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A PLEA FOR CARRANZA.
One Of His Agents Insists He Has
Won the Right 10 Recognition.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: As
a Mexican Constitutionalist and n friend
Of Senior Carranza on a special mission
here for the First Chief OF the Con-
stitut.onalist army In Mexico. I beg you
to publish the following:
Three days ago the report was sent
out from Washington that the wife Of
General Francisco Villa had crossed
the border from Chihuahua to the
United States, telling the immigration
officials that her husband had failed In
his revolution against CarranSa and
was coming to the United states. She
sale that she and her husband would
go to some place upon the Pacific coast
to live.
Before this was published American
newspapers printed the report that
Raoul Madero and Maxine Garcia, two
Leading Generals OF Francisco villa,
had crossed the border from Mexico to
the United states. General Felipe
Angeles. the right hand man OF villa,
has been out of Mexico for more than
a month. although his services were
more needed on the battlefield. The
whole Madero family has left Mexico.
To-day | e in the Washington and
New York papers the following from
I'll Paso
Arrivals from Chihuahua city to-day de-
clared that Sebastian Vargas. Jr, state
Treasurer OF chihuahua. was executed
Wednesday on orders from General villa.
According to villa officers. who are
responsible for the report. Vargas and
Silvestre Terrazas. Secretary of the
State Government. left the State capital
with their families in automobiles for
the border. At M~octezuma, ninety miles
south of Juarez. they were arrested on
orders of. General villa. II was said.
and returned to the capital. There
Vargas was executed. The fate of Ter
razas is not reported.
The above mentioned reports prove
that the leading Generals OF villa, the
officials of his so-called government
and even Villas family are fleeing.
pa mic stricken. to the United States.
why? Because they consider the re-
bellious movement Of villa against the
legitimate government of Carranza
hopelpssly lost
Now let me put squarely before the
American Government and people the
following question Is Il reasonable to
try to oblige Carranza. when his army
has crushingly defeated the army OF
villa, one or his Generals, VINO Tor
purely selfish motives rebelled against
his chief, to come to terms with Gem
eral villa, yielding the fruit of a victory
won AT a tremendous price OF lives and
treasure?
Is II reasonable TO try to Oblige
Carranza to send his leading officials
to the border with a message to the
panic stricken Nillistas who are fleeing
to the United States saying to them {:
Now, gentlemen. don't be afraid. Come
back Ia Mexico. General Carranza Is
disposed to agree with you to give up
his government and seat General villa
In the Presidential chair"
a scarcely conceive why the gov
eminent OF Nenustiano Carranza has
not been recognized by the leading ma
tions of the world as the only govern
ment which is restoring peace and order
in Mexico. HERIRERTo BARRON.
WAsHiSGToN, August :.
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A Great Principle at stake.

The plan Of the Post Office Depart.
ment to cover the rural delivery
routes with an automobile service has
many advantages and just one defect.
but the defect goes to the very root
Of things and is definitely fatal. Tho
advantages are quicker and bettoi
service AT a vastly decreased cost. The
defect is that thousands and thou
sands Of deserving Democrats will he
thrown out Of Jobs.
Take one county, Tippecanoe in
Indiana. for instance. Thirty-slx ear.
riers deliver the rural mails in Tippe-
canoe under the present one horse
shay system. When automobiles take
up the task on the first OF September
mex fourteen carriers will do the
work and twenty-five able bodied cit
liens will be involuntarily retired.
The maximum salaries of rural car
riers was raised last year from Si.lO0
TO $1,000. Taking $3.50 as an aver
age, the annual Government saving
in this county alone will be sol 400.
1t Is well within the mark to say that
automobiles would reduce the num-
Der Of carriers and the expense by
half. This would mean that 2l,S2G
carriers would lose their jobs and
that the Government would save
pretty close 10 $2J. 900, 900 a year
With this threat hanging over them
Is it any wonder that the 43,OOO or
44,0eO rural mail carriers of tho
country T aroused? They are not
only aroused but they are we'll or
ganized as well, and are already out
spective districts. 1t is not merely
their personal interests hut a broad
principle fundamental to every form
of government and municipal bus
ness activity that is at stake, the
principle that the first function Of al,
Government and municipal socialism
in industries Is to furnish Jobs for
the deserving, and to substitute broad
scientific extravaganza and waste for
the narrow scientific economy and
thrift Of plutocratic indlvldualism.
1t Is well the fight Is on. Govern.
ment ownership is looming large these
days in certain gifted minds high in
the councils of the nation, and tie
more light we have on the path We are
treadlng in that direction the better.
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Cotton and the COntraband List.

Sir CHARLES NIAGARA. who was
president of the English Federation
Of the Master Cotton Spinners As.
ISOLATION when the great war in Eu.
rope began, advocates placing cotton
on the c|ontraband list and at the
same time compromising American ex-
porters, Sir CHARLES maintains that
a grieyous mistake was made by Eng
land in not dealing boldly with the
problem n year ago. Even If crap
pied with now" he says, nothing is
more certain than that the end (of
the war; will come all the more
quickly"
Mr.. AsQrITH touched upon the ten.
der subject in Parliament on July ~
when he said that Great Britain had
to be very careful in the exercise of
It's belligerent rights not To infringe
upon the trade interests and wound
the legitimate susceptibilities of nell
trail Powers. Apparently he had IN
mind the placing of cotton upon the
contraband list.
1t is curious that the British Gov
eminent did not realize last August
how essential cotton would he to
the manufacture Of explosives. One
Of its earliest limitations was that
cotton would not be placed ON the
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cational facilities at the sharpest
cost" In the early history of their


entrance into medical schools many
obstacles were thrown into their path.
They surmounted those obstacles by
persistent and courageous preparation
and by studious application that has
won for them the admiration and
sympathy of their fellow students.
In fact, until the last decade Of years,
during which the Carnegie Foundation
stirred our medical schools to tho
elimination OF second rate institu-
lions and insisted on the establish
mcnt OF high preparatory quallfica-
lions. the mn student body pre-
sented n higher educational average
than the male students.
That such women who are nov
practitioners are handicapped by "sys-
tematic denial of postgraduate opItor.
tunities" is dcplorable and demands
immediate attention from hospital
boards.
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The Great Crops.

The latest reports from the De-
partment OF Agriculture show that
Uncle SAM will this year prove him.
self a better and a more bountifr!
%provider Of the worlds foodstuffs
than he ever was before and greater
than he was expected 10 be.
The estimate In the crop bulletin
Just issued Is almost Il billion bushels
Of wheat and 25O,OOO.OoO bushels Of
corn more than last year. This esti-
mate was awaited with more than
usual interest on account OF the re-
ports from some OF the great agrlcul-
tural districts of the West Of serious
damage from heavy rains.
An earlier estimate on the wheat
crop was 063. 5000 o bushels, although
the hope was held out that 1t might
exceed this amount. The present In
dications point 10 100000 more
bushels than the July figures. The
corn crop. according to the present
estimate. will reach almost 3.OoO.0o0,
600 bushels. This Is not 81 great
as the record crop of 1912, when we
produced 3.124.746,0OO bushels. The
area planted this year Is greater than
ever before, but It Is feared that the
damp. cold weather of the last month
will reduce the yield. Still, the eN.
perts claim that with a late fall there
may yet he established this year Il
new record in this staple. Oats. since
the July report. has shown IN i'm
provement. The 1912 crop was the
record. when the yield was 1.4lS,337,-
600 bushels: and with favorable con.
ditions II Is believed that ven this
great crop will be exceeded.
While reports indicate a heavy crop
in some Of the wheat producing sec
lions Of Europe. there must still he a
great demand for American wheat
and other foodstuffs. This demand
may increase the prices for these con-
modities at home, hut at the same
time the gathering and transportation
Of the crop will furnish employment
to thousands and bring millions OF
money into the country. Uncle SAM,
as the biggest OF the neutrals and the
best provider for his W people, well
comes the world to the enjoyment cf
his bounties.
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Where Is the Mexican Money TO
Come From?

The unvarying policy Of the United
States with regard to the enforce
ment of contracts between its citizens
and foreign Governments was thus
stated. In August, 1898, by Secretary
DAY to Messrs. CARY and WHITRID0E,
representing the Americana China De-
velopment Company:
"While the Government Of the United
States is always ready TO enforce the
Just rights Of its citizens abroad. It has
always declined to become the guaran-
tor of their contracts with foreign Gov
ernments. As a rule 1t has declined.
where such a contract was alleged 10
have been violated by the foreign Gov
eminent, TO interfere beyond the sxer-
else OF good Offices. This being SO. stdl
less car Il assume beforehand to quar-
antoc the execution Of the contract"
BY what means the Administration
purposes to finance a new Govern
ment to be set up in Mexico, either
by the United States alone or by the
United States in cooperation with
some of the Latin American republics,
10 not yet apparent.
The report that Secretary LANSING
had already been discussing with Sec
rotary MC.ADoo II financial plan for
thc support of n Mexican Government
was denied yesterday by the Sec.
rotary of State. Nevertheless, it Is
obvious that this side Of the business
will have to be considered before
there can he effective action.
What banker in his senses would
undertake to pour more money into
the Mexican whirlpool, even at the
request of the Government Of the
United States, without satisfactory
assurances-that is to say, without
guarantee by the United States-that
the contract OF obligation would be
fulfilled?
In what form could such assurance
be given? What shape could a guar
antee Of that sort assumeI Even II
the national policy defined by Sec
rotary DAY in the paragraph quoted
above We're to be repudiated and re-
versed, where in the Constitution
could be found the warrant for an act
OF Congress authorizing the Executive
to write the name OF this Government
across the back Of another Govern
ment's paper?
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Women Doctors.

Medical education and the status of
the medical profession in relation to
the public have been frequently dis
cussed in these columns, especially
with regard to the unjust attitude OF
our lawmakers to these ~altruistlc
members of the community and the
e%ncroachment of empires upon their
lawful field Of labor.
Never before has the opportunity
been presented for discussing the
status OF women doctors, Of whom
there is nqw a large and increasing
number. We are led to the subject
by n discussion, now quite lively, Of a
statement Of n Harvard medical pro-
fessor to the effect that women are
not temperamentally and physically
adapted for general practice and re-
search work. As was to he expected,
there appears to he no difference OF
opinion anon the contributors to this
Illuminating discussion in the lay and
medical press that the Harvard pro-
fesSor is in error and that an edu.
Gated woman is Just as tit to practise
medicine in most of its branches rs
ar educated man.
An able statement by Il woman sym.
pathlZrr has come 10 our notice which
merits to he brought to the attention
of the public. She makes the astOund-
Ing statement than there exists ~
rigid exclusion of women from the
rich possibilities of clinical expert
nee and reputation afforded by posi-.
tons on hospital s%taffS." She men.
lions as evidence Of the fact thar
"whcn just one year G Bellevue
Hospital decided to admit women rs
intcrncs the good word rang all the
way round the world for its thrilling
news value"
Coming from n source that appears
10 be credible. it becomes impcra-
tive for trustees Of large hospitals
that harlor many women patients to
investigate this matter and receive
suggestions from tn" attending AMI
consulting stalfs for remelying any
unfair discrimination that may be-
discovered. The ladies' auxiliary so
ci"tioS, too, may do gool service in
furthcriug this movement.
The writer referred to claims cor
rectly that "women won medical edu.
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VOCATIONAL SCHOOL PLANNED.
VIII ne Built at Lexington Ave.
and 22d ST. at Cost Of 500, 900.

New Works first vocational school.
which Is to be erected by the city AZ tive
northwest corner of Lexington avenue
and Tw~onty-socoud street, will cost
$4,000 to build, according to plans
filed yesterday with the building pe-
partment hy &. b J. snyder architect
for the Board of Education. The stru,
ture will be ten stories high. OF brick
n terra Gotta. 1t will replace thr'o
dwellings. one Of which has been the
home of Magistrate BARLOW for many
years. The other dwellings were SEE
cured last year from the estate of
James Mccullough Ftrr.
The city has made uNcrturcs for the
purchase of the adjoining house ON
Lexington venue, hut the owner, the
Jackson estate. asked more than the
Board Of Estimate : willing To- p,y.
An appropriation OF S220,0uO WAS made
last December for the purchase OF the
site.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-10
MUTT AND JEFF
HAILED TO COURT
Bud Fishers Right to Comic
Creations Made Subject
Of Litigation.
GETS 100000 SALARY

Perhaps you did not know tina, Mu,
and JEFF are in a lawsuit and ,hq,
a very sober minded Justice Of the Sn.
preme Court. Barlow $. Weeks. has bes,
having many "A hearty laugh cnter,a,,.
ing these children of Bud Fishers bra,
and pen-the long. skinny one and ,,
short sawed of one-while
to settle the problem Of whose prup,,.y
they really are. the Sta Compauy:
which means William H. Hearst. nj,
the Wheeler Syndicatc's and Buds.
The star Company. which publishes a.
New York Antcricdn, contends that s!s,s
Mr.. Fisher. the artist. has left the seryl.
of the Hearst newspapers h. can no
longer call his merry men Mutt ana
Jcf and that II he insists upon draw.
ing for other employers he mus, re.
linquish title to the names
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Injunction Served Concerning the
uurdy Gurdy

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. We
always look to THE SUN for choice
English, why, then, do YOU aid and
abet the thoughtless use Of the word
hurdy gurdy? \ hurdy Gurdy Is a
strinRcd instrument the strings of
which are vibrated by n wheel turned
by "A crank, The street instrument to
which the name hurdy Gurdy Is APP
piled very generally, but without any
good reason. is a piano organ.
w. +. Low.
New YORK. August ..
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BY this time the Manhattanese
should be well enough Informed
about mosquito propagation not TO
hold the neishborlng State Of New
Jersey responsible for their periodical
sufYerlngs. With dog days come
clouds Of mosquitoes, but the vicious
gnats originate on Manhattan Island
in fact. wherever there is stand
ing or stagnant water in the Greater
City. williamsburg raises its "
pests. and SO does Bay Ridge, where
at present there are more mosquitoes
to the square yard than across the
harbor at Staten Islands Stapleton.
Central Park is always "A prolific
breeding place. Its myriads do not
migrate from New Jersey or Long
Island.
AZ "A matter Of fact. the nuisance
in many Of the New Jersey towns and
cities has been moderated by the
intelligent activities Of boards of
health. Where mosquitoes formerly
swarmed in hattalions they now
operate in c|orporals' guards: hayonet
charges have given place To stealthy
blood letting by units. New York
city does not appear to he doing very
much to oxterminatc its t~ormentors.
Il might pattern after Jersey.
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The entire village Of Osborn, Ohio,
consisting of about four hundred fami-
lies and a population of one thousand,
will be bought by the conservancy di-
rectors of the Dayton district. The
town will he wiped out in the pur-
suance Of the plan for the protection
of Dayton and the Little Miami VAL
ley. This e|nterprislng Ohio city Is
doing more than most other PAGES
that have suffered as it has in It's
determination TO do away with the
peril of food such as two years ago
brought il such destruction Of life
and property.
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THE METHUSELAH FLEET.
An Astounding Register Of the Patri-
archs Of Our Harbor and Rivers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
steam sidewheel craft of prehistoric
antiquity plying the waters in and
about New York offer an interesting
and fertile field to the marine arch9ol-
ogist. The habitat Of nearly all OF
these aquatic mementoes is the home
town Of Secretary Redheld. More than
one hundred craft are over thirty
years old. To me they are old ac-
quaintances in spite of some Of their
present makeup" Am I ravishing
the busy hospitality of your columns
in submitting a list OF vintages to your
readers? FERDINAND K~AEGEBEHN..
WEST IIoBoKEN, n. j., August Q.
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respect Mr., DAVENPORT and was sur
prised that he SHOULD choose the brass
band method OF going back TO the Re
p~ubllcans.-An official Ban Moose,
The brass band method has many
estimable followers, however. For in
stance, If a certain party, name super
fluous. should see fit to rejoin the Re-
publican ranks. we violate no conn
dence in saying that 1t will not be done
10 mutilpl drums,
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II was a good judge Of human ma
ture who conceived the plan of en-
ploying the Women's Emergency
Corps 10 distribute national registra-
ton blanks in Great Britain and
ireland to determine the number Of
men still available for military SER
vice. How could any man with red
blood in his veins look one of these
damsels in the face and not straight
way resolve TO enlist or to advocate
CONSUMPTION?
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one GEORGE WILLIAMSON has just
died in Washington leaving behind
him the fame of mixing the first gin
rickey in the United states. II is
admitted that the ingredients were
suggested by Colonel JoE RIcKEY of
Missouri, but II was IN" hand Of
WILLIAMSON that first combined the
lime Juice with the gin and ice and
added the settler. The memory of n
mar might be perpotuated for less,
since the simple rickcy as a suhsti-
tute In hot weather for mixed drinks
OF which whiskey is the basis makes
for a moderate use of alcohol. If It
must he consumed.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr, To one
for whose conception of rhetoric rHE SuS
for a quarter of a century Is largely re-
sponsihle that public nuisance Of a phrase
"the same" occurring In "Ex-Dcskman's'
revision OF the Administrations German
note, Is an irritation and an offence. |
know my catechism, but oh. for "A Sun
stroke as a means whereby to squelch
the same" and a pledge to assure us Of
the ineptness thereof. II. A. w.
NEW YORK. August 7.
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American friends OF SVEN HrDIN
will not believe the charge that he has
no doubt about his pro-German sym
pathies and activities. He has al
lowed himself to be personally con
Quoted by the General Staff and his
descriptions Of the war have o
favor for him in high quarters.
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Before the predicted end of the row
involving Warden OSBORNE OF Sing
Sing and his official superiors is ac-
complished, 1t would be interesting to
have published n complete and exact
statement OF the pedal extremit!es
which have been trodden on by Mr..
OSBORNE since he entered the prison
in the management Of its business
affairs. The new penology as 1t affects
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We shall retire II necessary as far
as to the Trials, but we will fight to
the last man and will gain the vic
tory.-Moscop despatch.
AS the Trails are 1000 miles from
Petrograd and 500 from Moscow, Rus
sia's allies will never ask such a sac
riiCe of her.
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With Bono getting famous in Hayti
and Bu.Bo hitting the high spots in
Mississippi, the 30 family is no longer
dependent upon Hobo for it's notoriety.
Hobo was always the black sheep of
the family.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-10

Mrs. T.. Is. BvRNs. the Kansas
woman who Is can idate for the
United States Senate, lives in Atchi-
son. II was from this same town that
came Kansas most famous repre-
sentative in the upper house, joins
JAMES INGALLS,. This town also fur
nished the man who pcrpctrated
upon Congress the statue Of GEORGE
WAsHINGToS CLICK. This last fact
the friends Of Mrs. BURNs are en-
d~caVOring to conceal.
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the convicts has been widely adver-
tised: its incidence Of contractors and
statesmen and their gertlemen's agree
mcnts has not been exploited. There
are a number of influential persons
who do not care who prescrlbes the
discipline in the cell block so long
as they r allowed to furnish the
supplies. Tho part they have played
in this curious quarrel might I've worth
exploring.
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Is 1t ever right to fight? II no value
Is attached to VIE and child. If no
value Is attached to security from
tyranny. then BRYAN Is right. In that
case whether one fights or run away
Is a matter OF Indifference Rev. Or.
ADDISON BROWN.
misunderstood. lie Is really "A v!gor-
IL fightcr-for his own political in
t~erests. as he sees them.
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Constantinople is now a German city.
SUN correspondence.
Instead of facing Mecca when they
pray, the Faithful may SCOT receive
urdcrs TO face Potsdam.