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not recently her lot, that she can
with comfort conform herself to pos
lures picturesque and restful once de-
MED her; and that generally her
frame Ia cast in the mould that mother
nature designed. rs 1t is protected
from the elements with good taste
and judgment. The demands Of the
dance nre credited with a certain de-
gree Of victory in this matter; II that
is 40. thrice blessed the dance!
These are high subjects. not lightly
TO be treated. We are pleased with
our womenfolk but 70 we always
have been, no matter what envelop.
ment they might choose for their
IA scInationa
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The Government Geological Survey
sends out the somewhat r%eassuring
report that old Vulcan has clapped the
lid down on Lassen peak. The great
eruption In May seems to have spent
the energy of the volcano. and the
general indications are that it will
cause no more disturbance this season.
Though the mountain may continue Ia
be an active volcano. the report says
that It is believed that II will not de
velop into a devastating fury, after the
hammer of N~esuvius or some OF the
Alaskan volcanoes or other well known
foreign volcanoes
While I.assen In n rage makes quite
a spectacle of itself and while a vol
cano in eruption adds variety to the
attractions that see America first
offers, yet we could get along quite well
If Vulcan keeps the lid screwed down.
and "A bit tighter, too, than II is In a
great many municipalities.
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A Life Of Varied Activities.

To the memory Of EDWIN ID. HUI-
FISH. lately deceased, we beg leave to
pay our tribute Of profound respect
and at the same time to extend to the
people Of Owensville, Ind. an express
sion OF sympathy with them In tn:
loss they have suffered by the ex.
tlnction of a life 50 valuable 10 their
community.
The late MFR. HuLrIsH gave Owens.
Vile its first newspaper. some fifty
years ago., and for close to half u
century fully merited and amply re-
celved that respect and admiration
which in all well poised American
villages Is accorded to The Editoh
And his talents were so marvellously
diversified! lie was. for instance, by
all odds the best shoemaker in town,
or In all Gibson county for that mat
ter. As for his skill rs Il sign pain,e'.
II Is fully authenticated that ne
Of those brilliant beings, II Chicago
drummer. once said that barring Il
slight Jay" atmosphere easily elimi-
mated. one Of The Editors hand
painted signs would be an ornament
to Waha sh avenue Itself. He had per-
haps even a defer aud more deli
cately artistic touch when it came to
carriage painting.
As an architect he was easily first
yer all competitors. The residence
and business streets Of Owensville
are lined with the monuments Of his
architectural genius. So far AZ the
musical life of Owensville was con-
cerned, 1t simply ~revolved around The
Editor as It's centre OF inspiration.
He bit the tuning fork and led the
church choir as a matter OF cOursc.
But that was a mere detail. lie not
only organized the first brass band
Gibson county ever had. but he also
organized the first woman's band
known in the United States. What
heart havoc The Editors woman's
band wrought Mt county fairs In all
the First Indiana Congress district
will never he known save 10 such silent
sufferers rs may still survive. And
it Is better SO. no doubt. vastly better.
Why revive smoaldering embers OF
reminiscent tenderness to the disturb
ance perhaps Of domestic peace in long
settled and orderly family lives?
Through all the years Of these pub
lie spirited activities The Editor was
ever faithful to his grave response
bilities as the chronicler Of his time.
His printed word of consolation
reached every house of mourning.
The gentle flowers of his rhetoric fell
in cordial abundance ut every we'd
ding festivity. Who could resist the
sly jocularity of his friendly con.
gratu.ations when interesting domes-
tic events occurred? Over and abOv"
all an earnes ~eypounder Of sound
morals. sound political doctrine and
sound American patriotism.
4 full. richly rounded life, quite
aglOw with the warming radiance Of
kindness and good will. May the
turf rest lightly on The Editors hon
Ored head.
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MINATED HEARTS.
Right Ones. Soup. Ragtlme. Bach,
Bald Heads and Despair.

To THE EDITOR oY THE SuN-Sir. A
Few years ago such ~favorite terms Of
expression as "crusty old bachelor" and
sour old maid" were aimed at the IN.
married OF both sexes. To-day these
terms are misnomers. Yet the number
or unmarried has grown enormously.
OFTEN wonder at the phenomenon.
ot course we all know that for cvvry.
man there IL "a good woman sorncwhc
But Just where? Mr.. Rlghtman NAV be
here and Miss Rlghtwoman may be a
thousand miles away. What strange
force of attraction is to bring them to-
gether?
sometimes We think We meet the right
one face to face. only to find out that
she eats soup with a noisy spoon, or
that her p!anistic ability runs to rag
t!ine or tangoes. Imagine the effect II
the latter on one who has been brought
up on Bach, Beethoven, Chopin.
lhere are many sweet and Ooman!y
nome making women, and yet many %!
them are embittercd by eXperieurr or
acquaintance with the type of man who
cannot appreciate them and who rtyurs
the powdered and painted butterfly.
And there are mu.trtudes Of clean and
ambitious men OF suitable AZ, and ann
pie income who are lamcuting the appar-
ent scarcity of these home loving won-
en-. Isn't II too bad that the worth
while bachelors and bachelor girls are
by their modesty, industry and pursuit
of sensible pleasures secluded
No, the bachelors have no wish N
enter the bald headed class and have
their dreams uurealized. FAY from it. Rut
VINO can propose a solution? The vast
majority or Us think more Of the Ten
Commandments han of the fashion,ble
ceremonies of NE N.1 hn,. 80. ~ 90 4
in such terrible suspense witt In. .,,r
OF "a lonely old age, hercft OF All Those
delightful items connected Wiz trc
household the good old hom,. the
grandest institution OF civilization. mad.
so by woman's magic hand.
RICHARD PRESTON DANvERs.
LAKESIDE, Mich, Angus 2.
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Statement by Midshipman Wynkoop.

To THE EpIToR OF THE SuN-S'r; There
has come TO my notice the following
statement which has been published sew
eral times In your paper, "Midshipman
Thomas p. wynkoop, Jr,. of Ohio was
so severely hazed that ne tainted from
exhaustion and had to be carried to
sick quarters"
This ! wish TO deny entirely. as II is
an injustice to myself and the Naval
Academy.
You will be comforting a great favor
on me by disseminating such statements
and by publishing this letter.
THOMAS +. WYNKooP, Jr.
ANNAPOLIS. August 5,
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A Fair Question.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN--Str: I
notice that Lord N~orphclife estimates
the cost to the Germans OF every thou
sand squar miles occupied on the west
ern front at $500, 600, 900 and on the
eastern front at Sl65, 0O0, 900.
Perhaps his l%ordship will advise the
readers of THE SUN what It cost the
Allies for every thousand miles lost on
the western front and the cost to them
for every thousand miles lost on the
eastern front. II. J. BurLEe,
NEWARK. N. ], August 6.
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HAVE WE REACHED THE END
OF WATCHFUL WAITING?
From the Bishop Of Hetalonia.

To THE EDITOR OF The ~SuN-Sir: Per-
nit me to congratulate you on your
editorial article Mexico: The End
of one Policy and the opening OF An
other?" 1t Is worthy of the best tradi-
tons OF THE sun.
They tell us that a new policy Is
to be in%augurated. We are delighted.
Let us hope for good results; we shall
watchfully wait. trusting that the
wisdom OF the Administration and It's
advisers. 10Y suspended in the bal
ance, will at last be crowned with
triumph.
CHARLES WARREN CrRRiER.
Bishop Of Hetalonia.
WASHINGTON, August 8.
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BnttIeships as schooih"uS"S.

Mr.. Daniels took up the ua' Y
the Secretary Of the Navy w.. -
preconceived idca-undcr the ia. :
Bryan-that there would b. 'N d
and that the navy would not b." r 1919
as a national defence, and Tee =
could use his big orGnui2at"n " :
lines by which 1t would become 10 :
national school. Hence h's ur..'- Pr.
establish the school on ships, .'.''. ''
by officers. and the cudcaN"r . z,
over our hattleships into N''' go
schoolhouses.' =.
mir. Daniels has o~vcrlnof'I o." 'tl
that the product II the navy ''T
efficiency and not personal '.u
to Secretary D1'..'-~
composed Of the chiefs of o.i'''" .
and the heads Of the bureaus. '0 *
the bureau chiefs Is sulpn-'' 60 q. ;
specialist In one branch e '.' '.''
No one of them CLAIMS ~ h' ''..' ~,
advise on matters ~ o'.'" Pong. rl
II they were the Secretary V..' ''
know whose advice 49, best '. :
of the bureau are $50 rr"3' '.' '
eutir. time Is taken uu % .f"'. Z
to i.s details and the execute Dol. '- zoe
quircmonts. =,
"a council should No n1'" '' "
officers who advise but who o' $3.50 'N'
ccutc whose time ,aN h gwen .'
tlroly TO planning m" naval g." ,
prrpare against var and 81" N.'
tho navy so as 20 w.u = V"r
como.
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Excessive Domestic soiicitude.

First Centipede-Are you happily mar
ried7
Second Centipede-Heavens, no; my wife
makes me put on rubbers.
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London once. Bingham House. l Arun-
Del street. strand.
Paris once, 8 Rue de la Michodiere. on
Rue du Quatre Septembre. -
washington once, Hibbs Building
Brooklyn ONCE, i06 Livingston street.
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The Federal Government has or
dered the removal Of a famous land
mark of the Missouri valley. the 'old
fort bridge" the iron structure that
spanned the Missouri at Fort Leaven-
worth completed with much rejoicing
in the West almost half a century
ago. The bridge was of the first to
be built in the valley and the question
OF its location was bitterly fought owe
by the towns OF that section, for a
bridge and the railway lines it brought
were strongly deciding factors in the
making Of a future metropolis. 1t was
the best built bridge in the West In it's
day, and its span was high enough To
permit the passage of the steamboats,
that then piled on the river. In its
strange career of usefulness and neg
lect 1t had many owners. until it finally
passed entirely into the possession OF
European capitalists. They have lost
their interest in it: army engineers
will dismantle this former pride of
the West, dynamite it's piers and
sell the superstructure for old iron.
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Submarines for Defence Only,

The defence problem between Err.
land and Germany is n different one 70.
this country with Its 5000 miles 81 coast
M It's innumerable harbors. The sub.
marine has demonstrated its value - A
defensive weapon. but 1t Is ou tGe lee,
as "A whole that this country mu., de.
pend for dts safety from attack and
tho preservation of It's commerce
In case OF war, while submarines a-e
useful IN defending our harbors. BE- WI.
be the feet hat must go GU, nee,
and destroy the enemy.
I'm order that this fleet should -
well balanced and well rounded i mus.
nave n division Of battle cruisers VITA
a speed Of thirty knots, an trcrca-i
division OF submarines and an ample
number of supply ships. but what is ~an
OF IA greater importance We must hty4
a naval reserve Of 10000 men. because
ships without experienced men a.r ot
little value.
For example. We cannot hgt 't, :,
he impressed that Japan hats D d.. r
OF four battle cruisers Of 21..nu 'u. .'.
with a speed OF twenty-scy,r a'd
knots. This battle cruise. I.y.-.0.
Immediately control "a" ru'.'r w
Of the Pacific Ocean. ard So.
baltic cruisers At an Jud mo- q
ships whir1 could oyorfiS" fH
speed of our ba'flcsh. Us ....g
to tw~cnty-oue knots
I'VE should no. hos''i', ln 'Ns ~
yeels at once Of a ha'tl. "'.
sion OF four ships. The rrHe.
mcnt and speed and ire
overwhelmingly destroy e.
control ;h. "r.5, rt,, boon
ihl, impressed upon u .o
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Little Deeds Of SMatness,

Lives Of useful folks remind us.
Though We may not be sublime,
We can pass and leave behind us
Swatprints on the lies Of IN.
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FREDERICK NJ DAVENPORT, Bull Moose
candidate for Governor las year. did
What ne could TO wreck the local or
ganization.-Burdlo despatch.
A burnt child breads the fire.
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Chicken occupies a place In the Jury
box.-NetUs item
Although the first II is probably not
the last time such a thing will happen.
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AMERICAN DOLLARS FOR EU-
ROPEAN BELLIGERENTS.
Brief Statement Of the Facts About
Our War Loans.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: VIII
you kindly state In your columns whether
any of the nations engaged in the pres
ent war has obtained any money In the
United states on wal loans since the
war began? T. J. BowEs.
PELHAM, August q.
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Jail de luxe to have all home comforts.
Headline.
Kindly send applications for cells six
weeks in advance. Come early and
avoid the rush.
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All checks. money orders. &c, TO tc
made payable to THE Sun.
Published daily. including sunday, by ms
Sun FtINting and publushins Assuc'at'v. ~
10 nassau street, in the Borough OF Man
haitian. Sew York. President ana Treas-
ure-. william e. Reick. $50 Nassau street.
Nl,e.presid.nt Edward y. Mitchell, ieV
Nassau street. Secretary. c. F. Luston' iso
Nassau street.
Headers Of THE suS leaving town for the
summer months can have the daiy ana
sunday and evening editions Delivered 10
them in any part Of this country or fu-
rope on the terms stated above. Addresses
changed as often as desired. order through
newsdesler or directly OF Publicaton VI
nee. telephone 22OO Hickman.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

was Charlie Reed, and his place was
at West Twenty-fOurth Street. He
gathered in two or three tons of money,
but died in poverty.
When Stokes ran .le hotel he lived
at the Worth House, on the corner of
Broadway and Twenty-ffth Street. The
friends among his guests lived there.
The persons Stokes didn't know very
intimately lived in the hotel.
Not murder was committed in the
hotel.
"Hofman House patrons didn't go
in for that form of indoor sport" said
Mr.. Ritchey.
There were one or two suicides, and
the hotel housed a couple of well
known ultimate murderers. One was
Jerry Dunn, who killed Jim Elliott in
Chicago along about 1880. Another
was Major Mclaughlin. who killed his
wife. daughter and himself in Cali
fornia.
Few of the old employees survive.
Joe Majeotta. the porter. has been
there seventeen years, but he doesn't
consider himself an oldtimer. lie has
to bow to Johnny Kenyon. for thirty
three years a Hoffman House bell
boy" In the old days Kenyon av-
eraged $40 day in tips. A big Office
building is to take the place of the old
hosiery.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
JEFF DAVIS OFF TO BOSTON
AS BACK BAYS SOCIAL LION
King of Hobocs Lays Claim Beacon Street Blood and
Says Elite Will Welcome Him After Night
Freight Reaches Hub

and ny good hat Gee! you won't know
me-"
He told about visit he made to his
rich Boston relatives in 1901. when he
was only fifteen. "Oh. say, they gave
me one royal time"-"Jeff's" eyes
sparkled in reminiscence land |
stayed about four months. They all
liked me then. Just think of those
ginks receiving the King of the lIo-
boes now. Can you beat il"
The latest hobo addition to the So
cial Register said that his mother was
the only one Of the thirteen Proctor
children who had not since achieved
wealth or had riches thrust upon her.
She ran away from home when she
was fifteen, he said. and was lost 20
the family for twenty years Now.
JEFF" says. she is living in Cleveland.
where she is known far and near as
MON" Davis.
Part of "Jeff's" business in Boston
will be TO visit the Hotel Jobless, an
offshoot OF the de Gink, now con-
Quoted under the management Of Louis
Lippe, the de Gink's former jungle
bull"
But blood must tell, at least once
in a while. and one thing JEFF" is sure
of-his Back Bay relatives are going
to have a good chance to show him
the town. IL will be a short glorihca-
tion. though, for the de Gink will need
its manager again by Monday night
THE limousine. please. James. Take
Mr.. Davis to the New Haven freight
yards at once"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
CLOSING TALE OF
HOFFMAN HOUSE
Continued from page ]

semi off cially attached to the place
for forty years.
"Clevelard." said Empie, "was the
last of the Presidents to make THIS MS
port of call Bryan stopped here DUR
ing the campaign OF 1896. He made go
many speeches in the lobby that the
guests got tired though this was
practically a branch OF Democratic ma
tional headquarters and Mr.. Bryan
moved to the Victoria
Charlie Mahoney, head bartender,
who retired about five years ago, was
as strongly identified with the HON
man House as any one OF us owners
He was the towns most famous stake
holder at one time. Some OF the long
time guests recalled yesterday that on
election nights the wagers were so
numerous and so large that Mahoney
used to stack the bills a foot high on
tho shelf back of the bar. On one cleo
ton Patrick McCarren won S2o'OOo'
Whe1 the Brooklyn Democratic po!lti-
cal boss was handed the money he
passed $4,000 of it TO Mahoney as
tip.
There were few big men-men o. not
only national but international prom
inence who did not stop at the icF-
man House when business brought th"m
TO New York. And most OF the pron,-
inent women registered there. Saran
Bernhardt was one of the most noted
guests. Josie Mansfield, for love Of
whom Ed Stokes killed Jim Fisk, lived
there for time. Colonel Hickey. who
introduced to society drink known
fairly widely as the gin rickey, pa
ronized the hotel.
Many Noted Guests in Past.
Mrs. Lily Langtry and George kcss-
Ter stopped at the Hoffman House.
Horace Greeley was q patron. So was
Pierre Lorrillard. So was Jake Hess.
All the prominent bookmakers George
Wheelock, Sol Lichenstein and others .
attended regularly. pittsburgh Phil
Smiths face was seen there often.
Charles Hoyt, the playwright and
actor, and President Grant stayed there
when in town.
They say that one of the old Hoffman
House regulars ran The biggest gam
J bling house this town ever saw. lie
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

Soon after a freight train bearing
JEFF" Davis, King of the Hoboes,
reaches a certain large city on the
eastern coss: OF Massachusetts,. some
time this morning, and most aristo-
cratic section of that cultured mctrop-
oils will doubtless suffer well bred
and perfectly modulated shock.
In other words. Boston's far-famed
Back Bay, than which Fifth Avenue is
no more exclusive, is due for a life
sized surprise just about the time the
big bell in New Old South" tolls its
last dignifed warning TO belated wor-
shippers.
The originator and manager Of the
Hotel de Gink is going TO enter Bos-
tons most exclusive social circles. He
said so himself yesterday. And just
TO prove that social climbing was no
idle dream, he recited a bit OF his
family tree.
"Jeh's" mother was a Proctor. and
proctor" is 10 a Bostonian what-at
any rate, Beacon and Marlborough
Street doors open TO that magic name
in much the same way that Fifth Ave
nue. portals swing wide when the
butler whispers Vanderbilt"
Yep" said JEFF" yesterday. MON.
she was Maria Proctor, and all those
rich ginks up there, they're my uncles
and aunts. | reckon they'll be sur
prised 10 see me, because they don't
know I'm King of the Hoboes. No, I'm
not going to tell them. I'll have a
fence around my neck, and a shine,
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
iSTEUER CLEARED
OF BAR CHARGES
Ex-Judge Holt as Referee
Reports That Lawyer
Is Exonerated.
FINDS ACCUSATIONS
WERE ALL DISPROVED
Allegations Arose Out of Suit
by Edith St. Clair Against
Abraham L. Erlanger.

Max d. Steuer, lawyer. was yestcr-
dav completely vindicated OF charges
6Icd against him by the Bar Associa
tion. Er-Judge George G. Holt as reI-
cree. decided that the charges were uh-
founded. .. - ,,,
Judge Holt said in his report 10 the
Appellate Division:
an my opinion. none of the charges
Of the Bar Association have oecn es-
tablished. and each has been aihrma-
tivelv disproyed. and the respondent rs
entitled TO be exoncrated from all the
charges against him in this proceed
ing
The charges against Steuer grew out
of the suit brought by Miss Edith ~.
Clair. an actress. against Abraham l..
Erlaneer and Marc Klaw. theatrical
managers. Steuer was attorney or rec
ord for Mis-, st. Clair. who won
verdict for s22 800 Subsequently the
actress made the statement that she
had no claim against the theatrical
firm. had committed perjury. and her
testimony had been outlined for her by
Steuer. On this confession the verdict
she obtained was set aside.
Later. Miss St. Clair made another
confession to the effect that her frs.
confession was false. She was indicted
on a charge Of perjury. The jury dis
agreed. Counsel for Miss ST. Clair
charged that her position was the re-
suit of a conspiracy between MIR. Err
LANCER and former District Attorney
William Travers Jerome, his attorney,
to crush Steuer.
The four charges made against
Steuer by the Bar Association were:
That he advised Miss St. Clair to give
evidence which he knew to be false.
That he was guilty of professional
misconduct in coercing klaw Err
( LANCER to execute contract agreeing
10 pay the actress $4,000, in ten yearly
instaments, threatening to bring a
4 suit, and that he violated an agree
ment to keep secret the fact that the
contract had been made.
That he was guilty of professional
misconduct in accepting retainer for
Adelaide l.. Erlanger in her separa-
ton and divorce proceedings, while
acting as attorney for Miss ST. Clair.
That he permitted Mrs. Erlanger to
verify a complaint and testify that she
had not condoned certain acts Of her
husband, knowing that she had con-
doned' them.
evidence in support of the first charge.
Miss st. Clair, he said. testified that
the statements in her affidavit of May
7. 1918, were untrue, and that her tes-
timony at the trial was true.
In connection with the second
charge, the referee found that Steuer
called upon Erlanger upon another
case, and the subject OF the actresses
claim was introduced by Erlanger.
Regarding the third allegation, he
decided that it would probably have
been more prudent for Steuer not to
have acted for both Mrs. Erlanger and
Miss st. Clair, but that he was not
guilty of professional misconduct IN
being counsel to both.
The referee, in answering the fourth
charge, remarked that Steuer had
nothing to do with drafting the com
plant or trying Mrs. Erlanger's case,
being too much occupied with others
and leaving this one in charge of an
assistant