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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
The Spells Theory Is in Danger OF
Being Revived in the Consular
and Diplomatic Services.

Secretary BRYAN has issued statement vaguely
disclaimng any intention the part of the admins
tration TO loot the consular service. The recent Sc
lection Of outsiders for minor diplomatic posts when
have been going for years past to secretaries
of embassy and legation who have worked up from
the bottom had naturally created the impression that
the larger saaried consulates would also be used 10
pav political debts Mr. Bryan says that they VIII
not but he drops the ominous hint that the Presi-
dent may feel at liberty suspend the executive or
der now protecting consular tenure in cases in which
better qualified candidates can be found outside the
consular service than inside it.
II is. of course against all probability that an
outsider without experience who is not required to
submit TO any tests TO prove his acquaintance with
foreign languages or foreign trade conditions Will
discharge more satisfactorily the duties Of consul
Of high rank than will an already trained official
promoted from the next lower grade To act upon
such an unreasonable assumption is TO discredt the
theory that experience is better qualification than
inexperience and that trained man who has risen
by demonstrating his capacity is more desirable IN
a consul generalship than a green hand.
If President Wilson and Mr.. Bryan exercise their
discretion in suspending the executive order Of 1906,
which established the merit system, in favor of po-
litical place hunters they will undo much OF the
patient work by which spells appointments have been
eliminated in the consular service and that service
has been raised to a new level Of stability and eff
cheney. No consular Office Of any sort should be
disposed Of as party patronage The public is in no
mood to tolerate repetition Of the sacking Of the
consulates undertaken by Josiah Quincy away back
in 1898.
In the diplomatic service, also, although the ex-
ecutive orders Of 1905 and 1909 do not protect
officers Of the grade Of minister the sound precedent
has been established Of filing minor posts Of that
class by promotion. The President has already set
that precedent aside in several cases in order to
meet demands made upon him by patronage seekers.
Ii would be deplorable if he should consent TO a
general dismissal from the diplomatic corps Of the
men who have risen from the ranks to these posi-
lions and who have taken at face value the govern
ments assurance that when they entered the service
il was offering them permanent career. No Presi-
dent proclaming himself a friend os the merit sys
TEN could approve so crudely reactonary course.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
A QUERTER-HOUR DAY.

From The American Magazine.
Mayor Brand Whtlock Of Toledo. writing his autobl-
ography. tells the following story.
81 had gone into the Mayors Office feeling that was
about the III prepared man for such Job In the
town Naturally. / turned 10 Tom Johnson. who had
tremendous reputation executive; even his worst
enemy as saying u.s. would not deny his wonderful
executive ability went TO him in sort OF despair and
he laughed and whispered
ITS the simplest thing in the world decide every
question quickly and be right half the time And get
somebody who can the work. That's all there is 70
executive ability.
'I looked at him in amazement. lie had grown quite
serious.
There's another thing he added.
Don't spend too much time your office. quarter
OF an hour each day generally too long unless there
are whole lot Of letters or course. he went re-
hectvey. You get clerks who can sign your mans
better than you can.
He that hath ears to hear let him hear"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
WHY GIVE AID FOR SUFFRAGE
A Reader Conceives That 1t VIII
Accomplish Nothing.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your valuable paper OF the lotn
inst there is an appeal 70 carry on tne
work of the Woman's Suffrage party.
Many of Us would be glad TO respond II
we could have a reasonable answer 20
some Of the claims they put forth. they
propose 20 do away with white slavery
How? They tell the working girls that
their wages will be raised and conditions
improved. How Will they accomplish
that? Surely not by giving them the
franchise. Just as many bad voters VIII
he found among women as there are now
among men.
They promise 10 lift the curse OF intern
perance. How? TIE reports from the
states where women vote are not en-
couraging. In one OF the Western States
only recently the liquor vote won through
the efforts Of the women. After all. only
s per cent OF women want 10 vote. and as
the socialists, anarchists and Mormons
are women suffragists-and as fellow IS
known by the company he keeps-perhaps
we'd better not send that check.
ANDREW NJ. COLES.
New York. June Il. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
THE LIGHTED CIGAR NUISANCE
The Public Service Commission Is to
Hear Complaints.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR. VIII you kindly give our league
the support OF your paper IN calling
upon all who are interested In abatins
the tobacco smoke nuisance and the
carrying Of partly consumed tobacco
whether lighted or unlighted. in or upon
open cars and other public conveyances.
stations. ferry houses, station platforms
and stairways and car platforms. 70 give
support 20 the petition Of the Non-Smok-
ers' Protective League % America, now
In the hands OF the Public Service Com
mission. public hearing upon the same
90 De held by and before the said Public
Service Commission at the rooms OF the
commission AZ 40. l54 Nassau street.
New York City. on June IS at 1880
o'clock a. M. by attending said hearing
or by writing 10 the said commission
prior 20 June Is. supporting the said pc
tition and asking that the relief sought
therein ae granted
CHARLES O. PEASE. President.
New York June ~. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
IN MEMORY OF WIDENER
Cornerstone Of Memorial Lii
brary Laid at Harvard.

Cambridge. Mass. June 1.-THE laying
OF the cornerstone OF the Harry Elkins
W.dener Memorial Library this noon
practically opened commencement week
at Harvard.
Mrs George B. Widener. Of Philadel-
phia. who is erecting the library IN mem
DRY OF her son. victim OF the Titanic
disaster, sealed the stone. President A.
Lawrence Lowell. Professor \. G.
Coolidge. director Of the library. and
Judge Joseph f. Swayze. OF the Supreme
Court OF New Jersey. spoke. and the Glee
Club sang. The box IN the cornerstone
contains copies OF all the latest Har-
ward publications.
The Phi Beta Kappa exercises in San
der's Theatre followed. with the Rev. Or.
Samuel NJ. Crothers. pastor of the Uni
tartan Church. OF this city. as the orator.
Comparing the writings OF the seven
teenth century with those OF the present,
Or. Crothers declared modern authors
showed a tendency TO return TO the nude
and the wild"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
BIBLEDEFENDER ATTACKED
Bishop T. B. Nicely CRITICISED .
Dr.. George P. Mains

Higher criticism was attacked Az -.
Tended yesterday In the Monday NJ.
OF Methodist ministers az No. ~ -
avenue. Bishop Thomas B. Nicely GEE.
ed the Bible. and the Rev. Dr. GeO' ,.,
Mains attacked the Bishop FOR 50 o',,
Bishop Nicely said higher criticism ,.
done much harm and had led peop,'
doubt the Bible. The Rev Dr. -
thought differently. and said The D,' I.
did not understand the purpose ."
higher critics. ,.,,,
The Church to-day" said 0 -,
Nicely, must either preserve inc !,
or Professionalism will be doomed. : o.,
learned critics are able 10 take tHs =, Z,
to pieces. they must also be aNs ="
il together again. .-ss
Bishop Nicely then read a Few -
from d recent book puohsheo n
Methodist Book Concern. but 'S
mention the author. The sentences
with higher criticism. ,.s
The Rev. DR.. Mains demandeu -
the name OF the author OF 'Is ,,,s
The Bishop told him IL was -
Cross. OF Depauw University Inv"
Mains said: 80
Il am very sorry that a Bish0p a ~
Methodist Episcopal Church snos ~, =
sent such facts. They are misleA''. -
erroneous. II time permitted
like IN noint out some OF the mistsA' Z
Bishop Nicely asked for the pr''.r-.
answering. AT this stage OF the s,.ss
the Rev. DR.. Sanford thanAeu ~
Nicely for his paper. and asked 80 d,
printed so that all could read H. Ga -, =
next September the two parties MIS-. 'gr
given an opportunity 10 20 mo A y
ton at length. This was voted M
ministers adjourned till next seP''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
STILL OPEN FOR M'C0MBS
Wilson Wants Chairman to Ac-
cept Mission to France.

Washington. June l6.-President Wilson
is still holding open the Ambassador
ship 10 France for William +. McCombs,
chairman Of the Democratic National
Committee.
Within the last few days President VIII
son sent a cable message 10 Mr. Nc
Combs. inquiring whether after his So
Journ In France he had changed his mimi
about taking the Paris Embassy. No re-
ply has been received
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
STEFANSSoN SAILS TO-DAY
Premier and Speaker Of British Co.
lumbia Visit Vessel.

Victoria, b. c.. June l6.-Loading Of the
old whaler Karluk. which is 10 carry Or.
Vilhialmar Stefansson's exploring expe-
dition into the Arctic. viii be completed
to-day and the kaFluk probably will sail
tomorrow. Nome. Alaska, will be the
first port of call
Sir Richard Mcbride. Premier OF Brit
ish Columbia, and d. NJ. Everts, Speaker
Of the House visited the vessel to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17

iects Of interest upon fatcars and keep them trav
cling around the world.
The Liberty Bell IS entirely TOO precious rene 10
be subjected to the dangers Of destruction when IN
evitably attend removal from its resting place ana
TRANSFORMATION to distant scenes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
ROOSEVELT NO GLOBE TRorrER

The rumor that Colonel Theodore Roose-
Welt would make a trip around the world.
which would keep him away from Amer
lea for two years. was denied yesterday
al the office OF The Outlook" where IL
was said the colonel would only visit
south American countries, as announced.
and would be gone al the most from
three 10 four months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
wcALL TO ADDRESS GRADUAL

Edward K. Mccall, chairman AN.
Public Service Commission. WIZ 90
the graduates Of Manhattan 0 at
the sixtieth annual eommeh1' "a 4
Carnegie Music Hall, 9th street -
enth avenue, this evening at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
A HAVEN FOR GOLD SEEKERS.

From Our Navy
The marine barracks at Sitka, Alaska, have been
turned over by the Navy Department the Department
OF the Interior home FOR INDECENT prospectors
and aged men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17

san Francisco dispatches say that Of the seven
hundred members Of the local dishwashers uIo''
one hundred are college graduates. CoAese s'a'u
- orc eoral ~ the demands of any calHng-even
the Oldest and most universal in the world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17

From their lofty heights the great hotel cities OF the
country-New York. Houston and Chcago-look serene
ly down upon little unch-counter towns like Atlanta
Memphis. Philadelphia and St Louis-Houston Post
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17

That untiring pedestrian, Nr. Edward Payson
Weston. is still plodding and there are those who
think forty miles day fairly difficult performance.
Whereas We leave IL 20 our distinguished fellow
hobo Mr.. ellison Gardner II Il is not amazingly
easy After the first thirty miles ones legs work
automatically. You only have 10 steer them, and
they take YOU anywheres" The real test arrives
next morning and daily We congratulate Mr. Weston
on the sublime heroism he displays by getting Of
bed. X l. II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17

\ citizen Of Santa Barbara. Cal, has just been IN
dicted for Offering Senator Works $1,000 lie Was
only an amateur accelerator. however, and merely
had his eve on a postofice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17

We hope those shivering citizens who were grown
ing about raw" June satisfied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-17
NEW YORK FROM The SUBURBS.

n the New York Americans were In the matrimonial
eague they would have hard time keeping up. The
race now stands.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-22

hundred and sixty acres Is q lagoon.
This gives the island the appearance
OF an elongated doughnut. At no
place does the island rise more than
twenty-five feet above ocean level.
The place swarms with birds. II
learned more about birds on this trip
than had ever dreamed of BEFORE"
Commodore Salisbury said yesterday
afternoon. I'VE brought home with 10
175 rare specimens. These will be
mounted and placed in the govern
ment museums.
I'VE found two varieties that are
found nowhere else. One 10 the Lay.
san rail. It is about the size Of q
quail and has small wings. but they do
1t little good, for It cannot fly. We
started home with eighty living speci.'
mems Of the rail, but the return trip,
was SO cold that all except five died.
The survivors were left at the Golden,
Gate park In San Francisco. The
other bird peculiar to the island IL
the LIaysan teal, q fowl smaller than
the mallard duck. but resembling It In
general appearance. Incidentally, we
found pair Of mallard ducks that had
come over from the mainland Of Cali.
fornia, thousands Of miles away"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-22

Watts and william Blake. Many Of
the inscriptions on the tombstones
are very quaint and funny. One Is
"The within has gone to rest" An
other. which was by far the best pre-.
served tombstone In the cemetery, was
decorated by this brave, but not over
elegant inscriptions: Dame Mare
Page. 1928. In 67 months she was
tapped 66 times. Had taken away 24O
gallons of water without ever repining
at her case or ever fearing the opera
tion."
After spending half hour in Bun
hill Fields one longs for some place
bright and beautiful, and Chelsea Is
a fine place to select Even the name
Chelsea has beautiful eound. 1t has
always been the favorite residence dis.
trict Of the artists. literary men and
actors Of London, past and present.
Cheyne Walk along the Thames is
very delightful. The old Battersea
bridge, which Whistler made 30 ia
nous, Is gone and a new bridge has
taken its place. 1t Is not an unattract-
i've bridge by any means. but still one
longs to see the high old bridge that
has centered in 30 many "Nocturns"
and Symphonies"
Rosetti's house on Cheyne row is
still standing. and near 1t the house of
George Eliot, and the house Of Count
D'Orsay. A garden marks the spot
where Sir Thomas More lived for 80
many years. Farther down the street
is the house where William Turner
died. This house Is marked by q very
beautiful tablet designed by the emf.
nent English artist, Walter Crane.
In upper Cheyne row stands the
house of Leigh Hunt, and near 1t is
the spot where Katharine Parr Ia said
to have lived.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-22

On his way to Moscow the youthful Gear encoun-
tered nothing but misery and horror and at last
stopped at Troitsa, unable to face the wretched
ness OF Moscow, where even In the Kremlin the
palaces were roofess. His own guards
starving and in rags and their needs were sup
piled by gifts from the great merchant house Of
the Strogonovs. Something was done to ale.
viate the distress. and on May 13 Michael was
escorted into Moscow by the entire male popu.
lation. On July 13 he was solemnly crowned.
The troubles OF Muscovy were not yet over.
Years OF effort were needed before the bandit
hordes were finally put down. Sweden had to be
bought of with cessions Of territory. In 1917 a
law invaded Russia. captured town after town,
and marched against Moscow In 1913. Prince
Pozharski was once more called to the command.
and saved the capital by defeating the Poles in
an assault on October 1S. truce was concluded
at Deuno near the famous Troitsa monastery.
Poland kept her conquests but acknowledged
Michael as Gear. Also Pharet was released
and returned to reorganize his country For
nearly fifteen years he practically the Gear.
and did much to bring peace and order out Of
the chaos that still existed He was the true
founder OF the Romanoff dynasty Michael him.
self was gentle, pious and amiable man; his
merit is that he had the sense to accept the
direction OF other men than himself. His wife.
the ancestress OF the present emperors, was Flu.
doxia the daughter OF one OF the poorer mobiles.
He died in 1645. and within generation Russia
aided by the increasing anarchy in Poland. was
able to turn the tables on her old antagonist and
to commence q process of expansion that has
continued until the present day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-22
LAST RELICS OF THE MAINE
elk Thousand Pounds Of Brass and
Bronze Fittings Stripped From
Vessel Cast In Tablets.

New York.-Six thousand pounds Oh
relics from the U. 8. 8. Maine. which
were taken from the battleship before
she was towed out to sea from Ha-
vana and given her final resting place.
have arrived at the John Williams
bronze foundry. to be cast into 1T
ting'a permanent memorial.
This disposition of the brass and
bronze fittings of the battleship which
for twelve years had lain beneath tho
sea Is In accordance with an act Of
congress.
The parts of the wreck that were
thought to be suitable for the purpose
were first sent to Washington, where
they were melted together, purified
and cast into thlrty.pound ingots. 1t is
In this form that all that IL left Of
the Maine has Just arrived In New
York.
One thousand tablets. designed by
Charles Keck OF this city, are being
cast by the Williams foundry, and will
be delivered upon request to patriotic
societies all over the country. Two
hundred applications have already
been received at the office Of the as
sistant secretary of the navy.
The tablets will have a natural
bronze finish: they will weigh twelve
and half pounds and measure 13 by IS
inches.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-22
NAMES LOBSTER HATCHERY.

Half billion Holsters will be the number
Matched at the government station at Boothbay
Harbor. Me-. for the present year. II is a huge
ngure. bigger than most people can realize II
will also mark q record, says the Portland Press,
for the number Of shellhsh brought to life at the
government place.
At the present time there are at the Boothbay
hatchery 1889 seed Holsters from which eggs
will be secured
The season for collecting the seeders extends
into the spring Of the year. that It Is safe to
say that fully twothirds many Holsters as have
already been collected will be added to the mum.
ber on hand. The average number of eggs Sc.
cured from the mother lobster Is 10000 The
percentage OF fertility of these as they are
Matched at the government station is 20 high
that 1t is safe to say that practically all OF them
will be hatched.
Reckoning on this basis, the number Of seed
ers now at the hatchery will produce 27O nm ~"
Holsters. The number yet to be collected viii
very nearly total up to 500.0eQ.0OO
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-22
ON an ISLE Of BIRDS
Commodore Salisbury Tells Of AZ,
Expedition to Laysan.
Retired Naval Officer with Party oA
Scientists Spent Eighty Days
Gathering Data on q Mid.
Pacific island.

Kansas City. Mo.--Straight from
the exploration OF an uninhabted isle
IN the Pacific ocean. Commodore
George II. Salisbury of the United
States navy, retired. has arrived at
the home OF his brother. Mark Sails.
bury, two and one.half miles northeast
Of Independence. The contrast is
great between life In this old mansion
hidden among gigantic pines In a quiet
Jackson county farm and life on tho
island of Laysan, where no man lives.
and where myriads OF water fowl
darken the air or hide in the low.lying
sandy slopes, barely rising above the
ocean level.
Commodore Salisbury was busy
writing out report Of his voyage to
the government. but not too busy to
tell representative Of the Kansas
City Star OF some Of the strange
sights on the island.
He was In charge Of an expedi.
tlon sent out by the department Of
agriculture, which has charge Of tho
bird reservation Of United States ter
ritory. With him were three natura.
lists. The party left San Francisco
December s. 1912. In the United States
revenue cutter Thetis. Their destina.
tion was tho Island OF Laysan. eight
hundred miles northwest of Honolulu.
I.aysan Is peculiarly rich in bird
life. Eighty days were spent there.
They returned to Honolulu March %,
and a few days later took passage on
the United States transport Sherman
for San Francisco. They reached
that city April II. There specimens
taken on the voyage were shipped to
Washington. After a few days spent
In the coast city, Commodore Sails
bury started back to Independence.
arriving there last Sunday.
A map Of the Island Of Laysan made
during their stay shows It to be Of pc.
culiar formation. II Ia about two and
one-half miles long and one mile wide.
In tho center, occupying about one
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-22
BAD teeth CAUSE OF CRIME
60 Says Boston Sheriff, Who InstaIis
Dentists Chair In
Prison.

Boston.-Treatment Of the teeth Of
criminals as q means Of preventing
crime is being tried In the Charles
street jail, under the direction of Sher.
IN Quinn. The sheriff has had dent
lists chair installed In the prison, and
has employed q skilled practitioner to
I'LL or otherwise treat the defective
teeth Of the prisoner.
"A bad TOOTH" said the sheriff.
"often lands man In JAIL A large
number of crimes are committed by
people who are badly nourished. NAL
nutrition leads to morbid mental
thought. which results in crime. A
dentists chair and q good dentist In
every correctional institution will pre-
vent hundreds OF inmates from re-
turning again, once they are free.
The dentists chair Is an accessory
In that direction"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-22
BURIAL GROUND OF LONG AGO
Many Quaint Inscriptions Found on
Tombstones In Old English
Cemetery.

London.--Not far from Petticoat
lane Is the old Bunhill Fields grave
yard. No one has been buried here
for more than u hundred years and
from the odor that hangs around the
place one can easily believe that this
Is true. and yet the poor grass.hungry
Whitcchapel mothers use this for a
park, and here sit holding their sick.
ly babies In their arms. basking In
the dusky London SUNSHINE. and from
tho contented look upon their faces
one knows they smell naught but fra
lie Daniel Defoc. John Bunyan, Isaac
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-22
Lealess, Hs still Farms.

Paris, Mo.--Earl Craft was taken
with necrosis Of the bone when twelve
years OF age and both his legs were
amputated at the hips. He lay In
bed six weeks and then began the la
borious task Of learning to walk by
means Of his hands. In less than
three years he was doing farm work
and today can hook or unhook q team.
ride horse. drive a gang plow, cul'
tivator or binder. and do almost any.
thing else on q farm save gather
corn. Recently he built and rooted
henhouse without assistance