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The difficult and intricate work in
progress alongside the subway in
Broadway is OF a nature to produce
accidents. and it has not been dis
closed that neglect OF any safeguard
is responsible for the Generalization
OF the transportation service yes,er-
day. But from IL the engineers 81
the Public Service Commission should
learn what measures TO take for IN"
prevention Of such occurrences IN the
future. and the authority OF that body
is sufficient to compel obedience 20
them. The commission will not he en-
pected L save the town from Hoods,
but the rainfall of yesterday was not
sufficiently heavy to justify the serious
loss that resulted from suspension o!
the subway trains.
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Trustee. The present president. Mr..

Trustee. The present president. Mr..
LAWRENCE +. LADD, seems reasonably
sure Of denomination, for the simple
reason that nobody IL in the field
against him. TO quote IzAAK WAL
TON BRADLEY. who lives on Sunnyside
avenue. not far from the president {:
"LApp's held down taxes, and hasn't
plunged us into foreign complications.
Keep him on the job"
There are two candidates for VII
lage Treasurer and three for Tax Col
lector, but by the time the caucus Is
over there will he just n mar named
for each Office. and named unani-
mously. and in n few weeks these will
be elected.
Pleasantvllle, with It's $500 or so
inhabitants, clings t%enaciOusly to the
old time New England town meeting
in its matters Of local government.
The people talk these matters over
for several weeks before the annual
meeting. and informally decide who
would he the best men tO MI the VA
rions offices. Then they get together
in a union caucus. duly called" by n
notice bearing signatures Of n score
or more OF residents. and after full
and free discussion Of Affairs proceed
10 nominate. No such thing as poll
tics, Republican. Democratic ar what
not. enters into the choice Of candl.
dates. and never has but on M his
toric occasion. Sixteen or eighteen
years ago. II tradition Is correct, an
enthusiastic party man bolted the Tn
ion Caucus, rallied some fellow rarti.
sans. and put forth II second set OF
candidates. When election day came
around he and his ticket were beaten
numerically.
1t Is refreshing to sec these condi'
lions successfully prevail in a modern
suburban community largely com
posed Of the families Of New York
business and professional men and
almost within shouting distance OF
Father ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS own biz
village. No wonder. Pleasantyille Is
happy no wonder that the Pleasant
Vile citizen when asked where h'
lives merely replies:
Harlem Division. New York Cen
tral-frst stop this side Of Paradise
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why Are our Young Men Not Polite

To rHE EDITOR OF THE Sv$-Sir: The
American men of New York don give
ny their seats In street cars 10 women,
SAYS one Of your correspondents.
The native Noun- man is mostly AN
arrogant sBph. in that success il his idol
and his shrine 50 unless Il oma wer.
dressed In the latest mode he shouidn'
Ia" expected 10 give up his seat to ner.
II real education and a little good
exercise helping their fathers and
mothers We're substituted FOR children
betwceu the AGES Of ~ and il years
instead OF the detrimental. eNtrdvdgaut
nonsense introduced IN our public
schools, you would soon have young
men with some natural manners.
NUTMEG.
NEW HAyEN, Conn. February IS.
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Fat me barred from city Jobs"
Excessive obesity classed with
Chronic alcoholism or drug addiction,
paraly sis. locomotor ataxia, cancer, tu-
b%erculosis," and so on" why, We don't
believe any man with n girth of less
than seventy-two inches could have
written that delightful definition OF
excessive obesity: "A condition in
which the least possible horizontal cir
conference of the abdomen is greater
than the greatest possible horizontal
circumference of the chest" II is
lean men that keep the city lean.
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CUSTOM WORKERS WELFARE
Employees Express Gratitude to the
Surveyor Of the Port.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Rail-
roads. banks and industries, mechanical
and mercantile, are !nstituting welfare
associations for the mental and physi-
cal betterment of their employees. and
these employees in gratitude repay in
added loyalty and labor what il spent
To maintain the system, Thousands who
labor I'm New York to-day gather at the
! noon hour in commodious Clubrooms
and eat "A wholesome luncheon ~ an
amazingly small cost. Then they stroll
into Libraries where books and papers
are on file and read or rest. They re-
ceiye medical advice free. and also "A
weekly sick benefit or an insurance FOR
their dependents at small cost,
For more than a century this great
port of New York has been the Golconda
for the United States Treasury. Collec-
tors, surveyors, employees come and go.
hut this great port goes on forever. No
steamship or railroad company, hank or
mercantile house conducts Its business
better. more safely or less extensively
than the customs service of the port of
New York is administered. Many Of MS
who a graduated in all customs de-
partmeuts here and worked with steam
ship men or railroad men know that
none OF them have anything on VS..
The Government doesn't tolerate errors
or mistakes; they must be rectihed :
they never lapse into profit or loss. Yet
unthinklng or unfair people imagine the
Government employee receives more
than his due in salary. when many OF
us know that II we applied ourselves as
faithfully to a commercial house or cor.
poration we would be receiving double
the salary.
The Hon. Thomas T.. Rush. Surveyor
OF the Port. has founded a welfare as,
snpiutinn f,r hIg ptnnlcXacs rh. ,,~.i
he has commenced will soon he on a
satisfactory basis. and, assisted by the
officers Of his association. he will &c
down in history as tho most progress,
siyc. humane and constructive Surveyo,
the Port ~ New York has ever had.
JAMES l~iENNEssY, Jr..
President Surveyors Customs Welfare
Association, Port Of New York,
NEW York, February -.
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Ifs OF the Free Flowing Fountain Pen

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-SV: \
fountain pen manufacturer told me
Yesterday that most good pens will
write without any coaxing as soon as
they are put to paper. lie admitted,
however, that often when a pen Is not
used for some time the feed dries up.
but will flow correctly as soon as 1t
becomes moist.
lie said that ink uniform In quality
and non-corrosive was necessary to
make a pen flow smoothly II without
urging. The manufactures said that
any good writing ink could he used, hut
that from II corked bottle was preferred,
This method precludes the possibility OF
gummy, dusty or muddy ink getting
INTO the pen to clog the feed,
cHiRoGRArHY
NEW YORK, February %.
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DESERTERS.
In Editor Betts's District They Seem
IA Seek the Old Fold.

To THE EDITOR OF Tuy SuN-Sir: l
notice that the Hon. George w. Perkins
is no satisfied with the result OF the
Republican State convention ana ne
says that II is Disappointing. IL may
be disappointing to those who deserted
the Republican party in 1912 in order
TO light the battle of the Lord at Arma-
geddoi, but let me inform him that
the result Of the convention Is satisfac-
tory to all true and loyal Republicans
It may be Disappointing TO those VINO
are now ready to desert the Lord a
A%rmageddon and come back to the Re-
publican party providing they can st
on the front seat and do the drivins.
but the result OF the convention ii en-
couraging and satisfactory to the IN
telligcnt, patriotic citizens OF this coun-
try who believe in the principles enuh-
ciated at that convention.
Mr.. Perkins does not yet seem 10
realize that all there IL left OF the
| progressive party to-day liz Iaoosevolt's
voice" lie may be able to get to-
gether a few remnants Of the Bull Moose
party, but the rank and file OF the
Progressive party has already returned
to the Republican party.
In support Of this contention let me
| call attention to the recent enrolment
in the Thirty-sixth Congressional dis
,rict, composed of Wayne. ontario.
| Cayuga, Seneca and Yates counties.
which Is an indication OF what Is hap
penlng all over the country:
Republican enrolment. ao,z14
Democratic enrolment.
Prohibition enrolment. ltVs
Progressive enrolment. ....,.......'. 1--we
II will be observed that the Progress
slve party has dwindled TO the vanishing
point and even the few who have en-
| rolled In that party. a majority OF them,
viii vote the Republican ticket AT the
next election. no matter what Roosevelt
and Perkins may do. Perkins ana
Roosevelt are leaders without a party,
generals without an army. All they
have Is noise and cash. They must
come back to the Republican party and
support the nominee. whoever he may
be. They have already deserted theft
Progressive principles. There Is NOT
one OF them that dare stand UP and
advocate the initiative, the referendum
and the recall. and especially the recall
Of Judges and judicial decisions. All OF
these Progressive fallacies have gone
%"whistling down the wind" with green
backism and free silver. The Progress
slve party is not only destitute OF al
army but IL Is now destitute of princi'
pies. II must either go into the Re
publican party or the Democratic party
Perkins and Roosevelt cannot carry thu
honest. intelligent and patriotic RANK
and file of the Progressive party into
the Democratic party because they have
already returned to the Republican
party.
II Mr.. Perkins thinks that he and
handful Of defeated and discreditet
political leaders can intimidate ant
bulldoze the Republican leaders ant
drive them from convictions field, he !:
mistaken. CHARLES H. Belts,
Editor Lyons R.publtcun.
LYONS, February IS.
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NJ. Gillett Now an Advocate Oi
Preparedness.

II there has been n more conscrva-
tive member Of the Massachusetts
delegation In the House In twenty
years than the Hon. FREDERICK II.
0u.LErr, we do not know who he is.
Mr.. GrLrETr has voted against the two
battleship programme. and he has
never resented the tnunting cpithet
Of little navy man. lie could see no
reason for increasing the strength Of
the army. MIR. GnIETr has been n
pacifist because to his vision there
was no cloud the size of II mans
hand on the horizon. But now II
change has come over him. He adj
vOcates preparedness with the same
earnestness that formerly character
lied his pleas for one battle>hip a
year and a small regular army. No
conversion In the present agitation Is
more significant and impressive, for
It has been his distinction that he
never trimmed his sails to u favoring
breeze and never surrendered Il prin-
ciple for ~expediency's sake.
In an address before II chapter of
the American Daughters of the Revo-
luton In Springfield on Washington'S
Birthday-there Is no more American
city in New England than Spring.
fleld-Mr. GnLETr confessed that his
dream Of secure isolation and lasting
peace for the United States had been
shattered by the outbreak Of the war
In Europe and the fury with which
II was waged. Gone from him was
the belief that "a respect for the opin.
ion Of the civilized world was sup
planting respect for the sword. ant
that In international life as In pri
vate life an appeal 10 lazy and t1
courts was diSplacing the appeal u
battle" Mr.. GILLErT had n forebod
ing that the prosperity, the great nat
ural wealth and the enviablc commer
cial position OF the United State
would sooner or later involve it in ;
war of magnitude unless the couutr!
armed to defend itself. Mr.. GuIErl
went on to say:
If the victor shrinks T om inyadin.
us without any excuse eAcept shee
greed, tho claims We have put forwarV
in the present war or the constant com
plications and irritatlons OF the Monro
Doctrine could easily be made to hirnis
Q plausible excuse. And against the at
tack OF either European combination ",
mould be helpless. For that We nee,
both q larger army and a larger navy"
Representative GnLErr conclude,
by saying that 'it is against this dan
ger, which to mi seems very palpabl
and possible. that l feel we ought t
prepare. and no spirit of partiSanshi
or of parsimony ought to interfere.
There stands forth FREDERICK II
GnLETT of the hard headed, sobe
minded, Unconditional. and thrift
Springfield district, a champion a
arming the nation for defence. eos
what II may. Such II change of from
such n conversion. reflects the grow
Ing strength of n wide sweeping p;
trIOtic movement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

The half n hundred men and boys
who hanged a negro in front Of the
City Hall at Gainesville. after gain
ing 'admittance to the Jail" widely
advertise Georgia as n State where
sheriYs sleep soundly O. nights or have
an aversion TO pouring lead into \
lynchlng mob. Gainesville has a pop
ulation Of 5000. Surely the police
should be able TO handle a mob Of half
n hundred men and boys.
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Again IL IL a New Yorker with the
fine courage to ask What is the Con-
stitution between friends?" The Hon.
DANIEL J. GRIFFIN. representing the
Eighth (Brooklyn) district in Con-
gress. answered. u%nafraid, when asked
how money for preparedness should he
obtained: ~ would suggest an export
tax 1t was also suggested by other
able citizens in Philadelphia in the
summer of 1887.
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Now that HENRY FRArHER FLETCHER
il Ambassador to the Government of
CARRANzA by vote OF the Senate, his
troubles begin. When will he proceed
to Mexico TO present his credentials.
and what will his destination be?
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able that the State will yer overtake

abIe mat the State VIII ever Overtdk0
these counties in expenditures.
According to Governor STANLEY
the road building enterprise has nj
ready passed the experimental stage.
No one now questions the wisdom OF
the law. The general opinion Is ex-
pressed in the saying "The money Is
not spent It Is invested, and well in
vested" Moreover. Kentucky's pride
in her highway system will be all the
greater because the State itself. not
the Federal Government. is footing the
bill for Improvement.
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The war has made Peru too poor ia
maintain a Minister at Washington.
This il unfortunate. but not so re-
grettable IA the sharply c~on'rast"d
fact that the Val has provided too
much money for some other diplo-
mats at the capital.
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Battle BOB has suffered a recru-
descence of his ambition for the i'resi-
dency. and will undoubtedly take for
his battle cry mo American Ships on
the Pacific Ocean"
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From me Indianapolis Ne

FFOW THF THHTHH7TUVS NeUN'
william ii. Plgg of Martfnsville is,a cans
didate for state Senator from Morgan,
owen and clay counties, His local sup
porters have adopted a slogan, Root for
Pigg."
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4 Whale Market.

Jonah complained.
I'VE are always advised to buy at tho
bottom, but there is nothing for sale" ne
cried.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

A Washington correspondent as
serts that "JosEPHUs DANIELS displays
perfect resignation The adjective il
i'll chosen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

Mrs. k~nickrr-Outdoor work is healthy.
Weary Wilie-Outdoor idienoss Is much
more healthy,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

Should international law adjust IL
self To new weapons. or new weapons
20 international law
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The Warning Of the Green

Now ministers of grace defend Ms,
Two parades on patrlrk's Day,
u spare US from the sight h~orrcndous
should they clash upon the way!
J. J, NJ.
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~ on, friends uho Jdror ~ ,cith manu-.
ecripts and an s,rdttons for publication W'Sh
70 haue rejected articles returned TIER "usf
- ~ coseS send stamps for that purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

London Once, Efrngham House. l Arun
del street. strand
Paris otiice. i Rue de la Mlchodiere, on
faue du Quatre Scptombre.
Washington office. Hibbs BuildinR
Brooklyn ONCE, 100 Livingston street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

Ex post facto preparedness is an
impossibility.
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Add AfiRity and Aiimony.

FTON nc WI7'FUNNff NfnfINfT7
The history Of a toy'ridci
Automoh.!o.
Alcohol
Ambulance.
AGieu.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26

Published daily. including Sunday. by the
Sun Printing and Publishins Assoeiati9n al
$50 Nassau street, In the Borough of Man
hattan, New York. President and Treas
urer, William q. Iicick, l50 Nassau street,
Vice President. Edward i. Mitchell, Low
Nassau street. Secretary. {. +. l'uNton. l1o
Nalsau street.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
NAPKINS

&O.ineh Square ALL
linen Napkins. $2.25
value. Dozen.
2O-inch Square Extra
Heavy Quality Napkins.
1915 value, pozen....
.2-inch SQuaSe Bleach
cd Ipisk Naplk1ns. $3.25
value. Dozen.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

Women's Union Suits, medium weight
cotton. in high neck, long sleeves or Dutch
neck. elbow sleeves. ankle-length;
all first quality. Regularly 75c. En,
v1r
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-26
MExicANs FIRE ON U. s. GUARDS
Border Patrol Clashes With Bandits In
Big Bend Country.

San Antonio, .Tex.-American troops
and Mexicans clashed near San Jose
In the Big Bend country. according TO
q report received by Gen. Funston
Friday from Col Joeeph CASTOR. com.
mander OF the district. The fight
lasted forty-five minutes. No losses
were suffered by the Americans and
information is lacking regarding loss
among the Mexicans.
Col. Gaston's report said that band
Of about thirty Mexicans opened fire
on detachment composed OF twenty
three men Of the Sixth cavalry and
Texas National Guard cavalry squad
ron. engaged in patrol duty between
Preside and Ruidosa. Lieut.. Guiding
ton, commanding the troops, ordered
his men to return the fire. A vigorous
exchange Of shots continued for for
ty-five minutes, the Americans and
Mexicans firing from covered POSI-
tions on either side of the Rio Grande.
Col. CASTOR did not indicate that the
United Ststes troops crossed IL pur.
suit OF the Mexicans. After the fight
Lieut.. Cudington returned to Ruidosa
with his command
Whether the Mexicans were de fac
to government troops or members of
a bandit band was not known.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-26
VALUE OF DAIRY COWS
TOLD BY KANSAS AGRICULTURAL
EXPERT.
More Butter and Less Wheat-Year
Round Work-Advised by Dean
Jardine In Fl Paso Address.
Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Ell Paso. Tex.-Farming in areas
where light rains fall and the use Of
dry farming" methods in humid dis
tricts where droughts are occasional.
were discussed by Dean w. M. Jar
dine, Of the agricultural division of the
Kansas State Agricultural College, be.
fore the International Dry Farming
Congress. Jardine. who is president
Of the congress, declared the work OF
the organization should be the bring
ing about Of conditions tending to-
wards more satisfactory home life
encouraging the production OF more
livestock and providing more profit
able work the year around for the
farmer and his family.
Dry farming methods, he said, are
the best. Among them is that of fal-
lowing the land every other year or
once In three years In order to store
In the soil two years rainfall for the
production Of one years crop, the
speaker said. He gave 100000 as the
number of farms in this country on
which dry farming should be prac.
ticed. Concerning the necessity for
more livestock In the drier districts,
he said: kansas sold 1,345,900
pounds of butter to New Mexico, Mon
tana. Wyoming. Texas, Utah, Oklaho-
ma and Mexico in the year ended
June 30, 1916. These states are just
as well adapted to the keeping of
dairy cows and the production of but
ter as is Kansas. Everyone of them
ought to be selling butter and not SO
much wheat"
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-26
Ehrhart Outlines Road Plan.

Thos J. Ehrhart, state highway com.
missioner, has somewhat different
plan for centralizing the control Of
road building in Colorado from that
offered by other experts. Mr.. Ehrhart
is a strong exponent of the centraliza.
ton plan. but offers a less circuitous
path, some students of the problem
believe, to achieving 1t than that
which entails the practical abolish.
ment of the present highway statutes,
with a bond issue of $25,000,000. Mr..
Ehrhart's plan involves In effect the
same provisions as that submitted by
other experts to the state survey com.
mittee, which has undertaken clear.
ing house." statewide suggestion
method Of framing practical law, but
it does not give the state highway
commission plenary control, nor take
maintenance responsibility for state
roads off the shoulders of the county
authorities. Under the plan proposed
to the state survey committee the
highway commission would be EN-,
powered to take over all state roads
after they are completed and keep
them in condition. and have advisory
control over the county roads. Mr.,
Ehrhart's proposal provides that the
highway commission shall have only
authority to compel the counties to dc
the necessary amount Of maintenance
work. 1t provides also for road over
seers, chosen by competitive examina
tion II necessary, in each county. who
will be subject to removal by the high
way commission.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-26
NOTED AUSTRIAN PREMIER is
SLAIN BY ASSASSIN WHILE
AT BERLIN HOTEL.
SHOT BY vienna EDITOR
NOTED DIPLOMAT HOPED MOD
ERATE DEMANDS WOULD
END WAR SOON.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Berlin, Oct. "a. - Count Carl
Stuergkh, Austrian premier. was shot
and killed Saturday while at dinner
by the editor Of Vienna newspaper
Ludwig Adler, says the Overseas
News Agency.
Count Stuergkh was shot three
times. He was dining at hotel when
the publisher attacked him. Three
shots were fired, all of which took
effect. the premier dying instantly.
Count Stuergkh has been a promi
nent figure in Austrian political af
fairs for years. He was minister oil
public works in the cabinet formed
in 1909. at the retirement of which
In October, 1911, he was asked to
form new ministry. The count was
born In 1859 at Graz, was educated
at the University Of Graz and entered
the service Of the state in 1881. He
began his parliamentary career on
March 12, 1891, when he was elected
to the Reichsrath. In 1894 he became
a ministerial director in the depart.
ment of which he afterwards became
the head. In the interval he was out
of office for time. resigning after
the fall of the Windische-Graetz cab
met.