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may have a mind 10 a flock no larger
than she can properly feed, clothe and
educate: and she may seek quality
rather than quantity IN the heritage
that she leaves 10 posterity.
The professor, too, might be al
fault in his comparisons when he
takes as a basis all the women Of the
country. Would he not arrive at a
more valuable estimate by drawing
his differences from comparisons witt
women who IN not college graduate.
but who belong to the same walks OF
life as they do and have similar socia'
advantages and trainingl
But this Is not 30 much TO present
thu arguments In the case a. to warn
the Pittsburg professor. BY the time
that his theories are well dissent
mated he will hear arguments from
the other side that will drive him 70
cover and leave I'D more of his charg es
than a peanut shell.
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A WORD FROM THE ANTS"
Who Think the "Suns'" Defeat Is
Assured.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUS-Su: !
wish to thank you for the enterprising
news article headed Party Leaders In
New York Predict SUNS Defeat pub
llshed In THE SUN.
Il dlscoses 10 the public a situation
OF overwhelming opposition 20 the
woman suffrage FAD which has been
known to us for months past. This
news Is the best answer 10 the favoTite
slogan. It's bound to come
Apparently this cry is set up 20 In
huence the weak sisters OF the class
that IL on the fence until the last min
ute. We now know that, on the con-
t-ary. II is bound not 90 come.
II was also interesting TO note that
the opposition comes from all the lead
Ing parties. II Is therefore social and
Individual opposition, not mere party
alignment. Likewise IL Is p~leasan, 20
note the expressions IN the interviews
TO tie effect that IN the debates held
before the political clubs the orposl-
ton 10 woman suffrage prevailed n the
arguments
our own experience is that We have
never lost q debate with the suffrage
ladies', and We have almost always
called FOR a vote from the audiences
The suffrage debaters refuse 10 NEE,
Us any more In debate. There can be
only one explanation Of this. namely,
that such debates have been a loss 20
the ~suHrag!sts and a gain 20 the
OPPOSITION.
We are satisfied that the result Of
the poll in November will more thar
CONFIRM the estimates Of your news
article. MARIE COLLINS ROONEY,
President Of the Guidon Club.
NEW YORK, August II
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The Lynehing OF Frank.

The opinion Of Ex-Governor SLAroS.
who committed the death sentence OF
LEO VI. FRANK to Imprisonment, vas
sought when that III starred victim Of
ignorance and passion yielded up the
remnant Of his life 20 the mob. Mr.
SLAroS said that the English Ian
guage wa not strong or broad enough
10 characterize this outrage appro-
rriately." That will be the feeling Of
the American People, shocked and hu-
inflated by the abominable offence
against their civilization. 1t is 20 the
deeper shame OF Georgia that the
lynchiny Of FRANK has not come as
a surprise, and therefore could and
should have been prevented.
When the Governor OF a State Of
the Union. who has considered IL his
duty 70 exercise the committing power
J in a capital case, IS threatened day
after day with Violence by the mob
and II becomes Necessary 10 call out
AN AAAaAAd W PAONtNl h4ALt dAll NuNn
a murderous attack is made upon the
reprieyed man IN the prison which
should he his asylum, but which il
misinanagoi and feebly guarded, IL it
a matter Of wonder THAT the de
PRAYED element which Governor SLA-
ION called the scum and r~iffraf
Of the State executes at last the . n
rence OF Judge Lynch upon the OBJ
jet " it's hatred?
When Governor NATHANIEL T.. HAR.
RIs visited the State farm at MHleire-
Vile after the convict GREEN had
made an attempt upon FRANKS life
revolving IN It's brutality, the condi.
tons az the prison were found 10 be
SO bad thar the Governor declared he
would send a message TO the Leglsla.
ture urging radical reform in the
treatment 81 the inmates. Governor
SLAToN's Successor was distreSsal by
the sights he saw, He considered the
state farm as II was conducted a re-
proach 70 Georgia. Then CAME the
night when twenty live men. some OF
Them masked, drove mp 20 the gate in
automobiles, easily subdued the qua ri.
dragged the mutilatcd FRANK from
his hospital cot, and took him away
10 meet a fate 10 which his committal
10 the State farm had exposed him.
No one could read the o Of
Governor HAgRIs's visit 20 thar lu,ri-
tuition and not have an uneasy feeling
that the way its affairs were man.
aged was a temptation to the scum
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Has the United states the Right q
Intervene In Mexico?

To TIE EplroE oF THE SuS-Sir. Some
Of your correspondents ask whether or
not the United States has a right TO in
tervene In Mexico.
I think this Government has a -'-ht
70 intervene for tire same reason that
any mai would have 20 interfere and
try 70 stop his neighbors family from
quarrell.ng among themselves and kill
Ing each other,
suppose a next door ne!ghbor KEEP,
Up a continual. Wrsngle day and night
20 the great annoyance q: everybody IN
tire reighborhood. how long would any
% US stand tor Z before We complained
tn the authorities 70 stop Il:
We are in about TIRE came position as
regards conditions In Mexico thai We
were when we interviewed in Cuba.
Things reached A point IN CUBAN AFFAIRS
when VI could no longer put up with
III. outrases and political murders that
had become an every day occurrence
ani Uncle sam rightsoIsly pug an end
10 II. brought order u OF chaos and a
happy, peaceab.e, prosperous people Is
the result.
Is Il not our duty 10 humanity 10 d
the same for our brothers In Mexico?
PERRY LuKENs.
BREWSTER. August -.
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STREET BANDS DEFEAT CATS
Sufferer Complains Of the Cacophony
Of the Nictors.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-sir:
Won't somebody take away the street
bands and give US back our cats? Since
the summer campaign Of the bands
began the cats apparently have been
either frightened away or have given
UP competition as hopeless. C~ataphony
has been driven out b. c~acophony.
have been no friend 10 Tom and
Maria. I will admit IL. ! have even
gone 50 Ear as to assert that for un-
musical sounds they hold the cup. 7
owe them a humble apology. Compared
with tae street bands the songs Of Tom
aid Mari4 are melody and their duets
sweet harmony.
Some one has suggested that the re-
cent eruption OF street bands Is part
OF a German propaganda 10 enlist the
sympathy of Americans with the Ger
a cause. Heaven forbid, Could
Germany hope 20 cultivate our FOOD Will
by putting out our eyes? Why. any
more. should she expect to accomplish
that purpose by running our ears 7:
,h- Kaiser could hear some OF thes4
bands ne would exclaim What enemy
hath done this No, Il Is undoubtedly
British r1,d hat s paying these hands
70 ALLEVIATE - from Germany by max.
ing US shudder at the sound OF Ger.
man nati1ra! airs.
Now Die WacAt am Rhsin" Is a
very good tune when played in ore key
but when played In three keys at the
ame time u IS the kind OF triple al.
lance thar. In the language OF Artenu'
Ward, a > : mgtch' No. instead Of
Hans and Carl, give me Tom and Mari,
every time SUFFERER.
NEW YORK, August II.
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Poor Shooting by Our Navy.

The navy" said Rear Admiral
BRADLEY \. FIsKE in testifying before
the House Committee on Naval Affairs
on December II last, needs more tar
get practice and greater efficiency in
all branches of the science of gun
merry" This was an admission that
the craftsmanship Of the United
States navy in the latest practice was
not satisfactory. Admiral FIsKE. in
deed, told the committee that in gun
merry both the British and German
navies excelled the American. whose
scores, by the way, not published.
An the world may know periodically
how the British warships are shoot.
ing in practice, for the tabulateI
results are exhibited.
Since Admiral FIsKE appeared be-
fore the House Naval Committee and
told the uppalatable truth the United
States navy has had more targec
practice. but the sores as usual were
not published. THE Sun was IN.
formed early IN the summer that the
gunnery Of the fest had gone from
bad TO worse, although the details
were withheld. Now Representative
A. L. GARDINER OF Massachusetts pro-
duces the individual b~att,e>hip scores.
which seem to have teen compiled
from an authoritative source. Seven
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and riffran Of the State" 30 wrcak
their vengeance upon FRANK.

and riffran Of the State 30 wreak
their vengeance upon FRANK.
Governor HARRIS promises to use
all his powers 20 see to Il that the
meambers Of the mob receive fitting
punt shment for their crime" The
people Of the country will Judge him
by his performance. There are some
features OF the case that should make
dissection no great triumph Of police
skill. Most OF the lyDchers who in
vaded the State farm were not
masked. and made no mystery Of their
purpose. Id~entiicatlons should not
be difficult. They drove one hundred
miles in the night to Marietta. twenty
miles beyond Atlanta. and banged
their victim rear that place. As II
was an Atlanta mob that threatened
Governor SLAroS himself with injury
and even lynching. the police investi-
cation should naturally begin in the
capital city Of Georgia.
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THE BLESSINGS OF A HOME.
More on "Unmsted Hearts" By 9
Bachelor Who Has Hopes"

To II EDITOR OF THE SuS-Str: Your
poor correspondent, writer OF "Unniated
Hears" Is perhaps n of those who have
been snubbed and has therefore turned
against the fair sex. forgetting that
there are still many good ash
II he thinks that married life Is a pre-
yentve Of success In life he Is away
of the track. for the great majority OF
successful men owe their success. or a
larger part OF IL, to the hner spiritual
influence OF women. whether IL be their
wives, mothers, sisters or sveethearts.
and IL a man. no matter how success
full in business. goes through life minus
the refining influence OF woman he Is
losing the major part Of success.
Contrary to the opinion Of some men.
a wife accompilshes a vast deal more
than she is given credit for, and her In
fiuence has very often transformed man
from a wreck into a grand success and
mad a so-called successful business man
still more successful. No man can De
a success travelling alone. What would
have been his status IL his parents had
been lmbued with the same idea Did
not woman make the home what Il u,
and what would II be without her? Ger
tainly not the great Institution II Is to-
day.
The reason why women have not been
20 much in evidence in the past Is be-
cause they have been content TO rest IN
the shadows OF their husbands. whom
they have helped materially TO make
good or famous. But some fine day the
women are going TO exercise the prtvi-
leze of proposing. then perhaps the mis-
takes will be reduced to the minimum,
for woman is keener than man. and IL
she Is economically free / cannot see
why she should not propose 20 the OBJ
ject Of her love. Woman looks apo
marriage as an IDEAL institution where
love reigns, and she should have the
right to propose IL she wishes, and not
wait for leap year either.
She Is a most potent force in the
scheme Ok things. and nothing she wants
should be denied her. She. l take ~,
wrote:
Though fool. spurn Hymeu's gentle powers
w. vno ~ sweet experience know
That marriage rightly understood
B-irss 70 ~. lender and the good
A para4is. below.
When there are So many beaut.tui
rosebuds os American womanhood APP
parently born 10 blush unseen and waste
their sweetness on the desert air, L
seems a shame that bachelors IA, to
mend their ways and endsayor 10 re-
due the surplus. / am a bachelor too.
but this il a temporary q hope) mis-
fortune. and ! fully believe. judging
from the statements % married friends
and acq~uaintances, that marriage 10 a
grand sweet dream song which cannot
be equal!ed b. mere material success,
and l am convinced thai II necessary
hosts OF men and women throughout the
country who know would uphold ne
un~hes.tat.ngly Here's 70 the women.
God bless them JoHS r. DREW,
CONCORD, Mass. August Is.
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Can and Can't.

said Cant 70 Can: "Its plainly true
That I am stronger FAR than you.
jus, see how much poor. wretched Man
Can't do compared TO what he can:
He can't grow wings ana soar on high,
II. can't make clouds bedeCk the sky
He cart live ~tthou, breathing more
Than two. three minutes. maybe four;
H. can't control his dreams at will,
He can't make water now up hill,
He can't defer unwelcome might,
He can't suspend times speeding nisht.
He cant, DO rhis, he can't do that.
In short. he cant do much, poor gna,."
Can smiled and sald; Alas. alacki
You've gotten badly of the track
Behold the things that Man can do
Compared with what ne can't. so few:
He can fly through the air ana rise
Above the clouds that deck the skies,
He can descend In cayerns dim
And breathe the air he .akes with him.
His waking dreams he can ~eon,rol.
He can. as steam. seize waters soul.
He can make night seem Ike the day,
He can. through work. hold Ass a. bay
He can DO much, he can 10 more.
None knows as yet how he can soar"
can't sally smiled and said: Nay, cease
Man can do much; he can't keep peace"
WILLIAM WALLAcs WaIrsLock
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HARDSHIPS OF RAILROADS.
The Case Of the Great Northern vs..
Minnesota.

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: The
case OF the Great Northern Railway vs.
Minnesota, decided BY the Supreme Court
Of the United States June "a n reported
a3s U. S. $40. is evidence o. the treat
ment which railroads have been getting
from the various commissions author
lied to hamper their efficiency.
The railroad had 259 stock shipping
stations in Minnesota, at nfty-four OF
which i had for the convenience OF stock
dealers established six ton scales. The
village OF Bertha represented 10 the
Railroad Commission that IL was discrim-
mated against because Il had no scales
and the commission ordered the railroad
to erect Gales in Bertha within forty
hve days Although disseminating the
use Of the scales In the villages already
supplied with them would have sbated
the alleged discrimination. the commits
SONS order precluded the railroad from
avalling itself OF that right.
A majority OF the Supreme Court OF
Minnesota sustained the act 0: the rail.
road commissioner. Obviously every one
~ the 2o5 stations without Gales was
then IN a position to represent that II
was d scriminated against, although thu
evidence was that many OF the stations
did not ship more than n carload o.
stock a year.
The United States Supreme Court
made comparatively short work OF the
pleasing theories OF the Minnesota rail-
road commissioner. The court said:
Conesdias power 10 iHhlb!t discrimlna-
ton. the commission could NOT .xsrriss
It unreas3nab!y by nsedIessly aking prop
erty or, what comes TO the same thinE
o6liEiag incurrencs Of expense wholly un-
necessary. Il by no means follows Simply
because q railroad voluntarily supplies a
convenience al some stations which at
tract trade that Il can be commanded
positively ts do likswtss at other place,
along the line. A railroads possession.
az. subject 20 It's public duty. but beyond
this. and within charter limits. like other
owners OF private property, It may con-
troll its own affairs.
Is Il not a strange condition OF affairs
when men clothed with the powers OF a
State railroad commission will rule tina
II a railroad voluntarily supplies a con.
venIence at one station II may not BE-
allowed 20 withdraw that convenience
but may be forced TO supply the sans
convenience at every station upon IL
line? Is Il tram that for some years
the railroads have been partially para
lived, and with them the business OF the
country? 8.
BosToS, August Is.
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College Women.

Let Professor ROSWELL III. JOHNSON
Of the University OF P%ittsburg. who
talks - bllthe.y Of college women
neglecting their duties as c-itizenesses,
have a care he is treiding upon long
fought over ground. College women
and women's colleges have in the past
rushed into the fray against predeces-
>ors who have made such charges
and when the smoke had cleared away
It was not the accused who wose the
nrUst SEARS.
According IN report the Pttsburg
professor after an exhaustive nves-
tigatiOn' claims that taking THE sta
tistlcs Of the Wellesley, Smith, Vas
sar and other wOmen's college alum.
NE he discovers the marriage rate IL
low and that ''the number of children
born 10 them Is startlingly small"
Perhaps the marriage rate Is low /:
hut Is the college man, too. not s,me-
what negligent in this same regard?
Again, must the superior woman with
a superior job and in the enjoyment Of
the e~moluments therefrom give them
up for a man with an inferior Job?
That Was not the reason that she
got an education.
II IS no doubt true that there are
not many college womcn who could
compete with the California woman
with seventeen chi.lreu and little
with which Ia fcs-l or clothe them
w-ho received the COMMUNICATION of our
greatest opponent OF race suicide. Or
would there ha found many who could
equal the rS0ri Of twelve made by
the Kansas woman who In her need
applied for n Of Governor ARTHUR
CAPPEs's pensions. The college woman
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The forthcoming declaration Of the
Allies adding cotton TO the list Of ar
ticles contraband Of war viii present
some curious features.
That action will be based on the
fact that cotton is now an indispeDsa-
BILE material for the manufacture Of
ammunition and therefore by IT'S very
nature contraband. Just as saltpetre
has always been held TO be.
Now. that Is exactly the Justification
which Russia offered for making It con-
traband during her war with Japan
When the Russian Government in
April Of 1905. extended It's list Of
c~ontraband 30 as e include raw cotton.
the reason gwen was that raw cot
ton was used in the manufacture Of
explosives. and that as II wns impos-
sible TO distinguish between cotton
imported for this purpose and cotton
imported for other purposes II was
necessary to prohibit its importation
altogether.
This action was taken by Russia
in the face Of a vigorous protest from
Great Britain. another Of the present
Allies SIR c. HAkprrGE. the British
Ambassador at ST. Petersburg. had
written IN October. 1904. TO Count
LAMspoRTY, the Russian Minister q
Foreign Affairs, as follows:
The quantity Of raw cotton that
might BE- utilized fr explosives would be
inhinitestmal in comparison with the bulk
of the cotton exported from India TO
Japan for peaceful purposes, and TO
treat harmless cargoes of this latter
description as Internationally contra
band would be TO subject a branch OF
innocent commerce. which Is specially i'm
portant IN the Far East. TO a most I'M
w~arrantable interference"
No protest now addressed TO Great
Britain by any friendly neutral Power
largely exporting cotton 10 other neu.
trail countries could be more energetic
than that which Great Britain ad-
dressed to Russia only a decade OF
years ago.
Russia, Of course, can now act In
this matter consi silently with her pre-
viOus position England can justify
her departure from her previous posi-
ton only by showing that since 1907
there has been an immense change
IN the quantity of raw cotton used for
the fabrication Of ammunition rela.
tive TO that Of raw cotton entering
into innocent commerce.
Great Britain's success IN convinc-
ing our State Department Of the rea-
sonable nature of the proposed limo.
walton upon her immemorial practice
would depend, We should say. upon
the effectiveness OF the measures she
proposes to adopt to prevent injustice
10 innocent commerce and { o safe
guard legitimate American cotton in.
terests from great injury.
But Of the absolute right Of the
Allies to declare cotton contraband
there can be no question.
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Chance for settlement seen.

The two methods % settlsme-. 70
posed as alternative sugTes c-s 2
your Exce,lency's have beer gwen
careful consideration. AID T. = be-
licved that, IL they can be combined
So that they may both be aco7 -
they wi. furnish a satisfactory oss
for the solution OF the questions a;
issue.
Tee ~Gioye-rineu, o, the Ja.'-t
States has already expressed 80 1=s :.
taa, the 4uest.y. ~: ;ae aa.--.- u; q.
denn.ty 10 be paid by TIE ILpeg l.
German Government under its si-
mltted liability for the losses q
owners and captain on sccount O.: -
destruction OF the Frye should T.
ted by Diplomatic negotiation
entirely coacu-s with the SUI
az the Imperial German Co..
hat the s!nples; way vCg.- 30 20
agree, as proposed n your zoe ~Ft.
each OF the two G9ver---~'s --- =
nate ar expert, and that tHa -rr. -N-
per,s jointly TX t-e amount c.:
n.;y so- the vesse. a-d any Amer
property which may have ts--
with her 10 be pad ~ TIE r.
German Government whe- as -r
tanned, as stated ~ ylg- noe. -.
assumed that the tr~-a-E--'--- w..
cluds some provision - "a. :
umpire IN c1se TIE e1s-.-s Il. -
agree.
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Full TEXT Of the Note.
Following 5 the note


You are Instructed to pr=seat 40
following note to the Germaa sc:
fer Foreign Affair.
Under Instructions from NJ Govern.
ment, I have the honor % ..:c.m
your Excellency. in reply 70 your note
Of July 30 in regard 10 the clam :0-
reparation for the SINKING u t.- Va.
lam l.. Frye, that the Cover mse; -
the United StA;es learns w.-l reg e.
that the objections urged by 10 aGa.as-
the submission OF this Sase ~ the
prize cOur. for decision cave r.'
commended themselves 20 the Imle.A
German Government, = 10 e4-a.y
regrets that the reasons p-->e-t-d 3.
th- Imperial German Gov=-ums.; to-
subu!r.irE this case 10 tie p-zs
court have failel TO remove the o..-l'
tons OF the G~oyerumea; u the L-..et
States ~ the adoption % raat cc.-sa
As th.s disagreement has been
reached after the full. presentation %
the views OF both Goyerum-a. .1 or
previous correspondence d :l-le- eA-
change OF views on the quss, - no
dispute would doubtless - q. -9''-
able. and the Government % 10
United States. therefore, welcomes
your Exceliencys suggestion .al
some other way should oe found Tor
settling this case.
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The reports from Texas say that
the great wall at Galveston w!thstood
the attack OF the sea and saved the
city from a disaster similar to that
which overlook IL in September. 1900.
The wall was built after this catas-
trophe, which cost the lives Of 5000
persons. and II seemed a defiance TO
the Storm King in a region where he
had worked his greatest havoc. That
the wall stood Is a tribute not only
10 the skill of the builders but 10 the
faith OF the people OF Galveston who
loved their city well enough to risk
the dangers Of It's situation
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A despatch from Petrograd. sad TO
be- inspired by SERGIus SAzASoFT, the
Foreign Minister. says that the pro-
posal for a Russo-Japanese alliance
Will meet with no opposition. provided
II (the alllance) be not aggressive
against China and even less so against
America, whose friendship Is neces-
sary 10 Russia" Friendship in terms
Of war material is sign!fied. for Rus
STA has no time for sentiment now
The cordial regard OF Japan IS de-
sired for much the same reason. Rus
STA has placed large contracts for
ammunition and other war supplies
IN both Japan and the United States.
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Solway Firth. where German sub
marines have been Smelling towns on
the Cumberland shore. Is nearly 100
miles north OF Liverpool. The COM
manders OF these undersea boats will
hardly have the efrontery 20 call
whitehaven. Harrington and Parton
fortified places. but II Is impossible
not 10 admire the audacity OF the
Germans who betray their presence
in the north Irish Sea By the BOOM
ing OF their guns as they lombard
the coas These submarines may be
regarded as pioneers OF the promised
submersibles which are COINS TO
cruise all over the world and carry
powerful ordnance.