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NEW YORK, Augu.
KEYSTONE LICENSE Law.
An Excellent system which Ha lie IS cned
the Number Of saloons.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sir:
note in THE SUN statement by Mr.. Lewis
G. Grover regarding the petition OF 20
per cent. of the prisoners In the Eastern
Penltent!ary that the manufacture and
sale of liquor be abolished because 1t
caused their downfall.
The institution referred TO is in Phila-
delphla. II Is the conviction here that
the petition was circulated through the
agency of the Anti-Saloon League, That
organization Is engaged in systematic
effort to deprive Pennsylvania OF the ex-
cellent liquor law now in force and Will
stop at nothing to accomplish It's purpose.
Under the present law, in force for the
past twenty-slx years licenses are entirely
in the hands of the Quarter Sessions
Judges, who sit once year in each
county as a license court AS an ex-
ample OF how well this system works,
there are fewer saloons in Philadelphia
to-day than there were before the present
law went into effect, although the popula-
ton has increased more than 60 per cent.
In this city Il license costs $1,000 a year
and. owing to the limited number granted,
lnfrlngements OF the law are extremely
rare, as almost Invariably one of them
means the loss of the license on the part
OF the offender
or course this state of affairs Is too
good to suit the Anti-Saloon League,
whose high salaried officials and agita-
tors would ma 'OtnellO occupation
gone" were It permitted to continue I'M
disturbed
Each session OF the license court there
fore is marked by the perJured testimony
Of hired wtnesses--worthless women,
spitef,Il neighbors and alleged boys who
so soon az the court adJourns, resume
their normal ages OF 25 years and over
Numbers of such witnesses are detected
each year but of course many escape
being caught. After the Judges have
completed their work and done their duty
under the law they become the objects Of
the vltuperation and abuse so character
istlc OF prohibition methods.
With such tactics matter OF record
the susplcion regarding the true source
of the penitentiary petition is not at all
unreasonable But even II the belief were
not founded on fact OF what value Is such
n petition The TO per cent. who signed
II represent less than the normal proper
ton of criminals who blame their pre-
dicament on something elise besides their
own folly or depravity | once heard a
detective who caught man attempting
to pawn stolen watch say that he
could give up his job and live at ease &
he could only find the philanthropic indi-
yidual who stood on the corner and forced
yaluables on the first passerby.
one of the large ingredients OF prohibit
ton tactics Is that well known commodity
bunk" d.
PHILADELPHIA, August g.
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On a Certain Feeling of Depression.


A feeling Of depression, of sadness,
almost Of bitterness, must possess every
thinking person as Europe flames into
war. Is war, then. an inevitable in
stinct Of mankind and man only fight
ing animal? Devouring or devoured,
Is that his fate? And we all know
what mournful and terrible analogies
of conflict bind him to Clover" species
and types and make him no uniting
or too lofty figure in the world. In
generation which has learned the pratt.
tie OF altruism, which has inherited
so many civilizations, which has be-
hind 1t such long annals of bloodshcd,
is there no other last argument OF ma
tons? There Is no other, whatever be
imagined in the temple of dreams or
Mr.. CARNEGIE.
But what gains for humanity have
been made in the conduct of war since
Egypt and Babylon! The slaughter
and enslavement OF prisoners, impale-
ment and other old barbarities, the
putting of combatants and combat
ants to the sword, the wanton burning
and plunderlng of cities and villages,
the sack of converts and the rape Of
nuns, the crude savagery to pea SAINTS the
wild ruin and murder done by merce-
naries, the ravages of the Free Compa-
MES and the Lanzknechts, how far away
Is all that state OF mind, for 1t was
that! We are not to believe that men
were in themselves crueler in the war
between Spain and the United Prov
inces, for instance, and In the Thirty
Years War than men are now. Nor
was the century cruel in itself which
saw without concern the constant flu
tile brutallties of the old penal codes,
breaking on the wheel, disembowelling,
qua rtering, or the constant infliction of
death for slight offences or the treat
ment of prisoners for crime or debt. The
imprisonment of men in cages and oubli.
cites, the armory of tortures which
now eScites the wrath of tourists in
certain museums and fortrcsses all
these things merely show that good
men and women were Indifferent to. OF
rather egarled as not cruel because
habltual, what their better instructed
descendants are Mortified at. so war
whatever its essential fcrocity, mas
been generally mltigated; and 1t Is
encouraging to remember that much OF
the mitlga ton Is very modern. And IN
our time or memory antiseptic surgery
and the Red Cross have arisen.
IneXtirpable passions and traditions
OF race and religion, economic neces
stiles, points of honor, patriotism he
devlled into the thirst for power, shnl
these not he with man until the dowI
Of wings Is thick upon his shoulders
Let us not he too sure, even in thesr
moments of CONFUSION. How well, sub
iect to temporary cxacerbations, hostile
: races thrive here; how immemoria
; racial enmities as between the Eng
fish and French have died out: anC
: religious intolerance, n fruitful mothe,
Of hattie, has faded and Is fading
How to accommodate pacincism will
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-04
A New Greater New York.

In selecting a number of competent
gentlemen not in official life to advise
and counsel the Board of Estimate Ter
animal Committee in preparing COM
prehensive plan for the development
of the port of New York, Mayor NIT
CHEL has been careful to avoid n divi-
sion OF authority and responsibility,
while enllsting the aid of powerful and
anformed interests in the most impOr-
rant project now receiving municipal
Investment, The administration has not
sought to avoid any responsibility or
escape any duty, but has gladly availed
Itself OF an opportunity to strengthen
itself with expert assistance,
Mayor Mitchell speaks of the devel-
opment of the greater New York
waterfront" and this phrase has a
broader Significance than will occur to
those who have not studied the situa-
tion. 1t covers not only Manhattan,
The Bronx, Queens, brooklyn and Rich
mond but also the New Jersey and
Long Island shores adjacent to the five
DoTouSHS' no compete ana econOlllcAl
design for the hetterment OF port con.
ditions can ignore the facilities and
rights of the surrounding territory
The plan that ignored them would in.
volve unnecessary expense Ht the outset
and require costly revision in the fu.
ture, 1t would he as fooishly short
sighted as selfish,
In the past New York has been with
out general policy in It's harbor de
velopment work. Now that II has adj
vanced to the point OF attempting q
comprehensive scheme for molernlzing
the port It must not fall into the crro,
of ignoring those shores and harbor,
that are essential to it despite the in
terposition Of political boundary lines.
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NO FEAR OF POISONED WELLS.
Army Sanitation, Says DR.. Baruch,
would Nip Cholera In the bud.

DR. Simon Baruch. noted bacteriolo-
glst who served an army surgeon in
the civil war, discussed last night the
report from London that three French
army surgeons had been caught by the
Germans In an attempt TO introduce
cholera bacteria in wells from which Ger
man troops would use water in traversins
the country. He said such method
would be ono that could not be detected
at once by the taste. hut in view OF the
modern advances in sanitation In the
armies OF the world ne was inclined TO
doubt that any serious results could follow
poisoning of wells unless II were carried
on on a Wholesale scale.
'Stories OF attempts to poison wells are
familiar IN the history of the world. SAID
DIR. Baruch, but there Is no enecuVe
liquid poison that cannot be detected on
tasting the water. The only way 10
poison we'll without it's being detected
Is to introduce typhoid or other bacteria
Although the story Is plausible and the
thing can be done II would have no very
dangerous effects because 1t would be dis
covered in less than week, tho cases
could be isolated at once. Ono we'll or
even many wells could not supply even
one regiment Usually armies use springs
or get their supply from large reservoirs
Springs would wash away the bacteria
and they would have no effect
THE attempt may have been mado, bun
even II fifty cases resulted that woulo no.
be serious. Army surgeons are not AFRAID
of cholera or typhoid any more l sup
pose tho fends expected to produce
cholera epidemic which would OF course
cripple an army, but It could not be pro
duced by poisoning wells unless II was
done on n very largo scale. In olden
times, perhaps, such an attempt would nave
been serious because then people dld no.
understand how to treat such cases pu.
now all that Us done to protect the rest OF
the troops is TO isolate the cases ana re-
move their cause. which would be d1scov'
cred at once by an examination or we
water food and milk supply by bactrr!-
| ologist, which every army corps nov
adays takes along.
| I'm most armies in camp or on tne
march inspection and analysis are maze
| n, the food milk and water before the
troops are supplied. ! believe the Japa-
| nese army boiled the water given 10 ~.
! ,roops in the war with Russia, II woulo
take millions of bacteria, however 10
nolson enough wells 10 do any serious
harm. AS far rs liquid poisons are con
cerned. arsenic, strychnine and Other SUP
stsnces even when introduced one gram
! 10 600 parts of water are detecub'e IN the
| taste"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-04
The New Ambassador to France.

Praise by the Hon. JAMES ROBERT
MANN OF Democratic member of the
House of Representatives is so novel
that the minority leaders recent trib-
ute to the gentleman selected by Presi-
dent WILSON for Ambassador TO France
IS dumfounding. We have no doubt
that outside the House Mr.. MANN
numbers Democrats among his com
panlons. but friendship stops Mt the
threshold. A red blocded, "w'hole
souled," congenlal, sympathetic person
the Representative from the Second Hi.
nois district: he is not given, however,
to congratulatlng Mr.. WILSON upon mis-
choice Of Ambassadors, and what is one
to think of this:
I'VE know that the country will be rep
resented at it's fullest height abroad while
the gentleman from Ohio represents us
as Ambassador to France"
Mr.. MANN is quite sincere in his good
opinion of the Hon. WILLIAM GRAVES
SHARP. Mr., MANN's admiration for Mr.
SHARP is now nearly four years old
1t was when Mr., SHARP. on December
~, 1910, being then freshman in the
House. explained what tilar micrOme
ter was that Mr.. MANN took him to his
BOSOM figuratively. The Naval Obser-
vatory wanted fiar mlcrometcr which
would cost $500, and although the
modest member from Elyrln was a man
ufacturer of charcoal pig iron he knew
all about the uses OF the delicate instru-
ment, which he described so clearly
that Mr.. MANN confessed his fascina-
ton and declared he would have taken
the new member for practical astron-
omer We wish that we had space for
the passage. No wonder Mr.. MANN
kindles at the recollection and says
the country will he represented Eat its
fullest height abroad" by Mr.. WILLIAM
GRAVES SHARP OF Elyria.
A star Of the first magnitude In the
! diplomatic armament, let all of us hope
and capable of sustaining with credit
to the United States In the present nm
exampled situation the heavy respon-
sibllities which must soon he turned
over to him by Ambassador HERRIcK.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-04
Another Lesson From New England

To suggest that the authorities Of
New York and New Jersey provide for
the travelling public highways uni
formly as good as those which New
England furnishes on its main travelled
lines would he futile. No sane man
would think of so preposterous thing.
But is there any reaso why the roads
should not be furnished with an ade.
quate outfit Of signboa rds. so placed
as to be easily read and followed?
New Hampshire has adopted the sys.
TEN for years familiar to Western tour
lists of colored bands on wire line poles,
trees and fences So general has this
method of designating n route become
In parts Of the Mississippi Valley that
II Is liable TO be overdone. Nobody will
ever complain that there are too many
guide boards hereabout. Nor will the
most venturcsoine soul complain that
| those which decorate the landscape to-
day are so placed ms to rob road travel
of all its romance.
Massachusetts and Vermont find It
unnecessary to paint the roadside with
/ signs, the intersectng highways being
adequately marked. In Maine the de
tours bear simple and easily understood
yellow signs. Only in New York and
New Jersey is the wayfarer left to luck
or to the enterprise OF merchants seek
ing to lure trade to their doors.
Perhaps the New England States
would open school for the instruction
Of route markers, If they were urged
80 to do. New York and New Jersey
should furnish pupils in numbers sutti-
cient to make II n success from the
start.
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To the tippler Of sensation, watching
from afar the woes Of Europe, the per-
formances Of the various types of air.
ship are the fine champagne Of war.
Mere scouting and recommending work,
albeit done on the sightless couriers of
of single combats in the ether, whale
Zeppellus slain by some little sworlfish
Of a monoplane; Berlin or Paris or
london or Vienna laid low or damaged
the element whence it is Launched"
His commander in chief is Mr.. Ii. G.
WELLS.
A solid scientific and military inter.
est, however, attaches to these cloud
cleavers. VIII their actual use in war
fare Justify expert expectation?
The water has as momentous, II not
as romantic matters to settle as the air.
These dreadnoughts and superdread-
thoughts. all this costly. complicated
breed OF dcathdocrs on the sea, what
are they worth in httlef For the
first time. II there should he sea fight
or sea fights between German and Eng.
lish first class ships of war. their capa'
bilities in the hands of men evenly
trained and matched can be judged
There was 70 such test between Japan
and Russia because the ships Of the lat
ter Power were in no condition. and the
Russian Gcatighters seem TO have nc
especial genius for their trade. Fol
years the building duel" has beer
going on. Now. and for the first time
guns, armor and men are to he tried
IN the last test of steel and courage
Land warfare is only too familiar. A
great modern sea battle is something
the moderns have not seen.
Then what will the submarines which
In peace have had ~ much alacrity
In sinking, accomplish in war? Wha
will the torpedo boats aud the destroy
ers do, and the mines? To zone VIII,
hath no friend, no brother there" tn,
shock and SCATTERING Of navles ma!
well seem "a splendid sight to see" tn,
most poignant event Of the struggle.
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war. with resulting general lack OF

war, with resulting general lack OF
employment. the opportunity of proyid-
ing work for many hands should be
hailed with enthusiasm. As the pro-
posed work will constitute a permanent
national advantage, there is no element
of waste or improvldence involved.
The fact is the enterprise ought to
stances with marked economy. A
glurted In Dor market is cheap market
and labor is tne main expense in road
making. Material. too, is likely to be
cheap II export markets are closed.
steel for bridges, for example. should
lie purchasable at low figures.
In word, the immediate future will
he most appropriate time to con-
struct this road. and indeed. to engage
in other works Of needed domestic bet
termcnt. II our foreign trade is to he
contracted for a time, some offset may
he found in internal development. Any
thing that helps to keep our workers
self-supportlng and money in circula-
ton must help us to tide over the diff
cult period.
The construction Of the Lincoln High
way is estimated to cost s25,om,000
and II Is hoped to have 1t finished next
year, so that motorists may use It in
going from the East to the San Fran
cisco exposition. The association in
charge has already raised S5,0O000o by
popular subscription and hopes to dou-
BILE that amount 1t expects grants OF
S15.OOo.OOO in total from the localities
traversed. The occasion seems to be
timely. indeed. an urgent, one for pub
lie and private llberality. Congress
itself might do worse than hasten oper-
atoms by an immediate grant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-04

To THE Eprron OF Tue sUN--Sn. Ono of
the popular methods OF keeping cool In hot
weather is to go for car ride And the
most popular time to go for a car ride is In
the evening That accounts for tho large
number of persons We notice stroling toward
the street corners to remain there until n
surface car comes along and picks them
up"
The majority OF persons who plan to 10
car riding on hot evenings usually select
the surface lines as the most enioyable
routes. There IL reason for this which
seems TO be apparent to every one except
the management OF the elevated system.
who do practically nothing to interest peo.
pie In their system While the surface car
systems have been improving their lara. in
stalling air brakes stepless cars convertible
cars and various other improvements the
elevated management has Remained station
airy what improvements have been made
In the elevated cars In tho last decade?
For Instance. tho elevated management
could interest many people who believe In
riding on hot evenings II they would install
a few open cars on the West side line,
tho Sixth and Ninth avenue lines Th.y
have open cars on the Second and Third
avenue lines but tho West Side has been
sadly neglected In this respect. II you wish
to ride on the West Side you have 10 rid-
In closed cars or use the surface lines Hay.
no fear many persons are using the surface
lines, which Is the elevated lines loss
Who could wish for a more pleasan, ride
on n hot evening than from Harlem to the
Battery In an open elevated car? Tho in.
creased speed OF the elevated trains would
create greater draught than usually found
In surface cars. Therefore II Is almost a
certainty that open elevated cars would be
we'll patronixed. A tip to the wise 10 sum.
Client WErr SipEa
NEW YORK, August H.
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An Invitation to Mr.. Human.

The subjoined despatch, which ex-
plains itself, was addressed on Satur-
day by this newspaper to the Hon.
HARVEY ID. HINMAN, Colonel Roosy-
vELT's Republican candidate for the
Progressive nomination for Governor:
Many inquiries having como to THE
SUN asking how you stood on the initia-
tive, referendum and recall, THE SUN
would be glad to print in full any state
ment OF your position with regard to
these measures which you may care to
make
With the idea that this communica-
ton may have failed to reach Mr.. HIN
MAN, or that It may have found him
so engrossed by the current news about
the European situation that he had no
time or thought for anything else, THE
SUN repeats the invitation In this more
public manner.
Our excuse for the intrusion-if It
be- an intrusion--is that the great Pro
grcssive conference at the Hotel Aston
is now only one day off. 1t will mani
testify be good morals, II not good poll
tics, for the Hon. HARVEY ID. IIINMAN
to let his name go before this assem-
blage OF Progressive State committee
men and Progressive county committee
men with full information on their
part MS to his views upon the intia-
tive, the referendum and the recall.
THE SrN accordingly renews its IN
vitation to Mr.. HINMAN, at the same
time assuring him Of its very amiable
regard and highly distinguished con.
al
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can position in the critical financial
conditions resulting from the European
war is illustrated in the flood of money
that has been pouring into the treasury
OF the city of New York in the last six
months, The Comptroller reports n
total Of s3iSSs2l64 received. The
municipality has ample money for all
its expenses and needs Its great activi-
ties will go on without feeling the
slightest check from outside conditions,
And this Is only one item in the general
situation Of the country. East and west,
north and south, all our municipalities
are not only solvent but wealthy. AZ
employers and paymasters they are O
strong factor in keeping up the general
courage.
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Great is the readiness, and particu-

Great is the readiness, and particu-
larly that Of children and adult total
abstainers, to take the pledge; and
hardened topers often yield to solicita-
ton when that respectable document Is
presented. The signing Is too often
more notorious than the keeping. An
original and humorous citizen of
Patchogue prints in the Advance IF
that town past performance" In
stead of a pledge. We quote his "aff-
davit OF sobriety":
Whereas divers and various rumors.
whisperings. innuendoss and insinuations
have come TO his notice and attention
concerning his dalliance with the juice
OF the fruitful grape and OF the budding
rye this deponent says that he has not
directly nor indirectly touched, tasted
nor handled any alcoholic beverage since
the first week In November 1911. This
result has been accomplished under the
application OF tho doctrine OF free WILL
and this affidavit is made to quiet the
title OF deponent as a prohibitonist in
practice and perhaps to help some one
else
A good record and free will "prohibi-
ZIONIST" who doesn't seek to prohibit
the wetness Of other folks.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-SIr: The
Republican eagle can be heard screaming
Victory for the q. q. =. in the Granite
State" from tho highest point In the White
Mountains. Developments in the polit,-
cal situation in New Hampshire mako a
sweeping Republican victory assured
clean bin of health: United States
Senator Gallnger will be returned, n Gov
ernor. two Congressman will he elected
by an old time vote The Progressive
party has no State organization nor will
1t make any nominations, except for minor
offices, Il. f. WHircoMp
LANCASTER, N. H.. August g.
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The New York Times has found the
mislaid truth about the Texas Demo
craticl primaries" That truth us that
national issues did not enter in at all"
Is It untrue. then, that letters by Mr..
WILSON, Mr.. BRYAN and Postmaster
General BuRLEsoN in recommendation OF
the Hon. THOMAS H. BALL, one OF the
candidates for Governor, were exhib-
tied; that some or many Texas Demo-
Gratis were irritated by what they called
an undue interference OF the Admins
tration in a State canvass and that the
certified Mr. BALL was injured, II not
beaten, thereby? Statements Of this
tenor have been sent from Texas. Are
they false?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-04
FRENCH DOCTOR SLAIN
Germans Accused Him of PUTTING
Cholera Microbes in Wells

LONDON, Aug. 3.-The German Embassy
here makes public a telegram from Gen
Va, MoItke Chief OF the Imperial Cen
eral Staff. saying that French phyS'oN''
with two other men attempted 10 'hie''
wells near Metz with cholera micTooeS
and that the physician and his aids were
tried by court-martal and shot
Another despatch TO the embassy sa''
that the French attempted to blow up
tunnel OF strategic importance near
Cochem on tho Mosele and that all con
nected with the attempt were shot