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The sun., 1919-02-09
Mayor Approves Action.

Mayor Hylan also settled the matter,
40 far as he was concerned. just before
going south to become acquainted with
the jellyfish. lie wrote to EnriGht:
1T was not necessary for you to write
me Your management of the Police be-
partment has met with my approval and,
! am sure, with that Of the honest peo-
pie Of this city,
DO not allow propaganda from any
source to deter you from doing what
you believe to he I'm the interest OF the
people OF the city OF New York"
one man who was pleased with recent
happenings around Police Headquarters
yesterday was Augustus Drum Porter
who was elevated from his position of
Special Deputy Police Commissioner and
secretary 10 Commissioner Enright. at a
salary Of s3.500, TO that Of Third DEPUTY
Police Commissioner, with n salary Of
SIS 900. Mr.. Porter. who Is a retired
Colonel Of the Twelfth Regiment. " O.
y Y, and a Spanish American War vet
era1, has done much TO help the police
reserves
John w Gon. Jr.. son OF the former
Justice nj the Supreme Court, left this
office, as Commissioner Enright ex-
planned Yesterday, TO return TO the prac-
tice Of law, having decided that his no.
sition with the Police Department was
far from profitable, even in the best OF
times Mr.. Goff had not made known
where he intended to open an Office He
could not be reached at his home. $40
Wet lnith street.
John 9, Hackett, secretary to the Po-
lice department succeeded Mr.. Porter as
secretary 70 the Comm ssioner and
seemed gratified with the turn OF events
even II thereby he did lose 500 from
his Yearly salary.
lnasmuch as this is an era when
women participate equally with mon in
'he public affairs II seemed only natural
mat IN" present perturbation in the de-
P'rlnent should extend 10 tho feminine
-, t"H of the arm OF the law The first
rlt between Mics O'Hara and Mrs
rfaiN Wa noticed at a banquet given
10 inc woman Deputy Commissioner re-
sehuy ~ the Welfare Bureau OF tas
The sun., 1919-02-09
URGES MOTOR LAW CHANGES.
Trafic Conference Asks Rigid
Regulations for Licenses.

Statewide licensing of every person
operating a motor vehicle, the examin-
alton OF all drivers as to moral. mental
and physical fitness. the elimination OF
the illiterate and the unskilful from
the drivers of New York, as we'll as
those under the age of is. and the es-
Enlistment of ten days beginners
period are some OF the changes in the
automobile laws Of tho State recon-
mended by the traffic conference yes
terday at its session in the Traffic
Court. The report Of the proposed
amendments was made by Magistrate
w. Bruce Cobb.
Chief Magistrate William McAdoo
presided. Among those who attended
were: Secretary of state Francis NJ.
Hugo, Deputy Police Commissioner Or.
John A. Harriss. Police Inspector John
O'Brien. Fred W. Sessions OF tho New
York State Automobile Association and
Robert G. Cooke OF the Fifth Avenue
Association.
The sun., 1919-02-09
WILSON ON PINNACLE
IN HERRON'S BOOK
New Special Envoy Places
President High Above Pres,
cnt Day Statesmen.
GREATEST OF RADICALS
American Socialists Writings
Interesting in Light Of I'm
expected Appointment.

George d. Heron, Socialist and com
panion" Of Carrie Rand of Rand School
fame, wrote the most fulsome praise OF
President Wilson In his book 'Presi-
dent Wilson and the Worlds Peace.
published in 1917. He said Wilson was
the greatest statesman that has sp-
peared in the world for many years
great. indeed, beyond comparison with
any save Lincoln" He added that Will
son was 20 radical that many Socialist
leaders appeared Bourbon beside him.
George d. Heron and Woodrow Will
son never saw each other in their lives
unless. as Is quite probable. they have
met since the President went abroad a
few weeks ago. Prof. Heron himself is
the authority for this. In a discussion
Of the Presidents policies In an article
published in 1917 Prof Heron said:
IL ought 10 say-perhaps ought 10
have said at the beginning-that l have
no shadow OF authority for interpreting
Woodrow Wilson. There has never been
speech between us. nor have l looked
upon his face" Since then the Profess
sor. who has been living in Geneva for
several years. has not visited the United
States.
The sun., 1919-02-09
Says Catholics Opposed Wilson.

And the professor gives the reason
He knows that in some crises men
are too slow and doubtful. too double
minded. to respond to the great appeal.
They must be started in the new direc-
ton with n kind OF divine stealth and
withou: being told whittier they go, II
is only after they enter the better con-
dition. the larger freedom and the
fairer faith that they discover they have
been led more wisely than they knew
and are better able to perceive the
nobler prospect
such is the quality ~ the Wilson
leadership. 1t Is this spiritual adroit-
ness. this union OF extraordinary polIti-
cal idealism with an equal decree OF
political cunning that il his chief char
acteristic; and II IL this that persuadeS
the people 20 trust him, even II it be
somewhat hlindly. II is thus. too, that
his stature is constantly charging, even
unto tho proportions of Washington and
Lincoln
4 section Of rrof, Hcrron's article
dealing with the factors resulting in the
Presidents reelection is Illuminating
"Mr Hughes was the avowed candi-
date Of Berlin for nomination al tho
Republican convention in Chicago and
for election to the Presidency after the
nomination had been made. In America
tho fact is hardly disnuted. The
whole German race, from P1'aGGm TO
San Francisco. worked tlrelessl" and
mal'gnly for HIS (Mr, W'lson'sl defeat.
with equal industry and intrigue the
Roman catholic hierarchy also labored
to prevent his reelection"
At the time this article was written
America had not. Of course, entered the
war. Prof Heron tells his European
audience why:
"Rut this neutrality Is not 10 be
charged TO President Wilson. There has
been no time when either his Cabinet.
tho House of Congress or the people.
would have supported him in declara-
ton Of war against Germany, We know.
now, how unsupported he was by his
Ministers in the affair of the Lusitanla
how reluctantly the House of Congress-
consented to his SUSSEX message We
must remember, too, how many Of It's
members are Of German birth or descent.
We must also consider that war with
Germany meant. in all probability, civil
war with America-possibly a state OF
The sun., 1919-02-09
A Proved Prophet.

II is universally known, however. that
very statement RodLy Kennedy has given
out in former years regarding just what
would happen at a given Seventeenth OF
ireland parade happened Just as Roddy
said II would. except. OF course. on the
occasions on which so many inJunctions
were granted pro and con that nobody
paraded at all for fear Of contempt Of
court proceedings. Therefore the in
terv!ewer did not descend TO the depths
Of trying to verify Roddy's announce
ment OF yesterday concerning 1919 har-
mony: II Roddy Kennedy said that the
two factions had met and smoked the
dudeen Of peace this year it was gospel
truth.
Three cheers for Kennedy-speech,
speech :" cried the interviewer. Mr.
Kennedy bowed his acknowledgements
and rose from his chair.
gentleman" he said TO the rapt In
terv!ewer: the great parade OF March
II. 1919 (applause). will surely. mark
you. be the largest tcheersl, most rep
resentative (Cheers). most successful
(cheers) and most comprehensive tpro-
longed spplause) and coordinated turn
out exhaustive cheers) OF sturdy. patri-
otto and upright sons OF Erin that has
ever paraded in New York ttnunuerous
applause). or. for that matter any place
else on earth! tDelirious applause)
might go further-I might say that
"a thoughtless cry OF Hear. Hear!
Ripping. Old chap. Hear. Hear!)
The sun., 1919-02-09
Pressure OF Business,

Tut I dunno whether III march to
Washington again or not The pressure
OF business men Is pretty hard TO resist
but so far I've said to en-, no; know
what Il means. Bot want to tell YOU
that the Seattle trouble - nothing to
what /. gong To happen YOU just wait
TN II breaks out in New York Whom
she breaks in New York she breaks al
over
Now put down something about pro-
The sun., 1919-02-09

At that time the possibility OF his be-
ing intrusted by the President with an
important diplomatic mission probably
did not occur to the Professor, for he
said:
And were he choosing an interpreter.
] am sure 1t would not be such a one
as myself
1t does not appear that he Is the dis
covery of Col. House, but rather that he
trod the path to Presidential favor that
led William Bayard Hale. George Creel.
Charles Edward Russell and others into
the circle of the elect.
The Professor proved in his writings,
ana more especially in his book Wood
row Wilson and the Worlds Peace" that
he "understood' the President
a.. My understanding of the man
must proclaim he declares in one OF
the papers that go to make up the vol
ume. which WAS published in 1917. For
| perceive--or certainly seem to per-
ceive-that Woodrow Wilson is not only
the greatest statesman that has ap-
peared in the world for many years
great indeed beyond comparison with
any save Lncoln--he is also a deter
mined and tremendous radical: he Is
rcdecmer OF democracy. He Is revo-
lutionary beyond anything his words re
veal, beyond anything hts contempora-
ries have discerned
The sun., 1919-02-09

unexampled national anarchy. savagely
inspired by the omnipresent apostles OF
Germanism.
"Mr. Wilson Is not the Government !;
he is not the people. and he could only
do the best the national circumstances
would allow. We must not think that
the protest OF elect souls of New York
or New England represents the national
mind. These do not articulate the feel
ing or will. numerically speaking, OF
even large minority. The great body
OF the nation--especially of middle
America--is solidly opposed TO partici-
patton in the war. 1t was left to Mr.
Wilson to interpret. as radically and
effectually as he could. the people who
had chosen him to be their spokesman
and tho executive OF their will"
And again on the same date, Decem-
Der 10. 1916:
ITO have protested against the inva-
sion OF Belgium meant war, and that
shortly The Same was true IN the case
OF the Lusitania. And war between
America and Germany meant cutting of
the supplies upon which the success OF
the Allies depends. Submarines would
have blocked the American coast; the
shipments of munitions to Europe would
have ceased Americas resources would
have. been absorbed In her own military
anu naval preparations. and the Euro
pean war would probably have ended
before America could render effectual
military aid. Indeed at this mo-
mont 1t Is Germany that would be alto
gether the gamer so far as the Euro
pean conflict is concerned by war with
America At the same time. and in
everything that practically counts, the
Allies would be the losers Germany
knows this so we'll that she persists In
trying to force the hand of President
Wilson, and President Wilson knows 1t
so we'll that he persists in his nominal
neutrality, and persists In spite of the
fact that he can make no explanation
nor speak the words that would expose
the hypocrisies and brutalites Of his
most relentless and interruptions oppo-
nents."
Five months later. when events had
proved the professor a poor prophet. he
said in an article entitled Pro America :
at is a curious but divine irony that
most OF the great pacifists of history
the men who loathed war and sought
to end it-have been placed In positions
that morally compelled them 10 fight
They have had to enter the wars OF
their times in order to consecrate and
conclude them. making them the violen,
openers Of freedoms doors. the pro-
cures OF a closer approach to mutualized
man and his welded world. Such is the
destiny decreed TO the last and the great
est OF political pacifists, president Wood
row Wilson
The sun., 1919-02-09
World Leadership Natural.

. America is but incidentally at war
with Germany. 1t Is upon a new and
yaster crusade, rather against Germany,
that President Wilson Is leading his peo-
pie. The change has not been
in Mr.. Wilson. bu. IN the nation OF
which he Is the chief servant
America travelled to Damascus and saw
a great light From the At
lantic TO the Pacific the nation is pos
sessed by the purpose to make the world
safe for democracy'-to create. in fact,
world State embracing all nations
The course OF our President has been
one of extraordinary consistency and
perception. 1t has been with a leader
ship unequaled In history. with wis
dom and continuity that seem almost
omniscient. that Woodrow Wilson has
guided the nation into an understanding
of the meaning OF the war and into an
acceptance OF world responsibility"
Woodrow Wilson and the Worlds
Peace has not been Prof Herron's only
contribution 10 political literature since
the outbreak OF the war. Since his
wealthy affinity. Mrs. Carrie Rand Her
ron. died In Italy several years ago and
left him a fortune the professor has de-
voted himself almost entirely to world
politics, and he has been n frequent con-
trlbutor to European journals. His
stanch defence of the President at all
times and his positive utterances on
questions OF American policy led TO the
assumption in Germany last year that
he was an accredited agent or the
United States Government.
The professor saved Washington the
trouble of denying last May cabled re
ports that he had been authorized to
confer with German Socialist leaders on
the question OF peace by stating himself
that he had absolutely no official con-
nectiou with the American Government.
The sun., 1919-02-09
Appeal Sent to President.

President Wilson probably has re-
ceived already an iutimation that his
selection OF Prof Heron has not been
received with unm.xed approval on this
side OF .he water, for the Eastern and
Middle West Travellers, formerly the
Associated Commercial Travellers OF
America. yesterday sent him the follow
ing cablegram:
We respectfully urge YOU 10 recon
slider and recall the appointment Of
Heron. whose shallow Drained propa-
ganda cannot help hut be an Insult TO
every American home. Al this partcu
lar time we urge on you TIE necessity
OF appointing as representatives OF the
Government only men OF sound views
and stable character, especially where
representatives come into contact with
BosheNiki. so that the latter will under
stand America will not tolerate violence
and the anarchists policies with which
they are associated"
Although Prof Heron has been living
abroad since 1917 and mas repeatedly
declared an intention TO abandon Amer
lea for good and all he has not severed
all the ties that bind him to one element
IN his native country. At the present
time he is acting as one OF the European
representatives of the Social Democratic
League Of America.
The sun., 1919-02-09
A Democratic Proccssional.

lie has accomplished a complete
change of direction IN the course OF
American political evelopment--in the
course OF the worlds ongoing as we'll
He has indeed been extraordinarily
shifty in the accomplishment of the
things he believes basic and right; but
the shifts he has made have been linked
together in a d!viuely democratic pro-
ceSsional.
LAS compared with Woodrow Wilson
there are socialist spokesman who are
Bourbon IN their understanding and SYM
pathy. AS Contrasted with Americas
President the parliamentary leaders OF
German socialism are medieval reac-
tionaries He stands for a uni
vers1l polite so new. so evolutionary. SO
creative OF different world than ours
that few have begun to glimpse his vision
or to apprehend his purpose. His eyes
are fixed upon a goal that is far beyond
the present faith OF nations
In The Man and the President" pub
lished in Geneva periodical on the
occasion of Mr.. Wilson's reelection in
1916, the professor described the quality
OF the Wilson leadership:
More than any other man row liv-
Ing. Woodrow Wilson is likely TO receive
and to hold the worlds attention
Deeply, and with broad and shrewdest
Kindness he broods the human problem
lie sees far into the future and he has
clear ideas as TO some OF the things TO
be done He knows. too, how to dispense
with banners and how to accord his most
revolutionary measures to the 'stlll small
voice. A"
OF particular interest TO some O, the
gentlemen OF the congress who nave
remarked It is a reference to one OF the
Wilsonian traits:
His largest intentions are hid within
himself; he tells as little as possible
beforehand he prefers to let his mind
be revealed by results rather than
prop1Iscs''
The sun., 1919-02-09
His March In 1893.

Jacob Coxey may have been a hobo
when he led his army OF 1900 from Ohio
to Washington in 1898 and was put in
Jail for twenty days for tramping the
grass and injuring the shrubbery. A
slight depression OF the lid of the right
eye may have been discernible when
twenty years later he repeated his anab-
asis at the head OF a legion OF ten. in
GLIDING the lop cared mule Maud.
but Coxey's at the Waldorf now, with
a coat OF fur to be coveted. a ruby in
the glare Of which his cravat is invisible
and diamond ring which makes its
wearer an object OF special solicitude on
the part of the house detectives A Grass
iron manufacturer who happened into
the bar while the General was modestly
eXpounding himself swore that the old
time leader of the Army OF the Com
monweal had interests in steel and iron
companies which stood him in at least
100000, but the General shook his
head.
NO" he said. eve Just little stone
quarry out near Massillon. When the
steel mills are running I sell 'em little
sand now and then. and when they close
CoNey closes
He's a great believer in the psyche
logical moment. the General IS. and he
finds that this is the p. m. for him to
run FOR the Presidency. as the country
Is all worked up by the foistng OF pro
hibition upon 1t and while reamendiug
the Constitution so as TO restore booze
10 an outraged nation he Is sure he can
put over few little things he has had
in mind for twenty-five years. such as
legal tender money In place OF interest
bearing bonds and the initiative and
referendum. which Col. Bryan or some
body stole from him a long time ago.
The sun., 1919-02-09
Motorman Runs From Box.

iNi-oiulllE ~ ahilIllNs WIN I'l- IfA
scene after the wreck hut returned N
the afternoon with John Moulton an A..
torney for the 1nterhorough company, his
train was going four miles an hour when
he saw that the train ahead then abou:
200 yards away, had stopped. He az.
piled the brakes and remained In his Dor
until. the collision being imminent and
then. unable to do anything to prevent
he fed toward the rear of his train
In the morning inquiry the conduc.o-
Of the wooden train. Walter Loweth
1850 Park avenue. said he saw MURPHY
running through the train and asked hr
what the matter was. to which the me-
torman replied. THE brakes wo-'
work" The motornan was also quote
as saying to the police just after the A..
cldert that the brakes had worked bad
all the way up town. and that when n
saw he couldn't avert a collision r.
yelled to the conductor. who pulled thA
emergency handle In the second car, b.:
got no result.
Edward Bernard. one OF the irIur.i
said that the motorman rushed og. o.
his box without shouting TO or warning
any body, so far as he knew. The police
District Attorney and Public SerylrA
Commission are trying to straighten o..
the facts
The forward wooden car. which cor.
tanned few passengers, was teiescoNed e.
that its sides and roof enveloped lie
last car of the composite train. r.
second wooden car reared up until Is
forward end rested on the roof OF tNs
last composite car. Passengers scra~
bled down the incline to the tracks ami
the wreCkage there survived a rear win
dow Of the composite train and a fr1r
vi Of Tho wooden train Whl,
were posted one OF Mr.. Shonts's notes e
the public:
(Which do you prefer? Safety 70 Y.
and limb under private ownership. -
danger 10 life and limb under po:!'a
management? The lnterborouGh is tss
safest passenger carrying railroad In re
world"
The sun., 1919-02-09
SIX HURT IN CRASH
ON Sd AVENUE y
Wooden Car Tclescopcd in Col.
lision With Composite Train
at 12Gth Street.
SAFETY" SIGNS SURVIVE
MOtorman Blamcs GREASY
Tracks-Nictims Taken to
Harlem Hospital.

A train OF composite wood and s,..l
cars once used In the subway was to'.
lowed up town on tho Third avenue e,4.
waited tracks yesterday morning by
train OF wooden cars. The leading train
halted at l2Oth street. but the second
kept right on. In the smash that r..
suited the first of tho wooden car. was
torn to pieces and six persons-fve men
and one woman-were badly hurt.
The motorman OF tho wooden train
Joseph Murphy, 734 Caldwell avenue
The Bronx. ran back through the train
just before the collision and was not H.
jured. Afterward he told the police. or
the police so understood him. that hon
his regular and emergency brakes had
lied to work. Later he said the brake,
acted perfectly, but the train CONTINUED
20 drive along. as If there was too much
grease on the rails. The rails ara
CREASED at that point to facilitate switch.
ing 20 the centre track northbouni trains
which return south.
The sun., 1919-02-09
NEXT PRESIDENT Is
COXEY;; HE SAYS so
General Starts Campaign at
Waldorf and Formulates
Platform.
PLANK ONE IS ANTI-WET
May Lead Army of 100000 to
Washington to Shake
Things Up.

THE SUN Is authorized TO state THIS
morning that the next President OF the
United States will be Gen. Jacob Sechler
Coxcy, proprietor OF Coxey's sand quar-
ry at Pauls. Ohio, and manufacturer or
grindstones for either wet or dry grind
ing. This is final. 1t was divulged to
4 Sun reporter at the Waldorf last night
by Gen. Coxey himself.
And yet the General may change his
mind and instead OF accepting the Presi-
dency to be offered by reclamation OF
Coxey's party, may decide that his duty
lies in the direction of leading another
army TO Washington--an army OF ZOO
900 men this time--to uproot the keep
OF the grass signs and gather up the
loose ends of prosperity which the years
OF war have left struggling.
He said frankly, however. that he did
not want to disturb society unless he
had to, and the interviewer rather got
the impression that Gen. Coxey would
adhere to his decision to go to the White
House unaccompanied. But whichever
course he elects, the nation Is notified
that prohibition Is to be killed and the
Demon Rum again exalted just as soon
as the General gets around to 1t, when
Will be In q few DAYS.