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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27
Mr.. Burr's Charge Against Mayor
Mitchell.

Mayor Mitchell may not be wholly
unfortunate in the delay his illness
has compelled IN making answe 20
the charges Of WILLIAM p. BURR on
account Of Mr.. BuRR's dismissal from
the Corporation Counsel's staH. He
will gain something by the period
which elapses before his reply is for.
mulated. in that the public will have
opportunity to separate the essential
factors Of the allegations from the
non-essential, and acquire an under
standing Of the facts brought forward
In their support.
Mr.. BURR declares that his removal
from Office was the result OF his ef.
forts to bring To a successful conclu-
sion the city's attempt to rid Eleventh
avenue Of the steam railroad that now
occupies II. He asserts In conflrma-
ton OF his contention that since his
disappearance from the clty's law
Office the prosecution Of the matter
has been less strenuous than before.
Against this Mr.. Polk. by whom Mr..
Burr was removed. says the removal
was the result OF Mr.. BURR's ineffec-
t%iveness. The city and the New York
Central railroad are authorized by
special net Of the Legislature &c agree
on n scheme OF track readjustmcnt.
and Mr.. BURR holds that the Mayor
has been dllatory in seeking this
agreement.
The case Is complicated and difficult
Mt best, and It will be the Mayors
task to explain his part in the ne
gotlations in a way that everybody
can comprehend. Because Of this the
Withholding OF his account Of the
transaction for n fcSv days should
result In Clarifying the issue in the
public mind, rather than In further
obscuring It.
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JURORS WISH TO SEE PRISON.
sing sing Investigators May Make
. Presentment Monday.

WHITE PLAINS. Nov. 26.-The west
chester county Grand Jury to-day con-
sidered testimony in its investigation
of conditions existing In Sing Sing
prison and then adjourned until next
Monday. The principal witness to-day
was NJ. J. Deely. former principal keeper
at the prison. h was removed by
Warden Osborne and Is now seeking
reinstatement by legal methods.
peely contends that he was removed
without charges being preferred against
him. He told the Grand Jurors. according
TO the latest information. that he was no,
responsible for the escape Of Louis
Spence. who Is still at large. but that
the 'hono system" allowed Spence to
go to the chapel. where the bars on
the windows were very weak. and by
bending them over he was enabled to
escape.
1t was reported to-day that when
Supreme Court Justice Morschauser
convenes court on Monday the
Grand Jury will be ready to make a
presentment or else will be present to
ask for certain advice. So far the
Grand Jury has not made an inspection
of Sing Sing prison. and before any
definite charges against Warden Os-
borne are made it is reported that the
Jurors desire to see the prison working
under the management of the Mutual
Welfare League without the honor sys-
TEN" members in charge.
District Attorney Weeks had a con-
ference late this afternoon with George
Gordon Battle. who represents tho Ma
tional Prison Reform Committee. but
MIR. Weeks declined to say anything
about the conference.
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TO THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Str: AS
object lesson exhibits of what we i'm
pcritivcly need and haven't got. the
moving pt-tures of war scenes. particu-
larly those IN which modern artillery
aud It's tremendous significance in the
warfare Of tho day nre revealed, have
an educational value not likely to he
altogether wasted on the thousands of
Americans who daily see these omi-
nously warning war dramas thrown
upon the screens. II our ways are 70
continue ways OF rlcasantncss and our
paths to remain paths OF peace II will
he behind such weapons ms these held
by strong American hands and not in
front of them held by the hands of an
enemy, T.. =. II.
NEW York, November 90.
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HARSH WORDS FOR HENRY.
He Is Elevated TO n High Place Among
the Dreamers.

Tt II EDITOR or THE SuN--Sir: Did
you ever see such "A chuckle headed
chump as Henry Ford-eXcept Bill
Bryan
The war will be over and the boys
out OF tho trenches by Christmas"
Henry himself has said II. and that
settles everything, Why, the man il
daft. He belongs with that bunch who
think they are Apollonius OF Tyana.
Haroun al Raschid, B4laam's ass and
the whale that swallowed Jonah. When
the warning Powers learn OF the APP
proach Of n shipload OF old women of
both sexes from this country bent on
forcing peace down their unwilling
throats Il will all be of. I'd like to bet
Henry the price OF one of his rattletraps,
If | had II. that he's a bad little guesser.
And Meyer London comes To the front
with his pet scheme, OF course when
the Kaiser gets his second wind after
reading Meyers terms, especially the
first one relating to the evacuation OF
occupied territory. the German troops
will be ordered hot foot out OF belgium,
France, Serbia and Russia and II at
tackled while retreating they will march
the goose step backward, defending
themselves until they reach home, and
then "hoch' the Kaiser probably.
Have you noticed that those dreamers
who used to predict there would be no
more war now say that this will be the
last war? Well. their Vaccinations may
work out all right n they can change
human nature entirely and make lambs
out Of the whole of mankind.
NEw YORK. November 26. q. F. X.
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MAYOR SAYS BURR'S
WORK WAS FUTILE
Dismissed Him for Failure to
Get Results in 18th Ave.
Tracks Case.
YEARS LABOR USELESS"

Mayor Mitchell reiterated In q formal
statement last night his declaration thAt
william =. Burr was removed a. A.
sistant Corporation Counsel In 1914 be-
u his work in the matter OF procur-
Ing the removal Of the New York
C~en,rai's tracks from Eleventh avenue
unsatisfactory.
He says that his own efforts to pro
cure this removal have been 20 consistent
that Mr.. Burr could not have failed to
know the Mayors attitude Mr.. Mitchel's
statement says:
II do not think tho people Of this city
wish their Executive TO indulge In n
troversy with a discharged and DIS
gruntled city employed, but the state
ments made by Mr.. Burr have been
given n pseudo importance BY the at
tention paid them by the legislative COM
mittee.
"As the records show. I have con-
sistently, and In season and out advo-
Gated, urged and worked for h elm
nation Of the Eleventh avenue tracks,
and I may indeed refer to myeeR a. the
city oficial who has taken the labortng
oar toward that end. II was in this
connection that I had occasion to OBJ
serve the futile efforts of Mr.. Burr TO
obtain practical results after some years
Of endeavor. so that when Mr.. Polk
stated to me that he regarded Mr.. Burr
as ineffective l %concurred In his ex-
pressed desire to dispense with Mr..
Burr's services.
an point Of fact my dissatisfaction
with Mr.. Burr was not because he had
attacked the New York Central Railroad
Company, as he now has the efTrontery
TO claim. but because his work In the
matter of procuring the removal Of these
tracks was unsatisfactory and wholly
barren of results.
The history Of my efforts TO procure
the removal OF tho Eleventh avenue
tracks 10 % consistent and % completely
evidenced by public records that Mr..
Burr could not have failed to know my
attitude upon the question and to real-
ize that his dismissal was not for the
reason he states TO have been the cause"
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SOCIAL r X WANTED.
Further Details Of the Opportunities
In English B%irmingham.

To TIM EDITOR or THE SuN-Str: With
reference To a letter from Miss Ashley
Of this city or the subject Of opportu-
miles for social workers which you pub
lished In your columns some weeks ago.
] should deem II . favor u you could
spare room for . further word upon the
same subject which may perhaps avoid
any future MISUNDERSTANDING.
have received several letters from
Americans who wish to respond to the
appeal for helpers In Miss Ashley's let
ter. and I am very grateful for their
offers made possible through your kind
ness in printing the appeal. But from
these letters 1 gather II Ii not quite clear
that we are most unfortunately o In q
position which makes II possible to oner
any remuneration to residents at the
Cathedral House. I realize how much
better would DO nj chances Of obtain
ing help II We could even ohef board
and lodging to residents IN partial re-
turn for their services. But your read.
ers will readily understand the financial
time like h present.
SO We are regretfully compelled to
call only for voluntary helpers. The
need IL indeed urgent. Our residents
at present number only three. ana We
have room for more than twice that
humber. Our social work 10 OF the ut
most urgency at the moment. when dis
cipline In the homes of the working
classes 10 In hundreds Of cases at the
lowest ebb owing to the absence Of the
head Of the family ~ the war n very
likely the mother doing long our at 4
Government factory. In face OF this
urgency we can only put UP a seriously
depleted stan Of helpers.
Miss Ashlcy's suggestion was that q
man wishing to study social problems
before graduating, or Immediately after.
could do nothing better than spend q
year In this settlement and combine the
utmost usefulness with perhaps unique
experience. I need not say that ! shall
be more than ready to ear from any
such men II they will write direct to
me at Cathedral House, Newhall street,
Birmingham. England. We do not limit
our residents to those only who are
studying social problems"
There IL a great human work here OF
the highest moral order. II requires
only men Of common sense and SYM
pathy with a slight remembrance or
what they were like themselves when
boys. We touch something like 1000 OF
the youth OF the city and could extend
indefinitely a we the support OF an
ample number Of helpers. As more INC
more Of these leave to nght their coun-
,ry's battle we have to look to others
10 Ali their places. and It !s In the hope
that We may not be disappointed and
compelled to close a work OF 10 much
encouragement and promise that ! now
ask you TO be good enough to print this
letter. The Rev. q. b. CODE.
England, November s.
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Papa yofre and the Loan OF Victory.

II Papa JorFRE were not a ec1en.
tifc soldier he would make a success
full banker. His bulletin to the army
before the recent "drive." while not
as grandiose as n Of NAPoLEoN's,
reflected supreme confidence in the
Issue. The great offensive failed. al
though prodigies Of valor were per-
formed. 1t was a push instead Of a
drive, and the Germans are still dug
in." not very far away from the line
Of collision. But Papa JorrRE, with
winter coming on and a slackening Of
effort on the western front, takes his
pen in hand to IS the soldiers
In the field in the matter Of the new
loan. aptly named by Grandpapa RI
BOT. the Minister Of Finance. Listen
to the General
you have doubtless heard your par
ents recall the terrible hours Of 1870.
After hat war there wis a loan for the
liberation OF territory. This time. thanks
to your efforts. Il will be. as the Minis-
ter Of France has said. the Loan o.
Victory Think about all that. Write
about II TO your relatives and the friends
that YOU left behind at your birthplace.
Tell them that to subscribe to the loan
Is to serve France"
Acute Papa JorFRE! Not all the
men at the front were hand to mouth
wage earners when they trOoped to
the colora Thousands were men of
property. real and personal. with
money In funds and money drawing
interest in the banks. Thousands
more had nest eggs at home, for the
French are a thrifty race. "Who.
ever pays S7.25 francs" advises the
commander Of an army compared with
which NAPoLEoN's legion at Waterloo
was n remnant. will receive an OBJ
legation bearing five francs annually.
m investment in French bonds ut
5.73 per cent"
The Loan Of Victory. what soldier
with a musket In one hand and a
check book In the other wouldn't take
n bond or two, or write home to
MARIE or CELEsTINE to subscribe?
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have magniSed " d~etrarfed from %
lnmbin'- achievement. tho simple fact
Il that II WIS rubbed m tho slate
md Columbia wins tho conditionniIy
promised stadium.
Her freshman ycnr ut football Il
passed. and Columbia will soon be an
uppcrcIassman on the field. We ron
graduate her cordially.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Forcing a c1oture gag down the
venerable throat of the United States
Senate will hardly be accomplished
without q sharp tussle. The old gem
tleman Is pretty spry considering his
years and ponderosity, and he is, more
over. distinctly "sot" in his opinions
a. 70 what Is and Of right ought to
be his by time honored tradition and
privilege. Flibustering against a rule
against fl!bustcr!ng would at least
lend the interest Of variety to what
Is generally a deadly tedious phase Of
warfare.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Any scheme to make permanent
peace possible must be based upon
recognition OF the fact that the worlds
markets are the prizes for which COM
merce strives. The statesman who
could change or modify that situation
would be the greatest peacemaker OF
all the ages.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27
CALDER TALKS WITH WHITMAN
Brooklyn Man Mentioned for rnh'
lie service Post.

ALBANY, Nov. 26.-Wllidm NJ - Ter
of Brooklyn and john 4 llcr''s-> '''
a a with Gov, Whitman his aver
noon. Later Mr.. Calder talked ii. ~
with the Governor.
Mr.. Calder's name has ho'n ncr' "."'
In connection with the NcN l"',
Public Service Commits no. ht
friends insist he would not t..r'r ?
an appointment. as Ne ~ hrlt G"n
ming again AT the primtrt I.N
for the HApubtlcan nom'Uv .oN g., LHie'
States Senator,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Occupying a place Of mathemat!cl ally
exact neutrality, being fully as par
tial to one team as the other, TIE Sun
hopes for the Army-Nnvy football
game weather as admirable In every
detail as that of Thanksgiving Day
and an unimpeachable attack and de-
fence by both sides; and we promise
to cheer the v%anqu!shed with as much
enthusiasm as we shall tho victor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Or. JOSEPH T. SrNoEwALp. Jr., asso-
ciate In economic geology at Johns Hop
kins University. who returned yesterday
from Central America, said that the sign
that Greets all visitors to General Co.,
rHALs's office in the Canal Zone now Is
Life Is Just one dam slide inter an
other."-Bdihmorc despatch.
IL the great canal builder were not
endowed with n sense Of humor he
would have worried himself TO death
long ago
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27
Twenty.nins Weeks After.

Twenty-nins Weeks After.
It Is twenty.nine weeks to-day
since the country WINS stirred to un.
paralleled indignation by the news
Of the murderOus and p%remeditated
attack on the L~usitania. One hun
dred and ten American lives were
lost by that savage departure from
the laws Of civilized warfare. These
one hundred and ten Americans had
been officially warned by the Ger.
man Government that they were ex-
ercising at their personal risk their
indisputable rights as neutrals and
non-combatants. They sailed under
the guarantee Of a citizenship and a
flag which failed to safeguard them
from a cowardly assassin Of the
undersea.
1t Is well to remember that this
foul crime was committed twenty-nine
weeks ago.
Twenty-eight weeks ago to-day the
Government at Washington notified
Germany, with the full approval Of
every loyal American, that It could
not admit That such a warning should
operate as In any degree an abbre.
Walton Of the rights Of American
citizens bound on lawful errands as
passengers Of merchant ships Of
belligerent nationality /; and that we
should hold the Imperial Government
to q strict accountability for any
infringement Of those rights, inten.
tional or accidental.
It Is well to remember that the
date of this prompt and firmly ex.
pressed notification was twenty-eight
weeks ago.
Twcnty-four weeks ago there was
transmitted to the Minister for For
elgn Affairs at Berlin Secretary
LANsING's note Of reminder to the I'm.
perial Government. brushing aside the
false pleas set up In defence OF the
murder Of the Lusitania's American
passengers and Every earnestly and
very sOlemnly" renewing the assur.
ance Of May Is that the Govern
ment of the United States would not
omit any word or any act necessary
to the performance Of Its sacred duty
Of maintaining the rights Of the
United States and Its citizens. and
Of safeguarding their free exercise
end enjoyment.
1t is we'll to remember that these
words Of reiterated assertion, pledg-
Ing our Government to acts Of asser-
ton II necessary, reached the Ger
man Government twenty-four weeks
ago to-day.
Such Is the chronology and such
were the words. Where are the re-
suits? Where is the disavowal?
Where is the reparation? Is over
the memory Of this unprecedented
crime Of Twenty-Five weeks ago
wearing smooth to effacement, to the
state Of placid acceptance and tran
quill acquiescence on our part by the
nttritlon Of time and the slow proc.
ess Of diplomatic evasion?
1t is well to remember that with
out national shame there can be no
such thing as n permanent deadlock
over the Lusitania.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

DR., ROBERT p. CLARK. an insanity ex-
pert Of Wisconsin. asserts that he has
never found, In the thousands Of cases
coming under his observation. a bald
headed crazy man. There seems likely
10 be n sudden and costly Oecline in
hair tonic stocks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

II has been revealed that there Is
In California a political party or wins
or section which answer to the name
Reformed Progressive" In tho alb
n Of any precise information we
must suppose that Red Victor would
call them backsliders. while JAMES r.
MANN would smile and just say,
Welcome back. boys"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Hamlet" IN tho movies2-Str HERBEpr
BEERBoHM TREE.
Why not? II could he put on the
screen as 1.-The Perils OF Ophelia."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27
Banker Denies Interference.

Mr.. prosser said hat he knew nothing
about Perlcy Morse a Co. being ~ wo't
on the banks accounts, and denied '.lt
he had tried to interfere with tA"u N
any way. lie said that h" would -" -,
IL that no obstacles were placed n the
way OF the investigators to-day.
Public Service COMMISSIONS Robert
c. Wood was on the witness stand aga,n
Yesterday. He disclosed the fact that
when he became a member OF the com
mission he owned 1000 shares Of 't'
American Sanitary Supply Company, f.
which he paid $1,000. and that on Juie
IL, 1914. he received from John A.
Mahor. president OF the company, 81 for
these shares. Mr.. Maher is the son ~
Edward A. Maher. ST., vice-president
and general manager Of III" Third Ave
nue. Railroad Company. Commissioner
Wood said he disposed OF the stock p''
cause OF the provision in tho Pan.
Service Commission law forHiddinc a
COMMISSIONS 10 hold stock IN II pubic
utility over which the commission has
jurisdiction.
lie also testified that he sold e.ooo
shares OF the New York Clty ln'r'-
borough Railway Company TO the Th'ad
Avenue company. and that he r~c.'"d
$l9 a share. while the stock was ad-
mittedly worth not more than g. 4
share.
Senator Thompson wanted to know
how Commissioners Wood, who sa.G f"
was not a rich man, could afforl 60
let 1000 shares OF stock which cost him
$4,000 go for 81. Commissioned Wood
said that the stock wasn't worth t"
thing. and that he had tried - G-;1~e
OF It to Warren Leslie, a hro'h" .-.1-.t'
OF Senator o'Gorman, but that Leslie
would not buy it.
The hearing viii continue this nrprr.ig
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the crown 10 F,tsburw or Cornell. II
" suggested that tho problem Ia re-
fcrfed 10 Coach FoerER SANFORD Of
Rutgers. and that ne call into consul
tation Captain TALMaN and Quarter
back Scam.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

assur YOU France and Eng
land are preparing surprises IN the Bal
kans.-AsoUirH to Serbia.
Were you surprised by the enemy?"
asked q Colonel Of the Captain Of
a retreating company Of advanced
guards. Surprised. sir7 I was as
t~onished." the Captain replied.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

With Harvard eliminated from con-
slderation az not the best football team
in the East, because II lowered its coll
ors To Cornell, the football specialists
need the wisdom OF SOLOMON to award
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Governor FfEt.DEH has declined Mr..
FoRD's invitation politely and firmly,
without circumkcution or equivoca-
ton, and has thereby SGT an admirable
example for all other public officials.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

A respectable authority has written:
THE prestige OF possession Is OF itself
Il calculable political quantity"
The prestige OF possessing the Post
mastership of New York, say,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

T'VTH FF WHVHTTWf TNdepfndt m.
Blooming roses covered with SNOW u..
a sight to be admired on this edItor.
lawn In Dover. Monday mornias. rhs,,s
mixing tho seAsonS Soma.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

They are waging war in Europe with
gas, but nobody will ever make peace
with II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

We suspect that the Hon. WOODROW
WILSON'S affection for philanthropists
Increases as they recede from his i'm
mediate presence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

~ ose friends pAo foroe Va ,esfA manu-.
eo1Pfs and 0lsstrotioas for psbicanoa WtsA
% Aevs rejected articles returned they msss
ID ~ coSes ssnd stsmos foS that purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

The latest diplomatic interchanges
In Europe indicate that nobody knows
what the aim Of the wal is beyond the
fact hat Il is deadly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Exhaustion will b tho end OF the war.
-MAXIMUIAN HARDEN.
So said Mr.. AsoriTH In tho House
Of Commons nine months ago. 1t Is
seldom these two distinguished men
are in agreement about anything.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

II a good bat Won't keep the mos
qu!toes away It will at least make the
posscssor indifferent to mosquitoes
and some other troubles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Peace hath Its advertisers no less
renowned than warr!orn