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Poor Base Running

Poor base running by the Barons pre-
 vented them from scoring during the early part of the contest. In the first and
 third rounds they had several opportuni-
 ties but stupid head work cut them off.
 Mcdonald opened the game with a sting
 ing hit to left field, which evaded Ems, subbing for Johnson, who Is on the in- jured list. and went for three bags. Mar can struck out, while Stewart worked Harding for pass. With Mcdonald play ing off third. Stewart feigned as if he was going to second. and McDonald start ed home, and then halted. Street begged to the second baseman and the throw was returned to third and Mcdonald caught in a chase.
 After running up and down the base line lodging the catcher, pitcher, third base man and shortstop, Mcdonald darted back toward home and then stopped not know ing where the ball was, as Graff had fum- bled. Being unaided by the coach Mo Donald remained stationary and before he
 located the ball Graff had recovered 1t
 and was closing in on him. As the Baron third sacker got underway, Graff tagged him out. Stewart went to second but died
 there, as Knisely grounded out to the
 short field
 Another Chance Neglected
 Again in the third it appeared as if the
 Barons would succeed in getting over .
 tally, and although two safe raps were registered, no good came from them. Mcdonald opened with perfect bunt
 toward third. which caught Street and
 the third baseman flatfooted anl the
 Baron easily beat it out. Mcdonald took
 too big lead from first, and Harding ant h ir, of to Jon er
 second for an out. Marcan followed with a single to short and took second when Balenti threw wild to the initial corner.
 Stewart closed the frame by going out from Flick to Coyle.
 Although no runs were being garnerel. the Barons were hitting the ball solidly. and in the fourth their efforts were re-
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*Batted for Doak in seventh.
 +Ran for Cruise in seventh.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE

No games played.
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Score by innings:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27
The Appeal for Delay.

II would be too much to hope that
the appeal Of the board of directors Of
the Merchants Association against the
hasty passage Of the antitrust bills
will receive even IA tolerant hearing at
Washington. Answers are ready to all
the points made. The appeal says:
1.-THE country waits under the pail OF
uncertainty. business halts and the unem-
ployment OF labor increases"
The voice Of uplift answers: well,
all tie uncertainty will be over when
the bills pass. You will know the
worst"
The Merchants appeal urges that the
bills be submitted to the consideration
OF the people. This Is most perni'
cious suggestion from the point Of view
Of the new freedom. Consideration
might prove that they were unfit to
pass. and then what?
Oh. no; the new watchword OF prog
ross is: Never make sure you're right
for then you might not go ahead
watchful waiting has no application
to such minor things as the business in
terests Of the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27
BURNING THE KREMLIN.
Napoleon Made His Escape on Foot h,
q pOstern.

To THE EDITOR or THE srN--Sir. The
interesting account in THE sun OF May "a
OF Napoleon's escape from the burning
Kremlin speaks OF the Emperor 'in the
saddle" and Of "maddened horses" which
would not pass the north gate.
In De Segurs interesting and fascinat-
Ing book La Champagne de Russle' he
nowhere speaks OF any horses. but he tells
OF the difficulty Of persuadng Napoleon
to leave the palace when the fearful cry
came lie feu est au Kremlin." that Ma
poleon descended rapidly the stairway
OF the north and ordered that they guide
him out OF the city; that the flames
blocked all the gates OF the citadel and
drove them back that after some search
ing they discovered in the walls ''po-
tcrne" Ca back door or gate) which led
to Moskowa. and Il was by this narrow
passage and another like street that
Napoleon and his officers escaped from
the kremlin
The author also describes wildly the
difficulty and the dangers OF their escape.
lie SAYS that when they came out Of the
Kremlln they could neither stand STILL fall
back nor advance. deafened by the tempest
blinded by the ashes; the streets lost In
the smoke and under tho rubbish that
they had to hurry. as nj each instant the
roaring OF the flames increased a single
narrow crooked street, all burning. offered
the only way out of this "enfer" He
(Segur) further says that the heat burnt
their eyes. which they had TO keep open
and fixed on the dangers; that they
marched on a ground of fire, under a
heaven of fire, between two walls OF fire.
and with their burning hands they
brushed on the sparks which covered
them at each instant, and penetrated
their clothing, Hemmcd in as they were
thus by the flames horses were certainly
out OF the question De Segur does not
sf..s, 10 - H..
and an eye witness, and IL they had been
thus hampered by horses he certainly
would have mentioned H. He further says
IL Emperor s'elanca, pied ct sans
hester" which no doubt he did, History
has its fiction, however, and It sometimes
makes interesting reading
JOHN w. BEEKMAN.
PERfH AMBoy, n. j., May 20
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the interests, policies and achievements
Of the United States and touches but
lightly upon what IL supposed to con.
Germ exclusively British people and
loyal colonials. Thus the Canadians
at present are as well Informed about
the occupation Of Vera Cruz as Ameri-
cans themselves. while Ulster receives
but slight attention.
In other respects Canada Is becoming
Amerlcanized in sentiment. The most
popular sport Is baseball. Twenty
years ago an attendance OF 800 at
ba sebal1 game in Toronto or Montreal
was large: to-day from 5000 to 1900
persons see the teams of the Interna-
tional League play. Cricket has al
most passed out-there are compare
lively few clubs and interest Is Ian
guild. Organized labor in Canada is
thoroughly American in spirit, the head
quarters Of the great unions being in
the United States. But aside from the
American invasion corporeally and
spiritually, IL Is fact that in Canada
to-day the French and foreign elements
nearly balance the population of Brit
ish antecedents. As to Canada West,
Mgr. LANGEvIN. n Catholic Archbishop
Of Quebec, says that "a referendum
would not declare in favor of the Brit
ish flag but Of the Stars and Stripes"
In Canada East the best friends Of
England, he maintains, are TO be found
among the French Canadians. Sur
veying conditions as they exist the
country over, the purpose of sending out
princes Of the blood to represent the
mother country is plain enough, but the
wisdom of rejecting men of affairs
and proved administrative capacity
like DuFFERrN and Earl GREY may be
seriously questioned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27
Three Months without a Compass.

When heats as Of the tropic cline
burn all our sagging city through;
when Civic Fame. dropping visibly.
looks YEARLY upon an infiamed and
irritated population. disguised at this
May playing July; then do we find re-
frigeration In remembering our West
Westchestrian contemporary the Mount
Pleasant Compass, whereby Pleasant
vile steers. During the months of
June, July and August" says the Hon.
dunn of our liberties. there will be
no issues of the Compass 1t has be-
come necessary for the editor to take "A
rest and as there is no one available to
Ill his place at the same salary he re-
ceived. the vacation is ordered" Sub.
scribers will be furnished with any
other country weekly they want for
the three missing months, or their sub
scriptions will be renewed for that
time. What could be fairer? And the
editor deserves his furlough. He has
been writing practically the whole
paper. though OF course the poets ser.
ried columns were largely volunteer.
Yet even there an official man Of feet,
like to believe. marched magnificently
with the best Of them. This much en-
during universal man Is Man About
Town 'Wanderer." "Cipriano,' the
sympathetic student Of italian citizen
ship. Queer Jay" He Is the local re-
porting force. The keys on one type
writer have responded to all these
fingers Of manifold energy and sugges-
ton. Of fact and imagination. To whom
belongs quarter of the year off II not
to this all Admirable Crichton of West
Westchester? lie Is staff and line, Off
GERS and soldiers. Strictly speaking,
he must be entitled to at least ten years
OF holiday.
In the multifariOus ones absence the
printing plant will be run as usual.
IT'S by this. our rural publishing and
printing friends tell us. that the money
comes in, flows in sometimes. Our
Mr.. HENRY can afford to go. we take 1t.
In vain does he warn a plgheaded race
that running country newspaper Is
no dream OF joy. There Is little ma
terinl reward for the work" If some
Devil on Two Sticks could show us
the inside Of thousands Of urban news.
paper mems pates. shouldn't we see
that dream OF joy" there registered
Intellectually but hopefully by many or
most Of the tribe? Shall not the most
accomplished young cynic cockney of
reporter, respondent in the best raj
ment Of Broadway and picked in the
cynicism of Lobsteria. shall not even
that cltified sage Caught six months
or so ago on the banks Of the Wabash
or In the recesses Of the Ozarksl. shall
he not look longingly to becowng n
country editor. with bang w" job
shop, to golf not too far away, hens
and gander and the other stigmata
Of domestic bliss?
And here is the lord Of the Compass
adding three months vacation to the
felicities OF the bucoic Greeley. May
he return with a tan thicker than the
elephants binding and healthier than
health
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27
4 Tribute: The Colonel Is the Very Hest
OF Correspondents.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sir: On
the day after Col. Roosevelts arrival
at oyster Bay sent him brief telegram
OF welcome. I suppose there were hum
dreds OF the same formal kind sent him.
To-day got courteous note OF reply,
signed by Colonel Roosevelt's own hand
no rubber stamp. but his own genuine
signature. Perhaps ! should add that
am only a common, ordinary acquaintance
OF Colonel Roosevelts.
He had just returned to his family after
a separation OF six months. He had
passed through great suffering. undoubt-
eddy, and was certainly not recovered
from the hardships OF his trip. Accord
ing TO the newspapers. between the time
he received my telegram and the acknowl-
edgment of It he was In constant con-
ferences with friends. He had an i'm
portant lecture 10 deliver tomorrow. My
telegram could have waited. 1t really
didn't call for an answer at least not an
early one. Under the circumstances |
did not expect any. And vet II is promptly
and generously acknowledged
In the last fifteen years ! have had
occasion TO write 10 many public men.
None OF them was ever so prompt as
Colonel Roosevelt. Many OF them do not
person. A rubber stamp has done yeoman
service In most cases.
To me II is marvellous. II Is one OF the
many sides OF Colonel Roosevelt's char
acter. IN which he differs from the ordl-
nary. EAST ORANGE.
EAST ORANGE. N. j.. May 25.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27
The Drift Away From England In
Canada.

The appointment OF another member
of the royal family, Prince ALEXANDER
OF TECK, to succeed the Duke Of Con-
NAGHT as Governor General OF Canada.
Is in pursuance of settled policy to
stimulate loyalty in the Dominion. In
commenting upon the appointment
when 1t was made earlier in the month
the Ottawa Free Press said with what
seemed a touch Of satire:
THE opinion Is that Canada will con-
tinue to receive Princes OF the royal blood
as Governors-Ge General hereafter. 1t is
thought that In the course of few years
the post may be made permanent and
that a Prince once appointed to repre-
sent the King In Australia, Canada and
the other oversee possessions may be ap-
pointed for life"
There can be no doubt that attach
ment to the Crown would be strained to
the breaking point by the constant re-
hinder that Canada was a royal pos
session, at least nominally. Since the
federation Of the provinces and until
the Duke OF CoNNAUGHr was sent out
the Governors General were not mem
bers Of the royal family, although the
Marquis Of LoRNE was a relative by
marriage. The loyalty Of Canada was
not In question when Sir JOHN YOUNG,
the Earl of DuFFEMS. Lord STANLEY,
the Earl Of MIMIC and Earl GREY repre-
scented Great Britain Mt Ottawa. To-
day IL has become solicitudc OF the
Government to prevent further decline
Of Canadas regard for the mother
country. In localities the people are
still proud OF the British connection
and they resent the imputatiOn that
they are not loyal to the throne
But in the Dominion ut large the drift
Is away from the old love and from
the old traditions.
A correspondent Of the London Times
has made study of the process of
detachment, and he goes so far as to
say that Canada is being Americanized
| This does not mean that Canadians de-
sire annexation: 1t means that British
| influence in the country Is waning, and
that the organization Of republic
may he nearer than the British states
men care to believe. The Americans
who have migrated to Canada. chiefly
TO the West, are in minority, and
many Of them were not born In the
States but in continental Europe; bu,
they have an influence out OF all pro-
portion to their numbers. This inlu'
ehce is logical enough. for American
newspapers and periodicals have a very
large circulation throughout Canada
md the Canadian parcel post brings
into the country vast amount OF
American merchandise and advertising
matter. The news printed in these
! American papers deals largely with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27
Is There No Cure for Fools?

When comes that final day on which
all wrongdolng shall be adequately and
appropriately punished, blackmailers
will unquestionably be put in posses
sion Of the exact anatomical details
OF all family skeletons, and their VIC
tins will be supplied with wisdom and
backbone enough not to pay a cent.
The tantallzing possibilities Of their
knowledge will plague the blackmallers
through eternity: the recognition Of
their asininity In ever paying n cent OF
tribute will be the sufficient penalty OF
those who were bled on earth. These
will he the satisfactory and effective
practices In Il modern, card indexed
hell, not the less dreadful because Il
will not be intentionally warm. as
yesterday was.
Blackmail may be traced back TO the
very furthermost edge of history, and
then 1t was II firmly established institu-
ton. Scholars fix its beginning at the
remote day when evolution reached the
point Of producing the first fool. His
name Is not recorded. but his seed was
prolific, and his descendants contribute
most Of the dlscomforts to mankind to.
day. Their principal offending Is in
enabling blackmailers to live II there
were no fools, no blackmailers could
survive. Either they would starve TO
death, which would be the best thing
for the race. or they would have to go
to honest labor, which would put an
end to the scarcity OF farmhands.
Some philosophers hold that the vic
tins Of blackmailers are worse than
the blackmailers themselves. but this
cannot be allowed. A man who robs
his employer, murders his benefactor,
fortunes an nged. crippled woman 10 get
the wage of her floor scrubbing; a
woman who sells her body, betrays her
lover. seduces little girls to debauch-
cry: these are mighty bad characters,
| hut the creature who takes from them
| the profits OF their nefarlous conduct
as the price Of silence sinks 80 far be-
low the lowest of them that no moral
| plumb line long enough to sound the
depths Of his iniquity and loathsome-
ness has ever been woven.
Once IN u while the criminal courts
lift a corner Of the blanket that hides
these things from decent folk. Then we
understand why intelligent persons In
stinctively hold aloof from strangers.
Think Of the intellectual debasement
Of passing the time Of day with the
victim Of blackmailer! And the moral
deterioration involved in saying good
morning to the blackmaller.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27
SHIPS Nv HEAVY SEAS.
why had weather Troubles the Liners
More Than the Ola Clippers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir.
called on an old sea captain in Brooklyn
a short time ago with whom ! used to go
to sea. The conversation led to the sub
famous seas encountered by the big liners.
The captain remarked that there Is no
more sea than there ever was
This Is true; there were just as many
heavy gales and Just as mountainous seas
when the Mayfiower Of $50 tons with l0l
Pilgrims crossed the North Atlantic In
/ September, 1920. as there are now. The
old Liverpool packets used 10 encounter
Just as heavy weather crossing the North
Atlantic In the dead OF winter" as the
Imperator does now.
The difference is that the old sailing
ships used to "heave to- and ride out the
heavy gales, without the loss OF any
thing except time. We read OF such and
such liner having hurricane squalls and
mountainous head seas, but the old men OF
the sea have encountered the very same
thing in days past The difference Is that
The big liners create the conditions they
encounter By being forced into the very
Jaws OF those mountainous seas. Such
momentum applied 20 one OF our stanch
old clipper ships would have sent her to
"Davy Jones's locker II she was forced
into a sixty mile gale with mountainous
head seas. Sailing ships were hove to-
under such conditions and were not even
supposed 10 reach On tHt CUM
trary. they drlfted away from the wind
and sea and actually made good weather
OF IT,
have seen flush deck ship deeply
loaded, with low freeboard. riding out one
Of those heavy gales with mountainous
seas. and the steward with his basket
making his regular trips from galley to
cabin. and the watch on deck. huddled
under the lea OF the deck house, smoking
their pipes as comfortable as a bug In a
rug.
we'll found sailing ship, properly
handled. 'hove to- In the heaviest gale
and most mountainous OF seas. 10 as safe
place as is n shady lane TO a pair Of
lovers. Not 80 on a big liner with smashed
boats, stanchions torn away, decks ripped
up and water flying over the smokestacks,
n they did not fight the seas the seas
| would do them no harm.
ARLINGTON II. CARAVAN.
PATcHoGuE. L. l., May rs.
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When the new committee on park
concessions in this city formulates its
rules It Is to be hoped some slight con-
cession will he made to aesthetic con-
siderations. Our City Hall and it's park
might be ornaments to the city. In any
other city much pains would be taken
to make them ornamental. But in no
other city in the world would the chosen
decorations be long rows of bootblacks'
chairs with waving pennants in the
shape OF black and yellow polishing
cloths, the proprietors standing by as
living statues in blue jumpers and
grlmy faces. Think of such a lineup
before the Guildhall in London or the
Hotel de Vile in Paris! In New York
just now we are spending a good deal
OF money TO beautify the city, but We
never even give a thought to making
II look It's best.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27

gangs insufficient. as the strikers very
well know, for effective or profitable
work. is an encouragement to the latter
to keep up their organization in hopes
Of future opportunities for mischief.
If the miners grievances call for
remedy, this is matter for the Colo
RADIO Legislature to deal with. and 1t
should be taken up not In mood Of
hysteria but at time Of tranquility.
There Is only one sound way Of ending
the present crisis The owners Of the
mines should be placed in a position
10 operate them with security according
to their own ideas under existing laws.
The forces Of riot. destruction and de-
tiance OF law would soon dispense In
presence Of realized defeat. Later
on the public opinion of the State will
compel reforms II they are really
needed.
Meantime the Federal forces should
be allowed to exercise no function save
their proper one Of preserving peace.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27
An Uncompleted Portrait

II will he n great loss 10 art and
truth II Mr.. CHARLES :. MELLrN's mas
terly but unfinished portrait Of himself
IL not completed. Mr.. MELLEN has had
an unrestricted opportunity for self
exhibition. and we are bound TO say
that he has employed 1t with uncom-
mon skill. The affair conducted by Mr..
Folk before the Interstate Commerce
Commission has been more like n liv-
ing and moving and speaking picture
Of free and unchecked undertaking than
like judicial inquiry or n legislative
Investigation. The community will
never forget MELLEN's presentation Of
MELLEN, but. marvellous rs that self
revelation has been, the picture needs
some touches which can be added only
by other hands.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27
The Federal Troops in Colorado.

BY this time there should be by right
no Colorado strike question. The Fed
eral troops have been in control Of the
physical situation for almost month
and In that time there has been no vio-
lence Of any sort The trouble makers
realized from the beginning that there
was no use In fooling with men who
were in earnest in the intention to en-
force law and order.
Peace being restored. the immediate
consequence should have been the re-
sumption of industry. The mines ought
20 have been thrown open to any and all
workers, including strikers, who chose
10 return and who were acceptable to
the mine operators. The majority OF
the strikers, no doubt, could have re-
sumed their Jobs II they desired. OBJ
viously the proper course for those
who didn't wish to resume work or
who couldn't get it was to dispense and
and employment elsewhere.
Instead of this termination OF the
trouble we find the situation still full
Of menace. The Federal power has
been used not to restore normal condi-
lions by opening the mines but to pro-
long the state Of unrest by virtually
keeping them closed. The prohibition
against the employment Of any men not
on the mine payrolls prior to the shut
down amounts to the adoption OF the
cause of the strikers by the Federal
Government. 1t Is altogether outside
and beyond the legitimate function of
preserving peace. 1t Is an invasion
both OF State rights and private rights.
1t is n fractional act In violation Of con-
stltutional restrictions, and 1t is calcu.
lated to reduce the prestige OF the Fed
oral Administration among law respect.
Ing citizens.
Withal. as means OF avertlng mob
violence, 1t seems foolish and futile
restriction so long as the mines are al.
lowed to open at all. On Monday the
Forbes mine opened with ninety.one
men who were employed before tbs
strike. The animosity of the strikers
against these Is likely to be as great
ms II strike breakers were employed
perhaps greater. They can continue
at work only under guard In word
any opening Of the mines is n prOvoca.
ton to disorder under present condi
lions and opening them with feeble