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Our enterprising nml tutelllcent con
temiorary the Literary I) i gent cannot
be accused of Unit partisan blus which
twists straws or luipcs election In
quiries so its to produce a predeter
mined result. It has born making a
1011 of Hcptihllcnn nnd Progressive
preferences uci'uriltng to u method of
Its own. Tithing tho legislative dis
trict ns a unit, the I)ioct has ad
dressed lis questions to the members
of the Legislatures nnd has received
from thirty-one. Slates l.MXl replies
or votes. With allowances here and
there for the favorite son, nearly four
fifths of nil the votes are divided
among three worthies, In the follow
ing order as here exhibited :
Huoiibs 7SI
Roosn'ELT 275
nooT 138
It Is Interesting to note that In only
four of the thirty-one States, namely,
Minnesota, New Mexico, Colorado and
Wyoming, does Colonel Hoosk.velt's
oto exceed thnt for Mr. Justice
Hughes. A ratio of mo.n than two
to one Is quite uniformly preserved
throughout the list.
This exhibit will Interest Colonel
HaVVKY, even If It does not Interest
the eminent nnd detached candidate
(Colonel Harvey and the people.
Ab Abuie of the Eight of Petition.
Independence and courage are un
' common at Washington In these try
ing nnd iiorllous days. We don't
know who nre the promoters and pay
masters of the American Kmbnrgo
Conference which Is operating from
Chicago perhaps tint Department of
Justice will tlud nut; but we under
take to say that the Junior Senator
front Wisconsin. I'At'i, (. Hi'sti.no,
who drew public attention to the itC'
tlvltles of that organization In thn
Senate on Thursday, In n man not
afraid of his constituents or of the
English language.
The senior Senator from Wiscon
sin, Mr. I.a Koi.i.kttk. traded for many
years upon a reputation for valor but
turned out to be a man of buckram.
It Is tlio newcomer from Wisconsin
who displays the qualities that "Ilnt
tle" Hon masqueraded In. Papl O.
Ht'sn.Mi wus elected Senator from
Wisconsin us a Democrat by n'plil-'l
rallly of hundreds after a contest
with Governor MrGovciiN that was
taken to the State Supremo Court.
In proportion to population Wlscon
alrt contains more voters of German
extraction and birth than any other
Btato In tho Union, a fact which
Senator Hi'htino utterly disregarded
when he attacked thn American Km
bar go (Vinferenco as thn agency and
Instrument of a Mihldlzed German
propaganda.
That organization has been spend;
Ing money lavishly In facilitating the
transmission of thousands of tele
grams urging members of Congress
not lo penult tlio country to become
Involved in Hie Kurnpean conflict. On
April '-M it circular letter signed "The
American Kmhargu Conference" was
ncnt from Chicago in great numbers
to centres of German population ask
ing listed Individuals to send these
telegrams' to Wushlncton, four forms
being .supplied, "Wo most solemnly
assuro you," ran tho letter, "that it
Is too lute to mull an expression
of this sentiment to Washington. It
must he telegraphed. Send
the, bills to tis nnd a check will be
nailed to you Immediately."
Tho consequence wus that the desks
of Senators mid Representatives were
IteajK-il high with thesu petitions sup.
.... ..1 1.1 ......w. ',.,. r .1 , ... 1 ....I,.., 1 1 1,
, " " "". ,
ents tiriliiB iuilep-i.il..ntly or es,. m
Rl'mips, iirninllliK in llielr iinpoi'liinco.
Originally tlio Aniei'lcnti ICnilinru'o
Conference enileiiMired by puhllcll.v
nnd pi'i'sMiri' upon iiii'inboi's of Cnn
Kress In slop the exportation nf war
iniilelliil tu Ihirnpe. It useil money
freely, lull the scmrce was not known,
'There was a Kieul pivpuinlenincc of
fieruuiii tin tin's, unions Its sympathiz
ers ami winkers, 11111I It wns niitnriilly
reKiiri led us an instruiiienl nf the
(Ji'i'iiiiin pi'iiuii.'iiiiilii.
In Ills sioivii in Hp. Scnale oil
Thui'siltiy Mi', lit srivii chnrum! 1I111I
Will I Win lid I wns "back nf the pl'np-
ficinnlii," nml iissoi iimI iluit iln papers
ill his ctlslnil) seized by thn (roveril
iiumiI wiuilil pi'nM' It. Thai remains
lo be seen. What warrunl did Hie
Wisconsin r-enntiir have lor siir( n
Stllli'llieiif' Public Jiiilyiiienl should
lie Ml-pended. Hut Micro Is 1111 dniilit
that 1111 ni'minied utienipi hits been
unfile by Inlei'i'sleil persuus to vuik
on the fears of members of Congress
nnd embarrass the Administration In
Its handling of the rrltlcnl snbma
rlne Issue. It whs time that n voice,
was raised In Congress against the
methods of the propagandists, who
ever they are.
We agree with another courageous
Senator. Mr. Lawbkni'e Y. Hiikrman
of Illinois, thnt the right of petition
has been abused, and we hold with
Senator Hustino that, while thn peo
ple tlo not want war, "they won't be
hacked down from a righteous posi
tion because they are afraid or be
cause of an active minority." The
searchlight should be turned on this
latest enterprise of the American Em
bargo Conference.
The Nerretary of the Treasury and
the Bubonic Plague.
The Incident at Callao Is satisfac
torily explained by Secretary McArso,
so far as the charge of deliberate
discourtesy to the Peruvian authori
ties Is concerned.
On a somewhat vague mission of
pleasurable politics Mr. MrAnoo has
been travelling around South America
on the United States man-of-war
Tennessee. The Peruvian Government
made elaborate preparations to en
tertain his party upon Its arrival
from Valparaiso. There was great
disappointment In Lima when the Ten
nessee, after a very brief stay In the
port of Cullao, departed for Halboa
carrying the distinguished passengers
for whom the festivities hud beep
prepared. The affair was even repre
sented ns u heartless nffront to one
of the friendliest of our sister repub
lic beyond the canal. '
Mr. McAnoo now Informs the Treas
ury Department by wireless from tho
Isthmus that the captain of the Ten
nessee had been notified by General
Uokthals of the existence at tho
one of a quarantine against Cnlluo.
When the Tennessee reached Callao
the Peruvian health officers reported
to the ship's doctor tho presence of
several cases of bubonic. The captain
of the Tennesseo accordingly forbndo
any officers or men to go ashore ; and
after a few hours In port the vessel
proceeded northward.
Yesterday the Peruvian Consul-Hen-eral
nt New York published n Mute
ment declaring that "the sanitary con
ditions In Peru are absolutely nor
mal, and are thn same to-day us they
were when the Hon. Klihu Moot
visited Peru."
It Is possible, of course, thnt Consul
General Kouaiwo Hiooinson has not
yet received medical Information that
Is In the possession of the sanitary
authorities of the Canal Zone; for It
Is not conceivable that those very
vigilant officers should wantonly or
without Mifllclcnt reason Impose n
quarantine against so Important a
port ns Onllao.
Secretary MrAoon'n despatch to the
Treasury Department continues:
"Drs. Thompson and Robertson, the
shlp'a physicians, strongly advlasd thnt
no member of the commission go ashore.
The dilemma was frankly explained to
members of the Teruvlan Cabinet, who
had coma on board. All realized the
awkwardness of the situation, but recoir-
nlied the, necessity for accepting the
advice of the ship's doctors.
"NotwIthaUitdlnv this, I went ashore
myself, ajid arrived In l.lma about half-
past 11 A, M where I was cordially
received by the President. 1 explained
to him the unfortunate developments
which prevented our commission from
coming anhore and cart-ylns" out the
plana to generously arranged for us.
returned to the ship st half past 4
P. M., accompanied from I.lms to Callao
by the Peruvian Mlnliter of Finance and
other hlsh officials. While every one
was distressed about the matter, all
recognised that It waa unavoidable."
We nre bound to sny that this ac
quits Mr. McAuoo of any Intention to
affront the Peruvian Government. In
deed, his statement shows that of all
the passengers on the Tennessee he
alone was willing to brave, and In fact
he alone did brave, the dnngcrs of
Infection at Callao and l.lma in the
Interest of International courtesy und
for the gratification of the Peruvian
authorities eager to receive him.
Yet this explanation, so creditable
to Mr. McApoo'n personal courage and
devotion to ofllclnl duty, leaves un
solved one mystery of chronology.
Tho other passengers and the ofilcers
und crew of the Tennessee, by remain
ing on the ship while ut Cnlluo on
April 23, escaped detention In quaran
tine upon their arrival at Ilulbou on
tho morning of April 27, they being
then within the period of suspicion.
The Secretary of the Treasury had
been exposed to bubonic as late us
the afternoon of April 23, and was
therefore suspect for at least twenty
four hours after his arrival at the
Zone. The report of his participation
In entertulnnients on tho Isthmus on
I tli.it very luy, Incliiilliu: a dinner at
.V,,, , ,i, , ,..
Ciiliiii In honor of the party, must be
Incorrect; for the tjtiii rant Itio system
nf the Canal .one Is rigid ami Im
partial, and It recognizes no ofllclnl
immunity In the case of bubonic.
The Secretary must therefore have
uudcritnnc the o,tmruiit!ne which his
companions escaped,
The Cuult ak Hero.
(Vedlt where credit is title, believes
Captain I. mil fUiii-soN, forty pounds
heavier when he sailed away than
when he lirnuulit back the berl-berl
stricken schooner Tlfton with Its
tiliosillke nlllii'rs and crew. In his
voyage to the west coast of Africa,
"a blow In hell and buck," ho says
Hint the ship and every human helm:
allxe 011 her were saved not by his
iiiivlcallon, able seamen or I'lnvl
deuce, hut by the cook,
It takes 11 real man to praise -his
cook; It Is easier to tflury lu his
workti and Ignore ihe author. Napo-
i.ko! acknowledged the cook'a worth
when he said that an army travelled
on lis stomach. Hoiikrt HrrvrnN said
cooks nre "gentlemen," nnd old Dr.
Pmmik remarked that "we have some
good families In Knglaud of the
name of Cook or Cookk," and that
they alt "originally sprang from real
professional cooks." William the
Ojnqticror bestowed a manor on the
maker of n dish that pleased him on
his coronation day. And so thn trib
utes might he extended lo pnges.
There Is nothing to Indicate that
the cook on the Tlfton was better
than thn usual run of cooks on mer
chant vessels and they are all gen
erally considered poor. He may have
drunk nil the liquor In thn lockers.
sworn like Uncle Tonv's armies In
Klnndcrs and ruled the galley like
the thoroughly Intrenched tyrant of a
suburban kitchen. The sklpiwr may
have wished n hundred times it day
to kick him over thn rail, hut he did
not, nnd see the reward of his for
bearance. Says Captain Cari.hon:
"H stayed on deck, and when be naw
a Hint or when the wind changed he
called down to me. I was pretty nearly
ul I In and ha called me about every
five minutes, but I must any the cook
was a handy man. Talk about having
able seamen under the now shipping
law ! I'd rather have a handful of cooks
like blm In a good blow than all the
seamen I ever saw."
Some one ncknowledged years ngo
that we could get along without al
most anything except cooks, and since
we must hnvn them, why not .show
forbearance? Who knows but thnt cir
cumstances may develop other heroes
or heroines of the runge, or perhaps
even good cooks? At least. If Is easier
to praise them thnn to discharge
them. The skipper of the Tlfton has
set a good example.
General Maxwell In Ireland.
The Rrltlsh Government wisely ties
Ignated a Scotsman to administer
martial law in Ireland. An old
Rugby football player, Mnjor-Genernl
Sir John Gremcli. Maxwki.l Is likely
to be In good condition at fifty-seven.
He will need to be a strong man.
mentally as well as physically, to deal
with the dangerous situation.
It Is singular thnt all of General
Maxwell's active service hns been In
Africa from the day he Joined the
famous Black Watch, Forty-second
Highlanders, as n subaltern In 1870.
From first to last he saw it great deal'
of fighting, steadily winning promotion
either as a commander of troops or ns
n staff officer. At Oindurman, when
still under forty, he led a brigade
with the rank of Colonel. In the
Hoer war he commanded tho Four
teenth Hrlgnde.
From 1P08 to 1012 Sir John Mat-
wei i, wits at the head of the forces
In Kgypt. He nppears to he a man of
executive ability, for while the Hoer
war was still In progress he served
as -Military Governor of Pretoria, a
post that was no sinecure.
The Rrltlsh Government knows Its
man probably; but General Maxweil
will have to be cool headed and toler
ant, as well as swift to act and reso
lute, in order to succeed In his work
of restoring pence In Ireland. Thn
Government has set the Kgyptlnu vet
eran n tusk thai bristles with proli
lems and difficulties.
The Shelter Island Deer.
The nfflclul battue nf tho deer on
Shelter Island mi May Day Is Justi
fied by no less n lover of wild life
than Dr. William T. Hounaiici, di
rector of the New York Zoological
Garden, who has given tip the prob
lem of Uow to dispose nf the unwel
come deer otherwise. "There Is ab
solutely no way out," he says, as It
would he "practically Impossible to
catch theso tleer so as to transfer
them from Shelter Island to r.oolnel
cal parks or to Ramo preserves."
Why when the raiiKo of the deer Is
m limited on Shelter Island Is It Im
possible to round them up and capture
them' We undertake to sny. Mutt
"Huffalo" .Tn.sr.s, If he is still about,
would undertake the job with the
assistance of cowboys nnd pet the
last deer alive.
Unfortunately publicity wns not
given to the plan of the Conservation
Commission until the arrangements!
had been matlo to exterminate these
beautiful and Inoffensive iinlmulN,
which were not naturally on Shelter
Island as wild game hut were brought
there seven years ago by a summer
resident like entile to adorn his
estate. They multiplier! nild nt Hist,
overran the little Island.
A way, If time hud been given to
consider the matter, might have been
found to dispose of thesu deer. Tho
S. V. C. A. could liuvu Intervened,
Perhaps It Is not too late even now.
Certainly the harrying of these gen
tle creatures by dogs and Ihe slaugh
ter nf them hy it mob of willing game
wardens Is a revolting business.
Kngl.ind hns her hyphens no less
renowned than ours.
General Osrkoon has a fine lino nf
assorted revolutions and counter-revolutions
to exhibit to General Hcorr.
Mr, CicoRciE W. Pun kins cun't deny
that be raised his candidate to bu a
soldier.
Young, gentlemanly, OsnunoN is
known as perhaps the beet Mexican
soldier. He bus seen a varied servU'o
slitcn leaving the Mexican West Point
ul Chapultepeo. Wnasisolou deaprifrs.
Ai.vaso oiikkuon may be youlig and
gentlemanly, but when was he u mem
ber of the cadet corps ut ChaptlltepeoT
Colonel rioosKVELT, having received
from Hough Illrler Jack Uiibknwat n
report of cusiwlllefl anions United
(Hates troops from shots across the
border at Naoo In Ootobar-Daeamber,
mit, exclaims: "Our Government did
nothing to call the offenders to ac
count." Does not the penetration of
Mexico by his Cuban comrade John J.
Pbrsiiivo of the Tenth Cavalry ap
pease tho Colonel? Did he not make
pKtttmiNO a Hrlgndltr himself?
The Governor of Missouri wants to
be the Democratic nominee for Vice
President, Would not Wilson and
Major sound like a reflection upon In
trenched merit?
If our pacifists want something ex
citing near borne they should try to
Introduce a dove Into a House Demo-
crutlc caucus.
There now seem to be a number of
Irishmen who call n certain prominent
family the U'lloilBNfOLLRRNS.
DOWNFALL OF SIR ISAAC.
Prof. Knrlrht's Meier Fuel Abolishes
t'oniervallbn of Knergy.
To tub KntTos or Tine Sun Hlr: We
nre wllneealng an odd exhibition of the
degree In which present day Instruction,
both scholastic and popular, falls short
of Impressing upon sny but a speclallted
few the fundaments! truths of science.
HuHlnni men of experience and Judg
ment, manufacturers who, having been
associated with highly trained members
of the scientific and seml-sclentlflo pro
fessions, should be at least grounded In
tlio A li (.' of nuturAI laws are giving
credence and eager attention to claims
tlmt ns far disregard thoao laws as If
the claimants asserted ability to lift a
ekcruper by tho strength of a child's
hand. Profesaor Knrlcnt's motor fuel
commands notice by virtue of the pub
licity It has Kulned.
It is given nut that the basis of this
fuel Is water, to which a certain "chemi
cal" or combination of "chemicals" Is
added, whereupon (or by passing through
the "chemicalized" water the electric cur-
tent from an ordinary dry cell) hydro
ten gas is generated and fed t the
engine for producing power in place of
vuporlird gaaolone.
Ju water the chemical combination of
two parts by weight of h)drogen to six
teen parts by weight of oxygen is what
Is termed a very etable one; that Is,
the hydrogen and oxygen have a very
fast bold Upon each other, and exactly
as much energy, In one form or an
other, must be applied to water to ob
tain its hydrogen gas as you can ob
tain from that giui when you have got
It and exploded It In an engine. To
gel from u.iter enough hydrogen gas
by electrical decomposition to develop a
home-power when exploded requires that
al least an electrical horae-powcr be
passed through that water; and even
this la only in thtoty, for In practice
a great deal more Is required.
The current available from a dry' cell,
or from a battery of dry cella, uch as
la used for auxiliary ictilt ioti in mnia
cars, could not under an circumstances
within the r.wigc of clenllllc law pio
duce from water enough hydrogen to de
velop more than a small fraction of a
horsepower when exploded In an auto
engine. And In snr raao an auto en
gine will not deliver nearly Its full
power when run upon hydrogen ga.
though it could by changing the car
burner be made to turn over on n hy
ilrogen and air mixture. The power de-
eloped depends on the weight of gas
exploded, and aa hydrogen la many
times lighter than gasolene vapor, and
the cylinder capacity of ntt engine Is
unchangeable, not nearly enough weight
of hydrogen can be got Into the cylinder
to cuuw sn explosion of the necessary
degrcw of strength,
If It H asserted that the chemical
Itaelf decomposes the water Into 7sies
the law Mill holde. There are substances
thnt will do this, though they cannot
ba bought over the counter of a drug
store, lint to produce these substances
In the first place always requires, even
In theory, at least as much power aa
can he obtained from the gas they will
liberate from water, and in practice the
balance Is heavily on the wrong aide,
U'i Mtiull nrntottilt. lu. inlri Oi.l Ti-a
fessor Knrlchf. dli'overv de nen I.
principle, or laws hitherto r unknown I
This might be so; no scientific man now I
,v that v,i,in 1. u..ii.i. ...
If the claims are true they Imply one '
of tha most remarkable contributions tu
pure science the world has yet known.
dealer even than the fall of fuel prices
Is the rail or the Iw of Conservation
of Knergy. I see the name of Knrlcht
displacing that of Newton on a thou
sand lists ri scientific pioneers ; for what
is the fonnulator of a law In compari
son with him whose work disproves It?
D ALTON M. GOKTSCIIIUS.
I.itti.r l-Vnnr, N. J April 28.
The Prodigal Son and the Calf's Finish.
To tu t. Kiiitor (ik The Hun fir: in
Colonel Harvey's word photograph of
laeooorc icooMeveu c oionei Kooseveit is
reierreu 10 ns tne rroo gsi won , ana we
are reniinnen mac 11 was not tne
Prodigal Hon who possessed the ratted
Truei hut let It be remembered that I will surely recall It was located 111 tho
1 the relitrn of the Prodlfsl Uere was'west side of Chatham siquare, Just at
eat rejoicing; and st that time, as I the beginning of the Howery. It was a
Ill t.,.nn... -...I., . v-. 1 .1.- hlL'h lirleed nlnee. but ou i-,it cur
oil
great
will happen again next November, the
fatted (Democratic) calf ant t "n tho
neck." and the Prodigal Hon wns re
stored to favor. 1 can see the calf's
finish. Geoiior Hiiomiton.
Wiiitk Plains, April
The l.eagne to Knforre I'eare.
To THE Kiiitor or TIIK NUN flir; In
teply to Admiral Moore's letter 111 Tilt
til'.v to-diiy I sm requested to say that
no one dlsasiees very materially with
the substance of the views he expresses
and that the league to F.nforce Peace
Iiiih been at work for tome time carry
ing out his tecjiinmendatlon.
ClIAIll.KM SJTKWAHT DAVISON,
Ni:w Yosa.", April 28,
The Interned Ihitchmrs.
To nur Rpitob or Tne Hvs Sir: Tha
city government has wilfully Interned a
hn.t r.r fliillim-n In r-i lf.,fl f-.t, ..
these iinllllng visitors are Incen.ed over
the utrorlty ran ba plainly aeen by the
n.i.h mantlliif their plump cheeks. They
nnd ecleely to each other and discuss their
'plight in hlipere, apparently oblivious of
the thousands of paaaarsby who remark
on their healthy appearsnre.
And the park attendante, thinking tn
fool the great American public, shout nt
the small boya who look mischievously at
Ihe icllrna, "(I'nsn anay from them tiillrs,
you!" u.
Nt Vosa, April
My Bey,
I've raised my hoy te ha a soldier
In Ihe battle for the rliht.
For country, pesce and honor
Ho la not "loo proud te fight."
May the (lod of hatllta spar usl
May our leaders sea tha light!
Whatever lie the peril
May freedom conuuer mlfhtl
Must our land lie purged with flre?
Must our days b turned te nlthlf
Must nil- hnnii a ha full of sorrow I
Musi wa five our heart's delight?
Then I knew my boyil be ready,
Prepared lo five his all
To hold hie comrades steady
When they answer to the call.
Should be fall I.e. Ida his brothers
And my ees be dimmed with ttsrs.
It all I love goes with him
And 1 dread the paielng years,
Mill I know he did his duty.
That he triumphed tn Ihe niht,
That he gave his Ufa for olhtrs.
That 1 raised my key attgkt
rwacaa I. aaawa
"kOWERY BOYS."
Recollections of the Time When Rltal
"Gangs" I'laehed In Ilattle.
To the Hditoii or Tins HUN Sir:
ItonilnlsccnccH of Iho HoMery are all In
teresting, an Charley lloyt well under
stood when he wrote his famous song,
but ou want to go back further than
1878 to realize bow picturesque a. feat
ure the old thoroughfare once was of
our wonderful city,
My own recollection of It goes back
only to tlio beginning of the civil war,
but even then it hud not entirely lost
the characteristics that differentiated It
so strongly from any dber street on
earth. You could stilt see, sometimes,
a "tlowery Hoy" of the type thnt Chan
frau presented on the atngn, promenad
ing th sldewHlM with a "Howery rial"
on his arm, and you made way for them
respectfully If ynu were prudent.
(loop skirls were coming In, and the
"Gal" wore exaggerated one. Do not,
by the way, Imagine that "(lal" was a
term of reproach or that It implied any
thing out of tho way. Tho ludy known
by thnt title was thn highly respectable
member of Ksst Hide society who waa
fortunate, enough to bsve secured the
escort of one of the most gallant dare
devils who ever enlivened metropolitan
life. And what a man be wast
Ills costume markrd'hlm. Ills black
broadcloth Prince Albert be carried on
his arm. Ills shirt was a bright red
and he wore bis black "pants" Inside
his red topped boots. Ills plug hat
shone vividly until, perchance, he en
countered some other "llowcry Uoy" who
might belong to a rival gang. Then It
might perhaps be damaged, for tights
were not Infrequent on the Howery.
Home of those fights aro historic, for
the gangs hud feuds not easily under
stood now, but sometimes growing out
of the rivalry between dlffctent com
panies of the old volunteer tiro depart
ment, for every true Howery Uoy be
longed to one or another of thoec com
panies. Hxs Tweed Joined 111k Hlx In
his earlier days.
Thn battle between two nf the gangs,
the I'lim tTglles and the Head Knhtittx,
was one of the fletceat riots New York
ever saw, and nobody ever knew how
many were Killed before the fighting
ceased. That wns before my time, but
I mv much of thn trouble In the six
day Draft Riot, and the Howery was
no place for a deacon's daughter that
week,
Kven then the decadence of the
Bowery bad begun. The trees that bad
adorned It had mostly disappeared, for
at that time and for years afterward
a tree was about the only obstruction
that was not tolerated In a New York
street, and the beautiful ones that gave
the old llouwerie Its name had been le
muved elrher by old ge or the ae.
And the character of the street bad
changed ns Ktfth aenue Is now chang
ing. Mlnres took the places of resi
dences, nnd the parade nf fashion real
fuahlon, mind you, in those days gave
way to the crowds of tollers. More or
lesa disreputnhle resorts were finding a
footing nod were getting to be notor
ious. The glory of the street faded,
and sordid slid repellent features multi
plied till the name of It became a by
word, What Is now Chinatown, with Its
queer Utile crooked stieels, was tho llrst
refuge of the human rats who were
driven nut of the Kle Points hy the
opening up of Worth street through-the
iHilluteil ilbtrbt. and crime flourished
almost openly there until It blossomed
out In most nmazlne efllori scene at
Hilly McCllory's dance house, hardlv
more than a stone's throw away. Not
many people remember Just bow that
extraordinary outlaw shattered his own
prosperity by n most malarious exploit,
so daringly defiant that It routed tho
resentment of the community. Tor lllllv
was a tvplctcl Hnwety Hoy, perhaps the
last survival of his class. Handsome,
foppish, affable and almost polished In
manner, he was absolutely lawless, de
lighting In nnthnig else so much us he
did In Haunting his contempt for the
restraints of conventionality and even of
decency. Me grew rich by conducting
one. of the most Infamous resorts New
Jorlv has ever seen, and had ample
means to Indulge his outrageous whim.
The Brunswick wat then one of the
select, fashionable hotels, well patron
ized by tho elite of the city, .cad .Mc-
',"r:.""u,1 A '', "
(ilory made a bet that he would give
n L 1 . h
Jjnce Imuse lust how 1 1 V
ciaiue House, just how Pc liiipcsfd oil
,'rU"''," ,JT.. i"T .1 " ' 5"
, " Ve tnlrt m t lie co th, be , .V' ' tr!".'M y ,'.'M,".. . 13
1 c-i...; . ", .il. ......,''" nr"" ."" 1'ildheade.l man and
he sent his guests In public hacks to the
notei eiuranen ana nerore tne startled
nrndP etoiN t-.ilf2ei1 Ihlr h.-i , u tl,..v
' , , , ...... .,"''
swarmed In In a body, defying nil f-
. " eject mem, ami proceeding i"
detlle th' precincts with an utterly In
descrlhnblc oigy. It was the sudden end
of tlie Hrunswlck's popularity, anil Mo
Glory enjojed the Joke hugely until be
uii made to re illzo s.iou after thit he
bad offended the community liejoial
ardou and had luought about his own
lln.inci.il ruin. For the xilke. who bad
never
troubled him retiou-ly before.
1 iit ir,ii-ci 10 irmiuir nun anei niuu,
ami or n.i in. - ji.cir., ,,
.-(.""oik 10 ioji, i.-, on,- 01 inc iti
- restaurants "it ne city- 1 can 1 iciii.ui-
111 mi priced place, but ou got our
money's worth when ou supped there,
as crowds Used lo do before -Madison
street had ceased tu b the homo of
many of the old aristocrats of New
York, It disappeared, as the Malso.t
nn,eB In I'lilon K.p.are did. soon after
I,, unr 1 i., A. or n ..t..r. i.tf
.iv'them' ,i it " r d
rholr meals weie (qual,
lll eltlter olio
opened since. Ihoir meals weie (on
to any that ar to be had in tic lobster
palaces on the Great White Way now,
and the oust of them, though d or mod
extravagant at thn time, did not vie
with the prices of to-daj.
The Occidental Hotel, ton, though it is
still run as a hotel a llttlo way up Iho
Howery', has lost Its vogue, but In those
almost forgotten d.is It used to be
thioiiited with the pleasure loving spoils
who demand luxury at any price and
n poker room
orgcoiis bar.
lag uf chtuc
found It thru. There was
opening oil from the gorgeous
where tho tiillhlcal clinking nf
could be hoard at almost auj hour, lor
the Howery Hoy was an invclciato
and
a Isild poker pla er.
If he had not born, the Gotham, stilt
further up tho Howery, would hardly
nave oei'll too Iliuec joueprruue KUIUUUUK
hoiitii iii Now Yolk. It was an Innocent
looking little cottage, Maudlng buck
from the street, with a little yard In
front of It, but my! what games weio
played there !
Yet, as I look back upon ll, the
Howery seems to have been not woiso
than other stitcts, hut muiu flamboyant
Vice, crime and general lawlessness
were not moro prevalent there than
elsewhere, hut were moio openly mani
fested The sailors' resorts whore
painted women cajoled and rohtied the
Jackie with haidly a proleucu of con
cealment came to the Howery from
Water street, hut they were no worsu
and not so vlatiKiiouti o the community
hs the more private resorts on Mercer
ami Gteeiie streets. Tho poker rooms
did less damage than was dona In
I.lspenard street, nt sis llroadway, over
"Jackson's Warming Slovt" and ut the
gambling house In F.lghth stieet, where
Mike Norton and .Mike Murray got rich
from the crooked (?) keno game.
And violence, when It biuke out on
.the Howerv. look at least the form of
personal encounter, manly and open, not
tlio stealthy attack nf cowardly aeeas
sins, such us Imperilled the pedestrian
elsewhere, "tlarrotliiK" was a common
practice In New York In those days, but
not on the Howery And the "pretty
waiter girl" salootm weru mostly on
llroadway, not on the Howery.
If the cheap and gariih amusements
llko "beauty shows" and fake museums
opened up In greater numbers on the
Howery than elsewhere, ms they un
doubtedly did, and if the theatrical
shows were more primitive than on
llroadway, aa many of them ccrtaiuly
wera. It was hecatisn the Bowery Hoy
nnd the Howery tlal were more primi
tive In their instincts, not worse in. mi
men and women elsewhere. And cer
tainly they weru Mislly more Interesting
than tho moro sophisticated lelngs who
glvn the Brent While Wny Us lingo of
cftenslve coloring to-day.
The Bowory as t once knew it wouni
not be tolerated now. Hut I fall to sen
that New York hns vastly Improved as
lo Its morals slncn It has clonn away
with one of Its most picturesque features.
Wo nre, perhaps, more circumspect than
wc were, but are wo any ncuor,
Davib A. Ct'llTIS.
New York, April 24.
In the Old Time Dime Mnsenm.
Tntur I'niTon nr Tint HUN Sir: With
all tho talk about the Howery, one In
stitution that was a feature a nuuttor
century ago has not been mentioned. 1
speak of the Dims Museum.
One near Houston street, iiunm-n,
nourished for years. It was no calcb
penny dive for tho unwary, tilled wllh
oirUlulrUl'tH Will, Wrtlllff tile tlttlO friltll
ou while Intently watching something
or soino one, but a dead on the level
amusement hall, where the sword swal
low er, bearded lady, Tom and Ilattle,
Iho two "What Is II?" from tne Hawaiian
Inlands, the giant, dwarf, fat lady,
ofwlllcd "inn and human skeleton, &c,
wrro really cxmmteu on one noor.
The next accommodated the six day
walking match on a sawdust track 100
feel long: Imagine the time lost In turn
ing around.
Then we bad entertainment from tne
belittling calculator, no fake, good In
struction, and similar diversions, such
as glass blowers, bandy craftsmen of
different nationalities, Mexican bird
feather ornament makers, Ac.
Thn nnlmul kingdom In cages was
also in evidence, while on the stre et
floor was a stage "rtn
and danco artists, Humpty Dutnpty
pantomime Dante s Inferno (and not
bad at that, not thn Inferno, the per-
formaurn). and all for 10 cents. The om ,
i nyma ran ;
The anlmnls ther, the kangaroo, the zebra
and the fnxes, ,
You'd laurh tn sea tha croa-eyed mule
a-ihtwlng up drygooda boxta.
Your "continuous" to-day has nothing,
bclevn me, on the OLD llowxsr.
.New YonK, April 17.
FRONT AND BACK DOOR.
L'npreparrdness Illustrated by the Sad
Story of the Qtiuker Lady.
To viir Kditor nr Tun Rus filr: Our
coast ocfences remind me of my mother-In-law'f
house. Hho was a delicate old
Quaker lady, well to do. living In a
quiet res'dence street, with a street lamp
before tbi house anil a private watch
man on tie block. Tlio front door was
supplied w.th a strong bolt abovo and
one below; a stout lock In the. middle, a
nlgbt latch over that, and a chain over
that again : autttclent protection, oiip
would imagine, against burglars, Hut
the kitchen door oh. the kitchen door!
- screened by a wash kitchen, had thin
pine panels and wns secured by a ten
cent bolt only. In consequence tho
burglars, unseen by neighbors, cut a
hole through a panel, shoved back tho
cheap bolt, got In und bundled up all
the silver
In like manner the so-called defences
of New York city tit Handy Hook might
li very effective sgalnst attack from
lh.i sea (as a matter of fact they nre gicss district b us been persr-iem riimign
not); but such attack would be entirely! to gain the reinstatement of one. of the
unnecessary, for an Invading force could I eighty-two midshipmen who wero re
land without hindrance off Harnevat, or cently dropped from Annapolis. Custom
at anv other of a number of points on , bas made it possible for a in.cn to enter
the Jersey coast, and shoot up the , Annapolis at the use of sixteen years,
simile- llonk rt-r.o.rR. from il rent- to n.isa credltichly from plehe to third
After that New York would be nt the
mercy of the Invaders, nnd compelled to I' ne niriqieuH .n num. o- is ut
pav such tribute us thev demanded I unless be receive "coimlder.ili.'n from
(hundreds of millions) to prevent thelth" Acn leiin.! Hoard, unit the, .secretary
enemy from carrying out his threat tu'ni m .-savy. ion n or or- ..,.
bombard tho clt.
RilBRRT CiRtMSHAW.
Nsw York. April 2S,
LESSON FROM THE CIRCUS.
Suggestion for Ihe Guidance of a
(treat Matesmnn.
To TIIK KtUToa or TUB fifN-Str: The
""'7 ."S'" a luhllieaded man was
omfortably enthroned among the best
M.,ltH t the Hanium-H.Ulcy show.
." .fr '""' T. ?WK
t '" " roinios in.,,,..
tiiai k.
Tha lialdheadcd man stood It for
thinking It accidental, but when
, . ... . ,
, cuiivinceo dial some one unions wie
0ng fellows increasing his own
J plrutiiro by annoMng him. bo climbed
out ml rnni plains, to ti ueher j
What 1 VI tbf tiMi.T !' It Mlv
M. rrtt iiMMUty Did !;n M-vnk of i
s..t.. .a.. I .a. l.i- 0 I,.... is.. I..
"Hie Mini iM' 1 ifclltr r 1 11 11 it 11 1 1 3 111 in
ingenious sentences-
He did not Taking a swift survey
of the sltmttun be proceeded to that raw .. , u . .!
where sat the happy, young and IniskyL. T"K, , "..., ..- '
ci... , 1, J,,.,,. 1 New v.orker," under dato of April '.'
1 r Pnur,P oitlrt not assist by pointing
, ,,, nfrp,,,r rMf Ilut bother
,f uher 111 the least
,uinlll(.P, , lmi(1 oU.r lM
any one who threw peanuts would go out
. " , ., ..,'.,, '
.. . . . . .,
I . .' .'
I ' ," .1""'
Tim., l,n
tt.i-
ilnt two men oh-
out tho stretcher
I ,', ,1 L' A i... tV 1 V , 1
! "A., i"!,,...T f J? 'Iheuded man
,, ' ,'., , .
... " J" r,.,-1. I" ,M.r'
I flm' " , 0 k ,n ' ' '"bod's
?, ''2Z ?,?', J ..1 7, .1 1 , tUr "".
1 ,,mt ,"' r''"'-1 be aid of a clr-
i:rir"1 ,n Mrxr, wo? r:"
' f1 "r lllm V"K" ''icillclent
I mental processes
A large part of the disorder down
there has Just such trivial beginnings.
l'llKLST IiALC.il.
Nsw Yobk, April :
Dogs, Policemen nnd Plain People.
To the Kpitoii of Tiik Sun Sir; Can
any nf your readcis tell tne why, when I
take my dot- out, duly muzzled, liar-
llv""'n' "censed and leached, 1 should be
'"" "bject of suspicion lo nil policemen,
i especially considering tho fact that the
A"' actions on the street nre much more
dignified and mannerly than thoso of
most children nnd many grownups?
Why not establish a "Society for tlt
Preventlon of the Persecution of the
Dog"? IlKQIN.VLD HUOII Ml'RItAT.
Nkw YonK, April 2S.
Neither Courage Nor Originality Kirutea
That Singular Verb.
To Tint lima or Tin Sen Air; I ilka
Tub .Stis very much, Tor on thing, you
seem Slid hlnays have seemed particular
to aim In Ihe direction nf correct llngllah.
on dim t go In for Hngllsh aa Mm l iisii
ally "wrote" and "spoke." And ynu have
courage Yon would say boldly, n cold
blood and with malice aforethought, "Hick
ene's works," while most people nnd papers
balk nt that extra "a."
Prniikl), I Ilka a paper that has a mind
of lis own In diction, Ac., aa (cell n
other thliiKs, Now then, on page 15 nf
Tub fces of April :6, In column one, I
read :
"If the deal goes through l( will he one
of the lurgest und most Important that hns
been closed," ac,
Do on Mnnd by "has"?
1 realty want to know, because I often see
this kln1 of eenlenea and alicuy, feel
tieepy when I do. j. r yc.
r.M.XR4Vii.l g, fa., April 27,
Mttle Kate's Affllrtlnns.
rVoin Me .VtMourl Mule.
l)ar Teacher; Facta couldn't roius tn.
day; she got wet In tha A, M, and cold
In tha IV M, j1r, (,
A I'nat llftice llomsnre la 1'tye Heels.
Jinin Ihr ('ulumbim State
Krlrndfhlp, N, Y
Irflve, 'a,
Kleslmuiea, riaV
lllnc, Ark.
I'araon, Ky,
OUR UNREADY ARMY.
The Responsibility -Mr. Wilton's, for
He Has Had Warning Kntiugh.
To tiik KniTOR of Tiik HUN Sir.' Mr.
,t. Mllnor Dorey In attacking tho recent
letter of "Junius" in Tim Sun hssciIs
Unit when .Mr. Wilson look the oatli of
miles there were no war clouds either
In Mexico or In lOurope. Mr. Dorey It
strangely misinformed In respect to Mex
ico, for ever slnco 1911 wn liavo main
tained on tho bolder n force of nearly
20,000 men over and abovo tho garri
sons of the permanent army posts llko
Fort H.tm Houston and Fort niiss. These
men were on the border'when Mr. Wil
son became President, and there wns no
tenson for their being there other than
tho prospect of eventual hostilities. U
was durlnc the early part of Mr. Wil
son's administration nlso thnt a power
ful lleet was assembled In the harbor
of Vera Cruz. Preparations of this sort
do tail, ns u rule, Indtcato peaceful In
tentions. When Mr. Wilson assumed the Presi
dency our t dictions with Mexico were
already very much strained, and he
strained them still further by demand
ing the teslguallon of President Huerla
nearly three years ago. .lust two years
ago Vera Cruz was bouibuided and
seized by Mr. Wilson's order, ostensibly
to avenge, an Insult to the American
Hag; and to this day there has been
incessant meddling In Mexico's internal
affairs by our Government. Any one
who believes this sort of thing can go
on without the risk of war is possessed
of a degree of Ingenuousness that has
no plaeo outside of a kindergarten.
As a matter of fact, every one who
followed our dealings with Mexico knew
that trouble was bound to come of them :
et when General Fuuston was ordered
, t ' f lncn n , Infantr y companies of
a scant fifty
K( h,(,h g , ccnt Mow pca(.B
t, uhl, th() follr t,,lUcr.sc of the
,,..,, ,,-,,,, AHniPr.. attached to the
to vera Cruz his latins were woiuuy
))a ( lH(.K,.(i 170 animals of their full
i-.mildr men!
Two ears Is nbt time enough In which
to build up a large army from a small
foundation, but Mr. Dorey has evidently
forgotten the chilling reception given
to Representative Gardner a year ago
by the President, who smilingly assured
him thnt to speculate on our danger
from Invasion was a harmless amuse
ment nnd excellent mental exercise.
Two jears Is not a long time, but it Is
enough to accomplish moro than hns
been done. It is long enough to recruit
our existing regiments to something like
normal strength ; nevertheless, we rend
of Major Tompkins at Parr.il with his
"squadron'' of 111 men. or not quite
lucnt-nlne men to a troop. At war
strength, a troop should number ninety
two I A ahortagn of 8 per cent.!
The recent activity of our recruiting
int inn show that men can be bad.
even If they respond slowly. And If
this matter has been neglected, the fault
lien with the pro-ent Administration,
and with It only.
G. W. Knoblauch.
Amenia, April !v '
REENTERING ANNAPOLIS.
It It Managed at Great Cost to the
(internment.
To tiik KniTon oi' Tun Hi'N Sir: 1
understand that Hepii'sciitative l C
Vim tivke of the Fourth Minnesota t'on-
I class svrt 0,1 to th J"lof ''lass, wheio.
; I .cblo to secure, an appointment ironi
Ids (.'ongtessm.m or Senator as a new
man he may reenter the academy, pro
viding he Ui under twenty ears of age,
thus evading the spirit of the law and
tailing six or sec en years to puss
through tho Naval Academy at a great
i,petis to the Government. There Is
no law for this arrangement as it af
fects ic "hllger'' It is simply prece
dent, that unwritten policy that Mr.
Josephus Daniels has taken such keen
delight in overthrow Ing.
As the education of a middy costs the
I Government at least $M0 a -ar. how
r. Daniels, who Is so ultra eon-
1 !,.,,.n,lm,, ,allj for two extra years
... , ... ... ,... . novo ute v re
fuses to allow the sain Individual two
I VM
linomns ill
which to overcome his
, .tclkclpiir-V
"C"" " 5
Wn.t.uM Hr.snr .IrMisoN,
Kast OinNin., N .1 . Apr.l lis.
THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER.
u . 1 1 . i ti
"irrlnrlO of Major Jenno's Tluns
Again Set rorth.
'luo.cs my recent icuci 111 cur. ra-j in-
",,,,,ll' .' ... "m .'.."'" ". ' .
insurance iniiuunK 111 c iiicas" "an nunc
in 1S5 ,.. ,
. 1 . ll" ", arciuiect. .Major . 1..
'" " .' " '".i"'v"
',Mr " architect for a icsidenco I was
constructing, and that soon after that
lime l.e llliormc-u int. r in mr. oukiiuci-
liig the plans used in the construction
of skyscrapers.
Though the Home Insurance building
was of moderate height onlv. It demon
t rated the practicability of his Ideas
and anhlticis quickly availed them
selves of these plans in the construction
of buildings that were skysoraiiers In
fact. I called attention to Major Jen-
,51 ecu,, a.s i uiouiiiic one creou
should be. given to one whoso genius
bad revolutionized archllecttue.
lie w.ii one of tho moat modtst of
men, much irons concerned to servo
others than lie was about any' personal
glory be nnslit obtain by the service.
"A New Yorker" may fool proud thnt
It vuh a cuixir.itlnn of his city whose
enterprise, placed tho seal of approval
on Major JcnneyV plan,
1, as it n old Chtcagoan, nni proud
that It was a Chicago ufchltcct lo whom
we nre Indebted for the wonderful sky
scrapers Thomas h. CitAnn.
WashiniitoN, D. C April J?.
Preparedness Day.
'I'o tiik HlitToit or TUB Sun .Sir; In
view of the wide Interest taken in tho
Mticstlou of prrp.it fitness and the parade
In its Interest to be held Saturday, May
111. and the fact that that day Is a legal
holiday after 12 o'clock, I beg to sug
gest that the Governor of thn Slate
might, lu his discretion, namo the entire
day to be a dav of tluinkssiv lug ,un
deviate the wholu day a holiday, thus
giving the hanks, ns -well as other Insti
tutions vviilcli have exhibited such great
Interest In this parade, the entlie day.
The break nf half a day would cause
more inconvenience with business than
to make the entire day a holiil.iv
Nkw Yokk. April 2S. w. s,
He I'enrs for Magna lomu.
To Tin: KniTon or Tut: St-N .sir.- When
I icllect upon thn termination of the
Warwlcklun careers nf the Hon, Georuo
llaivey, the Hon, James Smith, Jr., and
tin) lion. William F. McCombs, 1 am
connniliicd to wumler how long It will
b.i befni e the Hon. !; M House, to use
tho vernacular, "gets his"
H. H. IIootii.
Nkw Yoiik, April :j
The War Would Ho (Iter First,
To Titr FniToit or Tiik Sun sir; r
know a man who belongs to the United
States Aeronautical Unserve. iip i, ,..
rolled at Plnttsbiirg and Is thinking of
joining tne power noat iteremo H,und
tnn. lu thn event of war them will be
such an argument as lo where ho he.
longs that war will he over befoie they
''''!rt, i i. .. J1 T""'
Boston, April :t.
SUFF GHOST HELPS
CURE DR. ANN A SHAW
Spirit of Stisnn fl. A u f linrtr.
She Stays, T?irl Kor fJol Well
to Work for "Crtiisp."
LUNCH KOX GIVEN FOIt 1IKR
Th" Rbot of Bussn B. Anlbo-ir f.
pearcd to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw In or.
of. the worst moments of her r"nt u;.
nefes, ons of the moments when sV nrA
those about her thought she would d!
and told her she tnuon't go rt, tit n,,
must live nnd work for sulfiage So pr
Shaw told the fifty friends h, j.nt ,
luncheon In her honor yeslerd.ij ut t'
Women's City Club In the Hotel andai.
bill,
"I should have been glad to go J
so tired," Dr. fihaw said "nut then
I saw Aunt Susan, I liwird hr o,t
asking me. 'Ate. you going to be a a,,
serter-." And o I got inv grp on life
again, and here 1 am."
Dr. Hhnw looked wonderful) v wa fr
a woman who bas lain at drain's door
with double pneumonia. There f ,on
fenr even after she begun to re nv.f
that shu would never be able to f!,r;f
again, but she has regained her o:(
and la good, she said, for any number '
speeches In the 1917 New York can.
palgn. Kho is going soon to lm"t,
help persuade tho men of thnt .State n
voto "yes" on the stilTrago In;, wh,j
conies beforn them June n. Then tu
wilt go south to work in We t rijt;i
and other Mates.
Yesterday's luncheon wns a ' atrh 11
nflair" to aid lr. Shaw in cat. lung 1,1
on suffiago doings during her lllr.'
Leaders of the national, Mute arrt n'
organizations were present to tll rrr
what they had been about for th a'
few months. Mrs. Norman Ue It. Whlt.
house, cli.ciTmuti of the New York stal
Woman KtilTTage party; .Mrs. ,lamt.
Lets I-aldlaw und Mrs. Raymond Itrow
described thc.r struggle with Hie Ug'fij.
luro to get tho bill through. Miss Marr
Gnirctt Huv spoke on city work. Thm
Miss Hllzubeth Jordan nnnouncrd th
kitest activity of the State sutfrnuinj
Novel II e nit Written.
This Is nothing more or Itr-s than
novel of twenty-ilvo chapters, 111 wv, h
twenty-rive well known novel ts ore e .
laborntlng. It Is to be published f.r."
In bcrlal form In one of the tundaM
magazines, then In book form and th'
syndicated In the newspaper',
"Five chapters have been n rtttrn
said Miss Joidun. "h'.imuel Merw
wrote the first and Harry J.con WCtnr
Katblren Norrls, Dorothy C'onrteld ; t
I the other four. The tevnty other dup.
tT9 will be finished In 11 few weeks, !
hitie. All the best authors are suftw
gists w'e've got Irvln Cobb, (Icrtrus
Atherton. Winston Churchill, all the t(,
sellers, hind at work directing the f4-
of our suffr.igo hciolne. The plot oh
well, I sketched 0110 out, but we mustn'
flll'llll-A It tlMlf T, Im ,n C. .....
" -i " .1 K.tac a.crc
- -no sermon In tho guise of a tlorc
but It will preach votes for wotntn moil
effectively by portraying life."
Other prntaignmU activities were dj
cus.-ed nt the luncheon. The t-tate cv.
gunlzatlon has something bchedulcd f r
every month. In May they will line a
, nuwer paraan nnd market s orr r
1 automobiles loaded with bhwsome r
c-edlng down fifth avenue the ' e
,, r .M,,y .,,, t,1Pll ,.,.,. ,
unions at dltTcrent corners .md 1
women selling the llovvcrs.
June 3 will be the "soonnd arnaa
woman suffrage day on the dUnv
.Suffrage will get half the gate re s
when the Giants play Cincinnati on t c
date at the Polo Grounds. Mf J
lllalr Is chairman of tho arramteiiie'
committee. .asl year they hsd to plea
hard to get tho baseball people to r
eclve them, but this yenr they were I--vlted
most coldiilly. Tlicy have al
been Invited to have a suffrage dav a'
Coney Island. They have ucce'ilei, an.
will go in July.
1 Hoosevelt Won Oser.
I The Congressional Cubm for 'mu
Sunragn Is pluming Itself he. au " I
won over Theodore Iton-cvelt nr - ,n
the Colonel ranie out for the ca i-e 4;f
ago. a little wild" before he ran f'
President last time, In f.cc' bu
w-.i only for suffrage tiin'r by fit 1
1 ms time no iimoratd tlio aii v '
I Anthony amendment, which is ve-j rl '
1 irif-m. 1 ins is 1110 statement t'le
, mi Induced hlni to make.
"I believe the t'mc lias corns f'r
creator and truer natlonall.--n r f
,ii,v 1 ,n.,.. i n, .,..,. ,1
1 ,toM lf ,)lP ,M,,a hlch affect nit
' men but women nlso. The gre.t tc-
Jems of our country are nat.c a' 1
.tho matter of railroads, for eva-rfe
frtJ ,Kix ,ffPrrl,i krtf t hiws for
1 regulation merely check and f
,ip
v
f
1 tll,,ir (iCvulopment and jnanage"
unlvetsal Federal law Is etacn'
railroads. In the same way. th
Hon of enfranchisement of .von'"1
become national and demands '''
action,
"I therefore he.ttt.ly Indorfo a' IV-t
eral amendment which shall '.'.('"
ttally provide; Flt-i th.c toe r;'1 e'
the citizen of the t'lnl. d .states to c'
I ..hall ,mt i, denied or in titled s"
ijulted .Statei on ai omit of sex f
,(I, Congress shall have power sod
shall be the duty of Cons'-c." b'
Pilate legislation, to inter o hs
visions of this article,"
LATIN AND GREEK DROFrED
(ollllillila Will .No Longer Itennlre
Them fnr A. II. Pesree,
Columbia University plans to c r
all degieea in Columbia Cclicge w ' '
sole exception of the A, H .
be conferred on all students at t e en
pletlon of tho four year cnu ''
understood also that l.utui ii-d '' "
are to bo eliminated from the ui" ' "
This vviuc mnde known jestc... ''
the Columbia Collego annoui
1916-17 was published It w 'e
tlrmeil by the untversitv f '
Mnnday. The fact that Latin u " '
wfll no longer he lequlred t
fiom tlio notice, hut Dean K.i ' "
akei to conllrni lllla Inferet e
could sav nothing until .if'
tecs h,ol their meeting
If Columbia has elluii'iaii 1 ' t
Gieck it Is a step 111 .nlv.i ' n ' '
laigcr colleges and uiuvc ' '
Last What action Hie il n
la a matter of conjee lure, b . s
sumed that, although the
been Jealous of the nglils .,' d ' -'"
attaching to bolder of tl '
will not oppose the change
TO-DAY IS A CLEAN Ur U Y
Trouble for Timer Who l I""
Paprrs In Ihe Pnrk.
To-day and to-morrow .' 1,1
days in all the pailwi C " ( t
pel sons violating the regu't'
Department of I'.nl ,uc I
Instead of win lu'd. i '. r, '
Is the regular spring l-ua.-c '
Is conducted by tlio Po' e I
under direction of Cabot War!
Moner of Parks fnr Mmbit'
Peisoua Ibliiwiiig papein o
or lawns and pulling irub w
clally watcJied, SquaiH .f i
men will be station, d
arrest any one eonim "
"vandnllnni " Pnlici v'
will hold sessions a i
order Mint the cases iti.ty b
speedily,
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