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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19
FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING PLAN
senate Interstate Commerce Committee
orders Caldcr's bill
Reported.
INV .Axsocsu,ch Press. !

W\SiII%GTON. May lS.--Thc day
light saving plan WAS to-day Endorsed
by tho Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee, which ordered reported the
bill OF Senator Calder, OF New York
providing that clocks shall he moved
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19
FAMOUS coNIURER DEAD
John Ne,ii MnAkeIync. for Nearly FIFTY
Years Hind Bccn .tlmost nm
English institution.
| BY Associutod rreya. !

LONDON. May lS.--John Ncvil Mas
kcl%nc. Londons famous conjurcr. died
In London to-day. Mr.. MaShclync WAS
scvcnty-ctght years old ana for nearly
Hfty years had been almost an English
institution. His celebrated showhousc.
!:Syptian Hail. was alnos. as well
known as Westminster Abbey or Buck.
irGham Palace
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19
United STATE DISTRICT COURT.

Jack Opocensky, a mechanic, filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy yes
tcrday III the United States District
Court. His liabilities amount to s7s6ll
No assets were given
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19

ahead one hour during tho sammsr
months. -. --r,
Time pieces would be advanced one
hour from the last Sunday in-sAprti
untii the last in September. Tho Ins
terstate Commerce Commission woutd
be empowered to define five zones Tor
changing time with regard to railros@
and commercial interests $50. Eli
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19
HENnIco DEED OF TRUST.

:. r. Register CT uT. to Polla rd &
asby. trustees. lots 81 and IS in block
in The plan Of Duntrcath. May IL,
1917. S1i16
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19
HUsrINGs RELEASE DEED.

r. .. Adamson, trustee, 10 John c..
Blake ct ux., eel by 113 feet west
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19
HENRICO TRANSFER.

Washington Park Land Corporation
to Joseph Holmes, lot in block 49, in
the plan % Washington Park. May II,
1877 $500
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19

: line Of Sixteenth Street, between Dc
catur and Stockton Streets. May II.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-19
MISS Same AGAIN TAKES
LEAD IN QUEENS CONTEST
Goes to Fore Heavy Vntr-c,5Ou
Votes Free for Greatest Total
POiied To-day.

Registering another large vote yes.
ie:day, the second within week. Miss
Ruth Same. ga East Byrd street.
again climbed into the lead for the
honor of being crowned queen OF the
SAINTS Grotto May festival and gala
week. which opens at Laurel ana
Broad on Monday night. and this morn.
ing has comparatively safe advantage
over her nearest contestants.
MISC Helena Wyatt. $40" Monumen,
Avenue. and Miss Evelyn A. Ruben
stein. Oakdal. Apartment. each in
creased hcr total of votes considerably
Yesterday also; but neither was able
10 maintain her standing against the
powerful offensive shown by Miss
Same. Miss Wyatt to-day ranks sec
ono. with Miss Rubenstein standin &
third
Harry Y. Cole. 800 East Broad Street,
announced last night that he had ar
ranged with the Grotto committee to
give :25 in votes to the contestant who
secures the greatest number OF votes
At the polling station located in his
store to-day. Instead OF being counted
during the late afternoon. special ar
engagements have been perfected
be opened until 10 o'clock tonight, en-
ablins friends OF the candidates all
possible time for polling their votes
thcr" and competing TO" the 1900 votes
'nvollcd in the offer.
Official standing OF Tie candidates. as
announced 1T the festival headuuar-
tors last night follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
Our Ruler

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Politics TO me are a dark and un-
known country; successful diplomacy seems
to consist in getting the other chap to tell
you lies in such a way that you can pre-
tend TO believe them and so Save your
face; therefore. my assertion has only in
tuition behind it, but I believe that since
May, 1915. Colonel House has been more or
less dethroned, and in his place has ruled
that most astute member OF the diplomatic
corps, Count Won BernstorT.
Trace Wilson's acts and insction notice
that do not say words since the Lusitania
was sunk and see how this suppcsition clears
Up much which is otherwise inexplicable He
yearns TO be regarded as another Lincoln,
his impelling ambition is 10 sit at the peace
table with grateful, docile beligercnt pupils
grouped about him, and on this yearning
BernstorT has played from the beginning
until now. when the gift will be his TO be
stow II only the Allies will rise 10 the bait.
Time and again he has saved the day for
Germany when the words Of Wilson or Lam
sing made matters look ominous TO those
who can't quite recover from the impression
that international notes are more than mere
scraps of paper. He, not we, put a stop 70
the muniton scandals, and he has seen to il
that the perpetrators got of easily or scot
free. He has had 10 play lone hand-at
times even against his own government-but
he knew his man!
And so, feeling certain as have all along
that Bernstorff is our king, I have had my
quiet chuckle this last week in spite Of my
distress at our further national humiliation.
We march merrily to our doom, fddlng and
dancing as we go, and Won Bernstorff swings
the baton II we don't realize IL now, the
Kaiser does, as we shall see when post
bellum honors are awarded.
HARRIET GAYLORD.
New York, Dee. %, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
The Wrens Good Neighbors

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May ] second the statement Of ""
G. O. Shields in the issue Of December Is l'
which ne replies to the statement OF MISS
Beach in the issue Of the 18th, testfyins 70
the domestic and peaceful nature Of inc
wren? have made a particular effort TO GU
tivate the friendship Of this bird for SOM
years. Many families Of wrens have accep'e'
The invitations of my wife aud myself I"
establish their homes around our home m in'
country. The same families return from yea
TO year during their brief lives and rear Their
young TO love OF the same location. Inc
reward US not only with their wonderfuiN
brilliant song but with degree Of trust an1
contentment which is gratifying 70 the po'''
Of Aattery.
Two houses which seem to be very popuia''
as they are always the first occupied, ar
within few feet Of our piazza chairs ffo"
this same piazza we have counted in the ne''
ing season within the space Of exactly %,
half hour twenty-five varieties OF birds, o..
living about the premises. These birds WOW,
not be there IL the wrens were not goo'
neghbors, for the wrens are the most nume'
Gus. have seen many birds pursue the T'e',
but | have never seen the wren modest o
ever notice any other variety OF birds. An'
as for neatness in household affairs and %
votion to family ties, most Of US could lea"
much from this tiny bird. f. B. H.
New York, Dec. %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
An English Publisher
Vrom ~. sprsrgfeld Republic

Prom The Springfield Rspubhcdnl
Representative OF = worthy type OF book
publisher and editor was Reginald J. Smith,
who's. death il reported al London. He was
the principal member Of the firm Of Smith.
Elder 4 Co.. which, established just cen
tury ago. is famous FOR its Dictionary Of
National Biography" and its associations
with Thackeray, the Brownings, George Eliot
and other eminent authors Of the Victorian
age. Mr.. Smith, who was barrister as well
as a publisher. had been editor Of "The Corn
hill Magazine" since 1897, and had rendered a
valuable public service by preserving the
mellow literary quality OF an older age In
the December number each year has regu-
larry appeared some article, often Of reminis-
cen. nature, about Thsckeray, who was once
the "Cornhill's" editor. Mr.. Smith was con-
nected with many movements designed for
the bettermert Of the publishing trade or OF
conditions Of authorship. He was educated
at Elton and Cambridge A. G.. Benson. in one
of his books, records the fact that the man
who served as flag 70 him or vice versa At
Elton became bis publisher.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
Wrens Tore Robins Nest

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue Of December Is you gir'
place to an article by Miss Beach on tho De-
structiveness Of the wren In your issue Of
Yesterday Mr. G. o. Shields fatty contradic''
her evidence. so make bold to enter the hs''
against Sir Wren In defence Of Miss Reach
Strange TO say, Miss Beach gathered her ofr
dence within twelve miles Of where ] galn,'
mine. have never made birds a study. bs'
enjoy them all much. and we have many h'a4
around here. especially as We have no cal"
Wy own mate is studying them all the un
with book and glasses. To please her ] pt.
I'D few wren boxes every spring. iaYorhs
spot for one being at the middle pillar OF our
veranda. having a southern exposure AZ ne
outer most OF this same veranda is large
lilac bush, in which a certain psir OF room.
always made their nest In the spring Of
1914 things we're progressing finely as usual
the robins nest was nearly finished, and th'
wrens. about eight feet away and higher Up
we're bringing the last of their bedding home
One morning as I stepped out on the yerands
found something wrong The robins were
irving 20 tell me their trouble, but 7 could
not understand concluded a cat had dis
turbed them. lhey WORKED very Udtu Pu's'"-
their nests TO rights, and as soon as they had
succeeded flew away to get more. They we're
only safely away when the wrens from ny
box home alghted on the robins nest and oe'
gan to tear it all TO pieces ! was thunder
struck I was too startled to drive them
away The robins. with ftful cry, returned
and that gave the wrens time TO get baeA
home.
We watched that procedure all that day ana
until 10 a m. the next day. in the moan u"'
consulting authorities and asking bird lover
TO come and watch this thing. Then ! Tor,
the wrons' box down and never have put it v'
since. { waited too long The robin re'"
now they build twenty feet a1ai'
in the vines OF our front porch, but % c'a'
not sec them there, and feel we have LOST
great deal Of information and enjoyment
Now. perhaps Mr. Shields will tell me ibs.
this vas the work of sparrows. too. But
say it was wrens that did this, for thins
am as able 10 tell a wren from a sparrow a.
the honorable president Of the League Oh
American Sportsmen. There is here no case
OF mistaken identity.
REV. WILLIAM SCHMlTL
Bushkiu, Penn, Dec. %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
THE GREAT WREN CONTROVERSY
Testimony Is Adduced For and Agains
These Alleged Nest Wrecken
0 The Editor Of The Tribune.

20 the Editor OF Inc tribune.
Sir: G. o. Shields, in this morning. Trs.
une, denies that the wren is harmful 70 eye,
and nests Of other birds
Al Mount Nebo. my country home ever
bird indigenous to Pennsylvania makes hi,
home with me from March 10 until time fo,
the goldfnch, sometimes as late as October
T. An English sparrow has never been ncsf
my place. Wrens are plentiful
pair Of bluebirds built on ny porch pc
in my nesting box around May - this yea.
The female laid four eggs. every one u
which was taken from the nest b. n sre,
and dropped on the ground. The male called
mis- mate after two weeks and she built IN.
other nest never left that box ff,ee,
minutes until tho birds were Matched
was up at a. m. to keep wrens away
Her nesting the second time was a slces,,
She built the third nest. which ! vates.s
She also brought these little birds aroa-i
all right.
Between the second and third nesting,
used 70 sec the wren 20 m and out Of t,
box. One time ! threw back tho top 10 ALLOW
il 10 air. There was then nothing in hs
box. | saw the wren enter by tho TOP. r
stead OF the opening. This gave mo IN idea
When the bluebird had built her nest The la,t
time saw the wren enter. J threw thc 'os
back and put a stick % hold 10 up: tied
strong cord 10 the stick long enough 10 b.
taken into my dining room. ! then plugged
up the opening. In few minutes ! saw h.
wren enter 7 pulled the stick out, took on.
carefully the plug from the entrance and m-
serted cotton saturated with chloroform 7
took the wren out Of the box and buried q.
and also twelve Others ! caught The bird,
caught were house wrens and not sparroRs
Whether the president Of the League Of
American Sportsmen believes It or not, tts
fact remains IL was the wren.
Ornithologists Will not agree that the vren
Is harmless, but will tell you a. there are
dog-killing sheep and man-eating lions, 80
are there destructive wrens. | had this same
controversy with John Burroughs during The
summer OF 1915 DESTROYS OF know
ing and learning. 7 wrote him on this
subject. He denied Il. and said he would
have to have some one elses statement be.
sides mine. ! sent him letters from three
different men. He was III at the time. but
told his nurse 10 write me. ! had gained M
point and hereafter he would watch the
wrens. Here was a naturalist OF sixty year.
work. and never had he known the harm the
wrens did. No doubt much OF the Vrecsing
of nests was laid 70 spsrrovs, because Il is
hard work to catch the wrens at Il. They are
sly and quick.
I have G. Q. Shields address. and he
first wren catch in spring in my nesting box
7 will send TO him. Il may be butterfly ora
turtledcye. but that will all depend upon
him knowing the difference.
CAROLINE G. BEACH.
Brooklyn, Dec. %, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
The Alarm Clock of Matrimony

The piteous story Of that wife, of Rock
land County. who sued her husband for
separation because he would set the alarm
clock for 80 a. m. needs word of sym
pathetic understanding. Stern critics will
object to deserving matrimony so lightly.
No doubt they arc right. But In the IN
terest of prevention. if not Of cure, there IS
a conclusion to be uttered in behalf Of
every couple so ill-assorted as TO comprise
different appetites for sleep. That is, that
this difference, this disagreement, is not a
light affair. but quite the most fatal cleav-
age Of all the thousand and one argu-
ments against matrimony.
1t operates to the consistent irritation
of both sides. Let Us take the Rockland
County case, where the husband was the
lark. finding real pleasure in the goddess
hour of 4:3O, and the wife an owl finding
the peak of the day at midnight and en-
PERTAINING corresponding aversion for
the cold, gray dawn as something dead and
.corpselike. Husband irritated wife in the
morning with his insistence upon the
alarm clock. Wife irritated husband in
the evening, when he was for dropping
asleep over pipe and slippers and would
have been snoring full speed before she
was through with the dishes If let alone.
OF course he never was lett alone. No
wife wanting to stay up and be gay ever
could let g weary husband doze of in
peace. So he took his anguish in trying
to keen his eyes open when they ached to
close-iust as she found anguish in the
horrible rumble and roar and eruption Of
the 4.3O alarm clock
Between these two Anguishes who can
choose? We have our personal preference
or rather aversion, reinforced by the mod
est pride which always goes with martyr
dom. The alarm clock may be an instru-
ment Of heaven, working salvation with a
touch Of Prussian efficiency on the side.
But in all forms it is truly terrible-never
more so than in the form OF the euphems-
tic alarm clock which tinkles Intermittent
" for a second at time, killing you by
inches. till with a mighty lunge you hurl
M out the window to a long rest. Such
preferences are wholly personal, however.
Anguish is anguish, whether il comes after
dinner or before breakfast.
Not lightly, but with drawn faces and
bated breath, should lovers investigate this
question before taking the fatal step. Sim
ulation, deceit, are not to he tolerated.
Attention to such irrelevant details as
snoring can only confuse the issue. If
both snore simultaneously neither suffers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
A Dilemma for the Allies

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is easy to understand the irrita-
ton which the German peace suggestions
and President Wilson's note have caused In
the Allied chanceleries. For years We have
been told that Germany was seeking world
domination, and that she started the war
with that object In view. Now Germany
publicly proeaims that territorial asgran-
dizement never was, and is not now, her OBJ
ject But what are the objects Of the Al
lies? We know that Italy entered the war
in order 70 annex Trentino and Trieste; Ru-
mania Joined because she coveted Transyl-
yanis; France wants Alsace and Lorraine, and
a few days ago Prime Minister Trepof pub
licly announced that the Allies had agreed
10 give Constantinople 10 Russia. We see,
therefore. that conquest was the main object
Of the Allies.
When they state their aims, as President
Wilson has requested them TO do, what can
they say? II they admit that conquest is
their object they will lose the sympathy Of
the neutral world II they deny that this is
the case, the neutral world will see no res-
son why they should wish to continue the
war Germsny's shrewd diplomatic move has
placed the Allies between the devil and the
deen sea. Inds ira. BENEDICT fRIETH
Newark, n. J.. Dee IS, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
THE FACTS AS TO BIRTH CONTROL
Physicians Having Failed, Let Others
Ascertain Needs of the Poor

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Now that the medical men have regis
tered their vote against the movement, birth
control propagandists can continue to collect
the evidence and emphasize it with a clearer
view of their task
The medical committee that investigated the
field for few months could not bring home
enough data to convince their society.
Further. the charge made by one speaker at
the meeting that many doctors were opposed
because they saw in IL pecuniary loss must
be given consideration. In connection with
this opinion 10 is we'll 10 remember two
things you state in to-dsy's editorial. That
doctors are not scientific in n broad sense is
one Of them. Informing themselves on the
shortcomings Of society is not part Of their
work. Most Of them come in contact with the
evils Of societal relations as does the aver
age man: when they have mind 10 discover
them and when others place the truth before
their eyes. There is no reason why. as pro
fessionsl men, they should be particularly
enlightened The other statement you made
that must be noted is that birth control is
medical in a small way.
So then, whatever weight the recent action
Of the medical men has, continued investiga-
ton and the statement of facts will over
balance. The question is very complex. and
this will make il hard TO follow The Tribune's
advice TO speak numerically at every step
All those should bear witness who can.
Among school children there are many that
are underfed and poorly clad. There are un-
wanted increases in thousands OF families
Mothers shorn OF health and fathers dis
couraged and broken are a pitiful sight. Yor
can see these things if you go away from
your own doorstep if you do not let your
profession become a Gordon. Unpaid rent
and undesired births cannot be held in super
cilious contempt. They blot out the hope Of
parents and menace the children's future. l.
means contributing to the state in numbers
only.
For women TO enter the risk and wearing
labor OF child-bearing haphazard is ancient.
II the desire is there and the means are ado
quate, well and good. II these things are
absent and the outlook omnous to deprive
them OF the proper knowledge to carry out
an intelligent wish seems TO me to affect
some fundamental principles
THEODORE MICHEL.
Brooklyn, Dec %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
The Obvious Answer
on al No Tribnne

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Why would not the most obvious an
swer Of the Allies to the German proposals
for conference for the discussion Of peace
terms be TO state TO Germany that pre-
liminary step to any discussion of terms
would be the absolute and unconditional
evacuation OF Belgium by Germany; that
inasmuch as Germany had admitted openly
at the beginning Of the war that she was
doing wrong to Belgium by her action,
the only way to show her good faith as 70
desire for just peace would be her volun-
tary retirement from Belgium; that the res
toration Of the absolute independence OF Bel
GUM was the first absolutely essential con-
dition of peace, and that as long as German
armies occupied that country the Allies were
disinclned TO waste time discussing the
other conditions? GEORGE E. PAYZANT.
Santa Barbara, Isle Of Pines, West Indies.
Dec. %, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02
Investigate!

District Attorney Swami thought the
evidence against MIR. Robert Colgate Wood
Democrat indicted for soliciting bride
while Public Service Commissioner, was
not enough 10 obtain a conviction. The
prosecutor. seeking to have the indictment
dismissed. drew down on himself tart
rebuke from Judge Mott and an order to
try the case. Seeking to have indictments
against some labor leaders and their agents
dismissed, Mr.. Swami has drawn down on
himself charges Of misconduct in Office.
Why all this desire to dismiss indict-
ments? A district attorney exists for the
prosecution Of cases, as Judge Mott pointed
out. not to endeavor to have them dis
missed. Favoritim or politics-playing,
which Is plainly charged against Mr..
Swami in connection with these labor
cases, by Mr.. Breckenridge, former As
sstant District Attorney, who resigned be
cause be feared they were being side
tracked and he was becoming "a respect
able Republican tool TO do Tammany's
dirty work" is intolerable in the District
Attorneys Office. Mr. Swami in his own
defence insists that the charges against
him are grounded in the desire Of Repub-
leans to injure him. a Democratic office
holder, preparatory to the campaign next
year.
It is manifest that the public interest
requires a prompt, impartial and thor
oughgoing investigation Of these charges
Ever since Governor Roosevelt removed
Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner from Office,
there has been no scandal affecting the i'm
portant Office Of prosecutor of New York
County. The power Of that Office is too
great the influence too far-reaching, for
any breath Of suspicion against its holder
TO be permitted.
No executive could have a keener appre-
citation Of what il means to this community
TO have he holder Of this great Office
trustworthy and thoroughly trusted than
Governor Whitman. 1t is TO be expected,
therefore. that he will see TO it that these
charges are investigated as coon as the
legal formalities may be complied with.
That is Judge Swans due-that he may
he freed from all suspicion, II the charges
be djsproved And it is New York's due
that Judge Swami may be ousted and pun
ished if the charges against him be proved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02

Ulstermen were out Of the way there would
be little difficulty in achieving sort OF
settlement, for il was solely on account OF
them that the Home Rule act was sus-
pended. II is not merely matter of for
getting "Boyne Water and all that" as
Major Redmond intimates, but Of forget
ting the Ulstermen's League and Covenant
on the one hand and on the other the Sim
F6in rising, to say nothing Of the events
that followed A good deal still remains
to be forgiven and forgotten on both sides,
and both sides are unfortunately more
ready to accept than TO offer concessions.