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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
COLONEL HOUSE IN EUROPE
His Activities Compared with LORD
Haldane's.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Aside from the constitutional sspec.
Of the visit of Colonel House To Europ,
which perhaps hardly deserve the considers
ton that has been given chem, there arr
other features that offer interesting ground,
for speculation. We were told among Other
things that his visit was 20 obtain inforns
ton, but In view Of the fact that he va: e,
route for Berlin it is not probable tia, he
British or the French Foreign Minister
would say to him anything beyond the rcs
innocuous platitudes. Indeed, il may stl
have been irritating 70 these governments q
have been obliged to receive Colonel House
believing that the real goal Of bis nissiN
was Berlin.
Colonel Houses visit 10 Berlin is in nstI
respects strikingly similar 20 tha, Of Lore
Ha!dane TO the Kaiser four years ago, O.
which an interesting account is given ID T.
5. divers Ordeal by Battle Lord Hal
danes mission was TO "abate competition
ornaments" and it is an easy guess ,hG
Colonel Houses was 70 abate competition
submarines. Lord Haldane sought proAi ~
the Liberal party, a. Colonel House sosg;'
profit for the Democratic As Lord Hslcsa'
returned prodtless from has wayfaring'
Colonel House returned, not only proaass
but with the situation worse than when q
left; and as the British government was 8
rs wits end how 20 placate the implaesos
as now President Wilson is az his Wis ei1
Il Is of no little significance that Co.o''
Houses visit TO Berlin occurred a. the ssD'
time that President Wilson sol, forth on ~
speaking tour Of the Middle West, when -
stirring appeals for preparedness and BIS 81
thusastic audiences would have had ~
greatest possible effect in persuadirg .
Imperial Chancellor 20 grant % Col'i'
House and President wilson those fayoH
much desired.
Ar divers consideration OF the efeeh
Lord ilaidane's visit upon tho policy o. =
Liberal party and his aualy o, Hald.i,
incapaclty 10 "stand in the strong ilhNs.
Of the imperial presence" offer curious
alogles to Colonel House We do noi ~
that Colonel House has been near enoSs'
this strong sunlight 20 sufer, or wheihS
has inhaled the Prussian fumes, Tor be
pears 20 be very quiet man. We b.
t'Nl'N Nf.tNN &c NtkNIltA N|lN itNHNNftN AZ.
more effectively than Judge Lindsey
Ford's recent party. seems 20 have done =.
course Of our Administration IN the l.,
few weeks will be worth studying IN me W..
of the actions OF the British goyern~'I,
after Lord Haldane's return. In me "V'.
OF Mr.. Oliver, The way they chose
'well-doing. in which they wearicd theni's 81
perhaps overmuch especially during me ~
kan negotiations For Germany DID no'
war at that time, for the reasons "hlea ~,
been given already. And SO, rather SUI,
and with the air OF one who was hamon.s
crank q pusillauimous people whose
idea was pacihsm she consented 70"
should put ourselves 20 vast trouble %
the peace for her benefit" Is the pem0N.
party doomed TO commit all the blunau,
accomplish all the utilities Of the L'''
party OF England! ru
Auburndale. Mas. March IA. isla
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19

the site was under discussion not a word
was raised in protest" This is an erroneous
statement. The commission appointed 70
select the site reported TO the Legislature
that it was considered inadvisable to select
site within any watershed forming a part
Of the source of water supply of the City
Of New York" Other engineers who re-
ported on this particular site condemned its
selection on the same definite grounds. A
very desirable site was found near Pougk
keepsie, but the political leaders of Duchess
County did not have the Initiative" of the
Westchester County leaders and Westchester
got the pap.
Mr.. Marquand speaks of "confiscation" ana
the closing Of the sanatoriums and public
buildings" which are now in the Croton
watershed. This is a mistake. There il
nothing in either bill that affects those in
situations now in the watershed
There Is now population of $4,000 people
in the whole Of the watershed area and they
live on 100000 acres, which gives 921 acres
to every person. The Mohansic institutions
together cover 1000 acres, and on these
1000 acres it is intended to concentrate
5000 persons, or one person 20 every
sixth of an acre. Besides, the residents OF
Westehester County are not all lunatics and
detectives. They conduct themselves in a
sanitary manner, while the inmates of these
institutions are careless and undesirable as
neighbors and friends Most communities
oppose the advent of such persons: but
Westchester, for political reasons, will take
anything.
| believe the majority of the residents Of
Westehester have been msled, like Mr.. Mar
quand.
The name of Marquand has always been
Identified with art, literature and refined
tastes. cannot believe that he fully under
stands the situation or would lend that
name TO help foist upon the citizens of New
York drinking water diluted with sewage.
Nor do | believe that real estate interests
would influence the Hon. Seth Low to oppose
these bills although he boasts he has drunk
sewage in Paris and Hamburg without harm
ful effect"
However, the prosperity of Westchester
County is dependent on its proximity 70 the
City of New York. Without the citv West
chester values would be reduced 20 mere
nominal sums
EDWARD HATCH. JR.
Chairman Committee on Pollution and Sew
age, the Merchants Association of Now
York
New York, March II, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
No Longer Safe Here.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Some months ago the present Admin.
i2iration warned Americans to leave Mexico
because it was unwilling or unable 10 AFFORD
them the protection to which they were emit.
tied. 1t now transpires that this Administra.
ton IS unwilling or unable to protect Ameri.
cans living in the United States against Mex.
lean outrages.
Would it not therefore be logical and ad.
visable for the Administration to warn Amer.
leans that they should leave the United Sta.ee
until some Drawer and more effective govern.
ment is established? Owing TO the policy of
the Administration the American people nm.
fortunately cannot be assured OF safety in
crossing the ocean, but were they to emigrate
to Canada they would doubtless reach Mace
OF physical safety, and would also save our
president the embarrassment caused by get.
ing themselves murdered By Mexicans Il +,
100 much TO say that no patriotic American
or certainly no patriotic Democrat ought 10
be willing 70 consent 70 be so murdered whom
nc considers that such a course might tend to
a change of government at Washington which
might be disastrous<o deserving Democratic
Possibly one Of the holder nations miobt
consent 10 act rs caretaker for the United
States until such time as q new Administra.
ton might render II safe for Americans IA
return to their homes understand that both
Montenegro and Serbia are at present out of q
Job BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD.
New York, March Is, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
A Note on Salaries.

A member Of the Great and General Court
Of Massachusetts, has a salary Of $1,000 an
nualy for his services. The Governors of
the respective states range in salary from
$4,000 in Nebraska to $4,000 in several Of
the most populous and wealthy members Of
the Union and $4,000 in Illinois. The mem
bers of tho Cabinet OF the President receive
$4,000 each, the members Of the Senate and
House Of Representatives. each $500 and
their presiding officers, the NicePresdent
and the Speaker, each $4,000. No consul
general in the service Of the United States
has p salary Of more than $4,000 and no
ambassador accredited from Washington re-
ceives more than ST 800 The Chief Justice
Of the United States Supreme Court is paid
$4,000 a year. Many Of these officials have
large additions TO their stipends in the form
Of ncidentals and findings" The salary OF
the President OF the United States is $4,000
year
It is announced that Charley Chaplin, the
hero Of the picture reels, is under contract
az $4,000 a year.
We hope 1t Is not true. We believe in the
movies" but there are lot of hard HEADED
folks in the country who would be glad 10
think that the money is-psrdon the unpar-
douable-reel money and not real money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
The Only Hope.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; This preposterous propaganda for Mr.
Justice Hughes requires not assertion I'm,
explanation. He is apparently the German
iar-haired boy, or rather bearded psrd. but
why tho efficient Germans should like him !,
strange; and why the perspieacious Tribun,
should like him is stranger.
1t does not require n pcrscope TO Sc,
Roosevelt, the only hope Of America. dis.
hko him. but there is no one else.
RICHARD y. READ.
New Yorh, March Z, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19

You can purchase merchandise advertised
in THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-for
II dissatisfaction results in any case THE
TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your money back
upon request. No red tape, no quibbling. We
make good promptly If the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19

Owned ,nd published daily by he Tribune Association.
Ncs Yofk cooperation ogden Reid President: G. Yernoi
Rogers. Vicc-P-csilent. b. %. Waldo, Secretary. +.
su.er Treasurer Address. Tribune BsdEg IA Nassau
sroct Nra Y1rA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19

their ideals They know that the morally
lofty are always lonely
BENJAMIN C. JONES.
Philadelphia, Penn, March Is, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
CANADIAN RATS


Entered A. the Pos,osos at New York Z. second Gas
Man Mater
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19

SUBSCRIPTION RArEs-By Man. Postage Paid. outside
q Greater Sew York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
We Certainly Have Nothing or
Patagonia.
Patagonia.

We are confident that our readers will
enjoy as much as we have enjoyed the
delicate and ingratiating satire of the
following letter from an alert Philadel-
phian:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-14
CHRISTMAS CASH
LITERALLY SPENT
Purses This Year Simply
Swollen With Money, Shop
keepers Say
BIG TRADE IN LUxUR1Es

Thoy don't know where tho moneys COM
ing from. the ahopkeepers will tell YOU in
mbilant tones. accompanied by large grlns,
but they know ts coming and that's
enough
N thirty millions were spent in the 1915
Christmas rush you can put this years out
lay down to forty or nifty without any sx-
aEgeratlon" one dealer said II guess when
the statistics are figured out they'll show
that there never has been year when
money flowed 30 freely"
It's flowing IN all directions. too close
obgeryarIon shows Those. persons Who for
meriy spent long hours trying to fnd
twenty-fve.cent gifts tina. would look as
though they had cost dollar now sail In
and buy as fancy dictates without regard
for price.
Women who went out with S25 or $40 as
the sum that would have 10 cover all the
Yuletlde expenditures. including the Christ
mas cookies. now have purses fat with sew
oral hundreds
Time was when the great crushes centered
only around tho handkerchief. the novelty.
the glove and hosiery counters.
To buy n diamond necklace or n Russian
sable coat without having ones life Inn
periled was comparatively easy. one could
formerly step up to n clerk and say: I'D
like to look nt your sapphire tiaraH, please.
without being jostled aside by n half dozen
women likewise interested In sapphire
tiaraa one could. IN those days, weigh the
merits Of n seal neckplece against those OF
n mink In n lelsurely fashion.
But behold the fur and the jewelry
precincts now One would think that furs
grew on trees instead OF on little foxes
and wolves and cats and that they could
be ptuoked for tho labor. Just from wit
Messing the Jewelry shops one would imagine
that there had been a sudden slump In
diamonds and pearls. that they were being
offered at n cut rate instead OF at their
usual valuation. The masses as well as the
classes stop their motors at the jewel and
fur shops this year. Necessities are being
bought with the customary gusto. because
they are necessities Shoe. hosiery, hand.
kerchief nectwear departments have taken
on the aspect of n football scrimmage
But the departments that contain those
little extras the things that are not es-
scntial to life except In tho fact that they
mako for greater happiness, are also af-
fected by tho unprecedented wave OF
prosperity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-14
DENTISTS COCAINE
BLAMED IN POISONING
Woodstown Patients Made Ill.
Two in Hospital-Doctor
Scouts Theory

A man and n boy. residents OF Woods
town. n. J.. are In Cooper Hospital tam-
dem with their jaws swoolen 30 that their
heads are nearly twice their normal size,
while half n dozen other residents of the
town are confined 20 their homes with
ain,tlar ailments, believed to be the victims
Of an Infection. which up TO the present
time has puzzled the medical authorities
working on the case.
The theory fra advanced that the iufec-
tion came from cocaine solution used on
the patients by woodstown dentist In
treating their gums In deprecated by DR.. J.
r. Jacquette. the dentist himself Doctor
Jacauetts says that while there is pos
Hlbillty that the patients became infected
from the solution, he feels sure that such Is
not the case.
lie points to the fact that he has been
using the same preparation for long
time without any such symptoms develop
ing lie advanced the theory that an
abHcessed condition Of his patients teeth
might have caused the infections. lie
admitted. however, that he was open to
conviction N II is found that the Eoiu-
ton which he purchased from n Phladel-
ph'a concern ls found faulty,
Champion LippIncott, forty-seven years
old. and Joseph Davis. fourteen years old,
are the victims IN the Cooper Hospital The
nurses say they are suffering far more
pain than a severe toothache would cause.
beAlue hNueFt tneN nave palnB anu tnTODH
and fever. The real nature OF the Infection
has mystined the hospital physicians and
they do not know what the ultimate results
may be-
The victims In Woodstown who are con-
fined to their beds at home. 30 far aa their
names could be gathered today. are Lillian
Smith, twenty-five years old Willie Davis,
sixteen years old. and Annie Humphreys,
seventeen years Old They are being treated
by DR. l.. II. Miller. who also attended
and sent to the hospital Champion Lippin-
colt and Joseph Davis. The condition OF
none of them is dangerous. Doctor Miller
says. unless unloolsed-for complications
arise or blood poisoning results.
Lillian Smith. Doctor Smith said has
developed an abseess as the result of the in
fectIon In her tooth and an operation may
be necessary. The others are suffering
merely from the pains OF their swollen faces
and an accompanying fever. All the victims
are believed TO have been infected when
they visited the dentist last Friday and Sat
urday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-14
FLAMING FLIVVER
FLIVS FOR FAIR
Firemen Fail to Chill Ardor and
Conflagration Ends in
Holocaust

a flaming livver futterod and fumed
feroclouBly, Forty fearless nrcmen faced
flushing flames for fully nfty-nve minutes
and thon came the end.
No one seems to know how the arrogant
auto caught nre II was standing on San
som street near Eighth, when II was heard
to gurglc, hlccup and sneeze. This was
followed by several attempts to dance.
Then Mr. Flvvor Jumped into spasm
Paroxysms OF fear shattered his nervous
system His temperature went up with
leaps and bounds No thermometer could
have kept tabs on his fever and he burst
into flames
A sympathetic bystander turned in an
alarm. Soon the street was ciogged with
fire engines hose carts. hose and firomen
choppers and messenger boys The hremen
Joined hands in giving the fiIvver n cold
bath.
He twisted and turned and kept up n
stubborn resistance. He lost two legs. Then
his lungs gave out. and finally his body.
badly cut and lncerated, fell to the street
The tiremcn gathered around. In silence as
the hivver fivved.
The car was worth moro than Sts6 and
was owned. according TO rumor. by one ].
Goodman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-14
KISS REVEALS LOVE OF
TWO WHO NEVER NET
Ride in Elevator Shows Girl
Prisoner Knew Companion.
Hug for Three Floors

a kss that lasted for three floors In a
slowly moving elevator today spoiled n
courtroom story and resulted IN Harry
BIshop being sent 10 prison and Bessie
Hughes back 10 her home In Virginia. They
had pretended that they did not know one
another.
The kiss was brought into the case by
Judge Barratt, Of Quarter Sessions Court
No. I. before whom Harry and Bessie were
convicted Tuesday Of assault and battery
and attempting 10 rob James Hughes. Of
Wilkes-Barre. Tho girl lured Hughes 90
Twelfth and Cherry streets. Il was testified.
and there Bishop tried to rob him The de-
fendants emphaticaiiy denied ever having
seen one another before
Suspicious, Judge Barratt instructed
Probation Officer Hackney to send Harry
and Bessie 20 tho SherlffB ceilroom on tho
seventh floor. and to watch their actions
en- route. No other prisoners were to go
with them.
No sooner had the prisoners elevator
left the fourth floor. Hackney reported to-
day, than the girl threw her arms around
Bishops neck. The elevator operator
turned hls back but Hackney ltGpt hH eyes
glued on the couple. The kias lasted until
the elevator stopped at the fourth noor
he said. Blshop WAS sentenced today to
serve between two years and two years
and ono month In the Eastern Pcnitcutlnry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-14
Joshua l.. BdiLy Leaves
Estate to Fire Sons

Continued from PAGE Ono
Bible Society; the contributors TO the
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia So-
clety for Organizing Charity, and Penn
sylvaniR Prison Society; $4,000 to phlla-
delphia Society for Improvement and In
Htructlon OF the Poor; $4,000 oach TO Bryn
Mawr Hospital, shelter for coorad orphans
Philadelphia Hospital for Women, Young
Mems Christian Association OF Ardmore
National Temperance Society, Now York
New York Society for Suppresslng Vice
Friends Foreign Missionary Association
Martha Berry School, Rome. Ga. Pacific
College, NewberR. oregon; Young womcn'R
christian Association, Eighteenth and
Arch streets, Philadelphia; Frederick
DouglhHs HoBpitai. Lying In institution
Poplar street; Friends Insane Hospital
Frankford House Of 81. Michael and All
Angels Indian Rights Association, The
American Tract Society, Tho Northf,eld
School w. X. Moody, The Oncologlc Hos
pltnl-total, $4,000.
$4,000 to Wosttown Boarding School, for
upkeep and equipment OF tho BRlly Lake
House $500 each to David Strobe. William
J. Watson and Caleb f.. Wright, nearly
forty In service OF his firm. at time of exc
cutlon OF will June 2s. 1915 $3.50 each
TO George Ware, Charles Flick Samuel
Eaton and William A. Richards and $3.50
each to all others employed at tho time of
his death; $500 to william Hazen, long
In his employ! 5000 TO William Long. and
10 all other houso servants In his employ
nj time Of his DEATH 500 each
The will directs that Bally'A body bo
Inferred In grace between the remains
OF his mother and his wife Mt Frienda' Bury
Ing Ground HaddnRton.
To keep the lot In condition the Provi-
dent Life and Trust Company OF Phia-
delphia. In to apply the income of $500.
To his son, William l.. Bally. Is given
tho property on which his family resides I'm
Lower Merion; also the property occupied
by hia son. Henry Paul Bally, in same
township.
In the codicll of December 9, 1916. $4,000
In given to the William Foster Home near
Maryvile, Tenn, as a permanent fund for
Its support.
Another codcil of tho same day directs
that all tho residue OF his eBtate be divided
in equal shares by his 1ve sons.
How much more than million doIIarg
tho estate ls worth s not evident with the
probation OF the will. for the only statement
given as to value Is $4,000 and upward"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-14
POLICEMAN A SUICIDE
Worry Over Approaching Trial Blamed
as Cause of Act

Policeman John ], Muller forty-one years
old. of the Trenton avenue and Dhuphn
street station. committed suicide at his
home. 2ol1 Gordon street early today by
shooting himself In the head. accbrdlng to
the police. Worry about his suspension
from tho police force on December 10 for
neglect OF duty. for which no was TO have
been tried before the police board today,
was probably the cause of the suicide, He
has also been In III health for some time.
The body was found downstairs by his
wife when she went to get breakfast
Muller had "A bullet wound In the right
temple and was pronounced dead at St
Mary's Hospital He s survived by his
widow and two children
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-14
BOY 18TH AUTO VICTIM
Struck by Car, He Develops Blood
Poisoning and Dies

The ltSth death caused by automobiles
In tho streets Of Philadelphia since the
first of this year occurred today, when
Teddy Kodowitz. six years old OF All
George street died In the ChiIdren's Homeo-
pashio Hospital. He was struck by an
automobile at Franklin street and Girard
avenue Tuesday. Blood poisoning followed
Elmer Jewell Is In a serious condition at
his home. 1898 South FIfty-hfth street. to-
day as n result of injuries received yes
terday, when he was struck by an auto
mobile driven by Abraham Fralke, of 2O3I
CURED Mt Twenty-second street and Hunt
ing Park avenue, Frallse was held under
$500 bail for n further hearing by Magis-
trato Price.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-14
ANGRY NEW YORK MOB
CRUSHES MAN TO DEATH
Greenwich village Wreaks
Vengeance on Disturber Who
Wounds Passerby

NEW YORK. Dec 1i.-For the first time
In flfty-throe years lynch law held sec
ton OF New York in its grip early today,
when an euraged mob OF 500 men and boys
stamped out the life OF Paulo Boleta as a
penalty for trying 10 ''shoot up historic
Greenwich Village. Today tho police
searched the neighborhood for the ring
leaders.
Boleta discharged a revolver in a
crowded thoroughfare and one OF tho many
bullets wounded Archibald Madison, Then
Boietn ran. An angry crowd pursued.
dragged him from the single officer that
tried to protect him and trampled him to
death. Police reserves dispersed tho mob