2 NO DHAMCE HERE FOR ANAROHISTS Terrorist Sysio Plainly a Mis tii In United Stales. "WORLD OWES ME A LIVING" That Best Expresses Mental Attitude of Some of Youths Who Would Pos® as "Reds"—Professor Robinson of Columbia University Blames "Idea Glimmerings" For Bomb Attempt. f "Foreigners with idea glimmerings not worked out, with a terrorist philos ophy that is a misfit in this country that is how I would describe tbe plant ers of the bombs in St. Patrick's cathe dral and anarchists of their type." said John Harvey Robinson, professor ot history in Columbia university aud an authority on historical-philosophical subjects, in discussing tbe arrest and frustrated plot of Abarno and Carbone. "There is no justification for the ex istence of anarchists in tbe social con ditions of this country," he maintained. "It Is hard to conceive the motives which impel such actions as theirs One can understand the thoughts of t Russian nihilist, who is not a criminal in tlie true sense, but who is along the lines of a definite philosophy toward a definite end, or of the ter rorists of Paris who engaged in the fight for the Commune in 1871. "But things are different in this coun try. I can trace no analogy between conditions before the commune of 1871 and the conditions in this country to day which precede what the two Ital ian anarchists are said to have planned —a commune of anarchy and riot in New York. There is no parallel of cause, and there will be no parallel of effect. Idea of Commune Absurd. "The idea of a commune being es tablished here by men of the type of Abarno and Carbone is absurd. Even the most disreputable, the most down and out of the hoboes and the unem ployed in the city, would never follow such leaders to wholesale murder. "The proof that conditions in this country do not justify the actions of the two men and their kind—that an archy and anarchism are not natural outgrowths of existing society here—is simple enough. Think what would hap pen if unarehists tied up the subway for a day! The whole city would band together for their suppression. Our civ ilization Is too complex, too delicate, too sensitive, to stand such shocks Without retaliation. There are not enough anarchists in the country to succeed in terrorizing New York for any length of time, for the simple rea son that the community is constructed In such an orderly manner that no dis turbance would be tolerated by it. "The case of tbe commune in Paris was different. Tbe country and the city were already in a state of semi anarchy. Police power and the more certain power of public opinion had vanished from Paris with the capture of the city, the death of her best citi zens in the war with Germany and the atarvation and suspension of business which followed. It can be said, in a general way, that the struggle of the commune In 1871, during which the Hotel de Ville, the Luxemburg and oth er public buildings were burned and thousands died before and behind the barricades of the anarchists, was the more or less natural result of condi tions in the community. Conditions Different Here. i "But that cannot be said of any at tempted commune in New York nor of the acts of the anarchists later. These can be attributed to misapplica tion of half formed ideas and ideals, fitted, perhaps, to Russia or even to Italy, but not to conditions In the Unit ed States, which are totally different." Speaking more definitely of the men tal makeup of the Bresci anarchists. A. T. Poffenbnrger, engaged In labor atory research and experimental work With the department of psychology at Columbia university, spoke of the ter rorist plans revealed by the reeent ar rests. "There is no one positive type of mind that belongs to the 'red,' " ho said. "It is always possible to trace the causes of his criminal bent or his an archistic instincts, if the facts of his birth and his life are kuown. It re solves itself into a matter of heredity and environment. 1 have not yet seen Carbone and Abarno. but 1 have known men of their stamp. Their mental at titude may be best expressed by 'The world owes me a living." "It Is not surprising that the two are so young. Tendencies which lead to crime usually show themselves be tween thirteen and twenty-five, or even earlier." A Matter of Discretion. "Father," asked the youthful seeker after wisdom, "why is it that you ai .wavs speak of mother as your 'better half?'" "Because, my eon," replied the tired business man, "I know perfectly well that I better had.''—Richmond Times Dispatch, a , . _ THE MAN OF THE HOUR IN GERMANY. Sri IMI inn Mli mill 11l IHIIMMMWniTTTT '* i* ptWIII- J'-A* y -JX . -II Photo by American Press Association. Field Marshal von Hlndenburg (in the light colored field coat), the kaiser's leader in fight against the Russians, and his staff. On his left is General von Lindendorff, "hero of Liege." FINALE MINISTERS Photo copyright by American Press Association. Historical conference in the cabinet rooms at Paris. From left to right are M. Bark, Russia; M. Ribot, France, and David Lloyd-George, England. HE TREBLES GASOLINE SUPPLY. \ Dr. Walter F. Rittman, government scientist, thirty-two years old, discovers way to add 200 per cent to gasoline production. He also has formulas for mak ing important dyes and high explosives. Here'e a Tangle, How easy it is to mix up the aver age business man was demonstrated the other day when the son of a local merchant leaned against his father's knee and innocently asked: "Daddy, is today tomorrow?" "No. my son, of course today isnt tomorrow," answered the father. "But you said it was," continued the son. "When did I ever say today was to morrow ?" "Yesterday," answered the son. "Well, it was; today was tomorrow yesterday, but today Is today, Just as yesterday was today yesterday, but is yesterday today, aud tomorrow will be today tomorrow, which makes today yesterday and tomorrow all at once. Now run along and play," and the fa ther collapsed into his chair with t sigh of relief.—Louisville Times. Women and the Old Olympic Games. One rule of the original Olympic games could not be followed nowadays without provoking serious troubles. Women were not allowed to be present •r even to be anywhere in the district when the games were being celebrated en pain of being hurled from a precipi tous rock. This rule is believed to have been defied only once, when the offender was pardoned in consideration •f the fact that her father, brothers and son had been victors in the games. One particular priestess, however, was mot only exempt from this law, but was accommodated with a special front •eat on an altar of white marble, and women were allowed to enter chariots for the races, though they might not ho present to see them win. ■ Gun Power at Waterloo. As to gun power at the time of Wa terloo, two facts of guidance: The British drill sergeants of the day taught recruits to hold their fire "until they could see the whites of the eyes of the enemy." That would make the best musketry range, I should say, about twenty-five yards. "Brown Bess" was not of much use beyond sixty yards, judging by all the evidence, AS to big pieces, then, as now, naval guns were superior to field artillery, and Nelson loved to get in his broadsides at sixty yards! I believe that 600 yards was counted the limit of effec tive naval gun fire then. Field artil lery range would be less, probably much less. The enormous Increase in the effective range of guns since is due, first, to explosives with greater power and more controllable power second, the invention of rifled barrels and breechloading, and, third, stronger alloys of metals. —Frank Fox in Lon don Nation. Public Elopements. The Bulgarian is perhaps the most simple minded and industrious peas ant in Europe, and, paradoxical as it may appear, his standard of morality is extremely high, although elopements are more numerous than in any other country. But these are generally in nocent affairs, being simply the device of young couples to get married with out the expense a regular Bulgarian wedding entails. In most cases not only is the consent of both parents ob tained, but all friends are informed and assemble outside the bride's house to witness the elopement The Black Watch. In 1730 six companies of Highland ere were raised for the protection of Edinburgh, and the following year were consolidated into a regular regi ment, the Highland regiment, and were numbered the Forty-second. On becoming amalgamated the colon on their tartans were extracted, leavtn* only the dark green ground as a tar tan, and from this they took the title of the "Black Watch."—New York American. HOOKING lt* an Excit -.3 ">- if On? Does., i Fishing for -- piei 1 Palm Beach is a i 1. • You fish with i*i;. a li the size ola s}..j< liali Mme great fisfi is - . 1 your 11.1 for bait. You tlnow .. ■ piei fasten the end of i n .. • file run aud then take out •>-. < five si, ami read Sometimes you gel a • ouueiu: you dou't. At t'\ ell tig ' • : tletuaii in -harge <t <ik fi>li on the pier goes arotu ml u the lines. That in it e.l is rare u* casious uu exciiin: -i-ort Once a New \ ors \ : •ittotiist wup standing on the p i <•: tug the sun set after a day's frm; .-s ::ugliug w n*i he heard a shout from a lured ger tleman. who h.tu reit a shark 01 oue of tbe lite, s th.it u-u! ie*-u left out The colored gentl-mrm -mis naviir. trouble in handling tin Least, so tin New Yorker w-tu t<< in- assistance Together they pu.'e.t ;• • tu'ed at th line In vain. Another nun 11 the p.e> joined in. and then the * > v bracet their feet against r• • r "it s<u for all they were worth But in spit of all they could d< tin ihh* slippc gradually through then fingers. Finally all the -Tick was used U| nnd the rope, coming taut against th rall. snapped like a threat, i'lie Nev Yorker has al\\ -ys he eouh have had just one look at that shark - New York Post. MARTEL AND POITIERS. The Man and Battle That Saved Eu rope From the Saracen Yoke. A traveler approaching the city ot Poitiers. France, would hardly believe that it was around the site of that small city that the battle which saved all Europe from the Saracen yoke was fought. The man who commanded tin French in that great battle was Charles, who afterward received the surname Martel. "the hammer." fron. his mighty prowess in that fight. He baffled the Saracen invasion by his great victory at Poitiers. The Sar aceus had mastered all Asia and con quered Spain. Nothing could with stand their arms, and the Crescent bore dealh and desolation before It wherever it went. The Mohammedans determined to conquer all Europe in the name of the Prophet. Spain had fallen, and France was next. The two armies met at Poitiers. The strife was bloody, for the Saracens had the pt'-j tige of former victories and the ad vantage of numbers; France had the wisdom of Martel. That wisdom tri umpbed. aud the Mohammedan was hurled back, a broken power. Tins victory saved Euro[>e from want and desolation, for the brave people would have suffered anything sooner than embrace Mohammedanism. The great champion of Christian civilization lived nine years after his famous triumph at Poitiers and died In the year 741.- Irish World. Force of Drops of Water. It seems almost incredible that so small a thing as a drop of rain should injure the propeller of an aeroplane but such is the case. At so great i speed does the propeller revolve—l,2oo revolutions a minute as a matter of fact—that a rain drop hits it with such enormous force as to chip a piece of the wood away. Some idea of the hardships entailed by flying through the rain at sixty miles hour may be gathered from the fact that an avia tor who recently went thrcugh such an experience, alighted with the edge of his propeller fretted as though it had been gnawed by rats. The rain drops had chipped pieces out of the blades and also bruised the aviator's face, owing to the force with which they hit against his flesh.—London Specta tor. EXPLODING EXPLOSIVES. On® of Two Methods, Combustion or Detonation, Is Used. An explosive is a body which, under the influence of heat or shock, or both is, speaking popularly, instantaneously resolved entirely or almost so into gases. Practical explosives consist either of bodies such as nitroglycerin and nitro cellulose. which are explosive in them selves or mixtures of ingredient* which separately are or may be nou explosive, but when Intimately mixed are capable of being exploded. Explosives are exploded either by simple ignition, as in the case of black gunpowder, or by means of a detonator containing mercury fulminate. The molecules of an explosive may be regarded as in a state of unstable chemical equilibrium. A stable state of equilibrium is brought about by the sudden decomposition of the original compounds with the evolution of beat An explosion is thus an extremely rapid decomposition, accompanied by the pro duction of a large volume of gas and the development of much heat. There are two well defined modes of explosion which can be described as combustion and detonation. In the former case the explosive Is simply ig nlted. and combustion takes place by transference of heat from layer to layer of the explosive. The rapidity with which the combustion proceeds de pends not only on the physical form of the explosive, but also on the pressure under which the decomposition takes place. When In the form of fine grains combustion proceeds much more quick ly than when the grains are large. -Detonation, on the other band..has to CAVE THE MEN; L:.,?MENT POOR [ Army Gripplsd by o Arms and munitions L. D KiMEiiER COMPLAINS War Chief Says That Lack of War Causes Him Real An* iety; He B.ames Drink and Unioft Restrictions For Condition of Af fairs—Morale of Engiish Troops E cenent, He Affirms. London, March 16. Because the British government is short of ammu nition and guns and cannot purchase or secure the manufacture of tho neo essary munitions the campaign against Germany planned tor this spring may he delayed until fall. The men are at hand and there U sufficient equipment to keep a large army in the field at all times, but the preparations are as yet inadequate for the situation which was prophe sied in a remark attributed to Lord Kitchener. "1 don't know how long the war wiU last, but 1 do know when it will be gin, and that is in May." Partial confirmation of this lnL?e> mation was given by the war secre tary himseli when he appeared before the house of commons. He said: "I can only say that tho supply of war material at tho present moment and for the next two or three months is causing me serious anxiety. I sug gest that his majesty at the termina tion of the conflict confer medals upon the men 'alio have given the government {rood lerrice in fulfilling war contracts." Lord Kitchener also gave consider able Impetus to the proposal te rege late drinking as was done in Russia and France by saying that excessive drinking had been one of the greatest deterrents in the preparation for coa tinuing the war. Trade union restrio tions and strikes of workmen in the iron and steel working lines have also hampered the work. 'lt is absolutely essential," declared the speaker, "that the output of era munition be increased. To do so la of the utmost importance to the oper ations In the field." Lord Kitchener added that the gov ernment was considering arrange ments to meet thi3 situation by which armament firms would come under government control and their em ployees would secure some of the benefits which the war had brougnt to the employers. On the purely military side of the war he said that although only trench fighting h"s been possible for some past weeks the morale of the British troops had not been affected In the slightest and that the recent victories at Neuve Chapelle and Epinette proved ho*" successfully they could take the offensive. The health of the British troops had been uniformly good, he declared, which was excel lent testimony of the efficaciousness of inoculation. .* FISHES WITH ITS WINGS. The Cassowary Has a Way of Its Own For Capturing Its Prey. Habits of the cormorant and of our native fish hawk are generally known. Their methods of taking fish are very much like those of birds of prey. But the cassowary fishes according to a method of its own. A well known naturalist witnessed Its operations on a river in the island of New Britain. He saw a cassowary come down to the water's edge and stand for some minutes apparently watching the wa ter carefully, it then stepped Into the river where it was about three feet deep and, partially squatting down, spread its wings out submerging them, the feathers being spread and ruffled. The bird remained motionless and kept Its eyes closed as if In sleep. It remained in this position for a quarter of an hour, when, suddenly closing It* wings and straightening its feathers, it stepped out on the bank. Here tt shook Itself several times, whereupon a quantity of small fishes fell out of its wings and from amid lta feathers. These the bird immediately picked up and swallowed. The fishes had evidently mistaken the feathers for a kind of weed that grows In the water along the banks of the river In this island and which much resemble the feathers of the cas sowary. The smaller fishes hide in these weeds to avoid the larger ones that prey on them.— St Paul Pioneer Press. Camels In Warfare. Camels are a feature of warfare In the far east Basar was in the year 656 the scene of a fight known as the battle of the camel, in which Ayesbah, the wife of Mahomet headed tbe charge mounted upon oue of these beasts. And down through the cea* turles Arab hosts have been led by a girl riding on a blackened camel, sing ing songs of encouragement to her own aide and insult to the other. Ao cording to the strict rules of the game, her capture or death meant the filgt t* of her tribe, while in the event o4 victory she led the triumphal irci Londoa Chronic!*
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