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fho Uneertsinties OF the Adamson
= Law.

The fear Of the railway trainmen
n twofOld: The courts may set aside
the Adamson law. or they may so cOn-
strue that measure as to make It nee
suaary to do eight hours work to get
: days wages.
At present trainmen receive n days
pay for ten hours or less on duty. or
one hundred miles or less run. The
trainmen sought to have eight hours
replace ten as the unit of time for u
days work. The effort really con-
eerned only the men In freight ser.
vice, or employed in railroad yards.
Mem on passenger trains and on fast
(reights YER already getting u days
pay for less than eight hours work,
for they were running a hundred
miles In four, five or six hours.
In the AdamsOn law there IL not
Dne word about preserving this mile.
ne unit as u measure Of wages. The
law simply says that, beginning Jan
nary 1, 'eight hours shall IN con
tracts for labor and service be deemed
days work, and the measure OF
Atandard Of a days work" for the
purpose Of reckoning the compensa.
tion Of employees Of Interstate roads
There Is not a word about preserving
existing agreements between the roads
Ind the men.
Congressman ADAMsON Of Georgia,
author of the law. utters words which
may or may not he r%eassuring tn tn.
1rainmen:
Z sUnder M possible construction OF the
law can the railroads take away the
ssprssent system of mileage payment"
He gives no reasons for this belief
but adds u moment later:
ut vas certainly not our intention tC
rive the railroads any such right"
3 When the framer Of the law Is re
6uced TO talking this way it is nc
wonder the trainmen are worried.
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In the web.

One Of the noted city managers
fFOm the middle West makes the
annual thrust .at u medieval city
pcheme:
"You cannot chart the organization Of
- city government Of New York. 1t
SPould look like a cobweb. Authorities
ond departments are altogether too In
l~sriaced."
Il was the intent of the trainers Of
tie Charter to make the city govern
5nent like q spiders web, with all the
strands leading to n responsible Gen.
ire. They did the best they could,
mt never having been instructed by
city managers they made mistakes
y the weaving and there are threads
bat cross where they should not.
Into the web has blown the dust of
Unnecessary legislation. Yet five or
~ millions live In the web and hardly
9eok up when the microscope Of II
bocial scientist Is focused upon them,
Very often the scientist cries that II
= IN unbearnble web and must be
qfraightened out. He packs his bag
md comes here. Now, he says, show
- the spider who In to blame for
this ridiculous reticulum. To which
the millions reply that they IRE, each
h himself. spider and fly; and won't
- % TO the movies tonight!
In most cases he remains In the
NIB for the rest Of what might have
I'm IN uplifting career.
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France. II Was ProphesIed. Would
End Turkey In Europe.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir; That
the French shall drive the Turks out Of
Europe II a prophecy which the Turks
believed earlier than 1900. as We are
told in the memoirs OF the Duke OF
Sully Book NII). In 1901 the Sultan
sent an ambassador to Henry ". OF
France. soliciting an alliance. and
among the conditions was the request
that the Duke Of Moncpur. a French
man then commanding the German
armies contending with the Turkish
armies IN Hungary. should be recalled.
because OF the prophecy referred to.
HENRY l.. BrLLES.
NEWARK. y. j. November 81.
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Justice.

Beside the nations nag unsurled
The stern and starry goddess stands.
And lifts above a breathless world
The balance In her hands,
Drawn from all empires round her beat.
Blood red, earth's pulslng arteries,
As round these wide shores clrcling meet
The waters OF all seas.
She turns to the cerulean skies
Her starlit vision and serene.
with eyes blindfold to greed and lies
And all things low and NEAR.
Unbendlng to the weak or strong.
unheeting pleas or parties plight,
She weighs the right against the wrong
And holds her sword to smite,
o starry Justice, undismayed.
Keep stesdfA.t guard above oar Land
Whose deeds are In thu balance weighed
Before thy sworded hand!
y. =. BrsnLra,
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The Flag Above the Bench.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: JUS
tics Edgar j. Lauer Of the Municipal
Court Is responsible for a movement
that should appeal 10 every lover of
Old Glory n its ideals. The desire Is
TO see the nag OF our country installed
as a complement OF every judicial bench
in the city and State. not only as n
decorative feature but az representa-
tive Of the power n authority behind
every law and privilege with which the
court has to do. II 1t is appropriate To
display the nag from school buildings
and other public institutions, is 1t not
vastly more so to have II ever visible
In nails OF justice? l.. T., w.
New YonK, November 81,
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The Abolition Of the HerOin Habit,

At a recent meeting Of Il committee
on the drug habit il was asserted
that the New York underworld OBJ
tains its supply OF heroin from Canada.
Singularly enough. the drug Is said to
be manufactured here, shipped to
Canada and reshipped for sale to New
York. to eyade the Harrison law. We
are Informed also that heroin is to-
day the cheapest. therefore the most
easily Obtainable Of the habit forming
drugs, and on this account 1t Is re-
sorted to by 10 per cent. Of addicts,
chiefly young persons who easily he.
come victims and develop vicious
habits. The drug makes such de-
mands OF the system In these ~unfOrtu.
mates that they readily become crlmi-
mails in order to get the money to
pay for it. All these points. 1t ap-
pears. have been under discussion by
the Committee on Drug Addiction
which the National Committee ON
Prisons appointed two years ago, con-
sisting Of Doctors SAMUEL w. LAM
BERT, FREDERICK TnNEY, FREDERICK
PETERSEN and CHARLES i. STOKES,
with DIR. SIMON BARUcH as chairman.
According to the Medical Record Of
last Saturday this committee decided
to urge Congress to enact u law pro-
hibiting the importation, manufacture
and sale OF herOln In this country.
Such legislation, though drastic, would
at Once remove the sources from which
the victims Of the drug may eplenish
their supplies. It's enforcement would
be less difficult than that Of the Harrl-
son law appears to be. because the
Harrison law in%terferes with the legiti-
mate and unavoidable uses of the
habit forming drugs by physicians,
and facilitates their dissemination
among habitues.
Manufacturing druggists may oh.
ject TO this Limitation OF their legiti.
mate business on the ground that
heroin Is Il useful drug that cannot
he abandoned by physicians. 1t wal
the opinion Of the, Committee on Drug
Addiction that this Is an i'm
preston. The members of the com
mittee are physicians Of large exr~
rience AZ practitioners aud teachers
Herein. we are Informed. Ia a druI
chiefly. II not altogether. used IL
cough mixtures: Its place may IL
readily taken by other drugs les
likely to establish habits and les,
mennclng I % public welfare. Forbid
ding It's sale would therefore appear
to Involve no hardship or distress I,
the sick, while II would remove tn,
cheapest drug used by youthful al
diets.
The Investigations Of the Comnitte'
on Drug Addiction appftr to ss0v
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Once More the Immortal aud PrOfane
Whaler.
From the Nsr BEDFORD ke,csry.


II can only reply to your request by
quoting the remark of the old New Bed
ford whaling captain 10 his mate said
Theodore Roosevelt last evening to a group
Of reporters Al the I~nEdon Hotel when
asked to comment upon the result % the
election.
AS YOU may recall" continued Nit,
Roosevelt. smiling, she captains remark
was this:
"'All | want olt OF you IL silence. and
damn lite OF that"
This is a fuddled version Of the famous
New Bedford whaling story. Mr.. Roose-
Welt frequently undertakes To tell II and
uses a mongrel version OF the classic.
There are many variants upon the story.
They were snapped by the Morning Mer-
cury and THE Sun In the course OF "A
long drawn out controversy several years
ago. At the time IL was proposed that
she variants Mould be taken In hand
and standardized. This Was never done.
but there were points in all the versions
upon which there was universal agree
ment. Mr.. ROosevelt's hybrid version
agrees with none of them. We do moi
propose to reopen a question which will
spoil good neighborhood. but We will say
that the fainous remark-whatever 1t
was-was made by the mate TO Cap'n
Cofin and not by the captain to the
mate. 1t was "see-vility," not silence
that the mate wanted Of the captain,
II don't want your whlskey no more
your cigars" said the mate to the cap-
tain. IAN ! want out OF YOU Cap'n
Coffin is s~ee-vility, and h Va OF the COM
monest, damndest kind The other ter
mination Is, IAN l wants out OF you
Cap'n Cofiin Ii see-vility and | wants
damn little OF that" The latter climax,
which Roosevelt employs, is declared to
be Hibernian rather than Yankee, We
| cannot permit such a careless quotation
TO pass unchallenged.
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ERRANT FREIGHT CARS.
Rolling stock From Many Roads Seen
In Q Local Train.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr:
CHANGED to be looking from my once
window this morning while the loca
freight engine wal switching cars to and
about the freight yard Of the New Yorl
Central and Hudson River Railroad
HAe are the on the dlreren
cars. not Of q through freight train. bu
the local trafic. 1t indicates a slack
ness among the Of freight car
that 10 probably accountable for SOM
Of the freight car mixup:
New Haven.
Chicago. Milwaukee and -. Paul.
Louisville and Nashville.
Boston and Albany.
Canadian Pacific.
Pennsylvania.
New York Central.
Canadian Northern.
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy,
southern.
L~Ackawanns.
Rutland.
Michigan Central,
Reading.
CHANcg OBsERvER.
PEEKsKILL. November 30.
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THE Hor AIR PIPE LIVE.
Farmer Murphy's Dream. Spuu to tn
1nevltabIs C~onclusioR.

II. was the snappy morning OF
December rs. 1860. Paquaic Worth
ington Smith Won Chicken stepped
from his aluminium Sky Rocket. the
latest model fiier Of 500 thought wave
power, to the aerial landing Of the
eighty-seventh floor Of the DE Luxe
apartments at 1897 Broadway, the new
residential section In the heart OF New
York's business district. He had be-
come chilled by the half hour ride
from the dance at the Emperor Will
lam Hotel, midway on the old English
Channel monolithic viaduct. erected
from Calais to Dover to celebrate the
conquest by the Germans.
Entering his room. he sent out Q
thought wave Of ~one-fourth millimeter.
the exact Potentially required to set
automatically in motion apparatus
which turned on a now OF balmy
tropical air. As the soothing atmos-
phere, laden with the scent Of orange
blossoms and other tropical flowers,
| filled the room he removed his silken
rubber coat. revealing a gorgeous one
piece costume woven Of spider web
bling. The texture scintillated under
the soft glow Of the radium arc that
was to illuminate his quarters until
| an earthquake or some artificial agent
| removed II.
From a synthetic ivory table inlaid
with gold he picked up a small metallic
disk. The disk was Of the thinness OF
tissue and 1t warped with the slightest
movement Of his fingers. Placing II
to his temple for a moment. he re.
turned it to the table with a frown
One OF his wives peered in ut the
| window. letting the physchemotor on
her Sky Rocket idle. to ind out the
incidents of the night before.
II have just received a bill from
the Western Continent Tropical Hea'
Foundation Incorporated and Limited
and I think II Is an outrage said the
man. Last week l had some friend.
at the house, but we used only three
breezes from the Antilles and two
zephyrs from Florida and ! have no
been home since, SO I can't understand
why these items OF two hours OF
Mexican ozone and three hours Of Cali
fornia noon atmosphere should III
charged In my account"
Possibly II Is q mistake" his wife
suggested.
1T can't be-" ne replied. The bill
are rendered automatically. These lit
tie disks. you see. have accurately re
corded upon them the amoun Of eaci
kind Of air delivered through the
company's trunk tubes. The diferen
temperatures and different scents an'
odors all have their wi distinct rat
Of vibration. and that little instru
ment yer the register on the wall au
tomatically records an accurate &C
count on the thin disks. which Civ
up their secret when the disk is placed
to the temple with the s~ubconsciou
thoughts keyed to receive wav
lengths Of three -%sixteenths milllmete
which emanate from the aluminium
record"
AZ that height in the air the noise
Of the turmoil below were lost In tn
ether. but a slight purring could b
heard like that OF a humming Dir,
lowering over a flower. 1t was hi
wife. starting for her summer hom
in the United States OF Mexico. an
a few minutes later. az she hovere'
over the brilliant lights Of Vera Cruz
she was thinking how silly II was I
live in Kew York in modern times.
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THE SPARROW DEEEHDED.
An EntomOlogist Tells the Good That
This Bird May Do.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: The
| birds most valuable to agriculture and
for the protection Of city shade trees
are the startling and sparrow. Both
birds are ravenous d%estroyers Of army
and cut worms and have been known to
check their ravaxes when other means
have failed. The sparrow routs out
and destroys the army worm moth.
which no other bird can do. and as a
consumer OF thistle and weed seeds has
no equal. except. perhaps. the quail.
The sparrow was introduced to check
the spring and fall canker worms
(geometrid caterpillars) which were de-
foliatlng the Brooklyn shade trees. il
effected this and has prevented all sub
sequent outbreaks not only Of these
iarve but also of many others. 10 rare
are the canker worms now that II 10
difficult for a collector to obtain a spect-
men for his cabinet.
Few insects are safe from the spar
rows attacks. Several weeks ago. op-
posite my residence in Park place.
| noticed a sparrow 30 eagerly engaged
In d%evouring something that 1t moved
reluctantly but a short distance az l
passed. and quickly resumed eating its
prey. a large grasshopper, the moment
! retired. The only serious enemy OF
| the maple and other shade trees In
cities is the imported European leopard
moth. whose enormous larva bore deep
into the wood and against which there
il scarcely any certain or easily ap.
piled remedy. The moths are attracted
by the electric lights. and a. they are
resting under them as the day dawns
they are pounced upon and %ravenously
devoured with other insects by the
sparrows.
Mr.. James auckland Of London states
that the sparrow alone checked a blast
ing plague of caterpillar armies In New
Zealand and erajicated the imported
Scotch thistle. which, packed the fields
so densely that nothing could face I,
or destroy 1t. The injury done TO do
nestle animals by biting and parasitic
insects is very great. and were It not for
the birds no live stock could be kept.
The sparrow Ii valuable. moreover,
by reason OF Its ability TO persist and
multiply under adverse conditions and
for non-migration. The claim that II
drives other birds away is largely un-
$500. :. H.. -. ...,.., az. o..
.n ~ -, -.
~,
"""N =. us "a.
80
e" ~" nv tou'u sa'... "eN " ~
rows. While the mature sparrows gen.
orally manage to escape the cat. large
numbers OF the fiedglings with limited
po"e'S " "'s"' i"" 'e'"'S W w. am
""e'e 'e % T" 9" NC
'" upo. p.e'e"'
!" 'N ~" wv. '"a' NV ep"'i""
"hNh :" StesS "Hu a'Nih~ otneT ioV'
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grsss to-day. Congress pursues a diff
ferent method. It never finishes its
touches.

International law was houted at the
beginning Of the European var How
a II hope to he treated with special
consideration a the great conflict
grows more d~esperate?'
The sun., 1916-11-22

FT0W w HOFuFd VVUTuHT
An Elk county family named their sor
and daughter Orbit and Zenith. The in
ference Is that they hoped the boy would
keep on the right track aad that the cir
would at least know straight up, which
they did, for they turned out to he brigh'
Elk county school teachers.
The sun., 1916-11-22

The six hour day has been estab.
lished at Sing Sing Prison. Under the
influence Of the new humanitarian.
ism our convicts manage to keep a
few laps ahead Of the public In the
present mad race for the millennium.
The sun., 1916-11-22

Perhaps the most humorous cable
despatch Of the season asserts that "a
crisis is impending In Greece
The sun., 1916-11-22

The Sixty-fourth Congress must
realize that when chickens come home
to roost they sometimes look and act
like birds OF prey.
The sun., 1916-11-22

A historic query has been altered.
II now runs: whats the Constitu-
ton between ansmiese"
The sun., 1916-11-22

In Harper's Monthly for December Simeon
S~trunsky explores the hidden corners OF
Manhattan, Asnes Reppl,er Ands fault with
our grandmother, X. lie Caffeine PRAISES
the Bahamas, Amy Oakley ventures on the
Spanish slope OF The Pyrenees, b, johnson
vents bis spleen on grammar and y. J.
Hendsiok breaches efficiency. Mrs. Burnett
and eight Others provide short s'ori.a, and
d, Kensy van Dyke. Arthur symons and
Aaresrst Wtddsmer supply vsrss. u. Rsvell
ceaeributss Mexican piNwss without text.
The sun., 1916-11-22

President WILSON 10 putting the an
ishing touches 10 his message 10 Con-
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A Human DynamO.

From tAs Greeley Tribune. RepubIicoa.
The Peckham church Is having electric
lishts installed. The new minister. the
Rev, Behner. seems to be the source. csus-
Ing much activity among the young people.
The sun., 1916-11-22

PEEKsKuLL. November 90.
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TRADE BRIEFS.

BRooKLYN. November 81.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-17
If Republicans Are Not Going to Run
a City Ticket, Then Let's Have
Business Mans Ticket.

The edagged of the Democratic in the city of Tulsa
a elbows
principles platform pledges Pure rot and
They
by the cheeko o a
double
o a all
kicked
the
he
in
The be extended the
of
candidates
month and
situation and
forward candidates
combination
(Contnu Page
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-17
A Natural Gas Explosion
Starts Fire and More
Than Score Perish.
DEATH LIST MAY
REACH TO HUNDRED
Many Children Reported to
Be Buried in Ruins of
Building.

hHENIA Texas, FEB. 16.-Twenty-
1Vx five people were killed here at
o'clock tonight when natural gas
explosion occurred in the old opera
house building. Many others are be-
Iieved to be dead The known dead
are:
a. b. WEISNER, superintendent of
the Mexia schools. and his wife
OSCAR >JOHANSEN and CLAUDE
JOHANSEN. brothers.
RAY cox.
PAUL. YELDELL.
A. c. BRuTON, principal Mexia
schools.
TOLLY WOMACK, colored.
The anown injured are:
Mrs. John Davis. Weisner girl (aged
100, Mrs. j. w. Kincheloe, Earl Hitt,
Walter Bevi]l. Mrs. G. a. Lyell, Mrs.
Roy Bass.
The fire seemed to, start immedi-
ately which hindered thousands of
citizens who formed themselves into
parties helping rescue. 1t will be
hours before the death and injured
list is completed The fire is about
under control with 100000 property
loss. The entire citizenship of Mexia
is in mourning. All drug stores and
other establishments were turned into
places to take care of the dead and
injured. The Mothers club was CIV
ing an art exhibit in the building and
had it been half hour later no doubt
hundreds would have perished. There
is rumor that a number of school
children are in the ruins, but this
could not be confirmed until after a
search of the ruins.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-17
AMERICAN KILLED
WANTED IN U. S.

Eli PASO, Texas. Feb. 16.-Guy
Johnson, an American. who was re-
ported to have killed five bandits be-
fore he himself was slain December
26, 1915. near Tejolocachi, Chihuahua,
was in reality Guy Hartman, Il
wealthy distiller, sought by the Amer
lean government in connection with
revenue frauds discovered at Fort
Smith. Ark, according to informa-
tion disclosed here today. Govern-
ment officials, however, refused con-
firmation, referring questioners to in
ternal revenue officers at Washing on.
Hartman or Johnson fled to Mexico
last year, it was said. and became Il
ranch hand just prior to the disclosure
of the fraud which involved dstil-
lers and United States revenue officers
in several states and which is said to
have cost the government several hun
dred thousand dollars. Agents of the
revenue service went to Chihuahua
last October to induce Hartman to re-
turn but failed to see him. The man
is said to have been trying to make
his way from Chihuahua to Sonora
when he was set upon by the bandits,
five of whom were killed before they
succeeded in staying him.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-17
NEWDEvELOPMENTS
DELAY SETTLEMENT
Germany's Latest Declara-
ton Adds New Danger
to Negotiations.

VXYASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-The
" submarine controversy with
Germany cannot be closed until the
United states has fully considered the
possible effect of the declared inten-
ton of the Germanic powers to sink
all armed merchant ships of their enc
mics without warning after February
30. -,
This announcement was made by
Secretary Lansing today instead OF
the long expected announcement OF a
satisfactory settlement of the Lusl-
tania negotiations. 4,
Perfected by months of patient ana
at times perilous negotiations the
Lusitania agreement was presented
today by Count Won Bernstorff. the
German ambassador, in a form which
would have been acceptable to the
United States had not the Germanic
powers announced their determination
10 regard armed merchant ships OF
their enemies as warships.
The Lusitania agreement now Will
not be accepted as finally satisfactory
to- the United States until President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing have
decided whether any of its terms
would be nullified by the principles
Of the new submarine campaign.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-17
AMERICANS TELL OF
DELAYS IN MEXICO

WASHINGTON, Feb. ia dis
patch today to the state department
from the Mexican border told of the
difficulties encountered by eight
Americans and number of other
foreigners in getting from Chihuahua
to FL Paso. The train on which they
Travelled was held at Chihuahua four
days because of a strike of railroad
men and reports that Villas men
were operating along the line between
chihuahua and the border
The strike was reported due to a
demand of the men that they be paid
in silver instead Of deprecated paper
money. It ended with an agreement
with the men to accept one-half of
their wages in silver and one half in
paper.
The train was escorted by three
hundred and fifty soldiers. From
this number seventy-five were
dropped at various stations
Assurances were given by the Car
ranza foreign office at Guadalajara
that the acting governor Of Vera
Cruz had reported that he had given
appropriate orders" for the protec-
ton OF the oil properties In the Chap
apote and Potrero districts near Tux
pan. Rebels recently have been ac-
tive In that region.