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SCARLET FEVER IN RICHMOND

Not Epidemic, Says LederIe, ThOsGh
Cases Exceed January Record.
Forty-seven cases Of scarlet fever
have been reported 10 the Board u
Health from Staten Island during this
month. II has been declared by many
persons that an epidemic Of this dis
sase - prevalent.
while there are more cases Of scar.
lot fsver on Staten Island this year
than last January" said supcrtntsnd-
snt Lederie today. there 10 by no
means an epidemic. During January
last year there were twenby-eisht cases,
and the year before for the same month
there were eighteen. our inspectors are
at work every day and all sufferers are
Immediately isolated"
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women, even tAs youA6se o.
them. are such instanetavs monep-
oiists. that II gives . gizl NO Joy
81 Ill 70 realise that . young man
ands her lovely II she suspects
that he considers all women beau
t1Sul, - he often does. She takes no
delight In his sAmisataoA II she
feels that IL falls alike On the
Jus. and the unjust. ana she Knows
that he asks her 70 marry him
merely because chance has thrown
her more than any other woman
IN his way. The ideal sGs for .
maE 70 marry 70 after hs aas
learned 70 discriminate between
womsa, and before he has ceased
I, a. so, whsthse that happy ststs
10 attained ~ twenty-five OF -
afty.
Observation has led me to bei4sve that
few men acquire the ability to Judge
women At all before they are thirty.
30 I consider the Boston profsseor's e.
tamate At least Ave years too young.
But there u . widespread opinion that
onos Q man has acquired this judicial
faculty. he will be disappointed II hs
marries at all. and this may be why our
Boston scientist defines thirty - the
Calculating age"
CASE or A SPARKLING YOUNG
WOMAN.
Not long ago a simple. strAightfor-
ward young man OF my acquaintance
took unto himself q wife Of the Roman
candle variety. . walking Fourth OF
July celebration. who sends up shower
after showr Of sparks. but when The
sparks arc spent IL nothing but . dad
stiok, . shallow. SNOWY. ins,ncers girl
Of a type far too plentiful In big cities.
When some time ago I expressed to .
woman who knew them both . regret
that q simple ard sincere being should
have married this human pinwheel, l re-
ceived this worldly and very wise reply;
TO marry such a blum was the very
best thing that could have happened TO
him. A more sincere girl would nave "a
shatter a lot Of his young illusions. AZ
It 10. his wtfs viii help him to keep
them Mp
sumo msa never learn that one
woman di1srs from another N
glosy. Thsss are always too young
TO mas5y. Others, smirohsa By the
onsAp oynioism OF oatass, Una no
women glorious. Though they be
lses thaa tvsaty. tAsss are far too
OLD 70 marry. Yst, In my opinion,
The esniaS q aSs Of the heart
sasast- ~ ssAsssaAsA - ~ asa
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5000 TEACHERS LOSE.
Court Holds Certificate No Exemp.
tien From Examination.

A suit Of interest TO 5000 school teach
srs was decided by Justice Kapper in
the Supreme Court. Brooklyn. to-day
adversely to the teachers. Il was
brought by Henry Berghoffer. . teacher
in tho primary Grade. to compel the
Board Of Education to promote him 10
higher grade without subJecting him
to new examination.
Berghoffer maintained that a revision
Of the charter. passed at tho last ses-
sion OF the Legislature. and providing
for examinations OF teachers seeking
promotion did not apply to 5000 holders
Of q certain certificate. Justice Kapper
holds that this certificate. known As
Certificate l." does not exempt teach
ers from the rule of Supt. Maxwell.
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TWO HELD As FIREBUos.
Woman Smells smoke. Gives Alspal
aud Providers Are CauGht.

A woman tenant In the four.story.
six-fafnily apartment house At No 10
West Side avenue. Jersey City. smslisA
smoke early to-day and traose ths
smell to the cellar. Two men dasAsd
By her In the lower hallway. With one
tho womsn's husband grapplsd until
policeman came. He said he was Carlo
Rassiio OF No. i0 Second avenue. Man
haitian.
Frank 0rassio. eighteen. Of No. -
Oiean avenue. Jerssy Cky. was ar
rested q half hour later. Both men are
charged with attempted arson. TAs flre
went out by itself.
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TRUCK KILLS BABY GIRL.
Hurled Eroa Methsr's Arms whe.
she Fails 60 see Approachiag
vehicle,

Lena Kant. three years old. was
knocked from the arms Of nor mother
and instantly killed by an automootle
truck owned by Colgate and Company
In Ono Hundred and Forty eighth
street between bergen and Brook ave-
nues to-day. Her mother was prevented
from seeing the truck by an umbrella
she carried and walked into II In spite
of the sotion OF George Mouer. the
driver in blowing his horn and slack
sn!nx speed. Mrs Kant was taken TO
the Lebanon Hospital
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WARNS KISSING CANDIDATES.
Those II Chicago Told to skip the
Babies In Their Rou ads.

CHICAGO. Jan. D,-Candidatss who
are becoming active In the Aidernanic
campaign have been warned by Health
Commissioner George b. Young against
Misunderstanding and kissing OF babies on
account of the prevalence IN the city
Of scarlet fever. dlphtheria and small
pox lie declares that the baby kiss
ins feature Of the campaign should be
strictly forbidden.
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27,BOO-Ton waPship.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TY ENGLAND,
Jan. e3-rhe largest. most powerful bat
teship anoat. the Brazilian supsr-Dread.
nought RIO de Janiero. was launched at
Elswtck yesterday She disp!aces 1880
tons, Is to carry fourteen l2-inch and
twenty 6-inch guns. and 10 designed b
make twenty-five knots an hour.
S1e.ooc,ooo.
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when he considers her most eligible
for matrimony. But perhaps It IL
fair to assume that tho IDEAL wife.
from the Boston standpoint, must DO
q year or 20 younger than the ideal
husband. Let still the woman
choose an elder than herself. So
wears che to him." gives the expla.
nation for which men generally &C.
cept the difference Of . few years in
age. which 10 . Characteristic Of the
average marriage. But Am afraid
women choose men older than them
selves for reasons much more selfish
and personal. Apart from the eco
monte necessity Of selecting . man
with . fair earning capacity. an In.
telligent girl finds . youth Of her own
age rather q crude and inchoate prod.
uct. and when she is not intelligent
she has at least . precocity about life
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BIG MAGAZINE FREE,

Dom FORGET that the Sunday World 10
FREE with each and every
0ns OF Us copies, a 20 rag. Magazine. 10
paE.s In oolors, ,prressntins about score
lrs and Instructive type. This Is a REAL
Masazins. Of handy sire that may be sasiiy
folded to tit the pocket, order the sunday
GesA t6s1 ySps AsWsAssiss \ sAvsses.
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TEAR THROUGH FENCE BLOCK
ING THEM FROM PARENTS.

The below came from bearded Jan.
who had seen his daddy's tremendous
shoulders outside the fence. Jan raced
toward the fence. followed by the
heavy BaArsiax foot and the lighter
Baarslas cavalry of children. Jan
didn't stop to md a gate. He burst
through tho fence at bound, threw
both great arms about his father,
Ajsissed him on each globular cheek and
rounded him on the back with heavy
fists. Then all the other Baarslass
trooped through the breach in the fence.
such a kissing and back-poundins!
such "Hoofs"-such Cots"
suddenly with a gasp Papa Baarslag
felt of his mouth. He roared In rage.
His upper teeth were gone.
Then a tremendous scurrying on the
part OF all the Baarslags. An English
man, innocent OF any guile as new
horn babe, set his foot on something
that crunched and cracked. He looked
down lust as Papa Baarslag. trundling
I'm under forced draught. screamed.
The Englishman had stepped on Papa
Baarsiag's teeth.
Baarslag sr. delivered a short-arm
punch on the Ehsi'sH''ah '"" ""H '"N''
cllnched with him. worrying and bear
NC him down with his weight. 1t was
frightful. 1t was cyclopean,
A dozen customs men and ships stew
ards had to PRIV the enraged Hollander
away from the destroyer NJ his teeth.
Finally Papa Baarslag, still roaring and
grumbins, started for Jersey City,
booming his SORROWS in heavy lisp.
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VISIONARY AVOID
EVEN A RECEPTION
At HIS INAUGURAL
Governor Indicates He Is Not
Anxious to Have One Sub
Stituted for a Ball.
BULL-MOOSER SEES HIM.
Kent, Member of Congress
From California, Talks About
Conservation Policy.
BULL-MOOSER SEES HIM.

TRENTON. y. j., Jan. ..--Pre siden,-
wss not anxious that a reception Or any
othr substitute be provided for the In
ausurAi bail which he opposed. lie was
told that some doubt had been ex-
pressed by members OF the Congress
sional Inauguration Committee as to
the Capitol could b. arranged. a. tho
Governor recommended.
Il shall Id perfectly content with any
arrangement the committee may make"
said Mr.. Wilson.
Suppose they arc unable to arrange
a reception elther7" he was asked.
Il shall he pcrfcotly content"
Tho Governor was urged again to-day
to visit the Panama Canal before II 10
f,iled with water. and indicated that he
would try 20 20. Representative Cow
lnEton of Maryland called to point out
tho dcsirabtiity n . trip to tho Canal
before next September.
1T all depends on how long the ex-
traordinary session o. Congress tssts.'
said the Governor. The present stat
utcs put the government Of the Canal
almost entirely In the hands OF the
Executive. and II Is obviously desirable
that I shall sec the things IN It's skslc-
ton
National Committee Joscphus Daniels
Of North Carolina camo to Trenton to-
day with q delegation to offer the Pres-
idsnt-eaect q summer homo at Aahe-
Vile.
suLl MOOSE CONGRESSMAN
CALLS ON PREsloENT.ELEcr.
Representative William Kent Of Cali.
sornin cAme TO Trenton to-day with q
message from the Progressive Rcpubli.
can wing of Congress approving many
of tho Wilson policies.
Gov. Wilson has received messages Of
approval and pledges OF support from
a number Of Progressive Republicans OF
both houses. but Kent Ia tho first to
visit him. Tho interview was requested
By Kent and arranged by Represents
tive william e. futile. . Democrat. OF
New Jersey.
| Mr.. Kent In especially interested II
conservation" said Mr.. futile.
| DO you think there II any likelihood
that Kent and other Progressive Re
| publicans intend to Join the Democrat,
| party7' he was asked.
mo" he replied. but I do thinb
Kent brings assurances Of substantial
Progressive Republican support"
Chairman William r. McCombs oi
| the Democratic National COMMITTEES
| held a long conference with President
eiect Wilson to-day. They discussed
| the situation IN Illinois and In a mum
- 0Nst Mr. 0,f.A h. -
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for the less intui
admit crudty
naturally the
avdty which life
sutton
remain undis
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ut 10 Much Easier to Get OUer an Attack Of Calf
L0Ue Than to Recover From an Unhappy Mar
riage," Writes "A Mother" Who
advocates Parental Authority.
''Many Lives Are Spoiled by the Ease With Which
Our Young People Are Permitted to Wed Before
They Are Out of the Nursery.'
BY NIXOLA GREELEY.SMITH.
Is the ideal age to marry?

What Ideal marry?
neglected enghten o
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CALF LOVE EASIER TO CURE
THAN AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE.

Dear Madam: You ask which IA bet
ter. the American law that permits
boys and girls to marry without con-
sultinS their parents. or the French law.
which requires the written consent Of
parents until Q man Is twenty-five. !
am sure a great deal OF unhappiness
would be spared young persorfs-girls un-
der twenty-one and boys under twenty
nve--if they were forbidden 10 marry
without the approval OF their fathers
and mothers. Now. please do not
Imagine that am an old ogre. Tho
way l feel 10 that It il 30 much easier
TO get over an attack Of calf love than
to recover from an unhappy marriage.
You say great men all married when
they we're very young DID you ever
hear that parody which says. Wives
o: great men all remind US they should
Issvs thew wivss Of asmA't The
The evening world., 1913-01-23

Cost !c Pc, Btx; You Save $l.95 In
usssss bulls Red csss = ceuSs pse9s.-AAvt.
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period. n varies - individusls
v&y.
There are girls who are quite old
enough 70 marry at eighteen. others too
highty and irresponsible for wifehood at
twenty-five. Generally speaking. ! feel
that the choice youth makes for itself 10
wiser than any which parental sxpsri-
0ncs can dictate.
When everything has been said against
the love marriage. the fact remains
that Il has provided . rapture unknown
to the psrpetually tepid associations
based on social or financial expediency.
The woman who has married for love
realizes. even when she faces the divorce
court. that whatever she 10. she has
BEEN blessed. And surely the memory
Of happy months or weeks or days must
glow and sparkle Though . sombre
present IKE diamonds set In the black
band Of years. Even at tho ra!nbow's
end thers 10 always a rainbow to re-
member. a shtmmer Of beauty. . refrac-
ten Of sunlight after tears. In the age
oA quarrel between youth that would
make its own romance and age that
would save II from itself. ! confess that
my sympathies incline always to the
new generation. But there are. doubt
les. many excellent reasons to be urged
against giving young love Its head. and
the Views Of parents As well as children
on this aspect Of the Neal age to marry
should DO most interesting. Docs age
know a. much a. youth on this subject
Here Is Q letter from q mother who 10
Of the opinion that parents should be
able to direct the matrimonial choice of
their children, She writes:
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There were no Baarslsss there. Again
Jan the indomitable led . charge: this
time w the gansplank to the shps
first cabin dock. The ten other Baar.
Stag kin Numbered and galloped after
him. The deck was deserted: all OF the
passengers had already descended to
the pier. JAMS quick eye caught the
spectacle OF three lifeboats smashed by
the storm and hanging In ruin on their
davits forward. Instantly he and all tho
others jumped TO the conclusion that
papa and mamma and Ante had been
drowned, and that Chief Steward Hooft,
who had tried to block their wild rush
with soft words. was fooling them.
y Thrice the 400 pounds Of Baarslas.
Including many young Baarslass.
/oourssd the gangway from ship to
dock and from dock to chip. never once
pausins to inspect the second cabin
department In the customs shed. Loud
rang the Baarslas lamentations. thun-
dsred the Baarslag curses. Sailors
we're brushed aside a. midgets: inno-
cent passengers were stopped upon;
ships ofIlcsrs narrowly missed ami
hilation.
A conservative ship news reporter
put II: CONFORMATION reigned."
Meanwhile papa and mamma and
Antte, bewildered In the second class
customs pen by the failure Of any
familiar face to appear. had their ba e
gage passed and were stumbling blind
ly about outside tho customs sates.
ssarching for Jan and Heinrich and
Rosa.
'HOlAl~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-16
lannon's Bill, Passed by'Board
OF Aldermen, ForbidS Resi-
denCeS Outside New
York State.
MAYORS VETO EXPECTED
Tammany Strong Enough tc Re-
pass thigh Salaried En-
ployes, Living in Jersey
or Other States,
Would Be Hit.

All persons employed by the city of
New York must live in New York state
il an ordinance passed by the Board Of
Aldermen Yesterday became effective,
1t was predicted last night that Mayor
Gaynor would veto it; but it was
passed by 53 to II votes, which would
give the two-thirds necessary to pass it
over his veto. IT is TO take effect i'm
mediately."
Several hundred persons on the city
payroll who live in New Jersey and
Connecticut would be affected by this
ordinance. One is Alexander Johnson,
chief engineer of the Bridge Depart
ment at $4,000 q year. His home is
in Passaic. Many school teachers and
stenographers also are foreign resi-
dents"
The ordinance would cut off the spe-
cial Investigators and experts who re
now studying the school system under
the direction of the Board OF Estimates
committee, as well as experts retained
by other departments. II would not
prevent the retention of Guy Lowell,
whose home is i'm Boston. as architect
cf the new courthouse. as that work Is
being done under a special act Of the
Legislature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-16
TENANT VIGILANTES
AFTER INCENDIARY
Four Mysterious Fires in Three
Days Alarm Occupants
of House.

Four mysterious fires in three days
in the five story apartment house at
No. - East 10lst street have thrown
the inhabitants of that place into a
state of panic. In spite Of the efforts
of the police of the East 1oith street
station and the representatives OF
Fire Marshal Prial, no trace of the
identity of the supposed incendary
has been found. and vigilance COM
mjttee has been formed among the
men in the house.
The fourth fire broke out yesterday
afternoon at > o'clock. when Mrs. Lena
Lax, living on the third floor heard a
man pass through the hall and scratch
Il match at the point where the first
fire was discovered at | o'clock Sun
dav morning. Mrs. Lax rushed out
into the hall in time to see a strange
man run upstairs to the roof and to
find the floor and wainscoting ablaze.
The fire had gained little headway,
and with the aid OF others in the
house. it was quickly extingushed.
In the meantime the incendiary es-
cared through the skylight on to the
roof and then through an adjoining
building
Residents of the house say they
have received no threatening letters.
Mason Dorman, owner of the house,
living at No. 21S East 1O2d street, is
also I'm the dark as to motive for
tho attempts to set fire TO the place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-16
TEN FIREMEN OVERCOME
Escaping Gas Hinders Battle
Against Spectacular Blaze.

4 blaze which caused the fremen
some concern because Of its location
among scores Of old warehouses in the
leather swamp" filed with infiam-
mable stores broke out at No. 81
Pearl street last night in a building
occupied by the New York and Brook
lyn Paper Company. Ten fremen
were overcome by gas. Fire Chief
Kenlon was in charge of the battle
with the flames, which were soon ex-
tinguished. TWO alarms were sent in.
Harper & Bros publishing house
was only two doors away from the
burning building, and the employees
watched the fire until all danger Of the
blaze spreading had been removed.
The damage To the paper company in
the burned building will amount 10
about $4,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-16
SHUM JERSEY OR NO INCOME
Daughter of Mrs. Mary j. Cook
Beneficiary Under Odd Will.

East Orange, \. j.. April lo.-One OF
the chief beneficiaries of the will of
Mrs. Mary j. Cook. who died in New
ark on April T. is Mrs. Lillian +. Nigus,
OF No. 300 Hillcrest Terrace, niece
whereas a daughter, Mrs. Adelaide {.
Chambers, of Wilcox. Ariz.. gets but an
income of $50 month as long as she
lives. She will lose that if she ever
steps within the State Of New Jersey.
The odd will was probated to-day,
naming Mrs. Vigus executrix and trus-
tee to serve with William L. Masker, Of
No. 300 Broad street. Newark.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-16
DEATH THREAT HALTS
FLEEING AUTO DRIVER
Officer Leaps Into Speeding
Car; Seizes Chauffeur Who
Had Run Down Priest.

fving leap into the front seat Of a
speeding automobile which only frac-
tion of q second before had almost run
him down, and hand-to-hand fight
with the chauffeur which ended only
when the officer steered the careering
car on 10 the sidewalk and threatened
to wreck il against a building if the
brakes we're not set, were features Of
the capture last night by Patrolman
John Reardon Of the East 126th street
police station, of Tony Caggiano. who
ran down and fatally injured Father
John Sacco. Roman Catholic priest,
at 115th street and Second avenue.
Father Sacco is at the Harlem Hos
pital. His right leg is broken in three
places, several ribs are fractured. and
he has internal injuries, The sur
geons say ne cannot live. Caggiano is
locked up i'm the East 126th street po-
lice station. charged with felonious as
sault. Two other men who were in
the car were let go.
Reardon was on post at Second ave-
me and 10th street about midnight
when he heard shouts and saw an au-
tomobiIe coming toward him at high
speed. Reardon held up his hand as
signal for the chauffeur to stop. In
stead. the car came straight for the
policeman.
A sudden leap was all that saved
Reardons life. AS the machine roared
nv he jumped on the running board
and scrambled into the front seat be-
side the chauffeur. His order to stop
was answered by fresh burst OF
speed
Reardon seized the steering wheel
and tried to kick Caggiano's feet OH
the gear lever. AS the men struggled
the car skidded, missed an IT, pillar
and swung into the uptown side OF the
street next the curb. Reardon gave
the steering wheel a tug that sent the
machine sliding on to the sidewalk,
| and told Caggiano that if he did not
stop he would wreck the car against
| a DullUlIlB. ilt Sldulltui 'iNH HPP''NA
| the brakes
| On Reardon's orders CaSgiano swung
around and drove back to the corner
Of 115th street. 4 crowd had gathered
around the unconscious and bleeding
form Of the priest. AS the policeman
and the chauffeur drove up dozen
men tried TO drag Caggano from his
seat. Reardon crowded the frightened
prisoner to one side and, drawing his
revolver. threatened TO kill the first
man who advanced. After seeing that
the priest was being cared for Reardon
drove with Caggiano to the police sta
ton and turned him over TO the lieu
| tenant.
Caggiano said he lived at No sos
Morris avenue. The Bronx, and was q
Junk dealer. Father Sacco is one OF
| the best known Italian priests in Har-
lem. He and Father Bruno had at
tended a service in the Church OF our
Lady Of Mount Carmel. i'm 1l4th street
and he was walking home "hen run
] down.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-16
AT 90 SUES FOR ALIM0NY
First Wife of G. H. Van Ness
Wants A Years Payment.

Nrs Deborah Van Ness. ninety
voars old, first wife of the late Cor
noIius "A. Van Ness. of Cornwall, n.
v applied to the Surrogates Court
yesterday for leave To bring an action
AGAINST the administrators OF Mr.
van Ness's estate for alimony, ex-
,ord,np over a period of forty-four
,,oars and amounting TO S26,4OO with
interest
Mre Van Ness married Van Ness in
,sa, and obtained divorce from him
., 1851 The court awarded her $500
.oar aIimony, which Van Ness never
ua,d Mr.. Van Ness was twice mar
,,od after his first wife divorced him.
,r,or he was about eighty years old
-, ,orried a woman of about twenty.
sovon wears, who got most Of his cs-
800 valued at about SSOO,OU, but
,,,,, because Of a contest of the Will.
c.rrooa,e Fowler restrained from dis
asine of any part OF the property.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-16
READY TO FLY OVER OCEAN
Brucker Initiates Balloon at Las
Palmas-May Sail To day.

Las Palmas. Canary Islands. April 10.
The dirSible balloon Suchard. in
which Joseph Brucker. formerly of Mill
waukce. proposes TO make a transat-
lantic flight, is being inflated. Captain
Brucker announces that he will start
for America tomorrow or Thursday, If
the present favorable wind holds. Great
crowds watched the work OF prepara-
tion this afternoon.
The imitation will he completed dt
dawn. The police are holding the
crowds back to prevent the gas from
being isnited through carelessness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-16
REPEATS WARNING TO RICH
Vice President Amplifles His
New York Address.

Washington. April 16.-Amplifying
his speech of Saturday night before
the National Democratic Club in New
York City, in which he served warning
on the rich. Vice, President Marshall
to-day authorized in a local paper the
publication of a remarkable amplifica-
ton of that address.
Principally he urged the injection OF
conscience into big business as an
antidote for socialism. He also reiter-
ates his argument against the perpet-
uation of great fortunes.