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NEW ENGLAND.
Poetry. Ankles. OmnlsciOlism and
Courage Bless and Guard Her.

To THE Enron or THE SrN-Sir: II
IL were not pathetic. Mr.. :. *. Will
sons soulless view OF New England
and pitisble lack of appreciation Of art
and nature would be Islander. Nowhere
IN this fair land has "A kind Providence
touched with such a fairy wand and
made hills and valleys. lakes II shores
equal in beauty To the mortal mixture
of earth's mould that people il.
Poetry. too, flows in gushing streams
from clif and dell. inspired by the mod
est violet and the daffodil or the waves
of the slitherlnR sea Acushn-t, Aga
wan, Pawtuckct and Biddcford prove
II and give the lie to our defamers.
Poems, too, walk about in many
places in furbelows and surgent lingerie.
with fur topped boots and ankles turned
in such marvellous beauty that SOM.
divine lurid enchanting Sappho peeps
into the mind and pierces the hearts Of
all who have souls, | know not whether
quite 10 much beauty floats about
Providence and Boston. but II New
Haven and sometimes Hartford there is
enough for all New England.
True. We need no teaching. Eminent
professors ~ ethics and omnisciolistics
abound like sands on our beautiful
shores. and IL any buffoon escapes them
We have the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company Of Boston and the
New Haven Foot Guards to protect us
NJ we are absolutely safe from humbug
and gull catchers.
Why shouldn't New England he happy
and self-satished?
JAMES u. DEwELL. Jr.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, November II.
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The Moral Eject OF Cold Water.

in a recent speech before the as.
sembled members and guests Of the
National Committee on Prisons and
Prison Labor Warden Osborne of
Sing Sing stated that among the
methods for improving the spiritual
status Of the criminals under his
charge he has found baths in the IInd.
son River of the utmost value.
This discovery Is In entire accord
with recent authoritative opinion on
the effect Of bathing upon the mental
and probably the moral state Of the
bather. The American Association
for Promoting Hygiene and Public
Baths has had brought before IL
written testimony from principals of
schools In Manhattan TO the wonderful
effect Of the ordinary school bath upon
the ungrnded classes. more or less de.
fec,ivc children. The enhancement of
alertness following Immediately and
lasting for a longer or shorter period
~ so evident that the teachers vie
with each other for the privilege OF
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MOHANSIC PROJECT HELD Up
whitman Delays sewing Question
tntii Legislature Meets.

ALBANY, Nov. l7-GoV. Whitm,, ,ol1
Edward Hatch, chairman ~ The v1ter
supply committee Of the Merchants AZ.
ISOLATION, and a delegation from thar as
sociatien to-day that nothing would no
done about the Mohansic Ilospltal sew
age disposal plant and pipe line until
AFTER IN" Legislature meets. in accorL.
ance with his promise made to President
william +. Morgan OF that association
III "a letter dated November l6. The
associations representative .xpressed
satisfaction with the attitude of the Gov
error.
- hutram sherman, president Of tho
hoard OF managers OF the Mohnnsic
hospital, issued a staten NJ to.uirb,
r"Iticising New York city !ur what ne
termed unreasonable objections tn IN.
hospital on It's present site, The hospi-
TAI was assured hy Dr Her
mann NJ, Bisgs, state Health COMMITS.
sioner. and u committee OF notable health
experts, as well as Or. $. :. Goldwntcr
thtn Health COMMISSIONS of New Ynrl,
city. that New lork's water supplv ia
perfectly safe from contamination as n
result of the installation OF n nrorer
sewage disposal plant. Nh. sherman
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II has not yet been revealed ny
what process, or under what section
Of the Constitution Of the United
States, It is proposed to confer on the
Federal Government authority tn in
vestigate and punish those crimes Of
violence which up to this time have
fallen within the province Of the
state Governments. There Is vague
talk Of amending the antitrust law
by the addition Of paragraphs dcfin-
ing and penallzing criminal acts
against the persons and corporations
they now regulate. and ii Is true that
the sO-called Mann act has apparent
~ pointed the way TO an incalculable
enlargement of the field OF Federal
activity. Yet the proposed extension
of power Is so portentous that 1t can
o he accomplished without IA long
and exhaustive discussion OF the re-
latlOns between the States and the
United States. which insures rs
against n too speedy contamination Of
the present purpose.
Ii IL n fact that the carefully re-
81 strained powers OF the United States
and the ineptness or lethargy of State
and municipal authorities have handi-
capped the administration of Justice
in recent months, and served To pro-
tect a number of dangerous conspira-
tors. Yet that the officers, national
and State, have had new problems to
deal with. whose solution naturally
required time, should not he over
looked. nor should the now evident
Improvement in conditions he IL
nored. II Is not impossible that the
lustrumentaLities already available
may he found practically efficient 10
cure the situation that exists,
Whether they are or are moi. the
creation Of a superpoliceman with
Headquarters in Washington and sub
ordinates In every city and ham
let IL not going To he an easy task.
There are still compelling reasons for
the preservation Of State rights In
The state police power.
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HE IS WRONG.
TeutOnlc C%ounterblast to Ammi
Wright's PrO-Ally Ctterances.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Str. Your
correspondent "Amici Wright gives "A
demonstration OF the famous question
to Il. Franklin. "Why were We
made reasonable beings II no to And
reasons for nat we are bent upon
thinking? - or words to that effect. Am
mi In sure Germany started the war
because Germany was prepared. "Ammi'
Ia prepared for winter. "Ammi' has a
ton Of coal in the cellar and an over
coat in the clothes closet. Hence
"Ammi' Is guilty OF starting 1.-The winter.
Keep clear of coal and overcoats and
tropical weather will be assured.
Germany started the var because she
failed to call Austria IN Hence Eng
land started the war because England
failed 10 call Russia Off. II was pre-
posterous 10 expect Serbia to crouch
before Austrian military preparation.
Hence 1t WAS preposterous to expect
Austria to crouch before Russian mill
tary PREPARATION. Germany wanted war
because Germans drank to the day"
Hence England wanted war because
Englishmen drank To- ITS bound to
come"
Germany s%candalized morals by in
vading Belgium. At first this was be-
cause she had agreed with England and
France not 10 do so. We learned for
the first time that n nation can sign
away forever beyond recall the right to
impress the character OF a belliRerent
upon its enemies, Later. when Greece
was invaded by the Allies. the Belgian
crime was shifted TO other grounds. II
was because the Belgians objected.
whereas the Greeks complied. Contrari-
wise IN An~glo-FrenCh occupation of Bel
GUM Wit the latter's consent, launching
an offensive from Antwerp and Liege
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The Joint War Council OF the Allies.

The Inter-Allies War Council, or
whatever the new body invested with
power to direct the campaign In
France and the Balkans may be
called. will of course he expanded to
include representatives of Russia and
Italy. ~ that there may he effective
cooperation in all the theatres of war.
On the western front there has been
coordination and harmony between
France and England since the retreat
Of the British eXpeditionary force on
Mons. Perhaps some things would
have been done differently II England
had not put her troops and their CON-
mander ~unrcservedly ut the disposal
Of France. but on the whole the team
work of the Allies has been satisfac-
tory in that quarter. such has hardly
been the case In the Near East. The
fact that the Austro-German army
has made 81 much Roadway in Serbia
proves that unified action was missing
In the management OF the campaign
of the western Allies, while Italy with
her go as you please policy has thus
far been of no assistance Mt all in
the Balkans. 1t may even he sus-
pected that the French and British
commanders did not work well In
double harness in the difficult Dardn-
nelles campaign.
II is singular that an attempt to
follow the example Of Germany was
not made before. As soon ms the Aus
TRAN Government was induced to let
the German General Staff take charge
of the campaign in Galicia the com
plexlon of 1t changed at once, the Rus
slams were driven out, and their often
sive was shattered. The invasion Of
Serbia was another triumph Of united
action directed 10y the German Gen
pral Staff. At the eleventh hour
France. England. Russia ami Italy ARE
getting together In council, and 1t
may not he too late for them to com
mnnd success
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President WILSON has besought Gov
ernor SPRY OF Utah To have another
investigation into the case OF HILL
srRoM. the Industrial Worker OF the
World under sentence OF death for
murder. whose ease has already been
reviewed n at Mr.. WILSON'S request.
At that inquiry no new evidence wal
presented TO the pardon board and no
grounds for clemency were disclosed.
In his latest communication to Gov
ernor SPRy the President does not sug-
yest that facts hitherto undiscovered
have been found or that he has knowl-
edge - circumstances that might ar
feet the decision in the case. What is
the secret Of the Presidential sympa-
thy for H~lLLsTRoM?
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name from the oficial ballot; It IL
not a violent extension Of the doc
trine that supports this prohibition to
apply 1t to the primary ballot. Put n
man up for office without his consent /;
campaign in his behalf against his
protest nominate him unwilling, and
elect him while he pleads for mercy /;
II he refuses to qualify for Office and
serve, clap him in jail. and feed him
only on bread and water. II Justice
HroHEs remains recalcitrant. he may
be locked in a Nebraska prison, there
to contemplate the demonstrated sue
cess Of direct primaries.
Meanwhile. 1t Is being convlncingly
established that Justice HroHEs Is
not seeking the once.
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GENTLY obvious to be appraised with.
ont further comment.

GENTLY obvious to be appraised with.
ont further comment.
But the assurances which led them
to disregard their oaths offer an in
wiling field for inquiry. by whom and
10 whom were they given? Was the
agency through which they we're dis.
tribsited authorized to make the pledge
that was eventually d~isregarded?
Was Mr.. WILSON'S attitude correctly
represented In them when they were
passed, or va he the victim Of n
trick? Was his name misused without
his knowledge? Was he the innocent
and unconscious tool OF interruptions
advocates Of the seamen's bill. or
were the guarantees in which his
name was used authentic when they
were issued. and vitiated only by n
subsequent reversal Of judgment on
his part?
Mr.. CHALLENGER refers to other In.
stances In which assurances that
the President would exercise his veto
came to naught." These assurances
have, indeed, proved q weak and use
less defence against unwise and III
considered enactments. They do not
excuse cowardly yielding by members
OF Congress to the demands Of pro-
ponents Of foolish and bad bills. but
the fact that timid, pusillanimous
legislators take refuge behind them
does not render less important the
revelation of the source from which
sprang those reports Of Executive
purpose which In the cas- Of the
seamen's bill helped to inflict on the
nation the calamitous seamen's law.
These sentences In Mr.. GALLINaER's
statement should be read with acute
attention In the White House. They
come from n serious and responsible
Senator Of the United States, and they
require IN explanation Of this sinister
aspect Of a case mysterious In its
whole course from the individual
most nearly concerned In protecting
the good name Of the President Of the
United States.
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A Year Of BANKING Progress.

During its first year the Federal
Reserve system has not only made an
excellent beginning, but has performed
valuable services The mobilization
Of bank reserves. which took place
with the inauguration Of the new
Federal system. provided means for
dealing with the incalculable strains
caused or threatened BY the European
war. and contributed to the revival
and strengthening Of that banking
and business confidence which ls now
producing such prosperity.
In It's first year the Federal Re-
serve system, on account Of the pecu-
liar and phenomenal ease Of the 1916
money market, was not able to asso-
caate itself very intimately with bust
ness enterprise, but the management
Of It has established presidents for a
sound banking policy. The Federal
Reserve Board has resisted encroach.
ments Of political opportunism repre-
eented by Treasury projects.
But anniversary Fluctuations should
not be allowed to obscure certain as
pects Of the Federal Reserve system.
1t IL still an experiment. The first
year of Its history has o tested II
thoroughly and its principal function
to-day Is that Of the holder Of the ul-
innate bank reserves of the country.
Its time of trial will come later, when
business expansion has been carried
further and all markets have to be
adjusted to meet the peace require
ments Of Europe.
There are in the Federal Reserve
act provisions which must he changed
sooner or later. and the sooner the
better. They conduce to defects Of
organization and policy as well as to
defects Of practice and method. There
IL too much Treasury power In II.
As a measure Of currency reform II
Ia inadequate. although a long step in
the direction Of improvement. lntelli-
gent banking criticism has developed
some practical faults Of general money
market Importance.
1t IL, however. II Of the chief rea-
IONS for the satisfaction nov felt that
the new banking system can very
evidently he made TO work well. and
that no radical upheaval Is necessary
unless certain objectionable features
are allowed to become incorporated
into the banking structure.
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Give Columbia What II Seeks.

There should be no difficulty in
impounling for Columbia University
the money needed TO make possible the
creation here of II great medical and
surgical school, with adequate labOra-
tories and facilities for research into
the causes and prevention of disease.
The work Of such an institution would
benefit every resident of New York
Immediately and personally. Nor
would the effects Of It's activities be
restricted by the boundaries Of the
town in which It's home raised.
Wherever the alienation of suffering
and the correction of morbid cOndi-
tion> was attempted. the influence Of
this great school would he felt.
The amount of money needed seems
large only when the purpose for
which il is to be expended and the
field from which 1t Is sought To draw
il are ignored. As II head tax on the
population of the town II would be
negligible. Compared with the sum
spent annually on frivolous objects by
the persons In whose interest II Is
asked il is scarcely worth mentioning.
Only when its possibilities for good
are studied and the effect 1t will pro-
duce on human welfare Is cOntem-
plated does II appear really great.
The fund Columbia seeks should he
completed at once, and THE Sun has
no doubt in intelligent citizenship
will see that II Is.
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Where the ONCE Seeks the Man.

To CHARLES EVANS HUGHES the ad-
vOcates of direct primaries not only
in this State but in the other forty
seven States owe much. His udher-
cnce to their cause gave 1t Il respecta-
bility and intellectual sanction 1t
greatly needed. And now the IN
grateful practitioners of the system
in Nebraska have utilized it to plague
and torment their notable political
b%encfactor!
Can Justice IlruHEs successfully
resist the effort Ia transform him
into Candidate HrGHEs! lie mny In
woke the law, hut what will that avail
him? In this State II man nominated
at the primaries cannot withdraw his
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THE POST OFFICE DEFICIT.
It Is Not Large and should Not Exist
at All.

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir. I
see In THE SUN of November IL that
senator Weeks is quoted as referring to
a $4O.O00.00 deficit in the Post Office
Department. ! presume he was mis-
quoted. as there has never been n
such deficit.
The largest was $~i7,47s,77O in 1909.
Since the advent OF the parcel post the
Post Office has paid for itself. The
balance az audited By the United states
Treasury Department has been as fol-
lows: e ended June 30. 1913. "a
5I0.650 surplus 1914. s4,376,463 sur
plus 1915, So. 900. 900 deficit.
The deficit last year is said to have
been caused by the great war. At my
rate during the first months of the war
postal receipts fell far below the nor
NAL. Certain allowances may be made
to the above book bala nee. Members Of
Congress get an enormous amount OF
mail franked. II all the free official
mall were paid for It would increase
the postal income by the fabulous sum
OF $4,000, 900 a Val There are. how
ever. certain debts not on the books
which would about offset this. The
largest Of these debit items In S8,500.0 900
OF rent In Federal buildings which the
Post ONCE In It's turn gets free. There
Ia ono item which make these minor
debts and credits look petty. It is the
virtual subsidy which Uncle Sam al
lows second class matter for the sake
OF It's educational value. The lowest
estimate of this subsidy IL $50, 900. 900 a
year and It IL all a loss TO postal re-
ceipts. II we allow the Post Ofice
credit for that. az some think we should.
there would be an annual postal surplus
OF 100000 instead OF "A deficit.
After all. the real question In: Are we
served best and most economically by
a Government monopoly or by private
corporations" Whether two or three
per cent. OF postal expenses comes out
OF taxes or not Is OF little real conse-
quence. PERL.EY Dor.
ARLINGTON, Mass, November II.
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these baths. JOHN WESLEY, quoting
from the Talmud, has taught that
'Cleanliness Ia next In ~ROdllness."

these baths. JOHN WESLEY, quoting
from the Talmud, has taught that
'Cleanliness Is next to godliness."
In view Of this fact II 10 to be re-
GREETED that Warden OSBORNE has not
been able to fulfil a promise made to
the prisoners in his postprandial talk
on last Fourth OF July to build a pool.
which was received by them with
great Joy. Why should the warden
he deprived Of this mode of regenera.
ton for seven months in the year
when a comparatively small outlay
may yield such valuable results?
What half an hour spent in a pool
Of cool water after n thorough cleans.
Ing under a warm shower would mean
to these unfortunates no one can
realize more fully than a man en-
gagged In the apparently thankless task
Of reformation Of criminals. The phys
ical enhancement resulting In better
understood by the laity. Mr.. LEVI.
sOHN dwelt very properly upon this
element in the improvement Of the
criminal before he Is restored to q
place In society.
At the present time, IL we are or.
rectly informed. each prisoner re.
ceives one cleansing bath each week.
Considering the mode Of life and Oc.
cupation Of these prisoners this Is a
pretty small dose Of good old YVES.
LEY's "gOdliness." The warden has
the correct idea Of the influence OF
bathing on the spiritual side; he
should be permitted TO demonstrate
Its value In n large series OF cases
during the winter months also.
Those who regard the punitive ele-
ment Of prison life a. more important
than the reformatory or preventive
methods may protest that a swimming
pool being a luxury would add to the
attraction Of prison life. hut modern
penology would sanction the physical
and mental refreshment Of swimming
rs a physiologically sane element In
regeneration that bears great prom.
Use Of usefulness.
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The Hon. WILLIAM kent of Kent
field, Cal. is the only one Of The 1875
Representatives in Congress listed as
independent" The party label is APP
propriate, LArrERTY Of oregon desig-
mated himself as Independent in one
Congress, whereupon kent changed
himself on the rolls to Progressive.
1T makes me nervous to Ike in a
crowd" KENT explained. LAFrERTY
will not he "A member of the sixty
fourth Congress. 80 kESr has returned
to the "Indepcndent party"
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4 Gard Of Thanks From the Comtessc
de- Vemptinnp.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Shr: ON
the eve OF making "A trip to Europe to
complete the work | began here for the
l'elgians. and in which the American
people and the press have helped me so
splendidly, ! want to thank you mos,
heartily FOR your support, wish to
convey 10 the American public my most
sincere thanks Tor their generosity to-
ward the unfortunate people ~ NJ,
country, MARIE pr I~iEMpTINSE.
NEW York. NpVtmhpr II
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To 1HE EDITOR ~ The SuN-Sirt The re-
port that an Austrian submarine has sunk
an Italian passenger vessel, thereby staying
about two hundred and seventy innocent
men, women and BABIES, seems TO connrm
the now undoubted fact that Kaiser VII
tam Wilhelm has at las, succeeded in maxi
Ing Francis Joseph II prosclyte TO the cause
% Ku,tur.
wuxEssAans Pa, November ~.
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WILLS AND APPRAISAL
MARY 4 N,rbN ID
teacher who died Me-,

MARY J. Mccoy
teacher WHO dtrd Nty - 81.
49, 80 urph'ws ANT u|,.,s
adobe FRANCES BRt~II .
Who dtrl FEBRUARY 's ',., - 4.,,.O
she gave 5000 to her iru....
thrush. and Ifr Interest 800
husband. John A bCpuutr 81
i'r sarah btOnnur. tlrAr4 '.
'rr"st IN slG2. cot. AVID rr Hsf .
"s't'" gurs tn h'I th..iI.u T
h'ih mortgHs,~ Woitn >lupA"
DIt, rltASk iipIhlNS i.'''
oar, nos" AVA throat sp,,..
july \, 1918, oft dn estate .'
New York, ana in add Htuu '.
uthl" real estate IN Mt~su.l. =
entlr" estate went 20 his VI. 80 y
r Roynton, The bulk of jn. ,..l or
sisted Of securities worth t1p.".9,
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The Oldest FIR Tree.


IRON me Stofhe POst fnfeH'Osncer
what Il believed to he the oldest A..
lree In the country has been found In tho
olympic national forest 10y a ranger, ac-
cording 10 II report from The forest bureau.
Tn" tree has 1850 rings of growth. one
ring for each year. which would make IN.
his stick ~"ll over a thousand years old
The oldest recorded mr. Wy to thh rscorI
breaker had $40 annual rings.
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VOckefcurr I.stnt, SSNr

Nu APPRAISED flied ycst, .l,
estate OF Edward Ruck, lc'l"r n
August -. 1905, shows iha. .,
siAh, AMI that u at uI~ Poo
Johu - RockefcllcV Of I.>.
county, who inherited $500
William Rockefeller. 'c., #,
The decedeut LEFT no Wi.
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n war IL he'll. then preparedness il
religion PHELAS Of California.
The Senator could prove It by the
OF England. II she had had
a regular army Of 1000 men TO land
in France there would have been no
hell Of war in Europe.
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Alpine. Tex, which has less than
J 900 population, turned out 1000 per-
sons yesterday to greet the Liberty
Bell as ii passed thr ugh homeward
bound from San Francisco. ai,d It's cit
liens are making an effort 10 hay the
p " oensu taken as OF Wednesday.
November II. 1915.
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Governor WnITMAN's keen Interest
in budget making would arouse more
enthusiasm II the results OF his first
executive efforts in enforcing econo-
mics were not so fresh in mind.
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steele Estate Ass-s.m.o, ,.,.

CORNER United states Attorney-Gcn.
era' George w Wi'kersham appeared
before Deputy Tax Commissioner R,ckcr
Yesterday as executor and trusir. OF the
Rosalic NJ. Steele estate. which had b.,r
tentatively assessed at $1,000, 600. He
got The assessment reduced to s2l?. 500,