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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
BACKWARD NEW YORK STATE.

The Public Service Commission OF
,he I'd District points out the inter
CSting fact that Massachusetts, with
about one quarter the main track mile
age of steam railroads which this
state possesses. has spent about fou"
times as much money TO eliminate
grade crossings. II points out also
that there were SiXty-four accidents IN
1912 at grade crossings outside New
York City. in which fifty persons were
killed and as many more injured. on
grade crossings in New York CITY
more than one hundred persons have
been killed and scores injured since
1905 II is impossible 10 attempt to
stop accidents on electric lines by re-
moving them from street grade. but II
is y part of the public policy Of every
state with pretcnSions 10 progressive,
modern government Ia abolish the
steam railroad grade crossing. with It's
toll of lives
Governor Dix last year put stop
10 all grade crossing adjustment not
then in actual process Of accomplish
ment ny vetOng appropriations sought
bv the Public Service commissions TO
pay the states share Of such work. III
was Shortsighted and distinctly an act
the reverse of economical. though he
attributed II To n desire for economy.
The commissions this year have been
compelled 10 ask for much larger APP
preparations 10 carry on this impor-
tant work Of protecting the public. IL
T.. 10 be hoped that Governor Sulzer'
in his efforts To cut down the state eI-
penditures. will use more discrlmlna-
ton than did his predecessor between
true and false economy. This state
should moi be permitted Ia lag behind
fny in its care for the lives "f It's
LIZ nnLn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
THE HUDSON BRIDGE BILL.

There ought 10 he no doubt about
the passage by Congress, even amid the
press and rush of the short session. or
the bill to extend the time for the
building of the bridge across the
North River. Some serious engineer
Ing. financial or other problems NAV
he involved but with these the pend
Ing bill has nothing 10 do. II IS de-
signed merely TO grant the projectors
Of the bridge more time in which 10
demonstrate their ability to solve those
problems and 10 do the work.
That bridge is much needed. ana
that the need is steadily growing
stronger. there can be no question.
Tunnels under the river are supplant-
ing ferries for the transportation or
passengers. but they afford no provi-
sion whatever for vehicular traffic.
which f. now suffering seriously from
the reduction Of ferry service. The
tunnels. moreover. give ne yet little ia
ciity for the carrying of freight, and
If is apparent that they cannot be ca
pected 10 do 50.
The gigantic bridge which Congress
authorized some years ago would ar
ford excellent accommodations for n
large proportion OF the vehicular traf-
fc and also for the freight traffic Of
the various railroads. II is designed
10 have three decks. with fourteen rail
road tracks. the latter alone giving IL
capacity equal 10 that OF seven
dOube-track tunnels. II Is understood
that at least one Of the chief railroad
systems terminating on the New Jer-
sey side Of the river IL inclined 10 co
operate in the construction Of the
bridge, In order 10 use II for freight
traffic and other influences and cir
cuInstanceS are favorable 10 the enter
prise 1t seems highly desirable. there
fore. that its projectors should have
further opportunity TO show what they
can do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
NOTHING NEW FROM AFRICA.

II may be that we shall have to cor
rect Aristotle and Pliny and Erasmus
and RabelaiS and all the rest. who
through the ages and in various
tongues have been assuring the world
that there IS always something new
coming out Of Africa. though Aristotle
did cast an anchor To windward by
lea wing II triie uncertain whether he
said something new" or something
bad" For here Is Lieutenant GraetZ.
of the German army. announcing that
he has proved the Chambezi I'm
Northern Rhodesia. TO be the source
"of the Congo" Whereupon Mr.. G.. p.
Beak reminds the world that he made
the same announcement several years
ago. saying circumstantially in 1909
that the Congo had its source on the
plateau between Lakes Tanganyika
and Nyassa, where II is known as the
Chambezi. and that il thence flows
successfully through Lake Bangweolo
and Lake Moero. modestly adding that
oil these facts had been familiar for
years 10 travellers In Central Africa.
We should say so. Az any rate, they
were known to Edward Lopez. the
Portuguese explorer, more than three
and q quarter centuries ago. and were
published to the world In English by
Abraham Hartwell in 1897. This eI-
plorer knew Lakes Nyassa and Tan
ganyika and described them, making
however. the not unnatural error Of re-
! rarding them as the source and upper
waters OF the Nile. He erred. also. In
supposing that the Congo. too. flowed
out Of Lake Nyassa, but was exactly
right In reporting that thereafter Il
flowed through two other lakes. One
Of these he described as Tanganyika
from which. in fact. one Of the chief
branches Of the Congo does proceed.
He was also familiar with the Niger,
Orange Limpopo and Xambesi rivers.
and with the Matoppo and other noun
tains Of Matabele Land. which he
called the Mountains Of the Moon: he
| identified Mashona Land with Ophir.
from which Solomon secured his gold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
is CRIME A JOKE?
A Feast for the Mayor-and New
York Is Impotent.

To tn. Editor OF The Tribune
Sir. Ar. tho people 40 Obvious and self
satisfied that the grave disclosures OF
corruption and lawlessness In the Ponce
DEPARTMENT do not alarm them 1t seems
go, Public apathy toward these omlnous
symptoms OF 10th private and public IN
security and disaster was quite plainly
Indicated at tho annual meeting Of the
Washington square Association on last
Wednesday, afternoon. at which meeting
MAYOR Gaynor vas guest ana speaker
Not a voice was raised about the police
or the Mayors attitude. on the con
trary. II one might Judge from the man
ner Of his reception, II would appear
that the MAYOR may We'll feel that his
administration IL justified in the minds
OF that most representative assemblage
It is no doubt true that the public con
science and concern have been enfeebled
and dulled and mutual respect and CON
adencc wellnigh subverted by our meth
ods Of ureylng upon one another and ny
many conspicuous examples OF the Inn
muuity OF big malefactors; but when the
cltys impotency and shame have been
literally in the very air day after day
Tor a long period OF time. and II Is shown
that citizens are no longer safe In person
or I'm property. that the city Is filled with
criminal class leagued with the authorl-
ties. and hirelings may be had for pit
lance TO murder people inimical 10 the
system, and that 10 proceed 10 the asser-
ton and protection OF ones rights, or
even 10 give testimony in the courts, may
subject one To unbearabe persecution or
martyrdom II would seem as II an APP
railing sense Of personal helplessness
and danger would cause the people 10
leave their homes and business and 10
congregate In the streets and churches
and halls and theatres 10 reassert the
doctrine Of sclf-preservation and 10 give
unmistakatle notice TO the lawless ofi-
ciels and the laWless element that law
and order shall prevail and that the
guilty shall not go unpublished. even II
the people themselves are driven 10 set
their own house In order
Eternal vigilance Ia the price Of liberty
i'm all things, No one can be hired to do
our thinking for us or TO administer our
affairs except under keen public watch
fulness and interest. Is our District At
torney TO be left unaided and unencour-
AGED in his heroic battle TO purify our
civic conditions, and 10 perish In the at
tempt? II so. can II be imagined what
our next state Will be? And in that then
extremity will such another able and
CONTAGIOUS man be found TO WELD the
weakened power OF a demoralized and
terror stricken society?
And Ia Mayor Gaynor 10 be permitted
TO Joke the whole fearful thing away?
f. ID. KNAPPEN.
New York. Jan. II. 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

and described the ruins OF the Great
Zmbabwe. which were rediscoyered
10y Mr. Bent and others few years
AGO.
We shall presently he celebrating the
centenary Of that unrivalled explorer
of South Equatorial Africa. DAVID
Livingstone. from whose merlted fame
there can he no detraction. AT the
same time il will he well 10 remehi-
her that there were brave men before
Agamemnon, and that the marvellous
era Of world searching which cullni-
mated in the rediscOvery and permit
nent settlement of the American con
tlnents by Europeans comprised also
researches in Africa which should not
have left so much Of the map or that
continent blank and would not IL
they had not been largely either Tor
gotten or dlscredited. Herodotus s
story Of pigmy race In Central Africa
was universally piIloried AZ lie untii
Stanley confirmed It's truth in generai
and in detail. So il has been left for
explorers in our own day TO conhrm
the reports OF men Of three or four
centuries ago. whose deeds and whose
very names are now all but forgotten
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
A NOVELTY IN REVERSALS.

A man who was duly convicted OF
perjury. on whose trial the Judge made
no prejudcial error, Is entitled 10 Il
new trial because after the verdict had
been rendered the Judge at the time Of
prOnOuncino sentence showed that he
was committed i'm advance 10 the
theory Of the defendants guilt, such
opinion being, in fact. based on the de
PENDANTS own admissions when he
was considering the alternative of
pleading guilty and receiving light
sentence or taking his chances Of a
trial and severe sentence, which the
Judge told him he would be obliged to
impose if conviction resulted.
This is really the law according to
the Appellate Division in The Second
Department. astonishing as it may
seem after all the supposed progress IN
doing away with reversals in criminal
cases for trivial causes. Justice Wood
ward who writes the opinion of the
majority. comedies that the record
shows no substantial legal error on the
part Of Judge Fawcett, who tried the
case I'm the County Court of Kings
County. but he adopts the theory that,
being preiudiced In his own mind-that
is. having knowledge OF the defend
ants guilt-the judge might by smile
or sneer or exclamation or infection,
not appearing on the record. have pref
udiced the defendants rights with the
jury more than by an erroneous ruling.
Therefore though the defendant did
not assert the exercise of any such in
Guence over the jury. the admittedly
guilty man obtains a new trial because
Judge Fawcett, after he had had his
fair chance 10 cheat justice talked 10
bin severely. perhaps uniudicially. re-
vcalinG a personal opinion carefully
kept hidden while the matter was be
fore the jury. and told him ne would
Get the limit Justice Woodward says:
Clearly. had the learned trial judge
been proposed for a juror he would
have been disqualified by his attitude
toward the prisoner" The prevailing
standard of innocuous empty headed
ness commonly adopted for jurors
seems somewhat Of novelty for a
! criminal judge.
Justice Burr alone dissents from the
ruling. holding that it is assuming a
"new power Of review which has not
been supposed TO exist" He thus
| onnlyzpS the aSSumption ~ nraiudicia |
conduct.
There is not a suggestion. either in
| the record or even in the appellants
! brief. that by smile. a sneer. an ex-
clamation, an infection Of the voice
in giving ruling, right and proper in
| itself. any rights of defendant were
| prejudiced. The admission OF guilt
| made by defendant TO the trial Judge
before the trial required him either 10
| disclose this fact to the jury. which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

walt for a lull in the storm he looked over
the books on the bargain counter anu
without any particular interest In !.
picked up well worn Fourth Reaoer
OF the vintage of long ago, and Ike one
he carried under his arm when ne was
a schoolboy. There was no fyleaf IN the
book. but on the title page. written WIN
ink. was his own name with heavy marx
through It and under this the name OF
his brother TO whom the book passed
when he was graduated from the third
The man paid a small price for the DOCK
and in speaking Of the find said that MS
brother who owned il died nearly ten
years ago. His library" he said. was
divided among members Of the family
The old schoolbooks were probably thrown
away or sold for old paper, and we are
wondering where the old reader has wan
dered or been imprisoned since then.
Has old Billyuns much OF FAMILY!
"Numerous-but not much. Life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
A WORD FROM cAslMIR.PERlER.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I read with great pleasure In the
New-York Tribune dated January II the
article from your Paris correspondent on
the future Of Brest as transatlantic
port. | am the leading advocate In that
campaign and chairman OF the Brest
Transatlantic Committee. | have been
writing articles and delivering lectures
on the question and cannot but be glad
OF every public acknowledgment OF Brest's
superiority.
But I must say that ! was surprised at
my name not being even quoted In your
article. as the arguments are the same
as those in an article written and signed
by me, issued in the Paris journal"
dated December IS. 1912 As the argu-
ments given therein are entirely new ones,
| think ! am entitled to assume the re-
sponsbility and revindicate the paternity
for them. and to have my name at least
quoted In reference to a programme for
which | have been standing. more than
anybody else. for over two years
CLAUDE CASTMIR-PERIER.
New York. Jan. IL, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
BAD TACTICS.

Aren't the suffrssist OVERRIDING ii a
bit in Washington? Il r. all very well
10 have a votes for women" Mrade on
March and show its superiority TO the
parade Of mere men to be held the next
day. But wise moderation would Tor
bid any action which would interfere
with the success OF the Inauguration
and 50 array Washington and the new
administration against the suffrage
movement
The inaugural committee sends forth
the complaint that there is no room for
male visitors 10 the Inauguration. The
women have engaged most of the rooms
at the hotels for the women interested
i'm the suffrage parade Perhaps a suf-
frasiet ought TO be considered as good
~ an oficeseeker by the hoteskeepers.
though we fear that part or their
profits which are drawn not from room
rents but from the cafe is likely 10
be disappointing if the feminist move
ment overshaaows the Inauguration
But however the hotelkeepers may
feel. Washington as whole dOesn
see any fun in driving away the hope
full politicians and putting damper
on popular rejoicing over the return TO
Democratic simplicity. Washington Is
rather sore already because Governor
Wilson has vetoed ifs money making
plans for an inaugural ball" If now
the women shut out other visitors and
still further simplify the performance
Of March they can he sure of no
kindly assistance for their propaganda
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
WATERING THE TENCERLOIN
Frenzied Finance Methods Applied to
the Succulent Steak.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: AS the subject OF the nigh cost or
living Is OF Importance 10 me, | was IN
terested I'm reading in recent issue Of
your paper an extract from an article by
James J. Hill, published in the current
number OF The Mothers Magazine In
that Mr.. Hi is quoted as saying thdt
there ia more economy in the housewife
buying a tenderloin steak at " cents a
pound than a round steak al 20 cents. tof
after various manipulations OF the afore-
said tenderlon she would be able 10 re-
duce the original cost ITO not more thaa
cents pound
This sounds like very high finance n
deed. presume by a tenderloiR steak
Mr.. Hill means a porterhouse. In the
East tenderloln usually refers 10 pork
II Mr.. lin had ever bought and orolleo
a porterhouse he would know that cut
Weighing from a pound and one-half 10
two hounds will only serve two persons
with meat for one meal. The remnants
would then consist OF the fat and bones.
OF course. the fat might he tried out
for irving purposes and the bones USED
for soup. but no housewife, however mHch
che waters her stock. would be able TO
make shares enough 10 reduce the hTst
cost Of the steak to any great extent.
Perhaps Mr. Hil will be willing to en-
tighten " a little further on the SUBJECT
or. stu better. "sutor ne supra crepidum'
\. c. DUCKERs.
somerville. y. J., Jan. II. 1918.
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would have been clearly wrong or 10
keep his knowledge carefully concealeo
from the jury. that they may not oe
Influenced thereby, and give defendan'
an absolutely fair and Impartial trlhI'
The learned trial Judge properly pui
sued the latter course. Conceding Tor
the sake Of argument that the remarks
Of the county Judge when he imposeu
sentence were unjudicial in character:
and that in determining the extent Oh
the sentence he may have been m
huenced by passion OF a vlndlCtiNe
spirit, that is not a legal error whicn
we can review. The remedy IS py
appeal to the executive 10 commute
the sentence.
This decision and Justice Burr :
caustic criticism Of it are worthy OF
the attention Of those who are seeking
an efficient administration OF the
criminal law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Paris "Matin' contains an article
by the drama list BrieuX in which ne
speaks Of the 1000 900 lone women IN
France" az Sacrifices TO the tyranny or
man" lie has also directed attention
Ia the subject in play. which * be-
Ing performed A. the Gymnase. entitled
LA Femi Scale The modern method
Of education for the girl in the better
circles Is severely criticised. she
learns only that" he says. which will
mako her attractive in the matrimonial
market. she learns 10 conceal. by writ
ten and by spoken words. her ignorance
or. in other words. she Is educated for
the drawing room" In the course OF
his criticism he calls the men towards
who fear to marry without money.
Wlgs-You can't place much faith In
Bjones's promises, can YOU! ma. 49,.
Wagg-f should say not. why, 'hh
fellow couldn't keep promise IN sate
deposit vsult.-Ph Philadelphia Record.
THE MUSE IN THE FUEL BUSINESS.
What will you do when your coal Is Ill
gone?
Listen. consumers. and YOU shall learn
Therell be something else as good as
And more than a-plenty of fuel to
burn.
Coal il but dead solar energy:
That is to say il is plants and trees
Fossilized. dormant and waiting until
Man wakens It with his activities.
Now. friends. II the dead solar energy
VIII get az good fuel from trees and
plants,
WHY should not the live solar energy
Count more as fuel circumstance
Take the heat OF the sun, the live
Ten thousand square acres OF earth
each year
Gets sun-heat enough TO count for az
much
As nine billion tons OF coal in the
clear.
For instance Sahara. that vast sea of
The sun-heat which settles on that
every day
Is equal TO six billion tons Of coal,
Dug up as they dig IL the old
IbSnlOtleu way
At that photo-chemists can take a
strong pull
And by processes very we'll known.
They can handle this live solar energy
To beat all the coal ever grown.
And prices? Well. prices, consumers
may know,
VIII be at a very low rate.
For never a railroad will haul a carload
or live solar energy freight.
That's what, See?
W. J. l..
Brown got off a great mother-in-la W
Joke the other night.
That so? What was III?
He said he was very fond OF her
Detroit Free Press.
When wind and rain storm was
at its height recently man whose
umbrella had been wrecked took shelter
In a bookstore where old. second hand
volumes form the greatest part Of the
stock In trade. With nothing to do but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

from Washington folk Thomas Jeffcr-
son riding horseback TO take the oatn
is a pretty fiction, but it isn't the sort
Of a procession that the business men
of the capital like. In pre-empting
the hotels the women are. we fear.
showing themselves i'll equipped for
practical politicS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

The observation that typhoid fever Is
more prevalent In the country than IN
the city is not surprising. The water
supplies Of civilized cities are, "a -
rule. more carefully guarded from con-
tamInation than the open wells oil
farms. which too often are close 10
cesspools. and the prosaic hydrant IS
inns purer source than the poetic
old oaken bucket The poison pear
ing ny. too. is more numerous IN the
country than I'm the city and has more
deadly places from which to convey
venom to the dining table.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
A LARGE BRIDAL SHOWER
An Admirer of Miss Gould Plans to
Tie I'm the Tarrytown Mails.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: VIII you kindly ask the United
States. through your valued paper, 70
give Miss Helen Gould a postal shower
on her wedding day? Few are so poor
that they cannot send a penny postcard
wishing her much happiness. She GER
tainly is a woman whom the nation
should delight TO honor.
AN ADMIRER.
Plainfeld, y. J., Jan. II. 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

The death of Stephen V. White yester-
day recalls the days when he used 10 be
q figure of note in Wall Street. He
was the Streets most eminent 'dea-
con" Nowadays Wall Street seems TO
have gone short on DIAGONAL TRIM
mings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

Tho mortality rate IN this Congress
has been exceptionally high. sixteen
Representatives and five Senators have
died. and the Senate has also lost us
presiding officer. the Nice-President
The pressure on the Congressional
eulogist this year bids fair 10 be IN
precedented.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
NTH f)mk Trihmnt::
SUNDAY. JANUARY 10, 1918.

Owned and published daily BY Inc I daS.n
Association. a New York corporation. Osue.
lanes NJ RaTreft treasurer Address. Irlbuhe
Building 10. 1874 Nassau street. Ne" iO'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
NEW YORK SOCIETY
President Taft and Four For
elan ENJOYS in Town.

II would almost seem as if the seat OF
government had been transferred from
Washington to New York. Not only the
President OF the United States but FOUR
of the ENJOYS accredited to this govern
ment are in town to-day. They inciude
Viscount Chinds. the Ambassador oil
Japan, who entertained party OF nNe
last night at the Plaza at dinner fol-
lowed by q reception which was largeiy
attended The French Ambassador ana
Nine. Jusserand also are in the city, ana
were the principal guests at reception
given in their honor yesterday afternoon
by Mrs. Mortimer Montgomery az
Fraunces's Tavern. in Broad street The
Minister of the Netherlands and Nine. j.
Loudon are at the Gotham and the Am
bassador OF Brazil is at the Plaza. to be
near his wife. Nine da Cana, who Is IN
A private hospital recovering from
serious operation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

An imprisoned burglar has invented
and patented burglar alarm. set
thief TO catch thief, literally.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

Exports from the United states TO
Canada now average in value $1,000
600 q day. a gain Of about 100 per cent
in the last three or four years. Reel
procity or no reciprocity, Canada ana
the United States are bound to be the
closest and most helpful OF neighbors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

A san Francisco dog is reported 10
have had disease leg bone replaced
with a silver hinge with diamond en-
bcdded in IT, The recent congress OF
surgeons here showed that human
beings could recover pretty well IL
smashed bones were nailed together
with ordinary wire nails.