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New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
The Vanishing Sea Raiders.

The sinking of the Dresden leaves un-
accounted for only one of the German
warships which were cut off from home
ports when the war began. The Gnelsenau'
Scharnhorst, Leipzig and Nuremberg were
destroyed in the naval battle oil the faik-
land Islands. The Dresden escaped their
fate by fleeing to the Pacific, but gained
only a brief respite. The Linden, after
a highly destructive cruise in East Indian
waters. was sunk off Cocos Island by an
Australian cruiser. The Goeben and the
Breslau. trapped in the Mediterranean
took refuge in the Dardanelles and were
nut under the Turkish flag. One hight
cruiser is blockaded in an East African
inlet and couple of gunboats have been
interned in American insular ports. Only
the karlsruhe remains at large OF the
regular war vessels. OF the auxiliaries
used as commerce destroyers but one, the
Kronprinz Wilhelm, is still active.
The German raiding feet did consider
able damage. 1t destroyed the British
cruisers Monmouth and Good Hope and
sank one small Russian warship. II
CAPTURED probably fifty allied merchant
men. and in an excess of zeal sank one
American sailing ship-much to the en-
barrassment of the Berlin government.
Yet the effect of its exploits on the prose
cution Of the war has been very slight.
II has not interfered with communica-
tions between Great Britain and her over
sea colonies. 1t has not prevented the
transportation of troops from Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and India to
Egypt France and Great Britain. 1t has
not in n single instance hindered the
transportation from neutral countries OF
munitions of war intended for the Allies.
Gcrmany's ships kept the seas from
four to seven months without base OF
supplies or any of the retitting advan-
tagcs of a home port. Yet they ac-
complished together far less than the
Confederate cruiser Alabama accom-
plished single handed Modern conditions
have greatly diminished the freedom of
action of the sea rover. The wireless tee-
graph is the deadly enemy Of the com
merce raider. 1t leaves him little chance
of safety if he continues to haunt the
travelled ocean lanes. Sooner or later
he must be cornered by a superior enemy.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Anomalous Power.

Mr.. Wallsteir's investigation of the
Board Of Examiners, which hears appeals
from rulings Of tAe Superintendent of
Buildings, shows that on various occasions
members passed on cases in which they
personally were interested. There is no
necessity for argument about the undesr-
ability, the improperly, Of this. A judge
is forbidden to do it. No official or person
exercising an official function ought to be
in position 10 do IT.
Yet it is proposed by the Lockwood-El-
lenbogen bill reorganizng the inspection
duties of municipal departments to per-
petuate the Board of Examiners and give
il much wider powers than 1t now has
That is, n board made up of the fire chief
and zone member Of the New York Chap,
fer OF the American Institute OF Archi-
tects. one member of the New York Board
Of Fire Underwriters, two members Of the
Mechanics and Traders Exchange, one Of
whom shall be a master mason and one
master carpenter, one member of the So
ciety of Architectural Iron Manufacturers
of the city and one member Of the Real
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
LONGER HOURS FOR WOMEN
Reactionary Changes in Labor Law
Fought by Consumers League.

To the Editor of The Irl0une.
Sir: There have been introduced into the
New York State Legislature bills amending
the labor law known as the Bewley amend
ments Assembly Int. Nos. 518, 5l9 and 500
and in the Senate as the Thompson amend
ments tnt. Nos. 5Ol and 500. These bills
are a most vicious attack upon the laws for
The protection of women workers.
One of these bills provides that women
over the age Of eighteen may be employed
in the canning season between June l and
November u for unlimited hours. 1t means
that it will be possible for women TO be en-
ployed in canneries over one hundred hours
a week for five months Of the year.
Two years ago. when the Factory Investi-
eating Commission found that certain
women in cGnneries actually were working
q hundred and more hours a week, it rec
commended the present law restricting wom-
ems work in canneres TO sixty hours. This
siXty-hour law with the extension to sixty
six hours during the pea season, upon au-
thorization Of the Industrial Board is al
ready a concession 20 the Gamers, since in
other factories women are permitted only
ffty-four hours of work q week.
Another Of the bills introduced proposes
to eliminate entirely the period of rest at
night for women in the csnneries for the
season from June to November /. In all
other factories the period Of rest at night is
from 10 in the evening to in the morning.
The third bill permits work in the can
acrics during the season, seven days a
week The present law prescribing one day
week set apart as a day Of rest applies 10
al! factories except certain small establish
ments like creameries. which employ not
more than seven persons in the preparation
Of food. If this amendment passes the Leg
islature many hundreds of persons would be
permitted TO work seven days q week with
out day Of rest.
It is reasonable TO make certain conces-
sions TO an industry which demands ex-
traordinary activity for a short season in
dealing with perishabie foodstutFs, as do the
canneries, but have not the exceptions al
ready granted canneros been all that can be
fairly allowed as consistent with the health
and welfare Of working girls and women?
The Consumers League Of the City Of
New York wishes TO beg the public TO join
in opposing measures 50 reactonary and so
undesirable for the working women Of the
state AlIEY ALDRICH,
Corresponding Secretary.
New ltrh, March -, 1915
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Seaaulls and Submarines.

A flock of seaguls has confirmed the
value of the aeroplane in a new role, that
of submarine detective. 4 sailor in John
Bulls navy has written of the escape OF
his warship from submarine destruction
through a warning afforded by seagulls.
A flock Of them which had been following
the British ship suddenly deserted her to
hover over a point in the water some hun
dred Yards distant Careful observation
of this spot disclosed a submarine peri
scope. The Britisher put on her best
speed. and survives.
1t seems reasonable to suppose that, as
the London dispatch says, German subma-
rines have found the seagulls a nuisance,
since these hardy foragers follow every
thing afoat in their search for food, and
from their point of vantage above the
water can detect much smaller fish than a
submarine beneath the waters surface.
Navy fiers have already remarked on the
ease with which in their hydro-aerOplanes
they can discover submerged submarines
when flying above them. Even the COM
paratively tiny submarine mines are dis
tinctly visible at an altitude Of 700 feet
unless the water is excessively muddy.
The explanation lies, Of course, in the
absence Of the light reflection on the
waves which is always present when the
angle of vision is less than ninety degrees.
1t accounts for the acuteness Of bird fish,
ers in locating their prey. 1t makes the
aeroplane the natural enemy Of the SUBJ
marine.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Workingmen and War.
? of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: May | ask YOU kindly to call the at
.ention Of Mr.. Gompers and other leaders
C, workingmen'. societies to the desirability
Of using their influence for prevention Of
such support rs is al present given in the
case Of tho Prinz Eitel Friedrich? Why
should worbingmen. who in the main have to
bear the worst horrors of militarism, do any
OF the work on such a ship? They are sim
rly makirc her read" to 20 out again and
murder their fellow men and destroy their
food and property.
Shame on any workngman who Will ,ift
hand or tool for his own and family's de-
struction, Il is time that the workingmen's 8
societies did something TO stop such hcllish
work. which the nineteen centuries OF sham
Christian teaching have completely failed
10 d.. They have verified the blind leading
rf the blind and have both fallen into the
ditch. and at the present time do not seem
to be making any concerted effort to get out.
It's preach, preach, preach, and no prac-
tice No one can be a Christian and uphold
IN niiitar;sm, ard If there is any truth IN the
number o. their members and attendants at
tLc present time they ought to be held re.
.ponsiUle for its continuance, and if they
are the ght Of the world let their teachers
get il out from under the bushe and let the
world see il. DEAN READER.
Coney Island, March 10, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Chci.ti tan Scienee and D:sease

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Ia reply % an item in an issue OF
recent date in which Harold J. Hinman, ma
ority leader Of the New York Assembly. az
lacked the Thorn bill, permit me TO say that
lawyer are taught among their first les
ons that mere hearsay testimony is worth
less. Nevertheless, Mr.. Hinmau has accepted
this brand OF testimony as reliable. and with
this as has basis has used his important pub
&c ofce 90 attack and seriously misrepre-
-gut the religious teachings and practices Of
large .oly oi the most re spected, useful
and iaw4b.d'ug citizens IN the commonwealth.
II should bee evident to a'l that = Chris
tian Scientists denied the existence Of dis
ease IN the sense that Mr. II Hman uses the
expression the ranks OF the Christian Sc.en-
..sts would rot only he soon decimated, but
the law would long ago have stepped in to
ave the Christian Scientists from them
elves
No. many years ago some figures we're
printed iu The New York World which
showed that ia one year the number Of
deaths of children by dphtheria in New
York Ci,y under mtdca treatment was l.7l5,
as against zen deaths by the same cause ~
mo c~-ire United States during the last
thirteen .CaIs under Christian Science treat
mcat.
A. Jha. time the Official report OF the New
ork Board OF Health showed that ;otai Of
-,lll children afteen years Or Younger died
-Hdcr medical treatment, as against thirty
Two hown 6y The Worlds" figures to have
died in she entire United States during the
last thirteen years under Christian Science
treatment
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
WHAT ARE COMMISSIONERS
FOR?
Query Suggested by Tannenbaum's
Story Of Prison Abuses.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Perhaps you can tell me why II is
that such prison conditions as are described
By Tannenbaum should exist under COM
missioner who. we have all been led TO be-
lieve. represents the last word in enlighten-
mcnt What IS commissioner for. anyway?
Does she exist in order to protect her sub
ordnates? or is she merely tigurehead,
with no control over them? Does the law
prevent their dismissal? Or is it impossible
TO get wardens and keepers and orteriles
who are above the level Of constitutional
psychopathic nferiority?
The proportion O. murderOus stupId'ties
reported as existing under The reg NE OF the
ultra-go0d commissioners does not seem to
differ materially from those under the ultra
bad. If Tanaorbaums tales of the treatment
Of himself and his fellow prisoners are not
true, then he must be a genius OF plausl0il-
ity They are too much ike the stories OF
beatings and cruel abuses Of authority which
leak with monotonous reIteration INTO the
p,bl.c prints not to have all the color Of
yeracity.
A story such "a you printed yesterday
sends a chill 30 the heart. Organized cruelty
;n war has at least some shadow of meaning,
and can be understood even though it sad
dens But this sort Of stupid personal
cruelty. practsed on the weak who have no
protection from those in authority, is the
one thing that rouscs ones blind, intoler-
able rage.
This morning there lis sorry of the heat
.rI, Of a weak minded patient under the regime
either o. this same excellent commissioner Or
one cqualy excellent and pra,scworthy. |
an very icrorar. Of the ia~ and aGminlstra-
lion Of charities and correction. but are
commissioners really unable 30 prevent
thcs, things If they are, why do they stay
IN their posts and expose themselves to mis-
understandings ike my own? II they are
able TO prevent them, why don't they? Miss
Dayiss own exposition Of the disciplinary
clastiycmcnt of Tannenbaum as reported by
you. suggests . penal philosophy worthy Of
the Middle Ages. Has the lady really any
qualifications for her job except the acci-
dental fact that she is woman? ask, in
increasing porplexity, what are commission
ers for? RANDOLPH :. BOURNE.
Now York. March IL. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17

Estate Board Of New York. who shall be
an architect or builder" is TO have the
final say on building rules and regula-
tions. This board is to be appointed by
the organizations named, without check
by any public official, and is TO have un-
limited power to spend public money for
expenses.
With or without this provision the Lock-
wood EllenboRen bill should not pass. Ii
is fatally discredited by its attack on the
Tenement House Department. But more
than that, there ought to be serious CON
sideration whether the existing Board OF
Examiners should not be wiped out. 1t
is against the public interest for any prl-
vate citizen to have given TO him official
power to further his business interests by
his own say-so.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Brains in Baseball.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Johnnie EYers writes very readable
article about brains in baseball, but is he not
all wrong in his conclusions Take managers
.'to Mack or McGraw; they do not want b. ain
players so much as those who caA obey orders.
!oc modern manager wants 90 play the game
himself. and players are mere tools, who fan.
or succeed in so far as they can obey instruc
tons. Study the career OF Bcscher It IS
typical before and after he came to New
York. Is 1t not a certainty that if he goes to
some other club he will again be one of the
most interesting figures in the game
A team Of right-handed batters for a south
paw, and vice versa, all making up a nine -
may be the last work in efficient management.
but it is not baseball Clubs with big treasu-
ries able 20 employ from twenty five TO thirty
star players. ought 20 win the pennaHt every
year; the wonder is they fail.
Small teams, but efficient, and les playing
by managers would give Us much more IN
t-rcsting sport. E. A. II.
New York. March IA, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Question of Bread Prices in 1879.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: IN your Sunday edition of yesterday
Mr.. KinGsland Crosby furnished very timely
ard interesting article on Bread Prices etc ,
IN Manhattan Island in 1856. 1t reminded me
that had preserved an extract from the pro-
cecdngs Of .ho General Court Colony of Mas
sachusetts Bay in 1879 relating 10 the same
5ubie as follows:
80 May 1872 in answer to the petition
Of John Man. Tho. Skinner, VIM. IIoare and
George Dauson, loaf bread bakers &c in
oston, Z is ordered that Mr.. Anthony Stod-
dard, Capt. John Richards, Capt Thomas
brattle and Capt. Lawrence Hammond be a
committee to consider and make an expert
mcnt whittier the prizes OF wheate ard as
A. iZes of bread stated in the law be not such
as the bakers may live by, and that they make
q return Of their proceedings there in 30 the
sessions Of this Court in October next, the
charge of the Committee TO be borne by the
bakers"
We can readily understand that the bakers
had petit.ored the General Court for relief
nom he law which fixed The price, and
zes" Of bread AZ that time. claiming las
thoy DO now that they could not live by
them.
! did not get copy of the report o. the
committee. so cannot say whittier" the bak.
ers got any relief Perhaps Mr. Crosby could
find that in the Colonial Records" IN the
Public Library. s. B. MOTT.
Scranton, Penn, March 10, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Does International Law Still Exist ?

A pamphlet with the above title has
Just been published by the Oxford Univer-
sity Press. Its author is Sir II. Erie
Richards, Chicele Professor of Interna-
tional Law at the University Of oxford.
1t expresses the conviction that the law
of nations is still intact, in spite Of Ger
many's failure to observe il in her inva-
sion of Belgium, in her general conduct
of war and in her policy toward neutral
countries.
That is the high-minded view, the view
which makes for international welfare
and justice. We had hoped that it would
be the British governments view through
thick and thin, through good and evil re-
port. Great Britain entered the wa as a
protest against Germany's bad faith in
violating the rights of neutral Belgium.
Her government repudiatod the theory OF
Won Bethmann-HolIweg that international
compacts must give way to an individual
nations interests and its notions Of mill
tary necessity. By taking that stand
Great Britain won the moral support of
all neutral nations. They recognized. as
she did, that only chaos could result in
the relations of states if the anarchistic
doctrine were to be established that Il
nation could disregard any obligation to
other nations which conficted with its
own interest.
Professor Richards rightly rejects the
doctrine that military necessity can jus
tify suspension Of the operation Of the
law of nations. lie asks: How can a
society of men or of states proceed at
all on this basis? Is this new doctrine
anything more in its essence than that Of
Machiavelli?" Yet, forgetting its own re-
proof Of Germany's conduct toward Bel
gium and adopting Germanys destructive
theory of military necessity, the British
government has now undertaken to en-
force war measures against neutral com
merce which are absolutely without sane
zion in international law. Instead Of
standing fast as a champion Of interna-
tional rights Great Britain has Joined
Germany in disregagding and abrogating
them.
Not since the Napoloonic wars have the
rights Of neutrals beer so harShly chal-
lenged as they are now by the combined
action of Great Britain and Germany.
But even though Great Britain, like Ger
many, has repealed international law,
the rest of the world need not despair.
Professor Richards himself is convinced
Though he wrote before the British
Order in Council was issueD that
he law of nations VIII again be rcstorcd
60 general respect. lie says;
Because It is impossible for irtcruat.oua,
intercourse 20 he continued unless law Dc
observed. ard unless l. be recognized tha.
every state has duty to the other mem
hers Of The community Of states, and be-
cause public opinion is shown to be some
check even in the darkest days, ! affirm con
leuty that international law does st.!l
exist; and anticipate that after the end VI
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Good News for LEGAL Taxpayers.

An alert and appreciative citizenry of
New York will recognize and applaud the
promptness Of the State Legislature in
caring for their interests in the matter of
direct taxation.
A few days ago an industrious and ex-
perienced state empoye discovered that
errors in calculations had been made the
basis for a programme to impose direct
tax of $1S,OOO,OOO on this state, S13,-
300, 900 to be paid by this city.
Such an error calling for immediate
action, it is pleasant to note that the
Republican leader of the Assembly has
not neglected the opportunity. A bill has
been introduced in the Legislature abol-
ishing the Office held by the industrious
and efficient employe.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Philadelphia Sneaks TO Anchorage.
Editor OF The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | was passenger on the american
Line steamship Philadelphia, which left New
York on February l3, flying the flag Of the
United States of America and carrying some
ore hundred and fifty passengers and the
United States mails. On Saturday, February
20, as We were going up St Georges Channel,
tic ships lights were extinguished and all the
portfolios banketed. 1t was Illuminating TO
the Americans on board to see a vessel Of
their country entering The port Of Liverpool
like a thief. fearful Of discovery.
Instead Of furlug her flag blankctiag the
lights and sneIkiug TO an anchorage in the
harbor OF Liverpool. 1T seems as though the
Philadelphia should have proudly shown her
coiors and boldly exercised her right to traf-
nc as neutral nation. Are we 20 bow down
before the threats OF belligerent countries O.?
Coo forbid EDWIN G. LAWRENCE.
London, England, Feb 3, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17

said: "Sincc have been at the head OF the
Health Department | have received no proof
of any violation of the rules and regulations
Of the sanitary code by Christian Scientist
/ know they are reporting cases Of contagion,
as required b. law. and are taking the neces-
sary sanitary precautions Of proper isolation
and disinfection Violations are quickly and
promptly prosecuted, but have yet to ind
an instance where .he lawbrcaker was a mem
Der Of the Christian Science Church As
matter of fact it can be proved that no eyl-
dence has ever been offered TO show tnat
any epidemic 81 disease anywhere IN the
United States at any time was ever traced
20 the negligence or ignorance or careless
ness Of a Christian Science practitioner.
ROBERT s. ROSS,
c. 8. Committee on Publication.
New York March II, 1915.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17

this war it will stand on n more secure 1901
ing than before.
II is the duty of the United states az
The most powerful of the neutral nations,
TO work increasingly for the fuillment oil
this hope-for the full re-cstabIishmeht oi
the validity of international obligations.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
IRELAND.

4 Lard Of romance and humor,
Rich I'm it- storicd lore,
4 Lard Of legends. and heroes
Whose de"ds crowned days Of yore;
Adventurous men and daring,
Women both fair and true
As fresh rs the down of morning
Or clover kissed with dow.
4 Lard o. beautifu. valleys,
Meadows with verdure drest
u,rh mountains that catch the glory
Of sunset OF their crest;
ra;r lakes that reflect the azure
and blue Of midday sky.
Mirror the billowy cloudlets
Lazily floating By.
4 mysticism as ancient
As history's annals date.
Prolific IL names that made her
Both historic and great;
Beloved by her sons and daughters
Whcre'cr DER earth they roam,
Who of o'er he deep blue waters
Think o! their early home.
4 Land where tie brich. red clover.
The Corsc and Shamrock grow,
lis hillsilcs al! covered over
With emerald hue and glow.
Where mists o'er the lowlauds glsten
Like silver spray in the sun,
AID the swains and lassies listen
To the Harp when day is done.
AUGUSTUS TREADWELL.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17
Is the Back Bay BackSlidin&:

Just how much gilded sin is born to
blush unseen in Boston's Back Bay? Will
IAN Dean Howels years ago administered
a contemptuous rebuke to those who scent
ed futurstic morality in the air of Com
monwealth Avenue. But Mrs. Anna
Steinauer, Boston's only policewoman,
says now it is the first place she would
clean up" if she had her way.
It may be that conditions have changed
in the interval, even in Boston. Certainly,
when Mr.. Howells frequented the salons
of the Back Bay the young ladies did not
smoke, at least in his presence. Mrs.
Steinauer finds them inveterate smokers.
And to prove that she brings a truly soclo-
logical point Of view to bear on her obser.
vations she says: at is not among the
middle class we find the greatest number
Of girl smokers. The women Of the lower
class and the women Of society arc the
smokers" And the women Of society, she
adds. are the brazen smokers.
Mr.. Howells will be shocked TO learn Of
this. Cigarette smoke must have diSpeled
the cool Emersonian atmosphere ne was
wont to bask in and interpret. And with
that atmosphere gone it may be that
strange doctrines are gaining ground on
the banks of the Charles. Perhaps it is
already too late for Mrs. Steinauer's
broom.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17

And them says Charley, they ask n'
Why don't live in New York-why val
70 live way out here in the bushes W
it's rotten out here, yea. Kid No good ,
all, hey? Why don't you quit work az
come out and write fiction?'
1t makes you wish you could.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17

It would oa O. cinch for Thaws lawyers
irving his cases under international law
New-York tribune., 1915-03-17

Pasadena is a beautiful, musleaIF'~
rich, Bermuda sort o. ~.
am glad ! have not money enough
tire; if | had | am afraid ! should ''.
here to live. And il is too, TOO peas,
It is the capital, yol might say o.
c0tton-wooly West.