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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
FOR A GREAT AsHoKAN PARK
Why Not Use the Engineers Camp
as a City Playground?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What the scaffoldng is to the
new building such is the engineers and
workmen's camp To the great Asho-
kan dam in the Catskills; only with this
difference-we tear down and throw
away the staging of building. but as
regards the camp we ought not, 1t seems
to me. tear IL TO pieces
The camp has cost money--a lot OF IL.
II was put up on scientific principles.
Before the dam was built the corps took
the old Dutch roads I'm hand and made
new ones In their place and opened
others. They found a shady glen that
commanded fine view of the mountains
down from big fountain. making the
camp sanitary and attractive. For they
and their families were going to live
there for years.
Now their work approaches compile
ton and the question is: What will be
done with the camp in the near future?"
The City OF New York owns II, but as
ii does things on big scale 1t may
throw away big chance to benefit the
children and the poor. Why not turn
this camp into permanent summer
park for New York City? Is not this a
pretty scheme? Who will launch II and
set It sailing? W. II. PETERS.
Red Hook. n. Y. Aug I. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
Hedging in the Impersonators.

Impersonaton any but the vaudeville stage
will become very bad form If Congress passes the
Cummins bill Just favorably reported by the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee. David Lamar, the near
wolf of Wall Street, has been indicted for that
offence under the provisions of an old statute
which forbids the impersonaton OF federal officers
1t may be that the present statute does not include
members of Congress, who are sometimes cassl-
fed as state officers But under the Cummns act
no such techncallty can be pleaded. The BILL as
strengthened In committee increased the penalties
Of impersonation and also enlarged the scope OF
the measure by making It a crime to bring I'M
proper influence of any sort a Senator or Rep
resentative.
Impersonaton as art in politics was still In
its infancy. But with such experts in the field as
the lobby quiz at Washington has uncovered the
point would have been reached at which
voices purporting 10 come from the White House
would have been advising people interested in legs-
lation or matters Of administration 10 get In out OF
the wet by employing certain distinguished attor-
news After the Cummins law passes statesmen
and corporation heads take up the telephone
receiver safely without first consulting an imper-
senator's black list.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
FUSION AND DEATH AVENUE
Mr.. Mitchel's New York Central
Project Is Severely Criticised.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: l wish most heartily TO indorse
what J. Blocker Miller, secretary or
the League To End Death Avenue. has
said in his two recent communications 10
The Tribune concerning the two candi-
dates. Messrs. Mitchell and McAneny,
and their attitude toward the welfare OF
New YORK city. To the residents OF the
upper West Side. who have for some
years past been witnesses to tie rapid
~ growing encroachments of the New
York Central Railroad upon the water
front and what should be our beautiful
Riverside Drive. IL would seem thai no.
body at all is looking out for the inter-
ests Of the city. certainly not the Board
of Estimate and Mr. McAneny. nor Mr..
Mitchell himself.
Every year tho value OF the water
front along the Hudson is more and
more apparent as a breathing space for
the ever increasing thousands who flock
TO II. and who have no other and every
year the tracks and trains and cars and
smoke and offensive odors from cattle
cars and other offensive hauls of the
railroad are on the increase
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
New York Aug. s. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
WHY Not Try the Bee Cure !

Mayor Gaynor. with his hands outspread anu
'umbleness oozng from his every pore, taxes
whack at our old friend Shank, OF Indianapolis
That young man and Mayor let the news leak INTO
the public prints that he thinking of letting
swarm Of bees sting their best to cure his rheunna
tism Good old stuff from the farm, you understand
And Mayor Gaynor. one farmer to another, writes
letter to convenient correspondent, cracking one
Joke after another at Shanks expense.
rs his rheumatism physical mental or moraif
How would it do to lock him up with swarm OF
wasps?" II hate to suggest snakes I'VE nave
people just like him in this town. All of them want
to run for office and perceive that some OF them
are going to run this fall" Il hope am man OF
charity" Etc
All the same, rheumatism or no rheumatism
Shank or no Shank, Mayor Gaynor ought to give
the bee cure serious consideration. Half dozen
good stings might at least give man something
to think about while squirming around on the
anxious seat and wondering whether he had sold
out the Police Department through four long years,
all for Here's your hat what's your hurry!
and a return ticket to ST. James Long Island AT
the end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
The States Costly Economy.

Whatever the officials investigating the Long
Beach disaster may decide was the cause of it the
real primary cause was the grade crossing. With
out that the accident could not have happened,
whatever the speed Of automobile and train. There
are about four hundred such grade crossings within
the limits of greater New York and scores Of others
on roads near by where traffic is thick. Each four
years those within the city boundaries kill about
one hundred persons and cripple many more.
The state is officially committed to policy OF
eliminating these grade crossings by paying one
fourth Of the cost and permitting another fourth to
be assessed on the municipality county bene-
hted. Yet for two years no appropriations toward
this work have been approved, and until the state
sets aside its share Of the cost no work may be
begun. Governor Dix in 1912 vetoed appropriations
OF s750OOO made by the Legislature, on the score
OF economy and Governor Sulzer this year for the
same reason withheld his approval from appropria-
tons of 100000.
It Is very poor economy. This state hangs behind
others less wealthy IN work Of this character.
There Is little reason for pride in its record Of
saving dollars at the expense Of citizens lives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
1t Is for MIR. Whitman to Say Whether
This City Shall Belong to Tam
MANY and the System" or Not.

District Attorney Whitman has allowed Borough
President McAneny to get ahead of him in declaring
willingness to serve the city in spite of the slight to
which he had been subjected and in spite OF the
shameful peanut politics played by the fusion COM
mittee
Mr.. McAneny recognizes that the one hope or de-
feating Tammany lies in the fusion ticket, no mat
ter how it was Nominated And like patriotic citi-
zen he overlooks the unworthy way in which he was
used and lends the strength of his name to the
fusion cause
Mr. Whitman cannot be behind Mr.. McAneny IN
nstriotism. He cannot be less willing to serve the
public than the Borough President. II his record as
a fighter against the System" means anything he
will do nothing to leopard the success of the anti
Tammany movement.
And Mr. Whitman can make or break that move
n.ent
The practical certainty which existed that TINS
city would be free for the next four years from
Tammany domination has been criminally thrown
away by the cheap little wire pullers who made up
the majority Of the citizens committee They cared
more about the 1uture OF Tue ToeleSSl'O P"iN' ~
the politics Of the Wilson administration than they
cared about whether the city was 10 be freed from
Tsmmany and the System" not. They rejected
a candidate who could certainly win and chose one
whose success is doubtful because they could thus
serve mean partisan ends. They lied in their pro-
,ession Of nonpartisanshp in municipal elections
They were the worst Of pertisans as intent upon
spoiIs as Tammany itself.
The Progressive organ, 1.-The Evening Mail
shows the spirit OF the enterprise In which Ne"
York was cheated out of the certainty Of honest
government for the next four years OF the fusion
ticket it speaks as triumph for the Progressive
party II II had been an honest fusion ticket 1t
would have been triumph for good citizenship over
the national party spirit which enters into munich
nal elections only for the betrayal of our cities into
the hands of plundering rings.
And what a triumph it was! The ticket that was
put ND can be saved only through the patriotism Of
Mr. McAneny and Mr.. Whitman If the city is
lucky the triumph of the Progressive party will not
mean a victory for Murphy at the polls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
A Definite, Sensible Policy at Last.

A man better qualified for the difficult Mexican
mission than eI Governor Lind is should have been
found for Mr. Lind speaks no Spanish and has no
special knowledge of the Mexican problem. But
with the purpose of the administration in sending
him there will be general approval
He is to carry out the PLAN which The Tribune
has supported of helping to bring about as soon as
possible a constitutional government such as this
country can recognize. President Wilson is to be
congratulated upon adopting a sane programme,
which will avoid the danger Of Jngoism and the
almost equal danger of drifting.
And now let us have rest from the excursions
and alarums which have lately too much disturbed
the air 1t will take Mr. Lind some time, perhaps
several weeks, to fulfil his mission. Until then
exploitation Of the subject will be uniformed and
futile If not actually detrimental. The administra
ton is at last ION the job" Give It fair chance
to show what 1t can do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

Rouge a moral agent" What an upright city Is NC"
Yorb-Charleston News and Courier
There are more commuters working In San francisco
than In New York though both very pleasant cities
IN live outside of-Detroit Journal
A New York druggist is said TO have taken young
woman by the nape Of the neck and dragged her out
OF the telephone booth because she had talked half an
hour and would not surrender the line The brute
And vet hip hip. hurrah louisville Courier journal
New York. II Is stated. would be willing to go out OF
town TO find an honest and efficient Mayor. Needn't
waste any money coming down here, gentlemen! We
haven't single Mayor OF that sort to spare-Nashvile
Banner.
Paraguay having signed extradition treaty with
the United States there Is refuge for an Ameri-
can crook except New York-Boston Transcript.
That was a most atrocious murder in Dallas and It
seems TO be n mysepy well. Have the Dallas au-
thortes been watching events in New York? Isn't It
possible that Murphy may have had 1t done?-tIouson
Daily Post
The fusion committees action in New York is unani-
mously approved-by Temmany.-Phlladelphia Public
Ledger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
The Forgotten Bootjack and the Decline
of Man.

The heartless suffragettes who love TO jbe at
man, mere man who once great, are waving
an ancient bootjack suffrage hike through
some upstate counties. 1t is the symbol of THE
Ignorance OF Man." they say. Why? Because the
great Matthew Vassar, out of the goodness Of his
heart put a bootjack in every girls room of his
Justly celebrated institution Or, at least so tradi-
ton declares.
There is far deeper symbolism in the bootjack,
however, as these suffragettes very well realize
In the glorious days fading the bootjack was
the symbol OF mans supremacy. He alone could
stalk about In high boots He alone could throw
bootjack to reduce a beloved hepmeet TO proper
servility. The boojack stood for all that was most
splendid in the grandeur that was mans.
Who ever sees bootjack now? Uncle Joe Can
non with his Congress CATERS may kick one around
for luck few eminent statesmen. rpening on
toward the century mark, may actually use one.
But the institution, the symbol Is as dead as black
walnut furniture the snufbox and tassels on her
boots.
And viewing the thing purely as an available
household weapon, there will be cynics 10 add that
It is q mighty lucky thing for enfeebled man that
the bootjack is, indeed, lost to sight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
THE PARABLE OF THE TREEs
Is Man the Cedar Of Lebanon, o SUI
fragettes2

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The Bible is strongly anti-suffraz.
i'm it's spirit. which may account for tn
toward churches. which are III.
favOrite repositories o; their bombs In
the fifth chapter of Ephesians We find:
The husband is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head OF the
church. Therefore. as the church
is subject unto Christ. so let the wives
be to their own husbands in everything
Truly. tough meat for suffragists,
The following parable of lothian
Judges tx, TO Is, seems particularly
pertinent at this time:
THE trees went forth on a time {,
anoint a king over them; and they SAD
unto the olive tree. Reign thou over us.
But the olive tree said unto them.
Should leave my fatness. wherewlth
by me they honour God and man, AM
go TO he promoted over the trees?
And the trees said 10 the fs tres
Come thou and reign over US.
But the fig tree said unto then.
Should ! forsake my sweetness, and ny
good fruit, and 60 TO be promoted over
the trees?
Then said the trees unto the uns
Come thou and reign over us.
And the vine said unto them. shouh
leave my wine, which cheereth COO
and man, and go TO be promoted over
the trees?
Then all the trees SAID unto me
bramble. Come thou and reign over us
And the bramble eaid unto the trees
II in truth we anoint me king over you
then come and put your trust IN my
shadow: and IL not, then let fire come
out OF the ramble and devous inc
cedars OF Lebanon"
II is not necessary to point the mora
to adorn the tale The addenda to ue
oxford Bible tell us that the cedaf o.
Lebanon was the modest OF trees IN
glory Of vegetable creation. and 50 u
made the symbol of grandeur m's"'
holiness and OF wide expansion
MAJoRIE DoRMAN.
Brooklyn. Aug. 5, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
Texas to the Rescue.

Texas is pre-eminently the state with the capa-
cious and open heart. Moved by her quick instinct
of generosity, she has jumped out ahead OF all the
other sisters relieving of the saddest cases
of impoverishment in office Of which American his
tory has any record. When Secretary Bryan I'M
folded his narrowing tale Of having to use vaca-
tons and other breathing spells fighting to keep
the wolf from the door, many states shifted sus-
pciously and suggested that If the Great Commoner
could not live on his $4,000 salary he should quit
office and go back to more remunerative work in
private life.
Not so Texas The Texans know with what
pang Mr. Bryan would separate himself from his
present surroundings They feel that in his case
the call Of thrift could quite silence the
call Of honor They could not bear TO see great
soul torn with the anxeties Of unmet fixed
charges" and a bank account palsied by OUTLAWS on
unremuneratve investments.
They are going to do what they can to put all
Mr. Bryan's energy, imagination and business abil-
ity at the service Of the government. They have
raised $4,000, and don't intend to quit until they
raise $4,000 which would mean an addition OF
$1,000 a year to Mr.. Bryan's income for the four
years of his present term The Secretary of State
has a farm in Texas and the Texans are sure he
needs the money to keep IT and other overhead"
ventures going II other states-Nebraska, where
he now lives and owns real estate, and Illinois,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
SKYSCRAPERS AND HEALTH
The City Is Urged to Condemn LAM
for Workers Homes

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The opinion OF the well Know.
specialist i'm pulmonic diseases, Dr.
Adolphus Knopf. published this mofn'n'
that the skyscrapers i'm shutting OUT ".
great preventives. sunlight ana Ps''
air. breed and spread tuberculosis Is y
dorsed by the executive committee n''"
bers OF the Tenants Union. VINO "s'.
read the letter TO the chairman u
Heights of Buildings Commission a..
DR. Knopf favors the limitation OIL W
heights of buildings on Fifth 49,
above 23d street, TO preserve the .s.,
fulness as we'll as the beauty Oh :,
finest thoroughfare. and Is oppose
marring and injuring It through '"''
lessness or greed. ,.a
Excessive thoughtlessness anu y,
are the forestalling influences tns' IA
nlne-tenths of the area Of our o'v
dear for our population 10 spfea'
grow upon naturally ana e'e", Nan
force IL into the gray empyrean "
haitian. coo
Convenient lots that are pushe' ,,N
away from young families, VINO and
build homes. ought to be condemns. IA
set free by the municipal go'ei""
the interest OF the general heai.". rur.
New York City could. without 'a W.. 4,
chase CT foot OF land pea"' ',naIng
border and purify its health oy ,ar The
palatial homes mot tenements' iO Nj,
handlers of it's commerce at re". ,,ns,.p
rent that would be ample for 'he ,,s. 70
of the piers. even when made 80 20 are
the trade OF the world as our sunyAy
now. CORNELIUS -, work.
President Tenants Union OF NC"
New York. Aug. 4. 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
THE CAUSE OF POVERTY
1t Is the Stupid Voters, Who Should
Be Abolished

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In reply TO Philip and Elsie Ebert $
fourth question I'm to-days Tribune, |
would say that the cause OF involuntary
poverty is lack of opportunity.
In the main this lack Of opportunity
takes on the form of inequality of OPP
portunity The law Of equal freedom is
violated. In everyday language, monopoly
exists.
And whose fault? Why. the voters
Remedy. abolish the voter, and be quick
about II: for II women get the vote 1t vii!
be too late. +. ID. BRINKERHOFF.
New York, Aug. /. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
THE BULGARIAN HORDES'
They Are Macedonian Insurgents, 1t
Is Asserted.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The Bulgarian hordes' of Mace
donia are not the army or nation OF Bull
garla any more than the Greek hordes
OF Macedonia are the noble" army Of
Greece The Bulgarian government has
no control over the komltadjis Mace
DOMAIN insurgents). They are an on
spring Of the long suffering under the
unspeakable Turk and the treacherous
Greek In Macedonia.
II the present acts on the part OF the
insurgents are true. they are an outburst
OF self-defence and vengeance at any
cost The Greek government knew that
this would be the consequence In dealing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
49, An OpenFo Forum
LIE fEOfLEO AOLONI1< Debate.

with these desperate insurgents there
fore. in view OF the fact that there arc
very few Creeks In Central Macedonia
to be sacrificed. at the height OF its teal-
ousy resorted TO this war as means to
an end to blot out the good name Of Bull
sarla. which only yesterday was the toast
OF soldiers and officers throughout the
world. DONNA PANAfOTO|A
New York. July "A. 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06

the public in a manner harmful to the Suizer sue
friend should bear his friends inhrmines' true
but infrmties like these are too costly Tor the
Governor to bear longer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
A FRIENDLY TIP.

From The Columbia State. ns sin
We make absolutely no charge 'V' =, r,sf'
TO Republican postmasters who refuse a u
that they observe that grim exp'e'
face Of Al Burlesons right shos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
WHAT WILL MAINE SAY TO THls2

From The Philadelphia North American.
Rehablitate the American sardine? There is no such
thing. Menhaden and herring not sardnes because
they taste like wet sawdust after being squeezed into
fiat tin box and soaked In cottonseed OIL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06

where he was born-are equally appreciative' the
Secretary Of State may quit lecturing apply MN
self to his official duties and still come out more
than whole.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06

Like all the other great farmers or pohlicai 'iiS
tory Mayor Gaynor is showing decided reluctance
to go back to the farm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06

Just so that the police Efficiency issue may not oe
entirely lost sight of this campaign the gangs now
furnished another murder and clean getaway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06

The Legislature has eliminated from It's prght
lexicon Of duty the abhorrent words sine d'e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06

Entered at the York Second Glass MAIL
Matter.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-08-07

to secure this number, once the petit
lions are started.
The child labor law is a copy of the
act which is being adopted by state
legislatures all over the United
States. in an effort to have uniform
laws all over the nation. 1t is very
long act, and for that reason it will
be quite expensive for the state to
have it published before the next cleo
ton, when it will be voted upon by
the people, but the question has been
before several legislatures, only to be
sidetracked, and the labor organiza-
tions intend that the people shall
force the legislature to act.
The bank guaranty feature has sew
eral times been proposed in the legis-
lature, to be voted down, and when
the state banking law was passed it
failed to be Incorporated in it. This
is considered the principal feature OF
the banking laws of the state, and
those who initiate it believe the peo-
ple will vote so overwhelmingly for it
that the legislature of 1915 will pass
it in record time.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1913-08-07
Sen. DAVIS MOTHER
dies IN LITTLE ROCK

Little Rock, July 31.-Mrs. Eliza
beth A. Davis, go years old, wife of
the late Judge w. Davis of RUSSELL
vile, and mother of the late United
States Senator Jeff Davis, died at
$3.50 o'clock last night at the family
residence, 1923 Broadway. Her death
terminated an illness of more than
two months incident to her advanced
age and the oppressive heat of the
suromer days. She is survived by one
son, Walter w. Scott of De Kalb, Tex
as, one granddaughter, Mrs. J. w.
Petty of Temple, Texas, an eight
grandchildren; the sons and daugh-
ters of the late Senator Davis. They
are Miss Bessie Davis, Miss Lyman
Davis, Wallace Davis, MissJ nae Da-
Wis, Jeff Davis, Miss Ina Davis, Louis
Davis and Miss Lucille Davis. Flu
neral arrangements were not complet-
ed last night, but it was announced
that burial will be at Russellville.