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arguing, with her husband, and when
she had finished he said. Dinah, yog
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w. Ford Breeding, of Federals
burg, fell out of a wagon, ,fracturing
g knee.
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Fire, caused by lightning, de-
stroyed the large barn on the farm
of Edward P. Beall, near Redland.
A large quantity Of grain and a num-
Der of farming implements were also
destroyed and three fine horses per-
ished in the flames. The loss is about
$4,000.
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William McEwing, a lineman, was
killed when hit on the head by a
rock at the Havre de Grace stone
Quarries. A family survives him.
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A gasoline stove exploding at his
home in Millington, Edward Spear
was seriously burned.
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The executive officers at the State
House are to be renovated. Gov
ernor Goldsborough conferred with
]. G. Valiant in regard to the mat
ter. The improvements will include
repainting and decorating the walls,
laying Of new carpets and rugs and
other new Office furnishings.
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George Williams, 3S years old, of
1910 Jackson street, Baltimore, a
fireman on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, was severely burned about
the legs, when the injector on the
steam pipe Of an engine burst The
train was near Benning road at the
time.
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Mrs. Elliott Burwell, of West
river, Anne Arundel county, an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Augusta, to Ridgely P.
Melvin, of Annapolis. The wedding
will take place in the fall. The
prospective groom is City Counselor
Of Annapolis and to the County Com
missioners.
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STATE news
BRIEFLY TOLD
Latest DOings in Various Parts
of the State.
PREPAREDFORQUICKREADINe

Wesley Bowers home near Ridge
ly was robbed of SIS by burglars.
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William Foust, of Waynesboro,
Pa, was rescued from drowning in
Lake Royer, at Pen-Mar, by Omar
Kaufman and Wayne Clugston.
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The Cherry Hill Red Men held
their annual harvest home and pic
mic at Singerly.
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The 1O8-acre Rouse-Jones farm,
near Lynch Station, has been bought
by H. F. Cornelius for $7,O5O.
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A lodge of Daughters Of America
has been instituted at Crompton,
18th 35 charter members.
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Struck by Maryland and Penn
sylvania express train William Mar
TN, of Forest Hill, was killed.
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Richard Pyles, IS years old, COM
mitted suicide by hanging in grove
near his home at Concord.
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Miss Sue Kahoe, of Flintville, has
been awarded a scholarship to the
Normal School at Baltimore.
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British India's 1913 coal output was
16, ,486,31S tons.
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The average death rate throughout
the world is 81 minute, and the
average number Of births in the same
period is 70.
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Egypt and Sweden now have women
Judges.
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There is said to be one rat to every
acre Of ground in England and Wales,
causing loss to farmers estimated at
$73, 100000 annually
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Italy's total wine yield in 1913 was
1875, 1876, 900 gallons.
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It costs Paris nearly 100000 year
to care for the trees on its streets and
boulevards and in its parks. more than
1000 new ones being planted annually
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Coal totals S5 per cent. of all min
erals dug.
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A full grown elephant can carry
three tons on its back
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The world uses about s25, 400, 900
worth of buttons yearly.
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Calcutta now has an onh com.
pany capitalized At 0o mostly
owned BY Londoner
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DEL.
| STATE NEWS
| BRIEFLY TOLD
Latest DOings in Various Parts
of the State.
Observation-Disclosures
Wesley Bowers home near Ridge
ly was robbed of SIS by burglars.
At Hagerstown since August IT
wheat has advanced II cents n
bushel.
W. Ford Breeding, of Federals.
burg, fell out of a wagon, ,fracturing
g knee.
The White residence in Port De-
posit has been bought by Mrs. Rose
G. White for 81, 500.
A gasoline stove exploding at his
home in Millington, Edward Spear
was seriously burned.
The Cherry Hill Red Men held
their annual harvest home and pic
mic at Singerly.
A lodge of Daughters Of America
has been instituted at Crompton,
18th S5 charter members.
Struck by Maryland and Penn
sylvania express train William Mar.
TN, of Forest Hill, was killed.
Miss Sue Kahoe, of Flintville, has
been awarded a scholarship to the
Normal School at Baltimore.
Richard Pyles, g years old, COM
mitted suicide by hanging in grove
near his home at Concord.
The 108-acre Rouse-Jones farm,
near Lynch Station, has been bought
by H. F. Cornelius for $7.O5O.
William Foust, of Waynesboro,
Pa, was rescued from drowning in
Lake Roger, at Pen-Mar, by Omar
Kaufman and Wayne Clugston.
William McEwing, a lineman, was
killed when hit on the head by a
rock at the Havre de Grace stone
Quarries. A family survives him.
Horace Young, SO. years old,
farmer of Damascus district, was
shot and killed by Jacob Cue aged
IS, tenant on one of Mr.. Young's
farms.
George Williams, 38 years old, of
1910 Jackson street, Baltimore, a
fireman on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, was severely burned about !
the legs, when the injector on the |
steam pipe Of an engine burst The |
train was near Benning road at the |
time.
Fire, caused by lightning, de- |
stroyed the large barn on the farm
Of Edward P. Beall, near Redland. |
A large quantity Of grain and num-
Der of farming implements were also
destroyed and three fine horses per-
Ished in the flames. The loss is about
$4,000.
The executive officers at the State
House are to be renovated. Gov
srnor Goldsborough conferred with
]. G. Valiant in regard to the mat
ter. The improvements will include
repainting and decorating the walls,
laying Of new carpets and rugs and
other new Office furnishings.
Mrs. Elliott Burwell, of West
liver, Anne Arundel county, an
1ounces the engagement of her
laughter. Augusta, to Ridgely P.
Melvin, of Annapolis. The wedding
Till take place in the fall. The
groom is City Counselor
II Annapolis and to the County Com
Firing a bullet into his heart
Charles AIvery. adiutant captain Of
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The roads Of the plains Of Argen-
tina have deeper dust in summer and
deeper mud il winter than those Of
any other part Of the world <conse,
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Nothing would please us more than
to know that any eating house proprie-
tor who sets young savages on us to
seize our hats and coats, who promotes
indigestion by afiiicting us with bands
while we eat. and who encourages the
simple to prance about the floor to the
interruption Of our conversation. must
pay $500 or another sum more than
the keeper OF mere barroom, but we
are moved to wonder where Excise Com
missioner FARLEY obtained the informa-
ton on which he bases this statement
AS the hotel has seven days sale
against six for the saloon. II should pay
at least one-six,h moro than the cost Of
the saloon certificate. But the added day
is worth more than the one-sixth. as on
that extra day the greater number OF
saloons are closed and the hotel has an
exclusive privilege"
In what advanced and model COM
munity Of this State are those saloons
whose owners would find II profitable
to keep them open seven days closed?
Indeed. In what community are the
saloons SO situated as to make the bar
trade profitable between I O'Clock and
5 O'Clock In the morning. when they
are supposed to he shut tight. not wide
omen?
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Feeding and taking care of the Next
can Federal soldiers and refugees in
Texas is going to cost "A good deal OF
money. II is difficult to see how the
United States IL to be repaid. The
Swiss who received a French army of
$4,000 men In their territory during the
Franco-Prussian war and housed and
fed them sent the French Government
bill OF 100000 francs. which was
honored. II the Constituencies
should succeed in ousting HUERrA and
setting up their own government. would
the cost of food and shelter for several
thousand Federals who ran away from
"Pancho" VILLA be paid? Hardly. Even
HuERrA, n he were tn triumph in the
end. would prove refractory debtor.
The United States has done a great
many good deeds in the name Of hui
manity. and apparently the succor OF
the Mexicans and their wives and chill
dren must be added TO the list.
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How Many Labor l'niOnists Are There :

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr, II
would seem that all tight thinking !ndi-
viduals should commend Mr.. Vincent
Astor's stand on socialism. There Is,
however, a statement In his letter To Mr..
Upton Sinclair which, though expressing
a too common belief. IL erroneous
! have before me Il competent authority
which states that the American Fedora
ton OF Labor has 100000 members and
the Industrial Workers Of the World
10, 900 Allowing for the unions not afiil-
lated with the above. II can safely he said
that there are not more than $500. 00o
labor unionists In this country. The total
employed population is between 35. o0o.o 900
and t0.000.000.
Therefore ! protest against Mr.. Astor's
statement that the representatives OF
labor" referred to are "men whom the
great mass of the working people of our
country have authorized to speak for
them" Though heartily endorsing con-
pervatiye. law abiding unionism | am one
OF the great mass OF those who are not
members OF such organizations. consti-
tuting a41-3 per cent. OF all the workers
and l prefer not TO he classed with the
8 80 per cent. whom the labor leaders
In question actually represent. with their
radical and un-American speech and ac-
lions. T. H. Z.
New YORK. January ~
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There is a Nw--Hdrper's Weekly.
Goodness gracious. have you discov-
cred one in your neighborhood?

BLEAsE the ebulllent has broken out
again in his annual message to the
Legislature OF South Carolina. There
IL nothing surprising In his recon-
mendation that an act be passed pro-
hibiting any white person from teaching
negro children. Such a regulation would
mean that In many cases negro chill
dren would 60 unta,ight; this, according
to Governor BLEAsE. would doubtless be
a contamination devoutly to be wished.
Nor will any one familiar with the
delicate gallantry OF the Governor be
astonished to learn that In the interests
Of the ladies' he disapproves Of persons
who sit in our public dining rooms.
restaurants and cafes. and smoke cigars
and foul little cigarettes. and whit and
pun and blow the smoke out through
their nostrils." That the Governor
should wish the playing OF football
prohibited in the model State Of South
Carolina Is also entirely natural. since
II young men devote themselves to the
frivolous sport of football they cannot
be expected to engage with the earnest
ness that It deserves In that fine old
pastime of negro lynching. which has
the cordial Endorsement of the Governor.
The only part of the Blease message
that really calls for surprise Is the
Governors new found respect for that
Constitution which on one memorable
occasion he consigned to an uncom-
Portable spot. Now he Is perturbed over
the question OF an alleged infringement
OF State rights by Congress. which has
fixed hunting dates in South Carolina
OF which the Governor disapproves. So
the Constitution may be rehabilitated.
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lation in a later manner. Possibly the
native humor Of BERT WILLIAMS would
divert the genius Of ARTHUR Wine Pr
NERO into less pessimistic channels
than It has pursued for several I'M
happy seasons. TO the despair OF his
managers and the atrophy Of his roy
allies. II Is impossible to prophesy
what might happen when the genius
Of GEoReE NJ. CONAN first daxzles the
poetic vision Of EDMOND RosTAND. We
can only hope It will not be a second
"Chantecler."
The scheme Is too grandiose for ade-
quate description in prose. 1t n only
unfortunate that the genius OF Mr..
FRoHMAN did not develop a score or
more years ago. Then might have been
possible the browning achievement OF
his career. One need only deplore the
una v oidable absence Of Or. 1BsEN from
all these arrangements for the greater
glory Of the drama. Had the famous
playwright Of the north met MARIE
DRrssLER. what brilliant III. hts might
his genius have taken. As 1t Is we
approve of the plan to export Ameri-
can playwrights as well as to import
the foreigners. Nothing could be more
advantageous to our theatre than the
fearless expectation Of some Of our
dranatists. In case Mr.. FRoHMAN's
memory needs jogging. we are perfectly
willing to supply him with II list Of
those who never would be missed.
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MORE UNEMPLOYEDTHAN EvIE
Problem Bothering state abor De
partment OMciaI.

There are more unemployed men IN
New York city now than ever before. al"
the problem OF caring for them has 81
perplexed Charles NJ Hoffman actns
chief investigator OF the State Labor De-
partment's Bureau of Immigration ana
Industry, that he intends to suggest %
Mayor Mitchell that committee be al
pointed TO devise "a remedy
Not even In the panic of 1907 wer-
there so many men out of work. Mr Iiof
man says. Reports from employment
agencies have startled him. The South
and Southwest. where there IN genera'
a demand for labor at this time Of yeai,
have asked for only few farm hands
Men who worked on the stat. hlg'
ways before their investigation caused
curtailing OF the work. laborers on th@
aqueduct and the railroads, have been
laid of. and this army has descended or
New York city hoping TO find AT en-
ployment agencies a demand for Their
services.
The sufferings of these men have be, n
augmented by the extreme cold. and ~
Is to relieve them that Mr.. Hoffman,
wants to enlist the services of Mayor
Mitchell and other men of influence
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-15
The Privileged Crime.

A young woman Of respectable ante
cedents was returning to her home In
an elevated railroad train on Septem.
Der evening. She was annoyed and in.
suited by two young men.
1t happened that two policemen. no,
In uniform, were in the car when this
happened. They. obeying the instincts
or decent men and the obligations of
their calling. went to the young wom
ans assistance.
a fight followed. and one of the no
licenen, McNIEBNY by name, was
stabbed. The weapon used was stl
letto, u weapon unlawful to carry in
this state. MCNirRNY died Of his
wounds six days later.
His assailant was arrested. accused
OF murder In the first degree and tried
before jury. He was convicted, no,
OF the crime charged. but Of man
slaughter in the first degree. On being
sentenced 10 a term of not less than ter
and not more than nineteen years i'm
prisonment, this man said to cour,
attendant:
Il fully expected To be convicted OF
murder and sent to the electric chair.
can do this sentence easy and still b,
young when get out"
In the name Of HANS SCHMIDT and
HARRY THAw. why should not murder
be committed in New York?
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tain what passes ostensibly for the
two Power standard are tremendous
coal eaters"
To illustrate, the battle cruiser Queen
Mary, OF $3.50 tons. which attained a
maximum speed Of 35.7 knots in her
trials, burned 500 tons Of coal in run
ming from Portsmouth to Portland. h
distance Of forty miles. All hands on a
warship are drafted for coaling, and In
emergencies the seamen (the fighting
branch), who have to qualify in stoke
hold work. must do their turn In the
engine room. Moreover. conditions in
the living quarters grow worse and
worse. for bigger tunnels and uptakes
leave less and less space for the accom-
mediation Of the men. On every one Of
the later dreadnoughts there IL a spirit
Of revolt against the hardships that
have TO be endured. and one enlistment
Is often enough. In 1928 the large
number Of 1870 petty officers and men
dropped out.
Tactically oil Is to be preferred to
coal, because in a blockade. also In the
preliminary stages Of a sea fight, ships
would have to leave the line to coal
and would return to It with the men
In no condition to handle the guns.
Internal combustion engines assuming
that they can be perfected, would take
up much less room than steam engines
the liquid fuel could be passed into
reservoirs through hose with com
paratively little labor: tunnels and up
takes would be eliminated; the per.
sonnet could be reduced from fifty to
seventy per cent; and to refuel no
ship would have to leave the battle line
Living conditions would be Immensely
improved, and England could have the
services Of all the fighting seamcn tina,
were needed.
The same problem worries the United
States Navy Department, but as yet
not acutey. We are not building
superdreadnoughts with feverish haste
or designing leviathans to dash
through the water with the speed OF
torpedo boats. Nevertheless it il real.
ICED that oil must take the place OF
coal as fuel on warships eventually
So the Government In becoming deeply
interested In the conservation Of oil
lands
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-15
Wearing Hat. At symphony Concert.

To TnH EpIroR OF THE sus-Sr. Perhaps
1T. H." who advises Emile Pickhardt where
true music lovers sit when attending sym.
phony concerts, would tell us where TO sit
In woolsey Hall OF Yale when trying 10
enjoy concerts and not be annoyed by
womens hats.
or course II isn't necessary 70 see tn,
musicians In order to hear. hut believe
all true lovers OF music will agree that
II would add to tho pleasure not TO have
their eyes shut by one OF thoss bamboo
tree things women wear on their heads.
have been TO concerts In Bridgeport.
Conn, and Hoboken. n. j., and women
were not allowed To wear their hats and vet
neither OF these cities Is supposed to DO so
cultured as New Haven. FARMER
MiLFoRp. Conn, January IL
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The International Exchange Il
Dramatists.

Whatever may be the result of
CHARLES FRoHMAN's experiment of
ransplanting playwrights to make them
more productive, the scheme obviously
possesses certain advantages. Believ-
ing that the American theatre now re-
Quires plays Of kind altogether at
variance with the taste OF European
audiences. he would colonize the Eu-
ropean playwrights here and await
results.
Already Mr.. FRoHMAN has named
some Of those who are to be subjected
to this process. HADDON CHAMBERS
will be invited here to absorb enough
American life to inspire him to the pro-
duction Of play. 1t seems sure that
the Australian dramatist will be i'm
proved by this process. He once wrote
a drama Of life in Harlem. As a final
touch Of local color he named the hero
Inc Kdtinkd Jones. II Mr.. CHAMBERS
lives only a short time In Harlem
he will learn that few families there
can boast the possession of n Katinka.
actual or on an earlier branch Of the
family tree. Thus will Mr.. CHAMBERS
enjoy the first benefits OF Mr.. FR0H-
MANS scheme.
SOMERSET MAGICIAN. who has al
ways shown disposition TO introduce
about the tea tables Of his heroines
some outlander with the breath of an
allen civilization. Is another playwright
that the manager would acclimatize I'm
order that he may possibly do as well
for this country as he has for the North
west In 1.-The Land of Promise" But
the process is not to stop here. ]. NJ.
BARRIE may he persuaded to come Ia
this country, aud there Is 4 yelled
threat that WILLIAM COLLIER may be
set down ON Piccadilly to write a play
of London club life. So far Mr.. COL
LIER In all his collected works has re.
vealed knowledge of only one New
York club, and its humor has been
fairly crystallized In his dramas.
The advantages Of Mr.. FRoHMAN's
scheme seem indisputable. J. NJ. BAR
RE may become 80 thoroughly natural
lied on Broadway as to write q play
for the special display OF the subtle
talents of that stalwart sycamore OF
the Wabash Miss VALEsKA SURArr
European playwrights may be awak
ened by the change Of scene to unprec.
edented activity. PIERRE WEBER might
harness his boulevard muse to the ser
vices Of Miss VIOLA ALLEN, while GER
HART KAUFMAN. contemplating the
art Of w. II. CRANE, might bs inspired
to compose poetic drama for its revs
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The Porto Rican COnstabulary Praised
for Its Good Work.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-SiY: Now
that the virtues of the Aqueduct police,
the Pennsylvania consta bulary. the North
west Mounted police and the Canal Zone
police have been extolled in your paper
want to say few words In behalf OF
another splendid body OF men.
These men are not ex-soldicrs OF the
United states army. but they are a we'll
trained body OF police. l speak OF the
lnsular police who maintain law and or
der in the island of Porto Rico. Whether
directing traffic in the narrow streets OF
San Juan or upon the broader carratierra
or patrolling the docks and wharves or
standing AZ a lonely country railway sta
ton, Pablo or Pedro or Jose In always
on the job. as the saying is. Nor does his
position give him an overbearing manner
as was formerly charged against some of
our own police In this city.
Very often he Ia a country boy brought
from the rice fields or the sugar planta
lions. After passing a rigid examination
physically he receives patrolman's po-
sition at about $50 a month to start. He
may be stationed in "A large town or city or
he may have to patrol II long stretch of
road I'm the country. Well does he per
form his duty. There Is very little crime
in the entire island. and what there is is
found In the large cities that contain peo-
pie from other West Indian islands and
from the United States.
These men who form the Insular police
are all natives of Porto Rico. and they
are among the healthiest and finest built
men OF the island. In fact, a visitor
could be excused for believing that the
officials had raked Porto Rico with n fine
tooth comb and had made either soldiers
or policemen OF all the young men who
possessed good sturdy figures and sound
health.
In several trips 10 tho island have be-
come acquainted with many a policeman n.
Sometimes he has been black AS coal. at
others white as myself. Sometimes he
spoke English. at others only Spanish.
At all times he has been a gentleman
and, In all truth. an officer UNFOLDING the
dignity Of tho law
lie has always been In sympathy with
American methods and has considered II
a great honor to be able TO contribute his
bit 10 uphold the dignity OF the country
which will not permit him to be Its citi-
zen. So. because l have seen him nj his
work and have spent many pleasant hours
with him In all parts OF the island, I saw.
"All honor TO the lnsular policeman :
there Is no one his superior
A TRAVELLER.
BROOKLYN, January H.