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New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
OUR FAILURE IN MEXICO
Taft Rather Than Wilson to Blame,
Says a Reader.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Isn't Il rather unfair OF your cor
respondent Mr.. Oliver Herbert Thomas
to put the blame of the inaction In Mex
can affairs entirely upon President VII
son. who has been I'm office only ioui
months and to whom the inactivity came
as an Inheritance from the former ad-
minstration?
Others have been inclined to blame the
former administration for not-after the
expatrlation Of President Diaz-at once
taking decisive action.
None knew better that Diaz had been
sitting on the safety valve for years anu
that his departure meant chaos, ana none
knew. better the nature OF the Latin re-
publicans.
II was felt by many-at the first SHOTS
over the border-that such an ATTITUDE Oh
decision and requirement should nave
been taken that the factions In Mexico
would realize that the requirements must
be met or there wouldn't be no MeAico'
OF course, there would have been
Mexico tust as--in spite OF the long occu-
pation-there is now Cuba. But 1t Wouiu
seem that decided step then would nave
had a uniting effect upon the Mexican
factions and have given us something
concrete to deal with. and that II we had
to resort to arms then it would nave
been a saving OF human life and or for-
eign and domestic Industries. 1t wouid
not have been a war Of conquest out
simply 10 restore order and as the Mex
leans do not love us they would nave
been anxious to come to order and oe
rid OF us H. NJ NODhD'
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
Reading.

"Our bodies are what we eat" asserts an even
ing pewspaper-and continues: "Our minds are
what we read"
An exaggeration like this may serve TO empha-
size the Importance Of eating wholesome food and
reading clean books Scientifically, It Is yalueless.
MastcatiOn and digestion processes as essential
70 getting the full value out of literature they
are to getting the full value out OF dinner
thoughtful man benefits more largely from reading
James Oppenheim or Leonard Merrick than fool
does from reading Meredith and Shakespeare. A
discriminating mind puts one issue of The Tribune
TO better use than sovenly mind can do with
seventy-fve monthly magazines We don't need TO
read more half so much as need to read more
intelligenty.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
PRAISE FOR MR.. RUSSELL
A Discriminating Music Lover Ex-
presses His Appreciation.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The season OF concerts in the
Wanamaker Auditorium has just come
TO a close, and think IT nothing but just
and right TO extend many thanks to MI.
Alexander Russell. the director OF these
concerts. for the fine entertainments which
he has given the public in the last sea-
son. not alone in regard to the many
artists we have been able 10 hear, but
especially the organ recitals given daily
by Mr.. Russell himself.
extend my heartfelt thanks to MI
Russell, and | am sure that many OF the
regular patrons join in my praises also
II has been "A musical and also a spiritual
treat TO me to hear the music Of SO many
Of the great masters. }. y. l..
New York. July 7, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
American Powers Should Act To-
gether in Restoring Order
in Mexico.

conaraI Huerta either is or is not a murderer
Rut in neither case should the state Department
recoyniza him as the legal head of the Mexican
government If General Huerta is guilty Oh "iu'-
der. the high principles on which this nauoh WIS
founded and which it should always live up 70
1yorld forbid. If. on the other hand, Huerta olu
not order or arrange for the death OF Maoero anu
Suarez and was sincerely trying to guard 'neiH
when they were in his custody, how in the name
of common sense can he be depended upon 10 pro-
tect the lives of Americans and other foreigners
hundreds of miles away from Mexico City?
Recognition is thus either wrong morally or oi
no practical value. Intervention is neither desr-
able nor likely to improve conditions.
But the State Department must do something
II is this countrys wish and to large extent Its
duty, to see that conditions in Mexico improve ana
mat rapidly. Clearly the only way to accomplish
that is to strive for the early establishment OF
government which Will be in strict accordance with
the Mexican constitution and which will be able
70 maintain order at home and be respected by the
civilized world at large. This means an early cleo
ton. To avoid the dstrust which would be 1el'
by our southern neghbors should the United States
by itself attempt to promote this end, it would be
bet+er TO act in concert with Brazil, Argentina,
Chilli and Peru. Such group of American powers
acting together could exercise powerful influence
toward bringing about peace and stability in
Mexico and they would not be looked upon as out
eidere in sattlipo q grave international probem on
1his side of the world.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
EMULATiNG NEW YORK,
Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: At last the lethargic authorities
here. in London. are contemplating emu.
lating the worthy example set by the
New York authorities for the extermna.
ton Of the constituencies vampires
termed money lenders II is TO b.
hoped that their prosecution here will b.
as relentless as it was in New York, and
it is to be further hoped that very soon
some action will be taken respecting thu
indiscrimlnate sale Of narcotics against
which the agitation started by your inru.
ential publication was so eminently sue.
cessful. MARY SCOTT ROWLAND.
London, June q, 1913.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
SMOKING IN THE PARK
DR.. Pease Again Defends the Air
We Breathe.
To The Editor Of The tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: / find such a seeming ignorance OF
the basic principles Of justice and equity
which has become more apparent since
the effort has been made 10 stop smoking
az the public open-air concerts on the
Mall I'm Central Park. that | trust yoL
will kindly publish this letter.
The atmosphere inhaled by the people
crowded about the music stand Is the
common (equaD property Of all, and to-
bacco users have no more right 10 dis
charge tobacco smoke into II than they
would have the right TO pour tobacco
Juice into the reservoir which supplies
the city. II II should become their desire
10 do so, the water being the common
property ot all.
The claim that the tobacco smokers are
In the majority is not true. The non
smoking men, women and children are
largely in the majority but II the smok'
ers were In the majority that would not
give them the right to rob the minority OF
their natural and constitutional right 10
breathe pure affair uncontamlnated by
unhealthful or disagreeable odors and
fumes This right cannot he taken away
by legislatures or courts. much less by In
dividuals pursuing their own thoughtless
or selfish Indulgence.
To favor tobacco smoking at the said
concerts upon the claim that the major
ity OF the non-smokers are used 10 tobac-
60 smoke is taking for granted that
which no one has the right to take for
granted. and furthermore to sanction
smoking upon the basis Of such claim
would be to establish a dangerous princi-
plea principle upon which IA stable gov
ernment or an ideal social structure
could not be established. II runs counter
TO justice to equity, and Is a violation OF
the basic principles upon which this gov
ernment was founded and to the Constl-
tuition and laws OF our land.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
An Open for


In favoring tobacco smoking on the Mall
az said concerts weary mothers, tired
young women from Offices. stores rae
tories. the invalid, the children In their
quest for fresh, pure air have no consid-
Grafton
That this obtrusion OF the tobacco
smoker and the sanctioning of this OBJ
trusion is iniquitous and against pubic
policy every honest and justice-lovlng
person will admit This wrong should be
promptly remedied
CHARLES G. PEAsE, NJ. d.
President Non-Smokers' protective
League Of America.
New York, July is, 1913.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
PUTS HILL.
,rlnsncld RepublIean.

From The Springfield Republican.
Puts Hill, immortalizcd by the famous
dash, dear to every schoolboy. OF the Iron
son Of re-" has been rechristened Putnam's
Hill by special town meeting AT Greenwich
Conn The nickname somehow seems more
appropriate TO the picturesque adventure
which II commentaries but Israel Putnam
is entitled to all the dignity OF Revolutionary
heroism. and perhaps the improved name will
better suggest his real character a thousand
years from now.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
TO MARK WASHINGTON ROUTE
Flew JersSy Committee Named by
S. A. r. President.
lFrom The tribune Correspondent

Montclair. n. j.. July 20--John Lenord
Merrill state president OF the Sons of the
American Revolution, to-day named his
committee for New Jersey to mark the
route OF General Washington from Phila-
delphia to Cambridge. as follows: David
l.. Plerson, hstorian-general OF the ma
tional society; DIR. George II. Richards,
registrar OF the New Jersey society, and
n. Perry Howell, OF the Newark chapter.
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
popE,s GUARDS TRUCUIBNi

Rome, July 20.-Several members I'D
Pope's Swiss Guard, who are ~.
with insubordination. proceeded ar
morning TO the office OF the maJo' s,s
commanding TO protest against the go -,
ment which appeared last evening u .s,t
"Osservatore Romano" paruculalH Il.
part which alluded TO their posslp'e
missal. IA.
According TO the report the coih". "A
ing officer was Obliged to threa'e"
with a revolver before they dispeFse'
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
AVAILABILITY IN THE CITY CAMPAIGN

From the Springfield Republican.
When the New York struggle actually way
the country large will be second only
10 that Of national election. The Tammany tiger
has seldom been held up to general contempt within
the last year. But IL is an axiom OF New York politics
that only by the harmonious fusion Of the various parties
I'm opposition Tammany be beaten The test OF
availability under such conditions should govern the
choice from an unusually good field.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
A BLESSED KANSAS TOWN.
ladelphia North American.

From The Philadelphia North American.
Wellsvile, Kan, village OF $50 population. has n
high costing $4,000 $4,000 church and beau
tifu homes IL has never had saloon since II was
founded. forty-three years ago, "A pauper. a
town drunkard. crime against woman. a
thief lawyer. This seems to be Of the things
that are the matter with kansas"
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21

Connecticut and Massachusetts societies
will cooperate In marking the route that
Washington took when he went from
Philadelphia TO Cambridge 10 take COM
mand OF the Continental army.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21

Monroe Doctrine to exercise a guaruiaN'p -
weaker American powers when SUCH su"i
becomes necessary. We cannot well ueo'i'ie ~
tend a helping hand In case like piis' ""'i' -
cumstances amply warrant 1t.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21

" debating terms of peace as she recently assumeu
to do. she humbly sues for mercy and offers TO re-
linauish vast possessions to obtain it. She VIII COM
mand. as she deserves, scant sympathy in her woe
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21

II the Legislature fingers much longer at A.oany
the members who are carrying fixed charges wiz
have to get out among the Chautauquas from
I'll
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21

Mr.. Bryan puts the imam above the dollar anu
the dollar above the office.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-21
COHALAN.

From The Buffalo Courier Democrat.
The enlightened and viruous sentiment OF the state
calls upon Justice Cohaan resign for the
the courts to be respected must inspire public
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
CAMPAIGN TO SAVE BABIES
Before All Things, the Need OF Pure
MiIks Comes First, According
to All Authorities.

It Is estimated that a baby nursed
by its mother has approximately ten
times the chances TO live that a bottle
fed baby has. All welfare workers,
therefore, are advised to encourage
mothers to make every effort to carry
out this most important maternal
duty.
A clean milk supply is a fundamen-
tai need. The ideal is: Nothing short
OF clean milk for everybody. But the
need for the prompt remedy Of bad
milk conditions Is more urgent IN its
relation to the welfare of babies than
to that of adults, since dirty milk IS
largely responsible for the occurrence
Of diarrhoea and enteritis, the most fire.
Guent causes Of death mons infants
The remedy lies in the intelligent and
effective inspection of farms, ths
shops where milk is sold. and in ordi-
nances governing the sale OF dipped"
or loose" milk.
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ofal ordered him OF OF the house
and wouldn't let the dauphfer haxa

oral ordered him CT OF the house
and wouldn't let the daughter have
anything more to do with him. 1
tried then to get. him in on the
scheme, but 1t was no go. For weeks
he kept trying to worm my secret
from me. fred yellow letter after
yellow letter at the general, but he
kept defying me. and all the while
Crandall kept after me to make me
give up the papers. l was afraid I'd
weaken. There are times the dope
gets me and | hardly know what I'm
doing, so | vanished. 1t struck me
that II the general wouldn't come
across maybe the daughter would. l
put 1t up to Crandall and we arranged
a meeting. | was to put the papers in
her hands and she was to pay over
the money. / slipped up on the first
appointment and ! guess you must
have spoiled the second"
| still was puzzled. What could be
the terrible mystery In proud old
General Farrish's life hat gave this
miscreant such a hold on him? It
was beyond my imagination to con-
lecture, s. I put the question bluntly
to the prisoner,
why ask me-" he snarled. You've
got the whole thing-every paper
bearing on 1t in your pocket there"
Quickly ! snatched the envelope
from my pocket and was about to rip
1t open. At last l was to know the
secret hat had brought such unhap-
piness into the life of Louise. At last
the mystery was to be cleared up.
But Just as my thumb went rudely
under the flap, Davis laid q restrain
ing hand on my arm.
Wait" he said gently. Would 1t
not be Just as well to deliver thar
envelope to Katharine Just as 1t is?
The fewer people know It's contents
the less unhappiness there will need
to be-"
Davis was right.
| was beginning to think he was al
ways right.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
THE BEST TREATMENT FOR
ITCHING SCALPS, DANDRUFF
AND FALLING HAIR

To allay itching and irritation OF the
scalp, prevent dry, thin and falling
hair, remove crusts. scales and Ian
druff, and promote the growth and
beauty OF the hair, the following spe-
cial treatment is most effective, agree
able and economical. On retiring,
comb the hair out straight all around,
then begin at the side and make O.
parting, gently rubbing Cuticura ONT
ment into the parting with a bit Of
soft flannel held oyer the end OF the
finger. Anoint additional partings
about half an inch apart until the
whole scalp has been treated, the pur-
pose being to get the Cuticura ONT
ment on the scalp skin rather than on
the hair. 1t is we'll to place a light
covering over the hair to protect the
pillow from possible stain. The next
morning, shampoo with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. ShampOos alone may
be used as often as agreeable, but
once or twice a month is generally
sufficient for this special treatment
for Women's hair.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 80 p Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. l.. Boston"
Adv
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
CHAPTER XVII.
The End Of the Mystery.

-'A ~
With one Of the conspirators lying
In the undertaking shop of Miller
vale and the other safe behind the
prison bars In Ardway, the docu-
rnentary evidence against him in our
possession reinforced by his full con
fession signed and witnessed. Inspec-
tor Davis and that same afternoon
fastened back to New York, where,
1t a be imagined. | lost no time In
reaching the Parrish home.
As we waited for the train had
telephoned Louise and she was ex-
pecting me. She met me In the lower
hall. One glance at my radiant face
told her that our mission had been
successful and she flung herself into
my arms while | rained happy kisses
on her lips, her cheeks. her glorious
hair. But thoughtful ever Of others,
ven in such a moment of ecstasy,
she gently unclasped my arms and
whispered: THE papers-did you get
them"
A little cry of JOY came from her
lips as I handed her the envelope.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04

which it would otherwise lack. Even
the much-abused power houses down
the gorge are not unpictorial in GER
tain lights. They rise against the sky
on the cliff summit like fantastic mod
ern %renderings of medieval fortress
es of barons' burgs on the Rhine:
ca~pitalistic robbers castles, as may
be some indignant critic would name
them, enthroned to plumber both ma
ture and man.
Nobody, l conceive, car screw up
much admiration for the trippery and
parasitic portion Of the town Of Nj
agara Falls itself. The odor Of its too
blatantly hospitable restaurants,
greeting the newcomer on his emerg-
rag-time Of it's ~gramophones and 9TH
er musical entertainments, are abom-
Unable; but these offenses are kept at
q proper distance by the park reser-
walton which surrounds the actual wa
terfall. One the platform which
~oyerhangs the American fall one can
be alone; and, indeed, | imagined that
the most sociable soul would here de-
sire solitude. For, without wishing
to indulge in any false rhetoric, one
cannot but describe this spot, with all
due reverence, as a place of worship.
The view which the y encounters is
overwhelmingly impressive, and the
roar which beats upon the ear contrib
utes superbly to that impressiveness.
O~utspread before the spectator is the
sumptuous panorama of crushing
liquid, finging itself in a kind of ag-
ony of struggle to the brink, and then
by contrast. almost serenely-sink-
ing sheet, upon sheet, down the drop
into the cauldron whose depths are
concealed by veering. billowing steam.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
Mercy of Aviators.

Robert G.. Fowler, an aviator, says
that while he was flying across the
Isthmus Of Panama he found it would
be easy for an aeroplanist to blow UP
the Gatun dam.
There is absolutely no protection"
he said. Il think the government has
overlooked this.
ANY good aviator. flying a first class
machine, could carry enough nitro
glycerin or other high explosive, to
blow such a hole III the dam that it
would leave the whole canal useless. /
could have done it myself. and / would
not fear to attempt il at any time
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-04
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and nnds the house In
great excitement over the attempted sui
eide OF her sister Katharine. Kent starts
m investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandal, sutton for Katharine. who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
IRISH, had talked with Katharine over the
telephone just before she shot herself.
A torn piece OF yellow paper is found,
at sight Of which General Parrish is
s thaf { cran w1an P has ,eft town Hsnt h aasrHyngs
Andrew Elser, an aged banker, commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope. Is
spector Davis. Kent's friend. takes up
the case. Kent II convinced that Gran
dali - at the bottom OF the mystery.
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
BOX II, Ardway, n. !. Kent goes to Ard
e Tsy to o. 'nsest aH.nry and COOKE becomes & w s"nni,
commits suicide It the Ardway Hotel. 4
yellow letter also figures II this case.
Kent calls Louise on the Inng distance
telephone and hnds that she had Just been
called by Crandall from the same booth.
Cook" disappears. The Ardway post
master Is missing. Inspector Davis ar
tigation. He discovers that tie dead
woman Is Sarah sacket OF Bridgeport
Louise telephones Kent implorin9 him 70
New York to get an ~expsanation from
Louise. He nnds the body OF a woman In
Central Park and more yellow letters.
He sees Crandall. whom ne recognizes as
Cook enter the Parrish home. Louise
again implores Kent to drop the investi-
cation and refuses to give any explana-
{on. Later Kent sees Crandall and Louise
In an automobile. Kent returns to Ard
way. Davis announces that he has
planned to arrest the missing postmaster
and Also the master criminal. While seek
Ing the criminals. Kent comes across
Inl1iAe and Crandall, Pursued by Davis
the postmaster Jumps off a precipice and
Il Killed. Aleck Young, the master Grim
lnal, II found in a hut In a morphine
etupor. Louise tells Kent that she and
Crandall had come to get papers from
Young which gav him . strange hold
over General Parrish. It Is shown that
Crandal's only interest in the case was
70 help Katharine recover her fathers
papers. Young ie shackled and bound.
with morphine just out Of his reach. IN
m attempt to make him confess n give
up the papers. After IS hours OF torture
from morphine hunger Young gives up
hud reveals the blackmail plot.
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NIAGARA IS GRAND
Nothing Can Mar Grandeur OF
This Natural Wonder.
Regardless Of Hotels and Refresh.
mentR Rooms the Falls Retain Their
Wonderful Impassiveness and
Charm to the BehoIder.

Buffalo, N. Y.-Niagara has been
described a thousand times. Dickens
did it in mastery flshion. THE first
effect he says, in the course of an
eloquent passage, "and the enduring
one-instant and lasting-of the ire
mendous spectacle was peace" 9th
er writer's, visiting this celebrated
pilgrimage-place at later dates, when
hotels and refreshment rooms had al
ready begun to batten upon its fame,
have brought away ~recollections far
from peaceful. The falls, they de-
clare, are spoiled, detiled, not only by
d catering for trippers and honey
mooners, but by the electric power
houses and factories which have
grown up around the gorge. Wheth-
er these severely unitarian, but none
the less interesting, erections are a
dehlement or not is debatable, one
thing is certain, Niagara. a never
be spoiled" 1t Is one OF the two
supremacy majestic natural wonders
of the world, n Of the few show
sights which must always justify their
reputation. Perch a cheap eating
house on the very brim Of the falls.
and the falls would remain magnifi-
cent. Probably the clearinghouse,
yelled in drifting spray. overhung by
frail rainboWs and shaken BY the
thunder Of the cataract, would have
it's banality turned into some strange
effect of subtle loneliness. Even if its
ugliness were unassailable, it could
not. by it's presence, make the falls
ugly.
A short distance below the falls an
iron bridge leaps the gulf from Amer
lea to Canada. For myself, | happen
to think the bridge an object ex-
hibiting real beauty, in its curve and
in its pattern; but apart from such
personal prejudices, no one can deny
that the falls, weaving a tremendous
gauze Of yapor athwart the rigid spi-
ders web Of metal, do indeed beautify
It and throw round its arch a glamour
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Come" she cried ~jubilantly. lets
take 1t to Katharine at once! The
sight Of It will do more to cure her
than all the doctors In the world"
Together we FASTENED to Kath-
arine's room, where We found her sit
ting up In bed. much stronger than
when | had last e her, though .
nurse was still In attendance. Hugh
Crandall was seated In q chair beside
the bed. The Joy l read In the faces
Of Katharine and Crandall AZ Louise
handed her sister the envelope was
reward enough for all had gone
through since I had set out to solve
Tho mystery.
Jrantically Katharine tori open -
savslops and inspsctsd thrss 49,
meats II contained