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The authenticity of the interview Mt
Vera Cruz with Senior EsTEvA RUIZ,
formerly acting Minister of Foreign
Relations, In which he says that Gen
eral HuERTA is about to relinquish the
provisional Presidency in favor of DIR.
FRANCISCO CARBAJAL. now Minister OF
Foreign Relations, may not be open to
question, but no one knows General
HUERTA's intentions except himself. lie
Is still dictator. and he has changed
his Cabinet officers so often there is no
assurance that Dr. CARBAJAL will not
tlrement. 1t Is not to he denied, how
ever. that this learned gentleman en-
joys the respect of Constitutionalist
leaders and would make n respectable
figure as II compromise candidate IL
they were willing to accept anybody
associated with the old Dlaz regime
This. however. they have never shown
Il disposition to do. II they could re-
ceive guarantees that Dr. CARnAJA AL
would turn over his office to Governor
CARRANzA, or preferably to civilian
who had had no connection with the
insurgent army, an armistIce, to be fol-
lowed by entry into the city of Mexico,
might he arranged. but this is too much
to hope for as neither side trusts the
other.
That the Constitutionalists have only
to press their advantage in the field To
triumph by force of arms is now ad-
mitted by HUERTA's partisans even by
his personal associates. II is this view
of the situation that lends plausibility
to the statement OF Senior RUIZ. Gen
eral HUERTA could doubtless keep up
his resistance until san Luis potosi
and perhaps Queretaro fell. hut any
day railroad communication with Vera
Cruz and Puerto Mexico may now he
cut off. He must soon have to choose
between going down literally sword IN
hand or making his escape to the pro-
lection of II foreign man-ofwar. As
for the Constitutional they have
only to fear dlssension in their own
ranks. Probably nothing hut the con
summation of their campaign by entry
into the city of Mexico would satisfy
them.
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qulrcd to take an advance course In
seaplanc and land work, at the end of
which, II rated efficient, he will be ap-
pointed II Flight Lieutenant, with pay
Of Lieutenant in the navy.
Naval officers detailed to the flying
corps will serve for four years, and
certain number Of them who show SUI
pcrlor skill will be preferred for the
higher ranks. But in such dangerous
work as aviation the more daring and
skilful. whether they come from the
navy or from civil life, will logically
90 to the top. Officers who are not
selected for Wing Captain. Wing Com
mandcr. Squadron Commander or
Flight Commander will return to their
ordinary duties in the fleet at the end
Of four years, but they may subse-
quently be detailed TO the Air Ser
vice. Seniority is not to figure in
promotion. merit ruling.
As young men make the best avla-
tors the Royal Naval Air Service offers
high rank and good pay to men who
would find promotion at sea compare.
lively slow. \ Wing Captain will re.
ceivc about So day, Wing Com
mander $40, n Squadron Commander
81. and a Flight Commander S4.25.
These officers and all others. although
coming from civil life. will be able to
write Il. y. after their names and claim
a professional equality with men of the
same rank in the seagoing service. Me-
chanics who understand the construc.
ton and operation Of aeropanes will be
engaged, those of the first grade re.
ceiving almost as good pay as that of
Il Flight Lieutenant, which Is at present
50 day.
The reorganization on an ambitious
scale Of the aerial service OF the navy.
ON which great deal of money Is
being spent, indicates a design on the
part of the Government to make Eng
land mistress Of the sea as we'll as OF
the air. Germany as well ms France
Is to be challenged. Unfortunately for
the United States 1t Is not regarded
as potential rival, and justly so. con.
sidering that Congress refuses to take
aviation seriously.
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WOMEN WON'T SPOIL JUNKET
Two Chicago Commissions Here, hut
They Don't Mix.

Commissioners appointed by the city
Council OF Chicago for the purpose -
studying the railway terminal systems
in European cities arrived at the Hotel
Biltmore yesterday and will sail to-day
on the Lusitanla. Among the twenty
commissioners are John +. wallace, Blon
J. Arnold and Walter L. Fisher.
Yesterday afternoon the commissioners
called upon Mayor Mitchell, They were
introduced by Dock Commissioner r. A. c.
Smith, who earlier in the day had taken
them on a sightseeing and inspection tour
Mr. Arnold. recognized as probably the
foremost subway expert said last night
Chicago Is preparing to spend more
than s65. 900, 600 on terminals and I'M
provements. our business is to get ideas
in Europe-to study the best they have
over there"
At tne Hotel Belmont was another com
mission appointed by the Chicago CIV
Fathers II was composed OF two woncH.
Mira. Ella Flagg Young Superintendent o'
Public Schools in Chicago, and Mrs Ger
trude Howe Brltton, head of the JuNe0He
Protective Association. They will sal o'
the Lusltanla, but they are not bo;her0s
their heads about the sayings or d".nG'
of the men commissioners al the Fillmore
Their business is 20 investigate "du't'
tional and social conditions IN Europe
They say they have neither the time h'.
the inclination to fuss with lot of m@'"
men.
one or two OF the terminals comm'.
sion was afraid that the appointment ~
women would spoil a perfectly good r'As
junket, but it didn't work out that wa
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sr; Per-
init me To demonstrate against the tone
of the reports In THE Sun concerning
Gunda, who Is apparently not So bad an
elephant as he is represented to be by
persons whose interest this representation
serves. lie is not ferocious IN appearance,
merely large, and very pitiful.
To-day THE Sun had II that Gunda
behaved with extreme violence yesterday
after his chains were partially released
attempting to kill "A man. &c. and that
he is threatened with further shackles
This does not seem TO be true in any
degree. and the false impression made
upon public whose better feelings II is
sometimes hard to waken gives an I'M
fair advantage in n night in which the
poor brute can say nothing for himself
At the zoo to-day keeper was ex-
patiating upon t;unda's ferocity for the
benefit OF a crowd that. I am glad to say
did not take his remarks seriously. Many
people know that when an elephant shows
hostility toward his keeper there is usually
some good reason, and, according to
Dr. Hornadays own account of him in
the Official Guide, he has been In past
times biddable and quick to learn.
NEW York, July IL. NJ Il. BUTLER,
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Midnight Speeding on Washington Heights

To TUE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: BECAUSE
the broad avenues OF Washington Heights
seem to tempt automobilsts and motor
cyclists into operating their machines In
excess OF the speed limit. residents of that
section OF the city. which, by the way, is
strictly a residential section, are extremely
careful when they venture across a thor
oughfare. As matter of fact. they have
every reason 20 exercise extreme vigilance.
Unless they do SO they are In grave danger
Of being run down at any moment by an
auto or motor cycla with an operator who
prizes speed above human life.
strange phase Of the matter IL that
just about the time the clock IL nearing
midnight the speed maniacs begin to open
up and cut loose, Apparently they feel Sc
cure In the knowledge that no one OF au-
thority Is within hailing distance, and II
somebody Is run down and injured the
chances OF apprehension are very small,
They have nothing to fear from the foot
police. Hence they are willing Ia take all
kinds OF chances to prove that their ma
chimes can travel along with the best OF
them and not take any ones smoke,
Those who have closely observed condi-
lions state that N" majority Of speeders
appear 20 be young men. In most cases
these young men are accompanied by young
women whose presence undoubtedly influ-
encos the men TO show on" worst OF all,
according to observers, some Of these par
ties appear TO he under tho influence Of
liquor Heaven knows an auto motor
cycle II no At machine to be operated by
an intoxicated person.
So numerous have been the escapes Of
residents that motor cycle policemen have
been stationed on the thoroughfares Of
Washington Heights. Their presence should
have discouraging effect on the hopes Of
the speeders W III,
NEW YORK. Juy -.
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CENTRAL PARK CONCERTS.
There should he More seats for the
Audience OF Music Lovers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: 1t is
very fine for the authorities to furnish
concerts for the people every night and on
Saturday and Sunday afternoons Enough
cannot be said In praise OF the plan
But what about furnishing "A few more
benches? Sunday went to Central Park
to hear the concert, arriving during the
second number, with no chance. OF course
for seat. The circle OF grass to the
southeas. OF the band stand had benches
only half way around it, while the part
of the walk that faced II was only half
supplied. Some Of the nearer walks to
the direct south of the band stand had no
benches at all. All of these places are
within good hearing distance OF the music
Hundreds of people. men and women.
were standing in the various walks as
close as they were allowed by the police
In plain sight piled up on the band stand
were extra chairs.
When J asked an officer IL they could
not be used | was told that they could
not. II the city can't furnish any more
benches why can't they let the people sit
on the grass to hear the concerts? There
is only one small plot, so shaded by trees
that the grass does not look vigorous.
The slope in front OF the summer house
directly north OF the band stand could be
used as well as the different plots on level
ground.
II was pathetic to see the people with
tired. strained faces standing so close that
they We're made hotter on swelterlng
day. while all around them was ample
space where they could have sat comfort
ably and been refreshed by the rest and
the music. Can't something be done about
this? TIRED FEET
NEW YORK. July 49,
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The Big COney Island Ticup.

II Is not very fiatterlng to our pride
as a practical people that such tie
up as occurred at Coney Island on
sunday night should Ice within the
range of possibility. The accident IT,
self was Il commonplace of electrical
operation, the blowing out of trans
former. The consequence was excess
sive Inconvenience 10 crowd of people
estimated rs nigh as 100000.
The first point that will strike every
one as decidedly impractical is that
all the means Of transportation were
apparently dependent on single APP
paratus. Not only did the mishap put
the elevated railway trains out of run
ming. ii also stopped large num-
Der of the surface car lines. Thus the
Gripping of the one system meant the
gripping of the other, instead of either
becoming available as a relay or sub
stltute in case Of need. as the public
has right TO expect.
Hardly less surprising is the discov-
cry that there was no duplicate driving
power to fall back upon. 1t might have
been expected as Il natural precaution
that a complete outfit would have stood
ready for use at any moment that the
one in commission went wrong. If
this was not practicable in single
power station supplementary plant
would seem TO be in order for emergen-
cies.
There was nothing uncommon in the
size of the crowd that was tied up
through this seemingly unnecessary
lack Of foresight. On any warm night
and every Sunday night In the season
as many people are liable to experience
inconvenience and suffering, in some
cases serious harm, by lack Of provision
for contingencies of this sort. Surely
1t Is not eXtravagant To expect the com
pany which profits by this enormous
business to exercise more care and pre-
vision. The public should be fully pro-
tected against accidents where protec-
ton is a mere matter Of looking ahead
to reasonable possibilities and spending
relatively small amount of money
The situation would seem to be one In
which the Public Service Commission
could take positive action with high
public approval.
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ISLES or SAFETY.
Is There a Need for Additional Refugees
In Firth Avenue:

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: Would
II not benefit the pedestrian II more
safety isles were placed In the centre
OF Fifth avenue. where hut few Twenty
third street. Forty-second street and
Forty-ffth street. | believe. only exist
now?
Fifth avenue has become shopping
street, and now that Lord q Taylor are
on the west side fanked by Stern
Bros. while Altman, TIFFANY. &c. take
up corresponding positions on the easterly
side OF this unnavigable avenue, because OF
the density rather intensity. Of vehicuar
travel a midway resting place AT Thirty
eighth street would be very welcome.
may be acutely sensitive Of the fear
Of being run over. hut | can admit that
while fearlessly as a boy | crossed sew
eral times day Fourth avenue when
the New York Central ran on :he surface,
then. however. could hear an engine APP
preaching on set track. To-day the
same engines. without coaches, the autos.
are run noiselessly on no set tracks and
by any old kind of an engineer or driver.
one at Fifty-cighth street. to prevent
crossing at Fifty-ninth. would also prove
serviceablc. NEW YORKER
New York, July 10.
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SUFFRAGE FIGURES.
Correction OF Certain state
ments OF Miss Lexow.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir. In
appearing before Secretary OF State May
last week Miss Caroline Lexow made two
mlsstatements which hope you will al
low me to correct. The first was that
100000 women vote in this country The
facts are that the census shows in
the nine suffrage States and Illinois a
total Of only 3.565,56i women twenty-one
years old and over, and this total In
cludes the foreign born, the unnaturalized,
the negro. the Indian, and the japanese
and Chinese Under the limitations and
restrictions put on the franchise in these
States II is liberal estimate to say that
there are 100000 women voters OF all
conditions and natonalitles who are able
to vote. very high estimate would be
that two-thrds OF the women of voting
age and condition register. and not more
than 30 per cent OF those who register
go to the polls. In some States II liz as
low as 80 per cent. Two-thirds of g.
100000 does not amount to LOO. 900.
Consequently the statement that 1000, 900
women vote In this country Is a gross ex-
aggeraton..
Much has been made OF the vote OF the
Chicago women Mt the election OF April 4.
These are the official figures. There were
5l6,297 women qualified to register. OF
these 1854. or Az per cen:.. registered.
and OF these 163,S52 voted, that is, 75.2
per cent or those registering or jill per
cent OF all qualified to vote did vote
The second msstatement is that 1.000.-
600 club women Endorsed suffrage at the
recent biennial convention OF the General
Federation OF Clubs. 1t was estimated
that there were nine or ten thousand
present at this convention. OF these 1.716
were entitled as delegates to u vote. This
delegation was packed for suffrage and
a majority voted for a resolution indoors
Ing woman suffrage. no opportunity being
given for the minority to be heard This
minority, however sent In a protest which
was placed on the records and not only
the state federations all over the coun-
try but the individual clubs are now In
ferment OF discomfort on the question
OF this resolution. and no one can tell what
the outcome will be. AZ Mrs. DIMES T.
s. Denison expressed It. ANY woman who
says that one million women by the reso-
luton Endorsed woman suffrage Is "A quail
fled member of the Ananias club" or.
as has been suggested. the Sapphira Club.
Mrs. ARTHUR NJ. DoDoE,
President National Association Opposed
TO Woman Suffrage.
SIMsBuRY, Conn. July II.
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CAN FLY OCEAN, HE BELIEVES.
German Aviator's Flight Of - Hours
shows Possibility.

BERLIN. July i3.--The fact that two
German avators. Landmann and Bochm.
have recently remained In the air for
about twenty-four hours. covering between
200 and 1850 miles in that time, has
increased the interest here in the trans
atlantic flight OF Lieut.. Porte In the Cur
tiss hydro-aeroplane America. Both the
German aviators say they could have
kept on except for the fact that they
ran short of petrol
Landmarks record was made on June
2s. He made nonstop flight OF twenty
one hours and forty-nine minutes, and
covered In that time about ZOO miles
Reinhold Boehm. another German airman
went after this record on Friday He
used a regular army Albatross biplane Of
20 horsepower carrying 1872 gallons OF
petrol. When he descended on SATURDAY
he had been in the air for "a hours and
IL minutes. He estimates that he covered
1850 miles. He averaged about AZ
miles an hour.
Boehm Ia confident that the transit
lantic flight for the London Daily Nail
prize OF $4,000 can be made. He says
1T Is only a case of a sufficiently power
full machine. No machine, in my opinion
will be practicable which contains fewer
than three engines, none of which should
be worried to its limit. There should also
be two separate pilots. found myself
growing stronger after the first ten or
twelve hours. II you can survive the
strain of that period the rest is easy"
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The Royal Naval Air Service.

The British Admiralty, believing that
aviation for offence ms well as recon-
naissance will play an important part
in wars of the future, has reorganized
the Naval Air Service, given it indlvld-
uality and placed it's officers upon an
equality with those of the Royal Navy.
While it Is expected that lieutenants Of
the regular service will he attracted to
the aviation branch because promotion
will be more rapid there, civilians he.
tween the ages of nineteen ana twenty.
three are to be accepted.
The enlistment term for civilians Is
TO be four years on active duty and
four years In the reserves, hut the Adj
miralty can extend the time the object
being to offer a career to the most com,
petent. Every year civilian aviators will
cruise with the fleet, 80 that they may
learn to Identify themselves closely
with the navy and acquire its ira
ditlons" The recruit will receive in
struction for four months at one of the
Royal Naval air stations and upon
passing an examination he viii be re-
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WAGES CAN BE TOO HIGH.
When Above the Market Value They work
Social In Justice.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
wonder IL the agitators for social JUS
tice" could he induced to consider this
question briefly: Is II social justice" or
any other kind OF justice TO permit a GER
tain group OF workers to exact wages that
are far above the market by means of
threats against the welfare OF the COM
munity'
To be explicit. is it social justice" to
permit the railroad employees. who are
already paid more than any other general
class OF workers TO use the sheer power
their high wages still higher?
The average social Justice" babbler Is
OF n type incapable' OF even understand
ing that the question is n serious one. II
will strike him as totally new thought
that any wages can be too high TO be just.
But the interdependence of the whole SO
cal fabric makes IL as truly unjust to
pay excessive wages AS TO pay wages that
are below the line of equity.
The whole community. Including other
workers. pays the railroad mems high
wages They are a tax on all of us. and
IL is time some one in authority had the
courage to draw a few comparisons be-
tween such wages and the wages paid In
other lines OF work. The railroad men
are demanding more than their share OF
the sum total OF material value annually
produced by the united efforts OF all work
ors. They are beyond their rights In de-
handing stll more. Side by side with
the railroad men stand the structural or
building trades. w. c. TAYLOR.
BOSTON, July H.
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\ Ncmphian Economist

The Memphis Commercial Appeal.
trying TO account for the wealth Of this
city, forgets. as so many other critics
do. curiously enough. that there Is
little manufacturing business here:
THE greatest life insurance companies
are in New York. Every bank in the
United States of any character has a
credit balance in some New York bank.
Stocks and bonds, State. railroad. public
and private corporation. are dealt In
around New York.
New York is Headquarters OF the
amusement forces OF this country, New
York is a big Wholesale dry goods and
clothing market, 1t is the notion centre
of the United States"
II Is also the manufacturing centre
of the United States Does the Mem
phian economist know that five years
ago the average number OF individual
wage earners was ga O02. no mean
city? That the salarled employees in
manufacturing establishments were
% 453, a tidy town? That the value
Of products was more than two billions,
and the value added by manufacture
nearly one billlonI
1t Is an artless belief OF many out
landers that New York makes nothing.
does nothing, fattens on the sweat Of
the downtrodden countryman. DO they
know Lobsteria only?
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the oftener IL Is postponed. Most likely
those who threaten II most recklessly
will he glad to postpone it again pend
ing the experiment of exclusion, which
Is now provided for on six year basis
in n bill on its passage through the
House of Lords. The end of this en-
pertinent is too far Off to make II worth
while guessing what will come after.
Yesterday was good day for Ire
land. Not only was peace preserved
but the people on both sides showed ex-
cellent powers of self.restraint. pollti-
cal discipline and obedience to discreet
leadership. The event is not without
favorable indications as TO the success
which the country may make In gov
erning itself under its new charter.