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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
Caring for the Mendicants.

Re-estabshment of the mendicancy squad. the
result of conferences of Police Commissioner Woods
Chief Magistrate MCAdoo and James Forbes OF the
Charity Organization Society, seems the best way TO
handle what has again grown 10 be serious matter
The streets are overrun with beggars or their half.
brothers, the mendicants who beg under cuise of
selling pencils or shoelaces. Undoubtedly the num-
Der OF these aims solicitors is unusually large lust
now because of the business situation in the country
at large and the inability of many men to get work
even a days job. Yet many just as unquestionably
professional beggars.
The mendcancy squad, operating on the system
agreed on will be able TO handle both ends of this
problem With the assistance of Mr. Forbes its
members. having arrested beggar, will ascertain
whether he is professional. If So he will be
compelled 10 face charges in court If he has been
driven to beg by actual need he will receive help
and efforts will he made TO find job for him. The
deserving unfortunate will get the help he needs
the professional beggar endeavoring TO prey on the
publics sympathy and good nature will get term
in the workhouse 1t is to be hoped Either way the
situation should become much better than 1t Is now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
A Bond Issue for State Institutions.

1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Choates letter to the
legislators favoring the proposed referendum the
issue of S20O0OOO0 bonds for new buildings for the
states charitable and penal institutions will bring
about serious discussion Of the subject This is
the problem consider the wisest and least expensive
way Of meeting the states ever-growng need At
present every new building for the insane every
prison every institution for deficients has
to be provided for out of the states current revenue
Even additions and improvements to these institu-
tons financed out Of the annual appropriations
1t is a hit-or-miss policy kind of grab-bag scheme
which, in part, is responsible for the wofully in
adequate equipment with which the state under
takes to do its duty in these fields.
With definite sum available for new buildings
out of such bond issue, the states plant could be
made adequate TO meet the needs not only of the
present, but of many years to come The scheme
suggested is that adopted by any modern business
corporation which wishes to enlarge its plant and
make permanent improvements-it finances the I'M
dertaking by long-term bond issue The hospitals
and the prisons built would not wear out in a
few years, do the roads paid for BY ng.term
bonds with less real financial Justice
When the state had fewer demands on il the ex.
listing policy of piecemea appropriations might have
been justifable Now it is overwhelmed with the
duty of caring for the insane the feeble-mnded and
the criminal, and such annual appropriations rs
can be made will not put its institutions abreast Of
the demands made on them. 1t Is not only desira.
BILE, but wise and necessary to adopt stable. long
term method Of handling this situation such as the
bond issue would permit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
Our Visitors to South America.

The work Of bringing the two Americas together
In mutual understanding finds support in a project
OF the American Association for International Con-
Citation. Twelve representative American teachers
are TO make tour of South America, leaving this
city on May 30. Such institutions Yale Column
bia and the University Of Chicago the list,
and the itinerary carries clear TO Buenos Ayres on
the east coast and north from Valparaiso on the
west.
Much Of the time Of the company will be devoted
to becoming acquainted with the leading PERSONAL
ties Of the countries visited. The public institutions
and especially the educational methods will receive
particular study. An exchange Of students and
teachers is one suggested outcome OF the visit In
any event. the enlightenment of our own representa-
&iyes as TO the brilliant civilization Of these sister
countries cannot fail to make needed impression
upon our American point Of view
The expedition looks in the right direction and
bears every promise of good effect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
The Horrors of War"

A battlefield is not pleasant spot Yet 1t has
relieving features which soften considerably its
own immediate horrors. Unless realizes this
truth 1t is hard to understand Alright such talk as
"The Evening POST takes from the lips of twenty
neyear-old convaescent board the hospital
ship Soace. Said he:
All want is to get back | can. I'm trying
to get the doctor to let transfer TO the Wyoming
SOS go down her. Sure all want to go
back; we don't want to miss any of the fun.
These are words which wounded football hero
driven to the side lines, might They ring
rather harshy our ears, two thousand miles from
the scene of such fun" as there has been. Yet
there can be little question that they represent the
spirit OF most soldering. And If a fighting man
fresh from the horrors of war; himself a victim
of them, can treat them so lightheartedly who are
to weep?
The answer is the old that the worst horrors
of are not on the battlefield, but in the homes.
Any disastrous railroad accident or bad tenement
house fire probably holds more immediate horror
than the average small engagement. Certainly
there is angle Of skill or sport from which their
participants can extract cheer.
But the father and mother with son in the roll
Of KILLED" about little fun" in the most
heroic battle In bloody, shocking railroad
thing 1t is poor substitute for n boy snuffed out
IN the sport Of battle There lies the true horror
of war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
"DISFICURING CITY HALL PARK
The Nations Front Door Deserves Care
and Protection.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir The unusually unselhsh letter TO
the editor" headed "Disfiguring City Han
Park" in to-days Tribune Is true and
timely.
Inevitably the patriotism of all Amer
leans will increasingly focus around New
York's beautiful City Hall in the West
ern Hemisphere metropolis. While Wash
ington the American capital will always
collect the politically ambitious, the COM
merce Of ambitious, masterful minds and
hands from everywhere will congregate
about the hemisphere's front entrance.
Patriotic Americans should never fail IN
the duty of maintaining our nation
front door as BELTS the United States
JOHN WINFIELD SCOTT.
Chairman of the citizens committee
which prevented New York politicians
destroying New York City Hall
New York. May IA, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
THE CHRISTIAN STATE
A Kingdom of Righteousne" and Jus
t;ce Will Be Established.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | have just finished reading the
letter by Stephen Haweis in your paper
this morning His knowledge Of Scripture
Is excellent. but his vision of Christianity
is very limited. Christianity is the most
radical and vital force at work i'm the
world to-day Therefore. il would he well
If our friend and the men who call them
selves ministers of the gospel would listen
attentively TO the voice OF protest from
the factory. mine and street, for il is a
cry that will be heard in spite OF the SOL
dier's bayonet. the policemans club.
A kingdom Of righteousness and justice
is going TO be established upon this earth
some day, and it is going TO be brought
about by all the people and not by the
fortunes Of few. as suggested by our
friend. For the day OF special privilege
is about over and the day OF the people
is at hand.
Christianity Ia democracy pure and sim
pie, and the coming OF this democracy
will be FASTENED when men like our friend
and our so-called spiritual leaders cease
TO live and speak in the language OF a
dead poet and lift their heads and hearts
from the musty atmosphere OF dogmas
and creeds to be inspired by the needs
and aspirations of the men and women
who walk our city streets.
For in and through this democracy men
and women. regardless of race, creed or
color, may meet for the uplift OF all and
to fight the evils and injustices OF our
day. GEORGE WEEKS.
New York, May Is, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

We suppose that If Senator La Toilette considered
the Encyclopedia Britannica" germane to an argu-
ment there would be nothing for the Pubic Printer
to do but spread 1t forth in 1.-THE Congressional
Record The 365 pages of La Toilette documents
which appeared in yesterdays issue are really
very modest allowance. One ought to be thankful
and content that the Senator was so self-denying
Nevertheless the expense Of the enterprise Is hard
to swallow calmly in these dry and dusty days Inc
cost of the single issue was over $1,000 according
to Chairman Barnhart OF the House Committee
on Printing Let us concede that each word spread
forth on the 500 pages Is a word OF wisdom. Why
should the nation dig down in its jeans to print
book for any Senator?
There is no answer. But until Congress has a
change of heart and cuts down the Record" TO
truthful reproduction of words uttered on the floor
of House and Senate Just such literary raids on the
national Treasury will continue. 1t is the system
that is to blame quite as much as the Senator's
colossal cheek.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
Ownership Of the London STANDARD

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In your issue Of April 2 YOU sa'
that the ownership OF The STANDARD
Identified TO some degree with that o
the Pearson oil syndicate. Permit me
say this is entirely an error. ard thai ?.
person directly or indirectly connees'
with the Pearson oil group has any "
terest whatsoever in The STANDARD 4"
doubt your mistake has arisen from w
fact that some years ago Mr.. c. Ar'hI
Pearson, the proprietor Of Pearson
Magazine" was interested in the pap,
but he belongs to an entirely differs
family. and his connection with lH'
Standard" ceased some considerable 'H''
since. DAWSON DALZIEl
Chairman
No. l0i Shoe Lane. Fleet Street. L. -
London, England, May 2. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
WOMEN AS A CAUSE OF WAR
Men Fight for Them and from Fear ,
Them, Asserts an Anti"

TO the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The serious and much 10 be resrt,
ted situation in Mexico has given the ST..
fragists an opportunity which, as goo
politicians. they have at once used 10 mas.
propaganda for votes for Won't,
claiming that it is unjust not 10 g',
women a voice in the matter and that
women voted war would be abolished
They entirely ignore the fact nl
neither in this country nor abroad hiy'
the great body OF non-office holding clas
Of voters ever had a chance. at the brsai
ing out OF hostilities, to vote on that iss.'
either directly or indirectly. not even z
our own Civil War. when the feeling ).
fore Abraham Lincoln's election ran y
high. There is no time. when such !
question comes before Congress or Pa.
lament. TO dissolve these bodies and X
the members go back to their constiiusnn
for reelection on the issue OF war or %
var. Only by such an election would ts'
voters be given a chance to vote for q
against war.
If there was possibility or tine n
such elections il would have been doa
before this in England. which IS far nor
democratic than We are. In Kentucky IL
men voted in 1851 for North or south, az.
this saved that state TO the Union. be-
they could only choose which side thG
state was TO take.
Women have caused more wars sna
the beginning OF history than they VI
ever prevent by their votes. Men fight To-
women. about women and because ne
are afraid to be accused of cowsrdcs D.
women MARIE GELPCKs
New York State Association opposed .
Woman Suffrage.
New York. May II, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
Making Sure of Their Red, White and
Blue Tickets.

More credit would be given TO the legislative pro-
gramme adopted by the caucus of Democratic Rep
resentatives were it not evident that the caucus
was speaking for the House only. One legislative
branch with alright closure proceedings can easily
run off three antitrust bills on schedule. But free
md unlimited speech is still the rule in the other
branch Of Congress. and If it passes one antitrust
bill before the middle Of July it will have broken its
farest record for action first and talk afterward.
The House Democrats can get complete discharge
from the taskmaster at the White House IL they do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
TINfNJ An Open Forum for
IEOI LIZ AOAoN1A~ Public Debate.

certified that the triumvirates' teaching
as disclosed i'm their books is impossible.
Alexander II. F1ndlay. whose name is so
we'll known in the history OF golf in
America. tried TO buy this machine for
me during his recent visit to England. but
It has proved so valuable that the West
End Golf School would not sell 1t.
I am. however. having 1t duplicated by
Nessrs ". &, T. Avery. and in a month or
two I hope to be able 10 show American
golfers how, luckily for ME. this ma
chine tells the truth about the golf swing.
T. A. VALE.
New York. May H. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
Lyddy.

The strong moonlight painted its veranda silver.
A little travelling clock. wedding present to Arthur
from a maiden aunt struck half-past ten jauntily-
From Cosmo HamiItons "One of Them Had a
Wife," in the Cosmopolitan.
We have known clock to strike twelve jauntily :;
even eleven, ten nine, eight, seven, six, five, four
three and perhaps two But for clock to strike
10 80 jauntily. even cocky, is the height Of
something surely.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
The Coming Ioever
The Reconciliation
uo~~>s, Mani III. Ode J.


Hoe.e.r Book m. ODE ..
"Dor.o ercm oratus ttbt~r -
HORACE
Lyddy, am right or wrong'
Was therei Did belongl
Did you not-you know you did
Call me once the Headline Kid'
| had everybody stopped;
Persian potentates I topped;
Dun and Bradstreet. II you'd love me.
Wouldn't rate q king above me.
Friend Horatius, all that you
Say Is absolutely true.
was happy as queen
When-oh. YOU know what mean.
When you gave no Chloe praise,
Them, ali, them was happy days
when YOU used to coax and con me
llia's self had nothing on me.
HORACE
Thracian Chloe-she'S bear
Has o. II. up in the air;
Her lamp without fatigue;
Chloe leads the Flaccus League.
Listen: I'm selfish guy,
But I'd really love to die
If thought she'd get giggle
At my mortuary wrgge
Speaking, as you often do,
OF affection, I'm there, too.
Who is my idea OF JOY!
Calais-and qudnfus boy.
Why, if believed that he
Could elicit any glee
From the sentence Lydia non est,
I'd bichloride. would, honest.
Lyddy, listen, get me right:
Do you think perhaps we might
Sort of start it up again
As twas in the glorious When'
If tell this Chloe that
| am going to leave her, fiat,
Do YOU think that you would let me
Write to YOU and-well, you get me.
Listen, Horace, though you be
Roaring as the raging sea,
Though he be Broadway sign,
Pm for you-O. II. for mine.
Whether you're the oceans roar,
Angry and ferocious; or
Lighter than a cork, and giddy,
! am yours
Sincerely,
vddv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
The Age Of General Sickle..

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: You ask for the correct az. q,
General d. z sickels. He was born oc,o.
Der -. 1s2l- l am a cousin and 30 know
his age from my own.
ELEANOR NJ. sIcKE1S
Leonia. N. J., May II, 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

THE TRUTH AND POETRY ABOUT cANAA
From the Stratforj Comm Timesl
And We come TO South Norwalk,
Which a short time ago consolidated
with Norwalk It's crusty old neighbor:
You'll find there many buildings anteiated.
Westporrs next along the shore.
You'll find 1t going up or going down
1t has four things: Morning. Noon.
Night. and the first train out OF town.
Fairfield, then the conductor cries,
And the principal thing found there
IL a desrth Of sidewalks in the place
with an occasional millionaire
Then Bridgeport. busiest city IN the state.
Stands second in population
All kinds OF goods are built right here
And sent over alt creation.
oh. stratford a town that's very old
II looks the same Tuesday. Monday.
On Wednesday. and every other day.
And then again Sunday.
ITO BE CONCLUDEDr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
MAYOR KOSEK GOES ON WARPATH;
TAKES THE BIT BETWEEN HIS TEETH
AND BOWLS OVER THE POLICEMEN

II wouldn't be bad idea-it is s. H. s-for sport
ing writer's to alude occasionally to Charles Eb-
bets's propensity to celebrate holidays.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

''The Jail at Warner, Oklahoma says an ad in
the Hardware Age us circular in design, and the
material used is curved corrugated -- galyan-
lied sheets. The jail is unique in many ways-but
the real mission Of - is to give lasting and
satisfactory protection from the clements"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

The desk and the zinc are piled high with rhymes
to Mexican" The prize goes TO Friar John, for
When in The Frogs" read 5reseseses can
See Aristophanes rhyming with Mexican
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

Do you know? Artie, the GOTHAM WEEKLY GA
zErTEs dramatic critic, will have trenchant
critique of "A Scrap Of Paper in Sundays G.. w
G.-Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

The esteemed by those we bet with, Giant
haven't lost a game since we wagered against them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

ADDRESS REPLIES TO s. +. KSER.
From the Chicago Record Herald Inter ocean,
Sir: Is lexicon" good rhyme for Mexican?
ALBERT.
In the lexicon OF youth. which fate reserves for a
bright manhood there is good rhyme for Mexican.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

TAKING THE BULL BY THE FORELOCK.
Headline in tn. Wilkes Barre Times Leaderl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

Weber Falls Down on Testimony" said last
nights headline. Why not call him London
Bridge?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15
OH, Is SHEp

From the Musical CourterJ
one would he greatly won with Miss Dilling s
appearance AZ the harp. graceful attractive blonde
ton of the strings that she is
Worry is futile. is all the doctors tell us We be-
lieve it, too Much Of our worry, frexamp is due to
fretting over last lines. Yet. If we should omit it
some morning we have an idea nothing very ter
rble would happen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

Entered at the Postonfce at New York as eeoo"'
Matter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-15

No time to try like now.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-10-30

valiant assistance TO the allied land
forces between Newport and Ostend.
was indicated by the report that two
of the .42-centimeter (17-inch) how
itzers and. ten 2S-centimeter TO
inch) siege guns had arrived at
Bruges and had been posted ON pre-.
viously prepared bases between Zee
brugge and Heyst. a seaside resort
nine miles north of Bruges.
From here the long-range guns will
be able to reach the British warships,
which, according to report, are bonn
harding the German batteries located
In the sand dunes near ostend.
Bruges. Client and Roulers already
are fun of German wounded and more
trains and road vehicles, both horse
and motor, are blocking the ways be-
tween these towns and the battle
front with their cargoes OF invalids.
Villages Destroyed by Fire.
The villages of Moorslede, Foelca-
pelle, Westroosebeke and Staden have
been laid waste by shells and fire.
In this section. counterbalancing
the advance of nine miles made by
the Germans near the coast, the allies
bent the German line back at Roulers
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-10-30

sumo partial offensive on the east
ern Prussian front have been re-
PEELED"
What Germans Claim.
London. Oct 27.-Advices from Ber-
lin say
In the eastern theater of war, our
offensive on Augustowo is progress
ing. The battle near Ivangorod is
favorable, but till now there has been
no decision"
According to dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph from Rotterdam the Vos-
siche Zeitung of Berlin says that the
Russians, who had withdrawn most
of their troops from Lemburg. have
now sent $4,000 men there who are
strenuously fortifying the town The
Russians, the paper says. are clearly
determined to keep Lemberg at all
costs.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-10-30
Germans Unable TO Force the Al
lies From Their Strong De-
fenSive Positions.
NO HOPE FOR vERDUN
Heavy Guns Now in Position Settle
Fate Of French Fortress-Tresh
Army Comes to Aid Of Bel
gians - Desperate Fight
ing on East Frontier.

On the Battlefront, via Paris, Oct.
27.-The Germans are bombarding
Neuport After forcing a crossing of
the User in great force between Dix
nude and Newport. the main body
pressing back the main Belgian line
about six miles south of the latter
city, the invaders advance was halted
when the bending allied line stiffened.
held and met the attack with a furi-
Gus counter-assault.
But the Germans were able to bring
up their heavy siege guns, and about
noon violent fusillade was directed
from the German batteries on the Bel
gian positions on the outskirts OF
Newport. Scores Of shells burst over
and in the seaport city. and the din,
which rose even above the roar of the
general battle being fought along the
User, was frightful.
Frightful destruction of life was re-
corded in the history making battle of
Flanders
While The Germans have driven for
ward at one point in Belgium, the al
lies have forced an advance at an
other, until the once jagged line now
shows great bends and sharp angles.
A decision in this conflict is as far dis
tant as when the Germans occupied
Ostend ten days ago.
Dunkirk and Calais Safe.
For d time at least Dunkirk and
Calais, the detectives of the Germans,
appear TO be safe
Word from the front to Berlin by
wireless says that verdnn is doomed
and its fall is expected by the Ger
man besiegers. The announcement
that capture Of the fortress is immi-
nent is believed here TO mean that
the great guns are now playing on
the main deferses and that Verdun is
to meet the fate OF Liege, Namur,
Maubeuge and Antwerp
That the Germans are now prepar-
ing to give deadly battle to the Brit
ish and French ships Of Admiral
Hoods fiotilla, which have lent such
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-10-30
BATTLES IN THE EAST.
Russians Claim Victories Over kals-
er's Troops-5erlln official
Report.

Paris, Oct 27.-The Havas Agency
has received from Petrograd> the fol-
lowing official communication issued
in the Russian capital:
THE combats upon the routes lead
ing to Petrokoff and Radon have as
sumed the character of a great battle,
Of which the front extends over one
hundred versts Ga verst is two-thirds
of mile), from Rawa to Nowemiasto
and Bialobrzegi as far as the mouth
OF the River Iljanka.
The evening of October "a north
of Rawa we attacked the Germans at
the point of the bayonet, infIicting up
on them considerable losses. In the
village of Morchildlo alone we buried
over seven hundred Germans
In bayonet combat near the vii
lage of Mazamerieff we captured two
batteries of machine guns.
Capture Many Prisoners.
Our troops command the forest of
Nemglovo, southeast of Rawa, where
we took over four hundred prisoners.
In the forest between Radon and
Kozenitz tenacious combats continue.
I'VE have progressed along the
routes from Nova to Alexandria,
where we captured numerous prison
ers and cannon.
The stubborn resistance of the
Austrians in Galicia is weakening and
our troops are making vigorous prog
ress in the region south of Sambor
and Staromiasto. where we took
eleven cannon and many caissons.
The entire valley of the River
Spryne is covered with bodies of the
enemy, estimated to aggregate at least
five thousand
IAN attempts by the Germans to re-