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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
/ Earn, Land und e. Water.

Cairo, Ill, Jan. 20 thousands Of
acres Of farming land in the vicinity Of
Cairo were flooded Sunday when the
Ohio river went Abb feet, half q foot
over the danger mark. NH si5s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
FIRE pe,troys CALGARY industry, rs

Calgary, j an. 2O.-J. M. Batesman
wood working plant was destroyed BY
fire. The loss is estimated at $780,.
900, fully covered by insurance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
TENANT PAYS BUILDING TAX.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Your recent editorial in The
Tribune against the proposed tax of
81, per cent on coal mined in Pennsyl-
vania was most logical and convincing
II is perfectly true. as The Tribune
states. that a tax upon any commodity
such as this Is shifted 10 the consumer
and il is announced that. although the
tax might be only cents ton on coal
the dealer will charge rs cents a ton
extra. Now, The Tribune will logically
admit that this is precisely the effect
of the tax upon buildings in New YORK
City and every other city.
II has an even more undesirable eff
feet. i'm that Il limits the construction
OF buildings and thus increases rents,
and as well limits the number OF small
homes.
Now. does il not seem reasonable for
The Tribune TO support the proposal
gradually to reduce the tax rate on all
buildings I'm New York City TO half that
on land values--or at least TO submit
the question TO a referendum vote--on
exactly the same grounds that 1t OPP
poses tax upon coal mined in Penn
sylvania? BENJAMIN c. MARSH
New York, July Z, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
Armories for PlayhouseS.

The proposal to use the armores OF the national
guard in this city playhouses aud recreation
centres for children cOmmends itself strongly to
practical common sense The buildings because OF
their size their expanse Of open floor room and
their airiness are admirably adapted to the pur'
pose. and there is little fear that they VIII be
damaged or rendered in any way less fit for use
by the regiments. 1t is obvious. also, that sucn
indoor resorts no less desirable than open air
Fairgrounds.
From the economic point Of view the scheme Is
to be heartily approved. The armories cost the
public large sums Of money and while it was
worth while to build them just for military Use it
will be well to get still larger returns from the
investment by using them every day in the man
ner proposed. particularly since there Will he no
expense for heating or lighting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
The Militant Reply.

1t was cheerfully and confidently announced on
Monday in England that the militant sufragette-
or "arsonette" -conspiracy had been knocked into
the proverbial smthereens by the application of the
"cat and mouse" law. Twenty-four hours later
came the militant reply in the burning of fine aud
valuable mansion and its art treasures and in the
defiant declaration Of one of the foremost of the
suffragettes that the outrages would continue 10
become more and more serious and that she her.
self would battle punishment with a hunger
strike"
The problem of dealing with these misguided per
sons was never one with which social and political
reformers and advocates of franchise extension had
much to do 1t seems doubtful now whether 1t IS
to be efficiently dealt with by the ordinary ma
chinery and agents of the criminal law. Rather Is
to be referred to aliensts and to experts in NOR
bid neuroses and psychological disorders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
THE PEOPLES COLUMN An ?

between fourteen and fifteen years Oh
age; but, on the other hand, he "oulu
have found that the wages we pay are
equal to those paid to silk workers any
place else in the world. A good weaver
on four looms makes at least 81 day
. 49, Had he sought the information we
would have convinced him that no jap
anese that was ever born. either In this
country or Japan; has ever had any m
vestment I'm our business, or anything
10 say in regard TO the conditions of labor
or the scale of wages paid. or the slight
est interest OF any kind whatever, except
to sell us raw silk in competition with
others.
Eight hours, more pay and easier WORK
are all very desirable things which We
hope will eventually be obtained. but they
can only be brought about through the
Improvement and perfection Of machin-
cry and a uniform scale of wages.
HENRY DOHERTY SILK co,
Paterson, n. j., July 3. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
Another Favorite in the Tombs.

Stilwell the convicted state Senator, when he
passed over the Bridge Of Signs into the Tombs'
following his conviction, passed from a court OF
justice to a camp OF confederates. Hyde did the
same thing so did Cummins. The suspicion that
Becker the gunner and the convicted police graft
ers had like good fortune could not be so readily
substantiated, since in their cases public senti-
ment made sympathlzers wary. But the suspicion
remains.
How long will this community permit the admin
istraton of its prison to be conducted for the con-
venience Of its prominent criminals and their
political friends? Stilwe receives callers in his
cell whose names and addresses registered at
the prison. are fictitious Following their visit he
appears to change his mind about telling the Dis
trict Attorney what he knows of legislative cor
ruption at Albany
Other callers on this discredted politician and
bribe seeker have left on the Tombs register only
last names with New York City" as their address.
What has been Their business with him that they
have been permitted to conceal their identity?
but what can we do" asks the District Attor-
ney 1--WE filed two presentments against the way
things were done in the Tombs, but without result.
There is no law governing these things, such as the
keeping Of the visitors book-only departmental
rule, winch Inlay De SuhpcHueu whenever ~ 10
deemed convenient"
The only remedy is that OF the ballot the sim
plest the most effective. Over in City Hall sits a
man who, with the utmost contempt for grand jury
findings, has taken not the slightest notice of the
presentment calling for the removal of William j..
Wright Deputy Commissioner OF Correction, in
charge OF the Tombs. Sweep this impersonation of
Tammany and all that he stands for from City Hall,
and like the cob house of his metaphor will
come tumbling about his ears into the dust his
whole incompetent and corrupt penal fabric.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
Shutting Off Steam.

The conversion of "The CommOner' from week
ly into monthly periodical seems to indicate that
in the opinion of its distinguished founder, and
owner the political millennium is four times rs
near at hand now as it was prior to March last.
THE Commoner' was started as journal Of pro-
test and on the weekly issue plan 1t found its
hands full. 1t fought not only the enemy III the
opposition camp but all "reactionaries" within the
Democratic ranks. 1t was almost as occupied eX-
posing and dscplning the leaders in its own party
as in viewing with alarm what wicked Republicans
were doing or failing to do
Has the country advanced - per cent on the road
toward perfection simply because Mr. Bryan holds
the high and honorable Office of Secretary Of State
and his chief assistant, Mr.. Metcalfe has sailed
for Panama to become an Isthmian Canal commits
sioner? VIII monthly bulletins Of admontion suf
fee now that the goose bangles high from the
rafters and ars well with the world?
We shall miss the cracking thorns which The
Commoner' so long delighted TO thrust every seven
DAYS into the touches of the sluggish and the ease
loving The unworthy will get theirs now only
once month And not all OF them will get il that
often if we are to judge from the withdrawing
defence written the other day Of Attorney General
McReynolds Secretary Wilson and Commissioner
General of Immigration Caminetti, who had made
the mistake of thinking that the administration OF
Justice in the federal courts of California was only
matter among friends
If "The Commoner" is TO make speciality OF
such political reading notices it would be still
wiser to limit its appearances to one every six
months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
Mr.. Whitman and the Mayoralty.

Those who have been working to discourage the
nomination Of Mr.. Whitman as the fusion candi-
date for Mayor have tried to make much out of
the charge that the District Attorney is Repub-
llcan in state and national politics I'VE must not
nominate man who can be identified as parti-
san they argue and then with point blank incon-
sistency they turn around and say that the man
who heads the fusion ticket this year ought to be
an Independent Democrat.
People who take the view that the fusion can
didate must not belong to one national party or
must belong to a special faction or section of an
other are not willing V live up to the first princi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
An Open Forum for
Public Debate
THE BRILLIANCE OF JUPITER
The Giant of the Planets Now Rules
the Evening Sky.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Calm and clear like some mini
ature moon softly rejecting the dazzling
fire OF great King sol. the planet Jupiter
is on ornamental exhibition every cloud
less evening. shining splendidly against
the starlit background OF the constella-
ton Sagittarius. The constellation Sagit-
tarius is not as noticeable a sky outline
as is the Scorpion, to the westward, yet II
contains some distinguishing features.
such as its brightest sun. Klaus Australis,
and slightly curved line Of suns, be-
ginning with Gamma and Delta. How
ever, Just at present Sagittarius the
Archer is very we'll marked, for giant
Jupiter In bright golden splendor reigns
there maJestcally, as On throne, from
near sunset until the morning hours
Unlike the planet Venus during the
summer months. the planet Jupiter Is
chiefly an all night star. setting around
July 10 about 4 a. M AS the ineNperi-
enced star gaZer watches this planetary
king shining calmly and clearly il viii
perhaps be difficult for him to realizs
that this solar satellite is an Astronomical
body more than 1900 times as large as
10 his own planet home, the earth II
will also perhaps be difficult for such an
inexperienced star gazer 10 realize that
this bright and conspicuous planet has
mean or average distance from our
world of 100000 miles. or approx
mately some 500, 5000 more miles than
the distance separating him from King
Sol. In other words. Jupiter's diameter
is about $3.50 miles that Of our earth
being only 1921 miles. And, as this
planetary being is so much further away
from the sun than is our own planet
IS evident that Jupiter's year VIII De
many times longer than our own year
some 4,333 days-for il Will take him
about twelve terrestrial years TO complete
one OF his orbits around King Sol
AS we watch Jupiter calm and clear
golden and bright reigning so splendidiy
and serenely after the heat and humidity
OF some sultry day. We forget for tne
moment the beauty and brightness OF
Venus. and we only remember hs'
Jupiter is the greatest Of all our solar
planets. bedimmlng in comparison the
rudy fiery radiance OF King Antares. IN
adjacent Scorpio.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
Templeton. Mass. July 5, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
Gambling Ring Gunner in Cuba.

The shooting of General Riva the Chief OF Police
in HAVANA is essentially akin to the murder or
Rosenthal IN this city. There is, Of course, great
difference between the assassination Of loyal and
efficient officer of the law because he was dong
his duty and that of a disreputable gambler who
was betrayng his associates in crime. But the
essential likeness is in the fact that In each case
a gang of gamblers fostered by corrupt political
ring resorted to murder to prevent interference with
their illicit pursuits.
There is also in the incident reminder that the
gambling problem exists elsewhere than in Amer
lean cities which suffer the undeserved asperson
of "Puritanism" If only would drop our blue
laws" and adopt a rational system Of tolerance as
other lands do, we are told there would be no
more trouble Well, Havana is liberal and toll
Grant city, but 1t has no less trouble than New
York: and the same is to be said of Paris, Berlin
and other European cities quite free from any
suspicion of "bue laws" They have all found that
gambling must be suppressed for the public good
and they have all found the most serious obstacle
IN ifs suppression in the uncean combination which
exists as I'm New York and in Havana, between
professional gamblers and political ringsters and
corrupt officials.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
Three Views of the Pacific.

In view Of the coming opening Of the Panama
Canal and the radical change in conditions in the
Pacific Ocean, 1.-The Morning Post of London
recently asked the High Commissioners OF the three
British nations on that ocean for their views OF the
chief problems which will thus be created IL Is
interesting TO observe that their views widely
differ. though they do not conflict.
Lord Strathcona. on the part of Canada, takes the
pureIy commercial view, and dwells upon the in
forests Of the fisheries and the lumber trade Sir
George Reed, for Australia confines himself to race
problems and the need Of preserving White Aus
fralla-not because Of racial animosity but for the
sake OF racial integrity. Mr.. Mackenzie, OF New
Zealand. regards as paramount the problem OF mil
tary defence OF the British Empire in the Paclfc.
All three considerations are legitimate and peril
nent. and perhaps urgent Certainly all three con
firm the wise judgment of William Henry Seward
In regarding the Pacific 'the ocean OF the future
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

"Moritz Moszkowski is not only great
pianist" says the Paris "Menestrel. "ou'
a clever wit" Among the things when
the writer then relates 10 prove the asse'-
tion are these They say that the greater
part of modern music is good, but thal II
sounds badly. | can subscribe TO ohs
half of the paradox" "Rubinstein once
said the false notes which | struck III
the course of six recent concerts were
sufficient for a seventh Rubinstein -
dead. but that seventh concert is sun
with us"
Parke-Do you leave your servants ~
charge OF your house during the sunlhe,
Lane-Not any more so than the resi- "
the year-Life.
The Kaiser to whom Germans IN Ures'
Britain presented jubilee gift of |iSo'VV0'
has been fortunate i'm the value ana v"
rlety of the presents he has received iio'"
loyal subjects. The most valuable wa
probably the legacy of N.ON,WV
queathed to him by Herr Hildeorana' =.
GoerlltE. just ten years ago. and the mos
curious three fine elephants, when CAM
to him by the will Of u menagerie pso
prietor and are now In the Berlin you've
ical Gardens.
"why did you move away from On''
cago?" :,
"'rhe doctor advised my husband "a "a
move TO some town with only one tea'"
worry about."-Washington Herald
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
A REPLY FROM PATERSON
What a Visitor Would Have Found
in the Silk Mills.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Friends have called our attention
TO letter signed by a William Varney,
ard they know II TO be so shamefully
false that they feel 1t should be answered
such an important publication as The
Tribune going unanswered might lead
many impressionable persons, who be-
lieve everything they see In the papers.
TO think that the article was unanswer-
able. and therefore true,
We notice that this William Varney
gives his address. not as Paterson, n. j..
but sydney n. Y. at which we are not
Surprised, for, had ii been Sydney, Aus
tralia, he would probably have known just
as much about the local situation as he
evidently does, Judging from his letter.
And this very point has been the most
serious thing In this strike. 1t was insti-
gated and has been kept alive by small
band OF professional agitators. dlsrepu-
table persons from outside who do not
belong in Paterson and who know nothing
whatever about the silk business. Mr..
Varney is evidently a misguided and
erson and presented himself at our office
to seek first hand information. as he
ought to have done. he would have had
his eyes opened as to the following par
uculars:
% lie would have found not one single
little girl under age working anywhere In
the mill.
(9 He would have seen one OF the finest
and healthest buildings to work In that
YVES ever erected for employees In the
history OF the world
90 He would have seen contented men
and women running two. three and four
looms, and taking II very easy-many or
them sitting down.
% He would have found that there was
no one In the whole establishment earning
as low as 81 week, except four boys
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
WOMEN AND ETHICS.
; Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The woman who i'm The Tribune
OF July endows women with a unique
ethical sense is 10 be envied. That
would be pleasant thing for US women
to believe. Not that ethics belong 10
men or TO women, but when for either
such high claims are set up ii sets one
thinking.
The present crisis i'm the woman's
movement has shown feminine logic and
ethics in strange lights. Take. for In
stance. the documentary question of the
right OF one person to injure or destroy
another persons belongings. Women.
boastfully confessing themselves guilty
OF such acts, assert In private and I'm
public and in print that they are moral
ly blameless, first, because they were
moved by a worthy motive. and. second.
because the loss TO owners would be
made sood by insurance companies.
Now. when a poor ignorant Yiddish
tenant OF the East Side, for the sake Of
few dollars OF chattels insurance
dollars that will buy comfort for his
sick wife-sets fire to his premises.
neither his worthy motive nor the land
lords insurance makes his act less Grim
inal. What Is the difference morally be-
tween the crime OF the Russian Jew and
that OF the English lady?
What can we think when a woman,
gentle faced and gentle voiced quietly
AYERS: IL couldn't do those things my
self, but at the same time | cannot con-
denim a single thing they (the suffra-
gettes) have done or tried to do? Are
the ethics of such sympathizers any bet
ter than those OF the perpetrators?
SPECTATOR.
Yonkers, n. Y, July 8, 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
LIKED Mr.. REDS DISPATCHES
Reader Expresses Her Appreciation
of Gettysburg Battle Pictures.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The Tribune is always interesting,
always accurate. its foreign news is a
feature and the weekly letters Of George
w. smalley are delightfully."- entertaining,
as we're those Of the late Mr. Ford. But
I venture the opinion that nothing appear
ing In its columns for some time has
been OF greater interest 10 many OF your
readers than were the reproductions OF
those thrilling dispatches sent from the
scene Of that awful carnage at Gettys-
burg fifty years ago by the late White
law Reid to The Cincinnati Gazette |
have sent The Tribune containing them
10 friends in Scotland and in Canada.
In those scenes so wildly described by
him Mr.. Reid gave promise OF those high
literary gifts that In later years made
him famous in his own country and
abroad. In the autumn OF 1911 he gave
an address I'm Edinburgh on THE Scot
in America and the Ulster Scot" Moth
ing to surpass II has ever been heard IN
that old gray town. so rich in classic
culture and its centuries Of glorious ira
ditions The flower OF the Scottish no.
biIlty were present and the cream .of
Edinburgh intellectually crowded to hear
him.
read in "The Scotsman" that every
professor OF note in Edinburgh was there.
Lord Rosebery (hfmself a great orator.
was present and at the conclusion OF the
address said:
II have never listened to anything like
IL. lie (meaning Mr.. Reid has made us
Scots feel that we almost own America"
Surely high praise. but not greater
than the splendid subject demanded
MRS. j. r. CAMPBELL.
BROOKLYN, July B. 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09
THE ORIGIN OF RAoTlME.

From The London Chronicle.
How did we begin to rastme? Old paygoers will
recoect Bohee Brothers, who here In the
early SOS and sang plantation in ragtime to
banjo accompaniment And years before this there
the famous Jim Crow" song and dance brought
by Dan Rice-the first niger minstrel The early
plantation songs were at time thought to be folk
songs brought Africa but the generally accepted
theory that they picked up by the from
the revival preachers But the curiousy marked rhythm
OF the melodes-ragtime-is Of undoubted. African
origin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09

ples of non-partisanship in municipal anaiis' ine
fusion movement rests upon the idea that 50 lar
ne the fight for better local government Is Gun
cerned IL does not matter whether man Is ne
nublIcan. an Independent Democrat, frosres-
sive a minor party man or a straight OUT inue
nendent Members Of all national political aniia-
tjons meet on an equality on the fusion PLATFORM
and il Is raising an unjustifable issue OF pefSoha'
good faith for one fusionist to mpute TO announcer
a disposition to subordinate his zeal 10 reScue
the city from Tammany maladministration u ni'
LOYALTY to the national party with when ne co-
operates. A..
The fusion candidate for Mayor should DE 'iie
man who can attract the largest support ironi
voters of all shades Of opinion outside OF lam
! many 1t is in Mr.. Whitmans favor that lie nus
made record which has singled him out as tie
most dangerous enemy the powers of EVIL IN this
city now have on their list. He Is the man WHOM
the ''system" would hate most to see III the
Mayors chair, because Of his exceptlohal acquain'
ance with the mysteries Of the great conspiracy oi
graft and silence If he is the leader whom tne
forces Of misgov eminent most fear It Is Idle 10
bring I'D his national political affiliations against
him The only question which should he asked Is
whether he is the man who can get the votes ana
do the work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09

and in taking important steps for the impregna-
bic establishment of the United States in a para
mount position, far the Americas are con-
cerned, upon its shores
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09

A lawyer should never be his own lawyer. WASH
ington dispatches indicate that in some cases III
would better not be his own witness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09

one more police CRATER got his sentence yesterday
yet according to Mayor Gaynors single ooiuiii'
method Of figuring there are still or two left
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09

IA major Wall Street operation" must be very
costly exhibition of surgery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09

Can this countrys foreign relations be in such a
bad way Editor Bryan has time only TO get out
a monthly publication?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-09

How timely Arnold BENEFITS confession, "As the
years pass | attach less and less Importance to
technique In fiction! When ii comes to the real
thing in ictional technique the writer's may as well
throw up their hands. the novel Is simply not In
II with the telephone. r. l.. III.