Pelernnrr Asalnat
H In Smnr .Xfontli 11114,
According to the report of the Nu
tlonal Highways Protective Society ir
sued to-day during the past inontl
eighteen persons wore killed hy automo
biles on ho stieots nf New York ci
nlne of thnso liclng children under I
yea re of age, THirlng tho cotresponl
!ng month of 1M1 eight were kllbvl !
automobllns During the montn of W
nmry this year trolly cars entise tt
death of rive and war-cms four, aa com
pared with ten by trolley cars and tw
by wejons last Pnbruary.
During thn paat month six perenr.
met their death h Hill "ihllee, thru
bv trollev cars and ono bi -vegou n
the Ntrim and hlgliw-avs of S"w Yo
State, outside of Oreater Now York. a
compired rv-ttli throe hy nutomob'les a"
four hy troKev cars last vear. In Nev
.Tersey six pennons wero killed hy ite
mobiles and one hy trolley car the pn
month
During the esmo period rwsdve pr
epna wore hilled at hls-hway rallma
grade orosalnge In New Yorlt State at
six In the Ptato of Now Jersey.
DECREASE IN DEATH RATE
Itcrorrle Show 3f)-l I-as Than fsaimr
lt'reU Leal Vest,
Tho number of deiths from e.n causes
reported lost week wan l.filK, which -2D
I less tlian for the j.imo wt-slt of 1M
InoriHisnd population taknn Into ax-courT
this Is ciutvalent to n dpcroium of 3S
deatbe.
There wm n marked deerenee tn d
number of d.-aths from Influenza. Pne'
monlii. puhuonar' tubi rciilosts and rr
yonlo heart dlseason also gtiowed a do
dried ilecj-easo tn mortality
Deaths from intentions diee-tsej r
matntsj fairly constant, except tho-e
from diphtheria, whtoli ehowod a d
cre.iw.
Tim ileath rate for the first nm
weeks of I'HF, was l I 11 jMjr thoasat
of population, -is compared wsth 15 ft
ilui'ii'.; the same pei'iod tn 1314
U. S. AUTHORS GET PROTECTION
Will Knjor Pull llonetlt nf BidTlsh
Oopj-Tluhl I, HITS.
The I'nlted Managors I'roteiTtrve As
fo.-latloii ban received word from fhi
Stale Department 'n Washington tha
by orders In council, Just leiued h
King Onorgo. American dramatlets am
comtiosers now receive the same priv
I leges tindiir the Hrltlnh coovrlght laws
as citizens of flrrnt Ttrltaln and be
colorih-s
Tills means that American oompoere
can now produce tn Kngland plays an.
Instrumental tnun .- without thn formRltt'
of publish tig the'- worke In book n
pamphlet form The orders aJeo rlv
thern protei-tion from producers wh
liax-n pirated A- ican works) for pen
on til tlon ill lit g' ii. d
ALDERMEN SUCCEED SELVES
Itoerd ties I to i, lee Three, t'cnillnt
en lllerllon.
Tic He n d of Aldermen esterdav i
ignated these Mderiiuin tn em ceei
selich tietidltig eleciion of tbe r
cisors T, alliens Carroll of the 1 ' "'
district, MuiibuMati and An V
land and W W To'iio of the Kf .
and l'itly--ecnnd dlstrids Hinoiihn
This action was take i I" ndi ie
Corporiillon Cntiusil 1'oM, follow'i r a de
ciKion of the Coin i of Appeal' I'"
thirtv-clght fusion members voted '
the designations The etit'i-o Democt-n'1
minority refused in vne They held tba
tlicle should bo a sjiec nl prima"' s"'
elerllon in thn districts nffocted
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