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Happily the discussion of the Presi- dential succession in case of Inability, or, more accurately, the discussion of the disqualifying degree and tho method of ascertainment of such In- ability as affecting the succession, Is at present mainly academic. Every- body Is hoping that these questions may continue tp bo academic. Mean- while tho country Is well satisfied with the delicate and considerate at- titude of Marshall, wh officially Is the person most concerned. . There arc, however, In the situa- tion possibilities Involving considera- tions Infinitely deeper and further reaching than those which apply to any special case. The measure of their gravity and extent Is to beouud In the circumstance that eomc of tile supporters of the general movement ior tho expansion of Executive power and tho consequent atrophy or im- pairment of the powers of the co- ordinate departments of the Govcrn-!me- nt already seem to be preparing to advance tho theory that even In the event of complete and long continued Inability most If not all of the func- tions of tho President could bo exer- cised by his chosen advisers In the Cabinet, much as they were exercised daring Mr. Wilson's long absence In 'Europe. The former fiction of direct administration from Paris or Home by means of postal or telegraphic communication wquld bo replaced by tho fiction of the occasional formal reference of matters of state to the sick room via the medical attendance ! of a disabled Chief Magistrate, the Cabinet officers In the meantime di- viding tho work of the Executive and Assuming the actual responsibility for decisions which constitutionally rest with the President alone. This of course really means government by commission, the commission being com- posed of the ndvlsors personally se- lected by the President and confirmed as advisers by the Senate, but with- out any constitutional apportionment of their rcspictive duties as execu- tive- officers The status of the sev-er- oj principal executive officers, It must be remembered, depends entirely upon acts of Congress, and the word .Cabinet Is not even mentioned In tho Constitution. The Garfield precedent Is now much \in evidence in these discussions. The .Garfield precedent, however, Is not .institutional law; and an administra- tive precedent Is 'not sacrosanct. It t'may bo cither right or wrong. Bo when theorists and opportunists are discussing whether the definition . of disability and tho determination of ,tho exact timo when tho disability or inability of a President to discharge 'fho powcra and duties of his oilice de- volves on the those powers and duties shall belong to the Executlvo department or aro a subject jfor opinion by tho judlclnry, it is well \\to keep clearly in mind the plain fact (The definition and determination aro jyith tho Congress. The Congress, pays the Constitution In tho Eighth pectlon of Article I., Is \to make nil jaws which shall bo necessary and proper for carrying into execution fjthe foregoing powers, and all other oicer vested hy this Constitution in ' fhe Government of tho Unltdd States. ,pr in any department or offie'er there-pf.- \ It is nmazlng to see how mnny Americans, deluded by a mosjt de- structive theory of government, for-'jjg- et what tho Congress stands for In pur constitutional scheme, . , jThc Return of the Young Turk. w Tho Rationalist movement, which is \reported to havo become a fcorlously BjUsturblng factor, in the Turkish situ-jctlo- bears so' many mnrks of tho of the Young Turk h party, or the Committee of Union and Progress, that the only thing that ap- pears \new\ about it Is its name. 4 The discredited Young Turks, recog- - \Titzliig the futility of any effort under thelr own uanio to take advantage of tbo Inaction regarding Tuskcy at M'arls, havo brought tho present Na-- 1 tionallst party Into being. Their own war leaders, Enveb, Talaat and Djamel, being fugitives from their country, they havo put up Mustama Jtrwir. Pjusha $ui (he head ot Jha. movement. IIo Is of Armenian ex- traction, and his declaration that Ar- menians and otber Chrlstlnni will bo protected It was Imagined would carry with It a conviction that such a promise from tho Young Turks them- selves would never have. Mustamia Kemal appeared soon after the nrmlstlco In Asia Minor pro- claiming his crusn'do for tho revival of Turkey- - and promising protection to all who would Join with him. He finally set up a government of his own at Eracrum. Ills power spread over Asia Minor until ho had gained the support of Konlch and Brussa, in Asiatic Turkey, and Adrlanoplo in Europe. Thoso towns aro distinctly Turkish; they havo all been capitals of tho Sultans and thoy have been the chleJL supporters of the Turklflcatlon plnns of tho Young Turks and havo bchn the strongholds of the party. Tho present nationalism thus has all tho earmarks of tho \nationalism\ proclaimed by tho Young Turks at tho time of Jthelr revolution in 1003. It promised then n now Ottoman na- tion in which all tho various races and peoples were to h\avo an equal right and share. Tho governing clique, which took charge of tho coun- try's affairs, did not keep tills promise long enough for tho remote corners of tho empire to celebrate tho now era of liberty, equality and Justice. That the races should place any reliance In tho present promises of Mustapha Kemal would be asking too much of long suffering and often deceived people. The Government, though, which the Nationalist party has established, bids fair to exceed In power the Govern- ment at Constantinople. Tho latter, formed after tho war and avowedly opposed to the Young Turks, has from the first been weak and practically Inoperative. Tho encroachment upon Its authority by tho Nationalist party It Is believed can but eventually re- sult in its overthrow. The outcome ot this would bo the restoration of the Young Turk In powcP If not In name at Constantinople. The Nationalist movement had its Inception In tho belief that Europe could not so far adjust Its own differ- ences ns to force the long threatened dismemberment of ths Turkish Em- pire. Tho grace of Allah saved Con- stantinople to tho old Turk and it Is apparently going to save It to tho Young Turk. Why the Railroads Must lie Saved. What Congress must do to save tho rajlroads Is not a question merely of the reparation legally and morally due for the damage they have suffered while In the Government's hands. It is not a question merely of making good on the Government's pledge and contract to return the roads to their owners hi as good condition, physical and flnnnclal, as when they were taken over. It is not( ai question merely of Justice to tho owners and of fulfilment of obligations by the Government. The practical question staring the Government in tho face, tho crucial question staring the American people in the face, Is whether tho railroads aro going back to their owners able to stand up on their feet and do their necessary work or aro going back doomed to collapsK It Is whether they aro going back fit to give sorvlco to the public or nre going back fit only to head for the scrap heap. It Is whether thoy aro going back with a chance of growing and improving to keep up wjith tho expanding needs of the country or are going back with a certainty of busting up financially, physically and every way. The question Is whether the United States Government after two years of holding and operating tho roads Is going to return them looking and per- forming llko the American railway system at Its best or Is going to re- turn them in the condition of n Kus-sla- n manor no longer fit for habita- tion or for other use after being In- vaded, pillaged and wrecked by a Bolshevist mob. If tho United States Government were willing to4 default on its own pledge and contracts to tho railroads It could not do so without defaulting on lis highest obligations to tho Amor-- , lean people, who must have n success- ful railway service. If the United States Government wero willing to abandon the American railways to the fate of bankrupt treasuries, caving roadbeds and rusting Junk It could not do so without abandoning Ameri- can Industry and business to conse- quences as tragic. Tho American railway system first must bo saved and then rebuilt Into something even better than It ever was, because without such an Ameri- can railway system tho nation Itself must decay. The America's Cup. Those who cannot penetrate the sacred halls of tho New York Yacht Club can only lmnglne .vaguely the outburst of solemn silence with which tho latest iballenge of Sir Thomas Lipton to raco for the America's Cup was received. The club has had a long nnd honornble struggle to keep that trophy In Its hands. It has had no serious difficulty In defeating most of tho challengers, but the' victories have cost cither the club as a whole or certain members ns Individuals much time, much 'money nnd much whistling for wind. Sir Thomas Luton has set his heart on \lifting\ tho cup, as ho ex presses It. Despite the sporting spirit of tho New York Yacht Club, It is probnble that the organization would be glad to sec the undent vuso repos- ing comfortably In the distinguished Knight's locker provided. It could hon- orably be got there without the de- feat of an American defender. That Is the trouble. The cup must be defended. (Another gigantic aaoa nly, miscalled n yacht, must bo de- signed and built Somo one must filvo up n whole season to tuning It up. All sorts of powers, Including that of tho national Government, which has to police tho course, must bo con- voked to perfect tho complicated ma- chinery of tho races. When the thing is finished no Im- portant contribution has been made to yachting science. The cup de- fender remains a white elephant on, tho hands of Its owners till It Is eventually turned Into nn unsatisfac- tory schooner. But meanwhile Sir Thomas Lipton and his commodious Btoamer tho Erin will be here, and we may welcome him as ho should bo wel- comed. Something is thus achieved. Tho port of New York will not bo entirely unblessed, however, for the New York Yacht Club Is likely to con- duct tho races off Nowport This will provent tho familiar overcrowding of tho waters surrounding tho course, while It will provide an excellent field for tho exercise ofj the sailor men's talents. Open water off Block Island can ho reached as easily ns that off Sandy Hook and. tricks of wind and tide arc less numerous there. Public Needs and the nazards- - Taken by tho Mcii Who Supply Them. Almost every great work of con- struction causes tbo loss of human lives. Tho building of a Catsklll water system or a Panama Canal will bring death by accident to a hundred or n thousand men. It ia In fact known nt tho very beginning of these improvements that unless expcrlenco has taught falsely scores of lives will be lose In tho prosecution of the work ; and the contractors give bonds for tho satisfaction of a carefully esti- mated numbcr'of claims. Tbeso huge pieces of construction, however, are for tho good of the millions of a city or tho billions of tho earth. No par- ticular Individual Is doomed. Each of the thousands of workmen has his chance to survive and takes his chance of dying. If a list of names of the hundred men who were to perish in tho course of the Catsklll work could have been published before tho city signed the contracts what would the general sentiment have been about going ahead? Yet the contractors. Judging by tho past, knew that In spite of all their precautions a hun- dred workmen would be killed. These of course arb but largo exam ples of the risks that aro run daily in almost every course of life, for every living creature Is In peril from birth to death. What tho publlc-mln- revolts against\ Is unnecessary risk assumed for the achievement of some thing which docs not compensate for the hazard. In this connection, we fancy, there nre many persons who not only read with n shudder this week of the killing of a pilot in the aerial mall service which has been operated for a year between New York and Washington but who con sider It an unnecessary sacrifice. It was the first deatli on that line, but not the first tragedy In postal avia tion. The citizen who may applaud the overseas flight of a Read or an Alcock, or even approve the scientific alms of the cross-countr- y race now In progress, may still question whether It Is sensible. In tho present imperfect condition of aircraft, to risk every day tl'e lives of men on tho crrnnd of carrying a comparatively small quan tlty of mall between cities which are perfectly linked by express trains. The railroads go fast enough to take mail from New York to Washington in five hours; the airplanes In two and n half hours. If tho Post Olllce Department were not so miserably run that Its general service is a national Joke tills loss of an Individual life might not stand out so strongly. But when 09 per cent of the postal business is victim to the sloth of politics the 1 per cent of swiftness becomes extraordinarily prominent; and there are many who would prefer to have tho system all Joke thnn to havo It part Joke and part tragedy. Dewey Mlchcllnl, Motor Truck Driver. Ono of The Sun's friends in the advertising business has told us nbout Dewey Michelini, whom wo should take to be n child of 1808 if tho de- tails of his career did not Indicate that ho must havo been born before the glorious year of Manila, Dewey, Santiago nnd Sampson. Tho hero of this talo is chauffeur of a truck owned by a business house In Jersey City. Our advertising friond told us the name of the truck, and the name of its owners, but unfortunately they have slipped our memory. The truck was bought nlno years ago. Dewey MicnnuNi ascended to the driver's seat tho day it came Into his employers' possession. Slnco that day no other hand has turned Its steering wheel, ne has guided It over 77,000 miles of good, medium and bad high- ways. He has delivered scores of thousands of tons of commodities in It Ho has nursed it through acute attacks of tiro trouble and engine trouble. Ho has petted the motor when it was refractory, eased tho brakes when skilful work was neces- sary to get out of tight places,' nego- tiated slimy grades in congested traf- fic and brought his truck bnck intact after encountering careless drivers who Imperilled all the other usere of the highway. To do all these things Dewey Michelini has had to keep cool, think straight and think nil the time and drive tho other fellows' cars besides his own : that Is, he has had to drive his own truck ns u truck should be driven and at the same time bo on guard against tho carelessness, the stupidity, tho neglect shown by any other driver on the road. Tp offer Dzrocx Mwttm.qff may teefo THE SUN, THURSDAY, In his work about his car Is, accord ing to his fellow chnuffeurs, \almost ns much as a man's Ufa is worth.\ What a chauffeur-mechanicia- n can and should do to .keep tho machinery to his caro In proper condition 1 e does with his own hands. Ho wants no help. He wants to know that everything Is well dono, and so ha docs everything himself. To-da- y Diwurr Mioiielini Is con vinced that tho truck he has piloted so successfully for nlno years Is as strong as any younger truck, sturdy enough to last nnother nlno years In hoary service, better than any other truck, young or old, which any factory has turned out. Moreover, he regards It as his truck, nnd his employers would think n long while beforo they raised tho point of ownership. Jf Dewey Michelini wero sul ge neris, if thero were not nnother truck drlvor like him, ho would bo be sought to exhibit himself In a circus side show, or tho authorities would lock him up In an asylum for lunatics. But be Is not sul generis. There aro thousands and hundreds of thou- sands of intelligent, faithful, clear sighted men llko htm in the United States. They- do their work thought- fully, conscientiously, thoroughly. Thoy Identify themselves with their employers. They recognize that their Interests aro Identical with the inter- ests of the managers who happen to direct their labors and the subordi- nates who assist them in their tasks. On trucks and in counting rooms, in shops and In offices, on the land and on the sea, such men In their thou- sands, earnest, calm, nnd clearsighted in their devotion to duty, arc keeping tho world right side up ns tho human family progresses and progress It does, even in disjointed times like these townrd better things, and on them we may count to pull us through our troubles. Mr. Burleson Is Amusing. The Postmaster-Genera- l, Mr. Burle- son, has made a public' statement about his own work. He says of his postal administration that it has been \remarkable in development wonder- ful in organization nnd that Its standard of efficiency borders on the miraculous.\ This announcement, we observe, was made orally and It was transmitted to tho country from the place of utter- ance by telegraph. Mr. Bueleson may havo written the same thing long ngo and entrusted It to the malls; nnd that would account for the fact that It Is only now the country has heard from him on the subject. We o that ho did not speak for tele- graphic transmittal until the wires had been returnedfrom his hands to private ownership. We aro glad that Mr. Burleson says what he does. These are gener- ally glum times, and the Postmaster-Genera- l gives to every business man whose letters havo been delayed or lost, to every woman whose parcels hnve disappeared and to every soldier who never got his mall from home In brief, the entire adult literate popu- lation tbo material for a laugh. Not a laugh unalloyed by bitterness, per- haps, but still a laugh. The Kansas City Independent, over alert about Its proper business to aid and encourago the correct civic spirit in that metropolis of tho abounding prairies, utters somo plain hints as to the social attitude to bo observed toward the Belgian royal couple upon their visit to tho city by the Kaw and Missouri. \Monarohs of other coun- tries,\ it reminds its readers, \aro en- titled to the somo respect and atten- tion that wo accord to the Presidents of our own country.\ Fair enough, yet a trifle- - vague as to the precise thought which prompted the adjective slant ob- served in \other.\ The brisk writer continues: \I actually believe that somo of tho folks here think that Albert is going to wear an ermine cloak and a Jewelled crown.\ We guess that that was \writ sarcastic.\ But what follows seems to ring with earnest conviction: \If Queen Eliza- beth has ono real good evening gown in her baggage I'll bo surprised.\ If the amiable and unassuming lady has one really good evening gown in her baggage and la well advised she will wear it in Kansas City, knowing what delight will accompany the surprise. Some recent news despatches dis- prove the pessimistic statement that \man is so engrossed in his own affairs that ho has no Interest In tho animal kingdom.\ From Victoria, B. C, comes the information that a female hump- back whale which has two hind legs has been caught and that tho manager of tho Consolidated Whaling Company says that \In his twenty years of whal- ing experience he never heard of whales having legs on tho exterior.\ Manhattan, Kansas, reports that \blute rats and rabbits have been produced\ and that now \Dr. II. L. Ibben, pro- fessor of genetics and color heritage in the Kansas State Agricultural Col- lege, Is conducting an experiment to produce guinea pigs that havo an azure color.\ These two incidents should break that \wave of pessimism.\ To Our Friend the Enemy. From tht llonufaetureri Record. It. F. WilllnKham, president of the Ship- pers Bonded Warehouse, In speaking on cotton at the monthly dinner of the Macon (da.) Chamber of Commerce, said that Enterprise, Ala., has erected a handsome monument In honor of the boll weevil. The boll weevil won th(s tribute because It forced the farmers of that section to thtlr crops, which enabled them to become more prosperous than ever be- fore In their history. The cotton that Is produced now la merely a surplus crop, and the farmera are no lonxer slaves to the one crop system. The Dependable Women .lurore, From Capper't JVefMy, A woman Jury at Plclier, Okla., took Just three minutes to rfach a verdict of cullty and recommend a maximum fine for two married women tried on charges cf disturbing the peace. The Judge now advises all Plcher women to settle all their quarrels outside the court room, bef cause la future he Intends to caU a womaA Jar swttU all aasac, OCTOBER 16, 1919. A STORY OF PATTI. Tho Thrifty Dutchmen, the Starless Fourth Act and tho Lawsuits. To tub EDnon or Tna Sun Sir: The death of Adellna Pattl recalls the fol lowing amusing incident which occurred In tho Dutch town of Maestrlcht in 1869 : As the prima donna at that period was at thn lielffht nf hi rflrv,r hA rilroctor of tho local theatre where she was to ap- - pear In \Lucia dl Lammormoor\ for ono night only was compelled to pay her a considerable sum, and to relmbureo him- - Bolf bo tripled tho regular charge of ad. mission. Four citizens of Maestrlcht wero very fond of opera and consequently anxious to hear tho great linger; but as their means were limited they bought ono tlckot of admission and drew lots as to who should see the first, second, third and fourth acts respectively. Everything was carried out success- fully up to the ffnal act 'As soon as ono act was over the possessor of the ticket hurried across tho street to the Cafe Venetlen and handed the card to another friend. Tho last recipient was a hat manufacturer by the name of Groon-cye- r, and when ho received the ticket he entered the theatre, took his scat and waited Impatiently for the curtain to go up. But who can describe his disappoint- ment when the tenor began with the linos: \Lucia la dead,\ 4c CJrooneyer, not being acquainted with tho opera, was In hopes that Lucia might revive and appear somo time during tho act He remained to the conclusion of the per- formance, and when he realized that he had neither seen nor heard Pattl he ru'shed across the street, where his com- panions greeted him with malicious smiles. He lost his temper, called them \cheata\ and \swindlers and his de- nunciations became so noisy and his ac- tions so violent that the landlord of the Cafo Venetlen was compelled to have him ejected from the place. But matters did not end here. In the llrst place tho threo fortunate holders of tickets Instituted legal proceedings against Grooneyer for defamation of character. This suit was compromised by hlA payment to them ot a conslder-abj- o sum of money and an apology on bis part. He next brought an action against his threo former friends for the return of the money paid by him for the ticket of admission. This case was dis- missed in court, and on appealing It he lost again. Tho publicity given to the latter suit caused the director of tho theatre at Maestrlcht to Institute proceedings against tho four Pattl enthusiasts. IIo demanded tho full payment for four ad- missions, as the tickets were marked \not transferable.\ Tho courts sustained his claim, and on the appeal he won again. The experiment therefore proved to be an expensive one for the four speculators ; most expenslvo of course to tho choleric hat manufacturer. Albert It. Fret. New York, October IB. THE GOOD, SWEET MAID. Sbo No Longer lets Somebody Elso Bo Clever. To tub HiTon or The Sun Sir.- - In the era. Charles Klngsley wrote \A Farewell\ In which occurs the following stanza: Be sood, Bweet maid, and let who will b clever: Do noble things, mot dream them, all day lone: And so make life, death and that vast forever One grand t sons;. Oh me, ah my! That might havo been all right enough In KIngsley'a day, but what does the sweet maid of the twen- tieth century say to tho sentiment that she cannot be clover and good at tho same time? Times have changed and women havo entered Into about every Bphere of activity In life and are think- ing of other things than holding hands and singing songs through that vast for- ever. Arinoton It Carman. Patchoqub, October 15. Passing the Lamp. To the Hditor or The Sun Sir; Who having lamps parsed them on. I hope to be tho first to pass this on to some, at least, of your readers. A typical Cambridge matron calling on one of our typical Back Bay matrons, the latter asked: \And have you seen the President's daughter yetf The countenance of the caller from Cambridge first expressed surprise, gathering Into stem If well bred rebuke. \The President.\ Bhe replied, \lias no daughter I\ \Why my dear I\ exclaimed Mrs. Back Bay, \he has three. Ono of themi I rather thought, married a professor who has joined the Harvard staff.\ Understanding slowly came to Mrs. Cambridge, then she said, plainly much relieved In mind, \Oh. you mean that President? Naturally one assumed that you spoke of President Lowell.\ C. O'D. Fish. Boston, October IE, Woman Observed In Her Now Field. To the Editor or Tub Sun sir.- - I was much surprised when registering In a booth not far from Seventy-secon- d Btreet and Central Park West to find that the Board of Registry was com- posed of four women and one man. One (of the ladles, the one In charge of the box for ballots and who handed out the ballots, was wearing elbow length kid gloves. Veteran Voter. New York, October IB. rnttlnr Him Itltht. F row the Kontat City Etar. \Among the possessions of every poor man In this retlon can be found at least one worthless dor.\ severely said the spec- - laciea lourisi. \There hain't no auch thing as a worth- less dor. rodnerl\ returned Gap Johnson of numpus nidee. Ark. \And no man that owns a rood dor Is plumb poor.\ Concerning Jupiter TIutIus. Weary are we of old Jupiter IMuvlus Slanting every breath of the breeze; Pather had we see the skies of Vesuvius Archlnr alove ua than heavens like these. Day after day Is the fall ot rain uniform; All the monotonous hours are alike; Would the I3ir Boss only call In the cunei- form Una of hta lesions and ro on. a strike) We will arreo that most strikes are pestlf. erous f Which through the lenrth of the land are the rare, Dut this would not bo rnallrn nor mattf-erou- s, IIo, then, J. Pluvlus, stalk on the stare! Little the law means, an out of data ar- ticle; Promises broker, they all are alike; Who cares aHpennywelrhtt Who cares a partloleT Summon your cohorts, and go on a. strike I THE RESTAURANT HOOK. Eternal Vlgllnnco Is tho Prlco of Hots and Overcoats Too. To the Editor or Tub Bun Sir.' There never was a tlmo when It behooved. tho man In a restaurant to watch his hat and overcoat with so much vigilance as the present. The altltudlnous, not to say Impossible, prices of these articles of apparel make thloves bold to a degree. I was present thef other day when a man had his overcoat stolen from under his very noso, ,so to speak. It reminded mo of an Incident of my youth when I saw a fox carry o a plump hen from tho front of the fowl house. But it will pay a man at all times to be vigilant, for there are somo pcoplo who, though honest enough, will take hats or coats not their own from more absentmlndedncss or stupidity. I had a curious experience of this not long ago. I was seated at a table with my hat hung on a stand rack at my side. Absorbed In my paper, I had forgotten all about it, but when I got up to leave, lo I tho hat was gone. Thero were two other hats on the rack and I supposed one of these had been left by the abstracter, but no: two gentlemen seated at the next table In- -' formed mo that tho hats wore theirs. Well, il thought that Is tho meanest thief yet to take my hat and not even leave me his own. ' I was about to leave bareheaded when a waiter, observing my predicament, said: '1 guess that's your hat there, Blr,\ pointing to another rack. And so It proved to bo. Now It seems that the causer of my momentary embarrassment had absent-minded- ly walked to the nearest rack from the side of the restaurant and taken my hat, then, finding out his mis- take, returned to the rack on which his own hat was hung and made tho neces- sary substitution without a thought ot tho consequences. Strinub. New York, October IB.. MR. WILSON'S ILLNESS. Regrettable ns It Is, the Nation's Wei-far- o Hast Not Bo Neglected. To tub Editor or the Sun Sir: All true Americans ,muBt hope and prny for the recovery of the President from Ms Illness, but tho supreme concern of Americans Is the safety and Integrity of their country. The health of one man, even the President, canriot outweigh the welfare of the nation. Scores of thou- sands ot our best and bravest men died for their country in the war. Millions of Americans gave their dearest be loved to tho chance of death that the nation might live. Now the President Is Blclc and we all hope for his recovery, but It must not bo conditioned upon any sacrifice of Ameri- can Independence, sovereignty or honor. Anything that savors of using the present condition of his health or Illness as a threat to compel unwlso action In the Senato must bo resented and resisted. His Illness has resulted from the strenu- ous insistence upon his own plans, with out modification. His partisans and attendants aro say ing that any \deep disappointment\ 'may cause relapse.\ Any such unhappy event would bo keenly regretted through- out tho country, but those who believe his cherished scheme Is unwise,, who are working as faithful, patriotic Americans to correct the errors In It and mako It a thing of good Instead of a thing of Injury for tho nation, must not be halted nor turned aside \from their necessary work by the fear of causing \disappoint- ment,\ even to the President In his sick- room. America first 1 Euoenb TlIWINO. New York, October IS. NATIVE BORN PARROTS. New Industry Which the War De- veloped in California. John B. Hobo in ropular Mechanise. Before the war tho United States parrots and other birds of the family' to tho value of approximately U.OOO.OOi) each year. Most of the cock- atoos came from Australia, while par- rots and parrakeets wero brought by thousands from Africa, Mexico, South and Central America, and also from tho dale of Pines, near Cuba. A fow were shipped from Borneo and Java. Natu- rally the war shortage of shipping ter minated these shipments and old birds with vocabularies of from 76 to 100 words became almost priceless. Few wero to be had at any price. About tbo tlmo the scarcity of feath- ered talkers reached Its height some one recalled that parrots In captivity had been known to lay an occasional egg. The dealers began to open their eyes. Then they proceeded to develop a brand new American Industry which bids fair to do away with the Importation of birds of the parrot family by raising them In captivity llko ostriches or barnyard stock. Tho first attempts to produce a do mestic Bupply of parrots and cockatoos were made with Incubators. This was unsuccessful. The eggs hatched, but the baby birds perished for lack of mother's care in feeding them, all young birds of the parrot family being fed from tho parent bird s crop, llko doves or pigeons. Efforts were made to feed the Incubator hatched birds by hand, hut to raise a single parrot by this method almost re- quired tho Bervlces of a special nurse. Sitting parrots and cockatoos wero thcri tried, and with greater Buccess. The nesting room Is virtually an artificial Jungle In which tho temperature Is kept at 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Humidity Is maintained by numerous tiny spray pipes that discharge onto tho sand floor upon which the birds make their nests. legion Tosts of tho 307th Infantry. To the Editc.i \\he Sun Sir: About a month ago The Sj.x nubllehed the fact that Company K of tin 307th Infantry, ono of tho companies In the \Lost Bat- talion,\ was forming a post of the Amer- ican Legion, to be known aa tho Herbert L. Miller Post In honor of nnd as a monument to our bravo Lieutenant who died a year ago on the Atsne. You wero misinformed In stating that applicants should apply to tho 3()7th Infantry Post. That Is a post In Itself, and tho object of ours Is to have all the former members of our company Join their comrades by sending their appll-catio- to me. Philip II Brouillet, Secretary. Bn.00Kt.TN, October 15. Praiseworthy C'nullon. from the Kanmi City Timet. \But weren't you afraid ot those In- diana In the remote regions of Oklahoma!\ asked the gentle old lady whose knowl- edge of other peoples was limited. \I eertalnly wis,\ replied her travelled nephew. \Why I wouldn't even look at thalf oil ApUeaa, let eUaoa lavaat la tham.' I INJUNCTION HALTS FARE INCREASES Traction Situation to Bo Taken Up in Scries of Nixon I Conferences. COMMISSION POWEIJIjESS Op icrators and Owners of Va- - rions Systems to Seek Way Out of Difficulties. Tho tictlon of Justice Finch yesterday In making permanent tho Injunction ngaln.it tho Public Service Commission and tho receivers of tho Manhattan and Queens Traction Company forbidding them to take any action to Increase fates on these lines has had tho effect of throwing tho whole traction situation uu to the scries of conferences which Public Service Commissioner Nixon will open. Monday with tho representatives of all the lines and groups of lines In the city. Tho application of tho company has been closed before tho commission In obedience to the court order and no further similar proceedings will he in augurated. Judge Finch mado the In junction permanent on tho \unequlvo- - cable\ determination or tno t;ourt oi Appeals that tho commission has not tho oower in such cases. An appeal is not expected to be fruitful. There remained hut one loopnoie in Judge Finch's decision through whicn the proceedings may bo continued toward Increased fares, and It Is through this loophole that Commissioner Nixon will start work on Monday. Yosterday he adjourned without dato his formal confefenco on, the condition of tho trac tion systems In general and announcea the series of informal conferences for next week. The course left open by Judge ! men s decision was his admission that uie Tinnrrt nf JEstlmnte. uoon being convincen that an Increased fare was needed. Itself might raise tho fares. Despite the de termination of the present Aammiairn-tlo- n to stick to the 5 cent fare Commis- sioner Nixon Is not unhopeful of results. Commissioner Nixon haH more man hinted that tho traction people now real- ize this and that, tho conferences be- ginning Monday may be expected to develop not only reasons for an In- creased fare, which cannot be gainsaid, but also concessions In other respects by the companies which may permit the Board of Estimate' to come to an agree- ment with Uiem, at tho same time saving tho face of Mayor Hylan. Not only will the operators and man- agers of tho various systems bo called to the round table, but tho owners of and Investors In tho securities of the vnrloua underlying and leased lines will bn comcelleil to come In and tell of the advantages and disadvantages ac- cruing to them under the present state of affairs. The New York Railways, as tho system apparently facing tho most Imminent disaster, will be tho first to come before the conference. Meanwhile, tho unscrambling of tho surface lines Is to continue. Henry L. Stlmson, counsel to Receiver Hedges, ad- mitted yesterday that he 13 preparing to ask Judge Mayer for the severance of the Fourth and Madison avenuo lino from the New York Railways system, ef fecting tho discontinuance of all cross- - town transfers with imt most impor- tant of tho north and nouth trunk lines on tho East'Sldc. The Fourth and Madison avenue line Is owned by the New York and Harlem, a New York Central subsidiary, and ac- cording to Mr. Stlmson, no rent has been pald to It since Mr. Hedges became re- - colver, desplto the fact that the annual payment of 5400,000 was then in ar- rears. The Madison, avenuo line, according to Mr. Stlmson, had to bear a heavy burden of free transfers from the cross-tow- n lines at Twenty-thir- d street and Thirty-fourt- h street and a lesser burden from the Fourteenth street lino. These crosstown lines, Mr. Stlmson says, nre the only surface lines in the city now paying their own way. A heavy bur- den, he says, has also been imposed upon the Fourth and Madison avenue lino by its forced extension Into Brook- lyn over tho Williamsburg llridgc. No steps havo been taken, so far as could be learned yesterday, looking to tho forfolturo of tho franchises and rights of thoso crosstown companies, which havo abandoned service within the last month or six weeks. The Initia- tive In these cases, according to officials at tha Publlo Service Commission, lies with the city where the franchises are municipal and with tho Attorney-Gener- al whero the charters were granted by tho Legislature many years ago to the horse car lines. WOMEN INVITED TO TAMMANY LUNCHEON Luce and Untermyer to Be Hosts to 1,000 on Saturday. According to an announcement made last night, Justice Robert L. Luce and Irwin Untermyer, Tammany candidates for tho Supremo Court, will give a luncheon to 1,000 women workers nt tbo Hotel Astor on Saturday afternoon. Among them will bo ejection district workers In Manhattan and Tito Bronx. Tho Democratlo county and borough candidates of both boroughs nlso will ho Invited. The Women's Democratic Leaguo has charge of the arrangements. Gov. Smith has promised to ppeak on \The Defeat ot the Wclfaro Bills at Albany.\ Mrs. Untermyer Is chairman and Miss Sarah McPlko is of a Ttrptttee ot ISO women who havo or- ganized to work for the election of Mr. Untermyer. Miss MoPIko votes in West- chester county. Major Michael A. Kelly (\Dynamite Mike\) who Is running for tho Presi- dency of the Board of Aldermen as the candidate of tho Liberty Party and on nn anti-Leag- of Nations platform, has been Indorsed by the People's Indepen- dence Leaguo In Kings county. This organization, which has a bull's hoad for Its emblem, la headed by Ed- mund O'Connor, register of records, for- merly ona of tha lieutenants of William Randolph Hearst In that county. Major Kelly will epe'ak under auspices of tho organization In Palm Garden, Atlantic avenue, on Monday night. JAPAN WILL EXPAND NAVY. Pinna Kmliruce Iluttlo Crtllai-r- a mid Twenty-tw- o Hiiuiller Veaarls. Correspondence of the Associated Press. Tokio, Sept 17. According to Japa- nese newspapers, the Government has decided to build two battle cruisers and twenty-tw- o other warships beginning tho next fiscal year. Tho battle cruisers will bo of tho 40,000 ten class and their cost of construction Is estimated at 120.000,000 yen (about 160,000,000). In addition, thero will be three Unlit cruis- ers, six destroyer, twelve submarines and three river gunboats. The disbursement Is to be spread over three years from tho next (lHcal year. Tho building of two 40,000 ton battle cruisers Is for the purposo of complet- ing the \elght-and-elgh- squadron, which haB been decided upon by Japan aa necessary for the defence of tho oounuak ( The Sun Calendar THE WEATHER. Eastern New York, partly cloudy to- day; unsettled and cooler probably rain In southern portion; mod erate south winds. New Jersey, cloudy probably showers by and cooler moderate southeast and south winds. Northern New Enrland, partly cloudy to-d- and cooler moderate southwest winds. Southern New England, partly cloudy to.dav: nrobablv rain and cool moderate southerly winds. western new jtk, ciouay comer by night; cloady and colder moderate variable winds. WASHINGTON. Oct. II. Air cressure la high oft the Atlantic coast and over the itortnwesi Btatea ana it isiow in ine west tlulf'States and along the Mexican border. This pressure distribution Is attended by general cloudiness east of the ltocky Moun- tains and during the last twenty-fou- r hours thero were rains In the Atlantic Statos north of Virginia, In the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys, Tennessee, tho west Qulf States and the middle plain States and local ralna and snows In the ltocky Mountain region. Mild temperature .continues generally east ot the Mississippi Itlver and thn weather Is cold In the upper Mississippi Valley, the plains Statea and the Rocky Mountain region. The outlook Is for cloudy weather and mild temperature Thursday and unsettled and cooler weather and showers oft Friday In the middle Atlantic and New England States. . Obervt!ons at United States Weatbr tin-rc- elation taken at S P. U. yesterday, meridian tlmo; nalnfall Temperature. Bar- - last 24 Stations. Utah. Low. ometer. hrs. Weather. Abilene 29.96 Cloudy Albany C8 30.10 .01 Clear Atlantic City.... 70 00. H Pt. Cldy Ilaltlmore 70 30.12 nsi.i lllsmarck ....... 23 20 32 rt. Cldy Boston C 20.12 Cli-a- r Itulfalo ...j 66 20.01 clear Charleston S( 30.12 Clear Chlraco ft) 20.0S Italn Cincinnati 68 30.06 .32 Cloud r Cleveland 01 80.10 Ft. Cldy Denier CO SO. 12 Clear Detroit 6 20.16 Clear nalreston 81 29.M 1't. Cldy Helena 43 50.18 Clear JacksonrlUo .... 82 SO M Clear Kansas City M 20.02 Cloudy I .OB Angeles 72) 29.M Clear Milwaukee S3 34.03 llnln New Orleans.... 88 29.96 Clear. Oklahoma City.. 7S 29.90 Cloudy I'hlUdclplila .... 72 30.16 CloiKly Pittsburg M 30.03 Clondy Portland, Me.... 62 20.10 Foggy I'ortlaiul. Ore... 62 30.12 Clear Halt Lake City.. M 20.16 Clear San Antonio 82 29.32 Clear Ran Francisco... 71 30.02 Clear San Dleio U 29.93 Clear St. Iiouls 70 20.00 Ft. Cldy Washington 72 20.10 .01 Cloudy LOCAL WEATHEU RECORDS. S A. M. 8 F. M. Uarometer 20.10 30.13 1 Tumllltv' 83 Wind direction N. W. S Wind velocity 13 13 Weather Ft. cloudy Clear Precipitation' 06 None The temperature In this city yesterday, as recorded by the official thermometer, la shown In the annexed table: 8A.M. ..66. IF. M...64 6 P. M...68 9 A. M...67 il'.M, ..69 7 P. M...64 10 A. M...60 3 P. M. ..70 8 P. M...63 11 A.M.. ,60 4 F. M . ..70 9 P. M .. .Co 12 it 60 E P. M. ..71 10 P. M...64 1919. 151J. 1919. 1911. 9 A. M....67 46 C F. M....68 CO 12 M CO. 12 9 F. M. . . 6 3 F. M 71 G9 12 Mld...- .- Highest temperature, 71, at 3 F, M. Lowest temperature, 65. at 7:30 1. M, Average temperature, 63. EVENTS TO-DA- Convention American Gas Association, Hotel Pennsylvania, 10 A. M. and 2 F. M. Order of the Eastern Star, morning and afternoon seeslons, Hotel Astor. Banquet Society Railway Financial Of- ficer, Waldorf, 7 P. M. Convention National Machine Tool Build- ers Association, Hotel Astor, morning and afternoon. Convention American Manufacturers Ex port Association, Waldorf, morning and afternoon. Meeting Real Estate Association of State ot New York, Hotel McAlptn, morning and afternoon. Free clasii In Spanish for service and men. auspices National Emer- - aoc'\ \ ,,aal80n avenue. ?f3n0cV m Mexico will bo treated In the third of series of lectures on \The Background of Immigrants Modifying American Civiliza- tion,\ West Side Y. XI. C. A.. 7:30 P. M Itotary Club luncheon, McAlpIn, 12.30 P. M. Meeting Metaphysical Institute, McAlptn, afternoon and evening. Mooting National Gas Appliance Manu- facturers Exohance. McAIpln, 8 P. M. Luncheon Retail Dry Goods Association, McAIpln. 12:45 P. M. Meeting Greater New York Cigar Deal- ers. McAIpln, 8 P. M. Dinner New York Furniture Exchange, Hotel Pennsylvania, 7 P. M. Meeting Mayor Hylan's Vigilance Committee, Imperial Hotel, Ku ton street and Ited Hook lane. Brooklyn, 7:30 F. M. International Conference of Woman Physicians, Waldorf, all day. Meeting National Industrial Confereme Board, Hotel Astor, 10 A. M. Dinner ot salesmen ot the Cadllluo Motor Company, Hotel Astor, 7 P. M. Opening Motor Transport Corps' Auto- mobile .Show. Ninth Regiment Armory, Fourteenth street uad Sixth avenue, after- noon and evening. Salvation Army Congress. Metropolitan Temple, Seventh avenue and Fourteenth street. 8 P. M. Meetlnr Association Dress Industries of America, Holland House. 2 P. M. Conference ot Near East Relief, Incor- porated, Wallace Lodge, Yonkers, after-noo- n and evening. .Lecture on Christian Sclance by W1K-la- m D. Kllpatrlck of Detroit, Seftoml Church of Christ, Scientist. Central Park West and Sixty-eight- h street, 8 F. M Graduating exercises class ot police re- cruits, Seventy-firs- t Regiment Armory Thlrty.fourth street end Park avenue, 3 P. M. Meeting of Republican County Commit tee to select candidate for President of the Borough of Manhattan, 8 V. M Fifth anniversary meeting .V. Pros- pect Republican Club, 892 Fros.C es,enue. The Bronx. Address by Rupert Hughes, \The Oasis Hotel Commodore. 4 P M. Dedication of the John Mervln iCnrrr Memorial, Riverside Drive and Nlnfy-eight- h street. PUBLIC LECTURES \Racial and Lngulstlo Structures.\ oy Trof. William B. Outhrle, Public tfrhooi 62, Broadway and Academy street, lmvttod \La Julve,\ by Clement 13. Shaw Pubno School 62, Hester and Essex streets \Work of thn Department of Heatth ' by 'Commissioner Roal S. Copeland. Fublio School ICS, 225 West 103th Btreet \Oxygen and Ozone,\ Illustrated bv Dr William L. Estabrook, Labor Te \ i Fourteenth street and Second avenge \Tho Sun and Man,\ Illustrated t rr Jamb I! Price, Morris High Sch i 166th street and Boston road WENDELL ART SALE BEGINS, Proceed to Benefit Harvard \Will Continue) Ten I)ny. Tho sale of tho literary and artlstio collections ot the lato Hvert Jansen Wendell, collections which are In many ways extraordinary, began yesterday a tho American Art Association. Tho fnie Is to benefit Harvard College, whii-- n ready has selected for Its permanent nrary several thousand Items from Mr Wendell's collection, which, however H no extensive that more than 8.000 re main. Ten uays will in- - required for tho sale, which will continue until Octo- ber 25, The collections mako an equal nppcal to connoisseurs of the drama, history, sports and literature. At yesterday's sales tho principal buyers were dealers. Among thoso Georgo D. Smith gavo $67.50 for No. 72, an autograph letter of J. Wilkes Booth: $31 for No 414. Clbbers \Apology in the first edition; 50 for No. 425, a group ot fibber \Tracts\; $100 for a collection of dra- matic tracts, Nos. 622-70- I- W Mor- ris paid $70 for No. 4C7. colored char- acter plates; Brick How Hook Shop gave tC.Ti for No. 573, DoddritlKoH Letters; H. Carroll paid $S0 for No. 71 Pun-lap- 's \Hlfctory of the American Then ; J. F. Drake gavo (26 for No. 791 i- \Inconstant.\ and Mr Barlow paid $25 for No. 792, Elizabeth Far-ren- 'a \Memoirs.\ The total eales for yesterday threo suslona wm 15,859, ,
