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Descriptive Clauses Prom Our Mod.
ern Writers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-str.
There is one special locution Of the
Fluff School OF fiction which calls for
attention from the snlping corps. The
type: she stood before him in her
fresh young lovel!ness' He advanced
in his close fitting officers habit"
Expand, and see how %ntrlnRicallv
inane this nun stun Is: "She brrah.
tasted In her allurlng young fresh
ness II dashed on the enemy's
guns In his tattered khaki"
ApodicticH 8. X. VII so,x
SwARrHMoRE. Pa. August IA.
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A Formidable Task Ahead.

Happily President WILSON has radi-
cally revised his views since that day
not many months ago when with a
lightness quite foreign to him when
he 10 at his best he characterized the
overwhelmingly important question OF
the country's pitiful military help
lessness as "a suitable enough cues
don for academic discussion"
Doubtless the President himself
has long ago consigned that III con-
sidered remark to the limbo Of things
better left unsaid. or unthought for
that matter. 1t Is with NJ purpose
- taking up an unpleasant bygone
ShA& we refer 10 1t. On the contrary
We would mention 1t rather by way
Of CONCENTRATION to the President
and the country that there has been
30 wholesome and hopeful a reversal
Of view on a matter Of such far
bsaching Importance.
We are assured that the President
has devoted much time at Cornish 10
the subject. There is reasonable
ground for the hope that his studies,
with the advice and assistance Of the
Secretary Of War and Of others com
petent In Information and intelligence
which he has been able 10 command.
will result in the perfection Of the
well matured plans for the expansion
of the army and navy so sorcly
needed. 1t Is particularly satisfac-
fcry to learn from those near to Sec
rotary GARRISON that the plan in out.
line and in general details will be
spread before the public before It's
submission to Congress.
Were 1t brought out for public ex-
PLANTATION and discussion to-day It
would be none too soon. The inter
OF Congress in regular, let alone ex
ira, session is indeed short enough
for such public education as is neces-
eary to offset the inevitable onslaughts
on any plans, be they stamped with
the wisdom of SOLOMON himself, for
lifting us out of the dangerous rut In
which we have been 30 long and 20
fatuousy plodding.
Revelations which we have had
from time to time during the summer
Of the all hut inconceivable Ignorance
and Obsessions rooted in the mental
processes OF certain members Of Con-
gross make It only too clear that alb
solutsly nothing short Of insistent
pressure from their constituents will
suflce to move them. Unhappily there
aGe other Influences less respectable
than nero lack Of mental grasp b
~ dreaded. Aspirations for the pro.
motion of Government ownership, ad'
ventures in muntt1on making and navy
~upbuilding by purchase and operation
Of merchant shipping TO be available
for naval auxfliar1es arc to he me,
and overcome. There are unpleas san
rumov abroad Of pork" enterprises
on the part Of Representatives from
districts wherein are nov existent
Government owned munitions plan
would promote personal political am,
biticns.
An appalling outlook. all things
considered, and only too short n time
in which to rouse the hard American
common sense Of the country to {,
stern realization Of the magnitude o.
the Issue and of the obstacles tina
are to be swept away.
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The streets are made to walk on
and not TO ak on. IL the Park Row
Debating Society wants to hold a caucus
ON the war II should hire n hall or
dtsband. ! suspend sentence now. but In
the future | shall not be so lenient.-
Magistrate CoRRIGAS.
lndisputably good doctrine in cases
where the debaters make a nuisance of
themselves, but a caucus would be
too retiring for publicity agents Of
their stripe.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
writer Is 10 admirer Of President Wilson,
but II the German Americans" want
to see Woodrow Wilson reelected hy A
record breaking majority all they need
do 10 to continue vigorously the cam
paign against him. which apparently
they have started.
FRANK r. CHAMBERS, Jr.
WAsHINaroN, n. c., August IA
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The Manor or the Manner.

To THE EplTon % THE sus-Sfr. Ham.
let says to Horatio;
'Hut to my mind. though I am nati>e here.
And to the manner born. It Is a custom
More honored In the breach than IN. oh.
servance.'
How comes II that and to IN. manner
born Is always quoted "and to tn. mannr
eorn'v AniNaroH C,auA.
PATcHoGUr, I. /, Angus, IA
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Summer Calls.

NV heart said; up, away.
Where cooling hreezes blow;
where leafy roads wind on
To meet the sunset glow
Leave care n toll behind,
And to the summons trust;
Ga k%ypsyinE afar.
have the vanderbilt"
NY purse cried: Stick right here,
cannot raise the wind:
No Easy street for you.
Just get that notion skinned.
Take up the work TO 40
And buckle down. nor rust;
Be deaf to other calls.
have the backyardiust."
AolAkpsusaH WILSON.
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SHOW HIGH COST OF
CITY'S FIVE COUNTIES
Bruere and Wallstein Recon-.
mend Radical Departure
From Old System.
REPORT GIVES FIGURES

New Workers who wonder why ,bstr
taxes are so high may he helped IN
part answer by a report on tho cour,.
government existing within thu ole,
which Is TO be sent to Mayor MItchc, 10
day by Chamberlain Brucre and Com.
missioner Of Accounts wallste elm.
They find that the present system ha.
not been materially changed since IN.
adoption Of the first State Constitutes
in 1777, that It's cost has Increased IN
per cent. in fifteen years and that |, q
IAN unnecessary and costly %appendaro"
They would reorganize II 50 thu, ,bs
number Of departments would he redursd
from forty to eight. two Of which
would be merged with city Offices The
result. they say. would be "simpla.d
elections. letter official service and .oo-
nomlcal administration"
THE work of six county dopar.nen,sn
the report says. rs duplicated I'm each
of the Ave counties. 10 that thirty do.
partments are o doing the work which
six should do.
THE cost of county government, n-o
vided in the tax levy Of 1915 WAS g.
70i.oi5.79. This means that on e,,rv
$1,000 Of assessed valuation the TN.
payers are compelled to pay fur count,
government $40 in Richmond county
$l5 in Bronx county. sI2 .n kres
county. $40 In Queens county aiI s, n
New York county. An effective r~yorcan.
izdtion OF county goycrum.ut would
result in an annual saving ~ over
$1,000, 900 for salaries alone.
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II is nov Sergeant mitchell, IL you
please. Seldom has promotion been
more rapid, but the Mayor deserves 1t
as a shining example OF wholesome
patriotism.
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what SORT ~ a cook vi, she,
Booker Bulgarian; the ~ne,ghbors offered
her usrA
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One District Attorney.

'1lStrlCt Attorney Replace tho o..
istiug i've office by one for -. v q
city and elect tho head Of & g. 70
would then he a city Department fu. "
prosecution ~ criminal cases - u.nDr.
with the present law department ID
civil side.
Register: Replace by n s.r-'- 'e-
partment the Registers oniro o." ,r .
the three counties Rrd rhe rog $40.
sion OF the County Clerks O'n0. 20
other two counties, and have 'ns 60 p
appoint the head Of the cnwh'n'.' 49, .
necessary legal WORK for the i'oN
ment TO be done by tho city lew %
mcnt,
commissioner Of Records: s..
these offices and have the uud.r, H.
tiun Of their work performed Dos e
temporary force in tho otN,cs 0.
Register. the City and County ''."'
AMI tn" Surrogate,
commissioner Of Jurors Drp'o"" ''
Ave offices 10y one headed by q.
puimtoe Of the Appellate Division
public Administrator Abolish '."'"
offices and transfer their runctioH2 -
tho Cily Chamberlain,
sheriff Transfer his functions ~ -
counties as peace officer ~ tho 20.
Department, as TALLER to the Dcnar'r"
Of Correction and as 10 his Ntrl' I
duty to execute civil coust mandates
unite all the offices into one, have
absorb tho city Mnrshals and le' . -
headed by an appotutee Of the Mal""
necessary legal work 10 he perform~i N'
the city law department.
County Courts These should NJ "'n-
solidated with tho supreme Court. ~
some other kind Of combination s1ou'l
he cffect~i. as for example. With fNA
court OF General Sessions and tho rN
Court,
"Surrogdte'e Court: Tho Ave crirss
should be consolidated INTO one o0ut
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Mandatory legislation has r~osr''e n
gross inequalities In CONNIE, sa'.1r pt.d
IN the several counties for similar se--
vice and has meddlel with surn admir-
i"trative matters az fixing the salaries %.
ONCE boys, cooks. scruhwomer and
wdtchmen. A striking eNamrlA y, We
wa~stetulncss Of county government. "a.
sulting from It's deceUtnlizatlor ard
from its exploitation for partisan ppr-
poses, is afforded by -he crornous oo~:
or preserving and restoring coun'y re-.
orns, In seventeen years ,rvar four and
a quarter millions have been eX'end"L
for that purpose by i've separate county
departments, three OF which have h'.H
chiefly useful as afrording be--hs for
party henchmeH.
Again, the era daily onst FOR
guarding each prisoner In ma county
Jails is 1921 In Kings county, '3N IN
New York oTinty and $500 IN Queens,
while tho per capita cpst II ~g7iart.uG
prisoners under the Department ~ Cor
rection ranges from : cents to g. cents
per day.
Altogether mo antique and ra1e'l'
system of county government within IRE
city OF New York should he ~thor~lgh''
r~eorganized. The Constitution should -
so amended as 10 permit tl1~ merger ~
the county governments with the city
government, and where that - not pra'-
ticahle. the consolidation Of the severn
county establishments.
County Clerk Unto thos. 'o-N>s
of each Office which serve as c1,-ks -
the Supreme Court into a single uH|'H
and have tho Appellate Division ap1'.0 ~
the head If the new office as Tho ',~'l
Of Courts Unite The rNmnindNr ~ c'"N
office except the register diy'T'"r N
Queens and RiChmond) with tho ,''v
Clerks office and havA tho Mayor a'
rOint the head of tho new or1co rs % =
city and County Clerk repiar'u- '""
present counsel OF the County C'rrh- .r
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'WORK INDEX" BILL
BEFORE PARLIAMENT
Government DiSclaimS Intcn-
tiOn to COerce People. but
All Must Register.

LONDON. June ee-The national regis
trat!on bill. which is TO ascertain the
capacity for labor for every person. male
or female, In the United Kingdom be-
tween the ages OF lj and Gj. Was intro
ducd In the House Of Commons to-day
by Walter Hume Long. President OF the
Local Governn5 mt Board
Mr.. Long declared there WAS no In
tent on the part OF the GovsrnI ent to
seek TO cOsrce labor. but that u wanted
To place itself IN - position TO obtain
the maximum output hy adequate organ
izatIon. He pointed out that the meas
ure does not apply 70 skilled laborers or
to trade unionists alone. but to other
prsons IN the country from the artisan
to the duk. or duchess At the same
time he added. reg s'ratioU will he COM
pulsorN. and there will be- penalties for
evasions or refusals to answer
The axe, occupation and capacity for
labor OF every person WITHIN the axe
limit VII be recorded Every person
OF skin would be permitted to have -
preference for that which ne or she could
best do. but all will be considered with
reference to the best public good.
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MRS. FISH'S CHILDREN
INHERIT HER ESTATE
Get All Of Property With Ex-
ceptiOn Of keepsakes
= Left to Husband.

CARMEL. y. Y. June is.--with the ex-
ception Of the house furnishings and a
few personal effects which 20 to her hus-
band. the will Of the late Mrs. Stuy-
vesant Fish. beQueaths her 100000
estate 10 her three children.
The WILL filed here to-day with Sur
rogate J. Bennett Souihard. Is "A model
OF simplicity. II covers one and one
half pages, legal size. II was offered
for probate by her son. sydney W. Fish
of Garrison.
The other two children are Stuyve-
saut Fish, Jr., OF Mount Kisco and Mrs
Marian Fish Gray OF Tuxedo. whose
husband. Albert Y. Gray. Is a son OF
the late Justice Gray OF the Court OF
Appeals. who has just died
There is no mention In the Will OF
what disposition IL TO be made VI Mrs
Fish's Jewels. Her summer home,
Causeways, at Newport. goes to the
children. Exclusive of this the estate
is estimated TO be worth more than
s40O. 900. largely in cash.
Contrary to expectations the will
makes no bequests 10 religious. char
table or philanthropic institutions In
her llfe Mrs. Fish was exceedingly gen
rruus to the churches and schools 90
Garrison. where she died.
A. there was no objection Surrogate
Southard Immediately admitted the will
to probate.
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The final clearing Of GahCian ter
rltory 10 the north and northeast OF
Rawa Ruska was thoroughly In line with
the steamrollcr tactics pursued by the
Germans throughout the campaign. The
Russians had made stand along the
Polish border and In the Tanew River
District. The overwhelming heavy ar
tillery and the $500 pound SODA shells
forced the Russians 10 retire. II Is not
thought likely they can hold their
present positions east and north OF
r. masZpw,
The general situation now seems to
b, that with another victory east or
rmherg the Austro-,;erman forces will
b. in position to rIrn their atten-
ton seriously toward Warsaw il that
il the plan of the General stan They
have their armies north of the Vistula,
around PrzasuysZ, to the west In the
Ezura River region and in the south in
the pilitza region and at Tomaszow.
However unfortunat" the situation
may seem from a strictly military
y.,wpoint, correspondent OF the Times,
after visit 10 the headquarters OF Gen.
Iyanoff, writes that tho Russians arc
neither discouraged nor defeated The
Russians are now hiding their time for
the day when hig guns and shells will
no ready for tn"m
They can advance or retire caring
li,,le what towns thoN may take or what
districts they may lose, 70" the present
thcv have only one object, and that is -
incapacitaic as many OF tho enemy as
possible These cannot be replaced when
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SLATON, WHOAIDEDFRANK,
WOULDGO TO SENATE NOW
Ex-G Governor of Georgia Asserts Communication of the
Sentence Will Strengthen Him-Wife Aided
in Saving Condemned Man.

case. he went into detail about the
evidence. giving many Of the reasons
that led him to commute Franks SEN
tence. He was asked whether he thought
Frank guilty or innocent. and he re-
piled:
II was not called upon to answer
that. simply acted on the petition to
commute his penalty from death to life
imprisonment and / considered the evil
dence from that point Of view. Why. I
have acted in many cases and I have
granted clemency in instances where no
appeal whatever was made to me-"
The review Of the evidence given by
Gov. Slaton indicated that he really felt
that Frank was innocent. for he cast
strong doubt on the testimony given by
the negro Conley
"Well, ! have not had a vacation for
fifteen years. ] am going West-I never
have been further west than Cheyenne
/ want to see the country. l shall re-
turn East and go TO the meeting OF the
Bar Association in Boston. Then shall
return TO Atlanta"
He said he would he in this city for q
few days and then would 60 with his
wife TO visit James Ledlie Hees of New
over the Fourth Of July.
Mrs. Slaton. who is a granddaughter
OF Gov james Jackson OF Georgia. talked
a little about her experiences at their
home near Atlanta.
For four nights" she said. II scarce
ly slept at all. 1t was not the anxiety
that kept me awake. but the frequent
calls OF Halt. who goes there that kept
ringing out. We have woods back of our
house and there were men there trying
to get in. II was not a pleasant thing
to contemplate--the thought Of men
marching on the house with rifles and
carrying dynamite"
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Npr",0 ,Jble Despdtck 10 TnE stN.

Npr'U 'db'e Despdtch 10 Tns srN.
ROME. June 29--One of the most. II
not the most significant statements ema-
mating from the Vatican since the world
war began is that Of Cardinal Gasparri.
the Papnl Secretary OF State. absolutely
refuting the recent interview with the
Pope printed In La Ltberfc Of Paris and
expressing the hope that ont OF the
present circumstances may come at last
II cancellation between the Holy See and
the Italian Government.
In his statement. parts OF which were
cabIed yesterday. the Cardinal declares
that when the Italian people know what
the Pope has done on behalf OF Italy
their gratitude to him will be OF necessity y
unbAunded. lie alludes to efforts Of the
Pope to induce Emperor Francis Joseph
to accede to the Italian demands and
gives the impression that the Pop.'s ef-
forts and sacrifices to keep Italy out OF
the war will be announced in detail with
the publication Of White Book soon
to appear.
Cardinal Gasparri declares that the
Pope is determined not to make Italy $
situation more difficult. and by this h-
means that the question OF temporal
power will not be raised by the Vatican
and thus added to the many issues now
embarrassing the Italian Government.
He says that the Pope trusts In God and
hopes that q convenient settlement of
tl..n Ia, t.l, LII. -
been for many years as regards the
Italian Government may be reached
without the aid OF foreign armies. bu,
by the triumph Of the Italian love OF
Justice
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OSBORNE EvADEs EXECUTION.
Leaves Sing Sing Rather Than See
Ferri Die To-day.

OssrNING. n Y. June 29.-Warden
Thomas Mott Osborne left here tonight
for New York and will not be present
at the execution OF Joseph Ferri at
3 80 o'clock tomorrow morning Before
leaving the prison Mr.. Osborne said:
Pm leaving because that IL the only
way that | have to protest against the
law which makes the execution neces-
sary. There Is no need OF my staying
and seeing the execution as long as we
have principal keeper to do II. II there
were u. body else I'd do II myself"
Deputy Warden Charles Johnson will
oversee the execution.
Ferri made his own funeral arrange
ments to-day and asked Father Cashin
to see that his body was turned over
to his wife. He wrote a farewell letter
to his wife tonight. thanking her for
standing by him and committing their
children to her care.
Earlier In the day Gov. Whitman had
refused TO show clemency to Ferri, who
was convicted OF killing his brother.
This was the first time Mr.. whitman
had denied such a request
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MEXICAN FACTIONS
WILL TALK PEACE
ObrpgOn and villa to Meet In
Two Weeks. Says
Jose RObleS.
TO GATHER on BORDER
Both Sides Afraid Of lIucrta'S
Revolution. Asserts the
Ey-Cabinpt Officer.

EL pAso. June 29--The leaders OF the
agreed to discuss terms of peace. accord
ing to lose Isabel Robles. Minister Of
war in the Cabinet of Eulalio Gutierrez.
who arrived here tonight. The meeting
may be held IN Two weeks
Since the overthrow OF Gutierrezs
Government Robles has not been iden-
tihed with either villa or Carranza
According to his story he was chosen
by influential Mexicans auNious to end
the fighting.
Robles did not reveal any terms %
the agreement he claims 20 have brought
about. but said that by the middle OF
July villa will be on the border 10
meet obregon. the two sanctioning the
Robles intimated that the success Of
his work had been hsstened by fea-
created at headquarters both of villa
and Carranza that the revolution popu-
lsrly believed about to be begun by
Huerta would so complicate the situa-
ton In Mexico that the United States
might intervene.
Gen. Villa has succeeded in repulslng
the Carranza forces moving against his
bas at Torreon from the east, Juarez
was advised to-day. The fighting took
places between Pa%don and Monterey
and 10000 men were engaged. villa
is drawing all his best fight ng nsen
from northern garrisons for a supreme
attempt to stop Obregons advance.
.ay, a
Is Interested In new movement to in
wade Mexico from American territory,
spies watching his house say that he is
delu6ed with kilograms arriving at all
hours OF the day and night and that a
stream of prominent Mexicans OF Cienti-
fico tendencies have been going in and
out.
Huerta was notified to-day that II he
left the apartment where he Is staying
without first notifying the United States
officials he would be locked up in the
county Jail. pending his preliminary
hearing.
The Government officials are worried.
fearing an effort to take Huerta across
the border that the guards will be unable
to stop.
Gen Urbina withdrew from San Luis
Potosi last week and Col. Barbara who
took charge, has committed many afro
cities there. shooting several merchants
and an American the superintendent OF
mine at Charcas. according to Ameri-
cans returning from that city.
Advices from Vera Cruz state that an
American arriving from Mexico city at
the camp of Gen. Gonzales said that the
Zapatistas had removed all the archives
OF "the convention government Ia
Cuernavaca and that all trains are held
in readiness to transport troops from the
city The report declares Gonzales con.
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ALTON WINS $2,0oO,OOO SUIT.
Missouri supreme Court Sustains
Road In Excrss Fare Case.

JrrrrRsoN CITY. June ?a-Thc de-
murrer ~ the Chicago and Alton road
against the states suit to collect s., ,0OO.-
900 OF alleged excess fares was sus-
'ained to-day by the supreme Court.
The decision II considered applicable
to actions against Other trunk lines in
which the Attorney General sought to
recover s2t.oOO.oOO The Atoms de-
murrer was sustained originally in the
Circuit Court Of Sabine county and to-
days ruling upholds that finding.
The Supreme Court OF the United
states upheld the two cent passenger
rate law and the maximum freight rate
law As soon as the decision was an
nounced the railroads cut passenger
rates from two and a half to two cents.
nut no arrangement was made 10 refund
the excess fares collected while the law
was In litigation. Hence the Attorney
Generals actions