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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
THE CANAL TOLLS ISSUE
A Correspondent Thinks Great Bhtain''
Practice Justifies Discrimination.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The leading editorial IN your issus
of April 9TH replying TO a correspondent
upon the subject OF the canal toll does
not seem to satisfy.
You base your statement that he re-
mission of tolls 10 coastwise vessels IL
a violation Of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
upon the language OF Article III OF ina
treaty, and quote the language as foi-
lows: "The canal shall be free and open
TO the vessels of commerce and OF war
Of all nations observing these rules on
terms Of entire equality so that there
shall be no discrimination against any
SUCH nation in respect Of the conditions
or charges OF traffic or otherwise"
If this section IS violated by ths act
exempting American coastwlse vessels,
then with equal force IL can be said that
the section would be violated In case OF
q war in which the United States was a
party, II this government refused per
mission for the war vessels OF the other
contending party TO pass through tho
canal There can be no other logical
conclusion. The section must be reaa
rs a whole, not piecemeaL
The treaty Of 1915 with Great Britain
provided for like treatment OF American
and English vessels I'm American and
English ports as TO harbor rates, pilotage'
etc. Under this treaty Great Britain UNI
formly Disseminated I'm favor OF her
coastwse vessels as against American
vessels, and the Supreme Court or the
United States adopted and confirmed the
British view in Olsen VS.. Smith, 1856, L. :,
Sli, interpreting that treaty. The language
Of our Supreme Court was as follows
Neither the exemption OF coast"ise
steam vessels from pilotage resulting
under the law OF the United States nor
any lawful exemption OF coastwise YES
sells created by state law concerns YES
sells I'm the foreign trade, and therefore
any such exemption does not operate 10
produce a discrimination against British
vessels"
The provision OF that treaty which
Great Britain did not consider applicable
10 her coastwise vessels was: mo higher
or other duties or charges shall be I'M
posed in the ports of His Britannia Ma
jesty's territories in Europe on the YES
sells OF the United States than shall be
payable In the same ports on British
vessels
You make the suggestion that this gov
eminent may. without criticism on the
part of other nations. subsidlze the coast
wise TRADE which passes through the
canal This sounds well. hut the fact
Is that the same railroad Influences. hcth
American and foreign. which for twenty
years prevented the building of an isth'
milan canal. aud which are now solidp
behind the movement for repeal OF the
tolls exemption law. would. Il a sub
sdy bill were proposed, be Just AS solid
~ in opposition TO such law.
/, ANDREW COLNlN
%" Broadway Now York. Ami, & 'alh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
OUR CROP OF ANARCHISTS
Stern Repressive Measures Are Advo'
Gated in Their Case.

To the Editor Of The Tribune:
Sir: / notice with great regret that a
few persons who have come to the United
States from Europe. seeking liberty.
peace. prosperity and the better enjoy
ment of the rights OF man, now Seem
determined TO to stir up trouble here.
The slothful habits, the bitter envy of the
well to do, and the hatred Of the
erich" (meaning In this case every per-
son who owns property which they
brought hither from abroad are now
about to bear the same crop OF disorder
that has made the name Anarchist
everywhere odious. And more than
this. the anarchy that has come to
US from Europe has developed a crop
of neophyte anarchists, called Social
lists" who are merely assistant an
archists under a milder name.
Tho Mayor and the Police Commits
sloner are doing exactly what the peo-
pie of this city-all except the an
archists-expect OF them, and they will
be supported in every way that may
become necessary. The time has come
when sedition and Indictment TO MUIR
der by public speeches must cease in
this city.
In Chicago. previous to the Haymar-
ket massacre, the anarchists thought the
American people would stand for arson,
murder and mob rule. Seven anarchists
paid the penalty OF their error with their
lives. New York has learned lesson
from that affair. The police force OF
this city is now called upon to stop all
anarchistic propaganda In this city and
break UP all black flag and red flag
meetings. If the police force OF this city
is not sufficient TO keep the anarchists
in order other means will quickly be
found TO preserve in this city the lives
and property of law-abidlng people
LAY MANN.
New York, April 7, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
HUERTA BETTER THAN DLAZ
Hi, Abilities Are Declared To BE
Exactly What Mexico Needs.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The facts briefly stated are these:
Mexico never had actually constitu-
tional government Porfirio Dlaz ruled
during forty years quite as an autocCa.
rules m that when factions threatened ne
literally destroyed them. This is, un-
questionably, the only rule which can he
truly effective, where 100000 of people
are so or 90 per cent illiterate. Since Diaz
abdicated there have been no settled gov
ernmental conditions in Mexico. Huerta
has proved himself to be quite practically
second Diaz, and far more inclined 10
accord the people justice in the general
ownership OF lands than Diaz ever was; In
this therefore, Huerta is an immensely
better ruler, because an equitable balance
necessary to actually applied constitu-
tional rights. IL is entirely evident that
were Huerta left unhampered by those
who discredit him so that he cannot raise
needed funds he would, as the head OF a
perfectly practical government. emerge
from combined difficulties besetting him.
and by suppressing the utterly lawless
people styling themselves Constitutional
lists he would within a very few months
establish peace in Mexico. and not only
re-establish some OF tho best conditions
that prevailed under Diaz. but would
furthermore. give the general people in
various ways far more nearly Il consti-
tutional rule than they have ever had
Now the people of the United States ara
heedlessly nearing war with Mexico; war
which once begun will inevitably be pro-
longed into results which every thought
full mind perceives will benefit 10 one.
our sons who go there to fight Will so
only because they are in duty bound by
their enlistment oath to do so. They can
not possibly SO To any such service with
true martial fervor. because every one
perfectly we'll knows that Intervention IN
the internal affairs OF Mexico is not at
all our business now any more than IL
was year ago. The problem has become
wellngh hopelessly confused with as-
SYMPTOMS of obligations which are not
ours as a nation. but which have resulted
from the strangely autocratic dongs OF a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
THE TOLLS QUESTION
The Tribune's Support Of President
Wilson Is Applauded.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The recent speech OF Speaker
Clark in the House OF Representatives,
in opposition TO President Wilson'S pol
icy on the Panama Canal tolls ques-
ton, on which question the Democratic
ship was rocking upon the waves OF dis
cord, was handled by your great paper
with its usual broadness and conservative
ness. President Wilson's action received
your hearty approval. Mr.. Clark must
have known that Congress would vote
against him, and still, Ito keep his po-
ltical lamps trimmed and burning, lie
melt a profound duty to oppose the
President. and he did SO with all his
eloquence yet with high decree OF
caution lest he should be relegated TO
his family. books, trees and flowers" IN
his beloved nest.
| don't believe I'm lese majestic or curp-
ing the press. but isn't there limit 10
the amount of rdicule that should DO
directed at the President OF this great
country? A newspaper can do more
good than any other agency. and It also
can do more harm.
T want to congratulate The Tribune on
IT'S broad non-partisan view OF President
Wilson's endeavor 10 stand by the
agreement with England, or In tho
future with any other country where ma
tional honor is In the balance to be
weighed FRED A. PETIT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
The Reserve Rule Goes Glimmerine

"Organized baseball" lost good deal OF its under
pnning yesterday, when Judge Sessions OF the Fed
eraI District Court for the Western District of
Michigan, decided that the so-caed reserve rule
ipvalid. similar opinion was expressed about
week ago by state chancellor In Arkansas In
fact, as The Tribune has repeatedly pointed out.
the legal validity Of the reserve rule" was never
above suspicion. aud II has been enforcing itself for
many years only because player defying II had
nowhere to Jump 10 except the ranks of the I'M
Employed or the impecunious bush" leagues.
Judge Sessions says that ali that the operation Of
he reserve rule involved was contract TO sign
contract on some future date If the parties could
hen agree TO terms The clubs held that they could
Tenounce their option on ten days notice 10 the
player but that the player could not recall his on
Ion. Naturally, the court finds that such contract
IS lacking In the necessary qualities Of definite
ness, certainty aud mutually"
player should be held 10 any definite enforceable
contract he has made for term OF years at n given
salary. But he should not be debarrcd from free.
dom Of action when the term OF his definite agree
ment expires Since the outlaw Federal League
has been competing with organized baseball condi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
The Plain Facts VS.. the lmaginings OF
Anti Vivise ctionists.

The campaign to which the antvivisectoniss are
at present devoting their efforts is peculiarly mag
nant and outrageous. It centres about the use of
tubercun as a test for tuberculosis and there are
apparently no depths of deception to which It's spon
sors will not descend Human vivisection' IS the
phrase which they have caught up. The charge
made directly and by implication, is nothing less
than that the physicians of hospitals have inocu
lated children with tuberculosis germs, producing
incalculable suffering and disease.
What are the facts? Simply that by way Of dag
nosis the tuberculn test has been repeatedly made
In our hospitals as 1t is constantly being made upon
patients in private practice the world The test
is one Of the most commonly used and most valuable
aids to diagnosis which physicians possess From
its nature it cannot infect with tuberculosis and
there is not the slightest evidence that il has ever
done so.
Tuberculin is an extract obtained from the bodies
Of dead tuberce bacli. 1t is heated for hours and
passed through a porcelain filter It contains no
germs whatever. TO expect an incubation of tuber-
culin to produce tuberculosis absurd as it would
be TO plant slice of bread and expect it to grow
wheat The test depends upon the reaction which
tubercuIln up in the blood It has gone through
various developments. Its first In human beings
was the same as that to-day employed in cattle an
injection of tuberculin being found to produce a
febrile reaction in diseased subjects. Later an in
lection in the eye used and is still preferred by
some physicians, notably at Johns Hopkins. The
reaction then is slight inflammation at the worst.
The test now used at the Babies Hospital IN this
city is still simpler. An extremely diluted solution
Of tuberculn is applied TO small cut hardly more
than pin prick. II any tuberculosis is present
even in the lightest form, small red spot develops
around the cut disappearing shortly In non-tuber-
culous patients no reaction appears from any form
OF the test.
The great advantage Of the test IS It's delIcacy
tuberculosis appears la children in forms and situa
tons which other test or examination can reveal
With the aid of tubcrcuin latent tuboc osis can be
detected and proper preventive treatment begun
Out-ofdoor schools, the preyentorium. indeed our
whole modern preventive campaign against the white
plague, rests in large measure upon this invaluable
test.
/ Thanks 10 this discovery and the farreachinc
labors Of our physicians the death rate from tuber
culosis in New York City has been vastly reduced
Where $50 died of tuberculosis thirteen years ago
but 1s7 die to-day The infant death rate has sin
larry fallen from 1863 per 1900 in 1902 TO 102 per
1000 in 1918.
This Is the priceless service to humanity which the
advocates Of anti-ylvsection are today attacking
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
THE GREAT DILEMMA
How Hard Il Is for Women Voters to
Please the "Antis."

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: This mornings Tribune, referring
to the vote OF tho women OF Illinois
quotes Alice Hill Chittenden, president OF
the Kew York State Association Opposed
10 Woman Suffrage, as saying:
Nothing was changed. Most OF the
women who went 10 the polls were DOM
mated by their husbands and voted as
they did
IL ia news indeed to hear the ants ad-
NIT that suffragists have husbands. They
have been so persistent In claiming that
we were all disappointed old maids ii IS
most refreshing 10 learn that they have
discovered our husbands. Perhaps their
eyes viii some time be opened wide enough
to see tho children. too. But IL really is
nice of them 10 concedc the husbands.
That the voting women Of Illinois
showed n tendency 10 allow their hus-
bands 30 dominate them on Election Day
Is another surprise sprung by the antls.
II such y state OF affairs proves the rule
they lose their argument about suffrage
breaking up the family That they were
not dominated by other womcns hus-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
Common Sense and the |. w. w.

Altogether admirable is Commissioner Woods :
statement of police duty in connection with to-day S
I. w. W. demonstration in Union Square. Free as
semblage and free speech are not only guaranteed
by our laws; they are an altogether wholesome
means of expressing popular discomfort
To-day's problem Is particularly difficult, since
one aim Of the l. w W. leaders will undoubtedly be
to excite the police into unwarranted interference.
In the circumstances Mr. Woodss declaration that
the police should neither provoke nor tolerate dis
ORDER is an excellent rule for every individual
policeman to remember Hasty tempers and over
ready nightscks the last equipment for such an
occasion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.

bands is something 10 be thankful for
because we were very much worried over
that free love" prediction the ants have
been circulating around the world
Miss Chittenden says the vote OF I'LL
ncis proves that nothing is changed This.
too, is a relief. as the ants have all elons
declared that equal suffrage would mako
things worse.
News dispatches state that over loo
saloons were closed by yesterdays cleo
ton in the State of Illinois. Since the
antls are cooperating with the liquor
dealers Of course they would not regard
this as a change for tho better.
MARIAN CHAPWIsE
New York. April 9. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
To Disappointed Contribs.

I'm one OF those would-be contribs
Whove sent ia some Indifferent squlbs
And when IL shovcs them in the zinc
| never blink.
I cogtatc and make rhyme
And think "Ill sure get by this tine
If in the zinc it should be heaved
don't get pceyed.
SO when you've sent in something wheezy
And f. p A. says, This is cheesy,
lust be a sport and try some more,
But Don't Get Sore!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL pEpYS

AprH up and with Charles Ortiz the young
bemp salesman to luncheon and thence to my once
where all the afternoon. To publick for dinner,
and saw many couples dancing the new dances, ana
some of them very GRACEFUL too. They were dane
ing learned for prizes, and did wish that fine
looking girl that wore an orangecooured bodice ana
yellow stockings, might win, but she did not Saw
there c. Briggs the artist and Barratt OHara the
governors lieutenant from Illinois, but neither or
them dancing Back to my desk and home. but d1
not get to sleep till past five the accursed tank upon
the Riverside Dwellings overlooking again. Wher-
fore did telephone to the police and In ten minutes
two officers did come and the noise was stopped
1O-Lay late, then out, and met Mistress Alma,
and for a walk with her in the Park, very pleasant
and sunny but | weary, and In no merry or COM
panionable mood Thence to the office, where the
rest of the day at my task. Came John Reed the
scrivener vino is just home from Mexico, and told
me many tayles of happenings there, and from him
got better picture Of the country and better
understanding of why the war is going on than
had been able willing to get from all the Journals
I had read Too / do think the trip hath done John
much good.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
THE PEOPLES COLUMN

President whose pcrsistently headstrong
demand that Huerta retire from the posi-
ton he has creditably held for more than
year is demand that should never
have been made by any representative Of
the American people, and IS therefore one
not to be enforced at the cost OF our sons
lives IN guerilla warfare and the horrors
Of suffering IL entails.
ALFRED LAURENS BRENNAN.
New York, April Z, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

tons have arisen under which disengaged player
may sell his services once more to the highest DID
der That is the law of trade. Baseball may De-
come a more precarious business enterprise undef
the new system. but freer field for talent VIII De
insured and managers will be encouraged to develop
new stars rather than to depend on the long con-
tinued services Of veteran performers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
The Coming Tover
Culinary ImperfectionS.

Our Gretchen had an art with fish,
Our Anne with prunes and vermicelli,
Our Emma's cakes were all you'd wish,
Our Jennie was a bear with Jelly;
Yet, out of all the gifted crew,
From Jane the Curse to Grace the Blessing,
There was not one but she put too
Much vinegar in the salad dressing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

The Society for Psychical Research should know
that-the press agent is being quoted-''The Life
Photo Film Corporation have purchased from the
late Bronson Howard the motion picture rights to
The Bankers Daughter"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
A Dutch Treat.

from Tho Netherlands States Railways Crcuar.l
The spot of the Hotel is place especially fit for
living garden parties as 10 other hotel can offer.
Further attractions are Fishing in the pretty
little lake opposite the Castle, the Golf Links the
Fields for Football, Lawntennis etc.
In spring when the bulbs are in full bloom, when
tho fields show their most remarkable beauty and
the eye is attracted by the magnificent combination
of colours as hardly be imagined
For visiting the Hague and its curiositics.
e. e, the Peace Palace. Houses of Parliament,
Scheveningen etc. can also be made of the
motor cars of the Castle in case of which visitors
may rest assured to all curiosites desired as
they are accompanied then by confident guides.
A regular Autobus Service forms the connection
with the CastleHotel and the centre of the Hague.
Through the foregoing lines we have tried to give
a prospect of all that IS remarkable and worth VS.
ting Wassenaar and its neighborhood We believe
to have failed The traveller should come and see
himself and he will recognize that hardly A little
part has been told of the beauties OF nature and
of the spendour OF this spot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

Reverting to types there appeals 10 Jack 'he Ai"u
of man, who even though riding alone IN his ino'or
at night removes the band from the cigar lie is
about to smoke. Il nominate MIN, adus Jach' Us
president Of the Conventions Club
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

" she had kindling smile. "-From Maud,
Radford Warren's "One Year in Bohemia"
wooden expression, obviously
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

And perbaps YOU know the cook whose little
crotcbe is that she can't keep parsley out of other
wise edible things.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
r.>-.n1AN RATES.
FOREIGN RATES.
Entered at the Postonce at New York as seconu N $780,


Tho Trbune uses its best endeavors to insure IN.
,ruswortbiness of every advertisement 1t prints an
TO avoid the publication OF all adNeIuSe
ing misleading statements or cldllHS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

Noting this Turrets offer of a timepIece for the
best contribution of the year. r. s H. writes that he
will do even as Iiabakkuk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

Well this IS the last baseball-less Saturday until
the one following the contest wherein Plank and
Mathewson will pitch the G. Of their |.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

Catch what Judge Sessions said about Mr.. William
Killifer-"He is person upon whose pledged word
little or reliance can be placed And Killfer
hasn't even the baseball satisfaction OF calling the
Judge out Of his name and being banished TO the
clubhouse for it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

Still DR.. Carrel, You can't remove n newspaper
heart without affecting its circulation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
WHOM ARE your SAID CYRIL

ION the move-scree OF THE old Curiosity shop."l
The old man goes in search OF Nell whom
believes is only hiding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

Owned and published daily by The tribune ,Scnt. q
New York corporation. Ogden NJ Reid 1rrSiune
Vernon Rogers. Secretary and Treasurer. Au"i'''
Building, No. 154 Nassau street, New 1oIA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
NcCRACKEN-NUTT.
iFron tho Boston UoraId

and j. II. Mutt Of Wellesley have announced
the ~ their daughter Miss Marie W. Mutt,
McCraca Wellesley.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

Orson Lowell will give Reinad Werrenrath odds
Of anything TO nothing that people have more DIM
Guilty with his name than they do with Mr. Werren
rath's Mr. Lowell showed your correspondent en-
welcomes addressed thus:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
MOTHER TANGOOSE.

"Dancer-man, dancer-man. where have you been?'
"Pve been to Harlem TO visit queen"
Dancer man. dancer-nan, what did you do?"
81 picked up a brand new maxXe step or two"
IsosCEIEs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

Ny old man and fell out.
I'll tell you what ii was all about.
He merely tangoes; while | maxiXe
So we haven't met in several weeks
Il. L.. r.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

81 will stand upon my watch, he says. and Sc
me upon the tower
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