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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Honoring the Iliustrious Dead

4 French writer complains bitterly o.
the congestion Of statues in Paris With
out counting the numerous lieures in the
churches and the cemeteries. he finds
that there are more than 800 STATUES in
the city. His conclusion is. picturesqueiy.
that The streets are 50 overcrowded with
these figures that they interfere with the
breathing OF the poi ulace. and that the
statue maniacs,' as he calls them. must
he compelled in the future to erect their
memorials in those broad spaces where
the fortifications OF Paris formerly stood.
In order to be scientific in his analysis
of the situation, this writer was at some
pains to classify the personages repre-
scented by these statues. and ne fin6s
that the leading occupations which have
been thus tonorcd are: Poets. 81: writers.
81; painters, -; architects. -: composers.
10: doctors ANA chemists. ~ each; poll
ticians. and sculptors, II each. queens II
France and philosophers II ecch: Gral..;i-
lists and generals Ia each.
That is al. exceedingly suggestive table.
Think of the generals being 50 low in
the list and the poets SO nigh, In Chi
caeo We should find no such relationship
nor in Boston. The difference is prob
ably a difference in The tastes and Interests
of tire statue maniacs in chicago and
in Paris. rather than difference in The
tastes of the people
That small busy class az Influential folks
WHO raise funds and secure scJlptors ana
force the authorities into letting them
have "A site and SO forth belong i'm Paris
mostly to the profes sion of letters In
this country their Interests are. for the
most part. of Il purely antiquarian sort.
and 50 they memorable the soldiers and
statesmen of the past.
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RE suit OF IMPROPEN FIRING.
AFEw SECONDS LATER
WITH ScIENTHIcFIR INC

Now. hold a saucer three inches above
that flame, SO that plenty of air can con-
inue to be mixed with it, and the COM
bustion--the burning up. lets cali it-of
the candle will heat the :aucer without
smoking il. But lower the saucer until
It's cool surface comes in contact with
the fame and behold. YOU have smoky
flame and sooty saucer
That L. all there is to this great smoke
problem-to keep the fuel gases from
touching any cool surface until they
have gotten enough air mixed with them
to make them burn up all the gas stuff
before il touches cool surface. And in
the case OF the ordinary furnace that cool
Surface-thc bottom of your saucer. to
Speah-iS the outside of the boiler whose
water is TO be converted into steam. If
the fame strikes the boiler before il is
thoroughly mixed with air. then out
pours. your smoke. just as in the case OF
the saucer too near the flame. Enough
for science.
Now, your thoroughly scientific man is
a thoroughly practical man. Uncle Sans
thoroughly practical. After a thorough
survey of the field they came to conclu-
sion No. /, TO wit. that the average fire
man was an ignorant fellow who thought
his duty was to pitch coal into his fur
mace whenever his fire got low; that
how he pitched it might make a vast
difference never occurred to him nor in
most cases to those higher up.
*
And SO among one of the object lessons
that Uncle Sans experts first gave to
the emotionless and skeptical Pittsburgh
ers. Who up. to that time had continued
10 believe in smoke much as folks two
centuries ago believed in the divine right
of kings, was, this: That IA vast per cent
of the smoke, which also represented Il
loss to the man buying the coal Of from
10 TO 20 per cent in fuel gone off in
smoke, might be prevented by scientific
call it 'careful''-firing or stocking. \
doubling Thomas committee of Pitts
burghers was taken by these government
experts out to an old-fashioned fur
mace chimney which had long been known
as a sort of oldest inha bitant in the way
OIL smoke producer.
Now look at the two photogra pins. The
first was taken twenty-five seconds after
the fireman who mismanaged the firing
had put in a charge of coal in his I'M
couth way. The second was taken some
time later and twenty-five seconds after
government expert had put an equal
amount of coal into the furnace in an
Intelligent manner. Comment is unneces-
sary The photographs tell their own
story.
That little incident was enough. 1t
vacccinated Pittsburgh so to speak. with
a belief that the smoke plague might be
abated in great measure by intelligent
firing and the vaccine took. Since that
time Pitt sburSherS have been ardent sup
porterS of the smoke crusade and.
though their problem is the hardest in
the world on account of the great mills
there, they are hopeful of some day hav-
ing a real city beautiful of their own
and still maintaining their position as
the leading iron city of the world.
That il la; nac incident OF what these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
An UNREGENERAqE c1T1M TIE CLUTCH OF The
hLAcR PLAGUE

he ignored: the facts following show how
il hurts the other man:
The merchants of State street. the
principal retail street in Chicago, esti-
mate that the annual loss caused TO them
by the smoke plague l. approximately
two millions of dollars. This loss consists
in the deterioration of goods. especially
white dress goods. which, after few
days exposure OH their counters. are
rendered unsightly and unstable; in the
vast amount oi painting and renovation
rendered necessary by the caustic action
of the sulphuric acid in the smoke upon
all paint. iron and brass work.
:.
Also IN the additional amount of clean-
ing rendered necessary by tine depos-
tons from the vast smoke canopy over
head of SCOT and other foul matter. II
the necessity for the great amount of
artificial light they are compelled To Use
by reason OF this smoke cloud cutting Off
from 10 to - Ter cent of the daylight
and finally in the decreased efficiency or
eir employees. compelled 10 work und'r
such depressing conditions and to breathe
air reek;ng with poison.
\ pretty severe indictment that, And
Vet it can be duplicated in every large
city. Here's something different:
Unless the smoke nuisance is speedily
abated in 81 Louis says the head of
the PARKS and park ng department OF that
city. I'VE viii soon be treeless city. TIE
con.fcrs. such as the pines. which mad"
our parks evergreen. have sUccumh, Il
already ia the snloRe-SufIoCated. i'm fact.
for they must brt athe like human beings
and the harder oaks. hichorics and
other age-uid trees that we inherited from
the pri9leval forest ana that have heen
the pride Of or city are diving from TINS
smoke suifocation at the rate of = pr
cent per annuln; twenty years viii leave
'-rhr smoke canop. hanging ovr
London" says Il great English authority.
holds &C. tons Of Sulphufous SCOT -
and 81 ii remembered, TINS is tile air
that t.uNauncr> breathe
Perhaps no SHOT at tn" smUil" maSu"
WAS eye. kcener that that az the po't
Shelley. WIN. when the lcarin Il divincs
of thc world were giving their views as
To Just wha; sort ot place was the cap
tai OF the neither world. tc;seiy defined it
as
l.osulotI~ and smoky city.
Tho librarian of 4 aree library in ST.
Louis figures the deterioration of his
books through smoke 1T Sio's'o annuallN:
the keeper of the public records in Chi
caeo figures his loss the same
And the annual laundry b9ll is figured
at SeOo.oon larger than il ought To be in
but enough: let bo oae hereafter eX-
claim. Holy smoke
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little Sove-nme n Davids are doing t. de-
struy the smoke Goliath.
While empha sizing the weight of in
teligens firing as ID factor in SMOKE pre-
vention the following. from the expert
ence OF Mr.. Angus Sinclair, president of
the Society of Locomotive Engineers. is
eloquent 1t is reported by the American
Civic Associat ton. among whose nation
wide activities the prevention Of the
smoke plague is not the leaet:
"A locomotive fireman in ran of two
hours used 5000 pounds of coal. making
steam with difficulty and filing the air
with smoke The next day another fire
man. with the same engine and making
the same run in the same time. used 4,J0U
pounds of coal, making plenty of steam
and no smoke. Result of intelligent fir
ing. a saving of ~ per cent of fuel and
no smoke.
While on the locomotive smoke question
it may be stated that in large cities these
engines furnish d great proportion of the
dense black smoke, +; per cent of Chi
Cages smoke arising from that source.
The railroad officials have been lately
aroused, not only to the great nuisance
of this smoke. but the great waste en-
tailed Hence they have not only taken
steps to instruct their firemen in intelli-
gent firing. but they have also placed
along the lines of their roads, at points
unknown to the firemen. watchers to re
port any undue emission Of smoke. AS
the report of second Offense against
fireman works a serious suspension, this
plan works like a charm.
And along these lines. to get back to
the regular city smoke. Chicago's system
of espionage has, succeeded in vastly re-
ducing the offenders against her smoke
laws There are some twentyfour deputy
smoke inspectors, whose sole duty it is
to watch in their several districts for
smoky chfmneys. When these We're first
introduced so little did the old smoke
offenders understand the temper that
had come over the Chicago people. then
represented by this new smoke inspec-
ton department. that, with charming
naivete. they asked the inspectors to let
them know when their chimneys We're to
be watched. They don't ask that ques-
ton any more now; they watch their
firemen.
1t may he mentioned, in passing that
the locomotive smoke nuisance in great
cities that are terminals for many roads
bids fair to be solved by the use of the
electric locomotive, which. meeting the
incoming train several miles from the
city. will haul it in, leaving the country
locomotive to smoke it pleases This
is practically the ease in New York city
today.
=
But the main producer Of the smoke
plague is the stationary furnace, such as
is used in mills, factories and large
buildings. The bureau of mines has just
issued bulletin containing not only re-
ports from all the principal cities on
their work and progress in abating the
nuisance, but setting forth a. Xll the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

against the smoke nuisance and its pre-
vention could he laid down.
But few Years ago there arose in
Uncle Sam a new Moses to lead his peo
pie out OF this bondage of smoke. and,
like that Moses of old. while he has ever
since been following IA pillar of smoke
by day, he has been following 1t with Il
big stick. bent on its destruction.
< :;
The first national effort to attack the
smoke nuisance-smoke plague. rather
made through Dr.. Joseph \. Holmes
when. a few years ago. he was created
director of the United States bureau of
mines at Washington Forthwith he adj
dressed the energies of himself and his
trained staff To the study of the question
He didn't blaze away in hurry rush
into print. telling sensational reporters
what he was going to do. He looked over
the field and first brought all smoke
fighting cities i'm touch with one another
for interchange of ideas: wherefore the
fight, hitherto against the local devil that
each city fought single-handed, became
conflict against one continent-Wlde arch
hend upon which the energies of every
city, joined in bond and under the guild
ance VI the bureau. of mines. was di-
rected.
Achieving this much. Dr.. Holmes then
looked around for the best place for him
10 make MS personal attack. lie wanted
the smOkiest place in the United states
Yes. Pittsburgh. of course: that was the
place he selected. SO up to Pittsburgh he
led the pick of his men-a small bunch of
Davids to attack this sooty Goliath. Pitts
hurgh saw his coming without emotion
with sl1eptcsm deep planted in her bos-
ON. for il was an article of faith i'll the
unregenerate Pittsburgh of that day that
the only way to get rid Of Pittsburgh
smoke was to take your money and go to
New York city.
And so the Pittsburshers saw him come
without emotion. There was no particu-
lar enthusiasm visible about Dr. Holmes
either. but that is because he saves his
energies for action. He planted his eX-
perts there, erected such. apparatus as
he saw fitting and set his staff to work
erected an experiment station of the bu-
reau of mines. which is today marching
in the van in the fight against the black
plague of business.
The work of this band of experts was
along strictly scientific lines. 1t went
into all the details and chemical complex
tiles of combustion of fuels. Smoke. one
knows. is caused by the Improper com
bustion, or REORGANIZATION. of the voa
tile oils Of the fuel with the oxygen of
the air.
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OR years past Tn
Gle Sam has been
conducting Il ma
tion-Wide crusade
against the smoke
nuisance. II e V c 7
once stopping TO
think that he was
like the man who
lived in a glass
house and insisted
on throwing stones
at his neighbors,
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MANAGES Annually Done
Large Towns by Smoke
Am Intercity Encounter-A
New Moses One Cause of
Smoke and an Object Les
son-Damage by Smoke and
the Vigorous Campaign Taken
Up Against 1t.
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But this is no scientific dissertation
upon low volatile bituminous Goals and
such scientific abStrusities. ii is a bird s.
eye view told in words of one syllable,
so to speak, of the past, the present and
prophetically of the future of the smoke
plague. 1t is only necessary to state
simple instance showing what is univer-
sally the cause of smoke. and then an
end to the scientific end.
: tailoW caUdla with trimmed wick
bUti.a >.i,t0ll. sslE. d SIT IT. All Tight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

The scheme IN which Washington may
he enabled 10 take another long step TO-
ward beng ar absolutely smokelesS city.
while the Soterament may at the same
time save tine peoples dollars in the
process. originated with Franklin Mac
NcaSil. Secretary of the Treasury. Its
practical details have been worked out
by a cOmm.fiee az Treasury officials, on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
A Straight Out Fight Now.

Tho dcath of Mayor Gaynor leaves straight
issuo Of Tammany and anti-Tammany. voters VIII
have 70 choose between MurphyS candidate ana
tho candidate opposed to Murphy. There Will he
ma recourse for the man who would like secretly 10
holm NIurnhy but who is ashamed to do so openly
IIo mist fake his stand now. There is no tnllu
candidate by supporting whom he may save Mur
nbv's interests while pretending TO be anti-Iam-
many.
We shall speedily see how many genuinely anu
Tammany men aud newspapers there are among
the late Mayors active supporters. AS many is
arc honest in their opposition to Tammany VIII
promptly declare their intention of supporting MI
Mitchell for he is now the only hope of keeping
the NIayoraty ont of the boss's hands. The issue
of saving the city is bigger than any personality
nc The Tribune said when it announced its sup
port of Mr. Mitchell in spite of It's disappointment
that stronger candidate had not been chosen. The
position which The Tribune took then is the posi-
zion which every honest anu-Tanmany man among
Mayor GaynorS followers must take now. just
before the Mayor sailed he denounced the Tam
many crowd as spoators waiting to pillage tue
city Are his faithful friends going to turn about
now and give their adhesion TO these spectators Z;
Are they going to help Murphy, who denied Mayor
Gaypor a denomination by the Democratic party
and so fastened his death:
Under any honest system which left the cohtro'
Of nominations really in the hands of the voters
the Mayor would have been his partys candidate
Murphy and his spectators, with their control OF Tue
machinery through laws of their own passing pre-
vented the will of the Democratic voters from being
done. The Mayors death is the result. what are
the Gaynor supporters going to do about 1t! sure
" not elect Murphys man Mccall TO succeed their
dead leader Surely not waste their votes 10y sup
morning some new third candidate. The way L"
punish Murphy the way TO breal, his power IS 10
support Mr. Mitchell. union upon whom VIII deieat
Tammany.
The removal of Mayor Gaynor from the field VIII
end the dispersal Of Mr.. Mitchcls Republican sup
port. \ Republican succeeds the Mayor Tor the
remaining months of his term. The city administers
ton will he in the hands Of the Republicans. Inc
organization will he fighting to retain what Vt mas
and with one clear way before ii Of doing So. mat
will have mighty influence in giving coheSlveneSs
70 what must be the strongest single element in Mt
Alchels support.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
A Life After Death.
spondents

The religious mood Of the moment strikinsly
reflected i'm the absorbing address Of Sir Oliver
Lodge TO the British Association. However his
brother scientists may feel toward these wanderngs
into unexplored regions the part of great
physicist. there can be no question Of the wider
pubc's attitude. 1t is favorng and sympathetic
and wishes him well in his new quest.
From the old dOgmatism Of religion there was "a
powerful and swift reaction in the last century.
The pendulum swung far, and reason soon held
sway so completely as not only to furnish the sole
basis for all constructive thought, but as to blot
out of existence every conception that could not be
logically demonstrated. OF this extreme Cult Of
Reason a part still exists, and 1t has turned into
a narrowness and hostility which Sir Oliver Ledge
wildly described:
MANY scientific men still feel in pugnacious mood
toward Theology because Of the exaggerated dog
matism which our predecessors encountered ana
oyercame in the past. They had to struggle for
freedom to find truth in their own way; but the
struggle miserable necessity and has left
some evil effects And one of them is this lack of
svmnathy this occasional hostility, to other more
spiritual forms OF truth
II was this extreme view which led naturally to
the present day reaction in which we live Inc
man in the street was thinking pragInacally before
Bergson or our own William James put his point
Of view in words The feeling grow that the ultra
scientific viewpoint could not be the whole truth.
And it comes as the answer TO a vide and strong
belief to have the president of the British Assoca-
ton utter the following declaration of faith:
so if ever in their enthusiasm scientific workers
go too far and say that the things they exclude
from study have existence in the universe, we
must appeal against them to direct experience.
This is not AN appeal TO the mob against the
philosophers il is appeal to the experience OF untold
ages as against the studies of generation
Sir Oliver Lodge recorded his personal convic-
ton that memory .and affection exist apart from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
AN APPEAL FOR SCOTT
The Convicted Editor of Paterson IS
Fighting for a Free Press.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: You are doubtless acquainted with
the main facts pertaining to my convlc-
ton and sentence 10 from one TO fifteen
years in state prison on the charge Of
melting hostility to government"
a writ Of error has been secured, and |
am AT present at liberty on $4,000 bail
pending a decision from the Supreme
Court Of New Jersey, which | feel sure
viii vindicatc me.
If the decision of the lower court should
be allowed to stand IL would mean that
no editor might critiCise public servants,
whether policeman or President, on peril
OF going To prison.
AS an editor you are of course vitality
interested in maintaining the American
right OF free press. and ask you to help
sustain this right by helping me fight the
decision of the Paterson court.
'"rhe Weekly Issue" Is "A workingman's
paper, and does not even pay for itself.
The writer is "A poor man and could not
possibly carry on the fight without ilhan-
cial aid.
VIII you help?
In the interest OF the American prin-
ciple Of free expression. which Is I'm dam
ger OF being taken from us. | ask that
dangerous conviction and sentence re-
versed.
Send all contributions to George II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
Fair Trial for a Legal Impeachment.

Justice Hasbroucks decision that Governor Sui
yer was legally and properly impeached and by
virtue Of constitutional provisions has therefore
no executive powers now ought to put an end Tor
ever 10 one Of the technicalties which have been
resorted TO to delay prevent the Governors trial
Ii is possible, of course, for the Governors coun-
sci 10 appeal but in practical effect this would be
of no USE since no appeal could be carried TO the
Court Of Appeals before the questions at issue
will be presented TO the court of impeachment IL
self. Even there it is impossible to see how the
Sulzer lawyers can put much force into the CON
tention that the Assembly met III extraordinary
session. was thereby deprived of the power to adopt
an impeachment resolution AS the Attorney Cen
eral has pointed out, and Justice Hasbrouck holds
the power of impeachment is placed by the constl-
tuition i'm the hands Of the Assembly alone, not OF
the Legislature, and the performance of the act OF
Impeachment is not a legislative but judicial
function. Therefore the Assembly met under any
conditions even if assembled at the summons Of a
member. would be competent to perform this func-
ton Manifesty if this were not so the entire
scheme of government would fall to pieces, and a
Governor for the larger part Of each year be left
entirely free-sO far as penalties incurred would
deter him-to commit the grossest outrages short
of criminality. Even Governor Suffers lawyers,
who have common sense well as legal knowledge,
can hardly expect the court of impeachment to rule
differently on this point.
Under this decision Governor Suzer, having been
legally impeached, in signing the Robin pardon
and i'm every other act purportng to be oihcal was
merely usurpng official power. This also agrees
with the opinion Of the Attorney General under
which most Of the. state departments are working.
II is unfortunate that this issue was not presented
IA the courts Immediately after the impeachment
ca that decision from higher court, which might
have been accepted, might have been received be-
fore the case is taken up by the court of impeach-
ment AS it is this state will have two Governors
each purporting to perform legal official acts until
that final court renders its decision on the merits
of the second contention Of the Suzer adherents
The net effect of the decision is that the Snizer
adberents who have been shouting that the GOV
erpor would never stand trial on an Illegal lhdct'