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Mayor Riddles Curiosity About Miss
EdelsOhn's views.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir:
read your editorial article of yesterday
morning about Becky Edelsohn, ] am
curious. and doubtless many thousands Of
other readers of THE Sun are curious to
know just what Miss Edelsohn thinks.
what she proposes and what she believes
in or course, like all other good Ameri-
cans. ! have no patience with such slush
as anarchy, but can YOU not get letter
signed by that girl, telling US what she
aims and hopes for?
Also, will you listen to my criticism
that think II is wrong TO force a person
TO eat when they don't want TO eat? II
would seem to me that that is a matter
of ones own disposition.
1t would effect more good 10 let them
starve to death; but 1t will create great
public sympathy II you demand forcble
feeding and perform the cruelties that
were performed in the English jails.
You have no more loyal reader. nor one
who appreciates THE SUN more highly
than ! do. and ! particularly enjoy its
editorials for their frankness and freedom
from bgotry and prejudice. Therefore,
! have this slight claim to recognition in
that you may listen.
WILLIAM RIDDLE,
ATLANTIC CITY, July "a Mayor
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SHIP BOARDING OFFICERS GO.
Efficiency Wave sweeps Away ole
jobs of Two Veterans.

The boarding officer, who has been q
customs institution so long that no living
customs man knows when he did not exist.
is going to be abolished. II has been his
duty to go down the bay on revenue
cutters and board incoming cargo and
passenger ships. receiving from them ther
nanifcsts. which We're turned IN 90 tho
Custom House. This procedure tempo
rariy entered the ship until her skipper
could formally enter her at the custom
House. permitting her 20 begin d.scharg'ns
cargo the moment she got TO her per
The efficiency committee OF Collector Ma.
lone that has been perfecting means OK
eNpediting things at this port recently de-
cided that boarding officers We're unneces-
sary. and that their duty could he per-
formed as effectually in the ten inspection
districts of the port after the docking OF
the vessels. The inspector in charge OF
each district viii after Friday take tho
ships manifest at the pier. The cutters
will continue going down the bay ior
passenger carriers and their manlieSls
| will be taken by the special deputy COLI
| lectors in charge of the inspectors VINO
! take the declarations of passengers THESE
special deputies are John Castree Williams
and Daniel o. Sprague.
one or the results of the new arrange
| ment will he earlier attention 10 liners
| that have arrived ut Quarantine Here
| tofore cargo vessels often have kept rev
| enue cutters from liners moro llhl 49,
hour the cutters boarding the cargo car
| riers on the way down the bay. The
cutters will not leave the Battery 81 early
in the morning as formerly.
| There are AT present only two h'''
! ing officers, James Little and li'"''
| St,inert who will be transferred no no
| general staff without loss Of pay N'
| Little has been boarding vessels heliy
a quarter Of a century, ana ut- 49,
| an inspector since 1876. lie has son
! tho American clipper vanish i'"n ~
port and all Yankee craft save tA' "o'
| uitous fore ana after disappear.
In the first part OF his service ~
| boarding officer he boarded mary s,n
| ing vessels from foreign ports He N'S
| to them In recent years have not t'.
up into the hundreds, hui In the .''!
| ten years Of his service he has c''il''l
| a fifteen foot ladder, which somt'''ts
swaycd dangerously in the rough w,'',.nn,
down the bay. into more than IN,"'y
steamships In the preceding p"rlp' ="
his service on the water he hoardei ~
! 600 steamships, More exactly speaknE.
he has boarded steamships $4,000 I'M
since he went on the Job Mt i'.I'
| has shaken the hands OF many dN'"-
euished scagoers in his long service
The other boarding officer. MT SIN
ert has been on duty about twelve years
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To TUE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sr, "Ce-
phaic tumdity'; mysterious words! My
lamps lit upon them IN THE Sun Now
why Is ~ l opine not two out Of ten read
ers OF THE SuN know Its meaning.
THE SuN takes much pleasure In It's In
tellectual aloofness. hut why not occasion
ally get down to the kindergarten level 50
we stupid ones can understand g.,
l love Tar SUS. whether prompted by ldle
curiosity due to Its ponderous, intellectual
impressiveness, or n desire unquenchabie for
mental food and uplift, I must needs con
fess 1 am unable to decide. There Is a no.
ticeable vindictiveness In TIE suns hostility
In It's discussion of prominent men and cir
policies; however. We will excuse It for that
vagary, since Its evident mission Is to
knock" We Pennsylvania Dutch" who like
THE SrS. would respectfully implore II to
descend to language we can readily assimi-
late. Please, II is too inconvenient to
carry Webster Unabridged
LEBANON. Pa, July a. A. II. RIcKEar.
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The Dog in the City.

While Commissioner GoLDwArER Of
the Health Department Is not likely to
succeed In making New York dog
less" town, we agree with him that an
aTa rtment house is not the habitat dog
should have, and that the paved streets
and sidewalks do not make good rang
ing ground for the dog. 1t is infinitely
better off in the suburbs or country, and
no lover of the animal would object to
ordinances reducing the number Of dogs
in the city.
As many hotels bar dogs, why
should there be an cutlery If dogs were
to be excluded from all apartment
honses? The private house with n
yard in the REL presents different
case. II would be arbitrary to deny
the tendnt ownership OF dog II he
were prepared to take care Of 1t. Even
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
The Souvenir Ftend.

An American citizen has pleaded
guilty in court in Scotland 10 pur-
Joining the brass handle Of an antique
bureau in the Robert Burns cottage at
Ayr, and merclful Judge has pun
ished him with fine. The mitigating
piece of brass was taken as souvenir,
the offender being n man of wealth.
1t is TO be regretted that the lawyer
who appeared for the defendant pleaded
mitted the outrage. The souvenir tiend
deserves no such extenuatiOn, for he Is
vandal from pure lust of appropriate
ing what is held in reverence by others,
case the defendant was no doubt as
sober as the Judge who sentenced him
and withheld n prison sentence because,
as he said. Americans have different
ideas about such matters than prevail
in this country
The more's the pity. 1t is true bill.
The offence is exceedingly common In
the United States and IS rife where II
should be most rare; that Is, where Wis
itors and guests are supposed TO be
present upon their honor. Americans
who feel the reproach of the Scotch
Judges observation will rejoice that
he made an example of their country.
man, and they will he sorry that ne was
so easy on the desecrator
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Whether juStlce-or that august
ana terrible injustice" worshlplrd of
NJ. ANArOLE rRANUE--is better served
by the American ana English or the
Continental method of criminal judicial
procedure Is an ancien; and futile ques-
ton. No doubt each system answers
best the needs, habits. temperanents
and traditions out of which ii has
grown. The CaiiauX case is Il fresh
illustration of the superiority of the
French, or should we say Latin:
method in dramatic and spectacular
effect, In opportunity of the parties,
witnesses, counsel and Judges them
selves to play thei: roles artistically,
and In the poignant emotion. pity and
terror" evoked In the spectators, who
ut times act as chorus on one side or
the other.
Gentlemen" cries NJ. CAILLAUx to
the jury, 81 am profoundly I'M
happy man. l had been pro
foundly happy man since my second
marriage" Loud sobs from the pres
ent Nine. CAILLAUx. 81 return to that
poor woman, there" gesture. Sobs.
you know why / left you" says the
former Nine. CAILLAUx. Subdued APP
plause. Monsieur CAILLAUx, you are
disgraclng yourself" says the first wife.
"No, Madam, ! am not disgracing my
self, Our characters were 10 opposed
that common life was impossible"
Every speech counted. Every cue Is
taken up. Dramatic dialogue, mono
logue invective, aside, development of
character. VI. ALFRED CArUs, who is I'm
court, must think he Is at rehearsal
''You know nothing about It," the orlglr
"telling him his fact" so to speak
Even Muitre LABoRI wceps He salutes
the letters, likewise the sorrow Of Nine
GUENDAN. Everybody "salutes' every
body, Nine GvrYDAN, returning to hei
seat after her testimony, is hailed with
bravaS as at the opera.
We speak of this in no comic spirit
or Intention Of dlSparag cement NJ
doubt the facts will be brought on
just n well as under the more ponder
Gus system, and the intellectual charm
Of The performance Is great Every
body knows. the dramatic genius of III,
Trench; and their refinement of ciyi
llzntlon, their aydlty OF nsatlon ant
dcllcacy of kecncst intelligence arr
as apparent in their court trials ms II
th"r literature. And their rhetoric
too: VERNON LEE born in France, con
-rss'S that every ,lmc she returns Their,
she begins to talk rhetoric" By tina
she means nm Attic and not an Asiatl
rhetoric; the making Of happy and pol
ished phrases, of treating language an,
conversation as fine arts, OF enrichin
human intercourse with compliment
ana ironles a notorious driver 1
fun OF rhetoric and dramatic lnstinc
when he engages In a war Of word
with the old woman with the baskp
VINO runs valnly for his chariot, re
preaching ardently as she runs Sh,
too, is full Of rhetoric and dramatic IL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
THE PRESIDENT AND THE NEW
HAVEN DIRECTORS.
The slight Pretext."
From the Neto Haven Register

From the Ne,o Haven Register.
True to his tendency to run all depart
ments Of the Government himself, Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson as prosecutor
brings suit to dissolve the New Haven
road. He is puzzled and shocked, as a
schoolmaster should be. at the dsobe-
dience to orders shown by the railroads
management. The failure to dissolve the
system ION so slight a pretext' seems TO
him 'inexplicable and without justifca-
ton"
The slight pretext' is substantially
this: The Massachusetts Legislature, for
reasons of its own. provided that when the
shares Of Boston and Maine stock were
sold each certificate should be rubber
stamped to this effect: ITO be surrendered
to the state OF Massachusetts when It
chooses to buy" This unprecedented re-
quirement would have caused a deprecia-
ton of at least S10.000,000. It is said.
In the selling value Of the stock.
To an academic and unmercenary
idealist like Woodrow Wilson 10000. 900
may seem negligible sum of money. To
"A railroad In the condition of the New
Haven II means great deal. The
Presidents designation Of this as slight
pretext is a fair illustration of his APP
probation Of finance and business.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

The promise Of taxi competition with
cabs at 35 and 25 cents a mile suggests
that wave OF practical common sense
has caught up with us. Even the prices
quoted are double and so per cent. ahead
OF the rates charged in London and
Paris. There should be ample profits in
them as well as vast advantage to the
public. The money in taxicabs Is to be
made not by restricting but by popular
izing their use. There Is no reason why
they should not be almost as generally
patronized from the Battery to Fifty
ninth street as they are in the central
section of London. There is no es-
sent!al difference in conditions, and New
Workers are much freer with their
money for small indulgences than Lon
doners of the ordinary type. The bust
ness has been strangied here by the
blind greed of Its promoters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
The Identification Mark.

We wonder II JIM BENNETT, the
drunken desperate and outlaw, now at
large in the wlds of Nevada, happens
to be marked across the bridge Of his
nose with faint pinkish scar or welt
slightly off the horizontal. II so, 1t Is
the brand of h0rsewhip, and all is
accounted for.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

From The Proridence Bulletin.

From The Providence Bulletin.
The present attitude OF our next neigh
Dor State suggests how short a step II Is
from the present position Of the Leglsla-
ture to the appropriation of the property
of its citizens. not At fair market price
but at price based on a low value
created BY laws passed In order that the
state may possess itself OF the property.
II would be sort of seizure of private
holdings about on "A par with the acts Of
certain type of revolutionary govern
ment In Central America.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

The New York laundries have passed
along the cost of benevolent insurance
for their employees to their patrons by
charging one cent bundle extra on all
goods sent to them. Others are going
to raise their prices so as to rake in
from ten TO fifty times the amount of
the premiums that the new law imposes
on them. once again IL is made plain
that the consumer always pays.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
Lacking for n Fight

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuH--Sir.
may be only dreaming. but 1t seems to
me as II mankind were at the present mo-
ment in "A state OF ferment You see
signs of II at many points.
We are all the time becoming more
civilized, but under that veneer man ap-
pears 10 be still about the same old brute
and as ready as ever to fight.
Things seem to be hubblng now In
various parts OF the world, and look to
see large dolngs somewhere before long.
New YORK, July 26. SuLTRY
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The truth about Francisco VILLA
would doubtless acauit him OF some OF
the atrocities he is charged with. A
case in point Is the statement by NJ.
CLAUSE of the French embassy in
Washington. who reports 10 the State
Department that agents OF his Govern
ment. after making an investigation.
exonerate General VILLA from personal
responsibility for the killing OF two
French priests at Zacatecas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
Consular Tongues.

To THE EDITOR or THE suS--Sir. A short
time ago a colleague at a German university
remarked to me: Very funny country, the
United States We had United States
Consul here who could not speak a word
Of German now there is one here who does
not speak English"
WILLIAM LIES HOWARD.
wEsrBoRo, Mass. July -.
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An Orange Glow.

To THE EDITOR ~ THE SrS-Sir' Las,
evening standing In front Of the hotel
noticed a beautiful orange glow In the sky
! called a gentleman standing by to note II
and said, Isn't that beautiful7" lie re-
plied Eyes. thsts the yellow In tho Pitts
burg baseball writer's We have noticed II
ell summer" On THE VINO.
, PirrsBCRo. Pa, July "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

Atchson claims the champion washer
woman in a veteran who has washed
the clothes Of one family for fifty full
years. Some merit should be allowed
her employers for furnishing her with
all the soap she asked for during half n
century and providing her with a mid
day meal that suited her palate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
Captain EBERLE of the armored cruiser

Captain EBERLE of the armored cruiser
Washington reports from Puerto Plata:
SHARP rife firing between 9 and 10
o'clock last night southwest side "
Puerto Plata, with no results and no
casualties reported"
A genuine santo Domingo battle. in
which everybody lives to fight another
day The mulatto republic Gin the re-
ceiver's hands) has not developed a
PAScHo VILLA yet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

To THE EDIron or THE SuS--Sr: In TIT
Sun OF July 10 "Syn-tact -i-custs) Doctor
stated that Shakespeare used the split In
fnitiye. challenge him or anybody else
to Instance case OF such usage In shake
speares works. Tho split infnitive Is an old
usage and Is perfectly legitimate, but
deny that It was used by Shakespeare.
BRooKLiSE. Mass, July rs lNpAGAToR,
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II is time for men who pretend 10
speak for the people while talking for
themselves TO act more for the people
and think less OF themselves. The Hon
jon Il. HEDGES.
Is personal application intended in
this crisp remark by Mr., HEDGES?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
Bibles are displayed in the plate glass

Bibles are displayed in the plate glass
window of saloon in Passaic. New
Jersey, and sales are said to be brisk
and profitable. Whatever the proprie-
tors motive may be. the w. C. T. l..
can hardly object to this means OF
giving the Good Book wider circu-
lation. 1t still continues 20 be the best
of best sellers" There was a time
when New York hotels placed n Bible
in the room of every guest. Why has
this admirable practice been aban-
doned2
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

The Civll Service Commission M,
adopted plan for the examination VI
asprants for the $4,000 year secretary'
ship OF the newly created market co'nin,s
sion. A date will be set for the reee'p'
OF applications as soon as posslo1e
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

London Office Efnngham House, Arundel
street. strand.
Paris once. Rue de la Michodere. on
Hue du ouatre septembre.
Washington office, Hibbs building
Brooklyn office, l0s Livingston street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
The Black List.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sus-Sir' May I
add another word to the black list7
Even In our best families you fire.
auentiy hear the aeroplans referred to as
an areoplane, n. O.
NEW YORK July Is,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

The report that Mr.. WILSON has de-
cided TO keep out Of the political battle
In this State is probably. true He would
have little to gain and good deal to
lose by mingling in the fray. lie re-
members with chagrin what happened
in the Seventh New Jersey Congress
district. There he burned his fingers.
and they are tingling yet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

Readers Of THE suN leaving town for the
summer months can nave the daily and sun.
Gay und evening editions delivered TO them
Ia amy part ut this country or Europe on
the terms stated above. Addresses changed
a. often IS desired. order through news
dea;tt or directly Of Publication Once, tee-
phone goo BeekmIn.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: BY
the way did the Colonel upon becoming
a candidate for Governor IN 1898 write a
letter denouncing Boss Platt7
BROOKLYN, July "a. FoRGETFUL.
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Published daily. including sunday by the
Sun Printing and Publishing Association at
10 Nassau street, in the Borough OF Man
haitian, New York. President and Treasurer,
william c. Reick. 40 Nassau street: Vice
President. Edward f. Mitchell, 40 Nassau
street; Secretary, {. L. Luxton, 40 Nassau
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
All Men,

David was commenting In his wrath.
III a man says he had good time on
his vacation he lies, and II he says he had
q GOOD time at home he lies"
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" our friends teho faror US tsifh manuscripts
and Illustrations for publication ,oish TO hare
rejected articles returned heg must in al cases
send stamps for that purpose.
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am through with Mekico-Generdl
HUERrA.
Another Spanish American dictator in
exile. but in this case the expatriated
one has earned detachment and Sc
clusion.
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All checks money orders, &C. to be made
payable TO Tue SuN.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03
BALLOON MAY BE THAT
OF EXPLORER ANDREE

Stockholm. Sweden. May 29.-What
is believed to be the remains of the
balloon in which Prof. Soloman A. An
dree assembled from Danes island, near
Spitzbergen, July IL. 1897, in an at
tempt to reach the north pole, have
been found in a forest In eastern ST.
IBERIA. according to a telegram received
at the Swedish foreign office today
from YakutZ. Investigation of the re-
ported discovery has been ordered by
the government.
The arctic explorer was accompanied
by two scientists and, after leaving
Danes island. no report was received
from the party.
Although traces of Andree's balloon
have frequently been reported at va
rious places. and while even the body
of the famous Swedish arctic explorer
was said to have been discovered on
the coast of Labrador. nothing has ever
definitely been established as to what
actually happened to the eAeedition or
Wha became of the balloon.
Andree and two companions, Messrs.
Strindberg and Fraenkel. started from
Danes island in the hope of being car
ried by trade lind to the pole. Tho
explorer believed the steady current of
air would take him into the polar reg
ions in a week, carrying him over the
pole and land him safely In North
America.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03
FAMOUS SLINGSBY BABY
CASE is NOW ON TRIAL

London, May 29.--The suit brought by
Lieut.. Charles Raymond Slingsby Of
San Francisco claiming for his child
the succession to part OF the Yorkshire
estate of his father, is to begin early
in June.
Lieutenant Slingsby's father. Rev.
Charles Slingsby. died in 1912
as the result of an attack in
the hunting field. He left prop
erty, said to produce an income Of
$50, 900. and the bulk of this has fallen
to Lieutenant Slingsby. The remaind-
er was to go to Lieutenant Slingsby's
son whose legitimacy is contested by
S~lingsby's younger brother.
AT the opening of the court today
Henry E.. Duke. a lawyer. member Of
parliament who represents Lieutenant
Slingsby. applied to Sir Samuel Evans
president of the probate court for an
early hearing of the suit. basing the re-
quest on the poor health Of Mrs.
Slingsby. who has been in England
some time. He explained that the trial,
which is to be a non-jury trial would
last many days, as there was a great
bulk OF testimony to submit, chiefly
that of the mother.
The judge said he would take Mrs.
S~lingsby's evidence early next month
and would then fix a date for further
hearings.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03
OLD WARSHIPS MAY
Be SOLD TO GREECE
Rattleships Idaho and Missis.
sippi May Be Disposed of
at Original Cost.

Washington, May ga plan for
disposing OF the battleships Idaho and
Mississippi to a foreign power for just
what the United States paid for their
construction, was laid before the Sen
ate naval affairs committee today by
Secretary Daniels.
Greece is understood to be negotiat-
ing for the Mississippi and the Idaho.
n United States has never before
old battleships to Il foreign power.
although it has condemned them and
afterward sold them without
ment.
The ships have been in commission
since 1908. The Mississippi cost $5,-
$4,000 and the Idaho S5.S94,00O. Sec
rotary Daniels asked for an amend
ment to the naval bin permitting the
sale and providing that the money be
used In the construction of one dread
naught i'm addition to the two dread
already provided for in the
bill as it passed the House.
Secretary Daniels explained to the
committee that while he expected to
get about s12.0 900. 900 for the two ships,
he would be able to make up the
$4,000 900 needed for a new dread
naught by economy in other lines.
Mr.. Daniels old the committee thai
While the Idaho and Mississippi were
efficient ships for harbor defense, they
were not d nough to go into line
Of battle.
Mr.. Daniels proposal met with the
approval of a majority Of the COM
m1ttee. and an amendment embodying
the plan was prepared for presentation
to the Senate.