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The City's Pensions.

Chaotic Is apparently the only word
that adequately describes the condi-
ton Of the various pension funds main
tanned for city employees. II is not to
be wondered at. Most Of the funds had
their origin years ago in unscientific
efforts to provide disability and retire
ment pay for departments employing
smaller numbers of men than are now
on the rolls, and the mana cement was
Entrusted To officials whose training
did not fit them to handle the funds
wisely and whose duties left them lit
tie time to devote to the development of
the pension systems.
In the Police Department partlcu-
larry retirement on pension has offered
a practicable way for Kidding the force
Of men adjudged undesirable by the
administration OF the moment. It
might be difficult to sustain charges
warranting dismissal In cases where It
was easy to induce or compel man to
retire; therefore he went on the pen
sion list. increasing it's expenditures
when he should have been kept al WORT,
or else cut OFF from the force entirely.
Badly planned. carelessly or ignorantly
administered and generally abused,
only one fate could overtake them and
1t has befallen them.
reasonable and sensible thing
would be to create n bureau in the
Finance Department for their manage
ment. put each on business basis. and
conduct them with some regard TO the
statistics that might be got by any
competent actuary. To do this would
not be difficult therefore It probably
will not be done.
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swingl Ing Around the Circle.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. 1t is
to be hoped the tentative announcement
that President Wilson Is contemplating
arrangements for a stump Speaking tour
will not bear favorable fruit. There are
certain dignities and proprleties attached
to the Presidential office, and 1t Is TO be
hoped President Wilson will regard them.
He may think some political matters to be
OF the greatest Importance, and that he
personally can be influential In arranging
them. He Is mistaken. The people do not
want peregrlnating President. Presi-
dent Wilson was elected to stay In the
White House and there he should remain.
and surely the duties there are strenuous
enough to require undivided attention.
He has a Chautauquan associate who
has given the country surfeit of stump
oratory to the detriment of the public SER
vice and no good 20 the country.
NEW YORK, May 30. Il. I. w.
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APPEALS IN CRIMINAL CASES.
A Proposal 70 Limit Them Declared
Unsafe and Unwise.

|
70 rhh EDITOR OF iHs SuN--sr! sln'
cerey nope that IL VIII De a long time De.
..re suggestion mace IN IHE ouN VI
Way AZ IN connection with the Becker
Ease IL adopted. IL was as follows APP
pears aiter second convection Tor the
same crime shouId be aooilsned excep,
Wnere new ana important evidence II
prouuceo'
Ihere are matters OF law and proceed.
ure connected with every criminal trlal
OF as grave Importance to the proof OF
critne as the evidence ITSELF matters Oh
more Importance to society than TO the
prisoner at bar, and one OF these Is that
a trial OF one accused OF crime shall pro-
coed, to use the words OF the Court OF
appeals In Westervet W.. Gregg, IL ~.
Y" 3O9. defining due process of law. "ac-
oording to those rules and forms which
nave been established for the protection
OF private rights -
The abolition OF the right. OF appeal
from wrongful procedure after second
or tenth trial would be most unwise and
unsafe until we reform the system by
which we place upon the trial bench
Judges united by temperament or learn
ing for the position, and until we adopt
y system OF choosing Judges that will
leave us confident OF the result at the
end OF trial.
There has been disposition to criticise
t' reNcrsai W the Hrst becNer conNc-
ton, but the logic OF the courts opinion
In that case Is unanswerable. II was re-
versed because 1t merlted reversal under
the law. and the result was no surprise
to those who followed the conduct or the
trial II was or greater Importance TO
society that II should be annulied than
that several Beckers be electrocuted. II
Will be a sorry day when our appellate
courts are Influenced TO mould their opin-
ions by any light other than the law.
which represents the will OF the majority
30 long as II Is the law. or In response
to public clamor which does not neces-
sarily represent that will or wish.
That reforms are needed all will admit
Quicker answers ~ criminal appeals are
needed and there is clear and logical
course to that end. The present burden
or work upon the New York Court OF
Appeals Is such that quick answers to
any appeal are impossible. The court
has not now the time to consider prop
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rate case may be subject TO certain dis
tinctions from the so-called tap lines.
but In the main IL would appear that
the Supreme Court has precluded any
endeavor by the commission to bring
the industrial plant lines In the East
under a general rule which would IA
cilitate the issuance OF orders intended
to vote money directly from the treas
uries Of Industrial corporations to the
treasures Of the trunk lines.
Although the Supreme Court was
very careful to expound the power Of
the Commerce Commission TO make par
ticular rules regarding allowances and
Joint rates and the like In the case Of
particular plant lines, the exercise Of
this power is something vastly different
from the exercise of power which Mr..
BRANDEIs has advocated and the com.
mission has favored. II has all along
been q question II any substantial and
early relief could he extended TO the
Eastern railroads by changes in the
category Of service charges mt plant
lines and the like. Various State com
missions have already begun to place
obstacles In the way and 1t was certain
that industrial companies would test
In the courts orders by the commission
embodying the Brandeis scheme.
Now comes the Supreme Court with
an opinion which seems calculated TO
restrict the commission In the Eastern
rate case to decision very largely
confined to the matter of the general
rate increa seq sought. n this is so the
chances of commission findings favor.
able to the petition Of the Eastern
railroads look vastly improved. Also
II would seem that the Supreme Court
decision should hasten action in the
Eastern rate case.
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The Langley Tandem Aeropiane in
Flight.

In making brief fight at Lake
Keuka In the Langley aeroplane Mr..
GLENN CURTIss has proved that the
fabric can be driven through the air by
Its own motor. with an experienced
aviator conducting the experiment
When the Langley machine launched
from platform, fell into the Potomac
on December s, 1903, it failed evidently
because there was no man of the type
OF CURTIss to manipulate the planes.
Professor LANGLEY, then, unable to OBJ
tain another appropriation, abandoned
his hobby on the very threshold Of
success.
But let II not be forgotten that the
Wright brothers on December II, 1903,
nine days after the catastrophe near
Washington, made four flights IN a
motor driven biplane at Kitty Hawk,
North Carolina, one Of them of half a
mile in brisk wind. Their two plane
aeroplane, one plane above the other,
bore no resemblance to Professor LANG
LEY's tandem plane flying machine. Nor
"t'N thV lidhNS ubhS III
To quote from description obtained
from Mr.. WILBUR WRIGHT in 1908:
LANGLEY and other expermenters had
favored wings set AT a dIhedral angle
that Is, each slaDtinG upward from the
centre where they Joined. They hoped
to secure stable equilibrium. We be-
lieved that this device would work well in
/ Sti nj httt hat Ia ha a
air Of outdoors 1t would add to the danger
' OF turning over. We curved our
wings down a little at the tips, after the
fashion Of the soaring gull--a rough
weather bird They were made
of cloth fixed to two rectangular wooden
frames, fastened one above the other by
wooden braces and wires. The cloth sur
| faces were arched by ribs between these
| frames to secure the curved surfaces
of birds wings. which LILIENTHAL had
shown were essential TO the best results
| In flying"
The WRIGuTs had been gliding in hi
plane fabrics for three years at Kitty
Hawk before they added n motor and
made successful mechanical flights.
Their purpose was to solve the problem
Of equilibrium, II 1t were possible. for
unless the airman could cop'rive to bal
ance his artificial wings II would be fu-
tile to attempt to drive the fabric with
n motor. Previously, In 1895, Professor
LANGLEY had kept steel and alumni
mum structure in the air for about two
minutes with small steam engine. but
there was nobody aboard. He himself
did not originate the idea OF motor
for flying machine. BY the time the
WRIGUTs thought they had mastered
the equilibrium problem n gasolene mo-
tor was available for their final expert.
ments. Undoubtedly the brothers drew
some inspiration from Professor LANG
LEY's designs and experiments, as they
did from LiLiEEptiAL's persistent flights
with his gllders they also read the
Acronauticdl Annual industriously. and
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The Million Men.

And are these they for whom the world
stood st!ll
Breathless with awe, through those
h.roio days
Which on the page OF history burn and
blaze,
Whose ashes still hold fires that leap and
thrill?
And are these they. white with the SHOWS
OF time.
who hear with trembling hands the flag
they love,
Yet scarce can raise Its glorious folds
above
Whose deeds are sung In poets proudesr
rhyme?
All. but behind them march million men,
Whom Sherman, Sheridan and Grant
still lead;
Each deathless captain. with his gallant
steed,
IL marching on to victory again.
Ghosts are these living, marching men,
one with the mighty dead.
For them the requiems have been sung,
the words OF praise been said.
NINETrH NJ. LowATDR.
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A "COPPER"" KING.
His Gloom when President OF the North.
ern Pacific.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-SI: I
noticed in THE SUNS stock market re-
view the other day the comment that one
OF the causes influencing to hesitation
and stagnation in the stock market was
the testimony OF Mr.. Mellen In respect to
the New Haven matter. The article went
on TO say that Wall Street had n long
memory, as II recalled that Il dozen years
ago or thereabout Mr.. Mellen had given
out very gloomy Interview In respect
to the future OF Northern Pacific, OF which
he was then the president and that the
Street therefore did not take kindly 70
his utterances now because OF their possl-
BILE blighting effect.
May | say to you that Wall Streets
memory does not appear TO be as long as
It might be? II 1t went back TO the time
of that Northern Pacific Interview, and I
recall II very well, since II was I who
obtained the interview from Mr.. Mellen
when I was one OF the financial editors OF
the New York Times. Il would remember
that any one who had "coppered" that
interview would have made n fortune
At the time OF Mr.. Mellens lugubrious
utterances Northern Pacific stock was SELL
ing In the neighborhood OF forty-nine N
nifty. Almost Immediately upon the pub
LEGATION OF the interview II declined "A
point or two, following which. after a
period of hesitation and, as II later APP
peared, quiet accumulation OF the stock
by strong interests. II gradually but none
the less persistently climbed higher and
higher, nor ever returned even to within
battling distance of the low figure At
which II stood when Mr.. Mellen was so
STEPPED In gloom.
am not questioning Mr. Mellen's good
faith in the statements he made In that
memorable interview. I am merely re-
calling that his pessimism marked the low
water period not alone OF Northern P3ci-
Gtn an al u
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The Observations OF q shinsie Manu-
facturer.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sir;
am a shingle manufacturer in northern
New Jersey. In normal times all the
male citizens OF the village are In my
employ-about 800 all told. To-day
employ eleven, just to keep the ma
chinery moving. The others sit around
waiting for work. and every day they
ask me what is tho matter with
business.
When the papers arrived this morn
ing containing the Presidents remarks
to those $4,000 Illinois manufacturers
I went out in front of the factory and
read to the crowd OF unemployed that
their troubles were purely psychology
cal. My former superintendent said he
couldn't feed his family on psychology
cal bread.
You wouldn't dare print what the
others said, nor what think.
HENRY PIERCE DAVIS.
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II it were possible to have identical
divorce laws In all the States there
would be no difficulty in getting an
amendment TO the Constitution and a
Federal law, As II happens, the ideals
of different sections OF the country are
so widely diverse that there is no pres
ent hope or prospect OF bringing them
together on any common ground. Such
efforts as those of the Presbyterian Cen
eral Assembly toward uniformity and
rgidity will no doubt have their effect
ultimately but It is Utopian to think
that South Carolina can be induced to
grant divorces or some Of our Western
States to limit them because of any
mere ethical appeal. The divorce prob
lem is one which will have to demon
strate its own solution In the light of
long experience.
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they made a constant study Of flying
birds. What they owed 10 the example
Of Professor LANGLEY Mr.. ORvILLE
WRIGHT could tell, no doubt; but 1t
would be ungenerous to deny the
brothers credit for Independent investi-
cation and for testing their ideas at
the risk Of their lives. ',r.
II Professor LANGLEY took out no
patents, as II IL said. there can be no
question Of infringement, nor appar-
emily can there be any question that in
the construction OF the lying machine
Professor LANGLEY and the WDsHT
brothers were using different designs
for their planes TO secure equilibrium
and stability, 1t was pathetic trag,
edy that LANGLEY was obliged to absn-
don his experiments. of many years
when he had actually produced prsc-
tlcable motor driven flying machine. as
Mr.. GLENN CuETrss has now proved I;
but 50 had the WEIGHTS about the same
time, and theirs was success when
tried at Kitty Hawk. May 1t be said
without disrespect to the memory OF
the eminent scientist SAMUEL p. LANG
LEY, whose services 10 aeronautics were
80 valuable, that Mr.. CuRTIss's short
fight at Keuka Lake did not demon
strate that the tandem aeroplane held
the promise Of being superior as a
model to the Wright biplane.
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The acquittal Of the young fiend
GANISI, who murdered his teacher In
cold blood to crafty his vengeful pas
sions, is an act OF mawkish weakness
which disgraces the administration OF
justice in this State. The youth was
naturally vicious. 1t Is true, but there
was ample demonstration that he fully
appreciated the nature and consequences
of his crime. For this young man and
others of his type confinement in Matte
avian has no terrors. His fate Is in fact
an encouragement to murder. Life will
never be safe from the III disposed In
this community so long as Juries take
such q sickly sentimental view Of their
duties.
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human plans become az futile as the
contrivances Of childhood.
But Of course the struggle against
evil fate must go on. The only lamen-
table profit that can be drawn from such
occurrences Is the study of some new
principle Of safety, something new in
equipment that will minimize disaster.
At least the facts bear out the posi-
ton Of the United states experts who
studied the. wreck Of the Titanic IN
insisting on plenitude Of life saving
apparatus regardless Of all minor con-
siderations.
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II is n significant fact that women are
much more sensible about clothes than
men.-Assistun Sur0eon-General RUcKER
Of the Public Health Service.
Clothes in hot weather the doctor
means, and he Is right. Women wear
as little clothing as the law permits,
but men continue to dress themselves
In wool and shoddy when cotton. and
mighty little of II. should be their only
covering. II does not add to the sanity
of their performance that their sex
makes the fashions for women.
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Deny enphatically the report that
President HUERTA has fed from Mexico.
He Ii in this city. and nothing IL the
matter with him.--Statement by EsTEvA
RUE, Secretary Of Foreign Relations.
\ dictator who walks about the
streets OF the capital, has himself
shaved in n barber shop and drinks tea
in a public restaurant must read with
cynical amusement the daily stories of
his disappearance from his usual haunts
to flee in terror of his life to Vera Cruz
or Puerto Mexico.
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The Loss of the Empress of Ireland.

II is hardly more than two years
since the Titanic calamity cast a pail
over the seagoing season Of 1912 at its
inception. Now comes the tragedy of
the ST. Lawrence In which from $50 to
1000 men and women are hurried into
eternity through an ordinary mischance
Of navigation. In many respects the
two calamties bear striking resem-
blance. The distinction between them
is chiefly as to degree.
In the case OF the Titanic every cir
cumstance was superlative: the unusual
character of the mishap, the newness
and the greatness of the ship, the high
standing Of the principal victims In
fame and fortune and public service,
the appalling number of the dead.
Every detail tended TO give the event
grandiose character; the story did not
thrill, 1t stunned the imagination.
The Empress of Ireland was also a
modern wonder ship: Queel Of the Fleet
they called her. She differed from the
Titanic In that she was familiar with
the ocean highway and had traversed
1t with assured safety again and again.
But she was new ship also, new In
the sense that she possessed everything
that the most modern skill in design
and cunning execution could lavish
upon her. She too carried as her pas
sengers company of notables, men and
women of high standing and world ser
vice Some there were whose names
awaken sentiment Of personal regard
among the people Of this country.
There are some things about the ca
lamity which are not easy to under
stand The mere fact Of the collision
will doubtless he the subject Of search
ing investigation. 1t may have been
the result of pure mischance or 1t may
have been due to careless nav gntion by
one or both Of the ships involved. But
the frightful proportion of lives lost
TO the total on the sunken ship seems
hard to explain II the best use were
made Of the means Of safety at hand.
The Empress of Ireland, 1t Is true,
did not float for agonizing hours like
the llldIllC' sue Suhh III tNtu'y hhih
utes. But in twenty minutes much can
he accomplished by men trained and
disciplined TO do one certain thing in
an emergency. The passengers were In
their statcrooms when the crash came,
but what was there In the conditions to
prevent them from reaching the boat
decks in few minutes? A few may
have been trapped or injured by the
collision itself but surely not any great
number.
In view Of the probable provision for
accident and the enormous loss Of life
Notwithstanding the most dlshearten-
ing significance of the dire event is its
bitter proof Of the futility Of human
precautiou. The Titanic lesson is still
close enough to be uncea slngly in the
minds Of mariners, especially In criti-
cal hours such as the passage through
dense fog in narrow waters. The
ship was unquestionably equipped with
boats and all other life saving appara-
tus to the fullest limits of efficiency.
An hour before the catastrophe the
owners, the agents, the captain assnr-
cdly would have said that everything
human ingenuity could devise had been
| done 10 make serious loss Of life i'm
possible, Yet when the moment OF des-
tiny comes even the most mature Of
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JUDGE GEORGE GRAY RESIGNS.
Jurist's Action Is said to he Due IA
His Advanced Age.

WILMINGTON. Del. May 2s.-Judge
George Gray OF the United States Cir
cult Court resigned to-day after serving
more than fourteen years on the bench.
1t Is understood that the step was
prompted by the 1urlsts advanced years
He was u years old on March 4.
WAsHIN GroN, May 29---The news OF
Judge Gray's retirement from active SER
vice on the bench aroused much interest
at the Capitol particularly among Selt-
tors, many OF whom knew him personally
and served with him in the Senate. SEN
ator Salisbury said that he had not been
advised beforehand that Judge Gray
purposed to retire ut this time.
Among tho members OF the bar IN
Delaware the retirement was expected
and quite number of lawyers have al
ready written Senator salisbury indoTs-
ing jude Victor h. Wooley OF the Dola'
ware Supreme Court. Senator Saulsbury
spoke highly OF Judge Wooley. but dd
not indicate that he would indorse hin
for the place Judge william VI. Boyoe
also of the Delaware Supreme Court, has
been indorsed for the appointment nl'
the indications are that the Delaware del,
egstion will finally unite In support OF
Judge Wooley.
Judge Gray. who was born in New Cas-
tie. Del, was graduated at Princeton
In 1859 and afterward studied law a.
Harvard. He was Attorney General ~
Delaware from 1879 to 1885 and was
United States Senator from Delaware
from 1885 to 1887 to I'LL the unexp,rr'
term of Thomas r. Bayard when the lh'-
ter was appointed Secretary or stat
Judge Gray was continued as Senalo
from 1887 10 1899. when he was appoU''u
Circuit Judge. .,
Judge Gray was urged several I'M
to become a candidate for the Democt"t0
Presidential nomination. but declIh,,I
He was a gold standard Democrat ~
was a member OF the Peace Cominiss'o'
sent to Paris to settle the Spansh'Aln'
lean war, was chairman or the comm.
cite coal strike In 1909 and was hp
pointed a member OF the Hague 'ou''
of Arbitration In 1900.
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II In far better to battle In lukewarm
water in summer than In cold.-Public
Health Service ddpioe to the public.
No fear OF any one who draws his
water supply from a roof tank in a
New York hotel or apartment house
violating this injunction,
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". G. University President au'"

RALEIGH, n. c.. May 29,--Preslu'',
Francis z. Venable of the University
North Carolina sent his resignation w."
London to-day. DIR. NenaDlc "'''"'
pr.sld.nt fourteen years ago 4 break.
down last year caused him to take q 'ou'
abroad.
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An Y, r, q.

To rms EDITOR OF The suS--SU: The Up,
per sandusky Union. Republican carries tbs
name OF Finfuu Fowler aS a member OF ths
Board OF Education. Jcss Hsssf HAisss.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. May 27
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London once. Effingham House. I ArundC
street Strand.
Paris once, Rue de la Michodiere. OF
Rue du Quatrc septembre.
Washington once. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn once. los Livingston street
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Has the New Tariff Made Summer suits
CheaDer:

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Has
any one been able to get a cheaper sum-
mer suit on account OF the reduction In
the tarf? MORE LIoHT.
New YORK, May 80.
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It Is q year since the unwilling, under
the auspices OF the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. OF tablet concentrating the
services of DR.. s. =. LANGLEY to avia-
ton: token OF a recent general recog-
milton, In at least the upper circles OF
science here and abroad, Of the value OF
his labors.-The Ereniro Post.
Indeed. II might even be said. in the
very highest circles.
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Found in Sing Sing Prison.

Prom the sing Sing Star Of Hone.
Found, photograph, a tintype OF a
young girl. owner may secure 1t by apply
ing to the editor In chief.
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" our friends uho fdror as trih manuscripts
and Illustrations for Publication toish 10 haze
rejected articles returned they must IN all cases
senf stamps for that purpose