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Wednesday 7:45 p. m. prayer ser vice.
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Miss Iren= Samelson and Miss Isa- bel Heiman oi Memphis returned home sterdav after spending sev- eral days in tne city, the guests ot Capt. and Mrs. s. F. Hilzheim.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-11

Mrs. Asa Watson returned yestcr- day afternoon 10 her home at Tucker. after brief visit here to see her grand-child. Jnan Frances. tho baby daughter of MT. and Mrs. Fred Niven.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-11

Rsv. and Mrs. J B. Plumn CT were here yesterday to attend the chautau- qua and were the guests of Rev. and Mrs J. X. Sage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-11

Miss Svbil Redmon is reported quite i'll with diptheria, at the home of hcr parents, at Twenty-third and Laurel streets.
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daughter, Mrs. c. R. Wh5ac of 420 West Fourth avenue.
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Mrs. Rachel Winklein of Memphis returned yesterday to hcr home after several days in the city visiting rela- tives. Y}#
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-11

Miss Georgia Adine Bradford will leave Tuesday for Cleveland, Tenn, where she will attend Centenary col lege.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-11

MT. and Mrs. M. Danahar returned yesterday from Denver, Colo, and ether points, where they spent the past month.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-11

Miss Oakley Thomas returned yes terday from TeXarkana, where she spent the past several weeks visiting. She was accompanied by Mrs. w. E. Pipes, who will spend several days here as her guest.
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Mrs. T. P. McEntee and children are here from St. Louis. for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Minor 0. Wood- ward.
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IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Thoughts Inspired by a Visit 70 the
Exposition.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: |
wish that every editor In the land might
see this wonderful exposition. in order
to give the American public true con-
ception OF It's scope and character.
Words fail. one cannot describe tho
light and color. Designers. sculptors
and architects have here done the most
splendid work ever seen at an exposition
In this country, or. ! dare say, in any
other.
Tho reflected lighting is marvel.
making "A fairy and at night Visitors
should get their first impressions. as |
did. by an evening visit 70 the fair. THE
SUN has done splendid work in calling
attention 20 this the greatest exposition
ever arranged by man, and | sincerely
hope you will continue urging all who
can to visit san Francisco this year
II is reasonable to come from the
East. $3.50 railroad and Pullman, round
trip There is no hot weather here At
any time OF the year. May. June and
July are beautiful months, never hot
never cold. August t. one Of the coolest
months Of the year I'm this city. The fan
months are usually as fine as In New
York and New England.
by all means come, all who can. and
see the marvellous exhibition. which -
said TO have cost more than fifty
million dollars 20 stage. There is not
likely to he another such In America for
at least a quarter of a century.
EpwIN W. INGALLS,.
SAN Francisco, April 22.
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Ten thousand famshed men rise 10
bless the enlightened city officer who
has found way 10 curb the theatri-
cal invasion of what should he ea,.
ing houses In this town. The empty
stomach fares III hereahout. II Graves
hot soup and gets Il tenor solo: roast
beef and Yorkshire pudding are pre-
scrihed for II, and a juggler attempts
to I'LL the void. A stage replaces the
buttery. and the glittering show girl
IL offered in place Of the waiter.
On the purveyors OF foodstuffs lies
the blame: but who melted them 10
It? Who encourages the insolences,
the petty graft, the impudent impo.
sltions that mark 80 many places OF
public resort labelled restaurant
Their owners could not station high
wayman at the door to rob their
patrons of hats and coats and hold
them for redemption unless most OF
their visitors were willing to coop
crate In the extortion. No man could
continue long to lure his fellows into
room filed with tables, promising
food. and then offer nothing except
melody, usually bad, without the ny
sent of those on whom the fraud was
perpetratcd. If dinner and supper
were actually what was sought, and
not a poor imitation Of comic opera
dinner and supper would he served
The public supports the places where
the show has driven ont the food
and when II ceases TO I'll the til tn,
show will he driven out In its turn.
However. the Commissioner Of III
conses Is still to he blessed. III,
wise and prudent who must suffel
for the folly Of fools are enrolled IL
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ton that "subms rine warfare" IL not

ton that "subma rine warfare" II not
a success. The case IL even worse
for the enemy when the sinking Of
merchant ships by mines Is thrown
into the scale. for sometimes II is
hard to determine the exact cause
of destruction.
In the first three months Of this
year forty.eight British ships, in
Guiding fishing vessels, were lost
through the operations Of the en-
envy their tonnage was 13O,35S. In
the same time 125 ships with a ton
mage OF 267612. exclusive OF vessels
under 100 tons. were launched from
the building yards; but 1t must be
considered that Government work has
precedence Of private contracts. The
proof of this Is that in normal times
the tonnage launched is about AGO.
600 every three months. At the pres
ent time All merchant ships Of over
100 tons are building in the yards Of
the United Kingdom. and they rep.
resent 1.5S7.467 tons. II Is significant
that rush orders for trawlers are be-
ing filed, the navy finding trawlers
indispensable for submarine scouting
work and as sentlnels for the patrol
squadrons. also for mine sweeping.
There are no buster places In Great
Britain and Ireland than the private
shipyards. but Of course the Govern
ment allows no statistics about Its
own orders to be published. For
every merchant ship sunk by the
enemy from two to three vessels slide
down the ways. and when the Gov.
eminent asks less Of the builders the
number Of merchant ships completed
will he almost doubled. II the Ger
mans are constantly adding to their
submarine fiotilla, 20 are the British
ncreasing theirs, and trawlers 20
into the water by the score. In de-
stroyers and small swift cruisers the
advantage in new construction is also
on the side Of the British.
From whatever angle one surveys
Submarine warfare" both before and
after the day when the war zone"
was declared, there has been a signal
failure either to terrorize England
or to cut down appreciably her food
and ammunition supplies. Tactically,
therefore. the new departure" OF
Grand Admiral Won TIRPITz is a
losing game.
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Submarine Warfare a Failure.

That submarine warfare on Brit.
ish shipping Is tactcally losing
gnme has been indicated by the fail.
IRE OF the Germans to sink merchant
steamships of large tonnage and to
interfere with the transportation OF
troops across the Channel. The At
lantic liners dnd the troopships arc
so well protected in the Irish Sen
and the English Channel that the
submarine commanders. daring and
rcsourceful rs they are, have not
been able to score at all. To some
extent the speed Of the great pa ssen-
ger ships Is their security, but troop
ships must keep well together and
proceed cautiously, their safety de-
pending upon the vigilance OF the
attendant warships. An examination
Of the list of merchant vessels de.
stroyed will show that most Of them
were small freighters. and the build.
ers on the clyde, Tyne and Tees are
turning out good many more
freighters than the Germans sink
This fact seems to be a demOnstra,
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An Impatient Gentleman.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SUN-Sir, Dr.
DernhurC, Professor kuuo Never and
other German doctors and professors are
constantly pouring upon tho American
intellect the fumes Of asphyxiatirr Cor
man gas" Herr Won Bernstorff some
t,mo ago sont discourteous message
to the American Government about arms
and munitions Of war. Dr Dernhlrg
yesterday issued pronunciamcrtn about
gas. To-day We have published an inc
sultlnG letter to President Lowell Of
Harvard from Kuno Meyer. The Enp-
lsh, French and Russ IAN rcprcsonratlycs
In the United states on the Other hand,
are keeping quiet and attending to ,hcIr
business We are, I'm Difference 10 the
request OF President Wilson. irving t.
be neutral although heaven knows how
hard the task is If President Wilson
and Secretary BRYAN could in some way
put stopper on thes" German gas hot, e.
ties II would make for the peare and
prosperity Of the American people Fail.
ing this. ] suggest a public SuhScrlption
To buy one of tho informed German
steamers and put the whole tribe of Ger.
man doctors. counts and professors on
IT and send them over to u.mhurr
Through Ambassador Page I hclievr VIC
could get the consent Of the English
Government for a clear passage for tn, :
steamer LAwRENCE GopKiN
NEW York, April IS.
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TARA'S WAR.
A Pathological Difference Between
Irish Sayants.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir. I
am sorry TO differ with such an excellent
authority on Irish matters as Charlie
OFarrell But when he undertakes to
tell us that Tara" IL so called from
Tea" the daughter Of Louis Mackey
cray, ingeen Looa Mac Eee). he IL
surely talking through his hat.
Muir. muir. mair. SC. prefix or affix.
mean, as he SAYS. rampant. fort. &C, but
It means lot OF other things. and
among these. and especially in ref
erence to Tara ,Tehmair) Il means
prospect. fine view ~ surrounding
scenery The particle re. or ia. does
not refer TO Mrs. IIeremon. nee Mackey
but is the first part Of the Celtic word
"housc"-tige tehe, tg. Sc
The Rev. Father Livingston and our
own distinguished Charlie O'Farrell are
therefore both high up In the air. Ergo.
much. very much. ado abou; nothing. as
Bill Devery says. with submission and
due respect 20 all, then. let me pro-
claim that Tara-Tara Of the Kings.
Tara the Glorious. the Everything. In
spring. Prmeval, Perpetual-means
simply the house OF the beautiful pros
pect: or IN the crude colonial lingo of
Yankee barharism. Prospect House.
There's another Of these Irish Bidiy
yarns about the name Armagh. An
Amazon named Macha or Maugha. In a
AZ OF doldrums or tantrums, pulled out
her hatpin or safety pin and scraped
round the limits of the city. Lord pre-
serve us Hope we shall no. take this
up when tired OF Tara.
JOHN F. MURRAY.
BROOKLYN. April IS
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A Friendly Word.

For the FIRST time since his arrival
here a. q guest of this neutral re-
pubic, the excellent DR.. BERNHARD
DEsNBuso seems to be losing his ex.
ceilent head.
We are sorry to say that the ex-
cellent doctors latest utterances on
the subject of our American conduct
show a ma rked depreciation in the
contained quantity Of tact and good
nature, and a marked increase Of
petulance.
THE SUN can say this to Dr. DERN-
BuRa with good conscience, for we
are quite sure that no American news.
paper has given space more gener-
ously or listened more patiently and
tolerantly to his able arguments in
behalf Of the German cause.
These arguments by the excellent
DR.. DERNBURo have been the main
stay Of the German cause on this side
Of the Atlantic; at least, so far as
concerns the formation of friendly
opinion in the minds of impartial peo-
pie. His rea soning has commanded
respect because it has often been
sound. generally plausible. and here
tofore invariably courteous.
1t would he a considerable misfor-
tune IL the excellent doctor should
begin to blunder in the exasperating
manner of the German Ambassador
or should resort to the furibund i'm.
becilities Of method employed by Mr..
HERMAN RIDERS people.
There would then be left to Ger.
many not single representative
advocate and exponent and apologist
on this side Of the water capable of
influencing the minds Of intelligent
unhyphenated Americans.
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Partnership or Ownership.

To THE EDITOR OF TuE STN-Sir. |
feel very similar to an intellectually ann
bilious woman who resided IN an out Of
the way country place. When her friends
came 10 see her from tho city she IN
variably gree,ed them with the startling
suggestion Now let's discuss some
thing" Vsually her ordinarily clever
friends were stricken dumb by the as
touudiugly sudden request ! trust that
such Will not he my fate when ] mako
n similar request TO the readers of your
paper.
Recently the remarks OF several
women friends have led me 10 wonder
what men really were wanting OF the
wives they married one woman. re-
lating to me some very III hammered
actions on the part of her husband in
regard 20 food served him a, his table,
asked me: But what can | do? II
IL his house" such an attitude on her
part. whether II was her fault or not
suggested To me nothing but the old
medieval idea of ownership.
Such question of ownership has
never seriously arisen in my own homo
AS my husband and !, though our path
has not been strewn with roses, rega I'd
each other in the light of personalities
to he dealt with imam to man" az II
were, each regards the other ms a per-
son having his own rights. Should
fail in my end, which happens to he
the housekeeping end, should certainly
expect as courteous treatment as my
husband expects even though things go
wrong In his business. Al which either
of us can do Is his best, And as we are
human and limited, failures arc bound
/ TO occur.
Now, YOU men, ] challenge you Let's
dtscuss something"
BELIEVER IN THE OPPOSITE SEX.
NEW YORK April %.
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A Republican Constitution.

There Is nothing non-partisan about
the Constitutional Convention. The
Republicans. controlling that body by
an overwhelming majority, have as
sumed full responsibility for It's or.
ganization. Not a Democrat OF the
several respectable delegates Of that
faith has n committee Craftsmanship.
The patronage Is strictly confined to
the majority. OF forty-two Jobs ere
ated. two were offered to the minority.
This offensive valuation Of its i'm
portance the Democratic leaders re-
fused to accept. The amazing spec
tacle Of a politician spurning office
was presented.
Assemblyman SMITH. who hears the
brand Of Tammany. scorned Office.
His virtuous selfdenial recalls the
astonishing conduct Of Tammany
when the Metropolitan Elections Dis
trict was established. Fourteenth
street declined to I'LL the places allot-
ted TO 1t by the law. Eventually II re-
considered its attitude; Mr.. SMITH
may change his stand before the or
ganization Of the convention has been
made complete.
That there will be no divided re-
sponsibillty for the acts OF the con
vention the inflexibllity Of its Repub.
llcanism assures the state. What Ia
done will be done by one party, and
that party may he held 20 account for
the fruits of It's iabors. 1t has the
courage, the power and, fortunately.
the intellectual capacity. to make a
good Constitution. II has not sought
nominally 10 divide the management
Of the task in order TO plead ut the
polls that Democrats had as much
/ 10 do with the revision as did Repub
Leans. The majority Is not prepar
ing an alibi. 1t has spared the citizens
an easy hypocrisy.
From the Democrats yawp oi
astonished grief may be expected
| from certain brethren of feeble politi
cal fibre sQueals Of protest. These
will not cause uneasiness to the Re
publicans. Plainly, they are no
afraid Of their job. and their rcfusa
to act as II they were IL refreshin!
rccrudescence Of once familiar polit
teal determination.
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President Lowell to KunO Meyer.

1t Is significant that President Low
ELL Of Harvard in his soothing reply
to the letter OF Professor KUNo
MEYER denouncing the university as
responsible for the so-called prize
poem "Gott NIT TINS" says nothing
about Mr.. MEYERS angry announce
ment that he would not be a candidate
for the post Of exchange professor at
Harvard. President LOWELL rega rded
that matter as closed. the corporation
having on December 10 last decided
not to extend an invitation to Pro-
fessor KUNo MEYER to lecture on Gel
tic literature at Harvard, 'in view Of
his active propaganda among the
Irish in behalf Of Germany and the
neutral attitude assumed by the uni
versity in regard to the war"
So in his reply President LOWELL
confined himself to explaining that
Harvard University was not respon-
sible for the verses complained Of,
because they were contributed in a
students competition for n prize Of
fered by the students, who had the
right Of all members Of the univer-
sity to express themselves freely with
out censorship or supervision by the
authorities Of the university" To
Professor KuSo MEYER with his Ger
man training the fact that Professors
BRIGGS and PERRY as individuals con
scented to read the many lucubratons
of the competing students and pick
out the prize poem convicted Harvard
University Of stamping Colt nit Uns'
with its official approval. At least
that Is the charitable way of looking
at the matter
Those who remember that PROBES
sor KUNo MEYER has fallen foul OF
his English associations of a lifetime
since the war began, and has broker
with old friends In England may bs
so critical as to say that he has made
"Gott nit TINS" the pretext for al
onslaught upon Harvard In his pecu
larry vicious style because II turned
its back upon him last December
As for the poem itself seldom ha
anything cruder come out OF Harvard
II Is our recollection that the Judge
in despair selected 1t as no wors,
than the other contributions and pos
sibly n little hit better
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A REAL PHILANTHROPIST.
Cornelius +. Cronin. Who Gave His
All TO the Poor, Is Dead.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
his early years Cornelius F. Cronin. who
died at so at the Catholic Club last
week, was engaged In small business
In the old Fourth ward. and later specu-
lated in real estate, whereby he ac-
cumulated n modest fortune. He then
began an unusual career. the spending
OF all his money on the poor and at
f!cted. not the interest and part OF the
principal. mark you. but every dollar he
possessed.
His plan was to keep Jus, enough to
carry him through TO his dying day.
His method was TO seek out deserving
hospitals and asylums. inspect them
carefully and then make his donations.
ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 No
body ever heard from Mr.. Cronin about
these benefactions Whatever was
known abou, them came from those he
had helped.
At times his friends demonstrated
with him and warned him that ne would
he left without money FOR his latter
days. but he would reply:
well. I want TO do some work for
the Lord while I am alive. Maybe those
who come after me may not do II az
would like"
ST. Roses Free Home for Incurable
'
pealed strongly 10 his sympathy be-
cause of her we'll known direct methods
Of caring for her afflicted wards, and he
became one OF her chief berefactors.
He furnished room in her hospital in
Jackson street IN which he had planned
to spend his last daye.
After his death at the Catholic Club
the question came up a. TO where his
funeral should be held, for he had
neither home nor relatives, and then the
good nuns of Mother Lathrop did a
kindly. gracious act They had his body
brough, TO their hospital and the dear
old fellow was again among those for
whose care and comfort ne had done
80 much.
In a way Mr. Cronin led a lonely NE.
but he was always cheerful. He was
beloved by all his fellow members OF
the club where he had lived so long
and ne enjoyed 70 the fullest the luxury
~ the good work 20 which ne had given
his life and his fortune. He In now
with God. whom he loved and served
10 faithfully.
In this old workaday world Of ours
Il Is wholesome 10 contemplate such a
career II makes us feel that perhaps
after all mankind is growing better.
rot worse JOHN q. OkEEFFE.
New York, April 2s.
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builders and owners must he endured
for another year.
t., "a. ...u.tx., sa..~. a., n Y 4, ri, rr a.

builders and owners must he endured
for another year.
In It's amended form the Lockwood
Ellenbogen bill was freed Of some Of
its original defects. but II still re-
tanned those provisions which In ef-
feet would have created FIVE depart
ments where only one should be. The
experience OF New York has been
that the Capitalization Of authority
makes for efficiency and may make
for economy, while division Of re-
sponsibility means loose admlnistra-
ton and excessive cost. These facts
being borne in mind. II should not be
impossible for the city and the build
ers to come tn an agreement on a
measure creating department to
which all inspections should be en-.
trusted. whose chief should be re.
sponslble to the city government, and
whose authority sufficient to make
rea sonable allowances for the needs
OF all parts OF the town. A bill Of
this kind presented to the Legislature
Of 1915 with the Endorsement OF
the city government and trades, pro-
fessions and callings affected would
undoubtedly be passed. and the pres.
ent chaotic condition relieved.
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FOR UNFETTERED JUDGES.
A Layman's Plan TO Obtain Indepen-
dence on the Bench.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN--Sir: Per-
init another lay suggestion as to the
judicial department Of our state Govern
ment. ! do not believe that the theories
OF the legal profession on this subject
have been 90 unqualifedly successful
that lay suggestions should be ignored.
Since the object In to remove the
choice of Judges as far as possible from
communicating political influences. ! sug-
gest the following:
That the Judges OF the Court OF APP
peals should be appointed by the Gov
ernor. and that his choice should he con-
fined to n list OF n stated number or
candidates to he nominated by the state
Bar Association. or by the various bar
associations throughout the state;
That their appointment should be for
life. to n specified age Of pensloned re-
tirement, or for long single terms only ;
That the Chief Justice of the Court
Of Appeals shall be elected each two or
three years by the members OF the court.
or that the office shall be filed every
two or three years by each member In
turn. precedence being given according
to age or according to length OF service.
and the salaries of all members be
equal;
That all Justices Of the Supreme
and other lower courts shall be APP
polut'i utslSIlhtioHs W VIC upper
late Division made by the Chief Justice
OF the Court OF Appeals from "A list of
a stated number OF candidates prepared
and presented by the bar associations
in the same manner as for the Court OF
Appeals Itself:
That designations to the Appellate
Division he for single term OF Ave
years and reappointments allowable in
the original manner:
That appointments 10 the Supreme
bench and other lower courts be for
life. to a specified age of pensioned re-
tirement, or for long single terms only.
II this system will not remove the
judiciary from political influences no
system will. Nor do I think the criti-
cism that It will put TOO much power in
the hands OF the chief Justice OF great
weight That appointing power must
he entrusted to some one. and no one
can be better ftted for the task than the
one filling that office. And II the MEM
bers OF the Court OF Appeals Ill that
office In rotation. the appointments will
not be largely those OF one man.
ALEX. DOYLE.
New YORK. April 20.