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New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

Now somebody should figure out ho9 moeA
the laundry employees strike in New leFh ns'
added to the surplus water supply OF that s's'
Albany Argus.
The great difficulty about holding the pe"o.
cratic convention IN New York would Ds -
getting all the delegates In one lobster pNA''
at the same time.-Washlngton fosI,
New York consumes more celery than s'
other city on earth--and makes more nos"
about it--Milwaukee Journal.
New York goes far for its luxuries no"
aday.. one commission house Is now trying
engage Colorado's entire crop OF early sifs'
berries next spring. and predicts that pns''
will be much higher than ever before. Ih''.
will still be people left who will wait 10Y W.
home grown truit-springnsld Republican
New workers. OF the future will bark back
the Christmas OF 1911, when some OF their
cestors hathed at Coney Island. and wish "
IAN old-fashloned Christmas" like tnaN
Omaha Bee.
The Russell Sage Foundation nnds 'na' ~.
low resorts and theatres In New York are ~
supported by New Workers. but by the IT..
sient population. The indictment Is gen.
and not specific, but 1t seems to inciuds' =.
seneral way, those Far West merchants 49,,
awe said that st. f.ouis Is a good place 20
s.sds, but not to have s,><SN s'>Sn 90
Hanoerat,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Not To Be Abolished, Says Writer, Un-
til Life Sentences Are Enforced.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In to-day's Tribune II is published
that Colonel Joseph +. Scott. our State
Superintendent OF Prisons, favors the sub
stitution Of life Imprisonment for the elec-
trio chair, and that he will so advise the
Legislature in his forthcoming annual re-
port.
/ have no objection whatever 10 this
course being adopted, provided that life
Imprisonment" means life Imprisonment"
In Italy there is no death penalty. but
there Is genuine life Imprisonment When
murderer crosses the Bridge OF Signs"
he does so never to return.
1t is safe TO assume that murderer
who secures his freedom after. say, twenty
years OF Incarceration is fully as likely
as before to be placed In circumstances
where he may kill. In our country II Is
generally understood that life imprison-
ment" really means, as a rule, only twenty
years or SO OF confinement. It is said that
Colonel Scott contends that the death
penalty has not proved deterrent.
| am scarcely disposed 10 accept this
view. In countries where the sentence OF
death is carried out without the delays OF
legal appeals, etc, which obtain among
US II is maintained that the death penalty
does reduce 10 a minimum the crime OF
murder. Great Britain IS conspicuous
Illustration. Before We enact legislation
doing away with capital punishment by
death It would be well to place on the
statutes law limiting in large degree
the freedom with which mere TECHNICAL
ties are allowed to interfere with the
processes OF criminal Justice.
do sincerely trust that our law makers
may be guided wisely in the consideration
and issue OF question so fraught with
danger TO the lieges.
ALEXANDER ALISON.
Cold Spring on Hudson, n. Y. Jan. IL.
1912
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

Of its growth. 1t began on August l..
1883. In the first eight months 100000
parcels were carried; in the next full
year nearly 23yOOO,OOO; In 1890, nearly
100000; in 1900, nearly 75,500,OOO,
and in 1905, 97,231O 900. Precise details
of the financial results to the government
are not at hand, but 1t is to be observed
that while the United States has only
Just succeeded in making its postal ser
vice self-paying, the postal service OF
Great Britain has always been source
of large profit to the government. I'D
1sS4-'S5, when the parcels post was
new. the yearly surplus was S13,5oo,oco'
and has been pretty steadily growing
ever since, until in 1905-'06 1t was ST.
100000. Certainly. then, the parcels post
cannot he serious financial burden 10
the government, while that It Is an ines
timable boon TO the people Is self-evldent
from the facts and figures which we have
cited
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
REDRESS FOR FALSE CONVICTION.

HLDhESS EOH FALSE CON FICIIOA.
An interesting proposal in penology
is made in New Jersey, the state to
which in the last year or two it has
been fitting to look for the latest novel
ties in legislation and administration.
II IS nothing less than that all persons
who are convicted Of felOnies and are
committed to the state prison, and are
afterward proved to have been inno-
cent and thus falsely convicted. shall be
entitled TO substantial cash indemniues
from the counties in which they were
convicted as well as 10 judicial DEGREES
releasing them from custody 'On ac-
count OF established innocence a bill
10 that end has been drafted and will
he introduced into the Legislature, and
confidence in its enactment is expressed.
Not the least significant feature Of
this remarkable proposal is It's author
ship. 1t emanates not from some theo-
rist or sentimentalist but from the very
practical head Keeper Of the state
prison, and Is inspired by his experience
and observations during forty years Of
service In connection with penal and
charitable institutions. In that time, he
says, he has seen so many innocent per-
sons confined in prison that he is con-
vinced Of the desirability Of making In
such cases at least some pecuniary in
demnity for the great wrong which Is
unintentionally done His plan is that to
each such person bonus of $1,000 shall
be given. together with 81 for each day
of Imprisonment which he has suffered,
these sums TO be paid by the county or
by II and the state Jointly.
The proposal will doubtless call forth
much discussion. not merely in the Leg
isature at Trenton, but also among
pen0logists ana soc;Ologists throughout
the country. There will be little dissent
from the opinion that false imprison-
meDt is great hardship and that some
indemnity for it would be justifiable on
grounds OF equity. What the effect Of
such an indemnity system would be
upon the administration of justice is
another question. 1t is not impossible
that Il would make prosecutors less
jealous ia seeking convictions and
jurias less ready TO render verdicts OF
guilty in cases which were at all in.
yolyed in doubt. II might also lead TO
persistence in meritless efforts TO set
aside convictions. That these consider
ations will have some weight is inevi-
table, though ii is not clear that they
have any direct bearing upon the Ques-
tion of redress for the man who is
proved TO have been mistakenly pun
tshed for crime Of which he was limo,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

made some gains at the expense or tne
Liberals. That is to say, Of the various
more or less moderate groups between
the extremes Of Conservatism ana SOCIAL
Democracy the more conservative are
drifting toward outright CONSERVATISM
and the more radical are going over 10
the Social-Democrats.
That is precisely what was TO be eX-
pected in country where there Is per-
sistent screwing down of the safety
valve and in Germany that interesting
member Of the political engine Is thus
dealt with In double sense. One Is the
maintenance Of the inequitable appor-
tionment. TO which we have already re-
ferred. and which is much resented by
men of liberal tendencies. The other Is
the still more inequitable franchise sys-
tem Of Prussia and other states, which
practically dsfranchises the majority Of
the population and puts political control
in The hands of an oligarchy. That evil
does not prevail I'm the imperial elections,
but its prevalence I'm the state elections Is
bitterly resented throughout the empire.
The result Is that Radicals and Liberals
OF radical tendencies are gravitating tow
ard the extreme Of Social-DemOcracy in
order effectively to protest against un-
satisfactory conditions, and Liberals Of
conservative inclinations are gravitating
toward the Conservative extreme In a
desperate endeavor TO maintain the e1-
listing order against those whom they re-
gard as revolutionists. That process If
continued would I'm time cause the elec-
torate to be divided between two great
parties, the democracy and the aristoc-
racy, Of which, according to present indi-
cations. the former would be the more
numerous. What measures will effec-
lively avert such a condition Of affairs
and develop great Liberal party of
moderate policies is question which the
government will probably now be moved
TO ask itself with earnest heart-search-
ingS
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Jan. l3.-Mrs. Levi H. Letter
entertained at dinner tonight in compli-
ment 10 the Russian Ambassador and Mime.
Bakhmeten. music following later in the
evening. Other guests were the British
Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce. the Attorney
General and Mrs Wickersham, the Secre-
tary OF Commerce and Labor and Mrs.
Nagel. the Ambassador 10 Great Britain and
Mrs Whitelaw Reid Senator and Mrs. Wet
more, Senator du Pont, the Chief OF STAFF
and Mrs. Leonard Wood. Mrs. Richard II.
Townsend, Mrs. William Pretyman, OF Lon
don; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter Bishop
Williams and Major Butt
Miss Helen Taft and her cousin. Miss
Harriet Anderson, were entertained at din
ner tonight by the officers OF the Dolphin.
The entire party later attended the dance
at the navy yard.
The dance at the navy yard was an eSpe-
clally brilliant affair. and was attended by
several hundred persons. Mrs. Beatty. wife
OF the commandant. received the guests
wearing a gown OF green chiffon over cloth
OF gold. Lieutenant Rogers made the intro
ductlons and the Marine Band played for
the dancing. Among the officers who as
sisted In the entertainment were Command
er Willett, Captain Althouse. Lieutenant
Downs, Captain Treadwell and Captain
williams. The Secretary OF the Navy and
Mrs Meyer. tho Misses Meyer. the Assistant
Secretary OF tho Navy and Mrs. Beekman
winthrop, the naval attaches OF the diplo-
matte corps. and others from the corps and
from society In general were among the
guests.
Judge and Mrs, Knapp entertained guests
at dinner tonight.
Miss Mabel Boardman and her sister, Mrs
Frederick Keep, will return from Panama
tomorrow.
A large number OF dinner parties preced-
ed the dance at the navy yard tonight
Captain and Mrs. Strother Smith had among
their guests Mrs. Bort. Miss Eiinger, Miss
Strother Smith. Miss Ruth Hitchcock, Rob-
ert Cummins, Lieutenant Harrington, John
Thompson and Marion Baker. Mrs. ]. w.
MacMurray's dinner was in compliment TO
Miss Frances, Brooke. Mr.. and Mrs James
Lee Marshall's dinner was In honor Of Miss
Julia Vale. Miss Dorothy Taylor enter
tained dinner party preceding the dance
and following II the commandsnt and Mrs.
Beatty gave large supper party.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
A BIGGER NAVY.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. As world power with possessions
In different parts OF the globe, and to az
ford proper protection TO our flag, our
people. and our interests. the United States
must have a larger navy. President Taft,
cx-PresIdent Roosevelt and the present
Secretary OF tho Navy and his predecessor
advocated a larger navy. Secretary OF the
Navy Meyer now advocates the building OF
two first class battleships each year This
plan would enable US to have at all times
twenty-five first class battleships less than
ten years old and twenty more that are be-
tween ten and twenty years old The idea
IS a very good one. The War OF 1872 the
Civil War and Spanish-Americsn war
taught us tho lesson that strong and
modern navy Is the surest guarantee for
an everlasting and timely peace.
Bella TOkAJI
New York Jan, g. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
CLEAN MONEY.
From The washington Herald.

From The washington Herald.
United States Treasurer McCiuns has recon-
mended In his annual report that Congress pro-
vide additional facilities for exchanging old ana
defaced United States paper currency for new.
Asserting that there ia widespread interest
which advocates cleaner and more sanitary
currency. he says that the sentimen. Is lauo-
able one and should be attainable because the
expense is but trine compared with the oenen-
cent results. II has been demonstrated ths'
bacteria attach themselves readily TO paper
money. and there Is no doubt that disease 10
thus disseminated. Mr. Meetings. crusade Tor
a clean currency ought to find prompt and sym
pathetic response.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

notion house I had to visit customer III
little New England town, many miles
from the railroad, where there was one
tavern. over the wash bowl, which stooo
Oh a table in the so-called office, there hung
a roller towel. and It was that tower OF
none II you wanted to rid your hands Oh
some real estate before taking meal AT
my first experience looked the thing over
and then used the inside. The proprietor
seeing this said: You New Workers am
any smarter than other people-everypooy
wipes on the inside Of roller and 1t makes
'em last longer
Full again. Wombat? | thought you
turned over new leaf"
well, the darned thing blew BACK. -
Washington Herald
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
THE CABINET.

from The Trioune Bureau.
Washington. Jan. 1s.-The Secretary OF
the Treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh have is
sued invitations for dinner on January %.
The Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Meyer will entertain at dinner, followed
by a dance on January 20.
The Secretary OF Agriculture has issued
Invitations for a dinner in honor OF the
President and Mrs. Taft on February 10, In
the Presidential suite at the New Willard.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
THE PARCELS POST ABROAD.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. In issue OF January s, 1912, under
head OF Postal Possibilities" there Is men
ton Of what the parcels post might be or
do. n not asking too much. kindly show up
I'm a brief manner the working OF IL In
Britain and Germany. In either country
does IL show a surplus over expenses? Also
is IT fiat rate or Il graduated scale or
prices for distance? A SUBSCRIBER.
Port Henry, y. Y. Jan. O. 1912.
THE working OF the system In Great
Britain is described elsewhere on this
page-Ed
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

cent. 1t is not the least interesting ue
tail, either. that the proposal originates
in the state which has long been ho'eu
for the swiftness and severity OF It's au'
ministration of the criminal law. Jer-
sey justice" is thus to be asked 10 pay
in cash for the mistakes when II
makes
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
Netp.Tork GrthurH.
SUNDAY, JANUARY ID, 1912.
This newspaper is o,oHed and pub

This neospaper is o,oHed and pub
Kshed by The Tribune Association, O
Neto York corporation; Office ana pIW-
cipal pldce of business, Tribune BW'ta'
ipo. No. 154 Nassau street, Nei0 Yor@;
Oqden Mails, president; ogden IL. Re'a'
seoretoi1; James ". Barrett, treasurer
Tbe address of the officers is the of'co
u this nelCSpGpcr,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Cardinal Farley's welcome home after
his elevation TO the Sacred College at
Rome and his investiture with the red hat
by Plus \ Will figure largely on the pro-
gramma Of society this weak. For. in ad-
dition to the members OF the fashionable
world here belonging to his faith, he has
many warm friends among people of other
creeds and denominations, who have been
greatly pleased by the honors bestowed
upon him In the Eternal City, and who
are anxious for an opportunity Of giving
expression to their satisfaction. His re-
turn will be followed by q series OF splen-
did ecclesiastical receptions and OF public
as well as private entertainments IN his
honor, and until the beginning OF Lent the
calendar OF society will be In measure
influenced by his movements.
That the poor are not forgotten in the
midst OF all the festivities OF psrticu-
larry gay season Is shown by the many
entertainments organized for their pecu-
niary benefit. A considerable sum was
realized by the fancy dress ball at sherTs
on Thursday night last, In benait oT us
Lyins-in Hospital, and there Is scsfo65
IN afternoon or evening this week wksas
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The educational statistics OF Berlin show
that the number OF women students II In
creasing there. The theological department
alone shows falling of. there being only
one woman registered. while there were
several last year. Besides the 25s women
who attend lectures without matriculating
there arc twelve women In the school OF
jurisprudence. l72 medical students and go
In the department of philosophy. There
are In all about Lib women students, OF
whom the majority are In the philoogy
and history departments. The record shows
that many OF the important professors have
student daughters and that these do not
as a rule, aim TO perfect themselves I'm the
branches taught by their fathers. Among
the representatives OF the official class is
the daughter OF DR.. Reickes. Mayor OF
Berlin, who has matriculatcG In the de-
partment for the study of German.
But" her father objected, you have
never shown that you are capable OF sup
porting q wife"
oh" the young man replied, ''it you
want her TO marry a wldower I'll have To
confess that can't quallfy."-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald
SOME WEATHER TALK.
Says the Isobar TO the Isotherm:
DO you know the Isocryme;
The party that marks the coolest cold
In any old winter time?'
Says the Isotherm to the Isobar:
II am glad that I do not.
Because the weather he's handing us
Is Isocrymnal. What?
w. J. HAMPTON.
No. $3.50 just relcased-W'y Turtle, 'ow
are you? Wot's don' In d. biz?
His Old Pal-IIullo. Chicken Shake
Wot's new IN d. biz? Nottin' much. Deres
a feller invented a vault door dat's five
years ahead OF d. times.
No. 67,S4o-Gee, dats bad
The Pal-An' Skinny Moss has invented a
Jimmy dats five year ahead Of a. new
door!-Clevelsnd Plain Dealer.
The Oregon Agricultural College at Cor
wallis, ore, is boasting Of the first course
In highway chemistry that has ever been
offered in any college In the world. Pro-
fessor John Fulton. OF the chemistry de-
partment. has taken this step as result OF
the increased demand for good roads. Tho
course includes both physical and chemical
tests OF tars, bituminous products,' asphalts
and all mixtures such as sands. gravels,
rocks and other ingredients OF the modern
highway. Concrete testing and tests OF the
chemical changes in all these substances by
exposure and weather will form an i'm
portant part OF the work. as will also the
chemical study Of surface protection. such
as ylscous oils.
Muggins-I never realized before how
many useless things there are in the world
Buggins-Apropos OF what?
Muggins--Fve Just been to wedding, and
spent couple of hours looking over the
brides presents. Philadelphia Record
The resolution OF the Board OF Health
which VIII abolish in all public places tow
els OF the common kind-for the use OF
more than one person-recalled this story
TO commercial traveller: When was on
the road many years ago for q New York
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

II looks as II somebody could make a
best seller" ten strike simply by putting
the Sherman law between pink covers.
Those who should have read II but
haven't still constitute an army large
enough - delight any book agents soul.
"Oh, for one hour OF Andrew Jackson!'-
Governor Harmon.
Wouldn't four years OF Judson Har-
mon do as well?
Horses have again been slipping and
falling on the ley pavements. with re-
suits OF much suffering and delay Of
traffic The same thing Will happen
again and again with each recurring
snowfall. and the most ingenious and
inventive nation under the sun, in It's
own esteem, Is bafiied by the difficulty
OF devising some means OF stopping the
barbarlsm.
Does The World" deny the Demo-
cratic trademark 10 the national con-
vention which met in Baltimore In 1872
and nominated Horace Greeley and b.
Gratz Brown?
II will he a great comfort TO the pub
lic 10 know that the recent cold hasn't
been very cold after all for It hasn't
frozen ice worth cutting. The leo COM
panies themselves admit It.
As the matter stands. We are inclined TO
sympsthiZe with Colonel Harvey. II must
be humilating TO the editor OF high class
II Is, or al least would be, reflection upon
the wide influence 10 which Colonel Harvey
can Justly lay claim.-Houston Post.
Speech is silver: silence is golden. The
managers OF the Wilson boom may only
have meant to give Colonel Harvey a
really larger opportunity to serve.
The enterprise OF sugar beet culture in
England is experimental. but IL is being
undertaken In a prudent manner. after
painstaking investigation. and there
seems 20 be reason TO expect for II con-
siderable measure OF prosperity Eng
land has long been noted for its success
in raising other varieties OF beets, for
stock feeding purposes and she may he
as successful with the sugar producing
kinds. Her soil and climate are be-
lieved by scientific observers TO be favor
able, and those are the essential factors
I'm the problem.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

"Oh, for one hour OF Andrew Jackson!'-
Governor Harmon
Wouldn't four years OF Judson Har-
mon do as well?
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

Governor Dix. attended by his stan
fun uniform, and Mrs. Dix, Major Genera
Grant, with Mrs. Grant and his oinoeis
from Governors Island. and Rear Adni'a'
Leutze, with the officers from the na'vE@
at Brooklyn. all In uniform. will be preseu'
at the Charity Ball. which takes place W
Tuesday night, February 8. at the WALDORF
Astoria. The entertainment is, as usual :.
each of the last fifty-four years, in oehs"
of the Nursery and Childs Hospital. Ies,
cts may be obtained from Mrs. FRANK .
Witherbee, who Is the treasurer, Mrs ~
ward J. Berwind, Mrs Robert Nicol ans
Mrs. Charles f. Roe. No. % East S''
street
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

Does The World" deny the Demo-
cratic trademark 10 the national con-
vention which met in Baltimore In 1872
and nominated Horace Greeley and B.
Graft Brown?
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Cortlandt Dixon Barnes
have arrived in town from their place Al
Manhasset, Long Island. and are staying
with Mrs. Charles r. Barney.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

II will he a great comfort to the pub
lie 10 know that the recent cold hasn't
been very cold after all, for 1t hasn't
frozen ice worth cutting. The leo COM
panies themselves admit A.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin sail INC
week after next from England for Ne"
York, where they will spend few weeks
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-01-20

APPLICATION NO. 1858 NOTICE
of Application for Permission to
Appropriate the Public Waters Of
the State of Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that on the
23rd day of November, 1911, in &C.
| XXI, of the Statutes of 1909, one
Charles Eaton, of Atlanta, County
of Lincoln and State of Nevada,
made application to the State En-
gineer of Nevada for permission to
appropriate the public waters of
the State of Nevada. Such appropri-
alton is to be made from Springs
situated in Silver Park Gulch, Mag
S. II deg. 80 min. W., 1890 IT. from
| U. S. Min. Mon. No. /, Silver Park
Mining District, Lincoln County Ne
| vada, at points at the springs on un-
surveyed land i'll T. N. r. SO E.,
N. d. b. & NJ, at S. II deg. 80
min. w. 1890 1T. from U. S. Min.
Mon No. l, Silver Park Mining Dis
trict, Lincoln County, Nevada. by
means of a ditch and IA cubic feet
per second is to be conveyed to
points 1900 feet due south Of Min
eral Monument No. 1, of Silver Park
Mining Dist, by means Of a ditch
and there used for mining, milling
and domestic purposes. Water to
be returned to stream at point
about 264O IT below snrinPS from