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that the ancient abuse Of shipping 10
New York needy persons will not he

that the ancient abuse Of shipping 10
New York needy persons will not he
resorted to by those communities which
In the past have practised this chart.
table habit. II would be well for the
city to emphasize at this time its de-
termination not to undertake the office
Of involuntary almoner for other towns
conveniently Situated to impose 90 it..
and to do this IN n way that cannot be
misunderstood. \ rigid exclusion from
her bounty of all except those who have
y fair title TO It Is the harsh rule that
must be- puf into force to preserve the
welfare Of New Yorks own people
II ID is possible. within the limits Of
humane treatment. 10 make the penal
institutions Of the city unattractive to
iramps and vagahonds. TO accomplish
this should be an early care of the adj.
minlStration. That portion Of humanity
whose highest ambition Is to he warmly
housed and well fed In some comforta-
bic iai, through the winter months has
methods Of circulating among its mem
herS recommendation OF hospitahle
cities and Of others. II is well known
that the drift Of the fan movement Of
tramps IL toward towns with easy jails.
and that the main current avoids those
settlements whore life In prison Is
something more than mere loaf
While these preventive measures are
being put into operation means Of relief
for those who may legtmately call for
help should he prepared Such pub.
lie works ms climatic and financial con
ditIons will allow should be prosecuted
Those agencies Of charity that may be
necessary should he prepared. The pre-.
cautions that experience recommends
should be adopted These things done.
the city and its inhabitants. committed
10 the prevention of hard times II hu-
man endeavors and good will can ac-
comp,iSh II. may face the future with
confidence and equaninhty.
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q, where shall Peace he found? The
war dog yaps and bites even on what
should he the neutral fields Of sport:
Where ooze Chicagos odorous waves
Fight bristles fierce 'twIxt Cubs and
Braves
And horror stiffens pale the fan
At EyERs FASTING ZtMMERMAN
Careless Of right forgetting law.
He .pastcth HEINiE in the jaw
q, bandit Boston, omns gall!
EvERs wnacks HEiNiE with the ball
swift HElNrE fierce on EvERs lights,
Each hero madly smltes AMI smites.
From short field speeds wee MEANWHILE,
Resolved the Germans blood to spill!
'Dust clouds arise as Anak SCHMIDT
The shindy seeks and scores hidt
QUIGLEY and EAsoN fly with vim
To where the fray encircleth ZlM.
They plead, they pull. they tug, they beg,
They grab AT struggling arm and leg.
TIL the red knot of war is rent.
The warriors to the clubhouse sent
30, umpires dazed and soft OF tone.
We saw blood sought was not your own.
O, Sacred Goldfish nap thee green.
Turn. turn TO iishball In thy teen.
Sech COINS on you ha'in't never seem"
The Hon. JIM HAM LEWIS should be
Communicated by Chicago Rayed on
and played on by the Pink Aurora Bo-
reals, that stricken field, those erring
syatters, may be rededicatcd to Peace
and the rigor Of the game.
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MISS WADE'S NONI NENT.
\ Memorial on Gettysburg Field to y
Battle Heroine.

To rHF EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir' Among
the interesting letters TO your paper from
various readers regarding monuments
erected I'm memory OF deeds OF women
have seen none about the monument on
tho battlefield OF Gettysburg in memory
OF the herolsm Of Miss Jennie Wade /,
Is tho only memorial, I believe. that Is
erected on the field in honor OF woman.
Miss Wade was shot In the back by n
bullet from Confederate sharpshooter
while she was baking bread for Union SOL
ders on the morning Of Ju 3. 1863. She
died instantly.
Previously this young heroine had been
seen carrying water to wounded soldiers
lying in the fields near by as well as per-
forming numerous acts TO relieve their
sufferings.
Miss Wade Is buried In Evergreen Gem
etery. GettysburE where the monument
stands The body was Inferred origi-
nally in "A corner OF the garden OF the
Mclean house the day aftr. the battle
ended by some Union soldiers and neigh
bors The body wa. placed IN coffin
that was Intended for the burial of a
Confederate officer.
on one side OF the Wade monument Is
the inscription, Whatsoever God willeth
must he. though nation mourns" /:
while on another side is carved she
hath done what she could"
At the time o. Miss Wade's death there
was found in n pocket OF her dress "A pic
ture OF her sweetheart. Corporal John
Shelly Of the Eighty Pennsyl-
vanla Volunteers. who died five days after
she did as the result of "A wound received
IN the battle Of Winchester three weeks
before.
Truly she was his comrado
G l. C. DIrMARs,
SUMMIT, y. J.. August 81
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In the August Fortni0htiv Rcrtc,o
Mr.. II. s. SHELTON says No TO the
question rs Sociology a Science?" A
saddening negative were there any
question" to be asked. II sociology"
and the mere name. so arresting in
its composition. 30 portly and COM
manding in its aspect and sound, is a
happiness to the good-be not
Science where shall a genuine science
be found? The science OF society"
will Mr., SHELTON deny that society
exists? II it exists. why does not Its
science exist?
He airily says that to him 1T seems
a mass OF opinions formed with the aid
OF an insufficient basis OF fact" That
is why we have long loved IT, It is the
most delightfully."- opinionated science
II MIR. SHELTON will pardon the word
anywhere on View and its facts II
scattering arc often amusing. and II
not, what airy towers Of assertion rise
thereon, Sociology, Mr. SHELTON, liz
omnisciolism In partnership with a
little observation, a lot of tabulation,
and enumeration and ratiocination
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The experience Of this bank IL merely
that OF other financial institution
throughout the country and now that a. Is
serious war is on in Europe unless some
action can be promptly taken to make
these securities more attractive, as We
view II. the railroad securities now hoi
In Europe will be thrown upon the mar
ket as soon as It can he done and bring
about general financial decentralization
I'm view of this great and extraord'-
nary necessity II seems 10 us as though
the Congress Of the United States should
meet the situation and Immediately p~o-
sent a joint and concurrent rCsolu' \
OF the House and the Senate directed -
the Interstate Commerce Commission. PC
questing that IL because OF the emerge y
situation with reference 10 railroad Sc
curities. revise and review the doc's n
in the recent application Of tho Eastern
railroads and In their discretion. IN vow
OF the great and extraordinary necessity
for this action, promptly grant furth'-
and adequate advances I'm rates o. HI
tho railroads
The Congress Of the United S'a''s
should he big enough and bold enough
to meet this situation now immodi9t "
caused by the Unprecedented war conll-
lions abroad, and promptly act - tNt
the railroads will receive the fair tro''.
ment they are entitled to, the serur'"
holders be protected and the bonds -
made so attractive as to tempt investors
from all quarters of the world hofo's
financial decentralization reaches the coun-
try.
I'VE trust that YOU will favor IN ~
reasonable ways the movement heron
suggested"
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SENATE CONFIRMS McREYNOLDS.
SIX Negative votes ON Attorncy-"en-
erals Nomination.

WAsHINGroN, Aug. 2s.-The Scn's
to-day confirmed the nomination OF James
c. McReynolds. AttOrney-General, 90 20
Associate Justice of the supreme 'u"t
to succeed the late Justice LuUon 80
vote was a. to &. The SIX ncrl' .
votes We're contributed by four Rel a1-
Leans, one Bull Moose and one Dem o
crat Senators Cummins, Clapp P''n''\-
ter. Jones. Norris and Nardamau '' 8
the negative voters, Mr. Nardamdn N'' :
the Democrat and Mr.. hoindcNt"' g
Bull Moose The result came ai''' b
brief executive session. Senator ''
continued a speech begun yesterday. Il.
witch Senator clapp attacked the .''''
nation.
Senator Lewis 81 Illinois and N'..
OF Mississippi defended Mr MDl''t
Tho Senate also confirmed Win H
position the nomination of I'".n'. Do
Gregory as Attorney-Gcnerol
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CAN'T LIVE ON $4S5 A WEEK
So Mrs. W~instcin ASKS separator"
From Previously Divorced iiushhnd'

on the ground tina, her husband
prescribed a scale of living vmc" .-
limited Mrs. jeanette WcinSicm n''i
In the Supreme Court Ncs'''d15 u.
separation from Jacob Wciustc.r
manufacturer. She alleges that a.''''- 4
her husband Is able 10 provide 'yr
adequately he insisted that she c"u'l '',
only 34,S5 week for living expenses 'Ih
rent. She was allowed only two g.
a day for sugar, three cents for +" ~ o"
Ave cents for bread and four cents '''
butter, she said,
In reply WeInstcin said that are
married the plaintiff she took his ''
and wouldn't give them hack un'
promised to consent 70 a divorce.
they got divorce from Iahn ana
wife induced him 20 marry her '-t.'
promising not to be eNtraNaftn'
didn't keep her promise. Woinstc'n S''I
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Keeping This Town Clean.

To TIE EDITOR ~ THE suN--Sv, | read
with interest your article tfi- morning on
keeping this town clean.
II has often occurred 10 me that II an
ordinance could he passed which would
compel those who sweep on the sidewalk,
tc place the swceplngs In receptacle and
not sweep them. into the street who'e the
next wind might blow them back much
might he accomplished
~ n IL now they have to sweep over and
over again with very poor results 80 even
from u labor saving standpoint II would he
a great heneht ~ have such an ordnance
GEORGE a. Brown.
NEv Yoax, August -
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: The
candidate OF the Times square Business
Mems Association for United States SEN
ator is James b. Regan, Mr. Regan is a
Democrat and clever business man.
There are too many lawyers in the Senate
now, and there is too much Indigestion
An bad laws come from deranged
digestion Mr.. Regan. by teaching Sena-
tors the art OF eating without dethroning
reason, will rCove blessing to the coun-
try. ALoYsiUs OFARRELL.
NEW YORK, August 2s. Secretary.
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Immediately after the worklngmen's
compensation law became effective II
was generally reported that throughout
the state employers were Ill scharging
married men and requiring their EN-
ployrcS 10 submit 10 physical cXamina
lions 10 weed out the detectives, their
purpose being by this process OF selec-
ton ~ reduce their liabilities on nc.
count Of injuries and to lessen the
probability Of accidents. The expec-
tation Of these employers. It was as
serted, was that their insurance rates
would he lower than those paid by
competitors who neglected to take such
precautions Against this conduct the
labor organizations naturally protested
and the harmful effect on the public of
the general adoption Of such mca s,lres
requires no eXplanatl lion,
That there was general movement
among employers toward the ellmina
tion of married men and detectives In
Response Ia the enactment Of the com.
prnsation law was not shown, and
since then the State Superintendent of
Insurance has declared that so far as
the insurance rate is concerned no saw
ing can hc made by reducing the mum.
her Of dependents Of employees or by
establishing higher physlcal standards
than prevail In competing plants. on
the ground Of public policy credit for
physirnl examinations will not be
granted, and:
The fact that men who may he Killed
AT their work have more dependents than
the men working for another employer
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Tho letter OF tho Schenevus National
Bank to Senator Root was signed by
President John Graney. vce-president
NJ +. Baldwin. Cashier George Lowell and
the members of the board OF directors
II follows:
AT meeting Of the board OF director,
OF the Schenevus National Bank. held last
evening. the matter OF the treatment &C.
corded to the railroads by tho public su.
thorNes and public bodies in the nation
and State during the more recent past
was fully discussed
ut seems to be conceded by the great
masses OF our people that the railroad.
have not received the treatment to which
they have been entitled in the way O,
allowing them TO increase their earnings
We had hoped that the action OF the In
terstate Commerce Commission would hs
much more favorable 20 the railroads
than ii has proven to be The general
effect OF ne action OF the comm!ss on
seems TO have been to recognize that
there has been Just cause for compla NJ,
but the increases allowed have been 50
trifing as to really be discoura gemen,
TO all persons who recognize that the
prosperity OF the country depends largely
upon the success OF the railroads
THE attacks upon the railroads have
been 50 frequent. the expense OF opera
ing has been so largely and so unnecos
sarly increased-which increases have
been beyond their control--whle the earn.
ings have been kept down to so iow
basis. that the securities OF the railrua rs
IN this country are very much dcpress
In value. On account OF their unsat
factory character as an Investment this
bank has refrained from purchasing an,
additional securities OF this nature has
largely decreased IT. holdings Those
We have held for some time have shown
a very substantial shrinkage and we
have been compelled TO charge OF such
shrlnkage a 8 a loss.
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No Vacation.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
one fellow has my suitcase out,
Another has my clothes
Two hundred homes In minor loans
I've scattered suppose
II could get my suitcase back
Collect some borrowed pelf
think that I would like TO try
A little trip myself
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30

Being particularly entrusted with
the regeneration Of politics and the de-
struction OF bosslsm the Progressives
at Utica were unhampered by the ten
der scruples that restrained the Repub-
licans and Democrats at Saratoga. The
Armageddon hosts were instructed ms TO
the candidates for whom they should
cast their ballots on primary day. The
preprimary adopted n platform. In no
detail did II differ from the conventions
OF an abhorrent past.
Incidentally 1t performed one act
which, while Of slight consequence. may
be described as a public relief. After
enduring for some time a timdity In
duced by the activities OF the same old
Bill It rounded on that noisy nuisance
and effectively defla ted his balloon. The
statesman who used up three hours In
reciting his strength to the Colonel
but when the votes were cast he could
muster only six votes out Of 17J, and
four Of these were cast by proxies.
Our commiseration Is only for the Colo
mel. IL the same old BILL ever gets
chance he will occupy three times
three oyster Bay hours in explaining
by what guile he was shown up.
To the philosopher the real interest
Of the conference" lies in its further
development OF the preprimary. The
children OF light and virtue have led
the way In reestabllshing the nominal
ing convention. VIII they likewise be
first among the regulators Of the pre-.
primary?
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,tanding pat. Whatever lie. from the

standing pat. Whatever Is. from the
vulgar detail called taking a drink" 20
the consonant bells OF marriage. from
college settlement to labrets, from K1pp
to Kids from h C to zymotic dis
eases. from base hits to the Balkans.
all is but part Of one stupendous hole.
into which the socioiogists are shovel
ling solemn hubdub twenty-five hours
a day. Sociology not science; why.
Ills The one human omnisclence.
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suffragists talk politics.-Heddtine.

Suffragists talk politics.
Well. the woman folks are more
than welcome to the pleasure they get
or give from that talking. There are
men in this wicked age and country
who would be happy to find some place
where there was no talking politics"
They are not going to find 1t at home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30

Now II Is The Bludgeon" which is
about TO be acted Thus does the beau
tiful art OF the drama ever seek to
woo the hearts OF men by its poetic
and cultivated way OF holding the mir
ror up to nature.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30

Published dsiiy including sunday. by the
sun Pr.ntiug ami Publishing Association al
10 Nassau street. ia the B0roHgh ot Man.
nAttan, New York President AMI Treasurer.
WibiaIn ROCK. 100 Sassau street. Vice
President, Edward e. Mitchell. 40 Nassau
street. Secretary, e.. +. LuNton. 40 Nassau
street
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london once. Bingham House. Arunde,
street strand
Paris ONCE, Rue de la Michodiere, on
Rue du QdAtre Sep'emhrs
Warrington once. HlODs BIi,dlng
brook IN offi %. l06 lIvtugAtpn street
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Al CHECKS money orde-s SC. 10 he made
oaysbie to IHE SUN
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-09
TWENTY YEARS ON THE CINDER PATH
By JOHN D. NOLAN.

Mccarthy. Marks, Steve Farrell and Tom Burroughs of England were oth- CTS. About 10000 people witnessed these games, which were conducted in o most orderly and efficient manner. It was my first appearance at the New York Caledonian games, where all the stars of the cinder path met in an an nual struggle for supremacy, and had to meet the redoubtable Priddy, fresh from his all-conQuering trip to Boston I was never in better condition how ever, and was eager ta try out tho famous Welshman.
 The track was a poor one, measur- ing eight laps to the mile, laid out in a fine hilly grove. Nine runners start ed in the mile, Levett of Boston lead Ing at the quarter mile in I'm 5e. Aft CT this I led the running, reaching the half in Pm. 15s., and the three quarter pole in BPS, with Priddy at my shoul- der, 20 yards in advance of the third man. I went into the last lap with a lead of two yards, and feeling strong. This lead I held to the finish, breast ing the wosted just as Prtddy, who in the last few strides had made a dying effort and caught the wosted with his outstretched hand as I carried it away. The outcome of the race caused a great commition, the spectators being about evenly divided as to who had won The judges, however. quelled the excitement by deciding it a dead heat and dividing the first and second prizes equally. The time was Am. BPS, one of the fastest miles ever run at Gale donian games in America. This was Fridays last race. He never ran again, but died in Pittsburg a few years ago after a brilliant career as a runner and oarSman.
 Early in October of the same year,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-09
.EWETT CITY.
Stephen p. Green Dies in Hartford Burial to Be in Tiltor, N. H.-Mrs. A. A. Young Entertains for Her Son and His Guest.

Stephen F. Green died Saturday af
 tefnoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roger F. Montgomery, of Hart ford, where Mir. and Mrs. Green have been spending the winter. A1r. Green was born in Coventry, R. l., Sept. 22, 1S41. Forty-si years ago in Laconia, N. H.. he married Miss Annie B. John son of Hilton, N. H. She with one daughter, Mrs Roger F. Montgomery, of Hartford, survives him. Over 40 years ago MT. Green came to Jewett City and entered the employ of the Ashland Cotton company as second hand in the spinning room. After an absence of a few years in Pawtucket. F. T.. and Glasgo, he returned to Jew ett City and took charge of the spin ming department, which position he held 25 years He retired two years ago on account of iii health. He was q republican, but never interested him self in politics beyond always casting a conscientious vote. He attended strictly to business. The officials of the Ashland Cotton company. whom he served the best Npart of his life, speak of him as q faithful, reliable man. well
 htted to fill his responsibilities. In the community where he was so well known he was never anything other than what he appeared to he, an hea-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-09
SOCCER FOOT BALL LEAGUE
Plaineld Sterling TafviIe and Ratc-Sterng Silver Cup For Champs-League Starts First of March-Other Teams Enter

The Eastern Connecticut Association Football league was organized Satur- day Delegates from Plainfield, Taft vile, Baltic and Sterling were present at the meeting held in the Wauregan house. Reid MacIntyre acted as tenn porary chairman until the following officers were elected: President Reid MacIntyre, Norwich; vice president, W. H. Oat, Norwich; acting vice presi dent Robert Love. Baltic; secretary and treasurer, James Royle, Plainfeld. All executive committee was chosen, composed of the follovingAW w. Brown Taftviue H. J. Craine, Sterling, R. Love, Baltic, anu j. Royle, Plainheld. The English rules were adopted with two neutral referees and each team will furnish an official. Only residents of each town are qualified to play league games, and the names of the players must beNregistered seven days before a league game The Norwich Bulletin gave to the league handsome sterling silver cup. standing about 20 inches high on a dVe-inch mahogany base. The name of this cup, which is engraved on the side, is The Bulletin Cup. In order to win this cup a team has to win the cup series six times be- fore it becomes the property of any club. Any team which wins yearly championship in the series is allowed to hold the cup for one year. The se- ries for this cup are to start Sept 12. The league games are to be started the first Saturday in March. The cup will be exhibited in the different towns for a week~and will be exhibited in the Boston Store window the last of this week. Other teams are expected to enter the league before they start playing.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-09

1892. a match was arranged with Marks at Nit. Vernon. \. Y to rln a
 \ week after my race with Cox in New York, another three mile race for $150 a side was arranged with Conrad Marks of Staten Island at the sporting rooms of the New York Sun Marks, however forfeited this race, and went up to the Penn. coal regions at Scranton, July 1, and won the five and one mile races there. Shortly after this ] went down to Philadelphia and won the mile and the half mile races at the Clan -nR-Gael games, held at Rising Sun park. That same evening I met and defeated Alex Miller, who had beaten Pendergast at New Brunswick in a mile race at Pastime park at games given by the Hibernians. l had been anxious to meet Miller for a long time. and in this race had no trouble in defeating him by more than a hun dred yards in Am. 36S. l then went on to Paterson. N. J., for the Labor day games. and succeeded in winning the two and one mile races, defeeting Cox, Reagan, Dunkerly and others. A few days after this the New York Cal edonian club held their annual games at Jones' Wood, New York city. and all the prominent professional athletes Of the United States and Canada were present to compete for the big cash prizes. Among the famous runners present were Peter Priddy of Pitts burg. who had defeated the great Scotch record breaker, Peter Cannon. at the Boston games two weeks before. McCleiiand. Cox. Grant, Heeeiman. mile for S1O0 a side. This race I won by a few wards in 4m. 40s.. winding up the seasons racing and soon after wards accepted d position with the Xavier Boat club.