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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
Ideas for the BluecOatS.

No11 comes Chief Magistrate McAdoo. with his
exnerience as Police Commissioner to back up his
assertion, and declares that the police patroman
the much auded 'bluecoat on the beat on whose
intelligence and diligence this city must rely. isn't
very intelligent or very diligent II he was, the
gang nroblem would have been solved long ago. and
MANY other police ''problems." Mr.. McAdoos ar
rairnment OF the patrolman is that at present he
lust patrols. If fire, or a runaway or murder
or robbery occurs within his sight he's pretty use
ful man But ne does not report 20 Headquarters
what he inevitably must know about conditions IN
his territory-the people who live without work.
the gang which congregates outside the corner sa-
loom the tough dances which held and the like
In other words. he's fairly effective in using his
legs and arms most of the time, but not in using
his ewes and ears and brains.
All this is true II isn't entirely the patrolmans
fault It's the fault of the police system. or lack of
system The average patrolman who furnished 10
the average desk man list of the suspicious charac
ters on his beat who were living without proper
means Of support would probably be laughed at, and
perhaps be reprimanded for not minding his own
business II never has been the policy in this city
ms IN Europe To consider il necessary 10 exercise
a paternal watchfuness over individuals means oi
livelihood or habits of life II might well be- so far
as the surface conditions concerned which must
come within the knowledge OF every patrolman ana
precinct planclothes man.
The preventive side OF police work demands suci
watchfulness and such knowledge Ii is-precsely
the preventive side that the bluccoat of this city
is weakest. Usually he is honest almost invariably
he is brave. But he doesn't seem 10 grasp readily
the idea that Inc is part Of machine existing Pm
mariy To- prevent crime. secondary 10 detect II ana
discourage future crime 10y contributing 10 The
capture and punishment Of perpetrators. Conmis-
sion0 Bingham the way to making this the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
THE "WHITE SLAVE" FILMS
This Reader Believes in Their Educa.
tional and Protective Value.

To tho Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The other day / noticed letter
written by a George W. Van Siclen.
in which he claims that the so-called
white slave films are worthless az
power for protecting the girls OF the city.
1 beg to differ with him.
First-Are the pictures worthless as
means of protection? ! do not believe so.
In most of our white slave cases we
find that those girls who were victims
were girls who had been kept ignorant
OF the evils of the world; they had not
been taught at home, at school And
very seldom IL ever. are girls ever taught
after they get out into the world by other
than that hardest of all teachers, "eX-
perience." Then il is too late for teach
ing. How then are they TO learn OF these
dire things? If not through parents. doc
tors or schools. can they then be taught
other than by the films? BY all means
continue with such plays until it no
longer becomes needful that is 10 say.
until the parents awaken to the dangers
in the ways of their sons and daughters
and do as they should warn them.
Second-I feel that every citizen OF
greater New York and o. this nation
should fight TO the best OF his or her
ability against the way in which the po-
lice are taking il upon themselves 10
close up theatres and prevent the sale of
books simply because TO the policeman
mind they are immoral. What right have
they, the police. or any other body of men
or women, to say this is moral" this IS
not; this play shall not be seem and this
book shall not be sold and read, for to
us they are immoral? Who are they 10
judge for the millions OF jewellers in the
city and country. and why do we allow
them 10 without a protest?
Would II not be better for men or
women TO be their own judges and TO let
them patronze what plays and what
books they care for?
S. G. OSBORNE, Jr.
Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
GRANT WOMEN THEIR RIGHTS!
Thus Wrangling Will End and We Shall
Have Peace.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Joseph Gilpin Pyle has set forth
with great assurance that womans vot-
ing will disturb her so that her children
will be deficient, saying, NO language
can state the import of these well known
facts"
I challenge the statement. Where wom-
en- are free to vote or not as they please
il is like prayer meeting compared with
the strife and wrangle that there are
here between the "suffs" and "antis.
The denying of women their rights is
what causes all the trouble and II viii
continue TO grow worse until justice is
had.
There is no militancy or unrest where
women have voted for many years, and
the women are no more insane on the
questions of the day, with which every
intelligent woman is familiar. than the
men are. This bugaboo talk is rot
WEST ERNER.
New York, Jan. 10. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
AMBULANCE SHIPS
An Urgent Plea Is Made for Resew
Patrol.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Every successive loss Of LIE az
ships at sea emphasizes the need ~
rescue patrol in lanes or zones Of ~
anic travel 20 be designated by intsr,'
tional agreement.
If the international Conferences
Safety Of Life at Sea, now sitting
London. neglects the obvious duty
recommending joint national sctn
along this line OF safety IL will not
because of its cost. for that en- he e.
nomically provided with less expeh
ture than the price OF single snip
war. messenger OF death. WINE "
rescue patrol is a saver or life. lao
maritime power contributes In prs'S
ton TO its population aud commerce w
rescue ships needed for a sys'ens~
lifesaving. ship saving and cargo ~
ing effort, the needed feet OF ampun"
ships IS provided. These smouiAa"
ships. duly equipped with a rsd'o''f
graph or wireless plant. and WIN >"
gical and maritime supplies 70 Fsn''
first aid TO the injured on the ~,
seas. can SO far reduce the LOSES
each commercial nation as 10 inaAs "
aggregate initial expense seem incoh>'
cradle. and their upkeep wouio ~,
within total sum easily and eoui'..'
assessed upon the underwriters ~
ping companies and commercial vs.
benefited thereby.
The aggregate salvage from res.
ships and cargoes. 10 say nothing
human lives saved 70 their faniiies
the world. should make IL easy fo' ".
ance companies to cover a large
centage of the expense involved
Such Joint effort would bring wv,
tons benefited nearer togethe'
more than two millions OF passes
who cross the Atlantic every yeS'
tween our own and European sho'u
their families saved from bere1'.,
would make. multitude OF grateiu
efciaries and patriotic Recipients y
paternal protection thus aroroea
their respective governments
the number of seafarers Increase .
the expansion OF our commerce s'
opening or the Panama Canal 80.
patrol in aid of ships exposed 70
ming. collision with derelicts ao'
each other. combustion or cs'sV' -
disasters OF every kind becomes
and more necessary. and the. s's"'
vance in radio telegraphy, ""'"
mits all cries or maritime ois" ~
reach by wireless the amouisi''' -
wholly devoted TO such res's, .,hs
would seem TO make Il an ""s -
duty TO supply such ships win ~
possible delay by joint scuo"
sihle -
II it is too late for action W 80 80
don conference before It's au'OA r
then il should be done by hns'a
America Jointly in commence 80
the one hundred years OF pea'' siss
,hese ,wo countrles No more r.
monument can be suggested for ~
lifesaving event in Anglo-A'"e'
tory s,,st
such a fleet of ambulance SHIPS ,as
il support by writing IN fs'v'
the President Of the United s.s.x
J. AUGUSTUS JoHS'V
New York. Jan. 10, l9ih
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
BEATING THE PRIMARY LAW
A Critic of the Barnes Scheme Falls
Into a Strange Error.

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: As former secretary of the Direct
Nominations League OF New York, and
also as one who assisted in preparing the
Page-Tompkns bill before Governor
Hughes was converted TO direct nomina-
t,ons). il should be my privilege to hold
YOUR serious attention while | differ alto
gether from the sentiments expressed by
YOU i'm your editorial of this morning en-
Titled Beating the Primary Law l
quote the following from your editorial:
.If State Chairman Barnes seriously
harbors plan for pre-primary state con-
vention 10 designate. party candidates FOR
next falls primaries, With the proyiso that
nobody rejected in that convention is TO
become candidate in the primaries, he
contemplates an utter defiance OF the
spirit Of the direct primary law, II not
actually of its letter"
This construction OF the spirit of the
direct primary system is antagonlstic to
that political freedom which the pioneers
Of this movement sought TO re-establish.
The foregathering OF voters In caucus
es. conferences, conventions or whatever
YOU call them. for the purpose OF exchang-
ing views and settling upon candidates TO
be supported, is procedure so natural
and. indeed. so desirable that il seems to
me extraordinary that any intelligent and
experienced political leader should seek
TO stop it, So far as have been able TO
ascertain no direct nominations advocate
who was thoroughly acquainted with the
practical operation of the system ever
hoped or even wanted, 10 stop the so
called pre- primary conventions or any
other informal gathering, TO settle on can
didates.
Let Mr. Barnes hold his convention.
And let all the little factions among the
independents hold their conventions. too
They can all get their candidates names
on the ballot easily under the new law
That il all we wanted. That liz all we are
entitled to. under the hardest stretching
of the Constitution i'm our direction.
PHILIP II. DILLON.
No. 3l9 West eJth street, New York
Ian 10. 1914
Mr. Dillon seems TO overlook the fact
that the gist Of tie plan attributed to Mir.
Barnes was that candidates of all brands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
The "Novies" at Lisbon.

From our always entertaining contemporary ''e
"Diario dc Notlcias" Of Lisbon. Portugal 'Where
thev had the big earthquakcl we clte'
The presentation Of the credentials 81 III, VIZ ,I
United States Minister. Colonel lhothas Din, M, ~
,,ano ,ostrrdav al the Palace of Beem. Ihe ne"
dnlomat was dressed in the cooners UNIFORM Oh HIS
country.
When the chaste pulchritude of those New 'ers'a
militia trappings fulgurated and coriscated upon W.
dazzIed vision old Beem blushed with PRIDE N''i''
fine waves Of the Tagus wcpt that Manocl ana "a0'
were not there TO see
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
The Thaw Millions Continue tt
Manhandle the Law.

,r,,o finding Of n commission appointed by the
eodoral court for the District Of New Hampshire
that Harry X Thaw is not now insane ana shoutd
be released on bail is the greatest triumph winch
the TYaw millions have so far won over the law
,rhe Thaws set out deliberately TO make mockerF
of tho law The murderer. OF Stanford White es
caped the death penalty only because he was de-
c,ared 10 be insane. His family was glad TO nave
him considered insane for the purpose OF cheating
the electric chair But sooner was he saleiy OH
tho road IN Matteawan than his relatives began to
challenge the verdict which had saved his life They
encouraged him to claim that he WAS sane ana so
free from any debt Of criminality which he mad III
cured
II was the same old now-yousee-it and nowEou-
,don,t-.eett process which criminals of large re-
sources have 20 often had invoked IN their behalf
Not criminal because insane. yet at the same time
not detainable in an asylum because sane For such
the nrison and the asylum exist only as means OF
making the courts guess which shell the little oail
fis under.
Rv admitting Thaw to bail Judge Aldrich will
hreat down the case on which he has been held with
SO much difficulty in Matteawan. Even were ne 10
he returned here and reconined his lawyers would
make quick use Of the habeas corpus and put tne
finding Of the New Hampshire commissioners before
'o,- sts+a cor1rts As the law stands Thaw can be
detained in an asylum only while he continues 10 pe
insane The chain Of continuity has now been
broken and with It our system of dealing WITH
criminals adjudged insane has also broken down
The law ought 10 be amended so as TO eliminate
the present Juggling and equivocaon 1t Is not 700
severe a penalty to require person who escapes a
murder charge by pleading insanity TO submit 10
Tournament detention thereafter as insane. lie pays
bie deht that wsy and he should not be allowed to
win exemption simply because be puts up cosby
egal battle and at last by hook or crook secures
court Judgment that he is sane
In one sense 1t would be good radiance II NAV
were TO remain forever out of the jurisdiction or
this state He has done more than almost any other
criminal TO disgrace our legal procedure. We still
have that procedure with US 1t should surely he
reformed now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
THE DECLINE IN LYNCHINCS
Tho Figures for 1913 Show the Small
est on Record.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: During the year ended December
Il. 1918. there were ffty-one lynchings IN
the United States. In the same period
year ago sixty-four lynchings had oc-
curred-a decrease OF thirteen for the
last year. This is the smallest number III
any year since these grim records have
been kept.
BOOKER r. WASHINGTON.
Tuskegee Institute, Ala, Jan. 2, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEFYS.

Jguuory 1O-To the playhouse and saw Ann SWih'
burne i'm THE Madcap Duchess the best inusch
I have hea rd this twelvemonth, and all songs "ro'e
with more skill and decacy than in any OF inc
other muslckaIl plays in this yicnage and hear' pA
ono David Stevens but who he is or whence nave
no knowledge How the criticks can acclaim Us
great the prosy lyrics in 'lole, ana sa! housn' Vi
these I can not fathom Mistress Ann too, hath
the best voice. in my poor opinion, OF all inc isn1
operack singers and the pleasingest way too' anu
when came home | did find there LOUIS vance
the tavlewrter and Nan and Mistress Lucy ana 10
Fox the pamphleteer and did rhapsodze to them
about the Swnburne. but they cried me down. sd!
ing | had nor taste nor judgment. which fear IS
too often true BIT | shall have my say, an De
gibbeted therefor.
11-For walk with ladies' and we all did Zee
acold So IA an inn where / had great beaker oil
milk but the fellow did put into it and 1t
fuddled me sadly Home then to dinner, and thence
to my office where labouring until late, ana nome
and to-bed.
12-With b. Boyden and Mistress Ailce Miner ~
luncheon and we talked of this and that ana hluch
Of the Injustice in the world. And we agreed that
all was not right with the world, maugrc what H.
Browning the poet said Also that if many folk
that believe all is right with the world would think
that there were some things wrong with the world
hapy meseems all would be better with the "or'u
Nv Lord Woodrow returned TO the capital tins day
and is whole and sound for which / am glad
oreat blast of winter is over the town. and Goals at
high price. as ever.
"Wben Won say that Mr. Tafts waist-line, like the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
The Lost Golf Ball.

Nothing is too serious for a weighty British
Ball" finds natural place among other imperial
problems in "The CornhiIl' Is finding keeping:
Or do subtler legal doctrines control?
The learned judge who writes upon the question
begins with the touching trusm that whatever own
ership there is in golf balls is necessarily of a
fleeing and precarious nature. Indeed yes. But
further. are they fcrG nature. akin TO beasts and
birds such as hares foxes and wild geese. in which
the law recognizes private ownership? No. as
serts the Judge The ball may be under your control
only for the moments that it is on the tee second
later il may be swimming with the tide in a brook
or pcrched in the crotch of a tree-or In caddy's
nocket But the ball is not and never wild
bv nature and was your docie property until you
tried to hit II.
Then follow such striking consequences as these:
Thai golf ball though lost Is still the property
of the owner and that the owner can have an action
of trover for its conversion-f he can identify it,.
Which is like most law in the eyes of the layman.
As it, even supposing that one got the chance. one
could identify ones own hicks and slaShes from
ANYBODY eIse's-or would care to-
No We are glad to present the truth. bus it
seems TO lis the coolest sort OF comfort To- assure
the duncr that he still owns the millions of balls
that Inc has sliced and pulled and topped into next
week, ncycr to look upon their forms again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
THE PEOPLES COLUMN

who wished their names TO be considered
in this pre- primary consultation were 10
bind themselves not to appeal for honi-
nation in the primaries if rejected by the
convention. Nobody with sense wants 10
stop pre-primary conferences or consultd-
ticn: nobody with sense should want 10
encourage any action limiting the rlght
or privilege OF party members to seek
nomination I'm the party prlmaries.-Ed.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
From a Weary Male.

To the Editor OF The Tribune. AL y
Sir: Joseph Gilpin Pyle poi".' III y .
il women Vote their children VA. "a 4 .
hcient. because OF the in'e', In ~ 2
occupations Of the mother Yin ,,as y
hiking marching, sOapOoS spes s's . ?
fancy. etc. OF the Suhr'es al a. ~.
bitter writing Of the anus nave y
are ON the rapid increase avn w., conSs'
for forty years it would seen '''",s s -
TO the peace of mind o. V'' "
every one vote who wishes VIZ HOS
LOVER OF PEACE IN i"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

ideal of the police force when ne was "'SP'"'.'
If the Mitchell administration can lhdA' ~ wv pm
policy and make the force i've up To " '"is WIZ
be a much cleaner and safer city 'h"n ~ '"S '0
recently
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
THE WIDE AND WINDING RHINE

Trrom guidebcok publ shed in Frankfort MI
The Rhine. a boundary stone Of the German his
tory is only and solely of its kind. On his banks
one meets vestiges of past civilization we find
there traces of its regeneration and Of the modern
civilization of which children Various i'm
pressions make arise in us many diherents SEN
sations, that profound enthusiasm gets place
in us On the one hand the works OF the hand of
art. and on the other the imposing curiosites of
nature combine themselves the banks of the
Rhine crowned by vineyards, TO admirable sym
phony in which touched all accents shud-
derng the heart and the powerful accords of the
profoundest emotion Therefore cannot be
astonished about it, that the Rhine has always
given inspirations to many poets TO their most
celebrated works.
ITO BE CONTINUED
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

We trust that the above SUR upon tnc "o'0"
human race will not antagonlze any OF our per"s''
Some of our best friends are human beings anu WV
wouldn't offend the class for the who'e soi'r S!S'
fem.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.

many accidents are beginning to alan
the neighboring residents.
PRO BONO PUBLlCQ
New York. Jan. TO- 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

In France the population is stationary while IN
some departmens four deaths for three
brths-Robbns Gilman, at the Battle Green Confer
Whaddye mean departments: The War Depart
mentt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

Perhaps the stories from Detroit to the e"cct
that 10 600 men bcseged the Ford plant and huri"d
bricks AT the windows when told there was no "orN
for them are a bit macufcd But the main 'h'"sS
are true: and they tend TO prove what we ""Nc
often and reluctantly contendcd: that the huWa"
race is largely made up of bum sports. Mt. fo'"
did a decent white thing in dividing the proh's o'
the business and Labor ought TO help him ana ell
courage him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

Whether the Evening kilograms uppercase :
arc scarce we cannot tell but that is what the ai
torney may tell Mrs. Julia Conklin broohi9n ""
tenaran, over the account OF whose pir'nua! 'no
T. It's head is HAS LIED HERE lD 1EhN''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
A FIELDER'S CHOICE.

Sir: When you accept one of my contributions but
alter it bit to suit your taste should be credited
with a sacrifice or a Cincinnati base hit in my bat
ting average: H. u H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
THE CRAZE FOR ADoRNMENT

From the Elberton (Ga) start
The brides maids were Miss Jane Grey Cox OF Ms!ooN
y c. Miss Eugena Christian, and Miss Hida Mcauo"
they wore pink carnations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
The Coming 7ower
TO THE. SPORT. PAGE BARDS.

,lso in a way TO Catcher Wnso Of the Cardinals WIN
globe girdlng with the Giants
As a Iyricist lore to lamp the lingo
Thof cIutfcrS up The daily page ~ Sport
igd IKE nc merry "ZoWic! and me "b"9"'
tud a thousand other phrases Of the SORT.
HUt aIfbough I put considable reliance
ON the journalistic gcniuses Of BdH.
n oppcars 10 ono tcho reads ABOUT me G'dHN
ybof me ,critors ncrer get the stuG al all
Tut, int!
Yon scriUcners nercr get the stun NJ an.
Laydncr Tsamingcr DRYDEN. Rice and H"ghcp
Not ono Of you has giron him Inc;
Not a ono has cought ne catcher from Sh'oo'V'
Though his lyric possibilities arc fnc.
But I sin vou this Cuphonious fdndd"go
For binglc or simple time Af-Bdt:
Nou if Wingo, the Congo, did the tango
! shonrd think youd lam ipric ont % mar
Eiqht 10 ono youd pound poem on % ""''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

It is II below in Duluth. aing the kpingish
youth way up in Quebec in snow to his neck. For
they don't call that cold in Duluth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

MI Barnes blamcs the people SAYS headline
II. so il is q clear case Of tit for tat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

when you say that Mr.. Iafts waistllne Ike TIE
tariff is local issue" telephones Wrtey Louie, i
rnou- what Won mean You mean local tissue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

President Wilson can't solve this veXing problem
of whether to permit the tango at the diplomats
reception by any watchful. waiting policy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
NEAT BUT NOT GAUDY.

From the Hunterdon a. j. Republican,
The bride the recipient OF many handsome gifts
OF china. silver
O money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

For our part. Mawruss. a cold wave could jump
To this here. now Confederal League.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
HIGHER ENGLIsI

IIIJHtk IsN1LISII.
lacton Davies in the Evening SUM-
Ills four songs each a gem in their way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

Colder would he manifcsily unfair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13

Fair and colder, is Forecascrs Reeds intensely
blueprint for today.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-13
\ contradiction in terms. if you ask u

Stated for scarr on the isth
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ITO BE CONTINUED