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New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
A BIunder That Brings Us Back to Earth

Rather than believe, as some do, that Mr.. Nc
Aneny was electloneering when he made his recent
attack upon the proposed elevated road extension
contracts we prefer 10 agree with Chairman Mccall
OF the Public Service Commission that "he would
be the last man In the world to utilize this matter
for such a purpose" But the McAneny claque were
not so scrupulous For example, "The Evening
Post" drew this moral from his service to the
community:
The members Of the Citizens Committee. who are
debating whether McAneny Whitman or Mitchell
should be nominated ought not to forget that any
number Of such questions going TO come up dur
ing the next four years build our new sub
way system, and that Mr.. McAneny has the com
pletest mastery OF all the details Of this intricate
and farreachng city development.
AS it turns out, Mr.. McAneny's criticisms of the
proposed contract were particularly unhappy and
inept The percentage TO the contractor was left
blank properly for the Public Service Commission
to fill in And the form Of contract proposed is one
commonly used and has much in it's favor.
If Mr. Mccall says that it Is better than public
letting in this instance shall be inclined to be-
lieve that It is so, in spite Of Mr.. McAneny. Mr..
Mccall is not likely to let the traction interests run
away with the City of New York. And he knows
more about subway problems, just as Mr.. Wilcox
did before him, than Mr.. McAneny does. It is his
business TO know more. He gives all his time to
it. Subways are only a side issue with Mr.. Nc
Aneny.
This blunder Of the Borough Presidents does not
diminish such availability as he has for the mayor
atty. He is an able, honest and well Informed Off
cial. But It brings us down to solid earth. He Is
not infallible He is not the only able and honest
man. He is not the only man capable Of looking
out for the citys interests or actually doing So.
You might believe from some Of the utterances of
the McAneny claque that he was all of these.
Before the Citizens Committee thinks seriously
of choosing him as its candidate It should require
to be shown that he has any real popular strength
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

When Anthony N. Brady weighed .s'
and coffee for his customers ana "'s
pensed chromos at his first store IN fss.'
street, Albany. he was one OF the popu's'
young men OF that city. He had NAV.
many friends while he was barkeepel
the Delevan House. where he was A''s
as Tony" He never took drink AZ"
the tea store era and when he had e'sI
ated into gas. electricity and tracu'n
retained the qualities for which nc
always known-the faculty TOT "sA
people speak of the things they An
most about and for listening ana a0''
ing information. Il travelled all the Wy
from Albany with Tony Brady saia
man TO a friend at the old Windsor nv'sa W.,
was he good company" Fine.
you tell him all about the wool business :,
Think / did. How did you KNOW
know Tony"
'It is rather strange about Miss MA'
dox." 80,
What has happened TO herr ,n
"She sings autifully-remarKapy'
fact" -.nge
Yes, know; but that is Eot stransSs trSo
There are plenty OF young woineh
sing we'll" shs
Still. hers is a remarkable case ,ssu
has never, so far as I am awa'eL ,csso
called the Patti OF this town
Record Herald.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
Special Daily Report from Our Peripatetic
Secretary of State.

Six thousand rebels of Mexico captured the city
of Torreon yesterday. The new japanese Minister
arrived in Mexico City and was enthusiastically
greeted. Americans at MADEIRA are in serious dan
ger Of their lives. The assistant general superin-
tendent of the Southern Pacific lines in Mexico is
held by Mexcans for a ransom Rebels are active
In Tampico and Vera Cruz President Wilson CON
ferred with House and Senate leaders upon the pro-
posal to permit the rebels in Mexico TO obtain arms
and ammunition IN this country. American hags
were torn up and trampled by mob in Mexico City
When asked to discuss the situation Secretary
Bryan, who spent the day lecturins on peace and
kindred topics IN the towns Of Adel and Panora'
State Of Iowa, said: 81 fully expect to drop In at
Washington before long, If It seems advisable, and
find out what It's all about, Don't forget TO buy
your ticket at the door"
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
THE BINGHAMTON CALAMITY
How Preventive Laws Were Defeated
by Avarice.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: II takes serious calamity 20
make human beings realize that they be-
long TO one another. Before the Asche
fire we permitted in this town condition
OF criminal negligence which that horri-
BILE calamity revealed, not only TO our
Intelligence. but 90 our moral sense. The
public was aroused. and in consequence a
committee OF safety was established,
which. I'm cooperation with other organi-
zations brought about the State Factory
Investigating Commission. The result OF
its efforts was embodied in series OF
good laws directed 10 protect the life and
safety OF the workers from the hazards
OF fire and unsanitary conditions in fac
tories.
While public opinion was aroused, some
OF the representatives OF the real estate
interests who were more sensitive To the
satredness OF property than OF human
life were cowed into silence. They did
not dare TO resist In the open the out
ragged moral sense OF the community
They waited until the public calmed
down, and then exercised their insidious
pressure upon the State Factory Investi-
eating Commission during It's delibera-
tions They successfully prevented the
Committee OF Safety from securing the
adoption by the commission OF a law
which, II passed. would have saved the
lives of many OF the victims OF the Bing-
hamton fire. The committee urged that
all buildings should have freproof in
closed stairways. The advocates of this
measure pictured just such a calamity as
occurred in Blnghamton. II required no
highly developed imagination 10 foresee
this disaster Nevertheless. these owners
OF small buildings succeeded In convincing
the commission that such provision was
unnecessary.
We trust that the Blnghamton fire has
burned into their souls the conviction
that they were wrong. We trust that
these gentlemen Will join with the Com
mlttee OF Safety In its efforts 10 have
such law passed now
We hope that the fire In Blnghamton
has melted the crust OF avarlce I'm their
natures. which led them so successfully
TO oppose the public welfare.
We hope also that the public demand
for fundamental measures OF safety, such
as fire walls in factories will be seriously
and favorably considered by the law and
ordinance makers.
HENRY MOSKOWITZ.
Committee of Safety.
Madison House. No. 2l6 Madison street.
New York City. July q, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
IN THE BALKAN DISPUTE
The Noble Greek Army" Utterly
Unlike the Bulgarian Horde. y

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In to-days Tribune I noticed a
letter from Donna Panayotova, In which
the writer IS trying 20 cast upon the
Greeks all the barbarous atrocities com
mtted by the Bulgarian troops, and. be-
sides, 10 make the public believe that Kill
kish. Dorian, Seres, etcs (etc. means
Cavala, Salonica and Athens, probably
are Bulgarian towns.
| think the letter OF Thomas 6. Hutch
insOn published I'm the same column, may
be- taken as good reply TO the Bull
garian protest" but would like 10 know
why the Turks and Jews and also the
Austrian consuls OF those parts did not
protest against the Greeks, but only
against the Bulgarans. Did they mis-
take the Bulgarlans for Greeks? Is II
very hard TO tell a Greek from a
comltatzi, or to distinguish the noble
Greek army from the wild hordes OF the
Bulgarians?
MANUEL ID. CHRISTINIDES.
New York. July 22. 1913.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
For Ten Dollars Apiece Those
Lives Might Have Been Saved
at Binghamten.

The Binghamton fire proves that no halfway
measures can be trusted to make factories safe
After the Triangle Waist Company fire much was
made Of the utility Of fire drills In preparing "olA
ers for such emergencies The law, we believe now
requires such drills. This Binghamton factory hau
them. One so recently as last Friday is reported
TO have emptied the place in twenty seconds
Yet when the fire came the drill system totally
failed It may even have added to the loss or me-
for the girls took the alarm to be only another dri
and were slow in responding They were paid by
the piece and did not like to lose time and money
in marching out of the building. Moreover they
did not Ike to appear on the streets IN their work
ing clothes.
The one thing lacking at Binghamton WAS exits
secure from fire and large enough to permit OF the
rapid emptyng of the factory. Had the Bingham
ton building possessed such means Of egress, In the
form Of fire escapes and hreproof inclosed stair
ways, no lives need have been lost. And yet after
the terrible warnings Of the Washington Place fire
the Legislature failed to require these means OF
safety in buildings like that in Binghamton,- four
stories or less in height
1t was argued that the workers would get out OF
these lower buildings quickly; that no such catas-
trophe as that in Washington Place would occur
in any other building than skyscraper.
The Legislature was warned It knew that 1t was
taking chance with human lives when 1t failed TO
require low buildings TO be made really safe. lt
would cost 500 or $500 to put hreproof inclosed
stairways in such buildings.
The Legislature listened to the property owners
and exempted buildings like that in Binghamton
from proper safety requirements. This law goes
into effect on October 1. With the terrible lesson
Of the Bnghamton fire before IT'S eyes, the Legis-
lature should amend It at once so that there will
be no more legalized factory death traps.
The cause Of the weakness Of safety laws is re-
vealed in the Legislatures neglect to require that
four story factories should be made safe. The
Legislature thought more Of the owners Of factory
buildings than it did Of the workers Human lives
are cheaper than fire walls and freproof inclosed
stairways.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
Meaning Protection, Don't Say Intervention.

It win be well to stop talking about intervention
dn Mexico There may be need Of action for the
Erotection Of American citizens though that has
mot yet been demonstrated But that is a very diff
tferent thing from Intervention. In the desperate
old days Of Mramon, when excesses were rife far
worse than anything to-day, President Buchanan
did suggest sending IN an army for protection and
redress, but nothing more. Even the belligerently
inclined author of the Ostend Manifesto did not
hint at intervention.
At the present time Intervention would be mon
strosty 1t Is automatic and fundamental that II is
the last resort But have not yet tried even the
first resort. Seward laid down the true principle
for all time when he said that "our policy OF
intervention, straight, absolute and peculiar as it
may seem to other nations has become traditional
one which could not be abandoned without the
most urgent occasion, amounting TO a manifest ne
cessity." 1t cannot be maintained that such occa-
sion now exists.
For five months we have done nothing We have
properly refrained from recognizing the blood
stained Huerta, but we have not positively refused
TO do so. and we have not intimated in any way
what is necessary for our recognition of the Mex
ican government We never recognized Miramon
or Maximillan but we said plainly that we would
not and told why we would not Similar action
in the Of Huerta months ago would have been
salutary.
Now at last the administration has quit its blind
drifting and is making intelligent efforts to find clt
what II ought TO have known all along, the real
condition of affairs in Mexico and is also giving
promise Of appropriate action based upon that
knowledge. In the name of common fairness and
common sense II ought to have chance to show
what it can do in the performance Of its long neg
lected duty and not be embarrassed and hindered
by injudicious chatter in Congress elsewhere. If
Congress had got tired of the administrations mac
ton weeks ago and had taken the lead in doing
something fits course would have been logical and
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24

.;or of onethrd Of its area and more than onehalf
Of It's population.
The animus Of the movement is at heart tne age
old antagonism between the South ana the Nor'h'
between Nanking and Peklng, between Cantonese
and Nlanchus 1t is the same spirit that was rifn-
pant in the TAPPING rebellion, and which might nave
been triumphant then save for the genius OF uor-
don II has been renewed and intensified by the
norsistence Of Yuan Shihkai in negotiating large
foreign loan to which the southern provinces were
bitterly opposed. 1t threatens at least 10 cause
long and costly intestine war, and at most TO pro-
woke foreign Intervention which might mean tne
end of Chinese integrity and independence
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
SHOULD REPUBLI ANS WORRY?
Not While the Wilson Cabinet Plund.
ers, Says an Ohioan.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Why should we Ohoans. who revel
in spectacular politics. worry? Why
should we long for return OF Theodore
the Terrible TO the Presidency Hasn't
President Wilson's Cabinet been doing its
share to add to the gayety?
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo tries
to muzzle the press and gets In bad Then
Secretary OF Labor Wilson and Attorney
General McReynolds try to postpone in
definitely the white slavery" case OF the
son OF President Wilson's Italian Com
missioner of immigration. When the
United States Attorney resigns, Nc
Reynolds says. well, It's only Repub-
lican officeholder resignlng, and | am not
worrying" Later. McReynolds appoints
an inexperienced young lawyer, friend
OF the family to prosecute this white
SLAYER" and then even the Democrats
protest
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24

justifable But since 1t has waited until the 81
minstraton has begun to act 1t ought TO let the
latter act without meddlng.
1t will be time enough for Intervention when the
President reports that he has exhausted all other
resources and that manifest necessity exists
for that last resort He has not done that yet, ana
we do not expect that he will ever have occasion TO
a so
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24
MORE PRACTICAL.

From the Syracuse Herald
Secretary Daniels says that a government plate
factory costing ss,466.O00 would than a
million dollars Mr.. Bryans plan for universal peace
II realized would a good deal more than that
but Just at present Daness project looks the better
Of the tive
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24

The most picturesque strike on record would p'
tha. Of the Swiss guards of the Vatican against
being compelled to Chamber the roofs Of Rome.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24

The platform of modern statesman: 1 care no
who runs the government of the country so long as
7 can make the speeches at the Chautauquas."
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24

The Binghamton tragedy may be conVenientS
rated as an "act of God But proper act OF legis-
lation would certainly have forestaIed II.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24

There is nothing in that proposal OF
Canadian prison superintendent to substitute
glass doors for gratings in cells. Lovelace long
ago declared that iron bars did not make cage.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24

Train smashed people killed; nobody to blame
Safety, speed and comfort"
New-York tribune., 1913-07-24

The Bulgars burn people in mosques and nos
pitals We burn them in factories and prisons
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-19
TELEPHONE COMPANY
ORGANIZED At HIGHLAND
Ranchers Reject Offer Of Kennewick
Company's Service and viii Build
Own Rural line

Richland Advocate: At the mass
meeting of the stockholders and
others interested in the promulga-
ton of the new rural telephone sys-
tenn which was held in the Anon
hall last Saturday afternoon it was
unanimously voted to reject the Of
fer of A. F. Brown, manager of the
Kennewick Valley Telephone Co., +,
which, in substance, was that he
would establish and maintain CEN
trail office in Richland in connection
with his phone system, connect up
with a rural line to be constructed
to the city limits by the new COM
pany. and make charge of so cents
per phone per month to all ranchers
on such rural line being served by
the central office here.
After reaching this decision the
meeting proceeded to the transac-
ton of other business, the most.im-
portant of which probably was the
changing os the lengthy name from
the Columbia and Yakima Valley
Telephone Co. to the Richland Tel
ephone Co. and the empowering of
the directors to proceed to the for
nation of stock company with a
basis of 200 shares at par value of
$25 per share.
AS soon as this amount of stock
is sold, which will be shortly from
the present indications, the direct
ors are to proceed to incorporate the
concern and buy material for the
lines and the central Office, and have
same constructed and in operation
as soon thereafter as possible.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-19
KENNEWICK wins FROM
PROSSER At BASKETBALL
City Teams Put Up Fast Contest at
County Seat-Larkin and Stewart
Do Most Scoring

Kennewick 80, Prosser "a. That
tells the story of the basketball game
at Prosser last Thursday night be-
tween the town teams of the two
places.
To be honest, Kennewick's VIC
tory surprised nearly everybody, in
Guiding the players themselves, as
the local boys had had but little
practice, and the Prosser five was
known to be made up largely from
last years champion high school
team.
Kennewick played Prosser off
their feet in the first half, scoring
Is points to 6. Prosser woke up in
the second half and came back
strong, scoring Is to IA for Kenne-
wick in that period. Larkin was
the star point-nlaker for Kennewick,
throwing five baskets and six fouls.
Stewart scored Is of Prosser's "a
points. Tweedt threw five baskets.
CARRIER three and Kennett three.
The game was played before a
large and enthusiastic crowd which
was non partisan in its applause of
good plays. The Prosser team and
audience both were unusually fair
and sportsmanlike in their treat
ment of the visitors and after the
game the Kennewick players were
taken to the Kennett home where
they were royalty entertained until
train time.
A return game will be played at
Kennewick during holiday week.
The lineup follows:
KENNEWICK PROssER
Larkln Stewart
Tweedt Siebert
CARRIER Kennett
Johnson Smith
Oliver Wise
Officials: Williams of Kenne-
wick, and Chester of Prosser.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-19
DEBATERS
WIN SECOND OF SERIES
By Defeating Prosser. Local Team Now
Has Victory on Both Sides
Of the Question

The debate of the state series held
at Prosser Friday night, the 18th,
resulted in a victory for the Kenne-
wick High School debaters, who
upheld the negative side of the
question. This is the second time
the local boys have won and gives
them victory on each side of the
immigration question, the subject
of the state series.
There can be no doubt that the
decision of the judges was unani-
nous, as the Prosser team failed to
establish single contention for the
affirmative. Their team is COM
posed of young and inexperienced
debaters and is not up to the high
standard of the Prosser teams here
tofore. The local team is composed
of Raymond Rarey, Van Whealey
and Martin CARRIER, and has been
coached by Superintendent Lewis.
The Prosser team is composed of
James Hilgerson, Lester Jones and
Clifford Wanda. There are only
two more debates in the series and
we trust that the success which has
attended the effort of our debaters
thus far, will not desert them on
the last stretch of the race toward
the goal.
This contest makes the sixth
debate between the Prosser and the
Kennewick high schools during Mr..
Lewis superintendency and of those
contests Kennewick has won four.
The judges in Friday nights contest
were Superintendent Ricks of Pasco,
Superintendent Audrian of Kiona
and Attorney Chaffee of fSunnyside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis and the Ken
newick debaters were entertained at
dinner Friday evening at the home
of Miss Louise Bragdon, teacher of
English in the Kennewick high
school last year.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-19
FARMERS AT SCHOOL

The series of State College extern
sion lectures given at the high
school Monday and yesterday were
well attended and it is probable
that today's sessions, which will be
the last of the series here, will draw
an even larger crowd.
On the program for today there
are lectures on Cover Crops. !"
Blight" Strawberry Culture )"
and two talks on Home Economics.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-19
COLLINS COMPANY FAILS

The Chas. H. Collins Co. made
an assignment of their business late
yesterday afternoon to the Spokane
Merchants Associate on. Thus
passes one of the pioneer business
establishments of Kennewick.
Difficulty in making collections
was the explanation Manager Asst
holz gave. Several large accounts
with eastern firms, as well as large
amounts tied up in claims against
the Northern Pacific Railway Co.
We're the immediate causes OF the
lJcal company's inability to meet
their obligations. AS some OF the
out of town creditors seemed dis
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-19
PARTY |NSPECTS
BRIDGE SITES
State Highway Commissioner and
Engineer Look Over RiverC Cross
ings Preliminary to Survey

Surveys for the proposed bridge
across the Columbia at Kennewick
and Pasco and another to span the
Snake River about a mile above
Ainsworth will be made immediate
ly is the promise of State Highway
Commissioner William R. Roy who
personally inspected the proposed
sites Wednesday.
Mr.. Roy was accompanied on his
trip by James G. Allen, chief
engineer of the highway department
and H. w. Botskie, resident engi-
neer located at Walla Walla. The
state officials arrived in Pasco Tues
day evening and on Wednesday
morning, accompanied by party
of Pasco and Kennewick citizens
and officials, they inspected the
Snake River site; returning to Ken
newick during the forenoon and
going over about a mile of the shore
line on this side.
The visit was the direct result of
the recent requests made by the
Kennewick and Pasco city councils
and commercial clubs, that the sur
veys be made in accordance with
the action of the last legislature
which appropriated $4,000 for that
purpose. 1t is Mr.. Roy's opinion
that a satisfactory survey of both
bridge sites can be made with that
sum, and some money be left, as
there is much data already obtained
by the war department, which can
be used.
Resident Engineer Botskie will be
in Kennewick and Pasco within a
week or ten days to arrange to have
the surveys and souDdings made by
one of the local engineers. It is
probable that the work will be en-
trusted to County Engineer Hamil-
ton of Franklin, as that county owns
a launch which can be used on the
work.
The logical location of the bridge
between Kennewick and Pasco
would be- at the foot of Washington
street, directly connecting with
Lewis street, although owing to the
depth of the main channel, con-
struction at that point would be
more costly than at the site occu-
pied by the Kennewick dock.
The bridges are to be part of
the state highway system and that
department will provide an estimate
of the costs at the several points to
be surveyed. Then it will be up to
the people of Benton and Franklin
counties to influence state appro-
priations for the work.
Accompanying the state officials on
their inspection were commissioner
Roe, Representative Horrigan and
County Engineer Hamilton, of
Franklin county; and Mayor Kolb,
Councilmen Sercombe, CARRIER and
Desgranges, Engineer Wright and
Geo. F. Richardson, of Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-12-19

posed to push matters to a head,
just now it seems the only practical
solution was to take the action they
did. Mr.. Astholz has not yet de-
cided what he will do, but will re-
main in Kennewick until after the
holidays, at least.