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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
MAKING PANAMA COMFORTABLE.
welfare Workers Say the Government ID
Dsine Its Best ar Employees.

w. E. C. Nazro and Edward A. Moffe;t
Of the welfare department OF the National
Civic Federation, who have been at the
Isthmus of Panama for several weeks
bordering the problem Of providing recrea-
ton Tor the employees OF the canal. re-
turned yesterday aboard the Panama Rail.
road steamship Allianca. They declined at
the pier to talk about their mission. but
later gave out this:
.Inasmuch as we are to make an official
report to the Isthmian Canal Commission
upon our investigation into what has been
done to make the Canal Zone more habit.
able for employees, we obviously could not
say anything that could anticipate our
findings and recommen dations.
Speaking generally, 1t Is well known
that conditions on the Isthmus have been
unfavorabIe for the employment Of labor.
Yet at the same time our investigation
warrants our saying that they are not so
bad as they have been represented. In
undertaking this stupendous enterprise
our Government has from the first met
with most difficult problems.
-Still, 1t must be said that the officials
engaged In canal construction are making
conscientious efforts to mitigate the hard
physical conditio Ms with which the EN-
ployees have bad to contend. 1t is plainly
ev1nent lnaL 10 commission - ueteih l't"
to remove the slightest ground for what
ever dissatisfaction may have existed. At
the same time, we should say that the 18TH
mus, with its tropical climate, rs no place for
a man who expects to find all the creature
comforts to which he is accustomed at home:
A man unaccustomed to the rough side OF
life, or at least unwilling to meet it, mas no
pla ce on the Isthmus.
I'VE believe the efforts to better the con-
ditions Of employment on the Isthmus are
to be continued with more intelligent direo-
ton. A day or two before we left it was
announced that Chairman Shonts Of the
had issued mandatory order to the effect
that all work on the canal should cease forth
with save the work of providing ample
Recommendations for employees already on
the ground and for those yet to come.
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Received ~ an Enlightened Suggestion

From the Troy Press.
The trend Of the times is toward arbitration
and peace industrial development and dis
armament instead Of military aggraudiEe.
ment aud war. That Is powerful and
progressive article which We copy to-day
from THE Sun on a triple alliance. and the
suggestion made is all the more Significant
because it emanates from q source hitherto
afflicted with the virus Of jingoism. The
SUNS view Of the world problem discussed
Is more practical and enlightened than that
advanced by M. Paul Deschanel. and will
exercise an influence. moro or less direct.
internationally. 1t would make tho major
share Of capital and brains an active and ire
slstible power for the good and growth In
stead of the evil and degeneracy OF the race.
THE Sun defines It's grand purpose nmi-
nously as one Of reducing military arma-
ments. promoting the employment OF arbi-
tration and fastening the advent Of universal
peace To which We respond. 0odspeed!
Such q scheme stands for Justice. progress.
morality. benevolenoe and the prevalence OF
higher ideals In all departments OF human
activity. Broadly. 1t signifies cosmopolitan
regeneration.
To contrast such glorious cause with the
retroactive policy of International army
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and navy building for
purposes Of intimidation. annexation and
yar-a policy which burdens and barbarlzes
the toiling masses-is to demonstrate It's
wisdom For horrible warning against
further conflicts In the field the terrible
suffering. the appalling carnage In Man
ehur!a should be all sufficient. Only bar
barians can tolerate the thought Of reenactins
such scenes anywhere to further the erosser
game of international politics which some
greedy Powers may be pleased to play.
soldifed. THE SUN suggests simply that
the United States. Great Britain and France
combine to MAXI victorious stand for civhi-
cation and against the recurrence Of the un.
pardonable enormities which war visits upon
| .I--A
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An observation-disclosures Under
standing.

The hearty welcome which the visiting
French squadron is receiving in England
and the satisfaction with which the
Anglo French entente is viewed in the
United States lead the Paris Matin
to express the hope that sympathy
and community of interests will lead
to cooperation on the part of the three
powerful nations. The fruition of the
hope may yet be distant, but the more
carefully the suggested combination is
considered on both sides Of the Atlantic
the more clearly is it seen to be replete
with great possibilities, not only for the
three countries concerned but for the
advancement and welfare OF mankind
Few persons, we presume, would ad-
vocate the conclusion at the present
time OF a definite alliance between the
United States, France and England.
A union OF hearts ought always TO precede
q union of hands, If the marriage Is to
be permanent and fruitful. For nations,
as for individuals, time is required to
outgrow old prejudices or PROPOSES
sions, to adjust oneself to an expanded
horizon, to get ones bearings in a new
and strange environment, to recognize
the duties imposed by changed relations
and responsibilities. Not yet by any
means have all Americans awakened to
the indisputable fact that their country
discarded the garb Of juvenility, emerged
from adolesceht seclusion and put on
tho togo pirilis when DEwEY's victory
at Manila and the resultant Treaty OF
Paris transformed it from a narrowly
American into world Power.
1t is doubtless true that but for the
safeguards afforded by the traditional
policy which bade us avoid entangling
European alliances the infant American
Republic might never have reached
the years Of puberty. The time, how
ever. is fast approaching, when all OF
us are likely to acknowledge that this
policy Is no more adapted to our actual
stature and to our present situation
than are swaddling clothes to man
full grown. The attitude Of shSinking
,aloofness or OF serene indifference,
which in the past has shielded us from
friction and collision, is no longer prac-
ticable now that we have given hostages
10 fortune. and that events have brought
- In close contact with mighty empires
In another hemisphere, AS the owner
OF Porto Rico, the protector of Cuba,
the superintendent Of the Panama Canal,
the mistress Of Hawaii and the Philip
pines. the champion of the open door
in China, our country cannot shirk the
obligations bound up with it's dignity
and honor or repudiate solidarity with
the mass of civilized mankind.
But why, it may be asked, and has
bean asked, admitting that the drift OF
events may cause us to seek interna-
tional understandings and accept coali-
tioaA Wy qu.t We neosssarily take
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Originator of Protection Of Animals Assin,
Cruelty Galway Irishman.
From m. Ro,a,u Hooo,,o.

Col Martin. resident near tho city OF Galway
on the southern border OF Connemara was profanity
the first to start the worthy humanitarian crusade
against cruelty to animals The surprised British
House Of Lords shouted insult and de rtson AT
Erskinc when. In 1911 he ventured to gently plead
the cause OF dumb brutes. The British House of
Commons would havc treated Martin In the same
manner when he introduced HIS bill for the pre
vcnton OF cruelty to animals but for wholesome
regard for his duellng reputation.
"Dick Martins aot.- as the hum MT Ran s,s,u,.
was known, was passed In is22-"a memorable
date In the history Of humane legislation" On
June "a. 1924 Col. Martin and q few other benevo.
lent individuals met In London and formed the nrxt
society for the prevention Of cruelty TO snimsls.
Forty years later the movement spread TO America.
In 1896 Henry Bcrgh formed the New York society.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
THE ALLIANCE FOR PEACE
Hearty Approval Expressed.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sn: You
say in your leading article to-day. Hands
Across the Channel" that French feet
will be at Cowes and Portsmouth and that
elaborate preparations are being made Tor
its reception and entertainment.
This Ia one step in the direction taken IN
your editorial Of few days ago regarding
the ripe time for an alliance between france,
En- gland and the United States.
Let US hope that the results OF these pre-
lminary movements will turn out as salts
factorily as anticipated In your article OF
last week. A.G. CoPPERwHIrk.
NEW YORK, Aug. I.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
The Enslishman of the American Novel.

To THE EDITION OF The SuN-Sh: THE Sun
prints an extract from the London Spectator to this
effect: 1T seems impossible for the clevcrcst
American noveists 70 draw recog nizable English
man."
OF British critic, the foremost man Of letters In
America. has al this moment furnished a refuta-
tion OF the contention OF the Spectator Is not
Ciaybournc. In Miss Bellards Inspiration recoe.
nizable Englishman"' Furthermore, Is he not
gentleman from the soles OF bic feet to the crown
OF his headf n. b. LoSo.
TROY, Aug. 7,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Alteration in Names.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: The publ.
cation of an item In THE SUN telling Of family In
Maine having eight sons. their names all beginning
with r. directs attention to the fact that the late
j. W. Conlcy OF this village had eleven children, to
each OF whom was given Christian name beginning
with John. Jennie. Jcahnette. Josephine. Jerome
Jefferson, Joccla, Jason. Jsmcs, Julia and Joshua
OF the eleven children all are now living except
the two last mentioned. who were the youngest
and are residents OF various parts Of the United
States. j. BURR BELL.
CANhgTOTA, N. ", Aug. Z.
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To TEE EDITOR OF The SUN-sfr. II seems n,
most tempting Providence for Korea 70 send Mr.,
p: X. IN 70 TIL. country pr financial aid. But.
after all. what's In . nsmef p. W.
DANyuny, N. H., Arg 6 :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
Millcnalal Hopes.

Rev. Foarthly--Ah. my friend doat you long
for the tine when the spears viii be beaten 70
pruning hooks! E-f
Knicker-whats the matter with nah hookss
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Some able opinions protested by Pro-
sessor JOHN ADAMS Of the University Of
London are summarized by the Chicago
Tribune:
-Black. he contends. has no place in the apparel
Of the educator. II speaks of sin and death. and
should not be paraded before the children
Other professional men, lawyers. doctors, clergy
men. should wear the sober color, for the duties
of men In these professions are not compatible
with "a thoughuess, careless air that gay clothes
and happy. easy manner bctray.' But the school
teacher. to whom Is entrusted the education OF the
young, should array himself In gay clothes, In
order that there be no MISLEADING the fact that the
teacher, above all other professional men. has the
night To be gay
He is speaking Of men, Englshmen. per-
sons bound to look respectable" and for
long time Responsibility in England has
meant black coat and 4 tall hat. Owing
to American influence. hoEever the univer-
sal sack coat, the straw hat, even the sum-
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Fired.

Adam had Just discharged the once boy.
"He wanted TO lie under the old apple tree 10
explained, l.e
ssuns o. the insult, b. hastily inserted an I'd.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
An Italian Fire Congress.

Mr.. DUNNINa, our Consul at Milan,
reports that there will be an interna-
tional congress Of those actively engaged
in the extinction Of fires, in May, 1905,
at Milan, under the auspices Of the
Italian Technical Fire Brigades Fedora
ton. The Consul writes:
"The prevention of fires is looked
upon in Europe much as the extinction
of fires is regarded in America" The
expression is probably careless, the
suggestion that we shut our stable doors
after the horse has escaped, in contrast
to the European method of precaution,
being an unnecessary inference.
The congress is to last a week. The
mornings will be devoted to work and
discussions and the afternoons to re-
ceptions, excursions and trips on See
ing Milan coaches. Every fine after
noon the local fire laddies will do stunts
for the visitors. One day will be set
apart for review of the visiting fire.
men and another for a jaunt to Lake
Maggiore. Those eligible to participate
in the convention are Officers of any
public fire brigade in America or Europe,
commanding officers of private fire
brigades for the extinction Of fires, and
directors of companies and those of
fire insurance societies, together with
all persons interested in the develop
ment OF defenses against fires, such as
managers of public and private institu-
of fo
any other persons equally interested or
involved"
This Is a classification sufficient to
include all the old boys who used to run
with the machine in the Harry Howard
days!
The fee is Of ten lire, about dollar
and ninety-three cents, for unofficial
foreign members. @In addition to
medals, diplomas and special works of
art offered" our Consul reports that
ain the various competitions OF the con-
gress money prizes will be offered for
rewards in the tests between foreign
brigades. Every one taking part in the
congress will be given decorative SOU
venir. All competing members will be
provided with military lodgings free, If
they are applied for in advance, though
this is not extended to visiting officers.
Horses will also be stabbed free, and
there will be shelter for apparatus and
material"
Prospective participants DESTROYS Of
further information need only apply to
the American Consulate at Milan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-09
pairtAnLs's Naval son.,n.I.aw Promoted

WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-John W. Tmmon,
Of Ohio, Ensign. u. s. N, has been ADJ anceo
to tho grade OF Lieutenant from luly J.
1905. He 10 the son-in-law OF Vice Fres.'
dent Fairbanks and 10 attached TO the ora'
aAncs bureau Of the Navy Departing at,e &
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-26
A LOCAL PROHIBITION STUDY

Let us assume that the people of Los Angeles have
close and Theoretically seal every saloon in the
CITY, What next?
Neither the dropping of ballots the turning of
keys quench the thirst for liquor To expect any such
result would be akin to expecting of hunger by
the closing of -four mills and bakeries
The shutting up Of all saloons simply would bring
the prohibition issue to acute stage 1t would be only
the beginning of struggle between the appetite for
liquor and the prohibition plan for fighting it.
Suppose the antisaoon battle has been fought and
in Angeles and that the dispensaton takes
effect tomorrow morning. What then?
Will the habitual drinker acquiesce in the dictum
that he shall have what he for his stomachs
sake and his often nfirmtes, to adapt Paus admon-
tion TO Timothy?
thousand to that he will HE himself to the
drug store Even if prohibition has struck the drug
store the of causing removal of the tempting
display of spirituous goods in the window there
casks tap of similar goods dispensed for medicinal
purposes Pin the drug store down to the closest point
of restriction, calling for a physicians prescrip-
tion and that only requires scratch of pencil by
nearby member of the local medical 500.
But the thirsty visitor to the drug store will be likely
gaze the array of bottled goods the shelves
bearing patent medicine trade marks He knows
that the larger bottles Of curatves contain from Is to
go per cent alcohol disguised and made palatable by
various Ingredients. The only difference between his
former saloon experience and his present drug store
experience is that his drug store cocktail is ready.
made, while the saloon cocktail is made to measure.
Dropping for the present the outlook for making
prohibition prohibit, let glance the incidental
results attempt to enforce prohibition in Los
gees. Closing of the saloons would at sweep cut
100000 from the ctys revenue and add that much to
the burden of taxpayers Destroying the bar business
the hotels and the beverage service of restaurants
would be vitality injurious to those lines Of business
the domestic wine industry be destroyed the loss must
be keenly felt by the business community.
And, finally, if Los Angeles becomes known abroad
as dry town." tightly corked, it will be avoided by
considerable percentage Of the tens of thousands of
annual visitors who not used to being dictated to
about what they shall eat what they shall drink or
wherewh they shall be clothed;
Prudence, good judgment and plain common-sense
demand that this prohibition question be considered
gravey and emperatey, with primary regard for the
best interests of Los Angeles AT least threefourths
of this community. probably much larger percentage
upholds the principle of temperance Paul promulgated
the doctrine of temperance in all things but Paul
not a prohibitionist.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-26
A GRoWL FROM THE NORTH

An esteemed northern contemporary, the Sacramento
Union is inclined to pity the southland because Of the
copious rainfall here during the present Peer
ing ahead It sees trouble resulting from the very
that makes the southland joyous. Here is glimpse Of
the future in this section as from the Unions
perch at the state capital:
ut is true that this year the tlabe Of Southern
California will be largely increased the desert will be
made to bloom etc. and values will be enhanced Large
numbers of easterners will buy the blooming desert,
e.. land outside the irrigation systems. What will be
the result? Another year Jupiter Pluvus he usually
does will forget all about watering Southern California
with his sprinkng pot and large number of suckers
will be left gasping high and dry the strand Of bank
ruptcy."
What basis did the Union have for thus drawing the
long bow Of its imagination? Assuming that the rainfall
in Los Angeles will be twenty inches this dt al
ready is than that at most points in the county,,
the total precipitation for the FIVE closing
will be 1885 inches That is average of 1477 per
year. The figure for last season 772, for 19O2O3
IL was 1892 for 190102 it was 1916 for 190001 it
1926.
Is there any justification in these figures for the
censorious saying that another year Jupiter Puvus,
as he usually does will forget all about watering South
ern California? The vein of envy is very conspicuous
in these animadversions of the Sacramento Union.
Fasteners mot left gaspng high and dry on the
strand of bankruptcy" in the neghborhood of the state
capital because they be induced to invest there
Within the last five years Los Angeles city and county,
and in fact the whole country hereabouts, have grown
in population and have prospered never before.
"The proof of the pudding"-the Union knows the
rest No doubt it is irritating to from the northern
standpoint of snake movement to the rapid but steady
advancement of the southland.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-26

| looking, though retaining all of his old
time distingue appearance. He died
two-or three years ago, leaving hosts of
| friends in this city.
Disappearance of an Old Landmark
The demolition of the old Downey
block, which for over a generation
stood at the corner of Spring and Tenn
pie streets, in order to make way for
the new million dollar postoffice, has
been about completed. Its removal
leaves an enormous gap at that point
which it is hoped the government will
quickly fill up. Great memories clus-
! ter around this old edifice. When it
was first put up it was regarded as
the most elegant business block in
Southern California, its only competi-
tor, the Temple block, having been
built in three sections and at different
removes of time. Next came the Baker
block, which far eclipsed the Downey
block, and thereafter great succession
of business palaces which leave Los
Angeles behind no city of its size in
the United States in architectural pre-
tensions.
Many of the best known merchants,
lawyers, physicians and other profess
sional men of Los Angeles, have had
quarters in the Downey block. For
years one of the best restaurants ever
known in the United States was kept
by French Loui. He was succeeded
by Mr.. V. Dol, one of our capitalists,
who has we'll earned the right to retire,
and who by judicious investments IN
real estate has become rich. During
the many years in which Mr.. v. Dol
had his habitat in the Downey block
he kept a restaurant every whit up 10
the standard of Charley Delmonico's
in New York. and away ahead of those
which we visited over in Boston, Baltt-
more, Philadelphia and Washington.
During Dolls occupancy Of his famous
old stand the best people OF California
and of the Pacific coast were his pat
rons. His cellars were stocked with
the finest wines of Europe and Cali
forEia, and it was often debated among
club men as to whether San Francisco
herself, which by the confession Of
Frenchmen even has the finest restaur-
ants in the world, had any one quite
as good as Dolls our townsman yield
ing nothing TO Marchand's, Poodle Dog
or other celebrated resorts.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-26
Servant Was Cautious

The mistress of a city fiat had ad-
vertised for a girl for general house
work, and was showing an applicant
over the house. She had been very
liberal in her promises OF privileges
afternoons off, evenings out, etc, and
It looked as though the two We're about
to come to some agreement, when the
girl suddenly asked'
do you do your own stretchin'?" ?"
"Do we do our own what" asked
the puzzled mistress
"stretchin'," repeated the new girl
Il don't understand"
pStretchin'.p repeated the girl Sec
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-26

ond time. 'Do you put all the stuff on
the table at mealtime and stretch for
1t, or do 1 have to shuttle it around?"
The family are "stretchin'," and will
until they can get a girl who is willing
to wait on the table as well as cook
the meal. Meantime the matron's
household vocabulary contains a new
word.-Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-26

The Herald has received copy of statement rela-
tive to Japanese immigration which adopted last
Monday by the Methodist ministers of San Francisco
It relates the agitation lately started in California
aiming to put Japanese the same level with Chinese
as undesirable immigrants and to enforce the same
discrimination against them. The ministers refue the
charges made by agltators against the Japanese ami
speak in the highest terms of the latter based per-
sonal knowledge through the Methodist missionary
California cities.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-26
THE DIVORCE MILL

The number thirteen maintained it's unlucky reputa-
on when just that many divorce suits called for
trial in the local courts last Friday-doubly unucky
on reflection, because of that ominous week day.
1t a sorrowful grst of complaints that came to
the divorce mill. Couples that in goneby days had
billed and cooed like loving doves finally fetching up at
the hymeneal altar and pedging themselves to stick
together everasngly begged to be let out of the ma
monia
The alleged causes leading to the divorce applica-
tions covered a wide range of marital trouble In
general sense however they varied but little from the
complaints that constantly pouring into the local
courts Abandonment and failure provide is the
most plant of the wives, although infdety is
close second. The grievances of husbands are more
varied perhaps but all ostensbly narrowing that
nothing but the divorce decree AFFORD balm for the
wounded hearts.
Would there be a smaller number of weddings if
couples contemplating matrimony could look into
magic mirror and there the final of their married
life in the divorce court? Probably not Marriage is to
young adults what measles is to children thing that
few escape in the journey through life.