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,paIlor Of last summer. for instance, was
rightly attributed 10 cloud by Professor
w III. Pickering. of Harvard. the man
best qualified to speak In matters OF Mar
tan rneteorology. While engaged in the
study of the planet during the summer OF
1922 AZ Aredupa, Peru. some $3.50 feet
above the sea level. Professor Pickering
discovered that the clouds of Mars appear
NJ n MALE yellow color-a fact which NAV be
attributed To the thinness and Transparency
Of those clouds. which transmit part Of the
yellow tinge Of the Marian soil. Just as
they usually transmit part OF the color of
the gray spots. The faintness OF the mark
ines in 1909 IS most satisfactorily accounted
for by the theory of Professor Pickering
now universally adopted. since thin Clouds
such as light cirrus, or haze. would pro-
duce lust the observed effect But Pro
lessor I,owelTs assumption seems inadnis-
sible. since we cannot imagine seas or for
ests fading so as 20 become virtually in
distinguishable from the sands of those
deserts which cover fve-eighths Of the
surface of our rudy neighbor.
Some of the phenomena described by
Professor Lowell as "snowfalls" IN the
south polar regions of Mars were also Oh
served by the writer with the largest tele-
scope in Europe. and attributed to clouds
The question OF the canals" must be
considered settled forever after the 1903
apparitiou of Mars II Is unquestionable
that the surface of the planet shows some
irregular. winding, discontinuous streaks In
the positions OF the canals" of Schia-
parelli and these markings are comparable
in appearance with our valleys. They are
obviously not canals at all. Nor do they
form a network. as announced by Schia-
parelli who believes that ANY canal ends
on each extremity. either in sea or In a
lake. or I'm another canal. or In the inter-
section of several other canals
The great. nay unsnswerable. objection TO
the reality of the geometrical canal net
work is that u vanishes under the worst
circumstances for it-thst is. when much
more delicate detail is quite plain. This
argument was framed quite Independently
by Professor George f. Hale, director Of
the Mount Wilson Observatory. in South
California. near Pasadena and Los Angeles.
and by the writer of this article, toward
the close of the last apparitOn of Mars.
In a report sent to the British Astrono-
mical Association, and dated December ..
1900. the writer said that 1.-The fact that
no straight lines could be held steadily
when much more delicate detail was con-
finally visible constitutes a fatal objec-
ton to their crumbling existence" On the
other hand. Professor Hale wrote under
date of January 3. 1910. that the rejecting
telescope of sixty inches aperture. figured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24

of Public Works would be reorganized, the
taxing machinery improved and tax dodgers
caught. finance commission appointed.
waste eliminated. public service made hon
est and efficient and other similar reforms
instituted.
When asked for details as 10 how he
expected TO work out his plans Mr.. Seidel
said:
You must understand that socialism
VIII come as n development, not as a rev.
oluiion- 1t will grow out OF capitalism as
capitalism grew out of feudsism. We will
not do it all in a day. but all that we do
viii tend toward IL. We are merely learn
ing. Before these great social problems
we are like children at their books. We
must study them carefully and solve them
one by one as best We can
" You are not in favor of violence, then,
to bring about socialism,
NO! No, The other side has the Cat
ling guns, and one live socialist is worth a
hundred dead ones. We will win by bal
lots. not by bullets; by reason and prac-
teal demonstration OF the wisdom OF our
contentious. never by force. 1t is not our
wish that violence come. Though 1t may
come TO other cities. not TO Milwaukee. You
know how the cost of living is going up.
Workingmen are less and less able to lay
any money aside. and when the big panic
comes-and the biggest panic this country
ever saw is coming sOon-it will find them
in A terrible condition And in other cities
81 will be hard to say what hungry men will
! do"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24
RAILWAY LUNCHES.
Comparison Between American and
English Food for Travel.

The restaurant at the Grand Central Sta
ton, New York City. now puts up an at
tractive luncheon for travellers IL is
packed in box convenient for carrying.
and consists of four sandwiches Of different
kinds, olives. cake fruit and a paper nap
kin. The price is 30 cents In England
where dining cars are not so nearly uni
versal as here. the sale Of filled lunch has
kets is common on all railways In this
country the field is limited but there GER
tainly is field I'm large cities. particularly
on Sundays and holidays during the sum,
mer. when a days excursion into the couu-
try Is popular. The convenience Of beipg
able 80 pick up an attractive luncheon AZ
~, "a lIilute instead of preparing it at
nome N advance Is sure 10 he appreciated
No ore who has gone up from New York
10 New Haven on the day Of a big football
game VIII forget the discomfort and din
Guilty of getting luncheon after arri1yine AZ
New Haven Again. the lunch basket ought
~ posslble' 10 he populariZed. as means
OF promoting tho simple life We cannot
say that any railway officer has a duty 70
hpend either money or thought I'm this III
recnon, but from the passengers point of
view the matter is not beneath nofica o.
casions often arise when under nresent ar
Tangements. the choice lies between snend-
ING MY minutes COR more) in time and 100
cents cor more( In money for a fun meal
ana going without anything whatever 10
eat, Mheh inc more agreeable way would
ne 10 Spend twenty minutes. and a reason
able sum, on light luncheon Ry .simnle
life' We mean not merely ahstention from,
ten-ounce steaks when the annette calls
only for sandwich. but also avoidance OF
the trksome waiting which is necessary
when dining cars are crowded Dining cars
worked beyond their capacity arc now com
mon. Few roads are SO reckless of their
expenditures as 10 put on two dining cars
when by making a part OF the diners wait
one car VIII answer. and the waiting is de-
cidedly unpleasant. The dining car Is n
great convenience. but u is maintained UNI
der serious disadvantages. Inasmuch as
most Of these difficulties are unavoida HE
~ II regrettable that considerable ner-
centage or the patrons OF the cars must
put up with the added Inconvenience 81
waiting 70, the people at the first table 10
finish in "A leisurely way a nve-course din
ner Tho lunch box has great possibilities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24

paris Anril fO.-On Wednesday evening,
the 9Th inst. Professor Percival Lowell lect-
,,red at the Astronomical Society Of France
before an audience OF 1900 persons. NJ.
Raiuand director of the Paris Observatory.
was In the chair. assisted by NJ. Flam-
marion. the general secretary OF the So
cjetv. NJ. Deslandres. director of The Meu-
don Observatory: NJ Puiseux. of the Paris
Observatory. and several other leading
French astronomers.
Professor Lowell first spoke OF the in
clinatIon of the axis OF Mars 10 the perpen-
djcular TO the rIane of his orbit. which he
now fixes at % 90, instead OF 24' So.
schiaparelIi's value Of 1873. This new de-
termination agrees almost exactly with the
inclination Of the carths axis to the per
pendicular to the ecliptic, which is % O..
Professor Lowell then considered the ques-
ton of the great and unprecedented pallor
of the markings in June. July and August.
1909. which he attributed. not to cloud or
haze on Mars. but to seasonable fading Of
the dark spots. During the whole of that
period the canals" were either faint or
invisible at Flagstaff.
most interesting account OF snowfalls
in the antarctic regions OF the planet fol
lowed, after which the director of the
Flagstaff Observatory developed his theory
of the canals" whose number was car
ried TO 600. according to the latest observa-
lions made in Arizona Stress was laid
on the fact that the same canals" were
seen independently by Professor Lowell and
by his assistant, and on the discovery in
September last of two new canals" to the
northeast OF Syrtis Major. the most prom
inent dUsky area OF the planet. Professor
Lowell believes that W do not see the
canals themselves. but only bands Of
lateral vegetation, thirty miles wide. and
fortified by the waters of the invisible
canal He inquired into the possible
origin Of that singular geOmetrical net
work of canals" found that IL could not
be natural. and by the successive elimina-
ton of hypothesis he reached his well
known conclusion that the Marian phe-
nomena prove the existence out yonder OF
animate will.
Several of the above views are not shared
by the best authorities. The remarkable
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by Professor Ritchey. and which was used
on Mars at Mount Wilson IN 1909. is an
essentially perfect instrument. which bore
with advantage a power OF 500
The completely OF the details which Il
shows on Mars" says Professor Hale. lis
so great as to defy all attempts 10 draw
them. Under such circumstances. the per-
fecuy natural appearance OF the planets
and the total absence OF straight lines or
CONGREGATIONS SUI h as Lowell draws seem
TO me significant 7 may add that observa-
tons of Mars with the 60-inch reflector
we're also made by Messrs. Abbot. Adams.
Babcock. Douglass formerly of the Lowell
Observatory. Ellerman. Faith, Seares and
st. John. all Of whom agree with me re-
garding the character Of the details
shown"
1t is impossible to exaggerate the i'm
portance of this statement. & we consider
it comes from man Of genius. whose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24
Horror of Russfa's
Disciplinary Baffalions

city they are sometimes put at brick max
ing. bread making. etc. for the supply Of
the city This is ordinary enough work in
itself but when a few men weakened by
hunger, disease and ill-treatment are
driven 20 supply these necessaries for a
large community the labor is almost i'm
possible to bear.
In the event of dangerous work of any
Kind that has TO be performed these men
are ordered out TO do IL. meanwhile being
amply guarded so that they cannot es-
cape. / am told that only lately they were
ordered 10 fight f1re-near st. Petersburg
believe-which had got so beyond con-
troll that IL was almost certain death to
approach &. At another time a large
bridge having caved in, ii was reported to
me that disciplinary battalion was sent
as a wrecking crew TO crawl out on~the
broken steel Orders and cut away the
entangled masses of rope and wood.
AT the slightest excuse these driven
creatures have extra humiliations and tort
ures piled upon them. The smallest mis-
take made In their work. the fsintest hint
Of disrespect to a superior, q complaint
in word or look of the treatment they re-
oeive viii bring upon them a public
whipping. which takes place in the stone
courtyard of the fortress, the rest Of the
battalion being drawn up in a hollow
square and forced TO look on.
Food is served to the men or not at
the discretion of the officer in command
and when it is served is usually rank and
vile unfit to eat OFTEN they get only
bread and water Their quarters are kept
dirty. unaired and unsanitary to an ex-
irene I could not describe The men are
he -{-tf Of
but they are not allowed medical attend
ance except when it is necessary in the
Interest of keeping them alive for further
torment
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LosveWs Marian Canals
Derfded BY AnfonioI

numerous discoveries In ~.
solar physics insur. 70 hi,, ia;
fana and who has studied
most powerful astronomical in,,-.
our time.
Professor Hale wrote 20 scn,,u
discoverer ot the "canals.'' tb,.
standing the Favorable condition.,
Wilson. the considerable heizb, -
level. the steadiness % the air
great power OF the telescope. IA
discover the geometrfcaI ,a,
canals" The reply % the v.ts-,
observer was that there can ~
that the surface OF Mars sho,sa
"geminations'' or doublinzs. ard =.
gonatfons." as he calls the ~can,r.
He added that. according Ia M.
tons made at Milan. from III "a -.
Marian phenomena would seer, ..
erned By a period OF ss7 DAYS. 80.
Mars Is near the sun ard fhs -.
displays no geometrical str,Icfurs -
when he IA at greater dfstsncs -
surface gets furrowed with strsixb.
and double canals" Thus. durinz -
partitions OF fs77 and fsa2. when ~.
was at its minimum oistancs. h,s -,
ancs at Milan vas rather A ussu,,s
willie. when further removed m Ia 7
1885. 1888 and 1890. he showed r.-r
netrical figures and lines IN pairs.
such a reply Will probably not e...
astronomers. For small teresc0ps, =
revealed single and double "canals- {. !
1894 and 1893. when Mars was al,o..
periheIic opposition. 70 say nothing =. /,
fessor Lowelrs recent geometricai n.,,.
while NJ. Millochan. who used tbs :,
Meudon telescope from 1sa8 20 tsa !,
time when the polygonations and zs-.
tons ought 20 have Csen plsntifsl
nothing but Irregular. discoru-r
streaks. such as Professor Hsls as4
writer observed IN 1902
We are thus led 20 the conclusio,
the geometricsI eonhguration Of the ,
tian soil IS a product Of inferior fslssr,
that all these marvels vanish in a pov,
instrument. when the SPIDERS vss,
canals are replaced by beautisil
ural scenery; that the markings ~
neishbOr have always an irregular. nsr
structure. Ike those OF the earth or A
moon; and that. BY some geological 9,
the Marian crust. like the earth's
shrivelled into Irregular valleys and n
tain ranges. as evidenced BY the tsna
to streaky agglomeration obssrva5ls or
small gray spots which variegats the
face OF the planet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24
TRY TO KILL THEMSELVES.

THE members of these corps. most OF
whom now, as the doctors report. are
wholly or semi-insane, often attempt TO
kill themselves as the only escape from
their miseries. But it is strictly against
tho policy of the government that they
should be allowed to give themselves this
so!ace They are carefully watched to
prevent suicide. There is only one offence
so extreme that it is at once punished by
shooting. and that is an attack on the
officers. Consequently when driven cutie
beyond their strength the prisoners con-
spire a concerted attack There is of
cclrse, an ample guard to protect the
officers, and the wretched offenders are
quickly caught. drawn up in a line and
shot"
rs any one class Of men in the army
worse treated or more liable to punish
ment than the rest?" asked the reporter.
NO" replied Bourtseff. rich and poor.
blue blood and peasant, no distinctions are
made Sometimes students who are sus-
pected Of political hostility TO the govern
ment are put I'm the disciplinary battalions.
even though they are not serving in the
army. II IS for these doubly hard. being
as they are sensitive men, unused to hard
slips Of any kind"
can anything be said on the govern
ment's side in excuse for these outrsges?"
he asked
The government insists that Il is com
PEELED to use the present methods OF dis
cpline in order to keep the army in
loyal service. You may believe me. how
ever. when / say that the people I'm gen
eral do not agree with the government IN
this. All Russia rs full of protest over the
that dares denounces tho system. and the
weeklies are fun Of horrible pictures that
illustrate the life of prison soldiers
Every one IS reused. Of course. because
every man has TO serve in the army some
time. and no one is safe from the danger
Of having TO end his career manned and
cTazed I'm a disciplinary battalion"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24

poetry by the distant stars. tho American
apprentice boy embracing socialism through
indignation al exhibitions Of European tyr
amy, has developed into the Mayor-elect
OF the twelfth city IN the United States
elected by the largest majority ever given
TO a candidate for Mayor IN that city.
He lives In a frame cottage I'm one Of the
outlying wards. on a street that is far from
fashionable. He explains that il is a work
ingman's home and It is. with emphasis
on both 'workingman' and home There
isn't any formidable stiff and starched
parlor.' but the whole front OF the house 5
taken Up by two comfortable living 1eoms
There are bookcases filled solid with
wei used books on socialism in Gernsn AMI
English, and Goethe. Schiller and Shake
sueare. desk for Alderman and Mayor
elect SeIdel and a draftsmans table for
Patteulmaker Soidel. an imported tapestry,
a rubber plant. several cTayon portraits en-
lsrEed from photographs, some landscapes
that NJ n with the onlargements' a bust
~ Shakespeare, and photographs Of Deba,
and Debs and Berger, and Debs.
eft was difficult 10 segregate the Mayor
elect from the stream Of visitors that poured
In with flowers, autograph books, advice,
questions. business and charitable PROPOSE
tons And when the telephone bell rang.
ss IL did every three or four minutes. the
Nayor-clect had no servant or secretary 20
answer Il and tell the inquirers that he was
busy and DO you care 20 leave a meEsago?'
He answered tho calls himself and settled
propositions on the spot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24

Old Lady-WeII, my boy, and what do
you wsnt7
Boy-i've called for the reward of five
shillin's wot you offered for the return
Of your canary.
Old Lady-BUt that is cat you have
there!
Boy-Nes, I know, mum; but the
osnary's inside OF i'm. iust seen i'm
eat IT,
-ra+fnr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24

Let me tell YOU What kind Of thing
serves as a crime for which one can be
condemned TO the disciplinary battalion:
a friend OF mine who was serving his
term in the army was put son duty in
military prison as a night guard. During
one night a political prisoner. alone in a
hideous cell. asked the soldier 10 pass a
note containing a few words Of friendly
announcement 10 another prisoner, a
friend 10 the first one, who was in a cell
further along the corridor. out Of sym
pathy. my friend agreed TO pass the note
OF course he was caught doing il. The
alertness Of superior officers is seldom re-
Taxed. The poor fellow was dragged before
court and condemned TO three years in
a disciplinary battalion. il is 10 be ex-
pected that a soldier will he punished for
disobedience, YOU understand, bat his sem
tence was practically a death sentence and
his crime only slight infraction of the
rules.
Another soldier I knew n passed a
superior officer in the street without
saluting him. For this ne was condemned
10 six months punishment
Naturally. all the soldiers who partici-
pated in the revolution movement five
wears ago are distributed around among
the fortresses, serving in the dreaded bat
talions"
What, then. happens once they are in
side the walls?" he was asked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24
WOODEN ovERCoATs.

Tho Cashier-Whats the matter?
The Stenog I'm mixed up IA nv SHIRT
hand notes. don't know whether the
boss meant thie letter for Coffin & %
TsHore. or Taylor q Co. Collins -Cleye-
land Leader.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24
What Manner
of Man This
Socialist Is
StIDEL. MAYOR ELECT
Read Herschel al Ten, Then
Marx 49, His Plans for
Milwaukee.

"Euil Sei6el. patternmaker and Socialist,
product Of Pennsylvania German parents,
Milwaukee pubic schools. Prussian work
Ehops and Milwaukee social and political
life is rapidly focusing himself the
thoughts not only OF his 10000 fellow citi-
gems whom he has been elected TO repre-
sent as Mayor hut the hopes and fears
~ the host OF fellow Socialists In dozen
countries" says 4 writer in The Chicago
Tribune"
And what manner Of man IS this So
cislist Mayor-elect OF Milwaukee?
Some thirty-fve wears ago a ten-year
old. blue eyed. yellow haired boy used 20
50 out in the back yard of his Milwaukee
home. lie down on his back and gaze at
tire stars. Then the boy, the son OF a
German carpenter. would go into the house
and write poetry about the armament
but the dreamy boy did not stop here.
He supplemented his sentimental imagi-
native staring Al the stars and his boyish
verse with long days and nights spent in
the public library plodding through great
trestises on astronomy. such as those OF
Newton and 1ierscheL
The mathematics and theories had little
~ the fascinations OF a cloudless night
and for q long time the boy read them
without understanding them. But he stuck
0oEgedly 10 IL, and gradually his mind
grew I'D 20 the books. and then the starry
nights. the poetry. the dreams and the dry
reading solidihed into a sound practical.
intimate knowledge OF astronomy.
All 81 which may give some idea OF the
character OF COmrade SeideL
Some years later the hoy went 30
Europe 70 spend several years learning his
trade and seeing the land OF his fathers.
There. in q Berlin shop. he saw fellow
p,orknnen imprisoned for saying things that
eeerned 20 him harmless. saw bows in his
own words bounded by Bismarck's Prus-
.isn FOLDERS for distributing tracts on
economic questions.
las an American. 7 sbhorTed police tyr
amy hs says: 80 felt for them and with
them. whether they were right or wrong
so he became a Socialist through sym
psthy.
But he didn't stop there any more than
re was satisfied with back yard observa-
t.ons % the stars. He was told that the
solution of the problem was IN Karl MARKS
'Dss Kspital.' so ne bought the book and
Get out 10 master g.
MASTERS DOCTRINE OF MARX.
re freely admits that he no more under
stood 81 81 the time than he understood
Eerschel when he read his astronomy al
the age % ten years, but he read and re-
read the big book and studied simpler sum
rlsr1es Of SITS doctrines and interpretations
OF II until the comrades freely admitted
that he could give them al points on pure
Marian socialism.
in the mean time he perfected himself
IN mis- trade, worked az 81 with a slilful
hand, studied the conditions OF his fellows
with trained mind. felt for them with a
warm heart. and read everything on social
ism that he could neg. borrow or buy. And
oti az eli these things came a broad, deep
rooted comprehension ~ and faith In SO
o,snsr, foundsd on a workingmsns life
and 'Dss kapitsl
"kne now the dreamy sohol5oy moved 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24
BoURTsEFF GIVES THE FACTS.

AS this latest story comes from Moscow
enol aVal0ens new interest IN the subject
* happens that Gospodin tAIr) Vladimir
Bourzseff. a noted Russian revolutionist
VINO has come 20 this country 20 expose
come of the Cars government spies. IS
81 New York. And Il is he who has made
the following fearless revelation Of the
methods used IN the disciplinary bat
.saions" for the punishment OF soldiers
often for trivial offences.
Bourtseff was found AZ his temporary
headquarters in East Broadway and seemed
willing 70 give the details concerning an
frstitution that although almost incomprc-
enough unit of.she civic fabric in Russia.
In or near many of the large cities -
he explained 70 Tribune representative
'',oU viii ind high walled fortress de-
voted 10 this use % receiving so-Called dis
orderly soldiers for punishment For the
slightest offence tho Russian soldier. who.
~ the v-az. Is considered by every one out
SIDE ~ the high officials Of Russia 20 he a
faithful and obedient soldier. Is condemned
90 corrective service behind the mysterious
gray walls that are both sight and sound
proof The period Of sentence ranges from
--ears. hut some medical mon who have
had intimate connection with these hat
talons. declare that few men retain their
sanity after the second year Of their service
there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24
HIS HIT.

Every one who attended the bsn1,.s
night says I made the hit Of my If
How did YOU accomplish thar"
IT didn't gO"-HOustOn Post