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VOL, XII Apr. 17, 1914 No. 16 
The Selectmen of Brookline have shown their met- 
tle and have made a discriminating distinction between 
their duty as agents for the Town and their responsi- 
bilities as public officers. They claim that as agents 
of the town they execute the will and wish of the citi- 
zens, but as officers they are entitled to the power to 
determine the policies of the office for which they are 
held responsible. Independent of any opinion of their 
judgement on the police and firemen’s salary question 
the town of Brookline ought to recognize with satis- 
faction that their selectmen are not to be led about by 
every wind that blows. 
Criticism has done all that it can do in the New 
Haven controversy. To look back is to recognize the 
- folly of the vicious and unworthy attacks that have 
been made. Chairman Elliott’s recommendation to 
the stock-holders is safe, sane and reasonable. 
Two Years Have Passed since the terrible disaster 
befell the Titanic, but in no two years in the history of 
mankind has such progress been made in the study of 
life-saving devices for ocean greyhounds. 
The Present Legislature exemplifies again the old 
Massachusetts complaint—too much legislation. Too 
much tinkering with the laws is harmful. <A biennial 
legislature would be a relief. 
The Ordering of the fleet to Tampico is a long way 
from intervention, but the movements of the fleet 
should be carefully watched. Interesting situations 
may easily develop. 
The Attempt Made to wreck the dynamo of the 
electric chair destined to electrocute the gunmen in the 
Rosenthal affair was a serious affront to the majesty 
of the law. Such an attempt to subvert by strategy 
the decisions of the Court ought not to be allowed to 
pass unpunished. 
Manchester is to have its new sewers, but every 
good has its compensating evil. The streets of the 
Town through the early part of the year will be torn 
up. But the contractor, Mr. Tomasello, may be de- 
pended upon to open the trenches and close the streets 
under construction with as little inconvenience to the 
publie as efficient construction will permit. 
The International Scope and efficacy of the Red 
Cross Relief Work is seen in the reclamation work pro- 
posed along the Huai and Yellow Rivers in China. For 
over. two thousand years, two harvests in five years 
have been exceptional. The natural consequences of 
such harvests failures and financial uncertainties have — 
resulted in famines that have occurred regularly as the 
crop destroying floods have come. Constantly call- 
ed upon to render assistance in the times of famine 
the Red Cross Society saw the uselessness of tempor- 
ary relief in the face of the inevitable return of floods, 
year after year. Consequently a technical investiga- 
tion of the causes of the floods was made. The com- 
mission studying the problem reports that constructive 
engineering work will prevent the recurrence of floods. 
The United States is expected to cooperate by author- 
izing the President to detail an Army Engineer for 
Service in the commission. If the Red Cross society, 
of which Miss Mabel Boardman of the Manchester sum- 
mer colony is a leading spirit in the United States, suc- 
ceeds in this enterprise there is no reason to presume 
that failure will ensue, the greatest constructive en- 
gineering task the world has ever known, in the line 
of humanitarian relief work, will have been begun. 
Seven years ought to see the great work completed. 
The Criticism made of the New Haven Road fol- ~ 
lowing the changes in the names of the railroad code 
of certain stations were not justified. Instead of being 
condemned the New Haven Road should be commended 
for its work for public safety. The proposed changes 
in the names of railroad stations affected the railroad 
code only and not the railroad stations as used in the 
passenger service. The new system of giving each 
railroad station a distinct name will lessen the ocea- 
sions when station names may be confused. The fre- 
quency of the names west, east and south and north in 
connections with New England station names opens an 
avenue for misunderstanding. How easily North Some- 
where and South Somewhere may be confused in a 
railroad order. To avoid such difficulties the new 
code will be great-service in the interests of safety. 
The Original Wilson Man has lost his distinction 
by his readiness to eriticise the President. It is evi- 
dent that Harvey judged better than he knew and 
that the Wilson administration is to continue Wilson’s 
administration. 
The Delays incident to extradition of Harry Thaw 
is an excellent illustration of the delays that are pos- 
sible in a land that prides itself in its justice. — 
The Governor Suggests April as Arbor Month. 
Why not? Many a day in April is an Arbor Day. 
Despite the Fact that the week brought the cold- 
est April day in forty years the season has opened. 
“It Will Be a patriotic observance of April 19 to 
make it Immigration Sunday in the Massachusetts 
Churches.’’—Boston Herald. 
The Quick Witted Woman who despite her age was 
able to save the railroad train at Manchester, by eall- 
ing the men of the house to remove a semaphore weigh- 
ing four hundred pounds that had been blown down 
hy the gale Sunday evening, will bold a blessed place 
in the memory of the passengers of that train, 
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