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safety First" Makes Progress

The most significant figures in the
Public Service Commissions report on
steam railroad fatalities in the year
ending with June relate to the smaller
number Of trcspassers killed and in
jured. In the preceding year 1903 per
sons having no business on the right
Of ways were killed, and 400 injured
The corresponding figures for 1914 were
34S and sos decrea Ses of 11.5 per cent
ana 40 per cent. respectively.
These reductions are due to the Of
forts Of the railroads to keep unauthor.
lied men and women away from their
tracks. n campaign To accomplish which
has been under way for several years
While II is commonly believed that
tramps and wanderers furnish the larg.
est contribution to these fatalities, the
fact is that they figure comparatively
iuconSpicuously in the totals, the great
majority Of the victims being residents
along the lines of the railroads who
use them as thoroughfares The roads
have endeavOrcd 10 have the laws
against treSpa ssing enforced. and TO
educate young and old To keep out Of
danger. The result Of these efforts is
reflected in the figures compiled by the
Public Service Commission.
One great difficulty encountered In
The prosecution of those who use the
railroad short cuts in preference TO the
highway has been the unwllingness
Of local magistrates TO punish rher
nelghhors for "doinG what they have
always done" This reluctance to en-
force the law Is being gradually ove--
come, and the practice Of using the
roldbeds ms footpaths Is slowly being
abandoned, as the shortening tally ~
lost lives testlfies
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OF the State in their varied activities.
The accomplishments Of the extraor-
binary session Of December, 1918, were
due to his Initiative and influence under
disheartening political conditions The
workingmen's compensation act In my
opinion h the best and the fairest law
upon the subject OF which have knowl-
edge. despite few provisions which in
practical experience may call for amend
ment. The criticisms made In Deem
Der. 1918. were wholly abandoned by
the Republican Assembly In 1914. when
It Joined in reenacting the law without
essential change. The passage Of this
law was due principally to the efforts
of Governor Glynn.
The limits OF the space which you arc
kline enough to accord to me forbid my
reference to more than one other Of the
official acts Of Governor Glynn. With
out his strenuous support the revision
OF our banking law would not have
taken shape as satisfactorily as that In
which its passage was secured by his
special message in the last days Of the
regular session Of 1914. The legitimate
banking interests throughout the state
and the vast body OF conhdng depos-
tors owe a debt of gratitude not only
to the Van Tuyl commission. led by
Mr.. Hepburn and Mr.. Bernhcimer. but
finally to Governor Glynn.
In summary it should be sufficient to
ask the intelligent people of this State
what 1t is that since November. 1913,
has transformed the Democratic party
from apparent hopelcssness to tie pres
ent condition Of expectancy OF success?
Surely It Is the admirable and public
spirited administration of Governor
Glynn.
"One good term deserves another"
FRANCIS LYNpE STETsoN.
New YORK, October 1.
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All Hands Need Rest: Let Com
gress Adjourn.

Mr. WILSON entered the White House
on March 1. 1913, and on April :. 1919,
the SiXty.third Congress, Democratic
in both houses began its first, an
extraordinary. session. That session
lasted until December /. 1919, when
the constitutional session began. the
second for the SiXtythird Congress.
This second session is still in progress.
The third. or short. session will begin,
under the Constitution. on December :.
1t will continue until March {. 1910,
when the SiNty-third Congress will
cea SO to he
Thus Congress has already been ia
session for seventeen months out Of
possible eighteen. with no sign of ad.
jOurnment, aud strong probability
that IL will sit continuously until the
close Of the period for which 1t was
Sixty-third Congress will have n record
Of sessions covering twentythree out
of n possible twenty-four months.
That the SiXty-thlrd Congress has
done n great deal of work will not he
denied. The quality Of its output is a
subject of dispute. But it's members
are entitled to rest; the country il
entitled 10 II rest; and no national in
terest Of importance would suffer II II
were TO adjourn to-day, postponing
until the short session all matters now
pending. Two months further delay in
the enactment or defeat of bills now on
the calendars would he Of no conse-
quence; events might in the meantime
so shape themselves as to render I'M
necessary some Of the proposed legiS-
lation. The latter consideration APP
plies particularly to the emergency tax
bill, which may eventually turn out not
70 he needed.
Let Congress rest Itself ana the ma
ton for the next eight weeks.
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"HaIcyon and yocifcrou> 6"

To THE EDITOR OF The SuH-Sr: I
am panied to observe that In an editorial
article in this mornings SUN you revive
the phrase "halcyon and vociferous."
once mistakenly ascrlbed to the late Hon.
Roscoe Conkling, a master OF good Eng
fish and quite incapable OF so absurd
a coupling OF adjectives. After Conklings
resignation from tho United States Senate
II Will be remembered that there was an
exciting struggle In the State Legislature
over the choice OF successors 10 MS scat
and that of Plat, both being candidates
for reelection Their opponents. support
ing Miller and Latham. held nightly
mass meetings on the streets OF Albany,
using powerful calcium lights to attract
the crowd. II was In alusion to this
that Mr.. Conkling I'm a subsequent speech
said he had been defeated by Calcium
luciferous methods" and some reporter,
hearing imperfcctly. changed this TO
"halcyOn arh vociferous methods an
error which Conkling felt II beneath his
dignity to correct and so let the public
laugh. OLD TIMER.
NEW YORK. September 80
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DR.. Dernburg 10 Mr.. Maurice Low,

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sfr: Mr..
Maurice A. Low says that the unpre-
parcdness OF Great Britain for the war Is
a sure sign OF her peaceful intentions.
Does Ir. Low not know that the British
feet had been modified ever since the
frst days OF July. long before any other
nation thought OF modifying, except the
Russians? Does he further not know that
the whole OF the English feet has for two
years been concentrated on the English
coast and I'm the North Sea. and that an
arrangement existed whereby the French
coast would be protected by English
forces, while in the Mediterranean English
interests We're 10 be safeguarded by the
French navy? Documentary proof Of this
is contained I'm the speech OF Sir Edward
Grey of August 2.
II Is not correct to say that the English
fleet happened TO be in home waters"
The English army, az every body knows
Is always on war footing. So the whole
force of England happened" to be mo-
billed when the war broke out.
May | add that none of the statements
that Mr.. Low imputes TO me In the first
paragraph OF his letter can he found in
any OF my writings: neither did I accuse
the English OF u number OF great crimes.
BERNHARD DEENBuRG.
NEW York, October l.
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TIfE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
,urOraI Exhibitions Coincid ept WITH
Greatest sun spot Times.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sfr. Mag
netic disturbances and auroras are init
mately related with sun spots often oc-
curing when large spot crosses the
suns meridian. and also having periods Of
greatest frequency which coincide roughly
with tho periods OF greatest sun spot fire.
quency While sun spots are very irregu-
lar az 10 rate OF appearance their number
Increases and dimlnishes through regu-
lar period OF HI years. AS the last
maximum was In l903-0i-o5 we should
now be entering another time OF maximum
occurrence with its attendant auroras our
recent passage through the minimum pc
Rod would account for their almost COM
plete disappearance.
I think the au~ral displays Jagged be-
hind AT the last maximum. coming most
often from 1903 TO 1909. The most beau
tlful one / ever saw was I'm October. 1908.
Why do we not read In the papers con-
corning the new maximum one OF the
largest spots, last time, occurred In 1903
WALTER W. HITLER
GAMRiEn, Ohio September 30.
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The shipments OF foodstuffs in neu.
trail bottoms from America to the neu-
trail ports of Holland are held by Great
Britain to be contraband and liable to
seizure II the ultimate destination is
alleged to be Germany.
This embarra ssing situation was
greatly improved yesterday by the an.
nouncement of triangular arrange
ment between our State Department,
the British Foreign Office and the
Netherlands Government. by which Eng
land agrees not TO seize such shipments.
In view of the fact that Holland. 10y a
general embargo on the expectation "
contraband. now agrees that American
foodstuffs shall not cross her frontiers
into Germany.
The practical effect of this under.
standing Is of the highest importance
International law and practice, how.
ever. undergo not the slightest mOdtl
cation. The question of "the contlnu.
Gus voyage" the theory that It Is the
ultimate destination and not the port
of landing that makes goods contraband
or not. remain Just what they have
always been. England has yielded
nothing Of the principle for which she
contends; principle, by the way, which
has been persistently and additionally
maintained by our own Government.
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WAR NEWS.
should Less Space he Given tn u by the
Newspapers?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str.
have read In this mornings SUN the inter-
views with Congressman In Washington
on the question OF more or less space for
war news. Put this up to the general
readers OF THE Sun and see what they
think about IL.
Personally should like to sec you
"cut OUT all the horrible details of the
butcheries, whether on one side or the
other. and all the awfulness of the war.
Then put the whole thing on the back pages
of the paper. I can SEQ no moro advan-
tage ~ be gained by the continued publ
cation of these narrowing stories than
there would be In printing the daily re-
ports of the horrible things that are hap
penng In the hospitals and insane asy-
luins II only serves to depress and thus
lessons our power to meet our own great
problems growing out of the war. The
first month We could not wait for the
various editions of the papers. but now.
at the beginning OF the third month. many
people are getting tired of It and are
wondering n this is to be kept up for an
other six months.
II the publication OF these stories were
necessary TO educate us to see tho evils
OF war; or n we could. by reading them,
be so inspired that wo should be able TO
help prevent these terrible things, that
would be justification for keeping US CON
tlnually narrowed up but we are abso-
lutely and pathetically impotent There
Is only one man In this country who has
the slightest power In this matter, and
that is the President OF the United states,
who speaks for the whole American peo-
pie. and he does not need any narrowing
up" or any mass meetings to convince
him that the American people arc against
this war But that is another subject
II. VI. EARLY.
Nryy yopv sap-eu,her an
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The Free Market Experiment

Notwithstanding favorable com.
parative table Of prices. the question
of the free public markets opened by
the Borough OF Manhattan Is neither
simple nor settled. There are other
elements IN 1t besides that of mere
price. The soundness of the policy
which leads community IN compete
with its own component members or
which gives facilities to outsiders 10
do this must always be open Ia dis
pute, There is such thing rs caus-
ing poverty with one hand while al
levlatinR II with the other, aud the
wisdom Of such proceeding Is at
least doubtful.
We are far from saving or thinking
that the municipal market has no place
in the scheme of things The expert.
ment which Borough President MARKS f.,
trying Is both interesting and instruc-
tive. Free public markets may prove
To have a permanent importance as a
check on private dealers, AS stlmu-
liant TO fair trading. But the proper
limits OF the work must not be lost
sight Of In a burst of enthusiasm over
superficial results. ANY attempt Ia
push the idea on the grand scale would
be revolutionary In Its effects on the
city's business aud most likely dis
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To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sr. Per
NIT me to reply to Native" whose lester
appeared in THE SIN OF September 20.
He attacks hyphenated citizens and quotes
the action OF President Wilson and the
language used by him at the dedication
OF the monument to Commodore Barry at
Washington. Native" says:
The President told the proud Irish Amer
lean" contributors that with their permission
he would address them a. Americans
The President forgot and perhaps Ma
tive" does not know that Barry was a
hyphenated American and boldly said so
when az Captain in command OF tho AL
lance returning from Cuba no was at
tackled by an English squadron, The Cap
tain Che was not Commodore until later)
attacked and disabled the sloop Syhll, and
being asked who he was answered by
phenatedly:
The United States ship Alliance, Saucy
Jack Barry. half Yankee and half Trlshman.
Who are your
At a later date, It seems to me- the
hyphenated were welcomed by the mar
tyred Lincoln when he gave permission 10
organize an Irish brigade.
A HAPPY, CoNTENTED HYPHENArED CITI-
ZEN.
BROOKLYN, September 30,
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WILLS AND APPRAISALS.

Tour HArr. who died scptemher f-'
had no viii, but left an estate "t
than $4,000 to three sons and a''.
ter
JACOB n. VoN OLnAUsEN, who dies .
temher /, left more than S7oo'" '''
gave one-third Of hts estate to 7.H "
Emily c. Olhau.en, and the REMAND,
sons and daughters He held tho hn'F
the stock of the Commonwealth ".
Company owner OF the Irv'ue r'
apartments, Cathedral P1rk"eH -C7 N'-
sterdam avenue,
AMOS H. CALEF. who died Septemh'- III.
and was secretary and treasurer OF '."
Missouri Pacific Railroad and assoc'af.
IN the railroad enterprises Of the lnt" ~
Gould. left an estate OF more than $1,000
In personal property 10 his wife = 20
$. Calef OF Seabrght ~ j.
ABRAHAM SoNDERE. who died in BROOK
lyn on May 20 last, left his entire estate
Sl73,9O2, 46, to his wife, Emma T. SH.
dern of 80 Park street, MOutc.a'r. y. J
Edwin HoI LowAY, who died Sgpt"'
her q last, by his will, hlcd yesterday '
Brooklyn. left his S33,000 estate To h'
wife. Ann Holloway
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MANY HEIRS IN Won POST WILL.
shipping Man Left s2,3o2'oe7--
Numerous Relatives Remembered.

Herman C. Won Post. partner OF t'.
late Gustav II. Schwab IN the firm
Oelrichs & CO., agents for the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Line, left an estate
valued at S2,3O2,6S7. He died on Oct"'''
10 last Mr.. Schwab died on No'eW' ''
l6. 1912, less than u year before his p.''.
ner, and left an estate OF s657.0G5. Af'r'
the death of Mr.. Won Post, who was uHo -
Of Mr. Schwah the business 81 OolrsH-
Co. was carried on by Mr.. Schwabs s'M
Gustav Schwab.
Mr. Won Post In his will gave f72'l'
each to nineteen Eephews and ric.cs. ''"
children Of deceased sisters. i.'.'
nephews got s291G6 each Five r'
nephews got s3S7O9 each and three ot.
s26473 each The following Gift
situations were made; Church iu 'ar ~
Communion and ST Luke's Hospital
600 each Shelteriug Arms, $4,000.
the Association for lmprov0E 'H'
dition OF the Poor, the Charity '"t''
ton Society, the American G"'rra.
Society. the Society Of St J0h' l''
the House Of Rest for ConsuWNtN'..
600 zach.
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MAGISTRATE HELPS DEAF MUTE.
Mr.. Barlow First Fines Him, Then
Pays Fare Home.

After fuing a deaf and dumb man 81
for begging for enough money to take him
to Albany, where he has friends. Magis-
trate Barlow yesterday paid the mans
fare to Albany and despatched a police
man with him TO see that he got aboard
the boat safely.
William Levy had the man arrested
yesterday when he entered his store at
- West Twenty sixth street and handed
him written request for money to take
him to Albany. Lieut.. George Quacken-
hos, who speaks seven tongues and I'M
derstands Indian signs and the deaf and
dumb languages, was called from Police
Headquarters to interpret The man said
he was Sol Marks, % years old
Quackenbos appealed to the Magistrate
not 10 send Marks 10 the workhouse, az he
said the suffering of "A deaf mute unable
10 communicate with any of the other
prisoners was equivalent TO solitary con-
finement.
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Tho KaIser's Iron Cross.

/ see he the pa-apers
Thot Wilyim the Greater
Wild horrible minshin
OF mankind's Creator,
Goes into the hospitals
Good oulh Dutch Moses
Wid some we'll chosen Wurruds
He sthops be cot,
Phwere a poor lad Is 'yin',
An Avs thot the bosses
RRygrit thot he's dyin',
An to aise his lasht breath,
AS he goes to his resht
Shure An Iron Cross Is pinned
10 inc p'aNo p"'N" "'e'H''
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From ne NeWriHr, Pa VALLEY 7.mss
O G. Stun and wife spent the day at ship
pensburg.
Miss Gertrude orrs spent = day with
Miss Mary GoodhArt
Miss Emma Sprout spent day with Miss
Martha Swler.
Harry Brets and wife spent a day al the
home OF Michael perr.
Mrs. Andy Warner Of Bloserville spent a
DAY with Miss Mary McKeehan.
Thomas Hays and wife Of Newviie spent
a day with Miss Mary McKeehan.
Mrs. Thomas OF Steelton Is spending sons
time Al tho home Of W. A. Throne
Roy Fry and wife spent an evening at
hI home
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DEGREES or COMMANDMENT.
Tho burning Of Washington No Parallel
to the Attack on Rheims Cathedral.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Mr..
Charles Thompson in letter in THE SUN
on Degrees OF Barbsrity" says:
Neither the bo1nbardment Of the Parthe-
non nor the destruction OF the Rheims
Cathedral can exceed the sacking OF wash
ington and the burning OF the national
Capitol by the British In the war Of 1912.
Washington was not sacked. and the
fires were put out the damage was not
great. Mr.. Madison had prepared ban
duet for forty guests, supposing that the
invaders would be repulsed. This ban
quet was eaten by the enemy.
Inasmuch as New England was OPP
POSED to the war the British Government
thought that II the seat OF Government
was transferred from the Potomac to New
England the war might be ended hence
the expedition up the Potomac to burn
Washington.
General Ross, brought up In the hui
name school OF the Duke OF Wellington,
was reluctant to apply the torch, but ow-
ing to the insstence OF Admiral Cock
burn that they should obey orders, some OF
the public buildings were fred Even n
Washington had been totally razed, which
II was not in the least, the injury could
have been easily repaired Everything
there was brand new and In process OF
building. The damage to Louvain and
Rheims is irreparablc; II Is not local
loss but a loss to the whole world
crime that cannot be expiated
Sir Harry Smith says IN his "Memoirs';
Sun,cs II to saw We licked the Yankees
and took their guns with lose OF upward
Of 500 men. whereas Coborne would have
done the same thing with probably loss
~ forty or ffty, and We entered Washington
FOR the bsrbarous purpose OF destroying the
city.
Gt,,Ngh AAlg hnr he AAg-
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NO RECEIVER FOR THE KRUPPS.
British Creditors Request Denied
by London Judge.

LoNnoN, Oct IA British creditor who
applied to the High Court for n receiver
for the assets OF the German gun making
firm IN England was told to-day that the
request cannot he granted. He received
permission To appeal.
The court said that the assets, amount
ing to SlOOOo0O could not be transferred
TO Germany under present conditions and
that the creditor Is therefore safe. His
counsel suggested that the shares might
be transferred to an American firm and
then turned back 10 the Krupp company
after the war, hut the court did not agree
with this view
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THREE MAIL SHIPS TOMORROW.
Philadelphia. Espagne and Ducn
d'Aosta 10 Cross Atlantic.

No steamship taking mail to Europe
will sail to-day. Tomorrow three liners
will depart with European mail The
Philadelphia Of the American Line, sail
ing at noon for Liverpool. will take mail,
closinl; at the General Post Office at $40
A. NJ. for all parts OF Europe Except
Germany. Austria, Hungary and LuXem-
burg). Africa. Western Asia and the East
indies.
The French liner Espagne. sailing for
Havre, will take mail for France, Rumania,
Bulgaria, Servia, Switzerland Spain.
Portugal. Turkey, Egypt, Greece. British
India. British East Africa, Siam, Malta
Gibraltar, Ceylon. Straits Settlements.
Dutch East Indies. West Australia. Per
STA and other countries except Germany,
Austria, Hungary and Luxemhurg.
The Duca a Aosta, sailing for Naples.
will carry mail for Germany. Austria,
Hungary and other countries except Lux
emburg when specially addressed
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Colonel N O. OsBoRH's Journal
Courier calls New Haven the city beau
tiful OF the Acorn State" The beauty
OF New Haven nobody will deny. Even
II 1t had no other pulchrtudlnous public
monument than Colonel OSBORN its place
In the book Of beauty would be high.
But who or what has changed the i'm
memorial Nutmeg into "Acorn"2
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astrous. II must not be forgotten that
in an organized community every one
lives on every one else, and no scheme
which favors one class at the expense
Of another can finally be Of advantage
to any one.
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The Princeton football management
has decided TO number It's players in
the game with Bucknsll on Saturday
Princeton Is always inclined to be pro-
gressive. hut was never more so than n
this football season. Numbers naturally
go with the initiative and dash OF the
open game When n player distln-
gulshes himself the spectators should
know his name.
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To rHn EplToH or THs SUs--Sr: on this
farm where am staying a hen to-day laid
an egg which measures eight inches around
lengthwise and six inches in gIrth and
weighs one quarter OF pound. Pretty good
for a Cstsklll Mountain hen
RoNBUuY. September 81. A NJ SHorI.
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Assuming that the complaints which
led to the investigation into the Munich
pal Civil Service Commission are as
ridiculous as Mayor mitchell says they
are. why should anybody object 10 the
inquiry?
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As incontesta Bile proof that England
wanted war all the time and was se-
cretly preparing for II long before the
crisis occurred may be cited tho fact
that the English Ambassador dismissed
his female German cook on July 80. Ave
days before war was Observation-Disclosures
Lokaldnsei0or.
Is not the dismissal Of the cook sus-
ceptible OF the explanation that she was
at war with Sir EDWARD GoscHEN and
refused TO surrender?
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DID NOT TREAT WITH GERMANS.
VI. woeste Denies He Conferred In
BeIgium's Behalf.

Npf'IU tuOTf UfSp0fCF 70 TnF NTN
PARIS, oct M Woestc a member of
the Belgian Parliament, who was reported
to have acted az intermediary between
the Belgian Government and Gen. Won de-
Goltz, the German Governor of Belgium
when Germany proposed special arrange
nSsnts with the city Of BRUSSELS denies
that he ever. directly or indirectly, saw
Won der Goltz or any other German ON
cial or ever wrote to chem or received a
mission OF any sort from them
He refuses however, to tell the pur-
pose OF his recent visit 10 Antwerp.