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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
Cocaine Senator Wende.

The unenvable position Of being the one coc'ihe
Senator is now held by Gottfried II. Wende Ibis
is Senator Wende's sole distinction. lie Is new
man in the upper house at Albany ana the puoic
generally has not heard of his name before III
he clings to his present course of opposing huiahe
legislation protecting the men and women OF the
state the public is not likely to hear or his maine
again after his present term is over.
We do not believe that he will succeed III Deatlhs
tbe Walker bill but if he does he will have the re-
sponsibiity upon his shoulders for all the new drug
victims who are created by the free peddlins OF
cocaine until the bill is passed at the next session
of the Legislature; for the Walker bill VIII surei!
no nassed when the next session of the Legislature
is held.
Cocaine Senator Wende offers to withdraw MS
opposition to the bill if it is amended so as to apply
only to New York City. We wonder what his con-
stituents will think of his Indifference to the pos
sible spread of the drug habit among the people OF
Buffalo! What will they think also, Of his thinking
more of the dollar or two that some friend OF his
will have to pay for physicians prescription Tor
an asthma remedy than Of the fate of hundreds
who are exposed to the peris Of cocaine under the
present loose law?
The opposition to the Walker bill is our idea OF the
small and mean 1t is all of The kind that would
save dollar at the expense of a hundred lives-a
dollar in physicians prescriptions dollar or It's
equivalent in trouble in the keeping of records The
opposition has all been shamed into silence except
Gottfried H. Wende the one remaining cocaine
Senator
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
THE ANTI-C0CAINE BILL
Plea for the Walker Act and Graceful
Credit to The Tribune.
From The New York Globe.

From The New York Globe.
The only comprehensive opposition to the Walker anti
cocaine bill has the makers and users OF a
paent asthma which contains more cocaine IMAM
the amount permitted In the original Dill wisely OF
unwlsey the bill has been so amended as 10 IN
crease Of cocaine that may be lawfully useu
in such remedies Opposition from this source ought
therefore, to disappear.
No one denies that bill restricts the use OF cocaine
No one denies that physicians and druggists VIII De
somewhat Inconvenience by these restrictions But ths
inconvenience IS small price to for the objects at
which the bill aims and which we believe II VIII attain.
When the Walker bill has become law lis enforcement
will greatly Lessen the cocaine habit. which Is increasing
in city and state with alarming rapidly. the walker
bill not only makes difficult for victims OF the habit
to get cocaine but provides the authorities with history
OF all cocaine In the state OF New YORK IL cnapcs 'hcm
to learn with ease how much Is In the hands OF the
wholesale druggists to what retail druggists ana IN what
quantities It is sold. by whom and for whom and In
what quantities 1t Is prescribed
The Walker bill has been approved by judges. district
attorneys physicians and druggists They all deserve
share the credit But most OF the credit belongs to
The Tribune enlightened interest In the subject
led to the introduction OF the Walker BILL And the en-
actment bill into law will be due chiefly to the
persistent fight that The Tribune has made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
Preserve Trees as Well as Plant Them.

Superintendent Maxwes suggestions concerning
the observance Of Arbor Day tomorrow are apt
and to the point and it may be that the actual
planting of trees other vegetation should be the
chief feature of the days doings. There Is little
danger that it will be too much done.
But one other feature should be no less strongly
emphasized, though it will be in words rather than
deeds and will pertain to what is not to be rather
than what is to be done. That is to teach chill
dren to preserve trees after they are planted and
to refrain from breaking otherwise mutilatins
them
There is little use in planting trees unless they
are to be protected large proportion OF those
which are set out public streets soon have
branches broken or bark peeled off, or in some
other way, through mischief or carelessness, are
disfgured If not killed If boys can be taught NOT
to do these things themselves, and to prevent so
far as possible, the doing Of them by others, one
OF the most useful functions Of Arbor Day will be
fulfilled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
The School "Rippers."

Two of the Mckee school "rippers' come before
Mayor Gaynor to-day. If they become laws there
will be division Of authority and responsibility IN
The local educational system which will lead to its
inter decentralization. The President of the Board
of Education will be a sort Of superintendent oil
schools in addition to the regular Superintendent of
Schools The regular Superintendent Of Schools Will
see himself investigated and criticised by his sub
ordinates. And he will have some of his subordi-
mates taken from his control and put under that OF
his rival, the head Of the Board Of Education
Roth bills and their fellows, which may or may
not pass the Legislature, represent bungling-
piecemeal attempt to cure the weaknesses of the
school system The bills owe their strength to
pull" If they are signed the city will have educa
tional reform by pull"
The politicians, In the schools and out of them,
who expect to operate through these ripper DIS
will botch public education here If they have a
chance Mayor Gaynor should refuse to approve the
hills before him. Governor Sulzer should veto them
If thew come to him with the Mayors approval
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
THE "SIT BY THE FIRE" RING
And Army Officer Discovers 1t in Mr..
Erving Winslow's Letter.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The most fervid articles on I'M
perialism and Anti-Imperialism usually
come from the pens of those who know
the least about the subject, and the let
ter from Mr.. Erving Winslow anent the
independence of the Philippine Islands
has the true sit by the fire" ring.
As for the assertion that military and
naval officials are exerting influence ana
expending great sums Of money Tor the
destruction OF Philippine independence u
would be interesting to know just now
this influence Is being welded and now
the money is expended. Doubtless Mr.
winslow can tell us, since he Is so con-
0dent In his assertion that 1t Is so.
For my own part l am free to acknowl-
edge that | have never heard OF any
army or navy official having any great
sums OF money, and as for influence, the
army will be the first to throw up their
hats with whoops of JOY the day the
Filipinos are given their independence
II Mr.. Winslow imagines the military ana
naval forces Of this country enjoy the
service In the islands, he has another
think coming, and il Bishop Brent states
that the Filipinos are not yet ready to
no intrusted with all the relns of govern
ment, you may rest assured that the
bishops opinion has been formed AFTER
years Of actual contact with the problem.
II would be interesting to know just now
many years Mr.. Winslow has spent In the
Philippines. d.
New York, April %. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
Who Would Be a Soldier

War is necessarily cruel. But there is something
needlessly inhuman about the proposal Of Major
General ORyan to abolish wood floors In armories
His plea is that every soldier should be trained In
horsemanship, loading Of wagons, pitching of tents
intrenching and cooking The mounted commands
get this training to-day, as the floors OF their ar
mories are composed of earth, clay or tanbark The
ho,,room armory of the infantry permits such
practice however
This may be very true. But how will you get
soldiers without dancing and the arts that go there
with? We wonder who first put uniform on with
off being moved by the sentiments expressed by Sir
90. s. Gilbert:
It's one. 10 million mai any civilian
Ny figure and form will; surpass.
without ballroom floors, what is the good OF sur
passinc the civiIian1 We fear that Major General
ORyan has overreached himself. lie must learn to
be stem but not too stern.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
The Man Who Would Not Be King.

There may be no exact precedent for the act Of
the Duke of Montpensier in declining TO be King Of
Albania It was said that julius Caesar at the
Iupercalia thrice refused crown, but there has
always been a suspicion that that was put-up job
between him and Mark Antony Horato Seymour
on 4 notable occasion said: Gentlemen, your can
didate cannot be- but he did become their candi-
date all the same, and got jolly well licked. And
then there was the Colonel who protested that under
no circumstances ~voud he accept third cup OF
coffee hut reached for 1t quite thirstly as soon
os circumstances changed bit But not one of
these cases is quite like that OF the duke, who de-
clines the crown of kingdom which has not yet
come into existence and does before 1t Is offered
to him.
But that all goes to show how level is the duca
head and how sound his Judgment in preferring
Paris to Scutarl and French citizenship In the and
TO an Albanian kingship in the bush II he wishes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
The ALBANY Post Road Grab.

The latest strike" bill for the despoiling OF the
peerless Albany Post Road and incidentally FOR
grossly breaking faith with property owners ana
residents along that thoroughfare, is now at the
Governors disposal. 1t has been put through in
double defiance of the wishes of the people OF west
chester Couny-aganst their wish to have that ROAD
preserved from such ruin, and against their wish 10
have it taken over by the state as state highway.
Governor Sulzer will observe, moreover that It's
sponsor is q Senator who has made himself con-
spicuous as defender and champion of Stilweil'
and also as an opponent of the Governors primary
election plans These circumstances should certainly
not incline the Governor to look with any degree
of favor upon a bill which has no intrinsic merits
whatever to recommend it. On the ground of its
own worth or lack of it, the bill deserves n veto,
and the public will be disappointed if it does not
receive ii.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
THE WALKER COCAINE BILL
It's Passage Is Urged to End Per
nicious Vice.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is. indeed. gratifying TO read in
your issue of the 9th inst. that your ex
position Of the monstrous narcotic evils
has resulted In the passage by an over
whelming majority in the Assembly OF
the Walker cocaine bill, and, as Governor
Sulzer has expressed himself as favorable
to It no doubt this wide-horlZoned evil
that entails such narrowing consequences
will soon become law. The cocaine
habit victim Is. indeed. "A pitiable object.
II Is high time that legislation should in
tcryene I'm order to safeguard reckless
men and women from this most insidious
and pernicious OF all evils that beset the
human race.
| recall a conversation | had with a
prominent New York druggist on this
subject while crossing the Atlantic.
few years ago. This gentleman deplorcd
the want OF Legislation I'm the sale of mar
cotics. l remember he particularly re-
ferred to the many catarrh cures that
were on the market: that purchasers we'll
knew their purport. and that every new
one that came out was eagerly purchased
with the hope that 1t would prove more
powerful in Its narcotic effect. He had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01

distinction surely this is the. way to win it. For
kings there are in plenty and of men who would De
kings if they got the chance the name Is legion bu'
tbe man who would not be king If he could stands
solitary and unique: the only one OF the Kihu'
Alexander of Battenberg accepted crown on bls-
marck's recommendation that 1t would at least De
IAN agreeable souvenir" The Duke OF Mcntpehsier
wisely thinks that more agreeable souvenir VIII De
the memory that he declined the crown
BESIDES, is it quite certain that the crown would
have been offered to him, anyway by any one with
authority to bestow it?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
WEIGHING THE SOUL
Experiments in Search Of the Aura
Are Suggested

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Perhaps two years ago there was
an article In The Sunday Tribune stating
that there is physical emanation from
the human body at the instant OF death.
According to the article. a slight change
I'm the weight of the body at that In
slant had been observed, and the use OF
a specially prepared glass enabled the In
vestigators to see an emanation. and also
to see an aura surrounding the body Of
a healthy living person. 1t seems as II
more light would be thrown on the mat
ter by observing what takes place when
q person In health IS killed suddenly. for
instance, by electrocution.
Although there has been an enormous
amount OF fraud at so-called Spiritualis-
tic seances, thee seems no room for
question that persons In another phase OF
life are seen or discerned by persons in
this phase. ANNA EMLEN MILLER.
No. 3l2 South 10th street. Philadelphia,
April %. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01

tica demonstration Of purpose to get to work ana
build piers adequate to the needs of commerce. III
stead of talking about thousand and one different
plans and trying to wheedle the federal government
into granting further makeshift extensions OF piers
and of time.
If one 1OOO-foot pier can be built at west 4o'n
street for the sum named the city ought TO De aoe
TO build enough such structures in that region u
accommodate the few vessels for which existing
niers are too short 1t can do so by building thehi
instead of merely talking about them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
COT An Forum for
IEOI OOAONIl\ Public Debate

of its leaders, as some do as "hysterical,"
as "viragoes," as insane" Is 20 speak
with ignorance Of facts or with desire to
deceive. Were they such women their
movement could be easily crushed. The
militants are women Of marked intelli-
gence, Of exceptional poise, Of self-sacri-
flee and devotion Of the highest order
Opposed to them stands a government
that has shown itself weak. vacillating
and false to every pledge. When l utter
condemnation, it will be upon the British
Cabinet, the fundamental cause Of the
English situation, that my disapproyal
will fall.
HARRIOT STANTON BLATCH.
New York, April %. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
Proercss on the Piers.

Two minutes may seem a short time for delibera'
tion over the expenditure Of $2735,OO0 of public
money. Yet when we remember the years OF
thought and talk and discussion that have been
piven TO the question of waterfront improvements
AZ this mort we cannot charge the Sinking Fund
Commission with undue precipitancy in its action
yesterday.
On the contrary 1t is gratifying to have this prac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01

sold frequently to one individual 80 and
500 worth of these so-called catarrh cures
at time, and had frequently to dis
charge a clerk who had become hope
less drug iend and totally incapacitated
for work MARY SCOTT ROWLAND.
No. Conduit street. London, w, April
q, 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01

Between the British fortunes awaiting American
claimants and the American fortunes awaiting Brit
ish claimants there is distinction with differ-
ence According to London dispatches OF yes
terday two British claimants have just received hne
fortunes from this side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01

1t may be Of no special consequence, but just IN
tie interest of geographical accuracy II may ne re-
marked that instead Of being only hfty miles 'he
Roncador reefs and sets are fully two hundred ana
fifty miles from the Panama Canal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01

With Messrs Du Pont and Maxim as vice-pres-
dents of the International Peace Forum 1t Is maze
increasingly evident that civilization does sometimes
get forward upon powder cart-with the dove OF
peace perched on the drivers seat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
OH, ONLY THE PUBLIC.

From The Boston Herald.
OF course New York hotels loath to lose the 49,.
600 year they from private cabstands In the
public rights Of way But who pays for the streets?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Professor Vauni, an italian. succeeded
I'm rearing dwarf guinea pigs by exposing
the mother to the action Of tho X-rays
Finding that long exposure TO the rays
produced sterility. the professor tried the
effect of short exposures, and the result
was that the young of the animal treated
were. at maturity. much smaller than the
mother. In the next generations the guinea
pigs remained small instead of reverting
TO the ordinary size.
Tommy-Pop. what is an EXPERT
Tommy's Pop-An expert, my son. Is A
person who is able to impress US with
how little we really know.-Philadelphh
Record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01

The news that Japan is buying villa plots in New
Jersey ought to start battleship up the Raritan
and the Passaic without hours delay On TO
Parsippany!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-01
AN ADVANTAGE.

He'd rather see movie" show
Than any drama i'm the town;
Not that II takes less money-no!
Cost has no bearing. up or down
But he delights in wonder keen
Each time he sees the pictures walk
For women, acting on the screen,
Cannot annoy by silly talk.
}. G. {.
Time Is money" quoted the Wise Guy
Yes, provided you don't spend e",
lar'D worth OF time trying 10 save :
penny" added the sample Aug.-P''ii'-us'
phia Eeco.C.
A paragraph in the Budapest "Or'os,
Eetilap" to the effect that in the whole c.
Europe there are about 10000 meole"
men Is the subject OF letter to Inc
Lancet" in which the writer says tha' ~
Great Britain there are $780, IN fr"n.''
1851: In Germany. $40, and In Austria
1892. These four countries alone wou'D
have. according to the figures gwen i,.,
0OS In addition. Italy is credited WIN
1920 physicians, and Russia, Hoilanu'
Spain, Portugal. Sweden. Norway p."
mark and other countries unaccouh.er.,
for" According to the "Kuracis'''
there are 10000 physicians In EUROPE
"why should you be complaining
Think of all the blessings you We 50 how
"Oh, It's all right to say that. pu, The
can think OF my blessings when n,S S
neighbors are always taking the t,.I"aso
to faunt theirs before me?"-Ch''~s'
Record-Herald.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-29
HANGS In SMOKEHOUSE.
Dallas County Farmer Finds His
Sister a CORPSE.

Entering smokehouse at his home, In
the vicinity OF Carrohten, In Dallas
county, John Butler found the lifeless
remains of his sister, Mrs. T. Green,
aged Atty Eve years, suspended by .
rope, which had been tied to q rafter
All indications wers that the woman
had been dead q number of hours. In
. nearby window was q glass contain
ing quantity of carbolic acid.
Investigation by . doctor showed
the woman's neck had been broken. A
cotton loom had been utilized by Mrs.
Green in hanging herself Indications
we're that after tying the rope to the
rafter she jumped from the loom.
Drop was enough to break her neck,
although her toes touched the floor
She was widow and highly respected
in the community. She is thought to
have been temporarily insane A son
Is left
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-29
SheriH's Sale.
No. IL, 499-InYthe First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
City of Shreveport VS.. Ross Good

No. t6, 499-Insthe First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
City of Shreveport VS.. Ross Good
man.
By virtue of a writ of fleri facias
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, La, in the above num-
bered and entitled suit, I~have seized
and will offer for sale at public auc-
ton for cash and according to law
at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, La,
during the legal hours of sales. OH
SATURDAY, MAY "a, 1913, AZ
Lot five of the Lake Subdivision of
the City of Shreveport, Caddo Par
ish, La, with the buildings and i'm
provements thereon. Said property
seized as belonging to the above
named defendant and to be sold to
pay and satisfy the debt as speci-
fled in said writ say in the sum of
one hundred and six dollars and
sixty-six cents, with eigh.- per cent
per annum interest thereon from
the 18th day of July 1912 and all
costs of this suit.
J. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, exc fficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, April 20, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-29
Texan Not Vented.

Representative Wingo of Arkansas
protested to Postmaster General Bur-
Lesson against the appointment ola Tex
an as postmaster at Texarkana, Ark !.
and said he was prepared to carry the
fight to the president Mr.. Wingo de-
clares the postmaster had Away been
IN Ark until the Roosevelt ad-
ministration and that the postoffice Is
listed in Arkansas, but since the con-
struction of the Federal building on
tho Texas side Texans haya been clam
oring for the postofiice.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-29
]. P. FLOURNOY.
Sheriff, ex-OfIlcio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, April 10, 1913.
Commission TO Sell.

16,828-In the First Judicial Dis
tflct Court of Caddo Parish, La:
succession of Aaron Abrams.
by virtue of a commission to sell
TO me directed from the Honorable
FIRST judicial District Court of Cad
40 Parish, La. in the above num-
pered and entitled cause, | will Of
ief 1or sale at public auction, for
cash and according to law, at the
principal front door of the court
mouse Of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY,, MAY 8, 1913,
inc northeast quarter of southeast
quarter section thirteen, township
sixteen, range sixteen, Caddo Parish,
La. SAID property to be sold as be-
longing to the above succession, for
cash and according to law, to pay
debts CT said succession.
]. P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Of1icio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, March 80, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-29
LANE CRITICISES
Governor, Colquitt For Vetoins
Saloon Measure.

Comptroller Lane criticises the gov
ernor for vetoing the $3.50 O'Clock sa-
loon closing measure. Mr.. Lane says
that Governor Colquitt by his veto
conferred upon the liquor dealers OF
Texas q great service. He further
states that he proposes to smoke"
the governor out. Mr.. Lane says in
part:
1.-THE governor assures the people
OF Texas that he will submit this cues.
tion to the special session of the
Thirty-third legislature, which con.
venes in the capital July 81, 1913 This
will be ten days after the renewal OF
the licenses of from IS per cent of the
liquor dealers of this state, whose ap-
plications will have been made and
accepted under the old law and will be
valid for twelve months, thus reliev-
ing them from forfeiture OF their IL.
censes by the comptroller except In
the nine violations Of the law now
enumerated in the statutes.