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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
The Benton Inquest Fiasco.

The happy go-ucky character or fresuen'
sons Mexican policy has again been s'rihiisi! io
trated In the Benton inquest fasco. Inc pii'i'N
government was anxious TO secure denni'e inioi
lion about the manner Of Bentons taxing OH.
limited States offered TO facilitate Great Britain
ouest-which was proper enough unaer tne ci0uD
stances But instead OF looking anead anu suaio
ing itself against diplomatic amDusheS tne "'''0
Department plunged In blindly. 1t did not secure
assurances before acting. The result Is that II mas
been Obliged TO abandon the much advertised nis
sion to chihuahua City In order to avoid an issue
Of recognition craftily sprung upon 1t by the Con'
et1tutionalist" government.
- The springing OF this trap is General Carranza
thanks for the administrations suspension or the
embargo on the expectation OF munitions OF wal
into Mexico. The northern insurrectos were the
only element greatly benefited by that SUSPENSION
since Huerta has been buying arms In japan anu
in Europe material favor to the CONSTITUTIONS
lists" has been promptly repaid by snub nom vita
and Carranza. For the purpose of emphasizing 'he
snub Villa has staged himself temporarily IN the
capacity Of Carranzas loyal subordinate ana mas
referred the question Of permitting an inspection
of Bentons body TO the supposed "Chier OF tne
Revolution" Thus he has given Carranza chahce
70 rebuke the state Department for irregularity
representations on behalf Of British subject are
unnecessary since he would only be too glad to
enter into direct communication with the British
Foreign Office.
The President has been rebuffed because he put
too much faith IN the gratitude OF the "Constitu-
tonasts" 1t probably never occurred to anybody
at Washington that Carranza and Villa would want
to play their own diplomatic game at the expense
of the United States and Great Britain But the
willy northern leaders have quickly taken advantage
Of thoughtless step to annoy these two powers
and TO try to extract from them partial recog
milton which neither wants to give, or should give
at present
Sir Edward Grey's statement yesterday In the
House Of Commons shows that he appreciates both
this country's good will and Carranza's tacuess
obstnacy. Great Britain will do nothing to aggra
vate the embarrassment resulting from the Villa
Carranza intrigue. But the whole incident Is an
other pointed warning against easy-going optimism
i'm dealing with the northern nsurrectos. Mexican
politicians are full of guile, and any party in
Mexico is likely to take advantage of policy which
plays into it, hands through lack of caution or
excess Of idealistic impulse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
Swamping the Poor Mans Court.

SO far as the report Of the Municipal Court Com
mission and the bill intended to carry IL into effect
endcavor to simplify the procedure and make pos
sble easy and non-technical settlement Of cases in
those tribunals they are excellent But the bill
just presented TO the Legislature contains a. its
most important provision which has been de-
fea ted I'm other years by those who wish to the
poor mans court continue It's full usefulness, and
should he defeated again This Is the proposal TO
raise its jurisdiction to $1,000 instead of the pres
ent 500 This IS accompanied by other proposals
10 have chief Justice and adopt to large degree
the Supreme Court procedure
If these things done there would be no moor
mans court" left. There would be a weak replica
Of the Supreme Court and the City Court and the
court founded 10 give quick justice TO the small It'll
CANT free from red tape and delays OF procedure
would have vanished The justices Of the munich
pal courts and the lawyers who practise in them
think the larger Jurisdiction and more formal pro
cedure would add dignity TO the courts Dignity
mny be line for the judges and lawyers, but quick
and pompcss settlement Of the poor mans lawsuit,
which IS great thing 20 him, Is Infinitely better
for The public than all the dignity thcsc officials
could hang their shoulders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
Tannenbaum and the Churches.

The churches have met the situation created by
the Industrial Workers of the World raids upon
them saney. The purpose Of the anarchistc lead
ers to prove that the churches lacked humanity,
and they have failed signally. The churches have
not retreated behind the plea that the demand for
assistance insincere and dishonest They have
not sought TO show that q law being violated,
but have treated the unemployed under Tanner
baum's leadership as genuinely needy persons re-
quring aid
The uneXpectedness Of the raids upon the churches
and their impudence were ingeniously devised TO
provoke the community into some rash repressive
act Most Of our contemporaries were busy yester-
day morning trying to think OF way in which
Tannenbaum, the Industrial Workers Of the World
leader, could be put into Jail. Nothing would suit
Tannenbaum's purposes better than TO be put into
jail, especially if the authorities could be induced
TO stretch the law to put him there. Then even if
he had failed to prove the churches Of the capital
lists" TO be heartless, he would be able to cry out
that for merely calling attention to the hapless con
dition Of the unemployed he had been thrown into
a cell. To arrest him for no more serious conduct
than his up TO the present would be TO repeat the
mistakes of the authorities at Lawrence and Pater-
SON. New York has gone through several expert
cnces with the Industrial Workers OF the World
without losing its head, and that is the reason why
that organization has obtained real foothold
here. 1t Is TO he hoped that it will keep its senses
this time
1t would be deplorable If through any mistake on
the part of the city authorities the Industrial Work.
ers Of the World should succeed in making capital
out OF the present lack Of employment The work
Of 1annenbaum should be regarded in its true light
as an ingenious bit Of revolutionary press agcntng
He and his sturdy beggars should not be allowed
divert attention sympathy from the numerous
real sufferers from the existing Industrial depres-
sion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

cannot again prevent or postpone II, and the hlns
IL assumed to be ready TO give TO 1t his roy assent
In no uiterancc official unofficial, Is there the
slightest hint Of relentng In that purpose lhere
is even a note OF defiance and vndictiveness IN the
lntimatlon that the appeal TO the country, when
the Unionsts demand before Home Rule is voted
win be made Immediately after that irrevocaple
measure Is adopted. In such circumstances even
those least given 60 alarms must view the outlook
with some q quiet, and Mr. Asquith may well hasten
the disclosure of the proposals through which he
hopes to disarm opposition, or at least 10 place "
manifcstly and incxcusably In the wrong
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
Jail Sentences More Effective Than Fines

Speed mad chauffeurs and automobile owners ad
dcted TO Joy rides ought to be warned by Judge
Wadhams's ruling denying the appeal of chauffeur
from a workhouse sentence imposed by magis
trate In it he declares not only that the jail SEN
tence IN such is justified but that 1t IS neces
sary, fines having failed 10 deter the drivers from
awbreakng.
The sutomobilist in the present case made no
protest against a 500 fine but did object vehe-
menty to twenty days in the workhouse. II fewer
sentences of fines were imposed, and more jail sen
fences were given-not the day In Jail" which fire.
quently means only hour or two, but real SEN
fences like this one-the streets would not be
hogged by the crazy speeders. Pedestrians and the
law abiding motor car drivers would be safe, and
the cost OF keeping the lawbreakers in jail would
he a good investment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
Coming TO Grips Over Home Rule.

Mr.. Asquith responds promptly to his opponents.
On Monday they put forward an unexampled mani
festo against Home Rule. Yesterday he announced
that instead Of waiting until the governments fnan-
cial business was disposed Of he would on Monday
next inform the House to the terms Of the Home
Rule BILL and particularly to the proposed con-
cessions TO Ulster. This unexpected action must be
interpreted as having been forced by the e1traordi-
nary manifesto Of the day before. The Prime Min
lister evidently realizes that the situation is sufi-
GENTLY serious to require the employment Of all
available means for allaying the rising passions of
the Unionist majority of the English people
For there IS no ignoring the significance Of such
an utterance as that OF Monday last. OF It's au-
thors. Lord Roberts and Mr.. Kpling may be prophets
If Imperialism, and Lord Balfour may be stand
Pat Conservative; but Lord Miner, Sir William
Ramsay and Professor Dicey are men Of thoughtful
prudence, who weigh their words and do not see
red" Yet they deliberately exhort the British
people TO resist by any means that may be effective,
the operation OF the Home Rule law even If It shall
be constituionally enacted by Parliament snd shall
duly receive the royal assent
II IS not easy 10 recall more significant utter
ance In modern British history Sir Edward Car
sons EXAMINATIONS and the Ulster covenant might
be regarded as buncombe, though that would not
b. altogether judicIous But It IL impossible 10
suspect the men whom we have mentioned Of mere
yaporing They must be assumed 10 understand
and 10 mean what they say and II they are thus
considerably representative Of British opinion and
resolution, an outlook Of extraordinary gravity T.
presented
For there seems 10 be no reason for doubling that
the speedy enactment Of Home Rule IL inevitable
The government coalition 10 the House Of Commons
Internationally bos the power 10 enact IT, the Lords
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
MAKING CRIME EASY
Such Is the Effect Of Decisions L''
That in the Becker Case

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 7 trust it is not too late 20 eAp's''
nv hearty sympathy with your cohl''.'A'.
an tho action of the Court Of Appeals u
the Becker case. That action mas eieS'
a widespread feeling OF uneasincsS 81
disappointment among intelligent peor,
and the editorial in Tho Phiiaoe'pA',,
Press" like your own, Is inoicau'o
the Judgment OF those who are iooA.n.
for some sign OF the judiciary reA'''
their responsibility in the reduction
crime. 1t is all very we'll for these 'eass
TO excuse their action by criticism OF v.
Judge and comments upon the atnospA".
of the court. But are there not Two ''@"
here to be noted. ..s.
First-That this reversal comes GU
teen months after conviction "heh
these Judges knew. witnesses are
tered and a new trial extremely dimcu'
If Is this habltual and unconscionapic "
Law I'm revision that gives point 70 w.
nopular sneer at justice and makes y
miliar the laws delays. In hhs's
would not such review have been s""'
" made in the interests Of justice
second-That this reversal is Vasss
wholly on technicallties and the pe''o"-'
impressions of these judges Inc!
nress no doubt that essential justice
done. that the proofs we're well p''.'.
before the Jury. and I may say 'h"
who read the full accounts OF the "
and are In as good position tor q"
telligent review we're convinced me
made an Intelligent and worthy oee'''S .
The purpose OF court OF justice
TO make "A smooth or pretty triai. p'' "A
reach Justice. to convict the guli'y
free the innocent. ,,.s
Il is well known that Ensish "a.
are far less hampered and gwen
discretion and exercise a larger pc'''' J,
discretion in the trial Of cases thSh
ours. and yet no one will doubt tha' e.
IS more certain TO be- punished ana w.
tice upheld than among us
Are these judges such excepuons'
that they can thus ignore the pest w 4.
ions of the landg Tho fate OF Beeh.' .,
n small issue beside this persisten0' "A
making crime easy and punishment 49,
able.
New York. March = Ina
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
SHELTER IN THE CHURCHES
Why Did 1t Remain for the |. w. W. to
Think of the Idea?
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: IL does not seem such an extraor-
binary thing that, on winter nights, men
should seek shelter I'm the churches OF the
city. Rather is il extraordinary that It
was never thought OF before. What more
natural place could he open to them? |
am a church member. and should not
like TO see homeless men turned away
from my church.
Unhappily, the leadership Of the crowds
which have been storming churches these
last few nights has not been OF the best.
TO most the name I. w. w. spells law
less destruction OF property. We hold
our churches too sacred 10 open them TO
ruffians. But II guarantee of good faith
can be given, why should not all the
churches in the city be open to the home
less?
There is not one church which could
not afford the salary of night watch
man to preserve order And no watch
man would be needed in churches whicn
sheltered "a band under organized leader
ship. The |. W. w. leaders are not men
devoid of honor. Let the leader OF any
band which seeks admlttance TO a church
be told that II lie will give his word Of
honor that this place, which is sacred to
others if not to him, will not be harmed
he and his men will gladly be sheltered.
The L. w. W. breaches against God AMI
the Christian church. Perhaps such a
move as is suggested might help TO brin. :,
back to Christ these men and women.
Fighters Of such determination are needed
in the Church. BEATRlX ARNOLD.
New YORK, March ., 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
The Terrible Hardships of Life IN a
Great City.

Real trouble there is aplenty in the wake OF every
severe cold spell, as the poor can testify But no"
about the kickers and grumblers In this delicate,
coddIed town who cannot get done talking or the
"hardshlps" to which they have been subjected
Is SNOWFALL in the ear too severe punishment
for such molycoddles?
We never heard an estimate Of just what pro-
portion of our metropolitan inhabitants began their
earlier winter days by shoveliing their way out 10
the barn to milk the COWS. Large it surely Is Yet
when these effete souls are year or two In town
it grieves them bitterly to have the cream an hour
late in the morning be unable to back the
limousine through the snowdrift before the front
door. And they grumble all the way downtown
and write ringing letters to their papers on their
desperate plight
Thank goodness, all are not thus! A sense OF
humor does not vanish from every man when ne
becomes New Yorker, and a bis storm offers a
good deal in the way of variety and entertainment
for 1aded town to feed upon. Who knows but
that some day New Yorker will so far forget his
dignity and rights as to fall to with shovel like
any husky suburbante-or like the country boy he
himself probably was few years back!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.
RESTORING RESPECT FOR LAW
Only by Kidding Courts Of Unnecesssr!
Red Tape Can II Be Done.

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune
Sir: have finished reading. Win great
interest. the excellent article Oh "Lsad,a
Footed Justice in New York state By
Mr. +. y. Findloy It is a fine thing ia
see q great metropolitan paper like The
Tribune have the courage TO stand oui
thus fcarlessy for common justice.
There is a prevailing custons and L
most beautiful one Of rising to .our feel
and standing with uncovered head when
ever tho martial strains Of The star
Spangled Banner" arc struck Up. W.
should all have Just this respect for th'
law OF the land and its enforcement
Quite the reverse is true, however. ana
there is n continually growing atutlce
throughout the length and breadth OF th'
country OF dsrespect for the majesty u
tho law. This occurs not only among 'ns
uliterate and criminally inclined ou'
among the refined and educated as wen
This tendency Of thought is being passed
from one generation 10 the next ana d
becoming an inherited instinct Inc cur
therefore. for existing conditions shou'
start nj once. SO that cur childrens ch'
dren may grow up to respect the Jaw
The difficulty in the problem lies IN y"
fact that the judicial branch OF OUT ~
eminent Is paving far more at'ohuon y
legal technicalities than TO the pre'ai'" :,
of instice. The only possible solutioh "
The n,uddled state OF affairs is for US DIV
and all. to uphold the hands OF 'ne ~
vers and Judges who obtain these r' ~.
without placing too much stress o" ~.
technical details of the law put py ~.
sidering rather the equity ana eU' pp
,,s,,ca of the case. II. =. MlLbSn'
BROOKLYN, March ., 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
CONSISTENCY AND SUFFRAGE
An Anti Points to a Contradiction
Which She Thinks She Secs.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: It would seem that the suffragsts'
arguments were being conclusively an
suered by their opponents. Judging from
the one put forth by Mrs Harriet stanton
Batch which appeared IN this morning $
edition After one suffragist leader has
accused the anti-suffragists Of always
emphasizing tho small and mean IN
woman" and trying 10 prove women
lacking IN honor. In character. In intellI-
gence and In honesty, another leader
cites in rather harsh terms some half
dozen instances OF women's dishonesty.
disregard OF law and lack of consideration
for others.
Mans tyranny over woman. his slave
and chattel except she vote, has been
proclaimed by one suffragist after Az
other, and n is indeed a novelty 10 read
Mrn Blatch's statement that Women
need discipline. they need TO be forced. II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
THE PEOPLES COLUMN

not led, out OF their barbarisms, but won-
en- never have submitted and never VIII
submit to the discipline Of men, And
GIVE women political power and the best
among them will gradually train the I'M
civilized, just as the best among men
have trained their sex" seems to contra
dict the claim that politics, which has
run down at the heel, as It were, under
male franchise alone, needs the women
active participation therein TO rebuild n
pure democracy and save the state from
tho demnition bow-wows.'
Consistency, thou art Jewell
ALICE EDITH ABEL.
New York, Feb. 26. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
DxEAnY THOUGHTS ABOUT COMIC ANIMALS.

bl KID II.
The Laughing Hverd ! meant 10
display
To you, in neat typogrdph.
The bothcrSopic critter has fitted
GUdy.
And has len only part 81 his
laugh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
The Coming Tower
THE TIRED BUSINESS MANS SONG.

The day Is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings OK Night
As it did In the bygone evenings
When Longfellow used to write
lamp the lights of the city
The scintillant signs OF the town
And feeling Of gladness comes DER me
That simply will not down.
A feeling Of gladness and longing
That is not akin TO Joy, =
And resembles sorrow only
As Tanguay resembles Foy.
Come, sing to me some lyric
Some sinful and stupid lay
The sort that the Western buyers
Applaud at a cabaret.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the highbrow bunch
Who make the musc-lovers
Assert that they had the punch
For, Like strains Of Debussy music,
They make me ready TO drop
Into deep and endless sumbcr.
And to- night long for slop.
Play from some ragtime lyrist,
Whose songs gush'd Heav'n knows whence,
AS wilful and naughty children
VIII write with chalk on a fence;
Who down in Tin-Pan Alley
Or elsewhere I may not hint,
Composed" the commonplace music"
Or the words unfit for print.
Such songs have power to riot
The sluggish pulse OF care,
From the Anaconda Wrigge
To the sin-sin Cinnamon Bear
Then play from that aggregation
The rag with the utmost pep,
And lend to the tune Of the lyrist
The grace Of the newest step.
And the night shall be filed with ragtimA
And tho songs Of an elder day
Shall repose In the camphored storehouss
With "Forsaken" and Nelly Gray"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

"One of Jacoby's richest hauls,' says the Even
ing Mail, was $500 from the postofice at Law
renee where he got $500 Made $500 Haul
is the t. Ms crosshead But contrib A. r. +. re-
fuses TO be bafned 81 shouldn't wonder he says,
"f the Mails idea Is that Jacoby COPIED $500"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

Sir: / must acquaint you that very great abuses
arc crcpt into this entertainment. | was amazed TO
see my girl handled by, and handling young fellows
with so much familiarity. They very often made
use Of most lascivious step, called Setting,
which 7 know not how to describe TO you, but by
telling you that IT is the very reverse OF back to
back" At last an impudent young dog bid the
fddlers play Mol Pately,' and after having made
tive or three capcrs to his partner, locked his
in hers. and whisked her around clcvcrly above
ground in such manner that J. who sat upon one
of the lowest benches, saw further above her shoe
than | can think ft to acquant you with | could
longer endure these cnormities: wherefore, just
as my girl was going TO be made whirligig, ran
in seized on the child and carried her home
That letter was not received yesterday, nor b. us.
No. It sent TO Mr.. Richard Steeles The Spec
tator," and appeared therein May II. I'LL. .
Did you happen to see mile stones?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

It is the treasured Globes" opinion that time
never passes so slowly when you are waiting for
train. We beg to except the time when you are
waiting for ong-dstance telephone connection.
And possiby-but when does time seem the great
est laggard TO YOU?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

Dr. Goetzl has coached many noted opera
singers that hardly day passes without tumbling
into the hands of some old friend unexpectedly
From the Century Opera House program.
These March days, especially, are great little
ground and lofty tumblers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

Suggestion to Briggs for moving picture cartoon
The Days OF Reel Sport.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

The now-shoveling profession is dlsplriting one
at best What incentive is there for man to exec
at It? who IS the best snow-shoveer in the world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
0UR OWN TRAYELOGUFs.

sir. ] have discovered that when the midnight
choo-choo leaves for Alabam. It's not the midnight
choochoo all It's the train that should leave
Columbus Ga. via The Central Of Georgia r. II, at
APO p. NJ. Rag time tables is correct. ARrrE.
Mont
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

In the snow -shovelling army there must be some
foreigners who dreamed say ten years ago, of com
ing TO New York and picking up gold In the streets.
And now shovelling snow at 2Oc. an hour, or one
third Of what an ordinary billiard table earns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

And, if that snow.removal movie is to be pr
duced, Why not "rhe Fall Of the House OF sIusher
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

But Fl. d. HIS advice to Commissioner Fetherstor
Ia Shoucnd lonfe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
Iia-h
DON'T SAY WE TOLD YOU.
[From tho Daily Trade Record I

New York.-Henry IT. Gross Announce Bctrothal on
March e-Henry H. Gross OF the firm OF J. L. Waldsten
Wholesale clothing 124 Blocker street announce his
engagement to Miss Sylvia Raider the laers home on
s, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

In Answer to Jack, the Purple Coward
I'm not an antisuffragette.
| never hope TO be one;
But | can tell you this: as yet
I'd rather be than see one.
HcIOIsE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04

REVEAL, THE SOURCE OF NEWS!
tDonpt an Correspondence Atchison Globe
II is reported that the wedding bells viii rims for
q school teacher