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Mere Talk I?

To the numerous public and prl-
pate agencies which in the ordinary
routine OF their duties will investigate
Wednesdays subway accident there is
to be added legislative committee or a
Governors commissioner, charged espe-
cially with coordinating the evidence on
which the Public Service Commission
10 to be legislated out OF Office. The ex-
pense Of this superhuous inquiry IS
estimated at $4,000.
In view OF the fact that the testl-
uony gathered by and ba sed on the
findings OF the Public Service Commits.
sion, the District Attorney, the Mayor,
the Coroner, the Fire Commissioner
the police, to say nothing Of the results
OF the marlborough quest, will be at
the service OF the law makers and the
Governor for the asking, is this expen-
diture requisite? The object Of the
Albany excursion would be purely pO.
litical. 1t would bring out nothing that
the other inquirers will not bring out
But its uselessness would not by one
cent reduce ITS cost.
There IL much talk at Albany OF
economy. Here Is an opportunity to
back up that talk with an act.
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HORRORS or WAR.
Domestic knitting q Reflex OF the Eure-
pean struggle.

To THE EDITOR or THE suN--Sr;
purposely took a vacation lasting sew
eral weeks In order to escape the holl-
day rush OF shoppers at Christmas time
and the subsequent Bedlamlike actions
OF those who barbarically celebrate New
Years eve. l jumped from the frying
pan into the fire.
At every hotel at the Southern water
ing places where 1 visited. at the thea
tres. every place OF amusement. every
card party. every dance, yes, even In
church. | was confronted with a lot OF
women knitting shawls and gloves and
head wraps for the men who are butcher
ing each other in Europe.
l could not escape these armies OF knit
ters. They seemed to follow me every
where ! walked or sat down. They un-
nerved me terribly.
IL should be stopped at once. Many
men are complaining about their wives
and daughters neglecting their household
duties in the interest OF the European
war lords and their helpless human manni-
kins. / wish I could find some way to
stop this knitting.
Fie on women anyhow
REGINALD BALrE DoSNALI.
NEWARK, N. j., January Z.
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4 Bright spot In tho Duh Season

For poetry and politics alike OF pas
sion all compact; for magic and music
C'clOse' harmony; for conflict and
courage and everything that makes the
life OF man more to be desired, even
II II have no more demonstrable value
than the life OF mollusc, go to the
sporting page cosmos in the micron.
Just at this season OF the year legis-
lation and litigation are on the boards
the "solons' in their short session
The Dog Lovers Protective Associate
elects officers and votes on bylaws: a
ninety-two page brief Is filed by the
Feds in their antitrust suit against
'"organized" baseball; the stock OF the
Yankees" is transferred to the new
owners the Hon. RAY CALDWELL box.
man" or mound artist" OF note, who
hoped" to the Feds" hops" back
to New York, and by way of compensa.
ton Mr. JACK DALTON, "Dodger star,
Jumps to the Feds; Sir Ivy WINGO
is 30 become Red" not OF anarchy but
OF the Cincinnati Cardinals" ~. Y
A. G. men vote TO resign from A. A.
w.: alphabetic indigestion. The "Platt
Adams case" IL deferred, and the CITY
Sells Steam Yacht"
But the politicians and jurists are
not "the whole shooting match: real
sport IA afoot. Long JFss WILLARD" Is
to be knocked out for the movie
"hllums." Rubber soles thud soft on
ba sketball courts, with occa sional thud
Of hard fist on a harder head. One
team "swamps," brushes" runs away
with" another. williams "wallOps'
Columbia and Canadians Beat Har,
ward Seven" on the manufactured J
Ice. The college fish are ready to swim
Avant couriers Of spring are astlr: col
lege baseball batteries" will soon be
in the "cage," maroon" relay team Is
being picked" "Old Man" CoURTN EY
drills the Cornell navy" Marking MAJ
dog in Long Island match" the sub
head explicates).
With the preterpuperfectsu
ly great "HoBEY" BAKER again "fit," the
"St. Nlcks" are confident OF victory
over the puck chasers" OF the Ceres
cents" SO far but a single page in the
'off sea SON has been tapped, but refer
ence TO the mighty man Of hockey send:
us back to last Sundays account Of the
Homeric Battle OF the Rink, when the
"Victorias" Of Montreal, Wanted cham
pions OF the chivalrous sport, battled
ingloriously with the st. Nicholas clut
OF this town:
The Canadians tried 20 keep HONEY II
the background by outskating him. bu
| they found that this could not be don,
and other methods were brought into play
! II was near the end Of the match that
| gigantic Csnuok kicked BAKE. in VI,
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Tho hrst number OF School and Society.
a new weekly educational magazine edited
by Professor j. McKeen CAttell OF Column
bia, has thirty six well printed double col
umn pages OF matter, "newsy" and critical.
selected evidently with an eve 10 compre-
hensve variety and a liveliness not always
peroeptible In such publications. DR.. Eliots
address at the Inauguration OF DR. Finley
as state Commissioner OF Education has
rrst place and seven pages @ Stanley Hail
has Ave pages on Teaching the War" al
fusion to which Is forbidden in some cities,
tolerated In others and In some required.
Or. Hall Is convinced that the war and
its lessons can be taught without offence
and that II is pedagogic blunder to ex-
clude topic so quiokening to Intelligence,
so rich In matter for which every youthful
mind hunEens, and which affords unparal-
leled opportunity to teach liberation" Will
lam 7 Foster OF Reed College describes
extension teaching In Wisconsin where
the whole state Is n campus" In the de-
partment OF Educational Events" meetings
OF learned societies are reported and some
problems OF this citys school board are
discussed. The news notes" are crisp and
catholic. There are pages OF correspon.
derc- src r-pr'-, w-''-- rrd only on.
article with tables aud diAETAms
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General Botha's Interce.sion.

General BoTHA's influence Is to be
used to obtain clemency for his old com.
rade Christian DE WET and other
rebels lately In arms against the Union
OF South Africa. In an interview at
Cape Town recently BoTHA said:
For myself. personally. the last thres
months have provided the saddest e1-
perlence OF my NE. / can say the same
for General SHUTS and indeed, for every
member OF the Government. The late
war. our South African war. is but a
thing OF yesterday. You will understand
my feelings. and the feelings OF the loyal
commanders when among the rebel dead
and wounded we found from time to time
men who had fought In our ranks during
the dark days OF that campaign. The
loyal commandos have had a hard task
to perform, and they have performed It.
The cause OF law and order has been and
will be INDICATED. Let that be enough
This is no time for exultatlon or for re-
elimination Let us spare one another
feelings"
But il must not be understood that
General BoTHA thinks his work as
commander in the field Is done. He
proposes to lead his force into German
South Africa and track Colonel MAmTL
TO his last stand. However inclined to
mercy in the cases of his old comrades
the magnanlmous BoTHA may be. he
knows only one way To do his duty.
A finer figure than this loyal Boer
Africa has never seen. Nothing be
comes him more. showing that he can
be- as modest as he Is brave, than his
praise of General SHUTS, the Minister
Of Defence. AT his post day and
night" SAYS BoTHA. his brilliant intel
ect, his calm judgment. his amazing
energy aud his undaunted courage have
been assets OF inestlmable value to the
Union in her hour Of trial.
England Is fortunate TO have two
such brave and honest men to bear her
responsibilities In South Africa, and 1t
would be the part OF wisdom to forbid
the visitation OF excessive penalties
upon General DE WET and his fellow
rahala
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1t May BE a blessing, Colonel.

When, In the regular routine OF his
labors, 1t became necessary for the
Colonel to call another man a liar this
week, the most consistently msrepre-
sented and misquoted sage In the world
contided to the medium of his denuncla.
ton this surprising information:
The fact that ! have been President
has prevented my speaking on a great
many different subjects and prevents me
now from so speaking"
A serious limitation, no doubt; but
the burden Of restraint Is somewhat
reduced by the further fact that the
subjects on which no such inhibition
operates are sufficiently numerous to
provide material for at least twenty
four hours conversation in each calen.
dar day.
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In the receipt of woollen scarf knit
by one of the officers Of the battleship
Florida for transmission to Belgium
the relief committee has convincing
proof Of the splendid results achieved
by Secretary DANIELS in his struggle
TO transform the navy into humani-
tartan university and to redeem 1t from
It's former violence.
Before JosEPHUs's day the author
Of this work OF charity might have been
immersed in the rude and practical de-
tails OF stiff course of instruction,
practising the destructive art OF sight
ing great guns. repelling torpedo at
tacks, drilling men in the manual of
arms and the tactics OF the landing
party. Now no such barbarous duties
engage his attention. Instead he has
time to give effective expression to his
sympathy with the stricken
Secretary DANIELS has undoubtedly
won a triumph in his management Of
the navy. Since the United States ac-
quired n modern feet ii has never had
first line OF defence at all like that
which now stlrs its pride.
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DISAPPOINTMENT Treads on the
Heels OF Hope.

At Washington expectancy, hope and
ambition I'LL the high places. The Eu-
ropean war Is to end; our Government
Is TO be brought in to umpire the dip
lomatic negotiations the finish will ne
cessitate; service TO humanity Is TO be
performed with a detachment hitherto
unknown, and a disregard for incidental
benefits and privations that cannot he
matched in the history Of n world which
has at least acquired its second set Of
teeth. Honor, fame, the applause OF
all Just men these are to be the re-
wards OF those who can already see
themselves comfortably seated on the
Judgment seats OF a future fondly con
ceived to be not remote.
Such are the vagaries OF the dream.
er's mind that the actual composition
Of the dispute may be different never for
a moment receives consideration. The
delusion fondly nourished is that the
nations are draining their blood, scat
tering their trea sure and prostrating
their interests, not for the attainment
OF definite and sordid ends, not to &C.
complish particular and long cherished
objects, not for purposes carefully con-
sidered and understood, but to furnish
an unparalleled opportunity for the
application OF disinterested academic
principles, the employment Of ideals
wholly unrelated to their progress and
their own conception OF their needs.
When the war will end, no man Is 20
bold as to pretend to know. But Of It's
end one thing Is as certain as any
thing can be in the future OF a some
Zines surprising humanity: peace will
be concluded on terms fixed by the traf-
6clung and bargaining OF uncommonly
hard headed men, uninfluenced by any
noticeable admlxture of idealism.
We gravely fear that there will be
disappointment In high places near the
banks Of the Potomac River.
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PROPHET GROV Frs FORECAST.
An Astronomical Weather Predict on
for IDIS

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: Re-
pulsion being the force OF gravitation and
based upon the cooler changes of weather
caused by the earth's being forced out
ward from the sun, and the warmer
changes of weather caused by the earth
being forced toward the sun on various
dates throughout the year 1915 by the
repulsion or the repelling forces OF Reg
illus, Spica. Antares. the Companion of
Sirius, the moon, the seven listed planets
OF the solar system and three new plan
cts, Newton In Leo. Buy. In Pisces, and
Laplace in Aquarius, the following infiu-
snce upon the weather should result:
January to 10. the worst part OF the
month The weather for the month
should be about normal, or the natural
average Of weather for January, consist
ing OF cool. cold and very cold spells,
with about the average amount of rain or
snow In most localities.
February the same forecast as Janu-
airy, except that the worst part OF the
month should be from February to 10.
March, a little warmer than the usual
weather due In March.
April, a little warmer and drier than
the average.
May. normal weather. or about the
average due in May.
June. cooler than tho average and sur
icent rain.
July. same forecast as juno.
August. moderate for August weather.
September. normal. or about the aver
age
October. November and December, a
little cooler than the average.
The weather conditions for the year
1915 should cause the agricultural growth
TO be enormous and result IN larger crops
than last year and be followed by enor-
nous crops in the southern hemisphere
from September. 1915, to March, 1915.
D. A. N. GROVER.
KANSAS CTTI, Mo. January 4.
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NEW HEAD OF INEBRIATE FARM.
DR.. Stokes, Former surEesn-Genersi
of the Navy, Chosen.

The City Board OF Inebrlety announced
81 its meeting yesterday that a. has ~
gagged DR. Charles +, Stokes, Surgeon
General OF the navy under the Roosevelt
and Taft administrations. 10 bee slpcrn'
tendent OF the city farm colony for irehrl.
ates in Orange county. Commission OF
Charities Kingsbury, president of ID
board, said after the announcements
"Dr Stokes has had abundant eNreT
ence. He was the first house surgso' a.
Gouverneur Hospital In 1905 he com,
manded the United States Naval Hospital
at San Juan and In 1908 was ordered
by the Navy Department in command OF
the U, s. s. Relief for service with IN,
Atlantic feet on IT'S round the w'rlu
cruise"
The farm colony occuptoS s0n acres rear
Warwick and now has thiFty-two ineon
ates under treatment. A temporarv dorm
tory Ia being erected, 10 that eoo7 MY
six more men can be accommodates
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son Day.
CJanuary s, ls15-lsf5)
This Is the day when we honor "Old Hick.
ory."
Honor him, aye. for the name that ne
bore
Fierce as a nghter. and yet above trickery.
Virile and valiant and leal to the core
Forth from Jamaica came farins the foo
sixty stout sail of them, ships of the
line
Who were to combat them1 Patriot yeo-
men,
Men OF the forest as staLch as the pine
Threading the bayou ways. on pressed the
barges.
Ensigns a-nutter Hike birds on rhe wing !;
Sounded the cheers as they landed their
charges,
While the bands echoed with God Save
the King"
HAPPY they thought they were out for a
holiday.
They who filed forward so proud into
sooth, but they found 1t was far from a
jolly day
Ere the morns frolc OF fighting was
through
FOR there was one who had thrilled with
his bravery.
For there was ono who had niled with
his fire
All OF his men, and they struck at en-.
slavery
With the old Concord and Lexington Ire.
Pakenham might rage. and the cannon
might crack again,
Vain was his valor. our praise to II be-
Thrice they made onset. and thrice they
quailed back again,
Thrice they reeled backward, then skunk
10 the sea-
Never since then has the land OF our
motherhood
Known the encroach OF hostility's tread ;
Now we clasp hands with past foes In fair
brotherhood
Over the gulf OF a century dead.
This Is the day When zoe honor "oh Hick.
ory.'
Honor him, aye, for tho name that ho
boreI
Fierce as fighter. aud vet above trickery,
V'ril" asd r"l'rr' nrd l-ol 70 th- core!
CIIEToN SCOTLAND,
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Germany's Production OF Copper De-
cIarcd 20 Meet Her Needs.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: The
British Government has declared copper
absolute contraband on the ground that
copper Is needed by Germany for the
manufacture OF war material.
Germany, according to the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica, under Germany" vol
xi., p. S11, produced In 1906 3l.7i3 tons
Of copper. OF which II exported 5000 tons
1t has a practically unlimited supply OF
that mineral and does not depend on the
importation of Il.
The only effect. and therefore the real
purpose. OF the British measure iE obvi-
ously tho Gripping not OF the military
operations OF Germany but OF an impor-
tant part OF the commerce OF America
through the exclusion of the latter from
the markets OF Europe for the benefit OF
the British copper companies.
MARTIN ScHuErzE
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. January g.
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ARIZONA'S ALIEN
LAW HELD INVALID
y
Federal Court at San Francisco
Says Measure Violates
U. s. Constitution.
EFFECT ON JAPANESE CASE

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. TIL. Lrizo,,
law which provides that at leu.t 40 p.r
cent. OF the employees on the payroll OF
concern which employs moro than nv,
persons must be American citizens va,
declared unconstitutional by IN. Federal
District Court here to-day.
The court held that the law wa, in
conflict with the Fourteenth Amerdr.p,
OF the United States Constitution. which
guarantees equal protection to Ill ps-.
sons. whether aliens or not. IN this cour.
try.
Attorney-General Wiley Of Arizona i'm.
medlately announced that he would an.
peal to the United States Supreme Cour,
The ant-alien employment ae' va,
adopted by the people OF Arizona at IN.
November election. II was an iritia,y.
measure.
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SO the good old Green Bag, most en-
tertaining and LUMINOSITY and humor-
ously trustworthy OF the trade journals
OF the solemn profession Of the law, Is
going to shut up shop after tventy-six
full years OF honorable usefulness to
the community In general and to its
esteemed contemporaries in particular.
AS one Of the indebted OF the latter
class THE Sun reluctantly says fare
well to it's old friend OF Harvard and
Kent streets. Brookline. Mass.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-08

Senator LODGE OF Ma ssachusetts does
not know what has become OF the rep
aratlon for the insult TO the flag, and
he is inclined to think 1t has been for
gotten. Why will he harp upon this
tender subject when IL can be disposed
Of by the psychological treatment?
First Of all. the insult was technically
not an insult, because General HuERT%
had not been recognized as provisional !
President of Mexico. You cannot be
lnsulted by an abstraction.
II we take the position that the Mex
lean people insulted the flag, 1t must
be remembered that Mr.. WILSON'S quar-
rel was with General HUERTA person
ally and the General refused TO make
any reparation, realizing that In rela-
ton 10 the Administration at Wash
ington he had no official existence.
This point OF view, 1t is true, befogs
the issue more than ever, but the fact
that HUERTA has been succeeded by no
Government capable Of saluung the
flag or making reparation Is helpful TO
mind not unrelentingly practical. And
It must always be considered that the
occupation Of Vera Cruz was only psy-
chologically an act OF war. This is a
weakness OF the Wilson case, because
II the occupation was really and truly
an act OF war. it might be thought to
provide the reparation desired. When
an unreturned blow follows an insult,
IL there has been an insult, satisfaction
may be deemed reparation.
Cannot Senator LoDGE look ut the
matter in that light? IL he could 1t
would be n comfort to Mr.. WILSON, al
though the President never made war
upon either General HUERTA or the
Mexican people.
1t must be admitted that finding ones
way out OF the maze is more hopeless
when we know that 1t was not the
Mexican people who refused to salute
the insulted flag Mt Tampico or TO make
any PREPARATION afterward. II Senator
LODGE values his peace of mind he will
give up the puzzle.
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VILLAS Green boob

General Francisco VILLA, by the
hand OF an adroit publicity agent, APP
parently his American adviser, whose
identity may be guessed, has issued n
Green Book. Like all the literature"
put out By factions in Mexico, in iml-
tation OF the Official pamphlets dealing
with the responsibility for the war in
Europe, this brief of the commander OF
the Division OF the North fastens the
responsibility for Mexican chaos upon
his enemies. II IL difficult 10 escape
that conclusion II the narrative OF the
Green Book. consisting OF manifestoes,
minutes OF the Torreon conference,
tons" is accepted without analysis.
The Green Book is such a formal and
argumentative production, and so free
from the vicious personalities of the
antl-Vlla Nominations that II one did
not know how ignorant and vindic-
tive the General was the temptation
would be strong to regard II as real
contribution 10 history.
In the opening exhibit, a manifesto
from FRANCISCO VILLA, "all Mexican
citizens" are invited Ito disavow Senior
yENUsTIANo CARRAN2A as First Chief
In charge OF the Executive Power OF
the Nation" and to "Join the Division
OF the North" because CABRANZA had
rejected a programme OF provisional
administration and constitutional gov.
ernmeni,. including agrarian reforms
formally proposed by General ALvARo
ORREGoN. commanding the Division ~
the Northeast AMI General VILLA. As
q composition the manifesto is impress,
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regret to say that the experiences I
have had with some foreign newspapers
have been worse than any ! have had
with American newspapers.-CoI RoosE-
WELT
Why do you regret that the Amerl-
can press is more truthful. more sc-
curate. more painstaking more inde-
pendent, more enterprlsing. more in
telligent, and in every other detail inf
nltely superior TO the press OF any
other nation?
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GOOD TIMES COMING.
The wave OF Prosperity Is Already Rush
ing Toward is.

Things look good TO me. / have lived
long enough 90 know that We have our
ups and our downs, our ups inevi-
tably as we do our depressons. II never
fails.
We have been down now for long
time. but tho upward wave is now form
ing 1t II already throwing Its spray
against our doors II won't be long now
before IL comes rushing in. There Is
nothing more certain.
We may not all get rich this year but
YOU can take II from me that this 10
going TO be a good year to live In.
GooD TINES.
Nfw YoRK January
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The Ballad Automobilious.

From ths Cleveland PidiN Dealer
The gas tanks full of gasolene,
The crank case full OF OIL
From top to tire, tho whole machine
Springs eager TO Its toll.
The top and Windshield both are down,
In rush the sun and wind
They smooth away my furrowed frown
And drive care from my mind.
The ensine's purr ths hum Of Ecars
All blend and make me feel
A newer music of the spheres,
A symphony OF oteel,
Before me lies the broad highway
Through village, wood and farm:
II lures me on, and I obey
Its oVerwh shining charm.
No more | sigh, like Mercury,
To ny on winged heel,
For Vulcan with now Soroery
HaA forged me xinga of stsAN
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NEW HONOR FOR VINCENT AsTOR
Elected to Membership an Chamber
of Commerce, 81 Others.

Vincent Astor was elected 90 member
ship in the Chamber OF Commerce. yes
terday along with ffty-one other well
known men.
The list includes Harry s. Black. United
States Realty and Improvement Com
pany Cleveland e. Dodge T Coleman du
Pont, II. II. Eldridge, Howard Elliott
John Hays Hammond, Percival S I'M
Alvin w. Krech. Henry Parish, John p
Ryan, Charles II. Sabin. Theodore
Shonts. Eben y. Thomas. George c. Van
Tuyl. Jr.. James n. Wallace and Seward
Prosser