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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
wARsHIPs AND TIE CANAL
n We Let Ours Through Free, Can All
Nations Claim an Equal Rightl

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Referring TO government Vessels
warships and the Ike, Representative
Adamson. chairman OF the Interstate
Commerce Committee, said: such yes
sells are not mentioned in the canal act
nor In the Sims bill. and ought not TO be.
They are owned by the same owner VINO
owns the canal and passes it's vessels ny
right OF ownership, according 20 treaty
owning both warshIps and canal, IL could
pay tolls 10 nobody but itself. which
would be concentrated nonsense"
This dlsposes OF nothing. Such phrases
are all sheer "stuff'-mere words.
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty Great Brit
aims claims said to be inherent thereto,
being based on nothing substantial, Sim
ply because Great Britain never actually
held and operated suzeralnty powers over
Nicaragua. and no power at all over
Panama, she therefore only fooled our
diplomats when she secured a treaty Inn
plying rights" the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. which says that "the vessels Of all
countries shall OF equal right use the
canal"
sells" as this word applies I'm the treaty,
then what is their right general deslgna-
ton? The text OF a treaty, or any other
document for which so preposterous a
claim is made M that warships are not
vessels In the meaning for which the
word vessels" stands in this treaty, Is a
text of sheer confusion and not a text Of
sense.
II Great Britain's demand (being bluff,
with nothing of substantial right TO ever
back ~ is allowed by supine Congress
in Difference TO the weakened plea OF a
supine President to become demand
granted the way will be then perfectly
clear for Great Britain TO likewise demand
that all the worlds warships more espe-
clally all British warships shall in due
course be permitted equal use Of the canal,
as by treaty rights which she has. When
this comes to pass the same feeble-minded
piping about national honor will be heard,
doubtless; but 1t will pipe only first faint
strain or two and then squeal in sudden
death. because-War? Oh, that is very,
very different
Not at all. not at all. Abstract right Is
unchangeably the same always, war or
no war. But abstract right Is just now
what our Chief Executive and a Demo-
cratic Congress appear to care nothing
about
ALFRED LAURENS BRENNAN.
New York, March rs, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
HAUNTED HOUSE IN FRANCE
Mundane Explanations Hazard
ed, btu Proof Is Lacking.

Paris. March 2o.-Scientists and psy-
chical investigators are baffied by
series of strange manifestations observ-
able nightly at little house at Fou-
geres-sur Bievre. near Blois The house
is a sort of bungalow belonging TO a re-
tired business man. Between 10 and IL
o'clock at night and again just before
daybreak the curtains Of the house occu-
pied by the owner and his grandson are
shaken feverishly as IL by an invisible
hand. At the same time dull thump-
Ing shakes the walls and the floors, caus-
ing the plaster to fall in thick fakes
from the ceiling.
Electricians thought perhaps It might
be caused electrically, but a thorough
search revealed nothing to support this
theory. It is thought by the non-super-
stitious that there may be subterra-
mean passage from the old castle of
Fougeres near by communicating with
the haunted house." and that the phe-
nomena are either caused by an thrush
OF wind or by some one who is DESTROYS
of acquiring the haunted" premises at
o. low price.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
Restrict the Drug Evil.

Two bills of great Importance in preventing the
formation Of the drug habit and In preventing VIC
tins of that habit from falling lower before the
Governor for his signature. These are Senator Boy
lans bill extending to all habtforming drugs the
provisions of the anticocaine law passed through
The 1ribune's efforts, and Senator Frawleys meas
ure making possession OF heroin misdemeanor
These bills are calculated TO make difficult the
purchase OF any habit forming drug. They are in
tended to protect the public by Furnishing the seller
as well as safeguarding the dispensing of the drugs
by physicians and druggists The evils of the drug
habit and the extent of its ravages form an un-
answerable argument for their becoming law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29

vested OF orientalisms and a religion In harmony
with the institutions OF this country, but the retorm
movement made little progress until the young
preacher began his campaign In Albany more than
sixty years ago
american Judaism" the result OF that move
ment was defined recently by speaker at cele
bratlon in the city where Wise began his work az
being called American only for the lack OF
better name 1T is none the less the faith OF the
patrinrchs because II has been reformed In keeping
with the language, usages and customs OF our
country II ls n faith which creates an atmosphere
I'm which such un,Iewlsh products AZ the criminal
cannot flourish. II recognizes good citizenship as
mans highest duty and has nothing In common win
nationallsm or Zonism, IL matters not now ip
geniously they may he disguised. II Is the JUDAISM
which is German in Germany, French In France,
or English in England, and It's sons know no nag
save that under which they live
There seems to he good reason for holding Ill
sacred memory man who fought for and estao-
Ilshcd this code and men Of other religious beliefs
will Ion their Jewish nelghbors in grntefully re-
membering Isaac M. Wise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
A Futile Legislature with Record
Far from Good.

The legislature Of 1914 was futile. The manner
- a.. oatourrn,snt in wrangle over the passage
Of the appropriation bills was the most futile tn''g
a. a., rocord II Is manifest that the state business
cannot be run without money, and an extraordinary
sssor will have 70 be called TO give the lawmakers
. chance 70 do what they would not do at the regu
lar session.
Tor this waste Of time and money the Democratic
Senate must be held responsible, and the voters OF
the state who are paying direct taxes should remem
her r. These Democrats, pledged by their own ana
their Governors promises to secure economy, forced
tho axnense Of this extra session the public rather
than have the Department of Efficiency and Economy
and the Fire Marshals bureau abolished ana the
GOOD Tammany men in them thrown out OF JOBS Inc
Republican Assembly did well TO force this issue on
the Senate and TO refuse TO compromise. 1t VIII do
well 70 maintain its position in the extra session. so
that the public may see Just how little the Democrats
care for their promises when question OF JOBS Tor
Tsmmany is involved.
Aside from this question. however, the record OF
the Assembly is not greatly preferable to the SEN
ate's and neither is Of nature TO commend the law
makers to the public heartily. Important legislation
not political in character and Of distinct merit was
suffered TO die while the politicians fought over
patronage or dawdled away their time
The short ballot constltuuonai dmehuheAI ."
home rule for cities and villages constitutional
amendment. primary law improvements, measures TO
make possible the development of electric energy
from the states now wasted water power thus failed
Of passage The Assembly relieved Tammany or the
necessity Of killing Mayor MitcheTs police REFORM
hills Fortunately it also killed the bill which would
have placed all civil service employees in court re-
view class. as the police here now are. record
like this one, on which blame can be distributed
about evenly, cannot be condoned because OF the
enactment Of the banking law revision, bill for
state employment bureau and bill for state sys
TEN Of cooperative markets which rank as the most
important of the sessions achievements.
This regular session, though it occupied three
montbs-of which tea weeks were spent in killing
time and the introduction Of foolish bills-was
merely curtain raiser for the extra session 1t Is
to be hoped the play and the acting will be much
better then The admission which the state has TO
nav to watch this Albany farce is heavy enough to
deserve the best
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
RIGHT TO HISS
PLAYS AFFIRMED
Defendant Discharged by Dublin
Magistrate for Directing to
Foreign Filth"

London. March 21.-The Briton has
common-law right TO hiss a play, pro
vided he does so within bounds. Tni
right first affirmed in a case reported =
1870 has been reafirmed by a DuoEi
magistrate. who discharged a nan
charged.with kissing a play recently T
ported from the Continent. The detsnd.
ant said the play was foreign 9th, a3
he considered it his duty 10 protest ~
protest was so violent that the play y"
interrupted for some minutes.
The leading case of 1910 appears to h'
been the first instance Of a prosecuu'l
for this offence. Counsel I'm that case 81
IL had been difficult 70 find precedenA
for although "catcalls are as old as y
English drama, Mr.. Garrlck and the nH
men who have undertaken the manass
ment of our theatrical concerns hA''
hitherto cheerfully yielded TO the Jun,
diction of the pit without a though
appealing TO the courts"
In the case of Gregory agt the puAsS
Brunswick. reported in 1913, the esisD.
ants were sued for conspiracy 10 Mss :.
the stage an actor who was sppeauns
Hamlet. They set up that they cons
cred the mans private character ane
reer so bad as TO disquality him ~
playing. They admitted that they u~
little boot. hiss. groan and yell -
plaintiff. and make little noise 0.s
and uproar at and against the pia'nN.
but they made only such a disIui 80.
las for the causes aforesaid 0hs ~
tlffs character they lawfully m'sDS a,
II is said, however that MacknA
famous comedian. obtained a Velu, -
guilty in a prosecution against -
persons for a conspiracy to hiss ~" al
the stage whenever he might sppeA -
1t is probable that the wanton MS 40.
day would find himself without 'n ,,sr
II, however, the kissing be the p.,Iuss
Gus outcome Of the spectators 80
he can safely "hoot, hiss, groan A''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
Pushing the Railroads to the Wall.

The Pennsylvania Railroad is not the only big
common carrier which has been driven to enforced
economy" in operation by the Interstate Commerce
Commissions "slow starvation" policy. The Penn
sylvania since January 1 has been obliged to lay
off 1900 employees and 10 put 10000 more on part
time Now it is announced that the Ne" 10TH
Central Railroad has laid off $4,000 employees since
December / last These retTenchments must De
paraeled in the experience of most other railroads.
since according TO the Bureau Of Railway statistics
the operating receipts of 143 leading roads IN the
last seven months were $S995.0O0 less than for
the same period a year ago, while their operating
expenses were $4S,611,000 greater.
The railroads have reached that point in the
starving out process at which they have to skimp
on operating efficiency and sacrifice their personnel
They are dsorganzing their service in order to tide
over a season of hardship. If they were njuring
only themselves and their stockholders the Inter
state Commerce Commission might never be moved
10 pity. But the damage done spreads much fur
Their The railroads swell the ranks of the unem
nloyed by lay-ofs and cease to buy equipment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
LEOPOLD LEFT sci 900, 900
King Held Shares in Companies
All Over the World.

Brussels, March 19.-The private for
tune left by King Leopold amounts to
SCI, 900, 900, according to a government
memorandum attached to the bill for
settlement of the estate. The figures sup
port the reputation which Leopold had
men in Europe, and as large as they are
they do not include about s6,O00,0O0
given to the Baroness Vaughan. NOR
ganatic wife of the king. nor various
other millions he gave away. In the
long termination OF his personal prop
erty II appears that he held shares in
companies all over the world to the pres
ent total value Of s12,Oo0,000.
AS previously announced, the Belgian
government proposes to pay the three
daughters 81 100000 each in considera-
ton Of their giving up further claims,
and to pay the Empress Charlotte Of
Mexico 100000 for the royal properties
at Ciergnon and Ardenne The state will
also renounce a claim for about 100000
Of shares in the Congo. which King Leo
pold had given to his unfortunate sister,
Charlotte. and pay s1.20o,00o for that
part of the millions invested in the
Foundation OF Niederfulbach which had
not been turned over to the state as a
part Of the Congo public property.
The government will also pay another
sf,200,0o0 to the royal princesses for
furniture. paintings. Jewels, Egyptian
antiquities, silver and gold table ser
vices and about 10000 acres of land in
the Congo which belonged to the Prin-
cess Clementine. the wife " Prince Vic
tor Napoleon. Besides all these sums
something like s4.2OO.Ooo were paid over
TO the heirs Immediately after King Leo
pold's death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
Takine Liberties with History.

If the Muse of History were not lady she would
arm herself with a club and visit the sanctum OF
"The Brooklyn Eagle" Our esteemed contemporary
across the Bridge printed yesterday this dslocaton
of a celebrated historical incident:
When Dan" Holman, of Indiana, said in Con.
gress I'D rather be right than be President
tom" Reed rejoined from the chair: Inc gentie-
man from Indiana will never be either MI
Speaker Clark would do well to take notice.
There was once william s. Holman, of Indiana,
popularity known as The Watchdog of the Treas
ury" He was grubbing and modest. 1t would never
have occurred to him TO indulge in such fight or
fancy and sef-praise applying to himself Henry
Clays saying I'D rather be right than be President
According to the best Capitol traditions the states
man who evoked Mr.. mot Speaker Reeds retot
was the irrepressbe, expansive grandioquent VIII
lam NJ Springer, o' Illinois, who always wore his
heart on his sleeve and pink carnation in his
lapel buttonhole.
History even ancient, has some rights which ought
70 be respected by anecdotal innovators.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
TO THE TWO BACK NUMBERS
A Young Person of To-day Makes .
Propitiatory Reply.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The open appeal to the public for
some light" on the private problem OF
Two Back Numbers" prompts me to
offer what illumination I have on the sub
ject-for I know tho exact situation-the
hurt. "snubbed" feeling of you older
women the bored and irritated feeling OF
the younger ones when called on TO DIS
play sentiment and interest IT. a manner
which is not OF their day. You see | am
myself Just past that young person"
staRe-nearer thirty than twenty-five-and
with the rpenlng experience of life which
those added years bring. and with a
clearer vision than / had five years ago,
know that to my own mother l often
seemed-no, alas. was-bored, ungracious,
unresponsive. And now that l have a
baby daughter in my arms look anx-
iously into the future and wonder whether
the gap between her generation will be
as wide as between that Of my mother
and mine.
l think not / think that. while there
is tho inevitable chasm between every
generation, that you have answered your
own problem when you say that these
new relatives seem the product Of an
other era" They are the product OF an
other era-an era (this past quarter cen7
tury) OF tremendous and violent changes
in our whole manner OF thought and OF
llving-of our attitude toward the great
things Of life. Woman has been peculiarly
affected.
Take the matter OF the college educa-
ton" which, like every revolutionary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
Isaac NJ. Wise.

The fourteenth anniversary of the death Of Isaac
NJ Wise. pioneer in the Jewish reform movement
in This country and creator of three important
rou,ish instiutions-the Union Of American Hebrew
CONGREGATIONS. the Hebrew Union. College and the
Central Conference of American Rabbis-wil be re-
membered In many of the reform synagogues in this
country to-day, Founders Day having become an
institution.
There were other Jewish scholars I'D the Gay OF
Rabbi Wise who saw the necessity tor rituai III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED
Blackmail Alleged Against the
Frankfort Commissioner.

Frankfort-on-theM Main, Germany, March
2s-Allegations OF Matchmaking caused
the suspension to-day OF Commissioner
Schmidt, head OF the city police depart
ment in control Of the suppression OF
vice Investigations Of charges that the
morals police" have been secretly receiv-
ing money for the protection Of lisorderly
resorts have been in progress in several
cities for months. -
Schmidt was implicated in the scandal
by the testimony OF woman In this city,
who revealed an extensive system OF
blackmsn by the poliea,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29

Business is choked and the markets wait while
the basic industry OF the country is operated on
half time
A word from the Interstate Commerce Commis-
Sion could restore activity and relieve tens OF thou
sands OF lod-ofr wage earners. win Il give that
word or will Il stubborny continue TO hypnotic
itself with the idea that the railroads are earning
more money than they have any legitimate use forT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY

II took the combined efforts OF the boss. the
stenographer and two bookkeepers OF a wholesale
shirwaist house to figure out the following letter
ceived from Boston % customer:
will you kindly rush dozen assorted figured
crepe de chimes similar to what you showed Mrs.
Robinson last week. that may have them the
last of this week? Our opening is the first of next
week and we want to show them in this"
Another precedent has been broken. A New York
trained nurse married a wealthy patient and then
let him get well.-Washington Herald.
DUEL LA FRANCHISE.
Actor and dramatlst, fighting a duel;
Wives cause tn encounter, and furnish the fuel
The author wounded by thrust on the srm
The second cries satisfied there's naught to alarm.
The object accomplished. film is released
Portraying the battle: Twill make a great feast
For picture show hends; add zest to the play,
And prove that French valor exists still to-day.
E. S. p
Coxey and Rosalie Jones are the only generals"
who have marched Washington since the War Of
1S12.-Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Yes" said the clerk at the Lost and Found" de-
partment Of the marlborough Rapid Transit Com
pany, get all kinds of stuff here 1t does beat
all get-out the queer things people leave behind
them on the trains You wouldn't believe It, would
YOU were / to tell you somebody left parrot on an
elevated train yesterday? But it's fact. I'll show
him to you" and he led the way down the aisle to
where a large green parrot sat in its cage. The
lost" bird very laxative one, and besides
being able to say Pretty Polly" and the other stock
parrot phrases had modest vocabulary Of cuss
words. Wouldn't you think" said the clerk when
that critter began to say D 49, -! that his
owner would remember and come back for hm?'
Nine Caillaux fired her husband out of the Cab
inet-Richmond Times dispatch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
More Progressive than Ever.
tor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Please deny your statement Of tbs
morning that / had left the Bull Moose
party. The contrary is true; / am more
Progressive than ever, and have not len
the party.
am simply opposed TO certain local 70
strlctions In Connecticut, which con
sidered unprogressive. which were I'M
posed by the State Central Committee
GUTZON BORGLUM
New York. March 26, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
American Wife Wins Paris ~ -

Paris. March &.-The eou'' ssr'
elected from his apartment he'e - ws
quis de Amodio. whose wife v EDs
Josephine Wainwright. RELATIVE .rde,i
Wainwright OF ST. Louis. He Vas ~ : msr-
also to give the three children .. '.sl,s
rage into the custody OF the m s....l 50
The title OF the marquise is a - - ~
The marriage took place eleven w.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
OR MOVE TO MEXICO.

From The Boston Transcript
Tennessee farmer has applied for an injunction to
prevent his relations from visiting him, but the only
we know how 10 do II is suspend the writ OF habeas
corpus and call out the national guard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29

The Tribune uses ite best endeavcrs 70 nsure nS
fruetporthineSE OF every advertisement stn
60 avoid the publication OF all ACCOMPLISHMENTS N'
ing misleading statements or claims
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The question Of your Scotch cor
respondent seems 10 have annoyed q
number OF our Irish friends. As FAR as
New York is concerned. ii is quite q
treat to learn that we have in our midst
a few natives Of the British Isles who
are not particularly anxious to claim IRE
land as birthplace.
There are splendid men amongst the
Irish, that we know. and they have bad
their heroes as have other nations, but
to pretend that the Irish character u
higher and that their bravery Is greater
than Scotch, English or Welsh is as
amusing as It is interesting.
Il is the individual man himself, lr-
respective Of his nation, creed or land Of
birth. ANGLO-SAXON.
New York, March IS, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: II j. Douglas MacRohnnay. who
halls from this town, where the Irish fig.
ure quite strongly. will meet me this CON-
ing Saturdayat Broad and Market streets
northeast corner. l will give him the
thrashing he deserves. How utterly silly
and puerile for scotchman 10 ask the
question: who are the Irish?' Cons
over to Newark, you thick-headed Scotch
man. and / will show you who one Of
the Irish is, JOHN L. SULLIVAN.
Newark, March IS, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29

All their proverbal industry does not save ants
from being excluded as undesirable immigrants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29

British army officers formed the habit OF refusing
to against fellow subjects as long ago as 1776
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29

Gentle Spring does keep old Winter lingering in
her lap an uncomfortable time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
New York. March %, 1914
e Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I have read with interest Mr.
Semus Gilhooley's letter In your issue %
to-day. But what puzzles rne, and what
/ should like TO have Mr.. Gilhooley sx.
plain, is this-why, II the Irish are the
greatest people and finest soldiers on ths
earth, have they suffered Ireland to b
mistreated for so long? Why didn't tbs
Irish Brigade fight for ireland. and not
for Napoleon? CURIOUS
New York, March rs, 1914.
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SUNDAY. Marco 80. 'oia
CANADIAN RATES, !.

Entered AZ the Postoncs at New York Second CLASS MAI
Matter.