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THE SUN, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916.
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PublUdied dally, tncludlnc Sundae, by the
ud Printing and PublltiMn Astoclatlon at
1M Nu(u lrM, In the Morouch of Man
hattan, Mew York, Preelasnt and Ttm
tirer. William C. Iltlck. Itu Xsssau atrtclt
Vice-President. Kdward 1'. HIKhall, 160
Naaiau street; Hecratary, C. E. Luxtan, l&O
.Vaatau atrtet.
tendon etnee. Kfflncham tlouaa. t Arun
del (treeu Hlrand.
Parla enVe. tl Una d la Wehodltr. Off
Rim (t ii Qualra Hepltmtir.
Waahlnfton orhrr. lllbb. Building.
Brook:: a offlce, inn UvlniMon atraat.
our tntnt to tm.tr n with immi
tcriett and itlvttrvtwni fot publication utih
It Aava rtitrlti eniclei reiamf laay n.wrt
mil niM irnt tltnypt tor laal rurpoit.
A Notable Speech la the Setmte.
A wind of sanity blew through the
Senate when the junior Utah Sena
tor, Geokui: Sltiioilami, on Tuesduy
read a carefully prepared speech upon
"submarine warfare" and the foreign
imllcy of the Administration. Since
the Sixty-fourth Conjures assembled
there has been no utterance about the
war more logical, lucid and courage
ous. It was virile with a healthy,
ItutplrinK patriotism; eloquent with
out being oratorical. In short a
notable f-ieech. Concerning the pro
posal to warn Americans not to
travel on merchant ships tinned for
defence Mr. Su thkri.ami said the un
answerable thing:
1 nbnll never iv my foment to th
Issuance of a format and official notice,
such as tin been jiropcard, which, If not
hMded, would, without minimizing oar
duty In the least, have the effect of em
bamnlnt; nnd weakening our moral
sta-nOIng If we should onr:e more he un
der the nail neoeaalty of seeking repara
tion for the destruction of the lives of
our people."
The proposition advanced by Ger
many that "u new engine of tlectruc
tlon" Htitnmntlt'ally niodllles Interna
tional law Mr. SuTiiKiu.AM) disposed
of In one incisive sentenco: "My own
view of the matter Is that the new
weapon must yield lo the law and not
that the law must yield to the new
weapon." And then, after pointing
out the dirtlculty of distinguishing
between the unarmed ship uud the
ship armed for defence, he declared:
"The result will lie that unarmed ves
sets, while possessing immunity In
theory, will have none in fail." Who
can doubt It? The record of ships
torpedoed without warning In the first
stage of "submarine warfare" Is II
lumtnntlng. What ugly I'linipllratious
would Inevitably follow t lie acqui
escence of the I'tilted Stales in the
purpose or uermuny to nave ner
i.nrnl n.im inn iul,.r.i link "nrnw.il" iiinr.
chnntmen without warning and ex
plain away their blunders afterward
n policy of running amuck at sea
without responsibility.
As to warning our citizens out of
Mexico where they hud ii right to be. j
and nsninst exercising the rlglii. sane-1
tloned by the Supreme Court of tiiei
I'nlted Slutes, to sail on merchant
ships of a belligerent, armed for de
fence or not. Senator St'iiiKitLANU
spoke the i bought of Americans of
spirit and intelligence when he Mild:
"Instead of farever telling our citi
zens to run. I should like for once to
hear somebody b,d them stand, with the
assurance that their Covernment will
stand with them. Instead of warning
our own people to exercise their rights
at their peril, I would like to Issue a
warning to iwiiet people u Interfere
with these rights at their pet II,"
Hilt quotations cannot do Justice to
Mr. SuTHKiti.AMi's sterling speech.
Informed ns ll N with a patriot
ism sane, philosophic uud iitiufrald.
l-Jverj-body should read It from begin
ning to end. To despair of the Sen
ate, ns some people nre disposed to
do, Is unworthy of any of us when It
contains men of tlie calibre of Hkorci:
STJTlir.in.ANn. However, he Is not a
new discovery. He has long been
known ns a clear thinker nnd vigor
ous speaker. On July 12. 1011. Tiir.
Sur hnd the pleasure of publishing
In full his admirable speech upon the
"eommislte citizen," it si lire full of
truth nnd wit.
Columbia Will Not Cry "Bonn."
Muscle anil wit, the qualities once
decisive In uthletie competition, have
lu the newer fashion In stioil given
way to arbitration on km hnli-alitles.
The debuting team of Columbia Is
going to protest the award of Inter
collegium victory to Its rivals from
Cornell becuuse of a verbal Inaccu
racy of tlie presiding oflicer In his
charge to thn Judges.
President Sciiuhman of the well
known Institution "far nliove Cnyu
git's waters" conducted the debate.
In directing the Judges ns to their
duty he should hnvo used tho for-
rnula : "Your decision shnll be made
not on the merits of the quest Ion hut
on ihe merits of the argument nn pre
seated." His tongue slipped nnd hn
aald: "On the merits of the argti
went nnd on their presentation."
Which is i be means, which the end:
the slnneo or the drive? Shnll n
clumsy but succe.ssfut batsman send
ing a daisy culler pnsi the fielder and
beating the hall lo Ihe base be culled
out liecauso he run with moro speed
than ttyleT Bhatl the halfback who
hop to and orer the goal line be
penallred for hla method T It should
be the argument that (cores ; not the
manner of tta presentation.
The word pnttera, argument hur
dlers and high talkers of Columbia are
within their rights, It seems, llatlicr
than criticise their sportsmanship In
Insisting on technicalities for juries
are notoriously deaf to judicial direc
tion we choose to admire this evi
dence of serious concern In a sport
which we bad supposed doomed to
be always a "minor" In the etenn
of collegians.
Thonpien? Or Strati?
Chairman Oscai S. Straus of the
I'ubltc Service Commission will re-
celve greater confidence as nn ngent
to pass upon the qualification of
nominees for membership In that body
than will be accorded lo Senator
Groaor. F. Thompson. It Is true that
the Niagara county statesman Is freer
with accusations than Mr. Struvs It,
but he labors under an Infirmity which
prevents many of them from endur
ing the test of examination.
So strongly does Mr. Straps feel
with regard to Uie Thorapsontan as
sault on TBAVts Whitney, he has an
nounced his Intention to quit the com
mission If Mr. Whitnet bo not con
firmed. The people of this city want
Mr. Stbatjs to remain In office. They
are willing to abide by his judgment
In ihe approval of his associates, a
subject that obviously is of the grav
est consequence to Mr. Stbaus. And
they would cheerfully accept the
Issue If Senator Thompson should
threaten to resign If Mr. Whitney Is
confirmed, and the Sennte, In the fare
of that Impending catastrophe, should
promptly confirm him.
Mr. Churchill's Call for Lord Fisher.
llrltlsh iKilltics nnd British patriot
ism. If the two are Interchangeable
during the war, ure sometimes beyond
a plain man's comprehension. In his
retirement from the Cabinet the Right
Hon. Winston Ciipkciiili., First Lord
of the Admiralty, forced out Lord I
Fimiui, with whom he hud been at I
odds over the Dardanelles naval cam- J
palgu. Lord Kisiikr coiucihIimI that
I'lHTiitlons unsupported by the army i
from the outset were unwise ; mote- (
over, he was opposed to weakening
the Home Fleet when Its task was
to bent Germanv on the North Sea. '
Mr. Ciifwimi. backed by Mr. An-
tiii-i- iui.,,,-u ii,t i.u i... ..i-.. r I
politico-military adventure wns or
dered, and In the end It failed dis
mally. The row In the Cabinet was
almost a public scandal. Lord I'mii.ii
tendered his resignation, and when
asked to recall It made the elimina
tion of the civilian lord a condition.
As the Government was not prepared
to part summarily with the Irrepres.i- j
ble Cllfiuilliix the veteran organizer
of the British nnvv. Mm irreatest
.
...iiiii ii ii. I o r.ri Mil. no, wrm nun
retirement.
Now Mr. Chukcuim.. hack from the i '"" recKon w nn. i.ei rautaioon ma
trenches with the rank or Colonel, ' UTlnlle as the curtain draws aside,
attucks in the House of Commons the llmt '""'i'1" hide from lis the
administration of his old friend and "m" behind the grotesque palm,
coworker Ramoi b nnd demands that VV' 1 Intrusion of the man
Lord FlillKK be nut back at Hie holm,
Lord Fisni.1:." he in-Uis. "niiivt l
brought back to ihe Adtiilrally. where '
there exists lack of driving power and
energy width cannoi be allowed to ,
continue." All this Is singular, Inex-
pllcable. Lord Fisiir.r.'s contempt for
the naval information of his young
baiter Cifriteiiii.t. Is well known. The '
veteran always thought H wns nn out-1
ruge that he should be In any way
subordinate lo an ambitious politician
wlio wn a sprig of Ihe army and Iwid
never hail any connection with the
navy. It wns the English system, '
Just as It Is the Kugllsh system lo let '
Colonel CiifKniiu. leave his duty In .
the trenches and run Into the Hotts,. j
of ('ominous to meddle Willi the Cov- I
ernment's conduct of ihe wur. j
Nevertheless Mr. Cm-ucriii.t. Is ,
right. I.ot-ii Ktsiii.it, wlio revolu-1
tlonbt-d naval warfare by building
the ilrst dreadnought, who discovered
Sir .Ions .iKi.i.troi:. who concent rated
the fleet In home waters, who fore
saw the war with Oermany long ngo
nnd prepared for It, who wooded out
liienniieieiits nnd prnmniod the ablest i
otllcers in Ihe service, should be hack j
lit Ills obi pi nee its strategist and
tncllcliin nf the llrltlsh nnvy ttmll
the last gun ! fired.
Hope In Infantile ParalisU.
Any positive Information on u ills,
ease Hie cause und cure of which have
baffled physicians since It first was
recognized ns u pathologic entity Is
welcome to ihe medical profession
and the public. A report of the Stale
Hoard of Health of Vermont on cor-
tain aspects of Infantile parul.v,-
written by Professors I.ovt.tt nnd
Mabtin of Harvard University, und
published In a recent number of the
Jniiiniil of the American Medical As
Kocliitlon, which contains tin account
of investigations made by the Slnle
Hoard of Health uud rendered p,,ss.
ble by the generosity of nn ttnoiiy
moun donor, Is quite unprecedented
In Ita scope nnd thoroughness. The
Inquiry wns started by rr. Simon
Fi.f.xnkr nf the Hockefeller Institute
In the autumn of 1014 nnd continued
In a laboratory In Iturllngton. Vt,
The physiology department nf Har
vard University und the Children's
Hospital of Hoston were mnde avail,
able for practical tests.
Observations on about .'100 cases in
Vermont, where nn epidemic of this
disease wan prevalent, have shown
that In all eases, old und recent, there
existed rather a weakening of mus.
cles than a complete loss of potter
Thin Is a hopeful discovery, since a
weakened must-Id can, as u rule, he
made stronger by Judlcloinoxciclsu,
while a paralyzed muscle can be Im
proved to but a minor extent. For
merly the effect of treatment by elec
trical nnd other apparatus lucked
scientific measurement. Unsupported
assertions of marvellous cures have
been advanced and accepted on the
slenderest of grounds.
A test wns devised by which the
effect of muscle training could be
studied week by week and month by
month on spring balances, on which
the children were enlly Induced to
pull ngnltist resistance. The resist
ance registered on Hie balance In
a standard position represented the
muscular strength. The results have
been found to be surprisingly accurate
when checked up.
Thirteen thousand observations In
400 series were made. It wns ascer
tained that ou'rexerclse of these
muscles was detrimental, causing dim
inution of power. Muscle training
vas found to he superior to simple
massage. Clinnce of improvement In
defective but not totally paralyzed
muscles, under expert trentment by
muscle training, was about six to one
under supervision ; home exercise, 3J
to 1 ; tinder home exercise without
supervision, .S to 1. These facts
may well give us courage, even In the
case of mucles totally paralyzed at
the end of one yenr.
These positive sclentitlcally ascer
tained findings go to show that par
ents of afflicted children need to be
warned against submitting them to
the rough nnd unsystematic methods
adopted by mas-eurs and Ignorant
osteopath, who regard Intensity of
effort as promising the tnot favor
able results.
The Main Clown.
Slhers should not have died ineiiuly
by his own hum!. He deserved a
Millet, a luippy old ago, with children
gathered about him, and tnlos of the
big top falling from his lips. He
should have continued indellnltely his
antics when the pungent smell of pea
nuts tills the atmosphere, nnd bcautl-
1 ful ladles do Incredible things on the
J slack wire imil the Hying trapeze.
I Was It not Sllt'i-s, he of the aston
ishing feet, who iliieil an aliuu.ing
game of baseball to the accoiitpuui-1
tnent of roars of laugliler from tlie
throats of thousands of Jineulles of1
,, ..,,,
""' 1 1,1 ,1u "ri" 'r m on-
famlilnr surroundings In the "Puel In
Ui' s,mu" wlth ,',''Ht? "op sm-.I
tn' paiuoiiiiinie art in tiimsuai uevei-,
opmetit ; a man of originality and
imagination. , uot-s not like the Incident's foiein
It Is not well lo lift the mime's ,' policy. Representative Pc.u of North
mask of eiiiuedx. Too often It hides Carol. mi makes u point of the $.".0U.
a countenance deep lined by woe. The 0l'W''J"" AnKlo-i'rench loan and the
, , , . ' ,, profits of m-ar contrucU. He armies
laughter the ,loun Umpires calls no lnt !iH our n.u,ramv
echo from his heart. The tribute of 'ami will Involve us In the Kuropenn
nieri'lliient tioiu the onlookers may war. Vet for years more tlian a lilll-
uothln
bilt hi end and butter
me moun.et.a.iK : i.rca.i aim nutter
,1"r,, arned. lo support a life not I
r-:""rm ming. uie outward seeming ,
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I
I
den It neither wants, nor. prnNe be. ,
of cares, of iriaK of errors, ,if di
ppolntiuenis in ,,ur pi. ture of Hie
merryniidrew. We would know mil
ti'nppings. tlie artful caricature
he presents fm- nur Inspection. The
human being -hoiild be d ntly retl-
"'i'1 eoinfot tably obscure. Slivers
should lime l u Immortal ; ii was
nut within the proper rights of I'mvii
"vku v to shi hint,
,,m"1 'uxsltl) Adcuualelt Heprexrnl
Utieens Count) -.'
Among the minor linln ein-ie of
practical politics none ilmt has come
Hwlil recently exceeds in offensive-
n.-s the obvious attempt t restore I
to power in the ulTiiIrs of tiueeiis
unity til irrupt bo, C.vssiiiv. who '
N now enjovlug I'lectlom fumi Slute
prison under the hponitlon of our
liiimuiie peiiul lnw
The
crime Cvs.siiiv committed was
the spi,. of u nomination i", :- justice,
ship of lite Supieme Court. His uf.
fence was mi attempt lo corrupt ihe
bench. There could be tto mure dan
gerous assault on the Integrilv nfpub-
lie luiltuiioiis. Vet Csspv, Us au
ilior nnd pruiuoier, not onlv iispre
to iosuiiio til," place his conviction
nnd Imprisonment imperilled, but
tinds mining the former victims of Ills
corruption n simielent following to
make u numerically respectable show-,
lug ut :i reception In his honor.
If Cs,niv s i ho Ideal political
leader of n considerable liacllon of
the oleoiorntt' of ijiieotis county, the
public spirit of that community has
reached a point of degradation Hint
j will make the emltietue of Twixn
seem ci editable to Ihe old city of New
York. What do the roputnhlo cltl
zetis of the borough think of the giorl
llcnlloii of this corrupt loiilstv
Itallroad Wage Itcgnlallon. I
I'lesident Wii.t..vnn of the Ibiltlmore I
imil Hid,, liiiili'oatl Is not the Hi st citi
zen in make (he suggestion, hill ihe
htulenii'iit he has Just Issued gives
timely emphasis to the proposal that
regulation of the railroads should not
omit railroad wages, I lemiinds which
highly trained bodies of railway labor
lire pressing for n stiilldaril eight hour
a.... t. ,a..i i..
....... .us. .. ,,,,, .. ..... .ini.-i.s,
riiiironii expenses, raise n iiieson
Hint cannot always remiiln iinmi
savored. Can there lie reguhited rules
und iitireguluted wnges without cer
tain eventuiil dlsuster?
Payroll expenses account for the
bulk of the cost of lining business
which the i-itlll'oiids have In meet out
of an Income now wholly ilelermlneil
by charges, for sen ice fixed b, sini
tiles or by regulating coiiitulssious,
Wages of lubor nre, the principal fac-
tor In determining what surplus the
carriers shall bare each year to pay
the wages of the capital necessary
to maintain plant and to provide ex
tensions and Improvements necessary
to meet the country's growth of traffic
and population.
As regulation of the railroad has
been developed It does not allow the
carriers to consider an adequate re
turn on capital In establishing rates.
Itcgulntlon treats the railroads as a
business which must be carried on at
all costs, whether or not capital Is
driven nwny from railway Invest
ment. Meanwhile the wages of labor
nre not only nn Imperative burden on
railroad Incomes but a burden that
Is Increasing.
The wages of capital may be rut
off or reduced, as witness the record
of railway receiverships and of In
solvency nvolded only by sacrificing
dividends, but the wuges of railway
labor not only must be paid without
reduction In any emergency but must
go up. Facts which have pointed to
the menace of an ultimate strike of
capital against railroad Investment
have entered but little Into Ihe scheme
of regulation. The mere threat of a
strike of railroad labor has sufficed
every year or so In the last decade
to expand the wage scale by forced
nrbltratton awards.
Ry this time It should be manifest
to the public that there has been lit
tle or no relation between railroad
capitalization nnd railroad rate.
When most of the dollar which the
railroad earns on a tariff fixed by
public regulation goes, to pay a rising
charge for lubor it must be equally
manifest that a close relation exists
between rates nnd wages. Rnllroads
cannot forever stand and the public
cannot afford to have them subjected
to rigid rates and rising wages. This
Is why Congress i Is being nsked if
regulation of wages should not go
with regulation of rates.
If the Interstate Commerce Com
mission bad to consider and decide
questions of wages for railroad labor,
the regulators of the carriers would
undoubtedly come to regard the ques
tion of coinieusation for railroad ser
vice from n new angle of responsi
bility to the public.
Wh;'1 br " ! of the hat
Worn by a Congressman who talks and
Vnti-s on the b.ts that political fences
jnlH intrinsically more important than
j national defences?
In his great renunciation of a te
tinniiniiMim to rniriH Kr:uN. h.
l,n dollars or American investment in
put (lV,vlouslv br,nirtn. . uMrv any
nearer to war with the Mexican than
when viz was sent Into exile
. ,... . . .. ,
WIH ., ll(lV , , rsrr vUet .,,
fiddlers - -.Sfirenrv Nkwtiin U. Hakki:.
It is to be irKU'Ucd thut tile time
lii.ic lie hhi.it fur leatntng. If Mr.
1!wu:k Itml played with tin wliliers in
Ills boyhood In- would U- a more ptoiii
istug Si-cretaiy of W.u
Ii was a quarter of a rentui) ago
that ism v lonttiicted (! habit of
"jut pacing tlu'nig'i Washington."
He will be Known to poster, ty not as
the (ireat Commoner but as the IVil
patetle Menace.
What
ale the comparative
dynam
Hryan ics of :t
Clary dinner anil a
luncheon"
The ownership of the .Morr.s canal
ba-ill. on the Jetse.v side of the North
Hlver. has long been , nutter of ills,
pule io the inurts and the politics of
New .lorsev. The canal itelf Is prac
tically unused now, but the basin Is
of great value. In lv.iii it was con-
......a.I , . 1 . .1,1.-1. ..tt.,.. If .. O....I
(); , ,s,arIa" ,.ar(, This grant
hiis now been declared to have been
without au-hotity, and ownership of
the propertv niusi
be dl-posed of in
another way.
A Washington correspondent as-
p-rt that the I'lesident eonldeied It
I desirable to have aH Secretary of war
Inn able lawyer. Is his Attorney. fien-
erul an expert military man"
I'roni a military standpoint Zeppelin
warfare jnay be a failure, but, unfor
tunately, that Is not the worst charge
that can be brought against It,
Indeed," says a Washington news
dispatch, "if the strike Keeps up It
will not be too much to expect that
members of I'ongiess in is-ing sum
moned to the While House will don
roller .skates and glide gracefully down
the asphalt smoothness nf Pennsyl
vania avenue." An excellent exercise.
well calculated to put the members
In training for the toboggan slide down
which a good many of them ato des
tined to glide on the tlrst Tuesday after
the first Monthly In November next.
If Knvku I'ashn Is ile.nl he died light
ing, or an assassin killed him by
stealth, Hnvkii's political morals have
always been shady, but never was his
isiurago suspected,
Mare legged girls dance In snow
finale makers may strike llrmlUnn.
Cause and effect?
Clean Sweep Culled for.
To tiik l-liuToa or Tub Spn .Nfr;
Scorch these cowards and traitors In
ConnresH with jour mom fetvent rays.
Kon't stint your wrath. There never
was a better time to thruit treason anil
cowardice through the heart.
Htlve some of tlicec dolts from publlo
life, these mlstlts who have added cow
i ""llr" "' lg"orance and Incompetence,
""I Itryan has been hamstrung, de.
privetl of moft of bis evil power: a lot
more should be Kent after him.
The worst danger this country baa
encountered In a generation Is the array
of folly, Incompetence, Ignorance anil
cowardice In high places In Washing
ton. American,
IIoston, March 1.
Whst Jnnea Feared,
KnlfUf r Dlil ,Ieiie hnve utaice frlslit
llnpVtsr Ves. he iifrnl'l lie wniil.lu't
Sit nn It.
Nm-cenefiil I'nlnn.
M i'r';fovck".,!i Bim"' Amtrt"'
FEDERAL' CHARTERS FOR
RAILROADS.
Would Theie Cure the Kvlls That
Have Heretofore Existed?
To tut Kditor or Tuu SttN air: 1
am somewhat bewildered by the par
abolic curves in economics und law of
your belligerent correspondent "Clvl
tas." Is It true that Contrrpss has
power to incorporate a railroad com
pany, and to exclude the different
States nnd State commissions from
regulating the Intrastate rates of such
a railroad? If so, I presume the same
would apply to the full crew laws and
other State laws.
The people do not know how lo com
Iwl such things ns the Thompson com
mittee has uncovered. They do not
know how much of It Is right or how
much Is wrig, but they feel that
there is something wrong-, and they
look to the governing powers to pro
tect the.iu, and so Government owner
ship appeals to them.
If Government ownership is to be
prevented some plan must be devised
to enable the people to own the rail
roads for the nation Instead of the
Government nwniin tlie railroads for
the people. It the people own the rail
roads the people will not quarrel much
about their own conduct of the rail
roads; and If this condition can be
brought about it will enr up the
entire talk-oad question, suppress dis
content, eliminate waste In competing
services, and provide amply for the
development of the railroad system of
the country for the natlinl benefit.
Tlie 1'uropean war In Its effect on
tlm economics of the Cnlted States
lion given relief. The earnlnirw of the
rnllroads have Increased nnd the peo
ple nre thinking of other things. If
this condition lasts Indefinitely we
may not hear anything more about
Government ownership and the New
York Central may never again have to
Issue g per cent, bonds.
Hut for the war wo should have
bcn much further on the road to a
change In the status of the rnllroads.
A step lieyond regulation wns Inevi
table, and that meant Government
ownership.
Our peopli- svlll not always be think
ing of other things and the railroads
, may not always lie making money.
I We may not always I.e on the crest
of the wave. Apparently the railroad
! make money in highly prosperous
times, but If lean times should conic
' they will again be face to face with
I diminishing revenue and the ion-
stantly increasing cxpenn of lusher
wnges, higher Cost of ciiuipmrnt and
, supplies,
, Reverting to tlie onditons before
the Kttropean war, the credit of th
railroads was impaired where it wa
not destroyed They could only raise
mitley at ruinous rates. They had
foi felted the sympathy of the country
long ago and they had lost the conil
deuce of ItiVf stot s.
Government risjulatlon wa regulat
ing them into banktuptcy. l'roprou
(times have halted the process, All de
pend on whether or not the European
' wur l to be a lasting benefit to this
country. Op'cilons on that subject nn
thet, Thi country may or may not
' lie sulllcleut unto Itself and be rich
when the whole of Ritrope and the
British i:mp!re ate practically bunk-
1 rupted.
It lias to b admit led that the peo
ple will not tolerate a return to ante-
Regulation days. Those days are gone.
iThe railroads were ruthles when they
wete fiee. They cannot be free again
under the old emdltions. It is highly
'des.rable that they should be fr e to
develop along sine lines and in ac
cord with American Ideas, but to do
th.s new .auditions must be found.
If the In. -oi potation by Congress of
Federal railio.nl companies Ls a tern
'ilv for tiles,- troubles l ,im n fa vm
1 s icli Incorporation lb -nsr-s
New VetiK Mar. h
LABORS HOURS.
Aaotlier llhl-lon of the business;
Man's Croiuleil Years,
To Till- i:d!tjk or Tin: Sc:.-- -Si, It ,
ma v be tint the tolloivitiR exiilnnaiion '
will belli to rorie.t the mistaken opin-I
lot. of tl,e gentleman who wmte lu Tin: i
.sirs- of Mar, li t that the :ie-,K.. ims,. ,
ness man wotks tmt th-ee full dns In
tie- , utile yeai
Tlie iVelaKf llUMltes.s in.u Mijh. flonij
f to .". iluilng the ilav. and of th s time
one hoiii ; s-nt in eating lumli thus,
he actually uoiks ss-ven liouis a tla for1
live dav of the week. (Ja the sixth da v.
Saturday, from to I, he works four
hours, thus mak.ng a total of thlitv
tune working hours a week.
lie sleeps eight boms- a day foi sm,r
dins a ueek. or .1 total of lifty..s luijis
of sleep a vm..,.).. tii remiinder be
Hpelids III rei'is-atiou lane liotlls a !.!
for live days, or forty-live bonis, plus
twelve bonis on Saturday and sixte. u on
Sunday, or a total of eveitt -thiec tec
nation hours a week.
In one ear them are tlftj-tno
and one dav, thus "'.'vij L'.Os, plus
seven working hours of the extta day
e.tias :,o.i," hoars of work a cai';
; X ' 2 ",:U', lilll.s eight sleep ng bonis
of the extra dav e.iials i',!-.'0 liouis
of sb'.'n a e.ir; ":i, :i,7io', plus up...
re. tt-atloii hours of tin extra day etpials
:!,soj hours' of nvreatuui a year: mak
ing a total of X.Ttjn hours a veir.
Hut from the total number of wot king
hums a year should be deducted the
working houts of ten holidays. New
Veal's. Lincoln's lllrthday. Washing
ton's Birthday, IVcoratlou Daj, I'oiirth
of July, Ivlior Day. Columbus Hay,
eliotlon day. Thanksgiving ami Chi 1st
mas, or seventy hnum, anil also the
winking hours of two weeks vacation In
summer seventy-eight hours -ot i
total of Its hours. These lis houts aie
piesuiably leciealion hours ami should
lie added to the total number of recrea
tion hours.
Tims the actual number of wotUltig
hours ii year Is I.SST. tlie actual num
ber of recreation houis a year Is .I.Va.l,
imil the number of steeping hours tc
main the same, L'.H'Jrt, again a total of
S.Tfin hours a ear.
Thus on the liasl of l(nt-foui-bouts
to a day the above mmihcr of
hours a ear would be eipial to the fol
lowing number of davs a c,ir: I.xsT
hours, eipiitl to 7SH actual working davs
a year, liouis, t.pial to I I'M
actual lecreatlon tla.v a yeir: j.'ijo
hours, e'linil to 121 'J-;l actual sleeping
davs a year.
I'roni thn -above It will be iecn that
we work approximately si-vi-nty-t-lght
full days a year. II. M. I.. Miciiki..
Nkw Voitiv, March s.
Save the Steak!
To tiik KniTon or Tnic St-N sir To
extinguish a burning beefsteak In a gas
oven need not bo a "dangerous under
taking." as "P," calls ll,
Twice I've been called Into the kitchen
to confront thin situation, Tlie first
lime I watched the steak burn nnd con
lined my efforts to calming the family
end the cook, The next time I used
craft, (hi otv a handful of salt on the
burning steak, and It was- later washed
olf and Its cooking was resumed, eliding
success full)
I don't remember whether this tvim
nn Inspiration or a leinenibninee of the
old tlmo cure Tor chhnnoy Ihe.
New 'Ilociietxe, March I. M. It. W.
WEST POINT AND ANNAPOLIS
Appointments Should He Made Only
After Upen Competition.
To tiik noiTon or The HvxMr; Tim
slgnlas of the bill to Increase the num
ber of cadets In tlm Naval Academy nt
Annapolis from 1,'JUU to 1,700 Is grati
fying, but II Is to be regretteJ that no
change was made In the method of ap
pointment, for In tho selection of the
material out of which to make ottleers
upon whcie ability and conduct the fate
nf the nation may ono day turn there
Is a fatal defect In the sjsteni
A system pioUding that all of tlie raw
material out nf which the Government
I; to make army and nay ollleers must
pass through a political gateway Is In
herently bad.
Wlille many of those holding the
power distribute their recommendations,
which are equivalent to appointments.
Willi full riiiiselotntiess or the reponsi-,
blllty hnolved. thero are also tunny I
Senators and C'ongre.smen -who glM'i
little heed to the fortunes of the coun
try, hut, Instead, un the power of selcr-'
tlon lo pny phlltle.il debts. A double
waste ensues, n waste nf iniuii-y on the
pur t of the rim eminent In eurrlng on
In the nradcmles for a jear. or pel haps
lonRer, cadets whose failure Is Incvlta-
bio; u waste of opportunity to get the
light kind or boys, becaum under the
plan of political preferment the most
able youth In a Congressional district
may hne absolutely no chance to go
either to West Point or to Annapolis,
having no ''friend at court."
The ordinary records of the two tirade-,
tides reveal the deferls of the sjidem.
At West Point about 33 per cent, of the '
adets drop out. At Annapolis In otdl-i
ti.try times about is per lent, of the1
midshipmen drop out during the first
tar and 2ff per rent, dtop out during
the four yesrs course These llSUies do,
not, however. Include the recent up
heaval nt AunaiKilIx resulting In the
failure of approximately elshty men of
all four elawes, though the average per-
entire rrrpilied In the emir'e of study,
was only fll.f. per cent.
Hut the influence of pnllllos dree not I
end with the appointment of the cadet,
nor even with his failure. The powerful
political hand that puts a joung man i
,nto either n- adeniy may often be raised (
to keep him there after he has been
tried and found wanlliiA At times a
twentv-five rent telegram may i-et all
the mu-hltiery of a vat political org.mi-1
zatloii Into motmn lo sive a failure
tiom l!stnlp.il
It has hem ixtlmaled. uiiotll Lilly,
that it ton the. Jo eminent upward of
JlO.OfiO to gie a Cadet In either West
Point or Annapolis Ids coutse of fuur(
years Assuming, however, that the
foul- jears iiiurse osim even tto more
a. in a rotirse nt Harvard or Yak-. Ii l
st. II too valuable a thing to be left to
the exigencies of polltlt . The wa--te,
of money that ensues is Hie lesn'i- of
tlie two evils, nttaihtd; the vseaKei.ieg
r the ainu and the n i v is the gieater
e d, for Hie weakness ettendi bi j und
tl,e men down Into the ranks
Thee apiilntments n-Iouk t,i tue
whole peojile and tile doer- of the two,
uead'-mles should be open to the voung
men In ear li i 'ongres.ional dlslrii t and
in e.n h Territory who in competitive e.
am. nations have demoiifttiite,! that tliev'
aUne all others are bst tltteil to goj
1 1 West 1'o.t.t or Annaiiolls. i
He. ognl.liu their respniisilillity auJ
(..,. right of everv voting nun to ar-.
pi'lntnien'. some i'ongresmei have se
lected their .andid.ites ny htilditu pub-!
II" examinations, but the law- governing'
appointment should be .i rhatiged that!
evtiv otileial holding the power to "ap
point" would be i iimpellcd to follow His
rule. Sin ll a course would bring out
the very best material in each district, i
woubl stimulate the nu.bltion of manyj
youths, would fue th academies from;
the burden Of lleudwood, a 111 Whetlj
unevpeited va-:u,.'s tl.d incur theiet
would b avall.ib.e a !'t of in. ii of
known ahd'tv from wloeh to make se
iivtlon !
Tile defe. t of till- piilllK.ll S.vstelll of
appointment have long been ieeogni7.eil
bv tnose familiar 'with londltioiis at the
academies. n l;i iiutiual leputi fur
fin tl-e .superintendent, I'ulone) i- '
To'.vnslev. of West I'olnt. said i
Th.-! Ll .Jet ll Iiel.int: II 'll' t-n. '
if the llN'rlrt Mi Territory A jial '
-tlutlM he oJ'-ll fiiltipetllb et a 111"'
vnMlis "llrlt.l- to Kiaiirtr. una it I. nn ,
te. rtinmenil I'lun th,! h Ii te i n:i i , I
-till':.!. iellipel'1'e v,i till nn ! lull, to be
i.. il for en, h tj ut, I'll outh te b- '
ii'lt an-.l to pa--e. r,," tro- j
t.,-11. it to.in.itlo'i iti-l who f pti'-hi'lyl
t' l .o -.i u,i il'fl ,1
We ll.lVe set O-il to lefi.ll, tlie Iieli t 1
nf vears in tn matter of our tanoii.,1
ilefeii'-es, and we aie going to iniease
our army ami our navy to a larger ex-
tent than We have ever done before in
a time of pe.ee. t'ongress should tow
lorrei-t this waste and itbtie s the
itlh'leniy of the linie.ie of the at-m
and Ii. i v w.l depend verv 1 irgelv on
the iterxoutiel of the ollleers under
wlio-e .llieii.oi' ships ami foitltl ations
ale to be built ami miiuned Slid men
aie to he trained the chat. titer of th,.
ottl-els comes viy near lo hi'llig the
clUx uf Ihe whole pt oiiOH.tion 01 na
tion, il defenie, vie e a iiognitcnie r. i I
1 II dei Ideil UP .
lll-.ssr V Wtsi VV.
rhairii.aii I'uitei'it. e I'oiitu, ot 'a. j
tloli.lt l'replleilt.ess '
Ni vv Voi-k. .Match S. j
TAXPAYERS. BE CALM!
I'roni I p state tunes a (,'cutlc
bake for tlie .Metropolis.
Ite.
T nn. llniToii or Tin: r
I do
Pt love lit ll . sel'o.l- Ul.t .led peoole
who ate l. imil. at with asst ss.u, t.ti lie-j
licv,. the assi ssmfiits in Ww Voil, a",,
higher -nan In other p.uts ot the ,st,u,., i
Those i. it fun. liar tvltli the ,n tu.il eon-I
dition of alTairs make ,.!l k -ids ot w.ld,
statements alto. t! irinall .is-.-.mih itts tiji
the Slate wlib-lt a'c not none out by
facts.
The up-State people do not make the
it) s asses-stnt nts. That is ilone b. .votir
lonil a-tsossirs, as it l dune m all parts
of the State. The local Public S, vice
Comtnlss.on was organ z.cd at New Vork
I'lt.V'S leiplivt Tll.-le IS no li'll-O!! wh)
one board could not .In for tin ciitlut
Stale. It was mil) done to give New
Vol I. 'home i Ve" and to make iiolitlt.il
Jobs
It has been .1 s.-nut aging to fo.low Uie
couise of 1 1 IT. tiir. tow aid mis unjust and
unwarranted .-itnpatgii on .si.uc tluan.e
and taxes Is some one hitciitiouall)
liilsleaduig the p, oplc " l-'aels are tasily
nseet tauieil, and any avtr should have
little trouble In securing the liuth
Smiaci hk, .March v. I-'aik Pi at.
I Itn Ipnx It) ,
I',, i tl k Keirnit nr I in- sis . on
i M-Miliig to InitKirt pntntiM. ti.ito t'.iti.,i.-i'
iiiusi aiilv to tlie 1'ritrr.ii Asm il urui j
llit.itit ut W ii.htnrioti r.ir a iH'iint- Pa.
tatoe. will tliea lie t'tspe. HM p tto fioteil
St.it. h Hrp.irtm.'iii of Vet i iil-ure mi .it
llM.I here. ,iii, I slioiiiil it pi m .. inn t),,.
1'iitiuilli.n fliliipert are nit ctitnpl) Ink tilth
ills lentil. it Inns of tlie tlnittlninii lnrrti
intent tlul "potntnes oil, red fur rxpnrt to
the ritlte.l States tiiust l. fr. c ftntn in-Jiirlt-n,
ilteease nn.l Inseet pfst" tits per
tult of the offetolliig Hltlppt-r tiiu , re
veket
111 v 'etv of till nl ler l..,i.tl l. -hs
t'liliiiillan (tin, prtiitietit. u.nl tn.'e tli l'nlli',1
State, irseiirt. th.. rlpht to r.tu. enitj
to iiny .rdpment o t.ntiinei tM.tlv liifesteil
with ilbease, tl It mil) filr that Atnerh.ni
pntatDes nffi red fnr evpart t' I'Hti.oU, Ihe
entrj of whli h l iiniestrlele.l e vt-t pt from
the Stste (if I'tlll'irnU, slinul.l ti. et ittil t
free from 01. ease. Aturrl' ,tn slilpppr-t
slioiilil e tint onlv elnin p-tta ors are
tiitsrett to t'ionelH Ii M
Nrtt nlK, vt.o li s
Brr sat rlllt e,
Ms. ,t Is M Hi, pan i.l 1
lie. m Vr .lie -urtiid i.nit.e , ti
. mien ere n.ktil in content thtun-uf .
ullli ilurk d).
THE RANGE OF REASON.
Ilotttidiry Met Between Subjective
Validity and Ontologlcal Value.
To THE Kotroa or Tliu Hu.s- sir:
ltadloactlvlty and related phenomena
have compelled us to modify our opin
ions as to the validity of tho dootlnes of
the conservation of energy and matter.
Instability, Impermaiience uud decay
seem to bo tilt! universal law of nature :
matter In Its simplest disassociated
forms Inevitably relates Itself to and
may be purely a manifestation of what
is called energy
The word "substance" signifies that
which supports the phenomenon, and wv
have no knowledge lomernlng Its mcta
phvsicid existence or reality. No truly
conservative cycle of energy change
exists; even' trnnsfer of energy from
one form to another Involves dissipation,
the entropy function tends, to a maxi
mum and the sum total of available
energy to a minimum. Helatlvely, then,
tho simplest forms are the most stable,
even though Impermanent, and that
which Is Immortal must of necessity pos
sess uunlltles transcending the condi
tions for active or passive existence.
Spirit or the soul, If It exists, must be
Isotropic, devoid nf strtietute and at zero
potential both with respect to Its own
p-irts and objective relations, -which Is
equivalent to non-existence In so far as
the term Is synonymous with subjective
or objective change and activity.
Inorganic matter Ik, then, the most
stable, orgatued matter manifesting It
elf In living forms Is through the very
nature of Its molecular structure un
stable, ami relative Immortality, If we
may so tis the word, Is found Folely In
the. simpler forms of cell life, stlrh as the
amo'bi, which propagates by fissure and
In a sense exhibits personal immortality
within the conditions of Its existence
The life of man bases Itself on the
continued death and reconstruction of
ihe cells constituting his physical body,
and psjchleally he ! the Integrated and
. ollertlve manifestation of traits Inher
ited and modified by environment This
.ntejtrated activity Is. then, personality,
and conditions Itself on metabolic nctlv
Itv In the cellular structure; In a similar
ser.se, then, the life of a city or aggrega
tion of sorlal units Is the collective ex
pres. ion nf the Individual cellular nc
gregatinns, called human beings, which
onstltiite Its structure.
In like fashion, also, the larger units,
"jell as stale.s and nations, exhibit varied
character find personality: but ate these
things Immortal? No mom than are
the huninn beings nn whose birth, activ
ity and death the life of the larger unit
or state depends.
The fact that the human race as a
whole accepts the dnetilne of Immortal
ly explains Itself on natural grounds.,
It Is Impossible for us while living to,
teiilize that our Hpan of life Is limited,.
the tendencv, therefore, Is to project our
selves Into some sort of post-mortem
. oiitinulty. Tins tendency Is conservu
iv. roust! uctlxe, and In a sense a
protective ileyi. e U."h as aie the speclull
senses,
The doftitue of personal Immortality '
is trietaphvsioailv in the uitegutv of
vain Imagining and exaggerates nums'
Important Imtli to himself and In Ins
relation to tlie universe. If tn.in would
be immnitat let him contlcttrate fourth
dimensional object" through tle-ir t uble
shatlows In tluee dimensional space, let,
hiin, therefote, tefraln from dogmatizing
atllrmatively as to the infinite duration
nf that vvhi-Mi Is llmltnl to three tie-
glees cf freedom in Its manifestations
and llrtnly grap the dictum that Judg
ment, tho tesult of human reasoning, pos
sesses no ontnlogiiMi value for teallty
mt solely subjective validity.
In the meantime let u be bumble,
mil 'ease speculating about things or'
doi tr-ni-s not In our ategory I
At.nrnT fJvtt tiv.
New Toi-K. Matih
IS IRELAND GERMAN?
I an Teuton Kullur Wine Oat
the
Lines of Celtic Krleadslilp'.'
To Tin- Kmtuk of Till: Sl-v Sir- Aie
In-hind' unalienated people the rlaiitful
arbileie of her destiny, who now mainly
own and till her soil, as a tesult -of ,en
ttiried lesistance of alienation and ail
heteme t.i mat di-sth.V
What valid evidetioe :s -ce-e that
thee people Would lu these tuns of
iis:..e secured ga-ub'.e w.ih their b.tl
us k secjt tles and swap the leaders who
wo-, tbrni foi al.eu counsels so con-
s.stl tillv ti s'l'i'tulUu hcli'tottte
I'oiiipleteh tie.pe -iVe of I as. whete
and -vh.it Is "ie Idem e that In land's
people now desire the vb tory of a spijit
o iiiheientl) jnlioi-rent to their own a
that of "Kultur." tt the lasting agony
of thflr traditionally cherished friends
Kr.ui. und Itelkium ut raci.il atlliiitv,
and ,.s a oo-iFeuuenre would Invite like
agony fot tln-m-elves In Irelantl?
What . otn tn.-lng pted.'es can Judge
to'lT and h.s followers t within the safety
Zt i-ie i -to. nt to, that their "motives are
other that- tho-e 'if eminently egjlstlc,
lt'i', sll'le and purest gtouch. so
ss i id twlieti lostless) to cettaln t)l.e
of temper. ttrent. after normal belt gs
't.iVe ac.-epti.l i rpar.it ion and put aivav
feiialic vendetta, with tiraverfnl thanks
fot t'-.at ! ai,tv exthaiiRo?
.1 C lltll VOIIflt
Ni vv V"iM. .Miii.-h s
tireat Ithin.ler.
T ' nn- PntTor. or Tun Scs-yu- Tlie
re, ei.t tl, inoi.sttatioii of Irish sympa--,lneis
W'is a gle.it nluiabt. It merely
t Ms the d- ,:ig e.nli.'is ot lbs, oid.
Why ditbi t .lust re Uoff Join Pa-nell
tvl.tii Ie- was .u Ills' prime Instead of
a iltiiig until th s latu da'e, when uch
men 'i-t tb'ilmoiitl b:ie ia-rled home
ttlle to the Ihtes'ioM of s'l t ss The
meeting I a -vlb , tlon on those noble
h.aitid jioim of Krln who bo'.Ie'.n n up.
poitliu tin- i.iuse of fteedom and Itbetty
In its liroader sense and truer sp.rit.
Afo'i the war both Ireland aial S.'ot-l.ii-d
ma) hive "litiuii! rule." and so may
Wale, for they ai' sho.ibl have 't . land
hiidism Will be dead or begglur for
Htlppoi'.
The people o' iiu.it Itr.M'.'i and Ire
lfiinl ciijo) about as much home rule as
we do lit the Pulled States
T'lt-e I little dllfeien, e bet vv ten being
tilled by tie- landlord and the monopolist j
and .looked po . t ! at . li.Mi: Ift i:.
Ni:w Vein, .Match x.
Ihe Majnrll) Are l.ojal.
To Til I'. I'.IUTOH oi- I'm: St-N Sir lll,.e'
m irr Mime A -ner. -.ins of Insn ,v .a,
tlott hive made fools of tlteiiiselv, s t
be, our fe'low Amct.i-ans roi ot sh
dcs.etit to rot n.-sured that the tr.eitt,
convention does lint represent all or eten
tin- majority of us.
If a vole of till vtrtr taken ll i te i',
would show an einpliip, d sin, 'lu,, t
to lie so litipat ' oil t us lo it je. I a,
Stllll) t-eltlsll and l-i ,1 isvij,. , I,, ,,
ilitation s'o lieav;. w ,t i iwfid pus- nil.-j
tit- for nil of our it ieiis'itp i
VN! V VII till-V.N- 111' llllsll IH-.. I'M '
New oiik, Maii-li
I
Is ( liess Tainted I.Ike (llhei ttlilellr
.sports.'
To thn IhUToit or 'Pi I f m v -vir:
What an uulntended cnminciit.ii on the
ethics of the game nf tames I oni
ehr.s critic's note In TlIK St'N of Peli
t'll.iiv I'T '
Tl t it. tttey y.Hl',1 'll. i p'.-ei '.til , i
of lite .VlanlMlun I'hrst. ftlli li.ll sluin.t
lllw.ll to pl.t)' seratl.l 1 . 1 1 1 to the Itio.tk
l)lt , lull tn itny en. fiillltel tin tlni.t l,o:i,iM(
.old in order to make tlilnt; 'imililv .are
they paid tlie I It f .1. I n i pm His tninptl
Ilienl of .lililltlK to t lie ir tillln tlirse i',i.inl
tti.tittei. of tfitrtiiittoni.t r-iaitwi
If Vale said to ll.trvatil. We i.tn'i
be it von ill baselial . so we , put
Walter Johnson. Pumh ltier a". l'
"obb on our lean. won'. I I'u", ,n tho
language of Die tnigod1) lie ,il. , t,, Kt
nwiiv w d it d ' ,
I ,il lio-l I'egi'ct tt'llmg ui) son if. . l
tin- gain.- i:x-Mi:iumt
Ntw- Vuiik, Maiclt S,
WARD PAYS TRIBUTE
TO FRENCH BRAVERY
Explorer mid Artist I.itliirM
nt Sherry's for IJcnefii nf
Tlcliff Flint!.
SKKTCIIKS TltKM II , .
Kvery Ktench soldier b.-t.
conviction llmt sooner or ln'e,
be killed In battle, snhl Itcrlwrt -'
the explorer and nrllst, .vesterd, ,.
lecture at Sherry's for the b'ti
thn War Belief Clearing Itnu..
Prance and her Allien,
Mi. Ward, who iicconipanltrl Iim
.M. Slatiley on some of His expeu (. i
Ins Just returned from Prance untf.
he whs wounded while serving tv-os, iy,r
British Ambulance Corfts In llin Vo-t.
Mountains, lie wrns decorated w-tth th
war ctoss of the Legion uf llonot
Hn toltl of many Intetesllng rvt.r
enre, which were Illustrated by kei.
he drew of life In the trenches. T.
sketches, thrown on a sireen, gnv h
graphic Idea of conditions at the froi.'
Mr. Ward paid a compliment 'o 'h
fortitude of tho Krench women. Thev
bnve given their husbands and snr. u,
their country ungrudgingly an.l tr.en
have taken up tho work of the m-r.
In city nd country with the effirtfnc
for which the women of Kranc i-
noted.
He related pathetic stories of tV
wounded In emergency hospitals- hn-,
mere boys of K, and IT died tfecu
plalnlngly or waited patiently for hou-s
vhllo the doctors nnd nurse were
busy elsowhcre. In his dlviil-itt n.fifm
wounded were cared for, nf ttase,
said, only three had gone mad . "fie rnn.
a head wound, one after bajonetl'tj n
(o-rmans In hand to hnntl lighting .in-t
one who had stabbed a man who wt,s
begging mercy.
Mr. Ward told of a soldier Uict
the hood who walked lo the ho.pit.i
because the ambulance were erotvdf.i
Hn said ho would wait his turn ti'i'
others more seriously hurt were trentc:
They save him a cup of coffee and
breath When he was placed on t
operating table he tiled almost ln.'t.-irth
of hemorrhage. They found a built:
lodged In the centre of his brain.
The speaker told alo of the rr.fr.t
ment of Prench peasants cotnpelie I
live under Oerman rule In coto-trrt '!
territory and related an atnil'lng I
dent of a woman who started to r-o.i
the expo-oil atea between the lines, T -soldiers
shouted to her to te'tirn I
Anally had to rush out aril drag -back.
She formerly lived In a v-il' te
nia' had been taken bv lae (ier'tr.
she told th oldH'i. and when the -'-man
tame she had gone t" live w t' !
husband's people. But she miarrt :ie I -often
with her mother-in-law-hail
decided to go home again, e.in "
the Cermans did occupy the pl.t
Mr. Ward vv'll c'Ve a series of It, i'
he-e and t:i other . t'fs fo: tl.
relief fund
MAYOR APPOINTS THREE
Pill line Stl.ooo I'lnce no. I I ..
ST.OOO h enr .loll..
Be'ore leitMttg fot- Aptati;, v -Mavor
.Mltchel annouiae.l thie.. ,t.,
nonts. The tit st vtas that ,,f t
Kdwar.ls of Klmhurft to tilt iV: '
Spe ll Sess.ru.- as sue esset to .1
.lohn Fleming, .lutlge IMwatds 'uis i
llett law almost exclusive') ,n i;ti'"
tounl). He is an mtlepen.lei't lien..,,
Ills salary will be lt,iiou a ,ar.
Alderman John Kochcndorfer of (!
mond Hill was appointed to s,i
Judge John l.eaeh its n I'ity Maei- '
In l.iuteus. Mr Km hetidot fer M-i v
terms In the Iloaitl of Aldermen ' '
Republican. Ills salary will be
a vear
The Miiyor nlo named John . K
ivili, IPpublli'.iii county ihaiitia
The Hronx and a member of tin- f is
committee which nominated Mr M . '
to slltefed tleorge V Mllll.'ltl as n
bet- of the Tax Boaril from Bronx . "i
Mr .Mtillittt, who was formrrlv
Maot-'s law paltner, wns ris-en't'
tialnte.l a Justice of the Supreme t
Mr, Knewltj: was chief examiner '
Mayor Kiltie In the olllee of the I
dent of the Hoard of . Mermen n i '
also servctl four years ns Iiepu'v t'.
reiver of Taxes under fnmptroller I'reti
tlergast. His salary will be J-.1" -year
AGREE ON TEACHERS' PENSIONS
ltetreeitlnll en of t'lly nntl to-
Irnclor llccltlr on I'lnn.
fttv t'hamberlaln Henry Bniere. -citalriuan
of the Mayor's Pen. on o
mission, said Iat night that an r"
meiit on all points of principle vt'vo.
had been re.icheil bv the per'-:.-- , '
mlltee of the Teachers pederattr-i -the
sub. committee of tho Mayoi s !-
slon t'nmtulsslou on n pension p! ie '
teai'licis. Pt'tnlis of tho plan wete -sldeied
for several hours jesterdav if
a Una' conference with regard "
amount of benefit will be hell on
day next, when a tentative bill w ' t
discused, "If the sub-committee of the Pt -t
Commission agree with the t-a If-'
said Mr. lit uerc, "the plan will be "
tiibinltted to the city nuthnritles nf i
the teacliers to tho teaching b"i
ttiticlple underlying the plan It th.i' '
id xv entrants tn the strvlre the t. ..
anil the city will contribute ,.. h .
half the cost of petiwinn.. except lr ' .
where this one-half to be p.i'd t" '
teachers exceeds x iter cent of tv
siilaries. The eltv will rontrlbi'e i
half in fill rases, pins the an.o .
make up the tllffeienco between
rem Ht.tl tin- a M mil tllfferenfe '
, ost nf pensions for teachers unit
set-vl'i' w' t are approaehlna ' '
of ret i r, inent '
CHILD'S SAFETY ESSENTIAI
Neetlu'l l,o lo s,.,M,( Vlnuisltitf
Mollis, If sireels re lliiituet '"
I ' g'llttg tO SI'llOOl ,M,l.t 's I
tug ot dangeious tliot otigtif n .
teed not go to school w.c t
vestirday by Magistrate t-.n ,. ''
Manhattan Poniitstt,' itel.r
w heti a mothtr was 'irr.
t narge of ;,ei .itig lp t I.. i i - '
Itoin s' Pool Mis Ipi-t. I! ,
i :.it I K.th t I eel w as ' i ! . i
l. Ti tl nil i illlct r Praia s VV
lie. atlsc her sou At llllie tl I
school.
Mrs lioi-ea told Mo M,..- -
I er soil fol'liierl) atteo.l. o s
.it I lluh sticet and Pb i
and that for no app.tlt-iil n.i- "
I I an Ht'eri cd to S. hool v,,
street ami First awi'ii", n u
ti'om her home. To cot i t
school Iter son liitd to cross I'
one and breiuse nf t!-e ant 'i'
lie, iv". tiiieks Mrs lt'. '
Ins life ami kept him bn-in Vi
sa!.! that site did not ohjt ,
her t'hil.lreii to s.-'tool at-a v
Iter daughter. I'aintlle, age I ' '
at st hool.
lilllllr
I'roteellon Sonuhi
N'l vv t't rv . N V . Mar. 't
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is u ven b tlie Ma , t - v
I 'OtlttlOSSltlll to-.l.l ,1 ll.l,'.
pel.tetli ot I Is, ar t.oesi i . .
Sln'o .i o i le pi ole l an 1
rclH lltl ol'tct game i i It,,. I
I to. et,t ) eal.s uu'i - v
eliimuiitcd game in tin I, in
tains uud various woods of dm
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