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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
More Charge Against the schools.

In the current number of Fire Pre-
cicty for Fire Prevention, CHARLES q.
ARMSTRONG reiterates the charges that
the public school buildings Of this city
are not properly protected against lire
hazards. and that the pupils In them
are exposed to unnecessary dangers.
When Mr.. ARMSTRONG first assailed the
school buildings, he supported his gem
civilizations by the citation of specific
facts. and In the present instalment Of
his presentment he continues this prac
tice, reinforcing his statements with
photographs that seem to sustain his
contentious.
On the publication Of Mr.. ARM.
sTRoNG's first article. the members and
employees of the Board Of Education
belittled his charges and assured the
public that his fears were unnecessary.
1t Is highly unfortunate. however,
that the Board did not answer him In
that detail which would have carried
conviction. In our opinion Mr.. ARM
STRONG has not allowed his facts to lose
force through understat emcnt, and he
may have exaggerated the dangerous
conditions to which he directs atten-
ton: but there has not come from the
authorities an explanation and defence
capable Of removing the uneasiness his
assaults have created.
In the situation, 1t Is unquestionably
the duty Of the Department of Educa
ton to reassure the public, by words il
It can, by action II 1t must. that every
school building Is as safe as 1t can be
made. If Mr.. ARMSTRONG is IA mere
alarmist, or Is animated by Interior
motives. he should he exposed. II he
Is Justified In his assertions, the condi-
tons which he has exposed should be
remedied without loss Of time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
INFANT DEATH RATE LOWERED.
Figures show Great Work OF the
Strnua MIX DepOts.

Figures showing what the pasteurixa-
ton of milk has accomplished In New
York have been compiled from the stalls
tics OF the Department OF Health by Dr.
W. II. Guilfoy. registrar OF records.
The 6gurcs show "A steady decrease In
infant mortality for the twenty-five years
In which the Nathan Straus pasteurized
milk depots have been In operation.
For 1913 the number of deaths was
12.442, or an infant death rate of 1913
per 1000. as compared with a death rate
of 965 in 1891. the year preceding the
installation of the depots
For the summer months OF June. July
and August the death rate among chill
dren last year was 3sS per 1000. or only
! 5 per 1000 greater than the rate for the
entire year In 1891 the summer death
rate wal 1851 per 1000.
The yearly death rate. which had
dropped TO $50 in 1910. was AZ In 1911
and 1916 in 1912. The summer death rate
in tne past three years dropped from 57.4
IN 1910 to 1913 in 1911, then to Al
III 1912.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
BIDS SOON FOR TWO NEW TUBES.
work ON sI2.OOO.OOO Tunnels to
brooklyn May start by August L.

Plans for the two new East River tun-
ncls, which are 10 connect Brooklyn with
Manhattan in the dual subway system
and the cost of which will be between
Sl2,000.o0o and $4,000. 600. We're adopted
10y tn" Public Service Commission YES
terday, Bids FOR their construction VIII
be opened on May -. Digging may he
Gin by August l, and the tunnels must he
ready for trains three and "A half years
from the date Of contract
The tunnel 10 be operated as part OF
the brooklyn Rapid Transit system, will
extend from Whitehall street. Manhattan
to Montague street Brooklyn. connecting
the broadway subway in Manhattan with
the Fourth avenue line in Brooklyn. The
other tunnel, 10 be part oc the INTERIOR
oush system. will extend from old Slip.
Manhattan. To Clark street, brooklyn con-
Meeting the new seventh avenue subway
in Manhattan with the existing subway in
Brooklyn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
The Right Sort Of Referendum.

A special committee Of the Chamber
OF Commerce of the United States, with
its headquarters at Washington. has re-
ported in favor Of an interstate trade
commission. The chamber has submit
ted to it's membership Il referendum
upon such questions as whether the
commission shall consist Of three men,
bers or five, and whether annual re-
ports shall be required of corporations
having resources exceeding $5.OOO,OOO
or less.
Several other questions, considerably
more important and fundamental than
any included in the referendum Of the
chamber. are raised by this proposal
for an interstate trade commission.
Business depression is daily widen
ing and deepening in perilOus degree.
Tariff changes. famine In railroad
earnings and dislocations of credit com
PEELED by recent banking legislation
have resulted in slow collections,
marked declines in new business and
an extraordinary increase Of unemploy-
mSut. IL tblS tlt liIIt w tEltttt I'LL
inQulsitlon to harass business?
While the Interstate Commerce Com
mission spends months bordering
whether TO permit railroads to raise
their rates paltry five per cent. the
railroads of the entire country are
drifting nearer to bankruptcy.
The first administrative act in put
ting into operatlon the recent banking
legislation has interfercd 80 violently
with established banking channels that
Sanch supporters Of the party in power
have not hesitated 10 denounce the
whole arrangement of banking districts
40 political.
Does the experiment with railroads
and banks warrant the extension OF
the commission idea to business gem
orally:
A poll Of the membership Of the
Chamber of Commerce Of the United
States upon these important and funda.
mental questions would be vastly more
instructive than the results of the vote
upon any Of the questions in its refer
endum.
Now that the full scope Of the anti
trust programme begins to come into
view, and it Is discovered to embrace
drastic extensions Of the law In re-.
spect Of almost every phase Of corpO-
rate organization and business practice
affecting the humblest business man In
hfs In. nj 20, -
emptions under the law in respect of
every kind of boycott and oppressive
combination that labor unions can or
ganlze in defiance of the sherman law,
a poll Of the membership of the Cham
her Of Commerce Of the United States
upon the entire antitrust programme,
OF which the proposed interstate trade
commission is only the first instalment,
would be highly instructive.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
Another Count Against an Old Of
fender.

On the not infrequent occasions when
complaint has been made that the
United States Government impudently
violated the health ordinances of this
city by permitting dense clouds Of soft
coal smoke To issue from the chimney.
pots of the Federal building. Uncle
SAM, who struggled desperately for the
privilege of killing New Workers. with
r"cklesSly driven mail vans. has taken
advantage of his sovereignty nnd defied
the town to correct or punish him. lie
can lind refuge In no such assertion of
immunity for the continued mnintc.
name" Of the nuisance that exists under
his protection AZ the Hudson Terminal
Building.
Hero the Postmns General has hired
n number OF Offices and seized I'm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
VANDERBILT'S WARRIOR HERE.
Yacht ON which Duke aud Duchess
Were wrecked Arrives.

Frederick w. Nauderbilts yacht War
rlor, after lying two months IN the o'n
brace of n sand spit on the Colombia
coast near the mouth of the Magdal.na
River. arrived yesterday afternoon, as.
rort,d by the Merritt Chapman wrectine
steamer Relief. The Warrior came
through the Narrows under her own steam
and dropped anchor OFF Staplcton. She is
In charge of Capt johnson and nineteen
men OF the wrecking company.
she looked TO be IN fine condition. As
n matter of fact she IL not much dam.
aged. merely having deutcd hilgcs and
slight injuries to her ruddcr The War
rior stranded in "A storm ON January 90
having aboard Mr., and Mrs Vanderbilt
the Duke and Duchess of Manchester and
Lord Falconer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
GIVES HOME TO STUDENTS
Hobart College President Presents
Residence as Clubhouse,

GENEVA, y. Y, April 2l.--Prcsident
Lyman +. Powell of Hobart College slgni-
fled his intention to-day to give his house
10 the student body in order that it might
be converted into a clubhouse which the
college has long needed
The presidents historic home. one OF
the largest and finest in the city. situated
on Seneca Lake, is unusually well
adapted for a clubhouse and can he re-
htted and reiurnshed at "a small expense
and in IA very short time. one of the
chief advantages viii bc an excellent
cuisine NJ moderate pric1, conducted
along scientific lines by trained chef
1t Is planned to secure a new home for
the preside mt. and the clubhouse. which
will he named the Ballard Memorial
House. will be supported Ivy the fund now
being collected from the Alumni.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
Progress OF Frminism In the Hay state

To THE EDITOR or THE SvN--Sir: An
advertisement from tho monthly catalogue
of one OF Boston's leading grocers gives
further evidence Of the pernicious infiu-
ence Of the Atlantic Monthly In fosting
feminism upon the vanishing male OF the
Old Bay state.
The advertisement assures MS that a cor
tain product may be used with profit nv
nursing mothers. dchlltated persons Of
either sex or at any age"
Nursing mothers" &C. "of either sex"
is good as "A joke. but unfortunately this
announcement appears to be one of the
signs OF the times. EBL
RRooKLINr, Mass, April 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
CHEAP WATER FIGHT RENEWED
Rockaway Citisens Seek to Cut the
Rates in Queens.

Since Gov. Giynn vetoed the Maier-
Foley water bill the residents OF Queens
county, nearly all Of whom are supplied
with water by private water companies
have been On high glee and have given
tho matter Of the reduction OF the water
rates much thought The Progress So
cIety of the Rockaways. civic organiza-
ton Of $50 members, sent deleeauon'
consisting Of Jacob Lauchhelmer. charles
A. Brodek and David May. to Albany TO
oppose the signing Of the bill. They we're
unable to be heard, but submitted their
views In writing.
This organization was the first one to
attempt to get reduction of water rates
In Queens county by application to the
Commissioner Of Water Supply. Gas and
Electricity. In 1910 through David May
it's counsel, It petitioned Henry s. Thomp-
son. then Commissioner. pursuant to sec
ton 472 Of the City Charter. to COM
pei the Queens County Water Conn
pany to reduce rates. The proceeding
lasted for nearly a year and the Commits
sioner decided at that time adversely to
the Progress Society. but stated that he
had requested the city to investigate the
private water companies In queens anu
recommended their purchase by the city.
The Progress Society is about to renew
its efforts TO secure reduction of the
water rates OF the Queens County Water
Company, which supplies water to the
residents OF the Rockaway peninsula
which includes tho villages of Far ROCK
away Edgenere. Arverne. Hammels. Sea-
side. Rockaway Beach and Rockaway
Park.
1t has caused petitions to be printed
which are now being circulated among
the residents OF this locality and Will file
the same with Comml ssioner Williams for
"a reduction of the rates. Many OF the
residents affected will sign the petition
and will be ready TO testify to the unrea-
epnable rates charged by the Queens
County Water Company. The Progress
Society on the hearing before the Com
missioner will be represented by Charles
A. Brodek. It's former president, and by
David May.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

Looks as II President WILSON would
have to ask for Congressional aid In
lighting Borough President MARKS, who
cannot see that Uncle SAM has any
more right to lumber mp the sidewalks
than amy other property owner. In fact.
the post office activities on Dey street
are a nuisancc--an obstruction to traf-
fic and "A menace to life and limb. Mr..
BuRLEsoN's plea that they are necessary
To the use of the post Office quarters in
the Hudson Terminal Building Is "A mere
begging of rhc question. What Is to
prevent the setting back OF the plat
forms and the post Office conducting
its business in ITS own space?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
The COuntry's Need.

There never WIS a time Of greater
need in the Department Of State Of the
United States Of America Of q clear
head, experienced In international re-
latiOns, knowing the fine shades of
distinction between executive acts on
foreign soil authorized by law and ex-
ecutive acts that may be usurpatiOns
Of power and consequently border on
the Improbable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
The People and the Mexican Ad.
venture.


There IL cause for pride In which all
may share Ia the attitude Of the people
at large In the present crisis over Mex
leo. There IL no sign Of finchinR be-
cause Of the pain and tribulation that
may be- ahead. There Is no sordid
counting up Of the cost Of the pros
pective adventure. There IL. In fact,
no hanging back. The country is
unanimous In facing the situation with
courage and resolution. Whatever may
be needed In men and money will be
lavishly at the disposal Of the national
Government.
Whatever note of hesitation and re-
greet may he heard refers not to the
prospect ahead but to the impulses
behind the coming struggle. There IL
no small degree Of anxiety as to the
moral force Of our position. Nobody
has any fears as to whether We shall
win; almost everybody Is asking
whether we are justified in aggression,
or ut least whether our contemplated
aggression Is based on adequate
grounds and Is directed against the
true objective.
The parleying in Congress over acts
Of hostility based on q point Of ell
Quette while rapine and murder are
condoned echoes words which are ON
the lips Of almost every citizen to-day.
No love for HUERrA is expressed In any
quarter, but there is a widespread
opinion that our grievances against
him and his administration are as
nothing compared with the atrocities Of
his opponents or some Of them In the
northern States Of Mexico. outrages
In which our people as well rs those
Of European countries have been help
less victims. Even supposing that we
are now obliged as a matter Of honor
to move against one offender, It is hard
to get the ordinary man to see thai,
instead Of publishing the greater Grim
inal equally. we should actually make
him the main beneficiary of our mill
tary demonstration.
However. these Questionings have no
effect on the patriotic intent of the
people. Our country even though
wrong Is to-day as always the motto.
Wherever the fing goes the hearts Of all
Americans are with it, and they will
send their young men and give Of their
substance to help 1t to victory. All
they hope Is that as events develop the
national action will naturally take a
more logical, Il saner, II more ethical
direction and that at the end We shall
not lind ourselves cheap victors I'm n
mere punitive expedition. but the agents
of peace In the larger sense bringing
order and stability to the Mexican
people, TO whom we profess--and with
entire truth--a sympathetic friendship
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

Another angel with a flaming sword
OF zeal and virtue goes to clean up the
Tenderloln. This time Il Is acting In
spector FRANK MoRRis. His predeces-
sor goes on trial for not cleaning II up.
A few others before him have gone the
same way. Some are or the police force
and some are herding goats in Staten
Island and The Bronx. But courage
and hope are inext!nguishable. No
sooner is one purifier bowled over than
another takes his place. But the Ten
derloin goes on forever
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

To rnh EDITOR ~ Tnr SuN-Sir: 1t IL
perhaps worth while to call attention to Il
small typographical error In my letter on
"A Poetical President" printed In your
sunday issue John Quincy Adams did not
say
Dim shall dawn the day as dawn II must
when Erins sceptro shall be Erins trust, -
hut soon shall dawn the day" Sc
The line as printed would Imply either
that his home rule principles we're not
robust or that no had a prophetic vision
OF rebellous Ulster b. C. W.
New YoRK, April a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

A few years ago the death Of the En-
peror Francis JosEPH Of Austria might
have had most baleful consequences.
But he has outiived all that and the
transition Of the seinblance Of power to
the real wielder Of II will probably cause
not a ripple In Europe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL %, 1914.

that men do lives after them" What
ever dross may have dimmed HE shin
ing spirit was surely inferred with his
bones, and now nearly three hundred
years after his passing the world In en-
noblea by the transcendent pitch which
he established for the music Of life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sn. II
may be because ! am getting older. but
somehow this Mexican business doesn't
give me any thrill" II scarcely seems
to me as II we had any justification for
going down there and tearing things apart
l should be slow. very slow. about going
10 war, 'SIyry-oNE.
New York, April 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
BLAMED FOR MONROE ACCIpINI
Can't. Kerry Of steamer Nnn'"'" ''
Ioses Ills I'npcrs,

WAsulNGro>. ANril - Resp
for the sinking 81 IN" bii hoWi'.
Monroe after a COLLISION W'tI '
chan, and Miners stcHm,r SAINT
the Virginia capes on January
has been rXrd upou CAPT br'.'
Of the Nantucket Whose pIl"i'
master have been Conroll,i ca
son Of the Monroe has h"'u ,NoH'
The responsibility Wds nN'i
result of the Investigation u.
Steamboat inspectors aud 'uu.'
Nv Secretary Rcdu"ld of th' l''p.
OF Commerce,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

that he should abdicate. He Ia a
straightforward. truth speaking, brave
and able man. who Is capable Of doing
good work under the new dispensation
Of reunion which moderate Republicans
and Progressivcs hope for. But for
some time he should sit In the strang-
ers'--should we say the sinners pew
and not the deacOnS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

In New York city 90 per cent of the
children are defective because of the usc
of tobacco,-Dr. CHARLES GAMBLER puAsr
This studied moderation is charac-
terstic Of DR.. PEAsE. in whom the habit
Of unders,atemcnt almost approaches
weakness. Why spare the Black DeviIY
Statistics show that exactly 1863 per
cent, of the children Of New York city
are defective on account OF the use of
tobacco.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

Colonel COCKTAILS lives up to his repu-
tation in announcing on the most criti-
cal day In the year that the canal IL
ready for the passage Of transports.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

They order these things better in Ger
many too. The Berlin police have muz-
z!ed SYLVIA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

n our friends rho iaror US r,ih manuscripts and
illustrations for publication irish 10 hare rejected
articles returned mey must IN oil cases send stamps
for that purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22

SnAKEspEARE proves, these days, the
falsity of his own dictum that The evil
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-22
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When Mnvur Mitchell hoard
that GOV. Glynu had vetoed in' p.
ing S3O0 Goa of the TEACHERS
fund aVallahl" far pensions h. $50
had some doubts myself WIZ.
the nil II was an open quest
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-02
UNIVERSITY WESLEYAN GAME.

BuCKHANNoN. June 2. ~ That
Wesleyan and West Virginia will
again meet at baseball to play the
third and deciding game for the state
collegiate championship was rumored
around Buckhannon today. The re-
ports have it that the'game will be
played in Fairmont or clarksburg on
the coming Saturday, June 9Th. It is
known that negotiations toward q
third game have been going on and It
Is expected that some definite an
Inouncement will be made tomorrow
The teams have, played two games
each winning one and being the only
college teams 'undefeated by another
college team within the state their
playing should the game be arranged
will unquestionablyl settle the collegi.
ate championship for 1914. r.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-02

with the Board of Affairs was up
pointed. This committee will confer
relative to some very important laws
to be passed. 1t consists of Presi-
dent Carl Riggs. chairman. Council
men Ra1phsnyder, Watson, Helmick
and Smith.
Councilmen Kisncr'bpposcd the mp
pointing of SO many policemen who
will serve after July first when the
state goes dry Notwithstanding his
objections, the council con firmed the
appointment of all ofi,the new police
who reported for duty yesterday.
The newly named ordinance COM
mittee was instructed to take UP the
matter of extending the fire limit in
the First and Second words. z Y
The council adjourned for two
weeks and will meet again the third
Monday of the month.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-02

rarkersburg. W. Va.
ae2 Market,st.
clarksburg, w. Va.
31s Pike st.
Charleston. w. Va.
H. Capitol st.
HUNTINGTON. W. Va.
go ! I,l g ] s; So
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-02
What West Virginia Says.

MoRdANTowN. June Ell was
stated here today that II West Viz.
ginia University found the manage.
ment, of the Pittsburgh Collegians
baseball team could be2persuaded tc
cancel the game scheduled with West
Virginia for the coming Saturday. ar.
engagements would be completed with
Wesleyan College for the third and
deciding game between West Virginia
and Wesleyan, to be played at Fair
mont on Saturday, June 9Th. tits be-
ljeved here that the game will be ar;
ranged and will be played in Fair.
mont. IS