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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-13
Fall of Antwerp Will
Prolong the Big War

LONDON. oct. 1.-THE Bordeaux cor
respondent OF the Times has sent the fol
lowing dispatch:
I'm official circles here IL Is recognized
the fall OF Antwerp may prolong the war.
The Germans are certain 10 fortify tho
forts which will become base for Yep
pelin attacks against the British coast.
and yet it is obvious that, under present
conditions. tho Germans cannot re-
victual the city by way OF the scheldt
river.
News OF lively fighting between Client
and Termonde, Belgium, where the allies
repulsed 1000 Germans. indicates the far
northward reach OF the apics lines.
Bee Want Ads Are the Best Business
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-13

southern states has started and started
fully a month earlier than usual. IL 10
going Co continue and all through the
south the number o.; visitors will be much
grcator than ever before
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-13

took the opportunities In the want ad'
columns They re- worth while reading.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
Admiral Won Tirpitz.

what will America say II Germany
declares submarine war upon all en-.
envy merchant ships?" Grand Admiral
Won T1RP1Tz, the German Minister Of
Marine is reported TO have asked.
America would be inclined to wonder
that he should put the question in that
form and in those terms. The humblest
naval officer is presumed TO know the
rules Of war and TO be versed in inter
national law: Admiral Won TIRpIrz Is
an eminent naval authority and one OF
the best informed men In the empire.
The interview with him continues:
England wants to starve us. We can
play the same game. We can bottle her
up and torpedo every English or Allies
ship which ncars any harbor in Great
Britain. thereby cutting off large FOOD
supplies"
We assume that what Admiral Won
TiRPITz advocates is the capture and
sinking of the enemy's merchant ships.
which is very different thing from
making war upon them. Enemy mer-
refuse to submit to visit after having
been duly signalled 10 do so. This is
fundamental. and 1t is incredible that
the Grand Admiral of the German
navy can hold any other view. The
belligerent capturing an enemy mer-
chant ship is supposed to scnd her be-
fore a prize court, as there may be
neutral goods on board. but there are
conditions that may call for the de-
struction OF the ship: the captor may
not be able to spare a prize crew; the
port OF adjudication may he remote {;
superior enemy force may be in the
vicinity-the Emden. for instance, sank
all the merchant ships she captured.
But before destroying a ship taken the
captor must remove her papers, and
even her cargo IF practicable.
As TO- the crew and enemy passen-
gers they are non-combatants and their
1870 when the French seized German
merchant ship BISMARCK contended
that the crew and passengers could
not be treated az prisoners OF war but
were entitled to their liberty. Prussia
and Austria In the war Of 1866 de-
clared that they would not appropriate
each others merchantmen. At that time
however, neither comhatant was an
ambitious sea Power. 1t should be oh
vious, then, that Admiral Won TIRpIT7
is not planning to use submarines to
destroy merchant ships on sight, but
after capture. which would he legiti
mate provided that the crew and pas
sengers We're removed, cared for and
treated rs non-combatant prisoners OF
war. But right here a difficulty pre-
sents itself; there is room enough on 2
submarine only for her crew-asylum
could not be given to an enemy.
So It comes to this. the work Of cap
turing merchantmen. to which cruisers
are usually assigned, cannot be done by
submarines in the open sea, away from
the home ports.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
L.ANGLEYS.
suggestion That Heavier Than Air Craft
he Named After the Inventor

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Every
one knows that Samuel p. Langley was
The inventor OF the flying machine. hut
comparatively few are aware that Il
was the result not OF accident, as many
inventions have been. but OF long years
OF study and patient research and ex-
periments by a man OF science O! the
flrst order
have heard Professor Langley say
that from the time when as boy he used
20 watch the graceful and easy night OF
buzzards he had the belief that aerial
navigation was practicable and that he
would be able TO accomplish IL. The air
ship he built failed and fell in its hrst
trial, wholly from a fault In its starting
apparatus-it has recently flown success
fully moro than once--and then there
was chorus OF rdicule in the press
over what was called "Langley's folly"
and the old man. we'll aware that he
had mastered the problem. died broken
hearted not long before the successful
experiment OF the Wrlghts
want to suggest that, just as tho great
German alrships are called Zeppelins
after their inventor. We perpetuate Pro-
fessor Langley's name and srea,
achievement by giving TO all heavier
than air craft tho generic name OF Lang
leys IL will be shorter than the different
designations now In use. and II the press
will take II W will he recognized as due
and appropriate and soon become gen
eral, ARCHIBALD HOPKINS
WASHINGTON. n. C., December %.
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SCHOOL BOARD CUT LIKELY
Resolution 20 Increase ~. Member.
ship Will he Presented To-da,.

There will be presented TO TIVE Board o.
Education at its regular meeting tod.
a resolution recommending a materla
duc,ion in the size OF tho board %
resolution will be contained B..
recommendations OF the C'ul.'..
headed by Abraham FieXaer. v..H H.
appointed TO consider the Good pu- il,r.
school inquiry report.
1t is believed that the cha ~
resolution being adopted are good. MAJ
Mitchell and President McA'er' - { .
Board OF Aldermen have dc. %. ne
selves In favor of smaller h,.'i %
llevlng that greater efficiency could
thus secured. If fhe board itsoT Sor'f
the resolution II is though; tho ".H '.
small difficulty in getting from 'e '-.
Legislature the necessary autnor'r
Tho change
The greater efficiency ~ sra| .iu.1
ton boards, as demonstrates .' may
OF the large cities OF the United state
has caused the Public Education Asso'!i-
ton of the city OF New York % prepare
a bulletin to show that educators al. ov''
the country favor the en- " board
For years the association has urge
this" said Howard W. Mudd, director o
The association, yesterday las Gle 'r'';
fundamental reform needed ir The adm
!strative machinery OF the publ'r S'Noo.
system. II has pointed out repeater
that in this way only can me- 80
women he secured who are cowre'e0. 90
take a sound and non-part.s1' s'tl'ld'
toward broad educational policies
The bulletin says:
"A recent study by the Puhl'c Flu'a'
ton Associations OF the nifty cites ~
this country which according 20 the 's''
Federal census had a population 81 Zoo
600 or more. reveals the fact that N'W
York city stands alone WI 80 large board
of fortysix members. The size 90 boards
in these cities Is shown I'm 'tA.e, l.
will be noted that IN tire" out ~ e'.Fy
four instances the size OK he Hrt
nine or less. while In more than haf "a
boards are not larger than se'e7. re
| most common size is i've
To-days meeting Will he tho last oe
fore the new members named bf 80
Mayor take up their duties.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23

The word Of power and mystic coun.
tersign nowadays is service" The
United States exists for service" lis
Government Is run for Service not
always that Of Americans, sometimes
deeply to their damage.
Whatever "the higher order OF ser
aphm illuminate" may think Of ser
vice" hard headed folks can't hut no
tice that it's expensive. The appropria.
ton bills testify to its cost, When You
hear the sweet and solemn pattcr or
abracadabra. Service" you know that
ever huger hunks OF pork and fatter
pieces of 'ple" are being cut. ser
vice" comes high.
Twenty-seven years ago n President
who subsequently settled in Princeton
slapped n veto on the general DEEPEN
dent pension bill and stifed in his
pocket river and harbor bin. In
1883 he killed grab bill 10 refund to
the Northern States most Of the direct
taxes they paid to the Federal Govern
ment in the civil war.
That wasn't Service" That was
mere duty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
HOwSfO BE Happy.

DE- QUINCY was not at his best as a
humorlst; and in spite of ITS fame his
Essay on Murder Considered as One
OF the Fine Arts is somewhat la
bored piece of irony. At least it must
seem So to generation that sees in this
long rcprchended custom, still nomi-
nally prohibited by laws that have
ceased TO represent the sense of the
community grown enlightened, means
of moral bcttcrment. the expression OF
an ethical impulse il source of happr-
ness 10 the practiser. II am merry
this Christmas" says the eminent killer
who was indicated by II sympathetic
Jury of his peers last week. "This is
without doubt the mrrricst and happiest
Christmas Of my life he informs Y
world at last directed to the GcnuinC
springs of innocent mcrriment and fc
Qlcity.
And the path Of bliss Il so simple
\ Whatever physicians or fanatics may
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
New York. December 90.
AND PREPARED
NESS.
The suns" Views Approved nv Professor
Gaines Of ~. Lawrence.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
take this occasion 10 express hearty APP
proval OF your editorial comments on
Senator Hitchcock's bill for the relief OF
Germany and the suppression OF Ameri-
can commerce" by all means let us
hold fast to the we'll defined and generally
accepted rules OF international law relat-
ing to neutrality while the present con-
fiic, is in progress, and not by an ~
timed and inevitably unfair extension ~
them at the crisis OF great war add
needless complications to existing difi-
cult.es. Al such moment to alter the
rules OF neutrality is a breach OF neu-
trdlity.
! wish also 10 express my apprec!s .
ton of your eminently sound and sane
attitude on the imperative duty OF ade-
quate preparation for the contingency.
remote | hope, OF a war involving our
own country. In such a matter weak
ness is criminal, and neglect the betrayal
of trust
| believe that my sentiments az given
above are reasonably representative of
the community In which I live.
CHARLES KELSEY GAINEs.
CANTON, December %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
What Song the sirens Sang.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Our
gifted and fortunate friend Mr. Whit
man is following In ths wake OF an even
more conspicuous leader 81 shall vote
for tho women" says Mr.. Whitman 10
Mrs Raymond Brown
Theodore Roosevelt, than whom IN our
time We have no greater man, advocated
in 1910 an enlarged civic life, a broader
political path. Crowds flocked TO his
side. and until he made his deal with
Jane Adams OF Chicago for universal
woman suffrage their name was legion
those loyal ones who would have fol-
lowed him to the end. II was this rock
in tho political sea, the voices of the
sirens singing Votes for Women" that
cost him dear.
Mr., Roosevelt In his recent state OF
mind says The people do not want me"
My friend Mr.. Whitman, will you not
he warned by the recent history OF this
great man and in his past see your
future reflected?
tMrs,) ALICE HUSr BARTLETT
NEW YORK, December o.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
Mexican Marriage Laws.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
letter OF Professor J, II Cornyn, with
which he enclosed the Mexican song "Es-
sence OF My Life" seems to leave a
wrong impression regarding Mexican
marriage laws. Is Il not true that Next,
can laws do not only not recognize mar
riages by priests or ministers OF the Cos
pol but actually prohibit them by heavy
fine"
The only marriage allowed by law Is
tina: performed by a civil magistrate,
whose fee is prohibitory 20 the poor MeXi-
can The law does not interfere with a
religious ceremony after a civil ceremony.
but will not allow Il before, The unions
OF which Professor Cornyn writes are
common law marriages, recognized b.
the Church and by the civil laws OF Eng
land and America, but not by the anti
Christian laws of Mexico.
II Christian ministers In Mexico had
the power TO perform a legal marriage
ceremony as in the United States there
would soon be fewer unhallowed unions
there than there are among us.
SYRACUSE. December 90, " II HucV.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
UNION BANK MIXED
ASSERTS SULLIVAN
Former President Says TIE Can
Compel State to Pay Do
positOrs in Full.
WANTS ONLY BETTER NAME

Martin r. Manton has withdraw, a.
counsel to David A. Sullivan. now DE-,
Sing Sing for wreckng the Union RAJ.
Of Brooklyn, but he will continue 10 pc,.
resent Sullivan unofiicially ard wii,o...
pay. acting as Intermediary hctwcc, ,..
former bank president and the d,,,st,,..
in the insolvcnt Union Bank
In a statement to the press ves,ord.
Sullivan said he was willing 10 o..
testimony which would force the STA.
of New York TO pay The Union g,r
deposltors in full. This Is the end .,
ward which Or. j. Ellis Euhrcr a,J ,.
depositors committee have been ,,o,.
ing. Sullivan adds that he Is q phys
wreck but that he Is conserving h..
strength to aid the dcpositors
His statement continues:
II ask you to consider that a',.r
receivershlp milking tho Union Ran.
opened in 1908 with $4,000 600 ems
clean assets of s5.0O0.00o and y. q a..
sets OF moro than sl.O00,000 Sub,a
uuently on these clean assets s2550 an.
was borrowed by Grout. That maxi,
So. $4,000 cash on Sullivan assets. 4.
against 100000 deposit liabilities, o.
about so per cent
"These are facts. Tho figures NAV
vary a little, as I am drawing on men
mcnt. Now what became OF these afse,,
is the real question. II has never bee
answered. and as all of them were ere
ated during the time | was preside,
no one can more intelligently ansSe,
than me.
since coming here I gave my test,
mony in l,tigations involving moro thar
$500. 0oo-all strongly in aid OF the d..
positors. Did these depositors ever know
that?
what little strength I have left I VII
cheerfully give 70 the depositors fee
that can collect more than 800 900 to-
them.
Before any board OF claims my test.
mony will force the State OF New York g.
pay depositors IN full
81 ask nothing for myself am trl''
anxious TO leave better name 10 M
wife and children than now exists
In letter TO Daniel w Quinn ~.
State Banking Department repr, sentative
who has been appointed TO lquiiate ihs
assets Of the Union Bank, Martin q
Manton offered the services of sullivan
in the attempt TO collect the assets.
MIR. Sullivan can he OF service IN tNs
collection OF liabilities owing the ban
by borrowers" Mr.. Mautous otter sa'f
land can give you much material I'D
the prosecution of cases now pcnd'us
both in the trial courts and on appel
Contrary to the impression that "
sullivan Is looking for clemercy. I hog
TO state to you that he asks nothing
return for this offer 81 hclp except o.
be truthfully portrayed before the delos
tors and the public"
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say about the Injurious results OF alco-

say about the injurious results Of alco-
hol, 1t has one clearly beneficent effect.
Used In immoderatlon It qulckens the
domestic affections; It promotes self
appreciation and self.pity; 1t stimulates
the inert moral energies; It steadies the
hand that aims the "avenging' ethical
revolver: and when the act Of Justice
has been ratified by the twelve kindly
compurgators, the alcoholic morallst Is
happy ever after. He becomes a public
lecturer and professor Of morals. He
has mastered the psychology Of happl.
ness. A little effort, good deal OF
whiskey. little forgetting caused
thereby. and his rebirth to joy is &C.
complishcd.
Murder Is not an art. II Is a virtue,
bcgetting happiness. Here Is a memo
rablc moral advance from the rude and
crude barbarous Semitic notions which
were so prejudicial to ABEL's calumnl-
ated brother.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
MILITARY PRINCETON.
Professor Mcf'Iciian's words Dcp'Ored by
m Taft Man who Has Faith I'm WILSON,

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: AS a
result of Professor McClellan's statement
that at the close OF the present struggle
the United States would be confronted
with tho alternative of either fighting the
victor or abandoning the Monroe Doc
trinc. ii seems probable that course in
military training will be instituted at
Princeton. | feel that although this par
ticular result may be beneficial IL would
have been preferable FOR ex-Mayor Nc.
Clellln IL. as an expert on European
economic policy. he possessed this mo-
mentous nowedge-heaven grant that
he IS in error to have told IL quietly
to the proper authorities al Washington
instead of dvulgng ii openly before
students and having his sensational state
ment read throughout the whole nation
and abroad
Many Americans are sober minded and
capable OF thinking for themselves, but
Others are highs,rung and nervous, others
ignorant. Ii Is on account OF their effect
upon these last two classes that state.
ments like that OF Professor Mcclellan
seem to me TO be injudicious In this
terrible period of the worlds history wo
in America want no historical state
ments, no sensationalism, no iingoism II
experts possess appalling facts about the
future they should either remain silent
or else be very cautious as to how and
whore they divulge those facts.
on the side OF sin and corruption. !
voted for Mr.. Taft in 1919. as | would
do again under the same conditions, but
| am glad to say that. on the whole. I
admire the attitude of the President in
this unprecedented crisis. I have faith
IN him az a leader. and I believe that no
one is more sensitive than he TO the tenn
per OF the American people at this time
OF war. II our national defences are
weak they will be made strong but. II
the counsel of Woodrow Wilson prevails
il will be done without all the deplorable
clatter and hysteria that the ex- MAYOR
and our strenuous eX-President seem Ia
consider necessary. r. +, HARRISON.
ESSEX FELLs, y. J.. December %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
BesIObbcring Murder.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir
Thanks for your ou,spoken criticism OF
the verdict in the Cleary case That
twelve men could so readily be found
willing to Justify an act of murder seems
incredible: and that other men were at
hand ready to applaud such verdict
seems pitful The whole thing was
monstrous and lamentably suggestive of
the movies"
Is there any surer proof OF moral de-
cay than this yielding 20 maudlin senti-
ment for the sake OF cheap melodra-
matte climax?
Is II not high time We turned the ma .
chnery of Justice over TO our women,
and prayed for new infusion OF red
blood? r.. II. WooLEy.
NEwBuRdH, December 2e
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23

The sky must look strangely gray to
man who IS impelled to anticipate ma
ture by trying TO drown himself at the
age OF seventy-five. The loneliness of
age Is sometimes more pathetic than the
despair OF youth. Perhaps the motive
for flying from It may be different with
youth 1t Is Intolerance of conditions. in
age the hope of something better beyond
the bourne is likely to he uppermost.
To those in whom the JOY OF living is
the most active force the violent re-
minder OF the gloom and bitterness in
other souls which a perfunctory news
item may convey should be a prompting
OF charity. not in tho mere detail of
monetary giving, but in the extension of
somc warming sympathy 20 the spir!-
tually needy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
Tenderness to Murderers.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. read
the comment OF Judge Morschauser as to
the failure OF the jury to convict Cleary.
and fully agree with what he said and
also admire your editorial article of
December 81 on the Murder Problem"
The jury may have read tho Delh,
papers as TO the recent murder trial there
An Italian, starting In to rob schoo,
superintendent upon the highway and
fearing opposition. fired five bullets into
him. killing him instantly. and was SEN
fenced by Judge Mccain TO two years and
a half Imprisonment. At that rate Clea ~
should go free but such sentences arc
never named In tho papers when they AL,
why crime Is not regarded as esirahsE-
lrdous. JOHN Il. GLEASON.
New York, December 80.
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the fact that in 1905 It had only been a
concerted action"

the fact that in 1905 II had only been a
concerted action"
We cannot do less. in the spirit Of fair
ness than to reproduce the paragraph
in which DIR. DERNBURG says he men
tons" that which we have accused him
Of overlooking. Here Il is The in
genious reader may occupy himself in
hunting for the mention:
"The position OF England was therefore
that while in 1906 they had already con-
certed plans for Joint action. In 1912
England intended action in any case.
should q European confla grafton break
out"
We hnd nothing more definite than
this in the way of mention Of the CEN
trail fact. To add to our bewildcrment
over the workings of a mind In many
respects both candid and acute DR..
DERNBURs now adds this TO his speciii-
cations OF provocative behavior on the
part Of criminal" Belgium:
"A breach OF neutrality in the case OF
Belgium Is shown by the repeated use OF
the torn allies or allied forces. meaning
Belgium, France and England"
alphabetically allies. alphabetically
allied forces, In case of military CO.
operation to resist Il German invas sion.
Does DR.. DERNBURG really expect the
American people TO believe that he BE-.
lieves that the use Of the words In this
sense constituted breach of neutral
ity" on Belgum's part. an offence
against Germany justifying the punish.
ment which Germany has-not hypo.
thetically, hut in awful reality--visited
upon that unhappy nation?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
IT'S the Voice OF the scorner.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr. |
am one OF those coming. brilliant Young
American magazine writer's (even my
vito agrees) who are tearing tho veil
from off'--Oh. almost everything. But
I'm stranded out here with brain fag and
no wherewithal TO take up my abode In
the great metropolis again.
\ man | once considered worthy of my
esteem suggested this remedy:
Write a darn good story and sell II 20
some magazine and then you'l be on your
feet again
Now what sort of an ass would Won
call that man. OrEpv
RED BANK. N. j. December %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
Market was wholly tustif,anle. 1t ap- |

Market was wholly Justifable. 1t APP
pears that a shoal OF young toughs de-
scended on the neighborhood in tho in
terest of the murderers Of BAFF, the
poultry man. and after threatening mer-
chants and others whose evidence might
be valuable TO the State hung about the
corners in a sullenly menacing fashion.
Upon them descended three squads OF
detectives with tough knuckles and
wholesome clubs. The result was the
dispersal OF the rowdies. not without an
Interesting Incidental arrest. This was
Enthusiastically proper occasion for
the application Of the driving policy an
nounced by Commissioner WOODS. The
gangsters. members OF the Hudson
Buster" and Marginal groups, the po-
lice say. congregated to browbeat citi-
zens. They were looking for trouble
and they found II. That's all.