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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25
CRIUE LISTS.

Commissioner Waldo's idea of making
public each week list of robberies in
this city is "a good one. 1t should be
done daily, in fact, as he is said to be
of doing if the weekly an
nOuncements prove successful The
public is as much entitled to such infOr-
nation and warning from the Police De
partment as it is TO daily list of fires
from the Fire Department, and the pur-
pose in the two cases is about the same.
Yet it will be distinctly new departure
in the Police Department Such infor-
nation never has been obtainable with
any degree of regularity before. Even
the lists Of stolen articles sent out 10
by the Police Department
have been held as private and conf
dental" at many periods.
1t may not be much comfort to the
householder who mOurns his loss TO see
that loss listed for the public the next
day. Such publicity. though, may cause
his neighbor to exercise care against the
plunderers where without it he would
have gone carelesSIy OH his way. At
present the public has no accurate knOwl-
edge whether it is comparatively safe or
on the crest of "crime wave" It reads
of the arrest of q suspected criminal
without knowing how many other crimes
went unpublished. It has long had a
shrewd suspicion that such knowledge
was withheld because it would not pro-
duce any excess Of admiration and affec-
tion for the police force The police
idea Of old that publicity Of this nature
would defeat the ends Of justice has been
set forth by many bluecOat with a
wicked wink The Waldo scheme will
disclose the facts and ought TO put the
force on its mettle. 1t certainly will not
he received by the second story men and
other rogues with any great joy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25
THE HOUSE ELI.

The open season Of the house fly is
to resume early and with renewed ener-
gy the campaign against this dangerous
insect begun last year. Cleanliness is
the most effective weapon in the war
upon this carrier Of disease. cleanliness
in the home and the stable. in streets
and alleys, above all I'm places where
fOOdstuffs are prepared for the market
or placed on sale. BakcshOps. meat
shops and the kitchens Of restaurants
should be the concern of every citizen,
not of the Board OF Health alone. Fly
hunting is repulsive; prevention in the
proper places. ruthlcssly enforced when
necessary. will ultimately do away with
its necessity
No doubt the various public and vol
mtary bodies that last year under
took. directed and encouraged the war
upon this dissemination Of typhoid fever
will take the field this season i'm ample
time. The warnings issued by them
early in 1911 and the methods suggested
met with Il gratifyingIy prompt reply
The whole country was made fully
aware of the danger that turks in the
sticky feet Of these scavcngers. 4 word
in time should suffice for the season that
is before us
Children were enlisted for the cause
last year in many ingenious ways. the
Boy Scouts distinguishing themselves in
more than one American city. not mere
~ by fly killing, but by scouting out
their breeding places with the persist
ence and ingenuity Of their age and re-
porting them TO the proper authorities.
TO them there is an element of sport
in the rendering Of this important pub
lie service. II is sort of game in which
they should he encouraged But it is
the women who are, after all, the true
keepers Of a nations health. Their vital
interest in ii begins at the cradle and
never ceases through life. 1t is to
them that the great movement Of exter.
minatiOn and prevention is recon-
mended once more.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25

Filipinos' qualified independence aS
prescribed by Jones:
The logic Of thus setting any date for
the beStOwal, or imposition. of quail
fed" or any other independence Is NOT
convincing If the Eilipinos are now
ready for independence and If they ought
70 have it it should be given to them at
once. without waiting until 1921, as MT
Jones purposes. But if they are not thus
prepared for IT, or are not now entltleu
TO IL. who can declare with assurance
that they will be on July i, 1921, and no
sooner? How does even Mr.. Jones know
that they will not be quite ready year
or two before that date, and that TO holl
them I'm bondage until then will be mon
strous tyranny Or how does he know
that they will not need a year or two
more Of preparation, and that to turn
them adrift at that time will not be pre-
mature?
Again. why Qualified and why
qualified" in the particular respects pre-
scribed? II IS difficult TO understand why
the Independence OF those little brown
brothers" Of ours should be cribb'd,
cabined and confined in any such fashion
Particularly, if we are 10 give them in
dependence, why should we interfere
with their religion and attempt TO dictate
to them what shall and what shall not
be their faith and practice? Surely, 20
deny to them the rights which their fell
low relgionists in other lands freely
enjoy would be unworthy Of even quail
fled" independence. On the whole, there
fore. we are inclined TO think that the
sober judgment of the nation will con
tinuc TO hold TO the old-fashioned belief
that independence is thing Of growth,
of fitness and Of fact, and not a qualified
and sophisticated artihciallty, made TO
order while you wait.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25
AHUNDSEN'S RESULTS.

The full results Of Captain Amund-
sens daring and successful dash TO the
South Pole must await disclosure until
his detailed narrative is given TO the
world. From reports already made it
is possible, however, TO draw several
highly interesting conclusions. One is Il
gratifying confirmation Of one part OF
Admiral Pcary's story of his Arctic
quest which excited not increduity but
much surprise, namely, his statement of
the rate Of speed at which he travelled.
Peary's average rate nOrthward from
Grant Land was thirteen miles a day.
and returning lie reached the speed of
thirty miles a day. AmundSen went
southwark from the Barrier at an average
rate of nearly fifteen miles day, and
returned at the rate of twenty miles.
AS Amundsen had much longer dis
crage for the whole journey suggests the
easy possibility Of Peary'S having made
the speed reported by him on his much
shorter dash.
A second point which is discerned in
Amundsen's report, III confirmation of
former accounts Of the Antarctic re-
giOns, is that the precipitation there is
comparatively slight. 1t is true that
some huge glaciers exist and that the Ice
Barrier is comparable with any of the
iceberg producers Of the Far North. But
the land is not covered with any such
universal ice cap as, that which stretches
over Greenland. The Antarctic desert is
far more desert Of dryness than the
lone lands of the north. The relation
Of this scantiness Of precipitation TO
the scarcity of life is an interesting sub
ject Of speculation.
The third and geographically most
important indication is that of the in
tegrity Of the Antarctic Continent. That
Is not fully proved, but il is very strong
ly suggested There have been SUPPOSE
lions that Ross Sea extends through
past the pole TO Weddel Sea- and that
thus Graham Land and Wilkes Land
are separate islands, if. indeed, all the
Antarctic lands are not a mere archi-
pelago. The German expedition under
lieutenant Filchner has gone thther
expressly 10 determine that point
Amundsen found no signs of such e1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25

tension Of Ross Sea. On the contrary
no found 4 chain of mountains extend
ing across the head Of that sea- from
Victoria Land to King Edward VII
Land discovery which strongly 1ndl-
Gates that the eastern ana western
lands within the Antarctic Circle are
parls Of a single continent extending
from Graham Land to Wilkes Land
The precise contour Of that continent
is. If course, yet far from determinations
II may be assumed however, TO ne ap-
proximatcly circular, with the pole at
fine centre and with the periphery gen
orally near the Antarctic Circle; WIN
one great cape jutting forth at Graham
Land. strangely resembling the eNtren-
itv Of Patagonia from which 1t is al
most due south, and with two great IN
donations. broad and shallow one at
UoddelI Sea and a narrow and deep one
at Ross Sea. Graham Land, as stated
is south of Cape Horn. Thence an I'M
nxnlored coast. all within the Antarctic
Circle. extends westward to Ross Sea
soutb Of New Zealand. which has King
Edward VII Land on its east side and
Victoria Land on the west and the Ice
Barrier at the south. Then comes
Wilkes Land the longest stretch OF eX-
plored coast. extending right along the
Antarctic Circle, past Australia, to
point due south Of India, and comprising
lands known successfully as Adele,
CIaric. North. Sabrina, TOtten, Balleny,
Budd. Knox and Kaiser Wilhelm Land.
Beyond these only few scattered points
are known. Kemp Land lies due south
of the Strait of Ormuz and Enderby
Land south Of Madagascar Coats Land
is on the meridian of Iceland, and we'd
dell Sea lies south Of that part of the
Atlantic Ocean which is between BraNl
and Senegambia; and mt its western
side IS Graham Land again.
This rude delmitatiOn represents q
fairly compact continent about three
thousand miles in diameter, which Is,
of course, by far the largest body of
land remaining uncXplored On the sur
face of the globe. 70 what extent IT
will be further explored. save along the
coast. is problematic. There i little 10
attract Adventures 10 its barren ana
iuhOspitabe wastes. If som" day u
frip shall he made across past the pole,
from Ross Sea to Weddell Sea, that will
be about as much as we may reasonably
cXppCt
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prsTPJCTTyG FIFTH AVENUE.

PESTRICTING FIFTH AVhN w.
rho most important suggestion made
hr Rorough President McAneny's COM
nission is that the height of buildings
IN Fifth avenue be restricted. such
Limitation upon the use Of property has
beeu held in other Jurisdictions TO be
proper exercise of the police power ana
nrobabIv would be so regarded by the
courts in this state. If any obstacle -
carving if out exists il will probably be
found in the attitude Of Fifth avenue
property owners rather than in that oil
the courts Real estate values IN the
business parts of New York are due 70
the Sllyscraner. and law barring SKY
scraDcrs from any street might ordlna-
rly be expected to reduce the value OIL
lots there This does not seem, now
ever. 10 be the necessary erect Oh
Fifth avenue real estate values OF the
proposed limitation. Restriction III resi-
dence sections TO fine single lamlly
hOuSes often has the effect of preserving
and enhancing values. \ restriction OF
Fifth avenue such as is proposed might
have similar effect. II would tend TO
nreServe and advertise the character OF
the street as the great show place of the
CITY. where fine retail shops existed. And
by assuring TO each real estate owner
protectiou from an Ovcrshadowing SKY
scrappr if might give value to property
like that which it receives in Il residence
pcighborhood through the exclusion OF
buildings of a type considered undeSir-
able
The chief reason heretofore against
attempting 10 define the uses to which a
street could be put has been the constant
migration Of business. Hotels, theatres
and shops have moved steadily uptown,
while in their wake have come office
buildings. factories and lofts. To have
attempted restrictions upon the charac-
| ter Of buildings in Il given neighborhood
would have been TO interfere with the
establishments made necessary by the
business changes. But that movement
northward must stop below j9th street
owing to the obstacle which Central
Park presents. dividing the city as 1t
does Above 59th street business must
necessarily be of more or less local
character. 1t is a question, then, whether
the time has not come when an at
tempt may fairly he made by legisla-
ton to give at least a degree Of tixity
and permanence to New York by pre-,
venting the intrusion of the Office build
! ing and the factory into Il part of the
city now occupied by fine retail trade.
| New York needs a street Of the sort that
it is proposed to make and keep Fifth
avenue. one that will always compare
with the finest streets of European CAPT
tails. TO permit Fifth avenue TO become
mere canyon between skyscrapers, if it
is practicable to prevent it, would be de-
! pOrablc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25
THE EXCESS COMBINATION
SCHEME.

There would no doubt be- as some are
saying, a possibility and even certain
danger of abuses under the scheme of the
excess condemnation Of land by munich
palitieS which is proposed in Senator
Pollock's resolution passed by the State
Senate last week; but we do not know
that that is a valid reason for condemn
ing any proposition which is otherwise
good. If it were, all things would be
condemned, for there is nothing which is
not susceptible of perversion and abuse.
The question is not whether the thing
may cOncciyably be misused and do
harm, but whether it is reasonably
adapted to do good.
II might. indeed, be asked whether the
opposition TO the plan did not arise not
so much from the fear of unpreventable
public graft as from well founded
fear that it would be a bar to profitable
private operations of the "hOncSt graft
variety. Hitherto it has been Il notori-
ously common practice for private indi-
yidualS or companies to acquire lands
adjacent 10 proposed public improve
mentS in order 10 reap from them the
large unearned increments which would
accrue from the city's expenditures.
That has, moreover, been done largely
by politicians or their friends who en-
joyed advance knowledge of the munich
pal action, and who therefore had great
advantage over all other spectators. 1t
is obvious that if the city itself were en-
powered TO acquire zone surrounding
the site of its own improvements such
practices would be prevented and the
municipality itself would secure the in
crement, which in its case would not be
unearned.
IL is a fact that some European cities
have long practised this system with
fortunate results They have in certain
cases derived sufficient profit from the
Increase ia value Of the excess lands thus
taken TO pay the whole cost of the inn
prOyements That is 10 say, by eXpend-
ing million dollars in the creation Of
park u city has increased by that
amount the value Of the zone which it
owned around that park and which IL
subsequently sold at that profit. That
is perfectly legitimate operation. and
IS not even open to the moral reprosch
~ the unearDed increment. since the in
,rement Is earned by the very body
which receives H. N would be difficult
We think, to show convincing reasons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25
MARK TULIEY.
Topeka, Kan, March %, 1912.
THE REMOVAL OF PROJECTIONS.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Public hearings on the removal OF
building projections were advertised for
the last meeting of the Board of Estimate.
The printed calendar was a forecast of the
lack of desire to hear the public, for
it mentioned communications protesting
against the proposed action and concluded:
at Is recommended that the resolution be
approved. Resolution for adoption"
a large gathering Of business men and
property owners attended to protest, but In
stead OF being listened to with an open
mind by the board the speakers were re-
peatedly interrupted by Borough Presi-
dent McAneny, whose antagonistic COM
ments on the various points made indi-
Gated the futility of giving expression TO
public sentiment before an official whose
mind was already made up
representative of the Erie Railroad
was the only advocate OF the resolution
his reason being that it would make il
easier for Jerseyites to enter and leave via
his railroad, but it did not appear that the
company owned any property that would
bo affected, nor that the proposed inn
proyements, IL they can be so called. were
initiated by any public petition or demand
for them
Tho projections proposed TO he removed
were erected in the first instance pursuant
to valid corporation ordinances under the
written permits of the city authorities.
Would it not be we'll to secure legislation
requiring as a condition precedent To sub
jectinG taxpayers TO the great expense and
curtailed usefulness OF their property by
the removal of these projections that a pc
tition signed by at least 50 per cent of the
owners whose property is affected should
be presented TO the official having juris-
diction before their removal can be or
dered? TAXPAYER. .
New York. March g. 1912.
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NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

A footpad in New York held up a local poet.
BY mistake. OF course. one can't tell anything
by appearances. Plain Dealer.
Three fourths Of the people OF Brooklyn are
aliens, most OF them having emigrated from
New York.-Houston Post.
The New York police dumped eight thousand
dollars worth of csnnscated weapons outside the
Narrows recently. This ought to be encouraging
news TO the arms manufacturing companies
Philadelphia Inquirer.
An experiment is TO be made to check the
spread OF tuberculosis I'm New York without re
moving tho persons affected 10 hospitals or sani-
tarlums. The principal agents in the cure OF
tuberculosis fresh air and plenty OF sun
shine, and II they can be supplied there Is no
reason why the experiment should not be a sue
Buffalo Commercial
The police OF New York have no moro i'm
portant work on hand than that Of finding the
person responsible for sending murderous
bomb TO Judge Rosalsky. The man who shoots
his eneny a, sight il FAR less dangerous than
the one who conceals deadly machine in su
innocent looking package and sends u by mail
messenger 10 his Intended victim'-Rochester
Fost Express.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25

enacted law substantially as follows:
That all employers and employees unable
TO settle their differences between them
selves shall give thirty days notice to the
government, at the expiration Of which
a committee of experts OF the National
Arbitration Commission will be prepared
to take charge Of their affairs pending
settlement of their dispute, during which
business shall continue as usual; the cost
Of such temporary control being jointly
paid, the employer yielding for this pur-
pose % per cent Of his profits and the en-
ploye 10 per cent of his wages, any excess
of such levy above actual expenses revert
ing TO the Treasury of the United States.
w. r. ROYSTONE
New York, March q, 1872
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25
INDEPENDENCE WHILE YOU WAIT

Mr.. JOness bill for giving the Philip
pine Islands qualified independence" at
a specified date seems to be a fine ex-
ample of what ought not to be enacted.
The very date chosen. without regard 10
the year, is ingeniously infelicitous. Why
should we impose the Fourth of July
upon another nation MS its Independence
day, when Ii means nothing in that ma
tons history? Why should We share
our Independence Day with some one
else: And why should we present to
the scorn Of the world tho contrast that
there would he between the celebrations
on the same day, Of our absolute indie
.pendence as defined by jefferson and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25
NOT AN INSURGENT.
the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In recent issue OF The Tribune I
noticed an article in which the following
was contained: "Mr. Stubs has been twice
elected Governor, and the state adminlstra-
ton is insurgent from top 10 bottom
II you mean by that that Governor Stubs
and his appointees are insurgents. your
article is correct but II you mean that all
OF the state officers Of Kansas are insur-
gents your article IS not correct I am
serving my third consecutive term as State
Treasurer, and | am not an insurgent and
never was, and have no sympathy what
ever with insurgency. Furthermore, I am
strongly in favor of the denomination Of
President Taft and think It would be
shameful act for the Republican party TO
fail TO renominate him.
MARK TULLEY
Topeka, Kan March % 1912
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MelpsDork Grtbu1s.
MONDAY, MARCH %, 1912.

OwRed and published daily by INC
Tribune Association, q Nelc YORK. co'P',
gotion: Ogdeu u. Reid, PRESIDENT Co"ae
UamIg, Secretary; james VI. BaTc"
Treasurer. address, Tribune B"Id'"0'
NO. 1874 Nassau street, Nel0 YORK.
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Lady Warwicks sudden departure for
home deprives us of the expectation of
what might have proved TO be an inter
estlng book on ourselves. Or Will she
come back?
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1.-THE dawn comes UP like thunder out
Ell China 'crost the bay!

The young women of Thompsonville,
Conn, who have resolved not to wed
until they kav received the franchise
may discover that there are just as good
fish in the sea as ever were caught-by
bachelors. They will also gradually
learn, what men have known these many
years, that sentiment and politics won't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25

why a municipal corporation shouid ho'
be permitted to profit from its own en-
tcrprisc at least as much as private COZ
porations and persons are permitted u
nrofit from the enterprise Of others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25

Rifles are dangerous playthings in the
hands Of boys even when they wear the
Boy Scouts uniform. Where, by the
way, was the Sullivan law? Still more
to the point. what about the boys pa
rents?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25

Mr.. Lionel Sutro, of the Educational
Commerce, has started for Central
America 10 study German methods In
the markets of that region. Others have
gone before him, and others. ii is likely,
will go hereafter, but, on the whole. our
merchants and manufacturers continue
TO be inexpllcably indifferent to the COM
mercial possibilities to the south of MS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25

It Is some trouble to rule" as those
voters will find who have to struggle
with a 14-foot primary ballot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25

Governor Marshall of Indiana is dark
horse, but wants the De- ocrats to know
that he is warranted sound, kind and
trIfe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25

IL looks as II "Harper's Weekly" had
decided To wipe the Democratic Ma
tional Convention off its calendar Of po
litical events. But " the Baltimore
hotelkeepers reduce rates the Demo.
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even under the pail of Colonel Harvey's
Great Silence.
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Swat that fly.
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OLD AND TRIED METHODS

New York, March 81, 1912
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-03-05
PRESERVATION OF
EYESICHT

wearing glasses until it becomes al
most impossible to read any longer
without them. This is a serious mis-
take, because such postponement mer-
ely leads to premature exhaustion Of
visual vitality. an absolute loss of the
elasticity of the lens within the eye
when there is no longer ability to ad.
just vision to near objects.
In order to explain this impairment
II should first be stated that lenses
made Of glass have fixed powers, !"
whereas the normal lenses within the
eyes, being soft and resilient, are cap
able Of being given different powers
through the action Of the focusing
muscles, which are infinitely more
sensitive than the hairsprings in a
fine watch. This is the muscle that
gives symptoms Of eye-strain when oy.
erworked.
DR.. E. Carr, Optometrist
423 Chickasha Ave.