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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-01-31
t,u.ns-uo re Tunnel

The Burns Moore tunnel and
|. big eroHh OF claims situated mp
I Chicago creek, have finally passed
to- DIR j. NJ. Snailer. the man
whit was tine original owner OF the
4 prop-rtt. DR.. Sh4ller Is now in
! Ono, where a great many of the
/ larger stockholders of the CON-
pany -t~iIe. and il IS expected
hat upon hi, return some dehtiIe
word concerning the future OF
these properties will be forthcom-
ing.
Foreclosure proceedings were
Instituted against the Burns
Moore company some time ago by
DR.. Sba ler, VINO held large
claim against the company. F.
nas clal aid was not rlhcOmrng,
although appeal for aud wa. sent
to the many STOCK holders. Nol
work If any consequence has been
perform d tor long time, but II
is hJTed that plans wlll be speed
lily per e:ted for the inau guratlon
of we'll directed campAign OF de I
velopment upon the property.
/ Ia f,Ff,
of Mizpah Hive. No. I3, l.. o. 7. NJ, /
We're installed for the year. Miss
Batchelder, past commander, took /
h 49, of the ceremonies, assisted by
Miss Theobold and the guards, The
following officers were installed: l.. C., !
Dora Mcdonald; l.. 1t c., Sadie Suth-
erlaHd P C.. Carrie j. Mason; F. A, /
Elizabeth J. Gleason; r. K, Lillian /
Hanson; Chap. Winifriei Lyon; l.. at
A, Jennie Finelon: Sarg., Mrs, Dory; |
Sent, Mrs. Akin; Pick. Mrs. March
ington; .. F.. Sophia Horsch. The /
new commander appointed the following |
to office: Musician, Lillian Bowden;
{. Of g., Louise Walters; Color Bearer. /
Eva Martin aad Matilda Olsen. The /
Hive presented Mrs, Mason, the retir-
ing commander, and Mrs. Horsch, re-
tiring past commander. with 2. c. pins. |
After the business meeting a bountiful I
Iunch was enjoyed by all The visitors
the guards on their very
efficient work.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-01-31

Oscar S. Hayes and wife left for
Denver on Friday to spend several
days. Us. has been suffering
with sore on the face which
seems to be spreading. He will
consult specialist to ascertain if
it is a cancer before purchasing
Ia few thousand dollars worth of
radium.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-01-31

Editor A. G.. Dobbins made a
business trip to Denver on Fri
day.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-01-31

w liam Hawk
.Iahn as borne and astle
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-01-31

IUl dII y VSUDI II
Director of University Extension
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
E0R Upstate EADERSHIP.
Reflections Of a Republican Voter on His
Pnrty's Condition.

To THE Epiroe OF THE SuN--Sir: As
an up-State man I cannot help com
uen,inr on your article about the up
state Republicans taking complete con-
troll of the party machinery in the As
sembly committees. OF course THE SUNS
viewpoint Of the committees Is that OF
many city Republicans. particularly those
interested in the present control OF the
New York city organization.
I am familiar with Republican poll
tics, city and State. also the political
conditions For number OF years the
inside political conditions in this city have
been growing from bad TO worse. The
Republican organization In Manhattan has
been run solely in the interests Of cliQues
and factions, so much so that certain
religious and racial elements have to be
considered before nominations are made
or positions filled. They must be consid-
cred first and candidates fitness last.
These conditions have grown to such an
extent they have reached out for contro:
81 the state organization, such as they
have In the Democratic State organization
the invisible control.
There has been n steady growth Of dis
satisfaction among the upstate voters.
They have regularly supplied the great
bulk OF the Republican vote, as all know
They have supplied the brains OF the or
gan!zation and the solid integrity and
ability. And what has the organization
OF Manhattan done for the State party 7
Has II done anything but hog everything
In sight for its favored few. dig deep in
the political mud. graft and things which
are too rotten TO write about?
A great many upstate Republicans are
not anxious TO uphold Mr.. Barnes They
cannot uphold him In some OF his Views.
But they do believe he Is honest In his
views and that he has the courage to fgh
for them In the open
Who ever heard Of Barnes Of Albany
playing peanut politics? Can you say the
same of Parsons and Koenig7 A nice pair
10 run the great Republican party In the
greatest city OF America!
Such actions as theirs are bringing &c
Barnes and the upstate leaders all fail
minded voters, whether Republican oi
Progressive and the movement Is CROWNS
rapidly. We know what the upstate
leaders are and what they have done IN
the past and we know what the New
York city Republicans and the Tammany
crowd have done during the las; few
years. I speak of the State finance an,
the condition duo thereto. Who II
responsible but the city Republicans aut
Tammany?
The political condition In the State 1,
In II bad way. Let us hope that the fall
| minded and honest Republicans will rally
around men known TO be above politica
| trickery and dickers In political graft an
! invisible and underground politics
THE UPSTATE VInw.
NEW YORK, January 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24
Mr.. Bryan's Peace TIRE at ics.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN--Sfr. Fred
Metcalfs fears relative TO tho Wilson
Bryan peace treaties'' are logical on his
own premises, which he develops excel
lently as a proposition In n letter printed
in THE Sun Of January 90 The whole
question H. however. purely academic, for
az a matter OF fact the treaties actually
negotiated and the official text OF the
notes which thirty-one States have ac-
cepted In principle specifically avoid the
very point which Mr. Metcalf made. The
standard treaty text contains this SEN
tence as Article ":
Pending the investigation and report OF
the International Commission. the high con
tracing parties agree not to increase their
military or naval programmes unless dan
ger from a third Power should compel such
increase, In which case the party feeling
itself menared shall conndentially communi-
cate the fact In writing to the other con
tracing party, whereupon the latter shall,
also be released from its obligations 10
maintain Its military ana naval status quo
The treaty with the Netherlands does
not contain this article or It's equivalent,
but II will be seen that the article quoted
fully protects against any third Power.
DENIS u. MYERS.
BosroN. January 90.
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After the Canal Is Opened.

Among the immediate consequences"
Of the opening Of the Panama Canal
the German General Staff sees IA
sharp competitive struggle against for
e,gn, especially European, commerce
throughout Latin America" Compe-
titlon on the part Of the United States
will have to be more practical and cner-
retlc than 1t Is now to relcgate Great
Britain and Germany. our chief rivals
In South America, to the rear.
The canal will do nothing for the
east coast of South America, to which
Great Britain and Germany have better
access by numerous steamship lines
than the United States, although New
York Is nearer to Rio dc JanelrO ana
Ruenos Ayres, but not by great many
miles, than London, Bremen ana Ham
burg. In 1911 Great Britain sold goods
OF value of FL .555,0lh to Argentina
as compared with II total Of C'03S7 ,577
for the United States. Germany's bill
was fl3.0G7, 500. In the same year ex-
ports from Great Britain to Brazil
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How Did He Ever Get In?

How did 80 coarse and crude person
rs MAX STEINpLER, late leader Of the
Progressives Of the Sixth Assembly dis
trict. ever creep into that band Of altru.
lists? lie was out Of place there from
the first.
Filled with misconceptions as to rule
by the people. last fail he actually re.
fused to let the county authorities tell
him who should be nominated in his dis
trict, cravenly allowing the voters to
have the candidate they wanted; since
then he has brazenly demanded jobs for
his faithful followers. utterly disregard.
full of the fact that some of the principal
men In the county committee are them
selves without seats at the public lunch
counter.
A base and contemplate fellow, this
he falls to grasp the fundamentals and
essential principles of social justice
Lucky 1t Is for him that he has qui,
voluntarily. Had he remained, infuri
ated virtue must have turned and de
molished him.
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Wards or THE CITY.
The Case or . NOung "IDclinquent" Who
became Good Citizen.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: Mr.
Charles u. Hiles, president of the New
York Juvenile Asylum. has called attention
10 tho fact that New York city has as
wards $4,000 dependent or delinQuent chill
dren, and that In the care OF them the
city pays $40 year less than the average
amount paid for the support OF similar
children by other cities and other States
This is a mistake for which the city
must some time pay the penalty. The
present administration should see to II
that these children are properly supported
and that n sufficient amount OF money
is appropriated To provide for each one
of them AN education sufficient To give
him or her a fair chance in the world.
| am acquainted with young man who
in 1905. when only n child, pleaded guilty
10 the theft of II small amount OF Jewelry
from a room In a hotel in which he was
employed. lie was sent TO the Children S
Village at Dobbs Ferry. which is under
the control OF tho New York Juvenile Asy-
lum. In that institution he spent two
years. making record never before or
since equalled. He was tested In every
way and was at all times found 20 be hon
est. To the superintendent. Mr.. Guy Nor
gan. no said that he was not guilty OF the
crime charged against him. but by petit
Jogging lawyer had been persuaded to
plead guilty.
Leaving tho institution. he literally
fought his way through tho necessary
schooling and into a profession. He lives
IN n Southern city. and IL recognized as
ono OF its rising young citizens He re-
Gently married the daughter OF one OF Its
we'll known families. Last Christmas he
brought his bride to New York and nj
the Children's village made an inspiring
talk to the boys now there
That young man was worth big invest
msnt. As n boy he was Just an averag 20
boy, not much better and not much wors,
, than the average individual OF the $4,000
now being cared for by this city.
ARNOLD VAN DYKE RoUrLEpGE.
NEW YORK. January %.
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The vindicatiOn OF the Movies.

1t might be called handsome send
off, that Endorsement Of the moving
pictures which came on Monday from
the leading theatrical managers. 1t
was at all events sufficiently encour-
aging to make DAVID RfLAsco the VIM
ner In the first attempt Of OSCAR HAM
MERsTEiN to compel him 10 discontinue
his exhibitions of the films. Coming
from such quarter, this praise of the
new form Of entertainment which Is
occupying 80 many theatres once sacred
to the spoken drama is of the greatest
significance.
Yet II was only few years ago that,
enthroned high In their artistic secu-
rity. the mandarins of the playhouses
regarded the vogue Of the films ms m
evidence Of temporary alteration In
the taste of public that would soon
turn its back on this inferior form OF
amusement. But nothing Of the kind
has happened. The public is still loyal
to this less expensive entertainment
BY combination Of circumstances the
price Of this diversion has happened to
ut in we'll with the paying powers of
the public at this time. So the movies
have continued to grow in favor.
BY degrees the managers have come
into the field of their rivals. There
is scarcely managerial Arm today
which has not its atelier and Its forces
Of actors before the camera. Undoubt
edly the quality of the output has
greatly improved. After while all
the pictures will be made in color and
there will be still higher artistic
average 10 interest spectators.
In the meantime no theatre need
suffer from the fact that the audience,
have gathered In its portals 10 watch
the films. There Is indeed scarcely @
playhouse which has not the movie,
on It's conscience. The spacious New
Amsterdam. the Lyric. the Criterion
| historic Wallack's. the arlstocratlt
Lyceum. all these temples of anothe
art have been dedicated SO long rs III,
public demanded II to the silent drama
No wonder then that the manager,
stepped up TO rescue the Republic
good name and incidentally show how
close relationship exists today be
tween these two departments OF dra
ma tic diversion.
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From Sappho 10 stephens.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: The
grief of &C.. +. s. and of his unnamed
friend In the letter More Plagiarism "
AZ the touching Of Rossetti's "imperishable
gem by the dead hand" of Mr.. James
Stephens. is obviously so poignant that I
hasten to give them some information
that may partially ut least assuage IL.
Rossettfs lines are "A translation of n
fragment written by one Sappho. and owe
their undoubted beauty to their remark
able fidelity to their Greek original II
may safely be assumed that Mr.. James
stephens was rs free to paraphrase that
original as was Rossetti TO translate II : the
inferiority OF the paraphrase is due to the
fact that II Is part stephens. while the
translation IL practically all Sappho
The statement that stephens has in this
instance 'plag!arized' from Rossett re-
calls an anccdote heard many years ago
\ very minor poet. whom we will call
Jones. complains to a friend that ar
equally minor poet. here called Smith. has
stolen his ideas from Jones, and in proof
of his accusation shows the friend Smiths
latest production. But objects the
friend. that conception originated with
Byron" Yes" replies Jones. II got 81
from Byron and Smith got II from me"
HAROLD IT, BOWMAN.
NEW York. January 90.
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amounted to f17.o4s.4 400. while from

W AbSFNN'sb'vs ''V''
Germany they were fs,0S2.4l1, and
from the United States f7.1O1,2SO. In
selling goods to Venezuela the United
States ran almost neck and neck with
Great Britain. the value in bolivars
(about So cents) being Great Britain,
2I,SSS,O1S, and the United States. III
0i5.4i3: while Gcrmany's total was
1864. 3O2 bolivnrs. The United states
therefore would have to make strcnu-
Gus efforts to get the lions share Of
the trade Of the east coast of South
America.
Our great opportunity will he found
on the west coast. as we shall be In
close touch with it. II we do not get
the lions share of the trade on that
side Of South America 1t will he due
to inadequate transportation from the
Pacific coast Of the United States and
from Panama and lack of enterprise
on the part Of our exporters. In the
case Of trade with Chile 1t Will he. In
deed. "a sharp competitive struggle"
strongly lntrenched there. Chiles i'm
ports from Great Britain In 1911
amounted to 11l.167.SS9 gold pesos
(about 10 cents in United States cur
rency). rs compared with imports OF
S,57S.552 pesos from Germany and
AZ. 22l 1913 from the United states. The
value Of the Peruvian imports from
the same countries In pounds sterling
was: Great Britain. f1,7l9,s31: United
States. fl.165,6o2; Germany. i9i6.2O6.
With Ecuador and Colombia the United
States does even better comparatively,
but the volume of trade is small.
| 1t should always be understood Tint
there will he no sharp competitive
struggle" for the Pacific coast trade of
South America as whole unless Con-
gress provides the American exporter
with n merchant marine.
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.Dapsn's Policy In Mexico.

AS japan has the same right rs other
nations to send cruiser to Mexico to
look after the interests OF her citizens
IN that disturbed country. the net Of the
japanese Embassy Mt Washington In
giving out Baron MAKiNo's statement
on the subject to the Parliament at
Toxic seems supererogatory until the
friendly purpose Of the publication is
understood.
Unfortunately Japan has been sus-
pected by alarmists OF Interior and sin
lister designs against thc'Cnited States
In Mexico. There was the Magdalena
Bay incident which led to the adoption
Of the Lodge resolution In the Senate
amendatory Of the Monroe Doctrine. al
though. ms 1t turned out. the Japanese
Government was not involved I'm the ne
gotiations of n steamship company for
coaling station on the Pacific coast
| of Mexico.
The missions OF DIAz and De LA
BARRA TO japan. the latter Of which was
contaminated. also had peculiar look
to nervous souls. The Government 8
punctilious reserve in receiving Seiior
NJ IA BARRA should have reassuresi
them; carnations of the yellow press
of Toxic and the mouthings OF dema
cogues counted for nothing. Suspicion
and dlstrust of Japan still persisted.
When the Idzumo. n cruiser of $500
tons, reached the west coast OF Mexico
the absurd story was published that her
body of marines. by special dispensa
ton Of the Huerta Government. was to
proceed to the city OF Mexico. although
the marines Of Admiral FLETCHER's
squadron remained on their ships at
Vera Cruz. The report was calculated
to spread an impression that Japan
had some kind Of understanding with
Mexico that bodied III to the United
states. And contcmporaneously the ngi
tators in Toxic were proclaiming that
Mcxicans and japanese were brothers
in blood.
The japanese Government could moi
afford to ignore the distortion OF hei
Mexican policy as It affected relations
with the United States already strained
by alien land tenure legislation in Call
fornla. Hence the precise and carefully
worded statement Of the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs. Baron MAKISo. ex
planning why the Idzumo had been des
patched to Mexican waters and conclud
ing with the hope that peace ana tran
guilty will be restored In Mexico n
the earliest possible date. and that III
inhabitants. native and foreign. will b
enab to live fee from anxiety"
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10 a Deliberate Traveller

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN--Sir:
was much interested In that Ohio snails
Marathon recorded in Thu SIN OF Janu-
AIRY 20. l do not doubt that Mr.. Zahnizer
Of New Castle watched and timed this
snairs progress for foot hut surely II
did not require sixteen days for the snail
ito move n mile" on that basis I figure
thusly: ono foot In four minutes equals
2l,120 minutes to travel n mile. divided
by lao tnumher Of minutes In day.
would be fourteen and two-thrds days
or fourteen days and sixteen hours
I'm for the snail. His progress IL slow
enough without tagging on an extra day
and eight hours more. especially II trav-
cling continuously. Let's be fair and give
this energetic gastropod his Just due
A. c. LEVITT.
PUTNAM, Conn. January %.
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An Upstate Heroine.
In one light perhaps there was no

In one light perhaps there was moth
ing unusual in what ELIZABETH FISHER.
10 years old. did on Thursday after
noon. A despatch from Poughkeepsie
told that in crossing the Ice on Fishkill
Creek her siS-year-old brother, NAL
COLIN. went into the water and under
the ice. She went right after him,
caught him, held him under the ice,
rounding the ice in vain, and finally
let the current carry them to the next
bend. where the ice was broken. Then
the despatch says:
"'The ice there was broken and ELIZA
BETH brought her brother TO the surface,
The current threw them against the bank
and tho girl struggled out drawing her
brother with her No one was in sight.
and ELIzABErH started back across the
fields toward her home. carrying MALCOLM
on her shoulderA Her clothes were freez-
ing with the water and occasionally she
had to put MALCOLM down to rest. NAL
COLIN was quickly revived and tonight Ia
all right, but the exposure and the exer-
ton may result seriously for ELIZABETH"
There are many. many persons who
never heard before Of little ELIZABETH
FISHER. but they will await good news
from her bedside. Courage, nerve. sac
rifice in a child are primeval things, In
tangible and unaccOuntable. This CIR
was not led to such instantaneous hero
ism through the reasoning Of ethical
philosophy. She did not know EMERSON
had said that ut IL mans perditiOn t.
be safe when for the truth he Ough
10 die" Hers was the instinct Of tho
potential mother the race mother, say
ing and protecting the young ut thu
reckless. needless gift Of her life. "To
night in her home at Upper HOpewel
she Is threatened with pneumonia. bu
happy" A strange sort Of happiness
for child of IL. and yet is It no
precisely the same happiness In varying
phases upon which civilization has beer
kept alive?
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The F,,rred Devil or the Goals.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir:
have been reading your editorial opinion
OF the domesticity OF cats.
Why do cats like coal bins as Ravens
OF rest? ] have cat that Is handsome
and usually particular about its per-
sonal appearance a cushion on an arm
chair In a warm corner Of the cellar has
been provided for II these winter
nights. and yet the ungrateful cuss sleeps
In the coal bin In preference only TO ap-
pear In the morning covered with coal
dust
agree with YOU that "a purrer IL a
devil" Mine must be one. for he loves
coal. CATNIP.
SUMMIT, N. j., January 2S.
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That good nature and generosity on
the part Of fathers and mothers has re.
suited lately In the undue elaboration Of
entertainments for boys and girls Is a
fact which has been deplOred by par
ents and educators alike, and the move.
ment to check this tendency taking
form in the organization Of the Par
ents' League is the natural response of
common sense on it's recognition OF an
unfortunate tendency. What one or II
few families might find diilicut or even
impossible to accomplish, cooperation
will render easy, for through It uni.
formity of hours and nmusements may
he attained, without compelling any In.
diyldual, young or old. 10 assume the
uncougcuial part ~ Zone rrforlncr
THAI the soclriy ~ nc"'led, It's pros.
ress toward larger membership sine,
the November day VI IT. formation ut !
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-24

What Is this town coming TO under
the administration of the new Mayor:
We are bound in candor to say that 1t
begins to look decidedly as II New York
might he coming to its own. Two such
manifestations Of high and disinter-
ested intelligence on the part of Mr..
Mitchell as are discernible in his selec-
ton Of Colonel GEORGE WASHINGTON
COCKTAILS to he Police Commissioner
and Of FRANK LYON POLK to he Corpo-
ration Counsel serve nightly to con-
arm the pleasant impression.
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Another Version,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr. The
gold OF Rossetti is purer than Stephenss
and his workmanship more chaste hut
the greater elaboration by the second poet
has its value. and we should accord him
praise. II Is possible. too. to make
much less artistic rendition than his OF
the Sapphic fragment. ! can do It my
self:
Sweet a. the apple that bushes
On high at tho end Of the boush.
AZ the very tip end of the bough.
And was missed In the harvest--nay. ius-
cious.
II tempted the pickcrs, hut how
To reach Il they knew not lar, thou:
So sweet and so tempting art thoul
II this has any merit It is because with
the exception Of the words in brackets,
Il is a very close translation.
contest In translation and paraphrase
would be ms interesting "a that In pro-
ducing palindromcs. and far more profit
able. NJ NJ NJ.
NEW YORK. January Is
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To THE EDITOR oY THE SuN--Sir: ] am not
an artist or critic, but a picture lover.
have often wondered why SO many artists
can draw faces and figures accurately but
fail 30 iamentably In the hands
II the subject Is n man the artist may
paint him with his hands In his pockets or
behind his back. and 50 escape drawing
them, or he may put q woman's hands In
a mum, but II no actually draws the hands
they usually look stir, lifeless and unnat.
ural.
Is It particularly difficut to draw or paint
tho human hand so that II shall appear
natural? II 40. why? p!cIlnE LoyER.
MADISON. Wis, January "a