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AND THE NEW YORK HERALD. MTW T',RK. SATURDAY. A ctCHl.!'. "nemmtand iuices. j Daily. ! it tpy Mr rw , ill, sad nwrin I arte cwr MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Mr MH. lS-w " ..7.. .1 m ' daily k unimt..iii- fjyr fonDej jn tue matter or carrcnt tor IAH.T t.t.,i -w I To... . .1 i.iv ,.. tut IS lil'NDAY 4-7 Tin,. !ii!iduliiiin) .vt-. h. fhnnrht that It ?'ry il.L.y,M ter r I roiiEiov rate. run.- a scndat.'.ikm iirto J. ! i"'DATi-r aii ' fc-' Vs rs,',7ile'' u rnrwo Withe. rM.ti ! "7.? L'V..1',.:!t!; 13 PARM OrnCC J AVE.VTB we i LOPEKA. I&fwtiUen wtrtltr aTlaT ttjj fer tb Cisa Wltleo mr t obttsl ra th miin Nt TfH eSt. mt P"n tj nelMtTttT j et" ' 'd for r?3ttttUon of l , n.m dtii"-! rrtillvi O It f "fit A.l r(fH'. tf r?atIkUeo f jf our frir.Ji bu taTor o "HI; rlsu ni 1 .ar:r'm f piblleitlon tin ricln rusrtM they rami j la cm ttt4 'csj fr ht parj"4. MAIN n'-SIVFJS AVD EDITOP.IAI. OP-1 r'-ES A BROADWAT. TELEPHOSE. j Speaker Seet Kw)1nt to Ee a Little WUon. r.eoett event at AItsnf mate that ; nrrtherly burph wem verj' much like, .mother Washington, District o Co lumbia. There U a con.'Iderable dlitance in peosraphleal mllw ltn the tH-o;lo a,jmjt bat our mUIcm "xusxle'l placfc!. but political rtMmbUnce draws them near together. There Is a considerable difference of dlmen-' dlons between two undismayed auto- crats and M-if-dcterminers, but the pv chfllos'c principle, after all. Is abo';t the iamc. "Volo, I will It: Is the common denominator. Turn for a moment from the larger to the smaller manifestation of self propulsive energy cad self-made po litical purpose la the matter of the manner of dealing with alleged un-American sen timent la the cae of regularly elected members of the Assembly Speaker rs of the Assembly Speaker wld what should be and what Sweet should not tie. and a Ithough there was plenty of Republican protest 4hra u, r,r. r.r!!on of his MV SO. In the matter of the demand of the thlrty-nve ex-service legislators for the enactment or a bill legalizing the sale of beer and light vdnc, undo the cfnstitutional amendment's gra of concurrent power to the States to dc-1 termlnc vvbat Manor Is Intoxicating, Speaker Sweet Insists that there shall be no legl'latlon at this session. In Hie matter of the activities at the State Capitol of tho remarkable William H. A.fctESO. State Super-, Jntendent of the Anti-Saloon League, who has turned his attention from the now defunct saloon to the Infinites! mal percentages of permitted alcohol. Speaker Swect now assumes an at titude of neutrality which counts really for Amjeeso.Vs truculent ex tremism nnd against the xerdse of the State's powers under the amend ment It has ratified. "I am not for the light wine and beer legislation," is the Speaker's pro nunclamcnto, uttered In advance of the action of his party or of the Legislature. We are referring here to a case of perwmar attitude, not to the merits of the questions Involved. 'Tolo, I will It!" from the White House In thunderous bass. "Volo, I will it!" In feebler falsetto from Capitol Hill In Albany. In bis little way the Hon. Thao mx8 C. Swrrr of Phoenix appears to bo trying to be whnt the Hon. Woodbow Wrtsos has been and is. Bat sometimes what people can stand In a brilliant If arrogant dictator be comes Intolerable In the scven-by-nlne imitation. KxecutlTe Sob Stuff. Our colleague Tnc Evcuso Svrr published a despatch from Washing ton reporting In part a statement Is sued by the Republican Publldty As sociation. This Is n somesvbat mys terious agency of publldty which the Republican National Committee In hesitant caution has refrained from adorning with a distinguished service or any other medal which might Im ply recognition of an ofDdal parly status. We have heard that the asso datlon Is conducted by one Joatha5 Bockre, Jr., a former Senator from Washington, now a thoughtfully ob servant resident of the District of Columbia. Tho statement, unless we greatly mlstako tho origin of Its lively Invective, was written by Mr. Boubxe. It treats of Mr. Wasor'8.rccent lev ter to Senator Hitchcock wherein the critic finds material which by im plication he classifies as "sob stuff"; paragraphs wet with "crocodile tears over the woes of humanity In gen eral," as be observes, Tbo author quotes from President Wtisos's letter, "I feel that I could not look tho soldiers of our gallant armies In the face again if I did not fo everything In my power to remove every obstado that lies In the way the adoptlorf of this particular ar ticle Number X.l of the covenant." nnd theu proceeds thus to dry out some of the damp spots which offend fclm In tho Wilson composition: 4 "No mora monstrous libel was vtr fitaced pt our oUt tn the treat war than to sjsccvt that they offered Bp tialr Htm to order to stable Mr. Wnw to rrdraw a map of Esrop that the United Elites ahouM r-r-r.tM for all tin. to come. Neither did our aoWUrs CiM to laxura t political lodepeadeac of th ptcpt if bom Mr Wmo.f and tn other embers of the Big Four artJ trarfly divided ti to thttr apportion lag of European territory. Thli U tot the first time that the Prealdeet hxx attempted to ascribe motives to oar loldUrs l"ttfT.td to fit Into hti aeheavs of the morcest" We bare bo means of knowing to what extent President Wilson Is In . . . . . ... might biva an Improving effect upon bIs 0WD "to tone ,f be tyta- pathetic becl to the author's bonest ;(feJlre to replace wbJ with romaoa Imim: In future White HoumsjIsu. mcnt of motlTifl ln?ilrlns oor solalers In Kraixe. It would foster Itotc to r It'.vcrMW irY rMrl ftip. ... . 'tber In the critic comments; mis in , . particular Ther tow eoldltrJ In mncej have Un rWasJy p!cturt4 as f.nitsline to free the world tro.-n atitocracies. to trairantee to people erywh,t Independent determina tion of their political fortstea, to ei Ublih a Uayne of Nations. aal to guarantee nallooal boundaries and' forms of government the character of Vrbith nobody could foresee while the ftchttaff wk.t on. America west to war for the vindication of Ameri cas right that had been trampled upon by Germany. Hardly once has Ma Wiuw.i acVaowled?d that fact, but he fcaa pItt4 In dUtortin- the truth to tult hit own purposes." The tdain Ffieaklns author refu tray tbelr countrr Into tbc han 0f any foreign nation-or group of nations.' With one final rub of bis roerrxl towel ho mops up the last .Wiasc of Executive tears by ttoutly declaring: "Rather did they fisht to preserve the United States from the machlna Vozit of Europe and the reot of the norld. Assumptions to the contrary are equally outragtour. whether corn tig from a fore:ya diplomat or from a temporary occupant of our own White House." , Mr. Bol-bxe, If. as we gues.. he Is the author, may be sailing without w -umu.. proper clearance papers; ho may lie a very pirase oi imiie puuutu n.i.i a noDZOOim to ingnien geauean-u i . . T. .111 V'.ttnn.l mmtllA "C JHryuuucau """u"'" "at prevalent political criticism will not lack racing f he Is not over- to alk the pjank tato the watery of silence. Tho Physicians of New York. annuai Medical Directory, pre- parc1 un(Jcr lne aIJtpiCC3 0f the Medl- al society of the State of New York and due t0 aprit.ar jn November, 1919, has jugt bKa publlslied. Its contents, piaHy whcn compared with the -atlstlc of former years, suggest interesting conduslons concern Ing the practice of medldne, medical education and public health. In 1919 there were 8,100 medical practitioners In Greater New York, divided among the several boroughs as follows: 5.M7 In the boroughs of i Manhattan and The Bronx, 2.17C In Brooklyn, 278 In Queens and 79 In Richmond, that is, Statcn Island. These figures give us one doctor of medicine for every 618 persons in Manhattan and The Bronx, 'ine doc tor for 763 persons In Brooklyn, one for 1,461 persons in Queens and one for 1.304 In Richmond. Out of the 2,176 medical practition ers in Brooklyn only 145 belong to the homa-opathlc school of medicine, being only 6.66 per cent, while but 31, being 1.-13 per cent, are dasscd as eclectic physicians. These percen ages, compared with those of previous years, Indicate a steady decrease In the appeal of homteopatby nnd eclec ticism to Intending students. Doubt less the adherents of homoeopathy would explain the diminution in the number of homoeopathic practitioners by saying that the distinctive doc trines of their school have come to be so widely accepted by tho medical profession generally that they have "leavened the whole lump" and a sep arate classification Is no longer neces sary or desirable. The young men who intend to tako up the practice of medldne In New York evidently for tho most part pre fer to obtain their professional edu cation In this State. Thus of the 2,170 practitioners In Brooklyn 718 were educated at the Medical School of the Long Island College Hospital, 999 at other medical schools In Great er New York and 61 at medical schools In this State outside the greater dty, making 1,778 who re ceived their medical training at New York Institutions. Beforo they could be graduated and become entitled to the degree of M. D. they had to satisfy the authorities of the institutions where they studied that they were competent to practice medicine. Their Instructors were empowered by the State to ascertain their fitness by appropriate examinations. Why, then, was it made a condition precedent to their entering upon practieo that they should pass another separate and distinct examination by a State Room of Medical Lxamlners, nnd why Is this system still maintained; Dor It not Impose a wholly need le ten upon hundreds of young men eery year? Surely If the State en trust Us various medical schools to educate Its physldans and surgeons It might wisely trust them Iflmlly to. determine whether their THE 3UN AND UEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH lr, I. stauents were fit to bo llceniftj to ! practise ; and one examination cover In? tba wbo! field of Instruction 'onsst to bo eoougb. j Care should be observed In drawlnc Inferences from the fact that there (are more doctors In proportion to the j population In Manhattan and The j Bronx than In neens and KUchroond. It does not follow that the latter bor loufila are healthier. In .Manhattan ilhc transient pormlatloa Is greater i than In the other boroochs by many i thousands every day. belns largely j made up of periods srbo come to the dur every rooming ana leave u ai Inltbt In thrs transient population there must be Innumerable cases of illness and accident mjulrln; medical attention, and correspondlns need for 'more pbysSdans and sarzeon. Under the name of each doctor in ' the il!!i Directory the rear of his (graduation In medicine Is flvea. It thus appears that Dr. Srmin-v Surin V. the Nestor of tbo physicians of I Greater New York. He received his ' depee as doctor of medicine from ' the New Tort Colletre of Pa'yjlelana jand STgeons Uie medical depart ment of ColuniMa UnlversHy in ibou, and Is suffldently vigorous now, at the are of 07, to undertake the rail road Journey to California. He re cently dedared that he never enjoyed really first rate health until he was 50 years oM, and elderly physldans who remember him as a torturer will recall his apparently delicate phy sique In those days. In Brooklyn Dr. James R. Bim. who recelveJ his II. D. from the New York College of Physicians and Sur geons In 1S5?. appears to he the senior In date of graduation. Of the 8,100 medical practitioners of Greater New York only eighty-four were graduated in medldne as early as the year 1ST0 of whom forty-eight practiFe la Manhattan, thirty in Brooklyn, five in the borough of Queens and one on Staten Island. A large majority of those who are practising medicine in New York to-day received their medl- jcal degree within twenty-five years. A Week Then, Slonth Now! it Is worth while to recall that In the case of New York's biggest re corded storm, the Great Blizzard of thirty-two years ago, the dty was well on Its way to normal conditions tat the end of a week. This was j brought about through a combination 'of favorable weather and energetic I action on the part of the authorities nnd private citizens. If, however, the relative impor tmce of storm?. like "ther thing. Is to be Judged by re-wlts. tho visitation of this year should easily take the first place, with every chance of keep lag It More than a month has passed slnrc the town was caught In the toils, and cast and west the streets present an appearance of squalid neg lect which would have surprised and shocked even the oldest inhabitants of remote generations. On this occa sion there lias been plenty of mild weather. Householders and bu.Incs. people have done their best There Aniv nnn fithnr minrtpr In which to , iJ wm vv - , - - - look for aa explanation, namely, tne official quarter. Colonel Wakiso's remark, "It Is my duty not to clean dirty streets but to keep clean streets dean," Is not wjth out application even to snowstorms. Where a "Back to Work" Crusade Is Not Needed. In the opinion of the London and CAmo Telegraph, recognized as an authority on the affairs of the coun try with which It particularly deals, the outside world has got a distorted and Incorrect view of China from the prominence given by the press of other corfntrles to the political chaos pre vailing In the Flowery Republic. Those persons at a distance h read cabled reports from I'ckln, Shanghai or Can ton in wfekte the North and 1 he ,Soutb are treated as political entities, ar rayed one against the other In bitter conflict, obtain the Idea of a country spilt Into two great divisions piuch as was the United States during the civil war period, with the 3sme blUeraess on the two -sides of the dividing line and with chaos everywhere. The situation, however. Is very dif ferent from that conjured up by these cabled reports. The Government at Pekln lacks authority over many of the provinces, It Is true, and civil au thority In the provinces Is too often subservient to local military author ity ; but such differences among those who govern make little impression upon the people. As the London and China Telegraph, puts It: "The truth 1 that the masses of the population are unaffected by the political turmoil. They do not enter into it, and, indeed, are only con scious of it when It canifests Itself In any way In their dally lives. The nation aa a whole continues to labor with freak, Industry, unmoved by the clash of parties and the changes of government A monarchy or a re public la all the same to them an lonff as they are not unreasonably taxed and there Is a sufllclency of rice. Buch fundamental facte as theie mutt be taken Into considera tion if we are rightly to understand the eltuation in China to-day." In the eyes of the Chinese masses government Is as much a thing apart from the people to-day under a repub lic as It was yesterday under the em pire. The nation as a whole labors with great Industry, as has been Its habit through tho centuries, unmoved by and unmindful of plots of politi cians or fulmlnatlons of the press. The result Is that China as a whole has come through 1U ordeal of Inter nal disorder with a vitality that In most essentials seems unimpaired. ' r.Ml advance has been cafle along the path ot Mtemi proses, am ""'.At Sixty One Has Only Iteathed the' &tT5S! TouthofOUAge. . , 'report fccrenstngly gl S?T. Industry senerally ahows saaoy ana,oarf)) x qtltMlloa c tiyHoer. coo- healthy development. ' dltlon of the body, it U Trry apt to be ( In short, despite the pessimism ot,In the concrete queatlon of pi)chol- persons who are unabld to see below I th mrf.w of nautical irlfr thlnrs ?JH.ff.toii go well with China. In one respect that country differs materially from . almost every other on this earth. In China there Is no call for a "back to I work" crusade. The Chinese never bave 1UU work. Justice McGoIdrlck. ... in appointing tnwain j. aicuold- , ttfa thlrty.flre wt u Utt all wandering money in Toiand; of Iter to the Supreme Court bench to tife's noontide, and when or.e reaches large rums being paid for tpera seats take the place made vacant by Jus- fifty it u altogether natural that one . and restaurant covers on rala nights In tico Duczo's death Governor Surrn 1 "hould think onewlf somewhat old. Why ! Vienna. Why cannot there people take has rewarded a servant of this dty ! h'ver. nye a. much emphasis j care of their own poor? They won't as . .... , . ,n . v'.fto yie words of Eccleslankus. -The ' loss as America will do It. who hasr tolled many years In a not! ft9 of nn ti mM BIsla:a 8,uttrf wlth fore!sn faoi and dusty legislative vineyard. Mr.'m 4 hundred years"! If a man ex- and money and there b more fooJ and McGolixick, as an Assistant Corpo- pects to lire a hundred years and there 1 fat there ta-day than there is in Er.g ration Counsel, has been the city's Is no sound biological reason hy he , land. watchman, an honorable kind of lob- 0B' BOt-;a fifl'' ta ?nw"3r the, Tl pa.BErtM1th'.fe pt!T? . in, i , . .w o. . r-.i.-i i.i- hlh noon of life, and seventy or lev- Look at the situation at home lob byist, at the State .apltol during . eaty.s only njdafterr.ocn. 'ertr bonds at tl per cent discount, call .tour dty naminisirauoas, seeping an. distinguished English physician money at from :5 to 15 per cent. Fed jeye oa this town's Interest In what- Sir James Crlchton-Browne fays that era! taxes, normal taxes, aurtaxes. ex lever legislation came to the surface. "every roan is entitled to his century." cess and war proflts taxes. State taxes, Hi. .i rwvtillar 1nh what with'Tour 1'ork surgeon. Dr. 6tephen municipal taxes, ail drawing the very i Jlit.fcJS. In! 'Smith, tells us that "biology teach, us, vitals out of the people; profiteering searching the piles of bills for such Jml numJia lg , pric for food, clothing, rents and (as might affect New York and warn- IlTe a hundred years." and history as 1 everything els: soldiers' bonuses, Ac. . Ing the city officers against thoe'welI aa present day experience proves .Isn't It about time we began to mend which were evil or foolish. It muni that centenarlaolrca. or th actual llv- J our own fences to ke"ep the wolves out? 'have been a hard place too. for New J tar a hundred years, la neither a i It I. in very poor taste for Julius , . , .,.. (fantastic dream nor even a phenomenal Barnes to buy cheap notoriety and the ,lork has been trie target or many , n..v,. .,k. . ti f h. wiin adminixtra. ttnalldoas or Ignorant legislators, not ; nihtA a itx year? a!r( In American jail of them from up the State. The'Vooarise showed, for instance, that Supreme Court gains a patient and Bulgaria had one centenar.an for every .Industrious Judge and one who has it inhabitants a i. , , "If fifty be the old age of youth," says j When Losing a Ship Is Justified. ! Domnorati who hacked un the Dan- lels theory on the subject of awards. as against the Sims criticism, seemed to forget the old theory of our navy i that the one Justification for losing a j thlp xvas that thereby greater actual damage was uoce to ine encray.yii, was even considered permissible for for a commander to risk beaching his own vessel if he had good reason to .... . . , , , Here that he could drive ashore opponent of larger tonnage or ment. But he would not have been Justified In taking such a chance In , the case of an inferior opponent , . . , , . j To reward a commander simply be-j caufe his ship was sunk under him Is contrary to every tradition of the sea. cnpu-.ins in me navy ns in me mcr- chant service go down with their ve.- , , . , , . . sels when everybody else has been got off, not through bravado but be- cau.re the rule Is analogous to thp ct- hortatlon of the Spartan mother to her son : "Come shield, or on it!" back with your; I salary law no tea-.'her can receive an Increase of Hilary ijnl9 his work for the preced.iv term has been determined ment for conspiracy it begins'to look j to be satisfactory by the superintend as if the ultimate consumer was not ents. This nrans that If a teacher does as helpless as ho haa been represented not piea?e the principal In every re 'o I spect, even In personal matters, the prln- ;dpal has only to say that the teach Cnlted States Navy Department fooled , -fs -airk la unsatisfactory, without clv- by German propaganda, fays Admiral Sims. .Yeiripoper headline. Alas. Josepiics! How lonely you were in your gullibility! The term "gun nn" was once used in this town as synonymous with gangsters, but It may soon be trans ferred to the numerous qulck-on-the-trigger gentlemen Uncle Sam has commissioned among us. Mr. Llotd George has nucceedeJ In drawing an Irish bill that displeases everybody. This may turn out to be tho solution of the puzzle. The owner of the overcoat, said that he had the coat made on November 10, 1910, and paid H0 for tha garment JToIe of the Stolen Overcoat. An overcoat mado to your measure for l0! Those were the days! The difference between Hooves and Mahomet Is that Mahomet asked only one mountain to come to him. Production has been reduced In many Un of bhsiiieth. tut- tie gocd men who illustrate tho seed cata logues draw the tomatoes as large as ever. The Arai has learned to fold the ballot as well as the tent The last of tbe Snow. What Is mow? Wouldit thou know? Anilyze What your eyes Show you thr, Everywhere What yonr ft Dally mt Aj ron to To and frx It ! black; Thara i lack Of On whlU Flaky Clsht That cam dowa Oa the (own, r-jro and dry. From the iky. It la chanced, DlmrransM. And It smelts And repels. BraeTes flirt With tho dirt Thera'a cruat l!ai of dsst That has Hack Oa tha mock. Horrid germs. r.'.c aa worms. Grow and breed I.Ik a wd. In your nose. On your clothes. They will leap. Thay will eraep. They will brlnf Erery thine That can make Bodies aeha; U ycu tzttzt, Xske you wheeia, Mafcs yoa Quake, Make you shska. Mike you hot; Like as not. Pit you itei On your bfd, If they can. Miller Man That Is snow. City snow. Wow yon V n 'j w Aid It's If. if uk.lfc.. H. H. I THE NOONTIDE OF LIFE. J egr, a state of mind. In practice the dlea.I axiom "A roan ta aa old aa hli worth, white than the aphoritm of the man In the etreet "A man la as oJd an he feela." In reading the letters upon this anb - " contrihuted recenuy to your coi - . . . I .,., i. in An th tl.mnr tf the raaualit. "The days of our years In tlwm are threescore and te-n years." If one erixcts to live enlr seventy years, a wlrdom gifted octogenarian of Pitts- burg. "thn sixty must be the youth of j old age." and. as a young sexagenarian. 1 thoroughly agTee with him. C. S. C. Norts Damc, Ini. March 10. WHY TEACHERS RESIGN. . The Present System of Supervision a ' xjutouicui. To Tut sex xxd New Tosjc Hixald In looking for the reason for the prea- be-!"1' s,hortaBe of ,t"chra var cllr .schools we must look beyond the mere ;qwtiw 5IaBy, ,eachers nrma-iW0U,i pn.fer t0 nraiin (n the system i at a salary considerably less than they wild earn in other lines of work on 81e,xu, f th' hort hour'- ,onc va,u tlous and assured pensions, ne rjptrvlaion t0 whW) the teaeh. tTn ut subjected by their superiors Is petty and annoying: the eupenlsion by ",c tannit.iutuu m mdocted for the purpose of helping the teachers, but primarily for the purpese of obtainlns nUw m wUch t0 baM jn.-rafs of sa.5arlei and promotions. These rating?, which mean to much ,0 ,h teacher, are sHcn with such care- !ewne?s and often recklessness that a feeling of Injustice Is prevalent among , ..... reasons. and the feather lives on J!59 less for the foilowlng year. So far this year more than 600 teachers hare thus been deprived of the Increase of salary that was voted thera by the State law. In other words, the salaries of teachers are regulated by the prln- liVVU iJ'Jt UJ U1U a3MtC l- ft aiui 1- It can be s?n readily that under such a pvstcTn inc leacucra arc iiciu iu ru- passive submlssiveness that all initia tive and tndewndence of thought and action are stifled: thtv yoon lose Inter est nnd pride In their work and take the first favorable opportunity to gtt out of the teaching profession. Tha wav to overcome this deplorable state of affairs Is not merely to Increase the salaries ' but to enact legislation that will put the teacher in a more dig nified relation to his work. This can b done by, first making salary Increments automatic, eo tbat the principals cannot by the stroke of a pen determine a teacher's salary ; second, abolish all rat ings; third. Rive the teachers more rep resentation In the management of the schools. James H. Shiplet, New Toait. March i:. Teacher. LANDLORDS TOO PAY MORE. Bents Follow Beil Estate Expenses In Their Upward Course. To The Sex and New Tor.K Herald: For several years -e heard much re garding the amortization of mortgagee and the benefits to accrue therefrom. The plan was put into effect and every mortgagor Is affected more or less by tha very heavy annual payments re quired. Every mortiasce has Increased tho Interest rate. The taxes of the dty, State and Federal Goverament are oner ous. Each laborer who enters a tene ment or more dignified apartment house to do any type of work has more than doubled his pre-war charges. Each piece of property must bear tt own share of the burden. How can a landlord meet these demands except by Increasing the rents? Each property must produce the payment on account of principal, the Increased tax. the Increased interest and all the other burdensome carrying charges. What the Insurance companies and banks started In order to help themselves haa only reacted to the detriment of the tenants. How about the day when the tenant demanded a month's free rent and other privileges? Did the landlord go to the Legislature and the Mayor and Insist that the tenant profiteer desist from requiring so many concessions? Cut down the mortgage requirements, the ever increasing city tax and the cost of labor, and rents will automatically stabilize themselvr-s. M. A. K. New Tobjc, March 12. A Kind Way to Look at It To Tub Bow and New Toss: Herald : Wa all bllv our next President will be a Republican, and yet there are crit ics of Mr. Wilson who aver that he haa done nothing of real benefit to Amer- i id. Ws res Ed. i New Tork, March 1J. Will He! I To The St-N and New yon, IIbuu,:, A headline In a - "Wilson Stands Pat" The query Is, I Will Pat Stand Wilson? Alsant. March IS. C. It Ski.hneb- A VOICE FOR AMERICA. Comments on the rian to Send $3o moooWoHhofnotoEurop. T&JT,& SSfTZ United huus Grain CorporaUon to fend fJ9.000.0 worth of wheat flour, bought with the taxpayers' money, to the pec- pie of Europe? How much longer 13 .vmerlca to be made the goat In all caaes of prortsloning and financing Cese poor HtUe children of the rlcn7 Haven't we Just about done oor ehare rOf paring up to Europe for war relief T 'lan't It about Ue that charity be ex- ....... . . a e . & a a. .ercuea a mue at nome, ana i out their own nlvatlon? We are told of the lavish display of wealth, midnight suppers, handsomely gowned women and well dressed men. tion with the taxpayers' money by threatening Congress that he will act without their authority and send this flour abroad. Congress should Instruct Mr. Barnes to sell It In this country direct to the people for tnr reasonable price, and then wind up his corporation and let u get back to normal. , The Administration henchmen appear to be obs"ssd with the desire to help Europe at the expense of the Ameri can people. Are they In league with the profiteers they pretend to be flsht lng? H. A. G. T. NtwAitK. N. J., March 12. THE GIBBS DRUG BILL. It Is Called an Invasion of Physicians' and Patients' Rights. To The Si-s asd New Tobk Hesaid : I wish to call attention to the bill relat ing to narcoUc drug control introduced In the Senate by Mr. Gibbs. This measure I have no hesitation In pronouncing, with some experience In drug legislation, as the most far reach; Ing and radical Invasion of the rights of the physician and the patient yet at tempted. Under this act the commis sioner of narcotic drug control would have the power to Inspect or examine any plac where he had reason to be lieve narcotic drugs were kept, or any place where persons were treated for drusr addiction. This power he could delegate to any of his deputies or In spectors. Under a ruling of the same commis sioner a dru addict la defined In this State as any one to whom morphine has to be administered for a period of thirty days, whether this is administered for an acute, chronic or an Incurable dis ease. Under this ruling this class of patients are liable to the mme super vision as thoe designated as criminal users of dru?s by the authorities. This form of search and entry would not be permitted under the statutes In the case of a professional criminal not under ln- j dlctment John P. Davis, M. D. New Tork, March 12. FRIEND 0F THE DONKEY. e Vs).J by the Democratic Burden Is Piled on the Patient Beast. To Tuc Sfs- and New Yok Herald : I ha-. asked every Republican In the range of my acquaintance who ousht to know as I do not to tell me why and whf-n the elephant was adopted as the symbol of the Republican party and , the patient 'and Intelllcent Jackasa or i donkey aa the symbol of the great party now In power. Is It true that the late resourceful Thomas Nast the Inimitable cartoonist of another generation. Invented these symbols and assigned them to these par ties? Why was the donkey made the symbol of the Democratic party? What has It done to deserve such a fate? E. J. BsCCX New Tw.k, March. I. i Question That Perhaps Has an An ,swer. To The Sr.- and New Tors: Herald: I have Just nnlshed reading the text of the President's letter to Senator Hitch cock and I am prompted to ask you this question: If a statement annexed to Article ?C. to the effect that the United States re serves the sole power In Its Congress to declare war Is "a work of superero gation," how could such a reservation "amount to a virtual nullification'' of that article? The words quoted are from two para graphs In the President's letter, one of which immediately follows the other. Dana I Spiiino. SCT7AL0, March 10. "Thorough." To Thb Sum and New Tork Herald: The peace treaty, with the Lodge or any other reservations, would be un constitutional. It creates a sovereignty of which we would be a part It gives foreign nations an interest In our Congress and' elections. It throws the door wide open to for eign corruption. It absolutely destroys our national in tegrity and Independence. No such power was ever contemplated or given to the President and Senate. God save the Republic! Anii-Catilini, Ex-Private, U. S. A. New To, March 12. For Somnolent Smokers. To Thb Son and New Toax Herald: A dgar held between the second and third fingers, above the second Joints, will not drop from the smo'ner'8 hand If he falls asleep. A ntt -Cigarette. New York, Marca 12. A NIekel In the Slot Machine. rrom At Jo .firccaf?. What do you know about any one nvlnr In uffalo L i . ii ebtii until sne nao T0O worth and then boutht a ne-r Tord ear. That ear U sure enough a "Jitney," paid for with nickels. CONYOYS DELAYED 90 DAYS BY DANIELS Sims Accnuea Secretary of Ob- stmctlnff Protection of Ships From U-Boats. HAP, .TELLIC0E WORRIED , I.,. Admiral Gives Secret 3Iessagcs and Cites Tirpiti on Snb sea Warfare. jM f. Tat sw asp jr. Jot H..iu. w..fHmK. Mardi Secrttao Danlel. was charged to-day by dmlral W. S. Sims with responsibility for delay of three months In adopting the convey aystem to protect merchant shipping from attacks of German sub marines during the early stage of American psrtldpatton W tho European war. in a further hearing before the subcommittee of the Senate Naval Com mittee. . . . Basing his charge on offlciar records from the Navy Department. Sims said that oa May 1. 17. Commended to Secretary Danle . th. adoption of the convoy system. In ac cordanc with a vnsnmvM h to the approval of the BrltWi Admiralty, but that it was not until August 1 that these recommendations were accepted by lit Navy Department Admiral Sims said further that Secre tary .Daniels Ignored the recommenda tion entirely June M. ndlr.g no ac knowledgment of Its receipt and that when he did reply, he sent the following message: u,v-. In regard to convoy I consider that American vessels having armed guards are safer when sailing Inde pendently. . . Admiral Sims on his own motion had urged the convoy system, he said, in April. 1917. and that later his Ideas were approved by French as well as British Admiralty officers, who. It was asserted, had the conviction that the arming of merchant vessels absolutely failed to hold the submarine menace in check. , Extracts from the book of Admiral von Tirpltx were submitted to the com mittee, which asserted that the adop tion of the convoy system "scaled the doom of the U-boat campaign." and that the arming of merchant vessels was thoroughly 'Ineffective." During the delay In adopting the con voy system Admiral Sims said that Sec retary Daniels was 'experimenting with various Independent schemes." ''.Some of these proposals." commented Admiral Sims, "were so impracticable that I could only conclude that they were devised by some one who never had been to sea." A communication from Admiral Jelll cce to Admiral Sims regarding the ne cessity for prompt action on the convoy proposal was made public for the first time by Admiral Sims, It was dated July 11, 1917, over two months after the American and British naval com manders had decided on the convoy policy. Convoys Dlstorb Jcllieoc. "I am very much disturbed about the convoy question," said the Jelllcoe. com munication. "As vou know, we arc making great efforts to get it going, but it Is quite Impossible to organize tho sys tem unless we know absolutely what vessels are available as c-cor through the submarine zone, nnd we cannot know this unless the whole system of sailings from ports abroad to English and French waters Is organized seme way ahead. And by some way ahead I ' mean that we should know at least a ! fortnight before ships requiring etcort leave ports on the other side, the rcaron being that convoys have to be arranged about three weeks ahead. "At present we have arranged four distinct convoys, two from Hampton Roads every eight days, one from Cana dian waters every eight days and one from New York every eight days. The t first three are escorted through the i submarine zone by British sloops or de 1 stroycrs, but we are absolutely depend ent upon the United States destroyers . for the convoy coming from New York. Therefore we must be certain of having eleven United States destroyers for this sole duty. Do you think you can guar i antee these nnd can you Inform your Government that' you have given the guarantee? "The next step that will be necessary will be to make It perfectly clear to the United 6tates Navy Board that they must give a fortnight's notice before It Is proposed to sail ships requiring escort In anything but the smallest numbers. We have, for Instance, been Informed within the last few days of troops being sent over in two White Star liners, of a hospital unit coml-ig In another vessel and of four ships with valuable cargoes, all requiring escurls, end wo received the notice as the ships were sailing. "As It happens we also iava trsop convoys arriving at about the same time, and there will be the greatest difficulty, I am sure. In providing adequate escorts for all these vessels: whereas. If a little notice were given we could suggest the possibility of deferring the sailing of somo of the ships perhaps for a few days so that escorts would be available when thy arrived. "I think the matter Is so important that I would suggest to you tho deslr-' ability of wiring at once to say that It is essential that you be given notice Imme diately of any proposed sailings within .the next fortnight Otherwise I fenr we may be faced with great airncuities." Sample Warning: Sent by 81ms. Here Is a copy of a warning cabled by Admiral Sims May 1, 1 J1S Highly secret Admiralty informs me that Information from reliable agents states that a submarine of Doutschland type left Germany about 13th April to attack either American troop -transports or ships carrying material from the States. So far as known the Germans formed conclu sions that 1. Troop transports sail from New Tork via Nantucket Shoals and Sable Island direct to Europe. 2. MatertaJ transports go from Newport News to a point south of Bermuda and then to Azores and thence to destination (conclusions which Sims said were Incorrect). It Is thought that the submarine Is taking a northern route across Atlantic; average speed, five knots. Non of new class of cruising sub marines ready for service. Admiralty experience with the Deutschland class establishes follow ing conclusions: They generally operate a long dis tance from shore and seldom In lesa than 100 fathoms. Their single hulls are very vulnerable to depth charge attack. They rarely attssck sub merged. Ther la but one known Instance of attack against convoy and but two of torpedo attack against single vessels, one being unsuccessful. They attack by gunfire almost exclu sively. The most effective type to oddo.vi them Is the submarine. They shift their operating area when dis covered. Admiralty requests Admiral Grant (commander of British patrol In western Atlantic) be given copy of this cablegram. Admiral Suns also furnished records of other warnings that proved correct be THE NEW YORK HERALD. TltS Half Wi Joundtd &y ntn pr j (n ISJJ: THB NBW YORK IJEIlA'n ua$ founded by Jomtt Oorden Btn In 18)9. TUB BVU pat$td into tU ' (rol 0 Charles A. Dana In Mi. H .v,fn Iht rrrnmrtu at Prank X. Afunsey j(n 1J1. THE SEW YORK UERA.lt remained the oU proptrtv of Ub fount " until Mi death in 1S7J, when Mi"i,"i 'James Gordon Bennett, euexeeded to l" owntrthlp of the paper, uhteh continvt 'In ( Aonf ! ftlt deal in 1 'TK HERALD became the property of Frank A. iluntey 'm 1JI0. iusi.vr.8S and rniToniAL orncES. MAIN BUSINESS AND EDITORIAL OFFICES. 20 BROADWAY. TELE PHONE, WORTH 10,000. I MUNCH ornCES for receipt of dr. tut mints ana saie or paptrss I'Kf.VCIl'At UPTOWN omCB ITaraM flullo-lnr. Herald square, til urftur two. HAnLTH OmCE-JOJ WEST 12SJU frr., NEAR SEVENTH AVE. Tat 7 Moralnpldt. Open until 10 1. If. ... WASHINGTON HKIiJUTS OFKI- WW8T 1S1ST ST. Tat Wii Wadsworta. 0;n until 10 P. M. DOWNTOWN OrriCE 209 BROAD WAY. Opan day and nlcht BROOKLTN OFFjrKS KAQLE BCILD 1NO. :Ctt WASHINGTON ST. Tl HOT Main. H COURT ST. Tel. HIS Main. OpuntJI 10 P, If. BRONX OFFICE SIS VfHXIS AVE, AT 145TH HT. TlL 0C MtlrOM. Opl until 10 P. M. PrlaWpal rerelra and American Bnreani. WASHINGTON Tba Vlostey BuIIdlr.. CHIPAOO I0S ta Sail 8L LONDON 40-43 Fleet St PARIS IJ Avenue da I'Opera. H Ru du Louvre. There ar about SMO advertJi'ment r, fairing alatleca located throurhMt New Tork city and'vlclnlty where Bu-.-HrM adrtrtlMtnenls win be received at oE:i rati and forward for publication. Daily Calendar THE WEATHER, Eastern New York, cloudy and' colder to-day ; strong northwest winds ; tf morrow fair. No Jersey, desrinr and eoMrr UwIjj. .rnuca colder st miai; freah to itrosr windi Ion ihr rout: fair to-morrow ' Northern New Kef land, local rxina e- Jinows and colder to-day: fair to-morro I freah- to rtront wetrly windt. Southern New Ecrlant cloudy ard ojloe- (to-day with itroar weit and Dorthwet Iwlodt: fair to-eaorrow. Western New York, partly cioutfr a" colder to-day; probably lcyal inor: !ai io-raarrow, vvcer in western pel. an WAeHrSGTON. March It-Sir last rttM tl Western t.-ri haa cored from centra. IDihois to the lower St. Lawrewe vatler with a farther Inereaw in intercity tr reneral depreisfoa extending to-nfdit Mail westward into fieorrla. where t V . a rao e rate wcotviary depreiaSon. Westward tfcroui'. the Mitaiasipp! Taller preseur hat r.aen cor iBdersbty, whi!; farther went It baa falle brtnr ioweit oTtr Canada. There were ze eral raina from the Mlatisalppl valley ear ward, except In Florida, with mae im . ths oppt lake rrion and the uoper Mlar--uppi valley, while in the Welt, except tn tb north Palfl; Eutet. the weather wn fair It is much colder in tb upper lake ' ' welern loer lake rerion. the central va' and the wnt Gulf States, and renrrarr thonrh aHrhtly, warmer over the wete i half of tbe country. In the Atlantic Starr hUh temperatcra continue. With the rxce. lion of local rains or aoowi to-morrow northern New Enrland. Urht snows H l lerior New York arxl rains in the morn'i r In the south Atlantic Statea the weatbe will be recerallr fair to-morrow and Sunda eait of tbe Mi'dutppi TUter. It wlir" h colder to-morrow arxl Saturday ciiat In ts Atlantic States and tbe upper Ohio fa! and warmer Sunday in the lake rerion. th' Ohio valley, Temxrye and the east Gu State Observations at United Sti' Weather B raa stations taken at t P. it yesterday, sf-ecty-atth tceridiaa time: Teisperatore Rainfall lattifhra. Tlaro- lastrt Ststlonj. HJrS.Xow. ptr. hrs. Veatr. Abilene Hear Albany v... 41 4! t M (4 a wO rt M a (4 V) 3.44 271 3 41 II .K ST. S.74 3.74 JO l ; 71 j.n .. Four .H anar .H Cloudy 1ar ,M Rain .. tToody .74 flood t M Rain .3 Cktxlr .. Cloorfr . noode .. Clear .. Clear . . Clear .C r.ear Atlantic Clty.r., Vt Baltimore 41 WUisarrt i .IVsIon M Otarietcn 72 , Chicato J! fOncinoati C ' CleTelacJ H IDenTfr I Detroit M I Kalrettoa Helena 6 JacXtonTille .... ; Kasaaa City.... 41 L Anrelet M Milwaukee .... 30 CVldT riM 1.9 Snow N"w Orleans.... 74 4 K SI Si 44 C M IJ SA :t 3.4 l.W Clwrfy Oklahoma J3 3 41 Oar Philadelphia Plttsbnn Portland. Me., rcrtland. Ore. Salt tale City. .m ciowir .W Ft Clay . Rain .TS Rain rt n.)y . Clear rt r.tr Pt CMy 43ar .04 Oody 3 ft? '3.5r) .1S 33 1 San Anfnlo.... San Dlero 74 San lYanciKO... ? St. Lorn? M Wasiinstrn ... . ft .U4 3. LOCAL WEATHER RECORD? t A. M. f P M. Barometer 3.7 3.44 Humidity 41 47 Wlnd-dlreotloa S. W. S. Tf. Wind relocuy at :t Weather Rain Clnndy Predpiutloa . The temperature in this dty yterday. at recorded by the official thermometer. i shown la the annexed table: IA.M 51 IP. M K A. M 5J i P. M l ID A. M U S P. M M 4PM 7 P. M. S P. M. S P. M 14 P M II A. Jl 55 4 P.M. 11 J it i p. j:. ..zs yy. iji. a.m a KM .14 : r. y. ji JS 4PM 4J P. M li 1 i: K:i .... 71 41 41 nifhet lemperatcre. 7. at t p. M. Lowest temperature. 4. at 5 A. M. Arcraxe tcmrerature. K. EVENTS TO-DAY. The Lotos Clnb, fiftieth anniversary din ntr, at tn ciubhouie. ill West Fifty-KTeath street. 7 P. M Vermont Society, bincjuet Hotel renntyl vania, 6 "95 P M. Erjr.-Gen. Georte R. Dyer will retiew lh Sixty-ninth Infantry, New Tork Guard, at the armory. 4S Lexinrton avenue. S:40 P. M Iarm Board of Commerce, dinner. Hole! Commodore. 7 P. M. David Jayna Hill and Charles Edward Ru. ell will speak 00 "Back to th Republic and Representative Government." at the Saturday luncheon of the National Rerublican Club. 14 Weit Fortieth street. 1:14 P. M. Hudson Guild, twenty-fifth annlTerary din ner. Metropolitan Life Insurance Buildinr, T: P. M. Irrint T. Bush la announced to speak at the Brooklyn Chamber of Commrrr lunch eon. Court and Remsen streets. I P. M. "France and America la tho Future." lect ure by Abbe Ernest Dimnet Carsexls Hall, 11 A. M. Gertrude Ofden Tubby will lecture on "The Field of Psychical Research" at Aeolian Rail. 11 A. M. Bnr -Gen. James Rebb will review th Fourteenth Infantry. New York Gnard. st the armory. Eirhth avenue at Fifteenth street. Brooklyn, this eTtninr. Columbia University chapter of Slfma Al pha Epilon fraternity, dance, Plaaa Hotel, thU eveninr. "The Plneaptile and It relatives." lectnr by Dr. W. A. Murrtll. Central Display Green house. Bronx Park. J:1S P. M. Paul S. Relnsch, former Ambassador tn China, will speak on "The Awakenlnr of China" at a luncheon of the Leacue of Free Nations Association. Hotel Commodore. lZ.ii P. M. Harlem Post 111. American Lesion, enter tainment and dance. Hotel Majestic. th. eveninr. OompUmentary dinner to City Hlstrt JfcAdoo and Maxittraie Lawrence C Flh, Hotel RoMert Brooklyn, this eveninr. New York University, senior bop, Waldorf Astoria. S P. M. "Medlsrvsl Mu1-J Instrument. lecture by Frances Morns, letropolltan Musesm of Art, S P. M. Wet Tolnt Alumnt tinner. Hotel Astor 7: P. M. Camp Fire Club of America, dinner, Hotel Pennsylvania, 7 P. M. PUBLIC LECTURES TO-NIGHT. "The Smile of Beauty" (Greek Art), br Arthur J. Wetermayr,- Amerii-an Musenr-Seetity-Mveiitli atreet and Central rsr Wet. IlunHraled. "Tr1e Union Pollcle." hy Prof Jarrei Walter Cok. rnnrr ln.tltnte r.lrhth strre and Fourth avenue. "Current Hi'tory." by prof. NeIon " Mevl. Naw York Librarj. West 1 1 street, "Guatemala." by Dr. Thomas B. Pottertw. Y. H. C. A.. S West USth etreet nhutratei. "The Merchant of Venice." by Richard A Pnrdy. Naw York Library, W East mi street, Bronx. Illustrated. c?