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pa 8 tut? WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1010. Uf4 at the Test Offlc at Nsrsr Teric u Becond Olaei Mall Matter. Bobacriptlone b Mall, roatptJd. DAIT.T, Par Month 10 r.o uMLi( er iear . 6 no HUNDAT, Per Month BUNDA.T (to Canada), I'er Month.. Ml SUNDAY. I'er Tear 3 IM DAII.T AND SUNDAY, Per Tear.. a AO DAILY AND KU.SDAV. I'er Month. 75 V0HEI1N ltlTtS. DAtf.T. Per Month I 5ft SUNDAY, Per Month 115 DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per Month. 1 0 TUB BVRNlNfl KUN, Per Month 25 THE EVENINO HUN. Per Year...... t 50 THIS BVliNJXOJlUNl foreign), PerMo, 1 03 All check, money orlere, Ac. to lie sad parable to Tn Hex. Published dallr. Includlnc Rundar. by the Bun Printing and Publtehlnf Association at 150 Nassau atreet. In the Horough ot Man- hattan, New York, President and Trees-ure- William C. Relck. 1M Nassau street: Edward P. Mitchell. ISO Naaaau etreet; Secretary, C. I. laiiton, K.O Maaaau atreet. London efflce, 40-4- 3 Fleet atreet Parle offlce, 6 Hue rt la Mlchodlrre, eft Hue du Quatre rteptenibrr, Waehlmton offlce. Hlbbs Building. Brookln office 10(1 l.lvlngslon atreet. ear frttndt itha favor vllh most. teripti and tttiutratlont for publication uin to Mti reltetrd article! returned then must la all eoeie tend ttampi for that purpose. The Incredible Thins. Colonel Itooscvr.i.T'a rntlre Interest In the present campaign Is Id make sure Unit In the White House wo shall hnve Americanism Instrnil uf \Humanity Preprcdnc.s lnMeinl of Pacifism, vigor and resolution Instead of watchful wiiltlnp. Everything that should not be In the White House In there now. In Colonel Roomevclt's patriotic opinion, In the person of Woopkow Wit.boN. Colonel Itoo.sF.U'.t.T put President Wilson In the White House four years ngo by breaking the solid Re- publican vote. He knows now what he did then. Nobody else has described with such absolute candor the deplorable conse- quences of his own stupendous mis- take In 1012. Is It not Uiconcelvnble that knowing what he now knows of Dr. Wilson, and saying what he now says of Dr. Wilson, Colonel RoosKVci.r should deliberately repeat his performance of 1012? Is it nut Inconceivable that under any circumstance) lie should so not nt Chicago as to insure the reelection of Dr. Wilson for four years more of executive iower? Colonel Uooskvki.t could only do that if his motive were personal In- stead of patriotic, If he thought of himself tlrst and his country nfter-war- The supposition insults him. Welcome to the Women's Clubs. The fact most impressively brought out by the great gathering of the (Inn- - era! federation of Women's Clubs in their biennial convention Is the serl ous purpose of these organizations and the effective manner In which It Is brought to bear In the accomplish ment of a multitude of objects. This practical cfliclcucy, moreover, is at' talncd without any sacrifice of Ideals and has luvoheil no neglect of the social, literary and artistic ambitions which account for thu formation of many of the clubs. To what extent the country Is gov erned In many of Its most Important activities by the women's clubs It would obviously be lniiHllIo to say, but their Influence Is constantly In evidence, and Is generally guided by Intelligent desire to Improvo condi tions. It Is not the fact that oc- casionally n woman's cluh Is on the wrong or cranky sido of a question that should nttrnct attention; they are usually nllgned with common sense and moderation. Certainly their record In this respect Is not worse than that of men's clubs, and this is particularly Interesting because tho club movement among women Is a growth of only a few years. The success with which the directing geniuses of the clubs keep them In the path nf reason testllles to the sound Judgment which presides over their councils. There 1, we believe, a woman's club devoted to every respect able cause that engages human Interest, and some of tho clubs take iho whole field of human endeavor for ilielr province, expending their exert Ions on those subjects that lie nearest and offer the best opportunities for the accomplishment of detlulle end. In all they constitute an Instrument nf unmeasured potent Inllt - for gnoii; and their contribution to the common welfare cannot be oorlooked fir Ignored by tho student of the so. clal order. Cruel and Unusual Joking. There Is no way of \stopping\ tho-- e Atlantic City nmiisement purve.vors : depressing conditions I in Sun- - day last Mr. Rkvan was delivering his prohibition lecture In the I'.onrd- - walk metropolis when suddenly the distressing discovery was made that ho was the victim of a practical Joker. who. alas! proved to be the enternrls. lng person who was In charge of the! entertainment. The details cause shiver. Mr. Bbyan wns preaching tho Jo.vs of Inward application of wutcr, and \ho reached automatically, from long hnblt, It seemed, for the glass of wnter.\ What glass of water? The glass of water that wasn't there! Attend: \But the glaiss of tv.iter waa mlixlrur, Tho nUtualast who had done tlm big thing of bringing Mr. IinTiN had neg footed the little detail f water. When ha failed to And tha water Mr. Butan Warn visibly nervous, and aeemed to wander, from hta subject. Finally he atopped to aak some one on the platform to cet water, and In so doing drew the attention of the audience to the fact that lie was In distress. The Idea of a water- less temperance meeting- - became more amusingly angrosslni to the audience than what Mr. Aryan was saying, and It became evident that the speaker's words were not 'getting; over,\ ai thea- tre folk say.\ We wait In stern silence to hear that Mayor Daciiarach hns sentenced that Joker to face a firing squad. To stop Mr. Hryan'ss words from \getting over\ Is a capital ofTence. The One Ballot Record of the Re publican Conventions. In the Chicago convention of 18S8 Hlnjamin Hakkiso.n was nominated for President on the eighth ballot. I.r.vi P. Moiuon wiih nominated for on the first ballot. In 1802 the Republicans met In Minneapolis and Haiuumin was re- nominated on the first ballot, nnd Wium.AW Rmn named for on the first ballot. In 181X1, nt SI. I.nul, the Republi can delegates nominated William McKinit.y for President on the first ballot, and Uaiirrt A. Hon art for it on the first ballot. In I1M), at Philadelphia, the Repub- lican convention renominated Willi- am McKini.ey on the first ballot, and for Theodork Ritosr.vr.LT on the first ballot. Pour years later, at Chicago. Tnco-rxui- E Roosevelt received on the first ballot the Presidential nomination of what was then his party; and like- wise on the first ballot Cham.f.s W. Kairiianks of Indlnna was nominated for t. In 1008. urChicngo, the Presiden- tial nomltmUon went to William II. Taft of)4. first bnllot; and the to Jamks S. Shlrman oRk first ballot. In 1012, nt Chicago, Mr. Taft re- ceived on the first ballot more than the number of votes needed to re- nominate him; nnd the same thing was true of the renomlnatlon of Siif.rman for t. Mr. Sherman died Just before election day, and the electoral votes that would otherwise gone t him were re- corded for Nicholas Mprrxy IU'ti.kr of New York. For twenty-eigh- t years, therefore, for more than u quarter of a century, a single ballot In convention has de- termined the choice of the Republi- can party both fur President and for t. The record l un broken during that long period. It Is unbroken up to the present time. The Inst contest In convention enduring even to a second vote was that which was thrown wide open to the Held by the Illness and withdrawal of .7 a mm G. ISt.AiNE. There arc cltlr.ens who are preparing to cast next No vember their second Presidential vote who were not born when the last second ballot was taken, either for President or t, In any Republican convention. It may bo worth while Just now to recall this uninterrupted and uniform habit of Republican conventions. For almost exactly twenty-eigh- t years a single ballot has determined the nomination. For twenty-eigh- t years there has been no nomination by stampede. The Sop to Champ Clark. It Is considered an honor to serve as permanent chairman of i?' Iienmcratic national convention, but Speaker ('lark, who, It Is remried 111 Washington, has been asked to preside at St. Louis, would be hu- man If he were to decline. The mem ory of llaltlmore Is Ineffaceable. Mr, Clark as a candidate for President received n majority of the votes cast In the convention of 1012, and to tin end of his days ho will believe that he should have been elected Presl dent, that, In fact, Woonaow Wilson was an interloper. However, the temptation to inako an unedited speech from the chair will not In easily resisted. The Hon. Champ Ci.ari; was per niniieiit chairman of the national con vent of I0OI that Humiliated Ai. io. I!. I'arki.i! for President, so that Mr. Ci.ari; does not really need for biographical purposes tin- - honor now prolfered to conciliate him. Filling the Hanks of (he New Army. Ileprcseiiintlve (Iahiinkr may be right when lie sn.vs that an army of 17,\ regulars cannot he enlisted unless the private soldier's pa.v is in creiised, but Captain i.viuiM-.i- Is minis lug when he speaks of \ibe pierodnc ijllc notion that 1'nele Sam can get something for nothing.\ No soldier In iho wnt'lil Is belter paid than lie American. He receives Slfc.0 u jear In Ids first leriii of enlistment, and there Is a scale of Increase for nihil enlistments up to thu seventh the pl'l vales nnd olllcers nuij retire with 7,1 per cent, of pa.v and allowances Great llrllaiii pa.v lis private soldiers .SMI a ear ; Italy Spain, S.'.'t; Germany, ifllS; France, $20; Austria, SS; .lapiiii, $S, and Russia, SI. The soldier's hit in the ' idled States, pay, treatment housing, rations, liberty, makes him the envy of soldiers of other conn tries who know what the facts are, We lliluk that Representative Gaiiii nkr wns talking tinnsensp when he said on the floor of the House; \Men are not going to enlist for Uie pleasure of lighting tHudim and taking; orders fiom boy nlllccis unless tliey get at lcaat the pay of a fourteen year-ol- d girl in a sweated Industry.\ The \boy officers,\ ns a rule, arc they will be ciltlips under even lliejAfler thirty .vein's service most have West Pointers, 21 to 80 years of age, nnd It Is no humiliation for an en- listed man to take orders from them. The comparison with tho \fourteen-year-ol- d girl In a sweated Industry\ Is unworthy of tho gentleman from tho Essex district. He knows what tho conditions are In Its mills and factories, nnd he Is well aware that $15 a month Is not nil the soldier re- ceives from the Government. As n mntter of fact, the enlisted man, If be enres to do so, can save most of his pay. Of course It Is no use doubling the strength of the army If the ranks can- not bo tilled. Only about 0,000 ls have been obtained since Con- gress authorized an Increase ot 20,000 men under existing law two months ago. At the present time working In the munition factories Is more attrac- tive than drill and gunrd duty at $15 n mouth. Five dollars more would In our Judgment be a good Investment for the Government, but even with the extra Inducement recruiting would bo slow except In the event of war. Hy the way, It must nlways be remem- bered that a large percentage of ap- plicants arc physlcully unfit for England No Longer Sure of Her Food Supply. fhat blockading Rrltnln may yet feel the pinch of famine seems like a paradox, but thero oro reasons for the warning sounded by Francis Dyke Acland, Financial Secretary of the Treasury. Consider tho rise In prices of foodstuffs from lato In July, 1014. to April 1, 1016. Sugar went up 128 per cent., fish 01 per cent., flour CO per cent., hecf from 40 to 71 per cent., according to cuts; mutton from 37 to 80 per cent., milk III per cent., cheese 4.\ per cent., eggs 30 per cent., bread .VJ per cent., bncon 34 per cent. The purchasing power ot a sovereign Is now only Us. 2d. In spite of printed appeals by tho Hoard of Trade the economy move ment has fulled. The National War Savings Committee has made little Impression with Its posters of this character: \F.nt less meat. A falling oft In the Imported supply must be expected to continue, nnd this mny lead to tho killing of our cows, and thus threaten tho milk supply.\ Ac cording to the Loudon Timet: 'Commodities of all kind ari- - exces sively dear, but so fur almost an thins can be got If there Is a wllllngnci's to pay the high price asked for It. Thu money !a not lacklns. An nrtltV-la- l pros perity prevails, built upon the huge war expenditure, but, euch as It Is. It tills the butchers' and grocers' shnps with customers who do not stint themselves.\ Great Rrltnln and Ireland can, of course, supply only a minor part of the products needed for the table, and that Is threatened, so Mr. Ac- - .ani says, by the prejudice of fann ers against employing female labor. Production has already gravely de creased, and the people must place their reliance more and more upon Imports. Itill here there Is n tit culty. In fciibmarliie warfare by the enemy many ships that could ill bo spared hnve been sunk with their cargoes. Hie demand for vessels t transK)i't munitions of war Is siin urgent. Unless closp economy Is prac tised and the people do not take to It kindly some of the munition ships may be needed to carry meat, Hour and other food products. How sorel.v Great Rrltnln and her allies still re quire war material from abroad l seen In Mr. Aclanii's admission : \We are unable to say whether there will be ships to divert that way.\ This warning, tills appeal from a I'.rltlsh Treasury official, will surelv have the effect of Increasing the sub- marine nctlvltles of the German navy. The contest In cutting off food supplies Is not so unequal as It tip-pe- red nt first. The \CMtas\ Letters. The series of letters written by \i'l-vitas- \ In favor of Federal Incorpora- tion of the railroads nf the Culled States anil public control by means of a .Federal Railroad Hoard comes to an end this morning. The letters have been so vvldelj read and commented upon and have oM'ltcd sci much Interest a to the identity of the writer that we sec no luipiopriely In snn- - tn'i Hint \Civltns\ s Mr. William W. Cook. the g neral counsel of the Postal Telegraph-Cubi- and the Commercial Cable companies, anil the author of \Cool; on Corporal Ions.\ The \Clvltas\ letters are to be re- printed In pamphlet form for free distribution, and when ready may be obtained oil application to the busi- ness nlllee of this newspaper. Can It br pofslhle that those nir-uo- women voted for IlcmiEs because he won't talk'.' The man who walked backward flom Scuttle to New York on a vv.iki-i-tli.i- Ik- - could ilo t In \M da.vs, and got to thieo weeks ahead of lime, hIk hi hi be drafted Into the dliloin.ilic service. The Weather Harcaii prcdlils for CIiIcuro In eaily .lane iliivcs whirl, winds and pon-llil- o siainpcdcH. Nobody will begrudge I he women of Troy and Us environment the in per cent, higher p.iy they urn to gel for home work they do for the uiauiifae-turrr- s of collars1, If they do not make the collars men have to wear 10 per cent, higher to match. Watchful waiting means somcthlim when It Is thu \Vankces of the G.ist\ keeping an eye on Hie Mrxii-- of Asia. Proponcntx of tho ship purchase bill most dole on tho argument that If the Government owned a merchant Meet the shippers of this country would pay to I'liiMe Sam, not to foreigners, their 100,000,000 u year freight bill. Trim; but no truer than that If the Govern- ment raised all the tea and coffee we THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1916. consume the consumers would pay to Uncle Sam, not to foreigners, the mill- - Ions of dollars a year we spend for our tea and coffee. On their first day In the trenches the Germans showed a notice welcoming the Au.ttrnllAtis, but soon after, It Is stated, the enemy displayed another notice call- ing them sons of convicts and black- guards, which naturally aroused tho bitterest feelings. London Times. Human Ingenuity could devise no surer way of making tho men from Iho Antipodes fight like unchained devils when they got tb chance. To tho list of countries nt present nnnoyed nt President Wilson were added this week Peru and France. According to KMsta MarUUma the most recent type of Zeppelin carries six machine guns, two quick firing guns and an apparatus for launching aerial torpedoes besides boinba. To cope with such a monster tho aero- plane will havo to mount quick flrers and carry artillerymen at tho risk of losing some of Its ndvnntage In mo- bility. Mr, ntnnr.M. Is the victim of a per- verse political system which distributes rewards and punishments for other reasons than Hint of ntness for r vacant post. London Timet, Tho Right Hon. Auoustine Hirrell wns Chief Secretary for Ireland for nine years, and In that time ho drew about J193.000 from the public treas- ury. It waa altogether too much for a man who had no epcclal qualifica- tions for the duties of the. otllco nnd spent so much tlmo In London. Un- doubtedly the political syMein that gnvo Mr. Hiiirell his opportunity to draw a salary of t.42r. a year was wrong and Indefensible, hut he wns a beneficiary of it. not Its victim. Maximilian ItAnneN says that his object lu translating Khmono lie Gon-coniT- 's description of the privations of Paris during the slepe In 1870 Is to remind his countrymen \what a bur- den of suffering and sorrow can be borne by a people determined to fight for freedom, for the right to govern themselves and for honor.\ In some quarters the Illustration presented by this brilliant Journalist will not bo welcome. It will be regarded as an unfortunate Justification of the Hrlt- - Ish blocknde. Moreover, Paris had to surrender. It Is said that there Is a movement on foot to nominate Colonel House of Texas for Hut Isn't he sufficiently Influential as Advlcc-Prcsldent- According to a Geneva despatch. the German Emperor Is soon to pay a visit to the Anstrn. Italian front. That was to be expected. William often v;slLs fronts where a successful cam paign Is golnc on. An object, perhaps the chief object, of the Austrian \drive\ Is to eliminate Italy from the conflict. It would be a glorious vie tory for the Central Powers nnd greatly strengthen their position In negotiations for peace. Some men are born rich, some achieve) riches, and some work for Hkmiv THE JUSTICE OR THE COLO NEL Sample Prerontentlon Letter From the Many at Hand. To Tin: Kuitoii or The Scn Sir.-a- for Huche? Tried character counts more than what a man shouts. There an t no d\iibt that a nun of diameter will properly fortify the ooimtiv. Oh. what a relief his election would brine' Huirhes and a good Cabinet . the dcstln.es of the eniinto (ii a unsde brain. No plH)ing jolf. diop- - ning down trees, or listening to the voice of what tie supposes to be thu people before ere it decHlons No initiative, referendum nod re.-al- ; no (.hootln.; up of Vera Cruz tj one lo pmud to light. No raid on the mture fakers. n nues. t.on of race suicide, no calling nt past me liar a week, no dear Maria, no dis- dain of the Constitution and court cle . isuuis, ti.i Inflation of one of the coordi nate branched of the Government, but a ral i (Tort to better the legislative ii. .inches. Hushes will give the railroad fiilr treatment, del lie not piote.t the ,to.-- when tliern a an at'empl to leg slate It out of buslne.-'- s hy the dt inagoguet? Hiihdic ha been n successful man. h Kiunvh the s and wa a practical iawei- - He Is the safest, sane.'t and I., -- t liked candidate of a 1. Think of Oregon nnd Vermont giving Him their pieference What more do we New- - Yorkers want In the way of a .and. dale that can be elected? lie has a mind trained to decide ques-- t mis on merit alone, nnd he has proved to us that personal ambition has never Into his conduct of affairs. He la tho logical candidate; he has i.o enemies. Nominate him. Republicans. I : if you dicker over It von may lose him, for he doesn't want 'w oilW and will take It onl from an t.tlh call, which would make .t moral duty. I.II EI ONO HKI'I'M.lf an. Ni w York. May '.'3. Wauls (he Colonel Hack ns the I'artj's Lender. To the KniTon oc Tun Srs--Mi- I should like to see Mr. Jtoost-vel- t noml-i-ale- d b the Uepiibllean p,irty. I.et us 'i.ive the Oood Old lart.v with the Colo- nel at the head. He has been tiled and im.s made a successful President. lie shown his ability to understand human affairs. He gatlieied together the ablest men this country had for hl Cab net nllUeis, and he stands Hi.' onl.v man that the undermint rs of this cnuiitM are afraid of. Inirmg the last two vcar thin couu-i- n has hid ton many contracts for which the guilds have not been delivered. Inn man) nines fur which the eash has n il been paid There is no such thing ns a moral ex- ample without action. Inaction means decay nnd I am theiefoie heartily In favor of tl Ciilniiel or n man equally strong. I'Tli'v, Ma 23. II. S. I'owki.i.. Waterloo. 'In inr. HeiniN in- - Tin: Sr.N--i- Hei - ii question I slinuld like in li.ue an i.weied hv some impartial student of his. lm: Wa, lint Wateilei, a fei Itiltous l.iry for llnRl.llid\ That Is to say. wns It nnt wini tin mis; h the opportune srrlvnt of I tie Prussians umli-- r Ittiieeher7 VrniTss ,Vr.- VuiiK. Mav I'll Pesky (ireelers nf (he !awn. To rur Hinti'ii ne Tun S'l-.- s -- fir; While the Health Is keeping count uf n ti in n z l dogs at lures, can't It step lines barking In th early hours of the uinmlng\ lltui.lll. M Vims. May 1'H rremreilneM. Knleker Are the Hiullhs considerate? llncker Veryi they mint tn glie their Imliy a name thnt lilher liable will like to be called fur when he nms fur President. 'the lederallnn nf (lie lair. Klilikei Who l that nl Innklns fl n llnckri -- He Is s Club hub from a Hub club. FEDERAL INCORPORATION. Fuller Government Control of the Railroads, In Order to Avert Gov ernmcnt Ownership of the Lines? To the KniToa or The Sun Sir; Ono of tho Irrepressible controversies In this country Is the Intcrmountaln rate question. More than twenty-liv- e years ago tho Rocky Mountain coun try complained to tiro Interstate Com-merc- o Commission that the railroad rates from the Kast to the Rocky Mountain country were greater than from tho Kast to the Pacific coast. Tho commission In its decision (21 I. C. C. 342) said; The Intermountaln country. In which neno Is a typical point, has In thl acltatlnn, 4 shipper Onila It difficult to reconcile himself to paying tMO a car for the transportation of a carload ot mer- chandise to hie own city when that same will be cnrrlsd from the same point of orlicln through his city to a point f.00 miles beyond for 1300. Such a condition appeals to all ai prima facie unjuit. The excuse given by the railroads wns that tho rato from New York to San Francisco competed with the water rato around Capo Horn and across Panama nnd had to be a low late or else all the traffic would go by water. As to this, however, tho com- mission said (p. 340): At that time the railroad Interests evi dently determined upon driving the ships (roai the sea. and they very proudly ad- mit that they aucceeded In thle effort at least to the extent of nullifying or con- trolling the stater competition. The monopoly felt Insecure, how- ever, because as tho commission said: Without a ship upon It the ocean has the power to restrain. In some degree, the upward tendency of rail tales. A railroad may not safely Indulge lis desire to Im- pose all the traffic nlil bear between two ocean ports, and It may truly be eald that the tea-s- t poetltal of railroad traffic man-airer- a never looks upon Hi\ ocean without a sense of se, (I'age 33- - ) In that decision In 1911 tho commis- sion cut the Intermountaln rates heav- ily but allowed tho rato from New York to San Francisco to bo twenty- - live points less than from New York to Ueno. An appeal was taken to tho \Commerce Court,\ a court ubolished soon after being born, and that court tk'Clarcil that tlio commission was wrong tl91 Fed. Uep. SSii). Then an appeal wius taken to tho Supreme Court of tho United States, and that court declared th.u the commission was right (234 U. S. 476).' That was In June, 1914, nnd thirty days Inter the matter again went btforo the com- mission, and this time the l'unam.i Canal had a bearing. Tho commission decided January 2V, 1915, that the dis- crimination might bo continued 32 I. C. C 611). Three months later the commission rendeted another decision relative to rates to Interior California cities such a Sacramento and Stock- ton. The commission al.ovwd the rail- road to niako higher charges to thesu interior California cities man to 1 a -i on I. C. ' S, ::. In of S KniTon Commerce Commission hns taken the up and are on. Tho still havo a grievance. At tho time the latea are as on a cat load of wile: New V\-- k tn Han I'rsnrl.-- o $55?. Nw V ik tn Sa V ork to liMin .Till a of did St ites which .savs: II t that h pr trauspnrtatinn qa UMn nf Mfs.i.slppl 1, on hi li wl.l have tn l on en eipntat-.- !..i-- :s el their wl il, tn he a This Is strong language slums the intensity of the The com- mission Itself ill said. Hntv have the larrlrrs this blanket tn the coast hut not to at. Lnnr Lrfor. lh. I.Linke; had going abuses doesn't people lan-13- ). United Judges llrltlsli Itocky present iallro.ul follows .itijlu retilans ic.o.utlun feeling. dectsUiu eh community Intermedial\ must tnju.tl. was tie-- J letters received ien- - hern earneme. e.li neihlng nts unnatural ,,,,jH Hudson .Maxim, are making pennon ar. made wlnr tin such ulilpetll il'eife tatlrnnd adapti Ill' enndln of nni. tna. pt.Ui.iti1 iii.litlnns uf another, the very of lMni: it must th transcontinental carriers annul continue higher Inttrmountaln coast middle A years ago lobber batons of the feudal system swooped castles on luiis and levied tribute on the passing i.iia-van- s. To-da- y the laillo.id batons cirvc railroad tribute lununer.e of the conn- - above shows tho result the mountain Stales with Heated grievance of ihiriy standing.. Sacramento, and oilier t'alifoi lues with another griev.itu-i- , transcontinental culling rate.s lo run out steamship Muiipclition railroad dividends Willi lutes un interior tr.tllle. wonder wild talk about .Many years tianscn-tini-nt.i- l railroads delegated tn lliint-Inglu- ii fell of eliminating steamship ion tin-Hu- and oss '.main. Inlei-stal- e CnmmcKn Cominls.siun its. .ni. tells K well iiialllled, effectively did the work. over tln-t- similar episodes of less magnitude (hscl'llllllliltlolls iilllHlllliit.es and cities and towns. between discrimination violation of iho law. Ktciv lew suluc u .1 :oii is l ami such ilisi-- i inilnations, ami every convic- tion llieie il lily ihseliin-liliilloi- is delected pioveil Does any imagine that this And will ever cease under tuesent system of contior.' Those iiiiesllons answer themselves. Il plain day that some new s.vsleiu of control necessary, and must be some of public cnntinl. lucorvorullnu with railroad board naming the inllroad would public eon-ti- Ciovernnienl Such abuses as above railroad rale iMserlnu-natlon- s would cease Instantly, other discriminations would competition (he ra.lroads would be eliminated. The llrilish (internment war began has and operated llrilish railways and has found that a great saving In working them a single unit. Tha stockholders would not Injured and Government own- ership would avoided under my pro- posal. Tho old order railroad autocrats Is out. A new regime Is coming Meantime regulation has been and cannot bridge tho chasm between public sentiment nnd the cap- ital necessary for railroad purposes. Federal Incorporation Is fast, but that too will only present unless control of tho railroad directors Is secured. What the surgeons call a \capital operation\ I now close this series of letters, fif- teen in My proposal Is to overt Government ownership by sub- stituting public control of these great national highways continuation of present private ownership. New York, May 23. Civitab. \OLD HOUSE HOME.\ Straightening- - Ont the nf Mr. Geoghegan and Mr. McMorley. To Tin: L'DiTon or The Hun Mr: Is \Vet.\ right when he says In his Inter- esting letter that Ovvney aeogheKim s plnce at 103 How-cr- was known as \Tho Old House Home\? Isn't he tho name of thnt placo with tavern of very different type, still known us The old House at Home, established la 1S50 la Seventh street Just east of Third nvrnue by grand old Irish- man McSoiley. who would hnve pnssed for Chaunccy Depew anywhere, the resemblance was so Btrlklng? If i anybody In New York who Is not familiar with this delightfully uualnt place know his New Yortt : nnd he ought to make) tracks In that direction without any delay. Hancock's In Washington gave up the ghost 1 know of moro Interesting tmvn tavern thnn McSorlcy's Old House at Home. Ten twelve years ago I thought ten the lrputcd fame of the place, so I nulled a postal card from New Orleans, addressing It simply \McSorley's New York,\ and It went direct to Seventh street place without any of those pencil notation which the otllco put mall matter that comes to their hands with Insufficient address. I wish I Introduce all Tits Sf.s-'- s renders to little group of furious thinkers Is to commune with now and then nt McSorley's. One of them Is veteran newspaper reporter, copy reader on great metro- politan dally, one a physician and another Is a service examiner. there four other men In tho world that know as thin group like also to see and meet It Is still an easy matter for old to Had the atmoeplierc that earn for. Ono of own favorite out- door sports, and Involves more less of Indoor performances, taking walks about the tovn with who wnnt to wheie these places arc. And I where some of are. Hut what concerns me most Just now a feeling of regret at seeing Ovvney fteoshegan's place How cry called fornla cities the coast (31 C. prntleweti present to whom such Then the matter wns taken up puase l dlstnieful. J A. by elites the States I New VoiiK, May Court In California, and December, ,\U 1915, two out threo enjolnedj GENERAL EARLE ANSWER. the railroads from making higher charges to these Interior California llplaed the Flag to cities. rclie.ulug has now been Protect t aptaln Itoycott. thu Interstate' To THE cr THE Sl'N .Sir: The matter ugain hearings going Mountain State raniriilrj New I have liefote me letti-- r tiavelk-- tho name uf nf one lhoe bell In spite of this the In hi- 1 ths admite-- but lis Justine I ti.illil.? been stretched to pr.-..-- e nt Hag on the flagpole of tent ih. between hotel. Captain Ho)Cotfs and the I'.utnc made a nave been satisfied with the answer, for prute.t ai-al- the e that more were from ins done. 1'or nearly a quarter of a Ihem. J. A. U. tury this complaint has heart and NK,V Yer.K. May 13 has at times only tn he re.ivs.l! with neatrr .v i,n of ro.-- l Malclilcnt From Hudson M ii I in . a p.h v will- h .i.l in rem t , Tlt,. Hl.tTiu ny 'I'm Si .Mr- e firreiiui.il to have n a s - a: - ,r. stiiti iiii nave been the tlri.il and Tli.it will I, ..pp.-.i'.- ,,f ti,0 that i . u. unnatural in mis rim itioti I thai head of the Malm Munitions rale, nhbh said . I., r. thin rra . oriiern I loti. nfter having ullv rompe.iei I.) n wi ii - ,. i ,,nP(i the Kurlcht method of n fr-- fo.nf e an I nn 3.'4 y a fin'.l. I t. da nue with the i and ti nature he iipparen-tha- t i forever charltnt late, m the country than to the from the West. I Pace liilu ) thousand the down their the up the and lev mi the II y. The a uoep yetu. Stockton ilia t railtoads ; h gh high .No there is u mi . ago tho the wink act I i. Tin- m ii iji how il i II l Hi . And all the louiitiy are between i shippers, in criminal d.i.vs ii 1 or indi- vidual fur for til i.i ale lift not or one tan yet it the is as as is il Federal a Federal directors that without ownership. the described cease because between since the taken over the ihere it, us be bo of In, tried out coming prolong publlo Is necessary. number. with a AT Affairs confus- ing the thnt M. there h Since don't a or I'd the tost on could a It my prlv-Hec- a one n n I civil If are mueh as I'd them. they my It or those know know on the those Into A Mp.intitiiH from under Its the Its eastern border ma v going as earef from vuuld mi lined form give them by a n.mv that since H10 has marked n tavern thnt wns never open on Sunday, alvvnv i loed at 12 n clock midnight sharp, never entertained a vvnm-vn- . nnd where any one who iniiaiKe in intm pro ,.,, ... ., P0.V , -- minded that there are nrnrle in The Sr.s- - of May 1 relative to Captain Itoycott nnd tho mention of the late Harle's name In the r.rvvrrapcr- - a few day; ago bring to iy mind mi Incident that occurred here short! after the troubles of tho Captain la Ireland i The Captain, feeling that he needed a lust, to comii tu America, Mil. jfeir'.m: that the Irish In New York mlit uf hi\ trip and pciliHps do linn s .in,, harm on h s lauding, 1. mv nf w lom'tig. and on his arrival Ithi-.- traiked hmi to his lintel. K trie's. ' i\ Canal street, and to the prnpni tnr itlnv sent a tlina-cinn- litter telling h.ni if t ie I'aptuln's at his nnd ilcin.iiiilliitr Ins emulsion therefrom, nlso in, answer to their demands. The (ieneral \n tecetvlng this missive ss'il: 'They demand an answer, do thev\ Will, they shall have one.\ Calling the \ \an ennrge oi tne nags i,en- - erai OnierCll llHtl to IIOISI tile wlll(t ,0 fr K,,eolene, had pronounced it .i tic. ,.h ht-i- l purchased It for n million dollars I 'lease allow- me to correct any et rn. neous liiipiessinii legarillng tin mailer I am not the head of the Maxim Muni- tions Corporation, and the corporation has not yet purchased the llnrieht method, hut has secured nn option fur its 'uitchase, provided llnrlcht shall be al l to make good his claims. As con- sulting engineer of the corporation and as nil Inventor. I have done, nnd am doing, and shall continue tu do, with both my s and Inventions, ,.. ,,;,,, ., lnwl, nf ;,, t.rl.aU,in. .,,., :r ,,, sked' to do su J shall wr gladly examine into the l'titiclit method, but up tu the present titin- - I hive not examined the method .lt d am unable to make the pronounce-iii-nl- s it that have been to me lll'psos Mvxt.vt. Ni.w Viuik, Mav naadail. Wlir-- Haioiin en'led ths Jut. I'lir-nie- Ills lie hv stir, And Mesrmir. the ictnist, Was his familiar. In that enchanted hsppv ttn lias-da- d was In lis golden prime TlirntiBed a the Tlcrts ldi- - The ship, nf eery clime Kode en lis swelling tile In Has-- . I id's golden prime, .Vnd thrniiulng the Inns; caravan At.ili or Ispvhan. 1h silken stuffs ef Samarkand. 'I'ln firei Inns Jieirls nf lnd, The ivnrv anil gold that spanned The ruck where gnods were hinnsd, tn n'ertlnw Injr each ba7aar Willi hale and bundle, crate and Jar. I' nun inhered M us .ti! man. llnwi.il nr.iili the ca.lph's yoke, Ten thinisaiiil vaiaghans Cashed lightning when h spoke, And at the loud nnK7zln call The mn.qiies were crammed from wall to w a st a In sea tn spa, mi sun In sun. 'twa sold, The flilhfu' listlt Ih\ klise And Ills iliitllllllnll epIcAil. f'nnllned afar Hie Inlldel, And A '.I. ill knew that all was well. Hui II irnun. called the Just, I.Ike niliei- enrtliH thlnrv I.ittiK suite has luiiied In dust \I Is e i ii so lib klnus; Within the I'nipliet's Ini.fiin he Iteuia iiuw In sure! ptnpimiulty. And rumors nnw- itppit ii. In s- i.iii ilngs are near .VI Has linl s nil' leiu nplta-- . Vn l a Is w Uilesl f. ar What ir Hirv lake the town, sir mad, And ihtlstin II H.tgiladegrarlt UatlllCI Mollis, TOBACCO AT THE FRONT. II Plays It Part Willi Cannon, Mines and Bomb In Kurope's War. To Tit r RntTon op The Sun Sir! The, effect of tobacco on physique and mind will always be a subject of controversy between thou who oppobe nnd those who advocate lis ute. No question of hu- man Interest L more llkelv tn open the way for scientific, and, according to the doctrine of the Mcthodlrtt Church, moral discussion. This goes without saying, but when your correspondent \I. quotes from nn article written by nn of the American Medical Association warning the surgeon. of the armies nnw nt war In Kuropo to guard liic evil effects of tobacco I can't qulto follow- - him. Any such state- ment that tobacco 'undermines the en- durance\ or health nf the lighting sol- dier Is not susceptible of proof. Tobacco, ns much ns powder nnd shells, Is n munition of war. It Is evi- dently Indlipen-iahli- too, for ever since Iho tstriiaglo wns on no appeals for help have been more urgent than those for supplies of tobacco. Under the auspices of societies organized for tho ptirpoo distributions of cigars, clgntettes, pipes nnd smoking tobacco are being mado to all the armies. This : entirely outside the ptovlslon the various (lovcrnmciits make to furnish tobacco to their armies. These volunteer agencies are officially commended by the King of Kuglatid. by the ICaleor and by the King of tho Bel- gians, To my personal knowledge two women of title, one from Itelgliim and one from Ureal llrlta'n, have come to the Pulled .states solely to bring the soldiets' needs for tobacco to wider at- tention. Ono of these women, a prln-ci- s In her own country, told m the men In tho trenches were more In need of tobacco than of food or any other creaturo comfort. \I have seen them trade their rations for trhneco,\ tUls woman ssld to me. I am not going to enter Into a discus- sion xvhether tobacco Is harmful or not, It Is not pertinent Jusl now. What Is sure Is that there I no evidence at hand that the tobacco hlch Is be- ing consumed where tho llg'nl ng I Percent minimizes mental cnurago or \undermine endurance.\ In all the h story of the world there never was a finer show- - of bravery under more trying condltlnns. Yet these nre the men who me asking for tobacco as starving men ask for bread. If any one doubts whether smoking I the lighting soldler't solace, have some man who has been In the thick of it tell jou what he saw. Or r still, note the evidence of tobacco's place In the so times which try men's souls as th.s evidence caught by the camera. war picture l proof that tobacco Is the need of the man tinder arm. Gen- eral 1'etaln, the hero of Verdun, Is a. smoking when ou see him So arc the men In the ranks, the or devils who are defending his line. The war pictures tell the story. Their endurance has not been undermined, nor has I'etaln's m.nd been dulled by the same Indulgence. After all, It haei remained for this war to write the epic for tnhaccn Here, If never before, it ha triumphed over all t e i.ieie. In pence too It has had II victories no less renowned than wnr, f after a whole evening spent In medi- tative silence, while they smoked the hours awa. we are told. Cartyle said to Hmerson \Mon mon. but we ve had n fine time.\ c. It. S, New Yor.K, May ;n. Discontent nf Washington Height. To the KtUToa or Tun Sl'N Sir,- - For three earn the residents and trades- men of Washington Heights have been endeavoring tn get the- - city authorities to grant permission to the bus companies to rim buses through the rtreem and avenues nf the Heights. Husrsi ate needed In the llclghtn section beeaiic of the In.ic hll.ty if the surface cars In some part\ nf the se II n Now- a petition s'gmd hv residents, tradesmen and propertv owners has been submitted tn the Hoard of Kstlmate nnd Apportionment through the tranult com- mittee nf tile Upper Manhattan Prop-- i p .tieis Asssoc.atlmi It Is under-Mim- d lh.it action may be taken a snoti as the Imaiii can dicrst the testl-iiion- v and the br.cfs which It ha be- fore It In the tiieant'-u- e Washington Heigh- ten must be pat ent TheCxo giown ac- customed tn t .i.st after t'iree years of waiting. A bus line is needed, and the sooner the Hoard of Kstlmate and Ap-p- tinnment re.il'zcs that the better it wilt be for all c nci rued. I'vtiknce. Washington ui-.- i its . May '.'3. The Flag on the Ilrldce' Tower. To the Upitoc. or The Scn :'(. is the anniversary of the opening nf the Hrookl.v n Hr.dge In iv3. I Ii pe to see old dory floating from the flagstaff on the time-- , ns Is itls'Mtiaiv of us who nw the paiadc I li , t d.i pissns the Cny Ha'.l wo'ii.l cr: orfenilcl if tliev were callnl old tl nets, but that is what we ale. That was the eventful day that I'resl-dm- ! Chester A Arthur leaned out of his carriage and said to Senator Nor- ton .f de Kin. \Hello. Mike.\ and tn. sen, ilo- lespuriled with n \Hello Mr President At that time this gar; was brought to I fe Hiooklyniln was boasting In the Astor lnue. \Wh said he. \we've something In Hrookhn that ou New Yorkers haven t got.'' \What's tint\\ nked a Tlrst Warder \The other end of the Htldge \ UnooKl.TN, Mav 23 J. Mr\?. Hare Pull doing Pp. TnTiii- - oi- The Si-.- s Mr May I help Willie tu an understanding of vvbv nie-- i take niT their hats in elevators onta nlns w unei and vvhv keeplng.thelr bate mi then heads m the cunpany of vvo-ne- in hold h.i.ls ,ii. .1 lobbies they take them nlf tile tliutnent thev st.i with Hui- - women fia-nd- s into an .' He. au-- e \W 'I.e \ as xnti will learn when nii aie a big mill .voursolf, a man seliliini lets the ). tenuis chance of mak- ing an ass nf linns. If en by without tnk'tu advantage of it. \Wllios\ illeellon 'llille.lte.s that when he is grown up lie will h.ue some sense. . IHni.t. Cllicvc.o, May :.1 Vlalne l.liiior. To th r Km run op The Si-- sir- Under the heading \Insane I'l-o- l.liior\ the ntllrlal ntgan uf the n l.engtlc nf America dcwite half a i.iluiiui lo Hie story of a man who diank lull mperali-l- and then mlsiicati d h's w ife The sloi.v Is \ptnvt-- up\ as part of the aigiimeiit In favor nf prolilb tlon, but as the man got bis liit,,- in Koch. mil, Me, ami as Ma, tie has liail pi ohlhltlnn for seven' x vats the nt ciiilli-li- t seems to be a bit \thick \ T M c,n Mor-r- , Piclilfilt National Model I, 'cense l.e igue. I.ui isv tl. t K, K , Mav The XliiKhrs nn Hitches. ems deep wrap- - e Hitches. 'I lit n.iKh h - w lie nn ilghes, VVordlens unite lii.tl.-- s Simply hasn'l anv Pilinb indeed s ,i,ni s Much.., Per the tag he never i hughe Speefhle.\ vet Is .llil.- llucli-- ., VV'nn't uii-ep- iiu.i w n t lefnhe.. SphlllXlIke innv U hi.li. r Hnghss, Per tin- - Jul' lie uevei wiuhis Stlllinss litnnils nn .lutbe lliieli.,, llnrsn't give lls unv clishen Hllh ' ' ei til.. iiBhe. I Inesll I lit e. Ik i i ' inn. sea le.i is ,. e II ag , . Who vv mill mm Ii- - shntl il he nclies? McLt.xviai.uu Wilson. CHINESE TEMPLE HANGINGS SHOWN 1'niisnnl rnllrclion of Mr, TiPnJnniinriifiw ut inpr. ienn Art fiiillcrips. vivrn i okas or toumkm Mrs. rienjimln Than . iv,, ancient Chinese temple hang igs. wn y wns placed on view yesteidiv in th gnllerles of the Amrrlr.ui Ar' ,n-!- V tlon, prove to be cxcrptlotiallv lnteres' lng both to especial stiideti' ..f t,int. Chinese nnd to art lovers In geniral . will be sold at auction on Mav :\ A collection exclusively of hnnglnc Is rare. Ti numbers tsn palatine, nnd ahiinuc-m.ili- .l of Hie nttlsl ihn.e fhe fm. classic subjects the Interptcl.it , ,r, ,ri various that on excellent Idea of the t i versutlhty of Chinese ait g ve-- t T colors were orlgina. ver.v s mp n, r.. the chemical ihatigee induced , fi, ,, ,. Inenls by time have tnr' one i un grcntly and subtle hariiuai.es are th icsult. Western ndmlrrrs of Uastern art r often apt lo overlook the , , je s lf)m, plelely, ami falling to nfipie'iend the tr-,- Inwardness of the Chlne.-- e k . never, thelcss Mud rewarding pleiuris in th Immense (esthetic lesour-e- .f i t.e ear,'v artists; loving the plcliiie fm the of Hie design, the .f (s, lines and the uncxpectedm-- i f t'ie n'sr comhlnnllons Instead of fc u.i. dhlstlc slgnlllcnnce. In Mrs. Thaw's collection o n seM'n possible to Ignore the miM. .t tnr pra-- . llcally ail of them hav- - i do vv h '1.,, nf heaven nnd hell, nnd n t ar havo extremely dednlte not ops. P... dally In regard to the latter pine, clns scrutiny nf these work is n snmewhnt thrilling business for the ml amateur It may safely be prophesied Hut aim 'S! no one can emerge from sir h a s'1y without being tho better for :' Croelllea nf I'linlehlnrllt horrn. The Idea urged by Tolstoy and othr that the basic prlm-'pl- of al grext re- ligions Is the same has (in appare- -' \. In the s'rlkuc'v fan'\sr aspect that these Chinese of m- -. ture In hell have for u Thev astonishingly like illustration to Tu- ts \Divine Comedy,\ nnd many f t'.em r. niuble colored enlatcemeiits ef jnsss from lh.it Improving work \IP-- of Martyrs.\ Not that the r ne.. nrllstn believe very much in martv-- s but that the systems of pun 'hni t ,i so s imlnr Mr. tlllbert when writing h's \M .xta-mu- st have had one of tlnse h.irgncx his stutly.\ for there are nuiner u- - pi tcrlal instances of \boiling In \ with Ice as well us by fW . Iiortrajcd and one particularly grue- - r. apparatus Into whhh sinners e resembles a modern elder A Chinese touch that seem rather s:re-.- c for Westerners Is the dog that gambo beneath the wine press, Intoxicating ttse-l- wlili the oozing crimson c-- panel deplrts the tortures that are r. served In hell for those who have ' gi 'lty of cruelty to animal nnd group at one side of the panel in. ni. tlBi rs, an elephant and a horse, ard a n, tnetn lanch to s..,. themehes so si: avenged. Pellet- - Pre x II le II I Villi- - of llenien. In regatd to the ibl.glils and rewat.-o- f heaven these Oilculals go less detail. About the most that they - n is\ one is that thele at last sli.i'l \ f und peace, Uiidilha is of course times delineated, sometimes lefn i'. a panel l'ke a more motif in a des .- - always with gteat benignity ami ; slveliess. The gii.ildi.iiis and gte ' ' i rr., of heaviii are soinet.tt s u arra.vc-- l as s on large panels. Kteiiie-i-l- I gie.it asstmblies r ,f Man- . e jnrsonages In one fia.nting T arranged sometimes In gniiifi ; ra--- ' o conveiitlonalizid bunls . much the appearance uf h.ipi x i tors s.tting In boxis at sum- - i j Upon the whole the roller t' unusual. All the paintings are i. r'-l In panel form and framed as p s- - No doubt originally most of t'-- in the fotm of kakemonos, an w .' ' be a simp e matter to .ig.i n - in t n.it fash! n. It is s., I t , - part of the collection w.i- - fci' C Thaw \en h'-- fiotn a I'.- lector. The remainder ' the en'e.-\n- i ' earlv Kngllsh Hiid Amer-.-a- i - -i to Charles K. I.o. lie vx ' S been on view at tho Amert. an A\ K' snclatlon, has owing to ,i gT h\ withdrawn fn-- sa.e, BIDS ON RARE SHAKESPEARE .1. r. llrnUr- - ln V!HfJ nt r,arre einle for Cop.s of 1il-f- i. A copy of the fourth folio Hhs siieare, printed In lt;s5, was br i' night by .1. K. l'raKe fei' !J3.' r' tlarvey sale nt the n '.i . The copv Is slig'itlv vv.i'i- - st ' a has n 1,-- It. icings of b.n.u w the mai-g.ti- . but otlniw . - l enndlltoti It ha the - Hon, poled in roiimvl' i vv - ' tlon It nNo couta ns j. sUake-pear- e by Mat'in I ' A Hist edition of T \Muslck's Monument.' . :. a work which tlesctib's its. If as menibratii cr uf llie br- - i sn k. both dlv Ii e and iv I .i known lo have bien ' e t. was also bought In .1 I' pt i e being 5 x A presentation enpv t \it of \Inland Vnv age l,i\isls Kiev ciihoii. w.'h the lograph was Imug'-- hv I' $7ii. The total for the was K.'iOl.lu CITY BABIES HEALTH! FR Welfare V sain-I- I Ion Hems Ilxperl on Topic Habies i ,, ,, fb,. v'-- city have a better l.,i i hlldhood than (hose and small cities in the M , I. Ix Shaw- of the M' i'.c Health told Habies W, If.u-- .Srso. i nual meel'ng In lie- - V. i elite, 7 West I v ' i Speaking of tin nf throughout the S'.He I '. s Hie probleiii hud In b. In the i iii.il ami tiilic can be met mure .u. , dlv is show ii. In i ' New York eltj s mm Infants limn- than pa it \f the Slate I\ s that the problem of .a was belter h.itulli.l in ' the United Stall At III\ llllMlies- - ' ceded I U- - Shnw s uie ' tile car's vv m k s'n ov pounds of ice w c u Hie poor by Pie i federal Ion nf .ill tl,. b.ibv well an m g i ' The follow i.g .ii Pll-sid- , ,i s I 01 . A l ' v Miss Mat ni I. Henri A Heiisun ard livln.
