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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-18
RECOVERED BURGLARS LOOT
fBy Associated Press.I

Marshall, Texas, Dec. 1S.-A pitcher
OF considerable value today was re-
covered from a well here where it was
thrown by burglars who looted Y. O..
Harrison's residence several weeks
ago.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
ECONOMY AND PRISONS.

Extravaganza in prison management
was one Of Governor Dix's charges. It
was based upon the recent growth I'm
total prison expenditures. When these
expenditures are examined In some de-
tail, as they "a in the recent report ot
the state Prison Commission. they S,Ig
gest that too little rather than too much
has been spent on food and accommoda-
tions for prisoners. In 1858 the per
cqpita cost of maintaining a prisoner for
a year was Slj3 SO I'm 1910 it had been
reduced to S134 81. That was a peril
during which the cost of living advanced
and an lncrea;e rather than the reduc-
tion shown would have been expected
At Sing Sing last year il cost 1913 cents
a day 10 feed each prisoner. or less than
81 cents a meal; certainly there was no
waste ON food at Sing Sing. Can n
prisoner he kept in health on meals cost
ing only 81 cents each?
Nor has the state been eNtravagan' III
providing quarters for its prisoners. The
prisons are badly ovPrcrowded. Sing Sing
having $50 more prisoners than if has
cell room for Of the conditions there
the report says that 200 60 100 men
are compelled to live lin small unsaDl-
"tary cells. and sentence TO Sing sing
Prison under these conditions for q
term of years is equivalent 10 sen
"tence to a slow death Many prisoners
become infected with tuberculosis or con-
tract rheumatism and go out into the
world unified To earn living. Certain
" there has been no extravaganza in con
tracing for new and sanitary prisons
10 relieve this scandalous condition.
Humanity requires the state to feed and
house it's prisoners decently.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
PLlNLNG WITH EIRE.

There will he some surprise and prob
ably also some dissatisfaction over the
verdict of the Coroner's jury in The case
of the recent disastrous explosion Of
dynamite at jersey City. 1t is to the
effect that the explosion was due 10 the
careless throwing down of Il lighted cigar
stump or cigarette, since "the evidence
SHOWS it was the custom among men CON
"crpgating there 10 SO dispose of their
cigars and cigarettes Doubtless. We
believe that men as a rule do throw
away the StumUS of cigars and cigarettes
Precisely the same explanation might
therefore he offered concerning nearly
every fire that occurs unless in con
yenti0n Of non-smokerS. But IT. Is
scarcely convincing. Are we to under
stand that the dynamite was in such n
condition that the careless throwing
down Of burning cigar could explode it,
Could that have been the ease without
III" presence of black gunpowder or full
minate-neither OF which should ever he
carried with dynamite As il stands the
verdict is reminiscent Of that at Donny-
brook OH man who had been Drained
with a shilelsgh-"th the deceased
came 70 his end through the fall of a
piece Of timber upon his head
II is quite possible. and by no means
improbable. that II cigar spark was the
cause of the explosion. What we should
have. however. is some account of the
circumstances and conditions which
mode il possible for such II spark lo
produce such result II could not have
done il had the dynamite been properly
packed and handled. But of course In
any case the throwing down of n light i
cigar in such place. or the smoking II
"A cigar there. was an act of mnnstrdus
imprudence. One would suppose that at,
smoking would have been forbidden ON
those vessels and on that pier, and That
the rue<yould have been .neXorably en-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
SPECIALIZING ~ THE HUMANTTIES

II will require holdness for the Am
herst College trustees TO adopt the sug
gestion made by committee of Ain
herst graduates. that the college should
specialize. The tendency of colleges ana
universities has been all III the opposite
direction. Moreover, Amherst Is asked
not merely To specialize but TO speclallze
in humanistic training. while the ten
dencv of education is all away from that
toward the utilitarian. Amherst is asked
10 be an oId-fashioned college teaching
for the most part what American col
leges taught before education was
offered d In carte and universities sought
10 diversity their menu, providing plenty
of Latin and Greek and no more modern
science than is necessary TO a broad cult
ure. making letters its main instrument
of discipline and holding to the literary
ideal which was So rudely disturbed hy
the clamors of recently discovered knoWl-
edge for attention.
The question is IA practical one. Is or
isn't it better for a college like Amherst
with little prospect Of ever becoming Il
competitor of the great and richly en-
dowed universities of the land, tO do one
thing well than To attempt 10 do every
thing and succeed indifferently? CON
fining itself to the humanisiic ideal u
might make itself the best place pos
sibly. in America for youth TO obtain
A classical" education. With q mar
rover field it might, as the graduates
committee suggests. offer large salaries
to its professors and attract 10 its
faculty the best teachers Of the sub
iects within its curriculum. IT might
seek and perhaps obtain whatever pres
tige would come from Offering an
UNSURPASSED training in the humanitieS.
TO do so would be deliberately reaction
ary. but would any penalty attach To
deliberate reaction? The idea that none
would had tempted other minds before
it was so formally and seriously pre-
sented to Amherst for debate.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24

Houston have followed the example of
Galveston. and San Antonio Is the only
large city now operating under the old
system. In Kansas. Kansas City,
Wichita. Topeka and Leavenworth have
commissions. and In Iowa, Burlington.
Cedar Rapids. Davenport. Des Moines
Fort Dodge Keokuk and Sioux City have
gone over 10 the new plan, Council Bluffs
being the only important Iowa city which
has not embraced ii.
One of the best evidences of the
substantial strength of the movement is
that il has made its progress quietly and
naturally Nopolitical party is behind It,
and the politicians generally oppose II
as serious invasion Of their ancient
rights and privileges. The plan is being
tried on a small scale In many scattered
communities. and its merits and defects
are being gagged by people who have 40
interest in IL except as a means TO better
local government 1t is not being eN-
plotted as a fad. and If IL proves lis
value the traditional form of city gov
ernment will soon find it a formidable
competitor for public favor. Everybody
will admit that we have still much n
learn in the experimental science Of local
self government.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
~ TILE OPEN

Rv indicating his purpose to try to
amend the Mccall bill in the Senate.
Mr.. Cummins yesterday assumed the
leadership of the forces in the upper
house which are arrayed against the ad-
ministrations programme of reciprocity
with Canada. Most of the opponents or
the treaty hesitate 10 attack 1t IN Inc
omen. They have been satisfied to re-
main i'm the background, working lndl-
rectly TO prevent a vote at thls session
hut seeking TO avoid responsibility for
forcing IN extra session. IT was their
hone that Senator Bailey could he in
drced TO take that responsibility on MS
omplc shoulders. thus relieving certain
Rcnublican regulars of the reproach ot
holding IN a measure in which Repub-
,ican administration is vitality Interested
and certain Republican insurgents OF the
charge of talking downward revision
which would affect others but shylhg
at downward revision when they thought
If threatened their own constituencies
Mr.. Bailey is usually obliging, but MS
good will was OverbOrne this time by the
fear. of damaging bis status as II party
loader i'm the next Congress. lie de-
clined with thanks the duty of pulling
tbe chestnuts out of the fire for his Re
nphlican friends. and Mr. Cummins has
now apparently offered himself for that
tbankless task. lie is willing 10 join
hands with his junior colleague, the
Hon LAFAYETTE Young, aud with the cN-
treme .stand-patters" in the Senate 20
defeat the Canadian agreement, although
no will be forced To 60 on the stump III
Iowa and Justify his action hy reasons
which conflict absolutely with ihe rea-
sons which Mr. Young and other stand
matters" will give Mr. Cummins may
think that he is an astute enough p0ll'l-
clan fo turn Mr.. Noung's issue against
him. persuadng the voters OF Iowa that
Mr.. Young was wrong in condemnlng me
canadian agreement because II went lo"
far while he was right in condenlning
Il hecause il did not go far enough
II takes preSiidigitator in logic 10
nerform such faats. Mr.. fumnlns may
helieve that he has the skill tn demon
strate that Mr.. Young was uncohsci"''S-
lv playing his game. But il X more
likely that the public will conclude thdt
tho senior Senator's profession of de-
sire to enlarge the scope OF the agree
ment when such an enlargement can
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
FJTVDP4WiLS ~ ORDER

If Mr.. Shepard withdraws from the
senatorship contest. which Is reported 10
he his present intention. what will Mr..
Sheehan do? He has always put the
blame for his being in the race upon Mr..
Shepard To be sure. there were others
at fault. but in a less degree. There was
'@rhe New York Evening Post for in
stance. which first drove Mr. Sheehan.
out of consideration for his sefrespect.
into announcing his candidacy. II "Ihe
political record there is no knowing
that he would ever have gone to see
Murphy. And Murphy. too. cannot eS-
cape blame. If Murphy had not said that
Mr.. Sheehan was "the best equipped
man in public life" for the senatorship
the latter might never have sought the
Office. hut being held by the best author
ity in the land TO be Il man of eXtraor-
binary qualifications it became nothing
less than his patriotic duty to let his
name 90 before the Legislature.
But the responsibility of those two by
no means equals that of Mr. Shepard,
for Mr.. Sheehan has repeatedly told how
he offered 10 withdraw if Mr.. Shepard
would also retire and how this suggeS-
ton was declined. Over and over again
the caucus candidate has held his de-
feated rival responsible for this as for
delinquency. though we should say
that the latter deserved public thanks
for standing firmly in the way of an
agreement which would have removed
from the available list the best equipped
man" in the state Still, if Mr.. Shepard
should finally decide TO get out now. we
don't see that there would he anything
for it. after what has been said, but for
"the best equipped man TO take himself
ont also. Then the Democracy could
settle down with a sigh of regret to con
slider the second rateTs.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
PENSIONS FOR PATRIOTISM.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 7 have just read the letter of Major
Frank W. Mix in your issue OF February 20
and, while | agree with him on some
points. | can only say that if he refers to
the men who enlisted i'm the early spring
Of 1861 and did not see a Confederate or
cross the long bridge, and who had all ex-
penses paid by the government. they were
simply having a picnic As the last COM
manding general said recently. who of them
ever stood up To he shot at for Sl a month
and hardtack?
Then, again. what was the motive of
many of the men who went out while
bounties were being paid. anywhere from
100 to 5000 in the latter part of 1854 to
1865? Was il patriotism or cash? | cannot
see where they should come in with the
men who took the oath TO defend Old Glory
for three years or during the war. and who
landed on South Cardinals shore. fighting
battle after battle until all the works Of
the Confederacy went down, during which
time suffering untold was endured.
I was a member of the command of Cen
eral Edward w. Serrel, LIST New York En-
gineers. and left one arm in front OF Fort
Sumter, after which | continued during the
war. think that all those of long service
should be remembered by the government
in accordance with the services rendered.
rs your correspondent states. no compen-
sation at this late date should he denied the
bows who saved the nation Uncle Sam can
well afford to provide for them during the
few years they have yet TO live.
w. s CANON.
Late of Company X, 1st New York En-
eineers.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24

only mean its defeat, was mere sub
terfuge To excuse his cooperation with
those who want to see it defeated
whether il is enlarged or not. That
notion has already taken root i'm Iowa.
for The Des Moines Register and
Leader" the leading progressive news
pappr in that state. hitherto II stanch
supporter of Mr.. Cummins. is pointing
ont daily that the senior Senator's atti-
tude toward the reciprocity agreement
Is inconsistent and unfortunate. II said
the other day:
There will not be lacking those un-
kind enough 20 suggest that the most
effective way Of beating any trade agree
Inent is 10 make n as extreme as possi-
bic. The fact that insurgent leaders
generally are openly hostile to the Presi-
dents programme will not weaken the
force of this suggestion. But Senator
Cummins is too direct y his methods to
adopt any such sort Of guerilla tactics.
still the Senator cannot. as a practical
man. he unmindful Of the effect of the
amendments he is urging. Every
body knows that il the agreement
must be accepted or let alone, for the
commissioners who agreed to II have
adjourned and Congress and the ca
madam Parliament cannot by any pos
sibilitv come together If one side or tho
other begins to modify the terms
Mr. Cummins wants to modify the
terms and thus defeat the agreement.
BY coming out into the open he in
vites the country TO classify him as m
opponent Of the Mccall bill not because
OF what II fails 10 do but because IT
what II does.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
4 muSementS.

AcApfMY OF MusrC-s-camiile
ALHAMBHA--2-S-N -,
AMERICAN-I so :So-Vaudeviile
BELAsco--s3o-The Concert.
BIJOU--s :2G--The Havoc
BROADWAY-S S:lJ-The Hen-Pecks -
CARNEGIE HALL 80 2:5e -- Philharmonic WI"
CAslNO-S-Marriag a la Carte ,,uu,o.a
CoBAN'S-s .i5-0et Rich Quick Walhheioru
COMTpYns:15-Tn Ee Hanged Il DO.
CRITERfoN-s i5-rhe Harpiest Night OF
pALY'STS:l5-Thc Faun
EMPTRE-S fo--Alice-Sit by the-f Ire ana A"e
Twelve Pound $3.50 Look
GAtETY-s :3p-eNcusv Me.
GARDENS. s.i5--The jolly Peasant.
GARRICK-s:i :ij--Tho Zebra.
GLoBis-s:iS-Th slim princess
HACKETT-s:i5-Ove Might.
HERALD sQUARE-s.i5-The Balkan Prin-
HIPPopFoME-e-s-T international Cup
Ballet of Niagara The Earthquake
HUDsoN--s :SO--Nobody's widow.
JOE WEBhR'S--s l3-Alma. Where DO you
KNIcK KERBoCKE R-s.iS-chanteoler
TycFJ'M-si3-Seve Sisters
LYRIC--s.i5-Thc Deep Purple. .,
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-A a. m 10 II
r m--Motor Boat show.
NAJEsTfC-s: IJ--Msdsrn Butterfly.
MANHATTAN N--2.-s--vaudeville .,.
AzIMoyA.sms s;$a,.-sahy Nine ss.-
NEW THEATRES s:3a-The Piper
NEW -S15-Nsughty Marietta.
PLAZA .So--T -20--Vaudeviue.
REPUBLIC - SIS - Rebecca Of sunnyorook
wsTLACK's-s .2o-Pomander walk
WEST END-s:15-Ths jolly Bachelors
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[From The Tribune Bureau. !


washington. Feb 23.-Presdent Tart 'o-
day tclegraphed the Governor Of California
urging him to make clear to the Legisla-
ture and others that tho provisions OF ue
Japanese treaty are precisely those "h'cn
were explained to the Governor by the
President and Secretary Knox. and wiich
he approved on the occasion OF MS iaS'
visit TO Washington.
The Secretary Of State and the Secretary
Of the Navy conferred with tho Presiden,
this morning about the La Toilette resolu-
,ion calling for information regarding the
connection with the state and Navy depart
ments with the building OF two batteships
for the Argentine Republic Such informa-
ton as Is available will be transmitted 10
the Senate
Senator Hepburn said At the NhH'
House to-day: 81 expect To fight the cana
dian reciprocity agreement as hard as
can, but that does not mean filibusterlng'
suppose some newspapers will claim thd'
" man talks at length upon SUBJECT
he is filloustering. II all depends on wn',
Interpretation YOU give 10 tho woro'
President Taft signed the bill authorlzins
tho holding of United states courts az
Coeur d'Alene. Idaho. while Senator hey
burn was in his Office
The President has under consideration an
invitation presented by Representative Par
sons TO attend the celebration Of the hst
Regiment In New York. and an invitation
to be present At the opening of a tuoer-
culosls sanatorium a home for superan-
nuated and 2 technical trade school, now
I'm the course of erection AZ Rogersville'
Tenn. by the printing pressmen OF the
United States Tho last invitation was
presented by George l.. Berry. president OF
the International Printing Pressmen, OF
| Cincinnati. Michael II. Flannery, second
vice president, and Michael ". Madden
president of Typographical Union No
| Is. Of Chicago This committee also pro-
tested against increasing the postage
rates on magazines. Following the con-
| ference Mr. Berry said I'VE want II un-
| derstood that we do not believe the Presi'
dent has any thought Of politics in con
nection with this" The Postmaster Cen
! erai was present at the conference
| 7 Chandler Cobb. president of the Ma
| tional Permanent Tariff Commission AS
sociation. discussed tariff legislation Will
the President this morning.
! Among the White House callers were the
/ Secretary Of the Treasury. Senator'S Lodge
Burkett Brown Hepburn and Richard
| REPRESENTATIVES McMorran, Loud, Lafean
! Coles. sharp Longworth. Austin, Creaser
Mccall Sturgiss Kustermann, Wansel
and Massey. former Governor Durbln ~
Indiana and 123 Masons from Michigan
who attended the Washington's Birthday
Masonic celebration at Alexandria yester
| day
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IFrom The Trlbune Bureau.l

From The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington. Feb. 2S.--The British AM
bassador has returned from Baltimore,
where he went yesterday 10 deliver an ad-
dress at the Johns Hopkins University, and
where he received the honorary degree ot
doctor of laws.
The German Ambassador yesterday re-
ceived a like degree from the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA, where he delivered an ora
ton.
The German Ambassador and Countess
Won Bernstorff entertained at dinner at the
embassy tonight the Secretary of State
and Mrs Knox, the British Ambassador
and Mrs. Bryce, the Minister from Norway
and Nine Bryn, the Peruvian Minister,
Senator and Mrs Newlands Miss Maud
Wetmore, Miss Southerland, Miss Mary
Patten, Countess Alexandra Won
Rernstorf. Mr. Hane Won Haimhausen,
first German secretary, and Count Pour
tales, German attache
Nine Pardo wife Of the Peruvian Minis.
ter. has gone 10 Florida 10 remain for Sew
eral weeks. The Minister will Join her
there later and they will return to Wash
ington together.
The Swiss Minister and Nine Ritter on
tertained the Swiss Vice-Consul in New
York and Nine Louis Junod and Robert
Schwarzenbach. of New York, al luncheon
to-day.
The first secretary Of the French En-
hassv and Countess dc la Rocca enter
tanned at dinner tonight Colonel and Mrs
Spencer Cosby. Mr.. and Mrs. Perciyal
Dodge, Major Won IIerwcrth, military at
tache of the German Embassy, and Mile
de Peretti de la ROcca.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
COMMISSIONS FOP CITIES

Little attention has been paid 10 the
spread in this country of the commission
plan of city government No munici-
pality in this state has yet tried the
commission plan. because the Legislature
has refused 10 sanction the necessary
charter alterations. Buffalo has been
anxious 10 make the experiment. but
failed TO secure permission from Albany.
Mount Vernon, Lockport and Saratoga
Springs have also been applicants for
authority To Join the list of commission
cities In the neighboring states of New
Jersey. Pennsylvania, Connecticut and
Vermont the old municipal order remains
undisturbed, 10 that the progress of the
substitute plan has largely escaped
notice in this part Of the country.
tabuatiOn recently issued by the
Short Ballot Association shows that one
hundred and fourteen American cities
are now under the commission form 'f
government Most OF them are towns
which have less than 2J.0O0 inhabitants.
The largest cities which have made the
exneriment are Oakland, Cali WIN
1Jn174 Inhabitants; Memphis, Tenn
with 131 1O5. and Spokane. Wash win
1o4 402 The commission plan has maze
some beadway in twenty-three OF the
fortv.six states. those In which II mas
=. q, With most encouragement being can
fornia. Illinois. Iowa, Kansas Okla
homa Soull, Dakota aud Texas. III
Texas. Austin, Dallas, Fort Worm ana
New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
THE TALK or TIE DAY.

\ letter on the plague in China. written
from Chang -Chuau. says OF the precautions
against further infection. at Chang
Chuau the Russo -Asiatic Bank and the
Yokohama Specie Bank alone Of the for
eign establishments remain open. Both
these buildings are disinfected every hour.
and every customer as he enters is douched
with fluid, whether he likes il or not.
Every employe Of the bank, from the
manager downward, wears a disinfectcd
white smock and a nose and mouth pad.
But notwithstanding the plague, the or
binary Chinese coolie goes about as II
nothing We're happening, and the streets
still remain crowded.
Pres byterian Elder Nae my mon. thetrll
he name o. they new fanGled methods in
heaven.
Iistener-I don't know how you can he
sure. ,
Elder-sure? why, mon. gin they tried
il. the whole PRESBYTERIAN kirk wad rise
up an gang cot in a Developments.
SUBWAY SUFFRAGETTING.
,Note-A pleader for woman suffrage at Al
hany made the statement that she rides IN the
subwayD
Give 'em the votes, They have earned 'em,
MIGHT have hired taxis, but spurned EN-:
Rather the underground den.
Proudly they boast: I'VE have ridden
Swaying from strap seat 10 strap;
often (alas though unbidden)
Tumbled to some fellows lap.
owe have fought. elbow ard shoulder,
Foupbt with the thousands" IT'S true,
They have stood up while men. bolder,
Grabbed all the seats then In view.
Yes. sir: they ride. undisputed,
Equals of men. in the cave;
Millions a day, It's computed
Hearing corn-trodden men rave.
They have been martyrs for mummics
Falling asleep where they sat-
Give 'em the vote. YOU dear dummies,
Otherwise, watch where you're at!
\. W. T.
Wigwag ] can always tell a married man
when ] meet one
might occasionally run across "a bachelor
with a grouch.-Philadelphia Record.
The Relirious Society OF Friends has en-
tered a formal protest against the forti-
dcation of the Panama Canal in an ad-
dress which was presented In person To tho
President and mailed to all members OF
Congress. 'The address is being widely CIR
culated from the office OF George NJ. Com
fort. secretary Of the society for Pennsyl-
yania. New Jersey and Delaware, in the
interest If the public welfare
satan is mighty hard to keep ahead Of
said Uncle Eben. After saying, 'Git be
hind me. Satan dars always terrible
tcmptation In turn around an see whether
he done as YOU aYed him. washington
star
when tic officials made a formal search
Of the vaults under the Nezesidades
Palace" says the Lisbon Courier Tor
treasures left behind ny the late sovereign
much ~ value came To light. The search
was conducted by the Minister NJ Public
Works who estimated the intrinsic value or
the find AZ 100000 frances solid silver
dinner service Weighing about 100" kio-
grams took up tho most space. The crown
and sceptre set with Jewels We're the most
costly pieces while Queen Amelias Ola
dem and a collar the gift of her father
the Count ~ Paris, were nearly as VAIN
able There was also much bar gold found.
The Minister Of Finance has decided that