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The chronicle=news., 1914-12-29

NCOuthnueN stVA FEE ~
Several strong French attacks to
the northwest of Ste Menehould have
been repulsed with heavy losses to
the enemy. We captured 200 pris-
Oners. ...
AN advance in the burned forest
to the west of Apremoni 'ed to tae
capture by us OF ono fortified French
trench and three machine guns. 10
French attacks to the west Of
senneheim have been repulsed.
No changes have taken place il
the situation in East Prussia.
In Poland. on the right bank of
the Vistula. on a branch OF the Bzura
and on the Rawka rivers, our attacks
have made progress. In the region
south Of Inowlodz strong Russian at
Itacks have been repulsed.'
Paris, Dec. ga second official
announcement was made by the
French military authorities this aft
ernoon. 1t is as follows:
IAN official German .communica-
tion date December goth and trans
mitteG general yto all stations where
wireless kilograms are copied, refers
to the fact that it often happens that
the shells. used by the German field
artillery does not explode. At the
same time the statement Is, made
that these shells were taken by cap
ture from the French or the Belgians.
1.-THE Germans who daily have ex-
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partment Of Agriculture is doing
good service to encourage the for
nation of such marketing associa-
lions, OF which there are about 900
at present In the United States. The
objects OF such associations should be
to determine the crops to he grown,
to insist on proper methods of grow
ing, to standardize and guarantee
the quality, to superintend gather-
Ing. grading and packing, to ar
range for transportation and termin-
nj facilities, and to bargain with
railroads for fair freight rates.
Reduction of transportation charg-
es on perishablc food-stuffs also was
advocated by Mr.. Meeker.
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-29

Swellings or the .iesn caused by
inflammation, cold, fractures Of the
bone. toothache, neuralgia or rhcu-
matism can be relieved by applying
BILLIARDS SNOW EMINENT. 1t
should be well rubbed in over the
part affected. Its great healing and
penetrating power cases the pain,
reduces swelling and restores natur-
al conditions. Price csc, &c and
81 90 per bottle. Sold by The AaNSo
man Drug Co.
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-29

chronicle-Nswr. soc a month.
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NO MATCH FOR WOMEN.

I, PA. write me an excuse to take to
teacher
your teacher is n woman, isn't
she?"
Eyes"
well, my excuses have never sat-
isfied my mother or your mother.
Better apply elsewhere, SON."
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-29

In about nine cases out of ten it
is the pretty foot that is stamped in
anger
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-29

Wheeling in the lungs indicates
that phlegm is obstructing the air
passages. BALLARD'S HORE-
HOUND SYRUP loosens the phlegm
SO that it can be coughed UP anu
elected Price csc, soc and $1.00
per bottle. Sold by The Hausman
Drug Co.
The chronicle=news., 1914-12-29
FRANCE AURlS
- GREAT FORCE

Continues fre-i prxe l.,
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THE FAMILY PET.

You have no children"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. What
is the matter with the BARRIERS in New
York Six months ago / came here to
live. ! had lived for twenty years I'm a
city sometimes called southern. some
times Western. For ten years the Same
barber, a negro, shaved me and cut ny
hair. My hair was cut ns ! wanted Z
cut and my beard was shaved as II should
be shaved Since then I have suffered
much.
When necessity drove me to the bar
bers chair here / asked .or haircut ana
laid down plans and sYoc.n atoms for H.
The barber leapcd nj my head with pair
of shears tnot srisror and a set OF
clippers. When b. had finished. I'm less
than fifteen minutes J didn't know my
head when | looked NJ Il In the glass
had been maltreatcd and mtnhlndled
hut ! dared TO ask for n shave. Then
came torture.
| have tried a score OF shops since that
time, always with the same result I
ventured to tell the last man who cut my
hair that he worked like q blacksmith
lie was insultcd, but not half as much as
| wanted him to be
Are there any good barber shops I'm
New York, shops where a customer isn't
dubbed To death and then drowned with
II prodiSious squirting of toilet water?
] want to be "sicked on one.
NEW YoRK, August 4 1oHN QUIIL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05

From the interior of the State. where
Republican aSpirants for State office
are made ana unmade, comes breath
of refreshing common sense and sanity
to relieve for at least moment the
oppressive, muggy atmosphere of po-
litlcal hypocrisy and bombaSt thar de-
jects the electorate. Judge IIrpGEs Is
out mendlng his fences. Monday eve
ming he quit Rochester for Buffalo
Why Is he travel'in: about;
Mr. HEDGES said he was making trip
to various cities in the State to ask his
friends to help him with his candidacy
\ frank acknowledgment of n respect
able effort to further an honorable am
bition, Here Is no cheap chicane. no
mock timidity, no theatrical posing and
posturing, no pretenco of unwilling sac
ritice. Judge HrpGrs injcrts grateful
essence Of sincerity into situation
sadly lacking in that desirable quality.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05
some Ola Friends.

To THE EDITOR or TIu SuN-Sir. In
mn article in THE SUN Gertrude Buning-
ton Phillips says the round tower at
Newport undoubtedly antcdatcs Colim-
bus. John Fiske says ii was nothing else
but Governor Arnold's old stone wind
mill.
AS for the Dighton Inscription, in 1889
George Washington visited Harvard Col
lcge and was shown "A full size copy OF
the inscription. He smiled when told the
opinion learned men had of il. and said
that when a young man his business had
called him 10 be much in the wilderness.
which enabled him to become acquainted
with the customs of the Indians. who
had "A way of writing and recording their
transactions. They scraped off the outer
bark of "A tree and with "A vegetable ink
or a little paint which they carried with
them wrote on the smooth surface in "A
way that was understood by the peoplc
of their respective tribes Washington
had often examined this rude writing. and
the characters Of the pighton Inscription
so nearly resenbled II that ne was sure
the inscription was made long ago bv
natives of America. ProcredinRs of
Massachusetts, Historical Society, vol X.
p. ll5b.
AS for the Skeleton In Armor, II has
been denied that such skeleton ever WAS
found.
The questions Miss Phillips asks have
all been asked before and II abe Will
read John Fishes THE Discovery Of
America she will doubtless enjoy the
results OF the researches of rs ripe .,
scholar as this country has produced
NEW NoRK, August T. c. r. X.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05
Some Table Friends.

The umautS rise like rockets the gut
turalS grow like cannon. the nasals
snap out like pistols. the RS" roll like
war drums and volicys Of consonants
are discharged without Il vowel our
Old friends HANS. HENRI. ARPAD of the
all containing goloSh, AMI the rest OF
them are full of fire. They want To be-
on to Europe, 10 swap the corkScrew
for a gun. Their patriotic fcrvor is
most commendablc. SO Is that coSmo-
politan experienced tact and forbear
Ance whereby these men of many races
maintain modus vivendi with another.
not making personal as yet the national
quarrel and 10y the reddeSt dispatches
not dlSheartcueI from the peaceful
duties they are so soon To abandon. pro
videi transportation can he had.
We'll fed. hearty fellows: many Of
them somewhat broader in the beam
than in their service years We be-
lieve that walters will be good soldiers
because New York has 50 many veter-
ans Of lSTO-1l who are or have been
good walters. polite. alert. attentive, but
beStowing military "reminiscences spare
~ and only on their oldest "Svmpa-
thetic" clients The restaurants. hotels
and beer halls Of New York and fits
dependencies are full Of old and younger
campacners, from the Franco-prussian
war to the second Balkan. The harm
less necessary civilian who seeks va
riety of dish and drink and obServa-
ton in the iunumerahlc eating houses
as our less purple predecessors were
content 10 say-runs across hnttalions
Of green or seasoned old soldiers. re
tired from the field 10 the commiSsa-
riat: albeit the most effective fighting
force of walters was that SO often and
triumphantly in action at Sixth ave
nue. restaurant whercon of late the
twin doves of Peace ana Reform do
bill and coo.
Good luck 10 all the brethren Of the
apron who succeed in crossing the seas
ana getting into the fracas. May they
feed well and bleed with none or such
slight wounds as. heroically earned and
modeStly remembered. are thought 10
inspire in the superior sex some Schn-
Sucht mach der Licbe. And If HENRI
HANS and ARPAD leave New York may
PAT and MICHAEL. few, alas. hut fit.
more than console her. that she bc not
lnwaitered. MICHAEL and PAT. large. hu.
morons, philosophical. advisers. direc-
tors, friendly dcspots Them. Amerl
can citizens and therefore bound Ia
keep out az even 50 promising a shindy.
we impIore to stay, cottoninc their ears
against the Sirens Of battle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05
Paper and steel.

For thirty years Austria respected
the treaty of Berlin. When the time
was ripe for her TO hold Bosuia and
Herzegovina absolutely she annexed
them. She followcd her own advantage
aud need. Germany has respected the
neutrality of Belgium. assured by the
treaty of London IN 1870. Of which
Prussia was a signatory. till -eif-inter-
est made her invade Belgium.
This is the usua! history of these
contracts between States. Each party
grabs what it can and reserves by i'm
plicatiOn the right to refuse To- be bound
by the agreement when circumstances
have altered. History is largely II St
ries of treaties made and broken \
paper promise j. nothing. Its sole
sanction and validity is the sword.
Even fast AMI recognized fact. such
as the independence of the United
States. was only formalized, not made
hnal. by he treaty Of 1888. II 1t had
been the will. ana the Napo,eonlc war
had not put it ont OF the power of the
British in the war of 1912, that indie.
pendencc would have been revoked.
Cries of broken faith are natural in
such cases. The indignant patriotic ar
dor Of peoples jeopardized is 4 noble
thing, But no nation will sign away
rs future In the ineluctable clutch of
national necessity past conventions.
good for past reasons. Shriyel To moth
ingness. by every means every coun-
try will defend, protect and strengthen
( lself in the supreme hour of peril. The
ultimate judge. the sole guarantor of
trea ties. is the army and the fleet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05

Comptroller PRENDERGAsr declared
yesterday that while he believed it
might be unwisc for New York To- EN-
bark on any new public improvements
during the financial uncertainty caused
Ly the European war he was confident
that no work now In progress need he
abandoned or delayed. The principal
object of interest 10 the public iS nat
uraly the new subway systems, and
the construction of these the Compirol-
Ter sees no prospect of hnlting. This
opinion Is based on the financial con
dition of the treasury and the rate Of
expenditure on the tunnels rs shown
by experience.
Mr.. pRENpfRGASr points out that To
cease the public works now IN hand
would have the immediate effect Of in
crcnsing dependency To n notable de
gree. rhuS producing condition costly
to the taxpayers aud, although he did
not call attention to IT, highly CON
duclv" to public unrest. Even the ap.
plicAtiou Of the brake 10 now enter
priScS does not mean that these shall
relapse into Stagnation,
The contemplated port improvements
ana the rebuilding If the sewer system
are the largest projects now under con-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05

Many New Workers viii he glad to
learn that the city is 10 have another
opera school. llFrNRICH CONRIEp founde |
the first of these institutions here in
connection with the Metropolitan Opera
House. This enterprise was abandoned
after few years and left no trace on
the lyric stage, II is to be hoped that
the school 10 be established as an an
pendage of rhc Century Theatre will he
more successful 1t will seek to pre-
pare American singers for their appear
ancc In opera.
Observers of present operate tenden-
cics are not likely to fluid fault with
the technical accompli Shmcnts of most
singers 1t Is in purely vocal attain
mcntS that they fall short So the use
fitness Of the new school will depend
largely on the sort of vocal instruction il
offers 10 its students. The art of acting.
the other mysteries of the theatre and
the incidental accomplishments may he
acquired readily; but TO sing well Is
n matter of the foremost importance.
An opera school that fails to impart
that portion of an opera singers prep
aratiun will not he an advantage to
American musicians There will he the
same short careers The same dcstrur-
tion of fine natural talents that is wit.
messed to-day, and the same poor sing
ing on the stage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05
Our Financial Mobilization.

American solidarity has never been
illustrated to better advantage than in
the last few days. 1t * less than II
week since the economic cyclone gen.
Grated 10y the European storm of war;
sweeping across the ocean, smote with
fun violence on the American banking
and business structure. In the time
which has elapsed both men of affairs
and the Government at Washington
have done their part in making the
country's institutions secure against
disaster.
A Government coalition with the
banking and commercial community
has been effected which would have II
fortnight or So ago seemed impossible
I'm view of the manifold differences OF
opinion and prejudice that separated
politics and business. Nor can we he
mistaken in assuming that one of the
benefits to accrue TO the United States
from this hour of desperate trial which
Europe has inflicted on the world will
be the revived consciousness OF essential
unity underlying all the differences
that have seemed to divide the Amer
lean people.
In the presence of the vast national
danger threatened in the worldwide
financial crisis which Europe preclpi-
tated the country has swung into line
ms one man behind the leaders who are
being developed by the emergency and
a.In -
resolved for the time To forget its varie-
ties of political faith and it's conflicts
over Government relations TO business
in order 10 preserve the economic in
tegrity of the United States against
the forces of disruption which Europe
has let loose.
Human foresight under such cir
cumstauccS as now obtain cannot drscry
the further troubles which may have To
be faced. II would seem, however. ms
though the worst effect of the shock
given by the European earthquake has
been felt here. What remains to he
rcckon~d with is the consequences of
tine prolonged strain bound tn be eN-
perlcnc"d in seeking to adjust the or
binary tasks of getting living and
building for the future to the great
change in commercial and financial
conditions which the European war
has already worked ana must continue
t. work.
Probably 10 Is owing to the prompt
ness, Intelligence aud patriotic discern.
ment with which banking ana business
Interests AMI tn" Government moved
after IN" middle of last week 10 deal
with IN" situation that tho effect of
N" shock itself has been minlmlzed.
Taking swiftly step after step as It was
s'"n 10 h" necessary measures were
adopted 20 protect the country and its
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05
WAR ENDS WORLD TRADE TOUR.
Manufacturers Commission ],
Turned Back in Russin,

The American foreign trade commits
sion sent abroad by the National Asso-
citation Of Manufacturers to investigate
foreign trade opportunities has been
turned back by war developments when
half way across Siberia. Prior TO the re-
ceipt of a cable at the Offices Of the asso-
citation yesterday morning all attempts TO
communicate with the members Of the
commission had been I'm vain and consid-
cradle anxiety was felt for their safety
The coDlmlssion. which consists Of
David NJ. Parry OF indianapolis. John
Kirby, Jr, of Dayton, Ohio. and Or
Alber A. Snowden, secretary. of New
York. left Vladlvostok on July 90 In
Siberia they were warned by Russian
military authorities that II would he inn
possible for them to proceed TO 81. Peters
burg and that all transportation was
blocked TO Berlin and Taris.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05
DELANO NOMINATED
FOR RESERVE BOARD
His Confirmation Expected Be-
fore the End Of This
Week.
WILL TAKE JONES'S PLACE
Nominee Is a Harvard Graduate
and President of a Middle
Western Railroad.

WASHINGTON, Aug. president Wilson
sent to the Senate to-day the nomin ion
OF Frederic A. Deano. president OF the
Chicago. Indianapolis and Louisville Rail-
way. TO be the attn member OF the Federal
Reserve Board.
Mr. Delano Is member OF the Com
mission on Industrial Relations. to which
he was appointed by President Taft
IL is the hope OF the President that the
nomination will be confirmed before the
end of the week so that tho board may
organize Immediately Mr.. Delano was
named for the place left vacant by the
retirement Of Thomas u. Jones.
The nomination " Paul NJ. warburg
and Mr.. Delano to be members of the
reserve board Will ce reported to the Sen
ate from abe Committee on Banking and
Currency tomorrow The nomination Of
Mr. Delano was well received In the Sem
atr. II was the opinion OF the Senate
leaders tina. both nominations viii be CON
hrmed before the end OF the week
The following sketch ~ the career Of
MIR. Dclano was prepared AZ the White
House to accompany the announcement OF
his nomination
Frederic Adrian Delano Of Chicago. H.,
was born at llongkong. China September
TO- 1863. but spent most OF his hoyhood
at Ncwburgh y. Y. He was graduated
from Harvard in 1885 with an A. H.
degree.
He began his railway service in the
summer Of 1885 with AN engineering
party of the Chicago Burlington and
Quincy Railroad Company operating I'm
Colorado. In the fan OF the same year
he entered the Aurora, III. shops OF the
same company AS an apprentice machin-
list Two years later he was appointed
temporarily acting engineer OF tests at
Aurora. later being placed In charge Of
the bureau of rail protection ut Chicago.
In 1883 he was made assistant to the
second Nice-president Of the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy. and in 1890
was made superintendent of freight ter
'ninals at Chicago. In 1899 he served
AS superintendent Of motive power ~
Chicago. while from 1901 to 1905 he
was general manager Of the Chicago.
Burlington and quincy at Chicago. After
leaving the service OF the road he was
engineer to the War Depart
ment IN respect To Philippine railroads.
President TAFT named him a member
NJ the Commission on Industrial Relations
In 1912. and he was reuominated for
this commission by President Wilson.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05
RIGID CITY ECONOMY.
Halt Called On Many improvements
During MRr.

The city of New York will undertake no
new work until the financial situation is
cleared improvements already contracted
for will be held up wherever possible. Every
department must keep tight grip on its
purse strings
This decision was reached by Mayor
Mitchell and his department heads in CON
ference al city Hall yesterday Retrench
ment does not apply to subways. the build :
ing of which will go on according to Comp
troller Prcudergast. II does apply to such
undertakings as the sl8.O 900 New York
County Court House. the 81 500 900 Kings
County court house, the sl2. OOO. 600 Brooklyn
marginal freight railroad and other pro ects.
the total being about $50. 900 600
Before stating the conclusions OF the CON
ference Mnyor Mitchell thus summarized
the outlook
There is nothing alarming so far "a the
city is concerned. but in a state of uncer-
tainty the wise course, II seems to me. il
conservatism. We should not ohligate
ourselves for one dollar the expenditure of
which is not absolutely necessary. The
city can get all the money II wants. but IL
does not want TO 20 into the market now
as a big borrower and thereby Hggravate
the general strinRenCy. For obvious rea-
SONS we should not begin any new work"
The contracts specified in the first para
graph of the Mayors statement amount to
81 Al ,797 Vj. None OF them Is for work
actually under way, and most of them
relate to street paving. grading. park i'm
provemeuts and department supplies
Some of them are mandatory ice for
Bellevue Hospital and meat tor Charities
Department Institutions, for examples.
But supplies will be cut wherever possible
rs to subways. Comptroller prendergast
said
The total cost to the city of its share in
tn" construction OF the new system il $lG4,-
600 900 There has already been paid out
by the city $4,000 900. This leaves u bal
ance to hc financed of sos 900. 900 Con-
tracts have been made against this last
amount IN he sum OF SiG. 900 600, leaving a
balance still to be cont raCted for OF about
s55 900, 600.
The larger the number of contracts out
standing ne larger the amount OF payments
the city has To make. but under present
conditions | have not the slightest doubt
the city will be able satisfactorily to finance
this work
The Comptroller pointed out that in
keeping Oh with important work now under
way the city would abstain from throwing
"A great many men out OF work
At the close OF business on July 81, 1914.
he said, there was sl0.6?l ,05s As available IA
sinking funds.
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BtSERtLI.
Does n Take Up Too Much space on the
sporting Page OF the Newspapers?

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir: |
note with interest tho articles and letters
in THE SUN relative TO what's the mat
ter with baseball" In my opinion it's
overadvertised by the papers to the ex-
clusou OF more legitimate sports. For
instance, las; week there occurred At
Lake George IA series OF races of inter
national interest tho results of which
established new records for speed On
water what WAS the result Nearly all
the newspapers In New York city had
two or three pages of baseball news. and
one or TWO of them had a line or two
regarding tn" result of the most inter
ostng race Of tho season So far
Why not chop out lot of mushy re-
ports relative 20 the baseball pets who
uC 'upy the whole stage. and relieve the
monOtony OF the sporting page" with
some good descriptions Of amateur sports
with which the public has not become dis
gustcd? ONALENE CARR
ALBANY. August T.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05

JONI REDMOND showed high quali-
ties both of leadership and manhood
when he told the House Of Commons
that the British Government might with
safety withdraw every soldier from Ire
land. that the Irish coasts would he
defended by her own armed sons. the
Catholics of the south and the Protest
ants of Ulster. or course he meant
Catholics ana ProtcStants I'm all parts
of the island; the form of his pledge
was merely rhetorical
That he truthfully expressed the at
uiudr of the Irish people as a whole
nobody will Ice inclined to question. II
is not necessary To assume any over
wecning devotion 10 the English flag
and it would b" grossly unfair to drag
in the surpassed Irish combativcncss
hy way Of explanation II is the broad
spirit "f loyalty, of fair play. Of good
faith between man and man that ami
mates Mr.. REDMOND ana his following.
Even regarding England as an al.
verSarv, they would diSlain To- stab her
I'm the back when she was facing n
fight for life. Bur In fact they prob.
ably feel that when it comes to an issue
with the rest of the world ireland is
In an iudlsSoluhlc partnership with
England and must stand or fall with
her ms regards future freedom and
prosperity,
One thing is beyond dispute. Mr..
HtpMoNp'S declaration was tactical
master stroke. When the war is over.
or when the war cloud blows away.
should such a thing mrrcifully happen,
Mr.. RrDMoNp will have disarmed an
his advcrSlries. with what grace could
Ulster turn her guns against comrades
70 recently enrolled with her in the de-
fence of the empire;