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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

Mayor mitchell recognizes. as all
who have had to do with municipal
government must, the weakness Of
the tax laws as they affect personal
property, and the inequalities that re-
suit from an attempt to enforce them.
Yet It is the duty Of the city authors
ties to collect what they can. The
discretion that has been and Is now
exercised is without warrant in the
statute. Moreover, New York needs
whatever may be derived
from this source. an argument that
admits of no answer. our hope is
that the Mayor and his advisers may
get at the tax dodgers and prevent
them from shifting their share Of the
burden I o the little fellows.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
Natural Cotton COlOrs.

That South Carolinian who an
nounces he has produced cotton OF
warm tan, yellow green, light brown.
olive green and bronze colors, and Is
sanguine he will produce black cotton
in the near future, has solved the
dyestuffs problem, in part at least, If
his statement Is true. LUTHER Bur
BANK thinks 1t doubtful that black
cotton can he produced this genera.
ton, If ever.
Still, It Is possible South Carolina
has a Burbank or possibly even a
greater than BURBANK. Americans,
at least, will wish him success in his
efforts TO produce natural cotton col
ors. Natures alchemy certainly Is
capable Of producing more beautiful
tints and colors than any German or
Swiss chemist in his laboratory, but
Of her color scheme has not been
found. And natures colors are fast;
they do not run, and her mordants
do their work with a perfection no
laboratory can achieve.
But natures laboratory secrets are
carefully guarded. She fashions her
colors in accordance with laws which
the greatest chemists only happen
upon occasionally, as in the discovery
Of the coal tar colors. The best the
chemists could do, even in that case,
vas by the painful process of the
synthetic production of alizarine from
its constituent elements.
To get nature herself to perform
this work would be one of the great
est triumphs OF science in modern
times. In fact, 1t is 10 great that 1t
will require abundant demonstration
and confirmation before the world,
and cotton growers especially, can he
convinced that the South Carollnian's
reported discovery is genuine.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
EXPORTS CONTINUE TO GAIN.
Weeks FiE II show S6,G7.,24I
nMlnncc of Irnhc.

WAsHINGToN, Sept, li,-Tho balance
Of trade In favor OF the United States
for the week ended September II last
I'm thirteen customs districts which ham
died about % per cent. Of the customs
business OF the country vas S6,G72,241.
The exports for the period at the thir-
teen ports amounted 10 $50. 5y3. 7OS and
the imports TO s26.92l.IG7.
AT the port OF New York tho exports
exceeded the imports, the former being
slS,2lG,452. while the latter amounted
to SIC, O6S. SOC. Al New orleans the ex-
ports were more than double tho i'm
ports. Al Detroit the exports were five
times as great as tho imports.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

BY its latest reduction in the
charges for press leased wire service,
which brings its rate down to one
quarter OF what 1t was last July. the
Postal Telegraph company has again
vastly widened the possibilities OF
news transmission, and thus conferred
an important benefit on the country.
At present II Is of paramount impor-
lance that news should be speedily dis
tr!buted. without that condensation
which sometimes results in ~obscurity,
and the Postal Telegraph company. by
reducing the cost OF wire service. has
made financially practicable the en-
largement of the telegraph rooms in
hundreds of newspapers which other
wise. could not increase their facilities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
HEALTH EXPERTS TOUR CITY.
Delegates From Rochester
ton View Municipal Institutions.

The delegates from the Rochester
convention of the American Public
Health Association made their second
tour OF the city yesterday under the
guidance OF officials from the Health
Department. They Inspected n milk
~pasteurizlnE plant at Webster avenue
and l67th street, Thu Bronx the refuse
moderator at West New Brighton,
staten Island Barren Island, the sew
ago disposal plant in Hendrix street.
Brooklyn. and the quarantine station
at Tompklnsv!lle. Slater Island.
The visitors were also taken on n
boat trip under the auspices OF the De-
partment of Public Charities, viewing
vurious municipal institutions along
the shores OF tho Fast River. They
have been invited to stay the remainder
of the week and inspect tho c!ty's
health activities in detail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
WANTS TOBACCO BAN LIFTED.
Rcformatory Head Iavors Giving
Weed to Inmates.

ALBANY, sept. 1.-THE only trouble
experienced 10y the management OF tho
branch of tho New York refor1matory
for male misdemcanants at New Hamp-
ton, Orange county, comes from the law
making II u crime to furnish tobacco TO
minor who are inmates Of the institu-
tjun. There IS n big farm. the boys
raise much food and their conduct is
excellent, but the superintendent says
that 90 per cent Of the difficulties of
managing the place arIse from the pro-
hibition against tobacco lie SAYS the
deprivation OF the weed causes nervous
ness among the smokers. and he Is in
clincd 10 favor a law which would per-
NIT him to give them tobacco. There
are l25 inmates. AN transferred from the
city rcformatory NJ Harris Island.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
FIXING THE BLAME.
Addition to the List OF Things the
TeutOns Did.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. ~.
j. r." says that the war OF %Independ-
ence was due to the Teutonic rulers of
England In the year 1916.
This gentleman has not gone far
enough. II was due to the Teutons that
the wal of 1912 became IA fact.
1t was due to the Teutons that Eng
land paid SIS. 900. 900 to this country for
the Alabama claims.
II was due To the Teutons that Clovc-
land warned England TO keep hands off
Venezuela, not forgetting AZ the pres
ent time that the earthquake tremors
and the eruption OF Vesuvius In Italy are
also due to the Vaccinations Of the Tcu-
tons. r. J. RULER.
NEWARK, ". j., September II. -,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
Putting the Third Side on an In
dustrial Triangle.

The wage agreements now opera.
tive IN the greater part OF the coal
fields in this country, both anthracite
and bituminous. expire on the first
day OF April, 1919, A new agree
ment to govern the relations OF CAPT,
tai and labor in this superlatively i'm,
pOrtant business must he made. Prob.
ably no other industrial or mroduc.
tive enterprise Is more fertile OF diff.
Guilty In adjustment OF the mutual
rights and obligations Of employers
AMI employees.
The United Mine Workers Of Amer.
lea have already adopted n platform.
II contains twenty planks. each lie.
ginning with a somewhat r~hctor1cally
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
Shakespeare In India.

To THE EDITOR OF THE s~UN--Sir: I no.
ticed In the column OF law notes In the
SUN OF September ~ that an eminent
Indian counsel said TO a neighbor who
complained Of having lost $500 by the
counsel's advice given during a drive one
summer day; "oh, I remember now; but
that 49, -nly my travelling opinion. and.
to tell the truth, %nelghhor, my opinion Is
never TO be relied upon unless the case
apneArs In my fee book"
william Shakespeare three hundrel
years ago In King Lear said.
"heHt-This Is nothing, fool"
"FOol-Then It's like the breath ~ an
unfced lawyer" c. 4 a
Boslos, September IL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

Old Sol this year seems to have rom
fused September 4 with the Fourth
OF July. In normal m a hot
spell m with Independence Day.
lasting a week or more. This year
July was abnormally cool as we'll as
rainy. The hot spell was reserved
for September. and when at this time
OF the year was the like OF II seen
before for intensity and duration?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

Mayor mitchell made public last
night his determination to institute the
most drastic retrenchment in the ex-
penditure Of the peoples money that
this city has ever known.-From the
neics Of the day.
The city's acquaintance with re-
trenchmcnt is lot so extensive as TO
make this achievement insurmount-
ably difficult.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
Under suspicion.

To TnE EDITOR or TuE uN-Sir Mr..
Bryan may go abroad to try TO talk the
war to a standstill. But before issuing
his passport would II not be well for hi
successor TO search him carefully to SCI
what dispatches he Is carrying for his
German friends2 II. W.
NEW YORK. September II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

Sir PERCY Scorr, who took the naval
guns to Ladysmith and did such
splendid work with them in the Boer
war, should be the right man to
defend London from Zeppelin raids.
But as with his inventive genius he
taught the British gunner to hit the
target at sea, he will be expected TO
devise some means Of bringing the
giant airships TO earth.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

Bachelors SLOW TO ~enlist-Houss OF
Commons hears that proportion OF mar
ried men is high.-NeUspaper headline.
Perhaps instead OF conscription Eng
land may be forced to compulsory
marriage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
Attorney At Law
YORK, Pa. September H."

YORK, Pa. September a."
Our purpose in giving wide public
ity to this note Is to warn the legal
fraternity of the Pennsylvania settle
ment Of the presence in their town Of
a person unprincipled enough to afiix
the name Of of their brethren to
an utterance which we are positive
from its internal evidence he would
be incapable OF fathering. Obviously.
no man of sufficient intelligence to
attain admittance to the bar Of their
State could be 50 ignorant as 10 as.
sert that the sale Of munitions Of war
by a acknowledgement to a belLgerent
Is a crime and no practising lawyer
capable Of arguing a case before a
justice Of the peace could he guilty
Of such an illogical and unfounied
conclusion as that embodied in the
phrase which designates such sales
as "the very storm centre Of all the
present troubles between such ma
tons" Therefore, an impostor has
done this thing, and his work we
gladly expose.
We hope and believe that the bar
association of York will search out
and punish the villain who has IN
deavored thus to bring to ~dlsrepute
one Of its members.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

The recent air raid by Zepperns on
the Baltic coast of Russia IL said to
have been carried out with the help OF
sketches made by the Kaiser during his
last visit to the Czar.-CopenhoDen
despatch.
A truly royal return for Inequalities
extended.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

Nnicker-Is Jones u patrloi'
Booker should say 40, no knows the
words OF THE star Spnugled Banner ana
understands the proposed constitutions
amendments
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

Public school teachers need q union.
Opinion Of a labor leader.
Are they not sufficiently influential
in their present condition?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
WHEN WOMAN OTES
A Purer and Strongly Native Elec.
torate VIII Result.


10 THE EDITOR OF lHE SuN-nU' n
T. i<achtnahs letter an lHE SUN eN'
presses Q as 10 the results Oh en-
franchlsin women because OF the erea,
NUMBER OF ignorant women VINO WouIo
De admitted to the electorate.
May j call his attention to the FOL
lowing summaries which show thai
I'M suffrage may be relied on to
improve the quality OF New fork's vote
In the aggregate because II will increas,
the proportion of educated voters? Ac-
cord!ng TO the census OF 1910 the tota'
enrolment In all schools of pupils from
s to 20 was as follows:
Girl. .7sa.75
Bows
-
Majority of v,r,. 112S
=. -. -. .
~ seconuaf' sohoois 'ee"sus VI
i't-' '"e'o "ero'
Girls 1898
Boys 6o.992
-
Majority Of giris................ 1881
II will Increase tho nronortlon of Ia "
abiding voters. According 10 the latest
figures from Secretary OF State Hugo
13I95 males and only . 4os females
are in the prisons. &C., OF the state.
Women AS a class. therefore,. contribute
only 15.G per cent of the law breakers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
work for the Bar OF York, Pa.

In printing the subjoined communi.
cation THE SUN suppresses the name
attached to the original because It
refuses to be a party to a malicious
attempt to discredit the intelligence
and professional learning Of any law.
Yer Of York, Pa:
ITO II EDITOR OF TIE SuN-str. The
last effort to trace effect to its lcsiti-
a cause will show that the crime
committed by people OF non-belligeren
nations selling munitions Of war to bel
iiscrent nations 10 the very storm rem
tire Of all the present troubles between
nAid nations. -- -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

" our friends trho ydpo, NJ ,rffh manu-.
scripts and Illustrations for publication trish
20 have rejected articles returned they ussJ
~ o." coses send stomps for that purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

London once. Bingham House. 1 Arun-
Del street, strand.
Paris once. s Rue de 10 Mich odiere, on
Rue du oustre s%eptembre.
MashinEton ONCE, Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn once. los Livingston street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

Published daily, including Sunday by the
sun Printing and Publishing Association at
haitian, New York. President and Treas.
urer. William c. Reick. $50 Nassau street:
Vice President. Edward p. Mitchell. $50
Nassau street; Secretary. G. e. Luxton. $50
Nassau street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15

All checks. money. orders. &C, to be
made payable to THE Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-31
SAVE BY SPECIAL
Rock Island Runs Race With
Death to Topeka.
Brakeman From HeringtOn
Shot by Harvest Hand.

A quick run this morning from Her
ington, Kan, by a special train on the
Rock Island probably means life
to Ben Baldridge of Herington. a
freight brakeman who was shot
through the stomach early this morn
ing by Herman Sydow of Waco. Tex,
a harvest hand. The shooting took
place near White City, Kan, about 6
O'Clock this morning and at II o'clock
this noon DR.. L. H. Mum operated on
the wounded man at Stormont hos
pital- The bullet which came from a
forty-five Colts revolver, completely
penetrated Baldridge's stomach, MAX
ing a Jagged hole two inches in diam
eter.
The man has fairly good chance
for recovery" said DR.. Mum, after
an operation this Loon Fortunately
we were able to get the man before
his condition became too serious. The
special train which brought him here
arrived at about IL o'clock Just about
five hours after the shooting"
DIR. Schuyler Nichols, of Herington.
accompanied Baldridge to Topeka on
the special.
White City, Kan, July 31.-Herman
Sydow, who shot Ben Baldridge.
Rock Island brakeman, early this
morning. was bound over to the dis
trict court here this afternoon on n
charge Of assault with intent to kill.
SydOw claims he shot the bra kema
because Baldridge tried to put him
out of a freight car in which he was
travelling. Sydow is in Jail here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-31
NO. SIX WRECKED
Santa Fe Train Runs Into
WashOut i'm Colorado.
Thirty-Fiye Persons Injured,
but None Seriously.

Thirty-five persons were injured in
the derailment of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe passenger train No. near
Crews, Colo, last night. The wreck
was the result of the washing out of
culvert by cloudburst late last
night. Crews is eight miles south of
Colorado Springs.
The reports received today in the
office of c. W. Kouns, general mana
ger, regarding the accident, were
very meager. statement was given
out that no one was killed and none
fatally injured in the wreck.
Crews is located a few miles from
Fountain, Colo, where the first re-
ports of the derailment were received.
1t is on the western grand division of
the Santa Fe, n the territory of F. c.
Fox, general manager, at Amarillo,
Texas.
No. is scheduled to reach Topeka
at p. m. today. Santa Fe reports
late this afternoon stated that the
train will be four hours late getting
into Topeka.
1t is reported that several Topeka
people were on the train. on their re-
turn from Denver and Colorado
Springs. The Santa Fe did not receive
a list of the injured this afternoon.
The cloudburst at Colorado Springs
was a bad one. One man was drowned
and two are reported missing. Rail-
road bridges are out in several places
ana tra1Ilc Is 0emOral1Ze0.
Bert COlburn, an automobile driver,
was drowned, and v. H. Lucas, a
ranch owner, and Harry Robinson, are
missing. Colburn's body was found
lying face down on a sand bar in Sand
creek, near Kelker. Lucas and Rob-
inson were on an automobile trip
with Colburn.
Heavy rains in the hills sent a tor
rent down a dry arroyo, washing out
the supports of a railroad culvert.
When the train reached the bridge the
engine crossed in safety, but the bag
gage car and chair car turned over
and six sleepers left the track
Among the injured, none of whom
are thought fatally hurt, are:
Mrs. Laura Flagg, Lawrence, Kan;
broken arm.
H E. Wade, Kansas City: bruised
back and arm
w. H. Lang, Houston; wrenched
back.
Not until today did the seriousness
CT the situation become known, as
telegraph and telephone wires were
prostrated and washouts behind the
stalled train delayed word reaching
this city
Rescuers who left Colorado Springs
in automobiles had difficulty in reach
ing the scene, owing to washed-out
wagon roads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-31
z MARINES KILLED
Daniels RuShes More Blue
Jackets to Haiti.
Battleship and Transport to
Garry Additional Forces.

Washington, July 91.-When Hal
items resisted the landing of Rear Ad-
miral Caperton's bluejackets and ma
rines Thursday six of the natives
were killed and two were wounded in
the fighting Admiral Caperton made
this report today, and forecasts fur
ther revolutionary disturbances on the
island.
Rear Admiral CapertOn at Port au
Prince late yesterday cabled that two
American blue jackets were killed.
Additional marines today were rushed
to Haiti The battleship Connecticut
with 500 marines aboard sailed this
afternoon from Philadelphia In ad-
dition, the naval transport Hancock
at Philadelphia also will go to Haiti
carrying other forces, it was said.
The Americans who lost their lives
in the clash which occurred Thursday
night were William Gompers, seaman
of Brooklyn, and Cason S. WhitehurSt
ordinary seaman, of Norfolk, va. In
reporting the incident, Rear Admiral
Caperton said that he had been warned
that an attack would be made on Port
au Prince, where the marines had
been landed to restore order after rev.
olutionists had taken the city.
He sent his men out to the edge
leaving a strong guard to maintain
order in the town.
The attack began at s o'clock and
bluejackets bore the brunt of the
fighting. Snipers from the brush
opened fire, which was promptly re-
turned by the bluejackets. The at
TConfinued m Pare
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-31
MOB BURNS BLACK
Women and Young Girls See
Living Man on Pyre.
Scenes Spectacular and Grew
some in Texas Lynching.

Temple, Tex, July 31.-The burn
ing at the stake here early today of
VIII Stanley, negro suspect in the
Grimes family hammer murders, ham
pered the police efforts to arrest and
identify other persons suspected in
the case.
Stanley was burned to death be-
cause he wore a pair of trousers which
bore the name of w. r. Grimes and
which Grimes Identified. Just before
being thrown into the flames, Stanley
told some of his captors that a white
man had paid him and another negro,
whose name he gave, to go to Grimes's S
home Wednesday and kill the family.
Bullet Stops Story.
The negro at the stake promised to
try to identify the alleged white man,
but a bullet through his body and the
fire cut off any further statement from
him. He said he held the horse while
the other negro did the killing. Pos
Sible information about the robbery
and assault, which officers charge was
connected with the killing was shut
off despite efforts of Stanley's ques-
TONERS to save him, by the eagerness
of other members of the mob for
burning. The mob, numbering thou
sands, included residents of the cOun-
try for many miles around. There
were many women.
People thronged the streets yester-
day afternoon and last night awaiting
the outcome of the examination of al
legged accomplices brought from Rog
erS tonight.
Two negroes brought from Rogers
were released after their examination
and told to leave the city.
Negro Burned Alive.
The scene on the well-iighted pub
lie square at the time of the burning
of the negro was spectacular. The
mob had chosen an open space in
which to. build their pyre, this being
surrounded by men who yelled and
cheered as they showed the negro into
the flames. All about, streets were
filled with pedestrians and automo-
biles loaded with fascinated onloOkers.
Trees fringing the street on the side
of the square nearest the burning
were filled with boys, while scattered
through the throEgs were many young
girls.
When Stanley was cast into the
flames he struggled frantica.lly to es-
cape, but was repeatedly showed back
Several men said Stanley confessed
that he did the killing, declaring that
he had been hired to do the deed.
He begged to be permitted to live
long enough to tell all about it, but his
CONTINUED OH Page 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-31
FAT MANS BURDEN
2S2-POund Prisoner Too Big
for County Jail.
Had to Lift Up Stomach to
Enter His Cell.
SOLD GOOD MAP To MAYOR
Delivered 1t to Chief of Police.
Who Arrested Him.
Sheriff Kiene-Rather FleShy,
TOO-ReIeaSes Him.

The Jinx that stepped into the path
of c. r. Levine, magazine agent, who
carries 2S2 pounds avoirdupois, will be
temporarily dispelled this afternoon
when Sheriff L. L. Kiene releases him
from the county Jail on a parole is
sued by Hugh T. Fisher, judge of the
court of Topeka. Levine was SEN
fenced for sixty days for beating an
$11 board bill at the Ohio House.
corner Fifth and Jefferson street. He
has been in the county Jail a little
more than a week.
Everything was rosy for Levine un-
til he shipped his magazines and maps
to Wichita July 13 and planned a
hasty getaway. Before leaving, how
ever, he called on Mayor Jay E House
to sell him a magazine. The mayor
didn't want the magazine but he
thought that Chief of Police Harvey
Parsons might be able to use the map
to good advantage so he made a pur-
chase and told Levine to deliver the
map to Parsons. Levine innocently
walked into the police station looking
for the chief. At the same time the
police and sheriff's forces were look
ing for Levine, whom they wanted for
beating the board bill. When Levine
delivered the map to Parsons, the
chief said thank your very politely
and then said:
Just a minute, l have a warrant
for your arrest
That was on July 13, Levines un-
lucky day. A few days latter Levine
was given a chance for free board at
the county Jail. But even after this
everything was not lovely for the cor
pulent agent. He was assigned to a
cell in the Jail that probably was built
for a slender man and all during his
stay behind the bars he has been in
difficulty. In order to get into his cell
he has been compelled to slip through
the gates in a slanting position, allow
ing his excess weight to ooze through
the opening.
When Levine gets out today he says
he will hunt for some place to stay
that was built for fat man. claim
ing that the county jail is no place for
a man of 282 pounds.